Rapunzel used her magic hair as lighting to escape from a dark cave filled with water and sings the ' Healing Incantation' to heal Flynn's injured hand. She raises Rapunzel as her own, deep with in a forest, in a hidden tower and will not let her leave the tower, for fear they will be seen together.ĭuring Rapunzel's journey with a thief named Flynn Rider, Rapunzel's magical hair is used many times. So she kidnaps baby Rapunzel to use the magic hair for herself.
However, the lock turns brown and loses its power. When the queen uses it, Mother Gothel wants to get it back, so she breaks into the palace and cuts off a lock of Rapunzel's hair to keep for herself. According to Flynn Rider, she has been using it for hundreds of years. Mother Gothel, an evil old woman, who found the flower before the queen did, uses it to make herself young and beautiful.
Cells from the flower are passed into Rapunzel, making her hair glow and heal the sick just like the flower did. This magic golden flower is used to heal the sick pregnant Queen of Corona, who gives birth to Rapunzel. At the beginning of the film, it is stated that the hair gets its power from a magic golden flower.