Women Wearing Shoulder Pads


Women Wearing Shoulder Pads is a Mexican adult stop-motion animated television series created by Gonzalo Cordova for Cartoon Network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim. It became the first Spanish-language series to air on the block on 17 August 2025. In Mexico, it airs exclusively on HBO Max. It is set in Ecuador. At least 8 11-minute episodes have been made. An English-dubbed compilation film version of the series was released on HBO Max on 29 September 2025.

Synopsis

In this show's fantasy world, guinea pigs, called cuyes in Spanish, are the size of cattle. They also serve the same purpose, commonly grown for meat and used in "cuy-fights". But Spanish entrepreneur Marioneta Negocios wants to get rich by rebranding guinea pigs from a delectable delicacy to a cuddly companion. She is on a collision course with Doña Quispe, a businesswoman who runs the country's most famous restaurant, El Cuchillo, and a chain of cuyes butcher shops, as a result of this PR campaign. The women's friends and relatives are swiftly drawn into this conflict.

Voice cast

  • Pepa Pallarés as Marioneta Negocios
  • Laura Torres as Doña Quispe
  • Kerygma Flores as Espada Muleta
  • Nicole Vazquez as Nina Quispe
  • Gabriela Cartol as Coquita Buenasuerte

Production

Development

Cinema Fantasma had previously worked with Cartoon Network on Frankelda's Book of Spooks. After I Am Frankelda ended production, the series was developed and picked up by the network's nighttime programming block Adult Swim. The series was announced and showcased at the New York Comic Con on 12 October 2023. It marks the first Spanish-language project for the programming block.

Reception

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of the thirteen critics' reviews are positive.