Mother Gothel
Aliases
Mother Gothel
Gothel Madame Gothel
Alignment
Neutral, later bad
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).
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 .