| Merida | |
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| Name | Merida |
| Gender | Female |
| Age | 16+ |
| Alignment | Good |
| Race | Human |
| Family | King Fergus (father) Queen Elinor (mother) Harris, Hubert, and Hamish (younger triplet brothers) |
| Friends | Sofia, Aunt Tilly |
| Likes | Archery, apples, her family, training with her father, horseback riding, sewing tapestries with her mother, having control over her own fate and destiny, Will O' Wisps, wood carvings, exploring, sweets |
| Dislikes | Having to follow ancient traditions pertaining to marriage, her mother's stubbornness, danger to her family and kingdom, tight formal dresses and gowns, her brothers' mischief, deception, sewing tapestries (formerly) |
| First Appeared | The Secret Library |
| Voice | Ruth Connel |
- “If you believe in yourself, you know what you can do. Just stand tall and your aim will always be true.”
- ―Merida teaching Sofia on archery.
Merida is the tenth princess summoned to help Sofia and appears in the episode The Secret Library. She teaches Sofia if she believes in herself, then she can accomplish anything.
History[]
Merida made a guest appearance on Sofia the First in the first installment of the four-part episode "The Secret Library", which was aired on October 12, 2015. She became the first Pixar character to appear in the series. Merida shoots an arrow in front of Sofia to get her attention as she appears from nowhere. Sofia hoped that Merida can help her find her aunt's bag, but Merida tells her she does not need it, all she needs is to believe that she can save them herself. At first, Sofia still feels doubtful that she cannot do it but with a little more encouragement from Merida with Sofia shooting an arrow from her bow, she finally gains confidence that she can save Minimus and Mazzimo and fulfill her task as the storykeeper. Merida and Aunt Tilly watch Sofia take off with Tilly's winged horse Athena and flies off to the rescue.
Merida later appears with her fellow Disney Princesses in the series finale Sofia the First: Forever Royal to give Sofia the support and strength to defeat the wicked sorceress Vor for good.
Trivia[]
- Julie Fowlis is the singing voice of Merida but she has an off-screen singing voice in 2012 film Brave.
- Merida is the third princess not to sing, after Aurora and Snow White.