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* GenreSavvy: Cassandra knows that Rapunzel is a PrettyPrincessPowerhouse ShowyInvincibleHero who has HundredPercentAdorationRating. Cassandra lies to Rapunzel about the Challenge of the Brave sing up, knowing that when Rapunzel enters the contest, she will win it with [[SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond (almost)]] universal acclaim. Cassandra tries to invoke a LoopholeAbuse only to be dismissed as a StopHavingFunGuys and cheats in a desperate attempt to beat Rapunzel to no avail. HardWorkHardlyWorks and FailureIsTheOnlyOption. Ironically, there was a way to win, but Cassandra is GenreBlind to it.

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* GenreSavvy: Cassandra knows that Rapunzel is a PrettyPrincessPowerhouse ShowyInvincibleHero who has HundredPercentAdorationRating. Cassandra lies to Rapunzel about the Challenge of the Brave sing up, knowing that when Rapunzel enters the contest, she will win it with [[SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond (almost)]] universal acclaim.acclaim, denyng Cassandra her IJustWantToBeSpecial dream. Cassandra tries to invoke a LoopholeAbuse only to be dismissed as a StopHavingFunGuys and cheats in a desperate attempt to beat Rapunzel to no avail. HardWorkHardlyWorks and FailureIsTheOnlyOption. Ironically, there was a way to win, but Cassandra is GenreBlind to it.
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* GenreSavvy: Cassandra knows that Rapunzel is a PrettyPrincessPowerhouse ShowyInvincibleHero who has HundredPercentAdorationRating. Cassandra lies to Rapunzel about the Challenge of the Brave sing up, knowing that when Rapunzel enters the contest, she will win it with [[SomebodyDoesntLoveRaymond (almost)]] universal acclaim. Cassandra tries to invoke a LoopholeAbuse only to be dismissed as a StopHavingFunGuys and cheats in a desperate attempt to beat Rapunzel to no avail. HardWorkHardlyWorks and FailureIsTheOnlyOption. Ironically, there was a way to win, but Cassandra is GenreBlind to it.

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* AnswerPiercingResponse: How Rapunzel explains Cassandra her attitude through the contest:

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*AnswerPiercingResponse: How Rapunzel explains Cassandra her attitude through the contest:
--> Respect? Cassandra, [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre I respect you more than you can possibly imagine]], [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee I look up to you. Why do you think I wanted to enter this thing in the first place?]] You are my friend, and, [Sighs] [[ExplainExplainOhCrap as your friend I should have realized how important this was to you]]. I'm so, so sorry.
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* MotiveRant: Cassandra's answer to Rapunzel:
--> A friend wouldn't be so [[InnocentlyInsensitive oblivious, Rapunzel.]]. You have no idea what this contests means to me. I mean you're a princess you've got nothing to prove, to you this was just a fun way to blow off a Saturday, but to me it was a chance to show everyone that I am more than just your LadyInWaiting. [[HardWorkHardlyWorks And just when I thought I might get the slightest bit of respect]]. [Sights]. [[CannotSpitItOut Never mind]].
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* LoopholeAbuse: Cassandra invokes this rope when she tries to disqualify [[DoesNotLikeShoes Rapunzel]] from one competition, to everyone else indifference.
--> ''Do you even know the rules? Aren't shoes required for the log roll.''
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* TrashTalk: Discussed by Cassandra and Rapunzel, Cassandra explains that intimidation is a strategy to win a game and proceeds to intimidate her competitors. This explains why the warriors were demeaning Cassandra as "only Rapunzel's LadyInWaiting", they are intimidating her ''because she is obviously so good there are no better strategies against her''.
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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Cassandra needs to choose between her frienship with Rapunzel or the respect as a warrior she had always craved in the competition.
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-> '''Rapunzel:''' ''[[HarsherInHindsight Wait]], stop, [[ForeShadowing we're supposed to be friends.]]''
-> '''Cassandra:''' ''A friend wouldn't be so [[InnocentlyInsensitive oblivious, Rapunzel.]]''

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-> '''Rapunzel:''' ''[[HarsherInHindsight [[HarsherInHindsight Wait]], stop, [[ForeShadowing [[{{Foreshadowing}} we're supposed to be friends.]]''
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--> '''Rapunzel:''' ''[[HarsherInHindsight Wait]], stop, [[ForeShadowing we're supposed to be friends.]]''
--> '''Cassandra:''' ''A friend wouldn't be so [[InnocentlyInsensitive oblivious, Rapunzel.]]''

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--> '''Rapunzel:''' ''A friend wouldn't be so [[InnocentlyInsensitive oblivious Rapunzel.]]''

