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“My daddy never did get what he wanted. But he had what he needed. He had love! He never lost sight of what was really important! And neither will I!”
―Tiana confronting Dr. Facilier about her father.
Tiana is the protagonist of Disney's 2009 animated feature film The Princess and the Frog. She is a gifted cook living in New Orleans during the Jazz Age, with dreams of opening a restaurant of her own. In a desperate attempt to achieve her goal, Tiana shares a kiss with a prince that had been magically transformed into a frog by a voodoo witch doctor. In doing so, however, Tiana also falls victim to the curse, setting off an adventure in the bayou to find a cure.
Tiana is loosely based on the unnamed princess from the Brothers Grimm fairy tale The Frog Prince and Princess Emma from E.D. Baker's novel The Frog Princess. She is the ninth official Disney Princess and the most recent to originate from a traditionally-animated film.
Official Description Development
Tiana made history as the first African-American princess in the Disney Princess franchise. Early in development, Tiana was originally called Maddy and worked as a chambermaid in the La Bouff household. However, public criticism eventually caused her character's name to be changed to Tiana and her job, a waitress. Disney spokeswoman Heidi Trotta later stated, "Princess Tiana will be a heroine in the great tradition of Disney's rich animated fairy tale legacy, and all other characters and aspects of the story will be treated with the greatest respect and sensitivity." This reworking of the story itself was greatly inspired by the life story of New Orleans chef Leah Chase, and she, in turn, would contribute to the "Tiana's Cookbook" that was published when the film came out. Mark Henn served as the supervising animator for Tiana. Henn was hired by John Lasseter because he had animated nearly every Disney Princess since The Little Mermaid's Ariel. Describing Tiana, Henn said that she is following "a new trend in our princesses," likening her to Ariel from The Little Mermaid. "When animating Tiana, Henn was inspired by voice actress Anika Noni Rose, borrowing from her dimples and left-handedness. Henn was also inspired by studio employee Jaimie Milner, a film intern who was working in post-production." The fact that Tiana is African American was "never a big issue" for Henn when it came to animating her, but drawing her as both a human and a frog proved difficult." Tiana appears in the movie in different forms - she's a little girl, she's an adult human, and then she's a frog."
Voice
Ron Clements and John Musker, who once worked as animators on The Fox and the Hound, and known for their works like The Great Mouse Detective, The Little Mermaid, Aladdin, and Hercules, decided not to hire "big stars" to voice the film's main characters because "it can help with the identification of that animated character with the voice if you don't get an instant mental picture of the real actor." Several well-known African American actresses and singers had expressed an interest in voicing Tiana, among them, recording artists Beyoncé Knowles, Jennifer Hudson, and Alicia Keys, as well as actress and fashion model Tyra Banks. After enduring three auditions, the role ultimately went to American actress and singer Anika Noni Rose, with whom Hudson and Knowles co-starred in the musical film Dreamgirls. A long-time fan of Walt Disney Animation Studios, Rose had always wanted to voice a Disney animated character. When the film was brought to her attention, she was drawn to it more by its "story of the young woman" than by the fact that she would be voicing Disney's first African American princess. Rose told The Root that the film "wasn't really pitched to me that way... I don't think the cultural significance hit me until later". Rose was also fairly confident in the role. "To be perfectly honest, I thought it was for me from the moment I got the audition." Rose described the recording process as "very solitary work" that required her to do much research. To prepare herself for the role, Rose "called people in New Orleans...listened to their voices to hear what they sounded like...did a lot of reading up on the city, and listened to a lot of music in the jazz era." Rose only met with her co-star Bruno Campos twice to record a few scenes together. At her first session, Rose recorded all her dialogue "from top to bottom" in a session that lasted eight hours.
Personality
“She's a strong woman who doesn't need anyone to do things for her. She wants to do things for herself.” ―Anika Noni Rose Tiana is an intelligent, resourceful, and highly talented young woman. However, at the start of the film, and mostly throughout, she can be overly uptight and far too absorbed in work ethics to focus on relaxing, family, and friends. Though she notices this and appears to have some regret over her busy schedule, her obsession with bringing her dream of opening her own restaurant into fruition overshadows it all. She also, for the most part, has appeared to accept that over the years, as seen when she and Eudora visited the old sugar mill in the preparation of its purchase. With a strong sense of honor and integrity, Tiana firmly believes nothing deserves to be obtained in the world unless it's done through hard work, a view she's brought up when dealing with her excessively dreamy and immature best friend, Charlotte La Bouff, as well as the party-loving Naveen. This fact also makes her somewhat inflexible, as she could have asked Big Daddy La Bouff for seed money for her restaurant instead of working extremely hard to slowly gain the capital necessary. Aside from her workaholic nature, Tiana has another side to her; one that's passionate, imaginative, and ambitious. She enjoys humor, music, quality time with loved ones, and dancing (though not at first). She becomes excitable whenever mentioning her restaurant, lighting up when she does, as Naveen puts it, and although she initially had very little knowledge over romance, she values it highly once she starts to fall for Naveen, to the point where her restaurant was no longer the most important part of her life. Tiana is also heroic and is shown to be quite capable of dangerous situations and moments of physical conflict. Throughout the course of the film, she continuously rescued Naveen from life-threatening situations, fending off predators within the bayou, and even Dr. Facilier and his hoard of sinister shadow demons. Her heroism is ultimately put into the forefront during the film's climax, where the city of New Orleans is hurdled into a high state of peril, with the only hopes of its survival being Tiana's own will-power and the aforementioned sense of honor. She's also incredibly strong-willed and doesn't take lightly to being undermined or insulted by anyone. Despite her poor background, she sees something far greater in herself and jumps at every opportunity available to prove so, whether it be to the sleazy Fenner Brothers or the originally arrogant Prince Naveen, who initially looked down upon the woman because of her occupation as a waitress and uptight attitude, only to be proven there's far more to her than meets the eye. Despite refusing his offer, Tiana is absolutely horrified watching Facilier get dragged to the voodoo world, even putting her hand over her heart in sympathy when spotting his gravestone.
