The children's series of the 80s were characterized by being part of a large family of audiovisual products that earned love of a whole generation of spectators. These cartoons stood out for their sympathy, their tenderness when developing various stories and their transmission of positive values, which turned their viewing into a more than recommended television option. 'The tiny ones' are within that bulky list of fictions, which continue in our memory many years after their passage through the small screen.
'Los diminutos' is an animated series created in 1983 in the United States, which would not arrive in our country until three years later. This is the television adaptation of John Peterson's children's novels, which managed to have 29 chapters on television and stay for three seasons on antenna. Each of its episodes was around 22 minutes long, in which we were presented with a new adventure of the Meñique family that captivated the children's audience of half the world.
Who are the tiny ones?
The tiny ones are those little beings that live around all of us, although we cannot corroborate their existence. 'The tiny ones' focuses on the Meñique family, a small group of hundreds of beings that exist all over the planet. The Meñique family lives behind the crack of the house of Quique, the only child who has a relationship with them, who protects them and keeps their secret from other human beings. They do not trust people, they see as selfish beings who fail to gain their trust.
And it is that not all human beings show the goodness that Quique has towards the tiny ones. The villains of the series are embodied in Professor Cepo and his assistant, two characters that they try to capture these peculiar beings to investigate them in their laboratory. The plots of 'The tiny ones' pass when they make their appearance in the real world, living endless adventures as long as human beings are looking the other way.
What can we expect from the series?
If something stood out 'The Tiny' was for that small society so well organized that it was shown in each of the episodes. Because, beyond the Meñique family, there was a whole legion of tiny beings that were prepared to help at any moment. That was one of the main values that the series contributed, to teach how a group of people were able to make important decisions by consensus and with the will to help each other.
The commitment to the family was also present throughout its history. Each member of the Meñique family has a place in 'Los diminutos', although their plots focus on the adventures that mainly run the two young children, Tito and Lucy. Even so, there was room for parents, grandfather and even a cousin, giving rise to a group that always remained very close and did not hesitate to work together to solve each of their problems.
Finally, we cannot forget the great message that fiction conveyed. And, in a world full of gigantic beings, the tiny ones were able to live great adventures and manage to overcome numerous challenges. It was about focusing importance on other values beyond size. Thus, the protagonists stood out for their ingenuity and their ability to create new utensils from everything they collected from the daily lives of human beings.
In the chapter that accompanies this article we can observe the Meñique family who, after attending the cinema, decides to record their own film. The spectators follow the adventures of these beings in their efforts to contribute to the world of cinema, although they end up losing the reel where they have recorded the film. The family must recover the tape before being discovered by humans, since they have always kept their identity a secret. The chapter ends with the instructions to make a cardboard turtle through a craft with items that can be found in any house.
'The tiny ones', little big beings
Apart from the three seasons that 'Los diminutos' has, its creators also made a film that was released in theaters and another that only saw the light on the small screen. All the stories of 'The Tiny' are available on DVD, after fiction achieved remarkable success in many countries around the world. The series also stands out for a soundtrack that has remained in the memory of its viewers, who will feel a special nostalgia every time they hear it again.
Perhaps 'Los diminutos' cannot boast of having a long life on television, although it is one of more than entertaining fiction full of positive values that would not go unnoticed so easily in our country. 'The tiny ones' becomes part of that cast of series that conquered us as children and whose new viewing would fit at any time in our current day to day, a good initiative for the little ones to learn with which television series their parents grew up.
