El Chavo Animado

El Chavo Animado
Created by	Roberto Gómez Bolaños
Starring	Jesús Guzmán Mario Castañeda Sebastian Llapur Erica Edwards Juan Carlos Tinoco Víctor Delgado Erika Mireles English: Mona Marshall Doug Erholtz Kate Higgins Bob Buchholz Yuri Lowenthal Dave Mallow Tara Platt
Country of origin	Mexico
Original languages	Spanish, Portuguese, English
No. of seasons	5
No. of episodes	115 (list of episodes)
Production
Running time	22 minutes
Original release
Network	Canal 5 (MEX)
Release	October 21, 2006 – present
Related
El Chavo El Chapulín Colorado

El Chavo is an animated series based on a live-action TV series of the same name, created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños.

After several years of successful reruns of the original series, Televisa launched simultaneously in Mexico, and the rest of Latin America, an animated version of the program made by Anima Studios on October 21, 2006 to capitalize on the nostalgia and popularity of the original series. The animated series was created using 3D computer models as backgrounds and 2D drawings for the main characters, animated with Flash. Along with the series, Televisa launched a huge marketing campaign that included merchandise tie-ins to capitalize on the expected success of the show. For the series launching event a full set was built imitating the computerized background, where a presentation showed how the animation was made. Many elements of the original series, including most of the original stories were included in the animated series.

The series aired in Kabillion On Demand as an English dub in North America and the show, like Pokémon and others, was Amercianized and redubbed to air in North America for an English-speaking audience, since the series is difficult to translate to other foreign languages due to the common phrases said by the characters that lack translation. Despite appearing in the video-on-demand service, the series does not appear or mentioned in the official Kabillion website.

Due to the series' English dub only to be shown in one American channel so far, the episodes are extremely rare except videos of the episodes where it features a Chavo episode that either aired in Canal 5 with the English audiotrack or the video is recorded via camcorder on KaBillion. Episodes of the actual dub can be found in Totallytoonedin.com.

Background

The cartoon depicts the children in the right scale compared to the original live action series where the children were played by adults, and the feel was given to the character through their way of dressing, speaking, and mainly through giving them oversized toys.

But this was not the first attempt to animate the characters of the show. Previously, claymation sequences were created for the credits of the original series in the late 1970s. and 2D animations were used for a "submarinos marinela" commercial, and later for the credits of "Chespirito", the program that succeeded both "El Chavo" and its sister series El Chapulin Colorado.

In this animated series, La Chilindrina, one of the most popular characters of the original show, doesn't appear due to on-going disputes between María Antonieta de las Nieves and Roberto Gómez Bolaños on the copyrights of the character. At the time of production, De las Nieves had and still has the rights of the Chilindrina Character and didn't come to an agreement with the producer of the show, one of the sons of Gómez Bolaños and also a noted Televisa executive, over royalties. De las Nieves won the copyrights of the character on the basis that it was based on her persona and the traits of the character brought forth by her, and presented in previous characters she performed prior to the conception of the show. However the Gomez Bolaños estate claims that Roberto Gómez as the show writer, created the character and De las Nieves only portrayed it, and as such owns the rights to the character. Although the character was included on the original launching materials, it was removed from the final production.

English Dub

The series was later dubbed into English and aired in Kabillion's video-on-demand which featured major changes to the basic style of the original El Chavo series:

• The theme song for the series was changed to a more upbeat theme song talking about the series' characters rather than just the instrumental music from the original dub.
• Most of the names were changed and Americanized (with the exception of El Chavo, Quico, and Patty), implying that the series takes place in America instead of Mexico. A couple of examples are Professor Jirafales becoming Professor Girafalde, Doña Florina to Ms. Worthmore, Don Ramón to Mr. Raymond and Doña Cleotilde to Miss Pinster. All of the Spanish text is translated to English.
• The title names were changed to more American phrases to fit the show's plot.
• The characters catchphrases were either different or slightly altered from the original Spanish phrases. One example is El Chavo's catchphrase "Eso, eso, eso" becoming "That's true, that's true, that's true" or "That's it, that's it, that's it", both of which are loosely equivalent to the original. A more significant change however, is Professor Jirafales' catchphrase being changed from "Ta-ta-ta-taaaaa-TAH!!!" to "No-no-no-nooooo-NO!!!". Also, "chusma", when said by either Doña Florinda or Quico in reference to Don Ramón, is rendered as "lowlife".
• The series features more comedy and many running gags that appeal more to American viewers.
• The original Spanish theme song can be heard in the credits on every episode and on special occasions the second opening sequences of the series.

