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* MistakenForPaedophile: When his brother complained about children ringing his doorbell, Gabriel distributed (fake) flyers informing neighbours his brother was a registered sex offender.

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* MistakenForPaedophile: MistakenForPedophile: When his brother complained about children ringing his doorbell, Gabriel distributed (fake) flyers informing neighbours his brother was a registered sex offender.
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* MistakenForPaedofile: When his brother complained about children ringing his doorbell, Gabriel distributed (fake) flyers informing neighbours his brother was a registered sex offender.

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* MistakenForPaedofile: MistakenForPaedophile: When his brother complained about children ringing his doorbell, Gabriel distributed (fake) flyers informing neighbours his brother was a registered sex offender.
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* MistakenForPedofile: When his brother complained about children ringing his doorbell, Gabriel distributed (fake) flyers informing neighbours his brother was a registered sex offender.

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* MistakenForPedofile: When his brother complained about children ringing his doorbell, Gabriel distributed (fake) flyers informing neighbours his brother was a registered sex offender.
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-> "''Like [[JulioIglesias Julio]], but bigger. Way... bigger.''"
->-- '''Fluffy''', about himself, on ''{{Equals Three}}''

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-> "''Like [[JulioIglesias [[Creator/JulioIglesias Julio]], but bigger. Way... bigger.''"
->-- '''Fluffy''', about himself, on ''{{Equals ''WebVideo/{{Equals Three}}''
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: His brother once complained about children knocking on his door trying to sell him something. Gabriel did "something", and the children stopped. While drunk, he eventually lets slip that he passed out flyers warning a registered sex offender lived at his brother's house.

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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: His brother once complained about children knocking on his door trying to sell him something. Gabriel did "something", and the children stopped. While Eventually, while drunk, he eventually lets let slip that he passed out flyers warning a registered sex offender lived at his brother's house.that address.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouAskFor: His brother once complained about children knocking on his door trying to sell him something. Gabriel did "something", and the children stopped. While drunk, he eventually lets slip that he passed out flyers warning a registered sex offender lived at his brother's house.

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* BeCarefulWhatYouAskFor: BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: His brother once complained about children knocking on his door trying to sell him something. Gabriel did "something", and the children stopped. While drunk, he eventually lets slip that he passed out flyers warning a registered sex offender lived at his brother's house.
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* BeCarefulWHatYouAskFor: His brother once complained about children knocking on his door trying to sell him something. Gabriel did "something", and the children stopped. While drunk, he eventually lets slip that he passed out flyers warning a registered sex offender lived at his brother's house.

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* BeCarefulWHatYouAskFor: BeCarefulWhatYouAskFor: His brother once complained about children knocking on his door trying to sell him something. Gabriel did "something", and the children stopped. While drunk, he eventually lets slip that he passed out flyers warning a registered sex offender lived at his brother's house.
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* BeCarefulWHatYouAskFor: His brother once complained about children knocking on his door trying to sell him something. Gabriel did "something", and the children stopped. While drunk, he eventually lets slip that he passed out flyers warning a registered sex offender lived at his brother's house.
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*** In both cases, it {{Mood Whiplash}}es [[CrossesTheLineTwice right back]], with Gabe [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl Screaming Like A Little Girl]] and quickly shutting off the radio for the former, and then Felipe [[OhCrap legitimately getting scared, and seriously asking if he was going to jail.]] [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt until the cop puts away his gun]] and quips "[[{{Troll}} Nah.]] ''[[ItAmusedMe But that was]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard funny, huh?]]''" for the later.

