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3->''"¡Tenía que ser El Chavo del Ocho!"'' ("It had to be El Chavo del Ocho!")
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5''El Chavo del ocho'' is a legendary Mexican SitCom (and staple of popular culture) about a little orphan boy and his quirky neighborhood. Famous for [[DawsonCasting casting adults as little children]]. This lets the show get away with having many rather awful things happen to the kids without it being too horrifying, since they're really adults and playing parodies of kids, anyway.
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7The show was created by comedian Roberto Gómez Bolaños (whose artistic name was ''Series/{{Chespirito}}'', "Little Shakespeare"), along with other classic sketch characters like Series/ElChapulinColorado. Chespirito is considered by many to tie Cantinflas as Mexico's greatest comedian, and his sketch comedy shows are beloved amongst the entire Latin American population.
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9The show relies mostly on {{Bottle Episode}}s. Most of them take place in the main courtyard or ''patio'' of the "vecindad" (community houses) where almost all of the characters live. Sometimes, there are episodes where the kids are in school or some other location, like the often-mentioned but rarely-seen "other patio", or the small business some character owns.
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11The show began in [[TheSeventies 1972]], as a segment in a SketchComedy show Chespirito with fellow co-stars Maria Antonieta de Las Nieves, Ramon Valdes and Ruben Aguirre called "Los Supergenios de la Mesa Cuadrada". In 1973, this segment got its own HalfHourComedy. The show proved to be very popular, and at its peak of popularity spawned a lot of merchandise. After some backstage disagreements two major actors left the series, taking their characters with them because of licensing issues, which caused what many believe to be inferior quality episodes. Soon after, "El Chavo" and its sister show ''Series/ElChapulinColorado'' were merged into an hour-long sketch comedy show called "Chespirito" (fittingly, since they originated as sketches on the original "Chespirito" show). On "Chespirito", few new Chavo scripts were written, but the restaging of old Chavo episodes was a regular feature on the show until Chespirito retired the character in 1992.
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13The show has been too difficult to translate, due to the nature of its very regional humor. The only exception is Brazil where the show was renamed ''Chaves'' and got [[{{Woolseyism}} an over-the-top translation]].
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15Despite its [[CreatorProvincialism excessive regionalism]], its lack of "sophistication" and its [[UnintentionalPeriodPiece very dated appearance]], the show is still very popular in syndication and has been a staple of TV channels not only in Mexico but also almost all Central and South American countries ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg And Spain]])[[note]]and in the U.S., for that matter[[/note]] for years. Many people watch it for the nostalgia factor, but others watch because of a [[ThisLoserIsYou deep identification with the struggle of the characters]]. In Brazil, it is so popular that when the channel that broadcasted it [[ExecutiveMeddling tried to cut it from their schedule]] after almost twenty years of uninterrupted transmission, the public reacted with such outrage that they had to restore it almost immediately. There's also an annual El Chavo Fans Meeting. In 2020, the show was promptly removed from every channel in the world due to a licensing issue between Chespirito's estate (run by his child Roberto Gomez Fernandez) and Televisa, to the surprise and sadness of many fans (as well as Roberto's widow Florinda Meza who played Doña Florinda in the show).
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17The show is considered to be quite possibly the most beloved and successful comedy show in Latin American history; it's literally IMPOSSIBLE to go to any country in Latin America where this show was not shown. Part of its success was based on the social status of the characters: they were working poor who tried to make the best out of their lack of money and tried to lead decent, happy lives in spite of it. This attitude was embraced by the poor masses of Latin America, making the show a success. It was also successful for [[MultipleDemographicAppeal being a comedy show that was appropriate for all ages, yet still maintained a level of sharpness and sophistication that did not insult any audience.]]
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19In 2006, ''El Chavo'' got an [[WesternAnimation/ElChavoAnimado animated adaptation]] which ran for 7 seasons until ending in 2014. In 2023, a new animated series was announced, this time as an AllCGICartoon and, unlike the previous show, with La Chilindrina's presence.
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26* AbhorrentAdmirer: Doña Clotilde to Don Ramón.
27* AccidentalInnuendo: InUniverse in "La pelea por el tendedero". Doña Clotilde [[LampshadeHanging silently lampshades]] it:
28-->'''Don Ramón:''' Furthermore, my pants are in Doña Clotilde's section of the rope, so if they are bothering someone, only she can take them off!
29* AccidentalMisnaming:
30** El Chavo constantly refers to Don Ramón as "Rondamón", something he tolerates. This wrong name is very popular and ubiquitously used, so much that when the actor Ramón Valdés died, a Chilean newspaper had a headline stating "¡Murió Rondamón!" ("Rondamón [has] died!")
31** The countless times that Don Ramón has misnamed to Señor Barriga. Usually, it's a misnaming such that the resulting sentence mocks Señor Barriga for being fat (as Barriga, his surname, is Spanish for "belly" (and a real surname in Spanish-speaking countries)). For example, "Qué gran barriga tiene usted, Señor Corazón" (You have such a big belly, Mr. Heart)
32* AgonyOfTheFeet: One episode revolved around Sr. Barriga having a painful callus in one of his feet. [[HilarityEnsues Hilarity ensued]] when the kids accidentally hurt his foot too many times! At the end of the episode, Don Ramón [[HereWeGoAgain ended up having one]], too.
33* AllMenArePerverts: Some characters are prone to this. Professor Jirafales is easily distracted by other women, despite being in love with Doña Florinda; Señor Barriga tries to impress other women in Acapulco, despite being married; and even the 8-year old Chavo puts aside his hunger and love for food to watch the Miss Universe contest.
34* AlmostKiss: Professor Jirafales and Doña Florinda had had this a couple of times:
35** The first time was in ''"La Carpintería - parte 2"'' (1974). Professor Jirafales is on the ground (after being hit on the head by a hammer Don Ramón had thrown). Doña Florinda, scared, kneels down to tend to him, they look into each other's eyes and get closer, [[ShipperOnDeck Quico widens his eyes in excitement]]... and they're interrupted by Chavo chasing Ñoño with a broom.
36** In ''"Clases de Box"'' (1974), they accidentally embrace by bumping into each other. The camera pans down to reveal Doña Florinda [[HugeGuyTinyGirl trying to get on the tip of her toes]]. The mood is killed when Quico asks: ''"Mommy, do you want me to get a stool?"''
37* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: In Brazil, the theme song aired on SBT since 1993 is an ExpositoryThemeTune called "Aí Vem o Chaves", which presents a countdown of the main characters one-by-one, with their respective heads bouncing on the screen in a rotating blue background. However, other networks use the original theme song instead, but replacing the music either with ''WesternAnimation/ElChavoAnimado'''s theme song, or with John Charles Fiddy's ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEl_XCaZjUw Skipping]]''
38* AnAesop:
39** Many fans of the show take Don Ramón's teachings by heart. Two famous examples: "Good people should love their enemies" (this touched even Doña Florinda's heart, go figure!), and "[[CycleOfRevenge Revenge is never okay]]; [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill it kills the soul and poisons it]]" (its interpretation is similar to that of Gandhi's "an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind").
40** Some episodes end with one character explaining the moral of the story to the audience. One episode where Don Ramón is found to be sleepwalking ends with Doña Clotilde saying that no one should believe in things such as speaking with the dead, that it's all gibberish. Another one when the kids take their witch impression of her up to eleven ends with El Chavo saying you shouldn't judge anyone by their looks, because there are many kind-hearted people out there.
41* AnalogyBackfire: Don Ramón tries to motivate El Chavo to keep studying no matter how poor or hungry he is. It doesn't work:
42--> '''Don Ramón:''' ''(To El Chavo)'' In case you don't know, Don Benito Juárez was very poor, and when he was your age, he was at the top of his class!\
43'''El Chavo:''' And when he was your age he was president!
44* AndADietCoke: At Doña Florinda's fonda ([[InsistentTerminology restaurant]]), she was surprised at her landlord's order because she thought he was on a diet. His response to her comment was asking for one of the chickens to come earless.
45* AnnoyinglyRepetitiveChild: Chavo (a little boy) frequently loops between repeated statements or questions while talking to someone. When Quico is unable to take it anymore, he hysterically asks him to shut up (he does this even if Chavo isn't talking to him specifically).
46* AndStarring: "Y María Antonieta de las Nieves...como la Chilindrina", except in the first and last seasons, where she is billed first after Chespirito.
47* ArtifactTitle: The "del Ocho (8)" part of "El Chavo del Ocho" was there merely to promote the fact that the show aired on Canal 8 (Channel 8). At some point, [[ChannelHop the show moved to Canal 2]] and the series title was shortened to "El Chavo", but the character was still mentioned with his "last name" in the show and an InUniverse reason was given that it meant he actually lived in the (never seen) Apartment 8, rather than the barrel he uses as a hideout. In syndication, the title is always "El Chavo", yet the show is still most commonly known by the full name.
48* AsHimself: The actors have often commented how Don Ramón was pretty much Ramón Valdés without a stable income.
49* AsYouKnow: Often used, especially to explain El Chavo's "Garrotera" (a condition where he becomes literally paralyzed by fear. Cured by water to the face).
50* AscendedExtra: The Pati storyline was run three times on Chavo, but unlike her predecessors, the third Pati (Ana Lilian de la Macorra) remained on the series as a recurring character after her three-episode story arc ended. In the animated adaptation, she even became part of the regular cast.
51** Even if he never became a full-time character, Godinez began to appear slightly more often after Quico was gone.
52* AsideGlance: Done a lot, by everyone, usually in reaction to something stupid another character has said.
53* BadLiar:
54** [[RunningGag Practically everyone]] is terrible at telling lies - the most common example is saying they are not at home (Generally Don Ramón -Or La Chilindrina by proxy- when Señor Barriga arrives for his due rent), even though it's themselves who say that (Or even worse, El Chavo saying that while he's in the barrel and does not want to come out).
55** There was one time where the "Don Ramón says he's not at home when he is" gag is {{Subverted}} with a dose of MetaphoricallyTrue, however:
56---> '''Señor Barriga''': ''(To El Chavo)'' Is Don Ramón in his house?
57---> '''Don Ramón''': ''(As he was quickly leaving his house)'' No!
58* BaitAndSwitch: In the 1974 version of the boxing episode, as Don Ramón is about to leave the apartment, Señor Barriga tells Don Ramón, he owes him his life. He explains that he had a huge debt to pay, so he bet on the fight Don Ramón fought in, and gave the prize money to his creditors, so in gratitude, he allows Don Ram´n to stay in the vencindad. Don Ramón tells Señor Barriga he actually lost the fight, but Señor Barriga still owes him since he bet on the other guy, leaving Don Ramón bewildered.
59** In the 1977 version of the Boxing episode, after Señor Barriga tells Don Ramón about the bet he made, and walks out after allowing him to stay, Profesor Jirafales, who eavesdropped on their conversation, asked Señor Barriga if he was enough of a boxing fan to follow the amateur circuit, Señor Barriga admits he's not really a fan of boxing, [[Heartwarming/ElChavoDelOcho he made up the story because he didn't want Don Ramón or Chilindrina to be homeless]].
60* {{Balloonacy}}: Near the end of one of the balloons episodes, El Chavo decides to leave the vecindad, thinking he's the cause of all the problems that happen there. Trying to convince him otherwise, Don Ramón gives El Chavo all the balloons he has, for free. El Chavo happily takes them... and leaves the vecindad anyways as all the balloons make him float. The rest of the neighbors start begging him to come back again.
61* BananaPeel: Quico and Don Ramón slip after stepping on one in one episode.
62* BankruptcyBarrel: El Chavo's hideout. In one episode, Doña Florinda gave el Chavo a pair of Don Ramon's pants after he refused to take them down from the clothesline. In retaliation, Don Ramon steals Quico's sailor uniform, while el Chavo tries to take back his barrel from Quico.
63* BeachBury: On the BeachEpisode. Played for laughs with some of the characters, making fun of the heights of Professor Jirafales (as if there were two people buried instead of one) and Chilindrina (who appears to be ''even shorter'' than normal), and of Sr. Barriga's fatness (he has a huge mound of sand on him to represent it).
64* BeachEpisode: A two-part special. Three if you count the episode showing the events that resulted in the main characters going to the beach in the first place.
65* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: A butchered [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment redundant]] version of this phrase is stated to El Chavo in one episode. It was in the lines of "I'd rather die than lose my life".
66* BewilderingPunishment: Doña Florinda usually slaps Don Ramón for things that weren't his fault. There were occasions he doesn't even know what she's faulting him for.
67* BigEater: The rest of of the cast have learned the hard way not to leave food unguarded around El Chavo.
68* BigGulp: Don Ramón, when he's really scared, or whenever Chavo says something that strikes an emotional nerve.
69* BigNo:
70** Prof. Jirafales, when he saw Doña Florinda "dead" [[http://youtu.be/4oKPmdOXeg4?t=19m21s after she fainted when she saw a dead lizard.]]
71** Another one by Don Ramón, after he realized that Chilindrina and Quico will burn his house in order to play firefighters. PlayedForLaughs. [[http://youtu.be/kmqZqxaOcw0?t=43m30s Here is the scene]].
72* BigShutUp: Quico usually yells one to El Chavo whenever he wouldn't stop talking. It's one of his {{Catch Phrase}}s ("¡¡¡Aaaay, cállate, cállate, cállate, cállate, que me desespeeeeras!!!"/"Ohhhh, shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up, you're driving me craazyy!!!").
73** He once even did this ''to himself''. Or the opposite, yelling El Chavo and La Chilindrina to stop being silent.
74** [[BorrowedCatchPhrase In a few instances, el Chavo and la Chilindrina have said this to Quico.]]
75** Whenever Profesor Jirafales begins the lesson at his class, the students will invariably make noise and refuse to pay attention. Then, the good teacher will always have to utter "Silencio. Silencio. '''''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis ¡¡¡SI-LEN-CIO!!!]]'''''" (Silence... Silence... '''''SI-LENCE!!!'''''). A recurring joke is that when Profesor Jirafales asks for silence, everybody shuts up... except for El Chavo, usually telling something bad about him after everybody got quiet (mostly him calling Profesor Jirafales a sausage). [[Main/HilarityEnsues Hilarity Ensues]].
76* BindleStick: El Chavo is always seen carrying one when leaving the Vecindad. In fact, that's how he carries his 'luggage' to Acapulco when invited by Señor Barriga.
77* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: When Quico accuses Chavo of pretending to sleepwalk in his house to steal the bread, Chavo replies "But I didn't steal the bread. I just ''ate'' it."
78* TheBlank:
79** "Cow Eating Grass". What grass? The cow ate it. The cow? Went to the bathroom (or it just left, depending on the episode).
80** In another episode, El Chavo used this to describe his everyday breakfast.
81* BottleEpisode: Most episodes were set in the vecindad (Generally the main "patio", with the other patio and Doña Florinda and Don Ramón's homes sometimes appearing), and those that weren't were often set in the classroom or in the streets (Or Doña Florinda's restaurant).
82* BreadEggsMilkSquick: There was one time El Chavo left an offhand comment during one of his MotorMouth {{Running Gag}}s:
83--> '''El Chavo''': ''(To Don Ramón)'' It's just that I want to plant an apricot seed so that it grows into an apricot tree where I can get millions of apricots and when I sell those millions of apricots ''I can move to another vecindad where no one punches me''.
84* BreakingTheFourthWall:
85** Not regularly used as part of the show's humor. It's usually used in two-part episodes for telling the viewers that the story will continue in the next episode.
