Frederick

* Current (17)
* Child (12)
* Toddler

### Curse

Doesn't have a real one but feels his inferiority among the royals of his family is akin to one - based onEpisode 33; while not technically a curse, his words could become true later on (supersititious knowledge kind, the revealator) as the story progress;
also the least lucky character in the series

### Family

King Leland (father)
Queen Isolde (mother)
Prince Blaine (oldest brother)
Prince Lance (older brother)
 Unnamed grandparents

**Prince Frederick** is the youngest of the Plaid Princes which dubbed very often as the Fairy Tales Bookworm Nerd, and the deuteragonist (as some episodes are narrated from his point of view which him as the part of the Plaids) of the series.

## Appearance

Frederick is seventeen, making him the youngest Plaid Prince. His skin color is fair with a slight pink tint, and can become as red as a tomato when blushing or embarrassed. He has large (pretty, as dubbed by Gwen the first time she described him), bright green eyes, like the color of summer vegetation. An exception to this is when his eyes are shown as grey for a comedic exaggeration of his expression of being in disbelief at Episode 90. He has "permanently cowlicked" golden blond (although they have the same hair color, Leland has called his hair as "vomit-colored") hair that is made up towards the left, while some of it falls in bangs over his forehead; his hairstyle is described by the Cursed Princess Club to be "like a broom that dried at the wrong angle". He is the shortest Plaid brother, and has a much more slender and boyish figure than his siblings. His slim physique after imprisonment by his father makes him able to pass through the space of iron bars right before he prepare for incoming invasion that his kingdom planned to Gwen's kingdom - which Leopold in disbelief by saying "*no man's shoulders could be so narrow and undefined as to fit through those bars...*". His father at Episode 33 even saying him as "malnourished little body", and so many characters calling him as little - with example as Leopold and Leland.

Frederick does not have much variation in his outfits, but shown in throughout the series to wear different outfit than his Plaid jacket. Like his brothers as the Plaid Princes, he mainly wears the trademark Plaid Kingdom jacket, light grey pants, and a pair of black boots. His jacket is green (the color he is associated with most often), and he buttons it up to his neck, making him distinct from his brothers, who leave their collars open. There's some occasions where he shown to not wear his jacket properly - like to opening it to taking item inside (like book, gala ticket and the lucky charm of newt eyeball), ripping his sleeve, or use it like robe. After Season 4, part 2, he takes off his jacket and only wears his plain white undershirt instead, leaving it partly unbuttoned at the top. His nightwear consists of pajamas made from the same material as his shirt. He also wears a green tie and sleeveless olive overcoat over his shirt while hiding out in the library during Lance's birthday party. At the Gala, he wears a costume similar to that of the Little Prince's, which is known in the CPC universe as "The Tiniest Prince" (or "the Little Prawnce" in the physical book). The outfit consists of a green onesie with a light golden scarf, and a wooden sword.

In terms of facial expressions, Frederick is one of the most expressive characters in the Webtoon. His expressions are often exaggerated for comedic purposes, since he often finds himself in hilarious/depressing situations. He is also shown to blush terribly and act shy around Princess Gwendolyn as the series progresses. Interestingly, when he's in private situation or to be alone - his facial expression is often to become more soft and subtle than when he's in public.

## Personality

Frederick is introverted and very shy, unlike his older brothers Blaine and Lance; it is noted that, for many years, he had no friends until he met Gwendolyn and the Cursed Princess Club. His past experiences at boarding school have led him to have a highly negative view of the world, especially when it comes to himself. His self-esteem is low, as he feels he is an underachiever - or, in his own words, a failure and a loser - compared to his brothers, who have achieved much more in academics and fighting, racking up accolades aplenty. He often second-guesses his worthiness in a lot of things and generally has a very self-deprecating attitude. Frederick tends to jump to conclusions regarding appearances, but he's humble enough to rethink his observations and can thus change his perspective toward others. He is noted to have an active imagination, especially when thinking about witches, the angel of fortune, monsters, and a giant serpent; he also has a frequent stutter. This resulting to most of people didn't believe about what he saying, even if he try to gives emergency warning to Beckett about the incoming of the Plaid Troop.

As in the invasion arc (Season 4 part 2) where Prez gets sick as too dizzy to leads others, she asks someone to takes the rein which decides to be Frederick even when he initially refused as claims that he didn't even believe in himself. Despite has a very low self-esteem, his lead of delegations for Cursed Princess Club, the Princels and the Pastel Guards are very easy to understand. He leads Aurelia to melts the pourtcullis of the main entrance of the Pastel Palace, make everyone doing preparations before bursting inside the palace, and establish "makeshift aid station" to let the allies get much needed rest or first aid treatment that performed by Syrah. Frederick at Episode 158 daring Blaine to kill him, it showing ambiguous personality of him either merely hissing to his oldest brother to stop - or he has passive suicidal ideation that didn't mind to die even in the hand of his own brother. Another concerning personality of Frederick is that he has trouble to distinct realities with fictions, while he likely hyper aware of his surrounding as seems to be the only one that aware that all these years the portraits in Plaid Palace is haunted which make him deeply scared over ghost and haunting soul.

