94 Fun Facts About On My Block

On which streaming service did On My Block premiere in March 2018?

Netflix released the whole first season on 16 March 2018 and renewed the show for a second season the following month.

On My Block is set in which fictional Los Angeles neighbourhood?

Freeridge is a rough inner-city neighbourhood invented for the series, and it later gave its name to the 2023 spin-off about a new group of teenagers living there.

Who co-created On My Block with Eddie Gonzalez and Jeremy Haft and ran the show?

Lauren Iungerich directed both the very first episode and the very last one herself, and went on to co-create a follow-up series with the same two partners.

Which character serves as the leader of the friend group and is raised by her single father?

Monse Finnie, played by Sierra Capri, is the headstrong leader of the group, raised by her truck-driver father Monty after her mother left.

In On My Block, what is Ruby's full name?

Ruby's full name is Ruben Martinez Jr.; he is named after his father, Ruben Sr., and is played by Jason Genao.

What is Jamal obsessed with finding in season one?

Jamal's fixation is 'The hidden RollerWorld money', the legendary loot from a decades-old robbery; he hunts it while pretending to his football-mad father that he is on the team.

Why is Cesar forced into gang life in season one of On My Block?

His brother leaves prison in the first episode and expects Cesar to join his gang, which puts a strain on Cesar's budding romance with Monse.

In On My Block, what is Oscar Diaz's nickname?

Spooky is Oscar Diaz's gang name. The feared older brother was once a promising student, but he gave up his own plans to stay in the neighbourhood and raise Cesar.

What is the name of the Diaz brothers' gang in On My Block?

The Santos are the Diaz brothers' gang; Oscar is a senior member and Cesar is expected to follow him in.

Which character strikes up a secret friendship with Jamal in the final season of On My Block?

Jasmine and Jamal bond after a heart-to-heart and keep the friendship from Ruby, who becomes obsessed with unmasking the 'mystery man' in her photos.

What is the name of Ruby's grandmother, known to everyone as Abuelita?

Marisol Martinez, played by Peggy Blow, is Ruby's sharp-tongued grandmother Abuelita, who joins the teens' hunt for the missing money.

Why does Ruby's love interest, a family friend, move in with the Martinez family in season one?

Her parents were deported, so the Martinez family takes her in, and she soon becomes one of the friends' group.

Where has Monse been for three months when On My Block begins?

Monse has been away 'At a writing camp' for the summer; she returns to find Ruby and Jamal freezing Cesar out and has to work out why.

In On My Block, which wealthy neighbourhood does Jamal take the group trick-or-treating in on Halloween?

Brentwood is Jamal's pick for a reason: he has traced the old girlfriend of one of the RollerWorld robbers to an address there and wants to question her.

In On My Block, Rosé, whom Jamal and Monse visit on Halloween, was once what?

A Soul Train dancer in her youth, Rosé also dated one of the RollerWorld robbers, which is why Jamal turns up on her doorstep hunting for clues.

Who kisses Cesar at the end of On My Block's Halloween episode?

Olivia kisses him once the group is back from trick-or-treating; Cesar confides in Jamal, who gives him a deadline to confess before he blurts it out himself.

What does Jamal pretend to his parents at the start of On My Block?

He plays football, or so his father, a former high-school player, believes: Jamal has secretly quit the team and keeps up the pretence until he finally owns up.

Chivo, the gardener with a link to the RollerWorld money, turns out to be whose cousin?

Chivo is Li'l Ricky's cousin, and the key Jamal finds hidden in one of his garden gnomes is the next step on the treasure trail.

In On My Block, what does Julia see that makes her sob?

A photo of Monse's father, glimpsed on her phone, reduces Julia to tears; Monse had taken a babysitting job under a false name to get close to her.

In On My Block, the 'gold coins' found in a church on the treasure trail turn out to be what?

Chocolates: the box of 'gold coins' is only candy, and Ruby and Monse turn on Jamal for chasing treasure when they needed real money to get Cesar out of town.

At what event does a gunman open fire in the season one finale of On My Block?

Olivia's quinceañera, which Ruby had planned obsessively, ends in gunfire: the shooter is aiming at Cesar, and the season cuts off with two partygoers hit.

Where does Jamal finally find the RollerWorld money in season one of On My Block?

Buried in the football field: Jamal digs up the cash there while the finale's shooting unfolds elsewhere.

Why does Oscar throw Cesar out at the start of season two of On My Block?

He spared a rival's life: Cesar was expected to kill a rival gang member and let him go, so Oscar puts him out, and his friends' parents bar him from their homes too.

In On My Block, where does Jamal's mother accidentally send the bag containing the RollerWorld money?

