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1->''Vaya... Con Dios.''
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3''Los Dias y Las Noches de Monsignor Martinez'' (''The Days and The Nights of Monsignor Martinez'') was a [[LongRunners long-running]] Mexican TV drama about the adventures of the eponymous Monsignor, a Catholic priest moonlighting as an [[ProfessionalKiller international assassin]].
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5The show was wildly popular in Spanish-speaking countries the world over, including the Hispanic communities of the American Southwest and syndicated reruns are still a fixture of Spanish language channels in the US today. This popularity stemmed mainly from two things: the show's uncanny ability to pull off rip-roaring action sequences despite its shoestring budget and Mexican actor Eduardo Jurado's unintentionally hilarious attempts at affecting a European Spanish accent.
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7Creator/MikeJudge, creator of such films as ''Film/OfficeSpace'' and ''Film/{{Idiocracy}}'' attempted to produce an American version of the show for the Fox network in 2000 and even filmed a pilot, but the show was never picked up.
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10!!Tropes present in ''Monsignor Martinez'':
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12* ArtisticLicenseReligion: Let's just say the show's portrayal of Catholicism is rather... stylized.
13* BeenThereShapedHistory: A few episodes feature flashbacks where Martinez participated in important historical events, most notably the controversial episode where he assassinates Pope John Paul I.
14* BoozeFlamethrower: The iconic scene where the Monsignor performs this trick with communion wine.
15* BrideAndSwitch: Martinez once impersonated a bride in order to carry out a hit.
16* CaliforniaDoubling: The series was shot almost entirely in Mexico but many episodes feature Martinez traveling to exotic locales, usually other Catholic countries. The most amusing example would probably be the time they had a suburb of Mexico City filling in for ''Dublin, Ireland'' of all places.
17* CatchPhrase[=/=]PreMortemOneLiner: "Vaya, (DramaticPause) Con Dios..."
18* FakeNationality: Martinez supposedly hails from an unnamed mountain village in Spain ([[UnreliableNarrator maybe]]), but the actor playing him is from Mexico. This had some amusing consequences, as seen below.
19* FakingTheDead: The Monsignor gets a rare PetTheDog moment when he learns that a pair of twins who are heirs to a major fortune he's been sent to kill are only babies and fakes their death in a staged car accident rather than assassinate them.
20* FormFittingWardrobe: At least one nun wore an unusually tight habit.
21* FreeFallFight: One episode sees Martinez leap out of an airplane to catch and then kill man who had just leapt from that plane with a parachute.
22* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The show is hugely popular in Spain... as a source of unintentional comedy due to how ridiculous the Monsignor's "Spanish" accent sounds to actual Spaniards. His various mispronunciations have made the show a FountainOfMemes in Spain.
23* LatexPerfection: In one episode a rival assassin attempts to steal Martinez's identity using a latex mask of him.
24* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: One of the few times Martinez drops his iconic poker face is when he's forced into killing UsefulNotes/ThePope.
25* OutOfCharacterAlert: Occurs in the aforementioned impersonator episode.
26* ShowWithinAShow: A popular show on ''WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill''.
27* SinisterMinister: Who do you think?
28* SpotTheImposter: * In one episode, a nun is holding a gun at two people who appear to be Father Martinez, uncertain of who is the imposter.
29* TheStoic: Martinez all the way. [[Manga/{{Golgo 13}} Considering who he's based on]] this should come as no surprise.
30* StuffBlowingUp: A big part of the show's appeal. It's rare for an episode to go by without something either blowing up or being set on fire. Usually both.
31* UsefulNotes/TheTroubles: The aforementioned "Dublin" episode features the IRA seeking Martinez's help to hunt down one of their own who's gone crazy and plans to escalate the conflict by blowing up Special Branch HQ with a dirty bomb made from radioactive material harvested from smoke detectors.

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