History Characters / FullmetalAlchemistHomunculi

* {{Lust}}: Well, duh! In her case it seems to be a lust for violence and sadism rather than being sexual in nature (though she's an ''object'' of lust) and uses the lust she inspires in others to further her goals. She’s perhaps the lone Homunculi who doesn’t show any signs of the sin she embodies in a traditional sense.

* TheJuggernaut: And, how. Once he gets his orders and bearings, he's like an unshakable cannonball on acid. He will not stop trying to do what he (eventually) gets around to doing.

* ImAHumanitarian: Sickeningly yes. They'll crunch down on a human with gusto. It's all they do upon their activación.

** In addition, all the Homunculi at one point have their eyes turn into glowing red dots. Whether this is an art style choice by the anime for dramatic effect are actually a feature they have is unclear.

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Can I eat him/her?"

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* {{Catchphrase}}: "What a pain." and "Can I rest now?" Sometimes translated as "too much work."

* DumbMuscle: If he even has a vocabulary beyond twenty words, he never feels the need to use it. He'd also much rather let other people do all that strenuous thinking for him (which is why he gets used for the more physical tasks).

* HealingFactor: Can recover from fatal injuries without much problem. [[spoiler:However, "killing" them enough times exhausts their factor and renders them dead for real. Due to the method of his creation and the effects on his body it had, Wrath is the exception]], [[WhyWontYouDie not that he needs it]]

->'''Edward''': I caught you! You're mine!\\

* BelatedLoveEpiphany: It's implied that he realizes within the last second of his old life that he really did love his adopted family.

* TheDreaded: ''No one'' enjoys the idea of dealing with Pride, considering both his abilities and his cruelty. Even Greed considers him to be a monster. Gluttony is utterly horrified when Pride decides to eat him for his powers and all he can do is ''beg'' for him to stop. Also, the only reason Sloth is digging the circular tunnel around Amestris is because Pride told him to and he's too scared to say no. Hell, let this sink in for a moment; even ''Wrath'' is afraid of this guy.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: Mrs. Bradley is the sole human to whom Pride shows any sympathy.

-->'''Pride''': He'll kill me!\\

* IJustWantToBeLoved: His VillainousBreakdown begins when Ed points out to him that his Father really doesn't care about him. It's also the reason Wrath's wife is the only human he actually likes.

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: The Homunculi are forbidden by Father from killing any sacrifice candidates. Lust and Envy remark on this when they spare Ed in Lab 5.

* PerputalFrowner: Given his lazily depressive and cynical personality, he is often seen with a large frown while baring his sharp teeth. He only smiles twice in the series, [[spoiler:once when he finished digging the tunnel he was set out to build, and another during his death.}}
* PunchClockVillain: Compared to the other Homunculi, all Sloth wants to do is sleep. Of course, that lack of malice doesn't make him any less dangerous to the innocent people who get in his way.

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Unlike the others, Gluttony has to be paired up with one of the other homunculi for any task so that someone smarter is around to do the thinking for him, as his perpetual immaturity and lack of self control would be disasterous if he's entruested on missions by himeslf, leading to this dynamic. That chore usually falls to [[CoolBigSis Lust]], but the rest (excluding Greed and Sloth, who are irresponsible themselves for different reasons) have also filled in that role and Gluttony is invariably the Foolish Sibling to their Responsible. Yes, even [[StupidEvil Envy]].

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Unlike the others, Gluttony has to be paired up with one of the other homunculi for any task so that someone smarter is around to do the thinking for him, leading to this dynamic. That chore usually falls to [[CoolBigSis Lust]], but the rest (excluding Greed and Sloth, who are irresponsible themselves for different reasons) have also filled in that role and Gluttony is invariably the Foolish Sibling to their Responsible. Yes, even [[StupidEvil Envy]].

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: After Ling breaks through Greed's consciousness to snap at him for underestimating humans, he finds it extremely amusing, to the point that he doesn't even tell Father about it.

** Subverted, however, with Pride, who [[spoiler: Absorbs Gluttony in a bid to obtain his powers, and generally looks down upon the others as inferiors. Double Subverted with Wrath, who Pride seems to view (ironically, considering their disguises), as a younger brother and is fairly kind towards him.]]

* TheHeavy: The Homunculi as a whole are the main villains and their actions drive the plot, from the start of the Ishvalan war to Hughes' death. Father is the one commanding them, but he doesn't take an active role until much later.

The homunculus who personifies Father's arrogance. The eldest and deadliest of his siblings, Pride serves as Father's second-in-command, as well as the minder of the tunnel network, which he patrols, slaughtering anyone unfortunate enough to cross his path. His usual form is a massive shadow with multiple eyes and mouths, rather similar to Father's original form as the Dwarf in the Flask. As befitting his name, Pride is incredibly cruel and narcissistic, and very rarely shows any emotions beyond self-satisfaction and contempt. He is able to hide his true nature as his alter ego, Selim Bradley. He's a WalkingSpoiler, so all entries for this character are unmarked.

