Thief from Tangled

[puppeteergirl.livejournal.com]

*Spoilers for Tangled*













I just went and saw Disney's Tangled with a friend and the thief character in the movie kept reminding me of someone else. Here are a few similarities I noticed:

1: His name is Eugene. Which means "well-born" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugene_%28given_name%29
2: He dislikes horses.
3. He's obsessed with his appearance.
4. He's cocky.
5. He gets a cut on his hand. Ok he doesn't lose his hand, but it still made me smile.

Anyone else see the movie and agree? See any more similarities?

*UPDATED*
6. Catlike climbing skills
7. The scene in the boat.
8. Two wounds in similar places (#5 is one of them)
9. Jumping rooftops
10. He fights left-handed!

YAY! 10 things!

By the way, here's a video about Flynn:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7--2ej2A-Vo&feature=channel

Comments

[thesehnsucht.livejournal.com]

It's plagiarism I tell you! PLAGIARISM!

[philia-fan.livejournal.com]

Oh, you mean they STOLE? (I can steal anything, including a character)

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Oh, don't you know all the best artists in the world are actually plagiarists? Think Shakespeare.

[creative-lefty2.livejournal.com]

True, but there's complementary borrowing and then there's outright stealing. I really hope this isn't outright stealing, but there' just so many coincidences.

[ninedaysaqueen.livejournal.com]

Of course. I do not mean to imply that outright plagiarism is all fine and dandy, but I don't really see basing your character on another and giving them a similar name as outright stealing. From what I've see of the preview, this thief seems to have his own personality even if he is similar to Gen.

For instance, I honestly believe that Gen is based on Howl.

I haven't seen the movie, yet but I will be going to it next week. We'll see how my official opinion forms from there.

[drashizu.livejournal.com]

MWT did say Gen was loosely based on Howl at one point or another. There's also the fact that she includes direct quotes as homage to Howl's Moving Castle like a veiled in-text citation.

*has been writing too many papers in MLA format*