

Miguel, believing Coco meant that de la Cruz is her father, takes this as a sign to fulfill his dream of becoming a musician. Seeing the portrait causes Mamá Coco to react and confirm the figure is her father. After Dante accidentally shakes the ofrenda and causes the portrait to shatter, Miguel spots the man in the portrait holding a guitar identical to the guitar of Ernesto de la Cruz.

On Día de Los Muertos, Coco is overseeing her family's ofrenda, on top of which is the portrait of Coco with her parents, including Coco's disgraced father. However, her declining health and memory is a growing concern for her daughter Elena, who becomes more worried and protective of her mother even when the old woman fails to recognize her. Like Miguel, she doesn't approve of her mother's ban on music but is not vocal about it. Despite the outcast status of her father among the Riveras, Coco still remembers her father and thinks of him fondly. In the present, Coco is the beloved great-grandmother of Miguel and is the only member who listens to his hopes and dreams. Because of this, Imelda enforced a ban on music in her family and raised Coco herself in a family business of shoemaking. Mamá Coco is introduced as the daughter of Imelda and an unnamed musician who left Imelda with Coco when she was three, after the latter decided to pursue a career in music and never returned. She is very old and fragile, but that doesn't stop Miguel from sharing his daily adventures with her. Background Official Description Mamá Coco is Miguel's cherished great-grandmother.
