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The Rivera Family
In general
The most famous (or infamous depending on who you ask) family in Miracle City. Their lineage has included the most famous heroes and villains, with the latest member, Manny Rivera (aka El Tigre), being torn between choosing to follow in the heroic footsteps of his father, White Pantera, or embracing the villainous lineage of his grandfather, Puma Loco.
- Animal-Themed Superbeing: Big cats. All of them are themed and named after a member of the big cat family.
- Badass Family: Um, yes. The Rivera family has had its fair share of super heroes and villains, each generation alternating between the sides of morality. It even extends to Maria, as she was formerly a superhero named Plata Peligrosa.
- Berserk Button: Unless you want to risk entering The Land of the Dead, never let a Rivera hear you calling him a coward (and the like) or questioning his honor. Actually, even being there isn't going to spare one from their wrath given a group of skeletons found this out the hard way.
- They might not be totally above infighting, but they will make anyone who threatens a family member pay dearly.
- Character Catchphrase: "THIS I SWEAR!!!"
- Thicker Than Water: Each generation after the original, undecided El Tigre has alternated between hero and villain which has inevitably lead to a lot of conflict that persists even with the current hero (White Pantera), villain (Puma Loco), and second, undecided El Tigre. Despite this, the Riveras both living and dead still love each other deeply and will go all out to protect each other.
Manny Rivera/El Tigre (II)
Manny in his normal attire.
Manny as El Tigre.
Voiced by: Alanna Ubach
The titular, main protagonist. A 13-year old boy with the abilities of a tiger, he must decide whether to use them for good or evil.
- Absurdly Sharp Claws: Manny's primary weapons consists of long claws that are able to cut through buildings and huge mechas like butter. However, at times they have proven to be ineffective and even break or bend mid-battle, particularly when being used against the stronger of Sartana's fossil monsters.
- Aesop Amnesia: Many an episode ends in a way that Manny should have learned a lesson after getting into trouble (either by not repeating what he did or doing it in a way that he won't get caught), and yet by the next episode he's usually back to his old habits.
- All Guys Want Bad Girls: In the episode "Wrong and Dance" Manny says his ideal date is someone "bad", although it seems this is mostly so he could impress everyone at the school dance. He then proceeds to spend the rest of the episode trying to impress a trio of delinquent eighth grade girls, and it goes about as well as expected.
- His relationships with both Zoe/Black Cuervo and Frida count too. Black Cuervo is a villain through and through, and while she's not wholly evil Frida is still very mischievous, prone to making immoral choices more so than Manny is, and was even described by Jorge to be "the diablita on Manny's shoulder."
- Anti-Hero: Switch between this and Anti-Villain, much like his ancestor, the first El Tigre. He wants to do good things like his father, but Manny has proven to be deceitful and mischievous like his grandfather. In the end though, Manny has only ever fought villains instead of heroes and clearly cares about people.
- Anti-Villain: Switch between this and Anti-Hero, much like his ancestor, the first El Tigre. He can't resist doing bad things like his grandfather, but is a Jerk with a Heart of Gold who will do the right thing in the end.
- Berserk Button:
- Do not call him a coward (this seems to be a Berserk Button for most if not all the Riveras).
- Also, do not insult his family's name in any way.
- And don't say he wears a perm.
- Birds of a Feather: With Frida. Seriously, just keep scrolling to see why those two go together so well.
- Book Dumb: Manny is pretty helpless when it comes to academics, especially in geography (according to Manny, France does not exist and the largest continent is some thing like "South Bolgerania").
- Brought to You by the Letter "S": The belt buckle he uses to transform has a T on it for "Tigre".
- Butt-Monkey: Things frequently go wrong for him or get blamed on him even if he's not intending to cause trouble.
- The Caligula: In the evil ending of "The Good, the Bad, and El Tigre" Manny becomes this by imprisoning his family, dispatching Sartana and Django, capturing and enslaving all who opposed him and Frida (including her father), stealing the world's riches for himself, and literally turning the world into his and Frida's personal arcade/amusement park.
- Cat Boy: Becomes this when he turns into El Tigre, complete with functioning ears, a tiger tail, and claws as his primary weapons.
- Catchphrase:
- "THIS I SWEAR!!"
- "Dang" would be a close second.
- Cheshire Cat Grin: Manny will sport one of these on occasion, notably when feeling villainous. Bonus points for being a cat-themed superhero/villain.
- The Chew Toy: In spades. Manny is very prone to crashing into things, being thrown into things, being smashed by things...if it is a way to get hurt, it's probably going to happen to him.
- Chronic Pet Killer: Refer to the beginning of "Chucacabros!" as into why there should be a restraining order between pets and Manny. While on the subject, he also was responsible for the death of Zebra Donkey due to not knowing bananas were toxic to him and proceeding to eat a whole ice cream store's worth of them.
- Comedic Underwear Exposure: Whenever Manny loses his belt his pants will fall down. One time when he was defeated he lost all of his clothes save for the belt and underwear that had Zebra Donkey all over it. Frida used this to make an El Tigre diss-track so she could become famous.
- Deadpan Snarker: Has his moments.
- Emerald Power: Manny can sometimes conjure up green flames if he's launched at a high enough speed, and the Ancient Tiger Spirit is made of flames/aura of different shades of green. Bonus in that Manny's eyes turn green while as El Tigre.
- Eye Color Change: When Manny becomes El Tigre his eyes change from brown to two-tone green.
- Failed a Spot Check: Really should have noticed the uncanny resemblance between Frida and La Tigresa given Frida made no attempt to hide her features. He even lampshades that the hair should have tipped him off.
- Fastball Special: The Rivera Super-Macho Blitz is a Suicide Attack version of this, given that no one has survived using it before (His great-grandfather, Justice Jaguar went out like this.) However, here he survived and was combined with Wreathed in Flames. (see below.)
- Full-Name Ultimatum: Whenever Manny does something really bad, his family, usually his father, refers to him by his full name, Manuel Pablo Gutierrez O'Brian Equihua Rivera.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: Subverted. His scar looks pretty clean, yet it’s around his eye, which is usually not a place in most media where this type of scar is placed. Quite befitting of his nature being a mixture between Anti-Hero and Anti-Villain.
- Good Thing You Can Heal: And how! It appears that having El Tigre allows for Manny to get back up quickly after receiving injuries, and given a lot of those could probably off any normal human and just how prone he is to them...
- He's gotten up pretty quickly after getting pummeled as plain ol' Manny. Genetics perhaps?
- Henshin Hero: Like the rest of the Riveras, Manny is only able to access his powers though his mystical object of power (the belt). Without it, Manny is actually fairly helpless.
- Hidden Depths:
Word of God implies this, as Jorge states that Manny becomes an artist when he grows up. Otherwise, it is never brought up in the show.- In one episode, Manny volunteers to tutor a classmate despite not being a good student himself. And actually does a decent job considering the kid passed his next test. Assuming Manny wasn’t simply using brute force to make him hit the books, he might be smarter than he lets on.
- For a more humorous example, when having to perform "Pantera Bando" by dancing The Nutcracker Manny proves to be pretty experienced in ballet.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: There have been occasions where Manny's opponents were able to subdue him by grabbing his Variable-Length Chain hands and tying him up. Downplayed in that after some time Manny can free at least one hand to get back in the game.
- Implied Death Threat: Either that or a beating. In "El Tigre, El Jefe", Manny as El Tigre threatens Aaron (the student he volunteered to tutor) that "Super Macho fighter gets it!" if he doesn't crack down on the books, complete with bearing his claws at the scared-shitless kid! It could be possible that Manny was actually threatening to destroy the arcade game Aaron was playing, but given that everyone else at school became terrified of Manny...
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Manny is a mischievous teen who loves the thrill of doing bad things but he will do whatever it takes to make things right in the end and will only ever fight villains instead of heroes. Whenever he's not acting mischievously, he's actually pretty friendly and outgoing. He also loves his family very dearly, looks up to his heroic father, and has been willing to die for Frida's safety.
