The Real Ages Between these Disney Couples

Who among us doesn’t love Disney movies? It seems like pretty much everyone had a favorite that they grew up watching over and over again. Most classic Disney movies give us a love story at the film’s center. Consequently, those of us who grew up watching a Disney movie over and over again also ended up with a favorite Disney couple of all time. Sure - these days, it becomes easier and easier to see how some of these relationships may have been a bit problematic, and as time passes, the newer movies tend to have fewer… weird elements to their central romances. But, let’s be honest - how many of us have really thought about how old our favorite Disney princes and princesses are? And, by the same token, how do we know the part these animated couples’ age gaps really play on their relationship dynamics? Well, we got very curious about all of this, and we went searching for the answer to our burning questions: what are the age gaps between our favorite Disney couples, and does it change how we feel about them. Well, as it turns out, plenty of the Disney duo age gaps are very different than we might have previously imagined. And, it’s safe to say that - yes - some of these age gaps are very, very strange. Luckily, though, plenty of our fave couples remain as unproblematic as ever after being faced with the age test. If you’re curious to find out how your favorite did, this is the video for you.
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Chapters:
00:00 INTRO
00:16 Rapunzel and Flynn Ryder
01:01 Anna and Kristoff
01:22 Anna and Hans
01:53 Ariel and Eric
02:30 Tiana and Naveen
02:55 Cinderella and Prince Charming
03:15 Snow White and Prince Florian
03:40 Hercules and Meg
04:11 Linguini and Collette
04:30 Mulan and Li Shang
05:15 Tarzan and Jane
05:59 Princess Aurora and Prince Phillip
06:34 Belle and the Beast
07:09 Aladdin and Princess Jasmine
07:34 Pocahontas and John Smith
07:48 OUTRO
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[@helmenhjelmen1955]

These age gaps arent crazy. At least in this version of sleeping beauty she didnt wake up pragnent with her pirnce charming.

[@DaddyWolf35]

True

[@drummergirl2319]

*pregnant *prince Also, the original fairytale is even weirder. She's raped by the king while out cold and gives birth to twins, only waking up when her son sucks some flax that had been stuck in her finger because he was looking for her nipple to nurse.

[@CassieReynolds-se7rh]

Ummmmmmm da hell?

[@whybhavi]

@@CassieReynolds-se7rh yes that's how it goes in the og tale

[@nadii4ever]

Damn

[@gabriellebowman2520]

And now I can see why the evil Queen wanted to keep Snow White's beauty hidden, not only becuz she feared she'd surpass her in beauty but also to keep her away from creeps twice her age

[@taiyabazaheer9492]

😂😂😂😂

[@robynsteele1862]

Actually Snow White and the prince were only 18/19 . The rumor of the prince being 31 started as a joke. But even in the old fairy tale the ages of the two are with in 6 months of each other’s age.

[@superduperfanman2761]

That’s not true in the actual tale of Snow White was 7 and in the Disney movie she was 14 if she was 18 she would be able to rule the kingdom and their was no way the queen was gonna let that happen

[@gabriellebowman2520]

@@superduperfanman2761 exactly, and god only knows how old the prince was the original tale

[@elalien777]

Snow White is 14!!!!!!!!!!!!🤔

[@tannerwhitt4488]

These age gaps might seem creepy due to the difference of the times. My grandmother at 17 married my grandfather 34, and no one had a problem with it. This is because women's youth and ability to have many children were prioritized by men, while a mature and well off man who could raise a family was prioritized by women. They truly were different times.

[@dogenjoyer2480]

I still find it pretty creepy but yeah times were different

[@rabidbitch]

it's only creepy because current society (especially Americans it seems who have the tendency to call everyone who find someone under 21 attractive pedophile which is lol) finds it creepy. my grandmother was 20 years younger than my grandfather and it was natural then, even endorsed

[@lissia5014]

My Great grandmother was married at the same Age as your grandmother! She was born in 1933 and still Alive today, and she married at 17 in 1950

[@user-cx1rq9bg8d]

I still don't think its "ok"

[@bluetickbeagles116]

It makes sense in the nature of reproduction. Women can pump many out when starting early.

[@joseeavi224]

actually in the Disney version the prince of Snow White is 17 years old, it is in the original story that he is 31 years old

[@Riya-qe1ns]

Still quite a wide age gap

[@BroadwayGirl42]

No she is 14 in Disney’s version too

[@tp_exe]

well in the actual books......She was supposedly 7 💀💀

[@alemere22]

@@tp_exe whattttttttttttttttt😅

[@conceptdesigns4100]

@@Riya-qe1ns3 years is a huge gap??🤔

[@AtarahDerek]

Eugene is 23 in the film, NOT 26. Although he thinks he's 22. He turns 26 halfway through the third season of the sequel series, when Rapunzel is 20 1/2 (each season of TTS ends on or very near Raps' birthday). So there's a 5 1/2 year age gap between them, not an 8 year gap.

[@user-vu4yv2yd9d]

Precisely, thank you.

[@vere878]

Well thank god

[@DJPJmusikk]

Was thinking the same.

[@aviyagrace]

WOW. Thats great observation. Yeah i also thought he was 23

[@gegelast]

They are going based on the original plan, they changed it in the show.

[@ms.milliner]

According to Tangled the Series Eugene was 23/24 in the movie as he was turning 26 in the middle of the third season when Rapunzel was 20 years old.

[@ms.milliner]

@Fesmond Nuunyango He's about 5 and a half years older than Rapunzel 😐

[@Storm-bv7pc]

Yup. Tangled the Series is completely canon, and I will fight anyone who says it isn't.

