Gothel

**Gothel** is the main antagonist in *Barbie as Rapunzel*. Her voice is provided by Anjelica Huston. Gothel is a powerful witch who kidnaps a princess named Rapunzel. She keeps Rapunzel in a hidden tower until one day, Rapunzel uses a magic paintbrush to escape.

## Story

When Princess Rapunzel, the protagonist of the movie, was a baby, Gothel kidnaps her and puts her in her manor hidden in the dark woods behind a magic wall. Gothel made Princess Rapunzel her own servant, who must keep the manor in perfect order. She categorically dislikes painting, and, when she saw traces of paint on Rapunzel's face, she is furious. She also gets furious about the fact that when she found out that one of the steps on the stairs was squeaking.

Rapunzel accidentally discovered many things from Gothel's past in the basement. Gothel had been invited to may different balls. Penelope found a portrait of Gothel and an unknown man (later to be revealed as Rapunzel's biological father, King Wilhelm) whose face was torn. Rapunzel was discovered a silver hairbrush that was given her by her biological parents on her first birthday--Rapunzel was confused by this because she had always been told by Gothel that she had been abandoned by her biological parents when she was only a few days old. At that moment, Gothel called for Rapunzel.

When Rapunzel discovers a secret tunnel under the basement and went to the village, Otto, Gothel's pet ferret, told Gothel everything about Rapunzel's trip. Gothel later appears in Rapunzel's room and asks her the name of the young man Rapunzel met during her walk. Rapunzel did not know his name, so she answered honestly that she didn't know. Gothel then destroys Rapunzel's paintings and brushes, transforms Rapunzel's room into a tall tower without any exits, and tells Rapunzel it would be worsen if she won't say his name.

Rapunzel's hairbrush transforms into a silver paintbrush by a wishing star. Rapunzel creates a magical entry into Stefan's kingdom. He even invited her to a masquerade ball in honor of his birthday. Rapunzel returned to the tower and started painting dresses. Otto noticed the shine of the paintbrush from the tower's windows and tells Gothel about it.

She cuts Rapunzel's hair off, and then she destroyed the paintings. Then she breaks Rapunzel's silver paintbrush. Gothel asked one more about the guy's name. Rapunzel answered back that she didn't know, and Gothel, with Rapunzel's hair, cast a horrible spell upon Rapunzel's tower to keep her locked in it forever. She chained Hugo to a wall and flew to Stefan's castle.

Stefan saw a person with long hair at the ball. He thought at first it was Rapunzel, and followed her. In the center of a maze, Stefan chases Gothel. Gothel revealed her true face and spoke to him. Stefan told her he was about to see Rapunzel, but Gothel got furious and began attacking him.

Stefan ran away, and Gothel followed him. Stefan's little sisters and his brother wanted to help Stefan, but Gothel attacked them, and they ran away.

Gothel came into the ballroom, where King Frederick and King Wilhelm are fighting.

Gothel blasted their swords out of their hands and told everyone she was King Wilhelm's ex-lover who kidnapped Rapunzel for revenge. Gothel tries to kill everyone in the ballroom, but Rapunzel, Penelope, and Hobie appeared. Gothel then tries to kill Rapunzel until she traps her into the tower painting painted by Rapunzel before returning her back to the tower again. Gothel got into the tower but could not escape because the spell Gothel casted on the tower was "never release your prisoner with a lying hear," and she lied several times. Gothel was forced to stay in the tower, and she makes Otto her new servant.

## Personality

She hates liars, even though she is one herself. Gothel can be shown to as very cruel, bossy, ruthless, violent, petty, and hypocritical. She is very captious, and if there is a single squeaking step on the staircase, she screams at Rapunzel because it's Rapunzel's duty to watch over the manor. Gothel herself does nothing for the manor. Instead, she rides a horse, drinks tea that has to be done in six minutes, and has 'beauty naps.' Even after she's captured by her own spell, she does nothing for herself but forces Otto to work for her instead. She is hypocritical when lying because she doesn't like being lied to, but she has no qualms about lying to other people herself. She is also narrow-minded, which led her to falsely believing that Rapunzel is lying to her when she says she doesn't know Stefan's name (when in truth, Rapunzel is telling the truth).

## Physical Appearance

Gothel's appearance is different from most other female characters. She has gray hair pulled back into a bun style. She has cold green eyes and is one of the few characters to have a long face.

For most of the film, Gothel is seen wearing a dark red and green dress-like winter coat. Its collar covers all of her neck. The top layer of the dress is full length, everywhere expect the very front center that points up into a V, showing the red layer underneath. The top layer is dark green with yellow furry trim around the skirt's neck, sleeves, and bottom. The sleeves are bell-shaped, and there are straight red sleeves underneath. The green part also slopes down into a small V at the back of the bodice, showing a little bit of red underneath. Gothel wears a hat in medieval style, which looks like a winter hat with yellow furry trim. Otto, her ferret, is usually wrapped around her neck like a scarf.

When Gothel pretends to be Rapunzel, she wears a black dress that's similar to her main one. It is full length and black with a white trim, instead of yellow, around the bottom of the skirt, the collar ad the sleeves. It has a swirling pattern in black coming from up the bottom of the skirt and the cuffs of the sleeves. The collar is also high on the dress.

She wears long black gloves and a gold necklace with three black stones on it, and a gold chain belt with a black stone. At the start of this scene, she is also wearing a green mask edged in white with purple feathers along the top edge and a hat that is shaped like a triangular bowl. It is dark green, with a similar pattern to the dress. She is also wearing Otto around her neck and the piece of hair she'd cut off of Rapunzel at the tower.

## Powers and Abilities

Gothel is an extremely powerful witch, capable of memorable feats of magic, because she uses dark magic which manifests in a green hue, to trap Rapunzel in a tower. She destroys Rapunzel's most beloved painting on her wall and her paintbrush. She cuts off her beautiful hair just using the magic in her fingertips instead of scissors. Despite this, the most notable of her spells are her final enchantments that she puts on the tower to "never release a prisoner with a lying heart", which locked her in the tower forever. Gothel also chained Hugo to a wall to prevent him from freeing Rapunzel or disturbing her plans. Aside from this, she could cast fatal lightning towards those she wanted out of her way.

Gothel was also capable of hiding her entire manor by casting a magic wall around it to prevent anyone from finding her or Rapunzel. Fortunately, all of these spells were undone when she was trapped forever in the tower.

## Trivia

* In the Latin American dub, Gothel's name is changed to Greta.