History Series / RumbataRonaldoAndI

* SaltAndPepper: Titan and Ronaldo are best friends from different ethnical backgrounds and opposing personalities.

* SuddenDeath: The final game ends in a tie with shootouts as a tiebreaker.

* FiveManBand: Not very clearly defined, but still present:
** TheLeader: Either Titan or Rumbata, with the former being manager of the football team and the one who initiates most of the boys' endeavours, and the latter being the one who comes up with the idea of forming a team to compete in the district tournament in the first place.
*** The boys, with the notable exception of Bobby, seem to see Rumbata as the heart of the team. In episode 2, Gencho even makes the following analogy:
----> The team is like an engine, and without Rumbata, it can't start.
** TheLancer: If Titan is the leader, it's Ronaldo; if the leader is Rumbata, it's Bobby.
** TheSmartGuy: Titan and Stoyan both qualify, with Stoyan being an actual piano player (as per the musical variant of the FiveManBand trope).
** TheBigGuy: Gencho, who is good with machinery, and also big in stature compared to his teammates.
** TheChick: Ralitsa, who, although very marginally involved with the main plot, is connected to several members of the football team - she is ChildhoodFriends with Bobby and Rumbata, has both of them crushing on her (and eventually dates one of them), and she is Titan's sister.

* HollywoodGenetics: Rumbata has curly hair and [[AmbiguouslyBrown darker skin]] and looks nothing like his father. His mother is shown to look more like him, but the dark skin is still not quite explained. Also, Titan is a blond in a family of brunettes, and looks very different from his mother and sister.

* AdultFear: When Rumbata, Ronaldo and Titan [[MissingChild end up lost in the woods, don't answer their phones (since there's no signal) and aren't found for a whole night]], their friends and families spend the entire night worried sick, looking for the boys with the help of the police. That night ends up being more frightening for the parents than for the three boys.

* DadsCantCook: Subverted with Dimitar Sr. (who is the protagonist's grandfather, not his father, but still). He is often mentioned to have cooked something delicious, and even his EstablishingCharacterMoment shows him about to cook - see PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad.

* PoliticalCorrectnessGoneMad: In the first episode, Titan calls his grandfather out for ruining his live stream by walking by with a large knife on his way to get a chicken for a special welcome dinner. Titan worries about how any vegans among his followers might react to that.

The series is a dramedy mixing children's games and young love with a subtle commentary on racial segregation and standing up to TheMan.

* AlliterativeName: [[TheMan Dobrolyub Dobrev]]

* WhoopiEpiphanySpeech: In episode 4, after Bobby finds out his father's company is the one doing construction over their training space, Ronaldo visits him at home and tells him they're NotSoDifferent after all (despite one being a poor TokenMinority and the other a rich white boy) - Bobby has nothing to do with his father's company, and Ronaldo did not choose to be a... "you know" (in his own words).

* OncePerEpisode: The [[ThemeTuneCameo theme song]] plays during a climactic scene in each episode, sometimes even more than once per episode.

'''Rumbata, Ronaldo and I''' (original title Румбата, аз и Роналдо [Rumbata, az i Ronaldo]) is a Bulgarian TV mini-series that aired in 2019. It consists of 8 episodes revolving around the title characters Rumen "Rumbata" Angelov, Dimitar "The Titan" Zlatarov and Assen "Ronaldo" Rashkov, and their friends on a RagtagBunchOfMisfits football (or soccer, if you will) team. The main plot-driving story is [[DavidVsGoliath the boys' fight for their football pitch against a corrupt mayor and a construction company owned by the father of one of the boys]]. It is interspersed with the grown-ups' own battles with past and present issues, [[NewOldFlame the rekindling of an old flame]], and PuppyLove among the youngsters.

'''Rumbata, Ronaldo and I''' (original title Румбата, аз и Роналдо [Rumbata, az i Ronaldo]) is a Bulgarian TV mini-series that aired in 2020. It consists of 8 episodes revolving around the title characters Rumen "Rumbata" Angelov, Dimitar "The Titan" Zlatarov and Assen "Ronaldo" Rashkov, and their friends on a RagtagBunchOfMisfits football (or soccer, if you will) team. The main plot-driving story is [[DavidVsGoliath the boys' fight for their football pitch against a corrupt mayor and a construction company owned by the father of one of the boys]]. It is interspersed with the grown-ups' own battles with past and present issues, [[NewOldFlame the rekindling of an old flame]], and PuppyLove among the youngsters.

The series is a dramedy mixing children's games and young love with a subtle commentary on racial segregation and standing up to TheMan

!! The series includes examples of the following tropes:

* AnonymousBenefactor: This is how [[spoiler: Ivan]] gets the money to participate in the open tender in episode 7 and buy the old football pitch back for the boys. The benefector's identity is, however, revealed to the public - [[it is wild man Alexander, who was previously shown to have the treasure in his possession. The treasure is where the money comes from.]]

