History Film / PrincessProtectionProgram

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:“A princess is supposed to be a girl of exemplary character, a role model. But you, you're not even kind, honest or charitable in any way. You're not even nice. I don't think I want to be your friend anymore.” —Brooke to Chelsea.]]

* BackstabbingTheAlphaBitch: Near the end, Chelsea's GirlPosse, including her second-in-command, Brooke, decide they've had it with her bad attitude and hang out with Carter and Rosie.

* DefrostingIceQueen: A non-romantic example. Carter starts the film being needlessly rude and standoffish to Rosie, from berating her for not fitting in to forcing her to do inventory by counting worms, and finally by being rude to her after she makes Carter and her dad dinner. Over the course of the film, however, Rosie teaches her that there is more to being a princess than how you look, and slowly gets Carter to come out of her shell, as well as befriend her. By the end of the movie, [[spoiler:Carter is prepared to risk her life to save Rosie, and is even invited to her coronation]].

* HeelFaceTurn: Brooke decides to turn her back on Chelsea after [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech telling her what kind of a person she is]].

* HypocriticalHeartwarming: Though Carter openly dislikes Rosalinda at first and picks on her, she does not like it one bit when Chelsea and her mean girl posse humiliate Rosie by having her work at a yogurt shop "for losers", causing Carter to seek retaliation by shoving a frozen yogurt onto the hair of Chelsea's cameraboy for filming Rosie's ordeal.

* InnocentBetaBitch: Brooke, who often have a naive, sweet behavior. Finally she ends up disgusted by Chelsea's attitude and turn her back on her.

* NoSocialSkills: Rosalinda was raised by royalty and as a result doesn't know anything about how American teens act.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: “A princess is supposed to be a girl of exemplary character, a role model. But you, you're not even kind, honest or charitable in any way. You're not even nice. I don't think I want to be your friend anymore.” —Brooke to Chelsea.

* ShelteredAristocrat: Rosie, as shows when she's confronted with everyday high school life and for the first time rides a school bus, eats in a cafeteria, and initially has the attitude that the school employees are "her staff". She can also be a tad obnoxious about this; she seems really confused about the idea of ''sharing'' a bedroom with Carter, rather than her having a claim on that room that is Carter's to begin with... not to mention she seems to expect Carter to wait on her. Once made aware of it, she actively works on the issue though, accompanying Carter to bowling and taking on a job.

* SkewedPriorities: Chelsea's (disturbing) fixation with winning Homecoming Queen leads her to threaten Rosie with blowing her cover if she does not step down from the competition. Granted, she could have asked for something so much worse, but endangering the life of a royal in hiding all for a plastic tiara is at best a bit stupid and at worst irresponsible. Just imagine if the press had gotten ahold of the story: Chelsea would have gone down in history as the sociopath who got Princess Rosalinda of Costa Luna murdered all because she wanted to win Homecoming Queen. Local news would have had a field day.

* AlphaBitch: Chelsea, a very pretty and colossally mean girl who is so [[AttentionWhore obsessively hungry for attention]] that she has to constantly bully Carter and Rosie whenever there's a hint that someone could like ''them'' , and she apparently can boss just about everyone around, not to mention literally ''kicking'' people. Later in the movie though, her enormous influence on the other students crumbles. Then again, with her attitude, one wonders how she was ever popular in the first place.

* SatelliteLoveInterest: So why exactly is Carter into Donny? [[spoiler:He turns out to be a RomanticFalseLead anyway; Carter realizes that he's a dull, self-absorbed bore and gets over him. Though it's still odd that she didn't notice sooner...]]

* BookOnTheHead: {{Parodied}} -- Rosie wants to prove to Carter that being royalty isn't just showing off. Carter goes along with it, learns how to act like royalty, including walking and balancing a book on her head. When she states she just can't believe princesses have to do this, Rosie bursts into laughter and admits she actually never had to do this sort of thing; [[{{Troll}}she was just pulling Carter's leg]].

