Basic Trope: A Latina woman (or less commonly, a man) is portrayed as a sultry and fierce-tempered person.
- Straight: Valentina is a Hot-Blooded sexy Latina woman.
- Exaggerated: Valentina is constantly looking for opponents to fight and men to sleep with, while acting like a raging Tsundere towards her friends and speaking with a heavy accent.
- Downplayed:
- Valentina is on the "deredere" side of the Tsundere scale.
- Valentina is Ambiguously Brown.
- Justified:
- Valentina was raised in a Crapsack World and must use all the tools that she got to survive.
- Valentina is a ruthless Femme Fatale and used her sexuality as well as her violence to operate.
- Gender Inverted: Valentino is a Hot-Blooded, Boisterous Macho Latino.
- Inverted:
- Valentina is an average-looking Shrinking Violet surrounded by a cast full of Tsundere, Lovable Sex Maniac and Ms. Fanservice non-Latina.
- Alicia is a frumpy, conventionally unattractive, rather stoic (if not outright melancholic), rather chaste and pure (though she may be a Covert Pervert) Filipina girl who doesn't really pick much fights (though she is surprisingly good at fighting).
- Subverted:
- Valentina isn't her real name at all and she speaks with a French accent.
- Valentina is only rumored to be a hot blooded and sleep around while in reality she is a Girl Next Door.
- Double Subverted:
- ...But then we discovered that her real name is Mariana and her French accent is fake while her Latino accent is the real one.
- Valentina undergoes Character Development and becomes more assertive and outspoken.
- Parodied: All hot blooded characters are reviewed to be Latina who had slept with each other at least once.
- Zig Zagged: Valentina is Really Gets Around until she has a boyfriend but is in an open relationship. She has a Tsundere personality until a healthy dose of Character Development make her soften up but she is still a Badass Action Girl who can defend herself but got pissed off frequently due to her boyfriend left the toilet seat up.
- Averted:
- Valentina is a Nice Girl.
- Valentina has a normal sex life by the standard of her setting.
- Valentina is a normal girl with normal temper.
- Valentina's main characterization isn't her sexiness or hot tempered but instead how much she cares for her boyfriend Carlos.
- Valentina is just as violent and sexy as the rest of her non-Latino co-stars.
- Enforced: The producer hired Michelle Rodriguez and wants to market her biggest roles.
- Lampshaded: The Hero wonders "Why is it that all the Latina girls I met are always so angry while wanting to shag me and my True Companions?"
- Invoked: Valentina's mother taught her to be a Spicy Latina in order to defend herself against the world.
- Exploited:
- Latina women are a popular choice for team members due to their hot-blooded nature and Badass status.
- A Manipulative Bastard uses Valentina's short temper to further his plan.
- A Casanova Wannabe hits on Latina women because he is desperate for sex and know that they tend to be the Really Gets Around type.
- Valentina's rival Alicia (Who's less Latina and more Filipina) is well known for being The Gadfly (or even being a full on Troll) during fighting, and the latter's constant provocations cause the former to swiftly become Blinded by Rage and swing maniacally, opening herself up for knockout blows.
- Defied: "I can hold a conversation with you without being confrontational thank you very much."
- Discussed: ???
- Conversed: ???
- Deconstructed: Valentina's short temper and sultry nature caused her various relationship problem, thus making her more angry and desperate for true relationships. She also attracts problems for starting fights and attention from rapists.
- Reconstructed: Valentina is a Tsundere because she constantly has to deal with the Idiot Hero antic and sleeps around because she is aware that she is beautiful and wants to have the perks of it. While she still gets in trouble because of her temper, she learns from her mistakes and tries to avoid repeating them.
- Played for Laughs: Valentina is a hot-blooded sultry Latina who uses Insane Troll Logic to start a fight with the rest of the team. Sleeping with everyone aside, her treatment of her teammates is marked by a day-to-day basis between nice and nasty.
- Played for Drama: Valentina constantly gets dumped because of her temper and tendency to sleep around.
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