History Characters / TengenToppaGurrenLagann

This is the list of characters in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Who the hell do you think they are!? Well, you're about to find out. There is no need to point out that almost ALL of them are massive Badasses and the [[RatedMForManly pinnacle of manliness]]. Yes, even ''women''.

Thia is the list of characters in ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Who the hell do you think they are!? Well, you're about to find out. There is no need to point out that almost ALL of them are massive Badasses and the [[RatedMForManly pinnacle of manliness]]. Yes, even ''women''.

The characters of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Who the hell do you think they are? Well, you're about to find out. There is no need to point out that almost ALL of them are massive Badasses and the [[RatedMForManly pinnacle of manliness]]. Yes, even the girls.

** [[Characters/TengenToppaGurrenLagannKamina Kamina]]

* [[Characters/TengenToppaGurrenLagannMainCharacters Main Characters]][[note]]Simon, Kamina, Yoko Littner, Nia Teppelin, Boota, Viral, Rossiu Adai[[/note]]

* [[Characters/TengenToppaGurrenLagannMainCharacters Main characters]][[note]]Simon, Kamina, Yoko, Nia, Boota, Viral, Rossiu[[/note]]

* [[Characters/TengenToppaGurrenLagannSecondaryCharacters Secondary characters]][[note]]Kittan Bachika, Leeron, Dayakka, Attenborough Cortitch, Gimmy and Darry Adai, Balinbow and Jougan Bakusa, Makken Jokin, Leyte Jokin, Kiyoh Bachika, Kinon Bachika, Kiyal Bachika[[/note]]

* [[Characters/TengenToppaGurrenLagannAntagonists Antagonists]][[note]]Beastmen (Thymilph the Raging Wave, Adiane the Elegant, Cytomander the Swift, Lordgenome), The Anti-Spiral, The Spiral Nemesis[[/note]]

* [[Characters/TengenToppaGurrenLagannAntagonists Antagonists]]

* [[Characters/TengenToppaGurrenLagannMecha Mecha]]

* [[Characters/TengenToppaGurrenLagannMainCharacters Main characters]]

* [[Characters/TengenToppaGurrenLagannSecondaryCharacters Secondary characters]]

As usual, beware the ''MASSIVE SPOILERS'' contained therein.

The characters of ''Main/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Who the hell do you think they are? Well, you're about to find out. There is no need to point out that almost ALL of them are massive Badasses and the [[RatedMForManly pinnacle of manliness]]. Yes, even the girls.

The characters of ''Main/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Who the hell do you think they are? Well, you're about to find out. There is no need to point out that almost ALL of them are massive Badasses and the [[RatedMForManlypinnacle of manliness]]. Yes, even the girls.

The characters of ''Main/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''. Who the hell do you think they are? Well, you're about to find out. There is no need to point out that almost ALL of them are massive Badasses and the [[TestosteronePoisoning pinnacle of manliness]]. Yes, even the girls.

As usual, beware the ''MASSIVE SPOILERS'' contained therein.

For the Mecha of Gurren Lagann, visit the Characters/TengenToppaGurrenLagannMecha Page.\\
For the antagonists of Gurren Lagann, visit Characters/TengenToppaGurrenLagannAntagonists.
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[[folder:Main Characters]]

!!'''Simon'''
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->Voiced by: TetsuyaKakihara (JP), YuriLowenthal (EN)
->[[spoiler: Old Simon: TakayukiSugo (JP), TonyOliver (EN)]]

->''"My drill is the drill that creates the HEAVENS!"''

The main character of the series, Simon starts out as a humble miner, digging out tunnels to expand his underground village. Among the many treasures he digs up along the way, he discovers a small mecha (later dubbed the "Lagann"), setting into motion a chain of events that would catapult Simon into the role as the savior of the universe. No kidding.
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* TheAce: Eventually becomes this.
* {{Adorkable}}: As cute and endearing as Kamina is hammy.
* AntiHero: A [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type I]] during the first act. He grows a backbone and ditches this trope soon after he meets Nia, however.
* {{Badass}}
** BadassAdorable: Is overall a sweet-natured, shy, live-and-let-live, utterly endearing person... who can kick your ass up and down the metaphorical street if he feels he needs to.
** BadassLongcoat: Prologue and last arc (doubles as WalkingShirtlessScene).
** BadassNickname: Simon [[TunnelKing the Digger]].
** FutureBadass: [[spoiler: Becomes this during his HesBack moment, and only becomes more badass as the series continues.]]
** HeartbrokenBadass: After [[spoiler:he sees Kamina kiss Yoko]]. Much later, he is left heartbroken again with [[spoiler:Nia dying ''in the day of their wedding'']].
** [[spoiler:RetiredBadass: In the DistantFinale.]]
* BashBrothers: With Kamina. Simon never believed in himself and needed Kamina's bravado and encouragement, but Kamina could never accomplish anything without Simon's hard work.
* BeadyEyedLoser: Introduced as one. As he [[TookALevelInBadass takes level after level in badass]], his eyes slowly get de-beadified, until they become complete TsurimeEyes during the FinalBattle.
* BerserkerTears: If you see Simon crying, ''run''.
** TearsOfBlood: In episode 25, [[spoiler:(after Kittan dies)]]. Simon has strained himself so severely from [[spoiler: mustering Spiral Energy]], the blood vessels in his tear ducts rupture.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: His normally-gentle personality makes his behaviour after [[spoiler: Kamina is killed in the fight to capture the Dai-Gunzan]] -- launching into a vicious verbal attack on Rossiu out of nowhere, and changing drastically into a blood-crazed, thoroughly AxCrazy pilot in battle, for instance -- all the more startling. Thankfully, his psychotic tendencies [[HesBack don't last]]... but he ''does'' come out of it as an official BadassAdorable, and making him angry is still always a BAD idea.
* BreakTheCutie: Pretty much from episode 8 onwards.
* BeYourself: Once he learns, with Nia's help, to accept himself as he is and recognize that it's ''okay'' for him to be a very different person from Kamina, his CharacterDevelopment takes a massive turn for the better.
* BigEater: Witness the plates and plates ''and plates'' that quickly pile up around him every time he eats. Even if it's [[LethalChef Nia]]'s cooking. ''Especially'' if it's Nia's cooking.
* BigGood: From his [[HesBack He's Back]] moment onward. The new leader and the recognition as a threat from enemies. A rare case where the TheHero is also the BigGood.
* {{Bishonen}}: Post-timeskip.
* BloodBrothers: As above.
* BlueEyes: Of the innocent, hopeful variety, though they occasionally look more [[GrayEyes grey]].
* [[spoiler:ButNowIMustGo: At the end of the series, he gives the Core Drill and Lagann to Gimmy, then sets off to wander the earth.]]
* CallingYourAttacks: His attacks tend to be more technical and less silly than Kamina's.
* [[spoiler:CoolOldGuy: From what we see of him in the epilogue.]]
* [[MoralityPet Courage Pet]]: Simon ''is'' the reason why Kamina tried so hard to be courageous, strong, to never give up and do so much down to [[spoiler: his death]]. This is reversed after the Time Skip, not only to Simon but to the entire Team Gurren.
* CowardlyLion: For the first few episodes.
** TheSoCalledCoward: Saves the day several times, with no one but Kamina to sing his praises. This changes when he snaps out of his HeroicBSOD.
* CursedWithAwesome: Early on, he certainly doesn't seem happy about piloting Lagann, but [[SubvertedTrope he grows to enjoy it after a while]].
* CuteShotaroBoy: Pre-timeskip.
* [[spoiler:DeadPersonConversation: With Kamina in the penultimate episode.]]
* {{Determinator}} Not as boastful as Kamina, nor as showy but he's rocksolid. [[AxCrazy scarily so sometimes.]]
* [[spoiler:DidNotGetTheGirl: He and Nia actually get married, but immediately afterward, she finally allows herself to die]].
* {{Expy}}: Of [[{{Gunbuster}} Noriko Takaya]]. Both start as pilots with great potential, but serious courage and self-confidence issues. And both manage to overcome their fears and limitations in order to become true heroes.
** Prior to his CharacterDevelopment, he had more than a passing resemblance to [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]], in that both were [[CowardlyLion Cowardly Lions]] who undergo SanitySlippage and become [[BewareTheNiceOnes really scary]] in [[BreakTheCutie the face of trauma]].
** The grown-up Simon at the introduction to the series, with his "don't give a damn if the universe is our enemy," is similar to Ryouma "Batshit" Nagare from the ''GetterRobo'' manga, from which this series borrows heavily from.
* [[spoiler: FamedInStory: Witness the collective Spiral races screaming his name in celebration at the end of the series after his feat of [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Cthulhu-punchery]].]]
* GogglesDoNothing: He keeps them from his mining days, but mostly they're just to look cool.
** GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: A mild example, but they have a headlamp installed... whose light shines ''directly out of'' the lenses...?
** GlassesPull: [[LetsGetDangerous When he means business]].
** [[spoiler:CoolShades: They transform into star shaped sunglasses late in the series as a tribute to Kamina and Kittan.]]
* GoodLookingPrivates: Post-timeskip, he wears a military uniform along with the rest of Team Dai-Gurren. However, for the final battle, he has a different outfit that's [[ShirtlessScene even]] ''[[OfCorsetsSexy more]]'' [[FetishFuel hot]].
* [[SheIsAllGrownUp He Is All Grown Up]]: At least from an out-of-universe perspective- he goes from being an adorably-goofy CuteShotaroBoy to being an ''incredibly'' gorgeous and sexy {{Bishounen}}.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Has feelings for Yoko first.
* HeroicBSOD: Simon goes into a big one of these after [[spoiler:Kamina dies]]...
* HesBack: ...And bounces back from it in a manner that is completely and utterly [[MomentOfAwesome AWESOME]].
* HotBlooded: As he grows in confidence.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: But Kamina just. Won't. Let him.
** And then, after all is said and done, [[spoiler: Simon decides it's best if he just "Simon the Digger" and lives the humble life of a digger and gardener, traveling the world at leisure while drifting from place to place.]]
* ImageSong: "Break Through The Dream" (shared with Kamina).
* IndyPloy: Becomes increasingly fond of these as the series goes on.
* InTheNameOfTheMoon: Takes over this from Kamina. Used against both {{Big Bad}}s.
* [[spoiler:InHarmsWay]]
* JustAKid: Kittan and Viral's opinon of him, at first. Then he grows up...
* KidHero: Pre-timeskip. [[CharacterDevelopment Matures]] [[TookALevelInBadass afterward.]]
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Overlaps with RefusalOfTheCall in the beginning, but even after his CharacterDevelopment into a BadAss {{Determinator}}, he's still rational enough to know when to walk away from a fight.
* TheLancer: To Kamina.
** TheHero: After [[spoiler:Kamina dies]].
* MarshmallowHell: As a kid, he is the [[OneHeadTaller perfect height]] to be subjected to this over and over. Both the manga retelling of the series and ''Guren Gakuenhen'', the HighSchoolAU manga, take this gag and run with it. [[AccidentalPervert "I'm so sorry, time and time again..."]]
* MeaningfulName: Simon was the birth name of Saint Peter, a common worker who was handpicked by Jesus to be among his first followers. Simon Peter went on to become what most consider Jesus' foremost disciple, the first Pope, and, in Christian lore, the holder of the key to heaven's gates. Substitute [[MessianicArchetype Kamina]] for Jesus, world leader for Pope, and drill for key, and there you have it.
** That is FauxSymbolism. Simon comes from the Japanese "shimo", that means "under", while "kami" means above, it has nothing to do with Apostle Peter.
*** But it IS a wonderful coincidence.
*** Don't be so sure -- this is Studio Gainax after all. "Kami" also means God, and they did choose to romanize the name as "Simon" instead of "Shimon". The names are katakana, so we can't assume anything without WordOfGod.
* TheMessiah: Takes over the role after [[spoiler:Kamina dies]] and when he first meets Nia.
** MessianicArchetype: [[spoiler:His name resembles Simon Peter, who led the Apostles when Jesus died. Simon did the same thing when Kamina died.]]
* [[spoiler: TheMourningAfter: In Lagann-hen, he dedicates his life to fulfilling his deceased wife's wish: to make the entire world bloom with flowers.]]
* MrFanservice: He grew up ''very'' nicely...
* [[spoiler: MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe: Shortly after Kamina's death he attempts a DeadPersonImpersonation before he realizes the significance of Kamina's "believe in yourself" last words and becoming more self-confident. Once he grew up through he heavily adopted Kamina's manner of thinking, tempered with more sanity and intelligence. In the final arc his outfit even looks like Kamina's, with the two of them both going shirtless and Simon wearing a BadassLongcoat to Kamina's BadassCape.]]
* NeverTellMeTheOdds: They don't matter, even if they're 0.
* NoShirtLongJacket: Pre-timeskip and late post-timeskip.
* [[spoiler: OfficialCouple]]: [[spoiler: With Nia.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: WordOfGod states that as a kid, Simon is stunted in growth (assuming Kamina to be about six feet tall, Simon can only be about four feet in height). He's fourteen prior to the timeskip, but hardly looks like it. [[spoiler: Then he grows into a fine young adult and actually ''surpasses'' Kamina in height!]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Hell, he can create objects of [[spoiler: ''galactic'']] proportions! [[spoiler: [[UpToEleven and then there is the second movie...]] ]]
* [[spoiler:[[PassingTheTorch Passing The Core Drill]]: to Gimmy.]]
* RedArmbandOfLeadership: A piece of a cloak belonging to [[spoiler: Kamina's dead father]] comes as Kamina puts it on, which Simon grabs and ties around his left arm. For a while, it's just a [[spoiler: TragicKeepsake memento of the departed and even more so after Kamina dies as well]], but when Simon becomes a leader in his own sorts, this Trope is instantly invoked.
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Kamina's red -- Simon is blue-clad, blue-eyed, and pale where Kamina is red-clad, fairly red-eyed, and tan, and is a practical hard worker who is relatively sensible, fairly shy, and intelligent, where Kamina is a big dreamer who specializes in encouraging people and cheering them up, and is reckless, outgoing, and not too terribly bright.
** He later becomes the red to Rossiu's blue.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Attempts this in early episodes, but Kamina's not having any of it.
* RousingSpeech: Just like Kamina.
* [[spoiler:SaveTheDayTurnAway: Type 2.]]
* SayMyName: "BRO!!" "NIA!!" " YOKO!!" "KITTAN!!" etc.
* ScrewDestiny: Of the entire cast, he's the best at it. [[spoiler: Which is what makes the BitterSweetEnding so controversial.]]
** Most likely, he's worried [[spoiler: he may inadvertently trigger the Spiral Nemesis, the one thing he ''cannot'' figure out how to stop on his own]]. He's also learned he's no InvincibleHero, either: he could slip up and cause one hell of a disaster.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Sensitive Guy to Kamina's Manly Man.
* ShowyInvincibleHero: The only people to put dust on him are Kamina and Lordgenome, and [[spoiler:both of them die shortly afterwards.]] This is pushed to more of its limits in the movie where not only does Simon get a hell of a lot more dust on him, but he nearly loses [[spoiler: when the Anti-Spiral collective mercilessly shreds the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Simon comes back, but it's by far not the invincible victory he had before.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: He is a male example for most of the pre-timeskip episodes; he spends most of his time keeping quiet and trying not to be noticed, and has a huge lack of confidence. He gets better, of course.
* ShutUpHannibal: His response to Spiral Nemesis.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Viral didn't know he existed until near the timeskip. His relationship with Nia also counts.
* TheSpock: Of the initial three.
* [[spoiler:StarCrossedLovers: With Nia.]]
* StraightMan: To Kamina. Kamina even calls him ([[spoiler: in a DreamSequence after the TimeSkip]]) "the method to my madness".
* SupportingProtagonist: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], BIG TIME. Based on the first arc alone, one might think so, [[spoiler: but then Kamina dies.]]
* TaremeEyes --> TsurimeEyes
* ThemeMusicPowerUp: ''Plenty.''
* [[TookALevelInBadass Took Nine Thousand And One Levels In Badass]]
** The alternate timeline version of him as seen in the prologue, while definitely not originally intended to be so, has been retconned into something along the lines of ChaoticEvil, since he is ''a lot'' more arrogant in that depiction and [[ObliviouslyEvil possibly unintentionally]] willing to [[spoiler:let the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Spiral Nemesis]] occur]]. Of course, this doesn't happen in the main continuity, and this happened solely because the producers thought [[SureWhyNot it was a pretty good theory by the fandom]].
* [[spoiler: TragicKeepsake]]: In episode 3, [[spoiler: as Kamina dons the cape of his departed father, a tattered piece of it rips off in the wind. Simon snatches it before it flies away and ties it around his left shoulder so he'll also have something to wear in his memory.]] However, it takes on a much sadder meaning later on: [[spoiler: Kamina himself ends up getting killed, and now that armband is a permanent memento of his fallen blood brother.]]
* TransformationNameAnnouncement: Mixed with WorldOfCardBoardSpeech
* TunnelKing: Even in the first episode he was renowned as the best digger in Githa village.
* TheUnChosenOne: When he stops refusing the call, Simon becomes a [[ScrewDestiny destiny-screwing]] [[{{Badass}} badass]] to be reckoned with.
* TheUnfettered: Not as extreme as Kamina but still...
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Though unlike Kamina, he occasionally wears one.
* [[spoiler:WalkingTheEarth: At the end of the series.]]
* WeaponOfChoice
** EmpathicWeapon: Lagann. It can find him underground.
** ThisIsADrill: His primary weapon, and [[spoiler: he can make out of awesomeness- I mean, Spiral Energy.]]
*** The temple to his defied form is [[Pantheon/{{Weapons}} here]]
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: In episode 11, he realizes that he'll never be Kamina, but he doesn't have to be.
--> '''Simon''': [[spoiler: My bro is dead. He's gone. But he's right there on my back, and here in my heart. He lives on ''as a part of me''.]] If you're gonna dig, dig to the heavens. No matter what's in my way, I won't stop. Once I've dug through, it means that I've won! Just who the hell do you think I am? I'm Simon. I'm not my bro. I'M ''ME!'' ''SIMON THE DIGGER!''
* YouKilledMyFather: He becomes motivated to fight in episode 2 when he realizes that the earthquake that killed his mother and father seven years ago [[spoiler:was directly caused by the havoc that the Beastmen wreak in their Gunmen on the surface world]].

!!'''Kamina'''
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->Voiced by: KatsuyukiKonishi (JP), KyleHebert (EN)

->'''''[[color:red:"WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK I AM?!"]]'''''

-> ''"Listen, Simon. Don't believe in yourself. Believe in me! Believe in the Kamina who believes in you!"''


Probably the character everyone's going to remember when this series has faded into memories, in part thanks to MemeticMutation. Simon's "big brother", a big-mouthed teen who refuses to acknowledge the words "quit" or "surrender" in any form. Through sheer bullheadedness, he manages to steal a mecha of his own (the "Gurren") and use it challenge the rule of the oppressive Beastmen, in the process inspiring Simon and all of those around him to similar greatness. Fate is not kind to him, however....

