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** [[Characters/TangledRapunzel Rapunzel]]
** [[Characters/TangledFlynnRider Flynn Rider]]

** [[Characters/TangledZhanTiri Zhan Tiri]] '''(Unmarked Spoilers)'''

** [[Characters/TangledRapunzel Princess Rapunzel]]

* [[Characters/TangledVillains Villains]][[labelnote:Click to Expand]]Mother Gothel, Zhan Tiri, Mrs. Sugarby / Sugracha the Eternal, Matthews / Tromus, Ruthless Ruth, Mother, Father, Lady Caine, Axel, the Baron, Anthony the Weasel, Stalyan, the Stabbington Brothers, Andrew, Clementine, Kai, Petunia, William, Creighton, Sir Mericles.[[/labelnote]]

Characters page for ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', ''WesternAnimation/TangledEverAfter'', ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' / ''Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure'', [[Literature/RapunzelAndTheLostLagoon the books]] and [[ComicBook/TangledTheSeries the comic books]].

* [[Characters/TangledAlliesAndOthers Allies and Others]][[labelnote:Click to Expand]]'''Corona:''' King Frederic, Queen Arianna, Willow, the Captain of the Guard, Pete, Stan, Fidella, Nigel, Friedborg, Hook Hand, Big-Nose, Shorty, Vladimir, Attila Buckethead, Quirin, Monty Montgomery, Xavier, Other Residents. '''Vardaros:''' Vex, Captain Quaid. '''The Dark Kingdom:''' King Edmund, Adira, Hector. '''Others:''' Lord Demanitus, Madame Canardist, Vigor the Visionary, Goodberry, Seraphina, the new Flynn Rider, Creighton, the Queen of Ingvarr, Princess Narcissa, Candor, Pamona Percy.[[/labelnote]]
* [[Characters/TangledVillains Villains]][[labelnote:Click to Expand]]Mother Gothel, Zhan Tiri, Mrs. Sugarby / Sugracha the Eternal, Matthews / Tromus, Ruthless Ruth, Mother, Father, Lady Caine, Axel, the Baron, Anthony the Weasel, Stalyan, the Stabbington Brothers, Andrew, Clementine, Kai, Petunia, William, Sir Mericles.[[/labelnote]]

** [[Characters/TangledZhan Tiri Zhan Tiri]] '''(Unmarked Spoilers)'''

** [[Characters/TangledCassandra Cassandra]]
** [[Characters/TangledVarian Varian]]

** [[Characters/TangledVarian Varian]] '''(Unmarked Spoilers)'''

** [[Characters/TangledCassandra Cassandra]] '''(Unmarked Spoilers)'''

** [[Characters/TangledCassandra Cassandra]]
** [[Characters/TangledVarian Varian]]

* [[Characters/TangledMainCharacters Main Characters]][[labelnote:Click to Expand]]Princess Rapunzel, Flynn Rider / Eugene Fitzherbert, Pascal, Maximus. '''Tangled: The Series:''' Cassandra, Lance Strongbow / Arnwaldo Schnitz.[[/labelnote]]
* [[Characters/TangledAlliesAndOthers Allies and Others]][[labelnote:Click to Expand]]'''Corona:''' King Frederic, Queen Arianna, Willow, the Captain of the Guard, Pete, Stan, Fidella, Nigel, Friedborg, Hook Hand, Big-Nose, Shorty, Vladimir, Attila Buckethead, Varian, Quirin, Monty Montgomery, Xavier, Other Residents. '''Vardaros:''' Vex, Captain Quaid. '''The Dark Kingdom:''' King Edmund, Adira, Hector. '''Others:''' Lord Demanitus, Madame Canardist, Vigor the Visionary, Goodberry, Seraphina, the new Flynn Rider, Creighton, the Queen of Ingvarr, Princess Narcissa, Candor, Pamona Percy.[[/labelnote]]

Characters page for ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'', ''Disney/TangledEverAfter'', ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' / ''Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure'', [[Literature/RapunzelAndTheLostLagoon the books]] and [[ComicBook/TangledTheSeries the comic books]].

* [[Characters/TangledAlliesAndOthers Allies and Others]][[labelnote:Click to Expand]]'''Corona:''' King Frederic, Queen Arianna, Willow, the Captain of the Guard, Pete, Stan, Fidella, Nigel, Friedborg, Hook Hand, Big-Nose, Shorty, Vladimir, Attila Buckethead, Varian, Quirin, Monty Montgomery, Xavier, Other Residents. '''Vardaros:''' Vex, Captain Quaid. '''The Dark Kingdom:''' King Edmund, Adira, Hector. '''Others:''' Lord Demanitus, Madame Canardist, Vigor the Visionary, Goodberry, Seraphina, Kai, the new Flynn Rider, Creighton, the Queen of Ingvarr, Princess Narcissa, Candor, Pamona Percy.[[/labelnote]]
* [[Characters/TangledVillains Villains]][[labelnote:Click to Expand]]Mother Gothel, Zhan Tiri, Mrs. Sugarby / Sugracha the Eternal, Matthews / Tromus, Ruthless Ruth, Mother, Father, Clementine, Lady Caine, Axel, the Baron, Anthony the Weasel, Stalyan, the Stabbington Brothers, Andrew, Petunia, William, Sir Mericles.[[/labelnote]]

* [[Characters/TangledMainCharacters Main Characters]]
* [[Characters/TangledAlliesAndOthers Allies and Others]]
* [[Characters/TangledVillains Villains]]

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!Main Characters

[[folder:Rapunzel]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Music/MandyMoore, Delaney Rose Stein (as a child, film), Ivy George (as a child, TV show), Kelsey Lansdowne (''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'') (English)\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Romina Marroquín-Payró (trailer and ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''), Danna Paola and Sara Paula Gómez Arias (as a child)\\
'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Creator/ShokoNakagawa\\
'''Voiced by (Korean):''' Park Sae-byeol\\
'''Appearances''': ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]'' | ''[[Disney/TangledEverAfter Ever After]]'' | ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''[[note]]TheCameo only[[/note]] | ''WesternAnimation/SofiaTheFirst''[[note]]as a magical summon[[/note]]\\
'''Appearances in alternate continuities''': ''VideoGame/DisneyInfinity'' | ''Disney/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' | ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts''[[note]]Retelling in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''[[/note]]

Born to a queen who needed the power of a magic flower to come to term with her, she was stolen by the witch Gothel who had been previously using the flower to remain forever youthful. The witch discovers that Rapunzel's hair now holds the power of the flower unless it is cut, and so keeps her locked in a hidden tower and unaware of her heritage, until the thief Flynn Rider (Eugene Fitzherbert) tries to make her tower a hideaway spot. She strikes a deal for him to bring her to see the floating lanterns that have appeared every year on her birthday, in exchange for the object he stole: the Princess' crown.
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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: She almost has this among the citizens of Corona. When Monty boos her, she initially doesn't know what being booed means, having never heard it before.
* TheAce:
** She's good at everything, as seen in the first song "When Will My Life Begin". Her talents include cooking, painting, chess, pottery, candle making, sewing, ballet, ventriloquy, playing the guitar and many more. Not to mention that she's brave, strong, a BadassAdorable, able to befriend everyone she meets, and of course, like every Disney Princess, has a beautiful singing voice. Somewhat of a {{Deconstruction}}, as it's heavily implied the reason she's so good at so many different things is because she's been locked in a tower bored out of her skull all her life, and her mastery of most of her many, many skills came out of her desperation to find hobbies to pass the time.
** In the series, she joins a competition on a whim, seeing it as a fun way to spend a Saturday, and ends up outperforming everyone who'd spent time training and preparing for the event.
* ActionGirl: The first sign of her, in the original trailers, is her beating someone up with PrehensileHair. Although this didn't make it into the film, she remains a pretty mean hand with a [[FryingPanOfDoom frying pan]] and saves Flynn's bacon on more than one occasion. Cranked UpToEleven in the series where she suddenly becomes a fearless combatant on par with any warrior.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In ''Rapunzel'', while Rapunzel being kicked out of the tower isn't very pleasant, it still isn't emphasized as being the worst thing ever. In this adaptation, Rapunzel has to deal with discovering that her "mother" actually kidnapped her in infancy and intends to imprison her for as long as she lives. And when Rapunzel fights back, it ends with watching Mother Gothel die in front of her and Flynn nearly dying. She doesn't react nearly as much as expected but still has more trauma than in the fairy tale.
* AdaptationalBadass:
** In the original fairy tale, the heroine is a DamselInDistress and not much else. Here, she's an ActionGirl who's quite handy with a [[FryingPanOfDoom frying pan]].
** Happens once again in the series where she's inexplicably portrayed as a fearless and capable fighter against even the toughest opponent, unlike her movie self who barely escaped danger most of the time.
* {{Adorkable}}: Rapunzel has a bit of an overbite, she lisps when she talks at times, [[http://i.imgur.com/rOLDvVc.gif hides in her hair like a cocoon]] during the song "Mother Knows Best" when afraid, GenkiGirl, she's overall naive, very pretty, and downright adorably {{Moe}}.
* AffectionateNickname: Eugene calls her "blondie", while Cassandra calls her "Raps".
* AgeGapRomance: With Eugene. Rapunzel is clearly stated as being 18-years-old but Eugene's age is [[VagueAge more complicated]]. In short, his age is somewhere between 18 and 26.
* AgonyOfTheFeet: The first time she wears shoes (high heels, no less) in ''Tangled: Before Ever After'', it does not go well.
* AllLovingHero: Rapunzel is a caring and sweet person who wants to be friends with everyone.
* AlmostKiss: ''Twice'' -- The first time is in the rowboat before the MoodWhiplash where Flynn sees the Stabbington brothers, and the second is right before he cuts her hair off. Taken to RunningGag levels in ''Before Ever After''.
* ArtShift: As Disney's first princess to appear in a 3D computer-animated film, Rapunzel is given a 2D [[http://emilysdisneythoughts.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/554512_10151273014302620_1182212377_n.jpg makeover]] in promotional material for the line to match with the other princesses.
* BadassAdorable: Cute as a button, but not even the least afraid to talk down angry thugs and angry horses.
* BadDreams: In the series, Rapunzel has nightmares with Mother Gothel returning and the magic rocks chasing her, trying to force her to return to her imprisonment in the tower. Subsequent ones have Varian haunting her.
* BarefootCaptives: Played with. She's kept barefoot as a prisoner in Gothel's tower, but once she escapes, she continues going barefoot throughout the movie and all its sequels, implying that she DoesNotLikeShoes.
* BattleCouple: With Eugene. They help each other fight off the guards chasing him and save each other several times as they fall in love with each other. The pilot movie for TheSeries shows that the two of them have lost none of their stride. When Lady Kane attempts to kidnap the royals, a few eye gestures between Eugene, Rapunzel, and hand maid Cassandra are all they need before they leap into action to save the day. Rapunzel even tosses Eugene a frying pan, at which point the tide of battle really begins to turn in their favor.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: 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 dirty. The hair is justified because it's magical. The feet have no excuse.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She may be an [[TheCutie adorable]] and [[NiceGirl sweet]] if not [[TheIngenue naive]] young girl but she is capable of kicking your butt either with her hair or a frying pan.
* BlessedWithSuck:
** Rapunzel briefly alludes to the difficulties of having 70-foot long hair during her IWantSong.
--->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 would want her [[HealingHands healing power]] for themselves. Along with the actual truth in that statement and the resulting tower imprisonment as well.
* BlitheSpirit: Her cheerful, genuine nature is what brings out the good side of the thugs at the Snuggly Duckling and saves Flynn's life.
* BodyguardBetrayal: She suffers this at the hands of Cassandra, who had taken the role of protector for a long time.
* BoundAndGagged: Mother Gothel ties up Rapunzel for wanting to save Flynn from execution and to lure Flynn into a trap later on.
* BrainyBrunette: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. Rapunzel is a smart girl, and a natural brunette, as shown at the end of the movie and in ''Tangled Ever After'', but during most of the movie and series she appears as a blonde since the magic in her makes her hair blond.
* BroughtDownToNormal: After Flynn cuts her hair. It kills Mother Gothel and turns her into a brunette. However, it's implied to not be the case in the short ''Disney/TangledEverAfter'', where her kiss with Eugene makes the sun shine brighter. In fact, the series further confirms she herself ''is'' magical.
* BuildingSwing: Using her hair as a rope, she can swing.
* CallingTheOldWomanOut: Does this to Mother Gothel near the climax of the movie.
* CharacterDevelopment: Rapunzel loses her fear of the outside world and learns to stand up to her abusive adoptive mother.
* CharacterTics: Rapunzel tends to run her finger through her hair when nervous or excited.
* ChekhovsGun:
** Rapunzel's complete, non-negotiable unwillingness to break her promises greatly informs the film's climax, when she promises to Mother Gothel that, if she lets Rapunzel heal Flynn, Rapunzel will stay with her forever and offer no resistance. Needless to say, it makes the scene pretty tense.
** The fact that her hair glows helps her and Flynn escape a watery death.
** Her passion for painting bright, colorful patterns and flowers on the walls of her tower proves essential to her realizing her true identity.
** The handkerchief of the kingdom's sun emblem is what she uses (as well as her paintings) to realize that she is the lost princess.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: With her using a frying pan as a weapon and [[BarefootLoon walking barefoot]] through towns, bars, and forests, you've gonna admit she definitely looks the part. Not to mention the fact that she doesn't know much about the outside world because she has been locked in a tower her entire life. Flynn's blatant flirting with her when they first meet in her tower also totally flies over her head and has no effect on her whatsoever (''shocking'' to him: "This doesn't normally happen...", "You broke my smoulder!"), showing her lack of experience in social interactions.
* CompressedHair:
** While touring the kingdom, her 70 feet of hair is compressed into one floor-length braid.
** When her hair first grows back in ''Tangled: Before Ever After'', she tries to hide it by wrapping it in fabric in one giant mass on top of her head.
* CuteBookworm: When living in the isolated tower, she liked to spend some of her free time reading books.
* CuteClumsyGirl: Thanks to her hair, she is endearingly klutzy. Even beyond this, she seems to have a bit of klutziness in general; witness her attempts to get Flynn into her cupboard, the way she accidentally clonks herself with her own frying pan, and so forth.
* TheCutie: She's more cute than beautiful, and her mannerisms and personality make her the one of the most adorable Disney Princesses.
* DanceBattler: In a brief sequence during a tournament in the series, she manages to knock several of her opponents out of the ring by using dancing moves.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Rapunzel has been emotionally and psychologically abused by the woman who kidnapped her as a baby.
* DarkIsNotEvil: See {{Lunacy}} below.
* DitzyGenius: She's incredibly multi-talented and capable of great insights, but also has her moments of (perfectly understandable) naive idiocy.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Rapunzel is of the youthful innocence variety, plus she's just never needed shoes due to never leaving her tower. Interestingly, no one in the entire film comments on it, aside from Mother Gothel pointing a mirror down at Rapunzel's bare feet and commenting that she's "underdressed" -- causing Rapunzel to immediately pull her dress down over her feet. (There's considerably more lampshading in ''Tangled: The Series''.) In the storybook version of ''Tangled Ever After'', she's still barefoot, even at her wedding. (In the short film, her dress is too long to tell.) The later storybook ''Ghosts of Christmas Past'' then shows that while she'll shun shoes most of the time, she'll renege to them if it calls for walking in snow. At least one bit of early concept art shows Rapunzel with shoes... however, in the artwork, she's shown kicking them off her feet. In ''Disney/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' her comfy outfit includes sneakers.
* DumbBlonde: {{Zigzagged|Trope}}. Rapunzel may be naive and a bit ditzy, but she's proven to be quite intelligent. And while she has sun-gold hair, it becomes brunette after Eugene cuts it.
* EarthyBarefootCharacter: Her lack of shoes reflects her free-spirited and energetic nature, her way with animals, and her healing powers. She gets mocked for this in ''Before Ever After'', mostly by villains and other nobles.
* EmpathicWeapon: In the series, Rapunzel's regrown hair now reacts to her mental state, such as flying wildly all across the room when she's suffering a nightmare and forming a protective sphere around her and Eugene when they think they're going to die together under a collapsing building.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange:
** Rapunzel has her hair braided and decorated with flowers when she finally reaches Corona. On a practical level, she couldn't really run around with 70 feet of hair dragging behind her. On a symbolic level, it's a sign that she's finally able to let loose and have fun, without her MagicHair being the centre of her very being. This is contrasted with when she is convinced to go back to the tower with Gothel; the braid is undone, and the flowers taken away, with Gothel off-handedly commenting "There... like it never even happened."
** At the end of the movie, Rapunzel's hair is cut off and reverts to its likely natural brown color.
* EyeColorChange:
** In "Happiness Is...", her eyes become a more sickly vivid green when she sees her heart's desire with the Idol of Vershaftsbezeigungengien. When she sees a bad vision from it, her eyes turn a fiery red.
** In "Rapunzel and The Great Tree", [[spoiler: while she uses the hurt incantation, her sclera turns black and her pupils glow green.]]
* FairytaleWeddingDress: In the follow-up short that focuses on her wedding.
* FamilyEyeResemblance: She has the same eyes as her birth mother.
* FantasticLightSource: Rapunzel uses her magic hair to find the way out of a flooded cave.
* FireForgedFriends: Escaping the guards chasing after them and nearly drowning together help Rapunzel and Flynn begin to trust each other and become closer.
* FlowersInHerHair: Once she enters the kingdom, little girls braid her hair to make it easier to move around. They also add a plethora of flowers. She is the image on the trope page.
* FluffyTamer:
** She converts Maximus, a badass war horse, to her side with petting and baby talk.
** In the series, she effortlessly tames a wild wolf and has him rolling on the ground like a contented puppy before Cassandra can bring her sword to bear on him.
* FountainOfYouth: Her hair is the key to Mother Gothel's immortality after her mother ate the magic flower during pregnancy.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: From militant horses, to human thugs and thieves, and beyond.
* FryingPanOfDoom: Her rather dynamic weapon is a cast iron version.
* GenkiGirl: The most energetic of all of the Princesses (only matched by [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]] in her first days as a human and by [[Disney/{{Frozen}} Anna]]).
* GirlInTheTower: Lived in there all her life. Unlike the standard trope, she could physically leave whenever she wanted, but her "mom" didn't allow her to.
* GirlyBruiser: Rapunzel spends all day cooking, painting, reading, sewing, and brushing her hair. She doesn't discover that she's a badass until she leaves her tower at age 18. To make the example even more pronounced, her weapons of choice are her 70 feet of hair and a frying pan.
* GirlyGirlWithATomboyStreak: She has a very bubbly and sweet personality, normally wears very feminine dresses, and has hobbies such as cooking and sewing. But she also doesn't mind getting rough when in a fight and has an unwavering love for adventure.
* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Her main outfit is a purple and lavender dress.
* GrewASpine: From her adventures outside the tower with Eugene, Rapunzel gets over her fears of the outside world and begins to realize she can take care of herself without having to depend on Mother Gothel. She goes from acting as an ExtremeDoormat to Gothel to being able to give the woman a scathing TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Although the hair is gold by magic, she is still kind enough to stir the hearts of the thugs at the Snuggly Duckling.
* HairReboot: In the series' pilot episode, Rapunzel gets into contact with a magic rock that causes her to regain her long blonde locks again.
* TheHeart: She is able to bring people together for a common goal and even inspire people who despise each other to work together. One instance of this is when, in the movie proper, she manages to get Maximus, who is hunting Eugene down, and Eugene, to actually work together.
* HeroicSacrifice:
** Tries to do this at the end of the movie by sacrificing her freedom for Eugene's life. He beats her to it by sacrificing his life for her freedom.
** In "Freebird", [[spoiler: she uses the last egg to turn Cassandra back into human, thus making her own transformation irreversible. Of course, a few minutes later, they find out there are more eggs after all.]]
* HotConsort: [[spoiler:With the reveal that Eugene is the son of King Edmund, this means that Rapunzel would end up as Princess Consort and possibly Queen Consort of the Dark Kingdom.]]
* IGaveMyWord: Whenever Rapunzel makes a promise, she intends to keep it, from promising to return Flynn the satchel that has the tiara he stole to promising Mother Gothel that she will go with her willingly only if Eugene can be healed first. In fact, if she breaks a promise, it ends up ''really'' costing her.
* IJustWantToBeFree: Although initially her wish is simply to leave her tower once, when she discovers the joys of freedom, she doesn't want to give it up.
* ImportantHaircut: Granted, it's done to her hair by Eugene, but it's to stop Gothel from using Rapunzel anymore.
* ImprobableHairstyle: Rapunzel gives us a two-fer. First of all she has over 70-feet of her long golden hair, but it's justified since the hair is magic. When she reaches the kingdom capitol, she gets a more convenient style when three girls [[CompressedHair compress]] that huge mass of hair into a fiendishly-complex mass of ankle-length braids. Then she gets her hair cut off into a perfectly styled and layered pixie cut. The hair was cut off in one go with a [[AbsurdlySharpBlade pane of glass]].
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Rapunzel favors using frying pans. In the series, she can also use her hair as a weapon as well as a shield since it somehow became denser than steel. An ''axe'' fails to cut through it.
* TheIngenue: Her naivete and innocence are two of her biggest traits, and end up being strengths for her on occasion.
* InkSuitActor: Once her hair's cut off, she resembles a younger version of her voice actress Music/MandyMoore.
* KidnappedWhileSleeping: She was kidnapped by Gothel as a baby while she was still fast asleep in her crib, leading her to grow up thinking she was her mother.
* KubrickStare: Near the end of the movie, as she [[CallingTheOldWomanOut calls Gothel out]], Rapunzel gives her a DeathGlare from beneath her eyebrows.
* LaughOfLove: She giggles briefly after Flynn responds to her compliment before going to get some firewood, and she later admits to Gothel that she thinks he likes her.
* LettingHerHairDown: {{Inverted}}, as in Rapunzel's case, it's actually when her normally loose (70 feet) hair is ''braided up'' that she first is happy and finds herself. Later her abusive adoptive mother pointedly ''unbraids'' her hair while [[TearJerker rubbing salt in her wounds]] by saying "There... Like it never happened." about the most beautiful experience of her life.
* LightIsGood: She has bright blonde hair, wears pastel-colored clothing, and is heavily associated with the sun. Naturally, she's the heroine.
* LikeMotherLikeDaughter: The series reveals that Rapunzel inherited more from her real mother than her looks; Rapunzel's wanderlust and sense of adventure also comes from the Queen, who traveled the world in her younger days. They both also had an amazing variety of hobbies, as shown in her royal portrait. And furthermore, their reaction to being unexpectedly confronted by a thief (the same thief, no less!) is to whack them on the head with a blunt object.
* LimitedWardrobe: She always wears her signature purplish-pink dress, in both the movie and the series. The only exceptions (justifiably) are scenes in the series where she's woken up at night and [[PajamaCladHero wearing pajamas]], and flash-backs to her as a child/baby.
* LostOrphanedRoyalty: Was stolen by Mother Gothel shortly after her birth and isolated in a tower away from the outside world, so Gothel could preserve her immortality.
* {{Lunacy}}: [[spoiler:In the second season finale of ''The Series'', she temporarily gains the power to control the black rocks, which are the lunar counterpart to the sun flower.]]
* MacGuffinSuperPerson: Her hair, which can heal any wound and sickness and grant someone everlasting youth, is why she's locked in a tower. Then we later find out it's not just her hair, she ''is'' the sundrop child.
* MadeOfIron: In the series, she falls off great heights, takes a brutal beating, and never spots a scratch afterwards.
* MagicalBarefooter: Rapunzel has 70-feet of MagicHair with healing and age-reversing powers. She also goes around barefoot throughout the entire film.
* MagicalIncantation: In "Rapunzel and the Great Tree", she reads an ominous reverse incantation after which she becomes possessed by dark powers:
-->Wither and decay, end this destiny,\\
Break these earthly chains, and set the spirit free...
* MagicHair: It can heal injuries as well as sickness, glows in the dark, and can reverse aging. The climax and ''Tangled Ever After'' imply there's magic in her main body as well. Her new hair in the series trades magical healing with MadeOfIndestructium.
* MagneticHero: Rapunzel's infectiously cheerful presence visibly affects the seemingly hostile Pub Thugs, Eugene Fitzherbert, Maximus, and all of the Corona citizens she meets.
* MakeThemRot: In the second season of the series she discovers a counterpart incantation to her former healing powers that goes with her new Moonstone-empowered hair. It makes her eyes and hair black as life is drained from the things around her, withering them into dust.
* MamaBear: To Pascal, as evidenced when she gets ''furious'' at Cassandra for suggesting they call off their search for him in "Pascal's Story".
* MeaningfulName: Rapunzel's name derives from the magical rampion of the beginning prologue.
* MoodSwinger: In one memorable scene when she goes out to the world for the first time in 18 years. She even provides the ''image'' for the trope.
* MoralityPet:
** To [[AntiHero Flynn/Eugene]]. His nicer side doesn't show until he's forced to help her and he falls in love with her.
** The thugs at [[BadGuyBar Snuggly Ducklings]] also help out her and Flynn, because of her influence. Had she not been there, they probably would've turned Flynn in to the authorities.
* {{Motifs}}: Of the sun. She was born after her mother drank a potion made from the flower that was imbued with sun's power. Her hair is as blonde as the sun. She has an energetic personality and is a magnetic person.
* MotorMouth: When she's nervous, Rapunzel tends to start babbling rapidly. Exploited by her [[AbusiveParents emotionally abusive (adoptive) Mother]] Gothel, who picks out her "mumbling" as something to put her down for.
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Rapunzel has a slim build but is able to pull up a grown woman with her hair, knock out Eugene, and effortlessly lift up a woman with a BearHug.
* NatureLover: It's even enough to distract her from her guilt about deceiving her mother.
* NiceGirl: Rapunzel is helpful, sweet, kind, and will never break a promise.
* NighInvulnerable: In the "Before Ever After" movie and subsequent series, after her hair regrows it becomes this, even breaking a pair of scissors Cassandra tries to cut it with.
* NoInfantileAmnesia: Downplayed as it is more of a subconscious resonance. Despite the fact that she was an infant, she remembers the layout of her room and has been painting signs of it her whole life unknowingly.
* OfficialCouple: With Eugene. They become a couple towards the end of the movie and then get married in the sequel short.
* OhCrap:
** She gets a few of these, though one of her biggest ones is when she realizes she's the missing princess. She gets a minor one when she sees Gothel fall out the window to her death.
** She has these moments in the series as well.
** Two early ones are in the premiere when she notices her hair glowing after coming into contact with the black rocks, and when she notices her hair suddenly grew back.
** Her biggest one up to date is in "The Alchemist Returns" when she finds out Varian betrayed her.
* OlderHeroVsYoungerVillain: The last third of Season 1 has her up against 14-year old alchemist Varian, who has undergone a StartOfDarkness after his father being frozen in crystal.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Despite being 18, Rapunzel could be mistaken for 16, or even 14.
* OneOfTheBoys: For the Snuggly Duckling thugs, mainly due to [[RealMenWearPink what kind of boys the thugs are]].
* OneTrackMindedArtist: All of her paintings have the sun on them somewhere. This could have something to do with either the lanterns that get sent up on her birthday, the fact that she was the lost princess of a kingdom who use a sun as their symbol, the fact that her powers come from a flower that was powered with "a drop of sun", or a combination.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In the Season 2 premiere for the series, after Eugene is blackmailed into marrying his evil ex Stalyan (Rapunzel not knowing about the blackmail), Rapunzel gets ''very'' jealous of Stalyan, to the point of making multiple petty comments that even she notes are really unlike her. She calms down once it's made clear Eugene isn't marrying Stalyan of his own free will.
* OppositesAttract: With Eugene. She's a spirited, innocent princess, he's a jaded, worldly-wise thief.
* PietaPlagiarism: While she holds Eugene after his HeroicSacrifice.
* PluckyGirl: She's quite determined to see the "stars" from her birthday, even though her mother is constantly gas-lighting and deriding her, and she definitely takes some initiative in fulfilling her dreams.
* PoliticallyActivePrincess: The first season of the series shows her getting increasingly involved in the duties of a princess, culminating in her being temporary ruler while her parents are away and holding audiences and making decisions just as they would.
* PowerDyesYourHair:
** She was ''born'' with her hair dyed by the power of the sun. When cut, her hair loses its magic powers and returns to its natural brown color.
** In "Rapunzel and The Great Tree", [[spoiler: while she uses the hurt incantation, her hair turns black with glowing green streaks.]]
* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: In the series, Rapunzel touches some magic rocks that make her hair grow back to its original length.
* ThePowerOfTheSun: It lets her heal, and at first it seems to be imbued in her hair because of the flower. However, we later find out that she herself is a product of of it.
* PrehensileHair: To varying degrees throughout her appearances. [[NeverTrustATrailer In the initial trailers it appeared fully prehensile and capable of fighting Eugene and flinging him about the room.]] This trait is absent in the movie, save perhaps for the hair's uncanny ability to wrap around anything Rapunzel throws it at and to just as easily untangle itself when she wants it free. In the cartoon series, it can move freely but reacts to her emotions and mental state instead of being controlled directly by her will.
* PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: Very few people, like Gothel, have outright overpowered her. Otherwise she's very capable in a fight, and will only lose when worn down or outnumbered.
* PrincessClassic: She's on the active end of this trope, but still very kind and sweet. She manages to talk down a determinator like Maximus.
* PrincessesPreferPink: At the end of the movie, after she remembers that she is a princess, she wears a rosy-pink dress.
* RagsToRoyalty: A Goose Girl type; kidnapped as a baby so Mother Gothel can make use of her MagicHair and ignoring that she's a long-lost princess.
* RapunzelHair: Has over 70-feet of hair! Being a retelling of the TropeNamer, she couldn't do without it, but some magic justifies it here. It's stated in [[AllThereInTheManual an official "fact book"]] of ''Tangled'' facts that it takes Rapunzel three hours to brush her hair, and ''six hours'' to wash it. She hangs it out of the tower to let it dry.
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%%%%%* RebelliousPrincess:
* RedOniBlueOni: The energetic and emotional Red Oni to Eugene's laid-back and snarky Blue Oni.
* RelativeButton: Cassandra quickly finds out that leaving someone Rapunzel cares about behind, is a safe way to get on her bad side real quick. She is furious at Cassandra's suggestion to call off the search for Pascal, and Rapunzel's livid expression when she was about to suggest they should stop looking for Eugene and come back with the guards was enough to scare Cassandra.
* RememberedICouldFly: In the scene where Rapunzel and Flynn are trapped in a sealed cave while it gets flooded, Flynn fails to find an underwater exit since the cave is pitch-black. It takes a little while for Rapunzel to realize she can get some light with her hair.
-->'''Rapunzel''': I have magic hair that glows when I sing.\\
'''Flynn''': ''[[FlatWhat What?!]]''\\
'''Rapunzel''': I have... ''MAGIC HAIR THAT GLOWS WHEN I SING!''
* RenaissanceMan: She's very skilled in many areas, such as literature, music, baking, astronomy, and art. She actually learned to do all of these things on her own when living isolated in a tower.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Rapunzel's magic hair must also include immunity to split ends and other problems that would plague normal hair that hasn't been cut for 18 years.
* RoyalBlood: In a switch from the fairy tale, where she isn't, and he is. It's also a small part of the story since her non-royal magic hair is more important.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: With Eugene. She's excitedly running to and fro while he stands there and snarks at her naivety.
* SecretKeeper: To spare Cassandra from facing severe consequences, Rapunzel is forced to promise to not tell anyone that Cassandra got her out of the kingdom and is responsible for her hair growing back. This briefly troubles her relationship with Eugene.
* SeriesGoal: In the TV series, to find out why her hair has grown back after coming into contact with mysterious sharp rock spires.
* SimpleYetOpulent: Her princess dress and wedding dress are both subtly royal.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Rapunzel doesn't start falling for Eugene until she sees his softer and nobler side.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Downplayed. She suffers AmusingInjuries occasionally but Eugene gets it ''much'' worse when it comes to physical comedy.
* SociallyAwkwardHero: Rapunzel gets along well with others, but as seen in the pilot movie ''Tangled Before Ever After'' her sheltered upbringing leaves her unaware of what is and isn't socially appropriate.
* SpoiledSweet: Rapunzel may be a princess, but she is cheerful, friendly and very easy going.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Between Rapunzel and her real mother, the queen. Especially at the end, when they're both brunette and the camera frames them reuniting, right down to the huge green eyes. Rapunzel and the Queen look so alike that ''she does not need to do anything else to show that she's the lost princess'', despite having a completely different hair color when she was a baby. It's [[TruthInTelevision common enough]] for babies' and toddlers' natural hair colors to slowly change as they grow up.
* SupremeChef: Baking is one of her many talents.
* SwissArmyTears: She heals Eugene with her tears, which is also in the source material.
* TearsOfRemorse: When she thinks they are going to drown, and it's all her fault, she's crying.
* TeensAreShort: Despite being 18, Rapunzel is shorter than most adults, including her ''real'' parents.
* TextileWorkIsFeminine: Among other activities, she knits and does laundry to distract herself when alone in the tower.
* TheyDo: Only in the narration, but Rapunzel and Eugene let us know they do get married some years after the movie. We see their wedding in the short.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Cute, bubbly Rapunzel is the GirlyGirl to tough, sword-wielding Cassandra's {{Tomboy}}. Rapunzel enjoys feminine activities like painting and sewing and wears light, pastel-colored dresses.
* TranquilFury: When the AllLovingHeroine [[BewareTheNiceOnes gets royally pissed off]]...
** In the movie, after she realises that she is the kidnapped princess, she is furious and restrained as she [[CallingTheOldWomanOut gives Gothel a piece of her mind]].
--->'''Rapunzel:''' I am the lost princess. Aren't I? Did I mumble, mother? Or should I even call you that?
** In the season 1 finale, [[spoiler: after Varian kidnaps her mother and nearly kills her family and friends, she goes to fight him with a determined but calm expressin, contrasting his growing VillainousBreakdown.]]
* TraumaticHaircut: Not only does she get the hair she's been growing out her whole life chopped off, losing it means she can't save Eugene's life.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: You'd think a girl with 70 feet of hair would get a bit more notice when she first strolls into town.
* UptownGirl: Rapunzel, the lost princess, and Flynn Rider a.k.a. Eugene Fitzherbert, an orphan turned thief. Neither of them know she's the princess for quite some time, though. [[spoiler:Subverted by the series, which reveals that Eugene is actually the lost Prince of the Dark Kingdom.]]
* WellDoneDaughterGirl: In the series, one of Rapunzel's main concerns is to not make her father feel disappointed and live up to his expectations of her as a princess. It doesn't help her free-spirited nature clashes with his strict and overprotective personality.
* WomanChild: Well, she was abducted as a baby and grew up around an abusive mother figure, who selfishly used her hair's healing power and never raised her properly, so it's not much of a surprise that in some regards, she's not very mature. This is further expanded on in the series; it's part of what worries her father more.
* YouAreGrounded:
** In the film, Rapunzel has been grounded in the tower her whole life and when she asks to go outside, Mother Gothel snaps and yells "You are not leaving this tower! EVER!"
** In the series she is locked up in her room by her father. Unlike Mother Gothel, he's not abusive, but just overprotective.
* YouthfulFreckles: She has light freckles, mostly around her nose.
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[[folder:Eugene Fitzherbert, a.k.a. Flynn Rider]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ZacharyLevi, Creator/SeanGiambrone (teenage in ''The Series'');\\
'''Voiced by (Latin American Spanish):''' Creator/JoseGilbertoVilchis (trailer and ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''), Elmer Figueroa Arce aka Chayanne (film)\\
'''Voiced by (Korean):''' We Hoon\\
'''Voiced by (Japanese):''' Hiroshi Hatanaka\\
'''Voiced by (Swedish):''' Music/MansZelmerlow (Swedish)\\
'''Appearances''': ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]'' | ''[[Disney/TangledEverAfter Ever After]]'' | ''Disney/{{Frozen}}''[[note]]TheCameo only [[/note]]\\
'''Appearances in alternate continuities''': ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts''[[note]]Retelling in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII''.[[/note]]

