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* ForcedIntoEvil: It's clear from the beginning that Wences is a fundamentally nice person who has objections to Mama Chabela kidnapping and imprisoning the kids, but that he has some kind of AmbiguousDisorder that makes it almost impossible for him to disagree with her. It also can't be helping that [[spoiler: she uses him as a demon host, which Nancy recognizes as not his fault and pities him for.]]
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* ForcedIntoEvil: It's clear from the beginning that Wences is a fundamentally nice person who has objections to Mama Chabela kidnapping and imprisoning the kids, but that he has some kind of AmbiguousDisorder psychological condition that makes it almost impossible for him to disagree with her. It also can't be helping that [[spoiler: she uses him as a demon host, which Nancy recognizes as not his fault and pities him for.]]
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* MacheteMayhem: Elvis' WeaponOfChoice.
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* HotForPreacher: Ventura is an attractive man, and Elvis' nieces often lustfully call him ''padrecito'' (a diminuitive of ''padre'', "father"). He then begins a slow-burn romance with Nancy over the course of the first season.
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* HotForPreacher: Ventura is an attractive man, and Elvis' nieces often lustfully call him ''padrecito'' (a diminuitive diminutive of ''padre'', "father")."father"[[note]]Contextually, compare it to calling a priest "daddy."[[/note]]). He then begins a slow-burn romance with Nancy over the course of the first season.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Well, technically with an Aztec death god. [[spoiler: In order to get the crew out of the land of the dead, Elvis sells the ferryman his life.]]
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* DealWithTheDevil: Well, technically with an Aztec death god. [[spoiler: In order to get the crew out of the land of the dead, Elvis sells the ferryman his life.]] life]].
* DemotedToExtra: Mariana, in season two.
* DemotedToExtra: Mariana, in season two.
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* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Lupe engages Keta in one in order to teach her [[spoiler: how to use her full power as the avatar of Coatlicue.]]
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* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Lupe engages Keta in one in order to teach her [[spoiler: how to use her full power as the avatar of Coatlicue.]]Coatlicue]].
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* RealSongThemeTune: "Futuro" by Café Tacvba.
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* CatchPhrase: Ventura saying "I had a life once too," when people express shock at him having a daughter.
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* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Lupe engages Keta in one in order to teach her [[spoiler: how to use her full power as the avatar of Coatlicue.]]
* ForcedIntoEvil: It's clear from the beginning that Wences is a fundamentally nice person who has objections to Mama Chabela kidnapping and imprisoning the kids, but that he has some kind of AmbiguousDisorder that makes it almost impossible for him to disagree with her. It also can't be helping that [[spoiler: she uses him as a demon host, which Nancy recognizes as not his fault and pities him for.]]
* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: As season 1 wraps up, the CorruptChurch rolls in to clean up the evidence and [[spoiler: kidnap Wences.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: The villain of season 1 is kidnapping the children [[spoiler: so she can sacrifice them to summon Tezcatlipoca.]]
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* WouldHurtAChild: WouldHurtAChild:
** The villain of season 1 is kidnapping the children [[spoiler: so she can sacrifice them to summon Tezcatlipoca.]]
** Likewise, the villain of season 2 kidnapped a young boy and manipulated and groomed him into becoming a monster, then [[spoiler: tried to kill him once he'd served his purpose--operative word being tried, at least.]]
** The villain of season 1 is kidnapping the children [[spoiler: so she can sacrifice them to summon Tezcatlipoca.]]
** Likewise, the villain of season 2 kidnapped a young boy and manipulated and groomed him into becoming a monster, then [[spoiler: tried to kill him once he'd served his purpose--operative word being tried, at least.]]
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* BiTheWay: Keta used to date Isaac, and clearly still holds some affection for him, and starts to fall for Lupe, another diablera, in season 2.
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* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: Mayaken feels that he's a monster and he doesn't deserve a happy home with Keta, so he tells her that he'll come back to her when he's had time to figure things out and flies off.]]
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* BiTheWay: Keta used to date Isaac, and clearly still holds some affection for him, and starts to fall for Lupe, another diablera, in season 2.
* CrossoverCosmology: There are angels and demons and Aztec gods running around fairly seamlessly. [[spoiler: Keta is an incarnation of Coatlicue, and Mayaken is somehow both an angel ''and'' an avatar of Huitzilopochtli.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: Well, technically with an Aztec death god. [[spoiler: In order to get the crew out of the land of the dead, Elvis sells the ferryman his life.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: Well, technically with an Aztec death god. [[spoiler: In order to get the crew out of the land of the dead, Elvis sells the ferryman his life.]]
