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** [[spoiler: BadassAbnormal]]: [[spoiler:EmpoweredBadassNormal]]: [[spoiler: After accepting Greed. Remember how the first Greed couldn't hope to take on Wrath in a one on one fight? The second Greed can hold his own against him, combining Greed's ultra-durability with Ling's martial prowess.]]
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Mentor to the Elric brothers, she taught them both alchemy and martial arts, both of which she is a master. Despises State Alchemists. Easily the most {{Badass}} character in the series, [[WorldOfBadass which is saying]] '''[[WorldOfBadass a lot]]'''.
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* LovingAShadow: She gets LoveBeforeFirstSight: Develops a crush on Ed, Ed after misinterpreting a description of the Fullmetal Alchemist and his legendary exploits, coming to believe he's a KnightInShiningArmor. [[spoiler: Then she finds out what Ed's really like, she drops him for Al for similar, but less exaggerated reasons.]]
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* StealthPun: Maybe not deliberate, but in English - "[=PrinceLing=]".
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** Oh it gets even better than that. [[spoiler: She actually ''didn't'' fully recover from it in that time period. Didn't stop her at all from showing up and kicking ass in the end!]]
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* CombatPragmatist: He's definitely not afraid to fight dirty. He even keeps some powder in his sword scabbard so that when he whips his blade out, it'll get in his opponent's eyes. Justified by his background and how he learned after surviving several assasination attempts.
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* ForScience: The primary reason why he [[spoiler:turned his daughter and dog into a monster]]? To see if he could.
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* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: With Olivier. Katherine is a sweet ProperLady while Olivier is a no-nosense LadyOfWar
* ProperLady: Looks the part and acts it as well... when she's not lifting pianos.
* ShrinkingViolet: Fairly shy around Havoc in the bonus chapter, and according to Alex, doesn't have many men interested in her because of that.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Relatively minor compared to the other characters. It's either "Katherine" or "Catherine."
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Alex and Olivier's youngest sister.
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* TheCutie
* IdiotHair: Just check out her hair.
* {{Kawaiiko}}
* KillerRabbit: Looks sweet and harmless, but thinks it's cute to see her brother and sister beating the crap out of each other and destroying the family home; oh, and she [[InstrumentOfMurder throws pianos]].
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: With Olivier. Katherine is a sweet ProperLady while Olivier is a no-nosense LadyOfWar
* ProperLady: Looks the part and acts it as well... when she's not lifting pianos.
* ShrinkingViolet: Fairly shy around Havoc in the bonus chapter, and according to Alex, doesn't have many men interested in her because of that.
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This is a short summary page for characters from the ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' manga series and its anime adaptation ''Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood''. '''Note''': For the page about the characters from the first anime, see Characters.FullmetalAlchemistAnime.
This Page is for characters from Xing and other general characters.
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'''Rank''': 12th Prince of Xing\\
'''Speciality:''' Swordsmanship/Martial-Arts]
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Ling Yao is a member of the Xing Royal Family, and has the powers that come with it. His appearance marks the start of the large differences between the first anime and manga/''Brotherhood'' anime.
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* AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu: Well [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Xingese]] anyway, and he and the other Xingese characters all fit this trope's stereotype of Chinese people as martial arts masters, though its justified in the fact that every Xingese character so far has been either a noble or a noble's bodyguard, and thus would have been trained in martial arts from a young age.
* BadassNormal: Does not know alchemy or alkahestry at all.
** [[spoiler: BadassAbnormal]]: [[spoiler: After accepting Greed]]
* BenevolentBoss: Ling might run off on them a lot, but he really does care a great deal about his bodyguards and is very protective over them. See also AFatherToHisMen and ReasonableAuthorityFigure.
* BerserkButton: He doesn't explode in the manner of, say, Ed, but just ''try'' to convince Ling that subjects to authority are [[WeHaveReserves expendable]] and it will ensure that he will have a serious bone to pick with you.
* [[spoiler:BerserkerTears]]: [[spoiler:In a terrifying manner when Wrath/King Bradley kills Fu.]]
* BigEater: In fact, he's been known to collapse if he doesn't get enough to eat, which could be ObfuscatingStupidity except that his bodyguards seemed legitimately worried about the possibility when they couldn't find him. If it's for real, it might make him a HandicappedBadass. [[spoiler: Unsurprisingly, though, it's not a problem for Greed.]]
* BigScrewedUpFamily
* [[spoiler: BroughtDownToNormal: Though, it seems [[HeroicSacrifice it was Greed's decision to do so.]]]]
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Ling is a gifted martial artist who is able to hold his own when fighting against Homunculi, despite having no superpowers. Notable accomplishments: fending off [[spoiler: Wrath]] one-handed [[spoiler: while carrying a wounded Lan Fan with his other arm]], and being able to lift up Gluttony, one of the heavier Homunculi.
* CoolSword
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Sure didn't see that one coming
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Like all other less-than-elderly Xingese. [[spoiler: Until he gets possessed by Greed, after which they become the characteristic purple-red of most of the other Homunculi.]]
* [[spoiler:DealWithTheDevil: Or in this case, deal with Father.]]
** [[spoiler:Who, well, practically is. The Devil, I mean.]]
* DetectEvil: All the Xingese characters are trained to sense [[LifeEnergy "the flow of chi"]]...[[spoiler:which comes in pretty useful when dealing with homunculi.]]
* [[spoiler:EnemyWithin: Greed... sort of.]]
* EyesAlwaysShut: He does this deliberately, because he's aware his eyes are [[GoodEyesEvilEyes "shifty"]].
* FaceOfAThug: Ties in with GoodEyesEvilEyes and his aforementioned EyesAlwaysShut habit.
* {{Fainting}}: Has a habit of doing this. Mostly it's from genuine hunger and exhaustion, but on other occasions, it seems to be part of his ObfuscatingStupidity.
* AFatherToHisMen[=/=]PapaWolf: Strongly believes "a King is no King without his people" and will do anything to save his comrades, even if it means risking his life. His bodyguards, Fu and Lan Fan, certainly hold him in extreme high regard in part because of this.
* FunnyForeigner: Well, he's funny and he's a foreigner.
-->''"So Sori! I no understand much language of this countwi!"''
* GoodCounterpart: To King Bradley. Their philosophies on what it means to be a leader are the complete reverse of each others. [[spoiler: The parallel's become even stronger when Ling becomes the only other human-based homunculus, but unlike Bradley who in the process of becoming Wrath burned out most of the souls in his philosopher's stone, possibly including his original soul, Ling maintains his individuality in Greed. Also interesting to note is Bradley's former status as 12th Fuhrer candidate and Ling being the 12th son of the Emperor.]]
* GoodEyesEvilEyes
* {{Greed}}: He's a pretty greedy fellow, given that he a seeks immortality and the power to rule over his country. [[spoiler: It perhaps makes a bit too much sense that he becomes the second Greed]]. To his credit though the reason he even wants those things is so that he may provide for his people in return.
* [[spoiler:HeroicWillpower: Cunningly inverted, he willingly gives up his body to Greed without a fight (which incidentally helps in the long run, as his lack of struggle prevented the philosopher's stone he received from burning out most of its power), but he has enough willpower to maintain his consciousness. From thereon Ling uses a combination of patience and willpower to occasionally wrestle back control of his body from Greed, at least until they start acting more in tandem.]]
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Kinda.... given his tendency of latching onto anyone he thinks might be able to help him achieve his goals, he winds up allied with a plethora of different people at different points of the story whether it's intentional or not. He's definitely at heart a "good guy", however.
* TheIllegal
* ImmortalitySeeker: Ling's reason for coming to Amestris is to find the secret to eternal life (or at least, seems like it, so that his clan can win the Emperor's favor before he dies). [[spoiler: He gets his wish, but it comes with a price...]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Not as much of an outright "jerk" as most other examples, but he does come off as being smug and callous at times, especially when dealing with his personal desires. Nonetheless he genuinely cares about his country and the people close to him.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Extremely convincing when pretending to be [[IdiotHero a complete moron]] - ''even while displaying window-crossing stealth bordering on OffscreenTeleportation''.
* [[KingIncognito Prince Incognito]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Wants to be one. His belief that a King exists to serve his people certainly reflects this, and he already does take into account the feelings and suggestions of his bodyguards.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* SayMyName: ''LAN FAAAAAAAN!!!''
** [[spoiler: ''GREEEEEEEEEEED!!!'']]
* ShadowArchetype: His character parallels Greed in a number of ways. [[spoiler: And then ''he becomes'' Greed.]]
* ShipTease: With Lan Fan. More subtle than most of the other ShipTease's in the series but it's definitely there.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Ling/Lin/Rin, and some offbeat examples like Lynn. Ling seems to be the correct spelling, as his name tag bracelet [[spoiler: when he gets put in jail]] has it written this way.
** Xingese people have proto-Chinese names, so "Ling" (spelled "Lin" in Chinese, and either "Lin" or "Rin" in Japanese) is the correct form.
* SuccessionCrisis: The Emperor's twelfth son, but he could inherit the throne if he successfully wins his favor. [[spoiler:Which he apparently does.]]
* [[spoiler: SuperPoweredEvilSide: Acquires Greed as one.]]
* [[spoiler:SymbioticPossession: Despite being basically forced to receive Greed into himself, they eventually become friends. Greed even pulls a HeroicSacrifice for him, and Ling appears to grieve his loss.]]
* TameHisAnger: From [[spoiler: The time Lan Fan lost her arm to the time he seperated from {{Greed}}.]]
* [[spoiler:ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil]]
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Has a tendency of leaving his shirts always open...
* WarriorPrince
* WhatWereYouThinking: [[spoiler:After his DealWithTheDevil, of course.]]
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Is apparently 15 years old when introduced to the story (a bit younger than Ed), and thus technically a KidHero, although he looks like a fully grown adult and is [[WiseBeyondTheirYears mature beyond his age]].
** Lampshaded a bit when he gets arrested for being an illegal immigrant. The guard questions Ling's age and subsequently refuses to believe he's actually a minor.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lan Fan]]
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'''Affiliation:''' Kingdom of Xing/Clan Yao\\
'''Rank''': Bodyguard\\
'''Speciality:''' Martial-Arts/Weapons Expert/Stealth]
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Ling's female bodyguard.
->Voiced by: NanaMizuki (JP), TrinaNishimura (EN)
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* ActionGirl
* AnimeChineseGirl
* [[spoiler:ArtificialLimbs]]
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
** BadassAdorable: Without her mask, she's rather cute.
* BerserkButton: Ling getting insulted or put in harms way.
* BigDamnHeroes: During [[spoiler:The second fight with Gluttony]].
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: [[spoiler:Has a blade on her automail.]]
* BodyguardCrush: On Ling. [[ShipperOnDeck Ed appears to ship them.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* DetectEvil
* {{Determinator}} - PluckyGirl: [[spoiler: She ''cut off her own arm'' just so Wrath would lose track of her and Ling, and then later managed to recover from the painful and grueling automail surgery and rehabilitation that normally takes 2-3 years to recover from [[UpToEleven in 6 months]].]]
* [[spoiler:DisabledLoveInterest: For Ling.]]
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Becomes completely depressed and angst-ridden during her healing and treatment with living without an arm, but eventually adjusts to it before her automail is finally installed.]]
* HeroicRROD: Comes dangerously close to this several times since she hasn't properly recuperated from the [[spoiler:installation of her automail arm]].
* [[spoiler:IWillOnlySlowYouDown: Tries to pull this when injured and slung over Ling's shoulder while actively being pursued by Bradley. When her attempts to convince Ling that she is not worth saving if it means the loss of his life fail, she cuts her arm off instead to throw Bradley off their trail]].
* KnifeNut: Kunai are her WeaponOfChoice [[spoiler:before getting automail anyway.]]
* LegacyOfService: She comes from a long line of people serving the Royal Family.
* [[spoiler:LifeOrLimbDecision: Cut off her severed left arm in order to distract Wrath, so that she and Ling could escape.]]
* MaskPower: And she actually feels kinda [[{{Moe}} insecure]] when she loses it.
* {{Ninja}}
* PutOnABus[[spoiler:[=/=]TheBusCameBack: After she and her grandfather Fu set off to find an automail mechanic for her lost arm, they aren't seen again until they both make a grand re-entrance near the end where she [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome goes Cuisinart with her new automail on a surprised Gluttony]], complete with music fanfare.]]
* SamusIsAGirl: Is introduced masked and remains silent throughout her first fight with Ed, until he shatters the mask revealing her face and consequently, gender.
* ShipTease: With Ling.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Another rampant case. Ranfan/Ran Fan, Lanfan/Lan Fan, Lang Fan, Lan fun, Ranfun, Ran Fen...
** The official sketch book names her "Ranfun", but shouldn't be considered the definitive spelling, since this same volume lists Al's last name as "Elrick".
** The eyecatches of Brotherhood say it's Lanfan.
* TakeMyHand: Refuses to let go of [[spoiler:Greed/]]Ling's hand when he and Wrath were dangling over the side of a bridge, despite his warning that [[spoiler:her automail couldn't take the strain. It actually started to tear away from her shoulder but she still wouldn't let go]].
* TrickBomb:Seems to prefer the regular Xing grenade and the occasional flashbang.
* {{Tsundere}}: [[BodyguardCrush Ling]] is the recipient of her ''dere''; those who dare so much as look at him the wrong way suffer her ''tsun'', thus making her Type A.