86** The characters do make passing remarks towards the viewer from time to time, such as Don Ramón when El Chavo talks about his precarious lifestyle. Sometimes it's simply limited to a silent look towards the camera, though.
87** In one of the opening credit sequences, El Chavo looks into the camera as he pops out of the barrel and when Chespirito's name is announced, he does an "eso, eso, eso" (literally "that, that, that", loosely "that's right") hand gesture.
88* BrokeTheRatingScale: A variation is used by both Don Ramón and [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Jaimito the Mailman]] during [[FleetingDemographicRule their respective turns at being photographers.]] When they are asked how much they charge for a picture, they start with a high price, gradually reducing the value as the quality becomes worse and worse. Don Ramón tells Doña Florinda if Quico is in the picture it's free, while Jaimito tells Profesor Jirafales that his picture will be free if he's in it. Both Don Ramón and Jaimito inform their respective clients that by taking Doña Florinda's picture, then they will have to pay up.
89* BrutalHonesty: El Chavo (being excessively naive) and the other kids (being meaner or just plain stupid) are especially prone to this.
90* BuildingOfAdventure: the neighborhood of the "Vecindad".
91* ButtMonkey: Many characters take turns on this, but Don Ramón is ''always'' one, though often he deserves this thanks to his aggressive behavior with children. Quico comes close behind as the character who gets hurt the most. A memorable example occurs when Don Ramón and Professor Jirafales are about to fistfight: Quico has a lit cigar tossed into his open mouth, is punched by both Don Ramón and Jirafales (who were aiming for each other but missed), is grabbed by the neck of his shirt by Jirafales trying to help him but accidentally choking him, and is carelessly thrown to the ground after Jirafales gets distracted by Doña Florinda. Finally, to add Squick to injury, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Chavo offers him some chewing gum... the same piece he is already chewing]].
92* CallingMeALogarithm: El Profesor Jirafales's tendency for SesquipedalianLoquaciousness ends up with the listener either being offended or asking him to repeat it "but in Spanish". For example, when Don Ramón is given a custard apple plant, and tells El Profesor Jirafales he's not sure he was really given such a plant:
93-->'''Profesor Jirafales:''' Indeed. This is a fine specimen of an ''Annona cherimola''.[[note]]The custard apple's scientific name[[/note]]\
94'''Don Ramón:''' Such a profanity you're saying, Professor!
95* CaptainObvious: [[TheDitz The less intelligent characters]] (Quico in particular) tend to fall into stating the obvious, something that is mercilessly [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by other characters.
96* CharacterCatchphrase: a lot. Listing them all would require a page ''only for this trope''.
97** One example, by Quico:
98--->''(always after Doña Florinda slaps Don Ramón)'': '''"¡Sí, mami!"''' "Yes, mommy!"
99--->''(goes in front of Don Ramón)'' '''"¡Chusma, chusma, [[BlowingARaspberry prrrf!]]"''' ''(pushes him and gets away)'' "Riffraff, riffraff, prrrf!"
100** BorrowedCatchPhrase: happened sometimes, too. One example is when Señor Barriga stumbles at (and totals) El Chavo's refreshment stand: he yells "¡Tenía que ser el Señor Barriga!" in frustration! And, in a typical Chavo manner, he responds "Fué sin querer quierendo..." (roughly, "I didn't mean to mean to do it...").
101* TheCameo: In a certain episode the Main/{{Telenovela}} actor Héctor Bonilla stop by El Chavo's village after his car broke down close to it. He ends up getting the attention of [[ChickMagnet all the main female characters]].
102* CharacterTics: Many, but the most noticeable is the idiosyncratic way of crying that every character has:
103** El Chavo cries with an amusing ''"pipipipipipipipi"'' sound.
104** Chilindrina bawls with a screechy ''"waah-waah-waaaaaaaaah"'' that can easily become a pain to hear. She even does this while pumping her arms and rubbing herself wherever she got hurt.
105** Quico cries with a rather amusing ''"ggggrrrrrrrr"'' sound that must be heard to be fully understood, but try imagining the sound of water running through sewers rather violently.
106*** And just to ramp it up to eleven, Quico ''has to be leaning face-first against the wall at the neighborhood's entrance'' in order to cry. Despite the urge to cry, he holds back very well until he gets to the wall. Quico does this with such frequency, that in later seasons the spot is shown without any plaster in the parts where the tears would impact, revealing the bricks underneath.
107*** Whenever the kids played a game, Quico would always ask for a moment to prepare. He'd do a whole routine where he would lick his fingers, rub his earlobes and wiggle his body several times before eventually saying he was now ready.
108** Profesor Jirafales yells "¡TA-TA-TA-TA-TA!" whenever he feels insulted or disrespected.
109** Usually when he's been REALLY humiliated, Don Ramón cries with a high-pitched ''"aaaaaaay"'' and always puts one hand over one of his eyes.
110** Ñoño cries with an ''"Ehi-AH! Ehi-AH! Ehi-AH!"'' sound like a bird.
111* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Doña Florinda softens dramatically after Quico and Don Ramón leave. She never completely loses her grouchiness, but without an arch-enemy or someone to protect, the aggressive side of her personality fades away. She becomes almost maternal towards Chavo, even hiring him in the restaurant she opens and keeping him employed despite all the mistakes he makes out of his typical clumsiness and naivete.
112* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Quico and Don Ramón, given a certain amount of time after [[PutOnABus their departures]], and Chilindrina during her absence from 1973-75. Doña Florinda's deceased husband, Frederico, is still mentioned after Quico leaving, and in some episodes from the 1980s, Chilindrina passively mentions she is an orphan just like Chavo (even before Ramón Valdés himself died).
113* ChromaKey: Generally used to have two characters played by the same actor interact in the same scene. Not used as often as in Series/ElChapulinColorado, however.
114* ClingyJealousGirl: La Chilindrina towards [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Patty/Paty/Patí]] whenever El Chavo stares lovingly at the latter.
115* CompositeCharacter: In a comic book series sold in Brazil in TheNineties called "Chaves e Chapolim", [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/chespirito/images/2/23/Popisgibiprimeiravesao.png/revision/latest?cb=20120217013003&path-prefix=pt Popis]] was hated by Chilindrina and was El Chavo and Ñoño's crush, apparently replacing Paty for unknown reasons. However, she also had some traits of the original Popis, such as playing with her doll Serafina and being Florinda's niece (the reason why Quico isn't attracted to her).
116* CompressedAdaptation: The cartoon falls into this when it tries to adapt hour-long plots from the original series into episodes that last a little less than 30 minutes.
117* ContinuityNod:
118** In an episode, Don Ramón breaks his TV in rage because he thought it malfunctioned. In the next few episodes when he's idle in the scene, he can be seen repairing the TV in his house.
119---> "Now where's the damned transistor?"
120** La Chilindrina is absent from the 1974 season. After she returns, the in-universe explanation for her return episode is that she left to live with her aunts. During another episode from the same season, Sr. Barriga asks her why she came back, as he'd been absent during the earlier episode.
121** Another one for La Chilindrina: when the series started, her GirlishPigtails were really long, but during an episode from the 1973 season, Chavo cuts off her hair and makes her pigtails short. Past this point in the series, La Chilindrina could only be seen with short pigtails. It's even acknowledged by her during an episode following the 1976 remake.
122* ContinuitySnarl: While the series, in general, has NegativeContinuity, something that was incredibly inconsistent in the series was the numbers in each apartment. While Doña Florinda and Quico are associated with apartment #14, Don Ramón and La Chilindrina are associated with apartment #72, and Doña Clotilde is associated with apartment #71, it was not necessarily the case - though not in cases where the apartment number is mentioned.
123* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: In ''"La Siembra de un Huevo"'' (1976), when Quico is caught soiling the ground (which Chavo had just finished cleaning for the 3rd time), Prof. Jirafales of all people proposes the punishment: Quico is put against the wall, blindfolded, while everyone douses him with buckets of water.
124** When Chilindrina tricks Chavo and Quico by convincing them to plant "money trees", they get their revenge by putting her in a vase and watering her, for a "Chilindrinas tree".
125* CostumeInertia: some characters initially wore different clothes; but once they find the "iconic" look, never changed again.
126* CourtroomEpisode: In "El gato de Quico", when Quico accused El Chavo of killing his pet cat with a bicycle, El Profesor Jirafales suggested doing something resembling a court trial to solve whether El Chavo was guilty or not. The following episode involves El Chavo's trial at Doña Florinda's house, with Don Ramón as the defense attorney, Doña Florinda as the prosecutor, Quico as the witness, and El Profesor Jirafales as the judge. In the end, [[spoiler: El Chavo gets an acquittal when he explains he ran over Quico's cat to avoid crashing into a man, who was in the middle of the street, DistractedByTheSexy. That man was El Profesor Jirafales himself]].[[note]]This episode's script resembles "El Juicio al Doctor Chapatín", which does take place in a courtroom[[/note]]
127* CreatorProvincialism: The show makes no attempt to avoid Spanish vocabulary that's used only in Mexico. Most Spanish speakers can guess the meaning most of the time, which makes the show almost completely comprehensible, but it still routinely uses some vocabulary incomprehensible to non-Mexicans—words like ''guajolote''[[note]]A bird[[/note]], ''tejolote''.
128* CrimeOfSelfDefense: During one of the several occasions where [=Doña=] Florinda decides to slap Don [=Ramón=] for something she thinks he did to her son, he manages to defend himself by placing a bucket on his head. Professor Jirafales is so outraged he punches Don [=Ramón=] for it.
129* {{Crossover}}: With Series/ElChapulinColorado:
130** In the episode where Chavo invokes Chapulín's help because lately everyone at The Vecindad's was in a really, really bad mood and he wanted everyone to be happy again. El Chapulín Colorado felt surprised and amazed, as Chavo was the first person ever to have summoned him to do a favor for others instead of for themselves. At the end of the episode, Chapulín rewards Chavo's good heart by giving him one of his Shrink-O-Lin Pills, [[MundaneUtility allowing the hungry kid to shrink himself and have an awesome feast with just a little amount of food]].
131** In the episode where Series/ElChapulinColorado is investigating a trafficking ring in a costume party, it is possible that this is the Perez-Avolinco party that Quico was bragging about, though he had a change of heart and allowed el Chavo to tag along.
132* CryingWolf: One episode has la Chilindrina telling her father that el Chavo swallowed a microphone and Don Ramón ran to help him, but she actually meant a lollipop they were playing with as a microphone. Later when Quico actually swallowed a radio and el Chavo tried to tell Don Ramón, he just mocked him and angrily went away.
133* CulturalTranslation:
134** The Brazilian dub changed several Mexican references for Brazilian ones. For example, in the episode "Prohibido jugar Fútbol en la calle" from 1974 season, Don Ramón says he is a Monterrey supporter to make Señor Barriga happy (since he is a Monterrey supporter). In Brazilian dub, Don Ramón and Señor Barriga are Corinthians supporters. [[note]]Corinthians is a famous Brazilian football team[[/note]]
135** In an episode where the whole vecindad goes to a cinema, a bored Chavo keeps complaining: "It would have been better if we had gone watch ''El Chanfle''".[[note]]A football-themed comedy by Chespirito himself and starring the same cast as the show.[[/note]] As this film was never released in Brazil, it was changed to "Pelé's film", which viewers understood as referring either to the documentary ''Isto É Pelé'', or the more recent ''Os Trombadinhas''.
136* DarkerAndEdgier:
137** The infamous episode where Chavo is blamed for theft is quite dark and NOT PlayedForLaughs. Seeing everyone calling him a thief at his face is pretty shocking.
138** The tie-in book "El diario del Chavo" as well with stories of El Chavo watching kids die in the orphanage, his thoughts about poverty, and [[spoiler: Jaimito dying of old age]]. Thankfully, the animated adaptation ignores the darker atmosphere of the book [[spoiler: as well as Jaimito dying]], and goes back to the more whimsical tone of the original show.
139* DeathbringerTheAdorable: Doña Clotilde has the very bad habit of naming her puppies "Lucifer" or "Satan". This, of course, scares the crap out of the overhearing kids, who already believed her to be a witch.
140* DeathByChildbirth: Apparently, this is what happened to Chilindrina's mother.
141* DemotedToExtra: Doña Nieves was introduced with some excitement as a replacement for Don Ramón midway into the 1979 season. She was prominent in many episodes for the rest of that year. Then when El Chavo was absorbed back into the series Chespirito, she started being seen less frequently. In 1981, Don Ramón was briefly reintroduced on the program, and then replaced by Don Jaimito. Afterward, Doña Nieves rarely made appearances unless it was unavoidable. It´s hard not to attribute this to the fact that she and Chilindrina were played by the same actress, which forced any interaction between the two of them to be done via green-screen.
142** Doña Clotilde is barely present in the final season after Don Ramón leaves. With him gone, and fewer episodes taking place in the vecindad, there’s little reason for her to appear. She occasionally appears in the restaurant and gets to be in the final three-episode arc when everyone goes to live at Señor Barriga’s house.
143* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
144** One of Chavo's top catchphrases, "Fue sin querer queriendo", means "I didn't mean to mean to." It's unclear whether he's messing up the phrase "I didn't mean to", or he means it exactly as spoken.
145** Professor Jirafales is full of these:
146--->'''Professor Jirafales''': ¿Por cuál causa, motivo, razón o circunstancia? (''For what cause, intent, reason or circumstance [did you do that]?'')
147** When El Chavo was selling "aguas frescas", Quico asked for the prices: 50 cents, a tostón (50 cents), and two for 1 peso. Quico realizes the mistake and asks again.
148** The following exchange is typical between Don Ramón and La Chilindrina:
149--->'''Don Ramon:''' Chilindrina, mete 'pa dentro. (''Chilindrina, go in inside.'')
150--->'''Chilindrina:''' Nimodo que meta 'pa fuera. (''Like I could go in outside.'')
151* DescriptionCut: When Doña Florinda complains to Doña Cleotilde for pulling a prank on her with a mouse, the latter naturally denies having done so and tells Doña Florinda to ask Quico about it. Doña Florinda says that her son would "never touch such a filthy animal". Cut to Quico at the other patio petting the mouse.
152* DesignatedVictim: Almost every character is this for another. Lampshaded in one episode when Quico explained why Don Ramón punished El Chavo. (Quico didn't want to admit he was the one at fault) Later in that same episode, El Chavo repeated the explanation when Doña Florinda slapped Don Ramón. Also discussed in another episode, where after the usual misblaming and slap from Doña Florinda, Don Ramón hits Chavo, who was somewhat responsible for the whole thing, and the kid leaves crying. Señor Barriga comments that Don Ramón did that just to take his rage out on someone, and he answers that in that case, Chavo could go take it out on somebody else. Cut to Chavo knocking on Quico's door and knocking him out with his trademark three punches without saying a word.
153* DiggingYourselfDeeper:
154** Generally, when someone insults another character and the latter notices it, the former tries to fix his or her 'mistake'... only to make an actual mistake and insult the latter further. An example:
155--->'''Doña Clotilde:''' Why are you calling me a witch all the time?\
156'''Quico:''' No, I wasn't talking about you. I was talking about a woman that also looks like a witch.
157** This exchange from the episode where Doña Florinda gives Quico's puppy back to el Profesor Jirafales:
158--->'''Doña Cleotilde:''' It says so in that sign Don Ramon: "Animals are strictly prohibited in this vecindad."
159--->'''Don Ramon:''' As long as you pay your rent, you shouldn't have any problems.
160--->'''Doña Cleotilde:''' [[FlatWhat What!?]]
