Line #257 Characters/Okupas


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8	!The Main Gang
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10	[[folder:Ricardo]]
11	!!Ricardo "Richard" Riganti
12	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hqdefault_481.jpg]]
13	[[caption-width-right:350:''What a shitty life'']]
14	A middle-class young adult (23) who dropped out of college. His cousin offered him to live temporarily in a house previously taken by squatters, but only under [[ScrewTheRulesTheyBrokeThemFirst certain conditions.]] Now, with this amount of liberty on his hands, Ricardo will take the shot to misbehave as much as he can, without measuring the consequences of his actions.
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16	->Played by: Rodrigo De La Serna
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18	* AlliterativeName: '''Ri'''cardo '''Ri'''ganti
19	* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: In Episode 2, he was desperate to try cocaine, he tried it and ended up bad. Then he attempted to be a badass criminal and ended up worse]]
20	* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler:What they did to him in Episode 4.]]
21	* BoyMeetsGirl: An inter-class version with Sofia.
22	* BrilliantButLazy: Several times it's mentioned that he used to be a very good student and Pollo managed to get until seventh grade thanks to him. He even started a medicine career, but probably his lazynes is what caused him to drop everything out.
23	%%* DrugsAreBad: His lesson in Episode 3
24	* GoneHorriblyWrong: Basically his whole attempt to get himself into the underworld, but the real inflection point was after he got his sweet revenge in Episode 5. Pablo started a hunting in order to kill him and basically a war between his highly dangerous band of criminals from the Docke and the main gang. And the results are [[DownerEnding not nice to say the least...]]
25	* TheGunfighterWannabe: Specially after meeting the gun nut Miguel.
26	%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Pollo
27	* HiddenDepths: He plays guitar and he used to have a band. He's very interested in music and seems to like classical music.
28	* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He has a habit of trusting strangers and taking their word at face value, even the dodgy people and criminals he gets involved with.
29	* IJustWantToBeBadass: His whole arc in the show... at least until everything gets fucked up real good.
30	* ImportantHaircut: PlayedWith. At one point of the show, near the end, Ricardo shaves his head as a symbol of his new life as a thug and willingness to become a professional thief like Miguel. That came to nothing, of course.
31	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite being quite rude and jerky, Ricardo would NEVER leave his friends behind.
32	* LetsGetDangerous: [[spoiler: With [[DownerEnding disastrous results]]]]
33	%%* MoralityPet: To Pollo
34	* NaiveNewcomer: At first to the marginal underworld, then to the criminal world with the teachings of Miguel
35	* NearRapeExperience: [[spoiler:What Pablo and his guys did to him in Episode 4]]
36	%%* ProperlyParanoid
37	* RacistGrandma: His grandma is this as we can see in Episode 6 when Ricardo takes Sofia (a kinda black skinned girl) to her house and she didn't even greet her and what's more, she's afraid that Sofia would "steal something" from her house.
38	* RapeAndRevenge: [[spoiler:Luckily for him, Pollo, Walter and Chiqui came to rescue him before Pablo and his gang could rape him, but it was so close that Ricardo stayed quite resented and got himself a revenge.]]
39	* SchoolIsForLosers: As a college dropout, this became his philosophy. He tried to say that to Sofia's son and she didn't like it at all.
40	* TheDogBitesBack: In Episode 5, he met with Pablo at the Docke and beated the shit out of him in response for almost raping him.
41	* TheSmartGuy: Not street smart as Pollo but is implied that he's the smartest of the group
42	* TookALevelInJerkass: In the third episode. And later in the series when he started hanging out with the jerkass Miguel.
43	* WhosLaughingNow?: Delivered to Pablo while beating the living shit out of him in Episode 5.
44	[[/folder]]
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46	[[folder:Pollo]]
47	!!Sergio ''El Pollo''
48	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hqdefault_1_52.jpg]]
49	[[caption-width-right:350:''You were looking for me, man'']]
50	Ricardo's [[ChildhoodFriends childhood friend]] and former criminal who wants to resume friendship with him at the abandoned house. He wants to start a normal peaceful life with [[FourManBand Ricardo, Walter and Chiqui.]] Sadly this contrasts with Ricardo's desire to enter the criminal life, forcing Pollo [[GuardianAngel to keep him out of trouble.]]
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52	->Played by: Diego Alonso
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54	* TheAce: He demonstrated to be pretty good at many things; he’s a good muscle (he can intimidate but he can keep it together all the time), he can perfectly fix an electrical installation in the middle of an abandoned house, he can do masonry work really good, he can cook… and elaborate a complex plan to ambush a minor criminal organization (his former roommates from the Docke)
55	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Clara falls for him almost instantly, although is just a sexual thing.
