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[[folder:The Beast]]
A sentient train that was created by the ancient Heterodynes. It constantly hungers for coal and any form of metal, and as such rampaged across Europa for years until it was captured by the Corbetites and sealed in their Vaults. [[spoiler:Lady Selnikov releases it as part of her plot to overthrow Martellus.]]
* AxCrazy: From what little we've seen of it, this thing could give ''Castle Heterodyne'' a run for its money in this department.
* CoolTrain: It goes without saying, really.
* ExtremeOmnivore: According to Brother Ulm, one of the main reasons the Corbetites fear it so much is because it can subsist on literally ''anything'', as opposed to normal trains that can only run on coal.
* PsychopathicManchild: Much like the ''other'' living Heterodyne object we've seen so far, it is positively ''giddy'' at the prospect of devouring the Corbetites and Martellus.
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A sentient train that was created by the ancient Heterodynes. It constantly hungers for coal and any form of metal, and as such rampaged across Europa for years until it was captured by the Corbetites and sealed in their Vaults. [[spoiler:Lady Selnikov releases it as part of her plot to overthrow Martellus.]]
* AxCrazy: From what little we've seen of it, this thing could give ''Castle Heterodyne'' a run for its money in this department.
* CoolTrain: It goes without saying, really.
* ExtremeOmnivore: According to Brother Ulm, one of the main reasons the Corbetites fear it so much is because it can subsist on literally ''anything'', as opposed to normal trains that can only run on coal.
* PsychopathicManchild: Much like the ''other'' living Heterodyne object we've seen so far, it is positively ''giddy'' at the prospect of devouring the Corbetites and Martellus.
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* IdiotBall: Grabs one when dealing with a mysterious creature at the Corbettitie base. He insists they won't be devoured since the monks have stated that the monster only eats metal. Not only do the monks point out that the creature wants revenge on them and thus they ''are'' very much in danger, but Tweedle has forgotten that his prosthetic hand is made of metal.
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** When Castle Heterodyne finds out he's a genuine Hero... well, there's only one real test it wants to do to make sure he's genuine: sudden pit-drop from a Hero-dulling room to see him zoom back! So, as far as it is concerned, this is one of a Hero's RequiredSecondaryPowers, so it felt totally justified in pulling this stunt on him.
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* FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler:Even sealed away by Agatha's locket, the Other still pushes away at her mind.]]
* MesACrowd: [[spoiler:So far the Other has wound up in Agatha, a Clank designed to look like Anevka Sturmovarus, and Zola.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: The Jaegers didn't like her because she treated them, and everyone else, like property. Given some of the characters they served through the centuries, that's saying ''a lot''.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: She's the daughter of Demonica Mongfish, meaning she's also Agatha's cousin.
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* BigDamnScrewedUpFamily: The Mongfishes really didn't get along. So far Lucrezia (or the Other) has met her niece and her nephew, and tried to kill both of them simply for being related to her.
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* BerserkButton: Calling it a fraud, as Zola discovers. When it happens, the Other threatens to turn her into an EmptyShell.
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** Squibs, a much put upon minion in the radio drama 'Minor Heroes', sums it up best:
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Granted, given the world he lives in, "good" and "evil" are relative terms, but he simply can't help but search for an ulterior, sinister motive in everything everyone does. When his troops are allowed to withdraw from [[spoiler:Mechanicsburg]], he just assumes this is either some kind of strategic maneuver or else part of some elaborate sadistic game [[spoiler:the Heterodyne]] is playing. He rejects out-of-hand the possibility that this is an actual act of mercy. [[spoiler:The fact that Agatha is nowhere near as evil and sadistic as her ancestors is something that doesn't even occur to him at all]].
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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: His only flaw. Granted, given the world he lives in, "good" and "evil" are relative terms, but he simply can't help but search for an ulterior, if not necessarily sinister motive in everything everyone does. When his troops are allowed to withdraw from [[spoiler:Mechanicsburg]], he just assumes this is either some kind of strategic maneuver or else part of some elaborate sadistic game [[spoiler:the Heterodyne]] is playing. He rejects out-of-hand the possibility that this is an actual act of mercy. [[spoiler:The fact possibility that Agatha is nowhere near as evil and sadistic as her ancestors is something that doesn't even occur to him at all]].all. He has a point, too - Lucrezia ''is'' exerting more influence over Agatha than even she herself is comfortable with, and through her has made a damn-near successful attempt at enslaving him.]]
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* JustTheFirstCitizen: He's running most of Europe. He's a ''baron''. For those unfamiliar with nobility rankings, that would be like having your own navy and calling yourself an Ensign (literally the lowest rank possible). To put it into perspective, the only nobility lower than a Baron are unlanded knights, and a Baron's fief is typically about as much land as one can see from the top of their castle, and they always answer to higher nobility like Counts. Yet Klaus is ruling more land than freaking ''[[HolyRomanEmpire Charlemagne]]'' and his empire in its heyday.
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-->- ''Agatha: "I went to all that trouble to rescue him. And you've killed him!"''
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!!Anevka Sturmvoraus
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Tarvek's debatably-living sister. After an ill-conceived MadScience experiment of her father's left her at death's door, her brother constructed a new robotic body that she could operate from within her life-support tank.
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* CryForTheDevil: Admit it, you [[TearJerker did this]] when [[spoiler:[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060906 Tarvek explained what she really was]]]].
-->'''Tarvek''': That was... '''''harder''''' than I'd thought.
* ManInTheMachine: A variant. [[spoiler:Subverted]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler: Replacement for '''real''' Anveka.]]
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* SelfMadeOrphan: She killed her father and it's stongly implied in the second novelisation that she did the same thing to her mother.
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!!Bangladesh [=DuPree=]
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A pirate queen in the pay of the Baron, though even he finds her taste for violence and random slaughter distasteful. Nevertheless he keeps her about as she is a very skilled warrior and hunter and sometimes, you need a butcher.
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* AxCrazy: [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20031203 Her defining character trait even before we knew her name.]] So much so that she has to insist when destruction she comes across is ''not'' her doing.
* BloodKnight: And [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040503 assumes that everyone is]], though in this case isn't that far from truth.
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* CryCute: Yes. '''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120118 Seriously]]'''.
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* TheDragon: Even if you don't consider Klaus a villain, she still fits this pretty well.
* EmotionalBruiser: Sort of. [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120118 Turns out she really developed an attachment to ol' good Klaus]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120118 Wow!]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120224 Et tu, Dupree]]? It just took some time to find [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120307 the perfect match]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: She's made of fun. Always. Even while [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040901 skewering someone]].
* GenkiGirl: A big [[CheerfulChild lighthearted kid]], even if AxCrazy sort that [[KidsAreCruel would torture a rat just to hear it squeal]].
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* HeroicComedicSociopath: The first part is debatable, the last part really isn't.
* HiddenDepths: Appears to [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120118 truly be distraught]] over failing to rescue the Baron from the destruction of the hospital.
* ImprobableWeaponUser[=/=]ImprovisedWeapon: When using a RebusBubble to ask Gil what means she was allowed to use to kill anyone besides Gil or Sun that came in, cheese was one of her suggestions.
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: She has it ''hard'' for [[spoiler: Captain [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120224 Vole]]]].
* KnifeNut: She [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120307 throws a dagger]], grabs a knife, and look how much more spill out on the next page when she's thrown.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Gil, to the horror of Klaus. After the time skip, Gil [[spoiler:finds nothing odd about waking up with Bang in bed with him. Apparently she had been struggling to stay awake as much as him, but she doesn't have his training, so she can't just do a few mental exercises and be good]].
* NiceHat: Not only does she have a CommissarCap that most Banana Republic Dictators[tm] would be envious of, she hurries to see Gil's when she hears he has one.
* NoodleImplements: We never find out what she planned, but one of her [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070718 methods of killing people involves cheese]]. Rest of them are a sword, a gun and an axe.
* NotMeThisTime: She's a default suspect for any cases of [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050209 death]] and [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040126 destruction]] around her, [[PsychoForHire for an obvious reason]]. Bang doesn't even see it as a problem.
* PerkyFemaleMinion: Perky, gleefully sociopathic, and prone to acts of butchery.
* PirateGirl: Ex- pirate queen.
* PsychoElectro: In the first arc, she gets her hand mangled and ends with a medical device meant to facilitate faster healing. By the time of her next appearance, she has modified it to electrocute people Joker-style.
* PsychoForHire: Herr Baron understands that sometimes you need butchers.
* RebusBubble: During the time that she has her jaw wired shut. She's quite fluent.
* SkyPirate: That was her career before running afoul of the Baron. He decided to hire her on as one of his tools in his cabinet of necessary evils.
* SlasherSmile: [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040123 Good]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070101 Lord]]...
* {{Strawman}}: [[invoked]] An odd in-universe example. Klaus notes to himself that Bang's over the top "let's just kill everything and burn down the town for good measure" arguments are easy to refute, and make him look far more reasonable by comparison. Not that Bang is intending to make him look good; she just honestly doesn't understand why he doesn't let her [[MurderIsTheBestSolution kill everyone]].
* SweaterGirl: ''God,'' the sweater is tight.
* TooMuchInformation: Oh, Bang! [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050211 That's]] so [[{{Squick}} cute]]!
* TortureTechnician: She shows her interest right during [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040121 her introduction]].
-->'''Bangladesh:''' Do I come into your lab and tell you how to torture rats?\\
'''Gil:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Frequently]].\\
'''Bangladesh:''' Exactly! So I know what I'm doing!
* UndyingLoyalty: To Baron Klaus Wulfenbach. If the Baron tells her to do something, she does it. End of story.
** And also [[spoiler: to Gil, it seems, post TimeSkip. She [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20131218 acts as a buffer]] against Bohrlaika for Gil.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Boris]]
!!Boris Vasily Konstantin Andrei Myshkin-Dolokhov
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The head of The Baron's administrative staff, Boris is a microcosm of how the Baron operates, and why it may be preferable to the previous system.
Originally a librarian with an eidetic memory serving a Spark (far from a calm profession in and of itself) his master decided to add an extra pair of arms, strength, speed, balance... and turn him into the ultimate juggler. When the Baron took down his former master he was given a far less demeaning job. He is now the Baron's right hand man and chief administrative secretary.
This is a job that he has excelled in. His brilliant and utterly humourless mind and enhanced physical abilities make him exactly the sort of person that a man like the Baron would need at his side, showing the Baron's talent for getting the right monster for the right job.
He and the Jägers have a love/hate relationship, as in: They love to pick on him, he hates their attitude.
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* BadassBookworm: All the modifications intended to make him a juggler are ''extremely'' useful in combat. Boris is perfectly capable of beating up a Jäger.
* BattleButler: To the Baron.
* BlessedWithSuck / CursedWithAwesome: His modifications could be seen as either or both. Boris himself hasn't been seen to complain about it, though, at least not since the Baron freed him from his original Spark.
%%* TheComicallySerious
* DualWielding: Make that ''quadruple''.
* EnigmaticMinion: Appears to be up to something lately.
