History Series / ImperioDeCristal

* WhatTheHellHero: Ten years ago, Augusto pushed Claudio onto a glass table, but the family chose to institutionalize the latter and brushed the former's actions off. Julio left abroad out of disgust for what they did to Claudio.

As Sofia gets more involved with the Lombardos, she meets Cesar's children such as the ambitious Augusto (Alejandro Camacho), the rebellious Julio (Ari Telch), the bratty Narda (Kate del Castillo) and the traumatized Claudio (Germán Gutierrez).

* ChildrenAreInnocent:
** The day her mother, Elena, died, Sofia met Livia (the person who killed her mother) and they had a brief conversation until both her mother and Livia left in the car that caused an accident and Elena’s death. The innocent girl had no idea what was going on.
** In Claudio's case, it will be Adult Children Are Innocent. He witnessed Octavio’s death, but instead of understanding that Augusto caused his death by poisoning the figs, he blamed himself because he brought the figs in the first place.
** Sharply averted with Augusto, who abused young Claudio for pleasure.
* WomanScorner: Elisa isn't happy that Julio broke up with her to be with Sofia, and constantly tries to break them up by guilt-tripping them. [[spoiler: She eventually gives up and ends with Julio's best friend.]]

* LetMeTellYouAStory: Claudio and the children make a puppet play to tell the rest of the family that Octavio was poisoned.

** Augusto despite being intelligent, cunning, and a strategical genius, regularly displays downright petty behaviour, for example pushing a young Claudio onto a glass table just because he accidentally broke his things or poisoning his eldest brother to death because he got the promotion he wanted

* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Julio and Sofia.
* CoolUncle: Andrea, César's sister, is this to everyone but Augusto.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Elisa and Narda.

** Antonia, Livia's mother, was the one who knew all the time that Livia killed Elena, but Livia put her in an asylum and convinced her that they were all hallucinations. She eventually reveals the truth after Sofia dresses up as Elena and, pretending to be her, forces Livia to tell the truth.

* HenpeckedHusband: César.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Narda.

* KiddieKid: Claudio is 17, but acts much younger due to the trauma of Augusto physically abusing him as a child and living most of his life in a mental institution.
* LastGirlWins: Julio and Sofia.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCa-u2OzpPA "Crystal Empire" by Bebu Silvetti]]

* LikeFatherLikeSon: Sofia greatly resembles her mother Elena, which causes César (for whom Elena was his impossible love) to become very attached to her, causing Livia's jealousy.
* LoveMakesYouEvil: Rogelio, the Lombardo family butler. He is so obsessed with Narda, that he even is willing to help Augusto with his schemes.
* MamaBear: Sofia.

* SmugSnake: Augusto.

* [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Violently Protective Boyfriend]]: Julio.

''Imperio de cristal'' ("Crystal Empire") is a 1994 Mexican {{telenovela}}.

* DrivenToSuicide: Livia. But she is ultimately saved by Claudio, who is ironically the son she neglected the most.

* EngineeredPublicConfession: At the end of the series, Sofia tricks Livia into confessing that she killed Elena and institutionalized her own mother so she'd keep quiet, bragging to Sofia how nobody will ever know the truth. Unfortunately for her, Bruno broadcasted the whole thing over the theater's loudspeakers, finally vindicating Livia and destroying her acting career for good.

* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo: In the end it is revealed that César is not Augusto's father, but Philippe, a prestigious actor and Livia's true love. He doesn't take it very well.

* TangledFamilyTree: Octavio is the son of César and his first divorced wife. Augusto is the son of Livia and Phillipe, an actor whom she had an affair with. While Julio, Narda and Claudio are the kids of Livia and César.
* ThemeNaming: All of the characters have the names of the characters in ''Series/IClaudius''.
* TheUnFavorite: Poor Narda and Claudio. But this is only to their mother, because their father seems to love them equally, but he is unable to show them love because of the trauma induced by Elena's death.
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: Livia. After Augusto dies, realizing that she is unable to be the famous actress she once was and that her family has shunned her, with the exception of NiceGuy Claudio, she ends up forever wheelchair-bound and mentally damaged, not understanding the absence of Augusto. It's pointed out by Antonia that this might have been for the best as she gets to live the reminder of her life in (false) happiness.

* UnwittingPawn: Claudio, at the moment of Octavio's death. Augusto convinced him to feed Octavio the poisoned figs, and when Octavio dies, well, he blamed himself, not knowing that he was manipulated by Augusto the whole time.

