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** The forest and the surrounding city, really. The City is surrounded by smaller towns, pastures and farm lands. The forest seen in the movie is the Tijuca National Park, a urban park (the biggest urban park in the world) in the middle of the city.
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[[caption-width-right:275:[-Your [[FiveManBand Five Bird Band]]. From left to right - [[TeamPet Luiz]], [[TheBigGuy Pedro]], [[TheSmartGuy Nico]], [[TheHero Blu]], [[TheChick Jewel]], and [[TheLancer Rafael]].-] ]]
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->''Flying is not what you think up here, it's what you feel in here''.
'''''Rio''''' is [[BlueSky Blue Sky Studios']] sixth film with TwentiethCenturyFox, originating from director Carlos Saldanha's inspiration from his native upbringing in Brazil. Released on April 15th, 2011 in the U.S., and opened as the #1 movie in its first week.
Blu is a critically endangered Spix's Macaw (referred to as a "[[CaptainErsatz Blue Macaw]]") who lives as a pet with the owner of a small bookstore in wintry, serene Minnesota. However, after a visit from a veterinarian, Blu finds out that he's one of the last of his kind, and there's a ''female'' in South America. He's sent down as part of a captive breeding program, [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil quickly kidnapped along with her]] by a group of smugglers, [[ChainedHeat gets chained together with her]], then [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil they escape and go on an adventure in Rio de Janeiro]].
Oh, and he's [[AcrophobicBird deathly afraid of flying]].
You can watch the teaser and both U.S. trailers [[http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/fox/rio/ here]]. The U.K. trailer is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zPtwe6noxc&feature=channel here]], and includes bonus footage and a "cast call".
Received a surprising single 2012 Academy Award nomination for Best Song ("Real in Rio").
A sequel, scheduled for 2014, has been rumored.
Not to be confused with ''Anime/RioRainbowGate''
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!!''Rio'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AcrophobicBird: Literal example in Blu, due to a traumatic incident where he fell out of his nest before he was old enough to fly. Well [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] later in the jungle.
-->"Out here I'm just an hors d'oeuvres, a feathery spring roll!"\\
"[[CaptainObvious That is why we stay in the trees, and not on the ground]]."
* AdamAndEvePlot
* {{Adorkable}}
** Blu, but given that he's voiced by JesseEisenberg, that's to be expected.
** His owner, Linda, [[UncattyResemblance shares many of Blu's character traits]], including this one.
** Tulio also count as one, including his {{Cloudcuckoolander}} tendencies.
* [[AllAnimationIsDisney All CGI Is Pixar]] ([[AllAnimationIsDisney All Other CGI Is Dreamworks]])
* AlternateAnimalAffection: Surprisingly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. You'd think that with all the [[ShownTheirWork biological and anatomical correctness]] in the movie, they would've replaced kissing with something more realistic, like a nuzzle.
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Many of the animal characters have their moment.
** Blu's ability to open a birdcage from the inside comes as quite a surprise to Jewel, who was trying to break out by force. When Jewel is later captured by Nigel, Blu is briefly seen ''picking a lock'' with his claws to get Jewel out of the cage.
** The marmosets know how to operate cellphones, send text messages, use digital cameras, etc. Although [[RuleOfFunny hilariously]], the text message reads, "Ooo! Ooo! Aaa! Aaa! :(|)" Which is still understood quite specifically by its recipient.
* AnalogyBackfire: Subverted. Rafael refers to Jewel as "the [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Juliet to [Blu's] Romeo]]" -- then quickly follows that up acknowledging that they both die at the end.
* AnimalStereotypes: Cockatoos are smart, temperamental, bitey, very easily become neurotic and are ''loud''. They rather routinely outsmart people trying to control them in Australia, where they are often considered a pest. Imagining one as a villain is not much of a stretch ''at all''.
* AnimalTalk: Zig-zagged in that animals of the same species have different languages -- the Brazilian birds (like Jewel) can speak both Portugese and English, while Blu, who was raised in the U.S.A, only speaks English. Other native Brazilian birds like Rafael, Nic and Pedro are never heard in anything but English. During one chase scene, Blu jokes about being bilingual after imitating a dog's bark to scare off a street cat.
* AudibleGleam: Look closely when Luiz is about to fire up his table saw.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis
** Subverted when Blu makes his attempt to smash the chain with the boulder, but played straight twice towards the end of the film when he [[spoiler:uses the fire hydrant to "bust his cage open like a soda can", and then also uses it to dispose of Nigel.]]
** Prior to this, the trope is subverted when Blu studies flying and then attempts to do so in the library, but panics at the last moment and ends up as a macaw Christmas tree. And throughout the film, his "thrust, lift, drag, weight" mantra always ends in him having a panic attack at the last moment. Rafael says it perfectly:
-->'''Rafael:''' You ''think'' too much!
* AxCrazy: Nigel
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:Blu and Jewel. Well, that was the whole point of getting them together.]]
* BadassBookworm: In the third act, Blu, Linda, and Tulio are [[TookALevelInBadass promoted to the rank]].
* BarBrawl: Well, samba club brawl.
* BetaCouple: Linda and Tulio.
* BewareTheCuteOnes: The toucan babies, upon first meeting Blu and Jewel, act so cute and adorable that Jewel teases Blu to "be careful... they might snuggle you to death!" And then a few seconds later one of the babies starts tearing out Blu's feathers, while the other one does the same to Jewel and... well, it snowballs from there. And though he loves his family, even Rafael is not immune to this.
-->'''Rafael:''' No no no, don't turn around; they can sense fear!
* BigBad: [[EvilPoacher Marcel]]
* BigNo: The ''entire city'' of Rio lets out a collective one when Nigel's impact with a power transformer blacks out the city ''right'' as their soccer team is about to score the final point during a major game.
* BilingualBonus: Blink and you'll miss it, but after Tulio dresses in the macaw costume, he catches a glimpse of himself in a mirror and exclaims "Cyanopsitta spixii!" the scientific name of a Spix Macaw. For ornithologically-versed viewers, this one kind of transcends language. The word "Spix" sticks out quite clearly.
* BookEnds: The movie begins in the rainforest when Blu was a baby, and ends in the rainforest [[spoiler:where Blu is now living with Jewel and their children]]. Both scenes even have the same samba being sung.
* CallBack:
-->'''Blu:''' ''I'm gonna pop this cage open like a soda can!''\\\
'''Blu:''' I'm not gonna let you go! We're ''chained to each other'' birds, remember?\\\
'''Linda:''' That's my big, brave boy.
* TheCapitalOfBrazilIsBuenosAires: Averted in every way possible. It helps that the director is Brazilian.
** Except for the fact that they go the Brazil just in time for Carnival.
** And for Jewel's Portuguese accent. And for the inaccurate Portuguese in the "missing" poster for Blu (the word "extensão" makes no sense in that context. The correct word would be "ramal").
* CaptainErsatz: Blu and Jewel are referred to as "Blue Macaws" instead of Spix's Macaws, as the latter name has UnfortunateImplications. Somewhat justified by a common nickname for the Spix's: Little Blue Macaw (which is also the translated Portuguese name of the bird). They do manage to sneak the real name in at one point (see BilingualBonus above).
