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* BlendedFamilyDrama: Bianca has a MissingMom and Maggie has a DisappearedDad. Maggie's DisappearedDad turns out to be [[LongLostRelative Bianca's father]], who used to live in the USA with Maggie's mother, before leaving the family. After the family relations are revealed and especially after their parents get back together, the girls have trouble accepting the new family situation, but they solve their issues eventually.
* GenerationXerox: Maggie and Bianca inherited their interest in music from their parents, who used to have a band together. Maggie's mother is also as bubbly and eccentric as her daughter.
* InformedAbility: The [=CoolGhost=], the main rivals of the [=MoodBoards=] in the BattleOfTheBands, are apparently a great band which was already relatively famous. But all their songs are off-screen, and we never hear them sing or play music, ever. By contrast, we hear dozens of different songs of the [=MoodBoards=], the main characters, and they win every time. The viewers have no choice but to root for the [=MoodBoards=], because we never hear the music of anybody else.
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* LongLostRelative: Maggie and Bianca find out they are half-sisters at the end of season 1. With the viewers, it's already implied in the second episode.
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* LongLostRelative: Maggie and Bianca find out they are half-sisters at the end of season 1. With the viewers, it's already implied in the second episode. After the revelation, they have a lot of HalfSiblingAngst.
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* DownerEnding: More than a few episodes end with a downer cliffhanger, especially in season 3, usually related to the title characters's romantic drama or family drama. Obviously averted with the season finale.
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* ForeignLanguageTheme: The opening's theme song is in English, and most of the soundtrack is in English too. The only exception is the Italian song ''Come Le Star'' (used for the closing credits), although it also has an English adaptation ''Be Like Stars''.
* GenderEqualEnsemble: Despite minor cast changes, the trope is played straight in all three seasons, if you only count the students.
** Season 1 has four girls (Maggie, Bianca, Nausica, Yuki) and four boys (Jacques, Quinn, Eduard, Leo).
** Season 2 has five girls (Maggie, Bianca, Nausica, Yuki, Susan) and five boys (Jacques, Quinn, Eduard, Andrew, Felipe).
** Season 3 has four girls (Maggie, Bianca, Nausica, Eloise) and four boys (Jacques, Quinn, Eduard, Felipe).
* GenderEqualEnsemble: Despite minor cast changes, the trope is played straight in all three seasons, if you only count the students.
** Season 1 has four girls (Maggie, Bianca, Nausica, Yuki) and four boys (Jacques, Quinn, Eduard, Leo).
** Season 2 has five girls (Maggie, Bianca, Nausica, Yuki, Susan) and five boys (Jacques, Quinn, Eduard, Andrew, Felipe).
** Season 3 has four girls (Maggie, Bianca, Nausica, Eloise) and four boys (Jacques, Quinn, Eduard, Felipe).
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* SlobsVersusSnobs: Maggie and Bianca are an OddCouple of roommates. Maggie is the messy, disorganized, middle-class girl, Bianca is the uptight, refined, upper-class girl.
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** Nausica is a cruel and power-hungry girl who likes to think of herself as a "queen bee", and is often plotting against the rest of the group, especially Maggie and Bianca.
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** Nausica is a cruel and power-hungry girl who likes to think of herself as a "queen bee", and enjoys being cruel to everyone. Except that she has no talent or popularity at all, due to being a SmallNameBigEgo who gets mad after finding out that she is often plotting against ''second to last'' in the rest of the group, especially Maggie and Bianca.school's popularity list.
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** Bianca is often called "The Frosty Ice Queen" by the other characters. While still being standoffish, she softens up over time thanks to her friends, especially Maggie, and her love interest [[NiceGuy Quinn]]. In season 2, she is back to be an IceQueen after finding out that Maggie is her sister, but eventually learns to accept her.
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** Bianca is often called "The Frosty Ice Queen" by the other characters. While still being standoffish, she softens up over time thanks to her friends, especially Maggie, and her love interest [[NiceGuy Quinn]]. In season 2, she is back to be an IceQueen after finding out that Maggie is her sister, but eventually learns to accept her. In season 3, she is nice most of the time, and is no longer a snob.
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* LovableAlphaBitch: Bianca. She is a rich, vain, and egocentric SpoiledBrat, but also has a softer side. After some CharacterDevelopment, she learns to value her friends, especially Maggie.
