Characters from Malhação Viva a Diferença and As Five.
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As Five
In general
- Ensemble Cast: The five protagonists of Malhação and As Five.
- The Fellowship Has Ended: Viva a Diferença ends with them going their separate ways.
- Five-Man Band Concert: They play together as "Garotas do Vagão" a few times.
- Five-Token Band: Keyla is a teenage mom, Ellen is black and bisexual, Tina is of Japanese descent, Benê is autistic, and Lica's queer.
- Interclass Friendship: They all have different social status.
- The Notable Numeral: They're five, and their group is "As Five".
- Relationship Revolving Door: All of them go through this with at least one of their love interests.
- Team Title: The Sequel Series As Five is named after their group.
- True Companions: Sometimes they don't exactly get along, but even in those moments those 5 can always count on each other when needed.
Keyla
Keyla
Played By: Gabi Medvedovski
One of the five main characters, Keyla became a mom as a teenager, which came with a lot of challenges.
- Betty and Veronica: Keyla's the Archie to Tato's dependable Betty and Deco's exciting Veronica.
- Calling Parents by Their Name: She usually calls her father by his name.
- Childhood Friend Romance: Keyla and Tato have been best friends for years before the story begins, and he's always been in love with her.
- Daddy's Girl: Keyla lost her mother when she was a kid, and has an extremely close relationship with Roney.
- Former Friend of Alpha Bitch: Was best friends with the 'Ks' before getting pregnant.
- Good Parents: Despite having a lot of trouble doing so (especially in regards to money), Keyla does her best with Tonico and has a great relationship with him.
- In Love with Love: Keyla has a very idealized notion of romantic love, being more interested in romantic gestures and ideas than in her actual feelings.
- Last-Minute Hookup: Keyla and Tato only actually get together in their final scene.
- Like Parent, Like Child: She's really similar to her father Roney.
- Offscreen Breakup: Tato's not in As Five, meaning he and Keyla broke up at some point.
- One-Night-Stand Pregnancy: Slept with Deco during a party, ended up pregnant with his child.
- Master of the Mixed Message: Often acted like this with Tato - mostly because even Keyla couldn't quite figure out how much of what she felt for him was gratitude instead of genuine love.
- Maternity Crisis: She goes into labor inside a subway train.
- Ms. Imagination: Keyla has a very weird tendency to have elaborate dream sequences that none of the other characters do.
- Serenade Your Lover: She sings to Tato a few times.
- Shipper on Deck: The number one Benê/Guto shipper.
- Single Parents Are Undesirable: Has run into the problem of men losing interest in her as soon as they find out she has a son.
- Struggling Single Mother: Keyla is a huge example of this, up to and including losing her job in the first episode of the series due to not having anyone for her son to stay with and ending up taking him with her to work.
- Teen Pregnancy: The story begins the day she gives birth.
- Thinks Like a Romance Novel: And is often disappointed by reality.
- Unknown Relative: Finds out she has a brother.
- We Used to Be Friends: Keyla used to be part of a trio with the K's. Until she found out she was pregnant, that is, because then they turned against her.
- Weight Woe: She's insecure about her weight, though she stops with the dangerous ways of dealing with that after ending up in the hospital.
Tina
Tina
Played By: Ana Hikari
One of the five main characters, Tina has a very different idea for her future than what her mom wants.
- Addled Addict: Tina has a issue with drugs that often affects her relationship with the people around her.
- Best Friends-in-Law: Tina and Ellen, while Tina and Anderson are together.
- Calling the Old Man Out: A few times, but the biggest one is when Mitsuko leaves Anderson so out of it he ends up in an accident. Tina becomes furious when she finds out what actually happened.
- The Confidant: For a bit, she's the only one Lica is open to about her developing relationship with Samantha.
- Cool Big Sis: They have complicated moments, but she's usually this to her younger sister.
- Dating What Daddy Hates: Tina's relationship with Anderson is extremely disapproved by her mother due to his race and social status.
- Elegant Classical Musician: Tina can play the cello.
- Establishing Character Moment: Tina's first scene involves an argument with her mother about their different views of her future.
- Follow in My Footsteps: Mitsuko refuses to accept any future for Tina where she doesn't become a doctor.
- High-School Sweethearts: Tina and Anderson in the beginning of As Five. It doesn't last long.
- Love at First Sight: Tina and Anderson become extremely interested in each other right from their first meeting.
