Skimo
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| Genre | Sitcom |
| Starring | Daniel Tovar Miguel Santa Rita Pedro Romo Alejandra Vázquez Haro and Avelina Vázquez Haro Tatiana Martínez |
| Country of origin | Mexico |
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| Running time | 25 minutes |
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| Original channel | Nickelodeon |
| Original run | May 15, 2006 – |
Skimo is the first Nickelodeon comedy sitcom made in Mexico. It is produced by Nickelodeon Latin America and Macias Group International. The program first aired on May 15, 2006, and currently runs at 8:00 pm.
The opening song for the show, called ("Skimo Is The Place"), was performed by the rock band Motel.
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[edit] Overview of the show
Skimo is the story of two teenage boys, Fito and Tavo, who made their dreams reality by opening their own eatery with original recipes. Skimo is described as El Lugar Mas Cool Del Barrio "the coolest joint in the neighborhood".
As an eatery, Skimo sells a lot of innovative dishes from all kinds, like strawberry milkshakes, mango on a stick with chamoy sauce, or the vanilla ice-cream stuffed pepper.
Life at Skimo is full of surprises and difficult situations (often in a comical way) that Fito and Tavo must overcome to keep Skimo running, from dealing with Nora and Nori, to making successful marketing.
[edit] Characters
[edit] Fito
- Fito is the typical "cool guy" co-protagonist in the series. He does not earn good grades in school, he is athletic and portrays himself as "the coolest dude in the neighbourhood" almost everywhere and always has odd ideas to improve Skimo (like selling one Skimo at twice its price, instead of selling 2X1). He likes rock, hip-hop, and beatbox music and he has an "internal beat" when he is speaking or doing something.
- He's a dreamer, and he talks about his fantasies as if they were real. Fito is 16-years old.
- His most notorious feature is his big afro-haircut style, and his skateboard-style clothes. He cuts his hair in Season 2.
[edit] Tavo
- Tavo is Fito's best friend, although they call themselves business partners. He is the smart co-protagonist in the series, and his intelligence is fundamental for Skimo's success. He has a secret crush on Úrsula. He is very timid, and also considered a "geek" due to his obsession with order, control, extreme cleanliness, he uses better or different words than Fito because he is smarter
- Just like all of the teen friends, Tavo is the opposite of Fito, and maybe that's the reason that they are friends. He wears casual clothes, and he hates all kinds of sickness. Tavo is 15-years old.
- By the end of season 2 his parents get divorced and he has to go live in another state and this ends season 2
[edit] Don Filemón
- Don Filemón was the owner of the pizzeria that once occupied the site that Skimo now occupies. Fito and Tavo decided to rent him the whole place from him to make Skimo.
- Don Filemón is the classical lifelong storyteller, and always speaks about his world travels, or his traveling family; no one believes these stories.
[edit] Fátima
- She is the expert cook in Skimo, and she makes all dishes and helps in a lot of things. She is a very dreamy person who wants to know how much she is needed. She sometimes experiments by combining two different recipes, making the dishes that Skimo is noted for.
[edit] Nora and Nori
- Nora and Nori are "good actresses" and the typical villains-antagonists in the show. They are very showoffy, irritating, selfish, and annoying. They always want to lead Skimo to bankruptcy, and also complicate everything in Fito and Tavo's life.
- They always speak to one another as twinie, and they shout out "twin power" most of the time. Anytime, Nora and Nori hear something outrageous they shout "Oh Please". Everyone in the show mistakes one for the other. They wear more similar clothing in Season 2.
[edit] Úrsula
- She is the "I-always-do-the-right-thing" girl, and she is a very good friend of Fito and Tavo, but she ignores the fact Tavo has a crush on her. Ursula is very intelligent and can fix almost any gadget. She is totally cool, wears purple, blue, red, or green clothing. She always wants Fito and Tavo to use their brains to solve their problems.
- She is courageous and fearless, and she is the opposite of Nora and Nori. She usually always bangs Nora and Nori's heads together. She adds various highlights to her hair in Season 2.
- Also in season 2 Ursula falls in love with Fito who seems to have fallen in love with her too ignoring the fact that they are always arguing
[edit] Shi
- He is a very good example of a videogame addict. He was included on a very expensive arcade machine that Fito bought "because it has 3-D Graphics and it was very cheap". He is always playing at the arcade, and the little times he leaves the machine, he plays handheld videogames. He NEVER allows anyone to touch the arcade when he is playing. Nobody really knows who is this 12-year old boy.
[edit] Mucho Mucho
- He is the classic jack-of-all-trades, and helps supplying Skimo. He likes to say his name a lot and talks very quickly. He is also seen doing another jobs, like those of policeman, plumber, doctor, surgeon, etc. He ALWAYS has every needed thing in his almost infinite Hammerspace bag.
[edit] Uuuu
- Skimo's pet fish. He jumps out of his bowl if his name it's pronounced voluntarily or not.
[edit] Episodes
The Fist Season contains 13 episodes but it aired 15 weeks with 2 special weeks with the episodes of the previous 5 weeks and aired between May and August 2006.
Season 1:
101 - Episodio 01
102 - Episodio 02
103 - Episodio 03
104 - Episodio 04
105 - Episodio 05
106 - Episodio 06
107 - Episodio 07
108 - Episodio 08
109 - Episodio 09
110 - Episodio 10
111 - Episodio 11
112 - Episodio 12
113 - Season 1 Finale
The Second Season contains 12 new episodes including a Christmas Special that aired December 25, 2006 and repeated on January 2nd, 2007.
Season 2:
201 - Episodio 14
202 - Episodio 15
203 - Episodio 16
204 - Episodio 17
205 - Episodio 18
206 - Episodio 19
207 - Christmas Special
208 - Episodio 20
209 - Episodio 21
210 - Episodio 22
211 - Episodio 23
212 - Episodio 24
213 - Season 2 Finale
- Season 1 Finale (Episode 113): Was when Tavo professed Úrsula his love to her and when Fito and Tavo decided to give Skimo a remodulation or makeover
- Season 2 Finale (Episode 213): Is when Tavo says to their friends that his moving with his mom to Aguascalientes in Mexico, because of the separation of his parent's. The Twins (Nora & Nori) got really happy with the news of Tavo's moving out. At the final of the episode Fito says: "Skimo it's over, now you can leave, we're gonna pay" and then Ursula tells Fito his love to him but not saying his name but she says that "I'm in love of a guy that his really stupid but sometimes really idiot" in that moment almost kissing Tavo appears to say goodbye to Fito and Úrsula and then he leaves the place really conmotionate about that scene, Mucho Mucho told them (Úrsula and Fito) about Tavo and he came, so, Úrsula and Fito got out of Skimo and started to go running to Tavo's house to say goodbye and good travel and then when they finally arrived to Tavo's house they see Tavo's Mom Car leaving the house with the last things that remain.
[edit] Trivia
- Pedro Romo is very known by his role in the film series The Vacation of Laughs.
- In an episode of the second season, if you pay attention at the screen of the arcade game that Shi is playing, he is playing The Simpsons(note Homer Simpson's name in the screen).
[edit] Theme Song
This is the theme song to Skimo:
"SKIMO is the business of Fito and the Tavo, a dream that appeared as a trick. If they had known in the yard of the college… Saying of games and histories in quadrinhos…
They were looking that great possibility, Only that they did not have no pierced tostão. But thanks to aid of its friends, I look It and the Tavo had found the exit
E had been inventing and using the head, They had become reality what a dream was alone…
SKIMO, SKIMO this is the place Where Fito and the Tavo are seting SKIMO, SKIMO, this is the place That is excessively…"
