History Series / UmAnjoCaiuDoCeu

* AFamilyAffair: Prior to the story’s beginning, João cheated on his wife with his sister-in-law Laila;, conceiving Cuca in the process.

* CallBack

* ReallyGetsAround: João, who has two daughters with his ex-wife, one daughter with his former sister-in-law, [[spoiler:and eventually turns out to have another child, a son named Rodrigo, with a woman who is the spitting image of his ex-wife]]. It's said that João's infidelity was one of the factors that led to him and Naná splitting up.
** [[spoiler:In a twist of irony, this ends up happening to Raphael himself; during his days as a mortal, he winds up conceiving kids with three of the female students from the fashion academy, which gets him in hot water with the higher-ups at Heaven. Needless to say, he's very embarrassed to find out he got all three of the girls pregnant.]]

'''''Um Anjo Caiu do Céu''''' ("An Angel Fell From Heaven") is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}} Brazilian]] {{telenovela}} created by author Antônio Calmon and broadcast by Rede Globo in its 7PM timeslot from January 22nd, 2001 to August 25th, 2001. The series follows João Medeiros (Tarcísio Meira), a renomed photographer who spends most of his time traveling the world doing his job, paying next to no attention to the BigScrewedUpFamily he left back home in Rio de Janeiro.

'''Um Anjo Caiu do Céu''' ("An Angel Fell From Heaven") is a [[UsefulNotes/{{Brazil}} Brazilian]] {{telenovela}} created by author Antônio Calmon and broadcast by Rede Globo in its 7PM timeslot from January 22nd, 2001 to August 25th, 2001. The series follows João Medeiros (Tarcísio Meira), a renomed photographer who spends most of his time traveling the world doing his job, paying next to no attention to the BigScrewedUpFamily he left back home in Rio de Janeiro.

* HeelFaceTurn: Tarso starts out as a rather shady character, but is able to turn over a new leaf thanks to some divine intervention, mainly from João.

* AFamilyAffair: Prior to the story’s beginning, João cheated on his wife with his sister-in-law Naná, conceiving Cuca in the process.

-->"Even an inexperienced cherub like myself knows that there's no such thing as family issues! There are just words you mortals came up with. What exists is suffering. Injustice. Always, even in the best families."

* VerbalTic: Not in a traditional sense, but João appears to refer to everyone as "Julião".
* YourCheatingHeart: Seems to be a common issue within the Medeiros family--not just with João (see ReallyGetsAround), but also with Duda and her husband Maurício, whose marriage has hit a rocky point following their son's disappearance, leading them to have extra-marital affairs behind each other's backs.

* EvilRedhead: Nazi spy Lenya.

* {{Adorkable}}: Raphael, as much as he tries to be responsible and keep João in check, is still young and rather foolish, and it certainly shows, in particular when Cuca is around.

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Downplayed. Raphael comments at one point that he is thousands of years old, "at the peak of his youth". So physically and by angel standards, he's still a young man.

* MissingChild: Kiko, who was kidnapped on a family trip to the beach ten years prior to the events of the series, and starts out living a life of abuse at the hands of his foster family, his only friend being his foster sister Dorinha, whom he eventually [[ToyShip falls in love with]].

* ManInAKilt: Not quite a kilt, but Raphael's fancier, in-duty angel uniform (see ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself) includes a skirt that is short enough to [[HesGotLegs expose his lean legs]]. When he and Cuca are alone in the LZ-129 nightclub after the Carnaval costume party, we see Raphael's feet dangling in front of the camera before [[https://youtu.be/Ie2LEtw-IsY?t=186 it pans all the way up his body]] towards his face, passing by his bare legs and thighs as it does so.

* {{Adorkable}}: Raphael, as much as he tries to be responsible and keep João in check, is still young, and it certainly shows, in particular when Cuca is around.

* ManInAKilt: Not quite a kilt, but Raphael's fancier angel uniform (see ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself) includes a skirt that is short enough to [[HesGotLegs expose his lean legs]]. When he and Cuca are alone in the LZ-129 nightclub after the Carnaval costume party, we see Raphael's feet dangling in front of the camera before [[https://youtu.be/Ie2LEtw-IsY?t=186 it pans all the way up his body]] towards his face, passing by his bare legs and thighs as it does so.

* MissingChild: Kiko, who was kidnapped on a family trip to the beach ten years prior to the events of the series, and starts out living a life of abuse at the hands of his foster family, his only friend being his foster sister Dorinha, whom he eventually falls in love with.