Due to his belief that he is a failure, Frederick dreams of finding the 'angel of fortune' that will save him and pull him out of the 'hole that he is buried in', like the protagonist in one of his favorite stories. He was disappointed when he was betrothed to Gwendolyn, as she didn't match his expectations of the 'angel' that would rescue him. Still, he managed to see Gwendolyn for who she really is especially from his interaction with Jamie (which encouraged him to learn more about Gwen first and not be too quick to judge) and Whitney (that helped him realize what he actually wants is to reach Gwen as honestly as the way he is). Later on Frederick realizes that Gwen is indeed his angel of the fortune, but he needs to protects her instead his initial belief that the angel of the fortune should come to saves him.

Since Frederick was a child, he has loved reading. His love for it was amplified during the traumatic experiences he had to deal with when he was younger and attended St. Cerulean's Military Academy for Royal Boys, where his classmates used to bully him for his love for books instead of fighting. During his time at boarding school, checking out books from the library to escape into their fantastical worlds was the only thing he could do to feel comfortable. Frederick hid his love of books by not answering when the Pastel Princesses asked about it the first time. However, after receiving a copy of "The Tiniest Prince" from Gwen, he let her borrow one of his favorite books - "The Man and the Angel of the Fortune" - which was returned to him at Lance's Birthday Party. He loaned a book again to Gwen with the title "Dogyssey" as his means of asking her out to the Bippity Bop Gala with hiding the ticket inside the book; however, Gwen didn't realize the ticket was meant for her and returned it right back to him. Frederick hopes to become a hero that could be loved by his family, friends and kingdom.

A unique detail about Frederick is that he the only character in the series who is depicted with an "inner child" persona. The first appearance of his inner child persona (wearing the uniform of the boarding school he went to as a child) was in Episode 70; it appeared after his meditation with Whitney that helped him realize what he wants. The second appearance of this persona was after the gala (wearing the Tiniest Prince outfit) at Episode 132, his inner child mimicking the pose that he held, crouching in guilt realizing that he's hurting Gwen at Jamie's Wake as Gwen overheard him calling her very ugly. In the first appearance, the words that his inner persona utters are "Failure" and "Loser". In the second appearance, the words are "Serpent" - "Monster" - "All Your Fault". Interestingly, the chest in the second appearance of his inner child looks like will closing Frederick himself compared to the first appearance of inner child that has the chest opened.

### Frederick's Characterization Gallery

Frederick's thought at the academy, Episode 34Frederick's hope, Episode 145Frederick lifting his inner child persona from the chestFrederick inner child first appearance at Episode 70Frederick's inner child persona second appearance mimicking his guilt after learning the truth at Episode 132
## History

### Pre-story

Frederick is the youngest son of the Plaid King and Queen. Due to "a weak constitution", he was homeschooled when he was young, and spent the majority of his childhood by himself. However, he didn't mind being alone because he could immerse himself in the worlds of his books, his favorite being "The Tiniest Prince".

When Frederick turned twelve, he was enrolled mid-semester at St. Cerulean's Inter-Kingdom Military Academy for Royal Boys, the military academy his father and the Pastel King attended as teens. While he was at first excited to meet his classmates, the boys there thought he was a loser for his love of books and bullied him. One night, they locked him in a chest, ripped his books, and destroyed his room and belongings. Their nickname for him was 'Sunflower', and years later, imagery of sunflowers still trigger his memories from the school. When his classmates weren't bullying Frederick, they completely ignored him, and for the most part, he was alone during his time at the academy. He once tried writing home to his father for advice, but his reply was "*Sink or swim, son*", written in what appeared to be blood.

Over his time at school, instead of parting with his 'loser' hobbies, Frederick began escaping into them more and more. He became particularly attached to one story he found about a man who lived in a deep hole in the ground. He couldn't get out no matter how hard he tried, making him the laughingstock of the village, until a beautiful and radiant angel of fortune came to rescue him. With the angel by his side, the man finally gained respect from the other villagers, and enough courage to kill the giant serpent that had threatened the village. He became known as a hero and lived happily ever after with the angel of fortune by his side. Frederick enjoyed this story because the protagonist's initial situation reminded him of his own, and he read it over and over to comfort himself with the belief that, someday, he would be saved. However, as his years at boarding school went on, he became more cynical and started to believe that this was a stupid ideal.

Frederick eventually graduated with the skill of administrative support, but - unlike his brothers - without any achievements, to the anger of his father. From there, he continued to sink below his brothers in his worth as a prince. He was completely content with this - after all, why try to impress the people who had looked down on him all his life when he could look down on them? However, this would change when he learned he was engaged, and thought it was to Prince Jamie because of his beauty. He was genuinely excited to meet his fiancée, but when he learned it was actually Princess Gwendolyn he was horrified, believing that her appearance would drag him even further down socially.  He's initially icy to Gwen until gets warmed up with encounters from various people like : Jamie, Leopold, Whitney, Syrah and the CPC.

