History Characters / TheBookOfLife

* StrongAndSkilled: Chakal is not only very big, strong and tough but he' also a skilled swordsman, more agile and fast that he looks, and has all the martial skills to know how to use his strength properly, overpowering all of the heroes individually. It takes some amazing teamwork from Manolo and Maria to be able of overpowering him.

* ChekhovsSkill: His bullfighting skills came in ''very'' handy when [[spoiler: fighting El Chakal]]. His guitar playing also was useful in order to [[spoiler: defeat El Toro in the Land of the Remembered]].

* EarnYourHappyEnding: Manolo goes through a lot, [[spoiler: including ''dying'' for a bit]], but [[spoiler: after defeating Chakal, the people of San Angel accept him, his friendship with Joaquin is as strong as ever, his family accepts his music career, and he marries Maria.]]

* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Almost literally. La Muerte (disguised as an old woman) blessed Manolo as a child so that his heart would "always be pure and courageous", and as an adult, he's a kind-hearted, sweet guy who will do anything for the ones he loves. [[spoiler: This actually helps him on his quest to return to the land of the living, because only someone with a pure heart can pass the guardian to the Cave of Souls' judgement.]]

* BroughtDownToBadass: [[spoiler: After a brief moment of surprise due the loss of his powers, he shows he's just as skilled with a blade as before]].
* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: The majority of the climax has him without his precious medal, having to fight as a mortal again]].

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: He really does want Maria to be happy, even if he is not the one to provide said happiness. [[spoiler: Which is probably why he gave Manolo the medal during the final battle; he cared more that Manolo survived to be with Maria than about his own safety.]]

* MagicFeather: {{Zigzagged|Trope}} with the Medal of Everlasting Life. While it is legitimately magical and provides very real benefits, the spirit of the trope is still met by Joaquin being a skilled fighter in his own right but also feeling completely dependent on the Medal for his heroism. This is best shown [[spoiler: during his fight with Chakal. While he has the Medal, Joaquin easily dodges every blow and thus isn't getting any benefit from the Medal anyway. When Chakal strips the Medal away, Joaquin's confidence plummets and he is easily beaten to a pulp.]]

* ShipTease: [[spoiler: The Adelita Twins show quite a bit of interest on him by the end of the film.]]

* SoProudOfYou: [[spoiler: After he sees how Manolo's musical talent calms the demonic bull]].

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a bit of a jerk, being very strict with Maria and trying to make her decisions on who she'll marry for her, but he was sincerely saddened when [[spoiler: everyone thought Maria died and near the end of the film he accepted Manolo with open arms.]]

* ShipperWithAnAgenda: He prefers that Maria marry Joaquin. His preference is because of Joaquin's reputation as a fighter, thus ensuring the town is safe, and doesn't really take into account Maria's feelings. [[spoiler: Although he accepts her marrying Manolo at the end]].

* PerpetualFrowner: The only time he smiled [[spoiler: is when he tries to explode himself to take the entire town with him.]]

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: He tries to use his bombs in order to destroy the entire town of San Angel. It doesn't work, thanks to being trapped under the town's bell when the fuses run out.]]

* EvenTheSubtitlerIsStumped: When captions are showing what Chuy is saying as he [[spoiler: gets the pigs to fight]], it switches to Chato yelling as the captions read "???????????" [[spoiler: he's actually yelling [[BigWhat QUEEEEEEEEEE?]]]]
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Orders a tactical retreat when he finds out Joaquin has the Medal, knowing full well that he simply can't win; and informs Chakal. Likewise, when [[spoiler: Chakal is killed]], he orders a hasty retreat.

* ButHeSoundsHandsome: [[spoiler: When one of the students says that she looks pretty, She -- disguised as a human -- agrees with him.]]

* SkywardScream: She lets loose a truly epic one when she finds out [[spoiler: that Xibalba cheated to win their bet]]. Just before she screams, Candlemaker warns the Sanchezes, [[LampshadeHanging "You might wanna cover your ears."]]

* CoolOldGuy: Was considered very macho when he was alive [[spoiler: and still is after death during the battle against Chakal's bandits]].

* ShipTease: [[spoiler: The scene where they dance with Joaquin by the end of the film.]]

* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler: He caused the whole mess, but La Muerte easily forgave him. Justified that he honored his deal this time.]]

* MadeOfEvil: Downplayed. He is made out of tar, slime and everything icky in the world and while he is the antagonist of the movie, he is an AntiVillain and [[spoiler: does a HeelFaceTurn at the end.]]

* NobleDemon: Xibalba is incredibly prone to cheating, be it giving the man he bet would marry Maria a medal of everlasting life or [[spoiler:faking the death of Maria so the other man after her heart would commit suicide.]] But he ''is'' still married to [[BigGood La Muerte]], and is willing to [[spoiler: keep his end of a wager and gracefully accept defeat and even assist the heroes when his plan fails regardless.]]

* SayingTooMuch: After [[spoiler: La Muerte discovers that he cheated to win their wager]], he puts himself in even deeper hot water when he accidentally reveals that [[spoiler: he gave Joaquin the Medal of Everlasting Life]]. ''Whoops''.

* SoreLoser: He would rather kill an innocent human than lose a wager. [[spoiler: He seems to have ultimately gotten better.]]

* DeityOfHumanOrigin: According to Jorge, Xibalba was once a heroic knight.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Creator/JorgeGutierrez himself confirmed that after the events of ''WesternAnimation/MayaAndTheThree'', Xibalba was horrified by the chaos his brother, Mictlan, caused to the point that he ripped out his snake form from his own body so he wouldn't cause pain towards his beloved wife.

* TheExile: Whatever in the last wager he made with La Muerte, Xibalba was exiled into ruling the Land of the Forgotten.

* FallenHero: He was a good knight who got too cocky and paid the price for it. The same applies to his brother El Chamuco.

* GodInHumanForm: Disguises himself as an old man to converse with mortals. [[spoiler:In the FramingDevice, he appears as a museum security guard with La Muerte/Mary Beth.]]

* NobleDemon: Xibalba is incredibly prone to cheating, be it giving the man he bet would marry Maria a medal of everlasting life or [[spoiler:faking the death of Maria so the other man after her heart would commit suicide.]] But he ''is'' still married to [[BigGood La Muerte]], and is willing to [[spoiler:gracefully accept defeat and even assist the heroes when his plan fails regardless.]]