Editing Tangled

{{short description|2010 animated Disney film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name           = Tangled
| image          = Tangled poster.jpg
| caption        = Theatrical release poster<ref>{{cite web|last=Sciretta|first=Peter|title=Exclusive: International Movie Poster for Disney's Tangled|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/exclusive-international-movie-poster-for-disneys-tangled/|publisher=[[/Film]]|access-date=March 14, 2017|date=September 30, 2010|archive-date=March 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170315174654/http://www.slashfilm.com/exclusive-international-movie-poster-for-disneys-tangled/|url-status=live}}</ref>
| alt            = A man with a frying pan, a girl with long blonde hair, and a white horse
| director       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Nathan Greno]]
* [[Byron Howard]]
}}
| producer       = [[Roy Conli]]
| screenplay     = [[Dan Fogelman]]
| based_on       = {{Based on|"[[Rapunzel]]"|the [[Brothers Grimm]]}}
| starring       = {{Plainlist|
* [[Mandy Moore]]
* [[Zachary Levi]]
* [[Donna Murphy]]
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}}
| music          = [[Alan Menken]]<!-- Do not add Glenn Slater, the credit asks for music, not lyrics -->
| editing        = Tim Mertens
| production_companies = {{plainlist|
*[[Walt Disney Animation Studios]]<ref name="nytimes">{{cite news|last=Barnes|first=Brooks|title=Disney Ties Lots of Hopes to Lots of Hair|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/movies/21tangled.html|access-date=January 4, 2018|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=November 19, 2010|archive-date=August 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170822223712/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/movies/21tangled.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[Walt Disney Pictures]]<ref name=afi>{{cite web|url=https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/66180|title=Tangled (2010)|work=[[AFI Catalog of Feature Films]]|access-date=January 3, 2018|archive-date=January 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180104073606/https://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/MovieDetails/66180|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
| distributor    = [[Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures|Walt Disney Studios<br>Motion Pictures]]<!--Text wrap is used in this link to ensure correct formatting at all screen resolutions.--><ref name=afi/>
| released       = {{Film date|2010|11|14|[[El Capitan Theatre]]|2010|11|24|United States}}
| runtime        = 100 minutes<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.starz.com/guides/1108STZ1.pdf |title=Tangled: 100 minutes (Starz 08/2011 Schedule, Page 4) |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110929143420/http://www.starz.com/guides/1108STZ1.pdf |archive-date=September 29, 2011 }}</ref>
| country        = United States
| language       = English
| budget         = $260 million<ref name="LATimes"/><ref name="mojo">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rapunzel.htm|title=Tangled (2010)|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=May 25, 2011|archive-date=February 21, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090221151127/https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=rapunzel.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>
| gross          = $592.5 million<ref name="mojo"/>
}}
'''''Tangled''''' is a 2010 American animated [[musical film|musical]] [[Adventure film|adventure]] [[fantasy comedy]] film<ref name=afi/> produced by [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]] and released by [[Walt Disney Pictures]]. Loosely based on the German fairy tale "[[Rapunzel]]" in the [[Grimms' Fairy Tales|collection of folktales]] published by the [[Brothers Grimm]], the film was directed by [[Nathan Greno]] and [[Byron Howard]], and produced by [[Roy Conli]], from a screenplay written by [[Dan Fogelman]]. Featuring the voices of [[Mandy Moore]], [[Zachary Levi]], and [[Donna Murphy]],<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-walt-disney-studios-rolls-out-slate-of-10-new-animated-motion-pictures-through-2012-57303392.html|title=The Walt Disney Studios Rolls Out Slate of 10 New Animated Motion Pictures Through 2012|author=The Walt Disney Studios|publisher=PR Newswire|access-date=November 23, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100625010659/http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/the-walt-disney-studios-rolls-out-slate-of-10-new-animated-motion-pictures-through-2012-57303392.html|archive-date=June 25, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Tangled'' tells the story of [[Rapunzel (Tangled)|Rapunzel]], a lost young princess with magical long blonde hair who yearns to leave her secluded tower. She accepts the aid of an intruder, the outlaw [[Flynn Rider]], to take her out into the world which she has never seen.

Originally conceived and proposed by Disney animator [[Glen Keane]] in 2001, ''Tangled'' spent six years in production at a cost that has been estimated at $260 million, which, if accurate, would make it the [[List of most expensive animated films|most expensive animated feature film ever made]] and [[List of most expensive films|one of the most expensive films]] of all time. The film employed a unique artistic style by blending together features of [[computer-generated imagery]] (CGI) and [[traditional animation]] while using [[non-photorealistic rendering]] to create the impression of a painting. Composer [[Alan Menken]], who had worked on prior Disney animated features, returned to score ''Tangled'', and also wrote the film's songs with lyricist [[Glenn Slater]]. Before the film's release, its title was changed from ''Rapunzel'' to ''Tangled'', reportedly to market the film gender-neutrally.<ref name="LATimes"/>

''Tangled'' premiered at the [[El Capitan Theatre]] in Los Angeles on November 14, 2010, and went into general release on November 24. The film earned $592 million in worldwide box office revenue,<ref name=mojo/> $200 million of which was earned in the United States and Canada, [[2010 in film|making it the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2010]]. ''Tangled'' received positive reviews from critics, who praised the animation, writing, characters, and musical score. The film was nominated for a number of awards, including [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] at the [[83rd Academy Awards]]. It was [[Richard Kiel]]'s last film role before his death in 2014. The film was released on [[DVD]] and [[Blu-ray]] on March 29, 2011; a short film, ''[[Tangled Ever After]]'', was released later in 2012, and a [[Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure|television series]] aired from 2017 to 2020. A [[Live action|live-action]] remake was in development but put on hold indefinitely in April 2025 due to the commercial failure of ''[[Snow White (2025 film)|Snow White]]'' (2025).<ref name="liveaction">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/tangled-movie-live-action-disney-michael-gracey-1236246259/|title=''Tangled'' Live-Action Movie Set at Disney With ''Greatest Showman'' Director Michael Gracey |website=Variety |last=Rubin |first=Rebecca |date=December 11, 2024 |access-date=December 11, 2024}}</ref><ref name="Tangled-pause">{{Cite web |last1=Kit |first1=Borys |first2=Mia |last2=Galuppo |date=2025-04-03 |title=Disney's ''Tangled'' Live-Action Movie Hits the Pause Button (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tangled-live-action-remake-pause-disney-1236180940/ |access-date=2025-04-03 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/disney-pushes-pauseaction-tangled-movie-1236358821/|title=Disney Pushes Pause On Live-Action ''Tangled'' Movie |website=Deadline |date=April 3, 2025 |first=Justin |last=Kroll |access-date=April 3, 2025}}</ref>

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==Plot==
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A drop of sunlight falls from the sky and produces a magic flower with healing properties. An old woman named [[Mother Gothel|Gothel]] uses it to retain her youth. Centuries later, the flower is taken by soldiers from the kingdom of Corona and used to save their ill, pregnant queen. She gives birth to [[Rapunzel (Tangled)|Rapunzel]], whose blonde hair contains the flower's magic. Gothel sneaks into the castle and cuts a lock of her hair, but it turns brown and loses its magic. She then decides to kidnap Rapunzel and raise her in a hidden tower in the woods, keeping Rapunzel's magic for herself. Each year on Rapunzel's birthday, the king and queen release [[sky lantern]]s, hoping they will guide Rapunzel home.

As expected, Rapunzel is fascinated by the annual lights and, on her 18th birthday, asks to leave the tower and investigate them, but Gothel refuses, claiming the outside world is too dangerous. Meanwhile, [[Flynn Rider]] steals Rapunzel's intended crown from the palace; he betrays the Stabbington brothers, his partners in crime, while being pursued by royal guard-horse [[Pascal and Maximus|Maximus]]. Flynn discovers and takes refuge in the tower, where Rapunzel knocks him out and hides him. When Gothel berates Rapunzel for mentioning the lanterns again and refuses to let her ever leave the tower, Rapunzel hatches a new plan and asks Gothel for new paint as a gift, sending her on a three-day journey. After hiding Flynn's satchel containing the crown, Rapunzel strikes a deal with Flynn, promising to return the crown in exchange for taking her to see the lanterns.

When they stop at the Snuggly Duckling pub, menacing thugs try to capture the [[Wanted man|wanted]] Flynn, but Rapunzel charms them into revealing their softer sides. When royal guards arrive, the thugs help Rapunzel and Flynn escape. Gothel returns to the empty tower and finds the crown and a [[wanted poster]] of Flynn. She strikes a deal with the Stabbington brothers to find Rapunzel. Flynn and Rapunzel become trapped in a fast-flooding cave; believing they will suffocate, Flynn reveals his true name, Eugene Fitzherbert. Rapunzel uses the magic glow of her hair to reveal a hidden exit beneath the water, and they escape. That night, Gothel confronts Rapunzel alone and gives her the satchel, telling her to give it to Eugene to test his loyalty.

The next morning, Maximus tracks down Eugene and attempts to arrest him, but Rapunzel convinces them to strike a truce. Rapunzel and Eugene enter the kingdom and attend a festival in honor of the "lost princess". After a day of celebration, they sail onto the lake to watch the release of the lanterns. Rapunzel gives Eugene the crown, and they confess their mutual love. When Eugene sees the Stabbingtons on the shore, he goes to apologize and offers them the crown. The brothers tie him up, tricking Rapunzel into thinking he abandoned her. They try to capture Rapunzel, but Gothel stages a rescue by knocking them out and takes Rapunzel back to the tower.

Eugene is arrested, but Maximus and the pub thugs help him escape. Meanwhile, Rapunzel realizes she has subconsciously incorporated the kingdom's [[royal standard|standard]], a golden sun, into her artwork throughout her life.  Realizing that she is the "lost princess", she confronts and rebels against Gothel. Eugene arrives at the tower, but is tricked and stabbed by Gothel. Gothel attempts to take the chained and gagged Rapunzel away, but she resists, and promises to stay with Gothel if she is allowed to heal the dying Eugene. Gothel reluctantly agrees to this, but Eugene, realizing Rapunzel would spend the rest of her life in captivity, cuts off her long hair before she can heal him. Rapunzel's hair turns from blonde to brown, and a horrified Gothel suddenly ages rapidly before falling from the tower to her death, turning to dust in the process.

Eugene dies in Rapunzel's arms. Rapunzel mourns Eugene, but one of her tears, which still has some of the flower's magic, revives him. They return to Corona, where Rapunzel is reunited with her birth parents and the kingdom celebrates, with Rapunzel and Eugene eventually marrying.

==Voice cast==
{{main|List of Disney's Tangled characters}}

* [[Mandy Moore]] as [[Rapunzel (Tangled)|Rapunzel]]<ref name="slashsep10">{{cite news|last=Connelly|first=Brendon|title=Disney Pixar Add Cast to Rapunzel, Bear & the Bow and Toy Story 3, Reveal Plot of Cars 2 and Winnie the Pooh|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/disney-pixar-add-cast-to-rapunzel-bear-the-bow-and-toy-story-3-reveal-plot-of-cars-2-and-winnie-the-pooh/|access-date=July 7, 2014|work=[[SlashFilm]]|publisher=[[/Film]]|date=September 10, 2009|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030020620/https://www.slashfilm.com/disney-pixar-add-cast-to-rapunzel-bear-the-bow-and-toy-story-3-reveal-plot-of-cars-2-and-winnie-the-pooh/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="fletchersep10">{{cite news|last=Fletcher|first=Alex|title=Mandy Moore to voice 'Rapunzel' musical|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a176737/mandy-moore-to-voice-rapunzel-musical.html#~oJkxTzsfu8l7ZI|access-date=July 7, 2014|work=[[Digital Spy]]|publisher=[[Hearst Magazines|Hearst Magazines UK]]|date=September 10, 2009|archive-date=September 24, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924063452/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a176737/mandy-moore-to-voice-rapunzel-musical.html#~oJkxTzsfu8l7ZI|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** Delaney Rose Stein as young Rapunzel<ref name=yahooprofile/>
* [[Zachary Levi]] as [[Flynn Rider|Flynn Rider / Eugene Fitzherbert]]<ref name=slashsep10/><ref name=fletchersep10/>
* [[Donna Murphy]] as [[Mother Gothel]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Franklin|first=Garth|title=Donna Murphy Joins "Rapunzel" Cast|url=http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/15889|access-date=July 7, 2014|work=[[Dark Horizons]]|publisher=Dark Futures Pty. Limited|date=December 10, 2009|archive-date=July 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707122714/http://www.darkhorizons.com/news/15889|url-status=live}}</ref>
* [[Brad Garrett]] as Hook Hand Thug<ref name=yahooprofile>{{cite web|title=Tangled {{!}} Yahoo! Movies|url=https://www.yahoo.com/movies/film/tangled-2010|website=[[Yahoo! Movies]]|publisher=[[Yahoo! Inc. (1995–2017)|Yahoo! Inc]]|access-date=June 27, 2014|archive-date=July 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170712050722/https://www.yahoo.com/movies/film/tangled-2010|url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Ron Perlman]] as Stabbington brother<ref name=yahooprofile/>
* [[Jeffrey Tambor]] as Big Nose Thug<ref name=yahooprofile/>
* [[Richard Kiel]] as Vlad<ref name=yahooprofile/>
* [[M. C. Gainey]] as Captain of the Guard<ref name=yahooprofile/>
* [[Paul F. Tompkins]] as Short Thug<ref name=yahooprofile/>

Non-speaking animal characters include Rapunzel's pet [[chameleon]] [[Pascal and Maximus|Pascal, and Maximus]], the horse of the head of the palace guard. Other non-speaking roles include Rapunzel's parents (the King and Queen of Corona), the other Stabbington brother, and Ulf the Mime Thug.