-->'''Greed:'''You humans think that greed is all about money and power, [[JerkassHasAPoint but everyone wants something they don't have,]]

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: With the exception of Greed(as well as Sloth and Gluttony depending on your view) every Homunculus is a cruel, sadistic creature who views human life as disposable pests and are never presented as redeemable.

* ArchEnemy: Gluttony really has it for Col. Mustang [[spoiler:since he was responsible for killing Lust]]. So when Dr. Knox causally utters Mustang's name, Gluttony wastes no time on trying to devour him in order to avenge [[spoiler:Lust]]. Unfortunately for him, however, [[spoiler:he is eaten and killed before he can get a chance to face Mustang again]].

** To Ling for embodying everything he hates in a ruler.

** Finally, to Lan Fan and Fu for causing her to cut off her arm.

* BadBoss: What else would you call a leader who tries to sacrifice the people of his nation in order to fulfill his adopted father's goals. Including his own military leader who he presumably helps trick into thinking that being complicit in Father's goals would help them gain immortality.
** Surprisingly enough downplayed if not averted when he forces Riza to become his personal assistant. He looms the fact that she is a hostage over her head, but otherwise is not abusive in anyway and speaks with her professionally.

* BigBrotherBully: With the exception of Lust who docent interact with, and Wrath who he was a decent relation with, he has presumably menaced the homunculi enough for them to dread him.

** Sloth ''does work'' because he knows Pride will get involved if he doesn't.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Although disheveled and ugly, the doctor looks to be in his late 60s or early 70s, even though he created [[spoiler: King Bradley]]. Given that he looked to be in his 30s or 40s when [[spoiler:he injected Bradley with a Philosopher Stone when he was in his 20s]] he should be in his 80s or 90s. Averted in the manga where he looks his age.

* DirtyCoward: Despite acting relatively calm earlier, drawing his transmutation circle in the midst of a fight between the heroes and his EliteMooks, the second Jerso manages to get a hold of him he loses all of his cool and begins screaming and panicking.

** Edward too--they share arrogance and an OedipusComplex.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Pride and Wrath had a fondness for each other and both of them cared for [[spoiler: Mrs. Bradley]] while Lust, Gluttony, and Envy were close to each other to the point where Envy was enraged over [[spoiler: Lust's death and Gluttony seeking vengeance against her killer Mustang.]]

* FatalFlaw: Their belief that they are infallible. While the Philosopher's Stone that powers each homunculus gives them incredible powers and enhanced senses, this lends itself to arrogance, which in turn leads to a tendency to underestimate their foes. Homunculi tend to endure attacks and [[HealingFactor heal]] with the Stone's limited supply of human souls rather than dodge, and even stop to boast about how superior they are to humans in the middle of fights which, as Mustang demonstrates during his "[[CurbStompBattle fight]]" against Envy, [[TalkToTheFist is not a good idea]].

** Envy's transformations are limited by what he knows about the person he turns into. When he tries to kill Hughes by turning into Maria Ross, Hughes sees through his disguise because he missed the fact that Maria has a mole on her face and it’s implied he can’t mimic other people’s voices without hearing what they sound like. Similarly, he can only turn into someone physically, so any knowledge the user has he has to guess or make up if he wants to stay hidden.

* PersonalityPowers: Most of them have powers related to the [[SevenDeadlySins sin]] they embody and by extension [[spoiler:which aspect of Father's personality they were created from]]. Gluttony has [[spoiler:a pocket dimension inside him that he can suck things into]], Greed has a shell made of black diamond, Lust has fingers that turn into spears which can penetrate anything (giving an otherwise [[MostCommonSuperpower extremely womanly]] character a twisted layer of androgyny) & Envy can shapeshift. Pride's powers don't really have anything to do with Pride objectively, but they do within the context of the story, as he was created in the image of Father's original form. Sloth [[spoiler:has the ability to shrug off pain because he is "too lazy to feel it"]]. Wrath has the ability to predict an opponent's moves & calculate the probability of the success of battle tactics in an instant, showing [[TranquilFury the calm, frightening aspect of war's wrath]].

* TheSociopath: With the exception of Greed, all of them cover at least one of the following evils; display [[LackOfEmpathy no guilt]] to [[KickTheDog their crimes]], often [[EvilGloating gloat about it]], have a [[TheHedonist pathological need for stimulation]], are [[AxCrazy batshit insane]], [[ManipulativeBastard manipulate others]] to no end, [[ConsummateLiar lie about everything]], [[{{Sadist}} enjoy the sufferings of others]]. [[ForTheEvulz Envy]], [[BloodKnight Lust]] and [[SmugSnake Pride]] are the biggest ones, but what prevents some of them from truly falling into these is their VillainousFriendship and love for their {{Morality Pet}}s.

