YMMV / Barbie as Rapunzel

• Accidental Innuendo: During the scene where Otto suggests that Gothel give Hobie to him so that he can eat him, Otto lets out a very suggestive moan in between sentences, as if he wants Hobie for a... different reason.
• Awesome Music: Seriously, just listen to the basic theme.
• Ensemble Dark Horse: Penelope is easily the most beloved character of the film. She has a very cute design, Cree Summer gives a wonderful performance, and she easily has the most Character Development in the film. Penelope is also often considered the best of the sidekicks in the Barbie movie series, especially since that they often range from being divisive at best and despised at worst.
• Friendly Fandoms: A lot of fans who grew up with this movie also ended up being fans of Tangled. Fan works crossing the two over are common online.
• Memetic Mutation: Otto's aforementioned moan, as well as the scene where he's engulfed in dragon fire.
• Moral Event Horizon: Gothel casting a spell that would imprison Rapunzel in a tower forever, simply because she thought that she was lying to her, when in truth, Rapunzel was honest the whole time, but Gothel is unable to see it. Of course, the fact that she kidnapped her in the first place with the full intention of causing a war and thus thousands of deaths entirely out of spite probably means she crossed it earlier.
• Older Than They Think:
  • The much-later Tangled (Disney's adaptation of the same fairy tale) has a lot of details that were first seen in this film, such as the witch being named Gothel, Rapunzel being a painter and a kidnapped princess, and a few of the costume designs (most notably dresses with similar appearances and lilac/purple coloring).
  • The movie itself is not Barbie's first crack at the story; aside from various picture books and dolls, there was notably a CD-ROM game adapting the story from the 90's. Nowadays, it's often gets confused with the movie's own Licensed Game.

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