Alejo & Valentina is an Argentine flash animated sitcom by Alejandro Szykula of LoCoARTS, created in 2002, aimed at teens. The show ran for 52 episodes on MTV Latin America. The animation style is very simplistic and the storylines are filled with nonsense humour, running gags and a random comedy tone.
Characters
Main
Alejo
Alejo is a 22-year-old man married to Valentina. His favorite football team is River Plate. He is based on Alejandro Szykula, the series' creator.
Alejo always wears a purple shirt and black pants. He has white skin and short black hair. He is patient and inexpressive, always speaking with the same tone and facial expressions. He thinks that he and Valentina have to have sex with their clothes on, unless they are in the bath. When he grows up he wants to be a Playmobil.
Sometimes, he becomes aggressive and violent. This happens in the episodes Volver al futurox (Back to the Futurex), Locura extraordinaria (Extraordinary Madness) - where he transforms into a beast resembling The Incredible Hulk- and Volver al futurox EXTENDED (Back to the Futurex EXTENDED). Sometimes, this happens when he eats ketchup. He also is capable of vast reality warping powers, being able to alter or reverse past events to create bizarre and surreal situations. He is very skilled with lightsaber swordfighting, during his trip to a Parallel Universe he met his alter-ego. This version possessed high-level telekinesis.
According to a story El Viejo told in Episode 1, La vida misma (Life as it is, or Life Itself), a stork which was going to deliver the baby Alejo was struck by lightning, causing him to fall into a river and over a waterfall. He ended up on a beach where he met Valentina, also a baby at the time. It is never revealed if this story is true or not as in Episode 15 Darth Baston (Darth Cane) and the TV episode Darth Baston EXTENDED (Darth Cane EXTENDED), El Viejo claims that he is Alejo's father. (parodying the scene where Darth Vader tells Luke Skywalker he is his father).
Catch phrases
¿Y si vamos a comer comida? (How about we go to eat food?) La quiero con mayonesa, sin ketchup y con mostaza. (I want it with mayonnaise, no ketchup and with mustard.) ¿Y cómo hay que hacer? (And how is it done?) ¡Que vengan todos los putos, loco! (Literally: Let all 'em fags come at me, man! Although a more accurate translation would be: "bring it on, motherfuckers!") ¿Vos Sos Dios? (Are you God?) Mira la Vieja. (Look the Crone.) ¿Te haces el malo, gil? (Playing tough, punk?) ¡Recatate, gil, ¿eh?! (Wise up punk, huh?!) ¡Che, Valentinaaaa! (Hey Valentina!) Me parece una propuesta diferente y buenísima. (I think it's a different and awesome proposal.) Me pica el culo. (My ass itches.)
Valentina
Valentina is a 22-year-old woman married to Alejo. She is 1.75 meters tall (5'9''). Her favorite football team is Boca Juniors. Valentina is based on Alejandro Szykula's ex-girlfriend.
Valentina always wears a pink dress. She has white skin, long, dark hair and is inexpressive, speaking with the same tone no matter what the situation. She is skilled at martial arts and proficient in the use of the katana. She's also incredibly strong. She would like to be a dancer when she is older.
According to a story El Viejo told in Episode 1, La vida misma (Life as it is, or Life Itself), a stork which was meant to deliver the baby Valentina was abducted by aliens, leaving Valentina to fall out of the sky and into a rubbish lorry in Papapipa. As the lorry crosses a bridge, a helicopter crashes, destroying both the lorry and the bridge. Valentina falls into a sewer and is carried to the beach where she meets the baby Alejo. It is never revealed if this story is true or not as in Episode 15 Darth Baston (Darth Cane) and the TV episode Darth Baston EXTENDED (Darth Cane EXTENDED), El Viejo claims that he is Alejo's father.
Catch phrases
Yo quiero un sánguche. (I want a sandwich.) Hay que tener sexo. (We gotta have sex.) Me tocaron el culo. (Somebody touched my ass.) ¡Alejo!
Carlitox
Carlitox is a short 19-year-old with messy green hair. His favorite football team is Rosario Central. He's about 1.55 meters (5'2") tall. He has the ability to float magically. This is later explained in a parody with the Clown from the movie "It" (based on the book by Stephen King) who tells him "Everybody floats...". During the trip to the Parallel Universe, he discovers his alter-ego, a tall, serious, muscular man with red hair, who is capable of high-level pyrokinesis and producing energy blasts.