Bruno is Alberto’s Father?! | Pixar Theory 

What do you think!? Is Bruno Alberto's Father?!!

I would agree with this however, the director of Encanto talked about how Bruno’s name was supposed to be Oscar. But Lin Manuel asked to change it to Bruno for the song to rhyme haha

I heavily disagree, actually. The only reason Bruno abandoned his family was to PROTECT them, and especially Mirabel. The idea that he would abandon a child is HORRIBLY against what personality we see in the movie. In addition, though he leaves, Bruno cannot bring himself to leave his family, itself, which is where he has stayed. In addition, the whole point of the character is that he is innocent, and a pure soul. To do what he would have to have done that this theory claims, would be horribly against his character. And that utterly blows the theory out of the water.

I feel that if Bruno was actually Alberto's dad, it'd likely be after the events of Encanto. Mainly because no one could leave due to the mountains until the movie's conclusion. Maybe Bruno decided to visit the coast after the mountains opened up, fell in love with a sea monster, and decided to move to Italy to be part of the sea monster's family. Then he wound up seeing a future that drove him to leave. Like, maybe Bruno foresaw his own death and didn't want to freak Alberto out or potentially drag Alberto into danger? The whole "silencio Bruno" thing could've been a phrase Bruno himself made because he still blamed his powers for causing chaos rather than just sensing it.

I usually agree with you, but Bruno didn't abandon his family. He said he loves his family and that he never left because of that. He only hid himself because everyone blamed him for their futures, instead of realizing he had no control over what it was. He was afraid he was just hurting everyone. He didn't run away to save himself. He ran away to save everyone else. Honestly I'm really disappointed in this theory. Bruno is obviously a very quirky but sweet guy. He had so much love he didn't even go off to start his own life (outside of this theory), instead he stayed in side the walls patching up the cracks with out anyone even knowing. I really hate that this theory makes him seem like he's this dead beat bad guy who just abandons people, when that isn't the case at all. Y'all dropped the ball on this one. Sorry guys.

Unfortunately, Bruno wasn’t ever able to escape the Encanto and says so himself, stating the mountains were too tall. Also, it’s very doubtful that bruno would abandon his son/someone who is just as close as family, cause even when Bruno in Encanto *abandoned* his family he never truly left. Finally, it’s a LOOOOOOONG way from Colombia to Italy so that’s just an extra doubt.

The thing is, in actuality, the director of Luca even said himself, he just randomly chose the name Bruno for that line as it was spur of the moment and apologized to those named Bruno. In Encanto, Lin Manuel Miranda himself said that the Encanto Bruno was originally named Oscar but he asked to change it so he could work it into a song better. Otherwise, it's a fun what if idea.

I am unhappy with the Bruno from encanto slander that is happening. He didn't abandon his family, he left to protect mirabel because he knows the burden of being the family scapegoat. After being literally outlasted and made into a ghost story he still looks after his family just from a distance to help him cope. Honestly it upset me that all the things people dont like about him are just signs of neuro divergency. He was never a villain, he is the victim of a toxic family who don't understand him.

I'm pretty sure that Bruno confirmed in Encanto that he couldn't leave the village because the mountains are too high and he's been in the wall the whole time. He also is very family oriented! He went into hiding for his niece's safety... he keeps trying to fix the wall; this is just a big miss for me.

In “We Don’t Talk About Bruno”, Dolores says “I can always hear him sort of muttering and mumbling”. I think she knew he was there, but chose not to tell anyone because she understands what it’s like to have an invasive gift like seeing people’s future or hearing literally everything - shown by “it’s a heavy lift with a gift so humbling”. And because of that, Bruno being in the house became a secret she was willing to keep (and something not as extreme as a vision of the family’s magic being destroyed which would be much harder to keep quiet about).

Nooooo way I can agree with this theory. It's literally stated over and over again how much the madrigals (and specifically Bruno) loved their family. He only left because he wanted to protect Mirabel and even then constantly kept tabs on them because he loved them so much. It's completely out of character for him to just abandon his son. Also, Doloris isn't particularly quiet about the fact that she hears Bruno. She keeps saying it over and over again, but she's probably ignored and silenced by the grown-ups, since Bruno is such a taboo topic. Still think it's a really funny coincidence though!

