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**[[spoiler: One of Ernesto's movie scenes is based on this. Not only is he not ashamed of what he's done, he used it as another opportunity to gain even more fame for himself.]]

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* Hector's heartbreaking cry of [[spoiler: ''"I just wanted to go home!"'' after learning that his best friend killed him on the night that he was trying to return to his family.]]

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* Hector's Héctor's heartbreaking cry of [[spoiler: ''"I just wanted to go home!"'' after learning that his best friend killed him on the night that he was trying to return to his family.]]
** Before that, he yells [[spoiler:"You took away ''everything'' from me!". And he's right. Ernesto did take away everything from Héctor; his life, his music, and almost any chance he had of ever seeing his daughter again.
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** When Miguel believes that [[spoiler: there's no hope of helping Coco remember Hector, the boy cries in his father's arms and apologizes for running off. His parents console him that what matters is they're together again, as a whole family. But Miguel sadly remarks that the family isn't entirely a whole (meaning Hector).]]

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** Before that, Miguel trying to ask other musicians if they can lend ''their'' guitar to him (since Abuelita broke his). Natually, they're either too skeptical or simply too busy to allow Miguel his request. It's a moment where he learns second-hand how ''hard'' it is for a child to make it in this world by himself.



* The very first time we see Hector, he's trying to cross the bridge to the Land of the Living, only to get stuck in the bridge and dragged back. It's played for laughs [[spoiler:but he may have tried to cross that bridge ''every single year'' since he died, hoping that for once he might manage it.]]



* When Miguel states that he's going to play ''Remember Me'' at the battle of the bands, Hector seems strangely uncomfortable with the idea and clumsily states that the song is "too popular" to make an impact- which is true enough to throw you off from the fact that [[spoiler: Hector ''is'' legitimately uncomfortable with Miguel singing it; not because it's too popular, but because it's become a bastardized version of the very personal love song he wrote for his daughter Coco.]]



* Hector's heartbreaking cry of [[spoiler: ''"I just wanted to go home!"'' after learning that his best friend killed him on the night that he was trying to return to his family.]]



* The epilogue showing [[spoiler:Mama Coco has passed on a year later. But this means she's with her parents again, and the tears become joyful.]]
* The very first time we see Hector, he's trying to cross the bridge to the Land of the Living, only to get stuck in the bridge and dragged back. It's played for laughs [[spoiler:but he may have tried to cross that bridge ''every single year'' since he died, hoping that for once he might manage it.]]
* When Miguel states that he's going to play ''Remember Me'' at the battle of the bands, Hector seems strangely uncomfortable with the idea and clumsily states that the song is "too popular" to make an impact- which is true enough to throw you off from the fact that [[spoiler: Hector ''is'' legitimately uncomfortable with Miguel singing it; not because it's too popular, but because it's become a bastardized version of the very personal love song he wrote for his daughter Coco.]]
* Hector's heartbreaking cry of [[spoiler: ''"I just wanted to go home!"'' after learning that his best friend killed him on the night that he was trying to return to his family.]]

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* The epilogue showing [[spoiler:Mama Coco has passed on a year later. But this means she's with her parents again, and the tears become joyful.]]
* The very first time we see Hector, he's trying to cross the bridge to the Land of the Living, only to get stuck in the bridge and dragged back. It's played for laughs [[spoiler:but he may have tried to cross that bridge ''every single year'' since he died, hoping that for once he might manage it.]]
* When Miguel states that he's going to play ''Remember Me'' at the battle of the bands, Hector seems strangely uncomfortable with the idea and clumsily states that the song is "too popular" to make an impact- which is true enough to throw you off from the fact that [[spoiler: Hector ''is'' legitimately uncomfortable with Miguel singing it; not because it's too popular, but because it's become a bastardized version of the very personal love song he wrote for his daughter Coco.]]
* Hector's heartbreaking cry of [[spoiler: ''"I just wanted to go home!"'' after learning that his best friend killed him on the night that he was trying to return to his family.
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* When Miguel states that he's going to play ''Remember Me'' at the battle of the bands, Hector seems strangely uncomfortable with the idea and clumsily states that the song is "too popular" to make an impact- which is true enough to throw you off from the fact that [[spoiler: Hector ''is'' legitimately uncomfortable with Miguel singing it; not because it's too popular, but because it's become a bastardized version of the very personal love song he wrote for his daughter Coco.]]

