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* {{Foreshadowing}}: During Trost the Trainees find several brand new boxes of flintlock rifles belonging to the Military Police. [[spoiler: They were gathering dust. The Military Police turns out to be the most lazy and useless branch, so much so that they leave their weapons lying around.]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: During Trost the Trainees find several brand new boxes of flintlock rifles belonging to the Military Police.Police Brigade. [[spoiler: They were gathering dust. The Military Police Brigade turns out to be the most lazy and useless branch, so much so that they leave their weapons lying around.]]
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* GoodIsNotNice: He's one of the few hard-working and well-intentioned members of the Military Police but it doesn't necessarily mean he's a ''kind'' person, [[BrutalHonesty saying what really needs to be said]] and calling the lazy members "scum" and so forth.
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* GoodIsNotNice: He's one of the few hard-working and well-intentioned members of the Military Police Brigade but it doesn't necessarily mean he's a ''kind'' person, [[BrutalHonesty saying what really needs to be said]] and calling the lazy members "scum" and so forth.
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* InherentInTheSystem: He accepts the corruption of the Military Police as a matter of course, as people join for selfish reasons.
* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: "There's only one way a woman like you makes it into the Military Police."
* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: "There's only one way a woman like you makes it into the Military Police."
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* InherentInTheSystem: He accepts the corruption of the Military Police Brigade as a matter of course, as people join for selfish reasons.
* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: When talking to Hitch. "There's only one way a woman like you makes it into the MilitaryPolice.Police Brigade."
* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: When talking to Hitch. "There's only one way a woman like you makes it into the Military
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* {{Expy}}: He's ''very'' similar to Marco (down to the name), being an idealistic young soldier that joined with genuine intentions of helping people. He's shown taking an active role in leadership, and attempting to [[TeamDad keep the peace]] between Hitch and Annie.
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* YouNeedToGetLaid: The corrupt officers he confronts slip him a coin, and suggest he should use it towards this end.
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* AdaptationalAttractiveness: He's a bit dumpy and plain-looking in the manga, but is fairly handsome in the anime.
* BystanderSyndrome: Suggests everyone just "watch the show", when Marlo confronts his superiors. Unlike Annie and Hitch, he does nothing to intervene and tries to stop Annie from helping.
* BystanderSyndrome: Suggests everyone just "watch the show", when Marlo confronts his superiors. Unlike Annie and Hitch, he does nothing to intervene and tries to stop Annie from helping.
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!!!Voiced By: Seiro Ogino
A member of Annie's unit. He expresses sympathy for Annie's situation as a survivor of Trost and accuses Hitch of gaining entry into the branch through illicit means.
* CastingCouch: Discussed, when he suggests that's how Hitch got in.
* InherentInTheSystem: He accepts the corruption of the Military Police as a matter of course, as people join for selfish reasons.
* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: "There's only one way a woman like you makes it into the Military Police."
* PetTheDog: He worries about Annie's well-being, since she's the only member at their Headquarters to have seen actual combat.
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* SlaveToPR: They're forced to uphold their public reputation and have to at least do their corrupt dealings when no one's watching. Hitch uses this to stop a corrupt officer from arresting Marco Marlo by implying that going further would have looked bad to the bystanders watching.
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* BlondesAreEvil: Or at least very selfish and petty.
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* FieryRedhead: She's quick to speak her mind, and enjoys giving others a hard time.
* GreenEyes: Jealous, but also playful and clever enough to defuse a dangerous situation.
* GreenEyes: Jealous, but also playful and clever enough to defuse a dangerous situation.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When his group is given a guard detail assignment, he questions exactly what they're guarding the Survey Corps from, showing that he's both earnest and insightful. This gets the responsibility dumped onto him for his troubles by his superior.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Averted. He was very close to shooting the two corrupt officers that just beat the crap out of him (for doing the right thing) but ultimately he can't do it. Annie even asks him if he's willing to punish the corrupt like he declared he would just that morning.\
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Averted.Subverted. He was very close to shooting the two corrupt officers that just beat the crap out of him (for doing the right thing) but ultimately he can't do it. Annie even asks him if he's willing to punish the corrupt (even at the cost of dirtying his hands) like he declared he would just that morning.\
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SecretPolice: Their job is to protect the King and his domain by any means necessary. This job description gives them... quite a bit of liberty to determine what's "necessary".
* SlaveToPR: They're forced to uphold their public reputation and have to at least do their corrupt dealings when no one's watching. Hitch uses this to stop a corrupt officer from arresting Marco by implying that going further would have looked bad to the bystanders watching.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Not villains per se, but they're the most amoral military branch and still manage to maintain the best reputation of the three.
