El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera | |
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Genre | Superhero fiction Action-adventure Slapstick Comedy |
Created by | Jorge R. Gutierrez Sandra Equihua |
Directed by | Dave Thomas Gabe Swarr |
Voices of | Alanna Ubach Grey DeLisle Eric Bauza Carlos Alazraqui April Stewart |
Composer | Shawn Patterson |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
No. of seasons | 1 |
No. of episodes | 26 (50 segments) |
Production | |
Executive producers | Sandra Equihua Jorge R. Gutierrez |
Running time | 11 minutes (short-length episodes) 22 minutes (long-length specials) |
Production companies | Mexopolis Nickelodeon Animation Studio |
Original release | |
Network | Nickelodeon (episodes 1-22) Nicktoons (episodes 23-26) |
Release | February 19, 2007 – September 13, 2008 |
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (sometimes shortened to El Tigre) is an American animated television series created by Jorge R. Gutierrez and Sandra Equihua that premiered on Nickelodeon on February 19, 2007. [1] The series centers on a 13-year-old boy named Manny Rivera who is trying his best to choose between being good or evil while dealing with bizarre enemies, aiming to gain his belt's buckle to become a tiger-themed superhero known as "El Tigre". There are two paths Manny must choose between in the show, either to become the son of a legendary hero known as "White Pantera" and the grandson of an evil super villain known as "Puma Loco". The show is set in Miracle City, a fictional city based on and located at Tijuana, where Jorge grew up. The series was produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio and was animated using Adobe Flash. A total of 26 episodes were produced before it was cancelled.
Set in the fictional crime-ridden Mexican-American metropolis of Miracle City, El Tigre follows the adventures of Manny Rivera, a 13-year-old boy with superpowers trying to choose between being good or evil. Manny's father is a superhero known as White Pantera and wants Manny to grow up to be good and fight evil. Manny's grandfather is a supervillain known as Puma Loco who thinks Manny should go to the dark side.
El Tigre was created by a husband-and-wife team named Jorge Gutierrez and Sandra Equihua along with others who were employed to make the show. The couple made the project from experiences they had when they were younger. Manny Rivera is based on Jorge's young self. Many things known in the show were based on actual events or parts of Jorge's life. His father was an architect (which was viewed as good) and his grandfather was a general in the military (which was viewed as evil). That idea was exaggerated to the idea of superheroes and supervillains. The city Miracle City is likely based on Tijuana, where Jorge grew up.
This was the first Nicktoon to be fully animated in Adobe Flash after O'Grady , which was exclusive to The N. The animation of the series was a split between Boulder Media in Ireland and 6 Point Harness in the United States.
On January 25, 2008, Nickelodeon allowed viewers to vote on the ending of an episode, deciding whether El Tigre would choose the path of heroism or villainy. [2] "The Good, the Bad, and the Tigre" premiered later that same day with the ending chosen by the voters. Voters ultimately chose the heroic ending, in which El Tigre defeated Django and Sartana. If the villainous ending had been chosen, he would have helped Django and Sartana conquer the world, but turned against them by launching them through space to take the empire for himself and Frida, and ruled over the world into old age. After they remembered to free the now elderly White Pantera and Puma Loco from all their tyrannical fun, their reunion was interrupted when Sartana and Django recruited an army of aliens to retake her throne, in which the Rivera men (along with Frida who rides a mech) leap into action to battle Sartana, which cuts with the title "The End?".
