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Owners and tenants of the ten apartments and the commercial premises in the building, the employees of the community...

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[[folder:The Recio]]
!'''Antonio Recio'''

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->''"I'm Antonio Recio, wholesaler, I don't clean fish!"''
--> '''Antonio Recio'''

Antonio is a fish wholesaler who lives with his wife Berta in the apartment 1-C. He has a transgender daughter who lives abroad, Alba, and a schizophrenic sister, Violeta. He is good friends with Enrique and Coque, but practically everyone else hates him due to his anti-social and [[JerKass Jerkass]] personality, and may as well be considered the show's DeusAngstMachina. From Episode 11 of Season 2, he becomes the President of the community until the end of Season 4. He's the longest lasting President of the Community.

* AFriendInNeed: In the Season 4 finale, Antonio breaks up with Berta and has nowhere to go so he ends up staying at his friend Enrique's flat. The entirety of the episode (and especially the end) [[ThePowerOfFriendship also qualifies.]] Subverted in Season 5 when Enrique refuses to take a homeless Antonio in. Played straight again in Season 7 when Antonio moves in at Enrique's for the whole season.
%%* AllTakeAndNoGive: Berta and Enrique as the Givers and Antonio as the Taker.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Although he is often obsessed with women and is an absolute homophobe, his behaviour also suggests that he might not be as heterosexual as he wants to believe.
** In the Season 2 finale, he [[AnguishedDeclarationofLove confessed his love]] for his friend Enrique, kissed him and told him that he was gay, yet in the Season 3 premiere that fact was not acknowledged by neither Antonio nor Enrique and the writers basically acted like it never happened.
** Throughout the series he's kissed other men, got an erection due to a male massager, masturbated in front of Enrique, it's assumed that he had sex with Enrique once while both were high when they could have hooked up with two sexy women, and has an obsession with Enrique to the point that he cares more about him than about his own wife.
* AxCrazy: To the point that sometimes his schizophrenic sister Violeta looks ''sane'' in comparison.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Antonio is an extremely flawed character, and Berta had an affair and is unhappy with Antonio; their daughter lives abroad and is transgender, much to their parents' disgust; Antonio had a son with Nines through IVF--the boy was a "birthday present" for Berta, but she didn't want more children, and he doesn't care much about either of his sons; Antonio's dead parents were neglectful and in Season 6 he found out [[spoiler:he was adopted]]; his sister Violeta is schizophrenic; Berta's mother is a pessimist who's always in pain and her father despises Antonio; and in Season 7, Antonio and Berta divorce each other, then Berta comes out of the closet and has a short relationship with Enrique's ex-wife Araceli before making up with Antonio again in the season finale.
* BreakTheHaughty: The result of being a haughty ButtMonkey.
* ButtMonkey: Often.
* CatchPhrase:
** ''"Wholesaler, I don't clean fish!"''
** "Well then I confiscate your doormat!"
** "Enrique you're very negative, you undermine my morale!" (to Enrique)
** "You're gonna die in terrible suffering!"
** "Uff, what a slut."
** "Another month that you won't get paid!" (to Coque)
* ComicTrio: With Enrique and Coque, who call themselves "the A-Team".
* CrazyJealousGuy: During Season 4 after his wife confessed to him that she had a lover.
* DeusAngstMachina: He is one of the characters who has suffered the most throughout the series, if not ''the'' one, as he always gets hurt both emotionally and physically in a lot of different ways.
* DivorceAssetsConflict: With Berta, during Season 7.
%%* DysfunctionalFamily: See BigScrewedUpFamily above.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: He suffered a great deal when he found out that [[spoiler:he was adopted in Season 6, and went to great extents to find his beloved mom.]] He also seemed very affected by his [[spoiler:adoptive]] mother's neglect.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He may be [[JerKass a total jerkass]] but he still cares deeply about (very few) people even if he [[ManipulativeBastard treats them horribly]] [[AllTakeAndNoGive most of the time]], those being Berta, Enrique and Coque.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He won't accept bribes and will go to great extents to punish corrupt politicians. He also won't kill his loved ones, since he had to hire a hitman to kill Enrique because he couldn't do it himself, and couldn't kill his other friend Coque at gunpoint either.
* FamilyBusiness: "Mariscos Recio", to some degree, with Antonio, Berta, Violeta and Nines all helping with Antonio's small fish shop at some point in the series. However, Antonio and his employee Parrales are generally the ones who run the business.
