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Ricardo
Ricardo "Richard" Riganti
What a shitty life
A middle-class young adult (23) who dropped out of college. His cousin offered him to live temporarily in a house previously taken by squatters, but only under certain conditions. Now, with this amount of liberty on his hands, Ricardo will take the shot to misbehave as much as he can, without measuring the consequences of his actions.Played by: Rodrigo De La Serna
- Alliterative Name: Ricardo Riganti
- All for Nothing: In Episode 2, he was desperate to try cocaine, he tried it and ended up bad. Then he attempted to be a badass criminal and ended up worse
- Attempted Rape: What they did to him in Episode 4.
- Boy Meets Girl: An inter-class version with Sofia.
- Brilliant, but Lazy: Several times it's mentioned that he used to be a very good student and Pollo managed to get until seventh grade thanks to him. He even started a medicine career, but probably his lazynes is what caused him to drop everything out.
- Gone Horribly Wrong: Basically his whole attempt to get himself into the underworld, but the real inflection point was after he got his sweet revenge in Episode 5. Pablo started a hunting in order to kill him and basically a war between his highly dangerous band of criminals from the Docke and the main gang. And the results are not nice to say the least...
- The Gunfighter Wannabe: Specially after meeting the gun nut Miguel.
- Hidden Depths: He plays guitar and he used to have a band. He's very interested in music and seems to like classical music.
- Horrible Judge of Character: He has a habit of trusting strangers and taking their word at face value, even the dodgy people and criminals he gets involved with.
- I Just Want to Be Badass: His whole arc in the show... at least until everything gets fucked up real good.
- Important Haircut: Played With. At one point of the show, near the end, Ricardo shaves his head as a symbol of his new life as a thug and willingness to become a professional thief like Miguel. That came to nothing, of course.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Despite being quite rude and jerky, Ricardo would NEVER leave his friends behind.
- Let's Get Dangerous!: With disastrous results
- Naïve Newcomer: At first to the marginal underworld, then to the criminal world with the teachings of Miguel
- Near-Rape Experience: What Pablo and his guys did to him in Episode 4
- Racist Grandma: His grandma is this as we can see in Episode 6 when Ricardo takes Sofia (a kinda black skinned girl) to her house and she didn't even greet her and what's more, she's afraid that Sofia would "steal something" from her house.
- Rape and Revenge: Luckily for him, Pollo, Walter and Chiqui came to rescue him before Pablo and his gang could rape him, but it was so close that Ricardo stayed quite resented and got himself a revenge.
- School Is for Losers: As a college dropout, this became his philosophy. He tried to say that to Sofia's son and she didn't like it at all.
- The Dog Bites Back: In Episode 5, he met with Pablo at the Docke and beated the shit out of him in response for almost raping him.
- The Smart Guy: Not street smart as Pollo but is implied that he's the smartest of the group
- Took a Level in Jerkass: In the third episode. And later in the series when he started hanging out with the jerkass Miguel.
- Who's Laughing Now??: Delivered to Pablo while beating the living shit out of him in Episode 5.
Pollo
Sergio El Pollo
You were looking for me, man
Ricardo's childhood friend and former criminal who wants to resume friendship with him at the abandoned house. He wants to start a normal peaceful life with Ricardo, Walter and Chiqui. Sadly this contrasts with Ricardo's desire to enter the criminal life, forcing Pollo to keep him out of trouble.Played by: Diego Alonso
- The Ace: He demonstrated to be pretty good at many things; he’s a good muscle (he can intimidate but he can keep it together all the time), he can perfectly fix an electrical installation in the middle of an abandoned house, he can do masonry work really good, he can cook… and elaborate a complex plan to ambush a minor criminal organization (his former roommates from the Docke)
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Clara falls for him almost instantly, although is just a sexual thing.
- Anti-Hero: The closest to a heroic figure in the show, but he’s a thug, a thief and he will stop at nothing to protect his best friends and keep them away from trouble.
- The Atoner: He doesn't want anything to do with drugs and the criminal life anymore, specially after spending time with Ricardo and the gang, but it is implied by Negro Pablo that the "old Pollo" used to be a way more unscrupulous criminal and possibly a guiltless killer.
- Badass Normal: He looks like an average person, acts normally and he can kick your ass anytime.