No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Storyboard by | Original air date | Prod. code | ||||||
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1a | "Sole of a Hero" | Dave Thomas | Scott Kreamer Story by : Dave Thomas, Scott Kreamer, and Jorge R. Gutierrez | Fred Gonzales | March 3, 2007 | 101a | ||||||
While "borrowing" Rodolfo's supercharged Bronze Boots of Truth, Manny and Frida break them. Manny covers it up until Rodolfo slips into a depression after being beaten by El Oso. | ||||||||||||
1b | "Night of the Living Guacamole" | Dave Thomas | Doug Langdale Story by : Jorge R. Gutierrez, Dave Thomas, and Bill Motz & Bob Roth | Fred Osmond | February 19, 2007 | 101b | ||||||
Manny spends money on a laser tattoo maker instead of some expensive guacamole, so Manny gets some for free from a disguised Dr. Chipotle Jr. which turns Rodolfo and Grandpapi into guacamole zombies. | ||||||||||||
2a | "Enter the Cuervo" | Dave Thomas | Scott Kreamer | Ricky Garduno | March 3, 2007 | 102a | ||||||
Manny spends his time with a new supervillainess named Black Cuervo, nearly ruining his friendship with Frida (and her fiesta) in the process. | ||||||||||||
2b | "Fistful of Collars" | Dave Thomas | Scott M. Gimple Story by : Scott M. Gimple and Jorge R. Gutierrez | Luke Cormican | March 3, 2007 | 102b | ||||||
While making some roller skates, Manny and Frida earn money for finding the town's lost pets so they can buy Luxe roller skates and scooters then earn a bigger cash reward if they return a Chihuahua named Taco to his rightful owner. | ||||||||||||
3a | "Fool's Goal" | Dave Thomas | Rob Humphrey & John Behnke and Doug Langdale Story by: Scott Kreamer | Kevin Kaliher and Dave Thomas | March 10, 2007 | 104a | ||||||
Grandpapi decides to coach Manny's soccer team, with disastrous results. | ||||||||||||
3b | "El Tigre, El Jefe" | Dave Thomas | Scott M. Gimple Story by : Scott M. Gimple and Jorge R. Gutierrez | Eddie Trigueros | March 10, 2007 | 104b | ||||||
Manny helps his friends and classmates at Escuela get better grades. but when he gets carried away, Frida and classmates unknowingly consult a supervillain to go against him. | ||||||||||||
4a | "Zebra Donkey" | Dave Thomas | Scott M. Gimple Story by : Dave Thomas | Brandon Kruse and Dave Thomas | March 17, 2007 | 103a | ||||||
Manny cares for the town's mascot Zebra Donkey but after accidentally killing him, Manny and Frida use Sartana of the Dead's Golden Guitar of Doom to resurrect him, unaware of the grave consequences. | ||||||||||||
4b | "Adios Amigos" | Dave Thomas | Scott Kreamer Story by: Dave Thomas, Jorge R. Gutierrez, and Scott Kreamer | Ricky Garduno | March 17, 2007 | 103b | ||||||
During a dangerous day at a carnival, Manny encounters the Titanium Titan, a former superhero with shapeshifting titanium arms. To keep Frida out of harm's way from the Titan, Manny must end his friendship with Frida. | ||||||||||||
5a | "The Mother of All Tigres" | Dave Thomas | Scott M. Gimple Story by: Scott M. Gimple and Jorge R. Gutierrez | Eddie Trigueros | April 7, 2007 | 105a | ||||||
When Manny's mother, Maria, comes to visit, Manny and friends are afraid he'll be forced to live with her due to Miracle City's bad status. They then decided to show her that Miracle City isn't all that bad. | ||||||||||||
5b | "Old Money" | Dave Thomas | Scott M. Gimple Story by: Scott M. Gimple and Jorge R. Gutierrez | Fred Gonzales | April 7, 2007 | 105b | ||||||
Manny and Frida help a group of retired supervillains get their money back from Sartana of the Dead. But just because they're retired, doesn't mean they are no longer supervillains. | ||||||||||||
6a | "The Late Manny Rivera" | Dave Thomas | Scott Kreamer Story by: Jorge R. Gutierrez and Scott Kreamer | Luke Cormican | April 21, 2007 | 106a | ||||||
Manny and Frida must be at the Escuela in time or they will be forced to go to separate schools. | ||||||||||||
6b | "Party Monsters" | Dave Thomas | Tracy Berna Story by: Tracy Berna, Jorge R. Gutierrez, and Dave Thomas | Ben Jones | April 21, 2007 | 106b | ||||||
