History Characters / MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers

* UnstoppableRage: Episode 17. "''GIVE HER BACK!''"

* CordonBleughChef: In the "Magical Cooking" short side story, Vivio is [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship making cookies for Einhart]], but finds the original recipe too plain. So she decides to spice things up with baked caviare and a whole bottle of brandy. Fate nearly gags and Nanoha tells her to her face it's terrible, [[BrutalHonesty while smiling]]. When she actually does follow the instructions Einhart likes seems to like it.

* CordonBleughChef: In the "Magical Cooking" short side story, Vivio is [[RomanticTwoGirlFriendship making cookies for Einhart]], but finds the original recipe too plain. So she decides to spice things up with baked caviare and a whole bottle of brandy. Fate nearly gags and Nanoha tells her to her face it's terrible, [[BrutalHonesty while smiling]]. When she actually does follow the instructions Einhart likes seems to lake it.

* BeamOWar: With Nanoha. Guess how that worked out for her.

* BarehandedBladeBlock: In ''FORCE'' Chapter 9, her [[SoLastSeason new support AEC equipment]], the [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/YFX-600R_GuAIZ_EFT/N-MSV2b.jpg Sword Breaker]], proves its effectiveness when Subaru manages to block Veyron of Huckebein's attack by catching the blade of his divider with her left hand, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the blade even cracks under the pressure]]]].

* GrapplingHookPistol: A secondary function of Cross Mirage
* GunKata: Her means of combat.

* ChekhovsGun: Friedrich, her ''normal'' dragon.

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Somewhat sensitive about being fairly short compared to Erio. This only gets more noticeable with time as Erio grows like a weed, while Caro remains almost the same height.
* KillerRabbit: Her baby silver dragon Friedrich looks like a misshapen chicken, but you probably don't want him spitting fireballs in your direction.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Her dragons, [[FriedrichNietzsche Friedrich]] and Voltaire.

* DragonRider: Later in series. He's even referred to as such unlike Caro.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: [[spoiler:The Sankt Kaiser, until [=ViVid=] chapter 3, where her name was finally revealed to be Olivie]].

* HasTwoMommies: Fate and Nanoha.

* OneHundredAndEight: Genya commands the Ground Forces' 108th Battalion.

* Expy: Bears a number of similarities to [[SuperRobotWars Ingram Prisken]], down to betraying his masters and creating an OppositeSexClone of himself.

* DangerouslyGenreSavvy

* PintsizedPowerhouse: Her official ranking is actually S.

* TearsOfBlood: Her summons cry these when she's being forced to fight.

* BigNo: As Nanoha's [[WaveMotionGun Pink Beam of Friendship]] [[DungeonBypass bears down on her]].

* ClusterFBomb: Quattro's got the foulest mouth of any of the Numbers.

* BadassLongcoat

* StuffBlowingUp: Rumble Detonator. It can activate it [[RuleOfCool via finger snap]].

* {{Expy}}: Looks very similar to [[MobileFighterGGundam Allenby Beardsley]].

* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: [[spoiler:In one of the Sound Stages, while in lock-up, Nove does this to Sein when addressing the Numbers who want to reform, seeing her jumping in as being merely going along with the others. It's promptly returned to Nove by Otto in ''[=ViVid=]''.]]

* {{Expy}}: Character design is heavily based on Mylene from ''MacrossSeven''.

* [[spoiler:TheAtoner:]] [[spoiler:Has a longer sentence (15 years) than any of the other reformed numbers besides Cinque, but still resolves to atone for what she has done]].

* SmallGirlBigGun: A given when, you're using a surfboard as a gun.

* ChurchMilitant: The Saint Church appears to have its own military of comparable power to the TSAB Ground Forces. Carim herself isn't ever shown in combat, though.
* ProphecyTwist: Part one of her prophecies reads: "... the ship of law that guards the many seas shall be torn apart." This is interpreted as predicting the destruction of the TSAB itself, but later turns out [[spoiler:to be referring to the Saint's Cradle]].

* BarehandedBladeBlock: Does this in while sparring with Shante in ''[=ViVid=].

* GenerationXerox: In ''[=Vivid=]'', she acts a lot like Nanoha-mama did at her age, [[spoiler:with Einhart playing the same role Fate did for Nanoha]]. Although she doesn't have the angst.

* SuperReflexes: Gains this while she's using Sacred Heart.

* FullContactMagic: Subaru punches things as a method of delievering large, destructive blasts of magic.

* MegaManning: Unsurprisingly given her [[{{Fangirl}} high opinion]] of Nanoha, Subarru does add a few Nanoha-esque touches to her fighting style. Most notably, her modified version of Nanoha's [[SignatureMove Divine Buster]].

* BathtubBonding: She actively sought to do this with Erio in an onsen in one of the Sound Stages, and even suggested that they bathe together again, much to his flustered embarassment.

* Expy: Bears a number of similarites to [[SuperRobotWars Ingram Prisken]], down to betraying his masters and creating an OppositeSexClone of himself.

* PsychoticSmirk: Pretty much his default expression. He's even doing it in mid-air, destintion stone wall, at the end.

* MyMasterRightOrWrong: She's only truly loyal to Zest and Lutecia, not Scaglietti. That just happens to put her aginst Section Six. [[spoiler:Switches sides before the end of the final battle when Zest asks Signum to take care of her]].

