Princess Tiana

Tiana Rogers is the main protagonist of Disney’s 49th animated feature film , and the titular main protagonist of its upcoming series Tiana. 
She is a hardworking waitress, desperate to fulfil her dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him as she too is transformed into a frog. She is the first Disney Princess to be of African-American heritage.
She is voiced by . In live-action, Tiana was portrayed by in the television series Once Upon a Time.
==Personality==
Tiana is an intelligent, optimistic, resourceful, determined, and highly talented young woman. But she works so hard to achieve her dream of having her own restaurant that it's hard for her to take breaks and relax. Though she notices this and appears to have some regret over her busy schedule, her obsession with bringing her dream of opening her own restaurant into fruition overshadows it all. She also, for the most part, has appeared to accept that over the years, as seen when she and Eudora visited the old sugar mill in preparation of its purchase.
With a strong sense of honor and integrity, Tiana firmly believes nothing deserves to be obtained in the world unless it's done through hard work, a view she's brought up when dealing with her excessively dreamy and immature best friend, Charlotte La Bouff, as well as the party-loving Naveen.
Aside from her workaholic nature, Tiana has another side to her; one that's passionate, imaginative, and ambitious. She enjoys humor, music, quality time with loved ones, and dancing (though not at first). She becomes excitable whenever mentioning her restaurant, lighting up when she does, as Naveen puts it, and although she initially had very little knowledge over romance, she values it highly once she starts to fall for Naveen, to the point where her restaurant was no longer the most important part of her life.
==Biography==
===Humble Beginnings===
A young Tiana and her best friend Charlotte La Bouff listening to the classic tale "The Frog Prince" read by Tiana's mother Eudora while she finishes Charlotte's newest princess gown. Whilst Charlotte adores the tale and openly wishes to find a prince and one day become a princess, Tiana is somewhat unamused with the story, considerably the kissing finale between the princess and the frog she was disgusted by. After the story's completion, Tiana and her mother depart, heading for home where they greet Tiana's hardworking father, James. Later on, with the help of James, Tiana makes their favorite dinner, gumbo. Tiana gives her father a taste of some of her gumbo which she hopes to be the prime attraction when she and her father open their very own restaurant "Tiana's Place". That night, as Tiana was being put to bed, the young girl makes a wish on the evening star in hopes of getting her restaurant dream come true. James, however, explains to Tiana that wishing on stars can only take her partway to her dream, as hard work is also needed, which she understands.
===Almost There===
About twenty years later, an adult Tiana is still struggling to reach her dream even after her father passed away. Since childhood, she has become a mature young woman, though she has discarded her original childhood imagination of wishing and such and has become an overly practical workaholic instead. She works as a waitress at two local diners during the day and night. The desire to open her restaurant prevents Tiana from going out with her friends as she must work extra for more pay. Meanwhile, the handsome Prince Naveen arrives in New Orleans to marry Charlotte. To celebrate, Charlotte plans on throwing a masquerade ball and hires Tiana to make dozens of beignets, paying her with enough money to buy her restaurant. Excited, Tiana and her mother place a bid on an old run-down sugar mill that Tiana's father had talked about many times before and had planned to use as the location. Though the building is extremely worn out, dilapidated, and practically falling apart, Tiana couldn't have been more excited with her dream coming closer and closer to coming true.
===Kiss the Frog===
Later that night at the ball, Tiana is informed that she's been out bid and unless she earns enough money in two days, she loses the restaurant forever, though it's possible the restaurant being withheld from her due was just an excuse for her skin color, which is historically accurate given that the movie takes place in the Southern United States, but this is never elaborated on. After a mishap, Tiana ruins her outfit and Charlotte takes her to change. Charlotte gives her a princess gown and tiara and heads back down to the ball. Saddened, Tiana heads to the balcony and, in desperation, makes a wish on the evening star in hopes of making things work out in the end. After her wish, Tiana meets a talking frog who reveals to be Prince Naveen. After being cursed by a voodoo witch doctor, Naveen needs help from Tiana who he believes is a princess. Following the tale of "The Frog Prince", Naveen asks Tiana for a kiss in an attempt to break the spell. Unfortunately, Tiana is incredibly hesitant to kiss a frog, but Naveen offers her a reward, telling her that he comes from a fabulously wealthy family. Knowing she needs more money to open her restaurant, Tiana reluctantly kisses Naveen. However, since Tiana was not an actual princess, she too falls victim to the voodoo witch doctor’s frog curse upon kissing Naveen.