Manny and Frida accidentally ruin a group of geeky kids' game night but when The Mustache Mafia attack, they must work together to defeat them. | ||||||||||||
7a | "The Mustache Kid" | Dave Thomas | Scott Kreamer Story by: Jorge R. Gutierrez and Scott Kreamer | Ricky Garduno | May 5, 2007 | 107a | ||||||
Manny is tired of being a kid so he enlists the help of Dr. Chipotle Jr. to give him a sentient mustache named Raul in exchange for his El Tigre belt. | ||||||||||||
7b | "Puma Licito" | Dave Thomas | Scott Kreamer | Brandon Kruse | May 5, 2007 | 107b | ||||||
When Manny overhears Rodolfo and Maria voice their concern over Grandpapi being a bad influence on him, Manny and Frida use his suit to do heroic things to prove he isn't a bad influence. But Grandpapi might not be ok with this. | ||||||||||||
8a | "Miracle City Worker" | Dave Thomas and Gabe Swarr | Scott M. Gimple Story by: Scott M. Gimple and Doug Langdale | Luke Cormican | May 12, 2007 | 108a | ||||||
Maria tries to reform supervillains into becoming good citizens but Manny isn't convinced they can change. | ||||||||||||
8b | "Dia de los Malos" | Dave Thomas | Tracy Berna Story by : Tracy Berna and Dave Thomas | Luke Cormican | May 12, 2007 | 108b | ||||||
Manny is rejected as a hero by other superheroes while attending a superhero convention. But when Sartana Of The Dead and other supervillains run amok and trap the heroes at the convention, it is up to Manny to prove them wrong and save the day. | ||||||||||||
9a | "Yellow Pantera" | Dave Thomas | Scott Kreamer Story by: Jorge R. Gutierrez and Scott Kreamer | Eddie Trigueros | June 16, 2007 | 109a | ||||||
Upon learning Rodolfo retreated from a fight with El Mal Verde, Manny is disappointed his father acted cowardly and tries to face El Mal Verde himself. | ||||||||||||
9b | "Rising Son" | Dave Thomas | Tracy Berna Story by : Jorge R. Gutierrez and Tracy Berna | Fred Gonzales | June 16, 2007 | 109b | ||||||
When The Seventh Samurai visits the Rivera household, Manny and Frida take his son, Toshiro, around Miracle City for him to become a real independent superhero. | ||||||||||||
10a | "The Curse of the Albino Burrito" | Dave Thomas | Tracy Berna Story by : Jorge R. Gutierrez and Tracy Berna | Dave Knott and Dave Thomas | September 21, 2007 | 110a | ||||||
When an aspiring superhero kid named Davi asks Manny to help him become a hero, Manny and Frida trick him into doing their chores. But when Manny and his family are in danger, it's up to Davi to be a hero and save them. | ||||||||||||
10b | "La Tigresa" | Dave Thomas | Scott Gimple Story by : Scott Gimple and Jorge Gutierrez | Fred Gonzales | September 21, 2007 | 110b | ||||||
Tired of being powerless, Frida "borrows" Manny's belt and becomes the superheroine "La Tigresa." | ||||||||||||
11a | "Ballad of Frida Suarez" | Dave Thomas | Scott M. Gimple Story by: Jorge R. Gutierrez and Scott M. Gimple | Dave Knott, Luke Cormican, Gabe Swarr, Eddie Trigueros, and Dave Thomas | September 28, 2007 | 113a | ||||||
After El Tigre suffers a humiliating defeat against Sartana Of The Dead, Frida writes a hit song about it. But she soon lets the fame go to her head. | ||||||||||||
11b | "Fool Speed Ahead" | Dave Thomas | Scott Kreamer Story by: Jorge R. Gutierrez and Scott Kreamer | Brandon Kruse | September 28, 2007 | 113b | ||||||
Grandpapi and Manny must win the Supervillain Grand Prix or the Riveras will be forced to leave Miracle City forever. | ||||||||||||
12a | "Miracle City Undercover" | Dave Thomas | Scott Kreamer Story by: Jorge R. Gutierrez and Scott Kreamer | Eddie Trigueros | October 5, 2007 | 112a | ||||||
When Raul the Mustache is framed for a crime, Manny must go undercover with the Mustache Mafia to prove Raul's innocence. | ||||||||||||
12b | "Bride of Puma Loco" | Dave Thomas | Scott Kreamer Story by: Jorge R. Gutierrez and Scott Kreamer | Sean Szeles and Brandon Kruse | October 5, 2007 | 112b | ||||||
When Grandpapi and Sartana Of The Dead unexpectedly announce their engagement, Manny and Frida do everything they can to keep the wedding from happening. | ||||||||||||
