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Princess Fantaghirò is the third daughter of a king, who bemoans never having had a son. But Fantaghirò (Alessandra Martines) is as if she were his son, actually: she loves fencing and fighting. In the first film, her kingdom is at war against the nearby country. It's resolved when Fantaghirò and Romualdo, the heir of the other kingdom, fall in love. Then in the next movies, Fantaghirò will fight a black queen, a dark sorcerer and his mother, and the emperor of evil. And sometimes, she has to save/find Romualdo.

 

Lamberto Bava shoot others TV movies which were also [[Follow the Leader|Romantic Fantasy]]: ''Desideria'', ''The Princess and the Pauper'' and ''Princess Alisea''.

 

* [[Absentee Actor]]: Kim Rossi Stuart (Romualdo) in the last three films (and he's not at all in the fifth film). It was explained by his transformation into a statue, {{spoiler|then in an ugly dwarf}}.

* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Dear God, Angelica.

* [[Aerith and Bob]]: The three princesses: Caterina, Carolina... Fantaghirò?

* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: {{spoiler|Tarabas develops one for [[The Chosen One|Smeralda]]: [[Character Development|by the end of the movie]] [[Tranquil Fury|god help you]] [[Berserk Button|if you try to harm]] [[Knight Templar Big Brother|that child]]}}.

* [[Big No]]: The King after the Queen's death.

** Note that Fantaghirò was a brunette as a child, and her red hair becomes dark when it's cut down.

* [[Black Magic]]: {{spoiler|Subversion - Tarabas can still use his extensive dark powers after his [[Heel Face Turn]], but chooses not to.}}

* [[Brainy Brunette]]: Caterina. Her intelligence is her main quality, like good looks for Carolina and rebellious temper for Fantaghirò.

* [[Broken Bird]]: {{spoiler|Xellesia turns out to be one in movie 4}}.

* [[The Chosen One]]: Fantaghirò in ''all'' movies.

** {{spoiler|Smeralda in the third is the child fated to destroy Tarabas' evil reign}}

* [[Cool Sword]]

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Even when being called the [[Evil Sorcerer]] / [[Evil Overlord]] of '''EVIL''', Tarabas has a track record of: protesting against his mother killing prisoners and [[Mook|Mooks]], trying to earn the trust of children he kidnapped (though conjuring up candy might not have been the best of ideas), saving his adversary several times and falling in love with her in the process, releasing Fantaghirò of her [[And Now You Must Marry Me]] promise... ...

* [[Don't Look At Me]]: Fiodor doesn't even want to look at himself.

* [[Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas]]: Inverted - Xellesia claims not to love Tarabas, but her first thought after being rescued in the fourth movie is to see if her son's all right.

* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: The Dark Witch. Ooh, the Dark Witch.

* [[Evil Laugh]]: Again, the Dark Witch.

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Subverted - it seems Prince Parsel was the [[Evil Sorcerer]] all along... except he just used him as a "means of travel."}}

* [[Fairy Tale]]

* [[Feminist Fantasy]]

* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: Fantaghirò, and she can't learn dark magic because of that.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Tarabas, Lightning and Bolt the moment they realized they actually have a choice.}}

* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: {{spoiler|The Black Queen. Her power is weaker in films 3 and 4 so she is compelled to follow heroes but she doesn't want to help them, sometimes betrays them, and regrets her power and villainy. Then in film 5 she sentences Fantaghirò to death.}}

* [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]: The four demons on horses at the beggining of film 4.

* [[Important Haircut]]: Fantaghirò did it in the first film in a Joan of Arc style. Later she does it again every time she's going to war. Oddly, her hair is suddenly long again in final scenes, [[A Wizard Did It|even thought they're not flashforwards.]]

* [[Inadequate Inheritor]]: The King feels his daugthers are this, because they're females.

* [[Involuntary Shapeshifting]]: {{spoiler|Tarabas, whenever kissed out of love. A meta version is Romualdo, due to an [[Absentee Actor]].}}

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: In the end, Angelica and Romualdo {{spoiler|end up not having to do it.}}

* [[Jerkass Facade]]: {{spoiler|Tarabas in movie 3, and ''he doesn't know'': he was raised to be the most evil wizard ''ever'' while being a good person all along. He usually [[Kick the Dog]] and [[Pet the Dog]] at the same time}}.

