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{{quote|'''Jasmine''': I've never done a thing on my own. I've never had any real friends...<br />

'''Rajah:''' *makes a surprised and offended growl*<br />

'''Jasmine:''' Except you, Rajah! ...I've never even been outside the palace walls.<br />

'''Sultan''': But, Jasmine, you're a ''princess''.<br />

'''Jasmine''': ...Then maybe I don't want to ''be'' a princess any more!|'''Disney's [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Aladdin]]'''}}

* Lucia Nanami of ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]'' is the heroine, but doesn't understand nor appreciate her position -- soposition—so she just tries to do what she wants.

** ''[[Deconstructed Trope|Deconstructed]]'' with Princess Marina Ismail from ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam 00]]''. No matter what she tries to do, she's just a figurehead and ''never'' really accomplishes much despite her struggles. {{spoiler|Until the second season finale, where she starts rebuilding Azhadistan after the war is over}}.

* Princess Fala in ''[[Go LionGoLion]]''. She doesn't actually run away, but has to go against her advisors (who even tied her up at the start to keep her from piloting the blue lion). Later, she gets her wish to join the team as their Chick.

* Lala from ''[[To Love LOVE-Ru]]'' runs away, to have control over who she marries.

* Played with in ''[[Corsair (Light Novel)|Corsair]]'', where Aura is the princess of a pirate clan and already has the freedom most [[Rebellious Princess|Rebellious Princesses]] want. She still rebels though, to the point where Canale knocks her out during a major attempt to rescue ''her'' because she refuses to place her safety above his own and go ahead without him. She also thinks she is [[The Hero]]'s love interest, until Ayace callously tells her [[Subverted Trope|she can't marry Canale]] because they're [[Boys Love|lovers]].

* Defied in [[Windaria (Anime)|Windaria]]. Veronica is set up to be this but reluctantly carries out her mother's will.

* Destrii - the Primatrix Destriianatos - from ''[[Doctor Who Magazine (Magazine)|Doctor Who Magazine]]''. A decidedly different take on the trope, in that Destrii's a [[Dark Action Girl]] rebelling against her [[Evil Matriarch]] mother, and while her people see her as their heroine, she only wants to escape her [[Dystopia|dystopiandystopia]]n homeworld. When she finally does, she has repeated run-ins with the Eighth Doctor, which eventually see her homeworld's nobility overthrown, her mother dead, and Destrii herself slowly starting a [[Heel Face Turn]] under the Doctor's tutelage.

* Princess Aura, daughter of Ming The Merciless in ''[[Flash Gordon (Comiccomic Stripstrip)|Flash Gordon]]'' was rebelling all the way back in the 1930s. She was just as determined to marry Flash as Ming was to kill him. The fact that Dale Arden was Flash's love interest simply complicated things more.

* Princess Sally from [[Archie Comics|Archie's]] ''[[Sonic the Hedgehog (Comic Bookcomics)|Sonic the Hedgehog]]'' comic. Several times in the comics, most recently her (annulled) marriage with Patch show her dislike for the duties and protocols associated with her position as princess. And often times she will have a rather stern word about it to the powers that be.

* Ninjette from ''[[Empowered (Comic Book)|Empowered]]'' is the Rebellious ''[[Ninja]]'' Princess of her clan.

* Gender-flipped in ''[[Ever After (Filmfilm)|Ever After]]'': Prince Henry does not want to have an [[Arranged Marriage]] and take on the duties of his kingdom. See [[Rebel Prince]].

* Outside of the interactive electronic oeuvre, practically every female protagonist in the [[Disney Animated Canon]] since <s> ''[[The Little Mermaid]]''</s> ''[[The Black Cauldron]]'' has been of this type (Ariel, Jasmine, Pocahontas, etc. etc. etc.), possibly as a response to feminists complaining about how "Disney Princesses" ''had'' been treated previously (almost exclusively) as [[Distressed Damsel in Distress|Distressed Damsels]].