13a | "Eye Caramba" | Dave Thomas | Tracy Berna Story by : Scott Gimple and Jorge R. Gutierrez | Ricky Garduno | October 12, 2007 | 111a | ||||||
After winning Lady Gobbler's glass eye, Manny gives the glass eye to Rodolfo, both unaware the eye is actually a surveillance camera, with The Flock Of Fury watching White Pantera's every move. | ||||||||||||
13b | "Clash of the Titan" | Dave Thomas | Scott Gimple Story by : Scott Gimple and Jorge Gutierrez | Ricky Garduno | October 12, 2007 | 111b | ||||||
When The Titanium Titan returns and claims he has become good again, he joins forces with White Pantera and El Tigre to fight crime. But has the Titan really changed his ways? | ||||||||||||
14 | "The Grave Escape" | Dave Thomas | Scott Kreamer and Doug Langdale Story by: Jorge R. Gutierrez and Scott Kreamer | Ricky Garduno and Eddie Trigueros | October 19, 2007 | 114 | ||||||
In this two-part episode, Sartana Of The Dead attacks the Riveras during Dia De Los Muertos, which sends Manny and Frida to The Land Of The Dead. There, Manny must enlist the help of his ancestors to return to the living world and save his family before he and Frida become forever trapped as skeletons in The Land Of The Dead. | ||||||||||||
15a | "Burrito's Little Helper" | Dave Thomas | Tracy Berna Story by : Scott Kreamer | Fred Gonzales | November 2, 2007 | 115a | ||||||
Manny is forced to become Davi's sidekick after Davi gets him out of trouble. | ||||||||||||
15b | "Crouching Tigre, Hidden Dragon" | Dave Thomas | Brandon Sawyer Story by: Jorge R. Gutierrez and Scott Kreamer | Luke Cormican | November 2, 2007 | 115b | ||||||
When a superhero trio asks Manny due to his street smarts, Rodolfo tries to impress them by being street smart as well. | ||||||||||||
16a | "The Cactus Kid" | Dave Thomas | Brandon Sawyer Story by: Scott Kreamer and Jorge Gutierrez | Brandon Kruse | November 9, 2007 | 116a | ||||||
Grandpapi feels Manny isn't becoming the supervillain he wants him to be so he uses an aspiring supervillain named "The Cactus Kid" to make Manny jealous. | ||||||||||||
16b | "A Mother's Glove" | Dave Thomas | Scott Kreamer Story by: Brandon Sawyer and Jorge R. Gutierrez | Sean Szeles | November 9, 2007 | 116b | ||||||
Manny discovers his mother, Maria, used to be a superheroine known as "Plata Peligrosa" before she quit. But when Manny tricks Maria into becoming Plata Peligrosa, he'll discover why she quit being a superhero in the first place. | ||||||||||||
17 | "The Good, the Bad, and the Tigre" | Dave Thomas | Scott Kreamer Story by: Jorge R. Gutierrez and Scott Kreamer | Luke Cormican and Fred Gonzales | January 25, 2008 | 118 | ||||||
In the second two-part episode of the series, Manny is tired of being treated as a child by everyone. But when Sartana Of The Dead announces her retirement, Manny attempts to prove himself by entering Sartana's competition to find her successor, while slowly going into the supervillain side. | ||||||||||||
18a | "A Fistful of Nickels" | Dave Thomas | Thomas Hart and Doug Langdale Story by: Jorge R. Gutierrez and Thomas Hart | Dave Thomas | 2005 | (original pilot version)119a | ||||||
June 16, 2008 (remake) | ||||||||||||
After accidentally destroying The Rivera house and killing the family parrot, Manny tries to repay the damages by stealing money from supervillains. | ||||||||||||
18b | "Animales" | Dave Thomas | Story by : Sean Szeles, Scott Kreamer, Dave Thomas, Gabe Swarr, and Jorge Gutierrez | Sean Szeles | June 16, 2008 | 119b | ||||||
The family pets, Little Mule and Señor Chapi, attempt to retrieve a stolen item from the pets across the street. | ||||||||||||
19a | "Tigre + Cuervo Forever" | Dave Thomas | Tracy Berna Story by : Jorge R. Gutierrez | Ricky Garduno | June 17, 2008 | 120a | ||||||
Manny begins to date Black Cuervo to retrieve information of The Flock of Fury's crimes to tip off his dad so he could stop them. But Manny soon learns why he shouldn't take advantage of a girl's feelings. | ||||||||||||
