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Coco

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All spoilers are unmarked. You Have Been Warned.Coco is Pixar's 19th feature film, directed by Lee Unkrich and released in 2017.The film tells the story of a 12-year-old Mexican boy named Miguel Rivera who, living in a family of music-hating shoemakers, ends up creating one of the most extraordinary family reunions ever upon discovering a generation-old mystery surrounding this so-called "music curse".A first look into the film's concept can be viewed here. The teaser trailer for the film can be viewed here. Dante's Lunch "Short Film" trailer. It's become the number one movie of all time in Mexico, with critics and audiences alike praising it for its sensitive and artful representation of the Mexican holiday and culture.For the first few weeks of its run,*in November, meaning not counting its weeks-earlier Mexican premiere, and excluding South African prints the Frozen short Olaf's Frozen Adventure was attached to the film's theatrical release.Not to be confused with the 1969 Broadway musical starring Katharine Hepburn as Coco Chanel.
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Creator Cameo
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Creator Cameo: The orchestra conductor of Ernesto's concert in the climax is modeled after composer Michael Giacchino.note Humorously enough, Giacchino never conducts his own scores. However, he conducted the 81st Academy Awards as its musical director. Director Lee Unkrich voices the "What did I miss?" guy from the Sunrise Spectacular, and co-director Adrian Molina voices the guy who said "Somebody stole de la Cruz's guitar!" Mexican music consultor Camilo Lara appears in the party as a DJ. Lara is the creator of Mexican Electronic Music, Instituto Mexicano del Sonido.
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No Celebrities Were Harmed
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No Celebrities Were Harmed: Ernesto de la Cruz bears more than a passing resemblance to Pedro Infante. However, Pedro is shown as another skeleton (and named by Ernesto himself) in a brief cameo along with his partner Jorge Negrete.
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Trailers Always Spoil
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Trailers Always Spoil: The film makes use of this, especially the scenes where Miguel is falling into a pit following Ernesto's big reveal, followed by Pepita coming to save him. Two other larger scenes that spoil the climax show Pepita saving Miguel from falling to his death, and Imelda slapping a shoe at Ernesto before he's exposed. One of the film's posters features Miguel front and center, surrounded by his living and dead family members. Héctor is among them, giving away the fact he's related to the Riveras. Some trailers use moments from the last scene of the film, and one of the home media trailers makes use of the end finale song "Proud Corazón".
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Does This Remind You of Anything?
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Does This Remind You of Anything?: Played for Laughs near the start of the film, when some of the Riveras catch Miguel talking to a Mariachi at Mariachi Square. They interrogate him to know "what did he offer" Miguel, and aggressively let him know that they "know your tricks", as though he were a child abductor offering candy, or a street peddler offering drugs. When Miguel says the Mariachi was just going to show him his guitar, the family recoils in horror, as if he were going to say something else. Exaggerated in the Spanish dub: The family goes ballistic after Miguel says that the mariachi wanted to "show [him] his guitar" and Miguel's uncle yells out an "¡Atrevido!"note "Impudent!" (instead of "Shame on you!"). It doesn't help that "Mariachi" shares the two first syllables with a nasty slur for homosexuals, so... imagine what Miguel's family scolding him for going to "the square of the mariachis" sounds like.
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Heel–Face Door-Slam
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Heel–Face Door-Slam: It turns out that Héctor would frequently travel with Ernesto in order to support his family by doing something he loved, but he soon realized that he missed his family too much and as he was preparing to return to them, his friend Ernesto, who wanted to achieve his dreams so badly, murdered him, stole his songs and never told Héctor's family that he was dead, causing them to completely ostracize him.
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Tempting Fate
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Tempting Fate: Miguel declares, "I'm gonna play in Mariachi Plaza if it kills me!" not long before he gets trapped in the Land of the Dead for stealing a guitar to play in the plaza.
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Gratuitous Spanish
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Gratuitous Spanish: The movie is full of Spanish-language words and some dialogue, since the setting is Mexico. Averted in the Latin American Spanish dub, where the characters all speak Spanish.
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Diegetic Musical
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Diegetic Musical: Every song is performed in-universe, at concerts, a talent competition, or to just practice.
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Stock Femur Bone
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Stock Femur Bone: The short "Dante's Lunch" is about Dante the dog chasing after a bone, which ends up belonging to one of the visiting skeleton ancestors.
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No OSHA Compliance
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No OSHA Compliance: A bell that's heavy enough to crush someone to death should not be suspended by a single rope that can go slack with one accidental pull of a lever. The Land of the Dead notably lacks a large number of safety systems on the heavy machinery within it. Justified, as everyone is already dead and are only prone to Amusing Injuries in this respect.
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Fluorescent Footprints
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Fluorescent Footprints: Pepita can illuminate footprints with her breath which helps to track down Miguel and Héactor.
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Artistic License – Biology
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Artistic License – Biology: Despite being skeletons, the characters still have lips that cover their teeth. An obvious tradeoff to allow them to emote.
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Title Drop
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Title Drop: While Coco's name is mentioned earlier in the movie, it's said as a dramatic Wham Line later that gives off the impression of this trope.
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Holiday Pardon
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Holiday Pardon: Mama Coco's father is forgiven on the Day of the Dead after decades of being an Un-person to their family when Miguel was inexplicably given the chance to meet him in the afterlife and know why he left his wife and daughter. Héctor didn't want to; Ernesto de la Cruz murdered him.
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And This Is for...
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And This Is for...: Imelda when she smacks Ernesto with her shoe twice after finding out that he killed Héctor and tried to kill Miguel.
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Sins of Our Fathers
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Sins of Our Fathers: In his Opening Monologue, Miguel mourns the fact that he is cursed for the sin of his great-great-grandfather who left his family what in turn let Mamá Imelda to banish music from the Rivera household.
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The Cameo
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The Cameo: The Pizza Planet truck drives past Miguel's house during his montage of Elena refusing music. A figure of Nemo can be seen on the table that Miguel drums on. Woody, Buzz, and Mike Wazowski appear as piñatas. Among the guests at De la Cruz's party were real life Lucha Libre legend El Santo, comic actor Cantinflas, singer and actress Maria Felix and Mexican revolutionary figure Zapata, as well as two of the inspirations for De La Cruz's character, Pedro Infante and Jorge Negrete. John Ratzenberger makes his traditional Pixar cameo as a deceased orthodontal patient. Skrillex is one of the participants in the afterlife battle of the bands. Pixar Composer, Michael Giacchino, makes a brief appearance as the Sunrise Spectacular's conductor. When Miguel is looking for Ernesto de la Cruz in the theater, he comes across a skeleton woman without any clothes on, posing for a painter. This painter is Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo's husband and a prominent Mexican painter in his own right, who is known to have painted naked women.
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Poor Communication Kills
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Poor Communication Kills: If Héctor had mentioned his family members' names, especially that of Coco or Imelda or even his last name in passing earlier in the film, or if any of Miguel's family members (living or dead) had told him who his great-great-grandfather actually was (or at the very least, who he wasn't), or if Miguel had mentioned the name of the person he thought was in great-great-grandfather while at the Department of Family Reunions, much of the plot would have been avoided.
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Redemption in the Rain
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Redemption in the Rain: A variation; when Miguel fully embraces his complicated family and prioritizes their well-being over his musical ambitions, he gets found at the bottom of a sinkhole by Pepita. Her triumphant Mighty Roar causes water to fall from the stalactites and onto him, his reaction to it (emphasized by the "camera" looking down on him from above) carries all the cleansing and rebirth motifs this trope invokes.
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Oblivious to His Own Description: Miguel tries to imitate how skeletons walk to make his disguise more convincing. Héctor thinks the kid looks silly, not realizing at first that Miguel is imitating him.
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Villain Ball
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Villain Ball: Held by Ernesto when he made the night he murdered Héctor into a scene in one of his movies, dialogue and all. If he hadn't done that, Héctor would have never realized he was murdered and the entire third act of the film wouldn't have happened.
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Villain Song
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Villain Song: Ernesto's version of "Remember Me" could be seen as one after it's revealed that his version is a bastardized take on an incredibly personal father-to-daughter song.
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Juxtaposed Reflection Poster
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Juxtaposed Reflection Poster: A teaser poster has Miguel standing with his back to the audience and a guitar slung over his back. In the puddle by his feet one can see Hector and Imelda, skeletal denizens of the land of the dead, in the reflection.
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Marshmallow Hell
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Marshmallow Hell: Elena hugs Miguel just a little too closely.
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Animated Musical
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Animated Musical: Averted. Music is a major theme of the movie and several characters sing, but all of the singing occurs In-Universe.
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Obstructive Bureaucrat
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Obstructive Bureaucrat: The employees of the Celestial Bureaucracy are quite unhelpful to Héctor, though not by choice. During the epilogue, after the Time Skip, they are genuinely happy to allow Héctor to visit his family.
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Girls Have Cooties
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Girls Have Cooties: Miguel makes a disgusted face while watching a romance scene in one of Ernesto's old movies.
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Parents as People
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Parents as People: Rather than portray the parents/grandparents as generic authority figures, the story explores the human side of the adults and shows that parents like every human being make mistakes, all while their ultimate interest is to support and protect their family. Mistakes can be rigidity in beliefs, holding grudges, and trusting the wrong people.
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Big Shadow, Little Creature
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Big Shadow, Little Creature: The last scene has Dante tread in from the right followed by a huge shadow that looks like Pepita, but turns out to be a small cat; this is Pepita's true earthly form.
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Family of Choice
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Family of Choice: According to word of god, blessings don't need blood relation to work, but can work between anyone who considers each other family.
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Failed a Spot Check
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Failed a Spot Check: Héctor doesn't react to Imelda calling out from across the station, nor does he notice Miguel gasping in response to the name being shouted. You can tell just how far Imelda will go to forget her husband: When Miguel insists that the guitar that cursed him belonged to his great-great-grandfather, it doesn't occur to her that he shouldn't know who he is, and if he did, that he couldn't possibly have found the guitar that belonged to him, given what she thinks she knows about him. It's evident when Miguel is weaseling his way out of the office that he's going to go look for his great-great-grandfather. His family spots him minutes later leaving with Héctor. When Imelda corners Miguel in the alley without Héctor, it's easy to deduce that Miguel has the wrong idea of who his great-great-grandfather is. But Imelda doesn't seem to realize that. None of the Riveras searching the music competition for Miguel notice him on the stage with Héctor. Glaringly so for Imelda, considering that they were singing a song that was written for her — of course, she probably hears it a lot, especially around this time.
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Chekhov's Boomerang
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Chekhov's Boomerang: Héctor disguising himself as Frida Kahlo to cross the marigold bridge is a great gag, but then it turns out that he knows where de la Cruz is supposed to be rehearsing for his Sunrise Spectacular because he borrowed the costume from the show's costume designer. While he's apologizing for losing it, Miguel meets the real Frida Kahlo, who's choreographing a performance piece with a lot of dancers costumed as herself. She encourages his artistry and imparts the plot-critical information that no, Ernesto is not here rehearsing, he's holding a very exclusive party that they'll have to find a way into. Later, Héctor's way in is to disguise himself as Frida again. And later still, the entire family disguises themselves as Frida Kahlo thanks to that dance piece she designed, with Miguel personally thanking Frida for her help after she wishes him luck.
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Black Comedy
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Black Comedy: Inevitable in an animated film where half of the cast are the living dead. It ranges from Ernesto de la Cruz dying a ridiculous death (a giant bell falling on him) to skeletons falling apart and putting themselves together again.
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Chekhov's Gun
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Ernesto de la Cruz, who was killed when a bell fell on him in 1942, has a similar bell fall on him after it's revealed in the Engineered Public Confession that he poisoned Héctor and stole his songs.
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Tampering with Food and Drink
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Tampering with Food and Drink: Ernesto de la Cruz secretly slipped some poison into Héctor's shotglass, which is what kills him moments later.
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Ironic Echo
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Ironic Echo: Ernesto's motto "Seize Your Moment" takes on a dark undercurrent during the third act when he uses it to mean not just following your dreams, but murdering anyone who gets in their way.
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Surprisingly Happy Ending
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Surprisingly Happy Ending: At first, the movie seems like it's going to end bittersweet as Coco is dying and forgot Héctor almost completely, and Miguel has tried as hard as he could to get her to remember him. Fortunately, he remembers the guitar he brought back and uses it to play "Remember Me", which is what rejuvenates her and causes the ban on music to be lifted, Ernesto to be forgotten, and Héctor's legacy to become famous, ending the film on a wonderful note.
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Generation Xerox
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Generation Xerox: Miguel is rebellious, stubborn, and loves Coco and music, just like his great-great-grandfather. Elena is dominant, hates music, and uses her shoe as a weapon, just like her grandmother Imelda. Rosa is quiet, sarcastic, somewhat socially detached, thin, and wears glasses, like her great-aunt Victoria. Benny and Manny are younger Single-Minded Twins brothers to a stern sister, like their great-great-granduncles Óscar and Felipe.
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Mysterious Parent
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Mysterious Parent: It's common in animated movies for one or both parents to be absent from the protagonist's life without explanation, and the consequences are usually vague. In this story, however, a missing parent is a crucial plot point, has huge consequences on the family left behind, and his death is explored and the family comes to terms with it.
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Extremely Short Timespan
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Extremely Short Timespan: Not counting the prologue and Time Skip at the end, the film's plot is set over a period of 24 hours.
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Coco / int_281de59f
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Hereditary Curse
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comment
Hereditary Curse: Sort of — the reason that the Riveras hate music is because, due to Miguel's great-great-grandfather leaving his family to become a performer and that Riveras have suffered since then, they believe that they've been "cursed" by it. In truth, while Héctor and Ernesto were on their first music tour together, Héctor grew disillusioned and homesick, that he quickly decided that he was ready to return home to them but was murdered by Ernesto before he could.
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Bilingual Bonus
 Coco / int_294ed981
comment
The musicians at the art studio tease Héctor about how he seemed to have choked to death on chorizo, while Héctor insists it was food poisoning.note In Latin America, "chorizo" is a euphemism for male genitalia.
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The Afterafterlife
 Coco / int_29bd4008
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The Afterafterlife: Apparently the case with "the Final Death," according to the director Lee Unkrich in an interview [1].
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Coco / int_29bd4008
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Removed from the Picture
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comment
Removed from the Picture: Miguel's great-great-grandfather does not have a place in the ofrenda. His face has been torn out of the picture, though his body and trademark guitar are still visible. Coco has the missing piece of the photo, of Héctor.
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Coco / int_29d16652
 Coco / int_2c25dfd7
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Suicidal "Gotcha!"
 Coco / int_2c25dfd7
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Also from Miguel after Dante apparently falls off Pepita's back.
 Coco / int_2c25dfd7
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Coco / int_2c25dfd7
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Disqualification-Induced Victory
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Disqualification-Induced Victory: The runners-up at the Battle of the Bands end up taking first place after Miguel leaves after being betrayed last minute. Fortunately, they offer to sneak Miguel into Ernesto's tower so he can perform there after all.
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Death as Comedy
 Coco / int_2dd7023a
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Death as Comedy: Ernesto was killed in 1942 when a church bell fell on him during a performance.
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Eskimos Aren't Real
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Eskimos Aren't Real: Miguel says that he always thought the Land of the Dead was something adults made up, like vitamins.
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Cool-Down Hug
 Coco / int_2fd1d68a
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Cooldown Hug: Héctor gives one to Miguel in the cenote when he breaks down over Ernesto's betrayal.
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Sensational Staircase Sequence
 Coco / int_316595d6
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Sensational Staircase Sequence: During the opening narration, Ernesto De La Cruz sings "Remember Me" while on top of a moving staircase, with girls dancing on the stairs surrounding him. It's also where he dies, crushed to death by a giant bell at the top.
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Distant Finale
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Distant Finale: The epilogue skips forward to the next Dia de los Muertos, one year later.
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Coco / int_3318a1cb
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Friendly Skeleton
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Friendly Skeleton: The land of the dead is full of them, obviously. Of course, not all of them are necessarily good guys.
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Coco / int_342cd1fd
 Coco / int_34a9299c
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It Was with You All Along
 Coco / int_34a9299c
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It Was with You All Along: Miguel spends a good chunk of the movie searching for Ernesto de la Cruz, who he believes is his great-great grandfather. It turns out that his actual great-great-grandfather is Héctor, the man who was helping him find Ernesto.
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Kick the Dog
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Miguel to the very same people he performed a Kick the Dog moment to earlier — First, Héctor, who is in despair, states that he feels bad for Miguel for having a great-great grandfather like him, Miguel immediately states that he's proud that they are related. Second, after being rescued by Imelda, Pepita, and Dante, Miguel enthusiastically calls Dante his Alebrije. Thirdly, he gives a genuine apology to Imelda for his earlier actions with the promise to respect her wishes, even willingly giving up his musical ambitions to make amends.
