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* SelfHarm: In season 1, we see Viola cutting herself in one episode, and she also forces poor [[ExtremeDoormat Serena]] to to do the same. In season 3, Giulia is also a cutter, one of things she has in common with Viola.

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* SelfHarm: In season 1, we see Viola cutting herself in one episode, and she also forces poor [[ExtremeDoormat Serena]] to to do the same. In season 3, Giulia is also a cutter, one of the things she has in common with Viola.
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* PromotionToOpeningTitles:
** Kubra is a FakeGuestStar in season 2, probably because she's introduced in the third episode of this season, despite being a major character since her introduction. The name of the actress is added to the opening credits in season 3.
** Mimmo and Rosa start appearing in the last two episodes of season 2. Both of their actors's names are added to the opening credits in season 3.


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* SelfHarm: In season 1, we see Viola cutting herself in one episode, and she also forces poor [[ExtremeDoormat Serena]] to to do the same. In season 3, Giulia is also a cutter, one of things she has in common with Viola.

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* RelationshipUpgrade:
** Filippo and Naditza have UnresolvedSexualTension for most of the first season. They get together at the end of season 1. [[spoiler: They fight and break up quite a few times, and end up with a MaybeEverAfter in season 3.]]
** Gianni and Gemma are also this in season 1, with Gianni being attracted to Gemma, and Gemma being still attracted to her abusive ex-boyfriend Fabio. They get together at the beginning of season 2, though their relationship is still troubled because of Fabio's interferences. [[spoiler: They break up when Gemma is PutOnABus, as Gianni feels that she would never be happy with a boyfriend still in prison.]]
** Carmine and [[spoiler: Rosa]] spend most of season 3 with an obvious BelligerentSexualTension. [[spoiler:They hook up eventually.]]
** Massimo and Paola, the two main adults, have their own ShipTease moments. [[spoiler: They get together in season 2, although Paola is later PutOnABus in the middle of season 3.]]



* WillTheyOrWontThey:
** Filippo and Naditza have UnresolvedSexualTension for most of the first season. They get together at the end of season 1. [[spoiler: They fight and break up quite a few times, and end up with a MaybeEverAfter in season 3.]]
** Gianni and Gemma are also this in season 1, with Gianni being attracted to Gemma, and Gemma being still attracted to her abusive ex-boyfriend Fabio. They get together at the beginning of season 2, though their relationship is still troubled because of Fabio's interferences. [[spoiler: They break up when Gemma is PutOnABus, as Gianni feels that she would never be happy with a boyfriend still in prison.]]
** Carmine and [[spoiler: Rosa]] spend most of season 3 with an obvious BelligerentSexualTension.
** Massimo and Paola, the two main adults, have their own ShipTease moments. [[spoiler: They get together in season 2, although Paola is later PutOnABus in the middle of season 3.]]
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* SpotlightStealingSquad: In the first two seasons, the three main protagonists are Carmine, Filippo, and Naditza. Rosa Ricci is introduced near the end of season 2, but somehow becomes the star of the show in season 3, leading Filippo and Naditza to be much more OutOfFocus and only appear in filler scenes. Carmine is still prominent in season 3 mostly for being Rosa's LoveInterest, but has a [[SameCharacterButDifferent completely different personality]] in order to create the ShipTease with Rosa.
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** Edoardo is a jerk in many situations, but he's particularly a bully to Sasà in season 2. He and his friends were bullying Sasà since the he arrived, but Edoardo takes it further when he finds out that Sasà is accused of rape, using PayEvilUntoEvil as an excuse to torture him.

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** Edoardo is a jerk in many situations, but he's particularly a bully to Sasà in season 2. He and his friends were bullying Sasà since the he arrived, but Edoardo takes it further when he finds out that Sasà is accused of rape, using PayEvilUntoEvil as an excuse to torture him.
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* JerkassToOne:
** Ciro is a bad guy in general, but he makes it pretty clear that Carmine is the one he hates the most.
** Pino can be AxCrazy and violent towards anyone who makes him angry, but he's particularly cruel to Filippo in the first season. At the end of season 1, Filippo saves Pino's life and they become good friends in season 2 and 3, eventually inverting this trope, with Pino even considering Filippo his "best friend".
** Edoardo is a jerk in many situations, but he's particularly a bully to Sasà in season 2. He and his friends were bullying Sasà since the he arrived, but Edoardo takes it further when he finds out that Sasà is accused of rape, using PayEvilUntoEvil as an excuse to torture him.
** Viola hates everyone and is always cruel to everyone, but in early episodes her favorite targets are naive {{Extreme Doormat}}s like Serena and Gemma. Then in season 3, she starts picking on MafiaPrincess Rosa Ricci, which is [[BullyingADragon not exactly a smart move.]]
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** [[spoiler: Viola's parents. Her mother is verbally abusive, her father frequently beats Viola with whip.]]

