History YMMV / Encanto

** There is overlap between fans of this film and fans of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. Both works center around families whose members all possess unique supernatural abilities, with the Madrigal family being described as the Colombian counterpart of the Joestars, particularly [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Johnny Joestar]] and [[Manga/{{Jojolion}} his]] [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureTheJOJOLands descendants]] from the new continuity. It helps that some of the gifts possessed by the Madrigals are uncannily similar to some of the Stand abilities seen in the ''Jojo'' series, namely Julieta Madrigal and Tonio Trussardi's [[https://i.redd.it/lp5p8h5kbf981.png ability to heal people with their cooking]], and Pepa Madrigal and Weather Report's [[https://preview.redd.it/l26n3ej173g81.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=ef8c5ffb10ebc58b69c48262ae88e3ebb90c3aec control over the weather.]]

* FanartAtFirstSight: Mirabel started getting fanart when the movie was first announced due to her ordinary character design as well as Luisa for her muscular design, something that hadn't been seen much in Disney females since Helga from ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire''.

** Many viewers complain that Abuela Alma was too EasilyForgiven for her treatment of Mirabel, seeing her as a toxic, [[AbusiveParents borderline abusive matriarch]] who would gladly dismiss family members for falling short of her idealised standards. (The existence of the tags [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/%22Abuela%22%20Alma%20Madrigal%20Bashing/works "Alma Madrigal Bashing"]] and [[https://archiveofourown.org/tags/Bad%20Parent%20%22Abuela%22%20Alma%20Madrigal/works "Bad Parent Alma Madrigal"]] on Archive of Our Own also bear mentioning.) These criticisms often ignore the fact that Alma's intense perfectionism has [[DarkAndTroubledPast a tragic reasoning behind it]] and she doesn't pursue it out of malice or selfishness, instead genuinely believing that [[WellIntentionedExtremist it's necessary to maintain her family and community's prosperity]]. The film itself also doesn't downplay the harm that her harsh treatment of the family is causing, and Alma [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone sincerely regrets her actions]] when she is finally made aware of this.

* EstrogenBrigade: Watching Camilo, it's not hard to see why he's has attracted a hurricane of fangirls, and even ''fanboys'', despite having such a limited presence. Apart from having [[HeReallyCanAct a surprisingly good singing voice,]] he's a slender teenage boy, with full cheeks, a cocky grin, mischievous green eyes, bouncy curly hair, and a golden complexion that mixes the contrasting skin tones of both his parents.

* EstrogenBrigade: Watching Camilo it's not hard to see why he's has attracted a storm of fangirls, and even ''fanboys''. He's a slender teenage boy, with full cheeks, a cocky grin, mischievous green eyes, bouncy curly hair, and a golden complexion that mixes the contrasting skin tones of both his parents.

** There is overlap between fans of this film and fans of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''. Both works center around families whose members all possess unique supernatural abilities, with the Madrigal family being described as the Colombian counterpart of the Joestars, particularly [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureSteelBallRun Johnny Joestar]] and [[Manga/{{Jojolion}} his descendants]] from the new continuity. It helps that some of the gifts possessed by the Madrigals are uncannily similar to some of the Stand abilities seen in the ''Jojo'' series, namely Julieta Madrigal and Tonio Trussardi's [[https://i.redd.it/lp5p8h5kbf981.png ability to heal people with their cooking]], and Pepa Madrigal and Weather Report's [[https://preview.redd.it/l26n3ej173g81.jpg?width=960&crop=smart&auto=webp&s=ef8c5ffb10ebc58b69c48262ae88e3ebb90c3aec control over the weather.]]

* FanPreferredCutContent: A commonly expressed missed opportunity fans lament over is how the Hercules briefly featured in "Surface Pressure" should have resembled [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Disney's Hercules]]. In truth, [[https://imgix.ranker.com/user_node_img/50130/1002590814/original/1002590814-photo-u-1712146987 this was considered]], but the creators didn't have the funds to create a new model for such a short visual joke and would have had to remove one of the featured animals to accomplish this.

* FandomRivalry: Mainly due to the awarding of the Oscars there was some dispute between those who wanted ''Encanto'' to win and those who wanted ''WesternAnimation/TheMitchellsVsTheMachines'' to win.
* FoeYayShipping: Some fans jokingly invoke this trope in order to ship Bruno with Señora Pezmuerto.

* [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation/{{Encanto}} Alternate Character Interpretation]]

** Abuela Madrigal, too, at first comes off as neglectful and could be considered toxic in her treatment of Mirabel and the pressure she puts on the family. Later on, once it's explained in detail how she raised her family from the ground up after losing her husband in a gruesome manner and fleeing her home, more people understand how her pain shaped her.

