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''El Reemplazante'' is a chilean TV series who aired on Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) between 2012 and 2014.

After a risky financial operation who lead him to a three-month prison sentence, former financial executive Carlos "Charly" Valdivia (Iván Álvarez de Araya), went from having a very comfortable life, to living with his father Dionisio (Sergio Hernández) and his brother Pancho (Roberto Farías) in the commune of San Miguel, in Santiago. His new life leads him to take the job of math teacher in the Príncipe Carlos school, where his father works as a inspector, and his brother also works as a teacher. Having a harsh beginning, sooner Charly starts to slowly gain respect from his students, and at the same time to realize about the tough reality of them, the problems they face, and their dreams, repurposing his own life in the process.

The series premiered one year after massive protests were helding in Chile, demanding free and quality education[[note]]Specifically, the protests demanded a better participation of the state in public education, and the end of the for-profit education.[[/note]]. It was acclaimed for both the realistic representation of the students of low income families, and the state of education in Chile.

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''El Reemplazante'' is a chilean Chilean TV series who aired on Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) between 2012 and 2014.

After a risky financial operation who that lead him to a three-month prison sentence, former financial executive Carlos "Charly" Valdivia (Iván Álvarez de Araya), went goes from having a very comfortable life, to living with his father Dionisio (Sergio Hernández) and his brother Pancho (Roberto Farías) in the commune of San Miguel, in Santiago. His new life leads him to take the a job of as math teacher in the Príncipe Carlos school, where his father works as a inspector, and his brother also works as a teacher. Having a harsh beginning, sooner soon Charly starts to slowly gain respect from his students, and at the same time to realize about the tough reality of them, the problems they face, and their dreams, repurposing his own life in the process.

The series premiered one year after massive protests were helding taking place in Chile, demanding free and quality education[[note]]Specifically, the protests demanded a better participation of the state in public education, and the end of the for-profit education.[[/note]]. It was acclaimed for both the realistic representation of the students of low income families, low-income families and the state of education in Chile.



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** Implied with Charly. The private company who is owner of the Príncipe Carlos, requires that those who are teaching in their schools, must have an academic degree in education, something who Charly lacks. He managed to negotiate his permanence in the Príncipe Carlos, under two conditions. The first one is that his students must get in the PSU an average score higher than 500. And the second one, is that he must regularize his academic situation, getting an academic degree to be in line with the company requirements. Charly is not seen going to college, but it's implied he is doing it offscreen.
** Played straight with Hamster and other adults. One of the plots in season 2 is the creation of a nivelation workshop in the Príncipe Carlos, which allows adults to improve their education level. In the particular case of Hamster, Claudio asks him to get into the workshop, so they can drug dealing inside the school.
* BathroomStallGraffiti: The bathrooms of the Príncipe Carlos tend to be full of graffitis written in the walls and the WC doors. Fitting with the bleaker tone of the whole second season, their first episode ends with Charly inside one of the bathrooms, seeing the phrase "Hoy lloramos nosotros, mañana lo hará tu madre"[[labelnote:translation]]"Today we cry, tomorrow your mother will do it"[[/labelnote]] written in a wall, with an swastika and the [[StateSec SS]] symbol, both drawn below.

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** Implied with Charly. The private company who is owner of owns the Príncipe Carlos, Carlos school requires that those who are teaching teachers in their schools, must schools have an academic degree in education, something who that Charly lacks. He managed to negotiate his permanence in the Príncipe Carlos, under two conditions. The first one is that his students must get in the PSU an average score higher than 500. 500 in the PSU[[note]]Prueba de Selección Universitaria (University Selection Test), the main test for college admissions in Chile[[/note]]. And the second one, is that he must regularize his academic situation, getting an academic degree to be in line compliance with the company requirements. Charly is not seen going to college, but it's implied he is doing it offscreen.
** Played straight with Hamster and other adults. One of the plots in season 2 is the creation of a nivelation workshop in the Príncipe Carlos, which allows adults to improve their education level. In the particular case of Hamster, Claudio asks him to get into the workshop, so they can drug dealing deal drugs inside the school.
* BathroomStallGraffiti: The bathrooms of the Príncipe Carlos tend to be full of graffitis graffities written in on the walls and the WC doors. Fitting with the bleaker tone of the whole second season, their first episode ends with Charly inside one of the bathrooms, seeing the phrase "Hoy lloramos nosotros, mañana lo hará tu madre"[[labelnote:translation]]"Today we cry, tomorrow your mother will do it"[[/labelnote]] written in on a wall, with an both a swastika and the [[StateSec SS]] symbol, both symbol drawn below.underneath.



