The following is a list of characters from the franchise Tangled which includes the 2010 film of the same name, Tangled Ever After (2012), Tangled: Before Ever After (2017), as well as the 2017-2020 television series Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure which was previously titled Tangled: The Series.
The franchise takes the classic Brothers Grimm fairy tale character Rapunzel and expands on the surrounding world with new characters and settings.
Introduced in film Rapunzel
Princess Rapunzel (voiced by Mandy Moore and Kelsey Lansdowne in Kingdom Hearts III), born with magical healing hair as the result of the power of the sun drop, was kidnapped by Mother Gothel so she could use the power of Rapunzel's hair. Growing up, her hair was never cut (since doing so destroys its power); by the time she was 18, it was 70 feet long. Rapunzel eventually escapes with Flynn Rider and goes on an adventure that changes her life. Always optimistic and searching for the brighter side of things, Rapunzel does all she can to help her friends and family by showing that nothing can keep her down.
Flynn Rider
Eugene Fitzherbert, born Horace and better known as Flynn Rider, (voiced by Zachary Levi), was abandoned by his father in order to protect him. Flynn grew up as a cocky thief. His luck changed when he found himself unwillingly rescuing Rapunzel from a tall tower. Since then, he has fallen in love with her and has changed his ways to be by her side by protecting her at all costs until he eventually weds her. He is shown to prefer Eugene as his name in Tangled the Series.
Pascal
Pascal (voiced by Frank Welker and Dee Bradley Baker in all forms of media) is a chameleon who was washed away one rainy night until he found himself adopted by a young Rapunzel. Considered Rapunzel's best friend, Pascal is ever loyal to her and despite his small appearance, hides boundless energy that always comes in handy when protecting his friend.
Maximus
Maximus (voiced by Frank Welker and Dee Bradley Baker in all forms of media) is a horse for the royal guard. For years, he has been dead set on bringing in Flynn Rider to face his crimes. However, due to Rapunzel's influence and Flynn's eventual reformation, Maximus has become one of their closest allies. A strong, sturdy and reliable horse, Maximus is more of a soldier than the actual soldiers in Corona.
Mother Gothel
Mother Gothel (voiced by Donna Murphy in all forms of media) is the main antagonist of Tangled. Her actual age is around 400 years old, and due to this Gothel became obsessed with regaining her youth. She was ultimately forced to kidnap Rapunzel and raise her as her own at the cost of abandoning her birth daughter, Cassandra. Gothel mostly cares for her own vanity and while she brings out her maternal instincts, underneath it all she is a cruel and sinister woman who will not stop at anything to get what she wants.
The Stabbington Brothers
Sideburns and Patchy Stabbington are unrelenting twin criminals. They are recognized by their tall intimidating appearances, scarred features and orange hair. As their names imply, one has noticeable sideburns and wears a green tunic and leather arm bands while one has an eye patch and black leather tunic with long sleeves. While both are credited, only Sideburns actually speaks while Patchy is silent. They first appear in Tangled; having teamed up with Flynn Rider (Eugene Fitzherbert) to steal the royal tiara from Corona. Eugene betrays the two and they are captured by the royal guards. They manage to escape and plot revenge, only to run into Mother Gothel who hires the two of them to not only get back at Eugene, but also to get Rapunzel. She of course betrays the two and they are captured once again. They briefly appear in Tangled Forever After where they have apparently reformed, though still imprisoned, and are in attendance of Eugene and Rapunzel's wedding, bawling during the reception.
The Stabbington Brothers appear in Tangled: The Series, which chronologically takes before Tangled Forever After. They once again try to get their revenge on Eugene, this time with Cassandra also caught in the middle, but are defeated and reimprisoned. They next appear on a prison ship alongside other criminals that Rapunzel and Eugene have faced in the past. Together, they try to kill Eugene and Maximus after they accidentally end up on their ship, but Rapunzel and her allies arrive and defeat them. Due to their constant defeats, the Stabbington Brothers start to be viewed as jokes by the criminal community and once again plot to kill Eugene. This time, they kidnap Eugene's father, King Edmund, but are once again defeated, but then rescued by Eugene. The two are surprised that Eugene would do such a thing despite their animosity towards him, implying that this act is what causes them to reform. In "No Time Like the Past", the Stabbington Brothers are revealed to have known Eugene and Lance Strongbow since they were teenagers and it is implied that they were the ones to induct them into a life of thievery. The events of the past are slightly muddled for them however as Rapunzel and Pascal had traveled back in time due to a magical hourglass that also allowed them to take over their bodies. Due to their influence, the Stabbingtons indirectly teach Eugene to be much more selfless.