Goodwill gets the bag by mistake; the friends fish the cash out of a donation bin, then have to distract a police officer to get away with it.

Ruby's older brother Mario comes home in season two of On My Block with what news?

His girlfriend Amber is pregnant, to his family's dismay; preparing her baby shower later brings out the worst in Ruby's mother.

What is the name of the restaurant owned by Jamal's father in On My Block?

Dwayne's Joint is the barbecue restaurant run by Jamal's father, Dwayne Turner, who later gives Cesar and Oscar's father a job there when he gets out of prison.

In the final season of On My Block, what office is Ruby campaigning for?

Senior class president is Ruby's dream, but Jamal, now one of the popular kids, runs against him and the election turns ugly.

In season four of On My Block, what has changed for Monse's father, Monty?

He is married and has a child: while Monse was away, Monty wed and had a son, so she comes home to a stepmother and a little brother.

On My Block won which category at the 2018 Teen Choice Awards?

Breakout TV Show honours the year's best newcomer, and On My Block had only arrived that March; it had been renewed for a second season within a month of release.

What was Sierra Capri, who plays Monse, studying in Savannah when she began as an extra?

She never studied acting, and worked as an uncredited extra in Hidden Figures and Neighbors 2.

Before On My Block, Diego Tinoco appeared as Mateo in season six of which series?

Teen Wolf gave Tinoco a small guest part as Mateo, the student Stiles catches wearing his lacrosse jersey, handed on by the coach.

Brett Gray, who plays Jamal, later voiced Dal R'El in which animated series?

Star Trek: Prodigy cast Brett Gray as Dal R'El, a 17-year-old maverick who makes himself captain of the starship USS Protostar.

Jessica Marie Garcia (Jasmine) had her breakthrough as Willow Cruz on which Disney show?

Liv and Maddie cast Garcia as Willow Cruz, Maddie's basketball teammate, whose obsessive crush on the twins' brother Joey eventually turns into a romance.

Which MTV teen series had one of On My Block's co-creators made previously?

Awkward was the MTV comedy in question; its creator left after the third season, handing it to new showrunners, and later co-created and ran On My Block.

What are On My Block's episodes called?

Chapters: each is numbered, from 'Chapter One' to 'Chapter Thirty-Seven', and only the last breaks the pattern, as 'The Final Chapter'.

At which event is Ruby crowned king in the last episode of On My Block?

Prom. After a senior year of defeats, even his nomination came as a surprise to Ruby, but in the last episode he is crowned prom king.

Which gang is the longtime rival of the crew Cesar's brother runs with in On My Block?

The Prophet$ are the rivals; one of their young members, a former classmate of the four friends, comes after Cesar with a gun in season one.

Before playing Ruby in On My Block, Jason Genao recurred as Napoleon in which series?

The Get Down, Baz Luhrmann's drama set in the South Bronx of the late 1970s, gave Genao a recurring part as Napoleon before it was cancelled after a single season.

Julio Macias, who plays Oscar, portrayed Pete Astudillo in which show?

Selena: The Series cast Macias as Pete Astudillo, the Los Dinos backing singer who co-wrote hits such as 'Como la Flor'.

Jessica Marie Garcia played Rhonda Navarro on which thriller series from 2018 to 2019?

How to Get Away with Murder kept Garcia busy alongside On My Block, where she was promoted from recurring player to series regular for the second season.

Danny Ramirez, Ruby's brother Mario, later played which Marvel Cinematic Universe character?

Joaquin Torres / Falcon is Ramirez's Marvel role: introduced in The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, he takes up the Falcon wings in Captain America: Brave New World.

Emilio Rivera, who plays the gardener Chivo, is best known as Marcus Álvarez in which series?

Sons of Anarchy introduced Rivera's Mayans president Marcus Álvarez, a role he played across the show's run and carried into the spin-off Mayans M.C.

Who opens fire at the party in the season one finale of On My Block, wounding Ruby?

Latrelle, a former classmate, was aiming at Cesar; the bullet hit Ruby instead.

Keyla Monterroso Mejia, lead of the show's 2023 spin-off, first appeared in On My Block in which episode?

The series finale brings in all four leads of the spin-off for a brief appearance, a hand-over from one group of friends to the next.

Which 1980s adventure film does On My Block openly name as the inspiration for Jamal's quest?

The Goonies gets a deliberate shout-out, and the ninth episode plays out as the show's own version of the film, riddles and all.

Cuchillos, who rules from a wicker throne in On My Block, has a name meaning what in Spanish?

Knives is the meaning of Cuchillos, and she lives up to it, ordering the four friends to track down a man long believed dead.

What parting gift does Ruby's grandmother leave for the four friends in On My Block's last episode?

A treasure map tucked in an envelope is her last gift, and a co-creator later confirmed it leads to the missing RollerWorld money.