* CardCarryingVillain: Nigel, complete with a VillainSong.
* CarnivoresAreMean: Real-life cockatoos are omnivorous, and Nigel has no problem munching on a chicken leg or threatening to eat the smaller of the caged birds. There's no indication whatsoever if the heroic macaws (who are also omnivores in real life) would see canaries and red-crested cardinals as appetizers. However, in this case it's rather justified, as Nigel actively uses this to frighten the other birds his owner has captured and is a CardCarryingVillain.
* ChainedHeat: Blu and Jewel. [[CaptainObvious Of course]].
* ChekhovsGun
** More of a Chekhov's Affliction with Luiz's uncontrollable drooling, [[spoiler:which lubes the cuffs and makes them slip clean (arguably) off of Blu and Jewel.]]
** Chekhov's Song: Lionel Richie's ''Say You, Say Me''.
* ChekhovsSkill: Without the ability to fly, Blu had to practice other methods of locomotion. These skills come in handy later on.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Tulio sure likes to imitate birds.
* CostumePorn: The carnival, in spades. Although the actual carnival is just about the same, if not [[UpToEleven even more]] [[RealityIsUnrealistic extravagant]].
* {{Crossover}}: There's a Rio-themed adaptation of ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'', of all things.
* CuteBookworm: Linda
* CuteLittleFangs: The marmosets.
* DancePartyEnding
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Nigel demonstrates this ability upon capturing Jewel on the float:
-->'''Jewel:''' You'll never find [Blu]! He's already gone.\\
'''Nigel:''' I don't need to find him. He'll find you.
** It does seem to desert him at the end [[spoiler:when he leaves Blu alone in his cage, despite knowing he's smart enough to open latches & pick locks.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Jewel and Linda.
* DeathGlare
** Tulio when he finds out who took Blu.
** From both sides at the start of the "Birds vs Monkeys" fight.
* DieOrFly: Rather literally, too, during the climax of the film. [[spoiler:Jewel's wing is injured while they escape from the smuggler's plane, and Blue has to save her.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:Or should we say, the monkeys laugh at their defeathered boss.]]
* DontThinkFeel: The key to Blu finally learning how to fly. (That, and [[spoiler:ThePowerOfLove]]).
* DownerBeginning
* TheDragon: Nigel the Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo.
-->"I know I'm not a pretty birdy. / *snap* [[GigglingVillain MuaHAha!]]"
* DragonInChief: And Nigel turns out to be more intelligent, competent, and menacing than his master, to say nothing of his dim-witted goons.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Blu and Jewel have to go through a lot of grief to finally have their happy ending.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Nigel's is forcing a tiny bird to pick bird meat out of his beak, just so he can try to snap the poor thing's leg off.
* EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys / ManiacMonkeys: The pickpocket marmosets. They are nefarious, but still very amusing, and can be both tropes at once. Though they at first refused to work for Nigel, [[spoiler:he dropped their leader from several hundred feet, only saving him when they agreed to work for him.]]
* EvilLaugh: Nigel has a rather annoying one.
* EvillyAffable: Nigel seems polite in his speech, but it doesn't hide his CompleteMonster status ''in the least'', instead merely adding to his horror factor.
* EvilPoacher: The BigBad, Marcel; though to be fair he's not out to hurt them, just smuggle them out for money.
* {{Fanservice}}: All those dancers in revealing bird suits are quite eye catchers.
* FeatheredFiend: Nigel is the epitome of this trope.
* FeatherFingers: Played straight with general wing gestures and Nico's use of his bottle-cap hat, although Blu, Jewel, and Nigel rely primarily on their feet when they actually need to manipulate objects.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: Blu's anti-samba rant makes everyone cringe. Nico even breaks down crying.
* FishOutOfWater: Blu, especially shown the first time he goes back to the jungle he was born in.
* [[FiveManBand Five Bird Band]]
** TheChick: [[UpToEleven Good heavens, Blu]] -- at the start. [[spoiler:He TakesALevelInBadass and upgrades to TheHero to rescue Jewel at the end.]]
** TheHero: Jewel the ActionGirl of the movie. She's not interested in wooing, she's interested in ''escaping''. [[spoiler:But Nigel ultimately forces her into being a BadassInDistress, and forces Blu to don TheHero mantle]].
** TheLancer: Rafael the Toco Toucan.
** TheBigGuy: The Red-Crested Cardinal, Pedro.
** TheSmartGuy: Nico the canary. He gets to strut his stuff in the [[spoiler:underground avian Samba club, and trying to play matchmaker between Blu and Jewel.]]
*** Blu also had shades of this. Most of the time, when he had only his wits to help him (that's to say ''a lot''), he'll manage.
** TeamPet: Luiz the bulldog.
* FlashbackCut
** Blu experiences a flashback to his early days in Rio while almost involuntarily dancing to the beat in "Hot Wings I Wanna Party".
** As Blu [[spoiler:jumps out of the plane to grab hold of Jewel]], he remembers how he fell out of his nest.
* FlightOfRomance: Blu and Jewel do this at the end of the movie.
* ForeignQueasine: At the churrascaria -- flambed chicken hearts. (Yes, that is a [[ShownTheirWork Brazilian delicacy]]). Interrupted by the [[spoiler:call telling Tulio that Blu and Jewel had been kidnapped.]]
* ForTheEvulz: Nigel's VillainSong has him list some things he does just for this. He also [[CompleteMonster tortures the birds his owner have captive for fun]].
* FreudianExcuse: Nigel says he's evil because his superstar life-style was taken from him by a prettier bird, making him [[GreenEyedMonster jealous of all the other "pretty birdies"]]. He takes out this bitterness by helping his owner capture attractive birds and adding to their misery and fear at every opportunity.
* FullNameUltimatum: When Blu is refusing to take his vitamins Linda, reveals that Blu is not actually his first name. [[FullNameUltimatum "Tyler Blu Gunderson!"]]
* GaussianGirl: Jewel, repeatedly to Blu. It becomes a RunningGag when it happens to Linda, [[ItMakesSenseInContext when first dressed as a macaw]].
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar
** In a ''G-rated'' movie. One of the marmosets takes a GroinAttack, and spits out a pair of ''jewels''.
** "Holy Spit!/This place is the ''spit''!", [[Film/DieHard "Yippie-ki-yay, monkey-man!"]]
** There's also Jewel performing the Heimlich on Blu. Although, it definitely doesn't look like the Heimlich.
-->'''Raphael:''' Yup, that's my boy!
** Nigel refers to himself as a "bird murderer" and also chloroforms a human. If you're paying attention you can see Nigel press a rag over the guy's mouth before the guy passes out.
** This... interesting... little exchange:
--> '''Blu:''' Oh, no, no! It's not what you think. We're just uh... chained together.\\
'''Nico:''' Hey, I'm not judging you.\\
'''Pedro:''' Keep it ''spicy!''
* GigglingVillain: Nigel
* GoodOldFashionedFisticuffs: At one point, a marmoset strikes several kung-fu poses, only to be swiftly taken down by Raphael's beak.
