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[[File:Swanprincessposter.jpg|frame|"Far longer than forever, I'll hold you in my heart."]]
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'''Derek:''' No. Much longer, Odette. Much longer. }}
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Odette and Derek are betrothed royalty of neighboring kingdoms, though it isn't until they're grown that they actually fall in love. Too bad that first, Derek doesn't know ''what'' he loves about her besides her beauty, which upsets her, and second, the evil Rothbart — banished from her kingdom years ago for practicing the [[Black Magic|"Forbidden Arts"]] — kidnaps her.
When she refuses to marry Rothbart and make him king, he curses her to become a swan during daylight hours and moonless nights. The remorseful Derek seeks and finds her, but with Rothbart staying one step ahead of the lovers — and [[One
While no blockbuster, it did spawn two sequels: ''The Swan Princess II: Escape from Castle Mountain'' (1997) and ''The Swan Princess: The Mystery of the Enchanted Kingdom'' (1998). The first pits them against Rothbart's old partner Clavius, the second against his mentor Zelda, and poor Odette keeps getting turned into a swan and back again the whole way.
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* [[All Animation Is Disney]]: Then again, Richard Rich did direct the Disney films ''[[
* [[Alternate Animal Affection]]: Lt. Puffin has no problems kissing the back of Odette's hand in a very humanlike manner.
* [[Amusing Injuries]]: The animals, fairly often - after they steal the map from the tower, for example. The human characters generally don't get these, with the notable exception of one point in the opening montage where you have the main characters - [[Slapstick Knows No Gender|including Odette]] - as kids getting involved in a goofy and haphazard accident and cutting away to the group of them in the traditional amusingly exaggerated slings and bandages.
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* [[Award Bait Song]]: "Far Longer Than Forever" and "Eternity" (latter is over the end credits only).
** The third film also had "Because I Love Her".
* [[Back
* [[Beauty Equals Goodness]]: Oddly, given that part of the film's moral is "Looks aren't all that matters", the bad guys are ugly and the good guys pretty (though the hag does a [[Heel Face Turn]] at the end which extends to the sequels, thus proving the moral right).
* [[Big No]]: Odette has one when Derek professes his love to the disguised hag.
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* [[The Cast Showoff]]: Howard McGillin (Derek) is just about the only cast member to do all of his own singing, being a respected Broadway alumni.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Puffin as "No fear!" which even gets it's own song, which itself has reprises through the series. He most often says it to Jean Bob, who constantly lampshades it throughout the second movie.
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* [[Chekhov's Boomerang]]: Derek's bow.
** [[Chekhov's Skill]]: Brom's shooting an arrow at Derek whose back is turned to him.
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* [[Curse Escape Clause]]: If Derek can make a vow of love to Odette and prove it to the world, that will be enough to break the curse.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Rogers delivers most of the best lines in the movies as this.
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** Jean-Bob is also a prime example.
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** Don't forget Speed, who has fewer lines but is voiced by ''Steven Wright'' in the first film.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: It is mentioned in the prologue that Uberta was a widow, so Derek's dad is assumed to be dead. The original ballet even has her character as a Queen Mum sort of figure, only ruling as Sovereign Princess until her son is able to take a wife.
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* [[Disneyfication]]
* [[Distant Duet]]: "Far Longer Than Forever"
* [[
* [[Dub Name Change]]: The French version changes many names: [[King Arthur|Arthur]] (Derek), [[Romeo and Juliet|Juliette]] (Odette), Albéric (Rothbart), Aldo (Jean-Bob), Rapido (Speed), Capitaine Anatole (Lt. Puffin), Melchior (Rogers).
* [[Duck]]: Done during the song "Practice, Practice, Practice" when Derek launches (harmless) arrows at a group of servants acting as targets. Cue the musician dressed as a duck popping his head up to say "Yes?" and then getting hit.
* [[
* [[Evilly Affable]]: Rothbart may be a sadistic [[Jerkass]], but ''man'', does he have style! He never loses his temper (fully) either.
* [[Evil Sorcerer]]: Rothbart in the first movie and Clavius in the second one.
* [[Failure Is the Only Option]]: Jean-Bob's attempts to become a prince.
* [["Falling in Love" Montage]]: In the third movie, while Derek is singing "Because I Love Her", it shows clips from the first movie. Though for some reason they chose some decidedly ''un''romantic clips for this love song, such as Odette dying, and Derek hunting down and murdering the [[Big Bad]] in an action sequence.
* [[Final Love Duet]]: "Far Longer Than Forever", the reprise (though it's not sung on-screen).
* [[Follow the Leader]]: That teaser poster above swipes from the teasers for both ''[[The Little Mermaid]]'' and ''[[Beauty and
** Specifically, the choreography for [[Villain Song|"No More Mr. Nice Guy"]] is... ''suspiciously'' similar to Aladdin's "Friend Like Me".
