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Super Aurora wrote:taken by the fairies.....making B-day cakes, clothing and cleaning....

Super Aurora wrote:At least Aurora is pretty enough for me to masturbate to.

Super Aurora wrote:They were bland because all the attention was directed for the fairies. The did everything.

At least Aurora is pretty enough for me to masturbate to.

At the 1938 Oscars, Shirley Temple mentions the name "Ferdinand" among others while presenting Walt Disney his awards. Many have interpreted that she was referring to the Prince, saying that Ferdinand is his name. However, she was not referring to the Prince, but rather to Ferdinand the Bull. As confirmed by Dave Smith, Historian of the Walt Disney Studio Archives, the Prince was never given a name in the film and "Ferdinand" has never been used as one by the company. Despite this, many Disney fans still believe that the Prince's name is Ferdinand.

Disney Latino revealed through a video of Top 10 Romantic Moments the name of the prince is "Fernando" Spanish translation of the name Ferdinand.

Disney France once revealed in a TV-spot that his real name is Florian. That same TV-spot also revealed that Prince Charming's real name is Henry (or "Henri," as it would be in French).

The name "Florian" was allegedly used by Disney when they started the Disney Princess franchise.

There's a story that there are artwork and documents in the Walt Disney Studio Archives that call the Prince "Frederick".

It is stated in products licensed by Disney (such as the 1998 video game The D Show which was developed by Cyberflix) that Adam is the Prince's name. However, it is not his name, as it has been stated in the directors' commentary included in the Beauty and the Beast DVDs and Blu-ray as well as the Disney.com FAQ and D23.com that the character has never had an actual name; he is only referred to as "The Beast" or "the Prince". It was mentioned the writers and producers were so busy that they forgot to give him a name. In an interview with Glen Keane, Keane admitted that the Beast never had an alternative name prior to the film's events.

Regardless, the name Adam is still used, occasionally, in the Disney Prince/Disney Princess merchandise as the name has gone completely viral.

However, it's possible that some animators and crew members did refer to The Prince as 'Adam' during production, as Paige O'Hara, the voice actress to Belle, recently confirmed it during a fan Q&A while adding "Disney will always deny it." However, it's unknown if the name given to the character during production on the original film or during production on one of the film's sequel projects.

DisneyFan09 wrote:I knew that the Queen in "Sleeping Beauty" was named Leah. According to the "Sleeping Beauty" Junior Novelization. I wonder if Disney will acknowledge this, though, hahaha.

DisneyJedi wrote:There's a junior novelization?

MeerkatKombat wrote:I know this isn't exactly adding to the discussion and the Sleeping Beauty Diamond thread would have been more appropriate but I'd appreciate an opinion.

Does anyone here own the 2008 edition and the Diamond Edition? I have too many copies of Sleeping Beauty already but I am beginning to get that itch - that nagging feeling to buy the Diamond edition. Is it worth it if I already own the 2003 and 2008 editions? Will I just be wasting money? If you do own both do you regret it/do you not? When does it go out of print as that will also help me make up my mind. Thanks.

Disney Duster wrote:There are two big ironies I have found in Sleeping Beauty. The first is how in the first song, the royal subjects sing, "Health to the princess Aurora", and then that very princess gets cursed to die! The second is how when the fairies discuss how they will live as mortals, Merryweather asks, "Who will wash, and cook?" and Flora says, "We'll all pitch in." Then when planning for Briar Rose's birthday party, Merryweather says, "But you can't sew, and she's never cooked." Merryweather did like all of the work!

JeanGreyForever wrote:

Disney Duster wrote:There are two big ironies I have found in Sleeping Beauty. The first is how in the first song, the royal subjects sing, "Health to the princess Aurora", and then that very princess gets cursed to die! The second is how when the fairies discuss how they will live as mortals, Merryweather asks, "Who will wash, and cook?" and Flora says, "We'll all pitch in." Then when planning for Briar Rose's birthday party, Merryweather says, "But you can't sew, and she's never cooked." Merryweather did like all of the work!

I never noticed how ironic that line is in the opening song. Thanks for pointing it out! What always stood out more to me is how warm and receiving the kingdom is to Aurora, compared to The Swan Princess, in which the opening song shows that the kingdom doesn't really care who Odette marries. They just want a wedding so they can get a holiday and lower taxes!

I think the assumption is that Flora did the cooking while Fauna did the sewing. Maybe Merryweather also did one of these things or did one of them exclusively. Either way, Flora never did sewing before Aurora's 16th birthday just as Fauna never did the cooking before. Knowing how Merryweather is treated by Flora, she probably did have to do more than the others though.