* ForgottenAnniversary: He hardly ever remembers his wedding anniversary and it's Berta who has to remind him.
%%* FriendlessBackground
* FriendVersusLover: He has tried to sabotage his friend Enrique's relationship with Judith and other women countless times.
* GladIThoughtOfIt: He does this sometimes when Enrique or Coque have an idea.
* GoldDigger: [[spoiler:Manolita, a woman who seduced him to take his money.]]
* HatesBeingAlone: He doesn't like to live alone, in part (but not only) because he is unable and unwilling to do domestic chores.
%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Enrique.
* HeyThatsMyLine: Often his response when Enrique says Antonio's catch phrases.
%%* HolierThanThou: Both Antonio and Berta, to a degree.
* HumiliationConga: The Season 4 finale and episode 7x12 are this for him.
** In the Season 4 finale, he discovers that one of his two friends, Coque, is Berta's lover, loses the presidency of the community because the neighbors despise him and thinks that his best friend Enrique has betrayed him by becoming the new President of the community, so he leaves the building. At the end though Enrique and Coque look for him and the three friends leave together Mirador de Montepinar.
** In episode 7x12, Antonio loses at trial, Rebeca and Judith give him a cruel "The Reason You Suck" Speech that causes him to have a panic attack later on and ends up in the hospital where no one goes to see him showing just how alone Antonio truly is. He then does everything in his power to make up with Berta but she doesn't forgive him and by the end of the episode Enrique throws him out of his house due to being fed up with Antonio's jerkass behaviour. However, Antonio does make up with both Berta and Enrique in the next episode.
%%* InferioritySuperiorityComplex
* InSeriesNickname: The neigbours often call him by the derogatory nicknames ''"Rancio" and "Pescadero".''
%%* ItsAllAboutMe
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He has his moments.
%%* LaserGuidedKarma: See HumiliationConga
%%* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Enrique and Berta are this for Antonio.
%%* LovableSexManiac
* LoveHungry: This is why he has such a strong emotional co-dependency with Berta and Enrique. This also serves as Antonio's main motivation to find his [[spoiler:birth parents.]]
%%* LoveHurts
* LoveTriangle: Antonio/Berta/Coque.
* MakeUpOrBreakUp: Happens several times between Antonio and Berta.
* ManHug: With Enrique and Coque, lots of times.
%%* ManipulativeBastard
* MurderTheHypotenuse: He tried (or wanted) to kill many characters that he thought were Berta's lover, including Javi, Enrique, Parrales, Coque and a few guest stars.
* MySisterIsOffLimits: With Violeta due to her being mentally handicapped. Subverted with Amador and in episode 6x09 when Antonio sets her up as a prostitute to attract clients to his casino.
%%* NeverMyFault
* NoMeansYes: He has a tendency to think that when Enrique says "No", he means "Yes", and will just go ahead and explain to him his master plan, much to Enrique's frustration.
* ParentalAbandonment: His parents, [[spoiler:both his adoptive ones and his birth ones.]]
%%* ParentalNeglect: His parents, and Antonio himself towards his children, to some degree.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: He says a version of this to Enrique and Berta several times.
%%* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: He is racist, sexist and homophobic.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Many people give this kind of speech to Antonio lots of times, but the most prominent examples are: Episode 4x00, Enrique gives a heartbreaking one to him, and episode 7x12, Rebeca and Judith give another one to Antonio, which leads him to suffer a panic attack shortly after. The season 8 finale is also remarkable.
%%* RevengeBeforeReason: During Season 4.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: He is the longest lasting President of the Community. In the community of neighbors, ''he'' is the law.
* SitcomArchNemesis: He has Rebeca in Season 7 due to her being Berta's lawyer during their divorce. Judith has been this to Antonio as well, from late Season 4 onwards.
%%* SmallNameBigEgo: He thinks he's "built an empire".
* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Has happened to him several times when he pretends to be someone else and says one of his numerous catch phrases.
%%* StrawHypocrite
* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Enrique talks Antonio down from killing himself in the Season 4 finale. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in episode 4x00.
%%* TookALevelInJerkass: During Season 4 and onwards.
* TooQuirkyToLose: Antonio got the President status by bribing his neighbors with seafood.
* TrueCompanions: With Enrique and Coque.
%%* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist
%%* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Berta, during Seasons 5 and 7.