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Searching for the Lost Relative
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Searching for the Lost Relative: Miguel ends up in the world of deceased ancestors and tries to find one of his elders, who appears to be the famous musician Ernesto de la Cruz.
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Coco / int_3855ceed
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Impossible Hourglass Figure
 Coco / int_38aa5782
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Impossible Hourglass Figure: Well, not so impossible for Dem Bones, seeing as they don't really have waists; it's practically standard for the Land of the Dead to have hilariously waspish dresses, cinched around their spinal columns.
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Coco / int_38aa5782
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Engineered Public Confession
 Coco / int_38bf28e3
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Also when the audience learns first hand about Ernesto de la Cruz's crimes.
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Coco / int_38bf28e3
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Actor Allusion
 Coco / int_392372f9
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Actor Allusion: This is not the first time Benjamin Bratt has played a Latino character who is a Bitch in Sheep's Clothing (and suffered a very gruesome death).
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Coco / int_392372f9
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Boring, but Practical
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comment
Boring, but Practical: The Rivera family's business of shoemaking. Miguel wishes Imelda had started a fun business, like making candy or fireworks. However, making shoes was a good idea, financially — shoes are something everyone needs, and they have to be replaced semi-frequently. And it paid off; the business is still up and running nearly a century later, and it's enough to support the entire family.
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Afterlife Angst
 Coco / int_3a4ec6e8
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Afterlife Angst: While averted by most of the Land of the Dead, Héctor regrets dying before he could make it back to Imelda and Coco, especially since, due to Imelda's bitterness and Coco's fading memory, he is slowly fading from existence. In addition, Imelda and the Riveras refuse to acknowledge him in the afterlife, leaving him effectively homeless. This gets even worse when he discovers his death wasn't an accident, but a murder by someone he thought was a friend. Resolved when Miguel ensures Héctor's continued existence long enough for him to reunite with Coco.
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SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism
 Coco / int_3ac583f4
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Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism: It's a Pixar film, so it's heavily idealistic, emotional, and touching, but not without a number of dark moments in between.
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Coco / int_3ac583f4
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Crapsaccharine World
 Coco / int_3b79029a
comment
Crapsaccharine World: The Land of the Dead has only been seen on Día de Muertos, but from what's depicted it seems to be a 24/7 party filled with amazing sights, sounds, and performances where the vast majority of the dead get to enjoy themselves and reunite with their loved ones after death on top of getting a chance to see how their living relatives are doing once a year. On the other hand, the forgotten, those without pictures on their family's ofrendas, are often left to scrape by in slums filled with trash and garbage with little hope of ever seeing their families again before finally becoming Deader than Dead and fading away into a place no one knows (or likely cares) about.
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Plot-Based Photograph Obfuscation
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Plot-Based Photograph Obfuscation: There is a lot of emphasis on the torn-off part of the picture showing the head of Miguel's Un Personned great-great grandfather. The missing part is integral.
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Coco / int_3b955d7a
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Motion Capture
 Coco / int_3bfd0eb
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Motion Capture: The characters' guitar playing was animated using this technique.
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Coco / int_3bfd0eb
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Noodle Incident
 Coco / int_3c0a4666
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Noodle Incident: Whatever Héctor did with Chicharron's van, mini-fridge, and femur is so mysterious that Word of God won't even disclose the answers.
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Coco / int_3c0a4666
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Concert Climax
 Coco / int_3d078cc5
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Similarly, the microphone produced a feedback at the start of Imelda's improvised "La Llorona" performance at the Concert Climax.
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Coco / int_3d078cc5
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The Greatest Story Never Told
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comment
The Greatest Story Never Told: Miguel got to meet Frida Kahlo, his dead relatives, and uncovered the truth about a renowned musician along with the real musical genius. As far as Miguel's family knows, he ran out. Once Miguel returns, he never specifically mentions where he went or what happened. After all, it would sound too bizarre for any of them to believe, and the family only learns about Héctor from what Coco tells them plus the letters and works she has kept all those years.
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Coco / int_3e95582f
 Coco / int_3ed23024
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Surprisingly Realistic Outcome
 Coco / int_3ed23024
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Héctor tries to dress as Frida Kahlo, of all people, to try and trick his way into the world of the living. It doesn't work out. The same disguise does work the second time he tries it, when he uses it to sneak into Ernesto's tower looking for Miguel.
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Coco / int_3ed23024
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The Cover Changes the Meaning
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The Cover Changes the Meaning: Ernesto de la Cruz's version of "Remember Me" is big and flashy, and sounds like both a fond farewell to all the women he's left behind and a reminder for people to literally remember him, while Héctor's is a slower, more wistful plea for his daughter not to forget about him while he's away working.
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To Hell and Back
 Coco / int_3ff34221
comment
To Hell and Back: Sort of — Miguel does go to the afterlife, but he does so purely by accident, and it's more of a colorful fantasy world than a hellish nightmare land.
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Coco / int_3ff34221
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Blatant Lies
 Coco / int_40bb59d0
comment
Blatant Lies: In an interview asking how he achieved his fame, Ernesto begins by saying he 'had to have faith in his dream'. If the flashback is anything to go by, Ernesto didn't have faith in that dream or himself to even try and achieve fame without Héctor's songs. Or in the least, without murdering his friend and then stealing those songs. When Héctor confronts Ernesto for never giving him credit for the songs he wrote, Ernesto claims that he only sang them to keep Héctor's memory alive. Héctor doesn't buy it for a second.
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Coco / int_40bb59d0
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Flower Motifs
 Coco / int_40cad744
comment
Flower Motifs: There are Aztec marigold petals covering the floor in Ernesto's tomb. They also form the bridge between the world of the living and the dead, and a petal is used to embody the blessing that can return a living person from the Land of the Dead. Truth in Television, since marigolds (known in Mexico as Cempazúchitl) are a symbol of Dia de Muertos in Mexican culture. Traditionally, a trail of marigold petals leading from the entrance of the house to the altar is used to guide the spirits of the deceased.
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Coco / int_40cad744
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Stylistic Suck
 Coco / int_415b3315
comment
Stylistic Suck: Ernesto's old movies that Miguel watches are all noticeably dated and low-quality, complete with melodramatic dialogue, hammy acting, and invokedhighly visible strings holding Ernesto up during his "flying" scenes.
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Incredibly Long Note
 Coco / int_44cf7d2c
comment
Incredibly Long Note: Ernesto's version of "Remember Me" ends on a rather long high note, leading to the big bell to fall and crush him to his death. Same with Héctor's original version, but on a quieter, more gentle chord. The end finale song "Proud Corazón" has Miguel pull one of these in the final crescendo.
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Honor Before Reason
 Coco / int_44fc28e8
comment
Honor Before Reason: Before the music competition, Miguel admits to Héctor he's never performed before. Héctor offers to play on Miguel's behalf, given he has more experience. But Miguel wants to play instead because it's not about winning, but earning De la Cruz's approval. Héctor lampshades how inconvenient it is to choose now to have such a sentiment.
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Coco / int_44fc28e8
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Sweet and Sour Grapes
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comment
Sweet and Sour Grapes: Miguel spends most of the movie desperate to pursue music against his family's wishes, even if it means sneaking behind their backs or running away from them. It isn't until Miguel is willing to give up music to stay with his family that they give him their blessings to become a musician.
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Coco / int_45d22aad
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Facial Markings
 Coco / int_465780af
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Facial Markings: All the skeletons in the Land of the Dead have colorful markings on their skulls, giving them a resemblance to traditional sugar skulls that are decorated or eaten on Dia de los Muertos.
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Coco / int_465780af
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In-Universe
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"Remember Me", Ernesto de la Cruz's In-Universe Signature Song which is originally written and performed by Héctor for his daughter Coco. Remembering deceased loved ones is one of the film's Central Themes, which ultimately becomes an important plot point towards the end of the film.
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Coco / int_469e3e2f
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Eye Take
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Héctor combines it with an Eye Take, as his eyeballs fall down into his mouth.
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Coco / int_46ee4d3
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Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 Coco / int_4781adbb
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Even though Miguel is a Jerk with a Heart of Gold, he wasn't wrong that Imelda was keeping him from something she knew he loved.
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Bait the Dog
 Coco / int_4783acfa
comment
Bait the Dog: When Ernesto first appears, it seems he's just as amazing as he was in life: he willingly bonds with his supposed great-great-grandson Miguel, and encourages him to follow his dream. Then it's revealed that he's a fraud who murdered his best friend and stole his songs to become famous. After this, he tries to murder Miguel, even though at the time he still thought he was his great-great-grandson.
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Coco / int_4783acfa
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Intergenerational Friendship
 Coco / int_47d35854
comment
Intergenerational Friendship: Miguel, a boy in his early teens, and Héctor, who was 21 when he died 96 years before the events of the movie, making him nearly 120 years old when he meets Miguel, his great-great-grandson, for the first time.
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Everyone Owns a Mac
 Coco / int_47dc2eeb
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Everyone Owns a Mac: The "devil box" in the Land of the Dead customs office that Imelda smashes is a Macintosh Classic.
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The Stinger
 Coco / int_48081842
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The Stinger: At the end of the credits just before the "Distributed by Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures" and "Created and produced at Pixar Animation Studios" information are displayed, a screen reading "To the people across time who supported and inspired us" pops up, along with a mosaic of photos of family members, friends, coworkers and pets of those who worked on the film — a digital ofrenda of sorts.
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Coco / int_48081842
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Paper-Thin Disguise
 Coco / int_48b9731f
comment
Paper-Thin Disguise: Héctor tries to dress as Frida Kahlo, of all people, to try and trick his way into the world of the living. It doesn't work out. The same disguise does work the second time he tries it, when he uses it to sneak into Ernesto's tower looking for Miguel. Miguel disguises himself as a skeleton with face paint and shoe polish in order to fit in with the dead, but is revealed once he falls into Ernesto's pool and he saves him.
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Race Against the Clock
 Coco / int_496569e8
comment
Once Miguel is in the Land of the Dead, Imelda tries to send him home with a blessed marigold petal three times. The first time, she does so on the condition that he never play music again. Not two seconds later, he disobeys and is returned. The second time, she does so on the condition that he never forget his family loves him, but Ernesto interferes right before she can touch Miguel with it. The third time, right as the sun is rising and Héctor is dying, she offers her blessing with no conditions, and Miguel is returned to the Land of the Living for good.
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Scenery Porn
 Coco / int_49d59be9
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Scenery Porn: The city is displayed in vivid, colorful detail, as visible here.
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Leaning on the Fourth Wall
 Coco / int_4a3e547f
comment
When Héctor plays "Everyone Knows Juanita" for Chicharrón, he changes one of the lines of the lyrics, and when Chich protests this, Héctor responds, "There are children present" (referring to Miguel, but it also works in a meta-sense for the intended audience), indicating that the original words were something naughty and/or inappropriate. The context ("And her knuckles dragged down to the floor") heavily suggests the original line was a Boob-Based Gag.
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Coco / int_4a3e547f
 Coco / int_4ae72307
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Be Yourself
 Coco / int_4ae72307
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Be Yourself: Ernesto decided to embrace his true nature as a musician instead of his family and encourages Miguel to disregard his family's wishes to do the same.
 Coco / int_4ae72307
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Coco / int_4ae72307
 Coco / int_4c782fb9
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Gods Need Prayer Badly
 Coco / int_4c782fb9
comment
Gods Need Prayer Badly: The residents of the Land of the Dead require that the living either remember them or honor them by placing their pictures on their ofrendas. If this stops, then they suffer Final Death, and disappear from even the Land of the Dead.
 Coco / int_4c782fb9
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Coco / int_4c782fb9
 Coco / int_4d044580
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Motive Rant
 Coco / int_4d044580
comment
When Ernesto's Motive Rant was shown on-screen, as well as throwing Miguel off the building without an instant of hesitation.
 Coco / int_4d044580
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Coco / int_4d044580
 Coco / int_4e7c4536
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Wham Line
 Coco / int_4e7c4536
comment
Wham Line: Héctor reveals the truth about Ernesto — namely, that Ernesto became successful by stealing Héctor's songs. Then when Héctor asks Ernesto to move heaven and earth for him, we are lead to the slow but horrifying realization on how Ernesto stole his songs; he murdered Héctor by poisoning his tequila. But the biggest one of all has to be when Héctor reveals he's Miguel's actual great-great-grandfather by telling him that he's being forgotten by his daughter, Coco.
 Coco / int_4e7c4536
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Coco / int_4e7c4536
 Coco / int_4e7f703c
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Wham Shot
 Coco / int_4e7f703c
comment
Wham Shot: Dante taking on the technicolor palette of Pepita, revealing he was an alebrije all along.
 Coco / int_4e7f703c
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Coco / int_4e7f703c
 Coco / int_4eb2ef02
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Vehicle Vanish
 Coco / int_4eb2ef02
comment
Vehicle Vanish: Miguel escapes a guard in the square by vanishing behind a line of people passing between them.
 Coco / int_4eb2ef02
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Coco / int_4eb2ef02
 Coco / int_506143c1
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Fisher Kingdom
 Coco / int_506143c1
comment
Fisher Kingdom: Spending a long enough time in the Land of the Dead causes Miguel to slowly transform into a skeleton over time. He has to leave before he fully transforms.
 Coco / int_506143c1
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Coco / int_506143c1
 Coco / int_5080221
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Faux Horrific
 Coco / int_5080221
comment
Faux Horrific: The way Miguel's family reacts in horror to anything related to music.
 Coco / int_5080221
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Coco / int_5080221
 Coco / int_5313c266
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Bookends
 Coco / int_5313c266
comment
Book Ends: The movie starts and ends with a shot of an orange flag on the banner, with the movie's title at the beginning and "THE END" at the end, with the former appearing in the latter's place in the international versions. The movie also opens with Miguel explaining his dream of becoming a musician even though his family is vehemently against it, lamenting how his family seems to be the only one in Mexico to hate music. By the end of the movie, Miguel is seen in full mariachi garb as his family gathers at the dinner table on Dia de Muertos while reaffirming how much he loves his family in song. Another example for Ernesto: his first scene has him surrounded by a stand packed full of his adoring fans, before being accidentally crushed by a giant bell. In his last appearance, his former fans aren't so kind upon learning what a fraud he is, and Imelda's alebrije intentionally brings the bell down on him.
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Coco / int_5313c266
 Coco / int_53677c0e
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Generational Trauma
 Coco / int_53677c0e
comment
Generational Trauma: Miguel aspires to be a musician but is strictly forbidden to by Abuela Elena who hates music with a passion. The reason is that her mother, Mamá Coco, and grandmother, Mamá Imelda, were abandoned by the latter's husband when he became a musician, went on tour, and never came back. This started the family tradition of avoiding anything music related. When Miguel is transported to the Land of the Dead, he frantically tries to find his idol Ernesto de la Cruz —who he also believes to be his great-grandfather— and get a blessing to become a musician.
 Coco / int_53677c0e
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Coco / int_53677c0e
 Coco / int_5473668f
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Logo Joke
 Coco / int_5473668f
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Logo Joke: The usual rendition of "When You Wish Upon a Star" that plays during the Disney logo is performed by a mariachi band.
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Coco / int_5473668f
 Coco / int_54bb502b
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Nobody Poops
 Coco / int_54bb502b
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Throughout the movie, the living skeletons can also be seen eating and drinking food, often obtained as offerings from their families. However, it's still directly stated that there are no bathrooms in the Land of the Dead.
 Coco / int_54bb502b
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Coco / int_54bb502b
 Coco / int_54cbd0cb
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This Is Unforgivable!
 Coco / int_54cbd0cb
comment
This Is Unforgivable!: Because of Imelda's resentment towards Héctor for leaving his family in pursuit of music, her family initially sees her descendant Miguel's musical vocation as a deadly sin. However, when the truth comes out about Miguel and his great-great-grandfather, the family embraces music once more. The entire audience of the Sunrise Spectacular are aghast upon seeing Ernesto's engineered public confession and subsequent tossing of Miguel, immediately booing him the moment he comes on stage. Even in the Land of the Living, everybody quickly forgets about Ernesto and praises the true songwriter.
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Coco / int_54cbd0cb
 Coco / int_5532b579
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Acoustic License
 Coco / int_5532b579
comment
Acoustic License: Hearing over large distances is no problem in the Land of the Dead: During the battle of the bands, Miguel strays away from the microphone with his acoustic guitar but his singing and strumming don't drop in volume for the audience in the arena. For the song's climax we even hear a brass band playing without there being a brass band. Later at the Concert Climax, Mamá Imelda accidentally winds up on stage and decides to break into a song. Halfway through, she hands the microphone to a guard and keeps singing together with Ernesto with the audience hearing them all the same.