* GoryDiscretionShot: The camera cuts away just before [[spoiler:Nigel is sucked into the escape plane's propellors.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Nigel's VillainSong reveals that part of the reason for his cruelty towards other birds is because he's jealous of their beauty (compared to his brutish appearance). This envy comes from being replaced as the star of a TV show by a far more attractive bird.
* GroinAttack: Jewel gives one to the king of the marmosets with the chain holding her and Blu together.
* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:Fernando in the ending]].
* HappilyEverAfter
* {{Hikikomori}}: Technically, Blu. Since he was picked up by Linda, he's almost never been outdoors, and has trouble socializing with other birds.
* HartmanHips: Basically every female in the movie that isn't Linda, Jewel or another bird.
* HelicopterBlender / TurbineBlender: An old-timey propeller plane in this case. [[spoiler:Nigel is is apparently killed in the rotating blades, but is shown to have survived at the end, only shaved of his feathers and humiliated by his former henchmen]].
* HenpeckedHusband: Rafael the toucan, almost literally, by his Keel-Billed Toucan wife. Nonetheless he still does love her, willing to gladly sacrifice Carnival to spend time with her.
* HeroStoleMyBike: Linda steals a ''carnival float''.
* HighAltitudeInterrogation: How Nigel [[AggressiveNegotiations "negotiates"]] with the monkey leader.
* IAmSong: "Pretty Bird" serves as both this and a VillainSong for Nigel, as he explains his backstory and how delighted he is to be a villain.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Nigel particularly enjoys capturing and subduing Jewel, ''a lot''.
* ImAHumanitarian: Nigel eats the meat of other birds -- [[ShownTheirWork not terribly unusual for a cockatoo]]. However, it's all squick to the mooks, terror for the smaller captured birds -- and he plays it up for all it's worth.
* InsistentTerminology:
-->'''Jewel:''' I wouldn't expect a ''pet'' to understand.\\
'''Blu:''' Did you just call me a ''pet?!'' For your information, I'm not a pet; I am a ''companion''.
* InstantSedation: That chloroform-soaked rag Nigel used to incapacitate the guard must be pretty powerful.
* IntellectualAnimal: They can even [[AnimalTalk talk to each other (but not the human cast)]].
* ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans: Rio de Janeiro is preparing for the unavoidable carnival. (However, it is the right time of year for it.)
* IWasQuiteALooker: Stated by Nigel's VillainSong.
* KissingDiscretionShot: When Rafi kisses Eva, their beaks are partially hidden and the camera cuts away briefly.
* LargeHam
** Jemaine Clement as Nigel, the [[EvilIsHammy evil white cockatoo]].
** And in the Brazilian dub he is voiced by Guilherme Briggs, who is pretty much the NorioWakamoto of Brazilian voice acting.
* LastOfHisKind: Jewel and Blu are the last of their kind [[spoiler:until the end]].
* MadeOfIron: Nigel survives flying face first into an electric line with enough force to knock out power to most of Rio de Janeiro with only a few burnt feathers. [[spoiler:In the end, he survives being sucked into an airplane propeller, but loses nearly all his feathers in the process.]]
* MadnessMantra: The poor [[BreakTheCutie Military Macaw]] in the cage, spinning and repeating, "I'm a pretty bird!" (Also see the FridgeHorror entry).
* {{Meganekko}}: Linda
* MonkeyMoralityPose: It's easy to miss the marmosets' reaction when Nigel blackmails their leader -- an image of the same scene is included during the closing credits.
* MoodWhiplash: The entire opening scene, about three times. Seriously.
* MusicalisInterruptus: There are more songs in the movie that ''are'' interrupted than are ''not.'' "Real in Rio", "Mas Que Nada", "Hot Wings (I Wanna Party)", "Fly Love" and "Funky Monkey" are all interrupted, and three of those five are non-comedic examples.
* MyBelovedSmother: While he never outright states it, Tulio does imply that it was Linda's doting that caused Blu to be so introverted and never learn to fly.
* NerdGlasses: Worn by Tulio and Linda.
* NerdsAreSexy: Tulio and Linda fit the bill.
* NeverSayDie: Averted, surprisingly for a G-Rated film. Jewel outright says they'll die if they can't escape the smugglers and Nigel refers to himself as a "bird murderer" in his VillainSong. Blu also says that he'd like to go five minutes without almost getting killed.
* NeverTrustATrailer: The teaser trailer (which turned out to have just sampled a sequence directly from the film) made Rafael out to be a more prominent, important role than he actually is. Also, it made audiences think Blu is ''physically'' incapable of flight, when in fact he just needs more confidence.
* NiceHat: Nico's bottle cap hat.
* NoInfantileAmnesia: Blu does remember the song the jungle birds sang, as well as his fall from the nest from when he was little (the latter memory being the reason he doesn't know how to fly).
* NoJustNoReaction: Nigel's song number.
-->'''Blu:''' Not ''cool,'' man! Scary... but not cool!
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Nigel is seemingly killed when he ends up being hit by an airplane propeller, but turns out to still be alive at the end, only had most of his feathers sliced off in the process.]]
* ObfuscatingDisability: Nigel
* OhCrap: Nigel gets one of these before [[spoiler:getting hit by the plane's propeller, after getting jetted out of the plane by a fire extinguisher that Blu attached to his leg.]]
* OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace: Played with. Blu mating with Jewel is the only way to save the species... except Blu is clearly awkward with the idea, and Jewel openly despises him. [[CharacterDevelopment At first, that is]].
* OppositesAttract: Blu and Jewel really couldn't be more different than each other if they tried. Blu is a rather cowardly house pet who can't fly, Jewel is a brave ActionGirl from the wild who had to be taught to run properly by Blu when they couldn't fly. [[spoiler:And yet they still end up happy mates.]]
* PaleFemalesDarkMales: Blu is just a tad darker than Jewel. This trope is the case for many exotic birds in RealLife.
* LeParkour: The marmosets' movement style was based on this, while their fighting style was based on {{Capoeira}}.
* PlayingPossum: Jewel and Blu try this to escape the Smugglers early in the film. Blu makes a LargeHam out of himself about it.
* PoliceAreUseless: When trying to explain how Blu and Jewel were stolen, the guard demonstrates placing the chloroform-soaked rag over his mouth -- and promptly faints. The policeman examines it by sniffing, only to faint too.
-->'''Linda:''' [[LampshadeHanging We're]] [[SurroundedByIdiots doomed!]]
* ThePowerOfLove: What allows Blu to finally fly.
* RedOniBlueOni: Pedro is Red (literally), Nico is Blue (metaphorically). Seen especially clearly when they're both trying to give Blu advice on how to woo Jewel.
* RealMenWearPink: Several tough guys, like Silvio the guard and Luiz the bulldog, love wearing silly costumes for the carnival.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When Blu -- after proving a natural talent at samba dancing throughout the movie -- finally loses it and goes off about how much he hates samba. This leads into his HeroicBSOD and causes Nico to completely break down.
** JerkassFacade: He does this to dissuade himself from Jewel; it's heavily implied that Blu feels he is not good enough for her. Lampshaded by Rafael who told him to make decision with his heart, not his head.
* RoadTripRomance
* SceneryPorn: Rio de Janeiro and the surrounding forests are ''gorgeous''.
