History Characters / ElChavoDelOcho

* FakeNationality: Angelines Fernandez is a Spanish actress portraying a Mexican woman.

* ItsAllAboutMe: In one of his dates with Doña Florinda, he said he'd like to talk about her. He wanted to know what she thought of him; how she felt about him; and so forth.

* CannotSpitItOut: He once asked Don Ramón for help because he wants to declare his love to Doña Florinda, only to be stopped by his own shyness.

* DuelToTheDeath: Invites Don Ramón to one, but El Chavo interrupts it striking the profesor from behind.

* {{Hypocrite}} : Says violence isn't an option and it's barbaric, but uses it against Don Ramón and assists Doña Florinda in using it. Every single time, it's due to a misunderstanding in which Don Ramón took no part.

--> '''Don Ramón''': ''(To Doña Florinda)'' He's talking to you.

* HopelessSuitor: Chilindrina has a crush on Chavo, but he doesn't want her and has a crush on Paty instead.
* {{Hypocrite}}: In one episode, Quico asks for the two pesos he lent Chilindrina, but she tells him that monetary matters are not to be discussed in front of other people. She then walks a few feet, towards El Chavo and asks him when he'll repay the peso she lent him the day before.

* DoWrongRight: She often chastises El Chavo when he's about to punch Quico out for something, before giving him a brick or another object so he can hit Quico harder.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "El Chavo" is a mexican slang for "kid" or "brat". His real name is unknown, but implied to be "Vincent."

* StreetUrchin: El Chavo arrived at the vecindad at around 4 years old, and never met his parents.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: Has both his mannerisms and looks (Bar the moustache) of his father. He even wears a Fauntleroy-style sailor suit that makes a perfect echo to the late sailor.

* IResembleThatRemark: Quico has accidentally acknowledged his own idiocy several times. For example, when El Chavo suggested Quico that he should wish for himself to stop being dumb, he corrects El Chavo by stating he cannot wish for impossibilities.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: He would use his large bouncy ball to hit people over the head. It's especially noteworthy in the episode where the kids think the vecindad is haunted and they grab things to defend themselves from the ghost. While Chavo uses a broom and Chilindrina uses a frying pan, Quico used his rubber ball. Ironically enough, it seemed to actually hurt most of the time.

* CannotTellAJoke: Or take one. According to El Chavo, Quico has told him countless jokes, but not a single good one. Then, he tries to tell his pet cat a joke, but it runs away before telling a second one.

* RageBreakingPoint: After being abused an entire episode, Don Ramón accidentally pinches him in the arm. Mr. Barriga responds by hitting him and then falling on top of him, flattening him.

** He forgives all of Don Ramón's due months of rent in one episode on the basis that if he evicts him, he and La Chilindrina will have no other place to live.

* ButtMonkey: A recurring joke is that El Chavo will accidentally hit him as soon as he enters the vecindad. Ocassionally he brings protection - only for El Chavo to hit him as soon as he takes that protection off.

** In the second Ramoncito episode, when Quico suggests giving his dog a bath, El Chavo expresses pity and wonders if it did anything wrong.

* BookDumb: The biggest one in the series along with Quico. He doesn't do well in school and will often get expressions or certain words wrong, needing someone else to correct him. He'll usually try to use his hunger as an excuse, but no one buys it.

* AccidentalAimingSkills: If someone is approaching the vecindad, it's almost a certainty that El Chavo will accidentally hit them (either with a football, a number of other blunt objects or when trying to hit Quico with said objects), with Señor Barriga and to a lesser extent Don Ramón as the frequent victims. Lampshaded one time he said that "it wasn't his fault that he had such a good aim", [[DiggingYourselfDeeper causing Señor Barriga to think that he hit him on purpose]].

--> '''Don Ramón:''' ''(To La Chilindrina, when she states he does not do any exercise)'' In case you have forgotten, I ran five laps around the block yesterday, and very quickly at that!\\
'''La Chilindrina:''' Yeah, because Doña Florinda was chasing you...

* BornUnlucky: The biggest example in the show. His wife died giving birth to his daughter before the beginning of the show, he has a big debt with Señor Barriga (14 months of rent) and it's implied he has debts with more people (even with El Chavo). He doesn't have a job, although it's pretty clear it's his own fault due to his laziness. He always gets slapped by Doña Florinda, even when undeserving of it, as well as being the main victim of El Chavo's AccidentalAimingSkills. Not to mention he has to deal with Quico constantly annoying him, and his own daughter's constant lack of respect and money-begging.

* MistakenForGay: In the episode "La declaración de amor" (1974), Don Ramón is helping Profesor Jirafales to confess his love to Doña Florinda. Chavo and Quico accidentally listen the dialogue and think both are having a romance.

'''Chilindrina:''' But daddy, if being a woman she already hits you like that... If she were a man, you'd be at the cemetery by now!

* WrongGenreSavvy: In the episode "Corto Circuito" Don Ramón gets angry because he is unable to watch the Football match. Then he destroys his TV thinking it's not working anymore. Moments later La Chilindrina says there is a blackout in the vecindad. Don Ramón quickly regrets what he did and spent the rest of episode (and the following one) trying to fix his TV.

* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: She rarely gets a punishment for her acts, but there have been exceptions. The more noteworthy moments include:

* MoralMyopia: Whenever Doña Florinda makes a condescending statement about her neighbors, or downright insults them to their face, it's very accurate statement about the situation around her. Whenever she gets called out on it, or someone responds with a similar insult, then it is BlatantLies that must be disproven by "real facts" or, usually with Don Ramón, justified violence.

* DubNameChange: Renamed to "Chiquinha" in the Brazilian Portuguese dub. In some of the earliest dubs, her name was instead translated to "Francisquinha" (both names derivating from the female name "Francisca"), most likely due to that name having the same number of syllables as "Chilindrina".