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{{quote|"''Change your fate.''"|'''[[Tagline]]'''}}

''Brave'' is [[Pixar]]'s 13th film, featuring their first journey into the [[Fantasy]] genre (of the [[Fairy Tale]] kind), and their first female lead protagonist. It tells the tale of a [[Rebellious Princess]] named Mérida in the mythical Scottish Highlands who defies a sacred custom, bringing turmoil to the kingdom. She [[Royals Who Actually Do Something|takes action herself, sports a bow and arrow, and goes on an adventure with the king's three lords to right her wrongs]].

[[Working Title|Used to be called]] ''The Bear and the Bow'' while in development, and also used to be helmed by Pixar's first female director, Brenda Chapman (''[[The Prince of Egypt]]''), but she was replaced by story artist Mark Andrews and [[Sam and Max|Steve Purcell]]. She will still have co-directing credit.

The film comes out June 22, 2012. The teaser trailer can be viewed [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYg0VgPy6Uk here.] The full trailer can be seen [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TEHWDA_6e3M here], as well as one of the film's publicly released scenes [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4EZULqhP2E here].
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=== ''Brave'' provides examples of: ===
* [[Ancient Artifact]]: Each of the three lords is in possession of an ancient relic; a lyre, a cauldron, and a rock. All are said to be magical ... except for the rock. Maybe.
* [[Animorphism]]: The trailer implies that {{spoiler|Mérida's family}} will be turned into black bears at some point.
* [[Arranged Marriage]]: The sons of the three lords compete in the Highland Games for Mérida's hand in marriage. She prefers her freedom and doesn't want to get married at all, so she sabotages their chances by entering and winning the archery contest.
* [[Badly Battered Babysitter]] / [[Chew Toy]]: The triplets' nanny, according to the trailers. The [[Slapstick Knows No Gender|poor woman]] [[Amusing Injuries|crashes headlong into a wall]], is the victim of the [[Carrying a Cake]] trope, and suffers a [[Funbag Airbag]] with a bear cub.
* [[Ballroom Blitz]]: It's the throne room, actually, but still formal enough to qualify. The three lords and their clans gather at the castle for the Highland Games, in which their sons will compete for the right to Mérida's hand in marriage. At some point a massive fight breaks out (including [[Man Bites Man|biting]] and at least one [[Breast Attack|purple nurple]]). Fergus makes a feeble attempt to restore order before ''literally'' diving into the fray, thus leaving Elinor to restore order.
* [[Bonnie Scotland]]
* [[Brave Scot]]: Implied in the title.
* [[Bright Castle]]: [http://pixartimes.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/brave-concept-art-hi-res-image-3.jpg Castle DunBroch,] though it looks more like a fortress than the traditional fairy tale variety.
* [[Carrying a Cake]]: If there are sweets in the area, the triplets ''will'' steal them.
* [[Continuity Cameo]]: The royal family appears in car form on a tapestry inside a pub in ''[[Cars 2]]''.
** [http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_lya7v5eL8X1r9yokvo1_1280.jpg Here] is the pic as it appeared in ''Cars 2'', and [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120503190345/pixar/images/5/55/NewHeroTapestry1_colorstairs.jpg here] is how it will look in ''Brave''.
* [[Continuity Nod]]: The Pizza Planet truck is expected to make an appearance inside the Witch's hut.
** Likewise, [[Pixar Regulars|John Ratzenberger]] will be voicing [[Fake Brit|a guard]].
* [[Cool Boat]]: The three lords each have one of these and use them to cross the loch to reach Castle DunBroch.
* [[Curse]]: A "beastly curse" is unleashed on the land as a result of Mérida's wish, specifically  {{spoiler|Queen Elinor being transformed into a bear}}.
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: [[Pixar Regulars|Lee Unkrich]] has described the film as a "very gritty adventure", darker and more mature in tone than the typical [[Disney Princess]] movie. The trailer also breaks Pixar's tradition with funny gag-based teaser trailers and [[Audience Alienating Premise|Audience Alienating Premises]], setting the audience up for a story akin to that of a traditional [[High Fantasy]]. Still, they're mind-bogglingly still aimed at the youngest crowds, choosing to focus on the comic relief and completely hiding the true premise of the movie, possibly because of its darker and edgier roots.
* [[Death Glare]]: Mérida and Elinor do this to each other right after the last arrow hits the bull's-eye.
* [[Everythings Louder With Bagpipes]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A2tOsWt3uOs Yup, it sure is].
* [[Everythings Worse With Bears]]: The demon bear Mor'du, who is described by Pixar as "[[Moby Dick]] on land."
* [[The Fair Folk]]: The [[Cold Flames|Wisps]] are most likely this trope. They're also said to have the power to {{spoiler|[[Winds of Destiny Change|change fate]].}}
* [[Feuding Families]]: The three lords don't get along with each other and are the leaders of their respective [[The Clan|clans]]. It's up to the royal family to keep the feuding from escalating into war.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Mérida, her father, and her three little brothers are all redheaded and spirited.
