Alejo & Valentina

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. The animation style is very simplistic and the storylines are filled with nonsense humor, running gags and a absurdist comedy tone.

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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, Locura extraordinaria - where he transforms into a beast resembling The Incredible Hulk- and Volver al futurox 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, 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 and the TV episode Darth Baston EXTENDED, El Viejo claims that he is Alejo's father..
Catch Phrases

¿Y si vamos a comer comida?
La quiero con mayonesa, sin ketchup y con mostaza.
¿Y cómo hay que hacer?
¡Que vengan todos los putos, loco!
¿Vos Sos Dios?
Mira la Vieja.
¿Te haces el malo, gil?
¡Recatate, gil, ¿eh?!
¡Che, Valentinaaaa!
Me parece una propuesta diferente y buenísima.
Me pica el culo.

Valentina

Valentina is a 22-year-old woman married to Alejo. She is 1.75 meters tall. 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, 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 and the TV episode Darth Baston EXTENDED, El Viejo claims that he is Alejo's father.
Catch Phrases

Yo quiero un sánguche.
Hay que tener sexo.
Me tocaron el culo.
¡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 tall. He has the ability to float magically. This is later explained in a parody with the Clown from the movie "It" 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. 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". 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.
Houla, vengo a.
Houla, vengo a revolear las patas.
Houla, vengo a romper las bolas
Bueno, chau.
Mirá, mirá, tengo, mirá.
¡Jo-joo-jo!
Ehm, me parece una muy buena idea, pero...
¿Qué hacemos?
Tengo un en el garaje, nunca lo use.
Pisé una banana y me fui a la mierda, y después apareció un payaso y me dijo... no me acuerdo lo que me dijo.

El Viejo

The charismatic Viejo, often called El Viejo del Bastón, 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', a word derived from 'viste'. 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.
Hola, viteh.
Tengo chaleco, viteh.
Pero, ¡¿vos sos loco, viteh?!
Lo que hagas puede tener repercusiones en eventos futuros, viteh.
Vamo' a matar a los bichos, viteh.

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. 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.
Me tocaron el culo.
Uuuy, bueno ya, dale.
Che, pónganle algo de onda.
¡Paren las rotativas! ¡Paren las rotativas!

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". 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!
Boludo!
¿Entendé' como e', boludo?

Recurring

Ricardo: A guy in a gray shirt and blue pants. 1.80 m. He is a caricature of Argentine singer Ricardo Montaner. He wears a mask to hide his face, his skin is pale yellow in color, has red eyes and has curlers in his head. He often acts as the main antagonist of the series and people are not loyal to deal with him. It has a mouse named El Ratón that always tricks him and he has a laugh very similar to Muttley's laugh. He works for an unseen villain.
El Ratón: A mouse who never stays true to dealings with Ricardo, which calls first and instead of making the agreement runs away with Ricardo's money. Seems to be hyperactive or nervous. His dress is white and muscular, wears blue shorts, and brown shoes.
The Wilkinson Twins : Two American twins, both porn actors. They both speak resembling Latin American-dubbed Spanish.
El Negro: A stereotypical tramp, representing Argentina's low classes. He has eight brothers, all from different fathers. He is always begging for pennies for the bus, despite the fact that he owns a Ferrari Testarossa.
Carlos el pibe del noticiero: A reporter who appears in most episodes, reporting tragedies or strange occurrences such as alien invasions and massacres in a calm and uncaring way as if they were everyday occurrences.
El Chino del restaurante: a man with a Chinese accent who works in a Chinese food restaurant. He is constantly annoyed by Alejo's random phone calls to place ambiguous orders.
El Pato Bonavides The owner of the "Super TV channel". He appears offering the main characters parts in his TV shows, often giving them contracts to sign. He constantly tries to scam whomever he hires to work on his TV shows.
El Pelado: Or El Pelado Del Samba and El Pelado De La Calesita, varies according to his job. He is a bald man with bad luck. Whenever he operates a ride at Parque Park, something knocks him out or injures him, causing the ride he operates to go out of control and kill the people riding it and people nearby. Those accidents clearly make a reference to the ones that happened in the former Italpark of Buenos Aires, that forced that classic park of the 1990s to stop operating due to the death of one girl after something apparently failed in the "Matterhorn".
El pajarito: Is a blue talking bird who appears in the opening of all the episodes. He lives with his wife Negra and his sons and daughter Palito, Bombon and Helado in the tree in front of Alejo's house.
El Gobernator: Actually Arnold Schwarzenegger. In the show he is portrayed in his role as The Terminator, but he is at the same time the governor of the Provincia de Buenos Aires. He is often charged with protecting a member of the gang from different threats, such as Aliens and Robert Patrick. In every episode he is featured, a skeptical, innocent bystander asks what he is doing in Argentina if he is the governor of California; Schwarzenegger will immediately reply by shooting them and telling them to shut up.

