History Characters / ElChapulinColorado

El Chapulín Colorado is the main character of the show. He uses a red and yellow uniform with a yellow heart with the CH letters in his chest. His weapons are a mallet of varying effectiveness, a old car horn that stuns the nearest target and pills that shrink him when consumed.

* AndHereHeComesNow: To summon Chapulin, one must ask "And now, who could defend me"? If Super Sam shows up instead, Chapulin will come when the mexican caller inevitably tells Sam that they "[[PatrioticFervor prefer what is ours]]".

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadAss: He may be clumsy and conceited, but at the end of the day, he will either outsmart an opponent, or take advantage of an opening and knock them out.
* DropTheHammer: He wields the Bionic Mallet, a red toy hammer that either effortlessly knock outs people or doesn't work at all. [[RuleOfFunny Whichever is funnier]].

** GratuitousEnglish: Every time Chapulin is trying to communicate with an American Foreign, like the "Mister" tourist and Super Sam.

** GratuitousFrench: El Chapulín claims that, in order to understand french, he needs three conditions: that he's spoken to slowly, clearly, and in spanish.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Very prone to make things worse for himself, or those he's trying to help. The most common case is accidentally giving back the villain his gun.
** A good example is in the los piratas arc (1976 version). Chapulin gets the gun from alma negra when [[NiceJobFixingItVillain the villain borrowed the gun to him]] in order test the strength of [[ButtMonkey Sabandija]], using the gun to hit him in the face. In a rare moment of intelligence, he uses the gun to make Alma Negra surrender, [[NiceJobBreakingItHero until he returns the gun to him]], putting Alma Negra in advantage again and getting jailed (alongside with Sabandija and Panza Loca).

* RealNameAsAnAlias: In a 1989 episode, El Chapulín reveals that Chapulín Colorado ''is his real name''. His father's name is Pantaleón Colorado y Roto and is an enthomologist, and gave all his kids names of insects ("Chapulín" being spanish for grasshopper). El Chapulín's full name is Chapulin Colorado [[ComicBook/LoisLane Lane]].
* RebuiltPedestal: In the most optimistic episodes, Chapulin ends up regaining the respect of the person he is helping, who realizes that despite his clumsiness he is still a true hero.}
* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Being a comic character, Chapulin's competence, strength and agility varies depending on what is funniest for the plot, sometimes his slogan of "stronger than a mouse" is taken so literally that trying to move a chihaua is almost a titanic task for him, and in other cases he can knock down guys who are taller than him with two blows.

* CatchPhrase: Many. In fact, one RunningGag is for him to spout all of them in a row when he wakes after being knocked out.

* CatchPhrase: "Time is money, oh yeah!". Used under the same circumnstances as El Chapulín Colorado's "¡No contaban con mi astucia!".

* {{Eagleland}}: Type 2: He is a satire of political interventionism and a single look at his CatchPhrase shows how much he values money.
* GratuitousEnglish: Constantly mixes english and spanish words in the same sentence.

* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Being a comic character, Chapulin's competence, strength and agility varies depending on what is funniest for the plot, sometimes his slogan of "stronger than a mouse" is taken so literally that when trying to move a chihaua is almost a titanic task for him, and in other cases he can knock down guys who are taller than him with two blows.

* RebuiltPedestal: In the most optimistic episodes, Chapulin ends up regaining the respect of the person he is helping, who realizes that despite his clumsiness he is still a true hero.

* BrokenPedestal: He almost always causes this to those who ask him for help, when they realize he's easily capable of doing more harm than good. Eventually they start trying to summon other heroes, such as Franchise/{{Batman}} or Franchise/{{Superman}}.

!! Super Sam

!! El Tripaseca

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname

!! El Cuajináis

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname

!! La Minina

!! Rosa la Rumorosa

!! Alma Negra

!!”Mister”

* GratuitousEnglish

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** '''Lo hice intencionalmente para...''' ("[[IMeantToDoThat I did it intentionally to...]]"), followed by whatever excuse he comes up with. Usually in response to being asked if he got hurt when he trips or gets hit with something.

* MoneyMauling: His WeaponOfChoice is a bag with money that makes ka-ching noises. Super Sam says it contains a few, powerful dollars.