16 Disney Princess Movie Plot Holes Fans Noticed

From Redditoru/jaromadair:

So inFrozen,Anna needs true love to heal. This scene shows Olaf finds Anna dying, locked in the castle by Hans, and defines "true love".

Olaf lights a fire. He tells Anna the meaning of true love is:Putting someone else's needs before yours. Think about Kristoff bringing you back to Hans and leaving you forever.

Anna exclaims Olaf is melting. Olaf replies:Some people are worth melting for.

The writers of Frozen define the act that heals Anna. They show Olaf doing that: Olaf needs cold to survive, but he keeps the fire going for Anna's warmth. Why did that not heal her?

From Redditoru/newenglandredshirt:

You are a king. You just learned your eldest child, heir to the throne, has a talent she cannot control.

Do you (a) hire the trolls, who understand magic and know how to fix the problem? (b) Send her to a guru to learn control? (c) Lock her in her room to figure it out alone?

If the king had asked the head troll to help Elsa, this movie would have been unnecessary.

From Redditoru/311heaven:

InCinderella, why doesn't the Prince recognize all the other women as not the princess just by looking? What is the point of the glass slipper fitting or not?

From Redditoru/Fournote:

Mulan's father was drafted after serving and getting bad battle injuries. If he went to the front lines, he would have died. Here are reasons Mulan had nothing to worry about:

From Redditoru/DammitJanetB:

InBeauty and the Beast, I wondered why Belle did not bring her Father back to the castle after leaving, knowing she was comfortable. She could have brought him to the Beast and his staff to help care for him, avoiding the castle storm.

From aRedditor:

In, how did Rapunzel know it was her birthday? This small plot point bothered me. Mother Gothel is one answer, but how could she have known?, how did Rapunzel know it was her birthday? This small plot point bothered me. Mother Gothel is one answer, but how could she know?

From Redditoru/ThatGIANTcottoncandy:

I thought about how Rapunzel knows the sky lights appear on her birthday yesterday. I thought, "How dumb of Mother Gothel to celebrate her birthday on Rapunzel's actual birthday." The king and queen kept the tradition of releasing lanterns that day to remember their lost princess.

I did not question if Mother Gothel would celebrate Rapunzel's birthday. I felt Mother Gothel seemed to enjoy playing with her magical flower-hair child, but she should have changed the date instead of celebrating on another day.

From Redditoru/whoami4546:

InBeauty and the Beast, how far is the castle from the village? It seems funny that it is far enough that villagers and Belle and her father do not know it, yet close enough for a large angry mob to walk by.

From Redditor u/wallaceeffect:

In the very beginning ofFrozen, Elsa accidentally hits Anna in the head with ice. They rush her to the trolls for healing. The troll states a frozen head heals better than a frozen heart because it is easier to fix. He omits what must happen for a frozen heart.

Later, Anna gets hit in the heart. Only then does the troll reveal that true love thaws a frozen heart. Anna thaws herself by protecting Elsa. This proves it does not require romantic love; familial love works too. Anna crying over Elsa could also thaw her, but it was an act of family love, not romantic love.

I have a problem: why did the trolls not mention this when they first saw Anna as a little girl? She had a loving family when they brought her in. Since any of them could heal her, why did the troll not mention it? "By the way, if your daughter gets hit in the heart, an act of love from you saves her, so remember that." For a child, getting hit in the heart seems like an easier cure than removing all her magic memories. He could have warned them about an accident again.

What counts as "an act of true love" then? Many characters do very loving things for Anna before she freezes. Olaf builds and tends a fire for her when she is sick, even though it melts him. Kristoff risks his life multiple times, such as being chased by Marshmallow or riding the ice so hard he endangers Sven. Why are these not acts of true love when Anna's act of true love mirrors this by risking her life for someone she cares about?

From Redditor u/3amApollo:

In Disney’sTangled, if the magic flower kept its magic after being cut from its root, shouldn't Rapunzel’s hair keep its magic after it is cut?

From Redditor u/jaromadair:

In Frozen the line "like landing on a pillow..." is inaccurate.

Anna: "It's a 100-foot drop!"

Kristoff: "It's 200"

Anna: "What if we fall?"

Kristoff: "There's 20 feet of fresh powder down there. It'll be like landing on a pillow."

They fall 200 feet into 20 feet of fresh powder. Kristoff and Anna would sink under the snow and suffocate.

This is called "Snow Immersion Asphyxiation" (SIA) or "Non-Avalanche Related Snow Immersion Death." It happens when the snow is deeper than a person. Survival chances are low. Struggling in the snow, individuals sink deeper or get trapped as the snow hardens like concrete. This is not a good death.

From Redditoru/jaromadair:

So inThe Little Mermaid,Ariel trades her voice for legs. Now, she must get Prince Eric to kiss her without talking. Why didn't she get paper and a pencil? She could have written, "My name is Ariel. I saved you from the sinking ship yesterday. I temporarily lost my voice."

From Redditoru/ADHDDoc:

InFrozen, Elsa was a killer. She used all ice magic to become the Queen of Ice. She froze the whole area around her. This happened during spring or summer in the movie. If you swam or enjoyed the outdoors, you died frozen. She also ruined the entire ecosystem. Fishermen are screwed; farmers are screwed. The movie shows the happy ending; it does not explain how or if her kingdom recovered.

From Redditoru/Soyyos:

InFrozen, we see Elsa wear gloves to control her powers. She also makes ice with her feet through her shoes. How does the glove fabric stop it but the shoes do not?

From Redditoru/MasterLawlz:

Why didn't Cinderella's glass slipper revert to a normal slipper after midnight? Her dress turned back into rags. That should have been the same idea.

From Redditoru/shutitheather:

So I realized while watching Snow White since she ruled, Queen Grimhilde’s death leaves her country without a ruler. Snow White would become the heir to the throne.

But Snow White seems to go to another country at the end, which I assume is the Prince’s home country.

That means Snow White’s country needs a new family to rule, or it falls apart lacking leadership. A neighbor might take the city.

Why would Snow White not return? She likely had some connection to her home, especially since she seemed the only heir to the empty throne. Why didn't she and the prince go back to HER country? She would be crowned queen, and her prince would be the ruler. If the prince had siblings, things would be fine. His parents probably would have used that to their advantage so Snow White’s country would join theirs.

From Redditoru/jaromadair:

Rapunzel needed to know her identity. To stay in town all day without knowing who she was, Rapunzel must avoid all information about the Lost Princess, the lanterns, or the kingdom's history. Asking anyone about those subjects would reveal her identity. Rapunzel only cares about the lanterns.