* ReverseMole: In episode 3, Ronaldo goes back to Sabi, acting like befriending the boys was a mistake, and pretends like he wants to assist him in another robbery, this time at Stoyan's. Little does Sabi know that it's a setup and the boys have installed a camera to catch Sabi in the act and make him stop abusing Ronaldo.

* BadDreams: In episode 2, Vassil has one of the night he and Ivan had the car accident that caused their CareerEndingInjury.

* FlippingTheBird: In episode 5, during the game against the varsity team, Ralitsa and Desi are cheering from the bleachers. After Ronaldo is pushed down by several varsity players, the girls call them "rotters". One of them flips the girls off, as if to confirm this epithet.

* MeaningfulName: Quite ironic in the mayor's case - he is a CorruptPolitician named Dobrolyub Dobrev (both names have the word for "good" in them).

'''Rumbata, Ronaldo and I''' (original title Румбата, аз и Роналдо [Rumbata, az i Ronaldo]) is a Bulgarian TV mini-series that aired in 2020. It consists of 8 episodes revolving around the title characters Rumen "Rumbata" Angelov, Dimitar "The Titan" Zlatarov and Assen "Ronaldo" Rashkov, and their friends on a RagtagBunchOfMisfits football (or soccer, if you will) team. The main plot-driving story is [[DavidVsGoliath the boys' fight for their football field against a corrupt mayor and a construction company owned by the father of one of the boys]]. It is interspersed with the grown-ups' own battles with past and present issues, [[NewOldFlame the rekindling of an old flame]], and PuppyLove among the youngsters.

* AdultsAreUseless: Averted for the most part - nearly every adult is either an antagonist or an ally to the kids. A special shout-out goes to Titan's grandfather and Rumen's father, who are the most active in helping the boys get their football field back and prepare for the tournament.

* AllForNothing: Vassil makes a bet with the varsity team's coach that if his team wins a match against the varsity team, they will be allowed to use their training space to prepare for the tournament. The boys manage to pull off a win, but then the coach tells Vassil they can't use their field after all. It is because Dobrev tells him not to let them, apparently just ForTheEvulz.

* AnonymousBenefactor: This is how [[spoiler: Ivan]] gets the money to participate in the open tender in episode 7 and buy the old football field back for the boys. The benefector's identity is, however, revealed to the public - [[it is wild man Alexander, who was previously shown to have the treasure in his possession. The treasure is where the money comes from.]]

* CallingTheOldManOut: Early on in the series, Rumen's father is a drunkard who pays next to no attention to his son. Rumbata calls him out on this and he makes an effort to get better, repairing his damaged relationship with his son and becoming the boys' football coach in the process. Rumbata's friend Bobby has even bigger issues with his father, the owner of a construction company planning to build over the boys' playing field, and has to enact this trope several times before his father realises the error of his ways in the penultimate episode.

* CommunityThreateningConstruction: Ivan's construction company has plans to destroy the boys' football field and build on that land. The entire town becomes involved with helping or, in the majority's case, stopping the construction from happening.

* CorruptPolitician: Dobrev. He forces Ivan into a contract for construction being done over the boys' old football field. Halfway into the series, he reveals that he has no intention of actually having any construction done and is just using Ivan's company to milk EU funds for money.

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first episode stands out from the rest: Raina and her children Dimitar "Titan" and Ralitsa are newcomers to the town, the football team isn't quite formed yet, Assen hasn't got his nickname Ronaldo yet and does not hang out with white kids (and is forced by an older Romani boy to steal), Rumbata and Bobby are rude to Titan when they first meet him, and the plan to build over the football field isn't announced yet. The status quo for later episodes is established by the end of the episode.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: After a game that they lose, Bobby and Rumbata immediately start fighting about whose fault it was, with Rumbata specifically remarking that Bobby doesn't act like a good team player. Then, a FlyawayShot shows the rival team leaving the field as one, with their arms over their teammates' shoulders, while the protagonist team members all leave in different directions to show how they're not quite a team yet.

* TheFace: As manager of the team, Titan is this. He investigates into Dobrev's schemes to take away the boys' football field, leads several missions to help the team get said field back, and is the SloganYellingMegaphoneGuy in their climactic protest against Dobrev.

* HollywoodDarkness: The night when the boys sneak up to the machines at the construction site (a.k.a their football field) in order to sabotage them, is unnaturally clear and bright.

