Brave Script

Pixar Brave Script

If Tangled is like the Hunger Games, then Brave is like Mockingjay. The if-part is
cruel behind-your-back; the then-part is cruel in-your-face!–Immy
Commentary installed into script… NOT part of movie! Typos please point out and
leave a comment!
Courtesy of Brave Movie Quotes
[first lines; young princess Merida plays hide-and-seek with her mother]
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]Elinor: Where are you, you little
rascal? I’m coming to get you![Elinor looks under the table but Merida quickly
moves to hide somewhere else]Elinor: Hmm. Where is my little Birthday girl, hm? I’m
going to gobble her up when I find her![Merida comes up behind Elinor and goes to
run away but Elinor catches her]Elinor: Eat you![she pretends to eat Merida and
they both laugh]
[as Elinor and young Merida play, Fergus places his bow on the table]Elinor: Ach!
Fergus, no weapons on the table![Merida runs towards the table]Young Merida: Can I
shoot an arrow?[she picks up the large bow from the table]Young Merida: Can I? Can
I? Can I? Can I? Please, can I?[she falls and laughs as the bow is too big for her]
Fergus: Not with that. Why not use you very own?[he presents her with a small bow]
Fergus: Happy Birthday, my wee darlin’!
MERIDA MISSES THE TARGET. QUEEN ANXIOUS.
KING
Now listen. Draw all the way back to your cheek, keep both eyes open, and … boost.
MERIDA SHOOTS. MISSES FURTHER.
I missed it.
QUEEN
TO MERIDA Well, go and fetch it, then.
TO KING A bow, Fergus? She’s a lady!
[Fergus pinches Elinor’s behind playfully and laughs]
MERIDA SEEKS HER MISSED ARROW IN THE FOREST, AND FINDS IT. SOMETHING FEELS STRANGE,
CROWS CROWING. MERIDA SEES A BLOB OF BLUE LIGHTS.
A will-o’-the-wisp.
MERIDA TRIES TO CATCH WISP. IT FLIES AWAY.
They are real.
A LINE OF WISPS. MERIDA GOES AFTER THEM EXCITEDLY.
QUEEN
Merida! Come home, sweetheart, we’re leaving now…
MERIDA RUNS TO HER PARENTS
I saw a wisp. I saw a wisp.
QUEEN
A wisp? You know, child, they, the will-o’-the-wisps, lead you to your fate.
KING
Ho ho, aye, or an arrow. Oh come on, let’s go, before we see a dancing charging
bubu or a giant —
QUEEN
Your father doesn’t believe in magic.
MERIDA
Well, he should, because that’s true.
MERIDA SCREAMS – A GIANT BEAR
KING
Mor’du! Elinor, hide!
QUEEN AND MERIDA ESCAPE. SPEAR PASSED TO KING.
Sire!
MOR’DU AND KING FIGHT. QUEEN AND MERIDA ESCAPE ON HORSEBACK, MERIDA WITNESSING…
[Merida screams with terror, Fergus fights off the bear so his wife and daughter
can escape]Fergus: Come on, you!
MOR’DU LUNGES.
—BLANK. TITLE: ‘BRAVE’—
MERIDA (OLDER) VOICEOVER. SCENE OF KING SWORDFIGHTING WITH AMPUTATED LEG. THREE
RED-HAIRED BOYS MAKING MISCHIEF.
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.
The story of how my father lost a leg to the demon bear Mor’du became a legend. I
became a sister with 3 new brothers, the princes Hamish, Hubert, and Harris. Wee
devils more like. They get away with murder. I can never get away from anything!
MERIDA BITES AN APPLE AS A DOOR OPENS. QUEEN DISAPPOINTED AND HINTS THAT SHE
PRESENT HERSELF PROPERLY. MERIDA DISCARDS APPLE AND WIPES MOUTH WITH SLEEVE
(caution: this is not proper manners. Should use a convenient hanky.). VOICEOVER
I’m the princess. I’m the example. I’ve got duties, responsibilities, expectations.
My whole life is planned out, for the day I become, well, my mother! She’s in
charge of every single day of my life. SIGH
MERIDA RECITES A TRADITIONAL ENGLISH SONG
A Robyn, jolly Robyn, and thou shalt knowe of myn.
QUEEN
More change!
MERIDA
And thou shalt knowe of myn …
QUEEN
Pronunciation must be understood from anywhere, Merida, or it’s all for naught…
MERIDA MUTTERS
This is all for naught.
QUEEN
I said that! From the jaw…
QUEEN TEACHING MERIDA GEOGRAPHY
A princess must be knowledgeable about her kingdom.
QUEEN SNATCHES MERIDA’S DRAWING OF HER MUM (QUEEN) HOLDING THE PAPER. THE PAPER IS
LIKE A SMALLER ‘SCREENSHOT’ OF QUEEN HOLDING PAPER
She doesn’t make doodles.
QUEEN AND MERIDA PLAYING LYRE
QUEEN
That’s C, dear.
MERIDA HOLDS A BIRD, KING ON HER LEFT. BIRD ATTACKS KING, MERIDA L.O.L. WHILE KING
TRIES TO FEND OFF BIRD
QUEEN IN TENT
Princesses don’t chortle.
AT DINNER TABLE MERIDA TRIES TO STUFF CHICKEN INTO MOUTH, QUEEN
Doesn’t stuff her gob!