* UnstoppableRage: Subverted, as getting into a rage over protecting Ling actually makes her weaker and prone to mistakes. [[CombatPragmatist Ed]] takes advantage of this and insults Ling during their first fight to make her easier to fight.
* WildGooseChase: [[spoiler:Lan Fan cuts off her own injured arm and tying it to a stray dog so that the Fuhrer, who is following the blood trail, is thrown off.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: May Chang]]
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'''Affiliation:''' Kingdom of Xing/Clan Chang\\
'''Rank''': 17th Princess of Xing\\
'''Speciality:''' Medical Alkahestry/Martial-Arts]
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A Xingese princess from a very minor clan, her goals are similar to Ling's, who is technically her half-brother. She's always accompanied by her tiny panda, Shao May.
->Voiced by: MaiGoto (JP), MonicaRial (EN)\\
Shao May is voiced by: RieKugimiya (JP), Tia Ballard (EN)
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* ActionGirl
* AnimeChineseGirl
* BadassAdorable: She's quite the martial artist, and she's undoubtedly cute.
** BadassPrincess
** LittleMissBadass: See PluckyGirl below.
* [[BottomlessMagazines Bottomless Knife Brace]]: You may be wondering where she gets all those throwing knives. This trope is averted by FridgeBrilliance in that she simply transmutes more from available material.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Has quite the overactive imagination.
* ChildProdigy: Expert at alkahestry and martial arts, and she is still not a teenager yet.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Like most other people of Xing.
* DetectEvil
* EmpathyPet: One of the more literal examples. Her panda not only shares her feelings, but also mimics most of her movements.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses
* HeadPet: See below.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler: Thinks Scar and Yoki are great guys before either has really reformed and distrusts Ed and Al initially.]]
* [[spoiler:HugeGuyTinyGirl: Once she gets over Ed, she's on Al [[UnusualEuphemism like Elvis on a pound of bacon]].]]
* ImmortalitySeeker
* ImpliedLoveInterest: For Alphonse.
* KnifeNut
** FlechetteStorm
** ImprobableAimingSkills: She can effortlessly throw five knives at once to land in a circle.
* KungFuKid
* LovingAShadow: She gets a crush on Ed, coming to believe he's a KnightInShiningArmor. [[spoiler: Then she finds out what Ed's really like, she drops him for Al for similar, but less exaggerated reasons.]]
* TheMedic: Knows some healing alchemy. Oddly enough, she fills this role for her group more than [[spoiler:her teammate Marcoh, who is ''an actual doctor''.]]
* MoralityPet: [[spoiler: For Scar]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Envy tricks her into restoring him/her to his full strength on the Promised Day.]]
* {{Odango}}: With BraidsOfAction to boot.
* PandaingToTheAudience: Shao May
* PerkyFemaleMinion: She fits this to the extent that while she is rather cheerful, the character she follows [[spoiler:Scar]] is very much TheStoic. [[spoiler:Granted, Scar is well on his way to being an AntiHero by the time she meets him.]]
* PluckyGirl: Crosses a Sahara Desert expy and into an unfriendly militaristic nation ALONE, picks a fight while still recovering from a concussion, and [[spoiler:attacks the Big Bad even while knowing that she is totally outclassed by him. Even after being badly wounded, she continues to help out in the final battle.]] [[{{Determinator}} May Chang does not give up]].
* PrincessesPreferPink
* RapunzelHair
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Shao May.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* [[spoiler:SheIsAllGrownUp: In the epilogue she appears to have grown at ''least'' two feet taller.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Where do I begin? May Chan, May Chen, Meichan, May Chang, Mei Chang... it just never ends.
** And Shao May's name can also be spelled Xiao May/Mei...
* SuccessionCrisis: As means to save her [[TheClan lesser clan]].
* TagalongKid: Kind of, she ends up joining [[spoiler:Scar's group]], and while she is the youngest member of the team, she's far from useless or a burden.
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: She has indulgent romantic fantasies towards both Elrics.
* [[spoiler: VictoriousChildhoodFriend: May or may have not become this towards Alphonse in the epilogue. You can take it either way.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Who]]
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'''Affiliation:''' Kingdom of Xing/Clan Yao\\
'''Rank''': Bodyguard\\
'''Speciality:''' Martial-Arts/Weapons Expert/Stealth]
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Ling's other bodyguard and grandfather to Lan Fan.
->Voiced by: Katsunosuke Hori (JP), Kenny Green (EN)
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* BadassGrandpa
* CoolOldGuy
* DetectEvil
* [[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile]]
* HeroicBSOD: He slaps [[spoiler: Lan Fan]] when [[spoiler: he sees that she has lost her arm]], but it's less about him being angry and more about [[ThisCannotBe in denial and shock]]. [[spoiler: Then he falls to his knees and cries.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Subverted when he tries to [[TakingYouWithMe kill both Wrath and himself with explosives]], but Wrath just destroys the wicks on the thing. Played straight when he lets Buccaneer run his sword through his body to finally injure Bradley.]]
* LegacyOfService: His family's served Ling's for a while.
* MaskPower
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Not played for laughs, but Fu is still only about as tall as Ed.
* {{Ninja}}
* OlderSidekick
* OnlyOneName
* OldRetainer
* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:Goes into this mode on King Bradley when he learns what he did to Lan Fan.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Alternately "Fuu", "Huu", [[WhosOnFirst "Who"]]. If ''Brotherhood'''s eyecatches are anything to go by, it's officially the latter.
* [[spoiler:TakingYouWithMe]]: Tries this against King Bradley. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Completely fails at it.]]]]
* TrickBomb: Prefers tear gas grenades and flashbangs
** [[spoiler:[[DoubleSubversion Though it does enable Buccaneer to finally inflict a wound on Bradley. Which in turn allowed Scar to kill him later own.]]]]
* WeakButSkilled: Once he intruded on the fight between Wrath and Greed, Bradley started to take the fight much more seriously. Despite Fu being unable to lay a single blow on Bradley, Bradley actually complimented the older warrior for his skills, even expressing disappointment at [[WorthyOpponent having to kill him]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tim Marcoh]]
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military (formerly)\\
'''Rank''': Major (formerly)\\
'''Speciality:''' Medical Alchemy/Biological Alchemy]
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A state alchemist who served in Ishval, [[spoiler: and creator of some Philosopher's stones.]] Due to his experience in the war he deserts the military, living a quiet life as a country doctor, until trouble comes knocking on his door.
->Voiced by: Masayuki Omoro (JP), Jerry Russell (EN)
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* TheAtoner
* BackAlleyDoctor: In a small country town, and very competent.
* BadassBookworm
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:He basically knew that Envy would track him down, knowing from experience how much the homunculi like to wreck his life]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* CoolOldGuy
* DeathSeeker: On first meeting Scar, he begs the assassin to kill him.
* DefectorFromDecadence
* TheDogBitesBack: One of the most [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome spectacular examples]] of this trope. See CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
* [[spoiler:TheGrotesque: Instead of killing him as requested, Scar disfigures him horribly, so they can travel without Marcoh being recognized.]]
* LetsGetDangerous: You thought taking out poor helpless old Marcoh would be a piece of cake, didn't you [[spoiler:Envy]]? Maybe you shouldn't have [[spoiler:taught the guy everything you knew about Philosopher's Stones, particularly the bits about homunculi being made out of them, and how to destroy them]].
* [[SuicideByCop Suicide By Serial Killer]]: He wants to die without his beloved village being destroyed by the Homunculi. So when Scar shows up in their compound, he tries to punch Scar's BerserkButton and make his death look like an accident. [[spoiler: Scar doesn't kill him, instead he kidnaps him and uses him to get information. Sorry, Marcoh. You were a few days worth of CharacterDevelopment too late for that.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Yoki]]
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military (formerly)\\
'''Rank''': 1st Lieutenant (formerly)\\
'''Speciality:''' Not a Damn Thing]
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Once an insufferable and deeply corrupt bureaucrat that ran the mines in the town of Youswell, Yoki was discharged from the military when the Fullmetal Alchemist showed up for an inspection and lost all his money thanks to his own carelessness. In time, he was found by Scar, who not-entirely-willingly took Yoki on as his sidekick.
->Voiced by: KazukiYao (JP), Barry Yandell (EN)
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* BelatedBackstory: In the anime, the story of how he got kicked out of the military and his history with the Brothers Elric isn't fully related until episode 38, twenty-five episodes after his first appearance.
* ButtMonkey: [[spoiler: Ends up becoming a professional butt monkey in the end -- a circus clown.]]
* BreakTheHaughty
* CarFu: Ramming a car against [[spoiler:Pride]]
* ChekhovsGunman: Even more in ''Brotherhood'', where he's reduced to a brief mention in episode 4 before showing up again in episode 13.
* ChekhovsSkill: Say what you want about him being a crappy mine proprietor, but the man knows his stuff about coal mines.
* TheChewToy
* CowardlySidekick: To Scar.
* DirtyCoward
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Very well hidden, in fact more a heart of fool's gold.
* HostageSituation: Happens, but everyone convinces the hostage-taker [[YouCanKeepHer they don't care]] (at least some of them actually did).
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: [[spoiler:Does this to Envy after its defeat to Marcoh, verbally at least]]. Not to mention running [[spoiler:Pride]] [[CarFu down with a car]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome and gloating about it]].
** In [[spoiler:Pride]]'s case, it's more like "I can't believe I'm doing this shit!" than "[[WhosLaughingNow Look who's laughing now, sucker!]]".
* LovableCoward: Becomes one thanks to character development.
* ServileSnarker: But never to Scar's face.
* SmallNameBigEgo
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Inverted. He's killed rather uncerimoniously in the original anime, but survives in the manga and Brotherhood.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Curtis Butcher Shop]]
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'''Affiliation:''' None\\
'''Rank''': A housewife!\\
'''Speciality:''' Martial-Arts/Alchemy without an Array]
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'''Izumi Curtis'''
Mentor to the Elric brothers, she taught them both alchemy and martial arts, both of which she is a master. Despises State Alchemists. Easily the most {{Badass}} character in the series, [[WorldOfBadass which is saying]] '''[[WorldOfBadass a lot]]'''.
->Voiced by: Shoko Tsuda (JP), ChristineAuten (EN)
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* ActionMom: Or more accurately, Action Teacher.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassBookworm: Of course.
** BadassTeacher
** HandicappedBadass: She's missing several of her internal organs and randomly coughs up BloodFromTheMouth. She is also one of the most frakkin' epic characters in the entire series.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Tends to happen at random, completely freaking out everyone around her. Which, [[DarkComedy in a very rare form of this trope]], is usually PlayedForLaughs.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "''I'm a housewife!''"
** Near the end of the series she deliberately changes it to "I'm an ALCHEMIST!" indicating her intention of giving a good asskicking for the final battle.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Quite possibly one of the strongest characters in the ''[=FMA=]'' universe.
** [[spoiler:[[WeakButSkilled Comparatively Weak, but Skilled]]: She can ''aikido'' you in the air with little effort even if you're stronger than her. Just ask Sloth.]]
* DreadlockRasta
* HappilyMarried
* '''''{{Housewife}}''''': And don't you DARE [[UnderestimatingBadassery look down on her]] for it.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Her husband is easily twice her size and can match muscles with Major Armstrong. NiceGuy for the most part, [[TheButcher runs a butcher shop]], [[GeniusBruiser but don't make him angry]].
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Due to [[spoiler:her failed attempt at human transmutation (fixed later, thanks to an alchemical punch to the gut from Hohenheim, who cannot give her organs back but nullify the effects)]].
* KillerRabbit: At least when compared to her GentleGiant FaceOfAThug husband.
* MamaBear: Not to her children, but her students.
* ParentalSubstitute: She acts very much as a mother figure to the Elric brothers. She's a fan of ToughLove.
* SexyMentor
* ShoeSlap
* SickeninglySweethearts
* SinkOrSwimMentor
* TrainingFromHell: She subjects the Elric brothers to this, to the extent that the very mention of her name makes them tremble with fear. Which is nothing next to the training she endured. It involved [[spoiler:Mt. Briggs and [[EverythingsWorseWithBears fighting bears]]. Which we get to see more of in the 3rd OVA.]]
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'''Affiliation:''' None\\
'''Rank''': None\\
'''Speciality:''' Super-Strength]
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'''Sig Curtis'''
Izumi's husband. A meat butcher who is very protective of his wife, often accompanying her on her travels around Amestris.
->Voiced by: Seiji Sasaki (JP), Bob Carter (EN)
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* BadassBeard
* BadassNormal
* BerserkButton: Other men hitting on his wife is just about the only thing that can drive him to violence.
* BigBeautifulMan: Some female fans think his size and chub make him utterly ''huggable''.
* TheBigGuy
* FaceOfAThug: Ironic, given his wife's violent tendencies. [[spoiler:He even looked like a crime boss [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100502071320/fma/images/7/7f/YoungSig.jpg when he was younger]].]]
* GeniusBruiser: The man runs a butcher shop; his knowledge of an animal's biology is probably better than some alchemists. And he can carry the entire corpse on his shoulders.
* GentleGiant
* HamToHamCombat: [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Engages in an epic muscle-flexing pose-off duel with fellow manly-man Alex Louis Armstrong.]]
** In ''Brotherhood'', they become [[BashBrothers Ham to Ham Bash Brothers.]] [[spoiler: And they kill Sloth immediately afterwards.]]