The Princess and the Frog
At first, the film begins during Tiana's childhood where she is seen with her best friend Charlotte La Bouff listening to the classic tale "The Frog Prince" read by Tiana's mother Eudora while she finishes Charlotte's newest princess gown. Whilst Charlotte adores the tale and openly wishes to find a prince and one day become a princess, Tiana shows that she's somewhat unamused with the story, considerably the kissing finale between the princess and the frog she was completely disgusted by. After the story's completion, Tiana and her mother depart, heading for home where they greet Tiana's father, the hardworking James. Later on, with the help of James, Tiana makes their favorite dinner, gumbo. Tiana gives her father a taste of some of her gumbo, which she hopes to be the prime attraction when she and her father open their very own restaurant, "Tiana's Place". That night, as Tiana is being put to bed, she explains to her parents that Charlotte's fairytale book says when you wish upon a star it's sure to come true. Eudora tells her to continue wishing. James tells her to continue wishing too, but also explains that wishing on stars can only take her partway to her dream as she also needs to work hard to help make it come true, which she understands. As her parents say goodnight to her, she looks at the evening star and sees a frog on her windowsill. Thinking it wants to kiss her, she screams after it croaks, scaring the frog and runs out of her room. Years later, it is revealed that a now-adult Tiana is still struggling to reach her dream even after her father passed away. Since childhood, she has become a mature young woman, though she has discarded her original childhood imagination of wishing and such, and has become an overly practical workaholic instead. She works as a waitress at two local diners during the day and night. The desire to open the restaurant prevents Tiana from going out with her friends as she must work extra for more pay. Meanwhile, the handsome Prince Naveen who had been cut off from his family fortune arrives in New Orleans to find a way to become rich again. To celebrate, Charlotte plans on throwing a masquerade ball and hires Tiana to make dozens of beignets, paying her with enough money to buy her restaurant. Excited, Tiana and her mother place a bid on an old run down sugar mill that Tiana's father had talked about many times before and had planned to use as the location. Though the building is extremely worn out and practically falling apart, Tiana couldn't have been more excited with her dream coming closer and closer to coming true. Later that night at the ball, Tiana discovers that she's been outbid and unless she earns enough money in two days by Wednesday, she loses the restaurant (though it is possible the restaurant was being withheld from her due to her race, which is historically accurate given that the movie takes place in the Southern United States, but this is never elaborated on). In a mishap, Tiana ruins her outfit and goes to Charlotte's room to change. Charlotte gives her a princess gown and tiara then heads back down to the ball. Saddened, Tiana heads to the balcony and, in desperation, makes a wish upon the evening star in hopes of making things work out in the end. After her wish, Tiana meets a talking frog who reveals himself to be Prince Naveen (much to her confusion). Due to being cursed by a voodoo witch doctor, Naveen asks for help from Tiana who he believes is a princess. Following the tale of "The Frog Prince", Naveen asks Tiana for a kiss in an attempt to break the spell, but Tiana is incredibly hesitant to kiss a frog. Naveen offers her a reward, telling her that he comes from a fabulously wealthy family. Knowing she needs more money to open her restaurant, Tiana reluctantly kisses Naveen. The only thing it does, however, is change Tiana into a frog as well, since she isn't actually a princess. Horrified and enraged by her unexpected transformation, Tiana attacks Naveen, resulting in both of them getting launched out of the room and onto the ball's dance floor. Charlotte's father, Big Daddy, orders their dog, Stella, to get the frogs after they land in Charlotte's dress. Tiana and Naveen luckily escape on a cluster of balloons, which eventually float over to the cold, miserable bayou of New Orleans. While floating down, Naveen reveals to Tiana he was transformed into the frog by the Shadow Man. She then tells him that the only way to get what you want is through hard work and Naveen asks why a princess would need to work hard. Tiana then tells Naveen that she's a waitress, not a princess which explains to Naveen why the kiss didn't work and accuses her of lying to him while he also reveals that he's completely broke. Suddenly, the balloons pop and the two land in a swamp filled with alligators. In the midst of the chaos, Naveen promises to pay for Tiana's restaurant if she can help him out the swamp. Tiana agrees and they spend the rest of the night in an old hollow tree trunk for shelter from the vicious alligators. During their journey the next morning they meet Louis, a friendly alligator with a gift of playing the trumpet. Naveen and Tiana explain that they are humans turned into frogs via the magic of a voodoo witch doctor. Hearing voodoo, Louis informs them of Mama Odie, a voodoo priest who can help them turn human. Naveen convinces the gator to lead them to Mama Odie so that he can be human, too. Along the way, they meet Ray. Upon being told of Tiana and Naveen's dilemma, Ray happily decides to light the way and act as their guide to Mama Odie, with the help of his massive family of fireflies. During their journey, Tiana and Naveen gradually become closer, a progression that is kick-started after saving each other from a trio of bumbling frog hunters. During a rest, Naveen helps Tiana cook for the friends by mincing some mushrooms. With