!'''Berta Escobar'''
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->''"Judicial lawsuit!"''
--> '''Berta Escobar'''

Berta is Antonio's wife, the perfect match for him. She is a highly puritanical woman, which leads to her husband to where he wants. She is the typical Heckler who thinks that her marriage and her life are perfect and presumes of that. In the third and fourth seasons, she has an affair with the doorman, Coque, and in the seventh season has a lesbian relationship with Araceli. Like Antonio, Berta is a very lonely and unfriendly character, but in later seasons becomes friends with some of the other female neighbours, like Judith, Raquel, Nines and Rebeca.

%%* AllTakeAndNoGive: Berta and Enrique as the Givers and Antonio as the Taker.
%%* AmicableExes: With Coque, from Season 5 onwards.
%%* ButtMonkey: Less than his husband.
* CatchPhrase: "Judicial Lawsuit!"
* {{Flanderization}}: The Berta of season 1 wouldn't recognise the Berta of season 3 onwards, but this happens with all the other characters as the first two seasons are very different from the show post-Season 3.
%%* DivorceAssetsConflict: With Antonio, during Season 7.
%%* EasilyForgiven: She forgives far too quickly Antonio's wrongdoings.
* FamilyBusiness: "Mariscos Recio", to some degree, with Antonio, Berta, Violeta and Nines all helping with Antonio's small fish shop at some point in the series. However, Antonio and his employee Parrales are generally the ones who run the business.
%%* TheFundamentalist: She's ''very'' catholic.
* {{Gayngst}}: Subverted, as she accepts her bisexuality after she confesses it to her priest and he absolves her of her "sin".
* GiveMeASign:
** The virgin Mary appeared to Berta, and because of this she started as a nun in a convent.
** Another time at the end of the fourth season. This time, she gave the house to Parrales and started as a nun... '''again'''.
** There was also a false apparition: Enrique Pastor as ''God''. He told her that she had to go back with her husband, Antonio, who was the mastermind behind.
%%* HatesBeingAlone: Even more than his husband.
* HolierThanThou: Both Berta and Antonio, to a degree.
%%* HouseWife: Of Antonio.
* InSeriesNickname: ''"Sor Quisquilla"''
%%* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Enrique and Berta are this for Antonio.
%%* LoveHurts: It happens when you are married to someone like Antonio.
%%* LoveMartyr: She is this for Antonio.
%%* LoveTriangle: Antonio/Berta/Coque
%%* MakeUpOrBreakUp: Happens several times between Antonio and Berta.
* SatelliteCharacter: In the first two seasons she was Antonio's SatelliteCharacter, but after Season 3 she got some character development.
* SelfInducedAllergicReaction: Happens many times, but only because Antonio asks her to for his master plans.
%%* TookALevelInKindness: In later seasons.
* OddFriendship: With Judith, due to the age gap and their different personalities.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Antonio, during Seasons 5 and 7. Also, with Araceli, from late Season 6 until mid-Season 7 when they have a RelationshipUpgrade.

!'''Violeta Recio'''

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->''"Hello, you want to fuck?"''
--> '''Violeta Recio, to everyone'''

Violeta is Antonio's younger sister, and is a recurring character who was first introduced in Season 2. She is schizophrenic since childhood and most of the time is admitted to a mental hospital. She has a good relationship with her brother, but Berta can't stand her because of her mental instability.

%%* AxCrazy: In her worst days.
%%* BewareTheSillyOnes: She can be very deadly when she is jealous.
%%* BrutalHonesty
%%* ButtMonkey
%%* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* TheDreaded: The other inmates in the mental hospital fear her, and nickname her [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast La Cuchillos]] (Knives).
* FamilyBusiness: "Mariscos Recio", to some degree, with Antonio, Berta, Violeta and Nines all helping with Antonio's small fish shop at some point in the series. However, Antonio and his employee Parrales are generally the ones who run the business.
%%* InSeriesNickname: ''"La loca".''
%%* ParentalAbandonment
%%* PsychoExGirlfriend: She is this for Enrique and Amador.
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[[folder:The Pastor]]
!'''Enrique Pastor'''

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->''"I'm Enrique Pastor, youth and leisure council."''
--> '''Enrique Pastor'''

Enrique is a city councillor who lives in the apartment 1-B with his son Fran and his business associate, Maxi, with whom he runs a bar called "Max & Henry". Enrique is a kind and honest man who hasn't had much luck in his life; his wife Araceli left him in Season 2, and they divorced each other when she returned in the fifth season. From Season 4 onwards, Enrique has an on-again off-again relationship with Judith, marrying her and then divorcing her at one point, and in Season 7 their son Dylan is born. He is Antonio's best friend, and also has a friendship with Coque and Maxi.

