History Main / Chupacabra

* SelfDemonstrating/{{Deadpool}} fought a bunch of chupacapras who kidnapped a goat named [[{{Twilight}} Bella]].

* A ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' issue of ''Main/SimpsonsComics'' featured one as a failed experiment by Professor Frink. After killing everyone at Moe's, he meets his end when he is unable to handle the amount of blood in [[TheAlcoholic Barney's]] blood.

* ''RedDeadRedemptionUndeadNightmare'' has a chupacabra that can be killed as part of a challenge. There's even an achievement for doing so, titled "[[Machinima/RedVsBlue Chupathingy]]."

* The animated movie ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheMonsterOfMexico,'' which not only gets the origin of the creature ''completely'' wrong (treating it as being part of '''Aztec''' mythology!) but redesigned it to look more bigfoot-like. (The writers might have gotten it confused with the Nahual, a supposed Mexican were-jaguar.)
* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' had an episode that claimed Dexter had created it to scare off Dee Dee, but it had escaped to Mexico and started attacking goats ("I never said it was a completely successful experiment").

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', the Planet Express crew ventured into the sewers where the local mutants lived in fear of a vicious monster they called El Chupanibre.

The myth became surprisingly popular across Central and South America over the years, and even in the Southern United States, with people claiming to have actually seen the creature. Interestingly, it changed its appearance on its travels: in Latin countries, it's reported as being a bizarre red-eyed alien being with spines along its back, like the page image. In the US, they tend to take on the appearance of hairless dogs. It also has been featured on several TV shows and movies, effectively being treated as the Latin American equivalent of [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfoot]]. Pop culture spread the chupacabra even further, with recent sightings as far as Russia.

The myth became surprisingly popular across Central and South America over the years, and even in the Southern United States, with people claiming to have actually seen the creature. It also has been featured on several TV shows and movies, effectively being treated as the Latin American equivalent of [[BigfootSasquatchAndYeti Bigfoot]]. Pop culture spread the chupacabra even further, with recent sightings as far as Russia.

* A featured monster on AnimalPlanet's ''Series/LostTapes''. This version differed from the image above in that it was more of a canine-like ground-dwelling bat monster.

* In ''Franchise/TheElderScrolls'', a chupacabra like monster called a "Hunger" appears as regular enemy in Morrowind and in the Shivering Isles expansion pack for VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion. More so resembling their counterpart considering they posses strong "Drain Health" spell and attack with their tongue.

* In ''ComicBook/YoungJustice'', [[TheFlash Impulse]] raced over to Puerto Rico to look for one after reading a cryptozoology book - [[http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/2817/impulsechupacabra.png lifting rocks and animals while calling out for it]].

* A ''WesternAnimation/TreehouseOfHorror'' issue of ''ComicBook/SimpsonsComics'' featured one as a failed experiment by Professor Frink after killing everyone at Moe's he meets his end when he is unable to handle the amount of blood in [[TheAlcoholic Barney's]] blood.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'', the Planet Express crew ventured into the sewers where the inhabitants lived in fear of a vicious monster they called El Chupanibre.
* The ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' episode "The Curse of the Chupacabra" features Jackie and El Toro fighting one of these while in Mexico and El Toro being scratched by it causing him to become one himself, until the curse is broken.
* It appeared in one episode of ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': It comes out of the TV screen while Billy is watching a magical videotape. It latches onto his nose. Grim presumes that it's trying to eat his brains, and Mandy thinks it'll starve. Of course, Billy being [[TheDitz what he is]], doesn't know what it is and can't even pronounce its name ("Chupa-ma-flablah").

* In ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'', while avoiding Bun-bun, Aylee goes to pick up a tray of drinks for the group. The waitress is terrified and stammers "Do not eat me, chupacabra!" to which Aylee cheerfully responds "Do not eat ''me'', senorita!", thinking it's a normal human greeting. She later resolves to use one of Bun-bun's greetings, "your money or your life!"

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* Appears in ''WesternAnimation/GeneratorRex'', and it turns ''not'' to be an [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual EVO]] like most of the monsters in the series.

* A ''ComicBook/FantasticFour'' miniseries, "Isla de la Muerte" (Island of Death) had the superheroes coming to Puerto Rico to deal with the Chupacabra.

* In his New 52 mini-series ''{{Bizarro}}'' is keeping a Chupacabra named Collin as a pet [[spoiler: as it turns out he is an alien who lost his translator and he used to be a ''Franchise/GreenLantern'']]
* {{Deadpool}} fought a bunch of chupacapras who kidnapped a goat named [[{{Twilight}} Bella]].

* A ''WesternAnimation/TreeHouseOfHorror'' issue of ''ComicBook/SimpsonsComics'' featured one as a failed experiment by Professor Frink after killing everyone at Moe's he meets his end when he is unable to handle the amount of blood in [[TheAlcoholic Barney's]] blood.

* Numerous chupacabras appear in the Literature/InCryptid series as therianthropic cryptids: James (Verity's competitive dance partner) in ''DiscountArmageddon'' and ''Midnight Blue-Light Special,'' Princess Leya-you-out, one of Antimony's fellow [[UsefulNotes/RollerDerby jammers]] in "Bad Dream Girl" and "Jammed," and Malena, one of Verity's fellow dancers in ''Chaos Choreography.'' Their beast form is the typical scabrous reptile-wolf creature, their human form is indistinguishable from a Latin@ person of their age and build.

** Episode "El Mundo Gira" reveals that the Chupacabras are actually illegal immigrants who have been infected by an alien fungus.

