Alberto Scorfano

**Alberto Scorfano** is the deuteragonist of the 2021 Disney Pixar film, *Luca*. He is the best friend of Luca Paguro. He was voiced by Jack Dylan Grazer, who also played Eddie Kaspbrak in the *It* films and Freddy Freeman in *Shazam!* In the Italian version, he was voiced by Luca Tesei.

## Appearance

In human form, Alberto is slender with tan skin, bright green eyes, and curly, golden-brown hair. He wears a yellow tank top with brown shorts held up with a rope, and is barefoot all the time.

In sea monster form, Alberto has periwinkle scales and purple "hair". His eyes are still green, but they have yellow sclera and oval shaped pupils. He also has a long tail with purple caudal fins.

Alberto has a scar on his upper left arm, presumably by a harpoon. In human form it's a barely noticeable pale marking, while in his sea monster form it appears as a cut.

## Personality

Alberto is shown to be brave and proud, all while not being afraid to try new things, no matter how dangerous they may seem. An example of this is when Luca is afraid to ride their hand-made Vespa down a hill and off of a ramp, Alberto explains to him that is his "Bruno" and tells him to say the following when afraid, "Silenzio, Bruno!"

Deep down, Alberto is shown to be envious and lonely due to his father abandoning him. This caused him to live on his own for over a year. After meeting and befriending Luca, Alberto forms a close bond with him as the two plan to buy a Vespa and live their lives on the run. When Luca starts to spend time with Giulia during their training for the race, Alberto shows clear jealousy, sadness and fear over losing Luca.

His love for Luca helps him brush away his fear of being alone again. This is shown when he arrives at the race to encourage Luca, despite initially being mad after he betrays him after revealing his sea monster form to Giulia, and when he sacrificed himself to Ercole as a sea monster in order to let Luca win even though this would lead to his death.

He later sells the Vespa they won with the prize money to buy Luca a ticket for the train so he could go with Giulia to live with her mother and attend school, showing him in a more considerate and selfless light. He is even more heartfelt upon hearing Giulia's father Massimo is willing to take him in as his adopted son.

## Biography

### Past

Alberto Scorfano was born to an unknown mother and an unknown father under the sea, sometime during the night, he stole a few things from a boat and after he almost gets captured, he frees himself as he went back into the ocean. Alberto then went to the surface with his unknown father, however, his father then abandoned him.

### *Luca*

Alberto first appears when he scares Luca while the latter searches for human stuff, by being disguised as a diver. He stops Ercole from bullying. In the bike race, he defeats Ercole. He is later adopted in the end.

### *Ciao Alberto*

Alberto makes a comeback in a short film alongside Massimo. In the short, Alberto is now living with Massimo, expanding from the ending of Luca when Alberto explained that Massimo wanted him to help with the fishing business and move in with him. Alberto receives a letter from Luca, where Luca expresses his excitement about using the big telescope at Giulia’s school that day. Alberto begins writing back a letter to Luca, explaining how his life in Portorosso is “awesome,” describing everything as perfect. A little montage plays, as we see Alberto giving the kids of Portorosso rides on the bike wagon, with him driving. Alberto is given a large ice cream cone by an old woman. It tips but Alberto is able to catch the scoops in his mouth. Some kids nearby, playing kickball in the plaza, kick the ball in Alberto’s direction. Alberto jumps into the fountain and, in his sea monster form, hits the ball with his tail. Alberto writes back about how he has become a good "employee" to Massimo and has been helping him with fish deliveries. Despite his enthusiasms to he working with him, Massimo barely talks to Alberto personally except when he is breaking the rules or to warn him against being in their fishing boat without his supervision. It quickly becomes apparent that Alberto is seeking approval from Massimo, but is concerned about being "fired" for some of his mistakes. Right after finishing his letter, Alberto is called by Massimo, who’s obviously not content with him being in the boat by himself. Alberto apologizes, expressing his knowledge that he’s not allowed. Massimo tells Alberto he’s late, with Alberto running to the bike. Alberto tries to deliver caught fish efficiently, but keeps tossing them to the wrong people, even breaking someone’s vase. Alberto boasts that Giulia’s got some competition with him around. However, Massimo’s customers are complaining to him about their fish deliveries. Massimo shoots Alberto a look. Alberto asking if he’s fired. Massimo sighs a bit frustrated, Alberto’s face dropping to a bit of a sad expression. Sometime later, Alberto tries to cook lunch for Massimo, claiming he’s got it, but makes a mess of the whole kitchen after accidentally exploding a can of tomato sauce. After one of their fishing trips, Massimo begin to converse with a customer. Although told to stay put, Alberto tries to lift a whole barrel of fish, only to be pressured by the weight. Massimo rushes to save him, but ends up falling into the water with the barrel; losing their day's worth of catch. Although a bit put off, Alberto sheepishly gives Massimo his hat. Massimo grabs it rather aggressively, obviously frustrated. Alberto looks down a bit sadly, but it quickly becomes a smile when he gets an idea.

