Alejo & Valentina

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Alejo & Valentina
Alejo and Valentina house photo.jpg
Genre Animated sitcom
Created byAlejandro Szykula
Country of originArgentina
Original languageSpanish
No. of seasons4
Original release
Network MTV Latin America
Release2002 (2002) 
2022 (2022)

Alejo & Valentina is an Argentine flash animated sitcom by Alejandro Szykula of LoCoARTS, created in 2002, aimed at teens. The show ran for 52 episodes on MTV Latin America. [1] The animation style is very simplistic and the storylines are filled with nonsense humor, running gags and a absurdist comedy tone.

Contents

Characters

Main

Alejo

Alejo is a 22-year-old man married to Valentina. His favorite football team is River Plate. He is based on Alejandro Szykula, the series' creator.

Alejo always wears a purple shirt and black pants. He has white skin and short black hair. He is patient and inexpressive, always speaking with the same tone and facial expressions. He thinks that he and Valentina have to have sex with their clothes on, unless they are in the bath. When he grows up he wants to be a Playmobil.

Sometimes, he becomes aggressive and violent. This happens in the episodes Volver al futurox (Back to the Futurex), Locura extraordinaria (Extraordinary Madness) - where he transforms into a beast resembling The Incredible Hulk- and Volver al futurox EXTENDED (Back to the Futurex EXTENDED). Sometimes, this happens when he eats ketchup. He also is capable of vast reality warping powers, being able to alter or reverse past events to create bizarre and surreal situations. He is very skilled with lightsaber swordfighting, during his trip to a Parallel Universe he met his alter-ego. This version possessed high-level telekinesis.

According to a story El Viejo told in Episode 1, La vida misma (Life as it is, or Life Itself), a stork which was going to deliver the baby Alejo was struck by lightning, causing him to fall into a river and over a waterfall. He ended up on a beach where he met Valentina, also a baby at the time. It is never revealed if this story is true or not as in Episode 15 Darth Baston (Darth Cane) and the TV episode Darth Baston EXTENDED (Darth Cane EXTENDED), El Viejo claims that he is Alejo's father. (parodying the scene where Darth Vader tells Luke Skywalker he is his father).

Catch phrases
  • ¿Y si vamos a comer comida? (How about we go to eat food?)
  • La quiero con mayonesa, sin ketchup y con mostaza. (I want it with mayonnaise, no ketchup and with mustard.)
  • ¿Y cómo hay que hacer? (And how is it done?)
  • ¡Que vengan todos los putos, loco! (Literally: Let all 'em fags come at me, man! Although a more accurate translation would be: "bring it on, motherfuckers!")
  • ¿Vos Sos Dios? (Are you God?)
  • Mira la Vieja. (Look the Crone.)
  • ¿Te haces el malo, gil? (Playing tough, punk?)
  • ¡Recatate, gil, ¿eh?! (Wise up punk, huh?!)
  • ¡Che, Valentinaaaa! (Hey Valentina!)
  • Me parece una propuesta diferente y buenísima. (I think it's a different and awesome proposal.)
  • Me pica el culo. (My ass itches.)

Valentina

Valentina is a 22-year-old woman married to Alejo. She is 1.75 meters tall (5'9''). Her favorite football team is Boca Juniors. Valentina is based on Alejandro Szykula's ex-girlfriend.

Valentina always wears a pink dress. She has white skin, long, dark hair and is inexpressive, speaking with the same tone no matter what the situation. She is skilled at martial arts and proficient in the use of the katana. She's also incredibly strong. She would like to be a dancer when she is older.

According to a story El Viejo told in Episode 1, La vida misma (Life as it is, or Life Itself), a stork which was meant to deliver the baby Valentina was abducted by aliens, leaving Valentina to fall out of the sky and into a rubbish lorry in Papapipa. As the lorry crosses a bridge, a helicopter crashes, destroying both the lorry and the bridge. Valentina falls into a sewer and is carried to the beach where she meets the baby Alejo. It is never revealed if this story is true or not as in Episode 15 Darth Baston (Darth Cane) and the TV episode Darth Baston EXTENDED (Darth Cane EXTENDED), El Viejo claims that he is Alejo's father.

Catch phrases
  • Yo quiero un sánguche. (I want a sandwich.)
  • Hay que tener sexo. (We gotta have sex.)
  • Me tocaron el culo. (Somebody touched my ass.)
  • ¡Alejo!

