Princess (Whispers: An Elephant's Tale)

Princess is a supporting character featured in the 2000 Disney live-action film Whispers: An Elephant's Tale.
==Background==
===Personality===
Princess is Half Tusk's somewhat spoiled and cynical teenage daughter who is a member of the herd. She is shown to be often impatient within the herd, as well as being shown to have a rude personality to Whispers, nicknaming him with the namesake as well as describing him as a small elephant giving bad luck, usually harassing him in a troublesome manner. However, when the poachers arrived and Whispers was able to save Princess by submerging underwater, she no longer harasses Whispers like she did at first, praising him as a hero who saved her and the rest of the elephants from the poachers, thanks to Whispers' optimism and trustworthiness.
==Role in the film==
Princess is first seen in a herd of elephants rushing across the savanna to avoid getting shot by poachers under orders from her mother Half Tusk. Just as Whispers passes by, she becomes irritated to see him pass by, just before she falls behind. This causes the other elephants to go on a search for Half Tusk's teenage daughter, only for Whispers to affirm that he found her. Princess then replies that she fell and is unable to get up, asking the elephants for help, just as her mother Half Tusk rushes towards her, worried that she has been looking for her. Just as she gets up, Princess complains of how she easily flips over when Whispers walked past her. As soon as she gets up, Princess approaches Whispers, taunting him for being the a tough baby elephant. Later when Whispers and Princess are eating grass, Half Tusk tells them to move on, followed by Princess telling him to pack up. 
Just as Whispers begins to trumpet, this only made the other elephants laugh, just as Princess nicknames him using his titular namesake, which he denies - although he forgets to know his real name. The next day, Princess impatiently asks her mother of when they will look for water, which she tells her to be patient. Later, Princess and the rest of Half Tusk's herd walk sadly, unable to find Groove in the savanna, only to see wildfire from a distance. The next day, an impatient Princess harasses Whispers who is trying to explain to the herd about Groove who was injured by poachers, much to Tuskless furious of her for her harsh actions to Whispers.
Princess later follows alongside Half Tusk and her herd into the Great River, which they were able to find water. She is later seen chasing away a herd of impalas, telling them that the water is for her, just before she joins the other elephants splashing and playing in the water. She later finds Whispers in the water, harassing him again and telling him that he might cause bad luck again, much to Whispers feeling uncomfortable of her troublesome behavior.
Furthermore when the poachers arrive at the spot where the elephants are present, Whispers warns them about the poachers attempting to hunt them down and begins trumpeting in front of the elephants, causing Princess, Half Tusk, and the rest of the herd to run away in panic, noticing the poachers attempting to hunt them down. As Princess attempts to follow along and becomes fearful of the presence of the poachers, she gets her foot stuck on a log underwater. This leads Whispers to save Princess who is stuck in the water, followed by a crocodile swimming towards her and attempting to kill her. Whispers was able to save Princess from the hostile crocodile, causing him to back away and retreat, followed by Whispers pushing the log off Princess' leg. As Whispers tells Princess to swim away, the poachers rush towards the river bank and attempt to shoot the elephants using their rifles. Whispers and Princess submerge into the water to avoid getting shot by the poachers and to this, the poachers all walk away in retreat and disappointment.
With the poachers gone, Princess becomes happy that Whispers saved her life from, saying that it was all his idea of him telling her to hold her breath and stay underwater, realizing that Whispers was right all along and that they were able to fool the poachers. Princess and all the other elephants praise Whispers for being a hero who saved them from the poachers. However, Princess finds a lone elephant walking from a distance who is none other than Whispers' long-lost mother Gentle Heart, who reunites with her son and later becomes accepted into Half Tusk's herd.
==Trivia==
*The way Princess gives Whispers his namesake could be a possible reference to the 1941 Disney animated feature film Dumbo where the Circus Elephants gave Jumbo Jr. the titular namesake during the part when they see his large ears. Unlike Dumbo, who had a real name before being called by his titular namesake, Whispers had no real name.
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