For me Meg and Esmeralda are the most underrated disney characters of all history. They are strong and independent woman, much more than most of the disney princesses
“Move along Junior!” “I’m a damsel. I’m in distress. I’ve got this!” “Oh, you know how men are. They think ‘no’ means ‘yes’ and ‘go away’ means ‘take me, I’m yours’ “
Kida and Esmerelda were criminally underrated! Since Kida was actually a Princess, I don’t understand why they didn’t make her an official Disney Princess. And Meg, The Queen of Sass!
I agree! Kida was an actual princess and yet she gets hardly recognition and same with the Welsh Princess Eilonwy who later became known as the lost princess
Sadly it's because of the almighty dollar. Atlantis didn't make a big box office hit so she doesn't get the title. She deserves to be an "official" princess however. I also think Esmeralda should get it. The movie made lots of money. She's human. And she did an act of heroism (helping fight for her people and helping Quasimodo). All three are requirements to get the princess title.
@@nekoisme4087 Truly underrated, indeed. 😥 She is actually my favorite. When I had a towel of The Lion King. I always folded it so that it showed off her. She is so regal looking and how she always carried herself.
Don't get me wrong, I love Sadness, but I think Disgust should've been on this list instead of Sadness because Disgust doesn't get that much screen time, and Sadness is actually a main character.
I agree, honestly I’m so sad she was ranked so low, like Princess Elonwry and her should’ve swapped, considering Kida nearly died protecting her world and was actually the hero in the movie instead of Milo, despite he does manage to outsmart Rorke
Miss Bianca Kida Kiara Chicha Sadness Maid Marian Yzma Nala Alice Jessie The Muses Nani Pelekai Princess Elionwy Jane Porter Megara Esmeralda Grandmother Fa All of them are so underrated: they deserve recognition
Not to mention when facing death and given the choice to either 'become Frollo's mistress or burn as a witch', she spits RIGHT IN HIS FACE! And that glare....if only looks could kill he'd be ash on the ground!
Switch Nani to number 5 Being a 19 year old trying to look out for a her little sister, while adapting to living with, Aliens and keeping a job and leaving behind a social life The Stress levels would be overwhelming and Nani deserves serious prays for keeping her Ohana all together ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
I think Megara was a far more fascinating character than Hercules with such an intriguing backstory. I liked the songs in the film, but if she had been the protagonist, it would have been such a better movie. Just my opinion.
you should 100% read Go The Distance by Jen Calonita. it's a part of the Twisted Tales series that focuses around Megara and what happened after the original Disney tale.
I loved Esmeralda and Kida so much when I was a kid, I even went trick or treating as esmeralda in Halloween (‘99). I think they were the only heroines with dark skin in Disney back in the day.
Eee! So happy Jane Porter is in the Top 5! I love her character. Sure, she's completely out of her element, but she's also very kind, intelligent, caring, and helps Tarzan to rescue his mother. She's a wonderful character!
I remember having a little toy figurine of one of the lady singers in Hercules when I was really young. I brought her everywhere and called her "pretty girl" and thought she was cartoon Beyonce lol
22:10 fun fact: in the Italian version of Mulan Grandma Fa is voiced by Lina Wertmüller, the 1st female director ever nominated for the Oscar for best directing back in 1977 for Seven Beauties.
I remember when I was small I liked Hunchback of Notre Dame and still do and the reason was Esmeralda. I loved her character idk if it was how they made her character or because my name is Esmeralda or both.
Jim's mother also deserves more love and I completely agree Treasure Planet is under appropriated, I remember how much I loved it. Esmeralda was a Disney princess until 2005 or 2006.
Every one of these entries is pure gold! It's always been one of my personal pet peeves that Kida has never been made an official Princess (she's an ACTUAL princess and an amazing character besides!). Yzma is definitely the best Disney villain for me, hands down. Nala and Kiara are my queens forever (Kiara never gets enough love). Jessie's song was the first time I cried at a Pixar movie; ugly cried, in the theater. And I'm not gonna lie: one of my biggest childhood disappointments was reading Greek mythology and learning the Muses weren't actually five sassy sexy Black ladies. This is the kind of list, full of nostalgia and great short analysis, that makes me love Ms Mojo 😊
I love this list! I think Wendy from Peter Pan could be a contender, as well as Moana's grandmother. It was nice to see so many characters that are TRULY underrated on the list.
Nice choices! I agree on Kiara, Yzma, GoGo Tomago, Jane Porter, Megara and Esmeralda. Hopefully to see a Top 20 Underrated Disney Male Characters someday.
Jane Porter has always been one of my major animated crushes of all time. When other media just talk about the Disney Princesses, even though Mulan isn't technically one, they never appreciated some lovable "normal disney ladies" as well. It's nice to see that she is so high on this list :)
So does no one in Ms Mojo even know what "underrated" means? Megara and Esmeralda are both considered one of the popular females in Disney. Neither one of them are underrated.
If they are popular, they would have been in Disney Princess line up. People are just hyping their names up because the are truly underrated. And that what makes people know them and it helps to introduce in their movie tho.
When I read the title the first person I could think of was Maya Hart, from Girl Meets World. I think she is the most realistic character Disney ever had. Just like Shawn, she confronts real problems. They show the suffering of the ones that are not so promoted. The ones that go through a parents divorce, those who are different and try to be accepted despide that fact, because this world is full of prejudice. In most of Disney movies and series the characters look so "perfect" and their problems resume at growing up, having a boyfriend/girlfriend, popularity, while Maya confronts the real world, our world.
