History Characters / Tangled

* 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.

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* GenkiGirl: The most energetic of all of the Princesses (only matched by [[Disney/TheLittleMermaid Ariel]] in her first days as a human).

* WiseOldFolkFacade: She steals baby Rapunzel and raises as her own daughter, teaching her own values and being a "caring mother". That, until her true colors are revealed and the facade is out after Rapunzel knows the truth about her origins and powers.

* 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]].

* 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.

** 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 is more eggs after all.]]

* {{Lunacy}}: [[spoiler:In the second season finale of ''The Series'', she gains the power to control the black rocks, which are the lunar counterpart to the sun flower.]]

* 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.

->'''Cass''': Cute's not really my thing, but I gotta admit, that's '''INSANELY CUTE!!!'''

* BilingualBonus: Eugene speaks fluent Italian and this is what tips him of when a fake Italian arrives at the castle, the way the imposter fails at basic Italian grammar/sentence structure.

* 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.

* 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.

* BloodKnight: There is nothing she enjoys more than a good fight.

* 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.]]

* OlderThanSheLooks: Despite being 18, Rapunzel could be mistaken for 16, or even 14.

* OlderThanSheLooks: 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.

* OlderThanSheLooks: She looks the same in the present as she does in a flashback 25 years previous.

* OlderThanTheyLook: He looked the same now as he did 25 years ago.

* OlderThanSheLooks: Just as her sister does, she too looks surprisingly young for her age. It probably runs in the family.

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As stated below, Fredric 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.

* WouldntHurtAChild: Fredric 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.

* HandicappedBadass: Lost his arm trying to destroy the Moon Stone, but can still hold his own against Eugene, Rapunzel and Adria at the same time and win.

* TheVoiceless: She's mostly silent; whether she actually can speak has not yet been established.

* OlderThanYouLook: He looked the same now as he did 25 years ago.

* HandicappedBadass: Lost his arm trying to destroy the [[spoiler: Moon Stone]], but can still hold his own against Eugene, Rapunzel and Adria at the same time and win.

** Varian may be off his rocker about King Frederic vilifying him, but it's 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.

* ActionMom: Well, adoptive mom, anyway.

* ItsAllAboutMe: To the point that poor Rapunzel can barely get a word in edgewise.

* 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.

* 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 ''Film/RalphBreaksTheInternet'' her comfy outfit includes sneakers.

[[folder:Cassandra]]

->'''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)\\

The film's {{Deuteragonist}}, a [[LovableRogue career thief]] on the run for stealing the missing princess' 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.

* 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' name.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In the original tale, "the prince" (who 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 didn'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" (who Flynn is based on) was 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's royalty all along.]]

* AmazonChaser: He met Rapunzel in a LoveAtFirstPunch nature. He complimented 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 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.

* 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 had read as a child.
* BackFromTheDead: Rapunzel's tear brought him back to life.

* 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 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.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Eugene mentions Rapunzel is the first person to like his real self better than who he pretends to be, which is why he falls in love with her.

-->'''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]].

* 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 narcisstic 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:
** Flynn tries to be this. Smolder, anyone? Unfortunately for him, since Rapunzel has no experience or understanding of seduction of any kind, [[NotDistractedByTheSexy she's completely immune to his moves (including said Smoulder)]]. He even attempted this on ''her mom'' in the past.
** In German, the word is "Schwachmacher", which basically means "weak-maker". As in, "thing that makes you weak at the knees". Oh, Flynn.
** It's implied though, that he ''had'' been a succesful charmer, as he [[ReallyGetsAround really got around]] prior to meeting Rapunzel. On one occasion, Rapunzel ordered Eugene to charm everybody out of a room. He succeeded within seconds. And later on in the series, we finally get to see the Smoulder to its full effect.
* ChildhoodFriends: He has known Lance Strongbow/Arnwaldo Schnitz since his childhood at the orphanage. They were very close friends, but their relationship is a bit rocky now that Eugene gave up his life as a thief.
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Flynn, at least at the start of the film, cares more for 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.

* DeathByAdaptation: Subverted. His counterpart in the source material suffered a nasty EyeScream instead of dying. The problem is still sorted by Rapunzel's tears, though.

* 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' tiara he stole back. He eventually warms up as he falls in love with Rapunzel and she convinces him to just be himself.

* DistressedDude: Rapunzel's interventions did 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 repaid the favor, by performing a HeroicSacrifice, thereby freeing Rapunzel from Gothel.

** 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' 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 embraces 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.

-->''"They just can't get my ''nose'' right!"''

-->''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.

* GoodFeelsGood: Is a staunch believer of this after putting aside his criminal ways, especially in the TV show. This was the lesson he tried to - and ultimately succeeded in - teach Red and Angry when they first met, 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.

* HasAType: He tells Rapunzel at one point he has a thing for brunettes. Or 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.]]

** He suspected that [[{{Fauxreigner}} a character]] from one episode is not who he claims to be because he can [[BilingualBackfire speak Italian]].
* HiddenHeartOfGold: "You can't tell anyone about this (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.

* 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.]]

* ImprobableWeaponUser: He did 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.

* IronicEcho: In the trailer, Eugene calling for Rapunzel to let down her hair was humorous. Less so for the single time he uses it in the movie.

* KarmaHoudini: {{Justified|Trope}}. Since he helped Rapunzel return to her birth parents, he was pardoned from stealing the princess' 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.

* 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 fells. 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' saddle. Thanks to RuleOfCool, nobody gets hurt. [[LampshadeHanging He's just as surprised as anyone else about that.]]

* LovableRogue: Invoked. He tries to cultivate this image, but his Wanted posters [[RunningGag just can't get the nose right.]]

-->'''Eugene''': Rapunzel, from the moment I first met you and you knocked me out with that frying pan, I knew it was love.

** 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.]]

--> "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?"

* NamedByTheAdaptation: He was only ever referred to as "the prince" in the original tale.
* NoHonorAmongThieves:

* NotWithThemForTheMoney: He fell 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.

* 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.

*** 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, making it possible that he knows more languages. He sometimes [[GratuitousSpanish drops in some spanish words]], so he likely knows Spanish, too.

* 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 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''.

* 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: Although the animated series reveals he's a prince, anyway...]]

* 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' daughter only increases the implication.

* 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* 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.

* BerserkButton: 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.