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2[[caption-width-right:350:Best friends. Mejores amigos.]]
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4''El perro y el gato'' is an American series of animated shorts that have aired on Creator/{{HBO}} since 2004. They can also be seen on their official Website/YouTube channel. The shorts are five minutes long. The series teaches basic Spanish and English.
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6The series focuses on a cat and dog duo simply called Cat and Dog. The cat mainly speaks in Spanish, while the dog speaks both English and Spanish. Cat will often say "que?" or "what?" to the dog, leading to the same sentence being repeated by Dog in the other language.
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8On May 27, 2020, the series was made available on Creator/HBOMax.
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10!!This cartoon provides examples of:
11* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife:
12** Cat is purple.
13** Dog is bright orange.
14* CatStereotype: Cat is a pouty Persian-looking cat.
15* CatsHateWater: One episode has the duo getting muddy playing baseball. Cat HatesBaths.
16* ADogNamedDog: The protagonists are called "Gato"/"Cat" and "Perro"/"Dog".
17* DogStereotype: Dog is a Chihuahua with a [[NationalAnimalStereotypes Mexican accent.]]
18* EdutainmentShow: The shorts are meant to teach beginner Spanish similarly to ''WesternAnimation/DoraTheExplorer''.
19* VagueAge: The titular duo look and sound like adults, but one short has them describing what they want to be when they grow up.
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21-->[[TheStinger ¿Qué?]]

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