YMMV / Negas

• Adorkable:
  • Ñoñostacio. He's such a sweet, studious, good-natured guy, yet also a shamelessly nerdy fan of Monchiro. He also gets into many embarrassing social situations when he's interacting with people who're not from the maquila.
  • Negas is usually level-headed, but anytime he sees Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles he turns into a total dweeb.
  • Niño Otacco, Rodolfo's friendly, good-natured hyperactive cousin. His innocence and childish personality is what makes him adorkable.
  • Albertito is the epitome of nerdy cuteness. You can't help but wanting to protect him any time the Noob Teacher openly lusts after him.
  • Random Soldier from the Cherc sketches. He wants to be friends with Cherc and Donkey so badly, no matter how much the former treats him like crap.
• Alternative Character Interpretation:
  • Negas himself. Only Sane Man or a hypocritical cynic who's quick to judge everyone? Is he any better than the various workers at the maquila? Or is he actively shunning and mocking those who don't meet his high standards, even if it's for reasons that are shallow?
  • Some episodes focused on Checker imply that he is more mature than Don Makila usually gives him credit for; it's just that we normally see him through Negas's perspective, as the ditzy homosexual coworker.
  • Don Cuco gets some of this too. R.A.L admitted that the character was intended to be unlikable, but some viewers feel that his low tolerance for Niño Ratta's disruptive behaviour was usually justified.
  • Ral. Is he truly oblivious to the bizarreness of Chihuahua, or did he notice but simply didn't care? Is he truly the Good Counterpart to Negas as R.A.L claims? Doesn't help that he can be as selfish and dismissive as his brother.
• Anvilicious: The show frequently makes sociopolitical jokes about Mexico with no subtlety or nuance.
• Base-Breaking Character: Really, every other character in the show is either this or a straight-up Scrappy, with very few that can count as being universally loved (or at least tolerated) by the whole fandom. The standout examples include:
  • Checker is either a funny Lovable Sex Maniac, or a smug jerk that gets away with his constant harrassment because the narrative will bend over backwards for him. This has only intensified in later years with increasing attention being paid to toxic workplace environments and dynamics.
  • Ñoñostacio. His fans adore his bubbly personality and enjoy his increased role in later sketches while his detractors find his naivete nauseating and his obsession with Momchiro irritating.
  • There is no question that Niño Ratta is a massively cringeworthy weirdo. Whether that's hilarious or unpleasant to watch is up for debate.
• Big-Lipped Alligator Moment: Averted. Weird stuff does go down on the show, but, unlike most Big Lipped Alligator Moments, the weirdness is part of the plot and gets referred to in later episodes.
  • However, later season became too bizarre and nonsensical, leading to Seasonal Rot.
• Bile Fascination: Some watch Niño Ratta to see how bad it really is.
• Bizarro Episode: Much of the 2015-ongoing episodes, leading to the Seasonal Rot.
• Broken Base: There is no denying that the show underwent some measures of Seasonal Rot at some points, but exactly when it started happening tends to be a point of intense debate among fans. Many do however agree that Niño Ratta and Don Makila's final season marked the biggest downslide.
• Creator's Pet: Even fans of the character admit that Pinchimono is used way too much, especially in later seasons. Apparently the reason the creator used him so much was because he realized Pinchimono had no morals, no sense of restraint and was a complete idiot, meaning he could literally make him do anything he wanted, and it would never be out of character for him.
  • Some fans think Poppa Peg and the Niño Ratta are this. To the point R.A.L is making less Negas-focused episodes in favor of them. It's confirmed in this video that R.A.L will stop making Negas episodes to focus on Niño Ratta and Poppa.
  • Niño Ratta ended up being the most profitable of the two and he eventually stopped making Poppa episodes.
• Critic-Proof: The Niño Rata videos are usually very hated among critics and older fans, but despite that they are among the most viewed videos on the channel and the series lasted 183 episodes.
• Draco in Leather Pants:
  • Negas has fans who ignore how cynic, antisocial and unpleasant he is all because of his good looks and how relatable he can be. It doesn't help that he was actually a relatively sympathetic character prior to leaving Chihuahua to work at the maquila.
  • Pinchimono gets this treatment due to his short-tempered, bad attitude and sociopathy. Even though in-universe his aggression sometimes goes too far, his biggest fans just view him as a badass or as a Misunderstood Loner with a Heart of Gold, all in the name of shipping him with Negas.
  • Ral. He's not villainous, but fans tend to forget his more unsavory traits and in fanfics he's reduced to a typical cute child and Negas's Morality Pet.
• Ensemble Dark Horse:
  • Negas, to the point he surpassed Ral (the original protagonist) and got a show of his own.
    • Or at least he did until Niño Ratta surpassed him in Ensemble Dark Horse status.