==Production==
===Origins and conception===
[[Walt Disney]] himself had first attempted to adapt the [[Brothers Grimm]] fairy tale ''[[Rapunzel]]'' into a feature-length animated film during the 1930s and 1940s,  but Disney's efforts never fully materialized because the original story was considered too "small".<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|url = http://www.dvdizzy.com/tangled-directors-interview.html|title = Interview: Tangled Directors Nathan Greno & Byron Howard|date = March 28, 2011|access-date = March 27, 2025|website = DVDizzy.com|last = Bonanno|first = Luke}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Miraudo |first=Simon |date=December 27, 2010 |title=Interview: Nathan Greno and Byron Howard; directors of Tangled. |url=http://blog.quickflix.com.au/2010/12/27/interview-nathan-greno-and-byron-howard-directors-of-tangled/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140811035447/http://blog.quickflix.com.au/2010/12/27/interview-nathan-greno-and-byron-howard-directors-of-tangled/ |archive-date=August 11, 2014 |access-date=March 27, 2025 |website=[[Quickflix]]}}</ref> The concept behind ''Tangled'' originated from [[The Walt Disney Company]] supervising animator [[Glen Keane]] in 1996.<ref name="christiantodaykeane">{{cite web|last=Paluso|first=Marianne|title=Once Upon a Time|url=http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/marchweb-only/onceupon.html|work=[[Christian Today]]|access-date=June 23, 2013|date=March 29, 2011|archive-date=October 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201028122528/https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2011/marchweb-only/onceupon.html|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2001, Keane [[Pitch (filmmaking)|pitched]] the idea to then-Disney CEO [[Michael Eisner]] who approved it, but requested the film to be computer-animated. However, Keane was hesitant as he felt computer animation was not quite as fluid or organic as traditional animation was.<ref>{{cite web|last=Graham|first=Bill|url=https://collider.com/comic-con-tangled-panel-disney-byron-howard-nathan-greno-glen-keane/|title=SDCC 2010: Disney Animators Panel on TANGLED|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|date=July 23, 2010|access-date=November 22, 2018|archive-date=September 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200930070910/https://collider.com/comic-con-tangled-panel-disney-byron-howard-nathan-greno-glen-keane/|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2003, the film was announced as ''Rapunzel Unbraided'' as a computer-animated feature scheduled for a 2007 release,<ref name=WSJComputerAge>{{cite news|last=Orwall|first=Bruce|title=Disney Decides It Must Draw Artists Into the Computer Age|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB106686389992986500|work=[[The Wall Street Journal]]|access-date=July 9, 2014|date=October 23, 2003|archive-date=December 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220131759/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB106686389992986500|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Wloszczyna|first=Susan|title=A fairy-tale bending|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2003-09-16-fairytale_x.htm|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=July 9, 2014|date=September 17, 2003|archive-date=March 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316230239/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/life/movies/news/2003-09-16-fairytale_x.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> which Keane described as "a ''[[Shrek]]''-like version of the film".<ref name="christiantodaykeane"/> According to [[Edwin Catmull|Ed Catmull]], Eisner himself had proposed using modern-day [[San Francisco]] as the initial setting of the film.<ref name=CreativityInc271>{{cite book|last=Catmull|first=Ed|author2=Amy Wallace|title=Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration|url=https://archive.org/details/creativityincove0000catm_u1u6|year=2014|publisher=Random House|location=New York|isbn=978-0812993011|page=[https://archive.org/details/creativityincove0000catm_u1u6/page/270/mode/2up 271]|url-access=registration}}</ref> The story initially centered on two teenagers, Claire and Vince, who live in San Francisco and are transported into the fairy tale world, where they inhabit the bodies of Rapunzel and her prince Beau. Rapunzel and Beau themselves are turned into a squirrel and a dog. In July 2004, [[Reese Witherspoon]] and [[Kristin Chenoweth]] were in talks to portray roles, with the latter intended to voice Rapunzel.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2004/07/14/Reese-Withersppon-in-Rapunzel/69321089843672/ |title=Reese Witherspoon in 'Rapunzel' |work=[[United Press International]] |date=July 14, 2004 |access-date=August 18, 2022}}</ref> In October 2005, [[Dan Fogler]] was slated to provide a voice.<ref>{{cite news |last=Fleming |first=Michael |url=https://variety.com/2005/legit/markets-festivals/balls-bounces-to-rogue-1117931229/ |title='Balls' bounces to Rogue |work=Variety |date=October 18, 2005 |access-date=August 18, 2022 |archive-date=August 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818155902/https://variety.com/2005/legit/markets-festivals/balls-bounces-to-rogue-1117931229/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In reflection, Keane said of the original plot, "It was a fun, wonderful, witty version and we had a couple of great writers. But in my heart of hearts I believed there was something much more sincere and genuine to get out of the story, so we set it aside and went back to the roots of the original fairy tale."<ref name="beliefnetkeane">{{cite web|last=Minow|first=Nell|title=Interview: Glen Keane of 'Tangled'|url=http://blog.beliefnet.com/moviemom/2010/11/interview-glen-keane-of-tangle.html|website=[[Beliefnet]]|access-date=May 12, 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110021537/http://blog.beliefnet.com/moviemom/2010/11/interview-glen-keane-of-tangle.html|archive-date=January 10, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref> In November 2005, ''Unbraided'' was pushed back to a summer 2009 release in order to give Keane "more time to work on the story."<ref>{{cite news|last=Marr|first=Merrisa|title=Debut of 'Chicken Little' Gives Disney Something to Crow Over|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113132234440389603|newspaper=The Wall Street Journal|access-date=July 9, 2014|date=November 7, 2005|archive-date=December 20, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141220152026/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB113132234440389603|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2006, the film was then shut down about a week before Catmull and [[John Lasseter]] were placed in charge of the studio, and one of their first decisions was to restart the project and ask Keane to keep going with the film.<ref name=CreativityInc271/> It had originally been announced in April 2007 that [[Annie Award|Annie]]-nominated animator and story artist [[Dean Wellins]] would be co-directing the film alongside Keane.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID511390.asp|title=Rapunzel Gets Second Director|work=The Laughing Place|date=April 12, 2007|access-date=November 23, 2010|archive-date=January 7, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107092901/http://www.laughingplace.com/News-ID511390.asp|url-status=live}}</ref>

On October 9, 2008, it was reported that Keane and Wellins had stepped down as directors due to other commitments, and were replaced by the team of [[Byron Howard]] and [[Nathan Greno]], director and storyboard director, respectively, of Disney's 2008 animated feature ''[[Bolt (2008 film)|Bolt]]''. Keane stayed on as an executive producer and animation supervisor, while Wellins moved on to direct ''[[Tick Tock Tale]]'' (2010).<ref>{{cite news|last=Desowitz|first=Bill|title=Wellins Talks Tick Tock Tale|url=http://www.awn.com/articles/short-films/wellins-talks-tick-tock-tale|newspaper=Animation World Network|date=August 20, 2010|access-date=May 24, 2025}}</ref><ref name="KeaneOut">{{cite web|url=https://www.aintitcool.com/node/38686|title=Ain't It Cool News: Glen Keane leaving Disney's RAPUNZEL. Who's stepping up?|work=AintItCool.com|date=October 10, 2008|access-date=March 13, 2011|archive-date=December 18, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218030953/https://www.aintitcool.com/node/38686|url-status=live}}</ref> After the film's release, Keane revealed that he had "stepped back" from the role of director because of a heart attack in 2008.<ref name="ColliderKeaneInterview">{{cite web|last=Graham|first=Bill|title=Animation Director Glen Keane Exclusive Interview TANGLED|url=https://collider.com/glen-keane-interview-tangled/|publisher=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|access-date=May 11, 2014|date=November 27, 2010|archive-date=December 2, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202021102/https://collider.com/glen-keane-interview-tangled/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Casting===
The directors auditioned hundreds of young actresses to find Rapunzel's voice,<ref name=":1">{{cite web |date=March 27, 2011 |title=Interview: 'Tangled' Directors Talk About Creating Disney's 50th Animated Feature |url=http://www.geeksofdoom.com/2011/03/27/interview-tangled-directors-talk-about-creating-disneys-50th-animated-feature |access-date=August 1, 2013 |website=Geeks of Doom |publisher=}}</ref> among them were [[Idina Menzel]] and [[Kristen Bell]], but both were rejected for not sounding right.<ref name="Wenn">{{cite news |date=November 1, 2013 |title=Tangled – Secret Phone Recording Helped Idina Menzel Land New Disney Role |url=http://www.contactmusic.com/story/secret-phone-recording-helped-idina-menzel-land-new-disney-role_3932100 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102224750/http://www.contactmusic.com/story/secret-phone-recording-helped-idina-menzel-land-new-disney-role_3932100 |archive-date=November 2, 2013 |access-date=January 2, 2014 |newspaper=[[Contact Music]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Dunaway |first=Michael |date=December 12, 2013 |title=Kristen Bell: A Hollywood Princess |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/movies/kristen-bell/kristen-bell-a-hollywood-princess |access-date=April 11, 2024 |work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]}}</ref>

