Connie is a character from the 2020 Disney/Pixar animated feature film, Soul. She is a twelve-year-old girl who is one of the middle school students from Joe Gardner's music class.
Background
Connie serves as one of the students in Joe Gardner's music class. During class, she uses a trombone as her own instrument and as soon as she plays it, the other classmates humiliate about Connie, making her frustrated about her instrument. Later when Connie visits Joe in his apartment, she felt frustrated about her humiliation at music class which the real Joe who is controlled by 22 tells her to play the trombone again by giving it another try. With her resilience, Connie was able to improve her trombone practice and even felt satisfied that she put in her tenacity to participate in music class once again.
Appearances
Soul
Connie is first seen playing her trombone during music class while Joe Gardner is conducting his class. As Joe happily reacts to Connie playing her instrument, the other students laugh at her while Joe tells the class about his memory about what his father did which Connie and the other class listen to Joe's story about how he was born to play only for Principal Arroyo to interrupt class where she promotes Joe on getting a full-time job as a music teacher.
Later, Connie visits Joe who is inside his apartment who explains to Joe that she quit music class, showing that she's not uncomfortable with school. She then listens to 22 controlling the real Joe of a quote what George Orwell said, giving Connie an advise that the band class's core curriculum stifles dissent, which Connie remembers saying this during third grade, which 22 controlling the real Joe tries to help Connie's frustration, much to the soul version of Joe controlling Mr. Mittens feeling worry. While talking with Joe who is controlled by 22, Connie discusses that she was practicing with her trombone from music class to help her improve her skills in playing jazz music which Joe observes Connie's resilience which she decides to stick with this which Joe agrees just as Connie leaves Joe's apartment to continue practicing. Connie makes no further appearances after that aside from appearing in a montage of Joe's memories during the climax of the film.
Pixar Popcorn
In the episode "Soul of the City", Connie is briefly seen happily gazing at the sunlight while on a subway train.
Trivia
- Connie was Cora Champommier's first voice-acting role.
- In the deleted scene "Home Lessons" included in the Blu-ray and digital releases of Soul, the sequence after Joe talks with Connie who leaves his apartment was a scene where Joe discusses with Natalia, an elderly woman who was inspired by Mike Jones' neighbor in New York. Despite being modeled, Natalia was cut from the final version of the film as it was found out that Connie was a better bridge to the idea.