Before being cast as Cesar in On My Block, Diego Tinoco worked as a courier for which delivery app?

Postmates deliveries paid Tinoco's bills before the show, a job he described to reporters at a press event for the first season.

Jason Genao, who plays Ruby in On My Block, appeared as the mutant Rictor in which X-Men film?

Logan cast Genao as the protector of a band of young mutants fleeing to a safe haven, alongside Hugh Jackman.

Before On My Block, Sierra Capri worked as an uncredited extra on which Best Picture nominee?

Hidden Figures had Capri on set as an uncredited extra, and an actress she met there later helped her film the self-tape that won her the lead.

In which city does Oscar plan to open his own restaurant in On My Block's final season?

Portland promised Oscar a fresh start: he had left the gang, started a family and dreamed of being a chef in his own kitchen.

What happens to Cesar, Ruby and Jamal in the closing seconds of On My Block's second season?

They are kidnapped by people dressed in black and thrown into a van behind Monse's back, and she is snatched moments later as well.

Who sent the fake ransom letter that reunites the estranged friends in On My Block's final season?

Abuelita faked the letter to push the four back together after they had drifted apart, and she only confesses as the prom approaches.

Danny Ramirez, Ruby's brother Mario in On My Block, played 'Fanboy' Garcia in which 2022 sequel?

Top Gun: Maverick signed Ramirez in 2018, the year the series began, but repeated delays kept the film out of cinemas until 2022.

Where does Monse head at the end of On My Block's third season, after kissing Cesar goodbye?

A boarding school on the East Coast had been on the cards for two seasons, and a flash-forward shows Monse settled in with new friends.

Which relative of Cesar and Oscar resurfaces in On My Block's third season after years in prison?

Their dad, Ray, is a former gang member, and his return pushes Oscar to start thinking seriously about a life beyond the gang.

Kendra, the note-taker who trails Jamal in On My Block's third season, gets what kind of education?

Homeschooling for Kendra means learning by experience: she went to the Hoover Dam for physics and a cemetery for philosophy.

Which prom theme does Jamal choose in On My Block's last episode, much to his friends' annoyance?

Illuminati Nights suits the group's conspiracy theorist, who spends the evening realizing that his date, popular girl Charlize, is not that into him.

Who turns out to be behind the car that has been tailing Jamal in On My Block's last episode?

A tech billionaire named Noel Aroma had been keeping tabs on Jamal through his intern Kendra, and he offers Jamal a job after high school.

What does Monse plan to spend a year off writing at the end of On My Block?

A memoir about the friends' adventures is Monse's plan, an echo of the book her own mother was writing when the two reconnected.

Which career does Cesar decide to pursue after quitting the gang in On My Block's final season?

Architect is the goal Cesar sets himself, planning to go to college and to help raise his newborn niece.

Which newcomer in On My Block's final season dates Cesar and repeatedly butts heads with Monse?

Vero, played by Nikki Rodriguez, clashes with Monse all season, right up to a full-on fight outside the school.

In On My Block's third-season finale, where do the friends learn the startling fate of Cuchillos?

In the woods, the friends fear they are about to find Oscar's body, only to learn that it is Cuchillos who has been killed.

Which nursery rhyme turns out to be the key to finding the stolen cash in On My Block's first season?

Ring Around the Rosie hides the answer line by line: 'Rosie' is Rosé, the girlfriend of one of the robbers, and other lines point to the men themselves.

What keeps Cesar from his friends as Jamal's confession deadline runs out in On My Block's first season?

A police lockdown seals the neighborhood while Cesar is being chased by a rival gang, and he reaches Ruby's house too late to confess first.

On which holiday does On My Block's second season open, as Ruby's brother arrives home with a surprise?

New Year's Eve is where the second season picks up, with the rival gangs observing a truce in the wake of the shooting.

For which crime do the friends and Oscar frame a rival gang near the end of On My Block's second season?

A bank robbery at a local savings bank is pinned on the rivals after they are slipped its dirty cash, and the arrests all but finish the gang.

What claim about Monse's father does her mother, Julia, make to her wealthy friends in On My Block?

That he abused her was Julia's way of excusing her own disappearance, and learning of it makes Monse turn down a home with her.

For which school dance does Jasmine help Ruby find a date in On My Block's second season?

Valentine's Day brings the dance, and in the same episode Monse is handed a heartbreaking ultimatum.

In On My Block's backstory, what was RollerWorld secretly being used for when it was robbed in 1981?

Laundering money for a rival gang made RollerWorld a target, and the two robbers who were caught died in prison without giving up the cash.

What is the name of the curvy garden gnome that keeps Jamal company in On My Block?

