Mother Gothel

Mother Gothel
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Feature films	Tangled
Short films	Once Upon a Studio
Voice	Donna Murphy
Inspiration	Dame Gothel from the fairy tale Rapunzel by the Brothers Grimm The Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Judge Claude Frollo from The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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Full Name	Gothel
Aliases	Mother Gothel Gothel Madame Gothel
Occupation	Follower of Zhan Tiri (formerly) Member of the Disney Villains
Alignment	Neutral, later bad
Affiliations	Disney Villains
Hobby	Abusing Rapunzel and keeping her imprisoned. Destroy Rapunzel's self-esteem. Preserving her youth and beauty. Playing the victim.
Goals	Help Lord Demanitus find the Sundrop and Moonstone (abandoned). Serve Zhan Tiri (possibly formerly). Kidnap Rapunzel as a child and raise her as her "daughter" (temporarily succeeded). Remain young and beautiful forever by using the flower's power in Rapunzel's hair (temporarily succeeded, then failed). Keep Rapunzel safe in the tower and prevent her from ever returning to the outside world (failed). Kill Flynn Rider for helping Rapunzel escape the tower (failed, though she stabbed him).
Home	Rapunzel's Tower
Friends	The Stabbington Brothers, Maleficent, Hades, Disney Villains
Enemies	Rapunzel and Flynn Rider (archenemies), Maximus, Pascal, Hook Hand, Vladimir, Pub Thugs, Mickey Mouse, Genie, Minnie Mouse, Olaf, Chicken Little, Stitch, Donald Duck, Carl, Terk, Flash Slothmore, Baymax, Disney Heroes
Likes	Her youth and beauty, making sarcastic comments, playing the victim, feigning affection, child abuse, mirrors, being complimented by men, getting her way
Dislikes	Aging, mumbling, sharing the flower's power, Rapunzel's defiance, Rapunzel taking too much time to pull her up to the tower, pouting, parenthood, household chores, not getting her way
Quote	"You want me to be the bad guy? Fine. Now I'm the bad guy."

Mother Gothel, simply known as Gothel, is the secondary antagonist of Disney's Tangled animated franchise. She is, as her name suggests, Rapunzel's former foster mother-turned-first arch-nemesis who seeks to remain youthful and immortal by utilizing the magic hair of her "daughter", having kidnapped her from her biological parents and hiding her in a tower for years.

She was voiced by Donna Murphy.