* LoveTriangle: There are a few of these. The Jacques/Maggie/Andrew triangle is the main focus of the entire season 2. Other examples are Quinn/Bianca/Leo in season 1 (although Bianca never liked Leo at all), and Quinn/Bianca/Felipe in later episodes.
* OnlySaneMan: Jacques and Quinn are the most normal characters. Everyone else is very wacky and exaggerated, including the adults.
* LoveTriangle: There are a few of these. The Jacques/Maggie/Andrew triangle is the main focus of the entire season 2. Other examples are Quinn/Bianca/Leo in season 1 (although Bianca never liked Leo at all), and Quinn/Bianca/Felipe in later episodes.
* OnlySaneMan: Jacques and Quinn are the most normal characters. Everyone else is very wacky and exaggerated, including the adults.
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* LovableAlphaBitch: Bianca. She Bianca is a rich, vain, and egocentric SpoiledBrat, but also has a softer side. After some CharacterDevelopment, she learns to value her friends, especially Maggie.
Maggie. In season 3, the "bitch" part almost completely disappears.
* LoveTriangle: There are a few of these. The Jacques/Maggie/Andrew triangle is the main focus of the entire season 2. Other examples are Quinn/Bianca/Leo in season 1 (although Bianca never liked Leo at all), and Quinn/Bianca/Felipe in laterepisodes.
episodes. In season 3, there's also Maggie/Jacques/Marie, although Marie rarely appears.
*OnlySaneMan: OnlySaneMan:
** Jacques and Quinn are the most normal characters. Everyone else is very wacky and exaggerated, including the adults.
** Of the adults, the only ones who are not crazy or eccentric are Professor Ferrari (PutOnABus after season 1) and Bianca's father.
* LoveTriangle: There are a few of these. The Jacques/Maggie/Andrew triangle is the main focus of the entire season 2. Other examples are Quinn/Bianca/Leo in season 1 (although Bianca never liked Leo at all), and Quinn/Bianca/Felipe in later
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** Jacques and Quinn are the most normal characters. Everyone else is very wacky and exaggerated, including the adults.
** Of the adults, the only ones who are not crazy or eccentric are Professor Ferrari (PutOnABus after season 1) and Bianca's father.
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** In a different way, also Bianca and Felipe. Bianca is a GirlyGirl who usually wears pink or bright colors, while Felipe is a rocker who wears black.
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** In a different way, also Bianca and Felipe. Bianca is a GirlyGirl who usually wears pink or bright colors, while Felipe is a rocker who wears black.black.
* PluckyComicRelief: Eduard, Yuki, and Nausica are joke characters who only appear to make fools of themselves, and they have no romantic drama. Out of them, only Nausica has her serious moments, but only in two episodes.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: The title characters constantly argue, and Bianca tends to be rude and mean to Maggie, but they have AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther moments at the end of most episodes. Their friendship becomes healthier in season 3, after Bianca TookALevelInKindness.
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* PluckyComicRelief: Eduard, Yuki, and Nausica are joke characters who only appear to make fools of themselves, and they have no romantic drama. Out of them, only Nausica has her serious moments, but only in two episodes.
* WithFriendsLikeThese: The title characters constantly argue, and Bianca tends to be rude and mean to Maggie, but they have AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther moments at the end of most episodes. Their friendship becomes healthier in season 3, after Bianca TookALevelInKindness.
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* EvilCounterpart: In season 1, all the five [=MoodBoards=] members have a counterpart among the [=CoolGhost=] members, who are very similar to them, but more cynical, punk, and ruthless. In season 2, two of the [=CoolGhost=] are PutOnABus.
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* EvilCounterpart: In the BattleOfTheBands in season 1, all the five [=MoodBoards=] members have a counterpart among the [=CoolGhost=] members, who are very similar to them, but more cynical, punk, and ruthless. In season 2, two of the [=CoolGhost=] are PutOnABus.
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In Italy, the series premiered on Rai Gulp on August 29, 2016. The second and the third seasons were released between January and December 2017. The first two seasons are available worldwide on Netflix.
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* AscendedExtra: The members of the rival band [=CoolGhost=] are minor antagonists in season 1, but are promoted to the opening cast in season 2, where all three of them receive more CharacterDevelopment.
