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El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
Created bySandra Equihua
Jorge R. Gutierrez
StarringAlanna Ubach
Grey DeLisle
Carlos Alazraqui
Eric Bauza
April Stewart
John DiMaggio
Jeff Bennett
Candi Milo
Richard Horvitz
Susan Silo
Rene Mujica
Charlie Adler
Country of originUnited States[1]
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26, 22 as June 20, 2008 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time24 minutes
(12 minutes per segment)
Original release
NetworkNickelodeon
ReleaseMarch 3, 2007 –
On Hiatus

El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera is an animated series produced for Nickelodeon and Nicktoons Network. A screening of the show was on January 19, 2007 in the first ever Nickelodeon Creative Summit held in San Juan, Puerto Rico as a special treat for the 60 exclusive attendees (The Summit was lead by 4 of the main branch of Nickelodeon). Later sneak peeks aired on February 19, with the series television debut on March 3, 2007 for both networks. It premiered on the Canadian YTV on May 4, 2007. [1]

Premise

Manny Rivera is a regular 13-year-old boy who is having trouble using his powers as El Tigre. He wants to be good, but being bad is much more fun! His dad, a superhero known as White Pantera, wants Manny to grow up to be good and fight evil, but Manny's Grandpapi, a supervillain known as Puma Loco, thinks Manny should go to the dark side.

Characters

Main article: List of characters in El Tigre

Main characters

  • Manny Rivera/El TigreMexico:(Manny's Full Name:Manuel Pablo Gutierrez O'brian Equihua Rivera)Manny is a 13-year-old Mexican-American boy, White Pantera's son and Puma Loco's grandson. He wants to be a lot good for his father Rodolfo, but being a little bit bad like his grandfather Horacio Rivera ( Grandpapi ) is too much fun.When he spins his mystical belt buckle, Manny transforms into the brave and powerful tiger-themed superhero El Tigre, who struggles with whether to use his superpowers for good or evil. His superhero name translates from Spanish to "The Tiger", which refers to his costume & claws. His powers include sharp retractable claws that can cut through almost anything. Some episodes show him having the ability to shoot out his claws like a gun or a bullet, shooting out his hand like a grappling hook (hand cut off in Decision of Destiny), super strength, and a super jumping ability. In The Grave Escape, he gained the power to summon a Tiger spirit, creating a large green Tiger-shaped energy field around himself that mimics his motions. He often does a few bad things but nearly always does thousands of good things to make up for it. El Tigre briefly developed a crush on a raven-themed supervillainess Black Cuervo, even calling her mi amor (Spanish for "my love"), but seems to lose interest in her at the end of the episode, Enter the Cuervo. It was shown in the episode, The Moustache Kid, that other creatures are able to use his mystic belt buckle, as shown when Dr. Chipotle Jr. used it to amplify the power of his guacamole creature, giving it cat-like ears, white tufts of hair on the sides of its head, and claw gloves.


  • Frida SuárezMexico:Frida is Manny's 12-year-old best
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Frida Suarez

friend who lives in a residence with her parents and older twin sisters. She is up for anything, even if it gets them in trouble. Frida always wears a pair of red goggles over her blue hair.She will even cheer Manny on if he is doing something wrong (like the laser tattoo maker Manny wanted and stole his dad's money that was for buying guacamole. Frida cheered him on like always.) Her arch rival is Zoe Aves who is secretly "Black Cuervo."Frida loves animals specially dogs and wolves,(In Sole of a Hero she was watching her dogs, in the Grave Escape, she plays with skeleton dogs, she owns two dogs and in Teen Wolf, she hangs out with Silver Wolf, a wolf-themed superhero. and churros and is always with Manny at any time, She's a Mexican-American girl too.

