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| “ | I don't know, but... I wanna try. | „ |
| ~ Meena's reply when asked if she can sing in front of an audience. |
Meena is one of the main characters of Illumination's 7th animated feature film Sing and its sequel Sing 2. She is an anthropomorphic elephant that has both an angelic singing voice.
She is voiced by Tori Kelly in her first film role.
Appearance[]
Meena is an anthropomorphic female elephant. She has light grey skin with light freckles on her cheeks, green eyes and two small tufts of brown hair tied into pigtails with pink bands. Her ears are depicted as quite expressive, folding in towards her face when she’s shy and folding outwards when she’s more confident.
In the first film, she wears a light-blue hoodie with white lines on the sleeves, some blue jeans, and some pink and white shoes. During her performance of "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" she wears a purple long sleeved knee length dress with white shoes and blue hair-ties. It was briefly seen in the opening of the sequel.
She sing parts of the chorus for "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" when clapped near or pressed on a hard surface of McDonald's Happy Meal.
In the sequel, her hoodie is now pink, with a palm tree logo embroidered on the left side of the chest and on the back in dark pink, and her sneakers are now blue and white. She retains the same jeans.
Personality[]
Meena is a teenager with a kind heart and soft-spoken demeanor. In private, she displays a talent and love for singing. However, Meena's initially refuses to sing publicly due to severe stage fright. When overcome with shyness, Meena's elephant ears fold inward to cover the sides of her face (much like how nervous humans hide behind their hair).
Biography[]
Sing[]
Meena is introduced giving a cake to her grandfather while her mother and grandmother sing "Happy Birthday to You". When Meena belts out the final line, her grandfather proclaims that he would be a superstar if he had a voice like hers. Meena simply tells him to blow out his birthday candles. That night, flyers for Buster Moon's singing competition are accidentally scattered throughout the city; Meena's mother and grandfather find one and encourage her to apply.
On the day of the auditions, Meena intends to compete with a performance of "Chandelier". Once onstage, however, she freezes up, and is ultimately shooed out by fellow contestant Mike. Her grandfather puts his foot down and tells her to demand another chance from Buster. Returning to the Moon Theater with a cake, Meena attempts to ask for a re-audition, but her timidness hampers her ability to communicate, and Buster offers her a job as a stagehand instead. Returning home, Meena is greeted by her family and neighbors, who celebrate when she admits that she "sort of" has a role in the show.
After scheduling a private rehearsal for old starlet Nana Noodleman, Buster, with Meena's help, constructs a special glass stage full of water and bioluminescent squids. Due to the loss of a few contestants, Buster also encourages Meena to participate in the show, repeating the advice his father gave him to not let fear stop her from doing what she loves. However, everything goes wrong when three bears interrupt, demanding money that Mike cheated from them. This altercation begins a series of events that leads to the destruction of the Moon Theater. Meena is emotionally crushed, but physically unharmed, and joins the other contestants in attempt to convince Buster to stage his show anyway. Buster, completely defeated, turns them all down. Meena, the last to leave, reminds him of the advice he gave her, but Buster lashes out, hurting her feelings.
While Buster resigns himself to a lifetime of car-washing, Meena visits the Moon Theater ruins, closes her eyes, and starts singing "Hallelujah", attracting his attention. His confidence restored; Buster asks her if she can sing like that in front of a live audience. Meena still doubts herself but states that she wants to try. Together, the performers construct an open-air stage in the theater ruins. Meena is the last to perform in the concert; when it's finally her turn, she freezes, but Buster and the other acts provide moral support. She starts soft but eventually belts out a spectacular rendition of "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing". In the end, the show is a complete success and Meena, along with her family and the other performers, attends the grand opening of the New Moon Theater.
Sing 2[]
Meena is participating with her costars in the Alice in Wonderland musical while trying to impress a talents scout named Suki Lane who's looking for performers for the Crystal Theater at Redshore City. Buster convinces his friends they can still live their dream in Redshore City after a road trip where they entertain the tourist on the bus, they made it to Redshore. After managing to sneak in while disguising as janitors for an appointment slot with Jimmy Crystal, CEO of Crystal Entertainment, Gunter unexpectedly blurts out a theater play that features retired rock star Clay Calloway, which allowed Crystal to accept.
