Higuel

Higuel is the slash ship between Hiro and Miguel from the Big Hero 6 and Coco fandom.

Canon
As Hiro and Miguel are from different series, they have never met in canon. However, a few Disney crossover video games could have them cross paths with each other or get them added in the same team, by the player's choice.

There are certain similarities between the visual designs of both characters. Their clothing shares a blue and red color scheme, albeit arranged differently for each. Hiro has a dark blue hoodie and a red shirt, while Miguel has a red hoodie and blue jeans. Both characters also have brown eyes and a darker hair color.

In their respective stories, both characters have a non-human friend, Baymax the robotic nurse that was built by Hiro's older brother, and Dante the dog who turns out to be a Alebrije. The two young boys have also lost family members they were very close to. Both boys begin their respective stories respecting and looking up to a seemingly benevolent male mentor or idol (Professor Callahan and Ernesto de la Cruz) who is revealed to be a murderous villain in the later part of the story. In both stories, the young protagonist becomes troubled and temporarily pushes away those close to him, while the villain of each story embodies a sort of shadow archetype representing what the main character would run the risk of turning into if he went down the same dark path.

Fanon
Higuel is a popular Disney slash ship between the two teenage characters. It is rather popular in Mexico, which is why most of the fanfiction work of the pairing is in Spanish. While the exact origins of the ship is bit of a mystery, it could simply be due to fans who enjoy Disney crossover ships. As well as the fact that both Hiro and Miguel are young Disney characters, who have a few small things in common that can have the two get along with each other.

Some fans switch the their Mexican and (half) Japanese cultures with each other's for fun, along with featuring both of them as girl or older versions of themselves, for the same fun reason. The setting of the ship is commonly set between Santa Cecilia and San Fransokyo, when they visit either of their home town/city and teach each other their main music and robotic skills. There have even been times when fans have Miguel bring Hiro into the Land of the Dead, in hopes that he'll be able to help Hiro see Tadashi again. One of the AU's where the two are paired together is a Corpse Bride AU with Hiro as Victor van Dort and (skeleton) Miguel as a male Emily. There have also been times when the two boys have been cast as Luz x Amity from The Owl House.

After kkopimint had set up a contest for the LGBTQ+ community, by drawing Hiro and Miguel with the Underdogs from Luca in their own styles, it had inspired fans to feature Higuel beside Luberto. These drawings can be found on Instagram. Along with the Pixar ship inspiring people to support Miguel.

While AO3 only has 58 fanfics, but has a reasonable size fanbase on Tumblr and DeviantArt.

Fandom
FAN FICTION
 * Hiro/Miguel on FanFiction.Net
 * Hiro/Miguel on FanFiction.Net
 * Hiro/Miguel on FanFiction.Net

DEVIANT ART

TUMBLR

WIKIS
 * on the

Trivia

 * One of the artists for the Big Hero 6 TV series had painted a Mexican mural with a few Mariachis (like the artist's father) as part of its design.
 * They are two of the limit time characters in the app game, Disney Magic Kingdoms.