* HappilyMarried
* HugeGuyTinyGirl
* SatelliteCharacter
* SickeninglySweethearts: Flowers and butterflies literally pelt anyone nearby whenever he and Izumi have a moment. Which is [[RunningGag every time they're on screen together.]]
* StoutStrength: Sig is noticeably portly, but still freakishly strong. He's kind of got that "retired football player" look going for him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Pinako Rockbell]]
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'''Affiliation:''' None\\
'''Rank''': None\\
'''Speciality:''' Mechanic]
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Winry's aged -- but still very spry -- grandmother. Pinako is a master automail engineer who taught Winry everything she knows; it was she who first applied Ed's prosthetic limbs. Also Hohenheim's old drinking buddy.
->Voiced by: MiyokoAso (JP), Juli Erickson (EN), MamiKoyama (JP - Young), Shelley Calene-Black (EN - Young)
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* CoolOldLady
* IWasQuiteALooker: And about three feet taller.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Seriously, she must have lost about half her height during menopause.
* ParentalSubstitute: To her granddaughter, then later to her buddie's two sons as well.
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: She ridicules Ed's lack of height with impunity (though only when he has it coming).
* SmokingIsCool: Her wooden pipe is a permanent fixture on her person.
* WomenAreWiser: Her straightforward attitude helps keep other characters stay grounded.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Trisha Elric]]
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'''Affiliation:''' None\\
'''Rank''': None\\
'''Speciality:''' None]
The common-law wife of Van Hohenheim and the mother of Edward and Alphonse Elric. She was a sweet, gentle woman who was loved dearly by her entire family, even by Hohenheim, who despite having left them, was reluctant to do so. Trisha tries to last until his return, though she ultimately dies of an illness. Ed and Al attempt to revive her with human transmutation set the events of the series in motion.
->Voiced by: YoshinoTakamori (JP), Yuuki Mitsugi (JP - Young), Lydia Mackay (EN)
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* DeathByOriginStory
* GoodParents
* HotMom
* {{Housewife}}
* IWillWaitForYou
* MayDecemberRomance: With Hohenheim.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Again, with Hohenheim.
* MissingMom
* MotherlySidePlait: Page image.
* PosthumousCharacter
* [[spoiler:TogetherInDeath]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Barry the Chopper]]
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military/Homunculi\\
'''Rank''': Prisoner #66\\
'''Speciality:''' Knives/Swordsmanship]
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A serial killer that guards the hidden laboratory used to create the red stones. After being used as a subject in transmutation experiments, his soul was placed into a suit of armor not unlike Al's. While he works for both Roy and the Homunculi over the course of the story, he doesn't really care as long as he gets to chop stuff up.
->Voiced by: Hideyuki Umezu (JP), JerryJewell (EN), Jason Grundy (EN - Human body)
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: For Riza.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:After being destroyed by Lust, he is stuck in a tiny piece of armor, alone in a secret room and unable to move. [[DeathByIrony It gets fixed quickly though.]]]]
* AnimatedArmor
* AxCrazy
* BreakThemByTalking: Gives one mighty lecture to Al, leaving the poor boy questioning his own existence. Note that he was just making crap up to stall and not basing it on any flaws he saw in Al.
* TheButcher: One of his nicknames, and he actually worked as a butcher in the past.
* [[spoiler: DeathByIrony: Killed by his own body.]]
* DualWielding
* ForgottenFallenFriend: Well, "friend" may be a bit of a strectch, but nobody seems to give a damn about what happened to him after [[spoiler:Lust destroyed his armor.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[TokenEvilTeammate Though not much of one]]. Even when working for Roy, he's still a psychotic killer. Probably the only reason he doesn't cut up his allies is because Riza tells him not to.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: At his most heroic he is still a sociopath but his love of cutting things up is played for laughs.
* IgnoredEnemy
* IHaveManyNames: Not that anyone cares.
* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: He measures the attractiveness of women on how much he wants to "chop" them -- voluptuous characters like Lust and Riza are to his taste, but [[AmbiguousGender Envy]] was far too stringy.
* LaughablyEvil: Let's face it, he's more or less devoid of redeeming qualities, but ''damned'' if he isn't funny. He becomes more AffablyEvil later on.
* [[LoveAtFirstPunch Love At First Gunshot]]: Rare male example, as his HeelFaceTurn was prompted by Riza [[CurbStompBattle curbstomping him.]]
* [[HonorBeforeReason Murder Before Reason]]: His original body, now a mindless zombie, constantly chases him on orders from the Homunculi. Being close to him affects his blood seal and threatens to destroy both of them. But rather then stay the heck away from it, Barry gleefully chases it because he finds to the idea of murdering his own flesh to be [[NightmareFetishist really cool]]. [[spoiler: Too bad he got killed in the process.]] This is later made extra-ironic in that [[spoiler:given the eventual [[{{Synchronization}} relationship]] Al is shown to have with his body (which is in the gate), killing his own body would have likely caused his soul to be destroyed anyway]]!
* PetTheDog: Doesn't want to stand by and let Maria Ross get convicted of a crime she didn't commit.
* PsychoForHire
* ReminiscingAboutYourVictims: Does a fair bit of this in the manga.
* SerialKiller
* TokenEvilTeammate: Roy keeps him on a proverbial leash and points him at his own enemies. Since all Barry cares about is chopping things up he charges in that direction.
* WhatMeasureIsAMook: His main reason for leaving the Homunculi is because they regarded him as such.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The Homunculi tried to do this to him. [[spoiler: It took a while, but they ultimately succeeded.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Truth]]
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'''Affiliation:''' Truth\\
'''Speciality:''' Everything]
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Mysterious guardian of the Gates, claims to be "Reality", "the World", and "{{God}}". Not having a form of his own, he takes on the outline of whoever approaches him. Whenever someone attempts human transmutation, (except those who have the Philosopher's Stone) he forces them to pay a toll for trepassing in God's domain. However, he always gives them alchemical skill and knowledge proportional to their sacrifice. Despite his apparent neutrality, he seems to take sadistic pleasure in his tolls, often giving out ironic punishments. Because of him, Ed and Al have lost their limbs and body, Izumi has lost several internal organs[[spoiler:, and Roy has lost his eyesight]].
->Voiced by: Various (JP), LuciChristian (EN)
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* EldritchAbomination
* FanNickname: Truth-kun
* [[GodIsEvil God Is A]] {{Jerkass}}: He's not specifically evil, just rather thorough in his punishment, and, in the end of the manga and Brotherhood, [[spoiler:he's shown to be something of a TricksterMentor who just wants people to learn that alchemy isn't everything]].
*** [[spoiler: Confirmed! He's more of a TricksterMentor.]]
** LightIsNotGood: Regardless of his moral alignment, he is still a sadist white form contrasting the unfortunate alchemist that ended up in the gate.
* IronicHell: Ironic punishment anyway, inflicted on those who attempt to raise the dead.
-->* To [[spoiler: [[strike: Father]] Homunculus]]* "Despair to the conceited."
* KarmaHoudini: Stole Izumi's organs, Al's body, two of Ed's limbs, [[spoiler:and Roy's eyes even though he was completely innocent]]. His punishment? [[spoiler:Nothing!]] Then again, [[FridgeBrilliance being the God equivalent, he essentially]] ''[[FridgeBrilliance is]]'' [[FridgeBrilliance karma.]]
** [[spoiler:Plus, not Roy's eyes. Merely their ability to see things, and that was just until Dr. Marcoh's PhilosophersStone was used to clear that up. [[FridgeBrilliance Something that a keeper of a gate with all knowledge inside referring to itself as things like "reality", "the world", "all", "one", "you", and "God", would probably know.]]]]
*** [[spoiler:[[BeAllMySinsRemembered Not to mention Roy himself would likely be the first to challenge you on that "completely innnocent" part.]]]]
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Taking Roy's sight. This would normally be par for the course for his sadistic sense of justice, except ''Roy was forced into trying human transmutation, something that Truth must know.'' Then again, he did make it a rectifiable punishment for a forced transmutation.]]
** [[spoiler:To be fair with Roy's eyes, the Truth did give him to ability to do transmutation without a circle. It's a exchange not really the Truth's fault even if it wasn't Roy's fault.]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: What he does to [[spoiler: Father]] in the end.
* KingOfAllCosmos
* PetTheDog: May genuinely respect Al, after [[spoiler:Al gives up getting back his body to help save Amestris.]]
** Gets an even bigger one with Ed, after he [[spoiler:surrenders his alchemy:]]
-->'''Truth''': [[spoiler: [[TricksterMentor That was the correct answer, Alchemist.]] [[GracefulLoser You have defeated Truth.]] Take your prize. All of it.]]
** [[spoiler:The moment is arguably even better in the English ''Brotherhood'' dub because of the call back to the Japanese version's "VoiceOfTheLegion of the subject" thing which only exists with this one line in episode 63.]]
-->[[spoiler:"YOU'VE DONE IT! THAT'S THE RIGHT ANSWER! GOOD JOB! YOU BEAT ME! GO AHEAD! TAKE HIM HOME! THE BACK DOOR IS RIGHT OVER THERE! GOODBYE, EDWARD ELRIC!"]]
* PhraseCatcher: When unfortunate alchemist asks who/what he is, Truth always gives the same answer. Yet it's more like Speech than simple catcher. Either way, it's his standard response.
-->'''Truth''': I am "the world". Or perhaps "the universe". I am "God". I am "Truth". I am "all". I am "one". And...I am ''you.''
* ShadowArchetype: Though in an odd way. It is the approximate size [[spoiler:and shape]] of anyone attempting to converse with it. [[spoiler: And in chapter 108 when Homunculus talks to it, Truth takes the shape of a small sphere, just like Homunculus.]]
** WordOfGod is that [[spoiler: every alchemist has their own Truth-kun - (s)he is the part of the One that connects to the All that is the world.]] The last chapter confirms this.
* SlasherSmile: Its only genuine facial feature.
** [[spoiler: It gives a genuine, non-slasher one as part of his hearty congratulation when Ed achieves the "truth behind the truth" and gives his own gate as toll for his Al]].
* [[spoiler:TricksterMentor]]: It was this to Ed all along.
* TheBlank: It's a mere silhouette, unless it's grinning creepily or ''[[BodyHorror wearing someone else's stolen face]]''.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler: Gives one to Father[=/=]Homunculus right before having its own gate swallow it]].
* VoiceOfTheLegion: Especially in the Japanese version, this even takes on the quality of being a legion variant of the voice of whoever he's talking to.
** [[spoiler:When congratulating Ed for the "truth behind the truth", his voice changes into a legion crossover between Ed and Al's.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Greed's Chimeras]]
A group of chimeras who were experimented on by the military. They were presumably busted out by Greed, and now follow him.
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* TrueCompanions
* UndyingLoyalty: They all ended up sacrificing their lives for Greed.
* PunchClockVillain
* PettingZooPeople
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military (formerly)/Devil's Nest\\
'''Rank''': Black-Ops (formerly)\\
'''Speciality:''' SuperStrength/Hammer]
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'''Roa'''
The big guy, and part cow. He faces off against Armstrong during Bradley's raid.
->Voiced by: TetsuInada (JP - 2009 Anime), John Gremellion (EN)
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* ALoadOfBull
* DropTheHammer
* MightyGlacier
* VoluntaryShapeshifting
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military (formerly)/Devil's Nest\\
'''Rank''': Black-Ops (formerly)\\
'''Speciality:''' Knives/Flexibility]
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'''Martel'''
Part Snake. She goes forces herself inside Al's armor to slow him down, during Greed's bid for immortality.
->Voiced by: TakakoHonda (JP - 2009 Anime), TiffanyGrant (EN)
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* CuteMonsterGirl: Martel/Marta is a good-looking young woman with [[FetishFuel great flexibility]], a contrast to the more overt mutations of other chimera characters. In particular, the other reptilian chimera, Bido, is fairly ugly.
* FragileSpeedster
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Subverted, in the first anime, she becomes a supporting character for a few episodes, and even travels with the Elrics, before [[spoiler: getting stabbed to death by Bradley...while she was hiding inside Al's armor.]]
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military (formerly)/Devil's Nest\\
'''Rank''': Black-Ops (formerly)\\
'''Speciality:''' Swordsmanship]
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'''Dolcetto'''
Part dog. Greed's most loyal subordinate.
->Voiced by: Anri Katsu (JP - 2009 Anime), John Burgmeier (EN)
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* CoolSword
* FragileSpeedster
* KatanasAreJustBetter
* TheNoseKnows
* UndyingLoyalty
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'''Affiliation:''' Devil's Nest(formerly)\\
'''Rank''': None\\
'''Speciality:''' Agility]
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'''Bido'''
Part lizard. Greed's messenger, and the only survivor of Bradley's raid. [[spoiler: Is unfortunate to run into the second Greed, mistaking him for his old boss and gets killed by him]].
->Voiced by: YujiUeda (JP), GregAyres (EN)
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* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:His death ultimately drives the second Greed to betray Father]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice
* LizardFolk
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Kimblee's Chimeras]]
A group of chimes that Kimblee brought with him to Briggs - knowing that he can't trust Armstrong's men. Eventually, all four are left for dead by Kimblee, and all end up betraying him in the end. Zampano and Jerso join up with Marcoh and Scar, while Darius and Heinkel save Edward after he was nearly killed by Kimblee, and later join Edward and [[spoiler: the second Greed]].
