History Series / Teresa

* NeverMyFault: One of Teresa's many, many flaws is her near total lack of self-awareness. She always pins the blame on others every time something doesn't go her way, and refuses to acknowledge the fact that most (if not all) of her mounting problems and failing relationships are direct results of her own despicable actions.

* ConsumateLiar: Teresa's go-to strategy in life is to spin one lie after another to endear herself to various people, then lying some more to try and stay in their good graces once they start catching on to her treacherous ways. She even lies to ''herself'' nearly constantly to avoid looking in the mirror and see what a horrible person she really is.

* OverprotectiveDad
** Don Porfirio, [[spoiler:to the point of locking Paty in so she wouldn't run away with Johnny.]]
** Armando is very protective of Teresa. [[spoiler:He tells Arturo that if he won't value and respect his daughter, he'll take her back home with him.]]

* GiveTheBabyAFather: Hernán and Esperanza. [[spoiler:It wasn't only to give Esperanza and Rubén's son his last name and help her raise him, though - he truly loved her. [[TheyDo They were married]] in the hospital's break room [[AltarTheSpeed a few days after the birth of Rodrigo]].]]

** After spending the entire series in love with Mariano [[spoiler:and Mariano coping with his budding feelings for her while she dated Martín,[[TheyDo they finally got together towards the end of the series and were married on the last episode.]]]].
** Cutberto and Juana. [[TheyDo They did]].

** Luisa. She loved Teresa like a sister and was always more than eager to share her clothes and jewellery with her.
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Teresa got shot defending Arturo from the grief-striken, widowed wife of a client who chose to commit suicide instead of facing bankruptcy.]]

* ByronicHeroine: Teresa is a rare telenovela example and even a deconstruction. Teresa is a young, ambitious, and sophisticated BrainyBrunette who grew up in an poor neighborhood, sometimes she was so poor that had nothing to eat for days and was ridiculed her entire life for being poor by her rich class mates. She swears to escape poverty by any means one day, and once her sister, her only MoralityPet, dies from a disease that her parents cannot afford to pay the treatment, she becomes a [[AntiVillain manipulative, cold and bitter woman]]. Her arc is mostly about money vs love, she is [[TheAce impossibly intelligent, cunning, and beautiful]], and uses her charms to manipulate people around her to climb the social ladder, giving up Mariano, her first love, by marring, Arturo. She than genuinely falls in love with her husband, whom she married for moneys. But Arturo becomes penniless after losing a case, and she starts to seduce his best friend Fernando, who was dating Arturo's sister. In her destructive ways of trying to escape poverty, Teresa destroys other's people life, and remains without friends, family, love and bitterly LonelyAtTheTop.

* ByronicHeroine: Teresa is a rare telenovela example and even a deconstruction. Teresa is a young, ambitious, and sophisticated BrainyBrunette who grew up in an poor neighborhood, sometimes she was so poor that had nothing to eat for days and was ridiculed her entire life for being poor by her rich class mates. She swears to escape poverty by any means one day, and once her sister, her only MoralityPet, dies from a disease that her parents cannot afford to pay the treatment, she becomes a [[AntiVillain manipulative, cold and bitter woman]]. Her arc is mostly about money vs love, she is [[TheAce impossibly intelligent, cunning, and beautiful]], and uses her charms to manipulate people around her to climb the social ladder, giving up Mariano, her first love, by marring, Arturo. She than genuinely falls in love with her husband, whom she married for moneys. But Arturo becomes penniless after losing a case, and she starts to seduce his best friend Fernando, who was dating Arturo's sister. In her destructive ways of trying to escape poverty, Teresa destroys other's people life, and remains without friends, family, love and bitterly AloneAtTheTop.

** The bitter: [[spoiler:Teresa's shunned and ostracised by the people that looked up to her, cared for her, and those she truly cared about; and her mother's heartbroken and not yet willing to forgive her.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: This being a {{Telenovela}}, there are '''many''' examples:
** Rubén and Esperanza's on-and-off affair lasted for at least the first half of the series (four to five years, in soap time). [[spoiler:She found out, shortly after it ended for good, that she was pregnant.]]
** Rubén and Genoveva had an affair before the series started. It's heavily implied, but not confirmed, that it's why Genoveva divorced her first husband.
** [[spoiler:Paloma and Arturo had sex the night he found out Teresa ''did'' have sex with Mariano.]]
** [[spoiler:Mariano and Teresa slept together and planned to run away together the night before her wedding to Arturo.]]
** [[spoiler:Teresa planned to make Fernando fall in love with her while she was still married to Arturo.]]

* MrFanservice: Mariano and Arturo have plenty of {{ShirtlessScene}}s.

