Big Nacho and Nachito Ramirez are supporting characters in the 2024 Disney Channel animated series Primos. They are a pair of brothers who love to roughhouse with each other. They are also both dyslexic.
Background[]
Personalities[]
Big Nacho, fitting for him, has a large and extroverted personality while Nachito hangs onto his every word and action. The two are very much into playing rough and making a mess, but surprisingly, are also into cleaning up afterwards with Big Nacho explaining that they were "raised right". The two care very much for each other with Nachito idolizing his big brother who in turn has him hang around him as his sidekick of sorts.
Physical appearances[]
Big Nacho is large and heavyset with black fluffy hair, and a vellus stache. He wears a tucked in green shirt with a yellow stripe through it, dark grey shorts, white socks, and grey shoes.
Nachito is smaller and skinnier with a black bowl cut hairstyle and a tooth missing. He wears a yellow shirt with green stripes, orange shorts, and brown sandals. He also has a silver filling over one of his bottom teeth.
Trivia[]
- In the pilot, Big Nacho was known as Little Ben, while Nachito was known as Benito.
- They're both named after their own father.
- Nacho and Nachito are nicknamed after types of food like Tater and Gordita Humphrey.
- While Nacho easily references the dish, it is also short for Ignacio, which is also the name of their father.
- When the characters' names were announced, there was a substantial amount of backlash as some felt that the name was offensive. However, Nacho, and its variants, is actually a fairly common nickname still used today. One of the more recognizable uses is from filmmaker Nacho Vigalondo, best known for directing the sci-fi comedy Colossal. The Jack Black comedy Nacho Libre also features a character named Ignacio who is nicknamed Nacho for short.
- Nachito is the only primo to be voiced by an actual child.
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