The film's {{Deuteragonist}}, a [[LovableRogue career thief]] on the run for stealing the missing princess's tiara, who finds himself trying to hide out in her tower. Rapunzel, with no previous knowledge of the outside world, convinces him to accompany her to see the lanterns.
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* NumberOneDime: He carries a small hair comb, which he claims is the first thing he ever stole. He even went so far as to have it personalized with his alias's name.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In the original tale, "the prince" (whom Flynn is based on) apparently had no sort of troubles given his royal status. Here, he grew up in an orphanage with a desire to make money.
* AdaptationalBadass: In a fighting sense. The prince from the original doesn't do much aside from climbing Rapunzel's hair. Here, he is an excellent fighter when he needs to be.
* AdaptationalJerkass: In the original tale, "the prince" (whom Flynn is based on) is the stereotypical heroic character. Here, he is a selfish anti-heroic thief, but becomes less selfish after spending time with Rapunzel and steps up to true blue heroism.
* AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed. Not in a fighting sense, but his original version is royalty, not a peasant. [[spoiler:That is, until Season 2 of the series reveals that he was royalty all along.]]
* AgeGapRomance: With Rapunzel. She is clearly stated as being 18-years-old but his age is [[VagueAge more complicated]]. In short, his age is somewhere between 18 and 26.
%%* AlmostKiss: See Rapunzel's entry.
* AmazonChaser: He meets Rapunzel in a LoveAtFirstPunch nature. He compliments her gutsy nature when confronting the Pub Thugs. During their escape from the royal guards and Maximus, a [[FreezeFrameBonus quick moment]] shows Eugene looking in admiration at Rapunzel using her hair as a means to escape. And throughout the series, he frequently comments on her {{Action Girl}}ness.
* AntiHero: He's a greedy and self-centered thief; he's shown early in the movie to be perfectly fine with leaving his fellow thieves behind to keep all the goods for himself. He starts out helping Rapunzel for his personal gain, but as the story goes on, Flynn reveals that he's not really a bad person deep down, and his growing love for Rapunzel is enough for him to change his ways and stop stealing.
* AntiquatedLinguistics: When he first meets Rapunzel. "I know not who you are..."
* AwesomeMcCoolName: {{Subverted|Trope}}; his real name is Eugene Fitzherbert. "Flynn Rider" is just an alias taken from the name of the swashbuckling hero of a series of adventure books he read as a child.
* BackFromTheDead: Rapunzel's tear brings him back to life.
* BadassBeard: Flynn has a rather swashbuckling goatee.
* BattleCouple: With Rapunzel. They help each other fight off the guards chasing him and save each other several times as they fall in love with each other. The pilot movie for TheSeries shows that the two of them have lost none of their stride. When Lady Kane attempts to kidnap the royals, a few eye gestures between Eugene, Rapunzel, and handmaid Cassandra are all they need before they leap into action to save the day. Rapunzel even tosses Eugene a frying pan, at which point, the tide of battle really begins to turn in their favor.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Eugene mentions Rapunzel is the first person to like his real self better than whom he pretends to be, which is why he falls in love with her.
* BerserkButton: While Eugene doesn't completely fly off the handle, he really doesn't like having his abilities as a thief questioned. He reacts deeply insulted when Angry suggests he was just bad at thievery, and shows only disdain towards people labeled a "master thief", dryly refusing to call the Silent Swiper by that name.
* BeYourself: His character development is kicked off with this from Rapunzel.
* BilingualBonus: Eugene speaks fluent Italian and this is what tips him off when a fake Italian arrives at the castle. Eugene notices that the imposter fails at basic Italian grammar/sentence structure and thus can't be who he claims he is.
* BookDumb: The series notes that as an orphan, Eugene has had very minimal schooling (he claims three days) and so he's actually quite bad at math. He's street smart to make up for it, thankfully.
* BrainyBrunet: Eugene is very quick-witted and has dark brown hair.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Considering he was a selfish thief, he wouldn't really remember half the things he did:
** He doesn't recall having robbed the Queen eight years prior, because for him back in the day, she was just another noblewoman victim to his routine business. But, since he wants to marry her daughter, he has reason to care.
** Years ago, he [[spoiler:left his then-fianceé Stalyan stranded at the altar when they were supposed to marry]]. Now, she's still very pissed about it, while he acts nonchalant about it.
** Lampshaded in "Rapunzel and the Great Tree" when he is being pursued by Hector and rescued by Rapunzel, and he's more accustomed to events that would have fazed him in the past:
--->'''Eugene:''' Two years ago, I'd call fighting jackal monsters on the back of a speeding carriage whilst a rhinoceros chases the woman I love absolutely bonkers. [[LampshadeHanging Now I call it Tuesday.]]
* ButtMonkey: His [[DeadpanSnarker second]] most prominent trait.
* CannotKeepASecret: Eugene isn't very good at keeping secrets. This is one of the reasons why Cassandra didn't want to trust him with her and Rapunzel's secret.
* CharacterDevelopment: He stops caring only about himself and learns to love, as well as to just be himself. While he still maintains his aloof and narcissistic facade in company, he proves to be very insightful whenever Rapunzel's having trouble.
* CharacterNameAlias: His real name is Eugene Fitzherbert. "Flynn Rider" is the name of the hero of "The Tales of Flynnigan Rider", a story he loved as a child. He starts going by Eugene again later in the movie. However, it led some people like Varian to believe he's the real deal.
* TheCharmer: Played with. Flynn tries and fails to be this when first meeting Rapunzel, using his smolder, which he even attempted on ''her mom'' in the past. However, it's implied outside of the movie that he really ''was'' a successful charmer, as he [[ReallyGetsAround really got around]] prior to meeting Rapunzel. On one occasion, Rapunzel orders Eugene to charm everybody out of a room. He succeeds within seconds. Later on in the series, we finally get to see the smolder to its full effect. The conclusion seems to be that rather than him simply being bad at it, Rapunzel has no experience or understanding of seduction of any kind, [[NotDistractedByTheSexy so she's completely immune to his moves (including said smolder)]].
* ChildhoodFriends: He has known Lance Strongbow/Arnwaldo Schnitz since his childhood at the orphanage. They're very close friends, though their relationship went a bit rocky for a while when Eugene gave up his life as a thief.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Flynn, at least at the start of the film, cares more about what will work out best for him than keeping alliances. Right at the beginning, he betrays the Stabbington brothers by taking the tiara for himself and leaving them to get caught by the royal guards. After "agreeing" to take Rapunzel to the lights, he at first attempts to manipulate her and scare her off.
* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Part of his backstory. Though he does hint that there was an OrphansOrdeal back there.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He grew up in an orphanage and somehow became a criminal.
* DeadpanSnarker: He takes every opportunity to snark about his current situation.
* DeathByAdaptation: Subverted. His counterpart in the source material suffers a nasty EyeScream instead of dying. The problem is still sorted by Rapunzel's tears, though.
* DecoyProtagonist: The trailers made it seem like Flynn was the star, even though he is very much the deuteragonist. In-movie, Flynn is the leading narrator, but he quickly denounces himself from being the main character and goes on to tell that yes, this is the story of Rapunzel.
* DefrostingIceKing: At first, Flynn comes across as a self-centered jerk who doesn't really care about Rapunzel and her dreams, only helping her so he can get the princess's tiara he stole back. He eventually warms up as he falls in love with Rapunzel and she convinces him to just be himself.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: He's the second main character after Rapunzel.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: He dies in Rapunzel's arms, albeit temporarily, as he's revived later.
* DistressedDude: Rapunzel's interventions save Flynn on a few occasions, most notably during the Snuggly Duckling scene. That said, he is able to hold his ground against the palace guards and he kind of repays the favor by performing a HeroicSacrifice, thereby freeing Rapunzel from Gothel.
* TheDreaded: There's a reason why Flynn Rider was one of the most feared thieves--he's evaded capture quite easily, having at least once invaded one of the most impenetrable and heavily guarded castles in another kingdom, and no prison can hold him.
* TheDrifter: This was very much his life before meeting Rapunzel, living a solitary life on the run, never forming attachments to people he meets.
* DyingDeclarationOfLove: He confesses his love to Rapunzel right before he (temporarily) dies.
* EasilyForgiven:
** Between the start of the movie and the epilogue, Flynn goes from being wanted for grand theft, to presumably becoming Prince or Prince Consort, and eventually King of the same country. Wow. Well, given that he did bring back their daughter who had been missing for 18 years, you can see the King and Queen issuing a pardon there.
** Downplayed in the series. The fact that he's just the princess's unemployed former thief almost-fiancé leaves him without much of a place in the castle, the guards still don't trust him much (especially the Captain), past transgressions sometimes pop up to make things rough for him, and Rapunzel's dad takes a while to give him any respect while Cassandra, Rapunzel's new best friend, initially sees him as a GoldDigger.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Believes this of his real name, Eugene Fitzherbert. Rapunzel doesn't think so. By the end of the movie, Eugene has embraced his real name.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Twice.
** The first, when the Captain of the Guard is leading him away to be executed. Though a bit unnerved and scared at first while putting his hand on his neck, Flynn doesn't resist, struggle, or cry, just marches along with them quietly... until he sees the Stabbington Bros. in a cell and realizes that Rapunzel is in danger.
** The second is when he performs his HeroicSacrifice, knowing he will die, but saving Rapunzel instead. He even attempts to smile and comfort her as he passes.
* FacialCompositeFailure: A running gag is that the "Wanted" posters he's on don't correctly portray his nose. Each time he spots such a poster, it is worse.
-->'''Eugene:''' They just can't get my ''nose'' right!
* FamilyEyeResemblance: [[spoiler:He and King Edmund have the same eyes.]]
* {{Fingore}}: He isn't awake when it happens, but Rapunzel accidentally slams his fingers in the doors of her closet.
* FireForgedFriends: He and Rapunzel start to become more friendly with each other after escaping the guards chasing after them and nearly drowning together.
* FirstPersonPeripheralNarrator: He claims, when narrating the opening, that it's not his story, it's Rapunzel's. Which in important respects is only technically true.
* {{Flynning}}: Besides the obvious {{Pun}}, he engages in some of this with Maximus when he's wielding a FryingPanOfDoom and the horse is dueling him with a sword. He even lampshades the absurdity of it.
-->'''Eugene:''' You should know that this is the strangest thing I have ever done!
* FreudianExcuse: In the pilot movie for the series, he proposes to Rapunzel, [[InnocentlyInsensitive unaware of how stressed she is about being a princess, and the fact that he's putting her on the spot in a royal banquet doesn't help matters]]. It leads to her temporarily rejecting it. [[WhatTheHellHero Cass]] calls him out for this, and he explains later to Rapunzel (actually Pascal in disguise) that the reason why he proposed is because he grew up in an environment where he had nothing and he wants their future family to have everything.
* GentlemanThief: He exhibits some traits of this trope. The two times we see him actively stealing, it's from the king and queen of Corona, who wouldn't exactly be financially ruined by the loss of a tiara and a ring. Given his background as an orphan and his desire to be as rich as possible, it's likely Eugene was always after bigger fish. Furthermore he uses violence as a last resort, preferring to either charm his victim, make a run for it, or otherwise outsmart his opponent. And he's very snarky, too. What doesn't fit is his betrayal of the Stabbington Brothers (and given their distrust of him, it's probably not the first time he tried it), seeing how it could have gotten them hanged.
* GoldDigger: Subverted. Initially seen as one by Cass in the series, due to his unemployment and shady past. She comes to respect him more as he starts training the guards to better catch crooks.
* GoodFeelsGood: Is a staunch believer of this after putting aside his criminal ways, especially in the TV show. This is the lesson he tries to - and ultimately succeeds in - teach Red and Angry when they first meet, and whenever he meets anyone else at the cusp of changing sides he'll always say something about how being and doing good feels better and makes one happier than the alternative.
* {{Greed}}: His original motive.
* HasAType: He tells Rapunzel at one point that he has a thing for brunettes. Of course, he could be saying it just to let her know he loves her regardless of her new hair color.
* HeroicBastard: [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Heavily implied]] by his last name of Fitzherbert. Traditionally, the Fitz- prefix designates the bearer as the illegitimate child of the man with the unaltered name. So Eugene's full name spells out that he was born out of wedlock, which explains a lot about his backstory and why he preferred to use an alias. Subverted, as the series reveals that [[spoiler:he is the legitimate son of King Edmund]].
* HeroicSacrifice: He sacrifices his life for Rapunzel's freedom at the end. He gets better.
* HiddenDepths:
** He casually mentions reading to the other orphans in the orphanage, and how he wants money to be able to do things and go places like a character he read to them about.
** He correctly suspects that [[{{Fauxreigner}} the supposed painter]] from "Fitzherbert P.I." is not whom he claims to be because he can [[BilingualBackfire speak Italian]].
* HiddenHeartOfGold: "You can't tell anyone about [his real name]. It could ruin my whole reputation." This, of course, is toned down afterwards. While he remains aloof and sarcastic in company, especially towards Cassandra, he provides important insight for Rapunzel in a moment of quiet. Interestingly, whenever his Rapunzel is having trouble understanding her best friend, Eugene usually knows what makes Cassandra tick.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The Snuggly Duckling backfired badly on him.
* HotConsort: Through his marriage to Rapunzel, Eugene is currently Prince Consort of Corona. [[spoiler:However, since his father is King Edmund, this means that Eugene could possibly end up as King of the Dark Kingdom, and therefore hold the title of King Consort of Corona.]]
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: In the cartoon series, it's shown that Eugene's history as a successful career thief means he knows how thieves think and therefore how to catch them. He ends up being assigned to teach the Royal Guard how better to anticipate and catch thieves.
* HypocriticalHeartwarming: Insists he is the "only guy allowed to annoy Cass" and will leap to her defense if another man causes her misery.
* IJustWantToBeBadass: Why he's a thief in the first place.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: He does pretty good at fencing with a frying pan. Better, in fact, than with an ''actual'' sword.
-->'''Flynn:''' I have GOT to get me one of these!
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Hinted at. In full "Eugene-mode" he is very sensitive and understanding, but he only shows that side around Rapunzel, whom he loves and trusts deeply. Even now that he's going under his birth name again, he acts more like Flynn Rider, uncaring, aloof and superior, especially around Cassandra, around whom he feels quite unsure.
* IronButtmonkey: He seems to be MadeOfIron when it comes to physical comedy. Not so resistant to stabbing, though.
* IronicEcho: In the trailer, Eugene calling for Rapunzel to let down her hair is humorous. Less so for the single time he uses it in the movie.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Heavily accused of that by Cassandra. [[SubvertedTrope She's a little late]], though, since CharacterDevelopment already heavily kicked in.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's not exactly malicious, he just gets himself in a lot of trouble thanks to his thieving and he's greedy, self-centered, and ''really'' [[DeadpanSnarker sassy]]. He gets better.
* KarmaHoudini: {{Justified|Trope}}. Since he helped Rapunzel return to her birth parents, he's pardoned from stealing the princess's tiara. However he's worried about some of his other past crimes, such as robbing the queen eight years ago (he thought she was a random noble), and tries to not get into any ''more'' trouble these days.
* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: Gothel stabs him to keep Rapunzel's existence a secret. Or so she says.
* LadykillerInLove: Implied. When first meeting Rapunzel, he tries to flirt his way out and remarks how it's an "off-day" for him when his smoulder fails. In the TV series, Lance mentions Eugene having had relationships with twins, and then there's his standing up Stalyan at their wedding. However, ever since meeting Rapunzel, he's only been devoted to her.
* LandInTheSaddle: Eugene is catapulted over a high wall as part of his prison breakout and lands in Maximus's saddle. Thanks to RuleOfCool, nobody gets hurt. [[LampshadeHanging He's just as surprised as anyone else about that.]]
* LeParkour: Flynn and the Stabbington brothers use this at times in the movie, perhaps most noticeably while climbing on the palace roof in their first scene. He uses it more often in the series.
* LonersAreFreaks: Complete with the usual aesop. Flynn even admits that his dream involves him being alone and has to be forced into participating in the CrowdSong and the DanceLine.
* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: He briefly loses a boot when he's used as a human tug-of-war rope between Rapunzel and Maximus.
* LostOrphanedRoyalty: [[spoiler:He was orphaned as a baby, but it is later revealed in the Season 2 finale of the show that he's really King Edmund's lost son.]]
* LovableRogue: Invoked. He tries to cultivate this image, but his wanted posters [[RunningGag just can't get the nose right]].
* LoveAtFirstPunch: Rapunzel and Eugene's relationship kicks off with her knocking him out with a frying pan after he breaks into her tower.
-->'''Eugene:''' Rapunzel, from the moment I first met you and you knocked me out with that frying pan, I knew it was love.
* LoveRedeems: Rapunzel's love for Flynn causes him to change his thieving ways and return to bearing his old name Eugene Fitzherbert.
* MadeOfIron: Flynn should at least be bruised from head to toe with many broken bones and concussions from all the abuse he goes through in this movie, but most of it doesn't leave a scratch on him. Though, he's still vulnerable to daggers and pointy rocks.
* ManChild: Well, he was an orphan who had to take care of himself. His entire schtick is trying ''way'' too hard to embody a ''grade-schooler's'' idea of a badass, swashbuckling hero.
* MeaningfulEcho:
** When Flynn and Rapunzel are about to see the lights appear, Rapunzel is worried about what to do with her life after she realizes her dream of seeing the lanterns. 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 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."
** 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. The second time, it's not Rapunzel.
* MeaningfulName:
** Eugene is Greek for "well born", so it's only fitting that he later marries the princess. [[spoiler:In "Destinies Collide", Eugene learns that his father is King Edmund, who sent him away to avoid being corrupted by the Moonstone opal's power, with his ancestors serving as mystical guardians to protect the world from the opal's power]].
** Subverted. Fitzherbert is a patronymic surname that means "son of Herbert", but he neither knows who his biological parents are nor is his father named Herbert anyways. It turns out that [[spoiler:his father's name is Edmund]].
* MeaningfulRename: He reveals in the epilogue that he goes back to his birth name, which we see happen in the series.
* MoneyFetish: He admits his dream is to be "surrounded by enormous piles of money".
* MotorMouth: Anytime he's freaking out.
-->'''Eugene:''' I'm-not-freaking-out-are-you-freaking-out-no-I'm-just-very-interested-in-your-hair-and-the-magical-qualities-that-it-possesses-how-long-has-it-been-doing-that-exactly?
* MrFanservice: According to an interview, Flynn's design came from the artists having the female staff members writing down all of the celebrities they thought were most good-looking and borrowing from that. WordOfGod called the gathering of female staff members "The Hot Man Meeting".
* NamedByTheAdaptation: He's only ever referred to as "the prince" in the original tale.
* NoHonorAmongThieves:
** He betrays his original partners in the film's opening.
** Averted in his relationship with Lance Strongbow. They're like brothers and help each other out often.
* NotWithThemForTheMoney: He falls in love with Rapunzel without knowing she was the lost princess. He surely appreciates the incomes of living in a castle with her, but he makes clear all he really wants is to be with Rapunzel and make her happy. If he wants money, he prefers to get it from somewhere else.
* OfficialCouple: With Rapunzel. They become a couple towards the end of the movie and then get married in the sequel short. The series takes place between them, with a pre-engagement but still very serious couple.
* OhAndXDies: The opening narration starts off with Flynn stating, "This is the story of how I died." By the time it comes up in the story, odds are good you've forgotten about that line. Additionally, the first-time viewer, after observing his personality, would think he was exaggerating for drama.
* OhCrap: He gets a lot of these reactions.
** It's played for laughs during his encounters with Maximus.
** It's played for drama when the guards reveal he's going to be hanged for stealing the crown.
** Subverted anytime he sees one of his "Wanted" posters -- which would cause most people an "OhCrap", but he only fusses about how his nose is drawn.
** He also has some of these reactions throughout the series.
*** In "Cassandra vs. Eugene" when he and Cassandra are confronted by the Stabbington brothers.
*** In "The Return Of Strongbow" when he realizes that the ring he stole eight years earlier belongs to Rapunzel's mother, Queen Arianna.
*** In "In Like Flynn" when he and King Frederic are surrounded by King Trevor's guards.
*** At the end of "Lost and Found", Eugene receives a fortune slip from Vigor the Visionary that warns him of impending betrayal once Rapunzel reaches the end of her journey in the Dark Kingdom. He ganders at Cassandra, who bears a sinister smile. Eugene is so shocked his eyes widen. He begins to suspect that Cassandra will turn against Rapunzel.
* {{Omniglot}}: Quite possibly. Eugene states that he's been all around the world, and the series reveals that he speaks Italian, adding some credibility to his claim and making it possible that he knows more languages. He sometimes [[GratuitousSpanish drops in some Spanish words]], so he likely knows Spanish, too.
* OnlySaneMan: Just check out his expressions during the "I've Got A Dream" song. He's the only Disney character (along with Robert from ''Film/{{Enchanted}}'') to question why everyone is randomly singing during a CrowdSong.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Eugene is being escorted out of the prison to his death sentence, he encounters the Stabbington Brothers again. Rather than being intimidated by them, as he has been every other time, Eugene is ''furious''. He breaks free of the guards and ''cows two men twice his size and ten times as vicious into answering his questions''.
* OppositesAttract: With Rapunzel. He's a jaded, worldly-wise thief, she's a spirited, innocent princess.
* ParentalAbandonment: He's an orphan, and he never really knew his parents. [[spoiler:He eventually gets to meet his father, King Edmund, who is the guardian of the Moonstone.]]
* PrettyBoy: Intentionally invoked; his design is a composite of many men the women in the studio deemed attractive.
* PrinceCharming: As Flynn Rider, not so much, but as Eugene, he proves he doesn't need to be a prince to embody the spirit of this trope, even going as far willing to ''die'' out of love for Rapunzel. [[spoiler:That said, the animated series reveals that he actually is one.]]
* ProtectorBehindBars: His imminent execution doesn't bother him as much as when he realizes that Rapunzel is Mother Gothel's captive.
* RagsToRoyalty: He is an orphan and a thief who marries a princess (though he didn't know that she was royalty when he fell in love with her). [[spoiler:Though it turns out that he was royalty all along.]]
* ReallyGetsAround: It's quite implied he had quite a number of ex-girlfriends that he dumped back in his days as a thief, if Lance's account of a warlord's twin daughters was of any indication, and the fact that he got with a crime boss's daughter only increases the implication.
* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoiler:The show's Season 2 finale reveals that he is the lost son of King Edmund of the Dark Kingdom, making him a prince.]]
* RebelliousSpirit: Due to growing up as a thief, Eugene doesn't get along with rules, procedures, or any kind of authority. This shows in "Fitzherbert P.I.", where he can't keep a job because he keeps refusing to do things by the book.
* RedOniBlueOni: The laid-back and snarky Blue Oni to Rapunzel's energetic and emotional Red Oni.
* RecruitingTheCriminal: After the movie, Eugene puts his skills as a former thief to use by eventually getting a job as a consultant for the Royal Guards.
* ReformedCriminal: By the end of the movie, Eugene turns his life around and stops thieving.
* ReversePsychology: Flynn uses this, trying to get rid of Rapunzel by using her fear of disobeying her mother by encouraging her to do it:
-->'''Flynn:''' Overprotecting mother, forbidden road trip... But let me ease your conscience: this is part of growing up. A little rebellion, a little adventure. That's good, healthy even. [...] Does your mother deserve it? ''No.'' Would this break her heart and crush her soul? ''Of course.'' But you've just got to do it.
* RunawayBride: Male example. He ran away from the altar when he was set to marry Stalyan.
* RunningGag: In the movie, whenever he encounters a wanted poster, they never can draw his nose right.
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: With Rapunzel. He just stands there and snarks at her naivety as she's excitedly running around and exploring the world.
* SecretKeeper: Rapunzel lets Eugene know her secret that Cassandra sneaked her out of the kingdom the night she got her hair back. Eugene would love to see Cassandra getting in trouble for this, but he promises Rapunzel to keep the secret.
* SmallNameBigEgo: While he does have a fair amount of wit and charm, it pales in comparison to how witty and charming he ''thinks'' he is.
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Tons of it with Cassandra.
* TheSouthpaw: He fights against Maximus wielding the frying pan with his left hand.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Flynn entering her tower to escape the guards with the stolen tiara is what leads Rapunzel to discovering her true identity.
* StickyFingers: Lifts the loot from his partners early in the film and Rapunzel's tiara in the epilogue.
* StreetSmart: Eugene knows any criminal trick to run from the law, mostly because he ''invented'' some of them. This proves helpful to catch some criminals and eventually, he's assigned to teach the royal guards how to think like a thief.
* StrongGirlSmartGuy: The quick-witted and crafty Smart Guy to Cassandra's Strong Girl. While Eugene is capable of impressive athletic feats and skilled in combat, it's more of a last resort, as he usually prefers to make a run for it or outsmart his opponents, as opposed to Cassandra, whose go-to move is a direct confrontation likely involving violence.
* {{Swashbuckler}}: Albeit a bit more anti-heroic and snarky than usual for this kind of character.
* ThatManIsDead: Flynn Rider dies as Eugene begins embracing his true name and personality. So the TonightSomeoneDies warning at the beginning is very true; it is the story of Flynn's death and his rebirth as Eugene. However, everyone he's ever met in the past will still refer to him by his previous name. In "Beyond the Corona Walls", after Stalyan attempts to persuade him to marry her, only to be stopped by Rapunzel and Pascal saving him, he embraces his future with Rapunzel as Eugene Fitzherbert.
* TheyDo: In the narration, Eugene and Rapunzel assure us it is so. We see their wedding in the short.
* TranquilFury:
** When Flynn gets angry, his voice gets more intense, but he doesn't devolve into shouting or a mindless rage. He's basically still himself, but suddenly a ''lot'' more willing to get physical.
** He doesn't have this in the film when he's confronting the Stabbingtons in prison, due to his anger there being fueled by fear and anxiety, but he still maintains enough control to get the information he needs.
* UnreliableNarrator: He announces that the story isn't about him, but rather Rapunzel. It's actually about ''both'' of them.
* VagueAge: One rumour that spread and became popular was that Eugene was supposed to be 26 years old, meaning that there was an eight year age gap between Rapunzel and him. However this is jossed by the fact that Directors Bryan Howard and Nathan Greno stated that they personally believe that Eugene is 24 years old at his oldest and that the story writers see him as being ''younger than that''. Basically Eugene's age is between 18 at his youngest and 24 years old at his oldest. As a flashback from "The Return of Strongbow" shows, 8 years prior to the present events, Eugene is still an adult while Rapunzel is at least 10 that time around. [[spoiler:"Destinies Collide" reveals that he was a newborn child 25 years before that episode, which itself takes place about two years after the movie.]]
* YankTheDogsChain: Played for laughs. "What The Hair" finally has a wanted poster where they got his nose right, only for it to be destroyed in Varian's lab, much to Eugene's chagrin.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Courtesy of Rapunzel: Flynn really starts to grow after Rapunzel tells him that she likes Eugene better. She also takes to calling him by that name as well, a gesture of respect that greatly fosters Flynn's later CharacterDevelopment.
* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: The only appropriate response to seeing your not-quite girlfriend making friends with the hell-beast of a horse that's been chasing you all over the place.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pascal]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/FrankWelker [uncredited in ''Tangled'' and in ''Tangled Ever After'']; Creator/DeeBradleyBaker [in ''Tangled: Before Ever After'' and ''Tangled: the Series'']\\
'''Appearances''': ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]'' | ''[[Disney/TangledEverAfter Ever After]]''\\
'''Appearances in alternate continuities''': ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts''[[note]]retelling in ''III''[[/note]]

