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* AlmostKiss: Between [[spoiler:Fabian and Paula when they're at Fabian's house. Another one occurs at their wedding, when Fabian kisses her on the cheek instead of the lips. They later kiss for real.]]
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Fede delivers the line "dominius, curriculum, Pilates" while officiating [[spoiler:Fabian and Paula's wedding.]]

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* AlmostKiss: Between [[spoiler:Fabian and Paula when they're at Fabian's house. Another one occurs at their wedding, when Fabian kisses her on the cheek instead of the lips. They later kiss for real.]]
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* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Fede delivers the line "dominius, curriculum, Pilates" while officiating [[spoiler:Fabian and Paula's wedding.]]wedding]].



** Fede picks up a short piece of rope just before entering the basement. Fabian later ties a knot with the rope and uses it to [[spoiler:pull Paula up and save her from falling.]]

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** Fede picks up a short piece of rope just before entering the basement. Fabian later ties a knot with the rope and uses it to [[spoiler:pull Paula up and save her from falling.]]falling]].



* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm: Paula sometimes displays this.



* ShutUpKiss: Happens between [[spoiler:Fabian and Paula after the former pulls the latter up from the pipes they're climbing and saves her.]]

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* SarcasmBlind: Paula sometimes displays this.
* ShutUpKiss: Happens between [[spoiler:Fabian and Paula after the former pulls the latter up from the pipes they're climbing and saves her.]]her]].
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* NiceHat: Fede and Fabian try on a few. Fede ends up wearing a chapeau and Fabian wears a light gray top hat when they hold a wedding [[spoiler: for Fabian and Paula.]]
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''Caídos del Mapa'', meaning "Off the Map", is a 2014 Argentine TV series based on a series of Young Adult novels written by María Inés Falconi. The show is an expanded version of the 2013 film of the same title, directed by Leandro Mark and Nicolás Silbert. It contains both comedic and dramatic elements and takes place in a Buenos Aires school.

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''Caídos del Mapa'', meaning "Off Mapa'' (meaning "Fallen Off the Map", Map") is a 2014 Argentine TV series based on a series of Young Adult novels written by María Inés Falconi. The show is an expanded version of the 2013 film of the same title, directed by Leandro Mark and Nicolás Silbert. It contains both comedic and dramatic elements and takes place in a Buenos Aires school.



* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Miriam tries to join the group but Fede refuses. The four kids are the closest thing MIriam has to friends, even though they fight and argue all the time.

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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Miriam tries to join the group but Fede refuses. The four kids are the closest thing MIriam Miriam has to friends, even though they fight and argue all the time.



* MeaningfulName: Reinoso, Miriam's surname, comes from the Spanish words "rey" and "reino", meaning king and kingdom respectively. They emphasize the huge egos Miriam and her father both have.

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* MeaningfulName: Reinoso, Miriam's surname, comes from the Spanish words "rey" and "reino", meaning king "king" and kingdom "kingdom" respectively. They emphasize the huge egos Miriam and her father both have.



* ParentalNeglect: Fede's parents are divorced and it's clear that Fede is upset about it. Fede is the only kid whose parents never appear on the show; when La Foca calls Fede's dad to to tell him that his son is missing, she gets an answering machine message instead of a human response.

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* ParentalNeglect: Fede's parents are divorced and it's clear that Fede is upset about it. Fede is the only kid whose parents never appear on the show; when La Foca calls Fede's dad to to tell him that his son is missing, she gets an answering machine message instead of a human response.

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''Caídos del Mapa'', meaning "Off the Map", is a 2014 Argentine TV series based on a series of Young Adult novels written by María Inés Falconi. The show is an expanded version of the 2013 film "Caídos del Mapa" directed by Leandro Mark and Nicolás Silbert. It contains both comedic and dramatic elements and takes place in a Buenos Aires middle school.

