Who is the only Disney princess who is not the protagonist?

For a character to be part of the Disney Princess franchise, she must follow a sequence of rules, like being part of an animation; being human or at least half human and being born a princess, marrying royalty or committing a heroic act.

Among the rules is also being the protagonist of the story in which you are inserted. But, did you know that one of the studio’s princesses doesn’t fit this rule? This is because one of the thirteen holders of the title of Mickey Mouse royalty appears as a secondary figure in the narrative.

Who is she?

The princess in question is Jasmine, from “Aladdin” (1992), who became the first non-European princess and the first non-white Disney princess. In the plot that adapts one of the stories from the book “The Arabian Nights”, Aladdin is the main protagonist.

In the film Ron Clements It is John Muskerthe Sultan’s daughter faces tradition to walk her own path, as by law, Jasmine must marry a prince in three days before her 16th birthday, but she is not willing to share her life with any of the suitors chosen by her father, which leads her to flee the palace.

While escaping, she gets into trouble and it is Aladdin, a humble boy who lives by petty theft, who saves her, making the two get to know each other and realize that they both do not feel comfortable in the life that has been imposed on them, thus emerging, the first connection between him, since both had completely different realities.

The plot is available to Disney+ subscribers and has the following synopsis: “A humble young man discovers a magic lamp, with a genie that can grant him wishes. Now the boy wants to win over the girl he fell in love with, but what he doesn’t What you know is that the young woman is a princess who is about to get engaged, with the help of the Genie (Will Smith)he tries to pass himself off as a prince to win the girl’s love and her father’s trust.”

It is worth mentioning that Jasmine also appears in the sequels, “Aladdin — The Return of Jafar” (1994) and in “Aladdin and the 40 Thieves” (1996). Furthermore, she is a recurring character in the animated series launched in 1994 that had three seasons, in addition to the 2019 live-action, where she was played by the actress naomi scott.