History Characters / CodePrimeAshfordAcademy

* ThrowingOffTheDisability: [[spoiler:In ''Till All Are One'', Nunnally manages to break Charles's Geass and open her eyes again through a combination of her own will and exposure to the Matrix of Leadership. When ''R2'' starts up, she's able to walk again thanks to exoskeletal leg braces. ''Nerves of Steel'' reveals that the braces and nanotechnology are slowly healing her legs, so she'll eventually be able to walk again on her own.]]

** [[spoiler:Additionally, when Sayoko kills Colonel Madd, Nunnally gives a venomous affirmation over whether he should have been killed, clearly angry at him for his treatment of Alice and her friends.]

* PluckyComicRelief: Typically, he's around for the lighter, humorous moments at Ashford Academy.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Nunnally is without a doubt one of the kindest and most patient people in the story, but even she has her limits. [[spoiler:In ''Nerves of Steel'', when she gets tired of all the bickering between Lloyd, Rakshata, and Fixit, Nunnally actually ''yells'' at them to stop fighting. And when they don't listen, she comes up with a plan to get them to work together by faking a serious situation with a "malfunctioning" ion cannon. Everybody who knows Nunnally well is completely surprised at her outburst (except for Sayoko who looks at her proudly). Additionally, when Sayoko kills Colonel Madd, Nunnally gives a venomous affirmation over whether he should have been killed, clearly angry at him for his treatment of Alice and her friends.]]

* NervesOfSteel: Having been introduced into the world of [[spoiler:the war]] in R2, Nunnally has gained a real spine, even standing up to two evil soldiers and proclaiming [[spoiler:that even without human heroes, the world will always have Optimus Prime to rally behind]]. And remember, she's a strict non-combatant at this time.

* NinjaMaid: She serves as Lelouch and Nunnally's maid, and is skilled in martial arts, and utilizes ninja weapons in battle. {{Downplayed|Trope}} slightly as she hasn't been in a fight yet in the story. During the TimeSkip between ''R1'' and ''R2'', Sayoko turns in her maid outfit for a kunoichi one, and trains Lelouch alongside Tohdoh.

* ShipTease: Gets a ton with Rai - he tends to interact with her almost as much as Lelouch does, and has much more emotional reactions when she is in danger. [[spoiler:And after Mao attacks Ashford, she has no problem letting him stay at her house. Much later, when Rai is breaking down in light of all his memories being back, Shirley is notably the first who reassures him of all the good he's done.]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Nunnally is without a doubt one of the kindest and most patient people in the story, but even she has her limits. [[spoiler:In ''Nerves of Steel'', when she gets tired of all the bickering between Lloyd, Rakshata, and Fixit, Nunnally actually ''yells'' at them to stop fighting. And when they don't listen, she comes up with a plan to get them to work together by faking a serious situation with a "malfunctioning" ion cannon. Everybody who knows Nunnally well is completely surprised at her outburst (except for Sayoko who looks at her proudly). Additionally, when Sayoko kills Colonel Madd, Nunnally gives a venempis affirmation over whether he should have been killed, clearly angry at him for his treatment of Alice and her friends.]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Nunnally is without a doubt one of the kindest and most patient people in the story, but even she has her limits. [[spoiler:In ''Nerves of Steel'', when she gets tired of all the bickering between Lloyd, Rakshata, and Fixit, Nunnally actually ''yells'' at them to stop fighting. And when they don't listen, she comes up with a plan to get them to work together by faking a serious situation with a "malfunctioning" ion cannon. Everybody who knows Nunnally well is completely surprised at her outburst (except for Sayoko who looks at her proudly).]]

** This also happens in ''War On Geass'' when [[spoiler:she and her father are finally reunited.]]

** This also happens in ''War On Geass'' [[spoiler:she and her father are finally reunited.]]

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Despite being a high schooler, and not exactly a genius, Shirley's been responsible for talking down two different hostile females, and is full of understanding about the symbolic power the black knights and autobots can have in the world.
* {{Xenafication}}: Downplayed. She didn't exactly do that much of a proactive action role in canon (either the show or the compilation movies), but recent events in the story somehow take it up to this. Notably, she's the one who [[spoiler:kills Hardshell by sending him through space with a nuke attached.]] and is the one to induce a HeelFaceTurn in [[spoiler: Jean Rowe]].

