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Brazil, various exotic birds are smuggled out of the country. In Moose Lake, Minnesota, a crate
with a male Spix's macawhatchling falls out of a truck and is found by a little girl named Linda
Gunderson, who names him Blu. Over the next 15 years,[7]Linda owns a bookstore. Highly
domesticated and unable to fly, Blu is ridiculed frequently by the Canada Geese that come by
outside of Linda's bookstore.

One day, ornithologist Túlio Monteiro invites Blu and Linda to Rio de Janeiro on the condition that
Blu, who is the last male of his species, mates with a female macaw. Linda accepts and they fly to
Rio, where Blu meets a Red-crested Cardinal named Pedro and his Yellow Canary friend Nico. At
Túlio's aviary, Blu meets Jewel, a fiercely independent blue macaw longing to flee into the
wilderness. The macaws are captured by Fernando, an orphaned boy, and a Sulphur-crested
Cockatoo named Nigel, both of whom work for a group of smugglers led by Marcel, who wants to
leave the country as soon as possible to secure a black market deal regarding Blu and Jewel. While
Fernando has second thoughts about his actions, Nigel tells the macaws that he desires to exact
revenge on "pretty birds" after his role on a television program had been ruined by one. However,
because of Blu's familiarity with cages, they flee into the jungle. Fernando meets Linda and Túlio and
helps them find the birds, while Blu and Jewel meet Rafael, aToco Toucan, who offers to take them
to his bulldog friend, Luiz, to remove their leg chain. He attempts to teach Blu how to fly, before they
meet up with Pedro and Nico. Meanwhile, Nigel hires a horde of thieving marmosets led by Mauro to
capture Blu and Jewel. Pedro and Nico then take the two birds to a Rio-style dance party, where
they perform a duet and begin to fall in love, but encounter the marmosets in the process. The birds
fight them off while the five escape on a tram. Fernando takes Linda and Túlio to the smugglers'
hideout, where they discover that the birds have already been moved out. Marcel explains that he
will use the Rio Carnival parade to smuggle the birds to the airport, as the other streets have been
blocked off for the festivities. Meanwhile, Blu and the others meet Luiz, who releases the chain
holding Blu and Jewel. After the two get into a heated argument, they decide to go their separate
ways.

Pedro and Nico then witness Nigel capturing Jewel. When Blu and Rafael learn of it, they rush to the
carnival to rescue her. Meanwhile, Linda and Túlio have spotted the smuggler's parade float and
organize a rescue attempt for the birds. As Linda and Túlio pose as dancers in blue macaw
costumes, Nigel captures Blu and the group. Linda and Túlio are unable to stop the smugglers in
time and Marcel's group takes off in a Short SC.7 Skyvan. During the flight, Blu destroys his cage
using a fire extinguisher and releases the other captive birds. However, Nigel attacks the macaws,
injuring Jewel. Blu sends Nigel flying into the plane's engine using the fire extinguisher, causing the
plane to fall. The smugglers flee the plane. Unable to fly, Jewel falls out of the plane's open cargo
hatch towards the ocean. Jumping out of the plane to rescue her, Blu finally discovers that he is able
to fly and carries her to Linda and Túlio for help. Later, they adopt Fernando and organize a
sanctuary to protect the jungle from smugglers. Blu and Jewel eventually raise three children
together, and celebrate with their friends. Meanwhile, Nigel (who actually survived the plane
accident) is ridiculed for his loss of feathers, and the smugglers are sent to jail.

Characters:  
 
 
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Blu
Carla
Jewel
Bia
Nigel
Eduardo
Tiago
Roberto
Gabi
Rafael
Linda gunderson
Felipe
Toucan kids
Nico
The flock