!!!'''Cinque [[spoiler:Nakajima]]''' (ShizukaIto)

* [[spoiler:AwesomeMomentOfCrowning: She becomes the incarnation of someone worshipped by a major religion, gets a body to die for, a Cool Ship, and incredible amounts of magical power, enough to fight toe to toe with Miss "I am the boomstick" Nanoha herself despite a total lack of experience or training. This is the kind of thing some series culminate with giving the good guys. Too bad about the BrainwashedAndCrazy or towards the end being unable to control her own body as she ''continues attacking Nanoha'' against her will, for a horrible and comprehensive subversion.]]

* KungFuWizard: In ''[=ViVid=] she mixes Strike Arts with her own magic.

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{{Laser Blade}}s: Her IS, Twin Blades.

A junior mage training under Nanoha. It's a dream come true for her, since she's a Nanoha {{Fangirl}}. She has a big sister named Ginga Nakajima. She actually has ''two'' Devices -- a pair of armored roller-blades called Mach Caliber, and one gauntlet from a Armed Device pair owned by her dead mother, called Revolver Knuckle. Her fangirling gets in the way sometimes, and she often names her attacks after Nanoha's, although they look more like some attacks executed by ''GaoGaiGar''. [[spoiler:Later on, she is revealed to be a cyborg.]]

Subaru is usually partnered with the gunner Teana Lanster, who is her close friend (and, again, [[LesYay possibly more than that]]).

In ''Force'', she joins the unit being assembled in response to the Eclipse. [[spoiler:She has known Touma for some time and sees him as like a younger brother, hoping to make him part of her family after he leaves the facility that is taking care of him and completes one last trip to put his past behind him. She's troubled by the revelation that he's the suspect the TSAB is looking for, and resolves to confirm things herself]].

Tropes related to Subaru:

* [[spoiler:ArtificialHuman]]
* [[spoiler:BarehandedBladeBlock]]: In FORCE Chapter 9, [[spoiler:her [[MidSeasonUpgrade new support AEC equipment]], the [[http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/YFX-600R_GuAIZ_EFT/N-MSV2b.jpg Sword Breaker]], proves its effectiveness when Subaru manages to block Veyron of Huckebein's attack by catching the blade of his divider with her left hand, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin the blade even cracks under the pressure]]]].
* BerserkerTears: Episode 17; see UnstoppableRage.

* BrokenPedestal: Ultimately averted. Subaru was [[{{Understatement}} not happy]] when Nanoha "befriended" Teana, but once Nanoha had a chance to explain her reasons she regaining any respect she might have lost.

* EyesOfGold: when she activates her [[spoiler:Combat Cyborg form]].

* FanNickname: GaoGaiGar-tan, [[spoiler:Lezbot]].

* FridgeBrilliance: In one scene of the ''[=StrikerS=]'' supplementary manga, she accidentally ''throws'' Teana over a wall during a team training exercise, and manages to jump over and catch her on the other side. Initially, this appeared to be simple RuleOfFunny, but it was actually {{Foreshadowing}} for the [[spoiler:RoboticReveal]].
** Why does Revolver Knuckle have two spinning bits? Is it because EverythingsBetterWithSpinning is being invoked twice? No, it's because they ''counter-rotate'', so their torque cancels each other out and Subaru's aim with that arm isn't thrown off.
*** It's also yet another [[GaoGaiGar [=GaoGaiGar=]]] reference, specifically to Broken Magnum; when used, [=GaoGaiGar=]'s fist and forearm spin clockwise and counterclockwise, probably for the same reasons mentioned above.
*** It's a GearFighterDendoh reference. Same reason why her sister is called Ginga, after Ginga Izumo.

* {{Moe}}: the younger version seen in flashbacks.
* NeutralGood: Works for a law enforcement agency, but willing to rebel if she thinks it is necessary and joined the TSAB over her father and sister's objections.

* PowerFist: Revolver Knuckle

* RollerbladeGood: Mach Caliber
* [[spoiler:RoboticReveal: By losing a good chunk of her arm. GoodThingYouCanHeal indeed.]]
* ShoutOut (lots of them to ''GaoGaiGar'')

* SkinshipGrope (Squeezes Teana's breasts to try to wake her up).

* [[spoiler:SuperPrototype]]
* SuperNotDrowningSkills: She's a very capable swimmer, which is rather incredible, considering that she's [[spoiler:a Combat Cyborg]]. In particular, she is capable of spending ''up to an hour'' underwater without an air tank.
* SweetTooth (Ice cream? "Suki suki daisukiiii!")

* WorldOfCardboardSpeech (Episode 23)

A gunner mage. Her older brother was disgraced in a past mission; Teana's goal in becoming a mage was to prove that her family's strength is not to be underestimated. However, the fact that she has less innate magical ability than the other juniors causes her to push herself very hard. She attempts to put herself through TrainingFromHell, but she overworks herself and nearly causes a friendly-fire incident. It takes ''two'' {{Get A Hold Of Yourself Man}}s - [[FingerpokeOfDoom one]] from Nanoha and [[PunchedAcrossTheRoom one]] from Signum - bring her to her senses. She subsequently takes a more sensible approach to training, and becomes (relatively) WeakButSkilled. Her Intelligent Device is Cross Mirage.

By the time of ''[[AudioAdaptation StrikerS Sound Stage X]]'' she's already a respectable Enforcer of the TSAB and is the one in charge of the case in this arc. She finds a very competent temporary aide in Runessa, but despite her wish for the two of them to be partners, they understandably went their separate ways at the end [[spoiler:since Runessa turned out to be the BigBad]]. Oh, and she's still working on perfecting her [[spoiler:Starlight Breaker]]. In Force, she investigates the Eclipse incidents with Fate and Shario, and [[spoiler:also knows Touma]].