On September 10, 2009, it was announced that singer-songwriter and actress [[Mandy Moore]], who previously worked with Disney on [[Disneytoon Studios]]' ''[[Brother Bear 2]]'', had been cast as the voice of Rapunzel, and actor [[Zachary Levi]] would provide the voice of Flynn Rider.<ref name="slashsep10"/><ref name="fletchersep10"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Kelly|first=Kevin|title=Disney/Pixar's John Lasseter Talks 'Rapunzel' Casting, 'Toy Story 3' Plot, 'Cars 2', 'Winnie the Pooh' and More!|url=http://news.moviefone.com/2009/09/13/disney-pixars-john-lasseter-talks-rapunzel-casting-toy-story-3/|access-date=July 9, 2014|work=[[Moviefone]]|publisher=[[AOL Inc]]|date=September 13, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117015047/http://news.moviefone.com/2009/09/13/disney-pixars-john-lasseter-talks-rapunzel-casting-toy-story-3/|archive-date=November 17, 2015|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref> For the role of Flynn, the studio mandated exclusively only UK actors to audition for the part, as Rider was intended to be British. An American, Zachary Levi, impersonated a British [[Received Pronunciation]] (RP) accent to audition, leading the producers to opt for him to use his natural American accent.<ref name="TLLSwJC">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrNmXftckMg |title=Zachary Levi Faked Being British To Land Disney Role |date=December 7, 2021 |last=Corden |first=James |work=[[The Late Late Show with James Corden]] |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> Mandy Moore approached the project through auditioning, when she heard that a film about the story of ''Rapunzel'' was being made.<ref name="huffpostoct19">{{cite news|title=Mandy Moore On Tangled: 'I Screamed As Soon As I Found Out' (INTERVIEW)|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/10/19/mandy-moore-on-tangled_n_1019215.html|access-date=July 9, 2014|work=[[The Huffington Post]] UK|publisher=HuffPost Entertainment|date=October 19, 2011|archive-date=December 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131213012035/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/10/19/mandy-moore-on-tangled_n_1019215.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="canov2010">{{cite news|title=Mandy Moore Interview, TANGLED|url=http://www.moviesonline.ca/2010/11/mandy-moore-interview-tangled/|access-date=July 9, 2014|work=MoviesOnline|date=November 2010|archive-date=May 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170531220755/http://www.moviesonline.ca/2010/11/mandy-moore-interview-tangled/|url-status=live}}</ref> Moore later expressed that she had dreamed to be a Disney princess since she was young and said that with the role of Rapunzel, she had fulfilled her "ultimate childhood dream".<ref name="kidzworld">{{cite news|title=Disney's Tangled: Mandy Moore Interview|url=http://www.kidzworld.com/article/25443-disneys-tangled-many-moore-interview|access-date=July 9, 2014|work=Kidzworld|archive-date=November 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201130045402/https://www.kidzworld.com/article/25443-disneys-tangled-many-moore-interview|url-status=live}}</ref> She described herself as a "girly fan" of Disney animated films<ref name="kidzworld"/> like ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'', ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'', ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' and ''[[The Lion King]]'', and that it was an honor for her to be part of this "legacy"—the lineage of such Disney icons.<ref name=collider>{{cite news|last=Graham|first=Bill|title=Mandy Moore Exclusive Interview TANGLED|url=https://collider.com/mandy-moore-interview-tangled/|access-date=July 9, 2014|publisher=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|date=September 29, 2010|archive-date=October 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021161607/https://collider.com/mandy-moore-interview-tangled/|url-status=live}}</ref> Since the film was going to be a [[Musical film|musical]], it was required that all auditionees had to read several scenes and perform a song of their choice, to ensure that the voice actors could both act and sing.<ref name="eonline">{{cite news|last=Malkin|first=Marc|title=Mandy Moore & Hubby: "We Work Well Together"|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/212920/mandy-moore-hubby-we-work-well-together|access-date=July 9, 2014|work=[[E! Online]]|publisher=[[E! Entertainment Television|E! Entertainment Television, LLC]]|date=November 26, 2010|archive-date=January 22, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122164125/https://www.eonline.com/news/212920/mandy-moore-hubby-we-work-well-together|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="girl.com.au"/> For this singing section, Moore chose "[[Help Me (Joni Mitchell song)|Help Me]]" by [[Joni Mitchell]],<ref name="huffpostoct19"/> a song that she herself had covered on her fourth studio album, ''[[Coverage (album)|Coverage]]'' (2003).<ref name="coverageallmusic">{{cite web|title=Coverage|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/coverage-mw0000693728|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corp|access-date=March 17, 2013|archive-date=February 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202084617/https://www.allmusic.com/album/coverage-mw0000693728|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="moorecoveragebillboard">{{cite magazine|title=Mandy Moore Goes Under 'Covers'|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/70024/mandy-moore-goes-under-covers|magazine=Billboard|publisher=Billboard|access-date=June 26, 2013|year=2003}}</ref> Moore revealed that she had to attend several audition sessions<ref name="collider"/><ref name="eonline"/> and described the experiences as "pretty fun" but didn't put much hope in getting the part because she believed there would be much competition for this role;<ref name="canov2010"/> she just performed her best without any anxiety.<ref name="huffpostoct19"/> When she received a callback from Disney telling that she got the part, Moore described herself as being "over the moon": "I was working in New York at the time. I was with some friends and my husband—and I screamed as soon as I found out the news."<ref name="huffpostoct19"/>

The film reportedly cost more than $260 million to produce.<ref name="LATimes">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-nov-21-la-et-1121-tangled-20101121-story.html|title=Disney Animation is closing the book on fairy tales|first1=Dawn C.|last1=Chmielewski|first2=Claudia|last2=Eller|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=November 21, 2010|access-date=November 23, 2010|archive-date=February 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211161946/https://articles.latimes.com/2010/nov/21/entertainment/la-et-1121-tangled-20101121|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Writing and character development===
When asked about the character of Rapunzel, Mandy Moore said that Rapunzel was a relatable character and called her a "Renaissance, bohemian" woman<ref name="huffpostoct19"/> rather than a typical Disney princess:<ref name="mtvaug27">{{cite news|last=Warner|first=Kara|title=Mandy Moore's 'Tangled' Heroine Not 'Typical Disney Princess'|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1646720/mandy-moores-tangled-heroine-not-typical-disney-princess/|access-date=July 9, 2014|work=[[MTV News]]|publisher=[[Viacom International Inc.]]|date=August 27, 2010|archive-date=November 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121060207/http://www.mtv.com/news/1646720/mandy-moores-tangled-heroine-not-typical-disney-princess/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Moore said "[Rapunzel] doesn't know she's a princess [until the end of the film]. She's just really sort of motivated to find out what else is out there beyond this crazy tower she's lived in for 18 years," and that "she's very independent, she can take care of herself, and she's definitely come up with really entertaining ways to keep herself busy."<ref name="mtvaug27"/> Moore also stated that she herself had little influence on Rapunzel: "The character was developed way before I had anything to do with it."<ref name="huffpostoct19"/>

According to Greno, one of the most difficult problems during the development of the film's plot was how to get Rapunzel out of the tower without immediately ending the movie, in that she had thereby escaped Mother Gothel and did not have any other specific objectives to pursue.<ref name="Lark">{{cite journal|last1=Lark|first1=Max|last2=Draskovic|first2=Marina|last3=Solomon|first3=Charles|title=It's a Matter of Trust: At Walt Disney Animation Studios, The 'Story Trust,' A Peer-to-Peer Feedback System, Has Taken Storytelling—And Disney Animation—To New Creative Heights|journal=Disney Twenty-three|date=Spring 2016|volume=8|issue=1|pages=18–21|publisher=Walt Disney Company|location=Burbank|issn=2162-5492|oclc=698366817}}</ref> At a meeting one day, animator John Ripa floated an idea which turned out to be the solution they had been looking for: the mysterious floating lanterns.<ref name="Lark"/>

===Recording===
In ''Tangled'', as with most animated films, all voice actors had to record their dialogue separately from one another to avoid [[Spill (audio)|bleeding]] into each other's tracks.<ref name="movieweb">{{cite news|last=Philbrick|first=Jami|title=Exclusive: Mandy Moore Talks 'Tangled'|url=http://www.movieweb.com/news/exclusive-mandy-moore-talks-tangled|access-date=July 9, 2014|work=MovieWeb|date=November 19, 2010|archive-date=September 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054426/http://www.movieweb.com/news/exclusive-mandy-moore-talks-tangled|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mandy Moore later recalled that during recording, she had never met Donna Murphy and only met Zachary Levi once when they recorded "I See the Light".<ref name="movieweb"/> Moore thought that this was "a good exercise in employing your imagination".<ref name="about.com"/> When recording action scenes, the voice actors had to jog a little in place in order to make their voices sound realistic.<ref name="about.com">{{cite news|last=Murray|first=Rebecca|title=Exclusive Interview with Mandy Moore and Zachary Levi from 'Tangled'|url=http://movies.about.com/od/rapunzel/a/Mandy-Moore-Zachary-Levi-Tangled-Interview.htm|access-date=July 9, 2014|work=[[About.com]]|archive-date=June 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630182902/http://movies.about.com/od/rapunzel/a/Mandy-Moore-Zachary-Levi-Tangled-Interview.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> For the songs, Moore and Levi recorded on a soundstage with a 65-piece orchestra under the supervision of composer Alan Menken. They sang live with the orchestra for several times in order to help everyone "get a vibe" and a feel for the music and the singing, then were asked to go in isolation booths to record the actual tracks.<ref name="mouseclub">{{cite news|last=Wolf|first=Scott|title=Mandy Moore talks about her works as the voice Rapunzel in "Tangled"|url=http://www.mouseclubhouse.com/Interviews/mandy-moore/mandy-moore-tangled.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140711115247/http://www.mouseclubhouse.com/Interviews/mandy-moore/mandy-moore-tangled.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 11, 2014|access-date=July 9, 2014|work=Mouse Club House}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Tangled star Mandy Moore: I'd like to think I look like Rapunzel |url=http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/531660/tangled-star-mandy-moore-i-d-like-to-think-i-look-like-rapunzel |access-date=July 9, 2014 |work=[[Now (UK magazine)|Now Magazine]] |publisher=IPC Media Fashion & Beauty Network |date=October 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921054308/http://www.nowmagazine.co.uk/celebrity-news/531660/tangled-star-mandy-moore-i-d-like-to-think-i-look-like-rapunzel |archive-date=September 21, 2013 }}</ref> In order to aid animators in animating the characters, the filmmakers did interviews with the voice actors and filmed their facial expressions throughout the recording sessions.<ref name="about.com"/> Disney animated films are usually animated to synchronize with recorded dialogue rather than asking the vocal talent to synchronize their delivery to animation after it is rendered. Thus, Moore felt that the recording process was challenging because at that time she had no animation to look at except for a few sketches.<ref name="huffpostoct19"/>

Due to scheduling conflicts with other projects (Moore had to travel to different places such as London or New York, and Levi could only record on weekends for five hours once every six weeks), they did not record dialogue in the same order as in the final film. "[When I came in], maybe that sequence or scene had been recorded by Mandy (Moore) already, maybe it hadn't. We'd end up doing the same scene five times, depending," Levi said.<ref name="girl.com.au">{{cite news|last=Hunter|first=Brooke|title=Mandy Moore & Zachary Levi Tangled Interview|url=http://www.girl.com.au/mandy-moore-zachary-levi-tangled-interview.htm|access-date=July 9, 2014|work=Girl.com.au|archive-date=February 12, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110212105541/http://www.girl.com.au/mandy-moore-zachary-levi-tangled-interview.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> After watching the finished film, Moore was disappointed because she felt that her voice sounded "shrill", while Levi thought that his performance sounded "incredibly nasally".<ref name="about.com"/>

===Animation===
[[File:Fragonard, The Swing.jpg|thumb|left|''[[The Swing (Fragonard)|The Swing]]'' by [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]].]]
The film was made using [[computer-generated imagery]] (CGI), although ''Tangled'' was modeled on the traditional look of oil paintings on canvas. The [[Rococo]] paintings of French artist [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard]], particularly ''[[The Swing (Fragonard)|The Swing]]'', were used as references for the film's artistic style, a style described by Keane as "romantic and lush."<ref name=AWNDisneyLegacy3D>{{cite web|date=November 4, 2005|last=Desowitz|first=Bill|work=Animation World Network|access-date=July 5, 2006|url=http://www.awn.com/animationworld/chicken-little-beyond-disney-rediscovers-its-legacy-through-3d-animation|title=Chicken Little & Beyond: Disney Rediscovers its Legacy Through 3D Animation|archive-date=July 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140707060106/http://www.awn.com/animationworld/chicken-little-beyond-disney-rediscovers-its-legacy-through-3d-animation|url-status=live}}</ref> To create the impression of a painting, [[non-photorealistic rendering]] was used.<ref name="CGMeetup">{{cite news|author=Jason|title=Tangled Concept Art and Character Art|url=http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/art/tangled-concept-art-and-character-art/|access-date=June 29, 2016|work=CGMeetup|date=April 28, 2013|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108091639/http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/art/tangled-concept-art-and-character-art/|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[File:Rapunzel-Disney.jpg|thumb|A concept rendering of Rapunzel by Lisa Keene, demonstrating the "luscious golden hair" Keane wanted.]]
Glen Keane originally wanted the film to be animated using a traditional 2D animation process. However, Disney executives David Stainton and Dick Cook announced that they would only approve the film for production if it were created using the 3D computer graphics.<ref name="Senseofcinema">{{cite news|last=Carter|first=Chris|title=An Analysis of the Character Animation in Disney's Tangled|url=http://sensesofcinema.com/2013/feature-articles/an-analysis-of-the-character-animation-in-disneys-tangled/|access-date=June 29, 2016|work=Sense of Cinema|date=July 2013|archive-date=June 30, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160630001627/http://sensesofcinema.com/2013/feature-articles/an-analysis-of-the-character-animation-in-disneys-tangled/|url-status=live}}</ref> In response to that demand, Glen Keane held a seminar called "''The Best of Both Worlds''", where he, with 50 Disney CGI artists and traditional artists, focused on the pros and cons of each style.<ref>{{cite news|last=Holson|first=Laura M.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/18/business/media/18disney.html?ex=1284696000&en=99e7d48446aee76d|title=Disney Moves Away From Hand-Drawn Animation|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 18, 2005|access-date=July 5, 2006}}</ref> After the meeting, it was decided that the film would be made in 3D CGI animation, but in a way as to become an extension of the traditional 2D Disney "aesthetic", a term which referred to the naturalistic animation that conforms to the fundamental principles of animation as documented by Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston in the book ''The Illusion of Life: Disney Animation''.<ref name="Senseofcinema"/>