* SlaveToPR: They're forced to uphold their public reputation and have to at least do their corrupt dealings when no one's watching. Hitch uses this to stop a corrupt officer from arresting Marco by implying that going further would have looked bad to the bystanders watching.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Not villains per se, but they're the most amoral military branch and still manage to maintain the best reputation of the three.
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* TheHedonist: She's only interested in benefiting from the corrupt system, and resents actually having to do her job. She's basically what Jean would have ended up if not for his CharacterDevelopment.
* TheHyena: Breaks into hysterical laughter whenever her squad mates talk seriously.
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* TheHedonist: She's only interested in benefiting from the corrupt system, system and resents actually having to do her job. She's basically what Jean would have ended up as if not for his CharacterDevelopment.
* TheHyena: Breaks into hysterical laughter whenever her squad mates talkseriously.seriously.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Her attitude and motivations are rather similar to Jean's initial ones.
* PetTheDog: Is disgusted to see Marlo get beaten up by his superiors for doing the right thing. After Annie intervenes, Hitch manages to convince them to not arrest him for insubordination even though the others just watched and she had nothing to gain from this.
* TheHyena: Breaks into hysterical laughter whenever her squad mates talk
* ItsAllAboutMe: Her attitude and motivations are rather similar to Jean's initial ones.
* PetTheDog: Is disgusted to see Marlo get beaten up by his superiors for doing the right thing. After Annie intervenes, Hitch manages to convince them to not arrest him for insubordination even though the others just watched and she had nothing to gain from this.
* ArrestedForHeroism: Very nearly arrested for insubordination (which he technically was doing) when he catches a superior doing illegal dealings.
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* EvilDebtCollectorEvilDebtCollector: They're responsible for collecting taxes. The evil part comes from their habit of its members selling shipments of equipment (that the taxes paid for) on the black market for their own gain.
* GoodIsNotDumb: In-universe he're regarded as foolish for wanting to change things but he's definitely not an idiot, making astute observations that others either haven't figured out or just don't care about.
* GoodIsNotNice: He's one of the few hard-working and well-intentioned members of the Military Police but it doesn't necessarily mean he's a ''kind'' person, [[BrutalHonesty saying what really needs to be said]] and calling the lazy members "scum" and so forth.
* GoodIsNotNice: He's one of the few hard-working and well-intentioned members of the Military Police but it doesn't necessarily mean he's a ''kind'' person, [[BrutalHonesty saying what really needs to be said]] and calling the lazy members "scum" and so forth.
* InternalReformist: Wants to change the Military Police Brigade by working his way up and instituting major changes to fight the current levels of corruption.
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* CleopatraNose: Yep, another one.
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* PunnyName: In Japanese, Hitch ( ヒッチ ) is almost identical to "bitch" ( ビッチ ). Considering her personality....
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Deconstructed. The military system in place makes sense on paper: the best and brightest defend humanity's center and the rest either maintain the walls or go on scouting missions. This means ultimately the best soldiers are likely never to be where they're needed most, making them useless to the overall war effort.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: During Trost the Trainees find several brand new boxes of flintlock rifles belonging to the Military Police. [[spoiler: They were gathering dust. The Military Police turns out to be the most lazy and useless branch, so much so that they leave their weapons lying around.]]
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* {{Expy}}: He's ''very'' similar to Marco, Marco (down to the name), being an idealistic young soldier that joined with genuine intentions of helping people. He's shown taking an active role in leadership, and attempting to [[TeamDad keep the peace]] between Hitch and Annie.
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* GenreSavvy: One of the only competent and selfless members of his branch, and it shows. After all,[[spoiler: he correctly guessed about how the only group of people who would benefit from openly opposing the king would have to be based outside of the walls.]]
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* BlondesAreEvil: Or at least very selfish and petty.
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* TheHyena: Breaks into hysterical laughter whenever her squad mates talk seriously.
* TheHyena: Breaks into hysterical laughter whenever her squad mates talk seriously.
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** Not to mention they don't have any experience fighting the titans at all, considering they all live in the inner parts of the city. Plus the people in the military police brigade have little hand-to-hand combat expertise, as the top ten recruits from Trainee Corps often train more with 3D Gear instead of fighting.
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* BeardOfEvil: Subverted, as while he's the leader of an infamously corrupt organization.....he actually seems to be a reasonable guy on decent terms of Erwin.
* ChekhovsGunman: Appears at the very beginning on the last expedition of the Survey Corps outside of Wall Maria. He doesn't appear again until [[spoiler: Eren's trial.]]
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* BeardOfEvil: Subverted, as while he's the leader of an infamously corrupt organization.....organization... he actually seems to be a reasonable guy on decent terms of Erwin.
