Chupacabras
have appeared in a variety of fictional
works. Examples include the following:
Novels
In the book "The House of
the Scorpion" by Nancy Farmer,
stories about the chupacabra are
used to frighten the protagonist
as a young child so that he will
not leave the house at night.
The plot of the Spider-Man novel
Valley of the Lizard is centered
around chupacabras.
Chuapacabra appears in the third
chapter of Maciek Kur's book,
Stowarzyszenie Umarlych dusz czyli
traumo-pocieszne przygody Znicza
Deathsoul.
Short
Stories
In the short story, "Kiss",
by Steve Berman, the Chupacabra
plays a role in a young gay man's
search for his own identity.
In the horror anthology, Tropical
Tales of Terror, by Roberto Guzman,
(published by Bookman publishing,
2004) the short story "The
Elderly Xeno Hawks of El Yunque"
suggested that the chupacabras
legend was based on a hidden race
of intelligent creatures descended
from prehistoric hawks.
Fictional
articles
In an issue of The Onion, an online
satirical newspaper, there was
a fictional article by the president
of Mexico, Vicente Fox, titled,
"The Only Thing We Have To
Fear Is The Chupacabra".
Comics
and graphic novels
In the Vol. 2 Trade Paperback
of the Comic Book Series The Amazing
Joy Buzzards published by Image
Comics El Campeon who is a mythical
Mexican Wrestler teams up with
bandmember Gabe Caryle in Costa
Rica to take out a den of Chupacabras
in the story "The Devil's
Zapatos". El Chupa is also
a villain in this series who rules
over and has Chupacabras as his
minions.
In the issue 4 of the Image Comics
series Hero Camp the Chupacabra
makes an appearance as he threatens
to eat the Goat Man.
A comic book version of The Simpsons
Treehouse of Horror featured a
story of a chupacabra that escaped
Professor Frink's lab and killed
off almost all of the regulars
at Moe's Tavern.
In the volume 4, episode 33 of
the manga Mikakunin Shounen Gedou
the Chupacabra appears.
Josh Lesnik's webcomic, Girly,
features a character named "El
Chupacabre," a former supervillain
who possesses an "aura"
that makes any nearby females
lust insatiably after him. El
Chupacabre has since reformed
and is going steady with another
character but still has his "aura."
He goes by the nickname "Chuy."
Eric Millikin's comic, Fetus-X,
features El Chupacabra, a goat-sucking
extraterrestrial and masked Mexican
professional wrestler. In the
comic the U.S. government maintains
a color-coded Chupacabra alert
system which has been raised to
metallic magenta.
Chupacabra
In Film
El Chupacabra is a B-movie released
in 2003.
Independent film released in 2005
Mexican Werewolf in Texas originally
titled Chupacabra.[6]
Independent filmmaker Henry Serrato
made a 41 minute mockumentary
film called Search for the Chupacabra.
The Utah film company Wombat Films
created a comedy about the chupacabra.
Television
In episode 1-01 ("Dia de
los Dangerous") of The Venture
Bros., the Chupacabra is said
to be, per a superscientific formula,
an urban legend, but appears later
in the episode, attacking Dr.
Venture. After it was disposed
by Brock Samson, Dr. Venture asked,
"What the hell was that?!?"
and Brock replies, "Chupacabra.
They're all over Mexico."
The episode "El Mundo Gira"
of the TV series X-Files is about
a man believed to be El Chupacabras
(an issue of the Topps comic book
based on the FOX series also featured
the chupacabras).
In November of 2005 the Sci-Fi
Channel aired a movie called Chupacabra
Terror, about a beast killing
on a cruise ship.
An episode of Dexter's Laboratory
had the Chupacabras as one of
Dexter's experiments (which he
named Charlie) that escaped to
South America. Throughout the
episode, Dexter could not remember
the creature's purpose until the
end, when he realized that he
created Charlie to scare his sister,
Dee Dee.
In an episode of Jackie Chan Adventures,
the Chupacabras only came out
at night, and attacked the live-stock
in its area. If the Chupacabras
bit or scratched a person, he
or she would become a chupacabra,
similar to the mythical Werewolf.
A monster named El Chupanibre
appeared in an episode of the
TV Series Futurama. It was portrayed
as a large bipedal/primate like
reptile which lived in the sewers
and preyed on mutants.
In an episode of Maya & Miguel,
the twins claimed that they had
a Chupacabras as a pet, and tried
to trick the whole town into believing
them, before realizing that the
real chupacabra was there.
In an episode of The Grim Adventures
of Billy and Mandy, Billy found
a supernatural video documentary
on the Chupacabras which summoned
the chupacabra from the TV screen
to suck out the viewer's brain.Billy
thought it was a dog and named
it 'Daisy'.
