Imelda's first name is an Italian and Spanish version of the name "Irmhild," derived from the element ermen meaning "whole" or "universal" and hild, meaning battle. Lady and the Tramp: Lady • Tramp The money that they gained from selling the shoes not only helped Imelda provide for her daughter but also future generations of her family. Imelda was also less patient with others which is also a trait she passes to her granddaughter Elena, as she smashes a computer in the afterlife customs with her boot despite the apprehensive agent's attempts to be civil with her. Her family, shoemaking, Día de los Muertos, bread of the dead, singing, dancing, "La Llorona", music, Music (formerly), Héctor leaving her and Coco behind, defiance and disobedience, nonsense, computers, not being able to cross the bridge, her photo out of place, threats to her family, bad consequences, Ernesto de la Cruz's murder of Héctor, Dies around the age of seventy; years later, forgives Héctor and lets him back into the Rivera family and celebrates Dia de los Muertos with him, Coco, and the rest of her family. Imelda sets aside her anger, unable to let this to happen, and plans with the family to recover Héctor's photo in order to save him and their daughter. While Imelda was ready to settle down and plant roots for their family, Héctor still wanted to give his songs to the world. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. This suggests that since Mamá Coco was born in 1918, Imelda was married and had a child by the age of eighteen to nineteen when her husband was seventeen. Eventually through her great-great-grandson, Imelda finally realized Miguel's love for music when she sung a song with her husband played in the background. In terms of age, Imelda is a year older than her husband, being born in 1899 and Héctor born in 1900. Watching Miguel being embraced, Imelda refuses Héctor's offer to help her off Pepita and instead dismounts on her own. Personality Feature films Robin Hood: Robin Hood • Maid Marian • Lady Kluck • Little John Married to Héctor Rivera, she banned music from her life when Héctor left the family and started a family business in shoe-making. As a spirit, Imelda appears as a white skeleton with purple ribbons in her hair bun and two gray streaks (a sign of old age) on the left side of her head. Her ban on music would be carried out by the living Riveras though, especially with Abuelita (although Imelda was slightly more empathetic about the matter with Miguel than Abuelita was). However, she left behind a ban of music in her family as her lasting legacy, leading her great-great-grandson Miguel Rivera to uncover the cause of her decree. Married to Héctor Rivera, she banned music from her life when Héctor left the family and started a family business in shoe-making. Imelda was also quite hot-tempered and impatient, shown when she began beating a family reunion officer's computer with her boot. Pets Miguel and his cousins' celebration of music in the family, Correction: Imelda was 19 when Coco was born. Just as she tries to get off stage, Ernesto joins in midway, making it a duet as he gains the upper hand over her and snatches the photo and holds it out of her reach. Character information Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. They then raise their children more strictly. Miguel meets Mama Imelda in the Land of the Dead and discovers that she does not share his passion for music. Eventually, her granddaughters got roped into the business as well. Summary: au where imelda knows hector is dead and putting his photo every year... they may only met once a year and separated by the veil of living and the dead, but even that is not enough to stop them from expressing their love to each other... dead hector x alive imelda Prior to Héctor leaving the family on the road, Imelda and Héctor were very much in love with each other. Shoe Right in their search for the photo, they encounter Ernesto, who faintly recognizes her. #Hector Rivera #Ernesto de la Cruz #imelda rivera #hector x imelda #Coco #coco hector #hector coco #ernesto coco #coco ernesto #imelda coco #coco imelda #pixar coco #coco pixar #Disney Pixar #fan art #my art #fan comics #i love this fandom #commisions open #<3 #to be continued Other names As Héctor and Imelda grow closer and closer, Ernesto repeatedly shoved to the side. However, when she had their daughter, Imelda became a quite responsible mother, wanting to take care of her child and put down roots. While running behind him, Imelda is teased about her statement by Miguel and a touched Héctor. She is a warm-hearted, supportive, and kind grandmother. ;-;Héctor has been through too much hdsgfxhlhlvCOCO BELONGS TO DISNEY PIXAR Quote She requested a drawing of Imelda, about 7 months pregnant with Coco. Her