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** Ed is a more brooding character than in the manga. This is because the writing focuses more on current events, rather than dwelling on the mistakes in his backstory -- this version of Edward is faced with problems that require imperfect, morally questionable solutions, and he is frequently confronted with the consequences of his decisions.
** In the manga, Ed moves past a lot of his guilt when he discovers [[spoiler: what he and Al created in their human transmutation ''wasn't'' their mother, and he, in turn, deduces a way to restore Al's body from this revelation. This doesn't happen in this version of the story because human transmutation works differently and results in the birth of a homunculus -- instead of an immobile freak who instantly died, Ed and Al created Sloth, who looks identical to their mother. So when Ed comes face-to-face with his original mistake, it's in a much more violent, tragic way. Even the context of Ed exhuming a grave illustrates this contrast; in the manga he digs up the transmuted body to verify it isn't his mother, while here he unearths Trisha's own grave to get a part of her body so he can use it to [[AchillesHeel weaken]] and kill Sloth.]]
** His adherence to ThouShaltNotKill breaks down painfully over the course of the story, starting with him accidentally killing [[spoiler:Greed.]] This action drives him into hysterics and serves as the first step towards him taking a darker path than his manga counterpart, which culminates in [[spoiler:him killing the homunculus of his own mother with cold precision.]]
** In the manga, Ed moves past a lot of his guilt when he discovers [[spoiler: what he and Al created in their human transmutation ''wasn't'' their mother, and he, in turn, deduces a way to restore Al's body from this revelation. This doesn't happen in this version of the story because human transmutation works differently and results in the birth of a homunculus -- instead of an immobile freak who instantly died, Ed and Al created Sloth, who looks identical to their mother. So when Ed comes face-to-face with his original mistake, it's in a much more violent, tragic way. Even the context of Ed exhuming a grave illustrates this contrast; in the manga he digs up the transmuted body to verify it isn't his mother, while here he unearths Trisha's own grave to get a part of her body so he can use it to [[AchillesHeel weaken]] and kill Sloth.]]
** His adherence to ThouShaltNotKill breaks down painfully over the course of the story, starting with him accidentally killing [[spoiler:Greed.]] This action drives him into hysterics and serves as the first step towards him taking a darker path than his manga counterpart, which culminates in [[spoiler:him killing the homunculus of his own mother with cold precision.]]
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** Ed is a Ed's more brooding character than in the manga. This is because the writing focuses more on current events, events rather than dwelling on the mistakes in his backstory -- this version of Edward is faced with problems that require imperfect, morally questionable solutions, solutions and he is frequently confronted with the consequences of his decisions.
decisions.
*** In relation to this he instead learns that his actions, [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished no matter how well-intentioned]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero ended up causing far more harm than good in the long run]] and that he and his brother were actually manipulated into their journey rather than doing it of their own free will.
** In themanga, manga Ed moves past a lot of his guilt when he discovers [[spoiler: what he and Al created in their human transmutation ''wasn't'' their mother, mother and he, in turn, turn deduces a way to restore Al's body from this revelation. This doesn't happen in this version of the story because human transmutation works differently and results in the birth of a homunculus -- instead of an immobile freak who that instantly died, Ed and Al created Sloth, Sloth who looks identical to their mother. So when Ed comes face-to-face with his original mistake, mistake it's in a much more violent, tragic way. Even the context of Ed exhuming a grave illustrates this contrast; in the manga he digs up the transmuted body to verify it isn't his mother, mother while here he unearths Trisha's own grave to get a part of her body so he can use it to [[AchillesHeel weaken]] and kill Sloth.]]
** His adherence to ThouShaltNotKill breaks down painfully over the course of the story, starting with him accidentally killing [[spoiler:Greed.]] This action drives him into hysterics and serves as the first step towards him taking a darker path than his mangacounterpart, counterpart which culminates in [[spoiler:him [[spoiler: him killing the homunculus of his own mother with cold precision.]]
*** In relation to this he instead learns that his actions, [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished no matter how well-intentioned]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero ended up causing far more harm than good in the long run]] and that he and his brother were actually manipulated into their journey rather than doing it of their own free will.
** In the
** His adherence to ThouShaltNotKill breaks down painfully over the course of the story, starting with him accidentally killing [[spoiler:Greed.]] This action drives him into hysterics and serves as the first step towards him taking a darker path than his manga
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** Ed is a more brooding character than in the manga. This is because the writing focuses more on current events, rather than dwelling on the mistakes in his back story -- this version of Edward is faced with problems that require imperfect, morally questionable solutions, and he is frequently confronted with the consequences of his decisions.
** In the manga, Ed moves past a lot of his guilt when he discovers [[spoiler: what he and Al created in their human transmutation ''wasn't'' their mother, and he, in turn, deduces a way to restore Al's body from this revelation. This doesn't happen in this version of the story because human transmutation works differently and results in the birth of a homunculus -- instead of a immobile freak who instantly died, Ed and Al created Sloth, who looks identical to their mother. So when Ed comes face-to-face with his original mistake, it's in a much more violent, tragic way. Even the context of Ed exhuming a grave illustrates this contrast; in the manga he digs up the transmuted body to verify it isn't his mother, while here he unearths Trisha's own grave to get a part of her body so he can use it to [[AchillesHeel weaken]] and kill Sloth.]]
** In the manga, Ed moves past a lot of his guilt when he discovers [[spoiler: what he and Al created in their human transmutation ''wasn't'' their mother, and he, in turn, deduces a way to restore Al's body from this revelation. This doesn't happen in this version of the story because human transmutation works differently and results in the birth of a homunculus -- instead of a immobile freak who instantly died, Ed and Al created Sloth, who looks identical to their mother. So when Ed comes face-to-face with his original mistake, it's in a much more violent, tragic way. Even the context of Ed exhuming a grave illustrates this contrast; in the manga he digs up the transmuted body to verify it isn't his mother, while here he unearths Trisha's own grave to get a part of her body so he can use it to [[AchillesHeel weaken]] and kill Sloth.]]
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** Ed is a more brooding character than in the manga. This is because the writing focuses more on current events, rather than dwelling on the mistakes in his back story backstory -- this version of Edward is faced with problems that require imperfect, morally questionable solutions, and he is frequently confronted with the consequences of his decisions.
** In the manga, Ed moves past a lot of his guilt when he discovers [[spoiler: what he and Al created in their human transmutation ''wasn't'' their mother, and he, in turn, deduces a way to restore Al's body from this revelation. This doesn't happen in this version of the story because human transmutation works differently and results in the birth of a homunculus -- instead ofa an immobile freak who instantly died, Ed and Al created Sloth, who looks identical to their mother. So when Ed comes face-to-face with his original mistake, it's in a much more violent, tragic way. Even the context of Ed exhuming a grave illustrates this contrast; in the manga he digs up the transmuted body to verify it isn't his mother, while here he unearths Trisha's own grave to get a part of her body so he can use it to [[AchillesHeel weaken]] and kill Sloth.]]
** In the manga, Ed moves past a lot of his guilt when he discovers [[spoiler: what he and Al created in their human transmutation ''wasn't'' their mother, and he, in turn, deduces a way to restore Al's body from this revelation. This doesn't happen in this version of the story because human transmutation works differently and results in the birth of a homunculus -- instead of
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: While the manga version of him is plenty smart already, this version of Ed is shown to be much better at deductive reasoning, able to pick out small clues around him and put them together into a solid conclusion. An early example is with [[spoiler:Nina where he was able to figure out what was going on before the reveal even if it was too late to stop it from happening whereas in the manga he only figured it out when he was nothing short of told the truth]].
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: While the manga version of him is plenty smart already, this version of Ed is shown to be much better at deductive reasoning, able to pick out small clues around him and put them together into a solid conclusion. An early example is with [[spoiler:Nina [[spoiler:Nina, where he was able to figure out what was going on before the reveal even if it was too late to stop it from happening happening, whereas in the manga manga, he only figured it out when he was nothing short of told the truth]].
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* AllLovingHero: Of the JerkWithAHeartOfGold variety. Initially, Edward was unwilling to fight with lethal force against sentient beings, including criminals whose souls were trapped in armors, Humans-Chimeras, or homunculi, considering them human like him or his brother. His pacifism stopped when he unintentionally killed Greed, but even after getting mentally prepared to slaughter the homunculi, he couldn't bring himself to hate or kill Lust, Wrath, Gluttony, or even Envy and spent a good amount of SympathyForTheDevil for them.
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* AllLovingHero: Of the JerkWithAHeartOfGold variety. Initially, Edward was unwilling to fight with lethal force against sentient beings, including criminals whose souls were trapped in armors, Humans-Chimeras, armor, human-chimeras, or homunculi, considering them human like him or his brother. His pacifism stopped when he unintentionally killed Greed, but even after getting mentally prepared to slaughter the homunculi, he couldn't bring himself to hate or kill Lust, Wrath, Gluttony, or even Envy and spent a good amount of SympathyForTheDevil for them.
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* ArchEnemy: Envy and Sloth are his greatest enemies among the Homunculi, [[spoiler: the former because he's technically Ed's older brother and hates their father, the latter because she's the homunculus who Ed and Al created when they tried to revive their mother.]]
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* ArchEnemy: Envy and Sloth are his greatest enemies among the Homunculi, homunculi, [[spoiler: the former because he's technically Ed's older brother and hates their father, the latter because she's the homunculus who Ed and Al created when they tried to revive their mother.]]
