History YMMV / Fantozzi

** Pina, especially when played by Liù Bosisio, is nervously awkward like her husband, other than sweet and well-meaning. She loses most of her awkwardness when she's played by Milena Vukotic who makes the character more stoic and less dorky, though she still has her moments (when she falls in love with Cecco the Baker, she's a total dork who pathetically tries to be attractive).

** There are obviously many sexist jokes, which were common in the Italian comedies before "political correctness" became dominant.

** A particularly tastless joke comes from ''Fantozzi alla Riscossa''. Fantozzi wants his ugly granddaughter to become a child actress and mentions "Arnold" (''Series/DiffrentStrokes'' was popular in Italy in the '80s) as an example of a kid becoming a child star despite being a "dwarf", and his wife makes it worse, outright saying that Arnold is a "monster". Pina's line was supposed to be funny HypocriticalHumor because her own granddaughter is actually considered a "monster" by everyone, but it comes off as very tastless since Arnold's actor Gary Coleman suffered from multiple health issues, including a congenital kidney disease that stopped his growth at an early age.

** [[AbsenteeActor Miss Silvani doesn't appear in the third and fifth movies]]. While the fifth showed the life of the Fantozzis of various eras and didn't have space for her in the plot, the third has an in-universe explanation in that she and Fantozzi quit the Megaditta during the previous movie, and only Fantozzi is shown to be rehired by the end of the movie: she simply had become a stay-at-home wife, and didn't return to work until after breaking up with Calboni.

** Milena Vukotic, who plays Pina in all the other films, will later be known for her other famous role, the snobbish Grandma Enrica in the Italian TV series ''Un Medico in Famiglia''.

** Pina, especially when played by Liù Bosisio, is nervously awkward like her husband, other than sweet and well-meaning. She loses most of her awkwardness when she's played by Milena Vukotic who makes the character much less dorky (but still with some endearing moments).

* MemeticMutation: "18 reels"[[note]]The stated length of ''The Battleship Kotiomkin''. At 15 minutes per reel of silent film, it's ''four hours and half''. This explains why the employees ''hate'' being forced to watch and then praise it[[/note]]

** Pina, especially when played by Liù Bosisio, is awkward like her husband, other than sweet and well-meaning.
** Filini, Fantozzi's enthusiastic but clueless sidekick with glasses, is one of the likable characters.