What are the references to the princess movies?

“Enchanted” is one of Disney’s greatest hit films of the 2000s, being innovative in mixing animation and live-action in the same story. The film follows Gisele (Amy Adams), a princess who has just been expelled from her musical fairy tale and ends up in Manhattan, New York, and begins to live a reality completely different from her own. Watch the trailer!

The production is a great homage to fairy tales, and this fact can be seen in the references throughout the plot, which can appear in subtle ways, or even in an obvious way. Because of this, Recreio brought all the references from “Enchanted” so you can see even more magic in the film.

1. Princesses Meeting

The film is basically about a princess who has a mega meeting with fairy tale royalty. Few people know this, but many of the original voice actresses for the Disney princesses are in the film.

Among the remarkable voices that make a special appearance in “Encantada”, we have Jodi BensonAriel, being Robert’s secretary (Patrick Dempsey); Judy Kuhnwho gave voice to Pocahontas, as one of the residents of Robert’s building, and Paige O’HaraBelle, from “Beauty and the Beast”, appearing as a soap opera actress. At the time, no one knew, but, years later, Idina Menzel, who plays Nancy, would also lend her voice to Elsa, from “Frozen”.

2. Iconic moments

“Enchanted” recalls several memorable moments from fairy tales, especially those told by Disney. Among them, we can mention the following films: “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”, “Cinderella”, “Sleeping Beauty” and “The Little Mermaid”.

When Queen Narissa (Susan Sarandon) realizes that Prince Edward (James Marsden) went after Gisele, she orders Nathaniel (Timothy Spall), the prince’s assistant, takes poisoned apples with him and tries to deliver them to the princess. The fruits are a clear reference to the tale of Snow White — but there’s more! When the queen realizes that Nathaniel won’t be able to do it, she herself decides to deliver the fruit to Giselle. And guess how she does it? By transforming herself into an old woman and offering it to the protagonist, exactly as the Evil Queen did with Snow White.

After Giselle eats the fruit, she falls into a deep sleep and can only be awakened by true love’s kiss. This moment ends up being a more direct reference to the story of Snow White, due to the fruit being the reason for the poisoning.

Furthermore, there is also a reference to “Sleeping Beauty” in the final battle. In it, Narissa transforms into a dragon to try to kill Giselle and Robert, just like Maleficent, the villain of the animation, who transforms into a dragon to try to stop Phillip from reaching the tower where Aurora is.

“Cinderella” has three references throughout the plot. The first one is when Giselle is cleaning the bathroom while singing, and some soap bubbles are floating around her. At a certain point in “Cinderella”, there is an identical scene: she is cleaning the floor of the house, singing, and there are bubbles around her.

Another moment that “Enchanted” copied from the story of Cinderella was the duration of the spell. While in the 1950 animation all of the Fairy Godmother’s magic lasts until midnight, in the live-action film it is revealed that the apple’s spell lasts until the same time. Finally, we couldn’t miss the most iconic moment of Cinderella: when Giselle goes after Narissa, she ends up losing her shoe which, despite not being made of glass, is transparent. But this time, there is something different: the slipper fits on the other foot.

The reference to “The Little Mermaid” is quite subtle when compared to the other princesses mentioned above. In this case, right at the beginning of the film, we see Giselle building a doll of her probable Prince Charming and singing to him, as if he were real. It is worth remembering that Ariel does practically the same thing, the difference is that she did not need to create the statue of Prince Eric.

3. Animals

There is one reference that does not fit into a specific princess, but that we can see in all of them: the good relationship with animals. Giselle gets along very well with animals, both in Andalasia, where there were birds and squirrels, and in New York, where she cleans the house and Robert is with cockroaches and pigeons.