I love Maya and Shawn. And the fact that my parents are divorced and have been for...like almost 12 years makes it really easy for me to empathize with Maya. I have great relationships with my parents (mostly my dad) but that doesn’t change the fact that they aren’t together. And I’m not as hurt by it as I was a few years ago but it does still hurt
I know it does, but the fact that you get along with both of them makes it easier. Later, with time, you will realize that it was better for both of them to divorce if they felt that the marriage didn't work, and being separated doesn't change their love for you, and you should suport them if they want to be happy on separate ways.
This is a fun list and I agree with the choices here. Wish you could expand on certain characters a bit more based on sequels or tv shows, like GoGo. In the big hero 6 tv show, she certainly has some great moments including being a mentor and singing about Dark Matter (plus we see her actually hug and broke Scott Adsit)
Melody from Little Mermaid 2 and Shanti from Jungle Book 2. Brave, adventurous, compassionate, rebellious, spunky, determine, know what they want and goes for it despite being kids. And what about Malina from The Emperor's New School? Or does that not count?
NGL, I had a crush on Esmeralda when I first saw her. Definitely one of Disney's best-looking female characters, and one of it's most awesome in personality.
I will fight to death about how underrated Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather are from Sleeping Beauty! I adore the live-action Maleficent adaption for varied reasons reasons, but ultimately, I cannot forgive what that writing team did to the fairies. They were the animated Golden Girls before that sit-com was even on paper! I think they are truly underrated icons & deserve more attention lol. Aurora may be the title character of Sleeping Beauty, but she's not the lead character. Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather are the true main characters of Sleeping Beauty (1959). And the writing team did go on record admitting as much. I'm paraphrasing, but they basically said that they had so much fun developing the sister trio as indvidual personalities and exploring the impact their magic can have on the plot, that they ended up moving into the spotlight. So it's the 3 fairy sisters vs Maleficent, as the hero vs villain dynamic driving this original plot. And Aurora is who the heroes are fighting for; she's their motivation to fight. Aurora's role is basically what Princess Zelda's historically is to The Legend of Zelda franchise; and the 3 fairies are Link. They're the ones with a history with the Maleficent in the fae-realm of society. Aurora, her family, and Phillip & his dad just got caught up in fae drama cuz they weren't sufficiently educated on the details to avoid it. Aurora's curse vis Maleficent is the trio's "Call to Action". It was out of their guilt on behalf of the actions of a particularly vengeful one of their own, that they offered to hide and raise Aurora, lovingly and safely, for 16 years. And it was THEIR eventual love for Aurora, & their desire for her safety and happiness, that was the driving driving force behind their motivations and actions throughout the film....as the actual heroes of the story. Phillip's love & athleticism was also essential, as the story is written. But he was also actually pretty much hand-held by the fairies through the whole final escape & confrontation with Maleficent. The women who raised Aurora were NOT going to let failure to save her be an option. So, Maleficent didn't REALLY introduce the idea of a fairy tale's "true love" angle being that of a parent's love for their child, the adaption just switched the parental figure and had it replace the (yes, very un-developed, in both cases) romantic love's role in breaking the curse. But devoted parents, as protagonists, who take action to save their child were ALREADY deeply a part of the 1959 film's story...and that's part of why I have such mixed feelings about the commentary around Maleficent being a 'new' feminist take on the tale. I appreciate that it elevates impact of true familial love & emphasizes how it can heal a broken and abused soul; the actions they take out of love can even 'undo' those they have done out of spite (within reason). Love saves AND heals and redeems. That was a beautiful choice. But I hate that the adaption did that story edit at the cost of making the original parental figures, the fairies, flake-y & irresponsible ditzes. They are depicted with a well-meaning but pitifully unreliable & distanced emotional relationship with Aurora in Maleficent. Three highly capable (yet reasonably flawed), entertaining, relatable, deeply compassionate, older, fat, unmarried****, co-parenting sisters being thrown under the bus to become useless dolts..... in the name of feminist story-telling??? That was....a glaring oversight in interpreting the original film for an updated adaption, in my opinion. ***(i know they're fae-folk. Historically-speaking, fae are secular beings and thus, removed from Christian marriage ideals. But the 1950's American writing team probs didn't think that deeply about that lore, tho. And living a whole life as an unmarried "old-maid" was particularly stigmatized in the '50s.) Anyway...Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather are my true underrated favs who deserve better, thank you! lol.
I agree that all of these underrated female Disney & Pixar characters do often get overlooked more than they should’ve been. It’s surprising that some female villains like Yzma are also underrated like the protagonist characters.
Captain Amelia, Maid Marian, Kida, Meg and Esmerelda were always my favorites growing up. Jane was also cool. It's a shame Disney didn't advertise Eilonwy stuff though because they tried to pretend the Black Cauldron doesn't exist because it was such a dark movie (based off of celtic myths)
Go kida and the Atlantis franchise! I feel like everyone overlooks this movie. Disney’s and other people shouldn’t overlook this movie just because it didn’t make a lot of money the fact is that I still watch this movie today and it still by far one of my favorite Disney movies
All these picks were amazing. Especially Kida, Go Go, and Captain Amelia. They were such cool fighters. And Jane had such a desire to learn about her new surroundings. And was a great artist. I mena she drew Tarzan perfectly only after seeing him once.
I thought I loved Meg before but after hearing me best friend Charlie sing her song I Won't Say I'm In Love out loud at one of our sleepovers I fell in love with the character even more. Come to think of it, Charlie's the reason I watch any movies anymore so with that being said, I owe me devotion to the characters of these movies to her.