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* AuthorAppeal: A carry-over from the manga. Hiromu Arakawa likes muscular men, which should come as no surprise seeing how extremely ripped Ed is for a too-short-for-his-age teen. However, this version of Ed is more of a {{bishonen}} than he is in the manga, having a slightly more slender build and a younger-looking face.
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* AuthorAppeal: A carry-over from the manga. Hiromu Arakawa likes muscular men, which should come as no surprise seeing how extremely ripped Ed is for a too-short-for-his-age teen. However, this version of Ed is more of a {{bishonen}} than he is in the manga, having a slightly more slender slenderer build and a younger-looking face.
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* BadassLongcoat: His signature red longcoat with the flamel.
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* BadassLongcoat: His signature red longcoat with the flamel.longcoat.
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-->WHO ARE YOU CALLING 'A TINY LITTLE BEAN SPROUT THE SIZE OF A GRAIN OF RICE'!?!
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-->WHO ARE YOU CALLING 'A A TINY LITTLE BEAN SPROUT THE SIZE OF A GRAIN OF RICE'!?!RICE!?!
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* BroughtDownToBadass: During ''Conqueror of Shamballa'' [[spoiler:Ed is stuck in a universe where he can't use alchemy and his automail limbs have been replaced with inferior versions which are made of cheaper materials and require the pulling of a starter cord to function.]] Doesn't slow him down a bit.
* ButtMonkey: First it was PlayedForLaughs, [[FromBadToWorse and then]] [[CosmicPlaything it wasn't]].....
* ButtMonkey: First it was PlayedForLaughs, [[FromBadToWorse and then]] [[CosmicPlaything it wasn't]].....
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* BroughtDownToBadass: During ''Conqueror of Shamballa'' Shamballa'', [[spoiler:Ed is stuck in a universe where he can't use alchemy and his automail limbs have been replaced with inferior versions which are made of cheaper materials and require the pulling of a starter cord to function.]] function]]. Doesn't slow him down a bit.
* ButtMonkey: First it was PlayedForLaughs, [[FromBadToWorse and then]] [[CosmicPlaything itwasn't]].....wasn't]]...
* ButtMonkey: First it was PlayedForLaughs, [[FromBadToWorse and then]] [[CosmicPlaything it
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: It becomes a character trait that Ed doesn't like killing people. For much of the series he avoids it whenever he can. Yet in the 4th episode of the series, he accidentally kills the FillerVillain and doesn't show any sadness over what he's done. Yet contrast this to when [[spoiler:he accidentally kills Greed, which horrifies him so much that he breaks down sobbing.]]
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: It becomes a character trait that Ed doesn't like killing people. For much of the series he avoids it whenever he can. Yet in the 4th episode of the series, he accidentally kills the FillerVillain and doesn't show any sadness over what he's done. Yet contrast Contrast this to when [[spoiler:he accidentally kills Greed, which horrifies him so much that he breaks down sobbing.]]sobbing]].
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* ChildMage: Alchemy is not an easy thing to learn. Especially alchemy needed to perform Human Transmutation.
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* ChildMage: Alchemy is not an easy thing to learn. Especially alchemy needed to perform Human Transmutation.human transmutation.
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* CursedWithAwesome: Even Ed admits his automail has come in handy and saving his life on many occasions.
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* CursedWithAwesome: Even Ed admits his automail has come in handy and in saving his life on many occasions.
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* CynicismCatalyst: The whole [[{{Necromantic}} human transmutation]] experience, followed by the Nina incident left him gloomy and cynical, though still heroic.
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* CynicismCatalyst: The whole [[{{Necromantic}} human transmutation]] experience, followed by the Nina incident incident, left him gloomy and cynical, though still heroic.
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* DoesntLikeGuns: At first. In later episodes however, he uses firearms a couple of times (at one point he even [[ArmCannon transmuted a machine gun onto his automail arm]]), and by the time of the movie he keeps a pistol stashed in his belongings; perhaps representative of the loss of his innocence. He's a lousy shot, however, and still prefers good ol' hand-to-hand over sharpshooting.
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* DoesntLikeGuns: At first. In later episodes episodes, however, he uses firearms a couple of times (at one point he even [[ArmCannon transmuted a machine gun onto his automail arm]]), and by the time of the movie movie, he keeps a pistol stashed in his belongings; perhaps representative of the loss of his innocence. He's a lousy shot, however, and still prefers good ol' hand-to-hand over sharpshooting.
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* HeroicBSOD: Might as well be the patron saint of this, and understandably-so, given what he goes through. One of the most prominent examples is after [[spoiler:seeing Nina's exploded remains over a wall]].
