Prince Derek (Barbie)



Prince Derek is a character in Barbie in The 12 Dancing Princesses. He was the royal shoe cobbler, and he harbored romantic feelings for Princess Genevieve.

He is voiced by Shawn Macdonald.

Bio
When Derek arrives at the castle, the princesses rush to meet him and receive their new ballet shoes. When Derek, awkwardly, gives the new shoes to Genevieve and she starts to dance, it becomes clear that Derek is in love with her, but he can't say it to Genevieve. By Genevieve's request, Derek can finds the apothecary and asks him about Rowena. He gives the apothecary his horse, instead of his bird for Queen Isabella's silver goblet. Soon after, he is quite sneaks into princesses' bedroom and discovers magical stones. Derek finds the princesses in pavilion and tells to them Rowena's plan.

When Desmond breaks magical stones, golden pollen tells them to escape from the pavilion. Fallon, the most romantic princess, says that Genevieve and Derek should dance together. It helps, and the princesses return into their castle. In the King's apartment, Derek was surely helps Genevieve to defeat the knights, resurrected by Rowena's wish. Genevieve and her sisters appears in castle's garden at the end of the film, and King Randolph leads Genevieve to the altar; Derek and Genevieve are getting married. Derek takes her hand, and the family all dance in the garden as Derek became a prince.

Trivia

 * He is the first character that has a talking parrot. The second is Prince Antonio from Barbie as The Island Princess only he doesn't speak.