The Macabre Misadventures of Bonito Bebito

***The Macabre Misadventures of Bonito Bebito*** is an American surreal horror animated television series created by Guillermo Del Toro for Nickelodeon. The show follows the adventures of a 12 year old boy who enters the nightmarish world called Santa Rosa because of a vengeful spirit and encounters creatures such as personality opposite twins and a vain pageant queen.It premiered on May 2, 2016.

## Cast and characters

### Main characters

* **Bonito Bebito Manriquez** (voiced by Nathan Arenas) — The main protagonist of the series.He enjoys singing and dancing.In the pilot episode, Bonito wakes up and ends up in an nightmarish world. The world belongs to a ghost of a 18 year old chicana flapper.
* **Rosalinda Rodriguez** (voiced by Nika Futterman) — A ghost of a chicana flapper who is Bonito's best friend.In the pilot episode it is revealed that Rosalinda has a manipulative and overbearing father who abuses her.
* **Gloria Garcia-Santos** (voiced by Catherine Taber) — She is the oldest of the Garcia-Santos children; Gloria is depicted as bossy, sarcastic and condescending towards Shawn. Despite this, she cares deeply about her siblings.
* **Valentina Garcia-Santos** (voiced by Liliana Mumy) — She is the second oldest child of the Garcia-Santos family; Valentina is depicted as a dumb blonde who is kind and pretty, but is naïve and lacks intelligence and awareness. She shows talents in fashion designing.
* **Graciella and Mario Garcia-Santos** (voiced by Raini Rodriguez and Carlos Penavega) — One of Bonito's friends and Shawn's younger siblings.Graciella and Mario are identical twin siblings who has the same age as Bonito.Unlike her brother, she is a fun-loving girl who loved dancing, which often annoys Mario while Mario is a bratty boy, who dresses in red attire and acts as a tattletale for the family.
* **Paco Tejada-Bomburg** (voiced by John DiMaggio) — A half human half demon ghost man who is one of Bonito's friends and son of the female demon and the male human.
* **Shawn Garcia-Santos** (voiced by Eric Bauza) — Bonito's best friend. Shawn's mother married their dad after his late dad's death.
* **Nivea Santos** (voiced by Alanna Ubach)— The youngest child of the Santos family; Nivea is a toddler, who tends to scare her stepbrother.

### Supporting characters

* **Julie Rodriguez**-Rosalinda's older sister and one of Bonito's enemies.
* **Eliza Jones**: Eliza is a popular girl who is rivals with Rosalinda in the social chain of the nightmarish realm.Eliza is a female version of Elijah Salvatore.

## Episodes

### Season 1 (2016)

1. Bonito's First Friend/The Macabre Baby Sitting Club
2. Heavy Meddle/Making the Case
3. Driving Miss Hazy/No Guts, No Gloria
4. A Tale of Two Tables/The Van
5. Project Manriquez/In Tents Debate
6. Sound of Silence/Space Invader
7. Picture Perfect/Undie Pressure
8. Bonito or Swim/Changing the Baby
9. Overnight Success/Ties That Bind
10. Hand-Me-Downer/Sleuth or Consequences
11. Los Miserables/The Flapper and The Majo
12. Along Came a Hermana/Chore and Peace
13. For Hermanos About to Rock/It's a Manriquez Mad House
14. Toads and Tiaras/Two Boys and a Baby
15. Cover Girls/Save the Date
16. Attention Deficit/Out on a Limo
17. Rosa-Ella/A Novel Idea
18. April Fools Rules/Cereal Offender
19. Bonito Bebito: Girl Guru/Come Sale Away
20. Roughin' It/The Waiting Game
21. The Bonitoest Yard/Raw Deal
22. Dance Dance Resolution/A Tattler's Tale
23. One of the Girls/Funny Business
24. A Fair to Remember/Morbid Bored
25. The Price of Admission/One Flu Over the Santos House
26. Study Muffin/Homespun

### The Uncanny World of Yanely (2017)

1. 2 Mortals a Leapin
2. Girasol(episode)/Pancika for a Day

## Production

In June 2014, Nickelodeon announced that *Bonito Bebito* had been picked up for a season of 13 episodes.The episode order was later increased to 26. On May 25, 2016, Nickelodeon announced that the series had been picked up for a gender bender adult animated series of 14 episodes.