* [[Foreshadowing]]: Young Derek gives baby Odette a locket with a swan on it and when they grow into young adults, he tells her she's as beautiful as a swan. Later in the movie, she's cursed to become a swan each time the moon sets.
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* [[Hair of Gold]]: Odette.
* [[Happily Married]]: Derek and Odette, at the very end of the first film and in the sequels.
* [[Hoist
* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]]: Rothbart won't lift the curse unless Odette marries him.
* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Lord Rogers.
* [[Involuntary Shapeshifting]]: Odette.
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* [[Ironic Nickname]]: Speed, the turtle. {{spoiler|Subverted. While Speed is pokey on land, he's a blindingly fast swimmer.}}
** [[Truth in Television]]; semi-aquatic turtles are ''much'' faster on water than on land.
* [[Jerk
* [[Keep Circulating the Tapes]]: Subverted for the second movie. Parts I and III came to DVD in 2004, but fans had to wait five years to get the installment that came in between.
* [[Large Ham]]: Rothbart.
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* [[Mistaken Declaration of Love]]: Rothbart disguises his henchwoman as Odette so Derek will do this.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: At least one of the sequels refers to the lake outside Derek's and Odette's castle (originally Rothbart's) as Swan Lake.
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: It's implied everyone believes Odette was killed, but they only ever refer to her as being "gone" or "not coming back". Averted with Rothbart, who {{spoiler|flat out says she'll die if Derek makes the vow to someone else.}}
* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: the trailer of Swan Princess 3 shows Roger falling from a spatial height towards the Earth, implying that something of epic proportion will happen. Sadly, it's just a part of a [[Disney Acid Sequence]].
* [[Non
* [[Obviously Evil]]: You'd think that Derek would notice {{spoiler|Bridget's disguise}}, considering he's known Odette his whole life to dress in white, whereas {{spoiler|Bridget}} is wearing an [[Obviously Evil]] red/black outfit.
** Probably done because [[Show Their Work|in the ballet]] Odile (the character Bridget replaces) wears a [[
*** And is played by the same ballerina who is cast as Odette.
* [[Off
* [[Talking Animal]]: Puffin, Speedy and Jean Bob (and technically Odette), though the series is rather inconsistent with this. In the first movie, the three of them can talk to Odette even when she's human, other humans apparently can't understand them nor Odette when she is in swan form. In the second and third movies, however, the animals can all talk freely to anyone.
* [[The Other Darrin]]: Played straight in the sequels, although Odette and Puffin kept their original voices.
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** Arguably reasonable, since the two met each other supposedly every year, and had time to get to know each other (unlike ''many'' animated couples).
* [[The Power of Love]]: The [[Curse Escape Clause]] depends on this.
* [[Pre
* [[Prince Charming Wannabe]]: Jean-Bob with Odette.
* [[Quicksand Sucks]]: In the second movie, while Derek is swinging over a deep pit in a swamp, [[The Dragon]] cuts the vine and Derek falls in. [[The Dragon]] then just sits and watches as Derek pleads for his life, all the while being swallowed alive by the bog. Fortunately for him, Odette (now in swan form for the time being) shows up and pulls him out just before he can go completely under.
* [[The Renaissance Age of Animation]]
* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: Rothbart's alligators. On the other hand, one of the good guys is a [[Turtle Power|turtle]].
* [[Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl]]: Lord Rogers and Queen Uberta, who are also a [[Beta Couple]].
* [[Say My Name]]
* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: Near the beginning of the first movie, Derek calls for wedding arrangements upon seeing how beautiful Odette has become. Odette promptly breaks off their engagement thinking that Derek only wants to marry her because of her beauty. In his own words "Well, what else is there?" He [[Character Development|gets better]] after this.
* [[Shout
* [[Skyward Scream]]: "THE VOW I MADE WAS [[Narm|FOR HUUUUUEEEEEEEERRRRRRRGGGGHHH!!!]]"
** {{spoiler|[[Lampshade Hanging|"There's no need to shout."]]}}
* [[Smart People Play Chess]]: Somewhat [[Subverted]] in that the only two we seeing playing are Derek and Bromley, the former, while not stupid, is not the sharpest sword in the armory, and the latter loses ''while cheating''.
* [[Species Surname]]: Lieutenant Puffin. The almost-certainly-not-canon-but-still-extant bonus features on the most recent DVD claim that his parents were [[Animal Jingoism|so proud of being puffins,]] they simply named him "Puffin."
* [[Stock Footage]]:
** Every closeup of Derek and Odette kissing looks exactly the same, except for some changes in the background and/or costumes. This doubles as an [[Every Episode Ending]].
** Odette often changes from a swan into a human through stock footage.
* [[Swans
* [[This Was Her True Form]]: Even though Odette doesn't land in the lake after Derek's vow to Bridget starts killing her, she still turns human to share "final" words with Derek.
* [[Training Montage]]: "Practice, Practice, Practice" is a musical number built around this.
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