El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera · Season 1
[Rivera house; Manny and Frida bury Zebra Donkey's body in the ground after he dies from being poisoned by bananas]
[places a flower on Zebra Donkey's grave; breaking down, tearfully] It is as if, I have lost a brother. A striped, long-eared brother. And it's all my fault!
Um, Manny? The Zebra Donkey fiesta spectacular is tomorrow.
[shouting angrily] THIS IS NO TIME TO TALK ABOUT PARTIES! [calms down] I'm sorry, I just need some time to grieve.
Okay, we need a plan B.
Hypnosis. Time machine. Pixie dust.
[Manny and Frida "steal" Sartana's mystic guitar that could help bring Zebra Donkey back to life after giving Sartana a horrible makeover]
[holding Sartana's guitar] Are you sure about this?
[kneeling down on Zebra Donkey's grave; desperately] I gotta get Zebra Donkey back! He's my best… [realizes] my second best friend.
Nice save, dude.
Looks like this is actually gonna work out.
Of course. All we did was use evil magic to violate the laws of nature. What could go wrong?
[All the lights suddenly go out]
[appearing; savagely] THIEVES!
[to Manny; annoyingly through gritted teeth] Never say, "What could go wrong?"
[gets back her mystic guitar and summons her skeleton banditos] Steal from me and give me a bad makeover?! You will PAY!
Manny, you've gotta smash Sartana's guitar. It'll make her crumble to dust, and her banditos!
And Zebra Donkey!
Oh, yeah.
I can't lose him again! I just can't! There has to be another way!
Hypnosis. Time machine. Pixie dust.
Zebra Donkey sacrificed himself…
To save us all.
You ready for this?
I was born ready.
Frida!
Dad?
Don't do this thing. I forbid you!
Papa, if you love me, you'll let me go... to the Miracle City carnival!
Oh, don't worry, mija. We will find you a new best friend... A better one.
[At the Rivera house… Manny talks to his father and grandfather about ending his friendship with Frida, to make sure she stays safe after his fight with the Titanium Titan]
So I told her, she'd be safer if we weren't friends anymore.
I feel your pain, my son. Lonely is the path walked by a hero.
Or villain.
Speaking of villains, who is the dastardly beast who attacked you and caused this pain?
Some little guy with metal arms, said he knew you.
[Rodolfo spits out his coffee at Grandpapi, shocked by having to have heard that]
[covered in coffee; annoyed] Why must you take big sips?!
When your mother and I got married, I had less time with the Titan. Then we had you, and the decision was clear. My family was more important to me than my partnership with the Titan. So we went our separate ways.
What happened to him?
He couldn't make it as a solo superhero. Eventually, he left town, and turned to a life of crime. And he blamed you for his misfortunes. Manny, I promise you, we will find this villain before he strikes again! Won't we, Father?
I know just where to look.
Excelente. Fear not, mijo. The Titan will not harm you.
Unless he does. Bye.
At least Frida is safe. [sadly beginning to miss her] Oh… Frida.
[Leone Middle School; Around lunchtime, Manny makes a sculpture of Frida's head out of rice]
What's that you say, rice Frida? You miss me? I miss you too.
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.
At last, I have the upper hand on Manny Rivera, who ruined my life!
Hey, poophead! Here's my impression of you!
Frida, this proves it's not safe to be around me. I may have saved you this time, but...
Saved me? I saved you.
But…
But nothing. I gotta stick around to make sure you don't get hurt.
Hmm... Makes sense to me. So you wanna go to the carnival?
You read my mind.
Now, Manny, we have work to do. The divine angel who is your mother is coming to visit! And we must… clean up this mess, at once!
Why, man?
Oh, you gotta hear this story! [Flashback story begins with his parents walking through the park and Maria pushing him in a baby carriage as a baby; voice-over] When my folks first got married, Mom used to think Dad being White Pantera was cool. Then, one day…
[changes into his White Pantera identity and runs over to stop El Mal Verde, who's causing trouble] Halt, fiend! So says, White- [gets smashed repeatedly by El Mal Verde's metal club; El Mal Verde laughs and walks away; holds up a thumbs up, beaten and battered as Maria runs over to him while carrying Baby Manny]
[voice-over as Maria starts hyperventilating] It was the first time she saw my dad get hurt, and she totally lost it.
[Fade to giant monster creatures attacking the city, and Manny, now a toddler]
[voice-over] Maria didn't want me to be a superhero anymore. She couldn't stand to see me in danger. But I could not ignore the crisp, clean refreshing call of crime fighting! It is in my blood! [Maria watches in horror as he gets beaten up by the giant monsters, then starts hyperventilating in panic, pulls her hair, and screams] In the end, she could not stand it anymore. [Fade to her packing up her suitcases] She had to… [sobs] leave me!
[kisses Manny on the forehead, then stands outside the front door as Rodolfo looks on in heartbreak] I'm sorry, but I married the man, not the mask.
[The door closes in front of her and Granpapi enters a split second later]
[voice-over] I moved in to make sure Rodolfo and Manny would be okay. Also because I crashed my evil headquarters of evil. Maria's career as a mariachi singer took off after that. She traveled the world, performing for adoring fans everywhere, even Luxembourg! Manny goes to visit her every month.
[Cut to Manny first getting his El Tigre belt]
[voice-over] I got my El Tigre belt after Mom went on tour. [changes into El Tigre for the first time; end of flashback] And I, uh…haven't had a chance to tell her about it yet.
Dude, she is gonna freak when she finds out!
I know. So that's why we gotta clean. If my mom sees all this wreckage, she'll know we've been doing superhero stuff, and she'll freak out.
[agitated] I just asked why you gotta hide stuff! You don't gotta tell me your whole life story, man!
Hurry! Maria will be here tomorrow! And I will once again behold a sweet goddess without whom my life has become a pit of misery. And who I never think about anymore.
Didn't I tell you? Maria called to say she's coming early. She should be here in about, eh… no minutes.
[The doorbell rings and Rodolfo freezes in fear, realizing that Maria has arrived]
Move it, people! We've got evidence to hide!
[Manny, Frida, and Grandpapi rush around the house, cleaning up the mess and covering El Oso with a blanket, disguising him as a chair]
Uh, Dad?
He's frozen in fear of seeing his one and only true love, who he never thinks about anymore.
[sighs] Rodolfo, you'll never change.
Well, how can I stop fighting in justice when Miracle City is such a spicy cesspool of crime and villainy?
I've been thinking about that. This is such an unsafe place to raise a child. And Manny really needs his mother's guidance.
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