| “ | They didn't count on my cunning. | „ |
| ~ El Chapulín Colorado |
| “ | Courage does not consist in being just fearless, but in overcoming fear. Chapolin Colorado is aware that he was small, weak, or clumsy, but he stood up to the problem... THAT, is a Hero. | „ |
| ~ Creator "Roberto Gomez Bolanos" Thoughts regarding creating Chapulín Colorado. |
Summary
El Chapulín Colorado (English: The Red Grasshopper) is a Superhero and the main protagonist of the Mexican television series of the same name. Chapulin was created by Roberto Gómez Bolaños (Chespirito), a Mexican Writer and TV producer. The show is incredibly enduring as it still is constantly re-run and has won back some of his popularity in several countries such as Colombia, where it has aired in competition with The Simpsons (which has a character based on him named Bumblebee Man).
Although his origins were mostly unknown, According to Chapulín: His full name is "Chapulín Colorado-Lane" and is the son of "Pantaleón Colorado" and mother "Roto-Luisa Lane" even having a cousin named "Mariposa (Butterfly)". His father was an entomologist by profession, hence his fondness for insects; He was also the second cousin of Juan Colorado and the great-nephew of "Chucho el Roto". His name was chosen by lottery, since his father had placed the name of four insects on some pieces of paper and luck decided that the name "Chapulín" be chosen (The name Chapulín derives from the Nahuatl expression "Chapōlin" which is the name by which grasshoppers are known in Mexico and the United States.), the other possible names were Gorgojo, Escarabajo and Dragonfly. He studied at the Instituto México, but only reached the second year of high school and was a companion/friend of "Tripaseca (Dry Gut)" until he decided to follow the path of evil, Chapulín on the other hand choose the path of good.
When not on duty, he uses disguises to appear like an ordinary person and to be able to carry out everyday activities without being recognized. Among the costumes he uses are a fake mustache and glasses, which he must connect to an electrical outlet because they are contact lenses.
The show's success was largely due to the fact that it embodied many aspects of Latin and Mexican culture while making a critique on the unrealistic, under the sheets of a bed or the like and he would be immediately recognized, regardless of time or place as the summoning's for his help can especially unfold anywhere being a hero of undetermined geographic and temporal location: His adventures could be in the American Old West, in Ancient China, in London, in the Swiss Alps, during the Spanish Inquisition, in Pirate Ships, Nazi Germany, Outer Space alongside Extraterrestrial encounters (Mars, Venus, amongst other vaster planets will recognize Chapulín), the Supernatural (Ghosts and amongst other genuine Magical Elements), in the Distant Future, including his interaction in certain occasions with literary characters such as Romeo and Juliet ("Juleo y Rumieta", or literally "Juleo and Rumiet"), Snow White, And many more.
Though in such random situations he will tend to boast, only to stumble and fall right away, He is quite clumsy sometimes falling to the ground or hits something/somebody by accident, and at times shy/fearful in the face of danger, he is however always brave enough to face danger even if it is sometimes against his will. Chapulín Colorado is believed by people to be a great superhero, whose greatest shield/coat of arms of all is his heart (as said in every intro) Given Chapulin's nobility and honest well-meaning nature that stands out since he is always willing to go to the plea of people in danger without any distinction and he does not ask for anything in return for his services, doing his best to help in whatever situation he's in despite his flaws. With cunning alongside his heart of gold, he managed to overcome odds and all of his adventures have mostly ended well as a result.
Powers and Stats
Tier: At least 8-C, higher with Squeaky Mallet
Name: Chapulín Colorado-Lane.
Origin: Chespirito (Verse)
Gender: Male.
Age: Unknown (Depicted as a young adult to middle age).
Classification: Human, Superhero & honorary member of the "Similar Superhero Legion".
