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"Once a Handmaiden..." is the sixty-fifth episode of Tangled: The Series. It premiered on February 23, 2020, and is the eighteenth episode in the third season.

Plot[]

Eugene and Varian create a new weapon they call "Project Obsidian", a bazooka that shoots weaponized amber crystals to combat an impending attack from Cassandra, which Rapunzel reluctantly authorizes as a last resort. Meanwhile, Cassandra discovers the missing shard from her mother's mirror and realizes that Rapunzel was right when she told her that Gothel never loved either of them. After this discovery, she confronts the Enchanted Girl about her manipulation, who she finally discovers to be Zhan Tiri. She disguises herself in a magic cloak and takes the form of a handmaiden named Faith in an effort to make amends with Rapunzel. After performing in a play with Rapunzel (which details their battle), Zhan Tiri strips Cassandra of her cloak, revealing herself to the kingdom and causing the guards to attack her. As Eugene and Varian stand down, Zhan Tiri sneaks up and activates Project Obsidian, firing a blast of amber at Cassandra. This proves to be the final straw as she, along with the possessed members of the Dark Kingdom's Brotherhood, unleashes the full power of the Moonstone and declares Corona to be hers. Eugene orders a fall back, and he tells Maximus and Pascal to take an unconscious Rapunzel away from the fallen kingdom. Later that night, Rapunzel wakes up and, to her horror, sees Corona completely taken over by Cassandra, who sits upon the throne as its conqueror.

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Trivia[]

  • The title plays on an old saying, "Once a/an ____, always a/an ____".
  • Cassandra learns the Enchanted Girl is really Zhan Tiri and what Mother Gothel thought of her.
  • Zhan Tiri's line, "We're not so different, you and I." is a reference to Dr. Evil's line in Austin Powers.
  • Rapunzel stopped Eugene from making a reference to when he almost married Stalyan in "Beyond the Corona Walls" as she keeps blaming her "worthless" journey for losing Cassandra.
  • This is the third episode that takes place during the annual Goodwill Festival, the first and second times being "Rapunzel's Enemy" and "Goodbye and Goodwill".
  • Cassandra finds the broken piece of mirror that Zhan Tiri threw away in "A Tale of Two Sisters".
  • Rapunzel's new handmaiden is revealed to be named Faith.
  • Cassandra's line, "You want me to be the bad guy? Fine, now I'm the bad guy." are the exact same words Mother Gothel said when she finally revealed her true nature to Rapunzel in Tangled.
  • The play scene is a reference to Star vs. the Forces of Evil Season Four episode "Butterfly Follies".
  • List of the characters in the play version of "Destinies Collide" and "Cassandra's Revenge":
    • Rapunzel as Cassandra
    • Vlad as Cassandra
    • Faith as Rapunzel
    • Angry and Red as Black Rocks
  • Varian refers to himself and Eugene as "Team Awesome" again since "What the Hair?!".
  • Adira and Hector attack Corona after they fall under the influence of the Mind Trap Talisman that Cassandra previously acquired in "Race to the Spire".
  • Cassandra makes a reference to when Eugene mixed up the bim and dim-berries in "Rapunzel's Enemy".
  • Cassandra succeeds in taking over Corona which was Rapunzel's greatest fear in "Be Very Afraid".
  • "More of Me" is not played in the credits of this episode.
  • The scene where Cassandra confronts Zhan Tiri is similar to the scene where Rapunzel confronts Mother Gothel in Tangled.

Goofs[]

  • Varian is shown to be wearing his outfit, apron, gloves and shoes from season one and at the near end of "Rapunzel's Return" when he is sitting on Fidella before a guard comes to tell Eugene that Cassandra is inside Corona to attack Rapunzel.
  • When Cassandra is using the cloak to disguise herself as Faith, she still sounds like Cassandra, so wouldn't Rapunzel and Eugene question why "Faith" doesn't sound like herself. When the Enchanted Girl disguised herself as Coliope, she sounded just like her until seconds before revealing herself, so it should have been the same for Cassandra as Faith.

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Media
Films: Tangled (video/soundtrack/score) • Tangled Ever AfterTangled: Before Ever After

Shows: A Poem Is...Tangled: The Series (soundtrack one/two/three) • Chibi Tiny Tales
Video Games: Tangled (video game)Disney Infinity seriesKingdom Hearts IIIDisney Crossy RoadDisney Enchanted TalesDisney Emoji BlitzDisney Heroes: Battle Mode
Books: The Art of TangledComic BooksRapunzel and the Lost LagoonRapunzel and the Vanishing VillageRoyal Weddings
Cancelled projects: Rapunzel UnbraidedVarian and the Seven Kingdoms

Disney Parks
Fantasy SpringsDisney Animation BuildingCastle of Magical DreamsFairy Tale ForestGarden of the Twelve FriendsIt's a Small WorldPrincess PavilionRapunzel's Lantern FestivalLe Pays des Contes de FéesVoyage to the Crystal Grotto

