What's 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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What is Mirabel's Secret gift in Encanto?

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 have a secret gift?

It turns out that she did not get skipped over when it came to the miraculous gifts of the Madrigal family, but is, in fact, the gift itself. While she doesn't have any tangible abilities, Mirabel's special power is love and her ability to bring the family back together allows the magic to come back.
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What does Mirabel's gift end up being?

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 is Mirabel's purpose in Encanto?

Mirabel is a free-spirited and open-minded young woman who is optimistic, but slightly insecure due to the fact that she lacks magical powers, unlike her family members. She devotes herself to saving Casa Madrigal and the magical world of Encanto when Casita cracks, showing her bravery.
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Film Theory: Yes, Mirabel DOES Have A Gift! (Encanto)



Why is Mirabel a butterfly?

The embroidery on her dress is little butterflies because she doesn't have her gift yet. Everyone's costume, once they get their gift, has something to do with their gift - but this means she's in this moment before it happened. She's got butterflies because she doesn't know what her gift is going to be yet.”
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Why did 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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Is Mirabel's gift the Casita?

It seems that she is the Madrigal family's one Muggle, in Harry Potter terms. 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.
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Is Mirabel's gift controlling 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 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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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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Did Mirabel get a power?

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They learn to see each other as people, beyond their special gifts and prescribed family roles. But while the Madrigals are able to embrace their imperfections, Mirabel never does get any powers. In fact, the film never reveals exactly why she didn't get powers in the first place.
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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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Does Mirabel get a gift at all?

For instance, Mirabel's sister Luisa (Jessica Darrow) gets super strength, and her cousin Dolores (Adassa) has the power of keen hearing. However, in the film, Mirabel doesn't get a gift, which causes problems in her relationship with Abuela Alma (María Cecilia Botero).
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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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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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Is Mirabel's miracle the house?

But NothingReallyAndYou reveals that, actually, Mirabel doesn't get a door or a room because the entire Casita is hers. Her gift was the magic in the very walls of the Casita. She is the next caretaker, the leader, the center of the family.
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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 Mirabel's door the whole house?

Every other person in her family got to open their door, receive their gift, and get a gigantic magical room that's the stuff of dreams. But NothingReallyAndYou reveals that, actually, Mirabelle doesn't get a door or a room because the entire Casita is hers.
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Why does Bruno's room break?

The underlying tension and fracture in family relationships also cause the entire magical house to crumble, but the strengthening of the Madrigals' relationships results in the resurrection of the Casita.
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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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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. One of the Encanto directors recently debunked the Mirabel theory.
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Why did Casita let Mirabel walk into a pole?

The Madrigals' love for one another keeps the miracle and the house together and going strong. So it makes sense that Casita would want to stop Mirabel from arguing with her sister and simply let her bump into a pole.
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How did Maribel destroy the house?

She blames Alma for all of the family's problems - and she's right. This is what destroys the house: Maribel rips the facades and masks aside, forcing Alma and everybody else to look at the broken mess of a family beneath. Mirabel's ability to pierce these masks comes from never having developed one of her own.
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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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