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Brave (2012 film)

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Some say our destiny is tied to the land, as much a part of us as we are of it. Others say fate is woven together like a cloth, so that one's destiny intertwines with many others. It's the one thing we search for, or fight to change. Some never find it. But there are some who are led.

Brave is a 2012 British 3D computer-animated fantasy-adventure comedy-drama film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. Set in the highlands of 10th century Scotland, a rebellious viking named Merida (voiced by emma waston), in hopes of changing her fate, inadvertently unleashes an ancient curse, and is forced to undo the spell and save her kingdom before its too late.

Change your fate.

Lady Merida

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  • [narrating] Some say our destiny is tied to the land, as much a part of us as we are of it. Others say fate is woven together like a cloth, so that one's destiny intertwines with many others. It's the one thing we search for, or fight to change. Some never find it. But there are some who are led.
  • [narrating] I became a sister to three new brothers. The princes. Hamish, Hubert, and Harris. Wee devils, more like. They get away with murder! I can never get away with anything!
  • [narrating] But every once in a while, there's a day when I don't have to be a princess. No lessons, no expectations. A day where anything can happen. A day I can change my fate.
  • [looks at the black berries; to Bear Elinor] Find those by the creek, did you? [Bear Elinor nods and keeps eating the berries] They're nightshade berries. [Bear Elinor eats another one] They're poisonous. [Bear Elinor spits out the berries and tries to chug down some water] Where did you get this water? It has worms! [Bear Elinor spits out the water]
  • SHUT IT!!!
  • [to the men in the throne room] Legends are lessons. They ring with truths. Our kingdom is young; our stories are not yet legends, but in them, our bond was struck. Our clans were once enemies. But when we were threatened from the north, you joined together to defend our lands. You fought for each other. You risked everything for each other.
  • [after realizing Bear Elinor isn't changing back into a human] No. No. I don't understand. [crying] Oh, Mom, I'm sorry. This is all my fault. I did this to you to us. [hugs Bear Elinor] You've always been there for me. You've never given up on me. I just want you back. I want you back, Mommy. [murmurs] I love you.
  • [closing narration] There are those who say fate is something beyond our command. That destiny is not our own, but I know better. Our fate lives within us. You only have to be brave enough to see it.

Lord Dingwall

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  • Then our alliance is over! This means war!

Queen Elinor

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  • Oh, dear. [notices Merida's bow starts to burn out; she quickly pulls it out and she realizes it's been burned out] Oh, no. What have I done? [weeps in realization]

King Fergus

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The Witch

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  • [after turning her woodcarving hut into a spell-casting lair] You never conjure where you carve; very important.
  • [repeated lines] Fate be changed, look inside, mend the bond torn by pride.

