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The whole idea behind the show was [[Work Com|seeing how disastrous things could get on-air and off-air, with characters fighting each other]], and [[Only Sane Employee|Juanín]] trying to get everyone to do their things.

 

 

Unfortunately, it was [[Too Good to Last]], only spawning 3 seasons and [[The Movie|a movie]].

 

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* [[Adult Child]]: The whole adult cast.

* [[All in The Manual]]: Several stuff like the backstory of the characters or the name of some [[No Name Given|unnamed characters]] are only given in merchandising or interviews that the characters do in magazines, but never in the show.

* [[Alliterative Name]]: Tulio Triviño, Juanín Juan Harry, Balón Von Bola

* [[Animeland]]: In 'Japonés'.

* [[Art Shift]]: The little bumpers that open and close Policarpo's Ranking Top are in 3D.

** In 'El video', the last blooper shown is a parody of an infamous leaked [[Hilarious Outtakes|blooper reel]] of the Chilean TV show 'El mundo del Profesor Rossa'.

* [[Automobile Opening]]

* [[Back to Front]]: The song "Severlá".

* [[Big Bad]]: Cachirula in [[The Movie]].

* [[Christmas Miracle]]: [[Invoked Trope|Invoked]] at the end of the [[Christmas Episode]]): after forgiving Juan Carlos Bodoque for losing everyone's gifts at the horse racings, everyone expected to be rewarded with more free gifts. After claiming to "have learned their lesson" and asking "Hey, where are our gifts?" a few times, everyone gets crushed under a rain of gifts, which culminated with Santa Claus himself popping out from nowhere to fall over the characters.

* [[Clip Show]] Penultimate episode of each season

** "Panashiva" is a ''real'' brand of cheap and shoddy electronics sold in Chile during the early 2000's.

* [[Contest Winner Cameo]]: The voices of the kid version of the main characters in [[The Movie]] were the winners of a contest.

* [[Continuity Nod]]

* [[Couch Gag]] / [[Logo Joke]]: From season 2 onwards, a little pig-esque finger puppet named Carlitos Lechuga attemps to tell an Aesop under the [[Vanity Plate|Aplaplac logo after the closing credits]], only for [[Logo Joke|the logo]] or [[Ass Pull|something else]] to [[They Killed Kenny|hurt him badly]]. He gets his revenge during a (surprisingly long) Matrix-esque montage, where the Aplaplac logo transforms into a humanoid mecha, but Carlitos dodges every attack, kicks the mecha in the shins and sends him running away, crying.

* [[Crazy Memory]]: Balón Von Bola

* [[Cross-Dressing Voices]]

* [[Crossover Punchline]]: 'Coanimadora' with {{spoiler|the actual midnight news program of the channel, Medianoche}}.

* [[Depraved Kids' Show Host]]: Tío Horacio, although he's the same on and off stage.

* [[Development Gag]]: In 'El fin del mundo', the clip shown of how Tulio was before committing plastic surgery was actually footage of an unaired pilot.

* [[Dreaming of a White Christmas]]: Parodied in 'Calurosa Navidad'(Hot Christmas) where a group of hot, tired and unconfortable people disguised as Santa Claus sings about the problem of celebrating Christmas during summer.

* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Juanín and Balón made cameos on the background of the studio one episode before their formal appearance.

* [[Edutainment Show]] : Played for laughs and then played straight with Juan Carlos Bodoque's segments, where he talks about ecology, the effects of pollution and the theft of Chilean's archeologic treasures.

** Also played during Calcetín Con Rombos Man's segments, where the super-hero talks about Children's Rights after solving a crisis that involved one or two rights being trampled.

* [[Everything Talks]]: is assumed that ''all'' the objects in the show are sentient, save when the plot requires otherwise.

* [[Executive Meddling]]: In [[Real Life]], Patana was added to the show because in focus group made by the channel they pointed that the show needed a "permanent female character". Her name, which translates as 'she-bumpkin', reflects the initial lack of enthusiasm by the crew.

* [[Fluffy Cloud Heaven]]: In 'Alcancía'.

* [[Four-Fingered Hands]]

* [[Fun Size]]: Carlitos Lechuga.

* [[Funny Background Event]]: Anything the tramoyas do at the background of the set.

* [[Furry Confusion]]: Mario Hugo is a dog of some kind, yet he has many dogs as mascots.

** He confirms he's a chihuahua in one episode.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: The song called 'Doggy Style', which actually talks about a party held by Mario Hugo's pet dogs at his house. Subverted when a local newspaper warned about kids [[The Internet Is for Porn|finding naughty stuff when looking for the song title on the web]].

'''Tulio (visibly upset):''' "... Thanks, Juan Carlos." }}

* [[God in Human Form|God In Puppet Form]]: And a very ugly one, with a terrible taste on music.

* [[Gratuitous English]]: "They Cut Wrong my Hair"

* [[Half-Hour Comedy]]

* [[Hand Puppet]]: Taken to its [[Logical Extreme]]: using socks (or whatever object) without even putting a minimal effort to convert them into sock puppets. This was particularly noted in the earlier episodes.

* [[Handsome Lech]]: Bodoque

* [[He Also Did]]: Few people is aware that Rodrigo Salinas, who plays Ratoncito and El Dostor on ''El club de la comedia'', also voiced Juanín and Mario Hugo in this show.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Sr. Manguera, the owner of the channel, is voiced by Fernando Solís, who serves as announcer in several Latin American commercials and radio and TV channels.

* [[High-Pressure Blood]]

* [[Hilarious Outtakes]]: Fake ones are shown in 'El Video' and in reports about the [[Soap Within a Show|channel telenovela.]] Actual ones appear on DVD.