* AlphaBitch: Chelsea, a very pretty and colossally mean girl who is so obsessively hungry for attention that she has to constantly bully Carter and Rosie whenever there's a hint that someone could like ''them'' , and she apparently can boss just about everyone around, not to mention literally ''kicking'' people. Later in the movie though, her enormous influence on the other students crumbles. Then again, with her attitude, one wonders how she was ever popular in the first place.

* BackstabbingTheAlphaBitch: Near the end, Chelsea's GirlPosse, including her second-in-command, Brooke, decide they've had it with Chelsea's bad attitude and hang out with Carter and Rosie.
* BadJobWorseUniform: The job that Rosie takes in an ice -cream shop require to wear a hat with cow's horns.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Chelsea often have this attitude, particularly when she offer a part time job to Rosie. Chelsea ensure then to sabotage her first day at the frozen yogurt shop.
* BookOnTheHead: {{Parodied}} -- Rosie wants to prove to Carter that being royalty isn't just showing off. Carter goes along with it, learns how to act like royalty, including walking and balancing a book on her head. When she states she just can't believe princesses have to do this, Rosie bursts into laughter and admits she actually never had to do this sort of thing; she was just pulling Carter's leg.

* ChekhovsGunman: Señor Elegante, who is introduced early in the movie as Rosalinda's royal dress maker. Carter later contacts him because she needs his help with her plan to prevent General Kane from capturing Rosie.

--> '''Rosie:''' ''*about the Homecoming prom queen*'' You vote for royalty here?
--> '''Carter:''' We're a democracy; we're into voting.
* DefrostingIceQueen: A non-romantic example. Carter starts the film being needlessly rude and standoffish to Rosie, from berating her for not fitting in to forcing her to do inventory by counting worms, and finally by being rude to her after she makes her and her dad dinner. However, through the course of the film Rosie teaches her that there is more to being a princess than how you look, and slowly gets Carter to come out of her shell, as well as befriend her. By the end of the movie, Carter is prepared to risk her life to save Rosie, and is even invited to her coronation.
* DidYouThinkICantFeel: It's not until Carter arrives at the dance in a beautiful dress that Donny finally notices her. She chews him out for it -- "Before I put on this dress, you couldn't even remember my ''name''" -- and turns him down to go dancing with Ed and her friends.

* EatingLunchAlone: Rosie on her first school day, until Carter's sympathy gets the better of her and she sits with Rosie and explains her a few essential things.
* FictionalCountry: Costa Luna and Costa Estrella. Rosie handwave the fact that Carter has never heard of Costa Luna before because it is so small, without any importance for bigger nations.
* GratuitousPrincess: Rosalinda, the numerous other princesses from all around the world whom she encounters at the PPP, and at High School, she, Carter, and Chelsea are crowned Homecoming Princesses. Chelsea is the only one of them who puts a real value on the crown and title itself, whereas Rosie knows very well that there's a lot of duty and responsibility to being a princess.

* HeelFaceTurn: Brooke decides to turn her back on Chelsea after telling her what kind of a person she is.

* HonoraryPrincess: Chelsea, Rosalinda and Carter become the three finalists for the Queen contest of the homecoming dance, and receive princesses' tiaras. Chelsea [[AlphaBitch doesn't deserve hers much]], and Rosie was already a princess by birth. So, she helps Carter to have the princess attitude, and at the dance, [[spoiler: Carter goes so far as trying to sacrifice her freedom in exchange for Rosalinda's. The latter affirms that, with this heroic act, Carter became a real princess.]]
* HypocriticalHeartwarming: Though Carter openly dislikes Rosalinda and picks on her, she does not like it one bit when Chelsea and her mean girl posse humiliate Rosie by having her work at a yogurt shop "for losers", causing Carter to seek retaliation by shoving a frozen yogurt onto the hair of Chelsea's cameraboy for filming Rosie's humiliation.

* InterclassFriendship: Rosalinda as a Princess of a small nation and Carter the bait shop salesgirl.
* IrrationalHatred: Carter has this, rather inexplicably, towards anything related to princesses. [[DefrostingIceQueen She gets over it.]]

