Barbie in Princess Rapunzel

Original title Barbie as Rapunzel

Year 2002

Duration82 min.

Country United States

Direction Owen Hurley

Script Elana Lesser, Cliff Ruby

Music Arnie Roth

Photography Animation

CastAnimation

Producer Mainframe Entertainment, Mattel, Voice Box Productions< /p>

Genre Animation. Fantastic. Children | Medieval fantasy. Stories

Groups Barbie

Synopsis

Long, long ago, in a time of magic and dragons, there lived a girl named Rapunzel who had the most beautiful and radiant hair that anyone in the world had ever seen. before.

The story begins while Barbie is painting a beautiful painting and her little sister Kelly approaches to tell her that she doesn't know what she is doing. she should place on the canvas, she thinks that she is not talented enough than her sister. Barbie doesn't want Kelly to feel that way. and then she tells him the story of Rapunzel.

Rapunzel is a young girl with long and beautiful hair, who lives locked inside a castle guarded by ferocious dragons; She is the prisoner of an evil sorceress named Greta who sees Rapunzel as another slave. Rapunzel takes refuge from her misfortune by doing what she loves most: painting and talking with her best friends: a baby dragon. and a rabbit. Rapunzel's life will change when she discovers a gift that her parents had saved for her, a gift that she will open for her. the doors to an unknown world.

But first, you must fight against the evil Greta who insists on making the young woman unhappy. In that fight there will be to meet Prince Stefan who will help Rapunzel to achieve his goal. A big surprise awaits in the lives of Rapunzel and Prince Stefan. A surprise that will unite kingdoms and will provide the freedom that the young woman so desires.

Complete plot

Barbie tells a story about Princess Rapunzel to her little sister, Kelly, who has no confidence in her painting skills.

Rapunzel lives as a servant of the evil witch Gothel, who resides in a secluded mansion in the forest, and grows up believing that Gothel saved her. of abandoning her when she was a baby. Rapunzel finds company in Penelope, an outgoing dragon, and Hobie, a worried and anxious rabbit. Rapunzel spends her free time painting beautiful pictures of places he dreams of going to when she is away. free some day. However, Gothel disapproves of Rapunzel's hobbies and accuses her of not appreciating everything he has done for her.

While she prepared the tea For Gothel, Penelope accidentally finds a secret staircase that leads to an old room beneath the mansion. In it, they discover a gift from her parents who supposedly abandoned her: a silver brush engraved with a message from her biological parents. Later, she also discovers a tunnel leading to the nearby village. Rapunzel takes this path to the small kingdom and is able to rescue a young princess named Katrina from a trap.

Shortly after, Rapunzel is introduced to Katrina's older brother, Prince Stefan. He explains to her that the trap Katrina pulled off escape was put there by King William, the ruler of an opposing kingdom. Charmed by the mysterious maiden, Stefan asks to meet her again, to which she agrees, although her meeting ends abruptly before Stefan can tell her her name. Rapunzel rushes back to the forest to avoid being discovered by Gothel. Unknown to Rapunzel, Ferrett, Gothel's pet Otto, has witnessed the entire exchange. Furious, Gothel demands that Rapunzel tell her the prince's name, but she insists that she does not know. Gothel destroys Rapunzel's paintings and paintings before transforming the bedroom into a more secure and seemingly escape-proof tower and stations. Hugo, Penelope's father, is outside. Gothel refuses to let Rapunzel go until she tells her the name of the young man she met.

That night, Rapunzel has a dream that Prince Stefan has found her tower. He went up climbing his long hair. When he is there, they are about to kiss, but Gothel appears and separates them. Rapunzel then wakes up and reads the engraving on the brush. He meets her young fairy godmother Alice, whose magical appearance tells him that she can transform her brush into a paintbrush with her magical wand and Rapunzel recites the engraving on the brush. Alice waves her magic wands at the brush and reaffirms that there is still hope. Going back to sleep, Alice uses her magic to summon a shower of light and turns the brush into a paintbrush. Rapunzel is left alone with Hobie and Penelope, who cheer her up with new paint to replace the ones she took off. Gothel. Hobie discovers the paintbrush, and Rapunzel begins to paint. It soon becomes clear that she doesn't need paint, and everything she paints becomes real. Rapunzel paints the town and then uses the painting as a portal, reaching the palace gardens and meeting Stefan. She shows him the brush and asks him for help finding the maker, but he insists that she never tell him his name, worried that Gothel will find out. She meets a silversmith who says his brother, who lives in King William's kingdom, made it. The goldsmith hasn't seen his brother in years, so he's worried. very annoying. Stefan realizes that the feud is brewing. hurting the villagers more than he thought.

Later, Stefan asks Rapunzel to a masked dance. She answers that there will be found with him. He says her hair is a 'beautiful gift'. Penelope soon comes across the painting and explains that Gothel is arriving and that they must leave so that Hugo is not punished. Rapunzel leaves, painting a way out. When she returns to the tower, Rapunzel uses the paintbrush to paint herself a beautiful dress. Hobie and Penelope provide a mask. Unfortunately, the magic light from the brush can be seen and Otto sneaks in. He quickly steals the invitation without them noticing and presents it to Gothel. Gothel arrives at the tower, cuts Rapunzel's hair and breaks the paintbrush. She also manages to destroy the town's painting. Because she thinks Rapunzel refused. To tell the truth, Gothel angrily puts a spell on her tower, which always has people who lie. Gothel then assaults King Fredrick and Stefan's castle. Back at the tower, Rapunzel manages to escape with the help of Penelope and Hugo, as the spell only works if the prisoner is a liar, which Rapunzel is not, so she allows him to leave. He then rushes to save Stefan and the family from him by riding Penélope, who finally overcomes his fear of heights.

Stefan is lured away from the party by Gothel, disguised as Rapunzel. Gothel reveals herself and begins attacking her. King Wilhelm appears before King Fredrick, hoping to end the fight by force. The source of the dispute is revealed to be that Wilhelm believes that Fredrick kidnapped him. to his daughter, who has been missing since she was a child. Fredrick responds that he didn't plan & Ó; nothing of the sort and he has no idea where he is. Wilhelm's daughter, to which Gothel reveals that she took to Rapunzel because Wilhelm "loved" her but she got married or with other woman; He saw Gothel only as a friend; and the general plot was to make the kingdoms destroy each other. Rapunzel arrives just in time to stop them from fighting, and King Wilhelm immediately recognizes her as her daughter. The witch attacks Rapunzel with magic. As Rapunzel encounters the real maze, she remembers the magical painting of the tower that is still there. there and tricks Gothel into finding her. Gothel finds herself in Rapunzel's tower, where Hugo reminds her that she cannot escape from her, since she has a lying heart.

Rapunzel reunites with her biological parents and marries Stefan, ending her life. enmity and uniting the two kingdoms. Hugo, Penelope and Hobie live with them in their castle. It is revealed that Otto now serves Gothel, trapped forever in the tower. You see an image of Rapunzel and Stefan walking on a beach, the same one that Rapunzel painted. with a castle in the distance, implying that her dreams came true. The scene turns to the painting Barbie had been working on.

Kelly now feels better and starts painting with blue, after Barbie reminds her that creativity is the true magic in art.

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