He tells her the trap was set by King Wilhelm, the ruler of an opposing kingdom who has an ongoing feud with Stefan's dad, King Frederick. Through a tunnel, Rapunzel is led to the kingdom outside, where she saves Princess Katrina from a pit trap with the help of her brother, Prince Stefan. One day, Rapunzel and her friends inadvertently open a secret passage to the basement, where Rapunzel finds a gift from her birth-parents: a silver hairbrush engraved with a message affirming their love for Rapunzel this leads Rapunzel to question Gothel's story. She spends her time painting pictures of places she dreams of going when she is free one day Gothel disapproves of this, accusing Rapunzel of being ungrateful to the witch for supposedly saving her from abandonment as a baby. She finds companionship in Penelope, a young dragon and Hobie, an anxious rabbit. Rapunzel is a young woman with long, floor-length hair who lives as a servant to the wicked witch Gothel, residing in a magically secluded manor in the woods.

The story is told by Barbie to her little sister, Kelly, who is insecure in her painting abilities. The film was nominated for eight DVD Premiere Awards, winning Best Original Score and Best Animated Character Performance for its main antagonist Gothel.

and was subsequently released overseas through Entertainment Rights and Universal Pictures Video. Barbie as Rapunzel is a 2002 computer-animated fairy tale film co-produced by Mainframe Entertainment and Mattel Entertainment, and distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment.Īn adaptation of the 1812 German fairy tale ' Rapunzel' by the Brothers Grimm, it is the second in the Barbie film series, with Kelly Sheridan providing the voice of Barbie.īarbie as Rapunzel was released on VHS and DVD on October 1, 2002, later making a television premiere on Nickelodeon on November 24, 2002.

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