History Series / Chespirito

* IAmSpartacus: In the sketch where the Collonel aks for a volunteer to test a prototype parachute, Chespirito says he knows who's the col.'s daughter after he's told he won't be selected if he tells him. Chespirito take pity, and says he's her boyfriend, but then the Sergeant confesses that he's her boyfriend, then the Captain says he is. When the Col. demands to know the truth, Chespirito says they all are.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the 1993 version of thecepisode "Las Gemelas", Maruja's twin sister is seen by la Chimoltrufia stealing Hotel Lucho's money, and she accuses Maruja of the crine. The subsequent confusion leads to Botija concluding that Maruja has an SplitPersonality who stole the money. Botija then calls her "a woman multiplified by two", but el Chompiras says she's actually "cut in a half" (referring to the Maruja's short stature). Ironically, subsequent investigations proved that people with split personalities are indeed people psychlogically "cut in a half" (or in more parts), as their split personalities are actually fragmented parts of their psyche instead of added personalities. This means that, in a way, Chompiras was actually ''closer'' to accurately define split personalities than Botija.

* HilariousInHindsight: In the episode "Las Gemelas" (1988), a woman is seen by la Chimoltrufia stealing Hotel Lucho's money, and she unknowingly accuses the thief's twin sister of the crime. The subsequent confusion leads to Botija concluding that the woman has an SplitPersonality who stole the money. Botija then calls her "a woman multiplified by two", but el Chompiras says she's actually "cut in a half" (referring to the woman's short stature). Ironically, subsequent investigations proved that people with split personalities are indeed people psychlogically "cut in a half" (or in more parts), as their split personalities are actually fragmented parts of their psyche instead of added personalities. This means that, in a way, Chompiras was actually ''closer'' to accurately define split personalities than Botija.

* SplitPersonality: Inverted, as the episode "Las Gemelas" (1988) centers on a client at Hotel Lucho who secretly sneaks her twin sister into the hotel. Since the two continuosly leave and have different experiences with the staff, Botija is led to belive that the woman has a split personality, a concept he explains to la Chimoltrufia and el Chompiras. However, Botija does not seem to understand the concept himself, as, when Chimoltrufia accused the client of stealing the hotel's money even througth she states that she was with Sargento Refugio at the time, Botija takes it as a confirmation that she has a split personality, arguing that "what one personality does, the other ignores it. And what the other dies, the one ignores it", clearly not realizing that ''split personalities does not mean you can divide physically into two'' (something Lincenciado Morales points out in the 1993 two-part version).

* TheDogBitesBack: In one hour long episode, Botija orders el Chómpiras to break into a pawnshop, steal the money, and bring it back to his house. When Chómpiras returns, Botija says the money will be split in accordance to their rank, with Chómpiras being one, Chimoltrufia two, and botija three. Botija then gives Chómpiras one bill starp, two for Chimoltrufia, and three for him, when Chómpiras protests, Botija says he's the boss, and Chimoltrufia second in command. Later that night Chómpiras sneaks into Botija's room, and returns every cent to the pawn shop.

* YouLookFamiliar: During the first few years of Caquitos sketches, main cast members who played regular recurring characters sometimes played people on the street or other thieves. Up until about the time Botija and Chómpiras quit stealing, Rubén Aguirre alternated playing the policeman (who was unnamed) with Horacio Gómez, and Raúl Padilla played other parts just as often as he played el Licensiado Morales. This even included Florinda Meza for the first year or so, in some sketches that didn't feature Chimoltrufia. Gradually, the supporting characters developed enough importance that this stopped happening. After the supporting characters developed their importance, other actors outside of Chespirito's ensemble were needed for one-time characters; many of these actors and actresses appeared in multiple episodes in different roles.

* FramingDevice: Some of this shorts are completely independent, but most of them are actually stories told by Chapulín in his own episodes.

