History Characters / Pacificrim

* BigBad: Of Season 1, relentlessly pursuing Atlas Destroyer across Australia.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Episode 5 ends with his head being ''completely blown off'' by Mei's radio, revealed to be rigged with a bomb.

* YourHeadAsplode: How he is killed.

* OhCrap: When Mei points out that one of the new arrivals (Taylor) is a PPDC cadet, Joel realizes his UltimateJobSecurity isn't so ultimate, and decides to get to work instead of having another beer.

* PutOnABus: The novelization for ''Uprising'' reveals [[spoiler: he was only briefly Marshall, and left the service soon after Chuck's death.]] Subverted in ''The Black'' where he returned and gave his life to defeat an Acidquill.
* RetiredBadass: In his {{cameo}} in the ''Uprising'' novelization, he gives a good tongue lashing to a reporter who [[spoiler: brings up Chuck and his death in an attempt to get Herc to come out in favour of drone pilots]].

!!!Voiced by: Andy McPhee

%%[[folder:Diablo Intercept]]
%%->'''Nationality:''' Peru[=/=]Chile[=/=]Brazil[[note]]The material doesn't seem to be about to make its mind up about it any time soon, all three have been mentioned at one point or another.[[/note]]
%%->'''Classification:''' Mark-2
%%->'''Date of Launch:''' 2016
%%->'''Pilots:'''

%%Diablo Intercept is the first Mark-2 Chilean Jaeger. It was assigned to the Lima Shatterdome alongside Solar Prophet and Matador Fury. At some point during the Kaiju War, Diablo Intercept was destroyed in combat.

%%[[/folder]]

[[folder:Matador Fury]]
->'''Nationality:''' Mexico
->'''Classification:''' Mark-3
->'''Date of Launch:''' September 14th, 2017
->'''Pilots:'''

Matador Fury is a Mark-3 Mexican Jaeger. It was assigned to the Lima Shatterdome alongside Solar Prophet and Diablo Intercept. Sometime during the Kaiju War, Matador Fury was destroyed in combat and taken to Oblivion Bay.

* BoxedCrook: The pilots, whose stipulation behind their cooperation was if they piloted the Matador Fury "one more time", they could earn their freedom.

[[folder:Chrome Brutus]]
->'''Nationality:''' Canada

->'''Pilots:''' Ilisapie Flint and Zeke Amarok

Chrome Brutus is a Canadian Mark-3 Jaeger. It was stationed at the Anchorage Shatterdome along with Brawler Yukon and Gipsy Danger until its closure in 2024. Sometime during the Kaiju War, it was destroyed in combat and taken to Oblivion Bay.

* BadassNative: Both of its pilots are Inuit.
* CanadaEh: A Canadian Jaeger, so, obviously.

[[folder:Eden Assassin]]
->'''Nationality:''' Russia
->'''Classification:''' Mark-2
->'''Date of Launch:''' 2016

Eden Assassin is a Mark-2 Russian Jaeger that was stationed at the Vladivostok Shatterdome along with Cherno Alpha and Nova Hyperion until its closure in 2024. At some point during the Kaiju War, Eden Assassin was destroyed in combat.

[[folder:Nova Hyperion]]
->'''Nationality:''' South Korea

->'''Pilots:''' Pang So-Yi and An Yuna

Nova Hyperion is a Mark-4 South Korean Jaeger that was stationed at the Vladivostok Shatterdome along with Cherno Alpha and Eden Assassin until its closure in 2024. At some point during the Kaiju War, Nova Hyperion was destroyed in combat.

* ActionGirl: Competitive fencers. Potential Olympians. Kaiju attack survivors. Jaeger pilots. Oh yes.
* AmazonBrigade: Both of its pilots are female.
** They were also competing for spots on the South Korean Olympic team prior to a Kaiju attack on their homeland, which officially qualifies them as [[ActionGirl Action Girls]] before they even became Jaeger pilots.
* BaldOfAwesome: Its pilot, An Yuna.
* MasterSwordsman: Both of Nova's pilots competed in fencing at the Olympic level, so it's likely that they later employed those skills while piloting Nova Hyperion against the Kaiju.
* TheRival: Its pilots were this prior to the Jaeger Academy. So-Yi and Yuna were both competitive fencers who dreamed of participating in the Olympics. Their hatred for each other drove their rivalry and desire to win a spot on the team. However, in the middle of a match, the Kaiju Emergency Alert System sounded inside the arena, urging its occupants to escape before the Kaiju made landfall. During the escape, So-Yi slipped and hit her head on the floor, knocking herself out. As the Kaiju rose from the water and headed for the arena, Yuna turned back and saved So-Yi just in time from the Kaiju's attack. Their experience during the Kaiju attack presumably brought the two closer together and allowed them to put aside their differences to help one another and the world as Nova Hyperion's pilots.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: "The first kaiju Yuna has ever seen in her life is rising up from the water ahead like a mountain, and she’s running towards it, if you can believe that, running towards it and the almost empty arena in its path – to save a girl who twenty minutes ago she would’ve sworn to you she hated. Sometimes the best part of you just kinda wakes up like that."

%%[[folder:Solar Prophet]]
%%->'''Nationality:''' Peru
%%->'''Classification:''' Mark-2
%%->'''Date of Launch:''' 2016
%%->'''Pilots:'''

%%Solar Prophet is a Mark-2 Peruvian Jaeger. It was assigned to the Lima Shatterdome alongside Matador Fury and Diablo Intercept. At some point during the Kaiju War, Solar Prophet was destroyed in combat.
%%[[/folder]]

[[folder:Echo Saber]]
->'''Nationality:''' Japan
->'''Classification:''' Mark-4
->'''Date of Launch:''' 2018
->'''Pilots:'''

Echo Saber is a Mark-4 Japanese Jaeger. It was stationed at the Tokyo Shatterdome along with Coyote Tango and Tacit Ronin until its closure in 2024.

* YouShallNotPass: Destroyed in the novelization by Mutavore while trying to prevent her attack on the Sydney wall.

[[folder:Vulcan Specter]]
->'''Nationality:''' Australia
->'''Classification:''' Mark-3
->'''Date of Launch:''' 2017
->'''Pilots:'''

Vulcan Specter is a Mark-3 Australian Jaeger. It was stationed at the Sydney Shatterdome along with Striker Eureka until its closure in 2024.
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* ArmCannon: Its finishing move against the unnamed twin headed Kaiju in ''Pacific Rim: Aftermath''.
* YouShallNotPass: Destroyed in the novelization by Mutavore while trying to prevent her attack on the Sydney wall.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shaolin Rogue]]

->'''Classification:''' Mark-3
->'''Date of Launch:''' 2017
->'''Pilots:'''

Shaolin Rogue is a Mark-3 Chinese Jaeger. It was stationed at the Hong Kong Shatterdome along with Crimson Typhoon and Horizon Brave. At some point during the Kaiju War, Shaolin Rogue was destroyed in combat. The interqual novel Pacific Rim Ascension gives this Jaeger and its team some attention.

* ADayInTheLimeLight: Shaloin Rogue and its crew get some attention in ''Pacific Rim Ascension'' due to its crew being Jinhai's parents.
* AllThereInTheManual: According to the novelization, some of its parts (specifically the parts needed for drifting) were salvaged by Newt to use for his first drift with a Kaiju.
* CoolBoat: Shaolin Rogue was built to excel more in sea battles than land. It could lay down and propel forward like a submarine and could carry more oxygen.
* EpicFlail: Her long range weapon consisting of a great ball and chain.
* StockNinjaWeaponry: Her other long range she wielded shuriken...explosive shuriken.

[[folder:Mammoth Apostle]]
->'''Nationality:''' United States
->'''Classification:''' Mark-4
->'''Date of Launch:''' 2018
->'''Pilots:'''

Mammoth Apostle is a Mark-4 American Jaeger. It was stationed at the Los Angeles Shatterdome along with Romeo Blue. It was destroyed on October 4th 2024 when it and Striker Eureka fought a Kaiju in Kuching, Malaysia.

* AllThereInTheManual: It is briefly mentioned in the novelization when Pentecost brings Newt & Gottlieb up to speed about Hannibal Chau by showing them a video of Chau and his men harvesting a downed Kaiju while PPDC workers are working on the wreckage of Mammoth Apostle in the background.

%%[[folder:Puma Real]]
%%->'''Nationality:''' Panama
%%->'''Classification:''' Mark-2
%%->'''Date of Launch:''' 2016
%%->'''Pilots:'''

%%Puma Real is a Mark-2 Panamanian Jaeger. It was stationed at the Panama City Shatterdome along with Hydra Corinthian. At some point during the Kaiju War, Puma Real was destroyed in combat.
%%[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hydra Corinthian]]
->'''Nationality:''' United States
->'''Classification:''' Mark-4
->'''Date of Launch:''' 2018
->'''Pilots:''' Kennedy [=LaRue=] and Stephanie Lanphier

Hydra Corinthian is a Mark-4 American Jaeger. It was stationed at the Panama City Shatterdome along with Puma Real until its closure in 2024. At some point during the Kaiju War, Hydra Corinthian was destroyed in combat.

* AmazonBrigade: Both of its pilots are female.

!!!Debuted in ''Film/PacificRimUprising''

[[folder:Gipsy Avenger]]
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->'''Nationality:''' United States

->'''Date of Launch:''' January 12th, 2034
->'''Pilots:''' Jake Pentecost and Nate Lambert

Gipsy Avenger, named for the Jaeger which was sacrificed to close the Breach in 2025, is a Mark-6 American Jaeger. It was stationed at the Hong Kong Shatterdome.

* TheAce: The pride of the Pan-Pacific Defense Corps Jaeger fleet.
* ActionGirl: Like her predecessor, it is also referred to with female pronouns, and arguably looks more feminine while still kicking tons of ass.
* ArmCannon: She has updated versions of the original's Plasma Cannons, and a new Gravity Sling weapon which manifests similarly.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Unlike her predecessor, Gipsy Avenger only has one Chainblade. [[spoiler:It ultimately salvages the twin [[ChainsawGood chainsaw blades]] used by Obsidian Fury to use for the final battle]].
* ContrastingSequelMainCharacter: Unlike Gipsy Danger, its slow and almost-obsolete predecessor, Gipsy Avenger is fast and equipped with the most cutting-edge weapons.
* DeathFromAbove: [[spoiler: Flies into the air and drops down onto the Mega Kaiju like a meteor to kill it.]]
* HartmanHips: Has particularly shapely thighs for a giant robot.
* JackOfAllStats: Not as tough or hard-hitting as [[MightyGlacier Bracer Phoenix]], or as fast as [[FragileSpeedster Saber Athena]], or has the range of [[WhipItGood Guardian Bravo]], but solidly in between all of them.
* LegacyCharacter: Named for the original Gipsy Danger, shares a strong design lineage with her, and has Creator/EllenMcLain voicing her computer again.
* LightningBruiser: Dances and twirls around so fast it makes Striker Eureka look like a paraplegic.
* MeaningfulName: Is the second Gipsy after Danger. [[spoiler:Becomes literal when Mako Mori, one of the original Jaeger's pilots, is killed by a rogue Jaeger.]]
* MidSeasonUpgrade: [[spoiler:Is equipped with Obsidian Fury's plasma chainsaws before the final battle.]]

[[folder:Bracer Phoenix]]
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->'''Nationality:''' China
->'''Classification:''' Mark-5
->'''Date of Launch:''' November 1st, 2025
->'''Pilots:''' Viktoriya Malikova, Ou-Yang Jinhai and Amara Namani

A Mark-5 Jaeger, Bracer Phoenix is a walking titan of a Jaeger, having defended the city of Shanghai for numerous years, earning the nickname "The Shanghai Shield".

