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15 Details About Disney Princes That Are Often Overlooked

The animators and storytellers that create the Disney films are extremely diligent in their attention to detail. Their detailing is so concentrated that it can take years to create artwork based on a single character, as in the movie Mulan, where her hair touching scene was inspired by a singer on the set who used to touch her hair a lot during the shoot, or The Beast from the film The Beauty and the Beast, where his head design was based on a buffalo’s head design.

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Disney World has created a variety of great stories while paying close attention to the tiniest details. Whatever number of times you have watched your favorite Disney film, whether it is two, twenty, or two hundred times, it is possible that there are certain scenes or details that you may have missed while watching your movie on the big screens.

So, want to know what you have missed in your childhood? Then just keep scrolling down and have a peek at these details and facts that you have overlooked! , keep scrolling down to see what you might have missed out on throughout your formative years.

1. We’ve always seen a prince save a princess. However, this is the first story in history that the hero has been saved by a princess.

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Ever realized that the princesses of Disney always end up being saved by their prince charming? And that these princesses are always saved and returned back home with their prince and later they lived happily ever after. It was the first time in the history of Disney where a prince was saved by the protagonist in the movie “The Little Mermaid” and who did so twice throughout the story: once when he fell into the sea, and again when he met Ursula at the film’s final encounter.

2. The truth about John Smith from the movie Pocahontas!

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John Smith was a soldier and explorer who was captured by the natives of America after settling on their territories.  His rescue by a girl from the tribe that held him hostage is widely believed to have occurred, although the exact nature of the event has never been confirmed. Beyond being physically different from his historical counterpart, the Disney version of John Smith had a distinct personality from the real figure. Unlike the actual Smith, who was authoritarian and had a difficult personality, the fictitious Smith is warm and friendly. Additionally, he was far older than Pocahontas, and according to certain papers, they never had a romantic relationship in real life.

3. Because of his lie-detector feather, Aladdin is unable to hide his deception.

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When Aladdin first met Jasmine, he pretended to be Prince Ali, who he was not at all. For fear that she would reject him for who he truly was, he put up an elaborate front that irritated Jasmine to the extreme. He also lied so often that the feather of his hat would fall out of his hat every time he did so.

4. Li Shang is actually a true hero!

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Despite their mutual attraction in the first Mulan film, Li Shang never kissed the story’s protagonist. He was also the first Disney prince to express gratitude and respect for the heroine’s characteristics, which was a first for the franchise.

5. Pocahontas and John Smith Journey!

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John Smith had to return to England to receive some medical treatments during the first half of Pocahontas when he was injured. When he asked Pocahontas to accompany him, she declined the request because she thought that her tribe needs her. And, in the sequel, Smith encouraged her to join him on a worldwide journey. Unfortunately, Pocahontas had already overcome her affections for him, and she refused to accept his offers once more. He then made the decision to let her go and continue his quest.

6. Disney breaks the traditional male hero in the movie tangled.

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It was important to the producers of Tangled to break away from the traditional Disney male hero, who they considered to be “rather soft” at times. So, they decided that Flynn, rather than being a prince, should be a charismatic and charming robber, giving the story a more worldly feel to contrast with Rapunzel’s restricted understanding of the outside world.

7. Hans hides his true evil nature in the movie Frozen.

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Hans is the only one of the Disney princes who is genuinely a villain. The fact that he presents himself as a good guy who empathizes with the lonely princess, and manages to make her fall in love after their meeting, distinguishes him from other characters. Consequently, he successfully manipulates her into ultimately disclosing his genuine objectives. While there have been numerous villains who have pretended to be benevolent in Disney films, the case of Hans in Frozen is unique in that he offered no indication that he was wicked. When a character is bad and claims to be on the side of the protagonist, the viewer is usually well aware of this fact. Hans, on the other hand, managed to keep his actual nature hidden until the very end of the film.

8. The Princess and the frog, where the frog and prince kissed on many occasions!

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Tiana kissed Naveen when he was an animal in the Disney film The Princess and the Frog, which was almost the beginning of the film. Also, there were some other scenes where they both kissed each other making it one of the movies with the most kisses in the history of Disney.

9. Ariel and Prince Eric had a family, and it’s the first time in the history of Disney.

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Did you know that Ariel and Prince Eric had a baby girl named Melody? Yes, it makes The Little MErmaid the only film in the history of Disney where a prince and a princess made a family. Prince Eric became the father of this little girl whom he loved and cherished dearly. When she managed to get away and sink to the ocean’s depths, Prince Eric ordered to find her and he dispatched a whole fleet to find her.

10. Sometimes, a prince can be the main character in Disney movies.

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Aladdin is the only film in the “Disney princess” franchise to have a prince as its primary character, despite the fact that there are several films with male leads. Also, he was the first person to obtain the title of a king by marrying a princess.

11. Names of some heroes were never revealed in the storyline.

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While the names of the princes are never disclosed in Snow White or Cinderella, the names of the princes are mentioned in Sleeping Beauty at some point in the story. He is also the first character in the franchise to have more dialogue than his predecessors and to beat a villain, so fulfilling the roles of prince and hero in the same story.

12. Prince Charming’s scenes were removed from the movie because of some issues.

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When it comes to on-screen appearances, Snow White’s prince may be the one with the fewest, as he appears just at the opening and end of the film. It had been intended for him to be of more importance, but owing to animation issues, the filmmakers chose to eliminate his sequences from the film.

13. There were some similarities in the nature of the prince from the movie Mulan and Frozen.

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Li Shang and Kristoff (the Disney princes from Mulan and Frozen, respectively) have one thing in common: they are both secondary characters. Not only this, but they also had some other similarities that includes being thoughtful, shy, and logical. These characteristics of these princes are in contrast with the princesses, who are more daring in their nature and they are more impulsive. And it wasn’t until the sequels that any of them ended up getting married.

14. Common things in the movies “The Beauty and the Beast” and “The Princess and the Frog”

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The films Beauty and the Beast and The Princess and the Frog have one thing in common: throughout a significant portion of the plot, the princes do not appear in their human form. While Beast regains his humanity near the end of the film, Prince Naveen is only shown to be human at the opening of the film and throughout the film’s conclusion.

15. The beast from the movie “The Beauty and the Beast” resembles a buffalo!

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It was the head of a buffalo that served as an inspiration for the design of Beast, according to the character’s designer when it came to bringing the character to life. While creating sketches, he also incorporated other animals into the compositions, such as a wild boar, a lion, a gorilla, a bear, and a wolf. His intention was to construct an animal-like form in order to break away from the alien version of the original story that he had read about. After combining elements from several species, he was able to construct an anthropomorphic being that was appropriate for the setting of the film.

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