Tropes associated with Teana:

* BadassNormal ([[EveryoneIsASuper relatively speaking]]): Her inherent magical abilities are quite mundane compared to the other three Forwards -- compare Subaru (a [[spoiler:Combat Cyborg]]), Erio (an [[spoiler:Artificial Mage]]), and Caro (a dragon summoner).
* BeamSpam: Crossfire
* CrosspoppingVeins (when Subaru annoys her)
* ChaoticNeutral: Starts off trying to prove herself over any other priority
** NeutralGood: After her [[CurbstompBattle befriending]] she becomes much more of a team player
* DoppelgangerSpin: one of Teana's talents, and repeatedly used to great strategic effect.
* DualWielding: Cross Mirage's [[KnifeNut Dagger Mode]]

* FingerPokeOfDoom, Literally: she knocks Subaru out of an office chair by flicking her with a finger at one point.

* GunKata (her means of combat)

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Tiana or Teana? Lanstar or Lanster?
** Teana is an actual car name. Tiana is NOT. Just don't ask me about the surname.
** Her name seems to be Teana, abbreviated into Tia.
** Her brother's name is sometimes spelled "Tiida" or "[[AerithAndBob Peter]]"
* The SmartGirl: She serves as the tactician of the Forwards.

* WaveMotionGun: [[spoiler:Starlight Breaker]], which she uses in ''Sound Stage X''.
* WeakButSkilled: though only relative to the other members of Section Six - by normal standards she is still quite a powerful mage.

The youngest of the Forwards. She is a dragon summoner who was banished from her tribe because of how powerful her summons are. Even the TSAB refused her until Fate took her in. She is assigned to Fate's Lightning Squad, usually serving as the StaffChick or summoning her Dragons using her device Kerykeion. She has two dragons: [[TeamPet Friedrich]] (the one she usually summons), and [[PhysicalGod Voltaire]] (who is only summoned rarely).

Tropes associated with Caro:

* {{Expy}}: of [[SuperRobotWarsAlpha Kusuha Mizuha]].
* FriendToAllLivingThings: her first appearance in the manga.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: Somewhat sensitive about being fairly short compared to Erio.
* LetsGetDangerous: Until episode 17 Caro seems to be a pure support character. But then she summons Voltaire, who proceeds to go Godzilla on the attackers who had been wasting Section Six's defenses...

* StaffChick: no staff -- some healing, but [[StatusBuff Status Buffing]] is one of her two specialties.
* SummonMagic: her other specialty.

The [[TheOneGuy only boy]] to be actually active in Season 3. Erio is revealed to be a product of "Project F," like Fate. For that reason, Fate adopts him so that he won't suffer the way she did as a child. He is a close range combatant and uses the lance-like device Strada.

Tropes associated with Erio:

* {{Bishonen}} In ViVid. Even more pronounced in Force

* CuteShotaroBoy
* DefusingTheTykeBomb: Gotten to early; the manga shows how when they found him in the lab as a very young child; he was driven mad at being [[CloningBlues "nothing"]] and attacking everyone. Fate was able to calm him down.
* DragonRider (later in series)
* Expy (of [[SuperRobotWarsAlpha Brooklyn "Bullet" Luckfeld]])
** Some have noted similarities to [[MahouSenseiNegima Negi Springfield]] as well. Which may explain the Doujin thing below.
* FragileSpeedster (He learned from Fate, and while he has a good selection of attacks, he isn't as physically strong as Subaru.)
* HeyItsThatVoice (This is what happens when [[HayateTheCombatButler Wataru Tachibana]] is a mage)
** RelationshipVoiceActor: [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Simon]] gets to be [[TetsuyaKakihara Strada]] aka Erio's weapon.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl (In StrikerS, Caro was complaining about Erio "stealing her height", cut to ViVid and Caro barely comes up to his shoulders, cut to two years later in Force and Caro only comes up to his chest)

* ReplacementGoldfish: Like Fate, he was cloned to serve as a replacement for a child who had died.
* TheOneGuy: Not counting Zafira, who's not human and inexplicably remains only in his wolf form for all of Season 3.
** In Sound Stage M3, he notes that some people envy him for being this, but that it's often difficult for him (as seen in one episode where he impatiently waits for the female Forwards to get out of the shower).
*** Further highlighted in chapter 11 of Vivid. While everyone else is having some fun in the [[HotSpringsEpisode onsen]], Erio simply contents himself with helping Lutecia's mom prepare dinner as he's not a peeking pervert.

A MysticalWaif originally found by the Strikers crawling out of the sewers while chained to a case containing a [[MineralMacguffin Relic]]. She wakes up looking for her mama and, before long, comes to identify Nanoha and Fate as her mother figures. However, she is later get kidnapped by Jail and his Numbers and it is revealed that Vivio was actually [[spoiler:the clone of the Sankt Kaiser]]. In the final battle of ''[=StrikerS=]'', she is forced by Quattro to fight Nanoha against her will. Eventually, mother and daughter are reunited after Nanoha unleashes her most comprehensive befriending to date in order to free Vivio from Quattro's control. Thereafter, Nanoha formally adopts Vivio.

By ''[[AudioAdaptation StrikerS Sound Stage X]]'', she is a librarian of the Infinity Library ([[ImprobableAge at the age of nine]]), and is being taught magic by Yuuno. In spite of their involvement with her kidnapping, she has become great friends with Lutecia and the reformed Numbers. At the end of the Sound Stage, she makes friends with Ixpellia, [[WarriorPrince a ruler from Ancient Belka]] [[spoiler:much like her]].

