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12	->''Combo Niños vámonos!''
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14	''Combo Niños'' (''Kids Combo'') (2008) is an adventure series created by the French animation company Creator/SIPAnimation with heavy Latin America inspiration.
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16	In the city of Nova Nizza ex-mayor Diadoro desperately searches for a way of regaining his power, with the help of his assistant Gomez they search for Divinos, powerful magical beings with a penchant for chaos, freeing them in exchange for their help.
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18	Unfortunately the Divinos always decide the take their own course of action to take over the city. And this is when the Combo Niños enter, Azul, Serio, Paco and Pilar, four kids with the mission to protect the city and keep the Divinos sealed. Trained by old Mestre Grinto in the ancient art of Capoeira these kids have to balance the responsibilities of being the city's protectors and living their normal lives.
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20	This would end up being the last show produced by SIP Animation (the successor to Saban International Paris) before the studio's closure in 2009.
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23	!!This show provides examples of:
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25	* AccidentalPublicConfession: Diadoro is an example of the Type 3 by accidentally revealing what he thinks of the voters.
26	* AllYourColorsCombined: Combo Niños Big Blastico! Also their Little Blastico! Which the use on Divinos who do want to return to their world.
27	* AnimalMotifTeam: The titular characters have the ability to transform into animal superheroes, who are Serio (Tigrillo), Pablo (Toro), Azul (Aguila), and Pilar (Iguana). Maestre Grinto (Monkey) and Old Head (Dragonfly) join them for one episode.
28	%%* AnotherDimension
29	%%* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance
30	%%* AttackPatternAlpha
31	* BareMidriffsAreFeminine: Azul and Pilar's outfits show their bellies and they're the two female members of the team.
32	* BlowYouAway: Azul can create whirlwinds with her wings.
33	* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: Totem Touch, Transform!
34	* CantSpitItOut: Serio is never able to come clean on his crush on Azul.
35	%%* CityOfAdventure
36	%%* {{Claustrophobia}}: Diadoro.
37	%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Pilar.
38	* ClarkKenting: Besides masks the Combo Niños don't change their clothes, nor even cover their hair.
39	* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Diadoro. While his main goal is regaining the title of Mayor of Nova Nizza, he's also a businessman who occasionally employs Divinos in order to improve his businesses.
40	* CruelElephant: One of the Divinos is a humanoid pink elephant with a grudge against Old Head.
41	%%* DanceBattler: Well, duh, it's about Capoeira!
42	%%* DeadpanSnarker: Old Head.
43	%%* DeanBitterman: Bronka.
44	* EvilIsNotAToy: But Diadoro never gets it, no matter how many times the Divinos prove to be uncontrollable or treacherous.
45	%%* FailureIsTheOnlyOption
46	* FastballSpecial
47	** A funny variation: they often use a palm tree as a catapult.
48	* AFoolAndHisNewMoneyAreSoonParted: Diadoro once won the lottery. When his limousine caught fire, it burned all the lottery money he didn't spend.
49	* FreakyFridayFlip: Diadoro and the Mayor; Serio and Azul; Paco and Pilar; and several others.
50	* GelatinousEncasement: The team can't fight El Gaseoso with just their strength, so they try to sneak up on him. They disguise themselves as one of his minions by traveling inside green gelatin.
51	* GenderEqualEnsemble: Two males and two females make up the Combo Niños.
52	%%* GratuitousSpanish
53	* HeterosexualLifePartners: Grinto and Old Head.
54	* InvoluntaryShapeshifting: Duplico the Divino transforms into whoever touches him, and can't control it besides becoming much bigger and stronger.
55	* IsThisThingStillOn: The reason of Diadoro's above mentioned AccidentalPublicConfession.
56	* JerkassGods: It's not clear if Divinos are gods or god-like beings, but they sure are jerkasses.
57	* LimitedWardrobe: There are some new clothes, but they last only for one episode.
58	* LovableLizard: Pilar's totem is the iguana, and she's lovable, if a bit weird, girl.
