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Anna Background information Feature films Frozen Television programs It's a Small World: The Animated Series (cameo) Video games Olaf's Quest Disney INFINITY Frozen: Free Fall Park attractions World of Color Disney Dreams! Disney Magic on Parade Celebrate the Magic Festival of Fantasy Parade Portrayed by Portrayed by Animators Becky Bresee Mark Henn Voice Kristen Bell Livvy Stubenrauch (as a child; speaking) Katie Lopez (as a child; singing) Agatha Lee Monn (9 years old; singing) Performance model Becky Bresee Designer Brittney Lee Bill Schwab Jin Kim Inspiration Gerda from the fairy tale "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen Honors and awards Best Animated Female of 2013 (Alliance of Women Film Journalists) Character information Full name Princess Anna of Arendelle Other names Feisty-pants (referred to by Kristoff) Personality Free-spirited, fearless, warm, kind, playful, optimistic, awkward, clumsy, talkative, quirky, feisty, adventurous, loving, intelligent, selfless, impulsive Appearance Slender, fair skin, light freckles, rosy cheeks, pink lips, long strawberry-blonde hair in braided pigtails, platinum blonde streak (formerly), blue eyes (in her coronational form): Hair in a bun, black bodice with off-the-shoulder dark green sleeves, black satin laced necklace with a gold pendant of Arendelle's symbol, olive-and-light green skirt, matching socks, comb-shaped barrette with 3 green satin ribbons attached to the back of her hair and matching dark green cape with light green bow on top of the cape (in her winter form): Dark blue skirt with a black bodice, light blue blouse, blue gloves, black heeled boots, magenta cape with its matching cap Birthday Occupation Princess of Arendelle Alignment Good Affiliations Goal To reunite with her sister and save her kingdom from an eternal winter (succeeded) Home Arendelle Relatives Elsa (older sister) The King and Queen of Arendelle (parents; deceased) Pets Her horse Allies Elsa, Kristoff (boyfriend), Olaf, Sven, Pabbie, Trolls, Kai and Gerda, Hans (formerly), Oaken, Arendelle's royal guards, Arendelle's citizens Minions Enemies Hans, Marshmallow, the wolves Likes Her family, romance, freedom, chocolate, having fun with Elsa, Kristoff, acceptance, appreciation, Olaf's whimsy, Hans (formerly), sandwiches Dislikes Rudeness, wolves, great heights, restrictions, betrayal, being alone, the castle gates closed, shut doors in her face, Hans (currently) Powers and abilities true sisterly love, nimbleness,unwavering faith in Elsa and her friends, some winter survival skills Weapons Lute, knife, her fists Fate Reunites and rekindles her relationship with Elsa, finally restoring peace to Arendelle Quote "Wait, what?" "I know how to stop this winter." "That's no blizzard! That's my sister!" "This is awkward. Not 'You're awkward', it's just that we're, I'm awkward, you're gorgeous--Wait, what?" (half asleep) "My sister's conoration." "It is not nice to throw people!" "The only frozen heart around here is yours."

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Princess Anna of Arendelle is the protagonist in Disney's Academy Award-winning 2013 animated feature film Frozen. She is the fearless, spunky and innocently-awkward younger sister of the powerful Snow Queen Elsa and embarks on a perilous journey to save her kingdom from an eternal winter. She will join the Disney Princess along with her sister, Elsa the Snow Queen, line-up making her the 12th Disney Princess.

Anna is loosely based on Gerda from "The Snow Queen", a fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. 

Background

Official Disney bio

Anna is more daring than graceful and, at times, can act before she thinks. But she's also the most optimistic and caring person you'll ever meet. She longs to reconnect with her sister, Elsa, as they were close during their childhood. When Elsa accidentally unleashes a magical secret that locks the kingdom of Arendelle in an eternal winter, Anna embarks on a dangerous adventure to make things right. Armed with only her fearlessness, a never-give-up attitude and her faith in others, Anna is determined to save both her kingdom and her family.

Personality

Unlike her older sister, Elsa, Anna is very eccentric, optimist, awkward and far from elegant. She usually acts before she speaks, and can be rather impulsive, but holds a lot of innocence to her, nonetheless. She is a free spirit, bent on spending her life outside the castle gates after years of being enclosed within them for the safety of the kingdom due to Elsa's ice powers. Anna is also a pure romantic, dreaming of romance the moment the gates are finally opened for Elsa's coronation ceremony. There can also be a little naivety to her, as she believes in marrying someone immediately if the heart tells you so, despite knowing them for merely a day. And though naive occasionally, Anna is far from weak, and is shown to be quite skilled in defense, as seen when she and Kristoff survived being attacked the wolves as well as when she punched Hans off the ship after the climatic scene in the fjords.

Though she values romance greatly, it's clear Anna's most valued treasure is her relationship with her sister. Since childhood, Anna's been attached to Elsa, and always leaped at the opportunity to spend time with her. As the years passed, and the sisters grew apart, the heartbroken Anna continued to try time and time again for some quality time with the one she loved most, but due to Elsa's powerful magic, it was deemed too dangerous, until, through Anna's loving efforts, Elsa learned to control her icy spells, allowing her to end their "imprisonment" within the castle walls and finally share the quality time they've been longing for years upon years.

Throughout most of the film, Anna was also the only character to have faith that Elsa was no monster. The Duke of Weselton was notably against her because of that very theory, Kristoff feared her, as did the other citizens for they were oblivious of who Elsa truly was. Even so, despite their separation, Anna knew her sister was far from vile, and put it in her hands to bring her home, not only for the sake of the kingdom, but in hopes of reattaching their formerly close bond. This is an example of Anna's purely optimistic side and powerful sense of hope, as well as her love for her sister. Another example of this can be seen rather powerfully during her moments with Hans in the library, when Hans announces his plans to kill Elsa, with Anna responding with little to no real strength due to her frozen heart unintentionally caused by the Snow Queen, "You're no match for Elsa.", giving one of the biggest examples of her optimism, loyalty, and true love for her sister, despite all the pain she's been through because of the relationship alone.

As mentioned above, one of Anna's most striking traits is her eccentric, yet whimsical personality. She is notably goofy and highly active, constantly shown running throughout the castle, bouncing and flipping over furniture, and speaking to the paintings on the walls, though the last habit is due to having no one to communicate with in the castle with Elsa forcibly being locked away in her room. Also, because of her impulsive attitude, she has the tendency to get herself into quite a lot of trouble, such as the moment she provoked Marshmallow, a creature twice her size, without thinking of the consequences.

Anna may also be tricky, as seen when she provoked Marshmallow. When Marshmallow threw Olaf, Anna was angered by this and tried to throw a snowball in revenge, but Kristoff, knowing it was a bad idea, kept Anna from throwing the snowball, telling her to let the giant snowman be. Anna told him she was calm and seemingly softened, but the moment Kristoff turned his back, she threw the snowball at the giant snow monster.

Anna also, despite her optimism, looked down upon herself and viewed herself as nothing more than ordinary throughout most of the film, especially compared the radiance of her sister. It was to the point where she felt she had no one in the world who truly loved her, with Elsa seeming to want nothing more to do with her. This would also explain why she was so quick to romance as her song "For the First Time in Forever" would explain she's looking for someone to act as her companion, no longer wanting to live a life alone. She also quotes lines such as "It's just me." and "No, no, I'm completely ordinary.", which also indicate her low outlook on herself. Hans was apparently aware of this, as well, and used it to his advantage on manipulating and abusing the princess, his infamous line during his betrayal being "Oh, Anna... If only there was someone out there who loved you.", once again having Anna believe, with Hans out of the picture, she was once again alone, with no one in the world that truly cared about her. Fortunately, however, she was wrong, as Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf, Sven, and Pabbie showed a great deal of care for the princess, ultimately protecting her from the harms she faced throughout the course of the film.