Powers and Abilities:
All powers explained in detail here. Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Genius Intelligence, Acrobatics, Reality Warping & Toon Force, Elasticity, Telekinesis, Broadway Force, Immortality (Type 3), Regeneration (At least Mid), Hammer space, Subjective Reality, limited Existence Erasure (seen here), Non-Physical Interaction (Was summoned by and interacted with someone that didn't exist), Time Manipulation, Immersion, a degree of Flight, Summoning (Squeaky Mallet), Expert Hammer Wielder, Power Nullification via Squeaky Mallet, Attack Reflection (Able to deflect bullets with his Squeaky Mallet), Limited BFR via Squeaky Mallet, Martial Arts, Reactive Evolution, Automatic Translation, Electro-Magnetism, Social Influencing, Enhanced Senses, Telepathy, Precognition & Instinctive Reaction, Self-Sustenance (Type 1), Camouflage, Stealth Mastery, Teleportation (Appears unexpectedly when called upon), Time Travel, Breaking the Fourth Wall, Superhuman Speed and Statistics Amplification, Extremely High Luck
Resistances to the following: Electric attacks (Shrugged off being stuck in the surges of loose electrical conduits while in his tiny form. And similarly here) and Cosmic Radiations and Extreme Cold (Functioned in the vastness of outer space), possible Power Nullification (Has consistently survived blows from his own Mallet).
All powers explained in detail here. All previous abilities plus, Paralysis Inducement (Via The Paralyzing Horn), Sizeshifting (Via Tinyish Pills), Small Size (Type 1), limited Duplication (Via Dummy Bamboozler decoy), Magic via Magic Wand.
All powers explained in detail here. With the Magic Ring: Wish Granting, Teleportation and BFR, Creation and Life Manipulation.
Attack Potency: At least Building level (Chapulín can casually destroy through: hardened materials including bar weights, slabs of tombstone, wall of bricks, granite, etc. Can injure and easily apprehend Alma Negra who survived getting hit by an asteroid[1]. Fought on par with Super Sam[2][3] and Matafácil[4]) possibly higher (Shown to be superior to civilians one of whom tanked a point-blank explosion that reached their 10th floor and Chapulin himself has tanked, another only had a broken arm from taking several oversized meteor's that caused an earthquake, an archaeologist said it was "the world record" and Chapulin said that they were in the thousands.), higher with Squeaky Mallet (His attacks are at least twice strong with his Squeaky Mallet, as he has casually sent grown people flying and a boulder flying with it)
Speed: At least Supersonic (Simulated being shot and dodging the bullets. Has casually dodged bullets throughout the series even if they were behind him, and has deflected bullets with his mallet.) possibly higher reaction and combat speeds (Can travel through far regions of space and afterward back to the location he was in) much higher with Hyper Speed Antenna boost
Lifting Strength: At least Superhuman (Has contended with Matafacil, later throwing Matafacil with enough force to cause a hole in a metallic wall in his shape) possibly higher (Twisted and elongated necks. Chapulín lifted and held on to oversized meteorites)
Striking Strength: At least Building level
Durability: At least Building level (More durable than Alma Negra, who can withstand the impact of an asteroid[1]. Can fight against people who are able to harm him. Survived the debris from the mine being able to clearly say his phrase and here similarly in comics. Survived his own hammer's strikes), Toon Force, Regeneration, and extensive luck make him rather hard to kill
Stamina: Very High (Chapulín can keep going from lots of punishment in his career and continue running and operating for long periods of time).
Range: Standard Melee Range. Extended Melee Range with his Squeaky Mallet. At least thousand of kilometers with the Paralyzing Horn (Shows freezing a falcon and a large airplane in the sky, Commercial aircraft typically fly between 31,000 and 38,000 feet). interplanetary to Interstellar with Teleportation and potentially Interdimensional (Easily functioned in the circus-like pocket dimension of robot clowns who control and defy the laws of reality like drawings to come to life, he danced and sang with them and then reappear out of said pocket dimension)
- Squeaky Mallet
- Little Vinyl Antennae
- Tinyish Pills
- The Paralyzing Horn
- A small mustache that somehow successfully disguises himself from the public
Intelligence: Likely Genius. Chapulín can mostly come off as goofy with certain cloddish movements. However when the situation requires it, Chapulín Colorado can behave seriously; being capable of devising quick cunning plans either using powers/advantages of such and then some over the weaknesses of an opponent or solve an unorthodox problem. He also states that he was part of a Similar Super Hero Legion, meaning he has a lot more experience then people give him credit for. Chapulín is also multilingual, able to understand/translate and speak any language of the universe just by his antennas capturing it. He is also cultured, since he knows countless stories or works in culture. Chapulín later in his career lead his own space ship expedition, saying his fabrications with Space ships have gone to Mars, Saturn, among others, while also explaining the complex components of such, Said Space ships while needing some engineering assistance have worked as they are confirmed to indeed operate well through many planets: Jupiter being just one Example, its also suggested that he created a Robot that adjusts these ships more and was able to fix said bot himself.