** [[FreezeFrameBonus A "Blink And You'll Miss It" moment]]: In episode 6, at the time Maicol and Flavia are taken out of the Príncipe Carlos by the police, there are reporters outside the school. One of them has a microphone with a circular "8" logo, refering to Canal 13, who at that time had that logo, but with a "13" instead of a "8", and the arc inside the circle upsided down.
** A similar situation was averted in episode 11. Charly, Dionisio, and Berta, are watching Jorquera's declarations on the TV news channel 24 Horas, which belongs to TVN.
* CharacterAgedWithTheActor: Six years after the final episode aired, and in less than a week from the referendum in Chile to change the current Constitution, a video featuring Maicol, Flavia and Toyita was viralized. In the case of Toyita, it was reprised by Maite Neira, who instead of the little girl we saw in the series, now it's a teenager.
* CollegeRadio: [[spoiler:Pancho, as the interim principal of the Principe Carlos]], authorized the purchase of radio equipment, which allowed the creation of a school radio, operated by Kathy, Samuel and Lalo. As an agreement, the school radio can be used only for music broadcast, not for protesting. This agreement eventually breaks when the students got aware of the irregularities triggered by [[spoiler:Lalo's death, who may end with the Principe Carlos closing its doors]].

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** [[FreezeFrameBonus A "Blink And You'll Miss It" moment]]: In episode 6, at the time when Maicol and Flavia are taken out of the Príncipe Carlos by the police, there are reporters outside the school. One of them has a microphone with a circular "8" logo, refering referring to Canal 13, who which at that time had that logo, but with a "13" instead of a "8", and the arc inside the circle upsided upside down.
** A similar situation was averted in episode 11. Charly, Dionisio, and Berta, Berta are watching Jorquera's declarations on the TV news channel 24 Horas, which belongs to TVN.
* CharacterAgedWithTheActor: Six years after the final episode aired, and in less than a week away from the referendum in Chile to change the current Constitution, a video featuring Maicol, Flavia and Toyita was viralized. went viral. In the case of Toyita, it was reprised by Maite Neira, who instead of the little girl we saw in the series, is now it's a teenager.
* CollegeRadio: [[spoiler:Pancho, as the interim principal of the Principe Príncipe Carlos]], authorized the purchase of radio equipment, which allowed the creation of a school radio, operated by Kathy, Samuel and Lalo. As an agreement, the school radio can be used is only for allowed to broadcast music broadcast, and not for protesting. to protest. This agreement eventually breaks when the students got become aware of the irregularities triggered by [[spoiler:Lalo's death, who which may end with the Principe Príncipe Carlos closing its doors]].



** And later he [[spoiler:has Arturo caught, beat up and tied up in his house so Maicol can shoot him]], though he ultimately doesn't go through with it (although he [[spoiler:gets him arrested by police detectives]]). Claudio is quite understanding of [[spoiler:Maicol's]] decision.

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** And later he [[spoiler:has Arturo caught, beat abducted, beaten up and tied up in his house so Maicol can shoot him]], though he ultimately doesn't go through with it (although he [[spoiler:gets him Arturo arrested by police detectives]]). Claudio is quite understanding of [[spoiler:Maicol's]] decision.



** Hamster. See AnimalThemeNaming above.
* PsychologistTeacher: Charly. Once he gains experience as a teacher (and gains the respect of his students), it progresivelly becomes this.
* ReluctantRetiree: [[spoiler:The shooting inside the Príncipe Carlos, triggered some security measures (like see-through backpacks and presence of the police officers on the front door) that Dionisio doesn't think will avoid another similar situation. When Nieves, in a personal conversation with him, pushes him to act in a way in which he is unable to act, he says if she wants to fire him, it's better to say it to him directly. Nieves proposed him an agreement in which he resigns of his position as inspector. He meditates for a while, finally accepting the offer, leaving vacant a position which he helded since the first episode. He accepted not because of the compensation money he will receive for his years of service, but because of the authoritarian way decisions are made in the school.]]

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** Hamster. See AnimalThemeNaming above.Hamster, a case of AnimalThemeNaming.
* PsychologistTeacher: Charly. Once he gains experience as a teacher (and gains the respect of his students), it progresivelly progressively becomes this.
* ReluctantRetiree: [[spoiler:The shooting inside the Príncipe Carlos, triggered some security measures (like see-through backpacks and presence of the police officers on the front door) that Dionisio doesn't think will avoid another similar situation. When Nieves, in a personal conversation with him, pushes him to act in a way in which he is unable to act, he says if she wants to fire him, it's better to say it to him directly. Nieves proposed him an agreement in which he resigns of his position as inspector. He meditates for a while, finally accepting the offer, leaving vacant a position which that he helded held since the first episode. He accepted not because of the compensation money he will receive for his years of service, but because of the authoritarian way decisions are made in the school.]]



* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: [[spoiler:Ana]], when she realized had no material to work with, went to principal Nieves's office to complain about it, only to know her art classes were demoted in favor of classes preparing the students for the PSU[[note]]Prueba de Selección Universitaria (University Selection Test), the main test for college admissions in Chile[[/note]]. Having no option but to accept this work conditions, and sick of the contempt tone of the current administration of the Príncipe Carlos upon she and her classes, she quits her job in front of Nieves's face.
* VoiceoverLetter: In episode 7, Charly proposed to his students a special task: Write a letter about her personal dreams, so Charly can send them to the newspapers. The motivation is that if one letter is published, all the students will get a good grade. Of all the written letters, it's Flavia's letter who is published. At the moment Charly, Ana, and later Maicol are reading it, we hear Flavia voicing it. While she's voicing it, we know about one of the personal dreams of Flavia at the same time it is fulfilled: Know the snow.

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* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: [[spoiler:Ana]], when she realized had no material to work with, went to principal Nieves's office to complain about it, only to know learn that her art classes were demoted in favor of classes preparing the students for the PSU[[note]]Prueba de Selección Universitaria (University Selection Test), the main test for college admissions in Chile[[/note]]. PSU. Having no option but to accept this these work conditions, and sick of the contempt contemptuous tone of the current administration of the Príncipe Carlos upon she her and her classes, she quits her job in front of Nieves's face.
* VoiceoverLetter: In episode 7, Charly proposed to his students a special task: Write a letter about her their personal dreams, so Charly can send them to the newspapers. The motivation is that if one letter is published, all the students will get a good grade. Of all the written letters, it's Flavia's letter who is published. At the moment Charly, Ana, and later Maicol are reading it, we hear Flavia voicing it. While she's voicing it, we know about one of the personal dreams of Flavia at the same time it is fulfilled: Know Get to know the snow.
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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Claudio and Hamster are partners in crime and often seen together.
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* SaveOurStudents: In the course of both seasons, Charly's work at the Príncipe Carlos is guided to this.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Claudio may be a dangerous criminal, but he is livid when he finds out that [[spoiler: Arturo tried to abuse Toyita]]. He even scolds [[spoiler:Maicol]] for not telling him about it.
** And later he [[spoiler:has Arturo caught, beat up and tied up in his house so Maicol can shoot him]], though he ultimately doesn't go through with it (although he [[spoiler:gets him arrested by police detectives]]). Claudio is quite understanding of [[spoiler:Maicol's]] decision.


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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Claudio and Hamster are partners in crime and often seen together.
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The series premiered one year after massive protests were helding in Chile, demanding free and quality education[[note]]Specifically, the protests demanded a better participation of the state in public education, and the end of the for-profit education.[[/note]]. It was acclaimed for both the realist representation of the students of low income families, and the state of education in Chile.