In the end, despite her numerous flaws, Anna is an extremely sweet, selfless, and loving character. Throughout the film, numerous times, she puts the safety and well being of others before her own, showing great loyalty and admiration for her friends and family. This is most notably seen with Elsa. Some examples of this can be seen when she purchased the items and food Kristoff couldn't afford in Wandering Oaken's Trading Post and Sauna, prevented Kristoff from spoiling Olaf's dreams of living in summer, and most significantly and importantly during the climax where she saves Elsa from death at the hands of Hans, despite knowing she'd inevitably lose her life in the process. In terms of personality, all these factors and more make Anna one of the most diverse Disney characters of all time.

Physical appearance

Anna is a beautiful young girl with a slender figure and a fair complexion. She has glittering blue eyes, rosy cheeks, thin lips and long strawberry-blonde hair tied into two pigtail braids, and bangs on the right side of her forehead, and has a dusting of freckles (a trait she shares with her sister, Elsa the Snow Queen, even though Elsa appears to have less freckles than Anna does). When she wears sleeveless dresses, it is shown that she has some freckles on her shoulders as well as on her face. Her face is slightly rounder than Elsa's, but still just as pretty. She also had a platinum blonde streak that matches Elsa's hair color, on the right side of her hair, due to an accident in which she was struck by Elsa's magic when she and Elsa were little, which disappeared towards the end of the film.

Her winter outfit is a traditional Norwegian clothing called "Bunad" and her design consists of a medium-length, dark blue skirt with a black bodice with gold lacing, light blue blouse, and black boots. She also wears blue gloves, and a detachable magenta cape with a matching magenta cap.

In her coronation dress, she wears a black sweetheart bodice with off-the-shoulder dark green sleeves and has greenish-gold lacing, a black satin laced necklace with a gold pendant of Arendelle's symbol, olive-and-light green skirt, light green underpants, light green socks and her hair is in a bun with three green satin ribbons attached to the back of her hair, and dark pink lipstick.

When she is accidentally cursed by Elsa, her hair turns white, almost silvery-looking. After she is thawed, her hair returns to its original state with the platinum blonde streak no more, thanks to Elsa.

Appearances

Frozen

The Beginning

At a young age, Anna and Elsa enjoyed the life of princesses, spending most of their time using Elsa's powers over ice and snow to create winter wonderlands for their enjoyment whenever they pleased. One night, young Anna walked over to Elsa's bed and begged to play as she was too wide awake to sleep. Elsa playfully brushed her sister off until it was suggested they build a snowman, to which Elsa delightfully agrees. The sisters head into the castle's throne room and create a winter field of snow, enjoying their time with plenty of merriment until Elsa accidentally strikes Anna with her magic, rendering her unconscious. Horrified, Elsa calls for their parents, the king and queen, who rush onto the scene. The king looks through the royal library and is able to find a map to a valley inhabited by magical trolls capable of saving Anna. Anna, Elsa, the king, and queen head over to the valley, and the king of the trolls, Pabbie, informs them Anna can be healed, though they're lucky she wasn't hit in the heart, for it can be fatal. Pabbie then informs the royal family that, while Elsa's magic is beautiful, should she not learn to control it and let fear consume her, horrible things will occur. The king assures they'll help Elsa learn to conceal her powers until she can gain control of them, and before they depart, Pabbie wipes Anna's memories of Elsa's abilities, believing it's best if she completely forgot the mystical moments they shared, though rearranging the memories to make it seem as if no magic was involved.

Do You Want to Build a Snowman?

To further ensure their safety, Anna and Elsa were forced to be separated, and both were kept within the castle walls to keep from endangering the other citizens. Years went by, and with it, the friendship Anna and Elsa once shared. Throughout the years, Anna spent most of her days running throughout the castle walls playfully and spending practically all of her time alone or with her parents. Even so, she constantly made attempts to reconnect with Elsa, but was shut out each and every time. The constant denial drove Anna to believe her sister despised her, leading her to eventually cease trying to rekindle their bond, leaving her parents as all she had. One day, however, while out on the sea for vacation, the king and queen were killed in a powerful storm, their ship sinking after being struck by monstrous waves. The terrible news devastated Anna, and the young princess tried to reunite with her sister, who was now the only family she had left, once again, needing her love and comfort to get through the tragedy. However, as always, Elsa remained in her room, even during the monarchs' funerals, leaving both of the royal sisters to mourn the loss of their loving parents and move on from the tragedy alone.

Coronation Day

Three years later, Elsa had finally reached the age where she was eligible to be crowned Queen of Arendelle. The entire kingdom is abuzz in preparation, completely joyous for their soon-to-be queen. Visiting royalty from all walks of life also attend, with kingdom such as the Southern Isles and Weselton sending representatives in honor of their countries. Within the castle, Anna truly couldn't have been more excited, witnessing the windows and doors open for the first time in years, servants and valets preparing the castle for the nightly ball, and the castle gates opening for the very first time since Anna and Elsa's childhood. Not only that, the young princess expresses her hopes to finally find a companion, bidding farewell to her lonely life. That longing for a companion soon becomes longing for romance, the princess believing, though rather impossible to think someone would actually care for her romantically, she now has a chance at least with the newfound freedom. In her quarters, Princess Elsa was rather nervous of the Coronation Ball, fearing her powers would be exposed. She holds in her fears and orders the gates to be opened. The second they are, Anna rushes out and explores her kingdom, roaming about the streets and catching glimpse of all the visitors, when suddenly, she bumps into a horse owned by the handsome Prince Hans of the Southern Isles.

Though angered at first by the clumsiness of the stranger, Anna soon settles down upon catching glimpse of the prince's sharp looks, immediately becoming smitten. After introducing himself, Anna and Hans become acquainted, and apparently hit it off right then and there, only to be interrupted by the coronation bells, announcing Princess Elsa's crowning is to take place, thus forcing Anna to rush off, bidding farewell to Hans shyly as she does. At the church, Anna stands by her sister's side during the crowning, noticing Hans' presence in the crowd, and giving a cute wave, confirming their new friendship. And after the crowning has commenced and Elsa is now officially queen of Arendelle, a ball in her honor is held that night.

At the ball, Anna and Elsa stand side by side near the thrones, watching over the warm crowd. With Elsa leading the way, the sisters exchange their first conversation in what appears to be quite some time. Flustered, at first, Anna's interaction with her sister brings quite the delightful feeling to the princess, and seeing Elsa so happy instead of serious and preserved boosts Anna's confidence, prompting her to continue on with the conversation before they're interrupted by their steward, Kai, who introduces the snide Duke of Weselton, who offers Elsa her first dance as queen. Elsa politely declines the offer but instead playfully volunteers Anna, much to the Duke's delight, nonetheless, and the two head off into a comical dance scene. In during which, seeing Anna innocently flustered by the Duke's over-the-top dancing skills, Elsa couldn't hold back a chuckle, causing Anna to feel just as whimsical about the entire matter, for seeing Elsa in such a state hasn't been a sight for years. Afterwards, Anna returns by Elsa's side, commenting on how well things have been going through the day, and expresses her wishes to have things the way they were that night all the time. Unfortunately, all at once, Elsa's smile fades away and she reluctantly denies Anna's wishes, though fails to explain why so.

Blind Love

Saddened, Anna walks off, on the verge of tears, just when she bumps into Hans once again who offers a waltz. Anna agrees and the romantic dance soon leads to a date around the city. Anna and Hans spend the evening bonding and getting to know one another, finding out they have a lot in common from interests to sibling relationships. Overjoyed to have someone whom she can finally open up to and connect with, Anna falls in love with Hans, finally believing she'll no longer live the painful life of a loner. Apparently, Hans feels the same way and returns the blossoming affections. The two become so close that, by the end of their date, Hans proposes, which Anna immediately agrees to. The couple head back to the throne room to ask for Elsa's blessing. Elsa immediately refuses to grant her blessing on such a marriage, causing Anna to lose her temper. Seeing things becoming emotionally out of hand, Elsa orders the party to end and the gates to be closed (her first orders as queen regnant), which Anna immediately causes a heartbroken uproar over, not wanting to spend her life trapped, alone and within the castle again after all those years.

