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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
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El Cuco is the bogeyman of the Portuguese and Latino areas. He searches out misbehaving children and takes them from their home, usually killing them. El Cuco is a large part of several festivals, such as All Souls' Day and the Ritual Begging of Pao-por-Deu, which is like trick-or-treating, but for cake and bread.
  
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=== Etymology ===
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El Cuco is also referred to as Coco, Cuco, Coca, Cuca, Cucuy, and Cucui. El Cuco finds all of them offensive except El Cuco and Coco.
  
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Coco means skull in Spanish, and is also a reference to a ghost with a pumpkin head as well as the 2017 award winning animated Disney film, Coco.
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=== Abilities ===
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El Cuco has the ability to shapeshift, which means to be able to shift their shape. It primarily changes between different human forms, but has been known to switch into different types of animals.
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=== Coco in History ===
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El Cuco has taken many forms in the past, including a large fish, a female alligator, and a tortoise with a horned spine. As the tortoise, it ate three square meals a day, each consisting of one child and one cat.
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El Cuco also took the form of a dragon, known as Dragon Coca, in which it would do a yearly battle with Saint George. Dragon Coca would try to scare Saint George and the horse he rode upon away, while Saint George would try to cut off the Dragon Coca's ear and tongue. If Saint George won, it was said that there would be a plentiful harvest that year. Despite this, there are several peasants that still rooted the Dragon Coca. Rumor has it that the Dragon Coca is still alive in Monção.
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=== Appearances in Pop Culture ===
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A list of El Cuco appearing in Pop Culture:
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*Wizards of Waverly Place, Season 4 Episode 2 - A Disney children's show featuring Selena Gomez.
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*UFC Fighter Tony Ferguson goes by the name "El Cucuy" and may in fact be El Cuco.
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*Stephen King's novel The Outsider uses aspects of El Cuco for its story. [[Adam]] highly recommends this book, and it served as inspiration for this episode.
  
 
== Tale ==
 
== Tale ==
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El Cuco shines brightest in that of Children's lullabies, where it can frighten children the easiest. The following is a collection of those in its Portuguese or Brazilian native languages, followed by an English translation.
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'''Auto de los desposorios de la Virgen''' by Juan Caxes (Oldest known rhyme, originating from 17th Century):
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{{Quote|Duérmete niño, duérmete ya...
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Que viene el Coco y te comerá.}}
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{{Quote|Sleep child, sleep now...
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Here comes the Coco and he will eat you.}}
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A Portuguese lullaby recorded by Jose Leite de Vasconcelos:
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{{Quote|Vai-te Coca. Vai-te Coca
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Para cima do telhado
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Deixa o menino dormir
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Um soninho descansado}}
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{{Quote|Leave Coca. Leave Coca
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Go to the top of the roof
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Let the child have
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A quiet sleep}}
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The same lullaby but in its Brazilian Portuguese:
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{{Quote|Bicho papão
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Em cima do telhado
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Deixa meu menino dormir
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Sono sossegado}}
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{{Quote|Boogeyman
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Atop the roof
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Let my child have
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A quiet sleep}}
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A Traditional Brazilian lullaby:
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{{Quote|Dorme neném
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Que a Cuca vem pegar
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Papai foi na roça
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Mamãe foi passear}}
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{{Quote|Sleep baby
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Or the Cuca will catch you
  
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Daddy is in the plantation
  
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Mommy went out}}
  
 
== Statistics ==
 
== Statistics ==
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{{statsheet|El Cuco|4|4|3|5|???|Shapeshifting, Kidnapping/Kidkilling}}
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{{statsheet|El Cuco|4|4|3|5|Misbehaving Child|Shapeshifting, Kidnapping/Kidkilling}}
  
 
== Fight Club Results ==
 
== Fight Club Results ==
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|style="width: 250px; text-align: center;" |vs. 300 [[Manananggal | Manananggals]] (with 1000 El Cuco)
 
|style="width: 100px; text-align: center;" |Loss
 
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|style="width: 100px; text-align: center;" |[[El Cuco a.k.a. If A Comedian Comes On Stage | 9]]
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|style="width: 100px; text-align: center;" |[[El Cuco a.k.a. Any Comedian Who Comes On Stage | 9]]
 
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Latest revision as of 07:25, 30 July 2018

El Cuco
El Cuco coming for a misbehaving child.