* [[Freeze Frame Bonus]]: If you look at [http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110523234042/pixar/images/6/68/Brave-logo.jpg the title] closely, you can see Mérida hidden in the letter B, and Elinor in the letter E.
* [[Funbag Airbag]]: One of the bear cubs falls into a woman's chest.
* [[Head Desk]]: One of the triplets drops his head on the dinner table while listening to Fergus retell his encounter with Mor'du. It would seem that the king is more impressed with the story than his sons are.
* [[Hollywood Cuisine]]: "Boys! Don't just play with your haggis!"
* [[Hunk]]: The only guy Mérida seems impressed with at all is a guy who looks like this. Too bad he's not ''really'' Lord Dingwall's son.
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: The clan names [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]] and [[MacGuffin]].
* [[Ironic Echo]]: {{spoiler|"I'm right here. I'll always be right here."}}
* [[The Kingdom]]: DunBroch.
* [[Landmark of Lore]]: The circle of standing stones is loosely based on [http://rsanews.com/news/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/Stones-of-Callanish.jpg the Callanish Standing Stones on the Isle of Lewis].
* [[Licensed Game]]: Read all about it [http://pixartimes.com/2012/03/19/brave-video-game-launching-this-summer/ here].
* [[The Lost Woods]]
* [[Loyal Animal Companion]]: Mérida is joined by a bear in her quest -- it's loyal because {{spoiler|she's her now-cursed mom.}}
* [[Man Bites Man]]: Wee Dingwall, of all people, does this to Lord Macintosh during the [[Ballroom Blitz]] scene.
* [[Man in A Kilt]]: [[Justified]] as the setting is the Scottish Highlands where the kilt originated from.
** Apparently they're [[Going Commando]], too, if the "Kilt" featurette is any indication.
** A bit of [[Artistic License History]] there, the kilt wasn't invented until the 16th century.
* [[Meaningful Background Event]]: The bear in the poster. See [[Everythings Worse With Bears]].
* [[Medieval Morons]]: Look no further than the scene at the royal court where almost everyone is brawling like children.
* [[The Middle Ages]]:
{{quote| '''Mark Andrews:''' It's actually a non-period in Scotland ... Between the [[The Low Middle Ages|8th and the 12th centuries]].}}
* [[Misplaced Wildlife]]: In the trailer you can hear a red-tail hawk, found in California but not in Scotland.
* [[The Mockbuster]]: ''[http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51%2BC6ChOXPL._SL500_AA300_.jpg Kiara the Brave]''.
* [[Most Writers Are Male]]: John Lasseter on why [[Pixar]] hasn't had a female [[Main Character]] before: "We're a bunch of guys."
* [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: So far none of the promos have shown what the actual consequences of Mérida's wish for freedom really are. Some of the [[The Merch]], on the other hand, {{spoiler|includes toys of Elinor and the Triplets that transform into bears.}}
* [[No Flow in CGI]]: Averted. The hair of various characters are animated realistically and have their own movements.
* [[Not This One That One]]: Mérida and her parents assume the [[Hunk|big strong guy]] Lord Dingwall is pointing at is his son (and one of her possible suitors), when he's really pointing at the scrawny kid standing behind him.
* [[Orange Blue Contrast]]: The movie poster, pictured above.
* [[Parody Commercial]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GINUwnK60P4 "Kilt. Are you man enough to wear one?"]
** "Royalty Records presents 19 of the greatest bagpipe hits ever collected on one LP! [http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=A2tOsWt3uOs Freedom Broch]!"
* [[Race Against the Clock]]: Mérida has a limited amount of time to break the curse before it's too late (most likely it's a [[Celestial Deadline]]).
* [[Ravens and Crows]]: The Witch seems to have one as a familiar.
* [[Recurring Extra]]: The [[Hunk]] from clan Dingwall.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Mérida's family seems pretty active for royalty.
** It's mainly [[Rebellious Princess|Mérida]] and [[Ruling Couple|her parents]] who do things. The [[Trickster Twins|triplets]] are presumably too young to do much besides cause trouble.
* [[Rule of Three]]: The Three Lords, the three failing suitors, and Mérida's identical triplet brothers that only she's able to tell apart.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: Pixar is animating the beautiful Scottish Highlands. [http://pixartimes.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/brave-concept-art-hi-res-image-3.jpg Just] [http://pixartimes.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/brave-concept-art-hi-res-image-1.jpg look] [http://staytoonedin.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/brave-concept-art-meridatakesoff.jpg at] the concept art.
* [[Shown Their Work]]: According to [http://www.wired.com/geekdad/2012/02/new-brave-trailer-gets-it-right this article], regarding archery.
* [[Standard Hero Reward]]: A contest is set up for the hand of Mérida as part of tradition. Mérida does not approve. She gets out of it by competing in the contest for her own hand. She wins.
* [[Stealth Pun]]: ACXIII. <ref> Hint, it's a Roman Numeral version of A113, a common Pixar [[Easter Egg]].</ref>
* [[Trailers Always Spoil]]: As beautiful as the "Mother's Day" trailer is, the trailer may have {{spoiler|given away a few of the ending shots of the film at the tail end of it}}.
** Several [[Novelization|movie tie-in books]] are getting released before the movie itself, too. Do not read them unless you want the movie completely spoiled.

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