History Trivia / Brave

* InMemoriam: The film is dedicated to UsefulNotes/SteveJobs, the iconic Creator/{{Apple}} founder who also played a major role in getting Pixar to where they are today. The clan [[UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh Macintosh]] is also named in his honor.

** In some countries, they used Merida's name as the title, while in some, it was "Merida the Brave".
** In France, it was ''Rebelle'' ("Rebellious" -- feminine form of the word.)
** In Germany, it was "Merida - Legende der Highlands" (Legend of the Highlands).
** In Japan, it was "メリダとおそろしの森" (Merida and the Terrifying Forest).

* DescendedCreator: As the film's co-director and one of the four scriptwriters, Steve Purcell voices the Witch's pet crow.

* TheOtherDarrin: Susanne Blakeslee voiced the Witch in the video game adaptation.

* RoleReprise: Creator/KellyMacdonald returns to voice Merida for the tie-in game.

* {{Defictionalization}}: The [=DunBroch=] tartan is registered as a [[http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails.aspx?ref=10641 real tartan in the Scottish Register of Tartans.]] But you can't use it without Disney/Pixar's permission. Admittedly, this is also somewhat played with in terms of authenticity as the [=DunBroch=] tartan literally can't be made in the traditional methods.

* CreatorsOddball: ''Brave'' is a fairy tale fantasy film that stars a princess, which is the kind of movie you would expect from Creator/{{Disney}} rather than from Creator/{{Pixar}} of all studios, who are typically more known for having more grounded and contemporary stories. Because it is such a departure from the norm, it is not uncommon for people to mistakenly claim ''Brave'' to be a [[AllAnimationIsDisney Disney movie]] as opposed to a Pixar movie, which is not helped by Merida's later induction into the Franchise/DisneyPrincess line.

* InMemorium: Dedicated to UsefulNotes/SteveJobs, the iconic Creator/{{Apple}} founder who also played a major role in getting Pixar to where they are today. The clan [[UsefulNotes/AppleMacintosh Macintosh]] is also named in his honor.

** Much of the film was originally to be set during the winter, with snow being the big technical challenge for the film but when Brenda Chapman left the project, so did the weather. What's more, according to the DVD Commentary, they were going to turn the setting into an EndlessWinter as an addition to [[spoiler:Merida and Mor'du's bear curse]], but in the end chose not to. This may have been done to avoid being to similar to ''WesternAnimation/{{Frozen|2013}}'', which also featured an endless winter curse and was released the following year.

* FakeScot: Averted for the most part. To go into greater detail --

** Creator/ReeseWitherspoon (an American actress) was originally supposed to voice Princess Merida before ultimately being replaced by Glasgow-native, Creator/KellyMacdonald.

** Played with in the case of Elinor's voice actress, Creator/EmmaThompson--she's got Scottish ancestry through her mother's side of the family and did spend part of her life living in Scotland. But she's technically a citizen of England and naturally speaks with an English accent, so she ultimately had to fake a Scottish accent for the movie.

* CleanDubName: M'''é'''rida[[note]]Even if it's likely just a coincidence [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merida,_Spain it's the name of a city in Spain]][[/note]] became Mer'''í'''da (pronounced Meh-ree-dah) in Brazil to avert sounding similar to "merda", meaning shit.

* TalkingToHimself: Creator/KevinMcKidd voices both Lord [=MacGuffin=] and Young [=MacGuffin=]. The brogue he uses for them is a riff on his native Doric accent.

** Creator/JulieWalters (an English actress of Irish descent) voices the Witch and faked a Scottish accent for the movie. Amusingly enough, the next time she did this would [[Film/{{Paddington}} also involve a bear]].

* FakeScot:
** Averted for the most part, with the exception of [[Creator/PixarRegulars John Ratzenberger]], of course. American Creator/ReeseWitherspoon was also originally going to voice Merida, before she was replaced with Glasgow native Creator/KellyMacdonald.
** Played with in the case of Elinor's voice actress, Creator/EmmaThompson--while she does have Scottish ancestry through her mother's side of the family and has spent part of her life in Scotland, she's technically a citizen of England and, due to naturally speaking with an English accent, had to fake a Scottish accent for the movie.
** Creator/JulieWalters also dons a Scottish accent as the Witch. Amusingly enough the next time she did this would [[Film/{{Paddington}} also involve a bear]].

** Creator/SeanConnery was offered the role of King Fergus at one point.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: In the Japanese dub, Merida is voiced by Yuko Oshima from Music/AKB48.

** Julie Walters also dons a Scottish accent as the Witch. Amusingly enough the next time she did this would [[Film/{{Paddington}} also involve a bear]].
* TheForeignSubtitle: Some countries went for this. For example, in Spain, the title is ''Brave (Indomable)'' ("Indomitable").

* TheOtherMarty: Reese Witherspoon was originally cast in the lead but was replaced during recording with Creator/KellyMacdonald.

* FanNickname:
** The blond, [[TheUnintelligible muttering]] suitor has a lot in common with [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Boomhauer]].
** The heavily muscled man who belongs to the Dingwall Clan has been dubbed "The Dingwall Hunk". WordOfGod says his name is "Conan," which is a reference to his inspiration, Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian.

* ImageSource:
** BearsAreBadNews
** FlirtatiousSmackOnTheAss
** SplittingTheArrow
** UglyGuyHotWife

* TheForeignSubtitle: Some countries went for this. For example, in Spain, the title is ''Brave (Indomable)'' ("Indomitable").

** Played with in the case of Creator/EmmaThompson, Elinor's voice actress--she's technically a citizen of England, but she's got Scottish ancestry through her mother's side of the family and has spent part of her life in Scotland. She does however speak with an English accent naturally, and this is one of many projects she's faked a Scottish accent for.

** The movie's official artbook confirms that originally, [[spoiler: Young [=MacGuffin=] is the one Merida ends up with.]] This was probably cut out of the final product since the filmmakers wanted to focus more on the mother/daughter relationship. It's also not particularly surprising that this was the original plan, since [[spoiler:he's the only one of the three that Merida is at ''any'' point impressed by, and the one who actually takes her feelings into account]].

** Creator/SeanConnery was offered the role of King Fergus.