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Anneliese is one of the main protagonists in Barbie as The Princess and the Pauper. She is played by Barbie. Anneliese is voiced by Kelly Sheridan and her singing voice is provided by Melissa Lyons. She is a princess who always wanted to do good for her kingdom's people.
Story[]
Anneliese is the princess of a kingdom located on a mountain top. She and Erika were born at the very same moment, and the two girls were lookalikes. However, Anneliese had a crown-shaped birthmark on her shoulder. Her parents were overjoyed when Anneliese was born and knew she would have only the finest. At some point in Anneliese's life, after she was born, her father passed away, leaving her mother widowed. As a teenage girl, Anneliese had learned her royal duties and she was tutored by Julian. Anneliese and Julian were both in love with each other, but they kept it a secret, even from each other. When her kingdom went bankrupt due to Preminger, the queen's adviser who stole gold from the royal mine, the queen wanted Anneliese to marry the rich young King Dominick to save her kingdom. Anneliese wanted to marry Julian, but she had no choice because she wanted to save the kingdom.
Julian decided to take her out for a day after hearing she would be married, so they went into the village, where Anneliese met Erika. The two girls realized their uncanny resemblance and become good friends. Anneliese told Erika that she would send someone for her so she can sing at the palace, but that night Anneliese and her pet cat, Serafina are kidnapped by Nick and Nack. Serafina becomes very distressed because she is separated from her mistress, Anneliese, but they escape the next night by tricking Nick and Nack. When she gets back to the palace, she is turned away because Erika, who is impersonating the princess while she is missing, is already inside the palace and the guard thinks that she is the real princess. She is threatened by a guard to leave so she goes into the village, upset. She goes to Madame Carp's Dress Emporium hoping for help, but Madame Carp treats Anneliese and her seamstress very disrespectfully, thinking Anneliese is Erika.
When Anneliese tries to reveal herself to Madame Carp, Madame Carp thinks she is Erika and laughs at her. Anneliese tries to tell Madam Carp not to talk to her seamstress so rudely after she calls the other seamstress, Mary a lazy cow, but Madame Carp gets annoyed and locks them up until they finish all the dresses. Anneliese is dismayed to be locked up again, but the other seamstress is very nice to her and believes she is the princess. Later on, Anneliese gives her ring and a label off a dress that reads, "Made exclusively by Madame Carp" to Serafina. Their plan is for someone to be led to the Dress Emporium after they read the label, and rescue Anneliese. Meanwhile, Anneliese tries her hand at sewing dresses but she isn’t very good at it. The seamstress says that Anneliese doesn't have to do it, but Anneliese doesn't want to leave Mary to do everything by herself.
Preminger finds Serafina and goes to the Dress Emporium to "rescue" Anneliese. She does not know his evil plans so she goes with him, even though Serafina is very distressed and apprehensive around him. Preminger takes the princess to the royal mines. She realizes he was behind her kidnapping and he drags her into the mines, with Serafina following. Once inside the mines, Preminger reveals to a confused Anneliese that he is going to marry her mother and be king. He puts her in a room with a tied-up Julian, who was also captured earlier when he was caught trying to rescue Anneliese. Preminger shows them Anneliese's ring and is going to tell the queen that they died in a tragic accident, and then leaves the two to try and escape. Anneliese is determined to stop Preminger, but Nick and Nack obscure the exit to the mines by blocking it up with boulders and rocks.
Julian tries to destroy the rocks with a pickaxe but gives up. While he was hitting the rocks, a rock fell and cracked open after hitting Serafina. Anneliese goes to make sure Serafina is okay and sees a precious geode inside the rock. She tells Julian he is like the rock: "unassuming on the outside, but a treasure within." She tells him she is in love with him and he promises to get them out. He uses the pickaxe again but all of a sudden, some water begins flooding in from a crack in the rocks. Led by Herve, Preminger's horse who wants to help, Wolfie manages to locate Serafina, Anneliese, and Julian. He digs a hole to reveal a mine shaft. At first, they don't know how they will get up, but Anneliese has a plan. She and Julian move some more rocks so more water will flood in. They get in a barrel with the cats and float up with the water getting closer and closer to the hole at the top. They then rush back to the palace to reunite with the queen and make sure she doesn't marry Preminger.
Anneliese proves she is not another imposter by showing her mother her birthmark. After Preminger is taken away by the palace guards, Anneliese talks to her mother. She tells her that she wouldn't be there if it weren't for Erika and Julian, and she tells her mother she wants to marry him. Her mother tells her that she wants her to be happy but, they have to take care of their people first, but Anneliese tells her about the geodes she found in the mines. Anneliese leads miners to collect the geodes, and they created a new industry. The kingdom was saved, and Madame Carp was out of business because there was no work from the palace, because of how she treated Anneliese and how she treated her employees. Months later, Anneliese and Julian have a double wedding with Erika and King Dominick, who found love with each other, and Serafina and Wolfie had many, many kittens.
