The animated world is filled with princesses. From the fair and sweet,
to the fun andcolorful, to the strong-willed and brave. But hey,
who says that princesses can only havetheir happily ever after at the House of Mouse?
Today, we’ll be giving the spotlight toprincesses from cartoons and movies who aren’t owned by
Disney. I’m Brad with WickedBinge, and this is Non-Disney Princesses, Good to Most Good!
Before we begin, we should set a couple of royal rules for our princesses. To be
countedas a princess, they must have the actual title of princess. We’ve all seen those lists
ofanimated heroines where every character on there is called a princess whether they areone or not,
and we want to avoid doing that.Furthermore, we’ll only be choosing one princess per
franchise. Because let’s face it, ifwe didn’t do that, this list would be, like,
80% Adventure Time and She-Ra princesses.Finally, we won’t be counting any video game princesses,
so no Peach or Zelda hereeither. With all that being said, let’s begin.For this list,
we’ll be starting with our good but flawed princesses and working our wayup to the most
noble and morally perfect. Starting off, we have what is probably our most unconventional pick:
​Princess DotWarner​ from Animaniacs. Now, to those of you who may be saying that Dot doesn’t
count, we will say that in the movie “Wakko’s Wish”, it was shown that she and herbrothers
were indeed royalty, with their late parents being the former rulers of theKingdom of Warnerstock.But
even if she isn’t shown running an actual kingdom, her attitude is still prettyprincess-like. Being
an Animaniac, she can sometimes be wild and wacky, but alsooutgoing and even caring, especially
towards her brothers. She’s also confident, able totake the lead on adventures just as easily as
her oldest brother, Yakko, and in the rebootwe see her sing songs about subjects like the 19th
amendment and the First Ladiesthroughout history. Overall, though she’s anything but a traditional
princess, we think wecan squeeze her onto this list.Up next is the current ruler of Bright Moon,​
​Princess Glimmer​ from She-Ra When we first saw Glimmer, all she wanted wasto fight in the
war and show her mother, Queen Angella, what she could do. Throughoutthe series, we could see that
Glimmer could be impulsive, extremely stubborn andshort-tempered, easily getting angered when it
seems like her friends don’t trust her orwhen they argue.But while she is brash, Glimmer can also be
supportive, kind and brave, always willing tofight alongside her friends and doing all she could
to reunite the Princesses of BrightMoon. Unfortunately, after losing her mother, Glimmer
starts to become reckless andeven more stubborn, refusing to listen to her friends and deciding
to use the Heart ofEtheria to fight the Horde. Eventually, Glimmer does regret her actions, and
does all shecan to make things right and save her home, showing just how mature and responsibleshe’s
become by the end of the series. Next is​ ​Princess Bonnibel Bubblegum​ from Adventure Time.
Bubblegum is the ruler ofthe Candy Kingdom, a kingdom she created over hundreds of years. As
both the rulerand the smartest person in the Candy Kingdom, she does all that she can to protect
herpeople and puts their safety above everything else - although sometimes this meanscrossing some
boundaries and resorting to spying on them. Her science experimentsand her decisions can also
be just a little on the grey side, like when she created Goliad,a clone that would live forever
and take care of the Candy Kingdom, or when she tried tolock up a baby Flame Princess to protect
others from her unstable power. Unlike Finnwho has more of a moral code, PB is more willing to
do whatever it takes if it’s for thegreater good, and believes that responsibility
demands sacrifice. One example of this was when Bubblegum became 13 years old.
She was able to have fun as a kid for ashort while, but then made the decision to return to her
normal age, just so the CandyKingdom wouldn’t have to suffer over Lemongrab’s rule. Despite her brief
moments ofbeing callous or overbearing, Bubblegum is still very kind towards those she loves,
andalthough she typically focuses on her work, her more tender moments with people likeFinn,
Marceline and her brother Neddy show just how sweet this princess can be.Following her,
we have ​Princess Anastasia​ from the movie of the same name.Anastasia, or Anya, is one of those
‘lost princesses’ thanks to a healthy dose of movieamnesia. Though she knows that she
has a family, it takes her a while to learn about herstatus, meaning that she doesn’t get very much
time in the film to act as a princess forher people. In fact, she even gives up her title
in the end so she can marry a commoner.Still, that’s not to say that she doesn’t help other
characters in the film like Dimitri andPooka. She can be determined and willing to fight,
even ultimately killing the film’svillain, Rasputin, when she destroys his reliquary.