- Big Damn Heroes: Along with Chiqui and Walter when they rescue Ricardo from being gang-raped by Pablo and his group
- Book Dumb: Despite being a really smart guy, he’s not well readed or cultured at all
- The Chessmaster: In order to protect Ricardo, Pollo executed a complex plan to ambush Pablo, La Turca and his mule, he planned a fake robbery intended to went wrong that ultimately would leave Pablo and his mule branded in the neighborhood. The plan worked 100%. it's a shame that ultimately Pablo and La Turca realized this at the end
- Dark and Troubled Past: Altough we don't get any certain info about his past, he has a criminal record and it's implied that he used to have issues with drugs.
- Deadpan Snarker: He can be dead serious and he’s propense to deliver sarcastic and incisive comments
- Drugs Are Bad: The lesson he’s trying to teach Ricardo in Episode 2 and 3.
- Good Is Not Nice: Perhaps one of the most selfless characters in the show and the closest thing to a heroic figure... still, he's rude, snarky and pretty agressive. But he will do everything to protect his loved ones. He tried to keep away Ricardo from trying cocaine at Episode 2.
- Mama Didn't Raise No Criminal: His mother lives alone in a depressing little house constantly worried about his son, what made her addicted to sleeping pills.
- Only Sane Man: He is quite a serious guy and due his status as the street smart one, Pollo seems to be the only one of the gang who thinks clearly and the one who knows exactly when and how to act.
- Inverted in Episode 3 when he secretly did cocaine like the rest of the group and interrupts the campfire scene only to beat the shit out of Ricardo with a dead fish he found on the seashore, because he was pissed off with Ricardo and Walter because they lefted him behind.
- Surprisingly Realistic Outcome: He IS this trope to Ricardo's pipe dreams and idealization of the criminal life and his attempts to become a street smart badass. Since Pollo already lived that kind of life, he was on the edge and knows better than anyone that it won't end well. And he was right, sadly.
Walter
Walter
Who's the biggest fucker here?
A Rolling Stones fan and dog walker who randmonly joins to the gang after Ricardo asked him for help to deal with a problem in the first episode. He's quite a jerk, badass-wannabe and a somewhat stupid hypocrite. Still, he has high moral values when it comes to friendship, he's loyal, an animal lover and overall has a cheerful lovable personality.Played by: Ariel Staltari
- Hidden Depths: Despite being quite dumb and a jerk all the time, it's implied that he has quite an amount of knowledge of general culture. From literature, to religion and history. He named his dog after Severino Di Giovanni, an Italian-Argentine anarchist poet and journalist.
- Hypocritical Humor: His comic moments mostly comes from his mythomania and tendency to think that's he's above everybody.
- Friend to All Living Things: Walter has a soft spot for animals. He LOVES his dog more than anything and he works as a dog walker.
- Happy Dance: He's propense to make a stone/rolinga dance (influenced by Mick Jagger classic moves) when he's happy or hyped about something
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He’s a total jerk all the time, but deep down inside he’s a good and pretty loyal guy.
- Meta Guy: In the last episode he pointed out that the one of the conversations they were having sounded like an Argentinian film
- Shortly after he jokingly wondered if they actually were inside an Argentinian film.
- O.O.C. Is Serious Business: At the last episode, all shit went down when Pablo's gang killed Severino and the laid back funny Walter becomes a beast thirsty for revenge.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: after Pablo and his gang killed his beloved dog, Severino
- Sarcasm Mode: All the time. In fact, when he's not being sarcastic seems like O.O.C. This is one of the reasons why his characters is by far the funniest.
- Plucky Comic Relief: The show is quite grim and dark, but Walter never fails to make us laugh.
- Undying Loyalty: Despite everything, Walter would never betray Pollo, Chiqui or Ricardo.
- You Talkin' to Me??: At Episode 4 when Pollo gives him a broken gun.
Chiqui
Chiqui
There's nothing absolutely good or absolutely bad
A kind-hearted, adorable big guy who is friends with Pollo who introduces him to the gang. Despite claiming to have a place to live, he's a drifter who usually begs for money in the street. Chiqui is quite childish and dimwitted but mature in his own way, has some good cooking skills and he's undoubtedly the heart of the group.Played by: Franco Tirri
- Bear Hug: He is very sensitive and affectionate, so he often gives many of these.
