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- “Well, my little friend, I am not, because the truth is, gift or no gift, I am just as special as the rest of my family.”
- ―Mirabel reassuring the Town Kids of her worth in the family.
Mirabel Madrigal is the protagonist of Disney's 2021 animated feature film Encanto. She is the youngest daughter of Julieta and Agustín Madrigal, and youngest sister of Isabela and Luisa, who has the distinction of being the only Madrigal by birth without a magical gift. However, when the miracle begins to fade, Mirabel takes it upon herself to save the magic, learning about hidden familial troubles along the way.
Background[]
- “I will never... be good enough for you... will I?
"No matter how hard I try."” - ―Mirabel confronting Abuela Alma about her treatment towards her.
Born into the Madrigal family, Mirabel is the youngest daughter of Julieta and Agustín, and the younger sister of Isabela and Luisa. In addition to being the niece of Félix, Pepa, and Bruno, Mirabel is also the cousin of Dolores, Camilo, and Antonio. Mirabel shared the nursery with her cousin, Camilo, who is three months older than her, until he received his gift on his fifth birthday and subsequently moved out of the nursery.
On the night of five-year-old Mirabel's gift ceremony, she touched the door handle of her soon-to-be room, excited about what kind of gift she would get. But her door suddenly faded away, and she didn't get a gift like the rest of her family. This left everyone who attended the ceremony shocked, especially Abuela Alma. Ever since that day, Mirabel has been desperately trying to make up for not having a gift by helping out in an attempt to "make her family proud". Alma and Isabela over the years distanced themselves from Mirabel because she did not have a magical gift and the pressures they carried respectively. Being the only child not blessed with a gift, she is constantly left out by most of her family. Despite this, she genuinely loves her family.
Official Description[]
- Mirabel is a young girl imperfect and weird and quirky, but also deeply emotional and incredibly empathetic.[1]
- Mirabel is a young girl who may be imperfect and "weird," but is also empathetic and emotional. She's determined to prove that she belongs, denying to everyone, including herself, that she feels all alone even in her own house.[2]
Development[]
How with the rest of the Madrigal family, Mirabel was designed to reflect "family archetypes that are immediately relatable".[3] As in the final production, the studio created Mirabel without a magical gift but at the same time empathetic and someone who is always there to help her family. Since the beginning, the idea was for Mirabel to have embroidery in her costume. Despite some of its imperfections, the designs on their clothing were meant to resemble something that would look similar in a teenager's art book or drawings in a diary.[4]
Mirabel's voice actress, Stephanie Beatriz, described her character: "Mirabel doesn't have a gift, which I find extremely relatable, because there have been many times in my life where I felt like I didn't belong, I didn't measure up, I wasn't talented enough to be there, I had that sort of imposter syndrome. But I also discovered by getting older, and working more and more on trusting myself, that I do have something to offer, and it is special, and I am myself. So, you know, not everybody's gonna love that but the people that do, are gonna love it really hard."[5]
Personality[]
Mirabel taking care of her youngest cousin, Antonio.
Mirabel often shows a free-spirited and optimistic demeanor; despite being the only Madrigal grandchild without a gift and an outcast by her family, she is still very much sociable and friendly to those around her. Lacking a gift of her own, she admires her relatives and hold them in high regard. Her lack of gift also does not hinder her from getting along with most of her relatives: having a very close bond with her cousin Antonio, comforting him when he needs it. At the same time, he admires her and sees her more as a sister than his cousin. She also is humble and honest, admitting easily that she and her father are both accident-prone. On top of this, Mirabel appears confident as she claims that she does not need a gift to make herself happy and that she is just as special as everyone else in her family.
Mirabel expressing her desire to be equal to her family.
Despite seemingly living life happily without any power of her own, Mirabel is very much insecure over the fact that she cannot contribute the same way her relatives do. The worst part of not having a gift is being looked down by Abuela Alma and viewed as a nobody in her own family. As she cannot relate with her gifted relatives, she is lonely and feels disconnected from them. Ultimately, her greatest wish is nothing more than to be fully included in the family even if she doesn't have a gift. In her pursuit to find answers behind the magic's weakening, she is shown to be very persistent as she continually followed Luisa while she was running her errands and pestered her until her sister confesses her problems. She also insisted that Bruno conjure another vision of the future, despite him being uncomfortable with the idea of it. Later on, Mirabel persisted on reconciling with Isabela by embracing her, and while Isabela is singing about her self-expression and freedom, Mirabel attempts to rush the reconciliation process, but stopped and she eventually helps her sister embrace her true self and they both shared a genuine hug in front of the candle.
