History WesternAnimation / Rio

* GoodOldFashionedFisticuffs: At one point, a marmoset strikes several kung-fu poses, only to be swiftly taken down by Raphael's beak.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Blu and Jewel during the film. Despite the fact that the two are the [[LastOfHisKind last known members of their kind]], the amount of [[ShipperOnDeck shippers on deck]], and the nervous/embarrassed looks on their faces whenever the two get extra close, most of their interactions involve a lot of bickering and snarking, with them even physically fighting when they first meet (the latter mostly on Jewel's part, mostly because Blu made the moves on her too early). One of the promotional posters for the movie even show Blu and Jewel together with the header "Love at First Fight" on it. The belligerence part seems to die down after their [[DanceOfRomance dance at the samba club]], though.

* HollywoodToneDeaf: Eva, Rafael's wife, is shown to be a rather terrible singer, though Rafael seems to think otherwise, which Jewel acknowledges by snarkily saying "I guess love is deaf too". Ironically her voice actress, Bebel Gilberto is actually a very talented singer in real life.

-->'''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.\\\
'''Blu:''' Not cool, man! Not cool!\\\
'''Blu:''' I'm not an ostrich! I'm not an ostrich!\\\
"I'll take care of you." (said by Linda to Blu at the beginning of the film, and by [[spoiler:Tulio to Jewel]] at the end)

%%* BigBad: [[EvilPoacher Marcel]] and [[BigBadDuumvirate Nigel]] in the first movie.

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Subverted where [[DragonInChief Nigel]] appears to have been shredded alive by the airplane's propellers at the end, but it's later revealed that he survived only to have lost all of his feathers in the process.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Blu is often ridiculed by the Canadian geese for his acrophobia, as well as being a tame bird.

Not to be confused with ''Anime/RioRainbowGate''.

* EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys: The pickpocket marmosets. They are nefarious, but still very amusing. Though they at first refuse to work for Nigel, [[spoiler:he drops their leader from several hundred feet, only saving him when they agree to work for him.]]

* BelligerentSexualTension: Blu and Jewel during the film. Despite the fact that the two are the [[LastOfHisKind last of their kind]], the amount of [[ShipperOnDeck shippers on deck]], and the nervous/embarrassed looks on their faces whenever the two get extra close, most of their interactions involve a lot of bickering and snarking, with them even physically fighting when they first meet (the latter mostly on Jewel's part, mostly because Blu made the moves on her too early). One of the promotional posters for the movie even show Blu and Jewel together with the header "Love at First Fight" on it. The belligerence part seems to die down after their [[DanceOfRomance dance at the samba club]], though.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Blu and Jewel during the film. Despite the fact that the two are the [[last of their kind LastOfHisKind]], the amount of ShippersOnDeck, and the nervous/embarrassed looks on their faces whenever the two get extra close, most of their interactions involve a lot of bickering and snarking, with them even physically fighting when they first meet (the latter mostly on Jewel's part, mostly because Blu made the moves on her too early). One of the promotional posters for the movie even show Blu and Jewel together with the header "Love at First Fight" on it. The belligerence part seems to die down after their [[DanceOfRomance dance at the samba club]], though.

* BelligerentSexualTension: Blu and Jewel during the film. The belligerence part seems to die down after their [[DanceOfRomance dance at the samba club]], though.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Blu (who is there to mate with Jewel and then go home and knows this) attempts to kiss Jewel she immediately brushes him off and angrily states that they just met.

-->-- '''Rafael''', teaching Blu how to fly.

* NiceMeanAndInBetween: Blu, Linda, and Tulio are all intelligent, polite, and bookish (Nice); Jewel is HotBlooded, brash, and somewhat self-centered(Mean); and Nico, Pedro, Rafael, Luiz and Fernando all haves quirks yet are quite helpful to the protagonists (In-Between).

* NiceMeanandIn-Between: Blu, Linda, and Tulio are all intelligent, polite, and bookish (Nice); Jewel is HotBlooded, brash, and somewhat self-centered(Mean); and Nico, Pedro, Rafael, Luiz and Fernando all haves quirks yet are quite helpful to the protagonists (In-Between).

* HiddenHeartOfGold: Blu puts on an aggressive front to drive away Jewel -- since he can't see a flightless future with her in the jungle; 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.

** SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Blu (who is there to mate with Jewel and then go home and knows this) attempts to kiss Jewel she immediately brushes him off and angrily states that they just met.

* RealityEnsues: When Blu (who is there to mate with Jewel and then go home and knows this) attempts to kiss Jewel she immediately brushes him off and angrily states that they just met.

** Zig-zagged in that animals of the same species have different languages -- the Brazilian birds (like Jewel) can speak both Portuguese 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. Which is ironic considering they can all talk to Luiz the bulldog. Notably, PollyWantsAMicrophone is {{averted}}: despite being raised by a human, and perfectly understanding human talk, Blu cannot talk to humans, only to other animals and a voice activated GPS unit in the sequel. [[FridgeLogic How the latter works is never addressed]].

** 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.

* CostumePorn: Carnaval. Although the actual Carnaval is just about the same, if not [[UpToEleven even more]] [[RealityIsUnrealistic extravagant]].

* MadnessMantra: The poor [[BreakTheCutie Military Macaw]] in the cage, spinning and repeating, "I'm a pretty bird!" (Also see the FridgeHorror entry.)

* VileVillainSaccharineShow: It's a pretty typical CGI family comedy -- with a [[AxCrazy psychotic]], [[NightmareFuel genuinely frightening]] cockatoo as one of the villains.

[[caption-width-right:350:1 out of every 8 Americans is afraid of flying. Most of them don't have feathers.]]

Received a surprising single 2012 Academy Award nomination for Best Song ("Real in Rio"). A sequel, ''WesternAnimation/Rio2,'' was released on in 2014.

Received a surprising single 2012 Academy Award nomination for Best Song ("Real in Rio"). A sequel, ''WesternAnimation/Rio2,'' was released on April 11, 2014.