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''Imperio de Cristal'' is a 1994 Mexican [[Telenovela]], based actually on the series ''[[I, Claudius]]''. It stars Rebecca Jones as Sofia Vidal, a woman whose life changes after attending a party at the Lombardos' mansion with her husband Uriel and her daughter Katia, Cesar, the headship of the Lombardo family and company (the powerful crystal entrepreneurs), finds out that Sofia is the daughter of his impossible love. Elena, who died tragically in an accident, when Sofia was still a child.
Cesar, without Sofia knowing it, decides to protect her because of Elena's memory, which he cherishes still. Cesar is married in second nuptials to Livia Arizmedi, a former actress who dreams on recovering her career. Sofia's appearance seriously worries Livia, considering her an intruder who could displace her, just as Elena would have done in the past. Livia, who hides a terrible secret that involves Sofia, plots against her, trying to separate her from the family. Sofia slowly gets involved with the lives of the Lombardo family.
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* [[Adorkable]] – Claudio, with some of [[Badass Adorable]]
* [[Based
** The forced marriage between Augusto and Sofia is similar to the one between Tiberius and Julia.
** Octavio is based on Postumus. While one is Claudio's older brother and the other is Claudius' close friend, both were the family heirs, so the Livia on their respective series killed them with poisoned figs.
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* [[Hates Being Touched]] – Claudio, with good justification. See [[Break the Cutie]] for more.
* [[Henpecked Husband]] – Cesar.
* [[Hooker
* [[Ill Boy]] – Octavio.
* [[Karmic Death]] – Augusto dies after being pushed to a glass door by Julio. It awfully mirrors the scene when a young Augusto pushed Claudio to a glass table, which caused his breakdown.
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** Subverted, because Claudio claims that when they were younger, they looked so alike that they were completely identical and they even acted in sync with each other.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] - After Octavio’s death, Claudio acts like he is really retarded so Augusto will never suspect of him.
** After all, Imperio de Cristal is based on [[I, Claudius]], so this a reference to the moment in which Claudius receives a peculiar advice from an aged scholar:
{{quote| ''Play the fool and let people think you're an unimportant idiot. Then, they won't try to kill you''}}
* [[The Orphan]] - Sofia. Her mother was killed in a car accident caused by [[Evil Matriarch]] Livia and her father died later after an accident in a mine.
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'''Livia''': I always neglected you. But you know what? You are the best of all my kids. }}
*** You know? For some reason, Claudio is always present in those moments. Must be because he is a [[The Woobie|Woobie]] [[Adult Child]].
* [[Theme Naming]] - All of the characters have the names of the characters in [[I, Claudius]].
* [[The Unfavourite]] – Poor Narda and Claudio. But this is only to their mother, because their father seems to love them equally, but he is unable to show them love because of the trauma induced by Elena’s death.
* [[Trauma-Induced Amnesia]] - Livia. After Augusto dies, realizing that she is unable to be the famous actress she once was and the fact that her family has shunned her, with the exception of [[Nice Guy]] Claudio, she ends up forever wheelchair-bound and mentally damaged, not understanding the absence of Augusto. It's pointed out by Antonia that this might have been for the best as she gets to live the reminder of her life in (false) happiness.
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