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* OutOfFocus: Introduced in the season 3 opening as the new female lead actress. Unlike the previous lead actresses Corinna and Cristina (and even Karin) who have prominent roles in their respective seasons, Fabiana quickly goes OutOfFocus after her introduction. In fact, the season 3 finale [[TheBusCameBack brings back]] Corinna, Cristina, and Karin while Fabiana doesn't even appear.
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Fabiana has never been a protagonist, the series itself has an ensemble cast


* DecoyProtagonist: Introduced in the season 3 opening as the new female lead actress. Unlike the previous lead actresses Corinna and Cristina (and even Karin) who have prominent roles in their respective seasons, Fabiana quickly goes OutOfFocus after her introduction. In fact, the season 3 finale [[TheBusCameBack brings back]] Corinna, Cristina, and Karin while Fabiana doesn't even appear.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's rude and slutty, but is one of the few people who care about Alessandro and actually give him good advice.


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* DecoyProtagonist: Introduced in the season 3 opening as the new female lead actress. Unlike the previous lead actresses Corinna and Cristina (and even Karin) who have prominent roles in their respective seasons, Fabiana quickly goes OutOfFocus after her introduction. In fact, the season 3 finale [[TheBusCameBack brings back]] Corinna, Cristina, and Karin while Fabiana doesn't even appear.


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* RememberTheNewGuy: René never mentions any daughter in the first two seasons.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Usually just René. Only some characters occasionally call him Renato, like Stanis and Duccio, the latter his also his closest friend.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Usually just René. Only some characters occasionally call him Renato, like Stanis and Duccio, the latter his is also his closest friend.



* ProfessionalButtKisser: Rene's way to manipulate the narcissistic actors into making them do their job is showering them with praise, while he .

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* ProfessionalButtKisser: Rene's way to manipulate the narcissistic actors into making them do their job is showering them with praise, while he .praise.

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Renè doesn't hide his bad side, he's just a Professional Buttkisser


* BitchInSheepsClothing: Puts up a nice and friendly façade in front of people he dislikes, but badmouths them when they can't hear him.
* BrilliantButLazy: Seems apathetic about the quality of ''The Eyes of the Heart'', but when he actually works seriously, he’s a good director. Drops the "lazy" part in season 3 when he is actually determined to make a good show, but sadly HardWorkHardlyWorks.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Puts up a nice and friendly façade in front of people he dislikes, but badmouths them when they can't hear him.
* BrilliantButLazy: Seems apathetic about the quality of ''The Eyes of the Heart'', but when he actually works seriously, he’s a good director. Drops the "lazy" part in season 3 when he is actually determined to make a good show, show called ''Medical Dimension'', but sadly HardWorkHardlyWorks.[[spoiler:, sadly, the show is just a farce destined to flop]].



* LargeHam: Pannofino is good at doing that sort of loud characters.

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* LargeHam: Pannofino As a director, René is good at doing that sort of very loud characters.and gesticulates a lot, especially when he gets angry.



* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Usually just René. Only occasionally some characters call him Renato, like Stanis in season 3.
* OnlySaneMan: Despite his flaws, he is more rational than most people except Arianna, and is often annoyed by the mess caused by the others's antics.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Usually just René. Only occasionally some characters occasionally call him Renato, like Stanis in season 3.
and Duccio, the latter his also his closest friend.
* OnlySaneMan: Despite his flaws, he René is more one of the most rational than most people except Arianna, troupe members, and is often annoyed by the mess caused by the others's antics.antics. Unlike Arianna, however, René simply goes along with some of the crazy antics that happens on set.



* ProfessionalButtKisser: His favorite way to manipulate the narcissistic actors into making them do their job.

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* ProfessionalButtKisser: His favorite Rene's way to manipulate the narcissistic actors into making them do their job.job is showering them with praise, while he .
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: To Alessandro's girlfriend Elena in season 1, to Cristina and later Arianna in season 2. He's not ugly, but the girls are put off by his obnoxious personality.

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* MeanBoss: To Alessandro initially. He even nicknamed her "the Harpy".

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* MeanBoss: To Alessandro initially. He She's often harsh and bossy to Alessandro, even when it's not necessary. He nicknamed her "the Harpy".hyena" in season 1. Downplayed but still present in later seasons: in the episode "La qualità non basta", she defends him against Stanis's abuse, but still agrees with Stanis about Alessandro being a "pussy".


