Opens with the quote, "The enchantress was so hard-hearted that she banished the poor girl to a wilderness where she had to live in a miserable, wretched state", from "Rapunzel". The fairytale also serves as a basis for the episode.
It is probable that the root used as burdock is the widely available cultivated Japanese greater burdock. True wild burdock root is shorter, more markedly tapered and not smooth.
First episode in which no new type of wesen is introduced. Third episode to feature one or more blutbaden as the subject of the episode; the only type of wesen repeated in this way so far.