Mirabel hugging Luisa after she revealed her pressures.
While searching for answers on why the magic is dying, Mirabel discovers how much stress each of her family members are under as a result of the expectations set upon their gifts and themselves, which they hide behind effortless façades. She helps to give voice to her family's problems through her compassion and helps them understand that they are valuable as they are, not because of their gifts. This allows Mirabel to relate to her family members in ways she could not previously do, thus allowing her to form stronger bonds with them. Mirabel was visibly worried after Luisa reveals her insecurities and the pressure that she was under to meet their family's expectations of her, hugging Luisa to comfort her and telling her that she thinks she carries "way too much". She shows her concern several times for her sister when Luisa is in a state of depression over losing her gift. She also showed compassion to her uncle Bruno upon learning his sad upbringing and assured him his visions don't make him a bad man. When the family comes together to rebuild the Casa Madrigal, Mirabel reassures her family that they are more than just their gift.
Mirabel, fed up with Alma's treatment of her and the family, confronts her.
While Mirabel greatly respects Abuela as both the founder of the magic and the matriarch of the Madrigal family, she is unhappy with the fact that Abuela mistreats her for not being blessed with a gift and frequently disallowing her from participating in familial activities. After learning the source of the miracle dying and trying to tell Abuela how to fix it, Abuela was quick to lash out at Mirabel for "hurting the family" because she didn't get a gift, which greatly hurts Mirabel. Finally fed up with this treatment, Mirabel stands up to Alma and defends her family by saying that she had always seen her as a disappointment and that no one would ever be good enough for her or her expectations, even with their magical gifts and how Bruno really left because she always saw the worst in him, accusing her grandmother of not caring about them. After the destruction of Casita, Mirabel and Abuela have a heart-to-heart conversation away from the family. Though Abuela admits that she had lost sight of what was truly important in her life: her family, and not the gifts they possess; Mirabel, after learning of Abuela's trauma, maturely understood her actions better. Mirabel saw how broken her grandmother was, and forgave Abuela while lifting her spirits by reminding her how she was strong in leading their community and raising her children despite the tragedy she endured. The two then reconciled and mended their relationship. Now, Mirabel is genuinely more confident in her worth, finally seen as an equal in her family and community.
Physical appearance[]
Mirabel is a 15-year-old Colombian girl of a 5'2" height,[6] curly chin-length black hair, thick, brown eyebrows, hazel eyes, and a visibly dark shade of freckles on her nose and cheeks. Of her sisters, Mirabel is the one who most resembles her mother, Julieta. Mirabel is near-sighted[7], so she wears lime green round-framed glasses. She wears blue pom-pom earrings, and carries around a mochila bag when going out. Her attire is a white blouse that has colorful butterfly stitching, with frills of black trimming at the neck and sleeves. She wears a long teal skirt with colorful butterfly embroidery and her name stitched on the waistband, with an indigo petticoat and white bloomers, and espadrilles with pink linking and black ribbons around her ankles. Mirabel's skirt has many embroidered patterns, like butterflies, flowers, a little version of herself and even some motifs representing her relatives, like a candle (Alma), a basket of buñuelos (Julieta), a chameleon (Camilo), musical notes (Dolores), and others. At night, she wears a white ankle-length nightgown with a green ribbon at the neckline.
As a 5-year-old child, Mirabel still had her signature green glasses and looked very similar to her teenage self, with the same hairstyle and small face.
On the night of her gift ceremony, Mirabel wore a white party dress that had golden butterflies embroidered on it and lace ruffles at the sleeves, and a light pink bow pin placed near the top and slightly to the left side of her head. She also wore white and gold flats that matched her dress.
Powers and Abilities[]
Although Mirabel doesn't possess any particular gift, she does have a strong affinity with the Casa Madrigal like Abuela Alma; she communicates with the Casita like it is a real person, and the house responds to her prompts and helps with her daily routine. Mirabel is skilled in sewing, having embroidered her own clothes and made a stuffed jaguar for her cousin, Antonio. She is also nimble and quick on her feet, displaying skills similar to parkour to navigate through difficult areas like the roof and walls behind the house. After the Casa Madrigal is rebuilt, Mirabel added a doorknob the family made for her to the front door, which restored the magic to the Encanto. This new miracle is born from Mirabel's love for her family and to reflect this, the color of the magic is different from what it was previously, going from gold to the color of the rainbow.
Appearances[]
Encanto[]
Mirabel introducing her family members to the Town Kids.
