31 Minutos

31 Minutos (31 Minutes) is a Chilean TV program created by Aplaplac, that premiered on March 15, 2003 on TVN.

This show spawned four seasons, two specials (the 2003 Telethon and Christmas specials), a film called 31 Minutos: La Película (31 Minutes: The Movie) and live shows.

Plot
The series follows the adventures of the workers of a news program called 31 Minutos, hosted by Tulio Triviño (a gray chimpanzee), some of the other workers in the program include Juan Carlos Bodoque (a red rabbit), Juanin Juan Harry (a white creature), Policarpo Avendaño (a nutcracker doll), Patana (a green bird) and Mario Hugo (a white chihuahua).

Why It Rocks

 * 1) Memorable and catchy theme song. (even has the Lyrical Version of the Song as "Yo Nunca vi Televisión")
 * 2) Many amazing and wonderful episodes, such as "El Comienzo", "El Maguito", "La Co-Animadora", "Vacaciones", "31 Minutos Educativio", "El maguito explosivo", "La Trilogia de La Amenaza Siluria", "Por el Sr. Manguera", "El Video", "La invasión de los Tramoyas", "La Mona Lisa", "Bodoque Envenenado", "El mayordomo", and the list goes on.
 * 3) Beautiful image quality, especially in the 4th season.
 * 4) Likable and memorable characters, such as Tulio, Juanin, Bodoque, Patana, Mario Hugo, Policarpo, Guaripolo, Huachimingo, Mico el Microfono, Señor Manguera, Jackson Aceituno, Rosario Central, etc.
 * 5) The Ranking Top section shows a variety of songs that are good, catchy and memorable such as "Tangananica, Tangananá", "Mi muñeca me habló", "Señora Devuélvame la Pelota o si no no sé que haré", "Mi equilibrio espiritual", "Severlá", "El Dinosaurio Anacleto", "Nunca me he sacado un 7", "Ríe", "Dracula, Caligula, Tarantula", "Mundo Interior", etc.
 * 6) Continuing with the Ranking Top, there is a variety in music, such as fast paced songs such as "Papa, te quiero" (depending your view) and "Drácula, Calígula, Tarántula", to relaxing, such as "Mi muñeca me habló" and "Me cortaron mal el pelo".
 * 7) This series has released an album for each season, which includes not only the Ranking Top songs, but also songs that were used in episodes (such as "Maguito Explosivo" or "Tormenta China") and instrumental melodies that were used in this show, along with memorable phrases from the series.
 * 8) Lots of funny scenes, such as "Fue un Espectáculo Impresionante", "Quedate quieto en un Momento", "¿¡Que se mete, vieja con...!?", "¿Que...? ¿...Como que no...? ...Me Colgó", which spawned several memes. (even The Pilot Episode's Behind the Scenes, as "está exquisito fíjate")
 * 9) Although it is supposed to be a comedy show, it also contains some educational value, this is reflected in the section called "La Nota Verde", which is a section dedicated to showing things such as taking care of nature.
 * 10) It is a good program to get to know various landscapes of Chile, which appear especially in the "La Nota Verde" section.
 * 11) The "Calcetin con Rombos Man" segments, aside from being a parody to the superhero genre shows, is dedicated to teach the children's rights.
 * 12) Apart from the "Ranking Top", "La Nota Verde" and "Calcetin con Rombos Man", there are multiple sections that are entertaining to watch such as "La Dimensión Hermosa y Desconocida", "Cosas que buscan cosas" and "El refrigerador de Patana".
 * 13) Memorable running gags.
 * 14) The success of this show led to it being made into the movies in 2008: mh:greatestmovies:31 Minutos: La Película was a complete success in Chile and Mexico.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Cossimo Gianni, Tío Horacio, and Dylan Manguera can be too unlikable characters.
 * 2) * While a good character, Tulio can be a jerk towards the other characters, albeit this only happens at times.
 * 3) When the first two seasons aired on Nickelodeon many background songs were removed due to copyright, they also had to edit certain "adult jokes".
 * 4) Sadly, the 3rd season took a few steps back, making this season not good. Also, it's spinoff series, Mh:terribletvshows:Las Vacaciones de Tulio, Patana y El Pequeño Tim was terrible.
 * 5) Some episodes use the word "tarado" (idiot or moron) or "imbécil" (fool) which can be considered pretty much as a bad word in other countries.
 * 6) There are some bad or out of context episodes, an example of this is the "Japanese" episode, which despite referring to Japanese culture is usually somewhat racist, since the Japanese characters do not speak real Japanese but rather babble words as if they were speaking an unknown language, plus Chinese songs play in the background instead of Japanese melodies (an example is Aaron Kwok's song "Para Para Sakura" that plays in the Calcetín con Rombos Man fight scene, even though it's a Cantonese song based on a popular dance in Japan.
 * 7) There's some bad songs such as "Papá, te quiero" (depending your view) and "Guácala".
 * 8) The eighth episode of the 2nd season "Cebollas" has actual blood on-screen, which isn't good for a kids' show. (which this show was broadcast in the prime time at 22:00)
 * 9) The lack of any dub in other languages (outside of Holland and European Spanish, both of which are lost media (excluding the Brazilian Dub)) has made a few international fans dissapointed.

Trivia

 * This show was produced by Alvaro Díaz and Pedro Peirano, who did a comedy show called "Plan Z" on a defunct television channel in Santiago called Canal 2 Rock&Pop.
 * Rodrigo Salinas (the voice of Juanin, Mario Hugo and Tenison) not only helped in the program, he was also a cartoonist and became more famous as part of the cast of the humor and comedy program of Chilevisión called "El Club de la Comedia"

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