Favorite/Least favorite Royalty in Animated shows.

Actually, now that I remember WITCH more clearly, I found Elyon to be extremely dumb and annoying in the first season. She trusted a random person claiming to be her brother, and doesn't even give her friends A CHANCE to explain, it's annoying for her to be so naive. I guess the creators had to do that to further the plot, cause if Elyon figured everything out, Phobos's plan would've crumbled. -_-
I didn't even feel sorry for her when she was trapped by Phobos in the throne chair at the end. At least she improved in the second season
 
Word on ALL of that! :cool:

It would have been better had she shown some more internal conflict about her actions or something, like say Terra from Teen Titans. But no, she just had to trust her brother all the way to the very moment she sat on his rigged throne. *Sigh*
 
I didn't really care for Elyon in the comics. She turned evil and actually tried to kill the Guardians for no real reason outside of because the plot called for it (though I assume one could attribute that to the changes in writing staff), where in the show at least she had the guile of being tricked by Phobos, and never attacked the Guardians unprovoked like she did in the comics and still retained her kindness. I can't really blame her too much, considering how well Phobos warped everything to make the rebels and Guardians look like the bad guys (witnessing the rebels stealing grain from their food storage, stealing from the castle then refusing to show up to the peace treaty they agreed to in exchange for their freedom, using the Mogriffs to frame the Guardians) and it's not like Elyon didn't suspect anything near the end (when Cornelia came to see her and when Caleb bowed to her, for example) I suppose that says more about Phobos than Elyon, but still, we see her devising plans on how to improve people's lives and drawing up laws to help people, even if she doesn't shine until later on (after she becomes Queen)

I'm just saying it would be nice to have less 'Disney princesses', since they're just an old archaic stereotypes, and more princesses who actually get involved with the kingdom and it's lifestyle.
 
I seem to remembering the creators handwaving it by saying that the guy who appeared in "Neptune's Spatula" was King Poseidon, and that King Neptune from the movie was a completely separate guy.
 
But Elyon was so awesome as a villain. Really, if you're gonna be on the side of evil, where's the fun in having kindness? :p

And even when she was evil, she was evil because Cedric had made her believe that her friends and parents were lying to her for her whole life. At the time, she didn't care whether or not her side was evil as long as she got vengeance and reclaimed her birthright. She snapped out of it when she began to discover how warped the "truths" Cedric had told her were, and actually showed conflict within her, something that Elyon in the show rarely, if ever, did, except for some doubts that she quickly shook off by next episode.



Just getting suspicions wasn't enough. Sure, with the way Phobos was warping the truth she had no reason to suspect him of being evil, but she still needed to ask herself bigger questions like "What if my brother has some fault in this war?" That would lead her into taking actual action in order to uncover the truth, like she did in the comics. But instead she always missed her chance to hear what the Guardians had to say and thus was shocked when Phobos turned out to be a villain. Again, how am I supposed to respect a Queen who was her evil brother's guillable puppet until the very last moment?

But again, she was good in Season 2. Even though she only showed up for the first half and final episode, she was much better written there by Greg Weisman, IMO, than she had been all of Season 1.



But it was called "Neptune's Spatula" and he was called Neptune. I thought the explination was that the Neptune in the episode was a god from Atlantis where the Neptune in the movie was king of the ocean who just shared his name (probably due to his ego.)
 
Preach it! High five!

In addition to seconding that and the Gundam princesses...

King Arthur from The Legend of Prince Valiant. He's the definition of your standard good & wise king, but the show knew how to use him. In the show Arthur puts peace first but is shown to be a good leader in battle also, and he isn't always shown to be 100% perfect either. In one great episode Arthur loses his temper when a certain character is accused of murder but goes free under Camelot's justice system. Arthur personally believes he is guilty, and on top of that the failure to convict wrecks diplomatic efforts he was making with another kingdom since the guy who was murdered was an emissary from that place. Furthermore, the viewer knows that the accused is in fact guilty. In his anger Arthur is tempted to execute the suspect personally, but he is stopped by a pleading Valiant and he comes to his senses. The episode is basically a study of how justice has to be applied absolutely, even when it isn't easy.

King Kashue from Record of Lodoss War. Charismatic and powerful, the man is rugged but has a majestic demeanor nonetheless. He reminds me of Aragorn from Lord of the Rings--though Aragorn gets the better of any comparison, of course!
 
Favorite:

The princess from the Rainbow Brite movie. I'm not sure if she's ever given a name (I think they only referred to her as "the princess"), but I love her. She's so evil and vain, and she has a pet diamond (that she sits and strokes) for crying out loud.

Amelia from Slayers. You wouldn't guess she's a princess if you met her on the road unless somebody announced it. She may not like it much but she's no wimp to roughing it or doing without.

The family from Dave the Barbarian. Except for Princess Candy they are about as unroyal in behavior as you can get. And I adore them.
 
Good call.

My personal choice for least favorite: Prince Wally (the "Kim Possible" episode "Royal Pain"). He's snobbish, condescending, ungrateful and completely unaware of the expression 'low profile' (he travels from his kingdom to Middleton to avoid a prophecy that will see his end by the Knights of Rodeghan, only to end up running for the somewhat high-profile title of class president).
 
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