El Cuco is known as the Portuguese and Latino Bogeyman. It premiered in episode 9, El Cuco a.k.a. Any Comedian Who Comes On Stage

Description

El Cuco is the bogeyman of the Portuguese and Latino areas. He searches out misbehaving children and takes them from their home, usually killing them. El Cuco is a large part of several festivals, such as All Souls' Day and the Ritual Begging of Pao-por-Deu, which is like trick-or-treating, but for cake and bread.

Etymology

El Cuco is also referred to as Coco, Cuco, Coca, Cuca, Cucuy, and Cucui. El Cuco finds all of them offensive except El Cuco and Coco.

Coco means skull in Spanish, and is also a reference to a ghost with a pumpkin head as well as the 2017 award winning animated Disney film, Coco.

Abilities

El Cuco has the ability to shapeshift, which means to be able to shift their shape. It primarily changes between different human forms, but has been known to switch into different types of animals.

Coco in History

El Cuco has taken many forms in the past, including a large fish, a female alligator, and a tortoise with a horned spine. As the tortoise, it ate three square meals a day, each consisting of one child and one cat.

El Cuco also took the form of a dragon, known as Dragon Coca, in which it would do a yearly battle with Saint George. Dragon Coca would try to scare Saint George and the horse he rode upon away, while Saint George would try to cut off the Dragon Coca's ear and tongue. If Saint George won, it was said that there would be a plentiful harvest that year. Despite this, there are several peasants that still rooted the Dragon Coca. Rumor has it that the Dragon Coca is still alive in Monção.

Appearances in Pop Culture

A list of El Cuco appearing in Pop Culture:

  • Wizards of Waverly Place, Season 4 Episode 2 - A Disney children's show featuring Selena Gomez.
  • UFC Fighter Tony Ferguson goes by the name "El Cucuy" and may in fact be El Cuco.
  • Stephen King's novel The Outsider uses aspects of El Cuco for its story. Adam highly recommends this book, and it served as inspiration for this episode.

Tale

El Cuco shines brightest in that of Children's lullabies, where it can frighten children the easiest. The following is a collection of those in its Portuguese or Brazilian native languages, followed by an English translation.

Auto de los desposorios de la Virgen by Juan Caxes (Oldest known rhyme, originating from 17th Century):

Duérmete niño, duérmete ya...

Que viene el Coco y te comerá.


Sleep child, sleep now...

Here comes the Coco and he will eat you.


A Portuguese lullaby recorded by Jose Leite de Vasconcelos:

Vai-te Coca. Vai-te Coca

Para cima do telhado

Deixa o menino dormir

Um soninho descansado


Leave Coca. Leave Coca

Go to the top of the roof

Let the child have

A quiet sleep


The same lullaby but in its Brazilian Portuguese:

Bicho papão

Em cima do telhado

Deixa meu menino dormir

Sono sossegado


Boogeyman

Atop the roof

Let my child have

A quiet sleep


A Traditional Brazilian lullaby:

Dorme neném

Que a Cuca vem pegar

Papai foi na roça

Mamãe foi passear


Sleep baby

Or the Cuca will catch you

Daddy is in the plantation

Mommy went out

Statistics

Basic human in solid physical and mental form represents about a 3 in the numbered stats.

El Cuco Statistics
Strength (1-10) 4
Speed (1-10) 4
Intelligence (1-10) 3
Durability (1-10) 5
Vulnerabilities Misbehaving Child
Special Shapeshifting, Kidnapping/Kidkilling

View all stats

Fight Club Results

Battle Result Episode
vs. 300 Manananggals (with 1000 El Cuco) Loss 9
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