 Coco / int_5532b579
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Coco / int_5532b579
 Coco / int_564caaae
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Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure
 Coco / int_564caaae
comment
Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure: Despite a successful performance at the contest, Miguel and Héctor have a falling-out after the rest of Miguel's family comes searching for him, so Miguel goes to find Ernesto alone.
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Coco / int_564caaae
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Dark Is Not Evil
 Coco / int_575fd5e2
comment
Dark Is Not Evil: The Land of the Dead is actually a thriving community of skeletons who are friendly and help Miguel during his journey. However, Ernesto isn't what he seems.
 Coco / int_575fd5e2
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Coco / int_575fd5e2
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Immortality Through Memory
 Coco / int_57917bb0
comment
Immortality Through Memory: While the dead themselves have Remember the Dead immortality, for those who are still living, the dead live on through Immortality Through Memory. Once the last person who remembered someone dies or forgets, the person who died experiences a "second death" in the real world and they also die in the afterlife.
 Coco / int_57917bb0
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Coco / int_57917bb0
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Memorial Photo
 Coco / int_57a650f1
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Memorial Photo: Used as a way to show dead family members are remembered, rather than in a funeral manner, the photo on the ofrenda is proof that a dead person is remembered and can travel across the marigold Bridge to visit the land of the living.
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Coco / int_57a650f1
 Coco / int_58030b25
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Visual Innuendo
 Coco / int_58030b25
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Visual Innuendo: The performance art that Frida Kahlo previews for Miguel begins with multiple versions of herself climbing out of a half-eaten papaya. "Papaya" is a Spanish slang term for a woman's naughty parts.
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Coco / int_58030b25
 Coco / int_58970413
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Coincidental Broadcast
 Coco / int_58970413
comment
Coincidental Broadcast: When Héctor confronts De la Cruz just as Miguel is about to receive a blessing to become a musician, Héctor recites the words that were told to him just before he died of food poisoning. Miguel points out that those same lines were recited in a scene in film starring De la Cruz, where he was given a poisoned drink by his best friend, which was playing at that very time in a nearby TV. This leads Héctor to realize that on the night he decided to quit show business and go back to the family he left behind, and take his songbook with him, he and De la Cruz shared a farewell drink. Moments later, Héctor collapsed and died on the street, with De la Cruz blaming it on food poisoning, and getting famous by singing (and taking credit for) the songs Héctor composed.
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Coco / int_58970413
 Coco / int_591a2fc5
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The Grovel
 Coco / int_591a2fc5
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The Grovel: At the end, Hector delivers a heartfelt apology to his wife Imelda. She doesn't forgive him yet.
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Coco / int_591a2fc5
 Coco / int_599f943f
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Karma Houdini Warranty
 Coco / int_599f943f
comment
Karma Houdini Warranty: Ernesto got away with murder, theft, and plagiarism while he was alive, but was killed in 1942 by a falling church bell. But even in death, people still flocked to his concerts and he continued to throw many a party (of course, nobody knew the truth at the time). It wasn't until 96 years after Héctor's death that both the Lands of the Living and Dead learned the truth and Ernesto faced the consequences.
 Coco / int_599f943f
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Coco / int_599f943f
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Raster Vision
 Coco / int_5aa9fe2a
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Raster Vision: Raster lines can be seen on the TV screen when Miguel watches old video tapes of Ernesto in the attic.
 Coco / int_5aa9fe2a
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Facial Recognition Software
 Coco / int_5be3264d
comment
Facial Recognition Software: Before leaving the Land of the Dead, every dead person has their skull scanned. The scan is matched to a photo on an ofrenda, and the dead are told where their family is. It seems to be mostly to help the dead find their offerings, rather than for any sort of security, as even if you run past the scanning, you can't cross the petal bridge to the Land of the Living if your picture's not on an ofrenda.
 Coco / int_5be3264d
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Coco / int_5be3264d
 Coco / int_5c2db1b3
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Forced Dance Partner
 Coco / int_5c2db1b3
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Forced Dance Partner: The climax has one character trying to take something from another during a live stage performance by forcibly pulling them into a dance. This allows them to cover up their actions from the in-universe audience.
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 Coco / int_5c9737b5
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Public Exposure
 Coco / int_5c9737b5
comment
Public Exposure: While Héctor converses with a tailor he knows in the art studio, Miguel takes a look around the studio. One such artist is depicting a nude model to canvas. When Miguel is caught staring, he is quick to avert his gaze and look somewhere else. This is especially funny since the model (and everyone other than Miguel) is a skeleton.
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Framed Clue
 Coco / int_5c9af195
comment
Framed Clue: When Imelda's framed picture is knocked off the ofrenda and Miguel picks up the photo inside, he notices a part of the picture that was folded away, showing Ernesto de la Cruz's guitar in his great-great-grandfather's hand. He concludes that Ernesto must be his great-great-grandfather, which boosts his desire to become a musician.
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 Coco / int_5ce7dbb9
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Central Theme
 Coco / int_5ce7dbb9
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Central Theme: The importance of family. Dreams are important and you should follow them and support others' dreams but through it all, nothing is more important than the people who love you.
 Coco / int_5ce7dbb9
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How Is That Even Possible?
 Coco / int_5d0a7ce7
comment
How Is That Even Possible?: The clerk in the Land of the Dead is allergic to Dante, despite 1) Dante not having any hair and 2) the clerk not having a nose. Neither the clerk nor Miguel has any answers to how that works.
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Coco / int_5d0a7ce7
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Parental Love Song
 Coco / int_5dcb6101
comment
Parental Love Song: Héctor wrote "Remember Me" as a lullaby to his young daughter so she wouldn't forget him while he was away working. In it he tells her that he will always love her no matter how far apart they are and that he can't wait to see her again.
 Coco / int_5dcb6101
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Coco / int_5dcb6101
 Coco / int_5e965a73
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Nice, Mean, and In-Between
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comment
Nice, Mean, and In-Between: Miguel is nice and innocent, and apparently the polar opposite of Ernesto de la Cruz, who is harsh and secretly a fraud. Héctor stays in-between due to being humorous, but frequently argues with someone when things don't go his way.
 Coco / int_5e965a73
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Mood Lighting
 Coco / int_5f261d88
comment
Mood Lighting: When Miguel first meets Ernesto at his tower, the inside of the ballroom is full of vibrant colors. After the party is over and when Héctor reveals the truth, the room is darkly colored, with the pool's lightning giving an Sickly Green Glow, to show Ernesto's true colors are exposed to the viewers.
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 Coco / int_5f91efd9
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Creative Closing Credits
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Creative Closing Credits: The credits show various events and artifacts of the movie depicted on the many papel picado banners, as marigold petals fly through the scenery.
 Coco / int_5f91efd9
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Coco / int_5f91efd9
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Time Skip
 Coco / int_5fcb9ad1
comment
At the end, Ernesto's tomb, inscribed "Remember Me" after his song, is now replied to with an angry sign saying "Forget You" after the Land of the Living learns the truth about him during the one-year Time Skip. While this is a perfectly valid retort to his (really Héctor's) famous song, "forget you" is often used as a G-rated replacement for a much stronger phrase.
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The Rest Shall Pass
 Coco / int_61115add
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The Rest Shall Pass: Played with. When the family enters the stadium for the big confrontation with the bad guy. They start out together and find them almost instantly. The villain recognizes the family and runs, calling for help from the security team as the family gives chase. Papa Julio takes on the first of them, Twin uncles Oscar and Felipe take on the next, so Imelda, Miguel, Héctor and the aunts can continue pursuit. Imelda then gets separated from the rest of the family and faces off against Ernesto alone, leaving the rest of the family to watch supportively from the wings.
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Death Glare
 Coco / int_627264e0
comment
Death Glare: In Héctor's flashback, Ernesto gives one to Héctor as he drinks his shot of tequila, not knowing that there's poison in it.
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 Coco / int_630910ba
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Finger-Twitching Revival
 Coco / int_630910ba
comment
Finger-Twitching Revival: The first sign that Miguel's song at the end has successfully revived his great-grandmother comes by her finger moving slightly.
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Coco / int_630910ba
 Coco / int_64265de8
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Multigenerational Household
 Coco / int_64265de8
comment
Multigenerational Household: Miguel lives with his parents, uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents, and great-grandmother.
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Coco / int_64265de8
 Coco / int_6459cc02
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I See Dead People
 Coco / int_6459cc02
comment
I See Dead People: Dante can see ghosts and interact with them. It's implied this works for any animal that becomes a spiritual guide. He's a Xoloizcuintle, a breed of dog that the Aztecs believed the Gods gave to them to protect them in both death and life. Those dogs were sacrificed when their owners died in order to guide their souls across the river that led into the Afterlife. So Dante's ability to see the dead is like a superpower for his breed. That's why people in the Land of the Dead, such as Frida Kahlo, are fond of him.
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Coco / int_6459cc02
 Coco / int_6480c255
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Robbing the Dead
 Coco / int_6480c255
comment
Robbing the Dead: The offense that curses Miguel to be banished to the Land of the Dead is stealing Ernesto's guitar from his mausoleum. Except that Ernesto actually stole the guitar from Héctor.
 Coco / int_6480c255
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Coco / int_6480c255
 Coco / int_64972c10
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Flashback Effects
 Coco / int_64972c10
comment
Flashback Effects: The flashbacks to Hector's time alive with little Coco and with Ernesto are sepia-tinted.
 Coco / int_64972c10
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Coco / int_64972c10
 Coco / int_65e0a4ba
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Signature Instrument
 Coco / int_65e0a4ba
comment
Signature Instrument: Ernesto de la Cruz has his guitar that is white and has a skull shape for a head. Is such iconic of him that it remains in his tomb after his death. Turns out that it was actually the guitar of his old friend, Héctor. He just took it for himself, as well as his songs, after poisoning Héctor.
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Coco / int_65e0a4ba
 Coco / int_66479d0
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Our Ghosts Are Different
 Coco / int_66479d0
comment
Our Ghosts Are Different: All the dead in Land of the Dead are skeletons with... well... expressive skulls that show their emotions as well as their flesh and blood faces would have. Any offering placed on an ofrenda for a dead person creates a ghost of itself that the dead can pick up without removing the tangible item and carry it with them to the Land of the Dead. Several ghosts pick up items from their ofrendas and Héctor picks the ghost of his own guitar from the real one Miguel is playing during the Dance Party Ending. The skeletons in the Land of the dead just look like animated skeletons. They only look ghostly once they cross the marigold bridge to the land of the living.
 Coco / int_66479d0
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Coco / int_66479d0
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Produce Pelting
 Coco / int_669c4caa
comment
Produce Pelting: When the audience discovers Ernesto is a murdering, thieving fraud they begin throwing vegetables. Justified because many of them had returned from the Land of the Living with food from the ofrenda... and there was a snack bar in the stadium selling food.
 Coco / int_669c4caa
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Coco / int_669c4caa
 Coco / int_673c9dd8
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Insignia Rip-Off Ritual
 Coco / int_673c9dd8
comment
Insignia Rip-Off Ritual: After Ernesto is exposed as a fraud, a thief, and a murderer, the conductor responds to his attempt to get the show going again by giving him a Death Glare and snapping his baton in two.
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 Coco / int_680f950
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Gilligan Cut
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Gilligan Cut: When Miguel tries to gain entrance to Ernesto's party, he boldly claims to be Ernesto's great-great grandson. Cut to him Getting the Boot by the unimpressed security guard.
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No Music Allowed
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No Music Allowed: Under the belief that music led her husband to abandon his family, Mamá Imelda banishes music from the Rivera household. This ban remains in effect for 96 years, thanks to her granddaughter Elena enforcing the rule after Imelda passes away. The conflict between the ban and Miguel's musical interests causes him to run away to pursue his dreams, which then leads him to become a ghost. The ban gets lifted on both sides of the veil with Imelda's reconciliation with Héctor and Miguel using music to jog Mamá Coco's memory.
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Huddle Shot
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Huddle Shot: Miguel and the dead Riveras have one after sneaking backstage to Ernesto's Sunrise Spectacular and plot to get Héctor's picture back.
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Jerkass Has a Point
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Jerkass Has a Point: Even though Miguel is a Jerk with a Heart of Gold, he wasn't wrong that Imelda was keeping him from something she knew he loved. Elena asks Miguel if he wants to be forgotten by his own family. Later, it turns out that she has a reason for it: Héctor is forgotten by all except one of the Riveras. When confronting Miguel privately, Imelda still wants him to give up music, but makes a valid point that there are more important things than music, a lesson that Miguel will learn later on. Imelda's anger at Héctor is fair given that he did abandon his family, but she softens up after learning he wanted to come back but was poisoned by Ernesto. Earlier on, while spending time with Miguel, even Ernesto recognizes that the boy should be allowed to follow his heart and play music. He's also not wrong that achieving your dreams sometimes means sacrifices and making difficult choices. Sacrifices as in "leave your hometown", not "poison your loved ones".
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The Reveal
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The Reveal: The second and third acts are bridged by two of these. First, Ernesto de la Cruz is a fraud; Héctor wrote the songs that made him famous... and Ernesto stole them (and his guitar) after murdering him. Second, Héctor is Miguel's great-great-grandfather, not Ernesto.
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Birth-Death Juxtaposition
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Birth-Death Juxtaposition: The Time Skip at the end has Miguel showing his new baby sister all of the deceased family members upon the ofrenda just before their grandmother puts up a photo of Mama Coco. Fittingly, the novelization confirms that the baby is named Socorro.
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Meaningful Echo
 Coco / int_6bd689ca
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Meaningful Echo: When Miguel goes up to do his first performance ever, he's incredibly nervous. But a little encouragement from Héctor gets him going and quickly he's confidently working the crowd. Practically the same thing happens several hours later when his great-great-grandmother Imelda accidentally gets booted onto a stage; a little encouragement from Miguel and soon she's belting out the performance of a lifetime, despite having not sung in nearly a century. It's meaningful in showing exactly how Miguel's music inclination isn't inherited just from his great-great-grandfather, but also the great-great-grandmother who banned music from the family in the first place. Over a short time span, there's Miguel's time with Ernesto in his mansion. He meets Ernesto there by being pulled out of the water of his swimming pool, and leaves by having Ernesto throw him into the water of a cenote after his true colors have been revealed.
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Meaningful Name
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Meaningful Name: Miguel's pet dog Dante is named after the famous author of The Divine Comedy. Like the narrator of The Divine Comedy, this Dante also a living being visiting the afterlife. In-Universe, in a Blink-and-You-Miss-It scene, it's revealed that Miguel named Dante after Ernesto's horse in one of his films. Santa Cecilia, Miguel and Ernesto's hometown, is named after the patroness of musicians, Saint Cecilia.
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Audible Gleam
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Audible Gleam: Played for Laughs during Miguel's opening narration when he mentions "sparkly underwear for wrestlers" as something Imelda could have started a business on instead of shoes.
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Shabby Heroes, Well-Dressed Villains
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Shabby Heroes, Well-Dressed Villains: Héctor's clothes are tattered and torn, and he wears a flaking straw hat. Ernesto wears a sparkling mariachi suit complete with a silver ribbon bow tie.
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Casting Gag
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Casting Gag: Both the original English version and the Latin American Spanish dub feature fifteen cast members from The Book of Life, albeit in different roles: Ana de la Reguera, who voiced Carmen Sánchez in both English and Spanish, voices Tía Victoria in the Latin American Spanish dub. Salvador Reyes, who voiced Chakal in the Latin American Spanish dub, voices the security guard in both English and Spanish. Cheech Marin, who voiced Pancho Rodríguez in English, voices the Land of the Dead's corrections officer. Angélica María, the voice actress for Hermana Ana, provides the voice for Abuelita Elena in the Latin American Spanish dub. Gabriel Iglesias, who voiced Pepe Rodríguez in English, voices the desk clerk in the Land of the Dead. Raymundo Armijo and Mauricio Pérez provide additional voices in the Latin American Spanish dubs of both Coco and The Book of Life. José Gilberto Vilchis, who played Joaquin Mondragón in the Latin American Spanish dub, voices the guy who said "Somebody stole de la Cruz's guitar!" Ã�ngela Villanueva, who voices Anita Sánchez in Spanish, voices Tía Chelo and the lady with her husband visiting her grave in the Land of the Dead. Pedro D'Aguillón Jr., who voiced the tour guide Thomas in The Book of Life, plays a traveling mariachi in Coco. Jesse Conde, who played General Posada in Spanish, plays the guy who says "What are you asking me?" in the Land of the Dead. Humberto Vélez, who voiced Luis Sánchez in the Latin American Spanish dub, also provides additional voices. Rosalba Sotelo and Óscar Bonfiglio provide additional voices in both English and Spanish. Dan Navarro, who voiced Chakal, is one of the choir singers in the soundtrack. In the Japanese dub, the Land of the Dead's clerk is voiced by Chō, whose most famous role was as Brook in One Piece. As with her previous role in El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, Alanna Ubach once again voices a character with the surname "Rivera." For those who used to watch Nickelodeon's Rocket Power, Gustavo (the short violinist who mocks Héctor as "Chorizo") is not Lombardo Boyar's first role as a Hispanic jerk who would've gladly kicked the metaphorical dog (Lars Rodriguez). Benjamin Bratt voices Ernesto, a character who Miguel hero-worships, especially after finding signs that he's Miguel's ancestor, only to turn out to have been Evil All Along. Bratt was on the receiving end of such a depressing revelation in Justice League: Gods and Monsters, where his character, an alternate universe version of Superman thought his father, General Zod, was a hero before learning the Awful Truth about his true nature, albeit secondhand. Like Miguel, this also spurred a Heel Realization in his character.