19b | "The Thing That Ate Frida's Brain" | Dave Thomas | Brandon Sawyer Story by: Brandon Sawyer and Jorge Gutierrez | Eddie Trigueros | June 17, 2008 | 120b | ||||||
After Frida slowly starts to turn into a zombie hungry for brains, Manny must find a way to cure her before she turns into a complete zombie. | ||||||||||||
20a | "Stinking Badges" | Gabe Swarr | Scott Kreamer Story by: Jorge R. Gutierrez and Scott Kreamer | Luke Cormican | June 18, 2008 | 121a | ||||||
To win her father's respect, Frida begins to take the credit for all the crimes El Tigre stops. But her older twin sisters soon see through her scheme. | ||||||||||||
20b | "Mech Daddy" | Dave Thomas | Tracy Berna Story by : Jorge Gutierrez and Doug Langdale | Fred Gonzales | June 18, 2008 | 121b | ||||||
Manny and Frida take control of a mecha supervillain named Giant Robot Sanchez. | ||||||||||||
21a | "The Return of Plata Peligrosa" | Gabe Swarr | Scott Kreamer Story by : Dave Thomas and Scott Kreamer | Gabe Swarr, Katie Rice, Fred Osmond, and Dave Feiss | June 19, 2008 | 122a | ||||||
Rodolfo begins to fall for Maria after she becomes Plata Peligrosa. It's up to Manny and Frida to convince Rodolfo Maria isn't herself when she's a superheroine. | ||||||||||||
21b | "Chupacabros!" | Dave Thomas | Eddie Guzelian Story by: Jorge R. Gutierrez and Scott Kreamer | Sean Szeles | June 19, 2008 | 122b | ||||||
After finding a chupacabra, Manny decides to keep it as a pet and name it "Chui". But when the local goats go missing, Manny learns Chui eats goats and must release him into the wild to keep him from eating more. | ||||||||||||
22a | "Love and War" | Dave Thomas | Tracy Berna Story by : Jorge Gutierrez and Tracy Berna | Eddie Trigueros | June 20, 2008 | 117a | ||||||
When Dr. Chipotle Jr. and Señor Siniestro fall in love with Frida, they fight to win her affection. But when they realize she prefers to be with Manny, they come up with a plot to eliminate him. | ||||||||||||
22b | "Wrong and Dance" | Dave Thomas | Brandon Sawyer Story by: Jorge R. Gutierrez and Scott Kreamer | Ricky Garduno | June 20, 2008 | 117b | ||||||
Manny enlists the help of Grandpapi to attract a group of mean girls to go to the school dance with him. | ||||||||||||
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23a | "Oso Solo Mio" | Gabe Swarr | Brandon Sawyer Story by: Jorge R. Gutierrez and Scott Kreamer | Ricky Garduno | August 7, 2008 | 123a | ||||||
Manny and Frida try to help supervillain El Oso win the heart of his true love. | ||||||||||||
23b | "Silver Wolf" | Dave Thomas | Tracy Berna Story by : Eddie Trigueros and Jorge R. Gutierrez | Eddie Trigueros | August 7, 2008 | 123b | ||||||
Manny and Frida's friendship deteriorates after Frida abandons Manny to spend more time with a popular teen supervillain named Silver Wolf. | ||||||||||||
24a | "The Cuervo Project" | Dave Thomas | Henry Gilroy Story by : Jorge R. Gutierrez | Fred Gonzales | August 8, 2008 | 124a | ||||||
Frida's nemesis, Zoe Aves, is grouped with Manny and Frida for a science fair project. But when Frida starts to suspect Zoe might be Black Cuervo, she and Manny try to prove it. | ||||||||||||
24b | "The Golden Eagle Twins" | Gabe Swarr | Scott Kreamer Story by: Jorge R. Gutierrez and Scott Kreamer | Luke Cormican and Ricky Garduno | August 8, 2008 | 124b | ||||||
Manny and Frida start to hang out with beloved local heroes, The Golden Eagle Twins, to learn how to be heroes like them. However, they soon realize The Golden Eagle Twins may not be as noble as they seem. | ||||||||||||
25a | "Dia de los Padres" | Gabe Swarr | Henry Gilroy Story by: Jorge Gutierrez and Scott Kreamer | Luke Cormican | September 13, 2008 | 125a | ||||||
Manny teams up with Dr. Chipotle Jr. to give their fathers a gift for Father's Day. But can Dr. Chipotle Jr. be trusted? | ||||||||||||
25b | "Mustache Love" | Dave Thomas | Scott Kreamer Story by: Jorge R. Gutierrez and Scott Kreamer | Sean Szeles | September 13, 2008 | 125b | ||||||
To help Raul The Mustache win the heart of his date, Manny agrees to go on a date with a not-so-attractive girl named Sophia. | ||||||||||||
