History Series / ElHormiguero

* BoyBand / GirlGroup: During the 2013-2014 season, music producer and longtime ''El Hormiguero'' collaborator Carlos Jean held live castings on the show to form BoyBand Why Five and GirlGroup Check Baby Check. Neither band got a lot of traction, with Why Five disbanding one year later with just an EP to their name and Check Baby Check only getting to release a debut single, but CBC alum Tamy Nsue would later find success as one third of Music/SweetCalifornia.

* BoyBand / GirlGroup: During the 2013-2014 season, music producer and longtime ''El Hormiguero'' collaborator Carlos Jean held live castings on the show to form BoyBand Why Five and GirlGroup Check Baby Check. Both bands flopped, but CBC alum Tamy Nsue would later find success as one third of Music/SweetCalifornia.

* HiddenDepths: One time when TV personality Pilar Rubio came on the show, she challenged Pablo to do an impossible-looking rapid 100-step dance sequence. In fairness to him, he [https://www.youtube.com/z6qYOg18JNc?si=Y3OJ-V2aWUStw1oU doesn't actually do too badly].

* {{Catchphrase}}: Luis Piedrahita had one for the end of his "Inexplicable Magic" segment during the Cuatro years (which consisted in him performing a simple magic trick and explaining how it was done, then doing a slightly more elaborate one and leaving it unexplained): "And this, [guest name], this, Pablo, this is inexplicable and this will not be explained!".
** The very earliest series would be introduced by a voiceover saying "El Hormiguero es un lugar, en el que pase lo que pase, te haremos sentir bien" ('The Anthill is a place in which, what happens happens, we will make you feel good').
** Pablo, when introducing the episode's celebrity guest, will always say "Hoy, ha venido a divertirse al Hormiguero... ¡[celebrity name]!" ('Today, he/she has come to have fun in the Anthill... [celebrity name]!')

** Juan Ibáñez and Damián Mollá can easily become Juana and Damiana, respectively, when required in their sketches. However, Juan's characterization never involved shaving his beard.

** Pablo, when introducing the episode's celebrity guest, will always say "Hoy, ha venido a divertirse al Hormiguero... ¡[celebrity name]!"

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: The show's original channel, Cuatro, stuck the show out on [[FridayNightDeathSlot Sunday afternoons]] but it became an unexpected hit, and later moved to its traditional Monday—Thursday airing.

* TheBigDamnKiss: Flirty as Trancas is, it's not so surprising that he sometimes finds himself on the receiving end of these. To name just two, he was kissed by actress Nerea Barros (justified since he's voiced by Nerea's RealLife boyfriend Juan Ibáñez) and also got one from Creator/CaraDelevingne after [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbQDw9Cr51U proposing to her]]. Additionally, he has been known to go out into the audience to find a girlfriend, and in one sketch, [[https://youtu.be/fHeM3Cg8dKg even Queen Elizabeth II has a go!]]

* HollywoodToneDeaf: Once, Trancas and Barrancas auditioned for singing reality show ''Operación Triunfo'', but were rejected by the judges - Barrancas for getting nervous and Trancas for - to put it lightly - ruining his song.

* ReplacedTheThemeTune: When the show swapped channels in 2011, the producers rehired the original composer Israel Delgado to make a new theme tune, which is far better known than the original.

* TheBigDamnKiss: Flirty as Trancas is, it's not so surprising that he sometimes finds himself on the receiving end of these. To name just two, he was kissed by actress Nerea Barros (justified since he's voiced by Nerea's RealLife boyfriend Juan Ibáñez) and also got one from Creator/CaraDelevingne after [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbQDw9Cr51U proposing to her]].

* ForeignRemake: The format has been adapted in Portugal, Chile, Mexico, and Brazil; however, none of the adaptations came even close to matching the success of the original. The rights have also been sold to China, where the science bit was made into a section in ''Happy Camp'', and Creator/WillSmith has expressed interest in producing an American remake.

* {{Meganekko}}: The show's newest collaborator, a Chinese girl called Yibing. She wears glasses, she's cute and is usually cheerful... even if Pablo Motos says she looks like a ''Film/KillBill'' character (refering to Gogo Yubari) when she takes them off.

* EverythingIsAnInstrument: Jandro, Suko, and other two members of the show's crew once formed a band called "Los Swingvergüenzas"[[note]]A portmanteau of "Swing" and "sinvergüenza" ("scoundrel").[[/note]] which performed music on the program using whatever the writers came up with as makeshift instruments.

* VoiceChangeling: On an episode where the guest was famed Spanish comedian-impersonator Carlos Latre (who would later join the show as a semi-regular collaborator), Barrancas perfectly mimicked Trancas's voice.

* {{Meganekko}}: The show's newest collaborator, a Chinese girl called Yibing. She wears glasses, she's cute and is usually cheerful bordering on {{Adorkable}}... even if Pablo Motos says she looks like a ''Film/KillBill'' character (refering to Gogo Yubari) when she takes them off.

* TheUnblinking: Invoked in the "International No-Blink Championship", where the guests are challenged to hold on without blinking for as long as possible. Creator/ChrisPratt's 6-minute mark is the current record.

* TheUnblinking: Invoked in the "International No-Blink Championship", where the guests are challenged to hold on without blinking for as long as possible. Creator/ChrisPratt is the current record holder.