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¡Mucha Lucha!
Mucha Lucha
Also known as¡Mucha Lucha!: Gigante (season 3)
GenreAnimation
Comedy
Slapstick
Sports
Action
Created byEddie Mort
Lili Chin
Directed byAlfred Gimeno (season 1)
Ken Kessel (seasons 2-3)
Collette Sunderman (voice director)
Voices ofCarlos Alazraqui
Kimberly Brooks
Candi Milo
Kathleen Barr
Garry Chalk
Michael Donovan
Terry Klassen
Cusse Mankuma
Scott McNeil
Lee Tockar
Theme music composerChicos de Barrio
Opening theme¡Mucha Lucha! by Chicos de Barrio
Composers
  • Michael Tavera
  • Nicolas Barry
  • Tomas Jacobi
  • Rene Garza Aldape
  • Chuy Flores
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes52 (list of episodes)
Production
Executive producerSander Schwartz
Producers
  • Ken Kessel
  • Eddie Mort
  • Lili Chin
  • Alfred Gimeno
  • James Krieg
Running time22 minutes
Production companiesWarner Bros. Animation
Bardel Entertainment
DistributorWarner Bros. Television Distribution
Original release
NetworkKids' WB
ReleaseAugust 17, 2002 (2002-08-17) –
February 26, 2005 (2005-02-26)

¡Mucha Lucha! (known as ¡Mucha Lucha!: Gigante during its third season) is an American animated television series that premiered on Kids' WB, Teletoon, and Canal 5 on August 17, 2002.[1] It was created by Eddie Mort and Lili Chin and produced by Warner Bros. Animation and Bardel Entertainment. It is the first animated television series intended for children created with Adobe Flash, a program which became widely used as a medium for animation in the years following until its closure in 2020.[2]

On October 5, 2004, the direct-to-video feature film ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico was produced from the series. The show also features music by Michael Tavera, who recently made music for Cartoon Network's Time Squad.

Premise[]

The show is set in Luchaville, a fictional town in Southern California centered on lucha libre where nearly everyone in that town wears a mask (which they are never seen without) and costume and a well-known move. The series mainly centers on three friends, Rikochet, Buena Girl, and the Flea, as they struggle through the Foremost World-Renowned International School of Lucha, where they study.

Episodes[]

List of ¡Mucha Lucha! episodes

Characters[]

  • Rikochet (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui)– A young wrestler who is the protagonist. He considers himself the bravest of the group, but sometimes leaps before he finds.
  • Buena Girl (Kimberly Brooks)– A smart, young female wrestler who always plays by the rules. She can also be very arrogant and obnoxious at times.
  • The Flea (voiced by Candi Milo)– A friend of Rikochet and Buena Girl who is always dirty and refers to himself in the third person. As well as having a few disgusting habits, he is also the most nervous but often proves to be a useful ally.
  • El Rey (voiced by Michael Donovan)– An action figure which represents Rikochet's conscience. He carries a backpack but can move and talk on his own as if he were alive. It is stated that this action figure is just part of a large merchandising euphoria related to a supreme undefeated Mexican wrestler with the same name (an allusion to Santo). Alongside the series, several other El Rey toys appear and often causes trouble with Rikochet.

Broadcast[]

The show was also seen on Kids' WB in the United States, Teletoon in Canada, and Canal 5 in Mexico from August 17, 2002, until February 26, 2005.

Home media[]

In Region 1, Warner Home Video has released one compilation that contained the first six segment-episodes from season one, titled Heart of Lucha, on August 23, 2003. The direct-to-video movie The Return of El Maléfico, was released on October 5, 2004, exclusively at Walmart, while other retailers released it on January 4, 2005, during the third and final season.

In 2019, ¡Mucha Lucha! was available remastered for the first time in High Definition for home viewers and became available on demand through Amazon Prime.

Merchandise[]

A toy line based on the show was released by Jakks Pacific in 2004.[3] In this toy line included "Mix-a-Lot" action figures; these had removable body parts that could be placed on the bodies of other action figures in the series. "Signature Move" action figures were also put out, along with a toy wrestling ring. However, the second series of the toy line was canceled.

During the summer of 2003, DC Comics published a three-issue mini-series of comic books based on ¡Mucha Lucha! All three of the stories featured in these comic books were written by Eddie Mort, and have even been occasionally referenced in the TV series.

  1. El Rey, Come Home!
  2. It's All Buena!
  3. Limbo of the Lost Luchadores!

The show was licensed for a Game Boy Advance video game, Mascaritas of the Lost Code, in late 2003, and also a Sony PlayStation 2 video game, Mysterioso Grande, was slated for release, but was cancelled around 2004 as the creators could not find a publisher.[4]

Proposed revival[]

In 2014, a revival called ¡Mucha Lucha! Para Siempre was proposed which would have centered on Rikochet, Buena Girl, and the Flea as teenagers.[5][6][7]

See also[]

References[]

  1. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 568–569. ISBN 978-1476665993. 
  2. Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American-Canadian-Mexican Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 409–410. ISBN 978-1538103739. 
  3. DeMott, Rick (2003-10-17). "JAKKS Pacific Lands Mucha Lucha Toy License". Animation World Network. http://www.awn.com/news/jakks-pacific-lands-mucha-lucha-toy-license. 
  4. "Mucha Lucha [PS2 – Cancelled] – Unseen64". Unseen64: Beta, Cancelled & Unseen Videogames!. April 15, 2008. {{cite web}}:
  5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjAXpxv4joo
  6. https://muchalucha-art.tumblr.com/post/122013214348/will-there-be-more-mucha-lucha-well-were-still
  7. https://muchalucha-art.tumblr.com/page/3

External links[]

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