* FriendlessBackground: It's AllThereInTheManual that ''part'' of his hostility to the Jägers comes from envy of their [[BandOfBrothers camaraderie]], while he himself is a one-off construct with no one else quite like him. (The rest, of course, is straight-up [[RedOniBlueOni personality clash]].)
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Not by choice. His former master wanted him to be able to juggle.
* MundaneUtility: [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100823 Extra hands are very useful for preparing one's tea]].
* NumberTwo: He takes on certain duties in the event of the Baron's absence or incapacity.
* OverlyLongName: Six of them.
* PhotographicMemory: It helped when he was a Spark's assistant and even more when he helps to run the empire.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:When Wooster clues the generals in on his plans to destroy Mecanicsburg]]. "DO YOU '''KNOW''' WHAT YOU'VE ''DONE?!''"
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Klaus]]
!!Baron Klaus Wulfenbach
[[quoteright:201:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/barron.bmp]]
[[caption-width-right:201:I swear, it's like running a kindergarten.]]
One-time friend of Agatha's parents, Klaus disappeared shortly before Agatha's parents married and returned to find Europa in utter chaos. He imposed order on Europa, not by negotiating and being nice like the Heterodyne Boys but by imposing his Iron Will on an ever increasing area of the globe.
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Tropes associated with Baron Klaus:
* {{Adorkable}}: He has his moments. The best is when he's ranting to Gil about how women with the Spark are trouble and each one he's met has tried to kill him... And then Gil derails him with "Father... Maybe it's you." And Klaus looks hilariously dorky as he says "No... No, I don't ''think'' so..."
%%* AmbiguouslyEvil
* AntiVillain: He may have used military might to bring Europa under his iron-fisted rule, but when you consider the alternative...
** [[spoiler: After the time-skip, his reign is described as "[seeming] like some lost golden age"... after just two and a half years.]]
* ArtificialHuman: The three sons of the Wulfenbach family were involved in a lab accident, so Klaus was stitched together out of them all and reanimated. It's not clear if this is supposed to be a secret; he doesn't seem to care.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: There's a reason he has a "Don't make me come over there." rule with places he takes over. Provoking him is not recommended, not least because he's a big believer in overwhelming force. Like invading an entire city to control one rebellious subordinate.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Klaus Wulfenbach appears to be one of the most capable fighters in the series as well as being the ruler of the Empire. According to in-universe memes, he's even stronger than Gilgamesh, though he hasn't been seen in personal combat as often.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Wulfenbach.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: How his Spark manifests itself. The most obvious use is the ability to dismantle and improve the designs of other Sparks. But it also lets him "find the right monster for the right job." He can also figure out what secretive things his vassals are doing to try and undermine him or break the rules, such as figuring out Professor Beetle was fiddling with a Hive Engine just by the logistics involved, and how he "always finds out" when a noble dabbles in resurrection in violation of the bylaws of aristocracy against it (which Klaus [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem cares nothing about anyway]]).
* BadBoss:
** Even though we never see direct evidence for this, there is this little exchange after [[CurbStompBattle Gilgamesh beats the shit]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome out of Captain Vole]]:
--->'''Gilgamesh:''' My father once wrote a monograph on how to communicate in the workplace.\\
'''Dimo:''' ...iz dat so?\\
'''Gilgamesh:''' All seven [[ThePope popes]] ordered it '''burned'''.
** He's probably not a bad boss compared to the average Spark... but that's an incredibly low threshold. He is well known for kidnapping people into his employ, and then sending them into almost certain death if they fail him. But by the same token he also works to keep his best people alive.
* BadassLongcoat: A staple of his wardrobe.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050803 Ruling (large portions of) the world is not as fun as it sounds]].
--> '''Othar:''' What, ''tyrant?'' Does your empire give you no pleasure?!
--> '''Klaus:''' No. It gives me no pleasure.
* ClothingDamage: He has some after fighting Othar for a while.
* CoolOldGuy: When he's not trying to put you down to preserve order.
* CowardlySidekick: Klaus is depicted this way in many of the Heterodyne plays/stories.
** ActuallyPrettyFunny: It's implied in the comic and stated outright in the second novel that the reason Klaus lets this go on is because he likes the Heterodyne stories, and finds Story!Klaus hilarious. And it's not like it's a real threat to his prestige.
* DarkMessiah: Look back up at the description.
* DeadpanSnarker: Not normally, but he gets some [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050209 really good]] lines when he's completely SurroundedByIdiots.
* DisappearedDad: Gil grew up not knowing who his father really is.
* TheDreaded: Even ''Jägers'' are afraid when he takes the field personally.
* EmperorScientist: Klaus actually laments having to become a dictator, since it leaves him with so little time for his research.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Granted, given the world he lives in, "good" and "evil" are relative terms, but he simply can't help but search for an ulterior, sinister motive in everything everyone does. When his troops are allowed to withdraw from [[spoiler:Mechanicsburg]], he just assumes this is either some kind of strategic maneuver or else part of some elaborate sadistic game [[spoiler:the Heterodyne]] is playing. He rejects out-of-hand the possibility that this is an actual act of mercy. [[spoiler:The fact that Agatha is nowhere near as evil and sadistic as her ancestors is something that doesn't even occur to him at all]].
* TheExtremistWasRight: The former TropeNamer, because he's just that {{Badass}}.
* GeniusBruiser: Klaus is ''very'' strong - he can, for example, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040730 punch out Jägers]]. This probably has to do with the fact that he is a construct.
* GenreSavvy[=/=][[spoiler:DeadManWriting]]: the Baron has left standing orders that if he ever disappears for any length of time, Gil would be appointed as Baron immediately. This is presumably to [[spoiler:limit the damage the Other can do if they manage to grab him]].
* GoodScarsEvilScars: His body is ''covered'' in Morally Ambiguous Scars.
%%* HeWhoFightsMonsters
* HeroAntagonist: He has some very good reasons not to want Agatha running around free, and is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure otherwise.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Traps Mechanicsburg in a temporal stasis field with himself inside it, (attempting to) neutralize Agatha as a threat while preventing the Other from using him to destroy his own Empire.]]
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade:
** He's been depicted pretty badly in most of the Heterodyne stories, ranging from a cowardly comic relief to a flat-out traitor to the Heterodynes. Fortunately for those who put on these plays, Klaus isn't a SlaveToPR and doesn't care what they say. Though [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110516 he's well aware]] of this.
** CharacterizationMarchesOn: His portrayal in the Heterodyne Stories has shifted markedly to the worse since he started conquering stuff.
** According to the books, another reason he puts up with his portrayal in those stories is because he secretly finds it hilarious.
* JustTheFirstCitizen: He's running most of Europe. He's a ''baron''. For those unfamiliar with nobility rankings, that would be like having your own navy and calling yourself a lieutenant commander.
* LargeAndInCharge: Broad shoulders...
* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler: Being hit by a slaver wasp that can infect Sparks has left him forced to do this regarding all of Lucrezia's commands. But he's ''damned'' good at it]].
* MemeticBadass: [[invoked]]
** Don't make him come over here. [[CurbStompBattle Really, don't]].
** Even in-universe.
--->'''Klaus:''' Dupree, if you come in here, I will ''kill you''--''[[ShoutOut with the power]] [[Series/{{Firefly}} of my mind]]''.\\
'''[=DuPree=]''' I...I'm pretty sure he can't really ''do'' that.
** Upon seeing Gil cutting through an enemy army like a hot knife through butter, an onlooker had this to say:
--->'''Councilor:''' Hmph. His father would have hit the wall and started another sweep by now.
* MrFanservice: The Klaus Defense League was founded to counter all the 'The Baron is AN EVIL BRAIN-CORER!' talk; the Wulfenbach Estrogen Brigade overlaps considerably, but is not perfectly congruent, and seem to operate more in guerilla mode. So there are those who love him for his ''mind'', and those who love him for his ''body''...
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Wulfenbach has ''wolf'' in it.
* NecessarilyEvil: Yes, it really is necessary.
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:Like Lucrezia, he also appears to have downloaded a copy of himself into his child's brain.]]
* PerpetualFrowner: Usually the case, though he took Bang's mouth being wired shut [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070716 pretty well]].
** And he was proud to see [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071203 Gilgamesh take command of the Empire when he was out of commission]].
* PetTheDog:
** What does he do after his minions kill someone for opposing him? ''Resurrect them!''.
** Prisoners of war can [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071207 join his ranks temporarily,]] or go home with a month's pay!
* PutOnABus: This was Lucrezia's intent, anyway. But he came back before the main series even started. WordOfGod states that the place he was sent was [[spoiler:Skifander]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's the absolute dictator of most of Europe. Except he only has one rule, "Don't make me come over there." What will make him come over there? War and playing with SealedEvilInACan.
* ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder: Notable for being the only Spark in the series to be (mostly) immune to its effects.
* ShirtlessScene: That Naughty Flashback Scene, among others.
* SuperStrength: Apparently Klaus [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070119 can effectively handle guns]] normally hoisted by his tall imposing Battle Clanks... Guns that even [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030430 kick a trio of Jagers back with the recoil]].
* TakeAThirdOption: His entire schtick, basically.
-->'''Tarvek:''' If someone can't handle an unpleasant truth? ''Lie'' to them. If somone won't listen to reason? ''Make'' them. If people don't choose to live peaceably--don't give them a ''choice''. If you don't like the rules--''change the game''.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He really likes waffles.
* TheExtremistWasRight: Yes, Klaus conquered his empire by naked force. On the other hand, his reign is second only to that of the Heterodyne Boys for general quality of life, especially for the common man, he builds up the infrastructure of his subject regions, and about the only things he actually bans are war and messing with Other technology. After the time-skip, his reign is described as "like some lost Golden Age out of antiquity."
%%* TheUbermensch:
* TheUnfettered: "I did it alone. Because I had to. [[TheExtremistWasRight And it worked]]."
* WellIntentionedExtremist: See the above quote.
%%* WildHair
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tweedle]]
!!Martellus von Blitzengaard
[[quoteright:187:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/martellusvonblitzengaard_7916.png]]
A cousin of Tarvek and the self-proclaimed Storm King.
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* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler:Agatha helps him replace his left hand with a mechanical one after it's poisoned by a rebel Smoke Knight.]]
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He was able to retain his hold on the Storm King title once Tarvek was written off pretty much by being a better killer than the assassins they sent after him.
* AtLeastIAdmitIt: He states that Tarvek was only using Agatha for his own ends. When Agatha asks if he's any better, he says "Of course not. But '''I'll''' be '''honest''' with you about it, which I can see '''he''' never was."
* AttackAttackAttack: Martellus will attack his foe with absolutely no consideration for defense or feasibility of victory. [[ImplacableMan Dre]][[TheDreaded en]]? Smush it, it's done with. Wulfenbach clank brigade? Charge! Gil Wulfenbach himself? Damn the dead sparkhounds, my crippled hands, and crippled mecha that came here to extract me! KILL HIMMMMMM!!!!
* BigScrewedUpFamily: As with all the Valois clans, he is deeply involved in their backstabbing scheming. In his own words: "Every single time I think I have killed the person responsible for usurping my command, I find there's someone else '''higher up''', still '''fighting''' me. Now, don't get me wrong, I can kill family members all day and '''know''' I'm making the world a better place- But smoke knights take time and money to train- And I'd rather not waste too many of them. So, will killing '''you''' solve my problem, or-"
** And then immediately subverted by the arrival of his little sister, who he seems to show genuine affection for, and who seems to reciprocate. Though she's still willing to risk him as bait.
* CatchAndReturn: Does this with two poisoned knives (caught by handles) at once.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Although he may seem like a goofish oaf at first glance, he has shown to be an exceptional combatant and strategist, in addition to being able to fight off and even kill a handful of Smoke Knights with no difficulty.
* EvilCounterpart: Although he is initially presented as an EvilCounterpart to Tarvek, he mirrors Gil better. Like Gil, he's blunt, physically powerful, not good with people, and tends to treat others like children who need instructions from him in order to stay safe and useful. Unlike Gil, he's perfectly willing to use murder as a first solution, and [[spoiler:administers various types of mind control]] on people he can't kill for whatever reason.
* InSeriesNickname: Tarvek calls him "Tweedle."
* LovePotion: [[spoiler:He was originally planning to control Agatha with a formula developed by his great aunt Rappaccini, which would have made her his adoring slave. The only downside is that it would have made her unbearably stupid. And since he recognized how strong a spark she was, he realized she was too useful to do that to]].
* KnifeNut: He seems to specialize in throwing them.
* KnightInShiningArmor: He tries to present himself as one of these upon meeting Agatha, with his army marching against the Baron's to protect Mechanicsburg.
* MadeOfIron: Took a chair to the back of his head from Agatha, only for him to shrug it off and tell her to stop it. Later recovered very quickly from being shot in the side.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: As seems to be traditional within his extended family. His name means "Hammer from the Manor of Lightning"
* ObfuscatingStupidity: As with the rest of the Sturmvoraus family, his seemingly goofy manner is all just an act to cover up a more sinister agenda, which becomes obvious when he whispers to Tarvek that Agatha [[spoiler:should have been killed, since she will make a hard to control [[PuppetKing Puppet Queen]]]]. Violetta expresses surprise that he uses Spark Hounds, mentioning that he used to make miniature singing bears.
* PragmaticVillainy: His most secure fortress was set up by himself, without any minions. Agatha questions why he didn't just kill them, and Martellus points out that this is a world where death keeps very few secrets.
* RoyalBlood: He is a descendant of the Storm King, and is next in line after Tarvek. Since Tarvek was written off as dead, he ascended to the throne.
* SmugSnake: He takes measures to ensure Agatha needs him alive, but [[spoiler:he foolishly assumes that that alone will be enough to control her]].
* TheVonTropeFamily: so far the only major aristocratic character to carry the German "Von", a sign of nobility, in his name.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Othar Tryggvassen, ''[+GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER!+]'']]
!!Othar
[[quoteright:167:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/othar.bmp]]
A man possessed with a quest to eradicate all Sparks, including himself (eventually) for the damage they do to the world. Harder to kill than Film/JamesBond.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: His sister thinks so, anyway. BiTheWay if she's right (since he married a Geisterdame in the Twitter).
%%* AmusingInjuries
* AntiVillain: Feels bad about killing Sparks, and a lot of them ''do'' need to die...
* TheAtoner: Implied. Norway has a gigantic crater where its capital city of Oslo used to be. Othar's twitter makes reference to something called "the great wall of Norway" and labels it a mistake. ''Something'' must have inspired Othar to believe that killing all Sparks was the only sane solution.
* {{Badass}}: He's a famous and well-loved hero, after all.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Othar is generally friendly and cheerful off-the-job, and fair on it. Don't make him kick your ass. He can.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: As much as he is a walking joke, Othar can be very effective.
* BoldInflation: Fans [[MemeticMutation never, ever]] say his name without adding '''[+ [[GentlemanAdventurer GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER!]]+]''' And [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070924 not just fans]].
* BoomerangBigot: Hates Sparks and wants to rid the world of them all, despite being a Spark himself. He fully [[NoPlaceForMeThere intends to kill himself when all the other Sparks are dead]].
%%* BraggartBoss
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Even by the standards of Sparks. Which is saying quite a bit.
* ButtMonkey: '''FOUL!!!'''
* CharacterBlog: He has a [[http://twitter.com/Othar?page=1 Twitter]]. May or may not be canon, but is certainly extremely quotable.
* ChivalrousPervert: Spends a good deal of time [[FoeYay hitting on Agatha]], to "save" her from the Wulfenbachs.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: One of the things that prevents him from being just an IneffectualSympatheticVillain; he is a genuinely good person, at least to ordinary people. Sometimes ends up saving the very people he wants to kill, but don't count on this.
--> [[http://twitter.com/othar/status/401612282 Confound it!]] An entire train full of helpless Sparks AND dangerous monsters AND a handy chasm nearby. Someone is tempting me. So not fair!\\
[[http://twitter.com/othar/status/414634042 This is ridiculous]]. There were only two and a half innocent people on this train (Jäger =0.5 person). Surely I can skip the last one. Yeah.\\
[[http://twitter.com/othar/status/417353242 No. I can't]]. This is what being A Hero is about. I should never have taken that aptitude test back at the university. I wanted to be a chef.
* ComicallyInvincibleHero: The others are fully aware that he's probably unkillable. [[spoiler:Gil even takes the opportunity to [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120305 exploit it]].]]
* DestinationDefenestration: Happens to him repeatedly while on Castle Wulfenbach. It never sticks.
-->'''Othar:''' '''FOUL!'''
* FantasticFightingStyle: "Othar Tryggvassen's Twitter" establishes that Othar is a Genserhersker of the school of Norwegian Sweater Fighting. The only thing that prevents this from being IKnowKungFaux is that Othar is consistently shown to be one of the most lethal hand-to-hand combatants in the setting.
* GeniusBruiser: He's both incredibly tough and a Spark, as pointed out [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121121 here]].
* GenreSavvy / WrongGenreSavvy: It varies.
* '''''{{GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER}}!''''': The TropeNamer.
* GottaKillThemAll: His solution to the Sparks is to kill them all, individually.
* HandWave: PlayedForLaughs when Vole seemingly shatters his spine with a diving kick. Othar springs right back up and decks Vole, to the astonishment of Tarvek. Othar then remarks that he is wearing "Special trousers. ''Very'' heroic."
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Which you can follow on Twitter!
* HeroWithBadPublicity / VillainWithGoodPublicity: He's managed to become ''both''. The common folk love him. Considering how his "crusade" puts him in conflict with Sparks that are genuinely dangerous to the populace and Othar is motivated to clean up the "Sparky menace" to protect the non-Sparks (and the common folk are unaware of his being a mass-Spark-murdering maniac), this is not unjustified. On the other hand?
--> [[http://twitter.com/othar/status/550270322 What a double edged sword a reputation is]]. Save thousands, thwart evil, bring peace... kill one corrupt quester and it's all out the window.\\
[[http://twitter.com/othar/status/556062672 Now I'm just "The Guy Who Killed A Quester."]] It demonizes me, and ignores all of my finer points. Bit of a resume stain, to be honest. Sigh.\\
[[http://twitter.com/othar/status/559607812 Questers are usually pillars of honesty]]. Therefore it's understandable that people are skeptical when you badmouth one. My rep vs. theirs.
* TheHunter: Of Sparks.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: He is one.
* IdiotHero: He's pretty stupid for a Spark.
--> [[http://twitter.com/Othar/status/5538674658 Like all prisoners in the castle, I'm outfitted with an exploding collar. Ha! The fools, my head is the least dangerous part of my body]].
%%* ImplacableMan
* InSpiteOfANail: According to his Twitter account a Spark's experiment with time travel and alternate realities has revealed that every Othar has some kind of predisposition to deciding to wipe out Sparks. He briefly wonders if there's something about the Othars that causes them to simply have suicidal craziness before dismissing the idea.
* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum: Othar apparently has "special trousers" that allows him to NoSell having an irate Jäger landing on him and breaking his back. No, we have no idea what that means either.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** Squibs, a much put upon minion in the radio drama 'Minor Heroes', sums it up best:
--->'''Squibs:''' Let me see if I understand this. He thinks all the problems in Europe are caused by mad scientists that build all the monsters. The mad scientists who vie with each other to see who can turn the population into clowns or bats or inanimate objects the quickest. The raving lunatics who set off volcanoes and unleash flash floods upon innocent cities. Othar wants to destroy these people, and ''you think he's insane.''
** And Klaus secretly acknowledges that Othar has a point. He had apparently been in the habit of subtly directing Othar in the direction of dangerous Sparks who hadn't technically violated the Baron's Peace up until Othar started killing Sparks that Klaus considered useful.
* LargeHam: Most Sparks chew scenery when in TheMadnessPlace -- Othar does it ''all the time''.
-->'''Othar:''' So -- all the vipers are in residence!\\
'''Gilgamesh:''' I can't ''believe'' you still ''talk'' like that.
%%* LargeHamTitle
* LongLostSibling: [[spoiler: Sanaa Wilhelm, aka Sanaa Tryggvassen]].
%%* LordErrorProne
* MadeOfIron: ''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090617 and how]].''
* MentalTimeTravel: Possibly from the twitter into regular continuity.
* NorseByNorsewest: He's from Norway.
* OffscreenTeleportation:
** Dropping him out of sight, by whatever means, never seems to stick. He managed to get back up onto Castle Wulfenbach by unknown means at least twice, escaped being tossed out an airship, and appeared unscathed after having being dropped down a bottomless shaft by Castle Heterodyne.
** He also manages to find his way into Gil's super secret lab, a place nobody else in-story (including Klaus) seemed to be aware of, simply because he is a hero and finding secret villain lairs is what heroes are good at.
** This is something he's apparently so well known for in-world that when he ends up being defenestrated while handcuffed to someone else, Gil used the opportunity For Science, demanding [[spoiler:Tarvek]] figure out the trick on the assumption that Othar would magic himself to safety per usual. On the plus side, he did manage to get himself out of the handcuffs... [[spoiler:While busy fighting Vole]]... Without the person he was handcuffed to finding out how.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: He's plenty effective, provided he isn't going up against uber badasses like Gil, Klaus or Agatha.
%%* RomanceGenreHeroes: The Terrorist.
* ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder: The effects of the Spark on him are a lot more apparent in the Twitter than in the comic.
%%* ShirtlessScene
* SunglassesAtNight: Or whatever that visor thingy is. There's a fan theory that it's there to protect bystanders from the power of his amazingly pretty blue eyes.
%%* TestosteronePoisoning
* TragicHero: A heroic goal, ruined by his lack of self awareness and obsession.
* UnexplainedRecovery: ''Constantly''. The only explanation we've ever gotten is �Special trousers. ''Very'' heroic''.
