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3[[folder:El Empecinado]]
4!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Martín_Díez Juan Martín Díez "El Empecinado"]]
5->'''Played by:''' Hovik Keuchkerian
6
7A Spanish guerrilla leader during the [[UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars Peninsular War]] whom Thibaud wants to kill.
8----
9* [[LaResistance La Resistencia]]: He stands (or will stand) against the Napoleonic invasions.
10* UngratefulBastard: Receiving side, TruthInTelevision. He fought for the freedom in Spain only for his king Ferdinand VII to execute him when he came back to Spain after the Napoleonic troops returned to France.
11[[/folder]]
12
13[[folder:Lope de Vega]]
14!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lope_de_Vega Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio]]
15[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/41a6a930e07a408b093272959c5dc147.jpg]]
16[[caption-width-right:300:The {{squee}} is strong in Amelia.]]
17->'''Played by:''' Víctor Clavijo
18
19-->''"I don't know how he wrote so much if he spent his whole life fucking."''
20--->--''Julián Martínez''
21
22One of the most famous Spanish poets in the Golden Age, Creator/LopeDeVega was a soldier and a womanizer too. The trio must stop his enlistment in a wrong Spanish Armada ship to prevent a future death.
23----
24* BrokenPedestal: Amelia's admiration for him takes a hard hit in episode 26 when Lope caves in to the Duke of Lerma's demands to not present a play that derides him to avoid having his theatre license revoked indefinitely. And yet another one when she catches him about to brawl with Cervantes later on.
25* TheBusCameBack: He reappears OlderAndWiser in Episode 11.
26* TheCasanova: Any female in the episode falls for him including a [[{{Squee}} squeeing]] Amelia. TruthInTelevision too. He had at least 14 illegitimate sons with various women.
27* DashingHispanic: Wears a goatee, he can use a sword -- or two swords -- and is a magnet for every woman thanks to his lyrics.
28* HamToHamCombat: He has a childish "battle" against Cervantes because the latter met Shakespeare first. They use candles as swords and boast each other about their past acknowledgments.
29* OlderAndWiser: The second time he met Amelia, his Casanova days were over and he saw her as an old friend instead of a beautiful woman he needs to take to bed.
30* RedBaron: "The Phoenix of Ingenuities".
31* RhymesOnADime: He always has a poem to say, which irritates Julián very much.
32* UnreliableNarrator: He tells the naïve Amelia that he couldn't ship to the San Juan because he didn't get in time... Only for the audience to find through a flashback that he spent a night with a beautiful woman.
33* ViewersAreMorons: He unashamedly embraces this when he becomes a established writer, which earns him the criticism of Cervantes.
34* WarriorPoet: He fought in the Spanish Armada, something that he is very proud of.
35[[/folder]]
36
37[[folder:Heinrich Himmler]]
38!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Himmler Heinrich Himmler]]
39[[quoteright:212:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8e4f614e3d02f755625408988e433249.jpg]]
40->'''Played by:''' David Luque
41
42Hitler's TheHeavy and SS Commander who is visiting the Catalonian Montserrat Abbey, searching for a certain "HolyGrail" (actually a time door).
43----
44* AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: He attempts to take over the Ministry. [[spoiler:Fails thanks to Spinola saving the day in pure BigDamnHeroes fashion.]]
45* EvilIsHammy: While he is more calm than his boss, he has his hot blooded eruptions.
46* TheHeavy: To Hitler. He takes most of the antagonism in episode 3.
47* {{Hypocrite}}: He was shocked to see the bullfights. Salvador [[LampshadeHanging lampshades it]] comparing the horrors of Auschwitz as a family friendly show.
48* ThoseWackyNazis: Himmler was one of the wackiest.
49[[/folder]]
50
51[[folder:Hitler]]
52!!UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler
53[[quoteright:238:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b8ae04ea608a3616500b70a8a9be05da.jpg]]
54->'''Played by:''' Miko Jarry
55
56[[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany The German dictator and leader of the National Socialist Party from 1933 to 1945]] who is having a meeting with his [[UsefulNotes/FranciscoFranco Spanish counterpart]] in Hendaye, UsefulNotes/{{France}} and sends [[TheHeavy Heinrich Himmler]] to find supernatural weapons.
