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1'''Basic Trope''': Italians are portrayed as being loud and aggressive.
2* '''Straight''': Antonio D'Amico is an Italian man with a heavy accent. He is loud and HotBlooded and often gets into fights.
3* '''Exaggerated''': Antonio is an incredibly exaggerated Italian man with a HairTriggerTemper.
4* '''Downplayed''': Antonio is known to be of Italian descent and is the most short-tempered cast member, but it's not ridiculous.
5* '''Justified''': ???
6* '''Inverted''':
7** Antonio is Italian and is a calm and introverted Catholic guy.
8** In a work set in Italy, the token foreigner is much more loud and aggressive than the rest of the cast.
9* '''Subverted''': Antonio is expected to be loud and rambunctious, but he's actually quite calm.
10* '''Double Subverted''': Antonio is calm enough when he's in a good mood, but if you anger him, best run.
11* '''Parodied''': ???
12* '''Zig-Zagged''': Antonio's level of rambunctiousness varies DependingOnTheWriter.
13* '''Averted''': Antonio is not especially aggressive.
14* '''Enforced''':
15** "The characters are going to Italy. Should I do some research?" "Nah, throw in an aggressive guy with a thick accent and call it a night."
16** The actor who plays Antonio is famous for his LargeHam tendencies so they make Antonio a fiery Italian man to better fit with the actor's role.
17* '''Lampshaded''': "So, does the pasta make you mad all the time, or..."
18* '''Invoked''': Antonio's mother raises him with a sense of national pride and an inability to let any slights slide.
19* '''Exploited''': ???
20* '''Defied''': Antonio dislikes the stereotype of aggressive Italians and acts extremely calm to help stop it.
21* '''Discussed''': ???
22* '''Conversed''': ???
23* '''Implied''': Antonio is short-tempered, and his ethnic heritage isn't revealed, but his name sounds Italian.
24* '''Played for Laughs''': Antonio is treated as a FunnyForeigner who tends to have a ComicalOverreaction to minor things.
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30%% * '''Deconstructed''': ???
31%% * '''Reconstructed''': ???
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33%% * '''Played for Drama''': ???

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