Tangled (2010 film): Difference between revisions

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** 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.}}

* [[Big No]]: From Gothel; followed by several [[Little No~~|Little Nos~~]] when {{spoiler|Rapunzel's hair is cut.}}

* [[Big No]]: From Gothel; followed by several [[Little No]]s when {{spoiler|Rapunzel's hair is cut.}}

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

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

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* [[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.]]

* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: Gothel's teasing may be mostly [[Stealth Insult~~|Stealth Insults~~]], but she does have some validity in telling Rapunzel to "stop taking everything so seriously." After Rapunzel reminds Gothel that the next day will be her birthday, Gothel responds with "No no no, can't be. I distinctly remember, your birthday was last year." From her face and the tone of her voice, you can tell she's teasing again. Rapunzel's response is "That's the funny thing about birthdays, they're kind of an annual thing." Gothel just stares.

* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: Gothel's teasing may be mostly [[Stealth Insult]]s, but she does have some validity in telling Rapunzel to "stop taking everything so seriously." After Rapunzel reminds Gothel that the next day will be her birthday, Gothel responds with "No no no, can't be. I distinctly remember, your birthday was last year." From her face and the tone of her voice, you can tell she's teasing again. Rapunzel's response is "That's the funny thing about birthdays, they're kind of an annual thing." Gothel just stares.

* [[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.

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

* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: One of Flynn's earlier [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dgbEWpICCCE/TQrLg7jnYWI/AAAAAAAAATA/J55wEG936Ak/s1600/bastion-21+copy.jpg designs] (back when he was called "Bastian") was supposed to invoke this.

* [[Humans Are ~~Bastards~~]]: This is what Mother Gothel raises Rapunzel to believe, claiming that they are (to paraphrase) "selfish, cruel, and destroy any sunshine they find." [[Straw Hypocrite|Fittingly, Mother Gothel herself is the best example]]. Her dialog is full of [[Exact Words]] and double meanings.

* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]]: This is what Mother Gothel raises Rapunzel to believe, claiming that they are (to paraphrase) "selfish, cruel, and destroy any sunshine they find." [[Straw Hypocrite|Fittingly, Mother Gothel herself is the best example]]. Her dialog is full of [[Exact Words]] and double meanings.

* [[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]].

* [[Identical Twin ID Tag~~|Identical Twin ID Tags~~]]: The Stabbington twins.

* [[Identical Twin ID Tag]]s: The Stabbington twins.

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

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

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* [[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]]''.

** Mother Gothel and Rapunzel have a "playful" mother/daughter game: Mother Gothel tells Rapunzel "I love you" Rapunzel replies "I love you more" and Gothel concludes with "I love you most" while kissing Rapunzel on the top of the head. This takes on some sinister connotations when you realize that Gothel appears to be saying this last line ''to Rapunzel's hair'', rather than to ~~Rapunzel--implying~~ that she sees Rapunzel as nothing more than a life-support system to the magic hair.

** Mother Gothel and Rapunzel have a "playful" mother/daughter game: Mother Gothel tells Rapunzel "I love you" Rapunzel replies "I love you more" and Gothel concludes with "I love you most" while kissing Rapunzel on the top of the head. This takes on some sinister connotations when you realize that Gothel appears to be saying this last line ''to Rapunzel's hair'', rather than to Rapunzel—implying that she sees Rapunzel as nothing more than a life-support system to the magic hair.

** "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.

** When Flynn and Rapunzel are about to see the lights appear, Rapunzel is worried that it won't be anything she expects it to be after waiting so long. He consoles her by telling her, "Well, that's the good part I guess. You get to go find a new dream." This turns up again later when {{spoiler|Eugene has returned to the tower in an attempt to free Rapunzel. Dying, he says, "You were my new dream." Rapunzel responds, in a tear-filled voice, "And you were mine."}}

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* [[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]]:

** After the gorgeous love duet that is "I See The Light" and Rapunzel and Flynn [[Almost Kiss]], the atmosphere immediately ~~darkens -- Gothel~~ is afoot and intent on getting her "daughter" back by any means possible.

** After the gorgeous love duet that is "I See The Light" and Rapunzel and Flynn [[Almost Kiss]], the atmosphere immediately darkens—Gothel is afoot and intent on getting her "daughter" back by any means possible.

** In-story, there's Rapunzel running around yelling "I'm free!"/"Mother is going to kill me..."/"This is the best day of my life!"/"I'm the worst daughter ever!" Flynn points out, "You seem a little at war with yourself here."

** 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.

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* [[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.

* [[Primal Fear]]: Two in one ~~shot -- claustrophobia~~ ''and'' drowning.

* [[Primal Fear]]: Two in one shot—claustrophobia ''and'' drowning.

* [[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.}}

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* [[Rule of Funny]]/[[Rule of Drama]]:

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

** The reason why Hook-Hand can play two handed showtunes like a virtuoso despite having, well, a hook for a hand: it's all part of the hilariously sudden ~~absurdity -- he~~ also plays so hard at one point that he tears most of the keys off the piano, but since it's a gag it doesn't actually effect the song or his playing.

** The reason why Hook-Hand can play two handed showtunes like a virtuoso despite having, well, a hook for a hand: it's all part of the hilariously sudden absurdity—he also plays so hard at one point that he tears most of the keys off the piano, but since it's a gag it doesn't actually effect the song or his playing.

* [[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.

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* [[Scenery Porn]]:

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

** If one looks closely at the lower levels of the tower, Rapunzel's paintings are actually relevant to the area that was ~~painted--dresses~~ on the closet, spools of thread in the sewing area, and apples in the kitchen. These get ''[[Freeze-Frame Bonus|a few seconds of screentime]]'' at most. More than that it shows her aging, some of the pictures, such as the one on her dresser are of a child Rapunzel.

** If one looks closely at the lower levels of the tower, Rapunzel's paintings are actually relevant to the area that was painted—dresses on the closet, spools of thread in the sewing area, and apples in the kitchen. These get ''[[Freeze-Frame Bonus|a few seconds of screentime]]'' at most. More than that it shows her aging, some of the pictures, such as the one on her dresser are of a child Rapunzel.

* [[Sealed with a Kiss]]

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

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=== Tropes in ''Tangled Ever After'' ===

== Tropes in ''Tangled Ever After'' ==

* [[Call Back]]:

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* [[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.}}

* [[Lost Wedding Ring~~|Lost Wedding Rings~~]]

* [[Lost Wedding Ring]]s

* [[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.