- Beware the Nice Ones: He’s pure as snow, but that doesn’t mean that he’ll let himself be trampled. If you try to cheat him in any way, he can get quite agressive. Much worse if you disrespect him.
- Be Yourself: In Episode 3, Ricardo tried all the episode to get laid under the effects of cocaine acting like a real jerk (towards his friends and women in general) and he even mocked Chiqui for being childish. Ultimately, Chiqui was the only one got himself a romantic interest and got laid, and, unlike Ricardo and Walter, he wasn't even looking for it.
- Book Dumb: Implied that he never went to school. He doesn't know who Freud is.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Specially invoked in Episode 5 when the whole gang is worried about Pollo being recently stabbed and he just went to the store to buy a Kinder egg.
- Gentle Giant: He’s tall, has a large body and a deep voice... and he's by far the purest character of them all.
- Heartwarming Orphan: We learn he's an orphan later in the series in a brief scene when he told this to Walter.
- Hidden Depths: He’s has some real good cooking skills, he worked as a dish washer in a restaurant and he learned a few things.
- Ironic Nickname: "Chiqui" is an abbreviation of "chiquito" wich in Spanish means "tiny" or "little one". And he looks like a bear.
- In Touch with His Feminine Side: Focused on his "Open, Emotional Personality" and his love for cooking.
- Manchild: In Episode 5 he bought a "Kinder Surprise" egg mainly because he wanted the toy inside.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: At least to the audience, we never learn his real name.
- Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: Chiqui (Sensitive Guy) and Pollo (Manly Man).
Other Characters
Pablo
El Negro Pablo
¿Mascá o no mascá?
The conflictive Pollo's "friend" from the Docke and his former partner in crime.After a strong argument with him, Pollo left the Docke and ended up with Ricardo at the abandoned house. Pablo owed some money to Pollo, so when he went to the Docke in order to claim it, Walter showed up with a gun to look tough in front of him and his roomates, wich was a big mistake (the gun was unloaded). This incident made things worse between Pollo and Pablo, then things got even uglier when Ricardo, innocently showed up at the Docke lookin up for Pollo and Pablo tried to rape him. Later Ricardo took a violent revenge on Pablo and everything just went out of control becoming the later the big bad of the series when starting a hunt to catch Ricardo and settle accounts. For goodPlayed by: Dante Mastropierro
- Ambiguously Bi: He'll never say this outloud, also he often uses homophobic slurs (pretty much like every character in the show, tho). But we can see that women are not his only target when it comes to sex. And there's this mild implication that there is something sexual going on between him and his mule/subordinate.
- Big Bad: The role he plays from Episode 4 onwards, he becomes the main antagonist.
- Boomerang Bigot: He often uses homophobic slurs, but he is not only interested in women
- Cycle of Revenge: Ricardo took revenge on him for almost gang-raping him by beating him. Then, Pablo wanted to took revenge on Ricardo (by killing him). In order to protect Ricardo, Pollo plans a "fake robbery" to ambush Pablo. Once Pablo finds this out, he wanted to took revenge on Pollo and the whole gang. Pablo and his gang killed Walter's dog Severino, and then the gang wanted revenge for that... wich ultimately caused his death in hands of Ricardo... but also caused the death of Chiqui
- Designated Bullet: Has one to put Ricardo down.
- Depraved Bisexual: He had something with La Turca and tried to gang-rape Ricardo.
- Disproportionate Retribution: In the first place, he tried to gang-rape Ricardo just because he's friends with Pollo... in response, Ricardo beated him. And Pablo's response? A manhunt to kill him and induce paranoia in between.
- Escalating War: Everything started with a minor dispute between Pablo and Pollo at the Docke.
- Even Evil Has Standards: He will NOT leave his friends/partners behind and he even feels guilty for what happened while ago with La Turca, a former criminal partner who ended up in jail in a robbery that went wrong.
- When his Mule/Subordinate says that he would bang La Turca's mother, he slapped him in the head and told him to show some respect because her daughter is in jail.
- The Dreaded: Becomes this to Ricardo (and the gang, eventually) properly sugested by Pollo.
- Evil Sounds Deep: Averted, his voice is quite high-pitched.