For the show "Out of this World," Meena is partnered with Darius for a romantic duet. Meena's nervous about it since she's never been in love before. During production, she struggles to sing with her partner and is unable to get the feelings across during their scene. Outside, Meena meets an ice cream vendor, named Alfonso. She becomes attracted to him, but she keeps getting nervous to speak to him. Every attempt she tries to, she ends up getting ice cream.
Later, Buster gather Meena and his crew back to the room after a near death from Crystal following a big misunderstanding. When Meena and the crew arrived, they are amazed to see Clay Calloway when he opened the door. Right after, the gang flees, literally jumping out the window after Crystal sends his minions on their trail. Landing first in the swimming pool river, they escape the security guards and infiltrate the studio during the evening, still determined to make the musical spectacle even under Crystal's nose.
Buster puts on "Out of This World", with Johnny getting his father and his gang to perform security while Rosita has Norman release their kids to distract Jimmy's security so they can sneak into the theatre and put on the show. Meena sees that Alfonso has gotten a front row seat in the theater. For "The Planet of Love" act, Meena visualizes Darius as Alfonso and successfully performs a romantic duet with him. Right after their performance, Meena introduces herself to Alfonso, who compliments her performance, and she asks him out on a date. During Rosita's sky fright moment, Meena and her friends tried to rescue Buster who was grabbed by Crystal but he took off with him in the elevator, but Rosita managed to overcome her fear to save Buster from falling to his near death. Meena and the others cheered as Buster was saved, and watches "Break Free" song by Rosita and Gunter and the final "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," song by Ash and Calloway. The gang then appear on stage and get praised by the audience, but leave when Crystal tries to take the credit only for him to be humiliated by the crowd and get arrested by the cops for his attempted murder of Buster during the show.
With the show finally over and successful, the gang begins the journey back to Calatonia. While on the road, Meena talks with Alfonso through Face-time on her phone, with Gunter waving at him. Suddenly, Suki stops their bus to tell them that the Majestic Palace wants to produce their show. Once Calloway agrees to continue, everyone else also accepts without hesitation.
Sing: Thriller[]
To be added...
Quotes[]
| “ | Uh, Mr. Moon? My name is Meena, and I baked a cake for you and, uh, I was wondering if you'd, maybe, give me a second chance to... | „ |
| ~ She attempting to ask for a re-audition |
| “ | I can sing, but I get so scared. | „ |
| ~ She to Buster |
| “ | I baked a cake for you 'cause... Well, I know you're sad right now and probably afraid to try again and... | „ |
| ~ She attempting to cheer up Buster after the Moon Theater's collapse |
| “ | I can't move! I'm terrified! | „ |
| ~ She freezing up when it's her turn to perform |
Songs Performed[]
- "Happy Birthday to You" (The Disc Album - 1924-1925)
- "Hallelujah" (Sing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - 2016-2017)
- "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" (Sing: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack - 2016-2017)
- "Let's Go Crazy" (Sing 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
- "I Say A Little Prayer" (Sing 2: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Trivia[]
- Meena is known as "The Teenager" according to the Sing website.
- Meena and the alpaca are the only known contestants to flub their audition.
- Meena's introduction scene is the fourth of five.
- Meena's performance of "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing" was the fifth and final.
- Meena and Johnny are the only two major characters that stayed at the Moon Theater overnight, to do something that was important. For Meena, it was to help Buster Moon clean up the theater before Nana Noodleman arrived. Whereas in Johnny's case, it was to steal the prize money, then receive extra piano lessons after his change of heart.
- When Meena returns home to her neighbors cheering for her, one of them is holding a large graduation picture of her, indicating that she has indeed graduated from high school.
External Links[]
- Meena on the Sing Wiki
- Meena on the Illumination Wiki
- Meena on the Universal Studios Wiki
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