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* BadassCrew: Chimeras are much stronger than the usual soldier, but these four are clear standouts. They can easily go toe-to-toe with Homunculi, or even Scar!
** Hell, Zampano and Darius even help out taking down [[spoiler:Father]].
* HeelFaceTurn
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Jerso, Zampano, Darius, and Heinkel can shift between human and half-animal forms at will.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: This must be the reason why Kimblee doesn't bother to help Darius and Heinkel from the mineshaft collapse, which leads to their HeelFaceTurn.
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military\\
'''Rank''': Operative\\
'''Speciality:''' SuperStrength/Quills]
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'''Zampano'''
One of Kimblee's original chimeras, a warthog. After defecting, he and Jerso join Marcoh and Scar to unravel the secrets of the country-wide transmutation circle.
->Voiced by: Takashi Hikida (JP), Chris Rager (EN)
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* {{Badass}}: He's a black eyed boar with white skin and intimidating, that's badass.
* PigMan: In his chimera form.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Jerso.
* [[spoiler:ReverseMole]]: [[spoiler: After joining the heroes, he seems to be revealed as TheMole and calls Envy to alert him of their location. Actually he never turned on the heroes, and the call was a trick to lead Envy into a trap.]]
* ScaryShinyGlasses
* WalkingTheEarth: Jerso and Zampano become Al's bodyguards and accompany him in his travels while searching for a way to return to being normal human beings.
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military\\
'''Rank''': Operative\\
'''Speciality:''' Agility/Adhesive Saliva]
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'''Jerso'''
A chimera who takes the form of a toad. After defects with Zampano, he joins Scar and Marcoh in an effort to stop Father.
->Voiced by: Tomoyuki Shimura (JP), Andrew Love (EN)
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* {{Acrofatic}}: Befitting a man who's half-toad, Jerso can leap great distances despite his girth.
* {{Badass}}: A badass frog...guy.
* BreathWeapon: Jerso can spit or drool large globs of sticky, adhesive saliva that hamper his opponents' movement.
* HeteroSexualLifePartners: With Zampano.
* ScaryBlackMan: Averted. Jerso is actually a pretty cool guy.
* WalkingTheEarth: Jerso and Zampano become Al's bodyguards and accompany him in his travels while searching for a way to return to being normal human beings.
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military/Greed-2\\
'''Rank''': Operative\\
'''Speciality:''' SuperStrength]
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'''Darius'''
Kimblee's former henchman who takes the form of a Gorilla. After he and Heinkel are left for dead by Kimblee, they're both saved by a dying Edward. They in turn, save him and become his TrueCompanions. Afterwards, all three then proceed to join [[spoiler: Greed]] to stop Father.
->Voiced by: Madsuo Amada (JP), George Manley (EN)
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* AmbiguouslyGay: In the 4-Koma Theater animated shorts, he seems attracted to men. On the main series, he shows disappointment when Heinkel's lion form does not have paw pads, implying he fetished about his furry form.
** BadassGay
* {{Badass}}: Not as much as his lion partner, but a gorilla is....kinda cool.
* BadassDriver
* TheBigGuy: He and Heinkel fulfill this trope.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Darius the Gorilla.
* MightyGlacier: Not as fast as the other chimeras, relies on brute strength.
* [[MyNameIsNotDurwood My Name Is Not Gorilla]]
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military/Greed-2\\
'''Rank''': Operative\\
'''Speciality:''' Marksmanship / SuperStrength / Agility]
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'''Heinkel'''
Kimblee's chimera who betrayed him along with Darius after they were both left for dead. After saving Edward, they all proceeded to join [[spoiler: Greed's]] gang. He's half lion.
->Voiced by: Shinpachi Tsuji (JP), Bradley Campbell (EN)
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* {{Badass}}: You ''have'' to be a badass to take on Pride solo!
* BadassMustache: When he's not in lion mode, it's blonde. [[LargeHam BUT NOT AS MANLY AS ARMSTRONG'S!]]
* BigDamnHeroes: An injured and battered Heinkel ends up being the one who saves Alphonse and Marcoh from Pride and Kimblee.
* TheBigGuy: fulfills this trope with Darius.
* TheDogBitesBack: He ''literally'' bites [[spoiler:Kimblee's]] neck, gashing his windpipe and fatally injuring him.
* GunsAkimbo: When he's into in lion mode.
* LightningBruiser: Helps being a lion.
* PantheraAwesome: He can turn into a lion hybrid.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Minor Characters]]
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'''Affiliation:''' None\\
'''Rank''': None\\
'''Speciality:''' None]
'''Rosé Thomas'''
A young woman living in the Eastern Amestrian town of Reole. A former Letoist adherent, Rosé was a devout follower of the false prophet Cornello until Edward and Alphonse Elric intervened in the priest's deception of the townspeople and opened her eyes to the truth.
->Voiced by: SatsukiYukino (JP), ColleenClinkenbeard (EN)
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* BreakTheCutie
* IdiotHair
* MulticoloredHair: Her hair is pink in the front and dark in the back.
* TheTragicRose
* WomanInWhite
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'''Affiliation:''' Homunculi\\
'''Speciality:''' Weapon Alchemy]
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'''Father Cornello'''
The first villain the Elrics go up against, Cornello was the leader of the Church of Leto, a cult that controlled the town of Liore. In reality, he was a power-hungry alchemist whose "miracles" were actually performed with a Philosopher's Stone. What Cornello didn't know was that he was an UnwittingPawn for Father, and as soon as he outlived his usefulness, Lust and Gluttony killed him.
->Voiced by: Seizou Katou (JP), Andy Mullins (EN)
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* BaldOfEvil: Compared to the {{Bishonen}} villains, he's pretty normal.
* CardCarryingVillain: An aging bald man who wants to take over the world? Generic? [[BlatantLies Not at all!]] [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded brilliantly by Ed.]]
* EngineeredPublicConfession: How the Elrics take him down.
* [[spoiler:HulkingOut: Pulls this in ''Brotherhood.'']]
* LightIsNotGood: A catholicish looking priest spreading a religion based on a sun god [[spoiler:that looks like Father]]? [[SarcasmMode Must be]] LawfulGood!
* PathOfInspiration: The Leto cult.
* [[spoiler:RedEyesTakeWarning: Brotherhood only.]]
* StarterVillain: Normally, he would last a single chapter, but it was to introduce how {{Badass}} Ed is.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Killed by Lust and Gluttony after his defeat, which was engineered to further their plans).
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military\\
'''Rank''': Major\\
'''Speciality:''' Biological Alchemy]
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'''Shou Tucker'''
The "Sewing-Life" alchemist, who specializes in creating Chimeras. He allows Edward and Alphonse to look into his research as he tries to prepare for the annual reviews. [[spoiler:Two years ago, he turned his wife into a chimera which later starved to death. He later transforms his daughter Nina and dog Alexander into a chimera, to the Elric brothers' horror. He is killed by Scar.]]
->Voiced by: Makoto Nagai (JP) ChuckHuber (EN)
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* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim: The first State Alchemist Scar kills. The Elric brothers don't seem to care about his death, as opposed to that of Nina and Alexander]]. [[spoiler: See the below for clarification.]]
* EvilutionaryBiologist
* GuineaPigFamily: [[spoiler: Uses his own wife and daughter as experiments in order to keep his job.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler:He has no regrets about turning his OWN daughter, a sweet little girl, into a disturbing abomination by fusing her to his own lovable dog.]]
* [[spoiler:MadDoctor]]
* MadScientist: He doesn't fit the traditional profile of this trope, since he's rather calm and polite at first.
* NotSoDifferent: Tries to pull this on Ed. [[SubvertedTrope He doesn't really make the best case, however.]]
* ScaryShinyGlasses
* SoftSpokenSadist
* [[spoiler:StepfordSmiler]]
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'''Affiliation:''' None\\
'''Rank''': None\\
'''Speciality:''' None]
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'''Nina Tucker and Alexander'''
Shou Tucker's daughter and dog. The two get along great with Edward and Alphonse during their visit, since Shou Tucker hardly ever plays with them. [[spoiler:That is, until they're both transformed into a horrific chimera, and later [[MercyKill killed]] by Scar]].
->Nina is voiced by: Sumire Morohoshi (JP), BrinaPalencia (EN)
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* BigFriendlyDog: Alexander
* [[spoiler: BodyHorror]]: [[spoiler: Her own father fuses them both into a sick parody of a humanoid dog, that's literally in constant pain due to the man's incompetence.]]
* CheerfulChild
* ChildProdigy: Not Nina but her seiyū Sumire Morohoshi, who was born in 1999. The anime ran in 2009. Do the math.
* [[spoiler:KillTheCutie]]
* MissingMom: Nina's mother left the family two years ago. [[spoiler:It later turns out that the chimera that starved to death was her mother]].
* [[spoiler:MercyKill: By Scar.]]
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLamb]]: [[spoiler:Most definitely, though unlike some examples Nina is never forgotten - Edward mentions her in the ''very last'' chapter, even!]]
* [[spoiler:TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth]]
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'''Affiliation:''' None\\
'''Rank''': None\\
'''Speciality:''' SuperStrength]
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'''Catherine Ella Armstrong'''
Alex and Olivier's youngest sister.
->Voiced by: RieKugimiya (JP), Kate Oxley (EN)
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* CuteBruiser
* TheCutie
* IdiotHair: Just check out her hair.
* {{Kawaiiko}}
* KillerRabbit: Looks sweet and harmless, but thinks it's cute to see her brother and sister beating the crap out of each other and destroying the family home; oh, and she [[InstrumentOfMurder throws pianos]].
* ProperLady: Looks the part and acts the part... when she's not lifting pianos.
* ShrinkingViolet: Fairly shy around Havoc in the bonus chapter, and according to Alex, doesn't have many men interested in her because of that.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Relatively minor compared to the other characters. It's either "Katherine" or "Catherine."
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Compared to Olivia.
* [[UglyGuysHotDaughter Ugly Guy's Other Hot Daughter]]
* WaifFu
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'''Affiliation:''' None\\
'''Rank''': None\\
'''Speciality:''' None]
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'''Gracia Hughes and Elicia Hughes'''
Beloved wife and daughter of Maes Hughes.
->Gracia is voiced by: Tomoe Hanba (JP), Anastasia Munoz (EN)\\
Elicia is voiced by: MisatoFukuen (JP), CheramiLeigh (EN)
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* [[spoiler:BreakTheCutie: Poor Elicia!]]
* CheerfulChild: Maes has every right to be showing off his daughter.
* DaddysGirl: Elicia.
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: until Envy kills Maes.]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicBSOD: Poor, poor Elincia at her dad's funeral. And later '''poor''' Gracia, after speaking to Ed and Al.]]
* HouseWife: Gracia.
* HotMom: There's a reason why Hughes is so damn obsessed with his family.
* SickeninglySweethearts
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Elicia/Elysia, Gracia/Glacier
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'''Affiliation:''' Ishval\\
'''Rank''': Scholar\\
'''Speciality:''' Destructive Alchemy/Medical Alchemy/Alkahestry]
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'''Scar's Brother'''
[[CaptainObvious Scar's older brother]] who was killed during the Ishval Civil War.
->Voiced by: TakehitoKoyasu (JP), RobertMcCollum (EN)
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* [[spoiler:ChekhovsGun: His research notes are vital in overriding Father's anti-alchemy buffer, and in teaching Scar how to use reconstruction alchemy.]]
** [[spoiler:The latter is also foreshadowed by the left arm of reconstruction he sports in the flashbacks.]]
* CowardlyLion: Can't keep his legs from shaking when the Amestrian army draws near, and considers himself a poor excuse for an older brother, [[spoiler:but is willing to make the ultimate sacrifice when Scar's life is threatened]].
* [[DeadLittleSister Dead Older Brother]]: To Scar.
* FanNickname: Scarbro.
* GoodIsDumb: Despite his [[WideEyedIdealist idealism]], this is completely subverted. [[spoiler:Not only is he a self-taught alchemist from a society that looks down upon it, but he's the first non-Xerxian character to notice the nation-wide Human Transmutation Circle, and figures out how to counter Father's anti-alchemy powers ''before the series even began''.]]
** [[spoiler:Not telling his brother that his research notes contained information on potential mass genocide was kind of stupid, though.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: See LifeOrLimbDecision.]]
* [[spoiler:LifeOrLimbDecision: More like sacrificing his life in order to give his right arm to Scar so that he doesn't bleed out after being injured by Kimblee.]]
* {{Megane}}
* NonActionGuy: Was too busy studying [[spoiler:alchemy and alkahestry]] to fight during the war.
* NoNameGiven
* PosthumousCharacter: He may be dead, [[spoiler:but he plays an incredibly important role in both Scar's CharacterDevelopment, and the endgame.]]
* TheShortGuyWithGlasses: Older than Scar, and not so much shorter as much as merely less brawny, but this trope fits well enough.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses
* [[spoiler:'''SpannerInTheWorks''']]
* WideEyedIdealist: Believes people are capable of working together to bring out the good in each other, and this is a large part of his motivation for [[spoiler:studying alchemy]].
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris\\
'''Rank''': Civilian medics\\
'''Speciality:''' None aside from their medical skills.]
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'''Urey and Sara Rockbell'''
Winry's parents, two doctors who perished in the Ishbalan war. [[spoiler: A traumatised, recently-awakened-to-his-powers Scar is the one who killed them, though if he didn't do so they would've died anyway since Kimblee was tasked with their deaths.]]
