Pascal and Maximus

Pascal and Maximus
Tangled characters
Pascal and Maximus as they appear in the short film Tangled Ever After (2012).
First appearance	Tangled (2010)
Created by	Nathan Greno Byron Howard
Voiced by	Pascal: Frank Welker Dee Bradley Baker (Tangled: The Series) Maximus: Frank Welker (Tangled) Nathan Greno (Tangled Ever After) Dee Bradley Baker (Tangled: The Series)
Information
Species	Pascal: Chameleon Maximus: Horse
Gender	Males

Pascal and Maximus are a pair of fictional characters who first appear in Walt Disney Pictures' 50th animated feature film Tangled (2010) as supporting characters, and subsequently star in its short Tangled Ever After (2012). Created by directors Nathan Greno and Byron Howard, both characters are voiced by American actor Frank Welker in Tangled; in Tangled Ever After, Welker reprises his role as Pascal while Greno replaces the actor as Maximus. A comedic chameleon and horse duo, Pascal and Maximus serve as sidekicks to main characters Rapunzel and Flynn Rider, respectively.

In Tangled, Pascal resides alongside Rapunzel in Mother Gothel's tower, while Maximus is a police horse originally trained to arrest Flynn Rider before he befriends him at Rapunzel's insistence. In Tangled Ever After, Pascal and Maximus appear as ring bearers at Rapunzel and Flynn's wedding. When they lose the couple's wedding rings, the duo frantically attempts to retrieve them. Greno and Howard created Pascal in order to provide the lonely, isolated Rapunzel with a friend to talk to. Feeling that a reptile would compliment Rapunzel's quirky personality, the directors ultimately decided to make the character a chameleon as opposed to a traditional woodland creature. Meanwhile, Maximus was originally conceived as a very serious horse based on actor Tommy Lee Jones until the animators decided to make him a funnier and more likeable character. The unusual decision to make Pascal and Maximus non-speaking characters with Welker providing them with realistic sound effects was inspired by the performances of silent film actors Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton.