Manny Rivera quotes from El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera

Manny

[holding a grapefruit basket as he enters his father's room] I brought you a grapefruit basket, Dad… uh… to go with the other ones. [zoom out to reveal lots of grapefruit baskets]

Manny

What's that you say, rice Frida? You miss me? I miss you too.

Manny

Why would the Titan take Frida? Think, Manny. He's short, he has metal arms, he's living in the past… [gasps] Living in the past! That's it! [takes out a postcard] He's taken her to the Pantera Pit. Oh, no, it's a secret hideout! I'll never be able to find it. All is lost! All is... [finds the address on the back of the postcard] Oh, the address is on the back of the picture.

Manny

[snatches the magazine out of Frida's hands] La Tigresa? Claws, a tail, and a belt? She's totally copying my whole…me! [angrily rips the magazine into shreds] What kind of low-down, bottom feeder steals a guy's GUY?!

Manny

[wakes up, noticing Frida is gone] Frida? [hops off from the sofa and his pants fall down from his waist, seeing his El Tigre belt is missing and gasps] My belt! Wha…?! [compares the newspaper of Frida's bear incident and the magazine with La Tigresa on the cover; shocked in realization that…] Frida's La Tigresa! Man, the blue hair totally should've tipped me off.

Manny

[as Frida removes her mime mask] Frida? [gasps in a state of shock] YOU'RE A CLOSET MIME!

Manny

Oh, why won't anyone listen to me? We have to stop this wedding! I tried everything.

Manny

This is totally unfair. I have to take care of Dad and Grandpapi's pets, but they said I'm "not responsible enough" to have my own. Why would they think that?

Manny

Remind me to never complain about the stale tortilla chips again.

Manny

[pacing back and forth, holding the concert tickets] The Cucarachas Picantes concert is tonight! Frida would never miss that. So she has to hang out with me! [smiling and shaking with anxiety] Not that I care.

Manny

Sofia, Browsia! Are you okay? [Sofia lividly slaps him hard in the face]

Rodolfo

Manny, I'm home. How are you kids doing?

Bored.

Frida

There's nothing fun to do.

Rodolfo

Fun is what you make of it. For instance, today I battled giant squid creatures trying to steal the Jeweled Mule of Maya. Fun! The leader escaped with the mule, but I will find him. This I swear!

Frida

I thought you quit superheroing.

Rodolfo

Technically, I'm retired. But as long as there is evil, and I am young and vital enough to oppose it, I will.

Manny

You're super macho.

Frida

You were right. Watching you dad sleep is less boring than TV. Hey, he forgot to take his boots off. [walks up to take the Bronze Boots of Truth off his feet]

Manny

[stops her; sputtering] He never takes off the Bronze Boots of Truth. He gets all his White Pantera abilities from them.

Frida

[walks up close] Oh, yeah? And those abilities would be?

Manny

[illustrating] He can run, jump and fight, with super macho speed and strength. And anyone the boots those touch is forced to tell the truth.

Frida

[touches the boots and speaks in a hypnotic-like state] Once, after eating ribs, I wiped my hands on a dog. [takes her finger away as she breaks out of the hypnosis] Cool! Dude, we gotta take these babies out for a spin!

Manny

We can't steal my dad's boots!

Frida

Not steal, borrow. We'll put them back before he wakes up.

Manny

Hmm… I will inherit them someday, so I should know how to use them, but...

Frida

[popping over] You are a good son.

Rodolfo

[reading a book as Manny shimmies up against the wall after running out of his grandfather's room; suspiciously] Manny, what are you up to?

Manny

Oh, nothing. Helping the poor. [dashes away to his room]

Rodolfo

Ah, the poor. Very good.

Manny

[sitting under his bed sheets and turns on a flashlight as he looks through a magazine] Oh, man, this so good!

Rodolfo

[bursting in] MANNY! I just spoke to the poor, and you have not been helping them.

Frida

[whispering to Manny while they stand in front of the Guacamole de Los Angeles in the mercado] Tattoo Maker.

Manny

Frida, I can't go home without guacamole. The giant floating tattoo dad head won't let me!

[disguised as a sweet old lady] Perhaps I can be of assistance. I just happened to have something that might help you. [steps out of the shadows] Guacamole de los Anglos!

Manny

I don't know. Mysterious old lady... emerging from the shadows.

Frida

[suspiciously] Seems kind of sketchy.

It's free.

Sold. [they leave the mercado with the guacamole]

[laughing evilly] I knew the Riveras had to buy that guacamole today. Now they fallen for the totally brilliant trap of… [takes of his old lady disguise] Dr. Chipotle, Jr. [infuriated] THE FILTHY SWINE! I remember when El Tigre and White Pantera captured my father. [flashback to that time; voice-over] He was minding his own business using his jalapeño monster to rob the Miracle City Bank. And they took him! For no reason! That very night, I swore an oath of vengeance. [savagely] I... Don't... Like... YOU!!! [back to present] Now, at last, THEY WILL PAY!!!!

Weren't you just dressed up like an old lady?