* ThatsAnOrder: In a skit where Chespirito plays a private, Ruben Aguirre plays a sergeant, Edgar Vivar a captain, and Horacio Gomez plays a colonel, Gomez's character order Vivar's character to dispose of a large sandbag, who then orders aguirre, and who then orders Chespirito to do so.

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Botija (Edgar Vivar) replacing Peterete (Ramón Valdés) in the '80s version of the show, although their physical appearances were polar opposites. Later, They start working on a hotel owned by Don Lucho (Carlos Pouliot); that hotel shuts down, and they start working on a similar one owned by Don Cecilio (Moisés Suárez).

** DawsonCasting: One possible reason "La Chicharra" was discontinued was that the rather innocent main characters should have been about 20 years younger than Florinda Meza and Chespirito were at the time.

* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Marujita. The show, while remaining family-friendly, drops a lot of innuendo about how Maruja makes a living (although in the end it's ambiguous).

** PlayingDawson: One possible reason "La Chicharra" was discontinued was that the rather innocent main characters characters should have been about 20 years younger than Florinda Meza and Chespirito were at the time.

* AntiVillain: While the protagonists are crooks, they are too well-meaning (and stupid) to do any real harm.

* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Marujita.

* YouLookFamiliar: During the first few years of Caquitos sketches, there wasn't much concern over using the actors who already had recurring roles to play other characters. This even included Florinda Meza, who would sometimes play a random passerby if she wasn't being used as Chimultrufia. Gradually, the supporting characters developed enough importance that this stopped happening. After the supporting characters developed their importance, other actors outside of Chespirito's ensemble were needed for one-time characters; many of these actors and actresses appeared in multiple episodes in different roles.

* BreakoutCharacter: The skit itself pretty much took over the show in later years. Also, La Chimultrufia (played by Florinda Meza) was an incidental character that began gaining a lot of prominence and finally became a key part of it. In fact, when Meza left the show for a season to do a telenovela, the show stopped running Caquitos skits until she returned. Meanwhile, when actor Edgar Vivar left the series for several months for health reasons, the skits just continued without Botija, originally the star character.

* DarkerAndEdgier: By the late years, contrasting by the usual Chespirito skits.

* CrossOver: With los Caqitos in one skit. Chaparron Bonaparte and Lucastañeda are discussing a possible scenario, where a couple of thieves break into their home, and Chapparon then states that he would sneak behind them with a blunt instrument, strike their heads, tie them up, and announce to Lucas that he knocked them unconscious and tied them down. Lucas then states that Chaparron does not have the necessary strength or intelligence to do what he just said, and advised him to just call the police if something like that happened. Chaparron heeds Lucas' advice and apologizes for beating up, and tying down El Chompiras and Botija.

* {{Catchphrase}}: This could very likely be the most catch-phrase filled of all the recurring skits. Los Chifladitos skits rarely run more than 10 minutes, but they almost always include identical conversations between Lucas and Chaparrón about other people saying they're crazy, with slightly different jokes subbed in each time. It's fair to say that Los Chifladitos has catch-dialogue just as much as ctahc-phrases. Appearing in almost every episode are...

* {{Catchphrase}}: This could very likely be the most catch-phrase filled of all the recurring skits. Los Chifladitos skits rarely run more than 10 minutes, but they almost always include identical conversations between Lucas and Chaparrón about other people saying they're crazy, with slightly different jokes subbed in each time. Appearing in almost every episode are...

** "Oye Lucas. Dígame Licenciado." ''Licenciado''. "Gracias, muchas gracias. No hay de qué. (The phrase evolved into "No hay de queso, no más de papa.")" (Hey Lucas. Tell me Licenciado. ''Licenciado.'' Thank you! Thank you very much! Don't mention it. (or Fresh out of cheese, still got potato.))
** "¿Ya se vá?" (Are you leaving already?)

* {{Catchphrase}}: This could very likely be the most catch-phrase filled of all the recurring skits. Appearing in almost every episode are...

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