15+ Totally Magical Facts About Disney Princesses

First, she loses her shoe when delivering the breakfast trays. After that, she loses her glass slipper while running away from the ball. And finally, her shoe falls off on her wedding day.

In the tale, a woman named Rhodopis loses her sandal in a public bath. An eagle then scoops it up and drops it on the lap of a pharaoh, who is so intrigued by the event, he starts a country-wide search for its owner.

After the pharaoh finally locates Rhodopis, the two get married.

Actually, Ariel was deliberately given red hair to differentiate her character from Madison in Splash, a live-action mermaid film that came out of few years prior.

The statue is called "The Little Mermaid" and is located at a harborfront in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Snow White is just 14 years old, while the other Disney princesses' ages range from 15 to 19.

Cinderella and Tiana, both 19, are the eldest princesses.

Initially, the animators drew Snow White with big red lips, long lashes, and a shorter dress. However, Walt Disney wanted Snow White to look more "wholesome" (to be fair, she was 14) and opted for more subdued features and a peasant-style dress.

Pocahontas has a red band around her right arm, and Kida from Atlantis: The Lost Empire has tattoos under her left eye.

And as you may have noticed, magnolias are woven throughout the film as a continuous theme.

The magnolias in Mulan are likely Japanese magnolia trees, which can be found throughout the region.

Let's be real: Pants would be more practical in all the Disney princesses' lives.

Except maybe for Princess Aurora. Gowns are pretty great for sleeping.

In fact, the actress who voices Tiana, Anika Noni Rose, requested that the princess be left-handed because she happens to be a lefty herself.

However, Queen Bey refused to audition, so she lost out on the opportunity.

Instead, we'll have to wait until the live-action Lion King remake, where Beyoncé is set to play Nala.

When Paige O'Hara was auditioning for the role of Belle, a piece of hair fell out of her ponytail. She then casually brushed it back.

The animators liked the moment so much, they decided to include it in the movie.

However, she's the second Disney princess to become a queen during a movie.

Princess Kida from Atlantis: The Lost Empire was the first Disney princess to become a queen in a film, but her coronation isn't shown to the audience.

The color symbolism is fairly standard: Blue means she's happy, red means she's fearful, and yellow signifies that she's angry.

In fact, she's the only Disney princess who doesn't have a love interest at all.

Finally, a fairy tale that doesn't rely on romantic clichés!

It appears as though Brave parted with a few Disney clichés, wouldn't you say?

Merida has three brothers: Hamish, Hubert, and Harris. They are triplets.

The real Anastasia was given a music box by Maria Feodorovna, the Empress of Russia at the time.

However, the real box was silver and featured a ballerina on top.

The image was created in reference to a picture that the real Anastasia drew for her father in 1914.

Claire Keane, a Disney animation artist who worked on Frozen, revealed that her early drawings of the Snow Queen had facial features based on the Grammy Award-winning singer.

The cape is also purple, which is the classic color of royalty.

According to the original film's art director, Belle is the only person in her town who wears blue. This symbolizes that she is unique from everyone else.

Later, when Belle meets the Beast, he's also wearing blue (and has blue eyes) to show that he too is an outsider.

The film's production designer based the characters color palettes on these rules: Blue stands for good, yellow stands for neutral, and red stands for evil.

That's why Jasmine is dressed in head-to-toe blue!

As far as similarities go, we can definitely say that both Jasmine and Jennifer have strong brows!

Jasmine's appearance was also inspired by one of the animator's sisters.

For a story that's both named after and based on her character, she plays the most passive role of all the Disney princesses!