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* SecretSexWorker: SchoolIdol Chiara befriends TroubledTeen Ludovica at her elite boarding school and falls into the world of teen prostitution with her. Chiara struggles with maintaining her good girl, AcademicAthlete public image for the entire series [[spoiler:until she publicly confesses to being a prostitute at the very end]].
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* SecretSexWorker: SchoolIdol Chiara befriends TroubledTeen Ludovica at her elite boarding school and falls into the world of teen prostitution with her. Chiara struggles with maintaining her good girl, AcademicAthlete public image for the entire series [[spoiler:until she publicly confesses to being a prostitute at the very end]].
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** Gym teacher Monica has an affair with Niccolò, one of her students and a minor. While she eventually ended this affair, she gets no comeuppance.

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** Gym teacher Monica has an affair with Niccolò, one of her students and a minor. While she eventually ended ends this affair, confesses to the principal, and leaves the school, she gets no legal comeuppance.
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* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: In the final season, Chiara's house looks completely different, while Chiara's mother goes from blonde to brunette, and she has political ambitions that she never showed in early seasons. None of these changes are explained or referenced in-universe.
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* NewTransferStudent: Damiano is introduced as this in the first episode, as he used to attend another school from a poor neighborhood.
* OddFriendship:
** Chiara and Ludovica. Chiara is an overachieving ClassPrincess from a rich family and has a "good girl" reputation (initially), Ludovica is an underachieving outcast from a poor family and has a "bad girl" reputation.
** Fabio and Damiano. Fabio is the meek son of the principal, Damiano is a more StreetSmart boy due to his background.
** In later episodes, the dorky Fabio also becomes friends with the wild and rebellious Ludovica, after their parents start dating.
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* MyGirlIsNotASlut: Chiara and Ludovica are occasionally slut-shamed and humiliated at school, even ''before'' their double life is revealed. On the other hand, Niccolò has sexual affairs and repeatedly cheats on his girlfriend, but his friends actually idolize him for it, and he always keeps his popularity at school.
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* LoveDodecahedron: Especially in season 1, we have multiple love triangles linking the characters Virginia/Niccolò/Chiara/Damiano/Camilla. Virginia/Niccolò and Damiano/Camilla are couples but both guys are secretly attracted to Chiara, who is romantically involved with both, though she prefers Damiano. It gets worse when Niccolò starts an affair with his teacher Monica, though he also gets back with Virginia, and still has feelings for Chiara.

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* LoveDodecahedron: Especially in season 1, we have multiple love triangles linking the characters Virginia/Niccolò/Chiara/Damiano/Camilla. Virginia/Niccolò Niccolò/Virginia and Damiano/Camilla are couples but both guys Niccolò and Damiano are secretly attracted to Chiara, who is romantically involved with both, though she prefers Damiano. It gets worse when Niccolò starts an affair with his teacher Monica, though he also gets back with Virginia, and still has feelings for Chiara.
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* LoveDodecahedron: Especially in season 1, we have multiple love triangles linking the characters Virginia/Niccolò/Chiara/Damiano/Camilla. Virginia/Niccolò and Damiano/Camilla are couples but both guys are secretly attracted to Chiara, who is romantically involved with both, though she prefers Damiano. It gets worse when Niccolò starts an affair with his teacher Monica, though he also gets back with Virginia, and still has feelings for Chiara.
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* GenderEqualEnsemble: In season 1, there are six main students, three girls (Chiara, Ludovica, Camilla) and three boys (Damiano, Fabio, and Niccolò). Season 2 and 3 avert this by having Brando (who was a SatelliteCharacter in the first season) becoming one of the main students and Camilla being DemotedToExtra, so Chiara and Ludovica remain the only two female protagonists.
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** Downplayed with Ludovica. [[spoiler: While Chiara ends up in a group home in the final, Ludovica doesn't face any legal consequences, and is free to go to a comic school in Paris. But Ludovica's mother ends up in jail and Ludovica herself suffers a lot throughout the show, since she had a real FreudianExcuse, unlike Chiara, who only wanted a more exciting life. Also, unlike Chiara, Ludovica had already decided to quit prostitution even before getting caught.]]

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** Downplayed with Ludovica. [[spoiler: While By the end of the show, the parents of both girls are considered unable to take care of them, after the whole prostitution scandal is revealed. In the finale, Chiara ends up in a group home in the final, because she's still a minor, while Ludovica doesn't face any legal consequences, and is free to go to start a comic school in Paris.new life by herself, as she's now 18 years old. But Ludovica's mother ends up in jail and Ludovica herself suffers a lot throughout the show, since she had a real FreudianExcuse, unlike Chiara, who only wanted a more exciting life. Also, unlike Chiara, Ludovica had already decided to quit prostitution even before getting caught.]]
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** To a lesser extent, Niccolò also gets less screen-time after season 1. In season 3, after he TookALevelInKindness, he appears even less. [[spoiler: Averted in the GrandFinale.]]

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** To a lesser extent, Niccolò also gets less screen-time after season 1. In season 3, after he TookALevelInKindness, he appears even less. [[spoiler: Averted in the GrandFinale.GrandFinale where he is seen helping Chiara.]]
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** Virginia has no real role other than being Niccolò's bitchy girlfriend who gets jealous whenever Niccolò likes someone else.