Dialogue

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[First lines; Elinor and Young Merida are playing hide-and-seek]
Queen Elinor: Where are you? Come out, come out, come on out! I'm coming to get you! [Young Merida laughs as she hides under the table] Where are you, you little rascal? I'm coming to get you! [looks under the table but Merida quickly moves to hide somewhere else] Hmm, where is my little birthday girl? I'm going to gobble her up when I find her! [Merida comes up behind her and goes to run away, but she catches her] I'm going to eat you! [as she and Merida play, Fergus places his bow on the table] Ach! Fergus, no weapons on the table!
Young Merida: Can I shoot an arrow? [picks up the large bow from the table] Can I, can I, can I, can I? Please, can I? [falls and laughs as the bow is too big for her]
King Fergus: Not with that. Why not use your very own? [presents her with a small bow] Happy birthday, my wee darling! Now, there's a good girl. Draw all the way back now to your cheek. That's right. Keep both eyes open. And, loose!
Young Merida: I missed...
Queen Elinor: Go and fetch it, then. [turns to Fergus after Young Merida leaves] A bow, Fergus? She's a lady! [Fergus grabs her butt] Oh, you!
Young Merida: A will-o'-the-wisp. They are real.
Queen Elinor: Merida! Come on, sweetheart, we’re leaving now.
Young Merida: I saw a wisp! I saw a wisp!
Queen Elinor: A wisp? You know, some say that will-o'-the-wisps lead you to your fate.
King Fergus: Oh, aye! Or an arrow! Come on, let’s be off. Before we see a dancing charging bubu or a giant...
Queen Elinor: Your father doesn’t believe in magic.
Young Merida: Well he should, cause it’s true. [sees Mor'du for the first time]
King Fergus: Mor'du! Elinor, run! [About to attack Mor'du] COME ON, YOU!
King Fergus: [telling a story] Then out of nowhere, the biggest bear you've ever seen! His hide littered with the weapons of fallen warriors! His face scarred with one dead eye. I drew my sword and...
Princess Merida: [cuts in] WHOOSH! One swipe, his sword shattered, then CHOMP! Dad's leg was clean off! Down the monster's throat it went!
King Fergus: Aww, that's my favorite part!
Merida: Mor'du has never been seen since and is roaming the wilds, waiting his chance at revenge. [roars]
King Fergus: Let him return. I'll finish what I guddled in the first place.
Queen Elinor: Merida, a princess does not place her weapons on the table.
Merida: [moans] Mom, it's just my bow.
Queen Elinor: A princess should not have weapons in my opinion.
King Fergus: Leave her be! Princess or not, learning to fight is essential.
Merida: [removes her bow off the table] Mom, you'll never guess what I did today.
Queen Elinor: [not really listening] Mmm-hmm?
Merida: I climbed up the Crone's Tooth and drank from the Fire Falls.
[Hamish, Hubert, and Harris look at her in awe]
King Fergus: Fire Falls? They say only the ancient kings were brave enough to drink the fire.
[Merida wrinkles her nose at Fergus and giggles]
Queen Elinor: [looks up from the documents she's reading; to Merida] What did you do, dear?
Merida: [disappointed] Nothing, Mom.
Queen Elinor: Hungry, aren't we?
Merida: Mom!
King Fergus: Oh, come on, now! Pretend I'm Merida, speak to me. What would you say?
Queen Elinor: I can't do this!
King Fergus: Sure, you can! [Queen Elinor gives him a skeptical look] There, there! That's my queen! All right, here we go. [takes a deep breath and speaks in a shrilly voice, impersonating Merida] "I don't want to get married! I want to stay single and let my hair flow in the wind as I ride through the glen, firing arrows into the sunset!" [smiles and nods]
Queen Elinor: [smiles, and takes a deep breath] Merida, all this work, all the time spent preparing you, schooling you, giving you everything we never had. I ask you, what do you expect us to do?
Merida: [in the royal stables; taking care of Angus and rehearsing her own speech] Call off the gathering! Would that kill them? You're the queen. You can just tell the lords, "The princess is not ready for this. In fact, she might not ever be ready for this, so that's that. Good day to you. We'll expect your declarations of war in the morning."
Queen Elinor: I understand this must all seem unfair. Even I had reservations when I faced betrothal. [Fergus looks up in surprise] But we can't just run away from who we are.
Merida: I don't want my life to be over. I want my freedom!
Queen Elinor: But are you willing to pay the price your freedom will cost?
Merida: I'm not doing any of this to hurt you.