* TheBigGuy: It's the biggest and most heavily armed (with the expected trade-off of being the slowest and least maneuverable) of the four surviving Jaegers that take part in the final battle.
* ChestBlaster: Outfitted with Vortex Cannons, automatic cannons which can be pivoted to attack targets in front or behind it.
* EpicFlail: After the destruction of Titan Redeemer, Bracer Phoenix was outfitted with its flail, the M-19 Morningstar.
* GuyInBack: Bracer Phoenix is a three-man rig; the third pilot functions as a gunner and has their own control station.
* LightningBruiser: While it is the slowest of the Jaegers, it's still surprisingly fast for its size and able to easily keep up with the other Jaegers and Kaiju during battle.
* MidSeasonUpgrade: See the EpicFlail entry above.
* MightyGlacier: It's the slowest of the Jaegers stationed in Hong Kong, but it's built like a fortress, and hits like a meteor.
* MoreDakka: This Jaeger packs a ''lot'' of firepower -- no less than four massive guns are built into it, and all four can rapidly spew massive bullets at the enemy.
* SpentShellsShower: When Viktoriya opens up its massive guns, large bullets rapidly fall behind it.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The oldest Jaeger in the film just happens to be the bulky MightyGlacier? Cherno Alpha and Bracer should compare notes.
* TopHeavyGuy: Its design evokes this, with bulky shoulders and a small head.

[[folder:Guardian Bravo]]
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->'''Nationality:''' Unknown
->'''Classification:''' Mark-6
->'''Date of Launch:''' December 15th, 2033
->'''Pilots:''' Ilya and Suresh Khuran

A Jaeger designed for ranged combat.

* LongRangeFighter: Its specialty. Its weapons and thrusters are designed to allow him to keep distance from Kaijus and wound them from away.
* TopHeavyGuy: Very much like Bracer Phoenix, evidencing their similar weapon specifications.
* WhipItGood: Armed with Elec-16 Arc Whips, it can create lashes of pure energy.

[[folder:Saber Athena]]
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->'''Date of Launch:''' December 20th, 2033
->'''Pilots:''' Meilin Gao and Ryiochi

The most advanced Jaeger to date, Saber Athena is acrobatic and deadly.

* ActionGirl: Has a deliberate feminine design.
* DualWielding: The Ionic Twinblades are normally wielded in both hands.
* ElementalWeapon: Armed with [[ShockAndAwe Ionic Twinblades]], which can be [[BifurcatedWeapon combined]] to form one singular sword.
* FragileSpeedster: It's quick and acrobatic, with promotional materials describe her as the fastest Jaeger ever built, but can't take much damage. As such, she is destroyed in literally two blows.
* ImpossiblyGracefulGiant: Can perform ''flying kicks'' despite being a building-sized robot.
* KickChick: Employs fast kicks when it's not using its swords.
* SwordDrag: Does a variation during the final battle by pulling both her swords through the skyscrapers on her left and right while she charges the enemy.

[[folder:Titan Redeemer]]
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->'''Classification:''' Mark-6
->'''Date of Launch:''' Unknown
->'''Pilots:''' Unknown

A Mark-6 Jaeger armed with a large morningstar.

* EpicFlail: Its main weapon. After Redeemer is destroyed, the flail is grafted onto Bracer Phoenix.
* DoNotGoGentle: Even after losing a leg and being taken down, it manages to behead an enemy before being destroyed.
* TheGhost: Subverted, if barely, for one of its pilots, as he can be seen through a breach in the Jaeger's faceplate [[spoiler:just before it is crushed.]] Played straight for the other.
* HeroicSacrifice: Both for it and its unidentified pilots. [[spoiler:The hybrids are ignoring it after taking it out in their initial attack, presumably believing it to no longer be a threat. Once it reveals itself to still be operational with at least one pilot still alive and kills one of the attacking hybrids, this immediately attracts the attention of the second hybrid, which wastes no time stomping on its head to instantly kill the human pilot(s) inside.]]
* SacrificialLion: It's destroyed in the [[spoiler:attack of the drones]] to show how dangerous they are.
* UnknownCharacter: We know it has pilots, as they operate it during the [[spoiler:attack of the hybrids and actually die at it]], but we are never revealed their names.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Barely sees operational service on screen, and most of it is Amara piloting a simulated version of it during a training exercise. Its weapon even receives more screentime than it.

[[folder:Obsidian Fury]]
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->'''Classification:''' Unknown

A rogue Jaeger, and a deadly one at that, controlled by unknown forces.

* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: Its whole upper section is spun 180 degrees by a blow from Gipsy Avenger. [[spoiler:This [[{{Foreshadowing}} foreshadows]] its being driven by a Kaiju brain.]]
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: Armed with two plasma {{chainsaw|Good}}s, which glow with a burning orange.
* ChestBlaster: Like Gipsy Danger, it can fire off blasts from its chest with lethal efficiency.
* {{Cyborg}}: [[spoiler:A Jaeger controlled by a Kaiju brain implanted into it.]]
* DarkIsEvil: Like the name says, Obsidian is black as night, and evil as they come.
* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Is swiftly defeated by Gipsy Avenger in their rematch but its demise lead to the heroes discovering something much more sinister.]]
* DualWielding: Armed with two plasma swords that resembles chainsaws. [[spoiler: Gipsy Avenger is later equipped with these swords from the defeated remain of Obsidian Fury.]]
* EvilCounterpart: To Gipsy Danger, having a similar build and weaponry (dual swords and being able to fire from its ChestBlaster). Even its {{Leitmotif}} (also named "Obsidian Fury") sounds like a "darker/evil" counterpart of Gipsy Danger's "No Pulse" or "Go Big or Go Extinct". However, it is thoroughly ''not'' on the side of humanity. [[spoiler:It's also controlled by a Kaiju brain as opposed to two human pilots.]]
* GiantSpaceFleaOutOfNowhere: Appears out of nowhere in Sydney to attack the PPDC conference being held and [[spoiler: kill off Mako Mori.]]
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:It shoots down and kills Mako Mori after destroying the PPDC building in Sydney. It has the same intentions for the other Jaeger pilots.]]
* ImplacableMan: Shrugs off everything thrown at it by Gipsy Avenger until [[spoiler: a hole is ripped in it.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: The sequel starts off pretty light-hearted, with Jake meeting Amara and Scrapper's escape attempt from November Ajax and them being recruited into PPDC for training as Jaeger pilots. Then Obsidian Fury shows up, [[spoiler:kills off Mako Mori, and its status as a DiscOneFinalBoss means the worst is yet to come.]]
* LeanAndMean: Its waist is really thin along with its limbs in general and it is very mean.
* LightningBruiser: Move extremely agile and fluid for a Jaeger and well armed with a variety of weapons. [[spoiler: Its speed is achieved with Jaeger technology infused with organic Kaiju tissues.]]
* MacrossMissileMassacre: Can shoots multiple missiles from its shoulders. [[spoiler: This is how it managed to kill Mako Mori.]]
* OrganicTechnology: [[spoiler:Obsidian Fury's interior looks like a mix of Jaeger parts lined with Kaiju biomass.]]
* OutsideContextProblem: {{Downplayed}} as Rouge Jaegers were established, but they were so ramshackle that one advanced enough to match up to the flagship model Gipsy Avenger caught everyone off-guard.
* PredecessorVillain: It's implied that Obsidian Fury is a prototype for [[spoiler:Newt's army of Hybrid Drones that appear later in the film]].
* TacticalWithdrawal: Facing the immobile Gipsy Avenger, it wisely withdraws once it spots 3 other Jaegers approaching as reinforcement.
* WalkingArmory: Considering how sleek and smooth Obsidian is built it might as well be trenchcoat warfare as well. Most Jaegers have one to two weapons at most in addition to their fists. Obsidian Fury has missile pods in its shoulders, a particle cannon in its chest. At least one smaller particle cannon in its right wrist, smaller metal blades for extremely close melee in its left wrist. Oh and chainsaw swords in each arm along with devices that can jam communications along with being really strong and fast.

[[folder:"Scrapper"]]
->'''Nationality:''' United States
->'''Classification:''' None, unregistered
->'''Date of Launch:''' 2035
->'''Pilots:''' Amara Namani

In the aftermath of the Kaiju War, the poorer civilians have taken to scrounging detritus from decommissioned Jaegers, seeking to build their own. Small and lithe, Scrapper is a unique Jaeger, only requiring one single pilot.

* BeTheBall: Can curl up into a ball and roll around.
* ButtMonkey: If it's on camera, expect something bad to happen to it. [[TookALevelInBadass Until the finale, of course.]]
* DavidVsGoliath: It's the David. All other Jaegers are Goliath.
* GiantScrapRobot: Being built from literal scrap metal, some car parts, rusty construction equipment, etc., it counts as this.
* MiniMecha: Only in comparison to the colossal "real" Jaegers. It stands at least two stories high, but barely reaches the shin of any other Jaeger.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Scrapper may be small, but it's not to be underestimated.
* TheRuntAtTheEnd: Gipsy Avenger, Guardian Bravo, Saber Athena, Bracer Phoenix... and Scrapper.
* SmokeOut: It's equipped with smoke canister launchers. Unfortunately, that's not a terribly effective deterrent against a skyscraper-sized mech that can see well above the cloud.
* SupportPartyMember: Out of necessity. Its small size means it doesn't stand a chance against ordinary Kaiju, but after a retrofit can help with emergency repairs of Jaegers in the field, and provide their pilots with a means of escape in the event of an escape pod failure.
* WhatAPieceOfJunk: Being a homemade Jaeger, Scrapper looks like a walking trash heap. But once you see it in action, you'll understand why Amara was recruited into the Jaeger Program.

[[folder:November Ajax]]
->'''Nationality:''' Unknown
->'''Classification:''' Mark-6
->'''Date of Launch:''' Unknown
->'''Pilots:''' Unknown

A Jaeger employed by the PPDC to apprehend Jaeger scavengers.
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* CyberCyclops: Has one big light/sensor in the middle of its face.
* DeadpanSnarker: Reacts vocally to Scrapper's attempts to confound it. After it subdues the tiny Jaeger, it comically pokes it to ensure its inactivity.
* KilledOffscreen: WordOfGod confirms that November Ajax was felled when the Shao Industries drones went berserk.
* ShockAndAwe: Carries a taser within one of its fists.
* SuperCop: It serves to enforce PPDC protocol. When we meet Ajax, it cites a specific line prohibiting unauthorized Jaegers that Scrapper is in violation of.

!!!Debuted in ''Anime/PacificRimTheBlack''

[[folder:Atlas Destroyer]]
!!!Voiced by: Erica Lindbeck
->'''Nationality:''' Unknown
->'''Classification:''' Mark-3
->'''Date of Launch:''' Unknown (Presumably 2017 in line with other Mark 3's)
->'''Pilots:''' Hayley Travis, Taylor Travis, and Mei

A decommissioned Mark-3 Jaeger reassigned to training cadets and left behind when the Black was implemented; controlled by a female artificial intelligence called Loa.

* AnArmAndALeg: Atlas' right arm is ripped off and eaten by Copperhead, hampering her already limited combat effectiveness.
* ArmCannon: Going by the holographic weapons display Loa projected, Atlas Destroyer originally had wrist-mounted missiles powerful enough to one-shot a Category IV Kaiju. [[spoiler:The new right arm Atlas receives from Apex -- originally belonging to the Mark IV Jaeger Chaos Nemesis -- comes with a blade-tipped saber chain fired from its palm which can either impale targets or saw through them using blades on the chain]].
* AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp: Her armament would certainly have made it easier for her to take on Copperhead. Justified, though, as she became a training Jaeger for the inexperienced cadets, before she was abandoned on Australia because of Operation Blackout.
* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: At least twenty years old by the time of the Black and reduced to training duties. Now bought back into full action.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Downplayed. She's still a giant mecha capable of punching, and later [[spoiler: grappling]], Kaiju, but in the past she was a fully armed battle Jaeger until she was decommissioned and reassigned to be a training Jaeger for Cadets.
* CasualDangerDialogue: {{Justified}} in her role as the AI of a training Jaeger, Loa encourages her pilots to act in calm, smooth voice even when they're seconds from total disaster.
-->'''Loa''': Kaiju impact in twenty seconds. Choose a course of a action, please.
* DeadpanSnarker: Loa -- Atlas Destroyer's AI -- possesses a wry sense of humor and is prone to making deadpan retorts.
* DramaPreservingHandicap: Even a standard Mark-3 Jaeger would be overpowered in this setting, as evidenced by the initial simulation showing that Copperhead would have been felled in ''a single attack'' by her original armament. Having been stripped of her weapons, Atlas is instead put on the defensive against Kaiju it would have otherwise handily defeated. Atlas also lacks a nuclear reactor like other Mark-3 Jaegers, placing a limit on how long it can be run continuously and forcing a dangerous scavenger hunt for replacements when the cells run dry after the first battle with Copperhead.
* FreakOut: When scanning the derelict Horizon Brave, Loa suddenly starts acting like she's having a PTSD-induced flashback. When Taylor confronts her about what happened, she cagily downplays it as a glitch.
* LastOfHerKind: With Gypsy Danger long destroyed Atlas is both the last Mark 3 and the last known active Jaeger in Australia.
* PowerPincers: In Episode 6, [[spoiler:Atlas Destroyer gets a replacement arm from the Mark IV Jaeger Chaos Nemesis, which is heavily-armored but has limited dexterity due to its tripartite pincers]].

