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Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert quotes from Tangled (2010)

Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert
Voiced by Zachary Levi Tangled (2010) · 62 quotes

Most-quoted character in Tangled (2010): in 40 of its 62 quotes
Most scenes with: Rapunzel (15), Hook Hand Thug (3), Captain (3)

A line from Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert

Can't you see me in a castle of my own because I certainly can. All the things we've seen and it's only eight in the morning! Gentlemen, this is a very big day!

More lines from Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert

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Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert
[first lines]

This is the story of how I died. But, don't worry, this is actually a fun story and the truth is it isn't even mine. This is the story of a girl named Rapunzel, and it starts with the sun. Now, once upon a time, a single drop of sunlight fell from the heavens. And from this small drop of sun grew a magic, golden flower. It had the ability to heal the sick and injured.

Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert

Gothel broke into the castle, stole the child, and just like that, gone!

Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert
[looking at a Wanted dead-or-alive poster of himself]

Oh, no! No! No! No! No, no! No! No! Oh, no! No, no, no, no, no, no! No! No, no, no, no, no, no, no! This is bad! This is very, very bad! This is really bad! [pause] They just can't get my nose right!

Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert
[From trailer; as he ditches the Stabbington brothers]

Enjoy prison! I'll miss the sound of your laughter!

Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert
[Something jerked out of a bush, frightening Rapunzel; A bunny pops out]

Stay calm. It can probably smell fear.

Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert

You smell that? Take a deep breath through the nose. [inhales] Really let that seep in. What are you getting? Because to me, that's part man-smell, and the other part is really bad man-smell! I don't know why, but overall it just smells like the color brown. Your thoughts?

Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert
[Looking at a Wanted dead-or-alive poster of himself at the Snuggly Duckling; Disgusted at his nose]

Ugh! Now they're just being mean.

Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert
[During the I've Got a Dream number, he was asked what his dream was]

Oh, no, no. Sorry, boys. [Quietly] I don't sing. [Bunch of swords pointed at him, and he starts singing and dancing]

Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert
[to Maximus]

Well, I hope you're here to apologize.

Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert
[After knocking out several guards with a frying pan]

Oh, mama, I've got to get me one of these!

Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert
[sword-fighting Max with a frying pan]

YOU SHOULD KNOW THAT THIS IS THE STRANGEST THING I'VE EVER DONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Max flicks the frying-pan from Flynn's hands] ...How about two out of three?!

Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert
[Just avoided the Stabbingtons' attack while swinging in Rapunzel's hair]

HA! You should see your faces! Because you look... [Crashes into a beam; Strained] ...ridiculous!

Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert
[to Rapunzel]

So, you're being strangely cryptic as you wrap your magic hair around my injured hand...

Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert

Frying pans! Who knew, right?!

Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert
[Maximus and the pub thugs help him bust out of jail]

Max, you brought them here? [Maximus nods] Thank you. [Maximus whinnies] No, really, thank you. I feel maybe this whole time we've just been misunderstanding one another, and we're really just-- [Maximus has annoyed look] Yeah, you're right. We should go.

Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert
[While escaping from jail, Maximus plans to jump of the wall]

Max?! Max! MAX!!!! [Max jumps off the wall] AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert
[Arrives at the tower in attempt to rescue Rapunzel from Gothel]

Rapunzel?! Rapunzel, let down your hair!

Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert
[Closing narration]

Well... you can image what happened next, the kingdom rejoiced for their lost princess had returned. The party lasted an entire week, and honestly, I don't remember most of it.

Scenes with Flynn Rider/Eugene Fitzherbert

21 scenes
Flynn Rider
[Flynn Rider and the Stabbington Bros. are running from the Royal Guard and are stuck in a cliff]

Alright, okay, give me boost, and I'll pull you up.

Stabbington
[Stabbingtons look at each other and one raises his hand to Flynn]

Give us the satchel first.

Flynn Rider
[Stunned]

What?! I just-- I can't believe that after all we've been through together, you don't trust me?

