Disney's Encanto is full of hilarious, magical moments, from Luisa and Isabela's amazing
songs to over-caffeinated kids and a sneaky shapeshifting cousin.
Yippee-ki-yay, movie lovers, I'm Jan and in this video I'm counting down the top 11 funniest
and most entertaining scenes in Encanto.
Spoilers ahead, so take care.
Of the three main village kids who pop up in the movie, caffeinated kid has the funniest
moments.
There's his feverish demand to know all the family's powers during the opening song...
Just tell us what everyone can do!
And that's why coffee's for grown-ups!
And what about the way he still hangs on to his coffee cup even when he's kicking a football?
And how he revs himself up with caffeine to help rebuild the Casita.
Encanto co-director Jared Bush has revealed his official name is "Pumped Juancho"
As well as being adorably amusing, the caffeinated kid is also a nod to the Colombian custom
of children drinking coffee.
It's so comical during the first song how Mirabel has to constantly dodge questions
from the kids about her own gift.
And when they eventually find out she doesn't have one, she's humorously brought crashing
back down to reality by a little girl.
I am just as special as the rest of my family.
All right, guys, where do I drop the wagon?
Maybe your Gift is being in denial.
I made a rainbow!
Camilo's shape-shifting abilities provide plenty of laughs...
Mirabel! ...including when he pretends to be his sister...
Camilo!
Stop pretending you're Dolores so you can have seconds.
Worth a shot.
Ah! ...when he makes fun of Isabela by turning
into her suitor, and when he gets a shock as Bruno and Mirabel race nosily through the
walls of the house.
And, amusingly, when his shape-shifting gets out of control, his head turns into a very
young child who sprouts an enormous moustache.
Bruno, who's been living alone for years, gets a heartbreakingly humorous moment with
his alter egos when Mirabel asks him if he's been repairing the cracks in the house:
All the patching's done by Hernando.
Who is Hernando?
I'm Hernando and I'm scared of nothing!
I used to say my real Gift was "acting."
I'm Jorge.
I make the spackle.
By the way, "Jorge" pops up again briefly during the finale as the Madrigals rebuild
their home.
And how absolutely adorable is the scene where shy little Antonio gets his powers...
...and communicates with his new animal friends...
Uh-huh.
I understand you.
...rides through his rainforest room on the back of a jaguar, bounces about on a hammock,
and swings by on a snake!
And, frankly, let's face it, more movies could benefit from adding capybaras!
There's some wonderful little details in this scene too:
if you look carefully, you can see Dolores put her hands over her ears as the crowd's
cheers become too much for her super-hearing.
And what about the hilarious way that the perfectly poised golden child Isabela swings
onto the scene as the family prepares for Antonio's gift ceremony:
Did someone say flowers?
Isabela!
Our angel!
Please don't clap.
Thank you.
Oh, it's nothing.
I love everything about this moment from the way the murky scene changes to golden light
as Isabela works her magic, to the priceless look on Mirabel's face as she watches her
effortlessly graceful sister swing by adored by everyone there, to the serious Rapunzel
vibes I get from Isabela's magical swinging vines.
And to cap it all, Isabela literally throws her gift in Mirabel's face!
The incredibly catchy Cha-cha style of "We Don't Talk About Bruno" is an ingenious way
to show everything Mirabel's estranged uncle is blamed for in the family.
I love Pepa and Félix's dance routine as they explain how Bruno got inside her head
causing her to create a hurricane on their wedding day.
And the way Bruno's painted as a villain, with Camilo shape-shifting and singing about
"rats upon his back", is darkly humorous; then there's the townsfolk blaming him for
their woes shows how everyone uses him as a scapegoat for totally ordinary things that
can happen to anyone.
And if you watch carefully, there's a fantastic detail in the background, which some of our
eagle-eyed viewers spotted, as a hooded Bruno bops along to the music behind Dolores and
Mirabel.
As the song ends, Dolores reveals she overheard Bruno's vision of the magic dying and the
house breaking apart, which leads into the hilariously memorable dinner scene with Isabela's
suitor Mariano,
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The proposal dinner with Mariano and Isabela is an absolute comedic gem as every thread
in the story collides to spectacular effect.
Mirabel watches in agony as Dolores begins to reveal the secret about Bruno's vision.
And the reactions of each family member as the story passes along the line builds both
the laughs and the sense of impending doom.
