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1''The Spaghetti Family'' (''La Famiglia Spaghetti'') is a 2003 Italian comedy animated series created by Creator/BrunoBozzetto and produced by The Animation Band, Creator/MondoTV and Rai Fiction, and animated by Creator/SEKStudio. It follows a family consisting of Poldo Spaghetti, a father who runs a pasta factory, his wife Marta, their sons Silvio and Franco and twin daughters Anna and Irma.
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3The show was created as a European/Italian answer to ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''. The pilot was screened at the first Cartoons On The Bay festival in 1996. In 2003, the show won the Pulcinella d’Oro award at the same festival.
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5The show was dubbed to several languages including English (the episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ytp14QK5Shs "Poldo's New Age" is available on YouTube]]). The Italian and English dubs are viewable from extremely hard-to-find [=DVDs=], while other dubs are easily found on the internet.
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7!! ''The Spaghetti Family'' contains examples of:
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9* CasanovaWannabe: Silvio tries and fails to get into relationships with girls.
10* CoversAlwaysLie: One Greek DVD cover shows [[WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy Stewie Griffin]] among the characters.
11* DysfunctionalFamily: The Spaghetti children are commonly in disputes with their siblings or parents.
12* FamilyTitle: The show's title mentions the ''Spaghetti'' family.
13* FunTShirt: Poldo's white t-shirt has the word "NO" in big fat letters, which fits with his stubborn personality.
14* NerdGlasses: Silvio is the smart guy of the family, and wears half-moon shaped glasses to symbolise this.
15* TheQuietOne: Franco is the introverted one among a very loud family, and rarely speaks.
16* ShortRunners: The show lasted 26 episodes.
17* SingleMindedTwins: Anna and Irma can speak and act simultaneously, in spite of their unmatched personalities.

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