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| “ | The cold never bothered me anyway. | „ |
| ~ Queen Elsa's famous catchphrase while she sings Let It Go, and Making Today a Perfect day.
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| “ | And any friend of Vanellope's is a friend of ours. | „ |
| ~ Elsa meeting Wreck-It Ralph |
| “ | [giggles] Not all. | „ |
| ~ Elsa freezing Hans' portrait, replying to her sister on her way to the lobby, Once Upon a Studio. |
Elsa the Snow Queen (simply known as Elsa before her coronation) is one of the two main protagonists (alongside Anna) of Disney's Frozen franchise. She is the former queen of the kingdom of Arendelle who was originally troubled from using her cryokinetic powers, something which she inherited since her youth thanks to her late mother Queen Iduna, who was secretly affiliated with the Northuldrans.
Later on, she became more confident in using her ice powers, though she still has to control them if she ever doesn't want to harm others, like what she did to her younger sister Anna, though the latter was eventually defrosted from her frozen heart.
Soon after her rehabilitation from her previous insecurities, it was announced that she was destined to become the Fifth Spirit of the Enchanted Forest. When she learned about Arendelle's dark past with the Northuldrans, she later accepted her destiny, resulting in her abdication from the throne of Arendelle and Anna's ascension as the kingdom's new queen.
She is also the elder daughter of the late King Agnarr and Iduna, the older sister of Anna, the creator of Olaf, and the elder paternal granddaughter of King Runeard.
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Portrayals[]
- In most of the franchise, as well as Kingdom Hearts III and Once Upon a Studio, she is voiced by Idina Menzel, who is famous for playing Elphaba in the musical Wicked, Nancy Tremaine from Disney's Enchanted film series, Shelby Corcoran from Glee, Carmelita Fox from the Sly Cooper franchise, and Maureen Johnson from the musical RENT.
- As a child, she was voiced by Eva Bella and Spencer Lacey Ganus, and, in the sequel, she was voiced by Mattea Conforti.
- In Disney Dreamlight Valley, Disney Speedstorm, and LEGO Frozen: Operation Puffins she was voiced by Danielle Bisutti, who also voiced Freya from God of War.
- In the musical adaptation of the original film, she was portrayed by Caissie Levy and Ciara Renée.
- When she was younger, she was portrayed by Brooklyn Nelson and Ayla Schwartz.
Official Disney Bio[]
From the outside, Elsa looks poised, regal and reserved, but in reality, she lives in fear as she wrestles with a mighty secret—she was born with the power to create ice and snow. It’s a beautiful ability, but also extremely dangerous. Haunted by the moment her magic nearly killed her younger sister Anna, Elsa has isolated herself, spending every waking minute trying to suppress her growing powers. Her mounting emotions trigger the magic, accidentally setting off an eternal winter that she can’t stop. She fears she’s becoming a monster and that no one, not even her sister, can help her.
Background[]
At a young age, Elsa realizes that she holds an ancient power over ice and snow which she keeps hidden from her family, even her sister, Anna. Elsa shares a close bond with her free-spirited younger sibling, however, this is shattered when the two fall out. During Elsa's royal coronation, her abilities over ice are exposed to the citizens of the kingdom, causing Elsa to accidentally place a frozen curse on it, trapping it in an eternal winter. This leaves everyone utterly shocked because of a prophecy that someone will leave the kingdom in an eternal winter. Because of this disaster, Elsa goes into self-imposed exile, hiding away in an Ice Palace conjured up through her power. To protect herself and her new home, Elsa creates a fierce snowman warrior.
Meanwhile, to save her kingdom, Anna journeys off to find Elsa to restore their bond and break the curse.
Physical Appearance[]
Elsa is a 21-year-old woman, as the Snow Queen, she has platinum-blonde hair and blue eyes, very pale skin with a light dusting of freckles (a trait she shares with her sister, Anna) and a tall slender figure. She wore a cape and dress similar to her sister's, but the dress was colored dak-turquoise with gold lacing and a black top with sleeves. Her hair was kept back in a bun. She also wore gloves all the time to contain her powers.
In her Snow Queen state, Elsa wears her hair in a side braid woven with ice incrustations. She wears a cyan, off-the-shoulder dress with slightly transparent sleeves. And underneath the sleeves of her dress is a transparent cape of sheer material draped down and covered with big snowflakes.
Powers and Abilities[]
Powers[]
- Magic Cryokinesis: Elsa has a very powerful magical gift from birth, that of generating and controlling ice, cold and snow at will. With this power, Elsa is capable of many versatile applications: she has demonstrated both immense power (by creating a gigantic ice palace) and subtle use (by generating an ice path to walk on water or by creating many geometric shapes by combining her magic with her creative spirit). She has also demonstrated the ability to generate freezing rays from her hands or to create stalactites. As the years go by, Elsa's power grows immensely and she becomes more powerful when she gains her status as the fifth elemental spirit. One example is when venturing into Ahtohallan, Elsa was able to move pillars through the air with just simple hand gestures.
- Atmokinesis: Elsa also has the ability to create terribly powerful storms over an entire country, as demonstrated in the song Let It Go and especially towards the end of the film.
- Life-Giving: Elsa has demonstrated the ability to create life by magic, as she demonstrates with Olaf and Marshmallow.
- Immunity: Elsa is immune to even the lowest temperature. However, she did temporarily freeze when venturing too far into Ahtohallan.
Abilities[]
- High Intelligence: Although implicit in the film, Elsa has demonstrated remarkable intelligence, especially with regard to art. Indeed, by creating her ice palace, she was able to generate many flakes with complex geometric shapes.
- Leadership: Elsa has proven to be an excellent queen loved by her people. This capability extends to her tendency to want the good of Arendelle's good at all costs; even going so far as to exile herself.
