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* BishonenLine: Arrancar have mostly humanoid figures to bring them closer to Soul Reapers, with only some mask fragments and a hole (which isn't necessarily in the middle of their chest anymore) to signify that they were once Hollows. However, only Vasto Lorde are guranteed completely humanoid figures, with Gillian and Adjuchas coming down to luck, and an ordinary Hollow like Grand Fisher barely looks human at all after evolution.
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Hollows gain immediate combat expertise when they're turned into Arrancar. The majority develop a big head thanks to this and underestimate their opponents, including captain-class Soul Reapers. Givne they're still half-Hollow, they're still weak against the purifying effects of Zanpakuto and end up dead with no fatalities to their name.
* ArtEvolution: The first handful of Arrancar who released all gained armor and monstrous body parts, but otherwise looked unchanged from their normal state. Staring with Grimmjoww, all successive Arrancar take on more elaborate transformations when they release, with the most noticable difference being their clothes changing.
* BishonenLine: Arrancar have mostly humanoid figures to bring them closer to Soul Reapers, with only some mask fragments and a hole (which isn't necessarily in the middle of their chest anymore) to signify that they were once Hollows. However, only Vasto Lorde are guranteed completely humanoid figures, with Gillian and Adjuchas coming down toluck, luck (though with the exception of Aaroniero most can still pass for human), and an ordinary Hollow like Grand Fisher barely looks human at all after evolution.
* ArtEvolution: The first handful of Arrancar who released all gained armor and monstrous body parts, but otherwise looked unchanged from their normal state. Staring with Grimmjoww, all successive Arrancar take on more elaborate transformations when they release, with the most noticable difference being their clothes changing.
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* WakeUpCall: The Soul Reapers that fought Grimmjoww's fraccion needed every advantage they could get to win. These aren't even the strongest Arrancar in Aizen's army, prompting them to get back to training.
* TheDividual: Aaroneiro and Starrk have dual personalities; Aaroniero has two heads with one holding dominance and Starrk being accompanied by Lilynette, who merges with him upon using his resurreccion.
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* DwindlingParty: As the war against Soul Society continues, the Espada and their Fracción die one by one. By the end of the war, only Grimmjow and Harribel and her Fracción, along with a few Arrancars survived the ordeal.
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* DwindlingParty: As the war against Soul Society continues, the Espada and their Fracción die one by one. By the end of the war, only Grimmjow and Grimmjow, Harribel and her Fracción, along with a few Arrancars survived the ordeal.ordeal. Most of them are either drafted or killed off by the Wandenreich.
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* OneManArmy: The Espada are so powerful only those with the strength of a Soul Reaper Captain can fight them.[[labelnote:*]]The only exception being Aaroniero, who was killed by Rukia when she was still at the level of a Lieutenant.[[/labelnote]] The highest ranks of the Espada cannot be defeated by a single Captain and required group effort from even Captain-class characters to defeat. Starrk and Barragan were confirmed to be examples of WalkingWasteland even before they became Espada. However, like the Captains, they also were not strong enough to handle Aizen's strength.
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* OneManArmy: The Espada are so powerful only those with the strength of a Soul Reaper Captain can fight them.[[labelnote:*]]The only exception being Aaroniero, who was killed by Rukia when she was still at the level of a Lieutenant.[[/labelnote]] The highest ranks of the Espada cannot be defeated by a single Captain and required group effort from even Captain-class characters to defeat. Starrk and Barragan were confirmed to be examples of WalkingWasteland even before they became Espada. Espada and Ulquiorra's spirit energy was so dense upon unleashing his full power that Uryu compared it to an ocean. However, like the Captains, Captains they also were not strong enough to handle Aizen's strength.
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* ThePsychoRangers: Some to Captains in the Thirteen Court Guard Squads.
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* ThePsychoRangers: Some Espada have parallels to the Captains in the Thirteen Court Guard Squads.
** While they never get to fight each other, Baraggan and Yamamoto are obvious parallels due to being elderly patriarchs whose true power can turn an opponent to dust within seconds.
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%%* {{Foil}}: She serves as one to Orihime. Both women are very busty women and [[MsFanservice some of the most beautiful women]] in the series, with long hair and while Orihime is around average height for a girl her age, Nel is a StatuesqueStunner. They both are GenkiGirls when off duty with something of an absent-minded side who have quite an appetite for food. Both women are pacifists towards fighting that, while Orihime is reluctant to hurt anyone, Nel is willing to harm those in self-defense but can't bring herself to kill. They both are NiceGirls towards those they care for and had to rely on an older brother figure, Orihime had her older brother Sora while Nel had her "brothers" Dondachakka and Pesche. Orihime is a WeakButSkilled who relies on barriers and healing while Nel is relies on swordsmanship and her natural Arrancar abilities. They both have feelings for Ichigo, however, while Orihime's are that of a romantic love, Nel's is more of a childish crush or admiration and usually played for laughs.
* MirrorCharacter: While most of the Espada have parallels to Soul Reaper captains, Nelliel serves as one to Orihime. Both are very busty and [[MsFanservice some of the most beautiful women]] in the series, with long hair and while Orihime is around average height for a girl her age, Nel is a StatuesqueStunner. They both are GenkiGirls when off duty with something of an absent-minded side who have quite an appetite for food. Both women are pacifists towards fighting that, while Orihime is reluctant to hurt anyone, Nel is willing to harm those in self-defense but can't bring herself to kill. They both are NiceGirls towards those they care for and had to rely on an older brother figure, Orihime had her older brother Sora while Nel had her "brothers" Dondachakka and Pesche. Orihime is a WeakButSkilled who relies on barriers and healing while Nel is relies on swordsmanship and her natural Arrancar abilities. They both have feelings for Ichigo, however, while Orihime's are that of a romantic love, Nel's is more of a childish crush or admiration and usually played for laughs.
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* TokenHeroicOrc: She and her companions are pretty much the only Arrancars who are on the heroes's side.