* {{Grimm}} had a Chupacabra episode.

* One of the ''VampireTheMasquerade'' Gangrel clanbooks has a Chupacabra character template, with a backstory of being Embraced while in wilderness, driven half-crazy by the [[EnemyWithin Beast]] and feeding on animals due to lack of human prey in the area.

* ''{{VideoGame/Diablo}}'' has a Scavenger-type boss monster named El Chupacabras. ''VideoGame/DiabloIII'' has a monster known as Chupa Khazra as well.

* You can summon Chupacabras in ''{{Scribblenauts}}'' - they attack goats on sight. Amusingly, they can wear hats and can hold items.
* In Franchise/TheElderScrolls series of games, a chupacabra like monster called a "Hunger" appears as regular enemy in Morrowind and in the Shivering Isles expansion pack for VideoGame/TheElderScrollsIVOblivion. More so resembling their counterpart considering they posses strong "Drain Health" spell and attack with their tongue.
* In ''[[VideoGame/ShadowHearts Shadow Hearts 3]]'' one of the hunting quests is for the Chupacabra. In [[spoiler:Chichen Itza]] of all places.

* Greasels from VideoGame/DeusEx.

* They're an tough enemy in VideoGame/LetsGoFindElDorado, that can kill off one of your party members on contact with your wagon.

* In ''TheImpossibleMan'', the chupacabra is actually a [[CoolPet pet]] owned by teenager Angela Salinas. It's appearance in the story resembles the cartoon rendition of chupacabra, where it is a green furball with fangs, as featured on some Puerto Rican T-Shirts.

* ''{{Sealab 2021}}'' had an episode titled "Isla de Chupacabras."
* The monster also appears in an episode, "Dia de Los Dangerous!" of ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers'', inexplicably leaping from Brock's car to attack Dr. Venture. Apparently, Mexico is full of them. Amusingly, Dr. Venture had earlier declared them to be nonsense.

* The ChristmasEpisode of ''MuchaLucha'' had chupacabra as [[BadSanta Rudo Claus']] reindeer.

* In [[{{WesternAnimation/Archer}} Archer]], Pam refers to herself as "...like some kind of Chupacabra. But for dicks"

* There's one in the flash game, ''VideoGame/SteppenwolfTheXCreaturesProject.'' It's depicted as a winged monster with two fangs and a {{cult}} devoted to it, who control it by means of a whistle.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' manga ''Manga/TouhouSuzunaanForbiddenScrollery'', Remilia adopts one as a pet. Which kind of makes sense since she's a vampire.

* ''{{VideoGame/Diablo}}'' has a Scavenger-type boss monster named El Chupacabras.

* Numerous chupacabras appear in the Literature/InCryptid series as therianthropic cryptids: James (Verity's competitive dance partner) in ''DiscountArmadeddon'' and ''Midnight Blue-Light Special,'' Princess Leya-you-out, one of Antimony's fellow [[UsefulNotes/RollerDerby jammers]] in "Bad Dream Girl" and "Jammed," and Malena, one of Verity's fellow dancers in ''Chaos Choreography.'' Their beast form is the typical scabrous reptile-wolf creature, their human form is indistinguishable from a Latin@ person of their age and build.

The myth began in Puerto Rico during the 1970s. At the time, there was a rash of animal slayings, mostly farm animals that had bled to death. This caused some people to (halfway seriously) think some kind of vampiric creature was on the loose; it became known as "The Moca Vampire" (Moca being the town were the attacks started). The attacks eventually stopped as mysteriously as they begun. The local yellow journals, of course, exploited them to the hilt.

* Numerous chupacabras appear in the Literature/InCryptid series: James (Verity's competitive dance partner) in ''DiscountArmadeddon'' and ''Midnight Blue-Light Special,'' Princess Leya-you-out, one of Antimony's fellow [[UsefulNotes/RollerDerby jammers]] in "Bad Dream Girl" and "Jammed," and Malena, one of Verity's fellow dancers in ''Chaos Choreography.''

* ''MahouSenseiNegima'' references the Chupacabra once or twice. In the original, it was just theorized that it was a Chupacabra behind the vampire attacks. (In truth, it was [[spoiler:Evangeline.]])
** In the second animated series ''Anime/NegimaSecondSeason'', it became more of a RunningGag, ranging from a Chupacabra-based club being used as a cover for those who discovered Negi's secret and Asuna printing far too many Chupa-Tees to sell, to [[spoiler:Negi being turned into a chupacabra as punishment for revealing magic to normal humans]]. Even in the Spring OVA, a small portion is spent on a Chupacabra hunt, and at the very end, a Chupacabra is seen watching the plane fly away.
** The Chupacabra shown here is much more comical than most versions, resembling more a spotted potato with fangs than anything else.

* The Chupacabra is referred to by name in ''KeroroGunsou'', complete with a RecycledInSpace variant called [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Space Chupacabra]], but eating goats is never brought up - it's still considered as urban myth though, and the resident mythological-creature-hunter Alisa Southerncross goes after it - but gets [[TheWorfEffect curbstomped bigtime]] as it ''eats'' her surrogate father Nevula.

* In the VideoGame/{{Touhou}} manga ''Manga/TouhouSuzunaanForbiddenScrollery'', Remilia adopts one as a pet. Which kind of makes sense since she's a vampire.

* In ''[[ShadowHearts Shadow Hearts 3]]'' one of the hunting quests is for the Chupacabra. In [[spoiler:Chichen Itza]] of all places.