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* When Miguel states that he's going to play ''Remember Me'' at the battle of the bands, Hector seems strangely uncomfortable with the idea and clumsily states that the song is "too popular" to make an impact- which is true enough to throw you off from the fact that [[spoiler: Hector ''is'' legitimately uncomfortable with Miguel singing it; not because it's too popular, but because it's become a bastardized version of the very personal love song he wrote for his daughter Coco.]]
* Hector's heartbreaking cry of [[spoiler: ''"I just wanted to go home!"'' after learning that his best friend killed him on the night that he was trying to return to his family.
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* The very first time we see Hector, he's trying to cross the bridge to the Land of the Living, only to get stuck in the bridge and dragged back. It's played for laughs [[spoiler:but he may have tried to cross that bridge ''every single year'' since he died, hoping that for once he might manage it.]]

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* The very first time we see Hector, he's trying to cross the bridge to the Land of the Living, only to get stuck in the bridge and dragged back. It's played for laughs [[spoiler:but he may have tried to cross that bridge ''every single year'' since he died, hoping that for once he might manage it.]]
* When Miguel states that he's going to play ''Remember Me'' at the battle of the bands, Hector seems strangely uncomfortable with the idea and clumsily states that the song is "too popular" to make an impact- which is true enough to throw you off from the fact that [[spoiler: Hector ''is'' legitimately uncomfortable with Miguel singing it; not because it's too popular, but because it's become a bastardized version of the very personal love song he wrote for his daughter Coco.
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* The very first time we see Hector, he's trying to cross the bridge to the Land of the Living, only to get stuck in the bridge and dragged back. It's played for laughs [[spoiler:but he may have tried to cross that bridge ''every single year'' since he died, hoping that for once he might manage it.]]



* The epilogue showing [[spoiler:Mama Coco has passed on a year later. But this means she's with her parents again, and the tears become joyful.]]

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* The epilogue showing [[spoiler:Mama Coco has passed on a year later. But this means she's with her parents again, and the tears become joyful.]]
* The very first time we see Hector, he's trying to cross the bridge to the Land of the Living, only to get stuck in the bridge and dragged back. It's played for laughs [[spoiler:but he may have tried to cross that bridge ''every single year'' since he died, hoping that for once he might manage it.
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* The very first time we see Hector, he's trying to cross the bridge to the Land of the Living, only to get stuck in the bridge and dragged back. It's played for laughs [[spoiler:but he may have tried to cross that bridge ''every single year'' since he died, hoping that for once he might manage it.]]

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* During his first moments as an unseen spirit in the world of the living, Miguel desperately runs up to his mother, but just like everyone else he's tried to touch, she just walks right through him.

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* During his first moments as an unseen spirit in the world Land of the living, Living, Miguel desperately runs up to his mother, but just like everyone else he's tried to touch, she just walks right through him.


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** Leading up to that, [[spoiler: the HopeSpot that Miguel will return to the Land of the Living in time to put up Hector's photo and make everything right. But then Ernesto swoops down and throws Miguel to his death. Miguel is thankfully saved by Pepita, but Hector's picture falls into the water, leaving the audience to truly believe he'll never be remembered. [[note]] At least, that's how it seems before Mama Coco later reveals she kept a picture fragment of Hector. [[/note]]]]
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* When Miguel can't find a guitar to enter the talent show with, he resorts to 'borrowing' De La Cruz's guitar. The way he asks his great-great-grandfather not to be mad, it's hard to forget that Miguel is just a ''kid'' desperately looking for somebody who supports his dream.
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* During his first moments as an unseen spirit in the world of the living, Miguel desperately runs up to his mother, but just like everyone else he's tried to touch, she just walks right through him.
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** Imelda's [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone expression]] at [[spoiler: seeing that Hector is about to be wrongfully forgotten.]]
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* When Hector learns that Miguel has family ''other'' than Ernesto (and therefore could've had his picture sent to the world of the living sooner), the two have a falling out, and after they just bonded from singing "Poco Loco" together.


