Condorito

Characters

• Condorito: The main character, Condorito is an anthropomorphic condor, lackadaisical and unambitious, but also kind, loyal, friendly and ingenious. Always a picaresque character, he is a sort of antihero who solves his problems using his wit, not his talent or work. He is portrayed as holding a wide variety of jobs, to humorous effect. His origins are obscure: in one strip it is said that his condor father threw him out of the nest in the Andes Mountains and that he grew up among humans, thereby acquiring his anthropomorphic characteristics; however, such references are very rare, and Condorito is often portrayed as a regular guy living a very human life. Originally, his head was that of a regular condor and he smoked, but over the years, his head became rounder and the cigarette was dropped to appeal to kids. However, he has retained some condor characteristics like his tail and his paws.
• Yayita: Condorito's "fashionable eternal fiancée." She loves him but hates his reluctance to discuss marriage. Although Condorito often gives her flowers, most of the time they come from her own garden. Yayita is strong-minded, very attractive, sharp-tongued and sometimes jealous. A running gag involves Yayita wearing revealing outfits or minuscule thongs that make everyone look at her with desire, while Condorito shakes and foams with rage. She is also very unskilled at things like driving, cooking, and painting, which tends to be a source of problems for Condorito. Yayita also tries a lot of odd jobs to support her lifestyle and practices aerobics and nudism at a women-only health club, all behind her boyfriend's back.
• Don Chuma: Condorito's best, most loyal friend, he is a tall, thin, kind man who helps Condorito to solve some of his problems, especially the ones related to money. He always has a cigarette hanging from his lower lip and works as a carpenter, building houses or furniture for the townsfolk. Condorito calls him "Compadre" or "Cumpa". They are probably actual compadres. His signature quotes are "No se fije en gastos, compadre" and "¡Por las canillas del mono!". Sometimes he depicted as single, but other times he has a wife.
• Pepe Cortisona, a.k.a. "Saco de Plomo" : Condorito's nemesis, especially when it comes to courting Yayita. Tall, arrogant and muscular, he calls Condorito "Pajarraco" and constantly makes fun of his poverty and poor physical form. Condorito sometimes refers to him as "Jetón". He is the typical jock who depends on appearance, money and physical strength to make a point. Occasionally he joins forces with Condorito to achieve a common goal, but they often end up backstabbing each other.
• Coné: Condorito's young nephew. Coné had a series of his own, aimed at younger audiences, and its supporting cast included many of his uncle's friends' children. His name comes from when Condorito presented him to the Civil Registry, and he wanted to name him "Ugenio", but the civil servant insisted in writing the correct form "Eugenio", crying out loud "¡Con E!" several times, so Condorito finally accepts to call him "Coné". The identity of his parents is very unknown, which leaded to many Fan theories, most made by other cartoonist, but this ones had a more dark theme than the usual jokes. One is where he asks his uncle about his parents, to Condorito's desperation, he tells him they are dead and then kills himself. In another he reveals to Cone that he is his father and that his mother was a chicken who abandoned them. He does very bad at school, and usually acts very immature with his teachers, especially if they wear a Skirt. In some jokes, it's actually Condorito who make him go bad at school, to the teachers annoyance.
• Yuyito: Yayita's tomboyish niece and Coné's best friend and partner in crime, even if sometimes they can be seen fighting and punching each other. Her eyes are completely black.
• Don Cuasimodo and Doña Tremebunda Vinagre: Yayita's fat, grumpy and overprotective parents, who reluctantly tolerate their daughter's engagement with Condorito and secretly support Pepe Cortisona as a better candidate for their daughter's hand. Cuasimodo, however, is willing to go along with Condorito when the latter makes fun of Tremebunda. At the same time, while Don Cuasimodo and Doña Tremebunda fight and yell at each other all the time, they are always ready to join forces to beat up Condorito when he tries to stay for dinner or when he gets too romantic with Yayita. Tremebunda is usually the target to both Cuasimodo's and Condorito's jokes, and usually she is the one who tries to hurt Condorito in order of Pepe Cortisona. Condorito's jokes of Tremebunda, while it makes Yayita upset, Cuasimodo laughs meanly, which is a clue that he hates his wife.
• Garganta de Lata : A tall, jolly, thin redhead with a typical alcoholic's nose. He spends most of his time at the "Bar El Tufo" or sleeping off a hangover in the street, which makes his wife and friends very upset. Despite his alcoholism, Garganta de Lata is a very loyal pal and a more than decent father, though his wife is not above cheating on him when the opportunity arises.
• Ungenio Gonzalez: A not-so-smart pal of Condorito. He has white hair; a long nose; and big teeth, reminiscent of a donkey's teeth, from which a drip of drool usually hangs. He has a son, Genito, who is almost identical to him. "Ungenio" is a play on words, as it resembles the actual name Eugenio and as "un genio" which Ungenio is not.
