History Trivia / TearAlongTheDottedLine

* ActingForTwo: Rech voices everyone minus the Armadillo, and other international editions also have two people, or even just one actor, voicing everyone. [[spoiler:The second half of the final episode suddenly averts this, with Sarah, Secco, Alice and her parents getting different voice actors. A clever way to show that [[ThisIsReality they're based on real people and not just cartoon caricatures, meaning that Zero finally understands that people are more complex than the image he has of them and that he needs to get outside of his own head - also represented by the Armadillo momentarily leaving him]].]]

* ActingForTwo: Rech voices everyone minus the Armadillo, and other international editions also have two people, or even just one actor, voicing everyone. [[spoiler:The second half of the final episode suddenly averts this, with Sarah, Secco, Alice and her parents getting different voice actors. A clever way to show that they're based on real people and not just cartoon caricatures, meaning that Zero finally understands that people are more complex than the image he has of them and that he needs to get outside of his own head - also represented by the Armadillo momentarily leaving him.]]

* TalkingToHimself: Rech voices everyone minus the Armadillo, and other international editions also have two people, or even just one actor, voicing everyone. [[spoiler:The second half of the final episode suddenly averts this, with Sarah, Secco, Alice and her parents getting different voice actors. A clever way to show that they're based on real people and not just cartoon caricatures, meaning that Zero finally understands that people are more complex than the image he has of them and that he needs to get outside of his own head - also represented by the Armadillo momentarily leaving him.]]

* TalkingToHimself: As stated above, Rech voices everyone minus the Armadillo, and other international editions also have two people, or even just one actor, voicing everyone. [[spoiler:The second half of the final episode suddenly averts this, with Sarah, Secco, Alice and her parents getting different voice actors. A clever way to show that they're based on real people and not just cartoon caricatures, meaning that Zero finally understands that people are more complex than the image he has of them and that he needs to get outside of his own head - also represented by the Armadillo momentarily leaving him.]]

* OvershadowedByControversy: Downplayed, but there have been some minor controversies linked to the series around the world. In the United States, some people complained that serious themes like suicide and toxic relationships weren't properly advertised before the start of the episodes. In Turkey some people complained about the split-second appearance of the flag of a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/People%27s_Defense_Units Kurdish militia]] in Zero's home (Zerocalcare has always been sympathetic to the plight of the Kurdish people and it is even a major theme in one of his books). Meanwhile, in the series' native Italy, there had been a bizarre controversy linked to the fact that all characters in the series... speak the Roman dialect, which has always been a part of Zerocalcare's works, identity and personal life.

* MemeticMutation:
** Secco's "I don't give a damn. Let's go for some ice cream" (''A me non me ne frega un cazzo. Annamo a pija' un gelato?'') became quickly popular on the Italian web sphere, even combined with other characters and franchises.
** Similarly, Zero's "La domanda mi devasta" ("The question is destroying me"), when Sarah faces him with a question he can't answer.
** With those unfamiliar with Zerocalcare's previous work, especially outside Italy: comparing Zero's avatar with ''WesternAnimation/ToyStory'''s Sid or even Richard Nixon from ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}''.

** Similarly, Zero's "La domanda mi distrugge" ("The question is destroying me"), when Sarah faces him with a question he can't answer.