Toon Talk Special: Favorite Disney Romantic Couples (Part 2 of 2)
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THE TOP 10 DISNEY ROMANTIC COUPLES
ALADDIN and JASMINE
He wants to raise his lot in life, while she wants to escape hers. They meet cute on the streets of Agrabah, spending their first date outwitting the palace guards. When he returns in the guise of “Ali Ababwa�?, she’s suspicious of this “preening peacock�? of a prince, but goes on a magic carpet ride to a “whole new world�? anyway. “It’s all so magical!�? she exclaims. You’re telling us.
SNOW WHITE and PRINCE CHARMING
Boy, that wishing well works fast: one minute she’s wishing into its depths for “the one I love�?, and the next a charming prince is serenading her with his “one song, only for�? her. Circumstances separate them, but she never forgets him, crooning of the “someday�? her “prince will come�?. And return he finally does, with perfect timing, as love’s first kiss is sorely needed for a happily ever after.
TARZAN and JANE PORTER
The last thing the prim and proper Miss Jane Porter ever expected to find on her African adventure was a wild man in a loincloth, let alone fall in love with him. He loves her too … after all, he’s never seen another human being before. He struggles to fit in with these “strangers like�? him, but in the end she accepts him for who he is, joining him in the treetops of the jungle for one final mighty yell.
MAGGIE McKENDRICK and MITCH EVERS
Sharon McKendrick and Susan Evers, two identical strangers, meet at camp and eventually deduce that they are, in fact, twin sisters, separated at birth by their divorced parents. They plot to get mom and dad back together by switching places. But after all their plans, the two grown-ups rediscover their love on their own, over a bowl of beef stew and cornbread, and wedding bells are soon ringing again.
POCAHONTAS and JOHN SMITH
Two cultures clash, yet love is found, in this early American-retelling of the Romeo and Juliet story. At first they (literally) don’t understand each other, but once they “listen to their hearts�?, their eyes are opened to the possibilities of the New World and all the “colors of the wind�?. Like the Shakespearean classic, their forbidden love leads to tragedy, the only couple in the top ten that does not end the movie together.