161--->'''Don Ramon:''' No, no I mean as long as you don't have any animals in your apartment, aside from yourself...
162--->'''Doña Cleotilde:''' What did you say?!
163--->'''Don Ramon:''' What I meant to say was--
164--->'''Doña Cleotilde:''' Better that you don't say anything. Now I know why [[WeNamedTheMonkeyJack they called that animal Ramoncito.]]
165** The [[Series/{{Chespirito}} 15-minute skit]] where [[SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute Jaimito the mailman]] takes pictures to send back to Tangamandafio has this exchange:
166---> '''Doña Cleotilde:''' Jaimito, why don't you just take my picture already?
167---> '''Chilindrina:''' 'Cause you'll break the camera!
168---> '''Doña Cleotilde:''' Whaaat?!
169---> '''Jaimito:''' Huh, that is the oldest phrase I know that is said to ugly people.
170---> '''Doña Cleotilde:''' What did you say?
171---> '''Jaimito:''' No, I meant oldest phrase given to the old hags!
172---> '''Doña Cleotilde:''' What was that?!
173%% * DirtyOldMan: Except not.
174%% Please provide more context about the trope above.
175* DistractedByTheSexy: Don Ramón, El Chavo and Quico whenever Paty and her aunt are in the Vecindad. To Doña Clotilde and Chilindrina's chagrin Later, Profesor Jirafales was distracted as well. One of those times ended up with El Chavo killing Quico's cat to avoid crashing into him, and yet, Profesor Jirafales decided to put El Chavo into a mock trial in the vecindad... [[AmoralAttorney with him as the judge, no less]].
176* TheDitz: About everybody, though especially Quico.
177* DoesntTrustThoseGuys: Doña Florinda every time she slaps Don Ramón's face:
178--> '''Doña Florinda:''' Let's go, Quico. Don't join this hasle.
179--> '''Quico:''' Yep, mommy. ''¡CHUSMA, CHUSMA...!"''
180* DoppelgangerCrossover: El Chavo had a crossover with El Chapulín Colorado, another character portrayed by Chespirito.
181* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: Don Ramón would sometimes threaten Chilindrina by asking her if she knows what happens if he takes off his belt. Her answer was "Your pants fall off". If he tries to follow up with the threat he ends up proving her right.
182* DoubleEntendre: [[CatchPhrase "Yo le voy al Necaxa"]]. Used by Don Ramón (and sometimes [[BorrowedCatchPhrase El Chavo]]) whenever he feels his masculinity was questioned or threatened.
183* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in many episodes.
184* DoubleTake: The source of plenty of the jokes in the series. Someone makes a nasty or surprising comment, the other person keeps talking as if the other person said the right thing (instead of what they actually said), but then that person suddenly stops in the realization of what they did say.
185* DubNameChange: In Brazil, Don Ramón and La Chilindrina changed their names to Seu Madruga and Chiquinha respectively.
186* DumbIsGood: El Chavo is probably one of the most kind-hearted characters in the show, even if he's pretty slow in the mind. Subverted in the case of Quico, who sometimes can be just as mean as he is stupid.
187* DownerEnding:
188** In the episode ''"Los Globos y los Favores"'' (1977), Doña Florinda and Profesor Jirafales had a misunderstanding. Near the end, they were close to forgiveness, but a further misunderstanding led it to end with Doña Florinda telling Profesor Jirafales that she doesn't want to see him ever again, then he goes away sad, and with his foot injured. Chavo then laments about him and says that now [[TemptingFate all that remains is that a dog stains his pants]][[note]]The Prefossor himself said that sometime before[[/note]] ([[RockBottom which immediately happens]]). Also, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Doña Florinda's basket was still lost]]. Their relationship was [[NegativeContinuity back to normal in the following episode]], though.
189** In the episode ''"El Desayuno Del Chavo"'' (all the live-action versions), El Chavo was sleeping against Don Ramón's door because he had been promised to have breakfast and he didn't want to "let him run away with it". Hilarious moments happened and happened, but Don Ramón was hit the hell off by Doña Florinda. Finally, [[spoiler: he never got his breakfast, and he was sleeping again against Don Ramón's door, hoping that next morning, he may have a new chance.]] It was finally averted in the animated version, where [[spoiler: [[EarnYourHappyEnding Quico gives him a sandwich.]]]]
190* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
191** Early on, especially in episodes patched together from the sketch-show days, the characters look all wrong -- most noticeably, Doña Florinda doesn't have her curlers, but there's also Chilindrina's long pigtails and white dress, Señor Barriga's occasional beardedness, and Don Ramón without moustache and living in a completely different apartment [[note]]and even then, there were still some later episodes where he occasionally didn't have the moustache.[[/note]].
192** Never mind the moustache and the apartment. In an early episode, Don Ramón is wearing a new, yellow, fancy (as in "it has buttons") collared shirt.
193** In Chilindrina's case, she always had long pigtails until they are cut by Chavo at a barbershop. Despite saying she would be scolded by her father for that, she kept the shorter pigtails forever.
194** Chavo would occasionally take his hat off on brief occasions. In later episodes, he is always seen wearing it except for a scene where it accidentally got off Chespirito's head he quickly put it back on. Also, he originally wore a yellow striped shirt instead of a white one, and it did not fit him properly, exposing part of his navel (oddly, this trait continued to be portrayed in Chavo illustrations shown in the 80s Chespirito openings and commercial breaks).
195** Don Ramón would hit Chavo much more frequently, doing so almost every time the latter annoyed him. Later on, Don Ramón usually only hits Chavo during the RunningGag of him asking about Don Ramón's grandmother, or if he already had been getting bothered too much by Chavo.
196** Señor Barriga was originally "Don" Barriga and wasn't the landlord, but just someone sent by the landlord to collect due rents.
197** At first, it was Quico's grandfather, not his father, who died in the sea.
198** An early episode, "Don Ramón carpintero" ("Don Ramón carpenter") in its original 1972 version features FamilyUnfriendlyViolence, especially in the scenes in which Don Ramón accidentally cuts his finger (with '''blood''' on it) with a handsaw and Señor Barriga being taken to the hospital (with his face '''bleeding''') after being hit with a hammer many times. Needless to say, blood never appeared on ''El Chavo'' after this episode. This episode is often {{Bowdlerise}}d in current airings.
199* EatTheDog: In the episode where Chavo brings a stray puppy to the ''vecindad'', Don Ramón takes it away, claiming it as his own. Chilindrina thinks that he finally got her the puppy she's been asking for, only for Don Ramón to say that dog, and every stray belongs to him as part of a business he's starting. Chilindrina asks him if he's going to sell ''tacos de barbacoa.'' [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that he then tells her that he's [[GetRichQuickScheme going to look for stray dogs to return to their owners for the reward money.]]
200* EasierThanEasy: Quico and Godínez's ''Beginner's Chess'' - a 2 x 2 chess board.
201* EconomyCast: Only ten named regular characters during the 1973-1978 run.
202* EekAMouse: Both Doña Florinda and Chilindrina jump into chairs and scream during an episode in which they find a mouse roaming Doña Florinda's restaurant.
203** Both Doña Florinda and Doña Clotilde also faint when Quico brings a mouse in a bag.
204* EmptyPilesOfClothing: Happened once with Ñoño, when el Chavo pokes him with a pair of scissors and he gets blown up like a balloon.
205* EurekaMoment: In the cotton candy episode, Don Ramón gives el Chavo a peso to buy himself a cotton candy, but Chilindrina tricks him into "planting" it in a flower pot so he'll grow a money tree. When Quico sees her stealing it, she explains that she's burying "her" peso so that Don Ramón will give her another one; Quico buries his and Chilindrina steals it too. When Chavo and Quico begin fighting over who's trying to steal the money, [[ItAmusedMe they hear Chilindrina laughing loudly,]] and come to a realization:
206-->'''Quico:''' Chavo, there are two pesos missing here, and Chilindrina has ''two'' cotton candies.
207-->'''Chavo:''' [[CatchPhrase Eso, eso, eso, eso, eso, eso!]]
208::Chavo and Quico proceed to "plant a Chilindrina tree" by burrying her feet in large flower pot and pouring water on her.
209* EvenEvilHasStandards: Elderly Don Jaimito replaced Don Ramón in the ‘80s episodes, but the physical abuse from Doña Florinda was not repeated from the earlier scripts. Apparently, Doña Florinda wouldn’t hit an old man.
210* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: In Spanish, "chavo" is a phonetically reduced form of "chaval", a slangterm meaning "kid". So "El Chavo" would translate to "The Kid", which is what everyone calls him. While he ''does'' have a real name, it's never revealed; see TheUnreveal.
211* EverythingMakesAMushroom: In the 1975 version of the episode El Chavo was hunting "[[{{Malaproper}} insepts]]", in the end, Don Ramón decides to smoke a cigarette Doña Clotilde gave him, not before drinking from El Chavo's bottle of soda... that actually had gasoline in it. After Don Ramón lights a match, the shot of a explosion making a mushroom appears.
212* EvilMatriarch: Doña Florinda is a mild version, more of a MyBelovedSmother technically speaking... but truly terrifying when seriously pissed.
213* ExtraExtraReadAllAboutIt: El Chavo was once selling newspapers and shouting the trope to announce about cops chasing smugglers and a female domestic servant strike. Watching a cop stalk a woman in maid attire made him mix up. Later, he played on the old joke mentioned in ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'' example and shouted an announcement about thirteen deceived people. Don Ramón bought a newspaper and complained it was a week-old one. He updated it to fourteen. Then Quico, who had previously asked to read a ''[[Series/ElChapulinColorado Chapulín]]'' comic book to check if he hasn't already read it, returned it, claiming he had already read it. As Quico shouted about ''fifteen'' deceived people, Don Ramón laughed at how the trick was turned on Chavo.
214* FaintInShock: An episode centers around Patty giving kisses to Quico and El Chavo and causing them to faint, and whenever it happens, they're "revived" [[HilarityEnsues with buckets of water.]] At the end of the episode, Don Ramón ends up getting one from Patty's aunt Gloria and faints too. Chavo then calls dibs on him, but instead of a bucket of water, he grabs one full of bricks...
215* FakeGuestStar: Dr. Chapatin is announced as a Special Guest Star in the episode he appears in, but he is just another character played by Chespirito.
216* FakeRabies: In one episode, Chavo and Quico think Don Ramón has rabies because of his shaving cream.
217* ForeignReScore: In the Brazilian dub, the entire sound design of the show was completely replaced and done from scratch, including the background music. The original music from Disney movies or other works is replaced by licensed music from multiple albums, especially from the album ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmFdebjMc6Q Kids and Cartoons]]'' by John Charles Fiddy and Tony Hymas. Among countless other examples, the song playing whenever Doña Florinda and Profesor Jirafales meet becomes a cover version of "Tara's Theme" from ''Film/GoneWithTheWind'', and the original theme song ''The Elephant Never Forgets'' is replaced by Fiddy's ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEl_XCaZjUw Skipping]]''. However, during moments without any dialogue, there are rare occasions where the original music remains.
218* FightBellHijinks: Whenever Don Ramón [[WouldHurtAChild bops Chavo on the head]] for annoying him, a bell is heard in the background.
219* FirstNameBasis: The surnames of several main characters were not known, namely Don Ramón, La Chilindrina, Doña Nieves, Doña Cleotilde and Jaimito the mailman.
220* FirstNameUltimatum: Speaking of which, whenever Quico got extremely obnoxious with his mother, Doña Florinda would get mad and call him Federico. Quico would get the hint quickly and go cry in his favorite corner.
221* FleetingDemographicRule: For Chespirito, it's generally a three year rule, although sometimes a story would only get one season off before being repeated, or in rare cases, it would be made two seasons in a row.
222* FloweryInsult: After Jaimito [[DiggingYourselfDeeper added to Chilindrina's comment as to why he could not take her picture at the time]] has this exchange:
223-->'''Chilindrina:''' Jaimito, I think you'll defend yourself better by being quiet.
224-->'''Doña Cleotilde:''' Look, I am talking to the donkey, not its ticks.
225--> '''Jaimito:''' Well said-- What!?
226-->'''Doña Cleotilde:''' You hear me. ''Goes home.''
227* FlyInTheSoup: El Chavo and La Chillindrina bring a fly to [=Doña=] Florinda's restaurant to pull a scam. HilarityEnsues when the fly flees and El Chavo destroys the restaurant and scare away the other customers while trying to recapture it.
228* ForgottenBirthday: Everyone but La Chilindrina forget about Don Ramón birthday in [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "El cumpleaños de Don Ramón"]] - Don Ramón himself feels tired and depressed and thought he was going to die. La Chilindrina realizes he had forgotten which day it was and tries to plan a surprise party with Quico, Doña Florinda and Doña Clotilde... whose attempts to hide what they were talking about, coupled with El Chavo's PoorCommunicationKills due to eavesdropping too late, only made Don Ramón feel worse.
229* FriendsRentControl: Subverted. Don Ramón's apartment is the opposite of luxurious, but there's still no way he should be able to afford to live there. It's just that Señor Barriga continually pardons him the unpaid rent he's accumulated.
230* FreudianSlip: Every once in a while Quico will call Profesor Jirafales "Daddy."
231%%* FromTheMouthsOfBabes
232* FullyClothedNudity: In one of the Acapulco episodes, when Chavo chases Quico around the beach, we see a woman who's sheepishly covering her body with a blanket. when Chavo and Quico run past, they cause her blanket unwrap, and she looks incredibly embarrassed trying to cover her body, while wearing a Victorian-era swimsuit.
233* FunWithAcronyms:
234** Done once when the kids went on "Strike",
235--->'''Prof.Jirafales''': ¿Qué significa E.M.P.L? [[note]]What does "E.M.P.L" stands for?[[/note]]
236--->'''Chilindrina''': '''E'''xigimos '''M'''ejoras '''P'''ro '''L'''ibertad.[[note]]We Demand Rights In favor of Freedom[[/note]]
237--->'''Chavo''': Yo creí que decía '''E'''l '''M'''aestro '''P'''arece '''L'''onganiza. [[note]]JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant The teacher looks like Longsausage.[[/note]]
238** Also, the signs brought by the people rallied by La Chillindrina's "Biscabuela" to protest against El Chavo's work conditions at Doña Florinda's restaurant.
239** In another episode, Don Ramón tries to avoid paying his due rents by claiming there are flying saucers in the sky, tricking Señor Barriga as well as Quico. When Don Ramón escapes...
240--->'''Quico:''' So, was it really a flying saucer?\
241'''Señor Barriga:''' No, I don't think it was really an UFO.\
242'''Quico:''' An UFO?\
243'''Señor Barriga:''' UFO is an acronym that means '''U'''nidentified '''F'''lying '''O'''bject. What had escaped was a WISP - a '''W'''ell '''I'''dentified '''S'''camming '''P'''erson.
244* GainaxEnding: There's one episode where Mr. Barriga punches Don Ramón out and then jumps on him, [[SquashedFlat leaving him flat as a pancake]], and later another where El Chavo pokes Ñoño with a pair of scissors, blowing him up like a balloon and leaving only his clothes behind. [[StatusQuoIsGod Obviously]], [[UnexplainedRecovery they were back to normal the following episodes.]]
245* GirlishPigtails: All the female "kids", but most notably La Chilindrina. {{Averted}} with Patty, who wears a ponytail.