Elsa's Curse

The confrontation between the sisters becomes larger and larger until, out of blind anger, Elsa accidentally shoots massive ice spikes from her hand, nearly striking the guests, including Anna. Horrified by what she's done and the reaction it received, Elsa flees. The Duke of Weselton orders his men to seize her, but the former queen escapes into the mountains. Feeling it's her fault, Anna volunteers to go after her and leaves Hans in charge during the journey. Having no idea where she's going, Anna soon loses her horse, snags her cloak on a tree branch and slips into an icy river, freezing her dress solid, before arriving at Wandering Oaken's Trading Post and Sauna. There, Anna meets a kindly store owner named Oaken, who fortunately has some winter clothing in stock at the moment, perfect for Anna's oncoming adventure.

Just as she's about to purchase her new outfit, a rugged mountain man named Kristoff arrived, coming from the Nouthern Mountain. According to Kristoff, some magical phenomenon occurred up on the mountains, giving the hint to Elsa's location. With this information, Anna knew Kristoff could help guide her to her destination, but after insulting Oaken, the mountain man is kicked out of the shop, unable to purchase the goods and carrots he was hoping for. Anna, however, decides to pay for Kristoff's items, hoping he'd agree to take her to the mountains once the generous deed was realized. After receiving his mountain equipment and carrots for his reindeer, and best friend, Sven, Kristoff eventually agrees, and the trio heads out into the night in search for the Snow Queen.

An Unexpected Journey

Along the way, Kristoff inquires Elsa's reasoning for covering the land in eternal winter, and Anna explains the situation with Hans. This causes Kristoff to call the princess out, finding it ridiculous that she became engaged to someone she met that day, doubting Hans is her actual true love. Before their conversation continues, however, the trio are attacked by savage wolves. Fortunately, they're able to escape the pack, but the only bit of cargo to make it out of the chaos was Sven's carrots, as Kristoff's sled, and most everything in it, was destroyed. Feeling guilty, Anna offers him a new sled, as well as all other items that were destroyed, and begins heading off alone, understanding the mountain man likely doesn't want any part of the adventure from that point. Sven's able to convince Kristoff to continue forward, knowing Anna would die alone in the storm, and the ice harvester reluctantly agrees, heading off by Anna's side yet again.

Meet Olaf

The next morning, Anna, Kristoff and Sven come to a point where they're able to view Arendelle from a distance, and see that the curse has truly taken affect, completely freezing the once beautiful kingdom. Kristoff has his doubts on Elsa reversing the curse, but Anna remains positive, having all the faith in her sister one could possibly hold. And with that, they continue on, coming across a forest beautifully covered in snow and ice, surprising Anna with its gorgeousness. There, they suddenly come across an enchanted snowman, which immediately sends Anna into panic, though she simmers down once realizing he's harmless. On top of that, the snowman is actually Olaf, a snowman built by Anna and Elsa as children. He explains that Elsa brought him to life, and since they're searching for her, he knows her whereabouts. The little snowman also mentioned his fascination for summer, and because of his dream to experience it, he doesn't hesitate to lead the team to Elsa's ice palace.

Frozen Heart

Olaf leads the rest of the way to Elsa's palace, and they arrive before long. Like Kristoff, Anna is stunned by the marvel that is the ice palace, and that awe reaction remains when Elsa, in a newly made ice gown, arrives upon hearing Anna's entry. Elsa is initially shown to be quite happy to see her sister again, but her fears of harming her again soon overcomes her, and she orders her to leave for her own safety. Anna assures Elsa there's no reason to be afraid, but Elsa refuses to listen, wanting her sister to return home to Arendelle where she'll live her life freely just as she's always wanted. Anna refuses again, telling Elsa about the accidental curse and that she needs to fix it. Shocked and disappointed in herself, Elsa panics, losing control over her powers again, and although Anna tries to calm her down, it's no use, and the powerful Snow Queen accidentally strikes Anna yet again, though this time, in the heart. With neither of the sisters noticing the danger, Anna continues with her persistence, despite Kristoff advising they should leave, fearing for their safety. Elsa orders her sister to leave once more, but upon hearing another refusal, she creates a bodyguard to get her going. The snow monster, named Marshmallow by Olaf, chases the friends out and away from the palace, warning them not to come back. After reaching safety, Kristoff notices Anna's hair turning completely white, and realizes it's from when Elsa struck her in the heart.

The Cure

Thankfully, Kristoff believes he has a solution, and leads the gang to the Valley of the Living Rock, where the trolls reside. During the trip there, the two grow closer, Kristoff showing great worry and care for the princess, unknowingly falling in love with her, whilst Anna gets to see a much softer side of the mountain man, growing equally close, though unknowingly harvesting feelings, as well. Upon their arrival, Kristoff's adopted mother, Bulda, immediately assumes Anna is Kristoff's girlfriend, but when the two deny any romance, Bulda and the trolls try to convince them otherwise, telling them they're meant for each other. They arrange an entire wedding, but before it's complete, Anna nearly faints and loses balance as the curse increases in power, but Kristoff catches her and informs the trolls she's freezing cold. Pabbie returns after sensing strange magic in the land, and sadly tells the friends Anna is in grave danger upon discovering just what that magic is. Unless she performs an act of true love, she'll freeze to death, and although he's powerful, the old troll is unable to restore her health. Bulda believes the act of true love would be "true love's kiss," having the friends head back to Arendelle for Anna to receive a kiss from Hans.

Return to Arendelle/The Tyranny of Hans

Meanwhile, back at Elsa's palace, Hans and a group of soldiers arrive, believing Anna is somewhere within the icy walls in Elsa's clutches. They manage to successfully storm in and capture the Snow Queen, but obviously fail to find the princess. Even so, the team takes Elsa back to Arendelle and imprisons her by orders of Hans, just before Anna, Kristoff, Sven and Olaf arrive in the kingdom, greeted by the servants who've been desperately searching for the princess. Though he's greatly saddened to leave her side, Kristoff leaves the kingdom with Sven after Anna's taken into care. She reunites with Hans in the castle library and quickly informs him of all that happened, telling him she needs an act of true love to thaw her frozen heart, which would be true love's kiss. However, Hans refuses to kiss the princess and reveals that he has been using her all this time to become king of Arendelle. It turns out Hans has planned on wooing and marrying Anna, becoming next in line for the throne, and once that is complete, he will murder Elsa to be immediately crowned king with Anna as his consort. And now that Anna is already dying due to Elsa's actions, and the latter being deemed a heartless monster by the citizens of Arendelle, none of that is necessary, and the kingdom is practically his for the taking. Anna tries to stop him, but is far too weak, and Hans informs the princess all that is left is to kill Elsa and bring back summer, posing as the hero that saved Arendelle from destruction. With these words, Hans locks the princess inside the library to die, leaving her confused, embarrassed, and helpless as her freezing heart begins overtaking her body, her dying process quickening by the minute.

Meanwhile, in the dining hall, Hans inform the Dignitaries of Anna's supposed death, and blames Elsa for the murderous crime. Shocked by Elsa's alleged actions, the Duke of Weselton declares the kingdom is truly in great danger at that point, feeling Elsa stooping to the level of killing her own sister clarifies the intense danger she poses. Hans also claims he and Anna married just before she died in his arms, thus making him king of Arendelle, and as his first order as ruler, he charges Queen Elsa with high treason and sentences her to death.