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Gift of Song
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Gift of Song: "Remember Me" was originally written as a goodbye gift from Héctor to Coco.
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Comical Overreacting
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The Rivera family react to seeing a Mariachi player offer to let Miguel play his guitar with the same horror and protective outrage as if he was street dealer offering the kid drugs, and they chase him away just as ferociously.
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Luke, You Are My Father
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Luke, You Are My Father: Miguel, in turn, reveals himself to be Héctor's great-great-grandson by showing him the picture of Mamás Coco and Imelda with the father's face torn out.
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Calacas
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Calacas: The Calacas are all skeletal, but their design include fully-functioning human eyes and small ornate markings. They are only allowed to venture to the land of the living when their living relatives have their photographs displayed on an altar during Dia De Los Muertos and can take the astral forms of inanimate objects (from food to guitars and clothes) back with them. Living humans that are brought to the afterlife can only be sent back from a blessing of a relative that is already there before sunrise lest they turn into a Calacas permanently. Should the memory of them on Earth fade away completely, they themselves fade away into "the final death."
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Gaslighting
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Gaslighting: After Héctor realizes that De la Cruz poisoned him, De la Cruz tries to convince him it didn't happen. "You are confusing movies with reality." Seconds later, De la Cruz tells the security guards that Héctor "is not well".
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Covers Always Lie
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Covers Always Lie: Any movie or soundtrack cover showing Miguel and Héctor on the marigold bridge together falls guilty of this, since Héctor can't cross the bridge for most of the movie, and by the time he can, Miguel is back in the land of the living and thus no longer has access to the bridge. The movie poster featured on the main page shows Coco at the forefront along Miguel, Héctor, Dante, Ernesto, and Imelda. While the others are major characters of the movie, Coco herself is a secondary character without much screentime, though she's a Small Role, Big Impact (and the movie is named after her).
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Hats Off to the Dead
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Hats Off to the Dead: As the climax nears its conclusion, the hat-wearers in the family doff their headwear as Héctor starts to succumb to the Final Death. He gets better, though.
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Token Minority
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Token Minority: In a meta sense, John Ratzenberger is the only white voice actor in an all-Hispanic cast. His single line of dialogue is to thank in Spanish the dentist who vouched for him.
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Vile Villain, Saccharine Show
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Vile Villain, Saccharine Show: The film is generally a children's movie with bright colors. However, Ernesto de la Cruz murdered his best friend on-screen to steal his songs and achieve fame. And he will go to any lengths to keep the skeleton in his closet.
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Holiday Motif
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Holiday Motif: The Land of the Dead is built on the aesthetics of Día de Muertos. The world is lit in bright, festive oranges and is inhabited by the deceased who resemble living calaveras (a decorative representation of a skull common in Mexico and a key ornament in the holiday).
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Arc Words
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Arc Words: "Seize your moment," which is Ernesto de la Cruz's Catchphrase and is repeated by the characters throughout the movie in various contexts. "Remember Me", Ernesto de la Cruz's In-Universe Signature Song which is originally written and performed by Héctor for his daughter Coco. Remembering deceased loved ones is one of the film's Central Themes, which ultimately becomes an important plot point towards the end of the film.
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Played for Laughs
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Played for Laughs near the start of the film, when some of the Riveras catch Miguel talking to a Mariachi at Mariachi Square. They interrogate him to know "what did he offer" Miguel, and aggressively let him know that they "know your tricks", as though he were a child abductor offering candy, or a street peddler offering drugs. When Miguel says the Mariachi was just going to show him his guitar, the family recoils in horror, as if he were going to say something else.
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Thicker Than Water
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Thicker Than Water: Much of the film is spent establishing the importance of family above all. But this is also deconstructed in that Miguel's passion conflicted heavily with his family's traditions, with Miguel being genuinely miserable over his inability to do what he loves due to his family ties and lamenting how his family is probably the only one in Mexico that hates music. This leads him to run away as his great-great-grandfather did. However, this trope is once again reconstructed, as his adventure cleared up the misunderstanding about Héctor's inability to return home and helped remedy Mama Coco's memory loss, allowing Miguel to reconcile with his family, who wholeheartedly support his dream from then on.
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Curse Cut Short
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Curse Cut Short: When Chicharrón accuses Héctor of borrowing his femur:
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From Bad to Worse
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From Bad to Worse: It's bad enough to learn that your best friend got famous off your music without ever giving you any credit but worse to discover that he murdered you for your music and wants to erase you from everyone's memories for good.
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Remember the Dead
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Remember the Dead: When a deceased person in the Land of the Dead is completely forgotten in the Land of the Living, they fade away from existence though Héctor admits no-one really knows what happens after their final death.
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Multilingual Song
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Multilingual Song: "Un Poco Loco", "The World Es Mi Familia", and "Proud Corazón" mix Spanish and English.
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Amusing Injuries
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The Land of the Dead notably lacks a large number of safety systems on the heavy machinery within it. Justified, as everyone is already dead and are only prone to Amusing Injuries in this respect.
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Not on the List
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Not on the List: When the bouncer won't allow Miguel to enter Ernesto's party, the former boldly claims to be Ernesto's great-great grandson. When this doesn't fly with the bouncer, Miguel successfully sneaks in as a member of the hired music band.
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The Ageless
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The Ageless: The appearances of the spirits of the Land of the Dead are based on what they looked like at the moment of their death, more or less; never really changing aside from cleaning up any potential wounds they may have had (like the many fractures Ernesto would have probably received by being crushed to death by a bell). As a result, Ernesto de la Cruz appears to be in his 40s at most, Héctor himself doesn't appear a day over 21 years old, while Mama Imelda and Papa Julio look much older. When the almost unresponsive and senile Coco dies, she arrives in the Land of the Dead still with white hair and hunched over, but much livelier. She can even walk again.
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Cat/Dog Dichotomy
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Cat/Dog Dichotomy: Miguel's animal companion, the dopey, amiable dog Dante, and Mama Imelda's, the large and initially frightening jaguar-like alebrije Pepita.
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Not in Front of the Kid
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Not in Front of the Kid: Héctor noticeably alters some dirty lyrics in "Everyone Knows Juanita" at the last second, after remembering that Miguel is listening.
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Armor-Piercing Question
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Armor-Piercing Question: "Why can't you be on my side?"
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Ancestor Veneration
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Ancestor Veneration: The film depicts a celebration of the real-life Dia de los Muertos celebration in Mexico (which combines Catholic and pre-Columbian religious traditions), honoring deceased family members. Miguel doesn't initially take the celebration too seriously, since his family restricts his love for music, but comes to appreciate it more after actually taking a trip through the Land of the Remembered and meeting his ancestors.
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Cultural Translation
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The movie starts and ends with a shot of an orange flag on the banner, with the movie's title at the beginning and "THE END" at the end, with the former appearing in the latter's place in the international versions.
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech
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"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Héctor gives one to Ernesto upon confronting him in his tower and revealing the truth. Miguel later gives him one outside the tower just before Ernesto makes him fall to his death, not knowing he's being recorded. Also one in the read-along book regarding Ernesto: "Music is supposed to bring people together. You tore my family apart!" Miguel also gives one to Imelda for banning music from their family and therefore, not supporting his dream of being a musician, which was why he ran away in the first place.
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Light Is Good
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Light Is Good: When Miguel makes it home and plays "Remember Me" for Coco to rejuvenate her thoughts, the sunlight is shining through the window on them.
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Expanded Universe
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Expanded Universe: There's the storybook Miguel and the Amazing Alebrijes, which ties in with the movie. It deals with Miguel thinking over which animal should be his spirit guide for a class project. It's likely this book took place before the events of the film.
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
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Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Mamá Imelda banning music from her family comes back to haunt her years later when Miguel calls her out on it while in the Land of the Dead. Played with regarding what jump-starts the plot. By swiping Ernesto's guitar from his mausoleum and strumming it, this curses Miguel to be unseen by the living and slowly transforms into a skeleton over time in return. The guitar actually belongs to Héctor, and once the curse is broken and Miguel returns home, the truth is revealed, Coco regains her memory and the ban on music is lifted whilst Héctor's legacy becomes famous in Ernesto's place.
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Small Role, Big Impact
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The movie poster featured on the main page shows Coco at the forefront along Miguel, Héctor, Dante, Ernesto, and Imelda. While the others are major characters of the movie, Coco herself is a secondary character without much screentime, though she's a Small Role, Big Impact (and the movie is named after her).
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Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
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Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: After his failed attempt to cross the bridge, Héctor is charged with disturbing the peace, fleeing an officer, and falsifying a unibrow. Lampshaded by Héctor when he responds to the last charge with "That's illegal?"note Very illegal.
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Pals with Jesus
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Pals with Jesus: Miguel strikes up a friendship with Frida Kahlo, which helps him in the climax.
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Right for the Wrong Reasons
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Right for the Wrong Reasons: Miguel says he wasn't really stealing the guitar, since it belonged to his great-great-grandfather. He's right about that, but not his GGGF's identity.
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Power Glows
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Power Glows: While the skeletons are visiting the living world, they are glowing and semitransparent. When Imelda is preparing her blessing to send Miguel home, the marigold petal in her hand glows brightly, with the glow becoming brighter when conditions are added. Ernesto's does not however, either because he isn't related to Miguel in the first place or because he didn't finish saying the word "blessing" before being interrupted. Skeletons flash red and yellow and feel pain when they're in danger of being forgotten.
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Losing Horns
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Losing Horns: When Hector breaks through the checkpoint and gets stuck on the quicksand bridge, the soundtrack plays the trombone as he is carried back by the police.
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Broken Pedestal
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Broken Pedestal: Ernesto de la Cruz is the inspiration behind Miguel's love of music, but it turns out that not only was he a fraud, he actually murdered the original musical genius Héctor, who is revealed to be Miguel's actual great-great-grandfather. Ernesto also becomes one to the Lands of the Living and Dead once they discover the truth.
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Female Feline, Male Mutt
 Coco / int_86c63f9
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Female Feline, Male Mutt: Pepita with Dante.
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Parental Bonus
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Parental Bonus: In the Land of the Dead, Miguel passes a nude woman posing for a painter. Even though they're skeletons and nothing is shown, their expressions clearly sets the scene. When Héctor plays "Everyone Knows Juanita" for Chicharrón, he changes one of the lines of the lyrics, and when Chich protests this, Héctor responds, "There are children present" (referring to Miguel, but it also works in a meta-sense for the intended audience), indicating that the original words were something naughty and/or inappropriate. The context ("And her knuckles dragged down to the floor") heavily suggests the original line was a Boob-Based Gag.
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Ghost Reunion Ending
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Ghost Reunion Ending: Very fittingly, the film ends exactly one year after the main plot, on a Día de los Muertos where Héctor, Imelda, Coco and the other dead family members visit their living relatives.
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Died Happily Ever After
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Died Happily Ever After: Mama Coco is happy to be in the Land of the Dead thanks to being reunited with her family.
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Commonality Connection
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Commonality Connection: In separate scenes, Héctor and Imelda reveal their musical skills to Miguel, foreshadowing that they have more in common.
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It Seemed Trivial
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It Seemed Trivial: Imelda, in life, gave her husband a white skull guitar and knew that her husband was a composer. However, her ban on music after Héctor's disappearance blinds her and everyone in the Rivera family to the fact that Ernesto is now using both the guitar and Héctor's songs, which would otherwise have made it very clear Ernesto had something to do with Héctor's fate.
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Object Ceiling Cling
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Object Ceiling Cling: The shoe that one of Miguel's older brothers catapults onto the workshop's ceiling and which comes down a minute later for comedic effect.
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Rewritten Pop Version
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Rewritten Pop Version of which two were recorded: Solo version for the Spanish release. Sung by Natalia Lafourcade with a more contemporary pop arrangement. Duet Version for the English release. A bilingual mix of the Solo version with singer Miguel performing the English verses and Natalia doing choruses in Spanish.
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Karmic Death
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Karmic Death: While initially portrayed as a tragedy, Ernesto de la Cruz is killed by a bell while singing the song and playing the guitar of the man he murdered. Said song is also the lullaby he sung to his young daughter, and Ernesto killed Héctor due to choosing his family over his musical career. That wasn't enough, because he would maintain his reputation even among the dead.
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Laser-Guided Karma
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Laser-Guided Karma: While Elena's protectiveness to Miguel and her family is genuine, she does in fact threaten people near her family for doing music-related activities and forbidden her family from doing so, which can be hard to sympathize with. And by continuing the Rivera's ban on music to the point that she destroys Miguel's guitar, she ends up begging for the heartache of a missing grandchild. In life, Imelda enforced a rule to never put Héctor's photo on the ofrenda, denying him to cross the marigold bridge and meet Coco. When Miguel first meets her in the Land of the Dead, she is angry over the fact that for the first time in her afterlife, she's denied to cross the marigold bridge because Miguel unwittingly took the ofrenda photo with him trying to follow in his great-great grandpapa's footsteps. This ironically enables a chain of events where she discovers the truth behind her husband's disappearance. Ernesto de la Cruz, who was killed when a bell fell on him in 1942, has a similar bell fall on him after it's revealed in the Engineered Public Confession that he poisoned Héctor and stole his songs.
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Art Shift
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Art Shift: The prologue is depicted in 2D animation on papel picado banners.
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Rule of Symbolism
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Rule of Symbolism: Whenever Miguel looks upon Ernesto's tower in the Land of the Dead, it seems to represent Miguel's life goal of becoming rich and famous. Miguel and Imelda's conversation in the alleyway is fraught with symbolism. Miguel is on one side of the gate, free as a bird to pursue his goals. Imelda is behind the gate, held back from her full potential as a singer. In pre-Columbian Maya culture, cenotes were sites of Human Sacrifice. The cenote scene represents how Ernesto is willing to sacrifice everyone around him (even friend and family)for success. When the audience turns on Ernesto for Héctor's murder and for throwing Miguel to his death, someone throws a tomato at his fine white suit, staining it red. Aptly, this represents that there's blood on Ernesto's hands.
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Catch a Falling Star
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Catch a Falling Star: Dante attempts this, but he's not strong enough to rescue Miguel as he's falling. Pepita actually ends up rescuing him, though Dante's efforts likely slowed him down enough to give Pepita time to get there.
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Hypocrisy Nod
 Coco / int_9230c618
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Hypocrisy Nod: About halfway through the film, to the hypocrisy behind the Thicker Than Water mentality that is such a big part of Miguel's family. Miguel is running away from Imelda, who is saying that he has to pick a side between his family and music. He responds by asking why nobody from his family is on his side. All he wants is to play music, is it really so unreasonable that a family who is supposedly so into loyalty support what makes him happiest? The question is never really resolved or even brought up again, but the point still stands that Miguel makes a valid argument.
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Truck Driver's Gear Change
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Truck Driver's Gear Change: The end of Ernesto's version of "Remember Me" modulates up one half-step. The last verse of "Un Poco Loco" modulates up one whole step. The last chorus of "La Llorona" modulates up one whole step. "Proud Corazón" ends a whole note higher from when it started.
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Age Cut
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Age Cut: During the papel picado prologue, there's a brief scene where young Coco dances across and becomes a young woman.
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Villainous Breakdown
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Villainous Breakdown: Earlier on, he rants to Héctor about how Miguel is a threat to his goal and is not intent on letting him go back to the Land of the Living with his photo while ensuring that Héctor is forgotten. Then again once Ernesto's treachery is exposed by the Riveras and he gets crushed by a bell yet again. Especially when Pepita slowly advances upon him
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Wild Take
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Wild Take: Héctor's eyes drop out of his eye sockets and into his mouth when Miguel tells him that he is the great-great grandson of Ernesto de la Cruz.
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Posthumous Narration
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Posthumous Narration: Parodied, given the nature of the setting: Imelda explains to Miguel that she doesn't really hate music; she just forced it out of her life after her husband left her to make the task of raising Coco easier for her. Héctor recounts his last day alive when he realizes how similar it was to a scene from one of Ernesto's movies.
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Finish Dialogue in Unison
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Finish Dialogue in Unison: At the cenote, when Miguel and Hector both realize they are related:
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Sleep Cute
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Sleep Cute: In a blink-and-miss scene towards the end when Miguel runs to Coco, you can see his uncle and cousin sleeping on a bench with one cuddling the other.
