Lillo was the most popular character in the original
Tilt Tv (1994) sketch series, and was therefore made the protagonist of the show. He was also the only character who remained consistently faithful to his original personality and character traits in his main version. In early episodes, the other 3 main puppets shared some similarities with their original versions, with Lorefio displaying some of his acid-witted humor, Makò's basketball obsession being occasionally addressed and some mean comments about Tina's haggish appearance being made, but all of this was eventually removed from the show as it progressed. By the second season, the Makò, Tina and Lorefio puppet models were all given one regular new form (among the others) as Lillo's moronic police assistants. The new puppet model for Lillo was also slightly changed and became his prime version for the other spin-offs (
Lillo non speak English (1997),
Gramma Tilt (1997),
In corso d'opera (1996) and
In viaggio nel tempo (1996)): his hair color went from the original carrot orange to a darker red, the freckles were removed and a mustache was added.