Rapunzel's pet chameleon and constant companion.
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* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: He's an emotive chameleon.
** In the series he is shown to be smart enough to play chess ''and win''.
* AnimalReactionShot: His entire character.
* AscendedExtra: While he was definitely ''there'' in the original movie, he tends to play a notably more substantial role in the series, with season 1 and season 2 each having an episode centering on him.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Pascal tripped Gothel out the window during the climax.
* ButtMonkey: He and Maximus In ''Tangled Ever After''.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: As a little chameleon, Pascal's mother sent him down a river to escape a snake, losing her life in the process (and little Pascal witnessing it). Pascal ended up washing up near Rapunzel's tower and decided to check things out, deciding to stay with Rapunzel after she saves him from the same snake.
* DisneyDeath: In "Queen For a Day" when he willingly jumps into the Demanitus Device to remove a stone jamming the gears and almost dies from such, but survives albeit severely injured.
* GreekChorus: Also silently.
* HeroicSacrifice: Almost sacrifices his life in "Queen For a Day" when he jumps into the Demanitus Device and gets injured when he removes the stone jamming the gears.
* HeroSecretService: Played for laughs, as Pascal seems to view himself as one of these for Rapunzel, often acting as her protector and defender... which gets a bit tricky, seeing as he's a very small chameleon. Although he does manage to stare down Flynn and Maximus. He's the one ultimately responsible for Gothel falling out of the tower at the end.
* HollywoodChameleons: Zig-zagged trope. At the beginning of the movie, his body's colours match a pattern on a flower vase (which isn't how chameleons work in real life), but later he does change color with mood, like real chameleons, just with a different code.
* IAmNotWeasel:
** Flynn initially keeps referring to him as a "frog", probably not out of genuine mistake but more to annoy Pascal, as Flynn didn't like him at first.
** In the novelisation ''Literature/RapunzelAndTheLostLagoon'', Cassandra refers to him as a "lizard"[[note]]which is technically correct, as chameleons are lizards[[/note]].
* LovableLizard: A cute and feisty chameleon who is Rapunzel's loyal (if sometimes snarky) pet.
* LoyalAnimalCompanion: To Rapunzel. Despite his small size and not having much strength, he always supports and helps Rapunzel. Especially in the series, where he saves Rapunzel's life a few times. Rapunzel refers to him as her best friend.
* MeaningfulName: His name is related to the Hebrew word "pesach", which means "Passover." This ties directly back to his {{Backstory}} [[Literature/TheBible of being floated downstream by his mother to escape an attacker, eventually finding his way into the care of a princess; just like Moses.]]
** "Pascal" is the French form of "Pascha", which is Latin for "Easter"; Pascal is Rapunzel's close companion, and Rapunzel's healing tears resurrect Flynn from the dead, which can be considered as a resurrection experience for Flynn, who is reborn anew as Eugene Fitzherbert.
* OnlyFriend: He was Rapunzel's only companion for the years she lived in the tower.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: {{Inverted|Trope}}, as he's a [[LoyalAnimalCompanion good friend to Rapunzel]] that's a positive influence on her, and is just adorable. One exception plays it straight though: he sticks his tongue in Flynn's ear, to Flynn's horror, twice.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: A cute and small chameleon.
* ShipperOnDeck: He's happy at the thought of Rapunzel and Flynn getting together.
* SilentSnarker: He manages to be a DeadpanSnarker, without ever saying a word.
* StockSoundEffect: He makes little squeaky toy sounds when he's abused.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Maximus]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1232_maximus.jpg]]
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/FrankWelker [uncredited in ''Tangled'']; Nathan Greno [in ''Tangled: Ever After'']; Creator/DeeBradleyBaker [in ''Tangled: The Series'' and ''Tangled: Before Ever After'']\\
'''Appearances''': ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]'' | ''[[Disney/TangledEverAfter Ever After]]''\\
'''Appearances in alternate continuities''': ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts''[[note]]retelling in ''III''[[/note]]\\\
''"That is ''one'' determined horse!"''
-->-- '''Lance''', summing up Maximus' character

The Captain of the Guard's horse, who is unfortunately more competent than the captain himself. At the beginning of the movie, he dedicates himself to hunting Flynn down for getting the tiara. He later serves as the Royal Guard's mascot.
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* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Maximus hunts things by following their scent, sits on the ground with his front legs extended, and wags his tail out of joy. [[note]]When horses swish their tail, it expresses annoyance / anger (much like in cats) -- as opposed to dogs who wag them out of joy. He uses his tail in the dog-like manner.[[/note]] All in the name of RuleOfFunny. Also, Rapunzel pets him and speaks to him in the same way you would to a dog.
** This is toned down for the series, where he generally acts more like an actual horse... though his doglike traits have in no way been done away with altogether.
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Maximus is the most badass character in the entire movie: if he had been around when Rapunzel was a baby, he would have tracked down the missing princess before the sunrise. He's also more skilled with a sword than his rider.
* AnimalReactionShot: Gets a few of these, although the job is mainly Pascal's.
* BadassAdorable: Don't let the fact that he's a cute horse (that has dog mannerisms) deceive you, he is miles more competent than the soldiers he fights alongside.
* ButtMonkey: He and Pascal in ''Tangled Ever After''.
* CharacterDevelopment: Maximus in the beginning was all about protocol and rules and regulations, going so far as to track down the lawbreaker even after his rider, the head guard, had fallen off. Later, it turns out he's a real softie for cute young girls and their dreams, and even gives the aforementioned lawbreaker some leeway for the sake of their love, lending his super-horse strength and fighting skills to break Eugene out of prison and the gallows.
* CoolHorse: Not only is he a massive {{Determinator}}, he's a master fencer despite not having hands.
* CutlassBetweenTheTeeth: When fighting Flynn. Hey, it's not like he has thumbs.
* DemotedToExtra: He has a much smaller role in ''Tangled: the Series'', particularly in the first season where he's OutOfFocus for most of it. He's featured a lot more in the second season, though he's still not quite the main character he was in the movie.
* {{Determinator}}: When hunting Flynn, he's not gonna stop for anything. Except for Rapunzel calling him a good boy.
* {{Expy}}:
** The directors also described him as The Creator/TommyLeeJones of horses.
** Creator/DougWalker, during Disneycember, also described Maximus as the [[Literature/LesMiserables Javert]] of horses.
* HazyFeelTurn: After he realizes that Eugene truly cares about Rapunzel, and assembles the Pub Thugs to help him escape execution. From a certain point of view, this could also be considered a FaceHeelTurn. [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation Or]] it could be that Maximus felt he had an obligation since he'd promised to cut Flynn slack for 24 hours as a favor to Rapunzel (it was her birthday). Maximus has a funny AnimalReactionShot when Flynn starts acting heartfelt about being rescued.
* HorsingAround: Being the Captain of the Guard's horse, Maximus does his best to capture Flynn.
* HyperCompetentSidekick: More competent and effective than the entire royal guard put together.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: A sword normally isn't the world's most improbable weapon, but when a ''horse'' is wielding it, it could count. In the end, Maximus trains an entire squad of frying-pan wielding guards.
* InspectorJavert: Towards Flynn, at first. Doug Walker compared him to the actual Javert.
* LandInTheSaddle: See Flynn's entry.
* LeParkour: While Flynn's riding him as part of his prison break.
* MadeOfIron: The abuse that Maximus' legs put up with would cripple a normal horse a dozen times over. But thanks to ToonPhysics, they do fine.
* MisfitMobilizationMoment: When Maximus recruits the Pub Thugs to help Flynn escape execution.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The dam, which breaks, and almost drowns a few people.
* TheNoseKnows: Snuffles along the ground like any blood hound. This trait is almost his trademark in the movie, but shows up very seldom in the series.
* ShipperOnDeck: Eventually, he starts shipping Rapunzel and Flynn, including pushing the latter into the FallingInLoveMontage. Literally.
* SilentSnarker: He manages to be a DeadpanSnarker, without ever saying a word.
* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: A royal mount that got separated from his rider but still kept trying to bring Flynn in. He eventually warms up to him.
* TeamPet: By the series, Maximus goes from being the Captain's personal steed to being the Royal Guard's mascot. Just like any military mascot, he has ranking status.
* TheyHaveTheScent: He whinnies rather than bays, of course.
* ThinkNothingOfIt: In an eloquent whinny.
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Surprisingly, he chooses good. Doubles as ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Develops this relationship with Flynn in the movie. It's toned down for the series, but it's still very much there in episodes like ''Max and Eugene in Peril on the High Seas''.
* WhiteStallion: Originally the horse of the captain of the guard, now friends with Flynn Rider who becomes Rapunzel's hero.
[[/folder]]

!The Kingdom of Corona

!!The Royal Family

[[folder:King Frederic]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ClancyBrown (''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''); Nando Estevané ''([[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]'', Latin America Spanish), Haruki Sayama (Japanese, series)\\
'''Appearances''': ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]'' | ''[[Disney/TangledEverAfter Ever After]]''

Rapunzel's biological father and the King of Corona.
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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: He and his wife are implied to have this, or something very close to it.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In the original tale, the parents didn't bother looking for their daughter after giving her up. In the film, both are obviously distraught over their daughter's kidnapping, but they almost lost hope.
* AdaptationalBadass: Not in the fighting sense, but he and his wife go from hungry peasants to rulers of their home. He also states he received the best military training, but that's kind of an InformedAttribute, DependingOnTheWriter.
* AdaptationalHeroism: The father steals lettuce from a witch's garden in the original tale, simply because his pregnant wife had a craving for them. They also disappear from the story and never seem to bother about the whereabouts of the daughter they gave up. In the film, the mother is dying. And rather than knowingly stealing from the witch, they find a golden flower that the witch had been using to make herself young. And the witch kidnaps the baby. Rapunzel is also reunited with her parents at the end -- and they're implied to have been searching for her all her life.
** Counts as ValuesDissonance because, before the Grimms wrote down the story, ignoring a pregnant woman when she was craving food was thought to make her ill, or affect her baby. It would've been perfectly reasonable for Rapunzel's father to do whatever it took to get her mother the lettuce.
* AscendedExtra: The King and Queen have more prominently significant roles in ''Tangled: Before Ever After'', the series and the tie-in novels.
* BigOlEyebrows: The King has thick, bushy, brown eyebrows.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His only child was kidnapped and missing for eighteen years.
* DisproportionateRetribution: After Rapunzel was abducted, the King laid down the hammer ''hard'' on all crimes, including petty thieves. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Naturally]], this leads to at least one villain being created out of this mess.
* TheGoodKing: KnightTemplarParent issues aside, Frederic has shown himself to be a benevolent king who cares for the well-being of his family and his people. This is highlighted in the episode ''Not in the Mood'', where the mood-inversion potion turns him into his opposite; a violent war-mongering dictator.
* GoodParents: While he and his wife don't get much screen time, they clearly loved their daughter and, after she was kidnapped, spent the next eighteen years trying to find her, then waiting for her. As shown in the series, Rapunzel's mother is more supportive of her, and wants to make sure she's happy in her new life.
* KnightTemplarParent: After Rapunzel was kidnapped, the King went ''hard'' on all crime, [[DisproportionateRetribution including petty crimes]]. It sounded like a good idea to him at the time, but he underestimated them.
* HeyYou: As shown in the pilot movie of the series, he would offhandedly refer to Eugene as "son" because he had more important things to do than listen to him, but later on in the season, he begins mean it more affectionately.
* TheLoad: Despite being the brainchild of his prank on King Trevor, he ends up being this to Eugene in ''In Like Flynn''. He frequently ignores Eugene's advice despite the latter's experience as a thief, and nearly gives himself away various times, forcing Eugene to cover up for him.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Love for his family brings out the best and the worst in Frederic, the worst being recklessness and forsaking reason and other people for their safety. He imprisons Rapunzel, lies to her about the gravity of the black spikes, and [[spoiler:invades her privacy by reading her journal]] in the name of keeping her nearby and safe. The season 1 finale reveals that this was his weakness even before Rapunzel was kidnapped by Gothel, as he uprooted the sun drop flower to save Arianna despite [[spoiler:Quirin's warning that doing so would unleash a curse on Corona]].
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The King's DisproportionateRetribution on criminals led to at least one criminal being created to avenge her father, who was a mere petty crook. While Caine has been in prison for the remainder of the first season, she may return to cause more trouble than just screwing up Rapunzel's coronation and there's probably more people out for revenge on the Royal Family, and one of them happens to be one of the most evil masterminds in the entire Kingdom.
* NiceGuy: King Frederic is loving and joyous.
* NotSoAboveItAll: While usually presented as rather stoic, he's shown to have a rather immature and petty side, particularly ''In Like Flynn'' given his childish rivalry with King Trevor.
* PapaWolf: Frederic and his [[MamaBear wife]] spent the last eighteen years searching for their daughter. And while the Queen is more laidback when Rapunzel returns to the castle, the King wants Rapunzel to be safe at all times--including putting half the royal guard around her whenever she goes out and refusing to let her go outside the walls without permission.
* ParentsAsPeople: Although Frederic is a kind and loving person, years of fear and inexperience with actually being a parent means that he's a lot more over-protective of Rapunzel than he needs to be and he ends up stifling the freedom she's wanted for so long in an effort to keep her safe.
* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: {{Implied|Trope}} to be the reason he and Arianna recognize her in the end, despite her long blonde hair having been cut and turned brown.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As stated below, Frederic is unwilling to apply the full extent of the law on children who commit crimes, and it's implied that citizens do have freedom of speech, as Monty did not suffer any consequences for booing Rapunzel.
* TheSouthpaw: When he paints on the portrait of the King of Equis in "In Like Flynn", he holds the brush with his left hand to do so.
* UnnamedParent: The King's name wasn't revealed in the movie. Their names were finally given [[https://ohmy.disney.com/news/2016/03/08/tangled-before-ever-after/ here.]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His decision to remove the Sundrop Flower from its spot was what caused the events to unfurl in the series, [[spoiler:from the emergence of the black rocks and Varian's StartOfDarkness]].
* TheVoiceless: He and his wife never speak on-screen in the movie. The fact that these two characters have three of the most emotionally charged scenes in the entire movie is a testament to the animation quality of the movie.
* WouldntHurtAChild: Frederic is unwilling to apply the full force of law on children who commit crimes, especially those who are just trying to survive, and it doesn't help that there is no system for dealing with juvenile delinquents in the setting. In "Big Brothers of Corona", once he finds out that the thief happens to be two young girls, he's at a loss because he can't send them to jail (which is likely a harsh punishment in this era), but he can't let them off the hook either. Thankfully, Eugene and Lance proposed rehabilitating them.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Queen Arianna]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KariWahlgren (''Ever After''), Creator/JulieBowen (''The Series'') (English); Mariana Robles (''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]'', Latin American Spanish), Eri Saitoo (Japanese, series)\\
'''Appearances''': ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]'' | ''[[Disney/TangledEverAfter Ever After]]''

