History Characters / DiamondInTheRoughTouhou

* HurtingHero: Especially during the second half.

* FiveManBand: Without a BigBad, since Brolli himself is not villainous. His beasts, on the other hand...
** TheDragon: Ferin is the leader of the Beasts, though Hydrus also has shades of this, appropriately.
** TheEvilGenius: Velupe
** TheBrute: Hydrus, the most powerful Beast and also the most ruthless and violent one.
** TheDarkChick: Lepus, who is no slouch in battle, but his powers are mostly geared for supporting allies and debuffing enemies.
* FiveManBand: With Brolli...
** TheLeader: Brolli
** TheLancer: Ferin
** TheSmartGuy: Velupe
** TheBigGuy: Hydrus
** TheChick: Lepus

* PoisonousFriend: Constantly give Brolli advice... usually bad.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Yukari fattens up Gappies by gapping in her own food, with the most popular item being shishkebab.

* NiceHat: Brolli's beret. [[spoiler:He finally throws it into the Sanzu river after his DespairEventHorizon.]] In the end credits, [[spoiler:the hat rests at the bottom of the Sanzu river with others trapped at the bottom]].

* NiceHat: A beret with rabbit ears poking out.

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: [[spoiler:Yukari never gaps in anyone who could actually stay and become a real hero. No matter how much they try to not act like the previous Gappies, they always end up [[NotSoDifferent acting like the previous Gappies]].]]

* NotSoDifferent: It's fairly obvious Brolli will just end up like the rest of the Gappy Stus before him...
** [[spoiler:... [[SubvertedTrope until]] he not only [[HeroicSuicide willingly kills himself]] [[HeroicSacrifice to save Gensokyo]], but does it knowing he'll go to {{Hell}} anyway and [[HeelRealization accepts full responsibility for the disastrous incident]].]]

--> '''''"[[FamousLastWords IT'S NOT FAIR! IT'S NOT FAIR!]] [[KilledMidSentence IT'S NOT-]]"'''''

** TheDragon: Ferin is the leader of the Beasts, though Hydrus also has shades of this, [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons appropriately]].

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* DudeLooksLikeALady: Even though create.swf makes male characters look androgynous at best (unsurprising, given [[VideoGame/TouhouProject what it's intended for]], but Victor goes above and beyond since not only does he have really long, feminine hair, but he also '''[[TertiarySexualCharacteristics wears a bow in them]]'''! If his gender had not been stated, it would be impossible to recognize him as male.

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu] [[spoiler:You can escape the fate Yukari gives you, but do ''not'' expect to get away unharmed...]]

* SacrificialLion: You know shit's about to get bad when he is KilledOffForReal.

!! Hikaru Okami

* FiveBadBand: Without a BigBad, since Brolli himself is not villainous. His beasts, on the other hand...

* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim]]

* [[spoiler:BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu]]: [[spoiler:You can escape the fate Yukari gives you, but do ''not'' expect to get away unharmed...]]
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife

* EvilFeelsGood
* [[spoiler:FailureIsTheOnlyOption]]: [[spoiler:Yukari never gaps in anyone who could actually stay and become a real hero. No matter how much they try to not act like the previous Gappies, they always end up [[NotSoDifferent acting like the previous Gappies]].]]

* [[invoked]][[GodModeSue God Mode Stu]]: The end goal of a Gappy.
* IJustWantToBeBadass
* IJustWantToBeSpecial
* IJustWantToHaveFriends

* [[spoiler:LaserGuidedKarma]]
* [[spoiler:LethallyStupid]]
* NothingExcitingEverHappensHere

* [[spoiler:ProtagonistJourneyToVillain]]: [[spoiler:Made even worse by the fact Yukari hand-picks kids who will obviously become villainous.]]
* SkewedPriorities

* SpoiledBrat
* [[spoiler:TooDumbToLive]]

* [[spoiler:TragicMistake]]
* [[spoiler:WeHaveReserves]]: [[spoiler:As long as there are brats who want a quick-and-easy way out, there will be Gappy Stus.]]

