¡Mucha Lucha!
| ¡Mucha Lucha! | |
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| Also known as | '¡Mucha Lucha!: Gigante' |
| Genre |
Comedy Slapstick Adventure Surreal |
| Created by | Eddie Mort Lili Chin |
| Voices of |
Carlos Alazraqui (Seasons 1–2) Jason Marsden (Season 3) Kimberly Brooks Candi Milo |
| Theme music composer | Chicos de Barrio |
| Composer(s) | Michael Tavera, Nicolas Barry, Tomas Jacobi, Rene Garza Aldape, Chuy Flores |
| Country of origin | United States Canada Mexico |
| Original language(s) | English Spanish |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 52 (list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Sander Schwartz |
| Producer(s) | Ken Kessel Eddie Mort Lili Chin Alfred Gimeno James Krieg |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Fwak! Animation Warner Bros. Animation |
| Release | |
| Original network |
Kids' WB (United States) Cartoon Network (United States and Worldwide) Teletoon (Canada) Minimax (Central Europe) Disney XD (UK) |
| Audio format |
Dolby Surround (Season 1) Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound (Season 2–3) |
| Original release | August 17, 2002 – February 26, 2005 |
¡Mucha Lucha! (later known as ¡Mucha Lucha!: Gigante) is an American-Mexican-Canadian animated television series that premiered on Kids' WB on August 17, 2002. It was created by Eddie Mort and Lili Chin and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It is the first animated television series created with Adobe Flash, a program which has since become widely used as a medium for animation. The show was also seen on Teletoon in Canada, CITV, Kix! and Disney XD in the UK, and Cartoon Network worldwide (including the US).
The show is set in a fictional Mexican town centered on lucha libre (nearly everyone in the town has a mask and costume and a signature move) and is essentially about the adventures of three children, Rikochet, The Flea and Buena Girl, as they struggle through the Foremost World-Renowned International School of Lucha, where they study.
In 2005 the straight-to-video movie ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico was spun-off from the series.
A toy line based on the show was released by Jakks Pacific in 2004. In this toy line included "Mix-a-Lot" action figures; these had removable body parts that could be placed on the bodies of other action figures in the series. "Signature Move" action figures were also put out, along with a toy wrestling ring. However, the second series of the toy line was cancelled.
During summer of 2003, DC Comics published a three-issue mini-series of comic books based on ¡Mucha Lucha! All three of the stories featured in these comic books were written by Eddie Mort, and have even been occasionally referenced in the TV series.
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