AT BEDROOM
Rises early!
AT KITCHEN
Is compassionate,
DINING HALL
patient,
CANDLES
cautious!
BRIGHT ROOM
clean.
WITH KING
And above all, a princess strives for, well, perfection.
MERIDA MONOLOG
But every once in a while, there’s a day when I don’t have to be a princess.
WAKES UP, TAKES BOW AND QUIVER OF ARROWS, RUNS DOWNSTAIRS TO ANGUS (HORSE) AND
RIDES OFF
No lessons, no expectations. A day when anything can happen. A day I can change my
fate.
MUSIC: TOUCH THE SKY (Julie Fowlis)IN THE MEANTIME, MERIDA SHOOTS, CARVES ON HER
BOW, KEEPS COMPANY WITH ANGUS, CLIMBS A ROCK, DANCES AND DRINKS OF THE WATERFALL
NEARBY.

When the cold wind’s a callingAnd the sky is clear and brightMisty mountains sayin’
and beckonMeet me out into the light
I will ride,I will flyChase the wind and touch the skyI will flyChase the wind and
touch the sky
nah nahna na nah nahna na nahna na nah nahna na nah
Where darkness hides secretsAnd mountains are fierce and boldDeep waters pour
perfectionsOf times lost long ago
I will hear every storyTake hold of my own dreamBe as strong as the seas are stormy
And proud as an eagle’s scream
I will ride, I will flyChase the wind and touch the skyI will flyChase the wind and
touch the sky
nah nahna na nah nahna na nahna na nah nahna na nah
And touch the sky…
na na nah nahna na nahna na nah nahna na nah
Chase the wind…Chase the wind…Touch the sky…
FINALLY MERIDA RETURNS TO THE CASTLE.
I’m starving. You’d be too, I guess.
ANGUS STRIKES MERIDA WITH TAIL.
MERIDA
Poof. Watch your – -.
MERIDA ENTERS KITCHEN, GREETED
Morning, princess.
MERIDA TAKES SOME FOOD. ENTERS DINING HALL

PRINCES ASLEEP. KING

From 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…
MERIDA INTERRUPTS, AWAKENING THE PRINCES
Whooosh! One swipe, his sword shattered, then, chomp! Dad’s leg was clean off! Down
the monster’s throat it went.
KING
Aww, that’s my favorite part!
MERIDA
Mor’du has never been seen since. And he’s roaming the wild, awaiting his chance
for revenge. ROARS
KING
Let him return. I’ll finish what I gobbled in the first place…
QUEEN
Merida, a princess does not place her weapons on the table.
MERIDA
Mum… it’s just my bow.
QUEEN
A princess should not have weaponry in my opinion.
KING
Let her be! Princess or not, learning to fight is essential. 10:28/1:19:58<1:33
MERIDA
Mom, you’ll never guess what I did, today!
QUEEN
Hmm?
MERIDA
I climbed the Crone’s Tooth and drank from the Fire Falls.
PRINCES AWESTRUCK. KING
King Fergus: Fire Falls? They say only the ancient kings were brave enough to drink
the fire.
MERIDA GIGGLES, WINKLES NOSE AT KING
QUEEN READING LETTERS DELIVERED BY MAUDIE
What did you do, dear?
MERIDA
Nothing, mom.
QUEEN, REFERRING TO MERIDA’S PILE OF PIES ON HER PLATE
Hungry aren’t we?
MERIDA
Mom!
QUEEN
You’ll get dreadful collywobbles. Oh, Fergus! Will you look at your daughter’s
plate?
[Fergus looks as he’s about to take a bite from his large pile of food on his
plate]
[referring to the letters that have just arrived]Elinor: Fergus, they’ve all
accepted.Merida: Who’s accepted what, mother?[Elinor turns to the triplets]
Elinor: Boys, you are excused.[the triplets quickly make their exit]Merida: What
did I do now?Elinor: Your father has something to discuss with you.[surprised by
this, Fergus suddenly spits out what he was drinking]Elinor: Fergus?[Fergus
nervously clears his throat]Fergus: Merida…[Fergus hesitates, not knowing what to
say]Elinor: The lords are presenting their sons as suitors for your betrothal.
Merida: What?Elinor: The clans have accepted!Merida: Dad!Fergus: What? I…you…she…
Elinor!Elinor: Honestly, Merida! I don’t know why you’re acting this way. This year
each clan will present a suitor to compete in the games for your hand.Merida: I’m
the only princess that just does what she’s told!Elinor: A princess does not raise
her voice. Merida, this is what you’ve been preparing for your whole life.
Merida: No! What you’ve been preparing me for my whole life![Merida gets up in
anger and starts to walk off]Merida: I won’t go through with it! You can’t force
me!Elinor: Merida![Merida angrily storms out of the Great Hall to her bedroom]
Fergus: Merida![Fergus gets up to go after her but knocks down the entire dinner
table instead making the dogs attack the food]Fergus: Boys!
[as Merida is striking her bedposts with her sword, Elinor enters]Merida: Mother!
Suitors! Marriage!Elinor: Once there was an ancient kingdom.Merida: Aah! Mom!
Ancient kingdom!Elinor: It’s name long forgotten, ruled by a wise and fair king who
was much beloved. And when he grew old he divided the kingdom among his four sons.