Rapunzel's biological mother and the Queen Consort of Corona.
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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: She and her husband are implied to have this, or something very close to it.
* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Hasn't aged at all for the last eighteen years. You'd probably mistake her for Rapunzel's older sister at first glance.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In the original tale, she and her husband didn't bother looking for their daughter after giving her up. In the film, both are obviously distraught over their daughter's kidnapping, but they almost lose hope.
* AdaptationalBadass: Not in the fighting sense, but she and her husband go from hungry peasants to rulers of their home. The series takes this further--the Queen defended herself by punching out Flynn Rider after he stole her ring.
* AdaptationalHeroism: The father steals lettuce from a witch's garden in the original tale, simply because his pregnant wife had a craving for them. They also disappear from the story and never seem to bother about the whereabouts of the daughter they gave up. In the film, the mother is dying. And rather than knowingly stealing from the witch, they find a golden flower that the witch had been using to make herself young. And the witch kidnaps the baby. Rapunzel is also reunited with her parents at the end -- and they're implied to have been searching for her all her life.
** Counts as ValuesDissonance because, before the Grimms wrote down the story, ignoring a pregnant woman when she was craving food was thought to make her ill, or affect her baby. It would've been perfectly reasonable for Rapunzel's father to do whatever it took to get her mother the lettuce.
* AppropriatedAppellation: As a child, her sister Willow [[TheNicknamer nicknamed her]] "Dare-ianna" because Ari, anxious about being shown up, would do whatever Willow dared her to do. After they go on an adventure together as adults, Willow starts using the term with respect and admiration.
* AscendedExtra: She barely has any spoken lines in the movie, but has a more prominent and significant role in ''Tangled: Before Ever After'', the series and the tie-in novels.
* ControlFreak: It's shown in "Way of the Willow" that Arianna does have control issues, feeling things have to be done a certain way. She even mentions that her sister never listens to anything she tells her to.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her only child was kidnapped and missing for eighteen years, and got robbed by Flynn Rider, so that's a double whammy of trauma.
* DeathByChildbirth: ''Almost''. Arianna fell ill in the last part of her pregnancy with Rapunzel, and both she and Rapunzel would've perished if not for the magic flower.
* FamilyEyeResemblance: She and Rapunzel have the exact, same eyes.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The responsible to Willow's foolish. Arianna is TheHighQueen, while Willow is pretty much a hippie.
* GoodParents: While she and her husband don't get much screen time, Rapunzel's parents clearly loved their daughter and, after she was kidnapped, spent the next eighteen years trying to find her, then waiting for her. As shown in the series, Rapunzel's mother is more supportive of her, and wants to make sure she's happy in her new life.
* HappilyMarried: Even though their daughter's disappearance left them heartbroken, she and her husband still provided each other comfort and support through their marriage. As the series shows, she isn't quite shy about expressing it.
* HiddenDepths: While "The Way of the Willow" presents her as TheHighQueen, other episodes shows that Rapunzel's tomboyish tendencies are not entirely inherited from her aunt.
* TheHighQueen: The beautiful, wise and kind queen of Corona, even though she's technically Queen Consort.
* IllGirl: The Queen in the opening narration, which prompted the soldiers to search out the flower.
* KingOnHisDeathbed: The Queen in the opening narration, as stated above. She got better.
* LikeMotherLikeDaughter: The series reveals that Rapunzel inherited more from her real mother than her looks; Rapunzel's wanderlust and sense of adventure also comes from the Queen, who traveled the world in her younger days. They both also had an amazing variety of hobbies, as shown in her royal portrait. And furthermore, their reaction to being unexpectedly confronted by a thief (the same thief, no less!) is to whack them on the head with a blunt object.
* MadeOfIron: You'd be surprised at what she can live through; Arianna survived a carriage ''plummeting a hundred feet in snowy weather'' and comes out ''with no injuries'', so that's high praise indeed.
* MamaBear: She and her [[PapaWolf husband]] spent the last eighteen years searching for their daughter.
* MysticalPregnancy: Her pregnancy is of the "normal, supernaturally complicated" variety; she fell ill while carrying Rapunzel. The magic flower that she ingested as a cure gave Rapunzel's hair its magic powers.
* NiceGirl: Queen Arianna is motherly, forgiving, and humble, and very fond of and supportive of her daughter.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Note how much her husband King Frederic's appearance ages between the beginning and the 18-years-later end of the movie [[note]]In fact, in he seems to have ''overly'' aged, probably to show the sorrow he endured the last 18 years over losing his daughter.[[/note]] but ''she'' barely looks to have aged in between those years. As shown in the series in a flashback, the fact that Eugene attempted to charm her during a theft certainly lends more credence to the fact that she really does look that young, and could easily be taken for someone his age.
* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: {{Implied|Trope}} to be the reason she and Frederic recognize her in the end, despite her long blonde hair having been cut and turned brown.
* ProperLady: She is more emotionally resilient, or at least better at looking the part. She's also the one who literally pulls Eugene into the group hug at the end, when he hesitates.
* TheQuietOne: In the series, Queen Arianna is the least talkative, highlighting how tranquil she is compared to other characters.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Willow's Red. She's quieter and more composed, while Willow is impulsive and remarkably energetic.
* SiblingYinYang: With Willow. Arianna is composed, refined and reliable, while Willow is easy-going, irresponsible and flamboyant.
* StrongFamilyResemblance:
** The Queen pretty much has Rapunzel's face. That might explain why she was able to recognize her.
** She also looks very similar to her sister Willow.
* SuddenlyVoiced: The Queen says one line in ''Tangled Ever After''. Then again, it was in an ImagineSpot.
-->Those were my grandmother's wedding rings!
** And they're both properly voiced in the series.
* UnnamedParent: The Queen's name wasn't revealed in the movie. Their names were finally given [[https://ohmy.disney.com/news/2016/03/08/tangled-before-ever-after/ here.]]
* TheVoiceless: She and her husband never speak on-screen in the movie. The fact that these two characters have three of the most emotionally charged scenes in the entire movie is a testament to the animation quality of the movie.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: She says this to Rapunzel in "Before Ever After" upon giving her her journal.
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!!Royal Palace Staff

[[folder:Captain of the Guard]]
!!The Captain of the Guard
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->'''Voiced by''': M. C. Gainey (English); Mario Díaz Mercado (film), Beto Castillo (''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]'') (Latin American Spanish)\\
'''Appearances''': ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

The Captain of the Corona Royal Guard, and the adoptive father of Cassandra.
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* AngerBornOfWorry: Deconstructed. When Cassandra was six, he took her out to the sea and she nearly drowned after ignoring his orders to stay close. He was furious at her, but Cassandra was too young to understand why and only understood that the person she needed reassurance from, after she was already scared from nearly dying, had now turned on her and was scaring her even worse. As a result, she never learned to swim and still fears the water as an adult, because the Captain's reaction turned a frightening experience into a traumatic one.
* AmoralAttorney: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. The Captain acted as the Prosecutor for Atilla's trial and is quite biased against the defense because of his criminal history, even taking evidence at face value, especially when Rapunzel noticed other important details later on. To add insult to the injury, he wouldn't be qualified to be prosecutor, because he doesn't even know enough of his kingdom's laws, which Rapunzel even cared to read up on. However, he at least has the integrity to not allow miscarriage of justice.
* AscendedExtra: Gets more relative screen time and character development in the series than in the movie. This partly is because he is the father of one of the major characters of the series.
* TheCaptain: Well duh, it is his rank and he's the head of Corona's elite.
* DrillSergeantNasty: The captain also personally handles the new recruits, and he's definitely an unpleasant person.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: To date, no name has been given. He's only referred to as the Captain of the Guard, or just Captain even by Cassandra at times, though she does also refer to him as her father. WordOfGod [[ShrugOfGod isn't sure if they'll ever reveal his name in the future]].
* FatalFlaw: Pride. The Captain is fixed in believing that his way is always the right way and looks down on people who don't share his view.
* {{Flanderization}}: In the series he acts more like a stereotypical army officer who uses military jargon quite a bit.
* FlatEarthAtheist: Despite the fact that magic is real in this world, and that one of his men brought home a magic flower, he thinks ghosts are nonsense. Afterwards, he doesn't give a hoot that they are real.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He has a spiteful and bitter side to him (just ask Eugene), but does have the humility to admit when he's wrong and was/is a good father to Cassandra.
* KickTheDog: He has a particular grudge against Eugene, because of the latter's past as a thief (of the princess' crown, in particular). When Eugene applies to join the Royal Guards, the captain makes training even ''more'' difficult for Eugene; he pulls tricks on Eugene that would be considered breaking the rules, all to make sure Eugene doesn't make the cut. When Eugene passes, the captain decides to give him the job nobody wants.
* LockedOutOfTheFight: He is unable to join the FinalBattle in Season 1 due to sustaining severe injuries, but has Cassandra lead the assault in his stead.
* ParentsAsPeople: The Captain is a good man who raised Cassandra to be strong, independent, and thaught her the importance of earning your goals through hard work. However, his personal policy on keeping his emotions below the surface stopped him from giving her the emotional support she needed as a girl and needs now. This is why Cass turned out a WellDoneDaughterGirl who thinks the only way to please her father is to become a Royal Guard.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When Eugene isn't egging him on, he shows a much more reasonable side. When Eugene was captured in the movie, he took no joy in the pending execution, treating it as an unfortunate bit of business, rather than gloating. And after Eugene caught the art thief, he noted that while Eugene was a terrible guard, he was adept at thinking like a thief, and had Eugene school the rest of the castle guards on thinking like a thief. And when the Stabbington Brothers take Cassandra hostage, he has his men back off to keep her from getting hurt.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: In "Fitzherbert P.I.", the captain can make or break the rules simply because he can, and will certainly do so to make Eugene washes out at basic training and doesn't earn his chevrons.
* SkilledButNaive: ''The Series'' shows that the Captain is an extremely capable fighter, [[spoiler:best displayed when he's disguised as a mercenary, where he easily overpowers Rapunzel's gang, including Cassandra.]] Unfortunately, he's often prone to being outsmarted by cunning fighters like Eugene.
* SoProudOfYou: His smile when Cassandra takes the command of the guards during the "Ready As I'll Ever Be" song, as they prepare to fight [[spoiler:Varian]] to rescue [[spoiler:the Queen]] in ''Secret of the Sun Drop'', screams this trope.
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[[folder:Cassandra '''(SPOILERS AFTER SEASON 2)''']]
!!Cassandra
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->'''Voiced by''': Eden Espinosa, Cassie Glow (kid) (English); Erika Ugalde (Latin-American Spanish); Creator/MieSonozaki (Japanese); Kim Oh-kyeong (Korean)//
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

Rapunzel's handmaiden and the adoptive daughter of the captain of the Royal Guard.

[[spoiler: Also the user of the moonstone and destructive counterpart to Rapunzel as of "Destinies Collide."]]
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* ActionGirl: She's a tough-as-nails handmaiden who knows her way around a sword.
* AffectionateNickname: Her friends call her "Cass". Varian calls her "Cassie", a name she doesn't like at first, but eventually warms up to.
* AffirmativeActionGirl: Added to the series so that Rapunzel could have a female friend.
* AlmightyJanitor: Cassandra may be a handmaiden, but her father is Captain of the Royal Guard, and her own talent and knowledge exceeds her standing.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Cass sports black hair and can be quite dismissive of anyone who doesn't meet her standard (read: Eugene).
* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler:Her FaceHeelTurn brings a lot of Cassandra's actions into question in light of her recent behavior. While her experiences in "Rapunzeltopia" behind the mysterious door did mark a change in her character, there have been signs of her darker nature throughout the series such as in "Challenge of the Brave" and "Rapunzel and the Great Tree".]]
* AmbiguouslyGay: She doesn't express any interest in romance, with her secret relationship with Andrew [[spoiler:being a ruse]]. At the same time, her various interactions with Rapunzel seems to be close beyond best friends, which is even deliberately invoked by story revisionist [[WordOfSaintPaul Amber Leigh]].
* AmbitionIsEvil: In her IWantSong, she longs to be a hero and laments about living under Rapunzel's shadow. In the end of season 2, Cassandra [[spoiler: pulls a FaceHeelTurn to "fulfill her destiny".]]
* ArcVillain: [[spoiler: Following her merge with the moonstone and becoming corrupted by its power, she becomes the main antagonist of the third and final season.]]
* BalefulPolymorph: Twice; she gets turned into a bird in "Freebird" and into a younger version of herself in "You're Kidding Me."
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: [[spoiler: Her betrayal of Rapunzel and bonding with the moonstone is she, by her own words, " fulfillling ''my'' destiny!"]]
* BeneathTheMask: The ending of "Lost and Found" reveals that [[spoiler:someone in Rapunzel's group will turn on her once they reach the Dark Kingdom. As Eugene scans the group by the fire, his eyes fall on Cassandra, who turns to look at him briefly with what seems to be a genuine smile. However, as she turns away from him, her smile becomes noticeably more sinister and devious, [[OhCrap which Eugene realizes]]. [[FaceHeelTurn Things go even souther in the next episode]].]]
* BerserkButton: Cassandra was taught from a young age (probably too young) to pull her own weight and now has less than zero tolerance for moochers and people who succeed without hard work.
* BladeOnAStick: During the later part of "Rapunzel and the Great Tree," Cassandra wields a magic spear in order to try destroy the tree with it. [[GodzillaThreshold Rapunzel has a different plan...]]
* BloodKnight: A good fight is her idea of fun.
-->'''Rapunzel:''' ''(fending off a guy with a sword)'' Sorry, Cass, you were so right about being on the road: it is not all fun and games!
-->'''Cassandra:''' ''(smiling like a maniac)'' Are you kidding? ''This'' is fun! ''(punches a guy in the face)''
* BlueIsHeroic: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. [[spoiler: Blue becomes one of her main colors, the other being black, after she merges with the Moonstone, but prior to touching it, she has gone through a FaceHeelTurn and turned into a villain.]]
* BodyHorror:
** In "Rapunzel and the Great Tree", while trying to get Rapunzel to stop using the hurt spell, she reaches for her shoulder, only to pull it back in pain when the spell backlashes onto her, shriveling and corrupting her right arm.
** [[spoiler: Her PainfulTransformation in "Destinies Collide" one-ups this by ''having the black rocks spread through her body'' as they create her new armor.]]
* BodyguardingABadass: Cass' other duty as Rapunzel's lady-in-waiting is to keep her safe. "Rapunzel and the Great Tree" deconstructs this, as Cass reveals she doesn't want Rapunzel to be able to take care of herself as this would take away Cass' opportunity to be her hero. [[spoiler: She kinda evens the field when she merges with the moonstone.]]
* BoyishShortHair: She has short hair to show her tomboyish and assertive personality.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Implied. It is never shown what happened to her behind that door in the magical mansion, [[spoiler: she acts a bit off for the next few episodes, and goes from JerkWithAHeartOfGold to full-on villain in the last minutes of season 2.]]
* BrainyBrunette: Cassandra has black hair and is quite intelligent.
* CallingTheOldManOut: She's quite shocked on learning her father [[spoiler:led a group of {{Elite Mook}}s that nearly got her, Rapunzel, Eugene and Maximus killed in retrieving an important {{MacGuffin}}. Unlike Rapunzel, who hits a RageBreakingPoint with her father, Cass handles it better.]]
* CelibateHero: Outside of a secret relationship that didn't last an episode anyway, Cassandra doedn't pay attention to romance.
* TheConfidant: Rapunzel confides in her about things like why she doesn't want to marry Eugene yet, her princess issues, and is the first person she trusts with things like sneaking out of the castle and the sudden regrowth of her magic hair.
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: She's utterly terrified that if her dad finds out that she sneaked out Rapunzel to see the black rock spikes, she'd be sent to a convent. [[spoiler:This fear turns out to be justified; the Captain after he finds out sends her to the convent in the first season finale.]]
* TheCorruption: Her arm goes through this in "Rapunzel and the Great Tree" when she tries to stop Rapunzel from making the moonstone incantation. Later on, [[spoiler: ''Cassandra's whole body'' ends up corrupted after she grabs the moonstone and bonds with it.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: She has quite the witty sense of humor.
* DoomedByCanon: She's not present for Rapunzel and Eugene's wedding in Tangled Ever After, which takes place ''after'' the show, so something's going to happen to her that will put her out of comission for the event. [[spoiler: Her betrayal in season 2's "Destinies Collide" only further cements this: her betraying Rapunzel and Eugene implies that, even if she's still alive, she cannot show her face to the kingdom she betrayed ever again.]]
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: While she is correct that Eugene benefits from being Rapunzel's almost-fiance, she completely ignores that Eugene sacrificed his life to give Rapunzel her freedom and having "Blondie" in his life, happy and safe, is more important than any financial or social reward.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: She strives to get people to respect her as a warrior. It's hard when most people brush her off as a mere handmaiden, and when your best friend decides to ignore your advice.
* EveryoneHasStandards: She dislikes Eugene, but even she thinks her dad shouldn't be making up rules to keep the former thief from becoming a Royal Guard.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler:After bonding with the Moonstone, her full body armor is completely discarded, in favor of a mostly black, fullbody outfit, with dark blue highlights, and glowing blue eyes and hair.]]
* EvilMakeover: [[spoiler: Bonding with the moonstone causes Cassandra to gain a new outfit, as the trope above elaborates.]]
* EvilWearsBlack: [[spoiler: Merging with the moonstone causes her armor to be destroyed and replaced by a bodysuit made of the black rocks themselves, with only a spiraling blue pattern accompanying it.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:She turns against Rapunzel and uses her for her own goals in the Season 2 finale, to the point of even becoming the princess's counterpart as the Moonstone. What caused Cassandra's change of heart is currently unknown, but likely has to do with what she experienced when she was in the magical door in "Rapunzeltopia".]]
* FashionableAsymmetry: Her leggings have different colors near the boots. [[spoiler: After gaining the power of the Moonstone, this instead changes to her right arm turning into a blue glove and with a blue spiraling pattern down her otherwise pure black spike armor.]]
* {{Foil}}:
** To Rapunzel -- Rapunzel is a bubbly, naive girl who wears light clothing and comes from a wealthy family; Cassandra is a serious, smart girl whose main outfits are dark clothing and her family isn't from royalty, they ''work'' for royalty (her father is the Captain of the Guards). [[spoiler: This becomes even more pronounced once Cassandra merges with the Moonstone, essentially becoming the destructive counterpart to Rapunzel's solar healing.]]
** To Eugene -- Both are the sarcastic, cynical loved ones to Rapunzel. However, while Eugene is a former criminal, Cassandra is a servant for the royal family. [[spoiler:And while Eugene cares about Rapunzel enough to [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice his life for her]], Cassandra has no problem with [[EtTuBrute stabbing Rapunzel in the back]]]].
** To Varian -- Both were allies of Rapunzel [[spoiler: before they both betrayed her]], but while Varian was a NiceGuy who loved alchemy and science, Cassandra was a snarky, no-nonsense JerkWithAHeartOfGold who wanted to join the Royal Guard. [[spoiler: While Varian turns evil of his own volition due to what happened to his father, Cassandra turned evil just before she touched the Moonstone and made sure to keep it hidden until then]].
* FountainOfYouth: She, along with Shorty and Lance, are turned into children during the episode "You're Kidding Me."
* FusionDance: [[spoiler: Does a power booster type, with an EvilMakeover, with the moonstone.]]
* GoalInLife: Cassandra is single-mindedly dedicated to becoming a royal guard like her father. This is subtlety deconstructed, as her devotion to this goal has made her neglect other important aspects of life, such as having fun and making friends.
* HappilyAdopted: "[[Recap/TangledTheSeriesS1E05CassandraVEugene Cassandra v. Eugene]]" reveals that the Captain of the Guard is not her biological father, further proving that she and Eugene are NotSoDifferent.
* HeadbuttingHeroes:
** To Eugene, but when the time calls for it, they do work together without any major problems.
** To Rapunzel, especially in the second season after Rapunzel has become more and more self-reliant and independent.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Most of her collections are swords and she carries around a rapier. [[spoiler: She pretty much no longer needs it after gaining control of the black rocks.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: She's quick to call Eugene [[ItsAllAboutMe self-centered]], but Cassandra herself can be very selfish; she almost jeopardized Eugene and Rapunzel's relationship due to not wanting to face consequences for sneaking Rapunzel out of the castle in the pilot for the series, tries to sabotage Rapunzel in "Challenge of the Brave" due to being upstaged, and "Rapunzel and the Great Tree" suggests she's afraid of Rapunzel becoming independent because she'll stop having to rely on her. And then there's of course the second season's finale, [[spoiler: where she takes the Moonstone's powers for herself.]]
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: She reveals in "Rapunzel and the Great Tree" that she hopes Rapunzel doesn't become independent so that she can be her hero. [[spoiler: She gets to become "special" by the time of "Destinies Collide"]]
* IgnoredEpiphany: Rapunzel tries to force Cass and Eugene to bond by locking them in a jail cell together and requiring them to solve a puzzle to escape. The two immediately forget whatever bonding time they had, as prisoners and then as hostages, by the end of the episode. It gets averted later on when they all try to work together to handle the spike problem.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Cassandra has a bad habit of placing her own goals and desires above everything else.
** In the ''Before Ever After'' movie, she insists that Rapunzel tell no-one about their trip outside the kingdom that restored Rapunzel's hair, not even Eugene, because she's afraid it will cost her her job.
** In "Challenge of the Brave", she resents Rapunzel for joining the eponymous contest. Cassandra sees the contest as a chance to prove herself to the entire kingdom, but Rapunzel has no real interest in competing, only seeing it as a fun way to spend her Saturday. This doesn't stop Cassandra from acting cold and insulting to Rapunzel throughout the event, without even ''telling her'' why it's so important to her. She even sabotages Rapunzel's chances in the final round so she could have a better chance of winning. Rapunzel says that if Cass had just [[PoorCommunicationKills told her]], she would have gladly backed out of the contest.
** In "Great Expotations", she goes back on the deal she made with Varian (being his assistant in showing off his new invention at an upcoming contest in exchange for him helping her with her duties) when the opportunity for her to be the official guard to the judge of the contest presents itself.
** [[spoiler: This comes to a head in "Destinies Collide", where Cassandra steals the Moonstone and takes its power for herself, with the only explanation she gives before the transformation being how she's "fulfilling her destiny." While the reason she decides to do this is majorly unknown, the fact she explicitly points out she's doing what's supposed to be ''her'' destiny makes it clear she's thinking of herself above even Rapunzel]].
* IronicEcho: "Be careful with who you trust." The first time it's said, Cassandra warns Rapunzel to not be so trusting to people of the outside world, as they're venturing into unknown territory. Cue "Destinies Collide", [[spoiler: Cassandra says this mockingly as she finishes being corrupted by the moonstone, and reveals herself to be evil.]]
* JerkassBall: Picks it up in "[[Recap/TangledTheSeriesS1E04ChallengeOfTheBrave Challenge of the Brave]]," becoming so annoyed with Rapunzel for stealing the spotlight from her during the titular challenge that she tries to sabotage her by hiding Rapunzel's chosen weapon, a frying pan, for the Circle of Death match. Cassandra never once considers that her actions could have gotten Rapunzel seriously hurt at the very least, all out of petty {{pride}}.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Cassandra is snide and dismissive towards Eugene, but shows her soft and protective side to Rapunzel. [[spoiler:It turns out that [[JerkWithAHeartOfJerk her heart isn't so golden after all.]]]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Even after everything they've been through, and after Rapunzel tried to help her, [[spoiler: Cassandra still betrays Rapunzel by taking the moonstone for herself.]]
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler: She does it even faster than Varian. She is [[BloodKnight rather violent]] and has [[JerkWitnAHeartOfGold a mean streak]], she harbors some unfulfilled ambitions, doubts, and resentment towards Rapunzel but she is loyal to her up until the last minutes of season 2 when she goes and grabs the moonstone.]]
* KnightInSourArmor: Cassandra isn't exactly the most ''optimistic'' person around, and she clashes with Rapunzel's idealism more than once, but she still has her heart in the right place. [[spoiler: Until "Destinies Collide," that is.]]
* LadyInWaiting: She's supposed to fill this role regarding Rapunzel, as the daughter of a royal retainer who is tasked with keeping company to the local Princess. [[spoiler: "Destinies Collide" [[FaceHeelTurn makes that a little bit more difficult]].]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: A minor bit; Cassandra gets comeuppance if she's an utter hypocrite about things. She loses the Challenge of the Brave by default after Rapunzel attempts to throw the challenge on learning why Cass is being resentful, even though as Rapunzel says, if Cass had just ''told'' her then she wouldn't have participated. Cass also tried to get Eugene evicted from the castle earlier as part of their petty bickering, and views him as an opportunistic rulebreaker despite her having broken the rules to make Rapunzel happy. [[spoiler:In the season finale, for breaking the royal decree by sneaking Rapunzel out the night before her coronation, the Captain sends Cass off to a convent, long after she and Eugene have grown to respect each other.]]
* LikeParentLikeChild: Cassandra shares the Captain's self-righteous sense of right and wrong. It may be her intentionally emulating her father's behaviour however, as it's her greatest dream to be like him.
* LivingADoubleLife: She is the princess' Lady-In-Waiting by day, but she dabbles in combat when she has the time. However, she does not go around advertising her abilities because what she does will draw attention to Rapunzel, and such news might reach the King. Later on, she has to juggle being the Lady-In-Waiting and a Guard-In-Training.
* {{Lunacy}}: [[spoiler:After stealing the Moonstone, she gains its powers to control the black rocks. And she's absolutely crazy.]]
* MeaningfulName: "Cassandra" means "to shine upon men". This makes sense because she wants to join the Royal Guard, and hopes to excel amongst the male-dominated legion.
* MorphicResonance: [[NonMammalianHair She retains her black-gray hair]] after turning into a bird in "Freebird."
* MulticoloredHair: Her hair is mainly black but has numerous greyish/silver streaks. [[spoiler: Once she merges with the Moonstone, her hair is mainly sea blue with light blue streaks.]]
* NeverMyFault: While Cassandra is quick to point out everyone else's flaws, she doesn't take it well if hers are brought up. She will usually shift the blame to someone else or just react deeply insulted.
* NoSocialSkills: It's unclear if it's genuine ineptitude or a lack of interest, but Cassandra shows lacking in how to interact with people. She is strictly a loner, is bluntly honest to the point of hurtful, and treats everything like a battle to win. She does mention that she dislikes talking about her feelings, and it takes her a lot to open up to even Rapunzel. Besides, it appears that she didn't have any friends before the uber social Rapunzel came into her life.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Despite her serious, tomboyish attitude, she can't help but squeall over Pascal's grass skirt.
-->'''Cass''': Cute's not really my thing, but I gotta admit, that's '''INSANELY CUTE!!!'''
* NotSoDifferent:
** She and Eugene actually have a lot more in common than just their love for Rapunzel. Both were orphaned at a young age and while their paths went different ways they both find themselves constantly trying to prove to others they are more than what everyone thinks they are.
** In a way, Cassandra and Varian are similar, despite their [[BrainsAndBrawn contrasting methods]] of approach. Both of them are driven to earn the respect of others, especially their fathers. But in being so obsessed with their desire to prove themselves, they end up causing more harm than good. [[spoiler:Things take a darker turn when they both end up betraying Rapunzel in order to pursue their own goals.]]
** You could even say she and ''Mother Gothel'' share something in common in that they both use Rapunzel for their own means: Mother Gothel used her magical hair to retain her youth, while Cassandra uses her position as Rapunzel's handmaiden to feel special [[spoiler: and, eventually, she uses her to get to the Moonstone.]]
* NotSoStoic: Cassandra might be stone-faced most of the time, but even she can crack every once in a while.
** In "Freebird," as they fly, Cassandra eventually gets as exited as Rapunzel.
** In "Freebird," she actually ''cries'' when she thinks Rapunzel may turn into a bird for good.
** In "Rapunzel and the Great Tree," she's visibly ''furious'' at Rapunzel when she tries to check on her after her arm gets burnt and the tree is destroyed.
** "Rapunzeltopia" has her show some bitter anger at Rapunzel as she sees if she's okay.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Eugene enlists in Royal Guard training, he ends up being the butt of [[DrillSergeantNasty her father -- the Captain's]] beatings. Despite mocking the idea of Eugene being a guard and betting that he wouldn't even make it past basic training, she and Maximus cringe during his failings, noticeably doesn't look happy with her father picking on him, and she talks to Eugene later about how he should bend the rules if her father does.
* OccultBlueEyes: [[spoiler: After bonding with the moonstone, her eyes, like her hair, turn into a light shade of blue.]]
* OpportunisticBastard: [[spoiler: Takes advantage of Rapunzel's slow motion to snatch the moonstone for herself.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Her biological parents are nowhere to be seen, leaving the Captain of the Guard to serve as her parental replacement.
* PainfulTransformation: In "Rapunzel and the Great Tree", after Hector comes back from being pushed off the ledge, possessed by the heart of Zhan Tiri's tree, Rapunzel decides to use the reverse incantation. When the spell becomes too powerful for Rapunzel to handle, Cassandra intervenes, touching Rapunzel's arm, and Cass' own right arm is severely burned and turns pitch black; she wears a glove to hide her damaged right arm from this point afterwards.
** [[spoiler: She goes through another one in the Season 2 finale after bonding with the Moonstone. The stone destroys her armor and replaces it with attire that includes the black rocks jutting out from all over her body. Her hair turns blue when she seizes the power of the Moonstone for herself.]]
* PowerDyesYourHair: [[spoiler: Getting the power of the Moonstone dyes her hair light blue.]]
* ThePromise: The reason she tags along with Rapunzel's group in season two is because she made one of these with King Frederic, Rapunzel's father, in order to keep her safe. [[spoiler: With the events of "Destinies Collide," however, this promise is bound to be broken, if it hasn't already.]]
* PsychoticSmirk: [[spoiler:[[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/disney/images/4/46/Look_and_Found_%282%29.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20190407155335 Gives one]] shortly before her FaceHeelTurn, which causes Eugene to become suspicious of her.]]
* RaisedByDudes: Cassandra credits her daredevil attitude and proficiency with weapons to having the Captain of the Royal Guards for a father (and she has no mother in sight). For that matter, her upbringing is probably why Eugene's status as a ReformedCriminal marks him as undesirable in Cassandra's eyes as well.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Cassandra has pale skin, and black hair [[SkunkStripe with grey lines]]. [[spoiler: The hair turns different shades of blue once she bonds with the moonstone.]]
* TheResenter: She does consider Rapunzel her friend, but Cassandra resents her for unintentionally making her live under her shadow and easily earning people's respect and admiration.
* TheRival: While Eugene has problems trusting a lot of new people in the castle, such as various guards, Cassandra is openly hostile toward him (in her words, she doesn't like him for anyone), and the two are constantly arguing and insulting each other.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Cassandra mostly follows the rules set by the royal family, unless it involves Rapunzel's happiness, in which case she'll break them in order to make her happy.
* SecretlySelfish: While Cassandra's self-interest has always been evident, her IWantSong in "Rapunzel and the Great Tree" portrays Cassandra despairing at the idea of Rapunzel becoming self-reliant. Not because she's worried Rapunzel might be misled or that she will get left behind by her best friend, but because Cass' hopes of heroism moving further and further away without a princess to guide and guard. [[spoiler:Comes to a full head at the end of season 2, when she reveals her selfishness by betraying Rapunzel and Eugene.]]
* SnarkToSnarkCombat: Tons of it with Eugene.
* StayInTheKitchen: She suffers from this as she has been assigned the job of handmaiden when she really wants to be a woman of action. Her dad keeps her in line by threatening to send her to a convent.
* StrongGirlSmartGuy: Although smart in her own right, Cassandra's immediate response to a problem will usually involve brute force and feats of athleticism, making her the Strong Girl to Eugene's Smart Guy.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Cassandra is the {{Tomboy}} to Rapunzel's GirlyGirl. Cassandra has an entire armory of swords, is more comfortable in a tunic and pants according to the junior novelization, and has short hair.
* TranquilFury: After Rapunzel's seemingly permanent transformation into a bird, she goes after Father in ice-cold fury. Threatening him with a sword, she demands more eggs to turn Rapunzel back and when he tells her that there are no more and begs for mercy, she shatters his teapot.
-->'''Father:''' No! I'll never be able to make my tea again! ''(disappears)''
-->'''Cassandra:''' That's what I was counting on.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Subverted. Cassandra's handmaiden dress is blueish-white [[spoiler:and her hair later becomes blue]], but she's a tough-as-nails tomboy.
* SymbolicMutilation: Cassandra, a character who insists on helping Rapunzel herself and who refuses to get help from others, has her hand burnt while trying, futilessly, to get Rapunzel to stop chanting the moonstone incantation.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: If Cassandra hadn't taken Rapunzel out to see the spikes, the spikes wouldn't have grown and endangered the kingdom, leading to the rest of season one. [[spoiler:Ironically, Cassandra also sets up the events leading to her ''own'' FaceHeelTurn.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to talk about her in detail without mentioning [[spoiler: she betrays Rapunzel and Eugene and merges with the Moonstone.]]
* WellDoneDaughterGirl: Cassandra's goal of proving herself and joining the royal guard are rooted from a dream of making her father proud of her.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:Betrays Rapunzel and Eugene at the end of "Destinies Collide".]]
* WhatTheHellHero: After [[spoiler:getting her right arm subjected to BodyHorror by Rapunzel using the hurt spell]], Cassandra displays little bitterness towards Rapunzel for this, although "Rapunzeltopia" shows that [[ItsAllMyFault Rapunzel]] certainly believes that she does indeed blame her when she hallucinates Cassandra giving her this trope. The Season 2 finale shows that [[spoiler:yes, she is indeed angry at Rapunzel]].
* TheWorfEffect: In order to show how dangerous or competent a character is, Cassandra would more than often be the first person to be taken out.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: [[spoiler:Her hair glows blue after taking on the powers of the Moonstone in the Season 2 finale.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Pete & Stan]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Sean Hayes (Pete) & Creator/DiedrichBader (Stan)\\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