First off, I wanna say that I applaud your attention to details that most people would miss and your dedication to creating as many points as possible. Unfortunately, I am not convinced. My overall impression is that this theory is based on one single coincidence in names that has been completely overanalyzed. Plus, Bruno mentions in Encanto that he never left Columbia at all because of how tall the surrounding mountains were, so the chances of him being in Italy are zip.

I always thought the phrase “silencio Bruno” in the context of encanto is a reference to Bruno’s power of seeing into the future. So whenever Alberto says silencio Bruno he’s pretty much just saying live in the moment

I disagree with this theory entirely, simply put, Delores isn't that much of a gossip, she shares a huge and important piece of information with the family; and only answers questions directed to her. Her mom was the main person who insisted not talking about Bruno so she probably learned from an early age to stay quiet about sounds in the walls. Bruno also doesn't seem like the type to abandon his kid either, he is all about his family, even as an outcast. I made the same joke though about the similar name usage when it came out.

Am I the only one that's getting ticked of lf by this theory. Bruno from Encanto is such an amazing character and my favorite in the movie. Everything from the moment we meet him says he's this sweet guy that people misunderstood and blamed for bad things. This theory cheapens that and makes him into this horrible person. The entire scene where they talk in the walls is meant to show us how wrong the family was about thinking that.

I was on board until I remembered that the Encanto is literally surrounded by mountains, and was only opened near the end of the movie. And as far as we know there’s no technology that would help Bruno climb such steep and smooth mountains. And if he did make it out, I doubt he would have come all the way back just to sneak into his old house and live in the walls listening to his family talk about how they shouldn’t mention him.

In Encanto, Mirabell literally says "You never really left?" to which Bruno replied "Well the mountains surrounding Encanto are pretty tall." So this would be cool in theory, but i think this is the first ever theory that I can't really get behind. Bruno basically confirmed to Mirabell that he in fact did not leave encanto

New theory: Lin Manuel Miranda is actually the one who has an issue with some guy named Bruno and is using Luca and Encanto as evidence to make everyone blame Disney as a scapegoat.

Dolores also says in “We don’t talk about Bruno” that she “CAN always hear him muttering and mumbling” not that she COULD or USED to. It also doesn’t look like anyone can come or go from the Encanto with those mountains. Not that it’s impossible but it looks like it wouldn’t be easy in sandals. My other question would be how long would it take him to travel that (almost 6000 miles by plane) distance, and with what money. Also if he did leave then that takes away from Mirabel’s argument on how much he loves his family and proves the grandma correct that he did indeed leave his family (twice if this theory was true). It would also mean he reunited with one family only to leave his child abandoned on a tiny island, regardless of what would happen in the future.

It's funny seeing all the comments arguing over the validity of this theory when there's one simple fact that can disprove it. Encanto is not a Pixar film, it's a Disney film. I know Disney owns Pixar and could retcon it in if they wanted, but no crossover between the Pixar universe and the Disney universe has been made yet (except Wreck it Ralph: Ralph Breaks the Internet, but that was a meta thing and it was Disney using Pixar stuff) so I don't think it's likely that the first crossover into the Pixar universe would be on some random line and a name sharing.

Remember the line that Bruno said when mirabelle asked " so you've been living in the walls" , then Bruno said, " you expect me to climb over those mountains", or something like that?

I don't think Bruno Madrigal and Bruno Scorfano are the same person, for multiple reasons. 1. Bruno was Originally called Oscar. His name was changed to fit the lyrics "Bruno, no, no ,no". To me that makes it pretty clear that Bruno being Alberto's father is not the intended takeaway. 2. Bruno himself implies he never left. He never outright says it, but when Mirabel asks why he never left he says "... the mountains around the Encanto are pretty tall". I also always got the feeling that the village was effectively sealed off from the rest of the world, and that they hadn't had any outside contact since the mountains rose. 3. "I knew he never left I, heard him every day" isn't the only time Dolores has talked about hearing Bruno. In _We Don't Talk About Bruno_ she sings "I can always hear him sort of muttering and mumbling", which outright says she's still hearing Bruno, and that she's always heard him. As to why she keeps his secret, she calls his gift "humbling", so she could feel bad for him having such a pressuring gift, and respect his choice to stay hidden. Also, Dolores is 21, so she would have had her gift for 6 years before Bruno left. She would have already heard the rats and know how much noise they make on their own, and would have noticed a change when Bruno went into the walls. If he'd left for real, she would have heard no change in rat noises and have no reason to suspect anything. In conclusion, fun theory and cool video (as always), but I don't think it holds up to closer inspection.

