The Princess Diaries (film)

Based on the book series of the same name, this pair of films stars Anne Hathaway in her Star Making Role and Julie Andrews in her first Disney film since Mary Poppins.

Although very little resembles the plot of the books -- the second film, The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement is in fact an entirely new creation -- these movies did give the world Anne Hathaway, and they are popular sleepover fare with preteen girls to this day.

Tropes Found In These Films Include:
"Clarisse: You look so... young.
 * Acquired Situational Narcissism
 * Adaptational Villainy: Inverted. Clarisse is much kinder to her granddaughter than in the novels.
 * Adaptation Dye Job: Mia in the books is a dirty blonde, and has it cut short. Movie Mia is brunette with shoulder-length hair.
 * Artifact Title: The movies lose the diary format the books are written in. Mia has a diary of low plot importance, making the title technically applicable, but not really.
 * Better As Friends: Mia and decide they are this in the second film.
 * Black Best Friend: Arguably, Asana from the second movie.
 * Cucumber Facial: "Can I tell you a secret? The cucumber does nothing."
 * Damned By Faint Praise:

Mia: Uh, thank you. And you look so... [long pause] ...clean."

"Mia: You broke my glasses.
 * The Glasses Gotta Go

Paolo: You broke my brush."


 * Hands On Approach: Nicholas teaching Mia to shoot an arrow in the second movie.
 * Homage: In the second movie, Mia dances with a succession of royal suitors with humorous personalities and/or odd dance styles, much as Audrey Hepburn (also playing a somewhat unorthodox princess) does in Roman Holiday.
 * The Makeover: Played straight in the movies.
 * Makeover Montage
 * Modesty Shorts: Seen when Mia comes down the spiral steps at the beginning.
 * She Cleans Up Nicely: Mia. She even provides the picture for the trope page.