History Trivia / AguilaRoja

** Eusebio Poncela, although also known for his stage career, is universally remembered for playing the suave detective Pepe Carvalho in its homonym series. In ''Águila Roja'', however, he plays psycho bandit Malasangre.

* SleeperHit: Possibly the biggest in Spanish TV history, as its ridiculous concept and shoddy production are almost as unparalleled as its success is.

* ActorAllusion:
** The guy who plays Pedro, actor and stuntman Álex Navarro, previously played a character named Pedro in the short-lived series ''La Chica de Ayer''.
** Creator/PepeCarabias is famous for his career as a comedian playing a Roma patriarch named "El Papa" ("The Father"). In ''Águila Roja'', he plays the literal father of a character.
* AwesomeDearBoy: Eusebio Poncela signed immediately to play Malasangra as soon as he heard he would be playing a cannibal murderer.

** Francis Lorenzo, a very popular talk show host and mainly comedic actor best known for playing a CoolTeacher in the SaveOurStudents TV series ''Compañeros'' during TheNineties, plays here TheDragon, the utterly evil Sheriff... and his enemy ''is'' a teacher!

** Eusebio Poncela, although also known for his stage career, is universally remembered for playing the suave detective Pepe Carvalho in the homonym series. In ''Águila Roja'', however, he plays psycho bandit Malasangre.
** Fernando Albizu, a charismatic actor who often plays BigFun guys, plays here Manrique, a pseudo-pedophilic rich man who kidnaps children.
* ScrewedByTheNetwork: A staggering number of times. RTVE constantly changed the series's date and hour, ordered hiatuses from nowhere and sometimes forgot to announce every new season. The series only resisted out of sheer PopularityPower.
* SleeperHit: Possibly the biggest in Spanish TV history.

** Fernando Albizu, a charismatic actor who often plays BigFun guys, plays here Manrique, a pseudo-pedophilic rich man who kidnaps children.

* FollowTheLeader: RTVE's unexpected success with ''Águila Roja'' seemed to convince other Spanish TV channels to try their own hand in the historical fiction/adventure genre during TheNewTens. Telecinco launched the TV series ''Piratas'', which backfired spectacularly and got cancelled lightning fast, and Antena 3 tried the same with ''Toledo, cruce de destinos'', which in turn resisted a whole season and got a significant (but insufficient) share before going down to leave space for their next series, ''El Barco''.

* FollowTheLeader: RTVE's unexpected success with ''Águila Roja'' seemed to convince other Spanish TV channels to try their own hand in the historical fiction/adventure genre during the early 2010s. Telecinco launched the TV series ''Piratas'', which backfired spectacularly and got cancelled lightning fast, and Antena 3 tried the same with ''Toledo, cruce de destinos'', which in turn resisted a whole season and got a significant (but insufficient) share before going down to leave space for their star series ''El Barco''.

* ActorAllusion: The guy who plays Pedro, actor and stuntman Álex Navarro, played a character named Pedro in the short-lived series ''La Chica de Ayer''.

* FollowTheLeader: RTVE's unexpected success with ''Águila Roja'' seemed to convince other Spanish TV channels to try their own hand in the historical fiction/adventure genre during the early 2010s. Telecinco launched the TV series ''Piratas'', which backfired spectacularly and got cancelled lightning fast, and Antena 3 tried the same with ''Toledo, cruce de destinos'', which in turn resisted a whole season and got a significant (but insufficient) share before going down to leave space to their star series ''El Barco''.

** Eusebio Poncela, although known for his stage and TV career, is universally remembered for playing the suave detective Pepe Carvalho in the homonym series. In ''Águila Roja'', however, he plays psycho bandit Malasangre.

* FollowTheLeader: RTVE's unexpected success with ''Águila Roja'' seemed to convince other Spanish TV channels to try their own hand in the historical fiction/adventure genre during the early 2010s. Telecinco launched the TV series ''Piratas'', which backfired spectacularly and got cancelled fast, and Antena 3 tried with ''Toledo, cruce de destinos'', which in turn resisted a whole season and got significative share before going down in order to leave space to their star series ''El Barco''.

** Fernando Albizu, a charismatic actor who often plays funny guys, plays here Manrique, a pseudo-pedophilic rich man who kidnaps children.

* FollowTheLeader: RTVE's unexpected success with ''Águila Roja'' seemed to convince other channels that it was a good idea to try their own hand in the historical fiction/adventure genre. Telecinco launched the TV series ''Piratas'', which backfired spectacularly and got cancelled fast, and Antena 3 tried with ''Toledo, cruce de destinos'', which in turn resisted a whole season and got significative share before going down in order to leave space to the A3 star series ''El Barco''.

** Francis Lorenzo, a talk show host and mainly comedic actor best known for playing a CoolTeacher in the SaveOurStudents TV series ''Compañeros'' during TheNineties, plays here TheDragon, the utterly evil Sheriff... and his enemy ''is'' a teacher!
** Miryam Gallego, better known for playing a caring psychologist in ''Hospital Central'', plays here the vicious Marchioness of Santillana.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Sátur's father is played by famous Spanish voice actor Creator/PepeCarabias.

* FollowTheLeader: RTVE's unexpected success with ''Águila Roja'' seemed to convince other channels that it was a good idea to try their own hand in the historical fiction/adventure genre. Telecinco launched the TV series ''Piratas'', which backfired spectacularly and got cancelled fast, and Antena 3 tried with ''Toledo, cruce de destinos'', which in turn resisted a whole season and got interestingly mixed reviews before going down in order to leave space to the A3 star series ''El Barco''.

** Eusebio Poncela, although known for his stage and TV career, is universally remembered for playing the suave detective Pepe Carvalho in the homonym series. In ''Águila Roja'', however, he plays the psycho bandit Sebastián Ventura.

** Eusebio Poncela, although known for his stage and TV career, is more remembered for playing PrivateEye Pepe Carvalho in the homonym series. In ''Águila Roja'', however, he plays the psycho bandit Sebastián Ventura.
** Fernando Albizu, a charismatic actor who often plays funny guys, plays here Manrique, a pseudo-pedophilic rich man who kidnapps children.

** Eusebio Poncela, although known for his stage and TV career, is more remembered for playing PrivateEye Pepe Carvalho in the homonym series. In ''Águila Roja'', however, he plays the psycho bandit Sebastián Ventura.

** Loles León, known for her comedic work with Creator/PedroAlmodovar, plays here the {{Jerkass}} ManipulativeBitch Sagrario.

* ActorAllusion: The guy who plays Pedro, actor and stuntman Álex Navarro, also played a character named Pedro in the short-lived series ''La Chica de Ayer''.