Mother Knows Best (song) siren motif" for Gothel's appearance and personality. A "big" musical number, "Mother Knows Best" begins within the first fifteen minutes of "Tangled" during the film's first act when, on the eve of her eighteenth birthday, Rapunzel finally summons enough courage to ask Gothel for permission to travel and see the floating lanterns in person. Gothel, whose eternal youth and beauty solely relies on the safety and protection of Rapunzel's magical hair, denies this request by sarcastically reminding her that "mother knows best," warning her ward that "the world is full of wicked people who want to steal her hair's magic,"
Mother Gothel window but disintegrating into dust before she hits the ground, essentially dying of old age. Flynn dies in Rapunzel's arms, but is miraculously returned to life by Rapunzel's tear, and she is finally reunited with her biological parents. In the , Mother Gothel debuts in a dream-turned-nightmare Rapunzel had in the premiere episode ""What the Hair!?"" a few days after her hair had mysteriously returned. She had bragged about how Rapunzel thought that she was "gone forever" and had expressed her wicked delight in seeing that "her daughter's" golden hair and its mystical properties had returned. She firmly told Rapunzel