** The series draws direct inspirations from ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' (Raphael in particular appears to have been heavily inspired by the character of Clarence) and ''Film/YouCantTakeItWithYou'', and Duda's family's plotline specifically is inspired by the the 1999 film ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120646/ The Deep End of the Ocean]]''.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Raphael quickly grows enamored with popcorn after arriving in Rio, so much so that he is even shown eating it for breakfast on more than one occasion.

-->'''João:''' How am I supposed to know what time is it up here? It's always white, white, all the time!

* DistractedByTheSexy: During one episode, Raphael walks in on Cuca dancing around her bedroom in nothing but her underwear, and finds himself having to avert his gaze from her in order to get back his "angel game", the portable device he uses to watch over humans while on Earth. However, it doesn't take long for her to unwittingly wander into his line of sight, and poor Raphael is so mesmerized by the sight that he passes out.

* FluffyCloudHeaven: The series' portrayal of Heaven is fairly standard, but also includes a few rock formations and even some flat screens from which the angels can see the action down on Earth.

* IHaveNoSon: Upon finding out that he's been lied to for years and Cuca was never really his daughter, Laila's husband Alceu is so furious, he launches into an angry tirade at Cuca telling her to leave the house, which, in turn, drives her to tears. And Laila, being as stuck-up as she is, only makes things worse for the poor girl.

* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: When João first meets Raphael in Heaven, Raphael has shapeshifted to take on João's appearance, and after Raphael introduces himself as an angel, João, unsettled by the image of such a youthful-sounding voice coming out of his own image, asks Raphael to change back into his real form. Raphael does as such... And João promptly bursts into laughter at the sight of the teeny, skinny, baby-faced young man standing before him.

* CampGay: Budding stylist Ávila. This also appears to be the case with both the real Selmo de Windsor and Paulinho masquerading as him, but it's established early on that Paulinho likes women, as he starts out in a relationship with Lulu [[spoiler:and eventually falls in love with Virgínia]].

* FluffyCloudHeaven: The series' portrayal of Heaven is fairly standard, but also includes a few rock formations and screens from which the angels can see the action down on Earth.

* PrettyBoy: Raphael. [[https://www.jornaldotocantins.com.br/polopoly_fs/1.546044.1400020070!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_800/image.jpg Just look at him.]]

* TheyDo: [[spoiler:Cuca and Breno.]]

* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: When João first meets Raphael in Heaven, Raphael has shapeshifted to take on João's appearance, and after Raphael introduces himself as an angel, João, unsettled by the image of such a youthful-sounding voice coming out of his own image, asks Raphael to change back into his real form. Raphael does as such... And João promptly bursts into laughter at the sight of the skinny, baby-faced young man standing before him.
-->'''Raphael:''' What are you laughing at, dude?!

* DistractedByTheSexy: During one episode, Raphael walks in on Cuca dancing around her bedroom in nothing but her underwear, and finds himself having to avert his gaze from her in order to get back his handheld angel game device. However, it doesn't take long for her to unwittingly wander into his line of sight, and poor Raphael is so mesmerized by the sight that he passes out.

* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: During the Carnaval costume party episodes, Raphael manages to sneak in by getting himself a fancy new costume, with GiantPoofySleeves and plenty of {{Feather Motif}}s. It suits him so well that [[CostumeEvolution he adopts as his official in-duty angel uniform for the remainder of the series]], replacing his more casual-looking ensemble from the earlier episodes.

* CampGay: Budding stylist Ávila, as well as fashion designer Selmo de Windsor.

* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: During the Carnaval costume party episodes, Raphael manages to sneak in by getting himself a fancy new costume, with GiantPoofySleeves and plenty of {{Feather Motif}}s, which he [[CostumeEvolution adopts as his official in-duty angel uniform for the remainder of the series]], replacing his more casual-looking ensemble from the earlier episodes.

** The series draws direct inspirations from ''Film/ItsAWonderfulLife'' and ''Film/YouCantTakeItWithYou'', and Duda's family's plotline specifically is inspired by the the 1999 film ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120646/ The Deep End of the Ocean]]''.

** Raphael is first introduced playing the harmonica before passing by the bar where João and Emanoel are and watching João hit on a local woman. His harmonica-playing skills are later commented on by Kiko, with Raphael stating that "if [he were] a Medeiros, [he]'d be the best of the best".

* [[PimpedOutDress Pimped-Out Costume]]: During the Carnaval costume party episodes, Raphael gets himself a fancy new costume, with GiantPoofySleeves and plenty of {{Feather Motif}}s, which he adopts as his official in-duty angel uniform for the remainder of the series.