El Chavo del Ocho (TV Series 1972–1983) Poster

(1972–1983)

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Sex & Nudity

  • Two characters every time they see each other they will get their faces very close to each other, but never kiss.

Violence & Gore

  • When a person is entering the vecindad they most of the times get hit by El Chavo and the characters might faint, but no blood has ever been seen.
  • An old man hits El Chavo a bunch of times very hard on the head for comedy for whenever El Chavo is misbehaving.
  • Heck a lot of comic slapstick violence.
  • El Chavo hits Quico when this bothers him, the same happens with the Chilindrina with Quico or with El Chavo
  • The episode "Don Ramon Carpenter (Don Ramon carpintero)" of 1972 is the only violent episode one in the series compared to others.
  • It features lots of slapstick humor and runnings gags. Some of which slapstick-type include hitting, punching and falling is frequent.
    • Slapping comedy
    • A woman slaps a man repeatedly, and in some episodes the same woman hits the man until he is bruised or wounded (The action takes place off camera. Only sound effects are heard and the afterwards is seen)

Profanity

  • Name-calling like ¨gordo (fat)¨,¨tinajo desparramado (scattered ¨tinaco¨)¨,¨bruto (stupid)¨ and ¨vieja pegona (hag ¨pegona¨)¨.
  • El Chavo says to Mr. Barriga constantly ¨tinaco desparramado (scattered ¨tinaco¨)¨, ¨gordo (fat)¨ and ¨pelota (ball)¨ due to his fatness, this is considered name-calling that Mr. Barriga dislike him.
  • Mild language like ¨mocoso (brat)¨, ¨idiota (idiota)¨ and ¨imbécil (moron)¨.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Some characters are sometimes drinking and sometimes characters might act drunk just for humor.
  • Some characters are seen smoking repeatedly.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Some sad scenes. TV-G level.
  • Official rating: USA: TV-G; Mexico: A; Brazil: Livre; Worldwide: All.

Spoilers

The Parents Guide items below may give away important plot points.

Violence & Gore

  • There was a canceled series finale where El Chavo would jump in front of a moving car to save another kid, but this was denied as Chespirito's daughter told him that this ending would lead kids to commit suicide.

Profanity

  • The kids (sometimes adults) give a nickname to Cleotilde called "La bruja del 71 (The Witch of 71)", however, Cleotilde considers it an insult.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • In the episode "El Ratero de la Vecindad", Quico goes to the barrel of Chavo and picks up an iron that had been stolen by Señor Hurtado. Dón Ramon and Doña Clotilde begin to think that Chavo was the one who stole the iron. When Chavo arrives in the vecindad, all the neighbors begin to accuse him unjustly, shouting "¡Ratero!" (in English, "Thief"). Chavo, distressed, takes a bundle and leaves the vecindad. This scene can be very emotional and touching for some people.

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