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| − | |name = Italy
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| − | |jname = イタリア
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| − | |image = North Italy.png
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| − | |country = [[wikipedia:Italy|Republic Of Italy (Repubblica Italiana)]], Northern Italy
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| − | |human = Feliciano Vargas (フェリチアーノ・ヴァルガス, ''Ferichiāno Varugasu'')
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| − | |age = 20
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| − | |gender = Male
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| − | |birthday = March 17
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| − | |hair = Brown (manga), Auburn (anime)
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| − | |eyes = Brown (manga), Amber (anime)
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| − | |height = 172 cm (5'7 ft est)
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| − | |firstvolume = Volume 1
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| − | |firstcomic = ''Hetalia: Chapter 1''
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| − | |firstanime = [[Episode 01]]
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| − | |japanese = [[Daisuke Namikawa]], [[Aki Kanada]] (Chibitalia)
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| − | |english = [[Todd Haberkorn]], [[Brina Palencia]] (Chibitalia)
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| − | '''Italy''' (イタリア ''Itaria'') is a main character in the series '''Axis Powers Hetalia'''. He is the representation of northern Italy and is part of the Axis Powers. He is also referred to as '''Italy Veneziano''' (イタリア・ヴェネチアーノ ''Itaria Venechiāno''), and has an older brother known as '''Italy Romano''' (イタリア・ロマーノ ''Itaria Romāno''). In 2008, Himaruya gave human names to some of the characters and he recieved the name, '''Feliciano Vargas''' (フェリチアーノ・ヴァルガス ''Ferichiāno Varugasu'').
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| − | ==Appearance==
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| − | [[File:Italy_original.jpg|thumb|left|An earlier design of Italy]]
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| − | He has short brown hair and brown eyes, with a curl on the left side of his head acting as his erogenous zone when stroked or pulled. He wears a blue uniform, a black shirt and tie, and black boots. In the earlier strips, his hair was smoother and his curl was drawn smaller, a change which was noted in a gag illustration. Italy's eyes were depicted as gray in the earliest artwork of him, but quickly changed to brown.
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| − | In his first appearance in both versions of the manga and the first two episodes of the anime, he wore a tan uniform that looked almost similar to his brother's, aside from being drawn as a jumpsuit in the manga (though it was shown as a two-piece suit in the anime).
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| − | As a child, he wore dresses and was mistakenly thought to be a girl by [[Holy Roman Empire]] and others. Often when not in uniform, he can be seen dressed in a white sailor suit-style top (with blue collar, necktie, and sleeve bands) and blue shorts.
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| − | ==Personality And Interests==
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| − | A cheerful, energetic boy that went from being the kin of Ancient Rome to an irresponsible crybaby. He loves pasta, pizza, gelato, and cheese. Though he relies on Germany a lot, Italy doesn't really listen to what he says. His hobbies include cooking, siestas, painting, and singing.
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| − | In the webcomic and the first drama CD, it is noted that he frequently gets stomach pains due to overindulging on gelato. Italy is shown to have a compulsion of stripping off all of his clothes for his daily 3PM "siestas," and usually forgets to put his pants back on after he wakes back up (causing Germany to have to lend him a pair of his own). His public nudity has become notorious enough to where [[Switzerland]] will fire upon him if he catches him streaking throughout his homeland.
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| − | He also has the verbal tic of making a "Ve" sound, though in the anime adaptation, he makes other onomatopoeic sounds as well, a more notable one being a chant of "Herahera" (a Japanese onomatopoeia which means "acting foolishly" or "frivolous") .
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| − | Though he was relatively weak and timid as a child, he was able to take on [[Turkey]] single-handedly at one point.
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| − | ==Relationships==
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| − | ===Germany===
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| − | ''Main article: [[Germany]]''
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| − | After being found in an orange crate (a crate of tomatoes in the published manga and anime adaptations), Italy became his prisoner, then ally. With [[Japan]], they formed the Axis Powers. Despite their differences, Italy and Germany are rather close.
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| − | It is hinted, though not outright confirmed, that Germany may be Italy's long-lost childhood love, Holy Roman Empire.