26a | "Back to Escuela" | Dave Thomas | Scott Kreamer Story by : Jorge Gutierrez and Scott Kreamer | Eddie Trigueros | September 13, 2008 | 126a | ||||||
To steal an artifact on display at Manny's school, Grandpapi decides to attend school with him. | ||||||||||||
26b | "No Boots, No Belt, No Brero" | Gabe Swarr | Doug Langdale Story by : Jorge R. Gutierrez, Sandra Equihua, and Scott Kreamer | Ricky Garduno | September 13, 2008 | 126b | ||||||
The Riveras' reckless actions due to family tension causes them to be stripped from their powers and attend family counseling. They soon learn to put their differences aside and work together as a family to save Miracle City. |
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera had its first screening on January 19, 2007, at the first-ever Nickelodeon Creative Summit held in San Juan, Puerto Rico as a special treat for the 60 exclusive attendees. Later sneak peeks of the series premiered on February 19, 2007. The series then premiered regularly on March 3, 2007 and it has aired for both networks. Each half-hour episode consists of two 11-minute segments, with the two exceptions being "The Grave Escape" and "The Good, The Bad, and the Tigre", which are double-length episodes. The series had its Canadian debut on YTV on May 4, 2007.
Nickelodeon would continue to air the series up until June 20, 2008, shortly after an airing of the episodes "Love and War" and "Wrong and Dance". The show would later move to Nicktoons Network starting on August 7, 2008, with the episodes "Oso Solo Mio" and "Silver Wolf". The series finished its original run on September 13, 2008 after a total of 26 episodes. Since the series ended, reruns continued to air on Nicktoons until February 10, 2018, before making a surprise comeback on May 5, 2021 to celebrate Cinco de Mayo. Four episodes of the series were aired on TeenNick's NickRewind block for a very short time from March 20 to April 17, 2021.
The series is currently available to purchase on iTunes and Amazon Prime Video digitally. It was also available on the PlayStation Network Store. A few clips of the series were available for viewing on the Nickelodeon website. Since July 26, 2023, the entire series was added to Paramount+.
A videogame based on the series, also titled El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera , was released for the Nintendo DS and PlayStation 2 in 2007. The series also had several internet browser-based games on Nickelodeon's official website, including a fighting game that could be downloaded through the Nick Arcade website, titled Festival De Las Piñatas. El Tigre was also a playable character in several Nickelodeon-crossover browser games, including Nick Arcade's Nicktoons HoverZone.
El Tigre is a playable character in the Nintendo DS version of Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots , and he also makes a non-playable cameo appearance in Nicktoons MLB . El Tigre appears as a playable character in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 , along with a stage based on the Miracle City volcano arena. [3]
McDonald's Happy Meal featured El Tigre toys for a limited time in January 2008. They include El Tigre, White Pantera, Puma Loco, and Señor Sinestro.
The second segment of the first episode titled "Night of the Living Guacamole" was to be featured on the Nick Picks Vol. 6 DVD, with a release date for August 7, 2007. However, the DVD was cancelled for unknown reasons. [4] The episode "The Grave Escape" was included on a downloadable digital DVD available on iTunes called Nickelodeon Shocktober! Vol. 1, along with select episodes of Zoey 101, The Naked Brothers Band, and iCarly. The complete series DVD was released as Season 1 on a six-disc set on November 23, 2011, as a manufacture on demand Amazon exclusive. [5] An international version of the Season 1 DVD, titled Día De Los Malos (or O Día Dos Maus in Brazil), was released on the same day. Unlike the season 1 manufacture on demand DVD, this one was sold in Mexico and Brazil. However, not all episodes from Season 1 were released in this DVD.