American names

In the English dub, all the characters except El Chavo, Quico, and Patty were given more American names:

• Ñoño - Junior
• Godinez - Gordon
• La Popis - Phoebe
• Don Ramón aka Ron Damón - Mr. Raymond aka Rister Maymond
• Doña Florinda - Mrs. Worthmore (note that in the original, "Florinda" is her first name)
• Professor Jirafales - Professor Girafalde
• Jaimito, el cartero de Tangamandapio - Manny the Mailman from Upsidedowntown
• Doña Cleotilde - Miss Pinster
• Señor Barriga - Mr. Beliarge
• El Chapulín Colorado - Captain Hopper
• Señor Hurtado - Mr. Crookley
• Serefina - Stephanie

List of episodes

1st season

Original Title	American Title	French Title
Los globos	Balloons	Ballons
El insomnio del Chavo	El Chavo's Sleeplessness	Insomnie
Una mosca en el café	A Fly on the Coffee	Une mouche dans le café
Satanás	Satan	Satan
Los yeseros	Plasterers	Plâtrier
La venta de churros	Churros Sale/Churro-lishus	Une vente de churros
Toques a ritmo de vals	Takings to Rhythm of Waltz	Touches finales au rythme de la valse
Falta de agua	Need of Water	Le manque d'eau
El juego de béisbol	Baseball Game	Le jeu de baseball
El Chavo lavacoches	El Chavo Washing Cars	Il ya un lave-auto dans mon quartier
Fútbol Americano	Football	Football
Un ratero en la vecindad	A Thief in the Neighborhood	Un voleur dans mon quartier
La mascota de Quico	Quico's Pet	Quico's Pet
Fotos buenas, regulares y peores	Good, So-So and Bad Photos	Photos bon, passable ou pire (je pense)
El amor llegó a la vecindad	The Love arrived to the Neighborhood	L'amour est arrivé dans les environs
Una broma de gran peso	A Fool of Big Weight	One grosse blague d'un kilo
Cuéntame una de fantasmas	Count me one of Phantoms	Histoires de fantômes counter
Clases de box	Box Classes	Des cours de boxe
Deudas a pagar y sillas a pegar	Manny and Raymond's Problem	Dette équivalant à payer plus de chaises et collez
Los bomberos	The Firemen	* 911 Ligne d'urgence
Limpieza en la vecindad	Time to Clean the Neighborhood	Nettoyage d'une journée dans le quartier
Pintando la vecindad	Painting the Neighborhood	Soins, la peinture fraîche dans les environs
El desayuno del Chavo	El Chavo's Breakfast	Chavo petit-déjeuner
La casita del Chavo	El Chavo's Little House	Le chalet Chavo
Los sonámbulos	Sleepwalkers	Nuit des mille Sleepwalkers
Vacaciones en Acapulco	Vacations on Acapulco/Acapulco	Vacances à Acapulco, Mexique

2nd season

Original Title	American title	French titles
El gran premio de la vecindad	The Neighborhood's Grand Prix	La grande course du quartier
El Justiciero Enmascarado	Masked Justice	Le croisé masqué
Las historias de terror	Terror Histories	Les histoires d'horreur
¡Como suben los alimentos!	How to go up the Food!	De la nourriture, mais parfois légèrement inférieurs
Dinero perdido	Lost Money	L'argent perdu
Cuidemos el agua	Let's watch the Water	Croissante de l'eau
Don Ramón enamorado	Mr. Raymond on Crush	Don Ramon en amour avec une sorcière
Amar a los enemigos	To love to the Enemies	Amour ou la haine des ennemis
El hombre invisible	Invisible Man	The Invisible Man
Las aguas frescas	Fresh Water	Eau douce
Don Ramón lechero	Mr. Raymond Milkman	Don Ramon est une laiterie
La vecindad en guerra	Neighborhood on War	Quartier déclare la guerre
Se busca	Wanted Dog	Voulu
Canta, Chavo	Sing Along, Chavo!	Sing, Chavo, Sing
¡Esas llantitas, Señor Barriga!	Those rims, Mr. Beliarg!	Il ya un golf de quartier, veulent jouer
Invasión extraterrestre	Extraterrestrial Invasion	l'expérience secrète non X
Vamos al campamento	Let's go to the Camp	Le Camp
Los dientes de leche	Teeth Milk	Baby Teeth
La novia del Chavo	El Chavo's Girlfriend	Épouse de l'Chavo
Un bebé en la vecindad	A Baby in the Neighborhood/Baby Talk	Un bébé dans le quartier
Vamos al circo	Let's go to the Circus	tous aller au cirque
Las olimpiadas	Olimpiads/The Olympics	Les Jeux olympiques du quartier
Los juguetes de papel	Paper Toys	Paper Toys
Los piratas	Pirates	Pirates
Regalo de Navidad I	Christmas Present Part 1	Spécial Noël de chevreau animés 1 auxquel participe
Regalo de Navidad II	Christmas Present Part 2	Spécial Noël de chevreau animés 2 auxquels participe