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** As it turns out, [[spoiler: the Rivera family wasn't the only one who came to hate music. To an extent, poor Hector became disillusioned with musical performances. One would think that during those long years disconnected from his family, music would provide some solace from the loneliness, but it only serves to remind Hector of how he lost his family in the first place.]]
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** In this same scene, Hector begins to show signs of [[spoiler: [[DeaderThanDead being forgotten]].]]


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** Also, [[spoiler: from Coco's side, it's so sad that after that last time Hector played "Remember me" for her, she never saw him again. For the rest of her life, she never saw her father, no matter how many times she hoped he was coming home.]]
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* Elena destroying Miguel's guitar and Miguel's understandable reaction to the act, seeing that his family refuses to accept his passion for music.

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* Elena destroying Miguel's guitar and Miguel's understandable reaction to the act, seeing that his family refuses to accept his passion for music.music [[spoiler:thanks to Imelda banning it in the first place]].
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* At one point [[spoiler:after learning Ernesto is a fraud and a murderer, Miguel breaks down crying in Hector's arms over everything he said to them, and how he left them behind.]]

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* At one point [[spoiler:after learning Ernesto is a fraud and a murderer, Miguel breaks down crying in Hector's arms over everything he said to them, the rest of the Rivera family, and how he left them behind.]]
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* Imelda revealing to Miguel that long ago, [[spoiler: she too was a musician and singer, before her husband left her. Worse, it hurts for her to remember music after her husband's fateful departure.]]
** Following that, [[spoiler: when she still refuses to let Miguel be a musician]], Miguel tearfully tells her she'll never understand what it means to follow your dream.


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* At one point [[spoiler:after learning Ernesto is a fraud and a murderer, Miguel breaks down crying in Hector's arms over everything he said to them, and how he left them behind.]]
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* Elena's sadness when her mother Coco's memory has gotten so bad, she can't even remember her own daughter.

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** Even the usually cheery Dante is sad and somber in this scene.



** All those years, [[spoiler: he was cut off from his family, even in death. They turned him away for not coming home. So on so many levels, Hector was separated from Coco.]]

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** All those years, [[spoiler: he was cut off from his family, even in death. They turned him away for not coming home. So on In so many levels, ways, Hector was separated from Coco.]]
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* [[DeaderThanDead Chicharron's final death.

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* [[DeaderThanDead Chicharron's final death.death]].

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* Elena destroying Miguel's guitar and Miguel's understandable reaction to the act, seeing that his family refuses to accept his passion for music.
* [[DeaderThanDead Chicharron's final death.
* A small moment when [[spoiler: on his way to see De La Cruz, Dante tries to pull Miguel towards the other members of the Rivera family. Frustrated, Miguel [[KickTheDog tells Dante that he's not spirit animal, but just a dumb dog]]. Poor guy is visibly hurt.]]
* Héctor's death. [[spoiler: Ernesto secretly added some poison to the wine in his shotglass, causing him to be killed not even a few minutes down the road.]] To add up to it, [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath we actually see the death onscreen]], without any {{Gory Discretion Shot}}s.



* A small moment when [[spoiler: on his way to see De La Cruz, Dante tries to pull Miguel towards the other members of the Rivera family. Frustrated, Miguel [[KickTheDog tells Dante that he's not spirit animal, but just a dumb dog]]. Poor guy is visibly hurt.]]

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* A small moment when [[spoiler: on his way What appears to see De La Cruz, Dante tries to pull be [[spoiler:Héctor's]] [[DeaderThanDead final death]] before Miguel towards gets sent back to home. [[spoiler:While it's revealed in the other members of the Rivera family. Frustrated, Miguel [[KickTheDog tells Dante epilogue that he's not spirit animal, but just okay now, it's still a dumb dog]]. Poor guy is visibly hurt.sad moment.]]



** Those who prefer the English version will be even more moved by the opening of the reunion; Miguel's vocals are quivering and shaky, as if about to break down.
* The epilogue showing [[spoiler:Mama Coco has passed on a year later. But this means she's with her parents again, and the tears become joyful.]]
* Héctor's death. [[spoiler: Ernesto secretly added some poison to the wine in his shotglass, causing him to be killed not even a few minutes down the road.]] To add up to it, [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath we actually see the death onscreen]], without any {{Gory Discretion Shot}}s.
* Elena destroying Miguel's guitar and Miguel's understandable reaction to the act, seeing that his family refuses to accept his passion for music.
* [[DeaderThanDead Chicharron's final death.]]
* What appears to be [[spoiler:Héctor's]] [[DeaderThanDead final death]] before Miguel gets sent back to home. [[spoiler:While it's revealed in the epilogue that he's okay now, it's still a sad moment.]]