The show covers the plot of the first book, featuring a FourManBand of middle school students planning to ditch the class of their insufferable geography teacher for one day. Their plan is to hide out in the school's deserted basement, which no one ever goes into and is shrouded in mystery. Group leader Federico, or Fede for short, Fabian, Graciela, and Paula are determined to have an adventure together, but school bully Miriam notices their absence and is determined to find out where they are. Meanwhile, as their teacher notices that five students of hers have vanished, the parents of the kids frantically search, while the quartet of friends must deal with Miriam letting herself into their party, secrets being kept between the friends, and many other issues.

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''Caídos del Mapa'', meaning "Off the Map", is a 2014 Argentine TV series based on a series of Young Adult novels written by María Inés Falconi. The show is an expanded version of the 2013 film "Caídos del Mapa" of the same title, directed by Leandro Mark and Nicolás Silbert. It contains both comedic and dramatic elements and takes place in a Buenos Aires middle school.

The show covers the plot of the first book, featuring a FourManBand of middle school students planning to ditch the class of their insufferable geography teacher for one day. Their plan is to hide out in the school's deserted basement, which no one ever goes into and is shrouded in mystery. Group leader Federico, or Fede {{Leader}} Federico (Fede for short, short), Fabian, Graciela, and Paula are determined to have an adventure together, but school bully Miriam notices their absence and is determined to find out where they are. Meanwhile, as their teacher notices that five students of hers have vanished, the parents of the kids frantically search, while the quartet of friends must deal with Miriam letting herself into their party, secrets being kept between the friends, and many other issues. \n



!! "Caídos del Mapa" contains examples of:

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!! "Caídos !!''Caídos del Mapa" Mapa'' contains examples of:



* BookDumb: Fede is not the brightest bulb with schoolwork. Quote this gem...
-->'''Fede:''' Since in Europe they were doing pretty well with the Champions League, because all the countries were playing together, they said ''[imitates Italian accent]'' "Hey! Instead of having a Champions League for futbol, why don't we have a Champions League for something else?" and that's when the European Union was formed.



** Fede picks up a short piece of rope just before entering the basement. Fabian later ties a knot with the rope and uses it to [[spoiler: pull Paula up and save her from falling.]]

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** Fede picks up a short piece of rope just before entering the basement. Fabian later ties a knot with the rope and uses it to [[spoiler: pull [[spoiler:pull Paula up and save her from falling.]] ]]



* Foreshadowing: Paula wonders at one point if the basement will be flooded. Turns out, it really does happen.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Fede is sanguine, Fabian is melancholic, Graciela is choleric, Paula is phlegmatic.

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* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: Paula wonders at one point if the basement will be flooded. Turns out, it really does happen.
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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Fede is sanguine, Fabian is melancholic, Graciela is choleric, Paula is phlegmatic. phlegmatic.
* GenderEqualEnsemble: Paula and Graciela -- two girls -- and Fabian and Fede -- two guys.



* Jerkass: Miriam and her dad both qualify.

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* Jerkass: {{Jerkass}}: Miriam and her dad both qualify.



* LargeHam: La Foca is absolutely one.
* LockedAwayInAMonastery: Paula worries that if she gets caught ditching class, her parents will send her to a convent.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Upon being denied the gang's meeting in Fabian's place at 5, Miriam makes their other classmates think they're throwing a party and has them go in order to ruin the meeting. After they arrive, however, Fede throws a party for real, ''and Miriam is left out, and shown pictures of the party to rub salt on the wound''.
* LargeHam: La Foca is absolutely one.
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* LockedAwayInAMonastery: Paula worries that if she gets caught ditching class, her parents will send her to a convent.



* MeaningfulName: Reinoso, Miriam's surname, sounds similar to the Spanish words "rey" and "reino", meaning king and kingdom respectively. They emphasize the huge egos Miriam and her father both have.
* MyBelovedSmother: Paula's mom. She insists on walking her daughter to school and to her friends' homes, panics the most out of all the other parents when they're looking for their kids, and it seems that some of her tendencies toward anxiety are rubbing off on Paula.

