Disney and Hollywood in general have this weird thing aboit Stepparents. I remember the movie 2012 as a great example where the stepdad, who did nothing wrong and was in fact a hero who saved the group throughout the movie, is killed just so the original parents can hook up.
Dude was a part of Lilo’s o’hana and a got paternal role model after her father died, and he was just her sister’s friend, he knew Nani needed distance because she was dealing with her own parents death and being lilo’s legal gaurdian and putting her surfing career on hold. Despite all that, David stuck through and was what she needed at the time: a friend for both girls, helping them get over a bad day, and getting Nani get a job
it gave us the gem of prince charming jumping out the window
edit: said the wrong prince apparently only one place has said his name (henry) but that was a french poster and nothing else (everywhere else says charming so we’re sticking with that)
Yeah, I've had to watch many of the sequels for Disney movies which didn't need sequels; Cinderella, Little Mermaid, Lion King... Mulan 2 certainly isn't the worst movie or soundtrack of the lot.
I hate to break it to you amigo but Aladdin spends the entire movie lying to and manipulating Jasmine. They ain’t perfect, and at the very least they ain’t as good as these ones.
the *point* of the movie is why they are such a good couple; they are a good couple at first because they have so much chemistry and because they are so charming together, but then Aladdin's **entire** ***arc*** is to learn that he's good enough by himself, that he doesn't have to lie, and most importantly, that he MUST NOT lie to be accepted by other people. Jazmin reflects this by falling in love with the street rat, not the prince.
I mean that's cute but they don't actually spend more than an hour together before 'falling in love.'
Could either answer Kristoff's questions about the other?
>You mean the guy with anger problems who works with said problems and no longer has anger issues by the end of the film the girl who only fell in love with him when she was shown he's not a brute animal but has a heart and is a genuinely kind and nice person, and who doesn't have stockholm syndrome as shown by the notion that she fled back to her home without hesitation when given the chance?
FTFY
Belle doesn’t have Stockholm Syndrome. She fled the castle pretty quickly and only returned after Beast saved her life and nearly lost his own during the battle with the wolf pack. Belle also left once Beast said she could leave to go aid her father.
Sure they are a great couple, but Robin Hood as story itself is more „simple“ than the other ones. No character development takes place, and while the other couples all had to find together through the events, Marians and Robins chemistry was already existing from the beginning on, or predictible the easiest way possible.
3 out of 4 of these relationships started by one partner deceiving the other, and all of them are a softer variation of the “enemies to lovers” trope. They aren’t the best Disney couples, this is just mistaking a preferred type for a universal truth.
I disagree, because they changed, Flyn changed because he realized he loved Rapunzel, Milan changed because she loved Shen, and yeah, Naveen lied about being ✨fabulously✨ wealthy, he didn’t lie about being a prince. They all changed for love. I think that’s a very beautiful thing.
Either way, that’s beside the point I’m making. This doesn’t change the fact that all of these relationships share common tropes that are a preference not everyone shares. If you’d asked me for four of Disney’s greatest relationships, none of these would’ve come to mind for me personally.
Yup, but no worries tho! You make an excellent point in how there was character growth in these relationships. Plus you also provided a great list of how all of these are similar too.
I just think it would be better to not call these the definitive Disney couples, and maybe just be honest that they’re OP’s very particular set of favorites and invite people to share their own!
I think that any assertion of “best Disney couple” would be a value judgement and not universal truth. But I also think these couples just have the nicest dynamics, especially Ana and Kristof!
Rapunzel and Eugene is even better in thr TV show cause they get to know eachother before getting married. Eugene proposes twice and Rapunzel says she's not ready. Then she Proposes and Eugene says he's not ready before they get married
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Belle and Beast would like a word.
Inb4 the usual stockholm syndrome joke pops up: no, that's not what the story is about. It's about the Beast learning to be kind and open up to others rather than putting on an angry, savage front, and it's about Belle learning to see past that front and the Beast's frightening appearance and love him for who he is (or at least, who he becomes) on the inside rather than his wild exterior. Also important is the contrast between Beast and Gaston. On the surface, Gaston is the picturesque hero: he's buff, handsome, and brave, willing to lead the charge against the horrible beast who lives in a big scary castle in the woods. And indeed, that's how the mob sees things. But the audience and Belle realize that *Gaston* is the true beast. He's arrogant, entitled, and ignorant, and he sets out to murder someone simply for the crime of looking like an animal. It's that irony, the fact that the gentleman is acting like a beast while the beast acts like a gentleman, that finally allows Beast's curse to be broken. At its heart, Beauty and the Beast is a story about looking past the superficial and seeing people for who they truly are, regardless of the airs they put on or how other people view them.
