Question 1

Is Onward woke?

Accepted Answer

Onward has a woke score of 44/100, which means it is mixed, with noticeable woke elements. The story is a straightforward family quest about two elf brothers trying to spend one day with their dead dad using magic. The only woke element is one quick line from a minor cyclops cop character who mentions “my girlfriend’s daughter.” It is Pixar's first openly gay character. No identity arcs, no activist sermons, no girlboss messaging, no anti-colonial lectures, and no forced main-cast diversity. The tech-replacing-magic background is just fantasy world-building, not a modern political critique.

Question 2

Is there DEI in Onward?

Accepted Answer

The biggest factors in our score are Representation / casting choices, Anti-woke backlash / 'too woke' complaints, Creator track record context. In a suburban fantasy world, two teenage elf brothers embark on an extraordinary quest to discover if there is still a little magic left out there.

Onward

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