that being the first piece of work Naveen has ever done, he reveals that, despite living the charmed life of a prince, he feels deep down that he knows how to do absolutely nothing besides partying, which he is ashamed of. Tiana, feeling sympathy, compliments Naveen's mincing skills, growing the two even closer. Moments later, Ray introduces his friends to Evangeline, singing a love ballad in her honor. During this, Naveen attempts to waltz with Tiana, but Tiana declines, admitting that she's never learned to dance. Naveen however, quickly decides that, to return the favor to Tiana for teaching him how to mince, he will teach her how to dance. After the romantic waltz, Naveen and Tiana officially begin to fall in love with one another. They nearly kiss after their dance but Tiana pulls away because he's supposed to marry Charlotte. Once Tiana hops away from Naveen, he is captured by a pack of shadow demons sent by the Shadow Man Dr. Facilier, who needs Naveen to fulfill his evil scheme to take over New Orleans. Fortunately, he is saved by Mama Odie, who takes them to her home: a boat in a tree. Tiana tries to explain to Mama that all they want is to be human, but Mama Odie knows what Tiana and Naveen really want after the adventure they had, was each other. However, Tiana fails to realize this, and believes Mama Odie's motto of "dig a little deeper" means work extra hard to get her restaurant. Although Naveen completely understands that, instead of riches, what his heart truly desires was Tiana. But with Tiana misunderstanding, Mama Odie decides to put the romance aside and give the two frogs the solution to their problem. Mama Odie tells them that if Naveen were to kiss a princess, they'll both turn human. She then uses her magic brew to locate a nearby princess, which reveals to be Charlotte, who is the princess of the Mardi Gras Parade. Unfortunately, Naveen only has until midnight, when Mardi Gras is over, to kiss Charlotte and break the spell. They head off on a riverboat to New Orleans, where Naveen decides he wants to reveal his true romantic feelings to Tiana, figuring he'll merely get a job to help raise money for her restaurant. Naveen sets up a date later that night, under the stars on the riverboat. The prince was far too sheepish to successfully reveal the truth, but Tiana still finds his fumbling to be cute. Just then, the riverboat begins passing the old building Tiana plans on using for her restaurant. Tiana takes the time to tell Naveen about her dreams to open the restaurant. Knowing he can't afford to pay for the restaurant without marrying Charlotte and inheriting her fortune, Naveen decides not to tell her how he truly feels, for the sake of her dream. The riverboat then prepares to dock, and Naveen heads off to find Louis and Ray. Once he's gone, Tiana sadly speaks to Evangeline about her dilemma, revealing that she, too, is actually in love with Naveen, despite the fact that he must marry Charlotte for the money he promised for her restaurant. Meanwhile, right before docking, Naveen is abducted by the shadow demons. Meanwhile, Tiana, Louis, and Ray are oblivious to Naveen's capture, and after getting off the riverboat, Tiana asks Ray if he's seen Naveen. Instead, Ray accidentally tells Tiana that Naveen actually loves her and plans on getting a job to pay for her restaurant. Overjoyed, Tiana and Ray head off to the Mardi Gras parade to find him and return the feelings. Unfortunately, Tiana, instead, finds "Naveen" (who is really Lawrence in disguise) as a human, atop a parade float about to marry Charlotte. Heartbroken, Tiana runs off. Ray follows and tries to convince Tiana that they should go back to look more into what they say, but Tiana discards the idea, losing her faith in wishing and dreams once more, as well as snapping at Ray out of heartbreak when he mentions Evangeline, hurting him by saying that she is nothing more than a star and that he needs to open his eyes before he gets hurt too, but he refuses to believe her. Determined to show Tiana the truth, Ray flies back to the parade, where he learns that the Naveen they saw about to marry Charlotte is actually Naveen's former valet, Lawrence, in disguise. It turns out Lawrence has been under the disguise as part of a plot by the Shadow Man, who plans on having Lawrence marry Charlotte and steal the La Bouff fortune by doing so, thus making the Shadow Man the richest man in New Orleans. The real Naveen, still a frog, is in captivity until Ray rescues him. Ray also recovers the talisman that Lawrence was using to disguise himself as Naveen. Without it, his cover is exposed and leads to his arrest. Later, Ray gives it to Tiana and instructs her to keep it away from the Shadow Man at all costs, prompting her to run in fear as the shadow demons are in hot pursuit. Tiana tries to escape, but the Shadow Man meets up with her and conjures up a vision of the fancy restaurant she's dreamt of all her life and even turns her human again. The Shadow Man tries to coerce Tiana into striking a deal with him: hand over the talisman in exchange for her restaurant, but she refuses. The Shadow Man then tries to seal the deal by reminding her of everything she had sacrificed, those who have doubted her ability, and her father James and his struggles to open the restaurant, but this only comes as a help to Tiana in realizing that, while her father never got what he wanted, he had what he needed; he had love, and he never lost sight of what was really important in life all along. Tiana declares that she won't forget, either, and throws the talisman at the floor, nearly destroying it, but the Shadow Man's shadow catches it and hands it back to him. He then shatters the restaurant manifestation and turns her back into a frog. While the Shadow Man holds Tiana down, he taunts her for not accepting his deal and now she'll spend the rest of her life "being