Carlitox

Carlitox is a short 19-year-old with messy green hair. His favorite football team is Rosario Central. He's about 1.55 meters (5'2") tall. He has the ability to float magically. This is later explained in a parody with the Clown from the movie "It" (based on the book by Stephen King) who tells him "Everybody floats...". During the trip to the Parallel Universe, he discovers his alter-ego, a tall, serious, muscular man with red hair, who is capable of high-level pyrokinesis and producing energy blasts.

He stores several things in his garage, including a UFO, which he later exchanged for a X-Wing ship from Star Wars, martial arts weapons, costumes, a time-travelling DeLorean, a machine that allows his to revisit previous episodes, a helicopter, a battery-compass, as well as numerous objects he has never used (see his catchphrases, below). Due to the lack of space he parks his car outside a TV studio garage.

He always wears a blue tank top and black trousers. Usually, he enters people's houses without permission and introduces himself by saying "Hola, vengo a flotar" (Hello, I've come to float). Carlitox is impatient and hyperactive, and most of the time he is up to something. Whenever he has something new and interesting, he likes to show it off.

Carlitox's father supposedly fought in the Malvinas War with El Viejo, and died when he saved El Viejo's life. Carlitox lives with his mother and has a blue-haired twin brother.

Catch phrases
  • Houla, vengo a flotar. (Heullo, I've come to float.)
  • Houla, vengo a (...). (Heullo, I've come to (...) )
  • Houla, vengo a revolear las patas. (Heullo, I've come to swing my legs around.)
  • Houla, vengo a romper las bolas (Heullo, I've come to annoy.)
  • Bueno, chau. (Well, bye.)
  • Mirá, mirá, tengo (...), mirá. (Look, look, I've got (...), look.)
  • ¡Jo-joo-jo! (Carlitox's trademark laughter.)
  • Ehm, me parece una muy buena idea, pero... (Ehm, I think it's a very good idea, but...)
  • ¿Qué hacemos? (What are we going to do?)
  • Tengo un (...) en el garaje, nunca lo use. (I have a (...) in my garage, never used it.)
  • Pisé una banana y me fui a la mierda, y después apareció un payaso y me dijo... no me acuerdo lo que me dijo. (I stepped on a banana and got messed up, then a clown appeared and told me... I do not remember what I said.)

El Viejo

The charismatic Viejo, often called El Viejo del Bastón (The Old Man With the Cane), is an old man who spends a lot of time with Alejo, Valentina and Carlitox. His favorite football team is Chacarita Juniors.

El Viejo wears a grey robe. He often appears spontaneously, and acts wise even though he is not smart and his advice is useless. He is known for his Paraguayan accent, ending almost every sentence with 'viteh' (y'see), a word derived from 'viste' (you see). He seems to have a crush on an older lady named La Vieja, and often impersonates Hattori Hanzō or Pai Mei from Kill Bill. He also claims to know Victor Sueiro personally.

He is able to teleport. He is skilled in magic. He is in great physical condition, and is as muscular as a bodybuilder.

Catch phrases
  • ...,viteh. (...,y'see.)
  • Hola, viteh. (Hi, y'see.)
  • Tengo chaleco, viteh. (I've got (bulletproof) vest, y'see.)
  • Pero, ¡¿vos sos loco, viteh?! (But, are you crazy, y'see?!)
  • Lo que hagas puede tener repercusiones en eventos futuros, viteh. (Anything you do may affect future events, y'see.)
  • Vamo' a matar a los bichos, viteh. (We're gonna kill all them bugs, y'see)

Gregory

He is 20 years old and wears a blue shirt and darker pants. He is a friend of most of the characters in the series, and is the fall-guy of many pranks from the other characters. He speaks with the Argentinian "Cheto" accent (posh or snobby accent). His power is superhuman speed. He owns a bar and is very shy around women. He likes Pop music and often sings in the episodes. He's a fan of River Plate. His role has increased as the series has progressed as he and Matias became more important in the show; he appeared in every episode of the second season as a main character. He is Matias' best friend, despite Matias' often condescending attitude towards Gregory because of his superficial nature.

Catch phrases
  • Uuuy, que divertido. (Ohhh, how fun.)
  • Me tocaron el culo. (Someone touched my ass.)
  • Uuuy, bueno ya, dale. (Ohhh, OK, let's do it.)
  • Che, pónganle algo de onda. (Hey, be a little more cool.)
  • ¡Paren las rotativas! ¡Paren las rotativas! (Stop the presses! Stop the presses!)

