History Literature / RapunzelAndTheLostLagoon

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Like in the film and series, Rapunzel hates wearing shoes, and one of the first things she does in the story is to kick them off.

* NoSocialSkills: Deconstructed with the relationship with Cassandra and Rapunzel. Cassandra secretly despises Rapunzel for being a SpannerInTheWorks and openly despises Eugene for his past as a thief, so she drops certain clues to Rapunzel and Eugene that Cassandra isn't interested in being their friend, but given that Rapunzel had been an unwitting prisoner for 18 years, she is ObliviousToHints and continues to be friendly with Cassandra, while Eugene really gets all the clues and begins to be confrontational to her.

** FriendlessBackground: In Chapter 6, Eugene asks Cassandra if she has any friends in the castle, and she answers that she doesn't have any and she doesn't need them. In chapter 31, because Cassandra [[spoiler:believes Rapunzel has given her frienship bracelet to Rapunzel's new friend Dahlia]], Cassandra thinks:

* BeneathNotice: Cassandra continually tries invokes this trope to fail miserably:

** At the dinner, Cassandra tries to slip into the dinning room unnoticed, only to be noticed by Queen Arianna.

** {{Malaproper}}: Being alone in a tower by 18 years have left Rapunzel without any exposure to common idioms, and she is overwhelmed when someone mentions idioms that everyone except her knows.

* NoSocialSkills: Deconstructed with the relationship with Cassandra and Rapunzel. Cassandra secretly despises Rapunzel for being a SpannerInTheWorks and openly despises Eugene for his past as a thief, so she drops certain clues to Rapunzel and Eugene that Cassandra isn't interested in being their friend, but given than Rapunzel had been an unwitting prisoner for 18 years, she is ObliviousToHints and continues to be friendly with Cassandra, while Eugene really gets all the clues and begins to be confrontational to her.

* WaitingForABreak: Cassandra's dream job is to be a Royal Guard, and she considers her job as a retainer of the Castle as being a SculleryMaid in forced servitude, an exaggeration of Cassandra's part. Cassandra's plan is to invoke this trope by mantaining a low profile in her job, avoid ''girly things'' (and into this category Cassandra considers meeting ''that girl'' Rapunzel) and train every free moment (and to take some free time) to be a Royal Guard. The only problem is that it precisely this attitude that creates Cassandra's SpringTimeForHitler.

The first part takes place one week after the ending of the film, ''WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}}'', and the second part six months later, after ''WesternAnimation/TangledBeforeEverAfter''. The book starts with Rapunzel being introduced to Cassandra, her handmaiden (who plays an important role in ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries''). Rapunzel and Cassandra alternate being first-person narrators throughout the book.

Time skip to six months later; in the meantime the events of ''Tangled Before Ever After'' happen, like Rapunzel getting back her long magical hair after touching the black rocks. Rapunzel and Cassandra now decide to ask the knowledgeable Xavier for information about Corona's history, before going back to the lagoon to further investigate.

* HappyEndingOverride: At the end of the movie, Rapunzel was reunited with her birth parents, accepted her role as princess, and got together with Eugene. All of that only sounds like a pure happy ending, but this book starts with her hating the "lessons in royal behaviour" she has to follow now, and feeling awkward towards her newfound parents even though she loves them, because she never knew them.

* RealityEnsues: At the end of the movie, Rapunzel was reunited with her birth parents, accepted her role as princess, and got together with Eugene. All of that only sounds like a pure happy ending, but this book starts with her hating the "lessons in royal behaviour" she has to follow now, and feeling awkward towards her newfound parents even though she loves them, because she never knew them.
** A lot of the tension in the book comes from Rapunzel not understanding her role as a princess. She invites people to her room even though that is forbidden, just because after 18 years of being an unwitting prisoner in a Tower, she [[IJustWantToHaveFriends just wants to have friends]].
** Cassandra skips her duties to [[WaitingForABreak train to become a Royal Guard]]. This is noticed immediately and Friedborg reports it to Cassandra's father.

* SculleryMaid: Invoked by Cassandra, who sees the work she does in the Castle as the equivalent of the modern BurgerFool. Its obvious to the reader that this job does not involve CinderellaCircumstances, but Cassandra being a {{Tomboy}} is only taking this job as WaitingForABreak to enter the Royal Guard.

* WaitingForABreak: Cassandra's dream job is to be a Royal Guard, and she considers her job as a retainer of the Castle as being a SculleryMaid in CinderellaCircumstances, an exaggeration of Cassandra's part. Cassandra's plan is to invoke this trope by mantaining a low profile in her job, avoid ''girly things'' (and into this category Cassandra considers meeting ''that girl'' Rapunzel) and train every free moment (and to take some free time) to be a Royal Guard. The only problem is that it precisely this attitude that creates Cassandra's SpringTimeForHitler.

* UpbringingMakesTheHero: It's implied that the Captain of the Guard is invoking this trope when he insists that his adoptive daughter Cassandra becomes Princess Rapunzel's LadyInWaiting, due to Cassandra [[spoiler:[[DeceptiveLegacy unknowingly]] being [[InTheBlood the daughter]] of Mother Gothel, the kidnapper of Rapunzel]].

* {{ChekhovsSkill}}: Cassandra and Rapunzel are practicing to master a martial arts move called the Winged Monster, because Cassandra needs the skill to get into the royal guards. At the end however, [[spoiler:they use the move to defeat the person who's threatening them in order to find the Lost Lagoon.]]

** Queen Ariana is revealed to be able to see BeneathTheMask and be a SecretSecretKeeper: She has known by a long time that Rapunzel is helping Cassandra to train to be a Royal Guard (Rapunzel's royal arrangments don't exacly look like the result of a careful study) and she didn't say nothing to anyone else.

