Ciccio and Guido are the secondary antagonists-turned-supporting characters of the 2021 Disney•Pixar animated feature film Luca. They are the friends and henchmen of Ercole Visconti before their eventual redemption after they were fed up with his abuse.
Background[]
Ciccio and Guido are two boys who hang out with Ercole Visconti, constantly doing whatever they can to make him happy, whether it's feeding him sandwiches or keeping his Vespa safe.[1]
Personalities[]
Ciccio and Guido are both cooperative and obedient to Ercole. It is apparent that both of them look up to Ercole and are willing to do anything for him, even if it means harming innocent children. When Ercole is upset and takes his frustrations out on them, they seem to be oblivious to this abuse and work their hardest to impress him. However, there are moments that imply that Guido is less willing than Ciccio. Ciccio will put himself out there for Ercole, even if it means harming himself, while Guido shows some slight responsibility. When Ercole threatened to run Luca and Alberto over with his speedboat, Guido wrestled the controls from him to avoid physically harming them. He also shows some sense of humor when Luca made an insult of calling Ercole a catfish, Guido couldn't help but give a snicker, prompting him to be smacked with a sandwich by an irritated Ercole. The both of them seem a little reluctant to hurt each other as shown when Ercole forces each one to slap each other after Guido's disobedience. By the end of the movie, they begin to see Ercole for the jerk he truly is and finally get their revenge on him for the abuse he put them through after he calls them idiots and tells them to "be useful for once in their pathetic lives."
Physical appearances[]
Ciccio is chubby with fair skin, brown eyes, and curly, blond hair. He wears a short-sleeved collared shirt with thick, basil green and brownish-yellow vertical stripes and a giant "8" on the back, maroon-colored shorts, and light brown sandals. During the Portorosso Cup Ciccio wears a green swimsuit.
Guido is slim with tan skin, brown eyes, and a brown combover. He wears a red-and-orange striped T-shirt, brown shorts held up with a black belt, and light blue sneakers.
Role in the film[]
Ciccio and Guido are first feen following Ercole riding on his Vespa across the town of Portorosso where as the two henchmen are seen holding a big sandwich together to which as the three stop by the restaurant Bar Giotto, Luca, and Alberto spy on the Vespa that Ercole is riding on and after Luca fails to retrieve the ball for a local boy and it ricochets in the wrong direction, it hits Ercole's vehicle and falls on Ciccio in an attempt to protect the Vespa and upon getting it to its right position, Ercole worries to know if there is any damage to his Vespa but doesn't show any concern for Ciccio, despite him saving it. As Ercole asks the children to know who was lucky, they point at Luca and Alberto whom Ercole approaches them and introduces to them his fellow henchmen, Ciccio and Guido while Ercole introduces himself to the two, describing himself as the five-time winner of the Portorosso Cup. As the three teach Luca and Alberto a lesson, Giulia approaches Ercole and confronts him to leave them alone as she escorts the two to safety while evading Ercole. Upon listening to Maggiore talking to a local townsperson about the sighting of a sea monster in Portorosso, when slapping Ciccio, Ercole tells his fellow henchmen to get a harpoon to kill sea monsters.
Ciccio and Guido are later seen following Ercole to an ad promoting the Portorosso Cup where he plans to break the world record, much to Giulia's disgust as she stands up against Ercole to which after Ercole becomes insulted for being called a catfish by Luca and Giulia, Ercole is left offended, Ciccio stares in disgust, but Guido couldn't help but chuckle, this caused Ercole to throw his sandwich at him, taking him back. During a montage of Luca and Alberto's training, Ciccio and Guido are equipped with harpoons to keep a lookout for sea monsters while being led by Ercole to which while dealing with the three, Alberto suddenly gets wet but Luca manages to dry him up to avoid being recognized as a sea monster to which after tough training, the engine on Ercole's motorboat won't start as he tells the two to work together putting in their effort to get back on land. However because of Guido's disobedience to sink the two, Ercole has both of them slap each other.
That night when Luca and Alberto are walking across Portorosso at night while looking at a Vespa inside the Pianello store while discussing what their Vespa would be inspired what Giulia taught Luca, the two notice a harpoon tossed by Ercole as he, along with Ciccio and Guido, begin approaching him to which the three begin to bully him for hiding Alberto's true identity to which Luca grabs his harpoon and points it at its owner in dealing with the bully as the two escape from the trio. Later when Alberto and Luca use Giulia's bike to ride downhill like they did at Isola del Mare, Ciccio and Guido, alongside Ercole, later spy on the two submerging underwater and later at the beach when Alberto is revealed to be a sea monster, the three attempt to hunt him down while being equipped with harpoons so they can kill him, due to the town's hatred against sea monsters. Alberto, however, escapes from them.
Ciccio and Guido later participate in the Portorosso Cup to which during a swimming competition, Ercole gives Ciccio olive oil to help him cut through the water to which the event suddenly begins. However, despite this, Giulia manages to beat the two and the other swimmers. Later, during the pasta event, Ciccio comes late while the other competitors are eating pasta. Ercole forces Guido to eat the pasta faster, much to the other competitors saying that this is considered cheating, which is not allowed during the competition. Guido is left sea-sick after this. During the bike competition, Ercole kicks Alberto, telling him to get out of town immediately to which upon noticing him in his sea monster form, Ercole calls in Ciccio and Guido to get their harpoons to kill him as the other townspeople fearfully react to see a sea monster in town. After Luca rescues Alberto from Ercole as the two (in their sea monster forms) continue progressing, Ciccio gives Ercole his harpoon as he plans to kill the two in their sea monster forms.
After Luca, Alberto, and Giulia break Ercole's harpoon altogether, Ercole orders Ciccio and Guido to hand him another harpoon, but they refuse to, due to Ercole's abusive actions to them. As a result, the two push him into the fountain, along with his wool sweater. They are not seen again after that.
Trivia[]
- In the earliest version of the film, Ciccio was going to be another sea monster who was friends with Luca and Alberto. This changed early in development when the filmmakers realized that he detracted from the main friendship in the film.[2]
- Guido shares his name with the Cars character of the same name.
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