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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Most of the time, he's an ExtremeDoormat mistreated by everyone. When he wants to be, he can be a {{Jerkass}} like everyone else, and he's shown to be passive-aggressive since the beginning.


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* NoRespectGuy: He's actually competent in his work, but nobody respects him anyway.
* StrawLoser: Pretty much another [[LoserProtagonist Alessandro]], but older, uglier, and more bitter.
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* BookDumb: She apparently doesn't know the difference between stage directions and lines in a script.
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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: In the second season, his wife is expecting a third child. He ponders about naming him [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Totti Francesco Totti]] Biascica (yes, "Francesco Totti" as a given name).

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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: In the second season, his wife is expecting a third child. He ponders about naming him [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Totti Francesco Totti]] Biascica (yes, "Francesco Totti" as a given name). Which he does, as seen in the movie where he introduces little "Francesco Totti Biascica" to René.
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* YourCheatingHeart: The fling with Gloria, since he's married with kids.

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* TokenMinority: The only Sicilian, most of the cast is from Rome.

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* TokenMinority: The only Sicilian, while most of the cast is from Rome.


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* OffscreenRomance: The one with Gloria: we only see when they get together and when they break up.


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* WhoNamesTheirKidDude: In the second season, his wife is expecting a third child. He ponders about naming him [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesco_Totti Francesco Totti]] Biascica (yes, "Francesco Totti" as a given name).
* YourCheatingHeart: The fling with Gloria, since he's married with kids.


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* SatelliteCharacter: To Corinna and, to a lesser extent, Biascica. In fact, after Corinna has left the cast in season 2, Gloria is sacked from the crew in the following episode.
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* The slacker: He has a lazy, cynical approach to life

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* The slacker: TheSlacker: He has a lazy, cynical approach to life
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* YourCheatingHeart: He carries on an affair with Gloria, despite being married with children.

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* JadedProdessional: As much as René if not worse. There are signs here and there that he may have been once competent in his job, but has long renounced to any pretense of quality in his work. He's OnlyInItForTheMoney.

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* JadedProdessional: JadedProfessional: As much as René if not worse. There are signs here and there that he may have been once competent in his job, but has long renounced to any pretense of quality in his work. He's OnlyInItForTheMoney.



* The slacker: He has a lazy, cynical approach to life



* KavorkaMan: He manages to conquer Gloria, even if his flirting is laughable at best and creepy at worst.

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* KavorkaMan: He manages to conquer win over Gloria, even if his flirting is laughable at best and creepy at worst.



* YourCheatingHeart: He carries on an affair with Gloria, despite being married with children.



* PutOnABus: She is fired in early season 2.

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* PutOnABus: She is fired in early season 2.2, but fortunately for her she lands another job thanks to connections.
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* JadedProdessional: As much as René if not worse. There are signs here and there that he may have been once competent in his job, but has long renounced to any pretense of quality in his work. He's OnlyInItForTheMoney.


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* TokenMinority: The only Sicilian, most of the cast is from Rome.
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* YourCheatingHeart: He's married but he has shown interest in other women, and has a fling with Gloria in season 1.
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Played with: Stanis actually is the biggest name in the cast, but that still makes him not even nearly as important as he thinks he is. In one episode, he suggests René to fire his co-actress of the soap and hire Creator/UmaThurman because, in his opinion, she would play the character better (he wasn't joking).

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* SmallNameBigEgo: Played with: Stanis actually is the biggest name in the cast, but that still makes him not even nearly as important as he thinks he is. In one episode, he suggests René to that he should fire his co-actress of the soap and hire Creator/UmaThurman because, in his opinion, she would play the character better (he wasn't joking).
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Played with: Stanis actually is the biggest name in the cast, but that still makes him not even nearly as important as he thinks he is.

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* SmallNameBigEgo: Played with: Stanis actually is the biggest name in the cast, but that still makes him not even nearly as important as he thinks he is. In one episode, he suggests René to fire his co-actress of the soap and hire Creator/UmaThurman because, in his opinion, she would play the character better (he wasn't joking).
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* LoserProtagonist: The main character who has the least important job in the crew, and is the second biggest ButtMonkey on the show. A few times, he considers the idea of leaving, but his love for Arianna keeps him there.


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* NoRespectGuy: One of the most down-to-earth and sympathetic characters, but hardly ever gets respect from anyone.