Vivio is the main character of ''[[SpinOffspring ViVid]]'', in which she is shown to be training as a [[MagicalGirlWarrior mage]]. She has an adult form similar to the one seen in ''[=StrikerS=]'', though with less power than the original. She practices the martial art named "Strike Arts" under the mentorship of [[spoiler:Nove Nakajima]], along with her schoolfriends Rio and Korona.

Tropes associated with Vivio:

* BadassBookworm (Surprises her friend Rio, who thought she was a bookworm, with her skill in martial arts). On the other hand, Shante believes she is best suited to being a scholar, fearing that she will suffer an upsetting defeat in the tournament.

* CuteBruiser: She's quite good at martial arts in ''[=ViVid=]''. You'd think Nanoha's starting her a bit early, and should be more concerned about teaching her to do things like make friends. ''Oh, wait...''
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: She gets several in ''[=StrikerS=]''. Nearly every scene with her and her mamas is Heartwarming.

* FullContactMagic: Is learning Strike Arts in ViVid.
* GenerationXerox: In Vivid, she acts a lot like Nanoha-mama did at her age, [[spoiler:with Einhart playing the same role Fate did for Nanoha.]] Although she doesn't have the angst.

* {{Moe}}: Chances are, you'll want to adopt her as well.
* MagicalGirlWarrior (As of ''[=ViVid=]'')
* MismatchedEyes: Green in her right eye, red in her left: "boat lights".

* OlderAlterEgo (Her MagicalGirlWarrior form)

* PersonOfMassDestruction
* PlotRelevantAgeUp (For the final battle of ''[=StrikerS=]'')
** As of the second chapter of ''[=ViVid=]'', she can take on an adult body whenever she wants. Her mommies has some doubts about this.
** Only Fate-mama. Nanoha-mama actually was the one who ordered this gimmick! Despite that SHE was beaten up by Vivio's adult form! Must be the [[strike:battle maniac]] CombatPragmatist in her...
*** Nanoha's only conditions are that Vivio use this exclusively in combat training, and not for fun.
* RedemptionDemotion: Much less broken on team good, as a result of the Relic that was placed inside of her being destroyed.

* TalkingToHimself: Shares a seiyuu with Yuuno and Sein, but averted.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: Occasionally has to insist on not being called [[spoiler:"your majesty"]], but eventually comes to accept people like [[spoiler:Otto and Deed]] doing it with her.

* ThirteenGoingOnThirty: Averted. She openly states that even in her adult form she's still a girl.
* TheWoobie

Subaru's beautiful, level-headed older sister, and later, also the older sister of [[spoiler:Cinque, Nove, Wendi, and Dieci]]. Like Subaru, she has two Devices; a pair of rollerblades named Blitz Caliber, and the left gauntlet of their mother's Revolver Knuckle.

Tropes associated with Ginga:

* AncestralWeapon: Revolver Knuckle
* BigEater: In reference to the giant pile of empty lunchboxes behind Ginga:
--> '''Subaru:''' You don't seem to be eating much today, Gin-nee.
* BoobsOfSteel ([[spoiler:[[IncrediblyLamePun literally]]]]): Notably better endowed than Subaru and proceeds to kick her younger sister's butt in one of the training episodes. [[spoiler:Fortunately, Subaru later manages to "befriend" a Brainwashed!Ginga through a combination of determination and EvilIsDumb (see below).]]
* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: After being beaten to almost death and kidnapped by the Numbers, she is brainwashed by Scaglietti and forced to fight against Subaru.]]

* [[spoiler:{{Cyborg}}, like her sister.]]

* PowerFist: Revolver Knuckle
* [[spoiler:RedemptionPromotion: Brainwashed!Ginga was unable to use any of her learned magical abilities - she could only use her Inherent Skills.]]

* [[spoiler:SuperPrototype]]
* TallDarkAndBishoujo

* [[spoiler:[[YouAreNumberSix You Are Number Thirteen]]: While brainwashed, she wears a bodysuit like those worn by the Numbers, bearing the numerals "XIII". Additionally, Jail refers to her and Subaru as "type-0 prototypes", and some of the imprisoned numbers call her "Thirteen" in English.]]

Tropes associated with Regius:

* BeingEvilSucks: Realizes this when he finds out that Zest ([[spoiler:or rather, his clone]]) is looking for him.

* FourStarBadass: Averted and possibly ''inverted.'' He told Zest that because he has no magical power, he will strive to gain authority in order to help protect justice, but ultimately lost sight of that goal along the way.
* GeneralRipper: Has no problems with the damage caused by the combat cyborgs as long as they get approved for Ground Forces use.

* LawfulEvil: Initially was LawfulGood, but became obsessed with advancing the Ground Forces' interests over those of the Saint Church, and is obsessed with the fact that a "criminal" is in charge of Section 6, while covering up the TSAB's dark secrets.

* StrawManHasAPoint: He's one of the few people who distrusts Hayate for her criminal past, and even Auris suggests that he keep his opinions to himself. While the viewers and those close to her know she did nothing wrong during the Book of Darkness incident, he and much of the rest of the Bureau apparently heard a version of events in which Hayate accepted full responsibility, making his distrust seem more logical (if ultimately incorrect).

Tropes associated with Auris
* LawfulNeutral: She's basically just following orders; she's not as an [[WellIntentionedExtremist extremist]] as her father.
* {{Meganekko}}: A rather stern one.

A very dangerous individual, he is currently incarcerated in the maximum security orbital prison of uninhabited world No. 9, Gryuen. In short, [[IncrediblyLamePun Jail is in... jail.]]