* [[Hypocritical Humor]] : The show ran on this.

* [[Instrumental Theme Tune]]: A version [[With Lyrics]] called 'Yo nunca vi televisión' is used in-show.

* [[Kaiju]]: The Sasquatch.

* [[Keeping Secrets Sucks]]

* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: The whole cast most of the time, but averted with Tulio.

* [[Loony Fan]]: Calcetín con Hongos Man.

* [[Long-Lost Relative]]: {{spoiler|Mario Hugo's}} mom in 'La mamá'.

* [[Made of Explodium]]: Maguito

* [[Mind Screw]]: Parodied with the Japanese “News segment” in ‘Japonés’ which consists of people dancing in slow motion, while some sad music and a ''lot'' of japanese words (including some random stats) fly through the screen. After the segment is over, we get to see Tulio staring at the camera, as if what he he just saw had fried his brain.

* [[Mood Whiplash]]: In one episode, Calcetín Con Rombos Man discovers that some products with his image are being sold without his consent (and at very expensive prices, to boot) so he decides to track the source and discovers they are being manufacturated on a ship anchored on international waters, by one of the show's recurrent villains, who claims to have reformed and decided to make hero merchandise out of admiration for the man who showed him the light.

Calcetín Con Rombos Man is initially flattered and happy to see an old foe reforming, until he discovers that his products are being manufacturated by children. ''Slave children'', forced to work on inhuman conditions, being fed just once a week and forced to drink alcohol to keep them quiet and obedient. He promptly releases the children and takes them to an [[Orphanage of Love]].

* [[Mundane Made Awesome]]: Several songs featured in the show. The best example probably is "Mi equilibrio espiritual" ("My spiritual balance") by Freddy Turbina, [[Crowning Music of Awesome|a song about how awesome and admired he has become since he finally learned to ride a bike without training wheels]].

* [[Musical Episode]]: Last episode of each season, although they are actually [[Clip Show|clip shows]] of all the music videos of the season, and usually a new song.

* [[News Parody]]: Faux News variation

* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: Several characters share traits with analogous Chilean media personalities, although [[Word of God|the creators]] [[Denied Parody|denies they were intended as parodies]].

* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: The song 'Papá, te quiero' literally translates as 'Dad, I love you', but in the lyrics is told in the sense of "Dad, I want you [to do me favors]".

* [[No Title]]: The episodes were officially untitled until they were [[All in The Manual|released to DVD]].

** [[Ascended Fanon]]: The titles of the first two seasons were taken from a fan website.

* [[Once Per Episode]]: "¿Qué te pasa, Policarpo?", which translates to "What's happening to you, Policarpo?".

* [[Overly Long Gag]]: In 'El secreto', about one minute of the characters astounded staring silent after discovering Policarpo's secret. (He's bald, his hair is actually a wig)

* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: Every mention of Calcetí­n Con Rombos Man is followed by everyone turning to the camera while a snippet from Calcetín con Rombos Man's [[Leitmotif]] is played. In one episode his leimotiff is played so many times that Calcetín Con Rombos Man yells at the musics to stop playing it, and the musics themselves grab their instruments and walk away, offended.

* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Lulo Serrucho in his episode.

* [[Photo Montage]]: The credits of 'No te vayas, Juanín', with photos of a party at Juanín's house.

* [[Piggy Bank]]: Patana tries to break one until the piggy bank start running.

* [[Present Day]]

* [[Product Placement]]: Parodied in 'Cebollas'.

* [[Protest Song]]: Parodied with Guaripolo's 'Mala'.

* [[Punny Name]]: Joe Pino. His name is pronounced the same way as "yo opino" ("I think that..."), and he's the guy who's always opining on anything.

* [[Puppet Permutation]] / [[Humanity Ensues]]: Naturally [[Inverted Trope|inverted]] in 'La amenaza Siluria III" where [[Moment of Awesome|the main crew are turned briefly into their voice actors]].

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Huachimingo says to have been hidden for 1.500 years.

* [[Saving the World]]: In 'Maguito explosivo' and the 'La Amenaza Siluria' [[Story Arc]].

'''Cirilo Pila''': "Because I saw it in a movie once..." }}

* [[Screams Like a Little Girl]]: [[It Runs in The Family|Everyone in Tulio's family]] ''yawns'' this way.

* [[Shout-Out]]: And ''how''!

* [[Snap Back]]: Several episodes end with the cast fired or working at something completely different.

* [[The Collector of the Strange]]: Huachimingo collecting fluffs.

* [[The Ditz]]: Tulio.

* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: Besides 2 female chars in the first few episodes, Patana is the only female character in the main cast.

* [[This Looks Like a Job For Aquaman]]: In 'Maguito explosivo'.

* [[Throw It In]]: At the end of 'Monstruo Chupachupa' due to a Spanish [[Gender Vocabulary Slip]]:

'''Tulio''': Ah, well, yes… }}

* [[Traumatic Haircut]]: The song 'Me cortaron mal el pelo'.

* [[Two for One Show]]

* [[Vacation Episode]]: 'Vacaciones', which behaves like an ordinary episode but showing [[Busman's Holiday]] clips of the characters instead of news.

* [[Verbal Tic]]: Policarpo’s “Top Top Top…”.

* [[Villain Song]]: Cachirula attems to sign one in [[The Movie]], but can’t because her [[Cool Chair|flying chair]] [[Musicalis Interruptus|malfunctions]]. The complete version was done later for an advertisement.

* [[Visual Pun]]

* [[Vocal Evolution]]

* [[Vox Pops]]: The “Encuesta” segment.

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