Did Mirabel wipe off the magic?

Without knowing it, Mirabel simply brushed her magical gift away. Interestingly, Encanto shows Mirabel's gift ceremony alongside Antonio's, and the hand-wiping moment is one of the most significant differences between them.
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Did Mirabel sabotage her ceremony?

Encanto director Jared Bush debunks a popular fan theory that Mirabel accidentally sabotaged her own gift ceremony by wiping off the candle's magic. Encanto director Jared Bush debunks a popular theory that Mirabel accidentally sabotaged her own gift ceremony.
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Does Mirabel get magic at the end of Encanto?

Mirabel doesn't have a room of her own in Disney's Encanto, but all signs indicate the young Madrigal will get her own space in Encanto 2. Because Mirabel doesn't get a magical gift, she also doesn't get a special room in Encanto, but all signs point to the young Madrigal getting her own space in a potential Encanto 2.
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Did Mirabel get a gift at the end?

Mirabel is gifted the power of the Madrigal's magic as a whole. That's right: after cracks begin appearing at La Casa Madrigal, the young girl discovers that they're reflections of the family's relationships with each other.
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Why does Mirabel's door disappear?

The door disappeared for Mirabel because her gift would flourish best in a room where there was no magic. Think about the ending when Casita began to break. Everyone lost their powers that they had relied on, and the powers left them just as they tried to reach the flame.
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Casita DID Give Mirabel A Gift, (Her REAL Powers REVEALED!)



Did Mirabel's door not work because she wiped her hands?

According to the theory, Mirabel sabotaged her own gift accidentally during her ceremony. After touching a magical candle, Mirabel wipes her hands on her clothes, and fans speculated that this was the reason the young Madrigal didn't get powers. One of the Encanto directors recently debunked the Mirabel theory.
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What was Mirabel's real gift?

Mirabel possesses, much like her Abuela, the gift of keeping the family together. Mirabel's gift is the gift of showing them their best traits and helping them to love themselves for who they are. Mirabel is part of the glue that holds the family together, someone who sees the light even in the darkness.
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Will there be a Encanto 2?

Encanto 2 is still just a dream to fans of the first film. Despite garnering an Oscar win, there has yet to be any rumblings of a sequel to the lauded Disney film despite former Disney boss Bob Chapek referring to Encanto as a "franchise" during an earnings call in February 2022.
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Is there a secret ending to Encanto?

Posting on Twitter over the weekend, Encanto co-director Jared Bush shared a short post-credits scene that was ultimately axed from the final film. "We considered an after-credit joke to end the movie, but ultimately felt going out on the emotion and joy of the family coming back together was the way to go," he wrote.
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What is abuela's gift in Encanto?

Abuela is the matriarch of the Madrigal family and has her own special power. Like Mirabel, Abuela wasn't granted a gift by the Encanto, but instead is the holder of power for the entire family. As the keeper of the candle, Abuela oversees the magic of the Encanto and its community.
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Did everyone in Encanto lose their powers?

Thanks to Mirabel's passion and determination, the Madrigal family was able to regain their individual powers. This should not have happened. At the very end of Encanto, the Madrigal family should never have regained the powers they received from the miracle.
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What is Mirabel's dads gift?

Personality. Having married into the family, Agustín has no magical gift of his own, and understands what it is like not to feel as though he belongs in the family. He tries his best to comfort his youngest daughter, Mirabel, due to her being the only Madrigal child (who was born in the family) without a magical gift.
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Who is the villain in Encanto?

Is the grandma the villain in Encanto? Alma Madrigal is the main antagonist of Disney's 2021 animated feature film Encanto. She is the matriarch of the Madrigal family, the widowed wife of Pedro, the mother of Julieta, Pepa, and Bruno and the grandmother of Isabela, Dolores, Luisa, Camilo, Mirabel, and Antonio.
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Is Mirabel the candle holder?

When Encanto ends, the candle no longer exists, but Mirabel is able to unlock the magic once again by leading the rebuilding of the casita. This practically confirms the idea that she is the new keeper of the miracle. Finally, the butterfly motif present throughout the film connects Mirabel, Abuela and the candle.
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Why was Mirabel hurting the magic?

However, as the pressure to keep their Abuela happy pushes their minds into dark places, the magic begins to die, and the tensions rise, and according to a theory from Redditor Ishdakitty, Mirabel's lack of powers is a direct response to the pressure hurting her family.
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Did Mirabel cause the cracks?

Here's the ending of 'Encanto,' explained. The ending of the movie reveals that Mirabel's gift is herself. After cracks start to appear in La Casa Madrigal, Mirabel discovers that the cracks in the family home are actually a reflection of the fractures in her family's relationships with each other.
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Can only Mirabel talk to casita?

"Mirabel and [Abuela] are the only two people to be able to communicate with the Casita in the movie. This could show some sort of special relationship with the Casita and in turn, the magic in the house," they add.
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What power does Mirabel get in the end?

Mirabel's Power Is Her Ability To Bring People Together

Mirabel herself, with the uniting love of her family, empowers everyone. It's no mistake that "Mirabel" sounds like "miracle" – the same way "Madrigal" sounds like "magical." The movie also points out her power in some key lines of dialogue.
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Why didn t Mirabel get a power?

Some fans speculate that Mirabel lost her gift after wiping her hands on her clothes during her gift ceremony. Other theories suspect that Mirabel lost her gift due to Abuela Alma or that the miracle never meant to give her a gift in the first place.
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Is Bruno the villain in Encanto?

Following his disappearance, it became taboo to mention Bruno, who was reviled as a villainous figure by the townsfolk until his deep-rooted love for his family was unearthed.
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Is Dolores the villain in Encanto?

Dolores is the closest character to a villain in Disney's Encanto as she uses her magical gift to negatively affect people like Isabela. While Encanto doesn't have a traditional Disney villain, Dolores Madrigal seems the closest to fulfill that role, especially with how she tries to ruin things for her cousin, Isabela.
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How was Abuelo Pedro killed?

As Alma carried the three babies across the river in her arms, Pedro was unable to pass, being murdered by the conquerors who drove them from their home. In the midst of Pedro's death, Abuela's candle came to life as it gifted the babies, and future Madrigals, their magical powers.
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Why was Bruno banished?

Bruno was banished from the family's compound years ago by his own mother, Abuela Alma, the matriarch of the family, because the magical gift with which he was “blessed” had a clairvoyant component to it. So when Abuela began to fear Bruno's prophecies might take away her control over the family, she made him leave.
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What is Mirabel's secret?

Mirabel Is The Most Powerful Of The Madrigals

She does not have magical powers like the rest of her family. Instead, Mirabel's true hidden gift is how she humanizes a family that might otherwise be considered all-powerful gods.
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Will Mirabel get a gift in Encanto 2?

Mirabel's gift was never meant to manifest, which is why she didn't explicitly receive a gift at the end of Encanto. Rather, Mirabel herself is the gift, and it's thanks to her that the Madrigal family is whole again.
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