## Relationships

### Gwendolyn

*Main article: Gwendolyn/Frederick Relationship*
Frederick is engaged to Princess Gwendolyn of the Pastel Kingdom, but Gwendolyn broke it off to support their siblings' engagements, and remain only friends. Frederick thought Gwendolyn was “ugly” at first, and didn’t want to marry her. He was convinced she was an immortal witch trying to haunt him. The glass of newt eye-balls that Gwendolyn accidentally gave him didn’t help either, making him even more terrified of her. However, Frederick developed feelings for Gwendolyn over time due to her delectable cooking, kindness, giving him his favorite childhood book, and her saving Frederick from falling despite him hurting her hand. She was always kind to him regardless of the way he treated her. Almost all intimate interactions between him and Gwendolyn have involved situations where he was not 'a proper Plaid Prince' - like when he got his jacket's sleeve ripped, his trademark green plaid jacket got disheveled in some way, or not wearing his plaid jacket. He has admitted himself that going his own way might be the only right way to reach Gwen. Frederick realized that Gwendolyn was his “angel of fortune” through his dream, but she could only do so much, so he decided to pull himself out to protect himself and Gwen. He soon realized he had feelings for Gwendolyn, so he decided that he would fight for her and ask her to the gala.

Frederick was quite determined to talk to Gwendolyn and ask her to the gala, so he followed her through the forest and into the Cursed Princess Club. Frederick truly cared about Gwendolyn, so he was willing to protect her by going out to look for Renée in the storm for her, as well as enduring the interrogation of some angry cursed princesses. When Gwendolyn blamed herself for Frederick being stuck in the forest, being frightened and injured, being ”burdened” with all the club’s conflicts, being made to promise to keep the club and the forest a big secret, and for Frederick helping Gwendolyn with spreadsheets and contingency budgets, Frederick stopped her and told her that he was doing this because he wanted to, since he liked her. Once he finally asked Gwendolyn to the gala, he was quite elated because Gwendolyn accepted the invitation.

Frederick also desired to attend the dinner party because he found Gwendolyn’s cooking to be amazing, and Gwendolyn was willing to invite him, too. But, he told her it was best to keep the guest list as small as possible, which meant not inviting Frederick. However, it turned out that the Plaid family would be coming over to the dinner party, too. That shocked Frederick because he thought he told Gwendolyn to not invite anybody else to keep the dinner list as small as possible. Still, he would bring his good-luck charm that Gwendolyn accidentally gave him, and hope that the dinner party would go well. He also attempted to give Gwendolyn flowers at her dinner party, but her father intercepted them, much to Frederick and Gwendolyn’s shock.

During the party, Frederick showed concern for Gwendolyn, as he noticed that she seemed nervous whenever they interacted. So, he attempted to assist her by giving her some hors d'oeuvres, which helped her realize that she should also let go of perfection and enjoy herself, too. And even though he had never enjoyed being at parties before, Frederick realized that getting to help Gwendolyn with her dinner party had been a little fun for him. He also told her that Gwendolyn had given him a lot and he wanted to show his appreciation. He then proceeded to show his good-luck charm to Gwendolyn and told her that he appreciated the charm she gave him, which made Gwendolyn give Frederick a weird look, nonplussing him. Later, he was happy that he finally got to consume Gwendolyn's apple pie. He also acknowledged that he was an awful brat to her back then, to the point of him not even desiring to recall some of the things he thought about her, but that he now felt quite different. He was then going to bring up certain questions he had about Gwendolyn, but decided not to, since she was already asleep. Frederick was mortified when Princess Maria teasingly suggested that he should carry Gwendolyn to her bed, along with King Jack savagely roaring "WHAT?!". While he was doing yoga, he thought to himself that he was hoping to get to talk to Gwendolyn after dinner, but was also glad that her club carried her up to get some rest. He then hoped Gwendolyn and the club were okay wherever they were.

On the Plaid family's way home, it turned out that Frederick was possibly sad that he didn't get to talk with Gwendolyn before they left. At the 124th Annual Artgyle Festival, Gwendolyn got Frederick's attention. He told her that his mother couldn't stop talking about Prince Jamie or her apple pies, and then invited her to go to the exhibit with him. At the Sugar Crystal Room, he was about to interrogate Gwendolyn about herself because he wanted to know more about her before Gwendolyn gave him his actual gift. However, he wanted to keep the newt eyeballs because he likes both the newt eyeballs and Gwendolyn, and even if all his questions were answered, his feelings for her wouldn't change. He also called her beautiful. Frederick then realized that there was something that he needed to know about Gwendolyn, which is if he hurt her when they first met, and he asked her about what he did wrong. After Gwendolyn told him that he did nothing wrong, he leaned in before Gwendolyn screamed in terror and pushed back, prompting him to think that he was a filthy criminal.