Heroes

  • Rodolfo Rivera/White Pantera: The Mexican father of Manny Rivera/El Tigre and son of Grandpapi Rivera/Puma Loco. Pantera can refer to a panther or any member of the panthera genus of cats. He is semi-retired but has about as much trouble giving up being White Pantera as his father has giving up being Puma Loco (he never removes his magic boots, even when asleep, and only seems to take his mask off to do laundry). Rodolfo has a love-hate relationship with his father. Despite their differences and Grandpapi's desire to pull Manny over to the dark side, Rodolfo always puts his family first. His source of power is his Bronze Boots of Truth, which give him superhuman speed and strength and make anyone who touches the sole of the boots have to tell the truth. It seems that even though White Pantera is a hero, he inherited some bad habits from his father, such as when he "accidentally"(air quote) locked Manny and Frida in Manny's room with a pizza to be alone with Maria during family dinner night. Notably, Pantera is the only superhero to escape death at the jaws of El Mal Verde. During Sartana's tournament, he dressed himself up as a fake supervillain named "Black Pantera". Even saying he didn't know who White Pantera was and that he came from out of town.
  • Golden Leon: Manny's ancestor and the 1st Rivera superhero, his costume is similar to the clothing of a Conquistador and speaks in Old English and Galician Spanish. His name means 'Golden Lion'. He is the son of Dark Leopard, father of the Mighty Cheetar, grandfather of Justice Jaguar, great-grandfather of Puma Loco, great-great grandfather of White Panthera, and Manny's great-great-great grandfather. Manny's school was also named after him (Leon Elementary School).
  • Justice Jaguar: Manny's great-grandfather, Rodolfo's grandfather, Puma Loco's father and is son to the Mighty Cheetar, he dresses in a western style costume and likely lived in the "Old West". He wears a sombrero similar to Puma Loco's. He apparently died attempting the Rivera "Super Macho Blitz" and despite his past differences with his son, they both still miss each other. He once returned from the Land of the Dead to visit Puma Loco and threatened to take him back with him if he didn't change his ways. He learns that it is a Rivera family tradition that if you are a villain, your son must be a hero, and it's the other way around with a hero dad.
  • The Industrialist: Guardian of the defriendless. He shoots I-beams from a cannon on his arm and cement as well. He is a member of the League of Alliance Society.
  • Cosmic Cleopatra: Sorceress of magic. She uses magic powers. She is a member of the League of Alliance Society.
  • Silver Sombrero: Uses a spinning silver sombrero as a weapon. He throws it and it spins around like a blade. He is the leader of the League of Alliance Society.
  • El Cucharón: A supervillain-turned superhero who can control spoons. He helped El Tigre and Frida stop Dr. Chipotle Sr. and El Oso, who were trying to "reform" as well as himself, but decided to actually be good instead of the other two, who took advantage of Manny's mother and tried to rob a bank. He later served as a minister at the wedding of Puma Loco and Sartana of the Dead.

