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> a strong female lead that needs neither male support nor a love interest Now I'm trying to think of other Disney leads of either sex without a love interest.

by ashark 10y ago

> a strong female lead that needs neither male support nor a love interest Now I'm trying to think of other Disney leads of either sex without a love interest... is there one? Other than those for whom it's not really applicable (ones who are too young, mostly).

jimlawruk 10y ago
Mary Poppins
hatchoo 10y ago
Brave, with its tomboyish princess Merida is one. Disney even got some flak for "glamming" her up to be like other Disney princesses [1] [1] https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/may/16/disney-princess-merida-makeover https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/may/16/disney-princess...
- cmdrfred 10y ago
  The protagonist in the Force Awakens as well if I'm not mistaken.
CharlesW 10y ago
Lilo of Lilo & Stitch!
mdda 10y ago
Home (lead is a teenage girl, other major character is not a love interest, nor actually male). Up (about a guy escaping being sent to an old people's home .. or something).
- jerf 10y ago
  Up's love interest is, ah, obfuscated for the sake of trying to avoid spoilers, unavailable at the time of the "main plot", but there definitely is one.
  - bonzini 10y ago
    But it's a male lead (two of them) nevertheless.
JustinGarrison 10y ago
Judy (Zootopia) Hiro (Big Hero 6) Elsa (Frozen) Ralph and Velellope (Wreck it Ralph) There are plenty more. I think it has more been current society that is recognizing it more.
- bonzini 10y ago
  Come on, Anna is the real hero in Frozen! :)
- pjc50 10y ago
  Wreck it Ralph puts the love interest relationship between Felix and Calhoun (and subverts it all over the place). Those are all quite recent, while the historical Disney films all fall into the traditional template of male and female lead falling for each other. To the extent that Enchanted can assume the audience knows the formula that they're parodying. There is indeed a recognition and a policy change that stories don't have to be made to fit that formula any more. And it seems that the films are exploring other affectionate relationships, such as the sisters in Frozen. Wreck it Ralph clearly has affection between Ralph and Vanellope, but it's more a parental/big-brother-little-sister thing than a romance. Brave focuses on mother/daughter. And so on.

by ashark 10y ago

jimlawruk 10y ago

Mary Poppins

hatchoo 10y ago

Brave, with its tomboyish princess Merida is one. Disney even got some flak for "glamming" her up to be like other Disney princesses [1] [1] https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/may/16/disney-princess-merida-makeover https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/may/16/disney-princess...

cmdrfred 10y ago
The protagonist in the Force Awakens as well if I'm not mistaken.

CharlesW 10y ago

Lilo of Lilo & Stitch!

mdda 10y ago

Home (lead is a teenage girl, other major character is not a love interest, nor actually male). Up (about a guy escaping being sent to an old people's home .. or something).

jerf 10y ago
Up's love interest is, ah, obfuscated for the sake of trying to avoid spoilers, unavailable at the time of the "main plot", but there definitely is one.
- bonzini 10y ago
  But it's a male lead (two of them) nevertheless.

JustinGarrison 10y ago

Judy (Zootopia) Hiro (Big Hero 6) Elsa (Frozen) Ralph and Velellope (Wreck it Ralph) There are plenty more. I think it has more been current society that is recognizing it more.

bonzini 10y ago
Come on, Anna is the real hero in Frozen! :)
pjc50 10y ago
Wreck it Ralph puts the love interest relationship between Felix and Calhoun (and subverts it all over the place). Those are all quite recent, while the historical Disney films all fall into the traditional template of male and female lead falling for each other. To the extent that Enchanted can assume the audience knows the formula that they're parodying. There is indeed a recognition and a policy change that stories don't have to be made to fit that formula any more. And it seems that the films are exploring other affectionate relationships, such as the sisters in Frozen. Wreck it Ralph clearly has affection between Ralph and Vanellope, but it's more a parental/big-brother-little-sister thing than a romance. Brave focuses on mother/daughter. And so on.