246* GotVolunteered: In the episodes where there is no water in the vecindad, Don Ramón tries to get Chavo to say he'll go get water from the vecindad next door, but when Chavo doesn't say he'll go, Don Ramón orders Chilindrina to fetch some pails, and forces Chavo to go get the water. As Chilindrian points and laughs at Chavo, Don Ramón gives her some pails and forces her to with Chavo. Just as Quico starts laughing at Chavo and Chilindrina, Doña Florinda politely asks him to go get some water.
247* GrammarCorrectionGag:
248** Professor Jirafales once entered the classrom and the chalkboard had a sketch of him as a longsauce with the quote "maistro longanisa". He then proceed to change it to "longaniza". It wasn't until he sat down that he realized what he just saw.
249** It's also frequent that El Chavo would start relating something that happened with "I and Quico". Professor Girafales would try to correct it as "Quico and I" and Chavo responding with "No, you weren't there". Other characters instead would say "El burro por delante" ("the donkey goes first", a phrase used in Mexico to correct that specific mistake) and Chavo answering with "No, Quico was walking behind".
250* HeadsOrTails: Used in some episodes when trying to win the peso itself. But one stands out due to a bet between three.
251--> '''Chilindrina''': ''(To Quico)'' If is heads, then el Chavo wins and you lose; and if it's tails, then I win and you lose.\
252 '''Quico''': Then when do I win?\
253 '''Chilindrina''': When it comes backwards.\
254 '''Quico''': That makes sense.
255* HeldBackInSchool:
256** A common gag involves Don Ramón saying that he was at school for 9 years, then Chilindrina, or any of the other kids, comments "Eight in first grade, and one in second".
257** In one episode, Don Ramón is assisting Profesor Jirafales' class, at first as an excuse to escape from Doña Florinda, later, she and Profesor Jirafales agree to allow him in class, as he could use some good education.
258* HitMeDammit:
259** Don Ramón, after taking the blame for Chavo eating all of Doña Florinda's churros, fully expects her to beat him up for it, and tells her to get on with it. [[spoiler:Doña Florinda already knew Chavo had eaten them, and thought Don Ramón was really noble in trying to protect him so she didn't even got mad at all.]]
260** In another episode, Don Ramón had accidentally eaten some bugs that were in Quico's popcorn bag. He angrily pinches Quico, but Doña Florinda catches him. Then this exchange occurs:
261---> '''Doña Florinda''': So now you're gonna deny pinching Quico?
262---> '''Don Ramón''': No madam, this time I don't deny it, I did it!
263---> ''(Doña Florinda slaps Don Ramón)''
264---> '''Don Ramón''': That slap was because I pinched Quico, right?
265---> '''Doña Florinda''': Of course.
266---> '''Don Ramón''': Slap me again!
267---> '''Doña Florinda''': You want me to slap you again?
268---> '''Don Ramón''': Yes madam!
269---> '''Doña Florinda''': With pleasure.
270---> ''(Doña Florinda slaps Don Ramón again. Then, he pinches Quico one more time)''
271---> '''Doña Florinda''': Hey, but...
272---> '''Don Ramón''': We are even!
273* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Don Ramón snark ended insulting himself.
274--> '''Chavo''': Ron Damón, why are you painting the door?
275--> '''Don Ramón''': To see how many idiots ask.
276--> '''Quico''': Why are you painting the door?
277--> '''Don Ramón''': To see how many idiots ask.
278--> '''Chavo''': ''(to Quico)'' Counting you, is already two.
279--> '''Chilindrina''': Daddy... the house looks so ugly.
280--> '''Don Ramón''': [[TemptingFate And why am I painting the door?]]
281--> '''Chavo''': Three.
282* HollywoodCuisine: How Don Ramón describes the difference between West Germany and East Germany in "El cortocircuito":
283--> '''Don Ramón:''' Yeah, but both are the same country - it's just that they drink vodka in one side, and beer in the other one.
284* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter:
285** Despite knowing the El Chavo's lack of intelligence, Don Ramón keep asking him to do something which he could easily do but refuse due his laziness. As result, El Chavo misinterpret his words, do the completely opposite thing and Don Ramón gets slapped by Doña Florinda. All this could have been avoided if he did it by himself instead of asking El Chavo to do it.
286** El Chavo sometimes for his excessive blindness towards lies. A prime example is when Quico promises paying him one million Pesos in compensation for breaking one of the Soda Bottle which he was collecting to exchange for money. He truly believed Quico was going to pay him to the point of saying to Don Ramón he was going to pay his rent and buying better clothes to him. No wonder Quico burst in laughs and Don Ramon called him out for believing in this lie.
287** In the episode "El Raton de Quico", Doña Florinda defends Quico when Doña Clotilde suspects him to having switched (''by accident'') the paper bags that contained both the rat, to prank Chavo, and the sugar Clotilde bought for Florinda, saying that her son would be uncapable of touching "a disgusting animal". [[InstantlyProvenWrong Cut to Quico caressing his new unusual pet]]. Later on, they think Don Ramón was responsible for the prank when he in a rage crushed a piece of cheese, mistaking it for the rat, and then Quico ended up giving Clotilde the bag with the rat, with Florinda walking in on their argument and slapping him in response.
288* HowMuchDidYouHear: A guarantee is that if someone is telling someone else a secret, a third person (generally involved with the secret) will be eavesdropping. Sometimes, it's followed by an exchange similar to the one that happens in "El Cumpleaños de Don Ramón", when Don Ramón wants Quico to tell him what he, Doña Florinda, Doña Clotilde and La Chilindrina were talking about[[note]]His ForgottenBirthday[[/note]]:
289--> '''Quico:''' Are you not going to tell anybody?\
290'''Don Ramón:''' No, Quico!\
291'''Quico:''' Me neither.
292* HugeGuyTinyGirl: The very tall Profesor Jirafales with Doña Florinda, who is of average height. In a SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome, in one time she tried to kiss him, Doña Florinda had to stand on the tips of her feet, and even then she couldn't reach his lips. Quico [[MoodWhiplash kills the mood]] by asking her if she needed a stool.
293%%* HurricaneOfPuns
294* HumanHummingbird: El Chavo gives a nice live-action interpretation of the trope whenever he's [[{{Keet}} excited about something]].
295* {{Hypocrite}}:
296** Doña Clotilde doesn't want anyone to think she's a witch. Yet, she has named her dog and her cat '''''Satan'''''.
297** In one episode, after he learns a blank painting represented El Chavo's daily breakfast, Profesor Jirafales discusses with Doña Florinda about those poor people who cannot even get something to eat. This happens while they are eating all the cookies in a plate even though ''El Chavo himself was there and couldn't get a single cookie''. El Chavo left in silence, though the scene itself hints Profesor Jirafales and Doña Florinda were [[InnocentlyInsensitive unaware they were denying El Chavo some food]].
298* HypocriticalHumor:
299** Doña Florinda once told El Chavo that some women take advantage of DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale to hurt men without retaliation. Later, when she's about to slap Don Ramón, he reminds her of what she said, only for her saying she ''is'' one of those women, then she slaps him. El Chavo also conveniently ignores his golden rule that men shouldn't hit women and tries to hit La Chilindrina or La Popis when provoked, especially on remakes that originally had Quico being hit or chased by him (in one of them, Señor Barriga even encourages him to hit Popis after she makes fun of his weight, which was one of the aforementioned remakes originally with Quico).
300** Near the end of the episode where Don Ramón stays on the class for one day, Profesor Jirafales orders Chavo to go erase the blackboard, where there are two drawings: one of a circle, and one of a skull. Chavo first points to the circle, asking "Should I erase Ñoño as well?". Ñoño gets angry and offended, so Don Ramón tells him "Calm down, can't you take a joke?". Afterwards, Chavo points to the skull and asks "Should I erase Don Ramón too?"; Don Ramón himself gets angry and offended at this.
301** During the episode where El Chavo gets a job as a waiter at Doña Florinda's restaurant, the mailman Jaimito at one point blows his whistle (which she tells him is what most mailmen do whenever they arrive) repeatedly inside the place when he came by to deliver a letter for her. After he stops, Florinda gets mad and yells at Jaimito that he's supposed to do that outside because the customers want to eat in silence and without making noise. As she's calling him out in that tone, a customer is heard shushing Florinda, because she's the one ''actually making noise'', and she apologizes.
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304* IAteWhat: In one episode where El Chavo was hunting "[[{{Malaproper}} insepts]]" for his bug collection, Quico drinks from Chavo's bottle thinking it was lemonade. [[spoiler:It was gasoline that El Chavo used to kill the bugs]]. Later, Chilindrina, Don Ramón and Doña Clotilde eat from Chavo's bag thinking they're snacks. [[spoiler:They were Chavo's bug collection]]. Needless to say, both times the characters reacted in absolute disgust.
305* IdiotBall: Almost every '80s or '90s episode was a RecycledScript. Many of those came from the season where La Chilindrina was PutOnABus and the only major kid characters were Chavo and Quico. After Quico is gone, this usually means the recycled version is done with Chilindrina and Chavo, those being the primary kid characters in the later years. This usually forces Chavo or Chilindrina to act somewhat dumber than usual. Since this is especially OutOfCharacter for Chilindrina, she often plays it off like ObfuscatingStupidity or just being annoying with no particular endgame in mind.
306* IResembleThatRemark: Happens a lot. Especially to Quico.
307--> '''La Chilindrina''': ''(Angrily, to El Chavo)'' The worst part of this is that I'll have to clean the patio with the most stupid kid in the world!\
308 '''Quico''': ''(Who was just passing by)'' You are crazy if you think [[NotHelpingYourCase I am going to help you!]] ''(All of this with an arrogant expression, which makes La Chilindrina feel worse than before)''
309* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: In an instance for example:
310-->'''Quico''': Did you hear them, Mom? They called you an old dirty-mouth!
311-->'''Doña Florinda''': Don't pay them attention, Quico.
312-->'''Quico''': But you're not a dirty-mouth!
313* IWasJustJoking: "¡Lo dijo de broma!", a RunningGag in one episode in which Don Ramón dismisses La Chilindrina's insults at Doña Florinda as that. When Don Ramón accidentally insults Doña Florinda, El Chavo says the same thing to him.
314* IllNeverTellYouWhatImTellingYou: In the chapter "El Chicle en el Sombrero", Quico promises Chavo that he will not reveal to Don Ramon that the gum smeared on his employer's hat, however once Don Ramon asks him about the hat, he ends up revealing it stupidly
315* ImpoverishedPatrician: Doña Florinda (outright stated) and Doña Clotilde (heavily implied).
316* InformedAttractiveness: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Everyone comments very negatively on almost everyone else's appearance. Insults about being "ugly" are standard discourse. However, only Don Ramón might truly qualify as "ugly"; others are either average looking or have one quality holding them back, such as Clotilde´s age, Quico's cheeks or Señor Barriga´s weight. Doña Florinda and Chilindrina just dress poorly and have bad hairstyles. Characters even comment on Popis, likely the least unattractive of the regular cast, as if she is physically deformed.
317* InsaneTrollLogic:
318** ''Why do you keep talking when I am interrupting?''.
319** Don Ramón uses it in the episode where Señor Barriga is trying to sell the vecindad to move due to heart problems. His plan to prevent him to sell it is buying the vecindad by himself. Obviously everyone gets surprised since Don Ramón doesn't have money to pay a single month of rent. Then, he explains his plan in the house: he has a debt of 14 months of rent to Señor Barriga. In 20 years, his debt is going to be equal to the value of the vecindad. So, Don Ramón suggests he takes the vecindad from Señor Barriga and since in 20 years his debt will reach the vecindad's value, they will be even. [[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe Señor Barriga is not amused]], and judging by Don Ramón's reaction, he wasn't even aware of how nonsensical his plan was.
320** El Chavo's "aguas frescas" he made. Somehow he made a drink that looks like it's roselle that is actually tamarind, but it tastes like lemon. Likewise for the drink that looks like it's lemon, is actually roselle but tastes like tamarind, and for the drink that looks like it's tamarind, is actually lemon but tastes like roselle. When Don Ramón asks for a lemon drink, El Chavo asks him if he wants the one that looks like lemon, the one that is lemon, or the one that tastes like lemon.
321* InsistentTerminology: A few.
322** One is Jirafales' insistence on being addressed as "professor" instead of the less-prestigious "maestro", meaning "teacher". It sure beats "Maistro Longaniza".
323** Later on, Doña Florinda is adamant that her business is a "restaurant", since people have a tendency to call it a "fonda", which implies more of a GreasySpoon diner (there was even [[ShapedLikeItself a signpost on it which read "Fonda"]] before she opened her business there).
324** Doña Clotilde
325--->"No es señora, ¡es '''''señorita'''''!"[[note]]In this case, "señora" means a married woman, and she insists on "señorita" because she's still single.[[/note]]
326** Don Ramón uses this to defend his new jobs when Doña Florinda mocks them. He's not a party items salesman[[note]]"La guerra de la independencia" and "Los tronadores"[[/note]], he's a "tradesman specializing in folkloric items meant for juvenile consumption". He's not a ragman[[note]]"El ropavejero"[[/note]], he's an "agent specializing in buying and selling household items".
327* InsultBackfire: In an episode where the kids are playing music, Don Ramón complains at the noise they are making. It is when this exchange happens:
328--> '''Don Ramón:''' ''(to El Chavo)'' Don't you understand that there could be a neighbor that wants to have a nap?
329--> '''Doña Florinda:''' ''(as she just arrived)'' Yes, those who were partying all night yesterday!
330--> '''El Chavo:''' ''(to Doña Florinda)'' And why are we to blame that you were partying all night yesterday?
331* InsultMisfire: In one episode, Don Ramón entered Professor Jirafales' class claiming he wanted to learn. (He just wanted a place where he'd be safe from Doña Florinda) When El Chavo first saw him there, he believed it was an old kid who looked like Don Ramón. When Don Ramón stated something like "I am, idiot!", El Chavo said they had even that in common.
332** A variation occurs whenever a pet is present. A person will be referred to an animal, while answering a question about the pet. For example:
333---> ''(In the episode where Chavo finds a puppy)''
334---> '''Quicko:''' What's that animal doing here?
335---> '''Chilindrina:''' Oh, he's just telling about the puppy he found.
336---> '''Chavo:''' ''(Rasises his fist to punch her)'' That's it, that's it... ''(Chilindrina runs away)''
337** In the episode where Don Ramón thinks Doña Florinda's cat has been eating his goldfish:
338---> '''Don Ramón:''' ''[Knocks on the door]''
339---> '''Doña Florinda:''' What do you want?
340---> '''Don Ramón:''' I'm here to kill that animal.
341---> '''Doña Florinda:''' ''[Shields Profesor Jirafales]'' No! Don't touch him!
342** In the [[Series/{{Chespirito}} 15 minute skit]] where Doña Cleotilde is regaining consciousness after being shown Chavo's dead lizard:
343---> '''Profesor Jirafales:''' Doña Cleotilde, are you okay? What happened?
344---> '''Doña Cleotilde:''' Oh! I was frightened by that disgusting animal!
345---> '''Profesor Jirafales:''' Nice, very nice. Aren't you ashamed of yourself, Don Jaimito, at your age and scaring a defenseless ''anciana?''
346---> '''Don Jaimito:''' Well, it's just that I-- [[{{Beat}} (beat)]] Hold on!! Are you calling me--!!
347---> '''Doña Cleotilde:''' Who are YOU calling ''anciana!?''[[note]]Anciano/a means old person, but it has the connotation of being an insult rather than a term of endearment. [[/note]]
348---> '''Doña Florinda:''' Don't you dare raise your voice at him!
