History Main / MagnificentMoustachesOfMexico

* Creator/CesarRomero, famed for his frequent LatinLover roles, refused to shave off his moustache when playing The Joker on the 60's ''Series/{{Batman}}'' TV show; he painted it over instead.

* During his Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAlliance}}WA TagTeam title days, Chavo Guerrero boasted a most impressive mustache, father Gori, brother Hector ''and'' USA national Al Madril have less impressive but still noticeable staches while they were partnered with him during his many reigns. Fellow Mexicans Halcón and Raúl Mata were masked, and clean shaven, respectively, however. Puerto Rican Victor Rivera also had no noticeable facial hair. His son, Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr, also spent most of his career with a mustache and usually had some other kind of facial hair even when he did not, such as his Wrestling/{{WCW}} beard. He removed all his facial hair when he [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain rejected his Hispanic heritage as "Kerwin White" however]]. Senior has also took to shaving in his later years.
* When they were in the LAX stable in Wrestling/{{TNA}}, both Hector Guerrero and Hernandez had pretty epic 'taches.

This can be a CyclicTrope, particularly when thick mustaches come back into fashion for men of all ethnic groups. If all the "Anglo" characters have thick facial hair, for instance, Mexican characters may go clean-shaven to emphasize their Aztec heritage.

* An infamous Mexican-themed mod for ''VideoGame/DMCDevilMayCry'' gives Dante, Vergil and ''[[GirlsWithMoustaches Kat]]'' magnificent mustaches among other stereotypically Mexican features.

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* Subverted in ''Film/TheMaskOfZorro'' - Diego puts on a fake fancypants moustache when he disguises as Don Diego.
* Also subverted in ''Film/SpyKids3DGameOver'' - Gregorio [amusingly, also played by Banderas] puts on a fake moustache when he goes into Spy mode. He'd shaved it off previously.
* ''Film/BlazingSaddles''. The Mexican banditos signing up for Hedley Lamarr's army have mustaches.
* ''Film/ThreeAmigos''. Most of El Guapo's gang and the men of Santo Poco have mustaches.
* In ''Film/TheTreasureOfTheSierraMadre'', in the scene where the Mexican bandits are asked for their badges they all have mustaches.
* Lots of people in ''Film/OnceUponATimeInMexico''. Also Agent Sands wears several (flamboyantly) fake moustaches.
* In ''Film/NapoleonDynamite'', Pedro sports a mustache, in spite of still being in high school.

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* Creator/StephenColbert's Mexican friend Esteban Colberto is just Stephen in a pastel colored suit and a mustache...
* ''Series/{{Airwolf}}''

* Marco Lopez on ''{{Series/Emergency}}'' beginning in season 2.

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* Chad Warden claiming [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] to be Mexican in his [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fEJRBBni7J8 second video]].

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* The giant Mexican who beats up Rarity in ''[[WebVideo/PONYDotMOV DRESS.MOV]]''.
* Parodied in ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', when Vegeta mentions that Saiyans' hair never changes from the day they are born, save for "beards and mustaches." Goku then has an ImagineSpot of Vegeta with a mustache, complete with him saying the word in a drawn-out Spanish accent, with Spanish guitars playing in the background.

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* Gordito and family in ''Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja''.
** Significant in that Gordito is ''twelve''. He grew it out of [[SpontaneousMustache sheer willpower]] in about ''five seconds'' when the custody agent refused to let him have his late father's guns. It's called "the Mustache of Authority" and it works like the JediMindTrick, allowing him to command the weak willed into obedience.

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* The ''[[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Powerpuff Girls]]'' episode "West in Pieces" takes place in an Old West alternate universe. As such, the [[GreenAndMean Gangreen]] [[TeensAreMonsters Gang]] become a gang of banditos called Gang Verde, complete with Ace and Snake growing mustaches.

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* TruthInTelevision - There HAVE been news articles on the strange moustaches the Mexican police have.
** To be more precise; after various successful films featuring Pedro Infante and Luis Aguilar as leads, a specific set of movies depicted them as Traffic Officers. Even more specifically, they both play rivals/friends motorized traffic officers. Previous to these movies, all police officers were required to conform to military dress code; that meant buzzcut and shaving all facial hair. Legend states that after the movies were a hit with the audiences, the motorized traffic division officers started to grow moustaches mimicking those of both Pedro and Luis; and to this date they still do. It is very rare to see a completely shaven biker cop or even actual police officers. It's expected of them now. Federal Police, Interstate highway police, and the Mexican military still adhere to the full shaven look, however.
* It gets more noticeable the farther back in time you go, with Revolution era moustaches looking very formidable. For some reason though, the Independence and Conquista periods at most have sideburns.
** That's because they weren't Mexicans YET, just angsty Spaniards.
** Actually, they were New-Spain-born Spaniards, thus Creoles. But it wasn't YET Mexico.

* GeraldoRivera has a larger-than-average moustache that's been his trademark for decades – combined with his enormous nose, however, it makes him look more like Groucho Marx.

* The representative Mexican mecha in ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'', called the Tequila Gundam, has a [[RobotHair mustache-like segment ofthe faceplate]].