[[folder:Hunter Vertigo]]
->'''Nationality:''' Unknown
->'''Classification:''' Mark-7
->'''Date of Launch:''' Unknown
->'''Pilots:''' Ford Travis, Brina Travis

The Jaeger piloted by Ford and Brina Travis.

* ArmCannon: Wrist-mounted launchers capable of firing (apparently very low-yield) nuclear warheads.
* BareHandedBladeBlock: Stops a bone spike from a kaiju from impaling them in this manner.
* GrievousHarmWithABody: When one of its Cryo Cannons is damaged by an Acidquill's tentacle, Brina rips it off their back and uses it to club the kaiju.
* CompositeCharacter: Has the general profile and color scheme of Striker Eureka, Gipsy Danger's central turbine core, and the shoulder cannons of Coyote Tango.
* NukeEm: The only known Jaeger equipped with nuclear weapons to use while brawling with kaiju.
* ShoulderCannon: Hunter Vertigo came equipped with shoulder-cannons capable of firing a FreezeRay.

[[folder:Marauder Zeus]]
->'''Nationality:''' Australian
->'''Classification:''' Unknown
->'''Date of Launch:''' Unknown
->'''Pilots:''' Unknown

A Jaeger who, against orders, backed up Ford and Brina's attempt to rescue their kids during the evacuation.

* ArmCannon: Has massive collapsible gatling guns on the back of each forearm.
* AwesomeAussie: If the accent of its (only speaking) pilot is anything to go by, Marauder Zeus is proudly keeping the tradition of Australian badassery alive and well.
* GatlingGood: Its main weapons are a pair of enormous gatling guns.
* GunsAkimbo: One gatling gun on each arm.

!!Kaiju

[[folder:General Kaiju Tropes]]
* AlienBlood: Blue, acidic, and highly reactive toxic blood. [[spoiler:The sequel reveals it explodes when it comes into contact with certain rare earth elements.]]
* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Without getting into the obvious SquareCubeLaw problems, the given weights of all the Kaiju are unbelievably low. The Category V Slattern is stated to weigh around 6 750 tons while being 596 feet tall. For comparison, [[Film/Godzilla2014 Legendary's Godzilla]] is about 355 feet tall and was calculated to weigh approximately ''90 000 tons'' (if his volume was filled with water). The only way the kaiju could possibly be so light is if they were completely made of something like styrofoam.
* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Jaegers were specifically built to fight them at their level.
* BioweaponBeast: Despite their wildly varying appearances, all Kaiju share the same DNA due to having been engineered by the Precursors to facilitate their conquest of other dimensions, devouring the indigenous populace and/or terraforming the planet with their toxic blood.
* BizarreAlienBiology: They have extremely poisonous blood, they often have more limbs and/or eyes than Earthly animals, and they combine vertebrate and invertebrate traits. Much of their biology appears to be based on ammonia, or at least, thrives in an ammonia-based environment.
* {{Determinator}}: Even when sustaining numerous fatal injuries, they will absolutely not stop trying to cause as much destruction as possible before dying, in some cases not even a huge gaping chest wound or the loss of an appendage will stop them immediately.
* DidntSeeThatComing:
** They [[spoiler:and their creators]] clearly weren't expecting humanity to fight back to any useful effect, something humans theorize on. This is best shown when the first Jaeger ''utterly demolished'' its Kaiju opponent.
** On the other side, humanity didn't expect that the Kaiju [[spoiler:and their creators could think beyond animalistic behaviors and evolve to deal with the Jaegers.]]
** Humans certainly couldn't have been expecting Kaiju Blue when they decided to NukeEm in early attacks...
** [[spoiler:Jake and his comrades ''definitely'' don't expect the three Kaiju in Tokyo to merge into a singular Mega-Kaiju.]]
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:There are beings on the other side of the portal responsible for creating and sending the Kaiju through the breach.]]
* ExtraEyes: Most, if not all, of the Kaiju have more than two eyes.
* HiveMind: [[spoiler:They are all mentally connected to one another. Even the still living but damaged brain of a dead Kaiju is connected to the hive. Despite this, they all seem to have individual personalities, with Otachi and Slattern being noted to be more intelligent than the others.]]
* ItCanThink: [[spoiler:It had been assumed that the Kaiju were acting on instinct, but nobody expected them to adapt to counter the Jaegers.]]
* {{Kaiju}}: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Duh.]]
* KillAllHumans: [[spoiler:This is why the Precursors sent the Kaiju through the Breach this time.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: "2500 Tons Of Awesome", which is shared by the Kaiju as a whole. The one exception is Slattern, as detailed in his entry.
* LivingWeapon: [[spoiler:They turn out to be genetically engineered attack dogs of a human-sized race from another universe. The humans don't realize that the emergence of bigger and tougher examples that can better fight the Jaegers is an arms race until the aliens have added projectile acid and EMP attacks and it's too late.]]
* MaleMightFemaleFinesse: The Kaiju that attack Hong Kong; Leatherback, a massive, hulking brawler, and Otachi, a more slender creature with faster attacks, and the ability to fly. Otachi is shown to be female when it turns out she's pregnant.
* MixAndMatchCritters: Quite a few Kaiju have a combination of different animal traits. [[spoiler:Considering the Precursors assembled them, it's not entirely surprising.]] The Kaiju generally evoke a single particular animal or mythical creature, such as Otachi resembling a dragon, Leatherback resembling a gorilla, Onibaba resembling a crab, and Slattern's multitude of tentacles evoking the legendary Kraken. The one exception is Mutavore, the Sydney Kaiju, who [[OurMonstersAreWeird has a strange, crescent shaped head, scissor-like tail fins, ''eyes on its chin, its mouth on its forehead, and a single crest-like wing on its back''.]] It SO does not resemble any familiar shape, possibly barring a bio-raptor from ''Film/PitchBlack''. Of course, there is also the possibility that it resembles a creature from the Precursors' or another conquered world, which they may have used to their advantage against [[YouShallNotPass Vulcan Specter and Echo Saber]].
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Subverted with three of the Kaiju (Scunner, Trespasser, and Knifehead), as they rarely use their smaller extra arms. Otachi, however, has a claw on her tail that she uses more than her actual arms.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: The designations assigned by the PPDC are typically and understandably distasteful and terrifying.
* PeopleInRubberSuits: A featurette revealed that Guillermo and the character designers wanted to invoke this when designing the Kaiju as a homage. Basically, the Kaiju are all designed as if an actor would be able to fit into them like a rubber suit, hence why most of them are bipedal.
* ProportionatelyPonderousParasites: Isopod-like creatures the size of footballs live on the Kaiju. They actually die very quickly once exposed to Earth's atmosphere, to the point that the PPDC was never able to recover them alive, so they're not really a threat. Black market scavengers selling kaiju parts, however, figured out that they can be kept alive if you put them in an ammonia bath.
* SquareCubeLaw: The Kaiju and Jaegers alike play hell with this law; Kaiju shouldn't be able to ambulate without severe damage to their joints and whatever skin surfaces contact the ground alongside muscle tearing from the torque and stresses of combat, whereas flying Kaiju like Otachi would be far too heavy to take off even with a proportionate wingspan. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the ocean-dwelling Kaiju like Slattern, where we have examples of massive creatures on Earth right now that can maintain that size due to the ocean taking most of the stress off of their bodies, as well as by the RuleOfCool.
* TakingYouWithMe: Prior to the creation of the Jaegers, the only reliable way to take down a Kaiju was to hit it with a [[NukeEm nuclear weapon]]. Aside from the resulting collateral damage and fallout that would occur if deployed in a populated area, the issues with this are further compounded by the fact that Kaiju blood is toxic, and that the resultant overkill ends up spreading a large amount of that blood over a wide area.
* ThroatLight: Most Kaiju have bioluminescence coming from their mouth. [[spoiler:It signals an EMP in Leatherback's case.]]
* VolcanicVeins: A number of the Kaiju have these.
[[/folder]]

!!!Debuted in ''Film/PacificRim''[[note]]Also includes Kaiju fleshed out in the supplementary material to that film[[/note]]
[[folder:Trespasser]]
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->'''Category:''' Unknown (pre-scale)
->'''Breach Date:''' August 10, 2013
->'''Target:''' San Francisco, USA

The very first Kaiju.

* DeadGuyOnDisplay: Its skull becomes a trophy on [[https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/966806_509314265801542_649845123_o.jpg public display.]]
* DeathOfAThousandCuts: How he was killed in the movie, after 6 days and 35 miles of tank and jet attacks.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: The game shows Trespasser having a pair of smaller arms underneath the primary set.
* NukeEm: How he was ultimately defeated in the comic.
* StarterVillain: Only the first of many Kaiju.

[[folder:Knifehead]]
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->'''Category:''' III\\
'''Breach Date:''' February 29, 2020
->'''Target:''' Anchorage, USA

The Kaiju that killed Yancy and crippled Gipsy Danger in the prologue. Though Raleigh managed to kill him, this attack heralded the apparent end of the Jaeger age, as the Kaiju were beginning to counter the robots.

* EvilIsPetty: It took a detour from its main mission of attacking Anchorage to slaughter the crew of a passing fishing boat. Good thing Gipsy Danger was there.
* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Has a large, knife-like blade jutting out of its head.
* ExpendableClone: Newt's first drift shows [[spoiler:dozens of identical Knifeheads in pods, showing the one Gipsy fought was just one copy out of many]].
* HeroKiller: Kills Yancy Becket in the beginning of the film and destroys Gipsy Danger.
* ItCanThink: Mild example. Knifehead was the point when kaiju fight tactics upgraded, making it smart enough to ''play dead'' - something kaiju had never done before. This caught Gipsy Danger by complete surprise - given that kaiju can and ''do'' usually fight until they're hamburger.
* MixAndMatchCritters: Has the features of a shark, a turtle, and a dolphin.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Has a smaller pair of arms under its larger primary set.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If Knifehead had just swum to Anchorage like planned, it could have slowed Gipsy Danger down for quite a while by causing their deviation to help the fishing boat turn into a dead end.
* NotQuiteDead: The initial encounter looks like a short CurbStompBattle, but then it bursts from the water looking barely worse for wear.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: Appears onscreen for less than ten minutes, and manages to turn the tide of the war back in favor of the Kaiju.
* ThreateningShark: The featurette on Kaiju suggests he's meant to resemble a goblin shark. He swims like a shark would as well.
* TurtlePower: It has a shell-like body structure on its back.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Its fight with Gipsy Danger was the moment that asserted "Jaegers aren't invincible."

[[folder:Mutavore]]
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->'''Breach Date:''' January 2, 2025
->'''Target:''' Sydney, Australia

The Kaiju that tears through the Life Wall in under an hour, proving the entire fortification worthless. Killed by Striker Eureka.

* AdaptationalBadass: It's dodgy as to which came first, the novelization, based on an older script most likely or the movie release and so one. The film has her as a Category 4, but serves more as a mook, while the novelization has her tear through two Jaegers (Vulcan Specter and Echo Saber) before encountering Striker Eureka. Either way, she is there to show how powerful Striker Eureka is, and that the wall is useless against Kaiju.
* ExpendableClone: Along with Knifehead, there is a glimpse of at least two more Mutavores already assembled.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: Her eyes are on her lower jaw instead of her upper jaw.
* MassOhCrap: Everybody pretty much had this when she simply rammed through the Coastal Wall meant to protect people from the Kaiju like it was nothing.
* {{Mook}}: Serves as grunt Kaiju in the Jaeger Combat Simulator online game.
* MultipleTailedBeast: She has a bifubricated tail, which can be used like a pair of scissors in the video game.
* SmallRoleBigImpact:
** Its smashing through the Sydney Wall is seen by Raleigh, confirming the anti-Kaiju barriers are useless in the end and leaving Raleigh open to rejoining the Jaeger program when Pentecost comes calling.
** According to Travis Beacham's Tumblr, the kaiju brain Newt drifts with to [[spoiler:discover the existence of the Precursors and their plans]] came from Mutavore.

