History Characters / ArmoredTrooperVotoms

* AceCustom: The Snapping Turtle and the Strike Dog, two powerful and blue colored ATs specifically designed for Perfect Soldiers.

* ColorMotif: Both his uniform and the ATs he pilots are blue.

* ReiAyanamiExpy: Perhaps the [[OlderThanTheyThink earliest example]] of this trope, predating the trope's namesake. He has the blue hair, IcyBlueEyes, cold, unemotional exterior, and [[spoiler:is a vessel for a Godlike being, which he ultimately destroys or defies]].

* TheBigGuy

* Wolfpack Boss: [[spoiler: in Super Robot Wars Z2 Saisei-Hen, Wiseman fights the heroes with a squadron of Bloodsucker armored troopers and in Z3 Tengoku-Hen he uses copies of the battleship from the Big Battle OVA.]]

A Perfect Soldier created by the society, who is the objective of the mission against the Gilgamesh forces that Chirico is on, who later [[spoiler:becomes Chirico's love interest.]]

* DarkActionGirl: Fyana was created with the express purpose of being a military weapon. When she fights without emotion she's as terrifying as Chirico.

* PayEvilOntoEvil: Sure, his methods are brutal, but the melkian officers he targets are often shown to be complete scumbags.

* BigBad

'''Attention''': As VOTOMS relies heavily on plot twists and the Chirico saga is composed of 52 TV episodes, 4 {{Short Anime Movie}}s, a 12-episode OVA, and two 6-episode [=OVAs=] released over a nearly 30-year period, it's not advisable to read the spoiler text as it can totally ruin your experience of a particular work. '''''You have been warned.'''''

* MadScientist

* BirdsOfAFeather:
* DarkActionGirl:
* [[spoiler:StuffedIntoTheFridge]]: In ''Shining Heresy'' ep. 5, we're told that [[spoiler:PS's have an average lifespan of 2 years, and Chirico knew at the end of the TV series that her time was almost up so they froze in order to stay together forever.]] They were awakened early and had time to reunite [[spoiler:[[TearJerker for all of 30 seconds]]]].

* TheRival
* SuperSoldier

A soldier for the Balarant Union, he was defeated during the war by a Red Shoulder. Upon identifying Chirico's as having been in said group, he becomes determined to kill him. Appears in ''Big Battle''.

* BerserkButton: It can be easily assumed that the Red Shoulders as a whole are this to him.

* BookEnds: His raid on Lido kickstarts the plot, and his death and the destruction of Woodo ends the first arc of VOTOMs.

* WeNeedHimAlive: His standard refrain whenever an opportunity presents to kill Chirico or Fyana, although eventually he decides both are too dangerous to be left alive.

->Voiced by: Creator/Yusaku Yara

* DarkActionGirl

* ShowerScene: She needs them to live, but the purpose is pretty obviously some glowy blue Fanservice.
* SuperSoldier:

* SinisterMinister

* BoringInvincibleHero: Can sometimes approach this due to his [[spoiler:nigh-supernatural nigh-immortality]], but is largely counteracted by his depressed demeanor and the fact that even if he apparently can't DIE he can be wounded to extremely large degrees or have his AT shot out from under him. [[spoiler:Thankfully he heals from severe injuries such as gunshot wounds in a matter of days, and crippling injuries in a matter of weeks.]]

* LastOfHisKind: Twice over: he's the last Red Shoulder and the last [[spoiler:Overman, a species of immortal aliens who asserted themselves as Godly figures in the setting, particularly on Quent]].

* BlackBestFriend: A possible rare anime example, although he might just be overly tanned. (It has no bearing whatsoever on the plot.)

* ImprobablePilotingSkills: Was a Gilgamesh pilot at some time during the Hundred Years' War, and can do pretty unbelievable things with attack helicopters.
* TrueCompanions: He initially scouts Chirico after seeing how well he can fight, but eventually risks his life a dozen times over despite his loner nature.

* ArmsDealer: Starts out a little petty in the Woodo arc, but he's Assemble EX-10's supplier 3 months later, in Kummen.

* AntiHero: Type III for most of the TV series, Type V in the last few episodes.

* HandCannon: His "Armor Magnum" pistol which is specifically mentioned to be an anti vehicle cailber weapon. Not only is it massive but true to its name it can shoot down helicopters with a single shot and pierce AT's and tank armor.

* MidSeasonUpgrade: Subverted in the anime: he does get several upgrades, but none of them survive long.

* WeaponOfChoice: Unless he's got no choice but to use another AT type (like when escaping from an enemy base and needing to steal a ride) he'll use a Scopedog. If the enviroment isn't suited for the standard type, he'll use a variant modified for that instead. Although he's proficient in all the Scopedog's armaments, his favored weapon is the heavy assault rifle. If he can't use that due to weight reasons, like when needed to make his AT as light as possible or when the water proofing equipment made it heavy enough as it was, he'll opt for the smaller submachine gun instead.

* FunnyAfro
* ImprobablePilotingSkills: Was a former Gilgamesh pilot at some time during the Hundred Years' War, and can do pretty unbelievable things with attack helicopters.

* FieryRedHead

* TheSmurfettePrinciple

* BarbarianHero
* GentleGiant
* TechnicalPacifist

* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn]]
* GloryHound

* SuperSoldier

* BirdsOfAFeather: He and Fanya are more alike than they are different, and it's no wonder they're as drawn together as they are.

* ClassicalAntiHero: He's an incredibly talented MiniMecha who has dedicated himself to unraveling a galactic conspiracy, the stakes of which turn out to be [[spoiler:the free will of humanity as a whole]], but it's easy to forget that he's a traumatized, lonely EmoTeen with a FriendlessBackground.

* [[spoiler:TheChosenOne]]

* EmotionlessBoy: He's distant, icy, inexpressive and more than a little mechanical, to the point where the actually artificial [[spoiler:Fanya]] is much more human than he is. [[DefrostingIceQueen He]] [[CharacterDevelopment improves]] [[TookALevelInKindness somewhat]].

A soldier for the Balarant Union, he was defeated during the war by a Red Shoulder. Upon recognizing Chirico's fighting style as belonging to said group, he becomes determined to kill him. Appears in ''Big Battle''.

* PsychoForHire: He likes being a soldier because it gives him an excuse to kill people. Unfortunately for his employers, that's about the only thing he likes about it, and he will react negatively if given orders that make him refrain from killing.

Founder and commander of the infamous Unit X-1 of the 24th Melkian Strategic AT Special Operations Corps (the Red Shoulders). His goal is locating and creating a unit of "unique survivalists" akin to the Perfect Soldiers. [[spoiler:After the war, he assists the Secret Society with their PS research.]] Appears in ''The Last Red Shoulder'', ''Roots of Treachery/Ambition'', and ''Pailsen Files''

* VillainousBreakdown: During the end of Roots of Ambition, when he finds out that Chirico is still alive and now displays absolute defiance against him.