Villains

  • Horacio Rivera/Grandpapi/Puma Loco: The Mexican father of Rodolfo Rivera/White Pantera and grandfather of Manny Rivera/El Tigre who moved in with his son and Grandson to help look after them after Manny's mom left (and because he crashed his evil blimp headquarters into a hamburger stand), Horacio Rivera is a "friendly" old man who loves his grandson Manny very much. He is also a retired super villain who still enjoys cooking up trouble every now and then, especially if it means getting to spend time with Manny. His name means "Crazy Puma" in Spanish. Back in the old days, Grandpapi was one of the most feared villains who no one could catch (except his son White Pantera, of course). He wants Manny to follow in his footsteps, even encouraging him to do bad things like stealing. Despite the fact he is evil, there are things he won't do, such as betray his family. He always comes through when they're in danger even though it'd be easier for him to pull off crimes without his son in the way. His source of power is the Golden Sombrero of Chaos, which is able to transform into a robotic suit and can produce several different artifacts such as claws, a giant drill, and even a small hot air balloon, though the most commonly used are missiles. In Puma Licito, It is revealed that Grandpapi actually owns the house he, Rodolfo and Manny live in.
  • Sartana of the Dead: The most evil and feared super villain in all of Miracle City and Archrival of Manny Rivera/El Tigre. From her lair in the abandoned prison cemetery, the 200-year-old skeleton lady plots to overthrow all living beings and claim Miracle City for herself. She once tried to use a special gem to rule the world in Dia De Los Malos. She totally despises El Tigre (and all Rivera men for that matter), especially Puma Loco, who just so happens to be her fake sweetheart. Her source of power is her Mystic Guitar, which allows her to summon countless skeleton minions when she strums it. The guitar is also her weakness because if the guitar is destroyed everything it rose from the dead (Sartana included) reverts back to dead. This is how she is normally defeated but she seems to somehow keep getting back. Perhaps the scariest thing is that she can never truly be destroyed and always finds a way to come back to life. Manny stole the guitar when he accidentally killed Zebra Donkey in an attempt to bring it back to life in time for the Zebra Donkey festival. On one occasion, she invited most of the villains, except El Cucharon in Miracle City to compete in her tournament during her "upcoming retirement."
  • El Oso: A large, hairy thug with superhuman strength. He spends most of his time causing chaos in Miracle City. His name literally means "the bear" in Spanish. Rumored to have been raised by bears. He lives on the outskirts of Miracle City in Calavera, the criminal capital of the world. No matter how many times El Tigre or White Pantera puts El Oso behind bars, he manages to break out in time for dinner.
  • Sergio/Señor Siniestro Italy: A 13-year-old Italian-American kid who was transferred to Miracle City from Italy. On his first day at Leone Middle School, he foolishly wore his beloved cowboy costume, complete with broomstick horsey. Humiliation, unintentionally led by Manny, ensued and Sergio swore vengeance on Miracle City, especially Manny. Sergio uses a 10 foot tall robot suit to pose as an adult cowboy super villain named Señor Siniestro. Señor Siniestro is usually found spewing cowboy lingo with an absurdly inaccurate Texan accent while looking for his foe, Manny Rivera. He is also one of the competitors of the Super-Villain Grand Prix and kicked the other competitors out of the race and got crushed by a crocodile and finished 2nd place over a crocodile. He also tried make Manny and Frida late so they could be expelled. He also made the students try to make a horse suit which was destroyed by El Tigre. In normal form, he has an Italian accent. And in alter ego form, he has a Texas accent. He has a big crush on Frida but she is not interested.
  • Zoe Aves/Black Cuervo Mexico: Is a 13 year old super villain. By day Zoe is disinterested in life in general, but by night fall, she becomes "Black Cuervo", translating to Black Raven, and is much more full of life than her goth alter ego Zoe Aves. Her family clan is the Flock of Fury, and just like the Riveras all have cat alter egos, the Flock of Fury is made up of bird-themed villains. She has a set of wings that spew a purple smoke as she flies. She also has a laser canon. In the first episode she appears, she decides to use El Tigre to get revenge on Frida, though she develops a real crush on him at the end of the episode.
  • Carmelita Aves/Vultura: Zoe Aves's mother, the leader of The Flock of Fury, and White Pantera's arch nemesis. She, like her daughter and mother, sports a pair of wings and a laser cannon. She also has a pair of headphones installed to talk to the other flock members, and a string harpoon shooter. At High School, she was Rodolfo's girlfriend until he broke up with her, though no one is sure why.
  • Grandmami Aves/Lady Gobbler: She is a turkey themed villain, and like both her daughter and granddaughter, will not let go of a past relationship with Grandpapi, who left her heartbroken at the church altar when he rode off with the women who was Manny's Grandmami. She sports much the same weaponry as the rest of her family.