[[folder:Onibaba]]
->'''Category:''' II
->'''Breach Date:''' May 15, 2016
->'''Target:''' Tokyo, Japan

The kaiju that Mako encountered as a child. It is only seen in her dream sequence, in which it appears bigger than a Cat 2 should -- but then again, it is a memory seen through the eyes of a frightened child. Some UnreliableNarrator may be in play.

* TheCameo: A simulation of Onibaba appears in the sequel in a training simulation for upcoming Jaeger pilots to fight against.
* CurbStompBattle: It evidently did not last long against Coyote Tango -- at least, that's how Mako remembers it.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: The Novelization states that the Japanese mounted his skull on the side of Mt. Fuji as a warning to the Kaiju.
* GiantEnemyCrab: Looks [[http://oi44.tinypic.com/4iypfn.jpg eerily like a giant crustacean.]]
* MeaningfulName: Playing very much a nightmarish role in Mako's psyche, it can be said Onibaba(Demon Hag) can be said to represent her inner demons.
* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler: Not apparent in its brief appearance in the first movie, but the sequel establish the Kaijus primary motive is not to destroy cities, but to reach Mount Fuji so that their AlienBlood can react with the minerals inside the mountain to create a chain reaction in the Earth crust that results in TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. Since Onibaba was the only Kaiju that managed to reach Tokyo, Japan of all the others, it could have destroyed the entire world. Good thing Stacker Pentecost was there to stop it, meaning he actually saved the Earth TWICE.]]
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Easily the least humanoid of the Kaiju seen in the film.
* SuperPersistentPredator: Chases a ten-year-old girl down the street and then tries multiple times to grab her out of the alley she's hiding in, despite being so big that just reaching down and grabbing her should outweigh the energy gained from eating her. This is presumably a trait of all the other Kaiju as well.
* YouKilledMyFather: He basically killed Mako's parents in his attack on Tokyo.

[[folder:Otachi]]
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->'''Breach Date:''' January 8, 2025
->'''Target:''' Hong Kong, China

One of the Kaiju that attacks Hong Kong during the movie. Has a powerful acid attack that can eat through metal, and is one of the few confirmed female Kaiju.

* AcidAttack: She can spit blue HollywoodAcid that makes short work of any type of metal, which it uses to [[spoiler:help kill the Russian jaeger]].
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Has her tail frozen and [[LiterallyShatteredLives shattered]] and her wing sliced off by Gipsy Danger.]]
* ArmorPiercingAttack: The corrosive substance she sprays from her mouth easily dissolved Cherno Alpha's heavy armor.
* BewareMyStingerTail: She has a claw on her tail, though it functions more like a third hand.
* BodyHorror: Her lower jaw splits in half. Also, the scene of [[spoiler: her infant bursting out of her womb]].
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: She has several eye-like organs on her nasal crest.
* ForceAndFinesse: Relatively speaking, in the team of her and Leatherback, she's the finesse while Leatherback is the force.
* GeniusBruiser: Otachi is a cunning and resourceful ambush predator, much like Leatherback (if not moreso).
* GiantFlyer: She vaguely resembles a giant bat [[spoiler:capable of lifting a giant robot of equivalent size.]] Uses its wings in one final attempt to destroy Gipsy, by taking it up into the stratosphere and planning on dropping it to its doom. It would have worked, if not for the fact that [[spoiler:Gipsy has a sword.]]
* HeroKiller: She destroys Crimson Typhoon and kills its pilots.
* HollywoodAcid: Her acid is corrosive enough to cripple Cherno Alpha and immediately liquify a small section of a building.
* IronicName: ''Otachi'' means "Big sword" in Japanese. [[spoiler:Just guess how Gipsy Danger kills her]].
* ItCanThink: One of the most intelligent and thus, among the most dangerous ever encountered. Otachi was directly responsible for the destruction of two Jaegers, specifically negating their strengths and taking full advantage of their weaknesses. She also very nearly manages to destroy Gipsy Danger, who only manages to survive through quick thinking.
* KungFuProofMook: {{No Sell}}s Crimson Typhoon's Thundercloud Formation attack by catching all three of its arms. She also severely weakened Cherno Alpha by managing to damage its heavily-armored reactor.
* LiterallyShatteredLives: Her tail suffers this, courtesy of Gipsy Danger.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: Originally, her tail was supposed to be torn off only to come to life until meeting death by ice. This was kept in the novelization.
* MadeOfIron: Takes hits from all four of the Jaegers but keeps on fighting.
* MonsterIsAMommy: Upon Otachi's death, a team is sent into an orifice in her body. However, it is found that Otachi is actually ''pregnant'', and [[EnfantTerrible the newborn beast quickly wreaks havoc on the team]].
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: First we see her speed and agility. Then when Crimson and Cherno engage her she reveals her tail-claw and her acid spray. Then we see she has a weird flowery tongue, then we discover her tail [[OrganAutonomy has a mind of its own and can fight independently.]] And when Gipsy tears out her acid sac and her tail, she ''unfurls her wings and takes to the sky''. When she is finally downed, she has one last postmortem surprise for us... she is [[MonsterIsAMommy actually pregnant]].
* NoSell: [[spoiler:Otachi manages to catch each of Crimson Typhoon's arms and stop the blades from rotating.]]
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Gipsy Danger chops its head and a wing off with its sword, killing it in mid-flight.]]
* PregnantBadass: [[spoiler:She was pregnant the whole time she attacked Hong Kong.]]
* PrehensileTail: The claw on the tip allows it to act more like an extra arm than a tail.
* RibcageStomach: The scene of Hannibal's team entering her entrails shows that a large amount of her abdominal cavity is hollow, as her [[spoiler:womb]] is seen suspended upside down next to her dinosaur brain. Quite a logic body trait when one considers that [[spoiler:the monster can fly.]]
* StoryBreakerPower: The ''only'' entity (Jaeger or Kaiju) with [[spoiler:a demonstrated ability to fly. It's obvious that Jaegers were never built for aerial combat.]] This revelation ''also'' should have revealed the wall defense, which had already been proven ineffective, to be a complete waste of time, but it's never brought up. Likewise with its corrosive acid.
* TongueTrauma: [[spoiler:After missing its spray of acid at Gipsy, the Jaeger rips out Otachi's tongue (and acid-producing gland) to keep it from trying that again.]]

[[folder:Leatherback]]
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->'''Category:''' IV
->'''Breach Date:''' January 8, 2025
->'''Target:''' Hong Kong, China

One of the Kaiju that attacks Hong Kong. Big, muscular, with approximately the shape of a gorilla.

* {{Acrofatic}}: Not only is he [[TheBrute burly]], but his midsection is noticeably prominent and bloated-looking. Doesn't make him slower or any less menacing than any other Kaiju.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Had its {{EMP}} emitter ripped off and arm blown off by Gipsy Danger.]]
* TheBrute: He has a few tricks up his sleeve, but mostly relies on raw brute force.
* DidntSeeThatComing: Winds up on both ends of this. [[spoiler:Nobody anticipated that there would be a Kaiju with an in-built {{EMP}} shockwave generator designed specifically to deal with Striker Eureka. Of course, the aliens didn't plan for Gipsy Danger's presence.]]
* DynamicEntry: [[spoiler:His InTheBack jump against Cherno Alpha was the first time he was seen in the fight.]]
* {{EMP}}: [[spoiler:Has an EMP emitter on its back.]]
* EyeScream: Gets shot in the eye by a flare shot by Striker Eureka's pilots. All it does is piss it off.
* ExtraEyes: Six total.
* FatBastard: He's rather heavyset for a Kaiju, and is just as vicious as the others.
* ForceAndFinesse: Relatively speaking in the team of him and Otachi, he's the force while Otachi is the finesse.
* ForTheEvulz: One of the few Kaiju who shows signs of open sadism, taking his time with Cherno Alpha and Striker Eureka's crews.
* GeniusBruiser: Performs well-coordinated teamwork with Otachi using his partner as bait to set up an ambush, shuts down Striker Eureka just when it's putting itself in a position of vulnerability to use a genuinely dangerous weapon, shows ponderation about his and his opponent's strengths and odds, and is the only Kaiju in the film to use tools.
* GoodOldFisticuffs: His primary fighting style, helped by his [[PowerFist hard mace-like fists]].
* HeroKiller: Destroys Cherno Alpha and kills its pilots.
* InTheBack: His DynamicEntry against [[spoiler:Cherno Alpha.]]
* ItCanThink: A cunning and resourceful Kaiju like its partner Otachi, Leatherback not only is intelligent enough to use tools, he also has a sense of tactics: he stays near [[spoiler:the disabled]] Striker Eureka and lumbers cautiously around it in case it is not completely out and just PlayingPossum as Kaiju themselves do. As Leatherback has no ranged weapons to safely maim him from away and Striker is his strongest foe in close quarter range, this is the safest stance for him to prevent a turn of the tables.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Uses a crane as a mace to batter Gipsy silly.
* {{Kevlard}}: [[spoiler:Gipsy Danger has to shoot him nearly a dozen times to make him go down. Unlike more armored Kaijus, the individual shots do damage him, it's just that they are not enough to get through his bulk until the damage builds up.]]
* KillerGorilla: Has a gorilla-like body. Also, although it's named after the leatherback turtle, the name still evokes a silverback gorilla.
* LightningBruiser: Can move incredibly fast and agile for his size, marking a difference with the slow, cadenced Kaijus introduced until that point in the film.
* LivingWeapon: While all Kaiju qualify, Leatherback's arrival serves as chilling proof of what Newt had already theorized: these monsters aren't just showing up randomly -- someone is deliberately sending them. [[spoiler:Animals don't just "evolve" a natural EMP generator against prey they've never personally met.]]
* MakeSureHesDead: [[spoiler:Even after Gipsy Danger shoots off his arm and blasts him in the gut several times, Raleigh tells Mako that they need to "check for a pulse." Cue Gipsy Danger blasting Leatherback's body ''several more times''. "No pulse" indeed.]]
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Gipsy Danger [[spoiler:rips it apart and blasts it several more times to be sure.]] Justified; Kaiju have [[spoiler:learned to [[PlayingPossum play dead]], so Jaegers will let their guard down. [[DoubleTap Raleigh was making sure that when Leatherback was dead, it]] ''[[DoubleTap stayed]]'' [[DoubleTap dead]].]] Also a pretty nifty double-KickTheSonOfABitch for the two pilots: one for Mako, whose parents were killed by a Kaiju, and one for Raleigh, in his first Kaiju fight since his brother was killed by one.
* StealthyColossus: Despite his enormous size, he goes completely unnoticed under the water until the very moment of his DynamicEntry.
* StoryBreakerPower: [[spoiler: His EMP enables him to take out just about any Jaeger, as well as the Shatterdome, in a single move. This allows Leatherback to be the only Kaiju capable of defeating Striker Eureka.]]
* StoneWall: Took several point-blank Plasma Caster shots into the chest before going down, and that's not counting all the punishment it received beforehand.

[[folder:Raiju]]
->'''Category:''' IV
->'''Breach Date:''' January 12, 2025
->'''Target:''' Unknown

One of the Kaiju fought at the Breach. Looks like a flower jawed pangolin. Much faster than other Kaiju.

* {{Expy}}: Its real head which is hidden inside an armor plated head bears a striking resemblance to Gabora from ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''.
* FragileSpeedster: Not very durable at all, but the fastest Kaiju underwater on record and easily [[spoiler:sneaks behind Gipsy Danger and bites its right arm off]].
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler:Sliced in half lengthwise through a combination of Gipsy Danger's BladeBelowTheShoulder and Raiju's own [[InertiaIsACruelMistress momentum]].]]
* NestedMouths: According to his Hero Clix figure, it looks like his head splits open to reveal a purple wormlike [[https://encrypted-tbn1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSTRQ4zahizZGZiKsqwl7wi3jAP1iXnt-u9rzi9yXUSIvYzKN7jAg head.]]
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: His design is very crocodilian.
* {{Raiju}}: Named after the thunder beast {{Youkai}} of Japanese folklore.
* TechnicolorToxin: A secondary power in the game. It can release a toxic and corrosive cloud of poison into the air as a ranged attack, and cover the battlefield in it as a FinishingMove.