- Maligned Mixed Marriage: A lot of the conflict in Tina and Anderson's romance is this.
- One Head Taller: Tina and Anderson have a very visible height difference.
- The Runaway: Refuses to stay at home after finding out Mitsuko was the main reason behind Anderson's accident.
- Shipper on Deck: Tina is the first person to find out Lica is into Samantha and she's very open about shipping it.
- Strict Parents Make Sneaky Kids: Tina often lies to her parents in order to do what she wants.
- Toilet Seat Divorce: After clearly being in a rough patch of their relationship for a long time, what ends up breaking Tina and Anderson for real is the death of a fish he bought.
- Unable to Cry: Tina spends the first season not knowing how to cope with everything happening in her life, not managing to even cry about her mother's death.
- Uptown Girl: That's one of the main reasons Mitsuko opposes Tina and Anderson's romance.
Lica
Lica
Played By: Manoela Aliperti
One of the five main characters, Lica's perfect life crumbles when her parents divorce and she finds out the complicated family secrets.
- Ambiguously Bi: A kind of strange example. There is no question that Lica is into women. It's her attraction to guys that's ambiguous - it's never made completely clear if she's a lesbian who experienced compulsory heterosexuality or if she's bi but has a strong preference for women (as well as As Five knowing the fans aren't really interested in seeing her with men).
- Betty and Veronica:
- In the first phase of the soap opera, Lica is the Archie to MB's complicated Veronica and Felipe's dependable Betty.
- In the second phase, she's the Archie to Samantha's wild Veronica and Felipe's calm Betty.
- Birds of a Feather: Lica and Samantha's similarities are pointed out a lot.
- Closet Key: Lica and Samantha serve as this for each other.
- Crazy in the Head, Crazy in the Bed: MB once describes Lica as not being psychologically well, but great in bed.
- Family Relationship Switcheroo: Finds out early on that her childhood best friend Clara is actually her sister.
- Forced Out of the Closet: Malu outs Lica to Edgar after seeing her and Samantha together.
- Friends Turned Romantic Rivals: In the second season, Ellen and Lica both become interested in Maura.
- Girls Like Musicians: Lica dated 3 people in the same band - and clearly enjoyed a lot being used as an inspirational muse.
- Her Own Worst Enemy: Most of the time when things go wrong for her, it's because she sabotaged herself.
- Hot for Teacher: Spends a while interested in Bóris.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: The ultimate resolution of Lica and Samantha's relationship, with Lica realizing that spending so many years holding onto their failed romance is keeping Samantha from happiness.
- Like Brother and Sister: Though they start out dating, Lica eventually ends up with this kind of relationship with MB.
- Most Writers Are Writers: She becomes a journalist (kind of) in As Five.
- Muse Abuse: Often takes inspiration from the people in her life in order to write articles - usually in ways that make the people she's writing about extremely upset with her.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: It's pretty rare for anyone to use Lica's actual name.
- Roommate Drama: Lica and Benê take a little while to actually learn how to live with each other in a way that works for both of them.
- Seduction as One-Upmanship: Lica goes after Felipe to get one over Clara.
- Sex with the Ex: With Samantha, whenever the opportunity arises.
- Sibling Rivalry: Develops this with Clara early on, and they take quite a while to start getting along well again.
- Sibling Triangle: Lica "steals" Felipe from her sister Clara, though it's implied from time to time that for her it's more about winning against Clara than actually being interested in him.
- Two-Timing with the Bestie: Lica cheats on MB with his best friend Felipe.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: Lica and Ellen fight a lot, which doesn't mean they aren't best friends.
Ellen
Ellen
Played By: Heslaine Vieira
One of the five main characters, Ellen is an extremely smart teenager with way above the average computer skills.
- Absence Makes the Heart Go Yonder: It's by going back to Brazil and getting involved with Lito that Ellen realizes she doesn't want to marry Omar.
- Amicable Exes: Remains having a very positive relationship with Fio after they break up.
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: Ellen and Jota argue all the time. They're also extremely interested in one another.
- Best Friends-in-Law: Tina and Ellen, while Tina and Anderson are together.
- Betty and Veronica:
- In Viva a Diferença, she's the Archie to Fio's popular and charming Veronica and Jota's nerdy Betty.
- In the first season of As Five, she's the Archie to Omar's stable Betty and Lito's adventurous Veronica.