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* TokenHeroicOrc: She and her companions are pretty much the only Arrancars who are on the heroes's side.side during the war between Soul Society and Hueco Mundo.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: He's an obvious bishonen, but he's such a nasty piece of work that his death won't feel like too much of a waste.
* {{Foil}}: To Toshiro Hitsugaya. Both have got boyish looks and occupy commanding ranks among their respective factions, but the similarities end there. Toshiro is no-nonsense, treats his fellow Soul Reapers with respect and isn't distracted by Rangiku's looks. Luppi is a flamboyant sadist who looks down on his fellow Arrancar and openly lusts over Rangiku.
* OhCrap: When he sees Grimmjoww's tattoo get restored - the same tattoo that Luppi currently sports - he immediately realizes Grimmjow's about to throw down. Luppi doesn't even get the chance to fight, as Grimmjoww kills him in two strikes.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Luppi seemed to believe he'd be around long enough to be Toshiro's arch-enemy. That might have worked had Toshiro been the protagonist, but that honor falls to Ichigo, so Luppi is unceremoniously offed by Ichigo's own arch-nemesis: Grimmjoww.
* EvilCounterpart: To Isshin Kurosaki. Both make a goofy first impression, but are secretly packing some serious pwoer due to being the former elites of their respective factions. Similar to how Isshin surpise attacks Ichigo as a stealthy way to keep him active enough to defende himself, Dordoni allows Ichigo to believe he's grateful for letting him live before trying one last sneak attack.
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* AffablyEvil: Compared to two other Privarons, he has more honorable side.
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* AffablyEvil: Compared to two other Privarons, he has a more honorable side.
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* YouCantFightFate: He abandoned his quest to become a Vasto Lorde after eating thousands of hollows and not advancing, believing it was some predetermined factor that was decided long before he became Hollows. The sentiment was shared by Di Roy, Nakeem, Yylfordt and Edrad.[[/folder]]
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* YouCantFightFate: He abandoned his quest to become a Vasto Lorde after eating thousands of hollows and not advancing, believing it was some predetermined factor that was decided long before he became Hollows. The sentiment was shared by Di Roy, Nakeem, Yylfordt and Edrad.Edrad.
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* LongHairedPrettyBoy: He's got flowing blonde locks with delicate features.
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* PrettyBoy: The most effeminate of the group under Grimmjow.
* EvilEvolves: D Roy initially had a lower body resembling an armored serpent and his teeth were longer and more jagged. Presumably Aizen used the Hogyoku to fine-tune his appearance.
* InformedAttribute: His interactions with Grand Fisher and Rukia hint that he's killed his fair share of Soul Reapers. He's killed by Rukia the second she unveils her Shikai.
* {{Irony}}: D Roy berated Grand Fisher for not being able to kill a rookie-level Soul Reaper, but the first time we see him fight a SOul Reaper, he's killed within a matter of seconds.
* {{Irony}}: D Roy berated Grand Fisher for not being able to kill a rookie-level Soul Reaper, but the first time we see him fight a SOul Reaper, he's killed within a matter of seconds.
* OnlySixFaces: He looks like Shinji, only with dishevelled hair and even stranger teeth.
* EvilCounterpart: To Jidanbo, the giant who guards the gates to the Seireitei. While Jidanbo is a friendly guy, Demoura can barely tolerate Aisslinger.
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* TheNoseKnows: Chuhlhourne takes a big sniff of the air then tells Giselle his instincts compel him to fight her because she resembles him (a DragQueen) a lot, meaning he's reached the same conclusion as Yumichika and in the same way. Though Giselle denies that as she's a transgender woman and not a drag queen.
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* TheNoseKnows: Chuhlhourne takes a big sniff of the air then tells Giselle his instincts compel him to fight her because she resembles him (a DragQueen) a lot, meaning he's reached the same conclusion as Yumichika and in the same way. Though Giselle denies that as she's a transgender woman and not a drag queen. Teling is Chuhlhourne's tactful choice of words as opposed to Yumichika flat-out calling Giselle a man.
* EvilIsBigger: He's taller than the already-massive Komamura. Combined with his lanky frame he resembles a Gillian-class Menos.
* {{Gonk}}: Dondochakka's got an oversized head with big flat hands and feet. Even before leaving Las Noches and disgusing himself as a regular Hollow Dondochakka looked goofy.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: She doesn't start covering her mouth until the invasion of Karakura.
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* TheSpock: Cool and snarky Sung-Sun acts as the Superego of FreudianTrio, in terms of how her companions don't act with social decorum. She's cool, rational and prefers to analyse the situation rather than acting rashly. She doesn't like her companions rashness.
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* TheSpock: Cool and snarky Sung-Sun acts as the Superego of FreudianTrio, in terms of how her companions don't act with social decorum. She's cool, rational and prefers to analyse the situation rather than acting rashly. She doesn't like her companions companions' rashness.
* OnlySixFaces: She resembles Rangiku but with dark hair and skin.
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!!Szayelapporo's Fracciones
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* CoDragons: Szayelapporo's two main subordinates are called Lumina and Verona.
* {{Gonk}}: Due to being both low-level Hollows and being modified by a mad scientist, none of them look convincingly human.
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!!Szayelapporo's Fracciones
->'''Species:''' Arrancar
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A series of Hollows that Szayelapporo performed experiments on before Aizen upgraded them into Arrancar.
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* CoDragons: Szayelapporo's two main subordinates are called Lumina and Verona.
* {{Gonk}}: Due to being both low-level Hollows and being modified by a mad scientist, none of them look convincingly human.