- Kick the Dog: While Manny may not always be a bad kid, he's had his moments.
- Inadvertently mocking Sergio due to an honest mistake, and laughing along at him with the other kids instead of standing up for him and apologizing.
- His most infamous one would have to be him yelling at Davi, one of the sweetest and cutest characters on the show, that he's not a real superhero and sending the boy to tears. As Frida put it, "It's like you kicked a puppy. A lost, unemployed puppy. With a cold". That one however wasn’t really malicious on Manny’s part as much as him snapping from the humiliation he was putting up with,he genuinely regretted it and then apologized to Davi at the end as well as give him credit where credit was due.
- While she's a villainous example, tricking Black Cuervo into believing he genuinely liked her when in reality he was playing her for information on her family's latest schemes so his father could bust them. Worse is that Black Cuervo came to see Manny as a true friend and partner, and when she found out the truth she was devastated (and pissed as all unholy hell).
- Laser-Guided Karma: No bad deed goes unpunished for Manny. Even if he does fix his mistakes, he still must face the consequences.
- Life-or-Limb Decision: Near the end of "The Good, The Bad, and El Tigre" Manny used his extendable arm to trap Django then offered a truce, only for Django to set the chain on fire and forcing Manny to cut his own hand off. Savage. But, he does have a spare at home.
- Not Afraid to Die: On and off. There have been many times where Manny was willing to put his life on the line and was okay with the possibility of dying, biggest example being performing The Blitz in "The Grave Escape". However, there have also been occasions where Manny was clearly terrified of impending doom before being saved such as when Zebra Donkey stopped Sartana from shooting Manny at lazer-guitar point.
- Only Friend: To Frida. While she does have her bandmates they really don't interact outside of practice and performing, and "Adios, Amigos!" hints that Frida doesn't have any other real friends besides Manny.
- Overly Long Name: Manny's full name is "Manuel Pablo Guttierez O'Brian Equahia Rivera."
- Panthera Awesome: When he summons the Ancient Tiger Spirit it takes the form of a GINORMOUS tiger aura in flames.
- Peer Pressure Makes You Evil: More like "Peer Pressures Stops You From Doing What's Right". When Manny innocently mistakes Sergio for a young kid everybody (as in everybody in Miracle City) begins laughing at Sergio and Manny can only laugh nervously instead of trying to stand up for him. This causes Manny to be at the top of Sergio's hit list as well as Sergio swearing vengeance against the entire city.
- The Prankster: Him and Frida are very fond of pulling pranks on other characters, one of them being Vice Principle Chakal.
- Quirky Curls: A male variant. Manny might not be the most peppy example but he's a curly head that's all about doing what he (and Frida) thinks is fun and even having the occassional bout of eccentric behavior. Just be sure to know it's not a perm...
- Series Goal: Decide if he’s going to use his powers for good or evil.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Manny greatly resembles his mother, except his hair is short and he has a scar over his left eye.
- Actually, all of the Rivera heroes look similar to each other as do the villains. It wouldn't be too much of a surprise if Manny winds up looking like El Tigre I when he grows up.
- A blink-or-miss shot in the evil ending of "The Good, The Bad, and El Tigre" shows that Manny indeed takes after the original.
- Actually, all of the Rivera heroes look similar to each other as do the villains. It wouldn't be too much of a surprise if Manny winds up looking like El Tigre I when he grows up.
- Too Dumb to Live: Granted, he does have slightly more common sense than Frida at times, but still...
- Transformation Trinket: The buckle on his belt, when spun he transforms into El Tigre.
- Undying Loyalty: While there are occasional bumps in the road, Manny is in no uncertain terms loyal to his family and to Frida.
- Unwitting Pawn: Manny has a bit of a track record of being manipulated due to putting too much trust in those he really shouldn't have or honestly couldn't have thought. This happened at least twice with Dr. Chipotle Jr. (the whole Raul incident and the Father's Day double crossing) as well with others such as Black Cuervo during their first meeting, Lady Gobbler during "Eye Caramba!", the League of Alliance Society during their search for the dragon worm, and Django during Sartana's tournament.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: In the episode "El Tigre, El Jefe", Manny decides to follow his father's advice and to look for opportunities to help... by forcing the kids into accepting it, even up to the point where Manny had the other students hang up Communist-like propaganda posters and erect statues of him!
- Manny in general is actually quite prone to this trope with many of his worse deeds stemming from genuinely good intentions that ultimately go beyond the Cartoonish Supervillainy displayed by most of the other villains. Poisoning Rodolfo (his own father) in order to get him removed from coaching the soccer team when his teachings lead to unending defeats, trying to get back on Rodolfo's good side by abusing Black Cuervo's feelings for him in order to get information out of her and getting her and her family arrested as a result, the aforementioned "El Tigre, El Jefe" incident, outright causing crime sprees so that his parents can fight crime together and once even letting El Oso have a free night ransacking the banks as compensence for not hooking him up with the Bear Princess, and the list goes on.
- Wild Card: In "Dia de los Malos" when Manny stepped through the hero-meter, it couldn't figure out whether to land on "hero" or "villain" and exploded, showing that he really isn't on a specific side.
- Wreathed in Flames:
- When El Tigre is thrown at a very high speed he will become a living fireball. While this has proven effective against intended targets, he (supposedly) has no real control and the flames die out quickly while he goes plummeting into danger.
- When invoking the Ancient Tiger Spirit, he becomes wreathed in massive green flames before shaping into a giant green energy tiger aura.
- Youthful Freckles: Sports freckles on his face that matches his mother's and is a young teenager more than prone to childish and sometimes immature behavior
Rodolfo Rivera/White Pantera
Voiced by: Eric Bauza
Manny's father and Puma Loco's son. He wishes for Manny to be a hero like him.
- Action Dad: Self evident.
- Alliterative Name: Rodolfo Rivera.
- Amicable Exes: With Maria. He clearly loves her and wants to be back with her, but she insists otherwise. However, once he retires, they remarry soon after.
- Beware the Nice Ones: As plain Rodolfo Rivera, he's a model citizen and a bumbling,but loving father. As White Pantera on the other hand...
- Bumbling Dad: Rodolfo is a good father, but his naive optimism and goofy antics tend to make him look like this.
- Color Animal Codename: The white panther.
- The Ditz: Rodolfo is a minor example given how easily he can be tricked at times or has even missed some obvious hints that things were not right. Puma actually had this to say:Puma: Ah Rodolfo, he pretty but not too bright.
- Good Wears White/Great White Feline: Rodolfo's superhero persona is "White Pantera", fitting the Rivera family's cat superhero motif while highlighting that he's the unambiguous hero of the family. He wears a white suit and a luchador mask with cat ears.
- Hilariously Abusive Childhood: Implied in a flashback in "The Bride of Puma Loco".
- Honor Before Reason: As coach of Manny's soccer team Rodolfo forbids his players from using underhanded tactics and other forms of cheating while knowing full well that all the other teams cheat and that he'll be dooming his team to defeat.
- In Touch with His Feminine Side: Rodolfo shows no shame in doing traditionally feminine chores and activities such as cooking, cleaning, reading romance novels, coming up with "Pantera Bando" listed bellow Real Men Wear Pink, and crying tears of joy at Granpapi's wedding.
- Know When to Fold 'Em: "Yellow Pantera" revolves around Manny finding out that Rodolfo ran from a fight with El Mal Verde and loosing respect for him over it. It turns out that Rodolfo ran not because he was being a coward but because he knew there was no way he'd win or survive the fight and that he'd be leaving Manny without a father if he stayed.
- Living Lie Detector: With his boots at least. They're not called the Bronze Boots of Truth for nothing.
