Part 2: El Honesto John
Given the Hopps family's unhappy history with music, it was not unexpected for matriarch Judy to instill a hatred for it within her household and each new Hopps generation.
Though the hatred stuck with each new family member, there was one exception... and that was Miguel Hopps.
He adored music!
I know I'm not supposed to like music, but I can't help it! It's not my fault. It's his…
Miguel approached a crowd of tourists as they stood before a bronze statue of a tall red fox dressed in a mariachi uniform. He held a guitar with a fox skull headstock design.
El Honesto John! The greatest musician of all time!
"It was here where a young Honesto John took his first steps to becoming the most beloved singer in Meoxican history!" said the tour guide to the tourists. Miguel meanwhile gazed in awe at his hero's statue.
He started out a total nobody from Zootopia, like me!
Miguel thought back on his favorite movie scenes from El Honesto John's best films.
But when he played music, he made people fall in love with him!
He starred in movies, he had the coolest guitar...he could fly! And he wrote the best songs! But my all time favorite? It's…
Remember me!
Remember me*
Though I have to say goodbye
Remember me!
Remember me*
Don't let it make you cry
For even if I'm far away
I hold you in my heart
I sing a secret song to you,
Each time we are apart
Remember me
Remember me*
Though I have to travel far
Remember me!
Remember me*
Each time you hear a sad guitar
Know that I'm with you the only way that I can be
Until you're in my arms again!
He lived the kind of life you dream about!
Re-mem-ber...MEEEEEEEEEEEE…..!
Until 1942...when he was crushed by a giant bell…
I wanna be just like him!
Miguel ran through the cemetery, past all the animals leaving food offerings and other gifts to their deceased family members. He ran straight for El Honesto John's mausoleum and stared inside one of the windows, admiring the deceased fox's portrait and his unique guitar as it hung over his coffin.
Sometimes, when I look at El Honesto John, I get this feeling. Like, we're connected somehow. Like if he could do it, maybe someday I could too!