I just wrote a Take titled 5 Interesting Disney Princess Facts You Probably Didn't Know where I explored some interesting things about Disney princesses that weren’t common knowledge. And with all this talk about equality, I felt it would only be fair to include fun facts about the princes of Disney.
Now, because there isn’t an official lineup for Disney princes (or if there is, I've never heard it), I took into consideration any male love interest of the Disney princesses. Let me know what you think!
1. Aladdin’s feather falls forward when he lies
You remember the outfit that genie put Aladdin in when he asked Genie to make him a prince? Well, just in case you didn’t notice, that feather atop his turban falls forward whenever Aladdin tells a lie.
2. Eric is the first prince to be saved by his woman
Of course, other males in various Disney movies were saved by their love interests, as well, but Eric was the first to be saved by the Princess herself. And they say women are the weaker sex…
3. The gargoyles and statues in the Beast’s castle are actually the Beast himself
The statues of creatures seen throughout the Beast’s castle are actually early concept art pictures of him before the film was drawn.
The final picture of the beast was a mishmash of different creatures, or, for a shorter term, a chimera. The Beast has the head and horns of a buffalo, eyebrows of a gorilla, arms and body of a bear, jaws, teeth, and mane of a lion, legs and tail of a wolf, and the tusks of a wild boar.
4. Prince Naveen is the first prince to not be the same ethnicity as his princess
And a lot of black people were pissed. To date, Disney has not had a black prince for any princess, not even the one black princess they have in their lineup. Prince Naveen’s character was meant to be gorgeous so that ladies would be fawning all of him. Naturally, part of this was because he’s a prince, but the other meant that he was super attractive. The overall concept was to imply interracial love is okay. However, many of the black community took it to mean that while black women can be attractive, black men cannot.
5. Flynn Rider was portrayed as a thief in ‘Tangled’ because creators wanted to make him edgier
Flynn was originally supposed to be a prince, of course, because the maiden was a princess. And while he isn’t the first male love interest in a Disney film to not be of royal descent, he is by far the most sarcastic and egotistical. This was 100% on purpose as the creators wanted more humor and rebellion in the film, though critics think it was just a ploy by Disney to appeal more to the male audience.
The creators put together the traits and antics of Han Solo and Indiana Jones to create his thieving attributes.
There’s way more information out their on the male Disney characters, but I found these to be the most interesting. And while you may have heard of some of them, hopefully you learned something new today!
**BONUS FACT: And, just for a bonus since you good people read my Take, although not stated in the film, Flynn is conceptualized to be 26 and Rapunzel 18, making them the Disney couple with the largest age gap.
5 Interesting Disney Prince Facts You Probably Didn't Know
So Flynn likes 'em young eh? Good for him. Flynn is also the main character in TRON - wonder if Rapunzel is where he escapes to when he goes into his TRON computer world? Would make sense why no one sees him for so long - he's hanging out with his 18 year old beauty queen
Great take, I would like seeing a cougar princess now with her prince being younger guy of another race lol. That could be the biggest age gap between a Disney couple also
It is negativity because you're generalizing and taking something that's meant to fun and turning it into a race bashing party and it's not appreciated so please stop.
I'm not bashing black people if I wanted to bash black people I could've said something much worse and hurtful. This is just an observation on how black people are and if you can't see it then that's your problem but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen. And also, I'm half black by the way, so no there isn't any race bashing involved.
@relentless_hippie wait so you say you're half black wich means one off your parents is black right? So since you're generazing all the black people I have a question is your black parent never satisfied with anything ever? Plus you're skin color can not be white since one off your parents is black. So are you not satisfied with anything ever too? Just wondering.
I know that, I live in a multicultural country and even if I didn't live in a multicultural country I would know that's just common sense. But thank you for the clarfication anyway lol. Okay and as you can see I didn't only asked about you black parent I also asked about yourself since you got tinted skin or even dark skin I don't know how you look like. Are you never satisfied with these kind of things either? Because you just stated another opinion when you started this whole stereotyping comment of yours. But still managed too contradict it by saying your not like that. Hmm interesting.
