El Chavo del Ocho (character)

El Chavo del Ocho ("The Boy From Number Eight") or simply El Chavo is a Mexican fictional character and the protagonist of the television sitcom series of the same name. He was played by Roberto Gómez Bolaños (Chespirito), who notably appears much older than the character is, 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. The character is only referred to as chavo, which is Spanish for "boy", and is given no name. He is an enthusiastic, creative and well-meaning character, but he is also portrayed as artless and simple-minded, causing other children take advantage of him. He is rumored to have came to his neighborhood at the age of four and be living in apartment #8. No mention is made of whom he lives with, but it is revealed that an older woman took care of him in her apartment until her death.