Flynn Rider
[Stabbingtons stare at him blankly] [Deadpan]

Ouch.

Stabbington
[He hands the Stabbingtons the satchel. The Stabbingtons and Rider then make a ladder and Rider climbs up the cliff] [Extends his arm]

Now, help us up, pretty boy.

Flynn Rider

Sorry. [Reveals the satchel] My hands are full. [Takes off]

Stabbington

What?! [Sees that he no longer has the satchel] RIDER?!?!?!?!

Guard 1
[Flynn runs away and watch out of horses]

A tree side in a horse?!

Guard 2

Got that?!

Flynn Rider
[Flynn is woken up by Pascal's wet willy and finds himself tied to a chair with Rapunzel's hair] [to himself]

Is this... hair?

[hiding in the dark]

Struggling... struggling is pointless!

Flynn

Huh?

I know why you're here and I'm not afraid of you.

Flynn Rider

What?

[steps into the light]

Who are you, and how did you find me?

Flynn Rider

Uh-huh...

[firmly]

Who are you? And how did you find me?

Flynn Rider
[clears throat]

I know not who you are, nor how I came to find you, but may I just say... [changes his demeanour] Hi. How ya doin'? The name's Flynn Rider. How's your day goin'? Huh?

[scoffs]

Who else knows my location, Flynn Rider?

Flynn Rider

Alright, Blondie.

Rapunzel!

Flynn Rider

Gesundheit. Here's the deal. I was in a situation, gallivanting through the forest, I came across your tower and... Oh... oh, no... where is my satchel?!

[proudly]

I've hidden it. Somewhere you'll never find it.

Flynn Rider
[looks around]

It's in that pot, isn't it?

Flynn Rider
[Rapunzel hits him with her frying pan; Flynn wakes up again and notices that Pascal's giving him another wet willy]

AH! [Pascal jumps off him] Would you STOP THAT?!

Now it's hidden where you'll never find it. So, what do you want with my hair? To cut it?

Flynn Rider

What?

Sell it?

Flynn Rider

NO! Listen, the only thing I want to do with your hair is to get out of it, lit-er-al-ly!

Eat-- Wait, you don't want my hair?

Flynn Rider

Why on Earth would I want your hair? Look, I was being chased, I saw a tower, I climbed it. End of story.

You're telling the truth?

Flynn Ryder

Yes!

Something brought you here, Flynn Rider. Call it what you will: Fate... Destiny...

Flynn Rider
[flat]

A horse.

So I have made the decision to trust you.

Flynn Rider
[flat]

A horrible decision, really.

But trust me when I tell you this: [pulls Flynn close to her face with a glare] you can tear this tower apart brick by brick, but without my help, you will never find your precious satchel.

Flynn Rider
[clears throat]

Let me just get this straight. I take you to see the lanterns, bring you back home, and you'll give me back my satchel?

I promise.

[Flynn looks at her suspiciously]

And when I promise something, I never ever break that promise.

[Flynn raises an eyebrow]

EVER. [Pascal nods.]

Flynn Rider

Alright, listen. I didn't want to have to do this, but you leave me no choice. Here comes the smoulder.

Flynn Rider
[He puts on a pouty face, hoping to charm Rapunzel. Her stare just hardens.]

This is kind of an off-day for me. This doesn't normally happen. [gives in] Fine! I'll take you to see the lanterns.

Really?! [She jumps in excitement, letting go of the chair Flynn is sitting on. Flynn falls on his face.] Oops.

Flynn Rider
[weakly]

You broke my smoulder.