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* [[spoiler:[[AGoodWayToDie The Best Way To Die]]: The smile on his face is proof enough. Kamina left the Dai-Gurren brigade in the hands of his beloved brother. This was a good thing. ]]
* TheAce: Subverted, it's contributions of others, aka Simon and Kittan, that allows him to be The Ace.
** lampshaded by himself everytime theres a partying scene with him happen, he song a praise for Simmon only people were blinded by his acts to think hes the one doing it.
* AManIsNotAVirgin: Averted so hard it's not funny.
* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead: but it's only temporary, as he just comes back to save everyone from the LotusEaterMachine. In the second movie, he's reincarnated as Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]
* {{Badass}}: No doubt the king of this on the show.
* BashBrothers: With Simon. Kamina could never accomplish anything without Simon's hard work, but Simon never believed in himself and needed Kamina's bravado and encouragement.
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Yoko [[spoiler:until their first and last, and only kiss]].
* TheBerserker: His battle strategy is (almost) always AttackAttackAttack. ''Almost.''
* {{BFS}}: Casually snatches his village chief's ''nodachi'' katana as a weapon of his own. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, it ends up being Kamina's grave marker alongside his cape after he dies.]]
* BigBrotherMentor: To Simon.
* BigEater: If there is ever a huge dinner to be had, expect him and Simon to be happily shoveling down fourth and fifth helpings. He even briefly sports a BalloonBelly in episode 6 thanks to this trope. "A man's stomach knows no limit!"
* BigGood: The leader of the forces of good and the one the enemies are afraid of and focus their plans on. [[spoiler: Viral didn't know [[TheHero Simon]] ''existed'' until the attack on Teppelin.]]
* BloodBrothers: As above.
* BoisterousBruiser: Large, loud and aggressive. "HEY! HEY-HEY-HEY-HEY-HEY-'''''HEYYY!!!''''"
* BreakOutCharacter: Easily ''the'' most popular character from the series.
* CallingYourAttacks: Sets the standard for every other member of Team Dai-Gurren.
** GratuitousEnglish: ORE-WO-DARE-DA-TO-OMOTTE-YAGARU-KI~CK!!
* CatchPhrase: '''WHERE THE HELL DO WE EVEN BEGIN!?'''
* ChickMagnet: Kittan's sisters fall for him immediately. All three of them. [[spoiler: And then Yoko herself gives him a very affectionate kiss.]]
* CombatPragmatist: Using a (barely) live animal to distract Viral before attempting to shoot him, surprise attacking with a hidden arrowhead between his knuckles, setting Simon up to attack an enemy from behind, and raining boulders from high ground. The man wasn't shy about attacking from the front ''or'' the back.
* [[spoiler:CrutchCharacter: In both the show and SuperRobotWarsZ 2 Hakai-Hen. Kamina's massive stats are crucial to keeping Gurren Lagann alive early game.]]
* [[CoolShades Cool]] TriangleShades: Kamina Shades is even one of the redirects!
* DeadpanSnarker: He is capable of making sarcastic and witty remarks without hamming up as well, like in the first episode:
--> "Simon, is this the humongous face you were talking about?"
* [[spoiler:DeadStarWalking]]
* DecoyProtagonist: He definitely seems like the protagonist until ep six.
* {{Delinquents}}: Was one in Giha. A punk who got beat on by the chief for breaking rules.
* {{Determinator}}: Not even [[spoiler: death]] can stop Kamina from helping Simon.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Goes along with being the [[spoiler:DecoyProtagonist]]. He gets as much or more screen time than Simon, and drives the early plot.
* DisappearedDad: His father once went into the surface and never came back. Kamina became a WellDoneSonGuy because of it. [[spoiler:And in the second episode, [[TearJerker he finds his old man's skeleton]].]]
* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome: Giga... DORIRU... '''BREAKAH!!''']]
* [[spoiler:{{Egopolis}}: Averted. Kamina City is named after his memory, long after he dies.]]
* {{Expy}} : Basically, a goofier and less AloofBigBrother version of [[GreatMazinger Tetsuya Tsurugi]]. Both are Red Oni to their younger partner, [[HeroesPreferSwords uses katana/sword]], and in the outside, while they shows some superiority aura on the outside, they have a massive inferiority complex on the inside to their younger partner.
* FakeUltimateHero: Played straight and subverted. While really a passionate hero who wants to liberate humanity, [[spoiler: he's never able to accomplish anything without help from Simon]] and in the end [[spoiler: he died way before the final fight]]. He's good enough to hang a lampshade on it, as he constantly sings Simon's praises and at the same time, it was thanks to his courage and belief that the heroes prevailed at the end [[spoiler: and he was courageous and inspirational to his dying breath]].
* [[spoiler:FamedInStory: He's constantly mentioned as a paragon of heroism, up to and including the final battle.]]
* {{Fanservice}}: Rippling muscles, shirtless at all times, outrageously handsome... he's the pinnacle of it!
** MrFanservice: That sound you hear when ever he walks on screen? It's the horde of fangirls (and boys).
** WalkingShirtlessScene: Provides the page picture.
* FearlessFool: Subverted upon revealing his HiddenDepths, but this doesn't stop him from being too brave for his own good though.
* [[spoiler:FinalSpeech: Or five.]]
* [[spoiler:ForgottenFallenFriend: Completely averted, up to and including the DistantFinale.]]
* FountainOfMemes: In real life ''and'' in-universe; Team (Dai-)Gurren's name(s), catchphrases, flag, and overall style - not to mention every set of ArcWords - all originated from him.
* GenreSavvy: Knows he's a red oni and that he needs a blue oni to balance him. Not to mention the '''entire universe''' works exactly, and we do mean '''''EXACTLY'''''', how he thinks it does- on pure RuleOfCool, CrazyAwesome, and [[RatedMForManly unadulterated manliness]]! Although it's not clear if he knew this from the beginning because he's TheMessiah, if he found out by pure dumb luck, or that he realized he was right when he found out jamming a smaller robot head onto a larger robot works incredibly well and decided to run with it.
* [[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile]]
* GuileHero: In many ways, he doesn't out fight the enemy, but his confidence is the thing that inspires Simon to kick the enemies ass.
* HandsomeLech: In the first episode he cannot stop hitting on Yoko...until he realizes she's a ''pit chick.'' Then he starts up again the moment Yoko covers up her gorgeous features... and ''then'' decides that he wants to gaze at her [[DoubleEntendre twin peaks]] in episode six.
* TheHero: Fits everything from wearing red to winning battles to team leader.
** [[spoiler:OurHeroIsDead: Subverted -- Kamina never comes back, but Simon carries on his legacy. And even then, he manages to show up from heaven itself to coach Simon on to the FinalBattle!]]
* HeroesWantRedheads: The only girl he was interested in was Yoko. Well... that and a couple of Beastmen Playboy bunnies in disguise... but that backfired BIG TIME.
* HiddenDepths: At face value, it's easy to see Kamina as an arrogant, completely fearless [[TheBerserker Berserker]] ...until it's revealed that [[spoiler: Kamina is always at LEAST ''as'' scared as anyone else during a fight, and his "invincible superhero" persona is basically a mask he puts on so that Simon won't be afraid. He's only ever able to act tough because of his deep faith in Simon, and his knowledge that his "blood brother" will always pull through in the end.]] He also mentions that he "wants kids to be able to look up at the sky without a care in the world" -- he's not interested in revolution for the sheer hot-blooded thrill of it, but genuinely wants to make the world a safe and happy place to live in, and will do whatever it takes to achieve that.
* {{Honorifics}}: ''Insists'' that members of Team Gurren (especially Simon) call him "Aniki", or "Bro" in the dub.
* HotBlooded: Always doing ''something'' and often that something is outrageous.
* {{Hunk}}
* IdiotHero: Boy howdy. What he lacks in brains he makes up for in '''FIGHTING SPIRIT!'''
** Later [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]: Kamina decides to concoct a brilliant strategy with his team to [[spoiler: capture Dai-Gunzan]]. Kamina's really brilliant at heart- he's just so headstrong he doesn't give a rip about planning and cuts straight to the chase. That is, unless he wants to figure out a solution to a problem.
* ImageSong: "Break Through The Dream" (shared with Simon)
* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]] [[spoiler: Thymilph rams his Alkai Blade through Guren's armor plating, goring Kamina ''extremely'' deep into the left side of his chest and even heart. This injury causes so much blood loss and internal damage, it turns '''''fatal.''''' By far the series' most divine {{Tearjerker}}.]]
* IndyPloy: With one notable exception; see UnspokenPlanGuarantee.
* InTheNameOfTheMoon: VERY fond of giving speeches before, during, and after battle.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Rough and not the nicest on the surface, but his dream is make life better for humans.
* JugglingLoadedGuns: He almost shoots his own genitals off while attempting to use a gun. Granted, the poor guy had never seen a handgun before in his life- and inadvertently learned how to pistol-whip a Gunmen's door open.
* JumpedAtTheCall: When a gunman dropped into Giha Village, he was the only person not running in terror.
* LargeAndInCharge: He's not ''actually'' the tallest member of the Great Gurren Brigade, but still tall for his age, as well as very muscular and generally quite physically imposing.
* [[LargeHam Large]] [[JustForPun Spiral Sliced]] [[LargeHam Ham]]: '''LARGE HAM PERSONIFIED.''' ''Try'' not to crack up laughing at his singing in "Break Through The Dream".
* [[spoiler:TheLastDance]]
* LeeroyJenkins: {{Lampshaded}} by the man himself when he admits he'd be dead if it wasn't for Simon's calming influence. [[spoiler:He's right.]]
* LanternJawOfJustice
* MagneticHero: A strange example. While it was ''Kittan'' that actually recruited everyone, it was ''Kamina'' who inspired him to do so and the others to join.
* [[ManicPixieDreamGirl Manic Braggart Dream Big Brother]]: To Simon.
* TheMcCoy: Of the initial three, the one relying most on emotion and guts.
* MeaningfulName: "Kami" in this case means "up". His very first line in the show is, "Keep your head up when you walk, Simon." He has a signature pose pointing in this direction, carries ambitions of reaching the heavens, and embodies the show's theme of endlessly upping the scales to insane heights.
** Also "Kami" means "god".
* TheMessiah
** MessianicArchetype: With a foot firmly in the old meaning of Messiah, AProtagonistShallLeadThem, a human who would inspire, unite its people, teach them and [[spoiler: after he dies, leaves an ever lasting legacy]], not a [[BoringInvincibleHero super badass]]. He does this to the T, to the point that its a fact that without him, the entire Team Gurren would have been [[spoiler: doomed to the same path of destruction and stagnation as countless others (Including [[FallenHero LordGenome]] and Kamina's own father)]]. Plus, [[spoiler:he returns from the dead to save them all from the LotusEaterMachine]].
** [[http://i935.photobucket.com/albums/ad197/ZeitgeistGlee/TTGLJesus.jpg Proof]].
* [[spoiler:MutualKill: a delayed reaction with Thymilph.]]
* [[spoiler:NeverGotToSayGoodbye to Yoko]]
* NoIndoorVoice: You know all those (many) catchphrases? He shouts ''all'' of them.
* [[spoiler:NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow]] [[spoiler: but came back to life long enough to kill a general and give final words to Simon.]]
* TheObiWan: To Simon, and all of Team Dai-Gurren too. [[spoiler: Sadly, he also shares a similar fate of death.]]
** [[spoiler:ObiWanMoment: "Listen up, Simon - never forget. Believe in yourself. Not in you, who believes in me. Not in me, who believes in you. Believe in you, who believes in yourself!"]]
* OnlySaneMan: Inverted. He's the only member of Team Gurren obviously lacking in sanity, but also the only one who believes in Simon's abilities for a long time. And yet... Kamina's sane, alright: he just ''ignores'' fear.
* PostDramaticStressDisorder: [[spoiler:the dying kind.]]
* [[spoiler:PosthumousCharacter: He's mentioned in almost every episode after his death, and appears in several flashbacks and dream sequences.]]
* PurpleEyes: Depending on the scene his eyes appear either red or purple.
* RatedMForManly: A tall, musclar and shirtless man who wields a sword in a revolution. ''And'' a full-throttle {{Badass}} who faces off against gigantic Gunmen without batting an eyelash!
** TestosteronePoisoning: And tries to take on aformentioned HumongousMecha with said sword [[hottip:*: [[WordOfGod A fight that he would have won]]]] and often needs to be saved from his own actions.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: A variation. He's ''far'' from evil, but he can [[{{Badass}} definitely be dangerous]] -- furthermore, because of his hot-headed, reckless personality, fire is both a recurring motif in his characterization (see his flame-decorated BadassCape for one of many examples) and a [[StuffBlowingUp common result]] of [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill his actions]]; red is a colour traditionally associated with fire. His eye colour also serves to underline his RedOniBlueOni dynamic with Simon.
* RedOniBlueOni: The red to Simon's blue -- Kamina is red-clad, red-eyed and tan where Simon is blue-clad, blue-eyed and pale, and is a big dreamer who specializes in encouraging people and cheering them up, and is reckless, outgoing and not terribly bright, where Simon is a practical hard worker who is relatively sensible, fairly shy, and intelligent.
* RousingSpeech: He's a ''master'' of this trope; [[Pantheon/{{War}} deified for it]]. Its his role in the team. All the heavy lifting is actually done by Simon.
* [[spoiler:SacrificialLion: Part and parcel of his role as TheObiWan and DecoyProtagonist.]]
* {{Sarashi}}: [[WalkingShirtlessScene The most upper clothing the man ever wears.]] Except [[spoiler: that one time in the LotusEaterMachine, but that was a fake!]]
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly Man to Simon's Sensitive Guy.
* SmarterThanYouLook: He's actually smarter than you might guess, despite being a HotBlooded IdiotHero. Almost every time he went into battle he had a plan (Well, unless you count his CombiningMecha idea. [[CrazyEnoughToWork It really shouldn't have worked, but it just did.)]] and it probably takes a certain amount of brainpower to come up with and remember all the {{RousingSpeech}}es.
* [[spoiler: SparedByTheAdaptation: In the HighSchoolAU manga]]
* StealthMentor: A lot of his IdiotHero moments are really gambits to get Simon to man up.
* SupportingLeader: He's the leader and founder of Team Dai-Gurren but he's not the protagonist. That honor goes to Simon.
* [[spoiler:TakeAMomentToCatchYourDeath - just when everyone thought he had made it...]]
* [[spoiler:TakeUpMySword: Kamina spends his last moments telling Simon how awesome he is, before the two combine one last time to finish the first of the Four Generals. Ironically, the figurative meaning of this trope goes into full effect, but the literal meaning is [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]: Kamina's actual sword is used to mark his grave.]]
* [[spoiler:TakingYouWithMe: with Thymilph.]]
* TenderTears: [[spoiler:When he finds his father's skeleton in the desert.]]
* TooDumbToLive: Even despite the HiddenDepths, he's still a king-sized idiot. Of particular note is his "plan" to combine Gurren and Lagann (which worked, but not in the way he intended ''at all''), and the HotSpringsEpisode, where he spends the entire time trying to see the girls naked (without saving them first). Then comes the moment where he decides to defy expectations and think of a really competent plan- [[spoiler: and ''[[InvertedTrope dies.]]'']]
* TookALevelInBadass: He may have already been awesome, but remember how he got his ass kicked the first time he tried to face Viral with just the Gurren? The second time they fight without Simon and the Lagann getting involved, though, he's able to easily hold his own.
--->'''Viral:''' "What the? How did he get so good so fast?"
* [[spoiler: TragicHero]]: [[spoiler:His dad dies]] and then [[spoiler:so does he]].
* [[spoiler: TragicKeepsake]]: [[spoiler: After burying the skeleton of his dead father, Kamina holds onto the cape and wears it so that a part of his dad can travel the world with him and fufill his dream in spirit.]] Tragically, [[spoiler: Kamina himself dies and the cape becomes part of a grave marker, tied around his ''nodachi'' stabbed into the ground.]]
* TransformationNameAnnouncement: VERY fond of announcing himself.
* {{Ubermensch}}: A charasmatic and passionate man who challenges conventional ways of thinking and gathers followers.
* TheUnchosenOne: Fully aware that while humanity needs a hero, he is ''not'' that man. He's fine with it, and devotes his time to making humanity's hero realize his worth.
* TheUnfettered: There really isn't anything he ''won't'' do, except give up or desert his friends- Leeron excluded.
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: His secret plan to combine Gurren & Lagann worked better than anyone could have expected. His meticulously-detailed plan to steal Dai-Gunzan [[spoiler:wound up getting him killed.]]
** More significantly, [[spoiler:this was his one time flying solo, without Simon watching his back. And he pulls a LeeroyJenkins to get to Simon and give him a fist-sized dose of encouragement. Seriously, you couldn't have given the inspirational speech via the radio? Sure, it lacks style points, but it helps keep you alive.]]
* WeakButSkilled: While Kamina was not a bad fighter, he was far beneath the level of the generals and the strongest warriors of the series. Also, he possessed the lowest level of Spiral power of the entire Team but he supplied himself with sound strategy, his allies help and pure raw determination. However, Kamina still ranks above [[spoiler:Viral]], who has ''no'' Spiral Power at all.
* WeaponOfChoice:
** ILikeSwords
*** {{BFS}}
*** [[KatanasAreJustBetter Kamina Is Just Better]]: He can cut through anything because he's Kamina. His katana is just along for the ride.
** ThisIsADrill: Although this is usually Simon's territory, Kamina uses drills quite often when combined with Lagann. In fact, [[spoiler:Kamina uses his last moments to invent Gurren Lagann's finishing move, the Giga Drill Break]].
* WellDoneSonGuy: As a child, Kamina was too scared to go to the surface with his father, and the regret he felt over this led to him becoming a HotBlooded {{Determinator}}.
** He became a more benign example for Simon, who always strived to be worth of his brother praise and admiration. The difference is that Kamina gives it glady [[spoiler: down to his very death and beyond]] but it takes time for Simon to accept it.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: His pretty ''eyelashes'', specifically, always feature prominently both in depictions of him and in the Black Siblings' gushing about him.
* TheWorfEffect: Won exactly one fight without Simon's help [[spoiler: against Viral, by luck]]- two if you count the time he hijacked the Gunzar from Commander Dusack. Every other time he lost, or had to be dragged away.
** He realized it himself, and he's actualy a good fighter on his own right seeing how Viral struggled against him during the last part before [[spoiler: his death]]. However it's really obvious that he's nowhere as good as Simon at all, which he realizes too- ''until'' he has a [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome.]]
* WorthyOpponent: to Viral (and Thymilph, to a lesser extent).
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: And yet he's a ''[[RedOniBlueOni Red Oni]]!''

!!'''Yoko Littner'''
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->Voiced by: MarinaInoue (JP), MichelleRuff (EN)

->''"It can be a real pain being as tough as I am!"''