- Faux Affably Evil: Invoked in Episode 4 when he acted like a real pal to Ricardo... only to gang-rape him just because he's the friend of Pollo.
- Instant Death Bullet: How he dies, delivered by Ricardo of all people.
- Misplaced Retribution: He tried to gang-rape Ricardo to make it clear to Pollo that he should not mess with him.
- Mister Big: Tthe leader of his gang, the main antagonist of the series and a really short guy. We can see in one scene that he's barely taller than some children playing football.
- Paranoia Gambit: In Episode 7 (properly named "Paranoia") he sent Ricardo's ID and a note to the apartment he used to live where his little sister lives now
- The Sociopath: The very reason he's the main antagonist. He's a very violent and unscrupulous criminal besides being a unexpected rapist.
Clara
Clara Alvarado
Do you know what a commandment is?
The legal owner of the house and Ricardo's cousin. When the house is evicted, she offers Ricardo to live there temporarily to take care of it. But she did not know how much a pain in the ass this was going to be for her...Played by: Ana Celentano
- All Girls Want Bad Boys: Falls for Pollo... at least sexually.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: She must be firm and cold to inspire respect, but she often shows her softer side with Ricardo and eventually with Pollo.
- Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist: At times, she fills this role. After all, is her job.
- Thicker Than Water: Maybe the only reason why she handled so much of Ricardo's shit (it's her cousin and don't want any harm for him).
Miguel
Miguel
Call me Miguelito one more time and I'll put a bullet in your head
A sociopathic skinhead-looking criminal who lived in the house like a squatter, but he left the house before the eviction, presumably fleeing from the police, abandoning his family in the process. He came back in Episode 7 and started to live there with the rest of the group. Eventually he becomes Ricardo's master in the art of stealing.Played by: Jorge Sesán
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Downplayed. He has a wife and a daugther that were evicted from the house and he did't see them again. Miguel claims he loves his daugther, and even has a photo of her in his wallet. But we can't know for sure how much he cares about them since he abandoned them.
- Even Evil Has Standards: As a criminal, one of his golden rules at robbing people on the street is not to watch his victims directly at their eyes because he'll pity them.
- Foil: To Pollo... at first he seems like a skinhead version of Pollo, but then we learn that, unlike Pollo, he's a traitor and doesn't give a fuck about anybody but himself.
- Hated by All: Nobody likes him except for Ricardo... until he betrays him
- Jerk with a Heart of Jerk: He's a total jerkass, and deep down inside... a merciless traitor
Sofía
Sofía
Played by: Rosina Soto
- Education Mama: Not to the point of obsession, but since she didn't finished school and see herself and her family in the middle of a harsh marginalized reality, Sofía is VERY worried about her son's education and it's her Number 1 priority.
- Like Father Unlike Daughter: She is Peralta's daughter. And unlike him, she tries to be honest and a responsible mother.
- Lonely Together: With Ricardo, once his life stars falling apart during the course of the series.
- Love Hungry: Implied she and her son were abandoned by her ex partner, this is maybe the main reason she came almost instanly to Ricardo, despite their differences.
- Sarcasm-Blind: Voluntarily, unlike her father's sarcastic and playful personality, she prefers to be a more serious person and doesn't like to joke around too much and refuses to take sarcastic comments about school education, specially when her son is around.
- Uptown Girl: The main reason she doesn't see a future in her relationship with Ricardo.
Peralta
Peralta
Goodbye and good luck!
Played by: Augusto Britez
- Berserk Button: When Walter called him and his people "bolita" (a discriminatory slur for bolivian people). He claims to be from Salta, Argentina. But according to Word of God, he's from Paraguay.
- Hypocritical Humor: The LORD of this in the show.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He's a total shameless jerk, but in the last episode he gives his best wishes for Ricardo in a very sincere heartwarming way.
- Quick Nip: Regularly drinks cheap box wine from the store.
- Sarcasm Mode: Pretty much all the time, that's why he can be quite annoying.
- Sincerity Mode: At the last episode, when he gives Ricardo his best wishes.
- Too Dumb to Live: He tried to make Ricardo believe that the house is haunted. How? He posed as a ghost, simply using his voice with his highly recognizable accent. And was surprised because Ricardo recognized him instanly.