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* HeroicBSOD: Might as well be the patron saint of this, and understandably-so, understandably so, given what he goes through. One of the most prominent examples is after [[spoiler:seeing Nina's exploded remains over a wall]].
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* KnightInSourArmor: Sourer and sourer as the series goes on. Ed sees more and more terrible things and performs amoral deeds, which turns him into a cynical, but persistently goodhearted, hero.
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* KnightInSourArmor: Sourer and sourer as the series goes on. Ed sees more and more terrible things and performs amoral deeds, deeds in turn, which turns shapes him into a cynical, but persistently goodhearted, hero.
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* MajorlyAwesome: He's a state alchemist, which means he holds the rank of Major in the military.
* MenDontCry: His attitude, though he does cry in moments of extreme emotional vulnerability a handful of times throughout the series. [[spoiler:Nina's death in particular hits him really, ''really'' hard]].
* MrFanservice: His shower scene and the one shirtless scene with all his limbs.
* MenDontCry: His attitude, though he does cry in moments of extreme emotional vulnerability a handful of times throughout the series. [[spoiler:Nina's death in particular hits him really, ''really'' hard]].
* MrFanservice: His shower scene and the one shirtless scene with all his limbs.
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* MajorlyAwesome: He's a state alchemist, State Alchemist, which means he holds the rank of Major in the military.
* MenDontCry: His attitude, though he does cry in moments of extreme emotional vulnerability a handful of times throughout the series. [[spoiler:Nina's death in particular hits him really, ''really''hard]].
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* MrFanservice: His shower scene and the various scenes where he's shirtless. [[spoiler:Especially the oneshirtless scene with all at the end of the series when he has his limbs.limbs back.]]
* MenDontCry: His attitude, though he does cry in moments of extreme emotional vulnerability a handful of times throughout the series. [[spoiler:Nina's death in particular hits him really, ''really''
* MrFanservice: His shower scene and the various scenes where he's shirtless. [[spoiler:Especially the one
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* TheNapoleon: He really dislikes being reminded of his short height.
* NayTheist: Despite initially seeming atheistic, there are occasional implications that Ed does believe in a god of some sort. He simply has no interest in worshiping it.
* NayTheist: Despite initially seeming atheistic, there are occasional implications that Ed does believe in a god of some sort. He simply has no interest in worshiping it.
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* TheNapoleon: He really ''really'' dislikes being reminded of his short height.
* NayTheist: Despite initially seeming atheistic, there are occasional implications that Ed does believe in a god of some sort. He simply has no interest inworshiping worshipping it.
* NayTheist: Despite initially seeming atheistic, there are occasional implications that Ed does believe in a god of some sort. He simply has no interest in
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* NonIdleRich: He makes quite a lot of money being a state alchemist. He's also quite generous with it too.
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* NonIdleRich: He makes quite a lot of money being a state alchemist.State Alchemist. He's also quite generous with it too.
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* OlderAndWiser: By the time of TheMovie he's 18 years old, much more mellow, and one of the few characters who recognizes that messing around with [[spoiler: The Gate between our world and Amestris]] is going to have consequences.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: [[BerserkButton Just don't say it to his face]].
* PoorCommunicationKills: Nearly all of his conflicts with Al come about as the result of him hiding information from Al, attempting to protect him from multiple [[AwfulTruth awful truths.]]
* PintSizedPowerhouse: [[BerserkButton Just don't say it to his face]].
* PoorCommunicationKills: Nearly all of his conflicts with Al come about as the result of him hiding information from Al, attempting to protect him from multiple [[AwfulTruth awful truths.]]
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* OlderAndWiser: By the time of TheMovie he's 18 years old, much more mellow, and one of the few characters who recognizes that messing around with [[spoiler: The [[spoiler:the Gate between our world and Amestris]] is going to have consequences.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: [[BerserkButton Just don't say it to hisface]].
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* PoorCommunicationKills: Nearly all of his conflicts with Al come about as the result of him hiding information fromAl, his brother, attempting to protect him from multiple [[AwfulTruth awful truths.]]
* PintSizedPowerhouse: [[BerserkButton Just don't say it to his
* PoorCommunicationKills: Nearly all of his conflicts with Al come about as the result of him hiding information from
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* ShadowArchetype: Tucker is a ''very'' dark one for Ed, having similarly broken a taboo and sacrificed a family member out of hubris, similarly mangled his own body as an unintentional mark of his transgression, and being similarly obsessed with finding a way to undo his mistakes.
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* ShadowArchetype: Tucker is a ''very'' dark one for Ed, having similarly broken a taboo and sacrificed a family member out of hubris, similarly mangled his own body as an unintentional mark of his transgression, and being similarly obsessed with finding a way to undo his mistakes.