Bursting onto the scene in the first episode, Yoko fills out the role of central female in the series. She hauls around a huge sniper rifle that can take down a HumongousMecha in one shot, and dresses in a...er...[[{{Stripperiffic}} interesting]] fashion. In spite of her apparent designation as walking fanservice, she gets some pretty good development as a character as well, going from a FieryRedhead {{Tsundere}} to a strong, cheerful CoolBigSis.
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* ActionGirl: The only member of the team who doesn't ''need'' a giant robot to murderlate giant robots.
* BadassNormal: While she has access to Spiral Energy like all humans, it's nothing compared to the likes of Kamina, Simon or Kittan, but with her trusty BFG she remains a formidable presence in Team Dai-Gurren from the very beginning, and is the only character in the series to have destroyed Gunmen without one of her own.
** BadassAbnormal: She pilots Dayakaiser late in the series.
** [[spoiler:BadassTeacher: In fact so badass she saves one of her students from two ganmen using only a hoverbike and her sniper rifle, while giving them one hell of a scorning.]]
** HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler:First Kamina dies, then Kittan dies. The ending of the show implies that she became so scared of romance as a result, she stayed single for the rest of her days.]]
** [[spoiler:RetiredBadass: Post-Time Skip, before the Anti-Spirals' attack. She becomes one again in the DistantFinale.]]
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Kamina [[spoiler:until their first and last, and only kiss]].
* BigEater: Not to the same degree as Kamina or Simon, but she eats more than she looks like she does to be able to carry her rifle and be active in combat. Dayakka looks at a normal meal for her and assumes she's eating herself sick.
* [[spoiler:CartwrightCurse: The two guys she kisses kick the bucket soon. Though to be fair, Kittan kissed her ''knowing'' beforehand that he would die, and even apologizes for that.]]
* CombatHaircomb
* CoolBigSis
* EyesOfGold
* {{Fanservice}}
** AbsoluteCleavage
** ActionDressRip: While [[spoiler: posing as Yomako]], one of the kids gets stuck in a tree. To save him, Yoko ''shreds'' her dress with a crisp ''RIP'' and scales up the tree with the freedom to stretch her legs. However, Yoko was well-prepared and had another one ready to wear the next day.
** BareYourMidriff
** BoobsOfSteel
** {{Gainaxing}}
** GodivaHair: In the movie, in a suitably epic battle against Adiane.
** MaleGaze: Very much so.
** MsFanservice
** {{Underboobs}}
* FashionableAsymmetry: Wears one normal fingerless glove and one elbow-length one.
* FieryRedhead
* FingerlessGloves
* FriendToAllChildren: Just ask the adoring children at her [[spoiler: School]].
* FriendlySniper: The only character to defeat a gunman without their own, its a good thing she's friendly.
* GagBoobs
* HairDecorations: Wears a hair clip that looks like a skull.
* {{Herald}}: Its her entrance that starts Kamina and Simon's adventure.
* HotAmazon: Just ask Kamina!
* [[spoiler:HotLibrarian]]
* [[spoiler:HotTeacher]]
* HumongousMecha: She pilots Dayakkaiser and the [[spoiler: Yoko M Tank]], but most notably [[spoiler:the ''Lagann-hen''-exclusive "Tengen Toppa Yoko W Tank" - which higly resembles Yoko in her pre time-skip look]]
** {{BFG}}: [[spoiler:''Sniper'' {{BFG}}'''s'''. Yes, she has more than '''one'''.]]
** BiggerIsBetter: [[spoiler:Using the ''Milky Way galaxy'' as a unit to measure its dimensions is comparable to using ''meters'' to measure the dimensions of a ''car''. Not a record-holder ''in'' the show, but ''still'' absurdly huge by "traditional" HumongousMecha standards.]]
** ChestBlaster: [[spoiler:The missiles come complete with ''movable jaws'', to boot.]]
** GunsAkimbo [[spoiler:and FiringOneHanded]]: With [[spoiler:''{{BFG}}s'']], no less.
** MoreDakka: [[spoiler:No less than a '''pair''' of proportionally-sized [[SniperRifle sniper "rifles"]] ("cannons" would be more appropiate) on ''each'' [[ShoulderCannon shoulder]], complementing the '''even bigger''' pair of {{BFG}}s mentioned above.]]
* HypocriticalHumor: When she complains about the Black Siblings' "absurd outfits" in the BeachEpisode.
* ImageSong: "Trust", "S.t.a.r.S."
* TheKirk: She's the one saddled with balancing Kamina's HotBlood with Simon ShrinkingViolet
* [[spoiler:KissOfDeath: She has the nickname "Doom Bitch" in the fanon.]]
* MamaBear: Do NOT threaten her friends [[spoiler: or students]].
---> [[spoiler: "School's out. You FAIL!"]]
* MeaningfulName: "Yoko" means "side".
* {{Meganekko}}: As [[spoiler:Yomako]].
* [[spoiler:TheMourningAfter: She never gave up her love for Kamina. She became a teacher partly because of him. ]]
* OvershadowedByAwesome: Didn't get much opportunities to be useful when Kamina was around but boy did this change later on.
* PluckyGirl: Not as plucky as Nia, but still counts.
* RapunzelHair
* {{Redheaded Hero}}ine
* ScarfOfAsskicking
* ShowerOfAngst: After [[spoiler:Kamina dies]].
* SniperRifle: [[AKA47 Modelled after the]] [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrett_M82 Barrett M82]] '''[[{{BFG}} anti-materiel]]''' [[{{BFG}} rifle]].
* {{Stripperific}}: Her justification for this is that she doesn't want her clothing to impede her mobility in combat. Notably, when she isn't in a combat situation, she actually dresses fairly modestly.
** Before the timeskip, she always wears the same outfit regardless of whether or not she is in combat. She does, however, uphold a more covering outfit after the timeskip, [[spoiler:partially due to her occupation as a schoolteacher]].
* ThighHighBoots: Sports a pair after the TimeSkip.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Tomboy to Nia's Girly Girl.
* TomboyishPonytail
* {{Tsundere}}: For the first few episodes.
* TsurimeEyes
* UnknownRival: To Nia for Nia's first three episodes before the two become [=BFFs=].
* WalkingSwimsuitScene
* WeaponOfChoice
** {{BFG}}
** TheGunslinger
** SmallGirlBigGun
* WhoWearsShortShorts
* YoungerThanTheyLook: She's supposed to be ''fourteen'' pre-TimeSkip. At least, to the people who DON'T LIVE WITH A SUN. Their years aren't quite synced up to Solar years, remember (is the convenient explanation).
* ZettaiRyouiki: Hotpants + socks, then hotpants + boots

!!'''Princess Nia Teppelin'''
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->Voiced by: YukariFukui (JP), HyndenWalch (EN)
->Post-TimeSkip Nia: YukariFukui (JP), BridgetHoffman (EN)

->''"Hail, fellow well met!"''

->[[spoiler: ''"Simon! If everyone's faith in you is the thing that gives you strength, then... I'll believe in you with every fiber of my being!! So, please, PLEASE, WIN!!!"'']]

After a particularly traumatic event in his life, Simon stumbles across a box that the drill he recovered from the mines can open. When opened, out of it pops a young, naive girl with pastel blue and yellow hair: Nia. She turns out to be the daughter of Lordgenome, and is thus the princess of the Beastmen. She develops into Simon's LoveInterest, [[spoiler: but later in the series we learn the horrible secret of how she was created, leading to a particularly crushing FaceHeelTurn. Worse... Nia doesn't have much longer to live...]]
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* [[spoiler:AGoodWayToDie]]
* ActionGirl: Becomes one of the LadyOfWar variety eventually.
* [[spoiler:AndIMustScream: During her time as the Anti-Spiral Messanger, she was fully aware of what was going on but completely unable to do anything to stop herself. This is shown with flashbacks to her talks with Simon.]]
* [[spoiler:ArtificialHuman: Nia holds Anti-Spiral reprogramming inside her genetic code. Nobody but Lordgenome knows it, not even ''Nia herself.'']]
* AnimeHair: It's pastel blue and yellow in color, layered in such a way that one might think the blue parts were the shadows at first, and the long hair running down her back resembles cotton candy in consistency.
** It also acts somewhat like a flame at times, for instance, when wind blows, it will flow in the wind like a flickering flame, and if you pay attention small parts will fly off and disappear like small bits of flame.
** She probably got it from her dad...
* {{Badass}}
** BadassAdorable: She is ''completely fearless'' and insanely strong. And she's very, very adorable.
** BadassDamsel
* BeneathTheMask: Nia acts fearless at the mercy of a captor, but as soon as Simon arrives to save her, she melts and lets loose her tears. The worst is when [[spoiler: she overcomes the brainwashing of the Anti-Spiral and desperately asks Simon if he's going to save her, ready to cry]].
* BluntMetaphorsTrauma: Back in her younger days. Even cuter in the dub where she's voiced by HyndenWalch.
* TheChick: Simon's emotional support and the most promiment female after Yoko. Heck, she puts heart back into the entire brigade.
* CloseCallHaircut: Yoko's shaky aim as she tries to shoot Nia free from Adiane causes her to slice up Nia's locks twice. Nia later asks her to fix it, although Yoko isn't too savvy on haircuts. It grows back even longer after the time-skip.
* CloudCuckoolander: It's a little hard for others to understand her at times, or her to understand others.
** At first this is due to her sheltered up-bringing but it's quite clear she isn't all there in the head when even after 7 years in the outside world she still surprises everyone with her quirky misunderstandings.
** The very worst case of this is when Simon [[spoiler: proposes to her and she ''turns him down with a cheerful "No, way!"'']] Kiyoh and Kiyal make her realize this accidental mistake and she quickly decides otherwise.
* CreepyMonotone: [[spoiler:As the Anti-Spiral Messenger.]]
* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler:During her captivity time in the hands of the Anti-Spirals.]]
* CryCute: When sweet little Nia breaks down into tears, you feel broken up inside. [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice And God help you if Simon sees you're responsible for her sobs.]]
* CuteLittleFangs: Although she doesn't have them in the series, They have shown up in [[http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=297728 official]] [[http://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=117152 art]].
* TheCutie
* [[ThisIsADrill Drill On A Stick]]: [[spoiler:The Solvernia.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: There really isn't any point to her title.
* ExoticEyeDesigns: Cross-shaped pupils, at that, providing the trope image. [[spoiler:Further proof that she's an alien, if you even needed more.]]
* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn: Against her will.]]
* {{Fanservice}}
** FanServicePack
** MsFanservice: Not so much as Yoko, but still counts. Especially after the time-skip.
* FootFocus: When Nia steps out of her capsule after Simon first meets her, he notices she's going barefoot and splattering icky mud onto her feet with each step. Although Nia loves the gooey feeling of the mud underfoot, he lends his boots to her as a courtesy so she won't hurt herself trudging through the rocky terrain. Nia wears them until she gets a pair of heels on board the Dai-Gurren.
* GagBoobs: If the second movie is to be believed, then Yoko and Kiyoh aren't the only ones with [[UnusualEuphemism huge tracts of land]].
* GirlInABox: How Simon finds her.
* [[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile]]
* HairDecorations and FlowerInHerHair: When she is first introduced, she later drops them.
* TheHeart: What she does for Simon and the rest.
* HeyItsThatVoice: In the English dub pre-TimeSkip, she's [[TeenTitans Starfire]].
* HelloNurse: When she's shown in her swimsuit, a bunch of the male characters get {{Nosebleed}}s.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice: She takes as active a part in the final battle against the Anti-Spiral as the rest of Team Dai-Gurren and helps Simon land the killing blow, even knowing that when the Anti-Spiral dies, so does she.]]
* HotBlooded: [[NeutralFemale She may not fight]], but she completely outdoes half the cast in terms of sheer [[HotBlooded determination]]. And when she [[TheMovie DOES fight]], ''[[LadyOfWar holy crap]]''.
** In the high school AU manga, she actually has a HotBlooded moment alongside Kamina and ''manages to equal him in it!''
* IFeelAngry: "Are you aware of who exactly I am?!"
* ImportantHaircut: Nia's hair is cut by two bullets from Yoko's sniper rifle the episode after she decides to shun her previous life. Unlike many cases, this time the accidental cut doesn't give a clean cut at all, and she has Yoko clean it up, showing that they finally trust each other.
* {{Keigo}}
* LadyOfWar: [[spoiler:Her movie mecha, Tengen Toppa Solvernia.]]
* [[spoiler: LastKiss: Shares her one and only kiss with Simon at their wedding before her body dissolves into random data bits.]]
* LethalChef: Her cooking tastes anything ''but'' good... unless you're Simon or Boota. [[strike: Poor Rossiu.]]
* MeaningfulName: Her name comes from "near".
* TheMessiah: So kind, so helpful, and so inspiring for the Dai Gurren Brigade. They were ready to fall apart before she arrived.
* MysticalWaif: How she's found and what her life means to the world.
* NeutralFemale: Though subverted at least three times.
* [[spoiler:NoOntologicalInertia]]
* NoSocialSkills: having been raised in isolation for her entire life until she was literally put in a box and left on a landfill.
* OfficialCouple: With Simon.
* TheOtherDarrin: The reason Bridget Hoffman took over the role post-TimeSkip was because Hynden Walch had personal matters to sort out and had to drop out of the show. It works better than most examples, since Nia is a slightly different character now that she aged.
* PluckyGirl: She may not be able to fight, but in terms of sheer [[HotBlooded hot-blooded determination]], she can hold her own against any of the men. Are you either pointing a gun at her, have her in your mecha's claws, or are about to dematerialize her? That's not gonna break her down.
** Nia is actually ''so plucky'' that she actually [[spoiler:keeps herself alive for a week after the Anti-Spiral's demise]] out of ''sheer willpower'', just so she can [[spoiler: marry Simon]]. Examined further in the second movie: [[spoiler: Nia's arm suddenly begins to ''fade away'' as she writes a diary for Simon, and then forces the arm to regenerate ''on the spot.'' One wonders if she really is gone for good...]]
* ThePollyanna: Its not that she's unaffected or oblivious to trouble, but her sheer faith in Simon to drill through it makes it even [[spoiler: forcefully transformation into a ManchurianAgent]] a minor inconvience.
* PrincessClassic: Hits almost all the points except [[PluckyGirl shy]] [[spoiler:[[GainaxEnding and the happy ending]]]].
* PrincessesPreferPink
* RaisedByWolves: Nia has no contact at all with the outside world until she is found by Simon, her attempts to adjust to life on the outside charm even the baddest of badasses in Team Dai-Gurren.
* RapunzelHair: Post-timeskip.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: [[spoiler:During the transmission.]]
* TheReveal: The daughter of Spiral King Lordgenome and [[spoiler:messenger of the Anti-Spirals]].
* ScrewDestiny: Made absolutely explicit in the movie.
* SecondLove: For Simon. The first was Yoko- until he found out she favored Kamina- the hard way.
* [[spoiler:StarCrossedLovers: With Simon.]]
* StealthMentor: [[spoiler:Her actions as a Messenger were intended to strengthen the Team before facing the true enemy.]]
* TaremeEyes
** TsurimeEyes: As [[spoiler:the Anti-Spiral Messenger.]]
* TechnicolorEyes: Has opal blue eyes with pink flower-shaped crosses for pupils... and they look ''adorable!''
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Girly Girl to Yoko's Tomboy.
* [[spoiler:TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth]]
* [[spoiler:{{Tragic Hero}}ine]]
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pastel Blue]] [[MulticoloredHair and Yellow Hair]]

!!'''Boota'''
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->Voiced by: ShizukaItou (JP), JulieAnnTaylor (EN)

A palm-sized pigmole from the village that Simon and Kamina grew up in. He's Simon's beloved pet and companion on his travels, but does have a noticable love of riding in Yoko's cleavage. While he may be small, he's a motivating force for the team when push comes to shove. [[spoiler: Later, it turns out Boota is a wellspring of Spiral Energy, and he even uses that power to imagine himself into a humanoid body- but only temporarily.]]
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* CoolShades: Yes, the ''TeamPet'' has shades.
* [[spoiler: CuteShotaroBoy: His human form.]]
* [[spoiler:{{Determinator}}]]
* EatTheDog: In episode 4. Simon and Kamina are starving from getting nothing to eat, so Boota does the most disturbing thing possible and [[spoiler: ''[[AccidentalNightmareFuel bites on his own tail and rips off his hindquarters!!!]]'']] Fortunately, he's healed by the next episode. [[spoiler: You can HandWave it due to his innate [[HealingFactor Spiral Power.]]]]
* [[spoiler: EverythingsBetterWithSpinning]]: [[DeusExMachina Almost inexplicably]], [[spoiler: Boota is a source of Spiral Power.]]
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:That man you see on the bridge in the BadFuture opening of the first episode... is actually an evolved Boota matured into an adult.]]
* MarshmallowHell: From Yoko.
* MeaningfulName: "Buta" means "pig", and "buu" is Japanese for "oink".
* NonHumanSidekick
* ParrotPetPosition
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter
* TeamPet

!!'''Viral'''
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->Voiced by: NobuyukiHiyama (JP), SamRiegel (EN)

->''"I'll tell you two things: First, any human on the surface will be completely annihilated by our Human Eradication Army. Second, that is my dinner - give it back!"''

