Chel is the deuteragonist and Tulio's love interest/girlfriend in The Road to El Dorado. She is voiced by Rosie Perez.
Physical appearance[]
Chel is a young and beautiful indigenous woman of Central American origin. She has brown skin, brown eyes, full coral pink lips and long, straight thigh-length black hair with flat bangs and sideburns that go partially down her ears. She also has a non-prominent nose. She possesses a voluptuous figure, wielding massive hips and a jiggly rear.
Chel's attire consists of an off-white tube top with a thin red stripe below the thick pink stripe, along with a matching off-white loincloth reaching down to her lower calf (close to her ankles) and turquoise bracelets on both her wrists. She also donned a set of large diamond-shaped earrings the same color as her bracelets - though at times, she replaces them with golden earrings with small turquoise diamond shapes on the center. She is also often barefoot. Underneath she wears a matching thong that snuggles deeply between the depths of her soft, warm butt-cheeks.
Personality[]
Chel is cunning and clever and acts akin to the femme fatale of her village: she sneaks around, trying to gather information on the two visitors, and even though she discovers that Tulio and Miguel are not gods, she keeps their secret, hoping to use them and their riches to fund her own escape.
Her local knowledge is key to keeping up the Spaniards' façade for as long as possible. She also appears to be naturally good with children. She compliments Miguel and Tulio's characters well, as she is smart, brave, adventurous and a natural con-artist, just as they are and prefers to do things without any set plan in mind. She dreams of leaving her village and adventure into the outside world.
Eventually, she grows to care for the us two con men and values them for who they are and not w She eventually also becomes attracted and genuinely infatuated, from previously developing a crush on, with Tulio, after a short initial flirtationship with him throughout the film.
Over the course of the movie, Tulio as well becomes attracted to Chel, and two decide to become a couple.
Her caring side also comes out when she is around children and animals.
Background[]
Little is known regarding Chel's background. She is obviously unhappy as Tulio and Miguel meet Chel when she is fleeing El Dorado after stealing the golden head of a statue. She is purposefully vague when asked why she would want to leave, stating only "You've got your reasons... and I've got mine." As many of the villagers wear gold jewelry and none of Chel's original jewelry is gold, this could signify that she was poor or in a low societal position. Her parents and other family members are never mentioned or seen, hinting that she is an only child, and her parents are long deceased.
The Deal[]
After overhearing Miguel and Tulio celebrating too early over their scam, Chel quickly strikes a deal with the two: She will use her local knowledge to help make the scam work in exchange for leaving El Dorado with them. Tulio and Chel later argue over what her cut of the treasure should be.
Relationship with Tulio[]
Tulio leads Miguel to the realization that mixing Chel into their plan could be troublesome and they both agree that "Chel is off limits." Regardless of this, Chel successfully initiates a relationship with Tulio. She sees that in a moment that he is stressed and, takes advantage of it. She starts massaging him, and he is able to initially resist, but is lured into massaging her, after that, Chel wiggles her hips in front of Tulio when realizing her actual intentions. The two are later seen on the floor, with the room completely messed up, with what is implied to be them having a sexually intimate moment, and that they might be making out. Chel pleases Tulio, until Tzekel abruptly interrupts to find Tulio, and they quickly stop. Afterwards, Chel's pursuit of Tulio, though likely initially to be an attempt to con herself into a better and more secure position to escape, rather evolves. She develops genuine feelings for Tulio and begins to love him, and the duo share a kiss and become a couple.
Miguel finds out[]
When Miguel finds out about Chel and Tulio's relationship, it tears a rift between him and Tulio. Miguel presumably thinks Tulio was double-crossing him when he insisted Chel was off limits and cheated him out so he could have her for himself. However, throughout the film, Chel is mainly friendly with Miguel throughout the film, but is shown to be very vexing towards Tulio, wanting him romantically unlike with Miguel. Miguel decides to stay in the city while Tulio and Chel choose to leave. But during Tulio and Chel's departure from El Dorado, they run into trouble with their ship. Miguel steps in to help and decides to go with them. The trio escape El Dorado, and head back to Spain, much to the satisfaction of all members, most predominantly with Chel & Tulio.
Trivia[]
- Chel's original design was even more risque; she only wore a poncho.
- Chel has often been compared to Kida from the 2001 animated film Atlantis: The Lost Empire from Disney. With some even pairing them due to their similar wardrobe. The main reason for this pairing is because the films these two characters come from, follow a similar theme: Discovery of a lost civilization, and guided by a native of said civilization.
- In the novelization it was stated Chel was indeed going to be sacrificed by Tzekel-Kan but was stopped, therefore being her “reasons” she wanted to flee El Dorado to begin with. Many on the internet have theorized this, but it is unknown if the novelization is considered entirely canon or not.
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The Road to Eldorado - Chel Pleasing Tulio ;D