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*** In both cases, it {{Mood Whiplash}}es [[CrossesTheLineTwice right back]], with Gabe [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl Screaming Like A Little Girl]] and quickly shutting off the radio for the former, and then Felipe [[OhCrap legitimately getting scared, and seriously asking if he was going to jail.]] jail,]] [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt until the cop puts away his gun]] and quips "[[{{Troll}} Nah.]] ''[[ItAmusedMe But that was]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard funny, huh?]]''" for the later.
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Gabriel Iglesias is a stand-up comic known for his funny impersonations, crazy sound effects and obnoxious Hawaiian shirts. He started his career on ''Series/AllThat'' (during the time when the show's popularity was fading, as the original cast had left and the new cast was met with criticism with not being as funny as the old cast), and ended up getting specials on ComedyCentral. He's also known for his good-natured SelfDeprecation and bright attitude about being what he calls "[[BigFun fluffy]]".

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Gabriel Iglesias '''Gabriel Iglesias''' (b. 1976) is a stand-up comic known for his funny impersonations, crazy sound effects and obnoxious Hawaiian shirts. He started his career on ''Series/AllThat'' (during the time when the show's popularity was fading, as the original cast had left and the new cast was met with criticism with not being as funny as the old cast), and ended up getting specials on ComedyCentral. He's also known for his good-natured SelfDeprecation and bright attitude about being what he calls "[[BigFun fluffy]]".
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* GallowsHumor: A variation, he says that you can get out of trouble with a cop if you can make them laugh. So he once had "[[Series/{{COPS}} Bad Boys]]" blaring over his speakers when a cop pulled him over for speeding. The cop couldn't stop laughing so he sent him on his way.

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* GallowsHumor: A variation, he says that you can get out of trouble with a cop if you can make them laugh. So he once had "[[Series/{{COPS}} Bad Boys]]" blaring over his speakers when a cop pulled him over for speeding. The cop couldn't stop laughing so he sent him on his way. [[spoiler:Until Felipe decided to bring up the weed in his pocket.]]
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** In "Hot and Fluffy", he's said he's [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl turned gay for five seconds]] after having a plane drop during a lightning storm. Oh, and brought up the aforementioned accidental GayBar incident.

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** In "Hot and Fluffy", he's he said he's that he [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl turned gay for five seconds]] after having a plane drop during a lightning storm. Oh, and brought up the aforementioned accidental GayBar incident.
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* WebVideo/EpicMealTime: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87YJ5t2JQaM Fast Food Fluffy Cake]].

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* %%* WebVideo/EpicMealTime: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87YJ5t2JQaM Fast Food Fluffy Cake]].
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** Reinforced during ''The Fluffy Movie'' when Gabriel recounts how Frankie's biological father got in contact with Gabriel about seeing Frankie. When Gabriel tells him "Your dad wants to talk to you." Frankie looks at him, taps his own chest and says "I'm right here." It took a few moments to clear up the misunderstanding, but underscored that Gabriel, for all intents and purposes, is Frankie's dad.
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* MoodWhiplash: When telling the "excessive speeding" story; he has the California Highway Patrolman grooving to the theme to ''Series/{{COPS}}'', even walking to the beat of the song, but when he returns to Gabriel's car, he snaps right back into serious mode, shouting, "''SHUT IT OFF!''" at Gabriel.

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* MoodWhiplash: When telling the "excessive speeding" story; he has the California Highway Patrolman (who, by good chance, is familiar with Gabriel's act) grooving to the theme to ''Series/{{COPS}}'', even walking to the beat of the song, but when he returns to Gabriel's car, he snaps right back into serious mode, shouting, "''SHUT IT OFF!''" at Gabriel.



*** In both cases, it {{Mood Whiplash}}es [[CrossesTheLineTwice right back]], with Gabe [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl Screaming Like A Little Girl]] and quickly shutting off the radio for the former, and then Felipe [[OhCrap legitimately getting scared, and seriously asking if he was going to jail.]] [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt until the cop puts away his gun]] and quips "[[{{Troll}} Nah.]] ''[[ItAmusedMe But that was funny, huh?]]''" for the later.

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*** In both cases, it {{Mood Whiplash}}es [[CrossesTheLineTwice right back]], with Gabe [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl Screaming Like A Little Girl]] and quickly shutting off the radio for the former, and then Felipe [[OhCrap legitimately getting scared, and seriously asking if he was going to jail.]] [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt until the cop puts away his gun]] and quips "[[{{Troll}} Nah.]] ''[[ItAmusedMe But that was was]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard funny, huh?]]''" for the later.

