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The characters of ''Anime/PhiBrainPuzzleOfGod''.
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[[folder:The Main Characters]]
!!Kaito Daimon ([[UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein Einstein]])
->'''Voiced by:''' ShintaroAsanuma (Japanese), David Wald (English)
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* AnimeHair
** ShonenHair
* CatchPhrase
** "[[GratuitousEnglish Puzzle Time]] no hajimari da!" *EyelidPullTaunt* (Let the Puzzle Time begin)
** "There's no puzzle I can't solve!"
* DoesNotLikeSpam: Leeks and Nonoha's sweets.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim
* EyelidPullTaunt: His signature pose is a ShoutOut to the tongue photo of his title's namesake.
* {{Glowing|EyesOfDoom}} [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red Eye Of Doom]]
* [[spoiler: HappilyAdopted]]: [[spoiler: His parents were POG officers assigned to train him as a Phi Brain candidate, but they [[BecomingTheMask grew to genuinely love him as their own son]].]]
* TheHero
* HeroicBSOD: Three times so far. Basically once per season.
* HeroicResolve: So strong that he has [[spoiler:rejected the Orpheus ring's power over him. ''Twice.'']]
* HeroicSafeMode: Everytime when the Orpheus Armband is activated.
* [[spoiler:ILetYouWin: Thanks to the [[BadFuture vision he saw of the future]] he choose not to take the two beams and win against Gammon.]]
* HotBlooded
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
** [[spoiler:JerkassFacade]]
* MagneticHero
* MyGreatestFailure: Nine years ago (as of Season 1-2), he and Rook were separated on the day they stayed out too late after he had been late for his appointment. He has been obsessed with keeping his word ever since.
* ParentalAbandonment: His parents died when he was little and his guardian, Baron Kaido, sent him off to a boarding school in England.
* PostVictoryCollapse: Suffered from this at the beginning of season 1.
* RedIsHeroic
* RedOni: To Rook's blue.
* TeenGenius
* TriangleShades [[GogglesDoNothing Do Nothing]]
* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn]]: [[spoiler:Towards Klondike's plan to create the 'Final Ring.']]
!!Nonoha Itou (Nightingale)
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaoriShimizu (Japanese), Creator/LuciChristian (English)
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* TheAce
* TheBigGuy
* CoolDownHug: Gives one to Kaito towards the end of season one.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* LethalChef: In Kaito's opinion.
** SupremeChef: To everyone else.
* LettingHerHairDown: In the second season opening and in episode 24 at [[spoiler:Freecell's]] request. Gammon lampshades in a TV special that she is finally going all out to be the heroine.
* ObliviousToLove: Inversion, she oblivious to her ''own'' love for Kaito.
* PhotographicMemory
* [[spoiler:ReplacementGoldfish]]: [[spoiler:Freecell seems keen on the idea of making Nonoha his mother.]]
* TeamMom[=/=]TheHeart: Even though she stinks at solving puzzles, she's essential to the group because she helps keep the others at least somewhat grounded in reality, and brings Kaito back from his HeroicBSOD.
** [[spoiler:Made quite literal when Freecell decides that she is going to be his new 'mother.']]
* TomboyishPonyTail
* TheWatson
!!Gammon Sakanoue (Galileo)
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunFukuyama (Japanese), Creator/ChrisPatton (English)
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Has inadequacy issues do to Kaito being the better puzzler.
** Later in Season 3, [[spoiler:he's one of the potential Phi Brain candidates to be sacrificed to Orpheus]].
* BigBrotherInstinct
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn]]
** [[spoiler:HeelFaceRevolvingDoor]]
* [[DotingParent Doting Older Brother]]: In episode 11 of season 2, much to Miharu's dismay.
* [[spoiler:EasilyForgiven]]: Was he ''ever.'' Downplayed, because sometimes his friends would remind him of his betrayal.
* FieryRedhead
* GreenEyedMonster: His jealously of Kaito's abilities is one of the reason for his [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn]].
* GrayEyes
* HellBentForLeather
* HotBlooded
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: So he thinks that Kaito has to be dealt with because his armbad makes him disregard the lives of his friends and he constantly puts them in dangerous situations. What is his solution Join POG and try to kill Kaito with his puzzles, therefore putting his friends into even more dangerous situations]].
** [[spoiler:Then there's the fact that Kaito friends have gotten into dangerous situations of their own free will without telling Kaito ''including'' Gammon and Gammon only survived the exorcism labryinth puzzle in Venice thanks to the armband.]]
* TheLancer
* LargeHam: Makes you wonder if Creator/JunFukuyama didn't took the role [[HamAndCheese because he wanted to yell a lot]].
* MotiveDecay: [[spoiler: went from trying to protect his friends to making puzzles to kill people and wanting to take the God Scrolls.]]
* [[spoiler:NeverFoundTheBody]]: With Freecell towards the end of season 3.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney
* PenName: Is a puzzle writer under the PunnyName of Setsu Chidou (from ''chidousetsu'' "heliocentrism").
* PromotionToParent: He has a younger sister, Miharu to take care of.
* RealMenCook: Much to Kaito and Nonoha's shock.
* RedHeadedHero: [[spoiler: turns into EvilRedhead]]
* TheResenter: Over getting shown up by Kaito time and time again.
* TheRival [[spoiler: [[RivalTurnedEvil Turned Evil]]: for half of season 1.]]
* [[spoiler: TheStarscream: After joining P.O.G. he tells Elena is is going to crush both Kaito and Rook]]
* [[spoiler:SmugSnake: Ever since he became a Giver and before it as well. The first time as a Giver Kaito showed mercy on him while Gammon kept on trying to egg him on into beating him and proving he's right. The second time Kaito chose not to take the two beams and win thanks to the vision he saw though Gammon doesn't know this. The Puzzle involving vehicles and the Exorcism Labryinth puzzles he couldn't solve were solved thanks to the armband. Yet he still acts like he is better than Kaito and the armband in every way.]]
* [[spoiler:WelcomeBackTraitor Welcome Back, Traitor]]
* [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist: He joins POG to kill Kaito, because he believes he and his armband are dangerous for everybody else.]] But see MotiveDecay above.
!!Cubic Galois ([[ThomasEdison Edison]])
->'''Voiced by:''' KoukiMiyata (Japanese), Creator/ShannonEmerick (English)
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* BrattyHalfPint: During his first appearance, he quickly grows out of it.
* FriendlessBackground: His best friends were numbers before he interacted with Kaito.
* GadgeteerGenius
* InnocentBlueEyes
* IdiotHair
* InSeriesNickname: Is called Q-chan by some of his friends, though especially Nonoha.
* LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine
* OutOfFocus: In season 3. Cubic only gets one focus episode to himself and even then has to have Kaito come and help him solve that episode's puzzle. The only other episode he has is shared with Ana. [[spoiler:He is even passed up as one of the Phi Brian's that Orpheus wants to possess.]]
