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7	[[caption-width-right:350: What they will do next, you never can tell!]]
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9	''Maya & Miguel'' (2004-2007) is an American educative [[AnimatedShows animated]] SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon about the misadventures of 10 year-old Hispanic siblings. As the ExpositoryThemeTune states, they are "brother and sister and best friends as well." The series seeks to make Hispanic culture more familiar to the youth audience and also teach some Spanish words in the process.
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11	Maya Santos is an [[GenkiGirl energetic preteen girl]] of Hispanic descent who [[SamaritanSyndrome can't resist helping people with their problems]] even when not asked to; this [[HilarityEnsues invariably causes trouble]] but her brother Miguel, despite [[LampshadeHanging pointing that out]], always ends up helping her anyway. Everything [[ForegoneConclusion ends well by the end]] however. The series seems set in the real world; the only unusual sight is how Maya's hair bobbles glow whenever she has an idea, but that seems to be visible only to the viewers.[[note]]Though there was an instance of Miguel's shoe glowing yellow in the first season's title sequence. Perhaps a scrapped WonderTwinPowers idea?[[/note]] Her catchphrase is "Eso es!" ("That's it!")[[note]]Though often sounds like excellent! [[/note]]
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13	Other characters in the series include their parents, their grandmother, their diverse group of friends (which include [[TokenWhite a white boy]] with only one arm) and Paco, a talking parrot.
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15	!!Tropes seen in the series:
16	* TwentyFourHourPartyPeople: The kids at birthday parties in "Surprise, Surprise" and "The Red Jacket".
17	* AllJustADream: In “Cherry Chipper Sisters”, Maya and her friends must drive the Cherry Chipper Mobile to rescue Paco and everyone forces Maya to drive and Maya tries to convince them they can’t and they force her over and over again until Maya wakes up and it was a dream and Paco was safe.
18	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Maya can be this to Miguel--they're twins, but Miguel's the older twin [[SiblingSenioritySquabble (by three minutes)]].
19	* BigBrotherMentor: In "I Got to be Mi-guel", Tito thinks Miguel is cool and wants to be like him (much to Maya's jealousy), so Miguel teaches him (which annoys Maya).
20	%%* BishieSparkle: Esperanza sees Miguel like this.
21	* CharacterCatchphrase:
22	** "¡Éso es!" (That's it!)
23	** "What about Paco, what about Paco?"
24	* CloudCuckoolander: Given her impulsive nature, Maya tends to fall under this often.
25	* CloudCuckoolandersMinder: Miguel frequently serves as this to Maya, trying to talk her out of her latest ZanyScheme and having to help her clean up the fallout.
26	* CoolOldLady: Abuelita Elena. She is Maya and Miguel’s grandmother who offers a lot of advice to them when they need it.
27	* DarkIsNotEvil: While Sinister Sombrero is El Guamazo Lopez's nemesis, outside of the ring he's really a nice guy who loves romance novels.
28	* DidntThinkThisThrough: In "The Letter", upon finding a letter on Miguel's desk for Esperanza, Maya thinks Miguel likes her and does what she can to make Esperanza like her brother. But it's only after the plan succeeds that she learns the whole story: Miguel reveals the letter is really from Andy, and he was helping him write the letter because Andy doesn't speak Spanish, which is why the letter was on Miguel's desk in the first place.
29	%%* DinnerWithTheBoss: Happened in one episode.
30	* EarthDayEpisode: The show has one where Maya, Miguel and their friends convert an empty lot into a community garden, while their cousin Tito encourages people to use paper or reusable bags instead of plastic.
31	* EverybodyCries: In "Chrissy's Big Move", Maya, Maggie, and Chrissy spend 20 minutes in Maya's bedroom crying over [[TheMovingExperience Chrissy and her family moving away to Hong Kong]].
32	* FeatherFingers: Paco’s wings can sometimes act as hands.
33	* FeudEpisode: "The Big Fight" (with Miguel and Theo: they were having a remote-controlled car race that goes wrong, and they blame each other) and "Friends Forever?" (with the girls over a book report and Miguel was teaching Theo and Andy soccer skills for the same position on the same team).
34	** In the former, Maya prevented picking sides as it usually happens in such type of episode.
35	* FiveTokenBand: Maya & Miguel (half-Mexican/half-Puerto Rican), Theo (smart African-American), Andy (blonde white kid born with one amputated arm), Maggie (fashionable Chinese), and Chrissy (somewhat naive Afro-Dominican).
36	%%* GentleGiant: Jimmy [=McCorkle=].
37	%%* GratuitousSpanish
38	* HalfIdenticalTwins: Maya and Miguel look almost alike, except Maya wears pink lipstick.
39	* HeadPet: Paco occasionally sits on Maya's head.
40	* HelpingGrannyCrossTheStreet: During a montage where Miguel [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech tells Maya all the times her ideas have made things worse]], one of the clips is her "helping" an old lady across the street. The lady was actually waiting for a bus, and Maya's "[[UnwantedAssistance help]]" caused her to miss it.
41	* HotForTeacher: Miguel has a crush on the substitute teacher, Ms. Cisneros, in "Crushed".
42	* IgnoreTheDisability: Downplayed in Andy's debut, but still present enough to affect the plot.
