"Pero Carlín, hace 30 años que salía nuestro programa! Hasta de nosotros hablan en esta página?" "Y sí... es una lucha!"
"Friends will be friends
When you're in need of love they give you care and attention
Friends will be friends
When you're through with life and all hope is lost, hold out your hand 'cause friends will be friends... Right till the end!
— "Friends will be friends", soundtrack.
"Amigos son los amigos" was an Argentine TV series that run from 1990 to 1992 in Telefe. It starred Carlos Calvo as Carlín and Pablo Rago as Pablo Pintos.
Carlín Cantoni was a grown-up man, whose friend Luciana allowed to live in a house she owned. One day he suddenly met a teenager at the house: it was the son of Luciana, that she also allowed to live in there, forgetting about Carlín. They both had to live in the same house and became best friends, but not without their conflicts.
Tropes
- Abusive Parents: Usually, when Carlín confesses that one of his huge mistakes involved the delivery business, Guido shouts "Te reviento!" and starts chasing him across the room.
- Catchphrase: "Es una lucha".
- Fake Twin Gambit: To get a new house, Carlín pretended to be an international diplomat with the landlord. But then she found him during the delivery business, so Carlín had to pretend he was his own twin brother.
- Gilligan Cut: Pablo can't go to his father's home, he has a terrible relation with him. Carlín, trying to be reasonable but also to regain the house for himself, made a speech about the awesome relation that he has with his parent... interrupted by said parent, who stormed there to ask "What the Hell, Hero?" because of a mess Carlín made elsewhere.
- Giving Someone the Pointer Finger: Carlín was claiming that he will never move a finger again to help Pablo... and then noticed that he was doing this, so he claimed that he will start tomorrow.
- Kids Versus Adults: Much of the conflicts between Carlín and Pablo are because of their age gap and their conflicting interests.
- Rambunctious Italian: Guido, Carlín's father. He's very prone to anger.
- Unusually Uninteresting Sight: Carlín was having sex with a woman, but her husband made a Home-Early Surprise. He had to escape to the balcony, and then climb to the tree. Then he hangs out of the tree to the street, wearing nothing but his private clothes... and some people were casually walking by there.
- Wild Teen Party: Pablo held one, interrupted not by Carlín, but by the police.
- Wrong-Name Outburst: Carlín broke with Cris, and immediately started dating other women. But when they were having a slow dance and he accidentally called her "Cris", he realized that he still loved her.
