Bravo and Echo

Brave and Echo are a pair of supporting protagonists from the DisneyToon Studios full-lenght animated feature film Planes.

They are a pair of navy fighter jets who are good friends with Dusty Crophopper, an aspiring fan of theirs.

Bravo and Echo are voiced by Val Kilmer and Anthony Edwards, who played "Iceman" and "Goose", respectively, in the movie Top Gun.

Appearance[]

Brave and Echo have primarily white livery with different "helmet" colors.

Bravo has primarily white livery with the blue helmet.
Echo has primarily white livery with the red helmet.

They are a Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornets, also similar to the Grumman F-14 Tomcat

Powers and Skills[]

Brave and Echo are capable of flying across the sky being jet planes.

Biography[]

Planes Teaser Trailer[]

In the teaser trailer (which contains animation not in the film), both Bravo and Echo appear. After Dusty Crophopper takes off and was having a bit of trouble flying, Bravo asks Echo if Dusty will be okay. Dusty was then seen skywriting "Cool", with Echo replying that he thinks Dusty will be okay.

Planes[]

They first appear in Dusty's daydream in the beginning where he races them to a water tower before Leadbottom snaps him out of it. Later after Ripslinger's buddies cut off Dusty's antenna, Brave and Echo notify him that Hawaii is nearly 400 miles away and escort him safely to the U.S.S. Dwight D. Flysenhower before he runs out of fuel crashes into the sea.

While Dusty is being prepared to be entered back into the race, Dusty comes across the Jolly Wrench's Hall of fame where he discovers Skipper flew just one mission. As Chug and company are preparing to fly for Mexico with some supplies, Dusty calls Skipper about having just one mission.

A call with Skipper was halted in an attempt to get Dusty ready to go with Brave and Echo instructing him on how to launch. Following Dusty winning the race, Brave and Echo congratulate Dusty for his win at the Flysenhower and watch as he and Skipper are launched from the catapult and race back to Propwash 5.

Planes: The Video Game[]

In Planes: The Video Game, Bravo and Echo both appear in the console version, but only Echo is playable in the handheld version. In the game's intro, they land on the aircraft carrier where they meet Skipper Riley, who tells them stories that serve as the game's framing device, some of said stories involving Echo's adventures.

Quotes[]

“	Bravo: "Unknown rider, unknown rider. You have entered restricted airspace. Why haven't you responded to radio contact?" Dusty Crophopper: "Somebody cut off my antenna!" (Echo scans Dusty.) Bravo: "Identify yourself." Dusty Crophopper: "I'm Dusty Crophopper!" Bravo: "Roger that. Bogey has been identified as Crophopper Seven." Dusty Crophopper: "I'm running on vapors. I need to land." Echo: "What are you doing out here with an empty tank?" Dusty Crophopper: "Well, I thought I'd refuel in Hawaii, but..." Bravo: "Hawaii is 375 miles southwest of here." Dusty Crophopper: "What?" Echo: "Listen, Crophopper. You better follow us to the boat. No bingo fields around here." Dusty Crophopper: "'Bingo fields'?" Echo: "Places to land." Dusty Crophopper: "The boat?" Echo: "The USS Dwight D. Flysenhower."	„
	~ Bravo, Echo and Dusty, while they are flying over the Pacific Ocean after Dusty loses his antenna.

“	Bravo: "An honorary Jolly Wrench. How's that feel, Dusty?" Dusty Crophopper: "It feels great!" Echo: (laughs) "Back in the saddle again, eh, Skipper?" Skipper Riley: "Well, they didn't have these fancy toys the last time I did this." Dusty Crophopper: "Nothing to it!"	„
	~ Bravo, Echo, Dusty and Skipper, as Dusty and Skipper get ready for take-off back to Propwash Junction.

Trivia[]

On Bravo's sides are the numbers "113", possibly a reference to A113, a running gag in many films including Pixar films. Also, it is Mater's license plate.
Bravo and Echo are voiced by Val Kilmer and Anthony Edwards, who played "Iceman" and "Goose", respectively, in the movie Top Gun. Their helmet designs are also the same as the ones used by Goose and Iceman.
- By the Top Gun: Maverick both Goose and Iceman are deceased.
They are modeled after Boeing F/A-18E Super Hornets, famously shown in films like Independence Day. They are also similar to the Grumman F-14 Tomcat, famous from the movie Top Gun.
- In fact, F/A-18E Super Hornets would later appear in Top Gun: Maverick, released on May 27, 2022 after being delayed several times due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Japanese actor named Tomomitsu Yamaguchi (山口智充) is the voice of Bravo in the Japanese version of Planes, and is the same actor who voiced Mater in the Japanese versions of Cars and Cars 2.
Bravo and Echo are based in a NATO alphabet namely BE.
- On Bravo's sides are the numbers "113", possibly a reference to A113, a running gag in many films including Pixar films. Also, it is Mater's license plate.

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