On this Father’s Day, find out who is the only Disney prince who had the opportunity to become a dad in the studio’s animations
This Sunday, the 11th, Father’s Day is celebrated in Brazil, a date responsible for honoring the patriarchs of families, and which has been celebrated in Brazil since 1953, thanks to a contest organized by the advertising executive Sylvio Bherinh.
The relationship between parents and children, in its most varied forms, is often portrayed in different film productions. In Disney princess animations, for example, the presence of parents is not so common, with only a few characters having the men who gave them life present in the plots.
Among them, we can mention Aurora, daughter of King Stefan; Mulan, daughter of Fa Zhou; Rapunzel, daughter of King Frederic; Merida, daughter of King Fergus; and Moana, who is the daughter of the chief of Motunui, Tui. Among the princes, Only one character had the opportunity to become a father: Eric, Ariel’s romantic partner, the protagonist of “The Little Mermaid”.
Disney’s Only Dad
Eric became a father in the second film of the franchise, “The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea”, released in 2000, where we meet Melody, a sweet and adorable girl who is passionate about the sea, however, she cannot go near the water because her parents prohibit her from doing so, as they try to protect her from Morgana, Ursula’s sister.
At the beginning of the plot, Melody also doesn’t know her mother’s true origins, just as she never had contact with her grandfather, King Triton. However, even though she can’t go to sea and suspects that her parents are hiding something from her, the girl can’t resist her instincts and goes into the water, fleeing in search of an answer, where she is guided to Morgana, leaving her parents desperate.
The film, despite presenting an unprecedented proposal, after all, no princess had ever become a mother before, was not very well received by the public — so much so that, nowadays, many people end up forgetting about the existence of this production.
Walt Disney was not a fan of sequels
Although sequels are a big bet for Disney nowadays, the continuation of films was not something that was very appreciated by the studio’s founder, Walt Disney. According to information from the ScreenRant portal, the renowned filmmaker, some time before his death in 1966, declared himself a “born experimenter”, stating that he did not believe in sequels and that he preferred to bet on new things.
“By nature, I am an experimenter. To this day, I do not believe in sequels. I cannot follow popular cycles. I have to move on to new things. So with the success of Mickey Mouse, I was determined to diversify,” Walt Disney said in a quote on the official website of D23, the Disney fandom.
In fact, one of the requests left by Walt before her death, her producers were told not to create any more sequels to Snow White, as it was the “beginning of everything”, something that remains respected to this day.
However, the idea of “moving on to new things” ended up not being followed by the next generations and, in 1990, the studio released the first sequel to one of its animations, “The Bernards and Bianca in the Land of the Kangaroos”, the second film in the “The Bernards and Bianca” franchise, from 1977.
Today, some of the princesses have also received sequels to their films. In addition to Ariel, who was the first princess to be produced at Disney after the death of Walt Disneyother famous characters that also had sequels are: Jasmine, Pocahontas, Cinderella and Mulan.
Source: Recreio