* [[spoiler:WrongGenreSavvy]]
* [[spoiler:YouCantFightFate]]: [[spoiler:Komachi eventually reveals to Brolli that Yukari gaps in children she absolutely '''know''' will end up causing a disaster. Worse, Tenshi's plan partly involves exploiting this to ensure Brolli causes the disaster while simultaneously trying to prevent it. Those who have said ScrewDestiny like Vic and Brolli have only done so at overwhelming loss.]]
* [[spoiler:YouCantGoHomeAgain]]

* [[spoiler:TheAtoner]]: [[spoiler:After Reimu's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech, Brolli tries his best to make up to everyone he's done wrong. Unfortunately, the only thing that can make up for what he's done is ultimately [[HeroicSuicide dying]]]].
* AuthorAvatar: For [=ColonelDiamondback=], for whom this movie was original made. However, they're a bit different from one another: see MeanCharacterNiceActor.
* AwesomeMcCoolname
* [[spoiler:BadassNormal]]: During the incident, [[spoiler:he briefly becomes this when he helps liberate the Kappa Valley from the fairies]] and [[spoiler:holds off Tenshi for as long as he does]].

* [[invoked]][[BlackHoleSue Black Hole Stu]]: Invoked and Deconstructed. Brolli treats things as if he is the main character on his journey to become the most powerful being in Gensokyo, but [[spoiler:Reimu eventually [[SugarWiki/MomentofAwesome slaps sense into him and tells him the world doesn't revolve around him]]]]. By the time the incident peaks, [[spoiler: Brolli becomes the center of attention, and his allies are willing to go as far as [[KickTheDog gunning down civilians to save him]], and he is horrified by this]].

* [[spoiler:BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu]]: [[spoiler:Brolli manages to beat Tenshi and save Gensokyo, but he dies in the process, his friends and allies are all punished, and it's all exactly as Tenshi planned.]]
* [[spoiler:BroughtDownToNormal]]: [[spoiler:Tenshi's mist ultimately destroys his ability to transform, leaving him unable to use his powers in the climax. He dies before he can get his powers back, leaving his beasts [[FateWorseThanDeath trapped in his body for eternity]].]]

* [[spoiler:CameBackStrong]]: [[spoiler:This is between the seventh to ninth reincarnation of Brolli's soul, and the first to not kill itself.]]

* DirtyCoward

* [[spoiler:[[EarnYourHappyEnding Earn Your]] BittersweetEnding]]: [[spoiler:In the end, Brolli's incident leaves Gensokyo in ruins, ruins several alliances, and ([[ForegoneConclusion of course]]) gets him killed. However, his willing sacrifice to let himself die to save Gensokyo keeps it from getting any worse, Gensokyo has a chance to recover, and it's now willing to stand up to outsiders to prevent more tragedies like this. Plus, [[RedemptionEarnsLife he gets to be reincarnated]] since, unlike the other Gappies, he [[CharacterDevelopment finally learned]]. Granted, it's still very, very, ''very'' dark, but at least it's not as depressing at the rest of the series.]]
* FakeUltimateHero

* GlorySeeker
* [[spoiler:GoAndSinNoMore]]: [[spoiler:Shiki's command to Brolli after Brolli takes responsibility for his actions.]]
* [[spoiler:GoIntoTheLight]]

* [[invoked]][[GodModeSue God Mode Stu]]: Averted in-story, but Brolli's main goal is to become invincible and unstoppable. [[spoiler:Brolli's quest to become invincible sparks the incident, he loses his powers, and ultimately dies.]]

* [[spoiler:HeelRealization]]: [[spoiler:Has one upon picking up [[TheseHandsHaveKilled a drop of the unnamed Kappa's blood]]. Originally, Brolli [[DummiedOut says out that loud he's a nuisance]], but it has been since replace with a [[JumpScare loud]], [[SuddenlyVoiced audible]] [[TheScream scream]]. He even attempts to defy KarmaHoudini.]]
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceDoorSlam]]

* HeroicWannabe
* [[spoiler:HeroicSuicide]]: [[spoiler:To save Gensokyo, he didn't just need to take down Tenshi, but himself, so he orchestrates a DoubleKnockout.]]

