History YMMV / Encanto

* 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.

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: One of the main reasons Alma has quickly become a BaseBreakingCharacter/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.

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: One of the main reasons Alma Madrigal has quickly become a BaseBreakingCharacter and RonTheDeathEater is because she reminds viewers so much of their own neglectful relatives with ControlFreak tendencies. Abuela not only put 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. This combined with the fact that the conflict Abuela caused in the movie hit close to home for viewers that grew up with similar strict parental figures and suffer from great pressure because of it, meant that even though Alma gets her family's sympathy in the end, she doesn't get almost anyone in 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.

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: One of the main reasons Alma has quickly become a BaseBreakingCharacter and RonTheDeathEater is because she reminds viewers so much of their own neglectful relatives with ControlFreak tendencies. Abuela not only put unrealistic pressures on her family for decades, but she also cherish their gifts instead of their well-beings and she treats their as TheUnfavorite those who stand in her vision of perfection. This combined with the fact that the conflict Abuela caused in the movie hit close to home for viewers that grew up with similar strict parental figures and suffer from great pressure because of it, meant that even though Alma gets her family sympathy in the end, she doesn't get almost anyone in the audience. In 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.

** Because "Dos Oruguitas" (sung by Sebastián Yatra) was heard during the flashbacks with Pedro, [[https://twitter.com/httycipher/status/1537405042118250498 Jared Bush believes that if Pedro had spoken, it would've been perfect for Yatra to voice him]].

** The Faceless Horsemen only exist to show how they killed Alma's husband and destroyed her original village. But since they are indirectly responsible for the creation of the miracle and a bleak MoodWhiplash in a film that was quite cheerful, their appearance is well remembered as it is a case of RealismInducedHorror.

* NightmareRetardant: Camilo's depiction of Bruno should seem scary due to his grey, haggard appearence and the SicklyGreenGlow present, but the fact he's clearly just having fun with Mirabel and the sheer SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic makes it more cool than unnerving.

** Mirabel/[[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Rapunzel]] due to their family's source of magic and [[spoiler: being mistreated by their elderly female relative. Mother Gothel towards Rapunzel for her magic hair, and Abuelita towards Mirabel for having no magical Gift.]]
** Mirabel/[[WesternAnimation/TheHunchBackOfNotreDameDisney Quasimodo]], due to their being essentially outcasts that don't fit in and [[spoiler: suffering emotional abuse from their relative. Claude Frollo towards Quasimodo, and Abuelita towards Mirabel.]]
** Mirabel with [[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 [[spoiler: a domineering emotionally abusive perfectionist female relative.]] Like Queen Elinor is towards Merida and Alma is towards Mirabel.

** Similar to the ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' fandom, a favorite plot fans tend to make is "what if Mirabel actually got her gift and room at the gift ceremony" instead of being the odd one out. Some of these stories also explore what it'd be like if another Madrigal was the giftless one instead, sometimes even [[RoleSwapAU giving Mirabel that character's gift]].

** The film's creators never gave a reason why Mirabel didn't receive a gift, leaving plenty of fuel to explain why she was skipped or to explore that she may have some hidden gift.
** The Madrigal family's rooms. They're all suited to their power, and if Antonio's room could manifest as an entire ''jungle,'' then it's safe to assume they can be ''anything.'' What would the rooms for all the other family members be like? And why couldn't Casita give Mirabel a nice little mundane room instead of taking it all away?

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: One of the main reasons Alma has quickly become a BaseBreakingCharacter and RonTheDeathEater is because she reminds viewers so much of their own neglectful relatives with ControlFreak tendencies. Abuela not only put unrealistic pressures on her family for decades, but she also cherish their gifts instead of their well-beings and she treats their as TheUnfavorite those who stand in her vision of perfection. This combined with the fact that the conflict Abuela caused in the movie hit close to home for viewers that grew up with similar strict parental figures and suffer from great pressure because of it, meant that even though Alma gets her family sympathy in the end, she doesn't get almost anyone in the audience. In 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 an interesting case of a HiddenVillain.