Title | Episode count | Release date | Episodes | |
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Nick Picks Vol. 6 | 1 | — | "Night of the Living Guacamole" |
Nickelodeon featured comics for El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera in Nickelodeon Magazine. Its first-ever comic, "Puma's Paw", was featured in the March 2007 issue.
An art book titled "The Art of El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera" was released on July 9, 2024.
The characters Manny, Frida, and Grandpapi/Puma Loco make an appearance during a 2D animated scene in The Book of Life which is Jorge R. Gutierrez' first feature-length film. A wallpaper with El Tigre's design can be seen in a later scene as well as White Pantera in another scene.
El Oso (renamed as Bear Killah) appeared as a recurring character in Maya and the Three (also created by Jorge R. Gutierrez).
Emily Ashby of Common Sense Media gave the series three out of five stars; saying that, “Tweens will enjoy the zany characters and exaggerated stories, but parents might take issue with the young characters' penchant for troublemaking, the absence of a strong role model for Manny, and the overall lack of repercussions for his questionable behavior.” [6] The first season received an approval rating of 100% on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, based on six reviews. [7]
Amid Amidi of Cartoon Brew wrote that "El Tigre offers hands down the most dynamic implementation of Flash I’ve ever seen in an animated TV series, seamlessly combining the cinematic possibilities more commonly associated with 3D CGI alongside the organic appeal of drawn animation," while also stating that the series has an "annoying tendency to stage too many scenes on slants and diagonals, voice acting performances that I couldn’t understand." [8]
Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
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35th Annie Awards [9] | Best Animated Television Production for Children | El Tigre | Won |
Character Animation in a Television Production | Monica Kennedy – El Tigre | Nominated | |
Character Design in an Animated Television Production | Jorge R. Gutierrez – El Tigre "Fistful of Collars" | Won | |
Music in an Animated Television Production | Shawn Patterson – El Tigre "Yellow Pantera" | Nominated | |
36th Annie Awards [10] | Writing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form | Scott Kreamer – El Tigre "Mustache Love" – Nickelodeon | Nominated |
Character Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Form | Jorge Gutierrez – El Tigre "The Good, The Bad and The Tigre" | Nominated | |
35th Daytime Emmy Awards [11] | Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | Sandra Equihua, Character Designer | Won |
36th Daytime Emmy Awards [12] [13] [14] | |||
Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation | Jorge Gutierrez, Character Designer | Won | |
Gerald de Jesus, Art Direction | Won | ||
Eddie Trigueros, Storyboard | Won | ||
Outstanding Directing in an Animated Program | Dave Thomas, Gabe Swarr & Andrea Romano | Won |
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Carlos Jaime Alazraqui is an American actor. His extensive voice-over work includes the original voice of Spyro from Spyro the Dragon; Shameless O'Scanty, Leslie P. Lilylegs, Elliott Sampson and Tad Tucker on New Looney Tunes; the Taco Bell chihuahua in the Taco Bell commercials; Denzel Crocker, Juandissimo Magnifico, and Sheldon Dinkleberg on The Fairly OddParents; Rocko and Spunky on Rocko's Modern Life; Lazlo, Clam, and other characters on Camp Lazlo; Rikochet in ¡Mucha Lucha!; Grandpapi Rivera in El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera; Carlos Casagrande, Sergio, Vito, and other characters in the franchise of The Loud House; Mr. Weed in the first season of Family Guy; and the Disney character Panchito Pistoles since 2001. He is a weekly contributor on The Stephanie Miller Show. In live action, Alazraqui is known for playing Deputy James Garcia on Reno 911!
Nicktoons is a collective name used by Nickelodeon for their original animated series. All Nicktoons are produced partly at the Nickelodeon Animation Studio and list Nickelodeon's parent company in their copyright bylines.
The Nicktoons Film Festival was an annual event that was created by producer Fred Seibert and produced for its first three years by his Frederator Studios.
