El Tigre: Adventures of Manny Rivera TV Show Facts

With one twist of the belt buckle, Manny Rivera becomes El Tigre.

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When your father is a superhero and your grandfather is a super-villain, the struggle between good and evil really hits close to home. This is the situation for Manny, who's dad and grandpa are both fighting to win him over. Check out Manny's moral dilemma on Nick's new series, El Tigre: Adventures of Manny Rivera!

El Tigre: Adventures of Manny Rivera - Main Characters

Manny Rivera/El Tigre - Blessed with superpowers with one twist of his belt buckle, Manny is no ordinary boy - but his super-morals aren't as easy to figure out. Manny constantly struggles with whether to use his powers for good instead of evil.

Rodolfo Rivera - Known as White Pantera in his superhero days, Manny's dad retired from active duty to focus on parenthood. Now he tries to encourage his son to follow in his footsteps by using his superpowers for good.

Granpapi Rivera - Also known as Puma Loco, Granpapi is a now-retired villain who still likes to dabble with the dark side. He encourages Manny to become a villain, just like his grandpa.

Frida Suarez - Frida is Manny's mischievous best friend who usually leads Manny down the wrong path.

El Tigre: Adventures of Manny Rivera - Fun Facts

Frida is voice by Grey DeLisle who also voiced Riley Daring on The Replacements.

The creators of El Tigre, Sandra Equihua and Jorge R. Gutierrez, are husband and wife.

Jorge R. Gutierrez worked as a writer on Maya and Miguel and developed characters for Mucha Lucha.

El Tigre: Adventures of Manny Rivera - Quotes

"So, where is it?" - Rodolfo
"What?" - Grandpapi
"The guacamole. I gave you the money to buy it this morning." - Rodolfo
"What?!? You gave me no money! You can prove nothing." - Grandpapi

"That's horrible, Manny. You can't steal your dad's money for something lame like a slingshot.." - Frida
"No, next to the slingshot." - Manny
"A tattoo maker? Duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuude! You've gotta buy it!" - Frida
"But you..." - Manny
"Don't listen to me! I don't know what I'm talking about! Listen to me! You have to buy it! Just think how cool it'll be!" - Frida

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