Money Heist or La Casa de Papel if you want to sound fancy, is a Spanish heist drama created by Álex Pina. It follows a crew of robbers, led by genius known as Professor, trying to pull off biggest heist ever- printing billions of euros in Royal Mint of Spain. Show is packed with complex characters, wild plot twists and heart-pounding action. It started on Antena 3, then Netflix snatched it up and boom! Global sensation.

Meet the characters from Money Heist

Tokio

Oh man, Tokio is chaos wrapped in leather and a joke that might cut you — loud, fearless, and always five seconds away from doing something gloriously reckless. She narrates half the drama with this breathless, furious energy, then turns on a dime and shows this soft, slightly ridiculous loyalty that makes you forgive everything (well, almost). She smokes like it’s a personality trait and somehow always has a story that starts with “you won’t believe what happened last night…” — also, she claims to hate flowers but definitely cried over a tiny daisy once, I swear. She’s impulsive, romantic in a messy way, and somehow always the most honest liar in the room.

El Profesor

El Profesor is the quiet, chess-playing brain who plans like he’s folding time into origami — slow, impossibly patient, and a little bit of a broken romantic for ideas. He speaks like he’s solving a puzzle and treats human lives like complex theorems he both believes in and is slightly terrified to test; he cares so much but pretends he doesn’t, a classic case of understatement as a costume. Loves classical music and cute analogies about trains, and yet will panic like a regular person when something small goes wrong (keys? coffee? trust me he’s human). The vibe is meticulous mastermind with a soft spot for people and opinions that sneaks out in late-night confessions.

Raquel Murillo

Raquel (Lisbon) is the “I was on your side until I wasn’t” type of character, all steady competence with undercover-steely eyes and a heart that betrays her very nicely, thank you. She was a cop who kept doing her job even when the rules got fuzzy, which is kind of her whole aesthetic — professional, calm, but fully capable of a very dramatic pivot into chaos love-ally mode. Has a thing for tea and knows how to file paperwork that could take down governments, but will also make you pancakes at dawn and be weirdly sentimental about old case files. Strong, moral, conflicted, and quietly stubborn — basically the teammate everyone swears by and also secretly envies.

Berlin

Berlin is theatrical, elegantly cruel, and dresses like he was conceived in an opera house — God, he is deliciously unbearable. He revels in control, loves monologues, and somehow combines terminal bravado with weirdly tender cultural references (and yes he will quote poetry in the middle of a heist). A total flirt and a terrible decision-maker who is somehow magnetically charismatic; he is both the villain you clap for and the broken hero you want to slap. Also, for reasons I can’t explain, he seems to adore small dogs in one episode and hates them in the next — contradictory in the best way.

Rio

Rio is the soft-tier hacker who giggles like a kid and then stares at a code screen like it’s a confession, basically vulnerability wrapped in a hoodie. He’s young, wildly romantic (slightly naive) and believes in feelings more than strategy at first, but he grows into someone braver than he thinks — which is the whole cute arc, right? Loves video games, still texts in emojis sometimes, and has this tendency to get anxious and then do something surprisingly heroic when it counts. He’s messy, sweet, occasionally infuriating, and you can practically see the heart-shaped pixels when he smiles.

Denver

Denver laughs like an earthquake and then apologizes like he’s sorry he exists, which is somehow the most him thing ever — loud, loyal, and immediately protective. He’s got the tough-guy exterior (boxing, scars, loud living room debates) and this enormous soft spot that shows up in very specific, weird ways (like his secret talent for making the worst but most sincere toast). He impulsively punches, cries, and bakes? (Ok, he might not bake but he would try, with flour on his eyebrows.) Basically a cliff of emotions with a golden core, and his laugh will haunt your dreams in a good way.

Monica Gaztambide

Monica (Stockholm) starts as a terrified florist and becomes this fiercely competent, slightly sassy survivalist who knows how to pivot under pressure — total glow-up queen. She has a practical streak and a warm, domestic vibe (maybe bakes sometimes? maybe smokes sometimes? both? who knows), but don’t mistake that for weakness; she has backbone and a way of making people feel human in the middle of chaos. She loves little luxuries now (lipstick, maybe a ridiculous blanket) and also makes terrifyingly efficient decisions when it matters. Sweet, stubborn, a little bit glamorous, and absolutely refuses to be defined by what happened to her.

Arturo Roman

Arturo is the human drama machine — loud, self-aggrandizing, often cowardly, and blessed with an ego you could build a small theme park around. He complains, schemes, and then forgets what the plan was, yet somehow keeps surviving through pure stubbornness and delusional charm (not recommended but it happens). He insists he’s heroic and will dramatically talk about justice while simultaneously doing very small, embarrassing things to prove he exists. Annoying? Yes. Unforgettable? Also yes.

Helsinki

Helsinki is big, solid, and quietly deadly but also inexplicably soft — like someone who can lift a door off its hinges and then comfort a crying child five minutes later. He rarely speaks, which is part of his whole vibe, but when he does it’s sincere and often hilarious in a guttural way; loves simple pleasures (meat, loud music, maybe a tiny plant he pretends not to water). Loyal to the bone and unexpectedly tender with people he cares about, he reads the room like a pro and will protect you with a look. Stoic on the surface, poet underneath, apparently has a soft spot for lullabies and loud parties in equal measure.

Nairobi

Nairobi is the heartbeat of practicality and optimism — fierce, charismatic, and the person who will count the money and also sing a silly song to keep morale up. She is the fixer, the moral compass in board boots, and she fights like she’s correcting an injustice that owes her money (which, fair). She jokes, organizes, scolds, and mother-hugs in rapid succession, with a laugh that makes plans feel doable and threats sound ridiculous. Tough as nails but with a tender, almost managerial warmth, and yes she will clap her hands at you if you slack off — love that for her.