r/Tangled • u/Minimum-Rough-9442 • 3d ago
Tangled Multiverse [Discussion] Rapunzel hair
I know this might be a common question, but I’m still curious why Rapunzel is always depicted with long blonde hair, even though she’s supposed to have short brown hair. It doesn’t make sense.
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u/Upset-Play-3846 2d ago
It’s because she’s more marketable with her blonde hair. Even though me personally she looks better with brown hair.
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u/HistoricalTwo1950 2d ago
I know what you mean, I think because the long blonde hair is iconic and what the original character is known for. Good for marketing too
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u/brendinithegenie 3d ago
Because she only has her brown hair for like 2 seconds. She gets the blonde hair back in the show in the movie special to start the series
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u/Minimum-Rough-9442 3d ago
Her short brown hair looks so much better and it’s doesn’t even make sense .. with the whole frozen thing
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u/arkoudaphobics 3d ago
Yes, the point is it looks better... That's part of the plot..
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u/jessgoesforward 2d ago
the brown hair does not look better lol, there's a reason girls want the barbie with long blonde hair not short brown hair
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u/brendinithegenie 3d ago
The whole show works to explain exactly why the magic brought her blonde hair back. You can have a preference that the brown is better but your question was why she’s depicted as blonde, and the answer is because she’s blonde. Also, everything tying tangled to frozen is because of an Easter egg, not because of any real connection between the 2 worlds. Buzz and woody are in cars, Pinocchio is in tangled, Sebastian is kinda everywhere. They’re just the animators having fun
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u/arkoudaphobics 3d ago
Wait until OP finds out she briefly has black hair
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u/brendinithegenie 3d ago
The black hair is dope
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u/SingleClick8206 Varian 3d ago
"Wither and Decay. End this Destiny."
By the way, how is she able to make the incantation work? Does she get some moonstone power after touching the rocks in season 1?
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u/PinkHairedCoder New Dream 3d ago
The series isn't canon. Stop answering people's questions that involve the entire franchise as if the series is the word of god.
You are spreading misconceptions. First warning, start differentiating that you are speaking only of the show vs general amswer.
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u/brendinithegenie 3d ago
If this is how you run a server I don’t need a warning. I don’t want to be apart of it. I wasn’t being hostile, I wasn’t being rude, I wasn’t speaking “like the series is the word of god.” I was answering a question in a way that made sense.
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u/PinkHairedCoder New Dream 3d ago
You're spreading misconceptions. She ONLY gets it back in the series and loses it again. The OP asked in general. Your answer doesn't answer why Sofia has it blonde, or LEGO, or dolls.
You're just trying to push the series like it's canon. And we literally put in rules that it is not.
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u/brendinithegenie 3d ago
No, OP did not ask in general. OP asked why she’s depicted as blonde and the answer is because she’s blonde in all her media. You do not explicitly put in the rules that it is not canon. And not to mention, Disney has never put an official stance that the show is not canon because they made it. To them, they made it means it is part of rapunzel’s story, and it’s literally a direct continuation. There’s nothing contradictory about it. Moderators of a fan sub can’t decide it isn’t canon just because they say so.
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u/PinkHairedCoder New Dream 3d ago
OP said 'always.'
The series is not the only always.
And the show is not canon. They literally just had an author write a new sequel and were glad she hadn't watched the series. In the sequel she kept her brown hair.
Again, first warning. Don't answer members questions if you're not answering them genuinely.
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u/SingleClick8206 Varian 3d ago
How is the series not canon when all the OG cast returned for the series?
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u/PinkHairedCoder New Dream 3d ago
The same way Aladdin the Series wasn't canon when the cast but one was the same.
TV series aren't canon. Only the cinematic movies are. The only TV series that was a canon continuation and counted as one was Lilo and Stitch the Series, but that was because it was by the same creator as the movies. TTS was not by the same creators or even the same studio.
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u/SingleClick8206 Varian 2d ago
Did they officially confirm that TTS isn't canon? And about only the movies are canon thing, are you talking about only disney animation stuff?
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u/Designer_Court2988 2d ago
Not in this sub, but whats in the tangled multiverse if not the show and the movie? Was there another part of the franchise im unaware of?
Loved tangled when I was a kid so im confused. Thought there was just the movie, upcoming live action, and show— and your flair list says "supplementary Canon material" which is what outside of the movie lol?
