Rio

The story takes place in Rio de Janeiro; wildlife trade is common there, and several types of exotic birds get smuggled to different countries. One such bird is Blu, a Spix's Macaw who is unable to fly and his owner is Linda. The film begins with Blu being smuggled from Rio de Janeiro to the city of Moose Lake, Minnesota. Shortly thereafter, Linda finds him as soon as he arrives in Moose Lake in the snow. Fifteen years later, Blu and Linda have become friends and live together in her bookstore. Blu is still unable to fly, but has adopted Linda's lifestyle. However, Blu is ridiculed by local animals. One day, Linda meets a Brazilian ornithologist named Túlio Monterio informs Linda that Blu is the last male of his species. Túlio also says that he has discovered a female Spix's Macaw in Rio named Jewel, and offers her to take Blu to mate with her to preserve the species. Túlio, Linda, and Blu are flown to Rio, where Blu meets a Red-crested Cardinal named Pedro and his Yellow Canary friend Nico. Blu is taken to Túlio's aviary, and falls in love with Jewel, who desperately longs to escape into the wilderness. Blu and Jewel are captured by a young boy named Fernando and a Sulphur-crested Cockatoo named Nigel, who works for a group of smugglers led by Marcel. Nigel tells the two that he was once a popular performer on a television program, but he was soon replaced by a parakeet. Embittered by this experience, Nigel specializes in capturing exotic birds such as Jewel. Blu and Jewel flee from Nigel and the smugglers, ending up in a jungle. The next morning, the macaws meet a Toco toucan named Rafael, who offers to take them to his bulldog friend Luiz to remove a chain connected to their legs. He also tries to teach Blu how to fly and fall in love, before the threesome meet Pedro and Nico. Nigel hires a horde of thieving marmosets led by Mauro to capture Blu and Jewel. Pedro and Nico take Blu and Jewel to a bird's samba club, where they perform a duet, but are attacked by the marmosets. Their bird friends, including a Roseate Spoonbill named Kipo, fend them off long enough for the five to escape. Fernando takes Linda and Túlio to the smugglers hideout, and hear Marcel's intent to use the Carnaval festival to kidnap Blu and Jewel. Meanwhile, Blu and the others meet Luiz, who uses his drool to release the chain holding Blu and Jewel. Blu becomes too depressed to fly and parts ways with Jewel. Jewel is eventually captured by Nigel and taken to Marcel's float. Blu initiates a rescue attempt on Jewel, while Linda and Túlio initiate their rescue attempt on the birds. At the festival, Linda and Túlio pose as dancers in the festival, but Marcel and Nigel capture Blu, Rafael, Nico and Pedro. Marcel and the smugglers fly off in his cargo plane before Tulio And Linda can stop them. Blu and Jewel manage to break out of their cages in fight and free all the captive birds in the cargo hold. However, Nigel corners Blu and Jewel. Jewel winds up in a dangerous accident, and Blu lures Nigel into one of the plane's propellers. Marcel and the others are forced to evacuate the plane. As Jewel falls out of the cargo hold, Blu jumps off after her. Realizing that Blu loves her, Jewel kisses him, finally encouraging him to fly. With the smugglers' plot foiled, the duo reunites with Linda and Túlio. Later, back in the jungle, Linda and Túlio adopt Fernando and set up a sanctuary to protect it from smugglers. Blu and Jewel are released into the jungle to reunite with their bird friends. Blu and Jewel are the parents of three chicks. Meanwhile, Nigel survives the plane crash, but is featherless, and is ridiculed by Mauro.