That they should be the pillars on which their piece of land rested. But the oldest
prince wanted to rule the land for himself, he followed his own path and the
kingdom fell, from war and chaos and ruin.Merida: [sarcastically] That’s a nice
story.Elinor: It’s not just a story, Merida. Legends are lessons, and they ring
with truths!Merida: Ach, mom!Elinor: I would advise you to make your peace with
this. The clans are coming to present their suitors.Merida: It’s not fair!
Elinor: Oh, Merida! It’s marriage, it’s not the end of the world.[Elinor walks out
of Merida’s room and Merida slams the door shut in anger]

[Elinor mutters to herself as she works on embroidering a tapestry of their family

when Fergus walks in]
Fergus: You’re muttering.
Elinor: I don’t mutter.
Fergus: Aye, you do. You mutter, lass, when something’s troubling you.
Elinor: I blame you. Stubbornness is entirely from your side of the family.
Fergus: I take it the talk didn’t go too well.
Elinor: I don’t know what to do.
Fergus: Speak to her, dear.
Elinor: I do speak to her, she just doesn’t listen!
Fergus: Come on, now. Pretend I’m Merida. Speak to me. What would you say?
Elinor: I can’t do this!
Fergus: Sure you can.
[Elinor makes a dirty face at him]
Fergus: There! There! That’s my queen! Right, here we go.
[he starts talking in a high pitched girlie voice, pretending to be Merida]
Fergus: 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.
[Elinor decides to explain to Fergus what she wishes she could explain to Merida]
Elinor: 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 is now talking to her horse, telling him everything she wishes she could
tell her mother]Merida: 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 be ever ready for this! So that’s that!
[Elinor continues to tell Fergus what she wishes to tell Merida]Elinor: I
understand this must all seem unfair, even I have reservations when I faced
betrothal.Hey!Elinor: We can’t just run away from who we are.[we go back to
Merida, talking to her horse telling it what she wants to tell her mother]Merida: I
don’t want my life to be over. I want my freedom![the scene then goes back and
forth between Elinor talking to Fergus and Merida talking to her horse, but it
seems like they are talking to each other]Elinor: But are you willing to pay the
price your freedom will cost?Merida: I’m not doing any of this to hurt you!
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!Elinor: I think you’d see, if you could just…Merida: I
think I could make you understand, if you would just…Elinor: Listen!Merida: Listen!
[Merida’s horse neighs in response]Merida: I swear, Angus, this isn’t going to
happen. Not if I can help it.
[Elinor dresses Merida in a horribly uncomfortable and tight formal dress]
Elinor: You look absolutely beautiful.Merida: I…I can’t breath!Elinor: Give us a
twirl.[stiffly Merida twirls]Merida: I can’t move! It’s too tight!Elinor: It’s
perfect.[Elinor looks at Merida in compassion]Elinor: Merida.Merida: Mom?
Elinor: Just…remember to smile.[she turns and walks off]

[to the crowd, as the clans gather to present their sons]Fergus: So, here we are!
The four clans! Uh…gathering…uh…for…[Elinor exasperated by Fergus’ slowness gets up
and finishes his sentence]Elinor: The presentation of the suitors![Fergus quickly
follows on from his wife]Fergus: The presentation of the suitors![the crowd cheers]
Fergus: Clan Macintosh!Lord Macintosh: Your majesty, I present my heir and sire,
who defended our land from the northern invaders and, with his own sword, stabbed
and vanquished thousands more![the clan cheers as young Macintosh steps forward to
display his sword skills looking obviously vain and spoiled, Merida looks
unimpressed]Fergus: Clan MacGuffin!Lord MacGuffin: Your majesty, I present my
eldest son, who scuttled the Viking war ships with his bare hands. Vanquished two
thousand more.[Lord MacGuffin’s son breaks a thick plank of wood in half to show
his strength and the crowd cheers]Fergus: Clan Dingwall![we see Dingwall standing
next to a very tall muscular looking young warrior]Lord Dingwall: I present my only
son, who was besieged by ten thousand romans and he took out their whole armor
single handedly, with one arm. He was…[suddenly we see Dingwall pull his son, who
is small and weedy looking from behind the tall young warrior]Lord Dingwall: With
one arm, he was steering the ship, and with the other he held his mighty sword and
struck down a whole attacking fleet.[suddenly a voice in the crowd shouts]Voice in
the Crowd: Lies!Lord Dingwall: What? I heard that! Aye! Say it to my face! Or are
you a scared sniffling jackanape? Afraid to muss your pretty hair?Lord
Macintosh: At least we have hair!Lord MacGuffin: And all our teeth![MacGuffin’s son
speaks but his accent is so thick that no one can understand him]Lord
Macintosh: And we don’t hide under breeches, you grumpy old troll![everyone laughs]
Lord Dingwall: You wanna laugh, huh?[he shouts to his son]Lord Dingwall: Wee
Dingwall![suddenly young Dingwall jumps onto Lord Macintosh and with his big teeth
bites into his arm and with that a brawl breaks out, with everyone fighting each
other]
[Fergus stops the clans fighting]Fergus: Now, that’s all done! You’ve had your go
at each other, show a little decorum. But no more fighting![the triplets sneak up
and smash Lord Dingwall’s toe, as he shouts in pain he gets hit in the face and the
fighting starts all over again, with Fergus jumping in to join the fight, Elinor
then gets up walks through the crowd and brings back Fergus and the clan leaders]
Lord Macintosh: Sorry, me queen. I feel terrible. My humblest apologies.Lord
Dingwall: Sorry.Lord MacGuffin: No disrespect.Fergus: Sorry, love. I…I didn’t…[she
looks away from him in silence]Fergus: Yes, dear.[Fergus goes back and takes his
seat]Elinor: Now then, where were we? Ah, yes. In accordance with our laws, by the
rights of our heritage, only the first born of each of the great leaders may be
presented as champion.[to herself on hearing this]Merida: First born?Elinor: And
thus, compete for the hand of the princess of DunBroch. To win the fair maiden,
they must prove their worth by feets of strength or arms in the games. It is
customary for the challenge be determined by the princess herself.[Merida quickly
shouts out]Merida: Archery! Archery![Elinor looks at Merida and Merida then says
gracefully]Merida: I choose archery.[Elinor turns to the crowd]Elinor: Let the
games begin!