* [[spoiler:HurtingHero]]: Especially during the second half.

* InvisibleParents

* [[spoiler:LossOfIdentity]]: [[spoiler:After Brolli loses everything in the ending, he is finally forced to ask, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone "Who am I?"]] By then, [[TearJerker he's second from being reincarnated, and the movie ends]].]]
* ManipulativeBastard

* [[spoiler:MessianicArchetype]]: [[spoiler:Tenshi's plan is to turn Brolli into this to end the blind trust of gappies in Gensokyo. Shinki reveals that he will have to become this if the Gappy Era is to end in Gensokyo. In the end, Tenshi's plan succeeds: Brolli dies to save Gensokyo, and his death destroys all of those who blindly aided Brolli while rewarding those who recognized he was detrimental to Gensokyo, leaving Gensokyo to force gappies to help themselves.]]
* MilesGloriosus

* [[spoiler:ParentalAbandonment]]: [[spoiler:When his parents learn he essentially ran away to Japan.]]

* [[spoiler:RedemptionEarnsLife [[{{Reincarnation}} (in another timeline)]]]]
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]
* [[spoiler:ReformedButRejected]]
* [[spoiler:SexAsRiteOfPassage]]: Inverted, since [[spoiler:it's one of the things that kick off his fall from grace]].

* [[spoiler:SurvivorGuilt]]: [[spoiler:In the end as he gets to be reincarnated, but he thinks he's going unpunished for his crimes against Gensokyo.]]

* [[spoiler:TookALevelInBadass]]: [[spoiler:In the ending, when he manages to fight alongside the characters, culminating in his grand finale battle with Tenshi.]]
* [[spoiler:TookALevelInKindness]]: [[spoiler:When he begins to realize coming to Gensokyo was a bad idea, he begins becoming more thankful to the people who help him out.]]

* [[spoiler:TragicHero]]: [[spoiler:In the latter half of the story, Brolli wants to save Gensokyo, but he refuses to leave or give up on saving his friends. By not leaving when he had the chance, he is stuck in the middle of an apocalyptic battle he cannot win, and he still cannot save everyone. It is only after he knows everyone betrayed him that he willingly sacrifices himself to save the rest of Gensokyo, but by then, the damage to his close friends is done.]]

* [[spoiler:YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness]]: Gets this from [[spoiler:Yukari]] when it's clear he's about to die.

* AwesomeMcCoolname

* [[spoiler:DeaderThanDead]]
* ItsAllAboutMe
* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath]]
* [[spoiler:KilledMidSentence]]
* [[spoiler:LaserGuidedKarma]]
* [[spoiler:MindScrew]]: [[spoiler:His backstory doesn't seem to match up as the story goes on.]]

* [[spoiler:ShroudedInMyth]]: [[spoiler:Few of his backstories match up.]]
* WalkingSpoiler
* [[spoiler:WouldHurtAChild]]

* AwesomeMcCoolname

* [[spoiler:TheAtoner]]: [[spoiler:In the end, his goal is to figure out why Yukari is gapping children over to prevent it from happening again]].

* AwesomeMcCoolname

* [[spoiler:BigBadFriend]]: He is the one responsible for [[spoiler:Arturo's death]].

* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide]]: [[spoiler:[[HappilyFailedSuicide Almost...]]]]

* [[spoiler:MyGodWhatHaveIDone]]: [[spoiler: Has this reaction when he sees that he has killed the human village children, when trying to get revenge on an innocent Yuuka. This leads to him having the DespairEventHorizon listed above]].
* [[spoiler:UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom]]
* WalkingSpoiler

* CreatorCameo

* ThoseTwoGuys

* BlindObedience
* [[spoiler:BreakTheBadass]]: [[spoiler:After Brolli dies, Hydrus, Velupe, and Lepus are trapped in his mind with no escape, just as the place is beginning to collapse.]]

* [[spoiler:FateWorseThanDeath]]: [[spoiler: After Brolli dies, Velupe, Lepus, and Hydrus are trapped inside of his decaying mind for eternity, being crushed forever and ever.]]