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* AscendedExtra: The members of the rival band [=CoolGhost=] are minor antagonists who appear in the last few episodes of season 1, but three of them (Andrew, Felipe, Susan) are promoted to the opening cast in season 2, where all three of them and they receive more CharacterDevelopment.
*BelligerentSexualTension: All the four main romantic relationships (Maggie/Jacques, Maggie/Andrew, Bianca/Quinn, Bianca/Felipe), start out with fighting and arguing, along with obvious ShipTease, until the eventual RelationshipUpgrade.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Leo, one of the main students in season 1, disappears in season 2 without explanation.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Leo, one Leo is part of the main group of students in season 1, and is more OutOfFocus than the others, despite being in the opening. He disappears in season 2 without explanation.
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** Bianca is often called "The Frosty Ice Queen" by the other characters. While still being standoffish, she softens up over time thanks to her friends, especially Maggie. In season 2, she is back to be an IceQueen after finding out that Maggie is her sister, but eventually learns to accept her.
** Even [[AlphaBitch Nausica]], the most antagonistic character, becomes nice in the last two episodes.
** Even [[AlphaBitch Nausica]], the most antagonistic character, becomes nice in the last two episodes.
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** Bianca is often called "The Frosty Ice Queen" by the other characters. While still being standoffish, she softens up over time thanks to her friends, especially Maggie.Maggie, and her love interest [[NiceGuy Quinn]]. In season 2, she is back to be an IceQueen after finding out that Maggie is her sister, but eventually learns to accept her.
**Even [[AlphaBitch Nausica]], the most antagonistic character, becomes nice in the last two episodes.episodes, at the end of season 3. Even before that, there are a few hints that she's not evil deep down, especially in the season 2 episode where her abusive mother appears.
** Susan, the goth PerpetualFrowner of the [=CoolGhost=], reveals a sweet side when she dates Quinn in season 2.
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** Susan, the goth PerpetualFrowner of the [=CoolGhost=], reveals a sweet side when she dates Quinn in season 2.
* EvilCounterpart: In season 1, all the five [=MoodBoards=] members have a counterpart among the [=CoolGhost=] members, who are very similar to them, but more cynical, punk, and ruthless. In season 2, two of the [=CoolGhost=] are PutOnABus.
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* InnocentBetaBitch: Yuki is sometimes this to Nausica. She is not mean at all, just a ditz who is manipulated by AlphaBitch Nausica into going along with her plans.
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* InnocentBetaBitch: Yuki is sometimes this to Nausica. She is not mean at all, just a ditz who is manipulated by AlphaBitch Nausica into going along with her plans. Even Eduard and Eloise can be innocent sidekicks to Nausica at times.
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* LoveTriangle: The central love triangles are Jacques/Maggie/Andrew and Quinn/Bianca/Felipe.
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* LoveTriangle: There are a few of these. The central love triangles are Jacques/Maggie/Andrew triangle is the main focus of the entire season 2. Other examples are Quinn/Bianca/Leo in season 1 (although Bianca never liked Leo at all), and Quinn/Bianca/Felipe.Quinn/Bianca/Felipe in later episodes.
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** Bianca, a RichBitch (though with HiddenDepths), and Quinn, a reasonable NiceGuy.
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** Bianca, a RichBitch (though one with HiddenDepths), HiddenDepths who later TookALevelinKindness), and Quinn, a reasonable NiceGuy.
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* AscendedExtra: The members of the rival band [=CoolGhost=] are minor antagonists in season 1, but are promoted to the opening cast in season 2, where all three of them receive more CharacterDevelopment.
* BoardingSchool: The Fashion Academy attended by the title characters is a boarding school.
* DoItYourselfThemeTune: Both the songs of the opening and the closing credits are sung by lead actresses Emanuela Rei and Giorgia Boni.
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* FirstGuyWins: At the end of the show, Maggie ends up with Jacques, and Bianca ends up with Quinn. They are the first guys who show interest in them, before other love interests are introduced in later episodes.
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* FirstGuyWins: At the end of the show, Maggie ends up with Jacques, and Bianca ends up with Quinn. They are the first guys who show interest in them, them (not including [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome Leo]]'s shallow crush on Bianca in season 1), before other love interests are introduced in later episodes.