* MisaimedMarketing: Executives reportedly tried to push a different body type for Luisa as they believed her muscular build made her less relatable to the target audience, and the toy makers similarly assumed that she would be less popular than Isabela because of her canon body type. This led to them making few Luisa toys and ''many'' Isabela toys (under the assumption that the princess-like Isabela would be very popular among young girls). Luisa, however, ended up becoming the far more popular of Mirabel’s two sisters. This resulted in a high demand for her toys vs low stock. Likewise, the majority of Isabela toys have received no end of criticism for portraying her prior to her [[IAmBecomingSong character development,]] thus presenting her as the "perfect, beautiful, golden child" and completely missing the point of her character arc.

EstrogenBrigade: Watching Camilo it's not hard to see why he's has attracted a storm of fangirls, and even ''fanboys''. He's a slender teenage boy, with full cheeks, a cocky grin, mischievous green eyes, bouncy curly hair, and a golden complexion that mixes the contrasting skin tones of both his parents.

* FanartAtFirstSight: Mirabel started getting fanart when the movie was first announced due to her [[HollywoodHomely ordinary character design]] as well as Luisa for her muscular design, something that hadn't been seen much in Disney females since Helga from ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire''.

** While we already knew Creator/StephanieBeatriz could sing, we didn't know she could carry an entire IWantSong whilst ''going into labor.''

** Isabela's name is [[SpellMyNameWithAnS frequently misspelled as "Isabella"]] by English-speaking fans, because that's the more common spelling of the name in those cultures.

** Especially among Latin American fans Camilo is incredibly popular, with many fanfics on both Website/{{Wattpad}} and [=TikTok=] videos with fans shipping themselves along with him.

** Many people relate to Luisa's song Surface Pressure, where the weight of expectations overburdens them. Notably, some "male cover" variants don't replace "sister" with "brother", but "father". The burden placed on providers to never fail causes the same strain Luisa feels in the movie.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Abuela Alma. Some fans hate her for being an [[AbusiveParents abusive]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] ControlFreak who was too EasilyForgiven while some fans thought that she had [[WellIntentionedExtremist good intentions]] and was just trying to keep the family together. The BrokenBase on if she deserves forgiveness or not didn't help matters.

** The moment during "Dos Oruguitas" where the miracle is born and the candle causes a massive shockwave to throw back the four horsemen who had set fire to her home town and who Alma witnessed murdering her husband, Pedro.

** Everything that happens during the proposal dinner, especially to poor Mariano, which would be cringeworthy if it weren't so over the top. From Camilo getting stuck with FishEyes, to Felix spit-taking over Mariano’s caldo, to a bevy of horrified [[JawDrop Jaw Drops]]. The cherry on top is the entire town bursting in to tell them congratulations the moment the would-be groom has just gotten punched in the face by the would-be bride. Later he gets punched a second time and is reduced to tears.

** Isabela/[[Franchise/{{Frozen}} Elsa]] is beginning to develop a fanbase, mostly due to both being commonly believed to be LGBT+ and their {{Signature Song}}s being {{IWantSong}}s about being free to do what they want and the expectations of their family.

** Mirabel/[[WesternAnimation/{{Brave}} Merida]] considering that both female protagonists have siblings, lacking a male love interest, and have large expectations they must live up to as well as dealing with a domineering emotionally abusive perfectionist female relative. Like Queen Elinor is towards Merida and Alma is towards Mirabel.
** Camilo/[[WesternAnimation/StrangeWorld Ethan Clade]] mainly because they are energetic teen boys with HiddenDepths, members of multi-GenerationalTrauma families, and are popular on the LGBTFanbase.

** Especially among Latin American fans Camilo is incredibly popular, with many fanfics on both Website/{{Wattpad}} and [=TikTok=] videos where fans shipping themselves along with him.

** Of the Madrigal family, Camilo himself has possibly the least amount of screentime, but he quickly became one of the film's favorite characters and has gained a ''huge'' number of fans thanks to being a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold joker with a Heart of Gold]], a PrettyBoy, and his {{Shapeshifting}} gift; the very last also made him popular on the LGBTFanbase. It also doesn't hurt that actor Creator/RhenzyFeliz, not known for his musical talent, does his own singing and shines in "We Don't Talk About Bruno." He was popular enough that several people consider him to be a [[TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter wasted character]] and even wish to have him be given ADayInTheLimelight short.
** Bruno's rats don't even have names and are less than 2 minutes on screen, but they are by far the most popular animals in the film. Thanks to their UndyingLoyalty to [[TheWoobie Bruno]], [[{{Moe}} their cute design]] and the funny joke of the novelas that is a common theme in [[{{Fanon}} fanfics]].
** Outside of the family, Señora Pezmuerto is quite well liked, and has garnered a decent bit of fan art for someone who constitutes as a bit character.
** Juancho the boy who loves coffee also has his fair share of fans. Creator/LinManuelMiranda even said on Twitter that the boy "is [[his]] everything".