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 Coco / int_97926168
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Rewatch Bonus
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Rewatch Bonus: Everything about both Ernesto and Héctor takes on a new significance when you know their backstory and true motivations. Also, watch Miguel's cousins during the very last shot of the movie. They're accompanying him on violin and accordion — and and it makes sense, seeing as they're great-great grandchildren of a great musician.
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Tragic Keepsake
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At first Héctor's letters to Coco are simply revealed as a Tragic Keepsake, showing that Coco never stopped loving or missing her father, and bringing the family around to embracing music again. Then, a year later, it turns out the letters were instrumental in exposing Ernesto's misdeeds (leaving him condemned in the world of the living as well as the Land of the Dead and his punishment thus complete) and Héctor's reputation restored.
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As You Know
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As You Know: At the time Abuelita Elena is explaining Miguel the traditions of Día de Muertos, it's clear that he already knows all this, and all this information is directed to the audience who isn't acquainted with Día de Muertos (especially those audiences who aren't Mexicans).
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Ridiculously Alive Undead
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Ridiculously Alive Undead: A clerk (who is a skeleton) from the Land of the Dead is shown to be allergic to Dante the dog. Miguel points out that Dante doesn't have any hair and the clerk quips that he doesn't even have a nose. Throughout the movie, the living skeletons can also be seen eating and drinking food, often obtained as offerings from their families. However, it's still directly stated that there are no bathrooms in the Land of the Dead.
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Cannot Tell Fiction from Reality
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Cannot Tell Fiction from Reality: When Miguel brings up how a line Ernesto said in real life while he was alive was the same as something he says in a movie and extrapolating that Ernesto murdered the person he said it to just like in the film, Héctor accuses Miguel (and then Ernesto accuses Héctor) of being unable to distinguish movies from real life. Though in this case, Miguel is right.
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Dishonored Dead
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Dishonored Dead: Given how he left his family (or so it originally seemed), Miguel's great-great-grandfather doesn't have a presence on the Rivera family's ofrenda. The one family picture of his great-great-grandparents has his face torn out. Miguel's great-great-grandfather is eventually revealed to be Héctor. After the truth comes out about Héctor and Ernesto de la Cruz, the memorial dedicated to Ernesto appears to be condemned one year later. A bust of him is shown to be covered by a sign that says "FORGET YOU."
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Hurt Foot Hop
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Hurt Foot Hop: When Imelda stomps on Ernesto's foot on stage, escaping his grasp while he whines and jumps around in pain.
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Playing the Heart Strings
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Playing the Heart Strings: A couple of emotional moments are underscored with a violin track.
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Family-Unfriendly Death
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Family-Unfriendly Death: Héctor's death. He is poisoned by his colleague Ernesto, collapses in the street, and dies in what is shown to be a quite painful way... on screen.
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Single-Minded Twins
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Benny and Manny are younger Single-Minded Twins brothers to a stern sister, like their great-great-granduncles Óscar and Felipe.
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Foreshadowing
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Foreshadowing: Has its own page.
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Ambition Is Evil
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Ambition Is Evil: The villain's Backstory: Ernesto de la Cruz only became the star he was after he murdered Héctor and stole his songs. He's also the only character to point out, quite correctly, that achieving your dreams sometimes means leaving your hometown and family, and this is framed in a very negative light. It's also the reason why Mamá Imelda prohibited music for the Riveras. She doesn't hate music, quite the contrary, she was a musician herself along with her husband, but when her husband never returned home from his first music tour, Imelda believed that music could cause a person to become so ambitious that they would abandon their loved ones to chase their dreams. Afraid this might happen to her children, she prohibited music for her family. Ironically the prohibition almost forced Miguel to do exactly that and Imelda soon realizes that it didn't work too well. "Nice Job Breaking It, Hero", indeed. Zig-zagged by the ending, when the family let Miguel become a musician and he realizes the value of family at the same time. The evil of Ernesto's ambition could specifically be said because he was willing to sacrifice everything for it when he already had a family who needed him, and thus the ambition alone isn't solely evil.
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Flashback Cut
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Flashback Cut: When Miguel recognizes Mama Imelda at the Land of the Dead, there's a swift flashback to her photo on the ofrenda.
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The Older Immortal
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The Older Immortal: A couple of Aztecs is seen mingling at de la Cruz's party.
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Dramatically Missing the Point
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Dramatically Missing the Point: Ernesto de la Cruz missed the point of Héctor's songs. He sings "Remember Me" as a frivolous romance song rather than a tender lullaby, and understands "The World Is Mi Familia" as an endorsement of career success over settling down and forming a family, rather than the other way around.
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Three-Point Landing
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Three-Point Landing: Miguel performs one when he enters Ernesto's mausoleum.
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UnPerson
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Un-person: Deconstructed with Miguel's great-great-grandfather. The fact that his family actively refuses to allow anyone to mention his name leads nobody to tell him that he has come to the wrong conclusion about who he is. What's more, because they also banned music from the household, they missed multiple glaring clues about the real reason why Imelda's husband never returned home, namely Ernesto de la Cruz playing the same guitar Imelda gave to Héctor as a gift and the fact that De la Cruz never once makes any mention of Héctor, or that all the songs he's singing sounds suspiciously similar to those in the letters Coco received from her father. Chicharrón, the obscure, forgotten musician, ceases to be a ghost and fades out of existence since he is no longer remembered by the living. After Ernesto de la Cruz is revealed to have poisoned Héctor and plagiarized his music, his shrine is no longer remembered as fondly by the villagers, while Héctor's reputation and legacy are resurrected and people begin to take more interest in Héctor's life and music.
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Production Foreshadowing
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Production Foreshadowing: While Miguel and Dante are on the streets, at one point a poster of The Incredibles can be seen in the background hinting at Pixar's next film Incredibles 2.
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The Dissenter Is Always Right
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The Dissenter Is Always Right: Miguel grew up in a family that hates and has banned music, but Miguel loves it and wishes to be a musician. His family, both living and deceased, try to discourage Miguel's dreams, insisting that music does nothing but split families apart. In the end, Miguel's playing helps Miguel's great-grandmother, Coco, who was going senile, to remember her past and connect with her family again. The family realizes that they were wrong to ban music so they allow Miguel to pursue his dream.
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Get Out!
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Get Out!: During Miguel's montage of Elena denying music, she spots a trio of traveling musicians and tells them to leave the house. Chicharrón says this to Héctor upon their meeting prior to being forgotten.
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Writing About Your Crime
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Writing About Your Crime: Ernesto de la Cruz included a poisoning scene in one of his movies that is identical to the way he killed Héctor in real life, only in his version, Ernesto is the victimized one (though in his version, of course, he survives).
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 Coco / int_9fbf8969
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Cut Lex Luthor a Check
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comment
Cut Lex Luthor a Check: Ernesto. He may have lacked the ability to write songs, but he had so many other talents that he didn't even need to steal someone else's songs. He was an excellent actor, impressive stuntman, possessed devilishly handsome good looks, and even had a knack of charming many people. Also, he didn't even need to lie to the world that he wrote his own songs and could have hired another songwriter, as many musicians who didn't write their own songs still ended up just as famous or even more.
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InvoluntaryShapeshifter
 Coco / int_a04e64a4
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Involuntary Shapeshifter: The alebrijes are revealed to be normal animals that, after becoming spiritual guides, change into supernatural forms whenever visiting the Land of the Dead.
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Stunned Silence
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Hector suddenly stops in Stunned Silence when he realises Ernesto poisoned him. This quickly results in his Tranquil Fury breaking loose into a full-on attack on Ernesto.
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Killed Mid-Sentence
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Killed Mid-Sentence: The bell that crushes de la Cruz to death comes down as he's singing "Remember Me". In Miguel's case, it's "Discovering Yourself Cursed Mid-Sentence":
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 Coco / int_a27c0c2c
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Artistic License – Religion
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Artistic License – Religion: A possible case. Día de los Muertos is celebrated over two days in most of Mexico. November 1 has the spirits of children coming to visit their families, while November 2 has the adults doing so. In the film, children and adults are shown crossing over together. However, there are various parts of Mexico that actually have different day counts, from 1 to 4, of the celebration so it's also not impossible to take place in a section that only has a single day of visitation.
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Secondary Character Title
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Secondary Character Title: Coco is Miguel's great-grandmother, but warrants the title because she's also Héctor's daughter — the muse who inspired his songs and the last person in the Land of the Living who remembers him.
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Dance Party Ending
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Any offering placed on an ofrenda for a dead person creates a ghost of itself that the dead can pick up without removing the tangible item and carry it with them to the Land of the Dead. Several ghosts pick up items from their ofrendas and Héctor picks the ghost of his own guitar from the real one Miguel is playing during the Dance Party Ending.
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Award-Bait Song
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Award-Bait Song: Remember Me / Recuérdame. Just to make sure they cover all bases there are six recorded versions of the song in the Spanish dub: Ernesto de la Cruz version. With a traditional Ranchero arrangement and a happy approach to encourage his fans to remember his career. Lullaby version. Sung by Héctor to baby Coco during the film in a lullaby/farewell approach. Reminiscing version. Sung by Miguel and Coco during the film. The saddest approach in the climatic scene. End Credits version. The traditional sweeping Power Ballad, sung by Carlos Rivera. Rewritten Pop Version of which two were recorded: Solo version for the Spanish release. Sung by Natalia Lafourcade with a more contemporary pop arrangement. Duet Version for the English release. A bilingual mix of the Solo version with singer Miguel performing the English verses and Natalia doing choruses in Spanish. Then there's the Japanese rendition of the ending version of the song, which begins as rather solemn, but breaks into a peppier arrangement suitable for parties and gatherings.
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Reduced to Dust
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Reduced to Dust: Victims of the final death disintegrate into dust, which then drifts off into the wind.
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And There Was Much Rejoicing
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And There Was Much Rejoicing: The crowd responds with thunderous applause when Ernesto gets a bell dropped on him following him being outed as a fraud and a murderer. ...Well, except for that one guy returning from the concession stand.
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Rule of Drama
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Miguel being transported to the Land Of the Dead just happens to occur at almost exactly the same time as the elderly Coco is beginning to forget Héctor's existence, conveniently on the same day, thereby increasing the dramatic tension of the final act, even after Miguel gets home.
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MacGuffin
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MacGuffin: The photo of Héctor that Miguel tries to obtain from Ernesto.
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Rule of Three
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Rule of Three: During Miguel's narration of Elena denying any source of music, she first catches Miguel blowing into a bottle like a flute; the second time, she hears music coming from a passing truck's radio and shuts the window; the third time, she shoos away a trio of street performers passing the family shoe shop. In the same narrated intro, Miguel gushes about his idol Ernesto de la Cruz, listing three things he loves best about him: 1) he starred in movies, 2) he had the coolest guitar, and 3) he could fly! Once Miguel is in the Land of the Dead, Imelda tries to send him home with a blessed marigold petal three times. The first time, she does so on the condition that he never play music again. Not two seconds later, he disobeys and is returned. The second time, she does so on the condition that he never forget his family loves him, but Ernesto interferes right before she can touch Miguel with it. The third time, right as the sun is rising and Héctor is dying, she offers her blessing with no conditions, and Miguel is returned to the Land of the Living for good. Frida Kahlo has been used as a disguise three times — First, when Héctor attempts to cross the bridge, in which both his said attempt and disguise were unsuccessful. Second, used again by Héctor to get into Ernesto's party, which is successful. And thirdly, the whole Rivera family is disguised as her backup dancers to get into the festival and get back Héctor's photo. "Remember Me" is sung three times — First, by Ernesto in the beginning which is also when he died. Second, by Héctor, the true writer of the song, which was his personal lullaby to his daughter, Coco. And thirdly, by Miguel in an attempt to have Coco remember her father. "La Llorona" is also sung three times, though only completely at the climax: first by the carousing musicians Abuelita scares away, second by Imelda to convince Miguel to talk, and third, when Imelda sings it in full at the Sunrise Spectacular.
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Celebrities Hang Out in Heaven
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Celebrities Hang Out in Heaven: Ernesto de la Cruz is a dead actor and singer who Word of God says is based on well-known Mexican musicians such as Pedro Infante, Jorge Negrete and Vicente Fernández. Many of the Land of the Dead's inhabitants are Real Life deceased Mexican celebrities, including Frida Kahlo, Mario Moreno 'Cantinflas', El Santo, Jorge Negrete, and Pedro Infante, who Ernesto is largely based on. Some are mentioned by name while others are a Freeze-Frame Bonus.
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No Stunt Double
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No Stunt Double: In-Universe, Ernesto says he did all his own stunts for his movies.
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RealLife
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Many of the Land of the Dead's inhabitants are Real Life deceased Mexican celebrities, including Frida Kahlo, Mario Moreno 'Cantinflas', El Santo, Jorge Negrete, and Pedro Infante, who Ernesto is largely based on. Some are mentioned by name while others are a Freeze-Frame Bonus.
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Real Time
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Real Time: Backstage at the Sunrise Spectacular, the stagehand tells Ernesto he's on in 30 seconds. Exactly 30 seconds later, the announcer is announcing Ernesto's entrance while Imelda is rising to the stage.
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Christianity Is Catholic
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Christianity is Catholic: There are crosses all around the Rivera house and Elena crosses herself at one point while exasperated with Miguel. Justified in that Mexico is a country where roughly 80% of residents are Catholic.
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Parting-Words Regret
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Parting-Words Regret: Miguel has this when he tells his family he doesn't care if they put his picture on the ofrenda. And soon after Elena destroys his guitar, he tells his family "I don't want to be in this family." Later, in the cenote, he laments how he may never see his family again, because he told his family he doesn't want his picture on the ofrenda. Thankfully, he returns to his family and apologizes to them. Averted with Héctor, who sang "Remember Me" to his daughter before he left, unaware they would be his last words to her.
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Halfway Plot Switch
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Halfway Plot Switch: For the first 20 minutes, it's a cute story about a kid who just wants to be like his musical idol, despite his family's wishes. Then he strums on a stolen guitar, and it becomes a Race Against the Clock.
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Chekhov's Skill
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Chekhov's Skill: Héctor's ability to dress up as Frida Kahlo ends up being helpful a couple of times later.
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Nice Job Fixing It, Villain
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Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Ernesto got away with murdering Héctor and building a career on his work for nearly a century, but he made two crucial mistakes that allowed Miguel and Héctor to eventually figure everything out. The first mistake was keeping Héctor's visually distinct guitar and turning it into his own personal trademark. This is what caused Miguel to conclude that De la Cruz was his ancestor when he found the guitar folded back in the old family photo, and kicked into gear the sequence of events that led to Miguel being cursed and seeking out Ernesto for his blessing. The second mistake was letting Héctor's murder "inspire" a scene in one of his movies, allowing Miguel to immediately recognize the series of events when Héctor begins to describe his last night alive and point it out. Miguel never would have been present to do so if Ernesto had just left the guitar, and never would have been able to put the pieces together as a De la Cruz megafan if Ernesto had just left his great plot twist out of it.
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Oh, Crap!
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Oh, Crap!: The mariachi at the plaza when Elena chases him away from Miguel. The musicians near the Riveras' house when they see Elena. Miguel and Enrique when Elena destroys his shrine and his guitar. Elena when she realizes that her actions made Miguel run off. Miguel after becoming a spirit of the Land of the Dead for the first time. Héctor when he's unable to cross the marigold bridge. Miguel has another moment of terror when he realizes that the Riveras are looking for him after his performance in the Land of the Dead. The dancers at Frida Kahlo's practice when she suggests that the cactus be on fire. Ernesto when he sees that Miguel is transforming into a skeleton. Héctor when he realizes that Ernesto is the one who killed him and stole his songs. Miguel's understandably horrified when he realizes that Ernesto isn't what he seemed to be and later when he gets thrown into the cenote. Héctor has a moment of terror when he is about to become Deader than Dead. Imelda when she sees Ernesto backstage during the Sunrise Spectacular. Tío Óscar and Felipe when they get cornered by the security guards. Imelda is petrified when she gets sent up to the stage in front of the crowd at the Sunrise Spectacular. The crowd at the Sunrise Spectacular when they realize that Ernesto is the one who murdered Héctor, with Ernesto attempting to murder Miguel and his rant being the things that confirmed it. After throwing Miguel off the building, Ernesto returns to the crowd, confused why they're suddenly booing him and the orchestra turning on him. When he tries to win them back with singing "Remember Me", he gets food thrown at him. When he notices the large monitor showing Miguel being saved, he realizes the whole world has seen him admit to murdering his friend for the songs that made him famous and attempting to murder Miguel. Then, he realizes his fate the moment Pepita sends him flying into the church bell that killed him in his previous life.