* IntergenerationalFriendship: Downplayed with the Titan and Ronaldo and the other boys, who are a few years older, at the stage of life where they start crushing on girls. Played straight with the boys and Rumbata's father Vassil, who is their football coach, as well as Titan's grandfather Dimitar Sr., who helps them in their battle for the field.

* OldSoldier: Dimitar Sr. was in the military in his youth and helps Titan investigate about the construction work at their playing field.

* PhoneaholicTeenager: Although a pre-teen (turns 11 in the series) and not a teen, The Titan is portrayed as this in the first couple of episodes especially, being very distressed after his tablet is stolen by two Romani boys. The involvement with the football team and saving the playing field helps him get over this in later episodes.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''War of the Hedgehogs'', a 1979 book, and its mini-series adaptation. In the book, a group of basketball-playing boys fight for their right to a playing field and win. Producer Evtim Miloshev admits to drawing inspiration from this classical story for his mini-series.

* TheTeamBenefactor: Wild man Alexander acts as this in the penultimate episode, giving the treasure money to Vassil to use for the team. Vassil in turn gives the money to Ivan who uses it to participate in the open tender and get the old football field back for the boys to train on.

* TechnicianVsPerformer: The Titans are the Performers to the varsity team and Yanko's Sharks' Technicians. They've had less training time than either of those teams since they've had to fight for their football field for most of the series, but it is precisely this struggle that has made them into a real team who play as one, guided by their hearts. As such, they manage to come out on top despite being less technically advanced.

* TreasureMap: The Titan's grandfather shows him one. The boy thinks he is lying about the treasure at first, but later, in the sixth episode, recruits Ronaldo and Rumbata to help him find it when they need money to save their football field.

* AcceptableEthnicTargets: Romani, to an extent. Assen/ "Ronaldo" is quickly accepted by the boys and their parents, and his family is seen at Titan's house once, having dinner with the other boys' parents. However, before joining the team, he is referred to with a racist slur by several of the boys, and they hesitate to accept him. It doesn't help his case that he is guilty of stealing from two of the boys, thus confirming their prejudice against his kind. Titan is the only one who immediately accept him, and he and his sister call out their grandmother for being prejudiced against Romani. Eventually, the acceptance seems to extend only to Assen and his family, and even so, they are portrayed as lazy (his father pretending to do his job when his boss comes by), uneducated (Ronaldo's bad grammar in his protest sign) and having bad table manners (his mother at dinner at Titan's place) on more than one occasion.

* AdultFear: When Rumbata, Ronaldo and Titan end up lost in the woods, don't answer their phones (since there's no signal) and aren't found for a whole night, their friends and families spend the entire night worried sick, looking for the boys with the help of the police. That night ends up being more frightening for the parents than for the three boys.

** When Ralitsa's unnamed first boyfriend posts something rude about her online, Titan immediately offers his help, deletes the post, blocks the guy and sends a virus to his computer. Ralitsa thanks him with a {{Heartwarming}} hug.

* CharacterNarrator: While there's no narration in the series, the title is from a first- person perspective. [[WordOfSaintPeter An interview with Martin Paunov (Titan)]] confirms that the "I" refers to his character.

* DesignatedDriver: The episode 5 ColdOpen is an extended flashback to the night Ivan and Vassil had their accident. Their football team is celebrating a big win in Italy and everyone but [[spoiler: Vassil]] is very drunk. While he doesn't remain perfectly sober, he declines a refill offer and is visibly much fitter for driving than [[spoiler: Ivan]], who insists on driving and ends up crashing the car.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In episode 2, when they haggle for a pig (ItMakesSenseInContext), Ronaldo has Titan be a goalkeeper against the pig seller. Guess what position he ends up filling in for when the team is down a member later in the series.

--> '''Ivan ''[about Vassil]'':''' He ruined my life!

* ActorAllusion: In episode 3, a doctor tells Ivan (Dimo Alexiev) that he's consulted a doctor from Sofia, Dr. Genadiev, about his condition. This just so happens to be the name of Dimo Alexiev's character from another series, Otkradnat Jivot ("Stolen Life").
* ActorRoleConfusion: Both of the youngest stars of the series said in an interview that they have been called by their characters' names, most notably Ronaldo's actor for whom this is a first television role.

* ParentChildTeam: In the penultimate episode, all the main kids' parents come together to support their children's protest. Bobby's father Ivan especially comes through at the very end.

* RealLiferelative: Deyan Donkov's (Vassil) son appears as an extra, a rival team member.

%%* RoguishRomani: Assen is forced into this trope by his older "friend" Sabi, who certainly lives up to nearly every stereotype Bulgarians have about Romani.