A member of the Ashford Academy Student Council and Lelouch's friend. [[spoiler:During the events of ''R1'', she joins the Black Knights, and is sorted into the Intelligence, Espionage, & Public Relations branch of the Autobot-Black Knight alliance.]]

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler:Gives this to Nina when she's talking the latter out of her desire to get revenge by detonating the Ganymede in the Tokyo Settlement in ''Rise of the Decepticons''.]]
--> '''Shirley''': [[spoiler:You have every right to hate the Decepticons; even with how horrible Britannia is, they are even ''worse''. But is this what you really think Euphemia would want? Nina, look inside of yourself and ask "would Euphemia really want everything to be destroyed?" And for you to sacrifice yourself while doing it?]]

* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:She manages to take out Hardshell with Nina's nuclear reactor-rigged Ganymede, sending him via Groundbridge to Earth's orbit (with Nina herself pressing the trigger). Thankfully, she managed to eject in time.]]
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:She originally respected and admired Prince Clovis, but after she joined the Black Knights and learned how he caused a massacre in Shinjuku she lost virtually all respect she had for him, and by extension most of the Royal Family too. She actually needs to force herself to refer to Clovis as "Prince Clovis" in public because of this.]]

** [[spoiler:Just like with Jack's mom June, she's in awe when introduced to the Autobots for the first time - especially Optimus.]]
** [[spoiler:Takes Miko's role in kickstarting the events of ''TMI'', both literally and figuratively. A difference between her and Miko however, is while Miko just wanted to see the Autobots fighting, Shirley wanted to try and contribute more to the cause.]]
** [[spoiler:Like with Miko, she (alongside Nina) also takes out Hardshell.]]
** [[spoiler:A NoodleIncident during the time skip had her, Milly, and Rivalz taking Jack, Raf, and Miko's place in getting trapped in the Shadowzone.]]
* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:Mao kidnaps her in ''What is Evil?'' in order to lure Lelouch into a trap, and would have killed her if not for Rai and Bumblebee arriving in time.]]
* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler:She, Milly, and Rivalz eventually become the story's equivalent to the ''Prime'' animated series' trio of children. Shirley mostly assumes Miko's role in being the most passionate to involve herself in missions, though this is due to her desire to actually help in contrast to Miko's thrill-seeking exploits.]]

* HassleFreeHotwire: [[spoiler:In ''Tunnel Vision'' Shirley was able to hotwire a train car, which was used to great effect on Knock Out's paint job.]]

** [[spoiler:Despite nearly having a panic attack upon learning that Mao has returned and kidnapped Nunnally, she's determined not to let what happened to her happen to Nunnally as well.]]

** [[spoiler:''Fall of Britannia'' has her assist Ratchet and Bumblebee in rescuing Milly, Rivalz, and Nina from Hardshell and his Insecticons, regardless of her lack of combat training. She also alerts Monica (via text) for assistance.]]
** [[spoiler:She manages to convince Nina to not destroy the Tokyo Settlement with the armed Ganymede in ''Rise of the Decepticons'' for Euphemia's sake.]]
** [[spoiler:In ''R2's'' opening chapter, ''The Renewed Revolution'', during the infiltration of the Decepticons' communication center in Mt. Fuji, she reports in her message to Zero that Guilford is alive and with them, noting Cornelia would be happy to hear that. After working as a slave in the mines for six months, that was the break Guilford needed.]]
** [[spoiler:In ''Siege of Castle Weisswolf'', despite nearly getting shot by her two chapters ago, Shirley was able to convince Jean Rowe to stand down and undergo a HeelFaceTurn, noting specifically how they're both blindly loyal to someone they love who doesn't love them back.]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:In ''Setting the Stage'', Shirley comes clean about her crush on Lelouch to him. Lelouch however tells her that he has always considered the two of them to be JustFriends. [[LoveHurts While disappointed that Lelouch doesn't reciprocate her feelings]], she is nonetheless content and encourages him to keep looking for someone to share his life with.]]
* InternalReveal: [[spoiler:Lelouch tells her everything about him, his Geass, and the Cybertronians in ''What is Evil?''.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Poor Shirley was in tears, blaming herself after her attempts to contribute more to the Autobots and Black Knights almost resulted in the loss of Bulkhead. Thankfully, he recovered, and the organization obtained the formula for Synthetic Energon (albeit incomplete).]]
* JustFriends: [[spoiler:With Lelouch - even after he gently rejects her feelings, Shirley was happy to be part of his world, no matter how dangerous, even as a friend.]]