To be fair, I think the reason why Dolores spilled the beans so fast was circumstantial. Considering how she hears literally everything, she must have been able to keep some secrets. I think this one was just so earth-shattering that she couldn't keep it in. Plus Mirabel's staring may have actually pressured her to doing it in the first place.

Good video, however there's one crucial detail you overlooked that makes this completely impossible. When Pedro sacrifices himself not only does this create the Casita and the gifts bestowed to each children, but it also creates a wall of mountains that completely surround the village and the nearby area to prevent everyone on the outside from being able to enter and vice-versa, and it isn't until the candle goes out and the miracle is undone that the mountainous border is broken, allowing for passage in and out of the village.

Theory's DEFINITELY a stretch Bruno literally made the excuse he couldn't leave the Encanto due to the mountains, and he loved his family, that's why he resorted to living in the walls rather than just another place in the village, he went into hiding to protect Mirabel As for the boot, and all that, Disney is NOTORIOUS for placing little easter eggs of past or upcoming movies into their current ones

There's a theory that Delores isn't actually a gossip, and is in fact a great secret keeper, but because she hears everything she knew that Isabella didn't want to marry Mariano, and the reason she did what she did at the dinner was to stop the proposal from happening, not only because she was in love with Mariano herself, but to try and save her cousin from a life she didn't want.

I personally dont like this theory for the sole purpose that Bruno loves his family. He disappeared after his vision about Mirabel because he knew Abuela Alma would be much crueler to Mirabel because she would interpret the vision as being Mirabels fault, regardless of the shifting between cracks and no cracks. I just cannot see Bruno abandoning his child for any reason especially after how cruel his own mother was to him.

I feel like he’s not bringing up the fact that when Mirabel interrogates Bruno, he says that one of the reasons why he didn’t leave was because the mountains around the encanto are pretty tall, meaning that he wouldn’t have the motivation to leave Columbia to begin with. If anything, it makes more sense to say that after the mountain was split in half at the end of Encanto, then and only then did he go to Italy, meet Alberto’s mom, and then after some time, abandoned him.

It's a fun idea, but I have actually seen Encanto, so the theory falls flat on its face. Why? In Encanto we are given several reasons why Bruno did not leave the family. My personal favourite: The mountains around the village is quite tall.

I think this theory has potencial, but it falls apart pretty easily. Firstly the encanto is isolated, it's the point of it, an isolated place safe from the war. Secondly, it's just not how Bruno is caracterized, he values his family's well being above all, so its unlikely he left and even if he did he would never abandon his son (or be mean to him, witch is implied in Luca). Also the argument that Bruno is an uncomon name is just not true, it may not be in the US, but in places that speak romance languages (spanish, italian, portuguese ...) it's really comon, and a most of the team working in these movies are aware of that.

I wonder if the candle's magic in Encanto is related to the magic in Tangled. The candlelight in Encanto looks just like the candles used in "I See the Light" in Tangled.

I think Luca happens after Encanto, since one of the mountains stays split, Bruno might've left to see the World. Alberto's gift would be Hydrokinesis.

I agree. In Luca, they say "Silent, Bruno!" and how Bruno in Encanto tells everyone stuff like "Your fish will die" or something, in Luca, they are telling Bruno to stay silent. And also, in Luca, Alberto said "Bruno always says 'Your gonna hurt yourself!'" This is crazily related and an awesome theory!

I dunno, Bruno literally says that he never tried leaving. He even briefly mentions it when he talks about how the mountains around the Encanto are too high. I genuinely feel like this whole theory is a huge stretch + people being used to trying to tie everything together. But Encanto wouldn’t even fall under the whole Pixar Timeline thing anyways, because it’s not even a Pixar film. I think maybe this time y’all are trying a little too hard to tie knots that don’t even exist.