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P.O.V. Cam
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P.O.V. Cam: While Miguel is singing to get Ernesto's attention, we get a few shots of his point of view squeezing through the crowd. In Héctor'' flashback of him singing "Remember Me" to young Coco, they press each other's faces against one another and we get a shot of Héctor's warm smile from Coco's perspective.
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What You Are in the Dark
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What You Are in the Dark: We certainly see what Ernesto and Héctor are like in the dark respectively. When in public, Ernesto will indulge "his" great-great-grandson Miguel and embrace him as his descendant. But in private, when the boy learns about how his hero murdered his own friend for his songs, Ernesto has Miguel thrown in a cenote so his secret will die with him. Later, in the cenote, Miguel and Héctor embrace each other as family, even though they can't benefit from one another (Miguel doesn't have Héctor's photo, and Héctor has no marigold petals to send great-great-grandson to the Land of the Living.) They just happily declare how proud they are to be related simply because they are.
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Catchphrase
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"Seize your moment," which is Ernesto de la Cruz's Catchphrase and is repeated by the characters throughout the movie in various contexts.
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Be Careful What You Wish For
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Be Careful What You Wish For: Miguel wanted to become a musician like Ernesto de la Cruz. He got more than what he bargained for. Imelda spent her whole life trying to forget the man who walked out on her, and make Coco forget him too. When she sees that Héctor is about to become Deader than Dead thanks to Coco forgetting him, she's visibly horrified and remorseful to see that it's worked all too well. Ernesto murdered Héctor and stole his songs because he wanted to be famous and remembered. When the Land of the Living and the Land of the Dead discover the truth, Ernesto became infamous and remembered for being a reviled murderous fraud who managed to fool people for 96 years.
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I Ate WHAT?!
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I Ate WHAT?!: Dante licks off white shoe polish off his nose, only for him to gag in disgust after tasting it.
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Celestial Deadline
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Celestial Deadline: Miguel has until sunrise to get back to the Land of the Living or he'll be stuck there for good.
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Everyone Has Standards
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Everyone Has Standards: Even though the Rivera refuse to support Miguel's love for music, Elena destroying Miguel's guitar was below the line, even for them.
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The End
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The End: The fifth Pixar film to finish with this after A Bug's Life, Finding Nemo, Ratatouille and Finding Dory.
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Invisible Backup Band
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During the battle of the bands, Miguel strays away from the microphone with his acoustic guitar but his singing and strumming don't drop in volume for the audience in the arena. For the song's climax we even hear a brass band playing without there being a brass band.
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Dysfunctional Family
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Dysfunctional Family: On one hand, the Riveras are tightly knit, and genuinely love and care for one another. However, their family isn't perfect. For generations, they have collectively upheld an irrational ban against music, to the point where they can't and won't let Miguel follow his dream of being a musician, much to the boy's detriment.
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Cacophony Cover-Up
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Cacophony Cover Up: Miguel waits for a firework to go off before breaking a window to get into De La Cruz's mausoleum.
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Celestial Bureaucracy
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Celestial Bureaucracy: The Department of Family Reunions oversees who in the Land of the Dead can cross over to the Land of the Living. At first, they're presented as Obstructive Bureaucrats, but that's because they're just doing their jobs.
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Serenade Your Lover
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Serenade Your Lover: Ernesto does this in one of his movies Miguel is watching in the attic.
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I've Come Too Far
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I've Come Too Far: Ernesto's motive for trying to kill Miguel. "I've worked too hard, Héctor! Too hard for him to take away everything!"
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Deader than Dead
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While Imelda is understandably angry at Héctor for abandoning their family to pursue music, she decides to rescue him from becoming Deader than Dead.
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Undignified Death
 Coco / int_be30e493
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Undignified Death: Héctor has picked up the unfortunate nickname "Chorizo" for choking to death on a sausage, even though he insists that the chorizo actually killed him with food poisoning, not choking. As we find out later, it was actually neither.
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 Coco / int_be977433
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Good-Times Montage
 Coco / int_be977433
comment
Good-Times Montage: One occurs with Miguel as he is hanging out with Ernesto at the party.
 Coco / int_be977433
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Coco / int_be977433
 Coco / int_bee8baee
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Faint in Shock
 Coco / int_bee8baee
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Faint in Shock: When Miguel sees his finger fade into bone and realizes that he's becoming a skeleton, he almost faints at the shock before his family catches him.
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 Coco / int_bf67c13e
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Opening Monologue
 Coco / int_bf67c13e
comment
Opening Monologue: Miguel gives one in the beginning, explaining the exile of music in the Rivera family.
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Coco / int_bf67c13e
 Coco / int_c02f148d
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Both Sides Have a Point
 Coco / int_c02f148d
comment
Both Sides Have a Point: Sort of. While Héctor's pursuit to share his music was moderate when compared to Ernesto's ambition, the former even admits he regrets leaving his family behind, making a point that family is more important than ambition. However, although their descendant did save her husband in the long run, Imelda's music ban on her family was taking it to an extreme that eventually drove Miguel into trouble, making a point that it's okay to enjoy what you like.
 Coco / int_c02f148d
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Coco / int_c02f148d
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Invisible to Normals
 Coco / int_c042eee9
comment
Invisible to Normals: As usual, ghosts are invisible to living people.
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Coco / int_c042eee9
 Coco / int_c180f1cb
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Advertising by Association
 Coco / int_c180f1cb
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Advertising by Association: As usual with Pixar films, the trailer says "From the creators of Toy Story and Finding Dory".
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Coco / int_c180f1cb
 Coco / int_c1c600cc
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Morality Chain Beyond the Grave
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Morality Chain Beyond the Grave: The hate for music that runs in the family originated with Mamá Imelda, the head of the family from four generations ago. Apparently, she could not only hold a grudge her entire life, it keeps scaring her children and grandchildren into doing the same long after she's gone.
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Coco / int_c1c600cc
 Coco / int_c32201f6
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Good Colors, Evil Colors
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Good Colors, Evil Colors: In the Land of the Dead, most of the skeletons wear multicolored clothes; Ernesto wears silver, making him appear almost black-and-white, hinting he's the Big Bad.
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Cue the Falling Object
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Cue the Falling Object: At the Department of Family Reunions, enraged Imelda smashes a computer with her shoe but Papá Julio comes to interrupt her. After a minute the computer gives off a final surge at an unsuspected moment.
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Irony
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Irony: Héctor needed Miguel to take his photo and find any existing relatives in the Land of the Dead who could send him home with their blessing. What Héctor didn't know at the time was that he had it in himself to send Miguel to the Land of the Living all along, because he's Miguel's real great-great-grandfather. The Rivera Family banning music, this prevented them from learning the truth about Ernesto's songs once belong to Hector's and the letters Coco got from her father were Hector's songs, Ernesto's guiltar was really Hector's and what really happened to Hector and his death. They would have exposed Ernesto a long time ago. It took 96 years for them to finally learn the truth.
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Dem Bones
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A clerk (who is a skeleton) from the Land of the Dead is shown to be allergic to Dante the dog. Miguel points out that Dante doesn't have any hair and the clerk quips that he doesn't even have a nose.
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For Doom the Bell Tolls
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For Doom the Bell Tolls: Ernesto sounds in his own death by crashing into the church bell.
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There Is Another
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There Is Another: Much of the drama in the third act comes from trying to get Miguel back to the living world with Héctor's photo, the only one of him that is known to exist. When Ernesto throws Miguel off a building and the photo slips out of his hand, it seems that there is no way of saving Héctor from the Final Death. But after Miguel returns to the living world and revives Coco's memory of her papa with the song "Remember Me", she reveals that she kept another photo of Héctor — the piece of the torn ofrenda photo with his face on it, saving his (after)life.
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Non-Standard Character Design
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Non-Standard Character Design: All the residents of the Land of the Dead have crude skeleton appearances that look almost the same, but Ernesto de la Cruz looks very much like he did when he was alive. This is a clue that he's not what he seems. Héctor is the only skeleton who has rusty yellow bones, is barefoot, and wears rags. This shows he's being forgotten, and once he is remembered once again by the Riveras, his bones revert to white, he gains a pair of shoes, and his clothes are good as new.
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Felony Misdemeanor
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Felony Misdemeanor: The Rivera family react to seeing a Mariachi player offer to let Miguel play his guitar with the same horror and protective outrage as if he was street dealer offering the kid drugs, and they chase him away just as ferociously. Héctor's arrest charges include "falsifying a unibrow".
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Strong Family Resemblance
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Strong Family Resemblance: While Elena strongly resembles Mama Coco, her sister, Victoria, takes after Mama Imelda. Miguel's father looks a lot like an older, stockier Héctor with a mustache instead of a goatee.
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Human Sacrifice
 Coco / int_c66cb5a9
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In pre-Columbian Maya culture, cenotes were sites of Human Sacrifice. The cenote scene represents how Ernesto is willing to sacrifice everyone around him (even friend and family)for success.
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Shoe Slap
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Shoe Slap: Elena will often hit people with her slipper, which is a reference to the long-running joke about how the feared traditional weapon of Mexican mothers is their slipper (known as La Chancla). Imelda also hits Ernesto with her boot for murdering her husband and trying to murder her great-great-grandson.
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A cappella
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A Cappella: The scene where Héctor is singing "Remember Me" starts out with him singing it a cappella with no music, then when it changes to the flashback of him singing it to little Coco the acoustic guitar slips in, then slips back out upon returning to the present. The album version keeps the guitar intact for the entire song.
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Monochrome Past
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Monochrome Past: Miguel's flashback of Ernesto becoming a star, and Héctor's flashbacks of Ernesto poisoning him to death and stealing his music and singing "Remember Me" to young Coco are rendered in old-fashioned sepia tone.
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Luke, I Am Your Father
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Luke, I Am Your Father: Héctor reveals himself to be Miguel's great-great-grandfather when he mentions that his daughter's name is Coco.
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Magic Music
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Magic Music: Subverted. Miguel strumming Ernesto's guitar in his tomb seems to be what causes him to cross over between worlds. However, it's later revealed that he crossed over due to being cursed, for stealing from the dead when Dia de los Muertos is a day for giving to the dead.
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Word of God
 Coco / int_cc4b45f6
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Ernesto didn't hesitate to rescue Miguel when he fell into his pool, even though Ernesto should think that, as a skeleton, Miguel shouldn't have been able to drown. Word of God makes it clear it was out of "common decency." His private interactions with Miguel are also very paternal and he even almost legitimately gives him his blessing to return to life. Then Héctor shows up and the truth is revealed.
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Only One Finds It Fun
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Only One Finds It Fun: At one point, a trio of nuns play accordions during a battle of the bands for the privilege to meet and play for Ernesto de la Cruz, but only manage to get one patron to enjoy their music.
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Polite Villains, Rude Heroes
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Polite Villains, Rude Heroes: Before and after The Reveal that he is the Big Bad, Ernesto is smooth, charming, and well-dressed in contrast to Héctor, who is the mischievous, snarky, and roguish Deuteragonist of the film.
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 Coco / int_ce515b47
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Musical World Hypotheses
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Musical World Hypotheses: The Diegetic type; all of the songs are performed as part of an act or for an audience.
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 Coco / int_cecce86
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Feedback Rule
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Feedback Rule: Miguel's hesitant start into his first performance before a large crowd at the "battle of the bands" is accompanied by the microphone giving off a harsh feedback. Similarly, the microphone produced a feedback at the start of Imelda's improvised "La Llorona" performance at the Concert Climax. Also when the audience learns first hand about Ernesto de la Cruz's crimes.
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Coco / int_cecce86
 Coco / int_cedccc54
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Slide Attack
 Coco / int_cedccc54
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Slide Attack: Papá Julio slides under Ernesto's mooks to kick them from behind.
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Coco / int_cedccc54
 Coco / int_cf1845d7
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Yellow/Purple Contrast
 Coco / int_cf1845d7
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Yellow/Purple Contrast: The Land of the Dead is always dark, with a purple haze all throughout. The bridges that lead back out of it are made out of orange-gold marigolds.
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All Part of the Show
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All Part of the Show: Mamá Imelda successfully plays off dodging and evading Ernesto's bodyguards as dancing when she accidentally ends up in the Sunrise Spectacular stage and turns to singing to avoid alarming the crowd. Likewise, Ernesto disguises his attempts to stop Imelda and recover Héctor's photo as dancing and performing, complete with turning his scream of pain into a hearty Mariachi grito when Imelda stomps on his foot to set herself free and steal back the picture. The audience is none the wiser.
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 Coco / int_d0f0a80d
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One-Word Title
 Coco / int_d0f0a80d
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One-Word Title: A Secondary Character Title, named for protagonist Miguel's great-grandmother, whose history is relevant to the plot of the movie.
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"Oh, Crap!" Smile
 Coco / int_d112f7ec
comment
"Oh, Crap!" Smile: Ernesto when the whole family shows up to kick his ass. It's a standard procedure for Miguel. It's most prominent whenever he's around Elena. Héctor when he sees Imelda while he's in the cenote, before sheepishly telling that she looks great.
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That Came Out Wrong
 Coco / int_d1affec1
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That Came Out Wrong: Before sending Miguel home, Ernesto tells him, "I hope you die very soon," implying Ernesto wants to see Miguel again. He then clarifies, "You know what I mean."
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Crowded-Cast Shot
 Coco / int_d1f66080
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Crowded-Cast Shot: The movie ends as every Rivera family member, living and dead, all gather round Miguel as he is raised on his dad and uncle's shoulders while singing "Proud Corazón" and the view pans up as mentioned below.
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Abandonment-Induced Animosity
 Coco / int_d27d249b
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Abandonment-Induced Animosity: Hector leaving Imelda and Coco alone for his music career left Imelda heartbroken, so she dealt with her pain by throwing out anything that reminded her of him and banning music from her home. In the Land of the Dead, she refuses to have anything to do with her ex (as it's implied that he's tried to make amends several times). They finally make up at the movie's climax.
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Precious Photo
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Precious Photo: Both Miguel and Hector carry a photograph that is very important to them.
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Walking Shirtless Scene
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Walking Shirtless Scene: An unusual example, as it isn't done for fanservice. Most models in the Land of the Dead are designed to draw attention to the fact that they are skeletons. This means that most men wear vests or jackets, but no shirt underneath, leaving their rib cages on full display. Both Héctor and Ernesto do this throughout the film.
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Character Narrator
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Character Narrator: Played with at the beginning, where Miguel's off-screen Opening Narration is revealed that in-universe he's pouring the whole thing out to a customer of his shoe-shining business, because he can't talk to his family about it and he needs to tell someone.
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Technologically Blind Elders
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Technologically Blind Elders: Though Héctor is physically young, he died almost a hundred years before the story, and thus is understandably not familiar with a fair amount of modern technology. When he's trying to sneak through security to cross the petal bridge, he refers to the face scanner as a "blinky-thingy". Imelda is an even straighter example since she actually died in her 70s; she refers to a computer (an already-outdated model of one, to boot) as a "devil box".
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Cry into Chest
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Cry into Chest: Miguel cries into Héctor's chest when both find themselves tossed into the cenote. At the end, he does this with his father when he believes Coco has fully forgotten her father.
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The Dead Can Dance
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The Dead Can Dance: The Frida Kahlo dancers rehearse and then perform on stage at the Sunrise Spectacular. Héctor kicks up his heels after Dante pushes him on stage during "Un Poco Loco". The huge crowd at Ernesto's grande Fiesta in his tower are dancing. Imelda dances while singing "La Llorona" to evade Ernesto and Ernesto joins her. The reunited Imelda and Héctor dance a waltz together as Miguel sings "Proud Corazón".
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Latino Is Brown
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Latino Is Brown: Played straight with all the living characters have dark skin.note Ironically, this is averted with the movie's cast (both English and Spanish dubs); comprised almost entirely of Hispanic actors who, obviously, show the varied skin tones present in Latin American countries. Justified, as the Land of the Living scenes take place in the Mexican state of Oaxaca, where the vast majority of its residents have at least some amount of Indigenous ancestry. It's implied the Rivera family is one such Native family, as many female members wear traditional clothing and they all have some pretty strong Native American features (more so the more you go up in their family tree). Meanwhile, Ernesto de la Cruz appears to be of full or nearly full Spanish descent from his facial features and comparatively lighter skin, but he is still tanned and dark-haired.
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Unknown Relative
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Unknown Relative: Miguel spends most of the movie unaware that Héctor is his great-great-grandfather.
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DreamWorks Face
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Dreamworks Face: Miguel raises his eyebrow and smirks goofily when trying to imitate Ernesto's facial expression captured on a record cover. Miguel wears a smirk in the poster.
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Kick the Morality Pet
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Kick the Morality Pet: Miguel gets called out for deciding to risk both his own and Héctor's lives to get a better deal on his blessing, culminating in him to pull a Kick the Dog moment at Dante when he tries to get him to come back, after which he realizes what he's been doing wrong.
