History Series / Carrusel

%% * FiveManBand- La Patrulla Salvadora:
%% ** TheHero: Daniel
%% ** TheLancer: Pablo
%% ** TheBigGuy: Jaime
%% ** TheSmartGuy: David
%% ** TheChick: Cirilo, Mario
%% ** TheSixthRanger: Adrian, Kokimoto
%% ** SixthRangerTraitor: Jorge
%% * FiveManBand- The Girls:
%% ** TheHero: Valeria
%% ** TheLancer: Maria Joaquina
%% ** TheBigGuy: Laura
%% ** TheSmartGuy: Carmen
%% ** TheChick: Marcelina, Margarita
%% ** TheSixthRanger: Alicia, Bibi

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Although the series always had a few childlike elements, the earliest episodes were a lot more down to earth and mature but after the character of Adriano became more well developed, the series started to incorporate more fantasy and pop culture references to the point that some episodes felt like an entirely different series.

* MenActWomenAre: The female child characters constantly rely on their male peers to solve their problems and are usually worried about their looks(except for Alicia who is the token tomboy character but even her fit the trope at times) while the male child characters are more proactive and involved in the adventures, this is particularly obvious in the episodes where Maria Joaquina is kidnapped. However, things get better in later episodes, the spin off show and the movies as they tend to depict the girls as being more adventurous and less dependent on the boys while the boys’ desire for being tough was tuned down.

* MenActWomenAre: The female child characters constantly rely on their male peers to solve their problems and are usually worried about their looks(except for Alicia who is the token tomboy character but even her fit the trope at times) while the male child characters are more proactive and involved in the adventures, this is particularly obvious in the episodes where Maria Joaquina is kidnapped. However, things get better in later episodes, the spin off show and the movies tend to depict the girls as being more adventurous and less dependent on the boys while the boys’ desire for being tough was tuned down.

* MenActWomenAre: The female child characters constantly rely on their male peers to solve their problems and are usually worried about their looks(except for Alicia who is the token tomboy character but even her fit the trope at times) while the male child characters are more proactive and involved in the adventures, this is particularly obvious in the episodes where Maria Joaquina is kidnapped.However, things better in later episodes, the spin off show and the movies tend to depict the girls as being more adventurous and less dependent on the boys while the boys’ desire for being tough was tuned down.

* MenActWomenAre: The female child characters constantly rely on their male peers to solve their problems and are usually worried about their looks(except for Alicia who is the token tomboy character but even her fit the trope at times) while the male child characters are more proactive and involved in the adventures, this is particularly obvious in the episodes where Maria Joaquina is kidnapped.
However, things better in later episodes, the spin off show and the movies tend to depict the girls as being more adventurous and less dependent on the boys while the boys’ desire for being tough was tuned down.

* MenActWomenAre: The female child characters constantly rely on their male peers to solve their problems and are usually worried about their looks(except for Alicia who is the token tomboy character but even her fit the trope at times) while the male child characters are more proactive and involved in the adventures, this is particularly obvious in the episodes where Maria Joaquina is kidnapped and when Valeria and the girls try to hide a baby from her biological mother.

* StayAtTheKitchen: The boys’ attitude towards the girls.

* StayAtKitchen: The boys’ attitude towards the girls.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: A class full of kids, their parents, teachers...

* {{Meganekko}}: Valeria. Lampshaded when other kids nickname her "cuatro-ojos" ("four eyes") and "anteojuda" ("glasses girl").

* PlotHole: When Valeria sneaks out the baby girl nicknamed Pelusita, she asks her friends Laura and Jaime for help with sneaking her in to the abandoned house where La Patrulla Salvadora meets. They are just two of her friends... why just the two of them? Why not her boyfriend David, if they were not broken up at the time? To a not so obvious extent- why not Carmen, Marcelina, or Alicia, since they are all prudent girls who would have been just as helpful? I am guessing Laura and Jaime may have been Valeria's neighbors and thus may have been handier in sneaking her in- while David lived in a very different neighborhood which was likelier further away. But it was never stated why.

* SocietyMarchesOn: In the 2012 remake, it is perfectly acceptable for Alicia to wear a cap and play football. In the 1989 original, Valeria was deemed to be the tomboy of the bunch simply because she was not afraid of mice- never mind she was romantic, dramatic, and liked dolls, celebrity gossip, soap operas, and romance novels as much as the other girls did.
** Suzana wears trousers to teach school. In the original, none of the female teachers ever wore pants- at least not to work.

* GenkiGirl: Valeria Ferrer, always perky and optimistic.

* SchoolFestival: Cirilo's family brings nopales.

* WickedStepmother: Mario's stepmother was like this at the beginning.

