During the "Surface Pressure" musical number, right after Luisa breaks the iceberg to save the Titanic, Luisa can be seen surfing on an ocean wave to the shore of a tropical island. This spot reminds the fans of Motunui, the island where Moana, another successful Disney film, takes place.
Camilo from Encanto shares a subtle line with demi-god Maui from Moana. But while the reference is easy to miss, it's more meaningful than it seems. Disney's latest animated feature, Encanto, features a nod to Moana that's even better than merely a fun Easter egg.
Encanto comes from the same team as Moana, the 2016 smash; the music in both was written by the Hamilton creator, Lin-Manuel Miranda. As you might expect from Disney, both movies are full of color and life and hope, and both are classically uplifting fables with all the flair and modernity of a Miranda musical.
Honoring this tradition, Encanto has its fair share of hidden Mickeys as well. Right at the beginning of Isabela's song "What Else Can I Do?," the green-fingered Madrigal conjures up a cacti plant that takes the form of one large circle and two smaller ones on top (standing in for Mickey's head and ears).
See, one of the tapestries in Moana actually contains an embroidered image of the snow monster that guards Elsa's castle. Marshmallow, the giant snowman who chases Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven back down the mountain can be clearly scene in the tapestry in Polynesia...
Disney Encanto Advent Calendar at the Madrigal House with Mirabel, Isabela, Luisa, Alma, Bruno
Is Olaf in Moana?
Olaf appears in Moana's basket.
When Moana sets off into the ocean to find Maui, she packs a handful of things in her basket, and if you look close enough, you can spot Olaf's arm and nose among the pile.
Nope. It turns out Moana just doesn't have one in the movie. "It's a film about the heroine finding herself," Musker and Clements revealed to EW about whether or not Moana was going to have a romance.
The character appears to symbolize the stigma around mental health issues: While he is never labeled with a specific diagnosis in the film, some viewers have suggested that he has OCD or another type of neurodivergent brain function.
Indeed, the reason why Mirabel doesn't get a gift in Encanto is that she already had the brains to take over as the family leader after Abuela Alma. Therefore, the miracle didn't need to give her an additional gift — Mirabel's gift in Encanto is her intellect, which she already possessed before the movie even began.
Surrounded by a loving family and a supportive community of neighbors, Moana cares a great deal for her people, and the village in which she was born and raised. However, she also has a passionate love for the ocean and the idea of voyaging beyond her home island's barrier reef.
The fundamental difference between them lies in the result. In Moana, the attempt to change results in broad cultural change deriving from people living authentic lives. In Encanto, the results are living authentic lives but the broader cultural phenomena is just a return to status quo.
it is CANON that Luca takes place late 1950s early 1960s, and Encanto takes place IN THE EXACT SAME TIMEFRAME. so it is MORE THAN POSSIBLE that Bruno is the SAME Bruno in BOTH movies.
According to one article (via Inside the Magic) however, the name's use in both films was purely coincidental. While the creators of Encanto chose the name Bruno for stylistic purposes, Luca's writers picked the name at random.
Pepa Madrigal is a supporting character in Disney's 2021 film Encanto. She is the second daughter and child of Alma Madrigal and the late Pedro Madrigal, the middle triplet sister of Julieta and Bruno Madrigal, the wife of Félix Madrigal as well as the mother of Dolores, Camilo and Antonio Madrigal.
Bruno was shunned by the family in a number of ways, but primarily due to the family's matriarch Abuela. Abuela in the movie was overprotective of the family to the point where her behavior had become toxic and those who would consider to be harmful to the family, even her own children, were banished in a way.
Pepa seems to suffer from bi polar disorder. Her power is to change the weather and seems to change from "sunny to rain" in the blink of an eye. Her husband Felix helps her control her emotions. Bruno seems to show obvious signs of OCD.
Bruno Madrigal is a fictional character who appears in Walt Disney Animation Studios' animated film Encanto (2021). Voiced by John Leguizamo, he is Mirabel's ostracized uncle who has the ability to see the future.
Bruno has a pretty big crush on Kamala which was established in the second episode of the show when he got jealous of her closeness with a new guy Kamran, who she had a crush on and Bruno felt threatened by Kamran as he constantly got his name wrong and spent more time with Kamala.
Though Moana and Te Fiti aren't related by blood like Anna and Elsa, the sacrifice underscores the large role nature plays in the film. “The idea that what we perceive as the villain of the film is actually 'nature wronged' was always an idea that we had, and wanted to build toward,” Shurer said.
Moana's age, 16, is less of an issue in her story as it doesn't include a romantic plot, but it still relies on a young girl to overcome dangerous challenges and save the world. Disney princesses have always had an age problem, with characters as young as 14 falling in love, defying parents, and getting married.
Disney's 2016 film Moana features a secret Godzilla Easter egg, and it's actually perfect. Although the quick reference is gone in the blink of an eye, fans of the iconic Toho monster have been talking about the cameo for years, with it being a brilliant instance of doing a homage to a pop culture legend.
