![]() ![]() ![]() Cool vehicle? Dude’s got his own flying ship! If you need a comic-book corollary, you can look no further than Sprite from Marvel Studios’ recent Eternals, who in the comics is intended to have actually been Barrie’s inspiration for Peter Pan after Sprite showed off to him one night in 1901. Fights bad guys with strange disfigurements? Yes, Captain Hook definitely qualifies. Kid sidekick? Heck, he’s got his own gang of Lost Boys. Barrie’s character from the 1904 play Peter and Wendy checks all the boxes for superhero-dom: Sustained flight? Check. Peter Pan (1953)Īnother character with the ability to fly is the famed “boy who never grew up,” Peter Pan. He doesn’t use this ability to fight crime but to get a Hollywood contract, which is well-deserved and probably what a modern flying elephant would do too. Yet the character of orphaned Dumbo is exceptional even within the world of the film, as his ability to use his gigantic ears to fly distinguishes him from other circus elephants. The tagline of 1978’s Superman was “You’ll believe a man can fly.” But what about an elephant? Granted, if you apply the definition of a superhero as any being with extraordinary abilities then just about every animal who ever walked on four legs and spoke in a Disney movie would fall under that category. That is, it grants powers to all except our lead protagonist Mirabel Madrigal (voiced by Stephanie Beatriz), who stands by and watches her fellow family members flex their super strength (her sister Luisa), healing powers (her mother Julieta), weather control (her aunt Pepa), psychic ability (her uncle Bruno), communication with animals (little cousin Antonio), enhanced hearing (cousin Dolores), or the ability to grow beautiful flowers with a hand gesture (her sister Isabela). The new animated film follows a Colombian family called the Madrigals who, after a terrible tragedy, were gifted a magical candle that grants powers to each of the newborn children over three generations. We say yes, and this week Walt Disney Pictures is providing Exhibit A to our assertion with the enchanting fantasy Encanto (read our review). The Mouse House has also produced their own homegrown cape and tights epics like Pixar’s two Incredibles films, but have they been producing more stealth entries in the superhero genre all along? It’s no secret that superheroes are all the rage in Hollywood right now, especially at Disney, which owns the mighty Marvel roster of characters as well as certain Fox assets like Kingsman, Alita and even Captain Underpants. ![]()
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