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* NotSoStoic: Even ''she'' breaks down in tears during a surprisingly well-acted and sad scene of the soap.


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* LethallyStupid: She gives ham to the original Boris towards the end of season 1, and this obviously ends up killing the goldfish.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Despite being an ignorant, alcoholic LazyBum, she's not always as oblivious as she seems. At least once, she shows to be cunning enough to manipulate René.
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* TookALevelInJerkass: In season 1, he shared ThePrimaDonna role with Corinna but he was the lesser of the two evils. After Corinna is PutOnABus in season 2, his obnoxious narcissism is taken UpToEleven, and he also becomes a bully to Alessandro.
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* PingPongNaivete: She alternates between being a naive {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who thinks she can can trust drug-addict Duccio as an acting mentor, and being a wise girl who knows she can't trust [[ConsummateLiar René]] or [[CasanovaWannabe Stanis]], and is aware that ''The Eyes of the Heart'' doesn't make sense.

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* PingPongNaivete: She alternates between being a naive {{Cloudcuckoolander}} who thinks she can can trust drug-addict Duccio as an acting mentor, and being a wise girl who knows she can't trust [[ConsummateLiar René]] or [[CasanovaWannabe Stanis]], and is aware that ''The Eyes of the Heart'' doesn't make sense.
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* MistakenForRacist: In "My Africa (part 1)", when she demands that the actor playing the village chief speak with a stereotypical African accent. She's catering to the intended audience of the soap opera, but the actor accuses her of being racist.

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* MistakenForRacist: In "My Africa (part 1)", when she demands that the Amadou (the actor playing the village chief chief) speak with a stereotypical African accent. She's catering to the intended audience of the soap opera, but the actor Amadou accuses her of being racist.
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* MistakenForRacist: In "My Africa (part 1)", when she demands that the actor playing the village chief speak with a stereotypical African accent. She's catering to the intended audience of the soap opera, but the actor accuses her of being racist.


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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: When she gets angry, she drops her fake "classy lady" act and starts shouting in a thick Roman accent on par with Biascica's.
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The protagonist actress in season 3 who plays Chiara in ''Medical Dimension''. She is René's daughter.

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The protagonist actress in season 3 3, who plays Chiara in ''Medical Dimension''. She is René's daughter.
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The protagonist actress who plays Chiara in ''Medical Dimension''. She is René's daughter.

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The protagonist actress in season 3 who plays Chiara in ''Medical Dimension''. She is René's daughter.
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* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: To both Corinna and Cristina. She's both talented ''and'' hard-working, unlike stupid and talentless Corinna or lazy SpoiledBrat Cristina, and is also much nicer than either of them.


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* TheCorrupter: He occasionally tempts his co-workers into taking drugs like him.
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* KarmaHoudini: No only they get away with their terrible work ethic which is often source of trouble for the soap's crew, they even get ''paid'' for it.

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* KarmaHoudini: No Not only they get away with their terrible work ethic which is often source of trouble for the soap's crew, they even get ''paid'' for it.

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* KarmaHoudini: No only they get away with their terrible work ethic which is often source of trouble for the soap's crew, they even get ''paid'' for it.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: At least ''one'' of them gets it when he interacts with the crew in "L'affare Martellone" and is repeatedly insulted throughout the episode by René, Martellone, and Lopez.



* NoNameGiven: Even the credits refer to them as just "the screenwriters".

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* NoNameGiven: Even the credits refer to them as just "the screenwriters". Funnily enough, when we see René's phone, one of the screenwriters's phone number was saved as "Dickhead #1".



* SmarterThanYouLook: They are revealed to this in the season 3 finale. They actually start to work seriously, they discuss with René about the series while making good points, and all three are shown to be aware about how fiction works.

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* SmarterThanYouLook: They are revealed to be this in the season 3 finale. They actually start to work seriously, they discuss with René about the series while making good points, and all three are shown to be aware about how fiction works.
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* MarriedToTheJob: After after admitting she likes Alessandro, she puts her job above her romantic life and is still pretty standoffish around him.

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* MarriedToTheJob: After Even after admitting she likes Alessandro, she puts her job above her romantic life and is still pretty standoffish around him.

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* {{Adorkable}}: He is pretty young, naïve, has a dorky charm, and manages to attract women like Arianna and Karin.


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* EndearinglyDorky: He is pretty young, naïve, has a dorky charm, and manages to attract women like Arianna and Karin.

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