good this is not a fairy tale

Elza 2022-03-22 09:01:40



It's still the same old Disney model:

Long, long ago, girls liked to hear bedtime stories about princes and princesses.

The slight difference is that this time the protagonist is not the princess, but the princess's not very wealthy best friend.
The heroine's family is very poor, her only dream is to open a flashy restaurant, but she and her father's long-cherished wish are fulfilled, how filial piety! (This great dream has been mentioned many times)
And the prince was born into a lonely royal family and was also deprived of his inheritance unless he found a rich wife and became a married son-in-law.

The proud prince was accidentally stalked by a cruel wizard and turned into a frog. (The motive is very unclear.) He, who wanted to be kissed by the princess to restore his original shape, not only failed, but also caused the heroine to become the same.

Then the adventures of two frogs + the kiss of true love + changing back to human form
and finally the heroine's love career, double harvest ,
singing and dancing, and the ending

issue. The realization of the heroine's dream and the establishment of the restaurant are ultimately achieved by marrying a rich man I was shocked when I finally found out I had

a cold sweat on my back


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The Princess and the Frog quotes

  • Tiana: [while standing on the balcony, she sees a wishing star; sighs] I can't believe that I'm doing this.

    [looks up]

    Tiana: lease... Please... Please.

    [looks down and sees a frog sitting on the balcony]

    Tiana: Oh, very funny. So, what now? I reckon you want a kiss?

    Prince Naveen: Kissing would be nice, yes?

    [Tiana screams and backs into Charlotte's room]

    Prince Naveen: 'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to scare you.

    [sees Tiana about to launch stuffed animals at him]

    Prince Naveen: Wait, wait, wait, hold on.

    [Tiana starts throwing the stuffed animals at him]

    Prince Naveen: You know, you have a very strong arm, Princess. Wait, please! Put the monkey down.

    Tiana: [throws a stuffed monkey at him and lifts up a book] Stay back, or I'll... I'll...

    Prince Naveen: Please, please.

    [hops ontop of a table]

    Prince Naveen: , allow me to introduce myself: I am Prince Naveen

    [Tiana squashes him]

    Prince Naveen: ... of Maldonia.

    Tiana: A prince? But I didn't wish for any... Hold on, if you're the prince, then WHO was that waltzing with Lotte on the dance floor?

    Prince Naveen: The only thing I know, is that one minute I am a prince, charming and handsome, cutting-a-rug, and the next thing I know

    [trips over his feet]

    Prince Naveen: ... I am tripping over these.

    [points to his feet and Tiana lifts the book again]

    Prince Naveen: Wait, wait.

    [catches sight of the book's title]

    Prince Naveen: Wait a moment, I know this story! The Froggie Printo!

    Tiana: [hands the book to Naveen] The Frog Prince?

    Prince Naveen: Yes, my mother had the servants read this to me every night.

    [begins to flip back and forth between the last two pages of the book]

    Prince Naveen: Yes, yes, this is exactly the answer! You must kiss me!

    Tiana: Excuse me?

    Prince Naveen: You will enjoy it, I guarantee. All women enjoy the kiss of Prince Naveen. Come, we pucker.

    [his throat bulges out and then returns to normal]

    Prince Naveen: That's new.

    Tiana: Look, I'm sorry. I'd really like to help you, but I DO NOT kiss frogs.

    Prince Naveen: But on the balcony, you ask me.

    Tiana: I didn't expect you to answer!

    Prince Naveen: Oh, but you must kiss me. Look, besides being unbelievably handsome, I come from a fabulously wealthy family. Surely, I can offer you some reward or a wish that I could grant, perhaps?

    Tiana: [reluctantly] Just one kiss?

    Prince Naveen: Just one. Unless you beg for more.

    [licks lips; they lean in to kiss, but Tiana flips at the last second, Naveen sighs]

    Tiana: All right, all right. Get it together, Tiana.

    [she turns around quickly and kisses Naveen, who lets out a disappointed sigh, upon realizing that he is still a frog, then looks down and gasps in horror and epeaks Maldonian]

    Tiana: [gazes up at the table] Well, you don't look any different. But how did you get way up there? And how did I get way down here, in all this...

    [gazes up at the table]

    Tiana: Well, you don't look any different. But how did you get way up there? And how did I get way down here, in all this...

    [sees her hands are webbed. She looks in the mirror, sees she is a frog, and screams]

  • Tiana: Where are you taking me?

    Prince Naveen: Oh, I just... wanted to show you a little something to celebrate our last night together as frogs.

    [tugs her up and she sees his set-up of a table and wine bottle]

    Tiana: Oh... All my years. No one's ever done anything like this for me.

    [glances at Naveen and sees he is wearing a butterfly as a bowtie]

    Prince Naveen: Oh, heh, i - it is too much, isn't it? Um...

    [clears throat]

    Prince Naveen: Thank you, Bow.

    Bow: I thought it was a nice touch.

    [flies away]

    Bow: Pretend you did not see that.

    [leads Tiana to the table]

    Bow: Please, please sit down.

    [sets a platter in front of her]

    Tiana: What's this?

    Prince Naveen: [lifts the lid and shows food] Ta-da!

    Tiana: You minced!

    Prince Naveen: I did!

    [Tiana giggles]

    Prince Naveen: You have had quite an influence on me. Which is amazing because I have dated thousands of women and -

    [cuts himself off in panic]

    Prince Naveen: No, like two, three... just other women! A-and anyway, you could not be more different! You know, you are - you are practically, heh, one of the guys!

    [Tiana looks shocked]

    Prince Naveen: No, no, no! You are not a guy! Let me begin again! Uh...

    [leans on the table and he slips to the floor, the food spilling on him]

    Prince Naveen: Ha... I am not myself tonight. Tiana!

    [stands up]

    Prince Naveen: Sorry, that was loud.

    [Tiana laughs]

    Prince Naveen: This is a disaster.

    Tiana: [laughs] No, it's cute.

    [Naveen chuckles]