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The series premiered one year after massive protests were helding in Chile, demanding free and quality education[[note]]Specifically, the protests demanded a better participation of the state in public education, and the end of the for-profit education.[[/note]]. It was acclaimed for both the realist realistic representation of the students of low income families, and the state of education in Chile.
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* CharacterAgedWithTheActor: Six years after the final episode aired, and in less than a week from the referendum in Chile to change the current Constitution, a video featuring Maicol, Flavia and Toyita was viralized. In the case of Toyita, it was reprised by Maite Neira, who instead of the little girl we saw in the series, now it's a teenager.
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* ReluctantRetiree: [[spoiler:The shooting inside the Príncipe Carlos, triggered some security measures (like see-through backpacks and presence of the police officers on the front door) that Dionisio doesn't think will avoid another similar situation. When Nieves, in a personal conversation with him, pushes him to act in a way in which he is unable to act, he says if she wants to fire him, it's better to say it to him directly. Nieves proposed him an agreement in which he resigns of his position as inspector. He meditates for a while, finally accepting the offer, leaving vacant a position which he helded since the first episode. He accepted not because of the compensation money he will receive for his years of service, but because of the authoritarian way decisions are made in the school.]]
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** Maicol's younger sister is called Victoria, but everyone calls her "Toya" or "Toyita".

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** Maicol's younger sister is called named Victoria, but everyone calls her "Toya" or "Toyita".
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* BathroomStallGraffiti: The bathrooms of the Príncipe Carlos tend to be full of graffitis written in the walls and the WC doors. Fitting with the bleaker tone of the whole second season, their first episode ends with Charly inside one of the bathrooms, seeing the phrase "Hoy lloramos nosotros, mañana lo hará tu madre"[[labelnote:translation]]"Today we cry, tomorrow your mother will do it"[[/labelnote]] written in a wall, with an swastika and the [[StateSec SS]] symbol, both drawn below.
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** Maicol's younger sister is called Victoria, but everyone calls her "Toya" or "Toyita".
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** Implied with Charly. The private company who is owner of the Príncipe Carlos, requires that those who are teaching in their schools, must have an academic degree in education, something who Charly lacks. He managed to negotiate his permanence in the Príncipe Carlos, under two conditions. The first one is that his students must get in the PSU an average score higher than 500. And the second one, is that he must regularize his academic situation, so he gets an academic degree. Charly is not seen going to college, but it's implied he is doing it offscreen.

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** Implied with Charly. The private company who is owner of the Príncipe Carlos, requires that those who are teaching in their schools, must have an academic degree in education, something who Charly lacks. He managed to negotiate his permanence in the Príncipe Carlos, under two conditions. The first one is that his students must get in the PSU an average score higher than 500. And the second one, is that he must regularize his academic situation, so he gets getting an academic degree.degree to be in line with the company requirements. Charly is not seen going to college, but it's implied he is doing it offscreen.



** A similar situation was averted in episode 11. Charly, Dionisio, and Berta, are watching Jorquera's declarations in the TV news channel 24 Horas, which belongs to TVN.

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** A similar situation was averted in episode 11. Charly, Dionisio, and Berta, are watching Jorquera's declarations in on the TV news channel 24 Horas, which belongs to TVN.
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** Implied with Charly. The private company who is owner of the Príncipe Carlos, requires that those who are teaching in their schools, must have an academic degree in education, something who Charly lacks. He managed to negotiate his permanence in the Príncipe Carlos, under two conditions. The first one is that his students must get in the PSU an average score higher than 500. And the second one, is that he must regularize his academic situation, so he gets an academic degree. Charly is not seen going to college, but it's implied he is doing it offscreen.
** Played straight with Hamster and other adults. One of the plots in season 2 is the creation of a nivelation workshop in the Príncipe Carlos, which allows adults to improve their education level. In the particular case of Hamster, Claudio asks him to get into the workshop, so they can drug dealing inside the school.

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* AnimalThemeNaming: Claudio's sidekick is just called Hamster. No real name, just Hamster.



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Andrés Rodriguez, mainly known as Zafrada.