[excited after finally leaving the tower]

I can't believe I did this! [fearfully] I can't believe I did this. [squealing with joy] I CAN'T BELIEVE I DID THIS!!!!!! [giggles, then puts her hands on her throat] Mother would be so furious. [later, looking at a flower, optimistic] Well, that's okay. I mean, what she doesn't know won't kill her, right? [later, in a cave rocking back and forth, fearful with her heart beating in her chest] Oh, my gosh! This would kill her. [later, running through a pile of leaves and making them rain down on the irritated Flynn. Joyous] THIS IS SOOO FUUUUUN!!!!!! [later, standing in a tree with her head against the trunk and her arms hanging limp, depressed] I am a horrible daughter. I'm going back. [later, doing cartwheels and rolling down a hill, ecstatic] I AM NEVER GOING BACK!!! Woo-hoo! [later, laying next to Flynn in a patch of flowers with her face in the ground, ashamed] I am a despicable human being! [later, using her hair as a vine and swinging around a tree with an annoyed Flynn standing there staring into space, joyous] WOO-HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! BEST!!!!!!! DAY!!!!!!!! EVER!!!!!!!!!!

Flynn Rider
[Later. Flynn walks up to Rapunzel, who is currently broken down in tears] [clears throat]

You know, I can't help but notice you seem a little at war with yourself here.

[stops crying]

What?

Flynn Rider

Now, I'm only picking up bits and pieces, of course; overprotective mother, forbidden road trip. I mean, this is serious stuff! But let me ease your conscience. This is just a part of growing up. A little adventure, a little rebellion... that's good. Healthy, even.

[Chuckles]

You think?

Flynn Ryder

I know! You're way overthinking this, trust me. Does your mother deserve it? No. Would this break her heart and crush her soul? Of course, but you just got to do it.

Break her heart?

Flynn Rider

In half.

Crush her soul?

Flynn Rider
[squishes a grape in his fingers]

Like a grape.

She would be heartbroken, you're right!

Flynn Rider

I am, aren't I. Oh, bother. Alright, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm letting you out of the deal.

[catches on to what he's trying to do]

What?

Flynn Rider

That's right! But don't thank me. Let's just turn around and get you home. Here's your pan, here's your frog. I get back my satchel. You get back a mother/daughter relationship based on mutual trust and voila! We part ways as unlikely friends.

No! I am seeing those lanterns.

Flynn Rider

OH, COME ON! What is it gonna take for me to get my satchel back?

[holds frying pan to his face]

I will use this...

Flynn Rider

Ah, there it is! The Snuggly Duckling. Don't worry, very quaint place, perfect for you. Don't want you scaring and giving up on this whole endeavor, now do we?

Well... I do like ducklings!

Flynn Rider

YAY!!!!!!!!!!

That's a lot of hair.

Flynn Rider

She's growing it out. Is that blood on your moustache? [to Rapunzel] Goldie, look at this. Look at all the blood on his moustache! Good sir, that's a lot of blood!

[singing]

I'm malicious, mean and scary, my sneer could curdle dairy, and violence-wise, my hands are not the cleanest. But despite my evil look, and my temper, and my hook, I've always yearned to be a concert pianist! Can'tcha see me on the stage performin' Mozart? Tickling the ivories 'til they gleam? Yes, I'd rather be called deadly, for my killer show-tune medley. Thank you! 'Cause way down deep inside, I've got a dream.

Thugs

He's got a dream! He's got a dream!

See, I ain't as cruel and vicious as I seem! Though I do like breaking femurs, you can count me with the dreamers, like everybody else, I've got a dream!

Big Nose Thug
[singing]

I've got scars and lumps and bruises, plus something here that oozes, and let's not even mention my complexion! But despite my extra toes, and my goiter, and my nose, I really want to make a love connection! Can't you see me with a special little lady, rowin' in a rowboat down the stream? Though I'm one disgusting blighter, I'm a lover, not a fighter, 'Cause way down deep inside, I've got a dream! I've got a dream!

Thugs

He's got a dream!

Big Nose Thug

I've got a dream!

Thugs

He's got a dream!

Big Nose Thug

And I know one day romance will reign supreme! Though my face leaves people screaming, there's a child behind it, dreaming, like everybody else, I've got a dream

Thugs

Tor would like to quit and be a florist. Gunther does interior design. Ulf is into mime. Attila's cupcakes are sublime. Bruiser knits, Killer sews, Fang does little puppet shows!