[as the games commences and the archery targets are arranged]Fergus: It’s time!
Elinor: Archers, to your marks!Fergus: Aye! Archers, to…your marks!Elinor: And may
the lucky arrow find its target![the crowd cheers as the young clan’s sons get
ready to shoot their arrows]Fergus: Oi! Get on with it![young MacGuffin shoots
first but hits the edge of the target, Merida feeling pleased turns to her father]
Merida: I bet he wishes he was tossing cabers.Fergus: Holding up bridges![Fergus
and Merida laugh and Elinor scoffs at them]
[after young Macintosh hits his bow and just misses the center of the target]Young
Macintosh: Nooo! Aaahh!Lord Macintosh: At least you hit the target![young Macintosh
starts throwing a tantrum]Merida: Oh, that’s attractive.[in anger young Macintosh
throws his bow, someone in the crowd catches it and shouts]Voice in the Crowd: I
got it![Merida turns to her father]Merida: Good arm!Fergus: And such lovely flowing
locks.Elinor: Fergus.Fergus: What?
[when it’s young Dingwall’s turn at the archery, he struggles to hold the bow]
Merida: Oh, wee lamb.[frustrated as Dingwall can barely hold on to the bow, Fergus
shouts]Fergus: Oh, come on! Shoot, boy![this startles young Dingwall and he
accidentally shoots the center of the target, everyone cheers]Lord Dingwall: Well
done! Well done![Lord Dingwall does a little victory dance and then bends and lifts
his kilt up at Lord Macintosh and MacGuffin]Lord Dingwall: Feast your eyes!
[Macintosh and MacGuffin look away in disgust and start making gagging noises]
Elinor: Merida![as Merida prepares to take aim she finds moving difficult as her
dress is too tight]Merida: This dress![she bends and her dress rips at the back and
arms allowing her to move freely, she aims and hits the first target dead on
center]Elinor: Merida, stop this![Merida moves to the second target, aims and
shoots center again]Elinor: Don’t you dare release another arrow![Merida takes
another arrow and prepares to shoot the third target]Elinor: Merida, I forbid it!
[at that moment Merida shoot the arrow and hits the center of the target, splitting
young Dingwall’s arrow in half] <– **n.b. this is copied from the Chinese legend of
young warrior Yue Fei, who split his archery master’s arrow at the third shooting.
Pixar has some Chinese talent inevitably.**
[after Merida’s actions at the clan gathering, Elinor drags and throws Merida into
the tapestry room]Elinor: I don’t believe you! I’ve just about had enough of you,
lass!Merida: You’re the one that want me to…!Elinor: You just embarrassed them! You
embarrassed me!Merida: I followed the rules!Elinor: You don’t know what you’ve
done!Merida: I don’t care how…Elinor: They’ll be fire and sword if it’s not set
right.Merida: Just listen!Elinor: I am the queen! You listen to me!Merida: Oh! This
is so unfair!Elinor: Huh! Unfair?Merida: You were 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!Elinor: Ach! You’re acting like a child!Merida: And
you’re a beast! That’s what you are![Merida points her sword at the family tapestry
that Elinor had been working on]Elinor: Merida!Merida: I will never be like you!
[Merida sticks the tip of her sword into the tapestry]Elinor: No! Stop that!
Merida: I’d rather die than be like you![suddenly Merida slashes the tapestry, a
line between her and the rest of the royal family, Elinor is so upset that she
takes Merida’s bow]Elinor: You are a princess! I expect you to act line one![Elinor
throws Merida’s bow the fire, shocked at her mother, Merida runs out of the room]
Elinor: Merida! Merida![Elinor immediately regrets her actions and pulls the bow
out of the fire before it burns]Elinor: Oh, no! What have I done?[she weeps]

[after tearfully running away from the castle, Merida rides Angus until they come
across the Ring of Stones and a trail of will o’ the wisps leads them to a cottage
where an old woman is making wood carvings of bears]The Witch: Oh, look around. You
holler if you see anything you like. Everything is half off.Merida: Uh…who are you?
The Witch: Just a humble woodcarver.Merida: Um…I don’t understand.
[as the old woman is showing her her bear woodcarvings, Merida notices the old
woman’s broom is sweeping the floor by itself]Merida: Your broom![the old woman
snaps her finger and the broom falls to the ground]Merida: It was sweeping by
itself!The Witch: That’s ridiculous! Wood cannot be imbued with magical property. I
should know, I’m a wi…whistler…of wood!