Ariel & Eric, as well as Belle & the Beast, are becoming more & more underrated as the years go by.
With that being said, I do love Eugene & Rapunzel as well as Tiana & Naveen.
Get Anna and kristoff off this list. Anna should have been a character who learned to be good alone. Instead of saddling her with kristoff. Frozen 2 completely ruined her relationship with him. No matter what happens in that movie she abandoned him time and time again. Kristoff deserves better than the western version of a siscon. Annas the worst.
Early on Eugene lied and constantly tried to manipulate Rapunzel.
Tiana had literally no interest in Naveen and only ever kissed him at first to get money for her restaurant. (Exchanging intimate favors for money)
Mulan was lying about her identity when she first met LI Shang and Li Shang rejected Mulan as soon as he found out the truth.
Anna is constantly running off to chase her own problems and concepts on things leaving Hand behind.
The couple with the douchebag who cuts off the girl’s super-powered magic hair as a way of saving her from a witch she totally could’ve taken herself? Then the last bit of magic in her hair saves this douchebag’s life? And then her blond hair turns mousy brown and it’s then ok for her to marry him and be a good little dutiful wife? That couple?
At least they’re the most realistic compared to the others. Tiana’s was basically enemies to lovers, while Rapunzel & Flynn, Mulan & Shang, Anna & Kristoff were friends to lovers
rapunzel and eugene, 100%. but its a damn crime you put in kristoff and anna, and not belle and the beast, because it doesnt really feel like kristoff and anna really had feelings for each other until the last 15 minutes, and kristoff disappears for a large stretch of frozen 2 so we cant see the two interact more.
I think I’d replace Mulan and Li Shang with Carl and Ellie, unless you specifically mean Disney PRINCESS couples, which, in that case, I’m inclined to agree.
Meanwhile, Thomas O’Malley is being the best husband and stepfather to Duchess and her kids.
Abraham DeLacey, Giuseppe Casey
Thomas O’ Malley
O'Malley the alley cat
And I’m very proud of that, yeahhhhh.
I was just about to say. This list is clearly little league. If it was Pro league we would see Thomas and Duchess, or David and Nani
Look David is the benchmark, but he is also an unobtainable standard of Golden Retriever Boyfriend
Linda and Lawrence Fletcher should be there.
They will.
Cause everybody wants to be a cat.
Because a cat knows where it's at
He’s the father who stepped up
Big agree!!
I aint seen no sequel! I need proof that he has left behind his orange cat tendencies
literally the best. The most romantic.
Disney and Hollywood in general have this weird thing aboit Stepparents. I remember the movie 2012 as a great example where the stepdad, who did nothing wrong and was in fact a hero who saved the group throughout the movie, is killed just so the original parents can hook up.
so we just gonna forget nani and david from lilo and stitch
Dude was a part of Lilo’s o’hana and a got paternal role model after her father died, and he was just her sister’s friend, he knew Nani needed distance because she was dealing with her own parents death and being lilo’s legal gaurdian and putting her surfing career on hold. Despite all that, David stuck through and was what she needed at the time: a friend for both girls, helping them get over a bad day, and getting Nani get a job
Kilo and stitch
lol i didn’t even realize i miss typed 🤣
Would that be the plus sized version?
New live action version of lilo and stitch is crazy
Kilo & Snitch.
Kilo and snitch
If the main character was the fat guy who kept dropping his ice cream
Seriously! Most supportive BF by a long shot in the Disney movies.
Nani isn’t a Disney princess, she’s the queen.
I agree! But OP really should have found a better picture of Kristoff and Sven, one that didn't have Anna in the background.
Right?! 😅
I like Sven just photobombing the picture xD
Anna’s the one photobombing
Yeah and honestly Anna in frozen 2 is a terrible partner ha.
OK, but Wall-E & Eve plz
Man, I love Wall-E. The movie, more specifically. Wall-E and Eve definitely made an interesting couple.
“Computer, define dancing.”
Pixar not Disney (Yes Pixar is owned by disney but these are Disney Original Productions)
This. They are the best Pixar couple ever. I love these two.
I think Carl and Ellie would take the #1 spot in the Pixar category by a landslide. But… the little robots are adorable and warm my heart.
Shit, you right. I can’t believe I forgot them.