* UnreliableNarrator / ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: His Twitter is considered canonical, but it's from his point of view and he's insane.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Killing all Sparks might not be the best of ideas, but it's not exactly the worst one either.
--> [[http://twitter.com/othar/status/825310181 "That letter is a fraud! Othar Tryggvassen may do things that lesser men find objectionable or slightly illegal, but I never apologize!"]]
* WhatBeautifulEyes: So beautiful that they make his normally imposing self look [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080125 pretty girly]].
* WrongGenreSavvy: He seems to firmly believe himself to be the dashing hero of a science fiction romance. He's sort of right, but only about the latter part.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Other]]
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The mysterious force of mysteriousness that almost conquered Europa before vanishing mysteriously. May be Agatha's mother.
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!!Tropes associated with The Other:
* AmbiguousSituation: It is left ''extremely'' ambiguous as to what, precisely, the Other is, what its relation is to Lucrezia Mongfish, and what its goals are.
* BigBad: The most dangerous entity in the entire series. Even Klaus didn't beat it�it stopped fighting before he came back.
* CompellingVoice: Most of the Other's creations (such as the Geisterdamen and revenants) are built to be unable to disobey a command if it's made in Lucrezia's voice.
%%* EvilIsNotAToy: Inverted. The SealedEvilInACan finds out that its unsealer is not a toy.
* GrandTheftMe: Does this at least to Agatha. Might have done this to Lucrezia. Or she did it to it. ''Really'' unclear.
* MeaningfulName: After a while, all the usual suspects for who could be destroying Europe were dead by its hand, meaning that all the devastation was caused by some ''other'' party.
* MoodWhiplash: When the Other first makes an appearance she's all smiles and motherly comfort for her faithful Geisterdamen, who are weeping with joy at her return -- her mood changes swiftly once the Other realises things have gone to hell in her absence.
* ReligionOfEvil: Is the goddess of one.
%%* ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder
%%* SealedEvilInACan
* TheVirus: Uses slaver wasps for mind control.
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Lucrezia Mongfish is from a long line of cheerily sociopathic Sparks, known specifically for their skill in biology, and is Agatha's mother. She was a long-time antagonist of the Heterodyne Boys before giving up her father's work and marrying Bill. She was apparently kidnapped when the Other attacked Castle Heterodyne and killed her infant son (signalling the start of the attacks), but returned twenty years later when her mind was downloaded into Agatha's brain. She seems to be the Other (an interpretation Klaus agrees with), but the situation remains unclear.
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!!Lucrezia Mongfish specific:
* CivilianVillain: One interpretation of her apparent repentance in That Naughty Flashback Scene.
* ChronicVillainy: Another...
* DatingCatwoman: Why someone as incorruptibly good as Bill Heterodyne would be compelled to marry someone as insidious as Lucrezia Mongfish can only be attributed to this trope.
* DemonicPossession: Yet another. Getting the feeling there are a lot of theories? The one that seems to be rising to the top is that the Mongfish family is part of an AncientConspiracy under the command of "The Other", some bodiless entity that is periodically downloaded into suitable daughters with the "Summoning Engines".
* GrievousHarmWithABody: And that's her [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100224 nephew]].
* HeelFaceTurn: Before the series started, she tried to turn good when she agreed to marry Bill Heterodyne, and even drugged Klaus and sent him away so he wouldn't be a distraction. This is one of the most confusing parts of her character, since if she really never had any interest in redemption, she would have just killed Klaus.
* HorrifyingTheHorror: The mere ''mention'' of the name Barry Heterodyne is enough to frighten Lucrezia.
* LoveRedeems: She tried to invoke this by marrying Bill Heterodyne. It apparently didn't work so well, since she (maybe) became the Other and started one of the most destructive wars in recent history.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Who is herself a MadScientist. Who has a beautiful daughter. Who is a MadScientist. Oy.
* MasterActress: Klaus says she is, but this comes off as an InformedAbility since she likes to gloat and is so different from the person she's impersonating. Although maybe if she knew ''anything at all'' about the girl she is pretending to be, she'd do better. And, as already noted, it's not at all certain that the Lucrezia that Klaus knew is the same one now attempting the impersonation.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Replace her last name with Borgia, and you very much have a real-world counterpart. And speaking of last names: with some verbal twisting you get from Mongfish via Mong-Eel to Mengele. Yikes.
* NoblewomansLaugh: [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100219 One]] of her somewhat-[[LargeHam hammy]] moments.
* OffingTheOffspring: Her first child with Bill, Klaus Barry, was killed in the attack on Castle Heterodyne, and it's ''strongly'' implied that this was deliberate on her part. Even Agatha, having already seen how evil she can be, had some trouble with that idea.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: To Klaus.
* TermsOfEndangerment: She does this to a lot of people, but does it to Klaus especially often.
* {{Tsundere}}: [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100219 Kind of]].
* TheVamp: She flirts more than fights, as Zola says.
%%* VillainessesWantHeroes
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Vole]]
!!Captain Vole
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The only Jägermonster ever to be kicked out from the Jägers. He bears a strong grudge against the House of Heterodyne over this, and is eager to kill Agatha as soon as he discovers that she's a real Heterodyne.
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* BerserkButton: Vole is no Jäger anymore, but do not mess with his NiceHat.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: With white pupils. Maybe. It's hard to tell if they're pupils or reflections; there are panels that make good arguments for each.
* BloodKnight: [[UpToEleven So much so that even the Jägers kicked him out for it]]. See UndyingLoyalty below.
** AxCrazy: "Ve vill burn Europa to the ground and und gnaw her bonez!"
* CombatPragmatist: A particularly DangerouslyGenreSavvy version. He takes advantage of people [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110729 talking when they should fight]] and baits people to [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110803 take advantage of their psychological weaknesses]].
* GrievousHarmWithABody:
** In the first two panels he appears in, he rips a man's arm off to prevent his hand from releasing a dead man's switch. It pretty much sets the tone for the character.
** He does this with [[spoiler:Gil against Tarvek]] when subverting TalkingIsAFreeAction.
* HiddenDepths: Much like Da Boyz above, he's much smarter than he looks and displays dangerous cunning. He's also capable of [[spoiler:stealing his gun back from the ImpossibleThief in the party]].
* LargeHam: When he wants to, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120224 Vole really can ham it up]].
* NoTrueScotsman: Vole believes he's the only Jägermonster who remembers what the "monster" part stood for.
* TheOathBreaker: One of the only references we've had to the Jägertroth is the fact that Vole renounced it.
%%* TheSocialDarwinist
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:'''Deliberately promoted to the role''' by Gil, who ''wants'' a superstrong lackey who'll constantly try to kill him, because that will emphasize to everyone else how dangerously crazy Gil is]].
* SuperSoldier: Has the full [[SuperSerum Jägerdraught]] package.
** AmazingTechnicolorPopulation ([[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette Pale, bluish-white skin]] and BlackEyesOfEvil), CuteLittleFangs, FunetikAksent, MadeOfIron, TheNoseKnows, OlderThanHeLooks ([[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111007 close to 200 years]]), ProudWarriorRaceGuy, SuperStrength
* UndyingLoyalty: Averted. Vole was kicked out of the Jägers [[spoiler:for trying to kill Bill and Barry for not being the bloodthirsty monsters the rest of the family was]]. He serves Baron Wulfenbach willingly [[spoiler:as TheMole for Professor Tiktoffen, and he's not even all that broken up when he finds out he's dead too]].
%%* TheUnfettered
* TheWorfEffect: Outside of ripping some poor nobody's arm off, he tends to get beat up a lot. Even Othar gets to take a shot at him.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Zola]]
!!Zola La Sirene Dorée AKA Zola "Heterodyne" AKA Zola Anya Talinka Venia Zeblinkya Malfeazium
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Once everyone had heard there was a Heterodyne girl running around, she stepped in (along with a conspiracy) to provide one. Agatha was... not happy about that.
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* AssShove[=/=]TrouserSpace: [[spoiler:Lucrezia]] notes (after knocking her out, restraining her, and presumably [[{{Squick}} searching her]]) that some of her equipment was "in rather ''uncomfortable places'', I'd imagine".
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: ''Averted''. After taking the Moveit 11, her physical appearance goes ''steeply'' downhill.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Seems to be the cause of her [[MadLove attraction]] to Gil.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Even though the first impression of her is a harmless, gullible [[spoiler: figurehead for the Storm King conspiracy]], she starts fighting, no holds barred, when Agatha and her team throw a spanner in the works.
* BoobsOfSteel: She's ''stacked''. She's also a better fighter than either the Other or Violetta. [[spoiler: After downing a PsychoSerum, she ''punches Zeetha in the face'' and then ''stabs her in the gut with her own sword'']].
* TheChessmaster: Over the course of events, proven to be the genuine article.
%%* DarkActionGirl
* DeadlyUpgrade. Via a PsychoSerum.
* DistressedDamsel: Almost professionally.
* DumbBlonde: Subverted due to ObfuscatingStupidity. Gil and Tarvek eventually conclude that Zola, as the fake Heterodyne that was groomed by the Knights of Jove for years, is probably a lot more dangerous than she lets on, and a later confrontation proves them entirely right.
%%* EvilCounterpart
%%* FakeUltimateHero
* {{Foreshadowing}}: She sure bears a [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090408 strong familial resemblance to Lucrezia in that portrait]], doesn't she?
%%* FrenchJerk
* GigglingVillain: Her evil banter gets odder over the Castle arc. And she [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110107 gets giddier]] as things continue.
%%* GrapplingHookPistol
* HeroKiller: Zola has become this. To date she has critically wounded [[spoiler:Zeetha, Higgs, and Agatha]].
* LethalChef: "Well, ''I'' always thought she just couldn't make coffee. [[ObfuscatingStupidity Now, I'm not so sure]]."
* TheLoad: Apparently fulfilled this role in all of Gil's adventures with her in Paris, and when nabbed by Agatha she slipped into it again.
* LongLostRelative: "Hello [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100625 auntie]]."
* MadeOfIron: When she [[spoiler: takes the PsychoSerum, she becomes so strong that it takes an overdose of the PsychoSerum to (eventually) dispose of her.]]
* MadLove: Towards Gil, very much. Also later towards Tarvek, but [[PsychoSerum her sanity's slipping at the time]], so there's a chance she still thought he was Gil.
* MasterActress: Oh yes. Also involves the second part of the trope, where the audience thinks she might actually have {{Split Personalit|y}}ies. Of course, in this case, that's not so far-fetched.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Her real last name is [[spoiler:Malfeazium. And her mother was Demonica]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity:
** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090406 This is how it's done]].
** Judging from Gil and Tarvek's reactions, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091014 she's apparently an absolute MASTER]].
** [[spoiler:[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100623 She's apparently a Smoke Knight, and no one ever suspected]]]].
** She even manages to trick [[spoiler:''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100712 Lucrezia]]]]''.
* OnlyFriend: She invoked it.
* OverlyLongName: Her full name is [[spoiler:Zola Anya Talinka Venia Zeblinkya [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Malfeazium]]]].