56	* AntiHero: The closest to a heroic figure in the show, but he’s a thug, a thief and he will stop at nothing to protect his best friends and keep them away from trouble.
57	* TheAtoner: He doesn't want anything to do with drugs and the criminal life anymore, specially after spending time with Ricardo and the gang, but it is implied by Negro Pablo that the "old Pollo" used to be a way more unscrupulous criminal and possibly a guiltless killer.
58	* BadassNormal: He looks like an average person, acts normally and he can kick your ass anytime.
59	%% * BatmanGambit
60	%%* BigBrotherInstinct: To Chiqui and (specially) Ricardo...
61	* BigDamnHeroes: Along with Chiqui and Walter when they rescue Ricardo from being gang-raped by Pablo and his group
62	%%* BlankStare: One of his many intimidating resources.
63	* BookDumb: Despite being a really smart guy, he’s not well readed or cultured at all
64	* TheChessmaster: In order to protect Ricardo, Pollo executed a complex plan to ambush Pablo, La Turca and his mule, he planned a fake robbery intended to went wrong that ultimately would leave Pablo and his mule ''branded'' in the neighborhood. The plan worked 100%. [[spoiler: it's a shame that ultimately Pablo and La Turca realized this at the end]]
65	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Altough we don't get any certain info about his past, he has a criminal record and it's implied that he used to have issues with drugs.
66	* DeadpanSnarker: He can be dead serious and he’s propense to deliver sarcastic and incisive comments
67	* DrugsAreBad: The lesson he’s trying to teach Ricardo in Episode 2 and 3.
68	* GoodIsNotNice: Perhaps one of the most selfless characters in the show and the closest thing to a heroic figure... still, he's rude, snarky and pretty agressive. But he will do everything to protect his loved ones. He tried to keep away Ricardo from trying cocaine at Episode 2.
69	%%* GuardianAngel: He acts this way to Ricardo once Pablo started a hunt to kill him.
70	%%* HeartbrokenBadass: After finding out that Clara has a boyfriend
71	%%* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Ricardo and Chiqui
72	* MamaDidntRaiseNoCriminal: His mother lives alone in a depressing little house constantly worried about his son, what made her addicted to sleeping pills.
73	* OnlySaneMan: He is quite a serious guy and due his status as the [[StreetSmart street smart one]], Pollo seems to be the only one of the gang who thinks clearly and the one who knows exactly when and how to act.
74	** Inverted in Episode 3 when he secretly did cocaine like the rest of the group and interrupts the campfire scene only to beat the shit out of Ricardo [[ItMakesSenseInContext with a dead fish he found on the seashore]], because he was pissed off with Ricardo and Walter because they lefted him behind.
75	%%* SmokingIsCool: Sometimes, Pollo make smoking looks very cool.
76	%%* TheStoic: Sometimes he gives this impresión
77	%% * StreetSmart: Better than anyone.
78	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: He IS this trope to Ricardo's pipe dreams and idealization of the criminal life and his attempts to become a [[StreetSmart street smart badass]]. Since Pollo already lived that kind of life, he was on the edge and knows better than anyone that it won't end well. ''[[DownerEnding And he was right, sadly.]]''
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80	[[/folder]]
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82	[[folder:Walter]]
83	!!Walter
84	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_11_9.png]]
85	[[caption-width-right:350:''Who's the biggest fucker here?'']]
86	A [[Music/TheRollingStonesBand Rolling Stones]] fan and dog walker who randmonly joins to the gang after Ricardo asked him for help to deal with a problem in the first episode. He's quite a jerk, badass-wannabe and a somewhat stupid hypocrite. Still, he has high moral values when it comes to friendship, he's loyal, an animal lover and overall has a cheerful lovable personality.
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88	->Played by: Ariel Staltari
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90	%% * BadLiar
91	%% * BrutalHonesty: To the point of jerkass
92	%%* CanineCompanion: Severino, his dog, is this for him
93	* HiddenDepths: Despite being quite dumb and a jerk all the time, it's implied that he has quite an amount of knowledge of general culture. From literature, to religion and history. He named his dog after Severino Di Giovanni, an Italian-Argentine anarchist poet and journalist.
94	* HypocriticalHumor: His comic moments mostly comes from his mythomania and tendency to think that's he's above everybody.
95	* FriendToAllLivingThings: Walter has a soft spot for animals. He LOVES his dog more than anything and he works as a dog walker.