Anna's Awakening/Finding Kristoff

In the dungeon, Elsa manages to escape her prison, but her fearful emotions causes an icy curse to overtake the castle, dropping the temperatures even lower, thus causing Anna to die much faster. Just then, Olaf arrives and immediately begins aiding to Anna the moment he spots her in her still ill conditions. The snowman successfully lights a fire at the fireplace, despite Anna fearing he'll melt, to which Olaf explains he doesn't care about his own life as long as Anna is safe. Olaf then asks what happened with Hans, having her reveal his treachery. Nevertheless, Olaf decides to merely come up with another act to save the princess, but feeling defeated, Anna claims she doesn't know what love is any longer. Olaf rectifies her problem by teaching her love—real love—is putting someone else's need before yours, using Kristoff as her example, as he has ignored his true feelings for Anna's happiness, believing Hans was her true love as well. Anna then learns that Kristoff is the one she needs to share true love's kiss with, and she and Olaf rush out to find him just as the icy curse in the castle reaches full power, eventually forming into a deadly blizzard. From the outskirts of Arendelle, Kristoff and Sven are able to witness this blizzard occurring, and rush back to rescue Anna, fearing she's in danger. Back at the castle, Anna and Olaf manage to escape and head into the fjords to find Kristoff, though Olaf is blown away by the powerful winds, leaving Anna to fend for herself.

Kristoff and Sven rush through the raging blizzard, as well, and are soon also separated, but Kristoff keeps going, eventually hearing Anna's cries for help, and following it to save her. Not too far from them, Elsa is in the mix of trying to escape Arendelle to return to her ice palace. However, Hans soon arrives and confronts her, needing her dead to put an end to the winter, though maintaining his benevolent appearance to successfully manipulate the queen.

An Act of True Love

Hans tells the Snow Queen that escaping all the damage she has caused is futile. Elsa implores Hans to take care of her sister in her absence. At the mention of Anna, Hans reveals Anna returned from the mountains, weak and cold, saying that the queen froze her heart, and despite his efforts to save her, it was too late. He accuses Elsa of killing her own sister. The news causes Elsa to break down in shock and heartbreak, and the monstrous storm comes to a halt. This finally clears the way for Anna and Kristoff. They rush toward each other. But at that moment, Anna hears a sword being drawn a short distance away. In horror, she realizes Hans is preparing to kill Elsa. Anna must choose to save herself or her sister, which is only seconds away. After one last look at Kristoff, she rushes towards Elsa and Hans, destroying her own chance of surviving in order to save her sister. Just before Hans delivers the death blow on the Queen, Anna jumps in between them, a hand outstretched to stop him. She freezes completely, the ice of her fingers shattering his sword.

The impact knocks the prince onto the ground, unconscious. Just as Anna's dying breath is lost, Elsa notices what has happened. She breaks down in sorrow and wraps her arm around her sister's frozen body. Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven arrive shortly at the scene and mourn the loss of the princess with Elsa, along with the dignitaries and guards, who witness the powerful scene from the castle balcony. But soon thereafter, Anna thaws from her frozen state, beginning around her heart, as Anna's sacrifice for Elsa has constituted an act of true love.

The Great Thaw

Elsa is relieved and overly joyous that Anna is alive and well, surprised that Anna has sacrificed herself for her. With Olaf explaining that an act of true love will thaw a frozen heart, Elsa realizes that love is the key to controlling her powers and finally lifts the icy curse from Arendelle. As Hans struggles to his feet, Kristoff tries to attack Hans, but Anna confronts him instead for his betrayal by berating him for his frozen heart and punching him in the face, so hard that Hans falls off the ship they were standing on, into the water below. Anna and Elsa share another hug again, rekindling their sisterly bond.

Once again, Arendelle is restored to peace. Elsa is once again accepted as queen, with everyone finally understanding that she is no monster, but a creator of beautiful magic. After Hans and the Duke of Weselton are deported (Hans sent back to his kingdom to face his brothers for his crimes and the Duke of Weselton having his trade with Arendelle cut off), Olaf and Sven enjoy summer together, and Anna buys Kristoff his promised new sled. Upon informing him that Elsa had named him "Official Arendelle Ice Master and Deliverer" he attempts to decline both the sled and the title, too modest to accept, but Anna points out that this is a direct order from the queen. When she asks what his thoughts on the sled are, Kristoff picks up Anna and twirls her around in his arms, exclaiming he loves it, and that he could kiss her. He immediately puts her down, and stammers awkwardly that he'd like to, among several sentences of nonsense, leaving him embarrassingly flustered before Anna kisses his cheek, saying to Kristoff "We may." Kristoff smiles and kisses her, beginning their relationship at last.

Later on, to celebrate the joyous day, Elsa turns the castle courtyard into an ice rink with the entire kingdom joining in on the festivities. The queen vows never to close the gates again, much to Anna's joy. She presents Anna with new ice skates and our heroines then begin skating with all their friends, finally sharing the fun they used to have at long last.

It's a Small World: The Animated Series

Along with Elsa, Anna makes a small cameo in the animated mini-series in the episode "Little Birds, Frost and Pine" happily building Olaf with her sister in the woods.

Video games

Disney INFINITY

Anna appears as a playable character in Disney INFINITY. She was released with her sister Elsa as part of the Frozen Toy Box pack with two painting Power Discs. In the 3DS version of Disney INFINITY, she has a power called Girl Power, this power gives bonus powers to all female characters and she is a Jump type character.

Quests featuring Anna as a playable character include the following:

• Frozen Hunt - Anna must find and step on four buttons hidden around Arendelle, to build a snowman.
• Frozen Adventure - Experience an interactive adventure from various scenes of Disney’s Frozen movie.
• Anna’s Quest - Arendelle has frozen solid! To free the kingdom from the spell, Anna must travel to Elsa's palace and receive the Snow Queen, return her to the throne to do so.
• Let it Go! - It’s the anniversary of Queen Elsa’s coronation, but she’s missing and Weselton thugs are causing a ruckus. It's up to Anna to stop them.
• Olaf’s Race - Zoom around a racetrack featuring everybody’s favorite snowman, Olaf.

Her exclusive adventure, however, is "Anna's Chilling Challenge", and has her also competing in a timed event to gather collectibles. The board is a compressed, 2-D space where the collectibles are falling from the sky, resulting in Anna scrambling to catch them.

Olaf's Quest

Taking place after the film, Olaf decides to go on a journey alongside Sven to find some gifts for Anna, specifically magenta flowers. The princess herself appears in a few shots of the opening prologue sequence of the game, as well as the ending, where Olaf has managed to complete his quest, bestowing an entire bouquet of flowers.

Frozen: Free Fall

Anna, both as a young child and an adult, appears in the puzzle game as one of the companion characters on certain levels alongside Elsa, Kristoff, Hans, Pabbie, and most recently Olaf and Sven. Her special item is a torch.

Disney Parks

Anna and Elsa began meet and greets at Disneyland as well as Disneyland Paris in the winter; they have been making appearances ahead of their movie's release to theaters. As of April 20, 2014, the sisters are currently doing daily meet-and-greet sessions in the Magic Kingdom's Princess Fairytale Hall. And due to their popularity, FastPass services are available. The princess also appear in Disney Festival of Fantasy Parade, in the same park, with Anna wearing her green coronation gown.

In California, Anna and Elsa are featured in a new winter themed area of Fantasyland. Also, both princesses are now featured in Disneyland Paris' Disney Magic on Parade, on a float also featuring Olaf.

Recently, in early 2014, Anna also began making meet-and-greet appearances aboard the Disney Dream cruise ship.

Also, on October 22, 2013, Anna and Elsa began early meet-and-greet sessions at Disney's Hollywood Studios (complete with a mountainous backdrop), though this was only temporary as their current location wasn't completed then.

Anna also makes a few appearances in the Disney California Adventure spectacular, World of Color alongside Olaf, Sven and Kristoff, and later alongside Elsa. In Disneyland Paris, Anna plays a major role in the holiday themed version of Disney Dreams! serving as the co-host with Olaf.

Anna also makes an appearance in the Frozen segment in Celebrate the Magic at the Magic Kingdom.

Relationship with Other Characters

Allies

Elsa the Snow Queen

Since the two were young, Elsa and Anna have always been the best of friends and loved each other dearly. The two enjoyed playing together, and Anna loved it when Elsa used her magic to create a winter wonderland. However, after Elsa accidentally hit Anna with her ice magic and almost killed her, Elsa has been too scared to go near Anna out of fear her powers could harm her again. While Elsa's desire to stay away from Anna was out of her love for her, Anna felt distanced from her and constantly tried to reconnect with Elsa without understanding or knowing about Elsa's powers, as her memories of Elsa's powers were erased after the troll king revived her.

