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1* BigLippedAlligatorMoment:
2** A few music videos thrown in the middle of the episodes.
3** In one 1976 episode, a character of fellow comedy show "Los Polivoces" appears out of nowhere, mistaking El Chapulín for someone else, then leaves and his presence is never acknowledged again.
4* EnsembleDarkhorse: Alma Negra the pirate is the most fondly remembered of the many villains of the show, chiefly due his actor's sheer charisma. This is in part due his incredible array of BadassBoast (like claiming to have killed the Dead Sea) and distinctive, [[LargeHam incredibly exaggerated]] EvilLaugh.
5* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Like ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'', Chapulin fandom extends to many Latin American countries, especially Brazil.
6* HeartwarmingInHindsight: The ending of the "La función debe continuar" six-part saga. Its [[AnAesop aesop]] is that the end of the physical existence of a work or an author does not truly mean it's lost forever. Despite that saga being among the final episodes of ''El Chapulín Colorado'',[[note]]Although it eventually came back as a sketch on ''Series/{{Chespirito}}''[[/note]], Chespirito's own death in 2014, and [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes that all Chespirito shows were put out of syndication in 2020]], he has been proven right through the efforts of fans.
7* MemeticMutation: Many of Chapulin's catch-phrases became staples of Latin-American pop culture. Namely "¡No contaban con mi astucia!" ("You/They did not count on my cleverness!").
8* NightmareFuel: The episode with the giant, at the end [[spoiler:when it steps in Chapulin, complete with Chapulin screaming and a sound of bones cracking. Chapulin was fine though, [[AllJustADream it was a dream.]]]]
9* RetroactiveRecognition: A young Creator/RocioPrado guest-stars in a 1973 episode, as the girl who tossed her toys away and then lied to her parents that they were stolen so they would buy her more.
10* SpecialEffectsFailure: As much of a pioneer in Latin America for its use (and overuse) of ChromaKey, whenever it was used it was ''very'' noticeable, especially when El Chapulín Colorado uses the ''Chiquitolina'' pills. The most blatant giveaways are characters in ChromaKey having noticeably different lightning than other characters, and sometimes the green outline of the removed background could be seen. The instances of El Chapulín Colorado using the ''Chicharra Paralizadora'' were sometimes worse, as the "special effect" used to achieve the actors looking still was ''the actors actually just standing still''; likewise, in episodes featuring a wax figure of Chapulín, said "wax figure" is actually just Chespirito standing completely still and immobile.
11* TearJerker: The ending of the '''La función debe continuar''' six-part saga. After the old man finishes touring El Chapulín through the filming studio, he is convinced that the studios will remain even after being demolished because no one can destroy what was done there. El Chapulín is touched by those words, even doing a TitleDrop to point it out. It's basically the way Chespirito thanked all those films that left a mark in history. It goes even further through HeartwarmingInHindsight, as explained above.
12* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: Although the show was fairly the same for about twenty years, some will argue that the departure of actors Ramon Valdes and Carlos Villagran roughly halfway through the show's run seriously hurt its quality. Others disliked the removal of the laugh track at about the same period of time, as while it was said that it was removed out of respect for the audience, it was simply replaced with a musical cue, rendering the removal moot.
13* ValuesDissonance:
14** Rarer than in ''Series/ElChavoDelOcho'', but you can easily tell that it is set in the 1970s when in an episode a man working in the house while his wife got a job is PlayedForLaughs and the plot is "resolved" once he overcomes his anxiety to perform as a doctor and establishes himself as the boss in the house, making the wife go back to being a housewife, and everyone acts as if balance had been restored. This episode was re-made in 1992 without one detail changed.
15** One episode where Chapulín is summoned in Japan by a tourist has the Japanese characters being portrayed by the so not Asian regular cast in {{Yellowface}}, and [[AsianSpeekeeEngrish speaking in accegerated accents]]. Hilarious back in the day, incredibly cringe worthy today.
16** One skit that aired as part of the stories Chapulín told, set during the UsefulNotes/AmericanCivilWar, centered around a hired hand, played by Chespirito, that drew the ire of a Confederate officer, played by Carlos Villagran, after his wife convinced Chespirito's character to help her in a scheme. To keep him HiddenInPlainSight, they dressed Chespirito's character as a slave, meaning that, yes, he had to wear {{Blackface}} and speak with an exaggerated caribbean accent, with nothing implying it is DeliberateValuesDissonance.

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