Entertainment: Believe! Sea of DreamsDisney's WishesDisney Dreams: An Enchanted ClassicFantasmic!Fantasy FestivalMickey's Magical CelebrationMickey's Magical Music WorldMickey's Royal Friendship FaireMickey and the Magical MapMickey and the Wondrous BookRoyal TheatreTangled: The MusicalThe Forest of Enchantment: A Disney Musical AdventureThe Golden MickeysThe Starlit Princess Waltz
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Spring: Disney Pirate or Princess: Make Your Choice
Halloween: Let's Get Wicked
Christmas: World of Color: Winter DreamsRoyal Christmas Wishes

Characters
Original: RapunzelFlynn RiderMother GothelPascalMaximusStabbington BrothersHook HandBig NoseVladimirAttilaUlfShortyPub ThugsCaptain of the GuardsKing FredericQueen AriannaCastle Guards

TV series: CassandraFidellaOwlPete and StanLady CainePocketHook FootVarianRuddigerQuirinOld Lady CrowleyMontyDaleWreck MarauderLance StrongbowFriedborgNigelKing TrevorFernanda PizazzoAndrewSeparatists of SaporiaXavierFeldsparAngry and RedThe BaronAnthony the WeaselRuthless RuthAxelWillowZhan TiriLord DemanitusSugracha the EternalUumlautKing EdmundAdiraStalyanVexCaptain QuaidMother and FatherVigorMadame CanardistCalliopeLorbsSeraphinaHectorTromusHamuelLittle Big GuyBrock Thunderstrike
Deleted characters: BastionClaire and VinceBeau

Episodes
Shorts: "Checkmate" • "Prison Bake" • "Make Me Smile" • "Hare Peace" • "Night Bite" • "Hiccup Fever" • "Snowball" • "Hairdon't" • "Unicorny"

Season One: "What the Hair?!" • "Rapunzel's Enemy" • "Fitzherbert P.I." • "Challenge of the Brave" • "Cassandra v. Eugene" • "The Return of Strongbow" • "In Like Flynn" • "Great Expotations" • "Under Raps" • "One Angry Princess" • "Pascal's Story" • "Big Brothers of Corona" • "The Wrath of Ruthless Ruth" • "Max's Enemy" • "The Way of the Willow" • "Queen for a Day" • "Painter's Block" • "Not in the Mood" • "The Quest for Varian" • "The Alchemist Returns" • "Secret of the Sun Drop"
Season Two: "Beyond the Corona Walls" • "The Return of Quaid" • "Goodbye and Goodwill" • "Forest of No Return" • "Freebird" • "Vigor the Visionary" • "Keeper of the Spire" • "King Pascal" • "There's Something About Hook Foot" • "Happiness Is..." • "Max and Eugene in Peril on the High Seas" • "Curses!" • "The Eye of Pincosta" • "Rapunzel and the Great Tree" • "The Brothers Hook" • "Rapunzel: Day One" • "Mirror, Mirror" • "You're Kidding Me!" • "Rapunzeltopia" • "Lost and Found" • "Destinies Collide"
Season Three: "Rapunzel's Return" • "Return of the King" • "Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Wolf?" • "The Lost Treasure of Herz Der Sonne" • "No Time Like the Past" • "Beginnings" • "The King and Queen of Hearts" • "Day of the Animals" • "Be Very Afraid" • "Pascal's Dragon" • "Islands Apart" • "Cassandra's Revenge" • "Race to the Spire" • "A Tale of Two Sisters" • "Flynnpostor" • "Once a Handmaiden..." • "Plus Est En Vous"

Locations
Rapunzel's TowerThe Snuggly DucklingCoronaCorona CastleOld CoronaThe Dark KingdomVardarosThe SpireTerapi IslandThe Great TreeThe House of Yesterday's TomorrowCassandra's StrongholdGothel's Cottage
Songs
Film: When Will My Life BeginMother Knows BestI've Got a DreamI See the LightHealing IncantationSomething That I Want

Musical: Flower of GoldWanted ManWhen She Returns
TV Series: Life After Happily Ever AfterWind in My HairMore of MeFriendship SongListen UpI've Got ThisLet Me Make You ProudSet Yourself FreeReady As I'll Ever BeNext Stop, AnywhereIf I Could Take That Moment BackView From Up HereHook Foot's BalladBuddyWaiting in the WingsLivin' the DreamWith You by My SideEverything I Ever Thought I KnewCrossing the LineStronger Than Ever BeforeBigger Than ThatThe Girl Who Has EverythingNothing Left to LoseThrough It AllI'd Give Anything
Deleted: What More Could I Ever Need

Objects
Rapunzel's Frying PanSundrop FlowerRapunzel's Magic HairRapunzel's CrownLanternsRapunzel's JournalBlack RocksDemanitus DeviceAttitude-Reversing PotionAutomatonRapunzel's CaravanIdol of VershaftsbezeigungengienThe Graphtic ScrollMoonstone Opal
See Also
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