### Blaine

Prince Blaine is Prince Frederick's eldest brother. Blaine looks down on Frederick (along with everyone else who never seemed to support him), makes fun of him for being the family failure (according to little Frederick), and gets annoyed by his overactive imagination. Frederick resents him, and thinks that Blaine’s Fan Club is annoying, calling it "a bunch of doo-doo". When Frederick ditched his brothers because he was done trying to be like them, Blaine was angry because he had spent a week planning the serenade for him. Even though it was revealed to the brothers that Frederick had conversed with Gwendolyn without their help, Blaine still '*humph'*ed at Frederick in disapproval. When Frederick introduced his friend at Gwendolyn's dinner party, Blaine expressed his surprise, annoying him. Later, Frederick giggled at Blaine when Whitney gave him criticism on his posture, but was frightened when an enraged Blaine heard him, causing him to apologize. When King Leland told Blaine that Frederick was on his way up, Blaine was shocked, while Frederick was happy.

Despite how negatively Blaine acts towards Frederick, he does seem to care about him. This was shown when Blaine looked happy for Frederick over the fact that he thought Frederick was going to marry the "youngest daughter" in the portrait (since "she" looked "lovely"), felt remorse for pushing Frederick too hard when he was assisting him, and stood up for Frederick when Lord Leopold was about to take Princess Gwendolyn away, which would help Frederick realize his feelings for Gwendolyn. Blaine also searched for Frederick when he was missing, even forfeiting a piano competition to do so - which surprised Frederick, since the piano competition meant quite a bit to Blaine - and supported Frederick when he was dueling Leopold to fight for Gwendolyn, and he helped him plan on how to ask Gwendolyn out. And, despite being disappointed that Frederick took back the gala ticket when Gwendolyn handed it back to him thinking it was an "important bookmark", Blaine was generally proud of him for doing something and pushing all the way through.

### Lance

Lance is Frederick's other elder brother. At first, Frederick thought Lance didn't care about him and looked down on him (along with everyone else who never seemed to support him). However, although Lance sometimes treats him the same way as Blaine does, like Blaine, Lance also seems to care about him. He remarked that he was glad to see Frederick happy over the fact that he was engaged to the "youngest daughter", he was concerned about Frederick after he knocked him out, and felt remorse for pushing Frederick too hard when he was assisting him. Lance also searched for Frederick when he was missing, supported Frederick when he was dueling Lord Leopold to fight for Princess Gwendolyn, and helped him plan on how to ask Gwendolyn out. When it was revealed to the brothers that Frederick had managed to talk to Gwendolyn by himself, Lance was happy for him and rubbed his hair with joy, much to Frederick's detriment.

Frederick seems to care about Lance, too. When he was snarfing down Gwendolyn's pie, Frederick attempted to get him to stop eating the pie, which would imply that he was trying to save Lance, for he may have thought that Gwendolyn's pie could have been poisoned. On their way to Gwendolyn's dinner party, Lance slapped Frederick on the back and told him to look at the cows,. Frederick was irked by this, and later, when Blaine and Lance expressed their shock that Frederick had a friend, he was even more annoyed. After the dinner party, Frederick approached Lance to tell him that their mom had requested for them to take Antoinette on a walk before they get in the carriage; however, Lance's response was picking up and carrying him and Antoinette out of joy, which greatly surprised Frederick. At the Prison Hole, Frederick asks Lance if he truly loves Lorena but Lance keeping shut to never answering him.

### Prince Jamie

When Frederick first saw Prince Jamie in the portrait, he was elated because Frederick thought that Jamie was his angel of fortune who had come to save him, as he was extremely “beautiful“. However, once he realized that Jamie was a prince, he did not desire to be engaged to him and he did not want to get closer with him. Still, Jamie makes sure that nobody interferes with Gwendolyn and Frederick's engagement. When Gwen ate the poisoned apple, Jamie immediate thought it to get Frederick to wakes Gwennie up with the true love's kiss - which the reason for him to join force with Leopold and Isolde to find clues about the whereabout of Frederick which imprisoned by Leland at the secret prison in Leland's Study Room. Jamie gives Frederick reason to escape from the prison, which that Gwen needs him - through the thick prison wall that makes Frederick mistaken Jamie's talk to magical entity of his imagination "the angel of the fortune". Jamie, along with Leopold, reunites with Frederick and the Cursed Princess Club that although late as the Plaid Troop already invade the Pastel Palace - they still have chance to saves the Pastel Princesses especially Gwen that self-struck with 'eternal slumber' curse. Jamie pleads Frederick to gives "true love's kiss" to Gwen so she could awaken, which Frederick against the idea because he didn't like to kissing someone that passed out and desperately wants another option. Jamie then remembers that Unnamed Witch told him there's another way to reaches Gwen in her dreamscape which with the "witch way" involving a magical portrait that entrapped Lilyth's soul inside.

