History Characters / HellsingHellsingOrganization

* {{Meganekko}}: Played straight when she was young, subverted when she grows into an IronLady.

* DangerouslyShortSkirt: A miniskirt, and she [[ActionGirl definitely has the danger level]] set.

* {{Foil}}: Believe it or not, the the most direct opposite to Alucard more so than Anderson or The Major. While the other two had opposing traits to Alucard, they were more counterparts to him than true inverses. While alive, Alucard was a zealot who believed in enforcing righteousness through force whereas Seras was a police officer and believed she had a duty to protect. Alucard kills without regard and enjoys every second of it but Seras only kills when she has to and never really takes pleasure in (unless driven by a vampire's natural blood lust that that's instinct not will). Alucard became a vampire to escape his ruin but Seras who was put through absolute hell and had every reason to give up and let death take her, still cared enough about life that she wanted to keep living. Alucard takes the blood of other's indiscriminately without care but Seras drank blood only once, reluctantly, and it was offered to her by the one she loved. Alucard's familiars are only puppets and slaves but Seras' one familiar has his own will and her partner/lover. Lastly, Alucard seeks death and wants to die a fitting end at the hands of a strong human but Seras wants to live and still has tremendous amounts of humanity left inside her.

* AlmightyJanitor: Straight up one of the best fighters in entire the series. Among the Hellsing staff, the only person who outclasses him is [[InvincibleHero Alucard]]. He's Sir Integra's ''butler.''

* RaisedCatholic: Ironically it's shown in flashbacks that after her parents died she was placed in a Catholic orphanage staffed by nuns.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler:Dies after Zorin Blitz stabs him while he's trying to carry a blind and mutilated Seras to safety.]] Seras breaks down in tears, and is pushed over the edge when Zorin mocks [[spoiler:his]] death, calling him 'a mere insect'. [[spoiler:Seras responds by drinking his blood and becoming a fully-fledged vampire, and going on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge, culminating in her painting the wall with Zorin's face.]]

* {{Badass Beard}}: In his older years.

* ShipTease: Even WordOfGod has stated there are deeper feelings between her and Alucard.

* SuicidalOverconfidence: Tends to indulge in this a bit. He finds himself quite of his depth when confronting Millenium, whom he at first assumes to be a group of low-level vampires, and his fight against the Captain goes about as well as a child against a trained soldier.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: Implied to be [[spoiler: part of the reason he might have made a deal with Millennium]] in ''The Dawn'', where Alucard and Arthur really don't treat him well. TheHedonist Arthur drinks and womanizes in the luxury of his mansion while Walter risks his life in Warsaw (which [[OnlySaneMan Sir Islands]] [[WhatTheHellHero calls him out on]]), and Alucard repeatedly leaves him to fend for himself against an opponent he has little hope of winning against. Yikes.

* InexplicablyAwesome: Has CharlesAtlasSuperpower for no apparent reason.

* DescriptionCut: During WWII, Arthur confidently assures [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Sir Irons/Islands]] that BattleButler Walter is one of the finest vampire hunters in the world, despite being JustAKid, and there is no way he can fail. Back in Warsaw, [[spoiler: Walter is being strangled to death by the Captain (though the Captain is a ''werewolf''), and is only saved at the last minute by Alucard.]]

* AmbiguousStartOfDarkness: It is unclear when exactly he defected to Millenium. Sir Irons suspects it could have been as early the Warsaw incident when he first made contact with Millenium, but it seems somewhat unlikely given how Alucard assures they destroyed the facility together. Given what Alucard says of Walter, it may be that while Millenium continued to keep tabs on him, Walter only truly betrayed Hellsing once he realized that he was getting older and that time was running out.

* FaceHeelTurn: Although Sir Islands points out there's reason to suspect that he turned WAY before the series started. Sixty years, in fact.

* PsychopathicManchild: Alucard points out that he never truly grew past his teenage years of wanting to prove himself to be better than anyone else. Walter simply couldn't stand the idea of fading away by old age when he knew he had the resources to rejuvenate himself and go out with a bang.

* EvilCostumeSwitch: Walter's post-vamping ensemble.

* MirrorCharacter: From ''Alucard'', if that tells you anything. This, coupled with how long they've known each other, is probably the reason Walter is the closest thing to a ''friend'' Alucard really has. [[spoiler:And is the biggest reason Alucard is PISSED when he learns that he's betrayed him and the Hellsing Organization]].

* MixedAncestry: A photo in the first anime showing her mother wearing a Sari implies her mother was Indian.

* MeaningfulName: Translated from Latin, her name means "Bringer of Victory".

* NotSoDifferent: From ''Alucard'', if that tells you anything. This, coupled with how long they've known each other, is probably the reason Walter is the closest thing to a ''friend'' Alucard really has. [[spoiler:And is the biggest reason Alucard is PISSED when he learns that he's betrayed him and the Hellsing Organization]].

* RealityEnsues: He was apparently a bit of a sickly man by the time Integra was born and was bedridden often. Looks like everything he did in his youth caught up to him by the time he was in his middle age.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FumikoOrikasa (JP), K.T. Gray (EN)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiroakiHirata (JP), Creator/YuriLowenthal (EN)

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JojiNakata (JP), Creator/CrispinFreeman (EN)

-->''"It takes a man to kill a monster."''

Extremely powerful, to the point where it's more accurate to categorize him as a ''force of nature'' rather than a "being", Alucard is a vampire who is well over 400 years old. He acknowledges Integra Hellsing, a woman who is one of the last living members of the Hellsing family, as the only authority he'll answer to. He spent twenty years sealed in the depths of the Hellsing manor by Integra's father, until a young Integra discovers his "corpse" when she was fleeing from her wicked uncle. Integra is shot in the shoulder, and her blood just so happens to fly into Alucard's mouth, which awakened him. As a way of showing his thanks, he helps Integra kill her pursuers, and from then on, grants her his services and protection. He is highly skilled in firearms and his vast powers are divided into seals with increasing levels of power (with Level 0 being the strongest to 5 being the "weakest"). His servant is Seras "Police Girl" Victoria.

His true identity is that of the infamous Prince Vlad III Tepes of Wallachia, AKA Vlad Dracula or "Vlad the Impaler".

