10 Horrific Truths Behind Your Favourite Disney Movies

4. Rapunzel Had A Bun In Her Oven Before Being Saved By The Prince - Tangled

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In the original tale, Rapunzel's prince visits her night after night after he happens upon her, so they can plan her escape. However, during these meetings they obviously took some planning breaks because soon after Rapunzel discovers that she is pregnant. The witch who locked her in the tower discovers this, cuts off Rapunzel's hair and banishes her to the slums. Then, she uses the hair to trick the prince and then push him out of the window where he lands on a thorn bush face first.

So the prince goes blind and wanders around for months until he eventually hears Rapunzel's voice. Rapunzel, poor and a mother of twins, cries when she sees him, which somehow cures his blindness. So that makes everything okay, right?

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Holland Baker is based in New York City, where she is an editor, writer and co-host of Whatever It Takes: A Degrassi Podcast. In her free time, you can find her searching for bodega cats, eating mass amounts of pizza and using humor as a defense mechanism.