[@dawnjensen6560]

Exactly what I was going to say. The animated series reveals so much about him.

[@skaterbaddie9476]

Yeah you are right and actually the father of eugene reveals his birth name horse and he is one year older in the series rapunzel go for 19 to 20 and eugene is 27 at the end of the series his real age

[@rockstarmk141]

Yesss

[@LailaFriz-cz7mh]

Well remember at the end of Tangled Flynn said “After years of asking and asking…” he asked Rapunzel for years and finally she said yes to marry Flynn. So she might’ve been about 25 maybe when they got married

[@mariajlg5607]

Actually, it was stated and confirmed by the book “The Art of Walt Disney” that Prince Florian (from Snow White) is 18. Not 31.

[@opheliebell22]

Still illegal

[@sparkz4778]

The fact that tiana was that hardworking and awesome at 19 makes me love her even more

[@summerrose8110]

Naveen was just 20, funny how reactors always bash him by making it seem like he had nothing to offer just because he's privileged. In case people conveniently forgot, when we first see Naveen, he's very spontaneous and charismatic. He doesn't take life for granted. I adore Tiana, but people like forget SHE HAS FLAWS TOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Her flaw was being boring, actually Naveen said it perfectly,"Stick in the mud". And he's right, then they BOTH learn something from each other. Tiana taught him how to be responsible, Naveen taught her to let loose. But no reactor I've seen likes to say that they just think Tiana is perfect with zero flaws and have no problem bashing Naveen just because of his gender. The entire point of creating a character is making them flawed so they feel like humans. Tiana is human while she has good qualities, however she DOES have flaws. Flaws are great they humanize the character. I would have been pissed if the writers tried to write the ship by trying to making Tiana flawless and make her an accidentally flawed character with no awareness of her faults. If they had done that, Tiana would not be likable she'd be the arrogant one. I could write a list of my favorite characters and how their flaws make them great and layered people. It's called good writing to give characters flaws because character development is key in fictional writing.

[@brandynbeverly9401]

@@summerrose8110 anyways

[@brandynbeverly9401]

Facts

[@earthangel3747]

The only black princess was a frog the whole movie. Disrespectful. And she had to be a hardworking, lower class girl in a time where she's looked down upon. Why couldn't it be about any of the empresses of Africa? There were a myriad of abundant kingdoms that they don't even talk about

[@vang-toulee8351]

@Earth Angel why does it have to be an empress of Africa to showcase strong black woman? Her background makes the whole movie and the dynamic of their relationships, because she is hardworking, strong, and responsible working lady. An empress would not have those qualities or showcase them as Tiana does because they lead very different lives. Her dreams, goals, and personality are what changes Naveem to be someone better than some playing rich guy.

[@AtarahDerek]

It's also important to remember that historically, 16 has been the most common age of majority, and sometimes that age was younger, especially for girls. Aurora is an adult. Jasmine ends her movie as a legal adult, as she was only three days shy of 16 at the start of the movie. The film's climax actually happens ON her birthday. And Florian was clearly aged down. He doesn't look older than 16.

[@gamer4l1f34]

Also an important thing to remember is that some of these movies take place in times long ago, when, historically, these ideas would have been accepted! In ancient kingdoms, it’s believed that marriages in the idea of establishing, or strengthening an alliance were also common…

[@mustafaansari7209]

But Snow White and Prince Florian? 😢😮

[@venusprovchy7702]

@@mustafaansari7209That’s just so wrong. That creeped me out. I lost all respect for them lol.

[@vampichi]

@@venusprovchy7702 you're just weird

[@Overwatch2010]

16 isn’t a adult but ok

[@youtubewontletmetypeagoodu8128]

Philip kissed aurora to save her life. Maleficent literally told him about it in the scene before. She also clearly loved him

[@madridelysisighano8993]

Aurore is 116 jeahrs alt

[@kimberleeroberts9873]

Honestly l’m not surprised about Meg. She actually has a maturity about her

[@anushapaturi5623]

To me all age gaps seemed normal considering the era they were set in. The age gaps were fine but their ages were a little too young (some of them) and very much unsettling if we were to compare them to our modern times. But snow white is actually very unsettling including the fact that she was 14.

[@TheMonkeKing]

VERY unsettling

[@Ronin.Samurai]

Considering the time period her movie takes place ( 1400’s ), girls became “adults” when they got their period. On top of that, back then the age gap was pretty normal.

[@samanthawright9589]

@@Ronin.Samurai you do have a point.... Also where does it say how old he is?!

[@Ronin.Samurai]

@@samanthawright9589 it doesn’t say in the movie. I personally didn’t know how old he was, until this video.

[@anushapaturi5623]

@@Ronin.Samurai well yeah your thats what I meant they were fine in their era absolutely right yes, but I just said that they are unsettling especially compared to our period, in my opinion the age gap even if its 30 doesn't matter as long as both are adults. That was what I was trying to get my point to come across as . But thanks ciao

[@freedompancakes301]

What’s kinda funny is the fact that we all believed Eric was older than 18, but Eric’s voice actor was actually 16 when recording making him about a decade younger than Jodi Benson, the voice of Ariel who was 28.

[@lawra89]

To be fair, in the times these movies take place the age gaps seem quite normal (mainly referring to how young the girls are). As for Beauty and the Beast, I see how people like the movie, but I've always found it to be creepy.

[@dawnwatkins6554]

My father was one week shy of being exactly 8 years older than my mom. They were 24 and 16 when they met, 25 and 17 when they got married. And where married for just shy of 50 years when my dad passed away.