349---> ''(All four adults start screaming at each other)''
350** In the first part of where there is no water in the ''vdcindad'':
351--->''*[Arguing about a bucket that Chilindrina brought, but Doña Florinda insist is hers]''
352--->'''Don Ramón:''' I'm telling you, that's my bucket!
353--->'''Profesor Jirafales:''' Don't be so sure my good man, remember, an intelligent person often doubts about what they said, only a moron is absolutely sure of everything they said!
354---> '''Don Ramón:''' Are you sure, Profesor?
355---> '''Preofesor Jirafales:''' Absolutely! No, I mean, the thing is...
356* InsultToRocks:
357** Based on the Idiom "Everything resembles its owner" El Chavo says that a broom belongs to Doña Florinda. When Don Ramón tells him that that comparison is offensive, he says it doesn't matter, because brooms don't understand.
358** This exchange from the episode where Quico gets a dog:
359--->''Don Ramon storms off angrily to wash his ties used as an improvised dog leash.''
360--->'''Quico:''' Do you think he got mad for naming him [[WeNamedTheMonkeyJack Ramoncito.]]
361--->'''El Chavo:''' Doesn't matter, dogs don't understand anyway.
362* IronicEcho: There's one somewhat meta, and likely even unintentional: in the 1974 episode that introduces Popis (played by the same actress as Doña Florinda, who is her aunt), Florinda and Don Ramón have the following exchange:
363--->'''Doña Florinda:''' They say she looks a lot like me.
364--->'''Don Ramón:''' Yes. Well, [[DamnedByFaintPraise but what's important is that she's healthy]].
365::Around [[BrickJoke 137 episodes later]], in 1977, we get a flashback of Florinda's husband, in which she gave the same response when he said their son Quico had got his face (also a case of same-actor).
366** In the episode where Doña Florinda returns Quiko's puppy to Profesor Jirafales, Don Ramón asks Chavo to go to the store and buy him half a dozen eggs, Chavo refuses on the grounds that Don Ramón doesn't tip him anymore, to which Don Ramón claims he'll pay Chavo "in full at the end of the year." When Chavo asks for the shopping money, Don Ramón says to have the store's owner charge it to Doña Florinda's account, and Chavo asks if he'll pay her "in full at the end of the year." When Chavo returns later and confesses to eating the eggs, he promises to pay him back, when Don Ramón asks when, Chavo responds "in full at the end of the year."
367** In the first episode when there's no water in the ''vecindad'', Chavo insults Don Ramón, which promts him to hit Chavo, when Chavo starts to cry, Don Ramón says "Don't cry! Men don't cry!" when Don Ramón orders Chavo to bring him a bucket of water, Chavo spills it, as Don Ramón is about to hit him again, Chavo uses the bucket as a helmet, hurting Don Ramón's hand, and when he begins to cry, Chavo says "men don't cry!"
368* IronicName: Hurtado's name means "victim of theft". He is a thief himself.
369* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Even Doña Florinda gets PetTheDog moments here and there.
370** It is heavily implied that the only reason why El Chavo survives is because the entire adult cast takes turns to feed him and shelter him, despite their own poverty.
371** Don Ramón used to play this trope often, being mean and grumpy to Chavo but then sharing what little food he had with Chavo or lending him a hand when everything seemed lost for the kid. In one episode Chavo wondered who was leaving empty plates on his barrel, until a night he discovered that Don Ramón was sleepwalking and leaving (what he believed on his dreams) a feast for Chavo to eat.
372* TheKlutz: El Chavo
373* KungFoley: With ''bell sounds''.
374* LamarckWasRight: Chilindrina's nervous laugh when she's embarrassed is exactly the same as her dad's. "¡Ají! ¡Ají!"
375** The first time Doña Florinda is seen crying, it is the exact same style of Quico's cry. Even after she develops her unique style, her gestures remain the same.
376** Doña Nieves also cries in the exact same manner as her great granddaughter.
377** Notice Don Federico's facial expression when he's upset, and compare to Quico's in the same situation. He's also the reason his son wears a sailor's costume.
378* LargeHam: QUICO.
379** When given enough power, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilELFKNcONo&t=2m45s Don Ramón becomes]] one. Hamming at 2:45
380* LaserGuidedKarma: Don Ramon is often the [[ButtMonkey Butt monkey]] of the series and often ends up injured, while La Chilindrina, who often causes the mischief that got him beaten up and Dona Florinda, who beats hims up, get off scott free, with few exceptions:
381** In one episode, La Chilindrina started a fight between el Chavo and Quico by shooting spitballs at them, Don Ramon saw her, and gave her a spanking. In another she told a series of riddles, whose answer rimed with a violent action, and hit El chavo numerous times, Don Ramon saw and gave her another spanking. In yet another episode, she tricked Quico and El Chavo into thinking the other stole money hidden in a flower pot. They realized they were had, and put her in a flower pot, saying they will grow a Chilindrina tree.
382*** In the "Insepts" episode, La chilindrina pestered Don Ramon to give her money for popcorn, when he didn't give her a cent, she left the apartment crying. She snatched Chavo's insect collection. and after finding out [[IAteWhat what she was eating]] she went an tried to tell Don Ramon on him. Don Ramon told her that her crying explanation made it sound like Quico, or El Chavo, hit her after stealing their food, and Don Ramon said that she deserved it.
383** In the episode where the plumbing was fixed, a water fight ensued that ended with Dona Florinda crying because Profesor Jirafales threw a bucket of water at her.
384*** In the first episode of that story, [[GotVolunteered Don Ramon tells Chavo that he's going to the vecindad next door and fetch pails of water.]] After Don Ramon hears Chavo hear he's not going, he forces him anyway, then this exchange happens:
385----> '''Quico:''' Chavo, what's with all these pails?
386----> '''Chavo:''' I told you, thanks to the ''Bruja del 71'', I got put to work.
387----> '''Chilindrina:''' ''(mockingly)'' You're gonna spend the whole day fetching water ''(starts laughing)''.
388----> '''Don Ramon:''' ''(Hands Chilindrina some pails)'' Chilindrina! Here, go get some water!
389----> '''Chilindrina:''' ''Walks away crying, and carrying the pails.''
390----> '''Quico:''' ''(Laughing loudly)'' There you go, now you'll be like little cargo donkeys! ''(continues laughing)''
391----> '''Doña Florinda:''' ♪ Oh, precious...♪
392----> '''Quico:'''' ''(Still laughing)'' Yes mommy- ? ''(immediately stops laughing when he sees Doña Florinda carrying several pails, and motioning he's going to fetch water.)''
393** In another episode, Doña Florinda chases Don Ramon to beat him up for accidentally getting paint on her sheets. While she beats him up, El Chavo paints Don Ramon's front door, but Quico tells him that throwing a bucket of paint is faster, and shows El Chavo while Doña Florinda comes out of Don Ramon's apartment.
394* LastNameBasis: Profesor Jirafales's first name was never revealed, although it is implied to be Inocencio, which was his name in Chespirito's previous show ''Los supergenios de la mesa cuadrada''. Also Godínez, whose given name is never said even though the rest of the kids are on FirstNameBasis.
395* LastSecondWordSwap: Used by Don Ramón once to Doña Clotilde. He tries to correct it with a pun:
396-->'''Doña Clotilde:''' I have to go. I have a meeting with my friends.\
397'''Don Ramón:''' ¿Aquelarre? (Coven?)\
398'''Doña Clotilde:''' [[BigWhat What?]].\
399'''Don Ramón:''' A que la recuerdan bien sus amigas (I'm sure your friends remember you well)
400* LateToThePunchline: Quico, so much that Chilindrina told him that if he's told a joke during a funeral, he'd laugh the next day during the burial.
401* LaughTrack:
402** ''El Chavo'' went through phases of laugh tracks, the two major ones being when it had an old and very unconvincing sounding laugh track, and the later years when the laugh track was eliminated at the beginning of the 80's "out of respect for the audience". The removal of the Laugh Track is considered by some an unfortunate moment, especially because the laugh track was not really removed but basically replaced by some music track that served the same exact purpose as the laugh track to remind you when to laugh, so long for the respect for the audience.
403** There's also an unofficial laugh track provided by the crew, who occasionally cracked up at the antics of the cast, especially after an ad lib or a blooper. This unfortunately disappeared in later years as the series became more polished, and very [[FleetingDemographicRule repetitive]].
404* LawOfDisproportionateResponse: the base of many a joke.
405* LighterAndSofter: Remakes of episodes that ended with Don Ramon being slapped, with his role being taken by Jaimito, had their ending changed to avoid showing an elderly person being hit: on rare occasions, Señor Barriga would be the one hurt instead. An example is the Paty and Gloria saga; in the three 70s versions, the first parts end with Don Ramón being slapped by both Doña Florinda ''and'' Gloria due to a misunderstanding. The 1987 remake completely omits this part.
406* LimitedWardrobe: coupled with CostumeInertia above.
407* LiteralMinded: Several times.
408** In the episode in which Don Ramón goes to school, El Profesor Jirafales tries to explain how to find the surface of a triangle. Don Ramón believed its surface had been missing since he was a child.
409** In [[{{Balloonacy}} one of the episodes involving balloons]], there was a moment in which Quico, who had bought lots of balloons, offered a balloon to El Chavo under the reason he's a good person, who states that, if Quico were a good person, he should give half the balloons. Cue Quico ''tearing a balloon in half'', then giving [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter the smaller part]] to El Chavo.
410---> '''Quico''': ''(To El Chavo)'' Explain me how you play with half a balloon.
411** The whole explanation of Don Ramón explaining el Chavo [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlTWvAuVTKs how to play bowling]]. Basically, El Chavo believes playing bowling is knocking down pine trees (That are behind a table[[note]]The bowling court is called "mesa" (Table)[[/note]]) with the ball.
412* LongLived: When Jaimito the mailman was a photographer he has this conversation with Doña Clotilde:
413-->'''Doña Clotilde:''' Why don't you take my picture?
414-->'''Jaimito:''' I go by age.
415-->'''Doña Clotilde:''' What?! Well, there people that are older than me.
416-->'''Jaimito:''' My mother for one.
417-->'''Doña Clotilde:''' ''(Shocked)'' Your mother, is still alive?
418-->'''Jaimito:''' Of course, she takes care of my grandmother.
419-->'''Doña Clotilde:''' Your grandmother is also alive?
420-->'''Jaimito:''' Yes, she lives with my great grandmother.
421-->'''Doña Clotilde:''' Don't tell me your great-great grandmother is still alive?
422-->'''Jaimito:''' ''(Sadly)'' But she's not doing so well. The doctor says she has no more than twenty years to live.
423* LostAesop: In one episode, Don Ramón states that "Good people should love their enemies", a saying El Chavo takes at heart very quickly. That is, disregarding the fact El Chavo is too LiteralMinded to understand what it really means.
424--> '''El Chavo''': ''(To Quico)'' I won't retaliate because good people should love their enemies.\
425'''Quico''': Who says that?\
426'''El Chavo''': Don Ramón said that, then La Chilindrina and now I'm saying that, so I won't hit you because good people should love their enemies.\
427'''Quico''': [[TooDumbToLive But Chavo, I'm not your enemy! I'm your friend!]]\
428'''El Chavo''': [[LiteralMinded Should have said so earlier!]] ''(proceeds to beat up Quico)''
429* LoudGulp: Done several times by Don Ramón, always while looking at the camera.
430* LostInTranslation: In the Brazilian dub, the RunningGag of Chavo calling Don Ramón by "Ron Damón" is completely removed, and he instead always calls Don Ramón by his regular translated name "Seu Madruga". However, there is one episode where Sr. Barriga points this out and corrects Chavo on it, so since the misnaming was essential to the joke, the translation for that one specific scene had Chavo saying "Meu Sadruga" instead of "Seu Madruga".
431* MaidenAunt: Doña Clotilde
432* {{Malaproper}}: most of the characters, but El Chavo is the most notorious of the bunch.
433* MathematiciansAnswer:
434** One of the punchlines in this show.
435** In one episode, El Chavo is selling refreshments and agrees to reveal Don Ramon's location if the landlord buys one. El Chavo then reveals that Don Ramon is still in the country.
436* MetaPhorgotten:
437** Quico has told several motivational stories to El Chavo that all fell to this trope: "There was this poor, poor man who began collecting empty bottles and selling them, and kept collecting and selling and collecting and selling... until he won a lottery prize and became rich."
438** Another story involved a little girl who failed to sell a lottery ticket, which angered her father so much he spanked her until she started crying. The next day, the girl decided to check on a newspaper about the lottery ticket. She lost.
439* MickeyMousing: Used sparingly.
440* MinorInjuryOverreaction: Plastic balls can make people faint.
441* MirrorCrackingUgly: Happens in the 1979 stop-motion intro. During Doña Clotilde's introduction, it shows a clip of her looking at a mirror, and the mirror instantly cracking from seeing her.
442* MissedHimByThatMuch: Doña Florinda once asked Chavo to find Quico for her and Doña Clotilde asked Quico to find El Chavo. The two boys kept missing each other until they gave up searching.
443* MisspellingOutLoud:
444** In the episode where Quico is doing a magic act
445--> '''Quico:''' Chilindrina hand me the ''caja'' [[note]]Caja is Spanish for box, in this case a cardboard box.[[/note]].
446--> '''Chilindrina:''' The What?
447--> '''Quico:''' ''Caja!'' C-A-G-A, [[note]] Quico spelled caga, a verb that translates to "to shit."[[/note]] ''caja!''
448** In an episode where Don Ramón stops Chavo from hitting Quico:
449--> '''Don Ramón:''' Honestly Chavo, can't the two of you live in peace!?
450--> '''Chavo:''' Where?
451--> '''Don Ramón:''' Peace! P-E-A-S-E! Peace!
452--> '''Chavo:''' But peace is written with a c, not s. [[note]] whereas Don Ramón spelled out ''pas'', with an "s", Chavo corrected him by saying its actually ''paz'' [[BilingualBonus with a "z."]] [[/note]]
453--> '''Don Ramón:''' Really? Well, I'm not writing it I'm thinking it.
454--> '''Chavo:''' Then your brain--
455--> '''Don Ramón:''' Alright, enough!
456** In the episode where Quico has a mouse, Don Ramón asks for some cheese to kill it:
457--> '''Don Ramón''': Now go get me some cheese!
458--> '''Chavo''': Cheese?
459--> '''Don Ramón''': Yes, cheese! K-E-E-S-E! Cheese! [[note]] In Spanish, cheese is written "queso", but the "qu-" sound is pronounced like a "k"[[/note]]
460** In the episode where Don Ramón is working as plasterer, he pulls this twice in a row:
461--> '''Don Ramón''': ''(after El Chavo causes a mess by mistaking plaster for donkey milk)'' I'll make this clear, Chavo. This thing over here is plaster. F-L-A-S-T-E-R! Plaster! [[note]]In spanish, plaster is written "yeso", but Don Ramón spelled it as "Lleso", which sounds very similar if not exactly the same depending on the country[[/note]]
462--> '''Chilindrina''': Dad! That's not how you write the word plaster!
463--> '''Don Ramón''': Yes, yes, I know it's written with a "z", but is this idiot supposed to know about that? [[note]]In several spanish-speaking countries, the "s" and "z" sound exactly the same[[/note]]
464* MistakenForGay:
465** In an episode, the kids see Don Ramón teaching Jirafales how to recite poems to Doña Florinda. The kids misinterpret it as their teacher cheating on Doña Florinda with Don Ramón, and things didn't turn out pretty.
