Prince Phillip (Disney)

Prince Phillip (simply known as Phillip) is the tritagonist of Disney's 16th full-length animated feature film .
He is a prince who, with help from the three good fairies, fought against the wicked Maleficent and ultimately killed the evil fairy before awakening Princess Aurora, her parents, his father King Hubert, and the whole kingdom from the sleeping curse via the famous true love's first kiss.
He was voiced by the late in the original film. He is currently voiced by , who also voices Sonic the Hedgehog.
==Appearances==
===Sleeping Beauty===
Announced by the royal herald, Young Phillip and his father King Hubert were both invited to the christening of Princess Aurora, the newborn daughter of King Stefan and Queen Leah, because King Hubert and King Stefan were best friends. At Aurora's christening, it was decided that Phillip would one day marry Aurora to unite their fathers' respective kingdoms. The two were betrothed. Phillip presents a gift to the baby Princess, but ironically is less than impressed when he sees her. However, at the Princess' debut to the public, Maleficent came inside the castle, and young Phillip was afraid of her, along with Queen Leah and the whole kingdom, except Stefan and Hubert. She cursed the princess on her birthday with the spindle of a spinning wheel, so the Three Good Fairies make a deal with Stefan and Leah to take Aurora into the forest to raise her for her own safety.
Many years later, a grown-up Phillip is riding in the forest when he hears a young girl's beautiful voice singing, and orders his horse Samson to take him there, but on the way, Samson goes too fast and accidentally knocks Phillip into the water. After falling into the water, Phillip hangs his wet cape, hat and boots on tree limbs to dry, and wonders about the girl's voice, which sounds familiar, but then he turns around and notices that some forest animals have taken his clothes. When he follows the forest animals, he finds the girl who is singing (Briar Rose, alter ego of Princess Aurora), and he starts dancing with her. She tries to run away, but he continues to dance with her, and says that they have met before in "Once Upon a Dream". By the end of "Once Upon a Dream", they have fallen in love, and Phillip asks the girl what her name is, but she realizes that she must go home, so she runs off. Still not knowing who the girl is, Phillip asks when he will see her again, to which she tells him to meet her at the cottage this evening, and gives him directions to the cottage as she leaves. Phillip is entirely unaware that the girl he has fallen in love with is actually his betrothed, Aurora, so he assumes her to be a peasant girl. Later, when speaking to his father, Phillip tells Hubert that he has fallen in love with a peasant girl, to which Hubert is dismayed, due to the betrothal, but Phillip manipulates him into agreeing that he should marry the girl he loves.
That evening, Phillip goes to the cottage as promised by the girl he has met earlier, but he unknowingly walks into a trap set by Maleficent as her Goons pin him down, tie him up, and gag him with a white handkerchief upon entry. Maleficent and the Goons take Phillip away to her domain, the Forbidden Mountain, where she imprisons him in the dungeon.
Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather, after learning from King Hubert that the girl Phillip has fallen in love with is Briar Rose, fly to the cottage to fetch him, but when they arrive, they find his hat, making them realize that Maleficent has captured Phillip. They decide to go to the Forbidden Mountain to rescue him.
At the Forbidden Mountain, Phillip, while chained to the dungeon walls, is visited by Maleficent, who taunts him with the knowledge that Briar Rose, the girl he has met in the woods, is actually Princess Aurora and revealing that she has fallen under a curse of ageless sleep that can be broken by love's first kiss. Maleficent plans to keep Phillip locked up for 100 years and then release him. He will be an old man, if not dead, while Aurora will still be a 16-year-old girl. Phillip is enraged and struggles against his chains, but Maleficent chooses to leave him with the "happy" thoughts.
After Maleficent walks away and returns to her tower, the good fairies fly into the dungeon to release Phillip and melt the lock. They arm him with the mighty Sword of Truth and Shield of Virtue, which they state to be weapons of righteousness that will triumph over evil. As the fairies and Phillip leave the dungeon, they are confronted by Diablo, who summons the Goons to recapture the prince. The fairies thwart the Goons' attacks on Phillip with their magic as Phillip and the fairies make their way out of the Forbidden Mountain. On their way to Stefan's castle, Maleficent, who have been awakened by the constant cawing of Diablo (who is turned into a statue by Merryweather) and realized that Phillip has escaped from the dungeon, unleashes some lightning to stop Phillip, but to no avail. Maleficent then causes a maze of thorns to grow around the castle and block his way. Phillip bravely hacks through the thorns using his sword and manages to get through, enraging Maleficent.