* Cesar Romero, famed for his frequent LatinLover roles, refused to shave off his moustache when playing The Joker on the 60's ''Series/{{Batman}}'' TV show; he painted it over instead.

* Parodied in ''webVideo/DragonBallZAbridged'', when Vegeta mentions that Saiyans' hair never changes from the day they are born, save for "beards and mustaches." Goku then has an ImagineSpot of Vegeta with a mustache, complete with him saying the word in a drawn-out Spanish accent, with Spanish guitars playing in the background.

** Significant in that Gordito is ''twelve''. He grew it out of [[SpontaneousMustache sheer willpower in about ''five seconds'' when the custody agent refused to let him have his late father's guns. It's called "the Mustache of Authority" and it works like the JediMindTrick, allowing him to command the weak willed into obedience.

** Significant in that Gordito is ''twelve''. He grew it out of sheer willpower in about ''five seconds'' when the custody agent refused to let him have his late father's guns. It's called "the Mustache of Authority" and it works like the JediMindTrick, allowing him to command the weak willed into obedience.
*** Dan McNinja is not of latin descent (Irish, in fact), but he has a similar mustache with the same power of authority.

* In the ''HiHiPuffyAmiYumi'' episode "Ole", which takes place in the HollywoodAtlas Version of Mexico, apparently, everyone dresses like a member of a mariachi band and has (you guessed it) huge mustaches.

* Spanish[=/=]Mexican Magazine/{{MAD}} artist Sergio Aragones still has a luxurious 'stache.

* Also subverted in ''SpyKids 3'' - Gregorio [amusingly, also played by Banderas] puts on a fake moustache when he goes into Spy mode. He'd shaved it off previously.

* The representative Mexican mecha in ''Anime/MobileFighterGGundam'' called the Tequila Gundam had one!

* TruthInTelevision - There HAVE been news articles on the strange mustaches the Mexican police have.
** To be more precise; after various successful films featuring Pedro Infante and Luis Aguilar as leads, a specific set of movies depicted them as Traffic Officers. Even more specifically, they both play rivals/friends motorized traffic officers. Previous to these movies, all police officers were required to comforn to military dress code, that meant buzzcut and shaving all facial hair. Legend states that after the movies were a hit with the audiences, the motorized traffic division officers started to grow mustaches mimicking those of both Pedro and Luis; and to this date they still do, it is very rare to see a completely shaven biker cop or even actual police officers. It's expected of them now. Federal Police, Inteerstate highway police, Army and Navy however, still adhere to the full shaven look.
* It gets more noticeable the farther back in time you go, with Revolution era mustaches looking very formidable. For some reason though, the Independence and Conquista periods at most have sideburns.
** That's because they weren't Mexicans YET, just angsty spaniards.
** Actually, they were New Spain born spaniards, thus Creoles. But it wasn't YET Mexico.
* The Mexican-American congressman Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) sports magnificent mustaches. This wouldn't be a big deal, but his campaign logo is a stylized version of it. Are we electing him or his facial hair?
* Back in the day, Cheech Marin's mustache was worthy of its own ChuckNorris list.
* Cesar Romero, famed for his frequent LatinLover roles, refused to shave off his mustache when playing The Joker on the 60's Batman TV show; he painted it over instead.
* Creator/DannyTrejo technically counts - although from UsefulNotes/LosAngeles, he actually is of Mexican descent.
* GeraldoRivera has a larger-than-average mustache - although, combined with his enormous nose, it makes him look more like Groucho Marx.

* During his Wrestling/{{N|ationalWrestlingAllaince}}WA TagTeam title days, Chavo Guerrero boasted a most impressive mustache, father Gori, brother Hector ''and'' USA national Al Madril have less impressive but still noticeable staches while they were partnered with him during his many reigns. Fellow Mexicans Halcón and Raúl Mata were masked, and clean shaven, respectively, however. Puerto Rican Victor Rivera also had no noticeable facial hair. His son, Wrestling/ChavoGuerreroJr, also spent most of his career with a mustache and usually had some other kind of facial hair even when he did not, such as his Wrestling/{{WCW}} beard. He removed all his facial hair when he [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain rejected his Hispanic heritage as "Kerwin White" however]]. Senior has also took to shaving in his later years.

* When they were in the LAX stable in {{TNA}}, both Hector Guerrero and Hernandez had pretty epic 'taches.
* As mustaches have become less common in the culture generally (they're now seen as more of a [[TheSeventies '70s]] and [[TheEighties '80s thing]]), more wrestlers - including Hispanic ones - are choosing to go clean-shaven unless they also have beards. AlbertoDelRio and Ricardo Rodriguez are the two most prominent examples. Sin Cara doesn't really count either way, since we never see his face.

* Subverted in ''{{Zorro}}'' - Diego puts on a fake fancypants moustache when he disguises as Don Diego.

* In ''SunsetRiders'' only three (unmasked) characters display mustaches, [[RealMenWearPink pink-poncho-wearing]] Mexican Cormano, who pairs it with a beard, and [[DastardlyWhiplash The Smith Brothers]], who are not Mexican, and therefore have to die.

* Cabinet Sanchez in ''{{Spamusement}}.'' ([[http://spamusement.com/index.php/comics/view/20 link]])

* ''ElTigreTheAdventuresOfMannyRivera''.