Anna should be on here! She is my favorite Disney princess, and everyone likes Elsa so much better. But Anna is so much better. She’s charming, quirky, gorgeous, funny, positive, outgoing, loving, daring, brave, I love her
As Alice from Alice in Wonderland had said, if I had a world of my own everything will be nonsense. At the same time yeah they were nonsense, with wacky, zany and off the wall things all around Wonderland. But at the same time it's a very nice place a fantasy even with a little bit of happiness here and there for Wonderland. Also Alice is kind of like Dorothy Gale, the little girl from as we all know the Wizard of Oz. And like Alice, Dorothy wanted her world to be nice, beautiful, colorful but unlike Wonderland, instead of nonsense. Dorothy wanted her world to be with more happiness, with colors and beauty. As Dorothy had sung on her song Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Dorothy wanted her world to be more Over the Rainbow with beauty, wonderful colors and happiness. And just like Alice, Dorothy did not expect evil for her world. Dorothy didn't expect evil from the Wicked Witch of the West, even the Wicked Witch of the East even though she didn't meet her. And of course Alice didn't expect evil from the queen of hearts, and how dark the queen of hearts is. Because she wants people's heads to be chopped off. So I could see some comparisons between Alice and Dorothy, and similarities between the two characters as well. And both of them we got from 2 classic fairy tale story books, and of course two memorable movies which are also Classics as well. And the differences between Alice and Dorothy, both of them have pets. Alice's pet is a cat. And Dorothy's pet is a dog named Toto. And the differences between Alice and Dorothy, even though they are similar in comparisons. Alice is British and lives somewhere in London I believe, I can't remember I have to watch the movie again. But anyway Dorothy is American, and she lives somewhere in Kansas, maybe the outskirts of Kansas City. And because Alice and Dorothy are similar, I believe they would make good friends. If Disney buys the rights of The Wizard of Oz, and hopefully MGM. And hopefully if the characters from The Wizard of Oz can be established Disney characters, and it would be nice to see them at Disneyland and some of the other Disney theme parks. And it would be cool to see Alice and Dorothy together with that idea. In fact I think MGM should be the next property that Disney should purchase, and create a new Dialogue on Disney+ featuring The Classic MGM movies. Including the Wizard of Oz, is Disney can purchase the rights of that movie from Warner Brothers. So that way the Wizard of Oz can be with MGM again, like how it was originally. If Disney can ever make this happen with the purchase of MGM and the purchase of The Wizard of Oz after that👍😉❤
Also, the one thing that The Wizard Of Oz and Alice In Wonderland have in common is that both their most famous movie adaptations have been synced up with albums by Pink Floyd (The Dark Side Of The Moon/The Wizard Of Oz & The Wall/Alice In Wonderland) respectively.
Seriously though if a live-action adaption of Treasure Planet was made it could be absolutely phenomenal. Imagine Pirates of the Caribbean meets Star Wars.
Actually, that's not a good idea at all because it's already perfect. Remaking will only ruin it instead. So re-releasing it in theaters in 3D, IMAX 3D, and 4DX is the best way for it to finally get all the love, attention, credit, and recognition it rightfully deserves.
@@alextownley9388/videos/videos/videos Not every single Disney animated movie has to have a remake just because it's a current trend at Disney. Can't we just appreciate Treasure Planet the way it is? It's so much better off being left completely alone forever, if you ask me.
We can put Vanellope(wreck it Ralph),Boo(Monsters Inc),Elastic Girl/Helen parr,22(soul),Moana,Giselle,Merida (Brave),Lilo,Gogo & Honey lemon(Big Hero 6)and Judy Hopps
@@vetarlittorf1807 for me, they were more memorable than the first movie songs. Don’t judge. I was a pretty weird kid. I only watched lion king 2 and I watched it so much, I thought that it was the first movie. 😂😅 so when I watched the first lion king, I guess I just wasn’t that impressed. I think I also just like the story line of number 2 better than 1. Hamlet vs Romeo and Juliet. I don’t know. I just really like Lion King. Lion king 1 1/2 was a blast too.
I hope that happens with Bolt. That movie deserves better than what it gets. The relationship between Bolt and Mittens was well crafted, and it should be more appreciated like the one between Judy and Nick.
I was so scared that you would put Megara not in the top 3. But now I'm happy. "I won't say I'm in love" is my favorite Disney song ever and Hercules is my favorite movie alongside Lion King. Megara is so underrated as well as the movie. For me it would be 1. Meg 2. Jane 3. Yzma 4. Edna 5. Timon's Mom
Missing from this list: The Rivera women (Coco). All of them. Including Pepita. Charlotte LaBouff (Princess and the Frog) - a spoiled rich girl who is kind, generous, sweet, funny, and openly rebellious against the more unfair conventions of her society. Cassandra (Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure) - the series is canon to the film, as it was intended as the film's sequel. Therefore Cass is canon and deserves a top five spot on this list. Karmi (Big Hero 6 series) - took some warming up to, but imo, she's earned a spot on the list.
