The Witch's Den (El Chavo Animado)

The Witch's Den (Cuéntame una de fantasmas in the original) is the episode 17 of the first season of El Chavo Animado. This episode is a remake of the episode "La Casa de la Bruja del 71" of the classic 70s live-action series El Chavo del Ocho.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) The episode like all the others from the first season is nothing but a remake of one of the episodes of the classic 70s series, but without the same charm of the classic episode.
 * 2) Due to La Chilindrina's absence from the series, the character's role was occupied by both Popis, Ñoño and even El Chavo.
 * 3) Unnecessary censorship like the cigarette box Don Ramón finds on the floor being replaced by a coin and the scene where Doña Florinda slaps Don Ramón at the beginning of the episode being removed.
 * 4) A animation error occurs when Quico points at Don Ramón with the egg, the egg is in Don Ramón's right hand, but when Doña Florinda approaches to slap Don Ramón the egg is in Don Ramón's left hand.
 * 5) Misleading title: Its spanish title is called "Cuéntame una de fantasmas", but at no point in the episode does it have to do with ghosts, but with witches.
 * 6) The broom scene seemed more stupid with the broom now having eyes and mindset and wanting to tell the witch about the presence of the children.
 * 7) Butchered and Horrible Ending: After the kids admit that Doña Clotilde wasn't a witch, they are rewarded with the lollipops and Chavo gives the moral that we shouldn't judge people by what they look like, so far so good until the kids are turned into frogs after licking the lollipops revealing that Clotilde really was a witch and they were right from the start to have judged her, thus ruining the ending of the original episode.

Good Qualities

 * 1) There some funny moments using cartoon physics like: Quico getting muscular to show he was braver than Chavo (but melting with fear at the knowledge that he needed to get into Doña Clotilde's house) or the raw egg that Quico broke on Don Ramón's shirt baking when in the moment which Don Ramón gets angry with Chavo taking the egg to eat.
 * 2) Some scenes during the children's imagination inside the witch's house manage to be more frightening than the original.
 * 3) Chavo, Doña Clotilde, Don Ramón and Popis are likable characters.
 * 4) It's decent when compared to other episodes of this show like these ones and is also considered good by some fans of both the original and animated series.
 * 5) Despite the butchered ending, still gives the moral (although not in the same way) that you shouldn't judge a person by what they look like but by what they really are. Although it was mentioned in the caption, it's ruined by the ending.
 * 6) The song in the end credits is great.

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