3rd season

Original Title	American Title	French Title
Visita al zoológico	Visit to the Zoo	Visite du zoo
Todo por un pastel	All for a Cake	Tous joué pour un gâteau
El partido de fútbol	Soccer Game	Le match de football
Como de película	As of Movie	Comme un film
El Chavo y el lobo	El Chavo and the Wolf	Il ya un loup dans le voisinage
Una historia de vaqueros	A History of Cowboys	A l'Ouest
Aguas con las ranas	Watch out with the Frogs	Grenouilles jeu
Teatro en la vecindad	Theater in the Neighborhood	Un théâtre dans notre quartier
Dos mosqueteras y el Chavo	Two Musketeers and El Chavo	deux mousquetaires et Chavo
Un día de suerte	A Lucky Day	Un jour de chance
Vamos a la feria	Let's go to the Fair	La foire
El valor de la amistad	Friendship Vale	une valeur sur l'amitié
¡Aquí espantan!	Here Scares!
Caido del cielo	Out of the Blue
Un festival de ambiente	A Ambient Festival
Un día en la tele	A Day on the TV	La folie dans un studio de télévision
Un buen recado	A Good Message
El repartidor de pizzas	Mr. Raymond Pizza Deliver
El ataque de los insectos	Attack of the Insects
Los niños pintores	Painter Children	Les garçons peintres
Visita al museo	Visit to the Museum
No te vayas, Ñoño	Don't go away, Junior	Ne pas aller Ñoño
Invierno en la vecindad	Snow in the Neighborhood
La casa del árbol	Tree House
La máquina del tiempo I	Time Machine 1
La máquina del tiempo II	Time Machine 2

4th season

Original Title	American title	French titles
Viaje espacial	Space Travel	Voyage Espace
La planta del Chavo	El Chavo's Plant	L'usine de Chavo
Una montaña altisisisísima	A Mountain Very Very Very Very Higher	Une montagne très très très très élevé
Una aventura a lo grande	A Big Big Adventure	Une grande aventure à la
Una vecindad de leyenda	A Neighborhood Legend	Une Légende de Voisinage
Burbujas y más burbujas	Bubbles and More Bubbles	Bulles et Plus de Bulles
Por arte de magia	Magic Art	Magic Art
El consejero sentimental	Sentimental Councillor	Sentimental Conseiller
Aventura submarina	Submarine Adventure	Aventure Sous-marine
La vecindad en venta I	Neighborhood on Sale Part I	Vente de Voisinage Part I
La vecindad en venta II	Neighborhood on Sale Part II	Vente de Voisinage Part II
El Chavo científico	El Chavo Scientic	Chavo Scientifique
Don Ramón Superestrella	Mr. Raymond Superstar	Don Ramon Superstar
Una historia en la prehistoria	A History in the Prehistory	Une Histoire de la Préhistoire
Todos en forma	All on Form	Tous Fitness
El huevo fresco	Fresh Egg	Cool Oeufs
Artes Marciales	Martial Arts	Arts Martiaux
Goteras en la vecindad	Leaks in the Neighborhood	Fuites
La serenata de Doña Florinda	Mrs. Florind's Romantic Song	Sérénade
Granja en la vecindad	Farm in the Neighborhood	Ferme Dans les Voisinage
El taxi del Chavo	El Chavo's Taxi	La Chavo's Taxi
Viaje en metro	Subway Travel	Underground Voyage

5th season

Original Title	American title	French titles
Que Bonita Navidad	That Nice Christmas	C'est beau Noël

Spin-offs and merchandise

Televisa has released 6 episodes of El Chavo in Mexico in 2007. In Brazil the same collections are released by Universal Video Entertainment in 2008 under the title Chaves: O desenho. In 2004 were launched dolls in Mexico representing Quico, La Popis (Phoebe), Don Ramón(Mr. Raymond), Doña Florinda(Mrs. Worthmore) y Profesor Jirafales( Professor Girafalges). In 2006, McDonald's and Bimbo Products launches another six dolls, there's a new videogame of Nintendo DS that will be launch on Mexico but still doesn't have dates this premiere, will in Latin America with Spanish and Portugesse calls "El Chavo animado: El videojuego", and launchs a CD with soudtrack of El teatro del Chavo Animado, in Mexico, with songs basen in the original series and El Chapulin Colorado too.

A stage show based on the animated series, featuring actors in full body costumes with masks, and a music soundtrack based on updated versions of the songs used in the live show has toured several cities.

Broadcast History

El Chavo is broadcast on the following stations around the world:

Region	Network(s)
Argentina	Telefe / Cartoon Network / Max TV / Canal de las Estrellas / Canal 9
Brazil	Cartoon Network / SBT / Canal de las Estrellas Brasil
Bolivia	Canal de las Estrellas
Canada	Teletoon
Chile	Mega / Cartoon Network / Boomerang
Colombia	Cartoon Network / Boomerang / RCN-TV
Costa Rica	Cartoon Network / Repretel
El Salvador	TCS Canal 2 / Cartoon Network
Ecuador	Cartoon Network / Gamavision / Canal de las Estrellas
Mexico	Canal de las Estrellas / Canal 5 / Cartoon Network (some episodes not on air)/ Cinema Golden Choice / Coming soon on Tiin
Peru	América Televisión / Cartoon Network / Canal de las Estrellas
Spain	Boomerang / TVE2
Uruguay	Teledoce / Cartoon Network / Canal de las Estrellas
USA	Univision (no longer shown) / Kabillion (No English yet)
Venezuela	Cartoon Network / Venevisión / Canal de las Estrellas

External links

• El Chavo: The animated series at 50webs.com
• El Chavo at IMDb
• Anima Estudios