The Rapunzels

The Rapunzels is an American children's animated sitcom produced at Del Mar Cartoons Ltd. for the Del Mar Network. The series using the same animation style as other DMC-produced projects, Sam and Friends, Mark and Mike, etc. The series first premiered on February 6, 2021 and stars Tress MacNeille, Frank Welker, Alina Foley, Scott Menville, Kath Soucie, Isabella Crovetti-Cramp, and Kyla Rae Kowalewski.

In May of 2021, The Rapunzels was renewed for a second season, which premiered on September 18, 2021. In April of 2022, the series was renewed for a third season.

A made-for-TV spin-off movie, The Hair Flairs' Beginnings, first premiered on Del Mar Network on June 18, 2022. In December of 2022, Del Mar Network announced a spin-off series based after the Hair Flairs episodes and made-for-TV movie.

In March of 2023, the series was renewed for a fourth season.

Premise
Eleanor Rapunzel is a long-haired rich millionaire woman who first won the $1,000,000 lottery back in 1993, living in the fictional town of Hughley, Texas with her husband Johnathon Rapunzel and their eight children, Becky, James, Justin, Sissy, Emma, Alysia, Marisa, and Melisa with long hair also handed down from their mother (except for the boys). Despite being a rich family, the Rapunzels prefer to keep themselves a little casual like the average everyday person, and their main goals in life is to take on their own talents and make a few friends to help them out in accomplishing goals like a team without letting their ridiculously long locks getting in the way of things.

Main

 * Becky Rapunzel (voiced by Alina Foley), the main protagonist who is the main leader of the sibling group. Becky is coming into terms of being a world famous hairdresser.  She's also very caring towards others and is always willing to lend a helping hand to those in need.  But she rarely gets upset a little angry by something that doesn't quite amuse her, mostly the actions from the triplets.
 * James and Justin Rapunzel (voiced by Scott Menville), the two twin brothers of the family who are dreaming of becoming skateboarders. But not only they tend to struggle with the main goal in life, but also faces some bigger struggles with each other.
 * Sissy Rapunzel (voiced by Kath Soucie in Seasons 1-2 and Eva Bella from seasons 3 and onward), Becky's younger sister who's quite into fashion and makeovers. Sometimes when something doesn't go right, her stress really gets in the way, but with a little inspiration and creative thinking, Sissy tries whatever she can do to accomplish the many challenges she faces in life as a teenager.
 * Emma Rapunzel (voiced by Isabella Crovetti), Becky's other younger sister who can be quite overhyped sometimes. Emma will love anything she finds really amusing and is living her childhood dreams for as long as she has got.  She also carries her stuffed bear named Teddy who is always by her side no matter what.  However, Emma can get quite a bit moody at times, and is very sensitive to something that means to her to get lost or ripped to shreds.  Despite her moody attitude, Emma's main goal in life is to become a hairdresser just like Becky, only with some of her own creative twists added in.
 * Alysia, Marisa, and Melisa Rapunzel (voiced by Kyla Rae Kowalewski), thee mischievous triplet sisters at 5 years old. Despite their early ages, they can get really sneaky and loves to pull all kinds of crazy pranks on people, and sometimes, they even pull the pranks on themselves.  Despite their mischievous behaviors, they can get quite a cute look at times before the tricky fun begins with their big victims involved.
 * Eleanor Rapunzel (voiced by Tress MacNeille), the mother of eight who is quite a bit optimistic and a little caring. She tries to regain her compose after the triplets' crazy actions made, although sometimes she gets a little upset.  She is a supportive mother who encourages her children to love and respect others, mostly with the triplets.
 * Johnathon Rapunzel (voiced by Frank Welker), the father of eight and the husband of the family. He first got married to her at a Texas church and settled in three years before their lives of being millionaires kicked in.  He currently has a job as a factory observer to make sure that things at his local factory are in good standing and works perfectly.  But at times of not being as his work, he tries to help his children accomplish their goals in life.

