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* WhiteSheep: At the beginning considerated the BlackSheep for his father for being gay (and the reason he was expelled from the family), Ariel Mercader demonstrates being the best of the seven brothers, having the three minors being loyal to him. Also, he's the only Mercader that became a Cardiologist as his father wanted.
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* WhiteSheep: At the beginning considerated considered the BlackSheep for by his father for being gay (and the reason he was expelled from the family), Ariel Mercader demonstrates being the best of the seven brothers, having the three minors being loyal to him. Also, he's the only Mercader that became a Cardiologist as his father wanted.
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Despite of having its own article in Spanish, Wiki/TheOtherWiki Website/TheOtherWiki made articles in other languages, like in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machos_(TV_series) English]].
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* GayAesop: When Ariel reveals that he is gay to his brothers, he finds different degrees of homophobia from them, although sooner or later almost everyone accepts it.
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* SocietyMarchesOn: Being made in 2003, various of ''Machos''' themes now are controversial because of the changed values and the "[[CulturePolice cancel culture]]" prominent since TheNewTens now that the teleserie is being re-emitted in 2021.
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* SelfImposedExile: After being expelled from the family by his ArchnemesisDad, Ariel Mercader decided to self-exile to Spain, coming back several years later, when the series starts [[RightfulKingReturns to claim his last name back]].
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Mercader family.
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* BrokenPedestal: Angel was a fatherly figure for the Mercader brothers in general, but with the time they got dissapointed with him at the point of leaving him behind.
* TheCasanova: Angel is implied to be this before he was married, but his son Alex certainly is one, flirting and dating with 3-4 girls of the teleserie, even ''at the same time''.
* CainAndAbel: Alex and Adan, also doubling with FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling.
* TheCasanova: Angel is implied to be this before he was married, but his son Alex certainly is one, flirting and dating with 3-4 girls of the teleserie, even ''at the same time''.
* CainAndAbel: Alex and Adan, also doubling with FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling.
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* [[spoiler:DaughterOfAWhore: Alicia Mercader, probably the reason why Angel never recognized her ([[HeManWomanHater apart of don't be a male child]].)]]
* DisappearedDad: Madona, Antonio's LoveInterest is the sole child of a domestic maid, who's very [[MyBelovedSmother overprotective]] and DoesNotLikeMen, which makes conflicts with her daughter and Antonio.
* DisappearedDad: Madona, Antonio's LoveInterest is the sole child of a domestic maid, who's very [[MyBelovedSmother overprotective]] and DoesNotLikeMen, which makes conflicts with her daughter and Antonio.
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* AFamilyAffair: A controversial example, in which Angel not just cheats his own wife, but his older son Alonso with the woman who has his lover. [[spoiler:Which became in the end in ADeadlyAffair after Alonso discovered the infidelity and went DrivenToSuicide.]]
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Ángel Mercader, he is tremendously sexist (he believes that it is humiliating that a man is unemployed and his wife is the one who works, and if a woman expresses professional ambitions, she believes that she is trying to usurp the place of a man), it is also very homophobic, especially with Ariel, his gay son
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Now that the teleserie has been emitted once again and not all public saw it in 2003, various unmarked {{spoiler}}s can be found here, so read with caution. '''Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned'''.
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* SocietyMarchesOn: Being made in 2003, various of ''Machos''' themes now are controversial because of the changed values and the "[[CulturePolice cancel culture]]" prominent since TheNewtens TheNewTens now that the teleserie is being re-emitted in 2021.
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Although it uploaded complete in the channel's [=YouTube=] account, the telenovela was re-emitted on Canal 13 since January 2021, following a tendence of re-emitting past famous telenovelas due to the lack of new content because of the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic.
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The telenovela was a sensation in its time because of the treatment of taboo themes, like UsefulNotes/{{homosexual}}ity (not taken like a joke as in the past), [[HeManWomanHater misogyny]], [[TestosteronePoisoning toxic masculinity]] and [[YourCheatingHeart infidelity]], apart of having a [[ChromosomeCasting casting starred of men only]], something unused and unexpected for the time. And not just for the public, the critics also praised the telenovela and gained diverse prizes in its time, and until today is a CultClassic in Chile and considered one of the best telenovelas of all time.
