Is Dolores The real villain?

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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Who is the main villain in Encanto?

Alma Madrigal is the former 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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Who is the hidden villain in Encanto?

Though Encanto doesn't have a traditional villain, one theory states Dolores could be the film's secret antagonist. According to the fan theory (via Reddit), Dolores wants her family to lose their powers. After all, the gift of super hearing isn't necessarily as helpful as increased strength or instant plant life.
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Is Dolores The villain in a condo?

Audiences connect with the Madrigal family, each member having individual powers and personalities. However, a new theory suggests that Dolores (voiced by Adassa) is actually the villain and is responsible for the candle's loss of magic in Encanto.
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Is Abuela the villain in Encanto?

Abuela wasn't a villain.

She loved her family just like Mirabel did. She just loved them in a way that wasn't always healthy. Having been persecuted, she was focused on everybody being perfect and useful to the town.
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Film Theory: Dolores BROKE The Magic! (Disney Encanto)



Will there be an 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 Camilo a villain in Encanto?

During "We Don't Talk about Bruno," Camilo's (Rhenzy Feliz) solo verse has him skulking around and talking up Bruno as though he's a terrifying supervillain. Camilo transforms himself into Bruno, giving himself a wicked appearance in an attempt to frighten Mirabel.
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Is Dolores a good guy?

When Dolores achieved self-consciousness, she became infuriated by the guests' actions and tried to wipe human out of the world in order to build a new one for her kind. She became ruthless, arrogant and vengeful. Her actions in season 2 leads to her death because Bernard can't stand her actions and shot her to death.
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Why can't Dolores hear Bruno?

How come Dolores didn't hear Bruno? In contrast, Dolores was not specifically listening for Bruno since she did not expect to hear him nearby. Due to this, Bruno's voice probably blended in among all the other people in the valley, leading Dolores to assume that she was hearing him somewhere farther away.
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Why can't Dolores keep a secret?

Due to the nature of her gift, Dolores has a tendency to expose people's secrets even if she does not want to, such as when she blurted out to the village kids that her cousin, Mirabel, did not have a magical gift.
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Why is Dolores evil?

When Dolores achieved self-consciousness, she became infuriated by the guests' actions and tried to wipe human out of the world in order to build a new one for her kind. She became ruthless, arrogant and vengeful. Her actions in season 2 leads to her death because Bernard can't stand her actions and shot her to death.
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Who kills Abuelo in Encanto?

Who killed abuelo Pedro Encanto? 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.
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Why does Dolores squeak?

The mannerism is as common to the character as Dolores's trademark squeak in Encanto. This indicates that she has no control of her gift. She is forced to hear everything, all of the time, virtually making her power as dark as Bruno's.
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Who is the villain in Luca?

Ercole Visconti is the main antagonist of Pixar's 24th full-length animated feature film Luca. He is an Italian teenager and local bully and showoff in the town of Portorosso, but as the film progresses, he shows that he's much more vile than that.
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Who is the villain in Moana?

Te Fiti is a major character in Disney's 2016 animated feature film Moana. She is a goddess with the power to create life—an ability that she used to create the islands of Polynesia. After her heart had been stolen by Maui, she became Te Kā, a demon of earth and fire and the main antagonist of the film.
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Did Dolores know Bruno was alive?

After Bruno reveals himself to the family, Dolores says, "I knew he never left." From the statement, it seems like Dolores may have spoken up about Encanto's Bruno living in the walls before, but people didn't believe her. And after years of people telling her she was wrong, perhaps she didn't even believe herself.
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How long was Bruno missing Encanto?

Bruno has been absent from his family for 10 years, within the walls of La Casa Madrigal. He believes his ability to see the future causes people to assume the worst of his visions, which is why he left (and which also caused him to become more eccentric).
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Why is Dolores so quiet?

Dolores is the quiet second grandchild of the Madrigal family. Because she has hearing so advanced she can literally hear pins drop on top of the noise in her normal environment, she doesn't like to talk much herself.
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Is Dolores Encanto autistic?

Through its outsider protagonist, Encanto provides a rich and detailed reflection of the experiences of growing up autistic in a neurotypical family.
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Who is the main villain in Westworld?

DR. FORD. In Season 1, Dr. Ford (a true to form Anthony Hopkins) was positioned as the series Big Bad, in control of the Westworld park and intent on keeping the robot hosts under his heel.
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What did Dolores want?

While Dolores started out the season wanting to wipe out humanity to build a better world for the hosts, she changes her mind. She is determined to save the humans and rebuild a truly free world. This would also bring back the hosts that escaped the physical world to The Valley Beyond in season two.
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What does Dolores want?

Dolores dreamed of finding her own voice, and when she wakes up from her long dream and gains true sentience, she does so violently. She leads an uprising of hosts to reclaim the Westworld park, and she leaves a trail of dead guests along the way.
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Why was Bruno's vision wrong?

Bruno's tragic 10-year-old vision was not showing two possibilities like Mirabel thought. Instead, it was showing a magical before and after picture. Similar to modern before and after photos, the picture of Casita being shattered was revealed when Mirabel tilted the prophecy to the left.
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Why is Abuela so mean to Mirabel?

Thus, Abuela treats Mirabel harshly because she treats herself harshly. She puts an undue amount of pressure on herself to keep the family going in times of crisis by performing the role of a strong figurehead, trying to overcompensate with a sense of power and control because she had none over her husband's death.
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Is Bruno a Disney villain?

Bruno was featured as one of the Disney villains that was available for meet-and-greets during the event (debuting alongside Madam Mim from The Sword in the Stone, Mother Gothel from Tangled, and Ernesto de la Cruz from Coco), with a backdrop modeled after his sand temple.
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