96	* HappyDance: He's propense to make a ''stone/rolinga dance'' (influenced by Mick Jagger classic moves) when he's happy or hyped about something
97	%%* HeroicWannabe: More like ''badass'' wannabe
98	%%* InsaneTrollLogic: Some of his ways of reasoning falls into this trope
99	%%* JerkassHasAPoint: sometimes, he makes valid observations around Richard's selfishness
100	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He’s a total jerk all the time, but deep down inside he’s a good and pretty loyal guy.
101	* MetaGuy: In the last episode he pointed out that the one of the conversations they were having sounded like an Argentinian film
102	** Shortly after he jokingly wondered if they actually were inside an Argentinian film.
103	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: At the last episode, all shit went down when [[spoiler: Pablo's gang killed Severino]] and the laid back funny Walter becomes a beast [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge thirsty for revenge]].
104	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: after Pablo and his gang killed his beloved dog, Severino]]
105	* SarcasmMode: All the time. In fact, when he's not being sarcastic seems like O.O.C. This is one of the reasons why his characters is by far the funniest.
106	%%* StonersAreFunny: Along with Chiqui.
107	* PluckyComicRelief: The show is quite grim and dark, but Walter never fails to make us laugh.
108	* UndyingLoyalty: Despite everything, Walter would never betray Pollo, Chiqui or Ricardo.
109	* YouTalkinToMe?: At Episode 4 when Pollo gives him a broken gun.
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113	[[folder:Chiqui]]
114	!!Chiqui
115	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hqdefault_2_2.jpg]]
116	[[caption-width-right:350:''There's nothing absolutely good or absolutely bad'']]
117	A kind-hearted, adorable [[GentleGiant big guy]] who is friends with Pollo who introduces him to the gang. Despite claiming to have a place to live, he's a drifter who usually begs for money in the street. Chiqui is quite childish and dimwitted but mature in his own way, has some good cooking skills and he's undoubtedly [[TheHeart the heart of the group.]]
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119	->Played by: Franco Tirri
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122	* BearHug: He is very sensitive and affectionate, so he often gives many of these.
123	* BewareTheNiceOnes: He’s pure as snow, but that doesn’t mean that he’ll let himself be trampled. If you try to cheat him in any way, he can get quite agressive. Much worse if you [[UnstoppableRage disrespect him.]]
124	* BeYourself: In Episode 3, Ricardo tried all the episode to get laid under the effects of cocaine acting like a real jerk (towards his friends and women in general) and he even mocked Chiqui for being childish. Ultimately, Chiqui was the only one got himself a romantic interest and got laid, and, unlike Ricardo and Walter, he wasn't even looking for it.
125	* BookDumb: Implied that he never went to school. He doesn't know who Freud is.
126	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Specially invoked in Episode 5 when the whole gang is worried about Pollo being recently stabbed and he just went to the store to buy a Kinder egg.
127	%%* DeadInYourArmsTonight: The last episode.
128	%%* TheDitz
129	%%* TheDrifter
130	* GentleGiant: He’s tall, has a large body and a deep voice... and he's by far the purest character of them all.
131	* HeartwarmingOrphan: We learn he's an orphan later in the series in a brief scene when he told this to Walter.
132	* HiddenDepths: He’s has some real good cooking skills, he worked as a dish washer in a restaurant and he learned a few things.
133	%%* IncorruptiblePurePureness
134	* IronicNickname: "Chiqui" is an abbreviation of "chiquito" wich in Spanish means "tiny" or "little one". And he looks like a bear.
135	* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: Focused on his "Open, Emotional Personality" and his love for cooking.
136	%%* KillTheCutie: A deliberately dick move from the writers for sure...
137	* ManChild: In Episode 5 he bought a "Kinder Surprise" egg mainly because he wanted the toy inside.
138	%%* MoralityPet: To Pollo and maybe the whole gang.
139	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: At least to the audience, we never learn his real name.
140	* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Chiqui (Sensitive Guy) and Pollo (Manly Man).
141	%%* StonersAreFunny: With Walter
142	%%* SweetTooth: In a few scenes we can see that he has a thing for sweets.
143	[[/folder]]
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145	!Other Characters
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147	[[folder:Pablo]]
148	!!''El Negro'' Pablo
149	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pablo_6.png]]
150	[[caption-width-right:350:''¿Mascá o no mascá?'']]