- Manchild: Despite Rodolfo being a model superhero and father, he occasionally shows traces of this such as still hoping that he's going to get a pony he was promised on his tenth birthday and throwing his father an extremely childish bachelor party
- Minor Injury Overreaction: Rodolfo has one in "Clash of the Titan" when Manny reveals he bit his tongue.
- Never Bareheaded: He almost never takes his White Pantera mask off.
- Papa Wolf: Rodolfo will go to any lengths to save Manny if he is ever in danger.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Rodolfo dons a grey jacket and a pair of glasses over his White Pantera garb...which includes the mask (which he usually only removes at home) and making no effort to hide the boots. Given that the Riveras' are public with their identities this is actually justified.
- It does get played straight in "The Good, The Bad, and El Tigre" when Rodolfo only wears a black jacket and calls himself Black Pantera in order to get into the tournament. No one buys it and even Puma was embarrassed.
- Real Men Wear Pink: White Pantera comes up with the technique "Pantera Bando" which is simply dancing "The Nutcracker" to distract your opponents. In a pink tutu.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: When Manny was only three, Rodolfo went to battle the infamous El Mal Verde whom had killed and eaten all other heroes before him. When it was obvious that Rodolfo was going to meet the same fate, he decided to escape so that he would not leave his Maria and Manny behind. Manny initially took it as cowardice until he realized that it was because his dad did not want to leave his family behind.
- Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The more sympathetic and open sensitive guy to his father's macho and slick manly man.
- Super-Speed: Thanks to the Bronze Boots of Truth, White Pantera can run at incredible speeds.
- Trademark Favorite Food: The man loves his grapefruit.
Jorge "Granpapi" Rivera/Puma Loco
Voiced by: Carlos Alazraqui
Manny's grandfather and White Pantera's father. He wishes Manny to be a supervillain like him.
- Abusive Parents: One flashback in "The Bride of Puma Loco" implies it and plays it for laughs. When Rodolfo was ten, he wanted a pony for his birthday, and Puma got him a cactus wrapped in the shape of a pony. Too bad Rodolfo didn't see that before he started riding it, and Puma's unfazed reaction to his son screaming in pain didn't help... Other than that, not enough is known about their father-son relationship in the past to confirm any abuse. Either way, Rodolfo has zero ill will towards Puma aside from disagreement over his villainy.
- A one off line by Manny reveals that he would use Manny as bait for enemies during some of his schemes. Though like Rodolfo Manny has no resentment and was actually jealous that Granpapi was doing the same with The Cactus Kid.
- Affably Evil: Some people might find him surprisingly polite, once apologizing to Cactus Kid, who he mistook for a civilian, for slapping him.
- Archnemesis Dad: Not really, but the only hero who was able to defeat him was his own son.
- Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad: As a Card-Carrying Villain, his sense of morality is rather twisted. When he finds out that Manny and Frida stole his mech suit and that Rodolfo and Maria were secretly plotting against him, he pulls them into a group hug, happy that he got to see them all doing evil at once. Conversely, when he's given credit for heroic acts (really done by Manny and Frida with his suit) and people start cheering for him, he falls into intense paranoia that someone is controlling him then becomes so ashamed that he decides he has no choice but to leave Miracle City.
- The Casanova: He romanced Lady Gobbler and Sartana, and dumped them both at the altar (although with the latter it was a choice between her or his family).
- Cool Old Guy: He's proven himself as such on multiple occasions when it comes to defending his family.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Grandpapi clearly loves his son and grandson, and occasionally chooses to spend quality family time with them over acts of villainy. In "The Grave Escape", despite the rough relationship between him and his heroic father, Justice Jaguar, the two soon break into joyful tears and embrace one another when El Tigre leads the deceased Rivera men from the Land of the Dead.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Granpapi is a Card-Carrying Villain who is also not above using Manny as bait or having some less-than-stellar moments with Rodolfo; however, he draws the line at seriously hurting your own family members and will not hesitate to crush anyone who threatens his son and grandson. Also, he will save Miracle City, because it's his and his family's home.
- Evil Old Folks: He's a supervillain grandfather, enough said.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: Grandpapi is typically not well liked among the other villains of Miracle City, partly because his son (and often his grandson) are the biggest thorns in their side, partly because he'll often fight against them with his family if the need arises, and partly because he just keeps beating them at things. If given the chance, the other villains are all too happy to run him out of town alongside Manny and Rodolfo.
- Laser-Guided Karma: There are a few occasions where Grandpapi is made to return what he stole. Even when he rightfully won the grand prize in an illegal street race, Rodolofo took it in order to pay for the damages made to the city.
- Mini-Mecha: Puma Loco's Golden Sombrero of Chaos becomes a black metal suit with powerful pincer claws.
- Papa Wolf: He and Rodolfo may have their differences, but Granpapi will not hesitate to help his son if he is in danger.
- Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: The macho and slick manly man to his son's sympathetic and open sensitive guy.
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are: Parodied. Sartana tells him this at the end of the episode where they get together - that there is more good in him than he realizes. However, since she is an unrelenting Card-Carrying Villain, this sickens her and they break up to his dismay.
Maria Rivera/Plata Peligrosa
Voiced by: April Stewart
Manny's mother and Rodolfo's ex-wife.
- Alliterative Name: Her alter-ego, Plata Peligrosa.
- Amicable Exes: She strongly wishes to be this with Rodolfo—it's clear they still love each other but Maria can't bear to be with him (romantically-speaking) so long as he's in danger. However, Word of God confirms that Manny's parents get back together once his dad retires for good.
- Ax-Crazy: When she's Plata Peligrosa, her Blood Knight attitude goes into overload if she wears the glove for more than one hour.
- The Baroness: She has shades of the sexpot variant while as Plata Peligrosa, trading her more modest attire for a sexy Leotard of Power and taking on a domineering personality with an utter blood lust for beating bad guys or anyone she perceives is in her way. Downplayed in that she's a case of With Great Power Comes Great Insanity as opposed to truly evil.
- Berserk Button: Lying to Maria will not end well for you.
- Better as Friends: She attempts to maintain this despite the fact Rodolfo still being in love with her. However, she left because she couldn't bear to see him be hurt—also, Maria tends to get rather jealous when other women express an interest in Rodolfo. Word of God confirms that Manny's parents get back together once his dad retires for good—so clearly she does still love him back, but represses it.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Maria is a kind, caring mother and a sweet lady to be friends with.. just as long as you don't set off her Berserk Button above.
- On her own Maria is mostly all bark but no bite, but as Plata Peligrosa it's a much different story. To make things worse, while the glove could have had control over her Maria did admit that the addiction to danger and violent tendencies were her own...
- Blood Knight: As Plata Peligrosa. She's absolutely addicted to beating up criminals to the point of freeing them from prison so that she can fight them again. This also extends to people who try to stop her, which Manny almost found out the hard way and even herself.
- Brainy Brunette: Maria reads a lot of nonfiction and reference books, and often brings up her discoveries in most conversations and even has a home lab.
- Catchphrase: "It's a fact!"
- Daddy's Girl: Not exactly her daddy, but Maria seems to hold enough sway over her villainous ex-father-in-law to get him to return the police station with just a simple, "For me?"
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: Maria's obsession with danger as Plata Peligrosa can be easily interpreted as a drug addiction.
- Eye Color Change: As Plata Peligrosa, Maria's eyes turn into the same emerald color that Manny gets as El Tigre.
- Flying Brick: As Plata Peligrosa, Maria can fly plus gets Super-Strength and stamina as big (if not slightly bigger) as White Pantera's.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Despite her attempts to keep her distance from Rodolfo and her insisting to remain separated, she does not like it when other women are interested in him. Justified since she still loves him and would still want to be back with him.
- Good Parents: In "The Mother of All Tigres" not only is Maria is fully understanding of Manny having to stay in Miracle City, but she also moves back in to help guide her son.
- Hammerspace: Maria is basically able to summon any book that she wishes to reference at any time.
- Hot Librarian: Becomes this for Manny's school when she moved back to Miracle City.