Minor and guests

Cara de Cocou: a metafictional character that often appears in "Cara de Cocou & Pirín", a show-within-a-show.
Pirín: Cara de Cocou's friend in "Cara de Cocou & Pirín".
Urna: Cara de Cocou's girlfriend in "Cara de Cocou & Pirín".
Cacho: A friend of Alejo and Valentina. He is an impatient salesman. He never seems to lose his cool.
Satan: He is portrayed as a stereotypical nerd, but when angry he will generate a huge cloud of smoke around himself and turn into a huge red demon. Gregory accidentally kills him in the Halloween episode when he and Matias are sent to hell.
El Paraguayo Alternatonto: Appears in the episode "Expreso a Pilar" and in the episode "Behind the Flash" saying "¡Qué drogadicto que sos!" ".
Kabronero: a parody of one of Alejandro Szykula's friends.
Dumloco: a parody of one of the creator's friends.
Doctor Socolinski: Alejo and Valentina's doctor, based on a TV celebrity by the same name.
Peronemlins : They are Gremlins with famous Argentine politicians heads: Juan Domingo Perón, Carlos Menem and Raúl Alfonsín.
Panchita: A girl with blue hair who acts as a recurring love interest to Gregory.
El Reverendo Hijo De Puta: A reverend whose name is a pun on the Argentine insult "reverendo hijo de puta". He lives in the church near Alejo's house and constantly asks God to do him favors that he'll "pay back to him...some day...OK, never".
Rafutín: A creature that appears in several episodes as an extra but never has had a major role.
Sebastián: Appears in the episode Recatate Soldado Brian.
Andrés: Appears in the episode Recatate Soldado Brian as Sebastián's lost brother.
Rogelio: A friend of el Negro, his catchphrase is saying the word "re-cajetilla" for example: "re-cajetilla este loco!"

Episodes

Online

There are currently 22 online episodes, divided into three seasons, plus the episodes that are being aired on TV.

Season 1 (2002–03)

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 (2004–05)

2-11 - La vieja y la piedra
2-12 - Kill Rick
2-13 - La Pesadilla de Carlitox
2-14 - La Isla de lo' mono'.
2-15 - Behind The True Celebrities Stories Uncensored Flash
2-16 - Darth Baston
2-17 - ''Fundación Guillermo Francella''

Season 3 (2012–17)

3-18 - Alejo y Valentina Regresan de la Luna
3-19 - Que es esa luz?!
3-20 - La Edad del Corazón
3-21 - La Edad del Corazón
3-22 - ''El Mago con Dientes''

Television series

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Season 1 (2006–07)

1 - "Alejo y Valentina contra los muertos vivos"
2 - "Volver al futurox EXTENDED"
3 - "Kill Rick EXTENDED"
4 - "Expreso a Pilar"
5 - "The Matris EXTENDED"
6 - "Termineitor D.O.S"
7 - "Salgamos afuera"
8 - "Recatate soldado Brian"
9 - "El día de Colorín"
10 - "Liberen a Carlitox"
11 - "Darth Baston EXTENDED"
12 - "El día que Alejo conoció a Maradona"
13 - "El Cumple del Viejo"

Season 2 (2007–08)

14 - "El bar de Gregory"
15 - "La carrera loca"
16 - "Volver al Futurox contra los indios"
17 - "Parquepark"
18 - "El día que las vacas no vuelan más"
19 - "El X-Orxixta viteh"
20 - "Alejo vs. Mario Baracus"
21 - "El regreso del cometa Halley"
22 - "Las redes nueivas"
23 - "Un día re-torcido"
24 - "Pinocho"
25 - "Raíces"
26 - "Viaje al fondo de las casas"

Season 3 (2008–09)

27 - "Dr. Viejaux"
28 - "Colorin Colorado"
29 - "Un safari re cajetilla"
30 - "Alejo y Valentina contra Los Dinosaurios"
31 - "La Maldición del Topo Chicho"
32 - "Cantalindo"
33 - "Ladry Potter y El Prisionero de Batán"
34 - "¿Que saltás, loco?"
35 - "Locademia de SuperHeroes"
36 - "Jo Jo Jo Feliz Navidad"
37 - "Titanix"
38 - "Es top model viteh"
39 - "La Fabrica de CuchoMate"

Season 4 (2009–10)

40 - "Ghrek"
41 - "La verdad de la Milanga"
42 - "El Efecto Mariposón"
43 - "Eso e' todo verso"
44 - "Alejo presidente del Mundo"
45 - "$3,00"
46 - "Hay que tener Sexo"
47 - "Mission Ma-Jodida"
48 - "Pesadillas Cajetillas"
49 - "Carlitox Big Brother"
50 - "Floggerfield"
51 - "Garron Ball Z"
52 - "V de tu Vieja"
53 - "Recuerdos con Punch"

Season 5 (2020)

54 - Alguien es el octavo pasajero
55 - La maldición del Italpark
56 - Los Recontravengers
57 - Alejo y Valentina contra los Tomates Perita
58 - Valenticia en el País Recajetilla
59 - IT, el Yosapa Comepibes
60 - El Bar de Gregory 2
61 - Breaking Viteh
62 - Breaking Viteh 2
63 - Greg-Man
64 - La Historia con Fin
65 - Cuestión de Obeso
66 - Alejo y Valentina contra los Illuminati
67 - Alejo y Valentina contra los Illuminati 2

Season 6 (2022)

68 - Jojoker
69 - Vamos pal Bailongo
70 - Cuentos de la Crota
71 - Cuentos de la Crota 2
72 - Vitehlyus
73 - Entremos Adentro
74 - Gilboy
75 - Mingo y Anibal
76 - Karate Gil
77 - La casa de Papanoel
78 - Behind the Flash 3
79 - Behind the Flash 3