And Vladimir collects ceramic unicorns! [to Flynn] What about you?

Flynn Rider

I'm sorry, me?

Big Nose Thug

What's your dream?

Flynn Rider

No, no, no. Sorry, boys, I don't sing. [The thugs point their weapons at Flynn; singing] I have dreams, like you-- no, really! Just much less touchy-feely, they mainly happen somewhere warm and sunny. On an island that I own, tanned and rested and alone, surrounded by enormous piles of money!

[singing]

I've got a dream!

Thugs

She's got a dream!

I've got a dream!

Thugs

She's got a dream!

I just want to see the floating lanterns gleam!

Thugs

Yeah!

And with every passing hour, I'm so glad I left my tower, Like all you lovely folks, I've got a dream!

Thugs

She's got a dream! He's got a dream! They've got a dream! We've got a dream! So our differences ain't really that extreme! We're one big team...! Call us brutal, Sick

Sadistic

Big Nose Thug

And grotesquely optimistic!

Thugs

But way down deep inside, We've got a dream!

I've got a dream!

Big Nose Thug

I've got a dream!

Thugs

I've got a dream! I've got a dream! I've got a dream!

I've got a dream!

Yes, way down deep inside, I've got a dream! Yeah!

[to Rapunzel]

Go, live your dream.

Flynn

I will.

Your dream stinks. I was talking to her.

[to Hook Hand Thug]

Thanks for everything.
[She kisses him on the cheek, causing him to smile, before she and Flynn escape]

So, Flynn. Where are you from?

Flynn

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Sorry, Blondie. I don't do back-story, however, I am becoming very interested in yours. I know I'm not supposed to ask about the hair.

Nope.

Flynn

Or the mother.

Uh-uh.

Flynn

Frankly, I'm too scared to ask about the frog.

Chameleon.

Flynn

Nuance. Here's my question, though. If you wanted to see the lanterns so badly, why haven't you gone before?

[Chuckles nervously]

Well...

[The tunnel begins to shake]

Uh, Flynn?

[They look back to find the guards and Maximus running after them]

Flynn!

RIDEEEER!!!!!!!!!!

Flynn

Run! RUN!!!!!!!!!!

[The Stabbington Brothers appear]

Who's that?

Flynn Rider

They don't like me.

[The guards appear]

Who's that?

Flynn Rider

They don't like me either.

[Maximus appears]

Who's that?!

Flynn Rider

Let's just assume for the moment that everyone in here doesn't like me!

Flynn
[Rapunzel, Flynn, and Pascal are trapped in a dark and quickly flooding cave] [coming up for air]

It's no use! I can't see anything! [Rapunzel takes a deep breath and dives underwater. Flynn dives after her and pulls her back to the surface] Hey! There's no point! It's pitch black down there.

[regretfully]

This is all my fault. She was right, I never should have done this. [sniffs] I'm so... I'm so sorry, Flynn. [sobs]

Flynn Rider
[sighs]

Eugene.

[confused]

What?

Flynn Rider
[sheepishly]

My real name is Eugene Fitzherbert. Someone might as well know.

[smiling a little]

I have magic hair that glows when I sing.

Flynn Rider
[Beat]

What?

[realization]

I have... magic hair that glows when I sing!

[After the trio escapes the cave and makes it to the shore]

We made it.

Eugene
[to himself]

Her hair glows...

We're alive. We're alive!

Eugene
[still to himself]

I didn't see that coming! Her hair actually glows!

Eugene...

Eugene
[to Pascal]

Why does her hair glow?!

EUGENE!

Eugene
[hysterically]

WHAT?!

It doesn't just... glow.

Eugene
[looks at Pascal, who's grinning at him]

Why is he smiling at me?

[After Rapunzel heals Eugene's hand at the campfire, and Eugene is about to scream]

Please don't freak out!

Eugene
[wheezy]

I'm not freaking out-- are you freaking out? No, I'm just very, very interested in your hair and the magical qualities that it possesses. How long has it been doing that exactly?

