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* [[Eagle Land]]: Mixed Flavor.
* [[Eagle Land]]: Mixed Flavor.
* [[Fan Service]]: Rita, and a few other female characters.
* [[Fan Service]]: Rita, and a few other female characters.
* [[Four Fingered Hands]]
* [[Four-Fingered Hands]]
* [[Gonk]]: The Narrator, in an intentional contrast to his [[Wicked Cultured]] personality (he's broadcasting from a booth while wearing an undershirt and smoking a cigar.)
* [[Gonk]]: The Narrator, in an intentional contrast to his [[Wicked Cultured]] personality (he's broadcasting from a booth while wearing an undershirt and smoking a cigar.)
** Subverted in that he had surgery to look handsome for the woman he loved, only to discover she was ugly too.
** Subverted in that he had surgery to look handsome for the woman he loved, only to discover she was ugly too.
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** Not to mention their votes, which Duke is willing to do anything to get, including murder!
** Not to mention their votes, which Duke is willing to do anything to get, including murder!
* [[Shout Out]]: Several, to both Hispanic and American pop cultures. Most notably, Rita sings at the "Mala Vista Social Club", a reference to the famous [[Buena Vista Social Club]]. (Buena Vista meaning Good Sight, Mala Vista meaning Bad Sight.)
* [[Shout Out]]: Several, to both Hispanic and American pop cultures. Most notably, Rita sings at the "Mala Vista Social Club", a reference to the famous [[Buena Vista Social Club]]. (Buena Vista meaning Good Sight, Mala Vista meaning Bad Sight.)
* [[Star Crossed Lovers]]
* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]
* [[Super Senses]]: José Gabriel has a superhuman sense of taste; it's his only employable skill.
* [[Super Senses]]: José Gabriel has a superhuman sense of taste; it's his only employable skill.
* [[Smug Snake]]: Pete Duke.
* [[Smug Snake]]: Pete Duke.

Revision as of 03:16, 9 January 2014

Nothing says love like being yanked by the arms.

"Simplemente Rita" (Simply Rita) was a very unusual combination of a telenovela (Latin American Soap Opera) and a cartoon show. A scathing parody of Telenovela clichés (as well as of the life of immigrants in the United States), it was produced by a Colombian animation company for the International Telemundo network from 2001 to 2003. It was in Spanish and ran for 30 episodes. It still reruns on some Telemundo affiliates.

The story was about a young woman named Rita who goes to New York City to try to achieve her dream of becoming a famous singer. She falls in love with a clueless former rich brat named José Gabriel who is also an immigrant, and her musical career is manipulated by Pete Duke, a candidate for city mayor who is desperately trying to earn the votes of the Hispanic community. Hilarity Ensues.

You can watch it online (in Spanish) here [1].


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