This article is about the character from The Princess and the Frog. For other characters, see Charlotte.
Charlotte Manon La Bouff is a supporting character in Disney's 2009 animated feature film The Princess and the Frog. She is a flamboyant southern belle, the daughter of Big Daddy La Bouff, and Tiana's lifelong best friend.
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Background[]
As mentioned above, Charlotte is the beloved daughter of Big Daddy La Bouff, who happens to be the wealthiest and most powerful man in New Orleans. The two reside in New Orleans' garden district, where they were regularly visited by Tiana and her mother, Eudora.
Personality[]
Ever since early childhood, Charlotte was doted on and given everything she wanted and thus gained a very spoiled and shallow personality. Even though she can act self-centered, the debutante is generous and by no means a snob. She always dreamed of marrying a prince and living a storybook life, thus would wear beautiful princess dresses as a little girl, made for her by Eudora, who Big Daddy declares to be the "finest seamstress in New Orleans."
She's a ditzy, impulsive diva filled with spunk and flair. She shows no ill will to Tiana and loves her like a sister, even though Prince Naveen wanted to wed Tiana rather than her. Charlotte was willing to believe Naveen and Tiana to have magically turned into frogs and eager to help them turn them back into humans while agreeing to give Tiana enough money for her restaurant after she marries Naveen. However, when Charlotte realizes that Naveen and Tiana are in love with each other, Charlotte, instead of showing jealousy, joyfully expresses how proud she is of Tiana at finding love and is willing to sacrifice her dream of becoming a princess and kiss Naveen for Tiana so they can be together as humans. She will also do anything for romance and true love and will not give up until she finds it (preferably if it makes her a princess).
Physical appearance[]
Charlotte is a young adult with a slender and curvy figure, fair skin, pink lips, rosy cheeks, blue eyes, and blonde hair.
Throughout the movie, Charlotte undergoes various outfit changes. Her outfits generally consist of pink dresses with the occasional red.
Her childhood dress was a puffy pink dress with a matching hennin. She also carried a toy wand with a heart at the top of it.
Her casual outfit was a coral dress with darker accents resembling the flapper dresses of the 20's that came along with a matching hat, a deep purple feather shawl, blue pearl earrings and dark heels.
At her masquerade ball, Charlotte had her hair done up in a bun and wore a pale pink princess dress with a high collar, a translucent over-skirt and a reddish pink bow on the front, a silver heart tiara with matching earrings that appear blue, short bright pink gloves, a cage crinoline, white bloomers, and bright pink high-heeled shoes. She also wore a fake beauty mark under her right eye, and carried a yellowish and reddish pink fan.
During her date with "Naveen", she wore a Cerise three-layered dress with a matching sunhat, a dark red asymmetrical sash, white pearl earrings, and a single white bangle on her left wrist.
On her Mardi Gras wedding, Charlotte wears a pink and pale layered dress with red rosettes to resemble a cake. Her hair is also tied in a bun and she also has a white veil and silver heart tiara like her masquerade ball looks, except her tiara has a grey hue to it. She also wore her masquerade earrings.
When Tiana gets married, she had a two-toned pink dress with a matching cap that has a feather on it along with pink pearl earrings.
By the end of the movie at Tiana's Palace, she is seen wearing a pink flapper dress with a pink headband that has a feather too along with high heel Mary Janes.
Appearances[]
The Princess and the Frog[]
When Charlotte was a young girl, her father bought his daughter's clothes from the finest seamstress in New Orleans - Tiana's mother, Eudora. Despite being from two very different backgrounds, the two girls became very close friends.
As Tiana's friend, Charlotte is always trying to help her, while at the same time she's very excited to meet Prince Naveen. She pays Tiana a considerable sum in advance to cater for her costume ball, which means Tiana can finally afford to buy her restaurant.
