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10 characters who are now technically Disney princesses

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Published on December 14, 2017 04:16PM EST

Disney's over-$52 billion purchase of 20th Century Fox assets means a brand new pantheon of characters has entered the House of Mouse. Just like Princess Leia's unofficial coronation into the line of Disney princesses, there are at least 10 more characters who now technically stand alongside the likes of Snow White, Ariel, and Jasmine.

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Anastasia, Anastasia

Take that, pedants who constantly loved reminding people that Anastasia wasn't actually a Disney movie — savor your pedantry no longer! Anastasia was produced by Fox Animation Studios, a division of 20th Century Fox, which means the Romanov daughter who survived her family's massacre by the Bolshevik secret police (only to fall in love with a cute, floppy-haired con artist) is now a member of the Disney royal family. Sure, the real Anastasia was technically a Grand Duchess, but that distinction hardly seems important when we can add "Journey to the Past" to all of our Disney princess medleys and count bona fide animated hunk Dimitri as a Disney prince.

Chanel Oberlin, Scream Queens

Metaphorical queens still count, right? Chanel Oberlin (Emma Roberts) is above the law, after all, and she has the fashion sense and air of self-importance that any good princess should have. Out of all of the "Queens" in Kappa Kappa Tau, it's obvious the only one who could qualify for Disney princesshood is Chanel No. 1.

Annabeth Chase, Percy Jackson

She's the daughter of goddess Athena, and so, by Disney rules, if Hercules and Meg count as royalty, so does Annabeth (Alexandra Daddario).

Neytiri, Avatar

I don't remember anything about the Avatar movie (there was something about tail sex?) but I do know that Zoe Saldaña's character, Neytiri, was the daughter of the leader of the Omaticaya Na'vi clan. I may have checked the Avatar Wikipedia page for that.

Coffee Shop Princess, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

She's in love with the tiny boy who will become the Dayman, and she is not ashamed to sing about it. Dee's (Kaitlin Olson) original role, the Coffee Shop Princess, is from Always Sunny on FXX (which is now owned by — you guessed it — Disney), so, by show-within-a-show logic, the character gets to count as a Disney princess, too.

Crown Princess Tilde of Sweden, Kingsman

Tilde (Hanna Alström) was my least favorite part of the first Kingsman movie, an overly simplistic "prize" for our hero to win along with a completely cringe-y promise for anal sex if he succeeded in his mission. So, even though she doesn't sing — and even though she's from a country that actually exists — by Disney rules (hey, Merida is from Scotland), Tilde counts as a princess.

Kim, Edward Scissorhands

I concede that she's not royalty, and Edward (Johnny Depp) isn't either, but out of all of the Fox properties, Edward Scissorhands feels the most like a fairy tale. Edward was created on top of a mountain by an inventor played by Vincent Price, which is just as dark as a young prince getting transformed into a buffalo monster by a vindictive enchantress, while Kim (Winona Ryder) is trying to escape her provincial, suburban existence — she's just one "I want" song away from a cliché.

Ellen Ripley, Alien

I say if badass non-royal Mulan counts, Ellen Ripley (Sigourney Weaver) should count, too.

Cornelia, Planet of the Apes

Yes, there is a "royal ape family," and although according to the Planet of the Apes Wiki page, technically the princess is "Oaka," who is the wife of "Bryn," the truth is that Cornelia is the real alpha female here and matriarch of the apes.