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[[File:Camera_cafe_paolo_7840.jpg|frame|Paolo Bitta.]]
The [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]] of the show alongside Luca, Paolo is a bit of a buffoon, and he doesn't have many interests outside either campers, Alfa Romeos and the like. However, his overall simple-mindedness is a foil to the way he treats his [[Butt Monkey]] co-workers. Think about him as a [[Jerk Jock]] of sorts, though Andrea is better at that.
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* [[Lovable Rogue]]
* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]
* [[Malaproper]]: part of his [[Book Dumb|book dumbness]]. Especially when it comes to proverbs.
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: to an extent. He's more street smart than book smart.
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[[File:Camera_cafe_luca_1993.jpg|frame|Luca Nervi.]]
The other [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist]], Luca is the leader of the company's trade union and, as such, he's in charge of the organization of strikes. He's proud to be a Communist, but he doesn't quite stick to the ideals implied by that. As greedy as he is, however, he also has some redeeming abilities -- namely, he's generally smarter and more classy than Paolo, though every time the two have a plan, it's likely to backfire. His flaws are somewhat punished by the... er, [[Really Gets Around|unfaithfulness]] shown by his girlfriend. Karma's a bitch, indeed.
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* [[My Girl Is Not a Slut]]: except she ''is''.
* [["No Respect" Guy]]
* [[Only Sane Man]]: in his trio with Paolo and Silvano. Even more so when Patti is added.
* [[The Prankster]]: along with Paolo.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The Blue to Paolo's Red.
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[[File:Camera_cafe_silvano_4663.jpg|frame|Silvano.]]
The company's nerdy and goofy accountant and the show's resident [[Butt Monkey]]. Very shy, he's not able to overcome the others' bossy attitudes unless someone's screwing with his personal hobbies he loves the most. Other than being a goody-goody know-it-all, Silvano is also known for his semi-relationship with the ugliest woman in the company (Patti), another reason for being made fun of.
(seasons 1-5)
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* [[Iron Butt Monkey]]: easily the most physically abused character in the show.
* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]: frequent among his lines of dialogue.
* [[Kindhearted Simpleton|Kind Hearted Simpleton]] / [[Nice Guy]]
* [[Leave the Two Lovebirds Alone]]: when left alone with Patti. [[Ship Tease|It doesn't work.]]
* [[Momma's Boy]]: ''duuuh''. He ''defines'' this trope.
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* [[Butt Monkey]]/[[The Chew Toy]]
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: most of the time.
* [[The Ditz]]
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: she loves animals.
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* [[Strange Minds Think Alike]]: she and Silvano.
* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: definitely in season 5. Occasionally in the earlier episodes too.
* [[Yandere (disambiguation)]]
=== Augusto Stanislao Maria De Marinis (a.k.a. the director, Mr. De Marinis) ===
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* [[The Generic Guy]]: in a good way.
* [[Nerd]]
* [[Only Sane Man]]: not a [[Jerkass]] like Luca and Paolo, nor a [[Extreme Doormat]] like Silvano, he has common sense and he's one of the few down to earth characters on the show.
* [[Straight Man]]: his role in most of the episodes.
=== Alessandra "Alex" Costa ===
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* [[Camera Abuse]]: the usual modus operandi he uses to pull off a [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]].
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: he is very fond of this. The "reasons" why he beats someone up are ''almost'' always ridiculous, borderline non-existent.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: he didn't beat up Patti in season 5 because of her pregnancy (as much as he ''really wanted to do it'')
* [[Jerk Jock]]
* [[Karma Houdini]]: possibly the most blatant example in the show.
* [[Mean Character, Nice Actor]]
* [[Mood Swinger]]
* [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]]: in-universe.
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: pretty much anytime he appears, usually following a [[Psychotic Smirk]].
* [[Soft
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: usually, his facial expression [[Frozen Face|doesn't change much]], whether he's patiently listening to someone or doing what he wishes to do while trying his own patience, that is, beating the crap out of him.
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Wouldn't hit a pregnant girl though as seen above.
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* [[Cool Old Lady]]: At times. Mostly averted though.
* [[Covert Pervert]]
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: she's not always as harmless as she seems.
* [[Dirty Old Woman]]: not surprisingly, considering the show.