* SeldomSeenSpecies
** Toucans, red-crested cardinals, and many more exotic birds.
** Greenwing and Blue-and-Gold and Military Macaws, oh my!
*** Blink and you'll miss it, but there was also a scarlet macaw during the bird clinic scene.
** The movie makers went [[ShownTheirWork out of their way]] to depict birds native to Brazil.
*** And let's face it, it's not like there's a pile of movies depicting marmosets either.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Linda in the Carnival outfit. She [[NerdsAreSexy wasn't ugly at all before]], but in that outfit... oh my.
* ShipperOnDeck: Rafael, Nico and Pedro constantly try to pair Blu and Jewel, Rafael even commenting that Blu's the Romeo and Jewel's the Juliet.
* ShoutOut
** To ''Film/DieHard'' of all things. Twice, even: "Yippie-ki-yay, monkey-man!" [[spoiler:Nigel apparently was the star performer in ''Fly Hard'']]. Doubles as an IncrediblyLamePun.
** Nico throws his bottle cap as if it was a [[CaptainAmerica mighty shield]]. It even comes back to his hand after stunning a monkey.
** After interrogating it for Blu and Jewel's destination, Nigel hurls a small, round bird into a pile of boxes and crates. Keep in mind the crossover release of ''VideoGame/AngryBirds Rio''.
** Furthermore, blink and you're miss it, but upon entering the bird clinic, a small round red bird with heavily dark eyes -- almost perfect for the iconic main bird of ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' -- flies across the screen, followed shortly by three smaller round blue birds all together.
** Another one to the Paulie Shore movie ''In the Army Now'', with Blu's "spider on my back" being uncannily similar to the scorpion scene, except in the jungle and done by birds with a different arachnid.
** When Tulio attempts to ride the motorcycle and fails, take a look just underneath the graffiti that says "Re!" You'll see the safe house emblem from ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''
** After nearly getting killed for the twelve-millionth time in the past ten minutes, Jewel saying that "I'm gonna chew through my own leg soon if this [chain] doesn't come off" brings to mind, of all things, ''{{Film/Saw}}'' -- or perhaps ''Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours''.
* ShownTheirWork
** Blu is an almost perfectly modeled Spix's Macaw, down to the iris color -- [[http://www.digischool.nl/en/hotpot/leesvaardigheid/3%20sterren/Spix%27s_Macaw.jpg see for yourself]]. The Spix's Macaw is also [[TruthInTelevision now extinct in the wild, and there's an active captive breeding program to increase their numbers]].
** A few other birds (Red-Crested Cardinal, Toco Toucan) are based on birds common around Rio. The Spix's Macaw was also found around there.
** At one point, Nigel is seen eating bird meat, something real cockatoo sometimes do.
** That football match that keeps the citizens of Rio glued to their [=TVs=] is, judging by the flags shown for a second, between Brazil and Argentina -- one of the great rivalries.
* SmugSnake: Nigel is extremely fond of himself and regards everyone but his master as complete morons.
* SomethingElseAlsoRises
** When Tulio first sees Linda in the (surprisingly revealing) macaw costume she is wearing for the parade, fireworks start going off in the distance behind him.
** Blu's reaction to being kissed by Jewel is to extend his wings erect.
* SomewhereAnOrnithologistIsCrying: For all their ShownTheirWork moments, the team couldn't get everything right:
** All of the parrots in the film are only three-toed; they lack the second backward-pointing toe in the zygodactyl foot.
** The baby macaws seem conspicuously well-fledged given the (highly exaggerated) head:body ratio. This is probably just to make them [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cute for all audiences]], rather than the UglyCute that only an avian enthusiast would love.
** At one point, Blu implies that he is capable of "peeing". However, bird cannot "pee" as such; liquid and solid wastes are excreted from the cloaca together.
** [[AllAnimalsAreDogs All Parrots are Cockatoos]]. Macaws, Conures, even non-parrot Toucans, they all have strange crest-like head feathers. Made doubly weird because the animators obviously [[ShowTheirWork knew how cockatoo crests work]]. Those head feathers were probably given to be like "hair", so the birds have more distinct appearances.
** At one point, Blu is fed hot chocolate. Problem? Chocolate is poisonous to birds.
** In the opening scene, while Blu is in a nest inside a den (accurately for parrots), there's a family of yellow parrots who have a cup-shaped nest on a branch.
* SpitefulSpit: Jewel does this to one of the marmosets when they attack the avian samba club. Subverted after that that Blu tries to do the same too, but fails miserably.
* StealthPun
** When Marcel tells his goons to feed Nigel, they decide by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors, saying: "Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!" Then later on when deciding who should take the last parachute, the goons go "Rock, paper, scissors..." then Marcel cuts in saying: "Chute!" as he gets it for himself.
** Rafael, Nico and Pedro [[ShipperOnDeck make it their job to set the mood for Blu and Jewel]]. What are guys like that normally called? ''Wing''men.
* StreetUrchin: Fernando
* SurroundedByIdiots
** Marcel is infuriated by his goons' stupidity and remarks that Nigel the cockatoo is ten times more intelligent than both of them combined. And he's pretty much correct in that statement.
** Nigel feels this way about the marmosets [[spoiler:after the birds beat the tar out of them. So he decides to do it himself.]]
* ThoseTwoGuys / FatAndSkinny: Pedro and Nico.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Marcel's two incompetent goons. Also FatAndSkinny. And SaltAndPepper.
* TookALevelInBadass: Blu's badassery progresses throughout the movie. Also Linda, who goes from a timid bookstore owner to a woman willing to [[spoiler:steal a carnival float and drive it into an oncoming plane]], and Tulio, who actively aids Linda in her exploits.
* ToothyBird: Averted. The birds are perfectly expressive with their beaks. Somewhat {{Lampshaded}}: Blu still made a point of brushing his beak. It was an important ritual for his person, so he did it too.
* TrailOfBreadCrumbs: [[spoiler:Fernando leaves a trail of pieces of cloth from Marcel's chicken float for Linda and Tulio to follow.]]
* TriumphantReprise: "Real in Rio", while an upbeat song about life, love and fun, is ''brutally'' [[MusicalisInterruptus cut short]] when the birds are [[DownerBeginning taken by the smugglers]]. "Real in Rio (Reprise)" is another upbeat song about life, love and fun, and this time [[spoiler:it comes with a happy ending]].
* TruthInTelevision: We get a few bird facts shoved in by Blu. (Also see ShownTheirWork above).
* {{Tsundere}}: Jewel
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: It's a pretty typical CGI family comedy -- with a [[AxCrazy psychotic]], [[NightmareFuel genuinely frightening]] cockatoo as one of the villains.
* VillainSong: Nigel gets one called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFj4QTjFV_w&feature=related "Pretty Bird"]]. He states he used to be rather beautiful until he got replaced and is now a CardCarryingVillain.
* WastedSong: The ''fantastic'' love song "Fly Love", sung by Jamie Foxx's character Niko, is almost completely lost beneath the scene's dialogue, except for the signature whistling part. (Of course, it's present on the soundtrack, thankfully).
