Tangled (franchise)

Tangled
Created by	Dan Fogelman [1]
Original work	Tangled (2010)
Owner	The Walt Disney Company
Years	2010–present
Based on	Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm
Films and television
Film(s)	Tangled (2010)
Short film(s)	Tangled Ever After (2012)
Animated series	Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017–2020)
Television film(s)	Tangled: Before Ever After (2017)
Theatrical presentations
Musical(s)	Tangled: The Musical
Games
Video game(s)	Tangled: The Video Game (2010) Disney Infinity (2013) * Kingdom Hearts III (2019) *
Audio
Soundtrack(s)	Tangled (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2010)
Original music	"When Will My Life Begin?" "Mother Knows Best" "I've Got a Dream" "I See the Light"
* Work where this franchise's characters or settings appeared as part of a crossover.

Tangled is a media franchise owned by The Walt Disney Company that began with the 2010 American animated film of the same name, directed by Nathan Greno and Byron Howard from a screenplay by Dan Fogelman. Produced by Roy Conli, the film featured songs by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, while Glen Keane, John Lasseter, and Aimee Scribner served as its executive producers. The film was loosely based on the German fairy tale "Rapunzel" from the 1812 collection Grimms' Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm.

The franchise consists of a feature film, a video game, a short sequel, a stage musical, and a television series, as well as a television film.

Film

Tangled (film)

Main article: Tangled

Tangled is a 2010 American animated musical adventure fantasy comedy film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It is loosely based on the German fairy tale "Rapunzel" from the 1812 collection Grimms' Fairy Tales by the Brothers Grimm. Featuring the voices of Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi, ^[2] the film tells the story of a lost, young princess with long magical hair who yearns to leave her secluded tower. Against her mother's wishes, she accepts the aid of a handsome intruder to take her out into the world which she has never seen. Composer Alan Menken, who had worked on prior Disney animated features, returned to score Tangled..

Short film

Tangled Ever After

Main article: Tangled Ever After

Disney released a short sequel named Tangled Ever After in theaters in early 2012. The plot revolves around Rapunzel and Eugene's wedding day and about Pascal and Maximus losing the wedding rings and bringing them back.

Television

Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2017 TV series)

Main article: Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure

A television series based on the film premiered on Disney Channel on March 24, 2017, entitled Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure . ^[3] The series takes place between the events of original film and the 2012 short Tangled Ever After , with Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi reprising their roles. ^[4]

Cancelled spin-off series

Shortly following the series finale of Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure , series' storyboard artist Kaitlyn Ritter revealed that she and Anna Lencioni had pitched an idea for a spin-off focusing on Varian titled Varian and the Seven Kingdoms. The series saw Varian learning that his mother, Ulla, was an alchemist and sets out on a journey to search for her after discovering her almanac. He teams up with three other young heroes named Princess Nuru, Yong and Hugo to learn the seven alchemical stages of transformation and collect a totem for each so as to be reunited with his mother while also evading her former partner Donella who wants the totems for herself. Varian would have also encountered his long lost cousins who shared his scientific fascinations. ^[5] Storylines would have revolved around Hugo being a hired agent of Donella who later turns on her and Ulla revealed to be the villain of the series with Varian trying to turn her good based on his own personal experience. According to Ritter, while Disney was enthusiastic with the project and even received support and encouragement, they ultimately passed as they felt that a series that focused on a Rapunzel-related character without Rapunzel would be risky. Disney even suggested changing Varian to a completely original character so as to be an original brand, but Ritter and Lencioni refused. ^[6]

TV film

Main article: Tangled: Before Ever After

The television sequel Tangled: Before Ever After , set between the events of Tangled and Tangled Ever After, was released on March 10, 2017. ^[7] Tangled: Before Ever After doubled as a pilot for Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure.