- Mama Bear: Has a moment during her introductory episode when El Oso threatened Manny.
- Ms. Fanservice: As Plata Peligrosa, her Leotard of Power shows off her Hartman Hips.
- Nice Girl: Is one (if not the) of the sweetest characters of the entire series.
- Non-Idle Rich: Maria has definitely made millions throughout her singing career seeing that she was able to afford a mansion, but rather than simply live off her wealth in Miracle City, she also works as the school librarian to be closer to Manny, and simply because she just likes books.
- Offing the Offspring: She came this close to killing Manny during Plata Peligrosa's introduction episode, with only a convenient distraction giving enough time to stop her.
- Superpowered Evil Side: Maria is by all accounts a genuinely good person with a strong moral compass making her resistant to most evils. While under the influence of the mystical glove of power that turns her into Plata Peligrosa it drives her moral compass to such extremes and feeds a buried desire for violence turning her into a brutal Knight Templar who not only beats up everyone she deems evil but actively creates conflicts to assure there are more people to beat up. Given the right line of logic to excuse it she'll turn on anyone, herself included.
- With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: The glove that makes her Plata Peligrosa makes her extremely powerful. Unfortunately it also drives her crazy, forcing her moral compass to such extremes that she can't differentiate genuinely evil behavior from petty rule breaking. The effect was strong enough that it made her willing to hurt Manny for trying to talk her down.
Señor Chapi and Little Mule
The Rivera family's pets. Señor Chapi is a parrot who can only say "Viva pantalones!", while Little Mule is mule.
- Berserk Button: Don't mess with their squeaky toy let alone steal it, they will destroy your house to get it back.
- Catchphrase: "Viva pantalones!" for Señor Chapi. Justified as it is all he can say.
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: Little Mule is a little mule
Past Riveras
These are the Rivera men that had come before the main cast, in order: The first El Tigre, the oldest known member of the Rivera bloodline, and much like is successor he never decided whether to be a hero or villain. Dark Leopard, the first Rivera supervillain. Golden Leon, the first Rivera Hero. Mighty Cheetar, the second Villain and Puma Loco's role model. Justice Jaguar, the second Hero and Puma Loco's father. They all reside in the land of the dead where they fight amongst themselves.
- Admiring the Abomination: Dark Leopard's reaction to Sartana's Skull Kaiju gaining a lava power-up. "that good Evil"
- Anti-Hero: Word of God is that Justice Jaguar is the most Anti Hero of the family. They are all pretty much this in the afterlife, even the ones who were heroes in life initially refuse to help save Miracle City until they are reminded that no one will remember them if the city is destroyed.
- Ax-Crazy: Regardless of whether they were a hero or villain in life, their afterlives are spent violently fighting each other to the point of terrifying the rest of the lands residents. They are also quick to attack anyone for what they perceive as disrespect: such as attempting to kill their latest descendant for eating their offerings or attacking two other skeletons for calling them cowards.
- Badass Family: What else would you call a family of heroes and villains?
- Berserk Button: Two common ones that get the entire family to stop fighting each other to unite against a common foe.
- The first is eating their Day de los Muertos offerings. Even worse if you happen to be related to them.
- The second is being called a coward.
- Brains Evil, Brawn Good: All the villains are old men who use mech suits while all the Hero Top-Heavy Guy that use the Bronze Boots of Truth.
- Break Out the Museum Piece: Cheetar's suit was used by Puma Loco while his own suit was stolen.
- By the Power of Grayskull!: "Ancient Tiger Spirit, I Summon You!"
- The Cameo: The original El Tigre has a quick cameo in the first episode of Maya and the Three which was also created by the same person.
- The Dreaded: Because of their constant violent fighting, the people of the Land of the Dead are so scared of them that just learning that Manny is a Rivera is enough to send them running in fear.
- Driven to Madness: The first El Tigre's mind was ravaged by the decision to become a hero or a villain. His inability to choose made him "nuttier than squirrel poo".
- Early-Bird Cameo: A portrait of the Mighty Cheetar and his mech suit appear in an early episode as Puma Loco's role model.
- Family Theme Naming: All of them are named after Large Cats.
- Heroic Sacrifice: All that is know about how Justice Jaguar died is that he did so performing the Rivera Super-Macho Blitz.
- Hypocrite: They initially resent Manny and don't consider him worthy to be called a Rivera for disrespecting them. However they are constantly fighting each other and all look down on their oldest ancestor, the first El Tigre. Manny later calls them out on it saying that while he's learned to respect family, they need to as well.
- It's All About Me: All of them, hero or villain, initially refuse to help Manny save Miracle city, half out of resentment towards him, half because its "not our problem" until Frida points out that if the city is destroyed they will die for good without anyone to remember them. El Tigre I was the only one who took into consideration that White Pantera and Puma Loco were family members who honored his memory and decided to help for their sake.
- Mayincatec : Dark Leopard's mech suit is modeled after stone carvings of this style.
- Mighty Roar: The First El Tigre's is mighty enough to destroy his home.
- Mood-Swinger: El Tigre I flip-flops between acting like a sinister villain and a goody-two-shoes hero every sentence because of his madness.
- Mundane Utility: The first El Tigre demonstrates the ability extend the length of his claws, to use them as a back scratcher.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: We only know their hero/villain name and last name of Rivera, their first names are unknown.
- Pirate: The Mighty Cheetar's theme, complete with Talk Likea Pirate and an Eyepatchof Power.
- The Resenter: They all (aside from the first El Tigre) initially despise Manny for never paying them respect on Day de los Muertos and outright try to kill him for eating their offerings, with one of them even feeling Manny doesn't deserve to be called a Rivera for it. Though Manny does manage to gain their respect by defeating Santana and apologizing for his disrespect, they still warn him to never eat their offerings again or "your butt is toast!".
- The Sheriff: Justice Jaguar's appearance resembles one, complete with a gold star badge.
- Steampunk: Mighty Cheetar's mech is steam powered.
The Suarez Family
Frida Suarez
Voiced by: Grey DeLisle
Manny's best friend since they were in Kindergarten.
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Is very easily distracted by anything remotely interesting to her.
- Badass Adorable: A cute girl who can keep up with the Riveras, superpowered individuals all.
- Badass Normal: For all the crap that "La Tigressa" gave Frida for being helpless and powerless, she certainly had some CMOA's of her own thanks to quick thinking, resourcefulness, and dumb luck.
- Birds of a Feather: With Manny. Seriously, just keep scrolling to see why those two go together so well.
- Black Sheep: The more eccentric, offbeat mischievous of her family. Despite this, her father loves her dearly, stating "different does not mean less."
- Book Dumb: Just like Manny, Frida is no star student. One time, she failed a geography test because she listed "Frenchy Town" as the capital of France.
- Butt-Monkey: She is prone to suffering misfortunes. She has her precious goggles broken plenty of times, gets beaten up frequently, ends up being captured several times, lost her skirt once which revealed her panties, and once got mauled by a dog.
- Childhood Friend Romance: Word of God states that Manny and Frida do end up together when they're older.
- Curtains Match the Windows: Played with. Her hair and eyes are both blue, yet her eyes are a darker shade of blue.
- Daddy's Girl: Frida loves her papa dearly and even tried to impress him once by joining the junior cadets. She ultimately failed miserably, but Emiliano assured her that he loves her no matter what.
- Damsel in Distress: Played with in "Adios Amigos" and "La Tigressa" in which Manny has to go rescue Frida, but he ends up being rescued by her in both episodes.
- Exaggerated in "La Tigressa". Apparently, Frida has been captured by Sartana enough times to have her very own cell in the villain's hideout. Manny even claimed that Frida spent more time there than Sartana.
- Played straight in "Old Money", but the rescue is downplayed, having Manny merely pick the lock to Frida's cell while the elderly supervillains fight Sartana.
- Distaff Counterpart: Frida becomes La Tigressa when she "borrows" Manny's belt buckle.