** Merida from ''[[Brave (Animation)|Brave]]'' plays this trope very, very straight. {{spoiler|The movie itself, however, is shaping up to be a deconstruction of it.}}

* Princess Vespa from ''[[Spaceballs (Film)|Spaceballs]]''

*** The [http://quaintly.org/july08/princessleiadiaries/ Princess Leia Diaries]{{Dead link}} has her rebelling against social norms as well.

* Although the title "princess" is not used in the world of [[Patricia aA. McKillip]]'s [[The Riddle -Master of Hed|''Riddle-Master'']] trilogy, the heroine Raederle certainly fits the description of a rebellious one. As do Lyra and Tristan, her traveling companions in the second volume, ''Heir of Sea and Fire''.

{{quote| '''dy Hueltar''': (having caught up with Ista after the breaking of a sorcerous siege) "Now that you are ''calmer'', Lady Ista, surely it is time we began to think of going safely to Valenda...."<br />

* Ce'Nedra from [[David Eddings|David and Leigh Eddings]]' ''[[Belgariad]]'' series certainly has the attitude and the love interest bit down, but she actually loves being a princess -- oneprincess—one of her major problems with marrying Garion was the fact that, as Overlord of the West, he outranked her.

** She did run away from home with only her personal tutor though, simply because a treaty required that she present herself in her wedding gown at the throne of the Rivan King to be betrothed to him on her sixteenth birthday. She thought it was completely pointless and humiliating, because there hadn't been a Rivan King in hundreds of years. She is, of course, found by the group that includes Garion -- whoGarion—who is the heir to the Rivan throne.

* Princess Amy from ''[[The Ordinary Princess]]'' bolts from her home after her parents and their councilors come up with a plot to hire a dragon and imprison her in a tower in order to force some prince into marrying her. Amy's deception of being an ordinary person is helped by the fact that, as a baby, a fairy actually blessed her to be ordinary -- sheordinary—she doesn't look or act like a stereotypical princess at all!

* Anne Dare of Greg Keyes' ''The Kingdoms of Thorn and Bone'' tetralogy -- thoughtetralogy—though she is thwarted in her rebelliousness first by family members who are actually smart enough to predict her defiance and catch her at it, then by some (well-deserved) guilt-tripping from her friend and maidservant, and finally by, well, reality, in the form of a legion of disasters, tragedies and prophesied battles.

* Aravis of ''[[Narnia|The Chronicles of Narnia: The Horse and his Boy]]'' -- princess—princess of the Calormene province of Calavar who prefers hunting and riding and scimitar-fighting to what princesses like [[Tomboy and Girly Girl|her best friend]] [[The Ojou|Lasaraleen]] are expected to do. Even leaves her home rather than being forced to marry the [[Smug Snake]] of the Tisroc's Prime Minister. {{spoiler|Ends up marrying Shasta aka Prince Cor and becoming the Queen of Archenland}}.

* Arya Stark from [[George RRR. R. Martin]]'s ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' is a [[Deconstruction]] of this. In order to survive in [[Crapsack World|Westeros]], she has to become a [[Dark Action Girl]], and eventually progresses to being a cold-blooded [[Sociopathic Hero]].

* Princess Miriamele from the ''[[Memory, SorrowandSorrow, and Thorn|Memory, Sorrow and Thorn]]'' series [[Sweet Polly Oliver|disguises herself as a boy]] and flees her father's castle to avoid an [[Arranged Marriage]], and also because she hates what he's doing with the kingdom. True to the trope, she ends up being the [[Love Interest]] for Simon and [[The Archer|kicks no little ass herself]]. What makes her interesting is that her ultimate motivation is to [[Where It All Began|return home]] to [[Love Redeems|redeem her father]], which {{spoiler|fails to stop the [[Evil Plan]] but does set her up to [[Self-Made Orphan|kill her father]] when it's the only way to defeat the [[Big Bad|Storm King]] afterwards}}.