When Bruno and Mirabel are talking she says something about him never leaving the house and he said "No." because the mountains were too high. Kinda hard to get to Italy from Columbia if you can't even get out of the valley.

To anyone who disagrees with the theory, I’ve always thought that instead of Enchanto and Luca existing in the same universe, that they’re actually 2 separate universes and there is a variant of this Bruno in Luca who is Alberto’s father! There is a multiverse, and it’s beginning to break.

I really like this theory, I really do. But there's a detail that doesn't line up, that being Bruno's character: everything about him screams about dedication to his family so why leave Alberto on his own while he could simply bring him back to Encanto? As you pointed out: a sea monster would actually considered pretty normal among the other Madrigals and their gifted members. Another point to be made, is the fact that there's no door for Alberto, not even a blank one for him to reclame in case he comes back. Of course, we don't know how the doors work in casita, but i think that somehow Alberto should've been able to manifest some powers, if he was really related to Bruno

There are many ways to debunk this theory: - Bruno states himself that the "mountains around the Encanto are pretty tall", blocking the small town from the outside world - Bruno and the other Madrigals have never left the Encanto AT ALL since Pedro - Bruno has a soft spot for his nieces and nephews, hence, why he would never abandon them - He "left" his family to protect them from him - Alberto's parents are both sea monsters - If Alberto was Bruno's son, how would he get his powers from the Casita? - ALBERTO'S SURNAME IS SCORFANO, NOT MADRIGAL (SCORFANO IS ITALIAN, MADRIGAL IS SPANISH)

Alternative interpretation of Delores: She hears everything, every secret, and every lie. She can keep secrets, and most of the time she does, but important secrets (say she heard some rather horrible things that I won't mention in case it triggers someone) she would tell someone about immediately. Mirabel being part of Bruno's vision of the magic dying is something too important to keep hidden, but she also doesn't want to interrupt Isabella's night so she passes it on to Camilo expecting it to reach Abuela, but not the Guzman's. Only for there to be no way to save Isabella's night so she has to just let it all out. The reason she doesn't say anything about Bruno is because he doesn't want Abuela to find him, and that's all she knows. She doesn't know he's hiding to protect Mirabel. (also, bringing up Bruno was probably ill-advised considering the whole "We Don't Talk About Bruno" thing)

I'm sorry, but it's too far fetched for me. It sort of sounds plausible when you ignore a whole lot of facts and circumstances in-universe and real-universe, but I think the writers were just having a little bit of fun and throwing easter eggs around. Bruno also sings about "Let it go" - does that mean he has a connection to Elsa? Probably not. Also in the TinkerBell series "The secret of the wings", which came out in 2012, Fairy Mary also says "Let it go" in connection to baskets made for carrying snowflakes. I always interpreted it as said above, since Frozen came out in 2013, so back then it seems sort of like an inside joke between the writers. So after Frozen came out and people (re-)watched TinkerBell, people would immediately think about Elsa, without necessarily realising that this movie came out before Frozen.

There is one thing that is stopping this theory from being true… when Mariel finds bruno he says he could never leave because the mountains around the town were to big so Bruno never left… alright great theory

“Silencio Bruno no no no.” I loved the intro. Everyone expected this, although it is still loved. Also, “Prophecies make people do some weird things,” is the most true statement in fiction. Unfortunately, I don’t believe the theory, but it was good. Kudos! Edit: Sorry to people who get annoyed by these, but OH GOODNESS THAT’S A LOT OF LIKES!

This theory is debunked by ONE thing Bruno says. He NEVER leaves the Encanto, let alone the house. I thought y’all out of everyone would’ve caught that.

Bruno also mentions something very important about Encanto that we see in the beginning of the movie and the flashback. They were fleeing from a group of people, and when the candle lit, it made the Casita but also made mountains surrounding the would-be city thus keeping those fleeing from attackers safe and hidden from the outside world. Bruno mentions how he couldn't flee from the family too far because the mountains were high. This theory may make more sense if Bruno's going to Italy happened AFTER the events of Encanto, because when Casita dies, the mountains split. When Casita is rebuilt, the mountains do not merge back, giving the people some form of travel to the outside world now but also putting them in potential danger. I have a small theory that Deloris' brother is actually Bruno's son. He looks more like Bruno than anyone else in his family (dad, mom, little bro, Deloris), and looks most like the one he doesn't want to talk about.

