Katrina Van Tassel

Katrina Van Tassel is the lead female protagonist from Disney's 1949 short The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the 2nd half of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
In the movie, Katrina Van Tassel is a beautiful young woman who is the daughter of old Baltus Van Tassel the richest farmer in the county. Katrina attracts many of the young men in Sleepy Hollow who offer to do anything for her like setting up her picnic for her or carry her groceries home for her. Soon Ichabod meets Katrina and falls in love with her and offers to carry her groceries home for her but Ichabod's rival Brom Bones who has also fallen for Katrina sees this and pushes Ichabod into the mud and puts Katrina on his horse and carries her groceries home for. But soon Ichabod catches up to them and takes Katrina home again. When they arrive at Katrina's house Ichabod kisses Katrina's hand and leaves but Brom is outside waiting and Ichabod runs back in and gives Katrina some flowers and Katrina puts one of them in Ichabod's shirt pocket. Then Ichabod leaves again but is grabbed by Brom but Katrina manages to distract Brom in order for Ichabod to escape happily home. Soon Katrina's father is having a Halloween Party and she invites Ichabod who dances with her at the party. During the dance Brom manages to steal Katrina from Ichabod for a short period of time but Ichabod manages to get Katrina back and together they steal the whole dance together causing everyone except for Brom Bones to clap for them. Shortly after the dance Brom Bones tells a story about him meeting the Headless Horseman who rides in Sleepy Hollow every Halloween night looking for a new head. The story frightens Ichabod and Katrina laughs at his scared reactions. After the party as Ichabod rides home he has a mysterious encounter with the Headless Horseman and disappears from Sleepy Hollow and Katrina winds up marrying Brom Bones.

House of Mouse
Katrina makes a cameo appearance as one of the guests in the TV series House of Mouse.

Trivia

 * It is believed by fans that she used Ichabod as a protection from Brom Bones and when she found out that Ichabod was afraid of ghosts she fell out of love with him and left him for Brom Bones whom she winds up marrying in the end.
 * Katrina has a similar character design to Cinderella.