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* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: Depending on your viewpoint, Mother Gothel either cares nothing for Rapunzel herself, only her precious hair, and cynically manipulates the girl in order to control her, or genuinely does love Rapunzel but has a warped fashion of expressing it. If you go a lot deeper than the film really alludes to then Gothel's character gets a lot more depth. She is drawn looking ''very'' much like one of the Roma, which means that in the real world she would most likely have been the victim of years of hatred, distrust and persecution. This would mean that, for her, the twisted view of the world she imparts to Rapunzel is a pretty accurate one. She might really believe that she knows best.

** Mother Gothel x [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|Frollo]] for similar motives, while Rapunzel and [[The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney film)|Quasimodo]] get paired up as platonic BFF's.

** If you go to Fanfiction.net and look up Tangled in the crossovers section, you will find 3 Tangled/[[Megamind]] crossovers. All three of them ship Megamind/Rapunzel (or [[Portmanteau Couple Name|Megapunzel]]).

* [[Everyone Is Jesus in Purgatory]]: The movie's story has many aspects of a solar myth.

* [[Fanon]]: Already fanfic writers have started a trend where Rapunzel calls {{spoiler|Eugene}} by his former assumed name of Flynn Rider affectionately, instead of using his real name, in fics.

** See 'Award Snub' above, then think a bit about who Mother Gothel looks like.

** There was a [[Running Gag]] in the fandom that Flynn looked like [[Assassin's Creed|Ezio Di Auditore]] (not to mention he also likes running on rooftops and trying to seduce women). Flynn's voice actor, Zachary Levi, dressed as Ezio during the intro to the 2011 VGA's.

** Another is that Rapunzel is essentially [[Axis Powers Hetalia|Hungary]] with a wig. Must be her [[Frying Pan of Doom]].

* [[Magnificent Bitch]]: Mother Gothel upgrades from standard [[Manipulative Bitch]] to this in her dealings with the Stabbington Brothers. They're murderous brutes and this woman with no magical powers whatsoever doesn't flinch when they pull their swords out, calls them out for squabbling over a tiara and uses the right means of motivation to get them to help her.

** This piece of dialogue and the facial expressions Gothel makes during "Mother Knows Best" seem to be [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTJvlsHlSpo& turning into one]:

{{quote|'''Gothel:''' The plague!

* [[Memetic Sex God]]: Flynn.

* [[Moe]]: Rapunzel. Just look at her! Especially when she laughs. She's more cute than beautiful, and even has a little overbite and a lisp that adds to her cuteness rather than subtracts. Additionally, part of the way through Gothel's [[Villain Song]], "Mother Knows Best" features Rapunzel huddled up in a small fort made of her own hair. [http://i180.photobucket.com/albums/x120/The_OS/HairFortress.png It is quite possibly one of the most adorable things in the entire movie.]

** {{spoiler|Mother Gothel's death, she rapidly ages and crumbles into a pile of dust.}}

** Also the whole idea of psychical and emotional manipulation of Mother Gothel. For example, merely setting a foot outside causes Rapunzel to freak out and consider herself a "bad daughter" and an "ungrateful monster" (when she doesn't dance around happily anyway). The idea of a treatment that reduces an otherwise sunny and upbeat girl into a ball of neurosis and fear is a nightmare fuel at its best.

** When she goes {{spoiler|"You wanted me to be the bad guy? Well, now I'm the bad guy..." is creepy because she's still being passive-aggressive and not accepting responsibility. She is not acknowledging that Rapunzel doesn't "want [her] to be the bad guy", she flat out thinks Gothel ''is'' the bad guy.}}

* [[Paranoia Fuel]]: Your mother doesn't love you. In fact, she's not even your real mother. She's a woman who kidnapped you as a baby and raised you to be completely dependent on her. And she's willing to break your heart and kill your friends to control you. Love you, mom!

** Gothel apologists are claiming all the problems in the movie were the fault of the king and queen for destroying the flower in the first place, even though they didn't know that it could be used without consuming it, and Gothel, who they didn't know existed because she herself never came forward, was the only one who could have told them how.

** The Captain of the Guard often falls victim to this trope. In various fanfics, he turns from a relatively well-meaning (if not very competent) soldier to a sadistic asshole who kidnaps Rapunzel solely to spite Flynn.

 

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