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Rapunzel is a former friend of Princess Fiona and a double agent for Prince Charming and his army.

Biography[]

Shrek 2[]

While Rapunzel doesn't physically appear, her star home is seen when Shrek and Fiona are going to the Far Far Away palace. In one of the pages Fiona’s diary, there is a drawing of the latter in a tower with Prince Charming climbing her hair, an allusion to the Rapunzel fairy-tale.

Shrek the Third[]

Rapunzel is first seen with the other princesses attending King Harold’s funeral. She is later seen during Fiona's baby shower until Prince Charming invades the castle and the princesses and Queen Lillian escape secretly. Eventually, Rapunzel pretends to find an exit and runs all the way to where Charming really is. The princesses and the Queen follow, but they are cornered by Charming's knights. Rapunzel then reveals her true nature that she is actually on Charming schemes and his girlfriend and shows off her love and affection towards him and the ladies are imprisoned in a dungeon.

While they are imprisoned, Rapunzel is practicing for her role in Prince Charming's play. In the final performance, she sings and acts as a princess on top of a tower (mimicking Princess Fiona, whose situation itself was a mimic of Rapunzel's), but the play is interrupted by Shrek's friends and wife. Gingy enters the stage and uses her beautiful hair to descend the tower, almost like a bungee cord. He accidentally pulls off all of her hair and Rapunzel gasps in horror as it is revealed that she is actually bald and her precious hair is just a wig. A humiliated Rapunzel flees from the stage, with her tower being knocked onto Charming a few moments later.

Swamp Talk[]

Rapunzel was referenced in the episode "Celebrity Fairytale Couples", being paired with Lancelot where there couple name was "Rapunzelot".

Description[]

Rapunzel is a fair-skinned princess with very long blonde hair (which is later revealed to be a wig near the end of the movie) styled in an elegant manner- spiraling up in a very high updo on top of her head which is wrapped with a thick braid that flows down from the very top. She wears a tiara on the lowest level of her updo. She also has light green eyes. She has a slim, curvy figure and a gorgeous face.

Her primary outfit consists of a long golden dress with red stripes on the sleeves and skirt, a gold necklace with a flower pendant around her neck and red studded butterfly earrings. Her funeral attire is a recolored version of her usual gown, that being black and brown.

For Charming’s performance, her outfit is fairly altered; as she wears a golden square-neck dress with orange swirled patterns and a small emblem of the castle on the bodice.

Personality[]

Initially, Rapunzel is quite reserved and meek but blatantly opinionated, as shown when she states that Fiona and Shrek need to work on their marriage after having children. After revealing herself to be on Charming's side, she's shown to be backstabbing, belligerent and greedy. She has little remorse about her actions and her overall selfishness leads to her defeat. She is particularly in love with her hair, which she considers her best feature, hence her complete dismay when it is pulled from her head and revealed to be a wig.

Nevertheless, she appears to have some standards. At Harold’s funeral, she genuinely seems upset about his passing (though this may be to conceal her ultimate alignment). She seems to have a sympathetic side and this is evidenced when she reminds Charming to not hurt Fiona, the princesses and Queen Lillian as he promised, though she doesn’t rebel any further when Charming silences her. Just before the princesses are led to their dungeon, she turns back and gives a sorrowful expression on her face. Despite this, her passivity and greed get the better of her which prohibits her from redeeming.

Rapunzel believes herself to be the most beautiful woman in all the lands, taking great pride in her unrivalled beauty. She is particularly proud of her hair, which she believes to be her most seductive feature and wears like a crown upon her head. She often stares at herself in the mirror for hours on end, totally captivated by her own immense beauty. Her worst nightmare was always people finding out that she was actually bald and that her alluring hair was actually fake. When her nightmare came true and her bald head was revealed, she was completely consumed by intense humiliation and depression.

She appears to resent Snow White, claiming that the latter being voted the fairest of the land was merely because the election was rigged. This causes Snow White to sardonically mock Rapunzel's prized hair, foreshadowing her defeat. There were many rumours that Rapunzel wore hair extensions - which she tried desperately to dispel - however nobody realised that her precious hair was actually entirely fake.

Trivia[]

  • Prior to Rapunzel's debut in Shrek the Third, she was referenced in the queue for Shrek 4-D where she had a personal ad that said "Single shut-in princess seeks anyone with a romantic spirit and a ladder. Must like big hair."
  • Before Rapunzel was inducted by Disney in 2010 for the film's name Tangled.
  • While she and Sleeping Beauty were not altered for promotional images, her merchandising counterpart is drastically different; she wears her hair down which has a single thick braid, has purple eyes, and sports a salmon and yellow gown.
    • Moreover, she is always depicted to be on the heroes team instead. This was likely done to avoid spoilers about her true allegiance in the film.

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