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Maggie (Emanuela Rei) is a quirky and free-spirited American girl who wants to become a fashion designer, while Bianca (Giorgia Boni) is a stylish and snobbish Italian girl and the heir of a prestigious fashion company. The two girls meet at the the Fashion Academy of Milan, where they are assigned as roommates, but they don't get along initially, due to their opposite personalities. Over time, they learn to like each other and develop a strong friendship. Along with three of their friends, they form a band that will allow them to show their musical talent, while still studying fashion at at the Academy at the same time.
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Maggie (Emanuela Rei) is a quirky and free-spirited American girl who wants to become a fashion designer, while Bianca (Giorgia Boni) is a stylish and snobbish Italian girl and the heir of a prestigious fashion company. The two girls meet at the the Fashion Academy of Milan, where they are assigned as roommates, but they don't get along initially, due to their opposite personalities. Over time, they learn to like each other and develop a strong friendship. Along with three of their friends, they form a band that will allow them to show their musical talent, while still studying fashion at at the Academy at the same time.
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''Maggie & Bianca: Fashion Friends '' is an Italian sitcom, produced by Creator/RainbowSrl, and created by Iginio Straffi, also known for ''WesternAnimation/WinxClub''. It was Rainbow's first full live-action series.
Maggie (Emanuela Rei) is a quirky and free-spirited American girl who wants to become a fashion designer, while Bianca (Giorgia Boni) is a stylish and snobbish Italian girl and the heir of a prestigious fashion company. The two girls meet at the the Fashion Academy of Milan, where they are assigned as roommates, but they don't get along initially, due to their opposite personalities. Over time, they learn to like each other and develop a strong friendship. Along with three of their friends, they form a band that will allow them to show their musical talent, while still studying fashion at at the Academy at the same time.
In Italy, the series premiered on Rai Gulp on August 29, 2016. The second and the third seasons were released between January and December 2017. The first two seasons are available worldwide on Netflix.
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* AlphaBitch:
** Nausica is a cruel and power-hungry girl who likes to think of herself as a "queen bee", and is often plotting against the rest of the group, especially Maggie and Bianca.
** Bianca herself often acts like this, especially in the early episodes, though deep down she is more of a LovableAlphaBitch.
* AsianAirhead: Yuki is Japanese and one of the two dumbest characters.
* CharacterCatchphrase: Maggie says "Gozy!" when she finds something cool. It's a word invented by her which comes from "''go'' cra''zy''".
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Leo, one of the main students in season 1, disappears in season 2 without explanation.
* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: The AsianAirhead Yuki is PutOnABus after season 2. In season 3, she is replaced by Eloise, a science-loving genius.
* DefrostingIceQueen:
** Bianca is often called "The Frosty Ice Queen" by the other characters. While still being standoffish, she softens up over time thanks to her friends, especially Maggie. In season 2, she is back to be an IceQueen after finding out that Maggie is her sister, but eventually learns to accept her.
** Even [[AlphaBitch Nausica]], the most antagonistic character, becomes nice in the last two episodes.
* TheDitz: Yuki and Eduard act like idiots all the time. They are often paired together in silly subplots.
* DumbAndDrummer: The resident idiot Eduard is the drummer of the [=MoodBoards=], Maggie and Bianca's band.
* FireForgedFriends: Maggie and Bianca go from enemies to close friends, after working together for school projects. They still can be VitriolicBestBuds though, especially Bianca.
* FirstGuyWins: At the end of the show, Maggie ends up with Jacques, and Bianca ends up with Quinn. They are the first guys who show interest in them, before other love interests are introduced in later episodes.
* GenkiGirl: Maggie is often enthusiastic and excitable, something that [[IceQueen Bianca]] finds annoying. Yuki, being TheDitz, is very perky as well.
* InnocentBetaBitch: Yuki is sometimes this to Nausica. She is not mean at all, just a ditz who is manipulated by AlphaBitch Nausica into going along with her plans.
* LongLostRelative: Maggie and Bianca find out they are half-sisters at the end of season 1. With the viewers, it's already implied in the second episode.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Bianca. She is a rich, vain, and egocentric SpoiledBrat, but also has a softer side. After some CharacterDevelopment, she learns to value her friends, especially Maggie.
* LoveTriangle: The central love triangles are Jacques/Maggie/Andrew and Quinn/Bianca/Felipe.
* OnlySaneMan: Jacques and Quinn are the most normal characters. Everyone else is very wacky and exaggerated, including the adults.
