Editing Condorito (section)

== Characteristics ==
One peculiar characteristic of ''Condorito'' is that the character, after going through an embarrassing moment or being the butt of the joke in a given strip, almost always falls backwards to the floor (legs visible or out of frame) in the final panel, although new comic strips have now put the victim of the joke looking at the reader instead. This classic comic strip "flop take" is accompanied by a free-fall onomatopoeic sound (usually ''¡Plop!''). From time to time, this is replaced by the victim of the joke saying ''¡Exijo una explicación!'' ("I demand an explanation!"), usually as a twist or downbeat ending. Another catchphrase, usual for Condorito, but used with almost all the characters, is "Reflauta", to show frustration or other emotions.

The comic styles that predominate in Condorito are white humor and satire. The edition is very careful so that profanity or obscenities do not appear. White humor is generated from situations that are resolved in a ridiculous or extraordinary way.

In order for readers in other Spanish-speaking countries to understand the jokes, many of them had to be modified: excessively marked [[Chilean Spanish|Chileanisms]] were removed and certain references to Chile were stopped.

Over the years, Condorito character has grown, being now older than in his beginnings, and even with a bigger belly.<ref name="biobio20121215" />

According to [[Alberto Montt]], manager of the World Editors company:

{{Blockquote|text=«Condorito's success is based on the fact that it shares the Hispanic idiosyncrasy that has a different humor than the Anglo. He embodies the Latin American dream of living to have fun».|author=Alberto Montt<ref>{{cite web|author=Lun: Joaquín Riveros|title=Condorito conquistó el mundo: se publican 1.400 millones de sus tiras al año|url=http://www.lun.com//Pages/NewsDetail.aspx?PaginaId=14&bodyid=0&dt=2013-abr-07|date=April 7, 2013|accessdate=April 7, 2013}}</ref>|multiline=|source=|title=}}

=== Comic traits ===
In Condorito, stereotypes for characters and situations are regularly used, although in general the humor is white, they reflect the mentality and habitual humor of past decades: jokes about the crazy or insane, stupid, drunk, infidelity, machismo, ethnic, medical and sick, usurers, peasants recently arrived in the city, etc.

Generally, when kiosks are drawn, apart from the newspaper ''El Hocicón'', they display various magazines that parody well-known international magazines in their names. Thus we have: ''Vanidosa'' by ''[[Vanidades]]'', ''Cosmopolita'' by [[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|''Cosmopolitan'']], ''Bad Housekeeping'' by ''[[Good Housekeeping]]'', ''Unpopular Mechanics by [[Popular Mechanics]]'', ''FeoMundo'' by ''[[GEO (magazine)|GeoMundo]]'', ''Ideas para robar'' by ''Ideas para su hogar'', ''Yo'' by ''[[Tú (magazine)|Tú]]'', ''Spicnik'' by ''[[Sputnik (magazine)|Sputnik]]'', ''Sinlecciones'' by ''[[Reader's Digest|Selecciones]]'', ''Conozca Menos'' by ''Conozca Más'', ''Vago'' por ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', ''Nada Interesante'' by ''[[Muy Interesante]]'', ''El Humorista'' by ''El Economista'', ''Casos'' by ''[[Cosas (magazine)|Cosas]]'', among other. Likewise, they usually also sell magazines supposedly for adults since a half-naked woman almost always appears on their covers.

On the other hand, and depending on the situation, Condorito himself appears represented as belonging to different races or cultures: although he is white,{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} he frequently appears as black or oriental. In addition, colloquial language is used to reinforce the verbal abuse of which the characters are victims ("gross [[huaso]]", "roto marginal", "peeled", etc.).