Mirabel first appears as a five-year-old girl listening to her grandmother, Alma tell the story of how their family was blessed with magic and how the Miracle Candle will grant her a magical gift during her birthday. When it is time for her ceremony, Mirabel asks Abuela what she thinks her gift will be, to which her grandmother responds that she is a wonder and whatever gift she gets will be just as special as her. In the present, Mirabel is seen helping prepare for her cousin Antonio's gift ceremony. During "The Family Madrigal", the Town Kids ask Mirabel what her gift is, but she tries to deflect by explaining her other family member's gifts. Her cousin Dolores overhears this and explains to the kids that Mirabel didn't get a gift. Mirabel reassures to the children that she is just as special as the rest of her family, whether she has a gift or not. She proceeds to help her family with preparations, but Abuela advises her to step aside.
While walking Antonio down the aisle, Mirabel remembers when she was denied a gift.
In her room, Mirabel finds Antonio hiding under his bed, fearful that his ceremony will fail like hers did. she reassures her cousin he has nothing to worry about and gives him a stuffed jaguar as a birthday present, convincing him to stop hiding. However, when Antonio's ceremony begins, he is still too nervous to walk to his door and asks Mirabel to accompany him. Knowing that Alma will disapprove and how everyone will react, Mirabel initially refuses, but reluctantly agrees to after Antonio whispers that he needs her. Walking Antonio to his door sets off painful memories of her failed ceremony wherein her door vanished instead of granting her a gift after she touched the knob, sparking panic among the rest of the family, including Abuela Alma. Antonio's ceremony, however, succeeds and he gains the ability to talk to animals. As her family takes a picture without her, in "Waiting on a Miracle", Mirabel expresses her insecurities about being the only member without a magical gift and her desire to be treated equally.
Mirabel learns about Luisa's powers becoming weaker when she saw the cracks.
She then begins to see cracks all over the house and when she tries to show everyone, no one believes her as everything seems to be normal. Later that night, she talks with her mom Julieta and asked her how come she's the only member who didn't receive a gift. Julieta tells her she is just as special as everyone else and wished Mirabel can see that in herself. After that, Mirabel points out how her mom literally healed her wound with a dish she made. During the night when she overhears Alma saying that she believes her, Mirabel decides to jump into action to save the family and the miracle. The next morning, she asked Dolores, who was gifted with super hearing, what's going on and she tells her that Luisa's eye was twitching all night. While confronting her older sister, Luisa in "Surface Pressure", confesses that she felt so much pressure to live up to Abuela Alma's expectations. Mirabel hugs her and says that she carries too much, only for Luisa to return the hug, squeezing Mirabel in the process and reveals to her that her powers became weaker when she saw the cracks.
Mirabel and Agustín realizing Dolores will tell everyone about Bruno's vision.
Luisa suggests that Mirabel go to Bruno's old room, recalling that he once had a vision about the family's magic. Mirabel enters to see that it is a giant sand-filled cave and discovers a vision that supposedly shows Mirabel being the cause of the house cracking apart. Upon leaving, Luisa reveals that her strength is fading as Abuela tells Mirabel to stay away from Luisa until she can talk to her and tells her whatever she is doing, she must stop it. When Mirabel asked her family about Bruno, during "We Don't Talk About Bruno" everyone tells her not to mention Bruno because his gift caused so many problems. When Agustín sees the vision, he tells her to keep it a secret from everyone, but unfortunately, Dolores overhears this conversation and couldn't keep it a secret, much to Mirabel and her father's dread. When she blabs it during the dinner and proposal to Isabela from Mariano, both were ruined and most of the family blames Mirabel, despite her saying that she had nothing to do with the incident.
Mirabel realizing she has to embrace Isabela, much to her utter annoyance.
Mirabel notices some rats taking the pieces of Bruno's vision and discovers a hidden passage in the walls behind a painting, finding a cloaked figure that she chases. When she falls through the floor, the figure saves her, though it is then revealed the hole is not very deep, revealing himself as Bruno. Bruno revealed that he never left, as he hid inside the walls of the house, and tells Mirabel that his gift wasn't helping the family, but deep down, he still loves his family. Mirabel asked Bruno if she's hurting her family, but Bruno said that he can't tell her because he doesn't know, but he had a vision on the night when Mirabel didn't get her gift: Alma begged him to look in the future and when he did, he saw the magic in danger, the house cracking, and then he saw Mirabel, but the vision had two different possibilities, a good one and a bad one, like the future was undecided. Bruno didn't know what it meant, but he knew what everyone will think because he's Bruno and everyone always assume the worst, and so he revealed that he shattered the vision and left to protect Mirabel so she would not be ostracized like he was by Abuela and everyone else.