->Voiced by:\\
Urey: MasakiTerasoma (JP), Joel [=McDonald=] (EN)\\
Sara: YuriAmano (JP), CaitlinGlass (EN)
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* DeathByOriginStory
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest
* [[HotDad Hot]] [[HotMom Parents]]
* [[spoiler: MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: What Kimblee was supposed to do to them, so that the military would not be forced to waste resources ensuring their protection.]]
* TheMedic: Both of them.
* [[spoiler:NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: They saved Scar's life. He kills them in a FreakOut.]]
* PluckyGirl: Sara could've left and gone home easily but refused to do so, saying that Winry and Pinako wouldn't forgive her if she did.
* [[spoiler: TogetherInDeath: We see their lifeless bodies in an embrace.]]
* WideEyedIdealist: Well, they ''did'' attend people of any origins while in the war. [[spoiler: And that backfired fatally on them, considering not only what the military thought of them both, but also Scar's rampage.]]
[[/folder]]
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[[folder:Ling Yao]]
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'''Affiliation:''' Kingdom of Xing/Clan Yao\\
'''Rank''': 12th Prince of Xing\\
'''Speciality:''' Swordsmanship/Martial-Arts]
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Ling Yao is a member of the Xing Royal Family, and has the powers that come with it. His appearance marks the start of the large differences between the first anime and manga/''Brotherhood'' anime.
->Voiced by: MamoruMiyano (JP), ToddHaberkorn (EN)
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* AllChinesePeopleKnowKungFu: Well [[FantasyCounterpartCulture Xingese]] anyway, and he and the other Xingese characters all fit this trope's stereotype of Chinese people as martial arts masters, though its justified in the fact that every Xingese character so far has been either a noble or a noble's bodyguard, and thus would have been trained in martial arts from a young age.
* BadassNormal: Does not know alchemy or alkahestry at all.
** [[spoiler: BadassAbnormal]]: [[spoiler: After accepting Greed]]
* BenevolentBoss: Ling might run off on them a lot, but he really does care a great deal about his bodyguards and is very protective over them. See also AFatherToHisMen and ReasonableAuthorityFigure.
* BerserkButton: He doesn't explode in the manner of, say, Ed, but just ''try'' to convince Ling that subjects to authority are [[WeHaveReserves expendable]] and it will ensure that he will have a serious bone to pick with you.
* [[spoiler:BerserkerTears]]: [[spoiler:In a terrifying manner when Wrath/King Bradley kills Fu.]]
* BigEater: In fact, he's been known to collapse if he doesn't get enough to eat, which could be ObfuscatingStupidity except that his bodyguards seemed legitimately worried about the possibility when they couldn't find him. If it's for real, it might make him a HandicappedBadass. [[spoiler: Unsurprisingly, though, it's not a problem for Greed.]]
* BigScrewedUpFamily
* [[spoiler: BroughtDownToNormal: Though, it seems [[HeroicSacrifice it was Greed's decision to do so.]]]]
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Ling is a gifted martial artist who is able to hold his own when fighting against Homunculi, despite having no superpowers. Notable accomplishments: fending off [[spoiler: Wrath]] one-handed [[spoiler: while carrying a wounded Lan Fan with his other arm]], and being able to lift up Gluttony, one of the heavier Homunculi.
* CoolSword
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Sure didn't see that one coming
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Like all other less-than-elderly Xingese. [[spoiler: Until he gets possessed by Greed, after which they become the characteristic purple-red of most of the other Homunculi.]]
* [[spoiler:DealWithTheDevil: Or in this case, deal with Father.]]
** [[spoiler:Who, well, practically is. The Devil, I mean.]]
* DetectEvil: All the Xingese characters are trained to sense [[LifeEnergy "the flow of chi"]]...[[spoiler:which comes in pretty useful when dealing with homunculi.]]
* [[spoiler:EnemyWithin: Greed... sort of.]]
* EyesAlwaysShut: He does this deliberately, because he's aware his eyes are [[GoodEyesEvilEyes "shifty"]].
* FaceOfAThug: Ties in with GoodEyesEvilEyes and his aforementioned EyesAlwaysShut habit.
* {{Fainting}}: Has a habit of doing this. Mostly it's from genuine hunger and exhaustion, but on other occasions, it seems to be part of his ObfuscatingStupidity.
* AFatherToHisMen[=/=]PapaWolf: Strongly believes "a King is no King without his people" and will do anything to save his comrades, even if it means risking his life. His bodyguards, Fu and Lan Fan, certainly hold him in extreme high regard in part because of this.
* FunnyForeigner: Well, he's funny and he's a foreigner.
-->''"So Sori! I no understand much language of this countwi!"''
* GoodCounterpart: To King Bradley. Their philosophies on what it means to be a leader are the complete reverse of each others. [[spoiler: The parallel's become even stronger when Ling becomes the only other human-based homunculus, but unlike Bradley who in the process of becoming Wrath burned out most of the souls in his philosopher's stone, possibly including his original soul, Ling maintains his individuality in Greed. Also interesting to note is Bradley's former status as 12th Fuhrer candidate and Ling being the 12th son of the Emperor.]]
* GoodEyesEvilEyes
* {{Greed}}: He's a pretty greedy fellow, given that he a seeks immortality and the power to rule over his country. [[spoiler: It perhaps makes a bit too much sense that he becomes the second Greed]]. To his credit though the reason he even wants those things is so that he may provide for his people in return.
* [[spoiler:HeroicWillpower: Cunningly inverted, he willingly gives up his body to Greed without a fight (which incidentally helps in the long run, as his lack of struggle prevented the philosopher's stone he received from burning out most of its power), but he has enough willpower to maintain his consciousness. From thereon Ling uses a combination of patience and willpower to occasionally wrestle back control of his body from Greed, at least until they start acting more in tandem.]]
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Kinda.... given his tendency of latching onto anyone he thinks might be able to help him achieve his goals, he winds up allied with a plethora of different people at different points of the story whether it's intentional or not. He's definitely at heart a "good guy", however.
* TheIllegal
* ImmortalitySeeker: Ling's reason for coming to Amestris is to find the secret to eternal life (or at least, seems like it, so that his clan can win the Emperor's favor before he dies). [[spoiler: He gets his wish, but it comes with a price...]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Not as much of an outright "jerk" as most other examples, but he does come off as being smug and callous at times, especially when dealing with his personal desires. Nonetheless he genuinely cares about his country and the people close to him.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Extremely convincing when pretending to be [[IdiotHero a complete moron]] - ''even while displaying window-crossing stealth bordering on OffscreenTeleportation''.
* [[KingIncognito Prince Incognito]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Wants to be one. His belief that a King exists to serve his people certainly reflects this, and he already does take into account the feelings and suggestions of his bodyguards.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* SayMyName: ''LAN FAAAAAAAN!!!''
** [[spoiler: ''GREEEEEEEEEEED!!!'']]
* ShadowArchetype: His character parallels Greed in a number of ways. [[spoiler: And then ''he becomes'' Greed.]]
* ShipTease: With Lan Fan. More subtle than most of the other ShipTease's in the series but it's definitely there.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Ling/Lin/Rin, and some offbeat examples like Lynn. Ling seems to be the correct spelling, as his name tag bracelet [[spoiler: when he gets put in jail]] has it written this way.
** Xingese people have proto-Chinese names, so "Ling" (spelled "Lin" in Chinese, and either "Lin" or "Rin" in Japanese) is the correct form.
* SuccessionCrisis: The Emperor's twelfth son, but he could inherit the throne if he successfully wins his favor. [[spoiler:Which he apparently does.]]
* [[spoiler: SuperPoweredEvilSide: Acquires Greed as one.]]
* [[spoiler:SymbioticPossession: Despite being basically forced to receive Greed into himself, they eventually become friends. Greed even pulls a HeroicSacrifice for him, and Ling appears to grieve his loss.]]
* TameHisAnger: From [[spoiler: The time Lan Fan lost her arm to the time he seperated from {{Greed}}.]]
* [[spoiler:ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil]]
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Has a tendency of leaving his shirts always open...
* WarriorPrince
* WhatWereYouThinking: [[spoiler:After his DealWithTheDevil, of course.]]
* YoungerThanTheyLook: Is apparently 15 years old when introduced to the story (a bit younger than Ed), and thus technically a KidHero, although he looks like a fully grown adult and is [[WiseBeyondTheirYears mature beyond his age]].
** Lampshaded a bit when he gets arrested for being an illegal immigrant. The guard questions Ling's age and subsequently refuses to believe he's actually a minor.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Lan Fan]]
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'''Affiliation:''' Kingdom of Xing/Clan Yao\\
'''Rank''': Bodyguard\\
'''Speciality:''' Martial-Arts/Weapons Expert/Stealth]
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Ling's female bodyguard.
->Voiced by: NanaMizuki (JP), TrinaNishimura (EN)
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* ActionGirl
* AnimeChineseGirl
* [[spoiler:ArtificialLimbs]]
* {{Badass}}
** BadassNormal
** BadassAdorable: Without her mask, she's rather cute.
* BerserkButton: Ling getting insulted or put in harms way.
* BigDamnHeroes: During [[spoiler:The second fight with Gluttony]].
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: [[spoiler:Has a blade on her automail.]]
* BodyguardCrush: On Ling. [[ShipperOnDeck Ed appears to ship them.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* DetectEvil
* {{Determinator}} - PluckyGirl: [[spoiler: She ''cut off her own arm'' just so Wrath would lose track of her and Ling, and then later managed to recover from the painful and grueling automail surgery and rehabilitation that normally takes 2-3 years to recover from [[UpToEleven in 6 months]].]]
* [[spoiler:DisabledLoveInterest: For Ling.]]
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Becomes completely depressed and angst-ridden during her healing and treatment with living without an arm, but eventually adjusts to it before her automail is finally installed.]]
* HeroicRROD: Comes dangerously close to this several times since she hasn't properly recuperated from the [[spoiler:installation of her automail arm]].
* [[spoiler:IWillOnlySlowYouDown: Tries to pull this when injured and slung over Ling's shoulder while actively being pursued by Bradley. When her attempts to convince Ling that she is not worth saving if it means the loss of his life fail, she cuts her arm off instead to throw Bradley off their trail]].
* KnifeNut: Kunai are her WeaponOfChoice [[spoiler:before getting automail anyway.]]
* LegacyOfService: She comes from a long line of people serving the Royal Family.
* [[spoiler:LifeOrLimbDecision: Cut off her severed left arm in order to distract Wrath, so that she and Ling could escape.]]
* MaskPower: And she actually feels kinda [[{{Moe}} insecure]] when she loses it.
* {{Ninja}}
* PutOnABus[[spoiler:[=/=]TheBusCameBack: After she and her grandfather Fu set off to find an automail mechanic for her lost arm, they aren't seen again until they both make a grand re-entrance near the end where she [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome goes Cuisinart with her new automail on a surprised Gluttony]], complete with music fanfare.]]
* SamusIsAGirl: Is introduced masked and remains silent throughout her first fight with Ed, until he shatters the mask revealing her face and consequently, gender.
* ShipTease: With Ling.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Another rampant case. Ranfan/Ran Fan, Lanfan/Lan Fan, Lang Fan, Lan fun, Ranfun, Ran Fen...
** The official sketch book names her "Ranfun", but shouldn't be considered the definitive spelling, since this same volume lists Al's last name as "Elrick".
** The eyecatches of Brotherhood say it's Lanfan.
* TakeMyHand: Refuses to let go of [[spoiler:Greed/]]Ling's hand when he and Wrath were dangling over the side of a bridge, despite his warning that [[spoiler:her automail couldn't take the strain. It actually started to tear away from her shoulder but she still wouldn't let go]].
* TrickBomb:Seems to prefer the regular Xing grenade and the occasional flashbang.
* {{Tsundere}}: [[BodyguardCrush Ling]] is the recipient of her ''dere''; those who dare so much as look at him the wrong way suffer her ''tsun'', thus making her Type A.
* UnstoppableRage: Subverted, as getting into a rage over protecting Ling actually makes her weaker and prone to mistakes. [[CombatPragmatist Ed]] takes advantage of this and insults Ling during their first fight to make her easier to fight.
* WildGooseChase: [[spoiler:Lan Fan cuts off her own injured arm and tying it to a stray dog so that the Fuhrer, who is following the blood trail, is thrown off.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: May Chang]]
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'''Affiliation:''' Kingdom of Xing/Clan Chang\\
'''Rank''': 17th Princess of Xing\\
'''Speciality:''' Medical Alkahestry/Martial-Arts]
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A Xingese princess from a very minor clan, her goals are similar to Ling's, who is technically her half-brother. She's always accompanied by her tiny panda, Shao May.
->Voiced by: MaiGoto (JP), MonicaRial (EN)\\
Shao May is voiced by: RieKugimiya (JP), Tia Ballard (EN)
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* ActionGirl
* AnimeChineseGirl
* BadassAdorable: She's quite the martial artist, and she's undoubtedly cute.
** BadassPrincess
** LittleMissBadass: See PluckyGirl below.
* [[BottomlessMagazines Bottomless Knife Brace]]: You may be wondering where she gets all those throwing knives. This trope is averted by FridgeBrilliance in that she simply transmutes more from available material.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Has quite the overactive imagination.
