History Characters / CodeGeass

* CharacterAlignment: Indifferent of which it is his alignment in the first 46 chapters, in the last ones 4 it is undoubtedly [[spoiler:LawfulEvil]].
* ChaoticSelfish

* WildCard

** Much of the hate ''is'' more or less understandable, given that he started as an EnsembleDarkhorse and a VoiceOfReason amongst the Black Knights. That [[CharacterDerailment all changed]] the moment [[LoveMakesYouDumb he met Villetta]], who he was willing to have his life taken by a few episodes before [[spoiler:the betrayal, which he and Villetta led the Black Knights against Lelouch, ditching him violently and siding with Schneizel. [[SwissMessenger It was his actions that prevented Lelouch from defeating Schneizel and indirectly spurred the chain of events culminating in Lelouch's death.]] And not only did he not die, but he became the ''Prime Minister of Japan'' and was HappilyMarried to Villetta, which many see as a KarmaHoudini given all the mistakes he committed.]]
* StarCrossedLovers: With [[spoiler: Villetta]].
* SwissMessenger

* TheWesley: Possibly.

* JerkassWoobie: By the end of the second season, he has crossed far too many lines to be considered a "pure" woobie anymore.

* ByronicHero: Trying to describe him as anything but this is an exercise in futility, since he wafts from AntiHero to VillainProtagonist depending on the episode. In short, his heavily flawed personality causes him much suffering.

* [[spoiler: InstantDeathBullet: A rare example for a fairly major character in the series.]]

* MoralMyopia: Taken to the extreme, thanks to his [[PsychopathicManchild childishness]]. When he's not with C.C., he spends a lot of his time berating the characters for doing (or thinking, or remembering doing or thinking) things that he sees as bad ... even though he needs to MindRape them to do it. (Oh, and he's also probably ''murdered'' several people.)

* WillNotTellALie: Probably. Because '''"Lies are very, very wicked!"''' Also, he's so used to relying on his mind-reading skills, which tend to render lies pointless.
** He won't let ''others'' get away with lies, but due to his extreme MoralMyopia, he's perfectly capable of saying things he knows or should know are untrue, so long as he ''wants'' them to be true badly enough. For example, he shoots C.C. before she has a chance to shoot him and then triumphantly announces that he knew she couldn't shoot him because she loved him. An episode earlier, when he wants to manipulate Shirley, he tells her many half-truths, but also at least one flat-out untruth: that she wasn't sad that her father died and only pretended to be sad in order to steal a kiss from Lelouch. This isn't even an example of true FromACertainPointOfView; we know -- and since Mao can read minds, he knows -- that Shirley genuinely adored her father. Mao systematically and willfully uses confusion and deception in order to manipulate people (up to and including their own ruination) toward his own ends. Isn't that usually called "lying"?
** The untrue stuff you mentioned is probably SelectiveObliviousness, though, rather than outright lying; and anyway, there's nothing in the trope description of WillNotTellALie that says a character cannot tell half-truths; just that they can't outright lie. Oh, and he never actually suggests that Shirley ''didn't'' have a problem with her father's death. He says at first that Lelouch tricked her and killed her father, and then that Shirley only mentioned it to Lelouch because she wanted his sympathy. And again, SelectiveObliviousness.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Technically, yes; though not in the usual way.
* TheWoobie: In {{flashback}}. Otherwise, YourMilageMayVary to the point that he might be a BaseBreaker.

** Additionally, some fans who don't like [[NaiveEveryGirl Shirley]] see Mao as an awesome AntiVillain [[DracoInLeatherPants at the very least]], due to the horrific MindRape he inflicted on her, which they treat as a well-deserved WhatTheHellHero speech. While there are plenty of legitimate reasons to dislike Shirley (and like Mao) his claim that Shirley took advantage of Lelouch's sympathy for her is not only a lie, but his MoralEventHorizon.

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* Consider the possibility that most good chess players automatically work out what strategies the opponent might best use against any considered move and Mao doesn't even need to know how to play, he could just wait for Lelouch's mind to supply him with the best strategy.

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* HowDoIShotWeb: When he first gains his Geass power, he automatically understands the basics, namely that it allows him to give commands that cannot be refused. However, he discovers the hard way that his power has limitations, like requiring direct eye contact, and only working once on a particular person. After the first time this causes a problem for him, [[TheSmartGuy he uses a logical and scientific method to test his powers]] and determine obscure details like maximum range and duration of effect. However, [[spoiler: he also finds out the hard way [[ModeLock when his Geass become permanently active.]]]] [[SoYeah Which sucks.]]

* [[spoiler: DeathByIrony: He gets shot by C.C. with a silenced pistol. After Lelouch uses his Geass to silence him. [[SoYeah Yeah....]]]]

* YouWouldntShootMe: Lelouch pulls this on her at the start of season 2, including walking up to her and [[{{TemptingFate}} pressing the gun to his chest]] before finally [[{{DefensiveFailure}} taking it away]]. At the same time, this is also a subversion of the trope on several levels, since 1)Kallen is far from "helpless", and is in fact Lelouch's own bodyguard. 2)she is confronting him to find out whether or not he used his geass on her to make her [[{{BodyguardCrush}} love him]]. 3)Rather then intimidating her into giving him the gun, he simply tells her the truth and asks [[{{KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand}} whether or not she believes him]].4)Kallen has killed plenty of times before, and is more then capable of killing Lelouch, with or without the gun.

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* YouWouldn'tShootMe: Lelouch pulls this on her at the start of season 2, including walking up to her and [[{{TemptingFate}} pressing the gun to his chest]] before finally [[{{DefensiveFailure}} taking it away]]. At the same time, this is also a subversion of the trope on several levels, since 1)Kallen is far from "helpless", and is in fact Lelouch's own bodyguard. 2)she is confronting him to find out whether or not he used his geass on her to make her [[{{BodyguardCrush}} love him]]. 3)Rather then intimidating her into giving him the gun, he simply tells her the truth and asks [[{{KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand}} whether or not she believes him]].4)Kallen has killed plenty of times before, and is more then capable of killing Lelouch, with or without the gun.

* TheWesley: [[strike: Possibly.]] Absolutely. While he has his supporters, Ohgi arguably has the largest {{Hatedom}} in the series.

** More exactly: he gained something of a fan following in the first season for being the [[VoiceOfReason most level-headed and realistic]] of the Black Knights and the only one to consider that Zero is just as human as the rest of them. But in the second season, he was widely reviled [[spoiler: for his betrayal of Lelouch, ''presumably'' based on nothing more than the testimony of a woman who tried to kill him twice and told him to his face that the thought of them being together was disgusting]]. Resulted in the memetic mutation "Ohgi lied, [[spoiler: Rolo]] died" and the fan nickname "Ougly".)

* TheWesley: Possibly.

* CompleteMonster: [[YourMileageMayVary For]] [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation many]], despite not ''technically'' fitting the trope description. See also BaseBreaker.
** Possibly played as a subversion. He crosses the MoralEventHorizon at his first appearance and so ''seems'' very evil and scary. It isn't until later that you realize just how utterly hopeless and miserable he is, and that he probably has no idea what he's actually doing. And it's ''very'' hard to make him the focus of your hatred once you learn the reasons behind his behavior.