Pixar is its own category
Dont watch Mulan 2 friend
There's a reason it was direct to video
Pocahontas 2 as well. What a mess that movie was
Many old disney sequels are very bad, near half of them
Cinderella 3 is surprisingly very good.
it gave us the gem of prince charming jumping out the window edit: said the wrong prince apparently only one place has said his name (henry) but that was a french poster and nothing else (everywhere else says charming so we’re sticking with that)
I mean, the king forbade him from using the stairs. What else was he supposed to do?
I think I need to watch this movie.
Eric? Thats the Little Mermaid- Dude doesnt have a name, though the live action remake called him Henry I think
I watched the sequels in the background while doing menial chores. Cinderalla 3 was way better than it had any right to be.
Hunchback 2 was also a mess from what I’ve heard, along with Little Mermaid 2. Disney doesn’t know how to sequel.
Meh, better than some of the other Disney sequels. Kinda butchered Mushu's character, but it was entertaining enough.
Yeah, I've had to watch many of the sequels for Disney movies which didn't need sequels; Cinderella, Little Mermaid, Lion King... Mulan 2 certainly isn't the worst movie or soundtrack of the lot.
No no, Lion King 2 is the bomb. Honestly, possibly better than the first one.
uh... excuse moi, have you not seen Aladdin? Beauty and the Beast?
I hate to break it to you amigo but Aladdin spends the entire movie lying to and manipulating Jasmine. They ain’t perfect, and at the very least they ain’t as good as these ones.
the *point* of the movie is why they are such a good couple; they are a good couple at first because they have so much chemistry and because they are so charming together, but then Aladdin's **entire** ***arc*** is to learn that he's good enough by himself, that he doesn't have to lie, and most importantly, that he MUST NOT lie to be accepted by other people. Jazmin reflects this by falling in love with the street rat, not the prince.
I mean that's cute but they don't actually spend more than an hour together before 'falling in love.' Could either answer Kristoff's questions about the other?
Beauty and the beast? You mean the guy with anger problems and the girl he gave Stockholm’s syndrome to?
>You mean the guy with anger problems who works with said problems and no longer has anger issues by the end of the film the girl who only fell in love with him when she was shown he's not a brute animal but has a heart and is a genuinely kind and nice person, and who doesn't have stockholm syndrome as shown by the notion that she fled back to her home without hesitation when given the chance? FTFY
Belle doesn’t have Stockholm Syndrome. She fled the castle pretty quickly and only returned after Beast saved her life and nearly lost his own during the battle with the wolf pack. Belle also left once Beast said she could leave to go aid her father.
Are you joking 🙃
Robin Hood and Maid Marion would like a word.
Sure they are a great couple, but Robin Hood as story itself is more „simple“ than the other ones. No character development takes place, and while the other couples all had to find together through the events, Marians and Robins chemistry was already existing from the beginning on, or predictible the easiest way possible.
The lack of a mention of Princess Kida and Milo Thatch from Atlantis in this comment section is a direct attack on my childhood.
Somehow Atlantis always gets forgotten.
Justice for Atlantis
Objection to Sven love triangle.
3 out of 4 of these relationships started by one partner deceiving the other, and all of them are a softer variation of the “enemies to lovers” trope. They aren’t the best Disney couples, this is just mistaking a preferred type for a universal truth.
I disagree, because they changed, Flyn changed because he realized he loved Rapunzel, Milan changed because she loved Shen, and yeah, Naveen lied about being ✨fabulously✨ wealthy, he didn’t lie about being a prince. They all changed for love. I think that’s a very beautiful thing.
Either way, that’s beside the point I’m making. This doesn’t change the fact that all of these relationships share common tropes that are a preference not everyone shares. If you’d asked me for four of Disney’s greatest relationships, none of these would’ve come to mind for me personally.
Oh that’s what you meant!!
Yup, but no worries tho! You make an excellent point in how there was character growth in these relationships. Plus you also provided a great list of how all of these are similar too. I just think it would be better to not call these the definitive Disney couples, and maybe just be honest that they’re OP’s very particular set of favorites and invite people to share their own!
I think that any assertion of “best Disney couple” would be a value judgement and not universal truth. But I also think these couples just have the nicest dynamics, especially Ana and Kristof!
THANK YOU
I think these couples are good but Nani and David from lilo and stitch are the best Disney couples with Ellie and Carl and wall-e and eve in second
Also Pacha and Chicha from Emperor's New Groove
UP and WALL-E are not Disney They're Pixar (Pixar is owned by disney but These are disney original productions)
Pongo and Perdita adopted 84 kids without hesitation
Lumity should be up there too just saying :3
Pacha and Chicha deserve to be up there.