* AFriendInNeed: In the Season 4 finale, Antonio breaks up with Berta and has nowhere to go so he ends up staying at his friend Enrique's flat. The entirety of the episode (and especially the end) [[ThePowerOfFriendship also qualifies.]] [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in Season 5 when Enrique refuses to take a homeless Antonio in. Played straight again in Season 7 when Antonio moves in at Enrique's for the whole season.
%%* AllTakeAndNoGive: Berta and Enrique as the Givers and Antonio as the Taker.
%%* AmicableExes: With Araceli, from late Season 5 onwards.
%%* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: With Judith and Antonio, as he has a love-hate relationship with both of them.
* BeingGoodSucks: Lampshaded by most neighbours as they rightfully think he's too much of a good guy.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Enrique's wife abandoned him with a note in the second season; she came back years later as a lesbian and has left him again several times; Enrique was kidnapped for four months in the Season 3 finale and as a result suffered from PTSD during the fourth season; his son Fran dropped out of school and is a rebellious teenager who in late Season 6 moves to Brazil with his over thirty-years-old girlfriend; Enrique doesn't have contact with his terrible father (who is also a pervert) and extended family; he starts [[MayDecemberRomance dating a much younger woman]], Judith, with whom he had a poisonous relationship until they get married at the end of Season 5; Judith fakes her pregnancy and later on fakes losing her baby, which results in a heartbroken Enrique leaving her; Judith turns out to actually be pregnant but moves to Chicago without telling Enrique and in Season 7 they divorce each other and agree on joint custody of their son Dylan.
* BlatantLies: He lies to Antonio many times in Seasons 3 and 4 to protect him from finding out the truth and to prevent him from killing Coque.
%%* ButtMonkey
* ComicTrio: With Antonio and Coque, who call themselves "the A-Team".
* DivorceAssetsConflict: With Araceli in Season 5, and with Judith in season 7.
* DysfunctionalFamily: See BigScrewedUpFamily above.
* EasilyForgiven: Exaggerated when it comes to Judith's and Antonio's wrongdoings. In one episode from Season 4, Antonio wrongly thought that Enrique was Berta's lover, and hired a hitman to kill him. In the next episode they were friends again, and only three episodes later, Enrique resigned as President of the Community which was what he had always wanted the most for Antonio.
%%* ExtremeDoormat: He is this, to an extent.
%%* HatesBeingAlone
%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Antonio.
%%* HonestCorporateExecutive
* InSeriesNickname: ''"Concejal", "Sr. Delfín", "Papuchi".''
%%* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Enrique and Berta are this for Antonio.
%%* LoveHurts
%%* LoveMartyr: He is this for Antonio and Judith.
* LoveTriangle: Reyes/Araceli/Enrique/Judith, Enrique/Judith/Trevor, among others.
%%* MakeUpOrBreakUp: Happens many times with Judith.
* ManHug: With Antonio, Coque and Maxi, lots of times.
* MayDecemberRomance: Judith, who is thirty-something years old, and Enrique, who is in his mid-fifties.
%%* NiceGuy: Probably the nicest character in the series.
* NobodyThinksItWillWork: Nearly every one of the neighbours and [[FriendVersusLover especially]] Antonio thought Enrique and Judith's relationship wouldn't work. It finally doesn't as they get divorced in the season 7 finale.
%%* OnlySaneMan
%%** NotSoAboveItAll: Sometimes.
%%* ParentalAbandonment
%%* ParentalNeglect: His father.
* PastExperienceNightmare: Enrique had these after [[spoiler:he was kidnapped for four months between Season 3 and Season 4.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Enrique tends to give many of these speeches to Antonio, Judith and Araceli.
* SexWithTheEx: With Judith, due to their on-again off-again relationship.
* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Enrique talks Antonio down from killing himself in the Season 4 finale.
* TrueCompanions: With Antonio and Coque.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Judith, in Seasons 4 and 5. In Season 6 [[RelationshipUpgrade they got together]] and were married for the whole season, but in Season 7 Judith wanted to divorce him and they went back to WillTheyOrWontThey. In the season 7 finale they divorced each other but remained friends.

!'''Araceli Madariaga'''

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Araceli started out as Enrique's wife but left him and their son Fran with a note in Season 2 to "find herself". She came back three years later, in the fifth season, with her girlfriend Reyes with whom she broke up at the end of the season. Araceli remains on good terms with Enrique, but despises his friend Antonio which in Season 7 motivates her to try to convince Berta that she's better off without him. As a result, Berta and Antonio get divorced, and while Antonio moves in with Enrique, Araceli moves out to go live with Berta at her flat and they get into a sexual relationship until Araceli leaves her with a note. She returns in Season 8.