151	The conflictive Pollo's "friend" from the Docke and his former partner in crime.
152	After a strong argument with him, Pollo left the Docke and ended up with Ricardo at the abandoned house. Pablo owed some money to Pollo, so when he went to the Docke in order to claim it, Walter showed up with a gun to look tough in front of him and his roomates, wich was a big mistake (the gun was unloaded). This incident made things worse between Pollo and Pablo, then things got even uglier when Ricardo, innocently showed up at the Docke lookin up for Pollo [[spoiler:and Pablo tried to rape him.]] Later Ricardo took a violent revenge on Pablo and everything just went out of control becoming the later the [[BigBad big bad of the series]] when starting a hunt to catch Ricardo and [[CycleOfRevenge settle accounts.]] ''[[DarkestHour For good]]''
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154	->Played by: Dante Mastropierro
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156	* AmbiguouslyBi: He'll never say this outloud, also he often uses homophobic slurs (pretty much like every character in the show, tho). But we can see that women are not his only target when it comes to sex. And there's this mild implication that there is something sexual going on between him and his mule/subordinate.
157	* BigBad: The role he plays from Episode 4 onwards, he becomes the main antagonist.
158	* BoomerangBigot: He often uses homophobic slurs, but he is not only interested in women
159	* CycleOfRevenge: Ricardo took revenge on him for almost gang-raping him by beating him. Then, Pablo wanted to took revenge on Ricardo (by killing him). In order to protect Ricardo, Pollo plans a "fake robbery" to ambush Pablo. Once Pablo finds this out, he wanted to took revenge on Pollo and the whole gang. Pablo and his gang killed Walter's dog Severino, and then the gang wanted revenge for that... [[spoiler: wich ultimately caused his death in hands of Ricardo... but also caused the death of Chiqui]]
160	* DesignatedBullet: Has one to [[spoiler:put Ricardo down.]]
161	* DepravedBisexual: He had something with La Turca and tried to gang-rape Ricardo.
162	* DisproportionateRetribution: In the first place, he tried to gang-rape Ricardo just because he's friends with Pollo... in response, Ricardo beated him. And Pablo's response? A manhunt to kill him and induce paranoia in between.
163	* EscalatingWar: Everything started with a minor dispute between Pablo and Pollo at the Docke.
164	* EvenEvilHasStandards: He will NOT leave his friends/partners behind and he even feels guilty for [[NoodleIncident what happened while ago]] with ''La Turca'', a former criminal partner who ended up in jail in a robbery that went wrong.
165	** When his Mule/Subordinate says that he would bang ''La Turca's'' mother, he slapped him in the head and told him to show some respect because [[RightForTheWrongReasons her daughter is in jail.]]
166	* TheDreaded: Becomes this to Ricardo (and the gang, eventually) properly sugested by Pollo.
167	* EvilSoundsDeep: Averted, his voice is quite high-pitched.
168	* FauxAffablyEvil: Invoked in Episode 4 when he acted like a real pal to Ricardo... only to gang-rape him just because he's the friend of Pollo.
169	* InstantDeathBullet: [[spoiler:How he dies, delivered by Ricardo of all people.]]
170	* MisplacedRetribution: He tried to [[spoiler:gang-rape Ricardo]] to make it clear to Pollo that he should not mess with him.
171	* MisterBig: Tthe leader of his gang, the main antagonist of the series and a really short guy. We can see in one scene that he's barely taller than some children playing football.
172	* ParanoiaGambit: In Episode 7 (properly named "Paranoia") he sent Ricardo's ID and a note to the [[TheChainOfHarm apartment he used to live where his little sister lives now]]
173	%%* SycophanticServant: His mule is this for him.
174	%%* StreetSmart: At the level of Pollo
175	* TheSociopath: The very reason he's the main antagonist. He's a very violent and unscrupulous criminal besides being a unexpected rapist.
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179	[[folder:Clara]]
180	!!Clara Alvarado
181	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anacelentano2.jpg]]
182	[[caption-width-right:350:''Do you know what a commandment is?'']]
183	The legal owner of the house and Ricardo's cousin. When the house is evicted, she offers Ricardo to live there temporarily to take care of it. But she did not know how much a pain in the ass this was going to be for her...
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185	->Played by: Ana Celentano
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187	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Falls for Pollo... at least sexually.
188	%%* IceQueen: Her main role.
189	%%* IronLady: She gotta act this way around Ricardo and his group.
190	%%* LoveHungry
191	%%* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She was quite patient with Ricardo systematically breaking the rules she gave him at first.
192	%%* SmokingIsNotCool: She tells Pollo that she's trying to quit.
193	* SugarAndIcePersonality: She must be firm and cold to inspire respect, but she often shows her softer side with Ricardo and eventually with Pollo.
194	* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: At times, she fills this role. After all, is her job.
195	* ThickerThanWater: Maybe the only reason why she handled so much of Ricardo's shit (it's her cousin and don't want any harm for him).
