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{{Short description|2009 television film directed by Allison Liddi-Brown}}

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{{Infobox television

| image = Princess Protection Program poster.jpg

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| runtime = 89 minutes

| company = Rainforest Productions

| distributor = [[Disney–ABC Domestic Television]]

| budget =

| network = [[Disney Channel]]

| first_airedreleased = {{startStart date|2009|606|26}}

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'''''Princess Protection Program''''' is a 2009 American [[comedy film]] released as a [[List of Disney Channel original films#Disney Channel Original Movies|Disney Channel Original Movie]],. It is directed by [[Allison Liddi-Brown]] and starringstars [[Demi Lovato]] and [[Selena Gomez]]. The script was written by Annie DeYoung from a story by Annie DeYoung and David Morgasen.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://pro-labs.imdb.com/title/tt1196339|title = Princess Protection Program - Production & Contact Info &#124; IMDbPro}}</ref> The film premiered on June 26, 2009, in the United States on [[Disney Channel]] and was released on [[DVD-Video|DVD]] on June 30, 2009. The film won the [[2009 Teen Choice Awards]] for Choice Summer Movie.

== Plot ==

Princess Rosalinda María Montoya Fioré is about to be crowned queen of the small nation of Costa Luna. However, her coronation rehearsal is interrupted by General Magnus Kane, the dictator of neighboring country, Costa Estrella, who invades her palace with his agents during her coronation rehearsal, and attempts to capture the royal family and take over the country. Major Joe Mason , an agent of the Princess Protection Program, or the (P.P.P.), a secret organization funded by royal families that looks after endangered princesses, whisks her away to safety via helicopter. Kane's agents, however, succeed in capturing her widowed mother, Queen Sofía Fioré of Costa Luna.

TheWhile Princessthe ProtectionP.P.P. Programis hidesgiven the mission to find a way to legally remove Kane and liberate Rosalinda's kingdom, they hide her in Joe's home in Lake Monroe, [[Louisiana]], where she meets his insecure, tomboyish teenage daughter, Carter Mason. Carter is an insecure tomboy who works at the family bait shop and dreams of going to the homecoming dance with her crush, Donny, althoughthough her classmate, Ed, secretly has a crush on her. Rosalinda poses as "Rosie Gonzalez", Carter's cousin from [[Iowa]]. Though Carter initially treats her with hostility, she warms up to her after Rosie explains her situation, and the two become bestclose friends. Carter teaches Rosie how to act like thean average American teenager, andwhile Rosie shows Carter how to disarm those that scorn them, especially resident mean girls, Chelsea Barnes and Brooke Angels. Rosie soon becomes popular at their high school.

In an attempt to trick RosalindaRosie into exposing her ___location, General Kane announces plans to forcibly marry her motherSofía. BrookeHaving discoverslearned theRosie's truthidentity aboutfrom Rosiea andmagazine, Brooke threatens to expose her unless Rosieshe drops out of the vote for Homecominghomecoming Queenqueen. Rosie reads of the pending nuptials in the magazine and tells Carter that she has decided to return home. Knowing Costa Luna is still too dangerous, Carter secretly devises a plan to posedisguise herself as RosalindaRosie and use herself as bait to lure Kane into capture. Carter calls Mr. Elegante, RosalindaRosie's royal dressmaker and friend, for help with her plan. He tells Kane that RosalindaRosie will be attending the homecoming dance and plans to wear a Caribbean blue dress, –which he actually sends the blue dress to Carter, and givesgiving Rosie a pale pink one. In the meantime, Rosie agrees to stay for the dance.

In order to help make the event special, aA group of friends, including Rosie and Carter, wear masks to the dance, helping Carter disguise herself as RosalindaRosie. According to plan, Kane and his agents mistake Carter for RosalindaRosie and lead her to Kane's helicopter. However, after winning the Homecominghomecoming Queenqueen title despite Chelsea and Brooke's efforts, Rosie discovers and ruins the plan by exposing herself to Kane, insisting to Carter that it is not her fight. Luckily, P.P.P. agents of the Princess Protection Program, including Major MasonJoe, have been waiting inside the helicopter and rescue both girls. The P.P.P. agents quickly apprehend Kane and his henchmen and turn them over to the international authorities. Rosie is crowned Queen Rosalinda of Costa Lunaqueen with Carter, Joe, Ed, Sofía, and Mr. Elegante in attendance.

In the extended ending, one year later, Rosie and Carter, who both became P.P.P. agents, are getting ready for their new assignment as they board a plane.

