About
The Disney Princess franchise is a media franchise of women and/or princesses from disney animated films. The franchise was created by Andy Mooney of the Disney consumer products in the late 90s. The line-up of consists of feature female heroines in Disney animated films who has mainly appeared in various Disney brands. Current Princesses includes 11 women from animated Disney films such as Snow White and Cinderella, who are currently on the line-up.
History
The Franchise was created by the Disney Consumer Product chairman Andy Mooney in the late 90s. The original Line-up consisted of 9 women including Snow White, Cinderella, Ariel, Mulan, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Aurora, and Tinker Bell(Who was replaced by Tiana from “The princess and the frog” movie). The current roster now consists of 11 women with now adding Rapunzel, Merida, and Belle. Princess Anna from the 2013 movie, “Frozen”, is expected to join the line-up.
Official Princesses
-Snow White
-Cinderella
-Belle
-Aurora
-Ariel
-Tiana
-Mulan
-Jasmine
-Pocahontas
-Rapunzel
-Merida
Reception
Over the years the franchise has received generally neutral reception, from the beginning sales that climbed the consumer Products branch in 2001 to 300 million to 3 Billion in a year. Most critics of the franchise state how most of the women in the franchise are viewed in a stereotypical way regarding gender roles in society. Doug Walker(The Nostalgia Critic) exlpained this in a video titled, “Nostalgia Critic Editorial-What’s with all the Princes Hate?”
Fandom
The franchise has a booming fanbase on the internet. The tumblr blog waltdisneyonfessions, mainly concerning princess films, is a fan page with 1200 pages of notes and confessions by disney fans. The official Facebook page has over 6 milllion likes.
Related Memes
Hipster Ariel
Hipster Ariel
Hipster Ariel is an image macro series of Ariel from the 1989 movie,“The Little Mermaid” poking fun at hipsters similar to hipster kitty.
Hipster Disney Princesses
Similar to Hipster Ariel, Hipster Disney Princesses is an image macro series that depicts and poke fun at hipsters and other topics.
Gaston
Gaston is the main antagonist in the disney movie “Beauty and the beast” and is commonly known on the internet for his image macros, youtube poops, and discussion.
Search Interest
References
Wikia – Disney Princess Wikia
Facebook – Disney Princesses
Wikipedia – Disney Princess
Disney – Disney Princess
Tumblr – waltdisneyconfessions