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Andrés Rodriguez, mainly known as Zafrada.Zafrada.
** Hamster. See AnimalThemeNaming above.
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* SpecialGuest: Blanca Lewin, in her final two episodes as Ana.
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** A similar situation was averted in episode 11. Charly, Dionisio and Berta are watching Jorquera's declarations in the TV news channel 24 Horas, which belongs to TVN.

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** A similar situation was averted in episode 11. Charly, Dionisio Dionisio, and Berta Berta, are watching Jorquera's declarations in the TV news channel 24 Horas, which belongs to TVN.

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''El Reemplazante'' is a chilean TV series who aired on Televisión Nacional de Chile between 2012 and 2014.

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''El Reemplazante'' is a chilean TV series who aired on Televisión Nacional de Chile (TVN) between 2012 and 2014.



* BlandNameProduct: [[FreezeFrameBonus A "Blink And You'll Miss It" moment]]: In episode 6, at the time Maicol and Flavia are taken out of the Príncipe Carlos by the police, there are reporters outside the school. One of them has a microphone with a circular "8" logo, refering to Canal 13, who at that time had that logo, but with a "13" instead of a "8", and the arc inside the circle upsided down.

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[[FreezeFrameBonus A "Blink And You'll Miss It" moment]]: In episode 6, at the time Maicol and Flavia are taken out of the Príncipe Carlos by the police, there are reporters outside the school. One of them has a microphone with a circular "8" logo, refering to Canal 13, who at that time had that logo, but with a "13" instead of a "8", and the arc inside the circle upsided down.
** A similar situation was averted in episode 11. Charly, Dionisio and Berta are watching Jorquera's declarations in the TV news channel 24 Horas, which belongs to TVN.
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* BlandNameProduct: [[FreezeFrameBonus A "Blink And You'll Miss It" moment]]: In episode 6, at the time Maicol and Flavia are taken out of the Príncipe Carlos by the police, there are reporters outside the school. One of them has a microphone with a circular "8" logo, refering to Canal 13, who at that time had that logo, but with a "13" instead of a "8", and the arc inside the circle upsided down.
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* VoiceoverLetter: In episode 7, Flavia send a letter to a newspaper. That letter was published, and we see Charly and Ana reading it, while we hear Flavia voicing it.

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* VoiceoverLetter: In episode 7, Flavia send Charly proposed to his students a special task: Write a letter about her personal dreams, so Charly can send them to a newspaper. That the newspapers. The motivation is that if one letter was is published, all the students will get a good grade. Of all the written letters, it's Flavia's letter who is published. At the moment Charly, Ana, and we see Charly and Ana later Maicol are reading it, while we hear Flavia voicing it. While she's voicing it, we know about one of the personal dreams of Flavia at the same time it is fulfilled: Know the snow.
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* TakeThisJobAndShoveIt: [[spoiler:Ana]], when she realized had no material to work with, went to principal Nieves's office to complain about it, only to know her art classes were demoted in favor of classes preparing the students for the PSU[[note]]Prueba de Selección Universitaria (University Selection Test), the main test for college admissions in Chile[[/note]]. Having no option but to accept this work conditions, and sick of the contempt tone of the current administration of the Príncipe Carlos upon she and her classes, she quits her job in front of Nieves's face.
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* CollegeRadio: [[spoiler:Pancho, as the interim principal of the Principe Carlos]], authorized the purchase of radio equipment, which allowed the creation of a school radio, operated by Kathy, Samuel and Lalo. As an agreement, the school radio can be used only for music broadcast, not for protesting. This agreement eventually breaks when the students got aware of the irregularities triggered by [[spoiler:Lalo's death, who may end with the Principe Carlos closing its doors]].
* FirstDayOfSchoolEpisode: The first episode is this for Charly.


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* {{Tagline}}: "Rompió las reglas... y cambió sus vidas."[[labelnote:Translation]]"He broke the rules... and changed their lives."[[/labelnote]]
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* HowWeGotHere: The series starts with Charly in his first day as a math teacher at the Príncipe Carlos school, his unsuccessful attempts to make his students to behave properly, and the "stab" he received from Maicol[[note]]Which later the episode reveals to us, it was a prank on Charly[[/note]]. Once he fell off due to the "stab", the episode goes back three months before, showing the reason why Charly was sent to prison, his arrival to San Miguel, and why he took the job of math teacher.

