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Film: When Will My Life Begin • Mother Knows Best • I've Got a Dream • I See the Light • Healing Incantation • Something That I Want Official Couple: With Rapunzel. They become a couple towards the end of the movie and get married in the sequel short taking place several years later. The TV series takes place in between the two, with the two as a not-yet-engaged but still very serious couple. Because You Were Nice to Me: Eugene mentions Rapunzel is the first person to like his real self better than whom he pretends to be, which is why he falls in love with her. He casually mentions reading to the other orphans in the orphanage, and how he wants money to be able to do things and go places like a character he read to them about.
Downplayed in the series. The fact that he's just the princess's unemployed former thief almost-fiancé leaves him without much of a place in the castle. The guards still don't trust him much (especially the Captain), past transgressions sometimes pop up to make things rough for him, and Rapunzel's dad takes a while to give him any true respect while Cassandra, Rapunzel's new best friend, initially sees him as a Gold Digger.Flynn: Overprotecting mother, forbidden road trip... But let me ease your conscience: this is part of growing up. A little rebellion, a little adventure. That's good, healthy even. [...] Does your mother deserve it? No. Would this break her heart and crush her soul? Of course. But you've just got to do it. Hot Consort: Through his marriage to Rapunzel, Eugene is currently Prince Consort of Corona. However, since his father is King Edmund, this means that Eugene could possibly end up as King of the Dark Kingdom, and therefore hold the title of King Consort of Corona. Inferiority Superiority Complex: Hinted at. In full "Eugene-mode" he is very sensitive and understanding, but he only shows that side around Rapunzel, whom he loves and trusts deeply. Even now that he's going under his birth name again, he acts more like Flynn Rider, uncaring, aloof and superior, especially around Cassandra, around whom he feels quite unsure. This dynamic changes at Season 3, that chronicles Eugene learning to Be Yourself and becoming The Heart. When Flynn and Rapunzel are about to see the lights appear, Rapunzel is worried about what to do with her life after she realizes her dream of seeing the lanterns. He consoles her by telling her, "Well, that's the good part I guess. You get to go find a new dream." This turns up again later when Eugene has returned to the tower in an attempt to free Rapunzel. After being fatally wounded, he admits to Rapunzel, "You were my new dream." Rapunzel responds, in a tear-filled voice, "And you were mine." Freudian Excuse: In the pilot movie for the series, he proposes to Rapunzel, unaware of how stressed she is about being a princess, and the fact that he's putting her on the spot in a royal banquet doesn't help matters. It leads to her temporarily rejecting it. Cass calls him out for this, and he explains later to Rapunzel (actually Pascal in disguise) that the reason why he proposed is because he grew up in an environment where he had nothing and he wants their future family to have everything. He learns to be patient with her, though, and to go at her own emotional pace.
When Flynn gets angry, his voice gets more intense, but he doesn't devolve into shouting or a mindless rage. He's basically still himself, but suddenly a lot more willing to get physical. Running Gag: In the movie, whenever he encounters a wanted poster, they never can draw his nose right. Fireworks: Celebrate the Magic • Disney Dreams! • Disneyland Forever • Disney Enchantment • Happily Ever After • The Magic, the Memories and You • Momentous • Once Upon a Time • Remember... Dreams Come True • Illuminate! A Nighttime Celebration • Wondrous Journeys But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Considering he was a selfish thief, he doesn't really remember half the things he did, including to other people. This royally serves to bite him throughout the TV show, which include: Recruiting the Criminal: After the movie, Eugene puts his skills as a former thief to use by eventually getting a job as a consultant for the Royal Guards and helps train them to catch thieves better.
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Age-Gap Romance: With Rapunzel, kinda, albeit a small gap. She is clearly stated as being 18-years-old, but his age is more complicated. In short, his age is somewhere between 18 and 26. It's clarified in the series. By the season 2 finale, it is shown that he is 25 years old. Since the season 2 finale is almost a year after the 1st season finale (Rapunzel says they've been on the road for nearly a year), which is stated to be almost exactly one year after the movie, Eugene is 23 in the movie; making him 5 years older than Rapunzel.
In "Flynnposter", when the fake-Flynn Rider comments in awe about how they were supposed to save Rapunzel, Eugene proudly declares that Rapunzel is the one who normally does the saving. Cunning Linguist: Eugene states that he's been all around the world. In "Fitzherbert P.I." Eugene, who speaks fluent Italian, smells a rat about the impersonator painter because the latter messes up his subject-verb tense. Eugene explains his skills with, "Italy has stuff to steal too!" He sometimes drops in some Spanish words, too. Not with Them for the Money: He falls in love with Rapunzel before finding out she's the lost princess. He clearly appreciates the benefits of being the princess' boyfriend, but he makes it clear that all he truly wants is to be with Rapunzel and to make her happy. (It still doesn't stop others from believing he's a Gold Digger though.) If he wants money, he prefers to get it from somewhere else; like from a treasure hunt or a legit job.
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Took a Level in Kindness: Thanks to Rapunzel. As a career thief, he used to say, "Every man for himself," and leave his partners in crime behind without a second thought, and that included not only the likes of the Stabbingtons but even his best friend Lance. In "Return Of The King," he decides to save the Stabbingtons because thanks to Rapunzel he now believes in second chances, and in the series finale, he warmly forgives Cassandra. Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's not exactly malicious, he just gets himself in a lot of trouble thanks to his thieving and he's greedy, self-centered, and really sassy. He gets better. Lovable Rogue: Invoked. He tries to cultivate this image, but his wanted posters just can't get the nose right. Courtesy of Rapunzel: Flynn really starts to grow after Rapunzel tells him that she likes Eugene better. She also takes to calling him by that name as well, a gesture of respect that greatly fosters Flynn's later Character Development. The Heart: Flynn Ryder is A Darker Me personality to cover for Eugene Fitzherbert, who turns out to be a highly empathetic guy. At season 2, Adira names Eugene as Fish Skin as the glue that keeps everything (everyone) together. He is also a Deconstructed Character Archetype: Eugene, a highly empathic person, uses A Darker Me in the Flynn Ryder character to confront The Rival Cassandra, and even when Eugene understands Cassandra and forgives her constant Snark-to-Snark Combat, Cassanda and him still remain Headbutting Heroes. The result is that Eugene cannot connect with the person who needs him the most. This would be resolved at the Series Finale, when Eugene, after being set up in a cruel trap by Cassandra, forgives her and hugs her with Rapunzel.
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