* ChildProdigy: Expert at alkahestry and martial arts, and she is still not a teenager yet.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Like most other people of Xing.
* DetectEvil
* EmpathyPet: One of the more literal examples. Her panda not only shares her feelings, but also mimics most of her movements.
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses
* HeadPet: See below.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler: Thinks Scar and Yoki are great guys before either has really reformed and distrusts Ed and Al initially.]]
* [[spoiler:HugeGuyTinyGirl: Once she gets over Ed, she's on Al [[UnusualEuphemism like Elvis on a pound of bacon]].]]
* ImmortalitySeeker
* ImpliedLoveInterest: For Alphonse.
* KnifeNut
** FlechetteStorm
** ImprobableAimingSkills: She can effortlessly throw five knives at once to land in a circle.
* KungFuKid
* LovingAShadow: She gets a crush on Ed, coming to believe he's a KnightInShiningArmor. [[spoiler: Then she finds out what Ed's really like, she drops him for Al for similar, but less exaggerated reasons.]]
* TheMedic: Knows some healing alchemy. Oddly enough, she fills this role for her group more than [[spoiler:her teammate Marcoh, who is ''an actual doctor''.]]
* MoralityPet: [[spoiler: For Scar]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Envy tricks her into restoring him/her to his full strength on the Promised Day.]]
* {{Odango}}: With BraidsOfAction to boot.
* PandaingToTheAudience: Shao May
* PerkyFemaleMinion: She fits this to the extent that while she is rather cheerful, the character she follows [[spoiler:Scar]] is very much TheStoic. [[spoiler:Granted, Scar is well on his way to being an AntiHero by the time she meets him.]]
* PluckyGirl: Crosses a Sahara Desert expy and into an unfriendly militaristic nation ALONE, picks a fight while still recovering from a concussion, and [[spoiler:attacks the Big Bad even while knowing that she is totally outclassed by him. Even after being badly wounded, she continues to help out in the final battle.]] [[{{Determinator}} May Chang does not give up]].
* PrincessesPreferPink
* RapunzelHair
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Shao May.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* [[spoiler:SheIsAllGrownUp: In the epilogue she appears to have grown at ''least'' two feet taller.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Where do I begin? May Chan, May Chen, Meichan, May Chang, Mei Chang... it just never ends.
** And Shao May's name can also be spelled Xiao May/Mei...
* SuccessionCrisis: As means to save her [[TheClan lesser clan]].
* TagalongKid: Kind of, she ends up joining [[spoiler:Scar's group]], and while she is the youngest member of the team, she's far from useless or a burden.
* ThinksLikeARomanceNovel: She has indulgent romantic fantasies towards both Elrics.
* [[spoiler: VictoriousChildhoodFriend: May or may have not become this towards Alphonse in the epilogue. You can take it either way.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Who]]
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'''Affiliation:''' Kingdom of Xing/Clan Yao\\
'''Rank''': Bodyguard\\
'''Speciality:''' Martial-Arts/Weapons Expert/Stealth]
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Ling's other bodyguard and grandfather to Lan Fan.
->Voiced by: Katsunosuke Hori (JP), Kenny Green (EN)
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* BadassGrandpa
* CoolOldGuy
* DetectEvil
* [[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile]]
* HeroicBSOD: He slaps [[spoiler: Lan Fan]] when [[spoiler: he sees that she has lost her arm]], but it's less about him being angry and more about [[ThisCannotBe in denial and shock]]. [[spoiler: Then he falls to his knees and cries.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: Subverted when he tries to [[TakingYouWithMe kill both Wrath and himself with explosives]], but Wrath just destroys the wicks on the thing. Played straight when he lets Buccaneer run his sword through his body to finally injure Bradley.]]
* LegacyOfService: His family's served Ling's for a while.
* MaskPower
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Not played for laughs, but Fu is still only about as tall as Ed.
* {{Ninja}}
* OlderSidekick
* OnlyOneName
* OldRetainer
* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:Goes into this mode on King Bradley when he learns what he did to Lan Fan.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Alternately "Fuu", "Huu", [[WhosOnFirst "Who"]]. If ''Brotherhood'''s eyecatches are anything to go by, it's officially the latter.
* [[spoiler:TakingYouWithMe]]: Tries this against King Bradley. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Completely fails at it.]]]]
* TrickBomb: Prefers tear gas grenades and flashbangs
** [[spoiler:[[DoubleSubversion Though it does enable Buccaneer to finally inflict a wound on Bradley. Which in turn allowed Scar to kill him later own.]]]]
* WeakButSkilled: Once he intruded on the fight between Wrath and Greed, Bradley started to take the fight much more seriously. Despite Fu being unable to lay a single blow on Bradley, Bradley actually complimented the older warrior for his skills, even expressing disappointment at [[WorthyOpponent having to kill him]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tim Marcoh]]
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military (formerly)\\
'''Rank''': Major (formerly)\\
'''Speciality:''' Medical Alchemy/Biological Alchemy]
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A state alchemist who served in Ishval, [[spoiler: and creator of some Philosopher's stones.]] Due to his experience in the war he deserts the military, living a quiet life as a country doctor, until trouble comes knocking on his door.
->Voiced by: Masayuki Omoro (JP), Jerry Russell (EN)
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* TheAtoner
* BackAlleyDoctor: In a small country town, and very competent.
* BadassBookworm
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:He basically knew that Envy would track him down, knowing from experience how much the homunculi like to wreck his life]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes
* CoolOldGuy
* DeathSeeker: On first meeting Scar, he begs the assassin to kill him.
* DefectorFromDecadence
* TheDogBitesBack: One of the most [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome spectacular examples]] of this trope. See CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
* [[spoiler:TheGrotesque: Instead of killing him as requested, Scar disfigures him horribly, so they can travel without Marcoh being recognized.]]
* LetsGetDangerous: You thought taking out poor helpless old Marcoh would be a piece of cake, didn't you [[spoiler:Envy]]? Maybe you shouldn't have [[spoiler:taught the guy everything you knew about Philosopher's Stones, particularly the bits about homunculi being made out of them, and how to destroy them]].
* [[SuicideByCop Suicide By Serial Killer]]: He wants to die without his beloved village being destroyed by the Homunculi. So when Scar shows up in their compound, he tries to punch Scar's BerserkButton and make his death look like an accident. [[spoiler: Scar doesn't kill him, instead he kidnaps him and uses him to get information. Sorry, Marcoh. You were a few days worth of CharacterDevelopment too late for that.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Yoki]]
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military (formerly)\\
'''Rank''': 1st Lieutenant (formerly)\\
'''Speciality:''' Not a Damn Thing]
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Once an insufferable and deeply corrupt bureaucrat that ran the mines in the town of Youswell, Yoki was discharged from the military when the Fullmetal Alchemist showed up for an inspection and lost all his money thanks to his own carelessness. In time, he was found by Scar, who not-entirely-willingly took Yoki on as his sidekick.
->Voiced by: KazukiYao (JP), Barry Yandell (EN)
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* BelatedBackstory: In the anime, the story of how he got kicked out of the military and his history with the Brothers Elric isn't fully related until episode 38, twenty-five episodes after his first appearance.
* ButtMonkey: [[spoiler: Ends up becoming a professional butt monkey in the end -- a circus clown.]]
* BreakTheHaughty
* CarFu: Ramming a car against [[spoiler:Pride]]
* ChekhovsGunman: Even more in ''Brotherhood'', where he's reduced to a brief mention in episode 4 before showing up again in episode 13.
* ChekhovsSkill: Say what you want about him being a crappy mine proprietor, but the man knows his stuff about coal mines.
* TheChewToy
* CowardlySidekick: To Scar.
* DirtyCoward
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Very well hidden, in fact more a heart of fool's gold.
* HostageSituation: Happens, but everyone convinces the hostage-taker [[YouCanKeepHer they don't care]] (at least some of them actually did).
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: [[spoiler:Does this to Envy after its defeat to Marcoh, verbally at least]]. Not to mention running [[spoiler:Pride]] [[CarFu down with a car]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome and gloating about it]].
** In [[spoiler:Pride]]'s case, it's more like "I can't believe I'm doing this shit!" than "[[WhosLaughingNow Look who's laughing now, sucker!]]".
* LovableCoward: Becomes one thanks to character development.
* ServileSnarker: But never to Scar's face.
* SmallNameBigEgo
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Inverted. He's killed rather uncerimoniously in the original anime, but survives in the manga and Brotherhood.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Curtis Butcher Shop]]
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'''Affiliation:''' None\\
'''Rank''': A housewife!\\
'''Speciality:''' Martial-Arts/Alchemy without an Array]
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'''Izumi Curtis'''
Mentor to the Elric brothers, she taught them both alchemy and martial arts, both of which she is a master. Despises State Alchemists. Easily the most {{Badass}} character in the series, [[WorldOfBadass which is saying]] '''[[WorldOfBadass a lot]]'''.
->Voiced by: Shoko Tsuda (JP), ChristineAuten (EN)
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* ActionMom: Or more accurately, Action Teacher.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassBookworm: Of course.
** BadassTeacher
** HandicappedBadass: She's missing several of her internal organs and randomly coughs up BloodFromTheMouth. She is also one of the most frakkin' epic characters in the entire series.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Tends to happen at random, completely freaking out everyone around her. Which, [[DarkComedy in a very rare form of this trope]], is usually PlayedForLaughs.
* {{Catchphrase}}: "''I'm a housewife!''"
** Near the end of the series she deliberately changes it to "I'm an ALCHEMIST!" indicating her intention of giving a good asskicking for the final battle.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Quite possibly one of the strongest characters in the ''[=FMA=]'' universe.
** [[spoiler:[[WeakButSkilled Comparatively Weak, but Skilled]]: She can ''aikido'' you in the air with little effort even if you're stronger than her. Just ask Sloth.]]
* DreadlockRasta
* HappilyMarried
* '''''{{Housewife}}''''': And don't you DARE [[UnderestimatingBadassery look down on her]] for it.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Her husband is easily twice her size and can match muscles with Major Armstrong. NiceGuy for the most part, [[TheButcher runs a butcher shop]], [[GeniusBruiser but don't make him angry]].
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Due to [[spoiler:her failed attempt at human transmutation (fixed later, thanks to an alchemical punch to the gut from Hohenheim, who cannot give her organs back but nullify the effects)]].
* KillerRabbit: At least when compared to her GentleGiant FaceOfAThug husband.
* MamaBear: Not to her children, but her students.
* ParentalSubstitute: She acts very much as a mother figure to the Elric brothers. She's a fan of ToughLove.
* SexyMentor
* ShoeSlap
* SickeninglySweethearts
* SinkOrSwimMentor
* TrainingFromHell: She subjects the Elric brothers to this, to the extent that the very mention of her name makes them tremble with fear. Which is nothing next to the training she endured. It involved [[spoiler:Mt. Briggs and [[EverythingsWorseWithBears fighting bears]]. Which we get to see more of in the 3rd OVA.]]
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'''Affiliation:''' None\\
'''Rank''': None\\
'''Speciality:''' Super-Strength]
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'''Sig Curtis'''
Izumi's husband. A meat butcher who is very protective of his wife, often accompanying her on her travels around Amestris.
->Voiced by: Seiji Sasaki (JP), Bob Carter (EN)
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* BadassBeard
* BadassNormal
* BerserkButton: Other men hitting on his wife is just about the only thing that can drive him to violence.
* BigBeautifulMan: Some female fans think his size and chub make him utterly ''huggable''.
* TheBigGuy
* FaceOfAThug: Ironic, given his wife's violent tendencies. [[spoiler:He even looked like a crime boss [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100502071320/fma/images/7/7f/YoungSig.jpg when he was younger]].]]
* GeniusBruiser: The man runs a butcher shop; his knowledge of an animal's biology is probably better than some alchemists. And he can carry the entire corpse on his shoulders.
* GentleGiant
* HamToHamCombat: [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Engages in an epic muscle-flexing pose-off duel with fellow manly-man Alex Louis Armstrong.]]
** In ''Brotherhood'', they become [[BashBrothers Ham to Ham Bash Brothers.]] [[spoiler: And they kill Sloth immediately afterwards.]]
* HappilyMarried
* HugeGuyTinyGirl
* SatelliteCharacter
* SickeninglySweethearts: Flowers and butterflies literally pelt anyone nearby whenever he and Izumi have a moment. Which is [[RunningGag every time they're on screen together.]]
* StoutStrength: Sig is noticeably portly, but still freakishly strong. He's kind of got that "retired football player" look going for him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Pinako Rockbell]]
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'''Affiliation:''' None\\
'''Rank''': None\\
'''Speciality:''' Mechanic]
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Winry's aged -- but still very spry -- grandmother. Pinako is a master automail engineer who taught Winry everything she knows; it was she who first applied Ed's prosthetic limbs. Also Hohenheim's old drinking buddy.
->Voiced by: MiyokoAso (JP), Juli Erickson (EN), MamiKoyama (JP - Young), Shelley Calene-Black (EN - Young)
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* CoolOldLady
* IWasQuiteALooker: And about three feet taller.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Seriously, she must have lost about half her height during menopause.
* ParentalSubstitute: To her granddaughter, then later to her buddie's two sons as well.
* ScrewPolitenessImASenior: She ridicules Ed's lack of height with impunity (though only when he has it coming).
* SmokingIsCool: Her wooden pipe is a permanent fixture on her person.
