Hey, is that Queen Elsa of Frozen fame in a Just Let It Go T-shirt and sweatpants? Princess Tiana in green PJs and slurping a Frappuccino? Mulan kicking back in cool red Converse sneakers? These are not your grandmothers' Disney princesses. In a photo from the upcoming Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2, shared by Entertainment Weekly, the Disney royals lounge around slumber-party style, and they've swapped their gowns for comfier clothes. Arcade racer Vanellope von Schweetz (voice of Sarah Silverman) learned in the first Wreck-It Ralph movie that she, too, is a princess, and in the sequel, she gets to hang out with the older, more established royals -- and converts them to her casual-clothing lifestyle. "I'm very proud of my character being a Disney princess with a human waist," Silverman told EW. "I love that she is a princess but wears, like, a hoodie, and she inspires them all to wear comfortable clothes." Silverman's a bit excited about the barriers her princess is breaking, too. "It didn't really cross my mind that I'm a Disney princess -- like, that I'm canon -- until we all met this year, and I got a little choked up," she admits. "It's corny, I know, but I was like, 'Oh s--t, right. I'm this Jewish, comfortable-clothes-wearing Disney princess. How cool is that?" Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 hits theaters in November.<doc-sep>To read more on this and other highly anticipated fall movies, pick up the new issue of Entertainment Weekly on stands Friday, or buy it here now. Don’t forget to subscribe for more exclusive interviews and photos, only in EW. If the secret lives of video game characters were explored in 2012’s Wreck-It Ralph, November’s animated sequel Ralph Breaks the Internet — which hotwires arcade heroes Ralph and Vanellope onto the web in search of a replacement game part — reveals the surprising furtive life of another group: Disney’s iconic princesses. Fourteen of Disney’s most famous regal women — who are ubiquitous on our real Internet but worshipped even more on the Internet imagined by Ralph’s filmmakers — meet Vanellope when the little racer encounters the ladies on a fan site. After discovering that she, too, is technically royalty, Vanellope and the princesses strike up a friendship, but to say that the discoveries stop there is a wreck of an understatement. Because of Vanellope’s laid-back influence, the princesses are serving up 14 brand new looks, previewed for the first time right here. RALPH BREAKS THE INTERNET Credit: Disney “I’m very proud of my character being a Disney princess with a human waist. I love that she is a princess but wears, like, a hoodie, and she inspires them all to wear comfortable clothes,” says Sarah Silverman, reprising her 2012 voice role as Vanellope von Schweetz, who in the final moments of Wreck-It Ralph learned she wasn’t a glitch but, in fact, the de-programmed monarch of the racing game, Sugar Rush. “It didn’t really cross my mind that I’m a Disney princess — like, that I’m canon— until we all met this year, and I got a little choked up. It’s corny, I know, but I was like, ‘Oh s—t, right. I’m this Jewish, comfortable-clothes-wearing Disney princess. How cool is that?” Inspired by Vanellope, the princesses’ loungewear looks bear custom-tailored designs for each individual’s well-trod journey, with imagery like poison apples and fancy carriages and Etsy-ready slogans like “Just Let It Go,” “Beast Friends Forever,” and “Blue Corn Moon” (from the most venerable House of Pocahontas). Co-director Phil Johnston (who co-wrote both Ralph films with Jennifer Lee and Pamela Ribon, respectively and sequentially) says the princess’ inclusion is a novel extension of what the first movie achieved. “It’s what Wreck-It Ralph was about: What happens when the arcade is closed and how do these characters behave when no one’s looking? And it’s very similar to what happens when you’re backstage in the princesses’ dressing room. What do they do? What do they look like? What do they talk about?” Perhaps better to ask, what don’t they talk about? There must be more than their provincial lives, and the film’s showstopping sequences poke unprecedented, meta (and studio-approved) fun at the characters’ long history. Silverman notes, “The princesses and Vanellope learn a lot from each other, but what happens in that discussion is acknowledging the… I don’t want to say just blatant sexism, but the kind of dated, antiquated idea of princesses and bringing it up to a feminist — meaning equal — code.” In fact, you can already catch part of that conversation in the movie’s trailer, below: Co-helmer Rich Moore, who co-directed the Oscar-winning Zootopia between Ralph films, ultimately considers the movie’s 14 royal stars to be one of the proudest casting coups of his career. “To be able to work with these characters in a way that’s funny and human… they’re so iconic, but to me, they felt like they were frozen in another time that made it hard for me to kind of identify with or understand them,” says Moore. “That’s just me personally, [but] I think what’s fun about that scene is that this is really adding a facet to them that makes them feel like real people.” Real people who, like you and I and the brooms from Fantasia, also have a job to do. Ralph Breaks the Internet imagines the princesses’ online avatars (not the real characters) cohabitating in an appropriately castle-themed dressing room — a fortress of fame, if you will, that houses the royal celebrities before their daily “showtime” on the fan site Oh My Disney. “If you look at the site, it’s a ton of ‘Which Princess Are You? Take the Quiz!’” Moore explains. “So I think they’re always standing by for the result. When they say ‘You would be Jasmine!’ they would come out and read the little blurb that comes with those quizzes. That’s the kind of show they do.” And Ralph‘s showtime is Nov. 21.<doc-sep>The Disney princesses traded in their formal gowns for comfy sweatpants and loungewear and the Internet can’t get enough of it. On Thursday, Entertainment Weekly shared an exclusive image from the upcoming film Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 that shows Sugar Rush princess Vanellope von Schweetz at a slumber party with the Disney princesses. In the film still, classic princesses like Cinderella, Snow White, and Ariel lounge with newer princesses like Elsa from Frozen, Mulan, and Tiana while wearing modern pajamas and athleisure. As might be expected, this modern clothing update for the Disney Princesses tickled the Internet, who took to social media to sound off on the princesses’ new, more casual looks. Get The Brief. Sign up to receive the top stories you need to know right now. Please enter a valid email address. * The request timed out and you did not successfully sign up. Please attempt to sign up again. Sign Up Now An unexpected error has occurred with your sign up. Please try again later. Check the box if you do not wish to receive promotional offers via email from TIME. You can unsubscribe at any time. By signing up you are agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. Thank you! 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Disney has released a new image from Ralph Breaks The Internet and it features Vanellope hanging out with the Disney princesses and as you can see the princesses are all sporting new more comfortable outfits. In fact, it's Vanellope who brings the new clothes into the princesses lives and she looks very pleased with herself. When talking about her character, Sarah Silverman told EW: "I’m very proud of my character being a Disney princess with a human waist. I love that she is a princess but wears, like, a hoodie, and she inspires them all to wear comfortable clothes. It didn’t really cross my mind that I’m a Disney princess — like, that I’m canon— until we all met this year, and I got a little choked up. It’s corny, I know, but I was like, ‘Oh s—t, right. I’m this Jewish, comfortable-clothes-wearing Disney princess. How cool is that?" Co-director Rich Moore goes on to talk about working with the Disney princesses in the film saying: "To be able to work with these characters in a way that’s funny and human… they’re so iconic, but to me, they felt like they were frozen in another time that made it hard for me to kind of identify with or understand them. That’s just me personally, [but] I think what’s fun about that scene is that this is really adding a facet to them that makes them feel like real people." Co-director Phil Johnston went on to talk about some of the things he wanted to explore with the princesses in the movie: "It’s what Wreck-It Ralph was about: What happens when the arcade is closed and how do these characters behave when no one’s looking? And it’s very similar to what happens when you’re backstage in the princesses’ dressing room. What do they do? What do they look like? What do they talk about?" You get a little tease of that in the trailer that was released. I actually saw the full clip with the Disney princesses at D23 and it was pretty damn hilarious. Disney fans are gonna love this movie! Ralph Breaks the Internet: Wreck-It Ralph 2 leaves Litwak’s video arcade behind, venturing into the uncharted, expansive and thrilling world of the internet—which may or may not survive Ralph’s wrecking. Video game bad guy Ralph and fellow misfit Vanellope von Schweetz must risk it all by traveling to the world wide web in search of a replacement part to save Vanellope’s video game, Sugar Rush. In way over their heads, Ralph and Vanellope rely on the citizens of the internet—the netizens—to help navigate their way, including a website entrepreneur named Yesss (voice of Taraji P. Henson), who is the head algorithm and the heart and soul of trend-making site “BuzzzTube.” The original voice actresses for the Disney princesses all return, and they include Ming Na Wen (Mulan), Idina Menzel (Elsa Frozen), Kristen Bell (Anna Frozen) Jodi Benson (Ariel The Little Mermaid), Paige O’Hara (Belle Beauty and the Beast), Linda Larkin (Jasmine Aladdin), Anika Noni Rose (Tiana The Princess and the Frog), Mandy Moore (Rapunzel Tangled), Kelly MacDonald (Merida Brave), and Auli'i Cravalho (Moana). Ralph Breaks the Internet hits theaters on November 21.