Pasión de León

**Pasión de León** (*lit. Lion's Passion*) is a series of 14 shorts aired as cold opens to reruns of Zayats World Tour starting April 2023.

Parodying Spanish-speaking soap operas, the series documents a dreamt up story between Leonidas and Meena.

The series is written and spoken almost entirely in Spanish except for the ending dream reveals, with Tōro Mishtolet doing almost all the voices.

## Summaries (WIP)

The series started airing as part of a 2023 April Fool's joke.

As Leonidas did not meet Meena until later in the episode, Hello, Miami Beach! does not start with a Pasión de León short.

### Nihao! Beijing Bunny

The short begins at a beach resembling Acapulco, where "Leónidas" is talking a long walk on the shore when he sees Meena relaxing on a nearby bench. He is unable to resist his urges and runs up to talk to her. The two quickly congeniate and right as he's about to say "I love you" to her, the alarm clock goes off, revealing the dream.

### Bonjour! Welcome to the City of Love

Ever since their first meeting, Leónidas has not been able to stop thinking about Meena. While taking a night walk, he spots Meena in the balcony of a house he was passing through. Meena blows him a kiss from up there and Leonidas is more than flattered. Leonidas promises to come there more often as Meena vows to wait for him when he does. Leónidas then trips on a tiny stone and as he falls to the ground, the dream reveal happens with Leonidas falling off the bed and hitting his head.

### Konnichiwa! Big in Japan

As Leónidas returns to Meena's spot, he is greeted by "Camilo", a sarcastic chameleon who refuses to tell him where Meena has gone. Leónidas becomes increasingly annoyed by Camilo's presence as Meena comes running to meet her beloved. In the middle of her speech proclaiming her love for Leónidas, she accidentally pushes Camilo off the balcony. As Camilo falls off the balcony and into Leónidas, the dream reveal happens and it turns out the kids were in the middle of a pillow fight, with the pillow landing flat on Leonidas's face in one of the few shorts to end with more than one voice actor.

### Annyeong! Leonidas's True Feelings

Late at night, Leónidas decides to surprise Meena with a serenade. With an entire band of mariachis accompaining him, Leónidas sings "Amorcito Corazón". As the song goes on, the mariachis are piling him up to get him gradually closer to Meena, to the point of almost kissing. That is, until the dream reveal happens and Leonidas turns out to be kissing his pillow as he wakes up.

### Ciao! All Roads Lead to Rome

Meena had invited Leónidas to a party without telling anyone. The two dance the night away and right as they're about to kiss, the alarm clock goes off leading to the dream reveal.

### Guten-tag! Lost and Found

Leónidas is worried that he hasn't seen Meena in weeks, and decides to call her. That's when he finds out that the head of Meena's household is now aware of their night out, and now she can't leave the house without his permission. After the call ends, Leónidas realizes that he needs to act fast if he doesn't want to lose the love of his life forever. Leónidas suddenly feels sick and the dream reveal happens, where Keron is sleeping in Leonidas's face, but he quickly jumps out as Leonidas wakes up.

### Hola! Leo and the Bull

In Meena's house, Leónidas slams the front door open, looking for his star-crossed lover. Right as Meena comes running to hug her betrothed, the boss of the house, "Víctor", slaps her to the ground. Leónidas immediately sides with Meena, but Víctor simply says that Leónidas does not know about them. Then, Leónidas's young friend, "Zarate", comes in and tells off Víctor for standing in the way of true love. Víctor is about to slap Zarate as well, but Leónidas comes to shield his friend and Víctor's slap becomes a gut smack. Leónidas is laying unconscious as both Meena and Zarate are trying to resucitate, leading to the dream reveal where it's actually just Zayats trying to wake Leonidas up.