Toon Talk Special: Favorite Disney Romantic Couples (Part 2 of 2) - Feb 14, 2005

Toon Talk Special: Favorite Disney Romantic Couples (Part 2 of 2)
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THE TOP 10 DISNEY ROMANTIC COUPLES

An ape-man and an English noblewoman.
Two dogs from opposite sides of the tracks.
A lowly street rat and an exotic beauty.
Divorced parents reunited by their loving daughters.
A Native American maiden and a British captain.
A bookworm and a monster.
A man and a mermaid.
A couple of princes and princesses.
And the most famous cartoon couple of all time.
These are the top ten Disney Romantic Couples:

ALADDIN and JASMINE

Film: Aladdin (1992)
Voice Actors: Scott Weinger and Linda Larkin
“Their�? Song: “A Whole New World�?
DVD: Available

He wants to raise his lot in life, while she wants to escape hers. They meet cute on the streets of Agrabah, spending their first date outwitting the palace guards. When he returns in the guise of “Ali Ababwa�?, she’s suspicious of this “preening peacock�? of a prince, but goes on a magic carpet ride to a “whole new world�? anyway. “It’s all so magical!�? she exclaims. You’re telling us.

SNOW WHITE and PRINCE CHARMING

Film: Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Voice Actors: Adriana Caselotti and Harry Stockwell
“Their�? Song: “One Song�?
DVD: Available

Boy, that wishing well works fast: one minute she’s wishing into its depths for “the one I love�?, and the next a charming prince is serenading her with his “one song, only for�? her. Circumstances separate them, but she never forgets him, crooning of the “someday�? her “prince will come�?. And return he finally does, with perfect timing, as love’s first kiss is sorely needed for a happily ever after.

TARZAN and JANE PORTER

Film: Tarzan (1999)
Voice Actors: Tony Goldwyn and Minnie Driver
“Their�? Song: “Strangers Like Me�?
DVD: Available

The last thing the prim and proper Miss Jane Porter ever expected to find on her African adventure was a wild man in a loincloth, let alone fall in love with him. He loves her too … after all, he’s never seen another human being before. He struggles to fit in with these “strangers like�? him, but in the end she accepts him for who he is, joining him in the treetops of the jungle for one final mighty yell.

MAGGIE McKENDRICK and MITCH EVERS

Film: The Parent Trap (1961)
Actors: Maureen O’Hara and Brian Keith
“Their�? Song: “For Now, For Always�?
DVD: Available

Sharon McKendrick and Susan Evers, two identical strangers, meet at camp and eventually deduce that they are, in fact, twin sisters, separated at birth by their divorced parents. They plot to get mom and dad back together by switching places. But after all their plans, the two grown-ups rediscover their love on their own, over a bowl of beef stew and cornbread, and wedding bells are soon ringing again.

POCAHONTAS and JOHN SMITH

Film: Pocahontas (1995)
Voice Actors: Irene Bedard and Mel Gibson
“Their�? Song: “If I Never Knew You�?
DVD: Available May 3rd

Two cultures clash, yet love is found, in this early American-retelling of the Romeo and Juliet story. At first they (literally) don’t understand each other, but once they “listen to their hearts�?, their eyes are opened to the possibilities of the New World and all the “colors of the wind�?. Like the Shakespearean classic, their forbidden love leads to tragedy, the only couple in the top ten that does not end the movie together.