* ThePowerOfHate: She attributes her MadeOfIron tendencies to this.
* PrincessesPreferPink: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] as part of her role as a fake Heterodyne. Even her ''death ray'' [[UpToEleven is pink]]. Even the ''death beam'' is pink.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Has a bit of a habit provoking them in the Castle arc. [[spoiler:Lucrezia]] would like to "thank" her for that, [[spoiler:Higgs]] tried to mess her up, and [[spoiler:Tarvek]] intended - perhaps still intends - to strangle her with his bare hands.
* ShoutOut: One of the times Gil had to rescue her it was from a [[Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera crazy man in an opera house]]. Apparently it was also one of the few times it ''wasn't'' her fault she was in trouble.
* SigilSpam: Covered head to toe in Heterodyne trilobite symbols, overselling her Heterodyne "heritage".
* SlasherSmile:
** When [[spoiler:the Castle dies]], she has a frighteningly Sparky look of triumphant glee on her face. Also [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100714 here]].
** Post-Movit Zola has these pretty often.
%%* TheStarscream
%%* SweaterGirl
%%* UnsportsmanlikeGloating
* UnstoppableRage[=/=]ThePowerOfHate: Claims this is what's sustaining her after suffering some truly grievous injuries.
-->'''Tarvek:''' How are you even still moving?\\
'''Zola:''' HATE! Hate and [[PsychoSerum drugs]]! Lovely, lovely drugs! I'm a beautiful, chemical, killing machine!
* UpToEleven: The scene where she downs the PsychoSerum is literally called "Zola goes up to eleven." The psycho serum itself is even called "MoveIt # 11". [[OneOfUs Ah, Foglios, we love you]].
* VillainDecay: [[spoiler:Subverted. She undecays completely over the span of two strips, and then some. Then goes from an incredibly dangerous intelligent opponent to an incredibly dangerous ''physical'' one when she downs the Moveit 11. Then, she decays AGAIN to an extent when she goes completely utterly psycho, and undecays yet AGAIN when she gets back to the hospital]]..
* XanatosSpeedChess: She is "''very good'' at improvising when things go wrong."
* {{Yandere}}: If [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110103 this page]] is of any indication.
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[[folder:Anevka]]
!!Anevka Sturmvoraus
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%% Alternate image, in case you want less fashion and more zapping: [[quoteright:190:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/girlgenius_anevka2_6572.jpg]]
Tarvek's debatably-living sister. After an ill-conceived MadScience experiment of her father's left her at death's door, her brother constructed a new robotic body that she could operate from within her life-support tank.
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* CryForTheDevil: Admit it, you [[TearJerker did this]] when [[spoiler:[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060906 Tarvek explained what she really was]]]].
-->'''Tarvek''': That was... '''''harder''''' than I'd thought.
* ManInTheMachine: A variant. [[spoiler:Subverted]].
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler: Replacement for '''real''' Anveka.]]
%%* RobotGirl
%%* RoboticPsychopath
* SelfMadeOrphan: She killed her father and it's stongly implied in the second novelisation that she did the same thing to her mother.
%%* ShockAndAwe
%%** PsychoElectro
%%* TomatoInTheMirror
%%* UnlimitedWardrobe
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Bang]]
!!Bangladesh [=DuPree=]
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A pirate queen in the pay of the Baron, though even he finds her taste for violence and random slaughter distasteful. Nevertheless he keeps her about as she is a very skilled warrior and hunter and sometimes, you need a butcher.
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* AxCrazy: [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20031203 Her defining character trait even before we knew her name.]] So much so that she has to insist when destruction she comes across is ''not'' her doing.
* BloodKnight: And [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040503 assumes that everyone is]], though in this case isn't that far from truth.
%%* ComedicSociopathy
* CryCute: Yes. '''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120118 Seriously]]'''.
%%* DarkActionGirl
* TheDragon: Even if you don't consider Klaus a villain, she still fits this pretty well.
* EmotionalBruiser: Sort of. [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120118 Turns out she really developed an attachment to ol' good Klaus]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120118 Wow!]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120224 Et tu, Dupree]]? It just took some time to find [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120307 the perfect match]].
* FauxAffablyEvil: She's made of fun. Always. Even while [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040901 skewering someone]].
* GenkiGirl: A big [[CheerfulChild lighthearted kid]], even if AxCrazy sort that [[KidsAreCruel would torture a rat just to hear it squeal]].
%%* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen
* HeroicComedicSociopath: The first part is debatable, the last part really isn't.
* HiddenDepths: Appears to [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120118 truly be distraught]] over failing to rescue the Baron from the destruction of the hospital.
* ImprobableWeaponUser[=/=]ImprovisedWeapon: When using a RebusBubble to ask Gil what means she was allowed to use to kill anyone besides Gil or Sun that came in, cheese was one of her suggestions.
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: She has it ''hard'' for [[spoiler: Captain [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120224 Vole]]]].
* KnifeNut: She [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120307 throws a dagger]], grabs a knife, and look how much more spill out on the next page when she's thrown.
* LikeBrotherAndSister: With Gil, to the horror of Klaus. After the time skip, Gil [[spoiler:finds nothing odd about waking up with Bang in bed with him. Apparently she had been struggling to stay awake as much as him, but she doesn't have his training, so she can't just do a few mental exercises and be good]].
* NiceHat: Not only does she have a CommissarCap that most Banana Republic Dictators[tm] would be envious of, she hurries to see Gil's when she hears he has one.
* NoodleImplements: We never find out what she planned, but one of her [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070718 methods of killing people involves cheese]]. Rest of them are a sword, a gun and an axe.
* NotMeThisTime: She's a default suspect for any cases of [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050209 death]] and [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040126 destruction]] around her, [[PsychoForHire for an obvious reason]]. Bang doesn't even see it as a problem.
* PerkyFemaleMinion: Perky, gleefully sociopathic, and prone to acts of butchery.
* PirateGirl: Ex- pirate queen.
* PsychoElectro: In the first arc, she gets her hand mangled and ends with a medical device meant to facilitate faster healing. By the time of her next appearance, she has modified it to electrocute people Joker-style.
* PsychoForHire: Herr Baron understands that sometimes you need butchers.
* RebusBubble: During the time that she has her jaw wired shut. She's quite fluent.
* SkyPirate: That was her career before running afoul of the Baron. He decided to hire her on as one of his tools in his cabinet of necessary evils.
* SlasherSmile: [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040123 Good]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070101 Lord]]...
* {{Strawman}}: [[invoked]] An odd in-universe example. Klaus notes to himself that Bang's over the top "let's just kill everything and burn down the town for good measure" arguments are easy to refute, and make him look far more reasonable by comparison. Not that Bang is intending to make him look good; she just honestly doesn't understand why he doesn't let her [[MurderIsTheBestSolution kill everyone]].
* SweaterGirl: ''God,'' the sweater is tight.
* TooMuchInformation: Oh, Bang! [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050211 That's]] so [[{{Squick}} cute]]!
* TortureTechnician: She shows her interest right during [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040121 her introduction]].
-->'''Bangladesh:''' Do I come into your lab and tell you how to torture rats?\\
'''Gil:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Frequently]].\\
'''Bangladesh:''' Exactly! So I know what I'm doing!
* UndyingLoyalty: To Baron Klaus Wulfenbach. If the Baron tells her to do something, she does it. End of story.
** And also [[spoiler: to Gil, it seems, post TimeSkip. She [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20131218 acts as a buffer]] against Bohrlaika for Gil.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Boris]]
!!Boris Vasily Konstantin Andrei Myshkin-Dolokhov
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The head of The Baron's administrative staff, Boris is a microcosm of how the Baron operates, and why it may be preferable to the previous system.
Originally a librarian with an eidetic memory serving a Spark (far from a calm profession in and of itself) his master decided to add an extra pair of arms, strength, speed, balance... and turn him into the ultimate juggler. When the Baron took down his former master he was given a far less demeaning job. He is now the Baron's right hand man and chief administrative secretary.
This is a job that he has excelled in. His brilliant and utterly humourless mind and enhanced physical abilities make him exactly the sort of person that a man like the Baron would need at his side, showing the Baron's talent for getting the right monster for the right job.
He and the Jägers have a love/hate relationship, as in: They love to pick on him, he hates their attitude.
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* BadassBookworm: All the modifications intended to make him a juggler are ''extremely'' useful in combat. Boris is perfectly capable of beating up a Jäger.
* BattleButler: To the Baron.
* BlessedWithSuck / CursedWithAwesome: His modifications could be seen as either or both. Boris himself hasn't been seen to complain about it, though, at least not since the Baron freed him from his original Spark.
%%* TheComicallySerious
* DualWielding: Make that ''quadruple''.
* EnigmaticMinion: Appears to be up to something lately.
* FriendlessBackground: It's AllThereInTheManual that ''part'' of his hostility to the Jägers comes from envy of their [[BandOfBrothers camaraderie]], while he himself is a one-off construct with no one else quite like him. (The rest, of course, is straight-up [[RedOniBlueOni personality clash]].)
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Not by choice. His former master wanted him to be able to juggle.
* MundaneUtility: [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100823 Extra hands are very useful for preparing one's tea]].
* NumberTwo: He takes on certain duties in the event of the Baron's absence or incapacity.
* OverlyLongName: Six of them.
* PhotographicMemory: It helped when he was a Spark's assistant and even more when he helps to run the empire.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:When Wooster clues the generals in on his plans to destroy Mecanicsburg]]. "DO YOU '''KNOW''' WHAT YOU'VE ''DONE?!''"
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Klaus]]
!!Baron Klaus Wulfenbach
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[[caption-width-right:201:I swear, it's like running a kindergarten.]]
One-time friend of Agatha's parents, Klaus disappeared shortly before Agatha's parents married and returned to find Europa in utter chaos. He imposed order on Europa, not by negotiating and being nice like the Heterodyne Boys but by imposing his Iron Will on an ever increasing area of the globe.
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Tropes associated with Baron Klaus:
* {{Adorkable}}: He has his moments. The best is when he's ranting to Gil about how women with the Spark are trouble and each one he's met has tried to kill him... And then Gil derails him with "Father... Maybe it's you." And Klaus looks hilariously dorky as he says "No... No, I don't ''think'' so..."
%%* AmbiguouslyEvil
* AntiVillain: He may have used military might to bring Europa under his iron-fisted rule, but when you consider the alternative...
** [[spoiler: After the time-skip, his reign is described as "[seeming] like some lost golden age"... after just two and a half years.]]
* ArtificialHuman: The three sons of the Wulfenbach family were involved in a lab accident, so Klaus was stitched together out of them all and reanimated. It's not clear if this is supposed to be a secret; he doesn't seem to care.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: There's a reason he has a "Don't make me come over there." rule with places he takes over. Provoking him is not recommended, not least because he's a big believer in overwhelming force. Like invading an entire city to control one rebellious subordinate.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Klaus Wulfenbach appears to be one of the most capable fighters in the series as well as being the ruler of the Empire. According to in-universe memes, he's even stronger than Gilgamesh, though he hasn't been seen in personal combat as often.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: Wulfenbach.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: How his Spark manifests itself. The most obvious use is the ability to dismantle and improve the designs of other Sparks. But it also lets him "find the right monster for the right job." He can also figure out what secretive things his vassals are doing to try and undermine him or break the rules, such as figuring out Professor Beetle was fiddling with a Hive Engine just by the logistics involved, and how he "always finds out" when a noble dabbles in resurrection in violation of the bylaws of aristocracy against it (which Klaus [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem cares nothing about anyway]]).
