They all are "Worthy" Pocahontas is considered Royalty in her culture,Jasmine is a Princess,Merida is a Princess and was made by Disney/Pixar(so what if she does not have a love interest...all Princesses need a man?), and Mulan might not be royalty but she deserves to be there as much as any of the other Princesses....

I'm not sure if I'm being biased or not but Merida in my opinion should not be a Disney Princess! She has none of the traditions such as the love interest, musical, beautiful ect. the fact she is pixar does annoy me a little bit too. You just have to watch film to not want her to be one she doesn't even want to be one herself? it's stupid they are trying to re-vamp the franchise like this!

SweetPea2007, I don't think Pocahontas is necessarily considered royalty, I think she's just high up in her society. And to me, Pixar is just owned by Disney, nothing more. Not having a love interest will make the Disney Princess and Prince lineup unequal.

Definitely!

i've just realized how awkward and inconsistent the polls are going to be when/if Merida joins...

Well Mulan really isn't royalty while Merida is and I don't mind a princess that has no love interest. Does a princess HAVE to have a love interest?

...Come on, she's bloody PIXAR...it's as or more worse as Elsa possibly joining.

SweetPea2007 is right, the chief's princess is considered royal. I took a class on Native American culture, it may seem wrong to Americans but its true.

Poca is worthy now that we cleared that up. Anyway I agree with LatinoLollipops, Merida doesn't even sing, not to mention she's Pixar. It's unfair that she becomes a princess when some of the heroines deserved it more. Like Kida, she was a princess, how come she didn't get accepted? She may not do everything a disney princess does but she's more of a DP than Merida.

The movie Atlantis wasn't popular enough.

I know, but I was giving an example. Wish it was popular though.
Did Merida become official yet?

Merida and Mulan.

Honestly, my second choice would be Pocahontas. NOT because Mulan is my favorite but because the lineup is only for marketing. Pocahontas was a critical failure and she is the least popular among children.

Her!

Like SweetPea2007 said-they're ALL worthy. And,PIXAR IS Disney!!!!! How many times do i have to keep saying that?!?!?!?!? Anyway,they're all worthy.

^^^ Definitely. Pocahontas is the only princess film that got mixed reviews (even Brave got a lot more positive than negative). And this is all about merchandising. Atlantis did not do well financially or critically, so it is not marketable, and Esmeralda and Megara are not as marketable because they have a lot of adult things in their character (Esmeralda's dancing, Megara's past and working for Hades)

Merida is PIXAR and not WDAS, she does not sing, and she has little to no qualities of the princess formula. She was only added because they want more feminine princesses, and because her movie was a success.

^^Glad you agree with me on that, I thought people would argue with me.

i'm cool with all of them, but yeah. Merida breaks a lot of the "rules," she doesn't fit the mythos. No singing, no love interest, etc. It's not a big deal, but it makes her stand out in a bad way.
Next is Pocahontas, because the Native American Princess archetype is offensive to most First Nations. Every class, workshop, and presentation I've taken said so, and all my Native American family(on my sister's side. I'm white as can be, so I'm not pretending to be a spokesperson) and friends are offended by the way Pocahontas is presented and fetishisized because she's Native American, and because her inclusion in the line-up ignores the fact that First Nations are a democracy, not a monarchy. "Blatant white washing right there, trying to force PoC into the white box." - My media studies teacher.
Then Mulan is least worthy of it, because she isn't royalty. But she is popular. Then Jasmine, but she is a princess, so moot.

For the Pixar part, not the lack of love interest. Isn't Rapunzel pixar too? I'd rule her out as well.

No, she's just CGI.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND!!!!!! POCAHONTAS TECHNICALLY IS ROYALTY!!!!!!

So what if Merida is a Pixar? Rapunzel is CGI different from other princesses! Why is she not ne here? Plus it's 21st century and technology is advancing and animation is changing! The new princess is a also a Pixar or CGI... She's not any different because she's a different animation! It's like saying Tiana is not a princess because she's black and all the previous princesses were white!

Not because of the love interest thing (though that will make some things awkward,) but because of the PIXAR thing. Disney may own PIXAR, but it doesn't count movies made by them in their movie cannon. If they don't count its movies as their own, why should they count their characters as their own?

shanyuisboss, I didn't say I don't believe you, but I'm not sure yet because you didn't explain right. YOU DON'T NEED TO GO!!!!!! ALL!!!!!!!! LIKE!!!!!!!! THIS!!!!!!! Other actual princesses aren't in the lineup because their movie wasn't critically acclaimed such as Kida from Atlantis.
viktoriya773, Tangled is really MADE by Disney, Brave is not. CGI and Pixar are not the same thing and it's like saying the movie Anastasia is Disney. I'm sorry but I don't get what Tiana being black has anything to do with this, that's not a good example.