** A slightly unusual case in that while her parents are sad to see her go (mostly because by doing so she is no longer legally their daughter) they also acknowledge that she will be much happier with the War Maids and quietly support her choice.

* Subverted by Princess Sarene of ''[[Elantris]]''. She's very much got the personality, but since she's not the heir (she's got a brother ahead of her in the line of succession) and her father finds having a strong-willed diplomat who can handle herself in a swordfight if she has to and is more than capable of planning on the fly to be a far greater asset to the nation than a pampered princess would be, nobody minds.

* Jenna in ''[[Septimus Heap (Literature)|Septimus Heap]]'' starts off as this, but she becomes more accepting of her role as the series progresses.

* Lorelai Gilmore of [[Gilmore Girls]] Lorelai became pregnant with Rory at sixteen but chose not to marry the father, Christopher Hayden. Instead, she left her privileged world and moved to Stars Hollow where she became employed at the Independence Inn. There Lorelai progressed from maid to executive manager.

* In the ''[[Forgotten Realms]]'' setting, [http://forgottenrealms.wikia.com/wiki/Alusair_Obarskyr Alusair], a princess of Cormyr, decided that everything may go far and fast but ''she'' would devote to her adventures (in different senses) all the time she could spare. Frequently to the point of prolonged inaccessibility via all but emergency communication means. Some people were displeased, but few dared to confront her and she was only the second daughter, not the crown princess, anyway. {{spoiler|That is, until she was forced to become Steel ''Regent''.}} ''[[Took a Level Inin Badass|Earned]]'' the nickname "[[Action Girl|The Steel Princess]]" not just because [[Authority Equals Asskicking]] (though access to high-end equipment and elite troops doesn't hurt) but via constant training and enough experience to write "The Steel Princess' Field Guide to Tactics of [[Praetorian Guard|the Purple Dragon]]". And when talking with her sister about how few less-than-elite commanders read this book...

{{quote| Tanalasta: Perhaps because your style was stiff. I'll be happy to help you liven it up in a revision.<br />

{{quote| '''Gromph''': Please, save that look of wide-eyed innocence to beguile the house guards. I know only too well the mercenary captain who boasts that he taught a princess to throw knives as well as any tavern cutthroat alive! Though how you managed to slip past the guard-spiders that Matron Hinkutes'nat posts at every turn, and find your way through the city to that particular tavern, is beyond my imagination.}}

** Rinoa of ''[[Final Fantasy VIII]]'' is not quite a princess, but fits the trope nicely -- shenicely—she's the leader of a terrorist group seeking to overthrow the Galbadian government, of which her father is the Minister of Defense. And her party nickname IS "princess".

** Garnet from ''[[Final Fantasy IX]]'' is a borderline member -- shemember—she has a much calmer, shyer personality than most, but she's still a Rebellious Princess.

* Marle from ''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]]'' also exemplifies this trope, even going so far as to use a pseudonym (her real name is Nadia).

* Princess Alena from the second chapter of ''[[Dragon Quest IV (Video Game)|Dragon Quest IV]]''. In fact, within the realm of video games, she's probably the ur-example -- andexample—and definitely the ur-example for the ''[[Dragon Quest (Video Game)|Dragon Quest]]'' series.

** Lady from the Japanese-only game ''Lady Stalker'' is a [[Ojou|rich girl]] instead of a princess, but is otherwise not only a perfect example, but is so much like Alena that she's one of the pieces of evidence used to back up the rumor that the game was originally intended as a ''[[Dragon Quest (Video Game)|Dragon Quest]]'' [[Gaiden Game]] focused on Alena.

