This study is intended to find out the characterization of Luca Paguro's character depicted in the LUCA (2021) Disney animated movie. It also identifies the characteristics of curiosity in Luca Paguro through his self-description. This study focuses on the main character Luca Paguro who has the characteristic of the dimension of curiosity in the LUCA (2021) Disney animated movie. The theory used to analyze the main character in the movie is the characterization by Edward Jones’s characterization theory and the characteristics of curiosity using the concept of Todd B. Khasdhan.
This study used a descriptive qualitative method. There are steps used in data collecting methods watching the movie, reading the movie script, identifying data, and reducing data.
The results of this study showed that Luca’s characterization could be found in five ways, such as characterizations through appearance, characterizations through dialogue, characterizations through external actions, characterizations through internal actions, and characterizations through the reaction of other characters. Luca also has five characteristics of the dimension of curiosity, such as joyous exploration, deprivation sensitivity, stress tolerance, social curiosity, and thrill-seeking.
Keywords: Characterization, Curiosity, LUCA(2021), Luca Paguro