Originally Vice Commander in the Human Annihilation Army, Eastern Unit, First District; Viral is the first real villain the heroes face in their quest to defeat the Beastmen. He develops a borderline FoeYay relationship with Kamina, and later Simon. When the world is threatened later on the series, Viral reveals his hidden depths.
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* AcePilot: He can't produce Spiral Power, but what keeps Viral in the game [[spoiler:and makes him a valuable copilot to Simon]] is his classical training and skill in the cockpit.
* AntagonistInMourning: When [[spoiler:Kamina dies.]]
* AntiVillain: Type I. He's just a loyal soldier for the Spiral King.
** Later he becomes a [[spoiler: Type II AntiHero when he joins Team Dai-Gurren.]]
* BeastMan
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Viral is a shark, cat thing that's covered in scars, but that doesn't stop the fangirls.
* BeyondTheImpossible: [[spoiler: While ambiguous in series, the movies directly confirm Viral is HotBlooded enough to create Spiral Energy despite being that being a specifically stated impossibility.]]
* BlondGuysAreEvil: Subverted - he's just a soldier doing his job, and [[spoiler:he joins Team Dai-Gurren late in the series]].
* ButtMonkey: [[spoiler:He gets better after his HeelFaceTurn, though]].
* CatsAreMean: Subverted - he's just following orders.
* CharClone: Viral is essentially what this trope lives for. He's a blonde ace pilot that becomes TheRival for TheHero. He has a sense of honor that distinguishes him from {{Card Carrying Villain}}s. [[spoiler: Eventually {{HeelFaceTurn}}s.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Pale blond hair, yellow eyes.
* CuteLittleFangs: When he's happy. Not so much when he isn't...
* {{Determinator}}: No matter how many times he gets beaten, no matter how many of his superiors are killed, he ''just won't give up''.
* TheDragon: He isn't the Dragon to the Big Bad [[spoiler:at first,]] but rather to every other general.)
** [[spoiler:TheLancer: After his HeelFaceTurn.]]
* DoomMagnet: Every person he's assigned to guard [[spoiler:dies]]. [[spoiler:Except Simon.]]
* EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks: Zig Zagged. At first, this is true for Team Dai-Gurren, but after the TimeSkip, it's more true for [[spoiler:the Anti-Spiral]].
* EyesOfGold
* FangsAreEvil: [[spoiler:At least until he becomes Gurren's pilot, at which point his fangs become far more pronounced- because he's now smiling ear to ear.]]
* FoeYay: With Kamina. In the Viral's Sweet Dream video, every time he thinks of his wife, she turns out to be Kamina in a dress.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: [[spoiler:His shirtless scene in Gurren's cockpit shows that he has scars in a similar pattern to Kamina's tattoos.]]
* HairOfGold
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]: [[spoiler: Ultimately triggered by the combined turmoil of the following: his losing streak to Gurren Lagann, the death of Adiane, his secret crush, the fact he's always the only one left alive in a fight against Team Dai-Gurren, the power of immortality making it harder to actually die so much as end up alone and nowhere, the futility of resisting Kamina City's government, getting sent to prison, and finally, noticing that Simon is finally an equal he would rather willingly serve beside as a friend than waste his time warring with him.]]
* [[HeyItsThatVoice Hey It's That Grunt]]: Hey, it's [[LegendOfZelda Link]]!
* HiddenDepths: Has a deep-seated sense of honor and a [[spoiler: secret crush on Adiane.]] More so, his innermost desire was [[spoiler: wanting to get married to a Beastman girl he once loved, have a child, and live a normal life as a family together.]]
* HotBlooded: He's voiced by NobuyukiHiyama. What'd you expect?
* [[spoiler:IJustWantToBeNormal: Viral's greatest dream is to have a family... but as a Beastman, he can't reproduce, and being immortal, he'd outlive any family he had.]]
* [[spoiler: {{Immortality}}: Granted to him by Lordgenome near the end of the first half when he grows curious about the true nature of the Spiral. Lordgenome decides to make him his messenger through all time to denounce hope, but instead, Lordgenome is defeated and Viral is left living forever without a purpose- until he joins Team Dai-Gurren.]]
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: After his debut battle, things go rapidly downhill. Kamina even asks [[BreakingTheFourthWall "is he still in this show?"]] and refers to him as cannon fodder before swatting him aside.
** Actually subverted soon enough [[spoiler: when he helps to kill Kamina and then remains a significant threat until the battle for Teppelin.]]
* KnifeNut: When he's not piloting Gunmen, his WeaponOfChoice is a cleaver.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4lvcCklBS8 "Nikopol"]]
* MeaningfulName: [[TheRival Guess what Viral's name spells when the letters are rearranged]].
* [[spoiler: MultiArmedAndDangerous]]: [[spoiler:His Gunmen Enkidudu and Tengen Toppa Enki Dulga.]]
* NobleDemon: Allowing the enemies who have proven to be far stronger time to suit up when a sneak attack would be far more pragmatic? Definitely a case of HonorBeforeReason.
* PettingZooPeople: Literal in his case, as he's composed of [[EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks shark]] and [[CatsAreMean feline]] genetics.
* RedemptionPromotion: Went from ButtMonkey of half the Beastmen Generals to [[spoiler: Pilot of Gurren.]] [[spoiler: 20 years afterward, he's turned sincerely warm-hearted and commands the crew of Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann as they prepare to attend the Galactic Spiral Peace Conference.]]
* TheRemnant: A sympathetic version post-timeskip [[spoiler:before his HeelFaceTurn]].
* TheRival: To Kamina, before his BadassDecay. To Simon, after.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Post-timeskip.
* ShirtlessScene: He gets a few post-timeskip.
* [[spoiler:SixthRanger]]
* SlasherSmile: As an enemy, but [[spoiler: promptly done away with after his HeelFaceTurn- it's now a good-natured smile.]]
** StepfordSmiler
* TheStoic: Takes on this personality after being beaten down so much by Kamina, and later, Simon. Post-timeskip, he's an absolute stoic as a result of tepid and futile battles against the government. Fortunately, it starts wearing off with [[spoiler: his HeelFaceTurn]], and it's gone altogether in [[spoiler: the DistantFinale]].
* [[spoiler:SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: [[TropesAreNotBad a rare positive example]] - Viral's post-timeskip outfit is based on an unused character design for Kamina, and he fully embraces this when he becomes Gurren's pilot.]]
* [[spoiler: TearsOfRemorse]]: [[spoiler: After Adiane dies and he ends up ashore, he falls to his knees in a brokenhearted heap of tears, punching the ground in frustration that his crush has been killed and he couldn't save her.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:After taking over as Gurren's pilot. So, so, much.]]
* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:His will slowly broke over the course of seven years, weakening his hot-blooded tendencies. When he decided to pull a HeelFaceTurn, he turned much more pleasant and hopeful. By the DistantFinale, his fury is a thing of the past and he's now a benevolent and caring man.]]
* WeakButSkilled: He was made so he couldn't make Spiral Energy and yet he can still blow stuff up with his HotBlood.
* WorthyOpponent: To Kamina. [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Not so much to Simon...]] [[spoiler:but Simon sees him as a valuable ally after the TimeSkip.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Secondary Characters]]

!!'''Kittan Bachika'''
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->Voiced by: KisshoTaniyama (JP), Christopher Corey Smith (EN)

->''"What's that bozo Kamina gotten himself into now...?''
->[[spoiler:''"I'm not about about to let my cute little niece die in some alleyway! Go on without me, Dayakka! Look after Kiyoh for me.... GO!! IT'S ABOUT TO OPEN FIRE!"'']]

A Beastman hunter and eldest of the Bachika siblings, an encounter with Kamina and Simon inspires him to unite a group of stolen Gunmen pilots to join their revolution. Despite not having their charisma or gift with words, he grows to become an excellent field commander. Kittan acquires a red, star-shapped Gunmen in a battle against the Beastmen long before meeting Team Gurren, stealing from its original pilot in similar to how Kamina jacked the Gurren. The moment he took over the Gunmen, the Spiral Power of his fighting spirit morphed it into King Kittan.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Gets several after the TimeSkip while Simon is indisposed.
* [[spoiler:AGoodWayToDie]]: [[spoiler:Saving his friends, finally experiencing Spiral power ("[[DyingMomentOfAwesome KING... KITTAN... GIGA... DRILL... BREAKEEEEEEEEEERRRRRR!!!]]"), and with a huge grin on his face.]]
* BigBrotherComplex: In the HighSchoolAU manga.
* BigOlEyebrows
* CloseCallHaircut: ''Parallel Works 8: Kittan Zero'' reveals he used to have long hair he tied in a ponytail, until a Mugen-esque lion Beastman tried to gun him down and clipped it, giving it the spiked look he sports as a medal of battle.
* [[spoiler:ADeathInTheLimelight: Gets one of these, too.]]
* {{Determinator}}
* [[spoiler:DieLaughing]]
* DrillSergeantNasty: Loves 'encouraging' the brigadiers with insults and swearing.
* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome: King Kittan... Giga... DORIRU... '''BREAKAH!!''']]
* FacingTheBulletsOneLiner
* FingerlessGloves
* FriendToAllChildren
* [[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile]]
* GoodScarsEvilScars: The simple, [[XMarksTheHero x-shaped scar]] on his left arm.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler:Pilots his Gunmen toward the Death Spiral Machine to destroy it and disperse the Sea of Despair in place of Yoko. His actions result in its destruction, but also his own violent death.]] [[spoiler:Justified in the second movie- his mecha (in its bullet-mode) was the only one that could bear the massive pressure outside of the mother ship.]]
* HeyItsThatVoice: He's also [[DissidiaFinalFantasy Emperor Mateus Palamecia]]. No, really.
* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:After the timeskip, he's made chief of legal affairs for the human government, and while that sounds rather ridiculous, he actually proves quite competent in that position, such as when he pointed out all the things blatantly wrong with Rossiu's KangarooCourt.]]
* HotBlooded: INTENSELY.
* [[spoiler:InHarmsWay]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's quite rude, but he is a good man. And he likes children.
* TheLancer: His mecha actually uses a lance, too.
* [[spoiler:LastKiss]]: [[spoiler:With Yoko.]]
* LargeHam: Once, literally chomping down a large ham as he spoke.
* [[spoiler:TheLastDance]]
* MagneticHero: It was Kittan, not Kamina, who united Team Dai-Gurren.
** It needs to be noted that Kamina's actions and ideas where the true magnet in this case as pointed by Kittan: "This is a bunch of people from all over who have been resisting Gunmen! They heard rumors about a couple morons fighting in a stolen gunmen and they gathered together to join the fight! We all caught your stupidity bug." Kamina sparked the idea and Kittan showed which way to go.
* MeaningfulName: His name is an anagram for "tanki", which means "short-tempered".
* TheMcCoy: The only time he ever used anything resembling reason was the KangarooCourt, and even that was more outrage than criticism.
* MultiColoredHair
* OffModel: He ''debuts'' this way.
* [[spoiler:RetIrony]]: [[spoiler:Why, oh why did he tell [[CartwrightCurse Yoko]] he wanted to meet her students when they were trapped in the Sea of Despair?]]
* SergeantRock
* SleevesAreForWimps: Pre-time skip.
* SmokingIsCool: Lit up a cigarette in ''Kittan Zero.''
* [[spoiler: SuicideMission]]: [[spoiler: His very last act is to destroy the Death Spiral Machine by piloting his Gunmen into it and punch a big hole in it with a huge Giga Drill, causing a deadly explosion that takes him out with it.]]
* SupportingLeader: Picks up this role after [[spoiler:Kamina dies.]]
* [[spoiler: TimeForPlanB]]: [[spoiler: After Space King Kittan's rockets fail to go off and the Gunmen is crushed by the immense gravity of the Death Spiral Machine, Kittan emerges in his King Kittan with the drill that broke off Gurren Lagann previously, performing his very own Giga Drill Break.]]
* WeaponOfChoice
** ShotgunsAreJustBetter: Uses one when defending a truck full of people[[hottip:*: including two of his sisters, his niece and his brother-in-law]] against some Mugann.
** [[spoiler:ThisIsADrill]]: [[spoiler:In his HeroicSacrifice.]]
* [[XMarksTheHero X Marks]] The SupportingLeader

!!'''Rossiu Adai'''
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->Voiced by: MitsukiSaiga (JP), JohnnyYongBosch (EN), [[spoiler: MichaelMcConnohie (EN, epilouge)]]

A boy from another underground village, in which the people worship Gunmen as gods. When Gimmy and Darry are chosen the leave the village, Rossiu decides to go with them and they join Team Gurren. Rossiu has a curious and inquisitive nature, often as a result of being sheltered for most of his life by Father Magin in Addai Village, having listened to spiritual preachings that were meant to keep him at ease. His innocence begins to slip away over time, though. [[spoiler:It starts when he discovers Father Magin has been preaching lies to protect his people: he made his mother leave Addai Village so its capacity would stay at 50, allowing them to survive. This time around, Gimmy and Darry must leave, but Rossiu leaves the village as well, knowing someone must look after them. Father Magin gives him a book to remember him by as a keepsake- and perhaps one day, learn what the language it's written in means. Rossiu and the kids join Team Gurren on the journey to stop the Spiral King.]] As he enters more battles, he gains a greater sense of determination, but Kamina enjoys calling him "Forehead Boy" nonetheless. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, Kamina's tragic death forces him to take his place as pilot of the Gurren, while watching Simon slip into depression, even being called out for his so-called "god" not saving Kamina from being killed. Eventually, Rossiu goes into battle to face Lordgenome, and ends up watching on in stunned silence.]]

Following the aftermath of the battle and a time skip, [[spoiler:Rossiu is now Simon's advisor as he runs the government in Kamina City. However, the arrival of the Anti-Spiral and the panic of the public turn him into a WellIntentionedExtremist willing to sacrifice everything in order to preserve humanity]].
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* {{Bishonen}}: Post timeskip.
* BreakTheHaughty: Seemingly invoked but ultimately subverted. [[spoiler:For several episodes after the timeskip he appears to be the controlling force of the government with Simon is a figurehead, and he criticizes Simon's recklessness while justifying that his extreme and morally-ambiguous actions are necessary, including sentancing Simon to death. However he was ''really'' broken up and unhappy about doing what he was doing and wasn't at all proud of it. He just did a good job of concealing it from others. Thus, Rossiu broke himself, but he wasn't as haughty as it seemed at first.]]
* ButtMonkey: In the first arc.
* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide: With Kinon's help, Simon stops him.]]
* [[spoiler:EvilChancellor]]: More of a [[spoiler:WellIntentionedExtremist Chancellor]].
* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn]]: Though only briefly.
* FanNickname: "Lulussiu", since his dub actor is also [[CodeGeass Lelouch vi Britannia]], as well as having the same attitude.
** That also led to Simon's nickname, Spinsimon or Simonzaku, since he has Suzaku Kururugi's dub voice and similar traits and interactions with Lelouch that mirror those with Simon and Rossiu.
** There's also "Forehead Boy," Kamina's nickname for him.
* ForeheadOfDoom: Noted by Kamina. Levels out after the time skip.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When he pilots Gurren in the HotSpringsEpisode, foreshadowing [[spoiler:his stint as Gurren's pilot after Kamina's death]].
** Not to mention the rather sinister shots predicting his ObstructiveBureaucrat stint.
* GrumpyBear
* [[SheIsAllGrownUp He Is All Grown Up]]: Similar to Simon's case, he gets much hotter and less goofy-looking after the timeskip.
** Don't forget he also wins the heart of Kinon.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Post timeskip. The realization that his actions to try and save the world, including sentencing Simon to die, triggered one on its own. Then when Simon and company came back and saved the world by acting in a manner he condemned, thereby proving that not only were Rossiu's actions futile but also plain ''wrong'', it just got worse. This lead to him being DrivenToSuicide, though Simon stopped him.]]
* TheLancer: To Simon.
* MrFanservice: To those he isn't TheScrappy to, at least....
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: See HeroicBSOD.
* MeaningfulName: Rossiu comes from "ushiro", or "back". He represents the characters who don't believe in blindly charging forwards and [[spoiler:is ultimately shackled by his origins]].
* NonActionGuy: He pilots Gurren Lagann with Simon for awhile, but when we meet him after the timeskip he's become this.
* NonchalantDodge: When his composure is level, he can defend himself easily. [[spoiler:He effortlessly dodges Kittan's attacks as he tries to take out his frustration on him. However, it's all an act to hide his suffering. He doesn't even try to dodge an attack when despair takes root. Instead, he looks on in absolute terror at Gurren Lagann as it flies toward him, so stunned he doesn't realize Simon has leapt out of the cockpit until taking a sharp punch to the cheek that he never saw coming.]]
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple: With Kinon.]]
* OnlySaneMan: [[spoiler:[[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]]]
* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Simon's red - he is more intellectually-driven and professional compared to Simon.
* [[RousseauWasRight Rossiu Was Right]]: He was even named after Rousseau himself.
* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler:What he does in the second half in terms of Simon is this in his mind.]]
* SlipknotPonytail: [[spoiler: During his attempted suicide, his hair falls around his face when Simon punches him.]]
* TheSpock: Insists on emotion and reason as the tools to lead and govern.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Becomes one after the time skip.
* WrongGenreSavvy: As humanity's primary strategic planner, most of his decisions would be fairly reasonable in the real world. However, he lives is a universe where a sufficient amount of HeroicWillpower is capable of ''breaking the laws of physics''.

!!'''Leeron Litner'''
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->Voiced by: MasayaOnosaka (JP), StevenBlum (EN)

->''"Attaboy, attaboy! You can do it! Way to go! Attaboy, attaboy! You can do it! Way to go! Attaboy!"''

Leeron, or "Ron," is the flamboyant village mechanic of Littner Village. After taking an interest in Simon's mech he joins Simon, Kamina and Yoko in their quest to defeat the Beastmen. Leeron is astoudingly brillant and innovative, able to whip together his own legion of helper robots and invent ingenious technology with a little tinkering. However... Leeron is also a cross-dresser... figure that one out.

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* BadassLabcoat: This is the one guy who is almost never even mildly anxious about life threatening danger and every weapon of war he's ever macgyvered together usually winds up kicking ass right off the assembly line. [[spoiler: Besides, after the time skip, he becomes the head scientist of human civilization. The only time he ''does'' take interest is in the FinalBattle with the Anti-Spiral collective.]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Yes, he's a flaming gay stereotype. He's also the ''best'' mechanic and engineer in the world. This is the man who made Gurren out of three broken mecha overnight, complete with a finished coat of paint.
* CampGay: Turned up so much that he's practically the Memetic Badass of Flaming Queens.
** In-universe its PlayedForLaughs, aside from his voice the Camp Gay angle is only played up when he wants to freak out other characters with it.
* [[StalkerWithACrush Stalker With a Creepy, Same-Gender Crush]]: Tries to put the moves on Kamina twice, causing him to draw his Katana, back away a good hundred yards away, and yell, '''"DIE!!"'''
** Leeron then moves on to Gimmy, scaring the crap out of him each and every time he gets a little... too... ''personal''.
** And then he moves on to Viral, who [[NotSoDifferent reacts]] the same exact way Kamina does.
* TheEngineer: The guy basically maintains all the friendly Gunmen, including the MASSIVE Dai-Gurren without help from anyone except [[WrenchWench Leyte]]!
* {{Expy}}: of ''Anime/TekkamanBlade'''s Levin.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: His theme song spells out this subliminal message: "Leeron is so gay. He is so gay. He loves my asshole. Asshole." Are you retching yet?
* MeaningfulName: His name is either "riron" for "theory," or "ronri" for "logic".
* TheMedic: Yes, he's ALSO the Dai-Gurren's medic as well as its head engineer, this guy is just ''that'' awesome.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Gets a ''little'' too close to his teammates at times. See above.
* [[spoiler: OlderThanHeLooks]]: [[spoiler: Leeron shows hardly any signs of old age in the DistantFinale except for a touch of gray hair. Knowing him, he's probably figured out how to preserve his youthful looks and beauty all this time- or resorted to plastic surgery.]]
* ThePowerOfLove: When he talks about evolution and reproduction and [[TechnoBabble nobody gets it]], he sums it up by saying that love is what keeps the universe going.
* RunningGag: Two ''astoundingly'' creepy ones. He constantly creeps Gimmy out with his perverted attitude, even after the time skip, and his "advances" onto Kamina cause him to threaten to kill him. [[spoiler: When Kamina dies, the joke vanishes... only for it to resurface when Viral has to listen to his fruitcake-level comments and ask Simon permission to kill him.]]
* TheSmartGuy: Make that super genius.
* {{Subtext}}: He loves to add this in his speech.
* TechnoBabble: It's actually pretty easy to understand him when he talks like this, although almost all the other characters are absolutely bewildered, so he has to put it in LaymansTerms for them.
* UndyingLoyalty: Leeron is the only member of the Dai-Gurren Brigade, other than Kamina, to never doubt Simon. When Simon comes back from his HeroicBSOD [[spoiler:after Kamina's death]], while everyone cheers, Ron just nods as if knowing [[HesBack he'd be back]] all along. He did, too.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Teal Hair]]: Though it does [[spoiler: turn a twinge grayer in the DistantFinale.]]

