History YMMV / TreintaYUnMinutos

* BrokenBase: As stated below, the DarkerAndEdgier the series became it suffered a loss of viewership due to DarknessInducedAudienceApathy, but for a good fraction of it the show becomes all the more unique and funny due to it, even welcoming the fladerization of the characters.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: As somewhat of a consequence of the above, oftentimes episodes will set up a moral and play it up as a BrokenAesop, which can be hit or miss. As seasons went on, characters would also find [[{{Flanderization}} their flaws exaggerated more and more to drive the plot]], which longtime viewers reacted negatively towards.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Go to [=YouTube=] and watch any episode with "Zorro Buena Onda" ("Good Vibes Fox") on it and you'll find many people in support of this character.

** Juanín. WordOfGod acknowledges that most (if not all) the letters the kids sent to them ask for a better treatment for the character. [[TheWoobie He never got it]].

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: While the series enjoys somewhat of a CultClassic status in large portions of Latin America due to some of its more crass content and heavy reliance on segments exploring Chilean cultures and locations, it's popularity in Mexico rivals that of its home country, partially because Chilean and Mexican humor are quite similar, which is why Mexican television is also surprisingly popular in Chile. Mexico its also one of the few places where the third seasons was relatively well-received (comparatively so to other countries) due to Mexican humor being a bit dark to begin with.

* FanonDiscontinuity / GrowingTheBeard: Some audiences (and the writers themselves) consider the early episodes where the show plays the edutainment angle nearly completely straight as this. The show itself [[LampshadeHanging lampshades this]] by joking about how it only got started halfway through the first season, and that "no one saw the first few episodes anyways".

* FanonDiscontinuity/GrowingTheBeard: Some audiences (and the writers themselves) consider the early episodes where the show plays the edutainment angle nearly completely straight as this. The show itself [[LampshadeHanging lampshades this]] by joking about how it only got started halfway through the first season, and that "no one saw the first few episodes anyways".

* FanonDiscontinuity: Some audiences (and the writers themselves) consider the early episodes where the show plays the edutainment angle nearly completely straight as this. The show itself [[LampshadeHanging lampshades this]] by joking about how it only got started halfway through the first season, and that "no one saw the first few episodes anyways".

* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: The writers have admitted hat MontyPython is their greatest influence, and it shows.

* {{Adorkable}}: Ernesto's attempts at getting Patana to fall in love with him can sometimes fall under this trope. Not to mention he himself is rather earnest in his job, which earns him quite the admiration.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Go to [=YouTube=] and watch any episode with "Zorro Buena Onda" ("Good Vibes Fox" on it and you'll find many people in support of this character.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: As somewhat of a consequence of the above, oftentimes episodes will set up a moral and play it up as a BrokenAesop, which can be hit or miss. As seasons went on, characters would also find [[{{Flanderization}} their flaws exaggerated more and more to drive the plot]], which longtime viewers reacted negatively towards.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: With a cast like this, nearly every character has a strong following among nostalgic fans.

** Starting from the second season onwards, the show would exaggerate a lot of the negative traits of its main characters, leading at times to a kids show starring [[TheNarcissist a self-absorbed newscaster who cares only about his own image]], [[TheAlcoholic a manic-depressive rabbit who's also a womanizing gambling addict shown abusing alcohol at least once an episode]] and [[OnlySaneMan one intern trying to keep the show together]] and [[ButtMonkey constantly getting the short end of the stick for his trouble]]. While the characters would normally act this way to set up some sort of lesson at the end, oftentimes the lesson itself would be a BrokenAesop as a punchline, or leading to incredibly bizarre {{Family Unfriendly Aesop}}s played completely straight.

** Season 3, Episode 1, the song "Rie!" ("Laugh!"), which plays after the crew fails to make enough money to save the show. The lyrics go back and forth between sheer absurdity and telling the audience how life is full of hardship and misery and no matter what, it will only get worse; so the only thing you can do is to laugh about it. Ironically, audiences now look back on it as [[FamilyUnfriendlyAesop a particularly profound lesson about meeting hardship with your best face forward]], but to a younger audience, [[CrossesTheLineTwice there's still a little puppet laughing at them and calling them ugly to a catchy tune]]. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=purMqcaOH74 Try reading the lyrics and then listening to the song]] for the full effect.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: While the series enjoys somewhat of a CultClassic status in large portions of Latin America due to some of its more crass content and heavy reliance on segments exploring Chilean cultures and locations, it's popularity in Mexico rivals that of its home country, partially because Chilean and Mexican humor are quite similar, which is why Mexican television is also surprisingly popular in Chile.