* FantasticDrug: Lupe extracts demons' tears and sells them as a drug. Unfortunately, if you take enough of it your bones become very tasty to a terrifying type of demon called an ahuizotl.
* HeroicSacrifice: In the first season finale, [[spoiler: Ventura gives himself up so that Mariana will survive having been used to summon Tezcatlipoca.]]
* ItWasHereISwear: After Keta [[spoiler: gets kidnapped and escapes]], she brings Elvis to the house where it happened and there's nothing there. Keta, upset, says she's not crazy. Elvis says he doesn't think she's crazy and completely believes her—in fact, he's ''more'' worried by the total lack of evidence, because it means whoever they're up against has the resources to make everything vanish overnight, which is not good for them.
* IWillFindYou:
** Keta's son with Isaac, Mayaken, was kidnapped when he was very young. She and Elvis have never given up trying to find him. [[spoiler: In the second season, they do.]]
** Everyone to [[spoiler: Ventura]] in season 2.
* IWillFindYou:
** Keta's son with Isaac, Mayaken, was kidnapped when he was very young. She and Elvis have never given up trying to find him. [[spoiler: In the second season, they do.]]
** Everyone to [[spoiler: Ventura]] in season 2.
* MuggingTheMonster: In Nancy's first scene, she has checked herself into a mental hospital, and an orderly attempts to assault her. He has cause to regret this.
* MyGreatestFailure: Elvis used to have an apprentice, and still blames himself for the case which got him killed. [[spoiler: The apprentice is actually alive and working for the CorruptChurch, but Elvis doesn't know that.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: Elvis used to have an apprentice, and still blames himself for the case which got him killed. [[spoiler: The apprentice is actually alive and working for the CorruptChurch, but Elvis doesn't know that.]]
* RedHerring: Lupe's scars and the mark on the back of her neck, which matches Mayaken's birthmark. [[spoiler: She's not actually an angel--her AbusiveParents knew about a prophecy that an angel would return to earth, and deliberately scarred her to try and force it to happen. Mayaken, however, is the genuine deal, which is why he was kidnapped.]]
* StayInTheKitchen: Elvis and Keta's father believes women shouldn't be demon-hunters, despite the fact Keta is actually much better at magic than Elvis.
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* WillingChanneler: Isaac's fighters, though just how much they're "willing" to do ''that'' is up for debate. It's also Nancy's main fighting style; she summons demons into her via a walkman.
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* WillingChanneler: Isaac's fighters, though just how much they're "willing" to do ''that'' is up for debate. It's also Nancy's main fighting style; she summons demons into her via a walkman.walkman.
* WouldHurtAChild: The villain of season 1 is kidnapping the children [[spoiler: so she can sacrifice them to summon Tezcatlipoca.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: The villain of season 1 is kidnapping the children [[spoiler: so she can sacrifice them to summon Tezcatlipoca.]]
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* PoliceAreUseless: Ventura quickly figures out that the cops aren't going to help him much; even discounting the supernatural elements, they seem apathetic about adding another missing person to their case load. He even calls them "fucking useless"[[labelnote:Spanish]]''"Pinches incompetentes!"''[[/labelnote]] when they brush him off.
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''Diablero'' is a Creator/{{Netflix}} original Mexican UrbanFantasy. Set in UsefulNotes/MexicoCity, it follows a trio of ''diableros'' -- Elvis Infante, his sister Enriqueta "Keta" Infante, and Nancy Gama -- who agree to help a Catholic priest, Ramiro Ventura, track down his illegitimate daughter, Mariana, who has been taken by a demon. When the story starts to smack uncomfortably of a similar incident that happened to Keta's infant son years ago, the four realize that this battle will decide not only the fate of Mariana, but that of all humanity.
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''Diablero'' is a Creator/{{Netflix}} original Mexican UrbanFantasy. UrbanFantasy series. Set in UsefulNotes/MexicoCity, it follows a trio of ''diableros'' -- Elvis Infante, Infante (Horacio García Rojas), his sister Enriqueta "Keta" Infante, Infante (Fátima Molina), and Nancy Gama (Gisselle Kuri) -- who agree to help a Catholic priest, Ramiro Ventura, Ventura (Christopher von Uckermann), track down his illegitimate daughter, Mariana, who has been taken by a demon. When the story starts to smack uncomfortably of a similar incident that happened to Keta's infant son years ago, the four realize that this battle will decide not only the fate of Mariana, but that of all humanity.