Mirabel and Isabela hugs it out, fulfilling Bruno's vision.
Mirabel convince Bruno to make another prediction and Antonio offers them to use his room, after the rats told him. The prediction shows the same thing until it shows that Mirabel has to embrace Isabela to make the candle brighter, much to her utter annoyance. At Bruno's insistence, Mirabel decides to go along with the plan and tells Isabela that they should hug it out. Isabela scoffs at this suggestion and demands Mirabel to apologize for "ruining" her life. When Mirabel sarcastically apologizes, Isabela sends her out of her room, at least until Mirabel calls her a "selfish entitled princess." Stung by those words, Isabela confesses that she felt so much pressure of being perfect all the time and she never wanted to marry Mariano, only doing so for the family, causing a small cactus to grow. After this confession, Mirabel gets Isabela to realize that she doesn't have to be perfect and grow more than just flowers with her gift. In "What Else Can I Do?", Mirabel helps Isabela embrace her true self and they share a hug right in front of the candle, fulfilling Bruno's vision. Isabela playfully calls Mirabel a bad influence after the musical number.
Mirabel angrily points to Alma as the true cause of the miracle dying.
Unfortunately, Alma comes into the house and discovers what's going on as she had been alerted to what happened while apologizing to the Guzmáns for the chaos at the dinner and proposal. Mirabel tries to explain what's happening and how she's found the answer to save the miracle, but Alma snaps at her and blames her for hurting the family, Bruno's departure, Luisa's powers failing, and Isabela going wild all because she wasn't given a gift, accusing her of harming the family out of jealousy and spite. Finally fed up with this treatment, Mirabel angrily snaps back at Alma and tells her that she will never be good enough for her, no matter how hard she tries. When Mirabel looks at her sisters, she realizes that no one, even with their gifts, will ever be good enough for Alma and defends Luisa and Isabela by saying they will never be strong enough or perfect enough. While reaching her breaking point, she points out that Bruno left the family because Alma always saw the worst in him and she is the reason that the miracle is dying, which utterly shocks and horrifies Alma, while Mirabel also became shocked by what she said. This heated argument creates a fissure that splits one of the nearby mountains of the range that protects Encanto and demolishes Casita as the candle melts and extinguishes, leaving the Madrigals powerless. Heartbroken by her failure to save the miracle, Mirabel runs away in shame, while her family tries to find her.
Mirabel reconciles with her Abuela Alma as they share a hug after a decade.
The next day, Mirabel has not been found by anyone. A tearful Mirabel sits alone by the river where Pedro was killed and releases stress until Alma finds her. Mirabel apologizes and says that she never wanted to hurt the family, she just wanted to prove herself that she's worthy, even though she doesn't have a gift. They have a heart to heart talk and Alma revealed the trauma she went through in the past when she lost Pedro, her home, and her village, and apologizes, assuring Mirabel it wasn't her fault, but rather hers as she was so afraid to lose their family's miracle and second chance, that she unknowingly put so much emotional trauma on them due to years of suffering and heartache that she never healed from, finally accepting that everything that happened was all her fault and not Mirabel's because of her own paranoia and fear. Now knowing and understanding Alma better, Mirabel encourages her by saying that they were given a miracle and are a family because of her, and what can be broken can still be fixed as Alma still has her children, grandchildren, and in-laws for support, so she does not have to bear the burden alone anymore. The two reconcile as they embrace, truly fulfilling Bruno's vision.
Mirabel working with her sisters in rebuilding the house.
Shortly afterwards, Bruno arrives on horseback to confront Alma, but is utterly surprised to see his mother embracing him instead of yelling at him, apologizing for driving him away because of her own fear. The two ride the horse with a resolute Mirabel as they all go back to the Encanto. Once they arrived at the rubble of their home, Mirabel has a warm reunion with her parents, then she convinces her family, magic or not, that they can rebuild their house if they work together. During "All of You", Alma apologizes to her family for holding on too tight, fearing she would lose them too after losing Pedro, and they all reunite with Bruno. Right after that, the whole town gathers together to help the Madrigals fix their house, as a show of gratitude for everything they have done for them. As everyone works, Mirabel is seen raising a pillar with her sisters, when Luisa said that she cries sometimes. Isabela and Mirabel hugged their sister, saying they cry as well. Later, Mirabel sees Mariano sad and asks him what's wrong, which in response, says he has much love inside to give. She watches Dolores finally confesses the love she feels for him. Falling in love by her words, Mariano returns his feelings for her, much to Mirabel and Isabela's joy.