* AmicableExes: With Enrique, from late Season 5 onwards.
%%* ButtMonkey
%%* HippieParents: To her son Fran.
* InSeriesNickname: ''"Bollera Mística"''
%%* LoveHurts
* LoveTriangle: Reyes/Araceli/Enrique/Judith
%%* GranolaGirl
* PutOnABus: She leaves in Season 2, but TheBusCameBack in Season 5.
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Berta, from late Season 6 until mid-Season 7.

!'''Fran Pastor'''

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->''"Blow me!"''
--> '''Fran Pastor, to Antonio'''

Francisco Javier "Fran" is the teenage son of Enrique and Araceli, a rebellious child who loves motorbikes. At some point he drops out of school and has had multiple girlfriends throughout the series. He has a difficult relationship with Enrique, but a much better one with Araceli when she comes back in Season 5. He also has a particularly good relationship with Reyes. Like Araceli and most people, he can't stand Antonio, often telling him "blow me!" or "suck my dick" whenever Antonio is at Enrique's. In Season 6, he falls in love with a 30-year-old woman and they move to Brazil.

%%* BookDumb: He used to get bad grades at school until he dropped out.
%%* DeadpanSnarker
* DemotedToExtra: He loses importance from Season 4 onwards.
* MayDecemberRomance: He is about 19 years old and his girlfriend in the sixth season is about thirty years old.
* PutOnABus: He moves with his girlfriend to Brazil in Season 6.
%%* TookALevelInJerkass: In later seasons.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Cuquis]]
!'''Amador Rivas'''

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->''"You want salami?"''
--> '''Amador Rivas'''

Amador is married to la Cuqui and has four children, but one of them, "Ojos de Pollo", is not biologically his as his wife had an affair with Sergio Arias in Season 2. Amador ends up getting fired from the bank he worked for as a result of having to apply for parental leave, and has been hired and then fired from his multiple jobs countless of times ever since. He divorced la Cuqui in the third season, but remarried in the Season 6 premiere. Amador and his family end up homeless after being evicted by the bank, and la Cuqui has to serve time in jail because of thefts in her workplace. His best friend is Leo, and he's also good friends with Javi, Vicente and Maxi.

* AFriendInNeed: In Season 3, after the "Cuquis" break up, Amador's friend Leo lets him stay at his place for a few months. Leo also lent 50.000 euros to Amador [[ThePowerOfFriendship in the name of friendship]] so that Amador could buy a better apartment and make up with la Cuqui. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in Season 6 and Season 7 when Leo refuses to take the "Cuquis" in after they are evicted by the bank.
%%* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: With la Cuqui.
%%* BadLiar
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Starting with the "Cuquis", who are both very flawed and unlucky, and are always fighting; their fourth child's father is not Amador, but a neighbor that la Cuqui had sex with, and he has autistic-like issues; Amador accidentally caused la Cuqui's father to have a heart-attack and died, and as a result her mother is in a constant depression; Amador's father is a closeted gay who never cared about him; Amador's got eleven flawed siblings to whom he's not close; and in later seasons the "Cuquis" are unemployed and homeless and la Cuqui has to serve time in jail for stealing in her workplace.
* BlatantLies: Lots of times, especially his lies to la Cuqui about his jobs and money.
* BookDumb: He's usually misspelling words and expressions, which results in Leo correcting him every time, much to Amador's annoyance.
%%* ButtMonkey
%%* CasanovaWannabe
* CatchPhrase:
** "You want salami?"
** "But don't touch me... Why do you touch me?" (to Leo)
%%* CrazyJealousGuy: He tends to be this way with la Cuqui.
%%* DivorceAssetsConflict: During Seasons 3 and 4.
%%* DysfunctionalFamily: See BigScrewedUpFamily above.
%%* ExiledToTheCouch: Instead of the couch, Amador ends up sleeping in his children's bedroom.
%%* HatesBeingTouched: With regards to Leo, who never gives up. However, is averted once, and even switched roles on occasion.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Leo.
* InSeriesNickname: ''"El Cuqui", "Capitán Salami", "Vividor Follador".''
%%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
%%* LiesToChildren: He and la Cuqui tend to say all sorts of lies to their children.
%%* LoserProtagonist: ''So much''.
%%* LoveHurts
* LoveTriangle: Amador/Maite/Sergio
%%* MakeUpOrBreakUp: With la Cuqui, many times.
%%* ManChild
%%* MistakenForGay: When he moved with Leo.
%%* MrFanservice: Every time he dresses up as "Espartaco" or wants to get laid, which practically happens in every other episode.
* ParentalFavoritism: His parents have always favoured his siblings.
* ParentsWalkInAtTheWorstTime: Has happened to him more than once when his mother Justi walks in while he is having sex with one of his hooks-ups.
* SexWithTheEx: With la Cuqui, to some degree.
%%* ThisLoserIsYou
* TrueCompanions: With Leo, Javi, Vicente and Maxi, who call themselves "The Lions".
* UnconfessedUnemployment: After he was [[MakesSenseInContext replaced with an indoor plant.]]
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With la Cuqui, for three seasons straight until they get remarried in the Season 6 premiere.