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''Teresa'' (2010-2011) is a {{telenovela}} produced and distributed by Creator/{{Televisa}} in Mexico, and distributed in the United States by Creator/{{Univision}}. The original story ([[CharacterTitle with the same name]]) was first aired in 1959 and remade in 1989 starring Salma Hayek; with one film version and one Brazilian remake.

The 2010 remake stars Angelique Boyer as Teresa Chávez. She's a smart, beautiful, and ambitious young woman who lives in a poor neighbourhood in Mexico City. She attends a school [[ScholarshipStudent well above her parents' means]]; to avoid being judged harshly by her classmates, she tells them her parents are also wealthy but never around.

* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents: Refugio and Armando, to Teresa. [[spoiler:Most if not all of her high school friends were very wealthy, while [[ScholarshipStudent she wasn't]], so she would tell them her parents were always travelling or working. Later on, she even says her parents were wealthy but died a long time ago ... in front of her ''actual'' mother, who she dismissed as 'the help'.]]

* CoolBigSis: Rosita looks up to Teresa and follows her advice of stopping at nothing to get what you want.

* DeathbedConfession: [[spoiler:Paloma reveals to Teresa Arturo spent the night with her just before the injuries caused by the hit-and-run killed her.]]

** [[spoiler:Her relationship with Arturo was full of lies and manipulation. It got so bad, he [[OffTheWagon fell off the wagon]] several times.]]
** Esperanza and Rubén's affair. [[spoiler:While she does truly love him and the audience is left to assume he loves her in his own twisted way, he never showed any remorse for having lied to her about his marriage.]]

* HumiliationConga: Shortly after Teresa ''finally'' becomes the millionaire she always wanted to be, [[spoiler:her mother and godmother disown her over having denied her origins, all her friends realise how manipulative she really is and turn their back on her, and Arturo is disgusted when she suggests using the money from the sale of Fernando's businesses to start a new life together. She has what she's always wanted: wealth and position, but is completely alone.]]

* IdleRich: For a telenovela where most of the characters are among the best lawyers and businessmen, they're hardly shown doing much of the work they're rich and famous for.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Martín tells Mariano this [[spoiler:after breaking off his engagement to Aurora.]]
* LastRequest: "Do the right thing." [[spoiler:Armando's final words to Teresa before dying of a heart attack, after realising she was not above seducing her husband's best friend (and best friend's fiancé, to boot) to secure a good financial position.]]

* MaritalRapeLicense: [[spoiler:Barely averted. Arturo gets drunk and tries to rape Teresa. She manages to get away, and he comes to his senses seconds after.]]

** [[Most of Arturo's fortune was tied to a very important client's case. When the case was lost, so was all of his money.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: This being a [[SoapOpera telenovela]], there are '''many''' examples:

** Paty is also an example of this, even if she's nowhere near as wealthy as Aurora or Luisa.

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* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming
** [[spoiler:Johnny and Paty mention they have [[DoubleEntendre one last thing to do]] on their wedding day. It turns out to be praying at the shrine Refugio made for Rosita after her death. There, Johnny 'introduced' the girls; and Paty promised Rosita she would be a good wife to Johnny and look after him for her.]]

* HonorableMarriageProposal: Hernán and Esperanza. [[spoiler:It wasn't only to give Esperanza and Rubén's son his last name and help her raise him, though - he truly loved her. [[TheyDo They were married]] in the hospital's break room [[AltarTheSpeed a few days after the birth of Rodrigo]].]]

''Teresa'' (2010-2011) is a {{telenovela}} produced and distributed by Main/{{Televisa}} in Mexico, and distributed in the United States by Creator/{{Univision}}. The original story ([[CharacterTitle with the same name]]) was first aired in 1959 and remade in 1989 starring Salma Hayek; with one film version and one Brazilian remake.

** [[spoiler:Teresa planned to make Fernando fall in love with her while she was still married to Arturo.]]

Her best friend, Aurora, is the only one of her classmates who knows the truth about her economic condition. While enrolling at university she meets and falls in love with Mariano, a cab driver and Teresa's ex-boyfriend who still carries a torch for her.

The 2010 remake stars Angelique Boyer as [[VillainousProtagonist Teresa Chávez]]. She's a smart and beautiful young woman who lives in a poor neighbourhood in Mexico City. After [[ScholarshipStudent graduating from a prep school]] well above her means, her ambition turns into {{Greed}} and she makes up her mind to do whatever it takes to become as rich as her classmates' parents.

The 2010 remake stars Angelique Boyer as [[VillanousProtagonist Teresa Chávez]]. She's a smart and beautiful young woman who lives in a poor neighbourhood.

''Teresa'' (2010-2011) is a Main/{{Televisa}} {{telenovela}}.

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* DestructiveRomance
** Any pairing that involves Teresa.