Tropes associated with Jail:
* [[AFatherToHisMen A Father To His Cyborgs]]: A thoroughly evil man he might be, but he really does care for the Numbers and considers them his children, an affection they reciprocate.
** At least, this is the image he projects. Towards the end of StrikerS he seems to conveniently forget he'll lose three of them if Quattro successfully self-destructs the base he's in. (Jail being...[[MadScientist Jail]], he has a backup plan for [[CrazyPrepared his own death]].)
** Plus, if the Cyborgs can be considered his daughters, so would Vivio. Whom he treats basically like a tool that screams and cries. Fanfics have explored the possibility of the saner Numbers questioning this double-standard; Dieci actually did so canonically on-screen.

* BigBad (for season three)
* Expy (bears a number of similarites to [[SuperRobotWars Ingram Prisken]], down to betraying his masters and creating an OppositeSexClone of himself)
* EvilGenius

* FanNickname: Spaghetti - His last name does sound like the said food...
* ForTheEvulz and ForScience: Researches the forbidden sciences and plays with life for the sake of it. Hard to blame him though, [[spoiler:the TSAB Council made him that way]].
** All that stuff about "the engineer's revenge" is just an excuse. He just wants to make cyborg women and blow shit up, and really, who can blame him?

* GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:Turns out he was created by the heads of the TSAB so they could have their own mad scientist. Unfortunately, they did a little too good of a job on that 'mad' part.]]

* MeaningfulName[=/=]VehicularThemeNaming: Scaglietti [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_612_Scaglietti is a model of Ferrari car]]... [[spoiler: just like Fate '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_Testarossa Testarossa]]''' and Erio '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_Mondial Mondial]]''', products of Project F.]]
* MundaneUtility: In between having his Cyborg super-soldiers hunt down lost technology and overthrow governments, he has them... [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_shoujo_lyrical_nanoha_strikers_the_comics/c012/12.html cut his hair.]]
* NeutralEvil (He's not prone to abusing his minions for no reason, and will happily play by the rules of his employers... that is, until he's deemed them too obstructive to his goals. After that, he'll go againt them BIG TIME.)
** Though there could be a case for him being ChaoticEvil instead, for Jail often shows an enormous love of destruction and chaos.

* [[spoiler:PetTheDog: In Sound Stage X, he gives the TSAB information about Ixpellia. In exchange, he asks for wine to carry out a LibationForTheDead, to pay his respects to the dead Number Due.]]

* [[spoiler:TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: see GoneHorriblyRight above.]]

* [[spoiler:DefeatMeansFriendship]]: [[spoiler:Becomes friends with Erio and Caro after losing to them]].
* EmotionlessGirl (In StrikerS. She believes that when her mother recovers, she'll return to normal.)
** [[spoiler:And ''ViVid'' has shown that she was apparently completely right about that.]]

* EvilCounterpart: To Caro.
* FanNickname: Loli-Rider - She looks like a loli version of Rider from ''FateStayNight''.
* [[spoiler: GenkiGirl]]: [[spoiler: In ViVid chapter 8, she's a LOT more energetic and happy-go-lucky.]]
* GlassCannon: her official ranking is actually S.
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* [[spoiler:LargeHam]]: In ''ViVid'', [[spoiler:makes up for her previous emotional suppression in spades]].

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Her eyes are dull red to start with, but they become blood-red when Quattro uses a VillainOverride on her.

* ShadowArchetype: For Caro. Setting aside the MagicalGirl vs DarkMagicalGirl relationship, Lutecia and Caro were both separated from their families by circumstances beyond their control and both are gifted with tremendous magical abilities. The difference between them is that Caro was adopted into a loving family, while Lutecia [[{{Tykebomb}} was not so lucky]].

* VillainOverride: Quattro is able to force her to fight when Erio and Caro start trying to convince her to let them help her. It takes them a LOT to snap the kid out.

A fire elemental Unison Device who works with Lutecia's group. She typically serves as Zest's unison [[spoiler:and later, Signum's. She becomes part of the Yagami family after the events of ''[=StrikerS=]'']].

Tropes associated with Agito:

* FanNickname: Etnagito - She looks exactly like [[{{Disgaea}} Etna]]...
* FusionDance: With Zest [[spoiler:and later Signum]].

* [[spoiler:GoodCostumeSwitch]]: In ViVid and Force, [[spoiler: she wears a one-piece Barrier Jacket that bears some resemblance to Signum's, in contrast to her fairly skimpy StrikerS outfit]].
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]. [[spoiler:Switches sides before the end of the final battle to help Signum destroy some gadget reinforcements. Then again, she was only truly loyal to Zest and Lutecia, not Scaglietti]].

* TheRival: Initially hated Reinforce for having a Lord while she did not, [[spoiler:but after joining the Yagami family, this becomes a sort of friendly sibling rivalry]].
* {{Tsundere}}: Typically somewhat irritable toward the Numbers, but more affectionate toward Lutecia and Zest. [[spoiler: Shows a dere side towards Signum in ''Force'', when complimented on the quality of her work.]]

--> ''"What about the justice of ours that we spoke of; where is it now?"''

A knight who was formerly part of the TSAB. He was killed while investigating the Combat Cyborg project; the Zest in ''[=StrikerS=]'' is a clone of the original, created by Scaglietti. He wishes to find out why he and his subordinates were killed.

* CloningBlues: He essentially sees himself as having died and being alive for a short time before he dies again.