During the coronation party, the two seemed to temporarily reconnect as they enjoyed themselves and Anna suggested things could go back to how things used to be. Unfortunately, Elsa remembered how she hurt Anna and decided things could never be the same. When Elsa's powers were revealed to the kingdom after the two got into an argument about Anna's engagement to Hans (despite having only known him for the day) and she ran away, feeling responsible for what had just transpired, Anna was the one to volunteer to get her back, saying "She's my sister. She won't hurt me." When she got to Elsa's palace, she tried to have Elsa come back home to fix the eternal winter she cast on the kingdom but couldn't persuade her as Elsa felt the kingdom would be safe away from her and because she felt she couldn't fix what she had done.

Nonetheless, her love for her sister prevailed and proved to be the thing Anna held most dear to her, shown best when she stepped in front of Elsa to protect her from Hans' killing strike, sacrificing her own life in the process. This demonstrates just how deep Anna's love for Elsa is and that no matter what happens, their sisterly bond is the most important thing to her. This act of true love is also ultimately what saves Anna from Elsa's curse, as Olaf informs that Anna's actions were an act of true love, and this allows Elsa to finally get rid of the storm, returning to her rightful place as queen and restoring her bond with Anna.

Elsa and Anna truly care and love each other and while Elsa was too scared of hurting Anna to get close to her and Anna was at times somewhat pushy and insistent on helping Elsa (which could at times make things worse) and both are complete opposites, the two will always love each other and due anything for the sake of the other's happiness.

The storybook A Sister More Like Me showed a side of Anna and Elsa's relationship. Both sisters once longed to have siblings that shared more common interests with one another. As Elsa was regal, elegant and poised, Anna was spontaneous and full of life. Because of the isolation, however, they didn't realize their desires to have siblings just like them weren't what they truly desired. Once things were patched up and Arendelle's peace was restored, the book shows that Anna and Elsa were more than happy loving one another for who they are, Anna admiring Elsa's power and intelligent, and Elsa admiring Anna's tendency to always listen to her heart and ways of showing her love for those close to her.

Kristoff

Initially, Kristoff only accompanied Anna on her trip to retrieve her sister because Anna paid him with the pickaxe, rope, and bag of carrots he wanted but couldn't himself afford as Trader Oaken increased their price. He found Anna's quick engagement to Hans ludicrous and questioned her judgement. He was also annoyed when he lost his sled due to having to accompany Anna on her journey to find Elsa and only continued to accompany her after Sven convinced him. However, as the two spent time together and he began to see more of her fiery and sweet character, he became smitten with her and it seemed reciprocated but both continued to deny and ignore this because of Anna's previous engagement to Hans.

This became apparent throughout their journey and more apparent as Kristoff was tending to her while her health was deteriorating due to Elsa's curse and they reached the troll cave, where the trolls teased the two about their relationship. When Kristoff managed to return Anna to the castle, he was clearly still worried about her health and heartbroken over having lost Anna to Hans. Unfortunately, he is too dense to realize his feelings until Sven helps him. Suddenly, as the storm worsens around the castle, Kristoff realizes Anna is in trouble and tries to help but Anna instead goes to save Elsa. He is shown mourning over Anna's death and overjoyed when he saw that she was revived due to her act of true love.

When Hans was waking up after being knocked unconscious by his killing blow being reflected by Anna's frozen body, Kristoff was angry enough over Hans' treachery to attempt to clobber him. However, Anna stopped him so she could confront and punch Hans instead. After Elsa stopped the storm, Anna gave Kristoff a new sled to replace the old one and he was so happy he said he could kiss her. It is then shown that Kristoff is the shy one in their relationship as he becomes awkward about what he says, and it is Anna who instigates the kiss. After Hans and the Duke of Weselton are deported, Olaf and Sven enjoy summer together, and Anna buys Kristoff his promised new sled. Upon informing him that Elsa had named him "Official Arendelle Ice Master and Deliverer" he attempts to decline both the sled and the title, too modest to accept, but Anna points out that this is a direct order from the queen. When she asks what his thoughts on the sled are, Kristoff picks up Anna and twirls her around in his arms, exclaiming he loves it, and that he could kiss her. He immediately puts her down, and stammers awkwardly that he'd like to, among several sentences of nonsense, leaving him embarrassingly flustered before Anna kisses his cheek, saying to Kristoff "We may." Kristoff smiles and kisses her, beginning their relationship at last. The two finally share a true love's first kiss and enjoy skating with all of their good friends.

Kristoff and Anna are each other's true love, and it is shown that they have a very strong relationship. It is very likely for the two to be married in the future.

Olaf

Olaf was based on a snowman Anna and Elsa created when they were young and Elsa appears to have created him as a reminder of her happy childhood memories. When Anna first meets Olaf, she is initially creeped out by the talking snowman but then quickly realizes he is the same Olaf from her childhood and becomes good friends with him. This is shown as she supports Olaf's dreams of summer and insists Kristoff not ruin it for him and when she was angered when Marshmallow threw him and was willing to confront Marshmallow over the matter.

Olaf returned her friendship as he tried to stall Marshmallow so Anna and Kristoff could escape and again demonstrated when he told Anna to run from Kristoff when he brought them to his family of "rocks" (who were actually the trolls disguised as rocks) and he thought Kristoff was crazy, telling Anna "Because I love you Anna, I insist you run!" He was even willing to melt to death in order to create a fire to warm up Anna to slow the freezing curse placed on her by Elsa, while comforting her over Hans' betrayal. He also was the one to teach Anna what love was after she felt disillusioned due to Hans' treachery and was the one to inform everyone how it was Anna's act of true love that saved her from dying.

Overall, Anna and Olaf share a very strong friendship which is made stronger by the fact that they both care for Elsa and Olaf is a symbol of Anna's and Elsa's strong sisterly bond.

Sven

Sven is Kristoff's best friend/pet reindeer, and he seems just as loyal and friendly to Anna as he is to Kristoff. Sven helped Anna to rescue Kristoff when he was about to fall off the cliff when they escaped the wolves, and she had also bought the carrots that Kristoff had intended to buy for him when at Oaken's store. When Kristoff dropped Anna off at the castle to be saved by her "true love" Hans, Sven appeared torn between with Anna and leaving with Kristoff, and even attempted to force him to go back to her.

Pabbie

Though Pabbie is far from the most recurring figure in Anna's life, he's been extremly prominent for years, going all the way back to her childhood. Pabbie's responsible for saving the princess' life not once, but twice. Those instances being the night he healed the princess' injury due to Elsa's powers, and again during Anna's adulthood, where he revealed the remedy that would thaw her infamous frozen heart. Though their interactions were brief, Pabbie seems to pose as a grandfatherly figure to Anna, with both moments he's on screen showing a sense of pure care and love, as if she was his own family. This could also tie-in to the fact that the wise, old troll is the adoptive grandfather of Kristoff.

Enemies

Hans

Initially, when Anna first met Hans, she became instantly infatuated with his good looks and charm. As the two became more acquainted with each other and their lonely pasts, the two soon shared a romantic duet which ended with Hans proposing to Anna, which she gladly accepted in a heartbeat despite having known him for a day. While Anna was away, she proclaimed that Hans would be in charge during her and Elsa's absence. While it seemed during Anna's absence that he truly cared and loved her, when Anna returned to Arendelle to receive a true love's kiss from him in the hopes of healing Elsa's curse inflicted on her, Hans revealed he never loved her and how he only planned to marry her to become king of Arendelle and kill Elsa to ensure this.

He left Anna to die as he went to kill Elsa and any feelings Anna had for him disappeared. She managed to interfere with his plans and save Elsa by using her frozen body as a shield to block his killing blow and got her revenge on Hans by punching him off the ship they were on. It should be noted that due to her years of loneliness and desperation for love that Anna's "love" for Hans was nothing more than a small crush based on his outward appearance and her belief that she would not have another chance to find someone else while her feelings for Kristoff were genuine and based off of real love. Even Hans has stated how she was so desperate for love that she was willing to marry him. It is also apparent that there is no (longer any) affection between the two sides as Anna hates Hans for the monster he truly is and Hans never truly cared for Anna at all but was instead using her infatuation for him to get Arendelle's throne and was willing to let her die to further his own fiendish schemes.

