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[[File:Resized_IMAGE_6171.jpg|frame|Whatever disturbing thing they're planning to do to you, more than likely it's gonna involve hair.]]

 

{{quote|'''Rapunzel:''' I've been looking out of a window for eighteen years, ''dreaming'' about what it might feel like when those lights rise in the sky. What if it's not everything I dreamed it would be?

Formerly directed by legendary animator Glen Keane, who wanted a new look that required new CG technology, but it [[Development Hell|took too long to perfect]], and the tone and plot details changed ''many'' times: the total production time of this movie is nine years. Disney initially wanted to cash in on the pop-culture-heavy ''[[Shrek]]'' humor from 2002, only to change the concept of the film again when the story and technology failed their expectations, and turned it into a more straight-forward fairy tale drama. When management changed, John Lasseter altered its development a third time, and we now have a romantic comedy that balanced the two, with a modern attitude. In this time, Keane developed health issues and he had to leave the project for a while. He came back to executive produce and supervise the animation instead and was replaced by Nathan Greno and Bryon Howard, one of the directors of ''[[Bolt]]''. It ended up having the second-largest budget of any movie, ever ([[The Other Wiki|$260 million]], behind only ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean]]: At World's End''), but is also Disney's second highest-grossing animated film (only ''[[The Lion King]]'' made more in the worldwide box office). In addition to its financial success, it was also acclaimed by critics. Moreover, it has grown remarkably popular among audiences of all ages, and is a strong contender for the most universally liked [[Disney Princess]] movie.

 

 

Now has a [[Tangled/Characters|character sheet]] and a [[Tangled/Shout Out|Shout Out page]].

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* [[Action Duo]]: Flynn and Rapunzel, although the original cover makes'em look like a [[Battle Couple]].

* [[Action Girl]]: Rapunzel. All the gear she needs to be ''made'' of this trope is her hair and a [[Improbable Weapon User|cast-iron]] [[Frying Pan of Doom]].

* [[Adjective Animal Alehouse]]: The Snuggly Duckling.

** Rapunzel being kidnapped as a baby is a pretty good example. In between some silliness ("Go ahead, get trampled by a rhino"?), Gothel uses this as a tactic to keep Rapunzel in the tower.

** The scene of Gothel freaking out after finding Rapunzel missing without a trace has the potential to strike right to the hearts of parents whose kid has ever wandered out of their vision at a playground, even if in reality Goethel's an abusive kidnapper.

** Rapunzel, incredibly small and naive, seeing a supposedly comforting silhouette split into two strangers, who then proceed to push themselves into her personal space as they take out a sack to blind her. Terrifying to any assault victim.

** Mother Gothel pats Rapunzel "sweetly" on the head as a gesture of "affection" but also to remind her that she's dumb, helpless, naive, ditzy, etc. It is a sign that Rapunzel has grown up that {{spoiler|she blocks the gesture and grabs Gothel's wrist once Rapunzel realizes who she is.}}

** She has a second one that's actually a subversion. When they exchange their "I love you", "I love you more", "I love you most" lines, Gothel always ends it by kissing Rapunzel on the top of her head. That's right, the "I love you most" is actually addressing her hair.

* [[Arc Symbol]]: The kingdom's sun insignia. {{spoiler|Finding it hidden in her artwork is what leads Rapunzel to realize she's really the long-lost princess.}}

* [[Art Shift]]: A traditionally animated closing credits sequence, in what's become a recent tradition for Disney (and [[Pixar]]) computer animated films.

* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Neither of the leads made any secret whatsoever of being ''completely thrilled'' to star in a Disney film.

* [[Audible Sharpness]]: When Mother Gothel picks up her dagger.

* [[Award Bait Song]]: "I See The Light".

* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: Flynn Rider. {{spoiler|His real name is much less impressive.}} [[Cool Horse|Maximus]] also qualifies.

* [[Badass]]: Maximus.

* [[Bad Guy Bar]]: Double subverted with the Snuggly Duckling, as we're not initially told it has bad guys in it, especially with a name like ''that''. Zig-zagged when it turns out that all the thugs want to do better things.

{{quote|Oh, no, this is bad... they just can't get my nose right!}}

** Doubles as [[You Make Me Sic]], though an unusual use since he's correcting art rather than text.

* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: Rapunzel runs off to adventure with 70 feet of hair and bare feet. She gets wet but dries off quickly, and at no point are her hair and feet ever seen to get [[Dirt Forcefield|dirty]]. The hair can be [[Hand Wave|handwaved]] as being magical but there's no excuse for her feet.