* MyCountryTisOfTheeThatISting: [[spoiler:After learning of Lelouch and Nunnally's past, as well as why Kallen is with the Black Knights, along with knowing the suffering of many people, Shirley feels ashamed to be Britannian, and can no longer follow Charles. This is what leads to her joining the Black Knights.]]
* NeutralNoLonger: [[spoiler:After the events of Chapters 17 through 20 in ''R1'', learning the truth about Lelouch, the Black Knights, Britannia, and the Cybertronians, Shirley decides she can no longer sit on the sidelines and decides to join the Black Knights to oppose the Decepticons.]]

* SparedByTheAdaptation: WordOfGod at the end of the prologue states as much.

* ThatsGottaHurt: [[spoiler:In ''Cheering Mao'', just like with Ohgi, Shirley also holds her own throat in horror after Kallen explains to her that Megatron was responsible for ripping out Bumblebee's voicebox.]]
* TokenEnemyMinority: She's a Britannian and a member of the Black Knights. {{Downplayed}}, though, because she's not the ''only'' Britannian Black Knight, but she is the only major named one other than Lelouch and Diethard. [[spoiler:It's downplayed more following the end of ''R1'', where Cornelia, Euphemia, Lloyd, Cecile, Villetta, Monica, Nonette, Rivalz, Milly and Nina '''all''' join the Black Knights.]] [[spoiler:Averted by ''R2'' where there many more Britannians have joined the Black Knights, to the point they equal the Japanese members.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:Chapters 17 to 19 of ''R1'' put her through the wringer, to put it bluntly.]]
** [[spoiler:The line starts in Chapter 17, ''Messenger from Kyoto'', when she learns that her father was killed by the landslide caused during the battle of Narita. What makes it sadder is, unlike in canon, [[SparedbytheAdaptation he survived but was captured by Shockwave and Soundwave, with only his lab coat remaining]].]]
** [[spoiler:Chapter 18, ''What is Justice?'', continues with her being caught in the middle of the battle of Port Yokosuka, being close to Starscream, and learning that Lelouch, the boy she loves, is Zero, the man who was responsible for her father's (supposed) death. [[NotHisSled While Bumblebee is the one to shoot Villetta,]] Shirley almost did like in canon and it takes a toll on her.]]
** [[spoiler:The line ends in Chapter 19, ''What is Evil?'', when Mao shows up, mocks her with his mind-reading Geass, and tries to manipulate her into killing Lelouch and Nunnally, like in canon. Unlike in canon, Mao realizes Shirley loves Lelouch too much and resorts to knocking her out with chloroform, [[BoundandGagged tying her up,]] and nearly killing her in front of Lelouch. While Rai and Bumblebee save her, her experience with Mao is traumatizing, as she nearly has a panic attack when Mao returns in ''Nunnally Held Hostage'' and kidnaps Nunnally.]]

* {{Xenafication}}: Downplayed. She didn't exactly do that much of a proactive action role in canon (either the show or the compilation movies), but recent events in the story somehow take it up to this. Notably, she's the one who [[spoiler:kills Hardshell by sending him through space with a nuke attached.]]

--> ''"Festivals are necessary, a nice little break from how hard the world can be."''

--> ''"I can't sit by anymore while you and our friends risk your lives fighting monsters as evil as that. If there's any way I can help, even just a'' '''''tiny''''' ''bit, that's enough for me."''

* GuileHeroine: She has more moments of heroism where she uses her words than engaging in a fight. In ''Nunnally Held Hostage'', she endeared the Autobots to the entire student body of Ashford Academy by [[spoiler: proclaiming that they had saved the school from a terrorist (which is technically true, given that Mao had Nunnally attached to a bomb)]]. And in ''R2'', [[spoiler: she, Rivalz and Milly infiltrated the Fuji mines to rescue the slaves there, by disguising themselves as slaves]].

* {{Xenafication}}: Downplayed. She didn't exactly do that much of a proactive action role in canon (either the show or the compilation movies), but recent events in the story somehow take it up to this. Notably, she's the one who [[spoiler: kills Hardshell by sending him through space with a nuke attached.]]