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[[caption-width-right:275:[-Your [[FiveManBand Five Bird Band]]. From left to right - [[TeamPet Luiz]], [[TheBigGuy Pedro]], [[TheSmartGuy Nico]], [[TheHero Blu]], [[TheChick Jewel]], and [[TheLancer Rafael]].-] ]]
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->''Flying is not what you think up here, it's what you feel in here''.
'''''Rio''''' is [[BlueSky Blue Sky Studios']] sixth film with TwentiethCenturyFox, originating from director Carlos Saldanha's inspiration from his native upbringing in Brazil. Released on April 15th, 2011 in the U.S., and opened as the #1 movie in its first week.
Blu is a critically endangered Spix's Macaw (referred to as a "[[CaptainErsatz Blue Macaw]]") who lives as a pet with the owner of a small bookstore in wintry, serene Minnesota. However, after a visit from a veterinarian, Blu finds out that he's one of the last of his kind, and there's a ''female'' in South America. He's sent down as part of a captive breeding program, [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil quickly kidnapped along with her]] by a group of smugglers, [[ChainedHeat gets chained together with her]], then [[TrailersAlwaysSpoil they escape and go on an adventure in Rio de Janeiro]].
Oh, and he's [[AcrophobicBird deathly afraid of flying]].
You can watch the teaser and both U.S. trailers [[http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/fox/rio/ here]]. The U.K. trailer is [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zPtwe6noxc&feature=channel here]], and includes bonus footage and a "cast call".
Received a surprising single 2012 Academy Award nomination for Best Song ("Real in Rio").
A sequel, scheduled for 2014, has been rumored.
Not to be confused with ''Anime/RioRainbowGate''
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!!''Rio'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AcrophobicBird: Literal example in Blu, due to a traumatic incident where he fell out of his nest before he was old enough to fly. Well [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] later in the jungle.
-->"Out here I'm just an hors d'oeuvres, a feathery spring roll!"\\
"[[CaptainObvious That is why we stay in the trees, and not on the ground]]."
* AdamAndEvePlot
* {{Adorkable}}
** Blu, but given that he's voiced by JesseEisenberg, that's to be expected.
** His owner, Linda, [[UncattyResemblance shares many of Blu's character traits]], including this one.
** Tulio also count as one, including his {{Cloudcuckoolander}} tendencies.
* [[AllAnimationIsDisney All CGI Is Pixar]] ([[AllAnimationIsDisney All Other CGI Is Dreamworks]])
* AlternateAnimalAffection: Surprisingly [[SubvertedTrope subverted]]. You'd think that with all the [[ShownTheirWork biological and anatomical correctness]] in the movie, they would've replaced kissing with something more realistic, like a nuzzle.
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: Many of the animal characters have their moment.
** Blu's ability to open a birdcage from the inside comes as quite a surprise to Jewel, who was trying to break out by force. When Jewel is later captured by Nigel, Blu is briefly seen ''picking a lock'' with his claws to get Jewel out of the cage.
** The marmosets know how to operate cellphones, send text messages, use digital cameras, etc. Although [[RuleOfFunny hilariously]], the text message reads, "Ooo! Ooo! Aaa! Aaa! :(|)" Which is still understood quite specifically by its recipient.
* AnalogyBackfire: Subverted. Rafael refers to Jewel as "the [[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Juliet to [Blu's] Romeo]]" -- then quickly follows that up acknowledging that they both die at the end.
* AnimalStereotypes: Cockatoos are smart, temperamental, bitey, very easily become neurotic and are ''loud''. They rather routinely outsmart people trying to control them in Australia, where they are often considered a pest. Imagining one as a villain is not much of a stretch ''at all''.
* AnimalTalk: Zig-zagged in that animals of the same species have different languages -- the Brazilian birds (like Jewel) can speak both Portugese and English, while Blu, who was raised in the U.S.A, only speaks English. Other native Brazilian birds like Rafael, Nic and Pedro are never heard in anything but English. During one chase scene, Blu jokes about being bilingual after imitating a dog's bark to scare off a street cat.
* AudibleGleam: Look closely when Luiz is about to fire up his table saw.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis
** Subverted when Blu makes his attempt to smash the chain with the boulder, but played straight twice towards the end of the film when he [[spoiler:uses the fire hydrant to "bust his cage open like a soda can", and then also uses it to dispose of Nigel.]]
** Prior to this, the trope is subverted when Blu studies flying and then attempts to do so in the library, but panics at the last moment and ends up as a macaw Christmas tree. And throughout the film, his "thrust, lift, drag, weight" mantra always ends in him having a panic attack at the last moment. Rafael says it perfectly:
-->'''Rafael:''' You ''think'' too much!
* AxCrazy: Nigel
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:Blu and Jewel. Well, that was the whole point of getting them together.]]
* BadassBookworm: In the third act, Blu, Linda, and Tulio are [[TookALevelInBadass promoted to the rank]].
* BarBrawl: Well, samba club brawl.
* BetaCouple: Linda and Tulio.
* BewareTheCuteOnes: The toucan babies, upon first meeting Blu and Jewel, act so cute and adorable that Jewel teases Blu to "be careful... they might snuggle you to death!" And then a few seconds later one of the babies starts tearing out Blu's feathers, while the other one does the same to Jewel and... well, it snowballs from there. And though he loves his family, even Rafael is not immune to this.
-->'''Rafael:''' No no no, don't turn around; they can sense fear!
* BigBad: [[EvilPoacher Marcel]]
* BigNo: The ''entire city'' of Rio lets out a collective one when Nigel's impact with a power transformer blacks out the city ''right'' as their soccer team is about to score the final point during a major game.
* BilingualBonus: Blink and you'll miss it, but after Tulio dresses in the macaw costume, he catches a glimpse of himself in a mirror and exclaims "Cyanopsitta spixii!" the scientific name of a Spix Macaw. For ornithologically-versed viewers, this one kind of transcends language. The word "Spix" sticks out quite clearly.
* BookEnds: The movie begins in the rainforest when Blu was a baby, and ends in the rainforest [[spoiler:where Blu is now living with Jewel and their children]]. Both scenes even have the same samba being sung.
* CallBack:
-->'''Blu:''' ''I'm gonna pop this cage open like a soda can!''\\\
'''Blu:''' I'm not gonna let you go! We're ''chained to each other'' birds, remember?\\\
'''Linda:''' That's my big, brave boy.
* TheCapitalOfBrazilIsBuenosAires: Averted in every way possible. It helps that the director is Brazilian.
** Except for the fact that they go the Brazil just in time for Carnival.
** And for Jewel's Portuguese accent. And for the inaccurate Portuguese in the "missing" poster for Blu (the word "extensão" makes no sense in that context. The correct word would be "ramal").
* CaptainErsatz: Blu and Jewel are referred to as "Blue Macaws" instead of Spix's Macaws, as the latter name has UnfortunateImplications. Somewhat justified by a common nickname for the Spix's: Little Blue Macaw (which is also the translated Portuguese name of the bird). They do manage to sneak the real name in at one point (see BilingualBonus above).
* CardCarryingVillain: Nigel, complete with a VillainSong.