  • Also Checker, for being quirky and funny.
  • Moni and her homosexual hair. It's ironic that R.A.L thought the character's debut would fail.
  • Don Cuco comes by a very distant second, or at least to barely make it out of The Scrappy label, mainly due to him always beating the shit of Niño Ratta constantly.
• Fanon Discontinuity: Some fans believe Ral to be Negas's son or younger self. Word of God has established that they're brothers. However, it was only mentioned during a Ral-centered episode. It's safe to say that Ral's centered episodes are mostly ignored or forgotten.
• Fan-Preferred Couple:
  • After the absolutely heartwarming "Reanima tu Cuerpo", many fans wanted Negas and the party girl to end up together.
  • Some fans ship Negas and Moni together, despite the fact they never interacted at all. Half of these fans ship them because they think Moni could be a good Manic Pixie Dream Girl for him, while the other half ships them because of Moni's resemblance to the party girl.
  • On the slash side of things, the most popular ship is Negas/Checker, thanks to Checker's rampant lust towards him.
  • Fans of Niño Ratta usually like to ship him with his classmate, Niña Unika y Diferente (Unique and Different Girl).
• Friendly Fandoms:
  • With Vete A La Versh and PoGonYuTo, as they're Mexican animations.
  • Also has one with fans of Tear Along the Dotted Line and This World Can't Tear Me Down as all the works have a cynical antisocial young man dressed in black clothing as a protagonist with similar criticisms towards modern day politics and even have a sort-of sidekick in an allegorical character that represents aspects of their persona (in Negas' case, Pinchimono who is literally all his negative emotions, while Zerocalcare often sees an anthropomorphic armadillo as his conscience's representative).
• Harsher in Hindsight: The Yankee Boss, who keeps berating Negas and the rest of coworkers of the maquila, simply becayse they're "freakin' beaners". He always makes fun of them because he sees Mexicans as uncultured, vulgar delinquents. One year later, Donald Trump reveals his consistently inflammatory rhetoric against Mexicans for the same reasons.
• I Am Not Shazam: When Don Makila first aired, fans referred to Paulo as being "Don Makila" because he didn't have a proper name back then.
• Jerkass Woobie: Niño Ratta. He's an obnoxious, dumb brat with an obsesssion with videogames, but you still can't help but feel bad for him. It helps that he has somewhat of a childish innocence about him too, and generally means well.
• Launcher of a Thousand Ships: Negas is shipped with almost everyone in the series: Checker, Ñoñostacio, Paulo, Moni, even Pinchimono and Ral.
• Memetic Molester: Checker himself.
• Memetic Mutation: Especially in its own country.
  • Negas's Catchphrase Mamadas, mamadas pendejas! (Bullshit, freaking bullshit!)
  • Ay, que rico!
  • Aurururururu!
  • Niño Ratta's Papu is this in spades, with kids all over the country saying it.
  • From the Cherc videos: ''Ay babosa, me asustas!
• Periphery Demographic: This cartoon has been watched by children, even though it wasn't really for kids. R.A.L was aware of it and eventually put PG-13 captions in some of his videos.
• Take That, Scrappy!:
  • In the end of "Los Productos PRO" ("The PRO-est Products"), Niño Ratta's mother is Driven to Suicide, unable to stand her life any longer. In the episode, he wants to buy some books of famous Spanish bloggers and annoys her until she acquiesces. Back home, he loses interest in the books and throws them away, causing his mother to kill herself. Fans ROOTED when his stepfather realizes what happened and beats the shit out of the Niño Ratta. Well, he was angrier that the woman wasted all the money in the books; which he planned to use for beer; but fans cheered nonetheless.
• The Unfavorite: Ral is perpetually mocked up for being "the unpopular sibling", compared to his Ensemble Dark Horse of a brother.
• Unintentionally Unsympathetic: Checker is intended to be a ditzy yet well-meaning worker. The problem is that he is a rapist who regularly molests and sexually harasses his subordinates and tries to force himself on Negas, with the heavy implication he does this to all new recruits at the maquila.
• Seasonal Rot: Don Makila's later season. Not only the art has decreased in quality, but everyone has gotten flanderized. Negas gets angry for no reason, Checker can't go two lines without saying innuendos, Ñoñostacio is obsessed with Monchiro and Paulo has been reduced to a complete moron.
• Vanilla Protagonist: Ral himself is far from a Flat Character, but much of Raltoon's content comes from the wacky residents of Chihuahua rather than him.
• Values Resonance: The Don Makila sketches are the sort of humor that gets funnier and starts making sense (sometimes a bit too close for comfort) when the viewer gets older and enters the workforce.
• What Do You Mean, It's for Kids?: More sex jokes, molestation, frequent lethal use of weapons and profanities than you can shake a yardstick at.

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