Basic Trope: Italians are portrayed as being loud and aggressive.
- Straight: Antonio D'Amico is an Italian man with a heavy accent. He is loud and Hot-Blooded and often gets into fights.
- Exaggerated: Antonio is an incredibly exaggerated Italian man with a Hair-Trigger Temper.
- Downplayed: Antonio is known to be of Italian descent and is the most short-tempered cast member, but it's not ridiculous.
- Justified: ???
- Inverted:
- Antonio is Italian and is a calm and introverted Catholic guy.
- In a work set in Italy, the token foreigner is much more loud and aggressive than the rest of the cast.
- Subverted: Antonio is expected to be loud and rambunctious, but he's actually quite calm.
- Double Subverted: Antonio is calm enough when he's in a good mood, but if you anger him, best run.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: Antonio's level of rambunctiousness varies Depending on the Writer.
- Averted: Antonio is not especially aggressive.
- Enforced:
- "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."
- The actor who plays Antonio is famous for his Large Ham tendencies so they make Antonio a fiery Italian man to better fit with the actor's role.
- Lampshaded: "So, does the pasta make you mad all the time, or..."
- Invoked: Antonio's mother raises him with a sense of national pride and an inability to let any slights slide.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Antonio dislikes the stereotype of aggressive Italians and acts extremely calm to help stop it.
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Implied: Antonio is short-tempered, and his ethnic heritage isn't revealed, but his name sounds Italian.
- Played for Laughs: Antonio is treated as a Funny Foreigner who tends to have a Comical Overreaction to minor things.
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