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** Virginia has no real role other than being Niccolò's bitchy girlfriend who gets jealous is only defined by her relationship with Niccolò and her jealousy whenever Niccolò likes someone else.cheats on her.
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* DerailingLoveInterests: Fabio's first boyfriend Alessandro is a NiceGuy in season 2. [[spoiler:In season 3, he publishes a defamatory article about Ludovica, so that Fabio can break up with him and end up with ReformedBully Brando, even though Brando has done many things worse than that in the past.]]


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* SatelliteLoveInterest:
** Virginia has no real role other than being Niccolò's bitchy girlfriend who gets jealous whenever Niccolò likes someone else.
** In the last season, Aurora is introduced only to [[spoiler: become a new LoveInterest to Damiano, so he can end up with a different girl who is not Chiara. She hardly ever interacts with anyone else other than Damiano.]]

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** Niccolò is also the Archie to his girlfriend Virginia (Betty) and his teacher and secret lover Monica (Veronica).



** Brando doesn't receive much comeuppance for his horrible behavior in the first two seasons, especially since he doesn't even apologize. [[spoiler: Even Fabio eventually forgives him.]]

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** Damiano doesn't receive repercussions for drug dealing, working for Fiore, and accidentally killing Saverio (although [[KarmicDeath Saverio deserved it]]).
** Brando doesn't receive much comeuppance for his horrible behavior in the first two seasons, especially since seasons. While he doesn't even apologize.changes a lot in season 3, he barely apologizes for his cruel actions towards Ludovica, Fabio, and Chiara. [[spoiler: Even Fabio eventually forgives him.]]
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* DemotedToExtra: Camila gets less screen time in season two and three.
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* BigBadDuumvirate: Saverio and Fiore in the first season, as they are the pimps who manipulate Chiara and Ludovica into prostituting themselves. [[spoiler: After Saverio's death at the end of season 1, Fiore is the only BigBad.]]


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* VillainousCrush: Fiore has one on Ludovica, though she actually likes him back initially. While he has some twisted affection for her, Ludovica dumps him after realizing that he's a toxic and abusive man who cares more about his business. Even more so in season 3, when he manipulates her into running away with him.
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* RichesToRags: Chiara came from the wealthy ClassPrincess until at the end of season three, she ends up in a group home which she lost everything, her family and her friends, except for [[TheFirstGuyWins Niccolo]].

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* RichesToRags: Chiara came from the wealthy ClassPrincess until at the end of season three, she ends up in a group home which she lost everything, her family and her friends, except for [[TheFirstGuyWins [[FirstGuyWins Niccolo]].
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* RichesToRags: Chiara came from the wealthy ClassPrincess until at the end of season three, she ends up in a group home which she lost everything, her family and her friends, except for [[TheFirstGuyWins Niccolo]].

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* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling:
** Ludovica is the screwed-up sibling, while her sister Francesca is the serious and responsible one. Ludovica even overhears her father saying these words to Francesca, "Thankfully you're not like Ludovica, [[ParentalFavoritism that's why you are my favorite]]".
** Camilla is the hardworking goody-two-shoes, while her brother Niccolò is the more immature one.



** Camilla gets much less focus after season 1.
** To a lesser extent, Niccolò also gets less screen-time after season 1. In season 3, after he TookALevelInKindess, he appears even less. [[spoiler: Averted in the GrandFinale.]]

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** Camilla gets much less focus after season 1.
1. In season 3, she's so irrelevant that she doesn't even appear in the GrandFinale.
** To a lesser extent, Niccolò also gets less screen-time after season 1. In season 3, after he TookALevelInKindess, TookALevelInKindness, he appears even less. [[spoiler: Averted in the GrandFinale.]]

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* AscendedExtra: In season 1, Brando is a SatelliteCharacter who only serves as Niccolò's equally jerkish friend. He has a larger role in season 2 and 3, when he has trouble accepting his homosexuality and attraction to Fabio, and we also learn more about his family, and his {{Jerkass}} father.



** Gym teacher Monica has an affair with Niccolò, one of her students and a minor. While she eventually ended this affair, she gets no comeuppance, as nobody has ever found out what she did.

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** Gym teacher Monica has an affair with Niccolò, one of her students and a minor. While she eventually ended this affair, she gets no comeuppance, as nobody has ever found out what she did.comeuppance.


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* OutOfFocus:
** Camilla gets much less focus after season 1.
** To a lesser extent, Niccolò also gets less screen-time after season 1. In season 3, after he TookALevelInKindess, he appears even less. [[spoiler: Averted in the GrandFinale.]]
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** Damiano attracts Chiara, Camilla, Natalia, and Aurora, and his ex-girlfriend Vanessa.

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** Damiano attracts Chiara, Camilla, Natalia, and Aurora, and his ex-girlfriend Vanessa.
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* ChickMagnet:
** Damiano attracts Chiara, Camilla, Natalia, and Aurora, and his ex-girlfriend Vanessa.
** Niccolò attracts Chiara, Virginia, his HotTeacher Monica, and probably many others, considering his popularity at school.


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* GayBestFriend:
** Surprisingly, Fabio becomes this to Ludovica in season 2 and 3, especially after their parents start dating. He's probably Ludovica's only real friend aside from Chiara (Damiano is nice to Ludovica, but they don't interact much). However, Fabio doesn't fit many stereotypes, but he's pretty much TheGenericGuy, aside being gay and the principal's son.
** In season 1, Fabio was a close friend of Chiara and Camilla, but the three drift apart in later episodes.

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