| “ | We don't talk about Bruno! | „ |
| ~ The town's mantra surrounding Bruno. |
| “ | Abuela worried about the magic. So she begged me to look into the future and see what it meant. And I saw the magic endangers, our house breaking, and then I saw you. But it would change and there was no real answer, no clear fate. Like your future was undecided, but I knew how it was going to look, I knew what everyone would think because I'm Bruno and everyone always assumes the worst. So... | „ |
| ~ Bruno explaining why he left. |
Bruno Madrigal is one of the two deuteragonists (alongside Alma) of Disney's 60th full-length feature film Encanto.
He is the only son of Pedro and Alma, the youngest triplet of Julieta and Pepa, and the maternal uncle of Mirabel, Luisa, Isabela, Camilo, Dolores, and Antonio. An estranged member of the Madrigal family, he has the ability to witness visions of future events, which gave him a negative reputation in the town as most of his prophecies weren't happy ones.
He is voiced by John Leguizamo.
What Makes Him Pure Good?[]
- While the majority of his prophecies were foretelling negative events, it's not because he was actively malicious, as he has no control over what will happen in the future and only sees it. It's also been told by the creators of the movie that sometimes he would get visions at random.
- While he did ruin his sister Pepa's wedding by telling her it looks like rain, which caused her to overreact and cause a hurricane with her weather-manipulation powers, it was unintentional as he was simply trying to tell a joke (as encouragement to help her express her feelings than bottle them up) to ease her anxieties which his sister took seriously. When he explains this to her, she takes his advice in the end.
- After seeing a vision of his youngest niece Mirabel seemingly causing the Casita's destruction and the magic to fade, and because everyone assumes the worst of him and his visions, he shattered it and went into hiding within the house’s walls, where he would reside for a decade, to spare her from being as ostracized as he was. Even though Mirabel still grew up ostracized due to not having a gift (and was even blamed by Alma for Bruno's disappearance), her uncle staying and showing what he saw would have made everything worse.
- Despite his family's negative outlook of him, Bruno never developed bitter feelings while living apart from them and still loved them (loving them too much to truly leave them), being one of the members who don’t let their problems make them resentful of one another.
- He can faintly be seen dancing during Dolores' segment of "We Don't Talk About Bruno", implying he's more amused than hurt by the song reviling him.
- Like Mirabel, he easily forgives Alma when she apologizes for emotionally neglecting their family, trusting his mother when she gently encourages him to show himself to his sisters.
- He would try his best to patch the cracks within the Casita ever since they started appearing. While they were actually a warning that the family's emotional strain was getting worse, constantly patching the cracks, coupled with hiding his vision and isolating himself from the family, kept the house from collapsing for ten years.
- He sent his rats to take the vision when it was revealed to the family, likely to try and prevent further emotional harm and discord.
- He saved Mirabel from falling into a hole when they meet, even if it turned out to be a non-lethal drop.
- While he initially refuses to help Mirabel save the Casita by doing a vision (which is understandable given they are not always positive), he eventually changes his mind after a bit more persuasion. Prior to Mirabel proposing a vision, he expresses genuine desire to help in spite of his unsureness, which he follows through on.
- He gets along well with Antonio and his animals, particularly Chispi the Capybara and the coatimundi, letting the former be a part of the ritual for his vision and the latter hang from his shoulders afterwards.
- He uses his ability to show Mirabel that she will save the Encanto by reconciling with someone (initially believed to be her sister Isabela, later revealed to be Alma) and appears enthusiastic at this positive solution. He also convinces Mirabel to try to set aside her issues with Isabela for the sake of the family.
- When Mirabel disliked his vision, he did not feel hurt or betrayed rather instead exasperated.
- When the Casita starts to crumble, he saves his rats instead of abandoning them.
- After the Casita collapsed, he acquired a horse at some point and rode out of the Encanto's valley to find Mirabel, who had ran away in guilt and shame.
- Initially apprehensive of facing his mother, he revealed himself to Alma after ten years to take the blame away from Mirabel for the family's downfall and even prepared to argue with her, unaware she and Mirabel had already reconciled. While confused when she instead embraces and kisses him, he doesn't reject these gestures nor continue his rant.
- Upon reuniting with his family, Bruno starts apologizing for any hurt he caused (before or after he left) while not expecting any in return.
- He helps rebuild the Casita, even shown to be on friendlier terms with the townsfolk.
- He does not display any corrupting qualities like being envious or wrathful. While resentment would be understandable, unlike Mirabel who never let it influence her, he shows none towards his family at all. The only times he's directed anger at anyone were minor and excusable; he raised his voice to focus Mirabel, who was agitated at having to hug Isabela (even quickly apologizing before softening), and confronted Alma, believing she still unfairly blamed Mirabel for all their family's troubles, before his mother, having realized her mistakes, hugged him.
- The creators' statement that he avoided scaring his nieces and nephews prior to his self-exile was proven in-universe as Bruno had only foreseen visions that he can't control and that Luisa, Dolores, and Isabela don't have any negative opinion of him.
Trivia[]
- He's one of the two Encanto characters to be Pure Good, the other being Mirabel.
External Links[]
- Bruno Madrigal on the Heroes Wiki
- Bruno Madrigal on the Disney Wiki
- Bruno Madrigal on the Love Exalted Wiki