==Cast==

* [[Demi Lovato]] as Princess Rosalinda Maria Montoya Fiore/Rosie Gonzalez and later becomes Queen of Costa Luna

* [[Selena Gomez]] as Carter Mason

* [[Tom Verica]] as Major Joe Mason

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* [[Nicholas Braun]] as Ed

* [[Robert Adamson (actor)|Robert Adamson]] as Donny

* Samantha Droke as Brooke Angels

* [[Kevin G. Schmidt]] as Bull

* Talia Rothenberg as Margaret

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==Production==

Filming took place in [[Puerto Rico]] from March 14, 2008, to April 18, 2008, and it is the first Disney Channel Original Movie filmed in Puerto Rico. School scenes as well as homecoming scenes were filmed at [[Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola (San Juan)|Colegio San Ignacio de Loyola]] and [[Colegio San José (San Juan, Puerto Rico)|Colegio San José]] in [[San Juan, Puerto Rico|San Juan]] and lake scenes were filmed at the [[LoízaCarraizo Lake]] in [[Trujillo Alto, Puerto Rico|Trujillo Alto]]. The [[SerrallesCastillo CastleSerrallés]] in [[Ponce, Puerto Rico|Ponce]] was used for interior and exterior castle scenes while the interior courtyard of [[Casa de España]] in the [[Old San Juan, Puerto Rico|Old San Juan]] was used for both coronation scenes.<ref>[http://blogdelatele.blogspot.com/2008/04/princess-protection-program-fotos-info.html\ Princess Protection Program: Fotos + Info! - Blog de la Tele.Blogspot.com]</ref>

==Promotion==

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==Home media==

The film was released on [[DVD-Video|DVD]] on June 30, 2009, in the United States<ref name="pppdvd">{{cite web|url=http://disneydvd.disney.go.com/princess-protection-program.html|title=Princess Protection Program - On DVD - WD Home Entertainment|publisher=Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment|access-date=2009-06-06|archive-date=2009-06-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602050648/http://disneydvd.disney.go.com/princess-protection-program.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> and was later available worldwide.

==Music==

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===One and the Same===

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| artist = [[Demi Lovato]] and [[Selena Gomez]]

| album = [[Disney Channel Playlist]]

| released = {{Start date|2009|06|09}}

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| recorded = 2009

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| genre = [[PowerPop poprock]]

| length = 3:00

| label = [[Walt Disney Records|Walt Disney]]

| writer = [[Vitamin C (singer)|Colleen Fitzpatrick]], Michael Kotch, Dave Derby

| producer = [[Mitch Allan]]

| misc = {{External music video|type=song|{{YouTube|CT690CyjeYw|"One and the Same"}}}}

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"'''One and the Same'''" is a song performed by the main actors Lovato and Gomez. The song was written by [[Vitamin C (singer)|Vitamin C]], Michael Kotch and Dave Derby and was produced by [[Mitch Allan]]. The song's music video was included on the DVD of the film. The song was also featured on the compilation album, ''[[Disney Channel Playlist]]'', which was released on June 9, 2009.<ref name="WaltDisneyRecordsPage">{{cite web| url = http://disneymusic.disney.go.com/albums/dcplaylist.html| title = Disney Channel Playlist by Various Artists| publisher = Walt Disney Records| access-date = 2008-05-25| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090528083050/http://disneymusic.disney.go.com/albums/dcplaylist.html| archive-date = 2009-05-28}}</ref> The music video premiered on Disney Channel on June 17.

'''Chart performance'''

The song peaked at number 82 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. It has sold 336,000 digital copies, according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]].<ref name="ussales">{{cite newsmagazine|title=Ask Billboard: Demi Lovato's Career Album & Song Sales|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7998706/demi-lovato-21-savage-tom-petty-ask-billboard|workmagazine=Billboard|date=October 15, 2017|access-date=October 17, 2017}}</ref>

'''Charts'''

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== Reception ==

On [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film has an approval rating of 60% based on 5 reviews.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/princess_protection_program |title=Princess Protection Program (2009) |website=Rotten Tomatoes |access-date=February 28, 2023}}</ref> Laura Fries of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' magazine describes the film as being "light as a summer breeze on the Louisiana bayou". Although the film does not stray far from the Disney formula, Fries also praised the film writer Annie DeYoung for providing young girls a nice message about self-esteem. Fries said the film should be a hit with the channel's target audience.<ref>{{cite web

| date = June 26, 2009

| author = Laura Fries

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==Awards==

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|rowspan="3"|2009

|rowspan="3"|[[Teen Choice Awards]]<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1196339/awards Awards for Princess Protection Program 2009 - IMDB]</ref>

|[[Teen Choice Award for Choice Summer TV Series|Choice Summer TV Movie]]

|{{Won}}

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