Queen Elinor: If you could just try to see what I do, I do out of love.
Merida: But it's my life. I'm just not ready.
Queen Elinor: I think you'd see if you could just...
Merida: I think I could make you understand if you would just...
Queen Elinor: Listen.
Merida: Listen. [Angus whinnies at her] I swear, Angus, this isn't going to happen. [Angus touches her sympathetically and she pets him] Not if I have any say in it.
[Somebody just called Lord Dingwall a liar]
Lord Dingwall: I heard that! Come on, say it to my face, or are you scared simperin' jackanapes, 'fraid to muss your pretty hair?!
Lord Macintosh: At least we have hair!
Lord MacGuffin: And all our teeth!
Young MacGuffin: [in a thick accent] If he was a wee bit closer, I could lob a caber at him, ye ken?
Lord Macintosh: [confused at first, then regains composure] And we don't hide under bridges, you grumpy old troll!
[The Macintoshes, MacGuffins and Fergus chortle]
Lord Dingwall: You wanna laugh, huh? [to his son] WEE DINGWALL!
[Wee Dingwall attacks Lord Macintosh, starting a brawl]
Merida: [after Young MacGuffin shoots and misses] I bet he wishes he was tossing cabers.
King Fergus: Or holding up bridges...
[Elinor nudges Fergus scoldingly while he and Merida snickers]
[Young Macintosh smashes his bow on the ground after barely missing the bullseye]
Merida: [sarcastically] Oh, that's attractive.
[Young Macintosh throws his bow over the crowd]
Random Clan Member: I got it!
Merida: [to Fergus] Good arm!
King Fergus: [brushes back his hair] And such lovely, flowing locks.
Queen Elinor: Fergus!
King Fergus: What?
Merida: I am Merida, firstborn descendant of Clan DunBroch, and I'll be shooting for my own hand.
Queen Elinor: What are you doing? Merida!
Merida: Curse this dress!
Queen Elinor: Merida, stop this! Don't you dare loose another arrow. Merida, I forbid it! [After Merida shoots another arrow in front of everyone, Elinor crossly throws her in the War Room of training room] Mitchy me! I've just about had enough of you, lass!
Merida: You're the one that wants me to...!
Queen Elinor: [crossly] You embarrassed them. You embarrassed me!
Merida: I followed the rules!
Queen Elinor: [slams the door shut] You don't know what you've done!
Merida: I just don't care how...
Queen Elinor: It'll be fire and sword if it's not set right.
Merida: Just listen!
Queen Elinor: I am the queen! You listen to me!
Merida: [groans in frustration] This is so unfair!
Queen Elinor: Unfair?
Merida: [swinging a sword] You're never there for me! This whole marriage is what YOU want! Do you ever bother to ask what I want? No! You walk around telling me what to do, what not to do! Trying to make me be like you! Well, I'm not going to be like you!
Queen Elinor: Oh, you're acting like a child.
Merida: [points at Elinor's tapestry with the sword] And you're a beast! That's what you are!
Queen Elinor: [gasps] MERIDA!
Merida: I'll never be like you...
Queen Elinor: No! Stop that!
Merida: [savagely slashes the tapestry in half] I'd rather *DIE* than be like you!
Queen Elinor: [gasps in shock and terror at the tapestry that is now slashed between her and Merida, then gets enraged and storms up to her; she throws the sword out of her hand] Merida, you are a princess, and I expect you to *act* like one!
Merida: Mom!
Queen Elinor: [takes Merida's bow and throws Merida's bow into the fireplace; Merida gasps in devastation, starts to cry and runs away] Merida! Merida! [notices Merida's bow starts to burn out; she quickly pulls it out and she realizes it's been burned out] Oh, dear. Oh, no. What have I done? [weeps in realization]
Merida: [discovers that the woodcarver is a witch; excitedly] You're a 'WITCH!'
The Witch: [still trying to hide her identity; carving] Woodcarver.
Merida: That's why the wisps led me here!
The Witch: [getting angrily-isher; carving] Woodcarver!
Merida: [more excited] You'll change my fate!
The Witch: [angrier; chopping up the log with an axe] WOODCARVER!!!
Merida: You see, it's my mother-
The Witch: [snaps] I'M NOT A WITCH! TOO MANY UNSATISFIED CUSTOMERS! [Merida stares at her in fright; calms down] If you're not going to buy anything, get out! [snaps her fingers and knives point at Merida]
Merida: No, the wisps led me here!
The Witch: I DON'T CARE! GET OUT! SHOO! GET! BE GONE WITH YOU! [uses her powers to float knives towards Merida forcing her out of the cottage]
Merida: I’ll buy it all!
[Suddenly the floating knives stop in mid-air]
The Witch: What’s that?
Merida: Every carving.
[The floating knives suddenly point away from Merida]