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The telenovela was a sensation in its time because of the treatment of taboo themes, like UsefulNotes/{{homosexual}}ity (not taken like a joke as in the past), [[HeManWomanHater misogyny]], [[TestosteronePoisoning toxic masculinity]] and [[YourCheatingHeart infidelity]], infidelity, apart of having a [[ChromosomeCasting casting starred of men only]], something unused and unexpected for the time. And not just for the public, the critics also praised the telenovela and gained diverse prizes in its time, and until today is a CultClassic in Chile and considered one of the best telenovelas of all time.
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* BigGood: Alonso is considerated as this, probably one of the best Mercader along with Ariel, but sadly also is TheIngenue (see YourCheatingHeart).
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* YourCheatingHeart: One of the main themes of this telenovela.
** Starting for the patriarch Angel, who has an affair with Sonia for 12 years and his wife Valentina knows nothing. And either his first son Alonso, who ''has a relationship'' with Sonia.
** Alex is the womanizer of the seven brothers, trying to conquer the heart of Fernanda but getting affair with two other women, one of them the best friend's girlfriend. ''All at the same time''.
** Amaro is [[TeacherStudentRomance in love with a college's teacher]], and to hide it picks up another student as his girlfriend (who's in love with him and knows nothing about his teacher).
** Starting for the patriarch Angel, who has an affair with Sonia for 12 years and his wife Valentina knows nothing. And either his first son Alonso, who ''has a relationship'' with Sonia.
** Alex is the womanizer of the seven brothers, trying to conquer the heart of Fernanda but getting affair with two other women, one of them the best friend's girlfriend. ''All at the same time''.
** Amaro is [[TeacherStudentRomance in love with a college's teacher]], and to hide it picks up another student as his girlfriend (who's in love with him and knows nothing about his teacher).
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* JoblessParentDrama: The show shows one of the Mercader brothers, Armando, as a FamilyMan who got jobless at the start of the telenovela, becoming a HouseHusband and with his wife as the only person of his family who has a job and [[HenpeckedHusband because of this being diminished by her with the time]].
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* MachoLatino: ''Machos'' is about a patriarchy of only men. Although every member of the Mercader family has a different and distinctive male stereotype, the father and one of the sons can be marked under this stereotype as the "machos" of this Chilean telenovela.
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The telenovela was a sensation in its time because of the treatment of taboo themes, like UsefulNotes/{{Homosexual}}ity UsefulNotes/{{homosexual}}ity (not taken like a joke as in the past), [[MachoMachoMan Machism]] [[HeManWomanHater misogyny]], [[TestosteronePoisoning toxic masculinity]] and [[YourCheatingHeart Infidelity]], infidelity]], apart of having a [[ChromosomeCasting casting starred of men only]], something unused and unexpected for the time. And not just for the public, the critics also praised the telenovela and gained diverse prizes in its time, and until today is a CultClassic in Chile and considered one of the best telenovelas of all time.
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* AllWomenAreLustful: With some counted exceptions, the women of the telenovela seems all attracted with Mercader family, usually rounded around them.
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* AllWomenAreLustful: With some counted exceptions, the women of the telenovela seems all attracted with to the Mercader family, usually rounded around them.
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* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: In the end, Alonso discovers the affair of Sonia with his father (who also cheated his mother), and the shock was enough to be DrivenBySuicide. And that's the break point for the rest of the brothers and left Angel finally alone. Apart of that, all the brothers solve their conflicts and is Alicia who finally bonds everything and makes her brothers to come back to the father and be a family again.]]
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* [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: In BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:In the end, Alonso discovers the affair of Sonia with his father (who also cheated his mother), and the shock was enough to be DrivenBySuicide. And that's the break point for the rest of the brothers and left Angel finally alone. Apart of that, all the brothers solve their conflicts and is Alicia who finally bonds everything and makes her brothers to come back to the father and be a family again.]]
