The Princess and the Frog: one of Disney’s most groundbreaking animated films to be featured
in the Disney Revival Era.
It’s also known for bringing to life their first Black Official Princess: Tiana.
In the Jazz Age of 1926 New Orleans, when Tiana saves up enough money to finally open
her dream restaurant, she meets the frog: Prince Naveen.
In an attempt to break his deal with Dr. Facilier, she kisses him, only to be turned into a frog
herself.
Throughout the movie, the duo race against time to find Mama Odie and break the curse,
while meeting new friends along the way.
But after over a decade after the movie’s release, we still wonder… who is the most
good?
And who is the most evil?
Today, we’re breaking down all of the characters.
I’m Brad with WickedBinge and this is The Princess and the Frog: Good to Evil.
As usual, we’ll be starting with the most pure character and working our way down.
These characters are The Good.
The gold medal for most good goes to James and Eudora, parents to Tiana.
When Tiana was growing up, James was known to be a loving family man and a World War
1 soldier who risked his life on the battlefield.
He gave up his dream of having his own restaurant to provide for his family, he even encouraged
his daughter to follow her own dreams.
Inspiring her to become the hardworking young woman we know and love.
Even though we don’t see James very much throughout the movie, we know that he was
definitely a selfless man.
As for Eudora, she worries that Tiana focuses too much on her dream than her own well-being.
She even tells her that she should find a good man to settle down with.
Regardless of her daughter’s driven ambition, Eudora just wants her to be happy and that
is all that any parent could want for their kid.
The silver medal goes to Mama Odie, also known as the Voodoo Queen of the Bayou.
Mama Odie is a blind, 197-year-old voodoo priestess who is sweet, eccentric and wise.
She helps Tiana and Naveen become human again.
She also challenges them to “dig deeper” within themselves and find out their real
desires other than what they initially came to see her for.
It eventually brings them together after Tiana finally realizes her romantic feelings for
Naveen in the third act of the film.
With Mama Odie’s great help in the movie and wisdom that stretches past the screen,
she deserves the silver medal.
The bronze medal goes to Ray, a Cajun firefly with a romantic infatuation with the evening
star, whom he calls Evangeline.
Ray is the bravest firefly with the biggest heart.
He acted as a father figure to Tiana many times throughout the film, especially when
she believed that Naveen did get married to Charlotte in the third act, initially unaware
of the fact that Dr. Facilier and Lawrence were behind the ruse.
He also helped fight off the frog hunters attacking Tiana and Naveen, and he fought
Dr. Facilier’s shadow demons after he gave the talisman to Tiana.
He is willing to take a bullet for his loved ones no matter how small he is.
Rest in peace, Ray.
Finally, we have James and Eudora’s daughter: Tiana.
Tiana is a gifted cook who has worked nearly her whole life to save up enough money to
open up her own restaurant.
Even though she is hardworking and determined, she can be overly uptight and too absorbed
in work ethics to focus on relaxing, family, and friends.
Especially after nearly getting screwed over by the Fenner Brothers, it got to the point
where she kissed Naveen as a frog out of desperation to make her dream a reality.
However, when Tiana is finally face to face with Dr. Facilier, she realizes that she is
not willing to take his offer to achieve her dream and breaks the talisman for good.
She is also heroic and capable in dangerous situations such as when she continuously rescues
Naveen from life-threatening situations throughout the film.
Tiana was definitely raised well by her parents, especially her dad.
Like father, like daughter.
Up next is Louis, a friendly yet neurotic alligator who wants to become human and play
the trumpet in a jazz band without scaring off humans for his ferocious appearance.
When Louis meets Tiana and Naveen, he helps them meet Mama Odie so that they can become
human again.
After Ray is mortally wounded by the Shadowman, Louis carries him to the duo to hear his last
words before he dies.
This shows that he is caring and would never leave him behind.
A fundamentally good character all around.
Next we have Big Daddy La Bouff.
Big Daddy is the wealthiest and most powerful man in New Orleans.
But what puts him very high on the Good list is that he is jovial and friendly towards
others.
He is eager to fund smaller businesses such as Eudora’s and the local newspaper.
Which shows he is very generous with his wealth.
He also acts as a father figure to Tiana, having been good friends with Eudora for many
years.
However, he can be a pushover, especially when it comes to his daughter Charlotte.
This is due to the fact that she constantly exploits his fortune for her own obsessions,
such as lavish dresses.
Nonetheless, he has a warm heart and doesn’t show ill will to anyone regardless of their
socioeconomic background.
