Queen Arianna quotes from Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure

Queen Arianna

Fred, you haven't touched your food.

I touched it. Look, I moved my eggs from there to here.

Queen Arianna

It's been nearly a week. Just talk to her.

You remember my last conversation with Rapunzel didn't go exactly as I had hoped?

Queen Arianna

Fred, you confined Rapunzel to the walls of Corona under martial law. If that's a daddy-daughter conversation, I'd hate to see what a talking-too is.

I thought that ring was gone long ago.

Queen Arianna

I know. Isn't it great? Eugene found it this morning.

Princess Rapunzel

Mom! Aunt Willow!

What!?

Princess Rapunzel

We've got a problem.

Rapunzel

(sighs) Mom! (glad to see her mom and runs to her then hugs her)

Arianna

I'm so sorry. I tried to talk him out of it, but you know your father can be... immovable.

Rapunzel

What is Dad so afraid of? Why is he doing this to me?

Arianna

Rapunzel, in the two decades you were gone, not once did your father sleep through the night. Your absence haunted him every minute of every day.

Rapunzel

Are you saying that makes this right?

Arianna

I'm asking you to consider that despite how rash and drastic his actions may seem, or how much you disagree with them, they come from a place of love. (bites her lip) (Pascal squeaks) But I agree with you. This isn't right.

Varian

Don't worry, Your Majesty. You are merely bait to lure the Princess here. (rustles the dust of his drawing of Rapunzel) Only the magic of her unbreakable hair can shatter the amber and free my father. I tried asking for help in a civil manner, but was denied by everyone in Corona. (walks to a sheet and sits on the amber) So, unfortunately, this is my only remaining recourse. (goes to the other side of the amber to remove the sheet from the amber that his dad is encased inside to show Queen Arianna) (Queen Arianna gasps when she sees Varian's dad is encased inside the amber while Varian has a frown when he sees his dad still encased inside the amber and he touches it)

Arianna

Oh! And after you've freed your father? (asks Varian)

Varian

(chuckles) After? Oh, well, I'm afraid Corona will pay for turning their backs on me. And that's when you should start worrying, Your Majesty. (tells Queem Arianna) (Queen Arianna gasps)

Arianna

Varian...

Varian

Quiet!

Arianna

Please, listen!

Frederic

Varian, I demand you release us, and tell me where the queen is. (Varian took Pascal from Rapunzel to put Pascal inside a cage and he walks while carrying the cage Pascal)

Varian

Your Majesty, I know it's hard for you, but for the first time in your life... (Pascal squeaks sadly when Varian puts the cage on his desk) ... you are in no position to demand anything. (angrily tells King Frederic) But in the spirit of compromise, how 'bout I meet ya halfway. (walks backwards to the curtain to reveal Queen Arianna from behind it) (Queen Arianna gasps)

Rapunzel

(gasps) Mom! (her dad holds her when she is worried about her mom)

Arianna

I'm okay, Rapunzel.

Rapunzel

Let her go, Varian! Please! (begs him to let her mom go)

Varian

First, you're going to do something for me. (tells Rapunzel)

Frederic

What do you want? (asks Varian)

Varian

Oh! So now you care about what I want. (laughs) All it took was threatening the things you love the most. (walks to Queen Arianna to grab her shoulder to pull her towards him when he bends down behind her then he glares at Rapunzel and King Frederic) (tense music)

Rapunzel

Varian, if this doesn't work, and something happens to me, please... please let my mom go. (begs him to release her mom)

Varian

I can't make any promises, Princess. (tells Rapunzel when he puts his goggles on his eyes) (cranking) (drill whirs)

Rapunzel

(gasps, screams and holds her hair) (Rapunzel groaning) (her dad is worried about her) (Varian is trying to cut the amber with Rapunzel's hair and his drill) (Rapunzel sees her hair glows when it reacts to the amber) (whooshing) (Varian tries two more times to cut the amber with his drill and Rapunzel's hair but it failed four times)

Varian

(screams) What? (takes his goggles off his eyes) Why? (drill whirs) (tries to cut the amber again) (Rapunzel groaning and falls while Varian tries again for three more times) (Pascal squeaking while trying to leave the cage but Ruddiger appears)

Frederic

Stop it! She can't take anymore! (tells Varian) (Rapunzel groaning and faints on the floor)

Arianna

Rapunzel! (worried about her) (Varian tries to cut the amber two more times until the drill powers down) (drill stops)

Varian

I just... I, I don't understand! (starting to have a breakdown to failure) Why won't it... (runs to the amber) Her hair! It... it should've cut through it! Why didn't it work? (continues to have a breakdown of his failure) (Ruddiger chitters when he frees the caged Pascal) (Ruddiger tosses a chemical to Pascal's mouth and he runs to Rapunzel's dad to free him from the goop then it is fizzling away while Pascal runs to Rapunzel to check on her)

Frederic

Arianna! (tosses his sword to his wife the she shatters the chains before the amber is encasing her) (Rapunzel's parents run to her) Rapunzel.