* OppositesAttract: Most of the main couples.
** Maggie, a bubbly GranolaGirl, and Jacques, a preppy and arrogant ladies man. It doesn't help that Jacques often teases Maggie in early episodes, but they fall in love.
** Bianca, a RichBitch (though with HiddenDepths), and Quinn, a reasonable NiceGuy.
** In a different way, also Bianca and Felipe. Bianca is a GirlyGirl who usually wears pink or bright colors, while Felipe is a rocker who wears black.
Maggie (Emanuela Rei) is a quirky and free-spirited American girl who wants to become a fashion designer, while Bianca (Giorgia Boni) is a stylish and snobbish Italian girl and the heir of a prestigious fashion company. The two girls meet at the the Fashion Academy of Milan, where they are assigned as roommates, but they don't get along initially, due to their opposite personalities. Over time, they learn to like each other and develop a strong friendship. Along with three of their friends, they form a band that will allow them to show their musical talent, while still studying fashion at at the Academy at the same time.
In Italy, the series premiered on Rai Gulp on August 29, 2016. The second and the third seasons were released between January and December 2017. The first two seasons are available worldwide on Netflix.
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!!Tropes:
* AlphaBitch:
** Nausica is a cruel and power-hungry girl who likes to think of herself as a "queen bee", and is often plotting against the rest of the group, especially Maggie and Bianca.
** Bianca herself often acts like this, especially in the early episodes, though deep down she is more of a LovableAlphaBitch.
* AsianAirhead: Yuki is Japanese and one of the two dumbest characters.
* CharacterCatchphrase: Maggie says "Gozy!" when she finds something cool. It's a word invented by her which comes from "''go'' cra''zy''".
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Leo, one of the main students in season 1, disappears in season 2 without explanation.
* ContrastingReplacementCharacter: The AsianAirhead Yuki is PutOnABus after season 2. In season 3, she is replaced by Eloise, a science-loving genius.
* DefrostingIceQueen:
** Bianca is often called "The Frosty Ice Queen" by the other characters. While still being standoffish, she softens up over time thanks to her friends, especially Maggie. In season 2, she is back to be an IceQueen after finding out that Maggie is her sister, but eventually learns to accept her.
** Even [[AlphaBitch Nausica]], the most antagonistic character, becomes nice in the last two episodes.
* TheDitz: Yuki and Eduard act like idiots all the time. They are often paired together in silly subplots.
* DumbAndDrummer: The resident idiot Eduard is the drummer of the [=MoodBoards=], Maggie and Bianca's band.
* FireForgedFriends: Maggie and Bianca go from enemies to close friends, after working together for school projects. They still can be VitriolicBestBuds though, especially Bianca.
* FirstGuyWins: At the end of the show, Maggie ends up with Jacques, and Bianca ends up with Quinn. They are the first guys who show interest in them, before other love interests are introduced in later episodes.
* GenkiGirl: Maggie is often enthusiastic and excitable, something that [[IceQueen Bianca]] finds annoying. Yuki, being TheDitz, is very perky as well.
* InnocentBetaBitch: Yuki is sometimes this to Nausica. She is not mean at all, just a ditz who is manipulated by AlphaBitch Nausica into going along with her plans.
* LongLostRelative: Maggie and Bianca find out they are half-sisters at the end of season 1. With the viewers, it's already implied in the second episode.
* LovableAlphaBitch: Bianca. She is a rich, vain, and egocentric SpoiledBrat, but also has a softer side. After some CharacterDevelopment, she learns to value her friends, especially Maggie.
* LoveTriangle: The central love triangles are Jacques/Maggie/Andrew and Quinn/Bianca/Felipe.
* OnlySaneMan: Jacques and Quinn are the most normal characters. Everyone else is very wacky and exaggerated, including the adults.
* OppositesAttract: Most of the main couples.
** Maggie, a bubbly GranolaGirl, and Jacques, a preppy and arrogant ladies man. It doesn't help that Jacques often teases Maggie in early episodes, but they fall in love.
** Bianca, a RichBitch (though with HiddenDepths), and Quinn, a reasonable NiceGuy.
** In a different way, also Bianca and Felipe. Bianca is a GirlyGirl who usually wears pink or bright colors, while Felipe is a rocker who wears black.
