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Who Is Coco in the Movie Coco? What Does Coco Mean in the Movie Coco?

Decoding the layers of Coco: What does it even mean? 
November 2, 2023Updated:November 4, 2023
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Have you seen Pixar’s Coco? If not, you must have heard of the Un Poco Loco song while scrolling through YouTube shorts or TikTok. That song belongs to the widely critically acclaimed and commercially successful film. 

With Day of the Dead here, it’s time to revisit the viral hit and look back at some questions still plaguing viewers. After all, people still want to know why Coco is called that. Isn’t Miguel the main protagonist of the story? 

The 2017 animated film Coco is named after Miguel’s great-grandmother. She is the daughter of Imelda and Héctor. The name Coco means to help someone in need. The movie is aptly named because Coco is the only one left who remembers her father and can ensure that he doesn’t get forgotten by his successors. 

Who Is Coco In The Film?

Excited to share this new piece of concept art: Miguel with his great-grandmother, Mama Coco! #PixarCoco pic.twitter.com/zzwczw6bPG

— Lee Unkrich (@leeunkrich) December 6, 2016

Coco, in Pixar’s Coco, is the great-grandmother of Miguel, who is the main character of the story. She moves around in a wheelchair and is the daughter of Imelda and Héctor. Ana Ofelia Murguía voices the character. 

Initially, she gets introduced as an inconsequential character who is presented as quite villainous at times. After all, she broke Miguel’s guitar when he expressed his desire to become a musician. 

So why is the film named after her of all characters? It’s because, without her character, the film would hold no meaning. 

What Does Coco Mean In The Film?

“She's my great grandmother, Mama Coco.” Art by: Greg Dykstra pic.twitter.com/UxTXXv8ZnI

— Pixar (@Pixar) March 21, 2020

Coco in English means a palm tree or an abbreviated form of coconut. But in Spanish, it means to help or help someone in need. That’s exactly what the character does. She is the only one living who remembers her father, Héctor. 

At the end of the film, when Héctor is almost about to perish and meet his Final Death, it is Coco who remembers him and tells his story to her children and grandchildren. Thus saving her father from being forgotten. After all, who can forget the song Remember Me that Coco and Miguel sing when they reconcile.

Day 26: saddest moment part 2
When Miguel sings “Recuérdame “ to his great grandmother Coco 😢 #DisneyChallenge pic.twitter.com/tXvjM1b20c

— MonMR (@r_monimaldonado) April 26, 2018

But there’s another story behind why the film was called Coco. In an interview with Digital Spy, producer Darla K Anderson revealed that the original name of the film was decided to be Day of the Dead/ Día de los Muertos since a large chunk of the story is based around that celebration. 

Disney went ahead with it and tried to trademark the phrase “Dia de los Muertos” for merchandising. However, the move was criticized by the Mexican-American community. So, everyone returned to the drawing board and came up with Coco.

My Grandmother said that death is not existed , we die when the other forget us.

-Coco pic.twitter.com/CzGfFejwth

— 𝔐𝔞𝔥𝔞🧚🏻‍♀️ (@MahaMKamel) February 26, 2019

Darla said: 

“We kept gravitating back towards the name Coco. It’s a little bit mysterious, it’s got a warmth to it, it’s got lots of different meanings, but mostly we liked the idea that it’s named after the great-grandmother who’s the matriarch of the family and spans the generations and connects everything together. We really hung on to that.”

The name worked because it was short and perfectly aligned with the story’s theme. 

What was your favorite moment of Coco? Are you planning on watching the film? 

Let us know in the comments below. 

Source: Digital Spy 

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Ishita Chatterjee is a full-time entertainment writer and part-time dreamer. Her dreams are populated with questions of whether Disney was right in canceling American Dragon Jake Long or if the DCU will ever reach the heights of the MCU. When she's not thinking about superhero franchises and cartoon characters, she's busy scrolling social media for the latest pop culture trivia or media. Armed with an M. A. in English Literature, she aims to make entertainment journalism fun and frothy. Along the way, she hopes Disney will revive their old-school cartoon shows.

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