57----
58* AdolfHitlarious: He is portraited as typically, with an overtly hammy and petty personality.
59* AtomicFBomb: The last thing he says after he learns that Himmler's mission was a bust and before breaking off negotiations with Franco.
60* EvilIsHammy: Much like his RealLife counterpart and previous depictions in media, he delivers [[LargeHam rants with lots of ham]].
61* TheNapoleon: Nazi-style.
62* ThoseWackyNazis: Much like other portrayals of Hitler, his [[LargeHam hammy personality]] is played for laughs.
63[[/folder]]
64
65[[folder:Francisco Franco Bahamonde]]
66!!UsefulNotes/FranciscoFranco
67->'''Played by:''' Pep Mirás
68
69The Spanish dictator from 1939 to 1975 that caused a [[UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar civil war]]. He is on his way to meet Hitler in the Franco-Hispanic frontier in Hendaye to discuss if Spain will enter the UsefulNotes/SecondWorldWar.
70----
71* AssassinOutclassin: He foils an attempt on his life by Eulogio[[spoiler:/Julián]] by using two {{Body Double}}s to deceive him.
72* BeastlyBloodsports: Organizes a bullfight for Himmler, who finds it utterly disgusting.
73* BodyDouble: He uses them so he can skip on official receptions and go hunting.
74* HiddenDepths: He wrote the script for [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raza_(film) a movie]].
75* TheNapoleon: The perfect example. Tiny, fat, with a high pitched voice though cruel.
76[[/folder]]
77
78[[folder:Torquemada]]
79!!UsefulNotes/TomasDeTorquemada
80[[quoteright:288:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/e4d125aea1607182ab57635a193ca042.jpg]]
81[[caption-width-right:288:''"[[BadassBoast I decide who burns HERE!]]"'']]
82->'''Played by:''' Juan Gea
83
84[[UsefulNotes/TheSpanishInquisition The supreme inquisitor]] who sentenced rabbi Levi to death in 1491 and looks very much like Ernesto...
85----
86* AntagonisticOffspring: [[spoiler:To Ernesto.]]
87* EvilIsHammy: In contrast to Ernesto, who is very stoic, Torquemada is very grandiloquent and likes to emphasize how his word is sacred.
88* EvilSoundsDeep: Torquemada has a similar voice to Ernesto. Granted as they are both portrayed by Juan Gea.
89* HangingJudge: He is evidently biased against Rabbi Levi and will stop at nothing to send him to the stake.
90* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Himself and the Inquisition as a whole are depicted here as far more ruthless and bloodthirsty than their real-life counterparts. The real Torquemada certainly wouldn't have dared ignore orders from the Queen or an edict from the Pope.
91* IdenticalGrandson: [[spoiler:To his father, Ernesto.]]
92[[/folder]]
93
94[[folder:Queen Isabella of Castille]]
95!![[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_I_of_Castile Queen Isabella I of Castille]]
96[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3855802d37929b7396aa2ede5ca85322.jpg]]
97->'''Played by:''' Michelle Jenner
98
99-->''"I swear I met her before."''
100--->--''Julián Martínez''
101
102The queen who ''re-conquered'' and united Spain after a long period of Muslim dominion in the southern part of the country in 1492, and helped Christopher Colombus to sail to America. Oh, and she also founded the Ministry of Time and is the heroine of her own [[Series/{{Isabel}} TV Series]].
103----
104* BerserkButton: She only appears for a few minutes, but it's enough for us to know that she hates being told she should consult decisions with her husband.
105-->The Queen of Castille is me, not my husband!
106* CastingGag: She is played by Michelle Jenner, who portrayed her in a previous TV series. In-universe [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Julián -- Rodolfo Sancho played her husband, King Ferdinand of Aragón.
107[[/folder]]
108
109[[folder:Federico García Lorca]]
110!!Creator/FedericoGarciaLorca
111[[quoteright:283:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lorca.png]]
112->'''Played by:''' Ángel Ruiz
113
114The famous homosexual poet and playwright from Granada and a central representative of the "Generación del 27" cultural movement that tragically died in the UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar. He appears in the same dreams that of Julián, being the start of a short but deep friendly bond.