a slimy little frog." However, she replies with "I got news for you, Shadow Man — it's not slime... it's mucus!" (which is what Naveen did tell her when she first became a frog all along) before using her prehensile tongue to regain the talisman and succeed in breaking it, thus ending the villainous plot for good. After its destruction, Tiana hops to safety and watches in shock as the Shadow Man is dragged to his demise by his "friends" (though before, he mentions still having Naveen locked away, realizing that Ray was telling the truth). Once the coast is clear, Tiana heads back to the concluded Mardi Gras parade, where she witnesses Lawrence being arrested — learning that he has been the "Naveen" Charlotte had been hanging out with the whole time. Not too far away, Tiana finds Naveen, who is in the process of making a deal with Charlotte. If she turns him human through a kiss, he'd marry her, so long as she pays for Tiana's restaurant. Tiana intervenes and confesses her feelings for Naveen. Touched by the romantic sight, Charlotte agrees to kiss Naveen, but only for Tiana's dream to come true. But the clock strikes twelve, and Charlotte is no longer a princess, as Mardi Gras is officially over. Nevertheless of the curse supposedly becoming permanent, Tiana and Naveen are content being frogs so long as they stay together. Suddenly, Louis arrives and explains that Ray has been fatally wounded by the Shadow Man during the battle against the voodoo witch doctor's demons. Ray manages to have a conversation with all three of his friends with his dying breath one last time before passing away. Meanwhile, Tiana attends his funeral, but joins in the jubilation after Ray becomes a star right beside Evangeline. Shortly afterward, Tiana and Naveen marry in the bayou, with Mama Odie taking charge of the ceremony and many animals and fireflies attending. As they kiss, they turn back into humans, as Tiana is now a princess by marrying Prince Naveen. After having a royal second wedding as humans back in New Orleans, Tiana and Naveen use the money that she saved to open the restaurant all along (with a little intimidation help from Louis, who frightens the snooty bidders into accepting what Tiana had). The restaurant, as hoped, is a big success with people from all around attending, just as Tiana and her father dreamed. She renames it "Tiana's Palace", and enjoys a dance with Naveen to Louis and his band's music as Ray and Evangeline watch over them on what has been a truly magical evening.
Sofia the First
“Aw, sounds like somebody's got the blues. I'm Tiana, and if what Mama Odie told me was right, then I'm here to help you.” ―Tiana to Sofia. Tiana appears in the episode "Winter's Gift", where Sofia is assisting a young faun named Winter in breaking an icy curse that constantly harms her loved ones. In order to do so, the faun must present a gift to the choleric Glacia the Ice Witch, in hopes that she will break the curse in exchange for the gift provided. After being informed of the dilemma by Mama Odie, Tiana arrived and told Sofia that she was cooking a special meal as her perfect gift for her family and then sings the song "From the Heart", telling Sofia the perfect gift is one conjured from the heart, giving the young princess the idea on how to break the curse: That the gift should come from Winter's own heart. Like Princess Aurora before her, she is also only seen wearing a winter cape in the Season 2 Christmas special TV episode. In "Forever Royal" when Sofia is battling Vor inside her amulet, Tiana appears to Sofia in spirit form along with all the other princesses who have been summoned to help Sofia in her times of need, and they encourage her to be brave and strong for they all believe in her.
Ralph Breaks the Internet
“That's what happens when a princess sings about her dreams.” ―Tiana In Ralph Breaks the Internet, Tiana is a netizen in Oh My Disney where she and the other Disney Princesses meet their fans. She is first seen on the website's floor greeting visiting net users. Later, Vanellope becomes targeted by First Order Stormtroopers and glitches into the princesses' backstage room to evade them; when she does, Tiana can be seen admiring her dress at her vanity. Upon noticing Vanellope, Tiana and the other princesses leap into action under the belief that Vanellope is a threat; Tiana arms herself with a rolling pin. Vanellope tries to calm them down and explains that she's also a princess, which prompts Pocahontas to ask her what kind of princess she is. Tiana and Aurora (while the former is pulling the latter away from the spinning wheel) ask Vanellope if she has been cursed, which she denies. Eventually, Vanellope is declared a true princess. Cinderella and Ariel come to admire Vanellope's "gown", and they change into comfortable modern clothes to match. Tiana's hair is loose and wears a chartreuse top with a graphic that reads "NOLA" in green letters which has a crown in the center of the letter "O", yellow pants and brown shoes with yellow shoelaces, and is seen lounging next to Anna while drinking an iced coffee. After Ariel sings about her dream to wear a shirt which confuses Vanellope, Tiana explains what happens when a princess sings about her dreams. When C-3PO enters the room to inform the princesses that another quiz is about to start, Tiana tells them that they should go back to their gowns, or regular outfits for those girls who don't wear a gown as their trademark attire. In the climax of the film, Tiana and the princesses witness Ralph about to fall to his death and work together to save him. After Ralph is saved and laid to rest on a mattress while unconscious, Tiana brings Naveen (in his frog form) to awaken Ralph with a classic, fairy tale kiss. Once Ralph is awakened, and mistakes Naveen for Frogger, Tiana and the princesses introduce themselves as friends of Vanellope and befriend Ralph as well.