** Patana Tufillo, depending on who you ask, balances out the cast's sausage fest and adds a more grounded perspective to the antics of the show, or is a bland and uninteresting addition with little development. Her voice actress also turned to a subject of controversy outside of the show. It is important to notice that how much [[OnlySaneMan grounded]] Patana is depends entirely on RuleOfFunny, as she can be as flawed as the rest of the cast at times, and in her introductory episode she was a CanonSue [[TropesAreTools for comedic purposes]].

** Season 3, Episode 1. The Whole thing is designed cross as much lines as possibe, it begins shocking enough by the Channel owner Mister Manguera being found guilty of kidnapping, then he loses everything and everyone looses their jobs, in an attempt to get them back they try to make a telethon to try prove that Mr Manguera is a nice person with every sentence of his biography describing increasingly heinous acts then a song about how life is just shit, then they loose all the money they've gathered due to taxes, then [[KarmaHoudini Mr Manguera escapes any consequence]], becomes richer than before and doesn't learn anything and no one gets their jobs back anyways, by some point the ridiculousness mixture of the situations is just to much to take seriously.

** Calcetin con Rombos Man visiting a FracturedFairyTale version of Pinocchio in which after becoming a real boy Gepetto show's enormous success and the Blue Fairy marry... lowered standards of Chilean non-cable children's television in the mid-2000s, coupled with the writers' own dark and then they become neglectful parents who only watch tv and binge drink all day until sarcastic sense of humor, the TV breaks? Disturbing. Calcetin's solution being putting Pinocchio inside the broken TV where his adoptive parents actually pay him attention if that's by laughing at his face and mocking his act. Fun as hell. The implication that this IS the sincere happy ending, YMMV if even funnier or more disturbing.

* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: It is a pretty cynical kids show with very little room to choose at times resembles less a character to root for, the protagonist are either VillainProtagonist [[{{Jerkass}} jerkasses]] or if they happen to be the victim of an even bigger asshole they're usually just TooDumbToLive, either way you bet [[TheWoobie they'll suffer a lot]], if they manage to achieve anything it mostly turns into a BrokenAesop.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Go to [=YouTube=] and watch any episode with "Zorro Buena Onda" ("Good Vibes Fox" on it and you'll find many people in support of this character.

** Patana Tufillo, depending on who you ask, balances out the cast's sausage fest and adds a more grounded perspective to the antics of the show, or is a bland and uninteresting addition with little development. Her voice actress also turned to a subject of controversy outside of the show.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Due to a mixture of the show's enormous success and the lowered standards of Chilean non-cable children's television in the mid-2000s, coupled with the writers' own dark and sarcastic sense of humor, the show at times resembles less a kids' edutainment show and more an Adult Swim parody of one. It's believed that this is also what led to its decline in quality, as later seasons with more cynical humor fared worse in ratings, leading to the cancellation in favor of a movie that was stuck in DevelopmentHell for a few years, and a move to international markets where, while enjoying great critical success and a strong international following, the show struggled to fit in with the tighter editorial standards of larger networks, and so only the first few seasons saw widespread release. [[WordOfGod According to the writers]], part of the reason the show was allowed to get away with as much as it did was because the writers and showrunners acknowledged that the audience of the show was growing older, but also partially that the show already had a strong foothold in the [[PeripheryDemographic teen to young adult demographic]].

* NightmareFuel:
** Everything about Tio Horacio.
** The gag in Season 2 involving the show looking for a sponsor to stay on air was this for some of the younger audiences at the time. One of the sponsors shown in the episode is a brand of musical cups marketed as "[[BlatantLies perfectly safe children's toys]]", which Patana demonstrates. [[https://youtu.be/7ZyAxYCbHWQ?t=167 Cue her accidentally pressing too hard on them and getting a cut on her finger]], which Tulio argues couldn't happen since they're "such a safe toy for kids!". Cut to Patana's finger shooting off blood like a garden hose. Cut back to Tulio [[CrossesTheLineTwice smacking his desk and causing the precarious arrangement of cups to go flying all over the studio, injuring Juanin and some extras]]. And by injuring, we mean [[RefugeInAudacity embedding two entire cups in his head, with visible blood on his fur, while a production assistant walks into frame in the same predicament]], and [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction Policarpo walks by, completely unbothered by the cup stuck in his head]]. Circles back around to funny once the firemen immediately show up, and declare the glass strewn on the floor to be "The most dangerous glass they've ever seen", while Tulio sobs in the background before the show cuts to another segment. Excessive? Certainly. Scary to little kids watching the show? Most likely. [[RefugeInAudacity Hilarious]]? ''Absolutely''.

* EarWorm: The opening theme has been stuck in the heads of several generations and promises to never leave.