family, shoemaking, Día de los Muertos, bread of the dead, singing, dancing, "La Llorona", music, Héctor She also had two gold hoop earrings in each earlobe. Although she loves her family, she has an antagonistic side stemming from her grudge towards her estranged husband, and, in extension, music. However, Imelda remained unaware that Héctor was trying to get home to her and Coco for about one-hundred years. In the films, Imelda was voiced by Alanna Ubach. The clerk's computer whom Imelda destroys using her boot is a 1980's Macintosh. Héctor was a loving father and wrote the song \"Remember Me\" for her. Hector Rivera imelda rivera coco hector hector coco imelda coco coco imelda hector x imelda coco pixar pixar coco all the dead rivera this time... X-D coco new serie?! Once in the Department of Family Grievances with them, she is outraged that Miguel's current predicament is because he tried to take the guitar that belonged to his great-great-grandfather, the theft from the deceased thus cursing him. ""And so what if it's true? He rants on his "hard work" and his deeds to achieve fame while in an altercation with Héctor and Miguel, refusing to let the latter ruin his legacy when he returns home. Much later, she and Pepita are led by Dante to get Miguel, who was condemned by de la Cruz, out of a cenote. Imelda Rivera (1899-c. 1969-1978) was the matriarch of the Rivera family, the sister of Felipe and Óscar, the wife of Héctor, mother of Coco Rivera, and Miguel's great-great-grandmother. He is the husband of Imelda, father of Coco Rivera and the great-great-grandfather of Miguel Rivera. She wanted to have a happy life with her family, especially hoping their family would grow. Dislikes Ernesto was born in 1896. ), https://twitter.com/leeunkrich/status/937366062353432578, https://www.behindthename.com/name/irmhild, https://www.behindthename.com/name/imelda, https://www.thoughtco.com/rivera-last-name-meaning-and-origin-1422600, https://coco-movie.fandom.com/wiki/Imelda_Rivera?oldid=394, Imelda and Miguel share the same stubbornness nature. The Little Mermaid: Ariel • Flounder • Sebastian • Ursula • King Triton • Prince Eric Having two friends is hard, especially when they still can't stand each other even after a few years have passed. Imelda was born in 1899 (a year older than Héctor! The Aristocats: Marie Imelda Rivera is the tritagonist of the film. However, they broke into an argument when Héctor decided to return to his wife Imelda and daughter Coco. fan art fan comics my art commisions open i love this fandom After having her child, Imelda wanted to settle roots and start a family. Mamá Imelda Fantasia: Sorcerer's Apprentice Mickey • Yen Sid Alanna Ubach Her stubborness is shown even more when she met Héctor again. Imelda also owned a cat, named Pepita, who was her Alebrije (spirit guide) in the afterlife. Mickey's Christmas Carol: Bob Cratchit Mickey • Ghost of Jacob Marley • Ebenezer Scrooge McDuck Just as last year Héctor had one hand in Imelda's grasp, the other holding on to Coco. As a child, her father Héctor would play and write her several songs. Fate If de la Cruz hadn't done that, then would Héctor really have come back? [2]. They fell in love, married, and later had a daughter named Coco in 1918. Héctor (Coco 2017) Imelda Rivera; Dr. Facilier (Disney) Summary. Her dress was also short-sleeved and she had a small necklace with a purple stone in the center. Although Héctor was also a spirit in the realm, she disowned him from the clan despite his wish to reconcile with her. but after learning from Miguel that da la Cruz murdered Héctor while he was trying to get back to his wife and daughter, she found it hard to forgive him but could not bring herself to hate him. The Imelda seen in the present day was a stark contrast to the person she was in life: bitter, serious and strict. She is voiced by Ana Ofelia Murguía. As matriarch of the deceased Rivera family, Imelda looked after the Riveras when they died. Despite her strictness, Imelda is a warm and motherly figure, who is only concerned for the well-being of Miguel. She felt betrayed that he broke the blessing she bestowed upon him. She wears black short boots which she uses as a weapon sometimes. From shop SewCalBeth. Mulan: Mulan • Mushu • Cri-Kee • Ping • Shan Yu Ratatouille: Remy Mamma Imelda and Hector are her parents. Nowadays, E… Miguel claims responsibility and explains that Héctor tried to get him to return home, but he didn't listen. Sassy, serious, loving, compassionate, bitter (formerly), stubborn, protective, well-intentioned, strong-willed, strict, authoritative, intimidating (formerly), impatient, caring, kind, loyal, forgiving :D . Her hope was well placed because the next turn she and Pepita took lead into a park of beautiful benches, metal flowers, and colorful, tiny