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* HowWeGotHere: The series very first episode starts with Charly in his first day as a math teacher at the Príncipe Carlos school, his unsuccessful attempts to make his students to behave properly, and the "stab" he received from Maicol[[note]]Which later the episode reveals to us, it was a prank on Charly[[/note]]. Once he fell off due to the "stab", the episode goes back three months before, showing the reason why Charly was sent to prison, his arrival to San Miguel, and why he took the job of math teacher.

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After a risky finantial operation who lead him to a three-month prison sentence, former finantial operator Carlos "Charly" Valdivia (Iván Álvarez de Araya), went from having a very comfortable life, to living with his father Dionisio (Sergio Hernández) and his brother Pancho (Roberto Farías) in the commune of San Miguel, in Santiago. His new life leads him to take the job of math teacher in the Príncipe Carlos school, where his father works as a inspector, and his brother also works as a teacher. Having a harsh beginning, sooner Charly starts to slowly gain respect from his students, and at the same time to realize about the tough reality of them, the problems they face, and their dreams, repurposing his own life in the process.

The series premiered one year after massive protests were helding in Chile, demanding free and quality education[[note]]Specifically, the protests demanded a better participation of the state in public education, and the end of the for-profit education.[[/note]]. It was acclaimed for both the realist representation of the students from poor communes, and the state of education in Chile.

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After a risky finantial financial operation who lead him to a three-month prison sentence, former finantial operator financial executive Carlos "Charly" Valdivia (Iván Álvarez de Araya), went from having a very comfortable life, to living with his father Dionisio (Sergio Hernández) and his brother Pancho (Roberto Farías) in the commune of San Miguel, in Santiago. His new life leads him to take the job of math teacher in the Príncipe Carlos school, where his father works as a inspector, and his brother also works as a teacher. Having a harsh beginning, sooner Charly starts to slowly gain respect from his students, and at the same time to realize about the tough reality of them, the problems they face, and their dreams, repurposing his own life in the process.

The series premiered one year after massive protests were helding in Chile, demanding free and quality education[[note]]Specifically, the protests demanded a better participation of the state in public education, and the end of the for-profit education.[[/note]]. It was acclaimed for both the realist representation of the students from poor communes, of low income families, and the state of education in Chile.


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* HowWeGotHere: The series starts with Charly in his first day as a math teacher at the Príncipe Carlos school, his unsuccessful attempts to make his students to behave properly, and the "stab" he received from Maicol[[note]]Which later the episode reveals to us, it was a prank on Charly[[/note]]. Once he fell off due to the "stab", the episode goes back three months before, showing the reason why Charly was sent to prison, his arrival to San Miguel, and why he took the job of math teacher.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Andrés Rodriguez, mainly known as Zafrada.
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The series premiered one year after massive protests were helding in Chile, demanding free and quality education[[note]]Specifically, the protests demanded a better participation of the state in public education, and the end of the for-profit education. More information on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011–2013_Chilean_student_protests Wikipedia]][[/note]]. It was acclaimed for both the realist representation of the students from poor communes, and the state of education in Chile.

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The series premiered one year after massive protests were helding in Chile, demanding free and quality education[[note]]Specifically, the protests demanded a better participation of the state in public education, and the end of the for-profit education. More information on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011–2013_Chilean_student_protests Wikipedia]][[/note]].[[/note]]. It was acclaimed for both the realist representation of the students from poor communes, and the state of education in Chile.
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After a risky finantial operation who lead him to a three-month prison sentence, former finantial operator Carlos "Charly" Valdivia (Íván Álvarez de Araya), went from having a very comfortable life, to living with his father Dionisio (Sergio Hernández) and his brother Pancho (Roberto Farías) in the commune of San Miguel, in Santiago. His new life leads him to take the job of math teacher in the Príncipe Carlos school, where his father works as a inspector, and his brother also works as a teacher. Having a harsh beginning, sooner Charly starts to slowly gain respect from his students, and at the same time to realize about the tough reality of them, the problems they face, and their dreams, repurposing his own life in the process.