466** An episode has an [[ImpliedTrope implied]] example. Don Rámon asks Jirafales what the word "altruist" he just used means. Jirafales says that an altruist is "a man who loves his fellow men" and Don Rámon replies that he knew it by other name.
467* MonkeyMoralityPose: Doña Clotilde, Doña Florinda and La Chilindrina do, in that order, the "See no evil; hear no evil; speak no evil" poses... while watching a soap opera featuring Héctor Bonilla.
468* MoodWhiplash: Chavo is all alone at the neighborhood after everyone left for Acapulco and starts playing with his cup-and-ball while "The Second Star to the Right" (from Disney's ''WesternAnimation/PeterPan'') plays on the background. In frustration, Chavo throws his toy backwards...which hits Mr. Barriga and the music abruptly stops.
469* MusicalEpisode: "La clase de música" features El Profesor Jirafales in the school, trying to teach the kids the song "Qué bonita vecindad". Halfway through it, as El Profesor Jirafales tries to teach Doña Florinda that there is no age for tastes, the kids sing "Joven aún" to Don Ramón. In the end, the whole cast sings "Qué bonita vecindad"
470* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: From an episode where El Chavo and Quico were receiving guitar lessons from Don Ramón and Jirafales respectively:
471-->'''Jirafales''': I've met good students, regular, bad, awful... and Quico.
472* NamedByTheDub: The protagonist's name [[NoNameGiven is never revealed]] in the original version, as everyone simply refer to him as "chavo" (meaning "boy"). In Brazil, he is given the name Chaves. This leads to a DubInducedPlotHole in later episodes, as the RunningGag where other characters try to find out the boy's name is rendered nonsensical.
473* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Don Federico's surname is ''Mátalascallando'' (Kill them -women- quiet), although he didn't seem to act like that.
474* NapoleonDelusion:
475** Don Ramón once faked this to avoid paying the rent.
476** And Doña Nieves on a remake of that episode -- except she was Jeanne D'Arc.
477* NewYearsResolution: One episode had the vecindad's residents having a New Year's party at Don Ramón's place. Doña Florinda promised she'd no longer hit him unless she had reasons like Don Ramón hitting Quico or denying doing so. She also promised she'd no longer act as if she's [[RichBitch superior]] to any of her neighbors, albeit the wording of her promise suggests it's unlikely she's able to fulfill it. Quico promised to always allow El Chavo to borrow his toys. Chavo doubted Quico would keep that resolution. Quico explained that his resolution was based on Chavo usually kicking his toys so Chavo promised he'd no longer do it. Quico then allowed Chavo to borrow [[ExactWords a ball]]. Don Ramón promised to pay all his debts. Doña Florinda then said it was only about resolutions that could be fulfilled. [[HypocriticalHumor Like she's one to talk]].
478* NeverBareheaded: Neither Chavo nor Quico are ever seen without their hats for more than a few seconds, and this is even [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Don Ramón in one episode. In fact, possibly the only time Chavo actually took his hat off was to hide a bag of bang snaps in it, which exposed his hair on-screen for approximately one second.
479* NoBudget: Observe, for example, how if someone's shirt gets spilled on, the stain remains for subsequent episodes. Works in-universe since most of the characters can't afford to replace clothes right away.
480* NoContinuity: Sometimes Chavo learns a small lesson about personal hygiene or the value of study. Sometimes Quico learns that his possessions aren't everything. Sometimes Doña Florinda realizes Don Ramón is not a monster and develops a modicum of respect for him. Don't expect any of it to last. Outside of a few details, such as Doña Florinda's restaurant or Don Ramón's established trait of being a former boxer, there is no plot development whatsoever in the series. Whatever happens in an episode (or small arc) ends there, and it's not referenced again.
481* NobodyHereButUsBirds: In one episode, El Chavo, Quico and La Chillindrina imagine themselves inside Doña Clotilde's home and imagine it as a witch's lair. La Chillindrina makes a cat sound to cover a noise she makes and Quico later uses the same idea. When El Chavo makes a noise, he says "Another cat".
482* NoHuggingNoKissing: You could count with one hand the amount of times Doña Florinda and Profesor Jirafales hugged each other - and all of them were accidental. They ''did'' try to kiss once, but the height difference made it impossible (with Quico even asking his mother if she needed a chair).
483* NonverbalMiscommunication: Sometimes, a character will be warned with sign language that someone they don't want to see is behind them. They will misinterpret the signs as mockery.
484* NoodleIncident: Don Federico was SwallowedWhole after his ship sank at sea, leaving Quico and Doña Florinda impoverished.
485* NotAllowedToGrowUp: The children have the same age during all the series. El Chavo in particular is always 8.
486* NotTheIntendedUse: In the episode where Quico gets a puppy, Don Ramón tries on several occasions to wash some ties he intends to sell, only for the ties to be used (without permission) either as an impromptu jumprope, and as a leash for [[WeNamedTheMonkeyJack Ramoncito.]] At the end of the episode, we see Don Ramón has finally found a good use for his ties, tying Chavo and Quico to the metal stair handrail.
487* NotNowWereTooBusyCryingOverYou: Used a few times, one episode has Chavo faking having being run over by a truck so people would give him food while he was sick, after Quico helps set him up and tell everyone he was hurt, Chavo leaves for a while and everyone thinks that he was taken to the Red Cross. Later while they are mourning him, Don Ramón asks for some money for the funeral the people present, while Chavo appears crying at the emotional moment and offering 20 cents for his own funeral. Everyone thinks Don Ramón did it all for the money and [[ButtMonkey they chase him out.]]
488* NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat: Played both straight and in a non-homosexual version.
489* NotWhatItLooksLike: Every time Don Ramón tries to stop the kids from doing something dangerous or annoying (especially Quico), it would always be at the worst possible time: Doña Florinda would arrive at the last second, and Quico would come crying to her and tell her what happened, but without telling her who specifically did it. When Don Ramón tries to explain the situation, [[CassandraTruth Doña Florinda assumes it was Don Ramón]] (even if it wasn't actually him) and slaps him.
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492* OffscreenTeleportation: [[PlayedForLaughs Played for laughs]] sometimes with El Chavo.
493* OnlySaneMan: Señor Barriga and Profesor Jirafales.
494* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: In one episode, El Chavo accidentally thinks Don Ramon is homosexual (in reality he was teaching Profesor Jirafales on how to court Doña Florinda, with Don Ramon playing the role of Doña Florinda). He is so disgusted that even when Don Ramon offers to buy him lunch (with the money Profesor Jirafales paid him for the lesson), El Chavo runs away. El Chavo, portrayed as always being hungry, would never turn down the offer of lunch under any other circumstances.
495* OrMyNameIsnt: As part of a threat Don Ramón gives El Chavo in the first of the two Héctor Bonilla episodes. It doesn't work as he intended:
496--> '''Don Ramón:''' From now on, you begin respecting me, or my name isn't Ramón!\
497'''El Chavo:''' ''(as he leaves)'' Yes, Don Juan.
498* OverlyLongGag: One of the balloons episodes had nearly the entire first half involving El Chavo not understanding La Chilindrina's instructions on how to pull down a balloon (that was actually Quico's).
499* OverlyLongName: Doña Florinda Corcuera y Villalpando, widow of Mátalascallando.
500* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: Quico said the following about Doña Florinda, who had an AsideGlance to [[LampshadeHanging silently lampshade]] it:
501--> '''Quico:''' You're the nicest and most beautiful mother I've had in my entire life!
502* ParentalAbandonment: Quico and La Chilindrina are orphaned of one of their parents (Quico's dad died when the ship that he was captain of sunk; Chilindrinas's mom has a classic DeathByChildbirth). Unfortunately for Chilindrina, Don Ramón eventually just disappears as well. El Chavo has never met his parents, and (according to [[AllThereInTheManual a suplementary novel]]) the only person who raised him is already dead; while he is rarely prone to remind people of his orphanhood, it becomes a harsh remark when he does.
503** In one episode Doña Florinda asks Chilindrina why her father disappeared, and she answers he went off to look for a job and promised to never return until he gets one. He never returned.
504** Popis mentions her parents once in a while as if they're still present in her life, but she appears to live at Doña Florinda's house and accept her as a parental figure.
505* ParentsAsPeople: All the parents who appear in the show. They love their kids, but both their poverty and their deeply flawed personalities cause a lot of hidden harm in them. All of that played for laughs.
506* PerpetualPoverty: To varying degrees, but everyone in the vecindad is always poor. The Churros arc begins at a point where Doña Florinda and Don Ramón's poverties reach a critical point.
507* PieInTheFace: Subverted. The pies were made with shaving cream.
508* PlayingSick: La Chilindrina often attempts this to avoid school.
509* PlotTumor: The school and Doña Florinda's restaurant, in the later seasons and when El Chavo became part of ''Chespirito'', had much more episodes featured on them than on the vecindad, the original setting.
510* {{Pluralses}}: "Momses and dadses", as Don Ramón would say.
511** This exchange from a school episode:
512-->'''Profesor Jirafales:''' Why can't I say my shoes are "brownses?"
513-->'''Ñonño:''' Because they're black.
514* PoorCommunicationKills: Source of much of the humor.
515** When Doña Florinda asks Quico what happened that he needs her help, he never says who did what. Just ask poor Don Ramón: more often than not he is beaten up without being allowed any explanation, especially over things other people (Especially El Chavo) did.
516** In one episode, Doña Florinda prepared cuernos[[note]]which resemble croissants[[/note]] for Profesor Jirafales as a surprise. Doña Florinda eventually leaves, and Profesor Jirafales arrives later and is told by El Chavo and Don Ramón about the cuernos Doña Florinda put for him ([[DontExplainTheJoke "Poner los cuernos" is a spanish idiom that means cheating]]) and Profesor Jirafales gets understandably angry.
517** Likewise for the example mentioned in MistakenForCheating - Don Ramón was coaching Profesor Jirafales how to tell Doña Florinda he's in love with her (With Don Ramón as Profesor Jirafales, and the latter as Doña Florinda). Quico and El Chavo peek into Don Ramón's house just as he got into the declaration of love, and then...
518** Almost literal in "El cumpleaños de Don Ramón", where Don Ramón tells El Chavo to eavesdrop what La Chilindrina, Quico, Doña Florinda and Doña Clotilde were talking about. Everything El Chavo hears[[note]]Something having rotten meat, a box (As in "a coffin") being prepared, Doña Clotilde getting [[FourIsDeath four candles]] and Quico telling La Chilindrina "I'll kill him!"[[/note]] sounds like Don Ramón was so ill they were planning to relieve him of his suffering... [[ShootTheDog permanently]]. They were just discussing what to do for Don Ramón's surprise ForgottenBirthday party. [[labelnote:explanation]]What El Chavo heard was Doña Florinda saying they should not buy meat from a nearby store because it sells rotten meat, Doña Florinda stating she was going to buy a chocolate box, Doña Clotilde going to decorate the birthday cake with four candles and Quico telling La Chilindrina he was going to kill a chicken so that she would roast it[[/labelnote]] Said episode ends with El Chavo trying to knock everyone out uncounscious so Don Ramón can live.
519* PosthumousCharacter: Don Federico, who gets a mention every now and then ("Descansa en pez" -[[SwallowedWhole rests in fish]]- according to Quico), appeared in a flashback witha younger Doña Florinda and baby Quico before he ships out to sea.
520* PhraseCatcher: Whenever Chavo hits someone, that person will angrily shout him "¡¡Tenía que ser el CHAVO del Ocho!!" ("It had to be El CHAVO del Ocho!!")
521* PornStash: Implied Don Ramón has one.
522* PostKissCatatonia: Played straight and toyed with in the same "Paty" episode. In the beginning, Paty kisses Quico, and he faints. Later when Quico tells El Chavo and La Chilindrina about this, La Chilindrina does an experiment with El Chavo: She kisses Chavo, and wonders why he did not faint:
523-->'''Chilindrina:''' Chavo, didn't you feel anything?
524-->'''Chavo:''' I did.
525-->'''Chilindrina:''' What?
526-->'''Chavo:''' Anger.
527* PrincessInRags: Doña Florinda, and since she more often that not acts like a grown-up AlphaBitch, this is played for laughs.
528* ProductPlacement: Ocassional references to other ''Chespirito'' programs would show up from time to time (if the references are not actual {{crossover}}s). A notable example is one of the invisibility episodes - when El Chavo and Quico are talking about an ''El Chapulín Colorado'' episode about an invisible man, Quico tells El Chavo about the series having its broadcast schedule changed.
529* PropellerHatOfWhimsy: As the show is the Latin American TropeCodifier for DawsonCasting and AdultsDressedAsChildren, one of the "[[OlderThanYouThink kids]]" wears a propeller hat as well a sailor suit ([[SailorFuku not that one]]), that being Kiko (or Quico), one of the friends and mostly frenemy of Chavo. Even after his departure from the show, he kept making SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute characters in other shows, but always using the propeller hat as distinctive clothes.
530* PunnyName:
531** Profesor Jirafales (Jirafa being the Spanish word for Giraffe). His nickname: Maistro Longaniza (Teachurr Longsausage)
532** Zenón Barriga y Pesado (With the Z pronounced as S, it sounds like Man-boobed Belly and Heavy).
533* PutOnABus:
534** La Chilindrina, Don Ramón and Quico. Chilindrina managed to return (María Antonieta de las Nieves had been given a show for herself in another network, but it was shortly cancelled). Carlos Villagrán departed over creative differences, and was explained away as having been sent to live with wealthy relatives[[note]]Because he couldn't stand "la chusma" any longer.[[/note]]. Ramón Valdés left to work with Villagrán; within the show, he was supposed to have left to look for work abroad. Given Don Ramón's work-shy disposition, it was to be understood that he was being PutOnABus forever. And then, the actor died of lung cancer (lampshaded in a late episode when Chilindrina, after seeing Chavo get special treatment, remarks that she is also an orphan.)
535** On a minor scale, Gloria and Patty. Both are presented in three episodes together, episodes which were remade at least ''four'' times. Yet, due to NegativeContinuity, they were never seen or mentioned again after said episodes, except for the third Patty, who was a regular character for about a year. This is averted on the AnimatedAdaptation of the show, where Gloria remains resident of the village and Patty gets promoted to main character status.
536* RealSongThemeTune: The show uses Jean Jacques Perrey's "The Elephant Never Forgets" as its theme tune, which in turn is an arrangement of Beethoven's Turkish March (aka ''Marcia Alla Turca'').
537* RedundantRomanceAttempt: Whenever Profesor Jirafales thinks Doña Florinda is cheating on him (more often than not, with Don Ramón), he resorts to rather... agressive ways to prove his love towards her is stronger, even though it's just a misunderstanding and Doña Florinda never realizes what he's trying to do.
538* RecursiveCanon: El Chavo was selling El Chavo del Ocho comic books once.
539* RememberTheNewGuy: Done in the two episodes featuring Doña Eduviges. In ''"El Traje del tío Jacinto"'' (1973), she comes into the scene greeting Chilindrina. She responds normally, but Quico is absolutely astonished to see her, so Chilindrina informs him about her. In the following episode, when she comes into scene the camera focuses only on her for some time, and Chavo asks Chilindrina who she is, even though he knew her from the previous episode.
540* ResetButton: Underlines the NegativeContinuity.
541* {{Retcon}} : The WordOfGod stating that the neighbors turn to house El Chavo, but the Sleep walker episodes clearly show El Chavo really living inside the barrel.[[note]][[MindScrew Or does he?]][[/note]]
542* ReTool: A shift in focus during the last season, after Quico, and then Don Ramón, leave. Doña Florinda opens a restaurant and Chavo starts to work there, resulting in a large number of episodes that take place away from the neighborhood. Even many episodes that aren't set in the restaurant take place at the school.