I'd have to go with Karmi of 'Big Hero 6: The Series' because she has inspiring ideas that could be very useful for the team, and sometimes she always has the confidence to be a bada**, step in and save the day, and of course do I even have to mention how much of a surprisingly great team she and Hiro are and how much they have in common how they feel betrayed by an adult genius they trusted. Give that girl her own Super Armor suit and spot in the group 'cause she deserves it
I love Yzma, she's the most unsung Disney villains! I also like her dynamic pairing with Kronk, their antics always cracked me up! 😂❣️
I love the moment when she becomes a cat😹
@@BrianAtkens that part was hilarious
Disney couldn't have made a more likeable villain
You like her? Get Disney+ and watch the Emperor's New School series. Yzma and Kronk are in every episode, and it's hilarious!
Yzma is so funny 😆
Charlotte from The Princess and the Frog should've get aleast an honorable mention as she is spoiled yet have a heart of gold.
It's also during a time when black people were segregated and they were still good friends which i think is really awesome and kind
she’s pretty wholesome and cares for others, as in the movie she gave money for tiana so she can get her dream
For me Meg and Esmeralda are the most underrated disney characters of all history. They are strong and independent woman, much more than most of the disney princesses
I Love You
“Move along Junior!”
“I’m a damsel. I’m in distress. I’ve got this!”
“Oh, you know how men are. They think ‘no’ means ‘yes’ and ‘go away’ means ‘take me, I’m yours’ “
@@Cheetahgirl_Studios yep lol
@@Cheetahgirl_Studios "I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, and I can handle this. Have a nice day!"
Favorite quote, ngl
And Kida.
Esmeralda was the best one with the grandmother from Mulan
Yes!!!!
@ac Ac Yesssssssss!!!!!!!!!
@ac Ac she is, but Disney is too scared to make her one right now
@ac Ac She actually was until 2004.
I like the three princesses from the second movie
Kida and Esmerelda were criminally underrated! Since Kida was actually a Princess, I don’t understand why they didn’t make her an official Disney Princess. And Meg, The Queen of Sass!
I agree! Kida was an actual princess and yet she gets hardly recognition and same with the Welsh Princess Eilonwy who later became known as the lost princess
*any
Sadly it's because of the almighty dollar. Atlantis didn't make a big box office hit so she doesn't get the title. She deserves to be an "official" princess however.
I also think Esmeralda should get it. The movie made lots of money. She's human. And she did an act of heroism (helping fight for her people and helping Quasimodo). All three are requirements to get the princess title.
Probably because she wasn't the protagonist
Kida is a queen not a princess
Queen Sarabi is another underrated Disney female character.
What movie is she from?
@@marstheclown9314 she's Simba's mother
Yeah the way she stood up to Scar was amazing and how when the hyenas were snapping at her she just kept her head up
@@marstheclown9314 lion king!?!?
Do you mean to tell me nobody knows her name 😭
@@nekoisme4087 Truly underrated, indeed. 😥 She is actually my favorite. When I had a towel of The Lion King. I always folded it so that it showed off her. She is so regal looking and how she always carried herself.
Don't get me wrong, I love Sadness, but I think Disgust should've been on this list instead of Sadness because Disgust doesn't get that much screen time, and Sadness is actually a main character.
I agree with you
@@mysticalfairymew8600 Thank you
@Hermione Granger-Weasley Thank you!
True, very true
i agree disgust is my favorite female emotion
This list is just perfect msmojo. These characters are really underrated they deserve more attention 😁
I agree, the Disney princesses seem to get ALL of the attention, but there's plenty of wonderful other badass ladies who deserve some love! 💖
How is this list perfect when their choices and ranking of characters were questionable at best?
@@1992disney Can you come up with a better list that majority of us will agree then?
@@mico5536/videos Mojo needs to sort out their priorities and bias to come up with better lists like this.
Agreed
Princess line or not, Pocahontas is so underrated as a character and a movie.
I agree, it gets a lot of shit (mostly deservedly) but it was absolutely gorgeous and has my favorite Disney songs next to the Mulan soundtrack.
I know right!!! It NEEDS more credit!!!!!
I mean, it's HISTORY!!
Channel Awesome Rewritten history. There's very little in that movie that's actually accurate
@@candicehoneycutt4318 I know, but it's still history.
Let’s just say historical fiction for now.
"Loincloth? Good lord." 😂 I would have the same reaction.
that line gets me every time😂
Esmeralda is total badass. Even when she's about to be burned at the stake she refuses to submit
She is legit a role model...
She's a queen. I love her sm
she’s a queen and severely underrated
I love Esmeralda! She's such a good role modle for kids and she deserves more credit.
she isn't really underrated tho
These female characters maybe underrated, but all of them are my favorites!!!
Nani and LIlo forever!
Kida was my favorite in Atlantis
Same here
Ikr her and Milo may look like an unusual match but I enjoyed their screen time together. Plus she looks really pretty as well as Esmeralda and Meg
I agree, honestly I’m so sad she was ranked so low, like Princess Elonwry and her should’ve swapped, considering Kida nearly died protecting her world and was actually the hero in the movie instead of Milo, despite he does manage to outsmart Rorke
Anyone else still want Elizabeth Gillies as Meg for the live action Hercules?
SHE WAS MY FIRST CHOICE!
Ariana Grande was actually asked to do Meg
Nope, ideally someone who is Greek to go with the whole Greek mythology story.
@@madisongracedeluise She wasnt chosen for the roll she was chosen for the musical cover
There have already been multiple live-action Hercules.
“Yep! THIS CRICKET’S A LUCKY BUG!!!”
- Grandmother Fa, 1998
"Sign me up for the next war!"
- Grandmother Fa, 1998
Grandmother Fa is a menace. If she were 50 years younger she would have devastated the hun army all by herself. Probably anyway. Lol
Out of all Disney Characters, Esmeralda remain as one of my all time favorite Disney Heroine!