Musical

Tangled the Musical
Stage musical logo
Music	Alan Menken
Lyrics	Glenn Slater
Book	Glenn Slater [8]
Basis	Tangled by Dan Fogelman [1]
Premiere	November 11, 2015: Disney Magic

A stage musical adaptation of the film premiered on board the Disney Magic of the Disney Cruise Line on November 11, 2015, featuring three new songs by Menken and Slater. The show is one hour long, forty minutes shorter than the movie. The new songs are "Flower of Gold" (about the flower), "Wanted Man" (Eugene's backstory), and "When She Returns" during the festival. ^[9]

Music

• Tangled (2010)
• Tangled: The Series (2018)
• Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure (2019)
• Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure: Plus Est En Vous (2020)

Video games

Main article: Tangled: The Video Game

A video game based on the film was released on November 23, 2010, for two Nintendo consoles, Nintendo DS and Wii, as well as for the PC platform by Disney Interactive Studios. ^[10]

The figure of Rapunzel is available for the Disney Infinity video game series, ^[11] and is compatible with all three editions.

Rapunzel, Flynn, Maximus, Mother Gothel, and Pascal are playable characters in the video game Disney Magic Kingdoms . ^[12]

Mother Gothel, Rapunzel and Flynn Rider are characters that appear in Disney Dreamlight Valley

A world based on Tangled, "Kingdom of Corona", made its debut in the Kingdom Hearts series in the game, Kingdom Hearts III . ^[13]

Cast and characters

Main article: List of Disney's Tangled characters

Key

• A dark gray cell indicates the character was not in the film.
• A ^Y indicates an actor or actress portrayed a younger version of their character.

Characters	Film	Short film	Television film	Television series
	Tangled	Tangled Ever After	Tangled: Before Ever After	Tangled: The Series	Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure
				Season 1	Season 2	Season 3
Rapunzel	Mandy Moore	Mandy Moore		Mandy Moore	Mandy Moore
	Delaney Rose Stein Y			Ivy George Y
Eugene Fitzherbert	Zachary Levi					Zachary Levi
						Sean Giambrone Y
Cassandra			Eden Espinosa
Queen Arianna	Silent	Kari Wahlgren	Julie Bowen
King Frederic	Silent		Clancy Brown
Pascal	Uncredited voice		Dee Bradley Baker
Maximus	Uncredited voice	Nathan Greno
Mother Gothel	Donna Murphy		Photograph	Donna Murphy
Captain of the Guards	M. C. Gainey		M. C. Gainey			M. C. Gainey
Sideburns Stabbington	Ron Perlman	Nathan Greno		Ron Perlman		Ron Perlman
						Brian Hull Y
Patchy Stabbington				Ron Perlman

References

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3. Iannucci, Rebecca (June 3, 2015). "Disney Channel Making Tangled Series; Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi to Star". TVLine. TVLine Media, LLC. Archived from the original on June 4, 2015. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
4. "TV-Cap: TANGLED: BEFORE EVER AFTER Adds Ashley Judd and Many Others Nerdist". Nerdist. Archived from the original on June 16, 2018. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
5. Ritter, Kaitlyn (April 14, 2020). "Tumblr Post". Tumblr. Archived from the original on January 8, 2021. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
6. "Kaitlyn Ritter Talks Directing Monsters At Work: Following Dreams". YouTube. Wotso's Magical World. July 20, 2020.
7. Snetiker, Marc (January 14, 2017). "Rapunzel grows her hair back in Tangled sequel trailer". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 22, 2017.
8. "Tangled-The-Musical-Program-Disney-Magic.pdf" (PDF). Disney Cruise Line Blog. November 14, 2015. Retrieved December 27, 2022.
9. Tribou, Richard (November 15, 2015). "'Tangled' takes center stage aboard Disney Magic". Orlando Sentinel. Retrieved October 28, 2016.
10. "Disney Tangled: The Video Game Release Information for Wii". GameFAQs.com. Retrieved December 5, 2010.
11. Molina, Brett (November 20, 2013). "'Disney Infinity' to introduce Princesses". USA Today. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
12. "Update 33: Snow White, Tangled | Livestream". YouTube. September 6, 2019.
13. Riendeau, Danielle (June 16, 2015). "Watch the Kingdom Hearts 3 gameplay trailer". Polygon . Retrieved June 16, 2015.