Nickelodeon Animation Studio, is an American animation studio owned by Paramount Global through the Nickelodeon Group. It has created many original animated television programs for Nickelodeon, such as SpongeBob SquarePants, The Fairly OddParents, Rugrats, Avatar: The Last Airbender, and The Loud House, among various others. Since the 2010s, the studio has also produced its own series based on preexisting IP purchased by Paramount Global, such as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Winx Club. In November 2019, Nickelodeon Animation Studio signed a multiple-year output deal for Netflix, which will include producing content, in both new and preexisting IP, for the streaming platform, while also doing so for Paramount+.
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! is an American animated children's educational television series created by Bob Boyle for Nickelodeon. The series was produced by Bolder Media and Starz Media in association with Film Roman, and it was animated by Bardel Entertainment using Toon Boom and Adobe Flash software. Bob Boyle, Susan Miller, and Fred Seibert served as executive producers.
El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera is a video game based on the Nickelodeon television series of the same name, published by THQ and released on October 29, 2007. The Nintendo DS version was developed by Barking Lizards Technologies. The PlayStation 2 version was developed by Blue Tongue Entertainment. The PS2 game acts as a simple platformer over four levels and two bonus stages, the objective of the game being to collect "macho points". A Wii version was planned, but it was cancelled due to budget cuts and a short development cycle due to the show getting cancelled early.
Domo TV is a stop-motion animated children's television series produced by NHK and Nickelodeon's Nicktoons network. The series consists of 26 two-minute episodes that were aired on Nicktoons in the United States and on Nickelodeon networks internationally. It was the Nickelodeon brand's first anime project and the second series after Kappa Mikey to be branded as a Nicktoons Network original program.
Jorge R. Gutierrez is a Mexican-American animator, writer, producer, director, painter, and voice actor. He co-created with Sandra Equihua the Nickelodeon animated series El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, co-wrote and directed The Book of Life, Son of Jaguar for Google, and Maya and the Three for Netflix Animation.
Sandra Equihua is a Mexican animator, painter, sculptor, character designer, voice actress, and illustrator.
CatDog is an American animated television series created by Peter Hannan for Nickelodeon. The series follows the zany hijinks of orange-furred conjoined brothers of different species, with one half of the resultant animal being a cat and the other a dog. Nickelodeon produced the series from Burbank, California. The first episode aired on April 4, 1998, following the 1998 Kids' Choice Awards, before the show officially premiered on October 5, 1998. Similarly, the Season 2 episode "Fetch" was shown in theaters in 1998 before airing on television.
Nicktoons is a Dutch pay television channel broadcasting in the Netherlands and Belgium. It launched together with Nick Hits on 2 August 2007. It mostly airs animated programs dubbed in the Dutch language. The Global feed has also been available since 2017.
Nicktoons is a German pay television channel owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA.
T.U.F.F. Puppy is an American animated action children's television series created by Butch Hartman. It premiered on October 2, 2010, along with Planet Sheen, which premiered a half hour earlier. T.U.F.F. Puppy is Hartman's third animated show for Nickelodeon, after The Fairly OddParents and Danny Phantom and also before Bunsen Is a Beast. The show was cancelled after 3 seasons and aired its final episode on April 4, 2015.
Nickelodeon Digital, often shortened to Nick Digital and originally known as Nickelodeon Creative Labs, is an American animation studio based in New York City which opened in 1994. It is a division of Nickelodeon Animation Studio. Nickelodeon Digital produces some of Nickelodeon's animated series and creates digital content and motion graphics for the Nickelodeon Group. The company's Burbank, California branch creates CGI and visual effects for Nickelodeon's animated series.
Pinky Malinky is an American animated television series created and produced by Netflix. It is based on Chris Garbutt's animated short of the same name produced by Cartoon Network Studios Europe, which was released in 2009. It marks the first collaboration between Nickelodeon and Netflix as well as the first Nicktoon to be produced exclusively for Netflix. The series chronicles the adventures of Pinky Malinky, a 12-year-old middle school student who also happens to be an anthropomorphic hot dog and his efforts to climb up the social ladder with his two human friends Babs Byuteman and JJ Jameson.
Rock Paper Scissors is an American animated comedy television series created by Kyle Stegina and Josh Lehrman for Nickelodeon. It premiered on February 11, 2024, airing after the network's alternate broadcast of Super Bowl LVIII.