Condorito
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Condorito is a famous cartoon character, a personification of a funny condor living in a fictitious town named Pelotillehue, a setting typical of many small Chilean provincial towns.
Condorito was created by the Chilean cartoonist René Ríos, known as "Pepo". In spite of his Chilean origin, Condorito is very popular in several Latin American countries, in which the character is considered part of the general popular culture.
Condorito and his friends are also featured monthly in a magazine that carries the name of the main character, as well as a deluxe magazine entitled Condorito de Oro.
One peculiar characteristic of this cartoon is that, at the end of each strip, the character that goes through the embarrassing moment or serves as the butt of the joke always falls backwards to the floor in a characteristic out-of-frame "flop take", accompanied by the PLOP! sound effect.
Other characteres in this cartoon are: Yayita (Condorito's fashionable eternal girlfriend), Compadre Chuma (Condorito's best friend), Pepe Cortisona aka "Saco de Plomo" (Condorito's nemesis), Coné and Yuyito (his young nephew and niece respectively), and Huevoduro ("Mr. Hardegg"), an eggheaded (and compltely colorless) character which Rios claims is based upon a Canadian ambassador.
External link
- Official web site (http://www.condorito.cl)