The 6 Hottest Cartoon Disney Princes

Cartoons can be hot. I know, I know. It sounds (and is) weird, but who didn’t have a crush on an animated character at some point in their childhood? Answer: no one. I’ve heard people say they knew they were gay even as a child because they had crushes on other girls or whatever, but all my childhood crushes were on fictional and usually animated characters. Thankfully I grew up to be really, really normal. 100 percent average. Completely regular, in both senses of the word. Here are the six hottest cartoon Disney princes.

1) Aladdin

Aladdin is the hottest Disney prince ever without a doubt and he and Jasmine make up the hottest couple ever (but that’s a different article). Aladdin is funny, adventurous, a friend to the animals, and charming as all get out. Who cares that he has no nipples?

2) Prince Eric

This right here is just an objectively handsome prince. Of course, there’s not much there personality-wise, but hey, no one can have it all. If Eric and Ariel find out after they get married that they really don’t have much in common after all, at least they can talk about their swoopy hair.

3) Prince Phillip

Dragon slayer? How about lady slayer?! You know Aurora was dreaming about a babe like this — that jawline, that hair, those eyelashes. Phillip looks like a soft butch lesbian and I mean that as the greatest of compliments.

4) The Beast

I always had a thing for the Beast. There’s just something hot about him (I know I’m right so don’t even try to argue this one). I always hated the end of Beauty and the Beast because the Beast turns back into a man, and he is uuuugly. Like, why couldn’t the true end of the curse be Beast learning to love himself for his beast face?

5) Li Shang

Definitely in the best shape of all the Disney princes, Li Shang can make a man — or woman — out of anyone. I like his face with all its sharp lines, his perfect eyebrows, and his sensational voice. Plus, he has nipples.

6) Simba

Okay this one might be weird, but when I was a kid I absolutely had a crush on Simba, despite the fact that he is definitely a cartoon lion. Adult Simba can get it too but back in the day I was all about kid Simba. That said, adult Nala is really hot. It took me a long time to figure out my sexuality (I am not into animals or animated characters now that I am an adult, thank you Jesus) and I blame it on Disney’s sexy cartoons.

Who’s your favorite hot Disney prince? I recognize I am such a freak for including Simba on this list but I feel no shame. Tweet your Disney prince opinions at me @erikaheidewald, (unless your opinion is that a cartoon lion doesn’t belong on any list with “hottest” in the title).