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-> '''Species:''' Hollowfied Soul Reaper / Artificial Arrancar / Hollowfied Zanpakutō Spirit
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-> '''Species:''' Hollowfied Soul Reaper / Artificial Arrancar / Hollowfied Zanpakutō Spirit
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!!Menos Grande Arrancar
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A particularly powerful humanoid Hollow with black armor, bladed arms, and angular forward-facing horns. He was a prototype artificial Arrancar created by Aizen through the amalgamation of Hollowfied Soul Reapers, making him similar to both Vasto Lorde Menos and the Visored. Despite his name, he was entirely clad in black armor except for his white mask and hair. White fought Isshin Shiba years ago in the Human World, and was one of the reasons for his retirement. He was slain by Masaki Kurosaki, but prior to his death infected her with his soul; which was suppressed by Isshin, transferred to Ichigo in-utero, and took over his Zanpakutō Spirit -- becoming his Inner Hollow.
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'''Note: Tropes exclusive to the Inner Hollow can be found [[Characters/BleachZanpakuto here]], and tropes exclusive to Ichigo's Hollow form can be found [[Characters/BleachIchigoKurosaki here]].'''
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* AmbiguousGender: It's far too deformed to be identified as either male or female.
* TheBusCameBack: Assuming it's the same Menos that Ichigo and Uryu fought before Rukia was arrested.
* FlyingFace: Its "abdomen" is actually a second Arrancar whose face occupies its entire body.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: Uryu tries to bisect its body, only for the Arrancar to split itself in two.
* OverlyLongTongue: Its tongue is the length of its body and as a consequence hangs outside it mouth at all times.
* StarterVillain: Shares this role with Grand Fisher at the start of the Arrancar arc.
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-> '''Species:''' Hollowfied Soul Reaper / Artificial Arrancar / Hollowfied Zanpakutō Spirit
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A particularly powerful humanoid Hollow with black armor, bladed arms, and angular forward-facing horns. He was a prototype artificial Arrancar created by Aizen through the amalgamation of Hollowfied Soul Reapers, making him similar to both Vasto Lorde Menos and the Visored. Despite his name, he was entirely clad in black armor except for his white mask and hair. White fought Isshin Shiba years ago in the Human World, and was one of the reasons for his retirement. He was slain by Masaki Kurosaki, but prior to his death infected her with his soul; which was suppressed by Isshin, transferred to Ichigo in-utero, and took over his Zanpakutō Spirit -- becoming his Inner Hollow.
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* TheBusCameBack: Assuming it's the same Menos that Ichigo and Uryu fought before Rukia was arrested.
* FlyingFace: Its "abdomen" is actually a second Arrancar whose face occupies its entire body.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: Uryu tries to bisect its body, only for the Arrancar to split itself in two.
* OverlyLongTongue: Its tongue is the length of its body and as a consequence hangs outside it mouth at all times.
* StarterVillain: Shares this role with Grand Fisher at the start of the Arrancar arc.
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-> '''Species:''' Hollowfied Soul Reaper / Artificial Arrancar / Hollowfied Zanpakutō Spirit
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A particularly powerful humanoid Hollow with black armor, bladed arms, and angular forward-facing horns. He was a prototype artificial Arrancar created by Aizen through the amalgamation of Hollowfied Soul Reapers, making him similar to both Vasto Lorde Menos and the Visored. Despite his name, he was entirely clad in black armor except for his white mask and hair. White fought Isshin Shiba years ago in the Human World, and was one of the reasons for his retirement. He was slain by Masaki Kurosaki, but prior to his death infected her with his soul; which was suppressed by Isshin, transferred to Ichigo in-utero, and took over his Zanpakutō Spirit -- becoming his Inner Hollow.
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During the final battle with Yhwach, the Quincy Emperor seemingly stripped White's soul from Ichigo due to the Hollow having been passed down from his mother along with his Quincy powers, though in ''Literature/BleachCantFearYourOwnWorld'', White's soul was revealed to still be part of Ichigo.
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* BoomerangBigot: Many Arrancar hold Shinigami in contempt, despite crossing a BishonenLine from Hollows that grant them Shinigami powers. Furthermore, only FillerVillain Patros ever seems to take issue with their leader Aizen being a Shinigami himself.
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* BoomerangBigot: Many Espada, and Arrancar in general, hold Shinigami in contempt, despite themselves crossing a BishonenLine from Hollows that grant them Shinigami powers. Furthermore, only FillerVillain Patros ever seems to take issue with their leader Aizen being a Shinigami himself.
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*NamedAfterSomebodyFamous; They're all named after real-life architects.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After the fight with Nnoitra, she's apparently left behind when Ichigo rockets off to save Orihime and is completely forgotten about for the rest of the Arrancar arc despite having been Ichigo's companion through most of his journey in Hueco Mundo. [[TheBusCameBack She does returns to particepate in the "Thousand Year Blood War" arc]] and the novel ''Bleach: Spirits Are Forever With You'' would explain she ran off after being left behind with Kenpachi and fill in some of the gap between her appearances.
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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: After the fight with Nnoitra, she's apparently left behind when Ichigo rockets off to save Orihime and is completely forgotten about for the rest of the Arrancar arc despite having been Ichigo's companion through most of his journey in Hueco Mundo. [[TheBusCameBack She does returns to particepate participate in the "Thousand Year Blood War" arc]] and the novel ''Bleach: Spirits Are Forever With You'' would explain she ran off after being left behind with Kenpachi and fill in some of the gap between her appearances.
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* LetterMotif: The Espada all have two of the same letters in their names: Sta''rr''k, Bara''gg''an, Ha''rr''ibel, Ulquio''rr''a, ''Nn''oitra, Gri''mm''jow, Zo''mm''ari, Szayelapo''rr''o, ''Aa''roniero, and Ya''mm''y. Most former and Privaron Espadas also follow this rule: Ne''ll''iel, Lu''pp''i, Ciru''cc''i and Gantenbai''nn''e. Dordoni is the only character who [[AvertedTrope averts]] this, and even then [[SpellMyNameWithAnS his name has been spelled]] Dordon''ii'' depending on the translation.