* [[Beneath the Mask]]: Gothel appears to be a loving, though overprotective (and emotionally abusive), mother towards Rapunzel. Even though it shows she's selfish and cares more for Rapunzel's hair and its power than the girl herself, {{spoiler|it's only in the end, when Rapunzel discovers she'd kidnapped her as an infant that Gothel's true nature comes about and she's revealed to be willing to do absolutely anything to keep Rapunzel's power all to herself, even outright murder}}. It seems all the people at The Snuggly Duckling are wearing masks of their own at first and {{spoiler|Flynn's daring, swashbuckling personality}} is a mask as well.

** Metawise: [[Rule Number One]] of 3D animation is to avoid hair. ''Tangled'' features ''70 feet of it''. First it's just looped up. Then used as rope. And as a lasso. Then it gets wet. And braided full of flowers. And then it lights up from root to tail with the power of the sun.

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: The thugs from The Snuggly Duckling {{spoiler|busting Flynn/Eugene out of prison.}}

* [[Black Cloak]]/[[In the Hood]]: Mother Gothel.

* [[Blah Blah Blah]]: Mother Gothel's opinion of Rapunzel's "mumbling".

{{quote|'''Rapunzel:''' And then I'll brush and brush, and brush and brush my hair!}}

** Gothel has also made Rapunzel believe that she would be in constant danger outside the tower because selfish people want her healing power for themselves. Along with the actual truth in that statement and the resulting tower imprisonment as well.

** There should've been at least a ''bit'' of blood {{spoiler|on the knife after Gothel stabs Eugene. What makes this weird is that we ''are'' shown blood when Rapunzel peeks at the wound. There's also when Flynn/Eugene grabs a broken piece of glass to cut off Rapunzel's hair, and somehow manages to not cut himself on it.}}

** Also, a justified one when {{spoiler|Gothel falls out the window. In real life, that kind of death would be accompanied by lots of blood, smashed skulls, etc., but the accelerated aging has turned her to dust by the time she hits the ground.}}

** When Rapunzel first meets Flynn, she knocks him unconscious and binds him to a chair with her hair for an impromptu interrogation. {{spoiler|Later on he's tied to a boat and sent out towards the castle by the Stabbington Brothers.}}

* [[Boy Meets Girl]]/[[Meet Cute]]

** When Flynn sees the wanted poster of himself he remarks "they never get my nose right" and later when he brings Rapunzel into the tavern, there's another poster of him with an even larger nose.

{{quote|'''Flynn:''' Now they're just being mean.}}

** At the end of the film, Rapunzel wears a pink dress {{spoiler|during the kingdom celebration}}. [[Princesses Prefer Pink|Guess what color princesses love?]]

** At the end of the film Flynn's outfit has changed from blue to black, making the whole thing look vaguely tuxedo-ish.

* [[Compressed Hair]]: The children in the kingdom braid Rapunzel's hair so that she doesn't have to carry it around or worry about people stepping on it.

* [[Conveniently an Orphan]]: Part of Flynn Rider's backstory. He started his life of crime because of wanting to change his fortunes after growing up poor.

* [[Cool Horse]]: Maximus.

* [[Creative Closing Credits]]: Hand-drawn animated scenes of Rapunzel and Flynn's adventure serve as a backdrop for the credits, which were animated by Shiyoon Kim.

* [[Crowd Song]]: "I've Got A Dream". Played with in that Flynn spends most of it staring in disbelief, then has to be forced into participating at swordpoint.

* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: Flynn.

* [[Cutlass Between the Teeth]]: Maximus [[Justified Trope|(hey, it's not like he has thumbs)]] when fighting Flynn, whose weapon of choice at that moment is a [[Frying Pan of Doom]].

'''Flynn:''' A horse. }}

 

'''Flynn:''' She's growing it out. }}

 

* [[Dude in Distress]]: It's always Flynn who has to be rescued by Rapunzel, not the other way round. {{spoiler|Even when Rapunzel gets [[Bound and Gagged]] toward the end of the film, she's able to save Flynn from his mortal knife wound by working off her gag and begging Mother Gothel to let her heal him, which gives Flynn a chance to pull off his would-be [[Heroic Sacrifice]].}}

* [[Domestic Abuse]]: Several of the more subtle emotional and psychological varieties are employed by [[Domestic Abuser|Gothel]] to manipulate Rapunzel into staying with her in the tower. According to viewers familiar with the subject, it's [[Shown Their Work|portrayed very accurately.]]