"esmerelda is one of the most esquisitly drawn characters" SHES FKN HOT JUS ADMIT IT, WE WERE ALL THINKIN IT
I think they are "underrated" because they are "main" characters on thier movies , but all of them are great
Miss Bianca
Kida
Kiara
Chicha
Sadness
Maid Marian
Yzma
Nala
Alice
Jessie
The Muses
Nani Pelekai
Princess Elionwy
Jane Porter
Megara
Esmeralda
Grandmother Fa
All of them are so underrated: they deserve recognition
Moana’s grandmother. I love her
I still wish Princess Elionwy was Disney Princess
The grandma in Mulan always made me laugh as a kid
Me too !
No love for Todds grandmother from fox and the hound.!? Such a shame
Right! She’s such a sweetheart and I ball my eyes out when she has to leave Todd
@@VeronicaValentine2236 I refuse to watch the movie for that reason. Too many feels!
Esmeralda is the only Disney Heroine (That I remember) to carry a concealed weapon (Knife)! Great list!
Not to mention when facing death and given the choice to either 'become Frollo's mistress or burn as a witch', she spits RIGHT IN HIS FACE! And that glare....if only looks could kill he'd be ash on the ground!
So did Kida lol. She was ready to stab that dude in the face
i love esmeralda. not only she's hot but she's ahead of our time to speak about "justice!"
You forgot my favourite Grandmother Fa line...
"Would you like to stay for dinner?"
"Would you like to stay forever?"
Yeah iconic
Switch Nani to number 5
Being a 19 year old trying to look out for a her little sister, while adapting to living with, Aliens and keeping a job and leaving behind a social life
The Stress levels would be overwhelming and Nani deserves serious prays for keeping her Ohana all together ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
In my opinion Yzma should be number 1. But then again the whole movie is underrated ! 😩
i love it when Megara appears on lists, she´s so cool and underappreciated....
😀
I think Megara was a far more fascinating character than Hercules with such an intriguing backstory. I liked the songs in the film, but if she had been the protagonist, it would have been such a better movie. Just my opinion.
Yes yes yes I totally agree
you should 100% read Go The Distance by Jen Calonita. it's a part of the Twisted Tales series that focuses around Megara and what happened after the original Disney tale.
I loved Esmeralda and Kida so much when I was a kid, I even went trick or treating as esmeralda in Halloween (‘99). I think they were the only heroines with dark skin in Disney back in the day.
Franny Robinson's quote is my life motto
"I am always right. Even when I'm wrong, I'm right."
Queen Kida is alot of fun and a good design wise as well. I woulda ranked her higher
I'm glad Princess Eilonwy is on the list
YES!!! ME TOO!!! I freaking love her!
Nakoma's my pick , I've always wanted to find out more about her and Kokwoam.
Yass
Olivia from the great mouse detective.
SHE IS SOOOOOO CUTE AND ADORABLE!!!!!!!! 😆♥️😆♥️😆♥️
God, yes! 🤩
Nani was so pure and dealt with so much at such a young age... taking on watching her sister aliens and jobs...🥺❤️
Eee! So happy Jane Porter is in the Top 5! I love her character. Sure, she's completely out of her element, but she's also very kind, intelligent, caring, and helps Tarzan to rescue his mother. She's a wonderful character!
Meg is the best female character but is often forgotten because Hercules is an underrated movie
Honey Lemon is actually my second favorite Big Hero 6 character behind Hiro
I remember having a little toy figurine of one of the lady singers in Hercules when I was really young. I brought her everywhere and called her "pretty girl" and thought she was cartoon Beyonce lol
Which one?
@@HaydrogenBomb she was the one who was in the middle usually
That's cute
22:10 fun fact: in the Italian version of Mulan Grandma Fa is voiced by Lina Wertmüller, the 1st female director ever nominated for the Oscar for best directing back in 1977 for Seven Beauties.
Fun fact: "The Lion King 2" is loosely based on "Romeo and Juliet"!
everyone knew that like the first was one loosely based on Hamlet
@@ahmedmaklad6527 It's weird to think of Zira as an evil version of Lady Montague, isn't it?
What about Mittens? She was the one who helped Bolt discover the real world. Her relationship with Bolt was one of the strongest parts of the movie.
We cannot talk about the brilliance of Yzma without mentioning the absolute legend that was Eartha Kitt! May she rest in peace ❤️
Ever adult watching Inside Out any time sadness said anything: “same”
I remember when I was small I liked Hunchback of Notre Dame and still do and the reason was Esmeralda. I loved her character idk if it was how they made her character or because my name is Esmeralda or both.
Jim's mother also deserves more love and I completely agree Treasure Planet is under appropriated, I remember how much I loved it. Esmeralda was a Disney princess until 2005 or 2006.
Every one of these entries is pure gold!
It's always been one of my personal pet peeves that Kida has never been made an official Princess (she's an ACTUAL princess and an amazing character besides!). Yzma is definitely the best Disney villain for me, hands down. Nala and Kiara are my queens forever (Kiara never gets enough love). Jessie's song was the first time I cried at a Pixar movie; ugly cried, in the theater. And I'm not gonna lie: one of my biggest childhood disappointments was reading Greek mythology and learning the Muses weren't actually five sassy sexy Black ladies.
This is the kind of list, full of nostalgia and great short analysis, that makes me love Ms Mojo 😊
I love this list! I think Wendy from Peter Pan could be a contender, as well as Moana's grandmother. It was nice to see so many characters that are TRULY underrated on the list.
