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Marco and Polo Ripple are characters in the 2023 Disney/Pixar animated feature film Elemental. They are Wade Ripple's nephews.

Background[]

Personality[]

Marco and Polo are Wade's playful nephews who always play with each other. Like all of their relatives, both boys have a habit of crying and being extremely emotional over just about anything.

Outside of his relatives, Marco is shown to have a mischievous personality, as he wanted to test and see if Ember was going to die if she falls in the water. Yet, both March and Polo were very accepting of other elements and were amazed by Ember's ability to make glass sculptures.

Physical appearance[]

Marco and Polo's bodies are made of translucent turquoise blue water and they both have blue eyes and small noses.

Marco is taller and slender while Polo is shorter and pudgier than his brother. Marco has bubbles combined together on the sides of his head with small combined bubbles together to form his hair. Polo's hair, on the other hand, is huge bubbles combined at the center of his head. Both boys wear dress shirts with Marco wearing a yellow-striped dress shirt and Polo wearing a purple-striped dress shirt.

Role in the film[]

Marco and Polo are first seen playing with each other, swimming in the water just as Alan tells them to go easy on Ember who is on a chair so that she could avoid falling into the water. Marco and Polo are later seen having dinner with the rest of the Ripples to which they find Alan's story about Wade being afraid of sponges as a child interesting. After Alan accidentally breaks the pitcher he is using, Ember uses her fiery ability to fix the broken pitcher, impressing Marco, Polo, and the rest of the Ripples. Later during the Crying Game where Wade tells Ember that the light inside her made him feel like that he wants her to be near him, Marco, Polo, and the rest of the Ripples emotionally react to Ember and Wade's relationship. Polo later hits Wade with a pool noodle, surprising him.

During the climax of the film, Marco, Polo, and the rest of the Ripples are seen bidding a farewell to Wade who is leaving just before Wade's relatives began crying together, only for Wade to notice Ember in danger, due to the water bursting through the glass wall Ember made, flowing through the canal. Marco and Polo do not appear again throughout the rest of the film.

Trivia[]

  • Their names are a reference to the game "Marco Polo", which was used as a form of tag in a swimming pool.
  • They were mistaken as Wade’s youngest siblings.
  • Innocent Ekakitie is not directly credited as the voices of Marco and Polo and is simply listed under Additional voices. Nevertheless, he was confirmed to be the voices of both characters.
  • In the book of The Art of Elemental reveals that Marco was about have Polo as his Earth brother just like their mother Eddy also as well, but that was scrapped because "Elements don't mix".

Gallery[]

External links[]

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Elemental logo render
Media
Films: Elemental (soundtrack/video)

Video Games: Disney Emoji BlitzDisney My Little DollDisney POP TOWNDisney Tsum TsumDisney Heroes: Battle Mode
Books: The Art of Elemental

Disney Parks
Parades: Better Together: A Pixar Pals Celebration!

Fireworks: Together Forever: A Pixar Nighttime SpectacularWorld of Color: One

Characters
Ember LumenWade RippleClodGale CumulusBrook RippleBernie LumenCinder LumenFern GrouchwoodAlan RippleMarco and Polo RippleLake RippleEddy RippleHarold RippleGhibliLutzFlarryFlarriettaC.C. StumpDante (deleted)
Locations
Element CityThe FireplaceCyclone StadiumFirelandFiretownThe Water DistrictGarden Central Station
Objects
Pixar BallA113Pizza Planet TruckVivisteria Flowers
Songs
Steal the Show
See also
The Wetro
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