For example, she does not take her lesson from 'Big Brothers of Corona' to respect Cassandra's wishes to heart.

Aesop Amnesia: She has a very hard time understanding Cassandra's issues.

The series takes this even further: she's inexplicably portrayed as a fearless and capable fighter against even the toughest opponent, unlike her movie self who barely escaped danger most of the time.

Even Eugene notes that Rapunzel doesn't need anyone to take care of her and she's the one who 'normally does the saving'. Here, she's a Girly Bruiser who's quite handy with a frying pan.

In the original fairy tale, the heroine is a Damsel in Distress and not much else.

She doesn't react nearly as much as expected, but still has more trauma than in the fairy tale. And when Rapunzel fights back, it ends with Mother Gothel nearly killing Eugene to keep her presence a secret from her true parents and being forced to watch Gothel die in front of her from falling out of the tower. In this adaptation, Rapunzel has to deal with discovering that her 'mother' actually kidnapped her in infancy and intends to imprison her for as long as she lives (just to use her unique abilities to maintain her youth).

Adaptational Angst Upgrade: In the traditional version of Rapunzel, while Rapunzel being kicked out of the tower isn't very pleasant, it still isn't emphasized as being the worst thing ever.

In fact she's very rarely legitimately challenged by anything except for overwhelming odds, and most of the conflict comes from struggling with moral questions, her naivety when it comes to dishonesty, and the depressing frequency with which she's manipulated and let down by those close to her. She ends up outperforming everyone who'd spent much time heavily training for the event.

In the series, she joins a competition on a whim, seeing it as a fun way to spend a Saturday.

Somewhat of a Deconstruction, as it's heavily implied the reason she's so good at many different things is because she was locked in a tower for 18 years of her life and had to keep busy to basically keep her own sanity and find ways to pass the time, year after year. Not to mention that she's brave, strong, a Badass Adorable, able to befriend everyone she meets, and of course, like every Disney Princess, has a beautiful singing voice. Her talents include cooking, painting, chess, pottery, candle making, sewing, ballet, ventriloquy, playing the guitar and many more. She's good at everything, as seen in the song 'When Will My Life Begin' in the movie.In the movie, it's said she's 'beloved by all.' In the TV series, when Monty boos her, she initially doesn't know what being booed means, having never heard it before due to her previously being overly sheltered.

100% Adoration Rating: She almost has this among the citizens of Corona.

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