* TheSmartGuy
* StalkerWithACrush: Towards Kaito, he even knew that Kaito's shampoo ran out.
!!Ana Gram ([[LeonardoDaVinci da Vinci]])
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SatsukiYukino (Japanese), Creator/BrittneyKarbowski (English)
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* CatchPhrase: "The way Ana sees it."
* TheChick
* CloudCuckooLander
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:As a child he never smiled until his sister painted a picture of happiness]]
* DudeLooksLikeALady
* FirstNameBasis: He rarely uses UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics, even to his senior or his older sister.
* FriendToAllLivingThings
* GenderBlenderName: Only to further the confusion of Ana's gender.
* HyperAwareness: Possible downplayed version with Ana being quite perceptive towards the events around him, usually seeing things that his friends miss.
* IndyPloy
* [[spoiler:ISeeDeadPeople]]: [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane Apparently.]]
* TheNicknamer: Even to his favorite painters.
--> '''Ana''': Hey, this is a Lolacchi! Michen-an! Ruben-pi!
* OutOfFocus: In season 3, even worse than Cubic. Ana has no focus episodes to himself and the closest he gets is one shared with Cubic. [[spoiler:He is also passed up for being one of the Phi Brains that Orpheus wants to possess.]]
* PerpetualSmiler
* PunnyName
* StupidSexyFlanders
* ThirdPersonPerson
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Ana's abilities are frequently underestimated by friends and foes alike, and in the latter case his carefree antics tend to annoy his opponents so much that they don't see the finishing move coming until it's too late.
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Despite the crossdressing and girlish looks, Ana identifies as a boy which he will immediately tell whoever is mistaking him for a girl. It leads to some very comical facial expressions, such as Maze and later Raetsel.
* WholesomeCrossdresser
!!Souji Jikukawa ([[IsaacNewton Newton]]/Minotaur)
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkiraIshida (Japanese), Creator/BlakeShepard (English)
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* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: Briefly thanks to the fake Orpheus armband.]]
* ClubPresident: Of the Puzzle Club. He's also the...
** StudentCouncilPresident: [[spoiler:Though now retired.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: There's obviously something wrong when he drops his apple juice.
* PerpetualSmiler
* [[spoiler:PutOnABus: in the second half of season two.]]
* RefusedByTheCall
* SpottingTheThread: He drinks apple juice, not tomato juice.
* TheSixthRanger
* TokenEvilTeammate: Sort of since he is a member of POG, which are the bad guys in season 1. Jikukawa however does not act like it.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Apple juice. To the point that him dropping it in pursuit of playing a game against Kaito represents his [[spoiler:complete descent into BrainWashedAndCrazy territory by the fake Orpheus armband.]]
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!!Rook Banjou Crossfield
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakahiroSakurai (Japanese), Creator/GregAyres (English)
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* AnimeHair
** ShonenHair
* BashBrothers: With Freecell in season 3.
* [[spoiler:BigBad: Currently holds this role for the first season, as of episode 22.]]
** [[spoiler:DiscOneFinalBoss]]
* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: Thanks to the Orpheus Armband. Twice now.]]
* BlueOni: to Kaito's red.
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* TheCoatsAreOff: He dramatically sheds his coat before the final battle.
* CrazyJealousGuy
* [[spoiler:EvilFormerFriend]]
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* [[spoiler:NeverFoundTheBody[=/=]FakingTheDead]]
* PeekABangs: [[spoiler: Which hides his {{Glowing|EyesOfDoom}} [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red Eye Of Doom]] in the season 1]].
* [[spoiler:PsychopathicManchild]]
* PutOnABus: At the end of season 1.
** TheBusCameBack: The second half of season 2 and is now part of the main cast in season 3.
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLion]]: Serves this purpose towards the end of season 3.
* [[spoiler:TheAtoner: After being freed from the armband.]]
* TykeBomb
* [[spoiler:WalkingTheEarth: At the end of the first season.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Under the influence of Orpheus' ring, anyway.
* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown: He does not take the fact that Kaito's armband breaks well at all.]]
* {{Yandere}}: Almost on [[MiraiNikki Yuno Gasai]] levels [[spoiler: with whole sacrificing the world for his love if he has to]].
!!Bishop
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MamoruMiyano (Japanese), John Gremellion (English)
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* [[spoiler:BigDamnHeroes: Rescues Elena from Herbert's trap.]]
* TheDragon
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* TheStoic
* TallDarkAndHandsome
* UndyingLoyalty: To Rook.
!!Elena Himekawa ([[MarieAntoinette Antoinette]])
->'''Voiced by:''' MegumiNakajima (Japanese), Creator/ShelleyCaleneBlack (English)
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In-Universe -- she thinks that Gammon [[spoiler: doesn't really care about Puzzle Of God and thinks of Kaito as his friend, just refuses to admit it]].
* DarkChick
* MeaningfulName: "Hime" means "princess".
* OutOfFocus
* StraightMan: When compared to Kaito, Gammmon, Ana, and Cubic's insanity towards puzzles.
* TeenIdol
!!Jin Makata
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (Japanese), H.K. Kahng (English)
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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Kaito learns that his perfect image of Jin isn't as good as it appears in season 3 concerning the one year where he disappeared. Though ''how'' broken is something the characters are trying to figure out. Amongst other things he created Fools Puzzles but also solved many of them so they wouldn't harm others, entered some form of contract with Enigma and Raetsel, and has said he hated puzzles.]]
** Averted. [[spoiler:It turns out that Enigma twisted Jin's hatred on puzzles from his own after his childhood friend, who was Jin's rival, died due to a Fool's puzzle.]]
* DistressedDude: The poor guy had been a captive to POG in Season 1 and later, in Season 3, where's he's kidnapped by Raetsel and [[spoiler:possessed by Orpheus]].
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: He has forgotten all of his past and only recalls certain tiny tidbits after regaining his self during Season 3. Before that he barely ate and spent most of his time just playing with puzzles puzzles.]]
** Later in episode 17 of season 3, [[spoiler:it turns out that his memories weren't completely lost, only locked away by Orpheus, who possessed his body]].
* LennonSpecs
* {{Megane}}
* TheMentor: To Kaito and Rook. [[spoiler: To Raetsel as well.]]
* [[spoiler:TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: Concerning the God Scrolls.]]
* WalkingTheEarth: During the one year where all traces of his actions disappeared [[spoiler: and what he was up to during that time.]]
!!Baron Kaido
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KeijiFujiwara (Japanese), Jay Hickman (English)
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* OutOfFocus: After season 1.
* ParentalSubstitute: After the deaths of Kaitou's parents, Baron became his legal guardian.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite being a POG officer, he strives to maintain the standards the POG was built on and not go along with the increasing ruthlessness of the organization.
!!Herbert Muller
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa (Japanese), Creator/IllichGuardiola (English)
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: The standard reaction he gets.