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--> '''Rapunzel:''' '''Cassandra:''' ''A friend wouldn't be so [[InnocentlyInsensitive oblivious oblivious, Rapunzel.]]''
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--> '''Rapunzel:''' ''[[HarsherInHindsight Wait]], stop, [[ForeShadowing we're supposed to be friends.]]''
--> '''Rapunzel:''' ''A friend wouldn't be so [[InnocentlyInsensitive oblivious Rapunzel.]]''
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* PoorCommunicationKills: As [[http://www.nerdhq.com/tangled-the-series-review-challenge-of-the-brave/ this review]] points out, Cassandra could have spared both Rapunzel and herself a lot of trouble if she had revealed her feelings earlier in the story.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: As [[http://www.[[https://web.archive.org/web/20171031062456/https://www.nerdhq.com/tangled-the-series-review-challenge-of-the-brave/ com/tangled-the-series-review-challenge-of-the-brave this review]] points out, Cassandra could have spared both Rapunzel and herself a lot of trouble if she had revealed her feelings earlier in the story.

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* BadassPrincess: Rapunzel proves this trope beautifully by not only holding her own in a contest meant for hardened warriors, but actually ''winning''.


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* PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: Rapunzel proves this trope beautifully by not only holding her own in a contest meant for hardened warriors, but actually ''winning''.
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* BadassLonghair: Wreck Marauder's hair is longer than most of the other men in the series.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: As [[http://www.nerdhq.com/tangled-the-series-review-challenge-of-the-brave/ this review]] point out, Cassandra could have spared both Rapunzel and herself a lot of trouble if she had revealed her feelings earlier in the story.

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* PoorCommunicationKills: As [[http://www.nerdhq.com/tangled-the-series-review-challenge-of-the-brave/ this review]] point points out, Cassandra could have spared both Rapunzel and herself a lot of trouble if she had revealed her feelings earlier in the story.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: As [[http://www.nerdhq.com/tangled-the-series-review-challenge-of-the-brave/ this review]] point out, Cassandra could have spared both Rapunzel and herself a lot of trouble if she had revealed her feelings earlier in the story.

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* BadassLonghair: Wreck Marauder's hair is longer than most of the other men in the series.



* BeeAfraid: One of the contestants is a woman who wears a beard of bees.



* EyepatchOfPower: Wreck Marauder wears one.



* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Most of the contestants in the Challenge of the Brave have very intimidating names, especially favored contestant Wreck Marauder.
* NonchalantDodge: How Rapunzel gets past the swinging hammer gauntlet round by dancing past them. Extra points as she did it with her eyes closed.

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* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Most of the contestants in the Challenge of the Brave have very intimidating names, especially favored contestant Wreck Marauder.
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* NonchalantDodge: How Rapunzel gets past the swinging hammer gauntlet round by [[DanceBattler dancing past them.them]]. Extra points as she did it with her eyes closed.



* StopHavingFunGuys: A major part of Cassandra's resentment of Rapunzel comes from the fact that she's treating the Challenge of the Brave as a fun outing instead of a serious competition and still managing to beat people who have been training to win this for ages.

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* StopHavingFunGuys: [[invoked]] A major part of Cassandra's resentment of Rapunzel comes from the fact that she's treating the Challenge of the Brave as a fun outing instead of a serious competition and still managing to beat people who have been training to win this for ages.



* TookALevelInJerkass: Cassandra when she gets angry about Rapunzel actually being ahead of her in the contest. She even tries to sabotage Rapunzel in the last round by hiding her chosen weapon (a frying pan) for the Circle of Death match. Cassandra's anger grew when despite leaving Rapunzel weaponless, she still managed to eliminate most of the other competitors by tricking them into taking each other out. Not once has Cassandra even considered what she did could have gotten Rapunzel seriously hurt or worse, all out of petty {{pride}}.

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* TookALevelInJerkass: Cassandra when she gets angry about Rapunzel actually being ahead of her in the contest. She even tries to sabotage Rapunzel in the last round by hiding her chosen weapon (a frying pan) for the Circle of Death match. Cassandra's anger grew when despite leaving Rapunzel weaponless, she the princess still managed to eliminate most of the other competitors by tricking them into taking each other out. Not once has Cassandra even considered what she did that her actions could have gotten Rapunzel seriously hurt or worse, all out of petty {{pride}}.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"You're ''knot'' going to win this challenge. [[{{Pun}} It's a thinker.]]"'']]



* TookALevelInJerkass: Cassandra when she gets angry about Rapunzel actually being ahead of her in the contest. She even tries to sabotage Rapunzel in the last round by hiding her chosen weapon (a frying pan) for the Circle of Death match. Cassandra's anger grew when despite leaving Rapunzel weaponless, she still managed to eliminate most of the other competitors by tricking them into taking each other out. Not once has Cassandra even considered what she did could have gotten Rapunzel seriously hurt or worse, all out of petty pride.

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* TookALevelInJerkass: Cassandra when she gets angry about Rapunzel actually being ahead of her in the contest. She even tries to sabotage Rapunzel in the last round by hiding her chosen weapon (a frying pan) for the Circle of Death match. Cassandra's anger grew when despite leaving Rapunzel weaponless, she still managed to eliminate most of the other competitors by tricking them into taking each other out. Not once has Cassandra even considered what she did could have gotten Rapunzel seriously hurt or worse, all out of petty pride.{{pride}}.
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* TooDumbToLive: Eugene considers the contestants of the Challenge of the Brave to be this when he tells Rapunzel that an invite wasn't required to compete, just "be dumb enough to sign up". He did not expect Rapunzel to jump at the opportunity.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: Cassandra when she gets angry about Rapunzel actually being ahead of her in the contest. She even tries to sabotage Rapunzel in the last round by hiding her chosen weapon (a frying pan) for the Circle of Death match. Cassandra's anger grew when despite leaving Rapunzel weaponless, she still managed to eliminate most of the other competitors by tricking them into taking each other out.