* NinetiesAntiHero: A card-carrying example. He has a cool-sounding name, ridiculously over-sized pistols, has the hipster type appearance, and doesn't care about hurting people who get in his way.
* TheAce: The most powerful and iconic warrior of the Hellsing Organization.
* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The real-life Vlad III Tepes was not a pretty man. In here, not so much -- he's downright ''swagger''. Justified with AFormYouAreComfortableWith. Even in the original "Dracula" novel, he was described as creepy-looking even when more youthful. While he could shapeshift into a more attractive form, he didn't do it often. In this, he's always portrayed as being quite handsome, even in flashbacks.
* AdaptationalAbomination: While most adaptations portray [[spoiler: {{Dracula}}]] as a stronger-than-normal vampire, here he is a straight up UndeadAbomination.
* AdaptationalBadass: Among the many differences between the manga and the first TV adaptation, in the latter Alucard's regenerative powers are not explained and seem inherent. In the manga and OVA he needs his supply of past victims to serve as a fuel tank, it's possible (though ridiculously difficult) for them to be expended or sabotaged, and if he's going all out he must release them and make himself vulnerable. The difference is mostly academic, however -- in any adaptation, under no circumstances is Alucard an opponent you want to face.
* AffablyEvil: Alucard is vicious and violent by nature, but he's got a moral code, companions he cares for and has respect for his opponents... at least until they do something he considers disappointing, at which point he'll ruthlessly rend them to pieces.
* AllianceWithAnAbomination: He's a [[UndeadAbomination Lovecraftian vampire]] who works for an organization that specializes in hunting vampires. It helps that he's extremely loyal to Integra and finds the vampires he hunts to be worthless scum.
* {{Alucard}}: Yes obviously, but it's worth mentioning that he was named as such by Arthur Hellsing, Integra's father and the one who conducted the various operations on the vampire to become Hellsing's "crown glory." As such, Arthur renaming him symbolizes his transformation from Count Dracula into Hellsing's secret weapon. In fact, the reversed name likely references how he [[BecameTheirOwnAntithesis became his own antithesis]], from a dominating king harvesting people into a loyal servant protecting humanity.
* AnimalisticAbomination: Alucard's summoned HellHound, the Baskerville, also known as the Black Dog.
* AnimalMotifs: Obviously bats for a vampire, but more notable and telling are dogs. Baskerville Hound aside, he unashamedly refers even to ''himself'' as a dog, with people even telling him he's "domesticated" and "housebroken". He is played up to be the "attack dog" of the Hellsing family: He shows [[UndyingLoyalty devoted loyalty]] to his master. He grabs and catches things in his mouth and using his massively sharp canines and attacks by biting as often as shooting. He even loves [[BloodKnight playing around]] and often has a large toothy grin, and [[spoiler:the [[AnimalJingoism cat-themed]] Schrödinger does the best job of distracting him]].
* AntiHero: A psychopathic BloodKnight who lives to fight and kill, Alucard is at least [[ProHumanTranshuman pro-humanity]] and will fight off the greater threat of Millennium.
* ArchEnemy: To Alexander Anderson, since they deem each other {{Worthy Opponent}}s.
* AxCrazy: Alucard relishes not only the chance for a good fight but also displays disturbing fixation with the actual act of killing people, as emphasized by his maniacal {{Slasher Smile}}s and [[EvilLaughter cackling]].
* BackForTheFinale: Returns in the epilogue after killing off all of his three million plus souls so that he can return to corporeality.
* BadassBaritone: Though his voice can reach higher pitches when he's LaughingMad, most of the time it's smooth, suave, and badass.
* BadassBeard: When he's transformed into his true form, Dracula.
* BadassBoast: During his fight with Walter.
--> '''Walter:''' Bastard! What sort of game are you playing? Answer me!\\
'''Alucard:''' What game am I playing? Really? No, this game is all yours. I'm just better at playing, foolish child.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Puts on a dapper white suit in South America. His Girlycard form also has one.
* BadassLongcoat: A [[BringMyRedJacket red one]], adding to the gore by allowing many regenerations of his limbs.
* BadassMustache: When Alucard releases all the restraints, he actually looks somewhat like Vlad Tepes, including the moustache. It's not quite as impressive as the one in the famous portrait, but it would be much harder to take him seriously if it was.
* BarbarianLonghair: When he's letting loose, his hair grows far longer and messier to the point that it looks more like a creepy shadow than hair.
* BeastAndBeauty: Along with his [[LadyAndKnight Knight/Lady]] dynamic with Integra, there are definitely shades of this.
* BerserkButton: His [[AffablyEvil usual attitude]] makes them hard to find, but when one is pressed, you ''will'' know:
** People who believe that it's BetterToDieThanBeKilled, especially when someone does it to escape his wrath.
** Traitors. He will make you ''suffer'' before killing you if you betray him.
** And the biggest example of them all: throwing away your humanity. After his defeat at the hands of Dr. Hellsing, Alucard earnestly believes a person's humanity and ingenuity to be the best things about them. When Anderson uses [[DeadlyUpgrade Helena's Nail]] in their final battle, Alucard is not only ''furious'', he's '''brought to tears''' at the end.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Inverted. No matter how much he respects his opponent, if he's going to die, he's going to die fighting with everything he's got. When an anonymous mook shot himself rather than fight, having seen every other mook in the room torn to pieces in front of his eyes, Alucard's visibly infuriated.
* {{BFS}}: Wields an impressively huge claymore sword in his true form as Dracula. It doesn't last long. He [[GunsAkimbo really likes guns]].
* BlackMagic: He has been compared to the Devil for a ''damn'' good reason.
* BloodKnight: He just ''loves'' to fight all kind of enemies. The harder it is, the more fun it'll be. Alucard looks positively ''ecstatic'' every time Anderson shows up, and ripping apart enemies always puts him a good mood.
-->'''Alucard''': Neither of us could ever back down in front of an enemy. Come on then, Judas Priest!
* BloodLust: Oh '''''yes'''''. He would bathe in the stuff if he could. He later ''drinks the blood of every dead person in London.''
* BloodMagic: He can drain the blood of his victims to take away their soul and then resummon them as his familiars. And until all of his souls are gone, he will regenerate from anything.
* BloodyMurder: Alucard practically puts blood through gymnastics using it as a weapon.
* BodyguardCrush: Implied with Integra, his charge, though it's never cleared up.
* BottomlessMagazines: He won't reload until all the surrounding enemies are dead. When Crispin Freeman makes note of this in the commentary, Creator/TaliesinJaffe calls them "Schrödinger's Magazine", in that they're never empty until you look inside them.
* BreakTheCutie: When he was just a little kid, he was sold out by his father, Dracul the prince of Wallachia, to the Turks, who did all sorts of ghastly things to him. No wonder he decided to become what he is today.
* BrokenAce: The most powerful vampire ever to walk the Earth, suicidal to face in combat, immortal, strong, fast, clever, cultured and, when he feels like it, good-looking. There's almost nothing out there that's equal to him. Because of his great age and degree of power, even the weaknesses of other vampires barely apply to him. And yet to say that he's had a ''shitty'' life - and unlife - would be a major {{Understatement}}. As a child, he was sold into slavery by his own family and repeatedly raped and abused. When he fought against the Ottoman Empire, his own brutality and zealotry - both as a result of his devotion to God and revenge against the abuse he suffered at the Sultan's hands -- resulted in him becoming ''infinitely'' worse than them, becoming little more than a butcher, with a pitiful beheading being his final fate. As a vampire, he ultimately DidNotGetTheGirl as Dr. Helsing, Quincy Morris and Jonathan Harker saw to it. Following his humiliating and humbling defeat at their hands, he was tortured and experimented on for decades and ultimately became little more than a neutered servant of the Hellsing family. It can be argued that Alucard/Dracula never even truly experienced ''actual'' happiness until he met Integra and Seras, and even then, it's a mostly unfamiliar and alien feeling to him.
* BulletProofFashionPlate: Played with for in-universe RuleOfScary. Since he is functionally immortal, his usual tactic is to let his foes shoot him into bloody chunks and then regenerate while they think about how badly they screwed up, regenerating his clothing along with the rest of him.
* TheCaligula: In life, and even in undeath before he encountered Van Helsing's party, he was infamous for his cruelty and brutality as the Mad King who consumed even his own soldiers. He doesn't exactly ''regret'' it, but accepts the fact that his madness and zeal has cost him ''everything'' - even the little things, like appreciating a sunset.
* CardCarryingVillain: Straight up admits that he is the worst of all vampires, which is saying something.
* CastingAShadow: It's been stated that Alucard has long since transcended the physical flesh of a human, and his body is made of some sort of otherworldly substance that can only be described as darkness in material form. This is usually seen whenever he takes heavy damage; he always regenerates by building his body back up using these dark composition.