- Dude Magnet: Just ask Manny, Dr. Chipotle Jr., and Senior Siniestro.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: The wild, rebel punk to her older, law-abiding, by-the-book sisters Nikita and Anita.
- Genki Girl: Very energetic and hyper.
- The Goggles Do Nothing: Frida is never seen actually wearing her goggles, which is double funny because - as a Running Gag whenever this is lampshaded - they're actually prescription.
- That said, Frida has used her goggles as a slingshot as well as to deflect one of Black Cuervo's lasers away from El Tigre. This just doesn't happen very often, though.
- Hidden Depths: Frida acts as Manny's "lawyer" when the latter is invited to join The League of Alliance Society in "Crouching Dragon, Hidden Tigre". And somehow manages to turn ownership of the superheroes' blimp to Manny at the end of the episode.
- Hollywood Tone-Deaf: She's not that good of a singer, to put it as politely as possible.
- Idiot Hero: In "La Tigressa", she saves Manny from Sartana... by throwing a potato at her despite all the other lethal weapons laying at her disposal (a chainsaw, mace, and a "Sartana slayer" sword). That's not the only example of this trope for her; just one of the more infamous.
- Idiotic Partner Confession: Frida occasionally tends to spill the beans on her and Manny's antics when they get caught such as in "The Grave Escape" or "Rising Son".
- Innocent Blue Eyes: She has dark blue eyes, and she is shown to have an innocent energetic personality. Dialed back a bit given her mischievousness, though.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Like Manny, Frida is shown to have a devious personality and sometimes is even the cause of the jams they land themselves in, but she clearly cares about Manny and always sticks by his side. Plus, she does have a conscience; she just doesn't really follow it.
- Laser-Guided Karma: Frida receives her comeuppance for what she's done, whether it's for being Manny's accomplice or the mastermind of their schemes, or doing something on her own accord(EG her Tigre shaming song, ditching Manny for Silver Wolf).
- Like Parent, Like Child: It turns out that Emiliano was once a punk as quickly seen in a flashback, so that could explain why he has no ire with Frida's overall personality, just who she's hanging out with.
- Only Friend: To Manny. Outside of his family and a couple non-humans Manny doesn't really have any one else that he can call a friend in the sea of enemies (closest contender would be Davi whom both Manny and Frida sees as a nuisance).
- Signature Headgear: Her very noticeable red goggles, which she is very fond of and gets VERY upset whenever they are broken.
- Skewed Priorities: Frida has a good amount of those. To name a few:
- Deciding that the only thing to do during a massive crime spree was to join in the chaos.
- Worrying more about the condition of her sandwich than El Oso, who was injured saving her and Manny.
- An unconscious Giant Robot Sanchez was about to fall on the orphanage, the puppy hospital, and the arcade. Guess which one Frida is concerned about.
- Upon finding a hidden shrine revealing the Titanium Titan's Heel–Face Turn was a ploy to get close to them, capping off with finding a vandalized photo of herself:Frida: Aw... the Titan's got a little White Pantera shrine! (gasp) And an El Tigre anti-shrine! (longer gasp) And a controller for the giant robot set to attack! (even longer gasp) AND he think's I'M LAME! CLEARLY HE HAS LOST HIS MIND!
- After narrowly escaping an explosion that leveled a mansion, she was too distraught over the loss of the churro faucet to be grateful for being alive.Frida: No... not the churros... TAKE ME INSTEAD!
- Strong Family Resemblance: Aside from the fact that her hair is blue, Frida looks identical to her mother. The blue hair actually came from Emiliano (he dyed his hair black).
- Tomboy with a Girly Streak: Frida's behavior is far from ladylike (pulling pranks on people, having burping contests), but that doesn't mean she's not in touch with her feminine side, mainly where romance is concerned.
- Too Dumb to Live: With the many stunts that she and Manny have pulled, it's a serious wonder that they're still alive.
- Toxic Friend Influence: Almost all of Manny and Frida's schemes are a result of the latter's insistence.
- Trademark Favorite Food: CHURROS.
Chief Emiliano Suarez
Voiced by: Daran Norris
Frida's father. He is the Spanish chief of police for the Miracle City police department.
- Authority Equals Asskicking: Given Emiliano is the head of Miracle City's police force, not only is he the only cop to avert Police Are Useless but is one heck of a fighter himself (notably when Frida's safety is involved).
- Badass Normal: He has no mystical objects of power nor any superhuman abilities, and yet he was able to wipe the floor with the Mustache Mafia for eight hours straight...which was considered going easy on them!
- Da Chief: The leader of the Miracle City police force.
- Eyepatch of Power: Though how he got it is never explained.
- Jerkass: Even though he has legitimate reasons to be wary of Frida being with Manny, he's not above using unnecessary force against the boy or supporting plans because they could end in Manny's demise (this is especially unfair since many of the pair's antics were Frida's idea, not Manny's). His hostility to Manny can also make him very spiteful and petty, putting him in situations to make him get hurt even when he isnt doing anything wrong. Such as forcing him to sleep in an area of his house that has viscous dogs during a sleepover.
- He's also pretty jerkish to everyone else. After spending an entire episode threatening to arrest Raul for supposedly committing a theft and not believing him when he claims it was the mustache mafia.
- He's also had other moments such as being way cool with his older daughters beating the crap out of cadet trainees in his honor.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: However, when it comes to Frida, it's very obvious that he loves his little girl.
- Manly Facial Hair: Has an absolutely magnificent mustache and is one of the more badass characters in the show.
- Moral Myopia: He does his best to keep his city safe and is a fierce papa-wolf to his daughter Frida whom he loves very much. That being said, he is perfectly willing to let Manny, another child, get hurt or even killed because he sees Manny as a potential threat to his daughter despite him being her best friend who is capable of protecting her and that many of the dubious stunts the duo pulls were Frida's ideas. He also expresses pride when he sees his other daughters mercilessly beating up his own cadets.
- Papa Wolf: Oh yes. The Mustache Mafia learned this the hard way, to put it nicely, and Manny gets a taste of it on plenty of occasions.
Nikita and Anita Suarez
Anita (left), Nikita (right).
Voiced by: April Stewart and Grey Delisle
Frida's older, bratty sisters. They are also police cadets.
- Always Identical Twins: The only differentiating detail for them is their hairdos.
- Badass Normal: Anita and Nikita certainly picked up a thing or two from their father in the combat department; however, when they try to rescue Frida from the Mustache Mafia, they were quickly subdued.
- Big Brother Bully: "Stinking Badges" establishes the twins as such for Frida when they show annoyance at her punk rock antics and mock her for failing the cadet trials.
- Drill Sergeant Nasty: The twins fit this trope to a T in "Stinking Badges", notably when they beat their trainees near senseless during Emilano's ceremony.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: No matter how much they mercilessly taunt Frida, they do try to come to her rescue when the Mustache Mafia attacks.
- Satellite Character: Seeing as they only got a prominent role in one episode, not much is known about them except that they're police officers in training and mostly assholes to their little sister and the other cadets.
- Single-Minded Twins: Aside from the hairdos and vocal pitches, the girls have absolutely zero difference in appearance or personality, work in sync with each other, and even finish each other's sentences perfectly.
The Aves Family (aka The Flock of Fury)
In general
A grandmother-mother-daughter team of bird-themed supervillains, comprised of Grandmami Aves/Lady Gobbler, Carmelita Aves/Voltura and Zoe Aves/Black Cuervo. All three had dated their respective Rivera men in the past and didn't handle breaking up with them well.
- Animal-Themed Superbeing: They have birds as their main motif, a direct Foil to the Riveras' big cat theme.
- Catchphrase: "VENDETTA!!!"
- Evil Counterpart: To the Riveras, being bird-themed instead of cat-themed and being completely composed of villains.
- Jetpack: It's their primary gimmick, along with Femme Fatalons and laser blasters.