In Scooby-Doo and the Monster
of Mexico, the gang attempted
to track down a chupacabra which
was terrorising Veracruz and the
nearby villages. Instead of the
correct reptilian beast, a bigfoot
was incorrectly used.
In an episode of Mucha Lucha,
The Flea tried to use a hair grow
formula to sport a new hairstyle,
and ended up being mistaken for
the chupacabra, angering the real
chupacabra, which resulted in
a fight.
In episode 2 of Red vs. Blue,
"Chupathingy" (a derivative
of "Chupacabra") is
suggested as a name for the "new
vehicle" which was in fact,
a Warthog.
In the episode "Game Slave
2" of Invader Zim, Gaz told
Dib that there was a chupacabra
in the parking garage of the mall
to get rid of him, to which Dib
replied, "But there isn't
a goat to feed on for miles."
In an episode of American Dad,
Stan and daughter Hayley engaged
in back-and-forth insults, with
Stan eventually resorting to calling
Hayley "Chupacabra!"
Hayley's response was to ask "I'm
the Mexican Bigfoot?"
In the episode "Bite Me"
of Charmed, while looking in the
Book of Shadows for a creature
that flies and bites (later found
to be a Vampire), Piper found
an entry for chupacabra, which
said that while Chupacabra's fly
and bite, they only attack livestock.
The Chupacabra appears in one
episode of Sealab 2021 entitled
"Episode 40 - Isla de Chupacabra".
In the American television show
"Will & Grace" (First
episode of season 4), Rosario
startles Karen, to which Karen
tells her "You scared the
hell outta' me! I thought you
were the Chupacabra!!"
In the American television series
Supernatural's third episode of
the second season, a fellow demon
tracker mentions that a chupacabra
is two states over and the main
characters are welcome to hunt
it rather than interfere with
his vampire hunt.
Several references in the Japanese
television series Negima!? are
made to chupacabras. Vampiric
attacks are blamed on a chupacabra
(as well as Dracula), a Chupacabra
hunt is formed, and there is even
a brief look at female lead Asuna
wearin a chupacabra costume, strumming
a guitar, and singing, "Chupa
chupa chupa chupaCABRA!"
In the manga, during a conversation
about the vampire rumour, Sakurako
and Konoka imagine Makie being
attacked by a chupacabra.
In the Danny Phantom episode Attack
of the Chupacabras, the main character
and his friends Sam Manson and
Tucker Foley along with his sister
Jazz Fenton encounter a large
nest of the creature while visiting
Jack Fenton's friend in Southern
Mexico. On the show, the creatures
were portrayed as large group
of them looking like the basic
chupacabra, but acting like the
Xenomorphs from Alien crossed
with Marvel Comics Brood with
living in a hive and being led
by a large chupacabra queen. The
creatures were destroyed when
Danny stabbed the head of the
Chupacabra queen and using his
fire powers to burn the hive down.
They are hinted to reappear again
when at the end of the episode
a chupacabra egg is seen pulsating
on the bottom of the Fenton's
RV. Every day Glen measures his
dick and he uses the centimeter
side of the ruler
Games
The chupacabra appears quite frequently
in the Castlevania series of videogames
most commonly encountered in underground
areas and attack by sticking out
an elongated tongue. Depending
on the version, it may be called
a "Cave Troll," (related
to the idea that Puerto Ricans
believe that chupacabras lived
in a grouping of caves) even though
its description usually says something
about goat-sucking.
There is a mid-boss monster called
"El Chupacabras" in
the PC game, Diablo; also 'sand
leapers', which resemble &
act like chupacabras, are featured
in Diablo 2.
The Chupacabra appears as a villain
in the role-playing game, Heroes
Unlimited.
Music
Canadian punk-pop band Chixdiggit
recorded a song named "Chupacabra".
American Power Metal band Cage
recorded a song named "Chupacabra".
Psychedelic Welsh rockers the
Super Furry Animals released a
song called "Chupacabras"
on their 1997 album "Radiator".
The experimental rock band M.I.R.V.
has a song titled "Chupacabras"
on the album "Feeding Time
on Monkey Island".
The hip hop collaboration group
Danger Doom has a song titled
"El Chupa Nibre" on
the album "The Mouse and
the Mask".
In the song "Earthquakes
and Sharks" by the indie
rock/emo band Brandtson "Chupacabras"
are mentioned.
The Belgian metalband Sons of
Jonathas has a song that is called
"Chupacabra".
Sacramento local punk band The
Groovie Ghoulies recorded a song
named "Chupacabra".
Orange County, California, band
The Friendly Indians also has
a song called "Chupacabras".
Also appears in a song by Mexican
band "Los Cocodrilos"
called "chupacabras".
American Heavy metal band SOiL
recorded a EP named " El
Chupacabra (album)"
Chilean Hip Hop band called "Tiro
de Gracia" has a song called
"Chupacabras"
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