** [[spoiler: After joining the Orpheus Order in the second season and being put in charge of the QuirkyMinibossSquad, ''nobody'' is happy to have him around.]]
* EvilIsPetty: ''Very'' petty.
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceDoorSlam: the end of episode 18 of season 2 looks that way]]
** [[spoiler:He's shown being carried by Nonoha in the next episode]].
* SoreLoser: Which leads to a...
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* UnwinnableByDesign: Loves this trope.
!!Maze
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChiwaSaito (Japanese), Allison Sumrall (English)
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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain
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!!Freecell
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiroshiKamiya (Japanese), Creator/ChrisAyres (English)
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* TheAtoner: In Season 3. He doesn't play puzzles anymore after the things that he had done back then. When he confronts Melancholy again, he wants to make up with her.
* BadassLongcoat
* BashBrothers: With Rook in season 3.
* BigBad: Of Season 2.
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: His fake Orpheus Ring has been altering his memories for awhile. The only thing known for sure is that the promise between him and Kaito is real.]]
* CatchPhrase: Let's Play Up! *BadassFingerSnap*
** GratuitousEnglish
* [[spoiler:ForgottenFriendNewFoe: To Kaito.]]
* LaughingMad
* [[spoiler:MissingMom]]
* LongingLook: Gives a brief one towards Nonoha in episode eight of the third season.
* MommyIssues: Oh yes...
* [[spoiler:NeverFoundTheBody]]: With Gammon towards the end of season 3.
* PerpetualSmiler
** StepfordSmiler
* ShipTease: With Nonoha.
** In season 3, Gammon, of all people, suggest that Freecell and Melancholy should date. But that confuses Freecell.
* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn]]: [[spoiler:To Klondike's plan to make the final ring. Freecell then makes up for it by curb stomping both Klondike and Melancholy with ease.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart
!!Pinochle
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSugita (Japanese), Ty Mahany (English)
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: His specialty is studying people, allowing him to anticipate their moves or deliver a devastating HannibalLecture.
* BreakThemByTalking: Beats Kaito this way in the Rink Slider game.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Freecell.
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsLife]]
* [[spoiler:SelfServingMemory]]: Thanks to his ring.
* SinisterShades
* StalkerWithoutACrush: He suddenly starts telling what he knows about Kaito during the Rink Slider game, from what happened to Rook nine years ago to how Kaito was out of shampoo when he took a bath the night before. What's funny is that it is Cubic who confirms this.
* TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty: After nearly losing to Kaito he gives him a HannibalLecture on his failure with Rook.
* VillainousFriendship: Is in something of a Type III with Freecell. Pinochle is absolutely devoted to supporting Freecell, who doesn't fully return the friendship due to his obsession with Kaito.
!!Doubt
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaisukeOno (Japanese), Creator/AndrewLove (English)
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* ArchEnemy: Becomes this for Gammon when he [[BerserkButton threatens]] [[BigBrotherInstinct Miharu's]] [[ItsPersonal safety]] and [[ButForMeItWasTuesday shrugs it off like it was nothing]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: is absolutely livid at Pinochle's [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty below the belt tactics]] when Kaito got the upper hand.
** [[spoiler:NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead]]: And later when [[spoiler:Pinochle's pronounced "dead"]], he doesn't take Herbert or Melancholy insulting him lightly.
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* PutOnABus: So far he and Mizerka hasn't made an appearance in season three.
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsLife]]
* ShipTease: With Mizerka.
!!Mizerka
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YokoHikasa (Japanese), Creator/EmilyNeves (English)
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* ActorAllusion: During her fight with Ana, Ana constantly mentions how he's going to give her some [[KOn Fuwa Fuwa]].
** Tehepero (・ω<)
* BareYourMidriff
* BerserkButton: Does not like free spirits like Ana. Especially, Ana in particular.
* CoolBigSis: To Melancholy. [[spoiler:In her mind]]
* FlowerInHerHair
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* IrrationalHatred: Towards Ana, to the point where she wonders to herself why she loathes Ana so much. Some of it does seem to come from the fact that [[spoiler: her friend Eve's dreams being crushed when she saw how much better her brother Ana was at drawing. The rest most likely comes from the armband [[BrainwashedAndCrazy influencing her]].]]
* PeekABangs
* PutOnABus: She and Doubt hasn't made an appearance in season three.
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsLife]]
* SeriousBusiness
* ShipTease: With Doubt.
* ZettaiRyouiki: In her school uniform.
!!Melancholy
->'''Voiced by:''' MomokoSaito (Japanese), Creator/MonicaRial (English)
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Shown when she makes a smug face after Mizerka loses and says she'll be punished.
* BountyHunter: [[spoiler: In the third season she briefly becomes a Master Brain.]]
* [[spoiler:TheChosenOne]]: [[spoiler:Apparently the true owner of the real Orpheus Ring. Not that it goes anywhere.]]
* CorruptionOfAMinor: Lotte, anyone?
* CuteIsEvil
* EmbarrassingNickname: Dislikes Whist calling her Mela.
* EvilIsPetty: Her reason for hating Kaito is because he once called one of her puzzles ordinary. Possibly justified since [[spoiler:the Orpheus Ring warps the wearer's sense of thinking. Subverted.]]
* HeelFaceReturn: [[spoiler: She ended up going good after Season 2 and the puzzle she made as a Master Brain was actually harmless until [[ManipulativeBastard Enigma reactivated the explosives]].]]
* [[spoiler:LonelyRichKid]]
* NiceHat
* TheNicknamer: Enjoys calling Whist "Whi" and Herbert "Herb [[ObaSan oji-sama]]".
* OjouRinglets
* OlderThanTheyLook: Supplemental material states that she is 16 (two years older than Cubic).
* ParentalAbadonment: Lost her parents when she was little.
* StageMagician: Dresses like one.
* [[spoiler:StepfordSmiler: As told by her butler.]]
* TokenMiniMoe
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Played with. She knew she was being used as a pawn by Enigma, but she didn't expect him to actually use her as a sacrificial pawn.]]
* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown: After staring at Freecell's black eye.]]
!!Whist
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi (Japanese), Kyle Jones (English)
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* [[spoiler:DidntSeeThatComing: He didn't foresee Freecell's armband becoming the real deal.]]
* DissonantSerenity
* TheDragon: To Klondike. [[spoiler:And then to Freecell.]]
* EmbarrassingNickname: Dislikes Melancholy calling him Whi and retaliates by calling her Mela.
* {{Megane}}
** FourEyesZeroSoul
** ScaryShinyGlasses
* PerpetualSmiler: Is always seen smirking.
* [[CombatReferee Puzzle Referee]]: Serves this role instead of participating directly.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Some Translations spell his name as Hoist. It's actually Whist, since the Orpheus Order members are [[ThemeNaming name after card games]].