Marshmallow

When Anna refused to leave without her, Elsa created the giant snow monster Marshmallow, and he threw Anna, Kristoff and Olaf out of her palace, telling them to go away. He threw Olaf, which angered Anna into saying "It is not nice to throw people." While getting ready to throw the snowball at Marshmallow, Kristoff stopped her, telling her to leave the snowman alone, but gave Kristoff the impression that she was calm. Anna then threw the snowball at the giant snow monster anyway. Angered by this, Marshmallow chased after them, though Anna was able to launch a pine tree into Marshmallow's face. While Anna and Kristoff were descending down the cliff, Marshmallow started to pull them back up and he shouted at them to not come back. Anna, out of fear, replied they wouldn't, and then cut the rope so that she and Kristoff could get away from the snow monster.

Marshmallow was important for being another one of Elsa's snow creations that represented an aspect of her relationship with Anna. While Olaf represented their need to be together, Marshmallow represented Elsa's desire for separation in the interests of Anna's safety. However, Marshmallow also represented the fact that regardless of Elsa's intent, she ultimately ended up hurting Anna anyway, both physically and emotionally.

The Duke of Weselton

The Duke of Weselton was polite to Anna as with her sister and even danced with her (after Elsa told him her sister dances) and asked her if she know why the castle gates were shut but she said she did not know. When Elsa's powers were revealed, he was briefly hostile towards her asking if she has magic like her sister, but Anna and Hans reassure him she is ordinary. Anna and Hans argue with the Duke that Elsa was not a monster but the Duke refuses to believe them. When Anna says she will go to get Elsa the Duke quickly agrees showing that by this point he was not to concerned with Anna's safety. When Hans was giving out necessities to Arendelle's citizens The Duke showed that he did not trust Anna believing that she and Elsa were conspiring to doom them all. But in the end, the Duke showed that he had began to care for Anna a little as he showed grief when Hans lied to him and the other Dignitaries that Anna had been "killed" by Elsa, where the Duke was the first to say that there was no doubt that Elsa was a monster.

Memorable quotes

• "The sky's awake, so I'm awake. So we have to play!"
• "Do you wanna build a snowman...?"
• "Do the magic! Do the magic!"
• "I love you, Olaf!" (hugs the snowman)
• "Tickle bump!"
• "Catch me!"
• (servant apologizes for waking her) "No, no, no, you didn't. I've been up for hours." (resumes snoring, then gasps) "Who is it?"
• (half asleep) "My sister's...corn-eration..." (realizes) "It's coronation day!"
• "For the first time in forever..."
• "Don't know if I'm elated or gassy, but I'm somewhere in that zone!"
• "I can't wait to meet everyone! What if I meet The One...?!"
• "Elsa, please, please, I can't live like this anymore."
• "What did I ever do to you?"
• "No, why?! Why do you shut me out?! Why do you shut the world out? What are you so afraid of?!"
• "No, I'm completely ordinary!"
• "My sister's not a monster!"
• "She's my sister. She would never hurt me."
• "Snow. It had to be snow."
• "Of course none of it would have happened if she'd just told me her secret. She's a stinker."
• "Cold, cold, cold, cold, cold, cold."
• "Wandering Oaken's Trading Post... Oooh! And Sauna!"
• "What was happening on the Northern Mountain?  Did it seem...magical?"
• "Look, I know how to stop this winter."
• "We leave now!"
• "I like fast."
• (Kristoff asks if she was raised in a barn) "No, I was raised in a castle."
• "It's true love!"
• (Kristoff asks for Hans' last name) "Of the Southern Isles."
• (Kristoff asks for Hans' eye color) "Dreamy."
• "Olaf? That's right! Olaf!"
• "Please tell me I'm almost there." (It's revealed Anna is only 6 feet up) "Does the air seem to be a bit thin to you up here?"
• "Thanks! That was like some crazy trust exercise."
• (Kristoff admits he's gonna cry at the sight of Elsa's palace) "Go ahead! I won't judge."
• (after knocking on the doors to Elsa's ice palace) "It opened! That's a first."
• "The last time I introduced her to a guy, she froze everything."
• "Elsa, we were so close, we could be like that again."
• "You don't have to protect me, I'm not afraid."
• "No, I'm not leaving without you, Elsa!"
• "It's not nice to throw people!"
• "Just tell me when, I'm ready to go, I was born ready!"
• (after Marshmallow tells her and Kristoff not to come back) "We won't!"
• (When first introduced to Kristoff's "family") "They're...rocks!"
• "Hans, you have to kiss me!"
• (While Hans was betraying her) "You said you did."
• (Upon Han's revelation to have Elsa killed to bring back summer) "You're no match for Elsa!"
• "You won't get away with this"
• "Olaf, get away from there!"
• "I don't even know what love is..."
• "I love you."
• "I knew you could do it."
• "The only frozen heart around here is yours!"
• (When Kristoff tried to say he couldn't accept the new sled Anna was giving him) "You have to! No returns! No exchanges! Queen's orders!"
• "We may."
• "I like the open gates."

Songs

• Do You Want to Build a Snowman?
• For the First Time in Forever
• Love is an Open Door
• For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)

Reception

Matt Goldberg of Collider.com wrote an analysis of Anna:

"There's so much to love about Frozen, but at the top of the list is the emphasis on Anna and Elsa's relationship. Anna still has an infatuation with the charming Hans and romantic chemistry with the flustered Kristoff, but her greatest love is for her sister. Elsa may be the antagonist, but she's not the villain. It would have been so easy to make Elsa power mad and vengeful, but she's mostly scared and guilt-ridden. She's an incredibly sympathetic character, and it's a fresh spin on depicting estrangement between siblings. Anna has so much life and enthusiasm, and we want to see her share it with Elsa."

