Swan Princess EPIPHANY!

    Who knew that the movie Swan Princess had so many parallels to so many Disney princess movies. Here are just a few of the parallels I found during my most recent viewing of this fabulous movie!

Beauty and the Beast

Like the Beast, Rothbart asks Odette to marry him every night after she transforms back into a human. This daily request for marriage comes from the Grimm's Fairy Tale version of Beauty and the Beast.

Cinderella

Like with Prince Charming, Prince Derek has to choose his bride at a ball where all the eligible princesses will be in attendance - oh and the one he chooses is again a woman disguised as the one he truly loves.

Sleeping Beauty

Derek and Odette, like Phillip and Aurora, are betrothed. Then there is the dancing scene during the song
Far Longer Than Forever where they are dancing in clouds of various shades of pink. Then, like Maleficent in Sleeping Beauty, Rothbart turns into the beast/dragon at the end and is slain by the prince.

Princess and the Frog

Like Navin, Jean Bob is a French prince who has been turned into a frog, but in this movie Odette is turned into a swan, instead of a frog

The Little Mermaid

Like Ursula, Rothbart has creates an impersonation of Odette to send to the ball, and casts a spell to trick Derek into marrying her instead of the real Odette

And for my two favorite songs from this movie click the links below: I couldn't find a decent clip of This is My Idea, but here is the track.
Far Longer than Forever
This is My Idea