Maleficent appears before him, blocks his entry to Stefan's castle and transforms into an enormous dragon, intent on killing the prince. He engages the creature in a battle but is driven backward by the dragon's powerful flame blast. He retreats up the cliff, with the dragon in hot pursuit. As Phillip is cornered at the cliff's ledge, Maleficent blasts his shield off, rendering him defenseless, but the good fairies, under the direction of Flora, magically empower the sword. Phillip immediately throws the sword into the dragon's heart but is forced to dodge Maleficent's final attempt to devour him as she collapses onto the ledge. Phillip narrowly escapes for his life as the dragon's enormous weight that causes the ledge to crumble upon impact, sending the evil witch falling to her demise below.
With Maleficent finally killed for good, Phillip enters Stefan's castle to find the entire population asleep. He heads up the stairs to the castle's tallest tower, where he finds Aurora, still in her ageless sleep. He bends over to give Aurora true love's first kiss, which finally awakens her from her enchanted slumber. The princess smiles as she learns that her love and her betrothed are the one in the same. As a result, all the others in the castle awaken, including King Hubert, King Stefan, and Queen Leah. Phillip then heads downstairs with Aurora, arm in arm, and reunite with their family. The two then share a dance together and share another kiss, with the final words in the book, below the illustration of the couple kissing, reading "And they lived happily ever after."
===House of Mouse===
Phillip is one of the many Disney characters who appears as a guest in the TV series House of Mouse. In the episode "House of Genius", he is seen in the lobby with Princess Aurora, waiting to be welcomed by Donald, who was sleeping on his job. Phillip was also seen alongside Aurora during the finale song in Mickey's Magical Christmas: Snowed in at the House of Mouse.
===Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams===
In Disney Princess Enchanted Tales: Follow Your Dreams, Phillip is one of the characters from Sleeping Beauty to make an appearance. At the beginning of the "Keys to the Kingdom" segment, Phillip is set to leave the kingdom along with his father and Aurora's parents for two days for a Royal Conference, leaving Aurora to reign over it in their absence. Before departing, Phillip encourages Aurora to do a good job while in charge of the kingdom and tells her to look at the brightest star at night, as he will be doing the same. Phillip returns at the end of the segment and is part of the celebration for Aurora's duty, along with King Stefan, King Hubert, Queen Leah, Lord Duke, Flora, Merryweather, and Fauna.
=== Maleficent ===
Main Article: Prince Phillip (Maleficent)
Prince Phillip appears in the live-action film, where he is once again Aurora's love interest. However, unlike the original film, he does not cure Aurora from her curse by kissing her and although he meets Maleficent, he does not fight her. Maleficent is the one who breaks her own curse on Aurora by kissing on her forehead when she tearfully apologized to her about what her hatred and desire for vengeance caused her goddaughter.
==Personality==
Phillip is known to be an immensely brave and heroic character, valiantly fighting his way through a thick forest of thorns and Maleficent in her dragon form in order to save Aurora and the entire kingdom from their indefinite slumber. He is also fairly easygoing, and is able to subtly persuade people into doing whatever he wants; such as when he persuades his horse Samson to find Aurora after promising an extra bucket of oats and a few carrots, or when he manipulates his father King Hubert into consenting to marry Aurora.
On the other hand, he loves Aurora deeply and sincerely, and, as shown in printed media, is a kind & devoted husband to her. In "Aurora's Royal Wedding", when Aurora confesses to him her doubts about being a princess, he goes to find her mother Queen Leah, so that she can counsel her daughter. In "Aurora and the Helpful Dragon", when Aurora finds Crackle the Dragon and decides to take him home, Phillip consents despite his prejudice against dragons and even treats Crackle kindly.
==Trivia==
*He is the first Disney Prince to have an official name, as Prince Charming from Cinderella and the Prince from Snow White do not have official names.
**However, according to Disney, their names are revealed as Henry (Henri in French) and Florian in the 2000s, respectively.
**Compared to the first two Princes, Phillip is also the first Disney Prince to have more personality and a proactive role as he appears most of the time in the film, despite being silent in the second half.
*His father in the animated film is King Hubert, but in the live-action film, his father is renamed King John. Also, while in the animated film his mother (Hubert's wife) is never seen. In the live-action film's sequel, his mother is Queen Ingrith.
**Also, as revealed in the Maleficent sequel with his parents being from Ulstead, he is English-German.
*Despite being assumed as a supporting tritagonist, most fans claim Phillip as the main protagonist when he challenged Maleficent to a duel and with the help of the Good Fairies, he impaled her with the Sword of Truth, thus killing her for good. Shortly after Maleficent’s death, he broke the curse when Aurora and the entire kingdom are now awake, thus saving them all from their sleeping curse, helped by the fact that Aurora, the film’s deuteragonist, barely did anything heroic throughout.
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