* [[Dramatic Irony]]: Once she gets to the kingdom, Rapunzel becomes the center of attention during the celebrations, with nobody but the audience knowing that the celebrations are actually all for her anyway.

* [[Drowning Pit]]: Our heroes get trapped in a cave as it fills with water.

* [[False Friend]]: Mother Gothel nearly leads Rapunzel into thinking Flynn of this, {{spoiler|but she fails when Rapunzel remembers her true royal heritage and Mother Gothel kidnapping her, and learns that Flynn is about to be executed.}}

* [[Family-Unfriendly Violence]]: {{spoiler|Fatal stabbing; [[Rapid Aging]] [[Disney Villain Death]].}}

** Rapunzel uses her magic hair to find the way out of a flooded cave.

** It's never explicitly stated to be magic, but Mother Gothel's eerie green lantern.

{{quote|'''Flynn:''' The party lasted an entire week, and, honestly, I don't remember most of it.}}

** When he agrees to take Rapunzel to the castle and she lets go of the chair, he falls forward and states "You broke my smoulder." Given the "off day" statement...

* [[Gilded Cage]]: Rapunzel's tower, sorta.

* [[Gilligan Cut]]: During the "I've Got A Dream" sequence:

* [[Hard Head]]: Flynn is knocked unconscious several times in a very short time span with no repercussions. The worst that ever happens throughout the movie is he's knocked out for, at the most, a few hours, and then wakes with no permanent damage.

* [[Hazy Feel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Maximus, after he realizes that Eugene truly cares about Rapunzel, and assembles the Pub Thugs to help him escape execution.}}

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: The crew of the Snuggly Duckling were ready to kill Flynn until Rapunzel turned them to her side with "I've Got a Dream".

* [[Held Gaze]]: Flynn and Rapunzel share one before their [[Almost Kiss]] after they have watched the lanterns rise into the sky.

** [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20101120212734/disneyvillains/images/thumb/e/e3/Mother_Gothel.jpg/300px-Mother_Gothel.jpg Mother Gothel.]

** [http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1hXEeWOyCLc/TYNtnvaQVyI/AAAAAAAAAzA/aIRelAOQ2pw/s1600/queen%2Bhappy.jpg Rapunzel's actual mom.]

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: During the first "Mother Knows Best" song, Mother Gothel advises Rapunzel to "skip the drama." This, coming from the extremely over-dramatic witch as she strolls down a flight of stairs lined in candles. Several more from that sequence are on [[Tangled/Fridge|the Fridge page]].

* [[I Just Want to Be Badass]]: Flynn Rider.

* [[I Just Want to Be Beautiful]]: The [[Big Bad]].

** Twice in the movie, Gothel imperiously tells Rapunzel not to mumble, forcing Rapunzel to repeat herself. The first time is because Rapunzel is nervously working up the courage to ask that Gothel take her out of the tower to see the lanterns. {{spoiler|The second time is because Rapunzel is dazedly coming to the realization that she is the long-lost princess of the kingdom, Gothel kidnapped her and her entire life is based on a lie. [[Oh Crap|Judging by her expression]], Gothel is ''deeply'' regretting calling out Rapunzel on her mumbling the second time.}}

{{quote|'''Rapunzel:''' {{spoiler|I am the lost princess. Aren't I? ''[Gothel freezes; darkly]'' Did I mumble, Mother...? Or should I even ''call'' you that?}}}}

** Read "[[Award Snub]]" in the YMMV section. Which celebrity does Mother Gothel resemble?

** In-story: Flynn is on the run after stealing the lost princess' crown. {{spoiler|His escape leads him to where the lost princess herself has been hidden.}} Then, he and the crown {{spoiler|are turned in by Mother Gothel, ''who is the one who kidnapped the princess.''}}

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|I Want My Beloved to Be Free]]: {{spoiler|In Flynn's last moments of life (as far as he knows), Rapunzel makes a promise to never resist Mother Gothel again so long as she is allowed to save his life. Rather than allow her to save him, Flynn decides to use the last of his strength to cut Rapunzel's hair with a shard of glass, causing it to lose its power and depriving Gothel of the reason Rapunzel was so important to her. In a way, this is a case of this trope going both ways.}}

* [["I Want" Song]]:

** "I've Got A Dream".

** The ending theme, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals' "Something That I Want", is about as vague and [[Lampshade Hanging|self-aware]] as an [["I Want" Song]] gets.

