History WordOfGod / TheBookOfLife

** Gutiérrez had said that Manolo and Maria will go on to have three children.

** Probably direct; her full name is actually Frida Suarez-Mondragon.

** Maria's favourite colour is red.

*** She's apparently quite "spicy", unlike La Muerte who is made of sweet sugar candy.

La Noche is the identical twin sister of La Muerte, and rules over the Land of the Unknown; a level of the underworld where the souls of supernatural beings go when they die. She married El chamuco, Xibalba's older brother.

** There are 13 different realms in the Mexopolis universe; the seven revealed as of now are the lands of The Living, Remembered, Forgotten, Cursed, Blessed, Unknown, and the Cave of Souls.

** Joaquin has a sister who lives with their mother in the capital city.

** The Puddle in the Cave of Souls is apparently the tears of a goddess... ''La Noche's'' tears, to be exact.

** After war hero General Mondragon's death at the hands of the bandit king Chakal, Joaquin Jr.'s mother Mrs. Mondragon left the town of San Angel, leaving her first born and only child and only son Joaquin in the care of General Posada. Mrs. Mondragon is still alive and currently living in Mexico city.

** [[spoiler: Captain Mondragon and Chakal are '''not''' the same being, but they are most likely related.]]

** La Noche is as beautiful as La Muerte, but more Aztec and Mayan

** La Noche and El Chamuco were both furious when they found out La Muerte and Xibalba married.

** La Noche and El Chamuco were both furious when they found out La Muerte and Xibalba married.

** Captain Mondragon had the Medal at one point, but Chakal took it from him

** Two of Manolo's ancestors were happy when he picked up his guitar instead of his sword when facing the bull. His mom, and Jorge

* There are 13 different realms in the Mexopolis universe; the seven revealed as of now are the lands of The Living, Remembered, Forgotten, Cursed, Blessed, Unknown, and the Cave of Souls.
* The Sánchez curl was inspired by Elvis Presley (Jorge's a big fan of him).