* [[spoiler:TheStarscream]]: To Klondike.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: How he views his actions as a member of the Orpheus Order. He joined as he believed the one chosen by the orpheus ring is destined to lead humanity, which would be either Kaito or Freecell after their final battle.]]
* [[spoiler:YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Freecell promptly kicks him out. So he wouldn't see Freecell vs Kaito Final Battle. [[SubvertedTrope Only for him to see their real final battle]] after Kaito beats Rook in Rook's Puzzle of God.]]
!!Ludwig Lebenhertz (a.k.a. Klondike)
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HideyukiHori (Japanese), Creator/JohnSwasey (English)
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* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: He has never done a puzzle before, yet he gains the upper hand over Kaito in their puzzle battle.
* BiggerBad: The leader of Orpheus Order, spending most of the season giving his orders through Whist. [[spoiler:And then subverted as he is quite easily defeated by Freecell in episode 23.]]
* ConfusionFu: Kaito finds it difficult to go through Klondike's maze blind. Turns out that [[spoiler:it is merely a forest of walls]].
* [[spoiler:CutsceneBoss]]
* [[spoiler:EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily: Melancholy, the only person he was nice to turns out to be his niece.]]
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* TheGhost: Until episode 20 of the second season.
* LennonSpecs
* ManipulativeBastard
* [[spoiler:NotSoOmniscientAfterAll]]
* [[spoiler:PaperTiger]]
!!Solitaire
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChieNakamura (Japanese), Brittany Deans (English)
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* PosthumousCharacter
* [[spoiler:PsychoPrototype]]: [[spoiler:Was the test subject for the first generation of Replica Rings. The Ring warped her emotions so that even though she loved her son, there were times when she felt uncontrollable hatred for him.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Master Brain]]
!!Raetsel
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MinoriChihara (JP)
* AnimalMotifs: Cats.
* AntiVillain
* BountyHunter: Since she's a Master Brain.
* ExoticEyeDesigns: Goes with her Cat Motif.
* HeelFaceTurn: Turns good for real in episode 22
* IgnoredEpiphany: She was starting to doubt whether Jin really hated puzzles, but then goes back to her old ways after Enigma sent a Master Brain who tried to assassinate her and the others. Ana even mentions her scent is gone.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Clearly it's Kaito's fault that Jin is being hurt by puzzles even though ''they'' are the ones sending the Master Brains to assassinate Kaito with the deadly puzzles that cause Jin pain!
* NotSoDifferent: Ana notices she's more similar to Kaito than she appears by [[TheNoseKnows sniffing her]].
* RoseHairedGirl
* SignificantGreenEyedRedHead: Being the main antagonist/rival of Kaito in season 3.
* TeacherStudentRomance: At least implied on her side when it comes to Jin. The jury's still out on what Jin feels.
* UnwittingPawn: Raetsel doesn't have an idea what Enigma is up it. She only knows that Enigma wants to fulfill Jin's wish to eliminate all puzzles but she's being used by him several times for some underlying motive of his.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: When she learns that Jin doesn't need her, but instead Kaito, she breaks down. Raetsel then convinces Jin to come with her and makes both Enigma and Kaito chase after them.]]
!!Johan Sigmund Enigma / Real name: Zagadka
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JojiNakata
* AffablyEvil
* BiggerBad: He is the leader of Master Brain and manipulates Raetsel [[spoiler:by lying to her about Jin's hatred of puzzles which is actually from his own]].
** [[spoiler:DemotedToDragon: Though he later followed Orpheus in order to get Lovushka back]].
* {{Bishounen}}
* ConsummateLiar: [[spoiler: He's really good at this. To the point that he can convince Raetsel to return to his side and break out laughing over the fact that he said he revered Jin.]]
* [[spoiler:TheDragon]]: [[spoiler:For Orpheus.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:He simply disappears after being deluded by a Lovushka illusion. He then gets on a puzzle platform and vanishes.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:His fiance, Lovushka, died while solving a Fool's puzzle in order to become a Phi Brain and restore her country's wealth which made him hate puzzles. But it turns out that he led her to her own death by not telling her about the country's rising economy and he blames the puzzles for it.]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain: While he says he's trying to fulfill the contract with Jin, he seems to be up to something else.
* IcyBlueEyes
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:Lovushka, his childhood love]].
* ManipulativeBastard: Enigma is very cunning and was not only able to convince Raetsel to continue her mission after sending a Master Brain to kill her and the others, but [[spoiler: reset the disarmed puzzle that Melancholy made since he knew she was only faking being his ally and then put her into the puzzle.]]
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: He's President Corrupt though his actions are for personal means.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Other Characters]]
!!Airi Mizutani
->'''Voiced by:''' MaiGoto (Japanese), CynthiaMartinez (English)
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* CuteClumsyGirl
** [[spoiler: WhosLaughingNow: An Orpheus Ring [[FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome temporarily enhances her puzzle ability]], though she was still [[OvershadowedByAwesome Overshadowed by Kaito]] in that condition.]]
* GenkiGirl
* {{Meganekko}}
!!Miharu Sakanoue
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyanaTaketatsu (Japanese), Creator/MaggieFlecknoe (English)
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* GirlishPigtails
* LethalChef
!!Tamaki Chieno
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RinaSato (Japanese), Carli Mosier (English)
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* TheBGrade: Felt compelled to resign her VP position in disgrace over a ''spelling error.''
* [[spoiler: FriendVersusLover: Pinochle {{More than Mind Control}}s her into turning against Jikukawa's close friend Kaito.]]
* LandslideElection: Her competition only received 8 votes ''combined''
* StudentCouncilPresident: Starts out as Vice-President to Jikukawa, but is elected President when he steps down.
!!Naoki Takeda & Yuichi Aizawa
->'''Voiced by:''' Masashi Yabe (Naoki) and Creator/DaisukeKishio (Yuichi) (Japanese), Clint Bickham (Naoki) and Kyle Jones (Yuichi) (English)
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* ThoseTwoGuys
!!Eve Gram
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KumikoWatanabe (Japanese), Nancy Novotny (English)
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* CoolBigSis: Cheered up Ana when they were little.
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Towards Ana's artistic talent.]]
* MessyHair
!![[spoiler: Orpheus]]
[[spoiler: The one who's mind has become one with god, and the result of solving the Puzzle of God. He'd lain dormant in Jin's body every since Jin lost his memories and can destroy the world.]]
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* [[spoiler: BiggerBad]]
* [[spoiler:DemonicPossession: He's staying in Jin's body. But he wants to stay in the body of a Phi Brain]].
* [[spoiler:MindRape: He's capable of doing this to anyone]].