[as Merida goes to touch the witch’s crow]The Witch: That’s stuffed.[as Merida
slowly extends her hand to touch the crow it suddenly snaps its beak and speaks]The
Crow: Stay off the crow!Merida: Aah! The crow’s talking!The Crow: See what else I
can do! La-la-la-la-la….[suddenly the old woman snaps her finger and the broom
lifts by itself and knocks the crow out and sweeps it across the floor]
Merida: You’re a witch!The Witch: Woodcarver!Merida: That’s why the wisp led me to
you!The Witch: Woodcarver!Merida: You’ll change my fate!The Witch: Woodcarver!
Merida: You see, it’s my mother.The Witch: I’m not a witch! Too many unsatisfied
customers!
The Witch: If you’re not going to buy anything, get out!Merida: No, the wisp led me
here!The Witch: I don’t care! Get out! Shoo! Get! Be gone with you![the witch 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…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.[Merida takes off her pendant necklace Elinor gave her before the games]The
Witch: Oh, my! Lovely, that is!The Crow: That’ll set up for months.[the floating
knives fall as the witch tries grabs Merida’s necklace, but Merida pulls it away]
Merida: Every carving, and one spell.The Witch: Are you sure you know what you’re
doing?Merida: I want a spell to change my mom. That will change my fate.The
Witch: Done![the witch quickly grabs the pendant necklace]
[after agreeing to give Merida a spell the witch walks out of her cottage and then
walks back towards her cottage]Merida: Where are you going? What are you doing?The
Witch: Never conjure where you carve, very important.[she opens her cottage door
and inside the cottage everything has changed]The Witch: The last time I did this
was for a prince.The Crow: Easy on the eye. Fantastic.The Witch: He demanded I give
him the strength of ten men, and he gave me this.[she shows Merida a coin bearing
the symbol of two crossed axes]The Witch: For a spell. A spell that would change
his fate.Merida: And did he get what he was after?The Witch: Oh! Yes! And made off
with an especially attractive mahogany cheese board.

[the witch brews up a potion in her cauldron]The Witch: Now, let’s see. What have
we here?[the witch fishes out a tart from the potion]Merida: Uh…a cake?The
Witch: 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: Oh, trust me! It’ll do the trick, dearie.[as
Merida walks out of the cottage]The Witch: Expect delivery of your purchase within
a fortnight.[to herself as Merida walks off]The Witch: Oh! Oh! What was that thing
about the spell?Merida: Did you say something…about…the spell?[as Merida turns to
face the witch she sees the cottage and the witch have disappeared]
[as Merida returns to the castle she prepares a tea tray for her mother and places
the tart on the tray]Elinor: Merida!Merida: Mom! Oh…uh…I…um…Elinor: Oh, I’ve been
worried sick!Merida: You…you were?Elinor: I didn’t know where you’d gone or when
you’d come back! I didn’t know what to think! Oh, look at you dress!Merida: Oh,
Angus threw me. But I’m not hurt.Elinor: Well, you’re home now. So that’s the end
of it.Merida: Honestly?Elinor: I’ve pacified the lords for now. You’re father’s out
there ‘entertaining’ them.[Elinor smiles]
Elinor: Of course, we both know a decision still has to be made.[Merida turns and
picks up the plate of tart]Elinor: What’s this?Merida: It’s a peace offering. I
made it, for you![Elinor takes the plate of tart]Elinor: You made this for me?[she
takes a small slice of the tart]Elinor: Mm.[Elinor’s face is suddenly twisted]
Merida: How do you feel?Elinor: What…what is that?Merida: Different?Elinor: Tart,
and um…gamy![Elinor starts to feel sick and puts the plate of tart down]
Merida: Have you changed your mind at all about the marriage and all that?[Elinor
takes a drink and gargles it in her mouth to get rid of the taste of the tart]
Elinor: Now, why don’t we go upstairs to the lords and put this whole kerfuffle to
rest?[she takes Merida out of the kitchen]
[as they walk towards the hall Elinor suddenly starts to feel sick]Elinor: Oh!
Merida: Mother?Elinor: I’m woozy suddenly. Oh, my head’s spinning like a drop!
[Merida catches Elinor as she’s about to fall]Merida: Mom!Elinor: Oh! Suddenly I’m
not well.Merida: Uh…how do you feel about the marriage now?Elinor: Merida! Ah! Will
you take me to my room?
[as Elinor is feeling sick from eating the tart, Merida helps take her to her room,
the three lords spot them as they pass]Lord MacGuffin: Queen! We’ve been waiting,
patiently.Elinor: My lords, I am out of sorts at the moment. But you shall have
your answer…[suddenly Elinor does a massive burp]Elinor: …presently. Now, if you’ll
excuse us.
[as Merida helps her mom get into bed]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?Elinor: What was in that cake?Merida: Cake![suddenly Elinor rolls of
the bed in pain]Merida: Mom? So, I…I’ll just tell them the wedding’s off then?