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** [[spoiler: Viola's parents. Her mother is verbally abusive, her father frequently beats Viola with a whip.]]
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** Gianni and Gemma are also this in season 1, with Gianni being attracted to Gemma, and Gemma being still attracted to her abusive ex-boyfriend Fabio. They get together at the beginning of season 2, though their relationship is still troubled because of Fabio's interferences [[spoiler: They break up when Gemma is PutOnABus, as Gianni feels that she would never be happy with a boyfriend still in prison.]]

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** Gianni and Gemma are also this in season 1, with Gianni being attracted to Gemma, and Gemma being still attracted to her abusive ex-boyfriend Fabio. They get together at the beginning of season 2, though their relationship is still troubled because of Fabio's interferences interferences. [[spoiler: They break up when Gemma is PutOnABus, as Gianni feels that she would never be happy with a boyfriend still in prison.]]

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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In the first two seasons, Gaetano has longish hair, usually tied up in a low ponytail. [[spoiler: After his HeelFaceTurn, his hair is shorter in season 3.]]

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** When Ciro tries to turn Filippo into a member of his gang, he gives him a haircut similar to the one of Ciro himself. [[spoiler: Filippo gets rid of it soon after Ciro's death.]]
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In the first two seasons, Gaetano has longish hair, usually tied up in a low ponytail. [[spoiler: After his HeelFaceTurn, his hair is shorter in season 3.]]
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* NiceGuy:
** Carmine, Filippo, and Gianni are shown to be, in different ways, as well-meaning and heroic characters who are in prison just because of unfortunate circumstances. All three have a RageBreakingPoint, though.
** Among the adults, Massimo and Beppe are good-hearted {{Reasonable Authority Figure}}s.
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* NaiveNewcomer: Filippo and Gemma in season 1, Sasà in season 2. When they first arrive in prison, they are completely oblivious to the criminal world, and we see it in their interactions with the other inmates.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome:
** Sasà disappears in season 3 with no explanation, despite him being a major character in season 2.
** In season 1, there are several appearances of Carmine's brother Ezio, who is heavily involved in his family Camorra business, unlike Carmine. In the following seasons, he disappears. While Season 3 focuses a lot on the Di Salvo crime business, we only see Carmine's mother [[TheQueenpin Wanda]] as the only Di Salvo family member behind everything.

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ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Sasà disappears in season 3 with no explanation, despite him being a major character in season 2.
** In season 1, there are several appearances of Carmine's brother Ezio, who is heavily involved in his family Camorra business, unlike Carmine. In the following seasons, he disappears. While Season 3 focuses a lot on the Di Salvo crime business, we only see Carmine's mother [[TheQueenpin Wanda]] as the only Di Salvo family member behind everything.
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* PutOnABus:
** In season 1, there are several appearances of Carmine's brother Ezio, who is heavily involved in his family Camorra business, unlike Carmine. In season 2, he's arrested and his mother [[TheQueenpin Wanda]] takes the lead. While Season 3 focuses a lot on the Di Salvo crime business, we only see Wanda as the only Di Salvo family member behind everything, while Ezio never appears again.
** Totò, after season 2. [[spoiler: He is transferred to another prison after confessing to Nina's murder.]]
** In season 3, Paola is forced to leave the prison [[spoiler:after Viola's suicide]] and is replaced by another director.
** Filippo and Naditza after season 3. [[spoiler: Naditza leaves Filippo in the middle of season 3, when they are escaping from prison. Filippo comes back alone but he's later released from prison.]]
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Everyone in the prison (both inmates and prison staff) gets the spotlight at some point. Each episode focuses on one different character and includes flashbacks to their backstory. The only person outside of the prison who has got her own episode is Edoardo's wife Carmela in season 3.


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** In the first season, Ciro and Viola stand out as the most evil guy and the most evil girl, respectively. Both are cruel, manipulative, violent, FauxAffablyEvil bullies who are feared by most people. While Ciro is a natural leader who is followed and respected by a GangOfBullies and most guys in prison, Viola is a loner hated by everyone, except her well-meaning roommate, who is too naive to stand up to her. Finally, despite their ShipTease scenes, Ciro has a genuine infatuation with Viola, while Viola coldn't care less about Ciro and only wants to take advantage of his crush.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome:
** Sasà disappears in season 3 with no explanation, despite him being a major character in season 2.
** In season 1, there are several appearances of Carmine's brother Ezio, who is heavily involved in his family Camorra business, unlike Carmine. In the following seasons, he disappears. While Season 3 focuses a lot on the Di Salvo crime business, we only see Carmine's mother [[TheQueenpin Wanda]] as the only Di Salvo family member behind everything.
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** Gemma and Viola, who frequenly interact. Gemma is TheIngenue and Viola is a cold FilleFatale.

