Lanterns

The Lanterns of Disney's 2010 animated feature film Tangled, appear at the festival for the lost princess, in hope that they will guide her home.
==Appearances==
===Tangled===
The lanterns start out as a celebration for the baby princess Rapunzel. The King and Queen launched one into the sky, and it rose up into the heavens. When Mother Gothel kidnapped the baby princess to keep herself young and beautiful, the lantern launching tradition began. Ever since then, on the princess' birthday, the whole kingdom has a festival where they launch thousands of glowing lanterns into the sky in hope that the princess will be guided home by them. While growing up, Rapunzel saw them every night on her birthday and was fascinated by them and wanted to see them in person. She does end up seeing them with Flynn Rider and is fascinated by them. She eventually learns her true identity as the Lost Princess and manages to escape Mother Gothel with Flynn and return home.
===Tangled: The Series===
====Season One====
The lanterns play another substantial role in the series. In "The Quest for Varian", a lantern attaching a letter appeared in Rapunzel's nightmare. Later, Rapunzel found the same lantern alongside her statue. The lantern left a message and a key from Varian to seek Rapunzel's help. In the end events of "Secret of the Sun Drop", many lanterns floated above Old Corona as King Fredric was finally allowing Rapunzel to follow her destiny, as the black rocks had created a path for her to follow, and the lanterns would once again serve as her guiding light home.
====Season Two====
In "King Pascal", some of the lanterns are discovered floating onto an island named Tirapai and become the decorations of Lorbs, the natives of the island. In "Happiness Is...", Rapunzel finds the lantern with a letter from King Frederic that was written to her when she was seven years old. The letter is about how King Frederic misses his long lost daughter and it leads Rapunzel to feel homesick. Afterwards, Rapunzel delivers a lantern to express her homesick feeling and the support from her friends. The lantern eventually arrives at Corona and is seen by King Frederic and Queen Arianna.
===Once Upon a Time===
The lanterns first appear in the episode "One Little Tear". After Rapunzel is kidnapped by Gothel, they are lit by her daughters, Anastasia and Drizella, in hopes she finds her way back to them. Years pass, and Rapunzel is believed to be dead. She manages to escape the tower she is held captive in, and follows the lights, reuniting with her family once again.
The lanterns reappear in the episode "Sisterhood". After the dark curse, Rapunzel is killed and Anastasia goes missing, so Drizella, now under the new name Ivy, lights up the lanterns once again, in order to draw out her sister.
==Trivia==
*The lantern that King Frederic and Queen Arianna send into the sky has Corona's sun crest. They use that style of lantern to start the festival off, before the rest of the kingdom send up their own lanterns.
*After receiving a lantern from Varian in "The Quest for Varian", Rapunzel referred to it as a kite.
==Gallery==
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Tangled-disneyscreencaps com-8071.jpg|Rapunzel and Eugene sending their own lanterns
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Tangled-disneyscreencaps com-436.jpg|The Lanterns from Rapunzel's tower window
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King Pascal 13.jpg|The Lanterns in Tirapai Island
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T-rapunzel-2.png|The Lantern token in Disney Magic Kingdoms
KHIII Corona Castle Lanterns.jpg|The Lanterns covering the castle in Kingdom Hearts III
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Aladdin-animationscreencaps.com-297.jpg|The Lanterns in Aladdin 2019
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==References==
Category:Objects
Category:Tangled objects
Category:Once Upon a Time objects
Category:Sofia the First objects
Category:Kingdom Hearts objects
Category:Disney Magic Kingdoms
Category:Disney Crossy Road