El Chavo del Ocho

El Chavo del Ocho (lit. The Boy of the Eight), or just Chavo for short is the main protagonist of the popular Mexican series El Chavo del Ocho, created and performed by Roberto Gómez Bolaños.

Why He Rocks

 * 1) He is a good-hearted boy, always helping others when they ask for their help.
 * 2) He has a tragic past, being a poor and orphaned boy who suffers from hunger.
 * 3) He shows to be a good friend even with people who beat him or treat him badly like Quico and Don Ramón.
 * 4) In one episode he shows that he is able to forgive even a criminal by praying that he will repent for his actions and become good.
 * 5) His stupidity is often funny and entertaining.
 * 6) He is creative, building several toys on his own.
 * 7) Roberto Gómez Bolaños does a wonderful performance as him, just like he does with El Chapulín Colorado.
 * 8) He has a high popularity in Mexico and Brazil, being one of the main media icons in Latin America.
 * 9) Many of his phrases and gestures are memorable and funny.
 * 10) He was responsible for helping to popularize Tortas de Jamón (a traditional Mexican ham sandwiche) outside Mexico.
 * 11) He is easily recognized by his hat and barrel, which are iconic.
 * 12) He proves to be a good boyfriend for Paty.
 * 13) His character design is also very well done in the animated version of the show, just like the other characters.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) Sometimes he is very rude and agressive to his friends, with moments when he acts like a bully threatening to beat (or beating) Quico, Ñoño, La Chilindrina and occasionally Popis and Godínez.
 * 2) *Chavo's occasional bullying towards Ñoño can be seen as mean-spirited (in the live-action series, at least) since he is one of the few kids that treat him nicely. Same goes about Godínez.
 * 3) *He can also be a bit of a hypocrite, as he always claims that men should never hit a woman, despite often trying to hit La Chilindrina and sometimes Popis himself.
 * 4) *He has also a bad habit of occasionally disrespecting adults like Don Ramón, Señor Barriga, Professor Jirafales, Doña Florinda, Doña Clotilde and occasionally Doña Nieves and Jaimito el Cartero, though it's sometimes actually justified.
 * 5) **Similarly, his aggressiveness towards Quico and La Chilindrina is justified in most cases.
 * 6) He is easily manipulated by La Chilindrina, sometimes doing mean things that she does not want to risk doing.
 * 7) Sometimes he is shown to be too dumb and it gets to be annoying.
 * 8) His name can be laughable.
 * 9) For some reason, his hair color is brown in the animated version, despite being originally black.