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| - Merida is a headstrong princess struggling to take control of her own destiny. As the daughter of the King and Queen, her life is weighted with responsibilities and expectations. When Merida blatantly defies an ancient tradition, the consequences of her actions prove disastrous for the kingdom. She must race against time to make right the result of her reckless behavior.
* Action Dress Rip: During the archery contest. Not the skirt, but the back, shoulders and sleeves... pretty much by flexing, quite realistically.
* Action Girl
* The Archer: Merida's weapon of choice is the bow and arrow, though the synopsis suggests she doesn't share the calmness and self-possession that usually comes with the role. She's a damned good shot though, hitting three bullseyes in a row and splitting the other guy's arrow on the third...and it also breaks through the back of the target.
* Badass:
* Badass Adorable
* Badass Family: Her father Fergus is also quite the badass, and Word of God says she comes from a long line of great warriors.
* Badass Princess
* Be Careful What You Wish For:
* Bow and Sword In Accord: Although she seems to favor the former, she's been shown wielding the latter like a pro.
* Bratty Teenage Daughter: Played with; Merida seems a lot more concerned with her own freedom than learning how to become the next queen.
* Brave Scot
* Celibate Heroine: She doesn't want to get married, and it's officially confirmed that she won't have a Love Interest in the movie.
* Compressed Hair: Merida wears a tight-fit headdress as part of her royal attire, which must be a bother given the untamed mass of her hair.
* Cool Big Sis
* Daddy's Girl: Gets along much better with Fergus than with Elinor.
* Deadpan Snarker
* Deliberate Values Dissonance: Merida's main motivation is based upon this trope. This is medieval Scotland, after all.
* Disney Princess: Merida is set to join the line-up.
* Everything's Better with Princesses: The third to be created by Pixar (after A Bugs Life) and Pixar's first female lead protagonist.
* Femininity Failure: This seems to be the core of her relationship with her mother Elinor. Elinor wants her daughter to act like a lady. Merida either ignores her mother or fails miserably at being a lady when she tries.
* Fiery Redhead
* Girliness Upgrade: Pretty much every doll of Merida has her looking far more ladylike than she really is. The Disney store model is closer to the original, but the Mattel collection barely resembles her.
* Gorgeous Period Dress: Not as much as Elinor, though.
* Horse Archer
* Improbable Aiming Skills
* In the Hood: Hides her head on a few occasions with the hood of her cape.
* Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She's stubborn, rebellious, sarcastic, and rather self-centered...but underneath it all, she has a kind and heroic heart.
* Kicking Ass in All Her Finery: Merida goes adventuring while wearing a dress and doesn't seem to mind it, except for that one dress at the archery contest.
* My God, What Have I Done?
* Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: The main conflict of the film is largely Merida's fault.
* Of Corset Hurts
* Passionate Sports Girl
* Plucky Girl
* Quirky Curls
* Outnumbered Sibling: Merida is the oldest child and the only daughter of the royal Scottish family, while the other three children are young triplet boys.
* Rapunzel Hair: It it were straightened, it would be four feet long.
* Rebellious Princess:
* Red Headed Heroine
* Redhead in Green: Merida wears a dark green dress as her main outfit, though the lighting in some scenes makes it look dark blue.
* Royals Who Actually Do Something
* Merida Is About to Shoot You: The first released image was of Merida aiming a bow right at the camera. She does the same against a bear in the trailer.
* Screw Destiny: Merida tries to do this, but it doesn't go well.
* Spell My Name with an "S": Is it "Merida" or "Merida"?
* Splitting the Arrow: Merida does this when she wins the archery contest.
* Tomboy and Girly Girl: The Tomboy to Elinor's Girly Girl.
* Tomboy Princess
* True-Blue Femininity: Elinor tries to invoke this trope by putting Merida in a more ladylike turquoise dress.
* Ugly Guys Hot Daughter
* Unkempt Beauty
* Unlimited Wardrobe: A total of 22 outfits.
* Wild Hair
* Youthful Freckles
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