* BadBoss:
** Even though we never see direct evidence for this, there is this little exchange after [[CurbStompBattle Gilgamesh beats the shit]] [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome out of Captain Vole]]:
--->'''Gilgamesh:''' My father once wrote a monograph on how to communicate in the workplace.\\
'''Dimo:''' ...iz dat so?\\
'''Gilgamesh:''' All seven [[ThePope popes]] ordered it '''burned'''.
** He's probably not a bad boss compared to the average Spark... but that's an incredibly low threshold. He is well known for kidnapping people into his employ, and then sending them into almost certain death if they fail him. But by the same token he also works to keep his best people alive.
* BadassLongcoat: A staple of his wardrobe.
* TheChainsOfCommanding: [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050803 Ruling (large portions of) the world is not as fun as it sounds]].
--> '''Othar:''' What, ''tyrant?'' Does your empire give you no pleasure?!
--> '''Klaus:''' No. It gives me no pleasure.
* ClothingDamage: He has some after fighting Othar for a while.
* CoolOldGuy: When he's not trying to put you down to preserve order.
* CowardlySidekick: Klaus is depicted this way in many of the Heterodyne plays/stories.
** ActuallyPrettyFunny: It's implied in the comic and stated outright in the second novel that the reason Klaus lets this go on is because he likes the Heterodyne stories, and finds Story!Klaus hilarious. And it's not like it's a real threat to his prestige.
* DarkMessiah: Look back up at the description.
* DeadpanSnarker: Not normally, but he gets some [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050209 really good]] lines when he's completely SurroundedByIdiots.
* DisappearedDad: Gil grew up not knowing who his father really is.
* TheDreaded: Even ''Jägers'' are afraid when he takes the field personally.
* EmperorScientist: Klaus actually laments having to become a dictator, since it leaves him with so little time for his research.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Granted, given the world he lives in, "good" and "evil" are relative terms, but he simply can't help but search for an ulterior, sinister motive in everything everyone does. When his troops are allowed to withdraw from [[spoiler:Mechanicsburg]], he just assumes this is either some kind of strategic maneuver or else part of some elaborate sadistic game [[spoiler:the Heterodyne]] is playing. He rejects out-of-hand the possibility that this is an actual act of mercy. [[spoiler:The fact that Agatha is nowhere near as evil and sadistic as her ancestors is something that doesn't even occur to him at all]].
* TheExtremistWasRight: The former TropeNamer, because he's just that {{Badass}}.
* GeniusBruiser: Klaus is ''very'' strong - he can, for example, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040730 punch out Jägers]]. This probably has to do with the fact that he is a construct.
* GenreSavvy[=/=][[spoiler:DeadManWriting]]: the Baron has left standing orders that if he ever disappears for any length of time, Gil would be appointed as Baron immediately. This is presumably to [[spoiler:limit the damage the Other can do if they manage to grab him]].
* GoodScarsEvilScars: His body is ''covered'' in Morally Ambiguous Scars.
%%* HeWhoFightsMonsters
* HeroAntagonist: He has some very good reasons not to want Agatha running around free, and is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure otherwise.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Traps Mechanicsburg in a temporal stasis field with himself inside it, (attempting to) neutralize Agatha as a threat while preventing the Other from using him to destroy his own Empire.]]
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade:
** He's been depicted pretty badly in most of the Heterodyne stories, ranging from a cowardly comic relief to a flat-out traitor to the Heterodynes. Fortunately for those who put on these plays, Klaus isn't a SlaveToPR and doesn't care what they say. Though [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110516 he's well aware]] of this.
** CharacterizationMarchesOn: His portrayal in the Heterodyne Stories has shifted markedly to the worse since he started conquering stuff.
** According to the books, another reason he puts up with his portrayal in those stories is because he secretly finds it hilarious.
* JustTheFirstCitizen: He's running most of Europe. He's a ''baron''. For those unfamiliar with nobility rankings, that would be like having your own navy and calling yourself a lieutenant commander.
* LargeAndInCharge: Broad shoulders...
* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler: Being hit by a slaver wasp that can infect Sparks has left him forced to do this regarding all of Lucrezia's commands. But he's ''damned'' good at it]].
* MemeticBadass: [[invoked]]
** Don't make him come over here. [[CurbStompBattle Really, don't]].
** Even in-universe.
--->'''Klaus:''' Dupree, if you come in here, I will ''kill you''--''[[ShoutOut with the power]] [[Series/{{Firefly}} of my mind]]''.\\
'''[=DuPree=]''' I...I'm pretty sure he can't really ''do'' that.
** Upon seeing Gil cutting through an enemy army like a hot knife through butter, an onlooker had this to say:
--->'''Councilor:''' Hmph. His father would have hit the wall and started another sweep by now.
* MrFanservice: The Klaus Defense League was founded to counter all the 'The Baron is AN EVIL BRAIN-CORER!' talk; the Wulfenbach Estrogen Brigade overlaps considerably, but is not perfectly congruent, and seem to operate more in guerilla mode. So there are those who love him for his ''mind'', and those who love him for his ''body''...
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Wulfenbach has ''wolf'' in it.
* NecessarilyEvil: Yes, it really is necessary.
* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:Like Lucrezia, he also appears to have downloaded a copy of himself into his child's brain.]]
* PerpetualFrowner: Usually the case, though he took Bang's mouth being wired shut [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070716 pretty well]].
** And he was proud to see [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071203 Gilgamesh take command of the Empire when he was out of commission]].
* PetTheDog:
** What does he do after his minions kill someone for opposing him? ''Resurrect them!''.
** Prisoners of war can [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071207 join his ranks temporarily,]] or go home with a month's pay!
* PutOnABus: This was Lucrezia's intent, anyway. But he came back before the main series even started. WordOfGod states that the place he was sent was [[spoiler:Skifander]].
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He's the absolute dictator of most of Europe. Except he only has one rule, "Don't make me come over there." What will make him come over there? War and playing with SealedEvilInACan.
* ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder: Notable for being the only Spark in the series to be (mostly) immune to its effects.
* ShirtlessScene: That Naughty Flashback Scene, among others.
* SuperStrength: Apparently Klaus [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070119 can effectively handle guns]] normally hoisted by his tall imposing Battle Clanks... Guns that even [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030430 kick a trio of Jagers back with the recoil]].
* TakeAThirdOption: His entire schtick, basically.
-->'''Tarvek:''' If someone can't handle an unpleasant truth? ''Lie'' to them. If somone won't listen to reason? ''Make'' them. If people don't choose to live peaceably--don't give them a ''choice''. If you don't like the rules--''change the game''.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He really likes waffles.
* TheExtremistWasRight: Yes, Klaus conquered his empire by naked force. On the other hand, his reign is second only to that of the Heterodyne Boys for general quality of life, especially for the common man, he builds up the infrastructure of his subject regions, and about the only things he actually bans are war and messing with Other technology. After the time-skip, his reign is described as "like some lost Golden Age out of antiquity."
%%* TheUbermensch:
* TheUnfettered: "I did it alone. Because I had to. [[TheExtremistWasRight And it worked]]."
* WellIntentionedExtremist: See the above quote.
%%* WildHair
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Tweedle]]
!!Martellus von Blitzengaard
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A cousin of Tarvek and the self-proclaimed Storm King.
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* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler:Agatha helps him replace his left hand with a mechanical one after it's poisoned by a rebel Smoke Knight.]]
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: He was able to retain his hold on the Storm King title once Tarvek was written off pretty much by being a better killer than the assassins they sent after him.
* AtLeastIAdmitIt: He states that Tarvek was only using Agatha for his own ends. When Agatha asks if he's any better, he says "Of course not. But '''I'll''' be '''honest''' with you about it, which I can see '''he''' never was."
* AttackAttackAttack: Martellus will attack his foe with absolutely no consideration for defense or feasibility of victory. [[ImplacableMan Dre]][[TheDreaded en]]? Smush it, it's done with. Wulfenbach clank brigade? Charge! Gil Wulfenbach himself? Damn the dead sparkhounds, my crippled hands, and crippled mecha that came here to extract me! KILL HIMMMMMM!!!!
* BigScrewedUpFamily: As with all the Valois clans, he is deeply involved in their backstabbing scheming. In his own words: "Every single time I think I have killed the person responsible for usurping my command, I find there's someone else '''higher up''', still '''fighting''' me. Now, don't get me wrong, I can kill family members all day and '''know''' I'm making the world a better place- But smoke knights take time and money to train- And I'd rather not waste too many of them. So, will killing '''you''' solve my problem, or-"
** And then immediately subverted by the arrival of his little sister, who he seems to show genuine affection for, and who seems to reciprocate. Though she's still willing to risk him as bait.
* CatchAndReturn: Does this with two poisoned knives (caught by handles) at once.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Although he may seem like a goofish oaf at first glance, he has shown to be an exceptional combatant and strategist, in addition to being able to fight off and even kill a handful of Smoke Knights with no difficulty.
* EvilCounterpart: Although he is initially presented as an EvilCounterpart to Tarvek, he mirrors Gil better. Like Gil, he's blunt, physically powerful, not good with people, and tends to treat others like children who need instructions from him in order to stay safe and useful. Unlike Gil, he's perfectly willing to use murder as a first solution, and [[spoiler:administers various types of mind control]] on people he can't kill for whatever reason.
* InSeriesNickname: Tarvek calls him "Tweedle."
* LovePotion: [[spoiler:He was originally planning to control Agatha with a formula developed by his great aunt Rappaccini, which would have made her his adoring slave. The only downside is that it would have made her unbearably stupid. And since he recognized how strong a spark she was, he realized she was too useful to do that to]].
* KnifeNut: He seems to specialize in throwing them.
* KnightInShiningArmor: He tries to present himself as one of these upon meeting Agatha, with his army marching against the Baron's to protect Mechanicsburg.
* MadeOfIron: Took a chair to the back of his head from Agatha, only for him to shrug it off and tell her to stop it. Later recovered very quickly from being shot in the side.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: As seems to be traditional within his extended family. His name means "Hammer from the Manor of Lightning"
* ObfuscatingStupidity: As with the rest of the Sturmvoraus family, his seemingly goofy manner is all just an act to cover up a more sinister agenda, which becomes obvious when he whispers to Tarvek that Agatha [[spoiler:should have been killed, since she will make a hard to control [[PuppetKing Puppet Queen]]]]. Violetta expresses surprise that he uses Spark Hounds, mentioning that he used to make miniature singing bears.
