Fridge / Mortadelo y Filemón

• It looks strange that in T.I.A. Filemón maintains his status as Mortadelo's boss, given that the two apparently have the same responsibilities and are treated with equal (lack of) respect. However, you should take into account that T.I.A. is an extremely incompetent pseudo-public organization... of course there is unnecesary hierachy!
• Mortadelo and Filemón always refers each other with "usted", the Spanish formal you, instead of "tú". This is strange in Spain, especially for people who know for so long and spend as much time together as Mortadelo and Filemón do. This is more understandable when you realize that they can't stand each other. Bear in mind, though, that this formality of address in the workplace was the norm when the series started.

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