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[[File:pink_peachpink peach.jpg|link=Super Mario Bros.|rightframe|<small>[[Added Alliterative AppealAlliteration|Picturing pretty pimped Princess Peach playfully posing passionate pink.]]</small> ]]
 
 
{{quote|"Make it blue!"|'''Merryweather''', ''[[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Sleeping Beauty]]''}}
 
Describe '''{{color|pink|PPrincesses Prefer Pink}}''' here.
 
In fiction, odds are that [[EverythingsEverything's Better Withwith Princesses|royal princess]] will have a pink dress or outfit [[Ermine Cape Effect|she wears most of the time]]. It could be anything from a [[Modest Royalty|simple frock]] to a [[Pimped -Out Dress]].
 
If the pink is barely noticeable, it doesn't count. A significant part of it has to be pink. It could be the skirt or the bodice is almost all pink, or there is a lot of pink trimming in almost every part.
 
[[Rose -Haired Girl|Pink hair]] and makeup alone don't count (they can be included though). Jewelry does, as long as it's obvious it's pink without requiring a closeup.
 
Again, it has to be an actual princess to fit this trope, by birth, marriage, adoption, etc. Yet this can include fantasies of being a princess (as long as we see the fantasy) or someone playing one in a show, play, or something else.
 
The probability for wearing pink does get higher for a [[Princess Classic]], and lower for a [[Lady of War]] or [[DaddysDaddy's Little Villain|an evil princess]]. Also a [[Winter Royal Lady]] wouldn't wear pink as a princess, since that's obviously not a winter color.
 
As a little point of interest, it should be noted that actual princesses were more likely to wear blue. This was because pink was considered a masculine colour due to it being a shade of red.
 
A [[Sub -Trope]] of [[Pink Means Feminine]].
 
Compare [[Graceful Ladies Like Purple]], [[Woman in White]], [[Color -Coded Patrician]], [[True -Blue Femininity]].
{{examples|Examples}}
 
