Todo Queda en Familia (El Chapulín Colorado)
| "Todo Queda en Familia" | |
|---|---|
| El Chapulín Colorado episode | |
| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 31 |
| Directed by | Roberto Gómez Bolaños |
| Teleplay by | Roberto Gómez Bolaños |
| Original air date | October 16, 1976 |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
"Todo Queda en Familia" (Brazilian Portuguese: Ser Pequeno Tem as Suas Vantagens, Chapolin Visita a Vila or Tudo Acaba em Família (in 1983 version); English: Being Small Has Its Advantages, Chapulín Visits the Neighborhood or It All Ends in the Family) is the 31st episode from the fifth season of the Mexican television sitcom series El Chapulín Colorado, also forming a crossover with the other Mexican television sitcom series El Chavo del Ocho. This episode's first version aired on October 16, 1976, being written and directed by Roberto Gómez Bolaños, it originally aired on Televisa's Canal 2. This episode is known for being the first appearance of Chapulín Colorado in the Chavo's neighborhood.
After some time, this same episode gained two more versions on the television program Chespirito as El Chavo del Ocho episodes in late 1982 and early 1983,[1] and in 1988,[2] but with several changes.
Plot
[edit]When Chavo arrives at the neighborhood courtyard, he sees that Don Ramón is reading a magazine of Chapulín Colorado and Don Ramón gets impatient and throws him out. After a while, Quico arrives, sees the magazine and tells Don Ramón that it is from last week and if he wants to he can tell him how it ends, to which Don Ramón responds by threatening him that if he tells him how it ends he will put out his cigarette on the boy's cheeks. When Doña Florinda sees this threat, she tries to slap Don Ramón, but he ducks, causing Doña Florinda to hit Quico by mistake, so she starts running after Don Ramón. Feeling worried about the latter, Chavo says: "Oh, y ahora quién podrá defenderlo" (in English: "Oh, and now who can defend him"), and then Chapulín appears from inside his barrel saying: "¡Yo!" (in English: "Me!").
After Chapulín arrives, El Chavo is surprised and begins to "evaluate" his qualities. Then, the boy explains to the red grasshopper hero that Doña Florinda went after Don Ramón again, and if she catches him, she will slap him harder than a volleyball. And after this explanation, Chapulín enters Don Ramón's house and Chilindrina sees him and says that he is just like the one she sees on TV, just as dumb. And after hearing this, the hero asks her what she bases her claim that he is stupid on and falls off his chair. When Don Ramón enters, he asks what that noise was, sees Chapulín and asks his daughter for the number of Alcoholics Anonymous.
And when Chilindrina convinces her father that Chapulín is real, he asks her what he can do to make Doña Florinda leave him alone. After that, the hero goes to Doña Florinda's house to talk to her and when Quico sees him he is surprised, calling his mother to see the hero, and she thinks he is Chavo in disguise and throws him out unexpectedly for him. But without giving up, he reduces his size with his "famous Chiquitolina pills" to enter Doña Florinda's house and climb on the table so she can see him. And when he does, he explains to her like this: "Yo sé que no es tan fácil... pero si lo intentas puedes soportar lo que sea..." (in English: "I know it's not that easy... but if you try, you can endure anything...").
And after this conversation with Doña Florinda, Chapulín returns to Don Ramón's house and says that he won some cookies from Quico and gave them to El Chavo. Upon hearing this, the man congratulates the hero and asks him how he convinced her, to which he replies that it was very easy, because first he reduced his size with one of his famous Chiquitolina pills. But when he couldn't find them, he remembered that the other pills weren't with him, and he sees that the boy shrank to eat more cookies. Then, the red grasshopper hero continues to see him and says: "¡No contaban con su astucia!" (in English: "They didn't count on his cunning!").
Cast
[edit]Original version
[edit]- Roberto Gómez Bolaños as El Chavo and El Chapulín Colorado
- Ramón Valdés as Don Ramón
- Carlos Villagrán as Quico
- Florinda Meza as Doña Florinda
- María Antonieta de las Nieves as La Chilindrina
1983 version
[edit]- Roberto Gómez Bolaños as El Chavo and El Chapulín Colorado
- Florinda Meza as Doña Florinda and Popis
- Rubén Aguirre as Professor Jirafales
- Édgar Vivar as Señor Barriga and Ñoño
- Raúl "Chato" Padilla as Jaimito el Cartero
- Angelines Fernández as Doña Clotilde
- Horacio Gómez as Godínez
- María Antonieta de las Nieves as La Chilindrina and Doña Nieves
1988 version
[edit]- Roberto Gómez Bolaños as El Chavo and El Chapulín Colorado
- Florinda Meza as Doña Florinda and Popis
- Rubén Aguirre as Professor Jirafales
- Édgar Vivar as Señor Barriga and Ñoño
- Raúl "Chato" Padilla as Jaimito el Cartero
- Angelines Fernández as Doña Clotilde
- María Antonieta de las Nieves as La Chilindrina
Reception
[edit]This episode, which tells of a definitive crossover between El Chavo del Ocho and El Chapulín Colorado, is considered unforgettable and nostalgic for Chespirito fans, including in Brazil. They simply couldn't believe it when Chavo called Chapulín to help Don Ramón, and this same red grasshopper hero actually appeared in the neighborhood. This wasn't the only time these two "worlds" met, but it is certainly the most memorable occasion. In fact, it is worth noting how Roberto Gomez Bolaños makes fun of himself when Chavo starts to "evaluate" Chapulín's qualities, also knowing that being able to laugh at yourself is important.[3]
According to the IGN Brasil website, this episode occupies 8th place as one of the 13 best episodes of El Chapulín Colorado.[3]