@omgjassy Because I'm obviously not talking about every single black person on the entire planet. And I don't classify mixed raced people with black people because they're not. Mixed raced people are in their own category, which is mixed. So, it add to it, I don't identify with black people, I identify with mixed people because that is what I am.
Nonetheless I'm not talking about every single black person who ever existed. If it's common sense to you that there's more races of people out there than just black and white then it should also be common sense to you that I wouldn't mean every black person in all of existence.
@omgjassy Also by the way, even though my skin is brown there are PLENTY of mixed raced individuals who do have white skin. Several of my siblings are perfect examples of that.
"Seriously with the black people stuff? I feel like no matter what you do black people will never be satisfied with anything ever" -relentless_hippie So how can you say you didn't say all black people clearly you did. No where in your comment says 'some' you just trow all the black people in one box. Also your rent is useless and disappointing. You seem mad wich I really dont know why? You were the one making generazings not me. I just ask you a simple question that you can't seem to answer for some reason. Plus don't even start with more races then black and white and mixed people. I'm mixed as hell. My dad Indonesian and Chinese. My mom Surinamese and Dutch. And I'm born and raised in the Netherlands. I really don't care what you identify with be my guest. But dont expect the world to look at you and assume "oh she's mixed" no that doesn't happen. And dont tell me when you see people you think oh there mixed. Because the fact of the matter is you can't see who is mixed and who isn't
You assume the race they look like the most. You have white, black, brown mixed people. I thought your 21 so I could have a normal adult conversation with you but no. That's alright you do you. You can't change someones opinion if the don't see anything wrong in their actions.
@omgjassy Lol there's so many things wrong with what you said but I'm not going to argue with you. I'm not mad by the way, you just assumed I was mad. I don't understand what your deal is, you came here and asked me a question, I gave you answer. You don't like my answer, so it's not a legitimate answer to you. This got really stupid, really fast. I'm just going to say goodbye now, all we're gonna do is go back and forth and I didn't ask you to come on to my comment in the first place.
I don't think you know how this site goes. You don't really invite people too answer you question. This is a public site were everyone who wants too is gonna respond. If you didn't wanted that you should had made your comment private lol. And not because you don't relate to mine opinion its wrong. Pretty childish of you. Hahah stop @in me then😂😂.
Yeah I think so too. I know the place they live in is fictional but I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be representative of New Orleans so that creole mix would definitely make sense for the Prince.
I know he's not American, but you can be representative of something. The land they live in is fictional so he wouldn't belong to any ethnic group on the entire planet earth. This is us just guessing what he would be, or at least what he's supposed to be representative of.
@Relentless_Hippie To add to your point, in a world like that, the racial history could be incredibly different: with a monarchy involving black people being prominent in that society, it's safe to assume that things like Jim Crow or slavery would never have happened. To equate them to races we have in our world almost seems ludicrous in that sense, because they truly lack the history and implications of such a history that we have today. What it means to be black in that world is incredibly different than what it means in ours.
I was just going off of what Nice Guy said. I didn't come up with him being of that ethnic background. I said Naveen is an Indian name and that he could also be Mediterranean.
@Relentless_Hippie You said he's supposed to be representative of New Orleans. That's what I was responding to. He's not representing New Orleans because he's not from there.
I said the place they're in is supposed to be representative of New Orleans, which it is. Nice Guy brought up the New Orleans mixture and I said that it would be fitting for the environment. Because the environment is supposed to be representative of New Orleans. I said nothing about Prince Naveen being from there or that is what he was supposed to be.
Once again I was just going off of what Nice Guy said, and said that he could fit. What I actually said about him is that he could be Indian or Mediterranean.
Niceguy: He also could be that typical New Orleans mix: French (Acadian), Italian, and maybe a little Native American.
You: Yeah I think so too. I know the place they live in is fictional but I'm pretty sure it's supposed to be representative of New Orleans so that creole mix would definitely make sense for the Prince.
If he's not from New Orleans, that wouldn't make any sense you either of you to think that.
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