!!'''Dayakka Littner'''
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->Voiced by: DaikiNakamura (JP), Doug Stone (EN)

The chief of Littner Village, who later becomes the captain of the various Dai-Gurren ships. He's a dedicated protector of his loved ones, a family man, and the initial pilot of the Dayakkaiser, a Gunmen he hijacked in battle against the Beastmen, until Yoko (and once, Kiyoh) decides to commandeer it. [[spoiler:Seven years later, he falls insanely in love with Kiyoh Bachika and marries her, then proceeds to get busy with her and have a baby girl named Anne. Unfortunately, Anne's birth brings the human population to the deadly number one million- which sets off a defense system to attack Earth the moment it detects the new life.]]

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* TheBigGuy: When you go from piloting a cannon on legs to being in charge of Team Dai-Gurren's biggest Gunmen, this title goes pretty much uncontested.
* CallingYourAttacks: [[spoiler:I GOT THE BEST WIFE IN THE UNIVERSE SWI~NG!!]]
* TheCaptain: This was his role in Littner Village, and while he's still a leader afterwards, he gets eclipsed by others.
* HappilyMarried: To Kiyoh, post-timeskip.
* MeaningfulName: His name comes from "Odayaka", for "gentle".
* PapaWolf
* SickeninglySweethearts: As above.
* SleevesAreForWimps
* TeamDad
* UglyGuyHotWife: With Kiyoh.

!!'''Attenborough'''
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->Voiced by: Daisuke Kirii (JP), DerekStephenPrince (EN)

->''"When it comes to spacey interruptions, I'm your man!"''

The gunner of Team Dai-Gurren and ComicRelief. Attenborough actually ''isn't'' an official member of the team- he hid in some guy's suitcase and snuck onto the crew unnoticed- ''until'' he got behind the control panel of a weapons system. Only knows one tactic: '''FIRE! FIRE! FIRE!'''

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* AttackAttackAttack
* {{Beamspam}}
* ChaoticStupid: How else can you explain his sudden bursts of attacks?
* FanNickname: Beamspam [=McMuppet=]
* {{Gonk}}: JUST LOOK AT HIM. He's got a ''natural'' clown face.
* LargeHam: "'''''FIIIIIIIIIIRRRRRE!!!!'''"
* LeeroyJenkins: Just about every moment where he shoots without signal. [[spoiler:Suddenly opening fire on a village populated by innocent, defenseless girls to clear away the Gunmen earns him a wallop from Kittan. Ironically- ''it works.'']]
* MacrossMissileMassacre
* TriggerHappy: Now ''THERE'S'' an {{Understatement}}!
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:Gets one from Kittan for shooting at a village full of sexy, young women.]]


!!'''Darry and Gimmy'''
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->Darry: ShizukaIto (JP), MelaLee (EN)
->Gimmy: TakakoHonda (JP), BrianneSiddall (EN)

Gimmy and Darry are twin siblings of Rossiu. When they were children, they were removed from their village due to limit population because they were orphans. However, Rossiu joined them along with Team Gurren(later known as Team Dai-Gurren).

After the timeskip, they both became pilots of the Grapearl mass-production mecha, serving as the faces of the new generation that was pushing Team Dai-Gurren aside... only to discover they need to re-think their positions...
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* BrotherSisterTeam: Post-Timeskip.
* TheBumblebee: Gimmy after the timeskip is the "Ankle Biter" version.
* CuteShotaroBoy: Gimmy Pre and Post-TimeSkip.
* DefrostingIceQueen: In a slight example, Darry becomes more emotive as the plot progress.
* FutureBadass
* RedOniBlueOni: Gimmy and Darry after the timeskip.
* RoseHairedGirl: Darry.
* ThemeTwinNaming: "''hidari''" means left and "''migi''" means right.
* TagalongKid(s): Pre-time skip

!!'''Balinbow and Jougan'''
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->Balinbow: Kouzou Douzaka (JP), PaulStPeter (EN)
->Jougan: Go Shinomiya (JP), TonyOliver (EN)

Jorgun Bakusa and Balinbow Bakusa are the towering, twin brothers of Team Dai-Gurren, piloting the two-faced Gunmen, Twinboekun, and also [[spoiler: Space Twinboekun]]. They are extremely loud and exuberant brothers who love to beat stuff up- but seem to have the minds of cavemen. That, and [[SingleMindedTwins they think staggeringly alike.]] The brothers often speak in [[HulkSpeak monosyllabic bursts]], but their battle prowness is terrifying. Somehow, they end up with ''government'' positions after the time skip. [[spoiler:Sadly, [[HeroicSacrifice they don't live to the very end.]] To keep the Anti-Spirals from wasting Gimmy and Darry, they put their own Gunmen in the line of fire to throw their disabled Grapearls to safety, which leads to their deaths- but the following explosion takes out a good number of enemy mecha. A memorial is erected in their honor. The second movie, however, spares them the shaft and they get to square off in the FinalBattle.]]
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* {{The Big Guy}}s : They are big, they are strong, and [[DumbMuscle not too bright.]]
* CoolShades: One pair per brother, though the colors do not correspond to RedOniBlueOni- it's just to tell them apart. [[spoiler: They lose them seconds before they die when they shatter.]]
* [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass Crouching Morons, Hidden Badasses]]
* [[spoiler:[[DieLaughing Died Laughing]]]] [[spoiler:They mock death right up to the very end.]]
* DumbMuscle: They even use HulkSpeak sometimes.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]] [[spoiler: To rescue Gimmy and Darry from the wrath of the Anti-Spiral forces, the throw themselves into the line of fire and then throw the kids' Grapearls to safety. Then, just to top it off- they ''[[DieLaughing died laughing]]''- in a HUGE explosion.]]
* LargeHam: BOTH OF THEM!!! HOOOOOOAAAAHH!!!
* {{Gonk}}: They fit the bill quite nicely.
* SingleMindedTwins: We're only one step away from "Jorginbow." Just add purple glasses.
* SleevesAreForWimps
* RealMenDontCry: [[AvertedTrope Averted as hell]] in the second movie at [[spoiler:Nia's wedding]], at which the two are seen crying like babies.
* [[spoiler:SparedByTheAdaptation: They survive in the second movie.]]
* TooDumbToLive: At first... '''''YES.''''' They effectively prove to be a pair of buffons who can barely talk- [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass but fight like gladiators.]] Yet out of all jobs the two could get in the future, they end up partly in charge of ''government and human affairs.'' When the populous starts complaining, one twin's reaction is to shout '''"QUIT BITCHING!!"''' over the phone, and then both twins smash the phone booths to pieces. In fact, when [[spoiler: Rossiu put together a KangarooCourt,]] '''''[[spoiler: Balinbow was Simon's lawyer.]]''''' [[spoiler:OUCH.]]
** [[spoiler:Here comes the tragic [[SubvertedTrope subversion]]: The twins pull a HeroicSacrifice to save Gimmy and Darry, boasting that their Twinbokkun will hold up to the Anti-Spiral's firepower. It turns out they ''knew'' their Gunmen would be torn apart by the lasers- so they laugh at their foes in death. However, Twinboekun explodes in such a spectacular fashion, it wipes out a good chunk of Anti-Spiral fighters.]]
* UseYourHead: If a wall is in the way, their hollow skulls are the first weapon they use.

!!'''Makken Jokin'''
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->Voiced by: KatsuyukiKonishi (JP), KeithSilverstein (EN)

->''"Sorry- it took awhile for me to find a sitter for the kids."''

The stout, often silent member of Team Dai-Gurren, and pilot of Mo-Shogun, [[spoiler: and later, Space Mo-Shogun.]] Makken is keen to the art of the [[{{Samurai}} samurai]], having a very deep sense of honor. Much like Kamina, he's very profound with swords, and shares a love for building machines with Leyte. [[spoiler:After seven years go by, he falls madly in love with her and gets married, having three kids, acting as a humble mechanic in his retirement from the team- until he has to spring to action again against a new threat. Fortunately, he and Leite were entrusted with the team's former Gunmen but instructed to scrap the due to the presence of "superior" Grapearls. Luckily, they refused to do so, instead improving the Gunmen to new heights.]] [[spoiler:However, while Makken lives up to the name of "samurai," the poor guy also [[HeroicSacrifice goes out like a samurai.]] When the Anti-Spirals unleash a volley of deadly missiles on the Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann, one appears in its blind spot on direct collision course with the starship. After heavily struggling to stop the previous missles, Team Dai-Gurren ''can't'' stop this one- so Makken charges in and plunges his Space Mo-Shogun's sword deep into the warhead, detonating it seconds before impact, but killing him in the explosive inferno. A memorial pays tribute to him afterward. Lucky for us, he lives in the second movie and displays even more badass swordplay.]]
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* BaldOfAwesome: Has a badass shaved head.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Once to protect Kittan, once to protect Team Dai-Gurren from a planet-sized missle. The latter marks the final act of his life.]]
* {{BFS}}: Mo-Shogun has a [[EveryJapaneseSwordIsAKatana Wakizashi Blade]], [[spoiler: and Space Mo-Shogun has two.]]
* [[spoiler:[[ChekhovsGunman Chekhov's "Gunmen"]]]]: [[spoiler:He and Leyte take care of Team Dai-Gurren's Gunmen over the seven years they remain unused, instead of disposing of them when told to do so. Better yet, they designed much stronger versions of the Gunmen- the Space Gunmen.]]
* CoolHat: Wears a red cap while working as a mechanic.
* [[spoiler: DyingMomentOfAwesome]]: [[spoiler:Charges a missle at full-force, screaming at the top of his lungs, ''without even flinching!'']]
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler: To save Team Dai-Gurren from a fatal missile impact. Made even worse knowing that Leyte will have to go home and tell his kids daddy isn't coming back. Thankfully, the second movie dodged that bullet- err... missile.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithSamurai
* KnightInShiningArmor: When piloting the samurai-esque Mo-Shogun.
* MrFixIt
* OddCouple: It's surprising to see him paired up with Leyte.
* [[spoiler: RetiredBadass]]: [[spoiler: Post time-skip up until the first Mugann attack.]]
* ScarfOfAsskicking
* SilentBob: Makken doesn't speak so much as he sports a determined look on his face, but always has something interesting to say whenever the moment comes up.
* [[spoiler:SparedByTheAdaptation]]: [[spoiler:Stays alive in the second movie and gets to pilot a cool new mech, too!]]
* TalkingToHimself: In the Japanese dub, Makken has the same voice actor as Kamina, though he is credited as "Reo Kaminaga". Reo Kaminaga, when written in hiragana, is an anagram for "ore ga Kamina," or "I am Kamina."
* UglyGuyHotWife: Not so much ugly as scruffy-looking, but his little boys share his looks. His girl, however, is a cutie.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Pre-time skip, but not as evident as Kamina.

!!'''Leyte Jokin'''
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->Voiced by: TakakoHonda (JP), LauraBailey (EN)

The chief mechanic of Team Dai-Gurren. She's a compassionate and dedicated worker who can concoct amazing new weapons and implement new technology seamlessly. [[spoiler:Soon after Dai-Gurren defeats the Spiral King, she gets married to Makken and has three kids. Following the disbanding of the team, she and Makken are tasked with dismantling the old Gunmen- but the two of them aptly refuse to do so, and instead keep them in top condition. Even better- when she's able to harness the production facilities of the Super Galaxy Dai Gurren, she helps create the massive Space Gunmen fleet. However, Makken ends up giving his life to protect her and the starship- but she stays strong and continues fighting to avenge him, despite going home to her heartbroken children. Fortunately, Makken lives in ''Lagann-Hen'', and the family lives happily ever after.]]

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* [[spoiler:[[ChekhovsGunman Chekhov's "Gunmen"]]]] [[spoiler:She and Makken were given Team Dai-Gurren's Gunmen and told to dismantle every single one. Instead, they spruced them up and kept them pristine, all the while working to make larger, space-compatible versions of the machines.]]
* ClothingDamage: When the Dai-Gurren catches fire in battle, her bra is half-shredded and scorched from the fire, providing a teasing look at the [[IncrediblyLamePun oil cans]] underneath.
** Ms. Fanservice: Said moment above is a very brief instance.
* OddCouple: Marrying Makken is a curveball, alright.
* TheEngineer
* HappilyMarried: To Makken, post TimeSkip ([[spoiler:until his HeroicSacrifice]])
* [[spoiler:HerHeartWillGoOn]]: [[spoiler: Right after Makken rams his Gunmen into an Anti-Spiral missle and she learns what he did, she ''refuses'' to grieve at all and instead works to avenge him! Iron will, indeed!]]
* {{Meganekko}}: Her little girl even has LennonSpecs!
* [[MrFixIt Mrs. Fix It]]
* OneHeadTaller: Gender flipped. Average-sized, she is noticeably taller than the squat Makken.
* UglyGuyHotWife
* WrenchWench

!!'''Kiyoh'''
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->Voiced by: RinaSatou (JP), KarenStrassman (EN)

The eldest of Kittan's younger sisters, and by far the most developed. Kiyoh is a sly blonde with a sassy attitude, and a champion at using a yo-yo in ways that would make your jaw drop to the floor- if her curvaceous figure didn't already do that. Eventually, she discovers Dayakka is crushing on her. [[spoiler: After the timeskip, she marries Dayakka and gives birth a little girl named Anne- ''the one millionth human.'']]

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* AbsoluteCleavage: Pre-Time Skip.
* BlueEyes
* CoolBigSis
* HairOfGold
* HappilyMarried: To Dayakka, post-timeskip.
* HotMom: Post-Time Skip.
* KillerYoyo: Demonstrates prowess with one in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5q7cyHCRpjw Kittan Zero]].
* MeaningfulName: Her name is an anagram for "youki," or "cheerful".
* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Second variation. After she gets married, she never returns to the fighting, unlike her husband.
* RetiredBadass: Post-Time Skip.
* ShallowLoveInterest: For Dayakka.
* ThreeFacesOfEve: The Seductress (pre-Time Skip).
* UglyGuyHotWife: With Dayakka.

!!'''Kinon'''
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->Voiced by: KanaUeda (JP), StephanieSheh (EN)

The second oldest of Kittan's younger sisters. After Team Dai-Gurren's capture of Dai-Gunzan, she takes up a position within its control tower, monitoring the radar. She seems to be the calmest and smartest member of the Black Siblings. [[spoiler:She hardens up after the time skip, becoming harsh and drastic in response to Rossiu's actions. However, it only serves to reveal she's doing it out of pure, unrestrained love for him- and after a very, ''very'' horrible experience where he tries to take his life, she has a meltdown and ends up right in his arms. We can only assume this led to marriage.]]

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* BlueEyes
* BobHaircut: Pre-timeskip. [[spoiler: Post time-skip, she's let it grow out down past her neck.]]
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Rossiu's actions break her heart- but then it's promptly healed and strengthened when his sorrow comes out.]]
* CooldownHug[=/=]CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[spoiler: She bursts into tears when she sees Rossiu hasn't committed suicide, then dashes right into his arms and gives him a tender hug, while sobbing in his chest. Afterward, she cuddles up on top of his lap the whole ride back to Kamina City with a gentle smile, blushing nonstop.]]
* CryCute: [[spoiler: She falls to pieces when she sees her beloved Rossiu is okay- and this actually ignites a full-fledged love interest between them.]]
** HoldMe: [[spoiler: She runs up and ''leaps'' into Rossiu's arms while spilling tears and whimpering, not even stopping to shed the glasses and wipe her eyes.]]
* ExtremeDoormat: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed:]] Kinon is forced to do unthinkable things [[spoiler: just to prevent Rossiu from taking everything too far, culminating in having ''a gigaton of explosives strapped to her chest'' in case Simon tries to escape custody. Rossiu was ''deeply'' sorry for this.]]
* MissionControl
* {{Gainaxing}}: Mostly post-timeskip.
* HeyItsThatVoice: [[{{Bleach}} Orihime]] ''and'' [[{{Naruto}} Hinata!]]
* MeaningfulName: Her name is an anagram for "nonki", or "carefree".
* {{Meganekko}}: Treasures her glasses to the point she won't take them off in a hot spring.
* [[spoiler:OfficialCouple: With Rossiu.]]
* OutOfFocus: Sadly, after Episode 23. Gainax couldn't expand on [[spoiler: her relationship with Rossiu]] due to budget constraints stopping them flat at the final episode. However, we pretty much understand it's a happy ending.
* ShallowLoveInterest: Subverted. This is one of the few times that becoming a possible love interest is actually a ''genuine'' form of CharacterDevelopment, as she's the only one who can decipher her boss/possible boyfriend Rossiu's motivations [[spoiler:and helps Simon reach for him when Rossiu is about to commit suicide.]]
* ShipperOnDeck: In the high school AU manga, Simon and Nia catch her in the middle of drawing a picture of [[BoysLoveGenre Kamina and Kittan]].
* ShrinkingViolet: Pre-timeskip.
* RelationshipVoiceActor: Once again, one of Stephanie's characters [[{{Bleach}} is]] [[EurekaSeven in]] [[CodeGeass love]] [[DevilMayCry with]] one of Johnny's characters.
* SubordinateExcuse: Possibly, to Rossiu.
* [[spoiler: TearsOfJoy: Seeing Rossiu (fairly) unharmed sends her into a crying wreck, pouring out tears of relief.]]
* ThreeFacesOfEve: The Wife (pre Time Skip).

!!'''Kiyal'''
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->Voiced by: KanaAsumi (JP), Gina Bowes (EN)

The youngest of Kittan's younger sisters. She's quite the tomboy. Kiyal is the playful little sis of the Black Siblings, often joking at the situation and keeping a bright but forceful attitude about her. She pilots the Kiyalunga, a suprisingly adorable pink Gunmen with a big smile on its face.
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* BlueEyes
* {{Bokukko}}
* CuteLittleFang
* CryCute: Bawls hysterically when she learns [[spoiler: her big bro has died in the second movie]].
* GenkiGirl
* HairDecorations: She wears two clips on the left side of her hair.
* MagicalGirl: She becomes one in Parallel Works 2: Kiyal's Magical Time.
* MeaningfulName: Her name is an anagram for "yaruki" or "eager".
* NoIndoorVoice: If you anger her, she'll start screaming- BIG TIME.
* {{Pettanko}}: Though she gets more developed post-time skip.
* RapunzelHair: Post-Time Skip.
* RetiredBadass: Post-Time Skip.
* ThreeFacesOfEve: The Child (pre-Time Skip).
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* NoSocialSkills: Falls between this and TheWhitePrince, having been raised in isolation for her entire life until she was literally put in a box and left on a landfill.

* TheOjou

For the Mecha of Gurren Lagann, visit the Characters/TengenToppaGurrenLagannMecha Page.

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[[folder:Antagonists: Beastmen]]

!!'''Thymilph the Raging Wave'''
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->Voiced by: KiyoyukiYanada (JP), PaulStPeter (EN)

The first General Team Dai-Gurren faces. Thymilph is a ferocious and none to bright ape man. While you'd expect him to be curb stomped rather easily, he ends up being the one to [[spoiler:kill Kamina.]] He's the most respectable of the generals, but also the deadliest. Oh, and he's [[MinionShipping sleeping with]] [[TheVamp Adiane]].