* UnbuiltCastingType: Martin Paunov, who portrays the Titan, is known to be an AdorablyPrecociousChild himself and his other best-known role was also a kid genius (in 2018 made-for-TV movie The Curie Case). However, Titan has more characteristics typical to the average 10-year-old than his Curie Case character Tony Petrov.

* WoundedGazelleGambit: In the first episode, Assen is forced to do this by an older Romani boy, Sabi, pretending to get hit by The Titan's mother's car so Sabi can rob it. His not-so-smooth execution of the plan (the car stops right in front of him, and then he throws himself at it) is PlayedForLaughs. The Titan's tablet is stolen in the process, but not much else.

* RoguishRomani: Assen is forced into this trope by his older "friend" Sabi, who certainly lives up to nearly every stereotype Bulgarians have about Romani.

* Spiritual Successor: To ''War of the Hedgehogs'', a 1979 book, and its mini-series adaptation. In the book, a group of basketball-playing boys fight for their right to a playing field and win. Producer Evtim Miloshev admits to drawing inspiration from this classical story for his mini-series.

%%* RoguishRomani: Assen is forced into this trope by his older "friend", who certainly lives up to nearly every stereotype Bulgarians have about Romani.

* WoundedGazelleGambit: In the first episode, Assen is forced to do this by an older Romani boy, pretending to get hit by The Titan's mother's car so his older accomplice can rob it. His not-so-smooth execution of the plan (the car stops right in front of him, and then he throws himself at it) is PlayedForLaughs. The Titan's tablet is stolen in the process, but not much else.

* RoguishRomani: Assen is forced into this trope by his older "friend", who certainly lives up to nearly every stereotype Bulgarians have about Romani.

* BatmanInMyBasement: After a falling-out with his father, Rumbata runs away from home and the Titan hides him in his basement. When Ralitsa finds out, she invites him to sleep on her bedroom floor instead. In the morning, they tell their mother and Rumen's father comes to take him back home.

* CommunityThreateningConstruction: Ivan's construction company has plans to destroy the boys' football field and build on that land. The entire village becomes involved with helping or, in the majority's case, stopping the construction from happening.

* DescentIntoAddiction: Presumably after his wife's death, Vassil becomes an alcoholic and mildly abusive of his son Rumen. He gets better by the middle episode, fixes his relationship with his son and becomes the boys' football coach.
* DividedWeFall: Whenever Rumbata and Bobby argue, the team falls apart temporarily.
* Don'tGoInTheWoods: When the three title characters follow a treasure map into the woods, they end up chased around by two adult treasure-hunters, get lost, have to spend the night in the middle of the woods and meet a strange wild man. [[spoiler: He ends up saving them from the treasure-hunters and giving them shelter and food until their parents find them]].
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first episode stands out from the rest: Raina and her children Dimitar "Titan" and Ralitsa are newcomers to the village, the football team isn't quite formed yet, Assen hasn't got his nickname Ronaldo yet and does not hang out with white kids (and is forced by an older Romani boy to steal), Rumbata and Bobby are rude to Titan when they first meet him, and the plan to build over the football field isn't announced yet. The status quo for later episodes is established by the end of the episode.

* AFriendInNeed: When Ronaldo is recruited on the varsity team

* LetterMotif: Several characters' names start with the letter R (even when not counting Ronaldo, which is a nickname) - Rumen "Rumbata", The Titan's mother Raina and sister Ralitsa. This creates quite a confusion when [[spoiler: Bobby]] gives The Titan a love letter for Ralitsa and he forgets to give it to her. The envelope is signed simply "R", not specifying if that is the sender or the intended recipient, and when The Titan's mother finds it in his shorts' pocket while doing laundry, she first thinks it's from Rumen's father Vassil for her, then from Rumen to Ralitsa. The kids are eventually able to clear up the confusion.

* OncePerEpisode: The [[ThemeTuneCameo theme song]] plays during a climactic scene in each episode.

%%* RoguishRomani: Assen is forced into this trope by his older "friend", who certainly lives up to nearly every stereotype Bulgarians have about Romani.

* WoundedGazelleGambit: In the first episode, Assen is forced to do this by an older Romani boy, pretending to get hit by The Titan's mother's car so his older accomplice can rob it. The Titan's tablet is stolen in the process, but not much else.

* RoguishRomani: Assen is forced into this trope by his older "friend", who certainly lives up to nearly every stereotype Bulgarians have about Romani.

* CallingTheOldManOut: Early on in the series, Rumen's father is a drunkard who pays next to no attention to his son. Rumbata calls him out on this and he makes an effort to get better, repairing his damaged relationship with his son and becoming the boys' football coach in the process. Rumbata's friend Bobby has even bigger issues with his father, the owner of a construction company planning to build over the boys' playing field, and has to enact this trope several times before his father realises the error of his ways in the penultimate episodes.