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* NotThatOneThatOne: The dwarves say they're going to give Jack "Inga," and at first a pretty girl appears. Rapunzel teases Jack that they're giving him a wife. Instead, Inga is the pickaxe the girl is holding.

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* NotThatOneThatOne: NotThisOneThatOne: The dwarves say they're going to give Jack "Inga," and at first a pretty girl appears. Rapunzel teases Jack that they're giving him a wife. Instead, Inga is the pickaxe the girl is holding.

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* AdultFear:
** Stealing lettuce once will lead to your BadBoss stealing your child and keeping you separated from her.
** For Rapunzel, learning that your mother is abusive and lied to you, so that you live in a GildedCage. Then when you learn the truth, she locks you away so as to break your spirit.
** For Jack, [[spoiler: committing one crime to make life easier goes awry]], so that his mother has told him to GetOut and is terrified [[spoiler: when he returns to save her]].
* BoundAndGagged: Rapunzel does this to [[spoiler: Gothel]] in the climax of the first book.



* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Gothel's lieutenant, who taught Rapunzel how to lasso ropes. He spots her during an encounter and lets her go.
* MiseryBuildsCharacter: Gothel in the climax claims that she locked up Rapunzel in the tower to make her stronger, and she says SoProudOfYou when [[spoiler: a captured Rapunzel refuses to break]].



* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine: Blunderboar does this to [[spoiler: Jack, Rapunzel and Jack's mother]], casually explaining his plan while eating.



* NotThatOneThatOne: The dwarves say they're going to give Jack "Inga," and at first a pretty girl appears. Rapunzel teases Jack that they're giving him a wife. Instead, Inga is the pickaxe the girl is holding.



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* SheCleansUpNicelySheCleansUpNicely: Rapunzel when she infiltrates [[spoiler: Gothi's ball so as to rescue her mother and end her adopted mother's magic]].
* ShooTheDog: Jack's mother tries to do this when he attempts to rescue her, saying that [[spoiler: the Giant wants his head]].



* [[spoiler: TraumaticHaircut: Mother Gothel cuts Rapunzel's braids when she gets caught during the final battle. Rapunzel ends up keeping them, continuing to use them as whips in the sequel]].

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* [[spoiler: TraumaticHaircut: [[spoiler: Mother Gothel cuts Rapunzel's braids when she gets caught during the final battle. Rapunzel ends up keeping them, continuing to use them as whips in the sequel]].


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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Rapunzel in the second book tells Jack this [[spoiler: as the giant holds them and his mother hostage]] and he confesses that he is a bad guy. Rapunzel assures him, "You're one of the good guys, Jack."

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'''''Rapunzel's Revenge''''' is a graphic novel by award-winning author Creator/ShannonHale and husband Dean, illustrated by Nathan Hale ([[NamesTheSame no relation]]). The story follows a strong and independent Literature/{{Rapunzel}}, perfectly willing and able to save herself. Initially following the original fairy tale, Rapunzel is kidnapped, but in this tale she escapes herself via her long hair. The rest of the story chronicles her dealing with her pursuers and attempting to escape to freedom.

Followed by '''''Calamity Jack''''', which focuses on Jack having to face his past as he and Rapunzel travel back east to his hometown of Shyport to help his poor in-debt mother only to find the city ravaged by a race of Ant Men and under the supposed protection of a gang of giants, led by a crime lord named Blunderboar. With the help of one of Jack's old partners, a pixie named Prudence, and inventor/newspaper owner Freddie Sparksmith, they seek to uncover the truth behind the Ant Men attacks and free Jack's mother from Blunderboar's enslavement.

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'''''Rapunzel's Revenge''''' ''Rapunzel's Revenge'' is a graphic novel by award-winning author Creator/ShannonHale and husband Dean, illustrated by Nathan Hale ([[NamesTheSame no relation]]). The story follows a strong and independent Literature/{{Rapunzel}}, perfectly willing and able to save herself. Initially following the original fairy tale, Rapunzel is kidnapped, but in this tale she escapes herself via her long hair. The rest of the story chronicles her dealing with her pursuers and attempting to escape to freedom.

Followed by '''''Calamity Jack''''', ''Calamity Jack'', which focuses on Jack having to face his past as he and Rapunzel travel back east to his hometown of Shyport to help his poor in-debt mother only to find the city ravaged by a race of Ant Men and under the supposed protection of a gang of giants, led by a crime lord named Blunderboar. With the help of one of Jack's old partners, a pixie named Prudence, and inventor/newspaper owner Freddie Sparksmith, they seek to uncover the truth behind the Ant Men attacks and free Jack's mother from Blunderboar's enslavement.



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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Mother Gothel has no one who's loyal to her out of something other than fear. ''No one''.



* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Mother Gothel has no one who's loyal to her out of something other than fear. ''No one''.
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* PrinceCharmless: A wealthy plantation owner arrives at the tower in order to tell Rapunzel he'll rescue her, but is fully planning on stringing her along instead of upsetting Mother Gothel, as he admits... to Rapunzel, who has already escaped the tower.