Once Upon a Time
Tiana appears as a main character in the seventh season of the series, portrayed by Mekia Cox. Living in the Magical Forest, Princess Tiana lives in a castle with her mother after her father died. When the King of their land raises taxes, Tiana and her family is forced to auction their items. In order to solve their financial problems, Tiana seeks help from Dr. Facilier, but finds out it was a ruse, but loses her father's war medal to him. Tiana attends a ball at the Prince's castle and witnesses Cinderella and Henry dueling the knights after Cinderella is accused of murdering the Prince. When Cinderella is attacked by a palace guard after fleeing the ball, Tiana knocks him out. She reveals to Cinderella that she knew it was Lady Tremaine who killed the Prince and that she is leading a revolt against Cinderella's stepmother. Cinderella is confused about why Tiana and her followers weren't there for her after her father died. Tiana apologizes and tells her they are doing their best. Tiana also reveals to Cinderella that Lady Tremaine had worked with the Prince when Cinderella's Father was murdered. She then takes Cinderella to a safe haven where they meet up with Henry, Captain Hook, and Regina Mills. On the day of her coronation, Tiana is nervous as she receives help from Ella and Regina in the dressing room. Dr. Facilier arrives with news of a threat to her kingdom that she must see to, and as proof of his claims, he directs her into going to the Fairy Docks near the southern edge of the bayou. Despite the probability that Facilier is lying, Tiana decides to investigate if there is a chance her people's lives are at stake. She goes with Hook and Ella to the location, where they see teeth markings left behind by a massive beast. A lone hunter approaches them with claims that the beast is an alligator, which Tiana is doubtful of. When the man suggests she can go if she is skeptical, she coldly retorts that he should be the one leaving. The man laughs and remarks that her fiery temper is similar to his, but when criticized by Hook for his uncouth manner in speaking to a future Queen, he formally introduces himself as Prince Naveen. After learning the prince has an enchanted spear which can kill the gator, Tiana remains unimpressed but allows Naveen to come along, so she can show him what a real hero is like. Into the night, she becomes impatient with Naveen's tracking skills, believing he is getting her and her friends lost, however, Naveen spots drag marks on the ground that imply someone was taken by the beast. Soon, the group find a wounded man who tells them the gator is hiding in the bog. Tiana sends Hook and Ella to bring the man to a healer while she and Naveen lure out the gator by waiting for it on a rowboat. During this, Naveen questions why she tried to control the hunt earlier, and she tells him of her responsibility to protect her people as their Queen and not knowing who she can truly trust. Tiana believes he wouldn't understand, however, Naveen explains he is not after the gator for glory but because it killed his older brother, whom he intended to rule with, and now being alone is difficult and lonely with no one he can count on. Seeing as she is in a similar dilemma and not knowing who she can trust, Tiana suggests they start an alliance. Naveen agrees to this by taking a swig of his drink, but Tiana sees something of his that resembles one of Dr. Facilier's possessions, making her suspicious of him. As Naveen denies any involvement with Facilier, the gator rocks the boat and sends him into the water. Tiana uses the spear to kill the gator, though Naveen has already been fatally injured by then. As Naveen is dying, Facilier retrieves a necklace from the gator's corpse, revealing this was why he wanted Tiana to hunt down the beast. Tiana demands he revives Naveen since she helped to get his bauble, which Facilier follows through with, but he takes away Naveen because the prince now owes him a debt for saving him. Afterward, Tiana goes home, unable to help Naveen, but refocuses her attention on what she can do for her kingdom. Before going out to greet her subjects, she asks her mother, Regina, Ella, and Henry join her as she can't protect her people on her own and trusts they will help her. Eight years later, after the Dark Curse is cast, however, Tiana is sent to the Land Without Magic. In Hyperion Heights, Tiana is known as Sabine, Jacinda's roommate and worker at Mr. Cluck's. In order to get Jacinda closer to Lucy after Victoria takes Lucy away, Sabine convinces Jacinda to both get a job as waitresses at a charity event where Lucy would be performing. After the performance, Sabine witnesses Detective Weaver interrogating Henry Mills of stealing Victoria's bracelet. Sabine later tries to sell her famous beignets, but after Mr. Cluck's Chicken Shack burns down, Jacinda buys a food truck for them both to sell them. After Victoria Belfrey's unexpected death, Sabine finds a newspaper by the fence outside her food truck which features an article about the woman's real estate deals. She is in the midst of listening to the first episode of Henry's podcast H-Town when Jacinda and Lucy come visiting. They offer to help with her truck for the upcoming food fair, but Sabine prefers to do it herself, citing that she is a perfectionist, though Jacinda lovingly describes her as a control freak. Sabine instead suggests the mother-daughter pair spend more time together, and she further encourages Jacinda to say yes when Lucy wants to invite Henry over for game night. While Sabine sets up her beignets and gumbo soup, her old cooking classmate Drew arrives to catch up with her. Drew praises her exceptional skills but tells her she can be a bit controlling when it comes to food, and he demonstrates this by trying to dunk one of her beignets in a soup dish, which freaks Sabine out to the point she stops him from ruining his lunch. When Sabine learns Drew is also partaking in the food fair with his own truck, Flamin' Cajun, she samples his beignets to see what she is up against. She finds that the treat is too sugary and tells herself she will "kill him dead", which a police officer overhears after coming to her truck to look over her licenses and permits. After regaining her composure, Sabine shows him her permits, however, the officer states her food safety permit is missing. She explains she mailed in her paperwork but haven't received it back yet, but that she desperately needs to be at the fair. The officer refuses to turn a blind eye and reveals someone gave him an anonymous tip about her missing permit. Suspecting Drew tattled on her, Sabine confronts him, to which he admits his associate, Mr. Samdi, is likely the one who did it as he offered him guaranteed success with his food truck. Sabine is furious, berating Drew for having everything while she has had to work for it only to lose it all in one swipe. To make it up to her, Drew gives her his food safety permit so she can continue running her truck. He agrees with her earlier assessment of him getting everything handed to him and reveals he actually flunked out of cooking school instead of dropping out. Drew admits he was not good at cooking, and he would rather help her succeed instead. As customers line up at Rollin' Bayou, Sabine serves the officer, who previously declined her food because he was on a diet, a bag of beignets and a bowl of gumbo soup. Later that night, Drew helps dump the garbage, during which Samdi approaches him to insist he continue deceiving Sabine. When Sabine comes to drop off the last garbage bag, she asks if he was talking to someone, which Drew plays off by saying he was just congratulating himself. After the Dark Curse is broken, she remembers Drew as Naveen and happily reunites with him after helping him and Jacinda defeat Facilier.
