¡Mucha Lucha!
American animated television series
¡Mucha Lucha! (subtitled Gigante during its third and final season) is an American animated television series that aired on the Kids' WB block on The WB from August 17, 2002, to February 26, 2005. It was created by Eddie Mort and Lili Chin and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. It is the first animated television series intended for children created with Macromedia Flash, a program which became widely used as a medium for animation in the following years.
A direct-to-video feature film based on the series, ¡Mucha Lucha!: The Return of El Maléfico, was released on January 4, 2005.
Premise
The show is set in Luchaville, a fictional town in Southern California centered on Mexican wrestling –specifically, the wrestling style known as lucha Libre– where nearly everyone wears a costume (they are never seen without their mask) and has a well-known wrestling move. These wrestling moves being capable of transforming the character in relation to the naming of the move. The series mainly centres on three friends, Rikochet, Buena Girl, and the Flea, as they struggle through the Foremost World-Renowned International School of Lucha, where they study to become wrestlers.
Episodes
Characters
Rikochet (voiced by Carlos Alazraqui in seasons 1–2 and Jason Marsden in season 3) – A young 10-year-old wrestler who is the protagonist of the series.
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