Mirabel happy that the magic returned to the Casita.
When the house is finally finished, save for the front doorknob, Mirabel is in shock and emotional when she discovers her family made the doorknob for her. Antonio takes her to the front door as she gets emotional seeing that her family is proud of her and of everything she did. When Mirabel adds the doorknob to "her new door" after Alma asks the same question to her that she did back when she was five, a new source of magic is born that brings Casita back to life and returning the gifts of the Madrigals, but also making a new front door with all the Madrigals carved into it, including those who married into the family, Félix and Agustín. Casita then brings everyone inside, as Mirabel watches as her relatives retrieve their gifts and can use them in ways that make them happy. Casita brings the Madrigals together for a new family photo, when Casita suddenly brings everyone closer, making an imperfect family picture.
Once Upon a Studio[]
Mirabel returns alongside her family at the Disney Animation Studio for a group photo with all the characters from the previous films to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the studio and The Walt Disney Company's founding in 1923 by Walter Elias Disney and his brother Roy Oliver Disney.
She joins in on playing the beginning notes of "When You Wish Upon a Star" on her accordion with Alan-A-Dale on his lute, Scat Cat on his trumpet, and Hathi, Jr. on his trunk when all the Disney characters were disappointed at the group photo being ruined. As they played the song, they joined the rest of the characters where they managed to take a perfect group photo.
Disney Parks[]
Mirabel Madrigal at Disney California Adventure.
Mirabel began appearing as a face character in December of 2021 in a limited capacity at Disney California Adventure and Disney's Animal Kingdom, before the Disneyland Resort meet and greet moved to a more long-term spot at Rancho del Zocalo Restaurante. During winter months, she'll wear a poncho to keep herself warm over her normal clothes. She'll also wear mittens on her hands. Beginning on September 15, 2023, she will do meet-and-greets at Walt Disney World Resort. It will be at the Fairytale Garden near Tomorrowland since Merida moved to Liberty Square for her meet-and-greets, leaving the garden open for another member of the Theme Park Characters to occupy once the Cast Members renovate it for Mirabel.
Mirabel also appears in the 2022 edition of the Main Street Electrical Parade as an It's a Small World doll in the new finale sequence.
Mirabel also appears in the 2022 updated version of Fantasmic at Disney's Hollywood Studios during the Heroes sequence.
Video games[]
Disney Dreamlight Valley[]
Mirabel was released into the game on the February 16th, 2023 update with Olaf from Frozen as part of the game's updates being released during the year celebrating The Walt Disney Company's Centennial Anniversary of its founding by Walt Disney and Roy O. Disney. The Star Path coming with the update will celebrate the company's 100th anniversary.
Mirabel's story begins when the player finds her doorknob lying around the Valley. Showing it to Merlin, he recognizes it as Mirabel's and explains that her house, Mini-Casita, has vanished into another dimension to protect her from The Forgetting. Finding the doorknob means Mini-Casita wants to return, but first the player must prove themselves to it by displaying the Madrigal Family's values, such as bringing the village together to help the community. Mirabel checked on everyone to make sure their needs were fulfilled, and was also fond of photographs. The player decides to take some selfies with the villagers and also bring them some gifts, such as their daily favorite gifts, to prove themselves. Merlin also suggests talking in daily discussions with them as well to help. Once enough of these are met, Merlin then needs the player to gather 500 Dreamlight and bring it to him. Once completed, he proclaims that Mini-Casita is ready to return to the Valley. All the player has to do is find a spot to place Mini-Casita, even if it means doing a little remodeling of the Valley to make room for it, and Mirabel will be safely returned to the Valley, appearing from the Dream Well in front of the Dream Castle like everyone else brought back from their home realms or through other means.
Her first Friendship Quest involves helping out Mini-Casita with bringing her some supplies to mend it with, including softwood, stone, and several flowers to serve as painting materials. After that, she has the player buy some furniture from Scrooge McDuck's store and renovate their own house, or Casita as Mirabel puts it, before bringing her over to see it herself and see the renovations they did, impressing her.
Her second involves a dish she had served up previously, buñuelos, but The Forgetting caused her to forget the recipe, so she asks the player to take a plate of the dish to Remy to help remember the recipe. Thanks to Remy's keen chef's knowledge, the recipe consists of milk, wheat, eggs, and cheese. Once the player cooks some up and returns them to Mirabel with the remembered recipe, she asks them to cook up some more to serve to Mickey, Scrooge, and Goofy, as thanks for staying and tending to the Valley during her and the other characters' absence, and thanks them afterwards.