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Tiana, wearing her winter outfit, and joined by her fellow Disney Princesses in Cinderella, Moana, Rapunzel, who brought Flynn with her, and Jasmine, who brought Aladdin with her, along with Anna and Elsa, with Minnie as captain alongside her crew of Mickey, Goofy, Donald, Pluto, Chip 'n' Dale, rode on the Disney Wish float titled "Magic Meets The Sea" in the 2021 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with special guest singer Jordan Fisher as he sings "Together We Set Sail" to the crowd when they reach Herald Square on 34th Street, joined by backup dancers of Cast Members with several more serving as the supervisors for the Theme Park Characters on their special assignment outside the Disney Parks and Resorts and Disney Cruise Line fleet. During the journey from Central Park West to 34th Street, Tiana waved to the crowd and danced to the song as it played over the float's loudspeakers, adding that bit of Disney magic to the parade and putting smiles on the faces of all the adults and children in attendance as the threat of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and its mutations still loomed over NYC. Tiana returns and rides on the "Magic Meets The Sea" float again in the 2022 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, joined by her husband Prince Naveen this time. Joining her from last year were Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Pluto, Donald, Moana, Rapunzel, Flynn, Aladdin, Jasmine, and Cinderella, while this year Tiana was joined by two more of her fellow Disney Princesses in Mulan and Raya, along with Mirabel Madrigal, Spider-Man, Black Panther, and Cinderella's husband, Prince Charming. As the float neared the end of the parade route and approached Herald's Square, Tiana, Naveen, the other Princesses with their Princes, along with Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, and Moana, dismounted from the float and walked alongside of it with their supporting Cast Members, both backup performers and supervisors, waving to the crowd on the final leg of the procession until they got to Herald's Square, where they then performed one of their shows from the Disney Wish during its trips, dubbed "Seas The Adventure", which included snippets from "A Whole New World" and "When You Wish Upon a Star", ending with a final flourish of streamers and confetti, leaving smiles on the faces of all the Guests in Herald's Square, and adding that spark of Disney Magic to the parade for a second year in a row that the float attended the parade. After the float reached the end of the parade route, Tiana and the other characters prepared to return home to Disneyland in Anaheim and Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista to resume their duties there during Disney's holiday festivities until Macy's invites them back for another parade, which could be possible should Macy's decide to bring the float back for a third consecutive year and Disney's executives agree to allow the characters to participate in the parade again in 2023, especially as part of the celebrations for The Walt Disney Company's Centennial Anniversary. Disney and Macy's agreed to allow the "Magic Meets The Sea" float make a third appearance in a row in the 2023 parade as part of the Disney 100 celebrations, and Tiana, with Naveen joining her once more, was among the returning characters riding on the float this year. The float was also repainted to represent the sister ship of the Disney Wish, the Disney Treasure, set to join the fleet in 2024. Peter Pan, Miguel Rivera, Genie, and the Peddler joined Tiana, Naveen, Mickey, Minnie, and the other returning characters this year, including Rapunzel, Moana, Mirabel, Anna, Elsa, Spider-Man, Black Panther, Goofy, Donald, Pluto, Aladdin, and Jasmine. Advancing down the parade route ahead of Ronald McDonald, the NYPD Marching Band, and Chase from the PAW Patrol, with Tiana, Mirabel, Moana, and Anna wearing their winter attire again due to the cold weather, the float arrived at Herald Square just as the NBC broadcast went to a commercial break. While waiting for the broadcast to return from commercials, Tiana, Naveen, and the others waved to the crowd as their supporting Cast Members got everything ready for the performance of "Let's Set Sail", the song that played over the float's loudspeakers last year and was used again this year, so when they were properly introduced by Al Roker and his co-hosts upon returning from commercials, they put on an amazing performance to wow the crowd, giving the parade another pinch of Tinker Bell's Pixie Dust to truly make it magical for the third year in a row. Macy's and Disney are already in talks about having the "Magic Meets The Sea" return for the 2024 parade after the Disney 100 Years of Wonder festivities are over. As is tradition, as soon as this year's parade was over, Macy's began planning for next year, and since Tiana was among the characters on the float for the past three years straight, the odds are very likely she will be picked by Disney CEO Bob Iger and Macy's CEO to return for next year's parade alongside Naveen and the Fab 5, along with whoever else is chosen to represent the Disney Cruise Line and The Walt Disney Company next year.