Quotes[]
| “ | You've seen an enchanted forest?! | „ |
| ~ Young Elsa to her Father that he's seen an enchanted forest from the north. |
| “ | Elsa: [gasps] Anna: Hi, Elsa! Elsa: [in releif] Ugh! Anna, what're you doing up here!? Anna: Looking for traditions. Ooh! [giggles nervously] Elsa: ...and... what are you wearing...? Anna: My old viking helmet. And THIS was my sorceress cloak. Dragon feet! Nomb, nomb, nomb, nomb, nomb, nomb, nomb! Elsa: [giggles] Anna: I've found them in my old trunk. What's in yours? Elsa: Oh, mostly gloves. Anna: Heh, right. Rows and rows of satin gloves. |
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| ~ Elsa finding a ghost, but turned out to be her sister, Anna pretending to be one in the attic upstairs. |
| “ | Magic hands? | „ |
| ~ Elsa, Ralph Breaks the Internet |
| “ | So cool! | „ |
| ~ Elsa's interest in Vanellope Von Schweetz's outfit. |
| “ | Elsa: Anna! [Elsa and anna hugs each other] Anna: [sobbing, with laughter] I thought I lost you! Elsa: Lost me? You saved me, again. Anna: I did? Elsa: And, Anna. Arendelle did not fall. Anna: It didn't? Elsa: The spirits all agreed. Arendelle deserves to stand with you. Anna: Me? Elsa: You did what was right for everyone. |
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| ~ Elsa reuniting her sister after being saved by her. |
| “ | Anna: You are the fifth spirit. You are the bridge. Elsa: Well, actually, the bridge has two sides: a mother, and two daughters. We did this together. And we'll continue to do this together. Anna: Together. |
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| ~ Elsa revealing herself as fifth spirit. |
| “ | That's pathetic. | „ |
| ~ Elsa to herself, seeing Stromboli fight for candy. |
| “ | That's not what magic does. That's just your fear. Fear is what can't be trusted. | „ |
| ~ Elsa learning her grandfather's true colors. |
Trivia[]
- Contrary to how most adaptations (particularly the 1995 and 2012 versions) portray her, this version of the Snow Queen is not a villain, since the Snow Queen in the original fairy tale, though still the main antagonist was not intended to be evil. Also, the fairy tale involved an evil troll (implied to represent Satan) building a mirror which he will use to turn everyone evil, only to accidentally smash it in the process, and one of the shards ending up hitting Kai. The Queen was based on a woman Hans Christian Andersen personally hated for being shrewd and distant.
- Interestingly, Elsa was originally going to be the main antagonist in the early drafts of Frozen, which were more faithful to their original source material. However, Elsa was going to be even darker than the original Snow Queen to the point of freezing Queen Anna's heart purposely to take over Arendelle, as they weren't sisters in these drafts. She was also intended to be voiced by Megan Mullally before Idina Menzel got the role.
- Elsa, as well as the Snow Queen from the 2005 anime of the same name, are the only two incarnations of the character to be portrayed as heroic characters. Incidentally, 2005 was the same year Disney's Chicken Little was released, which also serves as the studio's first overall film to be CGI (much like Frozen).
- Elsa is also similar to Kai from the original "Snow Queen" fairy tale, who after ends up being kidnapped by the title Queen after he is unexpectedly stabbed by one of the broken shards of a magic mirror created by an evil troll which he was supposed to use to corrupt people and becoming cold and resentful, therefore prompting Gerda to try and rescue him, combined with the Snow Queen herself. In some adaptations, Kai and Gerda are an interesting case in the Snow Queen's life and interests.
- If that is the case, Elsa is the first Disney Heroine to be based on a female antagonist and a male protagonist from the source material, and the first false antagonist in the lineup.
- As some elements of Elsa's character simultaneously inspired by both Ice Queen and Kai simultaneously, the moment where Elsa runaway after her powers accidentally exposed which followed by winter that enveloped Arendelle was a reference of when Snow Queen kidnapped Kai. In Ross's case, she actually kidnapped herself.
- Wreck-It Ralph and Frozen writer Jennifer Lee once made a tweet jokingly suggesting that Elsa and Wreck-It Ralph would make a good couple during the 2013 D23 Expo. As a nod to that, in Disney INFINITY, if Ralph and Elsa are introduced to one another, Ralph will tell Elsa that she is "really pretty", and Elsa will reply "And you have a warm heart."
- In Ralph Breaks The Internet, Ralph actually gets to meet Elsa, as well as the other Disney Princesses, near the climax when Elsa and the other Princesses save Ralph from falling to his death after he defeats the Wreck-It Ralph virus, and he strikes up a friendship with all of the Princesses. Although Ralph and Elsa don't develop a romantic relationship in the film, it is possible that they will in either a possible future sequel or a possible future spin-off series.
- In the Japanese dub from the movie, she is voiced by Takako Matsu.
- Given that she was the protagonist of Frozen II, and that she was 24 years old by the time of that film's main events, this makes Elsa the first CGI-animated human protagonist in the Disney Animated Canon to be a full-fledged adult; Wreck-It Ralph doesn't count because he's a video game character, meaning that he's essentially ageless.
- Elsa is the first character to star in a non-original CGI Disney film, as Frozen II is a sequel; not counting Wreck-It Ralph, since he already starred in his namesake film prior to Ralph Breaks the Internet.
External Links[]
- Queen Elsa on the Pure Good Wiki
- Queen Elsa on the Disney Wiki
- Queen Elsa on the Frozen Wiki
- Queen Elsa on the Kingdom Hearts Wiki
- Elsa & Anna on the Just Dance Wiki
- Just Elsa on the Just Dance Wiki
- Also just Elsa on the Just Dance Wiki
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