[@peterlewis2178]

For some reason, I always had the impression that Meg was decades, if not hundreds or thousands of years old. Something about the "selling her soul to Hades" made it sound like she was trapped in a sort of ageless slavery to him, and the way she talked about making the deal, and her lover betraying her, sounded so distant, like it was another life. It feels weird to think of it only being a handful of years, or to imagine that he could even still be alive during the events of the movie.

[@KitsuneGod28]

Honestly I can see your point i just find it funny that Meg got with Hercules when he was 18 while Meg was 28.

[@Ronin.Samurai]

Honestly, I thought Meg was between the ages of 18 and 24. I didn’t know she was 10 years older than Herc.

[@KitsuneGod28]

@@Ronin.Samurai same here

[@tmthurber]

Meg is probably Megara, one of the Furies, so who know how old she is.

[@Ronin.Samurai]

@@tmthurber highly unlikely since, according to the movie, she’s human.

[@tamakunminnip2117]

The biggest age gap in all of Disney belongs to Milo and Kida from 'Atlantis The Lost Empire'. Milo is 30 and Kida is like 8000 or so (she was a kid when Atlantis sank).

[@denlingerfarms6516]

I already knew about snow white and prince Florian from a different channel and it completely changed my extremely young childhood

[@mewmewYen]

Dont worry, your childhood is fine, he is 18 in that movie. In the dark og he is 31. But that another story. WHat you watch is 18 yo prince

[@PeytonBrooke]

They did not change my mind but the Rapunzel one is crazy!!!

[@rebeccallanes797]

Okay but let’s remember Ariel didn’t leave her family for a man, he was just the cherry on top, she already wanted to go to the human world and it’s only after her father destroyed her special collection of artefacts that she finally decided to leave because let’s be honest, if my dad came in and destroyed my room I would also run away and try and get some hot guy to kiss me so I could stay forever

[@kj7792]

Right? Uugg parents never learn boundaries😁👍

[@minhthuvu611]

That's not a good way. You can stay in your friend's house and try to find a solution to your dad. Not kissing a stranger like ariel, that girl was gonna kiss that guy she just met 1-2 days

[@user-xk7rb9qu8c]

Ugh finally people who understands that. Everyone is hating on Ariel be like: "Oh she dumbed her family for a man what a bitch" but dude a movie literally shows that she dreamed about human world waay before she even met Eric the movie literally starts from Ariel looking for human things on a sinked ship

[@trisatofung7421]

​@@user-xk7rb9qu8cthis is so true lmao, people are getting too sensitive after the pandemic

[@coletterosenhaus4163]

I know a lot of fashion history. Marie Antoinette was only 14 when she got engaged. It was also common in the 15 hundreds for girls to be married off at 12. So it’s not surprising to me. I didn’t even bat an eye!

[@Cozy-Cooking]

how did you not bat an eye that the prince is 17 years older than snow white

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

And contrary to what many people believe, it cut both ways. Henry VII was married at 14 to a 27 year old bride. Generally age of consent was 12 - 14 "back in the day."

[@umwha]

It was never common for girls to marry at 12. You mean BETROTHRED.

[@rabidbitch]

@@Dennis-nc3vwage of consent is still 14-15 in a lot of european countries (for sex, not for marriage)

[@oliviaelderberry9423]

Ok so I already knew that snow white and the prince were far apart. Still the fact that she's only 14 is slightly disturbing.

[@patrickmckay5299]

Belle was not kidnapped, she took her father's place as Beast prisoner

[@thelemon597]

For the Arial one, it was actually very common in those days for people to be married very young, 16 was always considered marrying age

[@woofiewolf4941]

Actually Eugene is actually 23 in the movie tangled. By the end of “rapunzels tangled adventure” which took a spand of 3 years, rapunzel is 21 years old and Eugene is 26 years old, his last birthday seen on screen in season 3. Eugene is “24 years old” because in “Rapunzel’s tangled adventure” on his birthday he points his age is wrong. The candles counting 26 instead of 25. But after learning his official birthday he was a year older than what everyone thought. So rapunzel and Eugene have a 5 Year difference.

[@aaaolay]

Rapunzel and Flynn: 8 year age gap 😧 Anna and Kristoff: 3 year age gap 😊 (except Anna is still a minor 😔) Anna And Hans: 5 year age gap 😯 Ariel and Eric: 2 year age gap 🥹 Tiana and Naveen: 2 year age gap 😇 Cinderella and Prince Charming: 2 year age gap 😁 Snowwhite and Prince: 17 year age gap 😨 Mercules and Meg: 10 year age gap 🫣 Linguini and Collette: 7 year age gap 🤨 Mulan and Lishang: 3 year age gap 😌 Ok I’m tired Part 2?

[@polishalastor142]

Canonically Snow White 14 and Prince 18 ,4 Years age gap

[@xztrhjfkFEDFgvferwcgxztzgzfs]

Elsa was crowned when she was old enough. As a Norse woman she would be 18 years old at that point, so Anna had to be only 16 or 17 when she met Hans. Pocahontas or Matoaka as her real name was were even younger 11 or 13 when she met John smith(30). She met John Rolfe who brought her to England and married her and together they had a son named Thomas Rolfe. She died from illness on trip back to America in 1617, only 22 years old. Not sure how that story even passed Disney’s censorship back in the 90’.

[@stefanielucu7365]

Back when the stories were originally written, noble women were married as young as 12 ( although not encouraged to consummate the relationship until 14/15). We can’t add our modern sensibilities to them. It was a total different world. Life expectancy was significantly shorter and people lived faster lives. At one point it was like 25.

[@Dennis-nc3vw]

That's not because 25 was old. It was because there was a huge chance of dying in your toddler years.