### Leopold

Frederick first met Lord Leopold at one of Prince Blaine's competitions, and Frederick saw him again at Prince Lance's birthday party, "hitting on" Princess Gwendolyn. At first, Frederick felt like he didn't want Gwendolyn to go with Leopold, but also felt like he had no right to stop her. He later realized that he should fight for Gwendolyn, thanks to Whitney, and therefore should challenge Leopold. Since he thought Leopold was the “serpent”, Frederick challenged him to a painting duel, so he could ask Gwendolyn to the gala; however, if Frederick lost, he wouldn’t be allowed to see Gwendolyn again. After the duel, Frederick was grateful for Leopold for forfeiting the match and conveyed his remorse for calling Leopold a “serpent” by apologizing to him. Leopold then gave Frederick some advice about Gwendolyn before he tried to invite her to the gala with him. After he failed, however, Leopold wished he had just “kicked his butt.” Leopold join force with Jamie and Isolde to finds the clues about Frederick's whereabout that mysteriously gone as got punished by Leland

### Whitney

Frederick and Whitney are good friends. Frederick was thankful for Whitney for being (intimidatingly) hospitable to him and Laverne, letting Frederick camp out with him when he was lost, and helping him realize that he needed to see Princess Gwendolyn, protect her from the "serpent", and ask her to the gala. When Frederick heard his story and learned that he tried to kill someone, he was a little shocked and disturbed. Despite this, he felt like he could still relate to what Whitney said sometimes, and was grateful towards him. When Whitney asked Frederick if he wanted to meditate with him again, he accepted, though he thought it was slightly strange to meditate at that time. He was also shocked to see Whitney at the dinner party, but he seemed to have accepted him as a friend, as he said that Whitney wasn’t with Gwendolyn’s "school", but with him, and they were seen talking on their way to the dining table. Even if Frederick only stated that Whitney was his friend to prevent getting the CPC in trouble, he also acknowledged that they truly were his friends, and was happy about it. When it was time for Frederick to leave, he apologized to a distraught Whitney, as they didn't finish the meditation. At the Bippity Bop Gala they're meet again and exchanging greetings, which also taking a portrait with the CPC members - this portrait is the reason for Frederick could escaping his prison cell because Laverne becomes horny seeing Whitney again as the portrait somehow could be lifted upstair on Laverne's level. Whitney invites Frederick for his Slumber Party and when the Plaid Troops incoming, he quickly go along with Prez (Calpernia) and Curtis to rescue the Pastel Princesses especially Gwen from the invasion of Plaid Kingdom. Whitney puts himself between Frederick and Blaine as he fears that Blaine will do something to Frederick. Whitney also trying to defend Frederick from Blaine with trying to reasoning with words, but the attempt is failed. Whitney later on leads the were-spider Prez to makes a path for Frederick so in the midst of chaos, still could reaches Gwen which upstair. As Frederick goes to the door, Whitney cheering Frederick as reaches the door.

### Prez (Calpernia)

When Frederick first encountered Prez in the Cursed Princess Club territory, he thought she was simply a normal princess who was part of the Cosmopolitan Princess Conservatory, and was fairly polite to her and the other princesses. After she and the other members revealed they were cursed and started attacking Frederick, however, Frederick was reasonably frightened by them all. Regardless, he wouldn’t let them stop him from finding Princess Gwendolyn and asking her out to the gala. He promised to keep the Cursed Princess Club a secret because he realized that it was important to them. Some time before Frederick and Gwendolyn went back to the Pastel Palace, Prez apologized to him for her violent actions towards him, and despite his shock at learning she had spiked his drink, Frederick forgave her. That, as with some other kind actions towards Frederick, caused him to acknowledge that the members of the Cursed Princess Club were kind in their own way. He tried to help the CPC with Gwendolyn's dinner party, and he hoped the club and Gwendolyn were okay wherever they were.

### Princels

Princels first meeting him when Frederick bringing llamakärt with Laverne inside and then mocking him from the windowsill as "dork". As Princels interested to help simply because they could take down Blaine that becomes part of the Plaid Troop, they reunite with the CPC that laughing at the silly defense of Lorena's Project and then laughing hysterically together - until a giant boulder leads everyone to run for safety. When Jamie and Leopold reunites with the CPC and telling that Gwen can't running for safety right now as she's currently 'sleeping' due to eating the poisoned apple - the Princels are in sadness about Gwen's predicament that they're dubbed as the best princess. When Jamie pleads to Frederick so he could gives true love's kiss and then Frederick tells that he disliking the notion, the Princels are getting mad at Frederick as assuming that Frederick thinks he's too good to kissing Gwen - when that's not the case.

### Aurelia

Aurelia's first impression towards Frederick is that she's pitying him which she tells to Gwen at Episode 61 but Gwen didn't understand what Aurelia means.

### Maria and Lorena

Both of the elder Pastel Princesses are technically his future sisters-in-laws

## Quotes

"Uh, hi everyone. My name is Frederick, and... I thought there was a third daughter...?"

