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| num_episodes = 26 ([[List of El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera episodes|List of episodes]])
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| first_aired = [[March 3]], [[2007]]
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El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
File:ElTigre.jpg
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 originUSA[1]
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes26 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time24 minutes
(12 minutes per segment)
Original release
NetworkNickelodeon
ReleaseMarch 3, 2007 –
September 13, 2008[2]

El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera is an animated series produced for Nickelodeon and Nicktoons Network. The first 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 led 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] As El Tigre was half-way through it's second season, Nickelodeon did not pick it up for the rest of it, so the final episode to air was on September 13, 2008.[2]

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.

Origin

El Tigre was created by a husband-and-wife team named Jorge Gutierrez and Sandra Equihua along with others who were employed to make the show. The couple made the project from experiences they had when they were younger. Manny Rivera is based on Jorge's young self and Frida Suárez is based on Sandra's. Many things known of the show were based on actual events or parts in Jorge's life. His father was an Artist (Which was viewed as Good) and his grandfather was a General in the military (Which was viewed as Evil). That idea was exaggerated to the idea of Super Heroes and Villains. The city Miracle City is based on Mexico City, where Jorge grew up

Intro

When an episode starts, a green fire spreads from the middle and a look at Miracle City is seen. We see a bird with a sombrero fly up from the words on the volcano saying Miracle City and is burned by lava while a Narrator says "Miracle City! A spicy Cesspool of crime and villainy!". It then zooms onto Manny and Frida walking on the sidewalk. The narrator speaks again as it zooms on Manny "This is the story of Manny Rivera!". Manny then changes into his El Tigre form while the narrator says "Better known as..." where Manny says "El Tigre!". Then it shows White Pantera running and make a Large jump while the narrator says "Son of the Legendary hero..." where Rodolfo says "White Pantera!". Then it shows a laughing Grandpapi on treasure while the narrator says "Grandson of the Super Villain..." where Granpapi says "Puma Loco!". Then parts of Frida form together on the front of a card with the number 13 on the top-right corner and she plays her guitar. The theme of the show then plays while Manny and Rodolfo are chasing criminals and then shows Manny and Grandpapi running from cops. Manny and Frida are shown giving food to the other school students perhaps for food fights. But they are in trouble for it and get sent to Detention from the Vice-Principal Chakal. Then Manny and Frida are shown on the top of the Miracle City Volcano riding it down with a shopping cart while wearing helmets. But crashing into a cactus and landing into a monster's legs. Manny gets into a challenge position towards it, but Frida runs off and waves. While Manny gets crushed by the monster. Then it shows Manny, Rodolfo, and Grandpapi in normal forms who then transform into their Superhero form. And the title shows after El Tigre roars.

Characters

Main article: List of characters in El Tigre

Episodes

Main article: List of El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera episodes

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

Translated from Latin America

  • Hector Gomez Emmanuel — Manny Rivera/El Tigre
  • Diana Pérez — Frida Suárez
  • Jose Luis Orozco — Rodolfo Rivera/White Pantera,Grandpapi Rivera/Puma Loco(first voice)
  • Miguel Angel Ghigliazza — Grandpapi Rivera/Puma Loco(second voice)
  • Rebecca Gomez — Maria Rivera
  • Anabel Mendez — Sartana of the Dead
  • Irwin Daayán — Diego/Dr. Chipotle, Jr.,Toshiro/Cyber-Sumo,Cactus Kid
  • Armando Coria — Sergio/Señor Siniestro,Dr. Chipotle, Sr.
  • Mayra Arellano — Zoe Aves/Black Cuervo(first voice)
  • Echevarria Standard — Zoe Aves/Black Cuervo(second voice)
  • Patricia Acevedo — Zoe Aves/Black Cuervo(third voice),Grandmami Aves/Lady Gobbler,Mrs. Lupita
  • Ernesto Lezama — General Chapuza

Miracle City

Miracle City! A Spicy Cesspool oF Crime and Villainy!

Miracle City is the main location where most of the events in El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera. With how many locations show up in the series, it is safe to say the city is very large in size. The reason the city is called Miracle City is because of how it still stays a decent city despite the high crime rate. The creator allusions his childhood town Mexico city with Miracle City. Probably the most iconic aspect of Miracle City is the big active volcano that stays in the middle of the city.