[@lorgariiix]

Careful, this almost seems like common sense. You know the very thing, most of the critics are really lacking these days🤣

[@umwha]

You are incorrect. A female could NOT marry until she had her first period. What you mean is that BETROTHALS were made. That is correct. But a marriage isnt binding until its consumated, and that can only happen when she has flowered. There are very few cultures which made exception to this - including Prophet muhammed of Islam, who fucked a 9 year old girl.

[@SupremeViola]

Philip always gets such a bad rap in these. If you were told "this girl is never going to wake up and the kingdom is going to stay under a horrible curse unless you kiss her" (because Flora does tell him that *directly*) even the most respectful-of-boundaries person would do it - likely as cursorily as possible - and then proceed with the relationship like they weren't yet at the kissing phase. We don't get mad at people who give rescue breaths to a drowning person because it's medically necessary stuff; that's the category I put the Sleeping Beauty kiss in.

[@stevenhiggins3055]

We do these days. There was that one woman who was all pissy that someone gave her CPR without her consent. Despite the fact that she was unconscious and drowning.

[@jackraiden6180]

@@stevenhiggins3055 WOW😮

[@alainahenriques1442]

The person that made her CPR has probably felt regretful of saving her life...

[@giulianoaaronfrancoynsfran4858]

Yeah that's the difference between the sleeping beauty of Disney and other versions, it's that the prince actually knows that sleeping beauty it's cursed and not some random sleeping lady

[@rattyratcat]

Not to mention it was literally true loves kiss… meaning they were true loves, and Aurora wouldn’t have given two shits if he kissed her. Whiner babies just don’t actually know the movie and cry that it’s ‘assault’.

[@marlilosser9628]

I found out the age gap of snow white and her prince a while ago and decided to watch the movie to see how it would change my perspective. The part where she is at the well singing and the prince comes up to her is kinda creepy, once you realize how old they are. It looks like the prince is scaring her by being a creep, not because she got startled cause she liked him.

[@tjsevarg3838]

Grow a few braincells and stop beiso easily brainwashed. The prince is only 2-3 years older than Snow White.

[@tp_exe]

ikr well, I researched and found out that in actual books...She was supposedly meant to be 7 💀💀

[@marlilosser9628]

@@tp_exe oh 😐😬

[@Isabella_And_Landon]

6:04 Aurora is the name of my stuffed anima Mee-meow, that my enemy threw in the dumpster, and she's (Aurora) IN. PIECES. And yeah you bet I gave my enemy a scar!!!

[@Ashstar4]

Actually Prince Florian is actually 18, his age is listed in The Art of Walt Disney by Christopher Finch that contains an old outline for the film and it states the prince is 18, so he is not 31 as many places online state.

[@DaddyWolf35]

. Snow White was thought to be 14 in the film, and the Prince was 31.

[@DaddyWolf35]

Remember in Twisted tale of snow white Snow white is 18 and prince Florian same as snow white not in film but in film she 14 and Florian is 31

[@rarahrararah]

@@DaddyWolf35 no, florian being 31 is just popular misinformation

[@DaddyWolf35]

@@rarahrararah remember is a twisted tale not Disney look it up on Google say how old is Florian and it's says Florian is 31 like 22-31

[@rarahrararah]

@@DaddyWolf35 Disney, the company that made him, confirmed he’s 18. this is about the movie not twisted tales.

[@isabelpeters7342]

Most of the gaps aren’t too bad, but also looking at the historical times these stories are based on, it was common and not creepy. People were very different at different times and in different cultures.

[@eglol]

And a lot of these age gaps are actually not bad nowadays, either, but since the people are so young getting married and stuff. Getting married young wasn't as weird back in the day. You can really give it up to Disney for historical accuracy in that case...

[@adamrodriguez1194]

I'd say the only difference between us and the people of the past is knowledge and convenience. But my jaw dropped on several occasions hearing this and seeing this.

[@alinaz6829]

7:02 I actually prefer him as a beast😅

[@conceptdesigns4100]

I saw an episode of Dr Phil where he was telling an 18 year old boy that it was illegal for him to kiss a 16 year old girl

[@jennifershuemake696]

what a lot of folks forget is that at the time periods that most of these stories take place , it was common practice for familys to marrie off thire daughters as young as age 12, and were offten married off to men in thire 30s or older

[@Overwatch2010]

Yeah

[@aiyanaaknaabra3321]

& that common so call practice is a form of programing /indoctrination wake up it's not normal ,at that age young children should not even be involved with that shit its nasty down right WRONG, 😳 the child is still in their developing stages therfore no interference,

[@sarahramirez21199]

That is true

[@Ronin.Samurai]

Unfortunately, you are right.

[@Veeravaara]

It was actually not that common at all, in the medieval times it was only the nobles that often got married before their 20's

[@mckaylacabianca756]

I'm pretty sure Eric is 21 because in the musical Grimsby holds a concert looking for Eric's bribe on his 21st birthday. And Ariel is obviously 16

[@kiirouser]

Nope, in the disney animated version he is 18. I think that's why they wanted him to get married soon even though he didn't want to.

[@airiannabaker5416]

Long time ago when times were tough people lived less and had babies and fell in love at younger ages hopefully that answers your questions because a lot of those princesses are in the 90’s, 80’s, and 70’s. But that is just the setting of their movie timing.

[@Ann13209]

Actually, the story of Aurora is she'll be into a long sleep when she turn 16. In the story, she had been sleep for 100 years so that mean she's over 100 yrs old while prince Phillip was just 20.

[@pey_pey.348]

18 and 26 isnt a bad age gap at all, the really bad age gap was snowhite and prince charming

[@hannahskeldon7944]

but Eugene is actually 23/24 when he and Rapunzel meet!