* [[The Ditz]]
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]
* [[Insane Equals Violent]]: not really violent but he's a seriously disturbed, dangerous psycho.
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]
* [[Jerkass]]
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* [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]]: in-universe.
* [[Odd Friendship]]: with Vittorio ''of all people'', since he's the only one who doesn't fear him. (he is just too crazy and couldn't care less about Geller's role in the company).
* [[Soft
* [[The Stoic]]
* [[Surrounded by Idiots]]: he's able to make ''everyone'' look like an idiot. And let's face it, everyone in the show ''is'' pretty much an idiot. Except Geller.
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* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]
* [[Cute but Cacophonic]]: ''especially when she laughs''.
* [[The Ditz]]: to say the very very least.
* [[Hidden Depths]]: despite her general incompetence she has a hidden "talent": being always able to know what time is it, without looking at the watch.
* [[Naive Newcomer]]
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* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]
* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: towards Paolo.
* [[Yandere (disambiguation)]]
== Characters who left the show ==
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* [[Number Two]]: to De Marinis.
* [[The Rival]]: To Gaia (season 1-3) and Maria Eleonora (season 4)
* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: Ilaria and Gaia.
** in season 4, with Gaia's appearances being less and less frequent, Maria Eleonora took Gaia's role as Ilaria's rival.
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[The Stoic]]
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[[File:camera_caf_gaia_3860.jpg|frame|Gaia.]]
Vice Marketing Manager of the company, Gaia is a smart, beautiful, successful woman whose eternal competition with Ilaria is well known by everyone. Almost all the guys lust after Gaia, especially Paolo who considers her the perfect dream girl.
(seasons 1-4)
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* [[Dude Magnet]]: even ''Andrea'' fell in love with her in one episode.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]
* [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]: she's essentially a [[Rich Bitch]] but way more sympathetic than Ilaria.
* [[The Rival]]: to Ilaria of course.
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Played by Giorgia Cardaci.
* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Brainless Beauty]]: she's really pretty, even hot according to ''many'' male viewers, as well as very ditzy and naive (or completely idiot in some episodes...)
* [[Break the Cutie]]
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* [[Nice Guy]]: one of the nicest on the show.
* [[The Rival]]
* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: Paolo sees him as this but not the other way around.
* [[True Companions]]: again, Carminati and his boys.
** This trope backfires in one episode, when he actually ''does'' the "Tom Weil test" by falling on his back deliberately: his team must be ready to catch him before he falls on the nails on the floor. Unfortunately for him, he does this while delivering a [[Rousing Speech]] about his belief in the importance of teamwork, which ends with his "For Tom Weil!", which his co-workers are basically ''programmed'' to answer with a "hip hip, hooray!", complete with a re-enactment of [[The Three Musketeers]]' well-known [[Stab the Sky]] (see the page picture for [[True Companions]]) with their pens, by that point of the episode. Cue him falling on his back, and on the nails as well (which promptly stab him).
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* [[Born Lucky]]
* [[Put on a Bus]]: he won the lottery and then started his own company.
* [[The Scrappy]]: in-universe. He's not very popular exactly because of his extreme and undeserved good luck.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: with Vasile.
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* [[Too Dumb to Live]]
* [[Wacky Guy]]
* [[Weirdness Magnet]]:...in his mind.
=== Carlotta Russo ===
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* [[The Ghost]]
* [[Hot Mom]]: according to Paolo, at least. According to Luca, she sucks.
* [[Housewife]]
* [[Really Gets Around]]: and Paolo isn't aware of this...
* [[Took a Level In Dumbass]]: In a season 2 episode Paolo discovered that she used to be a brilliant and overachieving student. Later it's revealed that her I.Q. ([[Improbable Low IQ|2]]) is even lower than Paolo's ([[Improbable Low IQ|12]]). Possibly a [[Series Continuity Error]] or maybe it's just due to the fact that she reached her husband's level with their marriage.
* [[Your Cheating Heart]]
=== Jonathan Bitta ===
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* [[The Ghost]]
* [[Only Sane Man]]: the smartest of the Bitta family.
* [[The Unfavorite]]: as pointed above, many episodes were focused on Paolo being mad at him because of his dedication to studies. Instead Paolo always favours little criminal Brad and he's totally proud of him.
=== Brad Bitta ===
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