On July 29th, 2001, movie goers around the world were introduced to the character of Mia Thermopolis in the Princess Diaries. Based off of Meg Cabot’s novel series with the same name, the Princess Diaries tells the story of Mia Thermopolis: a San Franciscan teenage girl who lives with her single mother,and her fat cat named Louie in an old San Francisco Fire Department house. Mia is trying to figure out her place in life as she weaves through high school with her best friend Lily in toe. But everything changes when her estranged grandmother, Clarisse Renaldi vists, and informs Mia that she is actually a princess of a very small European country called Genovia. Now, Mia must find a way to figure out how to balance high school while learning how to be a princess. Can she do it?
Many years after the first film’s release date, the Princess Diaries has become a cult classic in pop culture. To this day, we can still see many of the movie’s fans still using the dialogue from the movie in their everyday lives. Others have even watched the movie multiple times.
And whenever watching the movie, these 33 thoughts will most surely come to mind:
1) There’s Mia’s electric scooter! I always wanted one growing up.
2) I’d hate to ride my scooter up those hills in San Francisco though.
3) Josh was so cute.
4) “Somebody sat on me again.” That was me in high school too, Mia.
5) Mia during debate class was me in speech class.
6) This movie made me want to become a rock climber. Still haven’t achieved that…yet.
7) “Get off the grass!”
8) Julie Andrews is our queen.
9) Mia finding out she’s a princess is my reaction to everything in life.
10) I always wanted a tower.
11) Joe the driver is such a boss.
12) Michael and his M&M’s.
13) Michael was an angsty hottie.
14) Princesses never cross their legs in public. I know that now.
15) The soundtrack to this movie was so cringy.
16) “Granda I spun without hurting anyone!” *Me every time I dance.*
17) Mia has the best glow up in movie history.
18) Lily can be really dramtic.
19) She was seconds away from throwing away her friendship bracelet.
20) I now know how to wave like a princess.
21) I hated Lana.
22) I loved Lily’s show “Shut up and listen.”
23) Mia during the state dinner is me.
24) “It’s not appropriate for royalty to jingle.”
25) The Queen is super sly getting out of this car accident ticket.
26) Of course Josh notices Mia after the glow up.
27) Lily has a point. Mia can make a difference by being a princess.
28) Mia questions herself as much as I do.
29) Mia’s meltdown is me on a Monday.
30) She finally conquered her speech fear!
31) The moment with Michael! Ah!
32) The dancing!
33) I will forever love this movie!
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