* IncurableCoughOfDeath with BloodFromTheMouth: Due to being an imperfect Artificial Mage. [[spoiler:He asks Signum to give him "an honourable death" in battle before he succumbs.]]
* SempaiKohai: Signum suggests that she could be considered his kohai, since she once worked in his branch.
* TrueNeutral: Doesn't really care about the conflict between Scagilietti and the TSAB. His only goal is to get a chance to talk to Regius. He's not on anyone's side, besides being a companion to Agito and Lutecia.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Due tells him this after killing Regius. He then subverts the trope by killing ''her'' in a [[CurbstompBattle short and very one-sided 'battle']].]]

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--> ''He collected all kinds of knowledge, from the legacy of Ancient Belka to the magic and technology of every time and place, and demonstrated their immense power by creating life. And the 12 daughters who served as his greatest masterpieces were born and started a revolution..'' \\

These twelve [[{{Cyborg}} Combat Cyborgs]] created by Jail Scaglietti serve as the QuirkyMinibossSquad. Unfortunately, most of their character development in ''[=StrikerS=]'' was relegated to supplementary manga and audio dramas. As a result, watching the anime in isolation can be quite confusing and makes them seem rather shallow.

Tropes common to the Numbers:

* LatexSpaceSuit (except for Uno)
* NumericalThemeNaming / YouAreNumberSix: Each one has a number, and a name derived from the Italian for that number.

* [[TalkingToHimself Talking To Herself]]: ShizukaIto voices Cinque, Otto and Deed (as well as Shari). ChiwaSaitou, jarringly enough, voices Subaru, Nove and Quattro.
* {{Tykebomb}}

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Tropes associated with Uno:
* AffablyEvil or AntiVillain: Depending on just how devoted she is to Jail's agenda. She's quite polite to Zest and Lutecia, and even seems to show concern about them, but has no visible qualms about [[spoiler:inserting the relic into Vivio]], in contrast to Dieci, who seemed somewhat uncomfortable about it at the time.
* BridgeBunny

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Tropes associated with Due:

* BigSisterInstinct: According to Quattro, cared much for her younger sisters, and hoped to meet the younger ones after completing her mission, [[spoiler:but was killed before she could do so]].
** Given that we only have [[ManipulativeBastard Quattro's]] word, this should probably be taken with a grain of salt.
* [[BlondGuysAreEvil Blonde Women Are Evil]]

* FemmeFatalons

* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice by Zest]]

* MoralMyopia: If Quattro is to believed, she cares for her sisters and has no problem with killing anyone else.
* TheMole: infiltrates the...[[BuffySpeak floating brain...thingies...with the minds of the old guys...]] and kills them.

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Tropes associated with Tre:
* [[AloofBigBrother Aloof Big Sister]]: Tends to chastize her younger sisters for their failures, but it's suggested in her Sound Stage X character profile that she also worries about the ones who are free.
** She also seems to consider Fate as part of her family, despite their...conflicting relationship.

* FragileSpeedster (Though not nearly as much as Fate or Erio)

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Tropes associated with Quattro:

* BrainySpecs: Part of her cutesy facade. Why would a cyborg need glasses, anyway?

* CompleteMonster: [[{{Understatement}} You're kind of a bitch]], aren't you Quattro?
* TheDragon
* DragonTheirFeet: Justified. [[spoiler: She was Jail's backup plan when he got caught; she carried his clone in her womb and could have used it to resurrect him if she hadn't been caught too.]]
* {{Fangirl}} -- of Due, who is second contender for "most sadistic among Numbers"

** She genuinely appears even ''[[CompleteMonster worse]]'' than BigBad Scaglietti himself.

* KickTheDog
** "Hey, your majesty? Your mom's an idiot." OH NO YOU DIDN'T!
* [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bitch]]: SmugSnake though she is, she ''still'' manages to get a good part of her work done.
* MasterOfIllusion (Or at least, that's what she thinks she is)
* {{Meganekko}}: part of her {{Kawaiiko}} facade.
** ScaryShinyGlasses
** TheGlassesComeOff: After all the other Numbers have been defeated by the end of Episode 24.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After Scaglietti and the Numbers inside the hideout are defeated, she activates the self destruct mechanism, after noting that the defeated numbers are “losers”.

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In spite of her number, Cinque is actually slightly older than Quattro, having been activated first despite being completed second. One of the more combat-capable Numbers ([[spoiler: And the one responsible for killing Zest eight years before ''StrikerS'', a battle which cost her an eye]]), Cinque is calm, soft-spoken, and rather protective of her younger sisters. Her Inherent Skill, Rumble Detonator, allows her to [[StuffBlowingUp make metal objects explode]], as well as being able to materialise throwing knives. [[spoiler:In ''[=ViVid=]'', she seems the most pro-active of the former Numbers in law enforcement]], and has a thing for oversized jackets.

Tropes associated with Cinque:
* [[spoiler:TheAtoner: Despite not expecting to ever be completely free in her lifetime, wants to do what she can to atone for her crimes.]]

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Fairly popular despite only appearing in two episodes. Considering the other tropes associated with her, is this surprising?
* {{Expy}}? ShoutOut? Am I the only one who noticed that between the eyepatch and the trenchcoat and being the commando/infiltrator of the Numbers, she's starting to resemble [[Main/MetalGear Big Boss]]?
** This troper thinks that she may be also a ShoutOut to Gambit of X-Men. Both can make items they hold explode when they hit the target and both wear trench coats.

* FridgeLogic: We know Jail can make robot eyes, so why is Cinque still rocking the eyepatch eight ''years'' later...? Other than [[RuleOfCool the obvious]].

