Characters / Carrusel

The characters of the Mexican Soap Opera Carrusel

School Staff

Ximena Fernández

• Dub Name Change: She is named Helena in the Brazilian dub as well as the 2012 remake.

Don Fermin

• Cool Old Guy: As the school janitor and caretaker

Senorita Susana

Maestro René

School Principal Felicia Orraca

• Adaptation Name Change: Was renamed Olivia in the 2012 remake.

Janitor Dorotea

• Adaptation Name Change: Renamed Graça in the 2012 remake.

Students

Jaime Palillo

• Bully Hunter: He does NOT take kindly to bullies, and was pissed when the kids mistreated Cirilo.

Maria Joaquina Villaseñor

• Adaptation Dye-Job: Brunette in the 2012 remake.
• Break the Haughty: While she is technically right when she tells Ximena that Marcelina was cheating on a test, the kids (already not too thrilled with her arrogance) subject her to this via totally shunning her. The until then proud Maria Joaquina was soon reduced to a sobbing wreck.

• Lovable Alpha Bitch: She is never cruel, just snobbish.

Cirilo Rivera

• Catchphrase: "No, yo sólo decía!" ("No, but I was just saying...!")

• The Ingenue: Cirilo is extremely naive, leading to him being pranked by Pablo a lot.

• Perpetual Poverty: He comes from a poor family.
  • Rags to Riches: His dad wins the lotto later.

• Too Dumb to Live: Sometimes. He means well, but does seem to severely lack either booksmarts or streetsmarts.

Pablo Guerra

• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's a serious prankster and sometimes treats his sister Marcelina real bad. OTOH, he was the first one willing to befriend the antisocial Mario.

Marcelina Guerra

• HouseWife: She was the only one of the girls who wanted to be strictly a housewife and mother, while the rest had career goals.

David Robinovitch

• Adaptation Dye-Job: Brunette in the 2012 remake.
• Informed Judaism: His Jewish faith is mentioned sometimes (like when he and Valeria wonder if it'll be a hindrance in their married life since Valeria is raised Catholic, or when he's in a synagogue), but doesn't play a huge role in his life as a whole.

• Sheltered Aristocrat: From a quite rich family.

Kokimoto Mishima

• As Long as It Sounds Foreign: "Kokimoto" sounds like a surname rather than a given name, due to the "moto" as the two last syllables, but "Kokimoto" isn't even used as a name in the Japanese language. Also, if you write "Kokimoto" on Google Translate, you'll get the word "子機元". It hasn't an actual meaning; this is literally translated as "cordless telephone former", but Google translates this as "slave unit source".
  • His surname, however, is a common surname. It also has its own article on The Other Wiki.
• Catchphrase: "Yaaaaaa yaaaaaah!", mocking karate practitioners battle cries

• Lovable Sex Maniac: Was caught peeking at the girls more than once.
• Martial Arts Headband: He wears one at all times.

• Token Minority: The only japanese student in class.

Valeria Ferrer

• Brainy Brunette: A pretty talented artist and seamstress, not to mention a good student.

• Girliness Upgrade: Although Valeria always had girly traits, she still was more tomboyish and average looking than the other girls in stark contrast to the Brazilian 2012 remake where she is shown to be more feminine and well dressed while most of her more tomboyish traits were either tuned down, outright dropped(i.e: her not being afraid of mice) or passed to Alicia.
• Meaningful Name: Valeria is a Latin name meaning "courageous". Valeria was easily the gutsiest of the girls- not afraid of mice or haunted houses.
• Perpetual Poverty: Her parents are doing okay at first, but they hit rock bottom when her dad loses her job.. Not one of the poorest students in the class, though.

Daniel Zapata

• Adaptation Dye-Job: Brunette in the 2012 remake.

Carmen Carrillo

• Alliterative Name
• Brainy Brunette: Had both academic intelligence and people skills.

• Perpetual Poverty: At first, due to her parents being separated. She needed new shoes, and later a full white outfit (complete with gloves)- which La Patrulla Salvadora procures for her! Things improve, though, when her parents reconciled.
• Tomboyish Ponytail: Subverted, since as ladylike and tender as she was, she also was a good student who wanted to learn how to swim.

Mario Ayala

• Abusive Parents: His father is an okay person if often away due to his hard work. His mother is dead, and his stepmother hates him since she doesn't consider him her child.
• Anger Born of Worry: Had been so badly abused by his Wicked Stepmother that he can't take affection from Ximena and resorts to treating her badly, which causes the poor teacher an Heroic BSoD.
• Friend to All Living Things: Animals adore him, especially his dog Rabito and his pet bunny.
• Perpetual Poverty: He is actually the poorest of the students. Unlike several others, his family does not seem to get better.

Margarita Garza

• Meaningful Name: Margarita is a Greek name meaning "pearl" and "daisy". Margarita was a fashionista who dreamt of boys giving her jewelry.
• New Transfer Student: She actually comes from outside Mexico City, more exactly from Monterrey.

• Romantic False Lead: At first, it seems like she will steal David away from Valeria. But Margarita ends up losing interest in David, he and Valeria get back together, and Margarita moves on and stays friends with Valeria.

• Tomboyish Ponytail: Inverted, since as girly and fashionable as she was, she still wore her hair in a ponytail.
• Transfer Student Uniforms: Wears her old uniform alongside boots and a jacket.

Laura Quiñones

• Catchphrase: "How romantic!"

Jorge del Salto

• Intelligence Equals Isolation: Subverted. He is shunned not because he's booksmart, but because he's a stuck-up jerk. (Besides, Daniel's grades were still better)

Bibi Smith

• Catchphrase: "How horrible!"

• Tomboyish Ponytail: Played straight if she is a tomboy. Not much is known about her, but she does not seem particularly girly.

Adrian Garcia

• Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Not in the original, though- did not get anywhere near enough character development for that to be determined. He is estabilished as a very imaginative boy in the remake.
• The Generic Guy: Barely recalled by the fans, except for being a chubby boy with Sleepyhead traits. But at least he got a name!!

Alicia Guzmán

• Brainy Brunette: Not a textbook example, but she had common sense, was disciplined and mature, and was at the very least a decent student.
• Composite Character: Her Brazilian 2012 counterpart shares some traits with the original Valeria, with them being both brave tomboys who wear pants the most out of the girls.
• Never Bareheaded: In the Brazilian 2012 version, she always wears a blue cap, which is made strangely big in the Animated Adaptation.
• Tomboyness Upgrade: The Brazilian 2012 version turns her into a skater girl who likes to play football and who wears more tomboyish clothes compared to her Mexican original counterpart.

Clementina Sánchez