* CarnivoresAreMean: Real-life cockatoos are omnivorous, and Nigel has no problem munching on a chicken leg or threatening to eat the smaller of the caged birds. There's no indication whatsoever if the heroic macaws (who are also omnivores in real life) would see canaries and red-crested cardinals as appetizers. However, in this case it's rather justified, as Nigel actively uses this to frighten the other birds his owner has captured and is a CardCarryingVillain.
* ChainedHeat: Blu and Jewel. [[CaptainObvious Of course]].
* ChekhovsGun
** More of a Chekhov's Affliction with Luiz's uncontrollable drooling, [[spoiler:which lubes the cuffs and makes them slip clean (arguably) off of Blu and Jewel.]]
** Chekhov's Song: Lionel Richie's ''Say You, Say Me''.
* ChekhovsSkill: Without the ability to fly, Blu had to practice other methods of locomotion. These skills come in handy later on.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Tulio sure likes to imitate birds.
* CostumePorn: The carnival, in spades. Although the actual carnival is just about the same, if not [[UpToEleven even more]] [[RealityIsUnrealistic extravagant]].
* {{Crossover}}: There's a Rio-themed adaptation of ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'', of all things.
* CuteBookworm: Linda
* CuteLittleFangs: The marmosets.
* DancePartyEnding
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Nigel demonstrates this ability upon capturing Jewel on the float:
-->'''Jewel:''' You'll never find [Blu]! He's already gone.\\
'''Nigel:''' I don't need to find him. He'll find you.
** It does seem to desert him at the end [[spoiler:when he leaves Blu alone in his cage, despite knowing he's smart enough to open latches & pick locks.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: Jewel and Linda.
* DeathGlare
** Tulio when he finds out who took Blu.
** From both sides at the start of the "Birds vs Monkeys" fight.
* DieOrFly: Rather literally, too, during the climax of the film. [[spoiler:Jewel's wing is injured while they escape from the smuggler's plane, and Blue has to save her.]]
* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:Or should we say, the monkeys laugh at their defeathered boss.]]
* DontThinkFeel: The key to Blu finally learning how to fly. (That, and [[spoiler:ThePowerOfLove]]).
* DownerBeginning
* TheDragon: Nigel the Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo.
-->"I know I'm not a pretty birdy. / *snap* [[GigglingVillain MuaHAha!]]"
* DragonInChief: And Nigel turns out to be more intelligent, competent, and menacing than his master, to say nothing of his dim-witted goons.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:Blu and Jewel have to go through a lot of grief to finally have their happy ending.]]
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Nigel's is forcing a tiny bird to pick bird meat out of his beak, just so he can try to snap the poor thing's leg off.
* EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys / ManiacMonkeys: The pickpocket marmosets. They are nefarious, but still very amusing, and can be both tropes at once. Though they at first refused to work for Nigel, [[spoiler:he dropped their leader from several hundred feet, only saving him when they agreed to work for him.]]
* EvilLaugh: Nigel has a rather annoying one.
* EvillyAffable: Nigel seems polite in his speech, but it doesn't hide his CompleteMonster status ''in the least'', instead merely adding to his horror factor.
* EvilPoacher: The BigBad, Marcel; though to be fair he's not out to hurt them, just smuggle them out for money.
* {{Fanservice}}: All those dancers in revealing bird suits are quite eye catchers.
* FeatheredFiend: Nigel is the epitome of this trope.
* FeatherFingers: Played straight with general wing gestures and Nico's use of his bottle-cap hat, although Blu, Jewel, and Nigel rely primarily on their feet when they actually need to manipulate objects.
* FelonyMisdemeanor: Blu's anti-samba rant makes everyone cringe. Nico even breaks down crying.
* FishOutOfWater: Blu, especially shown the first time he goes back to the jungle he was born in.
* [[FiveManBand Five Bird Band]]
** TheChick: [[UpToEleven Good heavens, Blu]] -- at the start. [[spoiler:He TakesALevelInBadass and upgrades to TheHero to rescue Jewel at the end.]]
** TheHero: Jewel the ActionGirl of the movie. She's not interested in wooing, she's interested in ''escaping''. [[spoiler:But Nigel ultimately forces her into being a BadassInDistress, and forces Blu to don TheHero mantle]].
** TheLancer: Rafael the Toco Toucan.
** TheBigGuy: The Red-Crested Cardinal, Pedro.
** TheSmartGuy: Nico the canary. He gets to strut his stuff in the [[spoiler:underground avian Samba club, and trying to play matchmaker between Blu and Jewel.]]
*** Blu also had shades of this. Most of the time, when he had only his wits to help him (that's to say ''a lot''), he'll manage.
** TeamPet: Luiz the bulldog.
* FlashbackCut
** Blu experiences a flashback to his early days in Rio while almost involuntarily dancing to the beat in "Hot Wings I Wanna Party".
** As Blu [[spoiler:jumps out of the plane to grab hold of Jewel]], he remembers how he fell out of his nest.
* FlightOfRomance: Blu and Jewel do this at the end of the movie.
* ForeignQueasine: At the churrascaria -- flambed chicken hearts. (Yes, that is a [[ShownTheirWork Brazilian delicacy]]). Interrupted by the [[spoiler:call telling Tulio that Blu and Jewel had been kidnapped.]]
* ForTheEvulz: Nigel's VillainSong has him list some things he does just for this. He also [[CompleteMonster tortures the birds his owner have captive for fun]].
* FreudianExcuse: Nigel says he's evil because his superstar life-style was taken from him by a prettier bird, making him [[GreenEyedMonster jealous of all the other "pretty birdies"]]. He takes out this bitterness by helping his owner capture attractive birds and adding to their misery and fear at every opportunity.
* FullNameUltimatum: When Blu is refusing to take his vitamins Linda, reveals that Blu is not actually his first name. [[FullNameUltimatum "Tyler Blu Gunderson!"]]
* GaussianGirl: Jewel, repeatedly to Blu. It becomes a RunningGag when it happens to Linda, [[ItMakesSenseInContext when first dressed as a macaw]].
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar
** In a ''G-rated'' movie. One of the marmosets takes a GroinAttack, and spits out a pair of ''jewels''.
** "Holy Spit!/This place is the ''spit''!", [[Film/DieHard "Yippie-ki-yay, monkey-man!"]]
** There's also Jewel performing the Heimlich on Blu. Although, it definitely doesn't look like the Heimlich.
-->'''Raphael:''' Yup, that's my boy!
** Nigel refers to himself as a "bird murderer" and also chloroforms a human. If you're paying attention you can see Nigel press a rag over the guy's mouth before the guy passes out.
** This... interesting... little exchange:
--> '''Blu:''' Oh, no, no! It's not what you think. We're just uh... chained together.\\
'''Nico:''' Hey, I'm not judging you.\\
'''Pedro:''' Keep it ''spicy!''
* GigglingVillain: Nigel
* GoodOldFashionedFisticuffs: At one point, a marmoset strikes several kung-fu poses, only to be swiftly taken down by Raphael's beak.
* GoryDiscretionShot: The camera cuts away just before [[spoiler:Nigel is sucked into the escape plane's propellors.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Nigel's VillainSong reveals that part of the reason for his cruelty towards other birds is because he's jealous of their beauty (compared to his brutish appearance). This envy comes from being replaced as the star of a TV show by a far more attractive bird.
