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Ratoncitos (Music)

Guaripolo: "This is a very special night. We've got churros, chips... some soda. An old friend is joining us tonight."
— "Mala/Cielo"

Ratoncitos is a 2005 album released by La Oreja and Aplaplac. It's the soundtrack for the third season of 31 Minutos and their third album overall. The album contains songs, instrumental tracks and dialogues from different episodes, as well as a few bonus tracks.

The album is meant to emulate the in-universe albums released by the main cast as the fictional band Ratoncitos, and it's the first not to last 31 minutes. Chilean musician Angelo Pierattini joins Pablo Ilabaca as a composer, sprinkling shorter tracks into the release to compensate for its shorter list of songs.


Track listing

  1. "Wipiti wopiti" - Bruja González (0:08)
  2. "Ratoncitos" - Los Ratoncitos (Castro - Ilabaca - Pierattini) (1:20)
  3. "Hermoso y desconocido" - Mario Hugo (Salinas - Ilabaca) (0:33)
  4. "Los Ratones" - Los Ratones (Espinoza) (0:18)
  5. "Guácala" - Carmencita (Castro - Ilabaca) (1:04)
  6. "Tu sangre" (0:14)
  7. "31 minutos de terror" (Ilabaca) (1:36)
  8. "La alcancía" (0:32)
  9. "La regla primordial" - Retrete Navarrete y Los Bulliciosos (Díaz) (2:45)
  10. "Sí o no" - Tulio, Bodoque y Juanín (0:13)
  11. "Picnic" (Ilabaca) (0:47)
  12. "Pinocho" (0:10)
  13. "Cómete tus vegetales" - Flacosis (Díaz) (1:41)
  14. "La longaniza humorista" (0:14)
  15. "Mr. Guantecillo" - Hermanos Computadores de Paine (Salinas - Ilabaca - Pierattini) (2:21)
  16. "Bodoque ve pasar los cactus" (Ilabaca) (0:19)
  17. "Pato Willy" (Espinoza) (0:10)
  18. "Mangueratón" - Tulio y sus amigos (0:19)
  19. "Parque de diversiones" - Milton Ludovico (Díaz - Ilabaca - Pierattini) (2:36)
  20. "Patúbela" - (Ilabaca) (0:42)
  21. "Canción de la leña" - Juan Osvaldo (Díaz) (1:06)
  22. "Dato duro" (Ilabaca) (0:25)
  23. "Mi castillo de blanca arena con vista al mar" - Gary González (Castro - Díaz - Díaz Jr. - Peirano - Salinas - Ilabaca) (2:49)
  24. "Les juro que es verdad" - Huachimingo (Peirano) (0:12)
  25. "Banquete de las moscas" (Ilabaca) (0:30)
  26. "Solo de batería del Tío Pelado" (0:06)
  27. "Aprendizaje" - Presidente Oso (Charly García) (0:39)
  28. "Ríe" - Cucho Lambretta (Castro - Díaz - Díaz Jr. - Peirano - Salinas) (2:02)
  29. "Lo recuerdo muy bien" (Ilabaca) (0:11)
  30. "Yo nunca vi televisión" - Tulio y sus amigos (Castro - Díaz - Ilabaca - Peirano - Salinas) (0:52)
  31. "Mala/Cielo" - Buddy Richard/Guaripolo (Castro - Díaz - Díaz Jr. - Salinas - Hebb) (2:20)
Bonus track: "Grandes muertos de la música reviven con los Ratoncitos" (4:23)

Hola, hola, hola, hola, tropes!

  • Album Intro Track: The album opens with "Wipiti Wopiti" to explain why the cast sings like mice, then follows it with the eponymous tune.
  • Album Title Drop: "Ratoncitos" is the first proper song of the album.
  • All Just a Dream: "Parque de diversiones" ends with Milton still stuck in Hell, only to be saved by his mother waking him up.
  • Anthropomorphic Food: This album features both the alien veggies from Vegetalia and the eponymous sausage funnyman from "La longaniza humorista".
  • Bizarre Taste in Food: Of all the foods presented in "Guácala", Carmencita ends up happily eating... a severed pig's head.
  • Cheer Them Up with Laughter: "Ríe" is a song all about seeing life through a more positive lens by laughing more often, even when you really shouldn't.
  • Country Mouse: The singers of "Mr. Guantecillo" travel all the way from the countryside to the big city to meet Raúl Guantecillo, being treated as an important journey.
  • Cover Version:
    • "Pinocho" has the titular character singing a cover of "La de la mochila azul" by Mexican singer Pedro Fernández.
    • "Aprendizaje" is a cover of the song by Argentinian group Sui Generis with the same name, sung by the President.
  • Dark Reprise:
    • "31 Minutos de terror" is a spooky variation of the show's theme song with an eerie synth throughout the track.
    • "Yo nunca vi televisión" gets a sad reprise where Tulio has to sing and use The Power of Friendship to revive his friends.
  • Educational Song: "Canción de la leña" is a song about the importance of firewood and the key difference between using dry and wet lumber, both on the environment and your own health.
  • Fan Boy: As the title of "Mr. Guantecillo" suggests, Los Hermanos Computadores de Paine practically worship sports commentator Raúl Guantecillo.
  • Fantastic Aesop: "Cómete tus vegetales" is a Morality Ballad about eating your vegetables... because they're alien invaders that can eat you alive.
  • Flashback Effect: "Lo recuerdo muy bien" is a track used in the show itself to accentuate flashbacks or cutaways in this way.
  • Helium Speech: The witch's spell makes Tulio and his friends talk in this tone, kickstarting the idea for their band as Ratoncitos.
  • Lonely Piano Piece: "Dato duro" is a slow and wistful piano piece normally used for sad or introspective parts in segments of the show.
  • Lyrical Dissonance:
  • Magical Incantation: The album opens with Bruja González casting a spell on Tulio and his friends, explaining their mouse-like voices.
  • Miniscule Rocking: "Los Ratones" and "Solo de batería del Tío Pelado" are both under twenty seconds long.
  • Music Mashup: The last song of the album is "Mala/Cielo," a duet between Guaripolo and Buddy Richard as they sing a verse from each other's songs. They even get to interact, as Guaripolo introduces the album's star at the beginning.
  • Palatial Sandcastle: "Mi castillo de blanca arena..." is all centered around Gary González and his friends making the biggest sandcastle on the beach.
  • Picky Eater: "Guácala" is a song from Carmencita's point of view, rejecting any food left on her plate just because she arbitrarily finds them gross.
  • The Scream: Milton Ludovico lets out a loud scream at the end of "Parque de diversiones", still shaken from his dream about Satan.
  • Shout-Out: See all examples here.
  • Stylistic Suck: There's a few, given the album's more humorous tone.
    • "Ratoncitos" is a parody of kids' novelty records with bizarre lyrics, off-key singing and purposefully grating instrumentals.
    • "Los Ratones" is the eponymous band's catastrophic rehearsals, where every instrument is basically doing its own thing with horrendous tuning and rhythm.
    • "Sí o no" has Tulio and Bodoque's uninspired jingle for the rest of their similarly tepid game show scheme.
    • "Les juro que es verdad" is another improvised tune, made for Huachimingo's segment with some whistling as its only instrumental.
  • Villain Song: "Patúbela" is a campy theme for Patana's evil alter ego, used to show her supposed turn to the dark side.
  • Word Salad Lyrics: "Ratoncitos" has lots of lyrics that sound childlike and fun, but really make no sense upon closer inspection.

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