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El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera
Created bySandra Equihua
Jorge R. Gutierrez
Country of originUnited States USA
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes26 (List of episodes)
Production
Running time24 minutes
(12 minutes per segment)
Original release
NetworkNickelodeon
ReleaseMarch 3, 2007 –
Present

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

The show centers on Manny Rivera, a Mexican-American boy living in Miracle City, Mexico. He owns a magic belt that lets him gain super powers by turning the buckle and changing into El Tigre. However, he frequently wavers between using them for good like his heroic father Rodolfo, who is the superhero White Pantera, or mischief and selfish reasons, like his villainous grandfather Grandpapi, who is also the evil supervillain Puma Loco.

Characters

Main characters

  • Manny Rivera/El Tigre (Full Name: Manuel Pablo Gutiérrez O'Brien Equihua Rivera): A 13-year-old Mexican-American boy, son of a superhero, and grandson of a supervillain; he wants to be a lot good for his father, but being a little bit bad like Granpapi Rivera is too much fun. When he spins his mystical belt buckle, Manny transforms into the brave and powerful El Tigre, who struggles with whether to use his superpowers for good or evil. His super hero 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, shooting out his hand like a grappling hook, 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 bad things but nearly always does good things to make up for it. El Tigre briefly developed a wrong crush on the villain 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. Manny plays a guitar and sings like a famous celebrity in the episodes Manny Sings, What's A Problema?, Snow Day, Zombie Disease, and Cowboy Manny. Now Manny becomes a famous country western lead singer and a guitarist of the band Los Matadores singing their most popular song "Cuidame, Mi Amor Bonita (Ay Queso Del Taquito!)" to Frida Suárez. But, in El Tigre form, he also becomes a famous hard rock lead singer and a guitarist of the band Los Luchadores singing their most popular song "Mami Malvada" to Frida in La Tigresa form.
  • Rodolfo Rivera/White Pantera: The Mexican father of Manny Rivera/El Tigre and son of Grandpapi Rivera/Puma Loco. Pantera can refer to either a panther or to any big cat. 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 locked Manny and Frida in Manny's room with a pizza to be alone with Maria during family dinner night. Notably, he is the only superhero to escape death at the jaws of El Mal Verde.
  • Granpapi Rivera/Puma Loco: The Mexican father of Rodolfo Rivera/White Pantera and Mexican 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), Granpapi 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, similar to how a Transformer (Optimus Prime for example) transforms, and can produce several different weapons 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.
  • Frida Suárez: Frida Suárez is Manny's 12-year-old best friend who's always a good influence on Manny. She is up for anything, even if it gets them in trouble, which can be another problem because of her evil father, Emiliano Suárez. 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 tatoo maker Manny wanted and stole his dad's money, that was for buying guacamole, to purchase. Frida cheered him on like always.) Her arch rival is Zoe Aves who is secretly "Black Cuervo." Frida loves animals and is always with Manny at any time. She was also a Mexican-American girl too. One episode shows Frida becoming a superheroine called La Tigresa, when Manny's belt falls into Frida's hands.