[[folder:Scunner]]
->'''Category:''' IV
->'''Breach Date:''' January 12, 2025
->'''Target:''' Unknown

One of the Kaiju fought at the Breach. Looks like an aquatic bull.

* ALoadOfBull: Has two large prominent bull-like horns.
* FacialHorror: [[spoiler:Gipsy Danger drags its face into a volcanic vent, burning half of it before it breaks free.]]
* JackOfAllTrades: Between ramming horns, a biting mouth, large clawed hands, and a whip-capable tail, it doesn't seem to have any specialized focus.
* MeaningfulName: "Scunner" is a Scottish word for "a strong dislike."
* MixAndMatchCritters: Has the features of a bull, a shark, and a turtle.
* RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler: It's stabbed through the neck like a kebab, dragged over to a volcanic vent and roasted, and finally caught in Striker Eureaka's nuclear payload.]]
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Has a smaller pair of arms under its larger primary set.
* ThreateningShark: Has a hammerhead shark-like head.
* TurtlePower: Has a turtle-like shell.

[[folder:Slattern]]
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->'''Category:''' V
->'''Breach Date:''' January 12, 2025
->'''Target:''' Earth

One of the Kaiju fought at the Breach. The only Cat 5 ever encountered (at least until the sequel), it is the largest and most dangerous monster anyone has ever seen.

* BewareMyStingerTail: Not only can they club but are strong enough to stab into Gipsy Danger's back during their tumble.
* CatsAreMean: When he's on all fours his body looks very feline influenced as well as the shape of his front two hands/claws look like a lion's.
* DanceBattler: His tail-end, anyway. He twirls them disorientingly before lashing out with all three to devastating effect.
* DragonInChief: [[spoiler:While all Kaiju serve as TheDragon to their other-dimensional masters, Slattern is the worst of them all and serves as the final obstacle of the story. A bit literal as well, during the fight with Eureka, he emits an enormous roar that summons Scunner back to double team the [=MkV=] Jaeger]]
* FinalBoss: Sent out at the very end to deal with Gipsy Danger and Striker Eureka.
* LargeAndInCharge: He is a Category 5, the most [[TheDreaded feared]] among the Kaiju that attacked Earth, although Newt suggested that he may have merely been the first member of a second wave of more powerful Kaiju.
* LanternJawOfJustice: Subverted; villainous. Has quite the double chin.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Category 5", a darker, faster-paced, highly varied and even more ominous variation on the main Kaiju leitmotif (complete with choral backing!) which emphasizes the power and dread that Slattern possesses.
* MadeOfIron: Even compared to ''the other Kaiju''. [[spoiler: To the point of surviving the equivalent of 1.2 million tons of TNT ''blowing up in his face''.]]
* MassOhCrap: His appearance causes one for the forces back in Hong Kong.
* MultipleTailedBeast: He has three main tails with numerous smaller tails besides.
* NonIndicativeName: The word "slattern" basically means "promiscuous woman" (or, in more vulgar terms, "slut"). It's [[AllThereInTheManual revealed in the novelization]] that when this Kaiju first appeared, all the Rangers were struck by its utterly massive size:
--> '''Tendo Choi:''' Bitch is big.\\
'''Pentecost:''' Don't use that word. Call it "Slattern", if you must.
* RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler:Cut open numerous times by Striker Eureka (including having his throat slit and his arms nearly sliced off), has a ''nuclear bomb'' explode ''in his face'', stabbed repeatedly by Gipsy Danger, and ''then'' he only dies when he's cooked alive by Gipsy Danger's [[ChestBlaster nuclear turbine]] at point blank until the blast starts ''coming out his back''.]]
* ShockAndAwe: His tails are electrified.
* SlashedThroat: Striker Eureka manages to inflict this on Slattern. [[MadeOfIron It doesn't even flinch.]]
* ThreateningShark: His head greatly resembles a hammerhead shark's.
* YouShallNotPass: A villainous example. [[spoiler:He is the guardian of the Breach (the portal from which the Kaiju enter our world).]]

[[folder:Kaiceph]]
->'''Category:''' Unknown (pre-scale)
->'''Breach Date:''' June 1, 2014
->'''Target:''' Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

The third Kaiju ever, killed by a nuclear strike that wipes out the city it was attacking.

* TheCameo: Appears very briefly as a decaying corpse on an aircraft carrier.

[[folder:Scissure]]
->'''Category:''' Unknown (pre-scale)
->'''Breach Date:''' September 2, 2014
->'''Target:''' Sydney, Australia

The fourth Kaiju, killed with ''two'' nukes.

* MadeOfIron: It took two nukes just to kill him.
* NukeEm: Defeated by nukes after three days of getting it far enough away from Sydney, Australia.

[[folder:Karloff]]
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->'''Category:'''
->'''Breach Date:''' April 23, 2015
->'''Target:''' Vancouver, Canada

The fifth Kaiju, and the first to fight a Jaeger. It loses. [[CurbStompBattle Horribly]].

* BloodFromTheMouth: From Brawler Yukon's first blow.
* TheCameo: Has a little more focus in the prequel comic but appears briefly behind smoke during the prologue.
* CurbStompBattle: Never stood a chance against Brawler Yukon.
%%* FragileSpeedster: He looks too twig-like for a Kaiju.
* FrankensteinsMonster: His square head looks like that of Boris Karloff's depiction of Frankenstein.
* MuggingTheMonster: Was the first Kaiju to find out the hard way that humanity wasn't going down without a fight.
* OhCrap: The presumed mental reaction to Brawler Yukon's existence.
* ShoutOut: His name is a reference to Boris Karloff.

[[folder:Hardship]]
->'''Category:'''
->'''Breach Date:'''
->'''Target:'''

The sixth Kaiju to appear, and the second to be killed by a Jaeger. Hardship is killed by Romeo Blue.

* DevelopmentGag: Hardship's final design is based on the original concept for Mutavore.
* NiceShoes: Has sneakers designed after it.
* TheCameo: Briefly appears in the prologue fighting Romeo Blue.

[[folder:Meathead]]
->'''Category:'''
->'''Breach Date:'''
->'''Target:'''

A Kaiju that only appears on the cover of ''Tales of Year 0''. No other details are known about him.

* TheCameo: Appears very briefly in the comic prequel.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Resembles a stylized Carnotaurus.

[[folder:Yamarashi]]
->'''Category:''' III
->'''Breach Date:''' October 17, 2017
->'''Target:''' Los Angeles, USA

A Kaiju that is briefly mentioned in the movie. It was Gipsy Danger's first kill.

* TheBigGuy: According to Newt, he was one of the largest Category [=IIIs=] on record.
* MeaningfulName: "Yama-arashi" means "porcupine" in Japanese. Newt's tattoo reveals it to be quite prickly.
* RazorFloss: Gipsy Danger killed Yamarashi by garroting it with a [[ImprovisedWeapon cargo crane wire]] until [[OffWithHisHead its head came off]].
* TheCameo: It's only seen as a tattoo on Newt's left arm, which Raleigh recognizes as Yamarashi.

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[[folder:Hundun]]
->'''Category:''' Unknown (pre-scale)
->'''Breach Date:''' February 5th, 2014
->'''Target:''' Manila, Philippines

The second Kaiju, and the one that began to make it clear Trespasser was not an isolated incident.

* TheCameo: Appears very briefly in the prologue.
* NobodyPoops: Averted.

[[folder:Verocitor]]
->'''Category:''' N/A
->'''Breach Date:''' N/A
->'''Target:''' N/A

A simulated Kaiju used for virtual training.

* FragileSpeedster: Verocitor looks more like it was designed for hit-and-run tactics as opposed to grappling.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Has the most normal-looking designs as opposed to the more alien-looking Kaiju.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Verocitor's design is ''heavily'' reminiscent to terrestrial lizards.
* TrainingBoss: Like Belobog, Verocitor is a hypothetical Kaiju used in simulations.

[[folder:Belobog]]
->'''Category:''' N/A
->'''Breach Date:''' N/A
->'''Target:''' N/A

A simulated Kaiju used for virtual training.

* DevelopmentGag: Much like Hardship is to Mutavore, Belobog is based on concept art of Onibaba.
* GiantEnemyCrab: Designed like one.
* MultiPurposeTongue: His tongue spears Gipsy Danger during the simulation.
* TrainingBoss: Not an actual Kaiju, but a hypothetical one used in training simulations.

[[folder:Rachnid]]
->'''Category:'''
->'''Breach Date:''' September 25, 2024
->'''Target:'''

One of Striker Eureka's Kaiju kills.

* AllThereInTheManual: Rachnid is listed in Striker Eureka's combat dossier as one of its kills.
* NonindicativeName: Its name suggests that Rachnid is a GiantSpider but according to [[WordOfGod Travis Beacham]], this is not the case.

[[folder:Reckoner]]
->'''Category:'''
->'''Breach Date:''' 2016
->'''Target:''' Hong Kong, China

A Kaiju that previously attacked Hong Kong. Its skeleton forms the Bone Quarter.

* {{Cult}}: Its remains, particularly the skull, is home to a doomsday cult believing the Kaiju are TheScourgeOfGod.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: The bones remained in Hong Kong, a shanty town being built around it.

[[folder:'''Spoiler Character''']]
!!Otachi Junior

->'''Category:''' ?
->'''Breach Date:''' 2025
->'''Target:''' Hong Kong, China

Otachi's child, rips itself free after its mother is killed.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Strangled by its own umbilical cord.]]
* FetusTerrible: It "births" itself and goes after its targets seconds later.
* NotQuiteDead: After ripping its way out of Otachi's corpse and [[spoiler:accidentally strangling itself with its own umbilical cord), it springs back to life for a few moments to eat Hannibal Chau, before dying for good.]]

[[folder:'''Spoiler Character''']]
!!The Precursors

The masterminds behind the Kaiju attacks.