Uh... forever, I guess? Mother says when I was a baby, people tried to cut it. They wanted to take it for themselves. [shows Eugene her only brown lock] But once it's cut it turns brown and loses its power. A gift like that, it has to be protected. That's why Mother never let me... [sighs] That's why I never left and...

Eugene

You never left that tower. And you're still gonna go back?

No! Yes. [covers her face] It's complicated. [Pascal gently holds her foot. She notices Eugene watching her and calms down] So, "Eugene Fitzherbert", huh?

Eugene

Ahh.. yeah, well. I'll spare you the sob story of poor orphan Eugene Fitzherbert. It's a little bit of a... it's a little bit of a downer.

Eugene
[Rapunzel scoots closer to Eugene, eager to listen]

There was this book. A book I used to read every night to all the younger kids. The Tales of Flynnigan Rider! Swashbuckling rogue, richest man alive, not bad with the ladies either. Not that he'd ever brag, of course.

Hmm. Was he a thief, too?

Eugene

Uh... well, no. Actually, he had enough money to do anything he wanted to do; he could go anywhere that he wanted to go. And-- and for a kid, with nothing, I don't know. It just seemed like the better option. You can't tell anyone about this, okay? It could ruin my whole reputation.

Ah! We wouldn't want that.

Eugene

Well, a fake reputation is all a man has.

Eugene
[Rapunzel laughs, then they gaze into each other's eyes]

Well, I should, um... I-- I should-- I should get some more firewood.

Hey. [Eugene looks back] For the record, I like "Eugene Fitzherbert" much better than "Flynn Rider".

Eugene

Well, then you'd be the first. But thank you.

[Rapunzel watches Eugene fetch some more firewood; Mother Gothel is standing a few feet behind her]

Well...

[Rapunzel's eyes widen]

I thought he'd never leave!

[shocked]

Mother?!

Hello, dear.

[She hugs Rapunzel, who's too shocked to hug her back]

But I-I-I-I-I don't, uh... How did you find me?

Oh, it was easy, really. I just listened to the sound of complete and utter betrayal and followed that.

[sighs]

Mother...

[interrupting]

We're going home, Rapunzel. Now.

Y-You don't understand! I've been on this incredible journey, and I've seen and learned so much... I even met someone!

Yes, the wanted thief. I'm so proud. Come on, Rapunzel!

Eugene
[In the boat, Rapunzel sighs, suddenly feeling afraid] [noticing the look on Rapunzel's face]

You okay?

[meekly whispers]

I'm terrified.

Eugene
[softly]

Why?

I've been looking out a window for eighteen years, dreaming about what it might feel like when those lights rise in the sky. What if it's not everything that I dreamed it would be?

Eugene
[reassuringly]

It will be.

And what if it is? What do I do then?

Eugene

Well, that's the good part, I guess. You get to go find a new dream.
[Rapunzel smiles, feeling reassured]

[in the boat, seeing Eugene with two lanterns]

I have something for you too. [holding up Eugene's satchel] I should have given it to you before, but I was just scared. And the thing is, I'm not scared anymore. You know what I mean?

Eugene
[gently pushing the satchel aside]

I'm starting to.

[Eugene is pacing in a jail cell, worried about what's happened to Rapunzel. The door opens and in comes the Captain of the Guard along with two other guards]

Let's get this over with, Rider.

Eugene

Where are we going?

Eugene
[The Captain gives him a 'You know' look. Eugene, realising, gingerly places his hand around his neck]

Oh.

Eugene
[Eugene is being escorted to the gallows; he sees the Stabbington Bros. and knocks out the two guards; he then threateningly advances to the Stabbington Bros.]

How did you know about her?! Tell me! NOW!!!!

Stabbington
[frightened]

It wasn't us! It was the old lady!

Eugene
[horrified realization]

Old lady?! Ahh! Wait! [the guards come and drag him away] No, wait! You don't understand! She's in trouble! WAIT!!!!

