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10 years of PatF in 10 days ≫ Day 8 | Movie Trivia

Disney's 52nd full-length animated feature, The Princess and the Frog, was the last theatrically released fully animated film of the 2000s. 

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I’m going to give a shoutout to Tiana for being such an underrated Disney princess, if not the most underrated. The other day, I was asked which of the (official) Disney princesses was my favourite, I go with Tiana and then I get asked: “Really? Why aren’t you going with Ariel or Belle or someone like that?”

Honestly, this attitude is tiring because Tiana is the best fucking Disney princess we’ve had in years. A lot of the princesses get credit for being “strong” and “empowering” when that’s honestly debatable. Not naming anyone here because I don’t care to hear people defend them but you probably know which ones I’m talking about when I say “White, overrated Disney princess who gets too much attention, both from the company itself and the fans”. I can name at least three princesses who apply to this description.

Tiana is, in my humble opinion, one of the greatest because she faces her problems instead of running away from them. She’s hardworking as hell, stubborn in the best way, realistic, ambitious, goal-oriented and resourceful. When being faced with a problem, she deals with it instead of escaping it, as some Disney princesses have a tendency to do. But Tiana worked too fucking hard just do that and she is not giving up, something that I’ve missed since Mulan. On top of that, she’s also kind, helpful, skilled, brave and doesn’t let people step on her, just because they’re more privileged than her (namely Naveen when he’s acting spoiled in the beginning). 

And even when spending the majority of the film as a frog, she gets shit done! She earns a ton of money she’s saved up for years to build her own restaurant to honour her and her father’s dream and she accomplishes that! She does get help to actually build it from Naveen, of course, but we all know that she’d be able to do it on her own if that was the case.

So here’s to Tiana, the first (and hopefully not last) black Disney princess and one of the greatest princesses of all time! May she get the attention she deserves because she sure isn’t getting enough love <3

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10 years of PatF in 10 days ≫ Day 9 | Animation Appreciation

We all believe in animation as an entertainment art form. And we felt like we had something to prove to those people who don’t believe in it. We’re not talking about the public. We’re talking about those people in the industry that maybe didn’t give it a fair shake in the past. We knew that we were going to make a great movie. And we knew that we could make a beautiful movie. And we all felt like we really had something to prove with that. - Randy Haycock, supervising animator of Naveen

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10 years of PatF in 10 days ≫ Day 7 | Parallels

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10 years of PatF in 10 days ≫ Day 6 | Soundtrack Appreciation

“Randy [Newman]’s not an easy music writer, so the things that you’re listening to sound simple to the ear, which is good for kids. But it’s not simple music at all. It’s actually very intricate. The chord structure, the way the notes move, also help with creating an emotion—the tone and the emotion help move the story forward. So it was really wonderful to be able to sing music that does that.” - Anika Noni Rose, voice of Tiana

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10 years of PatF in 10 days ≫ Day 2 | Naveen Appreciation

“What’s fun about Naveen and different about him relative to past princes is that he’s not a perfect man who shows up at the end of the film and gives the princess a kiss and whisks her away to this kingdom. He has his own issues. He’s running away from expectations that have been placed upon him. He would love to do nothing more than escape into the streets of New Orleans and be a part of the great jazz revolution that was occurring in the 20s. He learns from Tiana a way of life he doesn’t have too much experience in.” - Bruno Campos (voice of Naveen)

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10 years of PatF in 10 days ≫ Day 10 | Tianaveen Appreciation

Tiana, I love... the way you light up when you talk about your dream. A dream that is so beautiful. I promise, I will do whatever it takes to make it come true.

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10 years of PatF in 10 days ≫ Day 1 | Tiana Appreciation

“She’s extraordinarily self-sufficient. She’s not uncomfortable with where she is in her life but she’s so positive and forward-moving and forward-thinking. I think it’s wonderful that she doesn’t feel that her life is not complete without her Prince Charming. So when she does find that Prince Charming, it’s more of a compliment than a completion.” - Anika Noni Rose (voice of Tiana)