Due to limitations in computer technology, especially regarding attempts to capture the complexity of a human form, many basic principles of animation used in traditionally animated movies had been absent from earlier CGI films; but technological advancements made it easier to blend the two, combining the strengths of each style.<ref name="CGMeetup"/> Keane stated repeatedly he was trying to make the computer "bend its knee to the artist" instead of having the computer dictate the artistic style and look of the film.<ref name=WSJComputerAge/> By making the computer become as "pliable as the pencil", Keane's vision of a "three-dimensional drawing" seemed within reach, with the artist controlling the technology. Many of the techniques and tools that were required to give the film the quality Keane demanded did not exist when the project was started, and Walt Disney Animation Studios had to create them on their own.<ref name=AWNDisneyLegacy3D/> Keane said, "There’s no photoreal hair. I want luscious hair, and we are inventing new ways of doing that. I want to bring the warmth and intuitive feel of hand-drawn to CGI."<ref name=AWNDisneyPastPresent>{{cite web|first=Bill|last=Desowitz|url=http://www.awn.com/news/events/little-mermaid-team-discusses-disney-past-and-present|title='Little Mermaid' Team Discusses Disney Past and Present|work=Animation World Network|date=September 18, 2006|access-date=January 21, 2011|archive-date=August 21, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130821075332/http://www.awn.com/news/events/little-mermaid-team-discusses-disney-past-and-present|url-status=live}}</ref>

One of the main goals of the animators was to create movement that mimicked the soft fluidity of the hand-drawn art found in older Disney animated films. Keane credited Disney 3D animator Kyle Strawitz with helping to combine CGI with the traditional hand-drawn style.<ref name="CGMeetup"/> "He took the house from ''[[Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937 film)|Snow White]]'' and built it and painted it so it looked like a flat painting that suddenly started to move, and it had dimension and kept all of the soft, round curves of the brushstrokes of watercolor. Kyle helped us get that [[Jean-Honoré Fragonard|Fragonard]] look of that girl on the swing… We are using [[subsurface scattering]] and global illumination and all of the latest techniques to pull off convincing human characters and rich environments."<ref name=AWNDisneyLegacy3D/>

Rather than focusing on realism, the 3D team used an aesthetic approach.<ref name="CGMeetup"/> Robert Newman, the film's stereoscopic supervisor said that "We’re using depth more artistically than ever before, and we’re not as concerned with the literal transcription of depth between camera and projector as we are the interpretation of it." To do this, they used a new technique called multi-rigging, which is made up of multiple pairs of [[Virtual camera system|virtual cameras]]. Each pair is used individually on each separate element that adds depth to a scene, like background, foreground, and characters, without adjusting for the relation with the other pairs. When sandwiched together later in production, the result was something that would be visually impossible in the real world, but which created an appealing look to the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mb.com.ph/node/300278/get-tangled-hairrai|title=Get 'Tangled' up in hair-raising 3D!|work=The Manila Bulletin Newspaper Online|date=January 24, 2011|access-date=June 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130050835/http://www.mb.com.ph/node/300278/get-tangled-hairrai|archive-date=January 30, 2011}}</ref>

As a counterpart to the appealing and cute design of Rapunzel,<ref name=GirlHowardGrenoInterview>{{cite web|title=Byron Howard & Nathan Greno Tangled Interview|url=http://www.girl.com.au/byron-howard-and-nathan-greno-tangled-blu-ray-interview.htm|publisher=Girl.com.au|access-date=November 1, 2015|date=2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110517021233/http://www.girl.com.au/byron-howard-and-nathan-greno-tangled-blu-ray-interview.htm|archive-date=May 17, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> the directors wanted to make Flynn Rider "the most handsome, most attractive male lead Disney has ever had."<ref name=SRDisneyHunk>{{cite web|last=Cornet |first=Roth |title=Zach Levi on Being a Disney Hunk in 'Tangled', A Singer, A Superhero & 'Chuck |url=https://screenrant.com/disney-tangled-zach-levi-interview-chuck-rothc-88315/ |website=[[Screen Rant]] |access-date=November 1, 2015 |date=November 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141209125333/http://screenrant.com/disney-tangled-zach-levi-interview-chuck-rothc-88315/ |archive-date=December 9, 2014 }}</ref> They held a large "Hot Man Meeting" where they gathered about 30 women from the studio and asked them what they considered attractive in a man.<ref name=TelegraphTangledDirectors>{{cite news|last=Lee|first=Marc|title=Tangled directors on the latest Disney animation|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmmakersonfilm/8287107/Tangled-directors-on-the-latest-Disney-animation.html|access-date=November 1, 2015|work=The Telegraph|date=January 27, 2011|archive-date=April 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200413153154/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmmakersonfilm/8287107/Tangled-directors-on-the-latest-Disney-animation.html|url-status=live}}</ref> They brought in hundreds of images of their favourite male actors and celebrities, which were torn and pasted back again.<ref name=TelegraphTangledDirectors/><ref name=Disney11Things>{{cite web|title=11 Things You Didn't Know About Tangled|url=http://blogs.disney.com/oh-my-disney/2014/12/26/11-things-you-didnt-know-about-tangled/|publisher=Disney|access-date=November 1, 2015|date=December 26, 2014|archive-date=December 28, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228173410/http://blogs.disney.com/oh-my-disney/2014/12/26/11-things-you-didnt-know-about-tangled/|url-status=live}}</ref> After much deliberation, his look was eventually narrowed down to one concept drawing.<ref name=SRDisneyHunk/><ref name=TelegraphTangledDirectors/>

====Technology development====
Existing technology continued to present difficulties: in particular, animating hair turned out to be a challenge. Senior software engineer Kelly Ward spent six years writing programs to make it move the way they wanted.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dapsmagic.com/geekscorner/geek-links/daps-magic-interviews/roundtable-interview-with-glen-keane-march-17-2011/|title=Roundtable Interview with Glen Keane|date=March 17, 2011|publisher=DAPs|access-date=April 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120921063943/http://www.dapsmagic.com/geekscorner/geek-links/daps-magic-interviews/roundtable-interview-with-glen-keane-march-17-2011/|archive-date=September 21, 2012}}</ref> As late as January 2010, the directors were still not sure if the Rapunzel character's length of hair was going to work. These problems were finally solved in March:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/movies/article_730035f2-121d-54a4-bd18-ab1ec0b684c0.html|title='Tangled' directors unravel film's secrets|date=December 5, 2010|work=SiouxCityJournal.com|access-date=December 8, 2010|archive-date=December 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210072616/http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/entertainment/movies/article_730035f2-121d-54a4-bd18-ab1ec0b684c0.html|url-status=live}}</ref> An improved version of a hair simulation program named Dynamic Wires, originally developed for ''Bolt'', was eventually used. To make hair float believably in water, and to surmount other similar challenges, [[discrete differential geometry]] was used to produce the desired effects, freeing the animators from executing these specific tasks directly, which would have taken days instead of minutes.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/movies/30animate.html|title=Perfecting Animation, via Science|date=December 29, 2010|newspaper=NYTimes.com|author=Patricia Cohen|access-date=December 12, 2012|archive-date=May 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200510190238/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/30/movies/30animate.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Controversy over the film title change ====
[[File:RapunzelLogo.jpg|thumb|Official logo of ''Rapunzel'' before the title was changed to ''Tangled'']]
When first put into production, the film was promoted as having the title ''Rapunzel Unbraided'', which was later changed to ''Rapunzel''.<ref>{{cite web |last=Hill |first=Jim |date=August 8, 2005 |title="Rapunzel Unbraided" aims to be " ... a film of astonishing beauty." |url=http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2005/08/09/656.aspx |access-date=October 6, 2010 |work=Jim Hill Media |archive-date=November 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126035544/http://jimhillmedia.com/editor_in_chief1/b/jim_hill/archive/2005/08/09/656.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> Disney's previous animated feature, ''[[The Princess and the Frog]]'' (2009)—while being well received by various critics<ref>{{cite web |title=The Princess and the Frog |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-princess-and-the-frog/critic-reviews |access-date=February 5, 2012 |work=[[Metacritic]] |publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |archive-date=August 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815115523/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-princess-and-the-frog/critic-reviews |url-status=live }}</ref> <!--Comment: While the cited Metacritic listing of what 29 critics said about this feature gives the film a critics' score of 73, the critics' views are not "highly critically acclaimed"--> --was not as successful as Disney had hoped, and Catmull later admitted in writing that Disney Animation's faith that ''The Princess and the Frog''{{'}}s excellent quality would bring in all audiences notwithstanding the word "princess" in the title was their version of "a stupid pill".<ref>{{cite book |last=Catmull |first=Ed |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UqccAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT274 |title=Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration |author2=Amy Wallace |publisher=Random House |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-81-299301-1 |location=New York |page=268}}</ref> In order to market the new film to both sexes and additional age groups, Disney changed the title from ''Rapunzel'' to ''Tangled'' while also emphasizing Flynn Rider, the film's prominent male character, showing that his story is just as important as that of Rapunzel.<ref name="LATimes2">{{cite news |last1=Chmielewski |first1=Dawn C. |last2=Eller |first2=Claudia |date=March 9, 2010 |title=Disney restyles 'Rapunzel' to appeal to boys |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2010-mar-09-la-fi-ct-disney9-2010mar09-story.html |access-date=March 12, 2010 |archive-date=February 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190225201504/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/09/business/la-fi-ct-disney9-2010mar09 |url-status=live }}</ref> Disney was criticized for altering the title as a [[marketing strategy]]. [[Floyd Norman]], a former Disney and [[Pixar]] animator and story artist, said, "The idea of changing the title of a classic like ''Rapunzel'' to ''Tangled'' is beyond stupid. I'm convinced they'll gain nothing from this except the public seeing Disney as desperately trying to find an audience."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chmielewski |first1=Dawn C. |last2=Eller |first2=Claudia |date=March 9, 2010 |title=Disney wrings the pink out of 'Rapunzel' |work=Los Angeles Times |url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/03/10/disneys-rapunzel-gets-a-makeover |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013043046/http://herocomplex.latimes.com/2010/03/10/disneys-rapunzel-gets-a-makeover/ |archive-date=October 13, 2010}}</ref>

Justin Chang of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' compared it to changing the title of ''[[The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'' to ''Beached''.<ref>{{cite news |last=Chang |first=Justin |date=November 7, 2010 |title='Tangled' Review |work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |url=https://variety.com/2010/film/reviews/tangled-1117943999/ |access-date=March 23, 2011 |archive-date=September 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927031045/http://variety.com/2010/film/reviews/tangled-1117943999/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Writing for the ''[[San Francisco Chronicle]]''{{'}}s blog, Margot Magowan accused Disney of sexism, writing:<ref name="Magowan">{{cite web|last=Magowan|first=Margot|url=http://blog.sfgate.com/mmagowan/2010/11/22/disneys-male-execs-stop-movies-starring-girls|title=Disney's male execs stop movies starring girls|work=[[San Francisco Chronicle]]|date=November 22, 2010|access-date=June 13, 2012|archive-date=December 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111208141124/http://blog.sfgate.com/mmagowan/2010/11/22/disneys-male-execs-stop-movies-starring-girls/|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{blockquote|Can you imagine if Disney…switched a movie title so it wouldn't risk highlighting a male star? It's awful that this kind of radical gender discrimination exists for our smallest people—little kids who come into this world with huge imaginations and aspirations, big dreams that get squashed by a bunch of billionaire guys who run massive entertainment franchises.}}
On November 24, 2010, the day of the film's release, directors Nathan Greno and [[Byron Howard]] disputed reports that the title change was a marketing decision. They said they changed the title from ''Rapunzel'' to ''Tangled'' because Rapunzel is not the only main character in the film. They went on to say that "you cannot call ''[[Toy Story]]'' "''[[Buzz Lightyear]]''," and they really needed a title that represented what the film is, and that it stars the duo of Rapunzel and Flynn Rider.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=How did Rapunzel become 'Tangled'? Directors Nathan Greno and Byron Howard set the record straight |url=https://ew.com/article/2010/11/24/tangled-rapunzel-nathan-greno-byron-howard/ |access-date=October 15, 2021 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref>