Matias

He is the sarcastic and cynical main prankster of the series and often accompanies Gregory. He once dated Gregory's sister, much to his companion's annoyance. He has an anger management problem and often starts shooting indiscriminately with his Uzi submachine gun when angry and uses very rude language towards everyone, always ending his phrases with "boludo" (dumbass). The word "boludo" is also used a term of endearment in Argentina when speaking with close friends. Before the series, Matías tried to cast in several films but could not participate in the production of many because of its obscene language, such as Inspector Gadget which originally had a part for him. He wears a red shirt and blue trousers.

Catch phrases
  • Me chupa la pija vo' y (...) boludo! (You and (...) can suck my dick you dumbass!)
  • Boludo! (dumbass!)
  • ¿Entendé' como e', boludo? (You got that, dumbass?)

Recurring

Minor and guests

Episodes

Online

There are currently[ when? ] 22 online episodes, divided into three seasons, plus the episodes that are being aired on TV. [2]

Season 1 (2002 - 2003)

  • 1-01 - Life Itself
  • 1-02 - Mc King
  • 1-03 - Alien Invasion
  • 1-04 - Horror Special
  • 1-05 - The Party
  • 1-06 - The Matris
  • 1-07 - Office 77
  • 1-08 - Back to the futurex
  • 1-09 - Extraordinary Madness
  • 1-10 - Dinning with Carlitox

Season 2 (2004 - 2005)

  • 2-11 - La vieja y la piedra (The Crone and the Stone)
  • 2-12 - Kill Rick (a parody of Kill Bill , part 2 of La vieja y la piedra)
  • 2-13 - La Pesadilla de Carlitox (Carlitox' Nightmare mocking "Nightmare on Elm Street")
  • 2-14 - La Isla de lo' mono' (The Island o' Monkey, mocking the Monkey Island series . "Mono" is Spanish for "Monkey").
  • 2-15 - Behind The True Celebrities Stories Uncensored Flash (a pun on E! True Hollywood Story and Celebrities Uncensored, episode about the truth behind the show and the lives behind the characters)
  • 2-16 - Darth Baston (Darth Cane, mocking Episodes IV, V and VI of the Star Wars saga)
  • 2-17 - Fundación Guillermo Francella (Guillermo Francella Foundation, a special episode about AIDS)

Season 3 (2012 - 2017)

  • 3-18 - Alejo y Valentina Regresan de la Luna (Alejo and Valentina come back from the Moon)
  • 3-19 - Que es esa luz?! (What is that light ?!, part 2 of Alejo y Valentina Regresan de la luna)
  • 3-20 - La Edad del Corazón (Parte 1) (The Age of the Heart (Part 1))
  • 3-21 - La Edad del Corazón (Parte 2) (The Age of the Heart (Part 2))
  • 3-22 - El Mago con Dientes (The Wizard with Teeth)

===Television series [3]

First season (2006 - 2007)

  • 1 - "Alejo y Valentina contra los muertos vivos" ("Alejo and Valentina Vs. the Undead")
  • 2 - "Volver al futurox EXTENDED" ("Back to the Futurex EXTENDED")
  • 3 - "Kill Rick EXTENDED"
  • 4 - "Expreso a Pilar" ("Pilar Express"- mocking The Polar Express )
  • 5 - "The Matris EXTENDED"
  • 6 - "Termineitor D.O.S" (a parody of the film Terminator and the famous operating system, also "dos" means two in Spanish)
  • 7 - "Salgamos afuera" ("Let's go outside")
  • 8 - "Recatate soldado Brian" (a parody of the film Saving Private Ryan )
  • 9 - "El día de Colorín" ("Colorin's Day")
  • 10 - "Liberen a Carlitox" ("Free Carlitox")
  • 11 - "Darth Baston EXTENDED" ("Darth Cane EXTENDED")
  • 12 - "El día que Alejo conoció a Maradona" ("The Day Alejo Met Maradona")
  • 13 - "El Cumple del Viejo" ("The Old Man's Birthday")

Second season (2007 - 2008)

  • 14 - "El bar de Gregory" ("Gregory's café")
  • 15 - "La carrera loca" ("The crazy race" - mocking Wacky Races)
  • 16 - "Volver al Futurox contra los indios" ("Back to the Futurex vs. the Indians")
  • 17 - "Parquepark"
  • 18 - "El día que las vacas no vuelan más" ("The day the cows don't fly anymore")
  • 19 - "El X-Orxixta viteh" ("The X-Orxixt y' see")
  • 20 - "Alejo vs. Mario Baracus" ("Alejo vs. B. A. Baracus")
  • 21 - "El regreso del cometa Halley" ("The return of Halley's Comet")
  • 22 - "Las redes nueivas" ("The new fishnets" - a parody of the film "Nine Queens")
  • 23 - "Un día re-torcido" ("A Crazy Day")
  • 24 - "Pinocho" ("Pinocchio" - a parody of Walt Disney Pictures' film "Pinocchio")
  • 25 - "Raíces" ("Roots")
  • 26 - "Viaje al fondo de las casas" ("Trip to the bottom of the houses")

