Marahute

Marahute Background information Feature films The Rescuers Down Under Fantasia 2000 (cameo) The Rescuers III: Cody & Penny Television programs Video games Park attractions Portrayed by Portrayed by Animators Glen Keane Voice Frank Welker Performance model Designer Inspiration Haast's Eagle Honors and awards Character information Full name Other names Personality Kind, gentle, loving, loyal Appearance Gigantic, slender, beautiful, red eyes, gray circles, yellow beak, white head, body, wing, and leg feathers, both gold back wing and tail feathers with brown tips, wing undersides consisting of a fair top, cream medium, and yellow bottom, brown feet with black claws Birthday Occupation Cody's escort Affiliations Good Goal To become a mother Home Australia Relatives Her husband (deceased; when McLeach killed him) Her eaglets Pets Allies Cody, Bernard, Miss Bianca, Jake, the Blue Fairy Minions Enemies Percival McLeach, Joanna the Goanna Likes Cody, her eggs Dislikes Her husband's loss, Cody in danger, being caught Powers and abilities Her flight Her strength Her speed Weapons Her beak Her claws Fate Flies Cody, Bernard, Miss Bianca, and Jake to Cody's house. Quote

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Marahute is a giant golden eagle who had the baby eggs from Disney's 1990 feature film the Rescuers Down Under, sequel to the 1977 film. She is voiced by Frank Welker.

Personality

Marahute is portrayed as a very kind and gentle giant eagle, though her massive girth can cause problems (at one point, one of her wings accidentally knocks Cody off the tall cliff they're on, though she quickly saves him). Her true species is not truly confirmed. In the film, Faloo calls her a "Great Golden Eagle", although whether or not this is her 'species' or just a name for her regarding her size is not known as fans continue to debate whether she is a giant Golden Eagle, giant Wedge-Tailed Eagle or a Haast Eagle.

She has a lot of love for Cody, grateful that he saved her, and is a very caring friend and mother-figure toward her friends and eggs respectively as well as her mate as shown when he asked where the father of the eggs was, she displayed very high sadness and grief. She's also extremely loyal to those loyal to her, having saved his life not once, but twice in the film. She is also shown to be quite intelligent and have a sense of humor, as shown when she tickles him during the flight scene.

Role in the film

She first appeared when Cody discovers her entangled in a trap. He manages to free her, although her getting free also resulted on him falling off the cliff due to the power of her girth. She then immediately repays the debt and rescues him before taking him for a fun ride in the sky. She then shows him her nest with her eggs in it, revealing that she is a mother. When asked about the father, however, she looked down in sorrow, revealing that the father passed away (it was later revealed that he was killed by McLeach). A gold feather is seen and Cody catches it. She gives it to him as a gift for saving her. He hugs her and on the ground she flies off. She isn't seen again until later, where she ended up getting captured with Cody unwittingly getting McLeach to her (he earlier told him that she was killed by another hunter knowing full well that Cody would attempt to rush to the nest, and thus lead him straight to it) She was later freed by the protagonists, and saves Cody from falling down the falls.

Her eggs were also well protected by Bernard and (albeit unwillingly) by Wilbur, as Joanna was instructed to eat them as soon as Marahute was captured, so Bernard ended up tricking her by replacing the nest with three egg-shaped rocks, while hiding the real ones inside the nest, and then had Wilbur roost them until they hatched.