- Bi-Wildered: Ellen has a difficult time with herself after realizing she's attracted to Maura.
- Book Smart: Ellen is the most intelligent character in the series, being amazing at every subject in school. She manages to go extremely well in a test done with the purpose of making her fail.
- Daddy's Girl: Most of what she knows she learned, or at least started learning, from her father. His death hit Ellen hard.
- Deceased Parents Are the Best: Had a much easier relationship with her father.
- Disappeared Dad: Her father was killed when she was a kid, which is a huge part of the reason Ellen starts out so closed off.
- Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Has this relationship with Anderson, though she can do extremely foolish things to help him.
- Friends Turned Romantic Rivals: In the second season, Ellen and Lica both become interested in Maura.
- Go-Getter Girl: She does amazing in school and is involved in basically everything.
- Married to the Job: She's extremely focused, which also means she can forget to pay attention to who she's actually dating.
- No Sparks: The resolution to the second season's love triangle comes from there being no sparks between them when Ellen and Maura kiss.
- Office Romance: She's briefly interested in coworker Maura.
- Offscreen Breakup: Jota's not in As Five, meaning he and Ellen broke up at some point.
- Pair the Smart Ones: Ellen and Jota are the two smartest of the soap opera, academically.
- Private Tutor: Starts tutoring the other students in school for money while Anderson can't work.
- Raised by Grandparents: Downplayed in that her mother is around, but because she's almost always busy with work, Ellen's day to day raising was done by her grandmother.
- Rivalry as Courtship: Ellen and Jota start out as rivals - in basically anything they can think of.
- Scholarship Student: Ends up getting a scholarship to Colégio Grupo.
- School Grade Hacking: Gets into trouble pre-canon for doing this to try to change Anderson's grade.
- Shipping Torpedo: Initially is against Tina and Anderson's relationship because she doesn't think it could work.
- Smart People Build Robots: Wins a competition for one she builds with Jota and Juca.
- Smart People Wear Glasses: She's the most intelligent of the cast, and one of the few to wear glasses.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: Lica and Ellen fight a lot, which doesn't mean they aren't best friends.
Benê
Benê
Played By: Daphne Bozaski
One of the five main characters, Benê is an autistic teenager with poor social skills. Meeting the girls results in her first ever friend group, and she works hard to keep them together.
- All of the Other Reindeer: She's seen as "different" from everyone else and suffers a lot because of it.
- Amicable Exes: Gets along really well with Guto.
- Animal Lover: She's an expert on birds especifically, but reads up a lot in the animal kingdom as a whole and often talks about that information.
- Bad Mood Retreat: Goes under her bed when she's overwhelmed.
- Bespectacled Cutie: Benê's extremely cute and wears glasses.
- The Bet: Benê wins a bet against Guto that requires him to give her piano lessons.
- Bully Magnet: There are very few characters high enough in the schools' food chain that don't give her grief at least once.
- Disappeared Dad: Her father abandoned her when she was young.
- Duet Bonding: After Benê starts getting piano lessons from Guto, playing together is the main way their relationship advances.
- First Kiss: Benê's first kiss is with Guto.
- Friendless Background: Her friendship with the girls is actually her first friendship ever.
- Girls Like Musicians: Guto's piano skills is one of the things Benê finds more interesting about him.
- High-School Sweethearts: With Guto in the first episode of As Five. They break up by the end of the pilot.
- Incompatible Orientation: Benê and Guto break up after he finds out he's gay.
- Literal-Minded: She has trouble understanding figure of speech.
- Literally Loving Thy Neighbor: After moving into Lica's house, she ends up falling for their neighbor Nem.
- Mistaken for Gay: Early on, when the girls are discussing the boys they like, Benê claims that it's not a guy that she wants to be closer to - she actually means her friendship with the girls, but they initially interpret it as her liking a girl.
- Morality Pet: Often works as this for Lica, especially after they start sharing an apartment.
- Mourning an Object: Benê takes it extremely hard when her piano ends up being destroyed internally by termite.
- No Social Skills: She's not very good at dealing with other people, especially early on.
- Oblivious to Love: Benê never really finds out that Juca had a thing for her.
- Opposites Attract: She's extremely organized and likes everything to be predictable. Nem, on the other hand, is immature and impulsive. Naturally they fall in love.
- Private Tutor: Ends up becoming a piano teacher.