She can be pretty resourceful as wellas brave, energetic and confident in herself. Even if she
isn’t much of a princess, nor isshe probably that accurate to the real life Anastasia, she
still makes for a greatprotagonist and role model for viewers to look up to. Up next is the ruler
of Cloud Cuckoo Land, ​Princess Unikitty​ from the Lego Movie andthe Unikitty series. Unikitty
is all about fun and happiness. Her only rule for her peopleseems to be no negativity. But, as much
as she may try to stop herself from feeling sador angry, when it comes to her friends, she’s willing
to go all-out with rage just to protectthem and will do anything for them. We even see her
briefly become a battle-kitty in thesecond Lego movie just to protect them from alien invaders.
In her tv series, we see herbe even more focused on keeping the citizens of the Unikingdom happy,
even havingspecial days where she listens to each person’s problems and tries to help them.
Withsomeone as wacky and silly as Unikitty to be very responsible, but she surprisingly doesher
job well! She does sometimes go a little overboard when it comes to some things,like
trying to befriend the villain, Master Frown, or trying to make her assistant, Richard,happy
enough to make sparkle matter. Still, we can’t really fault her for being anenthusiastic
leader.For ​Princess Poppy​, the only thing she loves more than partying and pop music
are herfellow trolls. When we first meet Poppy, she’s less like a leader and more like
everyone’sbest friend. She’s happy-go-lucky, wants her people to be just as happy as her,
and holdsparties whenever possible to help accomplish this. She can also be very determined,
willing to go through failure after failure to reach her goals. But,
that’s not to say she’snecessarily stubborn, since we see her learn lessons throughout both movies,
allowingher to become a better leader. We also see how friendly she can be towards others,from the
trolls in other kingdoms to bergens like Bridget, who she ends up helping quitea bit. Really, she
just wants everyone to be happy and get along no matter who they are.As nice as all this is though,
Poppy still has her flaws. Her tendency to always try toremain positive can sometimes blind her,
causing her to make mistakes. It’s alsosometimes hard for her to see the point of view of others,
making her come off assomewhat forceful and unwilling to listen. But like we said,
Poppy is willing to learn fromher mistakes, understanding that doing what’s best for her
fellow trolls and actuallylistening to them is more important than her own beliefs.It isn’t easy
having a dad like King Neptune, but ​Princess Mindy​ from the SpongebobMovie still manages to
be one of the kindest people found under the sea. Unlike herfather, who is quick to anger and more
than happy to throw his subjects into thedungeon just for touching his crown, Mindy is much more
merciful and fair. Sheconvinces Neptune to give Spongebob a chance to clear Mr. Krabs’
name, and thenhelps him along on his journey, from giving him and Patrick confidence throughso-called
‘mermaid magic’ and ‘manly mustaches’ to stalling Mr. Krabs’ execution justto give
Spongebob a bit of extra time. Since we don’t really see her try to fight Planktonherself,
we can guess that she doesn’t seem to have much in the way of power orauthority. Still,
given all that she tries to do for our favorite sea sponge, maybe there’ssome power to be found
in just being nice and fair.Next is the Princess of Friendship,​ ​Princess Twilight Sparkle​
from My Little Pony.Twilight wasn’t always a princess, instead preferring to isolate herself
and focus onlearning magic. But throughout the series, she not only learned how to be
more sociableand form friendships with others, but she practically became an expert in it,
turningseveral series antagonists like Sunset Shimmer, Tempest Shadow and StarlightGlimmer
into friends and bringing peace to Ponyville and Equestria alike. Eventually, shebecomes the
sole ruler of Equestria, taking over for her mentors, Princess Celestia andPrincess Luna.