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116* DoomedMoralVictor: [[spoiler:After Julián tells him that he will be killed in Granada in the Civil War if he goes back there, and shows him Camarón de la Isla turned one of his poems into songs in UsefulNotes/TheSeventies, Lorca decides to accept his fate and "leave things as they are", thinking that he won out in the end since three and a half decades of dictatorship couldn't erase him from the collective memory.]]
117* ForegoneConclusion: [[TruthInTelevision His death in the]] UsefulNotes/SpanishCivilWar at the hands of the National Army. Julián knows this very well and feels as bad as when he tried to rescue Maite from her death. He can't save his new friend as [[YouCantFightFate History wrote it that way]].
118* MysteriousStranger: At first, he appears Julián as a mysterious man in his dreams remembering Maite's death.
119* TrueCompanions: Lorca doesn't feel any romantic feelings towards Julián (that is Creator/SalvadorDali) but the fact that they met in dreams and understands Julián's sadness make them good friends. [[spoiler:Makes a surprising return in Episode 35 to help Julián recover his memories after losing them in the incident that supposedly killed him, and when Julián manages to remember he decides to bring the poet to the future so he can see how much of an impact he made in Spanish culture.]]
120[[/folder]]
121
122[[folder:Luis Buñuel]]
123!!Creator/LuisBunuel
124->'''Played by:''' Jordi Coll
125
126The man who will become one of Spain's most important filmmakers of all time. He wanted to be an engineer in his college days.
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128* BrickJoke: At the end of "Tiempo de censura", he finally connects Alonso with the guy that punched the daylights out of him in his youth.
129* BullyingADragon: Challenges Alonso to a boxing match after an argument... and the swashbuckler promptly lands a OneHitKO.
130* MrFanservice[=/=]WalkingShirtlessScene: He appears to like running around half-naked.
131-->'''Lorca:''' [[Creator/PabloPicasso Picasso]] had his Blue Period and his Rose Period, and Buñuel is right now in his... naturist period.
132[[/folder]]
133
134[[folder:Salvador Dalí]]
135!!Creator/SalvadorDali
136[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dali_mdt.jpg]]
137->'''Played by:''' Enrique Alcides
138
139The artist who would become well-known for his surrealist paintings and crazy mustaches.
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141* MoneyDearBoy: In-universe example. He admits to Julián that he doesn't really believe in cubism, and even less in surrealism, but his work follows those styles because they sell well. He claims this is also the reason why he pretends to be eccentric.
142[[/folder]]
143
144[[folder:Cervantes]]
145!![[Creator/MiguelDeCervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra]]
146[[quoteright:226:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cervantes.png]]
147->'''Played by:''' Pere Ponce
148
149The famed novelist and playwright from the early 17th century, best known for ''Literature/DonQuixote''.
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151* AlternateHistory: He sells the first draft of ''Don Quixote'' to an English lord (well, to Darrow's Paul Walcott posing as an English lord) before ever publishing it, prompting the Ministry to intervene.
152* BrokenPedestal: Amelia is very disappointed to see Cervantes and Lope de Vega fighting and arguing like little kids over meeting Shakespeare.
153* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:When his attempts to premiere his theatre play ''The Algiers Baths'', which historically was never played, go bunk. His suicide attempt is stopped in the nick of time by the patrol.]]
154* DudeWheresMyRespect: His rivalry with Lope de Vega runs partly on this. Cervantes is annoyed at getting little, if any, credit for his works outside ''Don Quixote'', and having to struggle to get his theatre plays presented while Lope gets one theatrical success after another.
155* HamToHamCombat: Against Lope de Vega. They have a hilarious "battle" with candles and boasting to each other to see which one is the best writer.
156[[/folder]]
157
158[[folder:Napoleon]]
159!!UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte
160[[quoteright:272:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/napolen.png]]
161->'''Played by:''' Fernando Cayo
162
163TheEmperor of France, who comes to the abbey of Santa Clara de Tordesillas during [[UsefulNotes/TheNapoleonicWars The Peninsular War]].
