Thumbelina (Don Bluth)

Thumbelina is the main character of Don Bluth's Thumbelina. She wants to marry Prince Cornelius who lives in the Vale of the Fairies.

Why She Sucks

 * 1) She is a very weak and whiny protagonist who is unable to stand up for herself because she is dumb and passive and gets demotivated whenever something goes wrong for her.
 * 2) * Worse, she cries way too frequently throughout the film, even over stuff that aren't that big of a deal, such as when Berkeley Beetle calls her ugly and when she gets lost on the way home.
 * 3) She gets little to no character development, nor does she have any personality outside of being with her love interest, Prince Cornelius.
 * 4) She displays a lot of questionable moments of stupidity throughout the entire film. For example:
 * 5) Why does she happily dance to all the villain songs with her enemies when they are the one who force her to marry them against her will?
 * 6) Her dress falls off during "You're Beautiful Baby" and she is seen wearing her underwear and keeps on dancing anyway.
 * 7) She feels like a rip-off of Snow White from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs and Ariel from The Little Mermaid at some parts (They are both voiced by Jodi Benson respectively).
 * 8) Her love story with Prince Cornelius is quite rushed and cliche because they don't take their time to know each other and get married too soon; Thumbelina and Cornelius meet for only one night and the latter spends the rest of the film looking for Thumbelina, after she gets kidnapped, but winds up in danger while trying to find her way home. The two meet again and get married at the end of the film, even though that they've known each other for only one night.
 * 9) * Throughout the film, she is very clingy and dependent on Prince Cornelius. Speaking of male depending, she gives the bad message to girls that "you only need a man to have happiness", which is absolutely not true.
 * 10) Despite that she's supposed to be a teenager around the age of 16, she is extremely immature and never acts her age, since she is extremely clingy (especially to Prince Cornelius) and cries a lot over things that aren't that big of a deal.
 * 11) * She is supposed to be 16, but he has the mentality of a 4-year old.
 * 12) At the end of the film, she magically grows fairy wings and gets everything she wants. Not only does the film not explain how she got her fairy wings upon agreeing to marry Prince Cornelius, but has done nothing worthy to earn fairy wings when all she ever does is whine and mope around throughout the film, which conveys a bad message to kids: "If you only whine and mope around, you'll eventually get what you want."

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Her design is good.
 * 2) Jodi Benson performance as her isn't too bad.
 * 3) She does care about those around her in spite of her being whiny and annoying.