History YMMV / Tangled

** Well, on the "genuinely caring for Rapunzel" part, the film strongly implies that Gothel directs said adulation towards the ''hair'', and transitively, her own youth. Also, while Gothel seems to (understandably) maintain Thanatophobia, the film continuously alludes to her much more prominent obsession with youth and beauty; hence, the mirror in the tower wherein she may keep a watchful eye upon her appearance and her subsequent frenzies upon noticing wrinkling skin or graying hair whither she frantically bequeaths Rapunzel to sing the youth-restoring spell. She encapsulates this behavior in this line to Rapunzel during which she nurses her own ego and vituperates the young princess: "Look in that mirror. I see a strong, confident, ''beautiful'' young lady. Oh, look you're here, too. Mahahahaha." Then she habitually uses the JustJokingJustification to dismiss her pervasive denigration of Rapunzel, which merely reiterates her apparent concern for her "daughter" and simultaneously accentuates the subtle, sinister, and rather distressing facets of their relationship. Not only does Gothel exploit Rapunzel, but she uses degradation to reign over (watch she sees as) her reservoir of youth. Conclusively, Gothel perceives aging as more of a pique than an outright issue of fatality, and kidnaps and verbally abuses the princess to satisfy her incorrigible vanity.

** Sympathetic, sure. Justified?? Good god....

* CharacterAlignment: Rapunzel is NeutralGood, as she is sweetness and life itself. Flynn is starts as TrueNeutral (maybe even NeutralEvil) since he is selfish and only works for himself, but grows into ChaoticGood. [[spoiler: The Pub Thugs are]] also ChaoticGood. Maximus is LawfulGood, though he grows less lawful after he realizes Flynn really loves Rapunzel. Gothel is textbook NeutralEvil, since her selfishness is taken UpToEleven in terms of her emotional abuse and her protectiveness of the flower's power. The Stabbington brothers are probably ChaoticEvil.

* CharacterAlignment: Rapunzel is NeutralGood, as she is sweetness and life itself. Flynn is starts as TrueNeutral (maybe even NeutralEvil) since he is selfish and only works for himself, but grows into ChaoticGood. [[spoiler: The Pub Thugs]] are also ChaoticGood. Maximus is LawfulGood, though he grows less lawful after he realizes Flynn really loves Rapunzel. Gothel is textbook NeutralEvil, since her selfishness is taken UpToEleven in terms of her emotional abuse and her protectiveness of the flower's power. The Stabbington brothers are probably ChaoticEvil.

* CharacterAlignment: Rapunzel is NeutralGood, as she is sweetness and life itself. Flynn is starts as TrueNeutral (maybe even NeutralEvil) since he is selfish and only works for himself, but grows into ChaoticGood. [[spoiler: The Pub Thugs]] are also ChaoticGood. Maximus is LawfulGood, though he grows less lawful after he realizes Flynn really loves Rapunzel. Gothel is textbook NeutralEvil, since her selfishness is taken UpToEleven in terms of her emotional abuse and her protectiveness of the flower's power. The Stabbington brothers are probably Chaotic Evil.

** Don't forgot "I've Got A Dream".
* {{Fanon}}: Already fanfic writers have started a trend where Rapunzel calls [[spoiler: Eugene]] by his former assumed name of Flynn Rider affectionately, instead of using his real name, in fics.

** Yes, that's why that {{Fanon}} is noted here, it's an aberration from the film's basis for their relationship.

* LoveItOrHateIt: Flynn's real name, [[spoiler: Eugene]] has split people who have watched the movie into two groups; those who like or actually love the name and those who think it's "meh" and that Flynn suits him better.

** The Pub Thugs get a CrowningMomentOfFunny song with "I've Got a Dream".

** Don't forgot "I've Got a Dream".

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Alan Menken composed the score for this film; the songs may not be up to a Disney/BeautyAndTheBeast or [[TheLittleMermaid Little Mermaid]] calabre, but they're still great. "When Will My Life Begin" and its reprise in particular are awesome.

* {{Tearjerker}}:
** [[spoiler: Flynn's [[HeroicSacrifice heroic]] death at the end.]] The expression of pure anguish on Rapunzel's face seals this particular scene.
*** Also, the heartbreaking look on Rapunzel's face when [[spoiler: she is led to believe Flynn betrayed her.]]
** The King and Queen sorrowfully lifting this year's lantern. It's written all over their faces that they're losing hope. *sniff*
** Flynn's face [[spoiler: when he realizes where Rapunzel is. And ''worse'' once he's at the tower and thinks she's gone.]] Don't cry, Flynn!
** [[spoiler: "You were my new dream." "You were mine."]]

* FetishFuel: Rapunzel's hair is a hair fetishist's dream, and then there's the whole Rapunzel-tying-Flynn-up-with-her-hair thing that invokes a bondage fetish.

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: The lantern scene with Flynn and Rapunzel on the lake, especially when Flynn brings out the two lanterns he had prepared for them both. "I See the Light" playing in the background certainly helps too.

* RonTheDeatheater: Likewise, the Gothel apologists are claiming all the problems in the movie were the fault of the king and queen for destroying the flower in the first place, even though they didn't know that it could be used without consuming it, and Gothel was the only one who could have told them how.

* NightmareFuel: Rapunzel and Flynn [[PrimalFear trapped in a sealed cave with water rapidly rising,]] [[spoiler: Mother Gothel's degenerating during her death.]]

** The lantern scene with Flynn and Rapunzel on the lake, especially when Flynn brings out the two lanterns he had prepared for them both. "I See the Light" playing in the background certainly helps too.

* DracoInLeatherPants: Mother Gothel. While some debate can be made over whether she actually cared for Rapunzel or not, some defenders seem to be claiming that her kidnapping and imprisonment of Rapunzel was ''justified''.

** I think Mother Gothel's reprise of "Mother Knows Best" deserves an honorable mention. That song is EPIC.