!'''Maite Figueroa'''

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->''"Party party!"''
--> '''Maite Figueroa'''

Maite "la Cuqui" is Amador's wife, with whom she got divorced and later on remarried. She had an affair with a neighbour, Sergio Arias, and got pregnant with her fourth child, "Ojos de Pollo". She divorced Amador in the third season, but remarried in the Season 6 premiere. La Cuqui and her family end up homeless after being evicted by the bank, and she has to serve time in jail because of thefts in her workplace. She is a very friendly and outgoing person who usually hangs out with her friends Raquel, Nines, Judith and Lola.

* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Brutally subverted with Amador. Although they initially love each other at the beginning of the series, all the disasters and lies that occur in their lives throughout the seasons make them hate each other with fervor. The only reason they have a romantic relationship every season or two is because their unpleasant personalities eventually ruin their relationships with other people. Basically, Amador and Maite are the only people who can put up with their many flaws.
* ButtMonkey: Her life becomes a disaster after moving with Amador and her children to Montepinar. She has a bastard son with a failed actor who abandons her, is arrested, is evicted from home, has her children taken away by the government, ends up living on the streets... among many other things.
* CatchPhrase: "Party party!"
* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: She does this sometimes with her children whenever she and Amador are having an inappropriate conversation.
%%* DivorceAssetsConflict: During Seasons 3 and 4.
* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: After separating from Amador, she loves going out with her "friends" at night to parties.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: After separating from Amador, Maite decides to try to be friends with the other female neighbors (Judith, Raquel, Nines, Lola). She doesn't realize that Montepinar's other female neighbors find her boring, spoiled and insufferable, and they initially try to find a way to get rid of her. When it eventually becomes clear that Maite will not give up living with them, the neighbors give up and since then have started to tolerate her presence.
* InSeriesNickname: ''"La Cuqui".''
%%* LiesToChildren: She and Amador tend to say all sorts of lies to their children.
%%* LoveHurts
* LoveTriangle: Amador/Maite/Sergio
%%* OnePersonBirthdayParty: Subverted in Season 5. Her casual friends didn't come to the party because her closest friends and family had prepared a more private, surprise party for her.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her father, whose death was accidentally caused by Amador.
%%* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: She gives several of these speeches to Amador.
%%* SexWithTheEx: With Amador, to some degree.
* TrueCompanions: With Judith, Raquel, Nines and Lola, and later on, also Berta, Araceli and Rebeca. They call themselves "La Chupipandi".
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Amador, for three seasons straight until they get remarried in the Season 6 premiere.

!'''Minicuquis'''

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Carlota, Nano, Rodrigo and "Ojos de Pollo" are the Cuquis' children. Carlota is the oldest and is a clever and naughty girl who often takes advantage of her parents through bribery and knows when they are lying to her. Nano and Rodrigo are outgoing kids who get along well but aren't normally aware of their parents' problems and lies. "Ojos de Pollo" is the fourth and last child of the Cuquis, although his father is in fact Sergio Arias, with whom la Cuqui had an affair; he has autistic-like issues and the neighbours say he's ugly and has very big and focused eyes (hence his nickname "Ojos de Pollo" (Chicken Eyes)). In Season 7, Carlota, Nano and Rodrigo have to go live at their grandma's because of the economical problems their parents face, but they return at the end of the season.

* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: La Cuqui does this sometimes with them whenever she and Amador are having an inappropriate conversation.
* InSeriesNickname: Fernando "Nano", Amador Jr. "Ojos de Pollo".
%%* LiesToChildren: Their parents tend to tell them all sorts of lies.
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[[folder:The Maroto-Trujillo]]
!'''Javi Maroto'''

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->''"Coffee?"''
--> '''Javi Maroto'''

Javier "Javi" is an inherently NiceGuy and the series' favourite ButtMonkey who lives with his wife Lola in the attic B. He works as a computer programmer in a multinational company and was the first president of the community. He has a good relationship with his parents, Goya and Vicente, but fears his mother-in-law, Estela, and always gets in trouble because of her due to her bipolar and histrionic personality. During Season 5, while Lola was living in Miami, he develops feelings for Raquel, one of Lola's friends, and they get in a relationship. After Lola finds out, she and Javi spend the next season at odds until they make up towards the end. In Season 7 Javi and Lola have a daughter, Úrsula. His best friends are Amador, Leo, Maxi and his own father Vicente.

%%* AmicableExes: With Raquel.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Starting with Javi and Lola's marital issues; Javi (nearly) had an affair with Lola's friend Raquel and they spent the whole sixth season at odds; in Season 7 they have a baby but Lola has post-partum depression and in the season finale [[spoiler:she decides to stay in Colombia and join the FARC]]; Javi's parents, Goya and Vicente, [[TheMasochismTango can't stand each other]]; [[spoiler:Goya [[KilledOffForReal dies]]]] in the Season 4 finale; Estela, Lola's neglectful mother, is mentally unstable and drives everyone crazy; and she has a [[SlapSlapKiss love-hate relationship]] with Lola's father Fermín who [[ParentalAbandonment Lola never met until now.]]
%%* ButtMonkey
%%* DysfunctionalFamily: See BigScrewedUpFamily above.
* InSeriesNickname: ''"El Pelocho".''
* LongDistanceRelationship: With Lola, the few times she has left the country for a few months for work-related reasons.
%%* LoveHurts
* LoveTriangle: Lola/Javi/Raquel.
%%* NiceGuy: One of the nicest characters in the series,.
%%* ParentalAbandonment: His mother Goya, who died in the Season 4 finale.
* SerenadeYourLover: He tries this with Lola in the Season 6 premiere to win her back. It didn't work.
%%* SitcomArchNemesis: Estela could be considered this for him.
* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Everytime he has to talk Estela down from doing something stupid.
* TrueCompanions: With Amador, Leo, Maxi and his father Vicente, who call themselves "The Lions".
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Raquel, during Season 5, and with Lola in Season 6.

!'''Lola Trujillo'''

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->''"¡Jaaaavi!"''
--> '''Lola Trujillo, to Javi'''

María Dolores "Lola" is Javi's carefree wife who works as a photographer, and in later seasons, also as an actress which she takes after her mother Estela. Lola's relationship with her is difficult at best, as Estela was a neglectful mother who has always prioritized her professional career over taking care of her daughter. Lola didn't know who her father was until the sixth season, when she met Fermín, and ever since she has had a close relationship with him. During Season 5, while Lola was living in Miami, Javi develops feelings for Raquel, one of Lola's friends, and they get in a relationship. After Lola finds out, she and Javi spend the next season at odds until they make up towards the end. In Season 7 Javi and Lola have a daughter, Úrsula. Lola is friends with Raquel, Nines, Judith etc., but doesn't spend much time with them because of her chaotic life at home.

%%* ButtMonkey
* InSeriesNickname: ''"La Chihuahua".''
* LongDistanceRelationship: With Javi, the few times she has left the country for a few months for work-related reasons.
%%* LoveHurts
* LoveTriangle: Lola/Javi/Raquel
%%* ParentalAbandonment: Her father Fermín, although he had his reasons.
%%* ParentalNeglect: Her mother Estela.
* TrueCompanions: With Judith, Raquel, Nines and la Cuqui, and later on, also Berta, Araceli and Rebeca. They call themselves "La Chupipandi".
%%* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Javi, during Season 6.

!'''Vicente Maroto'''

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->''"¡Ay, Gregoria!"''
--> '''Vicente Maroto'''

Vicente lives in the apartment 2-B and is Javi's father, a retired man who spends his time watching football on TV and in the bar Max & Henry with his friends Amador, Leo, Maxi and his own son Javi, with whom he has an unusual but positive father-son relationship. He was married to Goya until [[spoiler:she died at the end of the fourth season,]] and hasn't had a relationship with anybody ever since.