Two members of the Royal Guard.
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* BadassMustache: Stan, who is the older and stronger of the two.
* ButtMonkey: Practically nothing goes right for them.
* EpicFail: At one point, Stan has to serve as security detail for a guest during a convention while already on a tight roster. When he gets injured by slipping on an unmarked wet floor, the Captain reassigns Stan's job to Pete... who immediately slips on the same floor and gets injured as he walks into the room.
* FatAndSkinny: Pete is the skinny guy with freckles, Stan is the buff guy with a mustache.
* ThoseTwoGuys: They're the only royal guards that we see beyond the Captain, and they're always seen hanging around each other doing something comedic.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Fidella]]
!!Fidella
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->'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

Cassandra's horse. She works alongside Maximus in the Royal Guard, and Maximus has a crush on her.

* AmazonianBeauty: She has a heavier build than Maximus and he certainly thinks she's very attractive.
* MeaningfulName: Her name can be considered a feminine derivative form of Fidel, which means "faithful", and she is Cassandra's ''faithful'' steed.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nigel]]
!!Nigel
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->'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/PeterMacNicol

The royal family's advisor.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Friedborg]]
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->'''Voiced by''': N/A

A homely handmaid who lives in the palace, and is often mistaken for Cassandra when her face isn't visible.
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* ButterFace: She has a homely face.
* {{Gonk}}: No one else in the franchise is as ugly as ''her''!
* OddballDoppelganger: For Cassandra, with whom she is confused due to wearing a handmaiden's gown identical to Cassandra's.
* TheVoiceless: She's mostly silent; whether she actually can speak has not yet been established. However Willow was talking with her off-screen and states she is a chatter box.
[[/folder]]

!!Criminals and other malicious figures

!!!Zhan Tiri and his followers

[[folder:Mother Gothel]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Donna Murphy (original); Irasema Terrazas (film, Latin American Spanish), Ahn Kyeong-chin (Korean)/ Lee Yun-pyo (singing, Korean), Tsurugi Miyuki (Japanese)\\
'''Appearances''': ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''[[note]]Appears in flashback[[/note]]\\
'''Appearances in alternate continuities''': ''VideoGame/KingdomHearts''[[note]]retelling in ''III''[[/note]]\\\

-->''"Oh, great. Now'' I'm ''the bad guy."''

An [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld old]] woman who was, prior to the film, the only person who knew of the magic flower that could reverse her aging. When the flower is taken from her and ingested by the queen, Gothel instead kidnaps the queen's daughter, who had the essence of the flower, and raises her as her own. Eighteen years later, Gothel is content with keeping Rapunzel as her personal FountainOfYouth, which is forced to change once Rapunzel decides she wants to see the outside world.
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* AbusiveMom: She is of the emotionally abusive variety: she doesn't beat up Rapunzel but preys on her emotions, isolates her from everyone else in the tower, gaslights her into believing that she's stupid and incapable of doing anything without Gothel's guidance, etc.
* ActionMom: Well, {{one bad|mother}} adoptive action mom. She whacks the Stabbington Brothers (whom she herself set on Rapunzel to reinforce her fear of the outside world) and [[spoiler: fatally stabs Eugene with a dagger.]] She protects Rapunzel from things that could take Rapunzel away from her.
* AdaptationalBadass: Played straight in the sense of getting her hands dirty, unlike the witch in the original ''Rapunzel'' fairytale; inverted in the sense of not being a witch (though in the original opening, done in the traditional animation style, it is implied that she is indeed magical and has VoluntaryShapeshifting as she seemingly takes the form of a crow).
* AdultFear: How she keeps Rapunzel in the tower. Also, her reaction to Rapunzel being missing, but it's a clear-cut example of being a JerkWithAHeartOfJerk.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Implied to be this, given her QuirkyCurls and black hair. Gothel also perpetuates the nagging and overprotective JewishMother/wife stereotype.
* AllTakeAndNoGive: Both the Taker and the Giver manifestations at once. She lives to take care of Rapunzel, but only to use her to stay young, and keeps her locked up.
* AltoVillainess: Voiced by Donna Murphy.
* AudibleSharpness: When she picks up her dagger.
* BeneathTheMask: 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, 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.
* BigBad: She kidnapped Rapunzel when she was a baby, and is the main source of conflict in the film.
* BigNo: Followed by several {{Little No}}s after Flynn/Eugene cuts Rapunzel's hair.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Pretends to be Rapunzel's loving mother, but in actuality, she was the woman who kidnapped Rapunzel as a baby because her hair was full of magic from the flower used to de-age Gothel that got crushed into medicine for Rapunzel's real mother, the queen.
* BlackCloak: She wears one a lot of the time to cover up her face, especially when the age-defying effects of the spell start wearing off.
* BlahBlahBlah: Her opinion of Rapunzel's "mumbling."
* CapeSwish: Mother Gothel is very good at this: it's one of her attributes that implies she is a witch and appears most prominently after "Mother Knows Best (Reprise)".
* CombatPragmatist: She stabs Flynn from behind through the stomach after he climbs into Rapunzel's tower at the climax of the movie, using Rapunzel herself as bait to let his guard down.
* CompassionateCritic: Towards Rapunzel; or at least, she wants Rapunzel to think she's compassionate.
* ControlFreak: This counts as both her BerserkButton and FatalFlaw -- everything has to go exactly her way, or she flips out.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: When she goes out, she goes out ''badly''; she is aged to dust in what is implied to be an excruciatingly painful demise, and all that's left of her is her cloak and a pile of dust.
* CruelToBeKind: One of her favored justifications of her ControlFreak behavior.
* DarkIsEvil: Gothel has raven-black hair and a penchant for darker clothing (including a [[BlackCloak black cape]] and [[InTheHood hood]]), in contrast to Rapunzel's more [[PinkMeansFeminine bright]] and [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold innocent]] colour scheme.
* DeadpanSnarker: Does this quite a bit in the movie.
* DeathByAdaptation: In the original, the witch was stuck in the tower she imprisoned Rapunzel in, she cannot get out after she cut off Rapunzel's hair and cut the rest just to attempt to spite and kill Rapunzel's love, but she still lived (though it won't be a happy life being imprisoned there with no way out). Mother Gothel is struck with RapidAging and [[DisneyVillainDeath fell to her death]], [[NotTheFallThatKillsYou but completely turned to dust before she even hit the ground]].
* DisneyVillainDeath: Subverted. Although the villain indeed falls from a great height, she dies before she hits the ground due to the RapidAging brought on by Rapunzel's hair being cut. The movie even shows her empty cloak striking the ground.
* DomesticAbuse: Mother Gothel uses a variety of subtle emotional and psychological abuses to manipulate Rapunzel into staying in the tower. Authorities on DomesticAbuse say that the portrayal is [[ShownTheirWork remarkably accurate]].
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: She has black hair and fair skin. She's also a hundreds of years old lady who kidnapped a baby and manipulated Rapunzel for 18 years so she could remain young forever.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She could have simply just uprooted the Sundrop flower and taken it to her tower, but preferred to leave it hidden at the risk of someone else potentially finding it. [[spoiler:Given the consequences should one remove the flower from the ground, not even she would want to put the land at risk for her own vanity.]]
* EvilAllAlong: Rapunzel eventually discovers this about Mother Gothel; the audience knows it the whole time.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor:
-->''(looking in the mirror with Rapunzel)'' Look in that mirror. I see a strong, confident, beautiful young lady. Oh look, you're here too. *laughs*
* EvilIsHammy: Subverted. Gothel definitely counts as a [[LargeHam ham]] in the beginning when she pretends to be a mother figure to Rapunzel, but later in the film when she decides to become "the bad guy", she's basically all evil and no ham.
* EvilMatriarch: She's not Rapunzel's biological mother; rather, she kidnapped Rapunzel for her FountainOfYouth properties.
* EvilPlan: Keep Rapunzel locked up in the tower forever so she can stay young forever.
* EvilStepmother: Mother Gothel keeps Rapunzel sheltered in the tower, harnessing the rejuvenating powers of Rapunzel's hair for as long as she possibly can. She uses her manipulativeness to tell Rapunzel that the world is a dark, selfish, and cruel place, only for Rapunzel to realize that Mother Gothel is the dark, selfish, and cruel one, which leads Rapunzel to call her out on this.
* {{Expy}}:
** Mother Gothel looks very similar to the way Bernadette Peters portrayed the character in ''Theatre/IntoTheWoods''. They even have the exact same motive for locking Rapunzel in the tower (protection from the outside world, albeit sincere in the latter's case). There's also the young and old forms both take, the arrogant insistence of being right, and the awesome singing voices. However, the former fills in the blanks with much darker reasons, to the point of being a {{Deconstruction}} of the latter.
** Her eternal youth shtick might also be something of a surviving trait of the original concept of Yzma. Further evidence of this one comes from the fact that ''Disney/TheEmperorsNewGroove'' started life as a much more standard Disney flick under the working title ''Kingdom of the Sun''. Note the motif of the kingdom in ''Tangled''. The key difference here is that Proto-Yzma believed that the sun itself was what robbed her of her youth and beauty, while Mother Gothel actually gains hers from the essence of sunlight.
** Her over-protectiveness and passive-aggressive emotional manipulation also call to mind Frollo from Disney's ''Disney/TheHunchbackOfNotreDame''. The song "Mother Knows Best" and Frollo's part of "Out There" are, lyrically, uncannily similar.
* FantasyForbiddingMother: Mother Gothel kept Rapunzel's desire to leave the tower she was living/prisoner in in check for most of her life by a combination of belittling her and telling terrifying tales of the outside. In this variation, however, Gothel has no interest in protecting Rapunzel's feelings or well-being, and keeping her in the tower is directly related to Gothel's own gain.
* FauxAffablyEvil: As motherly, kind, and compromising as she tries to act, the mask is prone to slipping.
-->'''Mother Gothel''': [[PunctuatedForEmphasis YOU. ARE NOT. LEAVING THIS TOWER.]] [[WhamLine EVER!]]
** [[CallingTheOldManOut Rapunzel calls her out on it]] towards the end, at which point Gothel drops the act entirely and decides to be "[[ThenLetMeBeEvil the bad guy]]."
* FreudianExcuse: Possibly, if one takes her comments about the outside world as her actual views and not just manipulation.
-->'''Mother Gothel''': The world is dark, and selfish, and cruel. If it finds even the slightest ray of sunshine, it destroys it.
* GrayEyes: Mother Gothel's eyes are strikingly gray. On top of being very, very determined to keep Rapunzel (i.e. her healing powers) in her possession, it sharply contrasts to her "daughter's" bright green eyes.
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: Her knocking aside her own concealing basket was the only way her flower was ever found.
* HollywoodCostuming: Deliberately done, where Mother Gothel's wardrobe is clearly several centuries out of date compared to everyone else's clothing, hinting that she's been around much longer than she appears.
* IJustWantToBeBeautiful: Mother Gothel wants to remain young and beautiful forever by any means necessary.
* ImmortalImmaturity: Mother Gothel acts immature for how old she looks, let alone her actual age.
* ImmortalityImmorality: Gothel has lived so long in her youthful form that if she stops, death will be almost instantaneous. Hence her mania at the prospect of Rapunzel leaving her, and (when the chips are down) the claws coming out when Flynn gets in her way.
* InTheBack: Mother Gothel does this to Flynn/Eugene when she fatally stabs him in the back with her dagger, unseen, while he's trying to save Rapunzel (though, of course, Gothel may or may not be a DirtyCoward, yet she does fight dirty). Guess he should have seen that one coming.
* ItsAllAboutMe: She will kidnap a baby girl, keep her in the tower, emotionally abuse her, [[spoiler: chain her, and outright murder a man who tries to free her]], all to stay forever young and beautiful.
* IWasQuiteALooker: As an old woman, she can hardly be called attractive or beautiful. That is her motivation to use the healing flower and, later, abusing Rapunzel.
* {{Jerkass}}: Mother Gothel is an explicable one to Rapunzel from beginning to end, it appears, and makes little attempts to hide it.
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: She only cares about Rapunzel because she needs her hair to keep herself young and beautiful.
* JewishMother: Implied in the second verse of "Mother Knows Best".
* JustJokingJustification: "I'm teasing" is practically Mother Gothel's {{Catchphrase}} and is yet another example of her manipulation of Rapunzel.
* KnifeNut: Gothel's preferred method of combat, when she's not using her hundreds of years of cunning. She doesn't get around to actually stabbing anyone. Until the end, where she really makes it count.
* LadyInRed: Wears a carmine outfit.
* LimaSyndrome: ''Maybe''; there are hints that she could have grown to care for Rapunzel on some level beyond being her own personal FountainOfYouth (although of course she ultimately prioritizes her own vanity over Rapunzel's emotional well-being).
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Especially if you're eternally young and beautiful.
* ManipulativeBitch: What she does to Rapunzel for 18 years and how she recruits the Stabbington Brothers.
* MarshmallowHell: Mother Gothel does this a couple of times... or tricks Rapunzel into running into it, which is basically the same.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: She's able to pull off several StealthHiBye during her VillainSong, but the movie never clarifies if she uses some kind of supernatural powers or if she's just a very good illusionist. For some reason, the uncertainty makes it even more creepy.
* MeaningfulEcho: Mother Gothel's weary proclamation 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 much more literally.
* MoralMyopia: in spite of all the terrible things she's done in order to ensure her own youthfulness, she doesn't think she's done anything wrong. When Rapunzel finally calls her out, Gothel says "[[NeverMyFault you want me]] to be the bad guy?"
* MoreThanMindControl: Kidnapping Rapunzel as a baby? Check. Filling her head with [[VillainHasAPoint plausible hypothetical]] scary stories of the outside world so that she will stay in her tower forever? Check. Rapunzel feeling guilty when she finally does leave the tower? Check. Rapunzel feeling sorry for Gothel's death in the end? Check... mate.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: Her love for Rapunzel's hair is a twisted and warped thing. It doesn't mean she can't kill Flynn for winning Rapunzel's actual love, leading to Rapunzel's realizing that she doesn't love her.
* MyBelovedSmother: She won't even let Rapunzel out of the tower. Though that's because she cares more about the hair than the girl it's attached to.
* NeverMyFault: Views herself as a victim rather than a villain for most of the movie, until she decides to [[ThenLetMeBeEvil become the bad guy]]. And even then she phrases it like ''Rapunzel'' is forcing her into it.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: For some reason, she looks really similar to Music/{{Cher}}.
* NoImmortalInertia: 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, as shown in the intro.
* NoHonorAmongThieves: She promises the Stabbington brothers more wealth, and revenge. They get the latter, and an arrest.
* OhCrap: Mother Gothel when she sees Maximus; she quickly deduces Rapunzel is gone, fearing the royal guard have found her at last. 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!
* OneBadMother: '''Mother''' Gothel.
* OutdatedOutfit: Her clothing is ''centuries'' out of date, serving as a signifier that [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld she's a lot older than she seems]].
* PetTheDog: 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 FountainOfYouth.
* PragmaticVillainy:
** To her credit, her original plan wasn't to kidnap Rapunzel; she cut off a lock of golden hair to take away and realised, to her shock, that she'd need the girl it belongs to as well.
** She takes care of Rapunzel so her FountainOfYouth would not run dry. She makes Rapunzel's favorite soup and brings her rare paints to keep her placated, protects her "daughter" from dangers she herself hyped up to keep her secured in the tower. She says she loves her so Rapunzel would love her, care for her, and never leave her.
* ProudBeauty: A '''very''' proud one. She's enamored with her own appearance and takes any opportunity to flaunt her curvaceous figure and use her looks to get favors. The desire to maintain her beauty forever is what drives her to villainy.
* QuirkyCurls: Her curly black hair.
* RapidAging: Happens to Mother Gothel when she no longer has the power of Rapunzel's hair to maintain her longer-than-normal youth. Definitely doubles as NightmareFuel, as it appears to be pretty damn painful. It happens throughout the rest of the movie too, only more slowly; in only two days away from Rapunzel, she already looks pretty aged by the time they go back to the tower.
* RavenHairIvorySkin: Pale skin, black hair, vain and beautiful.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: In the opening narration it's even said that she predates Rapunzel's kingdom by several centuries. The series reveals that she was one of the disciples of Lord Demanitus in ancient times.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: She typically wears a [[LadyInRed red dress]], which she frequently complements with a BlackCloak.
* RevengeByProxy: How she treats Flynn before Rapunzel.
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: She barely features in any of the trailers if they show her at all, while in the film proper she's a central character who even appears on-screen before Rapunzel and Flynn do.
* SlidingScaleOfParentShamingInFiction: Type III.
* TheSociopath: If you're in the camp that believes that [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation Mother Gothel never loved]] Rapunzel and only faked affection in order to better control her, then that would mean she raised a ''child'', and one of the nicest people in the world, for eighteen years and never saw that child as anything more than a tool for her to use.
* StatuesqueStunner: "Somebody get me a glass, 'cause I found a tall drink o' water!"
* TermsOfEndangerment: She calls Rapunzel "flower". Another sign of how Gothel only sees Rapunzel as her new magic flower.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: {{Discussed}}, but {{Averted}}, as she was never really good to begin with, and instead of having a FaceHeelTurn she was just [[BeneathTheMask dropping the facade]].
-->"You want me to be the bad guy? Fine — now I'm the bad guy..."
* ThirdPersonPerson: Mother Gothel while singing "Mother Knows Best" and its DarkReprise. She also uses it in speech, like "Mother's feeling a little run down my dear..."
* VainSorceress: Apart from not showing any magical powers of her own, she completely embodies this trope, hoarding a magical healing flower to keep herself young and beautiful for centuries, and then kidnapping baby Rapunzel and raising her in a tower for 18 years when the flower's power is transferred to her. In addition, she often puts down Rapunzel and compliments herself. Also provides the trope image for VainSorceress.
* VillainHasAPoint: While she was only trying to scare Rapunzel into staying in the tower, Gothel had a point in that the world ''is'' a scary place where people ''can'' and ''will'' take advantage of her, especially if they learn about the power of her hair. After all, Gothel herself is one of those people.
* VillainsNeverLie: Of course, Gothel ''does'' lie, but ironically telling one truth led to her undoing years later: had she told Rapunzel that her birthday was a month later, she would have saved herself a lot of trouble.
* VillainousLegacy: During the series, Rapunzel isn't quite free from Gothel's influence even though she's long dead, because Gothel has been haunting her dreams for quite some time.
* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: With even more claimed passivity than usual; after she stabs Flynn, she tells Rapunzel, "Now look what you've done."
* WiseOldFolkFacade: She steals baby Rapunzel and raises her as her own daughter, teaching her her own values and playing the role of the "caring mother". That, until her true colors are revealed and the facade is out after Rapunzel finds out the truth about her origins and powers.
* WomanChild: She's quite immature for her age.
* {{Yandere}}: For Rapunzel's hair, and by extension Rapunzel, whom she wants to stay by her side forever.
* YouAreGrounded: "You are not leaving this tower! Ever!"
* YourDaysAreNumbered: The anti-aging effects of Rapunzel’s hair slowly begin to wear off after some time, so she has to find Rapunzel and sing the healing song to preserve her immortality. If she doesn’t, she’ll eventually die off.
* YourFavorite: Your favorite soup! (Surely an adequate substitute for leaving.)
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Zhan Tiri]]
!!Zhan Tiri
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->'''Voiced by:''' Tara Fitzgerald
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A powerful magical warlock sealed away in the Demanitus Device by Lord Demanitus. Despite his imprisonment, his power and network of loyal followers still lurk around in the shadows.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: We don't even know who or ''what'' Zhan Tiri is. His silhouetted form shows him having a demonic goat like head.
* TheGhost: He never makes a full appearance, only being mentioned a few times.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Of the series. Despite his status as TheGhost, his actions influence the course the series takes. He's the one who cast the curse on Corona that caused the blizzard, and indirectly led to [[spoiler:Varian's StartOfDarkness and status as ArcVillain for the remainder of the season]].
** He is also one in the tie-in comics, as while his followers are the main threat to Rapunzel, they are all acting on his orders.
** He also used the Great Tree, which has some connection to the Sundrop and Moonstone, and Mother Gothel was one of the three former acolytes of Demanitus who summoned him.
* GreenThumb: Thus far, almost every time he's been involved in matters save for the kingdom-encompassing blizzard has involved some form of incredibly deadly flora, to the extent that even his followers use plants in their efforts to further his goals.
* KnightOfCerebus: Though he doesn't appear, his actions that caused the events in "Queen for a Day" marked the point where the series takes a darker turn in tone.
* SealedEvilInACan: He's imprisoned by Lord Demanitus long before the start of the series.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mrs. Sugarby / Sugracha the Eternal]]
!!Mrs. Sugarby, A.K.A. Sugracha the Eternal
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->'''Voiced by''': Ellen Greene\\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

An elderly woman. In truth, she's an evil spirit, taught by Zhan Tiri and sealed away in the Demanitus Device along with her master and fellow disciples by Lord Demanitus. She was released from the device when it was used by Rapunzel to stop a deadly blizzard, but failed to free her master and was sealed away again.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Appears to Rapunzel and her other victims as a pleasant old woman, but in reality is an evil spirit.
* TheDragon: To her master Zhan Tiri.
* EvilOldFolks: Appears in the guise of an elderly woman.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: People she hypnotizes get these. She also has these herself in her true form.
* ManipulativeBitch: Preys on Rapunzel's depression from the events of the blizzard to free her master.
* SealedEvilInACan: Was sealed alongside her master in the Demanitus Device, but was accidentally freed during the events of ''Queen For A Day''.
* SicklyGreenGlow: Her spirit form is colored green, and has a green aura around her.
* SquishyWizard: She has powerful magical abilities, meaning that neither Eugene nor Cassandra could even touch her. However, a single kick from Fidella puts her out of commission and seals her away again.
* WickedWitch: Has shades of this in her human form.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Matthews]]
!!Matthews/[[spoiler:Tromus]]
->'''Voiced by''': Gavin Creel
->'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A mysterious demon disguised as a man who is the proprietor of the House of Yesterday's Tomorrows.
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* ArcVillain: In "Mirror, Mirror", "You're Kidding Me!", and "Rapunzeltopia".
* TheDragon: To Zhan Tiri.
* EvilSorcerer: He plans to trap Rapunzel within a nightmarish world by surrounding her with sinister magic vines.
* FamousLastWords: "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis This! Isn't! Over!]]"
* FauxAffablyEvil: As Matthews, he appears quite hospitable, until his secret identity as Tromus reveals his plans to snare Rapunzel inside some evil vines.
* FrenchJerk: As Matthews, he speaks with a snooty French accent, which is a cover for his real identity as Tromus.
* GreenAndMean: In his true form, he has green skin and wears a robe in shades of green, and he conjures green vines and green fire.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: After Rapunzel defeats him in the dream world, he turns to dust along with [[CollapsingLair the House of Yesterday's Tomorrows]].
[[/folder]]

!!!Other Magical Beings

[[folder:Ruthless Ruth]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Danielle Brooks\\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''\\\
''"Listen up!"''