Also, when Abuela received the miracle, mountains were raised to protect the villagers from dangers outside, meaning that there was hardly any way to go outside. And Bruno doesnt have the ability to fly, so... yeah?

Normally you guys can convince me when I'm skeptical, but this time, nope. Bruno flat out says he never left, and even if he wanted to, the mountains surrounding the village are too high and difficult to pass through. Family is also very very important to him and he couldn't bring himself to actually abandon his family, even to protect Mirabel and after feeling like he was just a disappointment to his family. He'd never abandon a son if he had one.

I feel like the reason Dolores didn’t tell anyone about Bruno is because she heard him talking to himself (or the rats) about how much he genuinely cared about his family, so she kept his secret because she knew if anyone else knew that he hadn’t left he would be forced to leave by the rest of the family

Tbh I think this all is just coincidence, bruno's name was different for a while untill lin-manuel and the team started the music process as far as I know

I thought he was going to mention their physical looking attributes as well like the fact that when Bruno has a vision his eyes turn green and Alberto's eyes are green, they both also have fairly poofy/ curly hair, and stature! O.O

There are a few problems with this theory though. First off is the spoken ones, Bruno states that he's been in the walls for the entire time as well. Also, the valley in Encanto is completely shut off from the rest of the world. The miracle closed off the valley from the rest of the world and it wasn't opened until near the end of the movie when then one of the mountains split open.

Anybody else remember that “Bruno” was also the name of Cinderella’s dog?

I’m not sure the name has anything to do with lore because Bruno from encanto was originally going to be called Oscar but Bruno sounded better for his song.

That…has to be the most red string theory I’ve ever heard on this channel. In “we don’t talk about Bruno” she literally says “it’s like I can hear him now, I can hear him now, I can hear him now!” She is literally telling everyone that he’s still there.

I think the biggest obstacle to this theory is that the town in Encanto was both inescapable and unreachable between c. 1900 and c. 1950, due the unclimbable mountains that surrounds it. Not to mention, Bruno was aware of the danger to Mirabel since 1940. The whole point of the movie was that Bruno **wouldn't** abandon his family. He hid in the walls for 10 years because he **refused** to abandon his family. While I don't subscribe to it, there's an ongoing fan theory that Bruno is Mirabel's biological father simply because we see he cares so deeply for her. Let's put that all aside. Let's say Bruno did abandon his family and managed to scale the mountain. He makes his way to the Colombian coast. How does he charter a ship? He's been in a small village that hasn't maybe used money in 40 years. Even if he's collected enough old money from a village founded by refugees, the currency of Colombia has changed *five* times since he was a baby. And he decides to go to fascist Italy during WWII? The man who was not married in Catholic village at the age of 40 falls in love with a sea monster lady, has a child, gets widowed, and decides to abandon his preteen son to return to his village, which is, by the way, not on any map, long enough for one of his nieces to assume he's been there the entire time?

Bruno wasnt originally going to be the name chosen for the character. Lin-Manuel Miranda asked to change it to Bruno, just so the lyrics 'Bruno no no no' could be possible.

Imagine Alberto’s power is flight That would make the whole gravity thing so funnny

1:10 OMG- IM DEAD 💀✋ THIS WAS TOO FUNNY 😭

Honestly I really don't see Bruno leaving his home for far away Europe. He's too domestic and loyal to his roots to do this. The arguments are dismissible as coincidences. ... but of course that's just my opinion.