* ValuesDissonance: The show's brand of humor could sink to very crass lows at times. A good chunk of the cast are shown to be rather sexist early on, even when that's presented as the setup for the lesson of the day. However, as the show progressed and editorial oversight became more relaxed, a lot of humor started basing itself around homophobic depictions of characters, as well as shockingly racist depictions of black and asian people; which was rather shocking for a show that, at the same time, spent time trying to educate audiences about other minority and indigenous groups in the country. After cancellation, the show's characters have shown up in advertising and {{PSA}}s for all sorts of noble causes, which makes it shocking for new audiences to go back to the show and see some of the aforementioned humor. Part of it is considered FairForItsDay, as Chilean comedy in general was going through a period of intense Political Incorrectness following the 90s that led to the early 2000s taking strongly to shock humor in most spaces, as culture and society adjusted to a return to democracy after a particularly repressive dictatorship. While there was some backlash during its run, the show ran on a particularly conservative network owned by the catholic church, so complaints of homophobia, racism and sexism fell on deaf ears.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: Due to a mixture of the show's enormous success and the lowered standards of Chilean non-cable children's television in the mid-2000s, coupled with the writers' own dark and sarcastic sense of humor, the show at times resembles less a kids' edutainment show and more an AdultSwim parody of one. It's believed that this is also what led to its decline in quality, as later seasons with more cynical humor fared worse in ratings, leading to the cancellation in favor of a movie that was stuck in DevelopmentHell for a few years, and a move to international markets where, while enjoying great critical success and a strong international following, the show struggled to fit in with the tighter editorial standards of larger networks, and so only the first few seasons saw widespread release. [[WordOfGod According to the writers]], part of the reason the show was allowed to get away with as much as it did was because the writers and showrunners acknowledged that the audience of the show was growing older, but partially that the show already had a strong foothold in the [[PeripheryDemographic teen to young adult demographic]].

** The gag in Season 2 involving the show looking for a sponsor to stay on air was this for some of the younger audiences at the time. One of the sponsors shown in the episode is a brand of musical cups marketed as "[[BlatantLies perfectly safe children's toys]]", which Patana demonstrates. [[https://youtu.be/7ZyAxYCbHWQ?t=167 Cue her accidentally pressing too hard on them and getting a cut on her finger]], which Tulio argues couldn't happen since they're "such a safe toy for kids!". Cut to Patana's finger shooting off blood like a garden hose. Cut back to Tulio [[CrossesTheLineTwice smacking his desk and causing the precarious arrangement of cups flying all over the studio, injuring Juanin and some extras]]. And by injuring, we mean [[RefugeInAudacity embedding two entire cups in his head, with visible blood on his fur, while a production assistant walks into frame in the same predicament]], and [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction Policarpo walks by, completely unbothered by the cup stuck in his head]]. Circles back around to funny once the firemen immediately show up, and declare it to be "The most dangerous glass they've ever seen", while Tulio sobs in the background before the show cuts to credits. Excessive? Certainly. Scary to little kids watching the show? Most likely. [[RefugeInAudacity Hilarious]]? *Absolutely*.
* ValuesDissonance: The show's brand of humor could sink to very crass lows at times. A good chunk of the cast are shown to be rather sexist early on, even when that's presented as the setup for the lesson of the day. However, as the show progressed and editorial oversight became more relaxed, a lot of humor based around homophobic depictions of characters, as well as shockingly racist depictions of black and asian people, which was rather shocking for a show that, at the same time, spent time trying to educate audiences about other minority and indigenous groups in the country. After cancellation, the show's characters have shown up in advertising and {{PSA}}s for all sorts of noble causes, which makes it shocking for new audiences to go back to the show and see some of the aforementioned humor. Part of it is considered FairForItsDay, as Chilean comedy in general was going through a period of intense Political Incorrectness following the 90s that led to the early 2000s taking strongly to ShockHumor in most spaces, as culture and society adjusted to a return to democracy after a particularly repressive dictatorship. While there was some backlash during its run, the show ran on a particularly conservative network owned by the catholic church, so complaints of homophobia, racism and sexism fell on deaf ears.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The songs featured in Policarpo's Ranking Top were very well received. Records with them were released and their performance is a big part of the stage shows, there's even a tribute record in which the songs are covered by famous latin american artists such as {{Music/Belanova}} and Natalia Lafourcade.

