 There was speculation that the character's name was a jab at Alicea but this was disproved when Guille and Vitín had a dance duel on an episode of "Sunshine's Café".According to Logroño, Vitín Alicea attempts to portray an alternate view of homosexuality that is not necessarily well understood elsewhere.Instead of the effeminate stereotypical characters that are commonplace in Latin American comedy, Vitín's hyper-macho stance was shocking to many during the character's early run.