"This cricket's the lucky one!"
Honey lemon is more underrated than Go Go. And where is Anastasia EXSHOOS me
Anastasia isn't Disney.
@@Artleycoul She is now.
@@larkmacgregor3143 Deets!
I love Honey Lemon!
@@Artleycoul Fox originally did Anastasia, Disney bought Fox. Still, as she wasn't originally a Disney character in not upset she's not on this list.
Nice choices! I agree on Kiara, Yzma, GoGo Tomago, Jane Porter, Megara and Esmeralda. Hopefully to see a Top 20 Underrated Disney Male Characters someday.
Neera (Dinosaur)
Ramsey (The Good Dinosaur)
Audrey (Atlantis)
i would too see a new top 10 underrated female dreamworks characters
I wholeheartedly agree
Jane Porter has always been one of my major animated crushes of all time. When other media just talk about the Disney Princesses, even though Mulan isn't technically one, they never appreciated some lovable "normal disney ladies" as well. It's nice to see that she is so high on this list :)
So does no one in Ms Mojo even know what "underrated" means? Megara and Esmeralda are both considered one of the popular females in Disney. Neither one of them are underrated.
They don’t get the respect they should and are not Disney princesses so they are underrated
Exactly. Most of the movies they come from are underrated as well.
The average person has never even heard of them. How are they not underrated?
If they are popular, they would have been in Disney Princess line up. People are just hyping their names up because the are truly underrated. And that what makes people know them and it helps to introduce in their movie tho.
I feel like Kida should have been put a lot higher, top 4 for sure
When I read the title the first person I could think of was Maya Hart, from Girl Meets World. I think she is the most realistic character Disney ever had. Just like Shawn, she confronts real problems. They show the suffering of the ones that are not so promoted. The ones that go through a parents divorce, those who are different and try to be accepted despide that fact, because this world is full of prejudice. In most of Disney movies and series the characters look so "perfect" and their problems resume at growing up, having a boyfriend/girlfriend, popularity, while Maya confronts the real world, our world.
I love Maya and Shawn. And the fact that my parents are divorced and have been for...like almost 12 years makes it really easy for me to empathize with Maya. I have great relationships with my parents (mostly my dad) but that doesn’t change the fact that they aren’t together. And I’m not as hurt by it as I was a few years ago but it does still hurt
I know it does, but the fact that you get along with both of them makes it easier. Later, with time, you will realize that it was better for both of them to divorce if they felt that the marriage didn't work, and being separated doesn't change their love for you, and you should suport them if they want to be happy on separate ways.
Sarcastically: so smooth milo "p-preety girl, I meal I swim pretty good" and I was so rooting for kiara and kids so yeah all the Ks 😁
Grandmother fa reached the age of "come at me bro" all the best old people can achieve
This is a fun list and I agree with the choices here. Wish you could expand on certain characters a bit more based on sequels or tv shows, like GoGo. In the big hero 6 tv show, she certainly has some great moments including being a mentor and singing about Dark Matter (plus we see her actually hug and broke Scott Adsit)
*I'm a damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this*
Wait so Lottie aka Charlotte from Princess and the Frog isnt on this list?😕 shes the friend that people want
Melody from Little Mermaid 2 and Shanti from Jungle Book 2. Brave, adventurous, compassionate, rebellious, spunky, determine, know what they want and goes for it despite being kids. And what about Malina from The Emperor's New School? Or does that not count?
NGL, I had a crush on Esmeralda when I first saw her. Definitely one of Disney's best-looking female characters, and one of it's most awesome in personality.
I think most of us can agree
I third that
Captain Amelia!!! I LOVE HER!!! She's so strong and sassy!
And she should've been so much higher on this list!
I will fight to death about how underrated Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather are from Sleeping Beauty! I adore the live-action Maleficent adaption for varied reasons reasons, but ultimately, I cannot forgive what that writing team did to the fairies. They were the animated Golden Girls before that sit-com was even on paper! I think they are truly underrated icons & deserve more attention lol. Aurora may be the title character of Sleeping Beauty, but she's not the lead character. Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather are the true main characters of Sleeping Beauty (1959).
And the writing team did go on record admitting as much. I'm paraphrasing, but they basically said that they had so much fun developing the sister trio as indvidual personalities and exploring the impact their magic can have on the plot, that they ended up moving into the spotlight. So it's the 3 fairy sisters vs Maleficent, as the hero vs villain dynamic driving this original plot. And Aurora is who the heroes are fighting for; she's their motivation to fight. Aurora's role is basically what Princess Zelda's historically is to The Legend of Zelda franchise; and the 3 fairies are Link.
They're the ones with a history with the Maleficent in the fae-realm of society. Aurora, her family, and Phillip & his dad just got caught up in fae drama cuz they weren't sufficiently educated on the details to avoid it. Aurora's curse vis Maleficent is the trio's "Call to Action". It was out of their guilt on behalf of the actions of a particularly vengeful one of their own, that they offered to hide and raise Aurora, lovingly and safely, for 16 years. And it was THEIR eventual love for Aurora, & their desire for her safety and happiness, that was the driving driving force behind their motivations and actions throughout the film....as the actual heroes of the story. Phillip's love & athleticism was also essential, as the story is written. But he was also actually pretty much hand-held by the fairies through the whole final escape & confrontation with Maleficent. The women who raised Aurora were NOT going to let failure to save her be an option.
