# Movie Marathon (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Created:** [June 23, 2023, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988 "2023-06-23T10:14:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 355
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7082 "2025-03-24T02:38:04Z")
**Most capable Disney princesses** 1. Rapunzel, _Tangled_ 2. Merida, _Brave_ 3. Vannelope, _Wreck-It Ralph_ ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7083 "2025-03-24T03:03:10Z")
Vannelope - although I like her very much - is not officially a Disney Princess. Or is it significant that the second word isn’t capitalized in the category heading, **eke**? **Most capable Disney princesses** 1. Rapunzel, _Tangled_ 2. Merida, _Brave_ 3. Vannelope, _Wreck-It Ralph_ 4. Belle, _Beauty and the Beast_ ---
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**Most capable Disney princesses** 1. Rapunzel, _Tangled_ 2. Merida, _Brave_ 3. Vannelope, _Wreck-It Ralph_ 4. Belle, _Beauty and the Beast_ 5. Mulan, _Mulan_ ---
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**Most capable Disney princesses** 1. Rapunzel, _Tangled_ 2. Merida, _Brave_ 3. Vannelope, _Wreck-It Ralph_ 4. Belle, _Beauty and the Beast_ 5. Mulan, _Mulan_ 6. Pocahontas, _Pocahontas_ ---
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**Most capable Disney princesses** 1. Rapunzel, _Tangled_ 2. Merida, _Brave_ 3. Vannelope, _Wreck-It Ralph_ 4. Belle, _Beauty and the Beast_ 5. Mulan, _Mulan_ 6. Pocahontas, _Pocahontas_ 7. Moana, _Moana_ ---
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**Most capable Disney princesses** 1. Rapunzel, _Tangled_ 2. Merida, _Brave_ 3. Vannelope, _Wreck-It Ralph_ 4. Belle, _Beauty and the Beast_ 5. Mulan, _Mulan_ 6. Pocahontas, _Pocahontas_ 7. Moana, _Moana_ 8. Elsa, _Frozen_ ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7088 "2025-03-24T16:27:35Z")
**Most capable Disney princesses** 1. Rapunzel, _Tangled_ 2. Merida, _Brave_ 3. Vannelope, _Wreck-It Ralph_ 4. Belle, _Beauty and the Beast_ 5. Mulan, _Mulan_ 6. Pocahontas, _Pocahontas_ 7. Moana, _Moana_ 8. Elsa, _Frozen_ 9. Tiger Lily, _Peter Pan_ ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7089 "2025-03-24T18:22:07Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > Vannelope - although I like her very much - is not officially a Disney Princess. Or is it significant that the second word isn’t capitalized in the category heading, **eke**? Well, she’s not in the Disney Princess line of merchandising, but at the end of the film, after her identity is fully restored to _Sugar Rush,_ it turned out she _was_ a princess. (She decides to be president instead.) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2025, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7090 "2025-03-24T21:21:57Z")
..and in the second Wreck-It Ralph movie she meets all the other princesses, and they accept her. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7091 "2025-03-26T01:25:43Z")
**Most capable Disney princesses** 1. Rapunzel, _Tangled_ 2. Merida, _Brave_ 3. Vannelope, _Wreck-It Ralph_ 4. Belle, _Beauty and the Beast_ 5. Mulan, _Mulan_ 6. Pocahontas, _Pocahontas_ 7. Moana, _Moana_ 8. Elsa, _Frozen_ 9. Tiger Lily, _Peter Pan_ 10. Tiana, _The Princess and the Frog(_ **Major Flops that Became Cult Classics** 1. The Room ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7092 "2025-03-26T03:17:51Z")
**Major Flops that Became Cult Classics** 1. The Room 2. Plan 9 from Outer Space ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7093 "2025-03-26T03:22:19Z")
**Major Flops that Became Cult Classics** 1. The Room 2. Plan 9 from Outer Space 3. The Rocky Horror Picture Show ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7094 "2025-03-26T03:41:23Z")
> [@](#): > > **Major Flops that Became Cult Classics** 1. The Room 2. Plan 9 from Outer Space 3. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 4. Reefer Madness ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7095 "2025-03-26T04:07:32Z")
**Major Flops that Became Cult Classics** 1. The Room 2. Plan 9 from Outer Space 3. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 4. Reefer Madness 5. Showgirls ---
**Author:** ![knoodler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ccd318/32.png) [@knoodler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/knoodler)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7096 "2025-03-26T04:27:27Z")
**Major Flops that Became Cult Classics** 1. The Room 2. Plan 9 from Outer Space 3. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 4. Reefer Madness 5. Showgirls 6. The Shawshank Redemption ---
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**Major Flops that Became Cult Classics** 1. The Room 2. Plan 9 from Outer Space 3. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 4. Reefer Madness 5. Showgirls 6. The Shawshank Redemption 7. Office Space "…and I used to be over by the window, and I could see the squirrels, and they were merry, but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn’t bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it’s not okay because if they take my stapler then I’ll set the building on fire… ---
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**Major Flops that Became Cult Classics** 1. The Room 2. Plan 9 from Outer Space 3. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 4. Reefer Madness 5. Showgirls 6. The Shawshank Redemption 7. Office Space 8. Donnie Darko ---
**Author:** ![Bayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bayaker/32/3454_2.png) [@Bayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movie-marathon-part-3/985988/7099 "2025-03-26T15:31:26Z")
**Major Flops that Became Cult Classics** 1. The Room 2. Plan 9 from Outer Space 3. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 4. Reefer Madness 5. Showgirls 6. The Shawshank Redemption 7. Office Space 8. Donnie Darko 9. The General The box office receipts were just over half of what Keaton spent to make it. ---
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**Major Flops that Became Cult Classics** 1. The Room 2. Plan 9 from Outer Space 3. The Rocky Horror Picture Show 4. Reefer Madness 5. Showgirls 6. The Shawshank Redemption 7. Office Space 8. Donnie Darko 9. The General 10. Manos: Hands of Fate Pass. ---
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