One of the meanest thugs that ever lived, having been the original owner of the Snuggly Duckling. Little did anyone know, she had a passion for music, but could never find the courage to share her music, which was a regret she carried to her grave. Now, she haunts her former pub, waiting for someone to sing her songs.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: For disturbing her sanctum, she intended to doom everyone in the Snuggly Duckling forever until they found her song.
* UnfinishedBusiness: Her true passion was her music, but she never got a chance to share what she made with anyone. Rapunzel finally gives her that chance from beyond the grave.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mother and Father]]
!!Mother and Father
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->'''Mother voiced by: Kathy Najimy\\
'''Father voiced by: Christian Borle\\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A pair of mysterious strangers living in the woods, who give passing travelers the chance of a lifetime: the ability to experience life as a bird. However, unbeknownst to those unfortunate enough to meet them, this is all but a scheme to entice unwitting victims into their growing collection...
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* AffectionateNickname: "Mother" and "Father" are old-fashioned pet names for a husband and wife.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: A lot about them brings to mind stories of [[TheFairFolk fair folk]]. When the magic of the teapot is destroyed, they disappear along with it.
* BrightIsNotGood: They wear bright clothes and even their bird forms remain [[LightIsNotGood white]] but they're evil monsters.
* TheCollector: They collect ''people,'' by turning them into birds, letting them lose their humanity and either caging or leashing them. Every bird they owned was one a human being.
* LargeAndInCharge: Mother is much larger than Father, and spends most the episode sitting around letting him con the others. However, once things start to go south, she takes charge, transforms into a ''massive'' hawk, and nearly tears Rapunzel and her friends apart.
* LightIsNotGood: Their colors invoke a GoldAndWhiteAreDivine and even their bird forms came off as looking as holy as their clothes, but are evil monster who collect people.
* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: After about an hour, their tea starts overwriting their victims' minds - making them "birdbrains." Mother is stuck in the form of a hawk in the end, but whether this would also happen to her is unknown - as she is banished before that can happen.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: After Cassandra shatters the teapot, both of them disappear into thin air.
* NoNameGiven: They are only referred to as "Mother" and "Father:" see above.
* SlippingAMickey: An early sign they're not as open as they seem. They spend the first few minutes of meeting Rapunzel and Cassandra trying to convince them to try being a bird. When the two are at first hesitant, Mother and Father reveal that the the tea they were drinking all along ''was'' the elixir, so the point is moot. Rapunzel and Cass don't realize they've been dosed until they already have wings.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Clementine]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Betsy Sodaro
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A memory-stealing witch.
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[[/folder]]

!!!Reformed Criminals

[[folder:The Snuggly Duckling Thugs]]
!!Hook Hand Thug, Big-Nose Thug, Short Thug / Shorty, Vladimir, Attila Buckethead
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/BradGarrett (Hook Hand Thug); Jeff Ross (Hook Foot); Creator/JeffreyTambor (Big-Nose Thug); Paul F. Tompkins (Shorty); Creator/RichardKiel (Vladimir, in the film), Charles Halford (Vladimir, in ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''); Byron Howard in ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'', Creator/SteveBlum in [[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]] (Attila Buckethead) (English); Beto Castillo (Big-Nose Thug, film and series); Sebastián Llapur (Hook-Hand Thug, film); Carlos Cobos (Short Thug, film); Juan Carlos Tinoco (Vladimir, flm and series) (Latin-American Spanish).\\
'''Appearances''': ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]'' | ''[[Disney/TangledEverAfter Ever After]]''

Regulars at the Snuggly Duckling Bar, these guys seem like your typical tough nuts who wouldn't hesitate to beat the living daylights out of you... [[RealMenWearPink until you find out what they're really like]].
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* AdaptationalNameChange: Short Thug becomes Shorty in the series.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Gunther, who's noticeably thinner and more well-groomed than his brethren, and does interior design on the side. [[http://disney.wikia.com/wiki/File:Gunther_(Tangled).png Not to mention what he's wearing:]] a ''fur'' open sleeveless vest ''with nothing underneath'', and on his lower half something appearing to be tights. In fact, only Big Nose's and Short Thug's sexuality have ever been implied, and apparently they're straight[[note]]Big Nose finds love with a lady, and Shorty hits on Mother Gothel, and on Rapunzel in "Ever After"[[/note]]. Although, despite Rapunzel being the only girl in the pub, using Shorty as a replacement for the "little lady" might say something.
* AmbiguouslyJewish: Big Nose, who is voiced by Creator/JeffreyTambor.
* AmbiguousDisorder: Shorty can't remember whom he's talking to, what he talks about, and he has a very short attention span. Plus, he engages in habits that are strange even by his companions' standards, such as talking to inanimate objects. In the movie, it was easily interpreted as him just being intoxicated as he is introduced in a tavern, but he is only shown acting this way in the series outside of the pub, implying some kind of mental handicap.
* AscendedExtra:
** Hook Foot in the series. He was a minor recurring character in the first season but got bumped up into being a major character in the second season, appearing in nearly every episode (with his own focus episodes) as a result of accompanying Rapunzel, Eugene, Cassandra and Lance on their season-long quest, that is before deciding to follow his dreams and [[PutOnABus go on tour with his brother]].
** Shorty, who has a few lines of dialogue as a background character, has significantly more lines in the animated series.
* BadGuyBar: The Snuggly Duckling looks like a stereotypical one of these, being filled with scary-looking thugs.
* BeneathTheMask: It's revealed that they all deep down want to leave the thug life to turn their hobbies (which [[RealMenWearPink aren't stereotypically masculine]]) into their work.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: First they don't seem nice at all, but only scary. After we find out their hidden soft sides, they yet again kick ass at the end of the movie to free Flynn--they won't stand for an innocent man being executed.
* BigBrotherBully: Hook Hand to Hook Foot. In the series, he has a HeelRealization and they reconcile.
* BigDamnHeroes: Their busting Flynn/Eugene out of prison.
* ButtMonkey: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Big Nose]] is treated this way by the other thugs, especially HookHand. During "I've Got a Dream", Hook Hand first violently throws Big Nose away like a puppet and later delivers him a big punch into his face. Then as Big Nose sings himself, one of the thugs literally vomits from seeing his face (Big Nose is even [[LampshadeHanging lampshading]] it by singing "My face leaves people screaming").
** In the series, Hook Foot tends to be subjected to copious amounts of slapstick, along with Eugene and Lance.
* CanonImmigrant: Hook Hand's younger brother Hook Foot, who debuts in the series, but didn't appear in the movie.
* ChekhovsGunman: They sing the hilarious song "I've Got A Dream", about all their most cherished dreams. Later, the [[ChekhovsSkill skills relating to these dreams]] come in handy when they band together to rescue Flynn from execution, thanks in part to Maximus.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Shorty is pretty much this compared to the other thugs. He is the only character that [[BreakingTheFourthWall directly looks at the viewer]]; seems to have a fascination for flying (roped up to the ceiling during "I've Got a Dream", and even floating up the sky on balloons at the end); says nothing during the whole movie except for one line which is blatantly hitting on Mother Gothel -- remarkable in itself[[note]]The ''one'' other word he's ever heard saying, in ''Disney/TangledEverAfter'', is ''also'' hitting on a woman: "Wow!!!" at Rapunzel... while she walks down the aisle as the bride.[[/note]]; is used by the other thugs to roleplay lovey-dovey things (a [[OldFashionedRowboatDate rowboat date]], even being Cupid); wears nothing but a loincloth (which can even easily be mistaken for a diaper...); and is so much smaller, less fit, and older (not to mention not equipped with any weapons to counter that) than the other thugs, that it begs the question how he can be a thug in the first place...
* ExtraDigits: Big-Nose Thug has an extra toe in each foot.
* FluffyTheTerrible: The Snuggly Duckling sounds a very fitting name for a bar whose main patrons are a bunch of scary-looking rogues. Subverted since said rogues are actually nice guys. The series shows they are quite well-behaved even in the castle.
* FreezeFrameBonus: Pausing when the thugs are fighting over which one will claim Flynn's reward (before the musical number starts), you can see that Attila (the baker) has a tattoo of a pair of swords crossed over a cupcake.
* GagNose: Big-Nose Thug has a huge nose. He briefly points to his nose during "I've Got a Dream", mentioning how he's afraid it will turn off romantic interests of his.
* [[GentleGiant Gentle Giants]]: All of them!
** Subverted with Shorty, who is physically more of a gentle dwarf-like person.
* GrumpyBear: According to Eugene, Hookfoot's default temperament is 'surly', to the point where his cheery mood in one episode immediately [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness grabs his friends' attention]].
* HiddenDepths:
** Fitting with the previously established template for the Snuggly Duckling thugs, Hook Foot is revealed to be a fantastic dancer in "The Brothers Hook", but he never had a chance to live out his dreams of going pro until recently.
** A tie-in comic shows that ''Shorty'' of all people is capable of making his own one-man newspaper company called ''The Corona Daily''.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: The thugs turn out to all have passions they'd rather be doing than being thugs, and free Flynn out of jail because they have a sense of justice.
* HookHand: One thug has a large hook hand. He's [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname nicknamed]] after it.
* HookHandedPianist: Hook Hand's dream is to become a concert pianist. In the epilogue of the film, and in Tangled Ever After, he is shown to have succeeded, somehow.
* {{Hypocrite}}: In "The Brothers Hook", Hook Hand, who is following his dreams of being a concert pianist, criticizes Hook Foot for wanting to live out his dream of being a dancer and calling Hook Foot's dreams ridiculous, while Hook Hand is actually being hired by King Trevor of Equis, who treats him in a belitting fashion, expecting Hook Hand to play flawlessly at the wedding of his pet seal Trevor Junior while King Trevor dances at the reception. After Rapunzel confronts King Trevor, she reminds Hook Hand of his past by bringing out his old hook when he was looking forward to his dreams, and calls him out for mocking Hook Foot's dream. At the wedding, Hook Hand decides to be more supportive after a mishap with the piano as he plays the music while supporting Hook Foot's opportunity to become a dancer, giving Hook Foot his jeweled hook so he can dance, and Hook Foot bids farewell to his friends to go on tour with Hook Hand.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Big-Nose Thug just wants to find true love, which he does at the end of the film.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: All of them to some extent, but Hook Hand especially. He's violent, abrasive and sometimes directly mean, but he's ultimately not a bad guy.
* JewishComplaining: Big-Nose's verse of "I've Got a Dream" has shades of this:
-->'''Big Nose Thug''': I've got scars and lumps and bruises, plus something here that oozes, and let's not even mention my complexion,\\
But despite my extra toes, and my goiter and my nose, I really want to make a love connection.\\
Can't you see me with a special little lady, rowing in a row boat down the stream?\\
Though I'm one disgusting blighter, I'm a lover, not a fighter, 'Cause way down deep inside I got a dream.
* LargeHam: Wait'll they start singing.
* TheLoad: Shorty. He's the least physically capable out of all the thugs, and is shown to be a DirtyCoward at times, meaning that in times of danger, he's not very helpful. In ''Beyond the Corona Walls'', he ends up eating the group's food supply while stowing away in their carriage.
* MisfitMobilizationMoment: When Maximus recruits them to bust Flynn out of prison.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Two of the thugs have the (nick)names of Bruiser and Killer, which sound disconcerting. "Fang" sounds pretty alarming too.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Big Nose, HookHand, Hook Foot, Shorty, Bruiser, Killer, Fang. These are also all ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin names (well, in the case of Fang let's assume - he's never shown). The other five thugs are called by normal first names though.
* PutOnABus: Hook Hand went on a world tour as a pianist during the series and has only been seen once since the movie. He's instead replaced by his brother, Hook Foot. Hook Foot himself later joined his brother as part of a music and dance routine.
* RealMenWearPink: All of the pub thugs at the Snuggly Duckling. Some of their dreams include: floral arrangements, interior design, miming, baking cupcakes, knitting, puppet shows, and collecting ceramic unicorns. As for their hobbies, Big Nose is into poetry, as shown in the series.
* RunningGag: Shorty always appears in places he's not supposed to be in.
* SeriousBusiness: Singing, apparently.
-->'''Hook-handed Thug''': ''[After all the thug have sung their parts]'' What about you?\\
'''Flynn''': [[DeadpanSnarker I'm sorry, ME?]]\\
'''Big-nosed Thug''': What's your dream? ''[Helps him down from being suspended]''\\
'''Flynn''': NO, no no, sorry boys. I don't sing. ''[Over two dozen swords are directed towards his face]'' ''[[GilliganCut I have dreams like you, no really! Just much less touchy-feely...]]''
* SmarterThanYouLook: Big Nose is a lot smarter and wiser than we are led on--he's into literary arts and he knows about the history of Corona.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Hook Foot, for his brother Hook Hand.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: As of ''Tangled: The Series'', Shorty has a borderline obsession with yams.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lance Strongbow / Arnwaldo Schnitz]]
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->'''Voiced by''': James Monroe Iglehart, Blake Moore (kid), Mioo Tanaka (Japanese)
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

Eugene's friend from his time as a thief.
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* AmazonChaser: He quickly becomes attracted to [[spoiler:Adira the instance he sees her cutting down trees with her sword.]]
* AscendedExtra: Appears in a few episodes of season 1, joins the main cast in season 2.
* BerserkButton: Don't call him by his real name, Arnwaldo.
* BestServedCold: He waited years to steal a treasure from the Baron, another thief who betrayed him and Eugene. He was in jail for a while, though.
* BigEater: He does love his food.
* BlackBestFriend: He and Eugene considered each other to almost be family.
* BrainsAndBrawn: Lance is the Brawn, who is big, tough, yet dives into situations without thinking, whereas Eugene is the smart, clever one.
* ChildhoodFriends: He grew up with Eugene in the same orphanage and they became partners in crime later on.
* ConsummateLiar: He can come up with convincing lies quite quickly.
* CowardlyLion: In contrast to Eugene, Lance is more unwilling to get himself into dangerous situations, but nonetheless does his best to help.
* DoNotCallMePaul: His birth name is Arnwaldo, but he wants to be called Lance, and reacts very annoyed when addressed as "Arnwaldo".
-->'''Eugene''': Let's just get out of here... ''Arnwaldo''.\\
'''Lance''': HEY! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Don't. Call me. Arnwaldo!]]
* EasilyForgiven: After he enlists Eugene's help to recover some treasure from the Baron, only to discover that one of the stolen content is a ring belonging to Queen Arianna with him and Eugene being caught when they try to steal the ring back from Rapunzel, he becomes friends with Eugene and Rapunzel after apologizing to them, and donates most of the treasure to the Corona orphanage.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: He doesn't like his original name of Arnwaldo.
* EveryoneHasStandards: He eventually comes clean about dragging Eugene into trouble, especially once he realizes he's jeopardizing Eugene's relationship with Rapunzel.
* GiverOfLameNames: Clever and creative at spinning a yarn from nothing, but Lance is not good at giving people nicknames.
* InkSuitActor: Bears more than a passing resemblance to his voice actor, James Monroe Iglehart.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be quite a prick at times, as shown in his second appearance, but he and Eugene are still friends like in the good old days.
* LargeHam: He has a great time hamming it up when he plays the role of a bandit in "The Return of Quaid".
* LiteralMinded: So much that Lance will interpret drawings as he sees them.
* MilesGloriosus: Lance isn't as daring as he appears to be, and tends to cower when it comes to performing death-defying acts, often hilariously exclaiming: "I'm not getting on that" or some variant.
* NotSoAboveItAll: It's shown Lance and Eugene have tend to have childish arguments, such as who should steer the boat.
* PetTheDog: He donates the treasure he stole to the Corona orphanage's charity. Most of it anyway. Makes sense when you consider that Lance was an orphan alongside Eugene and likely empathizes with orphans as a result.
** In the season 1 finale he joins in on Eugene, Cass, and the guard's attempt to [[spoiler: rescue the Queen.]]
* ThePigPen: Lance is rather messy, and Eugene is okay with it, just not in front of the royals.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: He's the Sensitive Guy to Eugene's Manly Man. While Eugene is more willing to throw himself into danger, Lance is more of the CowardlyLion who tries to avoid danger as much as possible.
* ShipTease: He develops a crush on Adira as Season 2 progresses.
* ShoutOut: His roguish personality and willingness to make things right are reminiscent of Lando Calrissian.
* StickyFingers: He just can't resist snatching up riches when the opportunity is there.
* ThoseTwoGuys: He's best friends with Eugene.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: In "Beyond the Corona Walls" and throughout Season 2, he's scared to death of spiders. {{Justified}} since he was bitten and poisoned by a toxic spider as he gets captured and brought before the Baron.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Angry and Red]]
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->'''Angry voiced by''': Vivian Vencer\\
'''Red voiced by''': Ruby Jay\\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A pair of young girls who are thieves and live on the streets, whom Eugene and Lance encounter and try to befriend.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Angry, who may have some Asian heritage in her background.
* BoyishShortHair: Angry, to the point where she's mistaken as a boy at first glance.
* FieryRedhead: Inverted. Of the two girls, the red-haired one is the ShrinkingViolet and TheQuietOne while the black-haired one is brash and outspoken (she's called "Angry" for a reason...)
%%* HeelFaceTurn:
* JustifiedCriminal: Angry and Red don't really enjoy stealing, but as kids living on the streets (presumably orphans), they have to get by. They're trying to run away from the Baron, and he's the ''nastiest'' crime boss to ever exist.
* NotSoStoic: Angry spends most of "Vigor the Visionary" in a state of childish wonder and excitement, and justifiably so since she thinks she's about to find her family. When she finally meets who she thinks are her parents, she [[{{Squee}} goes off on a chain of cheerful babbling]] [[MotorMouth so wild that it requires Eugene to translate.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Angry and Red's real names are never revealed. In their second appearance, [[AppropriatedAppelation it appears they even take to calling themselves by those nicknames.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: Angry is the outspoken Red Oni, while Red (ironically) is the Blue Oni in terms of personality, being shy, quiet, withdrawn and showing kindness.
* SamusIsAGirl: A wanted poster for the "Silent Striker" depicts a tall, slender man, but "he" is really two young girls in a TotemPoleTrench.
* ShrinkingViolet: Red, who doesn't speak as much, compared to her outspoken companion Angry.
* StreetUrchin: The two girls don't have anyone to care for them and live on the streets, stealing to get by.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Angry is the Tomboy to Red's Girly girl.
* TheQuietOne: Red rarely talks. At least, she gives everyone in the royal palace the silent treatment while Angry does all the talking, but at the end of the episode she has a few lines talking to Angry.
[[/folder]]

!!!Lady Caine and her gang

[[folder:Lady Caine]]
!!Lady Caine
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->'''Voiced by''': Laura Benanti\\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

The daughter of a petty thief that was persecuted by King Frederic and the Royal Guard during his cracking down on crime after Rapunzel's abduction. Wishing for revenge for her father, Lady Caine became the leader of a pirate gang against the Kingdom of Corona.
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* BadBoss: In "Max's Enemy", she throws her accomplice from a moving carriage at Rapunzel to try to stop her.
* CapturedOnPurpose: Her plan was for her cronies to intentionally get arrested, knowing that they'd be taken to the palace dungeons where Lady Caine, who's already infiltrated the palace under the guise of the Duchess of Quintonia, can let them out, allowing them to bypass the guards and strike from inside the palace.
* ChekhovsGunman: The Duchess of Quintonia is one of the guests Rapunzel has to greet at the beginning of the pilot movie, and leaves after making a snide remark. She returns in the narrative much later and is revealed to be Lady Caine in disguise.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: King Frederic's crackdown on crime is the reason she's antagonistic towards the royal family in the first place.
* DarkActionGirl: She's a good fighter, both in hand-to-hand combat and with a sword, albeit [[UnderestimatingBadassery a too overconfident one]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Most of her lines are either snide snark or bragging.
* DiskOneFinalBoss: She is the BigBad of the pilot movie, but she's quickly defeated and arrested at the end of it.
* EvilCounterpart: To Rapunzel. Her own father was taken from her as a result of Frederic cracking down on criminals, mirroring how Rapunzel herself was left without her father (or any of her parents) for a majority of her life, being a free spirit, and relies on the same tactic Rapunzel had in the pilot to avoid letting her parents know about her hair to disguise herself, covering her own hair with a huge wig.
* FreudianExcuse: King Frederic being overly harsh with the law led to Caine's father, a ''petty thief'', to rot in prison/be executed.
* GoldfishPoopGang: By her appearance in Season 2, Lady Caine's SmugSnake tendencies have grown to the point where she is far less of a threat than she used to be, with Rapunzel defeating her without breaking a sweat.
* LaserGuidedKarma: Mere moments after throwing Duane, her own accomplice, off their escape cart, she is herself abandoned by Axel in favor of saving his own skin.
* MoralMyopia: She shows no qualms about throwing Duane off the cart in order to speed up her escape, calling him "dead weight". But she is outraged when Axel leaves ''her'' behind.
* {{Pride}}: Going along great with her SmugSnake persona, Lady Caine can never resist an opportunity to brag about herself, while being utterly disdainfull towards everyone else.
* {{Revenge}}: She desires revenge on King Frederic for imprisoning her father.
* RevengeByProxy: Adding to the above, she also seems to blame Rapunzel herself just as much for causing the king to crack down on crime, just because [[EvilIsPetty she was kidnapped as a baby!]]
* SmugSnake: Easily her FatalFlaw. She is smart and very capable in combat, but tends to get carried away with herself and underestimate her opponents, which gives Cassandra the opportunity to defeat her.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Caine underestimates both [[GirlyBruiser Rapunzel]] and [[ActionGirl Cassandra]], which really comes back to bite her.
* WarmUpBoss: Lady Caine is the first to be a decent threat to Rapunzel in the series, before going into the more serious plot.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: She disguised as the Duchess of Quintonia, but that raises the question of what happened to the ''real'' Duchess, if she even existed.
* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: She says this after her defeat to Rapunzel. Rapunzel is not impressed.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Axel]]
!!Axel
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->'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A new horse brought in to the Corona Royal Guard, whom Max is at first jealous of and then suspicious when things don't add up...
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: He manages to get everyone (except Maximus, whom he shows his true colors to) to adore him, and his true JerkAss nature isn't revealed until the end.
* EvilerThanThou: Much like how Maximus is the most competent of the Royal Guards, Axel is a lot more effective than Caine herself. During TheChase, he eventually leaves her to get arrested again to save himself, leaving the FinalBattle between him and Maximus.
* IcyBlueEyes: He has cool, light blue eyes that are in stark contrast with his black coat, and seem to symbolize his jerkiness.
* TheMole: Actually works for Lady Caine, and is planning to break her out of prison.
* TheRival: He is in fierce competition with Maximus the entire time he appears on-screen.
[[/folder]]

!!!The Baron and his men

[[folder:The Baron]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/LanceHenriksen\\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A notorious mastermind in the criminal underground who has amassed a fortune of stolen wealth. He is so feared that no one is willing to cross him.
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* BadassInANiceSuit: He's massive and leads a entire syndicate of criminals, all the while dressed like any other aristocrat of his time.
* BeardOfEvil: Has a large beard, and is a criminal mastermind.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: The Baron is not someone to be trusted. His men will usually con other thieves into various heists, only to betray them and take their loot. Flynn Rider and Lance Strongbow found out the hard way.
* DecapitatedArmy: {{Averted|Trope}}. Even when the Baron was taken out, the next episode shows that his men still remain a threat to the town of Varderos, with his [[TheDragon Dragon]] Weasel taking charge.
* TheDreaded: No one has the guts to cross him. Steal from him, and you will regret it.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He genuinely loves his daughter, Stalyan.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Being voiced by Lance Henriksen gives off that sinister effect.
* TheGhost: Eugene has gotten in trouble with the Baron's men more than once, and he doesn't show up until the Season 2 premiere.
* GreaterScopeVillain: He is this in the Season 1 episodes ''The Return Of Strongbow'' and ''Big Brothers of Corona''. While he doesn't physically appear, his actions drive the plot.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: The poisonous Kai spider he keeps in his ring that infects Lance with a venomous bite later poisons him and bites him back.]]
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Poisons people with a rare Kai spider he keeps in a large ring. The flaws in this method bite him at the climax, when he goes to poison Eugene and gets bumped, [[spoiler:leading to the spider crawling up his sleeve and biting the Baron instead.]]
* LargeAndInCharge: One of the biggest people seen in the show thus far, possible even bigger than Vladimir from the Snuggly Duckling.
* PapaWolf: He wants to get back at Eugene in part because he left his daughter Stalyan stranded at the altar.
* ShotgunWedding: He blackmails Flynn into marrying his daughter Stalyan by poisoning Lance, providing the incentive to save Lance's life.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Anthony the Weasel]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Gideon Emery\\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]

The Baron's right-hand man.
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* TheDragon: Weasel is the Baron's right-hand man and lieutenant.
* DragonAscendant: Once the Baron was defeated, Weasel quickly takes charge of the Baron's men and proves himself to be even worse than his boss.
* EvilBrit: Has a Cockney-sounding accent.
* {{Gonk}}: He looks like a human scarecrow with a bruised, black eye.
* MeaningfulName: They don't call him "the Weasel" for nothing. A weasel is someone treacherous and deceitful, and that's what makes him dangerous.
* MouthOfSauron: Weasel is the one who acts in the Baron's name and usually speaks for him, since the boss is hardly seen.
* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Once his men were defeated, he quickly skedaddles with his tail between his legs.
* SinisterSchnoz: He has an evil pointy one, looking like a human scarecrow.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Stalyan]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YvonneStrahovski\\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

