While Encanto has been a widely enjoyed movie, gaining fans all over the world,
that doesn’t mean it’s a perfect film. Even the best movies have flaws, and with the large
fanbase for this feature, there was a quick list compiled of just how many
mistakes Encanto appeared to have overlooked. Of these plot holes,
which are the easiest to explain away? And which are undoubtedly an issue?
I’m Caleb with WickedBinge and this is Encanto Plot Holes : Tiny to Huge
For this list, we’re going to be starting with the plot holes we
consider the easiest to brush off and working our way down to those much harder to ignore.
Our first spot covers the question of Mirabel’s Glasses. Many fans had the argument that
if Mirabel’s mother Julieta was able to heal people, then that should mean Mirabel wouldn’t
need glasses. Originally when we covered this theory, we pointed out that Julieta couldn’t cure
absolutely everything. People were still able to age, lose their hair, and have a
number of other ailments. That suggested that Julieta’s powers were limited to some extent,
only able to fix injuries and wounds such as broken bones or allergic reactions.
However, when the director of the film, Jared Bush, was approached and asked about this detail,
he gave a very simple explanation. Mirabel’s vision wasn’t fixed with Julieta’s gift because
she didn’t have any interest in fixing her eyesight. Bush expressed his desire to make
a Disney heroine that didn’t look exactly like the princesses that Disney has come to be known for,
and so giving the main protagonist glasses was one of the ways he accomplished this.
Coming in as a close second is Dolores in Multiple Places at Once.
During the song The Family Madrigal, viewers noticed that Dolores was shown
to be a fair distance from the village before miraculously showing up at the house to reveal
Mirabel’s lack of a gift to the children. While many simply ignored the small error,
chalking it up to being cartoon logic, one Reddit user by the name of beauhatesbeans
came up with the idea that the Dolores at the house was actually Camilo. Camilo was shown in
the movie to use his shapeshifting power to do two things: helping around the village,
taking the forms of the people around him and using his family’s forms to be mischievous.
Camilo was also shown to be a convincing replica of his sister Dolores. So much so that Mirabel
approached him, not realizing it wasn’t really Dolores she was speaking to until Dolores and
Felix came out of the house and found Camilo sneaking seconds of breakfast. Another user had
made the argument that the Dolores in the house had even made the small noise she’s known to make
throughout the movie, and therefore it couldn’t be Camilo. After all, why would he bother? However,
we have to say that Camilo taking the role of his sister and using her sweeter disposition
to drop the bombshell of Mirabel’s lack of gift would be in character for him.
Taking the next spot is Dolores Kept Bruno’s Secret. Several Reddit users have gone into detail
discussing how they didn’t understand Dolores being able to keep Bruno’s secret of living in
the walls and yet blurted out Mirabel finding the vision within a few minutes. While there
are some that think this didn’t make any sense, we have to disagree and place this as one of the
more easily explainable plot holes on this list. We had tackled this briefly in a previous list,
pointing out that Dolores may have decided to spill that Mirabel found the vision
in order to ruin Mariano’s proposal to Isabela. After all, that would have been Dolores’ only
chance to really come between Isabela marrying the man that Dolores herself had fallen for without
gaining Abuela Alma’s wrath. On top of that, we also want to point out the fact that we don’t know
for sure that Dolores really did keep Bruno’s hiding place a secret. After all, Dolores was
young when Bruno left. If she had heard Bruno in the walls and said something to her family,
it would likely have been ignored entirely. On the other hand, it shouldn’t be hard to believe
that Dolores wouldn’t bring it up at all. We see during the song We Don’t Talk About
Bruno that Dolores’ mother Pepa was the one that fought the most for Bruno not to be mentioned.
Would it really be so hard to think that Dolores wouldn’t want to be on her mother’s bad side for
talking about Bruno? We also have to point out that when Mirabel’s secret was exposed,
a lot had been piling on. Mirabel had caused a stir, talking about cracks forming in Casita.
Luisa had been up all night with her eye twitching from stress. The rats in the
walls were running around in a flurry of fear. To know all of that and then overhear that yes,
the vision was found and yes, the magic was dying, of course Dolores cracked and spilled the beans.
Following is Luisa Carrying the Donkeys. Reddit user Rozman629 asked the question
as to why Luisa was carrying the donkeys when Antonio could have simply spoken to the animals
and guided them where they needed to be. In all fairness, this is a reasonable thing to ask.