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Trivia

• Anna's name means "full of grace." Ironically, Anna is more bubbly and daring than graceful.
• Anna, being the younger sister, has two braids in her hair; while Elsa, the oldest, has one.
• Anna tends to touch her hair whenever she gets nervous. She is the second Princess to touch her hair like this because Mulan wrings it when she is frustrated until it is too short to do so.
• Anna currently has the most visible freckles out of any Disney Princess. She has a visibly large amount of freckles clustered on her face as well as some freckles visible on her shoulders when she is wearing sleeveless dresses.
• Anna is the 12th member in the official line-up, and is the third freckled and third computer animated Princess after Rapunzel and Merida.
• She was the third to have her movie be released in Disney Digital 3D.
• Anna is the third Disney Princess to have her movie rated PG after Merida from Brave and Rapunzel from Tangled.
• Anna is the fourth Disney Princess to have blue eyes (the first three being Cinderella, Ariel and Merida).
• Anna is the third Disney Princess to have any siblings (first is Ariel, second is Merida), and the first to only have one. She also will be the second Disney Princess to be the youngest sibling, Ariel being the first. Anna will also be the first ever Disney Princess to have a fellow Disney Princess as a sister.
• Anna is the sixth Disney Princess to be seen in childhood, the first five being Cinderella, Ariel, Tiana, Rapunzel and Merida. Then again, she could tie with Elsa.
• Anna is the third Disney Princess to wear boots, the first being Belle in Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas and the second being Pocahontas in her sequel film, as well as in her redesign.
• Anna is the second Disney Princess with strawberry-blonde hair and to have pigtail braids, both first being Cinderella.
• Anna is the fourth Princess to have a green dress. The first was Belle, second was Mulan and third was Tiana. Zara also wears one, though she isn't an official Princess.
• Anna is shown to be an animal lover, as she talks to her geese, says hello to Hans' horse, Sitron and also talks to Sven.
• Anna is the second Disney Princess after Rapunzel to have a hair color change. However, Rapunzel's changed back to her original brown hair color, while Anna's was due to Elsa's ice curse.
• Anna's name is pronounced as "Ah-nna" as she is Norwegian.
• Since the Disney Princesses were designed to have all the Princesses unaware of each other's presence, Elsa and Anna are the first and second of all the Disney Princesses to know of each other (second and third if one counts Rapunzel's cameo in the beginning of Frozen). This is especially so as they are sisters.
• Rapunzel, Anna and Elsa are currently the only Princesses that are playable characters in Disney INFINITY.
  • Coincidentally, all three appear in the same film (the first as a cameo near the beginning as one of the attendees to the last's coronation).
• Anna is the first Disney Princess to formerly have a villain as a love interest (Hans in this case).
  • Also, Anna is so far the only Disney Princess to share a duet with the villain.
• Anna and Elsa are the third and fourth Disney Princesses to be orphans the first two being Snow White and Cinderella.
• Anna and Elsa are the fifth and sixth Disney Princesses to be seen as kids in their feature films the first four being Cinderella, Tiana, Rapunzel and Merida.
• Anna seems to share some similarities with Merida.
  • Both have a fearless personality.
  • Both set out to make right a mistake (Merida turned her mother into a bear and Anna accidentally pushed her sister which caused her to freeze the summer).
  • Both have blue eyes.
  • Neither are weak and they both know how to defend themselves.
  • Both had desire to not be locked up in their castle/palace and enjoyed being outside.
  • Both had some growing up to do in their respective films.
  • They both have biological siblings.
  • Both survived being attack by monsters (Mor'du for Merida, and Marshmallow for Anna).
  • Both used a weapon in their film (Merida used her bow and arrows multiple times and her sword to save her mother Queen Elinor from her father King Fergus and Anna used a lute to help fight off the wolves and used Kristoff's knife to cut the rope they were tied to in order to escape Marshmallow). 
  • Both of them wore capes
• Anna is also the second Disney Princess that does not have a love song and a duet with her love interest, the first being Mulan.
• Anna also has several strong similarities to Rapunzel:
  • Both have dreams of being outside their home. Anna, as depicted in "For the First Time in Forever", sings about what she has never went though before and finding true love. Rapunzel wished to see the floating lanterns, and after learning of her identity, wished to be free, which eventually happened.
  • Both princesses are 18 years old, as Anna is 18 according to Jennifer Lee and the fact that Anna is 3 years younger than her sister Elsa.
  • Both were locked up indoors: Anna in a castle due to the gates being closed because her parents wanted to keep her sister Elsa and her icy powers hidden. Rapunzel in a tower.
  • During the "For the First Time in Forever" sequence when Anna dresses herself with a curtain, she hits her face just like how Rapunzel hit herself with a frying pan.
  • Both have their hair color changed (Anna's hair turns white, Rapunzel's hair turns brunette). However, Rapunzel's hair had changed to its natural color while Anna's changed into a different color.
• Anna is similar to Mulan as both are clumsy, outspoken and awkward but know how to defend themselves. They are also fearless and love their family.
• Anna is similar to Fix-It Felix, Jr. since they both traveled with someone to find a sibling figure and prevent a catastrophe in their land (Felix traveled with Calhoun to find Ralph and stop the Cy-Bug invasion in Litwak's arcade while Anna traveled with Kristoff to find Elsa and stop the eternal winter in Arendelle). Also, they both fall in love with the person they traveled with.
• Anna is similar to Wreck-It Ralph since both of them sacrificed themselves to save the film's deuteragonist, and both almost died while doing so (Ralph saved Vanellope from being unplugged in Sugar Rush while Anna saved Elsa from being killed by Hans). Both of their sacrifices also put an end to a certain catastrophe in their land (the Cy-Bug invasion in Litwak's arcade for Ralph, and the eternal winter in Arendelle for Anna).
• Anna is the second Disney Princess to almost be attacked by wolves, after Belle.
• Some of Anna's official artwork are actually modified artwork of Tiana's.
• Anna is the second Princess that's least likely to become queen. The first is Mulan as she is not even royalty.
• Anna is also in no way judgmental,  as she doesn't say anything to Kristoff when he says that he was going to cry at the sight of Elsa's Ice Palace, but instead urges him to do and saying that she won't judge.
• Anna is the second Princess to have two love interests, with the first being Pocahontas. However, Pocahontas' love interests were both good guys, while Anna's first love interest ( Hans) is the main villain.
• Anna is mostly seen wearing green and magenta, while Elsa wears blue. Green and magenta represent spring and summer as well as her cheerful and optimistic personality.
• Anna is the third Disney protagonist to call out the main villain, whom they had initially loved and trusted throughout the film, for being the very thing they had called evil. The first is Quasimodo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame, the second is Rapunzel from Tangled.
• Although Anna has strawberry-blonde hair and blue eyes, due to lighting effects, her irises can sometimes be seen with a light green tinge and her hair sometimes appears red.
• Anna is the second Disney Princess to die and later return to life in a film, the first being Snow White. But as for Aurora, her curse never took her life, but only made her sleep.
• Anna is the second Disney heroine to turn to crystal, after Kida.
• Anna is similar to Tarzan since both of them trusted the main antagonist and both are locked to prevent them from stopping his evil plans (Clayton locked Tarzan in the ship while Hans locked Anna in the Castle). In addition to this, Anna and Tarzan are both also freed from their confinements by their sidekicks (Terk and Tantor freed Tarzan and Olaf freed Anna).
  • Interestingly, Frozen and Tarzan were both directed by Chris Buck.
• Anna is slightly similar to Kenai from Brother Bear. Both are headstrong and didn't obey their siblings orders, both of their films take place in a snowy place and both of their films shows the important of (Brotherhood for Brother Bear and Sisterhood for Frozen). But unlike Kenai, Anna is not very stubborn.
• Anna is similar to Giselle from Enchanted as they both had fallen in love with the prince, and after a disaster, has to spend time with someone else, and finds out at the end that her true love is actually not the prince, but the person whom she spent more time with. Both heroines also have a duet with the prince, and want to marry a day after meeting each other. Although Anna can be seen as different from Giselle since her love for Hans can be argued as not being true love, and she was desperate to not be alone in the castle anymore.
• Anna is also similar to Nita of Brother Bear 2. Both of them are engaged to a man they didn't know very well. (Atka for Nita and Hans for Anna). They traveled with someone to fulfill something (Nita goes with Kenai to burn the amulet and break their bond while Anna goes with Kristoff to find Elsa and bring back summer). Also both of their former fiancés turn out to be the main antagonists of their respective films.
• Anna is the first Princess to be revived with sibling affection and not a love kiss.
• She uses Kristoff's lute as a weapon when she hit the wolf accidentally. She is the 4th Disney Princess to have a unique weapon after Mulan with her sword, Rapunzel with her frying pan and Merida with her bow and arrow.
• While Anna is a princess who had two love interests, it can be noted that her love for Hans was more out of desperation and a naive infatuation, and her only true love was Kristoff all along.
• The two parts of Anna's body that Elsa accidentally hurt with her ice powers, her head and her heart, mirror the two parts of Kai's body that were hit by the broken shards of the Devil's mirror in the original "Snow Queen" fairy tale: the eye, distorting the way he see things, and the heart, making him resentful to others. Ironically, Elsa takes on Kai's role in the film.
• There was a deleted song entitled "More Than Just The Spare", which would have explained that Anna is feeling down because she was just a useless spare and Elsa is the heir who was meant to rule over Arendelle. It was later replaced by "For the First Time in Forever" since it does not fit in the story. But during her first meeting with Hans she said she's only a Just and also during the coronation she's a bit shy to stand in front of Elsa because she's not the heir, which explains a lot. Another reason why they deleted it because this personality would make Anna become more like Hans who is insecure to his older brothers.
• Anna is the third Disney Princess whom the villain wants to marry. The first is Belle followed by Jasmine.
• Like the Beast, Anna sacrifices herself and is restored by love. Also, their deaths and resurrections are very similar to each other.
• The design of Anna's hair streak is similar to Queen Elinor's hair streak. However, Anna's was due to Elsa striking her and wasn't natural like Elinor's.
• Anna has a few similarities to Ariel.
  • Both their films are based on fairy tales by Hans Christian Andersen.
  • Both are fun-loving, cheerful and brave.
  • Both want to marry a prince they just met. Coincidentally, both also fell in love largely due to perceived isolation regarding their relatives (in Ariel's case, that her father was unwilling to even consider that humanity wasn't that bad, and in Anna's case, due to Elsa shutting her out of her life).
  • Both become victims of magic gone wrong.
  • Anna's dress is very similar to the one Ariel wears when she goes on a date with Prince Eric.
  • On a minor note, both their names begin with the letter A.
  • Both of them also have siblings who are older than them.
• Anna has some similarities with Belle.
  • Both are beautiful, loving, kind and strong-willed.
  • Both have a handsome enemy who wants to marry them for selfish reasons and don't really love the girl at all. As a possible reference, because Anna is actually attracted to this enemy she almost quotes the three blondes who are actually interested in Belle's enemy. While they say, "she's crazy" followed by "he's gorgeous", Anna says "I'm awkward" followed by "you're gorgeous."
  • When someone close to them is exposed (Beast and Elsa) by themselves with unintended results, they both plead that he/she is not a monster, despite the crowds' fears of him/her.
  • Both are attacked by wolves.
  • Both are befriended by talking magical creatures (The enchanted objects, Olaf)
  • Both are locked up by the villain, but are rescued by their magical friend.
  • Albeit unintentionally, both nearly got their close loved ones killed due to the main villain's machinations.
    • Belle nearly got Beast and his enchanted servants killed as a result of her exposing the Beast's existence to the villagers when trying to save her father after Gaston riled up the already congregated mob's emotions.
    • Anna, along with causing Elsa's powers to be exposed to the public, during her search for Elsa, unknowingly placed her in grave danger to Hans due to her relationship with him.
• Anna is also similar to Jasmine in a few ways.
  • Both are princesses, mostly cooped up in their castles.
  • Both have an enemy who only wants to marry them to become king (Jafar, Hans).
  • Both fall in love with a young man who is not royalty (Aladdin, Kristoff) and has an animal for a best friend (Abu, Sven).
• Although Elsa is based on Kai, Anna receives ice skates from Elsa, mirroring how Kai also received ice skates from the Snow Queen.
• Anna also has a few similarities with Pinocchio.
  • Both are cheerful, friendly and naive.
  • Both have a loyal sidekick (Jiminy for Pinocchio, Olaf for Anna).
  • Both know a powerful mystic (The Blue Fairy for Pinocchio, Pabbie for Anna).
  • Both their naivety led to trusting a villain who didn't appear evil at first, but later revealed their true natures to them and locked them up (Stromboli for Pinocchio, Hans for Anna).
  • Both sacrificed themselves to save a beloved family member and died in the process.
  • Both were miraculously resurrected because of their sacrifice of love.
  • Both were heard singing songs with the villain. Pinocchio sang "Hi Diddle Dee Dee" with Honest John, while Anna sang "Love Is An Open Door" with Hans.
  • Both had to deal with a monster whose name began with the letter M (Monstro for Pinocchio, Marshmallow for Anna).
• It is unknown as to how Anna paid for the items she bought from Trader Oaken since it is unlikely that she had carried money with her. However, it is possible that she sold off her green dress to pay for the items she bought, which is supported by the fact that her ballroom dress hasn't been seen since. But she may also have sold her greenish-gold pendant that has the Arendelle's symbol which is actually expensive because it is a jewelry worn by a princess.
• When in warm weather, Anna wears outfits which look similar to her winter outfit, but with green coloring.
• Anna's winter outfit shares uncanny similarities with Elsa's coronation gown:
  •  Detachable magenta cape.
  • Adorned bodice with a V-shaped waistline (black on Anna and teal on Elsa).
  • Bluish gloves (that they eventually took off).
  • Tight fitting sleeves (black on Elsa and light blue on Anna).
• Anna would be the second Disney Princess to be depicted harmed as a child, the first was Ariel (in a flashback of The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning 5-year old Ariel is seen sitting on her father's lap with a bandage wrapped round her hand).
• Anna would be the first Disney Princess to sing her childhood musical number "Do You Want to Build a Snowman" in two different ages, the second to lead a musical number as a child after Rapunzel and the third to sing as a child after Rapunzel and Merida.
• Anna would be the third Disney Princess to get examined, the first being Mulan. In Anna's case, she gets examined by the trolls to see if she's worthy of Kristoff; in Mulan's case, the matchmaker checks on her body to see if she is useful for marriage, and in Rapunzel's case, she gets examined by Mother Gothel for her beauty.
• Kristen Bell improvised the line "Wait, what?" that Anna says at her first meeting with Hans.

