Encanto is the 435th episode of the Screen Junkies comedy series Honest Trailers. It was written by Spencer Gilbert, Danielle Radford and Lon Harris. Taking the format of a musical episode, it parodies the 2021 computer-animated musical fantasy comedy film Encanto. It was narrated by Jon Bailey as Epic Voice Guy, and features parody versions of the film's songs with vocals by Christina Vee and Rhea McGinty. It was published on February 22, 2022. It is 6 minutes and 41 seconds long. It has been viewed over 200,000 times.
Script[]
From the studio that colonized your childhood (Walt Disney Animation Studios), comes the latest culture to get strip-mined by Disney for anything they can turn into movies, merch, or theme parks. (shows pictures of exactly that) But these days, they've been doing it respectfully with great characters and catchy songs, so... truce?
Encanto
Return to Colombia, back in the nineteen... something-or-others, and stay in the Madrigal family's magic Casita, a house that's always listening...
Mirabel: The house isn't gonna decorate itself. (the house droops its flags in shame) Sorry...
...with a cousin who can hear a pin drop...
Agustín: (to Mirabel, as the window opens) No one has to know.
Dolores: (whispering) I know.
...a cousin who controls an army of spies...
Antonio: The rats told me everything.
...and a creepy uncle watching through the walls --
Mirabel: (from behind the kitchen wall) How long have you been back here?
Truly, the worst place on Earth to be a teenage girl. -- and meet teenage girl Mirabel, the family's only Muggle, aside from the standard Disney power that lets you freeze time. (shows images from Encanto, Doctor Strange, Aladdin (2019), and Frozen II featuring characters appearing to stop time) She'll battle high expectations, inadequacy, and literal burnout (shows the Madrigal family candle's flame dying), as she struggles to understand why she wasn't granted a special gift, though, if you ask me, her gift is living rent-free in a house that cleans itself, while all her siblings get a lifetime sentence of community service when they turn 5.
Alma: (handing the candle to Antonio) Will you serve this community?
(whispering) Mira, you have it so easy.
Bruno: (singing) --LET IT GOOOOO!!
Félix: That's what I'm always saying, bro!
Smuggle a pen and pad into the theater, because there's so many characters in this one, even the characters can't keep track of the characters...
Alejandra: Wait, who's the sister and who's the cousin?
Cecilia: There are so many people!
"Pumped" Juancho: How do you keep them all straight?!
Mirabel: Okay, okay...
...as a magic candle gives three whole generations a superpower, until it ran out of good ideas and started handing out curses. There's Luisa, who's super-strong. Great! Mom can heal the sick with food. Awesome! Pepa's mood changes the weather. That's more like a punishment, though, right?
Pepa: You're lucky it's not a hurricane!
Antonio can talk to animals, which is cool, until you hear your friends eat your other friends.
Antonio: (as Parce prepares to eat some rats) Don't eat those.
This guy (Camilo) can shapeshift. What's that good for? Crime?
Félix: Stop pretending you're Dolores so you can have seconds.
Camilo: (after changing back to normal) Worth a shot.
Dolores has super hearing, in a house with two married couples. Definite curse. Bruno can see the future, but mostly just the bad stuff. Big-time curse. And Isabela grows... flowers? Come on, candle, get your head out of your wax; if you can't think of anything useful, just magic up some birth control!
Gasp as their once-perfect home starts to become a crack house; now it's up to Mirabel to discover why, and defeat the evil villain at the center of it all. Not Bruno; he's just lazy.
Bruno: You know, the mountains around the encanto are, uh, pretty tall, and, uh... Like I said, free food and everything. Heh...
No, the real antagonist in this movie is... getting gaslit by your grandma.
Alma: The magic is strong! Everything is fine! / There is nothing wrong with La Casa Madrigal. The magic is strong. And so are the drinks.
Not exactly Jafar-level evil, but there's something off about this abuela, if that is your real name. (shows Alma leaving her room, with the door marked "Abuela") Oh. It is your real name; just "grandma" in Spanish. Well, that must've been hard to grow up with!
So enjoy a story about complex emotions and long-simmering resentments, that all get tied up neatly in a few minutes, tops.
Luisa: (while hugging Mirabel) Maybe I overdo it.
Bruno: --but if you're too stubborn to just-- (gets surprised as Alma hugs him) Just...
Mariano: --I see you.
Dolores: And I hear you.
Mirabel and Isabela: Yes!