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* TookALevelInJerkass: Cassandra when she gets angry about Rapunzel actually being ahead of her in the contest. She even tries to sabotage Rapunzel in the last round by hiding her chosen weapon (a frying pan) for the Circle of Death match. Cassandra's anger grew when despite leaving Rapunzel weaponless, she still managed to eliminate most of the other competitors by tricking them into taking each other out. Not once has Cassandra even considered what she did could have gotten Rapunzel seriously hurt or worse, all out of petty pride.
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* StockScream: One of the competitors lets out a Goofy Holler when thrown in the air.

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* ImprobableWeaponUser: Rapunzel didn't know how to notch an arrow onto a bow, so she uses a guitar for a bow instead, and actually gets a bulls-eye.

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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Cassandra wants to win the Challenge of the Brave so she can finally prove to everyone that she's more than just a pretty face, but Rapunzel keeps unintentionally stealing the spotlight from her.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Rapunzel didn't know how to notch an arrow onto a bow, so she uses a guitar for a bow instead, and actually gets a bulls-eye.


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* StopHavingFunGuys: A major part of Cassandra's resentment of Rapunzel comes from the fact that she's treating the Challenge of the Brave as a fun outing instead of a serious competition and still managing to beat people who have been training to win this for ages.

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* BadassPrincess: Rapunzel proves this trope beautifully by competing in a contest meant for hardened warriors [[spoiler: and actually winning.]]

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* BadassPrincess: Rapunzel proves this trope beautifully by competing not only holding her own in a contest meant for hardened warriors [[spoiler: and warriors, but actually winning.]]''winning''.



* ImprobableWeaponUser: Rapunzel didn't know how to notch and arrow onto a bow, so she uses a guitar for a bow instead, and actually bulls-eyes a target.

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* ImprobableWeaponUser: Rapunzel didn't know how to notch and an arrow onto a bow, so she uses a guitar for a bow instead, and actually bulls-eyes gets a target.bulls-eye.



* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Most of the contestants in the Challenge of the Brave have very intimidating names, especially favored contestant Wreck Marauder.



* TheResenter: Cassandra becomes this to Rapunzel, getting increasingly jealous how Rapunzel was actually advancing through the rounds rather easily.

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* TheResenter: Cassandra becomes this to Rapunzel, getting increasingly jealous angry about how Rapunzel was actually advancing through the rounds rather easily.
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* BlatantLies: Eugene and Pascal were originally seated right in front of the arena area, but their constant disruptions caused the usher to move them to the "VIP" area, which was WAY in the back. The usher does this again when Eugene and Pascal were still loud. Finally, the usher escorts them to the "special VIP" seating area, which was a pig's mud hole some distance outside the arena. Turns out that particular VIP mean Very Important Pig.



* TheResenter: Cassandra becomes this to Rapunzel, getting increasingly jealous how Rapunzel was actually advancing through the rounds rather easily.

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* TheResenter: Cassandra becomes this to Rapunzel, getting increasingly jealous how Rapunzel was actually advancing through the rounds rather easily.easily.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Cassandra when she gets angry about Rapunzel actually being ahead of her in the contest. She even tries to sabotage Rapunzel in the last round by hiding her chosen weapon (a frying pan) for the Circle of Death match. Cassandra's anger grew when despite leaving Rapunzel weaponless, she still managed to eliminate most of the other competitors by tricking them into taking each other out.
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* BadassPrincess: Rapunzel proves this trope beautifully by competing in a contest meant for hardened warriors [[spoiler: and actually winning.]]
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Rapunzel didn't know how to notch and arrow onto a bow, so she uses a guitar for a bow instead, and actually bulls-eyes a target.
* LiteralMinded: When Cassandra stated she was going to psyche out the other competitors with trash talk, Rapunzel thought she meant talk about garbage.
* NonchalantDodge: How Rapunzel gets past the swinging hammer gauntlet round by dancing past them. Extra points as she did it with her eyes closed.
* TheResenter: Cassandra becomes this to Rapunzel, getting increasingly jealous how Rapunzel was actually advancing through the rounds rather easily.
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Cassandra trains for the Challenge of the Brave competition being held in the kingdom where the fiercest of warriors compete for glory and respect. She is taken off-guard when Rapunzel decides to compete as well despite being the princess, so Cassandra lies to her about needing an invite to compete. When Eugene reveals that anyone can sign up, Rapunzel seizes the opportunity, much to Cassandra's shock. Cassandra's jealousy rises when Rapunzel manages to actually take the lead in the contest.
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