El Chavo del Ocho (character)

El Chavo del Ocho ("The Kid/Boy From Number Eight") or El Chavo is a Mexican fictional character and the protagonist of the Mexican television sitcom series of the same name. He was played by Roberto Gómez Bolaños (Chespirito), despite the obvious age difference between the actor and the character, and is voiced by Jesús Guzmán in the animated series El Chavo Animado. In the English dub version of the animated series, he is voiced by Mona Marshall. Chavo means "boy" in colloquial Mexican Spanish; his real name is unknown. He is very enthusiastic, creative and well-meaning, but also very innocent, which is why other children take advantage of him. He's not very bright and he's a bit clumsy. It is said that he came to the neighborhood at the age of four and apparently lives in apartment #8, it is not known with whom exactly, but it is said that an old woman took care of him in her apartment until she died.