Chicharrón

Chicharrón was a friend of Hector's in the Land of the Dead.

Role in the film
After agreeing to enter a music contest to meet Ernesto de la Cruz, Hector takes Miguel Rivera to his friend Chicharron to get a guitar. While there Hector and Chicharron shear a final drink together, as Chicharron is slowly fading from the Land of the Dead because he has no relatives to remember him in the land of the living. When Hector offers any last requests to his dying friend, Chicharron asks to hear the song "Everyone Knows Juanita" one last time, to which his musician friend agrees to. During the song Chicharron says that Hector is not singing the right lyrics, to which Hector says that their are children present. When Hector finishes the song Chicharron's soul fades into oblivion.