El Chavo del Ocho/Characters

El Chavo
""Fue sin querer queriendo...""
 * The Artful Dodger: In his best moments
 * Book Dumb
 * Five-Finger Discount
 * The Klutz


 * Incorruptible Pure Pureness
 * Parental Abandonment: According to the tie-in books, he actually ran away from what's all but stated to be an Orphanage of Fear.
 * Seven Minute Lull: He's often caught during one of these while referring to Profesor Jirafales as "Maestro Longaniza".
 * Street Urchin

Federico aka Quico

 * Book Dumb
 * Disappeared Dad: He explains in the tie-in book that his father, Federico, was a sea captain who went down with his ship, which is implied in the series when his father makes an appearance in a flashback in one episode (also played by Carlos Villagrán).
 * The Ditz
 * First Name Ultimatum: If Florinda calls him "Federico", it's because she's PISSED at him.
 * Small Name, Big Ego
 * Spoiled Brat: His mother spoils him rotten
 * Too Dumb to Live: A lot of times.

La Chilindrina

 * Cunning Like a Fox
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Manipulative Bitch
 * Meganekko
 * Puppy Love: With El Chavo (at least, since her perspective)
 * The Trickster

Don Ramón
"Don Ramón: (hits El Chavo with Kung Foley bell in background) ¡TOMA!
 * Butt Monkey
 * The Danza: played by Ramón Valdéz
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold
 * New Job Episode
 * Parental Substitute: To El Chavo, most of the time.
 * Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?
 * Would Hurt a Child

El Chavo: Pipipipipipipipipipipi...

Don Ramón: (after mocking El Chavo's crying) ¡Y no te doy otra no más porque...!"


 * He also often twists one of Quico's arms whenever the latter annoys him enough.

Doña Florinda

 * Chastity Couple: With Profesor Jirafales
 * The Danza: played by Florinda Meza
 * Fallen Princess: She was kicked out of her rich family for having married beneath her station, and they also refused support when she was widowed
 * My Beloved Smother: Explains a LOT about Quico
 * Small Name, Big Ego
 * Tsundere: Very tsun-tsun with Don Ramón, but becomes dere-dere around Profesor Jirafales.
 * Playing Gertrude: In the first season, she was played by 22-year-old Florinda Meza.
 * Widow Woman

Profesor Jirafales

 * Chastity Couple: With Doña Florinda
 * The Comically Serious
 * Only Sane Man (along with Sr. Barriga)
 * Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness
 * Stern Teacher
 * Straight Man

Doña Cleotilde

 * Abhorrent Admirer: To Don Ramón.
 * Christmas Cake
 * Impoverished Patrician: Like Florinda, only that instead of being thrown out for marrying a poor man, she left her family because she didn't want to be the spinster aunt.
 * Stalker With a Crush

Señor Barriga

 * Acting for Two: Edgar Vivar, Barriga's actor, also played Ñoño, Barriga's son.
 * Butt Monkey
 * Chew Toy
 * The Comically Serious
 * Fat Bastard: Averted, he's more of a Jerk With a Heart of Gold.
 * Only Sane Man: Along with Profesor Jirafales
 * Punny Name: "Barriga" is an actual surname in Mexico, but it's also Spanish for "belly", which is Sr. Barriga's most distinguishing trait.