* TimeMaster
* WalkingSpoiler
[[/folder]]
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[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:The Main Characters]]
!!Kaito Daimon ([[UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein Einstein]])
->'''Voiced by:''' ShintaroAsanuma (Japanese), David Wald (English)
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* AnimeHair
** ShonenHair
* CatchPhrase
** "[[GratuitousEnglish Puzzle Time]] no hajimari da!" *EyelidPullTaunt* (Let the Puzzle Time begin)
** "There's no puzzle I can't solve!"
* DoesNotLikeSpam: Leeks and Nonoha's sweets.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim
* EyelidPullTaunt: His signature pose is a ShoutOut to the tongue photo of his title's namesake.
* {{Glowing|EyesOfDoom}} [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red Eye Of Doom]]
* [[spoiler: HappilyAdopted]]: [[spoiler: His parents were POG officers assigned to train him as a Phi Brain candidate, but they [[BecomingTheMask grew to genuinely love him as their own son]].]]
* TheHero
* HeroicBSOD: Three times so far. Basically once per season.
* HeroicResolve: So strong that he has [[spoiler:rejected the Orpheus ring's power over him. ''Twice.'']]
* HeroicSafeMode: Everytime when the Orpheus Armband is activated.
* [[spoiler:ILetYouWin: Thanks to the [[BadFuture vision he saw of the future]] he choose not to take the two beams and win against Gammon.]]
* HotBlooded
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
** [[spoiler:JerkassFacade]]
* MagneticHero
* MyGreatestFailure: Nine years ago (as of Season 1-2), he and Rook were separated on the day they stayed out too late after he had been late for his appointment. He has been obsessed with keeping his word ever since.
* ParentalAbandonment: His parents died when he was little and his guardian, Baron Kaido, sent him off to a boarding school in England.
* PostVictoryCollapse: Suffered from this at the beginning of season 1.
* RedIsHeroic
* RedOni: To Rook's blue.
* TeenGenius
* TriangleShades [[GogglesDoNothing Do Nothing]]
* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn]]: [[spoiler:Towards Klondike's plan to create the 'Final Ring.']]
!!Nonoha Itou (Nightingale)
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaoriShimizu (Japanese), Creator/LuciChristian (English)
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* TheAce
* TheBigGuy
* CoolDownHug: Gives one to Kaito towards the end of season one.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* LethalChef: In Kaito's opinion.
** SupremeChef: To everyone else.
* LettingHerHairDown: In the second season opening and in episode 24 at [[spoiler:Freecell's]] request. Gammon lampshades in a TV special that she is finally going all out to be the heroine.
* ObliviousToLove: Inversion, she oblivious to her ''own'' love for Kaito.
* PhotographicMemory
* [[spoiler:ReplacementGoldfish]]: [[spoiler:Freecell seems keen on the idea of making Nonoha his mother.]]
* TeamMom[=/=]TheHeart: Even though she stinks at solving puzzles, she's essential to the group because she helps keep the others at least somewhat grounded in reality, and brings Kaito back from his HeroicBSOD.
** [[spoiler:Made quite literal when Freecell decides that she is going to be his new 'mother.']]
* TomboyishPonyTail
* TheWatson
!!Gammon Sakanoue (Galileo)
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunFukuyama (Japanese), Creator/ChrisPatton (English)
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* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Has inadequacy issues do to Kaito being the better puzzler.
** Later in Season 3, [[spoiler:he's one of the potential Phi Brain candidates to be sacrificed to Orpheus]].
* BigBrotherInstinct
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn]]
** [[spoiler:HeelFaceRevolvingDoor]]
* [[DotingParent Doting Older Brother]]: In episode 11 of season 2, much to Miharu's dismay.
* [[spoiler:EasilyForgiven]]: Was he ''ever.'' Downplayed, because sometimes his friends would remind him of his betrayal.
* FieryRedhead
* GreenEyedMonster: His jealously of Kaito's abilities is one of the reason for his [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn]].
* GrayEyes
* HellBentForLeather
* HotBlooded
* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: So he thinks that Kaito has to be dealt with because his armbad makes him disregard the lives of his friends and he constantly puts them in dangerous situations. What is his solution Join POG and try to kill Kaito with his puzzles, therefore putting his friends into even more dangerous situations]].
** [[spoiler:Then there's the fact that Kaito friends have gotten into dangerous situations of their own free will without telling Kaito ''including'' Gammon and Gammon only survived the exorcism labryinth puzzle in Venice thanks to the armband.]]
* TheLancer
* LargeHam: Makes you wonder if Creator/JunFukuyama didn't took the role [[HamAndCheese because he wanted to yell a lot]].
* MotiveDecay: [[spoiler: went from trying to protect his friends to making puzzles to kill people and wanting to take the God Scrolls.]]
* [[spoiler:NeverFoundTheBody]]: With Freecell towards the end of season 3.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney
* PenName: Is a puzzle writer under the PunnyName of Setsu Chidou (from ''chidousetsu'' "heliocentrism").
* PromotionToParent: He has a younger sister, Miharu to take care of.
* RealMenCook: Much to Kaito and Nonoha's shock.
* RedHeadedHero: [[spoiler: turns into EvilRedhead]]
* TheResenter: Over getting shown up by Kaito time and time again.
* TheRival [[spoiler: [[RivalTurnedEvil Turned Evil]]: for half of season 1.]]
* [[spoiler: TheStarscream: After joining P.O.G. he tells Elena is is going to crush both Kaito and Rook]]
* [[spoiler:SmugSnake: Ever since he became a Giver and before it as well. The first time as a Giver Kaito showed mercy on him while Gammon kept on trying to egg him on into beating him and proving he's right. The second time Kaito chose not to take the two beams and win thanks to the vision he saw though Gammon doesn't know this. The Puzzle involving vehicles and the Exorcism Labryinth puzzles he couldn't solve were solved thanks to the armband. Yet he still acts like he is better than Kaito and the armband in every way.]]
* [[spoiler:WelcomeBackTraitor Welcome Back, Traitor]]
* [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist: He joins POG to kill Kaito, because he believes he and his armband are dangerous for everybody else.]] But see MotiveDecay above.
!!Cubic Galois ([[ThomasEdison Edison]])
->'''Voiced by:''' KoukiMiyata (Japanese), Creator/ShannonEmerick (English)
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* BrattyHalfPint: During his first appearance, he quickly grows out of it.
* FriendlessBackground: His best friends were numbers before he interacted with Kaito.
* GadgeteerGenius
* InnocentBlueEyes
* IdiotHair
* InSeriesNickname: Is called Q-chan by some of his friends, though especially Nonoha.
* LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine
* OutOfFocus: In season 3. Cubic only gets one focus episode to himself and even then has to have Kaito come and help him solve that episode's puzzle. The only other episode he has is shared with Ana. [[spoiler:He is even passed up as one of the Phi Brian's that Orpheus wants to possess.]]
* TheSmartGuy
* StalkerWithACrush: Towards Kaito, he even knew that Kaito's shampoo ran out.
!!Ana Gram ([[LeonardoDaVinci da Vinci]])
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SatsukiYukino (Japanese), Creator/BrittneyKarbowski (English)
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* CatchPhrase: "The way Ana sees it."
