Princess Protection Program

Broadcast Year: 2009

Title: Princess Protection Program

Demi Lovato as Rosalinda Maria Montoya Fiore/Rosie Gonzales
Selena Gomez as Carter Mason
Tom Verica as Joe Mason
Sully Diaz as Sophia Fiore


Plot:

When Princess Rosalinda is about to become queen of her country of Costa Luna, the country is overthrown in a coup d'etat by an evil dictator. She is put into the Princess Protection Program, a secret organization funded by royal families that looks after endangered princesses. Rosalinda is taken under the wing of Mason (Verica), an agent in the PPP from rural Louisiana. While there, she meets his daughter, Carter, an insecure tomboy who works at the local bait shop. Carter dreams of going to the school dance with her crush, Donny, (Adamson), the school hottie. In becoming a normal teenager, Rosalinda takes up the name Rosie and soon becomes popular at school, which Carter must learn to handle. The two become close friends, with Carter teaching Rosie to act like a normal American girl, and Rosie helping Carter to find her inner princess. At the end, Carter realizes what a jerk Donny is and goes to the dance with Ed (Braun), who is her best friend and has had a crush on her for a long time. Rosie becomes Queen of Costa Luna in the end and Carter and Ed cheer, "Long Live Queen Rosie!" and Rosie walks down the aisle with Carter proud and smiling.