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'''Mom:''' It's no joke, babosa, you know how much I pay for those chickens!?

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'''Mom:''' It's no joke, babosa, baboso, you know how much I pay for those chickens!?


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*MotorMouth: He can speak very fast in both english and spanish. Like when he is talking about his girlfriend's friends [[https://youtu.be/jxuLqSDi_2g?t=25m47s badmouthing him]] behind his back.
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'''Cop:''' Oh, son of a bitch!"''(Dies laughing)''

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'''Cop:''' Oh, son of a bitch!"''(Dies bitch! ''(Dies laughing)''
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* LoopholeAbuse: Played with after Gabriel was diagnosed with Type-2 Diabetes and he had to change his eating habits. He does this by still going to the same fast food places he's always gone to, but now he orders double cheeseburgers without the buns or fries (so he's just eating beef patties covered in cheese). When it gets pointed out that this is really bad for his cholesterol, he counters that diabetes was going to kill him in two years, while bad cholesterol will take ten years to do the job.
-->"Fluffy found a loophole!"
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-->'''Gabriel:''' ''(Purposefully opening the donut box)'' "'Cuz you could smell it!"
-->'''Cop:''' "Oh, son of a bitch!" ''(Dies laughing)''

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-->'''Gabriel:''' ''(Purposefully opening the donut box)'' "'Cuz 'Cuz you could smell it!"
-->'''Cop:''' "Oh,
it!\\
'''Cop:''' Oh,
son of a bitch!" ''(Dies bitch!"''(Dies laughing)''



-->'''Gabriel:''' Why did the chicken cross the road?
-->'''Mom:''' Who let out the chicken!?
-->'''Gabriel:''' It's a joke, mom.
-->'''Mom:''' It's no joke, babosa, you know how much I pay for those chickens!?

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-->'''Gabriel:''' --->'''Gabriel:''' Why did the chicken cross the road?
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road?\\
'''Mom:'''
Who let out the chicken!?
-->'''Gabriel:'''
chicken!?\\
'''Gabriel:'''
It's a joke, mom.
-->'''Mom:'''
mom.\\
'''Mom:'''
It's no joke, babosa, you know how much I pay for those chickens!?



*** In both cases, it {{MoodWhiplash}}es [[CrossesTheLineTwice right back]], with Gabe [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl Screaming Like A Little Girl]] and quickly shutting off the radio for the former, and then Felipe [[OhCrap legitimately getting scared, and seriously asking if he was going to jail.]] [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt until the cop puts away his gun]] and quips "[[{{Troll}} Nah.]] ''[[ItAmusedMe But that was funny, huh?]]''" for the later.

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*** In both cases, it {{MoodWhiplash}}es {{Mood Whiplash}}es [[CrossesTheLineTwice right back]], with Gabe [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl Screaming Like A Little Girl]] and quickly shutting off the radio for the former, and then Felipe [[OhCrap legitimately getting scared, and seriously asking if he was going to jail.]] [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt until the cop puts away his gun]] and quips "[[{{Troll}} Nah.]] ''[[ItAmusedMe But that was funny, huh?]]''" for the later.



---> '''Gabriel:''' "Yeah, let me have-"
---> '''Intercom:''' "Pull up."
---> '''Gabriel:''' "I didn't order-"
---> '''Intercom:''' "Gabriel, pull up."

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---> '''Gabriel:''' "Yeah, Yeah, let me have-"
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have-\\
'''Intercom:''' "Pull Pull up."
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'''Gabriel:''' "I I didn't order-"
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order-\\
'''Intercom:''' "Gabriel, Gabriel, pull up."

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* DisappearedDad: He did not know his dad growing up, he mostly just knew he was a Mariachi band member (who looked like the hot sauce bottles). "The Fluffy Movie" reveals he eventually made contact and they reconnected, seeing they had the exact same sense of humor.