* [[Kiss of Life]]: What all the women in the kingdom try to do for Romualdo after he turns into a statue and Fantaghirò fails to cure him this way.

* [[Love At First Sight]]: Romualdo and Fantaghirò. Also [[Beta Couple|BetaCouples]] Catherina/Cataldo and Carolina/Ivaldo.

* [[Love Before First Sight]]: Angelica falls in love with Tarabas based on the books she reads about him - you know, those describing him as the [[Evil Sorcerer|Darkest of Wizards, Ultimate Evil, etc.]] She purposely tries to have a [[Meet Cute]] moment with him, encourages him to use [[Black Magic]] whenever possible, wants to be his [[Dark Mistress]] and tries to pull a [[Murder the Hypotenuse]] when Fantaghirò arrives. [[Yandere|She then searches the world for him despite hearing from the man himself that he doesnt love her]] she gets better). {{spoiler|Eventually, she quite happily agrees to wait to be his [[Second Love]].}}

** At the end of film 2, {{spoiler|Fantaghirò realises that under the "Black King" helmet and loud voice, it's her [[Brainwashed]] dad.}}

** At the end of film 4, {{spoiler|Tarabas and Darken are sword duelling, and Darken shows that his younger self looked like Tarabas. Then Xellesia enters and yells the reason: "Don't kill him, he's your father!"}}

* [[Meet Cute]]: The White Witch arranges one for Fantaghirò and Romualdo.

* [[My Beloved Smother]]: Xellesia to Tarabas, in movie 3.

* [[No Name Given]]: The film 5 [[Big Bad]].

** Also the King, the Dark Witch and the White Witch.

* [[Pair the Spares]]: Done rather well, actually - Angelica's childish love for Tarabas develops into a genuine desire for him to be happy, even if not with her, while Tarabas learns to distinguish between positive emotions and lets go of his unrequired love for Fantaghirò. We don't see if [[They Do]]... but they're on their way.

* [[Pinocchio Syndrome]]: {{spoiler|No Name}} in the fifth movie.

* [[Princess Classic]]: Caterina, Carolina and Angelica.

* [[Princesses Prefer Pink]]: Angelica.

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: All mages are said to be old and immortal.

* [[Rebellious Princess]] / [[Badass Princess]]: Fantaghirò (It's even the title of the first movie). And Smeralda, as well: she often uses a slingshot and wears trousers like Fantaghirò. Both are [[Tomboy Princess]].

* [[Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training]]: Lampshaded in the fourth movie: thanks to his training in dark magic Tarabas doesn't even know the difference between friendship and love.

* [[Sapient Steed]]: Golden Hair, the talking horse.

* [[Shapeshifting]] : The white witch (turns into goose, knight, old guy, hot chick, old lady...). And the black witch as well (eagle, roses, cristal, Fantaghirò look alike...). Tarabas turns into an eagle.

* [[She's Got Legs]]: The Dark Witch wears outfits specifically designed to show this off.

* [[Spikes of Villainy]]: Romualdo's father's ancestral armor looks like the lovechild of a porcupine and a needle cushion. [[Defied Trope|This trope is defied]], though - in his very first appearance, Romualdo points out how horribly useless and uncomfortable the armor is.

* [[Spoiled Brat]]: Angelica, but she gets better.

* [[Squishy Wizard]]: {{spoiler|Tarabas}} has some trouble fighting after renouncing [[Black Magic]]. Fantaghirò exaggerates it a bit, though, as he somehow managed to learn a bit of swordfighting in-between movies.

* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]: {{spoiler|Tarabas}}

* [[Sweet Polly Oliver]]: The three princesses in the first film, who are going to war as "knights" disguised in full armours.

** Fantaghirò continues this in later films, wearing short hair and men's outfits. She's often mistaken for a guy. Surprisingly, children can tell her gender better than adults.

* [[Talking Animal]]: They all can, and stones, flowers or food can be very chatty as well.

* [[Vain Sorceress]]: The best way to convince the Dark Witch to cooperate is to bank on this trope.

* [[Yandere]]: Angelica comes across as this at first, hoping to become an [[Ascended Fanboy|ascended fangirl]] of Tarabas.

* [[Youngest Child Wins]]: Fantaghirò, the third princess.

* [[Woman in White]]: The White Witch.

 

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