Something Old, Something New
Centered around Tiana and Naveen's wedding, the entire town of New Orleans was prepared to celebrate the happy royal couple's lovingly, romantic mingling as beloved wife and husband. The King and Queen of Maldonia arrived on a ship and bestowed upon Tiana a few royal servants, who would prepare the festivities for her, much to Tiana's dismay. However, in secrecy so not to upset Naveen's parents, Tiana, Eudora, and Charlotte (who was given the role of the maid of honor) began preparing the wedding ceremony themselves, and the next day, the princess-to-be finally revealed her true feelings to her royal visitors, telling them she appreciates the help but would rather prepare things personally. The Queen of Maldonia visited Tiana afterward, and instead of being upset like the girl feared, she decided to bestow a gift for the wedding; the crown she wore the day she married the King. The night before the big day, Tiana gazed into the stars in loving memory of her father, and the next morning, things were begun and was a dream come true for both Tiana and her prince.
One Magical Feast
In this story, Tiana and Naveen were preparing Tiana's Palace for the upcoming Christmas Eve feast. After handling the groceries and preparing the meals for the guests, Tiana took Naveen out into the bayou, teaching him of Papa Noel, an equivalent of Santa Claus. Afterward, they returned to the restaurant, where the party began. At the feast, a mysterious man arrived and was soon revealed to be Papa Noel himself.
A Hidden Gem
Here, Tiana is preparing for her upcoming birthday, and Naveen struggles to find her the perfect gift. During a talk, Tiana mentioned to Charlotte how she and her father would occasionally go into the bayou to find swamp amber, which was said to be the most precious things, in her opinion. More beautiful than any diamonds or pearls. Overhearing this, Naveen and Louis immediately rushed out into the bayou to find some. They encountered Mama Odie, hoping she could help them locate some swamp amber, but the woman told them to find it themselves. Meanwhile, back the restaurant, Tiana's birthday bash had begun, but Naveen was nowhere in sight. Despite her mother and Charlotte's advice to remain calm, Tiana worried about the prince's safety and ran out to find him upon hearing he was last seen near a mossy tree in the bayou. There, Tiana witnessed Naveen take a dive into the murky waters to find the amber, where he ended up tangled in tree roots. Tiana dove down to save him. Once rescued, Naveen presented Tiana's birthday gift; swamp amber. The princess was overjoyed and the couple, as well as Louis, returned to Tiana's Palace. After arriving, Mama Odie grabbed hold of the mucky amber and worked her magic on it, transforming it into a shimmering necklace of beauty.
The Princess and the Frog
Taking place after the events of the film, Tiana is in the process of opening her restaurant with her closest friends by her side to help and celebrate alongside her. Throughout the game, Tiana interacts with various characters from the film, revealing their current relationships, as well recapping some of the events from the movie, acting as the game's mini-games and playable levels. Throughout the game, it is revealed that Tiana has even made amends with former adversaries such as her former boss, Buford, and the frog hunters, Reggie, Darnell, and Two Fingers.
Kinect: Disneyland Adventures
Tiana appears as a meet-and-greet character in New Orleans Square. She assigns a few tasks to the player, including asking for help with her restaurant. At one point, Naveen secretly makes Tiana a native Maldonian dish and asks the player to serve it to her. Once the player makes the delivery, Tiana feels the need to add a special ingredient, so the player distracts Naveen while she does. Later on, Tiana's ingredients for her highly-popular gumbo have nearly run out, prompting Tiana to ask the player to find more of its ingredients. She also participates in the Mickey's Soundsational Parade and Princess Fantasy Faire mini-games.
Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion
In the 3DS game, Tiana is one of the many still-popular Disney characters captured and placed inside the world of illusion by an evil witch known as Mizrabel who plans on stealing the essence of these famous Disney characters to become one herself and dominate their world. Tiana, along with Aurora, becomes trapped within the phony kingdom of Prince Eric. Fortunately, Tiana is eventually rescued by Mickey Mouse. Tiana originally believed it was Dr. Facilier who was behind the devious plot until the heroic mouse explains the situation and allows for Tiana to retreat to safety with the other rescued characters. However, before she departs, Tiana asks if Mickey could hurry and help her find her way home so she could help save Naveen, who was said to be in danger the longer she's in the illusion world. It is revealed that, whilst in the Fortress (the safe haven for the other captive characters) Tiana decided to cook the others meals as they waited for Mickey to complete his mission. In the end, after Mizrabel's defeat, Tiana thanks Mickey for the rescue and heads back to New Orleans, commenting that she needs to help Naveen show the Shadow Man a thing or two.
Disneyland
In California, Tiana makes meet-and-greet appearances in New Orleans Square. Tiana also appears in Mickey's Soundsational Parade, within her own float, alongside Louis. Near the end of Mickey and the Magical Map, Yen Sid's apprentice Mickey Mouse travels to New Orleans for one final adventure with Tiana and many other citizens as they perform "Dig a Little Deeper". Animatronic versions of Tiana (as a human and frog) can also be seen in the Enchanted Window display along Main Street, U.S.A. Tiana will appear in the upcoming ride Tiana's Bayou Adventure.
