History Creator / EugenioDerbez

** For the man himself, he was an extra in the popular (but nowadays [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny extremely outdated]]) 80s comedy series ''Cachun Cachun ra ra!'' He referenced the fact he only had '''one line''' on the ''entire'' series in his early interviews quite a lot.

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** For the man himself, he was an extra in the popular (but nowadays [[SeinfeldIsUnfunny extremely outdated]]) 80s comedy series ''Cachun Cachun ra ra!'' He refferenced the fact he only had '''one line''' on the ''entire'' series in his early interviews quite a lot.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: According to one sketch, UsefulNotes/OsamaBinLaden is the most wanted terrorist by the FBI, the CIA, the KGB, the BBC, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking the NFL]], and XHDRBZ.

** One sketch had Derbez AsHimself supposedly interviewing Creator/SharonStone while promoting ''Film/{{Sphere}}'', using archival footage from an actual interview Stone did for the film. (HilarityEnsues when in Derbez's version the interview becomes nonsensical.) In the sketch, Stone is dubbed by the same actress who dubbed Stone in ''Sphere''.

* AluminumChristmasTrees: One would think that El Super Portero's garish multicolored clothes were something come up with to showcase his over-the-top persona, but they were actually a ShoutOut to Jorge Campos, a real-life Mexican soccer goalkeeper, who wore similar clothes.

* '''Derbez en cuando''', '''Al derecho y al Derbez''', '''XHDRBZ''' - His three [[SketchShow sketch programs]], and Derbez's most recognized works. The first two are almost interchangeable and follow a simple formula: a miscellaneous topic is chosen at the start of each episode and Derbez in character as one of his several bizarre alter egos (usually four or five per episode, each appearing for about as many minutes) would act out sketches relating to that topic. The third one is [[OddballInTheSeries the black sheep of the litter,]] as it's all about spoofing a popular TV show. For instance, his ''[[Series/TheXFiles X-Files]]'' parody changed the title from ''Los expedientes secretos X'' (''The Secret X-Files'') to ''Los ex-pendientes secretos X'' (''The No-Longer-Relevant Secret X's'').

** Taken UpToEleven in one Lonje Moco sketch, which had the Lonje Moco receiving a letter about the "true story" of ''WesternAnimation/{{Shrek}}'' (an ActorAllusion to the fact that Derbez voiced Donkey in the Latin American Spanish dub of ''Shrek''). Given that ''Shrek'' is considered a Fractured Fairy Tale already, this was basically a Fractured Fairy Tale of a Fractured Fairy Tale.

** A variant. In his parody of ''Series/TheXFiles'', in which Derbez played the Agent Mulder parody, he was [[SameLanguageDub dubbed over]] by [[Creator/AlfonsoObregonInclan Alfonso Obregón]], the voice actor who voiced Creator/DavidDuchovny's Agent Mulder in the Latin American Spanish dub of the show.
** He created a parody of teleovela Series/CunaDeLobos, following most of the plot, but more nonsensical. He got Maria Rubio to reprise her role as the evil matriarch of the family.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: His sketch shows are filled to the brim with references to pop culture from the late 1990s and early 2000s, including parodies of then-current Televisa programs and personalities.

* '''La familia P. Luche''' - One of his most long-running series, ''La familia P. Luche'' explores the life of one of Derbez's recurring characters, Ludovico P. Luche, who had previously appeared only in the sketches from the aforementioned shows. Since this one is an [[AdaptationExpansion expansion]] on a series of short sketches, plenty new material was added by necessity; bit players became fairly major characters with names and well-defined personalities and several completely new characters were added. Another noticeable change is that [[{{Flanderization}} several characters became rude and vindictive whereas previously they had merely been inept and kinda stupid;]] whether this makes the series as funny as the original sketches, funnier, or not as funny varies wildly depending on who you ask.
* '''Vecinos''' - Derbez's most recent endeavor, and the only one wherein he himself does not perform. Notable for being much more family-friendly than his other shows, all of which rely heavily on adult humor, ''Vecinos'' deals with the doings of a group of hapless people who all live together in the same high-rise. It's about as routine as [[{{Sitcom}} sitcoms]] get, the humor stemming from the various ways the characters' personalities bounce off each other. Among the cast, there's the [[DumbIsGood ignorant but well-meaning]] superintendent who [[InsistentTerminology insists on being called a "custodian"]] (as opposed to a "doorman") and used to be a [[MaskedLuchador luchador,]] a responsible office worker and his good-for-nothing slacker roomie, and a female veterinarian whose father is a retired army general who takes his teddy bear (named Franchise/{{Rambo}}) with him wherever he goes.

In 2021, he starred in Sundance hit ''Film/{{CODA}}''.

Three of his children (Aislinn, Vadhir, and Jose Eduardo Derbez) are actors in their own right.

* TheNthDoctor: In the original sketches of La Familia Peluche, Ludovico's son, ludoviquito, was played by a kid of asian descent, in the series proper is replaced by another kid. This is "explained" by them sending Ludoviquito to Summer camp, where he hypnotized another kid to believe he is Ludoviquito Peluche so he can change homes.

* HilariousOuttakes: Often during the credits of his shows, often helped by Derbez' refusal to break character and on-point improvising. Consuelo Duval, who plays Ludovico P. Luche's wife, is particularly known for her fits of laughter when she forgets her lines. (Seriously, [[http://youtu.be/9rCLZZtfHNI just take a look]])

On 2013, he made a successful directorial debut with the film ''[[Film/InstructionsNotIncluded No se aceptan devoluciones]]'' (known as ''Instructions Not Included'' outside of Mexico).

%%* HurricaneOfPuns

Eugenio González Derbez (born September 2, 1961) is a Mexican comedian who wrote, produced, and starred in a number of popular {{sketch comed|y}}ies from the late [[TheEighties '80s]] through the early [[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]]. More recently, he's been the producer of two {{sitcom}}s, but only the star of one. He practices a style of comedy that walks an exceedingly thin line, with [[ViewersAreGeniuses sophisticated and occasionally literary humor on one side,]] [[BlackComedy and crass immaturity and scatology on the other.]] Additionally, he has an infatuation with puns that rivals that of Creator/JasperFforde; the names of many of his characters, sketches, and the titles of his shows very often make use of some sort of phonetic wordplay. For example, his sketch show ''Derbez en cuando'' is a pun on the Spanish phrase "de vez en cuando," or "every once in a while" for English-speakers.

* VisualPun: A lot of his sketches. But specially "Hablemos Blanco", hosted by Aaron. He says that on his show [[ExactWords he would never say any cuss word]], and starts telling a story, but while saying getting stuck in a phrase, his cousing would walk on the background holding something referencing swear word, before [[BaitAndSwitch Aaron himself continues with something completely different]].

%%* VisualPun: Tons and tons.