43	* ItsAWonderfulPlot: In one episode, Miguel angrily wishes that Maya had never been born and that he was an only child; he then proceeds to have an OpinionChangingDream that makes him realize that for all her faults, Maya has done a lot of good for the people around them and that he loves her.
44	* ItsQuietTooQuiet: When Maya, Tito, Cesar and Freddy search for the "chupacabra" in "Tito’s Pet", they walk into the living room of Maya’s apartment, which is when Maya and Tito utter this trope verbatim.
45	* LargeHam: Every one of the kids has moments of this given their usual antics.
46	* LyricSwap: A lyric in the theme song, "He leads with his head and she follows her heart", was changed to "They make a great team as they each do their part" because it was considered sexist.
47	%%* MaskedLuchador: El Guamazo Lopez and his nemesis Sinister Sombrero.
48	* TheMovingExperience: "Chrissy's Big Move" focuses on Chrissy facing the possibility of moving away to Hong Kong.
49	* NameAndName: This show does indeed revolve around Maya and Miguel Santos.
50	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In "I Got to be Mi-guel", Miguel accidentally left the keys inside the pet shop while trying to teach Tito how to be cool.
51	-->'''Maya:''' Miguel!\
52	'''Tito:''' Not cool.\
53	'''Abuela:''' Definitely not cool.
54	* OneSteveLimit: Subverted, that there are two Melissa Rosas. One is a famous actress/pop star/fashion designer, and the other is Chrissy's cousin.
55	%%* PollyWantsAMicrophone: Paco.
56	* RememberTheNewGuy: An unnamed boy is with the Santos family while they play soccer in "The Best Thanksgiving Ever".
57	* SayMyName: "Maya. Maya! '''''[[SkywardScream MAAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!]]'''''"
58	* SayMyNameTrailer: One commercial had a montage of Miguel saying "Maya" and Maya saying "Miguel" repeatedly, with the last two parts being Say My Name.
59	* SiblingSenioritySquabble: In "I Got to be Mi-guel":
60	-->'''Miguel:''' ''(takes the keys before Maya could)'' I'm the oldest!\
61	'''Maya:''' Yeah, by three minutes.
62	* SickeninglySweet: Miguel's Valentine's Day costume is practically made of this; his horror at having been chosen to wear it for the entire day is pretty justified.
63	* UsefulNotes/SignedLanguage: In the episode where Tito befriends a new kid who happens to be deaf, the rest of the cast asks him questions about his disability and ASL; when it's Andy's turn, he asks if he can sign with only one hand and is told that "yes but some signs will be hard to understand.", which is true as many ASL signs require both hands unless you're finger-spelling the words.
64	* SixtyFiveEpisodeCartoon: 65 episodes in one season, which trickled out over the course of three years.
65	%%* SnoopingLittleKid - Maya.
66	* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: "Tito's Mexican Vacation":
67	-->'''Chrissy:''' Maya, have you ever heard the expression "less is more"?\
68	'''Maya:''' That is so weird. Miguel said the same thing to me just this morning.
69	* TalkingAnimal: Subverted. At first it's easy to jump to the conclusion that Paco is this. Contrary to what you thought while reading this page up until now, Paco is as quiet as [[WesternAnimation/ScoobyDoo Scooby Doo]] and can't say anything longer than a 3 or 4 word sentence, and even viewers are surprised to find this out.
70	* ThirdPersonPerson: Paco the parrot refers to himself as Paco.
71	* ThisIsMySide: In "A House Divided", Maya and Miguel split the apartment in half with tape. This results in not being able to use the bathroom, walking to school without an umbrella, and working on a project together on separate sides of the apartment.
72	* ThroughAFaceFullOfFur: Paco's girlfriend, Min, gives off a LuminescentBlush when Miguel tells her the poem Paco wrote for her in "Cupid".
73	* TokenWhite: Andy is one of the few white characters on the show.
74	* UnwantedAssistance: In one episode Paco tries to help, only ruining things.
75	* ValentinesDayEpisodes: "Cupid", where as Maya prepares herself for the best Valentine's Day ever, Miguel is horrified to learn that he has been chosen as the official Cupid of the school this year, and must deliver valentines throughout the school.
76	* WellIntentionedExtremist: Maya has a tendency to meddle in people's lives and often acts before she thinks, but her heart is always in the right place.
77	* [[WeWantOurJerkBack We Want Our Meddler Back]]: When Maya and Miguel [[TheBet make a bet]] that prevents Maya from helping others with their problems, Miguel decides to try his hand at helping fix problems. The results are so bad it's outright stated that Maya does a better job of helping even if things tend to blow up in her face.
78	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Although Chrissy loves any and all animals, she hates and fears rats. When she sees one, she shrieks an ear-piercing wail in fear.
79	* WriteWhoYouKnow: In-Universe example in "The Adventures of Rabbit-Bird Man", where Maya, Tito, Maggie, Chrissy, and Theo help make Miguel's comic book ''Rabbit-Bird Man'' for a contest. Each of them creates their own character: Tito Tollo (Tito), TheFashionista Police (Maggie and Chrissy), and [[Franchise/{{Robocop}} Robo-Theo]] (Theo).
80	%%* YouAreTheTranslatedForeignWord
81	* {{You Meddling Kid\|s}}: Maya, who just ''has'' to get involved in other people's business regardless of whether they've asked and without considering if her involvement is wanted or necessary.

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