Juanita was modeled on a real woman: the 2023 spinoff reveals she is Chivo's ex, who made the gnome in her own likeness after they split.

As a teenager in On My Block, what did Oscar turn down so that young Cesar would not be left alone?

A magnet school place was his for the taking, but Oscar stayed because their mother was rarely around and Cesar needed someone.

What do the friends infiltrate after an old mixtape yields a clue in On My Block's third season?

A music video shoot is where the mixtape trail leads, in an episode packed with confessions, a kiss and spilled secrets.

Which catchy song does teen superstar Ainsley Riches perform in On My Block's third season?

Lunch Money was catchy enough to be released for streaming after the season aired, and its pint-sized singer also hands Jamal some advice.

Peggy Blow, Ruby's grandmother in On My Block, plays which relative of that character in the 2023 spinoff?

Her twin sister Mariluna left the family behind to marry a rich man, and the two sisters never spoke again.

What do the new teens in On My Block's 2023 spinoff believe has put a curse on them?

A mysterious box proves to be more inside joke than curse, and the spinoff itself was cancelled after a single season.

How are On My Block's episodes titled, from the pilot right through to the penultimate one?

As numbered chapters, from Chapter One to Chapter Thirty-Seven; only the very last episode breaks the pattern, as The Final Chapter.

On My Block topped which year-end streaming list for 2018, the year of its debut?

Most binge-watched shows of 2018 was the list it topped, a ranking by time watched per sitting that put it ahead of Making a Murderer.

Two of On My Block's three creators wrote the screenplay for which hip-hop biopic?

All Eyez on Me, the Tupac Shakur biopic, was the pair's big-screen credit, and they also wrote for the first season of Empire.

Paula Garcés, Ruby's mother in On My Block, played love interest Maria in which comedy film series?

Harold & Kumar cast Garcés as Maria in all three films, as the love interest and later wife of John Cho's character.

Julio Macias, On My Block's Oscar, was born in which Latin American capital before moving to the US?

Mexico City is where Macias was born in 1990, and his turn as Oscar went on to earn him two Imagen Award nominations.

Brett Gray, Jamal in On My Block, first performed professionally at seven at which city's Academy of Music?

Philadelphia is where Gray was born and raised, and he also sings: he released the EP Easy Daze on his birthday in 2018.

Which job keeps Monse's dad, Monty, away from home for long stretches in On My Block?

Truck driver Monty is mostly out on the road for work, so Monse spends much of her time at home without him.

In the flash-forward that ends On My Block's third season, what is Cesar shown doing?

Running the gang he spent three seasons trying to escape, Cesar presides over what looks like a new member's initiation beating.

Jessica Marie Garcia, On My Block's Jasmine, worked at which restaurant chain before her acting career?

Olive Garden in Burbank was one of two restaurant jobs for Garcia, who kept waiting tables even after joining a Disney Channel series.

Ronni Hawk, Ruby's first love interest in On My Block, played Rachel Diaz in which Disney Channel comedy?

Stuck in the Middle wrote Hawk's character out by sending her to college in Paris, with a fashion internship on the side.

Diego Tinoco, Cesar in On My Block, played which Shakespeare character in the 2021 romantic drama R#J?

Tybalt was Tinoco's part in R#J, and he followed it by playing Nero the Phoenix Knight in the film Knights of the Zodiac.

Which star of The Shield appears in On My Block's final season as the gang's long-missing founder?

Benito Martinez, who was Captain David Aceveda on The Shield, plays the founder, who first reveals himself to Cesar while helping to fix a car.

Eme Ikwuakor, who plays Jamal's dad in On My Block, was the superhero Gorgon in which Marvel series?

Inhumans was a big break for Ikwuakor, a triplet who attended the University of Colorado on a track and field scholarship.

During the first-season clue hunt in On My Block, Monse realizes the numbers on Chivo's paper are what?

Coordinates is her breakthrough, shouted as 'Degrees!', and the trail later calls on Jamal's knowledge of the Dewey decimal system.

What do the friends drink in honor of Ruby's grandmother at her memorial party in On My Block's last episode?

Tequila, along with some weed, is how the whole crew toasts her at a memorial party held after the prom.

Which school dance is cancelled in On My Block's first season after an incident outside the school?

Homecoming is called off, so Cesar has everyone crash at Monse's place instead.

Brett Gray, Jamal in On My Block, had a minor role in which 2019 limited series?

When They See Us came between seasons of the show, a year after Gray released his debut single, Old Thing Back.

Jason Genao reunited with On My Block's showrunner on which 2022 comedy miniseries starring Lana Condor?

Boo, Bitch gave Genao the recurring role of Devon, in a supernatural comedy the showrunner co-created and whose pilot she directed.