Similarities to other Disney characters

• Anna and Tinker Bell share a number of similarities.
  • Both have blonde hair and blue eyes (although Anna's hair is strawberry-blonde).
  • Both seem to prefer the color green for their outfits (Anna's blue-and-magenta winter outfit was worn because that was all Oaken had in stock at his store at the time).
  • Both have sisters who have ice-based powers (Elsa and Periwinkle). Coincidentally, both sisters have very fair hair and are seen primarily in light blue outfits.
  • Both have demonstrated adventurous spirits, stubborn streaks and fiery tempers. Both also don't like being told what they can and can't do.
  • Both have loyal sidekicks (Olaf for Anna, and Blaze for Tinker Bell).
  • Both had made made tremendous sacrifices to save those they cared about (Anna gave her life to save her sister from being killed by Hans, while Tinker Bell first sacrificed her wings to save all of Pixie Hollow in Secret of the Wings, then later her life in Peter Pan to save Peter from Hook's bomb).
    • In each instance, both had their sacrifice miraculously reversed though a connection to someone they cared about.
• Anna is also similar with Flynn Rider but there is only two similarities between the two.
  • Both were killed near the ending of the films they appear.
    • Anna became a frozen statue.
    • Flynn was stabbed.
    • Both were brought back to life by their loved ones (Elsa for Anna and Rapunzel for Flynn)
  • Eventually, Flynn made a cameo with Rapunzel in Frozen at Elsa's coronation near the start of the film, so that could mean he knew them like his wife.

External Links

• Frozen Wiki: Anna
• Anna in Wikipedia

Frozen

Film: Frozen Video games: Olaf's Quest | Frozen: Free Fall | Disney INFINITY Books: Frozen: The Essential Guide | The Art of Frozen | Frozen (Big Golden Book) | Frozen (Little Golden Book) | A Sister More Like Me | Big Snowman, Little Snowman | Anna’s Act of Love/Elsa’s Icy Magic Attractions: World of Color | Disney Dreams! | Celebrate the Magic Characters: Anna | Elsa the Snow Queen | Kristoff | Hans | Olaf | Sven | The Duke of Weselton | Pabbie | Marshmallow | The Duke of Weselton's Bodyguards | The King and Queen of Arendelle | The Trolls | Bulda | Cliff | Oaken | Sitron | Wolves | Kai and Gerda | The Dignitaries | Castle Guards | Arendelle Citizens Locations: Arendelle | Elsa's Ice Palace | The Southern Isles | Weselton | Arendelle Castle | Valley of the Living Rock | Arendelle Chapel | Wandering Oaken's Trading Post and Sauna | The North Mountain Songs: Vuelie | Frozen Heart | Do You Want to Build a Snowman? | For the First Time in Forever (Reprise) | Love is an Open Door | Let it Go | Reindeer(s) Are Better Than People | In Summer | Fixer Upper Deleted Songs: Love Can't Be Denied | We Know Better | More Than Just The Spare | Life's Too Short (Reprise) | Spring Pageant | You're You | Reindeer(s) Remix Objects: Hans' Sword | Kristoff's Sled Other: Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) | Ice Hotel

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