* ThePatriarch: Angel Mercader.
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** The matriarch Valentina Fernandez is considered as this for the family, as well the nanny Imelda, her right hand.
** [[spoiler:Alicia, the only Mercader offspring that is a woman and wants to claim her position as a Mercader like her brothers.]]
** The matriarch Valentina Fernandez is considered as this for the family, as well the nanny Imelda, her right hand.
** [[spoiler:Alicia, the only Mercader offspring that is a woman and wants to claim her position as a Mercader like her brothers.]]
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* FakeOutFadeOut: All audience thought the telenovela ends [[spoiler:with the death of the matriarch Valentina]], but in reality [[spoiler:the recent-discovered Alicia Mercader takes the telenovela further and she becomes the focus of the rest of it.]]
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* GoodParents: Valentina fernandez, the matriarch of the Mercader family, is the perfect mother, worried about her children and accepting them with all their defects and problems, including Ariel [[spoiler:and Alicia]], being loved equally by all her children and all the people who surrounds her. [[spoiler:Which makes feel us terrible when [[TearJerker she finally dies by breast cancer in the middle of the telenovela]].]]
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* GoodParents: Valentina fernandez, Fernandez, the matriarch of the Mercader family, is the perfect mother, worried about her children and accepting them with all their defects and problems, including Ariel [[spoiler:and Alicia]], being loved equally by all her children and all the people who surrounds her. [[spoiler:Which makes feel us terrible when [[TearJerker she finally dies by breast cancer in the middle of the telenovela]].]]
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* [[spoiler:BitersweetEnding: [[spoiler:BittersweetEnding: In the end, Alonso discovers the affair of Sonia with his father (who also cheated his mother), and the shock was enough to be DrivenBySuicide. And that's the break point for the rest of the brothers and left Angel finally alone. Apart of that, all the brothers solve their conflicts and is Alicia who finally bonds everything and makes her brothers to come back to the father and be a family again.]]
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* AllWomenAreLustful: With some counted exceptions, the women of the telenovela seems all attracted with Mercader family, usually rounded around them.
* [[spoiler:BitersweetEnding: In the end, Alonso discovers the affair of Sonia with his father (who also cheated his mother), and the shock was enough to be DrivenBySuicide. And that's the break point for the rest of the brothers and left Angel finally alone. Apart of that, all the brothers solve their conflicts and is Alicia who finally bonds everything and makes her brothers to come back to the father and be a family again.]]
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* GoodParents: Valentina, the matriarch of the Mercader, is the perfect mother, worried about her children and accepting them with all their defects and problems, including Ariel [[spoiler:and Alicia]], being loved equally by all her children and all the people who surrounds her. [[spoiler:Which makes feel us terrible when [[TearJerker she finally dies by breast cancer in the middle of the telenovela]].]]
* HenpeckedHusband: Armando, the only married son at the beginning of the story goes unemployed and comes back to the Mercader's house with his wife and son, being the HouseHusband of his own family and lessened by his wife, the only member who has a job.
* HenpeckedHusband: Armando, the only married son at the beginning of the story goes unemployed and comes back to the Mercader's house with his wife and son, being the HouseHusband of his own family and lessened by his wife, the only member who has a job.
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* GoodParents: Valentina, Valentina fernandez, the matriarch of the Mercader, Mercader family, is the perfect mother, worried about her children and accepting them with all their defects and problems, including Ariel [[spoiler:and Alicia]], being loved equally by all her children and all the people who surrounds her. [[spoiler:Which makes feel us terrible when [[TearJerker she finally dies by breast cancer in the middle of the telenovela]].]]
* HenpeckedHusband: Armando, the only married son at the beginning of the story goes unemployed and comes back to the Mercader's house with his wife and son, being the HouseHusband of his own family and lessened by his wife, the only member of his family whohas get a job.