An old flame of Eugene and the daughter of the Baron. After Eugene left her at the altar, she and the Baron have been after him ever since.
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* BastardGirlfriend: Her unpleasant, controlling demeanor toward Eugene would certainly explain why he ditched her.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler: The reason behind her HeelFaceTurn is that Rapunzel treats her with kindness and is willing to see the good in her despite all she'd done, and this feels good enough for her to want to measure up to what Rapunzel believes she can be.]]
* ControlFreak: She thinks she "knows what's best" for Eugene even when he is actively opposed to it and has Lance poisoned to make him comply. It is this very behavior that led Eugene to flee from her in the first place.
--> '''Stalyan''': It's bad luck for the groom to see the bride before the wedding, and the last thing any of us needs is... [''looks over to Lance, slowly dying from the spider-bite''] bad luck. Right Flynn?\\
'''Eugene''': It's "Eugene" now.\\
'''Stalyan''': No it's not.
* DaddysLittleVillain: She's the Baron's daughter, they love each other dearly, and she enjoys being evil. He will give her anything she wants, even Flynn Rider's hand in marriage.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Genuinely loves her father and genuinely loved Flynn/Eugene enough that she felt hurt when he left her at the altar.
* EvilIsPetty: While she knows Eugene does not love her and it is clear that she no longer loves him (or at least is in denial), she is forcing him to marry her as revenge for leaving her at the altar, even going so far as to make him reject Rapunzel right in front of her under the threat of Lance's death by spider-bite.
* FemmeFatale: The ridiculously attractive daughter of a kingpin who likes to use her feminine charm to get others, even Eugene to do what she wants. Ultimately, her self-interests caused Eugene to dump her.
* FireForgedFriends: [[spoiler: She becomes this with Rapunzel in "The Eye of Pincosta".]]
* FirstLove: Out of all the girls Eugene has been through before Rapunzel, she was probably the first love in his life.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Lady Caine. Lady Caine was a BigBadWannabe and wanted {{revenge}} against the royal family for arresting and unfairly killing her father, who was a mere petty thief. Meanwhile, Stalyan is a DaddysLittleVillain to one of the most dangerous mob bosses in Corona and wants {{revenge}} against Eugene for ditching their wedding.
** Also to Rapunzel, the woman who would later become Eugene’s wife. Both Rapunzel and Stalyan are skilled negotiators who prefer words rather than violence but aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty if they have to. Both hold a huge influence in their respective institutions. But while Rapunzel hailed from the Royal Family of Corona, Stalyan grew up in an organized crime family. Rapunzel uses her charisma to inspire loyalty and hope for others, while Stalyan uses hers to [[ManipulativeBitch manipulate others into doing what she wants]]. Rapunzel also starts out uneasy towards Eugene when they first met but warms up and eventually falls in love with him throughout their adventures, while Stalyan starts out being Eugene's first real lover whom he first cared very much about, but ultimately had enough of her to skip town on their wedding. At the end of the day, Stalyan only cares about herself, such that any personal attachment towards him would not be enough for her to consider his feelings. [[spoiler: Thankfully, this contrast actually ends up having a positive effect on Stalyan when she has to team up with Rapunzel, making her realize that there might be something to the way Rapunzel does things after all.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: She's very jealous of Eugene's loving relationship with Rapunzel, especially since she was left at the altar by Eugene herself. She considers Rapunzel a homewrecker, even physically fights Rapunzel because of it.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: In "The Eye of Pincosta", Stalyan has to team up with Rapunzel and is so caught off-guard by the princess' way of viewing things - and way of [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe treating her]] - that she reconsiders her own life, personality and feelings for Eugene, ultimately befriending Rapunzel and changing her ways.]]
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: Throughout the Season 2 premiere, Eugene waxes on about how he used to ride with his prized stallion. It turns out he means his former girlfriend, Stalyan, whose name is pronounced like "stallion".
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: [[spoiler: While she's definitely very rough around the edges, she's capable of doing good when the time calls for it, particularly due to Rapunzel's influence in "The Eye Of Pincosta" . ]]
* KickTheDog: Calls her ex by his former alias just to insult him for what he did to her, is complicit in poisoning his best friend in order to force him into marriage, tells him that he and Rapunzel would never work out together, and insists she "always knows what's best for him" similarly to how Gothel claimed so for Rapunzel.
* PetTheDog: [[spoiler: At the end of "The Eye of Pincosta", she uses some of the money she steals from Rapunzel's group to buy a new frying pan for Rapunzel after her previous one had gotten broken, while also leaving behind a letter thanking Rapunzel for making her reconsider her life and admitting that Rapunzel and Eugene belong together since Rapunzel actually saw him as a person and not just a thief.]]
* PsychoExGirlfriend: She's Eugene's ex, he left her at the altar once and ''she did not take that well''--now she's back and determined to have him after all, forcing him to marry her by letting her father poison his best friend. She also acts hostile towards his current girlfriend, Rapunzel. [[spoiler: This all changes by the end of "The Eye of Pincosta".]]
* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: Lampshaded by Rapunzel in "Beyond the Walls of Corona" when Stalyan plans to marry Eugene:
-->'''Rapunzel''': What kind of name is "Stalyan" anyway? [[LampshadeHanging Who names their kid that?]] What's her sister's name, "Bronco"?
* WomanScorned: She's one of Eugene's crazy exes who has it out for him, and her father poisons Lance in an effort to force Eugene to marry her to satisfy her vengeance.
* {{Yandere}}: She's ''very'' obsessed with Flynn Rider, and she'll use any excuse to keep him away from Rapunzel, or hurt anyone to get him back. [[spoiler: Until "The Eye of Pincosta", that is.]]
[[/folder]]

!!!Others

[[folder:The Stabbington Brothers]]
!!The Stabbington Brothers
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/RonPerlman (''Tangled''; both in ''The Series''), Creator/JohnDiMaggio (''Tangled'' only); Mario Arvizu and Idzi Dutkiewitz (film, Latin American Spanish)\\
'''Appearances''': ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'' | ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledBeforeEverAfter The Series]]'' | ''[[Disney/TangledEverAfter Ever After]]''

Flynn's partners-in-crime at the beginning of the film, whom he leaves at the mercy of the kingdom guards to save his own ass. They're clearly not happy about it, and partner up with Mother Gothel to get him.
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* CoDragons: To Gothel once they start working together.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: This trope typifies the relations between Flynn and the Stabbington brothers. {{Iron|y}}ically, the Stabbington Brothers are never the ones who do the betraying. (Perhaps they aren't clever enough to manage it.) They ''may'' have attempted to betray Gothel by wanting to sell Rapunzel for her healing abilities, but it's unclear as this may have been part of the deal she made with them, meaning that ''she'' betrayed them too).
* EvilRedhead: Both of them are gingers, and their main motivations are stealing the crown and getting sweet, deadly revenge on Flynn.
* EyepatchOfPower: One of the brothers.
* FriendlyEnemy: "Tangled Ever After" shows that Flynn invited them to his and Rapunzel's wedding, and the two openly cry when the newlyweds have their first kiss as husband and wife.
* {{Identical Twin ID Tag}}s: They are only differentiated by: sideburns, the EyepatchOfPower one of them wears, their scars, their clothes, and weapons.
%%* LeParkour
* MeaningfulName: They're the '''Stab'''bington brothers, and they pretty clearly have a history (and a motivation) for killing.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Parodied. And inverted in a sense, since are backstabbed by Flynn at the beginning of the movie, instead of the other way around.
* NoNameGiven: Well, no first name, anyway. When they return, they're nicknamed Patchy and Sideburns.
* {{Revenge}}: Gothel gets them to help her with the promise of this.
* SiblingTeam: Also SiblingsInCrime. The two of them seem to work exclusively together, to the point that their first names aren't given and their "wanted" posters list them together.
* SingleMindedTwins: Identical twins who act alike.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: A pair of thieves who appear to be twins.
* TheSouthpaw: The brother with the eyepatch; see image above.
* TheVoiceless: The eyepatch brother never speaks, just giving intimidating glares at people.
* UnfortunateNames: Admittedly, with a name like Stabbington, you don't have a lot of viable career options.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Andrew]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Dean Winters\\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A mysterious visitor from out-of-town that befriends Cassandra, and they seem to have a thing for each other... until it turns out he's a spy from Saporia.
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* EmbarrassingFirstName: His real name is Hubert.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Petunia and William]]
->'''Voiced by''': Jill Matson-Sachoff (Petunia), Greg Grunberg (William)\\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

The Daylight Thieves, who pretend to be Angry's parents, debuting in "Vigor the Visionary".
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* AffablyEvil: Petunia acts quite pleasantly when Angry believes her to be her long-lost mother, [[spoiler: until she reveals that she isn't Angry's mother.]]
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Petunia may have some ambiguous, unspecified Asian heritage in her background.
* OutlawCouple: Petunia and William operate as the Daylight Thieves near the village of Fortuna, with Snake Canyon as their homebase of operations.
[[/folder]]

!!Old Corona

[[folder:Varian ('''SPOILERS FOR SEASON 1''')]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Jeremy Jordan, Yasuaki Takumi (Japanese), Jeong Jae-heon (Korean)//
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A young alchemist and inventor who tries to study Rapunzel's hair in the season one premiere. Though initially a recurring ally, he becomes the ArcVillain of Season 1 after his father is frozen in crystal.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Attempts a dramatic entrance when Rapunzel and Cassandra come to see him and he's also a fan of the books that inspired Flynn's name.
* AlchemyIsMagic: He insists it's not, but people assume he's a wizard anyways.
* AntiVillain: He's a {{Woobie|DestroyerOfWorlds}} and WellIntentionedExtremist Type. As of the ending of "Queen for a Day", his goal is now to find the secret behind the mysterious rocks and reverse the condition inflicted upon his father... as well as take {{Revenge}} upon Rapunzel. He blames her, and by extension the Kingdom of Corona, for turning their backs on him when he needed help freeing his father, Quirin.
* ArcHero: Most of his appearances are relegated to the arc-related episodes, because he's ''essential'' to helping Rapunzel solve the mystery of the indestructible spikes that make up a big part of the season. However, as of the end of "Queen for a Day", he makes his transition into the ArcVillain.
* ArcVillain: The magical rocks turn out to not be evil after all, leaving Varian himself as the big threat to be dealt with in the first season finale.
* AxCrazy: When he fails to free his father with Rapunzel's hair, then sees Rapunzel in an embrace with ''both'' of her parents, Varian flips his lid and tries to kill everyone with a giant mech suit.
* BaitTheDog: Inverted; he's introduced wearing a bulky welding suit with his voice deepened by the metal helmet in a dark room, making him seem like a very intimidating presence. Then he lifts up his helmet and reveals he's very boyish and has a gentle voice. Played straight after the events of "Queen for a Day", which sees him actually [[FaceHeelTurn shift from good to villainous]].
* BlueIsHeroic: Generally wears faded blue. This is {{subverted|Trope}} when he becomes a villain.
* BrainyBrunette: Has brown hair and is a budding inventor.
* BreakTheCutie: Pretty much his ''entire subplot'' in "Queen for a Day". He loses his father to the mysterious rocks plaguing the kingdom, and Rapunzel ends up breaking her promise to help him while she's busy with her own problems.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: To Mother Gothel after his FaceHeelTurn. Both are willing to go to extreme lengths to use Rapunzel and her magic hair to achieve their goals. But Gothel was a VainSorceress who was willing to ally herself with the Stabbington Brothers to recapture Rapunzel, whereas Varian [[IWorkAlone relies on no one but himself and his raccoon]]. Additionally, their goals differ: Whereas Gothel was selfish and wanted Rapunzel to keep herself looking and feeling young forever, Varian has the much more nobler aspirations of trying to free his father from his crystal prison; [[WellIntentionedExtremist he just went too far trying to achieve them]]. Finally, Gothel was a BitchInSheepsClothing to Rapunzel, while Varian legitimately ''[[WeUsedToBeFriends was]]'' [[WeUsedToBeFriends Rapunzel's friend]] [[EtTuBrute until she refused to help him free his father]].
* CheatedAngle: Whenever Varian turns his head, his side-swept bangs never turn with his head, instead they flip to the other side.
* ChildishToothGap: Varian has buck teeth and while not childish, he is quite nerdy.
* ClothingReflectsPersonality: Varian’s choice of wardrobe is noticeably darker and duller than the rest of the cast, considering he’s always messing things up and wants to impress his father, but also reflects his eventual FaceHeelTurn when he vows revenge on Corona after being turned away during the blizzard.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: He could've made a lot of money with all his inventions and chemicals, but gold means nothing to him when he wants justice.
* DarthVaderClone: For starters, he tends to wear a mask that makes him look and sound intimidating. In terms of his character, he is a gifted, aspiring individual, but not without faults, some of which causes others to lack faith in him. Said lack of faith causes him to take determined, yet questionable acts that only build up to his fall. His fall is sealed when he loses a loved one, with said loss contributed to by his own actions. And for added flavor, the weapon he fights with is red.
* DaydreamBeliever: Thanks to Eugene using "Flynn Rider" as an alias for years, Varian seems to believe Eugene is the real-life version of the character from the Flynn Rider books.
* DeadpanSnarker: Following his FaceHeelTurn, he can occasionally be a lot more sardonic than before.
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: of the TeenGenius. Varian is very, very intelligent and knows how to make inventions that would be huge technological advances for Corona...but he's also an impulsive 14 year old kid who doesn't always plan things out, often making his inventions and plans have dangerous flaws he's overlooked, ruining his reputation. His young age also gives him a pretty serious case of MoralMyopia, making him think he's just paying unto evil when really it's RevengeBeforeReason and his own inability to admit his fault in the tragedy of his father's encasement. It also means his ultimate goal, to use Rapunzel's unbreakable hair to free his father, doesn't work and he suffers a full on breakdown because he doesn't understand how his plan could have been based on an incorrect assumption (that Rapunzel's hair, being unbreakable, should be able to break the equally unbreakable amber). In the end, Varian's brains don't override the fact that he's a very young, emotional teenager who's not as logical as he thinks he is.
* DitzyGenius: Many of his inventions and plans have been known to be questionable, and have a chance of causing trouble.
* DoingInTheWizard: Played with. For all his strange reputation, Varian's "alchemy" is clearly regular chemistry and engineering, albeit with some [[MadScientist mad science]] thrown in, and he doesn't believe in magic [[FlatEarthAtheist despite being friends with a princess with magic hair.]] However, when he attempts to apply it to something that is explicitly magical in origin, he fails miserably at every turn: when he doesn't get no reaction at all, he at best gets undesired reactions for reasons repeatedly fails to understand.
* TheDreaded: In "Happiness Is...", Rapunzel hallucinates him [[FauxAffablyEvil greeting her evilly]] and [[RevengeByProxy trying to harm her father]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He contines to love his father after his FaceHeelTurn, and is obsessed with freeing him.
* EvilCounterpart: A younger one to King Frederic. Like him, he has undergone the loss of a loved one, which ended up impacted him mentally and emotionally. Said loss caused him to make desperate, yet questionable decisions along the way, and hoped against all odds that the things he would do would bring his family member back. Unlike Frederic, who kept himself at bay before he crossed the line, Varian only ended up becoming more and more emotionally unstable. It's no wonder Queen Arianna felt sorry for Varian, knowing well the pain he is going through.
* EvilFormerFriend: He legitimately was Rapunzel's friend until she refuses to help him free his father and he vows revenge against Rapunzel and Queen Arianna.
* EvilHasABadSenseOfHumor: He used to have a crush on Cassandra. So in the season 1 finale, he, in a giant mech suit, grabs her and says, "I always knew I could sweep you off your feet!"
* FaceHeelTurn: Pulls one at the end of "Queen for a Day" by swearing revenge on the kingdom and more specifically the royal family for not helping him after his father Quirin is encased in crystal. Later becomes fully realized by the climax of "The Alchemist Returns" as he betrays Rapunzel, and pushed to a new extreme in the season finale.
* FatalFlaw: Varian has been so obsessed with proving himself, but it's caused him to be very stubborn and he ends up disregarding others' advice, not even [[KnowWhenToFoldEm knowing when to fold 'em]].
** Even worse, when the inevitable backlash happens, he [[NeverMyFault refuses to accept responsibility for what went wrong]], and even shifting blame onto others whom he takes his anguish out on.
* ForScience: He tends to make inventions and do experiments that have a chance of putting everyone in danger out of scientific curiosity. Case in point, one invention destroyed his village, and another almost leveled the entire kingdom.
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: After returning home to find Quirin frozen in the amber and vows revenge on those who ignored him, he proclaims, "They...will...pay." while clenching a fist and glaring angrily at the camera, almost as if he’s staring ''at the audience.''
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Might count as this, as he's invented a chemical compound to keep out vermin humanely. Subverted as of the ending of "Queen for a Day", in which even a raccoon friend of his [[ThisIsGonnaSuck is now afraid of him]].
* FromNobodyToNightmare: After his father is encased in crystal, he completely snaps, going from a geeky stranger to completely furious and hard-hearted, setting him as the ArcVillain for the remainder of the season. When Cassandra gave Rapunzel warnings that he's "dangerous" and "not good", she wasn’t completely off the mark.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Varian makes it clear he will do ''anything'' to save his father and seek justice. Apparently, he didn't factor himself in the equation, abducting the queen to lure the princess because the queen is the weak link of the Royal Family who wouldn't be able to fight back. Plus, he wanted to emotionally hurt Rapunzel rather than fight her himself. Clearly, the only cost he is unwilling to pay is his own life.
* IfICantHaveYou: A twist on the usual trope - when he is unable to free his father, yet Rapunzel is able to free both of her parents, Varian flips his lid and declares that if he can't have a happy ending, neither can anyone else.
* InkSuitActor: He appears to be a caricature of his actor, Jeremy Jordan.
* InnocentBlueEyes: Varian is blue eyed and well meaning. Or at least he starts out as well-meaning at the beginning of the series; by the end of Season 1, he seems to have made a FaceHeelTurn and to have become sinister, which turns him into more of an example of IcyBlueEyes.
* InsistentTerminology: He's insists on telling people he's "an alchemist, not a wizard".
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Varian is the smartest guy around, but it's clear he does not have that many friends (human ones at least), and noticeably has trouble relating to others and listening to them. For starters, he spends too much time in his lab. Most of the time though, it's usually that his lack of restraint and common sense make him a danger to others.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: From the moment he decides to make his FaceHeelTurn, his mental state rapidly deteriorates while his villainy rapidly escalates, going from lying and manipulating to outright attempted murder. Even he is aware of this, which he states in "Ready As I'll Ever Be".
* KnightOfCerebus: When he turns to the dark side, the series goes with him for the remainder of Season 1, especially in the finale where he is a legitimately menacing threat.
* LikesOlderWomen: Varian appears to have thing for Cassandra, who is clearly older than he. He even acknowledges this in the season finale - right before attempting to murder her.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: His father being TakenForGranite breaks Varian's already brittle sense of restraint and drives him to plot revenge against Corona's royal family.
* MadScientist: Varian is a brilliant scientist, but he's kind of a whack-job who doesn't always think through the consequences of his inventions.
* MagicVersusScience: Out to prove the superiority of alchemy over magic, to he point where he [[ArbitrarySkepticism implies that he doesn't believe magic was involved in the series' events.]]
* ManBehindTheCurtain: Non-villainous example. He's built up and said to be a wizard who is dangerous and intimidating and wore a mask to give him that appearance, but much to Rapunzel's disappointment, he's just a whiz-kid who happens to be an alchemist. However, he turns out to be a nut-job who doesn't seem to know what he's doing, so in a way, he is dangerous and only becomes moreso later on.
* ManipulativeBastard: He personally manipulates Rapunzel in "The Alchemist Returns", and then is able to manipulate her father and his guards from a distance in "Secret of the Sundrop".
* MeaningfulName:
** The name "Varian" is French for "Variable", which means not consistent and having a fixed pattern, and liable to change.
** "Varian" is also Latin for "fiddle", which reflects on his nature of ''fiddling'' with forces beyond his understanding or control.
* MissingMom: Though we are introduced to his father Quirin, his mother hasn't been shown yet, aside from a portrait.
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: When he comes to Rapunzel seeking help for his father, Quirian, only to be turned away during the blizzard in "Queen For a Day", the bitterness at being snubbed motivates his FaceHeelTurn.
* MulticoloredHair: His hair is mostly brown with a [[SkunkStripe teal-grey streak]] and lighter brown highlights.
* NeverBareheaded: Not once do we see him without the antique goggles he wears.
* NeverMyFault: The reason for his FaceHeelTurn at the end of "Queen for a Day" is because he blames Rapunzel and the entire Kingdom for letting him down. But really, he brought it on himself by tampering with the spikes, especially after being repeatedly warned by his father not to, although this is more his dad's fault than his own for never explaining ''why''. This flaw of his grows worse in the season finale, where he blames the King for "villifying him" as a result of his own villainous actions, and then blames Rapunzel for his failure to use her hair to free his father.
-->'''Varian''': It's not my fault! None of this is! It's ''her'' fault!
** For the record the king did accuse Varian of attacking Rapunzel long before he did anything actually criminal forcing him to go into hiding for months.
* NotSoDifferent: In a way, he and Cassandra are similar, despite their [[BrainsAndBrawn contrasting methods]] of approach. Both of them are driven to earn the respect of others, especially their fathers. But in being so obsessed with their desire to prove themselves, they end up causing more harm than good. Things take a darker turn when they both end up [[FaceHeelTurn betraying Rapunzel]] in order to pursue their own goals.
* OlderHeroVersusYoungerVillain: Well, everyone's older than him, so this goes without saying.
* NiceGuy: Varian is well-meaning, compassionate, and helpful. [[FaceHeelTurn Until he loses his father, that is.]]
* PayEvilUntoEvil: This is what Varian ''thinks'' he is doing with Corona, its royal family in particular - he fully acknowledges that he's "sunk pretty low", but believes that the victims of his villainous actions deserve to suffer.
* RageBreakingPoint: Not being able to free his father as predicted but seeing Rapunzel reunited with both her parents is what pushes his anger to its highest point, and emerges in his giant automaton.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: {{Justified|Trope}}. Varian has a good number of inventions that are very effective, and he tries to avert this trope. The problem is, some of his inventions destroyed his village more than once, and his latest one nearly leveled the castle, so it's no wonder no one can trust their lives with him or his inventions.
* RescueRomance: Develops a crush on Cassandra after she rescues him in his first appearance, lasting into ''Great Expotations.'' But ultimately subverted in the end: [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope after his descent into villainy, he tries to kill her the same as everybody else.]]
* {{Revenge}}: "And I swear right now, that no matter what comes of me, anybody that stands or has stood in my path, they're going to pay! [[PunctuatedForEmphasis They...will...pay."]]
* SimpleStaff: Varian is usually seen carrying a staff, but all he does is use it as a walking stick and carry a few potions, some of which act as light sources.
* SingingVoiceDissonance: Has a rather raspy teenage voice that becomes deeper and more adultlike without the rasp when singing.
* SlasherSmile: Gives Rapunzel a rather frightening one in "The Alchemist Returns" as he betrays her, fully realizing his FaceHeelTurn. Then again when he confronts Rapunzel and King Frederic in "Secret of the Sundrop."
* SmugSnake: While he's a brilliant inventor and an exceptionally clever thinker, his impetuousness and emotional instability often gets in the way of his success, driving him to start completely losing his cool when things aren't going the way he wants them to go, contrasting with the overconfidence he'd have displayed beforehand.
* StartOfDarkness: "Queen for a Day" details his. When his father is trapped in crystal after Rapunzel refused to help due to trying to stop Zhan Tiri’s blizzard, Varian blames Rapunzel and swears vengeance upon her and the Kingdom of Corona. Darkness even literally falls upon him in the moment.
* TeenGenius: At age 14, he easily stands out as being the smartest of the cast.
* TeensAreMonsters: Varian is only ''14'', making him by far the youngest villain in any Disney Princess-based franchise. But, things were messed up for him to begin with. He's feared, castigated, and doubted by society, and they don't appreciate any of his efforts even if he failed. Plus, he cares about a problem that the King refused to acknowledge, and the tragic incident that took his father pretty much did it all. Basically, all the ill that he experiences only fed his ruthlessness, and from that, neither Rapunzel nor the Queen see him as a monster, just a child who's lost.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: He didn't see himself as evil following his vengeful turn, but eventually decides that if what he's doing makes him the bad guy, then he'll accept that label.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Ends up undergoing this in the epilogue of "Queen For A Day". Later becomes fully realized in the climax of "The Alchemist Returns".
* ToylessToylineCharacter: Subverted. His only appearance in merchandise this far is in a figurine set released by Disney Store. Since villains only tend to be released by Disney Store and not Mattel, this foreshadows his StartOfDarkness.
* TragicVillain: His father was encased in amber, and he vows {{Revenge}} on Rapunzel because he blames her for his predicament.
* TraitorShot: The very last shot of "Queen For A Day" has him give a glowering KubrickStare [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou to the camera]] while [[DramaticSpotlight lit as a shadow by the ceiling light from behind]].
* WalkingSpoiler: What only one episode can end up doing for a character.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Rapunzel, Cassandra and Eugene.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Really wants his inventions and alchemy to make his dad proud.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: After his FaceHeelTurn, Varian really stands out as a disturbingly dark villain in this series, which is comparatively more lighthearted than the film. Taking into account his actions (extortion, abduction of a royal consort, attempted cold-blooded murder of a royal consort and Crown Princess), he makes even ''Mother Gothel'' (whose crimes are abduction of baby Rapunzel, DomesticAbuse, and attempted murder of a convicted thief) chump-change.
* VillainHasAPoint:
** When Varian accuses King Frederic of "vilifying him",He means when Frederic scapegoated him for "attacking the princess" in "Queen for a Day" so as to keep him quiet and send guards after him because he had the scroll. It's also hard to argue with Varian when he mentions that King Frederic failed to address the danger that threatens their kingdom and kept it all a secret, while he's the only one who cared. Sure enough, the King does take this to heart, and realizes Varian isn't 100% to blame for what is happening.
** When Rapunzel tries to change his mind about using her hair to break the crystal by saying "I promise it will be all right", he answers with reminding her "what happened the last time [Rapunzel] ''promised'' that?" (referring to when she promised the same in "Queen for a Day" but couldn't come through, resulting in his father being encased in crystal.) It's an ArmorPiercingQuestion for Rapunzel, to which she can't answer; and you can't deny that Rapunzel indeed made a promise to him she couldn't keep and now is about to make the same mistake again.
* VillainSong: He has two: the DarkReprise of "Let Me Make You Proud" and his part of [[CrowdSong "Ready As I'll Ever Be"]].
* VillainousBreakdown: When Rapunzel's hair fails to free his father and Rapunzel promptly frees both of her own parents, Varian snaps and tries to kill everyone in a vindictive rage.
* VillainousUnderdog: Varian is a low-level commoner from a backwater village and has no money or power of sorts, and not even a BadassNormal, and he knows he's at a disadvantage when he's up against the Royal Family and the Royal Guard. But, his main strengths are his intelligence and patience, allowing him to accomplish so much with so little. To this effect, he came up with an elaborate scheme to separate the King, Rapunzel, and the Royal Guard to take the weak link of the Royal Family--the Queen. In doing so, he does a ''lot'' of emotional damage to the former two.
* WouldHitAGirl: He captures Queen Arianna, and later tries to kill both her and Cassandra.
* YouKilledMyFather: Blames Rapunzel, and by extension Corona, for not coming to him in his time of need and letting his father be trapped in crystal and swears that "they...will...pay." When really, it's his dad's own fault combined with his own personal recklessness.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Quirin]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/JonathanBanks\\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