Supporting

 * Celeste Rapunzel (voiced by Nikki Soo Hoo) is Eleanor's younger sister who has a knack for the cosmetics industry. She currently resides in the Rapunzels home with the rest of the family after being kicked from her apartment.
 * Pinkie Sanders (voiced by Kat Cressida), one of Becky's BFF's who is a little bit hyper and not very bright despite getting decent grades in school, much to Becky's surprise.
 * Natasha Albin (voiced by Lauren Tom) is Becky's other BFF who is quite the smarter, geeky one of the group and she can get hotheaded sometimes, mainly at Pinkie's stupidity.
 * Nikki Jones (voiced by Capri Oliver) is one of Emma's best friends.
 * Julie Hughley (voiced by Candace Kozak) is Emma's other best friend.
 * Nancy Shaver (voiced by Jennette McCurdy) is the eldest of the Shaver sister group, and is one of the enemies of the Rapunzel family. She has a die hard hatred for a full head of hair and tries to humiliate the Rapunzels by removing all of the hair from their heads, but her plans is always thwarted by either her ignorance or one of the Rapunzel siblings themselves.
 * Ellen Shaver (voiced by Jordan Alexa Davis), the younger sister of Nancy Shaver who also hates having a full head of hair on people's heads and the second enemy of the Rapunzels.
 * Daisy Shaver (voiced by Dana Gaier) is a former Shaver girl who was nearly bald. She had a giant hatred for the Rapunzel family and constantly accuses them of being hippies every time she sees them.  Before becoming a Shaver sister, Daisy was a member of a different kind of Rapunzel family called "The O'Hairs", and got kidnapped and brainwashed into being a Shaver by Nancy and Ellen during her trip to the carnival by her real family, and she was never the same since then.  Though despite her horrendous past that she stowed upon, she soon befriended Emma after running away from Ellen and Nancy and helped not only get her actual family back into her life, but the Rapunzel hair she once had before getting shaved nearly bald by the sisters.
 * Rachel Rapunzel (voiced by Elsie Fisher) is Eleanor's other younger sister and is a leader of a band called "The Hair Flairs" where she serves as the lead singer and guitarist.
 * Leni Leonard (voiced by Kristen Bell) is Rachel's best friend who is a keyboard player in the band, and at times can have a sassy attitude.
 * Cassie Hendra (voiced by Michelle Creber) is Rachel's other best friend who is also a member of the band and serves as a drummer, and she can be quite ditzy sometimes.
 * Mrs. Fredrick (voiced by Miranda Cosgrove) is the teacher of the triplets' Kindergarten class in Hughley Elementary.
 * Principal Morrison (voiced by Jim Cummings) is the principal of Hughley Elementary.

Season 4 (2023-2024)
For this season, it was retitled The Rapunzels and The O'Hairs, and includes The O'Hairs segments paired with the Rapunzels episodes. In the following list, "The O'Hairs" indicates a O'Hairs cartoon.

The Rapunzel Shorties (2021-Present)
During over the coarse of Summer 2021, a series of digital shorts made for The Rapunzels were released weekly on the Del Mar Network YouTube channel.

The web series serves as in-between seasonal digital shorts.

Trivia

 * This series is based on a fairy tale from The Brothers' Grim, Rapunzel
 * This is the first DMC-produced show to feature some Shimmer and Shine VA's.
 * Becky is the first character, with Alina Foley voicing Leah.
 * Emma is the second character, and Isabella Crovetti was known for voicing Shine, and the titular character in the Disney Junior series, Vampirina.
 * Celeste is the third character, as Nikki Soo Hoo previously voiced Princess Samira.
 * Nikki is the fourth character, with Capri Oliver voicing Arabella.
 * Julie is the fifth character, with Candace Kozak voicing Mara.
 * As of Season 3, Sissy became the sixth character, as Eva Bella previously voiced Shimmer, and Young Elsa in Disney's Frozen.