* TheChampion: To Integra. He might be a vicious, quasi-satanic monster, but he definitely has UndyingLoyalty towards Integra.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: Chapter 1 is most affected by this, where he comes across morbidly goofy and has a moment where he wanders away from a fight while Seras does all the work. Subsequent adaptations of the story use the more thoughtful, collected and bloodthirsty character he shows throughout the rest of the manga.
* CombatPragmatist: Sort of. He doesn't need guns, but he likes using them. And even if he feels you're a worthy opponent, he'll still fight dirty.
* CombatSadomasochist: He seems to enjoy being harmed. He has a habit of [[GoodThingYouCanHeal allowing his opponent to rip him to bloody pieces]], only to regenerate FromASingleCell before subjecting his opponent to an agonizing death that involves lots of dismemberment and impaling.
* CoolShip: His ghost ship, the ''Eagle/Adler''. By the time he's done with it, there's a giant metal cross made of the remains of a SR-71 Blackbird erected on the deck.
* CrazyConsumption: Out of all the vampires in this series, Alucard ''really'' takes the cake with this one. So long as Integra orders him to kill, he'll do whatever he damn well pleases to his victims. Including tearing off their heads and letting the blood pour into his mouth. And using demon dogs to ''eat them alive''. Honestly, this guy acts more like a ''[[ImAHumanitarian cannibal]]'' than a vampire.
* CreepyGood: He's firmly on the side of humanity. He's also scary as hell.
%%* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Red.
* CoolShades: Wears an orange-tinted pair. They repeatedly get broken or crushed, mostly by Anderson, but he keeps acquiring new pairs from somewhere. Possibly the same place he gets new coats.
* CynicalMentor: He's not the best father figure towards Seras. Most of the time, he's rather insulting and mean towards her, but he does give her advice and training that has helped her many times.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: It's very obliquely implied that becoming a true vampire (without encountering another true vampire) requires being monstrous even in life, then dying a horrible death amidst bloodshed and ruin. It's never completely spelled out ''how'' he reached that point, but it definitely wasn't because his early life was sunshine and daisies.
* DarkIsEvil: His shadows give plenty of this vibe, but while he's not a good guy, he works for them loyally.
* DarkIsNotEvil: He ''functions'' as this through his loyalty to the Hellsing Organization and his willingness to fight beings even more evil than him.
* DaywalkingVampire: Alucard can walk around in broad daylight with no problem, on account of being leagues more powerful than any normal vampire.
* DeathSeeker:
** He's not in any ''hurry'' to die, but his greatest dream is to be defeated by a human, like Abraham van Helsing did 100 years ago.
** His former handler and Integra's father, Arthur Hellsing believed this of all the "immortal monsters." Given Alucard's thoughts (and reflecting on the actions of Millenium's Captain), Arthur's belief seems to be validated:
--->'''Arthur Hellsing:''' Nosferatu, the No-Life King. His castle, his kingdom, its people, his loved ones, even his very identity; everything was lost. All that remains is a pale shadow, wandering from battle to battle. I have come to believe that those frightening immortals are, in fact, frail, sobbing children.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: Mina Harker, as per the canon, and as lampshaded by Abraham Hellsing during his CurbStompBattle with Alucard.
* DiscardAndDraw: Thanks to Schrödinger nearly erasing him from existence and leaving him incorporeal for ''three decades'', Alucard had to dispose of the millions of potential familiars he had until only Schrödinger was left. He likely can't contain and release entire armies of undead anymore (though he could potentially collect more), but on the other hand, he now has Schrödinger's power of 'being everywhere and nowhere.' He lacks his hundreds of thousands of souls, but has become the self-observing paradox that exists where and as he decides he does: 'I think, therefore I am.' While he is no longer ''literally'' a OneManArmy, he has become much more immortal and unlike his previous powers which made it difficult but not ''impossible'' to kill him, virtually nothing can hurt or kill him now.
* {{Dracula}}: Hinted at be his SdrawkcabName but it isn't outright stated until he takes his true form as Vlad Tepes and Enrico Maxwell comes to the horrifying realization.
* DreamSequence: Has a pretty trippy one following the events aboard the carrier ''Eagle/Adler''. Alucard appears to have a fondness for Creator/BruceWillis movies and films based on Creator/FrederickForsyth novels (such as ''Literature/TheDogsOfWar'' and ''Film/TheFourthProtocol'').
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: In the form of Schrödinger. Okay, so maybe it was more 'dropped mathematics and technobabble on him'. The Major lampshades this, pointing out that fighting him head on is pointless; he'll simply cheat death by consuming more blood. He states that traditionally 'tyrants have always been killed by poison.' Considering the whole plan to make Alucard vulnerable and how two mighty warriors, one even turning into a monster, failed to off him, it's hard to disagree.
* EarnYourHappyEnding:
** After essentially being sent to purgatory by Schrödinger, Alucard seeks out and kills his millions of lives (except Schrödinger's), finally putting them out of their misery and earning his life back.
** He also comes from a [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption past filled with Downer Endings no matter what. The series and other characters love to list what he lost after the decisive battles.]]
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Heavy emphasis on ''eerie''.
* EldritchAbomination: His other unnatural forms, which can take on the form of a mass of seething shadows with too many red eyes, among many. He's even called an abomination on several occasions.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: For all his faults, he really ''does'' care for [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence Integra]], [[IHateYouVampireDad Seras]], [[OddFriendship Walter,]] [[PetTheDog the queen]], and, in his own way, [[WorthyOpponent Anderson]]... but that's it.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** He tells a pair of teenage vampires that the way they kill innocent people for no reason just shows how pathetic and disgusting they actually are, and that's the reason why they should be wasted.
** Alucard believes that only a human can defeat him, which is why he considers Anderson to be his greatest rival. Thus, [[spoiler: when Anderson uses [[DeadlyUpgrade Helena's Nail]] to give himself a boost that he feels is necessary to defeat Alucard,]] not only is Alucard pissed, he's saddened to the point of crying.
** He also has no respect whatsoever for traitors. [[spoiler: And makes that displeasure known during his battle with a vampirized Walter.]]
** While somewhat downplayed compared to the other examples, Alucard doesn't think very highly of Nazis either. While reminiscing of their World War II days with Walter, Alucard took special glee in killing every Nazi he could find. The only exception is [[WorthyOpponent The Major]], whose unbridled and absolute commitment to over-the-top batshit insanity is nothing if not mildly impressive to him.
* EvilLaugh: Anytime Alucard is entertained, or is impressed with the antics of the Major, that great fanged maw opens up with peals of maniacal laughter.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Both their Japanese and English voice actors have this quality.
* ExtraEyes: Alucard develops tons of these during transformations.
* {{Expy}}: Officially, of the main characters of two series Kouta Hirano is an overt fan of, ''LightNovel/VampireHunterD'' and ''Manga/{{Trigun}}'', as well as a secondary character of another of his favorites, ''Manga/MugenShinshi''. He resembles the first in his vampire hunter job, his broad-brimmed hat and coat, his immense power, his ability to manifest other beings in the form of extra faces in his body, and his name lampshading his relation to the Dracula myth; for the second, he takes from him the red of his coat, his yellow round-framed sunglasses, his eccentricity, his big gun, and the fact that he keeps suppressed his true power; and from the third he takes his very name and his role as the sworn ally of the heir to a noble family.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: Eyes do ''not'' go in the chest! Or in shadowy tentacles! Or... any way Alucard uses them, really.
* FaceYourFears: He seemingly believes this to be what one must do in order to realise one's potential.
-->'''Alucard''': It's the nature of battle, until you defeat what cowers you, you cannot truly become yourself. But to do that, you must break the shackles that hold you down.
* TheFettered: Though not unhappy about it. He proudly declares it when Integra gives the order to use his full powers.
* FightingAShadow: Alucard's true form is kept sealed away, safe from any harm. What everyone sees is a physical projection that he can reform at will, so long as he has souls to fuel it, and he has more than enough in the tank to do that for an indefinite period.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Due to the thousands of souls inside him causing a lack of a definite gender, he can change his appearance at will. To quote the man himself, "Trappings of mortal form mean nothing to me."
* FromASingleCell: Every 'death' he was supposed to have is one of his souls being taken away. And since he has ''over three million'', this is the main reason why he's so damned hard to kill or even remotely injure. If even the tiniest bit of Alucard is left behind, he'll be able to regenerate and come back just as strong and vengeful as before.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He is a very literal monster, and often wears a set of orange sunglasses before and sometimes during his rampages.
%%* FreudianExcuse: [[RapeAsBackstory Of the original Freudian variety.]] His childhood probably wasn't a day at the beach, either.