- Roommate Drama: Lica and Benê take a little while to actually learn how to live with each other in a way that works for both of them.
- Sexless Marriage: Guto and Benê spent years living together in a relationship, but didn't have sex with each other. Guto initially believed he simply didn't like sex, but it was actually because he's gay.
- Teacher/Student Romance: Falls for her piano teacher Guto.
- The Un-Favorite: Her father prefers her brother over her (because he doesn't like having an autistic daughter).
- Working with the Ex: Remains working with Guto for a while after they break up.
Colégio Grupo
Samantha
Samantha
Played By: Giovanna Grigio
Best friends with Guto and the lead singer of the school band, she often gets into conflicts with the girls. At least until she falls for Lica.
- Actor Allusion: Samantha going to Mexico was a reference to her actress having done a Mexican TV series.
- Affectionate Nickname: Lica often calls her Sammy.
- Ascended Extra: Samantha went from having a couple lines in most episodes to being one of the most iconic characters in the franchise.
- Birds of a Feather: Lica and Samantha's similarities are pointed out a lot.
- Closet Geek: Though she's not purposefully hiding it, people are always surprised that she's into sci-fi.
- Closet Key: Lica and Samantha serve as this for each other.
- Female Rockers Play Bass: She's the bassist for the Lagostins.
- Ladykiller in Love: A female example. After going out with half the male cast, she experiences truly being in love with someone for the first time with Lica, becoming weirdly insecure about whether her feelings are returned.
- The Muse: Serves as this for Lica.
- Platonic Life-Partners: Samantha and Guto are extremely close without even a hint of romantic feelings between them.
- Previously Overlooked Paramour: Serves as this for Lica, having been classmates with her since they were kids.
- Put on a Bus: Samantha is established as going away to spend a while in Mexico for work in the beginning of the second season.
- Really Gets Around: Has a reputation (and not an incorrect one) of being this.
- Rejected Marriage Proposal: Though we never actually see that, it can be inferred she said no when Lica proposed.
- Same Character, But Different: Out of everyone who shows up in the spinoff, Samantha is the one who is the least like her teenage version, for seemingly no reason.
- Sex with the Ex: With Lica, whenever the opportunity arises.
- Third-Option Love Interest: After Lica spends quite a bit of Malhação in a love triangle with MB and Felipe, the one who actually wins her heart is Samantha.
Jota
Jota
Played By: Hall Mendes
One of Tina's best friends, Jota develops a rivalry with (and crush on) Ellen from the very beginning.
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: Ellen and Jota argue all the time. They're also extremely interested in one another.
- Book Smart: One of the smartest in the group.
- Disposable Love Interest: Not even mentioned in As Five.
- Offscreen Breakup: He's not in As Five, meaning he and Ellen broke up at some point.
- One-Steve Limit: Averted, with both Juca and Jota being named João.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Possibly because he and Juca have the same name.
- Pair the Smart Ones: Ellen and Jota are the two smartest of the soap opera, academically.
- Rivalry as Courtship: Ellen and Jota start out as rivals - in basically anything they can think of.
- Satellite Love Interest: Jota is the only one of the young cast to never have a storyline of his own, being entirely about Ellen from first to last appearance.
- Smart People Build Robots: Wins a competition for one he builds with Ellen and Juca.
MB
MB
Played By: Vinícius Wester
Lica's boyfriend in the beginning of the story, MB is a troubled teenager with complicated family issues.
- The Alcoholic: MB's usually drinking and the characters around him often comment on it. It gets worse once he begins to realize his father may get him in trouble with the law.
- Friends Turned Romantic Rivals: When Lica first starts going after Felipe she's still dating MB, despite the two being best friends.
- Like Brother and Sister: Though they start out dating, MB eventually ends up with this kind of relationship with Lica.
- The Nicknamer: MB constantly creates nicknames for people, usually (but not always) by making an unusual diminutive of their name.
- Only Known by Initials: His name is actually Michel Borovski.
Guto
Guto
Played By: Bruno Gadiol
After losing a bet, Guto becomes tasked with teaching Benê to play the piano - her interest in him is obvious from the beginning, though his side of things is more complicated.
- Amicable Exes: Gets along really well with Benê.
- The Bet: Benê wins a bet against Guto that requires him to give her piano lessons.
- Coming Out to Spouse: Guto admits to Benê that he's gay after being in a relationship with her for years.