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** Gemma and Viola, who frequenly frequently interact. Gemma is TheIngenue and Viola is a cold FilleFatale.
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* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine:
** Gemma and Viola, who frequenly interact. Gemma is TheIngenue and Viola is a cold FilleFatale.
** Edoardo's two love interests: Teresa (Light) is innocent, polite, ladylike, and initially oblivious to Edoardo's dark side, while Carmela (Dark) is ostentatious, confident, HotBlooded, and involved with Edoardo's Camorra business. However, they invert the BettyAndVeronica roles, since Carmela is the wife and Teresa is the mistress.
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* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: Many episodes have one or more characters singing (or humming) the theme song, or some parts of it. At Gianni's concert in season 2, after singing his own original song "Sangue Nero", he also sings the theme song, and all the other characters join in.
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* SingleServingFriend: A group of them. In the first episode, Filippo is on vacation in Naples along with his three best friends. After taking drugs at a party, Filippo ends up accidentally killing one of these friends, and it's the reason why he's arrested. After the pilot, only the dead friend is mentioned a few times, while the other two are never seen or mentioned again.
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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In the first two seasons, Gateano has longish hair, usually tied up in a low ponytail. [[spoiler: After his HeelFaceTurn, his hair is shorter in season 3.]]

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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In the first two seasons, Gateano Gaetano has longish hair, usually tied up in a low ponytail. [[spoiler: After his HeelFaceTurn, his hair is shorter in season 3.]]
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* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: In the first two seasons, Gateano has longish hair, usually tied up in a low ponytail. [[spoiler: After his HeelFaceTurn, his hair is shorter in season 3.]]


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* VillainousCrush: Ciro is a villain who has a crush on Viola, another villain. Viola doesn't really care for him, but likes to use him for her own interests.
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[[spoiler: Fabio]] when they die. Both have been extremely violent people, so it's more of a relief when they're no longer around. [[spoiler: Downplayed in Ciro's case: while he was a bad guy, his death is portrayed in an AlasPoorVillain light, all his friends are deeply saddened by his death in the following season, and the character is also popular with the viewers.]]

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this is the correct example, since their deaths were their own fault. Asshole Victim is a bad guy who dies for other reasons


* AssholeVictim: It's hard to feel compassion both for [[spoiler: Ciro]] and [[spoiler: Fabio]] when they die. Both have been extremely violent people, so it's more of a relief when they're no longer around. [[spoiler: Downplayed in Ciro's case: while he was a bad guy, his death is portrayed in an AlasPoorVillain light, all his friends are deeply saddened by his death in the following season, and the character is also popular with the viewers.]]


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* KarmicDeath:
** [[spoiler: Ciro is killed by Filippo at the end of season 1, and Filippo only did it to stop Ciro from trying to kill Carmine in that scene.]]
** [[spoiler: At the end of season 2, Fabio was beating Gianni to death. While trying to defend himself, Gianni accidentally pushed Fabio off the balcony, killing him.]]
[[spoiler: Fabio]] when they die. Both have been extremely violent people, so it's more of a relief when they're no longer around. [[spoiler: Downplayed in Ciro's case: while he was a bad guy, his death is portrayed in an AlasPoorVillain light, all his friends are deeply saddened by his death in the following season, and the character is also popular with the viewers.]]
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* {{Foil}}:
** Arch-enemies Carmine Di Salvo and Ciro Ricci. Both were born into powerful Camorra families. Carmine is against the criminal "family business" and is hated and mistreated by most people in his environment. Ciro is a ruthless delinquent who wants to follow in his father's footsteps, and is feared and respected by most people, especially in prison.
** Gaetano and Mimmo have a lot in common. Both abandoned their honest parents to work for Camorra criminals, but while Gaetano would do anything for Ciro Ricci, Mimmo [[spoiler:only pretends to work for the Ricci family to spy on them, and is actually an henchman of the Di Salvo family.]] Gaetano is a cruel {{Jerkass}} who grew up in a middle class family and hates his parents just for being "weak", while Mimmo is a troubled AntiVillain who grew up in PerpetualPoverty and just wants a better life. [[spoiler: Both have a HeelFaceTurn and try to make peace with their parents, and while Gaetano is immediately forgiven, Mimmo is harshly kicked out by his mother who blames him for his father's death. The two are not enemies, but they reluctantly find each other at gunpoint due to the circumstances and other people's orders, and Mimmo ends up killing Gaetano and feeling extremely guilty for it.]]

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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The theme song is sung by Matteo Paolillo, who plays Edoardo on the show.