Horrified and Enraged by her unexpected transformation, Tiana lunges at Naveen, sending them flying out window and onto the ball's dance floor. When Charlotte's father, Eli "Big Daddy" La Bouff sees what he thinks are two wild frogs causing trouble as they land in Charlotte's dress, scaring her, he orders the family dog Stella to get the frogs only for Tiana and Naveen to quickly escape on balloons that float away while Stella calls out Tiana's name to Tiana in question after she tells her who she really is much to Tiana's shock.
===The Bayou===
In a swamp, the frogs drift downward with the balloons while Naveen explains to Tiana that this frog curse was casted by the Shadow Man. Tiana then tells him that she is not a princess but a waitress which explains why the kiss did not work. Shocked and angered by this revelation, Naveen accuses her of lying to him, but Tiana points out she never said she was a princess. Suddenly, tree branches pop the balloons and the frogs plummet into the swamp below, filled with ravenous animals, who try to devour them. In the mix of the chaos, Naveen promises to pay for Tiana's restaurant if she can help him into an old hollowed-out tree trunk. Tiana agrees, rescues the prince, and the two stay in the tree for shelter for the night. 
The next morning, the two begin their journey. On the way, they meet Louis, an alligator with a gift of playing the trumpet whom Naveen quickly becomes friends with, sharing a passion for music. Louis' gift has Naveen wondering why Louis has never tried playing with the other great musicians of New Orleans, but Louis explains his last attempt to do so ended with the audience, as well as the musicians, panicking at the sight of a gator. Tiana then interrupts the friendship and drags Naveen ahead, telling Louis they need to find someone to break their spell. However, Louis doesn't understand until Naveen and Tiana explain that they are truly human turned into frogs via the magic of a voodoo witch doctor. Hearing voodoo, Louis informs them of Mama Odie, a voodoo priest who can help them turn human. Though Louis is originally against taking them to her, being too afraid of the dangers that may lie ahead, Naveen convinces the gator to change their mind, having Louis realize Mama Odie could turn him human as well. The trio then make their way but eventually get lost.
===Ray Lights the Way===
They then meet Ray, a romantic firefly who's in love with the evening star known as Evangeline. Ray happily decides to light the way upon hearing of the group's dilemma and acts as their guide to Mama Odie, with the help of his massive family of fireflies. During their journey, Tiana and Naveen begin to become closer, a process that gets off the ground after they save each other from a trio of bumbling frog hunters. During a rest, Naveen helps Tiana cook for the friends by mincing some mushrooms. With that being the first piece of work Naveen has ever done, he reveals that, despite living the charm life of a prince, he feels deep down that he knows how to do absolutely nothing besides partying, which he is ashamed of. Tiana, feeling sympathy, compliments Naveen's mincing skills, growing the two even closer than before. Moments later, Ray introduces his friends to Evangeline, singing a love ballad in her honor. During this, Naveen attempts to waltz with Tiana, but the waitress declines, admitting that she's never learned to dance. Naveen decides that, in return for showing him how to mince, he will teach Tiana how to dance (as evidenced by his statement, "If I can mince, you can dance.") After the romantic waltz, Naveen and Tiana officially begin to fall in love with one another and they nearly kiss but Tiana pulls away telling Naveen he's for Charlotte.
