''Santo vs The Clones'' () is a 2004

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original

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consisting of five short episodes, which were aired every Wednesday nights at 8:00 PM in

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, and also in another Latin American countries. It was created by Carlo Olivares Paganoni, a filmmaker and advertising worker, but also a cartoonist who already made the local Cartoon Network

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''Bobots''; he wanted to pay tribute to the legendary defunct

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enmascarado and film

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Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta, better known as

El Santo Rodolfo Guzmán Huerta (23 September 1917 – 5 February 1984), best known by his ring name El Santo (English language, English: "The Saint"), was a Mexican ''Lucha libre, luchador Wrestling mask, enmascarado'' (or masked professional wrestlin ...

. Finally, Carlo hired for this show as developer

El Hijo del Santo Jorge Ernesto Guzmán Rodríguez (born August 2, 1963), best known under his ring name, El Hijo del Santo ( English: "The Son of the Saint"), is a Mexican '' retired luchador enmascarado'' (or masked professional wrestler) and political activist. ...

Synopsis

Set in

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, ''Santo vs The Clones'' follows the adventures of the homonym wrestler as a

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who must try to stop the plans of Dr. Clone, an evil scientist, who which is determined to kill him and simultaneously dominate the world by creating clones of his old enemies (through their

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Voice cast

Daniel Giménez Cacho Daniel Giménez Cacho (born May 15, 1961) is a Spanish-born Mexican actor. He is known for portraying Tito the Coroner in '' Cronos'' (1993) and '' We Are What We Are'' (2010). Early life Daniel Giménez Cacho was born on May 15, 1961 in Mad ...

– Dr. Clone *

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– Adenaido * Jimmy Guthrie – Frankus * Gabriela Guzmán – Diana *

Flavio Medina Flavio Medina (; born April 19, 1978) is a Mexican actor. Biography Flavio Medina was born in Mexico City, Mexico, D.F. His first experience with live theater was during his childhood, when the grandson of Juan Grandini invited him to attend s ...

– Adrián * Alberto Pedrel – Santo * Arturo Rivera – The Announcer * Héctor Sáez – The Professor * Julio Vega – Jardinero * Gabriela Willert – Chiquis

Episodes

Canceled American show

Like a relation to ''Santo vs The Clones'', in 2007 has been announced that its international version is in development at

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, but was eventually released as an unaired short pilot titled ''Mask of Santo'' in 2008. Also for it, Carlo Olivares Paganoni and

are reconfirmed as creator and developer, respectively.

References

External links

''Santo Contra Los Clones''
at

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