* HenpeckedHusband: Armando, the only married son at the beginning of the story goes unemployed and comes back to the Mercader's house with his wife and son, being the HouseHusband of his own family and lessened by his wife, the only member of his family who
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* LetterMotif: For some strange reason, Angel named all his sons with the letter A as himself: Alonso, Armando, Ariel, Alex, Adan, Amaro and Antonio. [[spoiler:And also includes Alicia, the only daughter of the family.]]
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Adan has traumas with his sexuality ([[AbusiveParents thanks to his father, of course]]) that makes him a 26yo-virgin, which later is discovered he has {{UST}} thanks to the trauma. This is a problem for him because he's probably one of the hottest Mercader brothers and has a fame between women in the telenovela because of his hotness.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Ariel Mercader, the only of the brothers that used the hair almost shoulder-length. And that's [[LongHairIsFeminine the only indicative he's gay]].
* PromotionToParent: Although Angel doesn't abandoned his children (or maybe some of them), the first son Alonso is the fatherly figure for most of the brothers, being considerated as a "[[ParentalSubstitute second father]]" for most of them.
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Adan has traumas with his sexuality ([[AbusiveParents thanks to his father, of course]]) that makes him a 26yo-virgin, which later is discovered he has {{UST}} thanks to the trauma. This is a problem for him because he's probably one of the hottest Mercader brothers and has a fame between women in the telenovela because of his hotness.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Ariel Mercader, the only of the brothers that used the hair almost shoulder-length. And that's [[LongHairIsFeminine the only indicative he's gay]].
* PromotionToParent: Although Angel doesn't abandoned his children (or maybe some of them), the first son Alonso is the fatherly figure for most of the brothers, being considerated as a "[[ParentalSubstitute second father]]" for most of them.
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* LetterMotif: For some strange unknown reason, Angel named all his sons with the letter A as himself: Alonso, Armando, Ariel, Alex, Adan, Amaro and Antonio. [[spoiler:And also includes Alicia, the only daughter of the family.]]
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Adan has traumas with his sexuality ([[AbusiveParents thanks to his father, of course]]) that makes him a 26yo-virgin, which later is discovered he has {{UST}} thanks to the trauma. This is a problem for him because he's probably one of the hottest Mercader brothers and [[AllWomenAreLustful has a fame between women in the telenovela because of hishotness.
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* LongHairedPrettyBoy:Ariel Mercader, Ariel, the only of the brothers that used the hair almost shoulder-length. And that's [[LongHairIsFeminine the only indicative he's gay]].
* ManlyGay: If Ariel doesn't reveal he's gay, probably none of the audience would know it. Being a StraightGay, Ariel is so masculine as any of the Mercader brothers.
* PromotionToParent: Although Angel doesn't abandoned his children (or maybe some of them), the first son Alonso is the fatherly figure formost of the brothers, being considerated as a "[[ParentalSubstitute second father]]" for most of them.
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Adan has traumas with his sexuality ([[AbusiveParents thanks to his father, of course]]) that makes him a 26yo-virgin, which later is discovered he has {{UST}} thanks to the trauma. This is a problem for him because he's probably one of the hottest Mercader brothers and [[AllWomenAreLustful has a fame between women in the telenovela because of his
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* ManlyGay: If Ariel doesn't reveal he's gay, probably none of the audience would know it. Being a StraightGay, Ariel is so masculine as any of the Mercader brothers.
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* RightfulKingReturns: Being expelled from the family and self-exiled in Spain, Ariel Mercader comes back to Chile to claim his position as a Mercader. [[spoiler:Same for Alicia Mercader, who claims her place in the family in the middle of the telenovela.]]
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''Machos'' was a famous Chilean {{telenovela}} emitted in 2003 that was a revelation of the TurnOfTheMillennium not just in Chile, the telenovela was emmited in diverse countries (not just in South America), various of them redubbed because of the Chilean slangs, and even has a Mexican remake in 2005 (made because strangely [[NoExportForYou Mexico was the only country where the telenovela wasn't emitted]]).