** Carter at first as she is quite condescending to Rosie for her lack of knowledge and her InnocentlyInsensitive attitude, not to mention her extreme prejudices against anything associated with princesses. She eventually [[DefrostingTheIceQueen grows]] for kinder as the film goes on and she becomes friends with Rosie.
** Chelsea, who humiliates Rosie and ruins her and Carter's prom dresses, treats her co-students like her personal slaves, tries to make the prom all about staging her big entrance, and eventually blackmails Rosie.
** Donny, who easily goes along with all of Chelsea's behavior and asks Rosie out in front of Carter while he knows perfectly well that Carter has had a crush on him for years. He also takes fish bait for free from Carter but then doesn't keep his end of the bargain they'd agreed on, to take Carter to school in his car.

* LoveTriangle: Carter, Donny, and Rosie. Despite Carter's interest in Donny, he shamelessly attempts to charm Rosie and openly flirts with her and to make matters worse, asks Rosie to go to the dance with him instead of Carter while Carter is standing right next to her. Though surprised by this sudden offer, Rosie willingly turns him down for Carter's sake.

** Also, from the beginning of the film, Carter has to (unsuccessfully) compete against mean girl Chelsea for the affections of Donny, who doesn't even remember her name nor even bother to stand up for her when Chelsea picks on her. [[spoiler: By the end, she comes to realize Donny's not worth it and rejects him at the dance when he finally takes an interest in her when she's dressed up.]]

* MeaninglessVillainVictory: At the prom, a soaking wet and angry Chelsea still manages to take back "her" Prom Queen crown from Carter and Rosie, despite her obvious humiliation. Rosie tries to stop her but Carter tells her to let it go. It's not that much of a victory, as Chelsea has pretty much fallen from grace in the eyes of all of the school, and Carter really doesn't need a crown for her self-esteem to function.

* SatelliteLoveInterest: So why exactly is Carter into Donny? [[spoiler:He turns out to be a RomanticFalseLead anyway; Carter realizes that he's a dull boor and gets over him. Though it's still odd that she didn't notice sooner...]]
* ShelteredAristocrat: Rosie, as shows when she's confronted with everyday High School life and for the first time rides a school bus, eats in a cafeteria, and initially has the attitude that the school employees are "her staff". She can also be way obnoxious about this; she seems really confused about the idea of ''sharing'' a bedroom with Carter, rather than her having a claim on that room that is Carter's to begin with... not to mention she seems to expect Carter to wait on her. Once made aware of it, she actively works on the issue though, accompanying Carter to bowling and taking on a job.

* TurnTheOtherCheek: According to Rosie, this is one of the principles by which a princess is supposed to live, which she demonstrates when she doesn't lash out against Chelsea for humiliating her. Carter, on the other hand, isn't having any of that, aptly pointing out that ''she'' isn't a princess.

* WitlessProtectionProgram: The climax happens because Chelsea figures out that Rosie is Princess Rosalinda of Costa Luna from reading a magazine article and like the AlphaBitch she is, then calls up her country to let them know where Rosalinda is and they can come take her away so she can be unimpended as the dance queen, without knowing (or caring) that Costa Luna is undergoing a coup and Rosie is in the United States for [[AndNowYouMustMarryMe a very good reason]].

* TheBadGuyWins: In a way. At the prom, a soaking wet and angry Chelsea still manages to take back "her" Prom Queen crown from Carter and Rosie, despite her obvious humiliation. Rosie tries to stop her but Carter tells her to let it go. [[MeaninglessVillainVictory It's not that much of a victory]], as Chelsea has pretty much fallen from grace in the eyes of all of the school, and Carter really doesn't need a crown for her self-esteem to function.

* LargeHam: General Magnus Kane, big time, with exaggerated pronounciation and dramatic gestures every single second he's on-screen. His [[ChewingTheScenery attempts at grandeur]] make it hard to take him seriously.