[Merida hears a growling noise from where Elinor rolled of down the bed]
Merida: Mom?[Merida walks round to see if Elinor is fine, she sees a giant shape
rise from the floor and Elinor has transformed into a bear making Merida scream
with terror]Merida: Bear![Elinor starts freaking out and tearing up the room]
[after Elinor has transformed to a bear]Merida: Mom, you’re….you’re a bear! You’re
a bear! Oh, that scaffie witch gave me a gammy spell!![Elinor, now unable to speak,
gives Merida a shocked look at her revelation]Merida: It’s not my fault! I didn’t
ask her to change you into a bear. I just wanted her to change…you.[realizing what
Merida has done, Elinor growls at Merida in anger]
[Elinor paces around and growls in frustration as if telling Merida off]
Merida: There’s no point in having a go at me! The witch is to blame! Googly eye!
[Elinor finds her crown and puts it on]Merida: I’ll go over to her place.
Unbelievable! I’ll get her to fix this.
[as Elinor decides to leave her room]Merida: Mom, you can’t go out there! Mom! What
are you doing![Merida tries to stop her mom from leaving]Merida: Dad! The Bear
King! If he so much as sees you, you’re dead![suddenly Merida hears Fergus, who’s
heard the commotion and is heading towards them followed by the lords, Elinor heads
the other way and Merida follows her]Merida: Mom! Wait!
[trying to stop Elinor from sneaking out, Merida snatches off Elinor’s bed sheet
that she’s wrapped around herself]Merida: Stop![Elinor feeling embarrassed tries to
cover herself]Merida: You’re covered with fur! You’re not naked! It’s not like
anyone’s gonna see you![at that moment they see the triplet’s nanny standing in the
hallway looking at them in shock, Elinor waves at her and she screams and runs off]
Merida: Now you’ve done it.
[after Elinor tries to get away from Fergus hunting her down and she stumbles into
a room to hide but finds the triplets playing]Merida: A witch turned mom into a
bear. It’s not my fault. We’ve got to get out of the castle. I need your help![the
triplets cross their arms and stare at her]Merida: Oh, alright! You can have my
deserts for two…three weeks![the triplet in the middle indicates with his hand that
Merida needs to increase the offer]Merida: Fine! A year![the triplets nod their
heads and agree to help Merida get Elinor out of the castle]
[after the triplets help Merida and Elinor sneak out of the castle, Elinor turns
and gives a worrying look towards the triplets]Merida: They’ll be fine. Won’t you,
boys? Mom, we’ve got to hurry![Merida pushes her mom out the door and turns to the
triplets]Merida: Now, I’ll be back soon. Go on and help yourself to anything you
want, as a reward.[Merida closes door, the triplets turn and see the half eaten
witch’s tart and head towards it]
[after leaving the castle, Merida and her mother head out to the forest]
Merida: 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![Elinor looks at
Merida questioningly]Merida: I was standing right here, and the wisp appeared right
there! Then a whole trail of them led me off into the forest[Elinor starts walking
off into the forest]Merida: Does she think that I just happened upon a witch’s
cottage?[after walking a while in the forest Merida suddenly stops and looks around
her]Merida: Oh, mom! I know this place. The witch’s cottage is this way! Come on!
Hurry![Merida starts running ahead and finds the witch’s cottage]Merida: I can’t
believe it! I found it![she opens the cottage door but finds it completely empty]
Merida: No! She was here! No, really! She was just here! Oh, wait.[she snaps her
finger like the witch had done before and goes back to open the cottage door, but
it’s still empty]Merida: No![she keeps shutting and opening the cottage door]
Merida: No! No! No!
[in the witch’s cottage, Merida accidently sets off a Rube Goldberg machine which
brings up the witch’s cauldron with a ghostly image of the witch appearing above
it]The Witch: Welcome to the Crafty Carver, home of bear carvings and novelties. I
am completely out of stock at this time, but if you’d like to inquire about a
portrait or wedding cake toppers, pour via; one into the cauldron. If you’d like a
bedouin garlic, vial two. If you’re that red-haired lass, vial three.[Merida
quickly pours the contents of vial three into the cauldron]The Witch: Princess, I’m
off to the Wickerman’s festival in Stoneleigh. I 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, unless you remember these words; ‘Fate be changed, look
inside [Imelda frowns at this!!].  Mend the bond torn by pride.’Merida: Fate be
changed? Mend the bond? What does that mean?The Witch: One more time. ‘Fate be
changed, look inside.  Mend the bond torn by pride.’ That’s it! Ta-ta! Oh, and
thank you for shopping at the Crafty Carver![and suddenly the witch’s ghostly image
disappears]Merida: No! No! Where did you go![suddenly the witch’s ghostly image
appears again and starts giving the same message, Merida starts pouring in all the
vials into the cauldron in panic and accidently blows the cauldron and the cottage
disappears]
[after the witch’s cottage disappears, it starts to rain, Merida builds a shelter
for Elinor and turns to her]Merida: We’ll sort it out tomorrow.[as they sleep,
Merida has flashback to when she was little and was afraid of thunder her mother
would hold and comfort her]Elinor: Brave little girl. Hey, wee lassy. I’m here.
I’ll always be right here.
[Merida wakes in the morning to find Elinor has laid out a table for breakfast]
Merida: Uh…good morning. So, what’s all this supposed to be?[Elinor growls trying
to communicate]Merida: Sorry, I don’t speak bear.[Elinor mimes that Merida should
remove her bow from the table]Merida: Oh![Merida removes her bow and Elinor starts
eating the berries she’s gathered for breakfast]Merida: Find those by the creek,
did you? They’re Nightshade berries. They’re poisonous.[suddenly Elinor spits out
the berries she’d just put in her mouth and in panic drinks some water]
Merida: Where did you get this water? It has worms![Elinor quickly spits out the
water she was drinking and sits in defeat, Merida smiles and gets up]Merida: Come
on.
