History WesternAnimation / MayaAndMiguel

** The lyric in question, "He thinks with his head while she follows her heart" is not sexist in any way because it describes the characters, but one unfamiliar with the show just hearing the theme song could come to this conclusion, [[ExecutiveMeddling and this is probably exactly what happened]]

''Maya & Miguel'' (2004-2007) is an American educative [[AnimatedShows animated]] 65EpisodeCartoon about the misadventures of a pair of Hispanic children. As the ExpositoryThemeTune states, they are "brother and sister and best friends as well." The series seeks to make Hispanic culture more familiar to the audience and also teach some Spanish words in the process. Unlike some other [[EdutainmentShow Edutainment series]], Maya & Miguel is actually well-written and humorous, although it does suffer from the use of GratuitousSpanish and [[FiveTokenBand too much focus on the ethnicity]] of the characters.

* 65EpisodeCartoon - 65 episodes in one season, which trickled out over the course of three years.

''Maya & Miguel'' (2004-2007) is an American educative [[AnimatedShows animated]] 65EpisodeCartoon about the misadventures of a pair of Hispanic children. As the ExpositoryThemeTune states, they are "brother and sister and best friends as well." The series seeks to make Hispanic culture more familiar to the audience and also teach some Spanish words in the process. Unlike some other [[EdutainmentShow Edutainment series]], Maya & Miguel is actually well-written and humorous, although it does suffer from the use of GratuitousSpanish and [[FiveTokenBand too much focus on the ethnicity]] of the characters.

* 65EpisodeCartoon - 65 episodes in one season, which trickled out over the course of three years.

''Maya & Miguel'' (2004-2007) is an American educative [[AnimatedShows animated series]] about the misadventures of a pair of Hispanic children. As the ExpositoryThemeTune states, they are "brother and sister and best friends as well." The series seeks to make Hispanic culture more familiar to the audience and also teach some Spanish words in the process. Unlike some other [[EdutainmentShow Edutainment series]], Maya & Miguel is actually well-written and humorous, although it does suffer from the use of GratuitousSpanish and [[FiveTokenBand too much focus on the ethnicity]] of the characters.

Maya Santos is an [[GenkiGirl energetic pre-teen girl]] of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent who [[SamaritanSyndrome can't resist helping people with their problems]] even when not asked to; this [[HilarityEnsues invariably causes trouble]] but her brother Miguel, despite [[LampshadeHanging pointing that out]], always ends up helping her anyway. Everything [[ForegoneConclusion ends well by the end]] however. The series seems set in the real world; the only unusual sight is how Maya's hairband glows whenever she has an idea, but that seems to be visible only to the viewers. Her {{catchphrase}} is "Eso es!" ("That's it!")[[note]]Though often misinterpreted as "S.O.S"[[/note]]

* WriteWhoYouKnow - In-Universe example in "The Adventures of Rabbit-Bird Man", where Maya, Tito, Maggie, Chrissy, and Theo help make Miguel's comic book ''Rabbit-Bird Man'' for a contest. Each of them creates their own character: Tito Tollo (Tito), TheFashionista Police (Maggie and Chrissy), and [[{{Robocop}} Robo-Theo]] (Theo)

Other characters in the series include their parents, their grandmother, their friends (which include [[TokenWhite a white boy]] with only one arm) and Paco, a talking parrot.

* WriteWhoYouKnow - In "The Adventures of Rabbit-Bird Man", Maya, Tito, Maggie, Chrissy, and Theo help make Miguel's comic book ''Rabbit-Bird Man'' for a contest. Each of them creates their own character: Tito Tollo (Tito), TheFashionista Police (Maggie and Chrissy), and [[{{Robocop}} Robo-Theo]] (Theo)

Maya Santos is an [[GenkiGirl energetic pre-teen girl]] of Mexican and Puerto Rican descent who [[SamaritanSyndrome can't resist helping people with their problems]] even when not asked to; this [[HilarityEnsues invariably causes trouble]] but her brother Miguel, despite [[LampshadeHanging pointing that out]], always ends up helping her anyway. Everything [[ForegoneConclusion ends well by the end]] however. The series seems set in the real world; the only unusual sight is how Maya's hairband glows whenever she has an idea, but that seems to be visible only to the viewers. Her {{catchphrase}} is "Eso es!" ("That's it!")

* CuteShotaroBoy - Maya & Miguel's cousin Tito

* FiveTokenBand - Maya & Miguel (half-Mexican/half-Puerto Rican), Theo (smart African-American), Andy (blonde white kid born with one arm), Maggie (fashionable Chinese), and Chrissy (somewhat naive Afro-Dominican).

''Maya & Miguel'' is an American educative [[AnimatedShows animated series]] about the misadventures of a pair of Hispanic children. As the ExpositoryThemeTune states, they are "brother and sister and best friends as well." The series seeks to make Hispanic culture more familiar to the audience and also teach some Spanish words in the process. Unlike some other [[EdutainmentShow Edutainment series]], Maya & Miguel is actually well-written and humorous, although it does suffer from the use of GratuitousSpanish and [[FiveTokenBand too much focus on the ethnicity]] of the characters.

* WordGirl - Started as a series of shorts in the show.

* SayMyName - "Maya. Maya! '''''MAAAYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!'''''"

* BigBrotherMentor - Tito thinks Miguel is cool and wants to be like him (much to Maya's jealousy), so Miguel teaches him (which annoys Maya).

* [[YouMeddlingKids You Meddling Kid]] - Maya

''Maya & Miguel'' is an American educative [[AnimatedShows animated series]] about the misadventures of a pair of Hispanic children. As the ThemeTune states, they are "brother and sister and best friends as well." The series seeks to make Hispanic culture more familiar to the audience and also teach some Spanish words in the process. Unlike some other [[EdutainmentShow Edutainment series]], Maya & Miguel is actually well-written and humorous, although it does suffer from the use of GratuitousSpanish and [[FiveTokenBand too much focus on the ethnicity]] of the characters.

* SayMyNameTrailer: One commercial had a montage of Miguel saying "Maya" and his sister Maya saying "Miguel" repeatedly, with the last two parts being Say My Name.

* [=~Hey, It's That Voice!~=]

* ToyShip - Miguel/Maggie

* FarewellMyFriend - "The Big Fight" (with Miguel and Theo: they were having a remote-controlled car race that goes wrong, and they blame each other) and "Friends Forever?" (with the girls over a book report and Miguel was teaching Theo and Andy soccer skills for the same position on the same team)