Tangled (2010)
Donna Murphy: Mother Gothel
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Quotes
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[looking in the mirror with Rapunzel]
Mother Gothel : Rapunzel, look in that mirror. Do you know what I see? I see a strong, confident, beautiful young lady.
[Rapunzel smiles]
Mother Gothel : Oh look, you're here too!
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Rapunzel : So Mother, earlier I was saying tomorrow is a really big day, and you didn't really respond, so I'm just gonna tell you: IT'S MY BIRTHDAY! Tada!
Mother Gothel : No no no, can't be. I distinctly remember, your birthday was last year.
Rapunzel : That's the funny thing about birthdays, they're kind of an annual thing.
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Mother Gothel : [Rapunzel has just locked Flynn in her closet] Rapunzel! Let down your hair!
Rapunzel : One moment, Mother!
Mother Gothel : I have a big surprise!
Rapunzel : Uh... I do too!
Mother Gothel : Ooh, I'll bet my surprise is bigger!
Rapunzel : [to herself] I seriously doubt it.
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Rapunzel : I met someone.
Mother Gothel : Yes. The wanted thief, I'm so proud.
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[Rapunzel pulls Mother Gothel up the tower]
Rapunzel : Hi. Welcome home, Mother.
Mother Gothel : Oh! Rapunzel! How you manage to do that every single day without fail! It looks absolutely exhausting, darling!
Rapunzel : Oh, it's nothing.
Mother Gothel : [in a sing-song voice] Then I don't know why it takes so long.
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Mother Gothel : [angrily] Enough with the lights, Rapunzel! YOU are not leaving this tower! EVER!
[sits down dramatically]
Mother Gothel : Great. Now I'M the bad guy.
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Mother Gothel : [singing] Skip the drama, stay with Mama!
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Mother Gothel : Rapunzel, please, stop with the mumbling. You know how I feel about the mumbling. Blah blah blah blah blah, it's very annoying! I'm just teasing, you're adorable. I love you so much, darling.
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Mother Gothel : [singing] Mother knows best./Take it from your mumsy./On your own you won't survive./Sloppy, underdressed,/Immature, clumsy,/Please!/They'll eat you up alive!
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Mother Gothel : Rapunzel? Rapunzel, what's going on up there? Are you all right?
Rapunzel : [whispers] I'm the lost princess.
Mother Gothel : [sighs] Please speak up, Rapunzel. You know how I hate the mumbling...
Rapunzel : [louder] I am the lost princess! Aren't I?
[Mother Gothel stares in shock]
Rapunzel : Did I mumble, Mother? Or should I even call you that?
Mother Gothel : [pauses, then regains composure] Oh, Rapunzel, do you even hear yourself? Why would you ask such a ridiculous question?
Rapunzel : [pushes her away, angry and frightened] It was you! It was ALL you!
Mother Gothel : [coldly] Everything I did was to protect YOU.
[Rapunzel shoves past Gothel in disgust]
Mother Gothel : Rapunzel!
Rapunzel : I've spent my entire life hiding from people who would use me for my power...
Mother Gothel : Rapunzel!
Rapunzel : ...when I should have been hiding - from YOU!
Mother Gothel : Where will you go? He won't be there for you.
Rapunzel : What did you do to him?
Mother Gothel : That criminal is to be hanged for his crimes.
Rapunzel : [gasps] No...
Mother Gothel : Now, now, it's all right. Listen to me. All of this is as it should be.
[She tries to touch Rapunzel, but Rapunzel grabs her wrist]
Rapunzel : No! You were wrong about the world. And you were wrong about ME! And I will NEVER let you use my hair again!
[Mother Gothel breaks free of Rapunzel's grip, only to cause a nearby mirror to fall and smash. Rapunzel then turns to leave]
Mother Gothel : You want me to be the bad guy? Fine.
[advances toward Rapunzel threateningly]
Mother Gothel : Now I'm the bad guy.
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Rapunzel : [about Flynn] I think he likes me.
Mother Gothel : Likes you? Please, Rapunzel, that's demented!
Rapunzel : But Mother, I...
Mother Gothel : This is why you never should have left!/Dear, this whole romance that you've invented / Just proves you're too naive to be here./Why would he like you? Come on now, really./Look at you! You think that he's impressed?/Don't be a dummy, come with mummy./Mother...
Rapunzel : No!
Mother Gothel : No? Oh. I see how it is. Rapunzel knows best; Rapunzel's so mature now./Such a clever grown-up miss./Rapunzel knows best. Fine, if you're so sure now,/Go ahead and give him this, huh?
[reveals the satchel with the crown inside]
Rapunzel : [shocked] How did you...?
Mother Gothel : THIS is why he's here! Don't let him deceive you!/Give it to him, watch, you'll see!
Rapunzel : I will!
Mother Gothel : Trust me, my dear, that's how fast he'll leave you./I won't say I told you so!/No, Rapunzel knows best!/So, if he's such a dreamboat,/Go and put him to the test!
Rapunzel : Mother, wait!
Mother Gothel : If he's lying, don't come crying/Mother... knows best!
[leaves]
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Mother Gothel : [singing] ... The *Plague!*
Rapunzel : [shocked] No!
Mother Gothel : [gleefully] Yes!
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[repeated line]
Mother Gothel : I'm just teasing!
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Mother Gothel : [after tricking Rapunzel into returning to the tower with her] I really did try, Rapunzel. I tried to warn you what was out there. The world is dark and selfish and cruel. If it finds even the slightest ray of sunshine, it destroys it!
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Short Thug : [drunkenly stumbles out the door] I got a dream, I got some dream, I- Oh, somebody get me a glass, 'cause I just found me a tall glass of water.
Mother Gothel : [flirtatiously] Oh, stop it, you big lug.
[chuckles]
Mother Gothel : [holds a knife to Shorty's nose] Where does that tunnel lead out?
Short Thug : [nervously] Knife!
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Flynn Rider : [voiceover] The Kingdom searched and searched, but they could not find the Princess. But deep within the forest in a hidden tower. Gothel raised the child as her own.
Young Rapunzel : [singing] Save what has been lost, Bring back what once was mine. What once was mine.
Flynn Rider : Gothel had found her new magic flower. But this time she was determined to keep it hidden.
Young Rapunzel : Why can't I go outside?
Mother Gothel : The outside world is a dangerous place. Filled with horrible, selfish people. You must stay here where you're safe. Do you understand, flower?
Young Rapunzel : Yes, mommy.
Flynn Rider : [voiceover] But the walls of that tower, could not hide everything. Each year on her birthday, the King and Queen released thousands of lanterns into the sky. In hope that one day, their lost Princess, would return.
