When the Frozen 2 teaser trailer dropped recently, it broke some major records; within 24 hours,
it became the most viewed animation trailer of all time, with 116.4 million views.
The film comes out November 22nd of this year, which feels like an eternity away!
So today, we’re here to help alleviate some of that pain with our list of the top 10 Frozen
Fan Theories.
Some of these theories pertain to what the sequel might entail, while others address
the Frozen franchise as a whole.
So with that
in mind, let’s jump in!
10 Young Parents Let’s start off our list with a theory pertaining
to the brand new teaser trailer.
Two brand new characters appear in the teaser, and we’ll be talking about them a lot on
this list.
Naturally, everyone has been speculating as to who they could be, but one of the bigger
theories is that mystery boy and girl are actually Elsa and Anna’s parents when they’re
young.
Why would this be a thing?
The theory suggests that Frozen 2 will revolve around Elsa and Anna looking into the mystery
of what happened to their parents when their ship crashed.
This is why the first moments of the teaser feature Elsa practicing with her abilities
on the crashing waves, with the intention of the gang searching for her parents after
getting a hint as to where they or their ship could have ended up.
9 Frozen & Tangled One of the biggest theories pertaining to
Frozen is that it’s set in the same world as another Disney film, Tangled.
How so?
Well, between the two movies, there’s a lot of little crossovers and circumstantial
evidence fans picked up on.
In Frozen, Hans has 12 brothers.
Hans is also from the ‘Southern Islands’, and Tangled, which is set in another kingdom,
is on an island.
Compared to the climate in Frozen, it seems a whole lot warmer.
The uniforms that characters in Frozen wear looked very similar to the Austrian-style
uniforms that the nobles in Tangled wear.
He kooks a whole lot like the Stabbington Brothers from Tangled.
And to top it all off, the most apparent connection: There’s a line in Tangled at the end of
the film where Flynn tells Rapunzel that he has heard Arendelle is nice this time of year.
8 Rapunzel is Elsa & Anna’s Cousin Speaking of Frozen and Tangled, this is another
theory riffing on the idea that the two films are connected.
Towards the end of Frozen, during the song For the First Time in Forever, fans spotted
characters in the background that looked like Flynn and Rapunzel, right outside of the castle
when the gates are opened and Anna comes out of them.
This theory suggests that Elsa and Anna’s parents had set sail to go to Rapunzel’s
wedding, and that’s when their ship sank.
Rapunzel and Flynn are at Elsa’s coronation out of respect that the previous King and
Queen of Arendelle died on the way to their wedding, and it’s their fault indirectly
that Anna and Elsa lost their parents.
In addition to that, Tangled came out in 2010, and Frozen came out in 2013, and three years
have passed between the King and Queen’s death and Elsa’s coronation.
But where does the whole cousin bit come in?
Well, according to some versions of this theory, it’s not the whole guilt thing that really
motivates Rapunzel and Flynn to come to the coronation.
It’s because they’re cousins, and the King and Queen were actually Rapunzel’s
aunt and uncle.
7 Joan of Arc This theory is based off of a portrait that’s
visible in the castle of Joan of Arc.
It suggests that Joan is actually a distant ancestor of Elsa and Anna’s, and the reason
why Elsa’s powers are what they are is because her bloodline genetically altered itself in
order to protect themselves from being burned at the stake.
Seems like a tad bit of a long shot, but its still interesting to think that perhaps these
characters have some real world ties, even if those ties were merely inspiration.
6 Hot Santa This theory is pretty darn great.
So according to a reddit user named Hoffdog, Kristoff is actually Santa Claus back when
he was young and hot.
Because apparently it’s agreed upon that Santa was hot back in the day, and that Kristoff
is also, in fact, hot.
Subjective opinion aside, Hoffdog argues, I quote, “His name can be abbreviated to
Kris, like Kris Kringle.
He was raised by mystical creatures, similar to elves.
He is in love with reindeer.
He rides in a sleigh.
He loves the cold and is an expert in snow.
His cheeks are pretty dang rosy if you ask me!
Need I say more?”
So, will Kristoff eventually end up becoming Santa Claus, with Anna being Mrs Claus?
Maybe that’s a question we can start asking if Disney ever pumps out an animated Santa
Claus film sometime in the distant future.
5 The Snow Queen It’s no big secret that Frozen is loosely
based off of Hans Christian Andersen’s story The Snow Queen.
That being said, pretty much all of the characters in Frozen are original, and have nothing to
do with the source material.