• Huevoduro : A potbellied, egg-headed, completely white character whom Rios claims is based upon a very pale, bald Canadian ambassador. Like Don Chuma, Huevoduro is often a straight man to Condorito in the strips.
• Chuleta: A tall, thin, jolly man with huge teeth, long sideburns, a thin mustache and green skin. He is also based on a real person with a greenish skin color that made him look eternally sick.
• Don Máximo Tacaño : A humorous miser who would rather die than part with his money and does all kinds of ridiculous things just to save money or avoid buying things, even if he really needs them. He is often loansharking others and would not part even with items he doesn't need. Originally, there was a stereotypical and amoral Jewish moneylender in his place, but this character was replaced due to complaints.
• Padre Venancio: Pelotillehue's Roman Catholic priest, presumably a Franciscan. He tries to guide Condorito and the others in "the good way." Usually he asked his people to send their prayers to San Guchito.
• Tomate : Short, fat, shy and bald, his head resembles a tomato, since his face is permanently red due to his shyness. Sometimes substitutes for Huevoduro in the strips. He is always trying to lose weight, without success.
• Comegato : A friend of Condorito who has a feline face and wears a beret and a black turtleneck. As his name suggests, he frequently hunts and eats cats, much to his friend's disgust.
• Cabellos de ángel : Big-nosed, half-shaven and potbellied, his hair is like a sea urchin. Often the subject of jokes about his hair.
• Chacalito : A criminal character, usually seen in jail or on trial for his crimes, which range from stealing to homicide. His name is ironic, since he appears to be the biggest, strongest man in town. The other characters befriend him only to avoid getting on his bad side.
• Che Copete: A stereotypical Argentine character who resembles an old-fashioned tango singer. He is very arrogant and proud of his country, yet he is friendly and good-natured. "Che" is an interjection frequently used by Argentines in much the same way as "Hey!" or "Pal!".
• Titicaco: A Bolivian cholo character who wears a typical colla hat and is very friendly with everyone. He was removed from the cast in the late 1980s, as he was seen as a stereotypical cholo from the altiplano.
• Fonola: A huge, hairy man about the same size as Pepe Cortisona, but without the teeth and with a huge voice. As a running gag, Fonola's body odor, especially his foot odor, warns everyone of his presence, even if he is many blocks away.
• Washington, Mandíbula and Matías: Condorito's pets. Washington is his dog, Mandíbula his horse, and Matías his potty-mouthed parrot. Washington appears the most, and in some strips he can talk, but Matías often takes the speaking pet roles. Sometimes Condorito has sold them, but they always end up returning to Condorito's side.
• Juan Sablazo: The typical conman who puts up a sob story or a good excuse in order to borrow money and never pays it back. He is almost famished and wears a very worn-out tuxedo. Everyone avoids him, because he always uses elaborate semantics to turn any innocent conversation into a pretext to borrow money, food or items from his "friends."
• Doña Peta, a.k.a. "Misiá Petita": A big, round, gentle, middle-aged housewife who is a neighbor of Condorito. She often takes care of Coné when Condorito is away. She seems to be a widow as portrayed in some strips.
• Condor Otto and Huevo Fritz: Variations on Condorito and Huevoduro, but characters in their own right. They are German or German-descended characters usually used to tell jokes with obvious puns or very dumb punchlines.
• San Guchito: Although not generally a character, he is the patron saint of Pelotillehue. He is usually shown in benediction, holding a sandwich in his left hand. His name is a play on the English word sandwich. Condorito has been known to cry out at times, "San Guchito, sálvame!". Sometimes he appears to grant wishes or perform miracles, other times he just appears in front of people to scold them and warn them about their oncoming fates.
• Don Sata: Satan himself. Normally he tries to corrupt Condorito and friends by offering them power, riches, etc. in exchange for their souls, with different degrees of success. Generally, Condorito manages to outfox him, but on some occasions, Don Sata gets the upper hand and then drags his victim to hell to torture him until the end of the joke. Father Venancio has faced and expelled him at least once.
• San Pedro : Is the gatekeeper of Heaven, and decides who enters paradise. He is portrayed as a big old man with a long white beard, with a gentle manner and always welcoming the characters that have died. He is not a parody of the catholic saint, and is utilized to obliquely depict God. In numerous gags starring San Pedro, Don Sata is involved. Usually his jokes involves scenarios where Condorito and/or other characters had died and for any reason they are not able to enter Heaven.
• Maca and Potoca: Two young and beautiful girls created as recurrent "filler" characters for jokes involving nudity or risqué situations. One of them is a brunette, wears a hairband and has a passive personality; the other sports short chestnut hair and a more volatile temper.