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165* AffablyEvil: While Napoleon has been considered one of the most power-hungry men in History, the episode presents him as a sympathetic man with intimate features such as his love for cooking and his friendly relationship with Angustias.
166* CunningLinguist: Parodied with his claim that he speaks Spanish "in private".
167* MassiveNumberedSiblings: Angustias mentions that he had thirteen siblings, five of which died in infancy.
168* TheNapoleon: He's the TropeNamer after all. Small size (a few inches taller than Angustias though) and has most of Europe under his control.
169* PetTheDog: He's actually very nice to Angustias -- who is posing as the abbess -- and volunteers to help her cook dinner.
170[[/folder]]
171
172[[folder:Marshal Ney]]
173!![[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Ney Marshal Michel Ney]]
174[[quoteright:205:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mariscal_ney.png]]
175->'''Played by:''' Jordi Martínez
176
177Napoleon's second-in-hand during his visit to the abbey. He has caught an eye to the handsome Pacino when posing as a priest.
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179* ArmoredClosetGay: Confesses his homosexuality to Pacino as if it were a sin.
180* CunningLinguist: Like his Emperor, he talks Spanish very well like his natural French.
181* TheDragon: To Napoleon during his visit. He makes sure the Emperor gets his way safe and sound to the abbey.
182* EatingTheEyeCandy: Every time he catches Pacino, who is posing as a priest, he eye-eats him up and down, looking for the moment to declare his intentions much to the poor police officer's disdain.
183* ManlyGay: Being a StraightGay with a hefty build and a military rank.
184[[/folder]]
185
186[[folder:Houdini]]
187!!Creator/HarryHoudini
188[[quoteright:216:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/houdini.png]]
189->'''Played by:''' Gary Piquer
190
191The uber-famous illusionist and stunt performer. He appears in Season 2 when he calls Joaquín Argamasilla to United States in order to test his supposed supernatural powers.
192----
193* CrisisOfFaith: Had one about spiritism when Creator/ArthurConanDoyle's [[PhonyPsychic seer wife]] failed to prove him she could communicate with dead people.
194* EscapeArtist: The episode that features him doesn't focus too much on that part, but one of his escape stunts is seen in it.
195* TheLostLenore: His sole motivation to indulge in ParanormalInvestigation was seeing his mother again.
196* MagiciansAreWizards: [[spoiler:His stage tricks are revealed to be actual supernatural powers.]]
197* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:The extent and nature of his powers are unknown, but it's shown that he can perform a collective MentalTimeTravel at will and physically [[{{Teleportation}} Teleport]] as well.]]
198* StageMagician: Par excellence.
199* TimeMaster: [[spoiler:He can go back in time, but apparently only within a range of a few hours.]]
200[[/folder]]
201
202%%[[folder:J. Edgar Hoover]]
203%%!![[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Edgar_Hoover J. Edgar Hoover]]
204%%->'''Played by:''' Miguel Hermoso
205%%The director and creator of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is very interested in Argamasilla's offer of revealing the secrets of the Ministry of Time's doors.
206%%----
207%%[[/folder]]
208
209[[folder:Enriqueta/"The Vampiress of Raval"]]
210!!Enriqueta Martí i Ripoll, aka "The Vampiress of Raval"
211[[quoteright:294:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/enriqueta.png]]
212[[caption-width-right:294:''"Miss Folch, I've done something terrible."'']]
213[[caption-width-right:294:[[labelnote:As the "Vampiress of Raval"]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/la_vampira.png[[/labelnote]]]]
214->'''Played by:''' María Rodríguez
215
216Enriqueta was the housemaid of the Folchs and was in good terms with Amelia. But after Amelia found her stealing the silverware to pay her mother's medical treatment, she was fired. Enriqueta followed Amelia to the Ministry and found out about her future: that she will be the child abducter and killer "The Vampiress of Raval".
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218* FutureMeScaresMe: The young Enriqueta found out about her future self and was terrified of it. She tried to talk to the future Enriqueta but failed, so she helps the Ministry to stop her.
219* SculleryMaid: In the most tragic and horrifying way. Enriqueta was Amelia's housemaid, but then she got fired for stealing silverware. The loss of her mother and her son made her deranged becoming a monstruous child killer and a prostitute.
