Rapunzel
| Rapunzel | ||
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| Japanese | ラプンツェル | |
| Rōmaji | Rapuntseru | |
| Voice actors | (Ja:)Shōko Nakagawa (En:)Kelsey Lansdowne Delaney Rose Stein (child) | |
| Homeworld | Kingdom of Corona | |
| Origin | Tangled | |
| Game | Kingdom Hearts III | |
| Rapunzel |
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| Kingdom Hearts III |
| Tangled (2010) A girl with a lot of hair and a lot of heart. She set foot outside her tower, for the first time in her life, to see the lights in the sky that she had watched from her window since childhood. |
- "Best... day... ever!"
- —Rapunzel after escaping her tower
Rapunzel is a character from theKingdom of Corona inKingdom Hearts III. She is one of theNew Seven Hearts. She originated in the Disney filmTangled.
She lives withMother Gothel andPascal in a secluded tower.
Story[edit]
BeforeKingdom Hearts III[edit]
When Rapunzel was a baby, she was kidnapped by Mother Gothel from her real parents upon discovering that her hair had the ability to heal. Gothel then raised Rapunzel as her own daughter within a tower, hiding her from the rest of the world by warning her of its dangers, all to exploit her mystical hair to keep herself eternally young.
Throughout the years, Rapunzel would watch the floating lanterns that appear on her birthday and begins to yearn to see them in person.
Kingdom Hearts III[edit]
On her birthday, Rapunzel crosses paths with a criminal namedFlynn Rider. She blackmails him into helping her see the flying lanterns which mysteriously appear on her birthday each year. After leaving her tower, she encountersSora,Donald, andGoofy. She is bewildered by the nature of the outside world. Deeper into the forest, the group is ambushed by a group of toughNobodies, causing Rapunzel and Flynn to flee. Sometime when Flynn is away momentarily, Rapunzel is found by Gothel, who gives her the tiara Flynn stole, plotting to split the two of them apart.[1] Rapunzel and Flynn are eventually reunited with Sora, Donald and Goofy who also findMaximus and take him along.
The group eventually makes it to Corona where Rapunzel starts a dance with the townsfolk. At night, Rapunzel and Flynn are ready to watch the lanterns. Although Rapunzel is concerned it will not be like her imagination, Flynn tells her that she can find a new dream anyway. Rapunzel and Flynn have a nice time watching the lanterns fly. However, after the show, he mysteriously leaves with his crown on a boat.Marluxia tells Rapunzel she does not belong with Flynn and summons Nobodies, frightening her enough to cause her to run away. Rapunzel notices Mother Gothel attack them with a log and they disappear. The two then return to the tower.
At the tower, Rapunzel realizes she is the lost princess of Corona and confronts Mother Gothel. In an argument, Rapunzel realizes Flynn is about to be hanged for his crimes. Flynn manages to escape his death sentence and returns to the tower where he finds Rapunzel bound and gagged by Gothel who stabs him from behind. Rapunzel tells Gothel that if she lets her heal Flynn with the powers of her hair, Rapunzel will do whatever Gothel ask, even sacrificing her freedom for the rest of her life. Gothel accepts and while trying to help Flynn, he tells her that if Rapunzel heals him, she will die. He chops off her hair with a mirror shard, turning her blonde hair brunette, removing its healing properties, and causing Gothel to age to death.
Rapunzel holds Flynn as he dies and they reveal to each other that their new dream was being together. Rapunzel cries as Flynn dies, although her tears caused her remaining power to revive Flynn. Rapunzel leaves the tower with Flynn and she informs everyone that she is going to return home to be with her real family. It is also revealed Flynn has decided to use his original name Eugene.
Sometime afterXehanort's defeat, Rapunzel and Eugene embrace in the town of Corona.
Design[edit]
Rapunzel is a young woman with inhumanly long blonde hair and green eyes. She wears a pinkish purple dress with white sleeves, and is barefoot. While at Corona, her hair is braided with flowers. After Flynn cuts her hair off, it becomes shoulder length and brown.
Personality[edit]
- "I've spent my entire life hiding from people who would use me for my power when I should have been hiding from YOU! ...You were wrong about the world! And you were wrong about me! And I will never let you use my hair AGAIN!"
- —Rapunzel confronting Mother Gothel
Rapunzel is a spirited, kind, determined, and curious young woman. Due to her sheltered lifestyle, she often comes across as socially awkward. However, her introverted personality was short-lived as Flynn's meddling cause her to think of the outside world more and it empowers her to make a decision to leave the tower to witness the floating lights at the kingdom. Rapunzel is compassionate and bubbly, but can come off as naïve and indecisive when she was having a war with herself after escaping from her tower, without Mother Gothel's knowledge and permission.