** Guaripolo, the fans are divided on whether he is a hilarious parody of the semi-famous people of show business, or just a nuisance that contributes nothing to the humor of the show.
** Patana Tufillo. People who watch the show believe that she is a good character that brings variety to the show, or an annoying character that is only there to include a female member. The fact that her voice actress, Alejandra Dueñas, has done an infamous stand-up at Festival de Viña 2019, did not help much.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: As hard as a kids show is allowed without being actually pulled from the air.
** Season 3, Episode 1. The Whole thing is designed to get darker by the minute, it begins shocking enough by the Channel owner Mister Manguera being found guilty of kidnapping, then he loses everything and everyone looses their jobs, in an attempt to get them back they try to make a telethon to try prove that Mr Manguera is a nice person with every sentence of his biography describing increasingly heinous acts then a song about how life is just shit, then they loose all the money they've gathered due to taxes, then [[KarmaHoudini Mr Manguera escapes any consequence]], becomes richer than before and doesn't learn anything and no one gets their jobs back anyways, by some point the ridiculousness of the situations is just to much to take seriously.
** Calcetin con Rombos Man visiting a FracturedFairyTale version of Pinocchio in which after becoming a real boy Gepetto and the Blue Fairy marry... and then they become neglectful parents who only watch tv and binge drink all day until the TV breaks? Disturbing. Calcetin's solution being putting Pinocchio inside the broken TV where his adoptive parents actually pay him attention if that's by laughing at his face and mocking his act. Fun as hell. The implication that this IS the sincere happy ending, YMMV if even funnier or more disturbing.
* DarknessInducedAudienceApathy: It is a pretty cynical kids show with very little room to choose a character to root for, the protagonist are either VillainProtagonist [[{{Jerkass}} jerkasses]] or if they happen to be the victim of an even bigger asshole they're usually just TooDumbToLive, either way you bet [[TheWoobie they'll suffer a lot]], if they manage to achieve anything it mostly turns into a BrokenAesop.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Go to [=YouTube=] and watch any episode with "Zorro Buena Onda" ("Good Vibes Fox" on it and you'll find many people in support of this character.
* FanonDiscontinuity: The early episodes when it was more of an edutainment sketch show, although the show has kept some edutainment aspects it is much less serious, it was somewhat [[CanonDiscontinuity confirmed]] when WordOfGod said the series pretty much begins in episode 7 and even lampshades it.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The series is very popular in Mexico, to the grade the official theater play based in the series sold out all the tickets in Mexico City.
* HilariousInHindsight: The running gags involving male characters (specially Tulio) dismissing Patana's ideas on the basis that she is a woman or making sexist remarks about her, result even more hilarious considering how badly received was the politically charged stand-up monologue, that involved feminist talking points, of Patana's puppeteer, Alejandra Dueñas, in Viña del Mar's Festival 2019.
** On the same vein, during the presentation in Viña del Mar's Festival 2013, one of the main characters is a monster that devours boring comedians (based on "El Monstruo", a nickname given to the festival's spectators and their tendency to bash comedians they dislike).
* JerkassWoobie: Everyone is a jerk to some degree, except Juanín
* NightmareFuel: Everything related with Tio Horacio. Literally, EVERYTHING.
* ValuesDissonance: The show occasionally makes sexist or homophobic jokes, and depicts Asian or Black people as very old fashioned stereotypes. This is due to both the time when it was produced and Latin America generally being less conscious about these issues.
* VillainDecay: Calcetin Con Hongos Man in "La Liga Del Mal" where he goes from blowing up the world to simply pull pranks and laugh like an idiot

** Juanín. WordOfGod acknowledges that most (if not all) the letters the kids sent to them ask for a better treatment for the character.
** Also Dinosaurio Anacleto in his song.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids:
** From the second half of season one and increasingly so the series crosses several lines, with awfully flanderized flawed characters including an alcoholic and gambler addict rabbit, a RichBitch anchorman a corrupt and nepotistic entertainment newscaster and those are the good guys. Pretty much everyone who isn't the episode's ButtMonkey is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold AT BEST, KafkaKomedy that can become a SadistShow by its own right and let's say there's a conflict between what's politically correct for a Chilean kids show and the american public.
** Season 3, episode 1, includes a song named "Rie", by Cucho Lambereta. The song itself is about how you'll always fail at life, so you might just as well laugh everything off. Even if you're getting beat down. Even if you end up dead. Great message for the kids, obviously.

* HilariousInHindsight: The running gags involving male characters (specially Tulio) dismissing Patana's ideas on the basis that she is a woman or making sexist remarks about her, result even more hilarious considering how badly received was the politically charged monologue, that involved feminist talking points, of Patana's puppeteer, Jani Dueñas, in Viña del Mar's Festival in 2019.

* HilariousInHindsight: The running gags involving male characters (specially Tulio) dismissing Patana's ideas on the basis that she is a woman or making sexist remarks about her, result even more hilarious considering how badly received was the politically charged monologue, that involved feminist talking points, of Patana's puppeteer,Jani Dueñas,in Viña del Mar 2019.