===Dig A Little Deeper===
Unfortunately, the romantic moment is soon ruined when Naveen is captured by a pack of shadow demons sent by the witch doctor Doctor Facilier, who needs Naveen to fulfill his evil scheme to take over New Orleans. He is soon saved by Mama Odie, who takes them to her home; a boat in a tree. Tiana tries to explain to Mama that all they want is to be human, but Mama Odie knows what Tiana and Naveen really want after the adventure they had, was each other. However, Tiana fails to realize this and believes Mama Odie's motto of "dig a little deeper" means work extra hard to get her restaurant. Naveen, however, understands that, instead of riches, what his heart truly desires was Tiana. But with Tiana's misunderstanding, Mama Odie decides to put the romance aside and give the two frogs the solution to their problem. Mama Odie tells them that if Naveen were to kiss a princess, they'll both turn back to human. She then uses her magic brew to locate a nearby princess, which reveals to be Charlotte, who is princess of the Mardi Gras Parade. Unfortunately, Naveen only has until midnight, when Mardi Gras is over, to kiss Charlotte and break the spell.
The gang head off on a riverboat to New Orleans, where Naveen decides he wants to reveal his true romantic feelings to Tiana, settling on getting a job (or multiple ones) to help raise money for her restaurant. Naveen sets up a date later that night, under the stars on the riverboat. The prince was far too sheepish to successfully reveal the truth, but Tiana still finds his fumbling to be charming. Just then, the riverboat begins passing the old building Tiana plans on using for her restaurant. Tiana takes the time to tell Naveen about her dreams to open the restaurant. Knowing he can't afford to pay for the restaurant without marrying Charlotte and inheriting her fortune, Naveen decides not to tell her how he truly feels, for the sake of her dream. The riverboat then prepares to dock, and Naveen heads off to find Louis and Ray. Once he's gone, Tiana sadly speaks to Evangeline about her dilemma, admitting that she, too, is actually in love with Naveen, despite the fact that he must marry Charlotte for the money he promised for her restaurant. Meanwhile, right before docking, Naveen is kidnapped by the shadow demons who take him back to Facilier.
===Mardi Gras===
Tiana, Louis, and Ray are oblivious to Naveen's capture, and after getting off the riverboat, Tiana asks Ray if he's seen him. Instead, Ray accidentally tells Tiana that Naveen actually loves her and plans on getting a job to pay for her restaurant. Overjoyed, Tiana and Ray head off to the Mardi Gras parade to find him and return the feelings. Sadly, Tiana, instead, finds Naveen, as a human, atop a parade float about to marry Charlotte. Heartbroken, Tiana runs off. Ray follows and tries to convince Tiana that they should go back to look more into what they say, but Tiana discards the idea, losing her faith in wishing and dreams once more (as welling as hurting Ray by calling Evangeline nothing more than a star). Determined to show Tiana the truth, Ray flies back to the parade, where he learns that the "Naveen" they saw about to marry Charlotte is actually Naveen's former valet, Lawrence in disguise. It turns out Lawrence was under the disguise as part of Facilier's plot, who plans on having Lawrence (in disguise) marry Charlotte and steal the La Bouff fortune by doing so, making Facilier the richest man in New Orleans. The real Naveen, still a frog, was in captivity until Ray rescues him.
===Tiana vs. Facilier===
Naveen then grabs a talisman on Lawrence's neck. The talisman gives Lawrence the ability to morph into Naveen and without it, Facilier's plans to gain the La Bouff fortune would be foiled. Naveen passes the talisman over to Ray, who rushes back to the cemetery to foil Facilier and show Tiana the truth. Once the talisman was handed over, Ray instructs Tiana to keep it away from Facilier at all costs, prompting her to run in fear as the shadow demons were in hot pursuit. Tiana tries to escape, but the evil Facilier catches up to her. He changes her back to human, and conjures up a manifestation of the fancy restaurant she dreamt of all her life. Facilier tries to use all of this to entice and manipulate Tiana into striking a simple deal with him: Hand over the talisman for her lifelong dream to finally be a reality. Though Tiana was against the deal, Facilier reminded her of everything she had sacrificed, those who doubted her before settling on the subject of her deceased father, telling her that his dream never came true, but by accepting the offer, she could make it happen. The discussion of James actually backfires on the evil doctor, as Tiana remembers that although her father never got what he wanted, he always had what he needed: love, which mattered even more. She refuses the deal and tries to destroy the talisman, but Facilier's shadow catches it and hands it to his master. Laughing wickedly, Facilier shatters the restaurant manifestation and changes Tiana back into a frog.