* Nalia from ''[[BaldursBaldur's Gate|Baldur's Gate 2]]'' follows this trope to the letter, except that she's nobility rather than royalty. She also spouts somewhat condescending quasi-liberal about helping the "less fortunate", but in a world where even the most egalitarian governments tend to be oligarchic and the economy is a sort of capitalism, she's fighting a losing battle. She's also shown as being somewhat of a self-righteous poser. Nalia's character is somewhat vindicated about halfway through the D'Arnise hold quest, where the player character meets her aunt- a woman who is outraged that some of her servants left their posts at the castle ''after trolls attacked and conquered it''. When the player considers that this attitude is in line with what many other noble [[NPC|NPCs]]s believe, suddenly Nalia's hopeful idealism doesn't sound so bad.

* Princess Peach in her own game, ''[[Super Princess Peach (Video Game)|Super Princess Peach]]'' and ''[[Super Mario RPG (Video Game)|Super Mario RPG]]''. In pretty much any other game, she's a [[Distressed Damsel in Distress]], though.

** ''[[Fire Emblem]]'' is somewhat unusual when it comes to this trope in that rebellious ''princes'' outnumber their female counterparts. Probably the most famous of these is Hector of Ostia from the seventh game; he's technically a minor noble compared to others {{spoiler|(until he becomes the leader of Ostia by the end of FE 7, and later of the whole Lycia alongside Eliwood)}}, but otherwise hits every note of this trope.

** The first ''[[Suikoden]]'' also has Odessa Silverberg being a [[Rebellious Princess]], you probably won't notice unless [[All There in the Manual|you read the novels]]. She starts out as [[The White Prince|The White]] [[The Ojou|Princess]], but fell in love with a rebel leader, and starts seeing the error of [[The Empire]]. When her lover is about to get executed, she broke through the execution in attempt to rescue her lover, with a sword and wearing ''a wedding dress''. Her lover still died, but at least she got him out of being executed by the enemy and he still gets to transfer his ideals to her, leading her to become the leader of [[La Résistance|The Liberation Army]].

* Elise from ''[[My World, My Way]]'' is a spoiled brat of a princess who goes out to become an adventurer after an adventurer rejects her.

* [[The Legend of Zelda|Princess Zelda]] can fit this trope, depending on the incarnation in question. In some games, she's stated to frequently sneak out of her castle (''[[Minish Cap]]'', for instance), and when her kingdom falls in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (Video Game)|Ocarina of Time]]'', she becomes a Ninja instead of hiding out the old fashioned way. In ''[[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|Wind Waker]]'', she's the very un-princessy captain of a pirate crew who dresses like a boy and kicks considerable butt.

** Tetra in ''[[The Legend of Zelda: theThe Wind Waker (Video Game)|Wind Waker]]'' is something of an aversion, however, since for most of the game she was completely unaware of her own identity.

* From ''[[Arc the Lad (Video Game)|Arc the Lad]]'': Sania of Milmana and Kukuru of Seyra: princesses and wanted terrorists: Sania is not adverse to the idea of blowing up her own capital if this means killing her enemies.

* ''[[Wild Arms 1 (Video Game)|Wild ArmsARMs 1]]'' gets Cecilia the princess of Adlehyde. Her rebellion against her father unfortunately {{spoiler|puts the [[Plot Coupon]] in the hands of the [[Big Bad|demons]] and inadvertently kills her father}} {{spoiler|She rebels because she feels isolated due to her status but eventually realizes that it's her on coldness that keeps people at a distance}}

* Selphy in ''[[Rune Factory: Frontier]]'' is heavily implied to have run away from her position as princess of some unnamed country. She then fulfills her dream in Trampoli, not of being an [[Action Girl]] or anything of the sort, but of being a shut-in running the library.

* Princess Sadira of [[Vanguard Bandits]] personally heads out into combat to route out all the corruption in [[The Empire|the Empire]]. Against the wishes of nearly everyone in power who is corrupt and even her [[The Emperor|own father]].

* Uriel Chuluun in ''[[Rift]]'' is the daughter of a former tribal chieftain. She'd rather spend her time studying necromancy, bitching about the way Daddy is holding everyone back, and [[Les Yay|swooning over]] a certain [[Tsundere|elven assassin]]. {{spoiler|Not to mention almost getting herself killed by messing around with the Endless Court.}}

* Although [[Fetch Quest: Saga of the Twelve Artifacts (Webcomic)|Princess Saffron Lachesis]] respects her father, she doesn't really cut most people's expectations of a modest princess. The fact that [[Action Girl|she wields a cane sword and beats up criminals]] doesn't help.