Arianna

Rapunzel! (Rapunzel hugs her parents)

Varian

(lamenting his failure while crying) No! No! I wasn't wrong! It's not my fault! (turns around to see Rapunzel and her parents hugging each other) None of it is! (glares angrily at Rapunzel while blaming her when his sanity is now pushed over the limit) It's her fault. (still bent on having revenge on Rapunzel)

Frederic

Rapunzel, are you okay? (asks his daughter)

Rapunzel

(sighs) Yes, I will be. (tells her dad) Varian. (sees that Varian is gone) Oh, where did he go? (her parents turn around to see he is gone) (rumbling) (Pascal squeaks, screams while he notices the ground shaking) (Pascal squeaks) Whoa! (rumbling) (she, her parents and Pascal see Varian again)

Varian

(bursts out from the ground while inside a giant automaton) Sorry, Princess. We were in this together, but if I can't have a happy ending, then neither can you! (angrily tells Rapunzel) (Varian shouts when he attacks Rapunzel and her parents but they run away from him) (rumbling)

Varian

I will make you proud of me, Dad... (Ruddiger tries to cheer Varian up) (ominous music) (Stan closes the wagon) ...if it's the last thing I ever do. (still vows to make Quirin proud) (the wagon is pulling Ruddiger and the arrested Varian to the dungeon)

Rapunzel

Don't be too hard on him, Dad. (about Varian after he is arrested)

Frederic

I'll be sure to do everything I can to get him help. (about the arrested Varian) As for Quirin, I'll not give until I find a way to free him. (tells his daughter) (Rapunzel turns to look at the opening the black rocks have made in the brick wall) (Pascal squeaks)

Rapunzel

It's like the rocks want us to... follow them. (noticed that the blacks have made a path for her and Pascal)

Frederic

I think you're right. At first, I believed the rocks' purpose was to destroy Corona. I was wrong. I can see now that they're pointing in a direction. Pointing you in a direction. I only regret that it has taken all this to convince me that I should be doing the same. Rapunzel, when you were returned to us, I swore I would never let anything ever happen to you again.

Rapunzel

But, Dad, we talked about this. I don't-

Frederic

I know, I know. You're right. This past year, you've showed me that there is so much more in you than could have ever imagined. I've just been too afraid to let you go. But this path is yours to follow. (points to the black rocks) And if you ever lose your way... (lanterns appears while they float in the sky) (smiles at his daughter) (uplifting music) (Rapunzel, Pascal, Eugene, Cassandra, Lance, King Frederic, Queen Arianna, Old Lady Crowley, Monty and Maximus see the lanterns) (uplifting music continues)

Rapunzel

Thank you, Dad. (hugs him) I love you so much.

Frederic

And I love you, too sweetheart. (her mom hugs her too)

Arianna

Find your destiny, Rapunzel.

Eugene

I'll take care of her, Your Majesty. (tells King Frederic)

King Frederic

Eugene, you should know by now, Rapunzel doesn't need anyone to take care of her.

Eugene

(chuckles) Touché.

Frederic

Do you enjoy tea? (pours it into a cup while asking his wife then he puts the kettle on the seat)

Arianna

I don't remember. (sees her cup of tea) (Eugene, Maximus, Lance and Fidella are chasing after the carriage) (Eugene jumps off Maximus to jump onto the carriage) (Lance jumps on the carriage and groans) (Eugene and Lance try to open the doors on opposite sides)

Eugene

It's locked!

Lance

This side too!

Lance

What is taking you so long? That's an easy lock!