The Witch: And how are you going to pay for that?
Merida: With this. [takes off her necklace]
The Witch: Oh, my! Lovely, that is!
Crow: That'll set up for months.
[The floating knives fall as the Witch tries grabs Merida’s necklace]
Merida: [pulls the necklace away] Every carving and one spell.
The Witch: Are you sure you know what you’re doing?
Merida: I want a spell to change my mommy. That will change my fate.
The Witch: Done! [quickly grabs the necklace. After agreeing to give Merida a spell, the Witch walks out of her cottage and then walks back towards her cottage]
[The Witch picks up the cake from the boiling cauldron]
Merida: [confused] Uh... a cake?
The Witch: [sounding angrily] You don't want it?
Merida: Yes, I want it! You're sure if I give this to my mom, it will change my fate?
The Witch: [chuckles] Trust me... it'll do the trick, deary.
[Elinor feels sick after eating a cursed cake]
Merida: Just take all the time you need to get yourself right, Mom. And maybe in a bit you might have something new to say on the marriage.
Queen Elinor: [groaning] What was in that cake?
Merida: Cake? [Suddenly, Elinor rolls off the bed in pain] Mom? So, I'll just tell them the wedding's off then. Mom? [hears a growling noise from where Elinor rolled of down the bed. She walks round to see if Elinor is fine, she sees a giant shapes under the blanket. It rises from the floor and the blanket falls off, revealed Elinor has transformed into a bear, making her scream in terror] Bear! Mom? You're a BEAR! Why, a bear?! [realizing] OH, that scaffy witch gave me a gammy spell! [Bear Elinor stares at her, demanding to know what she meant] It's not my fault. I didn't ask her to change you into a bear! I just wanted her to change you. [realizes she screwed up]
[A shocked and outraged Bear Elinor roars at her]
Merida: Mom, wait. We have to...
King Fergus: [offscreen; to his men] Follow me.
Merida: Stop! STOP! YOU'RE COVERED WITH FUR!! You're not naked! It's not like anyone's gonna see you! [they see Maudie, who stares in shock. Bear Elinor waves nervously at Maudie; Maudie runs away, screaming] Now you've done it.
[Maudie runs into Fergus and the others before she stutters]
King Fergus: Maudie! Just calm down, lass. What is it? [Maudie still stutters] Spit it out, Maudie!
Maudie: A BEAR!!!
King Fergus: I KNEW IT!! HYAH!! [he and the other men charge to where Maudie came from]
Merida: [to Bear Elinor] Would you just listen to me?
[Fergus, the lords, their sons, and the rest of the men are being distracted by the triplets, thinking there's a bear in the castle]
Lord MacGuffin: Do you think we should lay a trap?
King Fergus: [angrily] TRY SHUTTING YOURS. [They then start arguing, but quickly stop after they hear a growl and see a shadow of a bear] There he is!
[They chase it up the castle roof and realize it's gone]
King Fergus: I'm sure it went this way.
Lord MacGuffin: You can see my house from here.
Lord Dingwall: It must've sprouted wings.
Lord MacGuffin: Or was carried away by a giant birdy.
Lord Dingwall: A dragon, perhaps.
Lord Macintosh: [mockingly] "Bear in the castle!" [normal] Doesn't make sense. It cannot open doors. He's got big, giant paws!
King Fergus: [groans] Let's just get inside. [tries to open the door but can't] It's locked!
Lord MacGuffin: [points to Lord Dingwall] Dingwall was the last up!
Lord Dingwall: I propped it open with a stick!
[The men groan, and from the other side of the door, it is revealed that two of the triplets took the stick and chucked it away]
Merida: Oh, where are these wisps? Come out, wisps! Come on out! Lead me to the witch's cottage! I'm here! Fine! Don't come out now that my mom's watching. I was standing right here! And the wisp appeared right there! Then a whole trail of them led me off into the forest. Does she think that I just happened upon a witch's cottage? Oh, mom! I know this place. The witch's cottage...is this way! Come on! Hurry! [Merida and Bear Elinor reach the witch's cottage] I can't believe it. I found it. [excitedly opens the door, only to find the cottage completely empty with only the cauldron still in the middle; confused] No, she was here. [closes the door; to Bear Elinor] No, really, she was just here. [Bear Elinor whines] Oh, wait. [snaps her fingers then opens the door again but finds it the same as before] No. [bangs the door shut. Tries again several times, but to no avail; horrified] No, no. No! No! [steps in the door and accidentally trips a wire, starting a Rube Goldberg machine that eventually shoots a knife, nearly killing Merida. The cauldron begins to bubble and glow green. Merida and Bear Elinor walk over. A ghostly image of the Witch appears above the cauldron]