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* FourTemperamentEnsemble:
** Elvis, the BoisterousBruiser leader of the group, is their sanguine. He's loud, cocky, snarky, and a jokester.
** Nancy is their choleric; extroverted but kind of short-tempered and impatient. She's TheBigGuy of the group and most of the direct fighting is left to her.
** Ventura is the tortured, brooding priest who fills out the role of the melancholic.
** Finally, Keta is quiet, empathetic, and not nearly as extroverted as her brother, making her the phlegmatic.
** Elvis, the BoisterousBruiser leader of the group, is their sanguine. He's loud, cocky, snarky, and a jokester.
** Nancy is their choleric; extroverted but kind of short-tempered and impatient. She's TheBigGuy of the group and most of the direct fighting is left to her.
** Ventura is the tortured, brooding priest who fills out the role of the melancholic.
** Finally, Keta is quiet, empathetic, and not nearly as extroverted as her brother, making her the phlegmatic.
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* LastNameBasis: Ventura is usually called either by his surname or his title, Father (''padre'' in Spanish, or the slightly-condescending diminutive form ''padrecito''). Hardly anyone ever calls him "Ramiro."
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''Diablero'' is a Creator/{{Netflix}} original Mexican UrbanFantasy. Set in UsefulNotes/MexicoCity, it follows a trio of ''diableros'' -- Elvis Infante, his sister Enriqueta "Keta" Infante, and Nancy Gama -- who agree to help a Catholic priest, Ramiro Ventura, track down his illegitimate daughter, Mariana, who has been taken by a demon. When the story starts to smack uncomfortably of a similar incident that happened to Keta's infant son years ago, the four realize that this battle will decide not only the fate of humanity.
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''Diablero'' is a Creator/{{Netflix}} original Mexican UrbanFantasy. Set in UsefulNotes/MexicoCity, it follows a trio of ''diableros'' -- Elvis Infante, his sister Enriqueta "Keta" Infante, and Nancy Gama -- who agree to help a Catholic priest, Ramiro Ventura, track down his illegitimate daughter, Mariana, who has been taken by a demon. When the story starts to smack uncomfortably of a similar incident that happened to Keta's infant son years ago, the four realize that this battle will decide not only the fate of Mariana, but that of all humanity.
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* VowOfCelibacy: Ventura took one, obviously as a Catholic priest, but he has a daughter from ''before'' his time in the priesthood. He didn't know Mariana was his, though, or that she even existed until her mother called him to her deathbed.
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* VowOfCelibacy: Ventura took one, obviously as a Catholic priest, but he has a daughter from ''before'' his time in the priesthood. He didn't know Mariana was his, though, or that she even existed until her mother called him to her deathbed.deathbed.
* WillingChanneler: Isaac's fighters, though just how much they're "willing" to do ''that'' is up for debate. It's also Nancy's main fighting style; she summons demons into her via a walkman.
* WillingChanneler: Isaac's fighters, though just how much they're "willing" to do ''that'' is up for debate. It's also Nancy's main fighting style; she summons demons into her via a walkman.
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* HunterOfMonsters: The ''diableros'' hunt demons, either for a price, or to sell later (or both).
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* BloodSport: Isaac (or ''"el Indio"'') buys demons from ''diableros'', has them possess {{Willing Channeler}}s, and then pits them together in cage matches. It's the ''diableros''' main source of income.
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* BloodSport: Isaac (or ''"el Indio"'') buys demons from ''diableros'', has them possess {{Willing Channeler}}s, and then pits them together in cage matches.matches for gambling. It's the ''diableros''' main source of income.
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!!''Diablero'' provides examples of:
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!!''Diablero'' provides examples of:of:
* BloodSport: Isaac (or ''"el Indio"'') buys demons from ''diableros'', has them possess {{Willing Channeler}}s, and then pits them together in cage matches. It's the ''diableros''' main source of income.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Elvis' first name is actually [[spoiler:Heliodoro]], which he despises.
* HotForPreacher: Ventura is an attractive man, and Elvis' nieces often lustfully call him ''padrecito'' (a diminuitive of ''padre'', "father"). He then begins a slow-burn romance with Nancy over the course of the first season.