While there is plenty of evidence to support Bruno(from Luca) being Alberto’s missing father, I believe the director or one of the writers or something already confirmed that that isn’t the case. That it was just some name that they chose. I also spoke to an Italian person who suggested he could’ve misheard the word “bruco” which is “caterpillar” and in Italy they have a saying about a caterpillar in your head being annoying or something(it’s been a while since that conversation so I may be remembering things wrong.) I personally like the idea of him just having heard a couple of fishermen arguing and taking that phrase and making a whole thing out of it. Besides, Bruno leaving his tower was not him abandoning his family, he left because he was tired of being blamed for bad things happening that were out of his control. I find it very difficult to believe he would leave his own child especially in another country across the ocean. I’d be more inclined to believe he met a sea monster in the river near the Encanto and she left before he could ever find out she was pregnant and SHE left him alone in Italy… but that’s not Alberto’s story of course, he never mentions his mother. Also… Bruno isn’t an uncommon name. Maybe for English countries, sure, but Italy and Colombia??? It’s fairly common. Pretty sure everyone living in either country knows at least ONE person named Bruno or knows someone who knows someone named Bruno.

I would agree, but isn't the town surrounded by a massive mountain range to separate them from the rest of the world? I don't think Bruno would have been able to leave until the mountain breaks toward the end.

It would be interesting if a Russian Revolution style attack happened on the Madrigals and the only survivor would be Alberto, and he would see in the news, recognize Bruno, and realize he was the last Madrigal, being forced to pick up the torch and carry on the legacy!

It's actually disappointing how you interpreted Bruno and sorta villainize him, doing exactly what his family did to him.. further dehumanized a character who has already been diminished because of his absence. "As Bruno had been fighting to maintain the smallest connection to his family, they had been banned from even saying his name, slowly twisting the truth about him over time. Perhaps the greatest miracle of Disney's Encanto movie is that Bruno never grew bitter during his long years spent alone." Aside from that, I suppose this was a fun video but a far stretch from making a connection between the two. It would have been nice to see a more in depth analysis of this character instead.

Considering dolores hears everything, she really is great at keeping secrets. I think she immediately told camilo because she's directly involved.

Plot twist: No Pixar theory is true and Pixar is just putting these little “clues” in moves to mess with everyone

Interesting thought - What if Bruno brought some of his talking rat friends along with him to Italy and that eventually lead to Ratatouille?

Nah. Bruno left to protect his family, and even then he couldn't bring himself to go far. Plus *he* says he didn't leave because "the mountains around the Encanto are pretty high". I think Dolores just respected that he had a reason for hiding out in the walls. Either that or she is more afraid of either Bruno or her abuela than she is of Mirabel (Bruno because of what people, read her brother Camilo, have to say about him. Her abuela because she was angry about him leaving.). Real talk... Bruno wouldn't leave his kid. I have a better, more wholesome theory for you. Julieta also knew that Bruno was hiding in the walls. Allow me to explain. Julieta, understandably, seems to be in charge of food preparation. This is important, because she knows the kitchen, and she would be on top of grocery shopping, etc. If Bruno was there, acquiring "free food" as we know he is, for *10 years*, there is no way she wouldn't notice the food going missing. Combine that with the fact that it starts right after he disappeared... it's not hard to put the pieces together. But wait! There's more! I don't think she just knows he's there. She is also intentionally making extra food so that there is always enough for him to eat. Firstly, Julieta doesn't have the same animosity that the town and even the rest of the family seem to have for him. She never refuses to talk about him like the others, and when she does talk about him she is sad. It's clear that she misses him. But that alone doesn't prove anything, so... we actually see her make more food than necessary in the movie! The apres de quesos that she makes when Mirabel hurts her hand? She makes three. The only one we see being eaten is Mirabel's, but Julieta may have had one too. Either way, she made more then what was needed. The icing on the theory cake? Guess what Bruno is eating when we see him later in the film. That's right. Apres de queso. Julieta is secretly taking care of her brother.

Or you know, we just accept that more than one character can be named Bruno in movies.

That could be why Marbel didn't get a gift. The door was meant for Alberto

Most of this is like “and that actually makes lots of sense because I’m about to force it to with this aggressive shoehorn”

Oof, glad to see I wasn't the only one that wasn't happy with the suggestion that Bruno Madrigal would abandon a child. When Ben said it was in character for him to abandon family I literally went "WHUT?!" out loud. Nope, Bruno never left, simple as.