Eugene

Oh, I don't know, maybe it's 'cause I'm on a moving carriage! (the carriage jumps on a small rock then Eugne tries to hold on to his lock pick but it drops) Oh, come on! (sees that his lock pick is gone) New plan. We're gonna need the keys. (climbs up while telling Lance) (Eugene taps on Kai's shoulder) (Kai sees Eugene on top of the carriage) Hey, chuckles! (Kai climbs on top of the carriage while Lance takes the reins but he tore it) Hand over that key or else! (points to the key on Kai's belt)

Kai

Or else what? (takes the key from his belt) (Eugene points to Lance behind Kai) (Kai turns around to see Lance holding the tore reins to tie up the former) Ugh! (horse neighs when it runs the other way while dragging Kai (Kai screaming)

Eugene

Where is the key? (asks Lance)

Kai

(from the distance) I have it! (Eugene and Lance turn their heads to see Kai being dragged by a horse)

Eugene

Could this get any worse? (the carriage stopped on a hill and it goes forward) (laughing) Usually, when you ask if things can get worse like that, (Lance chuckles) they actually do! (chuckles)

Lance

(whimpers) Oh.

Eugene

There's that irony. (the carriage goes backwards) (Maximus and Fidella walk forward but they see the carriage heading towards them) (Maximus neighs) (Maximus and Fidella run away from the carriage) (Eugene and Lance screaming) (Maximus and Fidella land on the seat) (Maximus and Fidella whinny) (Eugene and Lance screaming) (Kai removes torn reins from a horse and tells it to go to the wild)

Kai

(grunts) Now, fly! Run to the wilderness! (sees the carriage heading towards him then he is between Fidella and Maximus) (the carriage heads to a cliff but Fidella, Kai and Maximus try to stop the carriage with their feet) (Kai screams) No, no, no, no! (he falls off the cliff and screams) (distant screaming and splashing) (Fidella neighs) (Eugene, Fidella and Maximus worried about Kai after he fell of the cliff and into the water) (carriage door opens then King Frederic and Queen Arianna exit the carriage)

Arianna

Are we stopping for lunch? (King Frederic closes the door)

Rapunzel

(Angry and Red giggling) Everything is looking so great, you guys. Oh, Eugene's surprise birthday party is going to be amazing.

Eugene

What's going to be amazing? (asks Rapunzel and she won't let him enter the throne room)

Rapunzel

What! Nothing. Nothing is amazing. (laughs) Why... Why do you think that anything is amazing?

Eugene

Hey, are you planning a party?

Rapunzel

No! I... I mean, yes, but it is not for you. It's for my... parents! It's their anniversary.

Eugene

But their anniversary was six months ago.

Rapunzel

Uh, no, it's six months from now. That's what makes it a surprise.

Eugene

Great! So put me to work!

Rapunzel

No! You can't come in. I have a list of very important things I need for the party. Lance! (Lance yelling) (Rapunzel whispering): Go with Eugene... Make sure he's gone long enough. (hands Lance a list) And get everything that's on the list of very important things.

Lance

What? Oh. Oh. Right. Right! Right. Eugene, come with me.

Eugene

I honestly think I'd be more-

Rapunzel

Okay, bye. Bye. (closes the door)

Eugene

Will you stop pushing me? (Rapunzel sighs)

Arianna

What's wrong, dear? You seem nervous.

Rapunzel

(sighs) No, I'm just... I'm worried that Eugene suspects something is up.

King Edmund

Relax, princess, he doesn't suspect a thing. How could he? He has no idea that today is his real birthday. I've even avoided thinking it around him. Now, high five Frederic to show camaraderie. (Hamuel squawks) (Hamuel caws)

Rapunzel

Ha, you're right. This is gonna be the best surprise first birthday ever! And that's not all. Come on, Pascal. (she pick him up and leaves with him and enters the former's room)

King Frederic, Queen Arianna. As the Captain of the Corona Royal Guard, I have sworn to defend this kingdom against all who threaten it. But as a father, I cannot face my daughter in battle. (takes his helmet off and bow) And so it is with a heavy heart that I retire from my post. (Rapunzel, Eugene, Lance, Maximus, Attila, Vladimir and Ulf gasp) (Pete sighs and fainted then Stan holds him)

King Frederic

Captain, you have served Corona with dignity and pride for so many years. Thank you.

Queen Arianna

And we respect your decision.

As for my replacement, it was a very difficult decision. There are so many qualified guards.

Stan

Can we get some water over here?

Lance

Have any of these guards ever successfully guarded anything?

My replacement has put his life on the line for Corona countless times, and so it is with utmost confidence that I recommend Eugene Fitzherbert.

Eugene

(spit take) Wha-- (shocked)

Lance

(laughs) Captain Fitzherbert. I like the sound of that. Yeah, buddy, I have a few outstanding citations, so if those could somehow, you know, disappear? (chuckles)

What do you say, Fitzherbert?