* [[Meaningful Echo]]:

** Mother Gothel wearily proclaims that she looks like "the bad guy" after an argument with Rapunzel in the beginning of the film. The second time she says it, she decides to take the role ''[[Then Let Me Be Evil|much more literally]]''.

** "The Healing Incantation" starts as a symbol of Gothel's greed ("make the clock reverse, bring back what once was mine.") When Rapunzel heals Flynn's hand, the emphasis is on "heal what has been hurt." After {{spoiler|Flynn dies and Rapunzel tried to sing him back}}, it's sadder and echoes the entire movie -- "change the fate's design" and "bring back what once was mine", referring to Rapunzel's belief in destiny and her love for Flynn.

** The first and last times Flynn sees Rapunzel's long hair emerge from her tower are nearly identical, with her golden hair forming a loop as it flies out of the window into the sunlit air as he clings to the wall of the tower. {{spoiler|The second time, it's not Rapunzel throwing it down.}}

* [[Meaningful Name]]:

* [[Mood Swinger]]: Upon escaping the tower, Rapunzel rapidly lurches backwards and forwards between delight over being free ("THIS IS SOOOO FUUUUUN!") and guilt over disobeying Mother Gothel ("''I am a despicable human being''.")

* [[Mood Whiplash]]:

** To the townspeople, the Lantern Festival is a fun celebration full of music and dancing. Inside the castle, the King and Queen are very somber, nearly crying, trying to compose themselves to go out before the people and release the first lantern.

* [[Moody Mount]]: Maximus won't let Flynn Rider ride him. Perhaps it has something to do with him being the Captain of the Guard's horse and Flynn being a wanted criminal.

* [[Mundane Utility]]: Rapunzel's 70 feet of hair has magic that can heal grievous wounds and reverse aging. It also serves as a handy blanket to wrap around herself with when she's sleeping outdoors. It even serves as the world's longest flashlight when she and Flynn need to find a way out of the cave-in.

* [[My Friends and Zoidberg]]:

* [[Not the Fall That Kills You]]: It's the [[Rapid Aging]].

* [[Oh, and X Dies]]: The opening narration starts off with Flynn stating, "{{spoiler|This is the story of how I died.}}" It's pretty easy to miss or forget, if you aren't paying attention. Additionally the first-time viewer, after observing his personality, would think he was exaggerating for drama.

** Mother Gothel when she sees Maximus; she quickly deduces Rapunzel is gone, fearing the royal guard have found her at last. {{spoiler|And again when Mother Gothel returns Rapunzel to the tower after her adventure. As she checks up on her, Rapunzel walks out of her room in a daze and says, "I'm the lost princess." You know Gothel can't think anything ''but'' this!}}

** [[Butt Monkey|Flynn]] has quite a few of these.

** Anyone who's ever been caught by their parents sneaking out or sneaking back in at night knows [http://i56.tinypic.com/20fx44j.png exactly how Rapunzel feels].

* [[Ominous Fog]]: A sudden fog appears during the [[Dark Reprise]] of "Mother Knows Best" and disappears when Gothel leaves.

* [[One Head Taller]]: Flynn and Rapunzel. Despite the height difference Rapunzel easily succeeds in capturing Flynn. Mother Gothel is also one head taller than Rapunzel.

* [[Only Child Syndrome]]: Rapunzel. Made more noticeable by the fact that her parents are hereditary monarchs and, even given Rapunzel's disappearance, would thus presumably need a child to keep the lineage going. Although considering the first pregnancy almost killed mother and child...

* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: {{spoiler|Flynn Rider}}. However, as the [[Character Development]] goes on, {{spoiler|he starts going by his real name, Eugene, more often}}. Also The Stabbington brothers, Hook-Hand Thug, Big Nose Thug...

* [[Opposites Attract]]: The jaded, worldly-wise thief and the spirited, innocent princess. Truly a perfect match.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Inverted, as Rapunzel is kidnapped from them as a baby. Otherwise averted in her case, as in a shocking twist for a Disney movie, the girl has two loving parents to return home to at the end. {{spoiler|Flynn was an orphan, though.}}

* [[Parental Bonus]]: To adults familiar with the techniques of emotional abuse and blackmail, Gothel is even creepier than she would be otherwise.

* [[Pet the Dog]]: Mother Gothel's doting over Rapunzel is somewhat difficult to place motive-wise, but there are a few hints that she may actually consider her more than just a walking [[Fountain of Youth]].

