History Main / Chupacabra

* ''Series/TheImperfects'': Juan transforms into one when people he cares about are in danger.

* ''VideoGame/FaithTheUnholyTrinity'': The primary enemy is a monster inhabiting the woods that has been cited as a Chupacabra by the local newspapers. It's depicted as a pallid, nightmarish HumanoidAbomination that runs on all fours, speaks in BlackSpeech, and rips you and the wildlife to shreds. [[spoiler:It's hinted to actually be [[WasOnceAMan a human]] who has been [[DemonicPossession possessed]] for so long that their body has been mutated beyond recognition.]]

* ''Manga/SgtFrog'': The Chupacabra is referred to by name, 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. Additionally, one episode featured a giant Chupacabra with a frill named [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/ultra/images/c/cd/Capras.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20150121084251 Capras]], a parody of a monster from ''Series/{{Ultraman}}'' called [[http://ultra.wikia.com/wiki/Jirass Jirass]] whose design was simply another classic monster with a frill added -- Godzilla.

* ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'': Chewey, Amber's pet chupacabra, is the bipedal version.

* ''Website/SCPFoundation'': [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2636 SCP-2636]] ("The Last Daughter of Thsassashan'aa"), or ''[[GratuitousLatin Potrix caprarum sapiens]]'', is the sapient and [[MakeMeWannaShout loud]] [[LastOfHisKind last remnant]] of the chupacabra species, and [[spoiler:the virgin mother for their MessianicArchetype]].

* In ''Anime/OccultAcademy'', Maya and the gang investigate mysterious cattle mutilations near their school. At first, they dismiss it as a bad-natured prank. [[spoiler: The chupacabra eventually kidnap Ami, and it's up to the rest of the gang to save her.]]

* ''Film/TheBurrowers'': The titular creatures are very similar to the idea of the Chupacabra. [[spoiler: They attack buffalo, slit their throats, and then wait for them to rot before consuming them.]]

* ''TabletopGame/{{Deadlands}}'' tells us that Chupacabras...Chupacabrae... Chupacab... "Goat Suckers" have actually been around since the late 19th Century. [[AllMythsAreTrue True to the stories that have sprung up around them]] in modern times, [[spoiler: they are formed when someone of Latin American descent betrays another.]]

* Native tribes across the Americas have legends of a bipedal bloodsucking entity nicknamed "[[https://www.axs.com/monster-of-the-week-mosquito-man-98572 Mosquito Man]]", whose description has led some folklorists to suggest the chupacabra is OlderThanTheyThink.
* The San Antonio Zoo in Texas [[https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Urban-legend-or-the-real-deal-San-Antonio-Zoo-15575708.php actually has a chupacabra exhibit on display]].[[spoiler:.. It's just a model near its bat exhibit.]]

The Chupacabra is sometimes known as the [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Chupacabras]]. This is in fact the original form of the name in Spanish; this type of compound word in Spanish (verb + noun) usually has the plural form of the noun (other examples: ''el abrelatas'' "the can opener", ''el sacapuntas'' "the pencil sharpener", ''el tocadiscos'' "the record player", ''el pisapapeles'' "the paperweight") while the compound noun itself does not change in the plural (''dos sacapuntas'' "two pencil sharpeners"). [[{{Demythification}} In 2010, corpses of quadrupedal "Chupacabra" were analyzed and revealed to be coyotes afflicted with mange]], while the bipedal Chupacabra originated from Madelyne Tolentino, the eyewitness from the Puerto Rico cases, believing that the monster Sil from the science fiction horror film ''Film/{{Species}}'', which she had watched prior to making the report, was real.

The Chupacabra is sometimes known as the [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Chupacabras]]. This is in fact the original form of the name in Spanish; this type of compound word in Spanish (verb + noun) usually has the plural form of the noun (other examples: ''el abrelatas'' "the can opener", ''el sacapuntas'' "the pencil sharpener", ''el tocadiscos'' "the record player", ''el pisapapeles'' "the paperweight"). [[{{Demythification}} In 2010, corpses of quadrupedal "Chupacabra" were analyzed and revealed to be coyotes afflicted with mange]], while the bipedal Chupacabra originated from Madelyne Tolentino, the eyewitness from the Puerto Rico cases, believing that the monster Sil from the science fiction horror film ''Film/{{Species}}'', which she had watched prior to making the report, was real.

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->''"Chupacabra. They're all over Mexico."''

* The IDW graphic novel "Chicacabra" (written and drawn by Creator/TomBeland who also did the above mentioned ''Fantastic Four'' story) is about a Puerto Rican girl named Izzy who finds an abandoned lab and gets merged with the last living Chupacabra (the rest were killed).

** ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} fought a bunch of chupacapras who kidnapped a beloved goat named [[Literature/{{Twilight}} Bella]]. The owner, a prize-winning chef, thanked Deadpool by making him his prize-winning dish made with only the best ingredients-- ''goat tacos''.

* ''Film/Chupa'': The title character is a young chupacabra cub who is protected from a group of poachers by a Mexican family.

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

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

* In ''Literature/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.

* The Discovery series ''Animal X'' featured the Chupacabra in its very first segment. Amusingly, the show (which aired at the height of the Chupacabra's late '90s popularity) managed to cram an impressive [[CriticalResearchFailure batch of misinformation]] into an eight minute segment, like labeling a well-known [[https://lost-tapes-fanon.fandom.com/wiki/Chupacabra?file=Chupacabra2.jpg statue]] of the creature as "the only known photograph of the Chupacabra."

* Wiki/SCPFoundation: [[http://www.scp-wiki.net/scp-2636 SCP-2636]] ("The Last Daughter of Thsassashan'aa"), or ''[[GratuitousLatin Potrix caprarum sapiens]]'', is the sapient and [[MakeMeWannaShout loud]] [[LastOfHisKind last remnant]] of the chupacabra species, and [[spoiler:the virgin mother for their MessianicArchetype]].

In fact, one of the most popular depictions of the Chupacabra has them being based on a [[CreepyHairlessDOg creepy hairless]] [[BewareOfViciousDog dog]] with a pronounced spinal ridge, unusually pronounced eye sockets, and very sharp fangs and claws. It might often be depicted as a dog due to the fact that many canines can kill them without consuming their prey, either because of a lack of experience or due to how difficult was to kill them. And while the victim can survive, they will often die due to either circulatory shock or internal bleeding.

* ''VideoGame/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]]."

* ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' makes a quick joke about it. Sarge calls it a "Chupa-thingie". He is still fond of calling the team's jeep "Chupa-baby".

* In ''Anime/YuGiOhGoRush'', a character named Chupataro Kaburagi is based on the legendary creature.