Places

• Pelotillehue: Native town of Condorito. It's shown as a growing semi-rural town, surrounded by farms, lakes and crossed by its own river.
• Buenas Peras: Rival and neighboring city of Pelotillehue. Their two football clubs usually battle in the national league championship playoff.
• Cumpeo: Neighboring city of Pelotillehue. A nice, quiet town, with a neutral stance between Pelotillehue and Buenas Peras's rivality. Cumpeo also is a real town in southern Chile thus creating a geographical sense of where Pelotillehue and Buenas Peras would be.
• El "Chalét" : The house of Condorito. Is actually a small and poor shack, and he use to call it the “Cottage” in an ironical sense. Coné also lives there, and is often the house where jokes take place.
• Bar "El Tufo": A pub-like bar where Condorito and his pals hang on most of time. This place is also Garganta de Lata's second home. Tufo is also a Spanish slang for bad mouth smell due to drinking.
• Cafe "El Insomnio" ": Typically characters meet at this coffee shop in times of desperation, or when one of them is going crazy about something.
• Restaurant "El Pollo Farsante" : The town's most popular restaurant. The characters eat here whenever a special occasion merits it, and sometimes even get a job as a waiter or chef. Its owner gives inhuman punishments to anyone who attempts to eat and run.
• Farmacia "Sin Remedio" : Pelotillehue's Pharmacy. The name can be translated to No Remedy or simply without medicines as "remedios" can be used as "medicine". The pharmacy is not used very often in the comic but is known to all characters, a lot of times jokes about pills or prescriptions, take place in the "Sin Remedio" pharmacy or characters are sent to the pharmacy to obtain a prescription.
• Pelotillehue's Prison: A big, creepy prison built in the middle of the town. Despite its menacing look, this prison's safety is minimal: most prisoners escape at will and some of them even have the gall to escape, commit a crime and return to their cell for dinner and sleep.
• Pelotillehue's Mental Asylum: The town's madhouse, full of demented people in wacky outfits or a few mad inventors. Normally everyone behaves at very tolerable levels, to the point that very few "patients" ever attempt to escape. The place is also separated by gender, because according to its director, "The inmates are just mad, not stupid."
• Pelotillehue's Nudist Camp: The town's health club, surrounded by a huge wall to keep curious people away. Generally the comic's characters are attempting to find ways to peep at the pretty women inside, or they are nudists themselves, sharing the club's activities or attending some weird job inside the club.
• Pelotillehue's Stadium: The town's sports center. Sometimes it is shown as a big place, capable of holding athletics events, but generally is portrayed as a small yard, where Pelotillehue and Buenas Peras face each other on a football match. In a lot of jokes, we can see the characters arriving at the stadium in the back of a truck or in a crowded bus.
• Hotel "Dos se van, Tres llegan" : The town's hotel. Sometimes depicted as a big and luxurious hotel and other times as a flea ridden shack. Condorito works occasionally here as a receptionist or a bellhop. The name may also have a sexual connotation as it may be interpreted as the arrival of a third person when two persons leave the hotel.