Her third Friendship Quest regards her having caused some problems between Scrooge and Donald, and she needs help mending their relationship. After speaking to the two duck relatives, and feeding the raccoons in the Forest of Valor, the player finds Scrooge's cash register key that was dropped in the forest. Mirabel then needs a Seashell Frame and Red Fruit Pie made for her to give to Scrooge to apologize for her meddling.
Her final Friendship Quest regards finding a piece of torn cloth in the Mini-Casita. The cloth is a memory that reminds Mirabel of having been good friends with Moana, Anna, and Elsa, and she wants to rekindle that memory. The player tracks down the broken pieces of the Madrigal table and gives them to Anna to mend with some help from Moana. The player cooks up some meals for the Friendship Festival before Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, and Moana come to see Mirabel after finishing their tasks they were working on. After the player finds a good spot for the table, they join Mirabel and the others in celebrating the Friendship Festival, which Mirabel is very grateful for.
Other appearances[]
In Wish, Mirabel was among the Disney animated characters that appeared during the credits.
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade[]
Mirabel made an appearance outside of the Disney Parks on the Disney Wish float "Magic Meets The Sea" in the 2022 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade alongside Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Donald Duck, Pluto, and several of the Disney Princesses and their princes. Among the Disney Princesses joining her, Mickey, Minnie, and the rest of the Fab 5 were Mulan, Raya, Moana, and joined by their princes, Cinderella & Prince Charming, Rapunzel & Flynn, Jasmine & Aladdin, and Tiana & Naveen. Mirabel, alongside the likes of Moana, Cinderella, and Tiana, were wearing their winter attire for the parade due to the cold temperatures in Manhattan on Thanksgiving Day. Near the end of the parade route, as the float approached Herald's Square, Mirabel remained on board with Pluto, Donald, Mulan, Raya, and Marvel heroes Spider-Man and Black Panther, while Mickey, Minnie, Goofy, Moana, and the Disney Princesses with their husbands dismounted and walked the rest of the way on foot with their supporting Cast Members, both backup performers and supervisors/adjutants, waving to the crowd as they made the last leg of the procession as the NYPD and FDNY kept watch over everyone. Once at Herald's Square, they performed the Disney Wish show titled "Seas the Adventure", which included snippets of some famous classic Disney songs like "A Whole New World" and "When You Wish Upon a Star". After the parade was over, and the float was disassembled to be returned to storage at the warehouse in New Jersey in case it will return for the 2023 parade, Mirabel and the other Theme Park Characters, along with their supporting Cast Members that performed with them or were assigned to watch over the characters on their special assignment outside the parks and ships, departed Manhattan and returned to Disneyland in Anaheim and Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista for the parks' holiday festivities until Macy's invites them back to Manhattan for another Thanksgiving Day parade. This may be possible should Macy's CEO and VPs decide to have the float return for the 2023 parade, and if Disney CEO Bob Iger and the Disney VPs agree that Mirabel, Mickey, Minnie, the Princesses, and other characters can return to Manhattan for next year's parade, that will be the third year in a row that Macy's long-standing Thanksgiving tradition gets another pinch of Tinker Bell's pixie dust to truly make it memorable and magical, especially to help celebrate The Walt Disney Company's Centennial Anniversary, Disney 100 in 2023, which is also shared by Hasbro and Warner Brothers celebrating their 100th anniversaries as well.
It has been confirmed that Mirabel would be returning to Manhattan to ride on "Magic Meets The Sea" again for the 2023 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, joined by many of her friends from last year and the year before, along with two new faces in Peter Pan and Miguel Rivera.[8] The float is also going to be repainted to represent the newest ship of the Disney Cruise Line fleet set to enter service in 2024, the sister ship of the Disney Wish, the Disney Treasure, with Peter and Miguel major parts of the ship's design. There were two new faces alongside Peter Pan and Miguel in Genie and the Peddler riding on the float with them, Mirabel, Mickey, Minnie, Moana, Tiana, Naveen, Anna, Elsa, Rapunzel, Goofy, Donald, Pluto, Aladdin, Jasmine, Spider-Man, and Black Panther. Mirabel, Tiana, Moana, and Anna were wearing their winter attire again due to the cold weather. As the float proceeded down the parade route, with Ronald McDonald, the NYPD Marching Band, and Chase of the PAW Patrol following behind them, once the float reached Herald Square, the NBC broadcast went to a commercial break just as the float stopped in front of Macy's Flagship Store, giving Mirabel and the other characters some extra time to wave to the crowd as the Cast Members used the time to get everything for the performance of "Let's Set Sail" ready, so when the broadcast returned from commercial break and Al Roker and his co-hosts introduced them, Mirabel and the other characters put on an amazing performance to ensure the parade had been given another dose of Disney Magic for the third year in a row that Disney Cruise Line and The Walt Disney Company participated in the parade, especially for Disney 100 Years of Wonder.