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* AFatherToHisMen: Was genuinely worried when Viral was sent flying.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: More powerful than grunts and Viral, he's the best at his introduction.
* [[spoiler: AvengingTheVillain: Adiane used him as part of a plan to gain status amongst the generals, but it backfired when he died, and she's forced to take matters into her own hands.]]
* {{Badass}}: Anyone who could [[spoiler:kill Kamina]] has got to be one.
* BladeOnAStick: His Gunmen's weapon.
* TheBrute: Strong, big and a devil in a fight.
* CovertPervert: Watch carefully in Episode 7 as Thymilph looks through six cameras. The very last one has an extreme closeup of [[AbsoluteCleavage Kiyoh's breasts.]] That [[PlanetOfTheApes damn dirty ape!]]
* DropTheHammer: His personal side arm.
* FatBastard: A glutton with a mean streak as big as his battleship.
* EmergingFromTheShadows: His formal introduction.
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Not for Kamina, it isn't.
* [[spoiler: HeroKiller: Very much so!]]
* [[spoiler: ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]
* [[spoiler:KarmicDeath: Kamina stays alive just long enough to pay Thymilph back ''tenfold'' for spearing him- he ''purees'' him with his first (and only) Giga Drill Break.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: [[spoiler: Kills Kamina, which begins the series' more serious turn. Also to show that the Generals were as tough as hell!]]
* LargeAndInCharge: The largest physically, and implied to the leader and strongest of the Four Generals.
* MeaningfulName: Thymilph is mix of thymine and sylph. Despite his girth he is ''very'' nimble and his Byakko can fly (though he isn't wind-themed, being the general of fire).
* PlayingWithFire: The General of Fire.
* ShoutOut: [[PlanetOfTheApes "YOU DAMN DIRTY HUMANS!!!"]]
* WakeUpCallBoss: [[spoiler:Kills Kamina and forces Simon to [[TakeUpMySword take up his sword]].]]

!!'''Adiane the Elegant'''
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->Voiced by: MichikoNeya (JP), MeganHollingshead (EN)

The psychotic [[TokenGirl female member]] of the four generals. Adiane is a scorpion-tailed temptress who tries avenging [[spoiler: Thymilph's]] death.Viral has a secret crush on her, but she's such a violent monster, she doesn't return the feelings. She pilots Sayrune, a vile Gunmen that transforms into a scorpion, and uses an aquatic centipede flagship named the Dai-Gunkai. Unlike her fellow generals, she has the ability to make water appear out of thin air- and tons of it at that. [[spoiler: When she first confronts Team Dai-Gurren, Adiane reveals that Lordgenome has effectively thrown his own daughter Nia to the wayside, now meant to die, but the team (minus the grief-stricken Simon) barges in to stop Adiane from killing her. Eventually, she boasts to the Spiral King she can single-handedly avenge Thymilph but fails miserably, making it impossible to face him again out of shame. She makes a second attempt to kill Nia by taking her hostage and bringing in her flagship- only this time, Simon has snapped out of his funk, and he effectively destroys it, while Yoko takes a risky shot to free Nia from Sayrune's claws. Unfortunately for her, she ordered Team Dai-Gurren to turn all its guns on Nia- which are now locked on to her own Gunmen. When she thinks they won't risk blowing up their own ship, Attenborough decides to fry her with the cannons. Adiane regretfully asks Thymilph to forgive her for not being able to avenge him, and then gets torn to pieces by the gunfire. Viral later mourns her death in a tearful rage.]]

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* ArmorPiercingSlap: Viciously bitch-slaps Viral's face into a bloody pulp with her scorpion tail because she's damned angry he couldn't protect [[spoiler: Thymilph]].
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Beats down the entire brigade, ''on land''!
** And effortlessly block all of Yoko's shots in the first movie.
* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Adiane angrily declares she was sleeping with him to manipulate him. [[spoiler: But when she dies she seems genuinely sad she didn't avenge him. Not the response of a manipulater.]]
* AxeCrazy: Kills people for shits and giggles.
* BewareMyStingerTail
* BloodKnight: Like other beastmen, she loves fighting.
* CatFight: With Yoko in the first movie.
* EvilFeelsGood: She's REALLY pissed off that [[spoiler: Thymilph has been killed]] and decides to throw all sympathy to the wind after learning the news.
* DarkActionGirl
* DarkChick: The most unstable of the four, she prefers to run into combat by herself, leaving her ship behind.
* EyepatchOfPower
* HeyItsThatVoice: Adiane sounded like an evil [[EurekaSeven Talho]] in the Japanese version. Or, like [[CodeGeass Villetta]]. And in the English version, she's [[{{Yugioh}} Mai]].
** [[{{Bleach}} Rangiku]] maybe? [[{{Naruto}} Shizune]]?
* [[spoiler: [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Hoist By Her Own Petard]]]]: [[spoiler: Captures Nia and tells Team Dai-Gurren to point all of Dai-Gurren's cannons at Nia and open fire in a Batman Gambit. Instead, Yoko shoots Nia free from Sayrune (after two Close Call Haircuts). Now all that firepower is aimed right at her. She tries to convince herself her enemy won't shoot... then Attenborough proves her VERY WRONG.]]
* HotGirlsAreBitches: AND HOLY HELL HOW.
* HyperspaceArsenal: She can conjure up water inexplicably- in outrageous amounts to boot- whenever she wants.
* JerkAss: Not to the extremes of Cytomander, though.
* LadyOfWar
* MakingASplash: The General of Water.
* MeaningfulName: Adiane is adenine and undine. Any guess why she shared a bond with Thymilph?
* MismatchedEyes: The reason she wears an eyepatch. Her left eye is gold, while her right eye is red. She switches the patch around every now and then depending on whether she wants to look seductive or menacing.
* PsychoForHire
* ScaryScorpions
* VaginaDentata: Her Gunmen. It looks like a woman's torso as well.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

!!'''Guame the Immovable'''
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->Voiced by: Kiyoshi Kawakubo (JP), Doug Stone (EN)

Guame is the eldest of the four generals and the only one that can [[spoiler:manifest spiral power]]. The closest to the Spiral King, Guame doesn't worship him like the other beastmen, and in fact was willing to disobey the man. Part alligator and part armadillo.

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* AntiVillain: He was in on Lord Genome's agenda.
* BadassGrandpa: In a manner of speaking. He's about as old as Lordgenome, and thinks 200 years is still young.
* TheBattleDidntCount: Manages to survive a Giga Drill Break(er) in his first direct battle with Simon.
* BlindIdiotTranslation: The subtitles refer to him as "Guame the ''Immobile''".
* CoolOldGuy
* [[spoiler: DeathIsDramatic: Gave Lordgenome a farewell speech speared on Simon's drill, then got blown up in his crumbling battleship.]]
* TheDragon: To Lordgenome.
* DishingOutDirt: The General of Earth.
* DirtyOldMan: A highly disturbing one at the too. His actions with [[{{Lolicon}} Nia]] are especially telling. He even slobbers when he laughs.
* [[spoiler:EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: He summons a weird tornado of pink energy to guard Teppelin by rolling around on his shell.]]
* EvilCounterpart: Of [[spoiler:Boota]].
* [[spoiler:FallenHero: Lost his resolve when Lordgenome lost his, and turned bitter and cruel.]]
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: The man smokes a rather ornate pipe, guess what? He's morally ambiguous!
* HeyItsThatVoice: [[MetalGearSolid Psycho Mantis]]? What the hell are you doing here?
** Not to mention [[ParanoiaAgent Kawazu!]]
* [[spoiler: ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Simon drilled straight through his battleship from below and the drill gored him right through his own shell and out the abdomen.]]
* MeaningfulName: Guame is guanine and gnome.
* NighInvulnerable: His battleship [[spoiler: survived a crash with Cytomander's and walked out unscathed.]]
* NonActionGuy: He doesn't have Viral's skill in a fight, Thymilph's strength, Adiane's balls-out craziness, or Cytomander's willingness to cheat. He is the smartest of the four, however.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: ...Sorta. He's more armadillo than alligator.
* TeamPet: Was once this to Lordgenome, until evolution turned him into a snobbish and revolting codger.
* TheStrategist: Relies on his brains rather then his Gunmen.

!!'''Cytomander the Swift'''
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->Voiced by: Akio Suyama (JP), SteveStaley (EN)

The incredibly fey air general. Cytomander is a bird man with a serious ego. Guame chastises him for being too brash, and when he's on the losing side of a battle, the guy [[AxCrazy ''really'' flips his lid.]] His personal Gunmen is Shuzack, and his flagship is the Dai-Gunten. [[spoiler: His brimming overconfidence finally gets him killed when Team Dai-Gurren rams him with their battleship prow, sending him crashing into the Dai-Gunten, where both it and he are obliterated in the carnage.]]

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* AxCrazy: The moment he loses his edge in battle, his sanity wears down to vapor-thin, until finally, he's LaughingMad.
* {{Bishonen}}: Good God, yes.
* BlowYouAway: The General of Air.
* CurseCutShort: [[spoiler: When he sees the massive Dai-Gurren thundering right towards his Shuzack. Yep, he's screwed!]]
* BreakTheHaughty
* CombatPragmatist: Captures Yoko so Viral could kill Simon. It [[HonorBeforeReason doesn't work]].
* ChainsawGood: Uses a buzz saw as his weapon.
* [[spoiler:DeathIsCheap: Dai Gurren rams into his Shuzack and sends him crashing into his own battleship, incinerating him in the colossal explosion. In the movie, he can't even get an attack off before Simon mulches him with a Giga Drill Break. It just goes to show how low he really is- he's not even good enough to be killed ceremoniously.]]
* EvilGenius: Notices Team Dai-Gurren's weakness, and capitalizes on it.
* JerkAss: The biggest among the Four Generals, and arguably the biggest in the series.
* LaughingMad: When the tide of battle turns against him it drives him crazy and this happens. It's bad enough that it almost ''mirrors'' a '''TROLLFACE.'''
* MeaningfulName: Cytomander is cytosine and salamander. Him being a flashy peacock parodying Japanese glam rock has more to do with his mecha's theme; it's named Shuzack, after ''Suzaku'', a mythical bird in Japanese folklore.
* NonActionGuy: Only wins fights through cheating.
* SissyVillain: Gigantic boa? Rainbow colored lights? Stands on a stage wearing a [[PaintedOnPants body suit]]? CHECK TO ALL THE ABOVE!
* SmugSnake: Spends his time insinuating that the other generals are incompetent, it doesn't work out.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His name is pronounced "Cytomandra" in the English dub.
* TedBaxter: "Maybe it's not that they're so weak, its that I'm too powerful! <Laughs manically>. [[spoiler: Now, watch as I get my ass handed to me, go insane, and die!"]]
* VillainousBreakdown: When his ass is getting kicked he laughs crazily.
** also, [[spoiler: at the point of his death, he's pretty much gone completely insane.]]
* WeHaveReserves: Horrifies Simon with his willingness to get his own men killed.
** [[EvenEvilHasStandards This makes even the other three generals hate him.]]

!!'''Lordgenome'''
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->Voiced by: Narushi Ikeda (JP), JamiesonPrice (EN)

Lordgenome is the ominous Spiral King, who rules the planet from his capital city, Teppelin. An immortal human who lived for more than 1000 years so far, he cares little for people, treating the strange girls he surrounds himself with as dolls to be cast aside when they've outlived their interest to him.

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* [[spoiler:AGoodWayToDie: The second time.]]
* AbusiveParent: Just from his treatment of Nia and implications that he let all of his other daughters die on a whim. [[spoiler:If not for the presence of the Anti-Spiral, his trying to kill Nia could be considered a MoralEventHorizon.]]
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Though his outfit and facial features suggest he might be of Turkish or Middle Eastern ancestry.
* [[spoiler:AntiVillain: While his methods can be pretty brutal, the fact is that Lordgenome oppresses the human race to ''preserve'' it. Having faced the Anti-Spiral before, Lordgenome knows that, if unchecked and left to develop and reproduce, the human race would once again get noticed by the Anti-Spiral, which would spell its complete and utter destruction, and even if they beat the Anti-Spiral, they will cause the universe to implode. He keeps the humans backward and living in fear because the alternative is much, much worse. And after the TimeSkip, his worst fears become realized... except the human race will not be getting annihilated, because the heroes are just that awesome.]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: And don't you forget it! There's a reason all the militant beastmen obey him without question.
* AwesomenessIsVolatile
* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead Kinda. Sorta.]]
* {{Badass}}
* BadassArmFold: ''Never'' uncrosses his arms while fighting in Lazengann (unless he's doing a LimitBreak).
* BaldOfEvil [[spoiler:-> BaldOfAwesome]]
* [[BadassBeard Badass]] BeardOfEvil
* BigBad: [[spoiler: DiscOneFinalBoss]]
** [[spoiler: Technically, disc two, but he still counts.]]
* [[spoiler: BrainInAJar: Spends most of the time following his death this way, but briefly regains his body just before the ending.]]
* BloodKnight: If making one of your servants strong enough to test your number one enemy doesn't count, then coming out of your Gunman just to beat with your fists while laughing maniacally does.
* CarpetOfVirility: A spiral shaped one!
* [[spoiler:CuteShotaroBoy: See StrongFamilyResemblance.]]
* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome: Twice!]]
* [[spoiler:EleventhHourRanger he regains his body and joins the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann in the climax]]
* EmperorScientist: Presumably how he took over the world. He knows how to create Beastmen and their gunmen.
* EvilCounterpart: To [[spoiler:Simon, which is pointed out when Viral calls him 'usperer of Lordgenome's throne]].
* {{Expy}}: Of [[StarWars Darth Vader]], in that [[spoiler:they were once heroic knights fighting for justice, but were driven by the BigBad to make a FaceHeelTurn and become [[AntiVillain Anti-Villains]]. Oh, and they both make a HeroicSacrifice to save TheHero from the BigBad]].
* [[spoiler:FallenHero: Tried to overthrow the Anti-spirals pre-series but was vanquished.]]
* FlamingHair
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* [[HellishPupils Hellish Pupils And Irises]]: They're spiral-shaped, a trait shared by the Lagann in one instance, the Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, and [[spoiler:Simon in the epilogue]].
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: LAZENGANN! OVERLOAD!!!]]
* HeyItsThatVoice: Wait a minute...[[CodeGeass Diethard Ried]], [[GodHand Elvis]], and [[DynastyWarriors Lu Bu]]?!
* GeniusBruiser: Genetic engineer, master computer hacker, ''and'' able to beat up a mecha with his bare hands. Definitely qualifies.
* HotBlooded: So much so that he ''ignites his own head''.
* IncendiaryExponent: Tends to catch on fire when he does awesome things, [[spoiler: such as beating up a mecha with his bare hands, or doing interstelar travel by foot.]]
* [[spoiler:TheLastDance: Twice!]]
* MeaningfulName: Lord'''genome''' genetically engineered the Beastmen.
** Also, [[spoiler: he was one Spiral Knight and the DNA helice, where the genes are localized, is in spiral format]]
* NonstandardCharacterDesign: Unlike most of the characters, he's given a more... Let's call it ''traditional'' Anime Muscular Man look.
** Doubles as UncannyValley.
* OneManArmy: [[spoiler: Goes against the entire Spiral Army and ''wins''.]]
* [[spoiler:OracularHead]]
* RatedMForManly: Just an "M" might not even cut it.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: More like 1000.
** [[spoiler: DealWithTheDevil: the Anti-Spiral King likely gave him a near infinite lifespan in honor of respecting their wishes of keeping humanity in check.]]
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath Becomes a good guy and then dies to provide an opening for the rest.]]
* SocialDarwinist: [[spoiler:Subverted at least at the end.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it Lord Genome or Lordgenome?
** Or even Lord Lordgenome?
* StartOfDarkness: The last Parallel Works video, which is also the only canon one.
* [[spoiler:StrongFamilyResemblance]]: We see in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOBG3CCew7Q the last Parallel Works video]] that [[spoiler:he used to basically be a male version of Nia]]. Seriously.
* TechnoBabble: Once he was so incomprehensible that even [[TheSmartGuy Leeron]] didn't understand him.
* [[spoiler:TragicHero: Was originally the heroic Spiral Knight of the Galaxy, before the Anti-Spiral showed him the truth of the Spiral Nemesis. After that, and also realizing the undefeatable nature of the Anti-Spirals, he cuts his losses and becomes a WellIntentionedExtremist, slays all of his Spiral comrades, and becomes a brutal tyrant to keep the human race alive.]]
* TranquilFury: During his fight against Gurren-Lagann, he attacks quite ferociously, yet maintains a stoic face and voice, as well as his BadassArmFold. [[spoiler: He only starts to show hamminess when he activates Lazengann's LimitBreak; after that, during his fistfight with Lagann, he goes into full BloodKnight mode.]]
* TheWorfEffect: In SuperRobotWarsZ2: Hakai-Hen, Lordgenome is not frightened at all by the protagonist group except for one man. [[{{Badass}} That man is]] [[{{Expy}} none other than anime]] JamesBond, [[{{Daitarn3}} Haran Banjou.]]
* UseYourHead: when it comes to hacking, there's the realistic way, there's the HollywoodHacking way, and then there's the Lordgenome way, in which one plugs in and physically beats the security system into submission with one's forehead.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: He has nothing on under his robe to cover his uber-muscular physique.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Maybe. [[spoiler: He enjoys his fight with Simon a little too much.]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler: A thousand years of boredom really dulled his edge, reducing him from a man able to solo his entire army to one whose mech got beaten by the ordinary Lagann. He gets better during the FinalBattle, managing to hold off a Big Bang for a short while.]]
** That being said, [[spoiler:he managed to rip apart the Lagann ''with his bare hands'', and was only stopped by having a Core Drill rammed into his chest.]]
* VillainTeamUp: He [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1lzW2zP71E meets with Gaiou before Scenario 44]] on the Earth route and receives two Dino DAMON in exchange.
* ZenSurvivor: Made bitter by [[spoiler: his defeat at the hands of the Anti-Spirals]], he doesn't tell anyone what he's learned and warns them only in a crypic sense.
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[[folder:Antagonists: [[spoiler:The Anti Spiral]]]]
!!The Anti-Spiral
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--> Voiced by: Takaya Kamikawa (JP), Dave Mallow (EN)

--> ''"You seek beauty in struggling to the bitter end- a trait instinctive to those bewitched by the power of the Spiral... Nevertheless, that is an act which has been repeated time and time again. Now, follow the same fate as those Spiral Warriors... WHO CAME BEFORE YOU!!"''

[[spoiler:The ultimate BigBad of the series. This bizarre being appears to be the embodiment of the collective mind and will of the Anti-Spiral race. As he resides in AnotherDimension created by the Anti-Spirals, he has near-infinite levels of power, up to and including manipulation of the very laws of nature.]]

