# Tangled Ever After
**Tangled Ever After** is a 2012 American 3D animated short film by [Walt Disney Animation Studios](https://www.edgepedia.org/walt-disney-animation-studios) that continues the story of the 2010 feature *Tangled*, showing the royal wedding of Rapunzel and [Flynn Rider](https://www.edgepedia.org/flynn-rider) and the mishaps that befall the wedding rings. It was released theatrically with *Beauty and the Beast 3D* on January 13, 2012, and also shown in 2D.[1](https://d23.com/a-to-z/tangled-ever-after-film/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Release | January 13, 2012, attached to *Beauty and the Beast 3D*, also in 2D[1](https://d23.com/a-to-z/tangled-ever-after-film/) |
| Directors | Nathan Greno and Byron Howard, the directors of *Tangled*[1](https://d23.com/a-to-z/tangled-ever-after-film/) |
| Plot | Pascal and Maximus lose Rapunzel and Flynn's wedding rings and race to recover them before the ceremony discovers they are missing[1](https://d23.com/a-to-z/tangled-ever-after-film/) |
| Voices | Mandy Moore as Rapunzel and Zachary Levi as Flynn[1](https://d23.com/a-to-z/tangled-ever-after-film/) |
| Runtime and rating | 6 minutes; rated G[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tangled_ever_after) |
| Music | Kevin Kliesch[3](https://www.intanibase.com/iad_entries/credits?shortID=8344) |
| Disney Channel premiere | 5 million viewers tuned in to the 2012 broadcast[4](https://time.com/3907308/disney-tangled-animated-series/) |
## Spoilers
### Story and style
The short is set at the wedding that ends *Tangled*. As the kingdom gathers for the ceremony, Pascal, Rapunzel's flower chameleon, and Maximus, the ring-bearer horse, lose the wedding rings and begin a frenzied search, hoping to find them before anyone discovers they are missing.[1](https://d23.com/a-to-z/tangled-ever-after-film/) [Box Office Mojo](https://www.edgepedia.org/box-office-mojo) gives a matching summary: as Rapunzel and Flynn Rider wed, Pascal and Maximus are left to retrieve the rings that slip away during the ceremony.[5](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2112281/credits/)
The film is essentially a slapstick chase built around the two animal sidekicks, with Moore and Levi reprising their feature-film roles in voice.[1](https://d23.com/a-to-z/tangled-ever-after-film/) It uses the same computer-generated imagery style as the 2010 film, and its humor leans on sight gags rather than dialogue; the voiceover frames the day as perfect, with Flynn's narration undercut by small things going wrong, such as a banner that paints his nose incorrectly.[6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2112281/) The soundtrack includes an uncredited use of [Pachelbel's Canon](https://www.edgepedia.org/pachelbels-canon), composed by [Johann Pachelbel](https://www.edgepedia.org/johann-pachelbel).[6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2112281/)
## Production
Nathan Greno and [Byron Howard](https://www.edgepedia.org/byron-howard) wrote and directed the short, continuing from their work on *Tangled*, with Aimee Scribner as producer and [John Lasseter](https://www.edgepedia.org/john-lasseter) as executive producer. Kevin Kliesch composed the score, David Goetz handled art direction, and Clay Kaytis served as animation supervisor.[3](https://www.intanibase.com/iad_entries/credits?shortID=8344) Production took place at Walt Disney Feature Animation in [Burbank, California](https://www.edgepedia.org/burbank-california).[6](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2112281/)
Disney [Animation](https://www.edgepedia.org/animation) lists the short among its theatrical shorts, part of a slate of more than 500 short films the studio has produced since the 1920s.[7](https://www.disneyanimation.com/shorts/?drawer=%2Fshorts%2Ftangled-ever-after%2F) Film scholar Christopher Holliday's King's College London thesis places *Tangled Ever After* in a broader industry pattern: short-form animation attached to theatrical features revived the [Golden Age](https://www.edgepedia.org/golden-age) seven-minute cartoon format, with the short functioning as an abridged sequel to *Tangled* in the same way that earlier attached shorts such as *Super Rhino* (2009) and *Megamind: The Button of Doom* (2011) extended other films.[8](https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/103271867/2014_Holliday_Christopher_0943585_ethesis.pdf)
## Release and reception
The short premiered in theaters on January 13, 2012, alongside the 3D re-release of *Beauty and the Beast*.[1](https://d23.com/a-to-z/tangled-ever-after-film/) It later premiered on the [Disney Channel](https://www.edgepedia.org/disney-channel), drawing 5 million viewers, and Time reported that its popularity helped prompt Disney's 2015 announcement of a television series continuing Rapunzel's story.[4](https://time.com/3907308/disney-tangled-animated-series/) In Spain, where it was released as *Enredados para siempre*, the short sold 1,409 admissions and grossed 8,093.70 euros.[9](https://sede.mcu.gob.es/CatalogoICAA/Peliculas/Detalle?Pelicula=249711)
On Rotten Tomatoes the short holds a 79% audience score from more than 5,000 ratings, with no critic reviews counted on the Tomatometer.[2](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tangled_ever_after) It was later collected in the Walt Disney Animation Studios Short Films Collection.[10](https://www.intanibase.com/iad_entries/entry?shortid=8344)
## Place in the Tangled franchise
*Tangled Ever After* sits between the 2010 feature and the Disney Channel series *Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure* (originally *Tangled: The Series*), which the Associated Press describes as one of two projects the film's success spawned, alongside a planned live-action adaptation.[11](https://apnews.com/article/825fe3a9656135dd55a74ad4c52277fa) A separate television movie, *Tangled: Before Ever After* (2017), takes its title as a play on the short's name and is set before the wedding, bridging the film and the series.[4](https://time.com/3907308/disney-tangled-animated-series/)
## References
1. [Tangled Ever After (film), D23](https://d23.com/a-to-z/tangled-ever-after-film/)
2. [Tangled Ever After, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tangled_ever_after)
3. [Tangled Ever After credits, The Internet Animation Database](https://www.intanibase.com/iad_entries/credits?shortID=8344)
4. [Disney's Tangled Will Head to Television in a New Animated Series, Time](https://time.com/3907308/disney-tangled-animated-series/)
5. [Tangled Ever After (2012), Box Office Mojo](https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt2112281/credits/)
6. [Tangled Ever After (Short 2012), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2112281/)
7. [Short Films, Walt Disney Animation Studios](https://www.disneyanimation.com/shorts/?drawer=%2Fshorts%2Ftangled-ever-after%2F)
8. [From the Light of Luxo: The New Worlds of the Computer-Animated Film, Christopher Holliday, King's College London](https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/ws/portalfiles/portal/103271867/2014_Holliday_Christopher_0943585_ethesis.pdf)
9. [ICAA Film Data: Enredados para siempre, Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales](https://sede.mcu.gob.es/CatalogoICAA/Peliculas/Detalle?Pelicula=249711)
10. [Tangled Ever After (2012), The Internet Animation Database](https://www.intanibase.com/iad_entries/entry?shortid=8344)
11. [Live-action 'Tangled' will star Teagan Croft and Milo Manheim as Rapunzel and Flynn Rider, Associated Press](https://apnews.com/article/825fe3a9656135dd55a74ad4c52277fa)
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