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

Emiliano

[catches his daughter; proudly] Frida, I knew you could do it.

[concerned] Where's Manny?

[facing Señor Siniestro] Looks like I'm gonna learn to knit tea cozies.

Manny

Dad! Why'd you lock us in my room with a pizza?! [notices his mother] Hey, Mom! [dashes over to her and they hug]

Rodolfo

Manny! [chuckles awkwardly] I'm so glad you're here. And Frida, too. Oh, good.

Rodolfo

Maria, I must speak to you… alone. [Cut to them in his room] I am concerned that…

Maria

[notices the painting of herself up on the wall] Rodolfo, what is that?

Rodolfo

What?! Nothing! I put it there to cover a hole. [clears throat] Maria, I am concerned that Manny is being led astray by his Grandpapi's criminal misdeeds.

Maria

[holds up a book of "Kids Manny's Age"] Kids Manny's Age are susceptible to their grandparent's influence. It's a fact.

Rodolfo

We need to discuss the possibility of… Grandpapi moving out of the house.

Manny

[hearing his parents' discussion through the walls] No! He can't leave! Grandpapi isn't a bad influence on me.

Frida

How'd you learn to eavesdrop like this?

Manny

Grandpapi taught me.

Rodolfo

[takes a sip of coffee] Papi.

Grandpapi

[takes sip of coffee] Rodolfo.

Rodolfo

[takes sip of coffee] Papi.

Grandpapi

[takes sip of coffee] Rodolfo.

I don't know what you are, but hero is definitely not the word for it! Now please leave before you… CAUSE A SCENE!

The Hero-Meter is never wrong.

You should have spent less time grooming yourself and more time grooming your successor.

Uh, well, who cares what those stupid heroes think?

I... don't care at all. And if they won't let you in, I'm not going.

No, Dad, you should go get your award. Don't miss it because of me.

I couldn't possibly.

I want you to. Someone has to show those laughing hyenas that Rivera men don't back down. Right?

Manny

Oh, I hate this. There's gotta be some way I can make it up to him.

Breaking News: We interrupt the Celebration of Heroes to take you to the Celebration of Heroes. Sartana of the Dead is attacking the convention center.

[along with the other heroes, all facing her] Forget it, Sartana. You'll never get in!

I don't have to. Because you'll never get out! [cackles and strums her mystic guitar, creating an unbreakable force field around the convention center and trapping all the heroes]

Grandpapi

They all stuck in there? Is time for the list! [takes out his list of robberies] "Places I hasn't robbed yet. Numero #1, the place that only sells light bulbs." Have fun, children!

Frida

Superheroes, cops, fire fighters. Every hero in the city is out of commission!

Manny

No. There's still... [spins his belt and changes into…] El Tigre!

Frida

Uh, I hate to puke in your piñata, but didn't that Hero-meter thing-y say you're not a hero?

Time to prove it wrong.

Manny, what you did was amazing! Not the way I would have done it, but still amazing. You have proven yourself a true hero. [tears up, happily] My hero.

[impressed] That was great, kid. We never doubted you for a second. [winks]

Like I said, that Hero-Meter is never right.

Manny

Oh, I understand. I understand that my father… is a coward!

Rodolfo

[incredibly outraged with a fiery background] COWARD?! [Manny, Grandpapi, Señor Chapi, and Little Mule all gasp in shock; insulted] If that is what you think of me… [calmly] then, there is nothing left to say.

[voice-over] I would do anything for my family! Any…[grunts]. Any…[grunts]. Any…[grunts].

[remorsefully as he knows the truth] Dad didn't run away 'cause he was scared to fight. He ran away 'cause he was scared of leaving me and Mom alone! Papa! [sticks out of Mal Verde's mouth, calling out to his father] I'm sorry! I know you're no coward. You can beat him! I believe in you, Dad!

Dad, I'm sorry I doubted you. You're no coward. You ran away for us.

I had to make sure I was around to raise a heroic son like you, no?

Maria

And you did a good job.

You're super macho, Dad.

Thank you, mijo. But we beat that bandito together.

By the way, the samurai is bringing his son, who will be staying with us for a while, in your room. [gestures to Manny]

[shocked and offended] What?! I have to share my room?!

[laughs] Of course not. You'll be bunking with Señor Chapi.

Manny

Frida, I got busted! I gotta go home after school. I can't go to the Festival of Flammable Things!

Frida

NO!!! We saved for months to buy those tickets! Betrayal! How could you... [realizes] Oh, wait. I got busted, too.

Manny

Oh, yeah, for what?

Frida

Glued my sisters together again.

Manny

[laughs] Ah, that just never stops being funny.

Frida

So now I gotta floss the dogs' teeth. What'd they nab you for?

Manny

Well, Granpapi got a new cane. And he told me not to touch it or "terrible things would happen."

Frida

So, obviously, you had to touch it.

Manny

Well, yeah. But before I could reach it…

Manny! I have only one rule. And you break it. Which make me want to do the happy dance. But also make you in trouble! Rodolfo, discipline your boy. Keep up the bad work. [clicks tongue and leaves]

Rodolfo

[points to Manny; sternly] Grandpapi told you not to touch that cane. You will come home immediately after school, and clean up Señor Chapi's cage.

The little donkey boy is trying to stop the giant robot? [Manny and Frida both nod yes] Then he's our only hope. Go, little donkey boy. GO!

Davi, you can maybe do it!

Frida

All right, Davi! Hit… anything!

[to Manny and Frida] Muchas gracias. I never could have done it, if you guys hadn't made me train by doing all those chores for you.

You made him do what?!

[shrugging] Guh.

Rodolfo

Be on the lookout. This year, I will stop the race. This I swear! [walks away]

Grandpapi

Ha, my boy, he pretty, but he's not so bright.