The forgotten Disney princesses

Who said being a princess was all glamour?  These lovely lady's are often forgotten and they are not the least bit pleased. What do Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine and all the other princesses have that they don't? Read the whole article to find out! ;)
CAUTION: SPOILER ALERT to anyone who hasn't seen the movies below.

1. Princess Vanellope

People usually identify Snow White (1937) as the youngest member of the Princess bunch but this information was only once upon a time true. Snow White held the record for youngest princess (14 years old) for the longest time, but her record was sub passed by a few new princesses. One of them being, Vanellope from Wreck it Ralph. Her age isn't exactly established in the movie but she's between the ages of 7-9 years old. 

Poor Vanellope is bullied by mostly everyone in her town since she is what people call a glitch.  She isn't fully there, she half disappears and then reappears at random moments. This was the doing of Turbo who is actually King Candy. He tried to delete Vanellope's code so he can rule the land but he failed and instead transformed her into a glitch.

Towards the end of the movie, Vanellope actually finds out she is the rightful ruler of  Sugar Rush, in other words she is a princess. She feels being a princess just isn't her, no pink fluffy dresses for her! Instead she returns to her hoodie and decides to be named the president of Sugar Rush. She's too cool for princess! ;)

2. Princess Melody

It isn't hard to see who's daughter this is. That black hair, thick eyebrows, blue eyes and bone structure. Not to mention the mermaid tail and that beautiful singing voice. This young princess (12 years old) is no other than Ariel and prince Eric's daughter, Melody. She appears in the sequel to The little Mermaid; The Little Mermaid ll: Return to the Sea.

A side from being in an awkward stage in her life, being a pre-teen and all she doesn't quite feel like she belongs. Melody's is strongly attracted to the sea and doesn't understand why her mother Ariel doesn't want her near it. She often talks to sea creatures such as Scuttle the seagull and Sebastian the crab. Kids her age tease her for this. Melody names herself the princess of disaster and doesn't understand why she is so different.

She later discovers that she and her mother are more alike than she thought. They both share a love for the sea as it is part  of them. Melody learns that Ariel was only trying to protect her from the evil sea witch Morgana. Once Morgana is vanished the wall that kept melody away from the ocean is destroyed and land and sea are reunited. 

3. Princess Elionwy

We can see this young princess in Disney's The Black Caldron (1985). This little lady has quite a mouth on her. She's very talkative and believes girls can do anything boys can do, which they can. Eilonwy is only 13 years old. In the movie she is captured by the Horned King in hopes that she will use her Magic Bauble (pretty orb thing) to locate the black cauldron.  

She first meets Taran (the boy below) while she is looking for a way out of the castle. Eilonwy decides to let Taran follow her. Yup! That's right this "girl" is no damsel in distress. 

Eilonwy is headstrong and brave. She is also quite fond of Gurgi (the cute dog). Towards the end of the movie Eilonwy and Taran end up kissing with a little push from Gurgi.



4. Kida Nedakh

Whoa! We can clearly see that this girl has got some moves! Yet another princess who is not a damsel in distress. Kida is fierce, she is not only stunningly beautiful but she is also a warrior. We can see her in Disney's 2001 film Atlantis: The Lost Empire and in it's 2003 sequel Milo's Return. Kida resembles someone in there late teens or early 20's but in reality she is the oldest princess of all time. Kida is roughly 8,500-8,800 at least according to Milo.  

Thanks to the Atlantean crystal Kida and the rest of her people are able to live abnormally long lives.

Kida is the daughter of the king of Atlantis but later on becomes queen due to her fathers death (her mother scarified her life to save her kingdom in the prologue movie). So no. Elsa is not the first princess to inherit her parent's throne and become queen. 

5. Kiari (Kingdom Hearts)

Kiari belong to the game Kingdom Hearts, which is a mix of Disney characters and Final Fantasy characters. In the game Maleficent controls all villains and heartless (evil minions who steal hearts, they are created from darkness). She needs seven princesses of pure heart in order to open up the path to Kingdom Hearts. Theses princesses are Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Belle, Jasmine, Alice and the seventh princess is Kiari. The union of the seven opens a door to darkness.

Kiari's best friends are Sora (brown hair) and Riku (white hair). she met them when she appeared washed up at shore. Kiari is from another world and isnt sure how she ended up at Sora and Riku's world. The 3 kids decide to go explore new worlds together. 

Kiari is sweet, compassionate, courageous and would do absolutely anything for her friends as they would for her. In the first game she is 14 years old. 

So what do Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Cinderella and all the rest of the of the princesses  from the Disney franchise have that these lovely ladies don't have? It's very simple. It's not that Kida, Vanellope, Kiari, Eilonwy and Melody aren't awesome because they are. So why aren't they official Disney princesses? It has do with the money each movie made. If the film does not do well in the box office then Disney does not invest more on those films. So that means no publicity stunts and no merchandising. That is why we never see theses characters at Disneyworld or Disneyland. 

If you really like any of these Disney Princesses then its up to you to change that. The fans always have the power! :)