Facilier then pins Tiana down, taunts her for not accepting his deal, and states she will now spend the rest of her life being a slimy little frog as a result. However, with quick and clever thinking, she tells Dr. Facilier that what frogs are covered in is not slime, just mucus, then with a flick of her prehensile tongue, Tiana regains hold of the talisman and smashes it to pieces on the ground before Facilier can stop her a second time. Tiana then hops to safety and watches in horror as Facilier is dragged, begging for his life, to damnation by voodoo spirits and demons as punishment for his failure in taking over the city and upholding his end of their agreement, leaving his terrified face engraved on his tombstone that now was part of the cemetery. However, prior to being dragged to his demise, when Facilier was confronted by his "friends", he mentioned still having Naveen locked away, making a shocked Tiana realize that Ray was telling the truth after all. After the terrifying spectacle concludes, Tiana heads back to the Mardi Gras parade to find Naveen.
Once at the finished parade, she witnesses Lawrence being arrested - learning that he was the "Naveen" seen on the parade float. Not too far away, Tiana finds the real Naveen, who was in the process of making a deal with Charlotte. If she turns him human through a kiss, he'd marry her, so long as she pays for Tiana's restaurant. Before the kiss, Tiana intervenes and reveals her feelings for Naveen, telling him that her dream would be incomplete without him in it. Seeing the touching sight, Charlotte agrees to kiss Naveen, but only for Tiana's dream to come true. Unfortunately, the clock strikes twelve, and Charlotte is no longer a princess, as Mardi Gras was officially over. Nevertheless, of the frog curse supposedly becoming permanent, Tiana and Naveen were content being frogs so long as they could stay together.
===Losing a Friend===
Right after their moment, darkness clouds Tiana and Naveen, as Louis arrives and reveals that Ray was fatally wounded by Facilier prior to the witch doctor's confrontation with Tiana and passes away right before it starts raining. Tiana attends his funeral in the bayou, and grieves over her friend. However, a new star appears right beside Evangeline and the mourning turns to jubilation as Ray is now with his true love forever and Tiana and Naveen embrace.
===Finale===
Tiana and Naveen marry in the bayou, with Mama Odie taking charge of the ceremony and many animals attending. As they kiss, they turn back into humans, as Tiana is now a princess by marrying Naveen and Naveen kissing a princess is exactly what they needed to break the curse. After having a royal second wedding as humans in New Orleans with their families and friends attending, Tiana and Naveen use the money that she saved to open the restaurant (with a little intimidation help from Louis, who frightens the snooty bidders into accepting what Tiana had by growling intimately at them). The restaurant, as hoped, is a massive success with people from all around attending, just as Tiana and her father dreamed. She renames it "Tiana's Palace" to emphasize royalty and enjoys a dance with Naveen to Louis and his band's music as Ray and Evangeline watch over them on what was a truly magical evening.
==Other Media==
===Sofia the First===
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===Ralph Breaks the Internet===
Tiana appears in the sequel of Wreck-It Ralph as a netizen of Oh My Disney alongside her fellow Disney Princesses and honorary members Anna and Elsa, serving as Cast Members on the site similar to their real-life face character counterparts at the Disney Parks and Resorts. During when they are on break from their duties on the site, the girls are startled when Vanellope von Schweetz suddenly glitches into the middle of their private room to escape from some First Order Stormtroopers trying to apprehend her for illegal pop-up advertising. Thinking her a threat sent by one of their respective Disney Villains, or a user's avatar that had committed the cardinal violation of trespassing in a "Cast Members Only" restricted area without authorization, similar to a Guest being in the backstage areas of the parks without special permission or VIP access, the girls immediately confront Vanellope with the intent to subdue her and turn her over to the proper authorities, with Tiana arming herself with a rolling pin because of her dream to open a restaurant. Vanellope tries to calm them down by saying she's a princess as well, but the girls are still wary and suspicious of Vanellope's claim, so they grill her on various things from their respective films, with Tiana restraining Aurora from pricking her finger on the spinning wheel's spindle as they ask Vanellope if she's been cursed, with Vanellope replying "no". After Rapunzel asks the big question about if Vanellope has some big, strong man coming to save her all the time and Vanellope answers "yes", the girls are convinced that Vanellope is a princess and stand down, welcoming her into their group. After noticing Vanellope's casual wear and mistaking it for her "gown", Cinderella has her mice friends make comfy casual wear for all the girls. Tiana even ops to let her hair out in a more frazzled style like what some modern girls her age does.