* AttentionWhore: Narda loves to be the center of attention, including wearing provocative clothing, stirring up trouble and hanging around with older men. Justified because her parents are MarriedToTheJob, her twin got instituionalized and her other brothers were too old to connect with her.

* BeneathTheMask: Narda. She really loves Bruno, but she refuses to show it. Luckily they receive their happy ending with both of them married and with baby twins that vaguely resemble Narda and Claudio. Also, her relationship with Claudio, her twin. At first she is ashamed of him, due to him being a ManChild, but she later accept him and they get along like they used to do in the past.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Most of the characters feel this (in varying degrees) toward Claudio.

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Augusto.

* BreakTheCutie: Claudio was abused physically and mentally by Augusto all his life. He later broke down after Augusto pushed him causing the boy to fall on a glass table; the trauma was so great that he was sent to a mental asylum in which he spent all his childhood and teenage years. The worst part is that everyone in his family knew the abuse but they preferred to ignore it because sending Claudio away was initially easier than coping with Augusto. In the end, when all his family apologize to him for neglecting him, he is just too nice and forgives them all without a second thought, despite all those traumas.

* DisproportionateRetribution: Augusto is fond of this. Like beating his baby brother into a glass table just because he accidentally broke his things. Or poisoning his eldest brother to death because he got the promotion he wanted.

* EvilMatriarch: Livia makes her family's lives a living hell.

* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Augusto's death.
* KarmicDeath: Augusto's death.

* {{Manchild}}: Claudio is this to the extreme. Not even Marco Antonio and Katia, the children of the house, take him seriously.
* MommasBoy: Augusto is this to Livia.

* PolarOppositeTwins: Narda and Claudio are supposed to be twins, but Narda is slender, rebellious and troubled, while Claudio is plain, shy, meek, and extremely naïve.
* PreciousPuppy: Or rather Precious Bunny. Octavio gives Marco Aurelio a bunny for his birthday. It ends up eating Livia's flowers and she sets out [[AngryGuardDog Caligula]] on the poor bunny out of spite.

* {{Manchild}}: Claudio is this to the extreme. Not even Marco Antonio and Katia, the children of the house, take him seriously.

* PreciousPuppy: Or rather Precious Bunny. Octavio gives Marco Aurelio a bunny for his birthday. The bunny ends up eating Livia's flowers and she sets out [[AngryGuardDog Caligula]] on it out of spite.

* TheDitz: Claudio is this to the extreme. Not even Marco Antonio and Katia, the children of the house, take him seriously.

** In Claudio's case, it will be Adult Children Are Innocent. He witnessed Octavio’s death, but instead of understanding that Augusto caused his death, he blamed himself.

* PolarOppositeTwins: Narda and Claudio are supposed to be twins, but Narda is slender and a bratty flirty girl, while Claudio is plain, shy, meek, and extremely naïve. However, Claudio claims that when they were younger, they looked so alike that they were completely identical and they even acted in sync with each other.

* ReunionShow: While not a reunion show in the literal sense (as it's a unique show with its own plot), it can be considered a quasi-reunion, as many of the cast members of Cuna de Lobos star in this one. There are also a few similarities to the 80s classic: Maria Rubio plays the evil matriarch who turns her wealthy, workaholic husband against his son. There's an [[Unfavorite]] son who's the black sheep of the family. Alejandro Camacho is a villain (although he's much more evil in this one than in Lobos). Etc.

* WholePlotReference: The whole plot is based on ''Series/IClaudius''.
** The patriarchs are César and Livia (Augustus and Livia). César (Augustus) favors Sofia (Julia) while Livia wants Augusto (Tiberius), her own son from a previous marriage, to become the heir. Both Livias plan cruel schemes in order to make it happen.
** The forced marriage between Augusto and Sofia is similar to the one between Tiberius and Julia.
** Octavio is based on Postumus. While one is Claudio's older brother and the other is Claudius's close friend, both were the family heirs, so the Livia in their respective series killed them with poisoned figs.
** Augusto owns a doberman named Caligula.
** Claudio is loosely based on Claudius. Both are considered fools by their respective families, but they have some close friends. And both are silent spectators of the events of the series and they are forced to pretend to be fools in order to save their lives. The difference is that while Claudius was born lame and with a palsy that made him twitch and stutter, Claudio was abused and traumatized by Augusto, causing him to act like a ManChild. However, unlike Claudius, Claudio manages to achieve his happy end (his family realize how important he is to their lives, specially his twin Narda, and he gets a glass-designer job in the family business).
** In the end Julio kills Augusto (similar to when Caligula kills Tiberius) and both become the rulers in their respective families. However, unlike Caligula, who turns out to be an even worse ruler than Tiberius, Julio achieves a happy ending and he is able to live with Sofia and his now united family by his side.