* WomenAreWiser: Her straightforward attitude helps keep other characters stay grounded.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Trisha Elric]]
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'''Affiliation:''' None\\
'''Rank''': None\\
'''Speciality:''' None]
The common-law wife of Van Hohenheim and the mother of Edward and Alphonse Elric. She was a sweet, gentle woman who was loved dearly by her entire family, even by Hohenheim, who despite having left them, was reluctant to do so. Trisha tries to last until his return, though she ultimately dies of an illness. Ed and Al attempt to revive her with human transmutation set the events of the series in motion.
->Voiced by: YoshinoTakamori (JP), Yuuki Mitsugi (JP - Young), Lydia Mackay (EN)
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* DeathByOriginStory
* GoodParents
* HotMom
* {{Housewife}}
* IWillWaitForYou
* MayDecemberRomance: With Hohenheim.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Again, with Hohenheim.
* MissingMom
* MotherlySidePlait: Page image.
* PosthumousCharacter
* [[spoiler:TogetherInDeath]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Barry the Chopper]]
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military/Homunculi\\
'''Rank''': Prisoner #66\\
'''Speciality:''' Knives/Swordsmanship]
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A serial killer that guards the hidden laboratory used to create the red stones. After being used as a subject in transmutation experiments, his soul was placed into a suit of armor not unlike Al's. While he works for both Roy and the Homunculi over the course of the story, he doesn't really care as long as he gets to chop stuff up.
->Voiced by: Hideyuki Umezu (JP), JerryJewell (EN), Jason Grundy (EN - Human body)
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* AbhorrentAdmirer: For Riza.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:After being destroyed by Lust, he is stuck in a tiny piece of armor, alone in a secret room and unable to move. [[DeathByIrony It gets fixed quickly though.]]]]
* AnimatedArmor
* AxCrazy
* BreakThemByTalking: Gives one mighty lecture to Al, leaving the poor boy questioning his own existence. Note that he was just making crap up to stall and not basing it on any flaws he saw in Al.
* TheButcher: One of his nicknames, and he actually worked as a butcher in the past.
* [[spoiler: DeathByIrony: Killed by his own body.]]
* DualWielding
* ForgottenFallenFriend: Well, "friend" may be a bit of a strectch, but nobody seems to give a damn about what happened to him after [[spoiler:Lust destroyed his armor.]]
* HeelFaceTurn: [[TokenEvilTeammate Though not much of one]]. Even when working for Roy, he's still a psychotic killer. Probably the only reason he doesn't cut up his allies is because Riza tells him not to.
* HeroicComedicSociopath: At his most heroic he is still a sociopath but his love of cutting things up is played for laughs.
* IgnoredEnemy
* IHaveManyNames: Not that anyone cares.
* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: He measures the attractiveness of women on how much he wants to "chop" them -- voluptuous characters like Lust and Riza are to his taste, but [[AmbiguousGender Envy]] was far too stringy.
* LaughablyEvil: Let's face it, he's more or less devoid of redeeming qualities, but ''damned'' if he isn't funny. He becomes more AffablyEvil later on.
* [[LoveAtFirstPunch Love At First Gunshot]]: Rare male example, as his HeelFaceTurn was prompted by Riza [[CurbStompBattle curbstomping him.]]
* [[HonorBeforeReason Murder Before Reason]]: His original body, now a mindless zombie, constantly chases him on orders from the Homunculi. Being close to him affects his blood seal and threatens to destroy both of them. But rather then stay the heck away from it, Barry gleefully chases it because he finds to the idea of murdering his own flesh to be [[NightmareFetishist really cool]]. [[spoiler: Too bad he got killed in the process.]] This is later made extra-ironic in that [[spoiler:given the eventual [[{{Synchronization}} relationship]] Al is shown to have with his body (which is in the gate), killing his own body would have likely caused his soul to be destroyed anyway]]!
* PetTheDog: Doesn't want to stand by and let Maria Ross get convicted of a crime she didn't commit.
* PsychoForHire
* ReminiscingAboutYourVictims: Does a fair bit of this in the manga.
* SerialKiller
* TokenEvilTeammate: Roy keeps him on a proverbial leash and points him at his own enemies. Since all Barry cares about is chopping things up he charges in that direction.
* WhatMeasureIsAMook: His main reason for leaving the Homunculi is because they regarded him as such.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The Homunculi tried to do this to him. [[spoiler: It took a while, but they ultimately succeeded.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: The Truth]]
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'''Affiliation:''' Truth\\
'''Speciality:''' Everything]
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Mysterious guardian of the Gates, claims to be "Reality", "the World", and "{{God}}". Not having a form of his own, he takes on the outline of whoever approaches him. Whenever someone attempts human transmutation, (except those who have the Philosopher's Stone) he forces them to pay a toll for trepassing in God's domain. However, he always gives them alchemical skill and knowledge proportional to their sacrifice. Despite his apparent neutrality, he seems to take sadistic pleasure in his tolls, often giving out ironic punishments. Because of him, Ed and Al have lost their limbs and body, Izumi has lost several internal organs[[spoiler:, and Roy has lost his eyesight]].
->Voiced by: Various (JP), LuciChristian (EN)
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* EldritchAbomination
* FanNickname: Truth-kun
* [[GodIsEvil God Is A]] {{Jerkass}}: He's not specifically evil, just rather thorough in his punishment, and, in the end of the manga and Brotherhood, [[spoiler:he's shown to be something of a TricksterMentor who just wants people to learn that alchemy isn't everything]].
*** [[spoiler: Confirmed! He's more of a TricksterMentor.]]
** LightIsNotGood: Regardless of his moral alignment, he is still a sadist white form contrasting the unfortunate alchemist that ended up in the gate.
* IronicHell: Ironic punishment anyway, inflicted on those who attempt to raise the dead.
-->* To [[spoiler: [[strike: Father]] Homunculus]]* "Despair to the conceited."
* KarmaHoudini: Stole Izumi's organs, Al's body, two of Ed's limbs, [[spoiler:and Roy's eyes even though he was completely innocent]]. His punishment? [[spoiler:Nothing!]] Then again, [[FridgeBrilliance being the God equivalent, he essentially]] ''[[FridgeBrilliance is]]'' [[FridgeBrilliance karma.]]
** [[spoiler:Plus, not Roy's eyes. Merely their ability to see things, and that was just until Dr. Marcoh's PhilosophersStone was used to clear that up. [[FridgeBrilliance Something that a keeper of a gate with all knowledge inside referring to itself as things like "reality", "the world", "all", "one", "you", and "God", would probably know.]]]]
*** [[spoiler:[[BeAllMySinsRemembered Not to mention Roy himself would likely be the first to challenge you on that "completely innnocent" part.]]]]
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Taking Roy's sight. This would normally be par for the course for his sadistic sense of justice, except ''Roy was forced into trying human transmutation, something that Truth must know.'' Then again, he did make it a rectifiable punishment for a forced transmutation.]]
** [[spoiler:To be fair with Roy's eyes, the Truth did give him to ability to do transmutation without a circle. It's a exchange not really the Truth's fault even if it wasn't Roy's fault.]]
* KickTheSonOfABitch: What he does to [[spoiler: Father]] in the end.
* KingOfAllCosmos
* PetTheDog: May genuinely respect Al, after [[spoiler:Al gives up getting back his body to help save Amestris.]]
** Gets an even bigger one with Ed, after he [[spoiler:surrenders his alchemy:]]
-->'''Truth''': [[spoiler: [[TricksterMentor That was the correct answer, Alchemist.]] [[GracefulLoser You have defeated Truth.]] Take your prize. All of it.]]
** [[spoiler:The moment is arguably even better in the English ''Brotherhood'' dub because of the call back to the Japanese version's "VoiceOfTheLegion of the subject" thing which only exists with this one line in episode 63.]]
-->[[spoiler:"YOU'VE DONE IT! THAT'S THE RIGHT ANSWER! GOOD JOB! YOU BEAT ME! GO AHEAD! TAKE HIM HOME! THE BACK DOOR IS RIGHT OVER THERE! GOODBYE, EDWARD ELRIC!"]]
* PhraseCatcher: When unfortunate alchemist asks who/what he is, Truth always gives the same answer. Yet it's more like Speech than simple catcher. Either way, it's his standard response.
-->'''Truth''': I am "the world". Or perhaps "the universe". I am "God". I am "Truth". I am "all". I am "one". And...I am ''you.''
* ShadowArchetype: Though in an odd way. It is the approximate size [[spoiler:and shape]] of anyone attempting to converse with it. [[spoiler: And in chapter 108 when Homunculus talks to it, Truth takes the shape of a small sphere, just like Homunculus.]]
** WordOfGod is that [[spoiler: every alchemist has their own Truth-kun - (s)he is the part of the One that connects to the All that is the world.]] The last chapter confirms this.
* SlasherSmile: Its only genuine facial feature.
** [[spoiler: It gives a genuine, non-slasher one as part of his hearty congratulation when Ed achieves the "truth behind the truth" and gives his own gate as toll for his Al]].
* [[spoiler:TricksterMentor]]: It was this to Ed all along.
* TheBlank: It's a mere silhouette, unless it's grinning creepily or ''[[BodyHorror wearing someone else's stolen face]]''.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler: Gives one to Father[=/=]Homunculus right before having its own gate swallow it]].
* VoiceOfTheLegion: Especially in the Japanese version, this even takes on the quality of being a legion variant of the voice of whoever he's talking to.
** [[spoiler:When congratulating Ed for the "truth behind the truth", his voice changes into a legion crossover between Ed and Al's.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Greed's Chimeras]]
A group of chimeras who were experimented on by the military. They were presumably busted out by Greed, and now follow him.
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* TrueCompanions
* UndyingLoyalty: They all ended up sacrificing their lives for Greed.
* PunchClockVillain
* PettingZooPeople
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military (formerly)/Devil's Nest\\
'''Rank''': Black-Ops (formerly)\\
'''Speciality:''' SuperStrength/Hammer]
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'''Roa'''
The big guy, and part cow. He faces off against Armstrong during Bradley's raid.
->Voiced by: TetsuInada (JP - 2009 Anime), John Gremellion (EN)
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* ALoadOfBull
* DropTheHammer
* MightyGlacier
* VoluntaryShapeshifting
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military (formerly)/Devil's Nest\\
'''Rank''': Black-Ops (formerly)\\
'''Speciality:''' Knives/Flexibility]
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'''Martel'''
Part Snake. She goes forces herself inside Al's armor to slow him down, during Greed's bid for immortality.
->Voiced by: TakakoHonda (JP - 2009 Anime), TiffanyGrant (EN)
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* CuteMonsterGirl: Martel/Marta is a good-looking young woman with [[FetishFuel great flexibility]], a contrast to the more overt mutations of other chimera characters. In particular, the other reptilian chimera, Bido, is fairly ugly.
* FragileSpeedster
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Subverted, in the first anime, she becomes a supporting character for a few episodes, and even travels with the Elrics, before [[spoiler: getting stabbed to death by Bradley...while she was hiding inside Al's armor.]]
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military (formerly)/Devil's Nest\\
'''Rank''': Black-Ops (formerly)\\
'''Speciality:''' Swordsmanship]
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'''Dolcetto'''
Part dog. Greed's most loyal subordinate.
->Voiced by: Anri Katsu (JP - 2009 Anime), John Burgmeier (EN)
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* CoolSword
* FragileSpeedster
* KatanasAreJustBetter
* TheNoseKnows
* UndyingLoyalty
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'''Affiliation:''' Devil's Nest(formerly)\\
'''Rank''': None\\
'''Speciality:''' Agility]
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'''Bido'''
Part lizard. Greed's messenger, and the only survivor of Bradley's raid. [[spoiler: Is unfortunate to run into the second Greed, mistaking him for his old boss and gets killed by him]].
->Voiced by: YujiUeda (JP), GregAyres (EN)
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* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:His death ultimately drives the second Greed to betray Father]].
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice
* LizardFolk
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Kimblee's Chimeras]]
A group of chimes that Kimblee brought with him to Briggs - knowing that he can't trust Armstrong's men. Eventually, all four are left for dead by Kimblee, and all end up betraying him in the end. Zampano and Jerso join up with Marcoh and Scar, while Darius and Heinkel save Edward after he was nearly killed by Kimblee, and later join Edward and [[spoiler: the second Greed]].
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* BadassCrew: Chimeras are much stronger than the usual soldier, but these four are clear standouts. They can easily go toe-to-toe with Homunculi, or even Scar!
** Hell, Zampano and Darius even help out taking down [[spoiler:Father]].
* HeelFaceTurn
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Jerso, Zampano, Darius, and Heinkel can shift between human and half-animal forms at will.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: This must be the reason why Kimblee doesn't bother to help Darius and Heinkel from the mineshaft collapse, which leads to their HeelFaceTurn.
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military\\
'''Rank''': Operative\\
'''Speciality:''' SuperStrength/Quills]
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'''Zampano'''
One of Kimblee's original chimeras, a warthog. After defecting, he and Jerso join Marcoh and Scar to unravel the secrets of the country-wide transmutation circle.
->Voiced by: Takashi Hikida (JP), Chris Rager (EN)
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* {{Badass}}: He's a black eyed boar with white skin and intimidating, that's badass.
* PigMan: In his chimera form.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Jerso.