So, Maleficent didn't REALLY introduce the idea of a fairy tale's "true love" angle being that of a parent's love for their child, the adaption just switched the parental figure and had it replace the (yes, very un-developed, in both cases) romantic love's role in breaking the curse. But devoted parents, as protagonists, who take action to save their child were ALREADY deeply a part of the 1959 film's story...and that's part of why I have such mixed feelings about the commentary around Maleficent being a 'new' feminist take on the tale. I appreciate that it elevates impact of true familial love & emphasizes how it can heal a broken and abused soul; the actions they take out of love can even 'undo' those they have done out of spite (within reason). Love saves AND heals and redeems. That was a beautiful choice.
But I hate that the adaption did that story edit at the cost of making the original parental figures, the fairies, flake-y & irresponsible ditzes. They are depicted with a well-meaning but pitifully unreliable & distanced emotional relationship with Aurora in Maleficent. Three highly capable (yet reasonably flawed), entertaining, relatable, deeply compassionate, older, fat, unmarried****, co-parenting sisters being thrown under the bus to become useless dolts..... in the name of feminist story-telling??? That was....a glaring oversight in interpreting the original film for an updated adaption, in my opinion.
***(i know they're fae-folk. Historically-speaking, fae are secular beings and thus, removed from Christian marriage ideals. But the 1950's American writing team probs didn't think that deeply about that lore, tho. And living a whole life as an unmarried "old-maid" was particularly stigmatized in the '50s.)
Anyway...Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather are my true underrated favs who deserve better, thank you! lol.
I agree that all of these underrated female Disney & Pixar characters do often get overlooked more than they should’ve been. It’s surprising that some female villains like Yzma are also underrated like the protagonist characters.
I loved Atlantis when I was younger, that movie is so underestimated!
I love so many of these Chica, Yzma, Franny, Grandma Fa, and Jessie are my favorites
Technically, the female character who isn't on this list is the actual underrated character.
So Anna is underrated
Who are you talking about?
The one from wreck it Ralph ?
Like Mittens from Bolt?
Captain Amelia, Maid Marian, Kida, Meg and Esmerelda were always my favorites growing up. Jane was also cool.
It's a shame Disney didn't advertise Eilonwy stuff though because they tried to pretend the Black Cauldron doesn't exist because it was such a dark movie (based off of celtic myths)
Go kida and the Atlantis franchise! I feel like everyone overlooks this movie. Disney’s and other people shouldn’t overlook this movie just because it didn’t make a lot of money the fact is that I still watch this movie today and it still by far one of my favorite Disney movies
All these picks were amazing. Especially Kida, Go Go, and Captain Amelia. They were such cool fighters. And Jane had such a desire to learn about her new surroundings. And was a great artist. I mena she drew Tarzan perfectly only after seeing him once.
Captain Amelia is my favorite Disney character and nothing will change my mind
You forgot Wendy Darling!
I was looking for this comment!
Captain Amelia really deserves more credit. She is strong, harsh and cool at the same time good at heart.
I thought I loved Meg before but after hearing me best friend Charlie sing her song I Won't Say I'm In Love out loud at one of our sleepovers I fell in love with the character even more. Come to think of it, Charlie's the reason I watch any movies anymore so with that being said, I owe me devotion to the characters of these movies to her.
Next to Moana, Esmeralda was the only one to get away with almost using the b word.
Anna should be on here! She is my favorite Disney princess, and everyone likes Elsa so much better. But Anna is so much better. She’s charming, quirky, gorgeous, funny, positive, outgoing, loving, daring, brave, I love her
Idea for videos:
top 10 underrated Disney villains
Top 10 underrated Avatar and Legend of Korra eipsodes
Good ones
"Sign me up for the next war" is such an underrated line
As Alice from Alice in Wonderland had said, if I had a world of my own everything will be nonsense. At the same time yeah they were nonsense, with wacky, zany and off the wall things all around Wonderland. But at the same time it's a very nice place a fantasy even with a little bit of happiness here and there for Wonderland.
Also Alice is kind of like Dorothy Gale, the little girl from as we all know the Wizard of Oz. And like Alice, Dorothy wanted her world to be nice, beautiful, colorful but unlike Wonderland, instead of nonsense. Dorothy wanted her world to be with more happiness, with colors and beauty. As Dorothy had sung on her song Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Dorothy wanted her world to be more Over the Rainbow with beauty, wonderful colors and happiness.
And just like Alice, Dorothy did not expect evil for her world. Dorothy didn't expect evil from the Wicked Witch of the West, even the Wicked Witch of the East even though she didn't meet her. And of course Alice didn't expect evil from the queen of hearts, and how dark the queen of hearts is. Because she wants people's heads to be chopped off.
So I could see some comparisons between Alice and Dorothy, and similarities between the two characters as well. And both of them we got from 2 classic fairy tale story books, and of course two memorable movies which are also Classics as well.
And the differences between Alice and Dorothy, both of them have pets. Alice's pet is a cat. And Dorothy's pet is a dog named Toto.
And the differences between Alice and Dorothy, even though they are similar in comparisons. Alice is British and lives somewhere in London I believe, I can't remember I have to watch the movie again. But anyway Dorothy is American, and she lives somewhere in Kansas, maybe the outskirts of Kansas City.
And because Alice and Dorothy are similar, I believe they would make good friends. If Disney buys the rights of The Wizard of Oz, and hopefully MGM. And hopefully if the characters from The Wizard of Oz can be established Disney characters, and it would be nice to see them at Disneyland and some of the other Disney theme parks. And it would be cool to see Alice and Dorothy together with that idea.