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* TeenGenius: He's the youngest State Alchemist known, and he was skilled enough to at least attempt to perform Human Transmutation at a young age. And in the epilogue [[spoiler:in pre-[=WW2=] Germany, he has taken to studying rocket science, and has studied Einstein's theories, though Ed thinks [[ItWillNeverCatchOn nobody buys them.]]]]
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* TeenGenius: He's the youngest known State Alchemist known, Alchemist, and he was skilled enough to at least attempt to perform Human Transmutation at a young age. And in the epilogue [[spoiler:in pre-[=WW2=] Germany, he has taken to studying rocket science, and has studied Einstein's theories, though Ed thinks [[ItWillNeverCatchOn nobody buys them.]]]]
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* PromotedToLoveInterest: Inverted; in the Manga/''Brotherhood'', Winry & Ed have consistent BelligerentSexualTension and WillTheyOrWontThey teasing, and they end up becoming an OfficialCouple with BabiesEverAfter. In the 2003 series, it's hinted they may have had childhood crushes on each other, but time spent apart turns their relationship into more of a brother/sister one.
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* PromotedToLoveInterest: Inverted; in the Manga/''Brotherhood'', manga/''Brotherhood'', Winry & Ed have consistent BelligerentSexualTension and WillTheyOrWontThey teasing, and they end up becoming an OfficialCouple with BabiesEverAfter. In the 2003 series, it's hinted they may have had childhood crushes on each other, but time spent apart turns their relationship into more of a brother/sister one.
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* CrushBlush: Played with. While he blushes at both Winry earlier in the series and Rosé when [[spoiler:she confesses her love to him]], his relationship toward the former is left somewhere between LikeBrotherAndSister and very ambiguous by the movie (which also includes a blush), and his relationship with the latter is, in the end, never explored in depth. Even a possible crush on Noah (with at least one accompanied blush) is lightly touched on in the "Chibi Party" OVA.
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* CrushBlush: Played with. While he blushes at both Winry earlier in the series a couple times and Rosé when [[spoiler:she confesses her love to him]], his relationship toward the former is left somewhere between LikeBrotherAndSister and very ambiguous by the movie (which also includes a blush), and his relationship with the latter is, in the end, never explored in depth. Even a possible crush on Noah (with at least one accompanied blush) is lightly touched on in the "Chibi Party" OVA.
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* GainingTheWillToKill [[spoiler:Greed teaches him this when he tricks Ed into killing him during a duel, explaining that he has to grow past his MartialPacifist philosophy if he wants to stand a chance at beating the Homunculi.]]
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* GainingTheWillToKill [[spoiler:Greed teaches him this when he tricks Ed into killing him during a duel, explaining that he has to grow past his MartialPacifist philosophy if he wants to stand a chance at beating the Homunculi.homunculi.]]
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* HairTriggerTemper: Ed is short-fused and this trait is played for both comedy (his outbursts about his height) and drama (whenever he flips out at Mustang).
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* HairTriggerTemper: Ed is short-fused short-fused, and this trait is played for both comedy (his outbursts about his height) and drama (whenever he flips out at Mustang).
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* KnightInSourArmor: Sourer and sourer as the series goes on. Ed sees more and more terrible things and performs amoral deeds, which turns him into a cynical, but persistently-goodhearted, hero.
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* KnightInSourArmor: Sourer and sourer as the series goes on. Ed sees more and more terrible things and performs amoral deeds, which turns him into a cynical, but persistently-goodhearted, persistently goodhearted, hero.
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* LongLived: [[spoiler: If one accepts the ''Kids'' OVA as canon, then Ed lives to be at least a century old and celebrates his 100th birthday in 2005.]]
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* LongLived: [[spoiler: If one accepts takes the ''Kids'' "Kids" OVA as canon, then Ed lives to be at least a century old and celebrates his 100th birthday in 2005.]]
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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:In this continuity, it's revealed that Hohenheim had a child before he and Alphonse... and Envy was the homunculus born of Hohenheim's attempt to human-transmute his mercury-poisoned firstborn son back to life]].
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* RelatedInTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:In this continuity, it's revealed that Hohenheim had a child before he and Alphonse... and Envy was the homunculus born of Hohenheim's attempt to human-transmute his mercury-poisoned firstborn son back to life]].life.]]
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* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: In regards to Winry, complete with LuminescentBlush. [[spoiler: Unlike the manga/''Brotherhood'', it stays that way.]]
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* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: In regards regard to Winry, complete with LuminescentBlush. [[spoiler: Unlike the manga/''Brotherhood'', it stays that way.]]
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* StockShonenHero: Averted. Manga Ed was already a departure from this archetype and, since this series deconstructs his ideals and motivations more, anime Ed ends up even more of a subversively-written AntiHero.