* [[spoiler:ReverseMole]]: [[spoiler: After joining the heroes, he seems to be revealed as TheMole and calls Envy to alert him of their location. Actually he never turned on the heroes, and the call was a trick to lead Envy into a trap.]]
* ScaryShinyGlasses
* WalkingTheEarth: Jerso and Zampano become Al's bodyguards and accompany him in his travels while searching for a way to return to being normal human beings.
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military\\
'''Rank''': Operative\\
'''Speciality:''' Agility/Adhesive Saliva]
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'''Jerso'''
A chimera who takes the form of a toad. After defects with Zampano, he joins Scar and Marcoh in an effort to stop Father.
->Voiced by: Tomoyuki Shimura (JP), Andrew Love (EN)
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* {{Acrofatic}}: Befitting a man who's half-toad, Jerso can leap great distances despite his girth.
* {{Badass}}: A badass frog...guy.
* BreathWeapon: Jerso can spit or drool large globs of sticky, adhesive saliva that hamper his opponents' movement.
* HeteroSexualLifePartners: With Zampano.
* ScaryBlackMan: Averted. Jerso is actually a pretty cool guy.
* WalkingTheEarth: Jerso and Zampano become Al's bodyguards and accompany him in his travels while searching for a way to return to being normal human beings.
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military/Greed-2\\
'''Rank''': Operative\\
'''Speciality:''' SuperStrength]
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'''Darius'''
Kimblee's former henchman who takes the form of a Gorilla. After he and Heinkel are left for dead by Kimblee, they're both saved by a dying Edward. They in turn, save him and become his TrueCompanions. Afterwards, all three then proceed to join [[spoiler: Greed]] to stop Father.
->Voiced by: Madsuo Amada (JP), George Manley (EN)
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* AmbiguouslyGay: In the 4-Koma Theater animated shorts, he seems attracted to men. On the main series, he shows disappointment when Heinkel's lion form does not have paw pads, implying he fetished about his furry form.
** BadassGay
* {{Badass}}: Not as much as his lion partner, but a gorilla is....kinda cool.
* BadassDriver
* TheBigGuy: He and Heinkel fulfill this trope.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Darius the Gorilla.
* MightyGlacier: Not as fast as the other chimeras, relies on brute strength.
* [[MyNameIsNotDurwood My Name Is Not Gorilla]]
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military/Greed-2\\
'''Rank''': Operative\\
'''Speciality:''' Marksmanship / SuperStrength / Agility]
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'''Heinkel'''
Kimblee's chimera who betrayed him along with Darius after they were both left for dead. After saving Edward, they all proceeded to join [[spoiler: Greed's]] gang. He's half lion.
->Voiced by: Shinpachi Tsuji (JP), Bradley Campbell (EN)
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* {{Badass}}: You ''have'' to be a badass to take on Pride solo!
* BadassMustache: When he's not in lion mode, it's blonde. [[LargeHam BUT NOT AS MANLY AS ARMSTRONG'S!]]
* BigDamnHeroes: An injured and battered Heinkel ends up being the one who saves Alphonse and Marcoh from Pride and Kimblee.
* TheBigGuy: fulfills this trope with Darius.
* TheDogBitesBack: He ''literally'' bites [[spoiler:Kimblee's]] neck, gashing his windpipe and fatally injuring him.
* GunsAkimbo: When he's into in lion mode.
* LightningBruiser: Helps being a lion.
* PantheraAwesome: He can turn into a lion hybrid.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Minor Characters]]
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'''Affiliation:''' None\\
'''Rank''': None\\
'''Speciality:''' None]
'''Rosé Thomas'''
A young woman living in the Eastern Amestrian town of Reole. A former Letoist adherent, Rosé was a devout follower of the false prophet Cornello until Edward and Alphonse Elric intervened in the priest's deception of the townspeople and opened her eyes to the truth.
->Voiced by: SatsukiYukino (JP), ColleenClinkenbeard (EN)
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* BreakTheCutie
* IdiotHair
* MulticoloredHair: Her hair is pink in the front and dark in the back.
* TheTragicRose
* WomanInWhite
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'''Affiliation:''' Homunculi\\
'''Speciality:''' Weapon Alchemy]
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'''Father Cornello'''
The first villain the Elrics go up against, Cornello was the leader of the Church of Leto, a cult that controlled the town of Liore. In reality, he was a power-hungry alchemist whose "miracles" were actually performed with a Philosopher's Stone. What Cornello didn't know was that he was an UnwittingPawn for Father, and as soon as he outlived his usefulness, Lust and Gluttony killed him.
->Voiced by: Seizou Katou (JP), Andy Mullins (EN)
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* BaldOfEvil: Compared to the {{Bishonen}} villains, he's pretty normal.
* CardCarryingVillain: An aging bald man who wants to take over the world? Generic? [[BlatantLies Not at all!]] [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded brilliantly by Ed.]]
* EngineeredPublicConfession: How the Elrics take him down.
* [[spoiler:HulkingOut: Pulls this in ''Brotherhood.'']]
* LightIsNotGood: A catholicish looking priest spreading a religion based on a sun god [[spoiler:that looks like Father]]? [[SarcasmMode Must be]] LawfulGood!
* PathOfInspiration: The Leto cult.
* [[spoiler:RedEyesTakeWarning: Brotherhood only.]]
* StarterVillain: Normally, he would last a single chapter, but it was to introduce how {{Badass}} Ed is.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Killed by Lust and Gluttony after his defeat, which was engineered to further their plans).
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris Military\\
'''Rank''': Major\\
'''Speciality:''' Biological Alchemy]
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'''Shou Tucker'''
The "Sewing-Life" alchemist, who specializes in creating Chimeras. He allows Edward and Alphonse to look into his research as he tries to prepare for the annual reviews. [[spoiler:Two years ago, he turned his wife into a chimera which later starved to death. He later transforms his daughter Nina and dog Alexander into a chimera, to the Elric brothers' horror. He is killed by Scar.]]
->Voiced by: Makoto Nagai (JP) ChuckHuber (EN)
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* [[spoiler:AssholeVictim: The first State Alchemist Scar kills. The Elric brothers don't seem to care about his death, as opposed to that of Nina and Alexander]]. [[spoiler: See the below for clarification.]]
* EvilutionaryBiologist
* GuineaPigFamily: [[spoiler: Uses his own wife and daughter as experiments in order to keep his job.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler:He has no regrets about turning his OWN daughter, a sweet little girl, into a disturbing abomination by fusing her to his own lovable dog.]]
* [[spoiler:MadDoctor]]
* MadScientist: He doesn't fit the traditional profile of this trope, since he's rather calm and polite at first.
* NotSoDifferent: Tries to pull this on Ed. [[SubvertedTrope He doesn't really make the best case, however.]]
* ScaryShinyGlasses
* SoftSpokenSadist
* [[spoiler:StepfordSmiler]]
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'''Affiliation:''' None\\
'''Rank''': None\\
'''Speciality:''' None]
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'''Nina Tucker and Alexander'''
Shou Tucker's daughter and dog. The two get along great with Edward and Alphonse during their visit, since Shou Tucker hardly ever plays with them. [[spoiler:That is, until they're both transformed into a horrific chimera, and later [[MercyKill killed]] by Scar]].
->Nina is voiced by: Sumire Morohoshi (JP), BrinaPalencia (EN)
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* BigFriendlyDog: Alexander
* [[spoiler: BodyHorror]]: [[spoiler: Her own father fuses them both into a sick parody of a humanoid dog, that's literally in constant pain due to the man's incompetence.]]
* CheerfulChild
* ChildProdigy: Not Nina but her seiyū Sumire Morohoshi, who was born in 1999. The anime ran in 2009. Do the math.
* [[spoiler:KillTheCutie]]
* MissingMom: Nina's mother left the family two years ago. [[spoiler:It later turns out that the chimera that starved to death was her mother]].
* [[spoiler:MercyKill: By Scar.]]
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLamb]]: [[spoiler:Most definitely, though unlike some examples Nina is never forgotten - Edward mentions her in the ''very last'' chapter, even!]]
* [[spoiler:TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth]]
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'''Affiliation:''' None\\
'''Rank''': None\\
'''Speciality:''' SuperStrength]
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'''Catherine Ella Armstrong'''
Alex and Olivier's youngest sister.
->Voiced by: RieKugimiya (JP), Kate Oxley (EN)
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* CuteBruiser
* TheCutie
* IdiotHair: Just check out her hair.
* {{Kawaiiko}}
* KillerRabbit: Looks sweet and harmless, but thinks it's cute to see her brother and sister beating the crap out of each other and destroying the family home; oh, and she [[InstrumentOfMurder throws pianos]].
* ProperLady: Looks the part and acts the part... when she's not lifting pianos.
* ShrinkingViolet: Fairly shy around Havoc in the bonus chapter, and according to Alex, doesn't have many men interested in her because of that.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Relatively minor compared to the other characters. It's either "Katherine" or "Catherine."
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Compared to Olivia.
* [[UglyGuysHotDaughter Ugly Guy's Other Hot Daughter]]
* WaifFu
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'''Affiliation:''' None\\
'''Rank''': None\\
'''Speciality:''' None]
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'''Gracia Hughes and Elicia Hughes'''
Beloved wife and daughter of Maes Hughes.
->Gracia is voiced by: Tomoe Hanba (JP), Anastasia Munoz (EN)\\
Elicia is voiced by: MisatoFukuen (JP), CheramiLeigh (EN)
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* [[spoiler:BreakTheCutie: Poor Elicia!]]
* CheerfulChild: Maes has every right to be showing off his daughter.
* DaddysGirl: Elicia.
* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler: until Envy kills Maes.]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicBSOD: Poor, poor Elincia at her dad's funeral. And later '''poor''' Gracia, after speaking to Ed and Al.]]
* HouseWife: Gracia.
* HotMom: There's a reason why Hughes is so damn obsessed with his family.
* SickeninglySweethearts
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Elicia/Elysia, Gracia/Glacier
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'''Affiliation:''' Ishval\\
'''Rank''': Scholar\\
'''Speciality:''' Destructive Alchemy/Medical Alchemy/Alkahestry]
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'''Scar's Brother'''
[[CaptainObvious Scar's older brother]] who was killed during the Ishval Civil War.
->Voiced by: TakehitoKoyasu (JP), RobertMcCollum (EN)
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* [[spoiler:ChekhovsGun: His research notes are vital in overriding Father's anti-alchemy buffer, and in teaching Scar how to use reconstruction alchemy.]]
** [[spoiler:The latter is also foreshadowed by the left arm of reconstruction he sports in the flashbacks.]]
* CowardlyLion: Can't keep his legs from shaking when the Amestrian army draws near, and considers himself a poor excuse for an older brother, [[spoiler:but is willing to make the ultimate sacrifice when Scar's life is threatened]].
* [[DeadLittleSister Dead Older Brother]]: To Scar.
* FanNickname: Scarbro.
* GoodIsDumb: Despite his [[WideEyedIdealist idealism]], this is completely subverted. [[spoiler:Not only is he a self-taught alchemist from a society that looks down upon it, but he's the first non-Xerxian character to notice the nation-wide Human Transmutation Circle, and figures out how to counter Father's anti-alchemy powers ''before the series even began''.]]
** [[spoiler:Not telling his brother that his research notes contained information on potential mass genocide was kind of stupid, though.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: See LifeOrLimbDecision.]]
* [[spoiler:LifeOrLimbDecision: More like sacrificing his life in order to give his right arm to Scar so that he doesn't bleed out after being injured by Kimblee.]]
* {{Megane}}
* NonActionGuy: Was too busy studying [[spoiler:alchemy and alkahestry]] to fight during the war.
* NoNameGiven
* PosthumousCharacter: He may be dead, [[spoiler:but he plays an incredibly important role in both Scar's CharacterDevelopment, and the endgame.]]
* TheShortGuyWithGlasses: Older than Scar, and not so much shorter as much as merely less brawny, but this trope fits well enough.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses
* [[spoiler:'''SpannerInTheWorks''']]
* WideEyedIdealist: Believes people are capable of working together to bring out the good in each other, and this is a large part of his motivation for [[spoiler:studying alchemy]].
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'''Affiliation:''' Amestris\\
'''Rank''': Civilian medics\\
'''Speciality:''' None aside from their medical skills.]
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'''Urey and Sara Rockbell'''
Winry's parents, two doctors who perished in the Ishbalan war. [[spoiler: A traumatised, recently-awakened-to-his-powers Scar is the one who killed them, though if he didn't do so they would've died anyway since Kimblee was tasked with their deaths.]]
->Voiced by:\\
Urey: MasakiTerasoma (JP), Joel [=McDonald=] (EN)\\
Sara: YuriAmano (JP), CaitlinGlass (EN)
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* DeathByOriginStory
* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest
* [[HotDad Hot]] [[HotMom Parents]]
* [[spoiler: MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: What Kimblee was supposed to do to them, so that the military would not be forced to waste resources ensuring their protection.]]
* TheMedic: Both of them.
* [[spoiler:NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: They saved Scar's life. He kills them in a FreakOut.]]
* PluckyGirl: Sara could've left and gone home easily but refused to do so, saying that Winry and Pinako wouldn't forgive her if she did.
* [[spoiler: TogetherInDeath: We see their lifeless bodies in an embrace.]]
* WideEyedIdealist: Well, they ''did'' attend people of any origins while in the war. [[spoiler: And that backfired fatally on them, considering not only what the military thought of them both, but also Scar's rampage.]]
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