[@angelmagickcosplay4162]

In the time period when snow white was set bith the age and age gap would have been normal. In fact, she would have been a bit old to get married as they would normally marry girls off at 12. It was usually to increase their social standing too, so the girls didn't actually have any choice in the matter. They were simply told, married off with a dowry and that was it. They apparently aged up cinderella from the original story. She was supposedly 12 in the fairy tale. Not to mention she wasn't woken by the Prince. The then Prince had his way with her. She gave birth to twins and it was one of the babies sucking on her finger that triggered the end of the curse. So the true love was the unconditional love of one's child. Not the love as first sight of a man and a woman.

[@emeraldzee388]

Ikr

[@hanphilnoffz8827]

I think it is 18 some still in high school I'm 21 29 is age gap

[@meme-ih1wb]

@@hanphilnoffz8827 well if you aren't in highschool?? I mean it's better than whatever snow white had

[@MegaCrazyKittyCat]

I... think I have a different definition of "age gap"... because most of these are less than 4 years apart and that's a pretty healthy/normal age difference.

[@maddoxledgerwood8955]

Yeah snow white was the only rly concerning one

[@johnhostetler2167]

@@maddoxledgerwood8955 it's very concerning, but in the time period it's set in that was common practice, kings and queens in particular would marry off their daughters as young as 12 or 13 to men in their 30 or 40s

[@maddoxledgerwood8955]

@@johnhostetler2167 yeah but it still gives me the hebjeebies lol

[@Cozy-Cooking]

@@johnhostetler2167 umm a 12 yr old marrying someone in their 40s??

[@Oiamh_TheWolf18]

I would agree that 4-5 years is normal. Hell my boyfriend is 25 (presently) and I’m 21. My mom is 8 years older than her husband (49 F + 41 M)

[@daniellecruz3311]

I'm surpised that Disney still creates movies that feature age gaps. On the bright side, I kind of like the fact that they are featuring some minors being paired to some a lot older individuals because that's what happened in history back then. I also liked that he said, "More like Sleeping High Schooler".

[@BushD-oe3et]

Bros be acting so weird about a 4 year age gap ☠️☠️☠️

[@awesomeappaloosa7583]

The fact that most of the “bad” age gaps are really tame compared to the original stories shows a lot about the time period they are from. Most of these “sweet romantic fairytales” are pretty dark.

[@Sapphire864]

OG Snow White was 7, Disney doubled her age and she’s still way too young lol

[@morgansmith6046]

Surprising the age gap between Milo & Kida from Atlantis: the lost empire wasn’t included. Now that was a major gap!

[@MobbyLug]

My Aladdin and Jasmine age guesses were 16 and 18. I was pleasantly surprised with how accurate my guesses were.

[@goodomenslee4004]

Well, Prince Phillip has to be older, because in the beginning of the film, when Aurora was still a baby, he was shown as maybe 9 year old child. He was told that this baby was his future bride (he was like ewww of course, I mean was maybe 9 or something)

[@helmenhjelmen1955]

I dont think 18 and 26 age gap is that bad.

[@ewwie2870]

my grandparents were 11 years apart and lived well

[@thureinhtet6528]

Yeah, I agree. But I think Eugene is actually 22 or 24 through out the film than he is 25 and 26 in the animated series.

[@sweetwolfsteve5583]

Thats creepy really creepy the right age gap is 2-4 years anything past that is not ok

[@ewwie2870]

@@sweetwolfsteve5583 Creepy is worrying what people say... The most important thing is how happy they are togheter. Age often is only a number...

[@anniearlert2322]

18 is acceptable contrary to some people's belief.

[@invadertifxiii]

Rapunzel and flynn doesn't matter as long as she's 18 before they got together its fine. And the Hercules one isn't crazy either, clearly people forget our grandparents who were often several years apart. My grandparents were 9 years apart

[@zachery2759]

My great grandmother was 17 when she got married! Who cares about someone’s age gap between them and their spouse?! True love is about a real connection.

[@lissia5014]

YES same as does to my Great Grandmother as Well! She was born in 1933 and married at 17 in 1950! And she was still alive today! At 91 years old!

[@happyharru]

I like how the Narrator is realistic about "dangerous" relationship in real life vs. fairy romance. Bizarre situation for Aurora & Very weird and dangerous for Beauty and the Beast.... I mean c'mon how can you love someone who kidnapped you and has a temper

[@arriannaniv]

Now on the Mulan thing they were trying to plan out who she was going to marry at the beginning of the film which kind of makes it so that you know that it is the average age for women of their version of China during that time period to get married Love how we’re ignoring the time period of these places.. Now the last one has a big hell no from me on every facet of its existence

[@Ronin.Samurai]

He also got something else wrong. Since Mulan was in the army for 10 years, she would be 26 at the end of the movie, not 16. That means Shang was 29, not 19.

[@anymayonnaise1376]

I agree and they don't even show the evidences of knowing each characters age

[@CelticStar87]

Always ignore the historical context of movies when discussing ages. What seems odd to us now (which getting married at 16 is actually legal in some US states without parental consent) was not so odd in the time period in which those movies were set. Just like Aurora and Phillip being betrothed before Aurora was even walking was extremely commonplace during that time period when it came to royals and nobles. It was one of the fastest ways to maintain treaties between kingdoms. If we want disturbing information, let's talk about the actual tales that Disney loosely based theirs on... Brothers Grimm weren't known for their happy, warm and fuzzy fairy tales... Also, I'm not even going to talk about the whole thing with Pocahontas and John Smith... I love the movie, but just ugh...

