#not tangled

Let me be oh so clear when I say that I don't think that traditional animation is superior to CGI. They're very different mediums. I will, however, say that traditional animation lends itself more to versatility, and that CGI, as the medium progresses, seems too hyper-focused on making textures real (skin, fabric, the environment), and that's leading them down a path of sameness that's boring (for me) to look at.

(On the other hand, realistically programming Elsa's blizzard in Frozen led to scientists solving a decades-old mystery.)

Tiana famously wears 13 different outfits while spending only 17 minutes as a human, when you take into account everything she's seen wearing as a child, and outfit variations that include coat and/or hat. That means that, on average, she's wearing each outfit/outfit combination for approximately one minute and twenty seconds, and we know she spends a few minutes in three of the outfits. So, really, she's seen in most of them for less than a minute. That's really only possible within budget for a traditionally drawn movie, because CGI would require new rigs and texturing and physics engines for the fabric and all sorts of things that cost way more than just someone to design the different outfit. That's why, in the movie of Tangled, Rapunzel wears two dresses, one of which is a modified version of her main one, and is also the basis for her wedding dress. It was just cheaper that way, especially considering that Tangled still clocks in as the most expensive animated movie made to date, when taking inflation into account (and second most expensive just after The Lion King (2019), and they actually had comparable budgets).

All that being said, I wouldn't have hated a traditionally animated Tangled. Big screen budget with the vision they had? It would have looked absolutely amazing, and Rapunzel could have worn so many more outfits. So could Eugene have.

No. XD

I am aware! It drives me up the wall! I have no idea why it takes so long, otherwise I'd fix it!

Cinderella is not gaslighted, and she knows all along that her situation sucks. Abused and intimidated, yes, but not gaslighted.

Rapunzel is manipulated, gaslighted and abused, made to think she's helpless and that the only safe place for her is in the tower, where she does all the chores/cooking as well as keeping Gothel young eternally, not to mention she's made to think her only worth lies in her magic hair.

Quasimodo isn't gaslighted, he's lied to, and I wish people would stop conflating the two. Quasi's punished with Catholic Guilt and made to think he's nothing but a burden, even though the original character is canonically deaf from his single task -- ring the (massive and loud) bells. (Disney's isn't deaf in the movie, but he is in the musical.)

You forgot about Madam Medusa from Rescuers, who kidnapped an orphan to retrieve a priceless diamond from a space too small for an adult to reach. She threatened her with crocodiles, and the task at hand was literally life-threatening, since she had a very narrow window to retrieve the diamond before the tide came in and dashed her against the rocks and drowned her. She was also verbally abusive to Penny, telling her that she was homely and that no one would ever want to adopt her, so she was better off helping her kidnappers because at least they needed her and treated her well.

Of the four, Gothel is the only one who fits your actual criteria (gaslight and abuse). Lady Tremain is the least scary, the least of a threat. She is not canonically murderous, and the other three are.