* AbusivePrecursors: '''Dear God, are they ever!''' Moving from planet to planet, killing the local populations via the Kaiju so that they can move in and harvest the abundant resources, then leaving the planet to die whilst they find the next one. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Plus, it's implied that]] ''[[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking they]]'' [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking were responsible for killing the dinosaurs.]]
* AliensAreBastards: Played absolutely straight.
* AlienInvasion: The Kaiju are their means of clearing out Earth so they can colonize it.
* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:They only appear in the final scenes of the first movie as the masters of the Kaiju army. In ''Uprising'', they have a ''much more'' active role. Though they don't appear in person, they brainwashed Newt into serving them and kickstarting the second invasion.]]
* BigBad: As the creators of the Kaiju and the ones sending them to Earth to kill/destroy everything in their path, they serve as this. [[spoiler:And again in ''Uprising'', operating through a BrainwashedAndCrazy Newt to almost destroy all life on Earth.]]
* EvilGloating: [[spoiler: They're not immune to this, taking time to point out to Liwen that they/Newt accomplished everything without her being any the wiser because she's not as smart as she thinks she is. Backfires as it almost gets Newt shot by her on the spot.]]
* EvilSoundsDeep: They occasionally speak with distinctive flanged-bass style voices [[spoiler:when they're talking through Newt]].
* ExtraEyes: They have six of them on their face.
* HiddenVillain:
** In the first film their presence comes as a big surprise, given that up until Newt's drifting with a Kaiju brain there had been no indication there was any sort of guiding intelligence behind the Kaiju (trailers even used parts of Newt's explanation to make it sound like the Kaiju themselves were much smarter than realised, so as to keep the Precursors' presence secret).
** [[spoiler:While the viewer is aware something's off in ''Uprising'' (given Obsidian Fury's actions) the film frames the events as human-contrived (with the reveal the Kaiju brain was grown on Earth, and the Marshal even saying "Precursors didn't do this, humans did") and throws suspicion on Liwen Shao, which ultimately turns out to be a RedHerring. Even after Newt's role is revealed, it's not until his MotiveRant where their control becomes apparent that Hermann realises they're involved.]]
%%* HordeOfAlienLocusts
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: See NiceJobFixingItVillain
%%* HumanoidAliens: Very vaguely.
* KarmicDeath: Del Toro himself points out in the director's commentary that at the end they find out what it's like for a giant monster to invade their world and wreak havoc.
* LaserGuidedKarma: They've completely wiped out countless civilizations in order to drain their planets of their resources, of which Earth and humanity were their latest targets. Humanity, however, fought back and created monsters to fight their monsters. One of these weapons would then make it through the portal they used in order to access our world and nuke them (or at least a base of theirs) into oblivion.
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:They're the ones controlling Newt in ''Uprising'', which, given his manipulations, makes them basically The Man Behind The Man ''Behind The Man''.]]
* TheManBehindTheMonsters: More like Aliens Behind The Monsters, but it still counts given they're responsible for all of the havoc in the film's universe.
* NestedMouths: Their actual faces pop out of what appears to be a mouth, similar to Raiju [[spoiler:and Raijin]]. It might be a suit, but who knows?
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:If sending the pregnant Otachi was a backup measure to kill the interloper Newt via her child, it backfired spectacularly and only provided an easily accessible brain that provided crucial information for the final assault on the Breach]]. On the other hand, [[spoiler:since this leads to Newt's mind being corrupted by the Precursors between the first film and ''Uprising'', it nearly worked out for them in the long run.]]
* NoBiochemicalBarriers: Averted. The Precursors first attempted to conquer Earth during the time of the dinosaurs, but the atmosphere was too hostile for them to move in. Millions of years later, humanity has polluted the environment to their standards, allowing them to move in again.
* NonindicativeName: They are very contemporary and the kaiju are not old, with the term referring more to the fact they're known to have been about long enough to bring about the extinction of the dinosaurs long before humanity ever evolved.
* OhCrap: Their reaction to seeing Gipsy Danger about to self destruct ''directly in front of them''. Downplayed due to their lack of facial expressions, but you know it is there.
* OrganicTechnology: They apparently wrote the book on this. They have an ''assembly line'' of Kaiju.
* PlanetLooters: The Kaiju-makers regularly invade planets through rifts between universes and wipe out any native organisms that might become a bother, potentially including humanity.
* PuppeteerParasite: [[spoiler:They're not physically present in ''Uprising'', but their mental control of Newt otherwise fits the bill perfectly. Hermann even refers to Newt as having been infected by them on several occasions.]]
* SuddenlyVoiced: [[spoiler: They speak for the first time in ''Uprising'', through Newt.]]
* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: People have worshiped lesser beings than the Kaiju. The Precursors mass produce them. You do the math.
* WalkingSpoiler: Almost a victim of TrailersAlwaysSpoil, revealing their motives but not their existence, implying it belongs to the Kaiju and not the masters.

!!!Debuted in ''Pacific Rim: Aftermath''
[[folder:Faux Face]]
!! Faux Face
A scary monster with two heads that appears in ''Pacific Rim: Aftermath.''

* BreathWeapon: Of the electric type.
* TheCameo: Its hologram outline appears very briefly in Uprising when the heroes start examining previous Kaiju movements.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Despite the name it is two fully functioning heads. The closest to something like that is Otachi's tail coming to life once getting pulled off and that was in the novelization.
* ShockAndAwe: Seems to possess an electric breathe weapon.

[[folder:Spinejackal]]
A scary monster with lots of eyes that appears in ''Pacific Rim: Aftermath''.

!! Spinejackal
* ExtraEyes: Has panoramic vision so sneaking up on it was incredibly hard to do.
* OffWithHisHead: Lost the top half of his head to Striker Eureka throwing a wind propeller like a shuriken.

!!!Debuted in ''Film/PacificRimUprising''

[[folder:Raijin]]

->'''Category:''' V
->'''Breach Date:''' 2035
->'''Target:''' Tokyo, Japan

The second confirmed Category 5 Kaiju. Appears in the sequel with Hakuja and Shrikethorn.

* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: Gottlieb gives the monster its official name, Raijin, when it shows up in the radar. As at that time he couldn't know the creature looks like Raiju from the previous film, it's a surprising coincidence.
* AttackReflector: Its faceplate can absorb kinetic energy and it can use the energy to empower itself or redirect it toward an opponent. It was able to punch Gipsy Avenger across half of downtown Tokyo in one hit by absorbing a single punch from the Jaeger.
* CompositeCharacter: Appears to share traits of several Kaiju from the first film, including Onibaba's temple-like silhouette, Raiju's head plates that close over to protect a softer real face, and Knifehead's stance and body type. Considering the Precursors create the Kaiju in a literal assembly line, this is probably intentional.
* ExtraEyes: Has 16 of them, the most of any Kaiju.
* LargeAndInCharge: Being a category 5 he towers over his category 4 partners.
* LeaderFormsTheHead: Averted. When the trio [[spoiler: combine into the Mega Kaiju, the final head is more of a fusion between Hakuja and Shrikehorn's faces. Raijin's headplates form the chest below it though.]]
* NestedMouths: Has toothed external head armor that closes to protect its real head within.
* NoodleIncident: According to its stat cards, Raijin has engaged in battle with humanity before.
* NoSell: Gipsy Avenger begins the fight with the famous rocket punch, which Raijin simply absorbs and turns back on the Jaeger, catapulting it back a great distance.

[[folder:Hakuja]]

->'''Category:''' IV
->'''Breach Date:''' 2035
->'''Target:''' Tokyo, Japan

A Category 4 Kaiju. Appears in the sequel with Raijin and Shrikethorn.

* AttackItsWeakPoint: Saber Athena slashes at its soft underbelly when it leaps overhead.
* FastTunnelling: Hakuja can burrow underground extremely quickly for such a behemoth to reposition and ambush any unsuspecting Jaeger.
* FragileSpeedster: With its multiple legs, Hakuja is one of the most agile Kaiju on land, but one solid hit from Guardian Bravo is enough to knock it down.
* InASingleBound: Hakuja also sports impressive jumping capabilities.
* ImpactSilhouette: Is knocked into a building by a strike of Guardian Bravo's electric whip and tunnels straight through it.
* MixAndMatchCritter: Combines features of a mole, an armadillo, a lizard and a beetle.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Has six limbs, and puts them all to good use be it digging, climbing, or leaping at foes.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Is smaller than the other two kaiju (although the same Category as one of them), but puts up quite a fight.
* StealthyColossus: Land based version: its tunneling skills make him prone to appear suddenly behind an unsuspecting foe.

[[folder:Shrikethorn]]

->'''Category:''' IV
->'''Breach Date:''' 2035
->'''Target:''' Tokyo, Japan

A Category 4 Kaiju. Appears in the sequel with Raijin and Hakuja.

* AdvertisedExtra: Plays only a very small part in the final battle, before the three kaiju are merged into one.
* CompositeCharacter: Combines features of Slattern and Leatherback, with spikes added for good measure.
* KillerGorilla: Has this shape, with its thick arms coming down to the ground like a gorilla's stance.
* MeaningfulName: Shrikes are small predatory birds, notorious for impaling dead prey on thorn bushes to cache food for later. Shrikethorn doesn't cache its victims, but does impale them on spikes.
* MultipleTailedBeast: Has two tails, which serve as spike-launching weapons.
* SpikeShooter: The spikes at the end of its tails can be shot like artillery.

[[folder:Hybrid -- '''Spoiler''']]
Unmanned Jaeger Drones created by Shao Corporation that was to replace the Jaegers, they were secretly modified by Newton to reopen multiple Breaches to let the Kaiju return to Earth.

* {{Cyborg}}: Unmanned Jaeger drones that were to be remotely controlled by a human, but were modified to be controlled by a Kaiju brain.
* LightIsNotGood: The Drones body armor is white in color and they look futuristic and heroic in their normal form. Once their Kaiju brain took control and they becomes Kaiju-Jaeger abomination, not so much.
* MechanicalMonster: Once the Kaiju brain assumes control, the Drones grows spikes from inside out, can open their faceplates to reveal fanged jaws, and become much more monstrous.

[[folder:Unnamed portal kaiju '''Spoiler''']]
An immense Kaiju of uncertain category who emerges from the Breach.

* AdvertisedExtra: Is shown emerging from the portal in some trailers [[spoiler: though he never actually makes it out alive.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Is quickly and unceremoniously killed once Shao disables the drones: the malfunctioning drones' portal beams cut his face apart before the collapsing portal bisects him to death.
* GiantEnemyCrab: According to WordOfGod, its lower body [[https://mobile.twitter.com/stevendeknight/status/995019980847509504?s=19 resembled that of a lobster.]]
* GiantMook: Is easily twice the size of Slattern from the first film- though his full body is not seen, one of his arms alone is as big as an entire Hybrid Drone.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Is bisected by the Breach; his lower half is not seen.
* PortalCut: A victim of this.
* RhinoRampage: His head resembles a rhinoceros, with a pair of large horns on his forehead.

[[folder:Rippers '''Spoiler''']]
A swarm of small, insect-like Kaiju drones created from Shao Industries prototype mechs. They are unleashed in droves in the final battle to turn the tide in the kaiju's favor.

* AscendedExtra: Combined with AdaptationalSpeciesChange. They return in ''The Black'' as an actual kaiju species resembling massive reptilian wolves.
* CombiningMecha: Merge together to act as stitches when putting together the kaiju parts.
* CombatTentacles: Possess numerous tendril like appendages used for movement as well as grasping.
* TheSwarm: Insectlike drones that scamper across the streets and climb all over the kaiju like army ants.
* ZergRush: Emerge from the Shao Industries in a seeming river of drones spreading all over the streets and climbing all over the kaiju [[spoiler: to cut them apart and reassemble them into one, using their own bodies as sutures.]]

[[folder:Mega Kaiju '''Spoiler''']]

->'''Category:''' Unknown
->'''Breach Date:''' 2035
->'''Target:''' Mt. Fuji, Japan
A Kaiju created from three other Kaiju, the Mega Kaiju is the biggest Kaiju seen so far and is also the toughest and deadliest one yet.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Being a fusion of three separate kaiju, the Mega Kaiju inherits their special abilities: Raijin's ability to redirect kinetic energy, Hakuja's body armor and multiple limbs, and Shrikethorn's twin weaponized tails (though instead of shooting spikes the tails are used more like spears).
* AttackReflector: Inherits this ability from Raijin and uses it to send a powerful shockwave that knock back the four Jaegers charging toward it.
* AttackItsWeakpoint: Has three secondary brains due to being three monsters in one body. Getting to them however is harder than it looks.
* BewareMyStingerTail: Has sharp spear-like tips on the tips of its tails, which can easily skewer a Jaeger in one hit.
* BodyHorror: Raijin, Hakuja and Shrikethorn are literally ''torn apart by Newt's drones'' and reassembled into a single creature.
* CurbStompBattle: Once it is formed, it quickly demolish three of the four Jaegers that gave its previous three components trouble. Only Gipsy Avenger is left standing due to her more experienced pilots and even then, she has sustained multiple critical damages.
* DeathGlare: Gives [[spoiler: Newt]] a murderous one before stomping over to Mt. Fuji.
* ADogNamedDog: Apparently the best name its creator could think of for his giant fusion kaiju is "Mega Kaiju".
* DragonInChief: Quite possibly the most powerful Kaiju yet for the Precursors.
* ExtraEyes: Has multiple eyes running alongside its head, to a total of ten (strangely, it's a lot fewer than the total of the eyes on the three original kaiju).
* FusionDance: A Kaiju created from Raijin, Hakuja and Shrikehorn with the help of Newton and his mechanical drones.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Is killed by Gipsy Avenger dropping from the stratosphere to literally punch it in half.
* TheJuggernaut: None of the attacks on it do any real damage, even when aimed its weakpoints: it's simply too thick skinned. And on top of this, it's easily strong enough to rip the advanced Jaegers to pieces.
* MightyGlacier: Befitting its status as the biggest Kaiju seen so far, it move quite slowly but shrugs off everything the Jaegers throw at it and demolishes them back with ease.
* MightyRoar: The first thing it does when it is formed is to unleash a powerful and tectonic roar. Also quick fond of doing it, stopping quite regularly to roar for no practical reasons. Even with the mouth of Mount Fuji right in front of it, it still pauses to roar triumphantly, giving Gipsy Avenger enough time to punch it to death. And even with half of its body gone from said punch, it still managed to give one final roar before falling down dead. In a twist of FridgeHorror, it's possible that the monster is in a constant state of agony from being stitched together, and is actually ''screaming in pain...''
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Has six limbs, with the four hind limbs seemingly being from Hakuja and the two front arms combining Raijin and Shrikethorn's arms. Like Raijin, the Mega Kaiju can absorb kinetic energy and reflect it back at its foes.
* TailSlap: Inherits the twin tails of Shrikehorn and one solid hit from them was enough to break Saber Athena in half.
* TransformationIsAFreeAction: As the three kaiju are disassembled by the drones and put back together into a single monster, none of the Jaegers intervene or try to stop them combining, simply standing by as the Mega Kaiju forms before their eyes.

