Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! (2012) 🐶

From Warrior Dogs to… Doggy Spa Packages


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🎬 Trailer

Lets start by showing y’all the trailers shall we?

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📖 Non-Spoiler Plot Overview

Chloe, Papi, and the whole Chihuahua family move into a luxury dog-friendly hotel. Instead of robberies or Aztec temples, the story centers around the puppies adjusting to life in a pampered high-class resort, complete with spa treatments, training schools, and (yes) an actual fiesta.

Where the first movie leaned on “epic adventure” and the second hit you with surprise trauma, this one feels like a straight-to-DVD musical special. Cute, harmless, and a little brain-melting.


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👥 Character Rundown

Papi (George Lopez, voice): Still dramatic, now acting like motivational speaker/fiesta planner.

Chloe (Odette Yustman, voice): Finally enjoying the Beverly Hills luxury life instead of running around Mexico.

The Puppies: Given more screen time, with one daughter wanting to pursue her dream of becoming a show dog.

Hotel Staff / New Dogs: Basically side characters who exist to fill space between doggy talent shows and spa scenes.



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⏱️ Pacing / Episode Flow

Lots of “day in the life at the hotel” segments, stitched together with a thin plot about believing in yourself. It plays more like a long TV episode than a proper movie.


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✅ Pros

Puppies in cute outfits at a doggy fiesta.

Harmless family fluff with nothing as heavy as Delgado’s trauma in Part 2.

If you’re 7 years old or watching with 7-year-olds, it’s probably adorable.



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❌ Cons

Feels like a Disney Channel spinoff stretched into a feature.

Papi’s speeches are now pure self-parody.

No real stakes — just hotel life, fiestas, and musical montages.

Loses whatever weird charm the first movie had.



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💭 Final Thoughts

This one is basically the “sing-along” installment of the trilogy. It doesn’t scar you like Part 2 or surprise you like Part 1, but it also doesn’t give you anything memorable. It’s the cinematic equivalent of leaving the Disney Channel on in the background.

If Part 1 was “goofy but ambitious” and Part 2 was “sadly traumatizing,” Part 3 is just “safe and forgettable.”


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⭐ Rating

4/10 – Cute puppies, zero reason to ever rewatch.


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⚠️ Spoiler Warning

Not that there’s much to spoil — but let’s pretend.


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🐕 Spoilers

The family checks into a luxury hotel where dogs get treated better than most humans. One of the pups struggles with stage fright at the doggy talent show, but Papi gives one of his trademark pep talks about believing in yourself. The fiesta goes off without a hitch, everyone dances, and the movie ends with a happy, sparkly bow.

That’s it. No Aztec lore, no tragic backstories, no villains. Just dogs, hotels, and parties.