However, he can see and be seen by his Xoloitzcuintli dog Dante and his skeletal dead relatives who are visiting from the Land of the Dead for the holiday. He enters Ernesto's mausoleum and steals his guitar to use in the show, but becomes invisible to everyone in the village plaza. Concluding that Ernesto is his great-great-grandfather, Miguel ignores his grandmother Elena's objections and leaves to enter a talent show for the Day of the Dead.
One day, Miguel inadvertently damages the photo of Coco with her parents at the center of the family ofrenda and removes it, discovering that her father (whose face is torn out) was holding Ernesto's famous guitar.
He secretly dreams of becoming a musician like Ernesto de la Cruz, a popular actor and singer of Coco's generation. Ninety-six years later, her great-great-grandson, 12-year-old Miguel, now lives with Coco and their family. She banned music in the family and opened a shoe-making family business.