40 Disney Princess Secrets You Never Knew Growing Up

Ilene Woods, who voiced the character of Cinderella, remembered Walt Disney saying to her, "You're my favorite heroine, you know." She said, "You mean Cinderella?" "Yes," he said, "there's something about that story I associate with."

Boo on you, Hans, boo!

It kind of makes sense that Aurora has the fewest amount of lines of all the Disney princesses considering she is asleep for a large portion of the movie.

All because some kid in the test audience spilled his popcorn, which made the chairman of Walt Disney Studios think that children would think the slow song was boring. Can you imagine The Little Mermaid without the hoarder's anthem? Luckily, the rest of the Disney staff fought him on it, and we will forever have the iconic tune.

This was done to show that she was an outsider among the townspeople. The Beast is later wearing blue when the two meet, and he also has blue eyes, so they are basically perfect for each other, which we already knew!

Those are some dainty feet!

So . . . they were probably the comfiest Disney princesses.

Ariel is the daughter of Triton, who is the son of Poseidon, who is the brother of Zeus who is the father of Hercules. Wonder what the holidays are like for this family . . .

There was said to be a disagreement in the studio about what the princess's dress color should be, and the real-life discord was comically added to the film.

She allegedly didn't think she should have to audition, so her Dreamgirls castmate Anika Noni Rose got the gig instead.

Which is interesting considering the princesses are thought to be from all over the world.

Who would've known?

And they are so enchanting.

Daryl Hannah starred in Splash in 1984, so Disney creators wanted Ariel to stand out from the famous blond mermaid by giving her fiery red hair.

Disney's Megara, or Meg, from Hercules was also later created with violet eyes, but she is not a princess.

Linda Woolverton, the first woman to write a screenplay for a Disney movie with Beauty and the Beast, commented on creating Belle's appearance, saying, "The only thing I wrote [to describe Belle physically] was 'she has a little wisp of hair that keeps falling in her face.' Because I wanted her not to be perfect. It was important that not every hair be in place."

When she is happy, the castle is blue; it turns red when she is scared, yellow when she is angry, and purple when she is sad.

TBH, it's ours, too.

Frozen's Princess Anna is pursued by Prince Hans and Kristoff, even though only one really has good intentions. Pocahontas is courted by both Kocoum and John Smith, and actually John Rolfe if we're looking at the second movie and/or historical facts.

Disney was running out of time during the production of Beauty and the Beast, so they reused the animated dance between Princess Aurora and Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty.

First, when she is delivering breakfast to her stepsisters and stepmother, second, when she is fleeing the prince's castle at midnight, and finally, as she runs down the stairs at her wedding. Girl might want to stop wearing slip-ons.

Linda Woolverton, screenwriter for Beauty and the Beast, said that she drew inspiration for Belle from Katharine Hepburn's portrayal of Jo March in the 1933 version of Little Women.

Cinderella pretty much did, she just didn't get paid for it.

Initially, Pocahontas was going to have a sidekick who could speak in the form of a talking turkey named Redfeather, voiced by John Candy. Filmmakers decided to stick with mute sidekicks, and we are glad, because what would Pocahontas be without Meeko?!

A little young to be bunking with seven other dudes and kissing strangers, if you ask us.

At least it was for a good cause?

Before becoming queen, she is 21 years old at the time of her coronation. Cheers to that, Elsa!

Until Anna and Elsa came along, of course.

He passed away in 1966, 23 years before The Little Mermaid was released.

Mulan's warrior character was based on legend, not fact.

The Snow Queen was originally portrayed as an overdramatic villain similar to Ursula or Cruella de Vil, and she was also not related to Anna. However, when the writers heard the empowering lyrics of "Let It Go," they changed the entire plot of the movie to make her the lovable and relatable antihero.

Her hair would reach the middle of her calf.

Mulan does not come from a royal line, and she does not marry a prince. Pocahontas is the daughter of a chief and does not marry in to a royal family. Moana, who is identified as a princess in her film, is the only other princess to be a daughter of a chief.

The princess who came before her was Princess Aurora. Sleeping Beauty was released in 1959.

In the original story of Hua Mulan, she fools the troops until the end of the war and doesn't reveal she is a woman until after it is over. Unlike Pocahontas, there isn't solid proof of her actual existence, the first of her tale being told in the Ballad of Mulan.

So bold!

That's a lot of hair.

How cute are they?!

The Who's the Boss? and Charmed actress revealed that "the likeness" of Princess Ariel was based on her when she was a child.

The official Disney princess lineup includes Cinderella, Belle, Ariel, Rapunzel, Tiana, Snow White, Mulan, Aurora, Pocahontas, Jasmine, Merida, and Moana. It does not include Anna or Elsa, because Elsa is a queen in Frozen and Anna becomes a queen in Frozen 2.