Tangled (2010 film): Difference between revisions

{{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.

* [[Brought Down to Normal]]: {{spoiler|Rapunzel. Her hair is cut off, it kills the [[Big Bad]] and turns her into a brunette.}}

* [[Building Swing]]: Rapunzel, using her hair.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Flynn Rider's [[Deadpan Snarker|second]] most prominent trait. Helps that he seems to be [[Made of Iron]] when it comes to physical comedy. {{spoiler|Not so resistant to stabbing, though.}}

* [[Calling the Old Man Out|Calling the Old Bag Out]]

{{quote| '''Flynn:''' This is the strangest thing I've ever done!}}

* [[Cut Song]]: Originally, "When Will My Life Begin?" had an earlier reprise where Rapunzel sings about how she should be thankful for what she's got, but still wants to leave her tower. It can be heard on the ''Tangled'' OST, though.

* [[Dance of Romance]]: [[Averted]]; Rapunzel and Flynn actively try for this, but when they finally get to each other the song's over. Played with during the lantern sequence, when the two lanterns they release together swirl around in a seeming dance.

* [[Dark Reprise]]: "Mother Knows Best". "Healing Incantation", "Return to Mother", and "{{spoiler|The Tear Heals}}", all having somber elements from the "Prologue".

* [[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.

* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: {{spoiler|Flynn's real name is Eugene Fitzherbert. He named himself after a swashbuckling hero he was a fan of as a kid.}}

* [[Enter Stage Window]]: The main entrance to Rapunzel's tower is through a window with the aid of her hair.

{{quote| '''Flynn:''' They just can't get my ''nose'' right!}}

* [[Fairy Tale]]

* [[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]].}}

* [[Going Commando]]: Some promotional artwork actually showed Rapunzel without a white dress under her pink one.

* [[Going to See The Elephant|Going to See the Lanterns]]

* [[Grimmification]]: Changing being blinded to {{spoiler|death by stabbing}}. Notable because they managed to Grimmify ''a Grimm story''.

* [[The Guards Must Be Crazy]]: With the exception of Maximus ''the horse'', Corona's guards are incredibly incompetent. First they couldn't catch an old lady running and carrying a baby or find the nearby tower where she hid. Then they couldn't catch Flynn until he was literally tied up and handed to them, despite the fact that he was dancing around town in plain sight and they knew he was accompanied by a girl who really stands out in a crowd. They leave their wimpiest guy alone with two humongous brutes, and he turns out about as effective as you would expect. They're unable to prevent a massive rescue operation from the pub thugs, and to top it off it was laughably easy for Flynn to swipe the tiara in the first place.

** [[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.

* [[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.

* [[Say My Name]]: Rapunzel shouts "Flynn!" (and later, "{{spoiler|Eugene}}!") a lot. Flynn shouts "Rapunzel!" a couple times, too. The first thing Flynn does when he wakes up after being knocked out by the Stabbington brothers is shout "Rapunzel!", which shows [[Character Development|how he's started]] [[Heartwarming Moments (Sugar Wiki)|to think about people besides himself]].

* [[Scenery Porn]]:

** 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]]

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* [[You Are Grounded]]:

{{quote| '''Mother Gothel:''' You are not leaving this tower! ''Ever!''}}

* [[Your Favorite]]: According to Mother Gothel, Rapunzel's favorite is hazelnut soup. (Actually, she shows little enthusiasm for it either time it's mentioned, though that may just be that she has other things on her mind).

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