Perhaps the Witch of ’71 was fleeing from the most dangerous dark wizard of all time.
El Chavo del 8 It’s one of those series that seems harmless until you start looking at every detail.. The neighborhood, the barrels, the fights over a ham cake, everything seems very everyday in the series by Roberto Gómez Bolaños. However, for years, the series starring Florinda Meza, María Antonieta de las Nieves, Édgar Vivar and Rubén Aguirre has been fertile ground for delusional theories that swear that nothing is as normal as it seems.
There is everything on the Internet: from impossible timelines to conspiracies that claim that characters are trapped in a kind of eternal limbo. But there is one theory in particular that makes a lot of sense. This idea crosses borders, universes and generations, mixing the most beloved Latin American comedy with the most famous magical saga in the world: Harry Potter.
The so-called “Witch of ’71”, by the unforgettable Angelines Fernández, would not just be a neighbor in love with Don Ramón. In the context of this theory, Doña Clotilde would have been a real witch, hidden in the Muggle world to protect herself from a much greater threat: Voldemort.
The blue dress and the sister in France
The first detail that made fans jump was her blue dress. The tone of her outfit is very reminiscent of the uniform of the students of Beauxbatons, the French magical academy that appears in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.
According to the theory, Doña Clotilde would have studied there before fleeing the magical world. And this is where things get good. In an episode of El Chavo del 8Doña Clotilde mentions that she has a sister in France. A phrase thrown into the air that the fans never let go.
Coincidentally, France is the country where Beauxbatons is located. For many, that “sister” would be nothing more than a contact from the magical world. Maybe someone who helped her disappear when the war against Voldemort became too dangerous.
Why hide in a neighborhood?
According to the theory, the Latin American muggle world was the perfect place to go unnoticed. No one suspects an older woman who lives alone, talks strangely, and is seen as “the witch” only figuratively.. No one would take her seriously.
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Meanwhile, Lord Voldemort would never look into a corner so far from Hogwarts, London or the Ministry of Magic. The neighborhood was the perfect hideout.
It’s not canon but it doesn’t need to be.
Clearly, the theory is not official. It was not intended by JK Rowling or Chespirito. It is simply the result of the pure ingenuity of the fans. Popular culture playing with itself and universes colliding for fun.
But that’s just its charm. Taking two completely different worlds and finding points of contact. Because after all, who says magic can’t hide behind a green door in any neighborhood in Mexico City?