* KnifeNut (explosive throwing knives, at that)

* StuffBlowingUp: Rumble Detonator
* SweetTooth: Tells Genya in StrikerS Sound Stage X that she "* love(s)* sweets".
* TokenLoli: [[OlderThanTheyLook older than she looks]], being one of the oldest of the Numbers.

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Able to swim through solid matter, and make any person or object she holds do the same. In spite of her goofy personality, she is one of the more effective of the Numbers.

Tropes associated with Sein:
* CombatCommentator: In the mock battle in ViVid, along with Megane Alpine.
* [[spoiler:CovertPervert]]: [[spoiler:Well, covert before [=ViVid=] chapter 11, anyway. Since then, she's acquired something of a ''reputation'' in the fandom.]]

* {{Mutants}}: The third Sound Stage of ''[=StrikerS=]'' revealed that, unlike her sisters' Inherent Skills, her [[IntangibleMan Deep Diver]] came from a mutation she had while being born. This is one of the reasons why she's quite prized by the Doctor since her getting such a rare ability was a very pleasant surprise.

* [[spoiler:NunTooHoly]] [[spoiler:Even after she becomes a nun, she’s not above groping several members of the cast. Vivio notes that she’s mischievious at times, but is a kind Sister.]]

* PowerPerversionPotential: [[spoiler:Puts her Deep Diver to use in [[SkinshipGrope groping]] the bathers in Chapter 11 of ViVid]].
** She can phase through anything, ''anything'', rock, trees, walls, water, with no problem. She can also phase anyone she grabs through solid objects. Let that sit in your head for a bit.
* [[spoiler:SkinshipGrope]] [[spoiler: Does this to Teana, Corona and Rio in chapter 11 of ''[=ViVid=]'']]

* TalkingToHimself: Shares a seiyuu with Yuuno and Vivio, but averted. The only time Sein and Vivio are seen together is in Chapter 11 of the ''[=ViVid=]'' manga. Sein and Yuuno watch the match between Nanoha and Signum from the Saint Church together in the StrikerS manga, but don't speak to one another.
* [[spoiler:WarriorMonk: In training]]

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One of the last Numbers to be activated, Sette is also the most robotic and subservient of the twelve, [[spoiler:and is the only one of the younger sisters not to undergo a HeelFaceTurn, although it is suggested that she, unlike Tre, Uno and Quattro, is undergoing a rehabiliation program in prison.]] Capable of flight, she complements Tre's melee abilities with her strong distance attack.

Tropes associated with Sette:
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Despite her incredibly minor status, Sette is starting to gain popularity in some fanfiction circles.

* {{Expy}}: Character design is heavily based on Mylene from MacrossSeven.

* YoungerThanTheyLook: The youngest Number, Sette is in fact barely past her first birthday when she appears. [[MindScrew She is also one of three Numbers who appear to be adult women.]]

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Otto is a [[{{Bifauxnen}} boyish]] Number whose looser bodysuit, masculine name (to Western viewers, at least) and masculine [[JapanesePronouns mode of speech]] tend to cause confusion about her gender. Her Ray Storm ability makes her a powerful distance combatant, but she [[GlassCannon lacks defensive abilities]]. She and Deed are considered to be "twins". They and Sette were the last of the Numbers to be activated.

Tropes associated with Otto:

* {{Bifauxnen}}

* EmotionlessGirl: [[spoiler:Opens up a little by ''[=ViVid=]'', though.]]
* ViewerGenderConfusion (female, for the record)
** This is compounded by her use of the masculine pronoun "[[JapanesePronouns boku]]"
** In one of the ''[=StrikerS=]'' audio dramas, even some of Otto's sisters were also unsure of Otto's gender, because Quattro told her and Deed to keep it a secret.
*** Not just in the audio dramas. It's in the manga as well, in addition to the detail that Deed has been instructed to help Otto bathe. It doesn't take too much imagination to figure out what Quattro's trying to do here.

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Angry and aggressive, Nove has magic rollerblades and a magic PowerFist (like Subaru). [[spoiler:Following her HeelFaceTurn, she has taken an active interest in martial arts, and acts as Vivio's Strike Arts instructor.]]

Tropes associated with Nove:
* [[spoiler:AlliterativeName]]: For extra alliterativey fun, both her designation and personal name. Number Nine, [[spoiler:Nove Nakajima]]

* BatmanGambit: Planned on [[spoiler:losing to Ingvalt, as she planted a tracker on her during the fight]].

* EvilCounterpart: To Subaru -- the two have very similar equipment and abilities.
** It doesn't help that Subaru and Nove [[spoiler:are genetically sisters, by virtue of being based on Quint's DNA. In ''[[AllThereInTheManual Sound Stage X]]'' someone commented on the fact that Subaru and Nove look and sound alike.]]
** And in ''[=ViVid=]''.
-->'''Dieci''': When Nove is in her pushy mode, you can really tell she's [[spoiler:Subaru's sister]].

* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: [[spoiler:In chapter 3 of ''[=ViVid=]'', Otto greets Nove and Vivio as: "Your Majesty! ...And Nove."]]
** [[spoiler:Does this to Sein in the fourth Sound Stage, seemingly as a jab for allegedly unthinkingly going along with Cinque and Dieci's stating their desire to atone.]]
** [[spoiler:And Vivio does this in chapter 8 of ''[=ViVid=]'', although it was justified due to her being surprised to see Einhart.]]

* RollerbladeGood

* WouldntHurtAChild: Averted with Ingvalt.

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Poor Dieci. One of the more morally conflicted of the Numbers, for which she is mocked behind her back by Quattro. Dieci basically lost the SuperpowerLottery and is stuck with carrying a great big cannon around. Nice girl, though.

