It’s time to talk about everyone’s favorite childhood movie: "The Princess Diaries." This movie franchise also happened to be one of those rare occasions when the sequel was just as good as the first one (okay, the first one is definitely better, but the second one isn’t laughably worse, so I consider that a success.) Consequently, there ended up being multiple suitors for Mia, starting with Josh Bryant (ew) and then Michael Moscovitz in the first film, followed by Andrew Jacoby, Duke of Kenilworth and Nicholas in the second. Everyone hates the self-absorbed Josh Bryant who just uses Mia to get his 15 minutes of fame, and Andrew Jacoby clearly has no chemistry with Mia, so most people favor Nicholas, who she does end up with in the end. But what about Michael??? People often forget about him when he doesn’t appear in the second movie because he’s touring with his band (what’s up with that, by the way) but after watching the first movie, you can’t help but agree that they belong together! Here are five reasons why Michael is far superior to every other romantic interest of Mia.
1) He’s quietly funny.
Never forget his response when Mia asks him what Josh Bryant just asked her: “Can I borrow a comb?” Someone who can crack jokes like this off the cuff, but isn’t in-your-face about it, is definitely a keeper. He gets bonus points for making fun of Josh Bryant too.
2) “He fixes cars. He plays guitar. And he can sing.”
“He is so hot!” “He is wicked sweet!” Enough said.
3) He appreciates a disgusting, yet adorable apology.
And he makes sure the pizza man with the extremely long beard doesn't make the pizzas. He knows to ask the right questions.
4) They were already friends.
Michael is Lily’s brother, and Lily is Mia’s best friend, so that almost makes them friends by default. He works on Mia’s car for her and invites her to come see his band, so clearly they’ve enjoyed each other’s company multiple times and already established their friendship.
5) He saw her when she was invisible!!
This is the greatest reason there is! Michael liked Mia before she got her stereotypical makeover where her hair was de-frizzed and her eyebrows (Frida and Kahlo) were trimmed, and before she became extremely popular when her high school found out she was a princess. Before this reveal, Mia was either bullied or ignored by almost everyone in school except for the Moscovitz siblings. Yes, Nicholas, you’re pretty attractive and you’ve got the whole “I declined assuming the throne so that you can rule the country because I love you” thing going for you, but did you see Mia when she was invisible?! I didn’t think so.