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| − | ===Japan===
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| − | ''Main article: [[Japan]]''
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| − | Though the two seemed to meet for the first time when forming the Axis, Italy had actually "met" a younger Japan once before, in a prophetic dream he had as a child.
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| − | Japan is shown to become visibly disturbed at Italy's nudity and "shamelessness," and asks that he put clothes on. Due to having had to experience Italy's reckless driving, Japan became inspired to invent safer Japanese cars.
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| − | ===South Italy (Romano)===
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| − | ''Main article: [[South Italy]]''
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| − | Having been separated for a long time, the two brothers don't get along very well. Although Romano seems tougher than Italy, both are actually cowardly and ineffectual.
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| − | ===France===
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| − | ''Main Article: [[France]]''
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| − | A young Italy ("Chibitalia") grew up with a teenage France. The two got along well until Italy was taken to spend time with Ancient Rome. When he returned, France only wanted to gain control of him. They are still on rather good terms, as Italy still refers to France as his big brother and has visited him a number of times. France is also unwilling to harm Italy despite being enemies.
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| − | ===Poland===
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| − | ''Main Article: [[Poland]]''
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| − | Italy and Poland are shown to be good friends in a few of the "Extra Stories" and ''Comic Diary'' strips, and have known each other since they were small children. It was Poland who gave Italy the idea to make an ejectable seat in [[Germany]]'s Kubelwagon, as he had previously designed an airplane with one (which backfired on him).
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| − | ===Austria===
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| − | ''Main Article: [[Austria]]''
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| − | Austria took control over a young Italy. He helped raise Italy, with the assistance of [[Hungary]], in Holy Roman Empire's house.
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| − | ===Holy Roman Empire===
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| − | ''Main Article: [[Holy Roman Empire]]''
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| − | As a child, Holy Roman Empire would frequently chase Italy about, demanding that he become a part of the Holy Roman Empire. After Austria gained control of Italy, they resided in Holy Roman Empire's house. Holy Roman Empire was excited, but had a hard time interacting with Italy as he had a crush on him (believing him to be a girl). As a result of HRE's quiet and intense gazes, Italy became very afraid of him at times.
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| − | Italy later revealed that the reason he refused HRE's offer to join him in becoming the Holy Roman Empire was because he saw the effects a long life of war had on his grandfather. Heartbroken, HRE leaves his home to go to war after other members of the Holy Roman Empire begin turning against him and Austria. As he leaves, he runs into Italy, and the two say their goodbyes as Italy gives HRE a token of his affection (his underwear in the webcomic version and his broom in the anime). The two share a goodbye kiss and HRE promises that he'll return.
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| − | ===Prussia===
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| − | ''Main Article: [[Prussia]]''
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| − | Prussia is shown to like Italy very much, considering him "cute" and going as far as to ask him on a date, only for Italy to be oblivious to his question (as he was fixated on Prussia's bird).
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| − | ===Hungary===
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| − | ''Main Article: [[Hungary]]''
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| − | Hungary helped raise him when they were both under Austria's rule. She is considered to be an older sister figure to him.
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| − | ===Ancient Rome===
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| − | ''Main Article: [[Ancient Rome]]''
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| − | The heir apparent to Rome's fortune, the young Italy spent an indeterminate amount of time living and traveling with his grandfather until Rome eventually grew weak and vulnerable due to his empire crumbling.
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| − | Due to what happened to his grandfather, Italy refused to become a new Roman Empire when Holy Roman Empire offered him the chance to do so. Though he didn't inherit Rome's success, he did get his natural talents for art.
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| − | ==In the Anime==
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| − | [[Image:ItalyAnime.png|200px|right|thumb|North Italy in the anime. He is on the right in this image.]]
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| − | Italy appears in [[Episode 01]], towards the end of the meeting. He offers to speak, but when he is called upon, he lets out a cry of "PASTA~!" instead of presenting data.
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| − | He is formally introduced in [[Episode 02]], after Germany finds him hiding in the tomato crate, and is taken captive, but eventually kicked out and sent back home after he annoys the other man with a stereotype-filled song about Germans. Italy later returns to work for Germany after becoming poor, and eventually becomes his ally in the lead-up to WWII.
