The Road to El Dorado: Difference between revisions

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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: When it seems like Tulio and Chel's ship won't make it past the falling pillar, {{spoiler|Miguel rides Altivo towards the ship to give him the impulse he needs to jump and pull the sail down so the ship can go faster and avoid certain death.}}

* [[Blood Magic]]: Tzekel-Kan seems to power his magic with human sacrifice.

* [[Brief Accent Imitation]]: Tulio briefly imitates Miguel's British accent at the end.

{{quote|'''Tulio''': You had to be all 'Oh, look at me, look at me, I'm a god.'}}

* [[Buffy-Speak]]: Miguel, when trying to explain why the boat is unacceptable.

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* [[Disney Villain Death]]: {{spoiler|Averted. See "Karmic Death" below.}}

* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]: Chel goes barefoot throughout the film.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]:

** The scene where Tzekel-Kan {{spoiler|1=completes the potion that summons the huge jaguar stone-beast-thing. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUD1D5Nf-3c=1#t=4m00s Orgasm much?]}}

** Speaking of orgasm face, Tulio really gets into that massage he's gives Chel.

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* [[Enforced Method Acting]]: In a good way--Kenneth Branagh and Kevin Kline were actually in the recording booth together (which is rare; actors usually record their lines alone with someone else filling in the other characters) so they could play off each other and banter. It worked beautifully.

* [[Eternal English]]: Played completely straight. Everybody - even the people of El Dorado - speaks English (though, being generous, it could be eternal Spanish).

** [[Fridge Logic|Gets confusing]] when Chel needs to translate certain words for Tulio and Miguel, like the word for "spirit world".

* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: Tzekel-Kan

* [[Fan Service]]: ''Equal opportunity'' fanservice, no less. In addition to Chel's many lovely [[Stripperific|assets]], there are plenty of scenes that show off the ''very'' [[Shirtless Scene|nice]] bodies of the [[Mr. Fanservice|protagonists]], including a changing scene bordering on [[Male Frontal Nudity]].

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* [[Gratuitous Spanish]]

* [[Hair of Gold]]: Miguel fits almost every aspect of the male version.

* [[Hammerspace]]

** [[Lampshaded]] with Chel, with perhaps a bit of [[Victoria's Secret Compartment]].

{{quote|'''Tulio:''' How did you get those?

'''Miguel:''' Where was she ''keeping'' them? }}

** Played straight when Tzekel-Kan stows his codex under his tunic.

* [[Hard Head]]: In attempting to figure out an [[Great Escape|escape plan]], Tulio bangs his head on a wooden plank so often over a period of (we assume) months it leaves a worn, rounded dent in the shape of his forehead.

* [[Hartman Hips]]: Chel.

* [[Head Desk]]: Tulio is banging his head against a wall to try to figure out a way to escape from Cortez's ship. He appears to get an idea... but just resumes banging.

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* [[Kick the Dog]]: Tzekel-Kan sacrifices his loyal but [[Dumb Muscle|not-too-bright]] right hand man to fuel a spell.

* [[Knight Templar]]: Tzekel-Kan wants to purge the city of, what he believes, the wicked and unrighteous citizens of El Dorado.

* [[Last-Second Word Swap]]:

** "Holy... Ship!"

** Tulio: "...free from any tempta-- uh, ''distractions''..."

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* [[Mayincatec]]: The native culture is sort of a blend of all the typical Hollywood Aztec/Mayan/Incan traits.

* [[Meaningful Echo]]: "To err is human, to forgive Divine." First used as a means of appeasing Tzekel-Kan when they dismiss his "[[Human Sacrifice|tribute]]". Later, said back to Miguel {{spoiler|by the Chief all but saying out loud he knows Miguel isn't a god but doesn't care.}}

* [[Meaningful Name]]:

** ''Altivo'' is Spanish for "arrogant".

** And Miguel means "one who is like God".

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* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: Altivo the warhorse, and the armadillo to a lesser extent.

* [[Non-Singing Voice]]: Averted; the main characters have the same voice actors for speaking and singing.

* [[Noodle Incident]]:

** Mentioned by Miguel when he thinks he and Tulio are going to die.

{{quote|'''Miguel:''' Tulio, I just want you to know, I'm sorry about that girl in Barcelona.}}

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* [[Planning with Props]]: When Tulio tries to formulate a plan for their boat of gold and the pillars that lead to El Dorado, he uses a stack of earrings to represent the pillars and a pendant for the boat. The armadillo spills water over the whole scene, inspiring Tulio to decide to crash the boat into the pillars

* [[Pop Star Composer]]: [[Elton John]] co-wrote ''and'' performed all the songs for the movie.

* [[Punctuated ~~for~~ Emphasis]]: Tulio gets to do ''four'' of these:

* [[Punctuated! For! Emphasis!]]: Tulio gets to do ''four'' of these:

{{quote|"Apparently, El Dorado is native for... "''Great. Big.'' '''''ROCK!!!'''''" ''(echoes)''

"Get. On. The ''horse''."