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The show was created by comedian Roberto Gomez Bolaños (whose artistic name was ''[[Chespirito]]'', "Little Shakespeare"), along with other classic sketch characters like [[El Chapulin Colorado]]. Chespirito is considered by many to tie Cantinflas as Mexico's greatest comedian, and his sketch comedy shows are beloved amongst the entire Latin American population.

Recently, ''El Chavo'' got an [[Animated Adaptation]] where, for first time, the kids are actually shorter than the adults. La Chilindrina does not appear here either, due to copyright disputes from her actress who owns the rights.

 

* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Doña Clotilde

* [[Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] in many episodes.

* [[The Danza]]: Florinda Meza as Doña Florinda, Ramón Valdés as Don Ramón and Maria Antonieta de las Nieves as Doña Nieves.

** Chespirito liked to do this, because he felt the actors would be more connected to their characters this way. Same went for many of them when they played extras in ''[[El Chapulin Colorado]]'', which used the same cast.

* [[Deathbringer the Adorable]]: Doña Clotilde has the very bad habit of naming her puppies "Lucifer" or "Satan". This, of course, scares the crap out of the overhearing kids, who already believed her to be a witch.

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]

** There's an episode where Chavo says he has a friend who looks just like him and makes up names until he firmly comes to Chente. It's never clear if he's talking about an imaginary friend, a street pet or himself.

* [[Nonverbal Miscommunication]]

* [[Not Important to This Episode Camp]]: The vencidad tenants went to Acapulco for a vacation. When [[The Landlord]], [[Meaningful Name|Señor Barriga]], learned this from El Chavo, he decided to go there as well and, taking pity from El Chavo, takes him as well. Señor Barriga's son, Ñoño, was at a boy scout camp at the moment and, aside from when his Dad mentioned this as an explanation not to take him to Acapulco, wasn't mentioned in the whole story arc.

* [[Not That There's Anything Wrong with That]]: played both straight and in a non homosexual version.

 

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