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* LetterMotif: The Espada all have two of the same letters in their names: Sta''rr''k, Bara''gg''an, Ha''rr''ibel, Ulquio''rr''a, ''Nn''oitra, Gri''mm''jow, Zo''mm''ari, Szayelapo''rr''o, ''Aa''roniero, and Ya''mm''y. Most former and Privaron Espadas also follow this rule: Ne''ll''iel, Lu''pp''i, Ciru''cc''i and Gantenbai''nn''e. Dordoni is the only character who [[AvertedTrope averts]] this, and even then [[SpellMyNameWithAnS his name has been spelled]] spelled Dordon''ii'' depending on the translation.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Officially, it's Nelliel, but Neliel seems to be more commonly used. Considering the Spanish theme of Arrancar names, this should actually make the pronunciation of the double l in the middle more like a y or j depending on accent, which doesn't help.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: He's either "Edrad Liones" or "Edorad Leones".
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: While the ''MASKED'' datebook spells his last name as "Rinker", but other translations have called him "D Roy Linker", Dee Roy Linker", etc.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Tesla? Tesra? Japanese lacks an 'l' but what's loosely called an 'r' sound gets romanised as either an 'l' or 'r' depending on translator.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: People are unclear on how to spell his name, though 'Wonderweiss' is the official spelling. Wonderwice and other permutations were not uncommon for a time.
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Moving general Espada tropes back here.
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[[Characters/BleachIchigoKurosaki Ichigo Kurosaki]] | [[Characters/BleachIchigosCompanions Ichigo's Companions]] | [[Characters/BleachThirteenCourtGuardSquads Thirteen Court Guard Squads]] ([[Characters/BleachSquad1 Squad 1]], [[Characters/BleachSquad6 Squad 6]], [[Characters/BleachSquad11 Squad 11]], [[Characters/BleachSquad12 Squad 12]]) | [[Characters/BleachSquadZero Soul King & Squad Zero]] | [[Characters/BleachAizenAndHisCohorts Aizen & His Cohorts]] | [[Characters/BleachVisoredsAndExiledSoulReapers Visoreds & Exiled Soul Reapers]] | [[Characters/BleachHollows Hollows]] | '''Arrancars''' ([[Characters/BleachEspada Espada]] [[[Characters/BleachUlquiorraCifer Ulquiorra Cifer]], [[Characters/BleachGrimmjowJaegerjaquez Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez]]]) | [[Characters/BleachKarakuraTownResidents Karakura Town Residents]] | [[Characters/BleachSoulSocietyDwellers Soul Society Dwellers]] | [[Characters/BleachXcution Xcution]] | [[Characters/BleachVandenreich Vandenreich]] ([[Characters/BleachYhwach Yhwach]], [[Characters/BleachSternrittersBM Sternritters B-M]], [[Characters/BleachSternrittersNZ Sternritters N-Z]]) | [[Characters/BleachZanpakuto Zanpakuto]] | [[Characters/{{Bleach Anime}} Anime-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/BleachMovieOnly Movie-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/BleachVideoGame Video Game-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/BleachLightNovels Light Novel-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/BurnTheWitch2018 Burn The Witch Characters]]]]-]]]
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[[Characters/BleachIchigoKurosaki Ichigo Kurosaki]] | [[Characters/BleachIchigosCompanions Ichigo's Companions]] | [[Characters/BleachThirteenCourtGuardSquads [[Characters/BleachThirteenCourtGuardSquads1To7 Thirteen Court Guard Squads]] ([[Characters/BleachSquad1 Squad 1]], [[Characters/BleachSquad6 Squad 6]], [[Characters/BleachSquad11 Squad 11]], [[Characters/BleachSquad12 Squad 12]]) Squads 1 - 7]] | [[Characters/BleachThirteenCourtGuardSquads8To13 Thirteen Court Guard Squads 8 - 13]] | [[Characters/BleachSquadZero Soul King & Squad Zero]] | [[Characters/BleachAizenAndHisCohorts Aizen & His Cohorts]] | [[Characters/BleachVisoredsAndExiledSoulReapers Visoreds & Exiled Soul Reapers]] | [[Characters/BleachHollows Hollows]] | '''Arrancars''' ([[Characters/BleachEspada Espada]] [[[Characters/BleachUlquiorraCifer Ulquiorra Cifer]], [[Characters/BleachGrimmjowJaegerjaquez Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez]]]) ([[Characters/BleachEspadas1To5 Espadas 1-5]], [[Characters/BleachEspadas6To10 Espadas 6 - 10]]) | [[Characters/BleachKarakuraTownResidents Karakura Town Residents]] | [[Characters/BleachSoulSocietyDwellers Soul Society Dwellers]] | [[Characters/BleachXcution Xcution]] | [[Characters/BleachVandenreich Vandenreich]] ([[Characters/BleachYhwach Yhwach]], [[Characters/BleachSternrittersBM ([[Characters/BleachSternrittersBM Sternritters B-M]], [[Characters/BleachSternrittersNZ Sternritters N-Z]]) | [[Characters/BleachZanpakuto Zanpakuto]] | [[Characters/{{Bleach Anime}} Anime-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/BleachMovieOnly Movie-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/BleachVideoGame Video Game-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/BleachLightNovels Light Novel-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/BurnTheWitch2018 Burn The Witch Characters]]]]-]]]
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!Privarons and Ex-Espada
[[folder:Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck]]
!!Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck
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[-''"One who possesses reason should require a reason to fight."''-]
->'''Species:''' Arrancar
->'''Zanpakutō:''' Gamuza
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokoKaneda (JP), Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey (EN), Creator/LauraTorres (Latin-American Spanish)
!Privarons and Ex-Espada
[[folder:Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck]]
!!Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck
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[-''"One who possesses reason should require a reason to fight."''-]
->'''Species:''' Arrancar
->'''Zanpakutō:''' Gamuza
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokoKaneda (JP), Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey (EN), Creator/LauraTorres (Latin-American Spanish)
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!Privarons and Ex-Espada
[[folder:Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck]]
!!Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck
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[-''"One who possesses reason should require a reason to fight."''-]
->'''Species:''' Arrancar
->'''Zanpakutō:''' Gamuza
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokoKaneda (JP), Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey (EN), Creator/LauraTorres (Latin-American Spanish)
[[caption-width-right:340:The Espada[[note]]Top Row: Yammy Llargo, Coyote Starrk, Ulquiorra Cifer, Szayelaporro Granz, and Zommari Rureaux.\\\
Bottom Row: Nnoitra Gilga, Baraggan Louisenbairn, Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, Aaroniero Arruruerie, and Tier Harribel[[/note]]]]
An elite group of ten-ranked powerful Arrancars in Aizen's Army, serving as his direct subordinates.