- Not Good with Rejection: All of them swear revenge on the Riveras after they broke their hearts.
- Tsundere: All of them still harbor feelings for their respective Rivera men, even though they try to fiercely deny it.
Zoe Aves/Black Cuervo
Voiced by: Candi Milo
Zoe Aves is a classmate of Manny and Frida who, unknown to everybody else, is the Super Villain Black Cuervo.
- Berserk Button: Implying she can't win a fight without her opponent going easy on her, which Manny accidentally learns the hard way. Combined with finding out about being manipulated by him into being an informant, any qualms about killing him outright fly screaming out the window as she and her family beat him senseless.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: When Zoe is introduced, it appears that she is simply bullying Frida because she is getting in the way of Zoe's crush and that's enough to call "vendetta". It turns out that it's really because Manny left her behind for Frida when they were very little and she never got over him.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: Zoe, with aid from her family, delivers a brutal one to Manny after she found out he played her in order to gather information so his dad could foil all the Aves' hoists. It's actually more heartbreaking (and even satisfying) given that Zoe genuinely believed Manny was her best friend.
- Fille Fatale: Is certainly trying to be this and will certainly become a full-fledged Femme Fatale when she gets older.
- Friendless Background: Implied. Per Word of God she and Manny were friends in preschool until he left her for Frida a year later for reasons undisclosed. Since then it appears she either never got over losing Manny to attempt making new friends, made an attempt but couldn't find a good match, drove off any potential friends thanks to her villainous nature, or a combination thereof.
- Not Good with Rejection: As the rest of her family in regards to the Riveras, Black Cuervo absolutely refuses to give up romantic interests in Manny after numerous rejections all the while continually trying to destroy him.
- Pair the Spares: Word of God said that had the show continued Zoe would get with Django at first just to get back at Manny and Frida but the two would eventually come to love each other genuinely.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: With how many times she comes just shy of blurting out her alter-ego's name (I.E. Zoey Aves as Black Cuervo and vice versa) when swearing vengeance, it's a wonder that her folks were the only people to know her true identity.
- Perky Goth: Her default form as Zoe Aves.
- The Rival: To Frida when it comes to Manny, big time.
- Secret Identity: No one except for her mom and grandmother knows that Zoe and Black Cuervo are the same person. Frida actually figured it out in one episode and came close to exposing the truth to Manny, but Zoe came up with a plan to both save her secret and make the two (mostly Frida) look like fools.
- Villainesses Want Heroes: Okay, Manny's hero status is half-half but he is the main protagonist and Zoe/Black Cuervo has a big crush on him.
- We Used to Be Friends: With Manny, for a brief time long ago.
Carmelita Aves/Voltura
Voiced by: Grey DeLisle
Zoe Aves's mother and White Pantera's female nemesis.
- Action Mom: An active supervillain and Zoe's mentoring mother.
- Believing Their Own Lies: She insists that she broke up with White Pantera.
- Berserk Button: She hates being reminded that White Pantera broke up with her in high school.
- Catchphrase: "As if I could forget!" anytime she's reminded that White Pantera broke up with her, and of course: "Vendetta!"
- Only Known by Their Nickname: While never revealed in the series, her real name is Carmelita.
- Femme Fatale: She is one towards White Pantera.
- Psycho Ex-Girlfriend: Rodolfo broke up with her, fueling her hatred and vendetta against him.
- The Rival: To Maria when it comes to White Pantera.
- Satellite Character: She really doesn't have so much characterization outside of the typical Aves traits and only appearing alongside Lady Gobbler and Zoe.
- Villainesses Want Heroes: Voltura is a villainess who loved/still loves White Pantera, a superhero.
- Word of God: The creators state that the reason she and White Pantera broke up is because she cheated on him, while under the mistaken assumption that he was cheating on her. That would make her attitude towards their breakup a case of Never My Fault.
Grandmami Aves/Lady Gobbler
Voiced by: Carlos Alazraqui
Voltura's mother and Zoe's grandmother.
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: She loved/still loves Puma Loco, another super villain.
- Cool Old Lady: Like Puma Loco, she is a villainous grandmother and even came to Zoe's aid when her secret was almost exposed (Gobbler disguised herself as Black Cuervo in order to make it appear that the two were separate beings).
- Eye Scream: Lady Gobbler's empty, drooping eye socket after taking out her glass eye. At least it's not too graphic...
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Her real name was never revealed but Word of God says her name is "Pachita"
- Psycho Ex-Girlfriend: Like her daughter, she, too, was dumped by a Rivera and now has a vendetta against the family.
- Sinister Surveillance: One episode revolved around Lady Gobbler tricking Manny into giving Rodolfo her glass eye, which turned out to be a camera so that she and her family could outdo White Pantera and make him lose his hero licence.
- Unholy Matrimony: Her and Puma Loco dated long ago and were going to get married, but then Puma decided to call it off by introducing another girlfriend via crashing the very wedding!
Villains
Sartana of The Dead
Voiced by: Susan Silo
The most dangerous, most devious, and most feared super villain in all of Miracle City.
- Arch-Enemy: To Manny Rivera/El Tigre
- Artifact of Doom: The prized golden guitar that can resurrect the dead, which Sartana uses for her evil army.
- It's also her Achilles' Heel as destroying it means she dies with it. Not that really matters as she manages to show up no worse for wear by her next appearance.
- Berserk Button: Unless you have a serious death wish, never steal from her.
- Big Bad: She is the oldest and most feared supervillain in Miracle City.
- Daddy's Girl: From Word of God, Sartana is the eldest of La Muerte and Xibalba's 9 children and is also Xibalba's favorite. Given that he's a pretty nasty being himself, this is no surprise.
- Dem Bones: Of the calaca type.
- Evil Is Petty: The main reason she's so set on attacking and trying to kill Rodolfo and Manny? They're not her son and grandson. Literally; her main motivation is that Grandpapi broke up with her.
- Musical Assassin: Not only can her guitar reanimate the dead, it can also shoot deadly laser beams from its head.
- Necromancer: Her guitar allows for her to raise her skeleton army from the dead/defeat as many times as is required. Bonus points for her being a skeleton herself. Actually, anyone with Sartana's guitar can resurrect anything that died.
- Start of Darkness: Word of God has said that Sartana was always a bad child, but it was Puma Loco breaking her heart that really caused her to do something so bad that she was banished to the Land of the Living for eternity.
- Unholy Matrimony: Sartana and Puma Loco have an on-off relationship and in one episode, they were going to get married. However, when Sartana refused to trade the cursed gem for Rodolfo and Manny, Puma Loco called it off.
- Would Hurt a Child: Like many villains in the show, Sartana has no qualms about harming children. One episode even has her blatantly threatening that she'd skin Manny alive.
Dr. Chipotle Jr./Diego
Voiced by: Richard Steven Horvitz
An evil 10-year-old mad scientist. Is often seen with his father Dr. Chipotle Sr., as well as a monster made of guacamole that acts as muscle.
- Accidental Misnaming: Manny constantly refers him with some other CH word by name. "CHIPOTLE!"
- Catchphrase: "Swine!"
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Sergio/Senior Siniestro.
- Large Ham: It's Richard Steven Horvitz, what did you expect?
- Mad Scientist: Like his father Dr. Chipotle Sr. and his grandfather Dr. Chipotle Sr. Sr..
- Running Gag: Manny never getting Dr. Chipotle's name right
- Shout-Out: He has one large robotic arm. While not stated directly, this trait might be a reference to GWAR's archnemesis, Techno Destructo.
- Teen Genius: Dr. Chipotle is a Mad Scientist who specializes in many areas, notably turning guacamole into sentient monsters at his disposal.
- Third-Person Person: Commonly speaks of himself as "Diego" or "Dr. Chipotle".
- Villainous Crush: Diego has a major crush on Frida that is far from a little obsessive. She doesn't feel the same way.