At the La Bouff's masquerade party, Charlotte stresses that Prince Naveen has yet to appear, and when he finally does, he and Charlotte dance together (but it's actually his valet, Lawrence, disguised with Dr. Facilier's voodoo talisman). The real Naveen (who has been turned into a frog by Facilier) meets Tiana and upon seeing her dressed as a princess, he believes she is a real princess, so he asks her to kiss him to break the spell, Tiana is disgusted by the idea of kissing a frog, but thinks it is her only chance to get her restaurant accepted, Tiana kisses Naveen but the spell activates again and turns Tiana into a frog too. Tiana panics and gets angry with Naveen, she attacks him but they both fall into the party, Tiana and Naveen fall into the drummer's drum set who tries to catch them and by doing so he livens up the party, Tiana and Naveen fly away and fall into Charlotte's dress, Charlotte tries to scratch her back, she falls and sees the frogs which makes her scream in horror (without knowing that they are her best friend and the prince she wants to marry), Big Daddy sees what is happening and orders Stella (Charlotte's dog) to catch the frogs which escape.
The next morning, Charlotte meets with Lawrence and apologizes for the ruckus with Tiana and Naveen the night before, the talisman begins to run out of blood, which causes Lawrence to begin to return to his true appearance, Lawrence manages to prevent Charlotte from discovering the truth and proposes to her, Charlotte immediately accepts and decides to hold the wedding at the Mardi Gras Parade the next day. When Tiana and the real Naveen are at Mama Odie's, they are told that only a kiss from a princess will turn them back into humans, and that since Eli La Bouff is the king of Mardi Gras, that makes his daughter a princess, but only until midnight, when Mardi Gras is over.
After Lawrence is found out and sent to jail, Naveen finds Charlotte and tells her his story. She happily agrees to kiss him and at Naveen's request, that when they get married, she will give Tiana the money to buy her restaurant. However, Tiana (who overhears Naveen and Charlotte's conversation) shows up and tells Naveen that her dream would not be complete without him in it. Charlotte is touched by the love between them and tells Tiana that she will kiss Naveen for her so they can be together as humans, no marriage required. But before they can, the clock strikes midnight and Charlotte was no longer a princess. Feeling guilty about not breaking the curse, she apologizes to them.
Later in the film, she attends Tiana and Naveen's (second) wedding, at which she catches the bouquet thrown, thereby indicating a future wedding of her own. She is last seen at the Gala for Tiana's restaurant "Tiana's Palace", dancing with Naveen's 6 1/2-year-old brother.
Other appearances[]
Charlotte is amongst the characters who appears in the centennial short film Once Upon a Studio. She can be seen in the final group photo, standing beside and fawning over Gaston from Beauty and the Beast.
Disney Parks[]
An animatronic of Charlotte appears in the Special Spice finale in Tiana's Bayou Adventure. She is seen standing next to Eudora.
Disney Cruise Line[]
In Disney's Believe aboard the Disney Dream cruise ship, Charlotte joins Tiana and Naveen as they assist Mama Odie in helping a serious father believe in magic.
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- Originally, Charlotte was supposed to be an antagonist of the film as in the original script, Tiana would have been a maid working for her and she would’ve been a spoiled brat to her. This was later scrapped, likely due to it seeming racist.
- Her casual appearance resembles a "Flapper", a group of women who dressed slightly more free-willed during the Roarin' 20's, when the film takes place.
- Charlotte affectionately calls Tiana "Tia" while Tiana calls her "Lottie".
- Her figure is based on that of pop icon Marilyn Monroe.
- Charlotte is unique to her role in the movie as she is between two archetypes. Despite being both extremely wealthy and spoiled, she is not a villain in the movie. She is very kind and generous, and is Tiana's best friend throughout the movie, as well as being very supportive, such as leaving "Naveen" at the ball to take care of Tiana, whose dress was ruined. She also accepted the fact that Tiana and Naveen are in love, and let them live happily ever after, despite Charlotte’s lifelong dream of wanting to marry a prince.
- Her mother is not shown or mentioned in the movie. That being said, it is possible that she passed away.
- She and Tiana both slapped Naveen with a book when he introduced himself as a frog.
- As a kid, Charlotte owned a pet white kitten named Marcel, but as a teenager, she owned a Basset hound named Stella. It's never explained what happened to the white kitten.
- In some initial concept arts, Charlotte was overweight.
- Strangely, Charlotte does not turn into a frog when she kisses Naveen. Though it’s possible that because of Dr. Facilier’s death, that part of the curse was no longer working.
