Board Thread:Off-Topic Fun/@comment-24863788-20150712021406/@comment-1894786-20150712050519

Pocahontas stopped a war between settlers and natives and risked her neck (literally) for John Smith. Anna risked everything for her kingdom and her sister, almost dying in the process. Rapunzel didn't really save anyone, but she was definitely independent and strong. I would put all three in the second category.

Belle is totally smart but her Disney incarnation is definitely a damsel. Beast saves her from wolves and can do nothing during his fight with Gaston. Ariel, while incapacitated during the fight with Ursula, gets a lot of character exposition in her prequel cartoon so I would definitely say Ariel can handle herself. I would switch them.

As for Cinderella, she was locked in her room and was saved by the mice, I don't really consider that damsel in distress because she was a 20 year old girl, it's not like she could physically break the door down.