Sergio/Señor Siniestro
Voiced by: Jeff Bennett
A classmate of Manny and Frida's who has a love for cowboys and hatred for Manny.
- Abhorrent Admirer: Is one to Frida.
- Alliterative Name: His villain alter-ego — Senior Siniestro.
- Catchphrase: "Okay, didn't see that'a coming..."
- Cowboy: This is his overall theme and get up, but with a mechanical twist.
- Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Dr. Chipotle/Diego.
- Gratuitous Italian: Sprinkles random Italian words into his dialogue.
- Named After Somebody Famous: Named for Sergio Leone, befitting his Spaghetti Western theming.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Subverted, as Sergio disguises himself very well as Senior Siniestro, covering part of his face and deepening his voice. Though again he does also have a pretty good robot body.
- Teen Genius: He's either 13 or younger, and yet he's able to design and build western-themed mechas and weapons all by himself with ease.
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid: When Sergio first arrived at the school, he was just a happy boy who was very passionate about becoming a cowboy. It was when Manny accidentally insulted him and the entire city laughed at him that he became extremely bitter and swore revenge.
- Villainous Crush: Same story as Dr. Chipotle Jr., he has the hots for Frida that is not mutual.
The Titanium Titan
Voiced by: Rene Mujica
White Pantera's dwarfish, sidekick-turned supervillain.
- Alliterative Name: Tito The Titanium Titan.
- Ax-Crazy: Oh...only a little bit...
- Broken Pedestal: The Titan turned to villainy after White Pantera left him and the Titan failed at being a solo superhero.
- Depraved Homosexual: Via Word of God who confirmed the Titan had unreciprocated romantic interest in Rodolfo which serves as his motivation for trying to kill Manny. It's unknown whether he is strictly homosexual as he was shown dancing with ladies in the Pantera Pit, but he doesn't show attraction to any of them.
- Evil Former Friend: He and White Pantera were crime-fighting partners back in the day but, Rodolfo left because of his family.
- Exactly What It Says on the Tin: He's a small guy who uses liquid titanium arms as his primary weapon.
- Fallen Hero: His parting with Rodolfo led him to a life of crime after he failed to strike out on his own.
- Master of Disguise: "Silver Wolf" features the Titanium Titan using his metal arms to take on another identity, the titular Silver Wolf, to lure Frida away from Manny (using romantic tactics) in his latest plan to off them both. And it was working perfectly until Frida chose Manny over him and he gave himself up with his Villainous Breakdown.
- Misplaced Retribution: The Titanium Titan's Start of Darkness began after White Pantera decided to end their heroic partnership in favor of starting a family which led to the Titan failing as a solo hero. However, instead of confronting Rodolfo directly, he instead goes after Manny believing that he was the one who stole Rodolfo away. Even after the Titan manages to convince both Rodolfo and Manny that he has let his anger go and Rodolfo welcomes him back with open arms, it turned out to be an act so that the Titan could do away with Manny and make it look like an accident.
- Murder the Hypotenuse: He sees Manny's existence as why White Pantera ended their partnership so he wants Manny dead and is very willing to ensure that. This appears to be non-romantic until you find the Word of God that it wasn't just their heroic partnership ending that was the problem.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: His real name is Tito, confirmed only by Word of God.
- Single-Target Sexuality: Seems to be the case towards Rodolfo.
- Stalker with a Crush: Word of God pretty much confirmed on Twitter that the Titan indeed had feelings for White Pantera that weren't fully platonic.
- What You Are in the Dark: In one episode, the Titan uses Engineered Heroics to convince Manny and especially Rodolfo that he's turned over a new leaf, but despite the fact he manages to create a scenario where Rodolfo outright admits he would take him back as a friend and could have used it to go legit, he still tries to kill Manny anyways for the final step so that things can be "like the old days" between him and Rodolfo.
- Would Hurt a Child: He's openly after Manny's blood for being born, and he's hurt/gone after Frida either because she was in the area or because she is Manny's best friend.
El Oso
Voiced by: John DiMaggio
A large, Italian, bear-themed villain who spends most of his time causing havoc in Miracle City.
- Badass Normal: Having no superpowers doesn't stop him from being able to pummel his opponents with his formidable strength.
- Bears Are Bad News: His theme.
- The Brute: Most of his plans just involve brute strength without much finesse or planning.
- Cardboard Prison: El Oso's escaped the Miracle City Prison so many times that in one episode he says something in the lines of "Can we speed this up, I wanna break out in time for dinner, mang". One episode even goes as far as to have him taken away in a police van and immediately be walking free seconds after.
- Did Not Get the Girl: After El Oso proved his worth to her father, The Bear Princess revealed she was already spoken for and ran for the hills with her beau the moment they got the chance. That said, the final episode has a split-second shot of her at El Oso's house on what looked like a date.
- Dumbass Has a Point: Two notable moments: When the Riveras and Frida are freaking out over Maria seemingly wanting to take Manny away from Miracle City in "The Mother of All Tigres", El Oso points out, "She's gotta do what's best for her kid, mang." His opinion is not appreciated.
- And of course, his lampshading of the Cardboard Prison above comes up in a few episodes.
- Dumb Muscle: Oso's definitely not one of the brightest characters yet he's strong and violent.
- Freudian Excuse: Played with. As it turns out the reason that El Oso began his bank robbing spree in Miracle City was because he believed he needed to become rich so that the Bear King would see he could take care of the princess financially (despite, you know, bears not needing money as lampshaded). However, El Oso realizes in the end that bank robbing was actually his true love, and the episode ends with him doing just that as happy as can be.
- Go-Karting with Bowser: Manny, Frida, and El Oso put aside their differences to help El Oso woo the Bear Princess in "Oso Sole Mio". While this was all due Manny and Frida owing El Oso a favor, they genuinely did want to help him after he told them the story, and actually give him solid advice at the end. And the three of them had a very civil and friendly interaction with one another throughout the whole episode.
- Interspecies Romance: El Oso, a human who lived with bears all his life, tried to get with the Bear Princess, who's an actual bear. While he did prove himself worthy of her in the end, it turns out she already had a boyfriend (who is also an actual bear).
- Pet the Dog: "Oso Sole Mio" begins with El Oso pushing Manny and Frida out of the way of the collapsing bank while getting himself hurt in the process, with no benefit to himself. Except for the favor.
- Raised by Wolves: Bears — To be more exact, when El Oso was abandoned by an orphanage he followed around bears who wanted nothing to do with him all his life.
- Verbal Tic: He punctuates practically every sentence with "mang".
General Chapuza
Voiced by: John DiMaggio
A zombie in military uniform who leads the zombies of Calavera. Has a son named Che Chapuza.
- The Rival: With Puma Loco.
- Villainy-Free Villain: In his first appearance, he and his grandson are nothing more than the rival soccer team; however later appearances show that they indeed are among the Rogues Gallery.
El Mal Verde
Voiced by: Danny Trejo in "Yellow Pantera", John DiMaggio in all other appearances
White Pantera's greatest enemy and the most powerful and dangerous supervillain.
- Big Eater: In the darkest way possible...
- The Dreaded: To the entire superhero community, as no one other than White Pantera had survived an encounter with him.
- Hero Killer: El Mal Verde is one of the most infamous villains due to his reputation as this. In fact, his very first appearance has him devouring three heroes onscreen.
- Meaningful Name: His name translates to "the green evil".
- Jesús Malverde is also the name of the Saint of Criminals in Mexican folklore.
- Our Giants Are Bigger: A colossal green-skinned humanoid who likes to eat human flesh.
- Weaksauce Weakness: Django reveals that his terrible dental hygiene results in cavities that can be exploited to defeat him with ease.
Giant Robot Sanchez
Voiced by: Unknown
Exactly What It Says on the Tin.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: An indirect version. When Sanchez first wakes up from his "coma", his immediate reaction is to take control back from Manny and Frida and then proceed to torture them. However, once he finds out that the two used his body to take care of his family, he thanks them, shoots them back home, and appears to even have a Heel–Face Turn.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: As Manny and Frida find out in "Mech Daddy", Sanchez is also a loving husband and father.
