9 Disney Princesses and the Pop Culture High Schools They Would Attend
Here’s a heartbreaking reality: most of the Disney princesses we know and love for their smarts and wit don’t get that credit where it’s deserved. While we follow them on their own heroic journeys, they never really got to take most harrowing and embarrassing journey of them all...high school, of course. So why shouldn’t we send them off on their merry way to schools made famous on TV shows? (Just imagine the mash-up possibilities.) Here’s where we think our heroines would most likely fit in in the world of pop culture:
1/9Aladdin's Princess Jasmine
School: The O.C.’s Newport Union High School
Jasmine was kind of a mean girl, but in a fun way that you could relate to. She was wealthy, beautiful, intelligent, and always there to poke fun at Aladdin when he needed to be set straight. She totally belongs at Newport, where she’d be besties with Summer, plan dances with Marissa, keep street urchin Ryan Atwood in line, and probably teach Seth a thing or two about fashion. Welcome to the O.C., Jasmine: it’s a whole new world.
2/9The Princess and the Frog's Princess Tiana
School: Friday Night Lights’ Dillon High School
Since Tiana was the southern belle of the princesses, it’s only fair she go to the southernmost high school: none other than Friday Night Lights’ Dillon High. Plus, with Tiana’s aspirations to be a chef, this town is perfect: you’ve got the local burger joint, the Alamo Freeze, and the...okay, so that’s pretty much it. Which is why she’d crush it! Plus, Prince Naveen would be the king of any court — or field — of his choosing.
3/9Mulan
School: Awkward’s Palos Hills High School
If you know Mulan, you know she’s basically Jenna Hamilton of MTV’s Awkward: she’s clumsy, she breaks stuff, but she’s a total fearless badass. Jenna and Mulan would be best friends, and Mulan would kill at the extra-curriculars. Worthy to ask, though: would she be team Matty or team Jake?
4/9Pocahontas
School: Teen Wolf’s Beacon Hills High School
If you can paint with all the colors of the wind and get in touch with Grandmother Willow, you’d probably be chill with dealing with a few otherworldly beasts. I feel like Pocahontas would even be down with the idea of a group of werewolf friends, making her perfect for Teen Wolf’s Beacon High. She’s not down with labeling people savages, so she’s the best fit for this school of, er, animals.
5/9Cinderella
School: Gossip Girl’s Constance Billard School for Girls
Oh, Cinderella: you started from the bottom, but now you’re truly here, the most royal of them all. You know Prince Eric went to private school and was a total Nate, so it’s only fair that our princess hits up the most elite school for girls in the city. (Maybe they give out scholarships, if she attends pre-transformation?) You can just picture her on the steps with Serena and Blair, dishing the dirt and stealing their dudes. Plus, much like Blair, she loves a good headband!
6/9Beauty and the Beast's Belle
School: Gilmore Girls’ Stars Hollow High School
Belle, ever the bookworm, would have nothing less for a bestie than our very own Rory Gilmore, so it’s clear that Stars Hollow High is the place for them. Can’t you just picture them exchanging their fave books? I bet Belle would advise Rory against Jess, but then again, she does understand an emotionally-troubled beast.
7/9Frozen's Elsa
School: Degrassi: the Next Generation’s Degrassi High School
Okay, so Elsa needs the cold. And she needs people to build a snowman with. You know what high school never runs out of new friends and is in Canada? Degrassi. That place is an endless cast of characters, with something for everyone. "Let It Go" and “whatever it takes, I know that I’ll make it through” are pretty similar mottos, too, so she’ll be right at home.
8/9Snow White
School: Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s Sunnydale High School
Sunnydale has the hellmouth, a portal for all demons and evil things to crawl out of for the Slayer squad to defeat. Snow White had an evil witch queen, a troop of somewhat magical dwarves, and an entire magic forest at her feet. I feel like Snow White could handle the whole ‘hellmouth’ thing, right? Plus, I don’t think apples really grow in southern California, so she shouldn’t run into any of those issues.
9/9Tangled's Rapunzel
School: Pretty Little Liars’ Ravenswood High School
There’s pretty much no high school with more complications and mysteriously missing blonde beauties than Pretty Little Liars’ Ravenswood. I bet that our trusted brunette sleuth squad would’ve had Tangled’s Rapunzel out of the tower in a hot minute, with the familial drama only adding to the town gossip, as opposed to keeping her cooped up for years. Wait...is Rapunzel A?! Plot twist, you guys. You heard it here first.
