Condorito is a famous cartoon character, a
personification of a funny condor living in a
fictitious town named Pelotillehue, a setting
typical of many small Chilean provincial towns.

Condorito was created by the Chilean cartoonist
René Ríos, known as "Pepo". In spite of his
Chilean origin, Condorito is very popular in
several Latin American countries, in which the
character is considered part of the general
popular culture.

Condorito and his friends are also featured
monthly in a magazine that carries the name of the
main character, as well as a deluxe magazine
entitled Condorito de Oro.

One peculiar characteristic of this cartoon is
that, at the end of each strip, the character that
goes through the embarrassing moment or serves as
the butt of the joke always falls backwards to the
floor in a characteristic out-of-frame "flop
take", accompanied by the PLOP! sound effect.

Other characteres in this cartoon are: Yayita
(Condorito's fashionable eternal girlfriend),
Compadre Chuma (Condorito's best friend), Pepe
Cortisona aka "Saco de Plomo" (Condorito's
nemesis), Coné and Yuyito (his young nephew and
Yayita's niece respectively), and Huevoduro
("Mr. Hardegg"), an eggheaded (and compltely
colorless) character which Rios claims is based
upon a Canadian ambassador.