* FreudianTrio: Alucard is TheId among Integra and Seras. His proposed solution is always "gruesomely murder the enemy".
* GeniusLoci: Inverted. Alucard's final enemies refer to Alucard's body an entire "castle" or "kingdom" of souls. When his final restraint comes off, they say he has "opened" up the gates of his castle, becoming vulnerable. When he starts to draw the souls back in, Major says he is "rebuilding his castle, brick by brick."
* GlassCannon:
** Alucard's default form is even more vulnerable to harm than an ordinary vampire -- at one point a bullet actually blew one of his limbs off -- but his practically limitless regenerative powers means he'll keep getting back up no matter how many times he's "killed" and traditional methods of vampire extermination are useless on him.
** His true form is also an example -- since all of the souls he's fed upon are now independent of his body, he's just as vulnerable to a stake through the heart as any other vampire. You just have to get past those souls, which are quite literally an army (several of them, in fact), not to mention all the vampires he's killed, and Alucard himself won't take it lying down either.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Because Alucard's primary form is not his true form, his usual ''tactic'' is to let his opponents perforate him utterly... and then regenerate and get right back up again. If Alucard wasn't a true vampire and ''really'' fast regenerator, he'd be dust with how many times he's been blown to bits.
* GunsAkimbo: When he gains the Jackal he's always seen using it in tandem with the Casull. Even when he's got a gigantic claymore sword, he swaps it pretty quickly for the guns, which are almost like hand cannons if a human were to use them.
* HairContrastDuo: With Integra, Seras, and [[AntiVillain Anderson]] -- black against blonde.
* HandCannon: To him they're pistols. To a human they'd be hand cannons, and completely unusable unless you're just as suped up as some of the other characters.
* HappinessInSlavery: Although not an actual slave, Alucard's more than happy to serve his Master.
* HealingFactor: One of the most extreme examples. Blowing him to bits doesn't stick long.
* HeelFaceTurn: Well, Alucard certainly seems to like life as a good guy. Of course, that's probably because he still gets to kill as many vampires and other monsters as he wants, considering it's the Hellsing Organization's eternal mission.
* TheHero: A very, ''very'' cruel and sadistic one, but he nevertheless is central character among the good guys and the narrative as a whole. He kills vampires and other supernatural nasties because his master orders him to and because he's disgusted by posers.
* HeroKiller: Sort of an inverse. It doesn't matter how big and bad you are, he's always bigger and badder, and he'll prove it by killing you. [[TokenEvilTeammate Luckily, he's on the good guys' side.]]
* HeyYou: At first, he purposely refused to call his apprentice by her name, Seras Victoria, resorting instead to the sneering alias "Police Girl", which shows his disdain for her reluctance to drink blood and embrace her vampire nature in full. He gets a lot better by the series' end, either calling Seras by her name or using "Police Girl" as an affectionate nickname.
* HiddenHeartOfGold: Despite his uncaring and arrogant behavior, Alucard does genuinely care for some of the people around him, most especially Integra and Seras. He also holds a great deal of respect for people who ''choose'' to remain human like Van Helsing, Anderson, and even The Major, and the senseless slaughter of innocents is one of the main reasons why he despises almost all other vampires.
* HistoricalBeautyUpdate: Vlad the Impaler was ''not'' a pretty man in RealLife. His alternate forms are understandable since Alucard can assume whatever appearance he wants, but as the true Vlad Tepes? Well, he's certainly gotten an aesthetic upgrade, that's for sure.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Vlad Tepes III was not what anyone would call TheGoodKing, but he wasn't an EldritchAbomination who'd consumed the souls of hundreds of thousands of people.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: He and Seras, emphasizing their mentor-student, father-daughter relationship. Seras is only slightly shorter than most other characters, but Alucard is incredibly freakin' tall.
* HumanoidAbomination: Alucard looks like just an "ordinary" vampire -- a tall, thin, pale human with dark hair, pointed teeth, and glowing red eyes. It turns out he's actually something far, far more horrifying, being at the very least a MindHive of millions of undead souls, all slaved to a single once-human mind. He freely shifts through the most horrific forms at will, with his "true form" being essentially a city-swallowing ocean of blood with wailing human and animal corpses rising half-formed from its depths and potentially becoming an independent army. In the finale, he goes even further, killing off his undead army to become a walking, talking quantum anomaly.
* HumansAreSpecial: He believes this with ''all'' his being. While sometimes he sneers at humans, for Alucard they are the pinnacle of the creation of God and those worthy to inherit Earth, to the point that he ''refuses'' to die except at the hands of a human. [[spoiler:It's the reason why he breaks down in tears when Anderson transforms himself with the Nail.]]
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: In the most brutal way possible. He seems to hate most other vampires nowadays, [[EvenEvilHasStandards especially those who kill]] ForTheEvulz, and ''especially'' artificial vampires like those that Millennium creates. Overall, in Alucard's opinion, only true vampires like Seras and himself deserve to exist, and he's happy to enforce it personally.
* HypnoticEyes: As befitting a powerful true vampire, as best displayed during the hotel scene with the SWAT members in the elevator.
* IAmAMonster: Which he will gleefully tell you. [[spoiler: Though it turns out that Alucard plays this trope straight. As powerful as he is, he deeply regrets his choice to become a monster and holds a great deal of respect for those who choose to remain human in such a dangerous and cruel world. Anderson's use of Helena's Nail, and then his death after reverting back to an ordinary human, actually drives Alucard to hysterical tears.]]
-->'''Alucard''': YOU AND I ARE THE SAME! You are me... I was just the same! Don't you get it, this is how I became what I am!
* ImprobableAimingSkills: He can gun down multiple enemies without even ''looking'' at them.
* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: With Integra. He is excited by her resolve and will for battle, and he always impales his victims when she watches, once even asking if it 'excited' her.
* InSeriesNickname: Hellsing's dog/lapdog/pet usually. Anderson used "the black plague" on him once. Demon, monster or devil seem to be popular ones, too. Seras calls him "Master" on account of him being her sire.
* InsultBackfire:
-->'''SWAT team member''': No...you're a monster!\\
'''Alucard''': People keep telling me that.
* InvincibleHero: Zigzagged, which is a surprise given the character. Alucard has a ''massive'' number of lives (read: everyone who he's killed and drained the blood from) to stave off death. When these lives are all currently released as familiars however, he's as vulnerable as any other vampire. Then it finally gets played straight when he isolates Schrödinger's life within him in the ending, though he ''really'' had to work for this.
* ItAmusedMe: Why does Alucard turn himself into [[BadassAdorable a little girl]] in his fight against [[spoiler:Walter]]? [[IShallTauntYou Specifically to mock his opponent]].
* {{Jerkass}}: He's not the friendliest or most empathetic guy, to say the least.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It's buried far underneath centuries worth of agony, cruelty and misery, but Alucard does have better side to him that not many people get to see.
* TheJuggernaut: He gets ripped to shreds by machine gun fire because it's fun. ''Nothing'' his enemies throw at him even slows him down.
* KickTheDog: A vampire priest is holding Seras, last survivor of his massacre, hostage. Alucard has his gun pointed at them both. His only question is whether Seras is a virgin. When she answers "yes", he shoots ''through'' her to hit the vampire, kills him, and offers Seras the chance of becoming a vampire herself while she's bleeding out on the ground. Even the ''[[EvenEvilHasStandards vampire priest]]'' is put off when he realises what Alucard is maneuvering toward.
* KnightInShiningArmor: DoubleSubversion. Integra expected one to save her and got a vampire...who acted as one to her, regardless.
* KnightTemplar: He used to be one, a long time ago.
* LadyAndKnight: ''Very much'' a Black Knight to Integra's Bright Lady. He often amuses himself by pointing out the carnage he creates is all in her name.
* LargeHam: One of the hammiest vampires ever to ham.
* LittleMissBadass: Alucard is a shapeshifter, so he can look like whatever he wants. During World War II he looked like a young girl and didn't kick any less ass.
* LordBritishPostulate: In-universe. Various people's obsession with defeating him is the main driver of the plot. Apparently immortal? There must be some other way to kill him!
* LovecraftianSuperpower: He can form multiple eyes, limbs, tentacles, and mouths, turn himself into shadows, insects, bats or mist, and manifest his Hellhound familiar as an extension of his body. And that's ''before'' he goes all-out. Other abilities that would definitely fall into the eldritch would be how he takes and [[YourSoulIsMine keeps the souls of others]] [[SoulJar inside himself]] by [[HorrorHunger drinking their blood]], so that he's able to summon them later as undead slaves.
* MadeOfExplodium: The bullets for the Jackal do a wee bit more than pierce through any armor, to say the least. Lampshaded by Luke Valentine even:
-->''(After one of Alucard's shots misses him, the entire hallway behind Luke gets blown up)'' "A pistol...did ''that!?'' ...Jesus."
* MadeOfPlasticine: It's surprisingly easy to rip him to shreds. The hard part is making him ''stay'' shredded.
* ManaShield: A non-video game version and in this case it's Alucard's pools of souls that he's collected from drinking the blood of his victims. The reason Alucard is nigh unkillable and to resistant to normal vampiric weaknesses is because any damage done to him can be directed towards his familiar pool. So every time he "dies" he really just sacrifices a soul inside himself to take the damage. When he releases all of his souls he is a singular entity and thus vulnerable enough to kill by piercing his heart.
* ManlyTears:
** The first instance are TearsOfBlood when he is dreaming of the day Abraham defeated him.
** The second instance follows [[spoiler:Anderson's death after he used Helena's Nail. Alucard ''truly'' believed with all his being that Anderson was capable of beating him as a human. As Anderson became a monster, Alucard was ''heartbroken'' that he'd thrown away everything about himself that Alucard respected, though he understood the reasoning behind the choice.]]
* MetaOrigin: Most supernatural things in the series stem from him in some way.
* MindControl: Alucard can do this just by looking into your eyes, as the proprietor of a hotel and one poor SWAT trooper in the Brazil arc finds out.
* MookHorrorShow: Heaven and Hell help you if you have to fight him.
* MoreDakka: Both in regards to taking down himself or his enemies. Blowing Alucard to pieces is how most people attempt to defeat him, although it never works out how they planned, since he's a regenerator. On the other hand, Alucard just likes to shoot things full of holes ForTheEvulz.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: His smiles would do an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglerfish Anglerfish]] proud.
* MrFanservice: Never seen naked or any of that sort, but there's a reason why he's on the TallDarkAndHandsome list.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Alucard sprouts extra pairs during his battle with Rip van Winkle.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: It's {{Alucard}}. You know, ''that'' {{Dracula}}? Anyone who doesn't run is in for a bad time.
* NayTheist: He never questions whether God ''exists'' -- he seems certain of it. In fact, his contempt for Him is so complete it almost wraps around to meet Anderson's zealotry from the opposite direction.
* NiceHat: Nifty wide-brimmed red hat. He loses it about halfway through the series, though, along with his shades.
* NighInvulnerable: He has extraordinary regenerative powers, being able to build himself back up from a pool of blood.
* NightmareFace: He has a few. Most of them involve way too many eyeballs. And when he's opening his mouth to feed, he'll reveal a maw full of huge, dripping fangs that doesn't even remotely belong in a human face, and either snarl, laugh or both.
* NightOfTheLivingMooks: Contains an armada of the undead composed of the souls of every single person he has ever drained of blood (read: well over ''three million''), which he can summon when all his restrictions are unlocked.
* NobleDemon: He kinda counts. In a fashion. Or at least when he's under Integra's direct influence. Just like Anderson, he's completely disgusted by Maxwell slaughtering millions of innocent civilians in London and there's a few other points in the series where he expresses disdain for artificial vampires who kill innocents to satisfy their own DrunkWithPower egos or petty, boring pleasures. Alucard usually mocks, tortures, and kills them in short order after that.
* NominalHero: More or less a straight example up until the later part of the OVA, where [[HiddenDepths his more sympathetic qualities begin to show.]]
* TheNotLoveInterest: As Girlycard, he fulfils this role to Walter in [[{{Prequel}} The Dawn]], for rather obvious reasons.
* NotSoDifferent: Alucard admits he and the Major are alike in Volume 4 as "incorrigible warmongers."
-->''"We ruin the countries we govern and the people in our care. We slaughter our enemies and sacrifice all our allies. We'll keep killing until there is nothing left but to destroy ourselves. It will never be enough. We are incorrigible warmongers, aren't we, Major?"''
** But unlike the Major, Alucard shows genuine remorse and tears up when he recalls what he lost in past battles. His comparison with [[spoiler:Anderson]] in Volume 9 is thus far more accurate.
* NowThatsUsingYourTeeth: How he stops one of Rip Van's bullets. It broke his jaw. Don't worry. He fixed it.
* OddCouple: With Integra, but whether it's romantic or not is [[{{Shipping}} debatable]].
* OddFriendship:
** With Walter, most predominately in ''The Dawn''.
** Seems to have something of a strange relationship with the Queen as well, as they are both quite fond of each other. Most likely because she's known him longer than anyone still living, like Walter.
* TheOlderImmortal: As far as we know, the oldest vampire in the series.
* OneHeadTaller: With Integra. Whether or not this is supposed to have romantic undertones is a {{Shipping}} issue.
* OneManArmy: Level 0 form. Every soul he has consumed, including Rip Van Winkle and the Dandyman, are summoned to fight. By the events of the OVA, he has thousands to millions of souls. Do the math.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: [[InvertedTrope Inverted.]] Alucard considers [[WorthyOpponent Anderson]] the only human he will allow ''himself'' to be defeated by. It's implied that, since the time of Abraham Van Helsing, no one else has really measured up.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Alucard is not only sincere, but ''pleading'' when urging [[spoiler:Anderson not to use Helena's Nail to become a monster]]. When ''Alucard'' is the one acting like this, you ''know'' something very, very bad is about to happen. He even '''cries tears of blood''' at the end of their fight, openly mourning the temporary loss of [[spoiler: Anderson's humanity]] and his eventual death.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: In his true form, he has a stereotypical (Romanian) vampire accent.
* OralFixation: It almost goes without saying really, considering the whole vampire thing.
* ParentalSubstitute: Seems to be this for Seras, along with Integra. It starts out ''very'' rocky, but they become more respectful and affectionate with each other as the series progresses. Seras is even gifted with one of Alucard's only genuine, non-slasher smiles after Millennium's defeat and her finally embracing the better aspects of her vampire nature.
* PetTheDog: His conversation with the Queen of England show him to be quite the gentleman. He speaks with her in a soft, kindly tone and openly compliments her. He also openly shows affection for Seras once she [[spoiler: embraces the full power of being a True Draculina.]]
* PhysicalGod: Or at least very close to one in terms of power. See SuperpowerLottery below.
* PowerLimiter: Alucard's monstrous powers are kept in check by a series of four magical gates, called the Control Art Restriction System. Alucard has some access to these via the "Cromwell Approval", but Integra herself must authorize their level of use for the most part. In the manga, and therefore in the OVA, Alucard is allowed to use any power he has access to at his current restriction level, but only has access to a subset of his powers unless all restrictions are released, and he cannot release any further restrictions without Integra's express permission, and then only as long as she permits, or as long as he needs to destroy an enemy in combat. How it works in the anime is anyone's guess.
* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: The more powerful he becomes, the longer his hair grows out.
* PrehensileHair: Although it's kinda difficult to tell where the guy's hair ends and where his shadow tendril things begin. But he definitely has more prehensile body parts than any creature has the right to have.
* ProHumanTranshuman: Firmly believes that HumansAreSpecial and that becoming anything else, no matter the reward, is an act of weakness and cowardice.
* PsychoForHire: Sort of. He has all of the mannerisms and motives necessary for this trope, but he only works for one person and he's absolutely loyal.
* PsychopathicManchild: Type C. Though he's usually composed and a perfect gentleman, he turns into a giggling lunatic in battle.
* PsychoticSmirk: Default expression is a smile full of gnashers. Sometimes with MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily.
* PunchPunchPunchUhOh: He likes to let opponents literally rip him to pieces, apparently just to see the look on their faces when the pieces melt back together.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: There's a reason he's no longer a KnightTemplar, though the edge has been worn off a bit over the centuries - hence why he doesn't mind working for Hellsing or using holy weapons. [[spoiler:It was how he became a vampire. At the moment of his execution by his enemies, he decided to defy the God to whom he'd dedicated his life, and accepted power from... something else by drinking human blood. The same ''something'' also made the Major an offer, but was rejected.]]
* RapeAsBackstory: Heavily implied and confirmed by WordOfGod in the manga (Volume 8) where Hirano states that Alucard was [[spoiler:"raped by an Arab" as a child.]]
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Red coat, scarf and hat over a black suit and shoes. He also has black hair and red eyes.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: He has them ''all the time''.
%%* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Integra's blue, and [[HamToHamCombat to a lesser extent]], Anderson as well.
* RetiredMonster: It's an active retirement, but when alive he was a mass-murdering [[TheCaligula caligula]] (Vlad the Impaler). He still enjoys killing and has no internal conflict about doing so whatsoever, though ''thankfully'' the majority of his victims in the present day [[AssholeVictim had it coming.]]