Varian's father and the leader of the village of Old Corona. [[spoiler: In the past, he was a member of the Brotherhood of the Dark Kingdom, and a close consort of King Edmund.]]
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* FantasyForbiddingFather: He does not approve of Varian's inventions or alchemical pursuits, knowing full well how often they backfire.
* TheGoodChancellor: In the prologue of "Beyond the Corona Walls", [[spoiler:he once served as King Edmund's advisor, convincing him that the mysterious black rocks cannot be destroyed, which prompts Edmund to hide them at any cost, lest its power fall into the wrong hands.]]
* GoodParents: To Varian, despite his disapproval of Varian's inventions.
* MeaningfulName: His name means "magic spell", fitting in with the show's story being about the magic in play.
* OldFriend: Is referred to as this by King Frederic in "Queen for a Day".
* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler:He is implied to know more about the black rocks than he lets on, but he doesn't share this knowledge with his son, only telling him that the rocks are dangerous, and that he should keep away from them. This causes Varian to continue researching the rocks in order to prove himself... with [[TakenForGranite unfortunate consequences]].]]
* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler:He becomes encased in a form of crystal after one of Varian's experiments with the rocks goes awry]].
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His decision to withhold information about the rocks from his son Varian causes Varian to disregard his warning not to tamper with the rocks, and to attempt to find a solution to deal with the rock crisis. When Quirin finds out and confronts his son about it, he [[spoiler:becomes encased in crystal as a result of Varian's experiments, resulting in Varian's StartOfDarkness]].
[[/folder]]

!!Other Citizens

[[folder:Monty]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Richard Kind\\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A shopkeeper that's friendly to everyone in the Kingdom of Corona... except to Rapunzel.
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* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Being the NiceGuy, practically everybody in Corona's capital have nothing but good things to say about him. This only makes his [[DislikesTheNewGuy contempt for Rapunzel]] sting even more for her. Eventually he and Rapunzel come to a compromise as she becomes [[SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond the only one]] that doesn't like him (albiet with a light-hearted undertone to it).
* GoodOldWays: Monty is a traditionalist, Rapunzel's tendency to come at the status quo with a crowbar being the reason why [[SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond he does not like her]].
* NiceGuy: Aside from Rapunzel, he is an absolute sweetheart to everyone on Corona and is well loved as a result.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His physical appearance is apparently based on a composite of Creator/EricGoldberg and Bob Keeshan from Series/CaptainKangaroo.
* SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond: He's the only one to disagree with Rapunzel's HundredPercentAdorationRating.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Xavier]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/xavier_in_tangled_the_series.jpg]]
->'''Voiced by''': Creator/AdewaleAkinnuoyeAgbaje
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''\\

A blacksmith.
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* AlmightyJanitor: He's a blacksmith who has quite an extensive knowledge of Corona's folklore and magical stuff.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His mood reversal serum which he gave to Rapunzel, Eugene and Cassandra unwittingly kickstarted a lot of chaos that befell the kingdom. [[spoiler:And that is not getting to when Varian gets his hands on it...]]
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He gives a mood potion to Rapunzel, Eugene and Cassandra with the best intentions, but this turns out disastrously, when Varian later gets his hands on what's left of the potion and modifies it into an ominous truth serum to find out the location of the sun drop flower.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Other Residents of Corona]]

Other people who live in the Kingdom of Corona.
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* DanceLine: Rapunzel initiates one while touring the kingdom.
* FryingPanOfDoom: At the end, the Royal Guard seem to have adopted this as their primary weapon.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: 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. Finally, it was laughably easy for Flynn to swipe the tiara in the first place.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The voice of Feldspar the Cobbler (Creator/ZacharyLevi) is patterned after Ed Wynn, a comedian who worked in vaudeville, radio, and film.
* PoliceAreUseless: It says a lot that the most competent, efficient and devoted member of the guards is the guard leader's horse. Who ends up getting the guard leader's job. For his part, the Captain of the Guard has shown an incredible amount of devotion (how many guys can immediately resume chasing a thief after getting knocked unconscious?) and his heart's certainly in the right place. Unfortunately, he's let down by his poor decision making, his men, his lack of intelligence and his tendency to get knocked out at the worst possible time. However, the series reveals a more realistic explanation to this--they utilize predictable tactics.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: The sisters who braid Rapunzel's hair all look alike. Quite possibly, they're quadruplets.
[[/folder]]

!The City of Vardaros

[[folder:Vex]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Britt Robertson\\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A whip-smart no-nonsense teenager who sells weapons on the streets of Vardaros, and is well connected with the local criminals. She acts as Rapunzel and company's "guide" in Vardaros, but only if she's well paid.
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* BecomingTheMask: She only goes along with Rapunzel's scheme to reinspire Captain Quaid because she's being paid to act the part. It's a great surprise to her when ''she'' ends up being inspired even before Quaid is.
* TheDragAlong: She has no desire whatsoever to get involved in Rapunzel's crusades, and only does so because she's being paid. Even so, she spends most of her presence complaining and mocking Rapunzel's idealism.
* {{Foil}}: To Varian - Both are dark-haired teens who live in run-down areas and both undergo a change in morality not long after meeting Rapunzel. Varian started out as an {{Adorkable}}, optimistic alchemist, willing to help anyone for no charge at all, who eventually became a delluded, vengeful pyschopath. Vex was a no-nonsense, pessimistic weapons seller who only did errands, even for the likes of The Baron, for money, before seeing how noble it is to stand up and fight for her city's freedom.
* HatesBeingTouched: Refuses to be hugged by Rapunzel.
* HeelFaceTurn: She starts out remorselessly selling Eugene out to the Baron for a sack of cash. She ends up genuinely rallying the people as Vardaros' deputy sheriff.
* KnightInSourArmor: After the above, Vex takes up the sword to protect Vardaros even when nobody else cares. Given that she herself is TheCynic who only started caring that day, she's not at all happy about own her decisions.
-->'''Vex''': I can't believe I'm doing this. I feel like an idiot!\\
'''Eugene (fondly)''': Yeah, kid. Becoming one of the good guys will do that.
* MeaningfulName: To vex is to bring trouble to others, and she has a tendency to do that.
* PunchClockVillain: Tricks Eugene, Lance, and co. into going into a dark alley to be cornered by the Baron's men because the latter group gave her a pouch of money.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Captain Quaid]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Reg E. Cathey, Creator/KeithDavid[[note]]Reg E. Cathey passed away during the recording of "The Return of Quaid", his unfinished dialogue and beyond being filled in by Keith David.[[/note]]\\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

The old retired sheriff in Vardaros.
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* BeeBeeGun: He uses his bees when he confronts Anthony and the Collector.
* CynicismCatalyst: Everyone thinks Quaid gave up when he was finally defeated by an unstoppable mercenary called "the Collector." As it turns out, while he did lose he didn't really care. What actually made him lose heart was the way the townspeople gave up after seeing him lose, to the point where they didn't join him to fight against the Baron and let criminals take over the town, leaving him believing inspiring people was impossible. In the present, he sees the fact that Vex (who was born after Quaid's heyday) has grown to be an unabashed cynic as a sign that he was right all along, which is why Rapunzel uses her to try and change his mind.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: He makes good use of a jar of honey and his bees to defeat the Collector during his rematch with him.
* RetiredBadass: He was a great sheriff, but lost heart when the townspeople gave up after seeing him lose against a mercenary called the Collector. The whole plot of his debut episode is to make him drop the "Retired" part.
[[/folder]]

!The Dark Kingdom

[[folder:King Edmund]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/BruceCampbell\\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A bizarrely charming king, having ruled over the Dark Kingdom twenty-five years ago when it was troubled by the mysterious black rocks caused by the Moon Opal.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Appears to have lost his right arm in an attempt to destroy the Moon Stone.
* AntiVillain: He opposes Rapunzel and her friends, but [[WellIntentionedExtremist out of noble intentions]].
* ArcVillain: While more of a HeroAntagonist, he's essentially the de-facto arc villain for Season 2, as his goal is to keep people, including Rapunzel and her friends, out of the Dark Kingdom, with Adira (when she initially appears) and Hector following his will, and only appearing in the season's double-length special episodes.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He's part of a long line of badass kings and queens, and it shows.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Probably even more so than Adira. He is an indomitable badass in combat, curb-stomping all enemies with ease, but outside his combat is fairly goofy and charming.
* DarkIsNotEvil: He's not evil himself; his kingdom is named the Dark Kingdom ''because'' they are victim to the stone that birthed the black spiked rocks.
* DeathGlare: He attempts to give Eugene the "glower", with the same [[EpicFail effect]] Eugene's "smoulder" had on Rapunzel.
* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Lampshaded in "Destinies Collide" when Eugene discovers Edmund is his father and Edmund thinks he's making an aside comment:
-->'''Edmund''': I think this reunion is off to a great start! We're finding common ground, exchanging stories; I just might win him over yet.\\
'''Eugene''': You know, I can hear what you're saying.\\
'''Edmund''' [''apologizes'']: [[LampshadeHanging Oh... I'm sorry, I must be speaking my thoughts out loud.]] I have been alone a long time. [''clears throat''] How's this: You are unaware of what I'm thinking now, yes?\\
'''Eugene''': Yeah, no; you're saying everything that you're thinking out loud, and I can still hear all of it.\\
'''Edmund''': Drat! I will work on this skill.
* FamilyEyeResemblance: [[spoiler:He and Eugene have the same eyes.]]
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: PlayedForLaughs. In "Destinies Collide", he talks to himself about his schemes to gain Eugene's trust [[DidIJustSayThatOutLoud out loud, with Eugene standing right next to him]].
* HandicappedBadass: Lost his arm trying to destroy the Moon Stone, but can still hold his own against Eugene, Rapunzel and Adira at the same time and win.
* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: He ultimately realizes that keeping Rapunzel away from the Moonstone is wrong thanks to the conviction of his son, Eugene, and he allows her to fulfill her destiny.]]
* HeroAntagonist: King Edmund is only an antagonist because he refuses to let ''anyone'' touch the Moonstone and get killed, or make things worse.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: [[spoiler:He has a pathetic attempt at a DeathGlare reminiscent to that of Eugene's "smoulder".]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:It is revealed in the Season 2 finale that he is Eugene's father.]]
* MeaningfulName: Ed'''mund''', "mund" sounding similar to "moon".
* MyGreatestFailure: He is ashamed at his previous attempt to destroy the Moonstone, which nearly cost him his life [[spoiler: and ''did'' cost his wife hers.]]
* NoIndoorVoice: His skills at making inaudible aside comments aren't exactly up to snuff when Eugene mentions that he can hear his dad's thoughts, which are quite audible.
* PosthumousCharacter: Subverted. Hector indicated he was long dead since he last touched the Moonstone, and was only trying to honor his "dying wish". It turns out Edmund ''did'' recover. The last time Hector saw him, he was on his deathbed, and thought he died afterwards.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Adira]]
!!Adira
[[quoteright:181:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tangled_madame_canard.PNG]]

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KellyHu\\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A mysterious figure who seems to be associated with the black rocks. An old friend of Quirin from their time as members of the Brotherhood in the Dark Kingdom, she joins Rapunzel and her friends in their efforts to restore Corona after black rocks begin to appear in the kingdom.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Her name, appearance, and voice actress point to her being of an Asian ethnicity. She's voiced by Creator/KellyHu, which may serve as a hint to possible Asian heritage.
* AmbiguousGender: When she appeared in TheStinger for Season 1, her gender wasn't revealed. She's revealed in the Season 2 premiere to be a woman.
* ArcHero: For Season 2. She's the main hero responsible for helping Rapunzel reach her destiny to end the threat of the Moonstone.
* BlackSwordsAreBetter: She has a sword made of the same material that the black rocks are made of, which makes it indestructible and the only thing seen able to cut through them with it.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Let's just say her personality is not at all what her tall, intimidating appearance would suggest. Cassandra sums her up pretty well as a "weirdo".
* TheFaceless: In the Season 1 finale, the viewer can't see her face because the camera only shows her from the back. She also wears a "hoodie" over her head to hide her face from the side.
* HatesBeingTouched: One of the first things we find out about her is that she hates being touched. Hair counts, too.
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: She embraces that people find her "eccentric" and "unconventional", but finds it strange when Cassandra calls her a "weirdo".
* MeaningfulName: "Adira" means "a great female" in Hebrew.
* OlderThanTheyLook: She looks the same in the present as she does in a flashback showing her 25 years previous.
* RedHerring: There were several vague hints that made us think she would turn on Rapunzel once all was said and done. [[spoiler:Nope. That honor goes to Cassandra]].
* TheStinger: Appears at the end of "Secret of the Sundrop" wielding a sword similar to the black rocks that can cut said rocks.
* UnknownCharacter: Between her first appearance at the cliffhanger of Season 1 and the Season 2 premiere, nothing was known of her other than that she has the exact same marking on her right hand as on Quirin's left hand, so all we knew was that there was a connection between them.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hector]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hector_tangled.jpg]]
->'''Voiced by''': Kim Coates\\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A member of the Brotherhood, Hector is at odds with Adira's way of doing things and believes that Rapunzel and her friends should be kept out of the Dark Kingdom per King Edmund's wishes, and will stop at nothing to keep them out.

* ApologeticAttacker: To Adira, whom he still feels a kinship to despite their differences in opinion.
* BloodKnight: He firmly believes that violence is the solution to most problems, and enjoys inflicting it.
* MythologyGag: Hector's overall appearance (sinewy build, disheveled black hair, vivid green eyes, and fur collar,) brings a classic Disney villain to mind: [[Disney/TheLionKing Scar]].
* OlderThanTheyLook: He looks the same now as he did 25 years ago.
* UndyingLoyalty: To King Edmund, whom he believes to be dead and thus seeks to honor his will.
* VillainOverride: He becomes the victim of one, courtesy of Zhan Tiri.
[[/folder]]

!Other Characters

[[folder:Wilhelmina, aka "Willow"]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tangled_willow.png]]
->'''Voiced by''': Jane Krakowski\\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

Willow is Queen Arianna's outgoing, fun-loving sister, who spends most of her time exploring and adventuring. When she visits her family after a long absence, she instantly connects with her niece Rapunzel, who's dismayed to learn that her aunt and her mother are at odds due to their very different personalities and lifestyles.
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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Arianna loves her sister, but she's extremely irritated by Willow's carefree and irresponsible personality. Not helped by how Willow likes to tell Arianna's subjects about embarrassing stories of their youth.
* CommonalityConnection: With Rapunzel over their mutual disdain for footwear.
* CoolAunt: To Rapunzel.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Just like Rapunzel, and the two of them bond over this [[SharedFamilyQuirks shared family quirk]] to the point that [[HandyFeet they briefly "converse" by gesturing with their toes]].
* EarthyBarefootCharacter: As she puts it, "How can you know where you stand in the world if you can't feel the ground beneath your feet?"
* FeetFirstIntroduction: The first thing we see of her is her bare feet.
* {{Foil}}:
** To Arianna, with Willow being the Foolish Sibling in the FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling trope. While Arianna is willing to forsake her own needs for the good of others, Willow is one who avoids planting roots in any place and with anyone.
** She is essentially Rapunzel without her redeeming qualities (at least at first). While each of them loves painting and adventure, blends in perfectly among the pub thugs, and prefers going barefoot, Rapunzel is attentive to other people's problems and is willing to commit to responsibilities while Willow is InnocentlyInsensitive with a bad case of AttentionDeficitOohShiny.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The foolish to Arianna's responsible. Willow is pretty much a hippie while Arianna is TheHighQueen.
* FunPersonified: {{Deconstructed}}. She's a friendly, flamboyant, fast-talking extrovert, but she doesn't know how or when to restrain herself, much to Arianna's consternation.
* GenerationXerox: She proves that Rapunzel isn't the first person in her family to enjoy painting, going on adventures, or running around barefoot.
* GenkiGirl: An upbeat, hyperactive PerpetualSmiler.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: After years of absence, she reappears at Arianna's birthday party. She instantly draws attention away from her sister (which she's been doing since childhood), gives Ari a dangerous pet as a gift, and accidentally disrupts Arianna's plans to watch a meteor shower with Rapunzel. She doesn't realize how much Ari resents her for all this until receiving a ReasonYouSuckSpeech. However, she means well and never hurts her sister intentionally, and the episode ends with the two women starting to repair their relationship.
* OlderThanTheyLook: Just as her sister does, she too looks surprisingly young for her age. It probably runs in the family.
* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Arianna's Blue. She's impulsive and remarkably energetic, while Arianna is quieter and more composed.
* SiblingYinYang: With Arianna. Willow is easy-going, irresponsible and flamboyant, while Arianna is composed, refined and reliable.
* WalkingTheEarth: She prefers exploring and adventuring throughout the world to settling down in Corona--or anywhere else.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Lord Demanitus]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Creator/TimothyDalton, [[spoiler: Creator/DeeBradleyBaker (when in the form of Vigor the monkey) ]] \\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

An inventor and adventurer from centuries ago.
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* AscendedExtra: The man himself appears in Season 2.
* ChekhovsGunman: In "Queen for a Day", his device is used to prevent a dangerous blizzard from afflicting Corona. The man himself later appears in Season 2... [[spoiler:Or should we say the ''monkey'' himself?]]
* SealedInAPersonShapedCan: [[spoiler:"Lost and Found" reveals that he's been stuck inside Vigor's mind.]]
* WeatherControlMachine: The Demanitus Device is used to control the wind's trajectory in the mountains to prevent Corona from being afflicted by a blizzard.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Madame Canardist and Vigor the Visionary]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/madame_canardist.jpg]]
->'''Voiced by''': Carol Kane (Madame Canardist), Creator/DeeBradleyBaker (Vigor the Visionary)
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A mystical traveler who harbors a monkey, Vigor the Visionary, that she claims can see into the future.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Vigor the Visionary appears in the end credits of the original movie.
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Vigor doesn't actually lead Angry to what she was looking for, but he does lead them on a chain of strange coincidences that ultimately make her realize she doesn't really need it at all. Madame Canardist claims this was his intention all along, and then charges them for it.
* PunnyName: Madame Con-Artist. While she ''probably'' isn't lying about Vigor being mystical as Eugene thinks, she does take every opportunity possible to gouge customers of their money - including cutting off their readings before they come to what they wanted to hear or charging for things Vigor was only indirectly responsible for.
** A canard is a false or unfounded report.
* SealedInAPersonShapedCan: [[spoiler:"Lost and Found" reveals that Vigor houses Demanitus's spirit.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Goodberry]]
->'''Voiced by''': Lil Rel Howery\\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A fast-talking wrestling host who has the precious gemstone called "The Eye of Pincosta", which was once stolen by Eugene and Stalyan. When Eugene is arrested for his role in the theft, Rapunzel has to win a wrestling fight in order to regain it and secure his release.
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* AdvertisedExtra: Possibly due to Lil Rel Howery's existing fame, Goodberry was one of the new characters teased in the initial press release for Season 2. However, he had the smallest role of all the characters mentioned, appearing as a secondary character in a single episode.
* MotorMouth: One of his defining character traits.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Seraphina]]
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->'''Voiced by''': Katy Mixon
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A stunningly beautiful mermaid.
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* BigBeautifulWoman: Full figured, tattooed, and stunningly beautiful.
* InLoveWithTheMark: Stole a valuable pearl and initially only flirted with Hook Foot to trick him into hiding it for her. However, she genuinely came to care for him, and even willingly turned herself in so he'd be safe.
* MeaningfulName: "Seraphina" is derived from "seraphim", a type of [[Literature/TheBible angel]]. Double subverted when we actually meet her: she's a thief and a bit manipulative but ultimately good natured.
* ThreateningShark: Subverted. Her mermaid lower half is a shark, but she's not threatening at all.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: She's attracted to Hook Foot, of all people. Then again, they both have HiddenDepths.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kai]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KharyPayton\\
'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A new age thug.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:The New Flynn Rider]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChrisDiamantopoulos\\
'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Creighton]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Artemis Pebdani\\
'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A werewolf hunter.
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[[folder:Queen of Ingvarr]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/GinaTorres\\
'''Appearances:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A rival queen to Corona.
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[[folder:Princess Narcissa]]
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[ComicBook/TangledTheSeries Hair-Raising Adventures]]''

The princess of San Theodoros and the daughter of Queen Ainsley.
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[[folder:Sir Mericles]]
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[ComicBook/TangledTheSeries Hair and Now]]''

A circusmaster and the owner of Candor.
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[[folder:Candor]]
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[ComicBook/TangledTheSeries Hair and Now]]''

A phoenix owned by Sir Mericles. She can create illusions.
* CommonalityConnection: Part of why Rapunzel is so keen on freeing her; [[AbusiveParent she knows what it's like to not be free.]]
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[[folder:Pamona Percy]]
->'''Appearances:''' ''[[ComicBook/TangledTheSeries Hair and Now]]''

A famous painter, who was also secretly a sorcerer. After people began to criticize her art, she trapped them in her paintings and later trapped herself in one of her paintings.
* CantTakeCriticism: In-universe. She had a HeroicRROD and trapped whoever criticized her work, no matter if they meant it in a constructive way or if they meant it to be jerks. She later fell into a HeroicBSOD and stuck herself in one of her own paintings in self-exile. Rapunzel and co. manage to talk her out of her funk by complimenting her work, telling her to listen to constructive criticism, and to ignore the not-so-constructive criticism.
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''Warning: Unmarked spoilers below''.

Characters page for ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'', ''Disney/TangledEverAfter'', and ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries'' / ''Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure''.

[[folder:Pamona Percy]]

A famous painter, who was also secretly a sorcerer. After people began to criticize her art, she trapped them in her paintings and later trapped herself in one of her paintings.
* CantTakeCriticism: In-universe. She had a HeroicRROD and trapped whoever criticized her work, no matter if they meant it in a constructive way or if they meant it to be jerks. She later fell into a HeroicBSOD and stuck herself in one of her own paintings in self-exile. Rapunzel and co. manage to talk her out of her funk by complimenting her work, telling her to listen to constructive criticism, and to ignore the not-so-constructive criticism.

* GoldDigger: Averted. Initially seen as one by Cass in the series, due to his unemployment and shady past. She comes to respect him more as he starts training the guards to better catch crooks.

* CaligulasHorse: Averted. While he is a horse and gets appointed as the head of the royal guard, he is actually competent.

->'''Voiced by''': Music/MandyMoore, Delaney Rose Stein (as a child, film), Ivy George (as a child, TV show), Kelsey Lansdowne (''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII'') (English); Romina Marroquín-Payró (trailer and ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''), Danna Paola and Sara Paula Gómez Arias (as a child) (film, Latin American Spanish), Creator/ShokoNakagawa (Japanese), Park Sae-byeol (Korean)\\

-->'''Rapunzel''': ''I have magic hair that glows when I sing.''\\

'''Rapunzel''': ''I have... MAGIC HAIR THAT GLOWS WHEN I SING!''

->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ZacharyLevi (English); Creator/JoseGilbertoVilchis (trailer and ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''), Elmer Figueroa Arce aka Chayanne (film, Latin American Spanish), We Hoon (Korean), Hiroshi Hatanaka (Japanese), Music/MansZelmerlow (Swedish)\\

!!!Magical beings

[[folder:Matthews]]
!!Matthews/[[spoiler:Tromus]]
->'''Voiced by''': Gavin Creel
->'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A mysterious demon disguised as a man who is the proprietor of the House of Yesterday's Tomorrows.

* ArcVillain: In "Mirror, Mirror", "You're Kidding Me!", and "Rapunzeltopia".
* TheDragon: To Zhan Tiri.
* EvilSorcerer: He plans to trap Rapunzel within a nightmarish world by surrounding her with sinister magic vines.
* FamousLastWords: "[[PunctuatedForEmphasis This! Isn't! Over!]]"
* FauxAffablyEvil: As Matthews, he appears quite hospitable, until his secret identity as Tromus reveals his plans to snare Rapunzel inside some evil vines.
* FrenchJerk: As Matthews, he speaks with a snooty French accent, which is a cover for his real identity as Tromus.
* GreenAndMean: In his true form, he has green skin and wears a robe in shades of green, and he conjures green vines and green fire.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: After Rapunzel defeats him in the dream world, he turns to dust along with [[CollapsingLair the House of Yesterday's Tomorrows]].

[[folder:Zhan Tiri]]
!!Zhan Tiri
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/zhan_tiri.jpg]]
->'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

A powerful magical warlock sealed away in the Demanitus Device by Lord Demanitus. Despite his imprisonment, his power and network of loyal followers still lurk around in the shadows.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: We don't even know who or ''what'' Zhan Tiri is. His silhouetted form shows him having a demonic goat like head.
* TheGhost: He never makes a full appearance, only being mentioned a few times.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Of the series. Despite his status as TheGhost, his actions influence the course the series takes. He's the one who cast the curse on Corona that caused the blizzard, and indirectly led to [[spoiler:Varian's StartOfDarkness and status as ArcVillain for the remainder of the season]].
** He is also one in the tie-in comics, as while his followers are the main threat to Rapunzel, they are all acting on his orders.
** He also used the Great Tree, which has some connection to the Sundrop and Moonstone, and Mother Gothel was one of the three former acolytes of Demanitus who summoned him.
* GreenThumb: Thus far, almost every time he's been involved in matters save for the kingdom-encompassing blizzard has involved some form of incredibly deadly flora, to the extent that even his followers use plants in their efforts to further his goals.
* KnightOfCerebus: Though he doesn't appear, his actions that caused the events in "Queen for a Day" marked the point where the series takes a darker turn in tone.
* SealedEvilInACan: He's imprisoned by Lord Demanitus long before the start of the series.

[[folder:Mrs. Sugarby / Sugracha the Eternal]]
!!Mrs. Sugarby, A.K.A. Sugracha the Eternal
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mrs_sugarby.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see her true form.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/painters_block_19.jpg]][[/labelnote]]
->'''Voiced by''': Ellen Greene\\
'''Appearances''': ''[[WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries The Series]]''

An elderly woman. In truth, she's an evil spirit, taught by Zhan Tiri and sealed away in the Demanitus Device along with her master and fellow disciples by Lord Demanitus. She was released from the device when it was used by Rapunzel to stop a deadly blizzard, but failed to free her master and was sealed away again.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Appears to Rapunzel and her other victims as a pleasant old woman, but in reality is an evil spirit.
* TheDragon: To her master Zhan Tiri.
* EvilOldFolks: Appears in the guise of an elderly woman.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: People she hypnotizes get these. She also has these herself in her true form.
* ManipulativeBitch: Preys on Rapunzel's depression from the events of the blizzard to free her master.
* SealedEvilInACan: Was sealed alongside her master in the Demanitus Device, but was accidentally freed during the events of ''Queen For A Day''.
* SicklyGreenGlow: Her spirit form is colored green, and has a green aura around her.
* SquishyWizard: She has powerful magical abilities, meaning that neither Eugene nor Cassandra could even touch her. However, a single kick from Fidella puts her out of commission and seals her away again.
* WickedWitch: Has shades of this in her human form.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Brown hair and brown eyes.