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* StockShonenHero: Averted. Manga Ed was already a departure from this archetype and, since this series deconstructs his ideals and motivations more, anime Ed ends up even more of a subversively-written subversively written AntiHero.
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* ChildMage: Alchemy is not an easy thing to learn. Especially alchemy needed to perform Human Transmutation.
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* ChildMage: Alchemy is not an easy thing to learn. Especially alchemy needed to perform Human Transmutation.human transmutation.
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* HeroicBSOD: He falls into one in ''Conqueror of Shamballa'' upon seeing [[spoiler:Amestris in ruins following the Nazi invasion through the Gate. Thankfully, Ed quickly snaps him out of it.]]
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* HeroicBSOD: He falls into one in ''Conqueror of Shamballa'' upon seeing [[spoiler:Amestris in ruins following the Nazi invasion through the Gate. Thankfully, Ed quickly snaps him out of it.]]it]].
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* LovelyAngels: With Scheska as the two naturally click with their intelligent interests and klutzy tendencies. They even bug the Fuhrer's secretary's phone together.
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* LovelyAngels: With Scheska Scheska, as the two naturally click with their intelligent interests and klutzy tendencies. They even bug the Fuhrer's secretary's phone together.
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* PromotedToLoveInterest: Inverted; in the Manga/''Brotherhood'', Winry & Ed have consistent BelligerentSexualTension and WillTheyOrWontThey teasing, and they up becoming an OfficialCouple with BabiesEverAfter. In the 2003 series, it's hinted they may have had childhood crushes on each other, but time spent apart turns their relationship into more of a brother/sister one.
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* PromotedToLoveInterest: Inverted; in the Manga/''Brotherhood'', Winry & Ed have consistent BelligerentSexualTension and WillTheyOrWontThey teasing, and they end up becoming an OfficialCouple with BabiesEverAfter. In the 2003 series, it's hinted they may have had childhood crushes on each other, but time spent apart turns their relationship into more of a brother/sister one.
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* AntiVillain: Like in ''Brotherhood''/the manga, he ends up straddling the line between this and AntiHero. The things he did were bad, but he still had very sympathetic motives and tries only to attack those that were responsible for the Ishbal massacre. His final act is undoubtedly a dark one, [[spoiler:sacrificing 7000 soldiers. However the leader of those 7000 soldiers was planning on massacring the people of Lior, essentially turning the city into Ishbal 2.0. On the other hand, the series has spent a great deal of time humanizing rank and file members of the military. It's ultimately left up to the viewer where Scar lands on the scale between AntiHero and AntiVillain.]]
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* AntiVillain: Like in ''Brotherhood''/the manga, he ends up straddling the line between this and AntiHero. The things he did were bad, but he still had very sympathetic motives and tries only to attack those that were responsible for the Ishbal massacre. His final act is undoubtedly a dark one, [[spoiler:sacrificing 7000 soldiers. However However, the leader of those 7000 soldiers was planning on massacring the people of Lior, essentially turning the city into Ishbal 2.0. On the other hand, the series has spent a great deal of time humanizing rank and file members of the military. It's ultimately left up to the viewer where Scar lands on the scale between AntiHero and AntiVillain.]]
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* CrushBlush: Played with. While he blushes at both Winry earlier in the series and Rosé when [[spoiler:she confesses her love to him]], his relationship toward the former is left somewhere between LikeBrotherAndSister and very ambiguous by the movie (which also includes a blush), and his relationship with the latter is, in the end, never explored in depth. Even a possible crush on Noah (with at least one accompanied blush) is lightly touched on and lampshaded in the "Chibi Party" OVA.
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* CrushBlush: Played with. While he blushes at both Winry earlier in the series and Rosé when [[spoiler:she confesses her love to him]], his relationship toward the former is left somewhere between LikeBrotherAndSister and very ambiguous by the movie (which also includes a blush), and his relationship with the latter is, in the end, never explored in depth. Even a possible crush on Noah (with at least one accompanied blush) is lightly touched on and lampshaded in the "Chibi Party" OVA.
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** In the manga, Ed moves past a lot of his guilt when he discovers [[spoiler: what he and Al created in their human transmutation ''wasn't'' their mother, and he, in turn, deduces a way to restore Al's body from this revelation. This doesn't happen in this version of the story because human transmutation works differently and results in the birth of a homunculus -- instead of a immobile freak who instantly died, Ed and Al created Sloth, who looks identical to their Mother. So when Ed comes face-to-face with his original mistake, it's in a much more violent, tragic way. Even the context of Ed exhuming a grave illustrates this contrast; in the manga he digs up the transmuted body to verify it isn't his mother, while here he unearths Trisha's own grave to get a part of her body so he can use it to [[AchillesHeel weaken]] and kill Sloth.]]