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* DisproportionateRetribution:
** Many of Viola's horrible actions, especially her backstory. Before going to prison, she and her best friend Lara shared a trailer as their own secret hideout, and Viola didn't want anyone else going there. Then she found out Lara secretly took her boyfriend to the trailer to spend some time with him. Viola's reaction? Brutally killing Lara by stabbing her with a knife repeatedly. That's why she's in prison.
** Edoardo beats up an unknown guy to a bloody pulp for two reasons. Firstly, because the guy was hanging out with Edoardo's ex-girlfriend Teresa and tried to interrupt Edoardo's attempts to win Teresa back. The other reason is that the guy had red hair just like a redheaded kid who mistreated Edoardo in his childhood, with no evidence at all that he was the same person.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: The theme song is was written and sung by Matteo Paolillo, who plays Edoardo on the show.
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* TokenEvilTeammate:
** Viola is the only evil one in the group of girls, as the other girls are mostly portrayed in a sympathetic light (or AntiHero at worst). In season 3, Giulia can also count as this, though she's less monstrous than Viola.
** Lino is the only corrupt adult in the prison staff, especially in season 1. He gets better in season 2, when we learn about his FreudianExcuse and he tries to help one of the inmates. In season 3, he's much more harmless.
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** Massimo and Paola, the two main adults, have their own ShipTease moments. [[spoiler: They get together in season 2, although Paola is later PutOnABus in the middle of season 3.]]

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** Naditza's father wants to force his daughter (who is still underage) into an ArrangedMarriage to an older man in exchange for money. When she runs away, he uses all the dirty tricks to convince his daughter, including blackmail and manipulation. Naditza's mother is not buch better, as she quietly supports her husband and wants the same thing.

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** Naditza's father wants to force his daughter (who is still underage) into an ArrangedMarriage to an older man in exchange for money. When she runs away, he uses all the dirty tricks to convince his daughter, including blackmail and manipulation. Naditza's mother is not buch much better, as she quietly supports her husband and wants the same thing.



* ParentsAsPeople: Surprisingly enough, in a series like this (which focus on teenagers behaving badly, so you would expect a lof of FreudianExcuse and bad parenting), there is a good amount of decent, well-meaning, or even loving parents, who try their best but are simply unable to deal with their children's problematic behavior. Among the best examples, there are Gaetano's parents, Filippo's father (his mother too in later episodes), Serena's father, Pino's mother, Gemma's mother, Edoardo's mother, or Totò's adoptive parents.

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Surprisingly enough, in a series like this (which focus on teenagers behaving badly, so you would expect a lof of FreudianExcuse and bad parenting), there is a good amount of decent, well-meaning, or even loving parents, who try their best but are simply unable to deal with their children's problematic behavior. Among the best examples, there are Gaetano's parents, Filippo's father (his mother too in later episodes), Serena's father, Pino's mother, Gemma's mother, Edoardo's mother, or Totò's adoptive parents.parents.
** The prison commander Massimo genuinely loves his son and they seem to have a decent relationship, but he's so MarriedToTheJob that he doesn't spend much time with him.
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** Naditza's father wants to force her into an ArrangedMarriage.

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** Naditza's father wants to force her his daughter (who is still underage) into an ArrangedMarriage.ArrangedMarriage to an older man in exchange for money. When she runs away, he uses all the dirty tricks to convince his daughter, including blackmail and manipulation. Naditza's mother is not buch better, as she quietly supports her husband and wants the same thing.
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* ParentsAsPeople: Surprisingly enough, in a series like this (which focus on teenagers behaving badly, so you would expect a lof of FreudianExcuse and bad parenting), there is a good amount of decent, well-meaning, or even loving parents, who try their best but are simply unable to deal with their children's problematic behavior. Among the best examples, there are Gaetano's parents, Filippo's father (his mother too in later episodes), Serena's father, Pino's mother, Gemma's mother, Edoardo's mother, or Totò's adoptive parents.
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* AbusiveParents:
** Carmine's mother is emotionally abusive, constantly telling Carmine that he's a disappointment, just because Carmine wants to take distance from the criminal life of the family. They have their AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther moments in season 3.
** Filippo's mother is cold to Filippo in season 1, as she's ashamed about her son being arrested. She becomes more supportive later on.
** Gianni's father is a domestic abuser to both his wife and his son. In season 2, he even uses his son to hide a gun, putting his life in danger.
** Sasà's mother is controlling, snobby, and a very bad influence on her son, forcing him to follow her questionable orders to save her family's reputation.
** Kubra's mother. Other than being neglectful, she also wanted her own minor daughter to sleep with a sleazy old man to get the money to buy a new house.
** [[spoiler: Viola's parents. Her mother is verbally abusive, her father frequently beats Viola with whip.]]

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