History ComicStrip / Mafalda

* RantInducingSlight: Libertad's talking about cats. Why do you mention you prefer dogs? She's talking about cats, ''not'' dogs, which do not pertain to the sphere of the current discussion! WHY CAN'T YOU PEOPLE BE ''SIMPLE''?!

** Mafalda's relatives dashing to the pharmacy after someone (usually Mafalda) does or says something that causes someone else to have an (off panel) attack of some sort.

* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Mafalda.
** TheLancer: Felipe.
** TheSmartGuy: Miguelito.
** TheBigGuy: Manolito.
** TheFace:
*** TheChick: Susanita, who is always gossiping.
*** TagalongKid: Guille, with uncanny unability to bring up awkward topics.
** Libertad: TheSixthRanger

* {{Meganekko}}: Mafalda's mother is a grown-up version.

* DoesNotLikeSpam: Mafalda and soup, and in another strip, Guille and mortadella.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Guille and his reactions every time Brigitte Bardot is shown or mentioned.
** When Guille was learning to talk, Mafalda showed him the contents of his diaper when he asked her what her globe was (called)...

* AgonyOfTheFeet: The father, in one strip, due to Mafalda's rather... uncomfortable question.

** As a RunningGag, Felipe's Imagine Spots are immediately followed by a KickTheDog moment where he is brought back to the real world and things work out as the ''exact'' opposite of what he imagined moments ago.

* ShoutOut: Mafalda's visual similarity to ''Nancy'' is lampshaded when Miguelito shows her an issue and asks "Who does this look like?". Judging by Miguelito's reaction, she replied "[[YourMom Your granny!]]"

** Especially with Susanita. In one particularly noteworthy example, she tells Mafalda that it also saddens her to see poor people, and that when they're older, they'll join a cause to help the poor, by organizing fundraising banquets that will serve turkey, chicken, and pork... which is way better than the actual food they would buy the poor with the profits raised: "[[PovertyFood Flour and semolina and pasta]] [[CrossestheLineTwice and all that crap they eat]]."

** Especially with Susanita. In one particularly noteworthy example, she tells Mafalda that it also saddens her to see poor people, and that when they're older, they'll join a cause to help the poor, by organizing fundraising banquets that will serve turkey, chicken, and pork... which is way better than the actual food they would buy the poor with the money raised: "[[PovertyFood Flour and semolina and pasta]] [[CrossestheLineTwice and all that crap they eat]]."

* ArtEvolution: The early strips have a more brisk drawing style, compare to the characters' droopier hair and faces near the end of the strip's run.

''Mafalda'', Argentinian cartoonist Creator/{{Quino}}'s masterpiece, is perhaps the most popular comic strip in the Spanish speaking world. It could be sketchily described as "''{{Peanuts}}'' with politics". Unlike the timeless world Charles Schulz's creations inhabit, Mafalda and her friends are deeply concerned with world politics, war and the state of humanity. The strip ran from 1962 to 1973, with a weeklong hiatus in March 1965 and a longer interruption from December 1967 to June 1968. It's been translated to several languages.

* SingingInTheShower: In a strip, Mafalda's father is belting out "[[Theatre/{{Rigoletto}} La Donna è Mobile]]" while showering... and is greeted by [[ProducePelting tomatoes]] courtesy of Guille as soon as he leaves the shower.

* MeaningfulName: Downplyed with Libertad; played straight with the '''tortoise''' 'Bureaucracy'.

* MeaningfulName: Partially subverted with Libertad; played straight with the '''tortoise''' 'Bureaucracy'.

--> '''Manolito''': (thinking while looking at the sky with an annoyed face): And what does the president, minister or whoever is in charge about it? Nothing, after all, we are here to prevent her of dying of hunger. Go on, lay your heads on your pillows filled with Don Manolo's noodles and sleep well.