After much reluctance he enters de la Cruz's mausoleum and ask him to borrow his guitar. But with his guitar gone, he starts to seek a replacement. ![]() Fed up with his family's hatred of music and lack of support, Miguel steals Imelda's photo and runs away from home in tears. When Abuelita puts Miguel on the spot to choose between family and his dreams, Miguel still desires to be a musician, prompting Abuelita to angrily smash his guitar, despite his and even the rest of the family's objections. Miguel's family tries to dissuade him, stating that such a vocation will only lead to tragedy like his great-great grandfather. With renewed vigor, Miguel decides to follow his passions, starting by entering the contest. Miguel concludes that Ernesto is his great-great grandfather. After Miguel's dog, Dante, stirs their ofrenda, resulting in a photo of his great-great grandparents falling out, Miguel shortly recognizes that his great-great grandfather's guitar is that of the famed Ernesto de la Cruz, his idol. While preparing his family's ofrenda for the festival, Miguel contemplates why his family has banned music, with it going back to his great-great grandmother. A traveling mariachi mentions a music contest being held on Día de los Muertos to Miguel but the mariachi is quickly chased off by Miguel’s Abuelita. The only ones who know of Miguel's dreams are his great grandmother Mamá Coco and his dog Dante. However, due to a family taboo against music, Miguel keeps his dreams mostly to himself. Miguel has dreamed of being a musician for years. the Forces of Evil who looked exactly like Miguel. Marco was redeveloped into Miguel because the production team realized that Disney had another character named Marco from Star vs. He originally was also able to cross the bridge to the Land of the Dead with Héctor's guitar as his ticket. He was originally not cursed when he stole Hector's guitar as it went to the deceased Riveras instead (causing them to sing strangely whenever they open their mouths). ![]() In early drafts and deleted scenes, Miguel was originally called Marco, who was more confident and arrogant. Miguel's design was inspired by two real-life kids who were Emilio Fuentes (who provided the original scratch voice for Miguel while the movie was in development) and Adriel Arriaga (the son of a character designer). However, since this went against the meaning of Día de Los Muertos, Pixar abandoned that concept to prevent misrepresentation as seen in Pocahontas and Ratatouille. Originally, Miguel was to be an American child who had trouble coping with the death of his mother in the earliest story draft of the film this would have been resolved with him learning to let go of his grief. At the end of the movie, he loses his hoodie and replaced his tank top with a white short-sleeved dress shirt, and the rest of his outfit remains unchanged, and later gets a red and yellow Mariachi outfit. He wears a red hooded jacket with white stripes over a white tank top, blue jeans with cuffs, and black shoes. Miguel is a slender 12-year-old young boy with tan skin, black hair, brown eyes, and a mole below his nose, and a dimple on only one side of his mouth. Miguel is also fast on his feet, as he was able to outrun and escape from Pepita's "hunt" for him. ![]() It is very likely that he had inherited music skills from Héctor. Miguel's ear for music also has led him to possess a good singing voice, which he might have learned from listening to Ernesto and other musicians singing in the plaza. This indicates a skill for craftsmanship, as he had made it himself to make it look like his great-great-grandfather's guitar. Miguel has an ear for music and is a fast learner, as he had taught himself how to play a guitar by watching one of Ernesto's old films with the guitar that he had built. He wants to become a musician just like his idol, Ernesto De La Cruz. When a magical mishap lands him in the Land of the Dead, Miguel seeks out his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz, to help him return to the Land of the Living before it's too late”. ![]() Official Description Miguel is a 12-year-old aspiring musician who struggles against his family's generations-old ban on music.
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