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Trivia[]
- Mirabel's birthday is on March 6,[9] in homage of Gabriel García Márquez, whom the Encanto staff drew inspiration from his works on magical realism.[10][11][12]
- Many people believe Mirabel's full name to be "Mirabel Valentina Rojas Madrigal" according to The Art of Encanto book. However, the storyboarder has confirmed that this is not her full name, and that she was just playing around with potential names for the main character.
- The reason why Mirabel did not get a magical gift was intentionally left unexplained in the film because the directors felt it was unnecessary since it was not the point of the film, and believed that "she is who she needs to be for a very good reason".[13]
- Though, it's theorized that the reason she didn't get a gift is because when she touched the candle, she had wiped her hands on her outfit, getting rid of the 'magic' from her hands. An alternate version of this theory involves that the magic from her hands had absorbed into her, implying that she herself is the gift. This theory has been debunked by director Jared Bush.[14]
- Another theory, and quite popular, is that Mirabel will follow in her Abuela's footsteps, and become the next matriarch of her family and protector of the magic of the Encanto (thus revealing that each Madrigal will eventually pass down their gift to future generations).
- In earlier drafts of the film, it would have been revealed at the end that Julieta somehow purposefully prevented Mirabel from getting a gift in order to shield her from the family pressure.[15]
- Mirabel is the fourth Disney animated protagonist to wear glasses (after Milo Thatch, Chicken Little, and Lewis Robinson), and is also the first female protagonist to do so.
- Mirabel's glasses are an important part of her design, with production designer Lorelay Bove stating that "one of the film's main themes is perspective — how different points of view can affect a relationship — and having our main character wear glasses was an intentional choice to reinforce that theme."[16]
- Initially, during the "Vanellope and the Princesses" sequence in Ralph Breaks the Internet, Snow White was to reveal she was actually nearsighted and needed glasses. There was even some merchandise portraying Snow White wearing glasses, but, for some reason, this trait was dropped.
- The name Mirabel means "wonderous" or "of wondrous beauty".
- Early in production, the character's name was Mariana.[19] Another early name choice for the character was Beatriz, which is coincidentally the surname of Mirabel's voice actress.[20]
- Many Latin American viewers believe that Mirabel's name was meant to be Maribel, as Mirabel is not an actual Spanish name and would be a very uncommon name in Colombia.
- Mirabel is the second human female protagonist from the Disney Animated Canon to debut in 2021, after Raya from Raya and the Last Dragon.
- This marked the first time in history that two human female protagonists from two different Walt Disney Animation Studios films debuted in the same year.
- Her voice actress, Stephanie Beatriz, starred in the 2021 Warner Bros. live-action movie adaptation of In the Heights with Lin-Manuel Miranda, where Beatriz played the character of Carla. Conversely, Miranda himself wrote the songs for Encanto with In the Heights (also featuring Miranda's contribution to the film based on the musical) being released the same year as Encanto.
- Mirabel is the first Disney female protagonist to have a number one song on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. She achieved this after "We Don't Talk About Bruno" peaked at number one on said chart.
- Mirabel is similar to Miguel Rivera, the protagonist of Coco:
- They live in fictional towns in Hispanic countries; Santa Cecilia, Mexico and Encanto, Colombia.
- They are different from their multigenerational family; Miguel likes music unlike his family and Mirabel is the only child with no magic in her family. The difference is Miguel wanted to do something different from his family, enough that he nearly broke away from them, while Mirabel wanted to be like hers, even though she doesn't have a gift and was slightly broken away from them. Additionally, Miguel's family was from his father's side whilst Mirabel's family was of her mother's.
- Both wanted to earn their family's approval and acceptance; Miguel wanted to earn his family's support in his dream of becoming a musician and accept his love of music, while Mirabel wanted to earn her family's equity of not having a good gift and be seen as someone special like the rest of them.
- They were at odds with the family matriarchs, their strict grandmothers who had difficulty accepting their differences. However, Miguel's grandmother Elena and great-great-grandmother Imelda were both more open and affectionate, adamantly wanting him to contribute to the family, while Alma was distant with Mirabel after she was denied a gift and excluded her from familial activities.