"...THAT WAS YOUR DAUGHTER???!!!! B-b-but... That can't be... The portrait.... I mistook his son for the youngest daughter??!!! I just thought the youngest daughter was an evil spirit haunting the portrait!! *it happens all the time with the portraits in our palace!*"

"***H-HUH?!!!*** Listen! I'm trying to tell you all that even if I did, um, k-k-- ***do** it, it wouldn't wake her up!!* The last time I saw her, everything fell apart, a-and she HATES me, okay?!! And she should! I said unforgivable things about her!! I called her ugly-- --And I said she was the short end of the stick, a-and that she looked just like the haunted portraits in our palace, and-- Uhhh... so... When I first saw a portrait of the Pastel family, I-I didn't think Gwen was one of the princesses... ...because I thought she looked identical to the spirit that haunts all the portraits in our palace just like that spell told us about. *Jeez, what the heck was wrong with me..."*

"Uhh, ***actually***... i just remembered... We promised we'd check in with father before we agree to anything. So we should really be heading out about now..."

[whispering to Blaine and Lance] "*Will you please just along with me??!"*

"Lance, no! Put that down! ***OW!!*** STOP GRABBING ANOTHER SLICE!!!"

"Lance, take one!! These have to last for everyone until dinner's ready!"

"I don't think I like this tradition..."

"*Thank you.* That's what I said last time..."

"*N-NO--!* It's just-- I mean, I don't think kissing passed out people should be a thing...!! Isn't there any other way besides that?!"

"NO, what I would *like* is to go home!! My ***problem?!!*** My problem is that you and Lance got beautiful fiances, and well, I got the short end of the stick! Well yeah, I know But... it was the portrait! Remember? We *all* thought Prince James was a princess!"

"*WHY ARE YOU LYING?!!!* I ***KNOW*** you did we looked at the portrait, *and* when we saw him in person! You and Lance were entranced by him! *@!#$%@#...* Compose this, you jerk!!! What??! No, of course I don't want to date a prince, Blaine!! No, she's not! She's NOT lovely, and you *know* that!! For once, just get off your high horse and admit it!! She looks nothing like the rest of her family!! And... And well, Gwendolyn is... is... *REALLY UGLY!!!*"

[monologue] "From what I've read in books, people seem to think that if you're a member of royalty, you must feel blessed. But if literally everyone you've been allowed to to associate with, and are constantly comapred to, is also of royalty and is better in every way than you... it feels more like **a curse.** Yep, compared to everyone around me, I'm simply a loser. I'm well aware that I'm not perfect like Blaine. And I'm not as strong as Lance."

[mind] "I realized I had vastly underestimated how cruel my fate could be. This wasn't the angel of fortune from the fairytale I read. She did not come to save me. At worst, she was a witch from a different type of fairytale, and she had come to bring me a life of horror and despair. Or at the very least, her physical appearance would not bring me admiration but would instead drag me deeper down into the hole as the village loser."

"being kind doesn't count for anything in this world. So I'm sorry Gwendolyn. Even if we are arranged to be together, I can't give you anything you need. And there's simply nothing of real value that you could--"

[mind] "Ok.. you're exhausted. You've been through a lot today... And this is the hardest part. But just dig up every drop of determination you have left, and you'll make it through!!"

"SHE.. IS DEFINITELY... **A WITCH!!! I'M NOT MARRYING A WITCH!!!"**"

"Fine, well Blaine’s Fan Club is still a pile of doo doo."

[mind] "Why is the little old lady the scariest one?!!"

"*WILL YOU PLEASE BE SELFISH, GWEN??!* Stop and think of your own safety!!! And if you can't,... Well then I'll go instead!!"

"T-then, hurry! Tell me what's her thing?! A demon tail? Fly eyes?"

"Gwen, stop! I'm doing this because I want to! Because... ...I like you."

"No no, adding extra guests adding eats your budget and complicates things at every execution. It's good to keep the guest list as small as possible"
"I'll just look forward to hearing all the details later... um, at the gala."

"Oh. He's not with them. H-he's with me. Sorry. I thought we were allowed to bring friends tonight."

[mind] "Just a few months ago, I would have never wished to encounter any cursed people outside of a story book. And when I did, I thought they were monsters at first. To be fair, they **were** attacking me... And yet here I am now... really happy to get to be their friends... I don't think any of that would have ever happened if I hadn't met Gwen..."

"Oh... Well, I've never enjoyed being at parties before. But... getting to help with this one has been kinda fun. Besides, you've given a lot too, Gwen. And... I dunno, it makes us wanna show our appreciation..."

[on the jar of newt eyeballs] "...I really appreciate this charm too, Gwen."

[mind] "Mmm..... I can't believe I get to finally taste Gwen's apple pie...!! I missed my first chance on the day we all met the Pastel Princesses... I was such an awful brat to her back then... I don't even want to recall some of the things I thought about her... Now, I feel a lot different..."