* FormerlyFat: While still "Fluffy," he lost a lot of weight after gaining type 2 diabetes and was told he had merely a few years to live. Something of a subversion of a FunnyAneurysmMoment, as he talked in previous specials about how his weight never bothered him and he didn't want to be miserable exercising. His healthier lifestyle was for his friends, family and fans, and not his own vanity.




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* YourMom: Learns he can do this with his step-son, whenever he steps out of line. (laughing at him dancing) "All the fat is jiggling around." "Yeah, but all this fat turns your mom on."
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* ParentalSubstitute: A significant portion of his later specials is devoted to his experiences in being a father figure to Frankie, his girlfriend's son from a previous relationship. They've grown so close that Frankie calls him "Dad" and considers him his sole father even though he and his girlfriend haven't married and Frankie's biological father is alive (albeit out of the picture).

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* ParentalSubstitute: A significant portion of his later specials is devoted to his experiences in being a father figure to Frankie, his girlfriend's son from a previous relationship. They've grown so close that Frankie calls him "Dad" and considers him his sole father even though he and his girlfriend haven't hadn't at the time gotten married yet and Frankie's biological father is alive (albeit out of the picture).

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* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: In another instance with a policeman, he was pulled over for speeding. The policeman walked over, and since he usually gets off easy if he can make a cop laugh, he turned on his ''BadBoys II'' CD and blared the Series/{{COPS}} theme song. The policeman "damn near pissed himself".



* SorryILeftTheBGMOn: In another instance with a policeman, he was pulled over for speeding. The policeman walked over, and since he usually gets off easy if he can make a cop laugh, he turned on his ''BadBoys II'' CD and blared the Series/{{COPS}} theme song. The policeman "damn near pissed himself".

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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: In "Aloha Fluffy", he mentions Singapore's strict laws and specifically [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_P._Fay Michael Fay's]] caning for vandalism, but isn't accurate. He claims canings are random and done at the scene of the crime (they're not, they are a proper sentence and always conducted in prison), are given in place of jail time (they are always handed with jail sentences, never alone) and that there is no set number, just when the caner "feels" it has been enough (the court decides a specific number of strokes based on the circumstances; Fay himself was sentenced to six strokes on top of four months in prison and a fine). He also says Fay was just spray-painting buildings when Fay actually stole road signs and vandalised cars.



** In the SorryILeftTheBGMOn example below, the cop in question mentions that the only story he ever heard that was funnier than this one was the time some fat Mexican offered one of his colleagues some donuts (see DonutMessWithACop, below).

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** In the SorryILeftTheBGMOn LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn example below, the cop in question mentions that the only story he ever heard that was funnier than this one was the time some fat Mexican offered one of his colleagues some donuts (see DonutMessWithACop, below).
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* ParentalSubstitute: A significant portion of his later specials is devoted to his experiences in being a father figure to Frankie, his girlfriend's son from a previous relationship. They've grown so close that Frankie calls him "Dad" and considers him his sole father even though he and his girlfriend haven't married and Frankie's biological father is alive (albeit out of the picture).
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: He says he's always mistaken for being Hawaiian or Samoan, and dismisses the fact he wears Hawaiian shirts as the reason ("Just because someone wears a serape and a sombrero doesn't mean you'll think he's an amigo!"). He later went to Hawaii and realized they all looked like "swollen Mexicans."
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He currently has a recurring role on the Creator/{{ABC}} sitcom ''Series/{{Cristela}}''.

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** Later, he lets them go, only for Gabe's friend to run his mouth. The cop yanks out his gun and aims it at Gabe's friend, who continues to be a smartass until the cop pulls a DramaticGunCock and tells him he's going to jail.