My thoughts about Dolores knowing Bruno was there the entire time is that she is such a gossip about 'other' things so that she can keep quite about the really important stuff, like Bruno. With all that she hears, there are probably lots of things that happen that really shouldn't be revealed to the entire town, so to help cope with knowing all these secrets, she talks about anything else. Knowing the fact that they were going to discuss it later and just not at the dinner, as well as the fact that she probably didn't want the proposal to go super well because of her own feelings, I believe she felt safe blurting that out for the family to hear right away rather than keeping it in. Just my thoughts though ^-^

Uhh... Isn't the 1950's-60's the exact timing of another super powered family? Food for thought.

The edit on your intro was awesome!

While all of your points make total sense, there's one issue. Bruno wouldn't abandon a child. He'd only abandon them if he didn't know about them, and then everything you said would fall apart.

I already knew this theory was coming but it simply cannot be true. 1.) You're actually incorrect about Dolores. It is stated, in the wiki, that she knows everyone's dirt but does NOT appear to be much of a gossip. I think the house loosing its magic just freaked her out which is why she spilled. I think even she knows that she can't understand rats, she just said "rats" as a cover for Bruno because she kept him there as a secret. And why would she tell everyone else? Its obvious he left for a reason and literally everyone was saying he's a bad person. She was quite literally the only person defending him in the song. 2.) Bruno himself stated that he knew his gift wasn't helping his family but he could never leave them which leads to #3. Bruno would never leave his child like that. He cares about family to much and to leave his own son is not something he'd do.

"rats that could talk" hmm, ratatouille??

They don't talk about bruno but they do sing about him.

I have to point out that Bruno it's a pretty common name in Italy, and a common Latinamerian name (and it's a lastname too!). Plus, Bruno never left the house, even when he was rejected and you bealive that same person can even think of abandon his own child!!

I think it is personally just a coincidence! First, they are 2 different studios! Also, there is a very simple reason why Dolores didn’t tell anyone that Bruno was still living in the house! It’s because “we don’t talk about Bruno!” 🎶🎶

Wasn’t Bruno just living in the walls for 10 years? Like, he befriended all the rats.

10 years being in the walls makes Mirabel 4 years old previous being coming of age at age 5 including receiving a gift. I do see Bruno side he protected Mirabel at a young age to have a similar childhood, how Bruno had he didn't want the family view Mirabel not having a gift to be a negative in that way he looked out for Mirabel the vision Bruno had about Mirabel potentially be a heads up what is going to happen to the gift in the future. It is devastating even heartbreaking any family turn their backs towards a son/daughter simultaneously having an enormous expectation to be a burden on every family member. Both Bruno and Mirabel felt they didn't belong in the family just wanted to be in the family since everyone in family has the gift view Bruno and Mirabel as acting out even being a pest towards the family. The fight between Mirabel and Abuela was rightfully said both of Mirabel sisters has the gift since Mirabel doesn't Abeula treated her how she treated Bruno

Ok but I thought no one could come in or out of the village up until Casita “dies” and breaks the mountain range surrounding them. It was my understanding that Maribel was the first person to leave the village in 50 years. Which would explain why Bruno never left. After Maribel’s ceremony he would have tried to get as far away as possible but once he realized he CANT leave the village he would have come back to the one place he knew he could stay hidden; Casita. Plus, family is the most important thing to Bruno. It’s the reason he goes into hiding; to “protect” them. He would have never ABANDONED a family member on an island all alone. ESPECIALLY when he knows first hand what it’s like. First time I completely disagree with you guys. Trash theory.

Just knowing Bruno, I don’t think he is the father. He loves family. He left because he didn’t want his niece to be an outcast of the family. But he stayed close because he loves them and didn’t want to be away he got to see them have dinner and he eat with them. I think if he did have a family of his own he wouldn’t leave and not come back.

You know how at the end of s canto when the mountains collapse? Well I think Luca is placed in the future where Bruno traveled and got a son.