alebrijes. However, he never returned, leaving Imelda to take care of Coco alone. [5] Imelda gained the last name through her marriage to Héctor. The purple ones are around her eye sockets and her golden ones are decorated near her cheek bones. After she died, she refused to acknowledge Héctor as a family member. Lilo & Stitch: Stitch • Lilo Once in de la Cruz's stadium, Imelda and the family, dressed as Frida Kahlo, enter backstage and remove their disguises. When she was nineteen years old[1], Imelda gave birth to their first-born and only child, named Socorro who they nicknamed "Coco." Since then, the family has only grown and still carries the taboo on music. Though she said she couldn't forgive him, she still offered to help him. They had multiple differences, as Imelda was against magic while her great-great-grandson was for it. At a young age, Imelda was a lover of music and it was that common interest that led her to falling in love with Héctor. She wore a sleeveless formal gown with black high heels. However, Héctor left to play for the world with childhood friend Ernesto de la Cruz. Many years ago, Héctor was a passionate musician from Santa Cecilia, born there on November 30, 1900. She attempts to reason with her grandson to not follow the path Héctor did, but Miguel ignored her and continued running. Peter Pan: Tinker Bell • Peter Pan • Captain Hook • Wendy • Nana • Smee After hugging Miguel, she quickly blames Héctor for endangering him. When Héctor walked out, the burden of raising Coco coupled with bitter feelings towards her husband for leaving them led Imelda to ban music and work hard to build the Rivera family up, shaping her into the earnest person revered (and at times feared) by the rest of the Riveras. Unfortunately, they are known in their home as being the only family who despises music in an otherwise musical town, due to a family tiff that happened between the family's former matriarch Imelda and her husband Héctor back in the past. With Miguel having escaped deeper into the realm, she calls forth her alebrije Pepita to help them track him down. Imelda now thinks that the past is the past but deep down the scars are still present. pixie edit disney pixar pixar animations disney pixar pixar animation studios disney edit pixar edit walt disney walt disney edit pixar coco coco edit coco coco hector coco imelda hector imelda rivera imelda imelda edit hector edit. Big Hero 6: Hiro Hamada • Baymax Though Héctor assured Ernesto that the latter can manage on his own, Ernesto desperately claimed that he can't do so without Hector's songs and pleaded with to reconsider. She is the former matriarch of the Rivera family who became a spirit in the Land of the Dead after her death. [4]It also means "Powerful fighter". One Hundred and One Dalmatians: Cruella De Vil • Perdita Through her daughter, Coco, Miguel is one of Imelda's paternal great-great-grandchildren. Imelda's stubbornness makes it very hard for her to forgive and let go. The skeleton looked down to see a cat weaving in and about the families feet. One year later, Imelda and Héctor fully reconciled and reunited with Coco. Before 1918, Imelda married Héctor Rivera. Imelda is motherly with her grandson, as she was described as looking at him with love and kindness despite the trouble he caused while trying to send him to the land of the Living. Disney Coco Face Mask, Miguel Face mask, Mama Imelda, Hector, Coco Mask with adjustable ties SewCalBeth. A matriarch of the Rivera family, Imelda is a woman who puts her family above everything else. But he would have gone back to you if he could, she pictured Miguel arguing back to her. If so from a certain wife to her certain husband or from a certain friend who made it big to another friend? Neutral, later good She loved her daughter with all her heart, but it wasn't easy to be a single mother. During the Day of the dead after Miguel left, Imelda watched proudly as her great-great-grandchildren played a song. A tightly-knit group, the Riveras are humble people who collectively run the Rivera Family Shoemakers line. Once Imelda found Miguel and Hector in the pit, she of course is pissed at Hector. However, on his final note, she stomps on his foot, making him yell out a painful mariachi cry, allowing her to reclaim the photo and rush offstage. Héctor was a caring husband and father but decided to try to achieve his dream of being a musician and left his young family. Thus, he agreed to accept Imelda's blessing and conditions, but only after they reclaim Héctor's photo from Ernesto so Héctor can see Coco again. The matriarch of the Rivera family, Imelda is a maternal yet passionate person who puts family as her first priority and personal interests as her last. 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