Female protagonists in Disney animated films

Female protagonists in Disney animated films

Several Disney animated films include female heroes and villains. Notable among them:

*"Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (released December 21, 1937). Featuring Snow White along with her stepmother and main antagonist, the Witch Queen.
*"Cinderella" (released February 15, 1950). Featuring Cinderella and her stepmother and main antagonist, Lady Tremaine.
*"Alice in Wonderland" (released July 26, 1951). Featuring Alice and The Queen of Hearts.
*"Peter Pan" (released February 5, 1953). Featuring Wendy Darling and the pixie Tinker Bell.
*"Lady and the Tramp" (released June 16, 1955). Featuring Lady, a female Cocker Spaniel, and human antagonist Aunt Sarah.
*"Sleeping Beauty" (released January 29, 1959). Featuring Princess Aurora, the three good fairies, Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather, and the witch Maleficent.
*"One Hundred and One Dalmatians" (released January 25, 1961). Featuring Perdita, a female dalmatian and the villain Cruella De Vil.
*"The Aristocats" (released December 11, 1970). Featuring the female aristocratic cats Duchess and Marie.
*"Robin Hood" (released November 8, 1973). Featuring Maid Marian the vixen and Lady Kluck the chicken.
*"The Rescuers" (released June 22, 1977). Featuring Miss Bianca, a Hungarian mouse, Penny, a victim of kidnapping, and Madame Medusa, her kidnapper and main villain.
*" The Black Cauldron" (released July 24, 1985). Featuring Princess Eilonwy, daughter of Angharad and granddaughter of Regat.
*"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" (released June 21, 1988), a partially animated film featuring Jessica Rabbit.
*" The Little Mermaid" (released November 15, 1989). Featuring Ariel and the villain Ursula the Sea Witch.
*"The Rescuers Down Under" (released November 16, 1990). Sequel to "The Rescuers", again featuring Bianca.
*"Beauty and the Beast" (released November 22, 1991). Featuring main protagonist Belle and servant Mrs. Potts.
*"Aladdin" (released November 11, 1992). Featuring Princess Jasmine.
*"Pocahontas" (released June 15, 1995). Featuring Pocahontas.
*"The Hunchback of Notre Dame" (released June 21, 1996). Featuring Esmeralda the gypsy girl.
*"Hercules" (released June 27, 1997). Featuring Megara and Hera.
*"Mulan" (released June 5, 1998). Featuring Fa Mulan with her family, Fa Li and Grandmother Fa.
*"Tarzan" (released June 18, 1999). Featuring Jane Porter and gorillas Kala and Terk.
*"" (released June 3, 2001). Featuring Princess Kidagakash "Kida" Nedakh of Atlantis along with adventurers Audrey Rocio Ramirez, Wilhelmina Bertha Packard, and co-antagonist Helga Katrina Sinclair.
*"Lilo & Stitch" (released June 16, 2002). Featuring the Pelekai sisters: Lilo and Nani.
*"Treasure Planet" (released November 27, 2002). Featuring Sarah Hawkins and Captain Amelia.
*"Home on the Range" (released April 2, 2004). Arguably the first Disney animated film to feature three female main characters, the dairy cows Mrs Caloway, Grace, and Maggie.
*"Chicken Little" (November 4, 2005.) Featuring Abby Mallard.


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