* TheChick
* CloudCuckooLander
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:As a child he never smiled until his sister painted a picture of happiness]]
* DudeLooksLikeALady
* FirstNameBasis: He rarely uses UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics, even to his senior or his older sister.
* FriendToAllLivingThings
* GenderBlenderName: Only to further the confusion of Ana's gender.
* HyperAwareness: Possible downplayed version with Ana being quite perceptive towards the events around him, usually seeing things that his friends miss.
* IndyPloy
* [[spoiler:ISeeDeadPeople]]: [[MaybeMagicMaybeMundane Apparently.]]
* TheNicknamer: Even to his favorite painters.
--> '''Ana''': Hey, this is a Lolacchi! Michen-an! Ruben-pi!
* OutOfFocus: In season 3, even worse than Cubic. Ana has no focus episodes to himself and the closest he gets is one shared with Cubic. [[spoiler:He is also passed up for being one of the Phi Brains that Orpheus wants to possess.]]
* PerpetualSmiler
* PunnyName
* StupidSexyFlanders
* ThirdPersonPerson
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Ana's abilities are frequently underestimated by friends and foes alike, and in the latter case his carefree antics tend to annoy his opponents so much that they don't see the finishing move coming until it's too late.
* UnsettlingGenderReveal: Despite the crossdressing and girlish looks, Ana identifies as a boy which he will immediately tell whoever is mistaking him for a girl. It leads to some very comical facial expressions, such as Maze and later Raetsel.
* WholesomeCrossdresser
!!Souji Jikukawa ([[IsaacNewton Newton]]/Minotaur)
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkiraIshida (Japanese), Creator/BlakeShepard (English)
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* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: Briefly thanks to the fake Orpheus armband.]]
* ClubPresident: Of the Puzzle Club. He's also the...
** StudentCouncilPresident: [[spoiler:Though now retired.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: There's obviously something wrong when he drops his apple juice.
* PerpetualSmiler
* [[spoiler:PutOnABus: in the second half of season two.]]
* RefusedByTheCall
* SpottingTheThread: He drinks apple juice, not tomato juice.
* TheSixthRanger
* TokenEvilTeammate: Sort of since he is a member of POG, which are the bad guys in season 1. Jikukawa however does not act like it.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Apple juice. To the point that him dropping it in pursuit of playing a game against Kaito represents his [[spoiler:complete descent into BrainWashedAndCrazy territory by the fake Orpheus armband.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:P.O.G. Officers]]
!!Rook Banjou Crossfield
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakahiroSakurai (Japanese), Creator/GregAyres (English)
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* AnimeHair
** ShonenHair
* BashBrothers: With Freecell in season 3.
* [[spoiler:BigBad: Currently holds this role for the first season, as of episode 22.]]
** [[spoiler:DiscOneFinalBoss]]
* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: Thanks to the Orpheus Armband. Twice now.]]
* BlueOni: to Kaito's red.
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* TheCoatsAreOff: He dramatically sheds his coat before the final battle.
* CrazyJealousGuy
* [[spoiler:EvilFormerFriend]]
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* [[spoiler:NeverFoundTheBody[=/=]FakingTheDead]]
* PeekABangs: [[spoiler: Which hides his {{Glowing|EyesOfDoom}} [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red Eye Of Doom]] in the season 1]].
* [[spoiler:PsychopathicManchild]]
* PutOnABus: At the end of season 1.
** TheBusCameBack: The second half of season 2 and is now part of the main cast in season 3.
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLion]]: Serves this purpose towards the end of season 3.
* [[spoiler:TheAtoner: After being freed from the armband.]]
* TykeBomb
* [[spoiler:WalkingTheEarth: At the end of the first season.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Under the influence of Orpheus' ring, anyway.
* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown: He does not take the fact that Kaito's armband breaks well at all.]]
* {{Yandere}}: Almost on [[MiraiNikki Yuno Gasai]] levels [[spoiler: with whole sacrificing the world for his love if he has to]].
!!Bishop
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MamoruMiyano (Japanese), John Gremellion (English)
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* [[spoiler:BigDamnHeroes: Rescues Elena from Herbert's trap.]]
* TheDragon
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* TheStoic
* TallDarkAndHandsome
* UndyingLoyalty: To Rook.
!!Elena Himekawa ([[MarieAntoinette Antoinette]])
->'''Voiced by:''' MegumiNakajima (Japanese), Creator/ShelleyCaleneBlack (English)
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: In-Universe -- she thinks that Gammon [[spoiler: doesn't really care about Puzzle Of God and thinks of Kaito as his friend, just refuses to admit it]].
* DarkChick
* MeaningfulName: "Hime" means "princess".
* OutOfFocus
* StraightMan: When compared to Kaito, Gammmon, Ana, and Cubic's insanity towards puzzles.
* TeenIdol
!!Jin Makata
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (Japanese), H.K. Kahng (English)
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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Kaito learns that his perfect image of Jin isn't as good as it appears in season 3 concerning the one year where he disappeared. Though ''how'' broken is something the characters are trying to figure out. Amongst other things he created Fools Puzzles but also solved many of them so they wouldn't harm others, entered some form of contract with Enigma and Raetsel, and has said he hated puzzles.]]
** Averted. [[spoiler:It turns out that Enigma twisted Jin's hatred on puzzles from his own after his childhood friend, who was Jin's rival, died due to a Fool's puzzle.]]
* DistressedDude: The poor guy had been a captive to POG in Season 1 and later, in Season 3, where's he's kidnapped by Raetsel and [[spoiler:possessed by Orpheus]].
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: He has forgotten all of his past and only recalls certain tiny tidbits after regaining his self during Season 3. Before that he barely ate and spent most of his time just playing with puzzles puzzles.]]
** Later in episode 17 of season 3, [[spoiler:it turns out that his memories weren't completely lost, only locked away by Orpheus, who possessed his body]].
* LennonSpecs
* {{Megane}}
* TheMentor: To Kaito and Rook. [[spoiler: To Raetsel as well.]]
* [[spoiler:TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: Concerning the God Scrolls.]]
* WalkingTheEarth: During the one year where all traces of his actions disappeared [[spoiler: and what he was up to during that time.]]
!!Baron Kaido
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KeijiFujiwara (Japanese), Jay Hickman (English)
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* OutOfFocus: After season 1.
* ParentalSubstitute: After the deaths of Kaitou's parents, Baron became his legal guardian.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite being a POG officer, he strives to maintain the standards the POG was built on and not go along with the increasing ruthlessness of the organization.
!!Herbert Muller
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa (Japanese), Creator/IllichGuardiola (English)
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: The standard reaction he gets.
** [[spoiler: After joining the Orpheus Order in the second season and being put in charge of the QuirkyMinibossSquad, ''nobody'' is happy to have him around.]]
* EvilIsPetty: ''Very'' petty.