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* AssholeVictim: Excluding {{Tragic Villain}}s such as Stark and Ulquiorra, along with [[AntiVillain Harribel who's one of the more reasonable members]] and [[NobleDemon Grimmjow for his code of honor]], the rest were nothing but selfish violent bastards who were cruel to both their fellow Arrancars or their enemies and mostly cared about themselves, which makes their deaths hard to pity (although not impossible to pity, as seen with Nnoitra's).
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: In order to become an Espada, you need to be one of the strongest Arrancars and recognized by Aizen for your efforts. Espada are free to choose their own Fracción and as many as they want. High-ranked Espada may lead lower ranked members on missions, although this seems to be mainly because of Aizen's direct orders rather than actual hierarchy, since the Espada are often shown to not respect each other.
* BishonenLine: The Espada's releases are an example of this as one goes up by number until you reach the top 3. Yammy, Aaroniero, Szayelaporro, and Zommari (10th through 7th respectively) are outright monstrous, but they get progressively smaller and arguably less scary. 6th through 3rd Espadas Grimmjow, Nnoitra, Ulquiorra, and Harribel (whose release gives her a much more {{stripperific}} outfit and changes her sword into a BFS) are animal based, but generally get progressively more humanoid as the ranks go higher. Number 2 Baraggan [[SubvertedTrope defies the pattern]] by becoming a skeleton with a flaming fur coat, and 1st Espada Starrk [[DoubleSubversion gets it back on track]] with an eyepatch and a change of clothes. And a pair of really cool guns...[[ZigZaggingTrope only for the pattern to once again be defied]] by Yammy, as he's Espada #0 as well.
* BoomerangBigot: Many Espada, and Arrancar in general, hold Shinigami in contempt, despite themselves crossing a BishonenLine from Hollows that grant them Shinigami powers. Furthermore, only FillerVillain Patros ever seems to take issue with their leader Aizen being a Shinigami himself.
* DeathByIrony: In respect to their aspect of death.
** Starrk and Lilynette (solitude) end up DyingAlone.
** Baraggan (senescence) dies via his own RapidAging powers.
** Harribel (sacrifice), though she survives, is cut down by Aizen, who finds nothing to gain from her own sacrifice and decides to "cut his losses."
** Ulquiorra (emptiness) ends up understanding a human heart in his last moments.
** Nnoitra (despair) dies fighting a completely hopeless battle against Kenpachi.
** Grimmjow (destruction), despite not dying, does obliterate his successor Luppi (Who's stated in ''Literature/BleachCantFearYourOwnWorld'' to share Grimmjow's aspect of death).
** Zommari (ecstacy) perishes in delusion.
** Szayelaporro (madness) succumbs to madness out of seemingly thousands of years of boredom.
** Yammy (rage) claims to get stronger with rage, yet he's easily bested by two Soul Reapers who maintain their composure the whole time.
* DudeWhereIsMyRespect: Villainous example. Despite their high ranks, the Espada aren't respected by all Arrancars. The Fracción only follow their respective Espada, to the point that their loyalty goes beyond their loyalty towards Aizen (if any), and they would often disrespect the other Espada. Several of the Números, whether canon or filler Arrancars, show openly disdain to some of the Espada they don't like and won't follow their orders. In both canon and filler, some Arrancars underestimate the Espada and attack them.
* DwindlingParty: As the war against Soul Society continues, the Espada and their Fracción die one by one. By the end of the war, only Grimmjow and Harribel and her Fracción, along with a few Arrancars survived the ordeal.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Thirteen Court Guards. They're all basically squad leaders, with the 13 Court Guard Captains leading an organized company of disciplined soldiers. The Espada are an "army" in name only with each individual member basically being in competition with the others.
* HateSink: With the exception of [[TokenGoodTeammate Starrk, Harribel]], [[TragicVillain Ulquiorra]], and [[NobleDemon Grimmjow]], the members of the Espada are a bunch of arrogant, violent, and selfish assholes who do a lot of terrible deeds and basically have no redeeming qualities whatsoever. (Although [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex Nnoitra]] may be a possible exception as well).
* {{Jerkass}}: Barring Harribel and Starrk, who were some of the nicer members, the rest are either sadists or cold-hearted fighters with little care for others aside from themselves. Even the nicest members aren't exempt from this: Nelliel, back when she was the Tres Espada, showed CondescendingCompassion towards Nnoitra Gilga, which in part led him to snap.
* LetterMotif: The Espada all have two of the same letters in their names: Sta''rr''k, Bara''gg''an, Ha''rr''ibel, Ulquio''rr''a, ''Nn''oitra, Gri''mm''jow, Zo''mm''ari, Szayelapo''rr''o, ''Aa''roniero, and Ya''mm''y. Most former and Privaron Espadas also follow this rule: Ne''ll''iel, Lu''pp''i, Ciru''cc''i and Gantenbai''nn''e. Dordoni is the only character who [[AvertedTrope averts]] this, and even then [[SpellMyNameWithAnS his name has been spelled]] Dordon''ii'' depending on the translation.
* OneManArmy: The Espada are so powerful only those with the strength of a Soul Reaper Captain can fight them.[[labelnote:*]]The only exception being Aaroniero, who was killed by Rukia when she was still at the level of a Lieutenant.[[/labelnote]] The highest ranks of the Espada cannot be defeated by a single Captain and required group effort from even Captain-class characters to defeat. Starrk and Barragan were confirmed to be examples of WalkingWasteland even before they became Espada. However, like the Captains, they also were not strong enough to handle Aizen's strength.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: The top four Espada are so strong they're actually forbidden from releasing their Resurrección while within Las Noches, as the resulting surge of spiritual energy and the destructive force they can unleash going all out can destroy the entire fortress.
