Rapunzel

Rapunzel is a classic children's fairy tale from the Brothers Grimm that has been spoofed multiple times by Muppets.
==Muppet Characters==
* In a fourth season "Sesame Street News Flash," Kermit reports on the scene as Prince Charming urges Rapunzel (who has a screechy Brooklyn-accented voice, provided by Jerry Nelson) to let down her hair. She does...by letting it fall right off her head. 
* Another Rapunzel puppet (this one a Large Lavender Live Hand, performed by Louise Gold) appears in "Fairy Tales Today: Rapunzel's Bad Hair Day," in which she is in the park getting her hair all tangled up in everything. Yet another (a Green Anything Muppet, performed by Stephanie D'Abruzzo) is the featured guest in the "Hair" installment of Elmo's World. In the same episode, Dorothy imagines Elmo as Rapunzel, in a broad spoof of the story. 
* In a "Fairy Tale Update" in Episode 3133, Rapunzel (performed again by Jerry Nelson) comes down the stairs then runs off with her hero, the lackey.
* Rapunzel also appears in Episode 4128 of Sesame Street, where Zoe wants hair just like Rapunzel.
* Rapunzel appears in Episode 4804, where her long hair interferes with her desire to be a gymnast and do flips. Here, she is performed by Carmen Osbahr.
==References==
* Miss Piggy plays Rapunzel in the September 16, 1984 The Muppets comic strip. When she lowers her hair, Kermit finds that it's been braided into a rope ladder.
* The Summer 1986 issue of Muppet Magazine features Miss Piggy as Rapunzel, and the Fall 1985 issue features Rapunzel in the "Mondo Muppet - Great Moments in Hair History."
* The Sesame Street Library Volume 12 features Ernie and Betty Lou in an adaptation of Rapunzel, and Rapunzel and Prince Charming appear in "Prince Charming to the Rescue" in The Sesame Street Library Volume 5.
*Rapunzel and Prince Charming also appear in The Sesame Street Treasury Volume 11.
* Zoe appears as Rapunzel in the 2008 book Storybook ABCs, with Grover climbing the tower; and also in Rhyming Rapunzel.
* The Sesame Street 1977 Calendar features Rapunzel for the month of March.
* In The Hoobs episode “Hair”, Hubba Hubba shows Iver, Tula, and Groove an animated story of the fairy tale. After the story, Tula attempts to use Hooby rope as hair just like Rapunzel’s but doesn’t work out. 
* Fairly Furry Fairy Tales contains the story "Rhyming Rapunzel."
* In Sesamstrasse Folge 2285, Wolle and Pferd act out the fairy tale with Wolle as the prince and Pferd as Rapunzel.
* Pferd dresses as Rapunzel once again for the Eine Möhre für Zwei Folge 52: Lampenfieber with Wolle again acting as her prince.
* In a segment of Abby's Flying Fairy School, Abby uses Rapunzel brand hair gel on Gonnigan's hair, which causes it to grow out of control. 
* Miss Piggy appears as Rapunzel in a sketch on a 2011 episode of So Random!.
* While at the TED2012 conference, Scooter says Miss Piggy told him to give the Puppets vs. CG speech because she's upset about losing the lead role in Tangled to a CG starlet.
* Janice plays the role in the 2018 book Muppets Meet the Classics: Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm.
==Connections==
* Dee Bradley Baker voiced Pascal and Maximus in Tangled: The Series
* M. C. Gainey voiced the Captain of the Guard in Tangled (2010) and the series
* Brad Garrett voiced Hook-Hand Thug in Tangled (2010) and the series
* Whoopi Goldberg voiced Zenobia in the "Rapunzel" episode of Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (1995)
* Anjelica Huston voiced Dame Gothel in Barbie as Rapunzel (2002)
* Carol Kane voiced Madame Canardist in three second season episodes of Tangled: The Series (2018-2019)
* Jane Krakowski voiced Willow in the Tangled: The Series episode "The Way of the Willow" (2017)
* John Lasseter was executive producer of Tangled (2010)
* Zachary Levi voiced Eugene Fitzherbert in Tangled (2010) and the series
* Kathy Najimy voiced Mother Maud in the Tangled: The Series episode "Freebird" (2018)
* Cree Summer voiced Penelope the Dragon in Barbie as Rapunzel (2002)
* Jeffrey Tambor voiced Big Nose Thug in Tangled (2010) and the series
* Alan Menken composed the film score and co-wrote the songs for Tangled and the series
* Frank Welker voiced Pascal and Maximus in Tangled (2010)
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