* GroinAttack: Jewel gives one to the king of the marmosets with the chain holding her and Blu together.
* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler:Fernando in the ending]].
* HappilyEverAfter
* {{Hikikomori}}: Technically, Blu. Since he was picked up by Linda, he's almost never been outdoors, and has trouble socializing with other birds.
* HartmanHips: Basically every female in the movie that isn't Linda, Jewel or another bird.
* HelicopterBlender / TurbineBlender: An old-timey propeller plane in this case. [[spoiler:Nigel is is apparently killed in the rotating blades, but is shown to have survived at the end, only shaved of his feathers and humiliated by his former henchmen]].
* HenpeckedHusband: Rafael the toucan, almost literally, by his Keel-Billed Toucan wife. Nonetheless he still does love her, willing to gladly sacrifice Carnival to spend time with her.
* HeroStoleMyBike: Linda steals a ''carnival float''.
* HighAltitudeInterrogation: How Nigel [[AggressiveNegotiations "negotiates"]] with the monkey leader.
* IAmSong: "Pretty Bird" serves as both this and a VillainSong for Nigel, as he explains his backstory and how delighted he is to be a villain.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Nigel particularly enjoys capturing and subduing Jewel, ''a lot''.
* ImAHumanitarian: Nigel eats the meat of other birds -- [[ShownTheirWork not terribly unusual for a cockatoo]]. However, it's all squick to the mooks, terror for the smaller captured birds -- and he plays it up for all it's worth.
* InsistentTerminology:
-->'''Jewel:''' I wouldn't expect a ''pet'' to understand.\\
'''Blu:''' Did you just call me a ''pet?!'' For your information, I'm not a pet; I am a ''companion''.
* InstantSedation: That chloroform-soaked rag Nigel used to incapacitate the guard must be pretty powerful.
* IntellectualAnimal: They can even [[AnimalTalk talk to each other (but not the human cast)]].
* ItsAlwaysMardiGrasInNewOrleans: Rio de Janeiro is preparing for the unavoidable carnival. (However, it is the right time of year for it.)
* IWasQuiteALooker: Stated by Nigel's VillainSong.
* KissingDiscretionShot: When Rafi kisses Eva, their beaks are partially hidden and the camera cuts away briefly.
* LargeHam
** Jemaine Clement as Nigel, the [[EvilIsHammy evil white cockatoo]].
** And in the Brazilian dub he is voiced by Guilherme Briggs, who is pretty much the NorioWakamoto of Brazilian voice acting.
* LastOfHisKind: Jewel and Blu are the last of their kind [[spoiler:until the end]].
* MadeOfIron: Nigel survives flying face first into an electric line with enough force to knock out power to most of Rio de Janeiro with only a few burnt feathers. [[spoiler:In the end, he survives being sucked into an airplane propeller, but loses nearly all his feathers in the process.]]
* MadnessMantra: The poor [[BreakTheCutie Military Macaw]] in the cage, spinning and repeating, "I'm a pretty bird!" (Also see the FridgeHorror entry).
* {{Meganekko}}: Linda
* MonkeyMoralityPose: It's easy to miss the marmosets' reaction when Nigel blackmails their leader -- an image of the same scene is included during the closing credits.
* MoodWhiplash: The entire opening scene, about three times. Seriously.
* MusicalisInterruptus: There are more songs in the movie that ''are'' interrupted than are ''not.'' "Real in Rio", "Mas Que Nada", "Hot Wings (I Wanna Party)", "Fly Love" and "Funky Monkey" are all interrupted, and three of those five are non-comedic examples.
* MyBelovedSmother: While he never outright states it, Tulio does imply that it was Linda's doting that caused Blu to be so introverted and never learn to fly.
* NerdGlasses: Worn by Tulio and Linda.
* NerdsAreSexy: Tulio and Linda fit the bill.
* NeverSayDie: Averted, surprisingly for a G-Rated film. Jewel outright says they'll die if they can't escape the smugglers and Nigel refers to himself as a "bird murderer" in his VillainSong. Blu also says that he'd like to go five minutes without almost getting killed.
* NeverTrustATrailer: The teaser trailer (which turned out to have just sampled a sequence directly from the film) made Rafael out to be a more prominent, important role than he actually is. Also, it made audiences think Blu is ''physically'' incapable of flight, when in fact he just needs more confidence.
* NiceHat: Nico's bottle cap hat.
* NoInfantileAmnesia: Blu does remember the song the jungle birds sang, as well as his fall from the nest from when he was little (the latter memory being the reason he doesn't know how to fly).
* NoJustNoReaction: Nigel's song number.
-->'''Blu:''' Not ''cool,'' man! Scary... but not cool!
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Nigel is seemingly killed when he ends up being hit by an airplane propeller, but turns out to still be alive at the end, only had most of his feathers sliced off in the process.]]
* ObfuscatingDisability: Nigel
* OhCrap: Nigel gets one of these before [[spoiler:getting hit by the plane's propeller, after getting jetted out of the plane by a fire extinguisher that Blu attached to his leg.]]
* OnlyYouCanRepopulateMyRace: Played with. Blu mating with Jewel is the only way to save the species... except Blu is clearly awkward with the idea, and Jewel openly despises him. [[CharacterDevelopment At first, that is]].
* OppositesAttract: Blu and Jewel really couldn't be more different than each other if they tried. Blu is a rather cowardly house pet who can't fly, Jewel is a brave ActionGirl from the wild who had to be taught to run properly by Blu when they couldn't fly. [[spoiler:And yet they still end up happy mates.]]
* PaleFemalesDarkMales: Blu is just a tad darker than Jewel. This trope is the case for many exotic birds in RealLife.
* LeParkour: The marmosets' movement style was based on this, while their fighting style was based on {{Capoeira}}.
* PlayingPossum: Jewel and Blu try this to escape the Smugglers early in the film. Blu makes a LargeHam out of himself about it.
* PoliceAreUseless: When trying to explain how Blu and Jewel were stolen, the guard demonstrates placing the chloroform-soaked rag over his mouth -- and promptly faints. The policeman examines it by sniffing, only to faint too.
-->'''Linda:''' [[LampshadeHanging We're]] [[SurroundedByIdiots doomed!]]
* ThePowerOfLove: What allows Blu to finally fly.
* RedOniBlueOni: Pedro is Red (literally), Nico is Blue (metaphorically). Seen especially clearly when they're both trying to give Blu advice on how to woo Jewel.
* RealMenWearPink: Several tough guys, like Silvio the guard and Luiz the bulldog, love wearing silly costumes for the carnival.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When Blu -- after proving a natural talent at samba dancing throughout the movie -- finally loses it and goes off about how much he hates samba. This leads into his HeroicBSOD and causes Nico to completely break down.
** JerkassFacade: He does this to dissuade himself from Jewel; it's heavily implied that Blu feels he is not good enough for her. Lampshaded by Rafael who told him to make decision with his heart, not his head.
* RoadTripRomance
* SceneryPorn: Rio de Janeiro and the surrounding forests are ''gorgeous''.