The story is about the Mercader family, a patriarchy of only men, with seven sons [[spoiler:and an illegitimate daughter]] with the mother of them as the sole woman of the family[[spoiler: (that, until TheReveal of the daughter during the telenovela)]]. The patriarch, Angel Mercader, is a machist womanizer who tried to subjugate all his sons during the course of the telenovela, with some of them being loyal to his father and other who opposed him, as well the conflicts between the brothers and their relationship with women.
The telenovela was a sensation in its time because of the treatment of taboo themes, like UsefulNotes/{{Homosexual}}ity (not taken like a joke as in the past), [[MachoMachoMan Machism]] and [[YourCheatingHeart Infidelity]], apart of having a [[ChromosomeCasting casting starred of men only]], something unused and unexpected for the time. And not just for the public, the critics also praised the telenovela and gained diverse prizes in its time, and until today is a CultClassic in Chile and considered one of the best telenovelas of all time.
Despite of having its own article in Spanish, Wiki/TheOtherWiki made articles in other languages, like in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machos_(TV_series) English]].
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!!''Machos'' provides examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Angel Mercader. He has no limits about trying to subjugate his sons, expelling one of them for being gay and cheating other son with a woman who's ''already cheating his wife''.
* ArchnemesisDad: Angel, especially for Ariel and some of the brothers who tried to opposite his dictatorial manners over them.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Not precisely a baby or a kid, but Antonio is the littlest of the brothers, with 17yo and going to HighSchool. He's also the [[HairTriggerTemper most rebel of the brothers]], having continuous conflicts with his brothers and his father.
* BigBad: Angel, obviously.
* BigGood: Alonso is considerated as this, probably one of the best Mercader along with Ariel, but sadly also is TheIngenue (see YourCheatingHeart).
* ChromosomeCasting: The main protagonists of the telenovela are all men, with the women having secondary papers, starting with the matriarch Valentina Fenandez.
* FamilyMan: Angel as well some of his sons (mostly Armando) are considerated as this, being worried about Mercader family as well their own families they form later.
* GoodParents: Valentina, the matriarch of the Mercader, is the perfect mother, worried about her children and accepting them with all their defects and problems, including Ariel [[spoiler:and Alicia]], being loved equally by all her children and all the people who surrounds her. [[spoiler:Which makes feel us terrible when [[TearJerker she finally dies by breast cancer in the middle of the telenovela]].]]
* HenpeckedHusband: Armando, the only married son at the beginning of the story goes unemployed and comes back to the Mercader's house with his wife and son, being the HouseHusband of his own family and lessened by his wife, the only member who has a job.
* IronicName: The patriarch is named Angel Mercader. Being the closest to a devil in the telenovela, being called "Angel" is certainly ironic.
* LetterMotif: For some strange reason, Angel named all his sons with the letter A as himself: Alonso, Armando, Ariel, Alex, Adan, Amaro and Antonio. [[spoiler:And also includes Alicia, the only daughter of the family.]]
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Adan has traumas with his sexuality ([[AbusiveParents thanks to his father, of course]]) that makes him a 26yo-virgin, which later is discovered he has {{UST}} thanks to the trauma. This is a problem for him because he's probably one of the hottest Mercader brothers and has a fame between women in the telenovela because of his hotness.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Ariel Mercader, the only of the brothers that used the hair almost shoulder-length. And that's [[LongHairIsFeminine the only indicative he's gay]].
* PromotionToParent: Although Angel doesn't abandoned his children (or maybe some of them), the first son Alonso is the fatherly figure for most of the brothers, being considerated as a "[[ParentalSubstitute second father]]" for most of them.
* TheReveal:
** One of the first reveals is Ariel being gay and [[ComingOutStory telling the truth himself to the rest of his family]], as well that's the reason why his father Angel expelled him from the family, being unknown for the rest of his brothers and his mother.
** [[spoiler:In the middle of the telenovela appears Alicia, an affair's offspring of Angel, claiming to be the lost Mercader and wanting the Mercader heritage back from her.]]
* RightfulKingReturns: Being expelled from the family and self-exiled in Spain, Ariel Mercader comes back to Chile to claim his position as a Mercader.
