Puma Loco

Grandpapi Jorge Rivera, also known as Puma Loco, is an anti-heroic/anti-villainous antagonist and the supporting character in El Tigre. He is notoriously difficult for most superheroes to catch. The only person who could intentionally stop him the most is his own son's superhero form, White Pantera. Unlike his son and his grandson, he fights using a mechanical combat suit instead of actual physical movements. His battle suit comes from the Golden Sombrero of Chaos and contains many weapons.

He was voiced by Carlos Alazraqui.

Appearance

Grandpapi wears black clothes with suspenders and wears a Golden Sombrero of Chaos and yellow glasses. He has white hair, a mustache, and has a gray stubble. His robotic battle suit is golden with a red opening glass, black claws, shoes with small red spots, yellow puma-like ears, and a black circle on the center.

Personality

Grandpapi is an extremely greedy and destructive individual, eager to commit crimes and prove his own malice. But despite his treacherous and wicked nature, he is shown to be compassionate towards his family, sometimes doing good instead of evil for their sake. His greatest wish is for his grandson, El Tigre to follow in his villainous footsteps instead of heroic ones, but will always love him no matter which path he chooses. He also dearly loves his son, Rodolfo, though there is a level of distrust between them due to their conflicting occupations. Puma Loco has shown signs of extreme paranoia and insanity, either because of his villainy, old age or both. He is also shown to be an extravagant supervillain, as he becomes rich by robbing banks.

Biography

Despite being the father and main character of superheroes, Puma Loco is a nefarious supervillain whose Sombrero of Chaos commits theft in the city and requires no one other than his own son to defeat him. No superhero can do that. Often in the series, he is a semi-retired villain, but he still commits crimes such as stealing billions of dollars and rare jewelry. He also tries to influence his grandson Manny Rivera (also known as El Tigre) to become evil like himself. Although Puma Loco is evil, he has a code of conduct of never harming his family and helping his family if they are in danger. He is also shown to be a rival with General Chapuza.

He once had an affair with Lady Gobbler and almost married her, but he runs off on horseback with another woman (Rodolfo's mother). In "Puma Loco's Bride", Grandpa is engaged to the supervillain Sartana of the Dead, but Sartana cheats on him and Manny and Frida try to stop them from getting married.

In "Puma Licito", Rodolfo thinks Grandpa is a bad influence on Manny, so Manny and Frida steal Grandpa's sombrero and impersonate Puma Loco to prove that he is a good guy. However, this traumatizes Grandpa, who realizes that Puma Loco is on the right track, and after her grandpa is humiliated, Manny and Frida turn Puma Loco back to evil. They release El Oso from prison and Grandpa finally saves them from El Oso's attack.

In the final game of the series, "No Boots, No Belt, No Brero", he accidentally uses El Tigre's belt and becomes Puma Tigre, and has trouble controlling his powers. He and his family defeated all supervillains and were finally honored by the residents of Miracle City.

Powers and Abilities

Grandpapi as Puma can control a robot suit that has robotic claws, jetpacks and even a hot air baloon. It also has the capability of launching missiles.

Trivia

• Puma's alias is Spanish for "crazy puma", which fits into his family's line of cat-themed heros and villains.
• In some episodes, Puma joins some of the villains just to steal things.
• Grandpapi is rich and becomes richer due to his thefts. Despite this, he somehow legally owns the house that his son and grandson stay in.
• Puma looks up to his own evil grandfather, the Mighty Cheetar, and even has his old steam-powered mech-suit.
• Puma's father was a superhero called the Justice Jaguar, and his relationship with him is about the same as the one with his own son.

Extended Links

• Puma Loco on Villains Wiki.
• Puma Loco on Heroes Wiki.
• Puma Loco on El Tigre Wiki.
• Puma Loco on Antagonists Wiki.
• Puma Loco on Heroic Benchmark Wiki.
• Puma Loco on Inconsistenly Heinous Wiki.
• Puma Loco on Legends of the Multiverse Wiki.