[monologue] " \**Sigh*\* Give me a break... Is it supposed to be this difficult to talk to the girl I like?! It feels like there's always something standing in my way to make my life miserable. ...Did I do something to deserve all of this?! I thought once I figured out what I wanted... ...and pulled myself out of the hole I was in,... ...I would reach Gwen, and everything in my life would fall into place. Just like in that fairy tale. But now it seems more like the other book I lent Gwen, where the protagonist has to battle monster after monster for a whole decade until he gets his happy ending. I can't do that!! *even if it IS in dog years...!* How does that little guy find the strength to keep going anyway...?! Maybe Blaine's right. Maybe I'm getting in my own way by being torn between doing things the Plaid Prince way or doing things my own way. Deep down, I've always felt like a loser because I wasn't as impressive (as) my brothers. I thought that if I could just be stronger like them, or more popular like them, I'd finally be accepted. And I'd be happy. But when I *did finally* get attention from people who only ever noticed my brothers,... ...it didn't make feel the way I thought it would. And the more I try to approach Gwen while holding onto this urge to be like them... ...the more horribly it all seems to go. I just want to be myself with her. ...And that's not a feeling I've really had before... But am I really going to turn away my brothers' support, after so many years of wanting it? *\*Sigh\**... I really wish I could ask someone for advice right now... Wait. What would that Whitney guy say...? ...Well, he'd probably tell some digusting, oversharing story from his past. But after that,,, ...he'd probably tell me i need to sit and make some room... I know what I need to do!! Blaine and Lance, thanks for all your help, but I need to try to do things my way now!! I need to complete my own Dogyssey, no matter what monsters I have to face, starting with this guy right-- --Uh... where he'd go...? Well that was easier than I thought...! Maybe I'm actually a lot closer to the end of my journey!! I'm gonna go talk to her now-- Ah, she's walking away! Wait... ...She's not going inside her palace? ...? ...Where would she be going right now with all that stuff? Huh...? She's walking down *there*?! Into that forest that looks *very* clearly haunted...?! Well, I've already made my choice, and I don't want to back down anymore. So I guess... ...Here I go."

"But it made me realize that the closer I get to her, the less I actually know..."

"Every time I've seen Gwen, I try to learn more about her and come away somehow knowing less."

"At various points in time, I've thought that she was a witch, an angel, or a cursed princess. I just need to reach out... and ask her, right...?"

"I think I've also realized something else really important while being in there. I think I've been reading the fairy tale wrong this whole time. Gwen **is** my angel of fortune. She reached out to lift me from the hole I've been stuck in for so long... both in real-life and my dream. But like she said, she can only do so much. I'm the one who ultimately had to pull myself out. I thought the angel was supposed to lift me up, protect me, and give me courage... but it's the other way around. I want to lift myself up and have courage so I can protect **her...!**"

"Did I do something to hurt you when we first met?**"**

"T-this is all happening so fast… "

"I'M A FILTHY CRIMINAL, LOCK ME AWAY!!!"

*"How do you travel to and from the forest several times a week?!"*

"No, Gwen you're wrong! I think you're beautiful"

"Huh... I- I can do that. ...Thanks, Lance"

"Aurelia did most of the leg -- er, tongue work, but we're still gonna need a lot of force to make it!"

"Something about what you've doing right now -- ***THIS*** is an act!

"...T-then... ...THEN KILL ME BLAINE!! Kill me now, then I'll stay down *for good*, just like you want!!"

"...I wasn't the hero at all. I was the one responsible for all for all of her sadness... ...and all of her pain ...But now, it seems like I've been on the wrong side the entire time. --Except I can't really say *that* either, ...because even **they** didn't want me!!" When will I stop deluding myself with these stories... I'm not a hero or a villain. I'm nothing but a **loser**. Just like Blaine said. And the only place I deserve to be is here, at the bottom of the--"

"If I just sit here... ...that means I don't get to see her again. And I don't want that!!"

"I get to choose my story! And in my story, I AM the hero, and I'm gonna pull myself out and reach Gwen!!"

"I am strong! I am big! **I AM** A PLAID PRINCE"

"...I was the Tiniest Prince all along."

"I am the Tiniest Prince... I am the Tiniest Prin--"

"Well *sorry* if a mission to save the princess is to boring to you--"

"I-I-I'm trying...!! but for some reasons, my legs won't move anymore... ....I-I think it's because... I know that something up there is waiting for me... ...Something I'm terriefied of..."