Walt Disney World
In Florida, Tiana makes appearances in Fantasmic! and Festival of Fantasy Parade. For meet-and-greets, Tiana is currently available primarily at the Magic Kingdom's Princess Fairytale Hall. During winter months, she'll bundle up in a shawl or caplet alongside her gown to stay warm. Tiana plays a major role in Sorcerers of the Magic Kingdom. In Frontierland and Liberty Square, Doctor Facilier returns from his death via Hades and plans to turn Tiana back into a frog permanently as revenge for his demise. He kidnaps her and takes her to his parlor, where the park guests free her and allow her to escape. After Facilier is defeated, Tiana meets up with Mama Odie, Louis, and Merlin aboard the Liberty Square Riverboat to celebrate the guests' success. Tiana also has her own spell card known as "Tiana's Hot Sauce". At the Disney's Port Orleans Resort, Tiana is the central character because of its ties to New Orleans between her film and the resort. A story was given to the resort after its refurbishment. Disney Princesses Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora, Ariel, Belle, Jasmine, and Rapunzel gathered together to grant gifts to Tiana. Some include carpets resembling the Magic Carpet from Jasmine, shower curtains with artwork of "dinglehoppers" and "snarfbalts" from Ariel, mirror frames with wood carvings of woodland creatures from Snow White and much more. Daily, Tiana appears as one of Goofy's invited guests in Mickey's Royal Friendship Faire at the Magic Kingdom, dressed in a 1920s flapper dress. During her segment, she teaches Goofy how to dance to the rhythm of jazz. Tiana plays a major role in the castle spectacular, Happily Ever After. She is the first Disney character to appear, and starts off the show by singing "Down in New Orleans" on the castle balcony. She appears a few times afterward, including the stain-glass finale; her image can be spotted at the highest point of the castle. With the recent reopening of 1900 Park Fare at Disney's Grand Floridian Resort & Spa, Tiana is among the characters that now appear there for the character meals at breakfast and dinner alongside Cinderella, Aladdin, and Mirabel Madrigal.
Tokyo Disney Resort
Although Tiana does not do meet-and-greet sessions in the resort, she appears alongside Naveen in the Tokyo DisneySea version of Fantasmic! as animated characters during the princess segment.
Tiana was officially welcomed into the Disney Princess Royal Court on March 14, 2010, to coincide with the Blu-ray and DVD release of The Princess and the Frog. The coronation event took place in The New York Palace, in New York City. Joining the festivities were the original eight Disney Princesses, as well as Prince Naveen.
A similar event in the Magic Kingdom park at Walt Disney World also took place, welcoming Tiana into the massive group of Disney characters in front of Cinderella Castle.
The Frog Prince by the Brothers Grimm
•The unnamed princess is royal by birth and has a vain, selfish personality. Tiana, by contrast, is a working-class waitress who is intelligent, resourceful, and career-driven. •The princess inadvertently breaks the spell by throwing the frog against her bedroom wall. In later adaptations, it was changed to a kiss. •The princess loves to play with a golden ball and one day loses it in the water. The frog promises to retrieve it if she will be his friend. The film's equivalent to this is Tiana losing her bid for a space to open her own restaurant and Prince Naveen offering to finance her if she kisses him to turn him human again.
The Frog Princess by E. D. Baker
•Princess Emeralda (Emma for short) was born a princess of the fictional Greater Greensward. •Unlike the hard-working Tiana, Emma is clumsy, socially awkward, and dissatisfied with her life as a princess and upcoming arranged marriage. •Emma transforms into a frog after kissing the cursed Prince Eadric because she was wearing a magical curse-reversing bracelet given to her by her aunt Grassina. They regain their human forms by kissing each other again while she is wearing it, though they do not marry until later in the series.
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Aug 25, 2023 · In the film, Tiana is transformed into a frog after kissing a prince who has been cursed. This unexpected twist sets the stage for an adventurous journey as Tiana and the prince navigate their way through the mystical bayous of Louisiana in search of a way to break the spell.
SUBSCRIBE: http://tinyurl.com/hfq9jmvIsaac prefers to spread the magic of Disney over kissing frogs so today he theorizes on why Tiana became a frog.
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- Charlotte La Bouff. Tiana has known Charlotte since she was a little girl as her mother sewed dresses for Charlotte while working as a seamstress. Though Tiana and Charlotte came from different backgrounds, the two girls became best friends due to them sharing a love for fairytales and would play together where they sometimes dressed up as princesses while Tiana's mother would read them a story as she did her work.
- Louis. After getting turned into a frog by a cursed Prince Naveen, Tiana, along with Naveen, ended up in the bayous of New Orleans and nearly avoided the predators of the bayou.
- Ray. When Tiana's frog instincts began to kick in, she tried to resist in eating Ray, but ended up getting her tongue twisted with Naveen's own tongue. As Tiana and Naveen ended being tangled up in their own tongues, Ray, noticing this, revealed himself as a firefly and untied the frogs' tongues, freeing them.
- Mama Odie. After turning into a frog due to kissing Prince Naveen who had also been turned into a frog by the evil witch doctor, Dr. Facilier, Tiana and Naveen learned from Louis about Mama Odie and her reputation as a voodoo priestess.
In a desperate attempt to achieve her goal, Tiana shares a kiss with a prince that had been magically transformed into a frog by an evil voodoo witch doctor. In doing so, however, Tiana also falls victim to the curse, setting off an adventure in the bayou to find a cure.
Feb 2, 2022 · Twisting the typical “damsel in distress”, Tiana gets turned into a frog, but only after Naveen gets himself turned into a frog by trusting Dr. Facilier.
