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It just had to do with how we staged everything 'cause we couldn't have Mamá Imelda ever see Héctor because she knows who he is, of course
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Coco

It just had to do withhow we staged everything 'cause we couldn't haveMamá Imelda ever see...

Coco • 2017
It just had to do withhow we staged everything 'cause we couldn't haveMamá Imelda ever see Héctor because she knowswho he is, of course

Full Transcript

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Ay he is going to get himself killed
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I need my spirit guide Pepita
Available in 9 languages
Duration
8 seconds
Views
66
Timestamp in Movie
00:34:41
Uploaded
Jan 17, 2026
Genres
animation, adventure, comedy
Production
Pixar,Walt Disney Pictures

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Movie Summary

Aspiring musician Miguel, confronted with his family's ancestral ban on music, enters the Land of the Dead to find his great-great-grandfather, a legendary singer.
Ay, he is going to get himself killed. - Coco 00:09
Ay, he is going to get himself killed.
Who has that petal Miguel touched? - Coco 00:08
Who has that petal Miguel touched?
It took a while for us to kind of figure out the rules about the alebrijes and why they were in this world. - Coco 00:06
It took a while for us to kind of figure out the rules about...
Because alebrijes, which are based on Mexican folk art, They don't have anything to do with Día de los Muertos really, just kind of tangentially. - Coco 00:09
Because alebrijes, which are based on Mexican folk art, They...
But we really wanted them to be a part of this film because they're so much a part of Mexican culture, and visually they're so cool. - Coco 00:08
But we really wanted them to be a part of this film because...
MOLINA: We had gone down to Mexico and met with some alebrije makers, and I remember they would ask us, "What was your birthday, and what was the day you were born?" And they'd say, "Oh, this is your guardian animal." And that was kind of an inspirational - Coco 00:21
MOLINA: We had gone down to Mexico and met with some...
Because Miguel doesn't understand why Dante gets to go with him, and so when he's told that he's a spirit guide, essentially, then it kind of makes sense why Dante is there. - Coco 00:12
Because Miguel doesn't understand why Dante gets to go...
UNKRICH: Even having Dante be in this world, and be a Xolo dog, a Xoloitzcuintli. - Coco 00:07
UNKRICH: Even having Dante be in this world, and be a Xolo...
I mean, that goes back to a lot of the research we did into ancient Meso-American legends. - Coco 00:07
I mean, that goes back to a lot of the research we did into...
The Xolo dog is the national dog of Mexico, but they've been around for eons. - Coco 00:06
The Xolo dog is the national dog of Mexico, but they've...
And they were revered, and they were considered to be a vital component to one's journey to Mictlan, to the Land of the Dead. - Coco 00:09
And they were revered, and they were considered to be a...
You needed to have one of these dogs with you to go on that journey. - Coco 00:05
You needed to have one of these dogs with you to go on that...
So it seemed fitting to have Dante going along on the journey and being a Xolo dog. - Coco 00:07
So it seemed fitting to have Dante going along on the...
Anytime you got a big scene like this with lots of acting and characters, it's a great playground for animators to put lots of little hidden bits in. - Coco 00:09
Anytime you got a big scene like this with lots of acting...
He's a busy man What are you doingI'm walking like a skeleton Blending inNo Skeletons don't walk like thatIt's how you walk No I don't Stop it - Coco 00:14
He's a busy man What are you doingI'm walking like...
If you watch Dante throughout this scene, he kind of goes up and starts sniffing this guy right there, who's kind of surprised and annoyed. - Coco 00:10
If you watch Dante throughout this scene, he kind of goes up...
If you watch the movie and just keep your eyes on Dante, there's so much entertaining animation... - Coco 00:06
If you watch the movie and just keep your eyes on Dante,...
But if you watch the movie and just keep your eyes on Dante, you'll see tons of really fun little bits of animation. - Coco 00:07
But if you watch the movie and just keep your eyes on Dante,...
MOLINA: I remember there's a lot of stuff in the storyboards that I wasn't sure was actually gonna be readable once we got it to animation, and stuff like Miguel's face paint and him slowly transitioning into a skeleton. - Coco 00:13
MOLINA: I remember there's a lot of stuff in the...
We drew it in the storyboards, but at that stage, when it's such a rough drawing, you wonder, like, "Is this actually gonna look good? - Coco 00:12
We drew it in the storyboards, but at that stage, when...