3. Reverse stabbing
So Rapunzel ends up back in the tower with Gothel, who chains her up. Eugene and Maximus are now allies, with the horse even helping the thief escape his prison at the castle. They charge towards the hidden tower to save the girl, and nothing goes according to plan.
As you’d expect, once Eugene is up in the tower he’s in danger. Gothel charges him and stabs him in the back because of course she’s hide her intent and choose not to face him. The surprise comes in the next scenes where he’s clutching his chest, and Rapunzel tries to sooth him. Since the wound was, technically, on his back, how come they’re tending to his chest? Did the knife poke straight through him? Unlikely. What is likely, however, is that this makes it on the list of 11 glaring plot holes in Disney’s Tangled.
