History Characters / MoneyHeistHostages

* MysteriousPast: Before the heist, Berlin, Palermo, and the Professor assume he had a shady past as a killer before becoming the bank's Chief of security, but it's not elaborated on.

* CoolLoser: A ridiculously rich and pretty girl who is shunned and bullied by her classmates. This is lampshaded by Nairobi who gives her advice on how to be more confident.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: In the intro of Season 3's first episode, he's shown to have become a well-known public figure and motivational speaker after the first heist, with legions of fans who believe him to be a courageous hero, and comprise the only notable group of civilians who oppose the heist team. While he makes some good points during his speech in that moment (the heist crew shouldn't be considered heroes at all), Arturo himself is far from a hero, and the following events after he deliberately gets himself inside the Bank reveal him to be even more despicable than he was in the series' beginning.

The director of the Royal Mint during the first two seasons. Being a hostage in both heists, he still has a sense of leadership and initiative, though it eventually gets the worse for him.

The director of the Mint during the first two seasons. Being a hostage in both heists, he still has a sense of leadership and initiative, though it eventually gets the worse for him.

The daughter of the British ambassador. The day of her class' school trip to the Royal Mint was deliberately chosen by the Professor to ensure the heist is secured from major police attacks; indeed, her presence prevents Prieto from ordering a storm into the building as he may have wanted.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: In the intro of Season 3's first episode, he's shown to have become a well-known public figure and motivational speaker after the first heist, with legions of fans who believe him to be a courageous hero, and comprise the only concrete group of civilians who oppose the heist team. While he makes some good points during his speech in that moment (the heist crew shouldn't be considered heroes at all), Arturo himself is far from a hero, and the following events after he deliberately gets himself inside the Bank reveal him to be even more despicable than he was in the series' beginning.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: In the intro of Season 3's first episode, he's shown to have become a well-known public figure and motivational speaker after the first heist, with legions of fans who believe him to be a courageous hero, and comprise the only concrete group of civilians who oppose the heist team. While he makes some good points during his speech (the heist crew shouldn't be considered heroes at all), Arturo himself is also far from a hero, and the following events after he deliberately gets himself inside the Bank reveal him to be even more despicable than he was in the beginning.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Despite having a pulse in Episode 3 of Season 5, it's not made clear if Arturo ultimately survived the shootout with Monica.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: After the first heist, he's shown to be a well-known public figure and motivational speaker with legions of fans who believe him to be a courageous hero, and comprise the only concrete group of civilians who oppose the heist team. While he makes some good points during his speech (the heist crew shouldn't be considered heroes at all), Arturo himself is also far from a hero, and the following events after he deliberately gets himself inside the Bank reveal him to be even more despicable than he was in the beginning.

* InSeriesNickname: Berlin coins "Arturito ("Little Artie")" as a derogatory term for him, which several other robbers also use whenever they refer to him. Considering Arturo tries to be as macho as possible, it's as denigrating to him as you expect it to be.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Even if he claims to care about Monica and their child, ultimately he's only trying to make everything about himself because he's an EntitledBastard.

** Can't really blame the guy for not counting on the heist team to keep their word to not harm them. Helsinki concedes.
** He's right about the bomb strapped to him being a fake. Granted, his way of responding to this realization ([[TooDumbToLive wanting to strip it off and make another escape plan]]) [[SpannerInTheWorks would have fucked everyone over, himself included]], so Alison's right in forcing him to sit down and shut up.
** Even if he's [[MilesGloriosus playing himself up to an extreme]] during his talk at the TED {{Expy}}, he has a point in saying the heist team are ''far'' from being heroes, and put him and the other hostages through many terrible things. Most notably, he has a right to hate Denver for basically kidnapping his child.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity: After the first heist, he's shown to be a well-known public figure and motivational speaker with legions of fans who believe him to be a courageous hero. While he makes some good points during his speech (the heist crew shouldn't be considered heroes at all), Arturo himself is also far from a hero and the following episodes reveal him to be even more despicable than he was in the beginning.

* MilesGloriosus: By the time of Season 3, he managed to build himself a pretty profitable reputation by spreading BlatantLies about his "heroism" during the Mint heist, the premiere episode's opening scene involving him entering as a guest speaker in a Spanish TED {{Expy}}.

* DramaQueen: Big time. When Manila kneecaps him, he acts as if he's mortally wounded, even though the bullet didn't hit any of his essential arteries at all.

* MilesGloriosus: He managed to build himself a pretty profitable reputation by spreading BlatantLies about his "heroism" during the Mint heist, his first scene in Season 3 involving him entering as a guest speaker in a Spanish TED {{Expy}}.

* MeanBoss: He continuously bullies his employees around by threatening to fire them. It says a whole lot about him when Torres, a former employee of his and one of the hostages during the Mint heist, tells Nairobi (one of the ''robbers'') in Episode 13 of Season 1 that she's the best boss he's ever worked for.

** During the Bank of Spain heist, he ends up getting shot by Monica when trying to let her guard down to kill her and falling for a very obvious trap after dismissing the Governor's warnings.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Despite having a pulse in Episode 3 of Season 5, it is not made clear if Arturo ultimately survived the shootout with Monica.

* LaserGuidedKarma: After the Mint heist, his relationships with both his wife Laura and Monica completely fall apart, and he effectively loses his son with Monica, while his three other sons refuse to speak to him as he cheated on their mother.

* TooDumbToLive: His pathetic attempts at being a DefiantCaptive usually end up biting him in the ass, such as getting shot in the first season. It's a miracle he's still alive.

* JerkJock: In the series' very first episode, he fakes interest in Alison so he can take a half-naked photo of her and [[InstantHumiliationJustAddYoutube publish it on social media]], which happens just as Tokyo comes and interrupts the two (Tokyo even describes him as "a fucking asshole" in her first narration from the fifth episode). Downplayed in that he didn't necessarily attempt to do it out of his own will, but rather because he was forced by two female classmates, and he apologizes to Alison (with the aforementioned two girls immediately following him on it)[[note]]Even when he returns to picking on her and bringing up the photo in Episode 8, it was because of his anger at finding out the police tried to negotiate with the robbers by trying to get Alison freed, rather than eight of her classmates of which he could've been part of.[[/note]] and [[TookALevelInKindness stops being a jerk]] as the Mint heist progresses, until he escapes with a number of other hostages in Episode 12.

* JerkJock: In the series' very first episode, he fakes interest in Alison so he can take a half-naked photo of her and [[InstantHumiliationJustAddYoutube publish it on social media]], which almost happens until Tokyo comes and interrupts the two (Tokyo even describes him as "a fucking asshole" in her first narration from the fifth episode). Downplayed in that he didn't necessarily attempt to do it out of his own will, but rather because he was forced by two female classmates, and he apologizes to Alison (with the aforementioned two girls immediately following him on it) and [[TookALevelInKindness stops being a jerk]] as the Mint heist progresses.