It stars Carol Burnett, Denis O'Hare, and Tracey Ullman and features Tom Smothers, Matthew Morrison, Edward Hibbert, Michael Boatman, and Zooey Deschanel.
It aired on December 18, 2005 on ABC as the eighth episode of the forty-seventh season of The Wonderful World of Disney and is the last original television movie from that series.
A chorus introduces a kingdom where no one can marry until Prince Dauntless does, but his mother, Queen Aggravain, has incredibly high standards for his bride, believing only a "genuine" princess is good enough for her son.
After the latest princess to ask for his hand fails the test set out for her, Dauntless mentions to Aggravain that he suspects that she is sabotaging his marriage prospects, which she falsely denies.
After several weeks of searching, Harry brings back Winnifred, a princess from the northern swamps who arrives at the castle after swimming the moat.
Walking the halls in the castle, Winnifred finds Larken and frees her from the cell, advising her to make up with Harry after their fight.
Dauntless finally stands up to his mother and tells her to shut up, rendering her silent while Sextimus recovers his power of speech.
Larken and Harry embrace and go off to be wed but reveal to the court that Winnifred wasn't actually hurt by a pea as the Jester pulls various medieval weapons from between the mattresses.
Dauntless brings Winnifred back to the tower to let her sleep again, but she still feels a slight pain, revealing that she could have felt the pea even if the others hadn't cheated.
[1] MaryAnn Johanson wrote "The Princess and the Pea gets a kooky, musical, feminist spin that is just as fun and fresh today as it must have been when it made its Broadway debut in 1959.
"[2] Tracey Petherick of Common Sense Media wrote "Disney reboot has fun playing on fairy tale stereotypes.
"[3] UltimateDisney.com wrote "The movie offers a satisfactory presentation of a diverting play, which means that fans of musical comedies (and this one in particular) should enjoy it, but those who are not needn't go out of their way to see it."