In March 2014, executive producer [[John Lasseter]] explained that Disney had changed the name to improve the film's appeal [[Four-quadrant movie|to the four quadrants]]: "There was an audience perception that these movies were just for little girls but when boys, men, whatever actually see these movies they like them. So on ''Rapunzel'' … we changed the name and we called it ''Tangled''. We did marketing that made the people who would not normally show up say, 'Hey, this looks pretty good.'"<ref name="ChristopherWilliams">{{cite news |last=Williams |first=Christopher |date=March 31, 2014 |title='The world is a better place with Disney animation in it': John Lasseter tells the Telegraph how he saved Disney Animation Studios from the doldrums |newspaper=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/10733005/The-world-is-a-better-place-with-Disney-animation-in-it.html |access-date=April 23, 2014 |archive-date=January 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/10733005/The-world-is-a-better-place-with-Disney-animation-in-it.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Music==
{{Main|Tangled (soundtrack)}}
The [[Tangled (soundtrack)|musical score and soundtrack album]] were composed by [[Alan Menken]] with lyrics written by [[Glenn Slater]].<ref name="ColliderMenkenInterview">{{cite news|url=https://www.collider.com/2010/09/27/alan-menken-interview-tangled|first=Bill|last=Graham|title=Alan Menken Exclusive Interview Tangled|publisher=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|date=September 27, 2010|access-date=November 26, 2010|archive-date=December 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202152808/http://www.collider.com/2010/09/27/alan-menken-interview-tangled/|url-status=dead}}</ref> It marked Menken's return to scoring for animated films, after recurringly doing so for several [[Disney Animation films]] till ''[[Home on the Range (2004 film)|Home on the Range]]'' (2004).{{Efn|Though Menken had composed for the 2007 film ''[[Enchanted (film)|Enchanted]]'', it is a [[live-action]]-[[animation film]], hence it cannot be considered as a full-fledged animation feature.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://broadwayworld.com/printcolumn.php?id=185730|title=Alan Menken Talks 'Tangled', 'Sister Act', 'Leap of Faith', 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame', 'Aladdin' & More|date=November 15, 2010|website=BroadwayWorld.com|access-date=November 23, 2010|archive-date=October 22, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022061357/http://broadwayworld.com/printcolumn.php?id=185730|url-status=live}}</ref>}} As several [[Pixar]] employees, being in charge for [[Disney]], and the sensibilities being changed, Menken thought it as his biggest creative challenge and said that, he was "finding a way that we could wed musical-theater storytelling with the Pixar style of storytelling was primary".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Burlingame |first=Jon |date=2010-11-10 |title=Alan Menken: 'Tangled' up in cues |url=https://variety.com/2010/digital/news/alan-menken-tangled-up-in-cues-1118027102/ |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=July 21, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721162255/https://variety.com/2010/digital/news/alan-menken-tangled-up-in-cues-1118027102/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Menken said he attempted to blend medieval music with 1960s folk rock to create the new songs and the score and soundtrack were recorded at a span of two-and-a-half years.<ref name="Hammond">{{cite magazine|first=Pete|last=Hammond|url=https://deadline.com/2010/09/oscars-animation-race-just-got-tangled-66061/|title=Oscar's Animation Race Just Got 'Tangled'|date=September 9, 2010|magazine=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=November 26, 2010}}</ref>

Several songs were written, but eventually cut from the final film; "[[When Will My Life Begin?]]" replaced an earlier version called "What More Could I Ever Need?". Menken reported that that opening number went through five or six different versions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Blauvelt |first=Christian |title=Alan Menken discusses 'Tangled' and the past, present, and future of the animated musical |url=https://ew.com/article/2010/11/24/alan-menken-tangled/ |access-date=2022-04-22 |website=EW.com |language=en |archive-date=April 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422172631/https://ew.com/article/2010/11/24/alan-menken-tangled/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Elsewhere, Menken reported that there was originally a love song called "You Are My Forever" that Mother Gothel sang to Rapunzel in a motherly way, but was reprised later in the film by Flynn Rider in a romantic way. This idea was apparently replaced with the two songs "Mother Knows Best" and "[[I See the Light]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://animatedviews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1166&start=360|title=Tangled|work=Animated Views Forum|access-date=November 23, 2010|archive-date=May 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511190610/http://animatedviews.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=1166&start=360|url-status=live}}</ref> The song "Something That I Want" written and performed by [[Grace Potter]] from [[Grace Potter and the Nocturnals]] is featured in the closing credits. The Latin American Spanish version of the song, titled "''Algo quiero querer''", was recorded by Colombian pop-singer, [[Fanny Lú]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.elespectador.com/entretenimiento/agenda/cine/articulo-234407-fanny-lu-canta-walt-disney|title=Fanny Lu canta para Walt Disney|work=Elespectador.com|access-date=March 13, 2011|archive-date=November 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101113164308/http://www.elespectador.com/entretenimiento/agenda/cine/articulo-234407-fanny-lu-canta-walt-disney|url-status=live}}</ref>

The soundtrack, released on Walt Disney Records on November 10, 2010,<ref>{{cite web |title=Tangled (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) by Alan Menken |url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/tangled-soundtrack-from-motion/id412754951 |url-status=dead |work=[[iTunes Store]] |publisher=[[Apple Inc.|Apple Inc]] |accessdate=November 11, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140125012936/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/tangled-soundtrack-from-motion/id412754951 |archivedate=January 25, 2014}}</ref> and peaked at number 44 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], number 7 on the [[Billboard charts|Soundtrack]] chart, and number 3 on the [[Kid Albums]] chart.<ref name="billboard200">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/#/charts/billboard-200?begin=121&order=position|title=Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Album Charts|work=Billboard.com|access-date=March 13, 2011|archive-date=December 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225094743/https://www.billboard.com/#/charts/billboard-200?begin=121&order=position|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="billboardsound">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/#/charts/soundtracks|title=Soundtracks|work=Billboard.com|access-date=March 13, 2011|archive-date=December 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225094743/https://www.billboard.com/#/charts/soundtracks|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="billboardkids">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/#/charts/kids-albums|title=Kids Albums|work=Billboard.com|access-date=March 13, 2011|archive-date=December 25, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225094743/https://www.billboard.com/#/charts/kids-albums|url-status=live}}</ref> Four years later, a [[double LP]] [[picture disc]] titled as Songs from Tangled was released on March 21, 2014.<ref>{{Citation |last=Various Artists |title=Songs From Tangled Picture |date=2017 |url=https://www.amazon.com/Songs-Tangled-LP-Picture-Disc/dp/B010CGPTCK |publisher=Walt Disney Records |access-date=2022-04-22 |archive-date=April 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220422163458/https://www.amazon.com/Songs-Tangled-LP-Picture-Disc/dp/B010CGPTCK |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==Release==
===Theatrical===
''Tangled'' premiered in Paris on November 17, exclusively screening at the [[Grand Rex]] theater two weeks in advance of its French [[wide release]].<ref>{{cite web |author=Delorme |first=Pierre |date=July 16, 2010 |title=Le nouveau Disney en avant-première au Grand Rex |url=http://www.filmsactu.com/news-cinema-le-nouveau-disney-en-avant-premiere-au-grand-rex-10901.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920205159/https://cinema.jeuxactu.com/news-cinema-le-nouveau-disney-en-avant-premiere-au-grand-rex-10901.htm |archive-date=September 20, 2020 |access-date=November 25, 2011 |work=FilmsActu.com |language=fr}}</ref> With over 3,800 tickets sold on its opening day, it set a new record for films showing in a single theater.<ref>{{cite web |author=Perraudat |first=Cyril |date=November 17, 2011 |title=Démarrage Paris 17/11/10 : Raiponce remplit le Grand Rex |url=http://www.cinema-france.com/news13722_demarrage-paris-17-11-10-raiponce-remplit-le-grand-rex.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130730092449/http://www.cinema-france.com/news13722_demarrage-paris-17-11-10-raiponce-remplit-le-grand-rex.html |archive-date=July 30, 2013 |access-date=November 25, 2011 |work=Cinema-France.com |language=fr}}</ref> As part of Disney's 100th anniversary, ''Tangled'' was re-released in [[Helios (cinemas)|Helios]] theaters across Poland on October 21, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NoMonday |title=Uwielbiane klasyki wracają na ekrany kin Helios z okazji 100-lecia Disneya! |url=https://www.agora.pl/uwielbiane-klasyki-wracaja-na-ekrany-kin-helios-z-okazji-100-lecia-disneya |access-date=2023-10-25 |website=www.agora.pl |language=pl}}</ref>

===Home media===
''Tangled'' was released by [[Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment]] as a four-disc combo pack on March 29, 2011. The combo pack includes a [[Blu-ray 3D]], standard [[Blu-ray]], [[DVD]], and digital copy. A two-disc Blu-ray/DVD combo pack and single DVD are also available. Bonus features for the Blu-ray include deleted scenes, two alternate opening sequences, two extended songs, and an inside look at how the film was made. The DVD includes only the two Original Storybook Openings and the 50th Animated Feature Countdown.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lawler|first=Richard|date=January 25, 2011|title=Disney to release Tangled on Blu-ray and 3D March 29th|url=https://www.engadget.com/2011/01/25/disney-to-release-tangled-on-blu-ray-and-3d-march-29th/|work=[[Engadget]]|access-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207133803/https://www.engadget.com/2011/01/25/disney-to-release-tangled-on-blu-ray-and-3d-march-29th/|archive-date=December 7, 2012}}</ref>