--> ''"Well, what are we waiting around for then?! This is my day to shine!"''

* {{Expy}}: [[spoiler:Rivalz, Shirley, and Milly basically become a squad together after joining the Black Knights in ''R2'' and share a dynamic not disimilar to teenage trio of the ''Prime'' animated series, Rivalz himself sharing Jack and Raf's more passive and sensible composure compared to Milly and Shirley.]]

--> ''"If... if you say it's what Princess Euphemia would want... then I'll help too."''

* TheSmartGirl: Nina is very intelligent for someone who hasn't even graduated yet, [[spoiler:to the point Lloyd trusted her with a working nuclear reactor. Granted, she briefly went crazy and almost nuked the city out of revenge, but it still helped in taking out Hardshell. Later in the Ark, Nina is the one who suggests piggybacking on the Decepticons' rallying message to call for Autobot reinforcements. ''Ratchet'' outright calls her a genius for this.]] [[spoiler:In the ''R2'' chapter ''Siege of Castle Weisswolf'', Nina flies into space to hijack the Anti-Groundbridge satellite above said castle, which the Autobots rig so that the Decepticons think it's still working.]] [[spoiler: ''Red Triage'' also has her and Ratchet work on a virus (implanted into Laserbeak) that will transmit the Iacon Relic Database from the Decepticons' network to Horai Island's mainframe.]]

--> ''"Meow."''

--> ''"I wish the world was a gentler place."''

* AllLovingHeroine: Nunnally has an innate compassion for others, even when she's called in to face true evil against [[spoiler: the Decepticons.]]

** [[spoiler:In ''Nerves of Steel'']] she performs one to get [[spoiler: Fixit, Rakshata, and Lloyd]] to stop squabbling.
** She does it again in ''Tunnel Vision'', when after she learns that Springload is among the Decepticons looking for the Iacon relic in Paris she creates a plan that uses his obsession with the city of Doradus against him, [[spoiler: luring him away from the other Decepticons and distracting him long enough to finally kill him.]]

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: She's unaware that her brother is Zero and working with the Autobots. [[spoiler:''What is Evil?'' reveals that Lelouch intends to let her in the loop, though.]] Unfortunately, things keep happening, and he only gets a chance to [[spoiler: fully explain the situation to her in ''The Patch Paradox''. When he does tell her, Nunnally reveals that she suspected Lelouch was Zero ever since his debut, having recognized his voice, but didn't want to believe it.]]
* NervesOfSteel: Having been introduced into the world of [[spoiler: the war]] in R2, Nunnally has gained a real spine, even standing up to two evil soldiers and proclaiming [[spoiler: that even without human heroes, the world will always have Optimus Prime to rally behind]]. And remember, she's a strict non-combatant at this time.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: [[spoiler:Having spent her entire life with Lelouch]], she's able to recognize his voice in an instant. It's how she figured out that [[spoiler:Lelouch was Zero when he made his debut]]. She spent much of the story trying not to believe it until ''The Patch Paradox'' when [[spoiler: Lelouch finally tells her everything.]]

--> ''"Lelouch, both you and your sister are very dear to me, and I swear that I will never leave your side or hers."''

* TheSmartGirl: Nina is very intelligent for someone who hasn't even graduated yet, [[spoiler:to the point Lloyd trusted her with a working nuclear reactor. Granted, she briefly went crazy and almost nuked the city out of revenge, but it still helped in taking out Hardshell. Later in the Ark, Nina is the one who suggests piggybacking on the Decepticons' rallying message to call for Autobot reinforcements. ''Ratchet'' outright calls her a genius for this.]] [[spoiler:In the ''R2'' chapter ''Siege of Castle Weisswolf'', Nina flies into space to hijack the Anti-Groundbridge satellite above said castle, which the Autobots rig so that the Decepticons think it's still working.]]

* EveryonesBabySister: Because of being the IllGirl, she tends to have this effect on the people who know her, being an honorary member of the Student Council despite being in middle school, and Kallen and Rai eventually becoming honorary big siblings to her. [[spoiler:Becomes a bit more literal though when Rai regains his memories. As Kaizaren von Britannia, he is in fact Nunnally's older half-brother.]]

