Ernesto entertains people on a train with Héctor's stolen guitar
Ernesto crushed by a giant bell
Ernesto's statue in Santa Cecilia
Ernesto's portrait and Héctor's stolen guitar in his mausoleum
Ernesto saving Miguel from drowning in his pool
"I have a great-great grandson?"
Ernesto being hugged by Miguel
"One cannot deny who one is meant to be."
"Ooh-hoo! Ooh! The fireworks have begun!"
"I hope you die very soon"
Ernesto recognizes Héctor
Héctor confronts Ernesto for never giving him credit for the songs he wrote
Hector watches a film of Ernesto playing the protagonist who nearly gets poisoned.
"You wanna give up now?!"
"When we're this close to reaching our dream?!"
"I can't do this without your songs, Hector!"
Ernesto and Hector arguing about the latter's decision to return home to his family
Ernesto fumes at Hector's decision to return home
He quickly composes himself
"Oh, I could never hate you."
"If you must go, then I'm..."
"I'm sending you off with a toast."
Ernesto pours two glasses
"I would move Heaven and Earth for you, mi amigo."
Ernesto watches intently as Hector drinks the poisoned tequila
"Perhaps it was that chorizo, my friend."
Ernesto watches as Hector succumbs to the poison
Ernesto stealing Héctor's songbook
Ernesto steals Héctor's photo by putting it in his pocket
"Success doesn't come for free, Miguel. You have to be willing to do whatever it takes to..."
"I know you understand."
Ernesto revealing his true nature
Ernesto slapped by Imelda
Ernesto slapped by Imelda again
Ernesto realizing Miguel is Hector's great-great grandson.
Ernesto bolts down the hallway
Ernesto enraged by all the applause Imelda's getting
Ernesto in a forced duet with Imelda to get Héctor's photo
Imelda stomps on Ernesto's foot to grab Hector's photo from him
Ernesto shrieking in pain (and comedic mariachi style)
Ernesto angrily grabbing Miguel
"You're not going anywhere!"
"I've worked too hard, Hector. Too hard to let him destroy everything."
Hector: "He's a living child, Ernesto!"
Ernesto: "He's a threat!"
A live footage of Ernesto ranting out against Miguel and the Rivera family, thus unknowingly exposing his true colors to the horrified audience
"You think I'd let him go back to the Land of the Living with your photo? To keep your memory alive? No!"
Miguel: "You're a coward!"
"I am Ernesto de la Cruz, the greatest musician of all time!"
Miguel: "Héctor's the real musician! You're just the guy who murdered him and stole his songs!"
"I'm the one who's willing to do what it takes to seize my moment."
Ernesto throws Miguel off the building
Ernesto, Imelda, and the other deceased Riveras watch Miguel fall
"Apologies, old friend. But the show must go on."
Ernesto prepares to resume his show
"Ha-ha!"
Ernesto returns to the stage...
...but the audience goes "Boo!" and "Get off the Stage!"
Ernesto's smile fades as the audience continues to boo him
"Orchestra! A one, a two, a one..."
The conductor snaps his baton in two without a word or second thoughts
"Remember me. Though I have to--"
Ernesto pelted with a tomato
Ernesto pelted with more food the audience throws at him
Ernesto realizes that he exposed his own crimes to the audience
Ernesto confronted by furious Pepita for his heinous actions
Pepita roars ferociously in Ernesto's face
"Put me down! I beg you! Stop! STOP!"
Ernesto launched out of the stadium by Pepita and flying right towards a large church bell
Ernesto collides head-first with the bell
Ernesto gasps as he notices the bell about to come loose
Ernesto crushed by the bell once again
Ernesto's tomb with a "forget you" sign for his crimes against the Rivera family, therefore tarnishing Ernesto's legacy, permanently