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==Media== {{more citations needed|1=section|date=March 2024}} * A chupacabra is referred to in the 2009 novel ''[[Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead]]''. * The debut album by [[Imani Coppola]] is titled ''[[Chupacabra (album)|Chupacabra]]''. * In ''[[Indigenous (film)|Indigenous]]'' (2014), the chupacabra is the main antagonist. * The myth of the chupacabra is mocked in a 2012 episode of the cartoon series ''[[South Park]]'', titled "[[Jewpacabra]]", in which antisemitic main character [[Eric Cartman]] claims to have seen a Jewish Chupacabra that kills children on [[Easter]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Kleinman|first=Jacob|title=New South Park Episode 'Jewpacabra' Takes on Easter, Passover, Chupacabra [video]|url=https://www.ibtimes.com/new-south-park-episode-%E2%80%98jewpacabra%E2%80%99-takes-easter-passover-chupacabra-video-434256|website=International Business Times|date=5 April 2012|access-date=24 December 2015|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225114302/https://www.ibtimes.com/new-south-park-episode-%E2%80%98jewpacabra%E2%80%99-takes-easter-passover-chupacabra-video-434256|archive-date=25 December 2015}}</ref> * The chupacabra was included as one of several [[Polyvinyl chloride|vinyl]] figurines in [[Cryptozoic Entertainment]]'s Cryptkins [[blind box]] toy line in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cryptozoic.com/cryptkins-series-1|title=Cryptkins Vinyl Figures|website=[[Cryptozoic Entertainment]]|access-date=3 August 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512072202/https://www.cryptozoic.com/cryptkins-series-1|archive-date=12 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://bloody-disgusting.com/toys/3483094/new-vinyl-toy-line-cryptkins-will-feature-blind-box-monsters-myth/|title=New Vinyl Toy Line 'Cryptkins' Will Feature Blind Box Monsters of Myth|date=13 February 2018|first=John|last=Squires|website=Bloody Disgusting|access-date=3 August 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180213214650/https://bloody-disgusting.com/toys/3483094/new-vinyl-toy-line-cryptkins-will-feature-blind-box-monsters-myth/|archive-date=13 February 2018}}</ref> A redesigned series of figurines, including an updated chupacabra, was released in August 2020.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cryptozoic.com/cryptkins%E2%84%A2-unleashed|title=Cryptkins™ Unleashed|website=[[Cryptozoic Entertainment]]|access-date=26 August 2020|year=2020|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200827041110/https://www.cryptozoic.com/cryptkins%E2%84%A2-unleashed|archive-date=27 August 2020}}</ref> * The search for a chupacabra was featured in the 1997 ''[[The X-Files]]'' episode "[[El Mundo Gira]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://banderasnews.com/0902/ent-chupacabra.htm|last=Hutmacher|first=Ed|date=February 2009|title=Mexico's Chupacabras Meets the X-Files|work=Banderas News|access-date=20 August 2019|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820212319/http://banderasnews.com/0902/ent-chupacabra.htm|archive-date=20 August 2019}}</ref> * "[[Chupacabra (Grimm)|Chupacabra]]" was the title of the midseason finale of season 4 of the supernatural drama television series ''[[Grimm (TV series)|Grimm]]'', in December 2014. * ''Teen Titans Academy'', a [[DC Comics]] book, has a bat-like metahuman called Chupacabra, whose alter ego is Diego Pérez, named in honour of [[George Pérez]] (the artist that initially illustrated the [[Teen Titans]]).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Olsen |first1=Jon |title=Teen Titans Academy Reveals a Student's Major Batman Villain Connection |url=https://www.cbr.com/teen-titans-academy-chupacabra-man-bat-serum/ |access-date=25 May 2022 |work=CBR |date=9 August 2021 |archive-date=25 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525175620/https://www.cbr.com/teen-titans-academy-chupacabra-man-bat-serum/ |url-status=live }}</ref> * [[I Second That Emotion (Futurama)|A 1999 episode]] of ''[[Futurama]]'' features a monster called "El Chupanibre". * In the ''[[Jackie Chan Adventures]]'' episode "The Curse of El Chupacabra", [[Jackie Chan]]'s friend El Toro gets scratched and infected by a Chupacabra, causing him to transform into another Chupacabra every night, much like a [[werewolf]]. * In season 3 of ''[[Workaholics season 3|Workaholics]]'' called "To Kill a Chupacabraj", Blake finds what he believes to be the deceased corpse of the Rancho Chupacabra in the pool, though it turns out to be the neighbor's dog. * In the Netflix original series ''[[The Imperfects]]'', the character of Juan Ruiz transforms into a chupacabra whenever anyone he cares about is in danger. * The 2016 film ''[[La leyenda del Chupacabras]]'' features the titular Chupacabra initially as an antagonist before revealing the creature is merely trying to rescue its family. * The Brazilian [[Chupa-Cu]] legend created in 2017 takes its cues from the chupacabra. * A "Chupakabura" plays the role of a tourism mascot for the fictional town of Manoyama in [[P.A. Works]]' 2017 anime ''[[Sakura Quest]]''. The spelling and pronunciation relates to a retired mascot called "Kabura Kid", whose name was a pun alluding to the Japanese word for turnips.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-06-27 |title=The Spring 2017 Anime Preview Guide - Sakura Quest |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/preview-guide/2017/spring/sakura-quest/.114401 |access-date=2024-06-28 |website=Anime News Network |language=en}}</ref> * The 2023 film ''[[Chupa (film)|Chupa]]'' is about a chupacabra that is saved from scientists who want to capture it to prove it is real and exploit it for medicine. * The 2010-2011 ''Super Sentai'' series ''[[Tensou Sentai Goseiger]]'''s main antagonist Brajira of the Messiah assumes the guise Buredoran of the Chupacabra when working with the Yuumajuu, the villain faction of the second arc that is based on cryptids. * The Ukrainian news program [[TSN.ua|TSN]] used to broadcast fake news about the Chupacabra when no interesting news were there to broadcast. * In a short titled "Mission: Chupacabras" from ''[[Helluva Boss]]'', a Mexican goat-farmer mistakes [[Blitzo]] for a chupacabra and tries to sell him. * ''[[Chupacabra vs. The Alamo]]'', a 2013 made-for-TV movie. * ''[[Guns of El Chupacabra]]'', a 1997 martial arts based monster film.
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