== Anime & Manga ==
* Lacus Clyne is nicknamed "Pink Princess" in ''[[Gundam Seed]]'' for her clothing habits... That is, before she gets dubbed "[[Red BaronSobriquet|White Queen]]", "[[Fan Nickname|Evil Queen of ZAFT]]" and "[[Fan Nickname|Darth Lacus]]".
** Relena from ''[[Gundam Wing]]'' wears pink somewhat often, but the [[Yaoi Fangirl|crowd]] that [[Die for Our Ship|doesn't like her]] tends to [[Real Women Never Wear Dresses|treat this like a bad thing]].
** Also applies to some of the mechas in ''Gundam SEED'': Cagalli's Strike Rouge is the Strike Gundam colored pink, and Meer's pink ZAKU, called "Zaku Warrior Live Concert Version", though it was only used as a stage prop for one of her concerts, and never pilots it herself.
** The standard female outfit of the Earth Federation in the original [[Mobile Suit Gundam]] is pink. One of the girls wearing said outfit, {{spoiler|Sayla Mass}}, happens to be a princess(Sorta, considering {{spoiler|the Zabi family userping Zeon and everything}}.
* Princess Allura/Fala from ''[[Voltron]]''/''[[Go LionGoLion]]'', whether it's her [[Pimped -Out Dress|grand dress]], jumpsuit, swim suit, or pilot uniform. She wears blue in the sequels, however, to match her Lion.
** Amue wears a pink [[Mini -Dress of Power]] in the climactic battle.
* [[Slayers|Princess Amelia's]] most often-worn dress for diplomatic duties is a frilly pink one, and she's seen wearing it in several episodes of the anime and in supplementary materials. Her regular traveling outfit also has pink touches on it.
* Rare Eastern-stylized example: Konoka from ''[[Mahou Sensei Negima]]'' during her princess moments often wears a pink ''kimono''.
* Lucia, the main character of ''[[Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch]]''.
* Fine, one of the two titular princesses of ''[[Fushigi BoshiFushigiboshi no Futago HimeFutagohime]]''.
* Chibi-Usa in ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' wears a pink sailor senshi costume and has pink hair. As the daughter of the future queen, she's by definition a princess. Her princess dress in the anime is white and identical to her mother's, but the manga has her break away from her mother and fall into this trope, with a pink cherry-blossom-evoking dress instead.
** It's generally assumed that while Usagi's image is associated with silver and white, all of her powers result in huge pink blasts of light (if they aren't moon-shaped or rainbows), including her transformation sequences up until Eternal -- sheEternal—she's pink on the inside.
* Nia Teppelin from ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'' starts wearing a pink, princess-y dress with golden shoulder armor, then goes on to have a pink hoodie, and a pink, one piece dress after the timeskip.
* May Chang from the manga ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' is a a Xingese princess and wear a mainly pink outfit.
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** It helps that they both have hair in different shades of pink.
** Don't forget Nunnally, who also has a (very) pink dress.
* Even though she doesn't live as one, [[Project a KoA-ko|C-ko]] is an alien princess who wears pink often.
* The princess of the low budget Korean ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' knock-off ''[[Protectors Of Universe]]'' (sic).
* Princess Millhiore F. Biscotti of ''[[Dog Days]]'', so much she should provide the page picture. Her hair is pink. Her eyes are pink. Her [[Kemonomimi|ears and tail]] are pink. Naturally, her dress is pink. She's more pink than color pink itself.
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== Films -- Animation ==
* ''[[Sleeping Beauty (Disney film)|Sleeping Beauty]]'': Aurora's dress ends up in some color war in the movie, but in [[The Merch]] for the [[Disney Princess|Disney Princesses]]es, it's usually pink. It's likely to distinguish her from ''[[Cinderella (Disney film)|Cinderella]]'', another blonde with a blue iconic dress. (Cinderella's dress in the movie is white and silver, but blue worked better for the [[Colour Color-Coded for Your Convenience|colour-coding]]). Many of the older fans prefer the blue it is for the majority of the movie. Occasionally it is colored purple in [[The Merch]], but that's unlikely to happen anymore with the newest purple-wearing blonde [[Disney Princess]], Rapunzel.
* One of [[The Little Mermaid|Ariel]]'s [http://bri-chan.deviantart.com/art/pink-makes-ariel-cry-52697915 dresses] is pink. At the parks, though, Ariel wears a turquoise dress.
* So is one of Belle's from ''[[Beauty and The Beast (Disney)|Beauty and Thethe Beast]]''. This is less of a straight example than the others, however, since she wears three different dresses in the course of the film and only one is pink; her usual outfit is blue.
* Even Giselle's dress in the Mucha-esque opening sequence of ''[[Enchanted]]'' is pink, and in the "real world," she does craft herself a pink dress.
* Charlotte, the princess-wannabe of ''[[The Princess and Thethe Frog]]'' wears pink ''[[Invoked Trope|because]]'' of this trope.
* Rapunzel from ''[[Tangled]]'' primarily wears a lavender dress as her main outfit, but at the end of the film, she wears a rose-pink dress.
* Princess Irene, in the animated ''[[The Princess and The Goblin|The Princess and the Goblin]]'', wears a dark pink dress.
* Maid Marian, in the animated ''[[Robin Hood (Disney film)|Robin Hood]]'', wears pink. She's not technically identified as a princess, but in this version she is stated to be the King's niece, so it's more or less implied.
* Eilonwy from ''[[The Black Cauldron (Disney)|The Black Cauldron]]''.
 
 
== Films -- Live Action ==
* After Buttercup becomes ''[[The Princess Bride (Filmfilm)|The Princess Bride]]'', she is seen wearing five different dresses, one of which is full-on pink; another is a sort of peachy-pink.
 
 
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== Live Action TV ==
* In Disney's ''[[Princess Protection Program (Film)|Princess Protection Program]]'', the Princess requests a pink silk nightgown, and a pink gown she wears at one point is actually a plot-point.
* Ahim de Famille in ''[[Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger (TV)|Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger]]'' takes this a step further; she's a former princess who serves as this season's Pink Ranger.
** She wouldn't be the first [[Added Alliterative AppealAlliteration|Pink Ranger Princess]], though. [[The Archer|Mei]] from ''[[Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger]]'' is the princess of the Risha tribe.
 