** The Faceless Horsemen who murdered Pedro in the flashback. Who were they? Why did they attack Alma's original home? Did they kill more people besides Pedro? What happened to them after the miracle is born? Could any of them or their descendants end up meeting the Madrigal family.

** Fans of ''Podcast/{{The Magnus Archives}}'' were quick to jump onto the movie as soon as Bruno was introduced, seeing as the character bears a striking resemblance to common fan interpretations of Jonathan Sims. [[spoiler:The fact that the podcast ended ambiguously with the idea of Jon and Martin being transported to a new world further intensified interest.]]

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Filipino audiences love the movie given that they can relate to the concept of family and generational trauma shown by the Madrigals. It helps that when Disney+ became available in the Philippines, [[https://myx.global/disney-encanto-filipino/ Tagalog translations of the movie's songs are released]] which many Filipino music fans enjoyed. There's also a meme of local commercials edited with scenes from the movie (With the audio from those commercials) showing Luisa, Isabela, Abuela Alma and even ''Juancho'' (The coffee addicted kid) getting one!

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: One of the main reasons Alma has quickly become a BaseBreakingCharacter and a RonTheDeathEater is because she reminds viewers so much of their own similar strict neglectful relatives with ControlFreak tendencies, putting not only unrealistic pressures on her family for decades, but she also cherished their gifts over their well-being and treats as [[TheUnfavorite The Unfavorites]] those who mars her vision of perfection. Even though Alma gets her family's sympathy in the end, she doesn't very much from the audience. By contrast, the faceless Horsemen despite being the closest thing the film has to an antagonist and being remorseless killers, don't nearly get as many hate due to being a OneSceneWonder and being well, faceless and nondescript.

** Camilo is the only member of the family who is OutOfFocus and has only a few scenes in the story, however he became one of the biggest EnsembleDarkHorse in [[Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon Disney]] history, having millions of fan art based off of him and several [=YouTube=] videos that have gotten a lot of comments, with people either talking about how much they love him or how they wish he was in more of the movie.

* PlayAlongMeme: Fans tend to play along with Bruno's characters Hernando and Jorge, pretending that the three of them are separate individuals, rather than just Bruno's blatant character-acting. For example, Pepa's verse in "We Don't Talk About Bruno" will be recontextualized as though Hernando framed Bruno for causing the hurricane, as Hernando is merely Bruno with his hood up, which is how Bruno appears at the wedding. Another example, is fans being thankful that Jorge was there to [[BigDamnHeroes save Bruno]] [[spoiler:when the Casita was collapsing]].

** "Surface Pressure" has the realistic fear of someone trying to live up to family expectations but faltering, and fearing the ones they love will suffer as a result of their failure. They risk burnout and are afraid to ask for help, because it's simply not done or encouraged. Speaking up means they get shut down, and have to suffer alone. Luisa tries to lie to Mirabel that she is fine, and don't worry about the cracks because it's not Mirabel's responsibility. When Mirabel notes that Luisa's eye is twitching, Luisa starts belting about how she has to be the strong older sister because it's been her only purpose since she was a kid. She asks who she is if she can't be strong anymore, and how it would be her fault if her family got hurt from her failures. The song shows her constantly protecting Mirabel from harm, while struggling with her many duties and how they are accumulating over time. [[spoiler:She's devastated after La Casita collapses because Mirabel disappears, and she's frantic when searching for her little sister, with her worst fears coming to life]].

** There is a specific variation involving Julieta and Agustín. In some fanfics, instead of being turned into AbusiveParents, they become [[UselessBystanderParent Useless Bystander Parents]] who stand by and let Abuela heap abuse on Mirabel without saying a word, leaving it to anther family member (usually Bruno, but sometimes Pepa or even one of the older children) to step up and defend her. In the most extreme cases, they won't even object to Abuela throwing Mirabel out of the Casita -- for having no Gift, for having an undesirable Gift, or for any other reason. In the movie itself, Agustín tries to hide the glass vision to protect Mirabel for fear of Abuela's reaction to it, and both parents stand up to Abuela without hesitation when they think she is being too hard on Mirabel, but fanfic writers seem to forget that.