Weaknesses: People do take advantage of his nobility and can make some mistakes when he goes to fight.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- Squeaky Mallet, also known as Marreta Biônica (Bionic Hammer), is Chapulín's primary iconic weapon. It is a red and yellow hammer which not only pulverizes his enemies but also faithfully returns to his hands with a simple whistle, like a boomerang or Thor's Mjolnir. He has sent grown people and heavier objects flying exceeding distances with it.
- Little Vinyl Antennae: two red and yellow antennae on the top of the hero's hood that are connected directly to his body's nervous system, allowing him to have direct control of its powers including: detecting presence of criminals and dangerous situations in general, decode and translate various languages and secret codes, capture readings of toxic or hazardous materials, receive requests for help and activate special electronic bio-resources in the Chapulín's body. The latter allows Chapulín to activate his Antenitas de Alta Velocidad (High-Speed Antennaes), dramatically increasing his speed and allowing him to fight on equal terms with fast foes (to the point of casually deflecting bullets).
- Tinyish Pills: special pills when swallowed by Chapulín is reduced to the size of 20 cm tall to pick enemies off guard or to access hard-to-reach locations. The effects of the pill last an average of 10 minutes and at the end of time Chapolin returns to his normal size. A common joke on the show is that Chapulín's enemies often insinuate that the use of this equipment makes no difference at all, in allusion to the hero's short stature in his normal size (for example, when he explained the use of the pills to his nemesis Tripaseca before using it, he sarcastically remarked: "Well, then you should already have taken one of those, Chapulín!") with his physicals stats being not hindered in this state, having tripped and and apprehended his opponents.
- The Paralyzing Horn: a bicycle horn when aimed at a person or object sounded once, would freeze it immediately in mid-air. Sounding the horn twice makes the frozen person or object free again. Though there are running jokes of him being clumsy with this, he mostly shown to have competent uses with the horn as he is able to quickly come up with plans with it to subdue his opponents.
- Ability to Fly: He has shown the ability to fly and putted it to use in various episodes like in the episode where Chapulín was fighting a Martial Arts master, Chapulín becomes vertical in the air and changes trajectory from behind and be able to make a hit, effectively knocking out his opponent.
- Teleportation: He can teleport when someone pleas for him, though not just for pleas as there are several episodes in which Chapulín gets into a box, barrel, dead box, etc. then appears by entering through the door or coming out of another box. he can also vanish at will and has used this in combat. has appeared in vaster distances, from other planets and even out of a clown's pocket dimension.
- Radial Frequency: With its vinyl antennas, the Chapulín Colorado can transmit on any frequency, AM or FM, this is stated in the chapter in which the astronauts are on the planet Venus, where the girls (Florinda Meza and Marie Antoinette de las Nieves) Say everything in Venusian (all with the vowel U)
- Super Reflexes: Several episodes show the Chapulín in the middle of a shooting and with strange movements falls to the ground. Then comes the lady thinking that is dead and textually the Chapulín says: "dodge the bullets".
- Plurilingual: Can understand and speak any language in the universe just by his antennas capturing it.
- Bamboozle: With a doll similar to him.
- Camouflage: Can go unnoticed by just putting on a small mustache.
Note: All of Chapulin powers explained in detail here.
Gallery
Notable Matchups
Victories:
Superman (Earth-Two) (DC Comics) Superman's Profile (Speed was equalized and both were in character. Chapulin only had his standard equipment)
Batman (Post-Crisis)) (DC Comics) Batman's Profile (Speed was equalized and both were in the character. They only had access to their standard equipment. Batman had 30 minutes of preparation)
Losses:
Inconclusive:
References
Discussions
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