Third season (2008 - 2009)

  • 27 - "Dr. Viejaux" ("Dr. Oddhoux")
  • 28 - "Colorin Colorado"
  • 29 - "Un safari re cajetilla" ("A Really Cool Safari")
  • 30 - "Alejo y Valentina contra Los Dinosaurios" ("Alejo and Valentina VS. the Dinosaurs")
  • 31 - "La Maldición del Topo Chicho" ("The Curse of Topo Chicho")
  • 32 - "Cantalindo" ("Singnice")
  • 33 - "Ladry Potter y El Prisionero de Batán" ("Ladry Potter and the Prisoner of Batán" - a parody of "Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban")
  • 34 - "¿Que saltás, loco?" ("Why are you jumping, nut case?")
  • 35 - "Locademia de SuperHeroes" ("Crazyademy of SuperHeroes")
  • 36 - "Jo Jo Jo Feliz Navidad" ("Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas")
  • 37 - "Titanix"
  • 38 - "Es top model viteh" ("It's top model y'see")
  • 39 - "La Fabrica de CuchoMate" ("The Factory of CuchoMate")

Fourth season (2009 - 2010)

  • 40 - "Ghrek" (a parody of the "Shrek" film series)
  • 41 - "La verdad de la Milanga" ("The truth of the Milanese")
  • 42 - "El Efecto Mariposón" ("The Mariposón Effect")
  • 43 - "Eso e' todo verso" ("That's all bull")
  • 44 - "Alejo presidente del Mundo" ("Alejo, President of the World")
  • 45 - "$3,00" (a parody of the film 300)
  • 46 - "Hay que tener Sexo" ("Keep Sex")
  • 47 - "Mission Ma-Jodida" ("Ma-Fuckin Mission" - a parody of the Spy-themed films)
  • 48 - "Pesadillas Cajetillas" ("Really Cool Nightmares")
  • 49 - "Carlitox Big Brother" (parody of "Big Brother")
  • 50 - "Floggerfield" (a parody of the film "Cloverfield")
  • 51 - "Garron Ball Z" (a parody of "Dragon Ball Z")
  • 52 - "V de tu Vieja" ("V for Yo Mama" - a parody of the film "V for Vendetta")
  • 53 - "Recuerdos con Punch" ("Memories with Punch")

Fifth season (2020)

  • 54 - Alguien es el octavo pasajero (Somebody is the Eight Passenger)
  • 55 - La maldición del Italpark (The Italpark's Curse)
  • 56 - Los Recontravengers (The HyperMegavengers)
  • 57 - Alejo y Valentina contra los Tomates Perita (Alejo & Valentina vs. the Cherry Tomatoes)
  • 58 - Valenticia en el País Recajetilla (Valentice in the Extra-Cool Country)
  • 59 - IT, el Yosapa Comepibes (I.T. The Kid-Eating Clown)
  • 60 - El Bar de Gregory 2 (Gregory's Cafe 2)
  • 61 - Breaking Viteh
  • 62 - Breaking Viteh 2
  • 63 - Greg-Man
  • 64 - La Historia con Fin (The Story with an Ending)
  • 65 - Cuestión de Obeso (A Matter of Fat People)
  • 66 - Alejo y Valentina contra los Illuminati (Alejo & Valentina vs. the Illuminati)
  • 67 - Alejo y Valentina contra los Illuminati 2 (Alejo & Valentina vs. the Illuminati 2)

Sixth season (2022)

  • 68 - Jojoker
  • 69 - Vamos pal Bailongo (Let's go Dancing)
  • 70 - Cuentos de la Crota (Tales of the Old Lady)
  • 71 - Cuentos de la Crota 2 (Tales of the Old Lady 2)
  • 72 - Vitehlyus
  • 73 - Entremos Adentro (Let's get Inside)
  • 74 - Gilboy
  • 75 - Mingo y Anibal (Mingo & Anibal)
  • 76 - Karate Gil
  • 77 - La casa de Papanoel (The House of Papanoel)
  • 78 - Behind the Flash 3 (Part 1)
  • 79 - Behind the Flash 3 (Part 2)

References

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  2. "ALEJO y VALENTINA "Capitulos WEB"". Archived from the original on 2011-08-11. Retrieved 2023-09-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
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