History Characters / SaberMarionetteJ

* HeroesWantRedheads: Otaru got a crush on her image, and both Ieyasu, Faust and ''even the Mesopotamia'' itself love her.

* DrillSergeantNasty: An funny variation. At the end of J to X [[spoiler: she becomes Hanagata's writing editor]], showing up wearing military garb and a ''bazooka'' to get him "into shape".

* {{Catchphrase}}: "I love you, Otaru!!"

* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Suffers one when she discovers Tiger's reason for fighting, even at the cost of her own life. It gets so bad that she has her maiden circuit (her ''heart'') removed because of her pain.]]

* CatchPhrase: In the Latin American dub:

* EffeminateVoice: In the Latin American dub, he speaks with a grossly effeminate voice.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The foolish to Yumenji's responsible. Note that Yumenji isn't even 10.

* SomethingAboutARose: Loves looking poetic with a rose, unfortunately for him is he a bad poet.

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Named after the real UsefulNotes/TokugawaIeyasu, the first Shogun of the Tokugawa line.

* DubNameChange: Renamed "Marina" in the Latin America dub.

* {{Bokukko}}: She always uses ''boku'' to refer to herself when she speaks.

* BoobsOfSteel: The one with the biggest bosom of Otaru's marionettes also happens to be the strongest fighter of the three.

* BoobsOfSteel: Her ImpossiblyLowNeckline shows she's stacked, and she and Tamasaburou are the only marionettes capable to go head to head with both Otaru's marionettes and the Saberdolls.

->Voiced by: Music/MegumiHayashibara (JP), Maggie Blue O'Hara (EN, ''J'' Series), Creator/JulieMaddalena (EN, ''J Again'' OVA), Mariette Sluyter (EN, ''J to X'' Series), Creator/CristinaHernandez (LA)

* InnocentBlueEyes: Subverted since she's innocent but not [[CovertPervert naïve]].

* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Mitsurugi was more of a jerkass in the manga than in the anime.

%%* BumblingSidekick

** TheChewToy: And wise about this in J to X.
--> ''"Why does this always happen to ''me''!?"''
* CampGay: A parody.

* CrazyJealousGuy: Although he acts more like a ClingyJealousGirl.

* DumbBlond: Somewhat. He has his HiddenDepths, but still he pisses off the ''elite'' marionettes a lot.

* GayOption: Self declared.

* HiddenDepths: His knowledge of Terra II.

%%* {{Keet}}

* RichBastard: Before some much needed CharacterDevelopment.

* StalkerWithACrush: Towards Otaru, which is why the treatment of him isn't seen as homophobic.

* KilledOffForReal: Subverted at first, [[spoiler:he has his memories and thinking patterns implanted in Tamasaburou. Sadly]] played straight at the end of the series.

* {{Action Girl}}s: Are fighter type marionettes.
* KimonoFanservice: Shinobi and geisha respectively.
%%* LovelyAngels

%%* RedOniBlueOni

* ThoseTwoGirls: They mainly appear together.

* DualWielding: Often, but not always.
* CoolSword: A beam sword of some kind.
* LaserBlade: A beam sword of some kind.

* PrimAndProperBun: Wears her hair like this.

* NaginatasAreFeminine: Her weapon of choice.
* OjouRinglets: with a SamuraiPonytail. It manages to be cool somehow.

* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Inteligent and really cute.

* AllYourPowersCombined: Marine is actually built using three Maiden Circuits running in sync, and is visibly more powerful than the other Saber Marionettes or Saber Dolls. Unfortunately, the design isn't perfect.

* JunglePrincess: Introduced living in the ''[[ShapedLikeItself forest]]'' wearing very little clothing.

%%* TomboyishPonytail

->Voiced by: Creator/TomohiroNishimura (JP), Creator/PaulDobson (EN, ''J'' Series), Rolando de Castro (LA)

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed that he was the ONLY survivor of an earlier expedition to Terra II, keeping himself alive through stasis and machines. The events of ''J'' and ''J Again'' were orchestrated by him so that he could finally return home to Earth. He failed.]]

%%* AntennaHair
* CanonForeigner: Was to appear in the anime but was dropped, probably for being hard to write in. Appears in the game Battle Sabers instead, and might have been replaced by Marine.

%%* InnocentBlueEyes
%%* OfCorsetsSexy

%%* TheHero

%%* TheProtagonist

* FreudianTrio
** Lime is [[TheKirk the Id]], being the energetic and innocent of the three, neither too impulsive nor too smart.
** Cherry is [[TheSpock the Superego]], being the most proper and intellectual of the three.
** Bloodberry is [[TheMcCoy the Ego]], being the most passionate and aggressive of the three.