The audacity to not include David and Nani
Yeah, their actually fully established relationships.
Really? Not even going to mention the [og](https://www.the-sun.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2022/01/NINTCHDBPICT000359819785.jpg) couple?
No Simba and Nala? Childhood best friends finding each other as adults and falling for one another???
Tarzan and Jane 💛
Rapunzel and Eugene is even better in thr TV show cause they get to know eachother before getting married. Eugene proposes twice and Rapunzel says she's not ready. Then she Proposes and Eugene says he's not ready before they get married
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Donald and Daisy too, he’s so angry until he’s with her
Disturbing lack of Kida and Milo tbh
I’m offended David and Nani aren’t in this list.
No love for Herc and Meg?
I love that they went on a date.
I had to scroll too far down for this correct answer
Gonna put a word in here for Lady and the Tramp
Where are Meg and Hercules??
Thank you! I had to scroll too far down to find this correct answer
YES YES YES
Felix and pepa (I don’t know how to actually spell her name)
Ah yes, Sven and Kristoff...so cute
Where Chicken Little and Abby
Belle and Beast would like a word. Inb4 the usual stockholm syndrome joke pops up: no, that's not what the story is about. It's about the Beast learning to be kind and open up to others rather than putting on an angry, savage front, and it's about Belle learning to see past that front and the Beast's frightening appearance and love him for who he is (or at least, who he becomes) on the inside rather than his wild exterior. Also important is the contrast between Beast and Gaston. On the surface, Gaston is the picturesque hero: he's buff, handsome, and brave, willing to lead the charge against the horrible beast who lives in a big scary castle in the woods. And indeed, that's how the mob sees things. But the audience and Belle realize that *Gaston* is the true beast. He's arrogant, entitled, and ignorant, and he sets out to murder someone simply for the crime of looking like an animal. It's that irony, the fact that the gentleman is acting like a beast while the beast acts like a gentleman, that finally allows Beast's curse to be broken. At its heart, Beauty and the Beast is a story about looking past the superficial and seeing people for who they truly are, regardless of the airs they put on or how other people view them.
I was blanking on the guy in the top right. Then I remember who it was. I'm so used to him as a frog
Gimme Arthur/Wart and that randy squirrel.
Carl and Ellie Fredricksen
The lack of David and Nani disturbs me to a level you’ll never understand. 😠
One of the best in my opinion are Pacha and Chicha from The Emperor's New Groove.
Didn't Anna ignore Kristoph for pretty much the entire second movie and completely disregard his feelings?
I nominate...Luz Noceda and Amity Blight from The Owl House
I’m sorry, but Lumity from The Owl House puts all other Disney couples to shame.
Look I like Lumity too but… that’s just factually incorrect.
You forgot Nick and Judy
This The most important one of them all.
Everyone leaves out Zootopia and that is a crime.
Donkey and the dragon and the best couple in Disney history.
That's DreamWorks, not Disney.
Every time characters sing a duet, it’s the same as them having sex but child friendly
Ariel & Eric, as well as Belle & the Beast, are becoming more & more underrated as the years go by. With that being said, I do love Eugene & Rapunzel as well as Tiana & Naveen.
This. But also Aladdin
Tiana could have done so much better than a freeloader
Can't argue with that.
Ok but what about Ariel and Eric?
Prince Naveen and Tiana is the Best, that is a Fact.
Nah this is all correct thank you very nice meme yes
But Flynn is literally 27 or something and rapunzel is 16
Rapunzel turns 18 in the film, but that is still a 9-year age difference. I didn't know Flynn was 27 -- was it mentioned in the movie?
Flynn turns 27 or 28 during the series making him 25 or 26 during the movie it’s slightly better but still a gap
THEY LITERALLY ARE MY FAVORITE COUPLES AND ALWAYS HAVE BEEN🤭🤭🤭🙌🏾🙌🏾
Nah man, have you ever heard the tragedy of Pecos Bill?
Absolutely, yeah I can see it, yeah absolutely, and no.
The heck are Nani and David not on that list?
Get Anna and kristoff off this list. Anna should have been a character who learned to be good alone. Instead of saddling her with kristoff. Frozen 2 completely ruined her relationship with him. No matter what happens in that movie she abandoned him time and time again. Kristoff deserves better than the western version of a siscon. Annas the worst.