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* EngineeredPublicConfession: In the sequel, [[spoiler:Jack secretly flips the on switch of Blunderboar's "omniphone" before getting him to talk about his nefarious plan and insult the townspeople he's hoodwinked.]]

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Followed by '''''Calamity Jack''''', which focuses on Jack having to face his past as he and Rapunzel travel back east to his hometown of Shyport to help his poor in-debt mother only to find the city ravaged by a race of Ant Men and under the supposed protection of a gang of giants, lead by a crime lord named Blunderboar. With the help of one of Jack's old partners, a pixie named Prudence, and inventor/newspaper owner Freddie Sparksmith, they seek to uncover the truth behind the Ant Men attacks and free Jack's mother from Blunderboar's enslavement.

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Followed by '''''Calamity Jack''''', which focuses on Jack having to face his past as he and Rapunzel travel back east to his hometown of Shyport to help his poor in-debt mother only to find the city ravaged by a race of Ant Men and under the supposed protection of a gang of giants, lead led by a crime lord named Blunderboar. With the help of one of Jack's old partners, a pixie named Prudence, and inventor/newspaper owner Freddie Sparksmith, they seek to uncover the truth behind the Ant Men attacks and free Jack's mother from Blunderboar's enslavement.


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* ManOfWealthAndTaste: Blunderboar, in the sequel. He's a giant with a taste for human bones; he also speaks eloquently, wears a three-piece suit with a frilly shirtfront, and lives in a lavishly-decorated penthouse suite.

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* ActionDressRip: In the climactic scene, Rapunzel cuts away the skirt of her ballgown with scissors (she's wearing bloomers underneath), along with the vines entangling her legs.



** Also, Brute.
-->'''Jack:''' His name is ''Brute''? Yeegh, that doesn't sound promising.



* SpoiledBrat: Rapunzel and Jack try to rescue a girl who was one of these. [[spoiler: We see where she gets it from when, after returning her to he father, he promptly tries to hang them]].

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* SpoiledBrat: Rapunzel and Jack try to rescue a girl who was one of these. [[spoiler: We see where she gets it from when, after returning her to he her father, he promptly tries to hang them]].
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** Inga is Chekhov's ''pickaxe''.
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'''''Rapunzel's Revenge''''' is a graphic novel by award-winning author ShannonHale and husband Dean, illustrated by Nathan Hale ([[NamesTheSame no relation]]). The story follows a strong and independent Literature/{{Rapunzel}}, perfectly willing and able to save herself. Initially following the original fairy tale, Rapunzel is kidnapped, but in this tale she escapes herself via her long hair. The rest of the story chronicles her dealing with her pursuers and attempting to escape to freedom.

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'''''Rapunzel's Revenge''''' is a graphic novel by award-winning author ShannonHale Creator/ShannonHale and husband Dean, illustrated by Nathan Hale ([[NamesTheSame no relation]]). The story follows a strong and independent Literature/{{Rapunzel}}, perfectly willing and able to save herself. Initially following the original fairy tale, Rapunzel is kidnapped, but in this tale she escapes herself via her long hair. The rest of the story chronicles her dealing with her pursuers and attempting to escape to freedom.
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* JackAndTheBeanstalkLiterature/JackAndTheBeanstalk
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Followed by '''''Calamity Jack''''', which focuses on Jack having to face his past as he and Rapunzel travel back east to his hometown of Shyport to help his mother's bakery only to find the city ravaged by a race of Ant Men and under the supposed protection of a gang of giants, lead by a crime lord named Blunderboar. With the help of one of Jack's old partners, a pixie named Prudence, and inventor/newspaper owner Freddie Sparksmith, they seek to uncover the truth behind the Ant Men attacks and free Jack's mother from Blunderboar's enslavement.

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Followed by '''''Calamity Jack''''', which focuses on Jack having to face his past as he and Rapunzel travel back east to his hometown of Shyport to help his mother's bakery poor in-debt mother only to find the city ravaged by a race of Ant Men and under the supposed protection of a gang of giants, lead by a crime lord named Blunderboar. With the help of one of Jack's old partners, a pixie named Prudence, and inventor/newspaper owner Freddie Sparksmith, they seek to uncover the truth behind the Ant Men attacks and free Jack's mother from Blunderboar's enslavement.
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Followed by '''''Calamity Jack''''', which focuses on Jack having to face his past as he and Rapunzel travel back east to his hometown of Skyport to help his mother's bakery only to find the city ravaged by a race of Ant Men and under the supposed protection of a gang of giants, lead by a crime lord named Blunderboar. With the help of one of Jack's old partners, a pixie named Prudence, and inventor/newspaper owner Freddie Sparksmith, they seek to uncover the truth behind the Ant Men attacks and free Jack's mother from Blunderboar's enslavement.