Our answer is that Antonio simply hadn’t been given the task yet. After all,
Antonio had only just received his gift when we saw Luisa going about her chores. As demanding
as Abuela Alma was shown to be, always wanting the family to help the village, it would be unlikely
that she would make Antonio go out and find some way to utilize his gift for the community. This is
also supported by the fact that we saw Pepa coming into the nursery to help gather Antonio’s things,
showing he was still settling into his new room and adjusting to his new abilities. There was
also the fact that Antonio clearly had his hands full with figuring out what Mirabel was up to and
trying to find a way to help. Dolores had pointed out that the rats knew something was amiss,
so Antonio hearing them scared and connecting it to what Mirabel was doing
makes sense. Considering how close Antonio and Mirabel were shown to be, of course he would
want to help her find out what was causing the cracks in Casita any way he could. Once things
calmed down and Luisa was pushed to relax more often, Antonio would no doubt step in to make
sure the donkeys no longer wandered off, able to explain to the animals where they needed to be.
Next on our list we have the small issue of Mirabel’s Parents being Contradicting.
Whereas Augustin made a point of trying to help hide the vision with Mirabel and stood up to
Abuela Alma for her, Julieta lacked in being there for her daughter for much of the movie.
Yes, she had cried out for Mirabel to flee from Casita as it was collapsing. Yes,
she did heal Mirabel’s hand and asked Abuela Alma to take it easy on Mirabel considering how hard
it was for her to watch Antonio’s ceremony. However, Julieta didn’t stand up for Mirabel
with the same conviction that her husband did. Reddit user Qysteria-1998 also pointed out that
it wasn’t just Mirabel that suffered from this inconsistency. Luisa was seen breaking out into
tears and neither her mother or father offered any sort of comfort. There was also the fact
that Luisa had clearly been overworked for years and neither of their parents appeared to notice
or care, leaving Luisa to simply deal with the pressures that were placed on her. With Isabela,
she had a clear reaction to being wed to Mariano and being expected to have children
right away. It was one thing that Alma ignored this reaction, but to think that Julieta
and Augustin also brushed off the response Isabela had was concerning. There was also the fact that
neither Augustin nor Julieta even bothered to notice their daughter Mirabel wasn’t in the
family photo taken in Antonio’s room, which would be a low blow under the best of circumstances.
Taking the next spot is Abuela Having Her Own Room. This is something that is a hit
and miss of a plot hole. There is the widely accepted theory that the main reason for this
is because the room Alma is in is meant to be the room that the next family matriarch would inhabit,
with that person likely being Mirabel. That’s a theory we’re going to support. As annoying as it
is to think Mirabel would be stuck in the nursery until she became the next head of the house,
it isn’t an outlandish explanation. Redditor cj_cassettetape also raised the question as
to why Alma’s door reads “Abuela” when that isn’t her name, but this is something easily
explained by the movie’s creators. The doors were designed to change as the person ages,
so prior to reading “Abuela” it likely read “Mama” or “Alma.”
We’ve now reached the bronze medal ranked plot hole: Bruno’s Room. Just who thought
it was a good idea to give a small child a room with hundreds of steps they would have to climb
every day? Apparently Casita thought that fit the theme of fortune telling perfectly. Now, we know
that the doors on the outside of the room were originally designed to change as a person aged,
but it’s hard to be certain of the changes that occurred inside a room.
The stairs could have appeared later on in Bruno’s life, with the staircase growing
larger the more he isolated himself from everyone around him, using the
many steps as a deterrent to any visitors. Ultimately, we’ll likely never be certain.
Our silver medal ranked placement for the biggest plot hole is Mirabel Being Trapped in Bruno’s
Room. Since we just mentioned how horrible a design this room is, we may as well mention one
of the most confusing parts of the movie. Just how did Mirabel manage to leave Bruno’s room with the
vision? In order to reach the cave at the stop of the stairs, Mirabel had to swing across and
land on the other side. Not only did the ledge she barely made it to collapse, but we also see that
there was no way to swing back over. Casita also made a point in letting Mirabel know it couldn’t
help her when she went into Bruno’s room, so the idea of the house manipulating itself to help her
along wouldn’t work here. It was one of those details that left fans scratching their heads.
Finally, taking the gold medal for the biggest plot hole is Abuela and Bruno’s
Quick Reconciliation. Our biggest querrell with this movie is that Abuela Alma and
Bruno’s reunion was rushed and glossed over. There’s little that can be said to make this
forgivable. Especially considering that it wasn’t just Alma’s apology to Bruno that was rushed,
but Julieta and Pepa’s apologies as well. Everything was bandaged together with a song and
the quick rebuilding of Casita, making this the most unforgivable plot hole of the entire feature.
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