** Camilo stands out in particular, as he has the least amount of screentime and lines. It doesn't help that [[https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/culture/story/encanto-details-disneys-film-revealed-79927992 one press release]] said he was trying to find an identity of his own, but this struggle never seems to be overtly presented in the final film. In particular, director Jared Bush himself admitted that he regretted not including Camilo more in the film once he realized his potential and revealed that if Encanto becomes a franchise he would like to AscendedExtra him in a future.

** Antonio. He's a sweet, [[TheCutie cute]] child who is extremely nervous and anxious on his gift giving ceremony because of everyone, especially Abuela Alma, hoping he receives a serviceable gift. He can feel the family's worry that Mirabel's lack of a gift might mean the miracle no longer grants powers, and he may not have one either. He was also noted to be an introvert who is not comfortable around other people but is later thrust into the spotlight when his ceremony arrives and desperately calls for Mirabel to accompany him to his door.

** Julieta and Agustín. While the two are a HappilyMarried couple and shown to be [[GoodParents loving and supportive]] to their three daughters, the fact that the whole movie centers on their side of the family showers light on sad facts. Despite being good parents, Julieta's mother Alma scares them into a corner with her orders. Their oldest daughter is forced be a model of perfection [[spoiler:and marry a man she doesn't love to impress Alma and the town]], their middle daughter faces constant pressure to be strong and help the community and starts losing her gift as the house cracks even more, and their youngest daughter, the only one in family without any gift, is harshly treated like a scapegoat and misfit by Alma (and maybe the community, to some extent), has grown very distant from her oldest sister, and while they do their very best to support her, not even her parents exactly understand how she feels. There are also hints that Alma prefers Félix over Agustín, not approving of his marriage with Julieta.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: This was the first film to use the idea of GenerationalTrauma as the central conflict, and, while the following films that used it (''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' and ''WesternAnimation/StrangeWorld'') would gain heavy flak, this movie would avoid it. However, unlike those two films, the movie came after a wave of films that had very unpopular {{Twist Villain}}s, so having a different conflict was a breath of fresh air, whereas the other two films were accused of ripping off this one via using the exact same style of conflict, which is a major reason that the idea of using {{Twist Villain}}s would fall out of favor. Furthermore, the movie goes into how said trauma has affected pretty much everyone in the family, while other films to use it would usually only focus on the main character, their parent and maybe a grandparent as well, making said conflict feel much more watered down.

* FranchiseOriginalSin: This was the first film to use the idea of generational trauma as the central conflict, and, while the following films that used it (''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' and ''WesternAnimation/StrangeWorld'') would gain heavy flak, this movie would avoid it. However, unlike those two films, the movie came after a wave of films that had very unpopular {{Twist Villain}}s, so having a different conflict was a breath of fresh air, whereas the other two films were accused of ripping off this one via using the exact same style of conflict, which is a major reason that the idea of using {{Twist Villain}}s would fall out of favor. Furthermore, the movie goes into how said trauma has affected pretty much everyone in the family, while other films to use it would usually only focus on the main character, their parent and maybe a grandparent as well, making said conflict feel much more watered down.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot:
** Bruno's return to the family should have been a gripping and heartfelt reunion but it felt rushed due to it happening at the tail end of the film. It's implied that much of the emotional reconciliation with the family occurred off-screen during the months it took to rebuild the Casita, but many fans regret not seeing it more prominently featured in the story.
** The ending's TimeSkip leaves many issues addressed off-screen while the Casita is being rebuilt. Such as how the gifted Madrigals adjusted to being powerless before the house was restored, their interactions with the townsfolk as "normal" people, the whole family dynamic after Bruno's return, as well as how they reacted to the knowledge that Bruno had been living in the walls for the past ten years.

** Julieta and Agustín. While the two are a HappilyMarried couple and shown to be [[GoodParents loving and supportive]] to their three daughters, the fact that the whole movie centers on their side of the family showers light on sad facts. Despite being good parents, Julieta's mother Alma scares them into a corner with her orders. Their oldest daughter is forced be a model of perfection [[spoiler:and marry a man she doesn't love to impress Alma and the town]], their middle daughter faces consent pressure to be strong and help the community and starts losing her gift as the house cracks even more, and their youngest daughter, the only one in family without any gift, is harshly treated like a scapegoat and misfit by Alma (and maybe the community, to come extent), has grown very distant from her oldest sister, and while they do their very best to support her, not even her parents exactly understand how she feels. There are also hints that Alma prefers Félix over Agustín, not approving of his marriage with Julieta.