Sales of ''Tangled'' in the US and Canada exceeded $95 million in DVD and Blu-ray sales, the highest-grossing DVD of the year 2011; its home video sales exceeded the film's earnings in its first week in theaters.<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/movies/report/tangled-makes-record-dvd-sales/20110414.htm "Tangled makes record DVD sales in its opening week"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126133044/https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/tangled-makes-record-dvd-sales/20110414.htm |date=January 26, 2021 }}. ''Rediff.com''. Retrieved April 16, 2011.</ref> The film sold a record 2,970,052 units (the equivalent of $44,521,079) in its first week in North America, the largest opening for a 2011 DVD. It dominated for two weeks on the DVD sales chart and sold 6,657,331 units ($102,154,692) as of July 18, 2012.<ref name=homevideosales>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Tangled|title=Tangled (2010) &nbsp;— Financial Information|publisher=The-Numbers.com|access-date=November 30, 2015|archive-date=November 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113180418/https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Tangled|url-status=live}}</ref> It has also sold 2,518,522 Blu-ray units ($59,220,275) by May 29, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/weekly-bluray-sales-chart |title=Weekly Domestic Blu-ray Sales Chart for Week Ending May 29, 2011 |publisher=The-Numbers.com |access-date=June 14, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140605021612/http://www.the-numbers.com/weekly-bluray-sales-chart |archive-date=June 5, 2014 }}</ref> As of January 20, 2016, the film has earned a total of $215 million in home video sales in the United States and Canada ($155 million from DVD sales and $60 million from Blu-ray sales).<ref name=homevideosales/> ''Tangled'' was released on [[Ultra HD Blu-ray]] on November 5, 2019.<ref>{{Citation|title=Tangled 4K Blu-ray|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Tangled-4K-Blu-ray/251270/|access-date=2019-10-08|archive-date=February 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203164235/https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Tangled-4K-Blu-ray/251270/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Reception==
===Box office===
''Tangled'' had a worldwide opening weekend of $86.1 million,<ref>{{cite web|title=November 26–28, 2010 Weekend|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2010&wknd=48&p=.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=April 25, 2011|archive-date=June 14, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190614163857/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2010&wknd=48&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Overseas Total Box Office|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/intl/weekend/?yr=2010&wk=48&p=.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=April 25, 2011|archive-date=June 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629091452/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/weekend/?yr=2010&wk=48&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and reached the summit of the worldwide box office once, on its eleventh weekend (Feb 4–6, 2011), with $24.9 million.<ref>{{cite web|title=February 4–6, 2011 Weekend|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2011&wknd=05&p=.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=March 23, 2011|archive-date=July 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709055748/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/?yr=2011&wknd=05&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Overseas Total Box Office|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/intl/weekend/?yr=2011&wk=5&p=.htm|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=March 23, 2011|archive-date=July 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190715095720/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/weekend/?yr=2011&wk=5&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> The film earned $200.8 million in North America, and $391.6 million in other countries, for a worldwide total of $592.5 million; making it the third-highest-grossing animated film of 2010, behind ''[[Shrek Forever After]]'' and ''[[Toy Story 3]]'', and the eighth-highest-grossing film of 2010.<ref>"2010 Worldwide Box Office". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved March 7, 2020.</ref> It was the third Disney film appearing in the Top 10 films of 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2010&p=.htm|title=2010 WORLDWIDE GROSSES|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=April 24, 2011|archive-date=January 6, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106042454/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?view2=worldwide&yr=2010&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2017, it was the sixth-highest-grossing film worldwide produced by [[Walt Disney Animation Studios]], behind ''[[Frozen (2013 film)|Frozen]]'', ''[[Zootopia]]'', ''[[The Lion King]]'', ''[[Big Hero 6 (film)|Big Hero 6]]'', and ''[[Moana (2016 film)|Moana]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/|title=WORLDWIDE GROSSES|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=April 25, 2011|archive-date=October 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022040157/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Tangled'' earned $11.9 million on its opening Wednesday,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=rapunzel.htm|title=Tangled|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=November 27, 2010|archive-date=July 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709203825/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=daily&id=rapunzel.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> breaking the record for the largest pre-[[Thanksgiving (USA)|Thanksgiving]] Wednesday opening, a record previously held by Disney·Pixar's ''[[Toy Story 2]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedeadbolt.com/news/109260/tangled_breaks_box_office_record_news.php|archive-url=https://archive.today/20101129022624/http://www.thedeadbolt.com/news/109260/tangled_breaks_box_office_record_news.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 29, 2010|title=Tangled Breaks Box Office Record Behind Harry Potter|publisher=TheDeadBolt.com|first=Troy|last=Rogers|access-date=November 27, 2010}}</ref> In its first weekend of release, it earned $48.8 million (the highest opening for Walt Disney Animation Studios, surpassing ''The Lion King'' ($40.9 million), and later surpassed by both ''[[Wreck-It Ralph]]'' ($49 million) and ''Frozen'' ($67.4 million)), placing second for the period behind ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows&nbsp;– Part 1]]'', which earned $49.1 million.<ref name="Thanksgiving Weekend">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/thanksgiving.htm?page=3day&p=.htm|title=Biggest 3-day Thanksgiving Weekends at the Box Office|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=January 21, 2011|archive-date=October 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017050949/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/thanksgiving.htm?page=3day&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Tangled'' had the sixth-highest opening weekend for a film that did not debut at #1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/opennot1.htm|title=Biggest Opening Weekends That Did Not Debut at #1|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=February 15, 2014|archive-date=October 2, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191002185800/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/weekends/opennot1.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Over the traditional Wednesday–Sunday Thanksgiving holiday period, it tallied $68.7 million, again finishing in second place.<ref name="Thanksgiving Weekend"/> ''Tangled'' also marked the second-largest 3-day and 5-day Thanksgiving opening after ''Toy Story 2''.<ref name="Thanksgiving Weekend"/> During its second weekend (post-Thanksgiving), ''Tangled'' declined 56% to $21.6 million, although it jumped to first place at the box office.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/weekend/?yr=2010&p=.htm|title=Weekend Index 2010|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=February 13, 2011|archive-date=June 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629091442/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/?yr=2010&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> With a final gross of $200.8 million, it is [[List of American films of 2010#Box office|the tenth-highest-grossing film of 2010]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2010&p=.htm|title=2010 Yearly Box Office Results|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=January 14, 2011|archive-date=January 13, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100113000534/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/yearly/chart/?yr=2010&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> and the tenth 2010 film to pass the $200 million mark;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/|title=Weekend Box Office Results for February 7–9, 2014|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=February 15, 2014|archive-date=June 14, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614183248/http://www.boxofficemojo.com/weekend/chart/|url-status=live}}</ref> it was the fourth-slowest film to pass this mark.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/slowest.htm?page=200&p=.htm|title=Movies Taking the Longest to Hit $200 Million at the Box Office|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=February 15, 2014|archive-date=October 22, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191022122047/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/slowest.htm?page=200&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Unadjusted for inflation, it is the ninth-highest-grossing film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios, behind ''The Lion King'' ($422.8 million), ''Frozen'' ($400.7 million), ''Zootopia'' ($341.3 million), ''Moana'' ($248.7 million), ''Big Hero 6'' ($221.3 million), ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1991 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]'' ($219 million), ''[[Aladdin (1992 Disney film)|Aladdin]]'' ($217.4 million), and ''[[Ralph Breaks the Internet]]'' ($201.1 million).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm?page=2&p=.htm|title=All Time Domestic Box Office Results|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=October 14, 2011|archive-date=June 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622042131/http://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/domestic.htm?page=2&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

On its opening weekend, it earned $17.4 million in eight territories and ranked second for the weekend behind ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows&nbsp;– Part 1'' ($117.3 million).<ref name="Overseas">{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/intl/weekend/?yr=2010&wk=48&p=.htm|title=Overseas Total Box Office|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=March 16, 2011|archive-date=June 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629091452/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/weekend/?yr=2010&wk=48&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> It reached first place at the weekend box office outside North America three times in 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3041&p=.htm|title=Around-the-World Roundup: 'Tangled,' 'Tourist' Top Chart|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|date=January 12, 2011|access-date=March 22, 2012|archive-date=July 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712035335/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3041&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3066&p=.htm|title=Around-the-World Roundup: 'Tangled' Edges Past 'Hornet'|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|date=February 1, 2011|access-date=March 22, 2012|archive-date=June 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190609080128/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3066&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3076&p=.htm|title=Around-the-World Roundup: French Comedy Nips at 'Tangled's Heels|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|date=February 9, 2011|access-date=March 22, 2012|archive-date=June 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612071501/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=3076&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> It marked the seventh-highest-grossing 2010 film and the third-highest-grossing 2010 animated film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/?pagenum=2&p=.htm|title=All Time Worldwide Box Office Grosses|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=March 10, 2011|archive-date=September 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190925104742/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/alltime/world/?pagenum=2&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> In Russia and the CIS, it set an opening-weekend record among non-sequel animated films (first surpassed by ''[[Rio (2011 film)|Rio]]'') and among Walt Disney Animation Studios films (surpassed by ''Frozen'').<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2998&p=.htm|title=Around-the-World Roundup: 'Potter' Continues to Dominate|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|date=December 1, 2010|access-date=December 16, 2013|archive-date=December 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215172315/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/news/?id=2998&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> Its highest-grossing markets outside North America was Germany ($44.2 million), where it is the highest-grossing 2010 animated film,<ref name=Germany>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/intl/germany/yearly/?yr=2010&p=.htm|title=Germany Yearly Box Office|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=December 30, 2011|archive-date=December 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181215172047/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/intl/germany/yearly/?yr=2010&p=.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> followed by France and the Maghreb region ($39.4 million) and the UK, Ireland and Malta ($32.9 million).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=rapunzel.htm|title=TANGLED|work=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=December 30, 2011|archive-date=July 9, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709125942/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?page=intl&id=rapunzel.htm|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Critical response===
''Tangled'' received largely positive reviews from critics upon release.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Giles |first=Jeff |date=January 7, 2011 |title=Ron Perlman's Best Movies |url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/total-recall-ron-perlmans-best-movies/ |access-date=July 16, 2024 |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |quote=it’s hard to argue with Tangled‘s overwhelmingly positive reviews}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Holt |first=Nathalia |author-link=Nathalia Holt |date=November 12, 2019 |title=The Token Female Pixar Story Artist |url=https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/queens-of-animation-an-excerpt-on-brenda-chapman-brave.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230207203621/https://www.vulture.com/2019/11/queens-of-animation-an-excerpt-on-brenda-chapman-brave.html |archive-date=February 7, 2023 |access-date=July 16, 2024 |work=[[Vulture (website)|Vulture]] |quote=Tangled fared somewhat better, receiving largely positive reviews}}</ref> {{Anchor|Critics|Critical response|Critical reaction}}[[Rotten Tomatoes]] gives the film an approval rating of {{RT data|score}} based on {{RT data|count}} reviews and an average score of {{RT data|average}}. The website's critical consensus is: "While far from Disney's greatest film, ''Tangled'' is a visually stunning, thoroughly entertaining addition to the studio's classic animated canon."<ref name="RottenTomatoes">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tangled|title=Tangled (2010)|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media|Fandango]]|access-date={{RT data|access date}}|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220326224757/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tangled|archive-date=2022-03-26|url-status=live}}{{RT data|edit}}</ref> [[Metacritic]], which assigns a [[weighted average]] score based on reviews from mainstream film critics, calculated a score of 71/100 based on 34 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/tangled|title=Tangled Reviews|work=[[Metacritic]]|publisher=[[CBS Interactive|CBS]]|access-date=November 26, 2010|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111235702/https://www.metacritic.com/movie/tangled|url-status=live}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] during the opening weekend, gave the film a rare average grade "A+" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/11/box-office-tangled-a-big-winner-as-burlesque-faster-love-other-drugs-lag.html |title=Box office: 'Tangled' feasts as 'Burlesque', 'Faster', 'Love & Other Drugs' fight for leftovers |last=Fritz |first=Ben |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=November 28, 2010 |access-date=February 16, 2022 |archive-date=March 12, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110312075635/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/11/box-office-tangled-a-big-winner-as-burlesque-faster-love-other-drugs-lag.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[A. O. Scott]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' positively reviewed the film as "the 50th animated feature from Disney, and its look and spirit convey a modified, updated but nonetheless sincere and unmistakable quality of old-fashioned Disneyness."<ref name="nytimes1">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/movies/24tangled.html |title=Back to the Castle, Where It's All About the Hair |last=Scott |first=A.O. |author-link=A.O. Scott |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 26, 2010 |date=November 23, 2010 |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109031047/https://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/movies/24tangled.html |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' film critic [[Richard Corliss]] wrote that ''Tangled'' "wades into the [[DreamWorks Animation|DreamWorks]] style of sitcom gags and anachronistic sass," while praising the film for achieving "the complex mix of romance, comedy, adventure and heart that defines the best Disney features."<ref name="Time1">{{cite magazine |url=https://content.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,2033166,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101127000434/http://www.time.com/time/arts/article/0,8599,2033166,00.html#ixzz16Uolgypm |url-status=live |archive-date=November 27, 2010 |last=Corliss |first=Richard |author-link=Richard Corliss |title='Tangled': Disney's Ripping Rapunzel |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |date=November 26, 2010 |access-date=February 26, 2022 }}</ref> Corliss included ''Tangled'' at 19 in a list of top 25 All-time Best Animated films.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://entertainment.time.com/2011/06/23/the-25-all-time-best-animated-films/slide/tangled-2010/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022155835/http://entertainment.time.com/2011/06/23/the-25-all-time-best-animated-films/slide/tangled-2010/|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 22, 2011|title=The 25 All-Time Best Animated Films|last=Corliss|first=Richard|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|date=June 21, 2011|access-date=December 12, 2013}}</ref> [[Kenneth Turan]] from the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' awarded the film four stars out of five; he described the film as a "gorgeous computer-animated look that features rich landscapes and characters that look fuller and more lifelike than they have in the past."<ref name="LATimes3">{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-et-tangled-20101124,0,3295301.story|last=Turan|first=Kenneth|title=Movie review: 'Tangled'|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|date=November 24, 2010|access-date=November 26, 2010|archive-date=October 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131026203324/http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-et-tangled-20101124,0,3295301.story|url-status=live}}</ref> Sandie Angulo Chen of [[Common Sense Media]] gave the film five out of five stars, writing, "Fantastic princess adventure is fun, with great messages."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/tangled|title=Tangled&nbsp;— Movie Review|author=Sandie Angulo Chen|work=Common Sense Media|date=March 29, 2011|access-date=May 27, 2012|archive-date=June 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120607061519/http://www.commonsensemedia.org/movie-reviews/tangled|url-status=live}}</ref> Gael Cooper of [[NBC News]] expressed that ''Tangled'' may be the best Disney film of all time.<ref name="nbc1">{{cite web|url=http://entertainment.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/01/13/10141375-tangled-may-be-best-disney-movie-of-all-time|title=''Tangled'' may be the best Disney Movie of all time|last=Cooper|first=Gael Fashingbauer|work=[[NBC News]]|date=January 13, 2012|access-date=December 12, 2013|archive-date=September 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918143343/http://entertainment.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/01/13/10141375-tangled-may-be-best-disney-movie-of-all-time|url-status=dead}}</ref>