543* RetroUniverse: Mainly wardrobe-specific, especially as the series continued into the '80s and '90s. From the beginning, certain characters' aesthetic seemed to come from old cartoons, like Quico in his sailor suit and Doña Clotilde. Justified for Chavo and Chilindrina, who are poor enough that they probably wear hand me downs, found rags, or hand-made clothes. But later in the series, some characters seemed to take on a deliberately old-fashioned look. Don Jaimito dresses in an outdated postman´s uniform, and when he changes clothes, it´s into a comically old-fashioned checkered suit and straw hat. Ñoño's costume changes in the 1990s so that he looks like he comes from the 1920s.
544* RevengeByProxy: In the episode where Doña Florinda becomes frustrated because Don Ramón refuses to take down his pants from the clothesline, but refuses to do it herself, or allow Kiko to do it because it is beneath them, she comes up with the idea of [[BlatantLies telling Chavo that Don Ramón said he could have the pants on the clothesline.]] When Chavo informs him of that, Don Ramón retaliates by taking Kiko's sailor suit from the clothesline, putting it on, and [[BorrowedCatchphrase pushing Kiko like he does after Doña Florinda slaps him.]]
545* RightBehindMe: Mostly of two cases: BehindTheBlack, or someone is being bad-mouthed at someone off-screen (While pointing at them), and someone else gets in the way, and misinterpretes who they are talking about.
546* RunningGag: By the bushel. Half of the episodes are based on them.
547** The most classic is: Chavo and Quico start to argue and at some point Chavo hits him with something (or even with bare hands). Then Quico starts to scream, calling his mother. Don Ramón arrives in the scene and quickly takes the object from El Chavo and scolds him. Doña Florinda comes to see what is happening to Quico and "someone" hits him. Doña Florinda quickly thinks it's Don Ramón fault. He tries to explain but she slaps him and Quico gives a light punch in his chest. Before entering in her house, Doña Florinda mocks Don Ramón's grandma. Finally, El Chavo asks why his grandma does what Doña Florinda said. Don Ramón gets angry and hits him in the head. El Chavo starts to cry and hides in his barrel.
548** Señor Barriga getting hit by something thrown by El Chavo when he arrives in the vecindad.
549-->'''Señor Barriga:''' Every time which I arrive in the vecindad you hit me!
550* SavingTheOrphanage: In a two part episode, Señor Barriga Barriga wanted to sell the apartment building because he wanted to move to a lower altitude for health reasons.[[note]]Mexico City, where the show takes place, lies about 7,300 feet/2200 meters, above sea level, and he wanted to move to Acapulco which is at sea-level[[/note]] Just as the deal was about to be finalized, the kids decided to make the new owner's life miserable every time he went to charge rent, only for the buyer to state that as soon as everything was in order he would evict everyone to make way for a new building. [[spoiler: Señor Barriga then informs everyone that he was misdiagnosed, and cancels the deal.]]
551* ScandalGate: The '''Enchufegate'''. One week after the edgy parody of Series/ElChavoDelOcho made by WebVideo/EnchufeTv, Roberto Gomez Fernandez - son of the original creator, Roberto Gomez Bolaños - didn't like the parody. He said that the parody destroys the original intention of the series because it [[ThinkOfTheChildren put adult elements into a child's show]]. Later, Televisa sent a copyright infringement notice to Website/YouTube in order to take down the video. Time after, Televisa and Touché Films reached an agreement and the video is now online. María Antonieta de las Nieves stated that she would sue Touché Films when she was in Ecuador. She decided against it, though.
552* ScoobyStack: Courtesy of the kids. They often end up hitting each other with their heads when startled.
553%%* SeinfeldianConversation
554* SecretMessageWink: Played with when Don Ramón gets a winning lottery ticket but can't find it, so Sr. Barriga doesn't believe he will pay him. While searching for it he hurts his eye and starts winking to lubricate it. Hilarity ensues when El Chavo arrives and Don Ramón asks him some questions, and El Chavo thinks he wants him to lie since he is winking at him.
555* SelfOffense: The amount of times characters have accidentally hit themselves are too many to count. It's a RunningGag in episodes where Don Ramón has to use a hammer.
556* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Professor Jirafales.
557* SevenDeadlySins: All of the original main characters, who are each guilty of having a FatalFlaw.
558** Chavo (Gluttony), an orphaned humble kid, is very prone to thinking about or eating any kind of food that he comes across. It doesn't help that the tenants pity him because of it.
559** Quico (Envy), a know-it-all SpoiledBrat who likes to brag about his shop-bought toys to Chavo and cannot hide his jealousy over him.
560** Don Ramón (Sloth) is very lazy trying to get a job for a living to make up for the delayed rent months he owes to his landlord, mostly trying to con his way out of doing so.
561** Doña Florinda and Profesor Jirafales (Lust) are madly in love with each other with their regular routine being brought up several times and in occasions having an AlmostKiss.
562** Señor Barriga (Greed) often arrives at the neighborhood to collect the rent, especially from Don Ramón who is faced with the threat of getting evicted if the demands aren't met.
563** Doña Clotilde (Pride) initially starting out as a RichBitch and looking down on the children, to the point of even threatening them when they insult her. Florinda also applies as she has a very elitist attitude towards her neighbors whose social class she judges, refering to them as "chusma" (or "riffraff").
564** La Chilindrina (Wrath) has a big of a HairTriggerTemper and comes up with BlatantLies when someone does a tiniest thing that annoys her. She is also the instigator in the fights Chavo has with Quico and gets away with it unscathed, although there are some exceptions.
565* SevenMinuteLull: The Running Gag was everytime a Lull happened it would be when Chavo was refering to Professor Jirafales as 'Maestro Longaniza'. Subverted in one episode: many Lulls happen, always with Chavo being heard saying something embarassing once the noise stops. The last time it happens, what he says is "And now I'm not saying anything!"
566* ShaggyDogStory: "Los niños faltan a la escuela" features the kids not going to school and trying to avoid the adults so that they don't find out what they did. In the end, El Chavo goes and asks Don Ramón why they didn't go to school; turns out it was Sunday. The kids end up crying.
567* ShapedLikeItself: When challenged by Quico to explain what sandwiches are, El Chavo says they are "bread on top, bread on bottom, and sandwich in the middle".
568* ShipperOnDeck: Quico is all for Doña Florinda and Profesor Jirafales's relationship upgrading from NoHuggingNoKissing to an OfficialCouple:
569--> '''Quico:''' Just another fifteen or sixteen more cups of coffee, and I'm launching a new daddy.
570* ShoutOut:
571** There was one to ''Franchise/{{Rocky}}'' when Don Ramón's short career as a bantamweight boxer was shown. The uplifting theme tune plays as it shows pictures from Don Ramón's photo album, [[LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand with the music coming to a stop as a picture of him being propped up after being knocked down]] appears.
572** One episode ended with Doña Florinda fainting when she saw a dead lizard. The kids assume that she's "dead" just as Profesor Jirafales walks in, at which moment Profesor Jirafales screams in a manner similar to Franchise/{{Superman}} in ''Film/SupermanTheMovie'' after discovering Lois Lane dead, complete with Jirafales doing Supes' UpUpAndAway pose and the Superman theme playing. (He doesn't fly away to reverse time, of course.)
573** When El Profesor Jirafales suggests to [[CourtroomEpisode arrange a trial]] to try El Chavo for killing Quico's cat, Don Ramón comments that it would be just like in the ''Franchise/PerryMason'' series. He does so again in the following episode, when El Profesor Jirafales [[AsYouKnow reminds him of what they were going to do]].
574* SickEpisode:
575** One where La Chilindrina skips school by pretending to be ill (And Don Ramón does so afterwards to avoid paying his due rent). In the end, it turns out she was indeed ill of measles.
576** Halfway through another episode, Quico tries to get Chavo and Chilindrina to throw away his medicines (they taste awful), and a pillow fight ensues, knocking him out the window. Chavo and Chilindrina take the chances to get rid of the medicines then, and he ends up swallowing them all. In another version of the episode, it's Don Ramón who accidentally swallows them, only for Quico to reveal that what they threw away were [[{{Squick}} analysis samples]]. There is yet another version where Doña Florinda is the one who is sick, and Profesor Jirafales is the one taking care of her; the end of the episode is completely different to the two previous versions, instead having Jirafales accidentally be hit on the head by a hammer, and now he's the one who needs to be taken care of.
577* SignatureMove: Many of the characters have a unique way of delivering slapstick violence to others. Chavo will often hit Quico with a string of three punches that knocks him out cold. In return, Quico always hits Chavo with a punch that slides around his face. Chilidrina kicks people in the knee and her father either punches Chavo over the head or pinches Quico's arm before getting slapped by Florinda. Lastly, Ñoño bounces Chavo away with his own belly and delivers a bending punch onto Quico's forehead.
578* {{Slapstick}}:
579** Most of the humour of the show comes from the different ways the characters get hurt.
580** If there's an episode that involves throwing pies in faces or dousing people with buckets of water, you can be sure that all the men and women, no exception, will end up pied or drenched.
581** This is downplayed when it involves punches, kicks or slaps, as the female characters are rarely on the receiving end (when they are, it's mostly either remakes originally with a male character, and/or they only get chased but not hit). It doesn't prevent them to be on the giving end, though; Dona Florinda slapping Don Rámon across the face happens almost OncePerEpisode.
582* TheSmartGuy: Profesor Jirafales. He tends to express himself in over-complicated terms. But even with some mundane things, he needs to explain the basics to the people around.
583* SnapBack: A couple of episodes end with a character getting killed, in a slapstick sort of way. Once, Señor Barriga snaps and tackles Don Ramón, leaving Ramón literally as flat as a pancake. Chilidrina cries over his lifeless "body" (a cardboard cutout) during the credits. (PlayedForLaughs, by the way!) In another, Chavo pricks Ñoño with a needle, and Ñoño pops like a balloon, and the episode ends with Ñoño´s clothes in a pile on the ground. Both characters return unharmed in subsequent episodes.
584* {{Spinoff}}:
585** The show spun off from the '70s version of the SketchShow ''Series/{{Chespirito}}''.
586** Some actors did spin-offs with their characters on their own, albeit sans Chespirito involvement [[AlternateContinuity and outside of the continuity of the show]]:
587*** Two years after the ending of the skit, La Chilindrina starred in the show ''Aquí está la Chilindrina'' and the movie ''La Chilindrina en apuros''.
588*** After his departure of the show, Carlos Villagrán starred four shows using CaptainErsatz version of his character Quico: ''Federrico'', ''Niño de papel'', ''Kiko botones'' and ''¡Ah, qué Kiko!''. Ramón Valdés, who also left the show by then, would appear in ''Federrico'' and ''¡Ah, qué Kiko!''.
589* SpoiledBrat: Quico, Doña Florinda always him whatever he wants and rewards him for basic decency, while refusing to allow any of the other kids to have fun by showing off his better toys when they are playing.
590* SpoilerTitle: In one 1979 episode, El Chavo, La Chilindrina and Ñoño skip the class and are worried of Professor Jirafales finding them, [[spoiler: but it turns out to be Sunday, then there was no class]]. The episode title is [[spoiler: "Faltando a las clases en Domingo" (Skipping the class at Sunday)]]
591* SpoofAesop:
592** A gem by Don Ramón: "There's no bad job; the bad thing is having to work."
593** A time in which El Chavo tried to tell Quico to not cheat in a game.
594--> '''El Chavo''': I'll tell you one thing. Do you know what happens to kids that cheat in games?
595--> '''Quico''': Yes. They win. ''(Cue EvilLaugh)''
596* {{Spoonerism}}: Often, when talking to Sr. Barriga, Don Ramón would switch Sr. Barriga's name and another word of his dialog, driving Sr. Barriga mad since it makes it look like Don Ramón is insulting him for being fat. An example:
597--> '''Don Ramón''': Fíjese como ha acumulado barriga el Sr. Fortuna. (Look how much belly Mr. Fortune has)
598* SpringtimeForHitler: one script has El Chavo trying to catch a contagious disease Chilindrina is faking, with the hope that he'll end up in the hospital (where he could have a nice bed and three meals a day). Eventually, everybody contracts the disease... except for El Chavo, who is the most unhappy of them all.
599* StageMagician: One of the plays in the "Fiesta de la Buena Vecindad" arc is Quico making disappearing tricks, with La Chilindrina as his assistant. He makes a few eggs, a hand and a handkerchief disappear... which is actually food for El Chavo (who is hidden under a table), El Chavo's hand and something for El Chavo to clean himself after eating. Later, El Chavo himself tries to make a "pigeon out of a hat" trick he saw on a circus... with Señor Barriga's hat. HilarityEnsues.
600* StatusQuoIsGod: Most notably on an episode where [[spoiler: Don Ramón thought he had won the lottery with a ticket Chavo was unable to sell]]. The ending line gives it all:
601--> [[spoiler: '''Chavo''': And I don't have to give the 120 pesos to the lottery shop's owner, because now I just remembered that ticket is for tomorrow's raffle.]]
602* StealthInsult: [[CatchPhrase Always followed]] by [[AsideGlance "What did (s)he mean by that?"]] One eponymous one was given in a flashback of Doña Florinda and her Husband.
603--> '''Don Federico''': (talking about baby Quico) He looks so much like me.
604--> '''Doña Florinda''': Yeah, but he is healthy and that's what is important.
605* SurroundedByIdiots: The reason why La Chilindrina is able to manipulate el Chavo and Quico on many occasions.
606--> '''La Chilindrina''': ''Mejor me voy, no vaya ser contajioso.'' (I better leave, it may be contagious)
607* SuspectIsHatless: Professor Jirafales once gave Quico a cat as a birthday gift. When the cat vanished and Quico went looking for him, the only description he offered what that he had four paws. Don Ramón asked, in SarcasmMode, if it had two eyes. Quico, ComicallyMissingThePoint, confirmed it in excitement.
608* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Jaimito (replacing Don Ramón) and Ñoño (replacing Quico) were the main ones, although they were already established characters. However there were a couple of occasions very early on where characters were replaced for an episode or two by characters who were their exact copies, but had different names and were played by different actors. For instance, in just one episode, Don Ramón is nowhere to be found but his "cousin, Don Román" takes his role, right down to "living" in Ramón's apartment.
609* TakeThat:
610** A little one towards the United States in 1975:
611-->'''Don Ramón''': I'm so angry that I could declare war on the United States all by myself.
612-->'''Chilindrina''': The way things are going, you could even win!
613** In a similar vein to Series/ElChapulinColorado, Don Ramón occassionally threw jabs at Mexico's national football team.
614-->'''Don Ramón''': ''(to Profesor Jirafales)'' Are you saying that El Chavo, Quico, La Chilindrina, Ñoño and La Popis are the future of this country?
615-->'''Prof. Jirafales''': Why, of course!
616-->'''Don Ramón''': ''(AsideGlance)'' That's it, we're losing to Tunisia again.[[note]]Mexico unexpectedly lost to Tunisia 3-1 in the 1978 World Cup[[/note]] (In another episode he says "That's it, we're getting knocked out in Haiti again."[[note]]Mexico unexpectedly lost to Trinidad & Tobago in Haiti in the 1974 World Cup playoffs and missed that World Cup[[/note]])
617* TantrumThrowing: The biggest offender would be Don Ramón. When he is angered (almost always due to being slapped by Doña Florinda), he takes his hat (or whatever he is currently holding), throws it at the floor, and jumps on it.