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** Later, he lets them go, only for Gabe's friend Felipe to run his mouth. The cop yanks out his gun and aims it at Gabe's friend, Felipe, who continues to be a smartass until the cop pulls a DramaticGunCock and tells him he's going to jail.
*** In both cases, it {{MoodWhiplash}}es [[CrossesTheLineTwice right back]], with Gabe [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl Screaming Like A Little Girl]] and quickly shutting off the radio for the former, and then Felipe [[OhCrap legitimately getting scared, and seriously asking if he was going to
jail.]] [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt until the cop puts away his gun]] and quips "[[{{Troll}} Nah.]] ''[[ItAmusedMe But that was funny, huh?]]''" for the later.
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* YouAreFat: Got really drunk at his high school reunion and was then forced to go up on stage due to being the celebrity of the class. In front of everyone, he called out two women who turned him down for dates and told them that they had gotten fat. When one of them shouted "You're fat too!" he said "I know, but I was fat in high school. I kept ''my'' figure, why couldn't you?"
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[[caption-width-right:201:The last thing a (piece of) chocolate cake will ever see.]]

-> "''Like [[JulioIglesias Julio]], but bigger. Way... bigger.''"
->-- '''Fluffy''', about himself, on ''{{Equals Three}}''

Gabriel Iglesias is a stand-up comic known for his funny impersonations, crazy sound effects and obnoxious Hawaiian shirts. He started his career on ''Series/AllThat'' (during the time when the show's popularity was fading, as the original cast had left and the new cast was met with criticism with not being as funny as the old cast), and ended up getting specials on ComedyCentral. He's also known for his good-natured SelfDeprecation and bright attitude about being what he calls "[[BigFun fluffy]]".

All of the hilarious stories he tells have basis in truth. He happens to live a quite crazy life and draws from these experiences. He also likes chocolate cake and is delighted and surprised when fans bring it to him.

Has a [[http://fluffyguy.com/ website]].

Has a show called [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0xgjD5ECcg Gabriel Iglesias' Stand-Up Revolution]].