* IllBoy: Octavio.

''Imperio de cristal'' ("Crystal Empire") is a 1994 Mexican {{telenovela}}, based on the series ''Series/IClaudius''. It stars Rebecca Jones as Sofia Vidal, a woman whose life changes after attending a party at the Lombardos' mansion with her husband Uriel and her daughter Katia, César, the headship of the Lombardo family and company (the powerful crystal entrepreneurs), finds out that Sofia is the daughter of his impossible love, Elena, who died tragically in an accident, when Sofia was still a child.

César, without Sofia knowing it, decides to protect her because of Elena's memory, which he cherishes still. César is married in second nuptials to Livia Arizmendi, a former actress who dreams on recovering her career. Sofia's appearance seriously worries Livia, considering her an intruder who could displace her, just as Elena would have done in the past. Livia, who hides a terrible secret that involves Sofia, plots against her, trying to separate her from the family. Sofia slowly gets involved with the lives of the Lombardo family.

* {{Adorkable}}: Claudio, with some of BadassAdorable.

Imperio de cristal (''Crystal Empire'') is a 1994 Mexican {{telenovela}}, based on the series ''Series/IClaudius''. It stars Rebecca Jones as Sofia Vidal, a woman whose life changes after attending a party at the Lombardos' mansion with her husband Uriel and her daughter Katia, César, the headship of the Lombardo family and company (the powerful crystal entrepreneurs), finds out that Sofia is the daughter of his impossible love, Elena, who died tragically in an accident, when Sofia was still a child.

* BasedOnABook: The whole plot is based on ''Series/IClaudius''.
** The patriarchs are César and Livia (Augustus and Livia). César (Augustus) favors Sofia (Julia) while Livia wants Augusto (Tiberius), her own son from a previous marriage, to become the heir. Both Livias plan cruel schemes in order to make it happen.
** The forced marriage between Augusto and Sofia is similar to the one between Tiberius and Julia.
** Octavio is based on Postumus. While one is Claudio's older brother and the other is Claudius's close friend, both were the family heirs, so the Livia in their respective series killed them with poisoned figs.
** Augusto owns a doberman named Caligula.
** Claudio is loosely based on Claudius. Both are considered fools by their respective families, but they have some close friends. And both are silent spectators of the events of the series and they are forced to pretend to be fools in order to save their lives. The difference is that while Claudius was born lame and with a palsy that made him twitch and stutter, Claudio was abused and traumatized by Augusto, causing him to act like a ManChild. However, unlike Claudius, Claudio manages to achieve his happy end (his family realize how important he is to their lives, specially his twin Narda, and he gets a glass-designer job in the family business).
** In the end Julio kills Augusto (similar to when Caligula kills Tiberius) and both become the rulers in their respective families. However, unlike Caligula, who turns out to be an even worse ruler than Tiberius, Julio achieves a happy ending and he is able to live with Sofia and his now united family by his side.

* {{Adorkable}} – Claudio, with some of BadassAdorable
* BasedOnAnAdviceBook – The whole plot is based on ''Series/IClaudius''. The patriarchs are César and Livia (Augustus and Livia). César (Augustus) favors Sofia (Julia) while Livia wants Augusto (Tiberius), her own son from a previous marriage, to become the heir. Both Livias plan cruel schemes in order to make it happen.

* BeneathTheMask – Narda. She really loves Bruno, but she refuses to show it. Luckily they receive their happy ending with both of them married and with baby twins that vaguely resemble Narda and Claudio.
** Also, her relationship with Claudio, her twin. At first she is ashamed of him, due to him being a ManChild, but she later accept him and they get along like they used to do in the past.
* BerserkButton – Never mention Elena’s name in front of Livia.