%%* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: With Goya.
* CatchPhrase: "Ay, Gregoria!"
%%* ExtremeDoormat
* InSeriesNickname: ''"Don Croqueto", "Hombre-cojín".''
* LazyBum: He doesn't like to do anything except watching TV, staying at the bar and (for a time) playing videogames.
%%* LazyHusband: He never wants to do anything with Gregoria.
%%* TheMasochismTango: With Goya.
%%* SexlessMarriage: His marriage with Goya, most of the time.
* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], as he does jump off the balcony despite the neighbours' attempt at talking him down but survives with practically no injuries at all.
* TrueCompanions: With Amador, Leo, Maxi and his son Javi, who call themselves "The Lions".

!'''Goya Gutiérrez'''

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->''"Vicente, let's go!"''
--> '''Goya Gutiérrez, to Vicente'''

Gregoria "Goya" is Javi's obstructing mother and Vicente's wife. She is very close to her son, which often bothers her daughter-in-law Lola, who she also despises. Goya and Vicente are the series' TheMasochismTango as most of the time they can't stand each other. Her hobbies are gossiping about the neighbours and cooking, with her speciality being croquettes.
[[spoiler:She died in a domestic accident in the Season 4 finale.]]

%%* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: With Vicente.
%%* CatFight: Many times, with Lola, la Cuqui, Estela etc.
* InSeriesNickname: ''"Doña Croqueta".''
%%* LoveObstructingParents
%%* TheMasochismTango: With Vicente.
%%* NosyNeighbor
%%* SexlessMarriage: Her marriage with Vicente, most of the time.

!'''Estela Reynolds'''

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->''"Coffee?! In the morning?!"''
--> '''Estela Reynolds'''

Paca Pacheco "Estela Reynolds" is Lola's extravagant mother introduced in Season 3. She thinks she's a well-known actress but only appeared in one movie in her youth, in which she had a minor role. She has many traits of histrionic personality disorder and bipolar, which drives her family crazy, especially Javi. She also has an antagonistic relationship with Javi's mother, Goya. Estela leaves the series at the end of Season 4 but comes back in the last episode of the sixth season and is a series regular in Season 7. She gets in a relationship with Fermín soon after they reunite, and have a masochistic love-hate relationship.

* AmbiguouslyBi: In one episode from Season 4, she sleeps twice with a woman and likes it, self-proclaiming herself a lesbian who will from now on only sleep with women. However, in the next episodes and seasons she is only seen sleeping with men.
%%* AttentionWhore: She is like [[Film/SunsetBoulevard Norma Desmond]], except she was never really famous.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: With Fermín. Until she left him and started to date a Russian guy, just for his money.
* BreakoutCharacter: She was introduced as a supporting character to Javi and Lola but became surprisingly popular in season 3 (the season in which she appears for the first time). Season 4 has a plot centered around her in every episode, and Javi and Lola became HER supporting characters.
%%* BreakTheHaughty
* CatchPhrase: "Coffee?! In the morning?!"
%%* DramaQueen
%%* GoldDigger: The reason why she dated several of her many boyfriends.
%%* HystericalWoman: She ''is'' this trope.
%%* InferioritySuperiorityComplex
* InSeriesNickname: ''"La garrapata", "La Pechotes"''
%%* ItsAllAboutMe
%%* LoveHungry: This is why she sleeps with so many people.
%%* LoveHurts
%%* TheMasochismTango: With Fermín.
%%* NeverMyFault
* ParentalNeglect: Towards Lola, as she's really been a terrible mother to her.
* PutOnABus: She leaves in the Season 4 finale. TheBusCameBack at the end of season 6, but she is PutOnABus again in the seventh season as she doesn't reappear in the next one.
%%* ReallyGetsAround
%%* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Lola gives one of these to her several times throughout the series.
%%* SmallNameBigEgo: She believes she's a well-known actress.
* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Everytime Javi has to talk her down from doing something stupid. She even attempts suicide once by throwing herself out the balcony.
* TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: She was only supposed to stay at her daughter's house for a few days, but ends up sticking around for quite a while, much to her and (especially) Javi's dismay.

!'''Fermín Trujillo'''

Introduced at the end of the sixth season, Fermín is Lola's father who abandoned her after her birth, although he had his reasons. Fermín is a friendly and sensitive but irascible man who worked as a sardine roaster until Javi found him and took him to Montepinar. During Season 7 he rented Maxi's bar "Max & Henry" and started his own business. He gets in a relationship with Estela soon after they reunite, and have a masochistic love-hate relationship. He is also very protective of his daughter and always wants to look after his granddaughter who he totally cherishes. Finally, he considers Javi his family and confidant.

%%* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: With Estela; his love was more real than hers.
%%* LovableRogue: He fancies himself as this, but he has some not-so-lovable moments.
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