* [[Please Don't Leave Me]]: [[Invoked]] by Rapunzel to Eugene, {{spoiler|while he is dying in her arms.}}

* [[Plucky Girl]]: Hmmm, who could that be?

* [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]: Would you really want the [[Eye Scream]] element of the story in a Walt Disney animated film? For those unfamiliar with the fairytale, the love interest got his eyes gouged out with thorns.

* [[Prehensile Hair]]: Unlike the [[Never Trust a Trailer|trailers]], this film mostly averts this trope. Rapunzel's hair is certainly much stronger than most and she's quite deft in how she uses it, but it never moves on its own. There's one scene where she uses it as grappling hook and the hair does seem to cling to the rock or knot itself, but that may be just the way it was drawn.

* [[Princesses Prefer Pink]]

* [[The Promise]]: Whenever Rapunzel makes a promise, [[I Gave My Word|she intends to keep it]], from promising to return Flynn the satchel that has the tiara he stole to {{spoiler|promising Mother Gothel that she will go with her willingly only if Flynn can be healed first.}}

** BEST! DAY! EVER!

** Also: "Stop! Fighting! Me!" and "Just. Let me. Heal him."

* [[Road Trip Romance]]: Fits the trope to a T. Interestingly, this was also the plot of [[The Princess and the Frog|Disney's previous animated feature]].

* [[Romance Genre Heroines]]: Rapunzel is an interesting mix between ''The Spunky Kid'' and ''The Free Spirit''.

** Rapunzel's hair gets in the way only when it's funny or dramatically convenient.

* [[Rule of Symbolism]]: The sun, the stars, light in general, and unicorns are all important motifs in the story. And not in the way you think, at least for the unicorns.

* [[Running Gag]]: Flynn's wanted posters never getting his nose right, the use of frying pans, etc.

* [[Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl]]: [[Captain Obvious|Flynn and Rapunzel]].

** Big time. Even the bland rocks manage to look beautiful with the amount of detail put into them.

* [[Sealed with a Kiss]]

* [[Setting-Off Song]]: The reprise of "When Will My Life Begin?"

* [[Sexophone]]: Accompies Flynn Rider's smolder. Not that it helps.

* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Maximus, of all characters, gives Flynn and Rapunzel a little push. In the case of Flynn, literally.

* [[To Be Lawful or Good]]: Maximus. {{spoiler|He chooses good, surprisingly rapidly.}} Also an example of [[Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right]].

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: You'd think that Flynn, a career thief, would know that the woods alone at night is the ''last'' place you ever want to have a handoff with two violent, untrustworthy thugs who have very good reasons to be mad at you. Though, it could be seen as more proof of his [[Character Development]]; he's too concerned with Rapunzel's safety to worry about himself, and he had no way of knowing Gothel was skulking about or that she told the Stabbingtons about Rapunzel's magic hair.

* [[The Tower]]: Rapunzel's abode.

* [[Traumatic Haircut]]: {{spoiler|Not only does she get the hair she's been growing out ''her whole life'' chopped off, losing it means she can't save Flynn's life.}}

* [[Troperiffic]]: The [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8PSnYUPyzk promotional shorts] on [[YouTube]]: [[Yes but What Does Zataproximetacine DO]], [[Infomercial]], an [[Anvilicious]] educational film, [[Perfume Commercial]] and more.

* [[Tuckerization]]: The thug that's sent to fetch the guards is named Greno, after co-director Nathan Greno, and the guard assigned to watch over the Stabbington brothers is named Conli, after producer Roy Conli.

** Well, with a name like Stabbington, there's just not a whole lot of viable career choices.

** Not to mention {{spoiler|Flynn Rider's real name, Eugene Fitzherbert. The poor [[Bilingual Bonus|bastard]]...}}

* [[Your Size May Vary]]: The length of Rapunzel's hair changes between shots. Drastically. This is entirely intentional.

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* [[Call Back]]:

* [[Here We Go Again]]: {{spoiler|When Maximus sends the cake out the door as he did with the rings.}}

* [[Imagine Spot]]: Maximus, upon losing the rings, briefly imagines the consequences. {{spoiler|The castle [[Stuff Blowing Up|explodes]] for some reason.}}

* [[Manly Tears]]: The Stabbington brothers.

* [[Posthumous Narration]]: Eugene does it again, this time using the phrase "when my life ended." Immediately subverted when Rapunzel admonishes his description of their wedding.

 

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