!!!Debuted in ''Anime/PacificRimTheBlack''

[[folder:"Boy" -- '''Spoilers''']]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/BenDiskin
A mysterious white-haired child discovered by Taylor and Hayley Travis in a Pan Pacific Defense Corps laboratory.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Despite having been captured and experimented on by humans, he forms a mutually protective bond with Hayley Travis, who constantly fusses over him.
* BizarreTasteInFood: He eats a butterfly and tries to eat scorpions and snakes, only for Hayley to stop him fearing he'll get stung or bitten.
* CuriousAsAMonkey: Boy is constantly wandering off to explore -- and hunt for prey -- to Hayley's chagrin, as she fears he'll get himself hurt.
* CuteBruiser: He seems to be a Kaiju with the ability to disguise himself as a human. Normally, he looks like a cute white-haired child who likes to draw pictures and play with rocks. However, if you somehow get him angry enough... '''''run.'''''
* CuteMute: Doesn't show signs that he's capable of speaking, but has no problem understanding others when spoken to. That, plus he's a little kid, showing curiosity to the world around him.
* EscapedFromTheLab: He was found in a stasis tank of green liquid in Episode 2 when Taylor and Hayley reach the PPDC Recruitment Center in Meridian in search of power cells. He breaks out and accompanies the siblings from that point on.
* EyeColourChange: When Hayley is knocked unconscious by Copperhead, the Boy's eyes turn [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]] as he transforms into his Kaiju form.
* HellishPupils: One of the tells that he's not human are his eyes, which have vertically-slitted pupils in his human form.
* HulkingOut: Transforms into a medium-sized kaiju when enraged over Hayley being injured.
* ImmuneToBullets: He not only survived being shot in the head by Rickter, but didn't even get hurt. This also hints at his part-Kaiju biology.
* MysticalWhiteHair: His human form has an albinistic appearance, with white hair, pale skin, and blue eyes. However, it's quickly made apparent that he's not human.
* NoNameGiven: He is referred to only as "Boy" by Taylor, despite Hayley's initial protests. This ends up catching on with Hayley and even Loa. The end credits omit his character completely until Episode 7, dubbing him "Kaiju boy".
* NonMaliciousMonster: Despite being a Kaiju, he forms a bond with Taylor and Hayley, going as far as to attack his own kind when Hayley is knocked unconscious.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes flash red before he transforms. In his Kaiju form he has red irises surrounded by black sclera. Unlike other kaiju he's only got two eyes.
* ShapeshifterBaggage: Goes from a small, adolescent boy to a good-sized Kaiju when he transforms, gaining at least one thousand times his human-form mass.
* SuperStrength: He is capable of leaping great heights and blocked a punch from the ''much'' larger Apex with no harm.
* SweetTooth: Upon drinking hot chocolate for the first time, he is ecstatic and playfully tries to grab Hayley's cup.
* ThroatLight: When he starts transforming into his Kaiju form, his mouth emits an eerie blue glow.
* TokenHeroicOrc: Because of his affection for Hayley, Boy has no hostility towards humans (making him, so far, the only Kaiju character who is good) and after she is injured by Copperhead he transforms to attack the larger kaiju.
* TheyLookLikeUsNow: In the final episode, Boy is revealed to be a humanoid Kaiju, able to shapeshift into a Kaiju form when sufficiently angry.

[[folder:Acidquill]]
->'''Category:''' III

* CloneArmy: Unlike the previous Kaiju shown in the series, which have unique appearances despite being genetically identical, the Acidquills seem to be mass-produced.
* CombatTentacles: In addition to their long, prehensile tails, Acidquills have powerful tentacles with sharpened tips, which they can use to impale prey.
* NonIndicativeName: Despite their name, they aren't shown to possess quills or corrosive abilities.

[[folder:Copperhead]]
->'''Category:''' IV
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* BigBad: Of Season 1, relentlessly pursuing Atlas Destroyer across Australia.
* DisneyDeath: It's baited into lunging off the edge of a deep ravine and [[DisneyVillainDeath seemingly falls to its death]], but when Taylor and Hayley ask if it's dead Loa promptly responds that it isn't and will be back for revenge.
* TheDreaded: It's developed a reputation for destroying Jaegers even before the start of the series.
* ExtremeOmnivore: It rips off Atlas Destroyer's right arm and eats it during their second fight.
* FeedItABomb: In the final episode of Season 1, [[spoiler:Copperhead is killed when one of Hunter Vertigo's nukes is shot into a hole ripped in its chest]].
* NormalFishInATinyPond: The only reason Copperhead lasts as long as it does is because Atlas Destroyer, as a training Jaeger, has been stripped of her weapons. If she still had her armaments, Copperhead explicitly would have been killed in the ''very first blow'' of their first fight.
* SuperPersistentPredator: Copperhead pursues Atlas across Australia to find and destroy it, even after being knocked out twice.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Apex]]
->'''Category:''' Unknown
The last surviving member of the Jaeger/Kaiju hybrids created by Newton Geiszler and Shao Industries, now evolved into a bio-mechanical creature that hunts and consumes other Kaiju.
----
* DeusExitMachina: Apex is ''much'' more powerful than a normal Jaeger or kaiju and would stand a good chance against a Category IV like Copperhead, but after giving Atlas a new arm, it leaves the children by themselves without any conflict.
* HybridPower: After the other drones were destroyed, Apex underwent an evolution where it completely fused its kaiju and Jaeger halves. This not only makes it strong enough to effortlessly catch a punch from Atlas Destroyer and manhandle at least Category 3 kaiju, it also freed it from any outside influence to make it the only kaiju with true independence.
* ItCanThink: Apex shows signs of intelligence, drifting with Boy twice and Hayley once, realizing that Boy saw her as a protector and that Atlas Destroyer was missing an arm. It then brought them a replacement seemingly unprompted.
* NonMaliciousMonster: Apex is extremely powerful and has killed numerous opponents -- implicitly both Kaiju and Jaeger -- in the past, and it does attack Atlas Destroyer [[spoiler:after killing the Acidquill they were fighting. But it's only acting like a territorial animal and even helps the group after Boy calms it down.]]
* MechanicalMonster: Apex used to be one of the Kaiju/Jaeger hybrid drones, but its biological and technological components have merged to the extent that it's metamorphosed into a predatory biomechanical {{Robeast}} with a black-and-red exoskeleton covered in chitinous spikes, six red eye-lenses, talons, and a mouth full of fangs it can hide behind a faceplate.
* MonstrousCannibalism: Despite being a hybrid of Kaiju and Jaeger, Apex's primary food source is other kaiju.
* OffScreenMomentOfAwesome: It has survived many years since Uprising, including by implication an interwar period when it probably had the PPDC's undivided attention. By the time we meet it it's killed every Kaiju and Jeager it's ever fought and is still going strong.
* {{Robeast}}: The end result of Kaiju tissue infecting the Jaegar drone from ''Uprising'', becoming a perfect sentient fusion of the two that hunts other Kaiju for sustenance.
* SoleSurvivor: It is the only Kaiju/Jaeger hybrid drone known to have survived the self-destructing feedback loop that destroyed the others. It's implied the surge that was meant to kill it instead severed it from the Precursor's hive-mind.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Newt Kaiju]]
A Kaiju resembling a giant newt, which the residents of Bogan steal eggs from.
----
* FeedItABomb: Mei shoots a RPG down its throat to kill it.
* MonsterIsAMommy: The Kaiju lays eggs which Bogan periodically raids to trade with the Sisters for Jaeger parts. It's only hostile in defense of its nest.
[[/folder]]

---> '''Marshal Stacker Pentecost:''' Vengeance is like an open wound. You cannot take that level of emotion into the Drift.

* AchillesHeel: Her lack of weapons is a major issue. Also unlike other known Mark 3's Atlas doesn't have a nuclear reactor and relies on power cells, [[spoiler:which run out at the worst possible moment and force the crew on a risky scavenger mission to find more.]]

* ArmCannon: Going by the holographic weapons display Loa projected, Atlas Destroyer originally had wrist-mounted missiles powerful enough to one-shot a Category IV Kaiju. [[spoiler:The new right arm Atlas receives from Apex -- originally belonging to the Mark IV Jaeger Chaos Nemesis -- comes with a blade-tipped saber chain fired from its palm]].
* AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp: Her armament would certainly have made it easier for her to take on Copperhead. Justified, though, as she became a training Jaeger for the inexperienced Cadets, before she was abandoned on Australia because of Operation Blackout.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He's mentioned as a legendary Jaeger pilot a few times in ''Uprising'' - but there's no sign of him, and his holo isn't on the wall of the deceased in that film. In an [[https://collider.com/pacific-rim-2-what-happened-to-raleigh-becket-charlie-hunnam/ interview with director Steven DeKnight]], Charlie Hunnam was unable to come back to be in the movie due to prior commitments, and Raleigh was originally supposed to be killed off-screen. They filmed a scene explaining it, but it tested negatively with audiences, and, not wanting to lock themselves into anything, deliberately left things ambiguous in case Hunnam wanted to return for any possible sequels. In the ''Uprising'' novelization, Raleigh is described as having died from radiation poisoning.

* HeyYou: Taylor starts calling him "Boy", vetoes Hayley's protests, and the nickname sticks.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: He is referred to only as "Boy" by Taylor, despite Hayley's initial protests. This ends up catching on with Hayley and even Loa.

* BigNo: When Yancy is killed, Raleigh lets out an anguished scream.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He's mentioned as a legendary Jaeger pilot a few times in ''Uprising'' - but there's no sign of him, and his holo isn't on the wall of the deceased in that film.
** In an [[https://collider.com/pacific-rim-2-what-happened-to-raleigh-becket-charlie-hunnam/ interview with director Steven DeKnight]], Charlie Hunnam was unable to come back to be in the movie due to prior commitments, and Raleigh was originally supposed to be killed off-screen. They filmed a scene explaining it, but it tested negatively with audiences, and, not wanting to lock themselves into anything, deliberately left things ambiguous in case Hunnam wanted to return for any possible sequels.
*** It would seem nobody told the author of the ''Uprising'' novelization, as in that book Raleigh is described as having died from radiation poisoning, which creates a small wrinkle if Hunnam ''does'' return in any future capacity.

* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: ''Uprising'' reveals that she was this to Jake, her adoptive brother and Stacker's biological son.

* {{Expy}}: Of [[Film/{{Gamera}} Guiron]].

* HeroicDolphin: Subverted in which it is villainous and not heroic, but its elongated jutting is clearly meant to evoke a dolphin's nose, and it even has two blowholes not unlike that of a dolphin on its head.

* DarkActionGirl: One of few confirmed female Kaiju.

* IHaveManyNames: Officially named Mutavore but known by "Sydney" in the Jaeger Combat Simulator and "Bladehead" in the video game.

* TwoGirlsToATeam: The only other confirmed female Kaiju is Otachi.

* NonIndicativeName: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onibaba_(folklore) It's named after a demon that resembles a monstrous hag]]. On a meta level, this makes sense, as the onibaba was a child-eater, and the Kaiju's defining role is chasing a small child down an alley.

* DarkActionGirl: One of the only two known female Kaiju.

* MultiPurposeTongue: She has a strange flower-like bioluminescent tongue.

* {{Expy}}: Of Film/KingKong.

* {{Expy}}: Of more traditional kaiju. While the natural kaiju are superweapons directed by an alien hivemind, Apex acts more like monsters from other franchises, causing destruction but without malice and generally only causing harm when hungry or threatened.