-->''Don’t touch me or I’ll break!''
* BewareTheNiceOnes – The one who ends up ruining Augusto’s plans is Claudio, his naïve and traumatized brother. Justified, because Octavio, at the moment of his death, persuaded Claudio to act like he was retarded and crazy so Augusto would never be suspicious of him. He does. And succeeds.
* BigBrotherInstinct – Most of the characters feel this (in varying degrees) toward Claudio.
* BigFancyHouse – The Lombardo family mansion.
* BigScrewedUpFamily – Let me see... César, a traumatized man who mourns the death of his impossible love; Livia, a former actress who dreams of recovering her career and will kill everyone for it; Augusto, who will do everything in order to receive his father's inheritance; Narda and Claudio, one neglected and the other traumatized and scarred for life. Check, check and check.
** Julio is the only one who is fairly normal and he is considered the black sheep for that.
* BitchInSheepsClothing – Augusto.
* BlackSheep – Julio is considered to be this by his parents.
* BrattyTeenageDaughter – Narda. But she just does it for attention from her parents.
* BreakTheCutie[=/=]CorruptionOfAMinor – Claudio was abused physically and mentally by Augusto all his life. He later broke down after Augusto pushed him causing the boy to fall on a glass table; the trauma was so great that he was sent to a mental asylum in which he spent all his childhood and teenage years. The worst part is that everyone in his family knew the abuse but they preferred to ignore it because sending Claudio away was initially easier than coping with Augusto.
** In the end, when all his family apologize to him for neglecting him, he is just too nice and forgives them all without a second thought, despite all those traumas.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl – Julio and Sofia.
* [[CoolUncle Cool Aunt]] – Andrea, César's sister, is this to everyone but Augusto.
* TheChessmaster – The entire plot of ''Imperio de cristal'' is shown to be a set of multiple gambits by Augusto, from Octavio's death to abusing and traumatizing Claudio, making Narda pregnant, and his plan to marry Sofia and kill César and Julio.
* ChildrenAreInnocent – The day her mother, Elena, died, Sofia met Livia (the person who killed her mother) and they had a brief conversation until both her mother and Livia left in the car that caused an accident and Elena’s death. The innocent girl had no idea what was going on.
** In Claudio’s case, it will be Adult Children Are Innocent. He witnessed Octavio’s death, but instead of understanding that Augusto caused his death, he blamed himself.

* ClingyJealousGirl – Elisa and Narda.
* DeusExMachina – Antonia, Livia’s mother, was the one who knew all the time that Livia killed Elena, but Livia put her in an asylum and convinced her that they were all hallucinations. She eventually reveals the truth after Sofia dresses up as Elena and, pretending to be her, forces Livia to tell the truth.
** Also Claudio. He knew everything that happened in the house and Augusto’s plans, but he was too naïve to understand. At least in the end he got the bravery and maturity to reveal the truth… in a childish way: by playing with puppets who reveal who is the culprit of Octavio’s death.
* DisneyDeath – When César and his family are in a yacht, Augusto poisons and throws César into the sea. He is left for dead until he reappears at the moment when Claudio and Julio reveal to the family that Augusto killed Octavio. Apparently he was rescued by his sister's ex-boyfriend.

* TheDitz – Claudio is this to the extreme. Not even Marco Antonio and Katia, the children of the house, take him seriously.
* DrivenToSuicide – Livia. But she is ultimately saved by Claudio, who is ironically the son she neglected the most.

* EvilMatriarch – Livia
* FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo – In the end it is revealed that César is not Augusto’s father, but Philippe, a prestigious actor and Livia’s true love. He doesn’t take it very well.
* TheFoodPoisoningIncident – Octavio’s death. He dies after eating figs poisoned by Augusto.
* FreudianExcuse – Claudio has an excuse for his excessively naïve and childish behavior (for someone who is in his early 20s). See BreakTheCutie for more.

* GadgeteerGenius – Bruno. It later proves to be useful when he puts hidden microphones in the theater so everyone hears the confession when Livia reveals to Sofia that she killed Elena.
* GeniusDitz – Claudio is surprisingly good at making castles with various materials and at making glass designs.
* HatesBeingTouched – Claudio, with good justification. See BreakTheCutie for more.
* HenpeckedHusband – César.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold – Narda.
* IllBoy – Octavio.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice / KarmicDeath: Augusto's death.
* KarmicTwistEnding – Livia ends up insane and living in her own assylum.
* LastGirlWins – Julio and Sofia.
* Leitmotif – [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCa-u2OzpPA "Crystal Empire" by Bebu Silvetti]]
* [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Mother, Like Daughter]] – Sofia greatly resembles her mother Elena, which causes César (for whom Elena was his impossible love) to become very attached to her, causing Livia’s jealousy.
* LoveMakesYouEvil – Rogelio, the Lombardo family butler. He is so obsessed with Narda, that he even is willing to help Augusto with his schemes.
* MamaBear – Sofia
* MommasBoy – Augusto is this to Livia.
* ObfuscatingStupidity – After Octavio’s death, Claudio acts like he is really retarded so Augusto will never be suspicious of him.
** After all, ''Imperio de cristal'' is based on ''Series/IClaudius'', so this is a reference to the moment in which Claudius receives a piece of advice from an aged scholar:

* ParentalAbandonment – After Elena’s death, César was unable to show affection for his children, until the end of the series.
* PolarOppositeTwins - Narda and Claudio are supposed to be twins, but Narda is slender and a bratty flirty girl, while Claudio is plain, shy, meek, and extremely naïve. However, Claudio claims that when they were younger, they looked so alike that they were completely identical and they even acted in sync with each other.
* RecurringDreams – In her childhood, Sofia had nightmares about her mother's death. As an adult, she dreams of herself dying in front of an oblivious Katia.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath – Uriel. Also Elisa's dad.
** In the case of Livia, it's Redemption Equals Insanity.
* SmugSnake – Augusto.
* TangledFamilyTree – Octavio is the son of César and his first divorced wife. Augusto is the son of Livia and Phillipe, an actor whom she had an affair with. While Julio, Narda and Claudio are the kids of Livia and César.
* TheNineties: Was produced and initially aired during the era considered by telenovela addicts to be The Renaissance Age of Telenovelas.
* ThemeNaming – All of the characters have the names of the characters in ''Series/IClaudius''.
* TheUnFavorite – Poor Narda and Claudio. But this is only to their mother, because their father seems to love them equally, but he is unable to show them love because of the trauma induced by Elena’s death.
* TraumaInducedAmnesia – Livia. After Augusto dies, realizing that she is unable to be the famous actress she once was and that her family has shunned her, with the exception of NiceGuy Claudio, she ends up forever wheelchair-bound and mentally damaged, not understanding the absence of Augusto. It's pointed out by Antonia that this might have been for the best as she gets to live the reminder of her life in (false) happiness.
* UnwittingPawn – Claudio, at the moment of Octavio’s death. Augusto convinced him to feed Octavio the poisoned figs, and when Octavio dies, well, he blamed himself, not knowing that he was manipulated by Augusto the whole time.
* [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Violently Protective Boyfriend]] – Julio.

* KarmicDeath – Augusto dies after being pushed into a glass door by Julio. It awfully mirrors the scene when a young Augusto pushed Claudio into a glass table.
* KarmicTwistEnding – Livia ends up insane and living in her own asylum.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath – Uriel.

* NonIdenticalTwins – Narda and Claudio are supposed to be twins, but Narda is slender and a bratty flirty girl, while Claudio is plain, shy, meek, and extremely naïve. However, Claudio claims that when they were younger, they looked so alike that they were completely identical and they even acted in sync with each other.

Imperio de cristal (''Crystal Empire'') is a 1994 Mexican {{telenovela}}, based on the series ''Series/IClaudius''. It stars Rebecca Jones as Sofia Vidal, a woman whose life changes after attending a party at the Lombardos' mansion with her husband Uriel and her daughter Katia, César, the headship of the Lombardo family and company (the powerful crystal entrepreneurs), finds out that Sofia is the daughter of his impossible love. Elena, who died tragically in an accident, when Sofia was still a child.

* TheWoobie – Claudio, again. He goes through all kind of traumas, he is neglected and treated as if retarded by most of his family, and he still endures it with a mixture of naïveté and strength. You just want to hug him from the very beginning.

''Imperio de cristal'' is a 1994 Mexican {{telenovela}}, based on the series ''Series/IClaudius''. It stars Rebecca Jones as Sofia Vidal, a woman whose life changes after attending a party at the Lombardos' mansion with her husband Uriel and her daughter Katia, César, the headship of the Lombardo family and company (the powerful crystal entrepreneurs), finds out that Sofia is the daughter of his impossible love. Elena, who died tragically in an accident, when Sofia was still a child.

