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{{quote| ''"¡Tenía que ser El Chavo del Ocho!"''("It had to be El Chavo del Ocho!")}}
 
Legendary Mexican [[Sit ComSitcom]] (and staple of popular culture) about a little orphan boy and his quirky neighborhood. Famous for casting adults as little children. This lets the show get away with having many rather awful things happen to the kids without it being too horrifying, since they're really adults and playing parodies of kids, anyway.
 
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.
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* [[Animated Adaptation]]
* [[Armor-Piercing Slap]]: Doña Florinda is a master of this.
* [[Artifact Title]]: The "del Ocho (8)" part of "El Chavo del Ocho" was there merely to promote the fact that the show aired on Canal 8 (Channel 8). At some point, [[Channel Hop|the show moved to Canal 2]] and the series title was shortened to "El Chavo", but the character was still mentioned with his "last name" in the show and an [[In -Universe]] reason was given that it meant he actually lived in the (never seen) Apartment 8, rather than the barrel he uses as hideout. In syndication, the title is always "El Chavo", yet the show is still most commonly known by the full name.
* [[As Himself]]: The actors have often commented how Don Ramón was pretty much Ramón Valdés without a stable income.
* [[Aside Glance]]: Done a lot, by everyone, usually in reaction to something stupid another charater has said.
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* [[Bottle Episode]]
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Not used as part of the show's humor. Is usually used in two-part episodes for telling the viewers that the story will continue in the next episode.
* [[Brother Chuck]]: Quico and Don Ramón, given a certain amount of time after [[Put Onon a Bus|their departures]].
* [[Brutal Honesty]]: El Chavo (being excessively naive) and the other kids (being meaner or just plain stupid) are specially prone to this.
* [[Building of Adventure]]: the neighbourhood of the "Vecindad".
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** Though Quico is not without strokes of [[Ted Baxter]]. Blame his doting mother for that.
* [[Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off]]: Don Ramón.
** [[Caught Withwith Your Pants Down]]: Literally. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilarity Ensued!]]
* [[Double Entendre]]
* [[Double Take]]
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* [[From the Mouths of Babes]]
* [[Full Name Ultimatum]]: Although it almost never happens, Kiko knows he's in trouble if Doña Florinda ever refers to him as "Federico".
* [[Fun Withwith Acronyms]]: Done once when the kids went on "Strike",
{{quote| '''Prof.Jirafales''': ¿Qué significa E.M.P.L? <ref>What does "E.M.P.L" stands for?</ref><br />
'''Chilindrina''': '''E'''xigimos '''D'''erechos '''P'''ro '''L'''ibertad.<ref>We Demand Rights In favor of Freedom</ref><br />
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** Averted with Patty, who wears a ponytail.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: This is for the English dub of the animated series, commissioned by Bang Zoom for Kabillion. [[Mona Marshall]] is El Chavo, [[Yuri Lowenthal]] is Ñoño ([[Dub Name Change|renamed Junior]]), and [[Kate Higgins]] is La Popis (Phoebe).
** In [[Latin America]] Sr. Barriga also provides the voice of [[Ratatouille|Auguste Gusteau]] and [[Up (Animationanimation)|Dug]]
* [[Hit Me Dammit]]
* [[How Much Did You Hear?]]
* [[Hurricane of Puns]]
* [[Human Hummingbird]]: El Chavo gives a nice live-action interpretation of the trope whenever he's excited about something.
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'''Quico''': But you're not a dirty-mouth! }}
* [[I Was Just Joking]]
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: Even Doña Florinda gets [[Pet the Dog]] moments here and there.
** It is heavily implied that the only reason why El Chavo survives [[Tear Jerker|is because the entire adult cast takes turns to feed him and shelter him,]] [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|despite their own poverty]].