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Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You
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Daddy Had a Good Reason for Abandoning You: The reason why Miguel's family is so adamant that he never play a musical instrument, and abandon his hopes of being a musician is because mamá Coco and her mother were abandoned by her father, a musician, who went on tour, found fame and never came back. It turns out that Héctor is Miguel's great-great grandfather, not De la Cruz, and the reason why Héctor never came back from tour was because after deciding to quit show business and go back to raise his family, De la Cruz, Héctor's stage partner, poisoned his drink, stole Héctor's songbook, and blamed his death on food poisoning.
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Musicalis Interruptus
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Musicalis Interruptus: While Miguel is talking with a mariachi man in the village square, the mariachi hands Miguel his guitar and offers to be his first audience, much to Miguel's delight, but Elena enters right before he gets a chance to strum the guitar. When Miguel is singing "The World Es Mi Familia" to get Ernesto's attention, he isn't watching where he's going and accidentally falls into the pool.
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Spexico
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Spexico: Deliberately averted. The development team flew to Mexico and did extensive research on everything native to it. From the architecture, to the music, to the food, and especially the local mannerisms in order to make the movie feel as authentic as possible. The vast majority of the cast is of Latino descent (as are the vast majority of the musicians that played for the soundtrack) and the characters use the Mexican dialect of Spanish rather than the typical version taught in American schools, paying particular attention to uniquely Latin American details like Elena's preferred weapon.
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Screw This, I'm Outta Here
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Elena destroying Miguel's guitar, which is implied to have taken him years to make, causes him to pull a Screw This, I'm Outta Here moment.
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Company Cross References
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Company Cross References: Three to Toy Story; an emo skeleton is seen wearing the shirt that Sid from the first Toy Story wears, the Pizza Planet truck appears when Miguel is introducing Elena, and Miguel runs past pinatas of Woody and Buzz Lightyear. With the Woody and Buzz Lightyear pinatas is also a pinata of Mike Wazowski from Monsters, Inc.
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Memento MacGuffin
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Memento MacGuffin: Ernesto de la Cruz's guitar. Believing Ernesto to be his great-great-grandfather, Miguel tries to steal it for the talent contest, leading to him being stuck in the Land of the Dead. It's not until the big Plot Twist does he find out that the guitar really did belong to his great-great-grandfather, but it was actually stolen by Ernesto de la Cruz when he killed Héctor, becoming his iconic guitar throughout his career.
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Something Else Also Rises
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Exaggerated in the Spanish dub: The family goes ballistic after Miguel says that the mariachi wanted to "show [him] his guitar" and Miguel's uncle yells out an "¡Atrevido!"note "Impudent!" (instead of "Shame on you!"). It doesn't help that "Mariachi" shares the two first syllables with a nasty slur for homosexuals, so... imagine what Miguel's family scolding him for going to "the square of the mariachis" sounds like.
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Follow in My Footsteps
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Follow in My Footsteps: Miguel's father wants him to continue the family tradition and become a shoemaker which Miguel isn't happy about as he wants to become a musician instead.
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Did I Just Say That Out Loud?
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Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: Said by Miguel when the end of his Opening Monologue is actually spoken off-camera and the mariachi guy heard.
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Died in Ignorance
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Died in Ignorance: Both Hector and Imelda qualify. Hector died without knowing his true cause of death and that Ernesto betrayed him. Imelda lived the majority of her life believing Hector abandoned her and their daughter, thus leading to her hatred of music and setting the plot of the film in motion. Subverted later in the film as both Hector and Imelda in the afterlife discover the truth of what happened with help from Miguel, and they eventually reconcile.
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It's Been Done
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It's Been Done: Héctor convinces Miguel not to sing "Remember Me" at the talent show, since there are already a dozen other acts performing the same song.
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Contrived Coincidence
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Contrived Coincidence: Miguel arrives at the intermediary station between the Land of the Living and the Land of the Dead just as Héctor, his true great-great-grandfather, tries and fails to cross the bridge, meaning they can bump into each other later on in the Grand Central Station. After Miguel learns that Dante is his spirit guide he speculates that it wasn't just a coincidence, even though Dante had nothing to do with the timing of his arrival.Or did he?Dante was the one who knocked over the ofrenda photo at the start of the movie, setting the whole plot in motion, and when he wandered off in the intermediary station Miguel followed him and overheard Héctor getting charged, giving Miguel the idea to join forces with him. Héctor just happens to take Miguel to visit his friend Chicharrón minutes before Chicharrón experiences "final death", thus enabling Héctor to explain final death to Miguel with Chicharrón serving as his visual aid. When Héctor goes to Ernesto to ask for his aid, one of Ernesto's movies just happens to be playing in the background, and it just happens to be at a scene that reveals a huge plot twist to the audience. Miguel even brings it up right as the scene plays, even though he wasn't paying attention to the looping movies up to that point. The only reason Ernesto is able to completely get away with stealing Héctor's music is because Héctor's own family unintentionally aided him by banning music from their household (so they'd never hear Ernesto stealing Héctor's work and get suspicious) as well as erasing all traces of Héctor's existence due to believing that he had abandoned his own family, ensuring that he would never be exposed as a murderer and fraud. Miguel being transported to the Land Of the Dead just happens to occur at almost exactly the same time as the elderly Coco is beginning to forget Héctor's existence, conveniently on the same day, thereby increasing the dramatic tension of the final act, even after Miguel gets home.
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Chekhov's Gunman
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Chekhov's Gunman: Héctor's first appearance seems to be a one-off bit demonstrating the rule that people can't cross back into the land of the living unless there is an ofrenda for them to visit. Then Miguel crosses paths again with him later, and he eventually turns out to be very important to the plot, as does the reason why his photo is not in any ofrenda.
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Despair Event Horizon
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Despair Event Horizon: Héctor hits one after being thrown in the cenote after The Reveal that his best friend was also his murderer. It doesn't help that this is also the moment when it hits home that his daughter is finally forgetting him, meaning that he will soon experience true death without ever being able to see her again.
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Caught on Tape
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Caught on Tape: How Ernesto is exposed to the crowd as a fraud and murderer during the Sunrise Spectacular.
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Kubrick Stare
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Kubrick Stare: Elena gives one to Miguel as she marches up to him just as he's about to play guitar for the mariachi guy. A Maestro gives one to Ernesto after the latter has been exposed as a fraud and a murderer.
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"Pan Up to the Sky" Ending
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"Pan Up to the Sky" Ending: The very last shot of the movie pans up from Miguel to a shot of the banner from the beginning framed against fireworks lighting up the sky.
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Decon-Recon Switch
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Decon-Recon Switch: The "following your dreams" aesop. For the deconstruction part, while Miguel's musical aspirations are sympathetic, it also leads him to forgoing his family when he assumes that they won't support him. This also leads to becoming more and more selfish to the point of saying hurtful things to his family. The reconstruction comes after discovering Ernesto's true, villainous colors. Miguel learns how important his family is and that while it's perfectly okay to have dreams, he shouldn't make that more important than his family. Because he learned this lesson, his family learns that music isn't as corrupting as they had once believed.
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Broken Record
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Broken Record: When Héctor is shocked at learning Ernesto is Miguel's great-great-grandfather, his response is simply this:
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Translation Convention
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Translation Convention: Zigzagged. In the original screenplay, the characters in the English version of the film spoke only English, with the understanding that they were speaking in Spanish. After speaking to real-life Mexicans and Mexican Americans, they said it would be more realistic-sounding to have a mixture of the two languages, as both Mexican and Mexican-Americans blend the two together constantly. Thus, Lee Unkrich notes that in the English language version, when the characters briefly speak Spanish, it's meant to be understood that they're actually peppering their Spanish with a bit of English (and vice versa). Appropriately enough, the characters do speak Spanish entirely in the Latin-American Spanish dub.
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Everything Is an Instrument
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Everything Is an Instrument: During the montage of the contestants of the battle of bands, there is a man using barking dogs to create a melody.
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Diegetic Switch
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Diegetic Switch: During the scene where Miguel and Héctor are in the pit upon learning the truth, Héctor looks at the ripped-up photo from the ofrenda and begins singing "Remember Me" A cappella, before switching to the flashback of him playing the song to Coco when she was younger. "Proud Corazón" starts out as a background piece played as Héctor reunites with Imelda and Coco in the Land of the Dead before crossing the marigold bridge with the rest of the Riveras, before switching to Miguel singing it onscreen for his family following such.
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Stock Animal Diet
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Stock Animal Diet: Except for the short "Dante's Lunch" (link below), surprisingly averted with Dante, who shows no interest in being surrounded by bones.
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Disguised in Drag
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Disguised in Drag: Héctor disguising himself as Frida Kahlo. It's a Running Gag. Miguel and his family get into Ernesto's concert at the climax by disguising themselves as the backup dancers for Frida Kahlo's performance-art piece... which means all of them, including the men, are dressed as Frida Kahlo.
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Hands Looking Wrong
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Hands Looking Wrong: Miguel first notices the Land of the Dead's curse turning him into a skeleton from Papá Julio pointing out his hand. Miguel lifts it to see his finger turning to bone.
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Jaw Drop
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Jaw Drop: Several times. When the customs officer sees the live Miguel, his jawbone actually falls off and hits the desk. Héctor combines it with an Eye Take, as his eyeballs fall down into his mouth. Rosita and Victoria when they see Imelda singing on stage.
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Gonk
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Gonk: "Everyone Knows Juanita" seems to be describing such a person, with the punchline revealing that Juanita is actually an object of desire for the even uglier singer.
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Stopped Dead in Their Tracks
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Stopped Dead in Their Tracks: Miguel, running away from his great-great-grandmother Imelda, stops and turns around when he hears Imelda sing, revealing that music, which starting with her was long despised by the family, was an integral part of it in the beginning. Hector suddenly stops in Stunned Silence when he realises Ernesto poisoned him. This quickly results in his Tranquil Fury breaking loose into a full-on attack on Ernesto.
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Borrowed Without Permission
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Borrowed Without Permission: Apparently, Héctor has borrowed a lot of stuff from Chicarron from over the years and never gave back, including his van, mini-fridge, good napkins, lasso, and his femur.
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Barred from the Afterlife
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Barred from the Afterlife: Inverted. Dead family members with no photo on their ofrenda cannot cross the marigold bridge to the living world, as shown by Héctor when he tries to cross but ends up sinking into the petals.
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Freudian Slip
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Freudian Slip: "That's for murdering the love of my life!" Coming from an infuriated Mama Imelda, it clues Héctor and the others in that she is still in love with him after all these years despite being angry. However, when questioned, she angrily responds, "I don't know, I'm still angry at you!"
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Backstory
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The villain's Backstory: Ernesto de la Cruz only became the star he was after he murdered Héctor and stole his songs. He's also the only character to point out, quite correctly, that achieving your dreams sometimes means leaving your hometown and family, and this is framed in a very negative light.
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Braces of Orthodontic Overkill
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Braces of Orthodontic Overkill: One of the skeletons going to cross the marigold bridge to the Land of the Living is wearing rather enormous braces that fit his huge jaw. It's mentioned that his photo is on the ofrenda of his dentist.
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Nice Kitty...
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Nice Kitty...: Ernesto tries in vain to sooth angry Pepita as the latter approaches him on stage for a final asskicking.
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Exact Words
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Exact Words: "I hope you die very soon." This at first seems like an amusing line to mean that Ernesto looks forward to the next time he sees his reunited great-great-grandson when he returns to the afterlife for good. However, once the twist is revealed, this hints that Ernesto may be jealous of Miguel's natural talent, and rather hopes he dies before he becomes more famous than him.
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Big Damn Heroes
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Big Damn Heroes: Héctor suddenly appears when he attempts to stop Ernesto from giving Miguel's blessing. When all hope is lost, Pepita and Imelda show up to help Miguel and Héctor out of the cenote. After Ernesto tosses Miguel off the tower, Pepita comes to rescue him.
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Deconstructed Character Archetype
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Deconstructed Character Archetype: The Almighty Mom gets a work-over in the Rivera matriarchs, who undergo two generations being so militant about hating poor Héctor that he has become an Unperson both amongst the living and the dead and the former do not even bother to give him an ofrenda of any kind, even almost a century after his passing, and nobody else in the family wants to make a stand against it. Suffice to say that this causes a whole lot more drama than they probably were expecting.
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Moment Killer
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Moment Killer: During the climax, Miguel interrupts Hector and Imelda having a moment backstage by reminding them that he needs to return to the world of the living.
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Match Cut
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Match Cut: Whenever Miguel recognizes a dead family member of his, the view briefly snaps from a shot of them to their photo on the ofrenda in the same position as they are.
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Shrine to the Fallen
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Shrine to the Fallen: The Rivera family has a huge pyramid-shaped shrine for the deseased family members. Miguel has a shrine to Ernesto de la Cruz on the roof behind the logo of his family's shoemaking shop. Complete with candles. At least until Elena destroys it over Miguel breaking the family taboo against music. Ernesto has ofrendas from fans all over the world as we see in his giant villa. Santa Cecilia has an enormous shrine to Ernesto, who came from the town, in the center of the town cemetery. Once his treachery is revealed, it's ignored and falls into disrepair as former fans decide to forget him.
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Skeletal Musician
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Skeletal Musician: Well, yeah — it's a film about music that takes place largely in the afterlife, whose inhabitants are all Calacas. There are dozens (if not more!) of musicians seen onscreen in the Land of the Dead, including the talent show contestants and the orchestra at the Sunrise Spectacular, but the most plot-important are Ernesto and Héctor.
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Mortality Grey Area
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Mortality Grey Area: After stealing Ernesto de la Cruz's guitar from his tomb on Día de los Muertos, Miguel ends up cursed, unable to interact with other humans, but able to travel to the Land of the Dead and interact with its deceased inhabitants. However, he still resembles a human boy as opposed to a skeleton, though he slowly morphs into a skeleton the longer he stays in the Land of the Dead. When his deceased relatives first find him, his Tía Victoria notes that he's not entirely dead, but his Tía Rosita says he's not quite alive either.
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Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick
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Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick: The things Héctor borrowed from Chicharron include his van, lasso, good napkins, mini-fridge, and femur.
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Written for My Kids
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Written for My Kids: In-Universe; "Remember Me" was originally written by Héctor as a present to his daughter Coco.
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Last-Second Word Swap
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Last-Second Word Swap: Héctor edits a profane word out of his song: "and her... knuckles... dragged down to the floor."
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Futile Hand Reach
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Futile Hand Reach: From Héctor towards Miguel when Ernesto tosses the boy off the tower. Also from Miguel after Dante apparently falls off Pepita's back.
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Libation for the Dead
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Libation for the Dead: After Chicharron fades away, Héctor drinks a shot and leaves one behind.
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Easily Forgiven
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Easily Forgiven: Played With. Imelda's unwilling to forgive Héctor right away since even after learning that he was killed by Ernesto before he could return, he still abandoned her and Coco; by the finale, they're back together for real. Also, in the living world after the one-year Time Skip, the Riveras forgave Héctor and accepted music once again. It can be assumed that just like their ancestors, they didn't automatically forgive Héctor overnight, but it took some time and effort from Miguel and Coco, as well as finding Héctor's letters that revealed the truth, to convince them to do so.
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Dark Reprise
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Dark Reprise: While the first performance of "Remember Me" is a bombastic grandiose ballad, it reappears on a more melancholy note later in the film. In an inversion, the former is actually Ernesto's bastardized version stolen from Héctor, while the latter is how the song was meant to be played, as a farewell lullaby from Héctor to Coco.
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Mix-and-Match Critters: The alebrijes; most of them are mammal/reptile-hybrids with bird-like attributes. To elaborate, alebrijes are a part of Mexican folklore and were created by a man who was haunted by nightmares of grotesque mix-and-match monsters. Since the creatures were so strange and colorful that he couldn't explain to anyone what they looked like he decided to make papier maché figurines of them. Eventually his nightmares ceded and people started asking to buy the figures and became a staple of Mexican folklore and art.
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Earn Your Happy Ending
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Earn Your Happy Ending: After having spent most of his life being shut out from music of any kind, having his faith in his lifelong idol shattered, and coming within a hair's-breadth of being murdered by said idol several times, Miguel manages to return to the Land of the Living and the Riveras (both living and dead) learn the truth about Héctor. As a result, Héctor is forgiven, his photo is placed on the family altar and he finally reunites with his daughter. The Riveras, who hated music before, now embrace it and Miguel is able to chase his dreams of becoming a musician.
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Together in Death
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Together in Death: Héctor died when his daughter Coco was still a young girl and longs to see her one last time before he is forgotten and fades away. Coco manages to pass on her memories of her father to Miguel before she dies, and they're finally reunited in the land of the dead by the end.
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Shoe Shine, Mister?
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Shoe Shine, Mister?: Miguel is introduced shining shoes in the plaza.