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After a risky finantial operation who lead him to a three-month prison sentence, former finantial operator Carlos "Charly" Valdivia (Íván (Iván Álvarez de Araya), went from having a very comfortable life, to living with his father Dionisio (Sergio Hernández) and his brother Pancho (Roberto Farías) in the commune of San Miguel, in Santiago. His new life leads him to take the job of math teacher in the Príncipe Carlos school, where his father works as a inspector, and his brother also works as a teacher. Having a harsh beginning, sooner Charly starts to slowly gain respect from his students, and at the same time to realize about the tough reality of them, the problems they face, and their dreams, repurposing his own life in the process.
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After a risky finantial operation who lead him to a three-month prison sentence, former finantial operator Carlos "Charly" Valdivia (Íván Alvarez de Araya), went from having a very comfortable life, to living with his father Dionisio (Sergio Hernández) and his brother Pancho (Roberto Farías) in the commune of San Miguel, in Santiago. His new life leads him to take the job of math teacher in the Príncipe Carlos school, where his father works as a inspector, and his brother also works as a teacher. Having a harsh beginning, sooner Charly starts to slowly gain respect from his students, and at the same time to realize about the tough reality of them, the problems they face, and their dreams, repurposing his own life in the process.

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After a risky finantial operation who lead him to a three-month prison sentence, former finantial operator Carlos "Charly" Valdivia (Íván Alvarez Álvarez de Araya), went from having a very comfortable life, to living with his father Dionisio (Sergio Hernández) and his brother Pancho (Roberto Farías) in the commune of San Miguel, in Santiago. His new life leads him to take the job of math teacher in the Príncipe Carlos school, where his father works as a inspector, and his brother also works as a teacher. Having a harsh beginning, sooner Charly starts to slowly gain respect from his students, and at the same time to realize about the tough reality of them, the problems they face, and their dreams, repurposing his own life in the process.



* SpoilerTitle: Go to Netflix and check the titles of the episodes of both seasons. Half of them are this.

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* SpoilerTitle: Go to Netflix and check the titles of the episodes of both seasons. Half At least, half of them are this.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Profe Charly and his students[[note]]Photo from the opening of the second season. Left to right: Víctor, Rosa, Maicol, Jenny, Flavia, Zafrada, Charly, Nicole, Ariel, Munizaga, Kathy.[[/note]]]]

''El Reemplazante'' is a chilean TV series who aired on Televisión Nacional de Chile between 2012 and 2014.

After a risky finantial operation who lead him to a three-month prison sentence, former finantial operator Carlos "Charly" Valdivia (Íván Alvarez de Araya), went from having a very comfortable life, to living with his father Dionisio (Sergio Hernández) and his brother Pancho (Roberto Farías) in the commune of San Miguel, in Santiago. His new life leads him to take the job of math teacher in the Príncipe Carlos school, where his father works as a inspector, and his brother also works as a teacher. Having a harsh beginning, sooner Charly starts to slowly gain respect from his students, and at the same time to realize about the tough reality of them, the problems they face, and their dreams, repurposing his own life in the process.

The series premiered one year after massive protests were helding in Chile, demanding free and quality education[[note]]Specifically, the protests demanded a better participation of the state in public education, and the end of the for-profit education. More information on [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011–2013_Chilean_student_protests Wikipedia]][[/note]]. It was acclaimed for both the realist representation of the students from poor communes, and the state of education in Chile.

Currently both seasons are available on Netflix.

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!!El Reemplazante provides examples of:

* BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler:Remember how Pancho left in the first season finale, disgraced and sued by Jorquera? He came back for the second season finale.]]
* PsychologistTeacher: Charly. Once he gains experience as a teacher (and gains the respect of his students), it progresivelly becomes this.
* SpoilerTitle: Go to Netflix and check the titles of the episodes of both seasons. Half of them are this.
* VoiceoverLetter: In episode 7, Flavia send a letter to a newspaper. That letter was published, and we see Charly and Ana reading it, while we hear Flavia voicing it.
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