* ThePsychoRangers: Some to Captains in the Thirteen Court Guard Squads.
** Szayelaporro vs. Mayuri. Both are sociopathic scientists. But while Mayuri does terrible things for scientific research in the eternal quest for perfection, Szayelaporro commits evil acts out of pure sadism and believes that he's already perfect.
** Nnoitra vs. Kenpachi. The latter just wants a good fight, and even gives himself handicaps so fights will last longer. The former simply enjoys killing things and thinks nothing of using dirty tricks or attacking weakened opponents. Also, Kenpachi is considerably nicer to little girls. Both also use wear eyepatches.
** Zommari vs. Byakuya. Both are very skilled in Shunpo and Sonido. Byakuya's pride and devotion to the laws of Soul Society is mirrored by Zommari's zealous worship of Aizen. Zommari even tries to call Byakuya out on his flaws, saying that he's only fighting because he believes Soul Reapers are inherently superior to Hollows, to which Byakuya, showing his CharacterDevelopment, replies that he doesn't care: he will cut down Zommari for turning his sword on Rukia, his pride.
** Starrk vs. Kyoraku. Both prove to be brilliant, powerful, but lazy characters, although Starrk's backstory reveals he's actually a neutral (and fairly sympathetic) counterpart to Kyoraku that considers the other Espada his friends.
** Harribel vs Hitsugaya. Both use powers related to water in some way, have immature subordinates with a feline {{Animal Motif|s}}, and have the initials T.H. ('''T'''oshiro '''H'''itsugaya, '''T'''ier '''H'''arribel).
* SevenDeadlySins: Evidently, the Espada were originally only going to be seven instead of ten, and Kubo had intended them to each be one of the Seven Deadly Sins. They were later changed to each represent an aspect of death.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Several members of the Espada talk bad about their fellow dead members as seen in multiple cases. Only a few of them may have shown hints of sorrow at best.
* SpecificallyNumberedGroup: They always comprise the top ten Arrancar. Although the number isn't given any particular significance, it is consistent -- when one member suffers an injury that weakens him, he's immediately demoted to "Privaron Espada" and replaced.
* StandardEvilOrganizationSquad: The Espada serve this role as the most powerful Arrancar in Aizen's army and main enemies of the Thirteen Court Guard Squad captains during the war against Soul Society.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Even more so than the Thirteen Court Guards. The Espada openly dislike each other, have practically zero teamwork -- as missions involving multiple Espada usually go down in one-on-one fights -- and they are not above backstabbing each other. According to Gin, the only thing that keeps them together is the unrivaling power of Aizen whom none of them can defeat.
* WaveMotionGun: The Espada have access to two Cero variants much more powerful than the standard.
** The Gran Rey Cero involves supercharging a Cero [[ThePowerOfBlood with some of their own blood]], which is so powerful it's forbidden under normal circumstances from being fired within Las Noches due to the level of damage it can cause.
** The Cero Oscuras is a variant that fires a jet-black Cero many times more powerful than the standard Cero, to the point an Espada can only perform it while in their released state.
* YouAreNumberSix: They numbered 1-10 (actually 0-9) to symbolize how Aizen ranks their power. Unlike the Números, the numbers are tattoed somewhere on their body.
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[[folder:Espadas 1 - 5]]
Click [[Characters/BleachEspadas1To5 here]] for Espadas 1 through 5.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Espadas 6 - 10]]
Click [[Characters/BleachEspadas6To10 here]] for Espadas 6 through 10.
[[/folder]]
!Privarons and Ex-Espada
[[folder:Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck]]
!!Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck
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[[labelnote: Resurreccíon]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bbs_nelliel_resurrecion.png[[/labelnote]]\\
[[labelnote:Thousand-Year Blood War appearance]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bbs_nelliel_tybw_9.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[-''"One who possesses reason should require a reason to fight."''-]
->'''Species:''' Arrancar
->'''Zanpakutō:''' Gamuza
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokoKaneda (JP), Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey (EN), Creator/LauraTorres (Latin-American Spanish)
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* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: In order to become an Espada, you need to be one of the strongest Arrancars and recognized by Aizen for your efforts. Espada are free to choose their own Fracción and as many as they want. High-ranked Espada may lead lower ranked members on missions, although this seems to be mainly because of Aizen's direct orders rather than actual hierarchy, since the Espada are often shown to not respect each other.
* BishonenLine: The Espada's releases are an example of this as one goes up by number until you reach the top 3. Yammy, Aaroniero, Szayelaporro, and Zommari (10th through 7th respectively) are outright monstrous, but they get progressively smaller and arguably less scary. 6th through 3rd Espadas Grimmjow, Nnoitra, Ulquiorra, and Harribel (whose release gives her a much more {{stripperific}} outfit and changes her sword into a BFS) are animal based, but generally get progressively more humanoid as the ranks go higher. Number 2 Baraggan [[SubvertedTrope defies the pattern]] by becoming a skeleton with a flaming fur coat, and 1st Espada Starrk [[DoubleSubversion gets it back on track]] with an eyepatch and a change of clothes. And a pair of really cool guns...[[ZigZaggingTrope only for the pattern to once again be defied]] by Yammy, as he's Espada #0 as well.
* BoomerangBigot: Many Espada, and Arrancar in general, hold Shinigami in contempt, despite themselves crossing a BishonenLine from Hollows that grant them Shinigami powers. Furthermore, only FillerVillain Patros ever seems to take issue with their leader Aizen being a Shinigami himself.
* DeathByIrony: In respect to their aspect of death.
** Starrk and Lilynette (solitude) end up DyingAlone.
** Baraggan (senescence) dies via his own RapidAging powers.
** Harribel (sacrifice), though she survives, is cut down by Aizen, who finds nothing to gain from her own sacrifice and decides to "cut his losses."