* SanityStrengthening: As demonstrated above, he was one of history's most infamous butchers and genocidal psychopaths. Becoming a vampire didn't change that, but Dr. Abraham Van Helsing and his comrades putting an absolute fear of God into him did. ''Kind of.'' He's still pretty damn kill-crazy, but now fights ''for'' humanity and to protect the few things he has left - mainly Integra and Seras.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: Not that his actual eyes are any ''less'' scary.
* SdrawkcabName: His name is {{Alucard}}, an obvious alias, for, who else, Dracula.
* SealedArmyInACan: His Level Zero allows him to [[spoiler:unleash all captive souls within him as his familiars. Since the number of people he has devoured number in the millions, his force is accordingly massive.]]
* SealedBadassInACan: Is this in "Master of Monster". There's a magic seal on the door to the room he's being kept in (much like the seals on his gloves, that keep his powers in check). When Integra opens the door, she breaks the seal.
* ShapeshifterDefaultForm: Alucard chooses to appear in his standard BadassLongcoat form most of the time. If he chooses, he can take on other forms, such as that of a young girl. With his restrictions released, he becomes an amorphous mass that can form whatever he needs, such as dogs that have his guns coming out of their mouths.
* SharpDressedMan: He certainly wears the hell out of that suit in the third OVA.
* SlasherSmile: Full of fangs.
* SmugSuper: When Seras says she can't hit a fast moving target, at night, and without a scope on her sniper rifle, Alucard says she's making a "human complaint", and continuously prods and sneers at her for acting as though she's as weak as a human. He uses his incredible power for some really mundane things, yet rarely bothers to unlock his higher-level restrictions in combat because he's openly contemptuous of most of his opponents, especially when they talk themselves up. The only people in ''the entire series'' who get even close to giving him a real fight (outside of Abraham Van Helsing himself) are Anderson, the Captain (who had an opening volley good enough to make him back off before the fight could really get going), and [[spoiler:Walter]].
* SociopathicHero: Was a bloodthirsty monster before he became a vampire. The vampire thing just made him worse.
* SpiritedCompetitor: Nothing makes him happier than fighting a WorthyOpponent. Well, except Integra. And maybe his apprentice ''finally'' acting like a true vampire.
* SuicideIsShameful: He's absolutely disgusted and furious when the last survivor of a SWAT team he just butchered chooses to [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled shoot himself rather than face his wrath]].
* SuperpowerLottery: Aside from the common vampire powers (Superhuman Strength, Speed, Reflexes, Immortality, [[TheVirus spreading his condition to others]]) Alucard can also [[MindOverMatter levitate]], pass through walls, manipulate shadows, [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift]], telepathically manipulate people (though he needs eye contact for that) and [[FromASingleCell heal from as little as ashes]].
* SuperSoldier: He was experimented upon by the Hellsing Organization in order to convert him into a living weapon, which is indicated to be the source of some of his more eldritch powers.
* TakingTheBullet: Most likely how his HealingFactor seems to work. His body taps into the collected souls of everyone whose blood he drank, transferring any wounds he's taken to them. [[spoiler: When Control Art Restriction System Level Zero is released, they all pour out of him into a massive army for him to command, but it also leaves him without his regenerative abilities.]]
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Extremely tall, great hair, and very good-looking, even when he's sporting an extra sadistic grin.
* TallDarkAndSnarky: Can be counted as a source of snarky comments.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: So long as [[KidWithTheLeash Integra]] orders it, he'll do whatever he damn well pleases to his opponents. If they can't stop him, well, sucks to be them.
* TokenEvilTeammate: On the good team (Hellsing Organization) and murders left and right using dark arts and blood magic and whatever else eldritch thing he can do.
* TookALevelInKindness: He mellows out towards Seras over the course of the series.
* ToughLove: Make no mistake, he does care about Seras. He just has an odd way of showing it.
* UndeadAbomination: It would be a mistake to assume that Alucard -- with his shapeshifting abilities and HealingFactor -- is just a normal vampire.
* UndyingLoyalty: Not only is he fiercely dedicated to his master and country, he hates traitors. It's a major BerserkButton.
* UnstoppableRage: In direct contrast with almost every other fight in the series, where he's obviously enjoying himself like a cat with a mouse, Alucard goes completely ballistic against [[spoiler:God Monster Anderson]].
* VampiresAreSexGods: An extremely predatory, aggressive example, but an example nevertheless.
* VampireHunter: One of the greatest in the world.
* VillainousBreakdown: Oh, he doesn't suffer one. He ''causes'' them. Until [[spoiler:Anderson's]] death. That said, it was much more of a TearJerker moment than anything, but regardless, he still ''did'' break down in tears. Hell, Alucard even gave him a ''genuine smile'' and respectful "Amen" right after he passed away.
* VillainProtagonist: Not the villain of the story and overall [[TokenEvilTeammate set on the side of good]] but some of the things Alucard does are absolutely monstrous, such as callously (or worse, excitedly) killing his helpless enemies in horrific ways and is implied to sexually assault Rip van Winkle as he drinks her blood. This is more prominent earlier on in the series, as later one we get to see his better characteristics and HiddenDepths feature more.
* VillainsOutShopping: Based on his dream sequence in Episode 5 it seems that in lieu of eating, sleeping, and all the other things puny mortals have to do, Alucard spends most of his free time watching movies.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Apart from the obvious, he himself states that 'trappings of a mortal' don't apply to him and can appear as anything - bats, a dog with multiple eyes, his true form, ''a girl''...
* WarriorPoet: As in the source material he was drawn from (historical and otherwise), he's erudite and educated when he's not busy tearing his enemies apart.
* WhatHaveIBecome: Think he's never had a moment of regret for becoming what he is? You're in for a surprise.
* WhenHeSmiles:
** [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/2f/0e/c4/2f0ec4967e3c8f62a0717cfad5843d38.jpg He shows Seras]] a ''genuine'', heartwarming smile [[spoiler:after releasing Restriction Level Zero]] and showing his true identity and power to her for the first time, patting her on the head as well -- almost a "parental" gesture of [[SoProudOfYou a father proud of his daughter.]] Considering his [[SlasherSmile default state]], this ''was'' a truly beautiful thing.
** His smile becomes a warm, genuine one when he meets the Queen again.
** Just as Anderson is peacefully fading away, Alucard gives one of his few non-mocking and genuine smiles in the whole series. Unlike all of the other characters Alucard has fought, Anderson was the only living human who could truly go toe-to-toe with him while also retaining the better aspects of his humanity. Because of this, and Anderson reverting back to and dying as a human, Alucard is genuinely saddened by and respectful of his [[TheRival favorite rival's]] passing, and even whispers a little "Amen" at the end of Anderson's final prayer.
* WickedCultured: He doesn't usually show it - presumably he doesn't feel like it - but it does tend to come out during unexpected moments.
* WildHair: Especially as [[spoiler:Dracula]].
* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Integra. It's left ambiguous.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: He may qualify as this. If you look through the [[AxCrazy axe-craziness]], you'll discover he's actually a DeathSeeker. Then there's his DarkAndTroubledPast...
* WorldsStrongestMan: Of all the known "living" vampires, Alucard/Dracula is the most powerful. Unmatched in physical strength and vampiric magic.
* WorthyOpponent: Humans who can face him receive his absolute respect. Despite his snark, it's clear that any human who dares face him head on, he sees as worthy. It's this reason why he obeys Integra to death and beyond.
** However, bonus points go to none other than Alexander Anderson. Anderson is purely human (albeit augmented with regenerative abilities and possibly 4th-dimensional storage for his bayonets) and his dedication in fighting Alucard has earned him plenty of respect, something which is mutual. Alucard also compared him to a certain someone else...
** Most of all, the reason he views humanity is this was none other due to [[spoiler: Dr. Abraham Van Helsing. This man, lacking even Anderson's enhancements, beat Alucard ''at his mightiest'' with nothing more than occult knowledge and the battle was so one-sided, it not only put a permanent respect for humanity into him, it ''traumatised'' him to the point he still has nightmares about it]]. Additionally, when Alucard was having his final battle with Anderson, he reflects on how Anderson reminds him so much of [[spoiler:"those other men." This means that Alucard holds great respect not only for Dr. Van Helsing, but to the party who accompanied him into the battle: Jonathon Harker, Lord Godalming, Quincey Morris (who died fighting him) and Dr. Seward (though he's oddly absent from the silhouette group shot). It says plenty that these men were held in the same level as the good doctor and Anderson]].
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[[folder:Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshikoSakakibara (adult) / Creator/KaoriMizuhashi (young) (JP), Victoria Harwood (adult) / Tricia Dickson (young) (EN)

