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The show stars Manuel "Manny" Garcia, a Hispanic handyman living in the fictional town of [[Punny Name|Sheet Rock Hills]]. He's aided in his repairs by [[Everything Talks|his team of talking tools]]: Dusty the saw, Pat the hammer, Felipe the Phillips head screwdriver, Turner the slotted screwdriver, Rusty the <s> pipe</s> monkey wrench, Stretch the tape measure, Squeeze the pliers, and recent addition Flicker the flashlight. The rest of Sheet Rock Hills is filled out by an ever-growing list of inhabitants, both friends and return customers of Manny's, and several one-off customers appearing in a single given episode.

* [[Friendship Moment]]: Several.

* [[Good Samaritan]]: A "hero" example, in Manny, to the point where in the episode "A Very Handy Holiday" he and the tools missed a Christmas party because he kept stopping to help [[A Friend in Need|friends]] on the way.

* [[Grumpy Bear]]: Turner.

* [[Halloween Episode]]: "Halloween", obviously.

* [[Hard Work Montage]]: The repair of the day is often shown like this, set against the once-an-episode song "We Work Together".

** Penn Jillette of [[Penn & Teller]] appears at one point.

* [[Hiccup Hijinks]]: "Felipe's Hiccups"

* [[The Chessmaster]]: Mrs. Portillo manipulates Manny into taking a needed day off in one episode.

* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: An early episode ends with Manny playing the theme song's melody on a guitar.

* [[Unnamed Parent|Unnamed Grandparent]]: Manny's grandfather is universally referred to as "Abuelito" (the familiar term for "grandfather" in Spanish), even by characters not related to him.

* [[You Are the Translated Foreign Word]]: This happens a lot with Spanish words.