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"You!" Exclamation
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"You!" Exclamation: Ernesto's surprise when seeing Miguel again after having him tossed into the cenote.
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Fanservice Extra
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Fanservice Extra: Played with. Miguel walks past a woman posing for a nude painting, but since she's a skeleton, there's nothing there but bones. Amusingly, he acts as if her flesh and skin is there.
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Unintentionally Karmic
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Unintentionally Karmic: The backstage hand who, while distracted by the performance of Ernesto de la Cruz, accidentally moves a lever that drops a giant bell on the latter, crushing him to death. This serves as karmic justice for murdering Hector, although the karmic justice for stealing Hector's credit and legacy is yet to come.
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Pushed in Front of the Audience
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Pushed in Front of the Audience: Héctor is dragged by Dante on stage and, at first reluctantly, joins Miguel in his performance at the battle of the bands. Imelda accidentally winds up on stage at Ernesto's concert and decides to sing "La Llorona".
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Facepalm
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Facepalm: Héctor slaps his palm to his face (well, more exactly, his phalanxes to his skull) when Miguel tries to replicate his ululating song, to mediocre results.
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Running Gag
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Héctor disguising himself as Frida Kahlo. It's a Running Gag.
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Thrown Down a Well
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Thrown Down a Well: Ernesto releases Miguel and Héctor into a cenote.
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The Dog Bites Back
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The Dog Bites Back: Ernesto turns out to be responsible for Héctor's death by poisoning his tequila. When Héctor finds out, he immediately attacks Ernesto, making him reveal the coward in him.
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Memory-Restoring Melody
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Memory-Restoring Melody: Mama Coco is a wheelchair-bound Scatterbrained Senior and Granny Classic whose (deteriorating) memories of Hector, the father who seemingly walked out on her as a kid and can barely remember, are the only thing keeping him alive in the Spirit World, which operates on a version of Clap Your Hands If You Believe. After traveling to the Spirit World and uncovering the truth behind Hector's disappearance and later death, great-grandson Miguel sings to Coco the Parental Love Song "Remember Me" Hector wrote for Coco when she was a girl before his untimely departure. This not only helps Coco remember her deceased father better but her living family members as well, who she had also begun to forget.
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Accidental Murder
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Accidental Murder: A flashback to Ernesto's death shows a stagehand accidentally dropping a huge bell onto Ernesto.
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Dead Hat Shot
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Dead Hat Shot: There's a close up on Chicharrón's hat after he's vanished from the Land of the Dead.
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Nuns Are Funny
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Nuns Are Funny: A trio of nuns plays "Remember Me" on accordions during the musicians' contest. Averted for the in-universe audience amongst which Only One Finds It Fun.
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Talent Double
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Talent Double: The guitar solos played by Miguel, Ernesto, and Héctor were performed by Uruguayan guitarist Federico Ramos.
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Buffy Speak
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Buffy Speak: When Héctor is rejected by the scanner, he calls it a "blinky thingy" when he sheds his disguise. Imelda calls the computer a "devil box" when she is first seen.
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Evil-Detecting Dog
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Evil-Detecting Dog: Done subtly with Dante. Whenever Miguel is intent on seeing Ernesto upon believing he's his great-great grandfather, Dante doesn't agree and constantly tries to pull and lead Miguel to Héctor instead. This is a clue that Héctor is the real great-great grandfather and Ernesto murdered him.
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Pet the Dog
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Pet the Dog: Ernesto didn't hesitate to rescue Miguel when he fell into his pool, even though Ernesto should think that, as a skeleton, Miguel shouldn't have been able to drown. Word of God makes it clear it was out of "common decency." His private interactions with Miguel are also very paternal and he even almost legitimately gives him his blessing to return to life. Then Héctor shows up and the truth is revealed. When Miguel is thrown into the cenote, Héctor immediately comforts the boy, who is crying over being betrayed by Ernesto. What makes Héctor's act truly kind is that this is before they both realize they're related. As such, Héctor still believes that Miguel is the great-great-grandson of his murderer. This is coupled with the fact that, earlier on, Miguel called off their deal because Héctor was about to take him back to his other family members. Despite all of this, Héctor gives genuine comfort and soothing words to the distressed Miguel. Miguel to the very same people he performed a Kick the Dog moment to earlier — First, Héctor, who is in despair, states that he feels bad for Miguel for having a great-great grandfather like him, Miguel immediately states that he's proud that they are related. Second, after being rescued by Imelda, Pepita, and Dante, Miguel enthusiastically calls Dante his Alebrije. Thirdly, he gives a genuine apology to Imelda for his earlier actions with the promise to respect her wishes, even willingly giving up his musical ambitions to make amends. While Imelda is understandably angry at Héctor for abandoning their family to pursue music, she decides to rescue him from becoming Deader than Dead. As the sun is about to rise, Imelda (alongside Héctor) gives Miguel her blessing to go back to the world of the living, no strings attached, even though Miguel himself was willing to quit playing music if it meant going home and saving Héctor. When Miguel sings to Coco, Enrique has Elena listen to him for once.
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Shown Their Work
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Shown Their Work: Dante is a hairless Mexican dog, a Xoloitzcuintli, that supposedly has the ability to guide their masters' spirits to and through the underworld. He even acts in accordance with the stereotypical behavior for such dogs: crude, clownish, filthy, utterly without shame, and utterly loyal. The whole movie is a great depiction of Mexican culture in general, and The Day of the Dead in particular. The pit Ernesto has Miguel and Héctor thrown into resembles a cenote. Cenote is the name given to water-filled sinkholes found all over the Yucatán peninsula in southern Mexico. These sinkholes had great spiritual significance to the Mayans, who often dropped offerings of gold and human sacrifices (often children) into them to please the gods, and Chaac the god of rain in particular. Cenotes are also well known for having clear, blue water, just like the one in the movie. Frida Kahlo, the Mexican painter, shows up in the movie. Her guardian alebrije is a spider monkey, an animal her real life counterpart was fascinated with, and which she painted numerous times. As the cherry on top, the pre-show she's designing for Ernesto is pure Frida, complete with heavy symbolism, extra dramatic and melancholic subject matter, and, most importantly, heaping doses of her likeness all over the place. The concept artists clearly took their time studying Frida's work. The architecture in the land of the dead seems to be based on Art Deco style, which is fitting since Art Deco was itself inspired by pre-Columbian architecture. All of the guitar fingerings shown — picking with the fingers of the right hand and fretting with the left hand — are 100% correct, with the animators watching the tapes from video cameras that were strapped onto the guitars of actual Mexican musicians to be completely on point. Even with skeleton fingers. Even something as innocuous as the rabbit-frog alebrije has significance; if you listen closely, it's making the sound "alebrije" (though it sounds closer to "aluh-bruh"), just like the original alebrijes did in the dreams of the man who created them.
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Deuteragonist / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Did I Just Say That Out Loud? / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Died Happily Ever After / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Died in Ignorance / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Diegetic Musical / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Diegetic Switch / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Dirty Coward / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Disappointing Heritage Reveal / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Disguised in Drag / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Dishonored Dead / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Disney Owns This Trope / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Disqualification-Induced Victory / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Doing It for the Art / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Dramatically Missing the Point / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
DreamWorks Face / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Drunken Song / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Dysfunctional Family / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Eccentric Artist / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Embarrassing Nickname / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Emerging from the Shadows / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Enforced Method Acting / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Engineered Public Confession / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Equippable Ally / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Eskimos Aren't Real / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Et Tu, Brute? / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Everyone Has Standards / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Evil All Along / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Evil-Detecting Dog / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Evil Former Friend / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Evil Is Petty / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Expanded Universe / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Expressive Skull / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Expy Coexistence / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Extremely Short Timespan / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Facepalm / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Facial Markings / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Facial Recognition Software / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Fading Away / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Failed a Spot Check / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Faint in Shock / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Familial Foe / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Family of Choice / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Family-Unfriendly Aesop / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Fandom Heresy / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Fanservice Extra / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Fantasy-Forbidding Father / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Fatal Method Acting / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Feedback Rule / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Felony Misdemeanor / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Female Feline, Male Mutt / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Fiction as Cover-Up / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Film Comic / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Films of 2015–2019 / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Fisher Kingdom / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Five-Second Foreshadowing / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Flashback Cut / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Flower Motifs / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Flowers of Femininity / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Fluorescent Footprints / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
For Doom the Bell Tolls / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Forced Dance Partner / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Forgiveness / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Framed Clue / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Freudian Slip / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Friendly Skeleton / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Futile Hand Reach / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Gadgeteer Genius / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Gaslighting / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Generation Xerox / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Generational Trauma / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Get Out! / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Getting the Boot / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Ghost Reunion Ending / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Gift of Song / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Girls Have Cooties / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Glory Hound / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Gods Need Prayer Badly / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Gone Horribly Right / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Gonk / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Good Colors, Evil Colors / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Good-Times Montage / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Gratuitous Spanish / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Halfway Plot Switch / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Hands Looking Wrong / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Hard Truth Aesop / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Hats Off to the Dead / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Healthy in Heaven / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Heartwarming in Hindsight / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Heel–Face Door-Slam / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Hereditary Curse / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Hero vs. Villain Duet / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Heroes Love Dogs / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Heroic BSoD / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Hidden Depths / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Hire the Critic / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Historical Villain Upgrade / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Holiday Pardon / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Honor Before Reason / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
How Is That Even Possible? / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Huddle Shot / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Humble Hero / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Hurt Foot Hop / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Hypocrisy Nod / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Hypocrite Has a Point / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
I Hate Past Me / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
I Resemble That Remark! / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
I Was Quite a Looker / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
I Will Wait for You / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Identical Grandson / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Immortality Through Memory / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Impact Silhouette / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Impossible Hourglass Figure / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
In the Hood / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Incendiary Exponent / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Incidental Multilingual Wordplay / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Incredibly Long Note / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Insane Troll Logic / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Insignia Rip-Off Ritual / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Intergenerational Friendship / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Invisible to Normals / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Involuntary Shapeshifting / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Iron Woobie / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Isn't It Ironic? / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
It Runs in the Family / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
It Seemed Trivial / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
It Was with You All Along / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
It's Been Done / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
I've Come Too Far / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Jaw Drop / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Jerkass Has a Point / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Jerkass Realization / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Just Here for Godzilla / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Juxtaposed Reflection Poster / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Karma Houdini Warranty / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Karmic Shunning / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Kick the Morality Pet / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Kid Hero / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Kids' Meal Toy / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Kids Punishing Parents / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Killed Mid-Sentence / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Killed Offscreen / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Kindhearted Cat Lover / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Kubrick Stare / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Last-Second Word Swap / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Latin Lover / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Latino Is Brown / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Leaning on the Fourth Wall / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Leonine Contract / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Libation for the Dead / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Light Is Good / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Light Is Not Good / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Long-Lost Relative / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Lovable Rogue / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Loved by All / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Luke, You Are My Father / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Lyric Swap / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Mad Artist / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Magic Music / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Magnetic Hero / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Magnum Opus / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Market-Based Title / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Marshmallow Hell / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Match Cut / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Meaningful Release Date / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Memento MacGuffin / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Memorial Photo / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Memory-Restoring Melody / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Mexicans Love Speedy Gonzales / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Mind Game Ship / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Miniature Senior Citizens / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Mix-and-Match Critters / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Moe / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Moment of Lucidity / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Monochrome Casting / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Monochrome Past / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Mood Lighting / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Morality Chain Beyond the Grave / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Mortality Grey Area / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Motion Capture / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Multigenerational Household / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Multilingual Song / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Multiple Languages, Same Voice Actor / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Mum Looks Like a Sister / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Music/Age Dissonance / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Musical World Hypotheses / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Musicalis Interruptus / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Must Make Amends / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Mysterious Parent / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
National Animal Stereotypes / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Never Mess with Granny / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Never Say "Die" / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Nice Character, Mean Actor / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Nice Kitty... / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
No Dub for You / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
No Hero to His Valet / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
No Music Allowed / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
No Stunt Double / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Non-Dubbed Grunts / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Non-Human Sidekick / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Not in Front of the Kid / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Not on the List / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Not Proven / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Novelization / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Obstructive Bureaucrat / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
"Oh, Crap!" Smile / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
On One Condition / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Once Done, Never Forgotten / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Once per Episode / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
One Dialogue, Two Conversations / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
One-Word Title / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Only One Afterlife / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Only One Finds It Fun / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Opening Monologue / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Our Alebrijes Are Different / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Outliving One's Offspring / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Overly-Long Tongue / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Overshadowed by Controversy / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
P.O.V. Cam / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Pals with Jesus / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
"Pan Up to the Sky" Ending / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Parental Hypocrisy / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Parental Love Song / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Parents as People / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Parting-Words Regret / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Permadeath / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Photo Op with the Dog / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Playing the Heart Strings / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Please, Don't Leave Me / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Plot-Based Photograph Obfuscation / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Plot-Mandated Friendship Failure / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Poirot Speak / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Poison Is Evil / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Polite Villains, Rude Heroes / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Posthumous Narration / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Power Glows / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Pretend We're Dead / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Primary-Color Champion / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Produce Pelting / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Production Foreshadowing / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Prop Recycling / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Protagonist Title Fallacy / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Public Exposure / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Pulling Themselves Together / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Pushed in Front of the Audience / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Race Against the Clock / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Rage Breaking Point / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Raster Vision / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Real Time / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Realism-Induced Horror / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Reduced to Dust / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Related Differently in the Adaptation / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Relationship Sabotage / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Remember the Dead / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Removed from the Picture / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Replacement Pedestal / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Retirony / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Rewatch Bonus / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Ridiculously Alive Undead / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Right for the Wrong Reasons / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Robbing the Dead / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Sad Clown / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Scary Skeleton / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Scatterbrained Senior / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right! / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Seamless Scenery / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Searching for the Lost Relative / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Secondary Character Title / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Self-Made Man / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Sensational Staircase Sequence / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Sensitive Guy and Manly Man / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Serenade Your Lover / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Shabby Heroes, Well-Dressed Villains / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Shadow Archetype / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Shared Family Quirks / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Shoe Shine, Mister? / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Shoe Slap / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Short Run in Peru / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Shrine to the Fallen / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Sibling Yin-Yang / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Sickly Green Glow / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Signature Instrument / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Singing Voice Dissonance / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Single-Minded Twins / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Skeletal Musician / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Skin-Tone Disguise / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Slap-Slap-Kiss / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Sleep Cute / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Slide Attack / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Small Role, Big Impact / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Spared, but Not Forgiven / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Spexico / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Spin-Off Cookbook / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Spoiled by the Format / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Spoiler Cover / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Spooky Kids Media / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Stopped Dead in Their Tracks / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Street Musician / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Strict Parents Make Sneaky Kids / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Supernaturally Young Parent / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Surprisingly Happy Ending / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Sweet and Sour Grapes / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Talent Double / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Tampering with Food and Drink / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Tears of Joy / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Technician Versus Performer / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Technologically Blind Elders / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
That Came Out Wrong / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
The Afterafterlife / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
The Ageless / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
The Baby of the Bunch / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
The Chanteuse / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
The Dead Can Dance / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
The Dead Guy Did It / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
The Disease That Shall Not Be Named / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
The Dissenter Is Always Right / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
The Food Poisoning Incident / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
The Greatest Story Never Told / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
The Older Immortal / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
The Rest Shall Pass / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
The Reveal / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
The Runaway / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
The Shadow Knows / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
The Stoic / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Theme Twin Naming / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
There Is Another / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
They Copied It, So It Sucks! / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Thicker Than Water / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Thinker Pose / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
This Is Unforgivable! / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Three-Point Landing / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Thrown Down a Well / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Time Skip / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
To Hell and Back / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Together in Death / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Token Minority / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Tom the Dark Lord / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Touch the Intangible / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Town Girls / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Tragic Keepsake / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Trapped on the Astral Plane / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Trauma Conga Line / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Truck Driver's Gear Change / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Undignified Death / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Unfortunate Implications / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Unintentionally Karmic / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Unknown Relative / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Un-person / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Unpleasant Parent Reveal / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Unsportsmanlike Gloating / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Urban Fantasy / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Vehicle Vanish / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Villain Ball / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Villain in a White Suit / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Villain with Good Publicity / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Villainous Gold Tooth / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Visual Innuendo / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Walking Shirtless Scene / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
We All Die Someday / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
White Sheep / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Wicked Pretentious / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Wild Take / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
World of No Grandparents / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Wrestler in All of Us / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Write What You Know / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Writing About Your Crime / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Written for My Kids / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Yellow/Purple Contrast / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
You Are Better Than You Think You Are / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
"You!" Exclamation / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
You Killed My Father / int_ec2531c4
 Coco
hasFeature
Your Tradition Is Not Mine / int_ec2531c4
 CoCo
sameAs
Coco
 Coco
sameAs
Coco