** Also, from the beginning of the film, Carter has to (unsuccessfully) compete against mean girl Chelsea for the affections of Donny, who doesn't even remember her name nor even bother to stand up for her when Chelsea picks on her.

* NoDressCode: Shows up on the prom, only with Chelsea as the other girls are dressed just fine, but with her, it's really extreme: She wears a strapless pink mini-dress, so mini that the skirt doesn't reach even halfway to her knees, and the top part barely holds her bust. This is supposed to be a [[AgeInappropriateDress sixteen-year-old]] girl.[[note]]Even though actress Jamie Chung was 25 at the time.[[/note]] Even for a prom, there are certain lines a High School would draw.

* SupremeChef: Rosie, to Carter and her father surprise. Turn out she knows how to cook, thanks to her mother who taught her family recipes. It's due to the queen was raised as a peasant, suggesting her story with the king was of the [[UptownGirl Uptown Boy]] type.

* VillainousBreakdown: Chelsea suffers a pretty nasty one as her demeanor crumbles almost instantly the second Rosie wins the crown. She completely gives up her facade of being fake nice to the point that she confronts her and starts becoming a freaked out basket case while demanding she get the crown for herself (to the point that this continues even after she falls into the pool).

''Princess Protection Program'' is a Disney Channel original movie starring Music/SelenaGomez and Music/DemiLovato. When a tiny country is caught in a power struggle with its royal family and a military dictator, [[BigBad General Kane]], who wants power for himself, the young Princess Rosalinda (Lovato) is taken into custody by the Princess Protection Program. She is whisked away to rural Louisiana where she must learn the ins and outs of behaving like a normal American teenager. In the process of adapting to her new life, Rosie gives her new friend and roommate, Carter (Gomez), a few lessons in how to act with royal aplomb.

''Princess Protection Program'' is a Disney Channel original movie starring Music/SelenaGomez and Music/DemiLovato. When a tiny country is caught in a power struggle with its royal family and a militaristic dictator, [[BigBad General Kane]], who wants power for himself, the young Princess Rosalinda (Lovato) is taken into custody by the Princess Protection Program. She is whisked away to rural Louisiana where she must learn the ins and outs of behaving like a normal American teenager. In the process of adapting to her new life, Rosie gives her new friend and roommate, Carter (Gomez), a few lessons in how to act with royal aplomb.

* CoolLoser: Carter is pretty, even before [[SheCleansUpNicely she puts on a ballgown]], quite a witty girl, and seems to be liked well enough at her school. The sole justification why she's considered a loser by the upper elite of students is her unglamourous job as the bait shop salesgirl and that she doesn't put too much effort into her everyday looks.

* SupremeChef: Rosie, to Carter and her father surprise. Turn out she knows how to cook, thanks to her mother who taught her family recipes. It's due to the queen was raised a peasant, suggesting her story with the king was of the [[UptownGirl Uptown Boy]] type.

* BadJobWorseUniform: The job that Rosie takes in ice -cream shop require to wear a hat with cow's horns.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Chelsea often have this attitude, particularly when she offer a part time job to Rosie. Chelsea ensure then to sabotage her first day at the ice-cream job.

* FictionalCountry: The Costa Luna and the Costa Estrella. Rosie handwaves the fact that Carter never heard of the Costa Luna because it is so small, without any importance for bigger nations.

* InnocentBetaBitch: Brooke, who often show a naive, sweet behavior. Finally she ends up disgusted by Chelsea's attitude and turn her back on her.
* InstantExpert: Rosie master bowling almost immediately, to everyone astonishment.

* BadJobWorseUniform: The job that Rosie takes in ice -cream shop require to wear hat with cow's horns.

* AlphaBitch: Chelsea, a very pretty and colossally mean girl who is so obsessively hungry for attention that she has to constantly bully Carter and Rosie whenever there's a hint that someone could like ''them'' , and she apparently can boss just about everyone around, not to speak of literally ''kicking'' people. Later in the movie though, her enormous influence on the other students crumbles. Then again, with her attitude, one wonders how she was ever popular in the first place.