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4	[[caption-width-right:350:Aye chihuahua!]]
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6	''Beverly Hills Chihuahua'' is a 2008 live-action Creator/{{Disney}} family comedy film about Chloe (Creator/DrewBarrymore), a pampered pet chihuahua living in Beverly Hills. When Chloe is left in the hands of her owner's irresponsible niece, however, a Mexican vacation turns into a four-alarm dognapping. Now, Chloe has to find her way home while her love-struck landscaper, Papi (Creator/GeorgeLopez) sets out to rescue her. The movie also features the voice talents of Andy Garcia and Creator/EdwardJamesOlmos, as well as Creator/JamieLeeCurtis as Vivian Ashe and Creator/PiperPerabo as her niece, Rachel.
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8	Despite pretty poor critical reception, the film was a commercial success, prompting a DirectToVideo sequel in 2011 simply called ''Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2'' and a third film, ''Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva La Fiesta!'', in 2012.
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13	!!The first film provides examples of:
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15	[[folder:''Beverly Hills Chihuaha'']]
16	* AnimalTalk: All animals
17	* BelligerentSexualTension: Rachel and Sam. She dislikes him and they bicker a lot about their dogs before working together to find them and eventually fall in love.
18	%%* BigBad: Vasquez
19	* CoversAlwaysLie: Most of the posters for the original centered more on Papi than they did Chloe, even though the latter is technically the main protagonist of the movie.
20	* DisneyDeath: Chloe, almost towards the ending of the first film.
21	* DoggedNiceGuy: Papi, literally. He spends the first movie trying to win Chloe’s affections only for her to snobbishly turn him down. Chloe eventually returns his feelings and becomes his mate in the second movie.
22	%%* TheDragon: Diablo is this to Vasquez.
23	* DragonInChief: He also has more screentime than Vasquez and while Diablo was technically following his owner's orders all along, he was the most dangerous threat to the heroes and he was the one that kept pursuing them throughout the movie.
24	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: ''Beverly Hills Chihuahua'' is rather an indicative title.
25	* JerkassRealization: Chloe regrets her previous snubbing of Papi after learning that ''mi corazon'' (Papi's pet name for her) means "my heart" in Spanish.
26	* HollywoodCalifornia: Chloe is raised in a life of luxury and riches alongside other dogs in Hollywood, California.
27	* InsistentTerminology: Sam (and, by extension, Papi) prefer to be called "landscaper" rather than "gardener."
28	%%* ItCameFromBeverlyHills
29	* LatinLover: Papi's owner, Sam, is an example of this while Papi ''tries'' being this.
30	* {{Mayincatec}}: In the trailer for Beverly Hills Chihuahua while Papi talks about how his ancestors fought with Aztec warriors, it shows an aerial view of Machu Pichu, an Incan city.
31	%%* MisterMuffykins: Chloe.
32	* NeverTrustATrailer: The trailers were centered on Papi, making it seem it’s solely about his mission to rescue Chloe. In the film itself, not only is the film entirely centered on Chloe and Doberman, but most of Papi’s screentime does have has him serving his owner Sam, and Rachel.
33	** The tribe dogs from the teaser are not only different characters (who never sing and dance), but the trailer also makes them serve Papi, when in the movie, its only Chloe they meet with and aid.
34	* NiceToTheWaiter: Chloe's owner, Viv, is on quite friendly terms with Sam and Papi.
35	* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: The film's {{Tagline}}, "The Greatest Chihuahua Movie Of All Time." There are not many other chihuahua movies. (Two of them are direct sequels of this one, even. With a preemptive implied SophomoreSlump.)
36	* RealityIsUnrealistic: The dogfighting scene has many people puzzled over why would a Chihuahua, domesticated or otherwise would be placed against a Rottweiler that clearly has a refined killer instinct, resulting in a one-sided match. This is actually a phenomenon in real life dogfighting known as "dog baiting", in where small dogs were pitted against larger dogs on purpose to maximize the latters' killer instincts. The only mistake they made would be that the larger dog in question will be less likely to maim and kill than El Diablo and be probably just as scared and confused as Chloe was.
37	* SingleTear: Papi lets one roll down his muzzle when he thinks Chloe is dead.
38	* ThoseTwoGuys: Manuel and Chico, the rat and iguana.
39	* WackyWaysideTribe: The group of feral Chihuahuas living in the Mayan ruins is a literal example. It's also subverted by the fact that they do actually have an (indirect) impact on the plot.
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42	!!The second film provides examples of:
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46	* AnAesop: Despite not having Papi's pedigree certificate, Sam give a rather heartwarming speech, saying that it doesn't matter if a dog is purebred or not, but they are still loyal kind pets. [[SubvertedTrope But]]...the judges disqualify him and Papi anyways. [[SarcasmMode Yay, high standards]]...jerks.
47	%%* AnimalTalk
48	* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler:Delgado]] tells this to his sons why he had to leave them behind: [[spoiler:they were in danger from a criminal dog who threatened their lives]].
49	%%* HollywoodCalifornia
50	%%* ItCameFromBeverlyHills
51	* KarmaHoudini: The owner of that French poodle who got Papi disqualified. He won fair and square, [[SoreLoser so she goes and blabs that he isn't purebred to ensure her victory]].
52	* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Papi Jr. and his four sisters.
53	%%* NiceGuy: Pedro the pit bull.
54	* PreciousPuppies: Chloe and Papi's five puppies.
55	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Delgado's sons. Despite still being upset at their father, they're willing to listen to him and the Chihuahuas about the missing puppies.
56	* TechnicallyASmile: Pedro the pitbull's smile is this. And scares the puppies.
57	* UrineTrouble: Papi pees on some documents.
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59	!!The third film provides examples of:
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61	[[folder:''Beverly Hills Chihuaha 3: Viva La Fiesta!'']]
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63	%%* AnimalTalk
64	%%* AnthropomorphicShift: Seems to be heading in this direction.
65	* CassandraTruth: No one believes Papi's suspicions about Jenny and Oscar at first.
66	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome:
67	* CoveredInGunge: Jenny gets covered in peanut butter.
68	%%* HollywoodCalifornia
69	* NiceGuy: Zigzagged for Charlotte the Samoyed. She acts quite friendly around Pedro but then acts like a [[{{Pun}} bitch]] towards Rosa. Finally, she gratefully thanks Rosa for saving her life and acts friendly from then on.
70	%%* PreciousPuppies
71	* SequelNonEntity
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