 
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* [[Barbie]] is largely an aversion to this. Despite all the pink associated with her normally, when there is a princess doll, even if it's labeled as some kind of princess, her clothes are rarely pink.
** One of the times she does is Anneliese, of "The Princess and the Pauper".
** And in ''[[Barbie and Thethe Diamond Castle]]'', her character Liana has a fuchsia dress after her princess upgrade.
* Many princess-related toys will likely be pink.
* While not ''officially'' a Princess (though she might as well be; she rules her country by birthright and.. um... hair right... and doesn't seem to have parents), [[Lady Lovely Locks]] is just about the most frilly pink girls' toy there was in the 80s. It was, in fact, her signature color, with her two handmaidens generally being characterized with blue and yellow, and the antagonist of her various stories, Duchess Ravenwaves, with purple.
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== Video Games ==
* Peach from ''[[Super Mario Bros.]] 2'' onward.
** And the official art for the first game.
* [[The Legend of Zelda|Zelda]] wears a pink dress in [[Zelda II: theThe Adventure of Link|the second game]], something which is made more clear in the [[All There in the Manual|instruction booklet]] than the game itself. Judging by some of the promo art from [[Zelda Classic|the original]], her dress there may have also been pink, although its in-game color is whatever color Link is wearing. In ''[[Ocarina of Time]]'' her dress was mostly pink, and subsequent games in the series usually have her wear a gown with pink accents.
** Zelda wears blue in the original release of ''[[A Link to The Past]]'', as shown in the manual and promo art; the actual in-game sprite appears dressed in more of an off-white. However, her updated pink dress in the GBA remake is an exact copy of what she wore in the Japanese box art of the [[Older Than They Think|original SNES release]]. Just [http://www.zeldawiki.org/File:Princess_Zelda_ALttP.png compare] [http://www.zeldawiki.org/File:Link_To_The_Past_Remake_-_Princess_Zelda.png them].
** In ''[[Spirit Tracks]]'', being possessed by Zelda causes a Phantom to turn pinkish-grey, instead of its normal grey.
* For bonus points, ''[[Super Smash Bros.]]'' features both Peach ''and'' Zelda in their pink dresses (even if the latter has it as an alternate costume in ''Brawl'').
** In [[The Legend of Zelda (Animatedanimation)|the animated series]], Zelda wears a pink nightgown [[Fluffy Fashion Feathers|trimmed with feathers]], and a pink bathing suit.
* The 16th main installment of the ''[[Beatmania]] IIDX'' series is subtitled "Empress." It has a very, very pink user interface.j
* Even in ''[[Persona 4 (Video Game)|Persona 4]]'', Yukiko's shadow is a pink-wearing princess.
* Estelle from ''[[Tales of Vesperia (Video Game)|Tales of Vesperia]]''.
* ''[[Ace Attorney]]'' has the [[Show Within a Show]] ''Pink Princess''.
* The red team's ''[[Fat Princess]]'' prefers pink. The blue team's princess prefers baby blue.
* Princess Kara of ''[[Illusion of Gaia]]''
* Played with with [[Our Vampires Are Different|Remilia Scarlet]] in [[Touhou (Video Game)|Touhou]]; '''1.''' She's not a princess, however, there are several noble or royalty motifs to her (her theme is called "Septette For The Dead Princess/Queen", she is called [[Red BaronSobriquet|"The Queen/Empress Of The Night"]], she owns a mansion that is [[Bigger Onon the Inside]], has hundreds if not thousands of Fairy servants, often displays a remarkable, charismatic facade whenever she's not being a [[Bratty Half -Pint]] in personality, and '''2.''' Her dresses ''used'' to be white. They became pink after she spilled enough blood on her dresses to stain them too much for them to ever become white again. This is because she has, surprisingly for such a powerful vampire, little appetite for blood and is also a messy eater. However, this quirk is responsible for spawning her ''other'', most widespread of her titles: ''[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|The Scarlet Devil]].''
* Alyssa from ''[[Gungnir]]'', otherwise known as Princess Alessandra Dlacroa, dresses mostly in pink and red and wields a giant lance covered in big pink roses.
* One of the unlockable characters in ''[[Rayman Origins]]'' is a Teensy Princess. Not only is her dress pink, but her ''crown'' is pink as well!
 
