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Walt Disney was the IRL Snow White's Evil Queen.

13 Facts about Disney Princesses That Are Royally Insane

February 02, 2022

Walt Disney was the IRL Snow White's Evil Queen and 12 other crazy facts about these royal heroines.

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Disney took a 30 year hiatus in the Princess franchise. Sleeping Beauty (1959) was the last princess before The Little Mermaid (1989). Sleeping Beauty was also the last princess before Walt's death. CRACKED.COM — Source: Disney

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Elsa is the only non-teenage princess. Elsa is 21, while all other Disney Princesses are under 20. Snow White (14), Jasmine (15), Ariel (16), Aurora (16), Mulan (16), Merida (16), Belle (17), Pocahontas (18), Rapunzel (18), Anna (18), Cinderella (19) and Tiana (19). CRACKED.COM — Source: Huffington Post

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Mulan and Jasmine share a singing voice. Lea Salong sang for both Mulan and Jasmine. CRACKED.COM — Source: Walt Disney Archives

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Merida is the only Pixar princess. She is also Pixar's first female lead. CRACKED.COM — Source: Disney

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Ariel

Ariel is the only princess with a child. Ariel has a daughter named Melody in the direct-to-video film The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea. CRACKED.COM — Source: IMDB

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Pocahontas is the only princess based on a real person. Mulan is based on the legendary character Hua Mulan from 6th century China. Historians are divided on whether she was a real person or not. CRACKED.COM — Source: Vox

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It was written into the Beauty and The Beast script that Belle's hair should fall into her face. According to Linda Woolverton, the writer for Beauty and the Beast: The only thing I wrote was 'she has a little wisp of hair that keeps falling in her face.' Because I wanted her not to be perfect. It was important that not every hair be in place. CRACKED.COM — Source: Geekspin

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trying la prove she's a mermaid Ariel's red hair was a strategic marketing move. NY Disney wanted to distinguish Ariel from Daryl Hannah's blonde character in Splash, which was released 5 years prior to the Little Mermaid. CRACKED.COM — Source: Geekspin

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Adriana Caselotti

The voice actress for Snow White was blacklisted by Walt Disney. Disney wanted to make sure Snow White's voice didn't appear outside of the franchise- so he had 18 year old actress Adriana Caselotti blacklisted from other Hollywood studios. She was also not credited for her work in the film. CRACKED.COM — Source: Comic Book Resources

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Anna is the only princess to have a villainous love interest. She and Pocahontas are also the only princesses to have two love interests in their movie. CRACKED.COM — Source: Geekspin

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Mulan and Tiana are the only left handed princesses. Tiana's voice actress, Anika Noni Rose, specifically requested Tiana be left-handed like her. GRACKED.COM — Source: Geekspin

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Beyonce almost voiced Tiana. However, she did not want to audition and the role went to her Dreamgirls costar, Anika Noni Rose. CRACKED.COM — Source: E News

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Sleeping Beauty only has 18 lines in her movie. She has a line for each minute she is on screen, which is also 18. CRACKED.COM — Source: IMDB

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