History Series / YoSoyBettyLaFea

* TheCameo, SpecialGuest and CelebrityStar: Oh, boy. There was a lot people who appeared at this soap at some point, including several singers, the actress Creator/TaisAraujo who starred Brazilian soap ''Xica da Silva'', and at one point ''every single one of the candidates'' of the Miss Colombia beauty pageant of that year, and the ''President of Colombia'' (The latter two were justified, since the storyline involved Betty in the preproduction of the pageant, and the President, who happened to be in the city of the pageant, wanted to appear in the soap. Both things became plot points).

* SmallNameBigEgo: Patricia ''(¡y cómo!).'' Prides on her beauty, her (brief) time studying finance in a (third rate) university, and her rich ancestor. The truth? She is a vain, shallow and egotistical empty-head, whose time in college was only to find a husband (who quickly got rid of her when he realized what she was like), and whose own family wants nothing with her. Nobody denies she is pretty, but ''anyone else'' in Eco Moda is nicer than her - even the WomanScorned, even the {{Jerkass}}es. She tries to live the same way as she did when she was maintained, and that only hastens her fall. She frustrates Marcela, her only friend, by gleefully ignoring every bit of advice the poor woman gives to her. The only person who actually likes her is Nicolás, who is so charmed by her beauty that ignores every clue he is given about her real personality.

* CosmeticCatastrophe: Betty's first makeover. aside from the bad choices in hair and outfit, she adds badly applied lipstick and mascara in an attempt to appear more attractive to Armando.

* ArcFatigue: While Betty finding Calderon's letter is seen as one of the series' highlights and the turning point for the soap, the aftermath is incredibly drawn out, with the following episodes being a recap of Armando and Betty's relationship under this new perspective, and the letter being read out loud over and over by the characters.

%% * TheBrainlessBeauty: Patricia Fernandez and Aura Marí­a, among others.

** GoodParents: Hermes is a loving and caring father that often falls into ProperlyParanoid territory while Doña Julia encourages her daughter into socializing and making friends, Betty said that they're the most important thing in life.

%%* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy
%%* LadykillerInLove: Armando [[spoiler: with Betty]].

* OverprotectiveDad: Hermes Pinzón, Betty's father. He seems to notice all the awkwardness and ugliness of his daughter, but still insists on advising her against men with "bad intentions" and drives away any prospective son-in-law. Given what happened the one time his daughter ''did'' had a boyfriend, you couldn't blame him. This trope, however, overlaps with...

* BettyAndVeronica: As a classic Telenovela, this show loves this trope. The love triangle between Betty, Armando and Marcela is the most prominent example but is also very interesting. By Bettys point of view she is obviously the Betty (Sweet, shy and [[HollywoodHomely not quite attractive]] as the stunning Marcela) while Marcela is more of TheVamp, more outspoken and jealous, putting her into Veronica's territory, however from Marcela's perspective, she is Betty, as she knew Armando from early childhood and has supported him from the begining, contrasting with Betty who is a new comer, exotic and different. Betty later becomes the Archie to Armando's Veronica and Michel's Betty. Let's not forget that Armando was the center of another triangle, or more like a square, between Marcela's Veronica and her two Bettys, Betty and Alejandra. The resolution made Armando stay with Betty.
** Also there's Efrain's Archie to Sofia's Betty and Jenny's Veronica, Sofia loses.
** Plus Aura Maria's Archie to Freddy's Betty and a cavalcade of mostly anonymous Veronicas Aura Maria had a series of casual flings with, Freddy ultimately wins.
* TheBrainlessBeauty: Patricia Fernandez and Aura Marí­a, among others.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Marcela, albeit she has reasons... and eventually is proven right.

* Foreshadowing: When Ecomoda is taken over by Terramoda, Betty and Nicolás joke about how the publicity for the company will say "clothes for ugly women". When Betty finally gets to be president of the company, she actually proposes this idea to the board of directors.

* MeaningfulName: several.

* MultiNationalShows
* NaiveEverygirl

** GoodParents: Hermes is a loving and caring father that often falls into ProperlyParanoid territory while Doña Julia encourages her daughter into socializing and making friends, Betty said that they're the most important thing in life.

* RelationshipRevolvingDoor: Marcela & Armando, but it also applies to Freddy and Aura María.

* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Daniel Valencia.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Marcela. See SmallNameBigEgo (which she is definitely not).

* WeddingEnhancedFertility: At the end of the series, because of our main protagonists.

* {{Meganekko}}: Betty's makeover transforms her into this archetype.

Literally: "I'm Betty, The Ugly One" (1999-2001). The most famous Hispanic SoapOpera in the world, a {{Dramedy}} that also [[SubvertedTrope subverts]] the [[BeautyEqualsGoodness paradigm of the beautiful heroine]] by instead starring an ugly one. In Hispanic countries, everybody and their cat has watched it (the Mexican adaptation's finale ''was actually a real parade!'').