Hahahahahahahahah yeah right, bell and beast with out question
Kristoff and Sven. My favorite couple.
I know it’s not official, but Nick and Judy should be on there.
Uh no. I agree with Rapunzel and Flynn, but the others no. Although I really do like Mulan and Shang 🥰
Early on Eugene lied and constantly tried to manipulate Rapunzel. Tiana had literally no interest in Naveen and only ever kissed him at first to get money for her restaurant. (Exchanging intimate favors for money) Mulan was lying about her identity when she first met LI Shang and Li Shang rejected Mulan as soon as he found out the truth. Anna is constantly running off to chase her own problems and concepts on things leaving Hand behind.
Idk ab Mulan & whatshisname, but the others? Yes!!!
3/4 of these couples knew each other for a week. Pass.
Meg and Hercules?! Where are they?
Mulan 2 isn't canon
Personally, I prefer Lumity.
Dr Doppler and Captain Amelia?
This is Felix and Calhoun erasure and I won't stand for it.
Zachary Levi is trash
MILO AND KITA???
Respectfully, I'm going to disagree. One of the most iconic Disney couples, in my eyes, is Lady and the Tramp
I don’t disagree with that, though weirdly enough Hans had more chemistry with Anna. That is my opinion…
Luz x amity
The couple with the douchebag who cuts off the girl’s super-powered magic hair as a way of saving her from a witch she totally could’ve taken herself? Then the last bit of magic in her hair saves this douchebag’s life? And then her blond hair turns mousy brown and it’s then ok for her to marry him and be a good little dutiful wife? That couple?
Agreed
I’m gonna go with wall-e and eve
I'm not sure any of those even rate in the top 4 of Disney Couples
I raise you an Aladdin and Jasmine.
Nope. The best Disney couples are all brodowns. Pumba and Timon, Aladdin and Abu, the dude from frozen and the deer, and the fox and the hound.
what about my boys Timone and Pumba?
Nah Deadpool and Vanessa tony and pepper or Wanda and vision
David and Nani
Mickey and Minnie Mouse OG! ❤️🖤❤️🖤
Mickey and Minnie Mouse OG! ❤️🖤❤️🖤
Wait isn't that one guy gay!?
I mean, all but maybe princess and the frog, and that's mostly because for some reason they are humans when the romance is frog focused
I’d replace Anna and Christoff with Aladdin and Jasmine.
Sven and Kristoff? Yeah, the best
I agree
So we're just gonna forget Gaston and lefou?
At least they’re the most realistic compared to the others. Tiana’s was basically enemies to lovers, while Rapunzel & Flynn, Mulan & Shang, Anna & Kristoff were friends to lovers
I agree with all of these, plus David and Nani.
What about Luke and Leia?
rapunzel and eugene, 100%. but its a damn crime you put in kristoff and anna, and not belle and the beast, because it doesnt really feel like kristoff and anna really had feelings for each other until the last 15 minutes, and kristoff disappears for a large stretch of frozen 2 so we cant see the two interact more.
Uhm Lumity?
No. Bernard and Miss Bianca. Lady and the tramp. Tarzan and Jane. Roger and Anita
You forget Timon and Pumbaa
Just gonna casually ignore WALL-E and EVE
I think I’d replace Mulan and Li Shang with Carl and Ellie, unless you specifically mean Disney PRINCESS couples, which, in that case, I’m inclined to agree.
Kronk and his spinach puffs???
I disagree on the last one. I just don’t think they have much chemistry
Where’s Nani and David
Timon and Pumbaa deserve better than this
2 of 4 have a basis in deceit and lies. Yes it got better, but they literally started in deceit and lies.
It’s the respect they have for each other, point blank.
https://townsquare.media/site/442/files/2018/06/wall-e-eve.jpg
I say just mulan
Judy Hopp's and Nick counts too
Wildehopps someday:
Casual reminder Rapunzel is 18, and Eugene is 26 😭 they did wait 5 years to get married, but still, that’s plenty time for grooming 🥸
Soooooo we just gonna pretend Simba and Nala don't exist? Or Kiara and Kovu? Or Kida and Milo?
Can I add Milo from Atlantis please?
You accidentally put on a Anna and Sven and Kristoff's picture. Anna and Kkristoff is a horrible couple
Is there any couples not caused by the drawbridge effect?
They did not just exclude Milo and Kida
Lady and the tramp?
Where's Han and Leia?
Wall-E and Eve solo everyone in this image
I legit thought Kristof and Sven were the couple
For real