  • Diego/Dr. Chipotle, Jr. Mexico: Like his father, Dr. Chipotle, Sr., 10-year-old Mexican-American Diego a.k.a. Dr. Chipotle, Jr. is an evil mad scientist with a massive robotic metal arm and a cybernetic right eye. When Diego was just 7, he watched El Tigre and White Pantera put his father in jail and swore he'd get back at them some day. He uses strange weapons such as Zombie Guacamole, which is another thing he has in common with his father, who once robbed a bank using hot peppers mutated into monsters. He gets furious at the sound of Manny and Frida mis-pronouncing or completely messing up his name, such as "Dr. Habanera", "Dr. Paprika" or "Dr. Jalapeño". He yells out at the word, "CHIPOTLE!!!". He has a huge crush on frida like Sergio but, she is not interested in both of them.
  • Dr. Chipotle, Sr.: Father of Dr. Chipotle, Jr. He was put away when his son was 7 years old by El Tigre and White Pantera. He was one of the villains that Maria Rivera tried to reform. However, he only used it as a cover to dig a tunnel into the Miracle City Mint. He acts and has a voice similar to his son's, he even has a massive robotic metal arm and a cybernetic right eye like his. Dr. Chipotle Sr. is allergic to churros. He and his son also competed in the Super-Villain Grand Prix and were thrown at the skeleton banditos.
  • Dark Leopard: Manny's ancestor and the 1st Rivera supervillain, he operates a stone mech suit and judging by his appearance, was presumably born in the late Mayan period. It is unknown if he was the son of the original El Tigre or if it was many generations after El Tigre before other Riveras became super heroes/villains.
  • The Mighty Cheetar: Grandpapi's grandfather, The Justice Jaguar's father, Rodolfo's great-grandfather, and Manny's great-great grandfather. He was a supervillain like his grandson who wore a more primitive steam powered robot suit. His name means 'The Mighty Cheetah'. The suit was used by Grandpapi in Puma Licito to save Manny and Frida from El Oso, and to protect his super villain title. He appeared in The Grave Escape when Manny and Frida were transported to the Land of the Dead and he, along with Manny's other relatives, helped stop Sartana. He is known as the "Scourge of the Seven Seas" and speaks with a pirate accent.
  • General Chapuza: The grave coach of the Calavera soccer team, The Zombies, who only speaks with a deep sinister voice. "Chapuza" means scheme or cheat. He, and his grandson, Che Chapuza, and his entire team appear to be real zombies since they can remove and attach body parts at will. His soccer team apparently defeat The Matadors when he and Grandpapi were kids. In his first appearance, his team yet again defeats the Matadors. He and his grandson were one of the competitors of the Super-Villain Grand Prix and got knocked out of the race by Señor Siniestro.
  • Che Chapuza Mexico: A 13-year-old grandson of General Chapuza. He looks a lot similar to Manny Rivera/El Tigre, and is the youngest lead player of a zombie soccer team. He, like Manny, is skinny and thin, but with bad breath. He and his team defeat the Matadors. He has black wild hair.
  • Comrade Chaos: A Russian retired supervillain who uses a special hammer and sickle as his weapons.
  • El Tarántula: A Spanish tarantula-themed retired supervillain.
  • Mano Negra: The preserved head of a Mexican retired supervillain who has a robot body with a super powerful metal fist. His name means "Black Hand" in Spanish.
  • Calavera Banditos: Various criminals, evildoers and baddies who live in the rough-neck town of Calavera which means "Skull" in Spanish. There are some skeleton banditos who are Sartana of the Dead's minions.
  • Titanium Titan: White Pantera's sidekick-turned supervillain who used to sees the companion of Rodolfo/White Panthera during his early days. The Titan tried to fight the alone, but failed, then left the City and went to the dark side. He has titanium arms that can transform into almost any thing, like hammers or drills. He wants revenge on Manny Rivera/El Tigre for his misfortune and wants to make it so that he and White Pantera are together again.
  • El Malverde: A large green villain with an iron mace-like right arm that no hero has ever defeated. Malverde is a very common Spanish surname, but the way it is pronounced sounds quite similar as the words "mal verde" which literally means "Green and evil". White Pantera fled from battle from him so his family wouldn't be alone. Years later, White Pantera managed to help El Tigre defeat him. In the special episode The Good, The Bad and the Tigre, El Malverde returns, but he's easily defeated this time.
  • Ninja Monster Clan: A clan of ninja monsters who are the old enemies of the Seventh Samurai.
  • Monsterzuma: A monster that wears a diamond in his crown and goes on a rampage if his crown is stolen. Manny once did this to ruin the wedding of Puma Loco and Sartana of the Dead.
  • Cactus Kid: A small-time villain who wanted to make it big in Miracle City. He lived a sheltered life, where the town he lived in not only submitted to his villainy, they supported it completely. To make Manny jealous, Puma Loco takes him on as an apprentice. When the Cactus Kid finds this out, he unlocks the ability to control everything about cactuses, even turn them into his minions.
  • Django of the Dead : The evil grandson of Sartana of the Dead.like his grandmother, he possesses his own Mystic Guitar, which he not only uses to control the dead.
  • Alebrije Monster: A giant round monster with tentacles for arms and long legs. An alebrije is a Mexico's traditional fantasy chimera creature, created mixing parts of different animals.
  • Giant Robot Sanchez: A giant robot cowboy.