El Tigre's Decision of Destiny

On January 25, 2008, Nickelodeon allowed viewers to vote on an ending deciding El Tigre's fate on a brand-new episode that premiered on the same day.[3] 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

On January 18, 2008, McDonald's Happy Meal featured El Tigre toys. They include: El Tigre, White Pantera, Puma Loco, and Señor Sinestro.[4]

Video Game Appearances

El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (video game)

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

El Tigre has its own game at Nick Arcade: Festival De Las Piñatas and El Tigre is a playable character in Nick Arcade's Nicktoons HoverZone along with Spongebob, Patrick, Danny Phantom, Timmy Turner and Tak.

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

  • Jorge Gutierrez and Sandra Equihua have confirmed the third season of el tigre

it is said that instead of Sartana the main villian will be Django

  • The Villain Sartana of the Dead is a parody of Carlos Santana, the famous guitarist from Santana with a parodic resemblance of La Catrina.
  • Zoe last name Aves, is a reference for another name for birds of the same name.
  • Black Cuervo's costume looks like the uniform of the Eagle Riders/G Force from the anime series "Battle of the Plants".
  • El Tigre means the Tiger, White Pantera means the White Panther, and Puma Loco means Crazy Puma. The Rivera family's ancestors are named alter-egos of the Feline family.
  • Frida's tracksuit in Fool's Goal is the same as the one worn by the Bride (Uma Thurman's character) in Kill Bill and Bruce Lee in "Game of Death".
  • Running gag in Mother of all Tigres When they show the flashback in "Mother of all Tigres" it shows Maria kissing Manny the age he is now with his scar, but after Maria leaves and Grandpapi moves in, it shows Manny at a younger age,1. Manny interrupting Maria to show her a new place in the city. 2. Maria randomly speaking of facts, pulls out a book, then says "Its a fact", 3.

whenever Manny says something good about the evil place, Granpapi says "I'll say!" . Also, on the cover of one of Maria's albums it shows Maria, Manny, and a goat walking across the road, similar to the Beatles hit album "Abbey Road",and in the two plumbers are dressed similarly to Mario and Luigi.

  • When Manny is working in the office in Mustache Kid,on his calendar it has a picture of an orange cat that says "No me gusta Mondays" which translated means "I don't like Mondays" which is an allusion of the popular cartoon cat "Garfield".
  • In Dia de Los Malos, Papi yells at Rodolfo for reading off the invitation to the Celebration of Heroes. Then Rodolfo comes out of the bathroom with a comb in his hand and obviously combing something as he mockingly says "You can't ruin my mood." But White Pantera already has his mask on, so what is he combing? His mask?
  • In The Ballad of Frida Suarez marks the second appearance of Zebra Donkey.
  • When Don Baffi said "I'll get you, El Tigre, and your little 'stache, too!" This is a play on the Wicked Witch of the West's "I'll get you, and your little dog, too" line from The Wizard of Oz.
  • In Eye Caramba, when the Flock of Fury is spying on Rodolfo, in some shots they see basically what he is seeing. But in other shots they actually see Rodolfo and the glass eye as if something else was spying on him.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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 episodes Fistful of Collars,and a A Fistful of Nickels takes its title from Fistful of Dollars,and A Fistful of Dynamite.

Also it is noted that the Boktai series has a protagonist named Django and a brother named Sabata also named after spaghetti western film protagonists.

  • Manny's name may be based on the name of Tony Montana's best friend Manny Rivera from the Brian de Palma movie, Scarface.
  • 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.
  • When El Mal Verde falls into El Oso after fighting Manny in the first round, if you look closely Black Cuervo can be seen in the crowd but she never competes or is seen throughout the rest of the episode
  • Running Gag of Sartana mentioning villains then White Pantera followed by him yelling "Black Pantera" as his cover name.
  • White Pantera's "Power Punch Kick" was originally written as a punch, not a kick. After the storyboard pitch, it became obvious that our boot themed hero should have a kick as his big move.
  • All the villains in this show have red eyes, except for Granpapi and Manny because Granpapi has yellow glasses on so we really can't see, and because Manny is only part-villain.
  • The full name of Manny Rivera (Manuel Pablo Gutierrez O'Brian Equihua Rivera) is related to the surnames of the creators of the series, for example: the last name of Gutierrez in the name of the character belongs to Jorge R. Gutiérrez and while Equihua belongs to Sandra Equihua.
  • In The Return of Plata Peligrosa, when White Pantera paints Plata Peligrosa, it was the title card picture of A Mother's Glove.
  • 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.
  • Some of the villains have secret identities and they make sure no one else finds out about it.

Notes

  • 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

References

  1. ^ "El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera", combined details, IMDB. Accessed on line February 20, 2008.
  2. ^ a b "FACE IT! Cancelled". blogsot.com. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
  3. ^ El Tigre Decision of Destiny!
  4. ^ HappyMeal.com

See also

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