[[ReelViews|James Berardinelli]] commented on his review website ''ReelViews'' that the film is "entertaining and enjoyable, but not groundbreaking." He also stated Rapunzel is "not as memorable as [[Snow White (Disney character)|Snow White]], [[Ariel (The Little Mermaid)|Ariel]], or [[Belle (Disney character)|Belle]]" as well as stating "the songs are neither catchy nor memorable."<ref name="ReelViews">{{cite web|url=http://www.reelviews.net/php_review_template.php?identifier=2215|last=Berardinelli|first=James|title=Tangled: A movie review by James Berardinelli|date=November 22, 2010|access-date=November 26, 2010|archive-date=October 23, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023143351/http://www.reelviews.net/php_review_template.php?identifier=2215|url-status=live}}</ref> Todd McCarthy, film reviewer for ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' opened his review with, "It would have been nice if Disney's self-touted 50th animated feature were one of its best, a film that could stand with the studio's classics, but the world will have to make do with ''Tangled'', a passably entertaining hodgepodge of old and new animation techniques, mixed sensibilities and hedged commercial calculations."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/todd-mccarthys-film-review-tangled-42752|last=McCarthy|first=Todd|title=Todd McCarthy's Film Review: 'Tangled'|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=November 8, 2010|access-date=November 26, 2010|archive-date=October 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025202412/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/todd-mccarthys-film-review-tangled-42752|url-status=live}}</ref>
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===== Music =====
The soundtrack (particularly Menken's musical score) in general was technically praised, however the songs mostly received some mixed reactions for being quite derivative to most of Menken's previous works (particularly the [[Disney Renaissance|1990s renaissance]] ones). Bill Graham from [[Collider (website)|Collider]] praised them for their variations to the tempo and tone, memorable lyrics, and "blending old with new," However, he also stated that "the film’s constant mixture of tones can feel a bit off-putting for some."<ref name=Collider2>{{cite web|title=TANGLED Review|url=https://collider.com/tangled-review-movi/|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|date=November 23, 2010|access-date=June 30, 2014|quote=(Mother Knows Best) Catchy and dark, there are a number of variations to the tempo and tone throughout the film while the lyrics, nailed by Murphy, will stay with you. One can easily see the parallels that Menken and the directors went for in blending old with new, and there is an interesting result. Mother Gothel’s songs feel as ancient as she is, while Rapunzel’s songs have a truly youthful exuberance and feel.}}</ref> Roth Cornet from ''Screen Rant'' was positive towards them, saying that "Alan Menken’s music is as catchy, uplifting and effecting as one would expect."<ref name=ScreenRant1>{{cite web|title='Tangled' Review|url=https://screenrant.com/tangled-reviews-rothc-89088/|website=[[Screen Rant]]|access-date=June 30, 2014|date=December 19, 2010}}</ref> Scott of ''The New York Times'' positively reviewed the music, saying that it "takes you back to a charmed world of swoony longing and sprightly mischief," with a slick and efficient atmosphere and grace notes of self-conscious classicism.<ref name="nytimes1"/> Corliss from ''Time'' was also positive to the songs, noting that though "don't sound on first hearing like top-drawer Menken," the songs still "smoothly fill their functions." He described the opener, "When Will My Life Begin?," as the "heroine's 'I wanna' song," a Disney tradition that stretches back to Snow White's "[[Some Day My Prince Will Come]]." "I See the Light" was described as "a generically tuneful love ballad, which is sure to be nominated for a Best Song Oscar."<ref name="Time1"/>

James Berardinelli, on the other hand, negatively commented the songs as "neither catchy nor memorable."<ref name="ReelViews"/> Tim Robey from ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'' gave a negative review, saying that they were only "OK—there’s nothing you want to whistle on the way home."<ref name=telegraph12>{{cite web|last=Robey|first=Tim|title=Tangled, review|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/8286988/Tangled-review.html|website=[[The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=June 29, 2014|date=December 25, 2013|quote=and the serviceable songs, by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater, are only OK – there’s nothing you want to whistle on the way home.}}</ref> Peter Bradshaw from ''[[The Guardian]]'', who gave the movie two out of five stars, described the songs as "sporting a laboured selection of Broadway-style show tunes," and hence are actually added for profit.<ref name="Guardian_1">{{cite web|last=Bradshaw|first=Peter|title=Tangled – review|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/jan/27/tangled-review|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=June 30, 2014|date=January 27, 2011|quote=and sporting a laboured selection of Broadway-style showtunes – signalling that someone, somewhere clearly wants to turn this into a lucrative global franchise on stage}}</ref>-->

===Accolades===
The film has been nominated for a number of awards. [[Hollywood Foreign Press Association]] nominated ''Tangled'' for two [[Golden Globe Awards]], for [[Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film|Best Animated Feature Film]] and [[Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] for "I See the Light", but lost to ''Toy Story 3'' and ''[[Burlesque (2010 musical film)|Burlesque]]'', respectively.<ref name="GoldenGlobe">{{cite web |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |date=December 14, 2010 |title=In Full: Golden Globes&nbsp;— Movie Nominees |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a293138/in-full-golden-globes-movie-nominees.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019154406/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a293138/in-full-golden-globes-movie-nominees.html |archive-date=October 19, 2015 |access-date=December 14, 2010 |website=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref> It also received an Oscar nomination for the Best Original Song, "I See the Light".<ref>{{cite web |last1=VanHoose |first1=Benjamin |title=Disney's Tangled Getting a Live-Action Remake with Greatest Showman Director |url=https://people.com/disney-tangled-live-action-remake-in-the-works-7570488 |website=People |publisher=People Magazine |access-date=11 December 2024}}</ref> The film also received two nominations for the [[Broadcast Film Critics Association]] in the same categories, though lost to ''Toy Story 3'' and ''[[127 Hours]]'',<ref name="Critics_choice_1">{{cite web |title='Black Swan' leads Critics' Choice nominations |url=https://ew.com/article/2010/12/13/critics-choice-nominations/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110602181423/http://insidemovies.ew.com/2010/12/13/critics-choice-nominations/ |archive-date=June 2, 2011 |access-date=March 16, 2011 |work=insidemovies.ew.com}}</ref> as well as nominations for two [[Annie Awards]], for Best Animated Feature Film and for Writing in a Feature Production.<ref name="annieawards">{{cite web |title=38th Annual Annie Nominations |url=http://annieawards.org/38th-annie-awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214043355/http://annieawards.org/38th-annie-awards |archive-date=February 14, 2014 |access-date=December 16, 2010 |publisher=Annie Awards}}</ref>

''Tangled'' was also nominated for two Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards, Best Animated Film and Best Original Song for "I've Got a Dream," which it lost to ''Toy Story 3'' and ''Burlesque''.<ref name="Phoenix">{{cite web |date=December 29, 2010 |title=Phoenix Film Critics Name THE KINGS SPEECH Best Film of 2010 |url=http://phoenixfilmcriticssociety.org/article/144/phoenix-film-critics-name-the-kings-speech-best-film-of-2010.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101230234930/http://phoenixfilmcriticssociety.org/article/144/phoenix-film-critics-name-the-kings-speech-best-film-of-2010.html |archive-date=December 30, 2010 |access-date=December 29, 2010 |publisher=Phoenix Film Critics Society}}</ref> "I See the Light" was nominated for [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] at the [[83rd Academy Awards]], but lost to "[[We Belong Together (Randy Newman song)|We Belong Together]]" from ''Toy Story 3''.<ref name="academyawards">{{cite web |title=Academy Awards nomination list |url=http://www.thestate.com/2011/01/25/1662596/academy-awards-nomination-list.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110405165305/http://www.thestate.com/2011/01/25/1662596/academy-awards-nomination-list.html |archive-date=April 5, 2011 |access-date=January 25, 2011 |work=TheState.com}}</ref> It has also been nominated for 37th [[Saturn Award for Best Animated Film]].<ref name="Variety37thSaturn">{{cite web |author=Saturn Awards |date=February 24, 2011 |title="Inception" dreams up 9 Nominations for the 37th Annual Saturn Awards while AMC's "The Walking Dead" walks away with 6 |url=https://www.variety.com/graphics/photos/_storypics/SaturnAwards2011.doc |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110815164708/http://www.variety.com/graphics/photos/_storypics/SaturnAwards2011.doc |archive-date=August 15, 2011 |access-date=August 10, 2014 |work=Variety |format=DOC}}</ref>

''Tangled'' won best 3D scene of the year at the second annual International 3D Society Creative Arts Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/events/dragon-pixar-disney-top-3d-society-creative-arts-awards|title=Dragon, Pixar, Disney top 3D Society Creative Arts Awards|work=AnimationMagazine.net|date=February 10, 2011 |access-date=February 10, 2011}}</ref>

''Tangled'' was also nominated for favorite film in the British Academy Children Awards for Favorite Film, competing against films like ''Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows&nbsp;– Parts 1'' & ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows&nbsp;– Part 2|2]]'', ''[[Transformers: Dark of the Moon]]'', ''[[Cars 2]]'', and ''[[Kung Fu Panda 2]]''.<ref name=BAFTABAFTA>{{cite web|title=British Academy Children's Awards Nominations Announced|url=http://www.bafta.org/press/british-academy-childrens-awards-nominations-announced,165,SNS.html|website=[[British Academy Children's Awards]]|date=October 23, 2011|access-date=June 27, 2014|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714135220/http://www.bafta.org/press/british-academy-childrens-awards-nominations-announced,165,SNS.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=BAFTAfail>{{cite web|title=2011 British Academy Children's Awards Winners Announced|url=http://www.bafta.org/press/british-academy-childrens-awards-winners,172,SNS.html|website=[[British Academy Children's Awards]]|date=November 27, 2011|access-date=June 27, 2014|archive-date=July 14, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714202529/http://www.bafta.org/press/british-academy-childrens-awards-winners,172,SNS.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