* ChekhovsGunman: Appears at the very beginning on thelast expedition of the Survey Corps outside of Wall Maria. He doesn't appear again until [[spoiler: Eren's trial.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: Appears at the very beginning on the
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* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Made up of the most capable graduates and the most highly-regarded branch, though they almost never have to go on elite missions to show their elite-ness. [[spoiler: They finally get assigned to re-capture Eren, and it turns out they're not so elite after all.]]
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* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Made up of the most capable graduates and the most highly-regarded branch, though they almost never have to go on elite missions to show off their elite-ness.badassery. [[spoiler: They finally get assigned to re-capture Eren, and it turns out they're not so elite after all.]]
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* CityGuardsCityGuards: Though most of them slacked off during the hand-to-hand combat parts of training, so [[{{Irony}} they're actually the worst at combating other people]].
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Made up of the most capable graduates and the most highly-regarded branch, though they almost never have to go on elite missions to show their elite-ness. [[spoiler: They finally get assigned to re-capture Eren, and it turns out they're not so elite after all.]]
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: Made up of the most capable graduates and the most highly-regarded branch, though they almost never have to go on elite missions to show their elite-ness. [[spoiler: They finally get assigned to re-capture Eren, and it turns out they're not so elite after all.]]
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* PraetorianGuardPraetorianGuard: Their purpose is to protect the king and his central domain.
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* RuleOfSymbolsm: The unicorn on their crest represents how legendary its members are (being made up of the top 10 members of each graduating class). [[spoiler: When we finally see them in combat with Titans, it turns out that their skills are legendary in the "nonexistent" or "mythical" sense of the word.]]
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The elite force that answers to the King, responsible for maintaining the peace. Their organization is infamously corrupt, and many recruits hope to join in order to take advantage of the safety and comforts it affords. Only the Top 10 graduates from every year are allowed to apply, meaning that the most talented are the soldiers least likely to ever have to face Titans.
* [[BadassArmy Badass Police]]: They only accept the Top 10 recruits from every Trainee Squad, so their members are inherently the best and brightest the military has to offer.
** [[spoiler: PaperTiger: Their tendency to neglect any serious duties or training have left them the least capable branch, and Jean notes their members keep being devoured when they finally mobilize on the mission to rescue Eren. In comparison, the Survey Corps and Garrison are far more experienced and capable.]]
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!!Nile Dok
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The Commander of the Military Police Brigade.
* BeardOfEvil: Subverted, as while he's the leader of an infamously corrupt organization.....he actually seems to be a reasonable guy on decent terms of Erwin.
* ChekhovsGunman: Appears at the very beginning on the last expedition of the Survey Corps outside of Wall Maria. He doesn't appear again until [[spoiler: Eren's trial.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He's completely willing to advocate for experimentation and execution, but is visibly horrified when Levi [[spoiler: viciously beats Eren to make a point]]. Levi even calls him on being in favor of one while bothered by the other.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: While he did want to have [[spoiler: Eren executed for being a Titan Shifter]], he did not decide on it immediately like most others and actually tried to analyze the situation first, mostly coming to the decision to have him executed because he did not want a civil war to break out. He also did not want to do so without inspecting [[spoiler: Eren]] first and later even went along with [[spoiler: Erwin's plan to capture Annie, ordering his troops to assist the Survey Corps]].
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Strangely, Funimation spells his first name as Nial.
* VillainousCheekbones: Not exactly a villain, but he's the head of an infamously corrupt organization and favored [[spoiler: Eren being experimented on and executed]].
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One of the younger members, stationed alongside Annie. She is sarcastic and immature, joining the Military Police Brigade in hopes of taking advantage of the corruption within the organization.
* AlphaBitch: She attempts to be this, but lacks the authority to be more than an annoyance.
* CastingCouch: It's heavily implied she did ''something'' inappropriate to earn a top rank in her class.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Jealous of Annie, who actually ''earned'' a place in the Military Police Brigade based on her abilities.
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!!Marlo
A member of Annie's unit. He is an idealistic and hard-working young man, which causes others to dump their work on him.
* ButtMonkey: His superiors dump their assignments on him, and his peers mock him as naive.
* {{Expy}}: He's ''very'' similar to Marco, being an idealistic young soldier that joined with genuine intentions of helping people. He's shown taking an active role in leadership, and attempting to [[TeamDad keep the peace]] between Hitch and Annie.
* ForGreatJustice: His motivation for joining the Military Police Brigade.
* TheIdealist: He recognizes the corruption of the organization, but truly believes in working within to change it for the better. Annie expresses admiration for his strong sense of justice.
* InherentInTheSystem: Recognizes that things can only improve if the system itself is changed, and states he's fully prepared to get his hands dirty in order to gain the authority necessary to do so.
* RousseauWasRight: He believes humans are inherently good, and the corrupt system is to blame for the selfishness and cruelty he observes.
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