* {{Bokukko}}: Her pronoun of choice.
* BreakTheCutie:
** Lime got her first experience with life and death after adopting an squirrel as pet. It fell sick and Lime just thought [[WeCanRebuildHim it needed new parts as marionettes do sometimes]]. Otaru explains to her a vital difference between marionettes and living things: living things can die anytime. The squirrel survived though but it was just the beginning.
** [[spoiler:[[PleaseWakeUp The shogun's death]] [[DiedInYourArmsTonight in Lime's arms.]]]]
** Learning that LoveHurts sometimes.

* CoolBigSis: Towards Yumenji.
* CuteLittleFangs: Fits her nature loving personality.

* EekAMouse: Averted in the series. Only by Lime, out of ''all'' the Marionettes in the series. She finds them really adorable.
* {{Expy}}: Of the [[Anime/SaberMarionetteR R!Lime]]. They even share voice actresses in three dubs.
* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine.
* FriendToAllChildren: Gets along with children and acts like a CoolBigSis to them, especially with Yumenji.
* GenkiGirl: Cheerful to a fault, but it's what's keep the others going.

%%* TheIngenue

* LethalChef: Her food ''still moves''.

* NatureLover: Often spends her time in the forest with woodland critters and she's the first of Otaru's marionettes that cares for another living creature besides Otaru.
* NeverBareHeaded: Once Lime got her signature yellow bandana she rarely takes it off.

* SeriesMascot: Is basically the mascot of the series.
* SignatureHeadgear: Again, her yellow bandana.

%%* TaremeEyes
%%* WaifFu

* ACupAngst

* CherryBlossomGirl: Named Cherry, wears a pink kimono and is a YamatoNadeshiko.
* CovertPervert: Her obsessive sex fantasies involving Otaru. [[spoiler:Even after her rebirth as an ArtificialHuman and becoming Otaru's adoptive daughter, these fantasies don't stop.]]

* {{Expy}}: Of [[Anime/SaberMarionetteR R!Cherry]], even in voices, except in Spanish.
* FatherIWantToMarryMyBrother: [[spoiler:When she became an ArtificialHuman and Otaru's daughter, she continues to have fantasies about him, implying this.]]

* OdangoHair: Accentuated by huge red hair decs.
* OrphanageOfLove: Works in one while suffering amnesia in ''J to X''.

* TeamChef: Is an excellent cook.
* ThroughHisStomach: She makes food for Otaru.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Bloodberry.

* YamatoNadeshiko: The most feminine and domestic of the three, she speaks with keigo and does the cooking. One could say she is domestically aggressive.

* {{Expy}}: {{Subverted}}. [[Anime/SaberMarionetteR R!Bloodberry]] is radically different from J!Bloodberry, and isn't even voiced by the same actress in foreign dubs.

* FriendlyRivalry: With [[spoiler:Panther]] in ''J Again''.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Cherry. Also with [[spoiler:Panther]] in ''J Again''.

* AnimalThemeNaming: [[PantheraAwesome Big Cats]]. And [[VehicularThemeNaming military vehicles]].

%%* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn

%%* BodyguardBabes

* {{Expy}}: To [[Anime/SaberMarionetteR the Sexadolls]], in voice too in Japanese.
%%* FemmeFatalons
%%* FreudianTrio

%%* SlasherSmile

%%* TerribleTrio

%%* TsurimeEyes

Sharing power with Tiger over leadership of the Saber Dolls, Luchs has intelligence that rivals Cherry's own tactical skills. Shows some degree of airheadedness [[spoiler:once Faust gives the Saber Dolls permission to leave him post-''J'']], but keeps her serious side dominant at all times.

%%* AwesomenessByAnalysis
* CovertPervert: In ''J Again'' about Faust.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Of the DitzyGenius variety.
* DitzyGenius: After the ''J'' series. She's a little airheaded when not being [[TheSmartGuy a smart gal]].

* EvilGenius: She's capable of strategizing plans.
* EyesOutOfSight: Her eyes are often hidden by her long bangs.
* GenkiGirl: Sometimes, after the ''J'' series.

* PostKissCatatonia: In ''J'', with [[spoiler:Otaru]].
* ShowgirlSkirt: In [=JtoX=].

* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: The Brawn.
* BerserkButton: Don't even try to insult Faust, say bad things against him or try to steal the gifts Faust gave to her, or even her poetry book.

* BoyishShortHair: After she cuts it in ''J Again''.
%%* TheBrute

* FriendlyRivalry: With [[spoiler:Bloodberry]] in ''J Again''.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In ''J Again'', after her HeelFaceTurn.
* TheLadette: Is a {{tomboy}} of sorts and loves her liquor.

* PeekABangs: Her hair often covers her eyepatch.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With [[spoiler:Bloodberry]] in ''J Again''.

->Voiced by: Tomohiro Nishimura (JP), Creator/PaulDobson (EN, ''J'' Series), Rolando de Castro (LA)

* {{Expy}}: He's almost [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Dr. Robotnik]] with another name.

* {{Keigo}}: She has a polite manner of speaking.

* BladeOnAStick: She wields a naginata.

* TheDragon: To Faust.

* WhipItGood: She uses a whip to fight.