[Merida and Elinor head to a creek  and Merida uses her bow to catch a fish]
Merida: Breakfast![Merida holds the fish up and Elinor claps]Merida: Oh, wait! A
princess should not have weapons, in your opinion.[Elinor nods in agreement and
Merida holds the fish out for Elinor]Merida: There you go. Go on.[the fish flaps as
it’s still alive and Elinor turns away in disgust]Merida: How do you know you don’t
like it if you won’t try it?[Merida then cooks the fish over a fire and Elinor
tries to eat with decorum but quickly chomps it down, as Elinor is still hungry
Merida then teaches Elinor how to catch fish from the creek and they start bonding]
[after bonding over catching fish Elinor walks off into the forest]Merida: Mom,
come back![Elinor turns and starts to act more like a bear]Merida: Mom, is that
you?[Elinor growls and goes to attack Merida but suddenly stops as she remembers
who she is]Merida: Mom? You changed! Like you were a…I mean, like you were a bear
on the inside.[suddenly they notice a wisp and Elinor jumps to get hold of it]
[after following the the trail of wisps which leads them to the ruins of a castle
that bears the symbol of the crossed axes]Merida: Mom, look! Why did the wisps
bring us here?[they walk around the ruins]Merida: Whoever they were, they’ve been
gone for a long long tim…[suddenly Merida falls through the floor and after landing
she shouts to Elinor]Merida: I’m fine, mom! Fine![Merida looks around her]
Merida: It’s a…throne room. Do you suppose this could have been the kingdom in that
story you were telling me? The one with the princes?[Merida sees a stone with three
figures and a split stone with the fourth figure]Merida: One, two, three, four. The
oldest. Like…like the tapestry. The spell! It’s happened before![Merida sees bones
all over the floor, and she remembers what the witch said about the prince]
Merida: The strength of ten men. Fate be changed. Changed with fate.[she realizes
that the one-eyed bear is actually the prince, transformed]Merida: Oh, no! The
prince became…[suddenly she sees the bear come up behind her]Merida: Mor’du![the
bear goes to attack Merida but she starts shooting arrows at it and it starts
chasing after her, Elinor then helps her to escape and they make a run for it]
[after escaping from Mor’du]Merida: Mom, we need to get back to the castle. If we
don’t hurry, you’ll become like Mor’du! A bear! A real bear! Forever! Mend the bond
torn by pride. The witch gave us the answer. The tapestry!
[Merida and Elinor sneak back into the castle and as they peak into the Great Hall
they see that Fergus and the lords are fighting again, Merida tries to stop them
and walks into the middle of the room and tells them the story of the ancient
kingdom and the selfish prince]Merida: Yours was an alliance forged in bravery and
friendship and it lives to this day. I’ve been selfish. I tore a great rift in our
kingdom. There’s no one to blame but me. And I know now that I need to amend my
mistake and mend our bond. And so, there is the matter of my betrothal. I decided
to do what’s right, and…[as she looks around the room she notices Elinor in the
background trying to stop her]Merida: And…and break tradition.[she looks over at
Elinor, who is miming what Merida should say]Merida: My mother, the queen, feels…
uh, in her heart, that I…that we be free to…write our own story. Follow our hearts,
and find love in our time. ** probably the only other biblically sound thing in
this movie, apart from “witchcraft is bad”.[we see the lords are all now crying]
Lord Dingwall: Beautiful.Merida: The queen and I put the decision to you my lords.
Might our young people decide for themselves who they will love?Lord Dingwall: Huh?
Lord Macintosh: Well, since you’ve obviously made up your minds about this, I have
one thing to say. This is…Young Macintosh: A grand idea! Give us our own say in
choosing our fates?Lord Macintosh: What?Young Dingwall: Aye! Why shouldn’t we
choose?Lord Dingwall: But she’s the princess!Young Dingwall: I didn’t pick her out.
It was your idea.[MacGuffin turns to his son]Lord MacGuffin: And you, do you feel
the same way?[young MacGuffin speaks but as his accent is so thick no one
understands him and Merida laughs]Lord MacGuffin: Well, that’s it. Let these lads
try win her heart before they win her hand, if they can!Lord Dingwall: I say the
wee Dingwall has a fighting chance!Lord Macintosh: Fine then! Seems for once we
agree! It was my idea in the first place.Fergus: Just like your mom, you devil.
[Merida turns and notices a guard staring at Elinor’s frozen pose as a stuffed bear
and tries to distract everyone]Merida: Everyone! To the cellar! Lets crack open the
king’s private reserves to celebrate!everyone cheers and start heading for the
cellarFergus: Woh! Woh! Woh![Fergus tuns to one his servants and whispers]
Fergus: Bring them tiny glasses.[they all leave the Great Hall and Merida goes to
Elinor and does a little dance of joy “ge-ge-ge-ge…” before realizing they have to
mend the tapestry]Merida: The tapestry!