The Witch: Welcome to the Crafty Carver, home of bear-themed carvings and novelties. I am completely out of stock at this time. But, if you'd like to inquire about portraits or wedding cake toppers, pour vial one into the cauldron. If you'd like the menu in Gaelic, vial two. If you're that red-haired lass, vial three. To speak with a live homunculus- [Merida quickly grabs the third vial, uncorks it and pours its contents into the cauldron; briefly disappears and reappears] Princess! I'm off to the Wickerman Festival in Stornoway, and won't be back till spring. There's one bit I forgot to tell you about the spell. By the second sunrise, your spell will be permanent! [Merida gasps; Bear Elinor scowls] Unless you remember these words: "Fate be changed, look inside, mend the bond torn by pride."
Merida: [angry and confused] "Fate be changed? Mend the bond?" What does that mean?
The Witch: One more time. [ominously] "Fate be changed, look inside, mend the bond torn by pride." [cheerfully] That's it! Tah-tah! Oh, and thank you for shopping at the Crafty Carver! [disappears]
Merida: [panicking] No, no! Where'd you go? [pours another vial into the cauldron]
The Witch: [suddenly reappears] Welcome to the Crafty Carver...
Merida: [horrified] What?
The Witch: ...for all your-
Merida: [pours in another vial, causing the speeches to overlap; desperately] Maybe there's a book of spells. [to Bear Elinor] Look around. We'll need more vials. [proceeds to frantically dump in the last two vials, causing the spell to go haywire]
The Witch: I'm off to the Wickerman Festival in Stornoway, and- [begins saying all the messages over one another. Merida and Bear Elinor brace for impact] Thank you for visiting. Have a lovely day!
[The cauldron explodes, tearing apart the cottage]
[Merida, assisted by Bear Elinor, asks the lords' sons to write their own stories, follow their hearts, and find love in their own time]
Lord Macintosh: Well, since you've obviously made up your minds about this, I have one thing to say: This is-
Young Macintosh: [interrupting in a gleeful tone] A GRAND IDEA! [to his father] Give us our own say in choosing our fate.
Lord Macintosh: [stunned with outrage] WHAT?!
Wee Dingwall: Aye, why shouldn't we choose?
Lord Dingwall: [also stunned] But she's the princess!
Wee Dingwall: I didn't pick her out. It was your idea.
Lord MacGuffin: [to his son] And you, you feel the same way?
Young MacGuffin: [in a thick accent] It's just not fair making us fight for the hand of a quean who doesn't want any bit of it. Good?
[The Dingwalls and Macintoshes stare at each other confused; Merida giggles]
[After Mor'du is defeated]
Merida: The second sunrise! Oh, no. I don't understand, I... Oh, mom! I'm sorry. This is all my fault! I did this to you! To us! You've always been there for me. You've never given up on me. I just want you back! I want you back, mommy! I love you. [looks up and sees Elinor has changed back into a human form] Mom, you're back! You changed!
Queen Elinor: [warmly] Oh, darling. We both have.
King Fergus: Elinor! Elinor.
Queen Elinor: Oh, dear!
King Fergus: You're back, you're back here!
Merida: Oh, mom!
Queen Elinor: Ehm, dear? I'm naked. Naked as a wee babby. Don't just stare at me, do something!
King Fergus: What the...? Avert your eyes, lads! Show some respect! Now that's what I call a wee naked babby!
[Last lines, after the credits; the guard sleeps by the gate, then he hears a caw, waking him up]
The Crow: Delivery. Sign here. Sign here. [caws at the guard] Come on, birdbrain. I haven't got all day.
[The spear falls and lays on the ground]

About Brave (2012 film)

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  • Merida was created specifically to break that mold. She was created to turn the regular Disney princess on its head. To show that Merida is closer to a real princess than those princesses. Princesses were working girls and so were their mothers and so I gave her a modern twist.
I wanted to create a stronger character, one that feels and looks attainable, that’s not waiting for the prince or the man to come along or needs romance to make them complete. I also left it open so that romance wasn’t completely cut out of the picture when she’s ready and of her own choosing as opposed to her being forced into something that she didn't choose. I wanted to give her that strength.

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