In fact I think MGM should be the next property that Disney should purchase, and create a new Dialogue on Disney+ featuring The Classic MGM movies. Including the Wizard of Oz, is Disney can purchase the rights of that movie from Warner Brothers. So that way the Wizard of Oz can be with MGM again, like how it was originally. If Disney can ever make this happen with the purchase of MGM and the purchase of The Wizard of Oz after that👍😉❤
Also, the one thing that The Wizard Of Oz and Alice In Wonderland have in common is that both their most famous movie adaptations have been synced up with albums by Pink Floyd (The Dark Side Of The Moon/The Wizard Of Oz & The Wall/Alice In Wonderland) respectively.
Oh wow I never thought of any of that! I would love if Disney did that and also made a movie with Alice and Dorothy!
Where's Roxanne from the goofy movie I loved her sm
Seriously though if a live-action adaption of Treasure Planet was made it could be absolutely phenomenal. Imagine Pirates of the Caribbean meets Star Wars.
Actually, that's not a good idea at all because it's already perfect. Remaking will only ruin it instead. So re-releasing it in theaters in 3D, IMAX 3D, and 4DX is the best way for it to finally get all the love, attention, credit, and recognition it rightfully deserves.
@@1992disney if it was done right it wouldn’t ruin it
@@alextownley9388/videos/videos/videos Not every single Disney animated movie has to have a remake just because it's a current trend at Disney. Can't we just appreciate Treasure Planet the way it is? It's so much better off being left completely alone forever, if you ask me.
@@1992disney I’ve always wanted a live action version. It has nothing to do with the shitty remakes they’ve been doing lol
@@alextownley9388/videos I don't care and neither should you. Disney should be focusing on making more new and original movies instead.
We can put Vanellope(wreck it Ralph),Boo(Monsters Inc),Elastic Girl/Helen parr,22(soul),Moana,Giselle,Merida (Brave),Lilo,Gogo & Honey lemon(Big Hero 6)and Judy Hopps
I LOVE LION KING 2!!! Maybe even more than 1
Meh. The songs weren't as memorable.
@@vetarlittorf1807 for me, they were more memorable than the first movie songs. Don’t judge. I was a pretty weird kid. I only watched lion king 2 and I watched it so much, I thought that it was the first movie. 😂😅 so when I watched the first lion king, I guess I just wasn’t that impressed. I think I also just like the story line of number 2 better than 1. Hamlet vs Romeo and Juliet. I don’t know. I just really like Lion King. Lion king 1 1/2 was a blast too.
Yeah, as far as Disney sequels go, Lion King 2 is actually pretty good. As for 1 1/2, that one's my favorite in the series.
@@HaydrogenBomb The only Disney sequels that are actually good are Rescuers Down Under, Lion King 2 and Aladdin 3.
@@vetarlittorf1807 Are we talking ALL sequels, or just direct-to-video?
With all that talk about underrated Disney films getting more love lately, is there any chance that is happening with Bolt?
I hope that happens with Bolt. That movie deserves better than what it gets. The relationship between Bolt and Mittens was well crafted, and it should be more appreciated like the one between Judy and Nick.
Not sure if Yzma is underrated per se. Everyone knows she and Kronk are the best parts of Emperor's New Groove.
The movie and tv show are underrated so she is
I do agree with Grandmother Fa!! I love her!! She’s very underrated
Sadness and Jessie are made by Pixar, not Disney. It doesn't matter if Disney owns Pixar.
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If you look up Disney movies you will see Pixar movies there. Is also called Disney Pixar
They said they will include Pixar
I was so scared that you would put Megara not in the top 3. But now I'm happy. "I won't say I'm in love" is my favorite Disney song ever and Hercules is my favorite movie alongside Lion King. Megara is so underrated as well as the movie.
For me it would be
1. Meg
2. Jane
3. Yzma
4. Edna
5. Timon's Mom
I love Esmeralda from Hunchback of Notre Dame 💗💖 she's my favorite Disney character
Kida should have been higher on the list. That woman is ICONIC
But Grandmother Fa as #1 was perfect
Mrs. Caloway, Maggie and Grace in Home of the Range
You know you are a Disney fan when you literally know almost every single character on this list without fail.😃👍
Meg, Kia, black cauldron princess should a all be in the princess club.
Missing from this list:
The Rivera women (Coco). All of them. Including Pepita.
Charlotte LaBouff (Princess and the Frog) - a spoiled rich girl who is kind, generous, sweet, funny, and openly rebellious against the more unfair conventions of her society.
Cassandra (Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure) - the series is canon to the film, as it was intended as the film's sequel. Therefore Cass is canon and deserves a top five spot on this list.
Karmi (Big Hero 6 series) - took some warming up to, but imo, she's earned a spot on the list.
Please do Top 10 Alistair Krei moments from Big Hero 6: The Series in honor of the series ending!!! PLEEEAAASSSEEE!!!!!
I'd have to go with Karmi of 'Big Hero 6: The Series' because she has inspiring ideas that could be very useful for the team, and sometimes she always has the confidence to be a bada**, step in and save the day, and of course do I even have to mention how much of a surprisingly great team she and Hiro are and how much they have in common how they feel betrayed by an adult genius they trusted. Give that girl her own Super Armor suit and spot in the group 'cause she deserves it
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I'm dressed up as Alice from Wonderland herself in my thumbnail (as well as my other channel's thumbnail).