Tangled (2010 film): Difference between revisions

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 (Disney)|Bolt]]''. It ended up having the second-largest budget of any movie, ever ([[The Other Wiki|$260 million]], behind only ''[[Pirates of the Caribbean (Film)|Pirates of the Caribbean]]: At World's End''), but is also Disney's second highest-grossing animated film (only ''[[The Lion King (Disney)|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 (Disney)/Characters|character sheet]] and a [[Tangled (Disney)/Shout Out|Shout Out page]].

* [[Animal Reaction Shot]]: Basically Pascal's character.

* [[Animated Musical]]

* [[Antiquated Linguistics]]: Flynn, when he first meets Rapunzel. "I know not who you are..."

* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: In the movie, the rampion from the original [[Fairy Tale]] is now a magic plant, grown from a drop of liquid sunlight. After the Queen ingests it, its abilities get transferred to her unborn daughter, Rapunzel. Which is why Mother Gothel kidnaps her (singing a certain song activates the hair's magic and keeps her young) and why her hair is so long (if you cut it, it loses its powers).

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

* [[Blessed With Suck]]:

{{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.

* [[Falling in Love Montage]]: Flynn and Rapunzel exploring the kingdom during the Flying Lanterns festival.

* [[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.}}

* [[Fantastic Light Source]]:

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

* [[Heroic Bastard]]: Implied in a rather clever bit of [[Genius Bonus]]/[[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: the surname Fitz[blank] originally designated the bearer as the bastard son of Mr. [Blank].

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Done twice at the end. {{spoiler|Flynn has been mortally wounded, and Rapunzel agrees to willingly spend the rest of her life alone with Mother Gothel if she is allowed to heal Flynn first. Before she can save him, Flynn cuts Rapunzel's hair, destroying its enchantment and freeing her from Gothel's enslavement, even though it seemed like his only hope of survival. Essentially, she tried to sacrifice her freedom for his life, and he tried to sacrifice his life for her freedom.}}

* [[Hidden Depths]]: The pub bad guys. See [[Real Men Wear Pink]].

* [[Hikikomori]]: Rapunzel, as she has never gone out of the tower. Of course, it was not entirely voluntary. She even wraps up in her hair during "Mother Knows Best". If that wasn't an homage to [[Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei]], it's still reminiscent.

** [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.]

* [[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.

* [[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 (Disney)/Fridge|the Fridge page]].

* [[Indy Hat Roll|Indy Frying Pan Roll]]: Just before the falling rock closes the cave entrance, Flynn reaches back and saves the [[Frying Pan of Doom]].

* [[The Ingenue]]: While Rapunzel shares some of these traits (being locked in a tower all her life), Mother Gothel constantly belittles Rapunzel that she's naive, vulnerable, and helpless without her.

* [[Instant Knots]]: Rapunzel can do this with her hair.

* [[Interesting Situation Duel]]: Flynn with a ''frying pan'' dueling a ''horse with a sword''. "You should know this is the strangest thing I've ever done!"

** 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.}}

** "When Will My Life Begin?"

** "I've Got A Dream".

{{quote| ''She said, "I want something that I want<br />

"Something that I tell myself I need<br />

"Something that I want<br />

"I need everything I see"'' }}

* [[Kick the Dog|Kick the Chameleon]]: Across the room and into the wall where he falls and makes a squeaking sound.

* [[Knight in Shining Armour]]: Eugene gallantly races on the white Maximus over the bridge to rescue Princess Rapunzel.

** The abuse that Maximus' legs put up with would cripple a normal horse a dozen times over. But thanks to [[Toon Physics]], they do fine.

* [[Magic Hair]]: Rapunzel's hair has magic healing powers and serves as a [[Fountain of Youth]].

* [[Marshmallow Hell]]: Mother Gothel does this a couple of times...or manipulates Rapunzel into running into it, which is basically the same.

* [[Meaningful Echo]]:

** In a few trailers, when Rapunzel shouts out Flynn's name while running in the grass, the scene in the movie is entirely different. In the movie, the scene displayed is when Rapunzel is singing her [[Triumphant Reprise]].

** The trailers in general tend to make the movie look like a poor imitation of the Shrek formula. This is one of the best examples of a film that looks a million times better than its trailer lets on, rather than the reverse.

* [[Nobody Touches the Hair]]: Rapunzel will only let her hair be touched by her "mother", although this may be a case of having being told that people would use her healing locks for their personal gain. She also does not want to talk about her hair much, to the point she neglects to mention its powers ("I have magic hair that glows when I sing") at a time when they may be needed.

* [[No Immortal Inertia]]: {{spoiler|The immortality granted by Rapunzel's hair is immediately revoked if her hair is cut, causing anyone surviving in such a way to age rapidly if they touch the hair while it is losing its powers.}}

* [[No Infantile Amnesia]]: {{spoiler|Near the end of the film Rapunzel has an epiphany and realizes that she's been subconsciously painting the symbol of her city-state -- a sun -- because of dormant memories from infancy. Or it was the magic flower, which just happens to also be the symbol of said city-state, since it was inside her to begin with.}}

* [[No Ontological Inertia]]: This trope is demonstrated to the viewer when Mother Gothel cops a youth-charge off a lock of baby Rapunzel's hair. As soon as said lock is cut, witch gets old again. It's surprising that anything sharp was left in the tower. And again, later. {{spoiler|Cut the hair, snuff the witch, it's just that easy.}}

* [[Not Distracted By the Sexy]]: Flynn tries to woo his way out of being Rapunzel's guide, but unfortunately for him she has absolutely no experience with or understanding of seduction of any kind, and so has absolutely no idea what he's even doing. When she's not amused, he reluctantly agrees.

{{quote| '''Flynn:''' ''[In mid-Smoulder]'' This is kind of an off-day for me, this doesn't normally happen.}}

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

* [[Oh Crap]]:

** 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!}}

* [[Sigil Spam]]: Expect to see ''a lot'' of sun emblems in this movie. Special mention goes to {{spoiler|Rapunzel's bedroom, where they're subliminally ''everywhere''.}}

* [[Silence Is Golden]]: Rapunzel's parents have no dialogue at all in the scenes they are in (except for narrative V.O.), and yet these scenes are some of the most dramatic and [[Tear Jerker|moving]] of the film.

* [[Single Tear]]: The King before going out to release the first lantern. The Queen wipes it away.

* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Rapunzel's first meeting with Flynn involves knocking him unconscious with a cast-iron frying pan three times, and rather clumsily stowing him in her closet.

* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: The Stabbington Brothers.

* [[Title Drop]]: In [[The Foreign Subtitle]] in countries where the movie was released under its original ''Rapunzel'' name.

* [[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.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Rapunzel goes up a level at least once every ten minutes.

* [[Wanted Poster]]: Except they never get the nose right.

{{quote| '''Flynn:''' Okay, now they're just being mean.}}

* [[White Stallion]]: Maximus.

* [[Wicked Stepmother]]: Technically, a wicked adoptive mother.

* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: Mother Gothel is a grandmaster; her only goal is to get Rapunzel back in the tower. First, she was just going to kill Flynn and drag her back, and by the end the only three other people in on the secret are all going to be hanged for their crimes and no one in the kingdom would know she was even there.

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