Minor characters

  • Maria Rivera/Plata Peligrosa: The mother of Manny Rivera/El Tigre and the ex-wife of Rodolfo Rivera/White Pantera who, as claims Rodolfo, "he never thinks about anymore", but Rodolfo still seems to be madly in love with Maria. She hated the thought of her husband constantly risking his life being a hero, which gives her anxiety issues. Since Rodolfo seemed unable to give up being White Pantera, Maria and Rodolfo divorced. Maria went on to take the world by storm as a famous mariachi singer and Manny was able to see some of her concerts. However, she has recently given up the life of fame and fortune to be closer to her son Manny. She moved back to Miracle City and is now the school librarian. Rodolfo believes he has a chance of winning her back so the family could live together again. Although considering why they broke up it seems unlikely. In the chapter titled A Mother's Glove, Manny discovers once she was a superhero too, but she renounced to her powers 'cause she couldn't handle the power and had the tendency to be more destructive than heroic and attacking everyone she saw, even herself. In the chapter titled The Return of Plata Peligrosa, Maria has learned to control her powers. However, if she wears her glove for longer than one hour she becomes crazy and destructive again.
  • Zebra Donkey: The beloved Military mascot of the Leon Elementary School.After Manny wins to the honor of taking care of his school's mascot, Zebra Donkey, over spring break, Manny has the time of his life with his new four-hoofed friend. Alas, it's too much of a good time for Zebra Donkey, Manny should care, but accidentally killed him in doing so eating bananas, Manny steals Sartana of the Dead's guitar to bring him back to life in time for the Zebra Donkey festival, but now he's pretty much a good-looking and friendly zebra donkey zombie.
  • Emiliano "Chief" Suarez: The tough chief of police for the Miracle City police department, Frida, Nikita and Anita's father. He is extremely distrustful of Manny, saying that Frida always gets hurt when she hangs around him.
  • Carmela Suarez: A Miracle City judge, Emiliano's wife, Frida, Nikita and Anita's mother.
  • Anita & Nikita Suarez: The 15-year-old twin police girls, and Frida's bratty sisters.
  • Señor Chapi: The Rivera family parrot. A dirty and tired looking bird (with one leg), his dialogue is "Viva pantalones!".
  • Mrs. Lupita: Manny and Frida's favorite teacher in Leone Middle School. In the episode El Tigre, El Jefe, she punishes Aaron Mencia for not doing his homework in weeks.
  • Raúl: Manny's mustache given to him by Dr. Chipotle Jr. because Manny wanted to be an adult. It was given to Manny using the power of his belt buckle. Raúl eventually left Manny's lip because they agreed that Manny wasn't ready for adulthood. As of "Miracle City Undercover," Raúl now works for Emiliano as an undercover cop.
  • Flama Dama: A female superhero who is one of White Pantera's friend. She was among those that doubted that El Tigre had good in him until he saved the city from Sartana of the Dead.
  • Iron Pinata: A male superhero who is one of White Pantera's friends. He was among those that doubted that El Tigre has good in him until he saved the city from Sartana of the Dead.
  • Seventh Samurai Japan: A father of Toshiro Mifune/Cyber Sumo, and a samurai-themed superhero from Shogun City where he eliminated all the bad guys from. He was an old superhero friend of Rodolfo Rivera/White Pantera.
  • Toshiro Mifune/Cyber Sumo Japan: The 10-year-old Japanese-American schoolboy and son of the Seventh Samurai. He will transform himself into a sumo-themed superhero Cyber Sumo. He visited Miracle City with his father. He was first nice, polite, and helpful, but later became brave enough to help fend off the Ninja Clan monsters.
  • El Tigre I: The original El Tigre, He, like Manny, couldn't decide whether to be a hero or a villain. The indecision drove him insane, causing him to develop a split personality. It is never reaveled what time period he lived in. He possesses the same powers as Manny, as well as a few new ones, such as a super powerful roar and the ability to extend his claws to long lengths.
  • Donkey: Grandpapi Rivera's pet donkey who came along with Grandpapi when he moved in with Manny and Rodolfo. Donkey is very good at balancing stuff on his ears like pots which was showm in Sole of a Hero but Manny and Frida weren't noticing. The donkey spends a lot of time doing donkey things and protective of Grandpapi as seen in Puma Licito when Manny and Frida tried to retrieve his hat while he was sleeping.
  • Matón Goat and Bandido Rooster:(There names translates from Spanish to "Goat Bully and Rooster Villain")Donkey and Señor Chapi's a rivals from next door who sole there(sombero-shaped)chew toy. They were to chew,crush it,and trying to destroyed the chew toy but Donkey and Señor Chapi defeat them by useing(Horacio) Grandpapi Rivera's Bigger and most powerful robotic suit,inside Donkey and Señor Chapi's(sombero-shaped)chew toy was a photo picture of them and the Rivera Family.
  • Chewy: Experiment goat-eating chupacabra monster of Dr. Chipolte Jr which Manny later adopts as a pet, but things start to go wrong with Chewy begins Chew things that not good for him and eating goat population,One day he was so bigger to eat population of goats at the Miracle City's goat festival when Dr. Chipolte Jr and his hot pepper monster from after,attacks the festival. Chewy is only one to battle hot pepper monster and defeat it(by turning his back), and pepper monster and him fell into the lava as the Miracle City volcano began to explode. This caused all the population of goats launching air to the ground making Manny sad and missing him. Meanwhile Chewy falls into a truck where the farmer and his son begin to adopt Chewy and go back to the farm where some of the goats from the end of the episode making the audience believe if the explosion from volcano caused Chewy launch him out into air away in Miracle City (like a cannon),spiting out all goats,and back into small size baby again droping and going farther somewhere in Central America.