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| − | In the anime adaptation, Italy's hair is changed to auburn, while his tie is colored blue. His eyes were also changed to amber, a more "golden" shade than what they appear as in manga illustrations.
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| − | The exact inspiration behind his human name was not stated by [[Hidekaz Himaruya]], though it is to be noted that '''Vargas '''is a Spanish surname and not Italian (though it has Latin roots, like both languages) but it is believed that ''Vargas'' may have been derived from the artist [[wikipedia:Alberto Vargas|Alberto Vargas]], who was famous for his WWII "Vargas Girls" pin-up art. Likewise, '''Feliciano '''''(''which comes from'' "felice," happy one'') is an uncommon given name in Italy, and is more common as a surname. It is possible that it might have been inspired by the Italian calligrapher [[wikipedia:Felice Feliciano|Felice Feliciano]].
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| − | ==Trivia==
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| − | *The birthdate given in his profile, '''March 17th''', corresponds with the date of the formation of the "Kingdom Of Italy" (''Regno d'Italia'') in 1861. As Italy is shown in the strips to have existed for centuries before, it is likely that the brothers use the date of the Italian Unification to celebrate their birthdays with, as a unified Italy. The formation date of the Italian Republic (''Repubblica Italiana'') is actually '''June 2nd'''. South Italy is confirmed to be the elder of the two; despite this, some fans continue to mistake them for twins due to having similar hairstyles.
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| − | *Though Italy was represented with the flag for the '''Kingdom Of Italy''' in the original webcomic, the published manga and later media use the modern Italian flag.
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| − | *His full nation name, '''Italy Veneziano''' (or just "Veneziano") is derived from ''Venezia'', the Italian name for '''Venice''', a city in Northern Italy. In the strips, he is simply referred to by the others as '''Italy''', with his brother only referring to him as '''Veneziano'''. The name '''North Italy''' is also used to differentiate him from his brother.''Veneziano ''can also be seen as a sort of pun for the similar-sounding Japanese phrase "''Venezia no''", which would mean "of Venice".
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| − | *Though his name is derived after Venice, he only seems to represent the Republic itself in the strip where he fights the Ottoman troops. In footnotes to strips such as ''The War of Austrian Succession'', it is shown that he has also been used to represent other northern areas of Italy such as [[wikipedia:Duchy of Milan|Milan]] and [[wikipedia:Piedmont-Sardinia|Piedmont-Sardinia]], before the unification of Italy.
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| − | *In the strip '''Let's Assist The French Economy!''', his right nipple is revealed to represent '''Corsica''' and winds up claimed by [[France]]. His right pectoral area is also said to represent both '''Savoy''' and '''Nice'''.
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| − | *In '''Contrary To The Italian Image''', it is revealed in a footnote that Italy suffers from the medical condition ''phimosis'' (which makes it difficult for the foreskin of the penis to be retracted), due to Italy ranking #2 in frequent cases of it.
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| − | *In the webcomic strip '''Italy's Big Brother''', Germany reveals that Italy happens to share Germanic blood with him (presumably due to the German conquests of Italy after the fall of the Roman Empire). This noticeably angers South Italy, who was later said to be of Arabic blood by Himaruya.
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| − | *In a note, Himaruya stated that Italy was not entirely weak, but due to him being cowardly and scared, he does not use his strength. However, as Chibitalia, he was shown at one point to be strong enough to defeat Ottoman forces that were invading the Adriatic Sea (referencing how Italian naval troops were thought to be stronger than the ones on land). In another illustration, the female version of Italy is shown to display an incredible bout of strength when angered, much to the surprise of her male counterpart.
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| − | *In the special booklet included with the third volume of the published manga, it was revealed that Italy's personality was originally intended to be modeled after that of '''Noto Kanazawa''' (an unlucky, often-bullied character from a previous Kitayume comic), and that his curl was a last-minute addition to the design to make him look cuter. As the manga progressed though, the character of Italy became more carefree and absent-minded.
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