History Recap / TangledTheSeriesBeforeEverAfter

* DoesNotLikeShoes: While in the original movie it was more of a peculiarity about Rapunzel going barefoot, this pilot [[LampshadeHanging pokes fun at it]] by showing how someone mocks her for [[BarefootPoverty not wearing shoes while being royal]], her wiggling her toes on the ground because they are free, and Rapunzel has apparently never worn shoes before ''period'' when it turns out she has no ability to walk in anything besides her bare feet.

** Rapunzel went from being kept prisoner in a tower to being thrown into the ''incredibly'' restrictive role of princess, with an OverprotectiveDad who won't let her leave his sight without armed guards. This essentially means the events of the movie are still her ''only'' days of actual freedom she's ever had. Naturally, she is very antsy and dying to have just a single hour to herself.

Rapunzel grapples with the responsibilities of being a princess and the overprotective ways of her father. While she wholeheartedly loves Eugene, Rapunzel does not share his immediate desire to get married and settle down within the castle walls. Determined to live life on her own terms, she and her tough-as-nails lady-in-waiting Cassandra embark on a secret adventure where they encounter mystical rocks that magically cause Rapunzel's long blonde hair to grow back. Impossible to break and difficult to hide, Rapunzel must learn to embrace her hair and all that it represents.

* RealityEnsues:

* RejectedMarriageProposal: Rapunzel turns Eugene's proposal down. It's not a flat "no," however, just a "no, not yet," which he agrees to, though he doesn't undrstand why.
* {{Revenge}}: Lady Caine's father was a petty thief locked up after Frederic went to town on the kingdom's criminal element, and her attack in the opening movie is based off of revenge for that.
* RevengeByProxy: Adding to the above, Lady Caine seems to blame Rapunzel herself just as much for causing the king to crack down on crime, just because she was kidnapped as a baby!
* TheStinger: The last shot of the movie before the credits is a POVCam of someone staring at the black rocks surrounding the tablet that Rapunzel and Cassandra examined earlier.

* DramaticIrony: Fredric decides, at the end, that Rapunzel is no longer allowed to leave the kingdom without his consent, putting her in a similar situation to when she lived back at Mother Gothel's tower. Once again, Rapunzel knows she isn't going to quit.

** Also seen with Lady Caine when she openly blames Rapunzel for her criminal father being arrested and taken from her. Why? Because it was ''her'' disappearance that caused her father to crackdown on all criminals, including her dad. Never mind that Rapunzel was ''kidnapped as a literal baby'' and held captive against her will.
* DistantDuet: The last verse of "Life After Happily Ever After" becomes this.

** Also seen with Lady Caine when she openly blames Rapunzel for her criminal father being arrested and taken from her. Why? Because it was ''her'' disappearance that caused her father to crackdown on all criminals, including her dad. Never mind that Rapunzel was ''kidnapped as a literal baby'' and being help captive against her will.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Ever since Rapunzel disappeared, the King cracked down on all vice and crime in the kingdom, even petty crooks. This was a tad overkill, and became Lady Caine's motivation.

** Although Eugene's marriage proposal is well-meaning, Rapunzel turning it down is natural. Someone who's been imprisoned the first 18 years of their life is bound to feel anxious at any indication they'll be bound to one place for the remainder of their lives. However, this one's partially averted with the fact that she is ''not'' against marrying Eugene - she actually looks ''thrilled'' when he asks. It's the "never leaving the castle again, ever" thing that's the problem.

* HairReboot: Quite literally rebooted, too. Rapunzel's magical hair is restored by a blast of magic much like a jump-start. This soon becomes a problem for her because the cutting away of this hair was a symbolic growth of her choosing her freedom and individuality and she ends up regressed back to a state of captivity. Rapunzel’s goal for the series is to find out why this has happened.
* {{HandWave}}: At the end of the movie, Rapunzel lost her golden signature hair and de-powered to her natural brunette state after it was cut. Here, she receives a plot-contrived magical jolt that inflicts a HairReboot, explaining why she has the gold hair for the series.

* OminousLatinChanting: Plays while Rapunzel and Cassandra are running from the rocks when they suddenly sprout up behind them and when Rapunzel’s hair magically grows back.

** Having spent eighteen years not knowing where his daughter was or if she was even alive can do a number on someone's psyche. King Frederic's over-protectiveness may be overkill but it's not unrealistic given the circumstances.
** Although Eugene's marriage proposal is well-meaning, Rapunzel turning it down is natural. Someone who's been imprisoned the first 18 years of their life is bound to feel anxious at any indication they'll be bound to one place for the remainder of their lives.
** Then partially averted with the fact that she is ''not'' against marrying Eugene - she actually looks ''thrilled'' when he asks. It's the "never leaving the castle again, ever" thing that's the problem.

* TriumphantReprise: Following a brief DarkReprise of “Life After Happily Ever After”, Rapunzel sings an upbeat reprise of “Wind In My Hair” as she prepares to face the world one obstacle at a time.
* UngratefulBastard: King Frederic comes off as this at the end after Rapunzel, Eugene, and Cassandra repel the bandit infiltration in the castle, in the process saving him and the other nobles. Rather than see that his daughter can obviously handle herself and see perhaps he may have been too overprotective, Frederic instead confines her to the kingdom more strictly than before.

Rapunzel grapples with the responsibilities of being a princess and the overprotective ways of her father. While she wholeheartedly loves Eugene, Rapunzel does not share his immediate desire to get married and settle down within the castle walls. Determined to live life on her own terms, she and her tough-as-nails Lady-in-Waiting Cassandra embark on a secret adventure where they encounter mystical rocks that magically cause Rapunzel’s long blonde hair to grow back. Impossible to break and difficult to hide, Rapunzel must learn to embrace her hair and all that it represents.

* AgonyOfTheFeet: The very first time Rapunzel ever wears shoes in her entire life, and they're high heels. ''Ouch''.

* BaitAndSwitch: It looked like Lady Caine wanted to target Rapunzel, but her sight was the King that locked away her father.

* AdvancingWallOfDoom: Once Rapunzel touched the spikes, they started chasing her and Cassandra relentlessly.

--> '''Eugene:''' Hoooo.... hoooo mama! Ha! Okay! Okay... this is new, I mean, no, not new, right? 'Cuz we've seen this, obviously, that whole magic thing is involved again. It was magic, right? Actually, you know what, you don't need to tell me. I'm just going to go ahead and say you hair magically grew back, I'm not gonna ask how, obviously you don't want to tell me or else you wouldn't have tried to hide it from me so I won't ask how it grew back but tell me please how did it grow back? Don't answer that. The important thing is you're okay. You are okay, right? Because as long as you're okay, I don't care what happened, I mean I care, obviously I care but I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation - WHERE IS THE WAR!? - that you'll share when you're ready!

* IncrediblyLongNote: Rapunzel hits a bunch of these during "Wind In My Hair".

* AlmostKiss: Between Rapunzel and Eugine twice; they are interrupted by Cassandra each time. They finally get to kiss in the end.