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6	[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Simplemente_Rita_5264.jpeg]]
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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