History Characters / GirlGeniusAntagonists

* ProfessionalMaidenName: {{Implied|Trope}} to be {{ZigZagg|ingTrope}}ed, insofar as you consider "demonic cyborg-goddess" a profession. There are [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050511 a]] [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071010 few]] [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100405 times]] that Agatha calls her "Lucrezia ''Heterodyne''", implying she dropped her maiden name after marrying William, but 2/3 of the only times Agatha does this is when introducing herself to Castle Heterodyne. Meanwhile Agatha usually refers to her as "Lucrezia ''Mongfish''" when [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060602 naming]] [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20140312 her parents]], as do the [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051207 Geisters]]. Pretty much nobody calls her by her husband's name.

* ProfessionalMaidenName: Implied, insofar as you consider "demonic cyborg-goddess" a profession. There are [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050511 a]] [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071010 few]] [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100405 times]] that Agatha calls her "Lucrezia ''Heterodyne''", implying she dropped her maiden name after marrying William, but 2/3 of the only times Agatha does this is when introducing herself to Castle Heterodyne. Meanwhile Agatha usually refers to her as "Lucrezia ''Mongfish''" when [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060602 naming]] [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20140312 her parents]], as do the [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051207 Geisters]].

* YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious: There are a [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071010 couple]] [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100405 times]] that Agatha calls her "Lucrezia ''Heterodyne''", implying she dropped her maiden name after marrying William. Interestingly Agatha is only seen calling her by this name in front of the Castle and in no other context, probably as it's the name the Castle would recognize.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Provoking him is not recommended, not least because he's a big believer in making an example of those who violate his rules by employing overwhelming force.

* 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.

* TheUsurper: He took measures to have the cabal write Tarvek off after the Sturmhalten incident, since he was next in line to the Lightning Throne. Then he took measures to assassinate Tarvek. After the time skip, he maintains his grip on the throne [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority by killing anyone who tries to take it from him,]] but it's clear that ''no-one'' (except ''maybe'' his sister) actually wants him to be king. Multiple factions try to get to Tarvek, with varying levels of success, under the simple logic that [[DamnedByFaintPraise there's no way he can be worse than Martellus.]] His grip on the throne seems to be getting shakier. Krosp believes he won't survive the year, and the Muse of Geometries calculates his claim to be a [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20210303 "distant third, at best"]]. Neither Agatha nor Gil will recognize him as the Storm King either, with Agatha stating "Not even if it will free Mechanicsburg," and Colette [[spoiler:in her official capacity as the new Master of Paris]] was careful not to state him as such either, only recognizing his questionable claim.

* ''Webcomic/GirlGenius'': Zola doesn't have the Spark, nor is she a construct, but she ''is'' a well-trained [[spoiler:Smoke Knight]] who came ''very close'' to killing the protagonists.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: The notion that parents must care for and look after their children is completely alien to Lucrezia. Lucrezia-In-Agatha [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150424 proposes Klaus-In-Gil]] to sacrifice their children for the sake of getting back together, and is legitimately shocked by [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150427 his explosion of fury]]. Much later, another Lucrezia's copy mocks Albia [[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20220805 for putting herself in danger to save her daughter Neena]].

* The novels play this up as well. There are several epigraphs at the start of chapters that show folk tales about him after he built his empire; they mostly resemble traditional fairy tales like ''TheFarmerAndTheViper'' that go in a different direction than the original because Klaus is too badass to be beaten IE, he'll give ''anyone'' a single chance to go straight, but he takes precautions -- and if you abuse his trust, you're research material. He's gotten fewer and fewer chances to do research...

* MemeticBadass: An InvokedTrope in-universe.
** Klaus is ''extremely'' formidable but plays up his reputation even more, in order to reduce the amount of actual bloodletting he has to do. He's so formidable that even Bang will not cross him.
--->'''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.
** The novels play this up as well. There are several epigraphs at the start of chapters that show folk tales about him after he built his empire; they mostly resemble traditional fairy tales like ''TheFarmerAndTheViper'' that go in a different direction than the original because Klaus is too badass to be beaten IE, he'll give ''anyone'' a single chance to go straight, but he takes precautions -- and if you abuse his trust, you're research material. He's gotten fewer and fewer chances to do research...