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* AlwaysABiggerFish: Gabriel sells T-shirts after his shows emblazoned with "I'm Not Fat, I'm Fluffy", sized up to XXXXXXL. After one show he found himself confronted by a Level 6 (see below), who was upset that ''he couldn't find a T-shirt big enough to fit him''. Gabriel's shocked response? "I didn't know they made you!"
* AssShove: One of his routines relates his trip to the doctor with a complaint of "I can't fart." The doctor examines him, described only as "I'm not gonna tell you what he did, but you know what he did" and diagnoses him with a blockage, easily remedied with an enema.
* TheBear: When Gabriel found out that he has a huge following in the bear community, [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity Ensued]]. [[http://youtu.be/ti0ABE0cxbM See it here!]]
* BigFun: See his list of the levels of fatness at FatBastard below.
* BilingualBackfire: At one point when Franky was late for school, Gabriel tried to drop him off in the front of the school only for the principal to show up and tell him it wasn't the designated area. [[ForTheLulz In response to this, Gabriel began talking to her in very fast Spanish.]] [[spoiler: Only for the principal not only to understand this, but give him very clear instructions of how this wasn't the designated drop off area, where the correct area ''was'', [[TakeThat followed up by telling him (in Spanish) that she was not stupid.]]]]
** Happens again when he introduces his then-girlfriend (now wife) to his mother for the first time. His mom complained (in Spanish) that he brought home a white girl... only to be shocked when she spoke the same language.[[note]]She is Mexican, but light-skinned.[[/note]]
* BilingualBonus: Moves seamlessly between English and Spanish in his shows.
* BrickJoke: "But it was funny, huh?" [[spoiler:To wit: Cop pulls over Gabe, his friends, and Felipe, whose purpose in life is to get Gabe in humungous trouble and he does so by antagonizing the cop. Gabe tells a joke, leading to the first "But it was funny, huh". After the situation's defused and he gets away scot-free for making the cop laugh, the friend jokes about pot in his pocket. The cop PULLS OUT HIS PIECE AND POINTS IT AT HIS FRIEND, screaming that just because Gabe got off lightly doesn't mean the friend will, too... and the friend promptly cries, asking if he's going to jail. "Nope! But it was funny, huh?"]]
** In the SorryILeftTheBGMOn example below, the cop in question mentions that the only story he ever heard that was funnier than this one was the time some fat Mexican offered one of his colleagues some donuts (see DonutMessWithACop, below).
** In his next special: His girlfriend begins to freak out when Franky starts to experience signs puberty is setting its course and he tells her "Don't worry, I'll be the man, I'll take care of it" to calm her down. This comes back later to bite him in the ass when Franky asks what a hooker is and his girlfriend echoes his promise word for word. [[spoiler: He gets his revenge though, by telling him [[TakeThat "You wanna know what a hooker is? Those are your mom's friends."]], causing Franky to chime "hookers are here!" every time they visit them.]]
** It's become a BrickJoke, but it was actually explained in one of his much earlier appearances. [[spoiler: After enduring too many of his friend's 'but it was funny, huh?' comments after doing something dumb and attracting the attention of the police at a border checkpoint, Gabriel and another friend traveling with him decide they're going to get one back on him--and while his friend is sleeping in his hotel room, continually call his room pretending to be the front desk ordering him to keep the noise down and that other guests are complaining. After one of these calls (Gabriel using his great voice repertoire) a 'Damn Mexicans' is added, which sets off his buddy. Who promptly charges downstairs and in the middle of the lobby starts shouting about how this hotel is full of racists--a rant that ends with Gabriel revealing the identity of the caller, delivering a "Hello, sir?" in the same nasal voice. Cue a well-deserved and triumphant 'But it was funny, huh?' from Gabriel.]]
** At the end of the "I'm Not Fat, I'm Fluffy" special, Gabriel has to call On-Star to report his car stolen, getting Kim. She asks for his name since his ID card is chewed up, he gives it... and [[{{Beat}} there's a prolonged silence]]. Thinking the call dropped, he asks a few times whether she's there, [[spoiler: then she says in the SassyBlackWoman tone "Do you spell that wit' a I?" He quickly hangs up, then calls back using the ''Spanish'' line this time, gets through, and "I speak Spanish too, [[PrecisionFStrike motherfucker!]]"]]
** The SassyBlackWoman hotel concierge makes a very brief 'cameo appearance' in ''The Fluffy Movie'': [[spoiler:when explaining the distinctive way that Indians move their heads when they speak, he points out that many cultures have idiosyncrasies like that and throws in a quick "I heard da ''bell!"'' when demonstrating the mannerisms of black people.]]
* CrossesTheLineTwice: Deliberately invoked and lampshaded in the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbppTv4pCGQ Racist Gift Basket]] routine, which Gabe acknowledged as screwed up. ''Several'' times. It's even lampshaded by the target of the joke.