Episodes

Main article: List of El Tigre episodes

Season One

1. Sole of a Hero/Night of the Living Guacamole. (Pilot)

2. Enter the Cuervo/A Fistfull of Collars.

3. Fools Goal/El Tigre, El Jefe.

4. Zebra Donkey/Adios, Amigos.

5. The Mother of All Tigres/Old Money.

6. The Late Manny Rivera/Party Monsters.

7. Mustache Kid/Puma Licito.

8. Miracle City Worker/Dia de los Malos.

9. Yellow Pantera/Rising Son.

10. La Tigressa/Curse of the Albino Burrito.

11. The Ballad of Frida Suarez/The Bride of Puma Loco.

12. The Grave Escape. (special)

13. Miracle City Undercover/The Bride of Puma Loco.

14. Clash of the Titan/Eye Caramba.

15. Burrito's Little Helper/Crouching Tigre, Hidden Dragon.

16. The Cactus Kid/A Mother's Glove.

17. The Good, the Bad and the Tigre. (special)

Season Two

18. A Fistful of Nickels/Animales

19. Tigre+Cuervo Forever/The Thing That Ate Frida’s Brain

20. Stinking Badges/Mech Daddy

21. The Return of Plata Peligrosa/Chupacabros

22. Love and War/Wrong and Dance

Cast

Main Cast

  • Alanna Ubach - Manny Rivera/El Tigre
  • Grey DeLisle - Frida Suárez
  • Eric Bauza - Rodolfo Rivera/White Pantera, Justice Jaguar, Principal Tonino, Cactus Kid, Toshiro/Cyber-Sumo, Dos, Tres.
  • Carlos Alazraqui - Grandpapi Rivera/Puma Loco, El Tarántula, Señor Chapi, Tiny, Lady Gobbler, Vice-Principal Chakal, El Sombrerito, Zebra Donkey, Uno

Minor Cast

El Tigre's Decision of Destiny

On January 25, 2008, Nickelodeon is allowing viewers to vote on an ending deciding El Tigre's fate on a brand-new episode premiering on the same day.[2] The ending chosen was hero, in which he defeated Django and Sartana.

Had evil been chosen he would have helped Django and Sartana conquer the world but turned against them to take the empire for himself.