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* [[spoiler: AbsoluteXenophobe]]: [[spoiler: Wants ALL forms of life gone or incapable of evolving to prevent the Spiral Nemesis from coming to pass, and by hell or high water, he makes sure of it.]]
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Sort of. He agrees to fight the protagonists [[LetsFightLikeGentlemen "on your own terms"]], meaning the EvilKnockoff [[spoiler: mecha]] mentioned below. His reason for doing so, however, is not to relate to them, but rather to humiliate his opponents by defeating them in a MirrorMatch rather than simply [[RealityWarper Reality Warping]] them into nonexistence. This seems to be the only way to defeat their CrazyAwesome powers, and he should know due to his experience with such things.
* [[spoiler:ArtShift]]: In TheMovie, [[spoiler: he shifts from "Skinny" to "Uber Muscular" a few times, also gaining a more versatile expression range that borders on HighOctaneNightmareFuel when he smiles deviously]].
* BaldOfEvil
* BeyondTheImpossible: Can [[MindScrew alter probability:]] the force of nature that sets forth the laws of reality. That would make the Anti-Spirals the equivalent of first-order beings. The next step up from that is ''''''{{God}} himself!!!'''''
* BlankWhiteEyes: His ''default'' expression. They strike fear with ease!
** [[spoiler:RedEyesTakeWarning]]: [[spoiler: His eyes have flickering splotches of red as he anaylzes Nia.]]
* [[spoiler:BigBad]]
* [[spoiler: [[BigNo Big]] RapidFireNo: "NO NO NO [etc]" and "[[BigNever NEVEEEEEERRRRRR!]]" during the final battle.]]
* CombatTentacles
** [[spoiler: DesperationAttack]]: [[spoiler: Uses his tentacles to shred Lagann as it descends on him, but cannot stop it in time. In '''Lagann-Hen''', he does, but Simon himself begins a one-on-one fistfight moments later.]]
** NaughtyTentacles: His "fusing" with Nia in Lagann-Hen. [[{{Squick}} Eugh]].
* [[spoiler:EldritchAbomination]]: [[spoiler: His NonstandardCharacterDesign gives him this vibe, rather than seeming human in his own right, he ends up looking like something from the game EarthBound, not as frightening as Giygas, but the way the Anti-Spiral looks makes it seem as if he's "Out of Sync" with reality, which, in a manner of speaking, he is]].
** [[spoiler:He's a rare example of an EldritchAbomination created by someone, instead of more traditional cosmic god.]]
* CreepyMonotone: Speaks with an unnerving calm, at times making him sound like a scientist who is merely conducting an experiment rather than [[spoiler:a SufficientlyAdvancedAlien with incredible power.]] By the final battle, [[spoiler:however, he's ranting a mile a minute and shouting attack names just like everyone else.]]
* DimensionLord
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: "We have no need to understand. We only need to know."
* EvilFeelsGood: Despite claiming he/they have no emotions, they seem to enjoy inflicting [[DespairEventHorizon Absolute Despair]] on their enemies.
* EvilKnockoff: [[spoiler:In response to the heroes' advance, he creates a twisted version of their own mecha, and even fights using drills during the climax. In the second movie, this includes his own version of the Giga Drill Breaker.]]
* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: Though that's a ''little'' bit more justified when the force that is and is created by free will and makes free will possible is what is fueling entropy.
* FanNickname: Fans occasionally call him the "Anti-Spiral King" to distinguish him from the Anti-Spiral ''race''. Though they do overlap.
* FantasticRacism: [[spoiler:[[WellIntentionedExtremist Well Intentioned Extremism]] not withstanding, he absolutely deplores and hates other spiral races, considering them reckless fools who need to be restrained.]]
** Considering spiral races include ''every living thing'', he's more of an AbsoluteXenophobe
* [[spoiler: GracefulLoser: When he's killed, his last words are "If this is how it must be, [[TakeUpMySword protect the universe at all costs]]."]]
* [[HiveQueen Hive King]]
* HeyItsThatVoice: Sounds like an evil (or very nihilistic) [[DigimonAdventure Angemon]].
* HotBlooded: [[spoiler:He can claim that the Anti-Spirals discarded all of their emotions all he wants; he nearly matches Simon in this respect during the final battle.]]
** [[spoiler:''That's just the path that leads to '''EXTINCTION!''' Why can't you SEE the '''PATHETIC LIMITATION of the SPIRAL RACE?!?''''']]
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler:Justified, as he's the avatar of a humanoid HiveMind.]]
* {{Hypocrisy}}: [[spoiler:As noted above, the Anti-Spiral is quick to abandon his vaunted stoicism in the final battle.]]
* [[spoiler:JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope]]
* KnightTemplar
* [[spoiler:LargeHam]]
** [[spoiler: Yes, even in his more quiet moments, he's still a ham.]]
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: [[spoiler: Despite having almost enough power to curb-stomp the heroes (the exact limits of his power are unknown, and may even be infinite), he always takes the form of his enemy, with just a ''tad'' more power, to demoralize his enemies and make them lose spiral power. When the heroes take the form of the Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann with the help of a Big Bang, the Anti-Spiral matches it by ''breathing'']].[[hottip:*:[[spoiler: This causes problems when creating an UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny with the Anti-Spiral involved - can he match stronger universe-busters like {{Demonbane}} and Galactus, and potentially defeat them, or is a STTGL-sized mecha his limit?]]
* MasterRace: Deconstructed: [[spoiler:They conquer the universe for the sake of their own existence]].
* NonstandardCharacterDesign: He is drawn as a vaguely-human black silhouette, with very simple white eyes and mouth.
* NotSoDifferent: Inverted. Anti-Spiral Nia says that nobody could suppress the Spiral Instinct (read: LargeHam HotBlooded-ness) indefinitely, and she was right.
* OmnicidalManiac: Deconstructed: [[spoiler:The Anti-Spiral are paranoid of an mother-of-all-apocalyptic nightmares erasing all creation ever known and decided to supress all other lifeforms to ensure it will never happen.]]
* TheOmnipotent: He has complete control of his pocket universe, even able to manipulate probability. The only reason he doesn't just annihilate the heroes is due to gaps of information.
* RoyalWe: Justified, as he's speaking for his entire species.
* SlasherSmile: [[spoiler:A very sickening one whips across his face as Simon dashes toward him with a drill arm in ''Lagann-Hen''.]]
** StepfordSmiler
* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: Perhaps even Perfectly Advanced Alien. Ironically, [[spoiler:Anti-Spirals have evolved so far, they stopped out of fear it would unravel the creation itself.]]
* ShadowArchetype: [[spoiler:Just as the protagonists are trying to keep their race alive and are very determined to do so, the same is true for the Anti-Spiral race, which he [[LampshadeHanging points out]] as part of his HannibalLecture during the final battle.]]
* TechnoBabble: Has a few shades of this.
* UnmovingPlaid: Adding to his EldritchAbomination feel.
* [[spoiler: VillainousBreakdown: He really blows his stack when Team Dai-Gurren refuse to give up and keep getting stronger.]]
* [[spoiler:WellIntentionedExtremist: In the end, what he is trying to do is ensure the universe's survival, however, he's totally freaking NUTS in the way he goes about it.]]

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For the Mecha of Gurren Lagann visit the {{TengenToppaGurrenLagannMecha}} Page.

For the Mecha of Gurren Lagann visit the [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/TengenToppaGurrenLagannMecha Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Mecha]] Page.

[[folder:The Titular Mecha]]

!!'''Lagann'''
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* CombiningMecha: With anything.
* EmpathicWeapon: Reacts to Spiral Power, and particularly Simon's spiral power. [[spoiler: Eventually proven to have a mind of it's own.]]
* FastballSpecial: Lagann has been both the ball and the pitcher.
* {{Gundamjack}}: Lagann's primary purpose.
* MiniMecha: Its tiny compared to others.
* NoConservationOfEnergy: Grows as many drills as Simon needs, out of nowhere.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill
* ThisIsADrill
* YouWillBeAssimilated: A rare heroic example; it grabs enemy mecha and absorbs every part of them into itself.

!!'''Gurren'''
* AceCustom: Subverted; it's essentially just a [[RuleOfCool cool-looking]] mecha without Lagann.
* BadassNormal: Still powerful without special features.
* {{BFS}}: Originally wielded a pair of these, but after Kamina captured it, he had them melted down into its signature CoolShades.
* CombiningMecha: With Lagann.
* CoolShades: Modeled after [[TriangleShades Kamina's own]].
* GundamJack: While the majority of the hero-controlled gunmen in the show are implied to have been aquired in the same fashion, this one stands out on the grounds that this was the one that inspired the rest.
* FastballSpecial
* HumongousMecha
* [[spoiler: ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]
** [[WeCanRebuildHim It survived the ordeal]] well enough to still be usable afterwards. [[spoiler:Its pilot at the time, [[TearJerker sadly, did not]].]]
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Uses its CoolShades either as a sword or a boomerang.
* OutOfFocus: After [[spoiler:[[HesBack Simon's rebirth]]]], the Gurren doesn't get any more solo action scenes, serving as little more than an extension for Lagann. The only time it actually ''moved'' without Lagann was [[spoiler: during Viral's FastballSpecial during the FinalBattle]]. It has the saddest justification: [[spoiler: Kamina has died, and the mecha has now lost its original characterization as Kamina's avatar while fighting. Thus, the focus shifts to purely Simon, who carries on for both of them, with Gurren being a part of Lagann just like Kamina remains a part of him.]]

!!'''Gurren-Lagann'''
The protagonist's main mecha, and the [[TitleDrop titular mecha]] in the dub. Formed from Gurren and Lagann, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin hence the name]].
* CombiningMecha: With [[CoolStarship Arc-Gurren]]. Then with [[ThatsNoMoon Cathedral Terra]]. Then with [[spoiler:[[BeyondTheImpossible Team Dai-Gurren]]]]
* CoolShades
* FastballSpecial: Involves Gurren's pilot ripping the mecha's head off.
* FangsAreEvil: On Gurren: Averted.
* FinishingMove! GIGA! '''DRILL!''' '''''BREAK!'''''
* HumongousMecha: You standard issue version. [[spoiler: The later ones take it UpToEleven and beyond.]]
* IncendiaryExponent: In Episode 7, the Man On Fire Blazing Chariot Kick.
* MadeOfIron: In episode 7, when the much larger Dai-Gunzan attempts to rip apart the Gurren Lagann, the Gurren Lagann's joints manage to hold off for more than 20 seconds before [[BigDamnHeroes being saved by Dayakka's cannon.]]
* MidSeasonUpgrade: [[spoiler: Flight.]]
* NoConservationOfEnergy: Drills out of every orifice.
* PrecisionGuidedBoomerang: The CoolShades can be used as one.
* ThisIsADrill: You couldn't get any more literal: it's a walking drill warrior!
* TitleDrop: English dub only. The name isn't used in the Japanese dub.

!!'''Arc Gurren-Lagann'''
A combination between Gurren-Lagann and the Arc Lordgenome left for humanity to enter space with. Of the Gurren-Lagann forms, this one shows up the least, but it is notable for winning one of the first unambiguous victories against the Anti-Spirals.
* CombiningMecha: Gurren-Lagann and a CoolStarship...''and they're not done yet.''
* CoolShades: Subverted; this is the only form that does not have any cool shades.
* FinishingMove: "Burst...SPINNING...'''PUNCH!'''"
* HumongousMecha: Comparatively tiny compared to some of the future mechs, but towers over other "Space Gunmen." ''And'' houses a colony fit for hundreds of thousands of people!
* MegatonPunch: Rather than pulling off a Giga Drill Breaker in its initial battle, it finishes off an Anti-Spiral battleship by ''punching it so hard it'' '''''breaks out''''' ''of space-time before it explodes.''
* SerialEscalation: A bigger version of Gurren-Lagann.

!!'''Super Galaxy Gurren-Lagann'''
--> ''Our friends' hopes and dreams are etched into its body, transforming the infinite darkness into light! Unmatched in Heaven, and Earth; one machine, equal to the gods! Super Galaxy GURREN LAGANN! ... We're gonna show you the power... of the human race.''
The combination of Arc Gurren-Lagann with the Cathedral Terra/Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren.
* CombiningMecha: Well, ''duh''!
* CoolShades: Two ''massive'' pairs of star-shaped shades. Generated after Cathedral Gurren-Lagann is upgraded into Super Galaxy Gurren Lagann.
* HumongousMecha: Practically the size of the ''moon'', and can handle the impact of ''planets''.
* MoreDakka: Its Maelstrom Cannon could best be classified as an anti-''universe'' gun, able to hit targets that were hiding in space-time itself. It's as close as anyone's likely to get to "[[BeyondTheImpossible enough dakka]]."
* SerialEscalation: A much, ''much'' bigger version of Arc Gurren.
* ShoutOut: The way it's introduced is practically identical to how the GunBuster was first launched: slowly rising up in the [[BadassArmfold Gainax Pose]]. There are many similarities in their overall shape as well.
* ShowyInvincibleHero: Counts as this in its own right, since its entire introduction is a massive CurbStompBattle against the previously devastating Anti-Spiral defense force. Even {{RealityWarper}}s couldn't stand up to its power.
* ThisIsADrill: Combines the two enormous drills on its shoulders for an epic Giga Drill Breaker, but also can turn its ''fingers'' into drills.
** Even its ''drills'' had ''drills''!
** TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: Promptly skewered by the Granzeboa in both the FinalBattle and ''Lagann-Hen.'']]

!!'''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'''
--> ''Don't underestimate us. We don't care about time, or space or... multi-dimensional whatevers! We don't give a damn about that. Force your way down a path YOU choose to take, and do it all yourself! That's the way Team Dai-Gurren rolls! Even when trapped by karma's cycle, the dreams we left behind will open the door! Even if the universe stands in our way, our seething blood will determine what will be! We'll break through time and space and defy all who would stop us to grab hold of our path! TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN!'' WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?
The titular mecha, formed for the final battle and piloted by the entirety of Team Dai-Gurren. Galaxies ''whimper'' before it in terms of comparative size.
* AllYourPowersCombined: In addition to being piloted by ''everyone'' left standing, it can manifest weapons like Viral's swords and Yoko's rifle to attack with.
* [[spoiler: AnArmAndALeg]]: [[spoiler: Savagely dismantled by the Granzeboma in ''Lagann-Hen'', spurting out red liquid similar to blood. HighOctaneNightmareFuel, indeed!!]]
* BeyondTheImpossible: This thing treats entire galaxies as stepping stones or ninja stars.
* CombiningMecha: Averted. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann breaks the pattern of mecha-piloting-mecha-piloting mecha; instead, it's a manifestation of everyone's HeroicWillpower in the Super-Spiral universe. (It does [[MetaMecha contain]] the other Gurren Laganns, but they aren't combined with anything but more power.)
* CoolShades: This time, they aren't used as weapons, though.
* DualWielding: You know what's better than a Giga Drill Breaker? ''Two of them.''
* HumongousMecha: '''Ten million light years in height.'''
* HyperspaceArsenal: Literally able to manifest anything its pilots need it to.
* IncendiaryExponent: Wreathed in green flames of pure Spiral power. It's practically the Dai-Gurren insignia come to life!
* MirrorMatch: To avoid such an obscenely powerful mecha completely destroying any drama when it appeared, it was matched against an equally powerful EvilKnockoff for its first and only fight.
* RealityWarper: At this point, the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann can do basically anything as long as its pilots feed it willpower.
* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Nobody even bothers trying to make sense of how the human sized protagonists are doing battle with a robot a hundred times the size of the Milky Way. Physics, fortunately, packed its bags and left long ago.
** Justified, however, since it's happening in a pocket universe where thought is given form. Not to mention Spiral Power breaks the laws of physics anyway.
* SerialEscalation: Still bigger, and this is where it gets ridiculous.
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: Whereas it fights on par with the Granzeboma, in the movie, ''Lagann-Hen'', it's ''utterly shredded to pieces and DECAPITATED''.]]
* ThisIsADrill: Quite a few of them. All of them bigger than the average galaxy.
* TitleDrop

!!'''Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann'''
The strongest final form of Gurren-Lagann, appearing only in TheMovie.
* AGodAmI: Not so much a giant robot as it is a god being piloted by one in turn piloted one called equal to the god!
** Not to mention it was created by a '''Big Bang.'''
* ApocalypseHow: Class X-4- just clashing drills with its EvilKnockoff ''destroyed the universe they were fighting in.''
* BadassCape: Tossed aside as it uses its Giga Drill Breaker... if you can pull off a cape made of pure cosmic energy.
* BeyondTheImpossible: The patron saint of this Trope: '''''It makes the universe look like its freaking backyard.'''''
* CapedMecha: One wonders how many galaxies you could fit inside that gargantuan thing!
* CombiningMecha
* CoolShades: Has a pair '''THE SIZE OF A BILLION NEBULAS.'''
* EnergyBeing
* {{Expy}}: Of ''Kamina''.
* HumongousMecha: {{Exaggerated}}. It is ''1.8% the size of the observable universe'', or to put this in simpler terms: really, really, really, ''really'' [[GoshDarnItToHeck flipping]] big.
** Most of it's head is ten million light years in length.
* MetaMecha: A robot the size of a universe piloted by one the size of a galaxy piloted by one the size of the moon piloted by one the size of a small country piloted by one the size of a battleship piloted by one the size of a building piloted by one the size of a VW Bug!
* {{Reincarnation}}: Of [[spoiler:Kamina]].
* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Again, the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann formed the head. And not even all of its head.
* SerialEscalation: The obscenely big and powerful Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann above? That forms this one's ''face''.
* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: Its drill fails to break the Anti-Spiral's own; however, a barrage of drills from the weaker Gurren Lagann mechs manage to break the Anti-Spiral drill.]]
** This troper believes it was more along the lines of [[spoiler: each larger form of Gurren-Lagaan was taking more Spiral Energy to work, therefore, as each's drill failed and the "pilot" evacuated, there was more Spiral Energy to work with, hence why Gurren-Lagaan's drill finally worked.]]
** Actually, this seem to represent that size does not matter... It is the will to keep going forward, mile by mile, meter by meter, inch by inch, the determination... something that the Anti-Spiral King cannot understand and caused him to fail.
* ThisIsADrill: A drill large enough that a pocket universe can't withstand its power.
* UpToEleven: '''NO!''' Up to a '''''[[color:blue:GOOGOLPLEX!!!!]]'''''