Rapunzel does have a tendency to be slow to notice things. Despite Sora, Donald and Goofy being with Flynn the entire time she was going through her episode of debating to explore the world or go back home, she does not notice them until Sora speaks up. Additionally, she tends to be a bit naïve; Rapunzel lets Flynn know she never left the tower, having told him she hidden his satchel (which he could easily find with enough effort).
When Sora, Donald, and Goofy appeared, Rapunzel is initially very skeptical of them, but warms up to them instantly. She is frightened when aChief PuffHeartless scares her, but soon decides to bravely fight it alongside Sora and the party, and later tries to help fight whenReapers attack.
Abilities[edit]
Rapunzel'sGolden Hair is noted to have powerful magic of healing.
Rapunzel uses her hair in battle to swing and fight enemies. She improvises by hurling her hair to tree branches and swing around to damage nearby enemies. She can also hold her hair and spin around furiously to deal damage in a wide area. Rapunzel can also use her hair as a whip to deal damage to faraway Heartless with ease. Her hair is strong enough to be used as a rope as she and Sora are able to swing together from one hill to another.
Rapunzel is also able to call for theTangled TwistTeam Attack, in which she wraps the party up in her hair and launches them onto the enemies, causing damaging shockwaves upon impact.
After reaching the Kingdom of Corona, Rapunzel will no longer be a party member upon subsequent visits due to storyline and the loss of her hair.
Aside from her hair, she is also known to be a member of the New Seven Hearts, one of seven whose hearts have inherited the lights of thePrincesses of Heart.
Rapunzel's base stats are 30AP, 170HP, and 100MP. She has 2 armor slots, 2 accessory slots, and 3 item slots, two of which start equipped withPotions.
| Actions | |||||||||
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| Attack | Attribute | Power Multiplier | Form Value | Reaction Value | Revenge Value | Guard? | Repel LV | Status Effect | |
| Tangled Spin (タングルドスピン, Tangurudo Supin?) |  Physical | 0.5(x3)+1.5 | 0 | 0(x3)+1 | 0 | X | — | — | |
| Swings hair rightward 3 times while chasing the target, then swings hair and launches those struck. | |||||||||
| Tangled Smash (タングルドスマッシュ, Tangurudo Sumasshu?) | Physical | 1.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | — | — | |
| Extends hair on the spot and attacks with it like a whip at a long range. | |||||||||
| Linear Swing | Physical | 1.5(x3)+2.0 | 0 | 1(x4) | 0 | X | — | — | |
| Swings back-and-forth 3 times with hair hanging on a high branch, then slides forward and launches those struck. MP Cost: 10 | |||||||||
| Compass Swing | Physical | 1.5(x3)+2.0 | 0 | 1(x4) | 0 | X | — | — | |
| Wraps hair high up around a tree trunk, then swings sideways repeatedly, launching those struck. MP Cost: 15 | |||||||||
| Support Abilities | ||
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| Ability | AP | Description |
| Treasure Magnet | 1 | Automatically draw in and collect nearby prizes. Stack the ability to increase the effect. |
| HP Walker | 4 | Recover HP as you walk or run. Stack the ability to increase the effect. |
| Damage Syphon | 3 | Recover MP each time you take damage. Stack the ability to increase the effect. |
| More Team Attacks | 5 | Generate team attack commands more often. |
| Team Attack Extender | 3 | Extend the availability period of team attack commands. |
| Team Effort | 50 | Always start battles with a team attack command. (Unequipped by default) |
| Hyper Healing | 3 | Spring back from defeat in battle more quickly and with more HP. Stack the ability to increase the effect. |
Origin[edit]
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Rapunzel first appeared in the 2010 Disney animated filmTangled, voiced byMandy Moore, inspired by the protagonist of the original Brothers Grimm fairy tale. Rapunzel is the lost princess of Corona who was kidnapped as a baby from her parents Queen Arianna and King Frederic by a greedy woman named Mother Gothel, who seeks to use the magical powers of Rapunzel's hair to live as long as possible. Having been imprisoned by Gothel for eighteen years in a secluded tower with only her pet chameleonPascal for other friendship, Rapunzel has developed a strong desire to explore the outside world, but Gothel tries to end this desire by saying it is a cruel and dangerous place. On her eighteenth birthday, Rapunzel encounters a young man named Flynn Rider who enters the tower looking for a place to hide after stealing a tiara. After locking Flynn up and convincing Gothel to go on a three-day journey to find paint for her birthday, Rapunzel blackmails Flynn into helping her to find the lanterns that have appeared on her birthday.
Notes and references[edit]
- ^Kingdom Hearts III, Gummiphone, Story, Kingdom of Corona: "It was also Mother Gothel who had brought Rapunzel the tiara in an attempt to drive her and Eugene apart."
| Princesses of Heart |
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| Kairi |Alice |Snow White |Jasmine |Belle |Cinderella |Aurora |
| New Seven Hearts |
| Kairi |Rapunzel |Elsa |Anna |