* Disownment:
** [[spoiler: Esperanza's family temporarily disowned her when they found out Rubén was still married and not planning on getting a divorce.]]
** [[spoiler:Teresa told a writer interviewing her that her parents had been rich but were long-dead - in front of her godmother, who she passed off as her nanny, '''and''' her own mother. Refugio implies she could forgive Teresa in time, but Juana did not forgive Teresa.]]

* HumiliationConga: Shortly after Teresa ''finally'' becomes the millionaire she always wanted to be, [[spoiler:her mother and godmother disown her over having denied them, all her friends realise how manipulative she really is and turn their back on her, and Arturo is disgusted when she suggests using the money from the sale of Fernando's businesses to start a new life together. She has what she's always wanted, wealth and position, but is completely alone.]]

** [[spoiler:Esperanza's life after marrying and moving in with Hernán. Unlike Teresa, though, she never wanted to marry rich.]]

* CrowningMomentofHeartwarming
** [[spoiler:Johnny and Paty mention they have [[DoubleEntendre one last thing to do]] on their wedding day. It turns out to be going to the altar Refugio made for Rosita. There, Johnny 'introduced' the girls, and Paty promised she would be a good wife to Johnny and look after him for her.]]

** Esperanza and Rubén's affair. [[spoiler:While she does truly love him and the audience is left to assume he loves her back, he never showed any remorse for having lied to her about his marriage.]]
* DivorceIsTemporary: [[spoiler:Heavily implied in the original ending. Arturo and Teresa's divorce became final a couple of episodes before the last one, where he forgave her.]]

** [[spoiler:Everyone believes that Vanessa, Aurora's mother, passed away when her daughter was very young. In truth, Héctor told everyone this after Vanessa left him for another man.]]
** [[spoiler:Paty's biological father left her mother as soon as she found out she was pregnant.]]

** [[spoiler:Mariano and Teresa were each other's first love, until they broke up and she started dating wealthy Paulo. Aurora loved Mariano but never spoke up about it; Teresa rekindled her relationship with Mariano as soon as she found out about how her best friend felt about him. Aida and Paulo dated to spite Teresa (but developed real feelings for each other, and were engaged until his death). Teresa left Mariano for Arturo, who she married for status and wealth. When Arturo finds out Teresa and Mariano had slept together, he has a one-night stand with Paloma, the ex-fiancée who left him hours before their wedding. Mariano dates Aida to try and get over Teresa; when he realises he can't, they break up. When Aurora starts dating Martín, Mariano realises he's always felt something for her, but was too late. Martín breaks off his engagement to Aurora when he realises she'll never love him the way she loves Mariano. When Arturo and Teresa's marriage starts to sour, she turns to wealthy Fernando - Arturo's best friend, and Luisa's fiancé. When Fernando breaks off his engagement to Luisa and reveals it's because he's fallen in love with Teresa, Arturo turns to Luisa's childhood friend Lucía for comfort. Mariano and Aurora ]]

* AlphaBitch: Aida, for a better part of the series. A [[HeelFaceTurn series of traumatic events]] turned her into a generous person who was now much nicer to other people, even if they weren't of 'her class'. [[LovableAlphaBitch She didn't give up her feud with Teresa [[spoiler:and loathed Esperanza for having an affair with her father]].]]

* TheLostLenore: Rosita to Johnny. [[spoiler:Her death was quite sudden and shortly after starting their relationship. He was so devastated he said he would never be with anyone else again. It took him three years to start a relationship, which ended because he was still grieving Rosita's death.]]

* AlphaBitch: Aida, for a better part of the series. A series of traumatic events [[HeelFaceTurn turned her into a generous person]] who was now [[LovableAlphaBitch nicer to other people, even if they weren't of 'her class', but still plotted to 'unmask' Teresa [[spoiler:and loathed Esperanza for having an affair with her father]]]].

* AlphaBitch: Aida, for a better part of the series. A series of traumatic events [[HeelFaceTurn turned her into a generous, altruistic person]] who became [[LovableAlphaBitch nicer to others, but still plotted to 'unmask' Teresa]].

* Disownment: [[spoiler:This happens after Teresa told a magazine writer her parents had been rich but were long-dead - in front of her godmother, who she passed off as her nanny, '''and''' her own mother. Refugio implies she could forgive Teresa in time, but Juana did not forgive Teresa.]]

** [[spoiler:Paty's biological father left her mother as soon as she found out she was pregnant.]]

** Armando [[spoiler: walks in on Teresa and Fernando making out and realises [[WhereDidWeGoWrong Refugio had been right about Teresa being too ambitious and manipulative.]] [[HollywoodHeartAttack It does not]] [[DeathbedRequest]]end well.]]