History Trivia / Mafalda

** In the 1972 animated show, Manolito, Felipe, and Miguelito were all voiced by women.
** Mafalda's baby brother Guille was voiced by a women in the 1990s animated shorts.

* TheWikiRule: There is a wiki for this comic as can be found [[http://es.mafalda.wikia.com here]] but it's in Spanish.

* FanNickname: Mafalda's dad was never officially named, but "Alberto" and "Pelicarpo" seem to be accepted by some fans.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: For TheSixties. Most strips avoid this, but enough of them make enough references to place them in that time period; among them:
** The hairdos and attire of female background characters.
** Mafalda's dad having been a fan of Music/BingCrosby in his youth.
** The design of some appliances that are no longer made even if some may still be in use.
*** The new TV that Mafalda's dad buys is a square box model television with dials and no remote control.
*** Every character has rotary dial land-line telephones at home.
*** Mafalda's dad owns a brand new Citroën 2CV which stopped production around TheEighties.
** Almost all the children are [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] fans.
** Guille has a thing for Creator/BrigitteBardot.
** Allusions to the US space program include remarks about Gordon Cooper, the ''Mariner'' probes and the Moon landing.
** Constant mentions about the UsefulNotes/ColdWar (The USSR-USA rivalry, Vietnam, the Berlin Wall, the Japanese economic miracle, fear of RedChina, and the possibility of atomic war...)

* MerchandiseDriven: Mafalda was created by Quino on commission to come up with a mascot as part of a merchandising campaign for a home appliances firm. The basic idea was to regularly publish strips in the press [[ProductPlacement showing the appliances]] along with the characters. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen The campaign was canceled before it started]], leaving Quino with the core characters which were recycled in the now famous comic strip.

* CreatorBacklash: Quino is fond of the strip, but he stopped producing it after finding it increasingly difficult to come up with gags and punchlines.

* CreatorBacklash: Quino is fond of the strip, but he stopped producing it after finding increasingly difficult to come up with gags and punchlines.

** Mafalda's dad having been a fan of BingCrosby in his youth.

** Constant mentions about the UsefulNotes/ColdWar (the USSR-USA rivalry, Vietnam, the Berlin Wall, the Japanese economic miracle, fear of RedChina, the possibility of atomic war,...).

** Almost all the children are [[Music/TheBeatles Beatle]] fans.

** Guille has a thing for BrigitteBardot.

** Allussions to the US space program include remarks about Gordon Cooper, the ''Mariner'' probes and the Moon landing.
** Constant mentions about the ColdWar (the USSR-USA rivalry, Vietnam, the Berlin Wall, the Japanese economic miracle, fear of RedChina, the possibility of atomic war,...).

** Almost all the children are [[TheBeatles Beatle]] fans.

* HeyItsThatVoice: In the original Spanish version of the animated movie, Mafalda is voiced by the same voice actress who voiced [[Manga/CandyCandy Candy White]] and [[Anime/QueenMillennia Hajime Amamori]] in the Argentinian Spanish dubs of those series.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: For TheSixties. Most strips don't show it, but enough of them make enough references to place them in that time period. Among them:

*** The new TV that Mafalda's dad gets is a square box model television which hasn't been produced in a decade by now.

** Constant mentions about the ColdWar (the USSR-USA rivalry, Vietnam, the Berlin Wall, the Japanese economic miracle, fear of RedChina, the possibility of atomic war,...).

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: For TheSixties. Most strips don't show it, but enough of them make enough references to place them in that time period.

* HeyItsThatVoice: In the original Spanish version of the animated movie, Mafalda is voiced by the same voice actress who voiced [[CandyCandy Candy White]] and [[QueenMillennia Hajime Amamori]] in the Argentinian Spanish dubs of those series.

* MerchandiseDriven: Mafalda was created by Quino on commission to come up with a mascot for a home appliances firm's publicity campaign. The basic idea was to regularly publish strips in the press [[ProductPlacement showing the appliances]] along with the characters. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen The campaign was canceled before it started]], leaving Quino with the core characters who were recycled in the now famous comic strip.

* MerchandiseDriven: Mafalda was created by Quino on commission to come up with a mascot for a home appliances firm's publicity campaign. The basic idea was to regularly publish strips in the press [[ProductPlacement showing the appliances]] along with the characters. [[WhatCouldHaveBeen The campaign was canceled before it started]], leaving Quino with the core characters who were recycled in the now famous comic strip.

* MerchandiseDriven: Mafalda was created by Quino on commission to produce a mascot for a home appliances firm's publicity campaign. The campaign was canceled before it started, leaving Quino with the core characters who were recycled to use in the now famous comic strip.

Merchandise-Driven: Mafalda was created by Quino on commission to produce a mascot for a home appliances firm's publicity campaign. The campaign was canceled before it started, leaving Quino with the core characters who were recycled to use in the now famous comic strip.

* HeyItsThatVoice: In the original Spanish version of the animated movie, Mafalda is voiced by the same voice actress who voiced [[CandyCandy Candy White]] and [[QueenMillennia Hajime Amamori]] in the Argentinian Spanish dubs of those series.