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* MeaningfulName: Reinoso, Miriam's surname, sounds similar to comes from the Spanish words "rey" and "reino", meaning king and kingdom respectively. They emphasize the huge egos Miriam and her father both have.
* MyBelovedSmother: Paula's mom. She insists on walking her daughter to school and to her friends' homes, panics the most out of all the other parents when they're looking for their kids, and it seems that some of her tendencies toward anxiety are rubbing off on Paula.



-->'''Fede:''' Hermanos, hermanas, humanos...Miriam.\\
Translation: Brothers, sisters, humans...Miriam. \\
'''Miriam:''' (''sticks her tongue out at him'') \\

* NiceHat: Fede and Fabian try on a few. Fede ends up wearing a chapeau and Fabian wears a light gray top hat when they hold a wedding [[spoiler: for Fabian and Paula.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The school geography teacher is named Elvira, but everyone calls her La Foca, which means "the seal".

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-->'''Fede:''' Hermanos, hermanas, humanos...Brothers, sisters, humans... Miriam.\\
Translation: Brothers, sisters, humans...Miriam. \\
'''Miriam:''' (''sticks her tongue out at him'') \\

him'')
* NiceHat: Fede and Fabian try on a few. Fede ends up wearing a chapeau and Fabian wears a light gray top hat when they hold a wedding [[spoiler: for Fabian and Paula.]]
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* NoNameGiven: The school principal's name is never mentioned.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The school geography teacher is named Elvira, but everyone calls her La Foca, Foca -- which means "the seal". seal" -- due to her constant coughing and tendency to clap her hands.



* PassingNotesInClass: Paula passes one to Fabian about a group meeting, but Miriam manages to read it later.
* RoadApples: Mr. Reinoso steps in some at a park.
* ShutUpKiss: Happens between [[spoiler:Fabian and Paula after Fabian pulls Paula up from the pipes they're climbing and saves her life.]]
* SlutShaming: Miriam does this to Graciela, giving her grief for wearing lots of makeup and miniskirts, flirting with and kissing boys frequently. She even points out that the boys take bets on who has kissed her, something Graciela's friends didn't have the heart to tell her about. Needless to say, Graciela is furious when she learns all this.
* TeachersPet: Miriam is one towards La Foca. She answers every question in class, asks unnecessarily complex and pedantic questions, and enjoys ratting out her classmates or accusing them of breaking rules when they didn't do anything wrong.

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* PassingNotesInClass: Paula passes one to Fabian about a group meeting, meeting in his place at 5, but Miriam manages to read it later.
* RoadApples: Mr. Reinoso steps in some at a park.
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* ShutUpKiss: Happens between [[spoiler:Fabian and Paula after Fabian the former pulls Paula the latter up from the pipes they're climbing and saves her life.her.]]
* SlutShaming: Miriam does this to Graciela, giving her grief for wearing lots of makeup and miniskirts, flirting with and kissing boys frequently. She even points out that the boys take bets on who has kissed her, something Graciela's friends didn't have the heart to tell her about. Needless to say, Graciela is furious when she learns all this.
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* TheSmartGuy: Fabian, of the quartet.
* TeachersPet: Miriam is one towards La Foca. She answers every question in class, asks unnecessarily complex and pedantic questions, and enjoys ratting out her classmates or accusing them of breaking rules when they didn't do anything wrong.
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"Caídos del Mapa", meaning "Off the Map", is a 2014 Argentine TV series based on a series of Young Adult novels written by María Inés Falconi. The show is an expanded version of the 2013 film "Caídos del Mapa" directed by Leandro Mark and Nicolás Silbert. It contains both comedic and dramatic elements and takes place in a Buenos Aires middle school.