  Stage gags

• A crocodile seen trying to get into a building through a window or duct.
• A sleepwalker in pajamas. Generally he is seen walking in the most unusual places and other times he is about to fall into a hole or step on a nail.
• A UFO in the form of a flying saucer/dish is commonly seen in the background.
• A sign "DEИTRE SIN GORPEAL". The sign can be hanging from a wall, and the words can even form part of a larger sign.
• A sign "NO ESTOY" above a rodent hole.
• A sign "NO PEGAR CARTELES". A sign posted using an excessive amount of glue on an otherwise clean wall, oblivious to its purpose.
• "Diario EL HOCICÓN" official Pelotillehue's Newspaper
• Newspaper stands selling Condorito's comicbooks among the newspapers and magazines.
• A guy saying "Quiero Irme!".
• A street corner with the legends "Tarapacá" and "Tarapallá". The actual joke here is that "Tarapacá" sounds like "Estara para aca" and "Tarapallá" sounds like "Estara para alla"
• Street graffiti. The best-known spray-painted quote was "MUERA EL ROTO QUEZADA", after a real-life grudge Pepo had against a Chilean military officer who had mistreated his wife during an incident at an army club. Washington, named after Major Washington Quezada, is sometimes depicted urinating on this graffiti. "Roto" is a pejorative term used in Chile to refer to an unrefined person. Beginning in the 1980s, as the comic's fandom spread throughout Latin America, the quotes were changed ranging from the silly to the more useful. In some international editions or re-editions, the Roto Quezada graffiti was simply erased. In the original editions, this graffiti was dropped when the military officer died for real.
• A jumbo jet in the middle of the sky.
• Billboards or advertisements for the beverage Pin, with the slogan Tome Pin y haga ¡Pum! This was a direct parody of two real sodas which slogan back then was "Tome Bilz y haga Pap". In one strip when Pepe Cortisona had immigrated to a foreign country to find a job there was even a sign in English saying "DRINK PIN WATER".
• When Yayita or an attractive girl makes a free-fall they lose their shoes and sometimes, a few clothing pieces too.
• Waiting rooms or bus stops with one or two persons reduced to a dusty skeleton.
• Usually, the picture of an association football player is seen hanging on Condorito's house. During the joke, the background images shows the soccer player kicking his ball out of the photo, and some panels later, he is seen stretching an arm out of his picture, trying to recover his ball.
• Meat stores selling barking sausages or with horse noises coming from the butchery room.
• Used chamberpots and smelly feet can be seen in the most weird places.
• Tons of different variations of "Peeping Tom" jokes, with Condorito purposely or casually spying on pretty women undressing, bathing, skinny dipping or practicing nudism. However, the tone of the jokes is always silly or light-hearted, for example Condorito spies a group of girls attempting to take a skinny dip on a lake, and waits until the last moment to stop them pointing to a "No swimming" sign, but he invites them to stay and sunbathe if they want to.

• Public nudity jokes caused by accidents, mistakes or exhibitionists. Once again, the jokes are treated in a humorous and non-innuendish way, generally using puns or silly language confusions to justify it. For example, a group of beautiful girls can arrive at an empty beach and find a sleeping Condorito taking a nude sunbath, then all decide to imitate him and strip naked to swim, sunbathe and frolic around at the "nudist beach" until Condorito wakes up, and very shocked, explains that he isn't a nudist, he was just beaten up by a thief.

Fictional products

• The newspaper El Hocicón, which usually contains zany headlines or gags. Its motto is "Diario Pobre Pero Honrado". Sometimes when the headline is very important a cover of El Hocicón may be accompanied by one from the rival paper, El Cholguán, showing a picture of an ugly and rude burglar.
• Soap Sussio. Sounds like Sucio.
• Soap Popín. In popular culture Popín is a kiddy euphemism for the Butt.
• Pin soda, mentioned above.
• Vino "Y se fue" is a brand of wine used heavily in the Condorito comic. The word Vino in Spanish can refer to Wine but also can be understood as "to come, to approach". The actual wine brand "Y se fue" literally translates to "And they left"...so in this case the playword is meant to advertise a Wine as "They came and they left".
• Very cheap and awful wine brands like: Santa Clota, Tres Tiritones and Sonrisa de León.
• Cigarettes Montaña and Cofcof.

  Parodies

• Prince Valiant ' Prince Violent.
• Batman '
• Superman
• Tarzan '
• Noah '
• Adam and Eve '
• Lone Ranger Condorito appears as the Lone Ranger and is questioned about his name. After thinking it over, he decides to kill Tonto in order to keep his name.
• Lost Condorito, Coné and other characters of the story resemble the crew of Lost.
• Star Wars the cast of Condorito plays out the Star Wars drama
• Rambo '
• Shrek the Third Condorito, Coné and other characters making reference to the film.
• Transformers In the story, Maximus Prime is a parody of Optimus Prime, like Malatron is Megatron. Automaticons in the story possibly is Decepticons.
• El Chavo del Ocho ''" The cast, which includes secondary, parody the series
• Harry Potter "" Coné parodying Harry Potter, with a book which includes a story and Hogwarts jokes at start and end

  Origins

Condorito and politics

Film