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceDoorSlam: the end of episode 18 of season 2 looks that way]]
** [[spoiler:He's shown being carried by Nonoha in the next episode]].
* SoreLoser: Which leads to a...
** VillainousBreakdown
* UnwinnableByDesign: Loves this trope.
!!Maze
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChiwaSaito (Japanese), Allison Sumrall (English)
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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain
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[[folder:Orpheus Order]]
!!Freecell
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiroshiKamiya (Japanese), Creator/ChrisAyres (English)
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* TheAtoner: In Season 3. He doesn't play puzzles anymore after the things that he had done back then. When he confronts Melancholy again, he wants to make up with her.
* BadassLongcoat
* BashBrothers: With Rook in season 3.
* BigBad: Of Season 2.
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* [[spoiler:BrainwashedAndCrazy: His fake Orpheus Ring has been altering his memories for awhile. The only thing known for sure is that the promise between him and Kaito is real.]]
* CatchPhrase: Let's Play Up! *BadassFingerSnap*
** GratuitousEnglish
* [[spoiler:ForgottenFriendNewFoe: To Kaito.]]
* LaughingMad
* [[spoiler:MissingMom]]
* LongingLook: Gives a brief one towards Nonoha in episode eight of the third season.
* MommyIssues: Oh yes...
* [[spoiler:NeverFoundTheBody]]: With Gammon towards the end of season 3.
* PerpetualSmiler
** StepfordSmiler
* ShipTease: With Nonoha.
** In season 3, Gammon, of all people, suggest that Freecell and Melancholy should date. But that confuses Freecell.
* [[spoiler:UnwittingPawn]]: [[spoiler:To Klondike's plan to make the final ring. Freecell then makes up for it by curb stomping both Klondike and Melancholy with ease.]]
* WhiteHairBlackHeart
!!Pinochle
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSugita (Japanese), Ty Mahany (English)
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: His specialty is studying people, allowing him to anticipate their moves or deliver a devastating HannibalLecture.
* BreakThemByTalking: Beats Kaito this way in the Rink Slider game.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Freecell.
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsLife]]
* [[spoiler:SelfServingMemory]]: Thanks to his ring.
* SinisterShades
* StalkerWithoutACrush: He suddenly starts telling what he knows about Kaito during the Rink Slider game, from what happened to Rook nine years ago to how Kaito was out of shampoo when he took a bath the night before. What's funny is that it is Cubic who confirms this.
* TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty: After nearly losing to Kaito he gives him a HannibalLecture on his failure with Rook.
* VillainousFriendship: Is in something of a Type III with Freecell. Pinochle is absolutely devoted to supporting Freecell, who doesn't fully return the friendship due to his obsession with Kaito.
!!Doubt
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaisukeOno (Japanese), Creator/AndrewLove (English)
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* ArchEnemy: Becomes this for Gammon when he [[BerserkButton threatens]] [[BigBrotherInstinct Miharu's]] [[ItsPersonal safety]] and [[ButForMeItWasTuesday shrugs it off like it was nothing]].
* EvenEvilHasStandards: is absolutely livid at Pinochle's [[TryingToCatchMeFightingDirty below the belt tactics]] when Kaito got the upper hand.
** [[spoiler:NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead]]: And later when [[spoiler:Pinochle's pronounced "dead"]], he doesn't take Herbert or Melancholy insulting him lightly.
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* PutOnABus: So far he and Mizerka hasn't made an appearance in season three.
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsLife]]
* ShipTease: With Mizerka.
!!Mizerka
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YokoHikasa (Japanese), Creator/EmilyNeves (English)
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* ActorAllusion: During her fight with Ana, Ana constantly mentions how he's going to give her some [[KOn Fuwa Fuwa]].
** Tehepero (・ω<)
* BareYourMidriff
* BerserkButton: Does not like free spirits like Ana. Especially, Ana in particular.
* CoolBigSis: To Melancholy. [[spoiler:In her mind]]
* FlowerInHerHair
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* IrrationalHatred: Towards Ana, to the point where she wonders to herself why she loathes Ana so much. Some of it does seem to come from the fact that [[spoiler: her friend Eve's dreams being crushed when she saw how much better her brother Ana was at drawing. The rest most likely comes from the armband [[BrainwashedAndCrazy influencing her]].]]
* PeekABangs
* PutOnABus: She and Doubt hasn't made an appearance in season three.
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsLife]]
* SeriousBusiness
* ShipTease: With Doubt.
* ZettaiRyouiki: In her school uniform.
!!Melancholy
->'''Voiced by:''' MomokoSaito (Japanese), Creator/MonicaRial (English)
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Shown when she makes a smug face after Mizerka loses and says she'll be punished.
* BountyHunter: [[spoiler: In the third season she briefly becomes a Master Brain.]]
* [[spoiler:TheChosenOne]]: [[spoiler:Apparently the true owner of the real Orpheus Ring. Not that it goes anywhere.]]
* CorruptionOfAMinor: Lotte, anyone?
* CuteIsEvil
* EmbarrassingNickname: Dislikes Whist calling her Mela.
* EvilIsPetty: Her reason for hating Kaito is because he once called one of her puzzles ordinary. Possibly justified since [[spoiler:the Orpheus Ring warps the wearer's sense of thinking. Subverted.]]
* HeelFaceReturn: [[spoiler: She ended up going good after Season 2 and the puzzle she made as a Master Brain was actually harmless until [[ManipulativeBastard Enigma reactivated the explosives]].]]
* [[spoiler:LonelyRichKid]]
* NiceHat
* TheNicknamer: Enjoys calling Whist "Whi" and Herbert "Herb [[ObaSan oji-sama]]".
* OjouRinglets
* OlderThanTheyLook: Supplemental material states that she is 16 (two years older than Cubic).
* ParentalAbadonment: Lost her parents when she was little.
* StageMagician: Dresses like one.
* [[spoiler:StepfordSmiler: As told by her butler.]]
* TokenMiniMoe
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler: Played with. She knew she was being used as a pawn by Enigma, but she didn't expect him to actually use her as a sacrificial pawn.]]
* [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown: After staring at Freecell's black eye.]]
!!Whist
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi (Japanese), Kyle Jones (English)
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* [[spoiler:DidntSeeThatComing: He didn't foresee Freecell's armband becoming the real deal.]]
* DissonantSerenity
* TheDragon: To Klondike. [[spoiler:And then to Freecell.]]
* EmbarrassingNickname: Dislikes Melancholy calling him Whi and retaliates by calling her Mela.
* {{Megane}}
** FourEyesZeroSoul
** ScaryShinyGlasses
* PerpetualSmiler: Is always seen smirking.
* [[CombatReferee Puzzle Referee]]: Serves this role instead of participating directly.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Some Translations spell his name as Hoist. It's actually Whist, since the Orpheus Order members are [[ThemeNaming name after card games]].