** Don Ramón used to play this trope often, being mean and grumpy to Chavo but then sharing what little food he had with Chavo or lending him a hand when everything seemed lost for the kid. In one episode Chavo wondered who was leaving empty plates on his barrel, until a night he discovered that Don Ramón was sleepwalking and leaving (what he believed on his dreams) a feast for Chavo to eat.
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* [[Not Allowed to Grow Up]]: Subverted; the kids are played by adults from the very beginning.
* [[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 Withwith That]]: played both straight and in a non homosexual version.
** [[Just for Pun|Shouldn't that be "both straight and ''in'' a homosexual version"?]]
* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: Every time Don Ramón tries to stop the kids from doing something dangerous or annoying (especially Quico), it would always be at the worst possible time: Doña Florinda would arrive at the last second, and Quico would come crying to her and blame it on him. When Don Ramón tries to explain the situation, [[Cassandra Truth|Doña Florinda doesn't believe it anyway]] (or care to listen) and slaps him.
* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: [[Played for Laughs|Played for laughs]] sometimes with El Chavo.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Señor Barriga and Profesor Jirafales.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Kiko and La Chilindrina are orphaned of one of their parents (Kiko's dad died when the ship that he was captain of sunk; Chilindrinas's mom has a classic [[Death Byby Childbirth]]). Unfortunately for Chilindrina, Don Ramón eventually just disappears as well. El Chavo has never met his parents, and (according to [[All There in the Manual|a suplementary novel]]) the only person who raised him is already dead; while he is rarely prone to remind people of his orphanhood, it becomes a harsh remark when he does.
** In one episode Doña Florinda asks Chilindrina why her father disappeared, and she answers he went off to look for a job and promised to never return until he gets one. He never returned.
* [[Parents Asas People]]: all the parents who appear in the show. They love their kids, but both their poverty and their deeply flawed personalities cause a lot of hidden harm in them. All of that played for laughs.
* [[Perpetual Poverty]]
* [[Pie in Thethe Face]]: Subverted. The pies were made with shaving cream.
* [[Playing Sick]]: La Chilindrina often attempts this to avoid school.
* [[Plot Tumor]]
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* [[Product Placement]]: their spinoff products.
* [[Punny Name]]: Profesor Jirafales (Jirafa being the Spanish word for Giraffe).
* [[Put Onon a Bus]]: La Chilindrina, Don Ramón and Kiko. Chilindrina managed to return (María Antonieta de las Nieves had been given a show for herself in another network, but it was shortly cancelled). Carlos Villagrán departed over creative differences, and was explained away as having been sent to live with wealthy relatives<ref>Because he couldn't stand "la chusma" any longer.</ref>. Ramón Valdés left to work with Villagrán; within the show, he was supposed to have left to look for work abroad. Given Don Ramón's work-shy disposition, it was to be understood that he was being [[Put Onon a Bus]] forever. And then, the actor died of lung cancer (lampshaded in a late episode when Chilindrina, after seeing Chavo get special treatment, remarks that she is also an orphan.)
* [[Reality Subtext]]: many of the cast departures were for internal personality clashes.
* [[Real Song Theme Tune]]: The show uses Jean Jacques Perrey's "The Elephant Never Forgets" as its theme tune, which in turn is an arrangement of Beethoven's Turkish March (aka ''Marcia Alla Turca'').
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* [[The Smart Guy]]: Profesor Jirafales
* [[Transplant]]: Profesor Jirafales originated in an early Chespirito sketch, "Los supergenios de la mesa cuadrada".
* [[True Art Is Incomprehensible]]: In-universe exapmle with El Chavo's [[You Cannot Grasp the True Form|Ximporinfora]]. [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"|However you spell it.]]
** Its written for, at least in Portuguese, is "[[Perfectly Cromulent Word|Chinfurínfula]]".
*** [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"|Are you sure?]]
* [[Tsundere]]: Chilindrina, type B.
** Doña Florinda, Type A. She's [[Almighty Mom|harsh and outspoken]], but adores Kiko and the mere sight of Jirafales makes her go all mushy.
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