Chel

Chel is the deuteragonist and Tulio's love interest/girlfriend of The Road to El Dorado. She is voiced by Rosie Perez. Chel is an Indigenous young woman with long straight black hair with sideburns that sometimes cover her ears and flat bangs that end above her eyebrows, brown skin, brown eyes, an unprominent rose, and pinkish red lips. Her figure is heavily voluptuous as seen by her hourglass shape. She wears an off-white loincloth with pink stripes at the end and a pink, orange, and off-white crop top revealing her midriff and is always barefoot. She also wears turquoise earrings and bangles. At times she is seen with golden earrings. Chel is cunning and clever and sort of the femme fatale of her village: she sneaks around, trying to gather information on the two visitors, and even though she discovers that Tulio and Miguel are not gods, she keeps their secret, hoping to use them and their riches to fund her own escape. Her local knowledge is key to keeping up the Spaniards' façade for as long as possible. She also appears to be naturally good with children. She compliments Miguel and Tulio well as she is smart, brave, adventurous and a natural con-artist, just as they are and prefers to do things without any set plan in mind. She dreams of leaving her village for the outside world. Eventually, she grows to care for the us two con men and values them for who they are and not what she can get out of them. She eventually also becomes attracted and infatuated to and has developed a genuine crush and eventual love for the older Tulio, after a short time of flirting with him as the film progresses. Over the course of the movie, Tulio becomes attracted to Chel, due to her young figure, and she eventually also becomes attracted to him and they become a couple. Her caring side also comes out when she is around children and animals.