[As the guards escort Eugene through the prison tower, all the doors around them suddenly close.]

What's this?! Open up!

Shorty

What's the password?!

What?!

Shorty

Nope!

OPEN THIS DOOR!!!!

Shorty

Not even close!

You have three seconds! One...

[Behind him, a hook pulls one guard upward.]

Two...

[a hand pulls the other guard into a room.]

Three...

Eugene
[He turns and notices that the guards are gone. Attila the thug creeps up behind the captain and hits him with a frying pan.]

Frying pans! Who knew, right?!

Head down.

Eugene

Head down.

Arms in.

Eugene

Arms in.

Knees apart.

Eugene

Knees apart-- [flabbergasted] Knees apart?! Wh-Why do I need to keep my knees apart?!
[Vladimir jumps down from a balcony to where Eugene is standing on a wheelbarrel sending him flying.]

[Rapunzel checks on Eugene's wound he took from Gothel's knife]

Oh, I'm so sorry. [Places her hair on the wound] Everything's gonna be okay, though.

Eugene
[Shaking her off]

No, Rapunzel.

I promise. You have to trust me.

Eugene

No.

Come on, just... breathe.

Eugene

I can't let you do this.

[Tearfully]

And I can't let you die.

Eugene

But if you do this-

Shh, shh, shh.

Eugene

-then you will die.

Hey, it's going to be all right.

Eugene
[Eugene smiles; Rapunzel tries to sing the incantation]

Rapunzel. [Rapunzel looks at him] Wait.

[Eugene pulls her head toward him; she closes her eyes, thinking they're going to kiss; but as Eugene sneaks a mirror shard, he cuts Rapunzel's hair, then drops the shard] [her hair turns brown; shocked at what Flynn has done]

Eugene, what have you done?!

[horrified by what she sees]

NO!!! [Grabs the hair as it turns brown] Oh, no. No. [Her skin begins to wrinkle] What have you done? [Her hair turns white] WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!?!?!?! NO!!! [She desperately goes to the broken mirror, and sees her old, haggard face; She shrieks, and covers her eyes with her cloak] Oh, no. No. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO!!! [Pascal makes her trip in Rapunzel's cut hair before she falls off the tower window and screams] AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

[Gothel crumbles into dust before she hits the ground.]

No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Eugene! [Eugene weakly coughs] No! No! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Look at me! Look at me, I'm right here! Don't go! Stay with me, Eugene! [picks up his hand and places it on her head; singing] Flower gleam and glow...

Eugene
[weakly]

Rapunzel.

Let your power shine...

Eugene
[louder]

Hey...

Make the clock reverse, Bring back what once was mine...

Eugene
[pulls her head in his direction; As loud as he can be]

Rapunzel!

[crying]

What?

Eugene
[pause]

You were my new dream.

[chuckles sadly]

And you were mine.

[Eugene draws his last breath and slowly dies in Rapunzel's arms, leaving her completely heartbroken.] [draws closer to Eugene's face; singing]

Heal what has been hurt... Change the fate's design... Save what has been lost... Bring back what one was mine... [whispers] What once was mine.

Eugene
[Rapunzel cries and a tear lands on Eugene's face, then the tear dissolves into Eugene's face and his wound starts glowing and healing; Rapunzel watches in complete shock; As the glowing fades, Rapunzel sees that the wound is gone and desperately looks at Eugene's face] [opens his eyes and gazes at Rapunzel]

Rapunzel?

[gasps]

Eugene?

Eugene

Did I ever tell you I've got a thing for brunettes?

[overjoyed]

Eugene! [She embraces and kisses him]

Eugene
[last lines] [narrating]

But I know what the big question is: Did Rapunzel and I ever get married? Well, I am pleased to tell you that after years and years of asking and asking and asking, I finally said "yes".

[correcting him; in sing-song voice]

Eugene!

Eugene
[narrating]

Alright, I asked her.

[also narrating]

And we're living happily ever after.

Eugene
[narrating]

Yes, we are.

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