After explaining things to Vanellope about their "I Want" song and staring at water to find inspiration for it, the girls are told by C-3PO that they are back on duty in a few minutes for another quiz. Tiana tells the girls to switch back to their trademark attire until they can go on break again, then put their comfy casual wear back on, before Vanellope takes her leave from them, happy to have met and befriended them, as they are with her.
Later, the girls have to evacuate Oh My Disney due to a Denial-of-Service attack triggered by Ralph's insecurities being multiplied by the Arthur virus. After Ralph sorts out his insecurities and resolves them, causing the viral clones of him to vanish, as he falls to his apparent death, the girls quickly move to save him, using traits from their respective films to save Ralph's life, with Tiana volunteering her trademark gown alongside Cinderella, Belle, and Ariel to serve as parachutes for Ralph, ending with Tiana having Naveen, in his frog form, kiss Ralph to wake him up, though Ralph mistakes Naveen for Frogger initially. Afterwards, Ralph meets the girls, who assure him, thanks to Elsa, that "any friend of Vanellope is a friend of ours".
===Once Upon a Studio===
In this short film celebrating The Walt Disney Company's Centennial Anniversary, including that of the Walt Disney Animation Studios, after all the Cast Members have gone home for the night, Mickey and Minnie give the signal to the 500+ Disney animated canon characters that it is time for the group photo. Tiana is the first to respond as she emerges from her portrait to tell everyone else it is time for the group photo, and many characters quickly follow to join her. However, during when the photo is about to be taken, Goofy suffers one of his classic Goof klutz attacks and busts the camera, forcing the photo to be cancelled. As the characters head back into the studio in disappointment, Alan-A-Dale begins playing "When You Wish Upon A Star" on his lute, soon joined by Scat Cat, Mirabel Madrigal, and Hathi Junior. This begins to restore morale among everyone as they begin to sing the song, and several characters help Goofy with fixing the camera and helping him set it back up and set the timer to take the photo. Once everyone is in position for the shot, it is taken, and Tinker Bell changes the scene over to the completed photo, with a special thanks to all the fans and Cast Members who made this possible, including the recently departed Burny Mattinson, one of the longest-serving Cast Members of the company, having served the company even back when the company founders and brothers, Walter Elias Disney and Roy Oliver Disney, were still alive.
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==Trivia==
*A possible explanation to why Tiana, instead of having Prince Naveen, while as a frog, transform back into his old self after she kissed him, got instead her transforming into a frog herself is because her kiss to him was forced, which was insisted by him through his arrogance. This indicates that the kiss must actually be done through true love in order for him, and later her, to transform back into their original human selves.
**This happened during their wedding, after their failed plan to have Naveen be kissed by Charlotte just before midnight. While they're still frogs, they shared a passionate and genuine kiss after they swore their vows, which results in them transforming back to their old selves, indicating that they do love each other. Thus, the kiss worked that time.
*Beyoncé Knowles-Carter, Tyra Banks, and Jennifer Hudson were all considered to voice Tiana.
*Tiana seems to possess immense stamina that enables her to work overtime on numerous occasions. Average people working with the sheer amount of what Tiana works, would end up exhausted and their health will eventually be endangered due to lack of proper rest.
*Tiana is the first Disney Princess to be introduced in the 21st century.
*She is the third Disney princess to have her father die after Snow White’s father and Cinderella’s father, but this time her father’s wife did survive.
*She is the first Disney Princess to only have her mother alive.
*It is revealed in the "Tiana's Bayou Adventure" ride, that Tiana's last name is Rogers.
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