- Duet Bonding: After Benê starts getting piano lessons from Guto, playing together is the main way their relationship advances.
- High-School Sweethearts: With Benê in the first episode of As Five. They break up by the end of the pilot.
- Incompatible Orientation: Benê and Guto break up after he finds out he's gay.
- Platonic Life-Partners: Samantha and Guto are extremely close without even a hint of romantic feelings between them.
- Private Tutor: Becomes one to Benê after losing a bet with her, though it reaches a point quickly where he enjoys teaching her.
- Sexless Marriage: Guto and Benê spent years living together in a relationship, but didn't have sex with each other. Guto initially believed he simply didn't like sex, but it was actually because he's gay.
- Transparent Closet: His sexuality was a debate in and out of universe way before he actually came out.
- Working with the Ex: Remains working with Benê for a while after they break up.
Clara
Clara
Played By: Isabella Scherer
Lica's best friend from childhood, their relationship wavers when Lica's father starts dating her mother and they find out Edgar is her biological father.
- Blame the Paramour: Clara blames Lica instead of Felipe when he cheats on her.
- Not Actually His Child: Despite being raised by Luís, her biological father is actually Edgar. Clara never stops having a better relationship with Luís, however.
- The Not-Love Interest: Lica's most complex relationship in the first part of the soap opera is actually with Clara, with most of the heavy moments being about her and not either of her love interests at the time.
- Pair the Spares: Juca and Clara are heavily implied to end up together - Juca was interested in Benê, Clara dated Guto.
- Sibling Rivalry: Develops this with Lica early on, and they take quite a while to start getting along well again.
- Sibling Triangle: After getting upset with her, Lica starts to develop interest for Clara's boyfriend Felipe.
- Uptown Girl: The reason her fling with Fio doesn't work is that he's not willing to put up with the problems that this creates.
Felipe
Felipe
Played By: Gabriel Calamari
Clara's boyfriend, Felipe is not-so-secretly in love with Lica.
- Betty and Veronica: Felipe is the Archie to Clara's Betty and Lica's Veronica, though he doesn't end up with either of them.
- Friends Turned Romantic Rivals: When Lica first starts going after Felipe she's still dating MB, despite the two being best friends.
Gabriel
Gabriel
Played By: Luis Galves
The son Roney didn't know he had, Gabriel has a lot of trouble in school over his sexuality.
- Unknown Relative: Shows up in the story to finally meet his father that never knew about him.
Bóris
Bóris
Played By: Mouhamed Harfouch
Counselor at Colégio Grupo, he's adored by the students.
- Alliterative Name: Bóris Belink.
- Cool Teacher: The students' favorite.
- Couple Theme Naming: Bóris and Dóris.
- Good Counterpart: To Malu.
- Happily Married: Dóris and Bóris have the most functional relationship in the verse.
Cora Coralina
Tato
Tato
Played By: Matheus Abreu
Keyla's childhood friend and in love with her for just as long, Tato offers to be a father to her son when she can't find the guy who got her pregnant.
- Birthday Episode: His birthday falls right on the day of ENEM, with the teenagers relaxing after the exams in his party.
- Childhood Friend Romance: Keyla and Tato have been best friends for years before the story begins, and he's always been in love with her.
- Crazy Jealous Guy: Early on, his insecurity over Keyla's feelings for him often meant he'd get very intense when other guys approached her or she mentioned Deco.
- Disposable Love Interest: Not even mentioned in As Five.
- Dogged Nice Guy: Waited for years until Keyla was willing to see him as more than her best friend.
- Forced from Their Home: Gets basically kicked out by his father when he assumes Tonico.
- Give the Baby a Father: Tato assumes Tonico, despite not actually being his father. It's mostly because he's in love with Keyla, though he also has a very deep want for a family unit that he thinks he'll get by doing this.
- Last-Minute Hookup: Keyla and Tato only actually get together in their final scene.
- Lovable Jock: He's a great athlete and a better guy.
- Mr. Fanservice: Every opportunity to make him take off his shirt was taken.
- Offscreen Breakup: Tato's not in As Five, meaning he and Keyla broke up at some point.
- Patient Childhood Love Interest: He's been in love with Keyla since they were kids.
- The Runaway: All of his tries to live with his abusive father end with him getting kicked out or running away.
Fio
Fio
Played By: Lucas Penteado
One of the most popular guys in school and an amazing dancer, Fio is quite taken with Ellen.