-->''"Don't you dare question my resolve! I have already given you your marching orders, soldier! You will search and destroy! SEARCH AND DESTROY! Any resistance you encounter is to be CRUSHED! Hellsing does not run from our enemies! KILL THEM ALL! I order you to leave nothing but bloody stains in your way!"''

The head of the Hellsing Organization and the last descendant of said bloodline; one of the knights of the Round Table also known as the Twelve Conventions that control the 'British Empire' in the shadows and protect the Anglican faith and the Crown. It is unknown how she lost her mother, but her father died when she was about twelve years of age. As her father lay on his deathbed, he told Integra that if she ever was caught in a bad situation and had no one else to turn to, she should head for the cells deep below the manor, where the family's "darkest legacy" was kept, to claim it as her greatest weapon and the "instrument of her salvation". She awakens Alucard with her blood when she was cornered by her evil uncle Richard Helsing, but Alucard saves her life and swears his loyalty to her. Shortly after this, Integra kills Richard Helsing and is knighted days later. She's twenty-two years old during the course of the story.
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* CardCarryingVillain: Straight up admits that he is the worst of all vampires, which is saying something.

* UndyingLoyalty: Not only is he fiercely dedicated to his master and country, he hates traitors. Sort of BerserkButton.

* TheChampion: To Integra. He might be a [[SociopathicHero complete sociopath]], but he definitely has UndyingLoyalty towards Integra.