One problem with this theory, Bruno says the mountain were too high, and that he never climb them

ENCANTO wasn't set in the 50s, the original concept art did base it in the 50s and artists gave the characters more 50s styled clothing but it was changed. It is loosely set at the turn of the 20th century

I really dont think that the man who chose to live in the F****NG walls because he couldn't bear to leave his family would be capable of abandoning his OWN SON to his luck. Besides, it's heavily implied that he never left at all, so there's no way that he would have ended up in Italy. Now, maybe Alberto and/or his dad met Bruno at some point and had a tendency to tell him to shut up when he gave them advice/prophecies, or something like that; that would still give us a connection/explain the whole "silencio Bruno" thing without being HORRIBLY out of character for him.

I think Bruno means Thoughts in Italian, so "Silencio Bruno" is "silence your thoughts"

First: Bruno is a common name in Italy, Spain and South America (I am from Spain and know at least half a dozen Brunos, and I don't know many people, I am an introvert). Second: I don't like the idea that a man that is the son of another man that sacrificied his life for his family is going around abandoning his child. Third: in one song they don't talk about Bruno, and in Luca they have to silence Bruno, which are different things

I actually don't see Dolores as that much of a gossip. I think that's a very surface-level view of her character. I think the gossiping at the almost-proposal dinner was to prevent the proposal, as she was in love with Mariano, and she had something big that could stop it. I think Dolores knows SO MUCH stuff, and actually keeps a lot of stuff a secret-including Bruno being in the walls. If she can hear poetry across town, especially just that he's writing it, not performing, she must know everything that's happening around town. I also think it comes down to wanting to protect the family. She wants to protect Bruno, and telling her family, especially Abuela, that he's still there, might cause him to be thrown out. She might even be helping feed him.

You have to remember that Dolores was like 14 when Bruno left and there was already so much negative with him. Ubuela was so strict with everyone and probably so upset when Bruno left, thinking he abandoned the family that she probably just forbid his name, I don't think she went looking for him like when Mirabel ran. So I imagine that if this 14 year old girl came and said "he's in the walls", she was probably shut down like everyone else was.

When you hear that the name was supposed to be Oscar, the whole theory falls apart.

she hears him every day. but shes not gonna just say that hes there when everyone is around her. she is the only person to speak of bruno in the present tense in we dont talk about bruno. "i can always hear him sort of muttering and mumbling"

Could you please do a theory about what all of the Madrigal's rooms look like??

As soon as I saw this character was named Bruno, I used my gift of seeing the future to know that you guys would put out this theory haha. That being said, I gotta agree with the rest of the commenters, it's way too out of character for Bruno to abandon a family member, or even leave the house (it's important to the story's message that Bruno loves the family so much that he wants to stay with them, he just feels his gift wasn't good enough and he was hurting the family instead "My gift wasn't helping the family but I love my family you know?", and to protect Mirabel), and the majority of this evidence feels like a stretch or something that was misunderstood. Also, I have no doubt Dolores could actually hear him, even in the "We Don't Talk About Bruno" number, she says "I can always hear him sort of muttering and mumbling", which I take to be literal and in the present, and then right after shows that she understands the pain he went through having his visions misunderstood and bad things always being blamed on him (since you guys like Pokemon too, think Absol, the Pokemon that can predict disasters and then ends up getting blamed for them). Through that small set of lines she has in that song, it's clear to me that she knows the family would be unfairly cruel to him if he were to be revealed, so why would she out him?

I feel like the members get there door if there in side the mountain range so Alberto can’t get a door but this is just a theory with no proof 😅 12:12

All the comments saying he didn't leave the Encanto are right BUT Bruno left AFTER Mirabel saves the miracle, after he made amends, after the mountains opened in 1950. Luca takes place after Encanto, in 1960. The timing is perfect.

You question why Alberto uses the name Scorfano instead of Madrigal, but there is some evidence to suggest that in sea monster cultures, it's the husband who takes the wife's name. Luca's grandmother is listed in the credits as "grandma Paguro" but Daniela calls her "mom."

Can't all be winners. Bruno never left his family, blocked off by the moutains even if he wanted to and even then this takes place in the Colombian mountains. Not Italy.

I got a nice theory on the boot. This looks like it may have came from wwii. In theory a US soldier was gunned down in Italy wwii and his boot made it to Alberto's home. He puts a plant in it after bruno left him. Bruno comes back to retreave the boot for its importance discovering its Earth's only hope of survival. Putting in the one place WALL E could find it.