** SurroundedByIdiots: Cassandra's actions to avoid becoming Princess Rapunzel's LadyInWaiting had resulted in SpringTimeForHitler, so she blames The Royal Family and her own father, and ironically, the only one who seems to realize Cassandra´s unhappiness is the person Cassandra despises the most:

* IdiotPlot: The plot would have resolved in five minutes if Cassandra would have told her father or anyone at the castle that she has no interest in becoming Rapunzel's LadyInWaiting, justified because Cassandra has showed in WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries that she CanNotSpitItOut due to her [[AbusiveParents upbringing]] and that everyone just assumes she wants to be one because is a great honor.

In the meantime, Rapunzel is also very busy with her duties as a princess, especially with a big festival in Corona coming up soon.

* UpbringingMakesTheHero: It's implied that the Captain of the Guard is invoking this trope when he insists to his adoptive daughter Cassandra to become the LadyInWaiting of Princess Rapunzel, due to Cassandra [[spoiler: [[DeceptiveLegacy unknowingly]] being [[InTheBlood the daugther]] of Mother Gothel, the kidnapper of Rapunzel]].
-->''"The return of the lost princess is the best thing that's happened to Corona,"'' my father said. He raised an eyebrow. ''"Surely you share the happiness of this moment, Cassandra, I would expect no less."''

-->The return of the lost princess is the best thing that's happened to Corona," my father said. He raised an eyebrow. "Surely you share the happiness of this moment, Cassandra, I would expect no less."
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* SpringTimeForHitler: Cassandra's dream is to be a Royal Guard, but as the daughter of the Captain of the Guard, a royal retainer, she is recruited as a maid in the castle. Then Cassandra plans to invoke WaitingForABreak: To work as a SculleryMaid [[BeneathNotice maintaining a low profile]], and trying her best to avoid meeting ''that girl'' Rapunzel, the long lost princess recently found. This way, Cassandra can use every free moment (and then take some free time avoiding her boring duties) training to become a Royal Guard. Ironically, when Cassandra ''misses'' her afternoon duties again to train for the guard, while she is practicing a shot, she captures Rapunzel attention. Cassandra promptly retires, only to spark Rapunzel's curiosity about the Strong, Fast and Mysterious Girl who was practicing shot. Rapunzel asks Queen Arianna, and she informs Rapunzel about Cassandra. Seeing Rapunzel's curiosity, Queen Arianna appoints Cassandra as Princess Rapunzel's LadyInWaiting, exactly the thing Cassandra did not want to become.

** Friedborg is revealed to be Queen Ariana's LadyInWaiting.

* FishOutOfWater: Rapunzel has a hard time adjusting to to the court and learning "royal behavior".

* SpringTimeForHitler: Cassandra’s dream is to be a Royal Guard, but as the daughter of the Captain of the Guard, a royal retainer, she is recluted as a maid in the castle. Then Cassandra plans to invoke WaitingForABreak: To work as a SculleryMaid [[BeneathNotice mantaining a low profile]], and trying to his best to avoid meeting ''that girl'' Rapunzel, the long lost princess recently found, so Cassandra can use every free moment (and then take some free time avoiding her boring duties) training to be a Royal Guard. Ironically, when Cassandra ''misses'' his afternoon duties again to train for the guard, while she is practicing with a shot, she captures Rapunzel attention. Cassandra promptly retires, only to spark Rapunzel curiosity about the Strong, Fast and Misterous Girl who was training with a shot. Rapunzel asks Queen Ariana, and she informs Rapunzel about Cassandra. Seeing Rapunzel curiosity, Queen Ariana appoints Cassandra as Princess Rapunzel LadyInWaiting, exactly the thing Cassandra did not want to achieve.

** A lot of the tension on the book comes about Rapunzel not understanding her role as a princess, inviting people to her room even when that is forbidden, just because after 18 years of being an unwitting prisoner in a Tower, she IJustWantToHaveFriends.
** Cassandra skips his duties to [[WaitingForABreak train for being a Royal Guard]]. This is noticed immediately and Friedborg reports it to Cassandra's father.

** FriendlessBackground: At Chapter 6, Eugene asks Cassandra if she has any friends in the castle, and she answers that she doesn't have any and she doesn't need them. At chapter 31, because Cassandra [[spoiler:beliefs Rapunzel has given her frienship bracelet to Rapunzel's new friend Dahlia]], Cassandra thinks:
--> ''Friends are stupid.'' That's why I never had any.

** When Rapunzel discovers Cassandra training instead of doing his chores, Cassandra quickly retires, making Rapunzel curious about that Strong, Fast and Misterous Girl. Also, Friedborg discovers Cassandra has not done his afternoon duties and denounces her to the Captain of the Guard.
** When Rapunzel insists Cassandra sits next to her in a dinner, Cassandra tries to resist until she realizes that any more resisting would draw attention to herself and concedes.
** At the dinner, Cassandra tries to slip into the dinning room unnoticed, only to be noticed by Queen Ariadna.
** When Cassandra tries to be [[spoiler: TheRunaway]], she expects that her abscence will not be discovered until next day. She is discovered in only some hours and everyone is very worried about her.

The first part takes place one week after the ending of the film, ''Disney/{{Tangled}}'', and the second part six months later, after ''WesternAnimation/TangledBeforeEverAfter''. The book starts with Rapunzel being introduced to Cassandra, her handmaiden (who plays an important role in ''WesternAnimation/TangledTheSeries''). Rapunzel and Cassandra alternate being first-person narrators throughout the book.

--> ''[[ThisIsGonnaSuck And yet here I was, doomed to babysite the world's peppiest princess.]]''

** When Cassandra tries to be TheRunaway, she counts that his abscence will not be discovered until next day. She is discovered in less than an hour and everyone is very worried.