History Main / SpicyLatina

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** An oddball example would be Hawkgirl. She's from the planet Thanagar, not Latin America, and speaks perfect English, but fits much of the trope. And (like all other Thanagarian characters on the show) she's played by a Hispanic actress, which was a conscious decision, to give them a slightly "[[{{Pun}} alien]]" sound.

* Gabrielle, played by Eva Longoria Parker, on ''Series/DesperateHousewives''. The character is decidedly "spicy" even without the stereotypical accent.

* The protagonist in Marty Robbins’ cowboy ballad "El Paso" falls for a sexy Mexican saloon dancer. His lust and Felina’s ([[ProtagonistCenteredMorality apparent]]) fickleness bring about the cowboy’s downfall.

* The protagonist in Marty Robbins’ cowboy ballad "El Paso" falls for a sexy Mexican barmaid. His lust and Felina’s (apparent) fickleness bring about the latter’s downfall.

* The protagonist in Marty Robbins’ cowboy ballad "El Paso" falls for a sexy Mexican barmaid.

** The 2023 reboot gives us Axel, who is confirmed to be Latina by WordOfGod and has the looks and attitude to match. [[spoiler:Then In season 2 of the reboot Ripper develops a crush on her]].

** The 2023 reboot gives us Axel, who is implied to be Hispanic and has the looks and attitude to match.

* As noted by the page quote, averted in ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''. April Ludgate (Puerto Rican on her mom's side) is the resident [[TheSnarkKnight Snark Knight]] at the Parks Department and says almost everything in a flat monotone. Not to say that she ''can't'' get spicy; it's just not something she normally does. At least not when she's ''sober.''

* Taynara Conti and Venezuelan Dynamite Didi Cruz share the {{catch phrase}} "Latinas Do It Better". The Brazilian not usually considered for this trope Conti is more so the "spice". Didi is certainly [[MilkingTheGiantCow animated]] and [[LargeHam loud]] but can be counted on to act out even when she is not angry, and has a comparatively subdued temper.

%%% bad indentation, general example * This trope has pretty much defined Creator/MichelleRodriguez's career. From her breakout role as the tough-as-nails Diana in ''Film/{{Girlfight}}'', to the tough-as-nails mercenary Rain Ocampo in ''Film/ResidentEvil2002'', to the tough-as-nails Letty Ortiz in the ''Film/TheFastAndTheFurious'' series, to the tough-as-nails Chris Sanchez from ''Film/SWAT2003'', she's pretty much the modern-day image of the masculine version of this.

* In the ''Literature/{{Backstrom}}'' novels of Leif G.W. Persson, there is Officer Magdelena Hernandez, a positive product of Sweden accepting refugees from elsewhere. Also Officer Felicia Petterson -- a Swede by upbringing, adopted from a South American orphanage by Swedish foster-parents. Bäckström's opinion of them is pretty much {{Spexico}}.

* {{Wrestling/Melina}} Perez is a proud Mexican who wrestled in Tijuana to follow in the footsteps of Wrestling/ReyMysterioJr, but her gimmicks initially avoided this, being a former beauty pageant queen, an arrogant and violent but otherwise [[ConsummateProfessional unemotionally compromised]] former CIA agent from High Desert California, and a [[BoisterousBruiser smiling]] [[BadassNative native]] leg wrestler. Ohio Valley Wrestling changed this, as she began acting more like herself. This was leaned into more heavily and downplayed at the same time when debuted on Smackdown as an out and out MsFanservice valet who did the splits on the ring apron (while wearing a skirt and allowing the camera a PantyShot), attempted to seduce MNM's opponents and was known for screaming and shrieking. Smackdown had her hit pretty much ever part of the spicy lantina stereotype except that it presented her as mostly 'Anglo', as she had highlighted her hair and wasn't using her last name Perez. After her 2008 face turn, her surname was acknowledged on television and she kept the ScreamingWarrior part of the trope. According to the Bella Twins, they did pitch to be in a stable with Melina to play this trope up, hoping to name themselves 'Latina Heat'.

* ''{{Film/Selena}}'', about real-life singer Selena Quintanilla, first depicts Selena starting to perform as a child. When there's a TimeSkip to her now being an adult, her father gets very annoyed when she cultivates this image on stage - such as stripping down to just a sequinned bra. Her mother, by contrast, thinks it's great. Naturally, Selena's adult self is played by Music/JenniferLopez.

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