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: One of the main reasons Alma has quickly become a BaseBreakingCharacter and RonTheDeathEater is because she reminds viewers so much of their own neglectful relatives with ControlFreak tendencies. Abuela not only put unrealistic pressures on her family for decades, but she also cherish their gifts instead of their well-beings and she treats their as TheUnfavorite those who stand in her vision of perfection. This combined with the fact that the conflict Abuela caused in the movie hit close to home for viewers that grew up with similar strict parental figures and suffer from great pressure because of it, meant that even though Alma gets her family sympathy in the end, she doesn't get almost anyone in the audience.
** In contrast, the faceless Horsemen in the flashback don't nearly get as many hate despite being remorseless killers, since they're well, faceless and nondescript.

** In contrast, the faceless Horsemen in the flashback don't nearly get as many hate, since they're well, faceless and nondescript.

* JerksAreWorseThanVillains:One of the main reasons Alma has quickly become a BaseBreakingCharacter and RonTheDeathEater is because she reminds viewers so much of their own neglectful relatives with ControlFreak tendencies. Abuela not only put unrealistic pressures on her family for decades, but she also cherish their gifts instead of their well-beings and she treats their as TheUnfavorite those who stand in her vision of perfection. This combined with the fact that the conflict Abuela caused in the movie hit close to home for viewers that grew up with similar strict parental figures and suffer from great pressure because of it, meant that even though Alma gets her family sympathy in the end, she doesn't get almost anyone in the audience.

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* TrailerJokeDecay: Several trailers and clips constantly repeat the scene where Antonio says that the rats told him everything while instructing his leopard Parce not to eat the rats.

* 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 in she deserves forgiveness or not didn't help matters.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Abuela Alma. Some fans hate her for being an [[AbusiveParents abusive]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] ControlFreak who was too EasilyForgiven to sympathisize with while some fans thought that she had [[WellIntentionedExtremist good intentions]] and was just trying to keep the family together. Then there's her being forgiven. As noted below, fans are a little divided on whether her traumatic backstory made her [[JerkassWoobie sympathetic]] or if it made her UnintentionallyUnsympathetic.

** There is a specific variation involving Julieta and Agustín. In some fanfics, instead of being turned into AbusiveParents, they become [[ExtremeDoormat Extreme Doormats]] 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.

* MemeticMutation: [[{{Memes/Encanto}} Now has its own page]].

** Mirabel has a small rainbow with the colors of the bi pride flag embroidered on her dress, and a bisexual voice actress to boot.

** Speaking of Bruno, Creator/LinManuelMiranda was famously serenaded by Triumph the Insult Comic Dog with a spoof of "You'll Be Back" from ''Hamilton'', with a line about "living with John Leguizamo in his ''abuela'''s car". Fast forward to 2022 and Miranda is penning the songs to a Disney movie where John Leguizamo's character is living like a hobo because of his mother, the Madrigal family's ''abuela''.

* BaseBreakingCharacter: Abuela Alma. Some fans hate her for being an [[AbusiveParents abusive]] and [[ItsAllAboutMe selfish]] ControlFreak who was too EasilyForgiven to sympathisize with while some fans thought that she had [[WellIntendedExtremist good intentions]] and was just trying to keep the family together. Then there's her being forgiven. As noted below, fans are a little divided on whether her traumatic backstory made her sympathetic or if it made her UnintentionallyUnSympathetic.

** The theory that Mirabel lacks a gift because the miracle intended her to succeed Alma as keeper of the candle and head of the family is extremely popular.

* SelfFanservice: Mirabel is a plain looking woman of average build. That doesn't stop artists from depicting her with [[BigBeautifulWomen with more pronounced curves]].

** Dolores, with her ability to hear faraway things and the little honking sound she makes when she's nervous.

** Bruno's rats don't even have names and are less than 4 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]].