** Ulquiorra (emptiness) ends up understanding a human heart in his last moments.
** Nnoitra (despair) dies fighting a completely hopeless battle against Kenpachi.
** Grimmjow (destruction), despite not dying, does obliterate his successor Luppi (Who's stated in ''Literature/BleachCantFearYourOwnWorld'' to share Grimmjow's aspect of death).
** Zommari (ecstacy) perishes in delusion.
** Szayelaporro (madness) succumbs to madness out of seemingly thousands of years of boredom.
** Yammy (rage) claims to get stronger with rage, yet he's easily bested by two Soul Reapers who maintain their composure the whole time.
* DudeWhereIsMyRespect: Villainous example. Despite their high ranks, the Espada aren't respected by all Arrancars. The Fracción only follow their respective Espada, to the point that their loyalty goes beyond their loyalty towards Aizen (if any), and they would often disrespect the other Espada. Several of the Números, whether canon or filler Arrancars, show openly disdain to some of the Espada they don't like and won't follow their orders. In both canon and filler, some Arrancars underestimate the Espada and attack them.
* DwindlingParty: As the war against Soul Society continues, the Espada and their Fracción die one by one. By the end of the war, only Grimmjow and Harribel and her Fracción, along with a few Arrancars survived the ordeal.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Thirteen Court Guards. They're all basically squad leaders, with the 13 Court Guard Captains leading an organized company of disciplined soldiers. The Espada are an "army" in name only with each individual member basically being in competition with the others.
* HateSink: With the exception of [[TokenGoodTeammate Starrk, Harribel]], [[TragicVillain Ulquiorra]], and [[NobleDemon Grimmjow]], the members of the Espada are a bunch of arrogant, violent, and selfish assholes who do a lot of terrible deeds and basically have no redeeming qualities whatsoever. (Although [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex Nnoitra]] may be a possible exception as well).
* {{Jerkass}}: Barring Harribel and Starrk, who were some of the nicer members, the rest are either sadists or cold-hearted fighters with little care for others aside from themselves. Even the nicest members aren't exempt from this: Nelliel, back when she was the Tres Espada, showed CondescendingCompassion towards Nnoitra Gilga, which in part led him to snap.
* LetterMotif: The Espada all have two of the same letters in their names: Sta''rr''k, Bara''gg''an, Ha''rr''ibel, Ulquio''rr''a, ''Nn''oitra, Gri''mm''jow, Zo''mm''ari, Szayelapo''rr''o, ''Aa''roniero, and Ya''mm''y. Most former and Privaron Espadas also follow this rule: Ne''ll''iel, Lu''pp''i, Ciru''cc''i and Gantenbai''nn''e. Dordoni is the only character who [[AvertedTrope averts]] this, and even then [[SpellMyNameWithAnS his name has been spelled]] Dordon''ii'' depending on the translation.
* OneManArmy: The Espada are so powerful only those with the strength of a Soul Reaper Captain can fight them.[[labelnote:*]]The only exception being Aaroniero, who was killed by Rukia when she was still at the level of a Lieutenant.[[/labelnote]] The highest ranks of the Espada cannot be defeated by a single Captain and required group effort from even Captain-class characters to defeat. Starrk and Barragan were confirmed to be examples of WalkingWasteland even before they became Espada. However, like the Captains, they also were not strong enough to handle Aizen's strength.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: The top four Espada are so strong they're actually forbidden from releasing their Resurrección while within Las Noches, as the resulting surge of spiritual energy and the destructive force they can unleash going all out can destroy the entire fortress.
* ThePsychoRangers: Some to Captains in the Thirteen Court Guard Squads.
** Szayelaporro vs. Mayuri. Both are sociopathic scientists. But while Mayuri does terrible things for scientific research in the eternal quest for perfection, Szayelaporro commits evil acts out of pure sadism and believes that he's already perfect.
** Nnoitra vs. Kenpachi. The latter just wants a good fight, and even gives himself handicaps so fights will last longer. The former simply enjoys killing things and thinks nothing of using dirty tricks or attacking weakened opponents. Also, Kenpachi is considerably nicer to little girls. Both also use wear eyepatches.
** Zommari vs. Byakuya. Both are very skilled in Shunpo and Sonido. Byakuya's pride and devotion to the laws of Soul Society is mirrored by Zommari's zealous worship of Aizen. Zommari even tries to call Byakuya out on his flaws, saying that he's only fighting because he believes Soul Reapers are inherently superior to Hollows, to which Byakuya, showing his CharacterDevelopment, replies that he doesn't care: he will cut down Zommari for turning his sword on Rukia, his pride.
** Starrk vs. Kyoraku. Both prove to be brilliant, powerful, but lazy characters, although Starrk's backstory reveals he's actually a neutral (and fairly sympathetic) counterpart to Kyoraku that considers the other Espada his friends.
** Harribel vs Hitsugaya. Both use powers related to water in some way, have immature subordinates with a feline {{Animal Motif|s}}, and have the initials T.H. ('''T'''oshiro '''H'''itsugaya, '''T'''ier '''H'''arribel).
* SevenDeadlySins: Evidently, the Espada were originally only going to be seven instead of ten, and Kubo had intended them to each be one of the Seven Deadly Sins. They were later changed to each represent an aspect of death.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Several members of the Espada talk bad about their fellow dead members as seen in multiple cases. Only a few of them may have shown hints of sorrow at best.
* SpecificallyNumberedGroup: They always comprise the top ten Arrancar. Although the number isn't given any particular significance, it is consistent -- when one member suffers an injury that weakens him, he's immediately demoted to "Privaron Espada" and replaced.
