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“ | A true luchador knows that good or bad isn't something you are, but a choice you make... like flour or corn tortillas. | ” |
— The Flea
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"Heart of Lucha" is the second segment of the 2nd episode in the first season of ¡Mucha Lucha!. It aired on August 24, 2002, on Kids' WB and on March 12, 2004, on Cartoon Network.
Synopsis[]
When The Flea gets transferred into the Bad Guy class, Room 207, Rikochet and Buena Girl start to worry. At heart, the Flea isn't a Rude Guy... a messy, disgusting slob, but not a bad guy. And, if he stays in Room 207 too long, he'll become an evil masked wrestler bent on destruction and mayhem and cheating. Rikochet and Buena Girl must journey into the dark heart of Room 207 and bring the Flea out... before it's too late.
Plot[]
It is a tag-team wrestling match - The Flea and Snow Pea vs. Minotoro and Pierre de Fuego. The Flea is losing badly. Snow Pea wants to help, but the Flea says he has it under control. At the last second, the Flea calls his spike needle, and it sends Minotauro and his wrestling partner flying and itching. The Flea is exciting and jumps around, squishes Snow Pea, and defeats Minotauro and his partner. They find out Snow Pea has been squished, so The Flea is sent to the Bad Guy in Room 207.
Rikochet tells El Rey about The Flea, and he is worried about him being a bad guy. El Rey says The Flea is gone forever. Rikochet and Buena Girl want to help save The Flea, with the help of Snow Pea.
Buena Girl speaks of a legend where when luchadores enter Room 207, they never come out. Snow Pea is scared, but they enter anyway and come across a jungle in search of The Flea. We see that The Flea has come across some other wrestlers: El Gundamo, the Darth Vader guy, the smoke mask guy, and Tibor the Terrible.
Tibor and El Gundamo take The Flea to the El Dolor de Kurtz. The Flea explains the story and is challenged by El Kurtz and accepts because of his ways. The Flea must wrestle Tibor and gives him a wedgie. Then he wrestles El Oscuro Invasor by pressing a button and making a car fall on him. Then he beats Private Reinhardt by releasing a tiger.
The Flea has made the dishonor roll and is an official bad guy. The mascaritas are searching and fall down a hole. El Kurtz asks them to wrestle The Flea. Rikochet thinks he won't hurt them, but he will. So, Buena Girl takes charge but is beaten. Now it's up to Snow Pea: Snow Pea hugs The Flea. The Flea can't take hugs, and doesn't want to be a bad guy anymore, but El Kurtz won't let them leave. He uses his Senor Spin and Nostromo Slam to beat them, and the Heart of Darkness. But they have a plan. Buena Girl will use Torch of Truth, Rikochet will use Mirror Mirror, and the Flea will use Blazing Turkey of Glory in a tag-team battle. They turn unto a thundercloud and beat him. Now they escape Room 207. But Snow Pea is gone. (The Flea accidentally squished Snow Pea again during the battle)
Characters[]
- The Three Mascaritas
- Snow Pea
- El Rey
- Mr. Midcarda
- El Dolor De Kurtz (debut)
- Pierre Del Fuego
- Minotoro
- Double Ninja Ninja
- El Perrito
- Potato Patata Jr.
- Megawatt
- Tibor the Terrible (debut)
- El Gundamo (debut)
- Private Reinhardt (debut)
- El Oscuro Invasor (debut)
- Coco Demento (debut)
Transcript[]
Click here to view the script.
Gallery[]
Click here to visit Heart of Lucha's Gallery!
Trivia[]
- In Heart of Lucha! (DVD & VHS), "Heart of Lucha" was originally intended to be paired with "Weight Gaining" segment.
- This is the first episode with "A true luchador..." statement to be said by The Flea, in which the episode focuses on him.
- Private Reinhardt, El Oscuro Invasor, Tibor the Terrible, El Gundamo, and Coco Demento were originally going to only appear in this episode. After this episode, some of the "bad guys" classmates became major characters for the rest of the series.
- This episode and the storyline were adapted into a storybook as "Big Bad Flea".
Goofs[]

- In the classroom, two small Double Ninja Ninja clones are seen sitting next to Minotoro.
- Before The Flea walks out of the ring, El Oscuro Invasor was seen in the audience, but later on, he is seen inside Room 207 with other bad guys students.
- In a pile of defeated bad guy students, there are multiple heads of Tibor the Terrible and Private Reinhardt and are more shaded red than the original design.
- When El Dolor De Kurtz and the other bad guy students laugh, Private Reinhardt's mask was red in both scenes as they laugh twice.
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