To make up for the incident from earlier, Alberto sneaks out that same night to catch more fish. Alberto goes to the boat alone. He puts his things down in it and begins turning on a lantern while humming. Unbeknownst to him, for a fleeting moment, Machiavelli followed him to the boat. Alberto sees Machiavelli's eyes in the dark and screams, getting frightened by him and dropping his lantern. Machiavelli meows at Alberto, with Alberto questioning Machiavelli what he’s doing in the boat. Machiavelli meows in response, as if insisting they should go back home. Alberto beings reassuring Machiavelli that Massimo won’t mind when he sees just how much fish they catch. Alberto promises that he'll make Massimo proud. Machiavelli meows again, this time in fear, as he notices something behind Alberto’s back. Alberto dismisses Machiavelli’s meowing. However, Alberto feels heat against his back and hears the crackling sound of fire. Alberto sniffs and turns quickly. Alberto realizes that he accidentally set the boat on fire. The commotion is heard from inside the house, as Machiavelli meows loudly and Alberto’s panicked screaming is heard. They escape by Alberto jumping into the water with Machiavelli in his arms. Alberto runs out of the water and into the shoreline, back in his sea monster form, just as Massimo comes out to see the damage. Alberto tries to explain to Massimo that it was in accident. Massimo doesn’t say a word. When Alberto tries to explain again, Massimo angrily looks at Alberto with a frustrated grunt. Alberto’s ears droop, feeling sadness that all of his attempts to impress Massimo were in vain. Upset, Alberto walks away to go pack up his things and leave.

Alberto is dried off as he walks up an alleyway with a suitcase in his hands. Alberto struggles to carry the suitcase as we walks on, only for Massimo to notice what he's doing, asking him promptly. Alberto turns around. Alberto sighs and says that he quit, admitting that he’s not good at his job and isn’t good at being Massimo’s employee. Massimo denies this. He tries to persuade Alberto to come back by trying to grab his suitcase, but Alberto, still frustrated, snaps back at Massimo, asking him why he cares so much. Alberto goes even further to say that he probably doesn’t like him, which is the reason he doesn’t talk to him. Alberto begins walking away further as Massimo calls his name. Massimo then catches up to Alberto, putting his hand on Alberto’s shoulder. Alberto tells him to let him go, but he accidentally calls him "dad". Alberto’s eyes open wide and so do Massimo’s. Alberto, apparently surprised by what he said, drops the suitcase he was holding. Alberto ducks down to pick it up. Massimo also ducks down to Alberto’s level and puts the suitcase back down on the ground, wanting to tell him something. Massimo reveals that he once made his father so angry that he punched a hole into a brick wall. Alberto is surprised. He asks if it was for real, with Massimo nodding. Alberto insists for him to continue, wanting to hear more. Alberto asks what happened next, with Massimo answering that they made up by patching it up together. Massimo then gestures with his hand to Alberto to come back. Instead, Alberto hugs Massimo. Massimo is taken aback for a moment, but after a little pause, Massimo also embraces Alberto. The next day, Massimo and Alberto begin rebuilding the boat. Massimo also teaches Alberto how to properly use a hammer, chuckling at Alberto’s surprise. Alberto and Massimo share stories with each other. Alberto asks Massimo to tell him everything as they fix their boat.

## Quotes

> Sea Monsters CAN’T go to school! What do you think is gonna happen when they see your fish face?
>
> He when Luca shows interest in School.

> You got me off the island, Luca. I’m okay…
>
> He hugging Luca.

## Trivia

* His surname, Scorfano, is Italian for "scorpionfish".
* He was rumored to be just a human until it was confirmed that he, like Luca, was a sea monster.
* As hinted by an interview by Enrico Casarosa, his first name comes from Enrico's childhood friend.
* A running gag features he getting covered in water which reveals his true form, and he tries to hide to turn back to a human.
* He was originally planned to become a kraken type creature but that was cut from the film.