The Princess and the Frog - Trivia, Questions and Fun Facts

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Fan of The Princess and the Frog or just want to share your movie knowledge? This topic is dedicated to all trivia and questions related to The Princess and the Frog

[bernice]

Is the last theatrically released traditionally animated film of all time that's not based off any already existing animated media as of 2019.

[bryan]

Dr. Facilier is the only character in the film to refer to himself by that name. All the others call him "The Shadow Man."

[jeffrey]

At the end of the movie Tiana's place has a band called "Firefly Five Plus Lou". This is a play on the Jazz band "Firehouse Five Plus Two" which had Frank Thomas and Ward Kimball, two of Walt Disney's "Nine Old Men".

[dustin]

Among the visual nods to classic Disney films are: When Charlotte dances with Naveen with the crowd standing around them in a circle, the shot is a near exact imitation of the ending of Sleeping Beauty (1959), also used at the end of Beauty and the Beast (1991). When Naveen and Tiana escape from the La Bouf's ball the fall onto a drum set, and the drummer tries to swat them with his drumsticks exactly as Dopey tries to swat a fly in Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). When they run past a man in an octopus costume, he pours his wine away, thinking that he is hallucinating due to having drunk too much, similar to when a man sees Roquefort chasing the alley cats in The Aristocats. Naveen and Tiana take a ride on Louis' belly as he swims, similarly to Baloo and Mowgli in The Jungle Book (1967). During the Mardi Gras scene, Naveen is trapped in a box identical to the one Donald Duck and Goofy are trapped in in the 'Mickey and the Beanstalk' segment of Fun and Fancy Free (1947).

[kristina]

In the graveyard scene during the Shadow Man's defeat, there are three headstones that appear with stone faces before the voodoo masks break out. The center face is that of Madam Leota, a character from Disney's Haunted Mansion. She appears both on a headstone and during the ride. The attraction is also in the New Orleans Square portion of Disneyland.

[tom]

One of the floats in the Mardi Gras parade features King Triton from The Little Mermaid (1989).

[eli]

There was an early draft entitled "Stop and Smell the Roses" where Naveen tells Tiana she needs to have more fun. In this scene, Naveen claims in his home country (then called Maldaquesh), there are two numbers in-between 28 and 29 (twenty-badini and twenty-caladonza).

[phyllis]

The alligator character in the film is named Louis, in honor of jazz great Louis Armstrong, who was nicknamed "Dippermouth," "Satchelmouth" and "Satchmo."

[leo]

The Evening Star (Venus) is introduced early in the movie, when first the children and later the adult Tiana wish on the star, as in Pinocchio. LaterTiana learns that the Evening Star is Evangeline.

[ken]

The print in the newspaper that Big Daddy reads in the opening song reads, "Rich playboy arrives in New Orleans this morning from the luxury liner S.S. Beesknees. This is the final stop in a whirlwind tour for the United States. Rumor has it that the eligible and handsome Prince is looking for a bride. True or gossip, the ringing of wedding bells has every lovely lady in town lining up to see Prince Naveen in all his royal glory. Dust off the gowns and tiaras. The royal ball of all balls is scheduled for the next week."

[kim]

Bruno Campos - who voices Prince Naveen - is Brazilian but is here also imitating a French accent. (This fits with the character who comes from the fictional land of Maldonia.)

[mathew]

During the Walt Disney Company's annual shareholder meeting in March 2007, Randy Newman performed a new song written for the movie. He was accompanied by the "Dirty Dozen Brass Band."

[kim]

The Prince of Maldonia is called Naveen. Naveen is an Indian name (meaning "new"), which suggests that Maldonia is a Eurasian country (the name of Maldonia is a mix between Malta and Macedonia). During the "Down in New Orleans" montage, the newspaper mentions in print that Maldonia cannot be found on the map; i.e. it is made up for the movie.

[lena]

The last Theatrically released fully animated film of the 2000s.

[sara]

One of the more subtle Louisiana references is the name of Ray's love, Evangeline. The name refers to the poem "Evangeline, A Tale of Acadie" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, about an Acadian girl's search for her lost love. The poem is held dear by the Louisiana descendants of the Acadians ("Cajuns"), people of French descent who were forcibly relocated during a Canadian war in the mid-1700s from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick (aka Acadia) to Louisiana, often being permanently separated from their families in the process.

[kenzi]

The prologue takes place in November of 1912, as indicated by the newspaper with the headline, "Wilson Elected," (referring to President Woodrow Wilson) being read by a streetcar passenger.

[christina]

Throughout the film, Charlotte wears clothes that are either colored red or pink, symbolizing her girlish and over-the-top personality.

[sara]

The scene in which Charlotte dances with Naveen (Lawrence in disguise) at the masquerade ball is reminiscent of the final scene in "Sleeping Beauty" including Charlotte's dress.

[maureen]

The thirtyeighth Disney animated feature film to be shot in the 1.85:1 aspect ratio after Bambi (1942), Saludos Amigos (1942), The Three Caballeros (1944), Make Mine Music (1946), Fun and Fancy Free (1947), Melody Time (1948), The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949), Alice in Wonderland (1951), Peter Pan (1953), One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), The Jungle Book (1967), The Aristocats (1970), The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977), The Rescuers (1977), The Fox and the Hound (1981), The Great Mouse Detective (1986), Oliver & Company (1988), The Little Mermaid (1989), The Rescuers Down Under (1990), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), The Lion King (1994), Pocahontas (1995), The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), Hercules (1997), Mulan (1998), Tarzan (1999), Fantasia 2000 (1999), Dinosaur (2000), The Emperor's New Groove (2000), Treasure Planet (2002), Chicken Little (2005), The Wild (2006), Meet the Robinsons (2007), and Bolt (2008).