[in the tapestry room Merida touches the tear in her mothers tapestry]Merida: Mend
the bond. Mend the bond! Stitched up! This will change you back, we just needle and
thread.[as Elinor goes to look for needle and thread she suddenly turns wild and
bear-like again]Merida: Mom! Mom, not now! No! Please, not now! Mom![Merida hears
Fergus’ laughter outside the room and tries to quieten Elinor]
[after Fergus thinks that Elinor has been attacked by a bear, he goes to look for
her and finds Merida in the tapestry room with Elinor who’s turned wild]
Fergus: Merida!Merida: Dad, no! It’s not what you think!Fergus: Merida, get back!
[Fergus goes to attack the bear, not realizing that it’s Elinor]Merida: No![Fergus
starts attacking Elinor with his sword]Merida: No, dad! Don’t hurt her![Merida
struggles with Fergus to stop him hitting Elinor but he pushes her aside]
Fergus: Merida! No![as Fergus goes to strike Elinor and she hits him and knocks him
out]Merida: No![at that moment Elinor snaps out of her wild behavior]Merida: Mom!
[Elinor notices the claw mark on Merida’s dress and feels ashamed]Merida: It’s
alright. I’m alright. It’s nothing. It’s just a little scratch![Elinor runs out of
the room]Merida: Mom!
[after Elinor runs off and gets spotted by the lords, she quickly makes it out of
the castle grounds as they start to attack her, back in the castle Fergus comes to]
Merida: Dad!Fergus: Oh, count your stars, lass. It almost had you. Are you hurt?
Merida: It’s your wife, Elinor!Fergus: You’re talking nonsense!Merida: It’s the
truth! There was a witch and she gave me a spell. It’s not Mor’du!Fergus: Mor’du or
not, I’ll avenge your mother! I’ll not risk losing you!Merida: No, dad! Just listen
to me![Fergus locks her in the tapestry room and goes after Elinor]Fergus: Listen,
you can’t!  It’s your wife, Elinor!
[after getting locked in the tapestry room and finding no way out, Merida starts
crying and tries to call out to Maudie for help, then she notices three little
bears coming out of the shadows]Merida: Oh, no![she realizes the triplets have been
turned into little bear cubs after eating what remained of the witch’s tart]
Merida: Maudie![suddenly Maudie notices the three little bears and screams with
terror and Merida intructs the triplets]Merida: Get the key.[Maudie hides the key
down her dress and then runs off in terror as the triplets go after her]
[after the triplets help her escape, and Merida patches up the tapestry along the
horse ride to the Ring of Stones, they find that Fergus and the lords have captured
Elinor. Just as Fergus is about to strike Elinor, Merida stops him by shooting her
arrow at his sword]Merida: Get back! That’s my mother!Fergus: Are you out of your
mind, lass?Merida: Mom, are you hurt?[suddenly Fergus knocks Merida out of the way
and goes to strike Elinor again when Merida grabs hold of a sword and stops him]
Fergus: Merida![she pushes her father back]Merida: I’ll not let you kill my mother!
[suddenly the triplets jump on top of Fergus]Merida: Boys!Fergus: Boys?[at that
moment Mor’du appears]Merida: Mor’du![Fergus shouts to the lords]Fergus: Kill it!
[they all go after Mor’du and start attacking him, the bear then captures Merida,
when Elinor notices this she breaks free from her ropes and attacks Mor’du, she
smashes him against a stone pillar which then cracks and crushes him to death, then
the spirit of the prince is released and he nods to Elinor and Merida to thank them
before disappearing]
[after Mor’du is killed, Merida notices the sun has risen]Merida: The second
sunrise![she runs and grabs the tapestry that she’s mended and throws it around
Elinor, but realizes nothing’s happening]Merida: Oh, no! I don’t understand. I…
[Merida begins to cry and kneels in front of Elinor]Merida: Oh, mom, I’m sorry.
This is all my fault. I did this to you, to us.[she tearfully hugs Elinor]
Merida: You’ve always been there for me. You’ve never given up on me. I just need
you back. I want you back, mommy. I love you.[as the sunrise washes over them,
Merida feels her mothers touch on her hair and looks up to see Elinor had turned
human again]Merida: Mom! You’re back![Elinor hugs Merida and kisses her face
repeatedly]Merida: You’ve changed!Elinor: Oh, darling. We both have.[Elinor kisses
Merida again and Fergus comes up running towards them]Fergus: Elinor![he hugs both
Merida and Elinor, then grabs Elinor and kisses her on the mouth]Elinor: Oh, dear!
[as the lords come towards them, Merida notices her mom is naked under the
tapestry]Merida: Oh, mom![to Fergus]Elinor: Ooh! Um…dear?Fergus: Huh?Elinor: I’m
naked. Naked as a wee baby.[Fergus just stares at her]Elinor: Well don’t just
stare! Do something![Fergus turns and notices the lords have comes upon them]
Fergus: What the…?[he quickly holds his hands in front of Elinor]Fergus: Back your
eyes, lads! Show some respect![the lords turn their backs, suddenly the three
triplets, now human again, run over to Merida and Fergus… naked! Fergus laughs and
catches one of them, holding him up]Fergus: Now that’s what I call a wee naked
baby!
[last lines; Elinor, Merida, and Fergus are bidding the lords farewell]
Merida: [voice over] Some say fate is beyond our command, but I know better. Our
destiny is within us. You just have to be brave enough to see it.[we see Merida
rides off through the forest with her Elinor, making their bond stronger]
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