31 Minutos

*31 Minutos* (31 Minutes in Spanish) is a Chilean TV program created by Aplaplac, that airs in the Chilean TV channel TVN (Televisión Nacional de Chile), Cartoon Network Latinamerica (only in Chile and Peru), Boomerang Latinamerica, and formely, Nickelodeon Latinamerica.

The series follows the adventures of the workers of a news program called 31 Minutos, hosted by Tulio Triviño, some of the other workers in the program include Juan Carlos Bodoque (a red rabbit), Juanin Juan Harry (a white creature), Policarpo Avendaño (a marionette) and Mario Hugo (a chihuahua).

In 2008, it spawned a film called *31 Minutos: La Pelicula* (31 Minutes: The Movie).

## Why it Rocks

1. Memorable and catchy theme song.
2. The Ranking Top section, which shows numerous songs, some of which are memorable and catchy, such as "Señora, devuelvame la pelota, o si no, no se lo que hare" and "El huerfadrino".
3. Continuing with the Ranking Top, there is a variety in music, such as fast paced songs such as Dracula, Caligula, Tarantula", to relaxing, such as "Mi muñeca me hablo(My Doll talks to me)" and "Me cortaron mal el pelo(They Cut wrong my hair)".
4. Multiple funny scenes.
5. Likable characters, such as Tulio(In Seasons 1, 2 and 4), Bodoque, Policarpo, Mario Hugo, Junain, Patana, Guaripolo, Etc.
6. Although it is supposed to be a comedy program, it also contains some educational value, this is reflected in the section called "Nota Verde", which is a section dedicated to showing things such as taking care of nature.
7. Apart from "Ranking Top" and "Nota Verde", there are multiple sections that are entertaining to watch such as "La dimension Hermosa y Desconocida" and "El refrigerador de Patana".
8. Beautiful image quality, especially in the 4th season.
9. Memorable running gags such as: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZM219QJ3Gyo

## Bad Qualities

1. Some characters can be Unlikable like Cossimo Gianni, Dylan Manguera(Especially in Season 3) and The Tapia Brothers
2. Some episodes use the word "**imbecil",** which is an extremely bad insult.
3. While not bad, Season 3 is Weaker in comparison to Seasons 1, 2 and 4 due to the Poor Image Quality(Though they improvd in later episodes of this season), The Songs, while not bad are inferior to Seasons 1, 2 and 4(Except La Regla Primordial , Rie and Mr. Guantecillo) and some characters have gotten flanderized in this season:

* Tulio Became even More selfish than seasons 1, 2 and 4
* Bodoque became inconsistent in personality, sometimes he is the same from seasons 1, 2 and 4 and other times he is a jerk with his friends, not to mention that he became more addicted to gambling (shown in the episode Bodoque Apostador)
* Patana and Juanin in this season are Punching Bags(Though is not much like in other characters in other shows)
* Policarpo is now a treacherous with his friends in the episode El Video
* And the Worst of all, Raul Guantecillo. He became even more Selfish and acts more like a Jerk(Shown in the episodes El Video and XXXIV Festival de la Canción de Titirilquén)
* While an improvement over Season 3, Season 4 is considered an inferior season too

4. There is some bad episodes like Mr. Drillos, La Coaniamdora(The Coanimator), El Diario de Juanin(Juanin`s Diary), Vacaciones(Vacation, An awful way to start Season 2), Mugre(Dirt, one of the most infamous), Bebe Monstruo(Baby Monster, Another of the most infamous) and Especially: La Liga del Mal(The League of Evil)

5. As with the episodes there is some Awful songs like Amurrao(Season 4), Papa te quiero(Season 2) and Guacala(Season 3)

6. While the design of the puppets are good most of the time, some of them look incredibly Ugly and Uncanny to look like Policarpo Avendaño in season 3 and some characters in season 1 Like the First and Second design of Mario Hugo and Flor Bovina(Thankfully both of them are redesinged Much better years later)