[@tayschannel5360]

None of them were as bizarre as Snow White (and Hercules). It doesn't bother me much since my grandparents are 12 years apart, when I get married or date someone, they will be around my age. Two to three years at the most.

[@trickshot_katebishop7612]

👍🏼

[@avahstones448]

WOW did not even expect that!

[@KathleenGoggins]

By American standards of today, yes these age gaps are strange, but at the time or eras,when the stories took place the ages were very close or spot on.

[@aristarchusx1111]

Jasmine was only 15 and Jaffar (who was at least 40) asked the genie to make her fall in love with him, and when she pretended to fall in love with him they started making out (if I remember correctly, lol)

[@DaddyWolf35]

Yes

[@carterryans]

I thought he was older then that

[@DaddyWolf35]

Aladdin is 18 Jasmine is 15 they are perfect age and couples

[@-i_own_you_-]

Jafar was 50-60 Not 40

[@aristarchusx1111]

@@-i_own_you_- Yeah, probably. That's why I said AT LEAST 40, cause is the youngest age posible that would make sense for a man who looks like that.

[@jessicagerard1380]

In "Sleeping Beauty", you clearly learn at the beginning of the movie that Prince Phillip & Aurora are betrothed. Phillip was 5, so when she turns 16, he's 21. Yes, that still seems a little odd and that he's too old for her, but it was the 14th century, as Phillip points out, so it probably wasn't that uncommon for 16 year olds to marry. I'll defend this movie until the day I die, so come at me! 😂

[@kattrielladoesstuff]

Honestly, the fact that she's as old as she is without being married off yet would have been the weird part for a princess at the time. A lot of the time, as soon as girls hit puberty, they started marrying them off because the child mortality rate was so high. They needed girls and women to start having children as fast as possible, especially noble and royal women, to try to make sure one of the kids survived to adulthood.

[@briarlavender1656]

Bruh... They could marry at 14 in the 14th century and even have kids at that age. They were mature enough at that time

[@CelticStar87]

We accept that she gets betrothed as an infant because that was commonplace for the time period, but the age gap between Aurora and Phillip is what gets everyone in a twist even though that was just as commonplace for that time period. These "real age" videos are just utter nonsense when it comes to fictional characters, however, let's dive into the original stories that Disney based their fairy tales on and then we can discuss disturbing facts, lol.

[@playernotfound9489]

oh my grandmas mom got married at age 16 to a 22 year old it was sometime in the early 1900s

[@dadDDD235]

It's not an over to 10 age gap

[@CailynFox-ii1pt]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@theTYsisters]

cool video😃

[@zerronprime9683]

Remember, outside of tiana, all these couples are from bc era (herc/meg, mulan/shang) to middle ages where marriage where age gaps were not thought about. The life span of people during those times werent long. So the ages where people became adults were younger than now a days. Dont overthink these gaps, true some wont fly today (snow white), but at the time period it took placewas fine.

[@nathancruz9172]

4:02 I can’t believe Megara is 10 years older than Hercules.

[@rodrigos.valeriano8998]

On real life, Pocahontas was 11 and John Smith was over 30 when she saved his life, but they never were a couple. She married in a rough arrangement and still quite early and to an older man, but those numbers were acceptable at the time.

[@michaeldavis255]

Belle was not kidnapped and I'm sick and tired of people saying she was. Her FATHER was taken prisoner after intruding on THE BEAST'S castle. He wasn't even being tortured just locked up. After Belle had the family horse take him to the castle and discovered her father in the dungeon UNHARMED she offered to trade her freedom for his. AND THEN he gave her a fairly nice room, and after they fell in love he let her go to take care of her father. Belle was more or less there willingly.

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

If they’re over 18 it doesn’t really matter. Under is different. Plus a lot of these age gaps are normal when you go into your 40s, if the wife is 42 and the husband is 50 no one bets an eye

[@Idkksus]

18 is a kid though

[@Catherine.Dorian.]

@@Idkksus Oh yeah I’ll agree there. No one should do “cosmetic” surgery of any kind until the brain fully develops the control center, the prefrontal cortex, at 25. But at least 18 they’re technically not minors and aren’t having a parent push them through it

[@hanphilnoffz8827]

Under 21 it does over 21 it doesn't

[@anoumoys4402]

The legal age for sex is 15/16, depending the country, not 18+. Therefore, being legally minor, ain't always a problem.

[@hanphilnoffz8827]

@@anoumoys4402 no comment 21+

[@rosesoldieryuri]

it was a different time period and the only gap im concerned about is snow white and florian but other then that, seeing when these take place it's completely reasonable

[@wimsylogic65]

I think in the Disney version snow white was 14 I think in their original tale like 8 to 12.

[@rosesoldieryuri]

@@wimsylogic65 yeah true

[@HestiaVesta]

Well Meg might actually be quite a bit older giving the enteral servitude to Hades thing. Usually that comes with an eternal youth so they can work forever. And so after a point it becomes impossible to date any mortals without it being weird.