- Amicable Exes: Remains having a very positive relationship with Ellen after they break up.
- Derailing Love Interests: Downplayed because he remains a very nice guy, but Fio cheats on Ellen kind of out of nowhere just so they'd break up.
- Romantic False Lead: For Ellen.
"K1"
Katherine
Played By: Talita Younan
Keyla's old friend, the two of them fall out after Keyla's pregnancy.
- Jerkass Realization: When she gets laughed at by everyone at school, the first person to come to her defense is Benê, making K1 realize how much of a jerk she was to her for years when Benê never deserved it.
- Unexpected Virgin: Between being known for going out with a lot of boys and both Keyla and Katiane being sexually active, it's a surprise for everyone when they find out she's a virgin.
- We Used to Be Friends: The 'Ks' were close friends before Keyla's pregnancy.
"K2"
Katiane
Played By: Carol Macedo
Keyla's old friend, she became extremely upset once Tato claimed to be the father of Keyla's child.
- Continuity Cameo: Has a quick appearance in the second season of As Five.
- Fake Pregnancy: She lies to Tato about being pregnant with his child, due to knowing how much he wants to be a father.
- Hooked Up Afterwards: She's implied to have started a romance with Dogão in the last scene.
- Karma Houdini: Outside of returning the cellphone she got as payment, she never suffers any real consequences for her role in the video used against her school and friends.
- Romantic Runner-Up: She was never really competition, Tato was always going to love Keyla more.
- We Used to Be Friends: The 'Ks' were close friends before Keyla's pregnancy.
- Woman Scorned: She has extreme anger over Keyla and Tato's relationship due to seeing it as both of them betraying her. The second time Tato and her break up goes even worse.
Juca
Juca
Played By: Mikael Mamorato
One of Tina's best friends, Juca is obsessed with the idea of losing his virginity.
- Abhorrent Admirer: Frequently tries to flirt with Lica early on, which she isn't very happy about.
- Casanova Wannabe: Tries to impress girls often and fails at it just as often.
- Hopeless Suitor: He never tells Benê how he feels about her, due do considering himself this.
- One-Steve Limit: Averted, with both Juca and Jota being named João.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: Possibly because he and Jota have the same name.
- Pair the Spares: Juca and Clara are heavily implied to end up together - Juca was interested in Benê, Clara dated Guto.
- Smart People Build Robots: Wins a competition for one he builds with Ellen and Jota.
- Stereotypical Nerd: He's the nerdiest possible.
Dóris
Dóris
Played By: Ana Flavia Cavalcanti
Principal of Escola Cora Coralina, she tries her best for the students.
- Couple Theme Naming: Bóris and Dóris.
- Good Counterpart: To Edgar.
- Happily Married: Dóris and Bóris have the most functional relationship in the verse.
- Law of Inverse Fertility: Was extremely against getting pregnant. Obviously, she does.
- Stern Teacher: She can be a bit hard on her students sometimes, but it's because she knows they can do better.
Familiares
Anderson
Anderson
Played By: Juan Paiva
Ellen's older brother, he dropped out of school prior to the beginning of the story after failing a class and having to repeat his final year. Tina catches his eye from the moment they first meet.
- Big Brother Instinct: When he doesn't get into trouble to help Ellen, it's usually just because she managed to talk him out of it.
- Dramatic Spine Injury: Gets into a traffic accident that causes this.
- High-School Sweethearts: Tina and Anderson in the beginning of As Five. It doesn't last long.
- Love at First Sight: Tina and Anderson become extremely interested in each other right from their first meeting.
- Maligned Mixed Marriage: A lot of the conflict in Tina and Anderson's romance is this.
- On the Rebound: His relationship with Samantha.
- One Head Taller: Tina and Anderson have a very visible height difference.
- Toilet Seat Divorce: After clearly being in a rough patch of their relationship for a long time, what ends up breaking Tina and Anderson for real is the death of a fish he bought.
Roney
Roney Romano
Played By: Lúcio Mauro Filho
Keyla's father, Roney owns the diner the teenagers use as their main meeting spot.
- Alliterative Name: Roney Romano.
- Like Parent, Like Child: He's extremely similar to Keyla.
- One-Hit Wonder: He's an In-Universe example - a popular singer when he was young, Roney's only remembered song is Amor Selvagem.