## Notes & Trivia

* Frederick has appeared twice on the cover of CPC's OST albums: the first together with his brothers (on the 2nd volume's cover) and the second by himself at the outskirts of the Pastel Kingdom (on the 5th volume's cover).
* Frederick appears to be ambidextrous, since he often changes the hands he uses to carry things.
* Frederick specializes in administrative support. His knowledge was immensely helpful to Gwen while she was planning her dinner party.
* Fredrick is actually a lot stronger and powerful and clever than he ever realizes :
	+ Since he was able to carry Laverne from the Plaid Kingdom to the Pastel Kingdom, while going uphill the entire way. Llamas can weigh from 290 to 440 pounds, or 131.542 to 199.581 kilograms - with the pampered lifestyle that Laverne had, and her thick fur, she could weigh over 200 kg.
	+ He survives literal fall from tall cliffs that predicted to be at least 23 feets that in reality could kill anyone instantly, during CPC got Intruders!
	+ He's able to beat the carriage race as being the winner (albet not knowing it) by making turns of him with Laverne that he lures with CPC gala portrait.
* "Frederick" is a masculine given name with the meaning "peaceful ruler" - Origin: German.
* Sunflowers trigger Frederick's memories of the time he was bullied in military academy, as "sunflower" was his bullies' nickname for him.
* Based on psychology analysis as the youngest Plaid Kingdom prince that expected to be 'manly' on his father's standard, he experiences mental health issues as:
	+ Severe inferiority complex that make him feels like getting cursed among Royals as what's he acknoledge internally himself at Episode 33.
	+ Experienced all 3 kinds of bullying (verbal, physical, social) by Frederick's Bullies at his time studied in St. Cerulean's Military Academy for Royal Boys.
	+ Intense self-hate as well as hating the whole world around him, which tragically told by Isolde as one of the most observant person - to indirectly learned it from her. It's only when he slowly opens up as getting nudged by Jamie to try learn more about Gwendolyn, with the catalyst trigger is his surprise encounter with Whitney that lets him to realizes that painful feelings he experiences are valid - so it's means could happen to anyone and that's okay to tells it.
* According to Blaine, Frederick tends to run a bit flat while singing - this make him singing in note similar for a requiem instead romantic serenade.
* Frederick is involved in a number of running gags, including:
	+ Descriptions of his hair style. This began in Episode 20, where Gwendolyn badly failed at explaining how it was shaped. In Episode 83, it was then said to be "like a broom that dried at a weird angle".
	+ Him falling down a cliff at the Pastel Kingdom, usually followed by him saying “I HATE THIS STUPID, HILLY KINGDOM!”. This running gag turns to be irrational if puts the science logic behind the height of the cliffs, as in nutshell is the ridiculousness of Frederick to always be fine as keep falling from tall cliff. At the CPC intruder arc, Frederick quickly standing up and following Gwen to the CPC after earlier just falling from a cliff with the height of 23 feets (predicted).
	+ Him camouflaging himself as part of the plantain nature so he go unnoticed, be it by him holding props of seaweed, or bringing a pair of shrubs to hold so he won't be noticed when sneaking around - twice. The last camouflaging action also helps Prez (Calpernia), Whitney and Curtis that following his lead to sneaking in to the Pastel Palace unnoticed by any of the Plaid Troop Soldiers.
* There are three books acknowledged by Frederick as his favorites - the fairytale about a man trapped in a hole and the angel of the fortune, the Tiniest Prince (changed to the Little Prawnce in the physical book), and the Dogyssey. LambCat's interview tells that Bonus Short Ep. 4 where Frederick dreams about the giant serpent which mysteriously seen as someone that he recognized - it's the huge foreshadowing for Frederick's final main confrontation in the series.
	+ Each of them reflect his arc in a different way:
		- The fairytale depicts his initial vision for how he'd get out of his own hole, a younger Frederick finding the story comforting. Later in his development, Frederick notes that maybe he's been "reading the fairytale the wrong way" this whole time, as he comes to a certain revelation.
		- The Tiniest Prince/the Little Prawnce is a reference to the real life book, *The Little Prince*. There's a chock full of symbolism that can be drawn from the parallels with Frederick and the Little Prince. See: the bonus shorts, and everytime Frederick thinks about it. In Episode 145 he even admitting himself as 'the tiniest prince' because his small stature enabling him to slip past the prison bars as he pulled upward by Laverne. The main antagonist in the Little Prince is **The Giant Serpent** which weirdly recurring to appear in Frederick's dream of his other favorite tales, and based on the story of "The Little Prince" makes the prince needs to get bitten by the snake in order to reaches his lover, the Rose, as he returned back to his home.
		- The Dogyssey is a reference to another real book named *The Odyssey* by Homer*.* This is a story of Frederick realizing what he actually wants. And now that he knows what he wants to do, he has to fight for it - the monsters of the Dogyssey representing the obstacles he meets along the way to reaches his angel of the fortune (Similar to how Odysseus's adventure, where he had to face several obstacles to go back to his homeland where his loved ones there, Ithaca).
* Frederick's jacket is waterproof, as evidenced by him used it as a makeshift umbrella for Gwen while it was raining at the CPC. By this logic, his brothers' jackets are also waterproof.
* Frederick seems to be the only character that understand what Laverne talking as in several episodes, Frederick shows communicating with Laverne as he clearly knows what she talks about with in-series universe there's off-speech translations. The clear example is when Laverne bleating after get insulted by Leopold as wishing for Frederick to avenge her, and then Frederick tells Laverne to not gets hope up (because he feels he can't beats Leopold in art duel).

## References

1. ↑ Episode 33
2. ↑ Episode 34