Tropes associated with Dieci:
* [[spoiler:TheAtoner: Has a longer sentence (15 years) than any of the other reformed numbers besides Cinque, but still resolves to atone for what she has done.]]
* {{BFG}}

* CurbStompBattle: Towards the end of ''[=StrikerS=]'', Nanoha knocks out Dieci with a single Excellion Buster.

* PetTheDog: Her doubts about using Vivio to power the Cradle serve to humanize her, in sharp contrast to her sadistic older sister Quattro.
* TheQuietOne: Of [[spoiler:the Nakajima sisters]].

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Tropes associated with Wendi:

* PerkyFemaleMinion: Cheerful, with a dash of psychosis -- during ''[=StrikerS=]'' she is always eager to get into battle. [[spoiler:After her HeelFaceTurn, she seems to be channelling this into an enthusiasm for martial arts.]]
* SkinshipGrope (does this to Deed in the manga)

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Tropes associated with Deed:

* EmotionlessGirl: [[spoiler:Opens up a little by ''[=ViVid=]'', though.]]
* LaserBlade: Her IS, Twin Blades.
* [[spoiler:WarriorMonk: In training]]

Tropes associated with Shario:

* ShipperOnDeck: when the forwards get a day off, she tries to set up [[ToyShip Erio and Caro]] on a date.

Tropes associated with Vice:
* [[spoiler:[[EyeScream Partially Blinded]] [[DeadLittleSister Little Sister]]]] [[spoiler:As a result of a missed shot, although she gets better.]]

* [[spoiler:MyGreatestFailure]] [[spoiler:the aforementioned missed shot, resulting in a HeroicBSOD on his part, and a severe reluctance to ever snipe again afterwards.]]

* CrypticConversation: Her ability, Profeitin Shrifti, allows her to see the future in the form of ancient Belkan poems. Needless to say, the poems are extremely difficult to interpret accurately.
** ProphecyTwist: Part one of her prophecies reads: [[spoiler:"... the ship of law that guards the many seas shall be torn apart." This is interpreted as predicting the destruction of the TSAB itself, but later turns out to be referring to the Saint's Cradle.]]

* {{Expy}}: Sort of. A redheaded militant with good connections with Signum? Fights with tonfas and can control winds, sorta? I think we've got ourselves a counterpart of [[SuperRobotWarsAdvance Axel Almer]], to come up with the Lamia counterpart (Signum)...

* MindProbe: [[spoiler:Used on Uno]]

* BadassBookworm (Surprises her friend Rio, who thought she was a bookworm, with her skill in martial arts).

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: His suspicion of Hayate is treated as unnecessary and mean-spirited despite the fact that, you know, ''she very nearly destroyed all of reality''.

* TheRival (to Reinforce)

* TalkingToHimself: Shares a seiyuu with Yuuno and Vivio, but averted. The only time Sein and Vivio are seen together is in Chapter 11 of the ''[=ViVid=]'' manga.

Otto's "twin". A dual-wielding close combat specialist. [[spoiler:Joins the Belkan Saint Church after her HeelFaceTurn.]]

* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: She gets several in ''[=StrikerS=]''. Nearly every scene with her and her mamas is Heartwarming.

* ProtganoistCenteredMorality: His suspicion of Hayate is treated as unnecessary and mean-spirited despite the fact that, you know, ''she very nearly destroyed all of reality''.

* MeaningfulName[=/=]VehicularThemeNaming: Scaglietti [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_612_Scaglietti is a make of Ferrari car]]... [[spoiler: just like Fate '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_Testarossa Testarossa]]''' and Erio '''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferrari_Mondial Mondial]]''', products of Project F.]]

A very dangerous individual, he is currently incarcerated in the maximum security orbital prison of uninhabited world No. 9, Gryuen. In short, [[IncrediblyLamePun Jail is in...jail.]]

** Plus, if the Cyborgs can be considered his daughters, so would Vivio. Whom he treats basically like a tool that screams and cries. Fanfics have explored the possibility of the saner Numbers questioning this double-standard; Deed actually did so canonically on-screen.

* [[spoiler:AlliterativeName]]

* ParentalIncest: An unusual example, though still thoroughly creepy. [[spoiler:His escape route in the event of things going horribly wrong involved impregnating the Numbers Cyborgs, some of whom were made using his own genetic material and all of whom he had raised as his own daughters, with [[FetusTerrible rapidly-growing clones carrying copies of his mind]]. [[{{Squick}} Yuck]].

* MemeticMutation / {{Fanon}}:
** {{Kidanova}}: Amongst the doujinshi-ka, Erio is one heck of a playah, leading to...
** MemeticBadass / [[MemeticMolester Molester]][=/=][[MemeticSexGod Sex God]]
*** Surprisingly, in the manga, he complains about Caro entering the men's bath, despite her claiming that girls under 11 can come in.
*** Not just among doujinshi-ka the authors picked this vibe as well, Erio you [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/mahou_shoujo_lyrical_nanoha_vivid/v02/c015/3.html Naughty]] [[http://tenmanga.com/chapter/MahouShoujoLyricalNanohaVividVol02Ch016/214121-9.html Guy]]

* TheOneGuy: Not counting Zafira, who's not human and inexplicably remains only in his wolf form for all of Season 3. The MemeticSexGod bit probably also comes from this.
** In Sound Stage M3, he notes that some people envy him for being this, but that it's often difficult for him (as seen in one episode where he impatiently waits for the female Forwards to get out of the shower).