* PragmaticVillainy: His most secure fortress was set up by himself, without any minions. Agatha questions why he didn't just kill them, and Martellus points out that this is a world where death keeps very few secrets.
* RoyalBlood: He is a descendant of the Storm King, and is next in line after Tarvek. Since Tarvek was written off as dead, he ascended to the throne.
* SmugSnake: He takes measures to ensure Agatha needs him alive, but [[spoiler:he foolishly assumes that that alone will be enough to control her]].
* TheVonTropeFamily: so far the only major aristocratic character to carry the German "Von", a sign of nobility, in his name.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Othar Tryggvassen, ''[+GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER!+]'']]
!!Othar
[[quoteright:167:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/othar.bmp]]
A man possessed with a quest to eradicate all Sparks, including himself (eventually) for the damage they do to the world. Harder to kill than Film/JamesBond.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: His sister thinks so, anyway. BiTheWay if she's right (since he married a Geisterdame in the Twitter).
%%* AmusingInjuries
* AntiVillain: Feels bad about killing Sparks, and a lot of them ''do'' need to die...
* TheAtoner: Implied. Norway has a gigantic crater where its capital city of Oslo used to be. Othar's twitter makes reference to something called "the great wall of Norway" and labels it a mistake. ''Something'' must have inspired Othar to believe that killing all Sparks was the only sane solution.
* {{Badass}}: He's a famous and well-loved hero, after all.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Othar is generally friendly and cheerful off-the-job, and fair on it. Don't make him kick your ass. He can.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: As much as he is a walking joke, Othar can be very effective.
* BoldInflation: Fans [[MemeticMutation never, ever]] say his name without adding '''[+ [[GentlemanAdventurer GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER!]]+]''' And [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070924 not just fans]].
* BoomerangBigot: Hates Sparks and wants to rid the world of them all, despite being a Spark himself. He fully [[NoPlaceForMeThere intends to kill himself when all the other Sparks are dead]].
%%* BraggartBoss
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Even by the standards of Sparks. Which is saying quite a bit.
* ButtMonkey: '''FOUL!!!'''
* CharacterBlog: He has a [[http://twitter.com/Othar?page=1 Twitter]]. May or may not be canon, but is certainly extremely quotable.
* ChivalrousPervert: Spends a good deal of time [[FoeYay hitting on Agatha]], to "save" her from the Wulfenbachs.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: One of the things that prevents him from being just an IneffectualSympatheticVillain; he is a genuinely good person, at least to ordinary people. Sometimes ends up saving the very people he wants to kill, but don't count on this.
--> [[http://twitter.com/othar/status/401612282 Confound it!]] An entire train full of helpless Sparks AND dangerous monsters AND a handy chasm nearby. Someone is tempting me. So not fair!\\
[[http://twitter.com/othar/status/414634042 This is ridiculous]]. There were only two and a half innocent people on this train (Jäger =0.5 person). Surely I can skip the last one. Yeah.\\
[[http://twitter.com/othar/status/417353242 No. I can't]]. This is what being A Hero is about. I should never have taken that aptitude test back at the university. I wanted to be a chef.
* ComicallyInvincibleHero: The others are fully aware that he's probably unkillable. [[spoiler:Gil even takes the opportunity to [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120305 exploit it]].]]
* DestinationDefenestration: Happens to him repeatedly while on Castle Wulfenbach. It never sticks.
-->'''Othar:''' '''FOUL!'''
* FantasticFightingStyle: "Othar Tryggvassen's Twitter" establishes that Othar is a Genserhersker of the school of Norwegian Sweater Fighting. The only thing that prevents this from being IKnowKungFaux is that Othar is consistently shown to be one of the most lethal hand-to-hand combatants in the setting.
* GeniusBruiser: He's both incredibly tough and a Spark, as pointed out [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121121 here]].
* GenreSavvy / WrongGenreSavvy: It varies.
* '''''{{GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER}}!''''': The TropeNamer.
* GottaKillThemAll: His solution to the Sparks is to kill them all, individually.
* HandWave: PlayedForLaughs when Vole seemingly shatters his spine with a diving kick. Othar springs right back up and decks Vole, to the astonishment of Tarvek. Othar then remarks that he is wearing "Special trousers. ''Very'' heroic."
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Which you can follow on Twitter!
* HeroWithBadPublicity / VillainWithGoodPublicity: He's managed to become ''both''. The common folk love him. Considering how his "crusade" puts him in conflict with Sparks that are genuinely dangerous to the populace and Othar is motivated to clean up the "Sparky menace" to protect the non-Sparks (and the common folk are unaware of his being a mass-Spark-murdering maniac), this is not unjustified. On the other hand?
--> [[http://twitter.com/othar/status/550270322 What a double edged sword a reputation is]]. Save thousands, thwart evil, bring peace... kill one corrupt quester and it's all out the window.\\
[[http://twitter.com/othar/status/556062672 Now I'm just "The Guy Who Killed A Quester."]] It demonizes me, and ignores all of my finer points. Bit of a resume stain, to be honest. Sigh.\\
[[http://twitter.com/othar/status/559607812 Questers are usually pillars of honesty]]. Therefore it's understandable that people are skeptical when you badmouth one. My rep vs. theirs.
* TheHunter: Of Sparks.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: He is one.
* IdiotHero: He's pretty stupid for a Spark.
--> [[http://twitter.com/Othar/status/5538674658 Like all prisoners in the castle, I'm outfitted with an exploding collar. Ha! The fools, my head is the least dangerous part of my body]].
%%* ImplacableMan
* InSpiteOfANail: According to his Twitter account a Spark's experiment with time travel and alternate realities has revealed that every Othar has some kind of predisposition to deciding to wipe out Sparks. He briefly wonders if there's something about the Othars that causes them to simply have suicidal craziness before dismissing the idea.
* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum: Othar apparently has "special trousers" that allows him to NoSell having an irate Jäger landing on him and breaking his back. No, we have no idea what that means either.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** Squibs, a much put upon minion in the radio drama 'Minor Heroes', sums it up best:
--->'''Squibs:''' Let me see if I understand this. He thinks all the problems in Europe are caused by mad scientists that build all the monsters. The mad scientists who vie with each other to see who can turn the population into clowns or bats or inanimate objects the quickest. The raving lunatics who set off volcanoes and unleash flash floods upon innocent cities. Othar wants to destroy these people, and ''you think he's insane.''
** And Klaus secretly acknowledges that Othar has a point. He had apparently been in the habit of subtly directing Othar in the direction of dangerous Sparks who hadn't technically violated the Baron's Peace up until Othar started killing Sparks that Klaus considered useful.
* LargeHam: Most Sparks chew scenery when in TheMadnessPlace -- Othar does it ''all the time''.
-->'''Othar:''' So -- all the vipers are in residence!\\
'''Gilgamesh:''' I can't ''believe'' you still ''talk'' like that.
%%* LargeHamTitle
* LongLostSibling: [[spoiler: Sanaa Wilhelm, aka Sanaa Tryggvassen]].
%%* LordErrorProne
* MadeOfIron: ''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090617 and how]].''
* MentalTimeTravel: Possibly from the twitter into regular continuity.
* NorseByNorsewest: He's from Norway.
* OffscreenTeleportation:
** Dropping him out of sight, by whatever means, never seems to stick. He managed to get back up onto Castle Wulfenbach by unknown means at least twice, escaped being tossed out an airship, and appeared unscathed after having being dropped down a bottomless shaft by Castle Heterodyne.
** He also manages to find his way into Gil's super secret lab, a place nobody else in-story (including Klaus) seemed to be aware of, simply because he is a hero and finding secret villain lairs is what heroes are good at.
** This is something he's apparently so well known for in-world that when he ends up being defenestrated while handcuffed to someone else, Gil used the opportunity For Science, demanding [[spoiler:Tarvek]] figure out the trick on the assumption that Othar would magic himself to safety per usual. On the plus side, he did manage to get himself out of the handcuffs... [[spoiler:While busy fighting Vole]]... Without the person he was handcuffed to finding out how.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: He's plenty effective, provided he isn't going up against uber badasses like Gil, Klaus or Agatha.
%%* RomanceGenreHeroes: The Terrorist.
* ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder: The effects of the Spark on him are a lot more apparent in the Twitter than in the comic.
%%* ShirtlessScene
* SunglassesAtNight: Or whatever that visor thingy is. There's a fan theory that it's there to protect bystanders from the power of his amazingly pretty blue eyes.
%%* TestosteronePoisoning
* TragicHero: A heroic goal, ruined by his lack of self awareness and obsession.
* UnexplainedRecovery: ''Constantly''. The only explanation we've ever gotten is �Special trousers. ''Very'' heroic''.
* UnreliableNarrator / ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: His Twitter is considered canonical, but it's from his point of view and he's insane.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Killing all Sparks might not be the best of ideas, but it's not exactly the worst one either.
--> [[http://twitter.com/othar/status/825310181 "That letter is a fraud! Othar Tryggvassen may do things that lesser men find objectionable or slightly illegal, but I never apologize!"]]
* WhatBeautifulEyes: So beautiful that they make his normally imposing self look [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080125 pretty girly]].
* WrongGenreSavvy: He seems to firmly believe himself to be the dashing hero of a science fiction romance. He's sort of right, but only about the latter part.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Other]]
[[quoteright:146:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/the_other.bmp]]
The mysterious force of mysteriousness that almost conquered Europa before vanishing mysteriously. May be Agatha's mother.
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!!Tropes associated with The Other:
* AmbiguousSituation: It is left ''extremely'' ambiguous as to what, precisely, the Other is, what its relation is to Lucrezia Mongfish, and what its goals are.
* BigBad: The most dangerous entity in the entire series. Even Klaus didn't beat it�it stopped fighting before he came back.
* CompellingVoice: Most of the Other's creations (such as the Geisterdamen and revenants) are built to be unable to disobey a command if it's made in Lucrezia's voice.
%%* EvilIsNotAToy: Inverted. The SealedEvilInACan finds out that its unsealer is not a toy.
* GrandTheftMe: Does this at least to Agatha. Might have done this to Lucrezia. Or she did it to it. ''Really'' unclear.
* MeaningfulName: After a while, all the usual suspects for who could be destroying Europe were dead by its hand, meaning that all the devastation was caused by some ''other'' party.
* MoodWhiplash: When the Other first makes an appearance she's all smiles and motherly comfort for her faithful Geisterdamen, who are weeping with joy at her return -- her mood changes swiftly once the Other realises things have gone to hell in her absence.
* ReligionOfEvil: Is the goddess of one.
%%* ScienceRelatedMemeticDisorder
%%* SealedEvilInACan
* TheVirus: Uses slaver wasps for mind control.
----
Lucrezia Mongfish is from a long line of cheerily sociopathic Sparks, known specifically for their skill in biology, and is Agatha's mother. She was a long-time antagonist of the Heterodyne Boys before giving up her father's work and marrying Bill. She was apparently kidnapped when the Other attacked Castle Heterodyne and killed her infant son (signalling the start of the attacks), but returned twenty years later when her mind was downloaded into Agatha's brain. She seems to be the Other (an interpretation Klaus agrees with), but the situation remains unclear.