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"Caídos ''Caídos del Mapa", Mapa'', meaning "Off the Map", is a 2014 Argentine TV series based on a series of Young Adult novels written by María Inés Falconi. The show is an expanded version of the 2013 film "Caídos del Mapa" directed by Leandro Mark and Nicolás Silbert. It contains both comedic and dramatic elements and takes place in a Buenos Aires middle school.
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"Caídos del Mapa", meaning "Off the Map", is a 2014 Argentine TV series based on a series of [[LongRunner 11 best selling and popular]] Young Adult novels written by María Inés Falconi. The show is an expanded version of the 2013 film "Caídos del Mapa" directed by Leandro Mark and Nicolás Silbert. It contains both comedic and dramatic elements and takes place in a Buenos Aires middle school.

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"Caídos del Mapa", meaning "Off the Map", is a 2014 Argentine TV series based on a series of [[LongRunner 11 best selling and popular]] Young Adult novels written by María Inés Falconi. The show is an expanded version of the 2013 film "Caídos del Mapa" directed by Leandro Mark and Nicolás Silbert. It contains both comedic and dramatic elements and takes place in a Buenos Aires middle school.
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* WouldntHitAGirl: Fede scares the girls at one point with a skeleton, and the girls start smacking him in retaliation. He tolerates it all and begs them to stop, saying that he can't hit girls. Though it's all still really funny to him.

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* WouldntHitAGirl: Fede scares the girls at one point with a skeleton, and the girls start smacking him in retaliation. He tolerates it all and begs them to stop, saying that he can't hit girls. Though it's all still really funny to him.

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* FloweryInsults: Fede calls Miriam an "IBM". He explains it stands for "inmensa bolsa de mocos", or "huge bag of snot".

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* FloweryInsults: Fede calls Miriam an "IBM". He explains that it stands for "inmensa bolsa de mocos", or "huge bag of snot".snot".
* Foreshadowing: Paula wonders at one point if the basement will be flooded. Turns out, it really does happen.

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* MyBelovedSmother: Paula's mom is absolutely one.

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* MyBelovedSmother: Paula's mom is absolutely one.mom. She insists on walking her daughter to school and to her friends' homes, panics the most out of all the other parents when they're looking for their kids, and it seems that some of her tendencies toward anxiety are rubbing off on Paula.


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* RoadApples: Mr. Reinoso steps in some at a park.
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* ParentalNeglect: Fede's parents are divorced and it's clear that Fede is upset about it. Fede is the only kid whose parents never appear on the show; when La Foca calls Fede's dad to to tell him that his son is missing, she gets an answering machine message instead of a human response.
* PassingNotesInClass: Paula passes one to Fabian about a group meeting, but Miriam manages to read it later.

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*BelligerentSexualTension: There's some between Fede and Graciela. Fede loves to prank and scare Graciela, and while she gets mad at Fede's jokes, at one point Graciela admits to Paula that Fede can be pretty romantic sometimes.



* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Miriam tries to join the group but Fede refuses. She doesn't really have any other friends either at school.

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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Miriam tries to join the group but Fede refuses. She doesn't really have any other friends either at school.The four kids are the closest thing MIriam has to friends, even though they fight and argue all the time.



* JerkassHasAPoint: The kids call Miriam out at one point for constantly getting them in trouble and being a bully, but Miriam points out that she's hurt when she gets called fat by the other kids.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: The kids call Miriam out at one point for constantly getting them in trouble and being a bully, but Miriam points out that she's hurt when she gets called fat by the other kids.kids, and asks the kids if they would enjoy being called "hippo", "cow" and other insults all the time.



* MeaningfulName: Reinoso, Miriam's surname, contains the Spanish words "rey" and "reino", meaning king and kingdom respectively. They emphasize the huge egos Miriam and her father both have.

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* LoveLetter: Graciela helps Paula compose one [[spoiler: to Fabian]], but Miriam steals it and reads it out loud, altering the final and most crucial word.
* MeaningfulName: Reinoso, Miriam's surname, contains sounds similar to the Spanish words "rey" and "reino", meaning king and kingdom respectively. They emphasize the huge egos Miriam and her father both have.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Fede is one.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Fede is one.one, and so is Miriam sometimes.



* FloweryInsults: Fede calls Miriam an "IBM". He explains it stands for "inmensa bolsa de mocos", or "huge bag of snot".



* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Miriam tries to join the group but Fede refuses. She doesn't really have any other friends either at school.



*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Miriam. Even though she's frequently frames people for things they didn't do, behaves in a cruel and selfish manner, and insults everyone around her, it's clear that she's lonely and unpopular, and wants to change that. Her father blatantly favors her above all other kids but never really expresses any affection for her or interest in her, she kisses up to her teacher to get some approval, and she gets teased often about her weight. The problem is that while she wants to have friends, Miriam doesn't really know how to be a friend.



* SlutShaming: Miriam does this to Graciela, giving her grief for wearing lots of makeup and miniskirts, flirting with and kissing boys frequently. She even points out that the boys take bets on who has kissed her, something Graciela's friends didn't have the heart to tell her about. Needless to say, Graciela is furious.

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* SlutShaming: Miriam does this to Graciela, giving her grief for wearing lots of makeup and miniskirts, flirting with and kissing boys frequently. She even points out that the boys take bets on who has kissed her, something Graciela's friends didn't have the heart to tell her about. Needless to say, Graciela is furious.furious when she learns all this.
* TeachersPet: Miriam is one towards La Foca. She answers every question in class, asks unnecessarily complex and pedantic questions, and enjoys ratting out her classmates or accusing them of breaking rules when they didn't do anything wrong.
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* SlutShaming: Miriam does this to Graciela, giving her grief for wearing lots of makeup and miniskirts, flirting with and kissing boys frequently. She even points out that the boys take bets on who has kissed her, something Graciela's friends didn't have the heart to tell her about. Needless to say, Graciela is furious.

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* AdultChild: Fabian's dad is quite happy and childlike, even when disciplining his son.



* BunglingInventor: Fabian invents an air conditioner controlled by his computer that at first works pretty well, but starts blowing like crazy and flying into the air.

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* BunglingInventor: Fabian invents an air conditioner controlled by his computer that at first works pretty well, but the device soon starts blowing like crazy and crazy, flying into the air.air, and then falling on Paula's pinky toe.
* ChekhovsArmoury: A number of objects that seemed nondescript when they first appeared turn out to be useful.
** The trapdoor that Fabian finds when the group first descends into the basement is the route they go through to hide from their parents.
** Fede picks up a short piece of rope just before entering the basement. Fabian later ties a knot with the rope and uses it to [[spoiler: pull Paula up and save her from falling.]]
** The white coats all the students wear as their school uniform (TruthInTelevision in {{UsefulNotes/Argentina}}) later come in handy when Fede binds them together and uses them to climb the wall of pipes and escape the basement.


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* UnnamedParent: Virutally none of the parents are ever addressed by their names.

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"Caídos del Mapa", meaning "Off the Map", is a 2014 Argentine TV series based on a series of 11 best selling and popular Young Adult novels written by María Inés Falconi. The show is an expanded version of the 2013 film "Caídos del Mapa" directed by Leandro Mark and Nicolás Silbert. It contains both comedic and dramatic elements and takes place in a Buenos Aires middle school.

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"Caídos del Mapa", meaning "Off the Map", is a 2014 Argentine TV series based on a series of [[LongRunner 11 best selling and popular popular]] Young Adult novels written by María Inés Falconi. The show is an expanded version of the 2013 film "Caídos del Mapa" directed by Leandro Mark and Nicolás Silbert. It contains both comedic and dramatic elements and takes place in a Buenos Aires middle school.
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The show covers the plot of the first book, featuring a FourManBand of middle school students planning to ditch the class of their insufferable geography teacher for one day. Their plan is to hide out in the school's deserted basement, which no one ever goes into and is shrouded in mystery. Group leader Federico, or Fede for short, Fabian, Graciela, and Paula are determined to have an adventure together, but school bully Miriam notices their absence and is determined to find out where they are. Meanwhile, as their teacher notices that five students of hers have vanished, the parents of the kids frantically search, while the quartet of friends must deal with Miriam letting herself into their party, secrets being kept between the friends, and many other issues.