220* SerialKiller: Kidnapping and murdering children to sell their organs to rich people as fake medicine.
221* SignificantNameOverlap: Her surname is the same as Salvador but it's just a coincidence. She is not related to him as he confirms.[[note]]In fact, during this episode is revealed that Salvador was adopted and Martí is not actually his birth surname; he was born Salvador Roa.[[/note]]
222* TragicVillain: She lost her son and her mother died of sickness.
223* WouldHurtAChild: The future Enriqueta would not only verbally and physically abuse children; she would kill them and sell their organs to the aristocracy as remedies.
224[[/folder]]
225
226[[folder:Christopher Columbus]]
227!!UsefulNotes/ChristopherColumbus
228[[quoteright:282:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/colon.jpg]]
229[[caption-width-right:282:''"[[TheNameIsBondJamesBond Columbus. Christopher Columbus.]]"'']]
230->'''Played by:''' Joan Carreras
231
232The man who found America himself. He meets Lombardi and [[spoiler:his merit of discovering the New World is taken]].
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234* AlternateHistory: [[spoiler:The discovery that will make him famous is stolen by Lombardi.]]
235* BadBadActing: His attempt to play dead to fool the Portuguese spies after Julián [[StagedShooting pretends to shoot him]].
236* InThePastEveryoneWillBeFamous: When Lombardi meets him, no one takes Columbus seriously as it was a few years before his greatest discovery but as the Argentinian knows well, he is going to be one of the most important men in History.
237* RunningGag: His nationality. Was he Italian or Spanish? Lombardi tries to ask him but he is always interrupted. At the end, [[spoiler:Amelia convinces Lombardi to leave things as it is]]. Though his little son spoke Galician. %%Maybe Portuguese%%
238* WhamLine: He introduces himself as "[[TheNameIsBondJamesBond Columbus, Christopher Columbus]]" causing Sonia, Lombardi's daughter, to pull an "O" face.
239[[/folder]]
240
241[[folder:Philip II of Spain]]
242!!UsefulNotes/PhilipII of Spain
243[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3615134.jpg]]
244[[caption-width-right:350:''"The Armada will set sail again... and this time it'll be'' victory''."'']]
245->''' Played by:''' Carlos Hipólito (Episode 21), Jorge Clemente (Episode 37)
246
247King of the Spanish Empire in the 16th century. After the Spanish Armada's defeat, he decides to use the Ministry of Time to correct his mistakes.
248
249Earlier in his reign, as Consort King of England, he seeks to secure his wife Mary's reign by having a heir to the English throne with her and helping her gain the Englishmen's loyalty.
250----
251* AGodAmI: He is revered as an immortal king that will stay for all time; there's even a new Credo that praises him. A DownplayedTrope in that it's more like God's Most Powerful Servant Am I.
252* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:King Philip dies from old age in his bed, all alone and found with [[{{Squick}} defecation]]. After he comes to his senses, Amelia helps him to die peacefully, getting him to remember his happy childhood days with his mother.]]
253* AlternateHistory: He creates one. [[{{Dystopia}} It's not pretty.]]
254* BigBad: Of the season 2 finale.
255* BreakingTheFourthWall: Philip II is fond of finishing his lines while looking at the camera, like when he arrived at the Ministry. He expected something better.
256* TheEmperor: Of the Spanish Empire. And after conquering the Ministry of Time, of ''Spanish history itself''.
257* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:He kills Salvador. Luckily, by the end of the episode his death is undone.]]
258* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: He's portrayed here as an angry, unstable king that decides to become an Orwellian megalomaniac after losing the Spanish Armada, when in real life he was much more of a stoic, chilly kind of ruler who cared very little about what his subjects think of him and for whom the Armada wasn't anywhere near that big a blow. He's also portrayed as an unabashed racist, deriding American natives as mere savages, when in real life he was never unkind to them, even ordering crimes against natives should be investigated with more care that those against other Spaniards, as he believed that their recent Christianization made them more prone to be abused.
259* KingOnHisDeathbed: He's seen dying at the end of the episode.
260* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler:Lombardi]] changing history was hilarious and mostly cosmetic; Philip II changing history is ''terrifying''. He basically personifies the reason why the Ministry of Time needs to protect the time gates.
261* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: There is no place in his Empire for homosexuals, and the women must StayInTheKitchen. After all, he comes from the 16th century, and PoliticallyCorrectHistory is definitely not in place here.
262* ReallyGetsAround: In his youth, he is quite prone to having sex with any pretty maid he can find, and had Tiziano paint a naked painting of his lover Isabel de Osorio so he could look at it when he had to LieBackAndThinkOfEngland (literally) with his wife [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_I_of_England Mary]].
263* SelfDeprecation: He thinks (and says) that he will never be as good as his father Carlos I.
264* WellIntentionedExtremist: He really believes that he's doing what's best for Spain. And for God Himself.
265* WickedCultured: He loves books and art.
266[[/folder]]
267
268[[folder:Mateo Vázquez de Leca]]
269!!Mateo Vázquez de Leca
270[[quoteright:296:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mateo_vazquez.png]]
271->'''Played by:''' Carlos Kaniowski
272
273King Philip II's royal secretary.
274----
275* TheDragon: Always seen assisting his king, even in his Dystopian dominion.
276* TheLancer: He tries to reason with Philip II not to use the Ministry doors for selfish purposes, but is no use. He still follows his lord's orders.
277[[/folder]]
278
279[[folder:Alfred Hitchcock]]
280!!Creator/AlfredHitchcock
281[[quoteright:283:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hitch.jpg]]
282->'''Played by:''' José Ángel Egido
283
284The famed master of suspense. The British director is at the 1958 San Sebastián Film Festival to present his newest feature, ''Film/{{Vertigo}}'', unbeknownst to him that the Russians want to kidnap him.
285----
286* AffectionateNickname: "Hitch", like in [[TruthInTelevision real life]]. Even Amelia calls him affectionately much to his surprise.
287* DirtyOldMan: Hitchcock has an eye for women, [[TruthInTelevision like happened in real life too]]. He took the eye-candy on brunette Amelia and tried to talk her into being the star of his next film.
288* LivingMacGuffin: The creator of the word MacGuffin himself becomes one when the Russians want him to be the new Creator/SergeiEisenstein and produce propagandistic films for Mother Russia.
289* NotEvenBotheringWithTheAccent: José Ángel Egido makes a good imitation of Hitchcock's way of speaking, but the Spanish accent is quite notorious. Funnily enough, Aura Garrido (Amelia) sounds much more British than him and her character is Spanish.
290[[/folder]]
291
292[[folder:Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer]]
293!![[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustavo_Adolfo_Bécquer Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer]]
294->'''Played by:''' Tamar Novas
295
296One of the most well-known [[UsefulNotes/{{Romanticism}} Spanish romantic writers]]. He travels to Trasmoz and meets the mysterious "witch" Mencía, and both fall in love... something that never happened in RealLife.
297----
298* ComicallyMissingThePoint: At the [[spoiler:townsfolk's Satanic aquelarre]], Pacino tells him to look at his two o'clock where [[spoiler:Mencía and the baby]] are trapped, but the poet takes it too literally and thinks it's actually the two o'clock of the night.
299* DidNotGetTheGirl: [[spoiler:Mencía commits suicide and their love will never be consummated, though she left Juana's orphan baby to his care]].
300[[/folder]]
301
302[[folder:Simón Bolívar]]
303!!UsefulNotes/SimonBolivar
304->'''Played by:''' Itzan Escamilla, Juan Pablo Shuk
305
306The man who will free South America from Spain... but for now is a young boy madly in love with Teresa del Toro, the woman history says will be his wife, if he figures out a way to win her heart.
307----
308* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Universally disliked, and mocked, within the entourage of the Duchess of Alba, including Teresa. They see him as a bland WideEyedIdealist.
309* InThePastEveryoneWillBeFamous: Bolívar will free South America from the Spanish crown, but when the patrol meets him, these are his [[YoungFutureFamousPeople youthful years]] before he was married.
310-->'''Pacino:''' And this Music/PinkFloyd guy will free America?
