Miguel (Tremors)
Background
Miguel is a rancher in Perfection, Nevada.
During the events of Tremors (1990) played by Tony Genaro
Miguel tells Walter Chang that some of his cattle are missing. Valentine McKee and Earl Bassett walk into Walter's store while telling Melvin Plug and Nestor about finding Edgar and Old Fred dead. Valentine tries to use Walter's phone, but the line is dead. Nestor tells Valentine that they have to go to Bixby to bring the police. Mindy sees Valentine and Earl drive back into town and they park their truck in front of Walter's store. Mindy sees something latched onto Valentine and Earl's truck, and Burt Gummer uses a shovel to detach it and Walter haggles with Valentine and Earl for it. Burt tells the others he thinks there must be more somewhere. The residents of Perfection have a meeting and Burt suggests they arm themselves and Miguel comes up with the idea for two people to take Walter's horses and ride to Bixby. Earl and Valentine are picked to go. Rhonda LeBeck, Valentine and Earl drive back into town and tell the others about the Graboids. Valentine thinks they should leave, but most of the others think someone will come when they discover the phone lines are down. He pulls off a map of Perfection Valley from the wall and points out that the Graboids are heading in the direction of the town. As they are talking, Walter comes up with the name Graboids. After playing a prank on Earl, Melvin screams and they find him up a light pole. A Graboid emerges from the ground and everyone runs into Walter's store except Nestor and Melvin. The drink refrigerator turns on and starts to make a loud noise. A Graboid bursts into the store and drags Walter underground. The other Graboid breaks into the store and Earl, Valentine and Miguel climb to the roof while Rhonda climbs up a water tower. Valentine tells everyone to get onto their roofs. Burt calls Walter on the CB and Valentine tells him the Graboids are heading in his direction and to get on their roof. Heather Gummer and Burt manage to kill Graboid with an elephant rifle and tell the others they killed it, and Valentine tells them there are still two more. The Graboid that originally attacked Valentine and Earl's truck starts to attack different buildings to test their structural integrity. It pushes over Nestor's trailer and pulls him underground. Valentine calls Heather on the radio and tells her they have to leave together and before she and Burt can drive their truck to pick up the rest, a Graboid grabs it and destroys it. Earl has the idea to use the bulldozer to pull a trailer to carry everyone to safety. Miguel has the idea to use Walter's riding lawn mower to distract the Graboids while Valentine runs to the bulldozer. The lawn mower hits a berm and turns over and the Graboids race towards Valentine. Rhonda yells to Valentine to stop and breaks a pipe leading to the water tower, which attracts the Graboids. Valentine runs to the bulldozer and attaches the trailer to it and picks up the others.
Burt and Heather make pipe bombs and get into the trailer with the others. They drive towards the mountains, but before they can reach them, the Graboids set a trap and dig a pit in the direction the bulldozer is heading, causing it to crash. Burt uses a pipe bomb to make the Graboids run away, but they come back again. They use another one to make them run away while they run towards a set of boulders. Burt tells Heather that if it comes to dying by the Graboids or starvation, he plans on letting them take him while he is holding a lit pipe bomb. Earl has the idea of attracting the Graboids and then feeding them a pipe bomb. They manage to kill one, but as they try it against the last one, it spits the pipe bomb back at them. Valentine, Earl and Rhonda are forced to run off the boulder and as they try to run back, the Graboid emerges in front of them. Valentine has the idea to use himself as bait and runs towards the edge of a mesa. Earl runs after him followed by Rhonda who hands Valentine a lighter to light the fuse on the last bomb. Valentine uses the bomb to make the Graboid run towards the edge of the mesa and it falls to its death.