Though she’s saved her home several times over from villains like Tirekand Discord, Twilight
isn’t perfect. Even after all her lessons, she still sometimes makesmistakes, like trying to
steal the magic pearl from the Hippogriffs in the movie or beingunwilling to give some ponies
like Trixie a second chance. For a while, she also still triedto do everything herself despite having
friends who were more than willing to help her.In the end though, her lessons did set in, and she
became one of Equestria’s mostnoteworthy heroes. From the kingdom of Equestria to the Northern
Water Tribe, we have​ ​Princess Yue from Avatar. Now, we understand that there’s a certain
fire nation princesswho may be a bit more well known than Yue, but since we’re focusing on the
goodprincesses of animation, we wanted to give Yue some spotlight. On the surface, Yue iskind,
polite and beautiful, making it pretty easy for Sokka to fall for her. Though she mayat
first seem like a princess who’s a bit on the shallow side, Yue - for the brief time thatshe’s
alive - is shown to be strong and brave. As a baby, she was saved by the MoonSpirit, and when
Zhao then killed the Moon Spirit, she decided that it was only right toreturn the favor and
sacrifice herself. Through her selfless actions, Yue not only savedthe people of the Water Tribe,
but brought balance back to the world. As the new MoonSpirit, she helps control the waves of
the sea and brings power to the water benders.She also encouraged Aang not to give up when he became
unsure of himself in theseason 3 premiere. Up next is the alien princess and Teen Titan, ​Princess
Koriand’r (orStarfire) of Tamaran​.​ Though she is able to be fierce and destructive in combat,
Starfireis probably the nicest Teen Titan, with the thing she values most being her
friendshipwith her teammates. As such, she’s very sociable, being willing to meditate with
Ravenor hangout with Cyborg and Beast Boy, and is even willing to be friends with totalstrangers
like Terra and Red Star. Always cheerful, she does whatever she can to makeher friends happy,
as well as protect them during fights. She can also be very trusting,refusing to believe that
Robin has turned against them by choice after he is taken asSlade’s apprentice. As a princess,
Starfire also tends to put her people before herself. Inthe episode “Betrothed”, she’s willing
to return to her home planet and be married to aman she’s never met and doesn’t love in
order to protect her people from a war. Evenafter she defeats her sister, Blackfire,
and calls the wedding off, she decides not to ruleand instead gives the title of king
to her guardian, Galfore. She doesn’t do this to get outof responsibilities,
but because she truly believes that she is unfit for the job andsomeone as strong and
wise as Galfore would be a better leader instead. Though morehero than princess, Starfire’s good
and noble qualities shine through as brightly as herstarbolts.As we move onto our top two, we knew
we couldn’t make this list without mentioningthe ogre princess, ​Princess Fiona​ from Shrek. Out of
all the Non-Disney princesses,Fiona is one of, if not THE, most famous. Originally, all she wanted
was a happy everafter, and was more than a little annoyed when she realized her hero was, well,
not yourstandard knight in shining armor. She and Shrek bickered for quite a while, but after
seeing that he was more than just a brutish ogre, Fiona made the effort to be more kindand
polite towards him. She also showed that she was more than just a damsel indistress,
fighting off Robin Hood and his Merry Men to protect Shrek. Although she doeslose some points
for not being honest with Shrek, he wasn’t exactly the most honestwith her either so, we can cut
her a bit of slack. Throughout the rest of the series, wesee Fiona be supportive and determined,
valuing her love with her husband above allelse and being just as willing to fight for it as Shrek
is. But, that doesn’t mean that sheisn’t afraid to stand up to Shrek when he crosses a line.
As a princess, she also caresabout her kingdom. A big example of this is when she,
her mother and the otherprincesses fought for Far Far Away when Prince Charming tried to take over
in the thirdmovie. But it’s in “Shrek Forever After” where we finally get to see her skills
as a leaderwhen we see her commanding an army of rebel ogres against the evil Rumplestilskin.Being
strong and brave as well as loving and kind, Fiona is an amazing princess. But asgreat as she is,
there’s still one other princess who’s just a bit more noble. Getting our Gold Medal of Goodness,
we have​ ​Princess Diana of Themyscira also known as Wonder Woman​, from DC Superhero Girls. Weknow
that there are several incarnations of Wonder Woman, including a few animatedones. However,
we felt that the DC Superhero Girls version was the best example to usefor this list, with this
incarnation showing her both as a hero-in-training and a princesswho can lead her team to victory.
When we first meet her, we learn that Diana onlybecame a hero for noble reasons - to help
the world of man. She ​did​ have to sort ofsneak out and run away from home to do this buuuut
she’s a teenager so, no realsurprise there. Diana quickly established herself as the team’s leader,
and though shesometimes struggles to understand the other girls given how much of an outsider
shewas, she still does her best to inspire them and give advice instead of just giving orders.She
encourages Bumblebee to be more confident, Batgirl to be more focused, andSupergirl to fight smarter
and not harder. When it comes to being both a hero and astudent at Metropolis High, she works
hard in both sides of her life to be successful andhonorable. She also tries to be polite, even
when people like Harleen frustrate her, andwill always try to save people who are in danger.
This even extends to villains, withDiana arguing with Tatsu (aka Katana) that even criminals don’t
deserve to have theirsouls stolen. She’s kind, courageous, honest and just a bit adorkable,
especially whenshe’s around her crush, Steve Trevor. All of these qualities come together
to not onlymake a great hero, but a near perfect princess. But what do you think?
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