

However, Giselle almost immediately gives it to an old woman who happened to have encountered Prince Edward slaying a city bus that morning, while searching for his lost bride. Deciding he must part with Giselle in Central Park, Robert offers her some money. Robert reaches the end of his patience when Giselle causes an argument between him and Robert's fiancée, a fashion designer named Nancy, who misunderstands the situation and runs off after arguing with Robert.Īt Robert's law firm, his secretary tries to find Giselle transportation home, but cannot locate Andalasia. Following the ways of her fairy-tale world, Giselle recruits urban animals in the city – pigeons, cockroaches and rats – to help her clean his apartment while she fashions a dress out of his curtains.

At his daughter Morgan's insistence, Robert lets Giselle stay at their apartment despite believing that she is crazy and worrying about the safety of his daughter. Giselle emerges through a manhole in Times Square in modern day, live-action New York City, and after a turn of events, she meets Robert Philip, a hardened, yet friendly divorce lawyer who is at first reluctant to help her find her way home. She then throws Giselle down a well and into a magic portal that transports her to a world "where there are no happily ever afters" - Earth. The next day, when Giselle arrives at the palace, Narissa disguises herself as an old hag. However, Queen Narissa, Edward's evil stepmother, schemes to protect her throne, which she will lose her claim to the throne once Prince Edward is married. Prince Edward, her designated true love which he hears her voice in the forest, saves her from a troll and they plan to get married the next day. Giselle lives in the blissful and traditionally-animated fairy tale world of Andalasia, where animals are talkative companions and musical interludes punctuate nearly every interaction, characters breaking into song and "happily ever after" a foregone conclusion. However, she, Prince Edward and Pip the chipmunk get a taste of reality, while Robert the lawyer and his daughter Morgan get a taste of the land of dreams. Seeking refuge with a lawyer and his daughter, Giselle waits for her prince to come.

After being tricked by a throne-loving Queen Narissa, soon-to-be Princess Giselle falls into another world, far from her Andalasia- New York.