* SeldomSeenSpecies
** Toucans, red-crested cardinals, and many more exotic birds.
** Greenwing and Blue-and-Gold and Military Macaws, oh my!
*** Blink and you'll miss it, but there was also a scarlet macaw during the bird clinic scene.
** The movie makers went [[ShownTheirWork out of their way]] to depict birds native to Brazil.
*** And let's face it, it's not like there's a pile of movies depicting marmosets either.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Linda in the Carnival outfit. She [[NerdsAreSexy wasn't ugly at all before]], but in that outfit... oh my.
* ShipperOnDeck: Rafael, Nico and Pedro constantly try to pair Blu and Jewel, Rafael even commenting that Blu's the Romeo and Jewel's the Juliet.
* ShoutOut
** To ''Film/DieHard'' of all things. Twice, even: "Yippie-ki-yay, monkey-man!" [[spoiler:Nigel apparently was the star performer in ''Fly Hard'']]. Doubles as an IncrediblyLamePun.
** Nico throws his bottle cap as if it was a [[CaptainAmerica mighty shield]]. It even comes back to his hand after stunning a monkey.
** After interrogating it for Blu and Jewel's destination, Nigel hurls a small, round bird into a pile of boxes and crates. Keep in mind the crossover release of ''VideoGame/AngryBirds Rio''.
** Furthermore, blink and you're miss it, but upon entering the bird clinic, a small round red bird with heavily dark eyes -- almost perfect for the iconic main bird of ''VideoGame/AngryBirds'' -- flies across the screen, followed shortly by three smaller round blue birds all together.
** Another one to the Paulie Shore movie ''In the Army Now'', with Blu's "spider on my back" being uncannily similar to the scorpion scene, except in the jungle and done by birds with a different arachnid.
** When Tulio attempts to ride the motorcycle and fails, take a look just underneath the graffiti that says "Re!" You'll see the safe house emblem from ''VideoGame/Left4Dead''
** After nearly getting killed for the twelve-millionth time in the past ten minutes, Jewel saying that "I'm gonna chew through my own leg soon if this [chain] doesn't come off" brings to mind, of all things, ''{{Film/Saw}}'' -- or perhaps ''Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours''.
* ShownTheirWork
** Blu is an almost perfectly modeled Spix's Macaw, down to the iris color -- [[http://www.digischool.nl/en/hotpot/leesvaardigheid/3%20sterren/Spix%27s_Macaw.jpg see for yourself]]. The Spix's Macaw is also [[TruthInTelevision now extinct in the wild, and there's an active captive breeding program to increase their numbers]].
** A few other birds (Red-Crested Cardinal, Toco Toucan) are based on birds common around Rio. The Spix's Macaw was also found around there.
** At one point, Nigel is seen eating bird meat, something real cockatoo sometimes do.
** That football match that keeps the citizens of Rio glued to their [=TVs=] is, judging by the flags shown for a second, between Brazil and Argentina -- one of the great rivalries.
* SmugSnake: Nigel is extremely fond of himself and regards everyone but his master as complete morons.
* SomethingElseAlsoRises
** When Tulio first sees Linda in the (surprisingly revealing) macaw costume she is wearing for the parade, fireworks start going off in the distance behind him.
** Blu's reaction to being kissed by Jewel is to extend his wings erect.
* SomewhereAnOrnithologistIsCrying: For all their ShownTheirWork moments, the team couldn't get everything right:
** All of the parrots in the film are only three-toed; they lack the second backward-pointing toe in the zygodactyl foot.
** The baby macaws seem conspicuously well-fledged given the (highly exaggerated) head:body ratio. This is probably just to make them [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter cute for all audiences]], rather than the UglyCute that only an avian enthusiast would love.
** At one point, Blu implies that he is capable of "peeing". However, bird cannot "pee" as such; liquid and solid wastes are excreted from the cloaca together.
** [[AllAnimalsAreDogs All Parrots are Cockatoos]]. Macaws, Conures, even non-parrot Toucans, they all have strange crest-like head feathers. Made doubly weird because the animators obviously [[ShowTheirWork knew how cockatoo crests work]]. Those head feathers were probably given to be like "hair", so the birds have more distinct appearances.
** At one point, Blu is fed hot chocolate. Problem? Chocolate is poisonous to birds.
** In the opening scene, while Blu is in a nest inside a den (accurately for parrots), there's a family of yellow parrots who have a cup-shaped nest on a branch.
* SpitefulSpit: Jewel does this to one of the marmosets when they attack the avian samba club. Subverted after that that Blu tries to do the same too, but fails miserably.
* StealthPun
** When Marcel tells his goons to feed Nigel, they decide by playing Rock, Paper, Scissors, saying: "Rock, paper, scissors, shoot!" Then later on when deciding who should take the last parachute, the goons go "Rock, paper, scissors..." then Marcel cuts in saying: "Chute!" as he gets it for himself.
** Rafael, Nico and Pedro [[ShipperOnDeck make it their job to set the mood for Blu and Jewel]]. What are guys like that normally called? ''Wing''men.
* StreetUrchin: Fernando
* SurroundedByIdiots
** Marcel is infuriated by his goons' stupidity and remarks that Nigel the cockatoo is ten times more intelligent than both of them combined. And he's pretty much correct in that statement.
** Nigel feels this way about the marmosets [[spoiler:after the birds beat the tar out of them. So he decides to do it himself.]]
* ThoseTwoGuys / FatAndSkinny: Pedro and Nico.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Marcel's two incompetent goons. Also FatAndSkinny. And SaltAndPepper.
* TookALevelInBadass: Blu's badassery progresses throughout the movie. Also Linda, who goes from a timid bookstore owner to a woman willing to [[spoiler:steal a carnival float and drive it into an oncoming plane]], and Tulio, who actively aids Linda in her exploits.
* ToothyBird: Averted. The birds are perfectly expressive with their beaks. Somewhat {{Lampshaded}}: Blu still made a point of brushing his beak. It was an important ritual for his person, so he did it too.
* TrailOfBreadCrumbs: [[spoiler:Fernando leaves a trail of pieces of cloth from Marcel's chicken float for Linda and Tulio to follow.]]
* TriumphantReprise: "Real in Rio", while an upbeat song about life, love and fun, is ''brutally'' [[MusicalisInterruptus cut short]] when the birds are [[DownerBeginning taken by the smugglers]]. "Real in Rio (Reprise)" is another upbeat song about life, love and fun, and this time [[spoiler:it comes with a happy ending]].
* TruthInTelevision: We get a few bird facts shoved in by Blu. (Also see ShownTheirWork above).
* {{Tsundere}}: Jewel
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: It's a pretty typical CGI family comedy -- with a [[AxCrazy psychotic]], [[NightmareFuel genuinely frightening]] cockatoo as one of the villains.
* VillainSong: Nigel gets one called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFj4QTjFV_w&feature=related "Pretty Bird"]]. He states he used to be rather beautiful until he got replaced and is now a CardCarryingVillain.
* WastedSong: The ''fantastic'' love song "Fly Love", sung by Jamie Foxx's character Niko, is almost completely lost beneath the scene's dialogue, except for the signature whistling part. (Of course, it's present on the soundtrack, thankfully).
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