Mother Gothel's Full Backstory! - Zhan Tiri's Third Follower | Tangled The Series

Do you agree with me that Gothel was a disciple of Zhan Tiri? Let me know your thoughts below, and of course have a magical day! ✨

When comes to her hatred of Cassandra, I think Gothel may have actually fallen in love with a man who only cared about her looks or just wanted one thing from her. (We know what it is. I'm not gonna say it) Then at one point, the man found out that either she was pregnant or her real age and left her. I say that because in the reprise of Mother Knows Best, she sings, "This is why he's here, don't let him deceive you. Give it to him, watch you'll see" "Trust me, my dear. That's how fast he'll leave you." I know she was using that to try and convince Rapunzel to return to the tower, while giving her a warning that Eugene will betray her once he has the crown. But she may have also been subtly hinting she had gone through such a betrayal. She opened her heart for the 1st time in centuries and paid the price. Cassandra is nothing but a reminder of what happened when she let herself feel love for anyone but herself. But why would she head back to her cabin after grabbing Rapunzel other than to lead the guards to where she maybe able to cut them off and buy more time? I believe, she may have gone back to grab her daughter so Cassandra would care for Rapunzel while she went out to do....whatever she did when she wasn't in the tower. Maybe with a "sister", Rapunzel wouldn't want to leave the tower as she would have someone to play with, while simultaneously having someone she could talk to who, for the love of her mother, convince Rapunzel that it is too dangerous for them to go out. If that was the case, then when Rapunzel and Cassandra may have locked Eugene up until Gothel arrived and she may have even killed Eugene or maybe turned him in for reward money that she could spend on herself. But because the guards were too close, she wouldn't have time to grab Cassandra and just abandoned her, probably not even caring if the guards would take her away and raise her. As a bonus, she was free to manipulate Rapunzel as she pleased without the risk that her "lousy little pest" of a daughter would spill the beans and reveal who Rapunzel really was. That's my theory. It may not be great, but here it is. Hope you liked it.

But in the movie it s clear that Gothel found the flower before the founding of Corona while in the flashbacks it is shown that Corona already exists the timeline doesn't really add up, my theory is that she found the flower and knew of the healing incantation by herself but soon found Lord Demenitus and Zhan Tiri looking for it so she decided to join them as their pupil as a way to protect her flower and stealing their research for herself. After Zhan Tiri got vanished Gothel went into hiding and had Cassandra, going out often to search for the moonstone herself.

Her actual backstory is written in a book called “mother knows best” in the villains series but who knows im not sure if it’s canon but it’s a real book approved by disney

What if the only reason Gothel had Cass was to be a vessel of sorts? Gothel could have been looking for a way to transfer her spirit to Cass' body and start over, the Sundrop only being a method to keep herself young enough until she found a way. When the flower was stolen, Gothel had to give up on that plan as she had no way to do it.

I seriously think Mother Gothel can bring all the other wicked stepmothers of Disney to shame...maybe not the Evil Queen, but still...the way she manipulates and treats Rapunzel and Cassandra, acting as a caring mother, but also a control freak. Plus she has such a hunger for power, which all the other wicked stepmother do as well, but what she does to get it is truly diabolical...

For someone that supposedly truly hated her daughter for a moment Mother Gothel did appear to struggle making the decision to leave Cassandra, but of course she did ultimately revert to her true selfish persona and did such a thing. Of course one would have to wonder the thoughts going through Gothel's head during that moment of struggle, was it actually a love moment towards Cassandra or was it a damn! I had a good slave for a time, but now until this little brat that I'm holding grows up a little I have to do all of the chores that I had that lousy, little, pest do for me.

The idea of Mother Gothel being a former disciple of Zhan Tiri certainly explains how Tiri would have such an extensive knowledge of that old witch.

Surprise mother Gothel never tried to move the flower to a new location. I guess it risky because u don’t want to kill the flower. But if she had taken and dug a lot of the dirt around it and was careful not to destroy the root she might of been able to transplant the flower behind her cottage or in a pot and it probably would of never been discovered xD

I agree that she was a disciple but I just feel that Cassandra was born for a reason. That the notes weren't just left preserved for nothing more than Gothel's ego. But that's my little theory. Anyway, love watching your theories, Issac.

3:48 Gothel's voice is in the episode Rapunzeltopia when she appeard in Rapunzel's dream. The time Rapunzel panned Gothel.

I still cannot believe this series is over. I don’t know what I’m going to do on Sunday mornings now 😭❤️

Talk about the definition of vain, Gothel is the meaning of it. Putting personal interests before even her daughter...that is truly evil. And she cared about Rapunzel even less, due to her possessing the power of the Sundrop.

As I had said in a previous video I think that, not only did she resent Cass for being a "drawback", I think that as Cass grew up she would see her as a competitor for admiration. While Gothel did have some attractive physical attributes it's pretty clear in the show that Cass was far more beautiful as her attributes came from within, ie bravery, loyalty, intelligence and humor. I think that, if Gothel saw and heard how lovely Cass grew up to be, she wouldn't bat an eyelash in finding a way to destroy/possibly kill her.

I started getting the theory that Gothel periodically has a child over the centuries for the exact reason she had Cass doing chores that were too big for her, and Raps pretty much did everything around the tower that Gothel didn't feel like doing herself. Housework takes time, and she wants to live like a college student. When the kid gets big enough, they either run away to have a life of their own or she kicks them out for getting their own mind and to keep up her own charade of 'oh, I couldn't be that person's mother, I'm too young!', which is how she was so practiced at resisting itty bitty Cass's charm. My biggest reason for thinking this is Varian. Streaks in the hair aren't a very wide trait in the show, and even the colors are similar. I used to think that Varian and Cass were both her children, but when it hit that Gothel wouldn't bother with a boy when she had Raps to worry about, so I think it'd be very possible that he's a descendant of another kid she had, which is why he doesn't have as many streaks as Cassandra. And there have been recorded cases of family members falling in love with each other before they find out they're related because they can sense a connection. Or she did go ahead and have Varian, hence the missing mom, but dumped him with a note on his dad's doorstep since she can't be bothered to raise a boy when she has a flower to manipulate.

Looks like the Sundrop/Flower/Hair's youth restoring powers are temporary and she aged at an accelerated rate after each restoration. It would probably just stop working for her at some point.

When I eat to much sweets Teeth:Wither and decay

there’s actually a book called mother knows best. i’ve just started watching the video so i don’f know you if you mention it or not. but it was written by an author who was asked by disney to write a series and the book is considered canon. it has a lot about mother gothel’s childhood

You imagine that an old lady sneak into your bedroom by balcony in the night, sings a magical song to check your daughter then kidnaps her. XD

And this is why I HATE Mother Gothel with a passion now.