Los pescaditos de colores (El Chavo del Ocho)

Los pescaditos de colores is the 12th episode of Season 1 of El Chavo del Ocho. It first aired on June 4, 1973.

Porqué esto es una chusma? (Why this is a riffraff?)

 * 1) Don Ramón is ridiculously out of character in this episode. While in other episodes, he was grumpy, but still was a great father with a good heart, here he gets mad when the goldfishes on his bowl keep disappearing and immediately assumes the cat Doña Florinda received from her boyfriend El Profesor Jirafales is the one responsible for it without any proof. Unlike the remake in 1979 (since he wasn't in the cast anymore by then), in this version the goldfishes belong to him, which make it seems he's making a big deal about it.
 * 2) When he has had it with the disappearance of his fishes, he dresses up as a bullfighter, essentially going after the cat to kill it.
 * 3) * In the 1979 remake, it's even worse since his daughter Chilindrina decides to do the same thing. Luckily, as explained in RQ#1, she doesn't repeat the same act her father did this episode.
 * 4) While it happened off-screen, just hearing Don Ramón chasing after the cat and its meows of fear/pain can be pretty hard to watch.
 * 5) And after that, he proudly says he killed it "with one slash", right in front of everyone.
 * 6) Don Ramón is also a big Karma Houdini, since he gets off scot-free for killing an innocent living being, and is not punished at all for his actions. Doña Florinda doesn't even slap him like she usually does.
 * 7) The episode wants to make the audience feel bad for Don Ramón because his goldfishes are disappearing one by one, but when seeing the things he did above, it becomes hard to sympatize with him.
 * 8) Bad Ending: Doña Florinda cries over the death of her cat, and Don Ramón is confused if he already killed the cat the goldfish are still disappearing. It is then revealed that the real culprit of it all, was no other than the character who gives this show its name, "El Chavo del Ocho".

Redeeming Qualities

 * 1) Its 1979 remake, while not better, did improve some things this episode had:
 * 2) *The goldfish now belong to his daughter, La Chilindrina. It makes more sense for her to be so protective over them.
 * 3) * Even though she still threatened to kill Doña Florinda's cat, she actually never got to slay her sword on it, instead the cat was ran over by a truck.
 * 4) Everyone else (except for Don Ramón) is likable, specially Doña Florinda.
 * 5) There are some funny moments, like when Don Ramón goes to Florinda's house, saying to her that "i came to kill that animal", and then Doña Florinda tries to protect El Profesor Jirafales, thinking he referred to him.
 * 6) Don Ramón seemingly "regretted" his act at the end of the episode.
 * 7) This episode can be considered a Karma for Doña Florinda, due for the times she tortured Don Ramón.