El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (sometimes shortened to El Tigre) is an American Flash-animated television franchise created by Jorge R. Gutierrez and Sandra Equihua for the Nickelodeon Group. It was the first Nicktoon to be animated with Adobe Flash. The first screening of the show was on January 19, 2007, in the first-ever Nickelodeon Creative Summit held in San Juan, Puerto Rico, as a special treat for the 60 exclusive attendees. Later sneak peeks aired on February 19, with the series television debut on March 3, 2007, for both networks. The series finished its original run on September 13, 2008.
A 2005 original pilot was released before the official series made it's television debut on March 3, 2007 on Nickelodeon before it was shoved on the Nicktoons Channel before it's cancellation and conclusion of its original run on September 13, 2008.
Premise[]
- Main article: Miracle City (El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera)
Set in the fictional crime-ridden Mexican-American metropolis of Miracle City, El Tigre follows the adventures of Manny Rivera, a 13-year-old boy with superpowers trying to choose between being good or evil. Manny's father is a superhero known as White Pantera and wants Manny to grow up to be good and fight evil. Manny's Grandfather is a supervillain known as Puma Loco who thinks Manny should go to the dark side.
Characters[]
- Manny Rivera/El Tigre (Alanna Ubach)
- Frida Suárez (Grey DeLisle)
- Rodolfo Rivera/White Pantera (Eric Bauza)
- Grandpapi/Puma Loco (Carlos Alazraqui)
- Maria Rivera/Plata Peligrosa (April Stewart)
Media[]
TV Pilot[]
- Main article: El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (pilot episode)
The pilot of El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (also referred to as "A Fistful of Nickels") was produced in 2005.
Main series[]
After finishing the 2005 pilot, the official series made it's own television debut on March 3, 2007 on Nickelodeon before it was shoved on the Nicktoons Channel for a short while before it's cancellation and conclusion of its original run on September 13, 2008. Most of the show's dedication is mostly based Jorge R. Gutierrez's younger self. And the show's production is likely based on El Tigre's Decision of Destiny statement that started On January 25, 2008.
Television specials[]
The Grave Escape and The Good, the Bad, and the Tigre are the only two 25-minute short film episodes to have television special ideas in the show itself.
Video game[]
- Main article: El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (video game)
A videogame based on the series, also titled El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera, was released for the Nintendo DS and PlayStation 2 in 2007. This is the only video game in the series to have a licensed featured in the 2000's video game era by THQ.
Other appearances[]
El Tigre has been licensed in the El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera video game, and is featured as a playable character in the Nintendo DS version of Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots. He also makes a cameo appearance in Nicktoons MLB, but is not a playable character in it. El Tigre appears as a playable character in Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2, along with a stage based on the Miracle City volcano arena.[1]
El Tigre has its own game at Nick Arcade, Festival De Las Piñatas, and is also a playable character in Nick Arcade's Nicktoons HoverZone.
The characters Manny, Frida, and Grandpapi/Puma Loco make an appearance during a 2D animated scene in The Book of Life which is Jorge Gutierrez' first feature-length film. A wallpaper with El Tigre's design can be seen in a later scene as well as White Pantera in another scene.
References[]
- ↑ Norman, Jim (August 30, 2023). "Exclusive: El Tigre Is The Newest Fighter Slashing Into Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2". Nintendo Life.
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