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[[folder:Mecha: Team Gurren/[[spoiler: Dai-Gurren]]]]
!!'''King Kittan'''
Kittan's personal Gunmen, acting as field deputy and squad commander for Team Dai-Gurren. As shown in ''Kittan Zero'', it's revealed that he gained it from a victorious battle against the Beastmen. King Kittan is a star-shaped mecha with thin, pointed limbs that transform into lances, triangular horns doubling as pincers, two large eyes with red pupils, and a very jagged, toothy mouth affixed into a Joker-esque sneer. It used to be a red-colored, custom-model Gunmen piloted by a pig Beastman, but Kittan got the wild idea to hijack it with his bare hands, beating the pilot senseless and fighting a lion Beastman for control over the mecha- and won. The moment he leapt in the cockpit, his immense fighting spirit generated enough Spiral Power to alter the Gunmen into the form seen in the series. Much like Lagann and Gurren, King Kittan has its own combining ability, King Kittan Deluxe, though more of an equipping variety: it can pair up with the Kiyalunga, Kiyal's Gunmen, and use it as a lance and smiley-faced shield. [[spoiler: Post-timeskip, King Kittan is retired and put into storage, then given to Makken and Leyte to dismantle. Instead, they outfit it with a Spiral cannon on its right arm and keep it in prime condition. Eventually, King Kittan sits within the much larger Space King Kittan to act as a pilot under Kittan's control. Tragically, Kittan decides to sacrifice himself to destroy the Anti Spiral's Death Spiral Machine and loses Space King Kittan in his initial attack. King Kittan lasts just a little longer, with the help of one of Simon's drills. Then, for the first and final time, Kittan taps into his own Spiral Power and uses a super-sized Giga Drill Break with King Kittan on the machine, destroying it in one blow. Sadly, the explosion vaporizes King Kittan, taking Kittan himself along with it.]]
* AceCustom: One-of-a-kind Gunmen designed specifically for full-range combat.
* AttackPatternAlpha: Forms King Kittan Deluxe with Kiyalunga and rides the Dayyakaiser into battle.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower
* CombiningMecha: With Kiyal's Kiyalunga to form King Kittan Deluxe. Only shown once due to Kiyal's aversion toward battle, but [[spoiler: Space King Kittan wields a double-edged lance and shield similar to this combination.]]
* DoubleWeapon: Uses a two-sided lance in tandem with a shield when Kiyalunga forms its battle gear.
* DualWielding: King Kittan's arms can be turned into twin battle lances.
* [[spoiler: EmergencyWeapon]]: [[spoiler: Gurren-Lagann's drill, after Space Kittan is crushed heading toward the Death Spiral Machine.]]
* LargeHam: Effectively a ''megaphone'' for Kittan's boisterous attitude.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Kiyalunga becomes a bulletproof shield for King Kittan: with a ''smiley face'', no less!
* HeelFaceTurn: Technically switched sides when Kittan took control over it, complete with metamorphosis from "bad guy mech" into "good guy mech."
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler: Kittan sends it crashing into the Death Spiral Machine with a Giga Drill. Both he and the Gunmen are turned to ashes in the following massive explosion.]]
* MadeOfIron: Withstood [[spoiler: ''tremendous'' amounts of gravity before crashing into the Death Spiral Machine. The actual explosion is what destroyed it.]]
* HyperspaceArsenal: Apparently totes several unseen gun turrets on its body, shown in sphere form in ''Kittan Zero''.
* MidSeasonUpgrade: [[spoiler: First gets the power to fly from a thruster reverse-engineered from Dai-Gunten's specs, then Anti-Spiral weaponry on its arm after the time-skip.
* MoreDakka: Used an arsenal of guns in ''Kittan Zero.''
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Actually, it's a tooth-shaped hatch, but it has the shape of a cocky sneer, well-fitting to Kittan's personality.
* [[spoiler: ThisIsADrill]]: [[spoiler: First, Leite adapts Space King Kittan to transform into a drill bullet to cleave through the gravity of the Death Spiral Machine. When this mech crumples from the pressure, Kittan ejects his King Kittan, jams a broken drill onto its arm, and rockets toward the Death Spiral Machine to deliver the final blow.]]
* ThePowerOfTheSun: [[spoiler: Space King Kittan's Space Sunbeam lance attack.]]
* SliceAndDiceSwordsmanship
* [[spoiler: SuicideMission]]: [[spoiler: Its final mission.]]
* SuperStrength: Ferociously powerful, and somehow managed to [[spoiler: hold a gigantic Giga Drill over its head and then guide it straight into the [[GravityMaster Death Spiral Machine!]]]]
* TransformingMecha: Demonstrated the ability to transform from a rocket-propelled sphere into Gunmen form in ''Kittan Zero''. This is never demonstrated again after Kittan takes control of it. [[spoiler: The larger Space King Kittan, however, gets modified by Leite to transform into a bullet-shaped drill moments before Kittan undertakes his Suicide Mission.]]
* WeaponOfChoice:
** JoustingLance: Uses a short, double-edge lance as King Kittan Deluxe and later, [[spoiler: a much larger, standard jousting lance as Space King Kittan.]]
* WreckedWeapon: ''[[InvertedTrope Inverted]]:'' [[spoiler: King Kittan uses a broken drill from Gurren Lagann in its final attack, but Kittan's Spiral Power causes the drill to repair itself and firmly attach to his Gunmen's right arm, turning into a Giga Drill far bigger than King Kittan itself!]]
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[[folder:Mecha: Beastmen]]
!!'''Enki[[spoiler:/Enkidu/Enkidudu]]'''
Viral's Gunmen throughout the first arc. It has three forms, each with a unique feature that the others lack. It sports a variety of weapons such as missles, gunmen-scaled swords, barriers, axes, and particle beams, and is also skilled at hand-to-hand combat. [[spoiler: It debuts with a samurai-style helmet that fires a particle beam, but it gets torn off in its first battle with the newly-formed Gurren-Lagann and taken by Kamina as a trophy. Viral re-stylizes Enki into Enkidu, a slightly modified Enki with an axe-shaped crest on its head, complete with a backup supply of crests, in place of its lost helmet, which Viral consistently demands back. After Enkidu suffers defeat several times on end, Viral discards the axe weapon and fits Enkidu with a second pair of arms and swords, turning it into Enkidudu. However, this mecha fails to hold up for mere ''seconds'' against Gurren-Lagann. Eventually, after seven years of abuse since Lordgenome's defeat, it suffers damage beyond repair as Viral tries to fight off the Grapearl squadron that has him pinned down in the desert, and shuts down permanently. Enkidudu is most likely scrapped after his capture.]]
* {{BFG}}: Enki's particle beam.
* {{BFS}}: Enki's swords, [[spoiler: Enkidu's axe]], and [[spoiler: Enkidudu's four swords.]] [[spoiler: ''Sixteen'' if you count Tengen Toppa Enki Dulga.]]
* CantCatchUp: A formidable enemy when its introduced but becomes less so as the episodes pass. [[spoiler: Not so with Tengen Toppa Enki Durga in ''Lagann-Hen'': every sense of might it brought on gets pushed back up to its former glory.]]
* [[spoiler: CarryABigStick: Tengen Toppa Enki Durga wields a single kanabō along with it's fifteen swords. He's never actually shown using it though.]]
* CoolHelmet: [[spoiler: Has one in its debut, but seconds after Simon and Kamina for Gurren Lagann, Kamina tears the helmet clean off Enki and places atop Lagann's head.]]
* DualWielding: Swords. [[spoiler: Later, four of them, and in the movie, a breathtaking ''sixteen!'']]
* HumongousMecha
* HyperspaceArsenal: [[spoiler: Enkidu is somehow able to fit at least a dozen axe-like crests in some hidden compartment in its head, with new ones popping out at will.]]
* MeaningfulName: Each time Viral gets a new mech (They are all just slightly stronger versions of the original), another ''du'' is added at the end.
** Enkidu was a 1/3 man, 2/3 beast from ''TheEpicOfGilgamesh'', who was created by the god Enki to defeat Gilgamesh but ending up becoming his best friend and fighting alongside him.
* MeteorMove: [[spoiler: Attempts one on Gurren Lagann in episode 7 with its swords after hurling it into the air, but fails, and has its swords broken.]]
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: [[spoiler: The Enkidudu, which can wield four swords at once.]] [[spoiler: Even more so for Tengen Toppa Enki Durga- it has ''sixteen arms''!]]
* NiceHat: Enki's head-like helmet, which doubles as a {{BFG}}. [[spoiler: Gurren Lagann takes it and puts it on Lagann after smashing it off, and wears it the rest of the series. The Enkidu has one in the form of a strange curved blade atop its head, which can be removed and used as a massive axe/hooksword.]] [[spoiler: Tengen Toppa Enki Durga has a more stylized version of Enki's helmet.]]
* [[ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks Throwing Your Axe Always Works]]: Subverted. It doesn't work at all.
* TheWorfEffect: After Simon snaps out of his HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath, [[spoiler The Enkidu becomes less and less able to contend with Gurren Lagann.]] [[spoiler: Eventually, When the Enkidudu challenges Gurren Lagann in episode 15, it is [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomped]] with one hand in under 20 seconds. Finally, in episode 17, the Grapearls finish it off permanently and it gets scrapped.]]

!!'''Dai-Gunzan/[[spoiler:Dai-Gurren]]'''
Thymilph's gigantic flagship. Essentialy a massive Gunmen with a battleship for a lower torso, loaded with extreme degress of firepower, immensly strong arms that can peel apart victimized Gunmen- or chuck them miles away, and a detchable knife anchor prow. However... some people might think the ship's torso has a more [[UnfortunateImplications phallic meaning.]] Kamina was so stunned at Dai-Gunzan's might he decided [[spoiler: to concoct a hare-brained plan to hijack it using Simon's Lagann- which succeeds as planned.]] [[spoiler: Unfortunately, he didn't think of the possibility that Thymiph might have a backup Gunmen on call- which becomes the worst mistake of his life.]] [[spoiler: Thymilph angrily responds to the hijacking of his ship by spearing Kamina, causing fatal injuries. Kamina manages to hang on long enough to finish Thymilph, but then dies from his wounds, never getting to pilot the ship. Afterward, the flagship is renamed the '''Dai-Gurren'', repainted, and given a new tower to replace the one destroyed by Simon's Lagann in the inital takeover. Dai-Gunzan goes through two upgrades- sea and flight adaptions- before it finally gets outfoxed by Dekabutsu and pushed to its limits. The body of the Gunmen is forced to eject from the ship components and gets damaged to the point of no return. Post time-skip, it's scrapped and cannibalized to help build Kamina City, but in the second movie, it gets a Tenga Toppa Gunmen paying tribute to it.]]

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* AceCustom: A glorified version of a mass-produced warship in the Beastman army, as evidence by ''Parallel Works'' 8 and [[spoiler: the arrival of a RedShirtArmy in episode 14]].
* {{BFS}}: The knife anchor prow- effectively a mountain-sized battering ram. Even more devastating when [[spoiler: ejected and thrust into the enemy]].
* {{BFG}}: Loaded with [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment loads]] of cannons!!
* CombiningMecha: Implied to do so with the other generals' ships.
* ConspicuousCG: At least one brief instance pops up in Episode 8 when its arms are slyly replaced with 3D models.
* EmergingFromTheShadows: In Episode 7, as daylight begins to put it into full view.
* FastballSpecial: You know Gurren's varation of it with Lagann? This one is takenUpToEleven- it flings [[spoiler: Gurren Lagann]] and other mecha far away into the ''skyline'' to fight enemies.
* GagPenis: The battleship body just ''had'' to be where its crotch is. Leeron even seems turned on by it.
** Made even worse by the fact that when it [[spoiler: ejects from its ship components]], there's a big, naked pelvis where they used to be. So in a sense... it's been emasculated!
* GroinAttack: Episode 12 has a scene where a hole punctures the underbelly of the ship right where the you-know-whats would be and creates an increase in pressure. Every male member of the crew aside from Leeron grabs their groin in agony. Sight gag, indeed.
* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn]]: [[spoiler: Hijacked by Team Dai-Gurren using the power of Lagann- but Kamina never gets to command it]].
* HumongousMecha: Daunting in size compared to all other previous Gunmen seen up until its debut. And then we get to see it's ''not'' the biggest dog in the pound...
* IncendiaryExponent: Firey cannons of death all around!
* InformedAbility: [[spoiler: Apparently could combine with the other generals' warships, but because it was stolen, this ability is never properly utilized- but Viral replaces the missing Gunmen with his own.]]
* MidSeasonUpgrade: First [[spoiler:aquatic capabilities (a big set of oars, really), then a thruster device stolen from Dai-Gunten that allows it to fly.]]
* MoreDakka: Overflowing with artillery cannons and loads of other weaponry all over.
* SuperToughness A frontrunner of it, but arguably, its CrowningMomentOfAwesome is [[spoiler: the final charge it takes into Lorgenome's Dekabutsu.]]
* ThisIsADrill: [[SubvertedTrope: Subverted]]: It's one of the few especially strong Gunmen that doesn't use a drill. However, it's mass-produced counterparts are equipped with drills in ''Parallel Works'' 8.
* [[spoiler: TheWorfEffect]]: [[spoiler: In full swing against its equally-powerful sister battleships, and then outright blocked by Dekabutsu.]]
* [[spoiler: TragicKeepsake]]: [[spoiler: While not necessarily one at first, its the ensuing battle that makes it so. Capturing it costs Kamina his life, but the team remembers him with the ship under their control at last.]]
* [[spoiler: WreckedWeapon]]: [[spoiler: To the worst degree in the climactic battle with Lordgenome. However, in its final moments, the ship pulls off an epic CrowningMomentOfAwesome]].

!!'''Dekabutsu'''
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* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Serves as one up until [[spoiler: Teppelin collapses and reveals its true form]].
* HumongousMecha: [[spoiler: The first major example: This one magnificently dwarfs even the biggest Gunmen around at the time!]]

!!'''Lazengann'''
Lordgenome's personal mecha, Lazengann is the equivalent of Gurren Lagann- a small Gunmen united with a larger body, similar drill-based powers, and equally destructive. It was able to overpower [[spoiler:and defeat]] Gurren Lagann with only a shredded hand to show for it. [[spoiler:It is defeated and most likely destroyed by the Lagann by losing a [[BeamOWar gigantic drill clash]]. It is later revived as a piece of the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and used by Lordgenome in the final battle with the Anti Spirals.]] It fights using hand to hand combat, as well as an truckload of drill tendrils from dozens of ports that cover its body, and is capable of flight with no added jetpack.

* AnArmAndALeg: Loses both of its arms in episode 15. The forearm of one is destroyed by a surprise drill attack by Gurren Lagann after it gets up with HeroicResolve. [[spoiler: The other one is destroyed when Lordgenome detonates it to prevent Lagann from {{Gundamjack}}ing it after it cripples Gurren with tendrils.]]
* BadassArmFold: Lordgenome is fond of this pose, so he has Lazengann do it whenever it's not fighting.
* BareFistedMonk: Despite being [[spoiler:more powerful than Gurren Lagann]], it is of a much simpler design. It mainly uses its obscene strength and speed to fight, with its CombatTentacles used as long range weapon, or to shred opponents with a surprise attack.
* CombatTentacles: More like Combat Drill Tendrils, but they still count.
* CombiningMecha: It is a Gurren Lagann type, meaning it was formed from the same kind of combination that created Gurren Lagann.
* EvilCounterpart: To Gurren Lagann.
* ExpressiveMask: Probably the only Gunman to avert this.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Unit 01]].
* HumongousMecha
* LimitBreak: Two. [[spoiler: First is the Giga Drill Crusher used against Lagann in episode 15, which involves wrapping every single one of its tendrils around each other, forming a massive dirll that covers most of its body. Second is the Lazengann Overload, in which it unleashes every last one of its tendrils against '''A FUCKING BIG BANG''', and holds it off for a while until it completely disintegrates.]]
* [[spoiler: MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily]]: [[spoiler: In its ''stomach''.]]
* PrehensileTail
* PunnyName: ''Lazengann'' means "spiral face" (an intentional parallel to Gurren Lagann, whose name means "crimson face"). However, it sounds near-identical to ''rasengan'' (yeah, ''[[{{Naruto}} that]]'' one), the word for "whirlwind" or "swirl".
* ThisIsADrill: The only example in the show - and probably the only example in anime - to use the "realistic drill bit" kind.
** Except for [[spoiler: the Granzeboma, who uses drill tentacles at the end of the FinalBattle.]]

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[[folder:Mecha: [[spoiler: Anti-Spiral]]]]
!!'''Granzeboma'''
[[spoiler: The Anti-Spiral's Evil Knockoff of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, this is the final and most powerful weapon Team Dai-Gurren faces. It resembles a ghastly cosmic grim reaper. Granzeboma utilizes ''galaxies'' as casual weaponry, and even triggers a '''''big bang''''' as its finishing attack. It ultimately gets destroyed when Simon strikes down the Anti-Spiral.]]
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* [[spoiler: ApocalypseHow]]: [[spoiler: '''EVERY ATTACK IT CAN MUSTER.''' It hijacks the ''galaxies themselves'' as weapons and can even mash them together to ''make a new universe with a big bang.'']]
* BeyondTheImpossible: Alters the laws of reality to fight!
* CombatTentacles: Double as swords. [[spoiler:Uses several to pin down every single Gurren Lagann mech after Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann dissipates, but fails to stop Lagann itself.]]
* DemBones: A hulking demonic skeletal form.
* [[spoiler: EvilCounterpart]]: [[spoiler: Anti-Spiral's polar opposite to Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.]]
** [[spoiler: EvilKnockoff]]: [[spoiler: Also designed to mock said mecha in terms of might and sheer disgust toward the humans piloting it.]]
* EyesOfGold / ProphetEyes: Waivers between the two, until...
** [[spoiler:GlowingEyesOfDoom Glowing Red Eyes of Doom]]: [[spoiler: Granzemboa's eyes turn a hellish red as it launches its final offensive against Team Dai-Gurren. In ''Lagann-Hen'', its eyes are white- unless the same footage was reused and doctored to make it appear to be the Super Granzeboma.]]
* FinishingMove: [[spoiler: '''"INFINITY... BIG BANG... STOOORRM!!!"''']]
* GrimReaper: Natural, given that [[spoiler: the Anti-Spiral are harbringers of death and despair]].
* ImpossiblyCoolWeapon: [[spoiler: '''''GALAXIES.''''']] Yes, you read right.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja: [[spoiler: Flings two ''galaxies'' as impossibly large shuriken- effortlessly!]]
* IncendiaryExponent: Wreathed in ghostly purple flames [[spoiler: as opposed to Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann's green.]]
* [[spoiler: MirrorMatch]]: Created specifically to counter the power of [[spoiler: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.]]
* MoreDakka: [[spoiler: Armed with dozens of stellar-powered, probability-altering energy blasts.]]
* [[spoiler: MultiarmedAndDangerous]]
* [[spoiler: RedEyesTakeWarning]]: [[spoiler: Granzemboa's eyes turn a searing blood red as all the Gurren Lagann mecha rush toward it in a final charge.]]
* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: Equally as big as [[spoiler: Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.]]
* [[spoiler: SlapOnTheWristNuke]]: [[spoiler: Make that tactical '''BIG BANG.''']]
* [[spoiler: SuperMode]]: [[spoiler: The Super Granzeboma in ''Lagann-Hen''.]]
* [[spoiler: ThatsNoMoon]]: [[spoiler: Disturbingly [[InvertedTrope Inverted: Yoko discovers the Anti-Spiral have placed their homeworld on top of Granzemboa's head like a crown- after clipping half the armor around it with a intergalactic-sized version of her rifle.]]
* ThisIsADrill: [[spoiler: Uses rounded, spinning lances that have a more reverse and more sinister spiral shape than Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann's drills. Appropriate, given the Anti-Spiral loathe anything pertaining to Spiral Power.]]
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler: Specifically designed to outclass Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. When that doesn't work, it resorts to using power that ''forges universes.'']]
* [[spoiler: WaveMotionGun]]: [[spoiler: It wads up two galaxies to trigger a massive big bang that spits out a new universe on impact!]]

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[[folder:Mecha: Movie-Exclusive Mecha]]
!!Do-Ten-Kai-Zan
The combined form of the Beastmen general flagships.

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* ActionDressRip: While [[spoiler: posing as Yomako]], one of the kids gets stuck in a tree. To save him, Yoko ''shreds'' her dress with a crisp ''RIP'' and scales up the tree with the freedom to stretch her legs. However, Yoko was well-prepared and had another one ready to wear the next day.

* BoobsOfSteel

** ActionDressRip