* DarkIsEvil: His shadows give plenty of this vibe, but he is on the side of good, persay.

** His true form is also an example -- since all of the souls he's fed upon are now independent of his body, he's just as vulnerable to a stake through the heart as any other vampire. You just have to get past those souls, which are quite literally an army (several of them, in fact), not to mention all the vampires he's killed.

* HunterOfHisOwnKind: In the most brutal way possible. He seems to hate most other vampires nowadays, [[EvenEvilHasStandards especially those who kill]] ForTheEvulz, and ''especially'' artificial vampires like those that Millennium creates. Overall, in Alucard's personal opinion, only true vampires like Seras and himself deserve to exist.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: It's buried far underneath centuries worth of agony and misery, but Alucard does have better side to him that not many people get to see.

* LittleMissBadass: Alucard is a shapeshifter, so he can look like whatever he wants. During World War II he looked like a young girl and didn't kick any less amount of ass.

* LovecraftianSuperpower: He can form multiple eyes, limbs, tentacles, and mouths, turn himself into shadows, insects, bats or mist, and manifest his Hellhound familiar as an extension of his body. And that's ''before'' he goes all-out. Other abilities that would definitely fall into the eldritch would be how he takes and [[YourSoulIsMine keeps the souls of others]] [[SoulJar inside himself]] by [[HorrorHunger drinking their blood]] and then able to summon them later as undead slaves.

* NayTheist: He never questions whether God ''exists'' - in fact, his contempt for Him is so complete it almost wraps around to meet Anderson's zealotry from the opposite direction.

** Seems to have something of a strange relationship with the Queen as well, as they are both quite fond of each other. Most likely has something to do with the fact that she has known him longer than anyone still living, like Walter.

* OralFixation: It goes without saying really, considering the whole vampire thing...

* SmugSuper: When Seras says she can't hit a fast moving target, at night, and without a scope on her sniper rifle, Alucard says she's making a "human complaint", and continuously prods and sneers at her for acting as though she's as weak as a human. He uses his incredible power for some really mundane things, yet rarely bothers to unlock his higher-level restrictions in combat because he's openly contemptuous of ''most'' of his opponents, especially when they talk themselves up. The only people in ''the entire series'' who get even close to giving him a real fight (outside of Abraham Van Helsing himself) are Anderson, the Captain (who had an opening volley good enough to make him back off before the fight could really get going), and [[spoiler:Walter]].

* TookALevelInKindness: He mellows up to Seras over the course of the series.
* ToughLove: Make no mistake, he ''does'' care about Seras. He just has an odd way of showing it.
* UndeadAbomination: It would be a mistake to assume that Alucard - with his shapeshifting abilities and HealingFactor - is just a normal vampire.

* WorthyOpponent: Humans who can face him receive his absolute respect. Despite his snark, its clear that any human who dares face him head-on, he sees as worthy. It's this reason why he obeys Integra to death and beyond.
** However, bonus points go to none other than Alexander Anderson. Anderson is purely human (albeit augmented with regenerative abilities and 4th-dimensional storage, hence where his bayonets come from) and his dedication in fighting Alucard has earned him plenty of respect, something which is mutual. Alucard also compared him to a certain someone else...
** Most of all, the reason he views humanity is this was none other due to [[spoiler: Dr. Abraham Van Helsing. This man, lacking even Anderson's enhancements, beat Alucard ''at his mightiest'' with nothing more than occult knowledge and the battle was so one-sided, it not only put a permanent respect of humanity into him, it ''traumatised'' him]]. Additionally, when Alucard was having his final battle with Anderson, he reflects on how Anderson reminds him so much of [[spoiler: "those other men." This means that Alucard holds great respect not only for Dr. Van Hellsing, but to the party who accompanied him into the battle: Jonathon Harker, Lord Godalming, Quincey Morris (who died fighting him) and Dr. Seward (though he's oddly absent from the silhouette group shot). It says plenty that these men were held in the same level as the good doctor and Anderson]].

* AdaptationalBadass: While there was a lot changed in the Hellsing TV anime series the biggest difference between anime Alucard and OVA alucard is that the anime version didn't have an army of familiars living inside of him made up of all his victims. While this means he doesn't have an army of undead servants summoned by blood magic, it actually makes TV Alucard MORE powerful as both the TV version and OVA/Manga versions of Alucard have the same levels of regeneration but in the manga/OVA it's because he has a massive supply of lives to call on and take damage for him. When he releases all of the souls inside himself, manga/OVA Alucard is vulnerable. TV anime Alucard on the other hand always has that level of regeneration as a natural ability making him even harder to kill than the OVA/manga version of him.
* AffablyEvil: Alucard may be batshit insane but he's got a moral code, companions he cares for and is respectful towards his opponents... at least until they do something he considers disappointing, at which point he'll ruthlessly rend them to pieces.

* BloodyMurder: Alucard practically puts blood through gymnastics and use them as a weapon.

* BrokenAce: The most powerful vampire ever to walk the Earth, suicidal to face in combat, immortal, strong, fast, clever, cultured and, when he feels like it, good-looking. There's almost nothing out there that's equal to him. Because of his great age and degree of power, even the weaknesses of other vampires barely apply to him. And yet to say that he's had a ''shitty'' life - and unlife - would be a major {{Understatement}}. As a child, he was sold into slavery by his own family and repeatedly raped and abused. When he fought against the Ottoman Empire, his own brutality and zealotry - both as a result of his devotion to God and revenge against the abuse he suffered at the Sultan's hands - resulted in him becoming ''infinitely'' worse than them, becoming little more than a butcher, with a pitiful beheading being his final fate. As a vampire, he ultimately DidNotGetTheGirl as Dr. Helsing, Quincy Morris and Jonathan Harker saw to it. Following his humiliating and humbling defeat at their hands, he was tortured and experimented on for decades and ultimately became little more than a neutered servant of the Hellsing family. It can be argued that Alucard/Dracula never even truly experienced ''actual'' happiness until he met Integra and Seras, and even then, it's a mostly unfamiliar and alien feeling to him.

** Alucard believes that only a human can defeat him, which is why he considers Anderson to be his greatest rival. Thus, [[spoiler: when Anderson uses [[DeadlyUpgrade Helena's Nail]] to give himself a boost that he feels is necessary to defeat Alucard,]] not only is Alucard pissed...he's saddened to the point of crying!

** However, bonus points go to none other than Alexander Anderson. Anderson is purely human (albeit augmented with regenerative abilities and 4th-dimensional storage, hence where his bayonnets come from) and his dedication in fighting Alucard has earned him plenty of respect, something which is mutual. Alucard also compared him to a certain someone else...
** Most of all, the reason he views humanity is this was none other due to [[spoiler: Dr. Abraham Van Helsing. This man, lacking even Anderson's enhancements, beat Alucard ''at his mightiest'' with nothing more than occult knowledge and the battle was so one-sided, it not only put a permenant respect of humanity into him, but also some hidden fears of him]]. Additionally, when Alucard was having his final battle with Anderson, he reflects on how Anderson reminds him so much of [[spoiler: "those other men." This means that Alucard holds great respect not only for Dr. Van Hellsing, but to the party who accompanied him into the battle: Jonathon Harker, Lord Godalming, Quincey Morris (who died fighting him) and Dr. Seward (though he's oddly absent from the silhouette groupshot.) It says plenty that these men were held in the same level as the good doctor and Anderson]].

* {{Hypocrite}}: Noticed primarily when one examines his hatred of BetterToDieThanBeKilled. [[spoiler:The reason he became a vampire was because he was afraid of death and chose to become a monster rather than be executed, when he could have killed himself to deny his captors the satisfaction. In effect, he chose an even more cowardly option than they do]].

* GoOutWithASmile: After being able to redeem himself [[spoiler:by destroying Mina Harker's remains]].

* InSeriesNickname: Hellsing's dog/lapdog/pet usually. Anderson used "the black plague" on him once. Demon, monster or devil seem to be popular ones, too.

* InSeriesNickname: Integra (her full name is Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing, so it's justified), but also several ones (''most'' of them she disliked): Miss Nemesis Face/Lady of Iron (by Seras), Babylon (by Anderson), Protestant Sow (by Maxwell), Beautiful Fräulein (by Major), Countess (by Alucard).