 
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Last Res 0 rtRes0rt]]'''s HRH Adharia doesn't just prefer pink, Adharia IS pink -- wellpink—well, all the fur except her mane is, anyway.
** Her preferred color in clothing actually seems to be purple/lavender. Of course, given her fur, this may just be a way of avoiding [[Tastes Like Diabetes|pink overload]].
* Speaking of which, there's also a pink-furred queen in ''[[Dan and MabsMab's Furry Adventures]]'', who specifically says [http://www.missmab.com/Comics/Vol_145.php she does not need to get any pinker.]
* The aptly-named Princess from ''Castleveina RPG'' has a pink dress as her standard adventuring gear. This is lampshaded later in the comic when in a side panel she meets Princess Zelda (disguised as Sheik) and learns to transform into her other outfit (a green comando-esque outfit dubbed "Metal Gear Princess" by the creator) and back.
{{quote| '''Princess:''' I have this great pink dress...<br />
'''Sheik:''' Of course you do. It comes with the territory. }}
* ''[[Girl Genius]]'' has Zola, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070427 who appears to be trying to deliberately invoke this trope]. Even her airship is [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070507 pink]... ''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070511 very pink]''. Doubles as a subversion since Zola is an impostor and the real princess doesn't wear pink. This rather [[Berserk Button|pushed her into bouts of cold seething]] and inventing for "[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090417 miss pinkie psycho pants]" new epithets, each including the "pink" part. Even her [[Death Ray]], both the gun and the actual ray, are pink.
* Silvia from ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20171212154432/http://www.goldcoincomics.com/ Gold Coin Comics]''.
* The Elven Princess from [https://web.archive.org/web/20111108141758/http://xawu.thecomicseries.com/comics/17/ Xawu]
* Firmly averted in ''[[The Fourth (Webcomic)|The Fourth]]''. Lord Skärva has [[Genre Savvy|set up a room in his castle]] for Princess Veronika since he kidnaps her quite a bit. Her reaction to being locked in it is "Ugh. So much pink."
 
 
== Western Animation ==
* The princess from ''[[The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland (Film)|The Care Bears Adventure in Wonderland]]'' has a pink dress (save for purple trim and [[Symbol Motif Clothing|several white hearts]]), and [[Requisite Royal Regalia|pink cape]] (save for [[Pretty in Mink|white ermine trim]] and a red heart clasp).
* Aelita of ''[[Code Lyoko]]'' is often argued to be the "princess" of Lyoko, to the extent of it being her official nickname. And she does have quite a thing for pink.
** To the point of having a pink cell phone and a pink laptop. Oh, and ''pink hair''.
* Princess Peregrine of the ''[[Storm Hawks]]'' episode "Royal Twist".
* While the real Princess Yue in ''[[Avatar: The Last Airbender]]'' averts this (she wears purple), [[Lampshade Hanging|the Ember Island Players]] rendition plays it straight.
* Princess Bubblegum from ''[[Adventure Time (Animation)|Adventure Time]]'' is actually [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|part human, part bubble-gum]], so not only is her dress pink, but ''everything'' is, right down to her skin and hair.
* Princess Lana on ''[[Captain N: theThe Game Master]]'' wears a pink ensemble as her everyday outfit.
* Zelda, on the [[Animated Adaptation]] of ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', normally averts this trope, as her day-to-day garments are mostly blue and brown; however, in the water park episode, she wears a pink bathing suit. Spryte, the [[Fairy Companion]] who is also a princess, plays the trope ramrod straight and wears pink all the time.
* Piggy, on ''[[Muppet Babies]]'', lives and breathes this trope. Not only is her everyday outfit pink (as is she, being a pig), but whenever she plays "Princess Piggy" as part of the babies' big imagination project of the episode, she's decked out in full pink [[Princess Classic]] costume. (The only princessy exception was the ''[[Star Wars]]'' spoof, in which she was dressed like Princess Leia).
* Gwenevere on [[Princess Gwenevere and Thethe Jewel Riders]].
* Princess Paw Paw of ''[[Paw Paw Bears]]''.
* Princess Celestia in ''[[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic]]'' is a very light shade of pink, closer to white. More prominent in her toy versions. Averted by Princess Luna, whose colour-scheme consists of blues and purples, and played straight by [[Canon Foreigner|new]] Princess Cadence, [[Up to Eleven|whose body and part of her mane are both pink]].
* While Princess Allura in the original [[Voltron]] played this trope straight, in the 2011 sequel [[Voltron Force]] she averts it - both her civilian wardrobe and Voltron Force uniform are colored primarily in shades of blue, the color of her Lion.
* In a 90s ''[[X-Men (Animationanimation)|X-Men]]'' episode, Jubilee is telling a [[Fairy Tale]] with [[Universal Adaptor Cast|many of the characters in the show]], including Scott as a prince and Jean as his princess, and she did wear some pink (but mostly purple).
* ''[[Transformers Generation 1]]'': A [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Fairy-tale_princess princess] in [http://tfwiki.net/wiki/Nightmare_Planet Daniel's dream world] wears a pink medieval-like outfit.
 
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