History Tropers / Rasterax

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!!Main Characters

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* AsHimself: They play fictionalized versions of themselves, although their careers aren't similar (only Bruno and Oskar are established here as being working actors from the start).
* CompulsiveLiar:
* ItsAllAboutMe: All of them show themselves to be amazingly self-centered much of the time.
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Played straight with Bruno and the twins (who do mostly terrible things, which are all PlayedForLaughs); downplayed with Leo (who’s also terrible, but gets humanized a little more by the narrative) and Max (who’s nice by comparison, but it’s not a particularly difficult achievement).
* WithFriendsLikeThese: Although generally supportive of each other,
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* AttentionWhore
* FormerChildStar: Like his real life counterpart, Bruno used to star in the KidDetective show ''[[Series/DiePfefferkoerner Die Pfefferkörner]]'' as a kid; unlike him, it appears to be the most impressive credit on his resume.
* LikesOlderWomen: Decides he’s had enough of dating immature girls and decides to pursue middle-aged Alice.
* SmallNameBigEgo: He’s pretty convinced of his own qualities as an actor, prefers improvising to learning his lines and believes that him not getting picked for a role must have an ulterior motive.
* SoreLoser: Bruno really can’t take being shown up. When Emil (posing as Oskar) outacts him and gets invited to a casting, he gets so jealous he reveals their TwinSwitch; when he blows an audition, he blames it on being too straight and white.

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Emil works as a delivery boy and is still obsessed with his ex-girlfriend.
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* DoggedNiceGuy: Is the modern, cynical take on this trope, as he can’t really fathom why his ex doesn’t want him anymore and thinks it’ll take just one GrandRomanticGesture for her to change her mind.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Has a TripleNipple that he’s rather self-conscious about.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Goes on opinionated rants and lectures Max on how relationships work despite his own with Marie being in shambles.
* PreferableImpersonator: When he fills in for his brother on set, he instantly does a much better (and more motivated) job than Oskar usually does.
* {{Schemer}}: The biggest one of the five. He repeatedly comes up with "great" ideas that he is utterly convinced will work until they blow up in his face.

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Emil’s identical twin brother (the older one by two minutes) and Bruno’s co-star.

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* TheCynic: Doesn't take his job seriously,
* HandsomeLech:
* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He's particularly terrible to Keno, the nerdy son of his landlord who looks up to him. In both episodes with Keno, Oskar, despite barely hiding his annoyance, does something semi-nice at first (giving Keno advice on how to approach his online girlfriend after inviting her over; giving him the shield he finds during the LARP game, which enables the player to challenge in a duel) only to screw him over later (when the girl shows up, Oskar claims to be Keno; when he discovers there’s a pretty maiden to be "won" in the LARP game, he destroys the shield while Keno’s not looking).
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Sharing this trait with his brother, he also gives Leo and Max relationship advice (that boils down to "just wait until they come crawling back") although we only see him having affairs and one-night stands.
* LackOfEmpathy: Has no scruples pursuing his brother’s or friends’ love interests and even attempts a BedTrick on Keno’s girlfriend. When he and Emil encounter a girl they used to bully, Emil feels at least a little bad about the incident, while Oskar’s only concern is getting publicly cancelled.
* ReallyGetsAround: Tries to get with a different woman almost every episode, and has quite a bit of success as well.
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* ButtMonkey:
* TheDragAlong: Emil usually recruits him for his schemes. Max will complain at first, but go along with them in the end.
* InsecureLoveInterest: Isabella's open-mindedness unnerves him. He turns out right to feel threatened though, as as he eventually insists on an open relationship.
* TokenGoodTeammate: He’s got his flaws, but he’s not a straightforward {{Jerkass}} like the others. He genuinely tries to make his relationship work despite not at all sharing Isabella’s attitude towards sex.
* UptightLovesWild: He’s conservative and inhibited whereas Isabella is free-spirited and adventurous.
* WrongLineOfWork: Starts his own clothing line and even convinces Isabella’s dad to invest in it. However, he clearly lacks the confidence and attitude to run his own business; he’s unconvincing when trying to peddle his product to stores, and when Emil criticizes the fit of his sweaters, he immediately caves and attempts to stop the production.
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A lazy slacker, Leo cheats on his boyfriend of two years.

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* TheFriendsWhoNeverHang: His lack of interaction with the other four is quite noticeable. The only time he has significant screen time with any of them is when he, Oskar and Max attend the LARP festival (even then the second half of the episode follows all of them separately). Otherwise you can literally count the number of times he talks to his friends on one hand [[note]] one scene with Max in episode two when they and their respective partners meet up; two brief scenes with Max and Emil in episode four; one scene with Bruno at the beginning of episode eight [[/note]]
* GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: Is the grumpy one in his relationship with the friendly, cheerful Florian.
* HairTriggerTemper: It doesn’t take much more than a passerby smiling to get him riled up.
* MustHaveNicotine: Leo is the biggest smoker in the group.
* OutOfFocus: He’s the least featured of the main five by a good margin, due to almost entirely sitting out two episodes.
* TheQuietOne: Leo isn’t very talkative and usually doesn’t get a word in during group scenes.
* TheSlacker: Only seen working once, as a waiter. He only serves his friends and then sits down with them, complains about his boss within earshot, promises to do a better job only to immediately take a smoking break, and then abandons the whole thing when the others leave without paying and the opportunity to have sex arises. His room also consists of practically nothing but a mattress and a clothes rack and he’s shown to be short on cash, suggesting he’s just barely getting by.
* SourOutsideSadInside: He becomes particularly irritable and aggressive after being dumped, but
* StraightGay: InternalizedCategorism is definitely at play to some extent.
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* {{Schemer}}: The biggest one of the five. He repeatedly comes up with „great“ ideas that he is utterly convinced will work until they blow up in his face.

* TheCynic:

* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: Sharing this trait with his brother, he also gives Leo and Max relationship advice (that boils down to „just wait until they come crawling back“) although we only see him having affairs and one-night stands.
* LackOfEmpathy: Has no scruples pursuing his brother’s or friends’ love interests and even attempts a BedTrick on Keno’s girlfriend.

* InsecureLoveInterest: He turns out right to feel threatened.
* TokenGoodTeammate: He’s got his flaws, but he’s not a straightforward {{Jerkass}} like the others. He genuinely tries to make his relationship work despite not at all sharing Isabella’s open-minded views on sex.

* GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: Is the grumpy one in his relationship with
the friendly, cheerful Florian.

TheSlacker:
* SourOutsideSadInside: He becomes particularly irritable and aggressive after being dumped, but
* StraightGay: InternalizedCategorism is definitely at play to some extent.