Below Tiana is the love of her life: Prince Naveen.
Unlike Tiana, Naveen has lived a life of royal privilege as the eldest prince of Maldonia.
Due to everything being done for him, he is initially lazy, spoiled and vain.
After his parents cut him off for his laziness and excessive partying, his plan was to marry
Charlotte La Bouff so that he can continue to live a wealthy lifestyle.
He would also tend to put the blame on others and refuses to admit his own mistakes.
Especially when he got tricked into taking Dr. Facilier’s offer, only to be turned
into a frog.
However, when he clashes with Tiana on their journey to meet Mama Odie, he realizes that
there is more to life than just partying.
He is capable of being humble when he learns how much Tiana’s dream truly means to her.
As a result of rubbing off on each other for the better, Naveen grows kinder and more considerate,
and learns the value of humility.
Wrapping up the Good characters is Charlotte’s basset hound dog: Stella.
The only reason that Stella is ranked low in the Good list is because we don’t know
much about her as a minor character.
But what we do know is that she loves Tiana’s beignets and begs to give her one.
She also talks to Tiana when she chases her and Naveen as frogs on the table.
We can definitely say that Stella is a sweet dog who is very curious.
Before we get to the Grey characters, we would like to add that the one character we didn’t
rank is Mama Odie’s pet snake Juju.
Simply because of the fact that Juju doesn’t even talk and he is only seen being a personal
assistant to Mama Odie.
He helps her with tasks such as adding tabasco sauce to her gumbo.
But that is all.
With that said, we’ve wrapped up the Good characters.
Let’s get onto the Grey Area.
Below Big Daddy is his daughter and Tiana’s best friend: Charlotte La Bouff.
Charlotte has been given everything she wants by her father, and thus gained a spoiled and
shallow personality.
Especially when it comes to dreaming of marrying a prince and living a storybook life.
But despite being self-centered, Lottie has a heart of gold and loves Tiana like a sister.
When she realizes that Tiana and Naveen are in love with each other, she is willing to
give up her own quest for love so that Tiana can be happy with him.
That is what we call true friendship.
The only other characters to be ranked in the Grey list are The Fenner Brothers.
The Fenner Brothers are two real estate agents who initially refused to sell Tiana the sugar
mill because someone else was offering to pay for it in cash.
Also because they believed that Tiana could not manage a business due to her ethnic and
financial background.
Even though they finally sold the sugar mill to her under duress from Louis, that still
doesn’t change how unfair they were to Tiana.
Given that she worked hard her whole life to get that close to her dream.
Finally, we’ve reached the dark side.
These characters are The Bad and The Evil.
Starting off the bad list is Ian and Marlon, two wild and hot-tempered alligators who try
to eat Tiana and Naveen as frogs.
While they only have one brief scene in the film, Ian and Marlon would have eaten the
duo and killed them if they hadn't escaped.
Then we have Reggie, Darnell and Two-Fingers, a trio of frog hunters who are also known
to be the Three Stooges of the film.
They capture Tiana as a frog, only for her to be saved by Naveen due to their stupidity.
But even if they didn’t kill the duo, they would have captured and murdered other frogs.
Luckily, they don’t seem to be coming back anytime soon.
The silver medal for most evil goes to Lawrence, Prince Naveen’s valet.
Lawrence is recruited by Dr. Facilier in his scheme by using a blood charm to transform
and look like Naveen.
Not only does he take part in the Shadowman’s scheme to get revenge on Naveen for being
treated like a slave, he also deceives Charlotte with his appearance as the prince to try to
marry her.
Regardless of how guilty Lawrence initially felt for betraying Naveen, his actions have
caused just as much unnecessary harm.
Last but not least, the gold medal for most evil goes to no other than Dr. Facilier, also
known as the Shadow Man.
To no one’s surprise, Dr. Facilier is ranked at the very bottom for carrying out his scheme
to kill Big Daddy and rule New Orleans with the help of his “friends from the other
side.”
As the witch doctor, he uses his tricks to manipulate Prince Naveen and Lawrence by convincing
them that he will make their dreams come true.
Only for Naveen to be turned into a frog and Lawrence to be given a talisman that changes
his appearance to look like Naveen.
As the story progresses, he gets help from his “friends on his other side” to capture
Naveen, and kills Ray by a single footstep.
He also tries to tempt Tiana and convince her that he will give her restaurant and success
as his final attempt to retrieve the talisman.
Only to fall for his demise when she refuses the offer.
That’s the list!
Who do you think are the most good and evil characters of The Princess and the Frog?
Let us know in the comment section below.
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