* Fauna in ''[http://c.urvy.org/ Curvy]'' is a princess (well, her royal title is "despoina") and [[Love Interests|love interest]] on the run from an [[Arranged Marriage|arranged marriage]].

* Feferi of ''[[Homestuck]]'' is next in line to be the Empress of all [[All Trolls Are Different|Trolls]], but she despises the [[Fantastic Racism|hemospectrum caste system]] their society has and aspires to change it into a more unified and caring system that protects weaker members of the race instead of culling them.

* Tanna of ''[[Ears for Elves (Webcomic)|Ears for Elves]]'' fits this trope, though her culture doesn't have royalty. Zalanna despairs at her, but [https://web.archive.org/web/20131018035040/http://www.earsforelves.com/archives/334 Luero comments on how Tanna likes that role].

* ''[[Animaniacs (Animation)|Animaniacs]]'' sent up the above example in their ''[[Pocahontas]]'' parody with the song "Just the Same Old Heroine." ("First I tuned an aerial / Then I rang a bell...")

* One could argue Starfire from ''[[Teen Titans (Animationanimation)|Teen Titans]]'' being that leaving her home planet to do the hero thing on Earth, plus fighting against her sister when it was time to go back, is pretty rebellious.

* Princess Maya from ''[[Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers (Animation)|Galaxy Rangers]]'' crosses this and [[Badass Princess]]. We first see her in [[Gladiator Games]] arranged by a two of the more sociopathic members of the [[Rogues Gallery]], having been captured from her home world. After she and the Rangers break free, she goes back and insists on bringing modern technology to her [[Space Amish]] people in order to protect them from interstellar threats, even if she has to openly revolt against her own father to do it.

* [[wikipedia:Elisabeth of Hungary|Saint Elisabeth of Hungary]], either as a princess (she spent her time in direct charity rather than just making donations, which the other nobles didn't approve of and even her husband Ludwig was skeptical of, fearing her proteges would abuse her kindness) or as a widow (she left the Warburg court willingly after her husband's death so she wouldn't have to bow to her brother-in-law's regency, wanted to be a nun rather than re-marrying, went through [[Training Fromfrom Hell]] to enter the Dominic Tertiaries and even threatened to ''[[Beauty Is Never Tarnished|disfigure herself]]'' so her power-hungry relatives wouldn't trap her in an [[Arranged Marriage]])

* Another famous and very rebellious Elisabeth was [[wikipedia:Elisabeth of Bavaria|Elisabeth of Bavaria, Empress Consort of Austria and Queen Consort of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia]], better known as ''Sisi''. Her position as the Rebellious Empress ''and'' the eccentric [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]] in the Austrian Imperial Court would bring her [[Break the Haughty|much]] [[Break the Cutie|misfortune]], and her myth was the inspiration for the German musical ''[[Elisabeth]]'' and the ''[[Princess Sissi (Animation)|Princess Sissi]]'' TV series - as well as for the [[Historical Hero Upgrade]] she went through there.

* [http://towim.denmasters.com/rp/alvilda/pirate.htm Alvilda]{{Dead link}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20170324010536/http://www.thepirateking.com/bios/alvilda.htm\] [https://web.archive.org/web/20180810004938/http://www.katyberry.com/Dorianne/pirates.html\], [http://www.cindyvallar.com/alfhild.html Alfhild], [https://web.archive.org/web/20120920035446/http://www.beaglebay.com/women_pirates.html#Alwilda Alwilda], [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"|Alvild, or ÆÆlfhild]] is a possibly real example. She decided to be [[Pirate Girl|a pirate]] because she didn't like the idea of getting married or being pampered

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