@ Jessikaroo, Native society is actually a democracy? WOW. No wonder why the Natives are upset about Pocahontas and the Americans view of them. While I do love Pocahontas, it is not well critically acclaimed, and I think that is more important than the box office results. Look at Dinosaur and The Emperor's New Groove. Dinosaur made over $360 million but flopped critically, and everybody has forgotten about it; The Emperor's New Groove made a bit of money, but was praised critically, got its own TV series, and is more remembered. Atlantis did better than ENG at the box office, but was ripped to shreds critically. If it did well critically, I am positive their TV show would have premiered, and Kida would have been a princess.

Merida is only a princess because her film was a success in both areas and because they are trying to make their princesses more feminist. Disney owns Pixar, so they thought "Why Not?"

^ THANK YOU Jayden-G! At least SOMEONE has some knowledge on here! Also,i'd like to thank viktoriya773 for speakin' the truth.

I agree with Mongoose09...

She´s from Pixar. For me Jasmine, Pocahontas and Mulan are princesses (though Mulan is not royalty but still). I just can´t view (and it´s possible I´ll never will) as a princess.

Seriously, people who are advocating for Merida above me, you don't understand my or others' point. Pixar films are made separately from Walt Disney Animation Studios (even though WDAS is the parent company, that doesn't make the films instantly Disney films), thus they own their own characters. But by legally binding a character, say Merida, to a franchise not under Pixar's control is a stupid idea. What if Pixar eventually breaks off of Disney, and what if they want to sell Merida merchandise? By giving Merida's copyrights away to Disney, Pixar is basically saying that they give total control of the character for Disney's use forever.

Also, viktoriya773, why does Merida being CGI change anything? Our point is she's owned by a different studio, not her animation style. Unless you are implying that CGI and Pixar are the same thing, which they aren't; CGI is an animation style, while Pixar is an animation studio. And why did you drag Tiana into this conversation? She's made by Walt Disney Animation Studio, and is included for that reason, along with her film's sucess. Your statement of "all the previous princesses were white" is also incorrect, as Jasmine, Pocahontas, and Mulan were Arabic, Native American, and Chinese, respectively, making them not "white".

...Wow. Long comment is long. XD

Merida wouldn't even exist if Disney didn't want PIXAR to make them a princess film, and why would Merida even want to be a Disney Princess?

I agree 100% with TheCrystalRing!!!!

I agree too, besides I don't think Merida would be good role model for little girls. Maybe a little older but not for 3-5 years old girls.

A female Disney character officially joins the line up being essentially listed as a princess based on only one existent and established criteria which is the company's decision to add her to said line up. Pocahontas is not more of a princess than Mulan seeing as it's inappropriate to attribute Western/European concepts of royal monarchy to a Native American fictional woman and a movie set in that specific cultural environment. Seeing as Disney determined all of those heroines as princesses they are all equally entitled to said position.

I don't care about the fact that she doesn't have a love interest (or doesn't sing, but that's not mentioned), but the fact that she is Pixar is what makes me think she doesn't deserve to be a princess. I have said countless times on polls and articles in this fanclub that Disney is only making Merida a princess so they can get money from her franchise, of which only a small percentage will be paid to Pixar in royalties.

All of the ones here are worthy.
OMG are you serious with the ' doesn't even have a love interest.' ??? HHAHAHHAHHA That's such a shitty excuse for not accepting her as a princess!!! HHAHAHAHAH, so basically, if you don't have a guy, you're no princess. A girl doesn't need a guy. That's really sexist and pathetic. Merida is Pixar AND Disney. She IS a princess. And she's a much better character than some of the actual princesses are. She's a great role model, unlike some.

Do some of you even read a couple of the comments and actually try to understand them?

^ guess not...

My point always was and will always be - Merida HATES princess stuff, she hates pretty dresses, ceremonial things and so on and on... Adding her to the lineup goes against her character and Disney only does this, because they know, that they will make more money out of it. Apparently already having the strongest selling brand on this planet, simple isn´t enough money for them... One of the reasons why i stoped buying anything with the princesses on it.

About the worthy part - She may not have a love interest at the end ( just like Pocahontas at the end of her movie, so that´s no reasonable point) and does not sing, are no reasons for me. But i also see problems with the rights for her character... Disney may produce the merchandise and does the advertising for Brave, but the rights for the movie and Merida are owned by Pixar. I don´t know if they would ever seperate again ( they were thinking about it some years ago), but Pixar was and is an own company. If you don´t believe me, have some official documents - link

I hope i proved that more people on here have actuall knowledge ;)
And yeah, that Tiana comment..i don´t see the need for that.

After Merida, i would take out Pocahontas and Mulan.. I always had the feeling that they were only added, so it wouldn´t be weird once Tiana joined in..

Aaaaaand.. because i already see the - You just haaaate them!!!1!! - premature comments coming - I love these three characters, but i think they are out of place in the lineup