Princess Rapunzel

There's got to be a way to fix all, Pascal. But how? (Pascal squeaks)

Queen Arianna

Did I ever tell you about the biggest fight your aunt and I ever had? we were just teenagers, but Wllow was so mad, she actually built a brick wall in the middle of our bedroom.

Princess Rapunzel

(gasps) What?

Queen Arianna

I'm not kidding. Your grandfather nearly lost his mind. I tried talking to her through the wall, slipping notes between its cracks, but she refused to talk to me.

Princess Rapunzel

(chuckles) What did you wind up doing?

Queen Arianna

I got a hammer and I knocked that wall down. But after that, Willow saw just how much working things out meant to me. How I wouldn't let anything stand between us. (Rapunzel is feeling down then her mom comforted her) Rapunzel. Only you can get through to Cassandra. (Rapunzel's spirits are lifted and her mom kisses her) (Pascal climbs on Rapunzel's shoulder) (Pascal squeaks)

Princess Rapunzel

She's right, Pascal. It's time for the fight of our lives. (exhales) (runs to Maximus then Rapunzel and her mom race back to the Snuggly Duckling while riding on Maximus and Fidella) (Fidella whinnying) Hyah! (wolves barking and howls) (Quirin, King Frederic, King Edmund, Hamuel, Ulf, Big Nose, Vladimir, Kiera, Catalina, Lance, Varian, Eugene, Ruddiger, Monty, Feldspar and Old Lady Crowley are shown at the Snuggly Duckling with their spirits down)

Eugene

Okay, spirits are at an all-time low. Think, what would Rapunzel do? (Ruddiger chatters) Ooh, got it! Hey, haven't any of you had a problem you just couldn't solve? (picks up Ruddiger) One we could sing about, preferably a bouncy tune that makes you forget how bad... everything-oh, come on. We can't just give up.

Lance

Yeah! If Eugene can lose an entire kingdom in humiliating defeat and still hold his head up (exhales) then so can we.

King Edmund

That's right. I'm sure our captain has a plan to victory. (chuckles) Poor sap has no idea how doomed we are. Doomed, I tell you! Hold it together, Edmund. (picks up Hamuel after he falls) (takes a deep breath) I believe in you, son.

Eugene

Thank you for the support, Dad. Now, come on, there's got to be a way out of this.

Princess Rapunzel

(opens the door) There is, but there's only one way out, and that's through it.

Lance

Guys, I know we've got to get out of here, but is it weird these delicious-looking things are making me hungry? (some food items with eyes float by Lance while he is on a blue giraffe)

Shorty

Not to me. (picks up a weird looking lettuce and a weird looking fish that has a child's head appears from the weird looking lettuce then Shorty eats the weird looking vegetable)

Varian

Oh, yeah, I think, I think we're safe. Up here, for a while. (chuckles) What? (Kiera, Catalina, Feldspar, Pete and Stan notice Varian's stripe has become a snake)

Uh, V, I don't want to alarm you, but the stripe in your hair, it's alive! (Varian and his stripe that has turned into a snake scream at each other and the alive stripe also has eyes and goggles) (Varian's hair stripe that has turned into a snake is grunting)

Varian

Get it off! No, why? (freaks out and runs away after he sees his hair stripe is alive)

Lance

Oh, man, I can't look. (closes his eyes with his hands but an eye appears on his goatee) Why can I see this? (twenty-one more eyes appear on him) Why I can still see this? (ton of more eyes continue to appear on him) I shouldn't be able to see this.

King Frederic

(grunts and notices that there is another of him attached at the bottom)

Queen Arianna

Um, Frederic! (she has rabbit ears on her head) (Ruddiger has flowers all over him) (Big Nose's nose has wings after it removed itself from his face) (Pete and Stan are attached to each other)

Shorty

Welcome to my world. (Big Nose's nose fly to him) Oh, hi, Big Nose's big nose. (waves to Big Nose's nose)

Varian

I think I know what's going on here. (Monty is bouncing like a ball) (Milton the Goat has a body and arms and legs and feet and hands) This place, it's changing us.

Lance

Oh, really, Professor Snakehead? (climbs off the giraffe) How'd you figure that out?

Varian

And if we don't get out soon, then these changes could be... (puts his hand on his chin to think)

Irreversible. (Varian notices his hair stripe can talk)