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'''''Aquí No Hay Quien Viva.''''' (''Here no one can live'') is a [[Useful Notes/Spain|Spanish]] [[Dramedy]] taking place in an apartment building, Desengaño 21, in Madrid. The series focuses on the [[Loads and Loads of Characters|entire community]]: three apartment floors, with two apartments each. Plus, the doorkeeper's lodge in the ground floor and the business locale (Most of the time a video rental club). As the cast's [[Slice of Life|lives crash with each other]], [[Hilarity Ensues]].
 
The show won numerous awards in it's home country and was the third most watched show of it's time. The populatiry warranted 8 [[Foreign Remake|different versions]] across the globe, with a US version greenlighted for 2011. (Though the original is considered the best.)
 
The show ran for five seasons, totalling at 90 episodes. (Though the third season was so long, the DVD release split it in two and some consider the show to have six seasons)
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=== '''Characters include: ==='''
* '''Emilio and Mariano in the doorkeeper's lodge:''' Emilio is the overworked doorkeeper, often taken for granted and abused by the community. He has an on-again-off-again relationship with Belén. His father, Mariano, recurring in season 1, moved in after his wife kicked him out, much to Emilio's dismay.
* '''Marisa, Vicenta and Concha in Apartment 1-A:''' Radio-Patio, this [[Nosy Neighbor|nosy trio]] is not only in charge of finding out everyone's dirty laundy, but also putting it out for the entire building to see. Vicenta, [[Cloudcuckoolander|aloof]] and has been a virgin forever; Marisa, her older sister and polar opposite: raunchy, alcoholic and a smoker; and Concha, and old grouch and obnoxiously loud woman make up this elderly but deadly trio.
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* '''The Attic:''' During the first season it was sort of a deposit, then it was rented by Roberto and later by Pablo and his father, Andrés. After he moved out, Paco lived there with Pablo.
* '''Video club''' Paco, struggling filmmaker works here. It is later bought by Carlos, and he retools it so it's also a karaoke by night and Natalia starts working here too. When Lucía's father moved into her apartment he bought the video club.
 
