History Characters / TengenToppaGurrenLagann

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

* [[spoiler: LastKiss]]: [[spoiler: Shares her one and only kiss with Simon at their wedding before her body dissolves into random data bits.]]

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* [[spoiler:EvilChancellor]]: more of a [[spoiler:WellIntentionedExtremist Chancellor]].

* ActionGirl

* 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: TrsgicKeepsake 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.

* 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]].

* 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.]]

* SlasherSmile: [[spoiler: A very sickening one whips across his face as Simon dashes toward him with a drill arm in ''Lagann-Hen''.]]

* SufficientlyAdvancedAlien: Perhaps even Perfectly Advanced Alien. Ironically, [[spoilers: 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.]]

** 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 possesed 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.

** That is FauxSymbolism. Simon comes from the Japanese "shimon", that means "under", while "Kamina" means above, it has nothing to do with Apostle Peter.

* 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 attack to his Gunmen's arm.]]

* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[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.]]

* [[spoiler: ThisIsADrill]]: [[spoiler: Kittan jams a broken drill onto King Kittan's arm as it rockets toward the Anti-Spiral Lotus

** However, Kamina still ranks above [[spoiler: Viral]], who has ''no'' Spiral Power at all.

->''"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!!!"''

** 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]].

* 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.

* SecondLove: For Simon.

* TechnicolorEyes

* DoomMagnet: Every person he's assigned to guard dies. [[spoiler:Except Simon.]]

* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]

* HiddenDepths

* {{Immortality}}: Granted to him by Lord Genome near the end of the first half.

* KnifeNut: When he's not piloting gunmen, his WeaponOfChoice is a cleaver.

* 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 HonourBeforeReason

* SlasherSmile

* WeakButSkilled: He was made so he couldn't make spiral energy and yet he can still blow stuff up with his HotBlood.

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.

* StalkerCrush: Tries to put the moves on Kamina twice, causing him to draw his Katana, back away a good hundred yards away, and yell, '''"DIE!!"'''

* TheEngineer: The guy basically maintains all the friendly Ganmen, including the MASSIVE Dai-Gurren without help from anyone except [[WrenchWench Leyte]]!

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: His theme song spells out this subliminal message: "Leeron is so gay. He wants my asshole. Asshole." Are you retching yet?

* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Gets a ''little'' to his teammates at times. See above

* 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.]]

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Teal Hair]]

!!'''Dayakka'''

The chief of Littner Village, who later becomes the captain of the various Dai-Gurren ships. [[spoiler:Seven years later, he falls insanely in love with Kiyoh, 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.]]

However, Kamina still ranks above [[spoiler: Viral]], who has ''no'' Spiral Power at all.

* BeadyEyedLoser: Is this at the start. 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)]]

* {{Bishonen}}: Post-timeskip

* CuteShotaroBoy

* IJustWantToBeNormal: But Kamina just. Won't. Let him.

* JustAKid: Kittan and Viral's opinon of him, at first
* KidHero

* NoShirtLongJacket
* OfficialCouple: 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.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Hell, he can create something's of a galaxies size [[spoiler: [[UpToEleven and then there is the second movie...]] ]]

* RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Kamina's red -- Simon is blue-clad, blue-eyed and pale where Kamina is red-clad, 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 terribly bright.

* 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 King mercilessly shreds the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Simon comes back, but it's by far not the invincible victory he had before.]]

* ThemeMusicPowerUp

** ThisIsADrill: His primary weapon, and he can make out of awesomeness, I mean, Spiral Energy.
*** The temple to his deified form is [[Pantheon/{{Weapons}} here]]

--> '''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!

* [[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.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: And he's a [[RedOniBlueOni Red Oni]], no less!

* TheBerserker: His battle strategy is (almost) always AttackAttackAttack.

* BigGood: The leader of the forces of good and the one the enemies are afarid of and focus their plans on. Viral didn't know [[TheHero Simon]] ''existed'' until the attack on Tepplin.

* BoisterousBruiser: Large, loud and aggressive.

* ChickMagnet: Kittan's sisters fall for him immediately. All three of them.

* FakeUltimateHero: Played straight and subverted. While really a passionate hero who wants to liberate humanity, 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]].

* {{Fanservice}}

* 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-it runs on pure RuleOfCool, CrazyAwesome, and [[RatedMForManly 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.

* HandsomeLech: In the first episode he cannot stop hitting on Yoko...until he realizes she's a ''pit chick''

** [[spoiler:OurHeroIsDead: Subverted -- Kamina never comes back, but Simon carries on his legacy.]]
* HeroesWantRedheads: The only girl he was interested in was Yoko.

* IdiotHero: Boy howdy. What he lacks in brains he makes up for in FIGHTING SPIRIT!

* [[spoiler:ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice]]

* JugglingLoadedGuns: He almost shoots his own genitals off while attempting to use a gun.

* NoIndoorVoice: You know all those (many) catchphrases? He shouts all of them.

* TheObiWan: To Simon, and all of Team Dai-Gurren too.

* 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.

* RatedMForManly: A tall, musclar and shirtless man who wields a sword in a revolution.
** TestosteronePoisoning: And tries to take on a HumongousMecha with said sword [[hottip:*: [[WordOfGod A fight that he would have won]]]] and often needs to be saved from his own actions.

* SupportingLeader: He's the leader and founder of Team Dai Gurren but he's not the protagonist.

* [[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.]]

* 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).

* TragicHero: [[spoiler:His dad dies]] and then [[spoiler:so does he]].

* TheUnfettered: There really isn't anything he ''won't'' do, except give up.

* 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 possesed the lowest level of Spiral power of the entire Team but he supplied himself with sound strategy, his allies help and pure raw determination.

* 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 bening 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.

* TheWorfEffect: Won exactly one fight without Simon's help. 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 a good fighter struggled against him during the last part before [[spoiler: his death]]. However its really obvious that he's nowhere as good as Simon at all which he realize too.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

* [[spoiler: EvilCounterpart]]: [[spoiler: Anti-Spiral's polar opposite to Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.

* 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 '''troll face.'''

** [[spoilerRedEyesTakeWarning]]: [[spoiler: His eyes have flickering splotches of red as he anaylzes Nia.]]

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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 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, sending him crashing into the Dai-Gunten, where both it and he are obliterated in the carnage.]]

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--> ''"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!!"''

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* 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.

* [[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.''

* EyesOfGold/ProphetEyes: Waivers between the two, until...

* IncendiaryOpponent: Wreathed in ghostly purple flames [[spoiler: as opposed to Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann's green.]]

* [[spoiler: TacticalNuke]]: [[spoiler: Make that tactical '''BIG BANG.''']]

* UpToEleven: '''NO!''' Up to a '''''[[color:blue:GOOGOLPLEX!!!!]]]]'''''

!!'''Enki'''
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, ganmen-scaled swords, barriers, axes, and particle beams, and is also skilled at hand-to-hand combat.

* CantCatchUp: A formitable enemy when its introduced but becomes less so as the episodes pass.

* MultiArmedAndDangerous: The Enkidudu, which can weild four swords at once.
* NiceHat: Enki's head-like helmet, which doubles as a {{BFG}}. 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.

* TheWorfEffect: After Simon snaps out of his HeroicBlueScreenOfDeath, The Enkidu becomes less and less able to contend with Gurren Lagann. 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.

* [[spoiler: MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily]]: [[In its ''stomach''.]]

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* CombatTentacles: [[spoiler:Uses several to pin down every single Gurren Lagann mech after Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann dissipates, but fails to stop Lagann itself.]]

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

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