Is Mirabel's gift controlling the house?

Mirabel is not bestowed a magical gift like the rest of her family. However, she does have a stronger affinity with the Casa Madrigal than most of her family; she communicates with the house (or Casita) like it is a real person, and Casita responds to her prompts and helps with her daily routine.
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Is Mirabel's power controlling the house?

Only Mirabel and Abuela have the power to command the house. Mirabel asks the house questions, like if it can turn off Bruno's sand when she enters his room, and to help her climb up to Abuela's tower when the house is falling down.
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Is Mirabel's gift her connection to the house?

So while there's evidence that Mirabel's gift was secretly the front door, the film also shows that Mirabel wasn't truly gifted anything. Instead, she earns the front door to the house in Encanto.
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What does Mirabel's gift end up being in Encanto?

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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What does Mirabel's gift do?

But in the film, when Mirabel finally is able to put her hand on a doorknob after her childhood attempt fails, it brings the magical casita of the Madrigals back to life. Perhaps her gift is the greatest one, the power to keep her family, their home and all their magical separate gifts, together and thriving.
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Casita DID Give Mirabel A Gift, (Her REAL Powers REVEALED!)



What was Mirabel's Secret gift?

However, Encanto puts a twist on it by not calling Mirabel the brains. Throughout Encanto, Mirabel has the nerve to figure out why the magical house is cracking, and she doesn't need supernatural gifts to accomplish her goal. Mirabel's gift is her intelligent determination, and she had that all along.
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Does Mirabel control the magic?

In Disney's Encanto, Mirabel is the only Madrigal child who doesn't get powers, and several fan theories may reveal the true reason why. In Encanto, Mirabel is the only Madrigal child who doesn't get powers, and several fan theories guess the actual reason why.
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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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Did Mirabel get a gift in 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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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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What is Abuela's gift?

Essentially, Abuela and Mirabel have the same gift: to bring everyone together with love and support. This is illustrated by scenes like their heart-to-heart by the river, the song "All of You" which Mirabel and Abuela lead together, and even small details like Mirabel and Casita's very close bond.
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Who gave Mirabel the not special special?

Osvaldo Orozco Ortiz is a minor character in Disney's feature film, Encanto. He is part of the townspeople of the Encanto. He is known for delivering Mirabel the "not special special" and in the song "We Don't Talk About Bruno" he sings about how Bruno told him he would grow a gut, and then he gained weight.
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Did Mirabel not get a gift because she wiped it?

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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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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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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Was Mirabel's gift the Casita?

The suggestion is that when Mirabel touched the doorknob at her gift ceremony, the magic manifested itself inside her. In essence, her gift was internalized rather than externalized, which made her a vessel for the magic in a way that directly connected her to Casita.
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Why didn t the Casita give Mirabel a gift?

Casita didn't give a gift to Mirabel because that would have rewarded Abuela for her manipulation, as she pushed for Mirabel to exist just to add more powers to the family – but as Casita also loved the family, it didn't leave Mirabel entirely powerless, and it gave her its own magic, allowing her to communicate with ...
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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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Is Mirabel's door the house door?

Does Mirabel get the front door? So while there's evidence that Mirabel's gift was secretly the front door, the film also shows that Mirabel wasn't truly gifted anything. Instead, she earns the front door to the house in Encanto.
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Why is Mirabel given a door knob?

After the realization, the Madrigals, with the help of all townspeople, build their casita (house) from its ruins. Bruno returns to the family and Mirabel is revealed to be the key that holds the family together. At the end of Encanto, the family creates a doorknob for Mirabel to open their new house with.
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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 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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Why did Mirabel see the house cracking?

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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Why did Mirabel wipe 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.
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Is Mirabel the next abuela?

Mirabel, at an undefined point in time after the events of the first movie, was told by her Abuela Alma, as she was dying, that she was chosen to be the next matriarch of the family, as a thank you for saving the miracle and helping mend the family back together.
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