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=== This show provides examples of: ===
* [[Aesop Amnesia]]
* [[All Lesbians Want Kids]]: Bea, a lesbian, is inseminated with Mauri's sperm.
* [[All the Good Men Are Gay]]
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Alicia.
* [[Armoured Closet Gay]]: Fernando, during season 1.
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Emilio's dad, Mariano.
* [[Bad Dreams]]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: The [[Series Finale]]. {{spoiler|Despite their best efforts, Desengaño 21's terrible state is demolished anyway, forcing the residents to move out, and possibly never see each other again. And yet, the sendoff manages to be pretty touching, with the residents moving on with their lives, some with a happier ending than others.}}
* [[Born in Anan Elevator]]
* [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]]: Natalia Cuesta
* [[Butt Monkey]]: More or less every character at least once, but Juan Cuesta, Emilio and Paco are the main examples.
* [[Call Back]]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "¡Un poquito de por favor!" ("A little bit of please!") "¡Váyase señor Cuesta, váyase!" ("Leave Mr. Cuesta, leave!") among many others.
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* [[The Couch]]
* [[Crowded Cast Shot]]: The neighbor community meetings, specially the emergency ones. Only property owners are allowed, they still get pretty loud and hectic though.
* [[The Danza]]: Isabel Ordaz playing Isabel Ruiz and Daniel Rubio playing Daniel Cortés.
* [[Did YouNot JustGet Havethe SexGirl]]: Constantly{{spoiler|This invokedis inhow theEmilio videoand clubBelen's by therelationship guysends.}}
** The same goes to Roberto and Carlos, which sends them into a deep depression. {{spoiler|Roberto manages to get over it and starts making caricatures abroads, while Carlos eventually goes to a psychiatrist.}}
* [[Dropped a Bridge On Him|Dropped A Bridge On Her]]: {{spoiler|Paloma, who falls from her apartment window and is put in a coma. After negotiations with the actress completely failed, she was killed off for real}}
* [[Did You Just Have Sex?]]: Constantly invoked in the video club by the guys
* [[Do It Yourself Theme Tune]]: The opening sequence has the characters parodying this, lip synching the a cappella theme. Dancing included. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRjgf6yjpz8\]
* [[Dropped a Bridge Onon Him|Dropped A Bridge On Her]]: {{spoiler|Paloma, who falls from her apartment window and is put in a coma. After negotiations with the actress completely failed, she was killed off for real}}
* [[Do -It -Yourself Theme Tune]]: The opening sequence has the characters parodying this, lip synching the a cappella theme. Dancing included. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRjgf6yjpz8\]
* [[Elevator Failure]]
* [[Erotic Dream]]
* [[Fire-Forged Friends]]: Carlos and Roberto started out as love rivals for Lucía, but after she dumps them both, they're forced to live together and eventually become close friends.
* [[First Girl Wins]]: Male example. {{spoiler|Fernando is Mauri's first Love Interest, and the one he ends up with.}}
* [[Flying Under the Gaydar]]: Mauri isn't actually very flamboyant, but during the first season, he is constantly told by Fernando to watch out for his mannerisms, for fear of being outed. The couple also tried to pass as football fans so Armando (who already knew they were gay, as their bedroom is below his) wouldn't suspect.
* [[Foreign Remake]]: The show has been remade in France, Greece, Portugal, Italy, Argentina, Colombia, Chile and Mexico.
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* [[Hot for Student]]: Carmen for Emilio
* [[Incompatible Orientation]]
* [[I'm a Man I Can't Help It|I'm A Man, I Can't Help It]]
* [[Lipstick Lesbian]]
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]
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* [[Naked People Are Funny]]
* [[No Bisexuals]]
* [[No Periods, Period]]: Averted.
* [[Nosy Neighbor]]: Pretty much the whole building!
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: Mauri and Bea, being a gay and a lesbian respectively. They are each other's closest friend, and even have a child together. {{spoiler|In the finale, they decide to live near each other with their partners, both because of their son and their strong friendship.}}
* [[Racefor Your Love]]: Well, sort of. Carlos races to Lucía's and Roberto's wedding to tell her {{spoiler|Roberto cheated on her the night before.}}
* [[Put on a Bus]]: Many of the residents.
** [[The Bus Came Back]]: Fernando.
** [[Bus Crash]]: {{spoiler|Paloma.}}
** [[Put on a Bus to Hell]]: {{spoiler|Carlos.}}
* [[RaceforRace For Your Love]]: Well, sort of. Carlos races to Lucía's and Roberto's wedding to tell her {{spoiler|Roberto cheated on her the night before.}}
* [[Running Gag]]
* [[Second Love]]: Juan and Isabel, to each other.
* [[Shout Out]]
** Mauri tries this with Diego. {{spoiler|It doesn't work out, and Mauri gets back with his [[First Love]] Fernando.}}
* [[Sorry I'm Gay]]
* [[Straight Gay]]: Fernando and Diego. Mauri is a mix of this and [[Camp Gay]].
* [[Shout -Out]]
* [[Sorry, I'm Gay]]
* [[Title Drop]]: Done in jest during the first season, but heartbreakingly delivered by Marisa in the final episode.
* [[True Companions]]: The videoclub guys, consisting on Paco, Emilio, Mariano, Jose Miguel and Carlos; with Roberto, Alex and Pablo later joining the group.
** The residents of Desengaño 21 in general. Despite being the go-to example of [[With Friends Like These...]], when things get serious they're there for one another. Especially evident in the finale, {{spoiler|when the building is going to be demolished and they have to part ways.}}
* [[Transgender]]: Raquel, formerly Raúl.
* [[Tsundere]]: Belén, Carmen
* [[Two Lines, No Waiting]]: Might dwell into [[Third Line, Some Waiting]]
* [[Vacation Episode]]: Also doubles as both a [[Beach Episode]] and a [[Pool Episode]]
* [[Welcome Episode]]: The first episode is when Lucía and Roberto move into their new apartment.
* [[Wedding Day]]: And how! There have been many wedding episodes, although they mostly end in disaster.
* [[Will They or Won't They?]]: Emilio and Belén, as part of their [[The Masochism Tango|incredibly rocky]] relationship. {{spoiler|They don't.}}
** There's also Mauri and Fernando after the latter goes back from England. {{spoiler|They do.}}
* [[Your Cheating Heart]]: So many, many times.
 
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