* MacheteMayhem: Elvis' WeaponOfChoice.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: When not possessing a human body, they appear as a sizzling black smoke that can be contained in soda bottles.
* SirSwearsALot: Both Nancy and Elvis drop ''chinga'' and ''puta'' basically anywhere they please. This being Mexico, though, everyone swears a lot by other countries' standards.
* VowOfCelibacy: Ventura took one, obviously as a Catholic priest, but he has a daughter from ''before'' his time in the priesthood. He didn't know Mariana was his, though, or that she even existed until her mother called him to her deathbed.
* BloodSport: Isaac (or ''"el Indio"'') buys demons from ''diableros'', has them possess {{Willing Channeler}}s, and then pits them together in cage matches. It's the ''diableros''' main source of income.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Elvis' first name is actually [[spoiler:Heliodoro]], which he despises.
* HotForPreacher: Ventura is an attractive man, and Elvis' nieces often lustfully call him ''padrecito'' (a diminuitive of ''padre'', "father"). He then begins a slow-burn romance with Nancy over the course of the first season.
* MacheteMayhem: Elvis' WeaponOfChoice.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: When not possessing a human body, they appear as a sizzling black smoke that can be contained in soda bottles.
* SirSwearsALot: Both Nancy and Elvis drop ''chinga'' and ''puta'' basically anywhere they please. This being Mexico, though, everyone swears a lot by other countries' standards.
* VowOfCelibacy: Ventura took one, obviously as a Catholic priest, but he has a daughter from ''before'' his time in the priesthood. He didn't know Mariana was his, though, or that she even existed until her mother called him to her deathbed.
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[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Nancy, Elvis, Ventura, Keta.]]
->''"We are the Diableros. We are charged with keeping that order."''
--> -- '''Elvis Infante'''
Once upon a time, angels and demons opposed each other in perfect balance, maintaining order between good and evil. Disgusted with the humans' depravity, however, the angels left, freeing the demons to prey upon the humans with impunity. With no other way to defend humanity, some humans became demon hunters, called ''diableros'', who hunt and kill demons who attack or attempt to possess humans.
''Diablero'' is a Creator/{{Netflix}} original Mexican UrbanFantasy. Set in UsefulNotes/MexicoCity, it follows a trio of ''diableros'' -- Elvis Infante, his sister Enriqueta "Keta" Infante, and Nancy Gama -- who agree to help a Catholic priest, Ramiro Ventura, track down his illegitimate daughter, Mariana, who has been taken by a demon. When the story starts to smack uncomfortably of a similar incident that happened to Keta's infant son years ago, the four realize that this battle will decide not only the fate of humanity.
Blending Judeo-Christian mythology with indigenous Mexican religion, the show utilizes horror, action, and comedy elements, going everywhere from the catacombs of Mexico City to underground demon cage fighting rings. The first season premiered on December 21, 2018; Season 2 was announced February 1, 2019, and premiered on January 31, 2020.
!!''Diablero'' provides examples of:
[[caption-width-right:350:From left to right: Nancy, Elvis, Ventura, Keta.]]
->''"We are the Diableros. We are charged with keeping that order."''
--> -- '''Elvis Infante'''
Once upon a time, angels and demons opposed each other in perfect balance, maintaining order between good and evil. Disgusted with the humans' depravity, however, the angels left, freeing the demons to prey upon the humans with impunity. With no other way to defend humanity, some humans became demon hunters, called ''diableros'', who hunt and kill demons who attack or attempt to possess humans.
''Diablero'' is a Creator/{{Netflix}} original Mexican UrbanFantasy. Set in UsefulNotes/MexicoCity, it follows a trio of ''diableros'' -- Elvis Infante, his sister Enriqueta "Keta" Infante, and Nancy Gama -- who agree to help a Catholic priest, Ramiro Ventura, track down his illegitimate daughter, Mariana, who has been taken by a demon. When the story starts to smack uncomfortably of a similar incident that happened to Keta's infant son years ago, the four realize that this battle will decide not only the fate of humanity.
Blending Judeo-Christian mythology with indigenous Mexican religion, the show utilizes horror, action, and comedy elements, going everywhere from the catacombs of Mexico City to underground demon cage fighting rings. The first season premiered on December 21, 2018; Season 2 was announced February 1, 2019, and premiered on January 31, 2020.
!!''Diablero'' provides examples of:
