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* NotGoodWithPeople: He's very bad at even carrying on a conversation. Justified, seeing as the only human interaction he's had was through a computer screen.
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* NotSoDifferent: To Kiyo Takemine; [[{{LampShadedTrope}} drives the point home]] in the Anime when he mind scans the former commenting about his years of jealousy-fueled neglect received both from his peers and his teachers in life, comparing it to his own harsh lab rat days in the asylum he'd been incarcerated in.
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-->''"Naive. You guys are so naive. You're acting like you had a choice. When I need a couple of guys as naive as you two. It puts me in the mood to destroy your book."''
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-->''"Naive. You guys are so naive. You're acting like you had a choice. When I need meet a couple of guys as naive as you two. It puts me in the mood to destroy your book."''
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* EvilAlbino: Much like his partner, although not quite as pale.
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* EvilAlbino: Both of them sport pale skin, faded colors, and whitish hair. These are your clues to tip off their sinisterness.
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!!!'''Other Abilities:''' Answer Talker (Dufort), Doll Emissary (Zeno), Mind Wiping (Zeno)
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!!!'''Other Abilities:''' '''Zeno''': Mantle, Doll Emissary, Mind Wiping || '''Dufort''': Answer Talker (Dufort), Doll Emissary (Zeno), Mind Wiping (Zeno)
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!!!'''Power:''' Lightning (Zeno)
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!!!'''Power:''' Lightning (Zeno)
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* EvilAlbino: Both of them sport pale skin, faded colors, and whitish hair. These are your clues to tip off their sinisterness.
* AdaptationalJerkass: Not only does Zeno retain his evil traits as said below, Zeno continues to be a loathsome dog-kicker even at the point he's supposed to be redeemed in accordance to the manga. Continuously attacking downed opponents, mocking everyone beside Dufort around him, and ultimately defeating Faudo's RemoteControl so it can freely ravage the world just to spite Zatch before he disappears.
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* ArchEnemy: To Zatch
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* AloofBigBrother: According to himself, [[spoiler: Zeno is the older twin.]]
* ArchEnemy: ToZatchZatch. He erased his enemies, [[spoiler: he's related to him, and Zeno resents Zatch for having Baou, so they have the most personal connection this side of Sherry and Zofis.]]
* ArchEnemy: To
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* EvilAlbinoEvilIsPetty: In the anime, after being defeated by Zatch, Zeno rejects redemption and destroys Faudo's control mechanism to let it rampage freely on the human world. All because he lost.
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* ExoticEyeDesignsExoticEyeDesigns: His purple have some sort of shiny tint to them. Keith of the Faudo group particularly is fascinated by them.
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* FreudianExcuse: His grudge against Zatch? [[spoiler:He believed that, since Zatch got the incredible power of Bao, and he himself had to go through TrainingFromHell, that his parents favored Zatch. His HeelRealization hits when he realizes Zatch's bad past yet never waivered from his kind self while also learnign Zatch was given Bao to protect Zeno from it.]]
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* FreudianExcuse: His grudge against Zatch? [[spoiler:He believed that, since Zatch got the incredible power of Bao, and he himself had to go through TrainingFromHell, that his parents favored Zatch. His HeelRealization hits when he realizes Zatch's bad past yet never waivered from his kind self while also learnign learning Zatch was given Bao to protect Zeno from it.]]
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* TheHeavy: His actions kickstart the plot, and he's the driving force behind the second major arc of the series.
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* TheHeavy: His actions kickstart the plot, and he's the driving force behind the second major arc of the series. Even afterwards, he heralds the coming of the final arc by alluding to Clear Note's existence.
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* KickTheDog: Beating Rops was all part of the competition, but he rubs it in by having Dufort Zeker the already burning book, destroying it instantly so Rops doesn't have the chance to give his bookkeeper a farewell.
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* KickTheDog: Beating Rops was all part of the competition, but he rubs it in by having Dufort Zeker Zaker the already burning book, destroying it instantly so Rops doesn't have the chance to give his bookkeeper a farewell.
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* SmugSuper: Fond of using only the bare minimum of force to counter his enemies' spells. This still comes off as him showing off though, since he's beating them with spells that ought to be much weaker than theirs.
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* SmugSuper: Fond of using only the bare minimum of force to counter his enemies' spells. This still comes off as him showing off though, though since he's beating them with spells that ought to be much weaker than theirs.
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* WhiteHairBlackHeartWhiteHairBlackHeart: {{Subverted}}. He started off an evil little kid with sociopathic tendencies because of his FreudianExcuse, but after learning and seeing the truth firsthand, Zeno ''immediately'' changes his tune and opts to act better for his twin brother. [[AdaptationalVillainy Played straight in the anime however.]]