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** Those who prefer the English version will be even more moved by the opening of the reunion; Miguel's vocals are quivering and shaky, as if about to break down.
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* The epilogue showing [[spoiler:Mama Coco has passed on a year later. But this means she's with her parents again, and the tears become joyful.]]
* Héctor's death. [[spoiler: Ernesto secretly added some poison to the wine in his shotglass, causing him to be killed not even a few minutes down the road.]] To add up to it, [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath we actually see the death onscreen]], without any {{Gory Discretion Shot}}s.
* Elena destroying Miguel's guitar and Miguel's understandable reaction to the act, seeing that his family refuses to accept his passion for music.
* [[DeaderThanDead Chicharron's final death.]]
* What appears to be [[spoiler:Héctor's]] [[DeaderThanDead final death]] before Miguel gets sent back to home. [[spoiler:While it's revealed in the epilogue that he's okay now, it's still a sad moment.
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** All those years, [[spoiler: he was cut off from his family, even in death. They turned him away for not coming home. So on so many levels, Hector was separated from Coco.]]
* A small moment when [[spoiler: on his way to see De La Cruz, Dante tries to pull Miguel towards the other members of the Rivera family. Frustrated, Miguel [[KickTheDog tells Dante that he's not spirit animal, but just a dumb dog]]. Poor guy is visibly hurt.]]



* Héctor's death. Ernesto secretly added some poison to the wine in his shotglass, causing him to be killed not even a few minutes down the road. To add up to it, [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath we actually see the death onscreen]], without any {{Gory Discretion Shot}}s.

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* Héctor's death. [[spoiler: Ernesto secretly added some poison to the wine in his shotglass, causing him to be killed not even a few minutes down the road. road.]] To add up to it, [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath we actually see the death onscreen]], without any {{Gory Discretion Shot}}s.



* What appears to be [[spoiler:Héctor's]] [[DeaderThanDead final death]] before Miguel gets sent back to home. [[spoiler:While it's revealed in hte epilogue that he did get better, it's still a sad moment.]]

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* What appears to be [[spoiler:Héctor's]] [[DeaderThanDead final death]] before Miguel gets sent back to home. [[spoiler:While it's revealed in hte the epilogue that he did get better, he's okay now, it's still a sad moment.]]
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* When we learn that [[spoiler:Hector was really Miguel's great-great grandfather and Coco's father. We see a flashback of him playing his song "Remember Me" to a young Coco, as he had wrote it just for her.]]
* Miguel returning home [[spoiler:and desperately trying to get Coco to remember Hector. He tearfully plays "Remember Me" for her, and she slowly starts to remember.]]
** Those who prefer the English version will be even more moved by the opening of the reunion; Miguel’s vocals are quivering and shaky, as if about to break down.

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* When we learn that [[spoiler:Hector [[spoiler: Héctor was really Miguel's great-great grandfather and Coco's father. We see a flashback of him playing his song "Remember Me" to a young Coco, as he had wrote it just for her.]]
* Miguel returning home [[spoiler:and desperately trying to get Coco to remember Hector.Héctor. He tearfully plays "Remember Me" for her, and she slowly starts to remember.]]
** Those who prefer the English version will be even more moved by the opening of the reunion; Miguel’s Miguel's vocals are quivering and shaky, as if about to break down.



* Hector’s death. Ernesto secretly added some poison to the wine in his shotglass, causing him to be killed not even a few minutes down the road. To add up to it, [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath we actually see the death onscreen]], without any {{Gory Discretion Shot}}s.
* Abuelita destroying Miguel's guitar and Miguel's reaction to the act, seeing that his family refuses to accept his passion for music.

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* Hector’s Héctor's death. Ernesto secretly added some poison to the wine in his shotglass, causing him to be killed not even a few minutes down the road. To add up to it, [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath we actually see the death onscreen]], without any {{Gory Discretion Shot}}s.
* Abuelita Elena destroying Miguel's guitar and Miguel's understandable reaction to the act, seeing that his family refuses to accept his passion for music.



