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En Busca de la Beca is a student Short Film produced and submitted for TecMilenio's La Noche Del Halcón festival. It's based on the book series Super Filete, not relating to the actual canon. It features music by Anamanaguchi and Project RnL.The story has Filete and Cookie trying to find out who took away "La Beca".
You can watch it here
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Tropes include:
- Adaptation Distillation: The introduction narrows down the plot of the first book to Filete acquiring powers by eating a steak (in a food stand originally, but in the school cafeteria in the short), and then her and Cookie (who already has metal manipulation powers) becoming best friends.
- Adaptational Superpower Change: Super Filete's portal gun was changed into a Scissor Blade, but her Infinite Hoodie where she gets it still stands. Other powers she's had in the books are not shown.
- Adapted Out: Every other character from the book who isn't Filete or Cookie.
- Alternate Continuity: One where Filete and Cookie have always lived in our Earth,apparently.
- BFS: Super Filete is seen welding the Scissor Blade.
- Caption Humor:
"WARNING: These are not stunts." - Cast Full of Writers: Filete and Cookie are played by Amy Vargas and Fernanda Jayme respectively, both co-writers of the original series and the script for this short film.
- Continuity Reboot: The short restarts the whole Super Filete series continuity.See also Adaptation Distillation.
- "Everybody Laughs" Ending:Cookie: What do you think it happened with the kidnappers?Filete: I don't know,but I'm sure they paid for it.[They both laugh, the camera turns away and cuts to black.]
- Hilarious Outtakes: Features one of these sequences after the credits.
- Laugh with Me!: Happens when the pirate kidnapper starts laughing.
As per mere improvisation, the clown kidnapper laughs along. - Live-Action Adaptation:Of the book series Super Filete.
- Movie-Making Mess: This film was made in a rush for a school festival, what did you expect?
- No Name Given: Both of the kidnappers, and some of the students with few to none lines.
- Record Needle Scratch: Filete and Cookie set up for their quest, along with epic dramatic music, and then...WHIRRP!!
- Stealth Pun:
- Payback.
- "La Beca"note which as a main plot point, is Miss Rebeca, the teacher that ends up kidnapped.