59	%%* MadScientist: Gomez.
60	* ManiacMonkeys: One of the Divinos is a monkey that intends to turn all of Nova Nizza into monkeys.
61	* MeanBoss: Diadoro. He likes to order people around and this is hinted to be the reason he wasn't re-elected as Mayor.
62	%%* MonsterOfTheWeek: The Divinos.
63	* NeverWinTheLottery: Before helping Diadoro to regain his title as Mayor [[spoiler: by having an official recounting state that Diadoro had actually won the last election]], a Divino with luck-based powers caused a gust of wind to give him a winning lottery ticket. When she was defeated, Diadoro's limousine (presumably bought with lottery money) caught fire, burning the reamining lottery money and he [[StatusQuoIsGod lost the title of Mayor]] [[spoiler: when a new official recounting stated he had even less votes than stated at the original vote count.]]
64	* NotMeThisTime: In one episode, Principal Bronka accidentally brought a family of snake Divinos to the world. The only time neither Diadoro nor Gomez had anything to do with the Divino attack.
65	** Arguably, the episode where Diadoro tried to improve his reputation with a movie and was smart enough to oppose having Divinos involved counts. Too bad Gomez decided to go behind his back on that matter. The only time Gomez brought Divinos ''against'' Diadoro's orders.
66	* OldMaster: Mestre Grinto trained the Combo Niños in the art of capoeira.
67	* OneWingedAngel: Some Divinos have this kind of ability.
68	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Old Head. One episode reveals his real name to be [[spoiler: Bernie]], but this name is never used in the other episodes.
69	* PetTheDog: Diadoro treats Gomez like a slave, but can be nice to him sometimes.
70	** In an episode where Gomez sacrificed all his economies to help his "boss", Diadoro's reaction was:
71	--> You did this... (teary-eyed) for me?!
72	* PowerIncontinence: In one episode, Diadoro and Gomez released a Divino who had the power to turn into anyone who touches him, regardless of the Divino wanting it to happen or not.
73	* PunchClockVillain: Gomez. [[spoiler: When he's fired in the last episode, he befriends Pilar and helps the Niños]].
74	%%* PunnyName: All of the Divinos.
75	* RetiredBadass: In the episode "Attack of the Combo Divinos", Grinto gets back in action. And boy, does he kick ass!
76	** Unfortunately, he'll never show that again, and even becomes a JamesBondage in some of the last episodes.
77	* RubberMan: Pilar in her Iguana form can stretch like she's made of rubber.
78	* SealedEvilInACan: All the Divinos were sealed within portals all across Nova Nizza, and when they're defeated by the Combo Niños they use mundane but related objects as the new portals.
79	%%* SecretIdentity
80	* SuperStrength: Paco in his Bull form is the strongest of the team.
81	%%* TeenGenius: Azul. Well, ''Kid'' Genius actually...
82	%%* TitleThemeTune
83	* TokenFlyer: Azul is the only one of the Combo Niños that can fly. Old Head becomes capable of flight in his Dragon-Wing form.
84	* TooDumbToLive: Diadoro always tries to use or control the Divinos for his own gain, no matter how many times it backfires.
85	* TransformationNameAnnouncement: GratuitousSpanish version.
86	* TransformationSequence: Whenever the Niños transform into their animal forms, this happens.
87	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In the one episode where [[NotMeThisTime neither Diadoro nor Gomez]] had released any Divinos, Principal Bronka accidentally released a Family of snake-like Divinos.
88	* VillainousGlutton: The Buffbullo, a huge buffalo-like Divino that's always eating.
89	* WalkingShirtlessScene: Maestre Grinto never wears a shirt while training Capoeira.
90	* WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler: Old Head was a human and Grinto's mentor. He was transformed in a living statue head when he went in the Divino dimension to save Grinto]].
91	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Azul's enthomophobia.
92	** She's also afraid of snakes, fitting the trope to a T.

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