196	%%* {{Tsundere}}: Type A
197	[[/folder]]
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199	[[folder:Miguel]]
200	!!Miguel
201	[[quoteright:321:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/miguel.png]]
202	[[caption-width-right:321:''Call me Miguelito one more time and I'll put a bullet in your head'']]
203	A sociopathic skinhead-looking criminal who lived in the house like a squatter, but he left the house before the eviction, presumably fleeing from the police, abandoning his family in the process. He came back in Episode 7 and started to live there with the rest of the group. Eventually he becomes Ricardo's master in the art of stealing.
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205	->Played by: Jorge Sesán
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207	%%* BadassTeacher: To Ricardo
208	%%* BerserkButton: Don't call him ''Miguelito''
209	%%* BodyguardBetrayal: Sort of to Ricardo, since he seems like a protective figure for him.
210	%%* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: It seems that Ricardo wasn't the first or the last person he stabbed in the back
211	%%* ConsummateLiar: Is impossible to know at wich point you can trust him or not.
212	* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Downplayed. He has a wife and a daugther that were evicted from the house and he did't see them again. Miguel claims he loves his daugther, and even has a photo of her in his wallet. But we can't know for sure how much he cares about them since he abandoned them.
213	* EvenEvilHasStandards: As a criminal, one of his golden rules at robbing people on the street is not to watch his victims directly at their eyes because he'll pity them.
214	* {{Foil}}: To Pollo... at first he seems like a skinhead version of Pollo, but then we learn that, unlike Pollo, he's a traitor and doesn't give a fuck about anybody but himself.
215	%% * GunNut
216	%%* HandsOffParenting: Heavily implied when he used to live with his family in the house before the eviction.
217	* HatedByAll: Nobody likes him except for Ricardo... [[spoiler:until he betrays him]]
218	%%* ParentalAbandonment: He fled the hell out from the police, leaving his wife and daugther in the process.
219	* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: He's a total jerkass, and deep down inside... a merciless traitor
220	%% * SternTeacher
221	%% * StreetSmart
222	[[/folder]]
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224	[[folder:Sofía]]
225	!!Sofía
226	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sofia.png]]
227	[[caption-width-right:350:]]
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229	->Played by: Rosina Soto
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231	%%* BackToSchool: ''PlayedForDrama'', She's trying to get her highschool title
232	* EducationMama: Not to the point of obsession, but since she didn't finished school and see herself and her family in the middle of a harsh marginalized reality, Sofía is VERY worried about her son's education and it's her Number 1 priority.
233	%%* GirlNextDoor: To Ricardo
234	* [[LikeFatherUnlikeSon Like Father Unlike Daughter]]: She is Peralta's daughter. And unlike him, she tries to be honest and a responsible mother.
235	* LonelyTogether: With Ricardo, once his life stars falling apart during the course of the series.
236	* LoveHungry: Implied she and her son were abandoned by her ex partner, this is maybe the main reason she came almost instanly to Ricardo, despite [[UptownGirl their differences.]]
237	* SarcasmBlind: Voluntarily, unlike her father's sarcastic and playful personality, she prefers to be a more serious person and doesn't like to joke around too much and refuses to take sarcastic comments about school education, specially when her son is around.
238	* UptownGirl: The main reason she doesn't see a future in her relationship with Ricardo.
239	[[/folder]]
240
241	[[folder:Peralta]]
242	!!Peralta
243	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/168612_10150107795085700_7029447_n.jpg]]
244	[[caption-width-right:350:Goodbye and good luck!]]
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246	->Played by: Augusto Britez
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248	* BerserkButton: When Walter called him and his people "bolita" (a discriminatory slur for bolivian people). He claims to be from Salta, Argentina. But according to WordOfGod, he's from Paraguay.
249	%%* FunnyForeigner
250	* HypocriticalHumor: The LORD of this in the show.
251	%%* InsaneTrollLogic: shamelessly aware of this.
252	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a total shameless jerk, but in the last episode he gives his best wishes for Ricardo in a very sincere heartwarming way.
253	%%* PluckyComicRelief: Almost all his scenes are for comedy effect.
254	* QuickNip: Regularly drinks cheap box wine from the store.
255	* SarcasmMode: Pretty much all the time, that's why he can be quite annoying.
256	* SincerityMode: At the last episode, when he gives Ricardo his best wishes.
257	* TooDumbToLive: He tried to make Ricardo believe that the house is haunted. How? He posed as a ghost, simply using his voice with his highly recognizable accent. [[InsaneTrollLogic And was surprised because Ricardo recognized him instanly.]]
258	%%* TitleDrop: He says to Ricardo ''"Goodbye and Good Luck!"'' (the last episode's title)

Context Characters / Okupas