Eugene Fitzherbert (better known as Flynn Rider) is the deuteragonist of Disney's 2010 animated feature film Tangled. He is a former thief, the husband of Rapunzel, and the father of Ruby, Zellie and the Long Haired Princess. Eugene is one of the heroes of Auradon and the King of Tangledtown, Auradon.
Contents
- 1 History
- 1.1 Before the formation of Auradon
- 2 Gallery
- 3 Trivia
History[]
Before the formation of Auradon[]
- Further information: Tangled
After stealing the crown from the castle in the Kingdom of Corona, he flees to the forest, where after abandoning his partners, the Stabbignton Brothers, he hides in a tower. There he meets Rapunzel, a girl who, after confiscating her crown, promises to return it to her if she takes her to see her flying lanterns.
After a trip through the forest, they finally arrive in Corona, where they both enjoy the lanterns. But after being ambushed by the Stabbingtons, Eugene ends up arrested for having the crown in his possession. After seeing the Stabbingtons locked up and discovering from them that Gothel hired them to separate him from Rapunzel, Flynn escaped and fled to the tower, where Gothel attacked him.
Badly injured, with a last effort Eugene cut Rapunzel's hair, which gave life to Gothel, who aged until she turned into ash. Once they were both safe, Eugene accompanied Rapunzel to Corona, where she was reunited with her real parents, the king and queen, and Eugene was able to start a new life with Rapunzel.
Gallery[]
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Trivia[]
- Eugene was 23 years old in Tangled, but as of season 3 of Tangled: The Series/Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure *season 3 takes place three years after the movie* he's now 26 years old.
- Zachary Levi, the voice of Flynn Rider, auditioned for the role and got it with a British accent. Later, this idea was dropped and Levi read for the role with his own American accent instead.
- Flynn Rider stopped appearing as a regular meet-and-greet character at Walt Disney World in Florida on July 2, 2011, though he continues to appear at the Halloween and Christmas parties, and on Valentine's Day as well.
- He's the second Disney hero after Phoebus from The Hunchback of Notre Dame to have facial hair, but he's the very first among the Disney Princes to have facial hair.
- Dan Fogler was the original choice to voice Flynn Rider. Clay Aiken was also considered for the role at one time.
- Every time a wanted poster of Flynn is shown in the movie, his nose is drawn differently.
- Eugene is the first Disney Prince to be an orphan. Although Aladdin was originally thought to be an orphan, in his third film, it is revealed that his dad is still alive.
- Similar to Aladdin, Eugene later discovered he was not an orphan; at the end of Season 2 of Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure, he finds out who his birth father is, and that he is alive.
- The name "Flynn" is also used for some other Disney characters, such as Kevin and Sam Flynn from Tron and Tron: Legacy respectively, and the Flynn family from the Disney Channel's Phineas and Ferb.
- Eugene Fitzherbert the exact opposite of Mother Gothel. Unlike Gothel, he truly cares for Rapunzel and loves her whereas Gothel only loves Rapunzel for her hair, due to it being able to heal anything or anyone and it was keeping her young. Eugene's love for Rapunzel was declared when he sacrificed himself and freed her from Gothel's cruel and wicked ways.
- One of Flynn Rider's original designs (seen in concept art), was used to help form Kristoff's appearance in Frozen.
- Even though his real name is Eugene Fitzherbert, credits for other films and books keep his nickname Flynn Rider.
- During renovations of the Walt Disney Animation Studios building, beginning in 2014, Flynn was one of the character silhouettes featured on the wall mural.