Captain of the Guards
The Captain of the Guards is the unnamed head of the Coronan guards. He is a tall, well-built man usually adorned in gold armor and helmet and sporting a mustache. He is loyal to the Kingdom of Corona and is well disciplined. In Tangled, he has almost made it his whole career to chase down Flynn Rider who'd become a notorious thief in the area. He manages to finally capture Flynn, now going by his real name Eugene, and was ready to send him to the gallows, but is thwarted by the Pub Thugs who knock him out and rescue Eugene. He is not seen again for the rest of the film.
The Captain gets more development in Tangled: The Series, where he is revealed to have an adopted daughter named Cassandra, a handmaiden who wishes to be a guard. Despite her being heavily qualified for the position, something which he identifies, the Captain is overly concerned for her and wants to protect her. However, he still is at odds with Eugene due to their past relationship and was heavily against him becoming a member of the guards. Over time, he does become more accepting of him. In the season one finale "Secret of the Sun Drop", the Captain discovers that Cassandra was indirectly responsible for Rapunzel's current condition. He does not speak out against King Frederic's decision to have her sent to a convent; something he deeply regrets and causes a rift between the two. They make up when Varian attacks Corona and he finally sees her as a capable woman and potential soldier.
The Captain does not return until season three. In "Rapunzel's Return", a flashback reveals that he and his guards where close to capturing Mother Gothel after she had kidnapped Rapunzel, but lost her. He instead finds Cassandra (who is revealed to be Gothel's biological daughter) and adopts her as his own after she was abandoned by her mother; unlike Gothel, who did not love Cassandra, the Captain did truly love her. In the present, he sent out a search party to look for Rapunzel after the Separatists of Saporia take over the kingdom. By the time Rapunzel, Eugene, and their friends return, he is still gone. Following an encounter with Cassandra and learning of her turn to evil, he is revealed to have ended up on Terapi Islands, the home of the Lorbs. He uses one of the Lorb artifacts to bring to life a four-year-old version of Cassandra to raise without all of his current regrets. Rapunzel and her friends arrive and learn that the longer the wish stays, the worse it becomes. The Captain, after seeing that the young Cassandra had no shadow and realizing that she isn't real, ultimately chooses to move on and destroys his wish; returning to Corona to resume his place. Following a nightmare about confronting Cassandra, the Captain steps down from his position and hands his title over to Eugene, having fully accepted him as a hero. After Cassandra is redeemed, the Captain reunites and makes amends with her while seeing her off to venture the world. It is heavily implied that Cassandra had accepted him as her true parent.
King Frederic
King Frederic is the father of Rapunzel and the King of Corona. When his wife became sick late into her pregnancy, he ordered his guards to look for "a miracle" to save his wife. They found the sundrop flower and his wife was cured in time to give birth to a daughter. One night, the infant was stolen by Mother Gothel and King Frederic sent out his guards, but were unsuccessful. For the next eighteen years, Frederic and Arianna held a festival in honor of their missing daughter, by launching lanterns into the sky, in the hopes that she will one day see them. Frederic and Arianna were shocked when Eugene Fitzherbert, formally criminal Flynn Rider, showed up one day to present their daughter, Rapunzel, now fully grown and hugged them. Frederic returns in Tangled Ever After where he got to walk his daughter down the aisle of her wedding. Frederic was completely silent in the film and the short.
Frederic returns in Tangled: Before Ever After and its follow up Tangled: The Series which takes place six months after the film, but before the short film. Frederic is glad to have Rapunzel back, but is over protective of her and has a wall erected around the kingdom. Frederic becomes the target of notorious pirate Lady Caine. He is rescued by Rapunzel who managed to cross the wall with Cassandra and regained her long, glowing hair. While thankful for being saved, Frederic solemnly passes a new law preventing Rapunzel from leaving without his consent. Following this, the two refuse to speak with one another. He finally does speak to his daughter, showing her that despite his severe protection of her, he still loves her. He resorts to lying to his daughter about the black rocks in the hopes of deterring her from reassembling the graphtic scroll used to explain the sundrop and moonstone. Frederic begins to regret his actions against his daughter when she compares him to Mother Gothel, made worse by the fact that he still has the sundrop flower. When Arianna is kidnapped by a vengeful Varian, Frederic finally comes to terms with his actions and teams up with Rapunzel while Eugene, Cassandra, Lance and the people of Corona fight against Varian's automatons. He finally accepts Rapunzel's independence and allows her to leave the kingdom to follow the black rocks.
Frederic and Arianna are completely absent from the second season, title Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, but make quick appearances in "Happiness Is..." and "Rapunzeltopia", both as part of hallucinations that preyed on Rapunzel's hopes and desires.