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7 | [[caption-width-right:256:Nothing says love like being yanked by the arms.]] |
8 | "Simplemente Rita" (Simply Rita) was a very unusual combination of a telenovela (Latin American SoapOpera) and a [[AnimatedSeries cartoon show]]. A scathing parody of Telenovela clichés (as well as of the life of immigrants in the United States), it was produced by a Colombian animation company for the International Telemundo network from 2001 to 2003. It was in Spanish and ran for 30 episodes. It still reruns on some Telemundo affiliates. |
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10 | The story was about a young woman named Rita who goes to New York City to try to achieve her dream of becoming a famous singer. She falls in love with a clueless former rich brat named José Gabriel who is also an immigrant, and her musical career is manipulated by Pete Duke, a candidate for city mayor who is desperately trying to earn the votes of the Hispanic community. HilarityEnsues. |
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12 | You can watch it online (in Spanish) here [[http://www.adnstream.com/video/TeZlVerYas/Simplemente-Rita-ep1]]. |
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14 | !!Tropes in ''Simplemente Rita'': |
15 | %%* AnImmigrantsTale: Most of the cast. |
16 | %%* BigApplesauce |
17 | * BilingualBonus: Many jokes (spoken and written) are in English. |
18 | * BrattyHalfPint: Duke's adopted son, who sides with Rita. |
19 | %%* CartoonPhysics |
20 | * DeusExMachina: All the major problems are resolved in the last episode, in a parody of the HappilyEverAfter endings of telenovelas. |
21 | %%* {{Eagleland}}: Mixed Flavor. |
22 | %%* {{Fanservice}}: Rita, and a few other female characters. |
23 | %%* FourFingeredHands |
24 | * {{Gonk}}: The Narrator, in an intentional contrast to his WickedCultured personality (he's broadcasting from a booth while wearing an undershirt and smoking a cigar.) |
25 | ** Subverted in that he had surgery to look handsome for the woman he loved, only to discover she was ugly too. |
26 | %%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: José Gabriel. |
27 | * JustAStupidAccent: Every character speaks in an exaggerated version of his national accent (including the American characters). This is a TakeThat to many actual Telenovelas where the actors [[NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent don't bother to adapt their accents to the setting]]. |
28 | %%* LimitedAnimation |
29 | * MediumAwareness: The characters occasionally mention the fact that they are on a TV show. |
30 | %%* MistakenForCheating: Both Rita and José. |
31 | * RadioDrama: This is what the show is implied to be; we see the narrator broadcasting from a booth. He claims the events actually happened, but he's [[LemonyNarrator not exactly trustworthy]]. |
32 | %%* RichSuitorPoorSuitor |
33 | * SeriousBusiness: Latin food, drink and songs. To ''ridiculous'' levels. |
34 | ** Not to mention their votes, which Duke is willing to do anything to get, including murder! |
35 | * ShoutOut: Several, to both Hispanic and American pop cultures. Most notably, Rita sings at the "Mala Vista Social Club", a reference to the famous BuenaVistaSocialClub. (Buena Vista meaning Good Sight, Mala Vista meaning Bad Sight.) |
36 | %%* StarCrossedLovers |
37 | * SuperSenses: José Gabriel has a superhuman sense of taste; it's his only employable skill. |
38 | %%* SmugSnake: Pete Duke. |
39 | %%* {{Tsundere}}: Rita, especially with José Gabriel. |
40 | * UpperClassTwit: What José Gabriel used to be. Now he's a lower class twit. |
41 | %%* ZanyScheme: Several, by both the good and the bad guys. |
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