Villains

  • Sartana of the Dead: The most evil and feared super villain in all of Miracle City and Archrival of El Tigre/Manny. 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 former 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 it back. Perhaps the scariest thing is that she can never truly be destroyed and always finds a way to come back to life. Manny and Frida stole the guitar when Manny accidentally killed Zebra Donkey in an attempt to bring him back to life in time for the Zebra Donkey festival.
  • 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 is. 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.
  • General Chapuza: The grave coach of the Calavera soccer team, The Zombies. He, and his grandson, Che, and his entire team appear to be real zombies since they can remove and attach body parts at will. His soccer team apparently beat The Matadors when he and Grandpapi Rivera 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 of Señor Siniestro.
  • Che/El Zombie Tigre: A 13-year-old grandson of General Chapuza. He looks similar to Manny/El Tigre, and is the lead player of a zombie soccer team. In the episode El Zombie Tigre, he makes a replica of Manny's mystical belt, and he turns himself into El Zombie Tigre. In the next episode Zombie Disease, he feels a lot sick with his tummy popped open, and he vomits in a garbage can. And in the episode Rock Star Zombie, he wants to be a young guitar-playing punk rocker, and forms the Calavera zombie band, like a Calavera zombie soccer team, Los Calavera Muertos.
  • Sergio/Señor Siniestro: A 13-year-old Italian-American boy 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. Senor Siniestro is usually found spewing cowboy lingo in an absurdly inaccurate Texas accent while looking for his foe, Manny Rivera. He also is 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 got destroyed by El Tigre.
  • Zoe Aves/Black Cuervo: A Mexican-American 14-year-old girl. Her villain name translates to Black Raven. First appearance: Enter the Cuervo. Zoe's family clan is the Flock of Fury. Just like the Riveras all have Feline alter egos, the Flock of Fury is made up of birdie people. By day she's disinterested in life in general, but when night falls she's Black Cuervo, a take-charge raven-themed super villainess who is much more full of life then the goth Zoe. She is equipped with a laser blaster on her wrist and jet-wings on her back, as well as a sonic device she can use to send out a distress call to signal her family for help. Zoe has an evil mom named La Voltura, and a really evil 11-year-old brother known as Green Aguila. As both Zoe and Black Cuervo, she is Frida Suárez's nemesis. In her first appearance of the series, El Tigre seems to develop a wrong crush on her. It is then revealed that Frida somehow "humiliated" Zoe once but it is never explained. After discovering her plot, he loses interest just as Black Cuervo has developed a crush on him at the end of the episode before Manny hits her with the "Spinning Armadillo", a special move that had taken Manny years to learn. Afterwards, she immediately snaps out of her trance-like state, and calls in her mother and younger brother with her ear blasting call. In Eye Caramba it is known that the Flock of Fury has dated a number of two Rivera men and a 10-year-old Rivera girl. The Flock of Fury was one of the competitors of the Super-Villain Grand Prix and finished last place because of El Tigre.
  • Mrs. Aves/La Voltura: Mother of Zoe Aves/Black Cuervo. Rodolfo Rivera broke up with her in Miracle City College.
  • Orlando Aves/Green Aguila: An 11-year-old brother of Zoe Aves/Black Cuervo. He almost has a crush on Mindy Rivera/La Huelga, but he got dumped by her at Miracle City Elementary School.
  • Diego/Dr. Chipotle, Jr.: 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 Frida and Manny mis-pronouncing or completely messing up his name, such as "Dr. Habanara", "Dr. Paprika" or "Dr. Jalapeño"". He yells out at the word, "DR. CHIPOTLE!!!" One of the show's fans likes it when Dr. Chipotle Jr. says "SWINE!" When angered, he yells out "CHIPOTLE!".
  • Dr. Chipotle, Sr.: Father of Dr. Chipotle, Jr. He was put away 3 Years Ago 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 robotic metal arm and eye like his and is allergic to Churros. He and his son also competed in the Super-Villain Grand Prix and were thrown at the skeleton banditos.
  • Comrade Chaos: A Soviet Union retired supervillain who uses a special hammer and sickle as his weapons.
  • El Tarántula: A Spanish spider-themed retired supervillain.
  • Mano Negra: The preserved head of a 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. These calavera banditos are also some of Sartana of the Dead's minions.
  • Mustache Mafia: Big Man, Knuckles, Tiny & Don Baffi. A group of gangster thugs with the power to use their mustaches as weapons. They can also regenerate their mustaches if they are cut off. Don Baffi's mustache is harder than the other Mustache Mafia members because of its strength and thickness.
  • 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.
  • Maria Rivera: Maria is Manny's Mexican mother, and Rodolfo's Mexican ex-wife. When Manny was young, Maria divorced Rodolfo, because she could not stand him getting hurt as a superhero. She then became a famous Mariachi singer, and traveled the world. Manny and Grandpapi visited her every now and then. Maria loves books, and often brings out a book to prove her point, as well as stating, "It's a fact!" Maria cares a bit for Manny, and often brings him gifts from places she's been to. She's still indifferent about Rodolfo, but respects him. When she was in college, someone gave her a super powered silver glove which would turn her into a wicked supervillainess La Plata Peligrosa, and since its power was too evil, she stored it away in the attic. She, in La Plata Peligrosa form, also appeared in the 2007 MTV virtual music video "Mami Malvada" by a young Mexican hard rock band El Tigre & Los Luchadores.

