She spends her time painting pictures of places she dreams of going when she is free one day Gothel disapproves of this, accusing Rapunzel of being ungrateful to the witch for supposedly saving her from abandonment as a baby. She finds companionship in Penelope, a young dragon and Hobie, an anxious rabbit.
Rapunzel is a young woman with long, floor-length hair who lives as a servant to the wicked witch Gothel, residing in an magically secluded manor in the woods. The story is told by Barbie to her younger sister Kelly, who is insecure in her painting abilities.