* What appears to be [[spoiler:Hector's]] [[DeaderThanDead final death]] before Miguel gets sent back to home. [[spoiler:While it's revealed in hte epilogue that he did get better, it's still a sad moment.]]

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* What appears to be [[spoiler:Hector's]] [[spoiler:Héctor's]] [[DeaderThanDead final death]] before Miguel gets sent back to home. [[spoiler:While it's revealed in hte epilogue that he did get better, it's still a sad moment.]]
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* What appears to be [[DeaderThanDead [[Hector's]] final death]] before Miguel gets sent back to home. [[spoiler:While it's revealed in hte epilogue that he did get better, it's still a sad moment.]]

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* What appears to be [[spoiler:Hector's]] [[DeaderThanDead [[Hector's]] final death]] before Miguel gets sent back to home. [[spoiler:While it's revealed in hte epilogue that he did get better, it's still a sad moment.]]
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* Abuelita destroying Miguel's guitar and Miguel's reaction to the act, seeing that his family refuses to accept his passion for music.

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* Abuelita destroying Miguel's guitar and Miguel's reaction to the act, seeing that his family refuses to accept his passion for music.music.
* [[DeaderThanDead Chicharron's final death.]]
* What appears to be [[DeaderThanDead [[Hector's]] final death]] before Miguel gets sent back to home. [[spoiler:While it's revealed in hte epilogue that he did get better, it's still a sad moment.]]

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* Hector’s death. Ernesto secretly added some poison to the wine in his shotglass, causing him to be killed not even a few minutes down the road. To add up to it, [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath we actually see the death onscreen]], without any {{Gory Discretion Shot}}s.

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* Hector’s death. Ernesto secretly added some poison to the wine in his shotglass, causing him to be killed not even a few minutes down the road. To add up to it, [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath we actually see the death onscreen]], without any {{Gory Discretion Shot}}s.Shot}}s.
* Abuelita destroying Miguel's guitar and Miguel's reaction to the act, seeing that his family refuses to accept his passion for music.
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* Hector’s death. Ernesto secretly added some poison to the wine in his shotglass, causing him to be killed not even a few minutes down the road. To add up to it, [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath we actually see the death onscreen]], without any GoryDescretionShot.

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* Hector’s death. Ernesto secretly added some poison to the wine in his shotglass, causing him to be killed not even a few minutes down the road. To add up to it, [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath we actually see the death onscreen]], without any GoryDescretionShot.{{Gory Discretion Shot}}s.
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* Hector’s death. Ernesto secretly added some poison to the wine in his shotglass, causing him to be killed not even a few minutes down the road. To add up to it, [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath we actually see the death onscreen]], without any {{Gory Descretion Shot}}s.

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* Hector’s death. Ernesto secretly added some poison to the wine in his shotglass, causing him to be killed not even a few minutes down the road. To add up to it, [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath we actually see the death onscreen]], without any {{Gory Descretion Shot}}s.GoryDescretionShot.

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* The epilogue showing [[spoiler:Mama Coco has passed on a year later. But this means she's with her parents again, and the tears become joyful.]]

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** Those who prefer the English version will be even more moved by the opening of the reunion; Miguel’s vocals are quivering and shaky, as if about to break down.
* The epilogue showing [[spoiler:Mama Coco has passed on a year later. But this means she's with her parents again, and the tears become joyful.]]]]
* Hector’s death. Ernesto secretly added some poison to the wine in his shotglass, causing him to be killed not even a few minutes down the road. To add up to it, [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath we actually see the death onscreen]], without any {{Gory Descretion Shot}}s.
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* When we learn that [[spoiler:Hector was really Miguel's great-great grandfather and Coco's father. We see a flashback of him playing his song "Remember Me" to a young Coco, as he had wrote it just for her.]]
* Miguel returning home [[spoiler:and desperately trying to get Coco to remember Hector. He tearfully plays "Remember Me" for her, and she slowly starts to remember.]]
* The epilogue showing [[spoiler:Mama Coco has passed on a year later. But this means she's with her parents again, and the tears become joyful.]]

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