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** In the manga, Ed moves past a lot of his guilt when he discovers [[spoiler: what he and Al created in their human transmutation ''wasn't'' their mother, and he, in turn, deduces a way to restore Al's body from this revelation. This doesn't happen in this version of the story because human transmutation works differently and results in the birth of a homunculus -- instead of a immobile freak who instantly died, Ed and Al created Sloth, who looks identical to their Mother.mother. So when Ed comes face-to-face with his original mistake, it's in a much more violent, tragic way. Even the context of Ed exhuming a grave illustrates this contrast; in the manga he digs up the transmuted body to verify it isn't his mother, while here he unearths Trisha's own grave to get a part of her body so he can use it to [[AchillesHeel weaken]] and kill Sloth.]]
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* AdaptationDyeJob: In the manga he's noted for having ''golden'', not blond, hair as [[spoiler:a racial trait related to his heritage]]. This is absent in the 2003 anime and thus Edward is just a normal blond.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: In the manga he's noted for having ''golden'', not blond, blonde, hair as [[spoiler:a racial trait related to his heritage]]. This is absent in the 2003 anime and thus Edward is just a normal blond.blonde.
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* BleedEmAndWeep: [[spoiler:He has a screaming breakdown upon killing Greed before finally accepting that killing is something he's going to have to learn to tolerate if he wants to actually defeat the Homunculi.]]
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* BleedEmAndWeep: [[spoiler:He has a screaming breakdown upon killing Greed before finally accepting that killing is something he's going to have to learn to tolerate if he wants to actually defeat the Homunculi.homunculi.]]
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* CrushBlush: While he blushes at both Winry earlier in the series and Rosé in the times he meets her, his relationship toward the former is left somewhere between LikeBrotherAndSister and very ambiguous by the movie, and his relationship with the latter is, in the end, never looked into in depth. Even his crush on Noah (with at least one accompanied blush) is lightly touched on.
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* CrushBlush: Played with. While he blushes at both Winry earlier in the series and Rosé in the times he meets her, when [[spoiler:she confesses her love to him]], his relationship toward the former is left somewhere between LikeBrotherAndSister and very ambiguous by the movie, movie (which also includes a blush), and his relationship with the latter is, in the end, never looked into explored in depth. Even his a possible crush on Noah (with at least one accompanied blush) is lightly touched on.on and lampshaded in the "Chibi Party" OVA.
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* ILetGwenStacyDie: The poor guy is a bit of a magnet for this sort of thing. Not being able to help his mother and Al losing his body, for starters, followed up by not being able to protect [[spoiler:Nina]] and [[spoiler: Hughes dying while trying to help him]].
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* ILetGwenStacyDie: The poor guy is a bit of a magnet for this sort of thing. Not being able to help his mother and Al losing his body, for starters, followed up by not being able to protect [[spoiler:Nina]] and [[spoiler: Hughes [[spoiler:Hughes dying while trying to help him]].
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* ItGetsEasier: Ed at first refused to kill anybody. [[spoiler:Then he fights and regrets killing Greed, but later kills Sloth with cold precision. By the time he gets to fighting Envy, he has no qualms whatsoever about killing him.]]
->[[spoiler: '''Ed:''' ''(to Envy)'' "Have you forgotten what I did to your friend Sloth? I killed her while she was wearing the face of my own mother!"]]
->[[spoiler: '''Ed:''' ''(to Envy)'' "Have you forgotten what I did to your friend Sloth? I killed her while she was wearing the face of my own mother!"]]
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* ItGetsEasier: Ed at first refused refuses to kill anybody. [[spoiler:Then he fights and regrets killing Greed, but later kills Sloth with cold precision. By the time he gets to fighting Envy, he has no qualms whatsoever about killing him.]]
->[[spoiler: '''Ed:''' ''(to Envy)''"Have you If you've forgotten what I did to your friend Sloth? Sloth, I killed her while she was wearing the face of my own mother!"]]mother!]]
->[[spoiler: '''Ed:''' ''(to Envy)''
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** Believes he's responsible for Al losing his body, as well as for the deaths of [[spoiler: Nina and Hughes.]]
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** Believes he's responsible for Al losing his body, as well as for the deaths of [[spoiler: Nina and Hughes.]]Hughes]].
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* KnightInSourArmor: Sourer and sourer as the series goes on. As the series progresses Ed sees more and more terrible things and performs amoral deeds in return which turns him into a cynical, but persistently-goodhearted, hero.
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* KnightInSourArmor: Sourer and sourer as the series goes on. As the series progresses Ed sees more and more terrible things and performs amoral deeds in return deeds, which turns him into a cynical, but persistently-goodhearted, hero.
