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But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Considering he was a selfish thief, he doesn't really remember half the things he did, including to other people. This royally serves to bite him throughout the TV show, which include: Age-Gap Romance: With Rapunzel, kinda, albeit a small gap. She is clearly stated as being 18-years-old, but his age is more complicated. In short, his age is somewhere between 18 and 26. It's clarified in the series. By the season 2 finale, it is shown that he is 25 years old. Since the season 2 finale is almost a year after the 1st season finale (Rapunzel says they've been on the road for nearly a year), which is stated to be almost exactly one year after the movie, Eugene is 23 in the movie; making him 5 years older than Rapunzel. Video Games: Tangled (video game) • Disney Infinity series • Kingdom Hearts III • Disney Crossy Road • Disney Enchanted Tales • Disney Emoji Blitz • Disney Heroes: Battle Mode Proud Beauty: A contrast of Mother Gothel. He's proud of his handsome features, but not to the point that he will take advantage of Rapunzel like Gothel insinuates he will. In turn, when Rapunzel offers herself too Gothel to save his life, he cuts her hair, rendering its magic no more, ensuring no one will ever use Rapunzel to keep their youth and beauty like Mother Gothel ever did. That said the series establishes he has a slight vain streak, in trying to keep his good looks heavily pronounced, but not to the point its his entire personality. Lazy Bum: Downplayed. He starts out the series perfectly content to lounge around the castle, getting massages and manicure and enjoying the finer things in life. However, he also puts in lots of effort to support Rapunzel and look out for her. It isn't long at all until Character Development hits and Eugene starts to become a more productive member of the castle.
Nice Mean And In Between: Rapunzel (nice), Cassandra (mean), and Eugene (in-between). He's not a saint like Rapunzel, but Eugene is still consistently loyal and selfless.In "Plus Est en Vous", when he's about to be axed by his Brainwashed and Crazy father, courtesy of Cassandra, he simply tells him he forgives him and accepts it. This breaks through to Edmund, who promptly destroys the Mind Trap. Has a Type: Or so he says. After Rapunzel's hair turns brown, he tells her he has a thing for brunettes. Still, Rapunzel was blonde when he fell in love with her, and his Psycho Ex-Girlfriend in the series has dark red hair. Rags to Royalty: He is an orphan and a thief who marries a princess (though he didn't know that she was royalty when he fell in love with her). Though it turns out that he was royalty all along.
Rebellious Spirit: Due to growing up as a thief, Eugene doesn't get along with rules, procedures, or any kind of authority. This shows in "Fitzherbert P.I.", where he can't keep a job because he keeps refusing to do things by the book. Original: Rapunzel • Flynn Rider • Mother Gothel • Pascal • Maximus • Stabbington Brothers • Hook Hand • Big Nose • Vladimir • Attila • Ulf • Shorty • Pub Thugs • Captain of the Guards • King Frederic • Queen Arianna • Castle Guards Eighteen years later it was stolen by Flynn Rider and the Stabbington Brothers for its gold and diamond value and Flynn took it for himself while he and the brothers were getting away from the guards. When he lost them, the thief found a hidden tower to hide in until the guards and the crazy white horse were gone, but he ended up being hit by a frying pan.Character Development: He stops caring only about himself and learns to love and care for others, as well as to just be himself. While he still maintains his aloof and narcissistic facade in company, he proves to be very insightful whenever Rapunzel's having trouble and does whatever he can to protect her and others. This is a large improvement from his originally selfish and greedy character. Film: When Will My Life Begin • Mother Knows Best • I've Got a Dream • I See the Light • Healing Incantation • Something That I Want Died in Your Arms Tonight: He dies in Rapunzel's arms, albeit temporarily, as he's revived moments later. Character Name Alias: His real name is Eugene Fitzherbert or so he thinks. "Flynn Rider" is the name of the hero of "The Tales of Flynnigan Rider", a story he loved as a child. He starts going by Eugene again later in the movie. However, it led some people like Varian to believe he's the real deal. In the TV show, they use the "you're my dream" line as their special way to re-confirm their love for each other.
Adaptational Jerkass: In the original tale, "the prince" (whom Flynn is based on) is the stereotypical heroic character. Here, he is a selfish anti-heroic thief, but becomes less selfish after spending time with Rapunzel and steps up to true blue heroism. Losing a Shoe in the Struggle: He briefly loses a boot when he's used as a human tug-of-war rope between Rapunzel and Maximus. In "The Return Of Strongbow", when he realizes that the ring he stole eight years earlier belongs to Rapunzel's mother, Queen Arianna.
Unfortunate Names: His real name, Eugene Fitzherbert. The poor bastard... Then he finds out his actual real name is Horace, which he finds even worse. The first and last times Flynn sees Rapunzel's long hair emerge from her tower are nearly identical, with her golden hair forming a loop as it flies out of the window into the sunlit air as he clings to the wall of the tower. The second time, it's not Rapunzel. Gold Digger: Subverted. He isn't with Rapunzel for her wealth or status, but fell for her before finding out who she really was. In the show, he's still initially seen as one by Cass, due to his unemployment and shady past. She comes to respect him more as he starts training the guards to better their technique at catching thieves. Hot Consort: Through his marriage to Rapunzel, Eugene is currently Prince Consort of Corona. However, since his father is King Edmund, this means that Eugene could possibly end up as King of the Dark Kingdom, and therefore hold the title of King Consort of Corona.
He doesn't have this in the film when he's confronting the Stabbingtons in prison, due to his anger there being fueled by fear and anxiety, but he still maintains enough control to get the information he needs.
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Anti-Hero: He's a greedy and self-centered thief; he's shown early in the movie to be perfectly fine with leaving his fellow thieves behind to keep all the goods for himself. He starts out helping Rapunzel for his personal gain, but as the story goes on, Flynn reveals that he's not really a bad person deep down. His growing love for Rapunzel is enough for him to change his ways and leave his criminal life behind. The Heart: Flynn Ryder is A Darker Me personality to cover for Eugene Fitzherbert, who turns out to be a highly empathetic guy. At season 2, Adira names Eugene as Fish Skin as the glue that keeps everything (everyone) together. He is also a Deconstructed Character Archetype: Eugene, a highly empathic person, uses A Darker Me in the Flynn Ryder character to confront The Rival Cassandra, and even when Eugene understands Cassandra and forgives her constant Snark-to-Snark Combat, Cassanda and him still remain Headbutting Heroes. The result is that Eugene cannot connect with the person who needs him the most. This would be resolved at the Series Finale, when Eugene, after being set up in a cruel trap by Cassandra, forgives her and hugs her with Rapunzel.
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