311* RescueRomance: Attempts to invoke this with the help of Pacino and Alonso during his attempts to win Teresa's heart. He intends to rescue her from two assailants, who are actually just two hired actors, to show her she will always be safe with him. [[spoiler:An untimely interference from Velázquez, who was unaware of what was going on, sends the plan crashing down.]]
312* TookALevelInBadass: Towards the end of the episode, he shows some guts by standing up to Manuel Godoy's soldiers when they were taking the orphans back to their orphanage, a {{Foreshadowing}} of what he will do in the future. Also, it made María Teresa look at Bolívar with other eyes.
313** When he returns in the next season, he's already the famed Libertador, and widely respected by those around him.
314[[/folder]]
315
316[[folder:Goya]]
317!!Creator/FranciscoDeGoya
318[[quoteright:257:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/paco_de_goya.jpg]]
319->'''Played by:''' Pedro Casablanc
320
321The famed painter from the first half of the 19th Century.
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323* BrokenPedestal: At the end of the episode, Velázquez, who wanted to meet him like happened with Picasso, asks Goya, who is unaware that he is front of the artist, if he would have liked to meet Velázquez in real life. Goya tells him [[spoiler:that he wouldn't as he was told that Velázquez was an "insufferable Andalusian"]].
324* GrumpyOldMan: Goya is angry with Spanish society and sees everyone as metaphorical monsters. Notably done with the ShoutOut to actor Fernando Fernán Gómez's "¡Váyase usted a la mierda! ¡A la mierda!".[[note]]Literally translated as "Go yourself to the shit! To the shit!", Fernán Gómez's quote made him the most memetic grumpy old man in Spanish culture.[[/note]]
325* NeverBareheaded: Goya is always wearing an inseparable top hat and takes it off only out of courtesy.
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327
328[[folder:Godoy]]
329!![[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manuel_Godoy Manuel Godoy]]
330->'''Played by:''' Luis Callejo
331
332The second most powerful man in the 1799 Spain as the King's favorite. He comissioned the "La maja desnuda" painting to Goya, and won't stop until he gets it.
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334* {{Jerkass}}: Definitely one of the biggest in the series. He insists on demanding Goya re-paint "La maja" after he has been attacked and the first one has been defaced, and is willing to put the fate of several children on the line just to get his way.
335[[/folder]]
336
337[[folder:Queen Margaret]]
338!![[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_of_Austria,_Queen_of_Spain Queen Margaret of Austria]]
339[[quoteright:229:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/reina_margarita.jpg]]
340->'''Played by:''' Elena Rivera
341
342The queen of Spain between 1599 and 1611, wife to King Philip III of Spain.
343----
344* BrokenBird: The oppositional schemes of the Duke of Lerma and the fact that her husband spends more time with the Duke and his staff, had made her a melancholic and insecure woman who needs some affection and company. Thanks to Amelia she gains some confidence to herself.
345* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: According to a painting the real Queen Margaret looked like [[https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Margaret_of_austria_1609.jpg this]], whereas in the series she is played by the cute beauty of Elena Rivera.
346[[/folder]]
347
348[[folder:The Duke of Lerma]]
349!![[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_de_Sandoval_y_Rojas,_1st_Duke_of_Lerma Francisco Gómez de Sandoval, Duke of Lerma]]
350->'''Played by:''' Fernando Guillén Cuervo
351
352The chief minister of the court of Philip III.
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354* {{Jerkass}}: Like Manuel Godoy, he is the King's most important supporter and a complete asshole. He antagonizes the Queen, does not tolerate {{Satire}} and self-deprecating humor, and did not allow Cervantes to create a play for the pleasure of the English that were going to sign a treaty of peace.
355[[/folder]]
356
357[[folder:Gonzalo Guerrero]]
358!![[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzalo_Guerrero Gonzalo Guerrero]]
359->'''Played by:''' Miguel Ángel Muñoz
360
361A Spanish sailor who was enslaved by the Maya and became a respected warrior for them.
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363* CrisisOfFaith: It is heavily implied that he suffered one in Christianism after the shipwreck, and seems to have completely abandoned it.
364* MeaningfulName: His surname means 'warrior'.
365[[/folder]]

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