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** Also Edward's response to seeing [[spoiler:the graves of people in Lior]] and [[spoiler: when he realizes he killed Greed.]]
* TheNapoleon: He dislikes being reminded of his short height.
* TheNapoleon: He dislikes being reminded of his short height.
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** Also Edward's response to seeing [[spoiler:the graves of people in Lior]] and [[spoiler: when he realizes he killed Greed.]]
Greed]].
* TheNapoleon: He really dislikes being reminded of his short height.
* TheNapoleon: He really dislikes being reminded of his short height.
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* ObliviousToLove: Gets told to his face that Rosé loves him and he still doesn't get it. [[spoiler:Though she was out of it at the time so...]]
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* ObliviousToLove: Gets told to his face that Rosé loves him and he still doesn't get it. [[spoiler:Though [[spoiler:Granted, she was is clearly out of it at the time time, so...]]
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** Has some with Rosé, including [[spoiler:him blushing when she confesses her love]].
* ShirtlessScene: Has had quite a few.
* ShirtlessScene: Has had quite a few.
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** Has Also has some with Rosé, including [[spoiler:him blushing when she confesses her love]].
* ShirtlessScene: Hashad quite a few.
* ShirtlessScene: Has
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* TeenGenius: He's the youngest state alchemist known, and he was skilled enough to at least attempt to perform Human Transmutation at a young age. And in the epilogue [[spoiler:in pre-[=WW2=] Germany, he has taken to studying rocket science, and has studied Einstein's theories, though Ed thinks [[ItWillNeverCatchOn nobody buys them.]]]]
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* TeenGenius: He's the youngest state alchemist State Alchemist known, and he was skilled enough to at least attempt to perform Human Transmutation at a young age. And in the epilogue [[spoiler:in pre-[=WW2=] Germany, he has taken to studying rocket science, and has studied Einstein's theories, though Ed thinks [[ItWillNeverCatchOn nobody buys them.]]]]
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: First burning down his and Al's home in Resembool. [[spoiler:Then choosing to stay on the other side of the gate in order to prevent others from invading Amestris.]]
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: First burning down his and Al's home in Resembool. [[spoiler:Then choosing to stay on the other side of the gate Gate in the movie in order to prevent others from invading Amestris.]]
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* AdaptationDyeJob: His hair changes from blond like his brother's to dark blond. His eyes are also hazel here as opposed to gold in the manga.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: His hair changes from blond blonde like his brother's to dark blond.blonde. His eyes are also hazel here as opposed to gold in the manga.
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-->'''Al''': "[[Awesome/FullmetalAlchemist Alchemy can give us all sorts of abilities. THIS is one of mine!]]"
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-->'''Al''': "[[Awesome/FullmetalAlchemist [[Awesome/FullmetalAlchemist Alchemy can give us all sorts of abilities. THIS is one of mine!]]"mine!]]
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* AdaptationDyeJob:
** Her bandanna is red, whereas it's green in the manga and ''Brotherhood''. However, Winry does get a green bandanna in the tail-end of the anime.
** Her bandanna is red, whereas it's green in the manga and ''Brotherhood''. However, Winry does get a green bandanna in the tail-end of the anime.
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* AdaptationDyeJob:
**AdaptationDyeJob: Her bandanna is red, whereas it's green in the manga and ''Brotherhood''. However, Winry does get a green bandanna in the tail-end of the anime.
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** Her bandanna is red, whereas it's green in the manga and ''Brotherhood''. Winry ''does'', however, get a green bandanna in the tail-end of the anime.
** Her outfit in TheMovie is never depicted in the manga.
** Her outfit in TheMovie is never depicted in the manga.
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** Her bandanna is red, whereas it's green in the manga and ''Brotherhood''. However, Winry ''does'', however, does get a green bandanna in the tail-end of the anime.
** Her outfit in TheMovie is never depicted in the manga.anime.
** Her outfit in TheMovie is never depicted in the manga.
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[[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistBrothers Elric Brothers]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistTeamMustang Team Mustang]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMainSupportingCast Main Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMilitary Military]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistHomunculi Homunculi]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistFather Father]], [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEnvy Envy]], [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistHomunculiAffiliates Affiliates]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistXing Xing]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistOthers Others]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003 2003 Anime]] ('''Main Characters) ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003Homunculi Homunculi]])-]]]]]
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[[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistBrothers Elric Brothers]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistTeamMustang Team Mustang]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMainSupportingCast Main Supporting Cast]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMilitary Military]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistHomunculi Homunculi]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistFather Father]], [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEnvy Envy]], [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistHomunculiAffiliates Affiliates]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistXing Xing]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistOthers Others]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003 2003 Anime]] ('''Main Characters) Characters''') ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003Homunculi Homunculi]])-]]]]]