%%* FatGirl: Laura

Carrusel (Spanish for "Merry-Go-round") is a popular Mexican SoapOpera that aired during 1989-1990. It revolved around a teacher and her 2nd grade class. Remake of the Argentinian soap opera ''Señorita Maestra'' ("Miss Teacher")

"Merry-Go-round": Popular Mexican SoapOpera airing during 1989-1990. Revolved around a teacher and her 2nd grade class. Remake of the Argentinian soap opera ''Senorita Maestra'' (Miss Teacher.)

* CatchPhrase: "Me hierve la cabeza" ("My head is boiling") by Jaime.

* TomboyishPonytail: Played with.

** To a lesser extent, Jaime. In the original, he was obese. In the remake, he is just a little stronger and sturdier than the other boys. Adriano may even be proportionally heavier than Jaime!
* AdaptationDyeJob: Daniel is no longer a redhead (does not really affect the plot). Adriano is now blond (ditto). Maria Joaquina is no longer blonde- in the original, her blonde hair was a plot point. Davi now has dark hair- which is a stereotypical Semitic feature. Kokimoto's hair is not jet black.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the original, Suzana was just an ordinary substitute teacher whom the kids had mistaken as evil, and in the end, found out she was actually as nice as Ximena. However, in the remake, she IS evil and tries to do anything in her power to make Ximena's life miserable.
** To a lesser extent, Principal Oliva and Teacher Matilde. In the original, Srta. Orraca was a very tough principal, but never held any grudge against Ximena or the kids. In the remake, Oliva is very greedy, she tries to appease the rich kids just so she can earn money, and constantly tries to fire Ximena, with Matilde being her sidekick.

* FlanderiZation:
** In the original, Adrian is shown asleep during the opening sequence, but otherwise does not get much character development or any storylines (though at least he does get a full name). In the remake, Adriano's sleepiness is lampshaded in the intro with illustrations and all!
** In the original, Carmen may have been one of the smartest students in the class, and hoped to someday go to university and have a career- but there was much more to her than just this, such as her being tender and good with people. In the remake, Carmen gets to wear the eyeglasses (instead of Valeria), and has a book in her intro during the OP, so her academic intelligence is an even bigger plot point.
** Davi wears a yarmulke in the remake, and has a Star of David as part of his intro. In the original, David was more of a case of Informed Judaism- showing up only when necessary (for example, when he and Valeria wondered how to raise their future children).
** Maria Joaquina was haughty in the original, but she was never truly cruel. In the remake, she is sadistic towards others.

* XenaFication: Alicia is now the tomboy, who wears a cap and likes playing football. In the original, she was a prudent, sensible girl whose only plotline involved her having appendicitis- and enjoying the flowers Mario brought her when she was in the hospital.

* AerithAndBob: Not inside the soap opera per se. But Carrusel is an remake of Senorita Maestra. The teacher in Senorita Maestra was named Jacinta Pichimahuida (very unusual surname), while the teacher in Carrusel is named Ximena Fernandez (very common surname).
** In-universe: The Guerra siblings are named Pablo (common name) and Marcelina (unusual name, though not tremendously so).

* BigEater: Jaime Palillo and Laura Quinones.
* BlackBestFriend: Subverted. Cirilo is friends with pretty much everyone. But he is not the sidekick to anyone in particular, since there is no designated protagonist (other than perhaps Ximena).
* BrainyBrunette: Valeria (good student, but more regarding her artistic talent), Carmen (both in academics and people skills), and Alicia to a certain extent (mature, has common sense).
* CatchPhrase / MemeticMutation: "Me hierve la cabeza" ("My head is boiling") by Jaime. "No, yo decia" ("Just saying") by Cirilo. "How horrible!" by Bibi.
* DeadpanSnarker: Maria Joaquina, especially at the beginning.

* DawsonCasting: The kids, in story, were around 8-9 years old. Some of the child actors, however, were around the 10-12 age bracket.
* DumbBlonde: Averted. Maria Joaquina and David are both very intelligent and do well in school. Rene is a talented musician and good teacher.
* ExPy: Of the characters in "Senorita Maestra", of course. However, details of some have been modified.
* TheFashionista: Margarita Garza
* FatGirl: Laura

* FiveManBand- La Patrulla Salvadora:
** TheHero: Daniel
** TheLancer: Pablo
** TheBigGuy: Jaime
** TheSmartGuy: David
** TheChick: Cirilo, Mario
** TheSixthRanger: Adrian, Kokimoto
** SixthRangerTraitor: Jorge
* FiveManBand- The Girls:
** TheHero: Valeria
** TheLancer: Maria Joaquina
** TheBigGuy: Laura
** TheSmartGuy: Carmen
** TheChick: Marcelina, Margarita
** TheSixthRanger: Alicia, Bibi
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Mario Ayala had a pet German Shepherd, as well as a rabbit. [[BerserkButton Do NOT try harming them.]]
* GenericGuy: Adrian Garcia, who gets a name, but no defining characteristics, or plotlines. Viewers do not even get to see his family. But at least Adrian has a name- as compared to two other boys and one girl in the classroom who remain nameless throughout the entire show.
** Pretty much the only thing he's recalled for is for [[HeavySleeper yawning loudly during the OP sequence.]]