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| [[Academy Award for Best Original Song|Best Original Song]] ("[[I See the Light]]")
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| rowspan="2"|[[38th Annie Awards]]
| Best Animated Feature Film
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| Writing in a Feature Production (Dan Fogelman)
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||[[British Academy Children's Awards]] (BAFTA)
| Favourite Film
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| rowspan="2"|[[16th Critics' Choice Awards|Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards 2010]]
| Best Animated Feature Film
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| Best Song ("I See the Light")
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| rowspan="2"|[[68th Golden Globe Awards]]
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature Film|Best Animated Feature Film]]
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| Best Song ("I See the Light")
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| [[Motion Picture Sound Editors|Golden Reel Awards]] 
| [[Golden Reel Award for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing - Musical for Feature Film|Best Sound Editing: Music in a Musical Feature Film]]
|<ref>{{cite web |title=2011 Golden Reel Award Nominees: Feature Films |url=http://www.mpse.org/goldenreels/2011awards/2011featurenominees.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928021641/http://www.mpse.org/goldenreels/2011awards/2011featurenominees.html |archive-date=September 28, 2011 |access-date=August 10, 2011 |publisher=[[Motion Picture Sound Editors]]}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2"|[[54th Grammy Awards]]
| Best Compilation Soundtrack for Visual Media
|<ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Gans |first=Andrew |date=February 13, 2012 |title=Alan Menken and Glenn Slater Win Grammy Award |url=http://www.playbill.com/news/article/159598-Alan-Menken-and-Glenn-Slater-Win-Grammy-Award |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810184145/http://www.playbill.com/news/article/159598-Alan-Menken-and-Glenn-Slater-Win-Grammy-Award |archive-date=August 10, 2014 |access-date=December 16, 2013 |website=Playbill |publisher=Playbill, Inc}}</ref>
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| Best Song Written For Visual Media ("I See the Light")
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||Las Vegas Film Critics Society
| Best Song ("I See the Light")
|<ref>{{cite web |last=King |first=Susan |date=December 16, 2010 |title=Las Vegas Film Critics Society Awards |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2010/12/las-vegas-film-critics-society-awards.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207001058/https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/awards/2010/12/las-vegas-film-critics-society-awards.html |archive-date=February 7, 2021 |access-date=December 16, 2013 |work=Los Angeles Times}}</ref>
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| [[National Movie Awards|National Movie Awards 2011]]
| Animation
|<ref>{{cite web |title=NMA Winners – 2011 |url=http://www.nationalmovieawards.com/winners |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131019224608/http://www.nationalmovieawards.com/winners |archive-date=October 19, 2013 |access-date=August 10, 2014 |website=National Movie Awards}}</ref>
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| rowspan="2"|Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
| Best Animated Film
| rowspan=6 {{Nom}}
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| Best Original Song ("I've Got a Dream")
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| [[37th Saturn Awards]]
| Best Animated Film
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| [[2011 Teen Choice Awards]]
| Choice Animated Movie Voice (Zachary Levi)
|<ref>{{cite web |date=June 29, 2011 |title=Teen Choice Awards Nominees – 2011 List |url=http://www.nationalledger.com/pop-culture-news/teen-choice-awards-nominees-113674.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120309012933/http://www.nationalledger.com/pop-culture-news/teen-choice-awards-nominees-113674.shtml |archive-date=March 9, 2012 |access-date=July 1, 2011 |work=NationalLedger.com}}</ref>
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|rowspan="2"|[[9th Visual Effects Society Awards]]
|[[Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture|Outstanding Animation in an Animated Feature Motion Picture]] ([[Clay Kaytis]], [[John Kahrs]], [[Glen Keane]], [[Roy Conli]])
|<ref name=":2">{{cite web |title=9th Annual VES Awards |url=https://www.visualeffectssociety.com/ayear/9th-annual-ves-awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190331133444/https://www.visualeffectssociety.com/ayear/9th-annual-ves-awards |archive-date=March 31, 2019 |access-date=December 22, 2017 |work=visual effects society}}</ref>
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|Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature Motion Picture (Tony Smeed, Amy Smeed, Becky Bresee, Kira Lehtomaki for "Rapunzel")
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==Other media==
===Video games===
{{main|Tangled: The Video Game}}
A video game based on the film was released on November 23, 2010, for [[Nintendo DS]], [[Wii]], and [[personal computer|PC]] platforms by [[Disney Interactive Studios]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamefaqs.com/wii/605150-disney-tangled-the-video-game/data|title=Disney Tangled: The Video Game Release Information for Wii|work=GameFAQs.com|access-date=December 5, 2010|archive-date=December 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101210233224/http://www.gamefaqs.com/wii/605150-disney-tangled-the-video-game/data|url-status=live}}</ref>

A world based on the film, Kingdom of Corona, appears in ''[[Kingdom Hearts III]]'', released on January 29, 2019, for [[PlayStation 4]] and [[Xbox One]]. The story arc takes place during an alternate account of the events of the movie.

In the video game ''[[Disney Magic Kingdoms]]'', Rapunzel, Flynn, Maximus, Mother Gothel, and Pascal are playable characters, while Rapunzel's Tower and Snuggly Duckling appear as attractions. The storyline of the characters in the game follows almost the same plot as in the film.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sts710Dr8kU&ab_channel=DisneyMagicKingdoms|title=Update 33: Snow White, Tangled {{!}} Livestream|via=[[YouTube]]|date=September 6, 2019|access-date=October 20, 2022|archive-date=April 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220426164603/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sts710Dr8kU&ab_channel=DisneyMagicKingdoms|url-status=live}}</ref>

Rapunzel, Flynn Rider, Maximus, and Mother Gothel are all playable heroes in ''Disney Heroes: Battle Mode''. The Stabbington brothers also appear in Mother Gothel's white skill.{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}

Mother Gothel is also featured in ''[[Disney Dreamlight Valley]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Arias |first=Jackie |date=2022-11-27 |title=Disney Dreamlight Valley Player Recreates Rapunzel's Room From Tangled |url=https://gamerant.com/disney-dreamlight-valley-player-rapunzels-room-tangled/ |access-date=2023-02-21 |website=[[Game Rant]] |language=en |archive-date=February 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221142954/https://gamerant.com/disney-dreamlight-valley-player-rapunzels-room-tangled/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Short film===
{{main|Tangled Ever After}}
''Tangled Ever After'' is a short sequel released in 2012. The plot revolves around the wedding of Rapunzel and Eugene. Pascal and Maximus lose the wedding rings and chase after them, causing collateral damage along the way.

=== Manga ===
A manga adaptation of the film with illustrations by Shiori Kanaki was released to promote the film's Japanese release on March 25, 2011. It was later released in the United States on September 12, 2017.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K4QqEAAAQBAJ |title=Disney Manga: Tangled |date=2017-09-12 |publisher=TOKYOPOP |isbn=978-1-4278-5705-7 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Alverson |first=Brigid |title=Manga, An All-Ages Starter List {{!}} Mondo Manga |url=https://www.slj.com/story/manga-an-all-ages-starter-list-mondo-manga |access-date=2024-08-10 |website=School Library Journal}}</ref>

'''Descendants'''

In Descendants: School of Secrets, Rapunzel has an unnamed daughter. In [[Descendants: Wicked World]], Rapunzel has a daughter named [[Ruby]]. Originally, Rapunzel was going to appear in [[Descendants: The Rise of Red]], as a teenager named Zellie. During early screenwriting, the creators made Zellie the teenage daughter of Rapunzel, before rewriting the script so that Zellie would be Rapunzel (as if Rapunzel left her tower to go to Merlin Academy). However, Rapunzel was eventually deleted from the final film, causing Zellie to be rewritten as a cameo character named Meadow (portrayed by [[Sam Morelos]]).

===Stage adaptations===
An abridged stage adaptation titled ''[[Tangled (franchise)#Musical|Tangled: The Musical]]'' premiered on board the ''[[Disney Magic]]'' of the [[Disney Cruise Line]]<ref name=musical>{{cite web|url=http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/04/tangled-the-musical-coming-to-disney-cruise-line/|title='Tangled: The Musical' Coming to Disney Cruise Line|first=Jonathan|last=Frontado|work=Disney Parks Blog|date=April 2, 2015|access-date=June 3, 2015|archive-date=April 3, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403112351/http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2015/04/tangled-the-musical-coming-to-disney-cruise-line/|url-status=dead}}</ref> in November 2015,<ref>{{cite web|date=November 11, 2015|title=Disney's TANGLED: THE MUSICAL Live-Streams Onboard the Disney Magic Cruise!|url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Disneys-TANGLED-THE-MUSICAL-Live-Streams-Onboard-the-Disney-Magic-Cruise-20151111|website=[[BroadwayWorld]]|access-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701072244/https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Disneys-TANGLED-THE-MUSICAL-Live-Streams-Onboard-the-Disney-Magic-Cruise-20151111|archive-date=July 1, 2017}}</ref> featuring three new songs written by Alan Menken and Glenn Slater.<ref name=MusicalSongs>{{Cite web|title='Tangled: The Musical' Fact Sheet|url=https://dclnews.com/fact-sheets/2015/11/11/tangled-the-musical-fact-sheet/|work=Disney Cruise Line|access-date=April 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190402103402/https://dclnews.com/fact-sheets/2015/11/11/tangled-the-musical-fact-sheet/|archive-date=April 2, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In February 2024, it was reported that [[Disney Theatrical Group]] is developing a new stage adaptation of the film, with a workshop underway.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rosky |first=Nicole |title=Stage Version of Disney's TANGLED Is In the Works |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Stage-Version-of-Disneys-TANGLED-Is-In-the-Works-20240214 |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=BroadwayWorld.com |language=en}}</ref>

===Television series===
{{Further|Tangled: Before Ever After|Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure}}
''[[Tangled: Before Ever After]]'', a television movie set between the feature film and the short film ''[[Tangled Ever After]]'', aired on March 10, 2017, serving as an introduction to a continuing television series, ''Tangled: The Series'', later renamed ''[[Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure]]'', that started airing on [[Disney Channel]] on March 24, 2017.<ref name="TVLineMakingSeries">{{cite web|url=http://tvline.com/2015/06/03/tangled-series-disney-channel-mandy-moore-zachary-levi/|title=Disney Channel Making ''Tangled'' Series; Mandy Moore, Zachary Levi to Star|first=Rebecca|last=Iannucci|work=[[TVLine]]|publisher=TVLine Media, LLC|date=June 3, 2015|access-date=June 3, 2015|archive-date=February 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226061534/https://tvline.com/2015/06/03/tangled-series-disney-channel-mandy-moore-zachary-levi/|url-status=live}}</ref> It ran for three seasons and sixty episodes until March 2020.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=1233784035383664641|title=Cast aside the Sunday blues with all new #DisneyFamJam and #JustRollWithIt, along with a ground-breaking episode of #RavensHome, and the #RapunzelsTangledAdventures series finale!|user=DisneyChannel|date=February 29, 2020|access-date=March 3, 2020}}</ref>

==Future ==
=== Potential sequel ===
In December 2014, ''Tangled''{{'}}s producer, [[Roy Conli]], revealed that the production team had been "heavily pushed" for a feature-length sequel to the film, but when the writers and directors got together to develop one, they realized, "she cut her hair. It's over!"<ref name="Bodey">{{cite news |last=Bodey |first=Michael |date=December 30, 2014 |title=Big Hero 6: another animation marvel from Disney |work=The Australian |publisher=News Corp Australia |url=http://www.theaustralian.com.au/arts/big-hero-6-another-animation-marvel-from-disney/story-e6frg8n6-1227169452274 |access-date=January 1, 2015}}</ref> Conli explained that at Disney Animation under Lasseter, it is always the filmmakers who decide whether they are ready to make a sequel (not marketing or merchandising).<ref name="Bodey"/> In January 2015, Conli again provided a similar explanation when pressed on this point, and also mentioned that directors Greno and Howard ultimately "weren't really interested" in continuing the story.<ref name="Brew">{{cite news |last=Brew |first=Simon |date=January 31, 2015 |title=Exclusive: why Disney never made Tangled 2 |work=[[Den of Geek]] |publisher=DoGtech LLC |url=https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/tangled/33887/exclusive-why-disney-never-made-tangled-2/ |url-status=live |access-date=October 31, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117014146/http://www.denofgeek.com/movies/tangled/33887/exclusive-why-disney-never-made-tangled-2 |archive-date=November 17, 2015}}</ref>

=== Live-action adaptation ===
In May 2020, Hannah Shaw-Williams of ''[[Screen Rant]]'' asked whether the success of the movie would lead to a sequel (apart from the short film ''[[Tangled Ever After]]''), stating there is no word of it being in active development, while also stating that Disney is "developing a [[live-action]] movie about Rapunzel," and stating that it would take several years for a possible movie to reach theaters.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shaw-Williams |first=Hannah |date=May 24, 2020 |title=Will Tangled 2 Ever Happen? |url=https://screenrant.com/tangled-2-disney-release-date-story-details/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603004718/https://screenrant.com/tangled-2-disney-release-date-story-details/ |archive-date=June 3, 2020 |access-date=October 30, 2020 |website=[[Screen Rant]]}}</ref> The latter film was confirmed to be in development in December 2024, with [[Michael Gracey]] attached to direct and [[Jennifer Kaytin Robinson]] writing the script.<ref name="liveaction" /> In April 2025, it was reported that development on the film had been halted indefinitely due to the commercial failure of ''[[Snow White (2025 film)|Snow White]]'' (2025).<ref name="Tangled-pause" />

==See also==
*[[Blonde versus brunette rivalry]]<ref name=Page>{{cite news |last1=Page-Kirby |first1=Kristin |title=The battle of the blondes (and the brunettes) |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2016/05/05/the-battle-of-the-blondes-and-the-brunettes/ |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=28 April 2023}}</ref>

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==References==
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