One day, Rapunzel and her friends inadvertently open a secret passage to the basement, where Rapunzel finds a gift from her birth-parents: a silver hairbrush engraved with a message affirming their love for Rapunzel this leads Rapunzel to question Gothel's story. She spends her time painting pictures of places she dreams of going when she is free one day Gothel disapproves of this, accusing Rapunzel of being ungrateful to the witch for supposedly saving her from abandonment as a baby. She finds companionship in Penelope, a young dragon and Hobie, an anxious rabbit. Rapunzel is a young woman with long, floor-length hair who lives as a servant to the wicked witch Gothel, residing in a magically secluded manor in the woods. The story is told by Barbie to her little sister, Kelly, who is insecure in her painting abilities. The film was nominated for eight DVD Premiere Awards, winning Best Original Score and Best Animated Character Performance for its main antagonist Gothel. and was subsequently released overseas through Entertainment Rights and Universal Pictures Video. Because of his fur, he is blends in with Gothel's dress.Barbie as Rapunzel is a 2002 computer-animated fairy tale film co-produced by Mainframe Entertainment and Mattel Entertainment, and distributed by Artisan Home Entertainment.Īn adaptation of the 1812 German fairy tale ' Rapunzel' by the Brothers Grimm, it is the second in the Barbie film series, with Kelly Sheridan providing the voice of Barbie.īarbie as Rapunzel was released on VHS and DVD on October 1, 2002, later making a television premiere on Nickelodeon on November 24, 2002. He always follows Rapunzel, so that he can return to Gothel with a report on Rapunzel's activity. Otto is shown as a crafty servant of Gothel. He doesn't seem to appreciate his mistress as much as he used to, mocking the way she speaks while making her a cup of tea. In the end, Otto was shown as Gothel's servant and Rapunzel's replacement. Then, he follows Gothel, going through the tower painting. Otto comes to the ball along with his mistress, and when Rapunzel arrives, he wants to eat Hobie, but he gets burned by Penelope instead. He also brings Gothel her invitation that she later uses to come to the ball dressed as Rapunzel. Otto tells to Gothel about everything Rapunzel does: She discovers a secret entrance, she was in the village, and she was invited to a masked ball.

Otto has horrible relationships with all Gothel's captives, especially with Hobie, who he wants to eat. He loves his mistress and wants her to be beautiful, because he chases Rapunzel away to let his mistress have 'a beauty nap'.

He is often seen wrapped around her neck.

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