Could be justified due to the 18th century-ish setting and them being used to their social class keeping them at distance. Where Erika and Dominick embrace and hold hands multiple times and even get an Almost Kiss, Anneliese and Julian only hug once and hold hands in the carriage.
#BARBIE PRINCESS AND THE PAUPER CAST FREE#
#BARBIE PRINCESS AND THE PAUPER CAST MOVIE#
Brick Joke: Anneliese spends a moment in the movie establishing that one of the stone she's studying isn't gold, but iron pyrite, also known as "fool's gold".Erika, though she lacks education, is far from stupid, either, given she's able to convince everyone she's Anneliese, even her mother, and escape from a dungeon. Brainy Brunette: Julian is a male example.Boy Meets Girl: Erika alludes to this trope in the song "If You Love Me For Me" which begins 'Once a lass met a lad.'.Boke and Tsukkomi Routine: Preminger's two henchmen.Book on the Head: Erika, while practicing to impersonate Anneliese, once walks with a book on her head during her Training Montage song - and immediately succeeds.Be Yourself: Erika tells her cat to do this ( The Cat's Meow).While we never see her treat him badly, it could be that she was just so happy to be rescued from Madame Carps that she didnt really care who he was. Belligerent Sexual Tension: Preminger seems to think Anneliese acts cold to him in order to hide her attraction.Bedsheet Ghost: Anneliese creates one to escape her kidnappers.Because Destiny Says So: "But fate decreed they would.".Beauty Mark: Midas and Madame Carp both have them.Big "NO!": Queen Genevieve lets one loose when she thinks Anneliese has been killed in a mine collapse.Big Bad: Preminger, the queen's treasurer who intends to claim the crown and rule over the kingdom.Batman Gambit: Anneliese's fondness for her cat is used to lure her to her kidnappers.Bag of Kidnapping: Preminger's thugs use this on Anneliese, and later to capture Julian when he confronts the former.Preminger is also pretty nasty to his cronies, but they still seem to like him quite a bit. Bad Boss: Madame Carp is awful to Erika and the other dressmaker.His henchmen, because they're just that stupid. Bad "Bad Acting": Preminger, because he's evil.Babies Ever After: Serafina and Wolfie.
Neither is happy about it, though Dominick warms to the idea after hitting it off with Anneliese ( actually Erika in disguise). Arranged Marriage: Anneliese and Dominick.Antiquated Linguistics: It's downplayed and definitely intentional, but when Erika tries talking like a princess she's very formal and stops using contractions.Animated Actors: Played straight in the credits.Animal Talk: Serafina and Wolfie talk to each other in English for the audience's benefit, but to the in-universe humans it just sounds like meowing.Animal Motifs: Pink and blue butterflies for our pink and blue heroines.When his original plan goes off the rails, he instead brokers a similar deal with Queen Genevieve. Preminger's plan to become king revolves around this his original intent was to use his (stolen) wealth as a bargaining chip for Anneliese's hand.
On Dominick's end, it's briefly mentioned that the two kingdoms would be joined after the wedding, making him king of both. Queen Genevieve arranges Anneliese's marriage to Dominick so his wealth can revitalize her kingdom's failing economy.