Esmeralda was removed as she wasn't marketable enough for the franchise's standards, as the sales of The Hunchback of Notre Dame's products weren't good, and because the movie dealt with themes that were not entirely suitable for children.
The original Disney Princess line-up consisted of Snow White, Cinderella, Tinker Bell, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, Pocahontas, Esmeralda, and Mulan. Esmeralda was removed soon after. Tinker Bell was also removed; she would go on to headline the sister franchise series Disney Fairies.
Which Disney Princess is not part of the official lineup?
While Tinker Bell could be found on merch sprinkling her pixie dust over a lineup of official princesses, she is not considered an official Disney princess.
Originally Esmeralda and Tinker Bell were part of the franchise but were dropped within a year because it was felt that they did not align with the brand. Several official Disney princesses are missing from the franchise including Anna and Elsa from Frozen (2013).
Esmeralda was removed as she wasn't marketable enough for the franchise's standards, as the sales of The Hunchback of Notre Dame's products weren't good, and because the movie dealt with themes that were not entirely suitable for children.
According to Sara Franks-Allen of ScreenCrush, Meg was excluded from the official Disney Princess franchise due to Hercules' underperformance in theaters, describing her as a "forgotten Disney princess". MovieWeb theorized that Disney found the character too sensual to include in the franchise.
One of the requirements is that she must be royal by birth or do a heroic deed. She's not royal, and I wouldn't say that she completed a heroic deed. All Mirabel did was accidentally finish tearing the family apart and then bring it back together.
Ariel appears as an adult in Return to the Sea and gives birth to a daughter named Melody, becoming the first, and currently, only, Disney princess to become a mother. Ariel is protective of her daughter, as Triton was of Ariel in the first film.
Asha is the protagonist of Wish, but she is not technically a Princess yet despite being trained by the King and having magical powers. The Wish trailer reveals that Asha will have to go up against the King, potentially leading her to take on a leading role in the Kingdom of Rosas.
"Raya and the Last Dragon" on Disney. The newest Disney princess movie, released in 2021, is Raya and the Last Dragon. Raya is Disney's first Southeast Asian princess voiced by Kelly Marie Tran. Big names like Awkwafina, Gemma Chan, Sandra Oh and Daniel Dae Kim also voice characters in the film.
There are 13 princesses on the official Disney Princess list: Snow White, Cinderella, Belle, Rapunzel, Tiana, Moana, Ariel, Raya, Pocahontas, Merida, Aurora, Jasmine, and Mulan.
Claims that Tinker Bell's was removed from the park due to Disney finding the character “problematic” likely come from a 2022 New York Times article that says Disney's Stories Matter team flagged Tinker Bell as a “body conscious” character who is “jealous of Peter Pan's attention.”
The team found the Tinker Bell character to be both “body conscious” and “jealous of Peter Pan's attention.” But meet and greets with the character are still available at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, suggesting the Stories Matter findings may not have played a factor in the decision to end the character's meet ...
Princess Eilonwy has been nicknamed by fans as the "Forgotten Disney Princess" because of her little-known status and the fact she is not an "official" Disney Princess, despite being a princess by birth, like Kida Nedakh from Atlantis: The Lost Empire.
Along the way, she runs into shape-shifting demigod Maui (Dwayne Johnson), who repeatedly and snidely calls her “Princess.” Moana clarifies that she is not a princess, she is “the daughter of the chief.” “Look,” Maui says, “if you wear a dress and have an animal sidekick, you're a princess.”
Anastasia meets all these and a bit more, such as having at least one musical number (which is mentioned as a requirement by many), and now that she's property of Disney, she's technically a Disney Princess, but she isn't part of that specific franchise, simply because she hasn't been chosen as one.
Many speculate that Walt channeled his grief and guilt over his mother's death into his subsequent films. However, many of his movies before his mom's death featured missing maternal figures, Snopes reports. Many Disney movies are also based off fairy tales where the mother wasn't present.
Merida and Pocahontas are the only Princesses to not be seen married, or have wedding dresses in the franchise. Belle and a few others were featured in Disney's Beautiful Brides book.
The live-action princesses are the original Disney Princesses but in their live-action remake movies. Currently, the line up is Aurora, Cinderella, Belle, Jasmine, Mulan and Ariel, with Snow White and Moana joining in the next years.
Raya is a fictional character in Walt Disney Animation Studios' animated film Raya and the Last Dragon (2021). Created by screenwriters Adele Lim and Qui Nguyen, Raya is the thirteenth official member of the Disney Princess line-up and Disney's first Southeast Asian princess.
Her poses and behavior are erotic (which then lead to an image of her being burnt at the stake). This is because this is how Frollo envisions her — His lust is manifest in this sexualized display.