* ShoutOut: A notable one is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFr3BwbkvkQ teaser trailer]] in which the Mercader family poses as the intro of ''Film/ReservoirDogs'', even using George Baker's "Little Green Bag" song as background. Although it's not part of the telenovela nor the OST, this song became iconic for the series, even competing with the main song "Machos" made exclusively for the telenovela.
* [[spoiler:TheSmurfettePrinciple: Alicia, the only Mercader offspring that is a woman and wants to claim her position as a Mercader like her brothers.]]
* TeacherStudentRomance: Amaro and his relationship with his college teacher Isabel [[MrsRobinson who's 20 years older than him]].
* VillainProtagonist: The patriarch Angel Mercader is seen as this, and all the plot and the cruel events running around him, like trying to control his children during all the telenovela.
* WhiteSheep: At the beginning considerated the BlackSheep for his father for being gay (and the reason he was expelled from the family), Ariel Mercader demonstrates being the best of the seven brothers, having the three minors being loyal to him. Also, he's the only Mercader that became a Cardiologist as his father wanted.
* YourCheatingHeart: One of the main themes of this telenovela.
** Starting for the patriarch Angel, who has an affair with Sonia for 12 years and his wife Valentina knows nothing. And either his first son Alonso, who ''has a relationship'' with Sonia.
** Alex is the womanizer of the seven brothers, trying to conquer the heart of Fernanda but getting affair with two other women, one of them the best friend's girlfriend. ''All at the same time''.
** Amaro is [[TeacherStudentRomance in love with a college's teacher]], and to hide it picks up another student as his girlfriend (who's in love with him and knows nothing about his teacher).
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-->''[[CatchPhrase Macho, macho, macho!]]''
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[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Film/ReservoirDogs Lookin' back on the track for a little green bag...]]'']]
''Machos'' was a famous Chilean {{telenovela}} emitted in 2003 that was a revelation of the TurnOfTheMillennium not just in Chile, the telenovela was emmited in diverse countries (not just in South America), various of them redubbed because of the Chilean slangs, and even has a Mexican remake in 2005 (made because strangely [[NoExportForYou Mexico was the only country where the telenovela wasn't emitted]]).
The story is about the Mercader family, a patriarchy of only men, with seven sons [[spoiler:and an illegitimate daughter]] with the mother of them as the sole woman of the family[[spoiler: (that, until TheReveal of the daughter during the telenovela)]]. The patriarch, Angel Mercader, is a machist womanizer who tried to subjugate all his sons during the course of the telenovela, with some of them being loyal to his father and other who opposed him, as well the conflicts between the brothers and their relationship with women.
The telenovela was a sensation in its time because of the treatment of taboo themes, like UsefulNotes/{{Homosexual}}ity (not taken like a joke as in the past), [[MachoMachoMan Machism]] and [[YourCheatingHeart Infidelity]], apart of having a [[ChromosomeCasting casting starred of men only]], something unused and unexpected for the time. And not just for the public, the critics also praised the telenovela and gained diverse prizes in its time, and until today is a CultClassic in Chile and considered one of the best telenovelas of all time.
Despite of having its own article in Spanish, Wiki/TheOtherWiki made articles in other languages, like in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machos_(TV_series) English]].
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!!''Machos'' provides examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Angel Mercader. He has no limits about trying to subjugate his sons, expelling one of them for being gay and cheating other son with a woman who's ''already cheating his wife''.
* ArchnemesisDad: Angel, especially for Ariel and some of the brothers who tried to opposite his dictatorial manners over them.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Not precisely a baby or a kid, but Antonio is the littlest of the brothers, with 17yo and going to HighSchool. He's also the [[HairTriggerTemper most rebel of the brothers]], having continuous conflicts with his brothers and his father.
* BigBad: Angel, obviously.
* BigGood: Alonso is considerated as this, probably one of the best Mercader along with Ariel, but sadly also is TheIngenue (see YourCheatingHeart).
* ChromosomeCasting: The main protagonists of the telenovela are all men, with the women having secondary papers, starting with the matriarch Valentina Fenandez.