McDonald's Happy Meal

Starting January 18, 2008, McDonald's Happy Meal will feature El Tigre toys. They include: El Tigre, White Pantera, Puma Loco, and Señor Sinestro.[3]

Video Game Appearances

The Video game of El Tigre

Though El Tigre is a new show (aired officially in March 2007) El Tigre has been licensed in two video games so far; El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (video game), and he is featured in the Nintendo DS version of Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots

During the battle against the Titanium Titan, Frida discovers that a giant robot's controller is an NES (Nintendo Entertainment System) controller with the crosspad and the A and B buttons.

Trivia

  • According to Cold Hard Flash, the show itself is animated in Adobe Flash.
  • In El Tigre, El Jefe, toward the end of the episode, Remy from Street Fighter III can be seen in the crowd. Plus, Chun-Li and Ryu can be seen in a few scenes of several episodes.
  • The source of each Rivera's superpowers is an article of clothing. Puma Loco's come from his Golden Sombrero of Chaos, White Pantera's come from his Bronze Boots of Truth, and El Tigre's come from his Mystic El Tigre Belt Buckle. Also, each piece of clothing is a type of metallic color. The Golden Sombrero of Chaos is, of course, gold. The Bronze Boots of Truth are, of course, bronze. Manny's belt buckle is silver; the positioning of these various articles of clothing likely references the normal decline of the precious metals: gold on top, silver in the middle, and bronze on the bottom.
  • Manny and Frida got their names based on the names of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo.
  • Manny and Frida are based on the creators and their childhood growing up in Mexico. Manny (Jorge), Frida (Sandra).
  • There has been a running gag in the title cards, with one character standing closer to the image, showing only its feet and legs, while the other stands far in the background. So far, this is seen in Sole of a Hero, Fistful of Collars, and The Mother Of All Tigres.
  • During The Late Manny Rivera, Sergio says "Cry havoc and let slip the cows of war.". This is a goof on Shakepeare's quote: "Cry havoc and let loose the dogs of war."
  • El Tigre runs into Sartana of the Dead more commonly than any other villain. El Oso is next, then Dr. Chipotle, Jr.
  • In Sole of a Hero when Manny says, "You're Super Macho!" to his Dad, it is a reference, to Jorge Guiterrez', one of the creators of the show nickname, "Super Macho." As known on his website, which is named after the show's company, Mexopolis.
  • Manny lives on a house on the top of a big building in Miracle City. The building name is Casa Del Macho. Manny's mom's former mansion was named Casa Del Mariachi.
  • At the 2007 Comic-Con International, the producers said that in the next season, Manny will have his first kiss. They also showed in its entirety a new episode in the storyboard stage about the marriage of Puma Loco and Sartana of the Dead which Manny attempts to stop.
  • Also at Comic-Con, Jorge Gutierrez said the concept of the show is partly based on his real life growing up in Mexico with an artist father and a grandfather who was in the military. He had seen his grandfather as "evil" and his father as "good", much like Manny's father and grandfather.
  • A running gag is whenever a Rivera decides to do something, they follow with a cry of "This I swear!"
  • The opening card of El Tigre, el Jefe, which translates as "El Tigre, the chief" and where Manny helps his classmates to the point of establishing an authoritarian regime, is written in cyrillic alphabet and possess a red and yellow color theme along with a star. This is a clear reference to Latin American communist leaders that adopted dictatorial measures during their governments.
  • There are a few references to Spaghetti Westerns within the show, Sartana and Django are both the names of heroes in a series of Italian Westerns. Both Leone middle school and Sergio are named after director Sergio Leone the latter being an Italian kid who dresses up like a cowboy. Furthermore the episode Fistful of Collars takes its title from Fistful of Dollars.
  • In the episode The Mother Of All Tigres Frida giggles because Manny's mom becomes the new school librarian meaning that she knew what a library was, but in Yellow Pantera she had no idea what a library is.
  • Manny's name may be based on the name of Tony Montana's best friend Manny Rivera from the Brian de Palm movie, Scarface.

References

  1. ^ "El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera", combined details, IMDB. Accessed on line February 20, 2008.
  2. ^ El Tigre Decision of Destiny!
  3. ^ HappyMeal.com
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