La Calavera

La Calavera is the ninth episode from Season 1 of Maya & Miguel. It aired on November 2, 2004 on PBS.

Plot
When Maya wants to add some oomph to her presentation about Mexico for school, she consults her Abuela Elena, who allows her to borrow a prized possession: a calavera, or skull made of sugar, that is used in the yearly Day of the Dead celebration. Maya promises to let nothing happen to this special calavera. Her presentation goes well, but Maya loses the calavera. After Theo, Maggie, Chrissy, and Andy each share their fantastical ideas about how the lost calavera will make Abuela feel, Maya herself feels horrible. She promised her abuela that she wouldn't let anything happen to it. Then, as luck would have it, Maya discovers that she accidentally switched backpacks with another student, and the calavera is recovered. An excited Maya can't contain herself, and while jumping up and down, breaks the calavera. Maya is determined not to let her abuela down, and goes to great lengths to have the calavera re-made. Unfortunately, this, too, is a disaster. When Abuela is finally told the truth, Maya is surprised - Abuela is happy. Not about the calavera, but about Maya's good grade on her presentation. And though Abuela misses the calavera, she thinks that rebuilding it together would make her even happier.

Trivia
When Deborah Forte, The Creator of Clifford, was incorrectly stating a scene with Abuelita Elena crying which was their first use of crying technology. However, there was also a scene involving Andy crying in When Maya met Andy.

Still waters are shown.

The cheering sound of the campers from Arthur is heard in this episode.

Fourth Wall Break: The tears are a waterfall from Abuelita's eyes instead of tears sliding down.

Maya Santos and Miguel Santos' Birthday is December 14, 1994.

Characters
Maya Santos

Miguel Santos

Chrissy Lum

Maggie Lee

Andy Arlington

Theo Mcewen

Mr. Nguyen

Abuela Elena

Transcript
For Transcript For This Episode Go To La Calavera/Transcript

Home Video Releases
Maya & Miguel: Cinco De Maya DVD