* TearJerker – Octavio's death. He agonizes in front of a mocking Augusto, who tells him that he poisoned the figs. Later Claudio arrives, blaming himself for the incident, and they have a Tear Jerker conversation which concludes with Octavio begging his younger brother to act like a fool so Augusto won’t hurt him.
** When Julio and Octavio’s widow wife force Claudio to declare who killed Octavio. His declaration is so naïve and heartbreaking at the same time.
** Livia’s suicide attempt. And then Claudio arrives just in time. Their conversation is simply hearbreaking.
-->'''Claudio''': Mom!
-->'''Livia''': I’m dying, Claudio…I’m dying.
-->'''Claudio''': No mother. Please, don’t!
-->'''Livia''': I have no more reasons to live
-->'''Claudio''': I love you, mom! Please don’t leave me! Don’t die!
-->'''Livia''': Augusto hates me now. He told me… to go to Hell. And that I wasn’t a goddess.
-->'''Claudio''': That’s not true! I always looked up to you. Don’t listen to Augusto. He’ll go to Hell for sure!
-->'''Livia''': Claudio, my son… Do you love me?
-->'''Claudio''': Yes, mom.
-->'''Livia''': I’ve always been a terrible mother to you.
-->'''Claudio''': That doesn’t matter. I love you and I will always take care of you. So please don’t hurt yourself. I need you. Please, don’t die, mom!
-->'''Livia''': I always neglected you. But you know what? You are the best of all my kids.
*** You know? For some reason, Claudio is always present in those moments. Must be because he is a [[TheWoobie Woobie]] ManChild.

* BasedOnAnAdviceBook - The whole plot is based on ''Series/IClaudius''. The patriarchs are César and Livia (Augustus and Livia). César (Augustus) favors Sofia (Julia) while Livia wants Augusto (Tiberius), her own son from a previous marriage, to become the heir. Both Livias plan cruel schemes in order to make it happen.

* BigBrotherInstinct - Most of the characters feel this (in varying degrees) toward Claudio.

* BigScrewedUpFamily - Let me see... César, a traumatized man who mourns the death of his impossible love; Livia, a former actress who dreams of recovering her career and will kill everyone for it; Augusto, who will do everything in order to receive his father's inheritance; Narda and Claudio, one neglected and the other traumatized and scarred for life. Check, check and check.

* BlackSheep - Julio is considered to be this by his parents.

* [[CoolUncle Cool Aunt]] - Andrea, César's sister, is this to everyone but Augusto.
* TheChessmaster - The entire plot of ''Imperio de cristal'' is shown to be a set of multiple gambits by Augusto, from Octavio's death to abusing and traumatizing Claudio, making Narda pregnant, and his plan to marry Sofia and kill César and Julio.

* DisneyDeath - When César and his family are in a yacht, Augusto poisons and throws César into the sea. He is left for dead until he reappears at the moment when Claudio and Julio reveal to the family that Augusto killed Octavio. Apparently he was rescued by his sister's ex-boyfriend.
* TheDitz - Claudio is this to the extreme. Not even Marco Antonio and Katia, the children of the house, take him seriously.

* Leitmotif - [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jCa-u2OzpPA "Crystal Empire" by Bebu Silvetti]]
* [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Mother, Like Daughter]] - Sofia greatly resembles her mother Elena, which causes César (for whom Elena was his impossible love) to become very attached to her, causing Livia’s jealousy.
* LoveMakesYouEvil - Rogelio, the Lombardo family butler. He is so obsessed with Narda, that he even is willing to help Augusto with his schemes.
* MamaBear - Sofia

* ObfuscatingStupidity - After Octavio’s death, Claudio acts like he is really retarded so Augusto will never suspect him.

* TheOrphan - Sofia. Her mother was killed in a car accident caused by EvilMatriarch Livia and her father died later after an accident in a mine.

* RecurringDreams - In her childhood, Sofia had nightmares about her mother's death. As an adult, she dreams of herself dying in front of an oblivious Katia.

* SmugSnake - Augusto.
* TangledFamilyTree - Octavio is the son of César and his first divorced wife. Augusto is the son of Livia and Phillipe, an actor whom she had an affair with. While Julio, Narda and Claudio are the kids of Livia and César.

* ThemeNaming - All of the characters have the names of the characters in ''Series/IClaudius''.

* TraumaInducedAmnesia - Livia. After Augusto dies, realizing that she is unable to be the famous actress she once was and that her family has shunned her, with the exception of NiceGuy Claudio, she ends up forever wheelchair-bound and mentally damaged, not understanding the absence of Augusto. It's pointed out by Antonia that this might have been for the best as she gets to live the reminder of her life in (false) happiness.

* TheUnFavourite – Poor Narda and Claudio. But this is only to their mother, because their father seems to love them equally, but he is unable to show them love because of the trauma induced by Elena’s death.