But who cares when the colors are this bright, the dancing is this fluid, and the music is this catchy? Because Lin-Manuel is keeping the hot streak alive with one heart-rending Oscar-nominated song ("Dos Oruguitas"), and three other jams that you'll be singing for months, like... the "Magic Powers That Gloss Over Serious Issues" song (to the tune of "The Family Madrigal")...
My tia Pepa
She's got a mood disorder
She's either happy
Or she'll drown you in the sea
My tio Bruno
NOT THAT SONG ABOUT BRUNO!!
NO!
They say he's got depression, and maybe OCD
Whoa!
And that's my mom Julieta. Here's her deal...
Whoa!
She uses food to stuff up how you feel
Whoa!
Her love gets sublimated into meals
If she's repressed, imagine how I feel.
Mom!
What this family needs is therapy
My whole family needs some therapy
I guess I'm lucky that all I have is anxiety, 'cause...
This family needs all the therapy.
Oh crap!
...the "Lin-Manuel is Trying to Tell Us Something" song (to the tune of "Surface Pressure")...
Pressure after Ham-il-ton put him right on top, uh oh
Pressure after In the Heights was a total flop, uh oh oh oh
Hoping that Encanto gives him an EGOT win
So we'll all forget his role in Mary Poppins
Overexposed but he can't take a break
Money's great
...and "The Song That Shall Not Be Named". (to the tune of "We Don't Talk About Bruno")
Please don't start singing Bruno, god, no no!
We can't stop singing Bruno...
Help!
It was my wedding day
(Isn't this song catch-ay?)
Bruno started playing and I'm reading my vows to this guy
(Stuck in our heads til we die)
The song it begins in my head,
Not again...
(Again!!)
It's become the soundtrack of my life
(You will be cursed by this song)
Burrows deep inside your brain
(Musical tapeworm)
Til you're going so insane
(I sing it while I'm pooping!)
Crap we're singing it again!
(Like Groundhog Day, there's no escape)
Please don't start singing Bruno, please no no
We can't stop singing Bruno!
Starring: No Door-a the Explorer (Stephanie Beatriz as Mirabel Madrigal); Luigi's Mansion (John Leguizamo as Bruno Madrigal); Swol Team 6 (Jessica Darrow as Luisa Madrigal); Instagram-a (Diane Guerrero as Isabela Madrigal); The Wrong Kid Doored! (María Cecilia Botero as Alma Madrigal); The Changeling (Rhenzy Feliz as Camilo Madrigal); No Fart Goes Unheard (Adassa as Dolores Madrigal); Where Video Game Turkey Legs Come From (Angie Cepeda as Julieta Madrigal, feeding a customer some turkey legs); Gale Weathers (Carolina Gaitán as Pepa Madrigal); Jose Exotic (Ravi Cabot-Conyers as Antonio Madrigal); Another Easy Paycheck for Alan Tudyk (as Antonio's animal friends); and It Took Disney THIS Long to Realize Capybaras are Adorable? Hellooo? (Chispi the capybara)
Disney's Haunted by Your Tragic Past Mansion
The honest title for Encanto was ‘Disney's Haunted by Your Tragic Past Mansion’. Titles designed by Robert Holtby.
What does Disney have against Brunos?
Alberto: "Silenzio, Bruno!"
Luca: "Silenzio, Bruno!"
(plays a scene from Cinderella where Bruno the dog and Lucifer the cat begin fighting each other)
Cinderella: Bruno!
Viewer's Comments[]
Please say: "today is twos-day" next week - Armando Arroyo
Plz say:Donde esta la Biblioteca - Kieran Pereira
Please say, "Happy 25th to Cash Banooca 2: Gringott's Steakhouse." (Someone will get it.) - Sean P
Please say "I serve only one master and his name is Jeff Goldblum. - Mandalore The Thicc
Say "we'll be back after these messages" - Josh Rettig
Trivia[]
- Just like the original song, "The Song That Shall Not Be Named" (the "We Don't Talk About Bruno" parody) has its vocals in a binary manner, shifting from one side of the audio or the other based on where the characters are positioned.
Reception[]
Production Credits[]
Voice Narration: Jon Bailey aka Epic Voice Guy
Vocalists: Christina Vee & Rhea McGinty
Title Design: Robert Holtby
Written by: Spencer Gilbert, Danielle Radford, & Lon Harris
Produced by: Spencer Gilbert
Associate Producer: Ryan O'Toole
Edited by: Kevin Williamsen & Randy Whitlock
Post-Production Supervisor: Emin Bassavand
Post-Production Coordinator: Mikołaj Kossakowski
Assistant Editor: Rebecca Castaneda
Director of Video Production: Max Dionne