[@zishs]

now i want to re watch this Disney movies😫

[@vargaslestrae7900]

On a scale of 1-10 creepiness, here's how I would rate the age gaps with reasons. Flynn and Rapunzel - 26-18: 3, Both are still young, 8 years may seem like a lot, but I've seen a lot worse. But the ability to buy alcohol for someone not legal to drink is risky, it's avoidable, but still potential. This will be a running factor, so expect it in most pairings. The fact that she's sheltered and might act younger doesn't really factor here, there are plenty of people in their 20s and 30s who still act like immature children, so Rapunzel being only slightly naive about the outer world isn't as bad as it could be. Cristof and Anna - 21-18: 2, There's nothing wrong with this except the alcohol thing, but again, that's avoidable. Both of them are acting their ages, albeit a romanticized Disney version, but still. Hans and Anna - 23-18: 3, The problem here was his motives, but then again those motives stemmed from wanting to prove something to his older brothers. Also it's not unheard of considering both are royalty and he was trying to form an alliance between the kingdoms, one that would give him control over at least one of them. Not saying he did it the right way, just that I understand the reason behind the actions. Eric and Ariel - 18-16: 2, In terms of age gap, there's nothing really wrong here. Ariel's motives were definitely misguided, but she was a rebellious teenager, much like a lot of teenagers are. Getting married, again, it's a royalty thing. Considering that back in medieval times the offspring of royal families would be betrothed by the parents at birth in order to form alliances, so getting married at this age is actually pretty on point for royalty. Naveen and Tiana - 21-19: 1, Nothing wrong here, not even the alcohol thing, considering the time period this takes place in (1920s), and the legal drinking age in Louisiana at the time was 18, there's nothing wrong here. Charming and Cinderella - 21-19: 1, There is literally nothing wrong with this one. Much like a lot of Disney stories it's a riches and rags pairing, which Cinderella was only a peasant girl because of her step-mother taking everything when Cindy's father died. Otherwise Cindy would have at least had nobility standing. Florian and Snow - 31-14: 10, This would have been less if it was a royal betrothal thing, but considering everything, that in reality, after eating the apple, Snow was dead and only was saved after the bouncing on the horse caused her to cough up the apple. For Florian, not only was he a pedo, but he had no idea that Snow would revive, even in the romanticized Disney version. He is a necro as well. Disney version, he kissed a dead girl, which I understand some people give their loved ones final kisses and whatnot, but this wasn't a goodbye kiss, this was a "I want to get in her pants" kind. In the original novel version, he didn't kiss her, he fondled and groped what was essentially a corpse and was intending on bringing her home to copulate with. Very sick and creepy when you think about it. Thankfully 'Once Upon A Time' fixed this problem. Hercules and Meg - 18-28: 3, I've still seen worse age gaps and to be fair a lot of women who are close to 30 do tend to look at younger guys. Plus, this is ancient Greece and Herc is a demi-god, if you know the history of the Greek pantheon, you'd understand that this pairing is rather tame comparatively to what the Gods themselves did. Linguini and Collette - 19-26: 1, Nothing wrong with the woman being older, even at a 7 year gap, and considering this takes place in France, even the legal drinking age thing isn't a problem since it's 18 there. Li Shang and Mulan - 19-16: 1, This is quite tame for this era of China, considering in Feudal Era China there were plenty of instances of girls younger than Mulan being taken as wives by men much older than Shang. It was probably not the best way to start their relationship, but this is about the age gaps, not the how they started. Tarzan and Jane - 18-20: 1, Nothing wrong with the age gap or the woman being older, I had a 20 year old girlfriend when I was 18, so this isn't a bad one. In fact, this one I even give props to because this was probably the biggest SOCIAL gap that had to be overcome in Disney couples. Phillip and Aurora - 20-16: 2, Remember that royal betrothal at birth to form kingdom alliances I mentioned? Here it is. Also, this kiss to wake her up is considerably different than the one with Florian and Snow. This one was in order to break a spell. If you remember, Maleficent's curse was supposed to kill Aurora, but Merriwhether's counter to it was simply to put her to sleep until True Love's Kiss woke her. Considering Maleficent was the Fairy Queen, Merriwhether even being able to alter the curse was quite a feat. But I digress, so back to Phillip and Aurora, while the age gap might seem weird, it's medieval times and a royal betrothal, so it's really not as bad as you might think. Adam and Belle - 21-17: 3, The age isn't as bad as some others on this list and considering this was France during the 1700s, this is not unheard of. Also, to be fair, Adam was cursed to take on an appearance matching his personality at the time. Aladdin and Jasmine - 18-15 (technically 16): 1, While at the start of the movie Jasmine was 15, it was even stated that her birthday was in 3 days time, so by the end of the movie she was indeed 16. So a 2 year gap is nothing creepy, this is like a high school senior dating a sophomore, not anything bad really. Also, consider this is in Saudi Arabia and think of their customs of marrying off their daughters. Achmed was a lot creepier of a suiter and the real problem in this one was Jafar. While Achmed was around 40, he was simply adhering to the customs of the country. Jafar on the other hand was at least in his 50s and hard creeping on Jasmine. John and Pocahontas - 20-18: 1, This is not a creepy age gap at all. Only bridge this relationship had to cross was the social one, which like Tarzan and Jane, included a language barrier, but this one came with the added issue of the Natives versus the Colonizers in terms of civilization barriers as well.

[@ThePinkDragon]

i prefer the once upon a time snow and Charming both seem to be grown ups and she already knew him when he woke her up

[@ThePinkDragon]

thanks

[@wimsylogic65]

more palatable than in 8 year old Snow white From the stories, 14 year old from the movie.

[@treasuresquad]

Facts

[@angelsadventures8805]

I haven’t watched half of the things you mentioned, these are: snow while, the little mermaid, Hercules, sleeping beauty, but the age gap doesn’t really surprise me, because in the olden days people under the age of 18 could still get married, and well… by looking at the settings the Disney movies at set in, I believe that the year wasn’t 2023 otherwise they would have electronics lol.

[@pwsthetankengine3259]

What?! I knew Snow White was only 14 in her film, but I didn't know the gap was that big!