- They bond with an older relative who is similar to them and the black sheep of the family.
- They run away after their familial issues reach a breaking point for them, but return to resolve and reconcile with their family (in Mirabel's case, her grandmother) after learning more about their beginnings.
- Both are one of the younger members of their generation; Miguel is the youngest of the older half while Mirabel is the second youngest grandchild and youngest granddaughter.
- A minor note is they have the same first and last two letters in their names (Miguel & Mirabel).
- Mirabel sweats when she is nervous. At her gift ceremony, she can be seen wiping the sweat off of her hands (or wiping the candle, as some theories say) just before she touches the doorknob. She is also sweating when she is chasing Bruno in the walls of Casita during the movie's climax, as Bruno says that she's "very sweaty" when he is grabbing her hand to prevent her from falling.
- Stephanie Beatriz was pregnant with her daughter Rosaline when she recorded her dialogue and songs and went into labor while recording "Waiting on a Miracle". Following her birth, she apparently instinctively knew the songs by heart at only six months.[21]
- Mirabel and Dolores are the only female members of the family whose names don't end with an "a". Inversely, Mirabel is the youngest of her sisters while Dolores is the oldest of her siblings.
- Despite being the youngest of her sisters, Mirabel's voice actress, Stephanie Beatriz, is actually the oldest of the actresses, being six years older than Diane Guerrero, Isabela's actress, and fourteen years older than Jessica Darrow, Luisa's actress.
- According to Jared Bush, Mirabel is left-handed and her favorite food are arepas con queso.[22][23]
References[]
- ↑ Shuler, Skyler (September 10, 2021). "‘Encanto’: Meet The Magical Madrigal Family". TheDisInsider.
- ↑ Team, D23 (November 16, 2021). "“Encanto” Character Details Revealed". D23.
- ↑ Brown, Tracy (November 24, 2021). "‘Encanto’ is Disney’s first Latino musical. How the filmmakers got Colombia right". LATimes.
- ↑ Lee, Michael (September 9, 2021). "How the Magical Casita in ‘Encanto’ is a New Kind of Disney Castle". The Nerds Of Color.
- ↑ Busch, Jenna (November 8, 2021). "Encanto Movie Cast & Crew on the New Disney Film". VitalThrills.
- ↑ Bush, Jared (January 13, 2022). "Mirabel's Height". Twitter.
- ↑ Bush, Jared (December 28, 2022). "Mirabel's Near Sighted". Twitter.
- ↑ [1]"
- ↑ Bush, Jared (March 1, 2022). "Mirabel's birthday". Twitter.
- ↑ Bui, Hoai-Tran (November 24, 2021). "Encanto Directors On Creating Disney's First Magical Realist Musical [Interview]". Slashfilm.
- ↑ Avestruz, Chelsea (March 7, 2022). "Mirabel's Birthday Is Another Perfect Encanto Easter Egg". Screenrant.
- ↑ Bush, Jared (March 18, 2022). "Meaningful Birthdays". Twitter.
- ↑ Radulovic, Petrana (November 27, 2020). "Encanto’s directors talk the movie’s big mystery". Polygon.
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Kenney, Jamie (March 23, 2022). "Encanto Writer & Co-Director Charise Castro Smith Reveals The Film Almost Had A Completely Different Ending". Romper.
- ↑ Giardina, Carolyn (January 5, 2021). "‘Encanto,’ ‘Flee’ and ‘The Mitchells vs. the Machines’ Artists Detail How They Designed Their Animated Characters". Hollywood Reporter.
- ↑ Bush, Jared (December 27, 2021). "Mirabel's name". Twitter.
- ↑ Bush, Jared (February 12, 2022). "Mirabel's glasses". Twitter.
- ↑ Sharpe, Josh (December 9, 2020). "Exclusive: New Details for Walt Disney Animation Studios’ ‘Encanto’". The Disinsider.
- ↑ Bush, Jared (January 22, 2021). "Mirabel's early name". Twitter.
- ↑ Davies, Chloe (March 3, 2022). "Encanto Star's 6-Month Old Baby Recognizes Movie's Songs From Pregnancy". Screen Rant.
- ↑ "Mirabel Left-Handed". Twitter (November 16, 2022).
- ↑ Bush, Jared (October 17, 2022). "Mirabel's favorite food". Twitter.
External links[]
Mirabel Madrigal on Wikipedia- Mirabel on Encanto Wiki
- Mirabel on the Heroes Wiki
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