618** Chavo is also prone to it, when people tick him off. For example, when he was working as a shoeshine, and Quico punched him (because he thought he was pickpocketing money from his mom), he threw away the payment in outrage: ''"Here's your money!"'' And then did the same thing with her shoes.
619** In ''"La Siembra de un Huevo"'' (1976), the kids hit Señor Barriga with a handful of dirt in the mouth. He becomes so enraged that he throws his briefcase in the ground, grabs a nearby plant vase and throws it as well, then starts throwing the dirt from the now-broken vase at the kids. The kids are then forced to clean the patio.
620* TemporarySubstitute: Whenever Chespirito restaged a script and one of the major actors had left the show, he simply subbed in one of the other characters, even if it resulted in some unusual personality shifts. Some of the characters basically become permanent substitutes, like Ñoño and Popis (With both taking Quico's LiteralMinded and TooDumbToLive traits, respectively). If a non-Chilindrina episode from the early years is recycled, Chilindrina will sometimes appear as the substitute for Quico or even Don Ramón in the new version. There are also some remakes where Don Ramón is absent (even before he left his cast), so his role is filled by Señor Barriga, Profesor Jirafales, or even his cousin Don Román who only appeared in one episode.
621* ThinlyVeiledDubCountryChange: The Brazilian dub alters the setting from Mexico to Brazil, most specifically on the city of São Paulo. Most episodes involving the children studying the history on Mexico are adapted to them studying the history of Brazil.
622* ThisIsUnforgivable: "¡Ahora sí te tocó el ocho!" ("Now you''ll get the eight ball!"} or "¡Ahora sí te descalabro los cachetes!" ("Now i'll knock your cheeks down!"). Chavo would get mad and knock Quico down, usually after Quico hit him or pranked him.
623* {{Tie In Novel}}s: Many comics, photo-novels, and later a full novel written by the original creator.
624* ToiletHumor: Throughout the series, there have been a number of jokes that imply someone may have farted, peed, or pooed themselves.
625** In the "Insepts" episode where Noño takes Quiko's place, Chavo takes a cake that Doña Cleotilde baked. At the end of the episode as everyone walks with a limp due to some accident that injured their foot, Chavo walks in walking funny, Cilindrina and Noño ask if he hurt his feet, but Chavo responds that he ate the whole cake, and [[PottyFailure didn't make to the bathroom in time.]]
626* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy Chilindrina and Girly Girl Popis. Tough Doña Florinda and mushy Doña Clotilde.
627* TookALevelInKindness: Florinda after Ramon and Quico left the show, as she no longer had someone to disdain and spoil, respectively. This resulted in a more positive characterization than before, even if she still was a {{Jerkass}} compared to the remaining characters.
628* ToonPhysics: Mostly through ChromaKey. They were seldom present in the series, with two notable cases being Doña Florinda kicking Don Ramón so hard he hits the top of the front door of the vecindad, or El Chavo popping Ñoño as if he were a balloon.
629* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Tortas de jamón (ham sanwiches) for El Chavo (despite him being a BigEater in general), gigantic lollipops for La Chilindrina and Quico.
630* {{Transplant}}: Profesor Jirafales originated in the show "Los supergenios de la mesa cuadrada".
631%%* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: In-universe example with El Chavo's [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm Ximporinfora]]. [[SpellMyNameWithAnS However you spell it.]] It's written for, at least in Portuguese, is "[[PerfectlyCromulentWord Chinfurínfula]]".
632* {{Tsundere}}:
633** Chilindrina, type B. She acts very nicely towards Chavo and Quico until either of them upsets her, at which point she can get really nasty.
634** Doña Florinda, Type A. She's [[AlmightyMom harsh and outspoken]], but adores Quico and the mere sight of Jirafales makes her go all mushy.
635* TwistedEchoCut: In one episode we have Doña Florinda, Quico, and El Chavo discussing about a missing toy while Sr. Barriga and Don Ramón are discussing about the latter hiding to not pay rent, with the last line on each conversation synching perfetly with the other until more context is given. Subverted at the last part when El Chavo ask who is a thief and we cut to Sr. Barriga saying "you", but turns out this time he was indeed calling Don Ramón a thief.
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639* UglyHeroGoodLookingVillain: Don Ramón actually [[InvokedTrope invokes this trope]] to convince Doña Florinda to let Quico play villain in the kids' stage show. It works:
640-->'''Doña Florinda''': ...Also, why are you giving Quico the role of villain? [[BeautyEqualsGoodness Villains are supposed to be ugly!]]
641-->'''Don Ramón''': That's why!
642-->'''Doña Florinda''': [[BigWhat WHAT!?]]
643-->'''Don Ramón''': [[VerbalBackspace That's why you've got to see more TV!]] Didn't you notice that nowadays villains are often handsome, and heroes are ugly? There you have Series/{{Cannon}}, Series/{{Kojak}}, Series/ElChapulinColorado...
644* UnCancelled: Twice. After the show ended in 1979, it was reincorporated within the sketches of Chespirito. A decade after the latter's conclusion, the series got revived in animated form.
645* UncannyFamilyResemblance: A major Chavo trope. Almost all the characters have a relative played by the same actor. There was even an attempt to have Chilindrina play her own guardian, Doña Nieves, after Don Ramón left.
646* UnexplainedRecovery: Happened a couple of times. At the end of one episode, Don Ramón ends up SquashedFlat by Sr. Barriga, and in another, Ñoño is poked by Chavo with a pair of scissors and explodes like a balloon, leaving only his clothes behind. [[StatusQuoIsGod Naturally, by the next episode they were just fine]].
647* TheUnreveal:
648** El Chavo's real name, whenever he'd say it (or anything explicit about his background by the way) someone else would enter the scene and either interrupt him or cause an uproar so noisy the audience is unable to hear. The subject on Chavo is then [[NoodleIncident left not to be brought up again]] (at least for the next slew of episodes).
649** Also, who he lives with at apartment #8 (the barrel is just his "secret hideout").
650* UnresolvedSexualTension: Usually it's between Profesor Jirafales and Doña Florinda; however, on a few occasions, they've shown that Don Ramón would be all too ready to get romantically involved with Doña Florinda if she were in any way interested.
651* VandalismBackfire: After one of the times Doña Florinda unjustly punishes Don Ramón, his daughter tried to exact revenge by stealing her towel and covering it with dirt. It backfired because the towel belonged to Don Ramón (he, Doña Florinda and Doña Clotilde share the same clothesline, which is hung across the courtyard). While usually not approving revenge, he actually tried a hand on it by dirtying a piece of clothing belonging to Doña Florinda but he mistakenly picked one belonging to Doña Clotilde. And then El Chavo tried to do the same with Quico's signature sailor clothing... while Quico was wearing it.
652* VillainExclusivityClause: Doña Florinda as SitcomArchnemesis of most of the other characters, but especially Don Ramón, the most often victim of her abuse. Chespirito introduced her LoveInterest Profesor Jirafales in order to make her more sympathetic as she was hated by fans (didn't work).
653* VitriolicBestBuds: Quico and Chavo have elements of this in many episodes. In some, they even fight like mortal enemies, but then they get sad and depressed in the episodes where either of them left the neighbourhood for any reason. In the 1974 episode Ratero En La Vecindad, Quico cried in his iconic corner when Chavo left (to his mother's surprise and chagrin), but then celebrated when Chavo returned.
654* WakingNonSequitur: El Profesor Jirafales has two in the same episode, to Doña Florinda and Don Ramón's confusion:
655-->'''Prof. Jirafales:''' GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOAL! GOAL SCORED BY PELÉ!
656* WeNamedTheMonkeyJack: The kids once named a dog "Ramón". The original namesake is not pleased.
657* WeWantOurJerkBack: In a sketch early in the ´80s Chespirito run, the adults all decide they will not react if the kids call them a disrespectful name. The kids all think their world is falling apart when Doña Clotilde does not appear to mind being called a witch and Profesor Jirafales is not upset at being called Maestro Longaniza. Finally, Doña Florinda, who did not get the memo, flips out at being called Vieja Chancluda, and the grateful kids go on at length about what a fine person she is.
658* WhatTheHellHero: When Doña Florinda buys the restaurant, Señor Barriga sends his son Ñoño to collect the restaurant rent. Profesor Jirafález condemns his actions due to exposing his son to a possible robbery by making him walk the streets with big money and calls him out when he comes.
659* WhoWouldBeStupidEnough: A variation occurs every time someone asks if there's anyone dumber than Chavo, and Quico will interject by asking if someone was calling for him.
660* WickedWitch: Save the obvious usage of magic, Doña Clotilde has most of the points of this archetype which is why the kids (and some of the adults) call her "The Witch of number 71". One episode even involves the kids having to enter her house just to deliver a newspaper, and they find out it's like a haunted dungeon. Complete with Clotilde the witch brewing a potion inside, and using a Don Ramón doll in it (maybe to represent the real one), much to Chilindrina's horror. [[spoiler:Turns out it was AllJustADream, and they hadn't even entered Doña Clotilde's house yet.]]
661* WidowWitch: Averted. The one who looks like a witch is a spinster, and the actual widow is young (well, kinda) and just ill tempered.
662* WontTakeYesForAnAnswer: A running gag whenever a character responds differently than they normally would. For example, when Chavo asks Quico to borrow his toys or the food he's eating, in the rare occasions Quico answers "yes", Chavo would instinctively respond with "Whatever, I didn't want it anyway... ({{Beat}}) You said yes?"
663* WorseWithContext: Happened once when [[ReasonableAuthorityFigure Profesor Jirafales]] chastised Don Ramón for threatening el Chavo.
664--> '''Chilindrina:''' This is the first time that my dad threatens to hit el Chavo.
665--> '''Prof Jirafales:''' Really?
666--> '''Chilindrina:''' Yes, he always hit him without warning.
667* WorthlessYellowRocks: In one episode Sr. Barriga accidentally dropped a stash of dollars[[labelnote:*]]Which, at the time, each dollar was worth over 12 pesos, as [[{{Exposition}} Sr. Barriga kindly explains]].[[/labelnote]] on the neighborhood floor. El Chavo finds it but thinks they are just collectible stamps, he even gets angry at seeing all of them are the same.
668* WouldHitAGirl: Don Ramón has hit Doña Florinda a few times, though it has been accidental. El Chavo and Quico on the other hand, have hit La Chilindrina on purpose.
669* WouldHurtAChild: Except for Don Ramón, who hits Chavo in the head, pinches Quico [[note]]He has punished him in some other ways too, like placing his hand between two pieces of bread and taking a bite, burning him with a cigar, or threatening to hit him with his hammer[[/note]] and (reportedly) spanks Chilindrina on a regular basis, it's surprisingly averted for the other adult characters. While they usually do hurt one of the kids, it's accidental. However, in some remakes (where Don Ramón is replaced either by La Chilindrina or Doña Florinda), Doña Florinda hits, pinches, or pushes Chilindrina's hair.
670* WouldntHitAGirl:
671** The reason Don Ramón doesn't fight back when Doña Florinda slaps him. That and, good luck trying to explain to Profesor Jirafales she's not defenseless. Don Ramón once put a bucket over his head to protect himself from being slapped by Doña Florinda, she hurt her hand when trying to do so, and Professor Jirafales punched him in the gut for this.
672** ZigZagged with Chavo. Sometimes, he refuses to hit Chilindrina for this reason, but in other episodes, he doesn't hesitate in wanting to hit her or Popis, even with brooms in some occasions.
673* WoundedGazelleGambit: "¡Waaaaa, waa, waa, waa! ¡Te voy a acusar... con... mi... papá, que tú me pegaste....!" ("Waaaah, wah, wah, wah! I'mm..going..to..tell..Dad, that you hit me...!")
674* WrittenInAbsence: There are some episodes where the actors were unavailable for recording, and thus didn't appear in the episode with a quick explanation of why they aren't there. In the 1974 version of "Confusión de pasteles", Chavo mentions that Don Ramón is not home and will only return in the next day. In the 1978 version of "El Chavo lavacoches", Quico is absent and Doña Florinda mentions that he is sick and with a cold, resting at his house. And in the 1976 version of "Sustos en la vecindad", Don Ramón is once again absent and Doña Clotilde claims that, while he is not home, she is taking care of his house and prohibiting Chilindrina from watching TV since her father had grounded her.
675* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: Whenever Doña Florinda calls Quico "Federico" (his actual name, as "Quico" is a nickname), he knows she's angry at him.
676* YouLookFamiliar: In-universe. El Chapulín and El Chavo say this to each other in The Crossover.
677* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: A variation is used in regard to Profesor Jirafales:
678** In an episode where Chavo, chilindrina, Noño, Quico, and Popis had to go to school to make up a test they failed, they keep misunderstanding the lesson Profesor Jirafales is trying to teach them. Finally exasperated, he asks the kids to hold their textbooks, and makes them swear an oath that they will take their education seriously, so that when they grow up they become knowledgeable citizens, with a bright future. He then asks them, what they want to grow up to be: little cargo donkeys [[note]]In Spanish he says "burritos de carga," which does mean cargo donkeys, but the interpretation means jackass. [[/note]], or someone like him. They quickly throw their textbooks on the floor in disgust.
679** In the episode where the kids are studying in Quico's house, while Profesor Jirafales is grading their art projects, Doña Florinda tells them to keep studying hard, so that they can one day be like Profesor Jirafales. The kids close their book,s and stop studying.
680** This exchange from when the rest of the cast wants to give Chavo a shower:
681---> '''Doña Florinda:''' You need a bath, Chavo. Why, if you bathe you can even grow up to be like Profesor Jirafales.
682---> '''Chilindrina:''' Ugh! No wonder he doesn't want to bathe.
683---> '''Profesor Jirafales:''' Ta! Taa! Taaa!!
684* YourMimeMakesItReal: There's one instance when Quico mocks el Chavo for playing tennis without a racket or a ball. Then he sees la Chilindrina rope-skipping without a rope. When laughs at her, she uses the "imaginary" rope to strangle him.
685* YourMom: Doña Florinda to Don Ramón after slapping him for doing X to Quico: "Next time, go X your grandma!" El Chavo would then ask Don Ramón about X and Don Ramón's grandmother, resulting in Don Ramón hitting him and saying "NO te doy otra no más porque..." ("I won't hit you again cause...") or variations therof. It occasionally became a rather humorous InsultBackfire when it happened said lady had actually done something to do with X. Example
686--> '''Doña Florinda''': "Next time go play soccer with your grandma!"
687--> '''El Chavo''': "Ron Damón, does your granny play soccer?"
688--> '''Don Ramón''': "¡TOMA! And I won't hit you again because my grandma was midfielder for the Chivas del Guadalajara..."
689* YouWannaGetSued:
690** Try a little DrinkingGame. Take a shot everytime you hear any Disney music. Drink twice when it comes before or after a commercial break. You Have to wonder how he got away from the suing experts.
691** However, Jean-Jacques Perrey, the composer of "The Elephant Never Forgets" and "Baroque Hoedown", sued Televisa in 2009 for copyright infringement. Although the case was settled one year later, that didn't stop Televisa when, since 2017 started to modify all the episodes in order to change all the soundtrack with custom music, included the Opening Theme, which was changed to the Animated Version theme.
692* ZorroMark: Referenced in the episode "Bañar al Chavo", where Chavo is leaving his dirty hand marks all over the place. It served to spare Don Ramón from being slapped by Doña Florinda, as he showed her the water can he grabbed to hit Quico in the head.
693-->"Look, El Chavo's mark."
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