[@gabribri6089]

As a History student, i just want everyone thinking that big age gaps were a thing in medieval/modern history (~476 - ~1793) and even ancient history to know that : no, it wasn't the norm at all. In most European countries the majority was at 18, even 21 sometimes. Except some rare big families married their young heirs together (but they would just be engaged most of the time, a marriage couldn't happen if one of the two was a minor), other than that, the usual age people got married at varied from 22 to 30 years old over the centuries both for the men and women. (Some kings did marry young girls, but again, they usually actually had to wait for her majority before really marrying) So, no, it wasn't the norm at all. (and outside marriage relationship weren't really popular at the time, at least for everyone except the lovers) As for ancient (latin/greek) history i didn't have that much classes yet, but i can tell you that there were very strict age rules too, and that they might indeed have married quite young, but most of the time the two had similar ages too. Thank you for your time :) (i'm just really tired to see clichés justifying quite terrible acts such as child marriage, who actually wasn't that popular since people didn't really have the time to care, and they married late to not have too many children to feed because it was difficult.)

[@videoeditor-wn5vo]

I really love Tiana and Naveen, Ariel and Eric, Rapunzel and Eugene, Aurora and Philip are my fav because they are most romantic couples in disney

[@celestestqrr]

this is 10 months late, but another thing about beauty and the beast : it can be considered zoophelia, as much as I hate to say it. while the beast IS actually human, he was a beast, a furry creature, when belle fell in love with him. he did turn back to human, but it was still kinda iffy for some people (this is from a friend)

[@emjayviolinart]

Tiana and Naveen (19 and 21) "they're only two years apart in age" Cinderella and Charming (19 and 21) "we have to admit, we're a little worried"

[@_-NatureMations-_]

18 and 21 are both young adult ages, plus only a 3 year age gap. Think about it this way, Anna as 20 and Kristoff as 23, that would only be in two years time.

[@hanphilnoffz8827]

21 is anything younger is not in some country anything under 21 is illegal

[@meme-ih1wb]

@@hanphilnoffz8827 21 is actually young, yeah so what you can drink, doesn't mean anything cuz ur still not mentally developed all the way yet

[@hanphilnoffz8827]

@@meme-ih1wb true is just prefrontal cortex that don't develop till 26

[@Cozy-Cooking]

@@hanphilnoffz8827 25

[@ayanoaishi8489]

I feel like the only crazy age gap is Snow White

[@alinaz6829]

3:39 😭

[@ale_luvs_you]

eugene was actually 23/24 in the movie. he turns 26 in s3 of the tv show which takes place around 3 years after the movie.

[@chuumon95]

Well, different times, different rules.

[@labyrinth.maggieoh]

Rapunzel is PRETTY YOUNG for her AGE? What? Also, none of the age gaps are super crazy except for Snow White and Prince Florian. The second largest age gap is 8 years and that’s not that bad. My uncle and aunt are 9 years apart and they are married. The only thing that I have to say is if you are TRULY in love with someone, it doesn’t really matter what the age gap is.

[@Eeveeglitter]

31. My mind is blown that was the first movie I’ve ever watched of the princesses too. It doesn’t ruin my childhood, but a 13 year old with a 31 year old that is just so wrong.

[@JackassJunior627]

It is refreshing to see some instances where it’s the woman who is older. It’s a nice change, I mean my girlfriend is older than me.

[@violetalar5387]

There's nothing weird about those age gaps, except maybe for Snowhite, and even there that was pretty normal not that long ago.

[@fakename6282]

Some of them are a bit crazy. But in my opinion, if someone loves a person, they shouldn't break up over something they can't control. They should work through it. Some of these age gaps are A LITTLE crazy. But age shouldn't stop being with the person you love.

[@AshleytheSugarPlum]

All of them are really OK to me because I grew up with a dad that had a huge age gap, and the bond that had a big age gap. They had a pretty age pretty big age gap against each other so I wouldn’t really say that that was surprising to me.

[@CallMehLiv-oe9nr]

Ya gotta remember the years they took place in

[@yrrr4871]

3:30 How did they get away with that?

[@lieverlast1639]

The gaps don't bother me. Meg looks don't match her age, makes me wonder how old Queen Hilde is.

[@5STAR_VT]

The Snow White one and hurcules is outrageous

[@StasiMelton]

This changes my childhood😢😮

[@lordvenjix3757]

Amazing video 👌

[@E.j.Robinson]

Snow White is a bit extreme 😂 Anyone want to guess at the gap between Jasmine and Jafar? I bet that is even worse. Also it's not so much the age difference but the characters and the actions, and emotions (also the time period they are in) I'm 12 years older than my partner (ain't nothing wrong with it - but it can create cultural differences 😂) plus I liked the comical way you approached the video. Entertaining. Still love all the films mentioned.

[@TimDean-de7to]

The Snow White one destroyed me. WHAT THE HELL. And jasmine, 15 and 18 Aladdin? And a forty year old trying to marry a 15 year old

[@LunaPlayz248]

Oh god that just made me ok the Snow White one made me literally throw my tablet😂😂😂

[@coletterosenhaus4163]

I knew a few of the ages. The Beast from Beauty and the Beast is named Prince Adam. I’m a huge Beauty and the Beast fan. Specifically Belle’s fan. So I searched up the Beast’s name and it was Adam. Or I heard it somewhere. I can’t remember. But all I know is that the Beast’s name is Adam.

[@DJPJmusikk]

0:50 "Flynn Ryder" is not 26 in the movie, but in the 3th season of the TV series. In the film he was 23. Get your fact stright!

[@TimeTheory2099]

In Hans Christian Anderson's short story "The little sea maid" She was fifteen. No mention how old the prince is, but probably over 21. Enable to get his title and inheritance.

[@casiewood3340]

The snow white one disturb me so much I am barely going to sleep tonight