Princess Bean
Princess Bean | |
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Disenchantment character | |
![]() Luci, Bean, and Elfo talk to Bean's father, King Zøg, with Bean holding a mug of beer | |
First appearance | "A Princess, an Elf, and a Demon Walk Into a Bar" (2018) |
Created by | Matt Groening |
Voiced by | Abbi Jacobson |
In-universe information | |
Full name | Tiabeanie Mariabeanie de la Rochambeau Grunkowitz |
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Species | Human |
Gender | Female |
Title | Princess |
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Nationality | Dreamlander, Maruvian |
Tiabeanie Mariabeanie de la Rochambeau Grunkwitz,[1] also known as Princess Bean, is the main character of the adult animated fantasy television series Disenchantment, voiced by Abbi Jacobson.[2] Bean is the daughter of King Zøg and Queen Dagmar of Dreamland, where she was born, and is the step daughter of Zøg's second wife, Oona. She often refers to herself as "Drunkowitz" when drunk.[1] Bean has a bad relationship with both her parents and at one point had a love interest with Elfo, another main character from the series.[3]
Characterization
Bean is a princess who enjoys getting drunk and into trouble, much to the chagrin of her father and everyone else in the kingdom. Bean yearns to be a normal person, so she can do whatever she wants without getting in trouble with King Zøg, and date other people without them being scared of Zøg's wrath. Jacobson was cast as Bean in late July 2018.[2]
Fictional biography
Part 1
Bean is a despairing princess getting ready for her arranged marriage when she finds a mysterious gift in the present pile. When she opens it out of curiosity, she finds Luci, her own personal demon, as he says. When the time comes for Bean to be wed to a handsome but stupid prince from Bentwood, she accidentally kills her groom. The parent of the groom, Prince Guysbert, decide that Bean can still wed their second son, Merkimer. When the two are about to get married, Elfo, who has run away from his homeland of Elfwood, interrupts the wedding.
When Bean, Elfo, and Luci, avoid marrying Guysbert's brother, they begin to go on many adventures, that have to do with the myths of Hansel and Gretel, throwing a giant party in the castle that is overthrown by Vikings, and a giantess named Tess who the Dreamland knights capture.
Soon, Bean's father, King Zøg takes an interest in finding the Elixir of Life, and sends the knights (who take Bean and Luci) with them to find the elixir and Elfo, who was previously captured by Big Jo the exorcist. Bean rescues Elfo and the trio return to Elfwood after learning that Elfo is only half-elf, where they try to make peace with the elves until the knights arrive and attack the elves to get their blood to activate the Eternity Life, which is one half of the elixir.
Elfo tries to protect the elves, but is killed by an unknown knight. When given a choice to resurrect her mother, Dagmar, or Elfo, Bean chooses Dagmar, much to the chagrin of Elfo, back in Hell. When people around the kingdom begin turning to stone, Dagmar takes Bean on a boat back to her true homeland Maru. Little does Bean know that it was actually Dagmar turning everyone to stone, not Queen Oona, as King Zøg and the others has suspected.
Part 2
Part two begins with Bean aboard her mother Dagmar's ship. Upon arriving to her birthplace Maru, she quickly realizes that something suspicious is going on, and runs away when Dagmar and her aunt and uncle Becky and Cloyd try to nail a crown to her head. Bean finds Luci and a stairway down to Hell to rescue Elfo, who died in the previous part. When Bean, Luci, and Elfo, emerge from Hell via a volcano and realize they are on Mermaid Island, where the mermaids are very hospitable, until the trio leave and the mermaids reveal that the only reason that they were keeping Elfo's body intact was that they were going to eat him.
Upon returning to Dreamland, King Zøg begins throwing rocks at them aimed to kill, because he mistakenly believes that Bean was working with Dagmar to turn all the other Dreamlanders to stone. Bean begins to have suspicions about the castle and about a strange music box apparently was given to her as a child by Dagmar, and that keeps reappearing on her mantle whoever she disposes of it.
After Bean travels to the land of the orcs to find a mystical cure for the elves who have all gotten sick and stops a troupe of trolls masquerading as circus elves from stealing Dreamland's gold, she travels to Steamland, a neighboring kingdom to Dreamland, constructed of technology, where Bean acquires a gun, with which she accidentally shoots King Zøg, her father. Bean's brother Derek becomes the de facto King and accuses Bean of murder, guided by the corrupt Odval. Just as Bean is about to be burned at the stake with Elfo and Luci for the murder, they fall through into the catacombs, where they are met by Dagmar once again.[2]
Part 3
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Part 3 reveals her to be bisexual.[4] In the episode "Last Splash", she shares a same-sex kiss with the mermaid Mora.[5] Mora is also helpful in getting Bean to Steamland.[6] This is consistent with the previous season, where Bean was shown to enjoy "the company of mermaids."[7] Additionally, Bean's voice actress, Abbi Jacobson, is bisexual.[8]
Reception
Vulture noted that "Jacobson’s scratchy ruefulness is a perfect match for Bean’s mix of anti-establishment attitude and indifference"[9] and Drop the Spotlight said that "Jacobson does a good job of humanizing the character during moments when Bean has to make important decisions, but the joke delivery is hit and miss."[10] Mashable described Bean as uneducated and crude.[11]
References
- ^ a b "Disenchantment - Bean's full name". Twitter. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
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- ^ Vic (2018-09-13). "Review of Disenchantment: The Good, The Bad, and the Elfo". Drop The Spotlight. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ Opie, David (January 21, 2021). "Disenchantment just confirmed Bean is queer in groundbreaking episode". Digital Spy. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved January 22, 2021.
- ^ Griffin, David (January 15, 2021). "Disenchantment: Season 3 Review". IGN. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
The episode "Last Splash" serves as a welcome character study for Bean and her relationship with an adventurous Mermaid named Mora
- ^ Stubbs, Dan (January 11, 2021). "'Disenchantment' Finds Redemption in Season Two". NME. Archived from the original on January 16, 2021. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ^ Plowe, Emma (October 15, 2019). "'Disenchantment' Finds Redemption in Season Two". Cornell Daily Sun. Archived from the original on May 16, 2020. Retrieved January 16, 2021.
- ^ Liebman, Lisa. "Abbi Jacobson Travels Far from Broad City in Heroin Drama 6 Balloons". Vanity Fair. Archived from the original on January 1, 2021.
I kind of go both ways; I date men and women. They have to be funny, doing something they love. I don't know—I've never really been interviewed about this before.
- ^ Chaney, Jen (2018-08-16). "Disenchantment Does Not Cast a Spell". Vulture. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ Vic (2018-09-13). "Review of Disenchantment: The Good, The Bad, and the Elfo". Drop The Spotlight. Retrieved 2020-12-08.
- ^ Joho, Jess. "Why 'The Simpsons' creator refused to watch 'Game of Thrones' while making his new show". Mashable. Retrieved 2020-12-08.