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!!''Zeno [[spoiler: Bell]] (Zeon [[spoiler: Bell]]) and Dufort (Dufaux)''
!!!'''Citizenship:''' Unknown (Dufort)
!!!'''Power:''' Lightning (Zeno)
!!!'''Other Abilities:''' Answer Talker (Dufort), Doll Emissary (Zeno), Mind Wiping (Zeno)
!!!'''Voiced By:''' '''Zeno''': Creator/UraraTakano (JP), Debi Derryberry (EN), Sara Vivas (SP) || '''Dufort''': Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (JP), Creator/DaveWittenberg (EN)
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-->''"Naive. You guys are so naive. You're acting like you had a choice. When I need a couple of guys as naive as you two. It puts me in the mood to destroy your book."''
-->--'''Zeno'''
A demon with strong electrical powers who looks uncannily like Zatch. He's tied to the loss of Zatch's memories. He also uses lightning, but is colored white instead of Zatch's yellow.
Zeon's partner, a mysterious, quiet young man of initially unclear origin.
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'''''Note''''': English names of characters, terminologies, and spell nomenclature are used where applicable. Japanese versions will be used sparingly, particularly in parentheses, to acknowledge distinctions.
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[[folder: Tropes Applicable to Both]]
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[[folder: Tropes for Zeno]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the manga, Zeon does start out rather dickish but as the battle goes on we start to see he does have a noble side and that his actions were purely driven by jealously [[spoiler: which he eventually overcomes once he sees Zatch's past]]. In the anime, no such development exists, he's evil through and through and has nothing but contempt for Zatch to the bitter end, even when he's beaten. This was because the author had broken his hand as he was in the midst of the story arc and the anime rapidly caught up before he could do the battle between Zatch and Zeno. So the animation staff just had to go with anything and just ran with what they had.
* ArchEnemy: To Zatch
* BigBad: For the last half of the Faudo arc, and for most of the series seeing as he's the one who removed Zatch's memories.
* BloodKnight: Zeno is very ruthless and it was something he inherited from his father. [[spoiler: This reason is exactly why King Bell gave Bao to Zatch. Bao consumed so much darkness, the spell became dangerous and Zeno, possessing his father's wrath, would've been consumed by it. Contrast this to Zatch, who not only manage to resist it, but ''purify'' Bao.]]
* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Zatch's Abel, though they get better.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: His spell selection is similar to Gash's, meaning his feats of extreme strength and speed come from pure physical training.
* EvilAlbino
* EvilTwin: Of Zatch, natch. [[spoiler:Literally.]]
* ExoticEyeDesigns
* FlashStep: Spams this, often to get behind opponents.
* FreudianExcuse: His grudge against Zatch? [[spoiler:He believed that, since Zatch got the incredible power of Bao, and he himself had to go through TrainingFromHell, that his parents favored Zatch. His HeelRealization hits when he realizes Zatch's bad past yet never waivered from his kind self while also learnign Zatch was given Bao to protect Zeno from it.]]
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Part of what drives him. [[spoiler: He feels driven to surpass Zatch's Bao Zakeruga with his own power, born from his TrainingFromHell. If he can do so, he'll prove to himself that the suffering of said training was actually worth something. He actually is stronger than Zatch during their fight, but he loses because Zatch matches his and Dufort's suffering and the power coming from it with the care from his friends, empowering Bao.]]
* TheHeavy: His actions kickstart the plot, and he's the driving force behind the second major arc of the series.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: His last act in the human world.]]
* IgnoredEpiphany: He sees [[spoiler: fragments of Zatch's memories, revealing bits of Zatch's past along with the horrific might of Bao.]] He seemingly shrugs it off [[spoiler: though he eventually realizes he was in the wrong. Furthermore, he confessed that if he did win, he would've destroyed Zatch's book to prevent Bao from consuming him.]]
* KickTheDog: Beating Rops was all part of the competition, but he rubs it in by having Dufort Zeker the already burning book, destroying it instantly so Rops doesn't have the chance to give his bookkeeper a farewell.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Starts undergoing one when he catches a glimpse of Zatch's memories and seeing the corrupted form of Bao. Finally hits it when defeated and sees Zatch's unpleasant past. Sums it up as such: "Forgive me, Zatch. Your brother has been a fool."]]
* OutOfFocus: He's introduced in one scene and then later we find out he burned Rops' book...and then we don't hear from him again 'til the second arc.
* PetTheDog: Seeing [[spoiler: Rodeaux]] being willing to risk his life to attack him, Zeon tanks the hit rather than dodge it.
* ThePowerOfHate: His suffering along with the hate from Dufort resulted in his ultimate spell. [[spoiler: He and Dufort were released from it when Bao ate the spell.]]
* ShockAndAwe: Just like Zatch, although he's far more competent with it.
* SlasherSmile: Very fond of these.
* SmugSuper: Fond of using only the bare minimum of force to counter his enemies' spells. This still comes off as him showing off though, since he's beating them with spells that ought to be much weaker than theirs.
* TykeBomb: Trained from when he was ''three'' to be a candidate for king.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart
* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Of Baou Zakeruga. Not until he sees [[spoiler: Gash and Kiyomaro nearly devoured by its power]], he doesn't.