* OverprotectiveDad: Hermes Pinzón, Betty's father. He seems to notice all the awkwardness and ugliness of his daughter, but still insists on advising her against men with "bad intentions" and drives away any prospective son-in-law. Given what happened the one time his daughter ''did'' had a boyfriend, you couldn't blame him. This trope, howver, overlaps with...

* CelebrityParadox: in one chapter Mario Duarte, the actor who interpreted Nicolás Mora, appeared as himself in his role as a singer, and even meets his character (albeit they aren't shown at screen at the same time). Nicolás later comments in how some people think they look "a bit" alike, and then wonders loudly why Mr. Duarte is considered more handsome than him, and why anyone enjoys his music, even though in an earlier episode, Nicolás was listening to it.

* {{Catchprase}}:

* CatchPhrase: Patricia's ''"Yo estudié seis semestres de Finanzas en la San Marino"'' ("I studied six semesters of Finance in San Marino College"). The joke is that the college she mentions so proudly is a FictionalCounterpart of a [[StrawmanU third rate university]], and for the timeframe mentioned she only went [[MRSDegree to catch a husband]].
** ''"El diablo es puerco"'' (The Devil is a Pig), a phrase always spoken by Betty's father, Don Hermes. Particular because it hits the nail while really saying nonsense.
** Towards the end of the telenovela's run, Patricia starts calling anyone who even slightly inconveniences her "Desgrrrraciado" (rolling her R's more and more as the phrase became popular with audiences). It even ends up becoming her last line in her final episode.

* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Daniel Valencia.

* BeautifulAllAlong: Betty is not really ugly, but she is unkempt, with braces, glasses that obscure her face and unfavorable dresses. When she gets a makeover, all she needs to do is cut her front bangs and get smaller glasses.

* TheNineties: Armando and Mario even make a Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky joke in one episode.

** Aura María is, by almost every measure, an incredibly beautiful woman who has [[ReallyGetsAround no trouble hooking up with whoever she wants]]. In fact, her case was more egregious in that, while the story at least tried to give "flaws" to Mariana and Sandra, they didn't even try to specify what was Aura María's.

** The actress who plays Sandra was actually a model. She just happened to wear glasses and somewhat unfavorable clothes.
** Aura María is, by almost every measure, an incredibly beautiful woman who has [[ReallyGetsAround no trouble hooking up with whoever she wants]].

* YourCheatingHeart: Armando is very unfaithful towards Marcela, and the main plot kicks off when he tries to seduce Betty to keep her loyal to him while he's still engaged to Marcela.

* BreakfastClub: The secretaries of the company, dubbed "The Ugly Squad" by Hugo Lombardi, because none of them have perfect, supermodel looks. Besides Betty, they are an elderly lady, an angry WomanScorned in her forties, an ''angrier'' ChristmasCake over 6 feet tall, a [[BlackBestFriend dark skinned woman who likes to play tarot]], the attractive but short (and [[TheDitz ditzy]]) company receptionist, and the fat BigEater gossiper who, ironically, is the only happily married one, and the best adjusted of all the group.

* OnlySaneEmployee: Betty has traces of this, and this was inherited (and expanded) by later incarnations.

* StepfordSmiler: After discovering Armando's plan, Betty adots this during her interactions with him, assuring him that everything's fine. Her whole demeanor says otherwise, however.

* TheCameo, SpecialGuest and CelebrityStar: Oh, boy. There was a lot people who appeared at this soap at some point, including several singers, the actress who starred Brazilian soap ''Xica da Silva'', and at one point ''every single one of the candidates'' of the Miss Colombia beauty pageant of that year, and the ''President of Colombia'' (The latter two were justified, since the storyline involved Betty in the preproduction of the pageant, and the President, who happened to be in the city of the pageant, wanted to appear in the soap. Both things became plot points).

* BunnyEarsLawyer: a good chunk of the cast.

* ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe

%%* LoveDodecahedron

* {{Mentor}}: Catalina Angel

* OneSteveLimit: Beatriz Pinzón and Marí­a Beatriz Valencia

* RevengeOfTheNerd: ¡Y cómo!
* RomanticFalseLead: Michell

* UpperClassTwit: several:

* VirginityMakesYouStupid

* YourCheatingHeart

* BeautifulAllAlong

* CantGetAwayWithNuthin: Subverted.

* CosmeticCatastrophe

* PetHomosexual: Inverted; the homosexual designer has traits of this type, but he is too moody to be anyone's mascot, and instead treats his elderly secretary as ''his'' pet.

* StepfordSmiler