* SuperiorSpecies: With the exceptions of [[TheBabyOfTheBunch Gluttony]] and [[LazyBum Sloth]], they all believe themselves to be superior to humans by default, to varying degrees. Greed doesn't believe this is particularly important and remains [[AffablyEvil affable]] towards humans. Wrath is simultaneously critical and [[VillainRespect respectful]] towards humans. Lust, Envy and ''especially'' Pride are the best examples, often ranting about how pathetic humans are. Pride believes himself to be superior to other Homunculi and does not hesitate to [[spoiler:kill Gluttony when he decides the latter is more useful as a power source for himself]]. Finally, Father believes humans are so inferior to himself that they don't even deserve negative recognition from him.

* DeadpanSnarker: Has a sharp sense of humor to go with her fingers and frequently gets snarky: "Oh no, did I get your ignition gloves all wet? Silly me." When Ed prepares to fight her and Envy only to find his automail arm had been busted in a previous fight, Lust catches on first with a wry "technical difficulties?"

* TheHeavy: Splits this role with Envy and Lust being the most prominent Homunculi, they fall out of this role after [[spoiler:Lust's death]]

* TheHeavy: After the deaths of Envy, Lust and Gluttony, he and Pride pick up this role.

* OhCrap: That look on his face when he just realized that he'd just received his first wound ''ever'', which later proved instrumental in his defeat.

* FantasticalRacism: Downplayed if not averted all together. Given his simplistic and apathetic attitude, he never voices disdain for humans so it's unknown if he even views humans as a species as beneath him. He is the only Homunculus loyal to Father to do this.

* PereputalFrowner: Given his lazily depressive and cynical personality, he is often seen with a large frown while baring his sharp teeth. He only smiles twice in the series, [[spoiler:once when he finished digging the tunnel he was set out to build, and another during his death.

* StringFamilyResemblance : While he shares the same dark hair and clothing and red nodes as most of his siblings, sloth also shares some features that his other siblings have. For example, he has sharp triangular teeth like Greed, long stringy hair like Envy, and small white eyes like Gluttony.

* AloofBigBrother: How Envy describes him in the manga. For all that Pride has [[StrongerSibling incredible power]], Envy is outraged that he wasn't around to protect Gluttony from getting kidnapped and says that he's never there when the other homunculi need him. What we see of him before this backs this up; he only shows up to chew Envy (and Gluttony) out for their failures, then calls Envy an impudent brat and tells them to be quiet before they can even begin to argue with him. Despite knowing about the intruders at their base, Pride doesn't seem to intervene to help [[spoiler:Lust deal with them]], not even to [[spoiler:save Lust]].[[note]]Though perhaps he had more trust in her ability to handle it when he went to go collect Envy and Gluttony, as she did seem to have killed Mustang and Havoc initially.[[/note]] He ''is'' shown to be [[PetTheDog lenient with Wrath]].

* VillainousFriendship: He works well enough with Pride who banters with him [[spoiler:after Kimblee frees him from a dome meant to contain him in, at least until Pride eats him when [[{{YouveOutlivedYourUsefulness}} when he's injured.]] He's also surprisingly chummy with the misanthropic Envy, but then again it's not that surprising given that both are psychopathic sadists, with Kimblee even admitting that he loves their cruelty.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: After [[spoiler:Ling breaks through Greed's consciousness to snap at him for underestimating humans]], he finds it extremely amusing, to the point that he doesn't even tell Father about it.

* BuxomBeautyStandard: She has pretty impressive breasts, though it only gets brought up once in the main story, plus that one ''omake'' when she [[BoobsOfSteel used them to smash walnuts]].

* ArchEnemy: Gluttony really has it for Col. Mustang [[spoiler: since he was responsible for killing Lust]]. So when Dr Knox causally utters Mustang's name, Gluttony wastes no time on trying to devour him in order to avenge [[spoiler: Lust]]. Unfortunately for him, however; [[spoiler: he is eaten and killed before he can get a chance to face Mustang again.]]

* WorfHadTheFlu: The only reason Scar has a chance of victory in the final battle is because Wrath is already fatally wounded ''and'' his Ultimate Eye is out of action. Even then, he nearly wins.

* ArchEnemy: Gluttony really has it for Col. Mustang [[spoiler: since he was responsible for killing Lust]]. So whenever he encounters him, Gluttony wastes no time on trying to devour him in order to avenge [[spoiler: Lust]].

* AndIMustScream: He was forced to dig out a nationwide underground transmutation circle and kept in line by his ruthless brother Pride. By the time he's seen in the manga, he's [[BodyHorror bleeding from his nails]] from overwork.