"El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera" (2007) TV series 2007-????

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Creators:

Sandra Equihua
Jorge R. Gutierrez

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

2 March 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Animation

Tagline:

The good, the bad, and El Tigre!

Plot:

The daily adventures of a 13 year old Mexican superhero dealing with bizarre enemies, as well as his own superhero father and villain grandfather.

Plot Keywords:

Character Name In Title

Awards:

3 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Alanna Ubach	...	El Tigre / ... (8 episodes, 2007)
Grey DeLisle	...	Frida Suarez / ... (8 episodes, 2007)
Eric Bauza	...	Rodolfo Rivera / ... (8 episodes, 2007)
Carlos Alazraqui	...	Granpapi Rivera / ... (8 episodes, 2007)
John Di Maggio	...	El Oso / ... (5 episodes, 2007)
Susan Silo	...	Santana of the Dead / ... (4 episodes, 2007)
April Stewart	...	Maria Rivera / ... (4 episodes, 2007)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Company:

Mexopolis

Trivia:

Listed as one of the Top 10 TV Shows of 2007 in People Magazine.

Quotes:

Frida Suarez: Man, that is totally creepy. I love it!

Movie Connections:

Spin off El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (2008) (VG)

Surprisingly Rather Enjoyable

I know many out there would just instantly think that 'El Tigre' should have stayed in the little Nick film festival it was first shown off at, but I somewhat beg to differ..

Out of the couple new Nick shows shown off in the past year, this has to be one of the more enjoyable ones I've seen, and out of all the Hispanic-based cartoons (others being dora, that other dora spin off, and -shudder- mucha lucha), I'd totally take this over them, especially Mucha Lucha, I can't stand that show..

If you expect something educational or something of moral value, you're out of luck.. The adventures of Manny Rivera is basically very random adventures with very random humor, just in what looks to be set in a Mexican city..

overall, Quick-witted, random humor, with a hint of action sequences. Kinda strange, you'd imagine with an cartoon intro showing off the 'El Tigre' super hero character a majority of the time, and the family's back story, you'd imagine it all action or something all-to-most of the time, like, oh, Danny Phantom action.. (well, all this based off two episodes, "Zebra Donkey" and "Moustache")

But I'm quite a sucker for very random humor, and the show can quite deliver in that..

Something else I have to sort of praise about it is that it's a rather slick looking cartoon. From backgrounds, character design, all in a Flash-animated cartoon.. Sort of like 'Fosters Home', but based in a Mexican style city, and a bit more action sequences..

All in all, I'd rather watch more of this rather than any other new show that's on Nick's On Demand menu right now.. oh, And easier to get into than 'Mucha Lucha' in my book..