And her antics as she attempts to cover up the house literally splitting apart...
You're doing great.
...draw looks that could kill from Isabela.
As if that wasn't enough, one of Antonio's coatis steals a piece of Bruno's vision and
Luisa breaks down as she struggles to move the piano.
Chaos descends and Dolores blurts out: Mirabel found Bruno's vision.
She's in it.
She's gonna destroy the magic and now, we're all doomed!
The house cracks and one of Isabela's flowers sprouts out of the floor and sucker-punches
Mariano in the face, foreshadowing her reveal later that she doesn't really want to marry
him.
And to top it all off, the townspeople pop up with their laughably well-timed congratulations.
¡Felicidades!
After Bruno's rat pack lead Mirabel to find where her uncle's been hiding all these years,
we get some disgustingly funny moments thanks to his little rodent friends,
who use his hairbrush and his toothbrushes to clean themselves, run the old-fashioned
record player using it like an exercise wheel, fight over food scraps in his trousers, and
provide free entertainment.
What do you like?
Sports?
This scene is a sneaky reference to Colombia's historic match against West Germany in the
1990 World Cup and there's even a nod to "El Cole", Colombia's most colourful best-known
football fan.
And the telenovela plot about a forbidden love involving an aunt...
Their love could never be. ...is a shout-out to Gabriel García Márquez's
novel One Hundred Years of Solitude which heavily influenced Encanto.
Hat-tip to everyone in my video comments who spotted these!
The rats also reveal Bruno's whereabouts to Dolores...
The rats talking in the walls.
...and to Antonio: The rats told me everything.
Don't eat those.
(GROWLS) And the little rodents put in another appearance
at the end of the movie as the family's photographers!
Mirabel's horrified reaction when she finds out that to save the miracle she has to make
peace with Isabela is just perfect.
(GROWLS) Look at how reluctant Mirabel is and how she
tries to get it over with as quickly as possible...
So, we should just hug.
Let's hug it out.
compared to her sister who drags it out, gloatingly demanding an apology for the ruined dinner
with Mariano.
Go on.
Apologize.
Mirabel just can't go through with it though and her accusations...
you selfish...
(GASPS) ...entitled princess!
...finally get Isabela to reveal her true feelings.
I chuckled as she makes flowers sprout up into Mirabel's face as her anger at having
to be constantly perfect erupts.
As for her song, there's definite shades of Elsa's "Let It Go" song about it, which is
funny given the Elsa-like poses in these flower statues, one of which Isabela goes on to decapitate.
The multi-coloured world Isabela creates for herself, embracing vibrant and sharply-contrasting
colours, is just gorgeous and a world away from her previous pastel colours.
There's even a nice edge to her song as she grows some canivorous plants.
And it's impossible not to laugh when Isa makes another flower pop up out of nowhere
to bop Mariano in the nose again!
Luisa's burn-out anthem, 'Surface Pressure', is an insanely catchy, cleverly thought-out
piece of storytelling by Lin-Manuel Miranda about the burden of impossible expectations.
And the whole sequence is beautifully animated, with loads of entertaining moments and ingenious
hidden details, from the Titanic-style ship with the Madrigal
name on the side heading for an iceberg, to Luisa shooting into the sky in a superhero
pose, to Mirabel desperately holding on to a seemingly storm-tossed ship, but when the
camera pulls back we see she's actually riding the waves of Luisa's bulging bicep.
And then there's the donkeys!
Everywhere!
They're Luisa's backing dancers, and get some fun Busby Berkeley-style shots during the
song; they're the band playing on the Madrigal ship;
they're the audience in the battle with Cerberus; they weigh down Luisa's scales;
and they're decked out like unicorns with pink eye shadow to match the candy-coloured
clouds as Luisa rides them through the sky in a rare moment of joy.
Then there's this moment where they slow-mo fall through the air, which I just love.
And one's even there at the end of the movie with a tray of drinks to help Luisa finally
relax!
And if you want to discover even more brilliant details and Disney easter eggs hidden in Encanto,
tap here to watch my Things You Missed video.
There's also a link in the video description.
So what are your favourite moments in Encanto?
Let me know in the comments below and if you enjoyed this, then do like and share this
video; I really appreciate it.
You can also tap left to learn all about the incredible deleted scenes and characters cut
from the final movie, such as Isabela's magical potato people.
Thanks for watching and see ya next time.
Yippee-ki-yay, movie lovers!