* DonutMessWithACop: Twice. He's had many encounters with the police, but on one occasion made an illegal turn out of a Krispy Kreme and got caught. The policeman pulled him over and asked the obligatory, "You know why I pulled you over?"
-->'''Gabriel:''' ''(Purposefully opening the donut box)'' "'Cuz you could smell it!"
-->'''Cop:''' "Oh, son of a bitch!" ''(Dies laughing)''
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Once he and a friend were riding a log flume ride at an amusement park, and his friend dared him to flash the camera that takes pictures as they go downhill. So they both lifted up their shirts, and are then pulled aside by security as they exited the ride. They think they're busted, until the security guard asks them if they "know where these two women went." Apparently:
-->"When you've got two big fluffy guys like us, going downhill at a steep angle, we look like sexy bitches!"
* WebVideo/EpicMealTime: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87YJ5t2JQaM Fast Food Fluffy Cake]].
* FatAndProud
* FatBastard: Noted here:
-->I used to say that there were five levels of fatness--the original five are 'big', 'healthy', 'husky', 'fluffy', and 'Daaayum!'". [[UpToEleven People asked, what could be bigger than 'Daaayum!'? The new level is called 'Aw, HELL naw!']]
** He used to believe that the absolute biggest people could go was 'Daaayum'! After countless shows and demands by angry fat people as to why there's nothing beyond that scale, he still can't believe there are people THAT MUCH FATTER than him.
** Compared to "Daayum", in which people mistook you for an amusement park ride, "Aw, HELL naw!" comes with Godzilla sounds. Gabe was ''damn sure'' the elevator he was in would collapse if they let him in.
* FauxYay: In his special "I'm Not Fat... I'm Fluffy", he talked about getting drunk in El Paso and ending up at a gay club. When he realized where he was and realized that guys were checking him out, he embraced it, putting his hands on his hips and going "Shoot..." in fairly [[CampGay camp]] manner. He even went so far as to call his girlfriend to say, "You better not mess up, because I have options."
** In "Hot and Fluffy", he's said he's [[ScreamsLikeALittleGirl turned gay for five seconds]] after having a plane drop during a lightning storm. Oh, and brought up the aforementioned accidental GayBar incident.
** He tends to scream like a woman a lot during his routines.
* FetishFuel: For him, it's all about food. Especially: [[invoked]]
-->"''Chooooooocolate.... caaaaaaaaake.....''"
* ForTheLulz: Gabriel's friend Felipe frequently pulls off really dickish pranks that (either almost or actually) get the whole bunch of them in serious trouble. His justification when they bitch him out later? "[[WorthIt But it was funny, huh?]]" It later bites him in the ass.
* ForeignCussWord: He has said ''puta'' and ''cabrón'' various times.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Gabriel's stories tend to paint Felipe as this, given how much trouble he gets everyone into.
* FunWithForeignLanguages: Gabriel recounts a trip to the Arizona Mall, which greets its visitors:
-->(group of white shoppers enters) *chime* "Welcome to the Arizona Mall." \\
(Gabe and his friends enter) *chime* "Bienvenido al Centro Comercial de Arizona." \\
(group of black men enter) *chime* Yo dawg, welcome to the mall!"
** He recounts calling up Gatorland in Florida, where the Spanish hotline consisted of "I don't speak Spanish, but I'm sure you'll love this park."
* HappilyMarried: His girlfriend first mentioned in his second DVD special is now his wife. The fact that by his 2013 special he only had 7 stories about her indicates how jolly the marriage is in general.
* HulaAndLuaus[=/=]AlohaHawaii: He recounts being mistaken for Hawaiian constantly (due to his Hawaiian shirt and size). He was perplexed and annoyed by people asking this... until he actually ''went'' to Hawai'i and found out why (they all, quote, "look like swollen Mexicans" and are fluffy like him!)
** He later did a special in Honolulu that poked fun at Hawai'i life.
* GallowsHumor: A variation, he says that you can get out of trouble with a cop if you can make them laugh. So he once had "[[Series/{{COPS}} Bad Boys]]" blaring over his speakers when a cop pulled him over for speeding. The cop couldn't stop laughing so he sent him on his way.
* {{Gangbangers}}: His routine sketch involves an anecdote when he used to drive a tiny Volkswagen Beetle, and getting made fun of by some Mexican gangbangers for somehow fitting in a Beetle.
-->Eyyyyyy! How you get in there, Ese!?
