Piojo

*BELÉN - "Piojo tiene un problema en la cabeza, así, no habrá un tratamiento para asentarlo um poquito?"*

*FACUNDO - "Yo soy un neurólogo no un mago."*

**Felipe "Piojo" Fraga**, portrayed by Guido Kaczka, is a main character of the First Story (season 1, 2, 3 and 4) of *Chiquititas*.

## History

### Season 1

#### First appearance

Piojo, Belén's younger brother who just came of age, surprises her from behind pretending he's assaulting her. She complains about him sleeping out and leaving no warning. He gives her a ride with his friends Tano, Pochi and Facha and their old car. On the next day, he tries to seduce Dolly, a girl he met at a bar saying she looks like a model, until her fiancée Turco, a big strong man, scares him away, as he plays dumb and sends him in other guys' way as he takes off with her. The set up a date for the next day, and she asks him to pick her up.

#### Piojo steals Martin's car

The next day, desperate not to embarrass himself in front of the girl and lose her, Piojo decides to steal a car, or borrow it temporarily to take her on the date. He is arrested by the police and Martín, after learning that he is Belén's brother, drops all charges against him. Belén is pissed off at her brother, and as he goes to Martín's to apologize, he ends up saving Gabriela from getting run over by a car. After this fact, Martin not only forgives him as id feels indebted to the boy. They befriend each other and Martin offers him a job as his housekeeper, a fact that he's embarrassed to tell his friends Tano, Pochi e Facha.

### Season 2

"*TAMARA - "Ningún adulto és tan chiquilín y irresponsable para ayudar-nos. (Piensa mejor) Menos uno.*"
— TODOS - "Piojo!"

### Ending

On the last Episode. 18:00 Piojo is sad he is an adult who has accomplished nothing in his life, but Belén is proud of him for being exactly the way he is.

"You always took care of the kids from a place of equality."

## Personality and Traits

Piojo is Belén's younger brother who's always creating trouble. He never takes anything seriously, is extremely lazy and wants to take advantage of the situation, trying to outsmart people. He's a womanizer who only cares about having fun with his pals Pochi, Tano, and Facha. He's always finding jobs, after pressure from his sister, who he loves dearly and respects very much, but is lever able to maintain those jobs.On the other side, he is a loyal friend who is always ready to help and has good heart. A clownish joker, he's the type of character who can either make a lot of mistakes and mess thibgs up as he is capable of helping and being a good friend. He's the comic relief of the show, and for whatever wrong thing he does, he finds a way to redeem himself.

## Relationships

### Non-Familial

#### Clarita

*- "Ningún tipo en el mundo se merece que llores por él"* - Piojo to Clarita, after Pochi leaves her for another girl.

### Romantic

#### Dolly

On the second episode of the first season, Piojo hits on girl who already has a huge strong boyfriend named Turco. Nevertheless, she falls for him and he asks her on a date. When The Tiburones car breaks, he "borrows" Martin's car to go on a date and impress Dolly. On their date, he's arrested by the police for stealing the car.

On Episode 14, they cross paths again while riding their bikes. To brag to his friends Tano, Facha and Pochi, Piojo lies about the nature of his job with Martín, saying he's choosing top models for a publicity campaign for La Pureza, and also lies about not being afraid of Turco. As a prank, Tano calls Turco pretending to be Piojo and sharing his address, defying him for a duel. Turco then sets camp in front of Martin's apartment. Afraid of him, Piojo tries to convince Dolly to get back together with Turco, but she feels angry and rejected by his cowardice, and tells Turco to get him.

#### Samantha

On episode 19 of the first season, Piojo finds a backpack in the street, and discover it becomes to a girl named Samantha, and looks for her to return it. On the next day, on a Sunday morning he returns the backpack, and they befriend each other. She's happy he returned her notebooks as she writes poetry. Attracted to Samantha, Piojo tells her he likes poetry. As they sit down to get to know each other, Samantha tells him she lives with her parents. That her dad is a lawyer and her mother has a clothes store. She tells him she's a literature and theatre student and asks him about his background. Afraid of being rejected for being poor, Piojo pretends to be rich, and tells her he finished his studies, lying about being Martin's younger brother and working with him with economy and finances.

## Quotes and dialogues

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> "*Piojo hace muy poco que te conozco...Me parece que sos medio delincuente como yo pero en el fondo muy buen pibe.*"
> — Jimena to Piojo, S2\_E006
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> * "Si señor, si señor, esto és vida, si si. Cuando vivía los pibes se mueven, ahora ván a saber lo que és un bacan" - Piojo, enjoying the good luxury life in Martin's loft on S1E003.
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## Criticism

Machismo

the shame of being poor