* PutOnABus: [[spoiler: Conspicuously absent from the Wulfenbach halls of power following the timeskip, to the point of suffering from a case of ChuckCunninghamSyndrome. [[TheBusCameBack He ends up making a rather impressive entrance]] [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20160106 helping out Agatha and her companions in (or rather under) Paris.]] And this is ''after'' Füst the bear shows up again after being absent for even more time than him. Paris must have a rather nice bus stop. ]]

* ReligionOfEvil: They worship the Other, in many aspects. Exactly what the tenets of that religion are isn't clear, but again, they worship [[BigBad the Other]].

* 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 he gets... subverted]].

* UndyingLoyalty: Supposedly, to the Other, who they are programmed to obey, but it's clear that loyalty is not 100% concrete all the time. [[spoiler:Being Wasped probably helps, though.]] In Othar's Twitter adventures, [[spoiler: Oslaka willingly goes off to live with Othar, and Eotain claims that after the massacre of many of her sisters in Paris, she's done following the Other.]]

* FallenHero: {{Downplayed}} as he isn't exactly evil. He was originally a {{Lancer}} to Bill & Barry in their heroic adventures, but after returning from exile he brought peace ''his'' way: military force. He also finds himself pitted against Agatha because he sees her mostly as [[VillainousLineage Lucrezia's]] daughter, even though it's more accurate to call her ''[[HeroicLineage Bill's]]'' daughter.

* FallenHero: {{Downplayed}} as he isn't exactly evil. He was originally a {{Lancer}} to Bill & Barry in their heroic adventures, but after returning from exile he brought peace ''his'' way: military force. He also finds himself pitted against Agatha because he sees her mostly as [[VillainousLegacy Lucrezia's]] daughter, even though it's more accurate to call her ''[[HeroicLegacy Bill's]]'' daughter.

--> [[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!"]]

* TestedOnHumans: Played with. Any attempt to extract lifeforms from the time stasis field around Mechanicsburg results in rapid aging and death to the extractee. The Wulfenbach scientists on site have tried this repeatedly on birds and rodents, and cannot collect enough readings to analyze for any possible counteraction. Gil decides to extract Vole, since he is a Jäger and is capable of extremely long life. Gil also reasons that he'd rather not do it on an innocent person, and Vole is [[PayEvilUntoEvil far from innocent]]. The extraction process gave the scientists all the data they needed on how to extract people without causing runaway aging.

** After the Other carried out a massacre due to [[YouHaveFailedMe failing to thwart]] [[TheDreaded Barry Heterodyne]]'s OneManArmy assault to liberate baby Agatha, a few of her priestesses chose to interpret her as a devil, impersonating their goddess to steal the Holy Child's power. They set up their own faction within the Geisterdamen and rebelled, destroying the portal used to send their forces to Europa.

** After the Other carried out a massacre due to YouHaveFailedMe, a few of her priestesses chose to interpret her as a devil, impersonating their goddess to steal the Holy Child's power. They set up their own faction within the Geisterdamen and rebelled, destroying the portal used to send their forces to Europa.

* FogOfAges: Several thousand years means the Other has forgotten some of the simple joys of life, like music or chocolate.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150424 Eventually]], Lucrezia claims to 'Klaus' that hers was a MistreatmentInducedBetrayal (or at least she perceives it as one). [[note]]Note the wording of her ranting. There's two distinct ways it can be interpreted -- the first being the obvious one that her evil plan as The Other went horribly wrong, leaving her 'stranded' somehow, or her definition of "winning" was finally living a happy family life with Bill, only to get kidnapped, her son murdered, and forced into being The Other.[[/note]]

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Klaus '''''[[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040114 DESPISES]]''''' ruling Europa, and is only doing it because all the alternative candidates are crazy and/or evil. He wistfully remembers the "good old days" when he was the TokenEvilTeammate of the Heterodyne Brothers as they traveled and explored -- and especially the ''occasional'' fight. However, the current state of affairs -- [[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040806 "No more negotiating. No more promises. No more second chances."]] -- is '''entirely''' his design.

* TokenEvilTeammate: Of Agatha's party during the Paris and England arcs, overlapping with being TheFriendThatNobodyLikes. But after the England arc, he no longer needs Agatha and seems to be getting back into his antagonistic role.