* [[spoiler:TheStarscream]]: To Klondike.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: How he views his actions as a member of the Orpheus Order. He joined as he believed the one chosen by the orpheus ring is destined to lead humanity, which would be either Kaito or Freecell after their final battle.]]
* [[spoiler:YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Freecell promptly kicks him out. So he wouldn't see Freecell vs Kaito Final Battle. [[SubvertedTrope Only for him to see their real final battle]] after Kaito beats Rook in Rook's Puzzle of God.]]
!!Ludwig Lebenhertz (a.k.a. Klondike)
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HideyukiHori (Japanese), Creator/JohnSwasey (English)
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* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: He has never done a puzzle before, yet he gains the upper hand over Kaito in their puzzle battle.
* BiggerBad: The leader of Orpheus Order, spending most of the season giving his orders through Whist. [[spoiler:And then subverted as he is quite easily defeated by Freecell in episode 23.]]
* ConfusionFu: Kaito finds it difficult to go through Klondike's maze blind. Turns out that [[spoiler:it is merely a forest of walls]].
* [[spoiler:CutsceneBoss]]
* [[spoiler:EvilIsOneBigHappyFamily: Melancholy, the only person he was nice to turns out to be his niece.]]
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* TheGhost: Until episode 20 of the second season.
* LennonSpecs
* ManipulativeBastard
* [[spoiler:NotSoOmniscientAfterAll]]
* [[spoiler:PaperTiger]]
!!Solitaire
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChieNakamura (Japanese), Brittany Deans (English)
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* PosthumousCharacter
* [[spoiler:PsychoPrototype]]: [[spoiler:Was the test subject for the first generation of Replica Rings. The Ring warped her emotions so that even though she loved her son, there were times when she felt uncontrollable hatred for him.]]
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[[folder:Master Brain]]
!!Raetsel
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MinoriChihara (JP)
* AnimalMotifs: Cats.
* AntiVillain
* BountyHunter: Since she's a Master Brain.
* ExoticEyeDesigns: Goes with her Cat Motif.
* HeelFaceTurn: Turns good for real in episode 22
* IgnoredEpiphany: She was starting to doubt whether Jin really hated puzzles, but then goes back to her old ways after Enigma sent a Master Brain who tried to assassinate her and the others. Ana even mentions her scent is gone.
* InsaneTrollLogic: Clearly it's Kaito's fault that Jin is being hurt by puzzles even though ''they'' are the ones sending the Master Brains to assassinate Kaito with the deadly puzzles that cause Jin pain!
* NotSoDifferent: Ana notices she's more similar to Kaito than she appears by [[TheNoseKnows sniffing her]].
* RoseHairedGirl
* SignificantGreenEyedRedHead: Being the main antagonist/rival of Kaito in season 3.
* TeacherStudentRomance: At least implied on her side when it comes to Jin. The jury's still out on what Jin feels.
* UnwittingPawn: Raetsel doesn't have an idea what Enigma is up it. She only knows that Enigma wants to fulfill Jin's wish to eliminate all puzzles but she's being used by him several times for some underlying motive of his.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: When she learns that Jin doesn't need her, but instead Kaito, she breaks down. Raetsel then convinces Jin to come with her and makes both Enigma and Kaito chase after them.]]
!!Johan Sigmund Enigma / Real name: Zagadka
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JojiNakata
* AffablyEvil
* BiggerBad: He is the leader of Master Brain and manipulates Raetsel [[spoiler:by lying to her about Jin's hatred of puzzles which is actually from his own]].
** [[spoiler:DemotedToDragon: Though he later followed Orpheus in order to get Lovushka back]].
* {{Bishounen}}
* ConsummateLiar: [[spoiler: He's really good at this. To the point that he can convince Raetsel to return to his side and break out laughing over the fact that he said he revered Jin.]]
* [[spoiler:TheDragon]]: [[spoiler:For Orpheus.]]
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:He simply disappears after being deluded by a Lovushka illusion. He then gets on a puzzle platform and vanishes.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:His fiance, Lovushka, died while solving a Fool's puzzle in order to become a Phi Brain and restore her country's wealth which made him hate puzzles. But it turns out that he led her to her own death by not telling her about the country's rising economy and he blames the puzzles for it.]]
* HiddenAgendaVillain: While he says he's trying to fulfill the contract with Jin, he seems to be up to something else.
* IcyBlueEyes
* TheLostLenore: [[spoiler:Lovushka, his childhood love]].
* ManipulativeBastard: Enigma is very cunning and was not only able to convince Raetsel to continue her mission after sending a Master Brain to kill her and the others, but [[spoiler: reset the disarmed puzzle that Melancholy made since he knew she was only faking being his ally and then put her into the puzzle.]]
* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: He's President Corrupt though his actions are for personal means.
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[[folder:Other Characters]]
!!Airi Mizutani
->'''Voiced by:''' MaiGoto (Japanese), CynthiaMartinez (English)
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* CuteClumsyGirl
** [[spoiler: WhosLaughingNow: An Orpheus Ring [[FlowersForAlgernonSyndrome temporarily enhances her puzzle ability]], though she was still [[OvershadowedByAwesome Overshadowed by Kaito]] in that condition.]]
* GenkiGirl
* {{Meganekko}}
!!Miharu Sakanoue
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyanaTaketatsu (Japanese), Creator/MaggieFlecknoe (English)
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* GirlishPigtails
* LethalChef
!!Tamaki Chieno
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RinaSato (Japanese), Carli Mosier (English)
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* TheBGrade: Felt compelled to resign her VP position in disgrace over a ''spelling error.''
* [[spoiler: FriendVersusLover: Pinochle {{More than Mind Control}}s her into turning against Jikukawa's close friend Kaito.]]
* LandslideElection: Her competition only received 8 votes ''combined''
* StudentCouncilPresident: Starts out as Vice-President to Jikukawa, but is elected President when he steps down.
!!Naoki Takeda & Yuichi Aizawa
->'''Voiced by:''' Masashi Yabe (Naoki) and Creator/DaisukeKishio (Yuichi) (Japanese), Clint Bickham (Naoki) and Kyle Jones (Yuichi) (English)
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* ThoseTwoGuys
!!Eve Gram
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KumikoWatanabe (Japanese), Nancy Novotny (English)
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* CoolBigSis: Cheered up Ana when they were little.
* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Towards Ana's artistic talent.]]
* MessyHair
!![[spoiler: Orpheus]]
[[spoiler: The one who's mind has become one with god, and the result of solving the Puzzle of God. He'd lain dormant in Jin's body every since Jin lost his memories and can destroy the world.]]
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* [[spoiler: BiggerBad]]
* [[spoiler:DemonicPossession: He's staying in Jin's body. But he wants to stay in the body of a Phi Brain]].
* [[spoiler:MindRape: He's capable of doing this to anyone]].
* TimeMaster
* WalkingSpoiler
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