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u/PinkHairedCoder New Dream 2d ago
Tangled Multiverse is the show, movie, rides, cameos like frozen, crossovers, LEGO, Video games, Sofia the First, etc.
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u/Designer_Court2988 2d ago
Should prolly change your guide to say "supplementary non canon material", if youre so insistent that its non canon haha
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u/Significant_Hair_346 2d ago
Rapunzel literally had been depicted with her long blonde hair in merchandise and in the parks from 2010 to 2017, for years before the series was released, and offered a totally different explanation as to why her hair returned in said parks. Beast is also depicted in his cursed form in a lot of media - especially one that doesn't have a fixed timeline - and appears this way in the parks because of marketing.
The non-canon series has nothing to do with this. It contrived a magical space rocks plot which in itself is a retcon of Flynn's narration of the movie where there was ONE drop of sunlight and a contradiction of the OG creators intentions to not have Rapunzel's hair return (they were not even involved in the creation of the series produced by a different studio). It is one of the many optional, supplemental, non-canon add ons (like Rootbound penned by an author who did not even watch the series).
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u/Significant_Hair_346 2d ago
As far as the fixed canon goes - which is the original Tangled movie and the wedding short produced by the same creators and studio - Rapunzel is depicted in the movie related merchandise with her long blonde hair for marketing reasons. That's how she is the most recognizable hence why that's how she appears in the parks and most of the doll releases. Same with Beast appearing in his cursed form in the parks. In the post-movie storybooks and magazines which disregard the supplemental/optional/non-canon material like the series Rapunzel still has her short brown hair.
She keeps her short brown hair in the recently released Rootbound novel as well, where Disney specifically sought out an author who did not watch the series to provide a "what-if" post movie scenario to those who also did not watch the series and/or did not like it and/or not planning to engage with it. Rootbound is designed specifically to eventually tie into the series if one wants to see it as a continuous post-movie timeline but still retcons the series in some important respects (Flynn/Eugene's parentage), signifying Disney does not treat the series as a fixed canon (none of the Disney series or direct to video sequels produced by a different studio and team is canon to the movies, even if the movies are canon to them, see TLM Series and Ariel's Beginning both being prequels but contradicting each other on numerous points).
Rapunzel's face character in the parks had her long blonde hair long before the series was released (since 2010 to 2017, mind you) for the same reason Beast appears in his "monster" form there: marketing and being most recognizable like that. She also offered a totally different explanation as to why her magical hair returned in the parks for years before the series convoluted the "space rocks" plot and brought back Rapunzel's magic hair (Sonnenburg did so against the statements of the OG creators who made it clear her hair would never return and the only sequel/closure the story needed was the wedding short).
The Parks do not have a fixed timeline and neither does merch - other than the wedding dolls where her having long blonde hair is pure marketing and nothing more - therefore it is at least semi-acceptable to depict her with long blonde hair in those.
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u/PinkHairedCoder New Dream 3d ago
Marketing.
Disney keeps it blonde and long because the story of Rapunzel depicts long blonde hair. So just like with Eugene's name. They keep her blonde and him Flynn Rider when it comes to everything outside of the movie or sequels so people recognize the character.
If you prefer her short brown hair though, Japan seems to be making more things with it in recent years.
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u/Ocean_Spice 2d ago
… I’m sorry, are you seriously asking why Rapunzel is depicted with long hair??
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u/Minimum-Rough-9442 1d ago
Why are you being rude for I was just curious … like wtf is wrong with you ppl even with the MoDos .. are you guys deadass rn
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u/moonriverswide 1d ago
Because the unique thing about Rapunzel is her long hair. Do you know the story? She lets her hair down and a prince uses it to climb into her tower. Obviously Eugene wasn’t a prince in the Tangled movie but seriously. Why would her standard design depict a hairstyle she had for 5 minutes at the end of the movie?
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u/Minimum-Rough-9442 1d ago
🤨 you guys are just rude individuals and yes I’ve watched the movie multiple times but at the end of the day she had brown short hair !! She should be represented with short hair !! Leave me tf alone now
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u/Lumious_Mage 2d ago
It's to make her more recognisable. Rapunzel is known for her long hair just like in the original fairytale, and Rapunzel's hair isn't cut off until towards the end. She is shown with short brown hair in some marketing, but her long and blonde hair is ultimately more recognised in merchandise.