Malu
Malu
Played By: Daniella Galli
Literature teacher and Clara's mother, things take a complicated turn when Lica finds out her father left her mom for Malu.
- Evil Matriarch: Clara's mother and Lica's stepmother, and neither of them have a very easy relationship with her.
- Sadist Teacher: She makes everyone's lives hell in school.
- Two-Timing with the Bestie: Malu's husband Luis was best friends with Edgar.
- Unholy Matrimony: One of the biggest things Malu and Edgar have in common is that they're both terrible people.
Edgar
Edgar
Played By: Marcello Antony
Lica's father, with whom she has an extremely complex relationship.
- Archnemesis Dad: Lica's main issue in life is having Edgar as a father.
- Glorified Sperm Donor: Subverted, as despite what's shown early on, Clara never becomes quite able to see him as her father.
- Luke, I Am Your Father: Reveals to Clara he's her biological father.
- Two-Timing with the Bestie: Edgar's wife Marta was best friends with Malu.
- Unholy Matrimony: One of the biggest things Malu and Edgar have in common is that they're both terrible people.
Josefina
Josefina
Played By: Aline Fanju
Benê's mother and only caretaker, as the two of them and Benê's brother were abandoned by her husband.
- Good Parents: Josefina's an amazing mother to both her children, having a very special relationship with Benê.
- Struggling Single Mother: She was abandoned by her husband and doesn't have an easy life raising her children.
Marta
Marta
Played By: Malu Galli
Lica's mother, she finds out early on the truth behind her marriage.
Mitsuko
Mitsuko
Played By: Lina Agifu
Tina's mother, Mitsuko isn't very good at accepting that she can't control every aspect of her daugher's life.
- Follow in My Footsteps: Mitsuko refuses to accept any future for Tina where she doesn't become a doctor.
- Memorial Photo: There's a photo of Mitsuko at her funeral.
- Parents Suck at Matchmaking: Mitsuko has a suitor for Tina decided from pretty much forever, and Tina never had any real interest in him.
- Plot-Triggering Death: It's Mitsuko's death that causes the protagonists to reunite.
Luís
Luís
Played By: Ângelo Antônio
Clara's father, though they all find out early on that not by blood.
Deco
Deco
Played By: Pablo Morais
Tonico's biological father (but he isn't a very good one even after finding out he has a son).
- Romantic False Lead: Keyla romanticizes her relationship with Deco quite a bit, but ends up understanding that he isn't exactly what she made him up to be in her mind.
As Five
Nem
Nem
Played By: Thalles Cabral
Lica's neighbor, he ends up becoming interested in Benê once she starts living with her.
- Corrupting Pornography: Being addicted to porn leads to Nem having a very complicated relationship with sex, as well as not understanding what's actually pleasing to a woman.
- Literally Loving Thy Neighbor: Nem is Lica and Benê's neighbor, as well as Benê's main love interest.
- The Loins Sleep Tonight: The first time Nem and Benê try to have sex, Nem can't get it up.
- Opposites Attract: Benê's extremely organized and likes everything to be predictable. Nem, on the other hand, is immature and impulsive. Naturally they fall in love.
Miguel/Michelle
Miguel
Played By: Marcos Oli
Miguel meets Keyla during an audition and the two quickly become close friends.
- All Gays Love Theater: He meets Keyla at a theater audition and the two of them share similar dreams.
- Performance Artist: It's his whole thing, really.
Lito
Lito
Played By: Matheus Campos
Friends with Anderson, Lito ends up catching Ellen's eye from their first meeting.
Samuel
Samuel
Played By: Jesse Scarpellini
After a complicated first meeting with the girls, Samuel ends up developing romantic interest for Keyla.
Maura
Maura
Played By: Tay O'Hanna
Maura works with Ellen and ends up in a complicated love triangle with her and Lica.
- Betty and Veronica: Maura's the Archie to Ellen's Betty (has similiar interests and life experiences as her) and Lica's Veronica (extremely intense and good at surprising her).
- Closet Key: The first woman Ellen ever realized she was attracted to.
- No Sparks: The resolution to the second season's love triangle comes from there being no sparks between them when Ellen and Maura kiss.
Glauber
Glauber
Played By: Elzio Vieira
A very religious man, Glauber ends up in a very complicated situation with Tina.
Nanda
Nanda
Played By: Giulia Del Bel
Nanda is friends with Lica and works with her.
