Rio/Characters

Blu the Blue Macaw (Full name: Tyler Blu Gunderson) (Voiced by: Jesse Eisenberg)

 * Acrophobic Bird: Quite literally.
 * Adorkable
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Chained Heat: With Jewel
 * Chekhov's Skill: Most of the skills he used in the beginning of the film as a pet were used later on in the movie.
 * The Chick: Right up until he Took a Level in Badass at the end of the movie.
 * Cowardly Lion: Was this at first.
 * Deadpan Snarker: Sometimes.
 * Die or Fly
 * Hikikomori
 * Last of His Kind
 * Took a Level in Badass: At the climax of the film.

Jewel the Blue Macaw (Voiced by: Anne Hathaway)

 * Action Girl
 * Badass in Distress:.
 * Chained Heat: With Blu
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Gaussian Girl
 * The Hero: Right up until she injured her wing.
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Last Of Her Kind
 * Tsundere

Rafael the Toco Toucan (Voiced by: George Lopez)

 * Happily Married: Despite being a literal Henpecked Husband, he's very content in his marriage.
 * Henpecked Husband: A literal example by his wife. However, he still loves her with all his heart.
 * The Lancer
 * The Mentor: He served as this when trying to teach Blu how to fly.

Pedro the Red-Crested Cardinal (Voiced by: will.i.am)

 * Attack! Attack! Retreat! Retreat!: Pedro was about to fight Nigel, until Nico reminded him about Nigel's talons, to which at this point they both immediately flee.
 * The Big Guy: Pedro.
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Pedro may not be all that smart, but he has shown awesome capoiera skills when fighting the marmosets. Nico also qualifies.
 * Ensemble Darkhorse:He is very popular among the fans of Rio.
 * Fat and Skinny: The fat to Nico's skinny.
 * I Know Capoiera: During the battle against the marmosets.
 * Those Two Guys: With Nico

Nico the Canary (Voiced by: Jamie Foxx)

 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Fat and Skinny: The skinny to Pedro's fat.
 * Hypercompetent Sidekick: To Pedro
 * Nice Hat: His bottlecap
 * Shorter Means Smarter
 * The Smart Guy
 * Those Two Guys: With Pedro.

Nigel the Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo (Voiced by: Jermaine Clement)
"Nigel: "I had it all; a tv show, women too. I was tall, over one foot two. Then they got a pretty parakeet to fill my shoes! That's why I'm evil, why I do what I do!""
 * Ax Crazy
 * Berserk Button: "That bluebird caused my misery."
 * Card-Carrying Villain: He relishes the fact he's a sadistic, evil and monstrous. And he's one of the few characters that can manage both this and being absolutely terrifying.
 * Carnivores Are Mean: Justified, however, in that he uses his taste in bird meat to torment the birds his owner has captured.
 * Catch Phrase: PRETTY BIRD.
 * Dangerously Genre Savvy: Has shades of this. Smart enough to realize that his captives might escape and Shows more during the final part of the film where he  Really his only mistakes were either his owners' fault or things he couldn't have seen coming. Might be justified by the fact he used to be a show bird himself.
 * The Dragon: Subverted that he's actually more competent and menacing than his master, making him a Dragon-in-Chief.
 * Evil Brit: Actually an evil New Zealander.
 * Evil Laugh
 * Evilly Affable: He's rather polite and calm in his speech...even when choking someone or
 * Feathered Fiend
 * Freudian Excuse: Explains it in song:
 * Freudian Excuse: Explains it in song:


 * Giggling Villain
 * Green-Eyed Monster: He became this after his former life as a TV star, when he got replaced by a prettier bird. Now he wants to take out his bitterness on all the pretty birds in the world.
 * I'm a Humanitarian: In one scene, he is seen eating a chicken drumstick. While this is actually common in Real Life Cockatoos, he uses it to terrorize other birds for sadistic pleasure.
 * "I Am" Song: "Pretty Bird". Also serves as his Villain Song.
 * I Was Quite a Looker: Says this before he begins his Villain Song. Judging from the poster, he wasn't lying.
 * Large Ham: Justified, as he used to be a superstar with his own television show and appeared in movies.
 * Made of Iron: Survives flying face first into a power transformer (which causes nearly all of Rio to lose electricity) with only some burnt feathers.
 * Bird in White Feathers: Considering he's a cockatoo, it's not like he has a choice...
 * Not Quite Dead:.
 * Oh Crap: He gets a good one . Also gets one earlier when he flies into an electrical transformer.
 * Smug Snake
 * Surrounded by Idiots: His attitude after learning that the marmosets failed to capture Blu and Jewel.
 * Villain Song: See the "I Am" Song example above.

The Marmosets (Led by Mauro, who is voiced by Brian Baumgartner)

 * Ax Crazy
 * Con Man
 * Law of Chromatic Superiority: The head Marmoset is brown unlike his grey minions
 * Maniac Monkeys
 * The Trickster

Luís the Bulldog (Voiced by: Tracy Morgan)

 * Animal Stereotypes: Luíz is often seen drooling, which was used to free Blu and Jewel from their bounds. However, he states its a medical condition in his case.
 * Bully Bulldog: Subverted that he's actually friendly to Blu and the gang.
 * Dogs Are Dumb
 * Dumb Muscle
 * Real Bulldogs Wear Flashy Carnival Costumes
 * Team Pet

Linda Gunderson (Voiced by: Leslie Mann)
""Squawk squawkity squawk squawk! [beat] I'm sorry, I didn't mean to curse!""
 * Action Girl: Not so much in the beginning, but in the end, she
 * Deadpan Snarker: Sometimes.
 * Gaussian Girl: Mirroring the scene with Jewel.
 * Green Eyed Red Head
 * Mama Bear: Towards Blu.
 * Meganekko
 * Nerds Are Sexy
 * Nice Girl
 * Pardon My Klingon

Túlio Monteiro (Voiced by: Rodrigo Santoro)

 * Adorkable So very very much.
 * Badass Bookworm: Near the end.
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * Butt Monkey: Especially in the beginning.
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Friend to All Living Things
 * Mad Scientist: A heroic version.
 * Megane/Nerd Glasses
 * Non-Action Guy: Even after he Took a Level in Badass, Linda still did most of the action-y stuff.

Fernando (Voiced by: Jake T. Austin)

 * Heartwarming Orphan
 * Heartwarming Orphan

Marcel (Voiced by: Carlos Ponce)

 * Advertised Extra: He has less screen time than Nigel.
 * Big Bad: He becomes this in the first movie, with Nigel has his Dragon.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Evil Poacher: But a more realistic one. He's not a sadist who gets a kick out of hurting animals. He's just a greedy and uncaring human.
 * Only Sane Man
 * Surrounded by Idiots

Marcel's Assistants, Tipa and Armando (Tipa voiced by Jeff Garcia, Armando voiced by Davi Vieira)

 * Advertised Extra: They have less screen time with Marcel.
 * Co-Dragons: To Marcel.
 * The Ditz: Tipa, the larger one.
 * Fat and Skinny
 * Real Men Wear Chicken Suits
 * Those Two Bad Guys