Blu
| Blu | |
|---|---|
| Rio character | |
| First appearance | Rio (2011) |
| Voiced by | Jesse Eisenberg |
| Information | |
| Full name | Tyler Blu Gunderson |
| Species | Spix's macaw |
| Gender | Male |
| Spouse | Jewel |
| Children | Carla, Bia, & Tiago |
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Tyler Blu Gunderson or simply Blu is a Spix Macaw and the primary protagonist from the 2011 Blue Sky Studios animated film Rio and its sequel.
Appearances
Rio
Blu was a chick in a nest in a tree hollow, when he woke up from the singing outside and watching the birds singing and dancing. When he was about to take his first flight, some smugglers were capturing the other birds, and Blu was knocked out of the tree by other birds trying to escape, falling to the ground and being taken to Moose Lake, Minnesota to a bird store. The back of the truck forced open (when the driver was not paying attention to the traffic light), the crate fell over with Blu inside until Linda Gunderson (as a young girl) found him inside their store, and promised to take care of him. About 15 years later, Blu and Linda became best friends and owned a bookstore, when Tulio Monteiro, an ornithologist, came inside the store informing that Blu is the last male of his species and must mate with the last female Spix's macaw (Jewel) to save their species. When they arrive in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Blu meets Nico and Pedro, and they give him tips to attract a female. When they arrive at the aviary, one of Tulio's assistants was badly scratched by Jewel. Blu tries to follow Nico and Pedro’s advice, but Jewel only wants to escape and attacks him because they just met. That night, they got kidnapped by Fernando, who brings them to a band of smugglers and Marcel's pet cockatoo Nigel. After being caged up and chained, they escape through a window, and Blu tells Jewel that he can't fly and they fall down and escape from the smugglers and Nigel. The next day, they are about to break the chains with Blu's plan, but that fails until they got attacked by Rafael and Eva's chicks, and Rafael takes them to Luiz's garage to get the chain off and tries to teach Blu how to fly, but he is too scared to do it. Blu and Jewel together are about to fly but fall and are saved by a hang glider, and blown off into the beach and get into a fruit truck. Blu once again meets Pedro and Nico and they take them to the birds’ samba club, which brings back Blu's childhood memories and starts to dance. With a little nudge from Rafael, Blu starts to dance with Jewel. After the dancing, and they were about to kiss, they were interrupted by the marmosets hired by Nigel to find them. After a brief fight, they were given a lift by Kipo, a Spoonbill. On the way to Luiz's Garage, Rafael tries to help Blu to tell Jewel how he feels, but fails because a stray flower petal gets stuck in his throat. When they arrive, they are surprised to learn that Luiz is a bulldog, and even more surprised that they have to use a buzzsaw to do the job, but it doesn't work, and then they are free because of Luiz's drool seeping into their legs. After Blu claims he never wanted to go to Rio and hated samba and Jewel being kidnapped by Nigel, Blu, Rafael, Nico, Pedro, and Luiz head off to save her. When they arrive at the Carnival, they then found the chicken float, but they got captured by Nigel and sent off by a plane. When he frees himself out of the cage, he frees Jewel and both free the other birds, and Blu opens the back of the plane. All the birds are free, and Nigel attacks Blu. Jewel tries to help him but knocks her off, and the cage lands on her wing, breaking it. Blu fights back by using a bungee cord to the fire extinguisher to attach Nigel's leg, which sends him flying out of the plane. Jewel was slipping out of the plane and Blu has to save her from falling into the ocean. He falls to get her and tells her we are chained up birds. The two kiss together and Blu opens his wing and starts flying. After Blu and Jewel land back on the ground with Linda, Tulio, and Fernando, Jewel's wing was healed, and Blu and Linda shared one last goodbye as they fly off with her. Blu and Jewel now have three chicks and fly and sing into their new home.
Rio 2
A few years later, Blu and Jewel and their three kids Carla, Bia, and Tiago are living happily in the city. Blu and the kids are starting to become like humans, which Jewel doesn't like. When the news pops up with Linda and Tulio telling that they found a feather of a Spix's macaw, Jewel realizes that they are not the only ones and believes that they should go to the Amazon to help them find their kind. After Blu visits Rafael, Luiz, Pedro, and Nico and telling them about him and his family going to the Amazon, he brings his fanny pack full of supplies, and one he uses mostly is his GPS. Meanwhile, Blu was spotted by his old enemy Nigel, who claims to get his revenge (because he lost his ability to fly due to a plane crash in the first movie), with the help of Gabi, the Poison Dart Frog, and Charlie, the Anteater. The next day, they arrive and find nothing. After that, they were taken to a flock of blue macaws that are hiding in a secret paradise land. They found their kind and meet Jewel's family: Eduardo, her father; Mimi, her aunt; and Roberto, her childhood friend. Meanwhile, Blu does his best to fit in with the flock, as his family and friends are doing, although the flock (especially Eduardo) are against humans and all things human. When he tries to get a brazil nut for Jewel (her favorite), he accidentally comes across the territory of the scarlet macaws led by Felipe. Blu inadvertently causes war between the two tribes for food when he accidentally hits Felipe with a twig. The war turns out to be just like football (soccer), and Blu accidentally costs the flock the food when he sends the fruit ball into his own team's goal. Blu visits Tulio and Linda's site, where he discovers that it has been majorly disturbed. After discovering the loggers are destroying the jungle, Blu sends Roberto (who followed Blu) to warn the flock as he saves Linda and Tulio. Blu persuades the macaws to defend their homes, and they easily outmatch the loggers with help from the scarlet macaws and the other animals. Big Boss tries to blow up the trees as a back-up plan, but Blu steals the lit dynamite. Nigel goes after Blu, and reveals himself as they are falling down when he tugs on the dynamite. After the dynamite goes off, Blu and Nigel engage in a battle while tangled in vines. Gabi and Charlie try to help Nigel by shooting Blu with a dart that has Gabi's poison on it, but it accidentally hits Nigel, who gives a Shakespearean death speech before seemingly dying. Gabi tries to commit suicide by drinking her own poison, and the pair are seemingly dead. However, Bia reveals that Gabi isn't poisonous at all (she was lied to by her parents that she was). Nigel tries to attack Blu one last time, but Gabi showers Nigel with affection against his will. With the flock now under Linda and Tulio's protection, Blu and Jewel decide to live in the Amazon with their kids and friends, though still agreeing to visit Rio in the summer.
Other appearances
Blu made an appearance in the Cartoon Network animated series Mad, where he gets teleported to planet Oa (after he takes the lantern ring) and teams up with other fictional flightless birds by making them Green Lanterns to save Jewel from Nigel and Marcel.
References
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/movies/2013/09/24/rio-2-first-look/2829083/
External links
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