* IllGirl: She has [[spoiler:allegedly]] psychosomatic blindness and is unable to walk due to bullet injuries to her legs. [[spoiler:She's able to see again in ''Till All Are One'', and has gotten braces for her healing legs by ''R2''.]]

* InTheBlood: Tunnel Vision sees Nunnally show the same knack for tactics that Lelouch has. Using nothing but what she saw of her surroundings and what she knows about how Knock Out and Springload think, she devises a devious BatmanGambit to kill the latter and allow the Autobots to defeat the former.

* HiddenDepths: Underneath her soft exterior, she's shares a lot of similarities with Lelouch. She's clever and iron-willed, and also carries a lot of residual anger from Charles abandoning them after their mother died. While she mostly keeps this under control in not wanting to lash out at others, when she begins [[spoiler: taking the field with the Black Knights]], that anger manifest, showing she is more than ready ready to fight for the better world just like her big brother.

* AdaptationalBadass: Nunnally is far less of a pawn in this story. She's given extra protection due to Lelouch trusting his allies more. She's brought into the main plot in a different but also more active way. And then post TimeSkip, she even gets involved in the minutia of field work during the war.

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:In ''Nerves of Steel'']] she performs one to get [[spoiler: Fixit, Rakshata, and Lloyd]] to stop squabbling. She does it again in ''Tunnel Vision'', when after she learns that Springload is among the Decepticons looking for the Iacon relic in Paris she creates a plan that uses his obsession with the city of Doradus against him, [[spoiler: luring him away from the other Decepticons and distracting him long enough to finally kill him.]]

* HiddenDepths: Underneath her soft exterior, she's actually a lot like Lelouch. She's clever and iron willed. But more importantly, she also carries a lot of residual anger from Charles abandoning them after their mother died. While she mostly keeps this under control in not wanting to lash out at others, when she begins [[spoiler: taking the field with the Black Knights]], that anger begins manifesting far more, showing she is now ready to fight for the better world just like her big brother.

** With nothing but martial arts and small blades she kills off Frenzy, one of Soundwave's Mini-Cons that's given Knightmares and Autobots a hard time.
** In ''Tunnel Vision'', she also manages to help kill off Springload by pinning the Amphiboid's tongue with a rod and kunai to the Paris subway's third rail, electrocuting him to death.

* HassleFreeHotwire: [[spoiler:In ''Tunnel Vision'' Shirley was able to hotwire a train car.]]

* AllLovingHeroine: [[spoiler:Nunnally doesn't lose her innate compassion for others as she progressively learns to be more of an active ally in the campaign to stop the Decepticons.]]
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:In ''Nerves of Steel'' she performs one to get Fixit, Rakshata, and Lloyd to stop squabbling. She does it again in ''Tunnel Vision'', when after she learns that Springload is among the Decepticons looking for the Iacon relic in Paris she creates a plan that uses his obsession with the city of Doradus against him, luring him away from the other Decepticons and distracting him long enough to finally kill him.]]

* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:Mao kidnaps her and straps her to a live bomb to lure out Lelouch.]]

* HiddenDepths: Underneath her soft exterior, she's actually a lot like Lelouch. Case in point, [[spoiler:she initially tries to get Rakshata, Lloyd, and Fixit to calm down in ''Nerves of Steel'' by yelling at them, and when that fails, she resorts to set up a situation where they are forced to work together or they will all ([[BatmanGambit apparently]]) die.]]

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: She's unaware that her brother is Zero and working with the Autobots. [[spoiler:''What is Evil?'' reveals that Lelouch intends to let her in the loop, though. Unfortunately, things keep happening, and he only gets a chance to fully explain the situation to her in ''The Patch Paradox''. When he does tell her, Nunnally reveals that she suspected Lelouch was Zero ever since his debut, having recognized his voice, but didn't want to believe it.]]

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:In ''Nerves of Steel'' she performs one to get Fixit, Rakshata, and Lloyd to stop squabbling.]]

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her hair is dark green in color.

** In ''Tunnel Vision'', She also manages to help kill off Springload by pinning the Amphiboid's tongue with a rod and kunai to the Paris subway's third rail, electrocuting him to death.

** In ''Tunnel Vision'', She also manages to help kill off Springload by pinning the Amphiboid's tongue with a rod and kunai to third rail, electrocuting him to death.