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!!Lucrezia Mongfish specific:
* CivilianVillain: One interpretation of her apparent repentance in That Naughty Flashback Scene.
* ChronicVillainy: Another...
* DatingCatwoman: Why someone as incorruptibly good as Bill Heterodyne would be compelled to marry someone as insidious as Lucrezia Mongfish can only be attributed to this trope.
* DemonicPossession: Yet another. Getting the feeling there are a lot of theories? The one that seems to be rising to the top is that the Mongfish family is part of an AncientConspiracy under the command of "The Other", some bodiless entity that is periodically downloaded into suitable daughters with the "Summoning Engines".
* GrievousHarmWithABody: And that's her [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100224 nephew]].
* HeelFaceTurn: Before the series started, she tried to turn good when she agreed to marry Bill Heterodyne, and even drugged Klaus and sent him away so he wouldn't be a distraction. This is one of the most confusing parts of her character, since if she really never had any interest in redemption, she would have just killed Klaus.
* HorrifyingTheHorror: The mere ''mention'' of the name Barry Heterodyne is enough to frighten Lucrezia.
* LoveRedeems: She tried to invoke this by marrying Bill Heterodyne. It apparently didn't work so well, since she (maybe) became the Other and started one of the most destructive wars in recent history.
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Who is herself a MadScientist. Who has a beautiful daughter. Who is a MadScientist. Oy.
* MasterActress: Klaus says she is, but this comes off as an InformedAbility since she likes to gloat and is so different from the person she's impersonating. Although maybe if she knew ''anything at all'' about the girl she is pretending to be, she'd do better. And, as already noted, it's not at all certain that the Lucrezia that Klaus knew is the same one now attempting the impersonation.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Replace her last name with Borgia, and you very much have a real-world counterpart. And speaking of last names: with some verbal twisting you get from Mongfish via Mong-Eel to Mengele. Yikes.
* NoblewomansLaugh: [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100219 One]] of her somewhat-[[LargeHam hammy]] moments.
* OffingTheOffspring: Her first child with Bill, Klaus Barry, was killed in the attack on Castle Heterodyne, and it's ''strongly'' implied that this was deliberate on her part. Even Agatha, having already seen how evil she can be, had some trouble with that idea.
* PsychoExGirlfriend: To Klaus.
* TermsOfEndangerment: She does this to a lot of people, but does it to Klaus especially often.
* {{Tsundere}}: [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100219 Kind of]].
* TheVamp: She flirts more than fights, as Zola says.
%%* VillainessesWantHeroes
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Vole]]
!!Captain Vole
[[quoteright:200:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Captain_Vole_9934.jpg]]
The only Jägermonster ever to be kicked out from the Jägers. He bears a strong grudge against the House of Heterodyne over this, and is eager to kill Agatha as soon as he discovers that she's a real Heterodyne.
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* BerserkButton: Vole is no Jäger anymore, but do not mess with his NiceHat.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: With white pupils. Maybe. It's hard to tell if they're pupils or reflections; there are panels that make good arguments for each.
* BloodKnight: [[UpToEleven So much so that even the Jägers kicked him out for it]]. See UndyingLoyalty below.
** AxCrazy: "Ve vill burn Europa to the ground and und gnaw her bonez!"
* CombatPragmatist: A particularly DangerouslyGenreSavvy version. He takes advantage of people [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110729 talking when they should fight]] and baits people to [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110803 take advantage of their psychological weaknesses]].
* GrievousHarmWithABody:
** In the first two panels he appears in, he rips a man's arm off to prevent his hand from releasing a dead man's switch. It pretty much sets the tone for the character.
** He does this with [[spoiler:Gil against Tarvek]] when subverting TalkingIsAFreeAction.
* HiddenDepths: Much like Da Boyz above, he's much smarter than he looks and displays dangerous cunning. He's also capable of [[spoiler:stealing his gun back from the ImpossibleThief in the party]].
* LargeHam: When he wants to, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120224 Vole really can ham it up]].
* NoTrueScotsman: Vole believes he's the only Jägermonster who remembers what the "monster" part stood for.
* TheOathBreaker: One of the only references we've had to the Jägertroth is the fact that Vole renounced it.
%%* TheSocialDarwinist
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:'''Deliberately promoted to the role''' by Gil, who ''wants'' a superstrong lackey who'll constantly try to kill him, because that will emphasize to everyone else how dangerously crazy Gil is]].
* SuperSoldier: Has the full [[SuperSerum Jägerdraught]] package.
** AmazingTechnicolorPopulation ([[EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette Pale, bluish-white skin]] and BlackEyesOfEvil), CuteLittleFangs, FunetikAksent, MadeOfIron, TheNoseKnows, OlderThanHeLooks ([[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111007 close to 200 years]]), ProudWarriorRaceGuy, SuperStrength
* UndyingLoyalty: Averted. Vole was kicked out of the Jägers [[spoiler:for trying to kill Bill and Barry for not being the bloodthirsty monsters the rest of the family was]]. He serves Baron Wulfenbach willingly [[spoiler:as TheMole for Professor Tiktoffen, and he's not even all that broken up when he finds out he's dead too]].
%%* TheUnfettered
* TheWorfEffect: Outside of ripping some poor nobody's arm off, he tends to get beat up a lot. Even Othar gets to take a shot at him.
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[[folder:Zola]]
!!Zola La Sirene Dorée AKA Zola "Heterodyne" AKA Zola Anya Talinka Venia Zeblinkya Malfeazium
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Once everyone had heard there was a Heterodyne girl running around, she stepped in (along with a conspiracy) to provide one. Agatha was... not happy about that.
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* AssShove[=/=]TrouserSpace: [[spoiler:Lucrezia]] notes (after knocking her out, restraining her, and presumably [[{{Squick}} searching her]]) that some of her equipment was "in rather ''uncomfortable places'', I'd imagine".
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: ''Averted''. After taking the Moveit 11, her physical appearance goes ''steeply'' downhill.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Seems to be the cause of her [[MadLove attraction]] to Gil.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Even though the first impression of her is a harmless, gullible [[spoiler: figurehead for the Storm King conspiracy]], she starts fighting, no holds barred, when Agatha and her team throw a spanner in the works.
* BoobsOfSteel: She's ''stacked''. She's also a better fighter than either the Other or Violetta. [[spoiler: After downing a PsychoSerum, she ''punches Zeetha in the face'' and then ''stabs her in the gut with her own sword'']].
* TheChessmaster: Over the course of events, proven to be the genuine article.
%%* DarkActionGirl
* DeadlyUpgrade. Via a PsychoSerum.
* DistressedDamsel: Almost professionally.
* DumbBlonde: Subverted due to ObfuscatingStupidity. Gil and Tarvek eventually conclude that Zola, as the fake Heterodyne that was groomed by the Knights of Jove for years, is probably a lot more dangerous than she lets on, and a later confrontation proves them entirely right.
%%* EvilCounterpart
%%* FakeUltimateHero
* {{Foreshadowing}}: She sure bears a [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090408 strong familial resemblance to Lucrezia in that portrait]], doesn't she?
%%* FrenchJerk
* GigglingVillain: Her evil banter gets odder over the Castle arc. And she [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110107 gets giddier]] as things continue.
%%* GrapplingHookPistol
* HeroKiller: Zola has become this. To date she has critically wounded [[spoiler:Zeetha, Higgs, and Agatha]].
* LethalChef: "Well, ''I'' always thought she just couldn't make coffee. [[ObfuscatingStupidity Now, I'm not so sure]]."
* TheLoad: Apparently fulfilled this role in all of Gil's adventures with her in Paris, and when nabbed by Agatha she slipped into it again.
* LongLostRelative: "Hello [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100625 auntie]]."
* MadeOfIron: When she [[spoiler: takes the PsychoSerum, she becomes so strong that it takes an overdose of the PsychoSerum to (eventually) dispose of her.]]
* MadLove: Towards Gil, very much. Also later towards Tarvek, but [[PsychoSerum her sanity's slipping at the time]], so there's a chance she still thought he was Gil.
* MasterActress: Oh yes. Also involves the second part of the trope, where the audience thinks she might actually have {{Split Personalit|y}}ies. Of course, in this case, that's not so far-fetched.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Her real last name is [[spoiler:Malfeazium. And her mother was Demonica]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity:
** [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090406 This is how it's done]].
** Judging from Gil and Tarvek's reactions, [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091014 she's apparently an absolute MASTER]].
** [[spoiler:[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100623 She's apparently a Smoke Knight, and no one ever suspected]]]].
** She even manages to trick [[spoiler:''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100712 Lucrezia]]]]''.
* OnlyFriend: She invoked it.
* OverlyLongName: Her full name is [[spoiler:Zola Anya Talinka Venia Zeblinkya [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Malfeazium]]]].
* ThePowerOfHate: She attributes her MadeOfIron tendencies to this.
* PrincessesPreferPink: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] as part of her role as a fake Heterodyne. Even her ''death ray'' [[UpToEleven is pink]]. Even the ''death beam'' is pink.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Has a bit of a habit provoking them in the Castle arc. [[spoiler:Lucrezia]] would like to "thank" her for that, [[spoiler:Higgs]] tried to mess her up, and [[spoiler:Tarvek]] intended - perhaps still intends - to strangle her with his bare hands.
* ShoutOut: One of the times Gil had to rescue her it was from a [[Literature/ThePhantomOfTheOpera crazy man in an opera house]]. Apparently it was also one of the few times it ''wasn't'' her fault she was in trouble.
* SigilSpam: Covered head to toe in Heterodyne trilobite symbols, overselling her Heterodyne "heritage".
* SlasherSmile:
** When [[spoiler:the Castle dies]], she has a frighteningly Sparky look of triumphant glee on her face. Also [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100714 here]].
** Post-Movit Zola has these pretty often.
%%* TheStarscream
%%* SweaterGirl
%%* UnsportsmanlikeGloating
* UnstoppableRage[=/=]ThePowerOfHate: Claims this is what's sustaining her after suffering some truly grievous injuries.
-->'''Tarvek:''' How are you even still moving?\\
'''Zola:''' HATE! Hate and [[PsychoSerum drugs]]! Lovely, lovely drugs! I'm a beautiful, chemical, killing machine!
* UpToEleven: The scene where she downs the PsychoSerum is literally called "Zola goes up to eleven." The psycho serum itself is even called "MoveIt # 11". [[OneOfUs Ah, Foglios, we love you]].
* VillainDecay: [[spoiler:Subverted. She undecays completely over the span of two strips, and then some. Then goes from an incredibly dangerous intelligent opponent to an incredibly dangerous ''physical'' one when she downs the Moveit 11. Then, she decays AGAIN to an extent when she goes completely utterly psycho, and undecays yet AGAIN when she gets back to the hospital]]..
* XanatosSpeedChess: She is "''very good'' at improvising when things go wrong."
* {{Yandere}}: If [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110103 this page]] is of any indication.
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