* GirlishPigtails: Paula has them.



* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Fede begins his weddings speech with this declaration:

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* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Fede begins his weddings wedding speech with this declaration:



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* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Fede is sanguine, Fabian is melancholic, Graciela is choleric, Paula is phlegmatic.
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* BlindWithoutEm: La Foca absolutely needs her glasses to see. It's why the kids get Miriam to steal those glasses so they can sneak out of class.
* BunglingInventor: Fabian invents an air conditioner controlled by his computer that at first works pretty well, but starts blowing like crazy and flying into the air.



* LargeHam: La Foca is aboslutely one.

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* JewishAndNerdy: Fabian.
* LargeHam: La Foca is aboslutely one.absolutely one.
* LockedAwayInAMonastery: Paula worries that if she gets caught ditching class, her parents will send her to a convent.



*NiceHat: Fede and Fabian try on a few. Fede ends up wearing a chapeau and Fabian wears a light gray top hat when they hold a wedding [[spoiler: for Fabian and Paula.]]
*OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The school geography teacher is named Elvira, but everyone calls her La Foca, which means "the seal".




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*WouldntHitAGirl: Fede scares the girls at one point with a skeleton, and the girls start smacking him in retaliation. He tolerates it all and begs them to stop, saying that he can't hit girls. Though it's all still really funny to him.

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* AlmostKiss: Between [[spoiler:Fabian and Paula when they're at Fabian's house. They later kiss for real.]]
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign

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* AlmightyJanitor: Ramón. He's wiser and more sensible than the other adults, and he's the only one who can successfully open the door to the basement when every other adult fails to do it properly.
* AlmostKiss: Between [[spoiler:Fabian and Paula when they're at Fabian's house. Another one occurs at their wedding, when Fabian kisses her on the cheek instead of the lips. They later kiss for real.]]
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeignAsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Fede delivers the line "dominius, curriculum, Pilates" while officiating [[spoiler:Fabian and Paula's wedding.]]



* CoolOldGuy: Ramón the janitor.
* DeadpanSnarker: Fede is one.



* DumbBlonde: Averted with Graciela, played straight with her mom.

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* DumbBlonde: Averted with Graciela, Graciela but played straight with her mom.mom, who is nice but sometimes asks really silly questions.



* LargeHam: La Foca is aboslutely one.





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\n*MyFriendsAndZoidberg: Fede begins his weddings speech with this declaration:
-->'''Fede:''' Hermanos, hermanas, humanos...Miriam.\\
Translation: Brothers, sisters, humans...Miriam. \\
'''Miriam:''' (''sticks her tongue out at him'') \\

* ShutUpKiss: Happens between [[spoiler:Fabian and Paula after Fabian pulls Paula up from the pipes they're climbing and saves her life.]]
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"Caídos del Mapa", meaning "Off the Map", is a 2014 Argentine TV series based on a series of 11 best selling and popular Young Adult novels written by María Inés Falconi. The show is an expanded version of the 2013 film "Caídos del Mapa" directed by Leandro Mark and Nicolás Silbert. It contains both comedic and dramatic elements and takes place in a Buenos Aires middle school.

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!! "Caídos del Mapa" contains examples of:
* AlmostKiss: Between [[spoiler:Fabian and Paula when they're at Fabian's house. They later kiss for real.]]
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: Miriam is notably fatter and less attractive than the other kids.
* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm: Paula sometimes displays this.
* DumbBlonde: Averted with Graciela, played straight with her mom.
* Jerkass: Miriam and her dad both qualify.
* JerkassHasAPoint: The kids call Miriam out at one point for constantly getting them in trouble and being a bully, but Miriam points out that she's hurt when she gets called fat by the other kids.
* MeaningfulName: Reinoso, Miriam's surname, contains the Spanish words "rey" and "reino", meaning king and kingdom respectively. They emphasize the huge egos Miriam and her father both have.
* MyBelovedSmother: Paula's mom is absolutely one.

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