- Heel–Face Turn: Implied in the series finale, when he is seen with his family cheering with the rest of Miracle City at the defeat of the other villains.
- Humongous Mecha: A gigantic robot, just like the rest of his family.
- Punch-Clock Villain: He only destroys Miracle City as his job, returning home to his family to relax once the day is over.
The Mustache Mafia
Voiced by: Don Baffi (Jon Polito), Big Man (Jon Polito), Knuckles (Jeff Bennett), Tiny (Carlos Alazraqui)
A crime family that can use their moving mustaches in their crimes.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Manny learns that his Yandere date Sophia is the granddaughter of Don Baffi.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Don Baffi won't mess with true love and even spare an enemy for the sake of it.
- Handicapped Badass: Don Baffi is wheel chair-bound, but gets in on the action as much as his henchmen.
- The Mafia / The Family for the Whole Family: Obviously a comedic twist on them.
- Manly Facial Hair: How many other evildoers can use their mustaches as weapons?!
- Papa Wolf: As Manny can attest to, if Don Baffi and his men even believe Sofia is being hurt or played by someone regardless of it actually being the case the shmuck is getting wacked.
- Prehensile Hair: In this case, their mustaches.
- Would Hurt a Child: They have no problem planning on "disposing" the kids who unwittingly went to their secret hide out for a party and probably would have actually "disposed" of the three geeky kids planning on going there had the party never happened.
- Obviously the case with Manny who has been at their mercy a couple times, one time in front of Don Baffi's granddaughter over a misunderstanding.
Django of The Dead
Voiced by: Danny Cooksey
The grandson of Sartana.
- Casting Gag: Danny Cooksey previously voiced Jack Spicer in Xiaolin Showdown who was the partner to Wuya, who was voiced by Sartana's actress.
- Embarrassing Nickname: His grandmother calls him "Djangie Wangies", much to his chagrin.
- Faux Affably Evil: When Django meets Manny he sympathizes with him that the older generations need to show them both more respect and actually helps El Tigre throughout the tournament. However, that was probably just all part of Django's plan (which the tournament itself was), and once El Tigre betrays him he wastes no time trying to cut Manny down.
- Manipulative Bastard: Django uses the rift building between Manny and his family to manipulate Manny into teaming up with him, including goading Manny into attacking both Puma Loco and White Pantera, so that Manny would become extra muscle for himself and Sartana. Since Manny has Undying Loyalty to his family, it ends up backfiring.
- One-Shot Character: Though he did make a cameo in the final episode.
- Overlord Jr.: As Sartana's heir.
- Pair the Spares: Word of God said that had the show survived past its first season, Django would get with Zoe at first just to get back at Manny and Frida but the two would eventually come to love each other genuinely.
- Playing with Fire: When Django falls into the lava and is resurrected by Sartana, he gains the ability to shoot lava from his hands. In the episode's climax, he uses this to try and burn Manny to death. However, this comes back to bite him in his bone ass when he accidentally destroys his own guitar (which allowed him to survive Sartana's getting destroyed) and disintegrates himself.
The Golden Eagle Twins
Voiced by: Candi Milo (both)
Teen, twin supervillains who have a golden eagle-themed costume.
- Berserk Button: It's a Zeppelin, not a blimp. Applies more to Carlito.
- Disappeared Dad: Word of God has said that the twins' father was one of the three heroes eaten by El Mal Verde. This might have indirectly led to their villainy, but that is not for certain.
- Eye Scream: When El Oso asked for an autograph Carlito decides to do so on his eyeballs. Manny...was not so thrilled to see that.
- Half-Identical Twins: A brother-sister set of twins who look very similar to each other and share an occupation of manipulating a city into thinking they are heroes. Bonus for having practically the same name (Carla and Carlito).
- Hate Sink: Unlike most of the show's villains, their actions in his episode debut are made with the sole purpose the audience hate them.
- Karma Houdini: The twins get rewarded with money to fix their Zeppelin after attempting to kill a good chunk of Miracle City's population, and Manny was seriously injured and arrested for doing the right thing and saving the occupants of the park.
- One-Shot Character: Mostly because they debuted near the end of the series.
- There Is No Kill Like Overkill: While this is a staple for many of the series' villains and a couple of the heroes, Carla and Carlito summon what can be described as their most powerful form in order to roast Manny with the heat of who-the-hell-knows-how-many suns.
- Villain with Good Publicity: The Golden Eagle Twins take full advantage of it.
- Wonder Twin Powers: When they link their boots together, the Golden Eagle Twins are able to summon a giant, fiery eagle aura in a similar vein to the Ancient Tiger Spirit. Once they disconnect, as Frida manages to get Carlito to do, it goes away immediately.
Others
Davi/Albino Burrito
Voiced by: Jessica DiCicco
Manny's biggest fan who pretends to be a superhero named the Albino Burrito.
- Abhorrent Admirer: He's a platonic variant for Manny, being a fanboy who is completely obsessed with El Tigre and wants nothing more than to fight crime with him. Manny wants nothing to do with Davi, but on two occassions the universe said otherwise.
- Badass Adorable: Cute little kid who carries around Fantastic Nuke piñatas and sombreros that he builds himself.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Davi is just your typical, lovable fanboy... who makes nukes in his spare time.
- Child Prodigy: The piñata and sombrero that he brought into battle on two separate occasions? They are actually One-Hit Kill nukes that have proven to be extremely effective that he built all by himself.
- Fanboy: To El Tigre. Davi is absolutely obsessed with Manny and wishes to be his sidekick even though Manny really can't stand him.
- Nice Guy: Davi is another of the genuinely nicest characters of the show despite some of his antics.
- No Sense of Personal Space: Davi has no qualms about getting into Manny's personal space at times, although the greatest example is when he popped out of Manny's toilet after Manny got done using it.
Vice Principal Chakal
Voiced by: Carlos Alazraqui
The vice-principal of Manny and Frida's school.
- Butt-Monkey: A frequent target for Manny and Frida's pranks and even a casualty of accidents caused by them.
- Dean Bitterman: Especially towards Manny and Frida. He seems to be the effective head of the school as well.
- Jerkass: He absolutely hates Manny and Frida and is often very enthusiastic to be rid of them in any way possible. He's even downright gleeful at the prospect of sending Manny to prison or ruining the kid's life for ruining his (or as much as you want to call having non-severe pranks pulled on you life-ruining).
- Sadist Teacher: He gleefully dishes out harsh punishments to Manny and Frida, even on the rare occasions they don't deserve them, and one episode has him yelling at other students with no provocation whatsoever.
Zebra Donkey
A baby zebra-donkey hybrid and the school's beloved mascot.
- Came Back Wrong: Subverted. Zebra Donkey comes back as a zombie, but he's still his old adorable self.
- Our Zombies Are Different: Manny tries to bring him back to life with Sartana's guitar after he's accidentally killed. He comes back as a zombie. He's still his old lovable self though.
- Plot Allergy: Accidentally killed by Manny due to him not knowing that bananas are poisonous to zebra-donkeys.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: Even as a zombie, Zebra Donkey is adorable.
Raul, the World's Greatest Mustache
A living mustache originally created by Dr. Chipotle Jr. to defeat El Tigre. However, he befriended Manny instead and would often go to Manny whenever he needed help.
- Manly Facial Hair: Literally!
- Nice Guy: Well, mustache, but Raul is still overall a pretty upstanding guy and one of Manny's few steady allies. Just as long as he isn't being mind controlled.
- Prehensile Hair: When attached to Manny he functions as this, although downplayed given Raul is a sentient being in his own right as opposed to being a part of and/or controlled by Manny.
- The Speechless: Raul only communicates by shapeshifting.