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Followed by '''''Calamity Jack''''', which focuses on Jack having to face his past as he and Rapunzel travel back east to his hometown of Skyport Shyport to help his mother's bakery only to find the city ravaged by a race of Ant Men and under the supposed protection of a gang of giants, lead by a crime lord named Blunderboar. With the help of one of Jack's old partners, a pixie named Prudence, and inventor/newspaper owner Freddie Sparksmith, they seek to uncover the truth behind the Ant Men attacks and free Jack's mother from Blunderboar's enslavement.
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Followed by '''''Calamity Jack''''', which focuses on Jack having to face his past as he and Rapunzel travel back east to his hometown of Skyport to help his mother's bakery only to find the city ravaged by a race of Ant Men and under the supposed protection of a gang of giants, lead by a crime lord named Blunderboar. With the help of one of Jack's old partners, a pixie named Prudence, and inventor/newspaper owner Freddie Sparksmith, they seek to uncover the truth behind the Ant Men attacks and free Jack's mother from Blunderboar's enslavement.
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* ICallItVera: The pickax that could break anything deemed unbreakable was named Ingra by the village that owned it.

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* ICallItVera: The pickax that could break anything deemed unbreakable was named Ingra Inga by the village that owned it.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Mother Gothel was abandoned by her parents because they disapproved of her growing magic.
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* AbusiveParents: Besides kidnapping her from her real parents, Mother Gothel isolates Rapunzel from the world, then leaves her up a tree for years when she becomes defiant, then finally just tries getting rid of her.
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* TheDragon: Brute
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* ICallItVera: The pickax that could break anything deemed unbreakable was named Ingra by the village that owned it.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Mother Gothel ends up being absorbed by her own totem]].
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* NoodleIncident: One guest at Gothel's party mentions that the year before involved a lot of goat cheese.

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* NoodleIncident: One guest at Mother Gothel's party mentions that the year before involved a lot of goat cheese.



* [[spoiler: TraumaticHaircut: Gothel cuts Rapunzel's braids when she gets caught during the final battle. Rapunzel ends up keeping them, continuing to use them as whips in the sequel]].

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* [[spoiler: TraumaticHaircut: Mother Gothel cuts Rapunzel's braids when she gets caught during the final battle. Rapunzel ends up keeping them, continuing to use them as whips in the sequel]].



* WeNeedADistraction: Jack provides one at Gothel's party. [[spoiler: He uses a bean]].

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* WeNeedADistraction: Jack provides one at Mother Gothel's party. [[spoiler: He uses a bean]].
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* NoodleIncident: One guest at Gothel's party mentions that the year before involved a lot of goat cheese.


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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Mother Gothel has no one who's loyal to her out of something other than fear. ''No one''.
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* DistractedByTheSexy: For one plan, Jack suggests Rapunzel put on a dress and invoke this. She says no.


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* SpoiledBrat: Rapunzel and Jack try to rescue a girl who was one of these. [[spoiler: We see where she gets it from when, after returning her to he father, he promptly tries to hang them]].


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* WeNeedADistraction: Jack provides one at Gothel's party. [[spoiler: He uses a bean]].
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* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Reminding him of his mother leads to [[spoiler: Brute's HeelFaceTurn]].


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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: ''[[SarcasmMode Now, with a name like the Devil's Armpit, you'd think it'd be a right jolly place.]]''

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* DoesntLikeGuns:

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* DoesntLikeGuns: ChekhovsGun: Mother Gothel is shown [[spoiler: trimming a small, pink tree early in the story. This turns out to be her [[AmplifierArtifact totem]]]].
* DisguisedInDrag: Jack's first appearance involves him doing, well, this.
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* [[spoiler: TraumaticHaircut: Gothel cuts Rapunzel's braids when she gets caught during the final battle. Rapunzel ends up keeping them, continuing to use them as whips in the sequel]].


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* WantedPoster: Rapunzel and Jack each get one. Rapunzel wonders why she was drawn that way while Jack's poster was from when he was [[DisguisedInDrag disguised in drag]], much to his embarrassment.
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* GreenThumb: Mother Gothel was born with a proficiency to magically grow plants. [[spoiler: After gaining a totem, she could quickly and easily grow or wilt plants at will and her influence expands all the time. This power is how she rules with an iron fist]].
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* DoesntLikeGuns:
-->'''Rapunzel:''' ''I was noticing how without guns in their hands, most folk around here turned pale. Made me realize I'd never seen Jack touch a gun except to throw it away.''
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'''''Rapunzel's Revenge''''' is a graphic novel by award-winning author ShannonHale and husband Dean, illustrated by Nathan Hale ([[NamesTheSame no relation]]). The story follows a strong and independent Literature/{{Rapunzel}}, perfectly willing and able to save herself. Initially following the original fairy tale, Rapunzel is kidnapped, but in this tale she escapes herself via her long hair. The rest of the story chronicles her dealing with her pursuers and attempting to escape to freedom.
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!!Tropes associated with this work:
* ActionGirl: Rapunzel.
* BraidsOfAction
* FracturedFairyTale
* JackAndTheBeanstalk
* MeaningfulName: Brute is strong, but not particularly smart, and works for [[BigBad Mother Gothel]].
* SettingUpdate: Rapunzel's Revenge is the Rapunzel story [[RecycledInSpace IN A SCHIZOTECH OLD WEST!]]
* SheCleansUpNicely
* {{Tsundere}}: Rapunzel to Jack
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