* AchillesHeel: Her lack of weapons is a major issue. Also unlike other known Mark 3's Atlas doesn't have a nuclear reactor and relies on Power Cell's [[spoiler:which run out at the worst possible moment and force the crew on a risky scavenger mission to find more.]]

* StupidEvil: He's willing to waste his own men trying to find a Drift-compatible pilot, murders underlings when they fail to meet arbitrary deadlines, pisses off the Sisters just because he felt slighted by their envoy, and would have rendered Atlas a useless hunk by killing Taylor and Hayley -- the only Drift-compatible pilots besides Mei he has access to (he seemingly never considers himself an option, unless he just isn't willing to risk himself) -- because Taylor made him waste half his supply of mines trying to fight Copperhead.
* UngratefulBastard: Although she defects from Bogan, Mei stops Atlas Destroyer from stepping on Shane. He repays this by murdering Joel by detonating Mei's walkie-talkie, while making it clear that he would have done the same to her had she been the one who answered.

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* TheXenophile: Harbors a deep and abiding appreciation for Kaiju, seeing them as monstrous masterpieces. [[spoiler:Becomes a little more literal in ''Uprising'', where we see him treating a Kaiju brain as a ''lover''.

* HumansAreWarriors: As presented in the opening narration.
-->''They never considered we would rise to the challenge.''

* BigNo: When Yancy is killed.

* CharacterNarrator: He does the narration.

* CoolBigSis: To Jake Pentecost in ''Uprising''. An adoptive example.
* CovertPervert: See EatingTheEyeCandy below.

* TheLancer: As Raleigh's co-pilot.

* TheNotLoveInterest: She fills a 'love interest' role to Raleigh in that she becomes his trusted partner and confidant. They help each other overcome their traumas while saving the world in the process. While not without light ShipTease moments, their relationship remains platonic.

* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Raleigh's Red. Her hair's even ColorCodedForYourConvenience.

* BadassBoast: As heard in the trailers.
-->''Today, at the edge of our hope; at the end of our time ... we have chosen to believe in each other. Today, there's not a man or woman in here that shall stand alone. Today, we face the monsters that are at our door and bring the fight to them! Today, we are cancellin' the apocalypse!''

--> ''In all our eons, we've seen continents frozen and the sun blotted by ash - and we're still here. A decade after K-Day and we're still here. I've never believed in the end times. We are mankind. Our footprints are on the moon. When the last trumpet sounds and the beast rises from the pit - we will kill it.''

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Inverted. He ties with Chuck for dying last.]]

---> "I ''am'' aware. Those are ''my'' Rangers that die every time a Jaeger falls.

* LargeAndInCharge: One of the tallest characters and is also TheLeader.

* SecretlyDying: [[spoiler: He is actually dying from radiation poisoning as evidenced by his constantly bleeding nose. Due to the Mark I Jaegers being hastily designed for combat, they were not fitted with internal radiation shields to protect the pilots from the nuclear cores powering the Jaegers. Thus Pentecost slowly became poisoned every time he fought. After he saves Mako in Tokyo, his condition worsens, due to his co-pilot (who was also sick) passing out from the strain. He kept this a secret from most in order to keep the morale of his men.]]

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: He and Chuck blow themselves up to take down two Kaiju so Gipsy Danger can seal the breach.]]

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler: His wife does this first. After saving Chuck from Scissure's attack on Sydney as a young child, Herc later loses his 21-year-old son by HeroicSacrifice and nuclear explosion in order to close the Breach. At that point, the Kaiju have officially taken Herc's entire family from him. And there is nothing he can do to stop it.]]

* YouAreInCommandNow: Takes up the [[spoiler: rank of Marshal after Pentecost's HeroicSacrifice.]]

* FamousLastWords: [[spoiler: "It was a pleasure, sir."]]

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: They both die by each other's sides on the battlefield.]]

** Ramped up in ''Uprising'': they're able to communicate their planned fight in an elevator with a single look, and Hermann, [[spoiler: despite hating PDA, embraces Newt.]]

** He actually gets his wish in ''Uprising'' when [[spoiler: the composite Kaiju pauses briefly for him, before continuing on its way to Mt. Fuji. It's a wish only the Precursors could grant.]]

* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:''Uprising'' reveals his Drift with a Kaiju brain made him [[FaceHeelTurn a pawn of the Precursors]].]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: [[spoiler: Joins the nefarious [[MegaCorp Shao Industries]] in the TimeSkip between the first film and ''Uprising''. It's purely to set his true plan in motion.]]

* LargeHam: In his nerdiness, of course.

* NightmareFetishist: He really, ''really'' likes Kaiju...

* NonActionGuy: A hapless noncombatant.

* RedOniBlueOni: The Red Oni to Herman's Blue.

* ThoseTwoGuys: With Dr. Hermann Gottlieb in the first film.

* LargeHam: He has his moments.

* MeaningfulName: See Newt's entry.

* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue Oni to Newton's Red.

** Upon learning that Newt [[spoiler: Drifted with a Kaiju and needs a Kaiju brain for a second attempt]], he ''instantly'' realizes everything is about to go straight to hell - [[spoiler:as he knows Drifting is two-way. If Newt learned about the Kaiju, they learned about ''him'' - and they're coming for him]].
** He is able to correctly guess the cause and symptoms of [[spoiler: Otachi Junior's]] demise after having one look at him. [[spoiler: Well, off by a few seconds, but still right.]]

* BlatantLies: He leaves Newt behind [[spoiler: running away from Otachi's baby, but as soon as the thing's 'dead,']] he reappears and starts monologuing about how he knew the thing was dead from the start. Newt's incredulous look really sells it.

* CoolShades: He has round, gold-rimmed shades that he [[SunglassesAtNight takes off only once]]. As it turns out he started using them after [[spoiler: a wound he received in a public shelter]], during a Kaiju attack.

* EatenAlive: [[spoiler: Non-fatal example, thanks to TheStinger.]]

* GoldTooth: Several of his front teeth.

* KilledMidSentence: Subverted in that [[spoiler: he later turns out to have survived.]]

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Killed at the end of the "Aftermath" comic. We don't actually see the moment of death though, just the FadeToBlack as he's shot.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: Sacrifices one of his staff in "Aftermath", shooting through her to kill a [[ItMakesSenseInContext kaiju-worshipping ninja.]] At the story's conclusion, he's [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal by another of his employees, her wife-to-be...]]
* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: Loses his "goddamn shoe" [[spoiler: fighting his way out of the Kaiju that ate him]].

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:As seen in the stinger.]]

Hannibal Chau's second in command. He is in charge of receiving visitors in his shop and leading the harvesting operations.

* CoolShades: Like Chau's, only less cool.

* TheLeader: The field commander during the final battle of ''Uprising''.

* SweetTooth: He's a fan of Captain Crunch, Oreos, and of course ice cream sundaes.

* AffectionateNickname: Jake calls her "Smally."

* BadBoss: Newt certainly thinks so. It's [[spoiler: subverted in practice though, where it becomes obvious she's not bad per se, just incredibly driven and with a low tolerance for incompetence.]].

* DefrostingIceQueen: She's cold, haughty, refuses the marshal's handshake on arrival at the Shatterdome, and treats Newt like crap. Then [[spoiler:it turns out Newt has been using her company to turn her prized drones into Kaiju/Jaeger hybrids that reopen breaches and let Kaiju back onto Earth. After this disaster, she's much more helpful, sending her company's resources to rebuild the Jaegers for the final battle, being the first to twig how Mt.Fuji fits into the Precursors' plans and even pulling not one but two BigDamnHeroes moments with Scrapper.]]
* GoodAllAlong: [[spoiler: Despite being set up as an obvious villain for most of the movie, she turns out to have just been used by Newt and in fact helps save the world in the climax.]]

* LightIsGood: [[spoiler:Her first scene has her wearing a stark white dress that stands out, making her look imperious, cold, and intimidating. It later reveals that she is not as heartless as she appears, even helping to save the world at the climax]].

* SugarAndIcePersonality: When we see her first, she refuses to shake hands with anyone and she acts coldly and haughty. Towards the end, she [[spoiler:defrosts hugely, personally piloting Scrapper into battle and saving Jake and Amara from dying in the final act.]]

* TomboyishPonytail: The expected hairstyle for a WrenchWench with the PPDC.

* CoDragons: Prior to her defection, she was one of Shane's lieutenants alongside Rickter.

* ArmCannon: Going by the holographic weapons display Loa projected, Atlas Destroyer originally had wrist-mounted missiles. [[spoiler:The new right arm Atlas receives from Apex -- originally belonging to the Mark IV Jaeger Chaos Nemesis -- comes with a blade-tipped saber chain fired from its palm]].

[[folder:Copperhead]]
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* ExtremeOmnivore: It rips off Atlas Destroyer's left arm and eats it during their second fight.

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->'''Category:''' III

* CombatTentacles: In addition to their long, prehensile tails, Acidquills have powerful tentacles with sharpened tips, which they can use to impale prey.
* NonIndicativeName: Despite their name, they aren't shown to possess quills or corrosive abilities.
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[[folder:Apex]]
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The last surviving member of the Jaeger/Kaiju hybrids created by Newton Geiszler and Shao Industries, now evolved into a bio-mechanical creature that hunts and consumes other Kaiju.
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* SupportPartyMember: Out of necessity. Its small size means it doesn't stand a chance against ordinary Kaiju, but can help with emergency repairs of Jaegers in the field, and provide their pilots with a means of escape in the event of an escape pod failure.

* ArmCannon: Wrist-mounted launchers capable of firing (apparently very low-yeild) nuclear warheads.

* NotSoAboveItAll: In the final episode, [[spoiler:Mei taps her foot to the music when the Boy curiously turns on the café's jukebox, while Hayley and Taylor get up to dance. When Hayley drags her up with them, Mei begrudgingly obliges but quickly loosens up and starts enjoying herself -- playfully bumping hips with Hayley and the Boy, and genuinely smiling for the first time since she was a child]].

* NotSoStoic: Mei does her best to be stern and standoffish, but she has a strong sense of justice and a deeply-suppressed warm side that occasionally shows through. She's visibly horrified when she learns Shane lied to her and ordered Rickter to kill Taylor, Hayley, and the Boy despite having given his word to let them live; and can't help but tap her foot to the music when the Boy activates a jukebox in the café where she takes up residence following her defection from Bogan. To her chagrin, Hayley notices and drags her over to dance with them, leading to Mei letting down her walls and enjoying herself for a brief period.

* SpeakIllOfTheDead: When Rickter protests her apathy towards the deaths of his Riders, snapping that they were her friends too, Mei quips that she can't take him seriously with them all over his face.

* UsedToBeASweetKid: One of Mei's regained memories of her childhood involved her happily goofing off at a cafe, drumming on a table with chopsticks and stabbing them through her food instead of using them properly -- a stark contrast to the usually stern soldier she is as an adult.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: ZigZagged. One of the memories Shane showed Mei while drifting with her was that he had a wife and daughter that died at Whitehorn. However, according to Joel, Shane never had a family of his own, which was why he took Mei as a child -- to act as a daughter that he never had -- and said wife and daughter were never his, but someone else's.

* EvilIsPetty: He uses an ExplosiveLeash in his radios to murder Joel in front of Mei, just because she abandoned him. His target was apparently Mei, but Joel picking up and making it clear Mei wouldn't respond forced Shane to make an example out of him, instead.

[[folder:Joel]]

Shane's resident Jaeger specialist, and a former member of the PPDC.

* UltimateJobSecurity: Has this as the only person in the Black who knows anything at all about Jaegers. . . until PPDC cadet Taylor enters the picture.

* ShoulderCannon: Hunter Vertigo came equipped with shoulder-cannons capable of firing a FreezeRay and nuclear missiles.

* ChildSoldiers: Taylor was training to be a Jaeger pilot since he was ten. Given that drift-compatible individuals are rare and the Kaiju are bringing about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, the world needed all the [[HumongousMecha Yaegar]] pilots it could get.

* ChildSoldiers: Taylor was training to be a Jaeger pilot since he was ten. Given that drift-compatible individuals are rare, and the Kaiju are bringing about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, the world needed all the [[HumongousMecha Yaegar]] pilots it could get.