* FamilyMan: Angel as well some of his sons (mostly Armando) are considerated as this, being worried about Mercader family as well their own families they form later.
* GoodParents: Valentina, the matriarch of the Mercader, is the perfect mother, worried about her children and accepting them with all their defects and problems, including Ariel [[spoiler:and Alicia]], being loved equally by all her children and all the people who surrounds her. [[spoiler:Which makes feel us terrible when [[TearJerker she finally dies by breast cancer in the middle of the telenovela]].]]
* HenpeckedHusband: Armando, the only married son at the beginning of the story goes unemployed and comes back to the Mercader's house with his wife and son, being the HouseHusband of his own family and lessened by his wife, the only member who has a job.
* IronicName: The patriarch is named Angel Mercader. Being the closest to a devil in the telenovela, being called "Angel" is certainly ironic.
* LetterMotif: For some strange reason, Angel named all his sons with the letter A as himself: Alonso, Armando, Ariel, Alex, Adan, Amaro and Antonio. [[spoiler:And also includes Alicia, the only daughter of the family.]]
* TheLoinsSleepTonight: Adan has traumas with his sexuality ([[AbusiveParents thanks to his father, of course]]) that makes him a 26yo-virgin, which later is discovered he has {{UST}} thanks to the trauma. This is a problem for him because he's probably one of the hottest Mercader brothers and has a fame between women in the telenovela because of his hotness.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Ariel Mercader, the only of the brothers that used the hair almost shoulder-length. And that's [[LongHairIsFeminine the only indicative he's gay]].
* PromotionToParent: Although Angel doesn't abandoned his children (or maybe some of them), the first son Alonso is the fatherly figure for most of the brothers, being considerated as a "[[ParentalSubstitute second father]]" for most of them.
* TheReveal:
** One of the first reveals is Ariel being gay and [[ComingOutStory telling the truth himself to the rest of his family]], as well that's the reason why his father Angel expelled him from the family, being unknown for the rest of his brothers and his mother.
** [[spoiler:In the middle of the telenovela appears Alicia, an affair's offspring of Angel, claiming to be the lost Mercader and wanting the Mercader heritage back from her.]]
* RightfulKingReturns: Being expelled from the family and self-exiled in Spain, Ariel Mercader comes back to Chile to claim his position as a Mercader.
* ShoutOut: A notable one is the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFr3BwbkvkQ teaser trailer]] in which the Mercader family poses as the intro of ''Film/ReservoirDogs'', even using George Baker's "Little Green Bag" song as background. Although it's not part of the telenovela nor the OST, this song became iconic for the series, even competing with the main song "Machos" made exclusively for the telenovela.
* [[spoiler:TheSmurfettePrinciple: Alicia, the only Mercader offspring that is a woman and wants to claim her position as a Mercader like her brothers.]]
* TeacherStudentRomance: Amaro and his relationship with his college teacher Isabel [[MrsRobinson who's 20 years older than him]].
* VillainProtagonist: The patriarch Angel Mercader is seen as this, and all the plot and the cruel events running around him, like trying to control his children during all the telenovela.
* WhiteSheep: At the beginning considerated the BlackSheep for his father for being gay (and the reason he was expelled from the family), Ariel Mercader demonstrates being the best of the seven brothers, having the three minors being loyal to him. Also, he's the only Mercader that became a Cardiologist as his father wanted.
* YourCheatingHeart: One of the main themes of this telenovela.
** Starting for the patriarch Angel, who has an affair with Sonia for 12 years and his wife Valentina knows nothing. And either his first son Alonso, who ''has a relationship'' with Sonia.
** Alex is the womanizer of the seven brothers, trying to conquer the heart of Fernanda but getting affair with two other women, one of them the best friend's girlfriend. ''All at the same time''.
** Amaro is [[TeacherStudentRomance in love with a college's teacher]], and to hide it picks up another student as his girlfriend (who's in love with him and knows nothing about his teacher).
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-->''[[CatchPhrase Macho, macho, macho!]]''
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