Minor characters

  • Señor Chapi: The Rivera family parrot. A dirty and tired looking bird, 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 Garcia for not doing his homework in weeks.
  • Principal Tonino: The friendly principal of the school Manny and Frida attend. Unlike Vice-Principal Chakal, he is a good guy and is nice to the students.
  • Raul: 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. Raul eventually left Manny's lip because they agreed that Manny wasn't ready for adulthood. As of Miracle City Undercover, Raul now works for Emiliano as an undercover cop.
  • El Cucharón: A superhero who can control spoons. He was brainwashed by El Oso and Dr. Chipotle Sr. Not anymore, he now helped El Tigre stop the other two villains. He later served as a Celebrant at the wedding of Puma Loco and Sartana of the Dead.
  • Dark Leopard: Manny's ancestor and the 1st Rivera supervillain, he operates a stone mech suit and judging by his appearance, was around in Mesoamerican times. It is unknown if he was the son of the original El Tigre or if it was many generations after El Tigre before other Rivera's became super heroes/villains. He also appeared in the 2007 MTV virtual music video "Mami Malvada" by El Tigre & Los Luchadores, and he's in a Rivera fight.
  • 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. 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. He also appeared in the 2007 MTV virtual music video "Mami Malvada" by El Tigre & Los Luchadores, and he's in a Rivera fight.
  • 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. The suit was used by Grandpapi in "Puma Licito" to save Manny and Frida from El Oso, and to protect his supervillain 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. He also appeared in the 2007 MTV virtual music video "Mami Malvada" by El Tigre & Los Luchadores, and he's in a Rivera fight.
  • 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 passed differences with his son, they both still miss each other. He also appeared in the 2007 MTV virtual music video "Mami Malvada" by El Tigre & Los Luchadores, and he's in a Rivera fight.
  • 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. He also appeared in the 2007 MTV virtual music video "Mami Malvada" by El Tigre & Los Luchadores, and he roars like a big tiger.

Episodes

Main article: List of El Tigre episodes

Cast

Main Cast

Villain Cast

Minor Cast

Video Game Appearances

Though El Tigre Is a new show (aired officially in March 2007) El Tigre has been licensed in 2 video games so far: El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera The Game (El Tigre (video game)), and he is featured in the Nintendo DS Version Of Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots

Trivia

  • The title "El Tigre" is translated into the English words: "The Tiger".
  • El Tigre is Nickelodeon's third Superhero, the first being XJ-9 and the second to Danny Phantom.
  • Manny's eyes are brown, but in his superhero form, his eyes turn green. Like how in Danny Phantom, when his normal eyes are blue, and his ghost eyes are green.
  • 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. The belt buckle is silver,and the fact that the belt is in the middle and there clothings are on the top or bottom.
  • Manny's ability to transform into a superhero is similar to the Japanese toku shows, Kamen Rider, in which the heroes use a belt buckle as a transformation device.
  • Manny and Frida are based on the creators (who are from Tijuana, Mexico) when they were children.
  • 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.
  • Manny and Frida's names may foretell a possible romance. Manny Rivera shares the same surname with Diego Rivera, a famous hispanic artist, and Frida shares her first name with Frida Kahlo, another famous hispanic artist. Diego and Frida were a couple, even though they had some troubles. This is supported in "The Moustache Kid" where it's clear Frida is not pleased by the pretty girls in the car. Also, she blows him a kiss in "The Ballad of Frida Suarez".
  • In "Dia De Los Malos", there was a scene where Santana imagines her power once she combines her Mystic Guitar with the Quetzalcoatl Stone and an explosion occurs. There was a map and the explosion started in the Miami area. This may show where Miracle City is. Though this has happened in other shows and has not been accurate of the real location.
  • During "The Late Manny Rivera," Sergio says "Cry havoc and let slip the cows of war.". This is a goof of Shakepeare's quote: "Cry havoc and let loose the dogs of war."
  • El Tigre runs into Santana 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. And 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 Santana 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, older brother, twin sister and mother as "evil" and his father, his grandmother, his older cousin and younger sister as "good", much like Manny's father, younger sister, older cousin, grandmother and grandfather, mother, older brother, and twin sister.
  • The style of animation bears a close resebelence to Ub Iwerks' style of animation.
  • A running gag is whenever a Rivera decides to do something, they follow with a cry of "This I swear!"
  • Frida, though much of a girly girl, loves weddings. In the episode when Puma Loco is to marry Sartana, she was very girlish.
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