Reel Rankings: Disney Princesses (Part 1)

Update: 2025-11-15

Description

To make up for last episode's depressing subject matter, Wyatt and Frankie return to rank our favorite Disney Princesses. The Renaissance girlies will be featured in Part 2.

Opening Music: "Dreams from Yesteryear" by Ankari

References:

Brewmasters. “Exclusive: Brenda Chapman No Longer Directing Pixar’s ‘Brave.’” Cartoon Brew, 18 Oct. 2010, https://www.cartoonbrew.com/feature-film/exclusive-brenda-chapman-no-longer-directing-pixars-brave-29877.html

Ellis, Lindsay. “Reevaluating The Little Mermaid before Disney horks up another live action remake.” YouTube, 16 June 2021, https://youtu.be/NeuLEu9ZePc?si=PpHTk_cb6b9R4KZe.

Kalgesch, Anne. “Disney Princess Tropes: Princes and Damsels.” YouTube, 3 Apr. 2025, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoZ97uzz1uI&t=3s.

Orenstein, Peggy, and Andy Mooney. “What’s Wrong with Cinderella?” Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches from the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture, Harper/Harper Collins, New York City, New York, 2011, pp. 13-18. Book.

“Disney Princess Proves She’s Still The Fairest Of The Land; Girls’ Lifestyle Brand Set To Become World’s Largest In 2006.” The Walt Disney Company, 21 June 2005, https://thewaltdisneycompany.com/disney-princess-proves-shes-still-the-fairest-of-the-land-girls-lifestyle-brand-set-to-become-worlds-largest-in-2006/. Press Release.

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