* Jorge Gutierrez described the film as being set during "a magic-realist version of 1920" on his Twitter.
* He also confirmed the protagonists' ages. Manolo, Maria and Joaquin are respectively 9, 8 and 10 in the prologue and 19, 18 and 20 in the story proper.
* He also revealed the real name of "Goth Kid" (the purple-haired boy in the group of Detention Kids): Luka Ramirez.
* The name of Manolo's grandmother is Anita.
* Carmen died protecting Manolo from the war.
* Scardelita, Manolo's cousin, lost her eye taking a bullet for her sister.
* Maria's mother, Dora Luz, divorced General Posada and moved to Spain.
* La Muerte has a twin sister named La Noche. The sisters are rivals in ''everything'', to the point that La Noche even married La Muerte's old flame. Together with her husband, La Noche rules the Land of the Unknown.
* El Chamuco, La Muerte's old flame and her sister's husband, still has feelings for La Muerte.
* The Candlemaker is a friend of Xibalba and La Muerte, but he had "a thing" for the latter.
* Manolo met the Rodriguez brothers as kids in the town plaza.
* Manolo's mother Carmen was a singer/dancer at a cantina in Mexico City when she met Carlos. Part of the reason Carlos doesn't want Manolo to be a musician is that it reminds him too much of Carmen.
* The main three all have an artistic side: Manolo sings and plays music, Maria draws and paints, and Joaquin writes a lot - especially [[TearJerker letters to]] [[DisappearedDad his father]].
* Joaquin is also apparently skilled in calligraphy.
* After war hero General Mondragon's death at the hands of the bandit king Chakal, Joaquin Jr.'s mother Mrs. Mondragon left the town of San Angel, leaving her first born and only child and only son Joaquin in the care of General Posada. Mrs. Mondragon is still alive and currently living in Mexico city.
* Pepe, one of Manolo's band members, threw Manolo his guitar after the crowd got angry at him for refusing to kill the bull. Pepe intended for Manolo to catch it to defend himself, but his friend was distracted.
* The Sanchez family live in the bullfighting ring.
* The reason that Xibalba was banished to the Land of the Forgotten in the first place was because he apparently [[YourCheatingHeart cheated on La Muerte with other goddesses]]. WordOfGod later revealed that [[SubvertedTrope he never actually did]]. It just appeared that way.
* Joaquin is the best dancer between himself, Manolo, and Maria.
* Joaquin is also possibly a smoker.
* He has confirmed the ages of the Detention Kids: Sanjay (12), Joao (13), Jane (11), Sasha (7), and Goth Kid/Luka (10).
* Xibalba and La Muerte met when he was courting her sister, La Noche.
* Xibalba was one a knight for good, but he got cocky and paid the price.
* La Noche is as beautiful as La Muerte, but more Aztec and Mayan.
* The Detention Kids met each other on the day they served their detention.
* Every god/goddess has human-like organs.
* Carmen's maiden name was Rivera (later confirmed to be the same Riveras from ''WesternAnimation/ElTigre'').
** Continuing on with this, Carmen was Justice Jaguar's sister.
* Xibalba and La Muerte have many children, one includes a daughter named Sartana, who is also the "bad one" (and, yes, the one from ''WesternAnimation/ElTigre'').
** At this point in time Sartana is a teenager; when she gets older, she will do something so horrible in that she is stripped of her god powers and banished to the Land of the Living.
* Xibalba has an older and even more powerful/fearsome brother. This brother rules The Land of the Cursed, which is supposedly where the most wicked dead reside.
* The tree behind the school kids outside the museum is the same tree in San Angel. It has been mentioned to be the portals for the gods.
* The detention kids walk through the same walkway where Manolo and Joaquin reunite.
* Xibalba's human disguise, which is the museum security guard who harasses the detention kids during their visit, is named Guicho.
* Xibalba had another nickname besides "Mi Amor" for La Muerte: '''Muertita.'''
* Xibalba tried to court La Muerte's sister La Noche, but when the latter finally paid any attention to him, he had already fallen in love with La Muerte.
* Xibalba discovered La Muerte's fondness for wagers when he made a bet that he will win her heart, which he did.
* La Noche and El Chamuco do not have any children, while Xibalba and La Muerte had "quite a lot".
* El Chamuco, La Muerte's old flame, was more of a love interest than a boyfriend.
* Xibalba's wings are burnt angel wings.
* Xibalba apparently cheated on La Muerte because of insecurity, but he was completely loyal and faithful to her even when they were separated.
* Xibalba knew Joaquin's father very well. The reason? He won an earlier wager using Joaquin's father as his champion.
* La Muerte's necklace was a gift from Xibalba when they first met.
* Maria's necklace was given to her by her mother who lives in Barcelona.
* La Muerte got addicted to Xibalba's charms, and she knows she's the only one who can change him.
* Xibalba is a few centuries older than La Muerte.
* Xibalba's snake is a part of him.
* The Land of the Remembered is the '''WHOLE''' world.
* Jorge Sanchez lost his arm and leg as a result of him daydreaming about the opera during bullfights. His luck eventually ran out.
* Joaquin's mother could be described as "frigid and not the most caring" while his father was kind and loving yet consumed by war and the medal.
* [[spoiler: Captain Mondragon and Chakal are '''not''' the same being, but they are most likely related.]]
* Joaquin will gain the ability to see ghosts and other things through his bad eye, which will be both a blessing and a curse.
** Said eye will also resemble that of a dead eye.
* Carlos Sánchez and Captain Mondragon were rivals since childhood.
* When Captain Mondragon went mad from the medal, he chopped off General Posada's hand.
* Maria's mother was apparently on the train with her on the day Maria left San Angel.
* Xibalba fell in love with La Muerte first.
* The museum in which the detention kids visit, as well as where La Muerte and Xibalba works in human disguise, is located in New York.
* Grandmother Sanchez disguised herself to as a male bullfighter to get into bullfighting, and she was a '''BEAST''' in the ring.
* General Mondragon (Joaquin's father) was killed by Chakal.
* Maria's favourite colour is red.
* Maria also loves and adores reading poetry and comics.
* Jorge R. Gutierrez and his wife (and muse!) Sandra Equihua based La Muerte and Xibalba on the Aztec death god-couple Mictecacihuatl and Mictlantecuhtli, rulers of Mictlan.
* Jorge and Anita are siblings
* For some reason, Joaquin's mother blames herself for what happened to her husband and eventually went mad from it. This is why Gutiérrez describes her as an "eternal widow".
** She came from a wealthy family and demanded that Joaquin Sr. give her a lavished lifestyle, which most likely resulted in him and the medal. When he died, she retreated to her mansion in the city from guilt and only ever leaves to see Joaquin.
* As fans speculated, Joaquin is half-German from his mother Gertrude's side. She even taught him some of the language!
** [[http://mexopolis.tumblr.com/post/108762998499/mexopolis-this-is-joaquins-mother-gertrude Here]] is Gertrude's character design.
* At least one of Manolo's ''shown'' ancestors is LGBT.
* Joaquin's rank in the military was Private First Class.
* La Muerte's candles represent her hope and love; Xibalba's candles represent his envy.
* This was most likely for fun, but Gutiérrez said that had Manolo, Maria, and Joaquin existed in modern times they'd be big anime fans.
* The Land of the Cursed is a ''very hot'' place.
* Cousin Chucho died bullfighting because he became a Mexican Rodeo Bullfighting Clown.