* StandardEvilOrganizationSquad: The Espada serve this role as the most powerful Arrancar in Aizen's army and main enemies of the Thirteen Court Guard Squad captains during the war against Soul Society.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Even more so than the Thirteen Court Guards. The Espada openly dislike each other, have practically zero teamwork -- as missions involving multiple Espada usually go down in one-on-one fights -- and they are not above backstabbing each other. According to Gin, the only thing that keeps them together is the unrivaling power of Aizen whom none of them can defeat.
* WaveMotionGun: The Espada have access to two Cero variants much more powerful than the standard.
** The Gran Rey Cero involves supercharging a Cero [[ThePowerOfBlood with some of their own blood]], which is so powerful it's forbidden under normal circumstances from being fired within Las Noches due to the level of damage it can cause.
** The Cero Oscuras is a variant that fires a jet-black Cero many times more powerful than the standard Cero, to the point an Espada can only perform it while in their released state.
* YouAreNumberSix: They numbered 1-10 (actually 0-9) to symbolize how Aizen ranks their power. Unlike the Números, the numbers are tattoed somewhere on their body.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Espadas 1 - 5]]
Click [[Characters/BleachEspadas1To5 here]] for Espadas 1 through 5.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Espadas 6 - 10]]
Click [[Characters/BleachEspadas6To10 here]] for Espadas 6 through 10.
[[/folder]]
!Privarons and Ex-Espada
[[folder:Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck]]
!!Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck
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[[caption-width-right:132:Child]]
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[[labelnote: Resurreccíon]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bbs_nelliel_resurrecion.png[[/labelnote]]\\
[[labelnote:Thousand-Year Blood War appearance]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bbs_nelliel_tybw_9.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[-''"One who possesses reason should require a reason to fight."''-]
->'''Species:''' Arrancar
->'''Zanpakutō:''' Gamuza
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokoKaneda (JP), Creator/ColleenOShaughnessey (EN), Creator/LauraTorres (Latin-American Spanish)
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[[Characters/BleachIchigoKurosaki Ichigo Kurosaki]] | [[Characters/BleachIchigosCompanions Ichigo's Companions]] ([[Characters/BleachOrihimeInoue Orihime Inoue]]) | [[Characters/BleachThirteenCourtGuardSquads1To7 Thirteen Court Guard Squads 1 - 7]] ([[Characters/BleachGenryusaiShigekuniYamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto]]) | [[Characters/BleachThirteenCourtGuardSquads8To13 Thirteen Court Guard Squads 8 - 13]] | [[Characters/BleachSquadZero Soul King & Squad Zero]] | [[Characters/BleachAizenAndHisCohorts Aizen & His Cohorts]] ([[Characters/BleachSosukeAizen Sōsuke Aizen]]) | [[Characters/BleachVisoredsAndExiledSoulReapers Visoreds & Exiled Soul Reapers]] | [[Characters/BleachHollows Hollows]] | '''Arrancars''' ([[Characters/BleachEspada Espada]] [[[Characters/BleachUlquiorraCifer Ulquiorra Cifer]], [[Characters/BleachGrimmjowJaegerjaquez Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez]]])| [[Characters/BleachKarakuraTownResidents Karakura Town Residents]] | [[Characters/BleachSoulSocietyDwellers Soul Society Dwellers]] | [[Characters/BleachXcution Xcution]] | [[Characters/BleachVandenreich Vandenreich]] ([[Characters/BleachYhwach Yhwach]], [[Characters/BleachSternrittersBM Sternritters B-M]], [[Characters/BleachSternrittersNZ Sternritters N-Z]]) | [[Characters/BleachZanpakuto Zanpakuto]] | [[Characters/{{Bleach Anime}} Anime-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/BleachMovieOnly Movie-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/BleachVideoGame Video Game-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/BleachLightNovels Light Novel-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/BurnTheWitch2018 Burn The Witch Characters]]]]-]]]
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[[Characters/BleachIchigoKurosaki Ichigo Kurosaki]] | [[Characters/BleachIchigosCompanions Ichigo's Companions]] ([[Characters/BleachOrihimeInoue Orihime Inoue]]) | [[Characters/BleachThirteenCourtGuardSquads1To7 [[Characters/BleachThirteenCourtGuardSquads Thirteen Court Guard Squads 1 - 7]] ([[Characters/BleachGenryusaiShigekuniYamamoto Genryūsai Shigekuni Yamamoto]]) | [[Characters/BleachThirteenCourtGuardSquads8To13 Thirteen Court Guard Squads 8 - 13]] Squads]] ([[Characters/BleachSquad1 Squad 1]], [[Characters/BleachSquad6 Squad 6]], [[Characters/BleachSquad11 Squad 11]], [[Characters/BleachSquad12 Squad 12]]) | [[Characters/BleachSquadZero Soul King & Squad Zero]] | [[Characters/BleachAizenAndHisCohorts Aizen & His Cohorts]] ([[Characters/BleachSosukeAizen Sōsuke Aizen]]) | [[Characters/BleachVisoredsAndExiledSoulReapers Visoreds & Exiled Soul Reapers]] | [[Characters/BleachHollows Hollows]] | '''Arrancars''' ([[Characters/BleachEspada Espada]] [[[Characters/BleachUlquiorraCifer Ulquiorra Cifer]], [[Characters/BleachGrimmjowJaegerjaquez Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez]]])| Jaegerjaquez]]]) | [[Characters/BleachKarakuraTownResidents Karakura Town Residents]] | [[Characters/BleachSoulSocietyDwellers Soul Society Dwellers]] | [[Characters/BleachXcution Xcution]] | [[Characters/BleachVandenreich Vandenreich]] ([[Characters/BleachYhwach Yhwach]], [[Characters/BleachSternrittersBM Sternritters B-M]], [[Characters/BleachSternrittersNZ Sternritters N-Z]]) | [[Characters/BleachZanpakuto Zanpakuto]] | [[Characters/{{Bleach Anime}} Anime-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/BleachMovieOnly Movie-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/BleachVideoGame Video Game-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/BleachLightNovels Light Novel-Only Characters]] | [[Characters/BurnTheWitch2018 Burn The Witch Characters]]]]-]]]
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