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* '''Enforced''': "The characters are going to Italy. Should I do some research?" "Nah, throw in an aggressive guy with a thick accent and call it a night."

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"The characters are going to Italy. Should I do some research?" "Nah, throw in an aggressive guy with a thick accent and call it a night.""
** The actor who plays Antonio is famous for his LargeHam tendencies so they make Antonio a fiery Italian man to better fit with the actor's role.
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'''Basic Trope''': Italians are portrayed as being loud and aggressive.
* '''Straight''': Antonio D'Amico is an Italian man with a heavy accent. He is loud and HotBlooded and often gets into fights.
* '''Exaggerated''': Antonio is an incredibly exaggerated Italian man with a HairTriggerTemper.
* '''Downplayed''': Antonio is known to be of Italian descent and is the most short-tempered cast member, but it's not ridiculous.
* '''Justified''': ???
* '''Inverted''':
** Antonio is Italian and is a calm and introverted Catholic guy.
** In a work set in Italy, the token foreigner is much more loud and aggressive than the rest of the cast.
* '''Subverted''': Antonio is expected to be loud and rambunctious, but he's actually quite calm.
* '''Double Subverted''': Antonio is calm enough when he's in a good mood, but if you anger him, best run.
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Antonio's level of rambunctiousness varies DependingOnTheWriter.
* '''Averted''': Antonio is not especially aggressive.
* '''Enforced''': "The characters are going to Italy. Should I do some research?" "Nah, throw in an aggressive guy with a thick accent and call it a night."
* '''Lampshaded''': "So, does the pasta make you mad all the time, or..."
* '''Invoked''': Antonio's mother raises him with a sense of national pride and an inability to let any slights slide.
* '''Exploited''': ???
* '''Defied''': Antonio dislikes the stereotype of aggressive Italians and acts extremely calm to help stop it.
* '''Discussed''': ???
* '''Conversed''': ???
* '''Implied''': Antonio is short-tempered, and his ethnic heritage isn't revealed, but his name sounds Italian.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Antonio is treated as a FunnyForeigner who tends to have a ComicalOverreaction to minor things.
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