** Then he modifies it, complete with "La Cucaracha" car horn - and he's '''still''' made fun of.
---> Eyyyyy! It's [[Film/TheFastAndTheFurious The Fat and the Furious]]!
* IAmBigBoned[=/=]InsistentTerminology: He's not fat, he's fluffy! Subverted in other jokes, in which he mocks his own weight.
** Also with InsistentTerminology: "I AM '''NOT''' A STRIPPER, OK?!?! I'm... An '''''entertainer'''''."
---> '''Gabriel:''' ''Noooooooo,'' cochina.[[note]]female pig[[/note]] '''''I'm''''' an entertainer. And you're ''nasty''.
* MamaBear: Gabriel's girlfriend reacts this way at Gabriel one time when he gets upset and yells at her son.
* ManOfAThousandVoices: Okay, not a ''thousand'' voices, but he certainly can do a couple dozen. Each and every one is made according to the RuleOfFunny.
* MommasBoy: In two of his specials he takes time out of the act to draw attention to his mother in the audience, and speaks lovingly about her. He says he owes a lot to her in other specials, because he feels she's the reason why he's successful--if he can't make his mom laugh with a joke, the joke isn't funny.
** Of course, he's also pointed out that she sometimes doesn't get the joke because she's LiteralMinded with her son.
-->'''Gabriel:''' Why did the chicken cross the road?
-->'''Mom:''' Who let out the chicken!?
-->'''Gabriel:''' It's a joke, mom.
-->'''Mom:''' It's no joke, babosa, you know how much I pay for those chickens!?
* MoodWhiplash: When telling the "excessive speeding" story; he has the California Highway Patrolman grooving to the theme to ''Series/{{COPS}}'', even walking to the beat of the song, but when he returns to Gabriel's car, he snaps right back into serious mode, shouting, "''SHUT IT OFF!''" at Gabriel.
** Later, he lets them go, only for Gabe's friend to run his mouth. The cop yanks out his gun and aims it at Gabe's friend, who continues to be a smartass until the cop pulls a DramaticGunCock and tells him he's going to jail.
* RetroactiveWish: In one of his first routines, Gabriel talked about how much he loved chocolate cake; since then, people have brought him chocolate cake when they go to his shows. This caused one of his friends to ask, "Why didn't you do a joke about hookers?" and his girlfriend's son to say, "You should say you ''love'' {{Transformers}}."
* SassyBlackWoman: During the Racist Gift Basket portion--complete with "You need Jesus". A different one shows up in his "I'm Not Fat, I'm Fluffy" special, who had very little patience for his checking in at the hotel at 1 AM.
--> Wit' an I!? But you said [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Eee-glesias]]. You didn't say eye-glesias, you said Eee-glesias! Whatever you say, it's yo' damn name - Mister Eee-glesias wit' an I!
* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: A sudden loss of altitude in a plane tends to do that to you. In fact, Gabriel loves to pulls off the excited scream in his shows, usually during impersonations.
* SorryILeftTheBGMOn: In another instance with a policeman, he was pulled over for speeding. The policeman walked over, and since he usually gets off easy if he can make a cop laugh, he turned on his ''BadBoys II'' CD and blared the Series/{{COPS}} theme song. The policeman "damn near pissed himself".
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: One routine revolved around an especially sassy black woman working at a hotel front desk--whose Spanish was lacking, apparently--miffed about his name being spelled "Iglesias" despite having a long "E" sound in English.
** Also, his legal name is Gabriel Igle'''c'''ias. Professionally, he spells it with two s's for simplicity's sake.
* TruthInTelevision: In ''Hot and Fluffy'', he recites being told about a Floridian theme park revolving around gators, [[CaptainObvious called Gatorland]], in which pressing the option for Spanish when calling the theme park results in a "I don't speak Spanish, but I'm sure you'll love this park." The park actually did have the Spanish option that actually said this, but it was eventually removed.
* ViolationOfCommonSense: During the traffic stop story, Gabriel and his buddies manage to get off scot-free after doing over ''100'' on the freeway by making the cop laugh... which should have gotten them tossed in jail. He even says, "I don't know what possessed me to look at [the California highway patrolman] and ask, 'Why?'"
* VocalDissonance: One routine relates how Gabe once toyed with a fast food drive-through by ordering in a voice that sounded more like a [[ValleyGirl perky white girl]] than a large male Latino, and then pulled up with a tough-looking "gangsta" face to receive his food. Upon being offered a condiment, he flipped back to the perky female voice with, "OMIGAWD, yes!"
** Subverted at all the fast food drive-thrus near his house. They recognize him despite the usual perky female voice he uses:
---> '''Gabriel:''' "Yeah, let me have-"
---> '''Intercom:''' "Pull up."
---> '''Gabriel:''' "I didn't order-"
---> '''Intercom:''' "Gabriel, pull up."
* WorthIt: "But it was funny, huh?"

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