** [[spoiler:BumblingSidekick]]
* LittleBitBeastly
* [[spoiler:TheMillstone]]: Revealed in the second half, [[spoiler:the beasts are ''designed'' to make bad decisions for Brolli.]]

* TheCasanova

* ChivalrousPervert
* [[spoiler:FreakOut]]: Upon realizing [[spoiler:he'll be sealed for eternity in Brolli's mind]], resulting in one of the most [[TearJerker heart-breaking]] moments in the ending.
* GuileHero

* LoveableSexManiac

* InsufferableGenius

* TheSmartGuy

* [[spoiler:DualBoss]]: [[spoiler:Dokeshi's power to manipulate light works well with Koshaku's power to manipulate flowers.]]

* PlatonicLifePartners
* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Inverted.
* ThoseTwoGuys
* [[spoiler:WarmupBoss]]

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
* [[spoiler:TheDragon]]
* [[spoiler:KnightTemplar]]
* MetaGuy

* BelievingTheirOwnLies: [[RunningGag Brolli is not a Colonel. He was gapped in by Yukari.]] Yet, he still insists everyone call him Colonel (except Tenshi, who [[RightInFrontOfMe wants to learn that "Colonel Guy's" weaknesses]]). Made even worse when [[spoiler:he starts a relationship with Reisen, who really is ex-military]]. [[spoiler:In the incident, after nearly dying, Brolli [[MomentOfAwesome finally admits he's not a Colonel]].]]
* [[invoked]][[BlackHoleSue Black Hole Stu]]: Invoked and Deconstructed. Brolli treats things as if he is the main character on his journey to become the most powerful being in Gensokyo, but [[spoiler:Reimu eventually [[MomentofAwesome slaps sense into him and tells him the world doesn't revolve around him]]]]. By the time the incident peaks, [[spoiler: Brolli becomes the center of attention, and his allies are willing to go as far as [[KickTheDog gunning down civilians to save him]], and he is horrified by this]].

* MeaningfulName: "Ferin" sounds like "[[NorseMythology Fenrir]]" and "feral".

* DesignatedHero: Even though he's the "hero", he doesn't really do anything heroic at all [[spoiler:up until the end of the story]]. In fact, his arrival to Gensokyo and his behavior ends up making things worse for pretty much everyone.

* BigBadassWolf: A wolf youkai.

* DesignatedVillain: InUniverse. By Gappy standards, Brolli is actually not that bad - though shallow, self-centered and obnoxious, he's nowhere near the level of [[CompleteMonster monsters]] like Arturo Majher. He doesn't want to harm anyone, and is horrified by the actions his beasts commit and the unforeseen consequences of actions he took without expecting terrifying repercussions. Nevertheless, he ends up taking the fall for the crimes of every Gappy ever and becoming essentially the most hated being in Gensokyo.

A wolf youkai who acts as the "heart" of the Diamondback beasts, idealistic and quick to protect Brolli at any chance. [[spoiler:Ferin is the culmination of all of Brolli's previous incarnations' vanity, protecting Brolli's image.]]

* SacrificialLion

A kitsune with the power to manipulate light. [[spoiler:Velupe is the culmination of all of Brolli's previous incarnations' pride, urging Brolli to be smarter and stronger than everyone else.]]

* SmugSnake
* TheStoic

* BlowYouAway
* {{Jerkass}}

* NeverGetsDrunk
* PlayingWithFire
* TheUnfettered

* AwesomeMcCoolname

* AManIsNotAVirgin

* AManIsNotAVirgin

** '''Act 4'''[[note]]From returning for the incident to recognizing he must die to save Gensokyo[[/note]]: [[spoiler:Brolli demands that [[WhiteKnighting he will do whatever it takes to save Gensokyo]], only to find the task is far too large, far too dangerous, and he is far under-equipped. When he realizes this, he steps up and becomes a BadassNormal, fighting alongside the Touhou cast. However, he is [[HesitantSacrifice still not quite ready to die]].]]