31 Minutos

TV Show • 2003  

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31 minutos is a Chilean television show which takes the form of a mock news broadcast, and is fronted by puppets who present various items. The program was devised by Álvaro Díaz and Pedro Peirano and is produced by their own company, APLAPLAC. It was first aired in March 2003 on the TVN channel in Chile. 31 minutos has achieved considerable success in Chilean television, captivating adult viewers as well as children. The sarcastic and carefree humor along with the producers' reputation in Chile of being the essential part of the extinct cult show Plan Z earned the series immediate acceptance among the public and helped boost its popularity, being considered a spiritual successor of sorts of that earlier show. When the first season had its debut, it occupied the morning time slot on Saturdays. But its orientation toward children was somewhat questioned because of the enthusiastic response from adult audiences; therefore the second season was moved to the time slot after the night time news at 10:00 pm on Fridays. Its almost explosive commercial success is reflected in the range and quantity of products spawned by the show, including an audio CD with the songs from its first season. In 2004, Nickelodeon started airing the first season across Latin America, being particularly popular in Brazil and Argentina, and a second CD was released with music from the second season. In 2005, a third album was released, with the third season's music and some extras.
This tv show contains 24 potentially triggering events.
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Episode
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Does the dog die?
190 supporters
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nichtsehrgut
Mario Hugo, a chihuahua puppet, is deceased (but comes back to life as a zombie) in Season 2.
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Unanswered Triggers
Is an animal abandoned?
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
47 supporters
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Is there bestiality?
46 supporters
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Is a woman brutalized for spectacle?
45 supporters
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Is an animal sad?
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Does someone self harm?
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Are rabbits harmed?
37 supporters
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Autismcreatureirl
There's an episode where the whole plot is that Juan Carlos gets poisoned by a snake bite
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fizzysoda
there is sexual content sometimes, but it doesnt go far beyond jokes.
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Does a head get squashed?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
17 supporters
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nichtsehrgut
The little blue bear that appears in Mico el Micófono's polls is a well known stalker.
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Is there domestic violence?
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Is a child abused?
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Addiction
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nichtsehrgut
"Mundo Interior" is implied to allude to psychdelics usage.
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Is there addiction?
10 supporters
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Goopy
Bodoque has a gambling addiction, to betting in horse races specifically.
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Goopy
Also Bodoque
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Animal
Were animals harmed in the making?
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Does a horse die?
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Does an animal die?
(besides a dog, cat or horse)
98 supporters
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Goopy
The main characters are mostly animal puppets. Sometimes they die, but it doesn't stick for long.
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Are animals abused?
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Goopy
Animal skeletons are used as props. Whether they're real skeletons or not is debatable.
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Does a cat die?
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Does a pet die?
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Does a dragon die?
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Are there spiders?
26 supporters
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nichtsehrgut
Juan Carlos has arachnophobia, and gets treatment for it in one of his Notas Verdes. Real tarantulas appear crawling over his body.
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Are there snakes?
12 supporters
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nichtsehrgut
There's a snake puppet (that looks like a tie) in Season 4.
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Are there bugs?
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Assault
Is someone drugged?
17 supporters
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Autismcreatureirl
"Mundo Interior" (a song from season 4) is implied to be about drugs and stuff
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Is there pedophilia?
64 supporters
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4
Is rape mentioned?
43 supporters
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4
Is someone sexually assaulted?
108 supporters
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Bodily Harm
Is there cannibalism?
24 supporters
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fizzysoda
not actual cannibalism, but in the song "huerfadrino" there is a character wearing hannibal lecter's mask while assuming that the singer's godfather was turned into his dinner. right after that, the singer implies that another cannibal ate him.
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Is there a hanging?
24 supporters
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nichtsehrgut
Played with in S4; Mario Hugo gets a noose intending to commit suicide but instead of placing it around his neck he sits on it and uses it as a swing "so he will be swinging on it till he dies out of boredom".
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Does someone break a bone?
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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Is someone tortured?
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Is there eye mutilation?
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Is there excessive gore?
51 supporters
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Children
Does a kid die?
28 supporters
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3
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fizzysoda
it is heavily implied that retrete navarrete, singer of the song "regla primordial", dies in the last episode of the third season.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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Does someone cheat?
12 supporters
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Fear
Is someone possessed?
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Are there ghosts?
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there mannequins?
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Does someone spit?
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Is there audio gore?
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
21 supporters
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
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Fosf
S2
 E7
Bodoque says this after Juanin calls bodoque's girlfriends to make him feel better
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bitter
no. a character gets rejected and is seemingly about to hang on a noose however he swings on it instead.
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Prejudice
Does the black guy die first?
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Are there homophobic slurs?
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fizzysoda
in the song "yo opino" there's brief imagery of adolf hitler (however, the song doesnt endorse it)
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Is there hate speech?
20 supporters
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Goopy
The show contains caricatures of black people, Asian people, and/or native people in the instances it chooses to show "human" puppets; one of the biggest offenders being season 2 episode 04 "Japonés" which contains a LOT of racism against Asian people in-general.

The show also contains LGBT+phobic jokes.

(Note: While, yes, there is a cultural gap between racial and LGBT issues in Latine countries and English-speaking countries, mainly the US, and that pre-2010s humor scene in Latine countries ran on being at least slightly offensive; it does NOT excuse this content.)
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Are there n-words?
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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51 supporters
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
9 supporters
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In one of the episodes Bodoque runs over a sheep named Rosario, but she doesn't suffer any harm
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
31 supporters
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fizzysoda
although not extremely graphic, the zombies have realistic-like eyes falling out of their faces and blood as well. there are skeletons shown multiple times in the show.
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Does someone drown?
10 supporters
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3
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Goopy
It doesn't stick, though.
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