* GenerationXerox: The parents of the kids often were very, ''very'' similar to their children. I.e, both of Valeria's parents are short, slim, and use glasses, and both of Jaime's parents were tall and heavily-built.
* GirlishPigtails: Laura Quinones has this hairstyle.
* HeelFaceTurn: Jorge del Salto, at the very end. Also, Mario's stepmother.

** Miss Susana also had her fanboys.
* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Ximena, of course. Also, Carmen and Daniel never get into trouble and are excellent students.
* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: Subverted by Maria Joaquina and Jorge, whose trouble making friends has nothing to do with IQ or grades, and mainly to do with snobbery. That, and Daniel always held the top spot in the class.

* KickTheDog: When the kids treat poor Susana like crap for ''daring'' to replace Ximena when she's hospitalized. Fermin promptly calls them out on their bullshit and they soften up to her.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters

* ProperLady: Ximena, and how. Also her friend and fellow teacher, Susana.
** Among the girls, Margarita, Laura and Marcelina hit the trope to different degrees.

* ThePrankster: Pablo Guerra. And how.
* RedOniBlueOni: Valeria is the Red Oni to David's Blue Oni, since Valeria is more outgoing, melodramatic, and hyperactive, while David is calmer and more introverted. Also, Pablo is the Red Oni to Marcelina's Blue Oni, since Pablo is so bold and fearless while Marcelina is much quieter and subdued.
* SadistTeacher: Sra. Orraca. Everybody was afraid of her- except her pet student, Jorge.

* ShrinkingViolet: Marcelina Guerra.

* SpiritedYoungLady: Valeria Ferrer. Only girl in the class who was not afraid of mice.
* SpoiledBrat: Jorge del Salto. Possibly Maria Joaquina, since her wealthy parents are nice and reasonable and do not spoil her, but she acts snobbish at times.
* SpoiledSweet: David Robinovitch is wealthy, yet is very kind and respectful. He never brags about his family's money like Jorge and Maria Joaquina do.

* TeachersPet: Subverted by Jorge del Salto. Jorge was Sra. Orraca's pet- but not Ximena's in any way. Otherwise, averted within Ximena's classroom per se, since she did not have any unfairly favored students.
* TheOtherDarrin: When the actor who played Fermin was no longer available, he was replaced by another one who was and looked 10 years younger. Also, the actress who played Maria Joaquina's mother was replaced- with a much more likable one.

** Girly yet competitive Maria Joaquina vs. also girly but ultra-romantic Laura.
** Carmen, feminine yet having career goals and wanting to learn how to swim, vs. Marcelina wanting to be a {{HouseWife}} and mother.

** Subverted by Carmen, who is tender and feminine but is very career oriented and an excellent student - and also wears a ponytail for very practical reasons. This would be the hair equivalent of dressing for comfort rather than style.
** Played somewhat straighter by Valeria. She wears her hair in a half ponytail, and is often being considered the most tomboyish of the girls. This hairstyle may actually show both her tomboy and girly girl traits!
** Averted by Maria Joaquina, who wears her hair down, yet is the most competitive of the girls.
** If Bibi is a tomboy (and she does not get enough character development for that to be determined), she would be playing it straight.
* TwoTeacherSchool: Averted. Ximena only teaches 2nd grade, Rene only teaches music, Susana only teaches her assigned grade except when she has to cover for Ximena. There is also an art teacher. And another teacher named Gloria. And of course, the principal, Sra. Orraca. And Fermin may count.
* {{Tsundere}}: Valeria was this to David sometimes. Maria Joaquina became one when she defrosted.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse : Carmen has a younger brother shown in early chapters- but he is not really shown anymore. Valeria has a newborn baby sister who is part of a big storyline- but later does not show up much. Also, Valeria's cousin Aurelia was part of a big plotline but does not return later.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: In the original, video games were not shown at all- possibly justified, since it took place back in 1989-1990 in Mexico (a second world country). In the remake, Kokimoto's intro features a video game controller!

* TheOjou: Maria Joaquina. First as a RichBitch type, then moves to the SpoiledSweet one.

** To a lesser extent, Principal Oliva and Teacher Matilde. In the original, Oliva was a very tough principal, but never held any grudge against Ximena or the kids. In the remake, Oliva is very greedy, she tries to appease the rich kids just so she can earn money, and constantly tries to fire Ximena, with Matilde being her sidekick.