This theory suggests that Frozen 2 will dive further into that source material, exploring
how Elsa got her powers; by inheriting them from an ancient ancestor of the royal family,
known as the Snow Queen.
The Snow Queen was wicked and evil, and created a mirror that reflected the ugliness of whomever
looked into it.
The mirror was broken by a hero, or in this case, perhaps someone who worked with the
trolls or the trolls themselves.
The theory goes into detail in terms of how the plot of the second film could play out
with this story in mind, but long story short, the film is a much more direct adaptation
of The Snow Queen story.
Funny this is, if you look at this theory, and our next one, it kind of makes sense that
an evil ancestor with Winter Powers could have existed.
4 Elsa and Anna’s Parents Jumping back to Elsa’s parents for this
one.
There’s a whole lot of theories surrounding these two, so we’re gonna bulk them into
one number.
For starters, one theory speculates that Elsa’s powers were nothing new to the King and Queen;
they previously had a relative who had powers, and that’s why when Elsa zapped Anna, they
knew to go to the trolls for help, and why the King wasn’t hesitant to approach them.
To further that, there’s another theory that suggests that in the Disney universe,
magic is often used for ill purposes, thanks to sorcerers and evil queens and what have
you.
So when Elsa’s powers manifested, her parents feared for her, and legitimately felt that
locking her away was for good reason.
Elsa ‘coming out’ of the magic closet in a way is a big deal with the Disney universe,
because it means we have a character who is very public and open about their powers, and
isn’t, you know, trying to use em to kill anyone.
And one last theory about the sister’s parents!
There’s also a popular theory that the King and Queen’s story connects to a different
Disney film; Tarzan.
The theory suggests that the two survived their shipwreck, and were stranded on a deserted
island.
Here they gave birth to a baby boy, who is none other than Tarzan.
This is where it gets wild.
In 2017, Frozen co director Chris Buck confirmed that the fan theory was true, and he confirmed
that when the King and Queen left Arendelle, the Queen was pregnant.
Before the two of them passed away, they built a tree house, which would become Tarzan’s
home, and they died while he was fairly young, leaving him to be raised by gorillas.
3 Coming Out One of the most persistent fan theories to
pop up online after the first film’s release was that the whole movie is actually about
coming out, with Queen Elsa being queer, and her struggle with her powers being a metaphor
for her inner conflict with her sexuality.
The song Let it Go is supposed to represent her no longer caring what other people think
about her in terms of her sexuality.
Regardless of whether or not there’s a deeper meaning to Let it Go, a lot of people jumped
onto the idea that Elsa could be a part of the lgbtq community, which brings us to our
next point- 2 Mystery Girl
Perhaps the biggest question on everyone’s mind from the Frozen trailer is who is this
mystery girl?
If the girl and that mystery boy aren’t the King and Queen of Arendelle when they
were younger, who are these two.
A lot of interest has specifically been directed to the girl in particular.
Is she Anna and Kristoff’s daughter?
Or is she Elsa’s girlfriend?
Back in 2016, a hashtag on twitter went viral, #giveElsaAGirlfriend, to which the writer
and co-director of the first film, Jennifer Lee, didn’t shut the idea down.
Many were outspoken over the fact that Disney has yet to have a main character who falls
into the lgbtq spectrum.
Hell, even Idina Menzel, who voices the character, was into the idea!
So naturally, people are curious whether that will actually become a thing, and if this
mystery girl is the answer.
1 The Four Seasons Perhaps the theory making the most waves online
(aside from Elsa, sorry, had to), is the Four Seasons theory.
So for starters, let’s take a look at the teaser trailer again.
It features quite a bit of autumn imagery, suggesting that perhaps the gang will be leaving
Arendelle, or that fall has come to Arendelle and no one knows why.
Then, the poster that was released features different symbols that some fans think represent
the four seasons; winter, spring, summer and autumn.
Josh Gad, who is the voice of Olaf, tweeted the poster out saying “if you look hard
enough, this teaser poster will reveal quite a few surprises (like how pretty a snowflake
is up close).
If you look closely, the symbols in the snowflake match up with the symbols that are spotted
inside of the floating diamonds from the scene in the teaser where Anna looks out over a
balcony at them.
This has led to a theory that speculates that the other seasons will play a valuable role
in Frozen 2, and that in order to correct the weather in Arendelle, Elsa will have to
team up with others who have elemental powers or seasonal powers in order to restore balance
and harmony.
It could very well be that the mystery girl and mystery blonde boy are two new characters
who have season powers, with the girl using her powers in the shot in the teaser trailer
to whip the boy out of the leaves from the ground.
There we have it friends!
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