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El Chavo

• The Artful Dodger: In his best moments
• Book Dumb
• Five-Finger Discount
• The Klutz

"Fue sin querer queriendo..."

• 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

• 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

Don Ramón: (hits El Chavo with Kung Foley bell in background) ¡TOMA! 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.