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''[cue [[Girly Run]], [[Running Gag|as always]]]'' }}

 

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* [[Adult Child]]: Silvano, mostly due to the relationship with his mother.

* [[Affectionate Nickname]]: Paolo often calls his friend Luca "Bubino" (as much as Luca hates this nickname).

* [[Badass]]: Andrea, full stop.

* [[Bald of Evil]]: Andrea, as seen above, overlapping with [[Bald of Awesome]], with [[Beard of Evil]] thrown in the mix.

* [[Batman Gambit]]: Chiara, daughter of the [[Magnificent Bastard]] director De Marinis, once pulled a Gambit ''on her own father''.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Andrea has ''a whole [[Incredibly Lame Pun|keyboard]]'' made of these.

* [[Big Eater]]: Olmo.

* [[Book Dumb]]: Paolo. So, so much. His over the top ignorance is [[Played for Laughs]].

'''Paolo''': "Eighty-twelve!" }}

** or worse...

'''Paolo''': "Are you sure? Even if the apple is just one?" }}

** However, despite him being clueless about ''anything'' remotely academic, Paolo is shown to be able to scheme at times and his ability to trick his clients makes him the best salesman in the company. He also seems to have a vast knowledge about cars. He borders on [[Genius Ditz]].

* [[Brainy Brunette]]: Ilaria and Maria Eleonora.

* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: Luca and Paolo are actually pretty good in their respective jobs- when they fail it isn't because they're not skilled, but because fate said so. With that said, good luck seeing them working: they'd much rather spend their time in the Relax Area than doing something constructive.

* [[The Bully]]: Andrea, who else? (with Luca, Paolo and Silvano being his favorite targets of abuse).

** Luca and Paolo as well, especially towards Silvano. And the fact is that Luca used to be the bullied one in high school.

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Patti, Alex and Paolo's wife Valeria.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Paolo. The following exchange pretty much sums everything up.

'''Paolo:''' ''"How do you think I got my job?"'' }}

* [[Comedic Sociopathy]]: ''everyone.''

* [[Dead Baby Comedy]]: subverted in that nobody makes jokes about certain subjects. This doesn't mean the character just ''won't stop'' [[Crapsack World|being complete assholes to each other]]. Their mistreatment of Wanda, an old employee, counts as this trope.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Luca, about his friend Paolo and... well, about anything that's weird in general.

'''Luca:''' ''[[Sarcasm Mode|"Well, that explains everything."]]'' }}

** Many [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner|pre-ass kicking one-liners]] provided by Andrea may count.

** And then there's Geller...

'''Paolo:''' ''[[Does Not Understand Sarcasm|"Whew, that's fine then."]]'' }}

* [[The Ditz]]: Anna, definitely. Patti is this at times with some [[Cloudcuckoolander]] tendencies as well.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: Arch enemies Ilaria and Gaia on a few occasions teamed up against Luca and Paolo.

** This is the point of the whole relationship between Luca and De Marinis. They are openly hostile to each other, the former being a "Communist" who claims the director his natural enemy [[Blatant Lies|because of their opposite political leanings]], but actually they are always making secret agreements and plotting together against the other workers for their own personal profit.

* [[Exact Words]]: in one episode, [[Jerkass]] director De Marinis is about to install an answering machine as a replacement to textbook [[Sexy Secretary]] and resident [[Ms. Fanservice]] Giovanna, prompting [[Gonk]], [[Butt Monkey]] and [[Dirty Old Woman]] Wanda to comfort her by saying "you're young and pretty, you won't have any problems trying to find another job"; De Marinis replies that "this is why her new job will be yours, Wanda. We need an intern". Giovanna's solution is asking resident [[Nerd]] and [[Playful Hacker]] Olmo's help in order to mess around with the answering machine, only for [[Casanova Wannabe]] Paolo finding out about it instead. Giovanna then points out she'll need the help of them both, as her "reward" can be shared. Given that [[A Threesome Is Hot]], Olmo and Paolo eagerly team up and accept, and at the end of the episode, nobody gets fired. Cue the usage of [[Exact Words]]: Giovanna points out the two guys will get rewarded by the one who ''actually'' risked to lose her job: in other words... [[Brain Bleach|Wanda.]]

* [[Extreme Doormat]]: Pretty much every [[Butt Monkey]], especially Silvano.

* [[Fat Best Friend]]: Olmo to both Luca and Paolo.

* [[Fiery Redhead]]: Gaia and especially the director's daughter Chiara De Marinis. Totally subverted with Anna (who can be a brunette or a redhead depending on the episode) and Wanda.

** Also Paolo. In season 1, with all his flaws, he still had a common sense, he was just less book smart than Luca. In later seasons, [[Took a Level In Dumbass|he was really dumbed down]], to the point he never gets the simplest thing and Luca has to explain ''anything'' to him multiple times. His idiocy reached its peak in season 4 though, it was a bit toned down in season 5.

** Silvano was less of a wimpy doormat in the very first episodes. He was still a [[Butt Monkey]] but he was actually able to react to people and in one episode after being insulted by Luca, he loudly yells back at him. In later episodes, apart from very rare [[Berserk Button]] moments of unexpected violence, (possibly [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]) he was a total [[Extreme Doormat]].

* [[It's All About Me]]: Luca, Luca, Luca. As well as most of the other characters.

* [[It Will Never Catch On]]: about a [[Show Within a Show]] with the same premise.

* [[Jade-Colored Glasses]]: It seems that the contract requires to wear them constantly.

* [[Jerkass]]: someone more than others but well, pretty much everyone with Luca, Paolo, De Marinis, Andrea, and Vittorio being the best examples. Also Alex who is a big [[Jerkass]] to Luca (she gets better in season 5 though) and Geller, a [[Magnificent Bastard]] who genuinely enjoys driving the other people crazy.

** [[Unsympathetic Comedy Protagonist|Luca and Paolo]] depending on the episode, although most the time they get the karmik punishments that they deserve (usually thanks to [[The Brute|Andrea]] or [[Magnificent Bastard|Geller]]).

* [[Lack of Empathy]]: ''Everyone'', with Luca on top.

'''Luca''': *beat* "Oh well." }}

** Of course, Andrea is the most triumphant example: while Luca ''did'' have his [[Pet the Dog|nice moments]], Andrea just beats people because they're annoying him.

* [[Neat Freak]]: Silvano and Maria Eleonora.

* [[Nerd]]: Silvano is a textbook example, while Olmo tends on the [[Otaku]] variant.

* [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]]: Andrea, Vittorio and Guido Geller are this in-universe. Also, Silvano: while usually cheerful and naive, when he talks about his mother it can border on disturbing.

* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: Andrea is the all-time master of this, really. You name it - any episode featuring him is bound to end like this, whether you get to see it happening [[Bolivian Army Ending|or not.]]

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Silvano, Paolo (more in the later seasons) and Gloria.

* [[Took a Level In Dumbass]]: Paolo.

* [[Troperiffic]]: you've already seen the tropes not related to specific episodes. Keep in mind this is a sketch show. As a consequence, many and brief episodes means many subjects covered, with some episode being based about tropes themselves. You get the picture.

* [[True Companions]]:

** Michele, better known by his surname Carminati, is a a standout among Italian series. [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|Set in a business company.]]

** While not at the same level, this is also true for the nameless company. If you are harrassing a colleague of Luca and Paolo, ''they will get you''.

*''And beating ensues''* }}

* [[The Unfair Sex]]: if the men are plotting a plan to get to have sex with any of the women, be sure that by the end of the sketch the plan will backfire and the women will react [[Disproportionate Retribution|accordingly]].

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