Personality[]
Princess Anneliese is a very sweet, kind, clever, calm, smart and nice girl. She is a "true princess" archetype. She loves to read science books. She loves to learn and is able to tell different kinds of minerals apart. She loves her royal tutor, Julian, and later in the film, she tells her feelings to him. She is very adventurous and longs to be free from her royal duties. She is willing to take chances and is eager to try new things. She is very resourceful and quick-thinking, which can be seen when she escapes from Nick and Nack and from the royal mines along with Julian. Anneliese is also very brave.
Anneliese is very responsible and cares for her people. This is shown when she is ready to marry someone she doesn't love for the sake of her kingdom.
Physical Appearance[]
Anneliese is a teenage girl with light skin, blonde hair and blue eyes. Her hair is wavy and it reaches her mid-back, and she has some of her hair pulled back into a ponytail. The end of her hair is styled with heavy ringlets. Anneliese has a unique, crown-shaped birthmark on her shoulder.
Her pink gown was made by Erika when she was working at Madame Carp's Dress Emporium. At the neckline (which is a low scoop-neck style) of the bodice, there is some sort of sheer fabric (chiffon) that's of a pink/iridescent coloring and trimmed in gold. It's a classic-style princess seam bodice, with a middle part, two sides, and a back panel with no discernable closure, but probably would have been laced up. The middle part is white with gold designs and and a ribbon rose at the center of the neckline, and it is trimmed with gold and pink intertwining ribbons, though in some shots, it looks like the netting/tulle from the neckline that's coming further down. The rest of the bodice is pink with white crossed lacings and gold beadwork at the center where the white ribbon intersects. The sleeves are like the pink portions of the bodice and at the hems (which are 3/4 length) have the same tulle/netting that's at the neckline. The hem of the bodice is also trimmed with the sheer fabric that is on the neckline and sleeves and there is a golden ribbon tied in a bow where they meet in the center front. The skirt is all pink, and has quite a few layers to it, mostly of a base layer of pink with a few layers of sheer fabrics in pinks and some golds. The top layer is fairly sparkly. She wears pink shoes. She also wears a choker style necklace of a pink ribbon with a heart fixture (sometimes with dangling jewelry that loops back onto the base necklace) if there is a family portrait, like the one when Julian takes Erika to her room, or in promotional photos, like on the DVD cover.
Her wedding gown looks similar to her pink gown. The neckline (which is more square-necked than the pink dress) has the same ruffling sheer fabric, and is also in three parts. The center section is like the center section of her main dress, which is white with a gold lace overlay, but instead of gold and pink intertwining ribbons on the seams, there is only gold lace. The skirt has a base layer and an outer layer. The base layer is white with some form of a quilted pattern (like the pink sections of her main pink bodice) and the outer fabric is also white, but with perhaps a gold lace overlay. Her veil is trimmed with gold on it, and she wears her tiara on top of her head and she wears dark pink shoes.
Sometimes, Anneliese wears a tiara, but mostly this is in promotional stills.
Quotes[]
- (To Julian) "'Your Highness'? Why the sudden formality? It's just me."
- "I think you're like this. (Julian: "A rock?"). Unassuming on the outside, but a treasure within."
- "I'm savoring a first and last taste of freedom before getting married next week... to a total stranger."
- "I classified this as iron pyrite. Pretty, but not considered valuable. Commonly known as 'fool's gold'."
- "It's so good to be outside the castle walls. Nobody knows who I am."
Trivia[]
- Anneliese is based on Prince Edward Tudor from the original The Prince and The Pauper novel by Mark Twain.
- Anneliese's hairstyle is reused several times in other Barbie movies. Genevieve and Rosella used the hairstyle at their weddings, and Liana and Alexa used the hairstyle in their final appearance after transformation.
- Anneliese's room is very similar to Princess Luciana's and Queen Ariana's room in Barbie as The Island Princess.
- Anneliese scents her stationery with rose.
- Her name in Polish version of movie is "Anna Luiza".
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 Media: Barbie as The Princess and the Pauper Quote: "Live your dream." Characters: Princess Anneliese | Queen Erika | King Dominick | Prince Julian | Preminger | Serafina | Bertie | Wolfie | Queen Genevieve | Madame Carp | Nick and Nack | Midas | Ambassador Bismark | Herve Locations: Dulcinea | Madame Carp's Dress Emporium | Queen Genevieve's Kingdom | Queen Genevieve's Palace | Royal Mines Songs: "Free" | "How Can I Refuse?" | "How Can I Refuse? (Reprise)" | "I Am A Girl Like You" | "On the Way Down" | "If You Love Me For Me" | "The Cat's Meow" | "To Be A Princess" | "To Be A Princess (Reprise)" | "Written In Your Heart" | "Written In Your Heart (Prologue)" |