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[[folder: Tropes for Dufort]]
* AskAStupidQuestion: Given his Answer Talker power, asking him how he knows something causes him to respond with derision.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: His Answer Talker ability.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: He considers the lives of human beings to have no more importance than the lives of flies. Since no one cares if a fly dies, he figures it doesn't matter if people die. He admits that most people would probably disagree with his assessment.
* CameBackStrong: Implied. He indicates the Answer Talker comes from dying then coming back to life.
* EvilAlbino: Much like his partner, although not quite as pale.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: Dufort was raised in a lab environment from childhood, treated cruelly and anyone kind to him was removed. After years of torment and testing, he was given one final battery of tests that opened the path to his release, all while taunted by the scientist who had ruled his life. Turns out that A)His Answer Talker was being used for military application, B) He was being released into the Arctic to die rather than being freed, and, oh, C) His mother sold him for ten thousand dollars.]] Teaming up with Zeon doesn't seem so far-fetched, considering...
* NervesOfSteel: He jumps off a pillar at least three stories tall without flinching, confident Zeon will catch him.
* NotGoodWithPeople: He's very bad at even carrying on a conversation. Justified, seeing as the only human interaction he's had was through a computer screen.
* NotSoDifferent: To Kiyo Takemine; [[{{LampShadedTrope}} drives the point home]] in the Anime when he mind scans the former commenting about his years of jealousy-fueled neglect received both from his peers and his teachers in life, comparing it to his own harsh lab rat days in the asylum he'd been incarcerated in.
* PsychicPowers: In the Anime; Dufort had vast psychic powers for which he was poked and prodded within an undisclosed facility most of his life for.
** MindOverMatter: His "answer talker" abilities, which let him instantly calculate the best winning strategy for any situation.
*** PstandardPsychicPstance: Does this a few times.
* TheMentor: [[spoiler:During the Clear Note arc, he helps the remaining MainCharacters bring out their greatest potential via his use of the Answer Talker.]]
* ThePowerOfHate: His Answer Talker ability was honed through pure hatred. It's implied his immense amount of heart power comes from this hatred as well.
* SkewedPriorities. He cure a child's fatal disease because the boy's family's wailing was keeping him from getting any sleep.
* TheStoic: He's rarely seen with so much as a twitch.
** NotSoStoic: Was angered so much when Apollo asked how much hatred he was hiding to the point where he attempted to finish him and Rops off with a 'Giga' level spell, until Zeon convinced him otherwise. He is also [[spoiler: moved to tears when he sees Zatch taking in his suffering to free him from it.]]
* StrawNihilist: Given his past, it's no surprise. [[spoiler: CharacterDevelopment frees him from this.]]
* WalkingTheEarth: [[spoiler: After Zeno's gone, he decides to wander.]]
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!!!'''Citizenship:''' Unknown (Dufort)
!!!'''Power:''' Lightning (Zeno)
!!!'''Other Abilities:''' Answer Talker (Dufort), Doll Emissary (Zeno), Mind Wiping (Zeno)
!!!'''Voiced By:''' '''Zeno''': Creator/UraraTakano (JP), Debi Derryberry (EN), Sara Vivas (SP) || '''Dufort''': Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (JP), Creator/DaveWittenberg (EN)
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-->''"Naive. You guys are so naive. You're acting like you had a choice. When I need a couple of guys as naive as you two. It puts me in the mood to destroy your book."''
-->--'''Zeno'''
A demon with strong electrical powers who looks uncannily like Zatch. He's tied to the loss of Zatch's memories. He also uses lightning, but is colored white instead of Zatch's yellow.
Zeon's partner, a mysterious, quiet young man of initially unclear origin.
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'''''Note''''': English names of characters, terminologies, and spell nomenclature are used where applicable. Japanese versions will be used sparingly, particularly in parentheses, to acknowledge distinctions.
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[[folder: Tropes for Zeno]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the manga, Zeon does start out rather dickish but as the battle goes on we start to see he does have a noble side and that his actions were purely driven by jealously [[spoiler: which he eventually overcomes once he sees Zatch's past]]. In the anime, no such development exists, he's evil through and through and has nothing but contempt for Zatch to the bitter end, even when he's beaten. This was because the author had broken his hand as he was in the midst of the story arc and the anime rapidly caught up before he could do the battle between Zatch and Zeno. So the animation staff just had to go with anything and just ran with what they had.
* ArchEnemy: To Zatch
* BigBad: For the last half of the Faudo arc, and for most of the series seeing as he's the one who removed Zatch's memories.
* BloodKnight: Zeno is very ruthless and it was something he inherited from his father. [[spoiler: This reason is exactly why King Bell gave Bao to Zatch. Bao consumed so much darkness, the spell became dangerous and Zeno, possessing his father's wrath, would've been consumed by it. Contrast this to Zatch, who not only manage to resist it, but ''purify'' Bao.]]
* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Zatch's Abel, though they get better.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: His spell selection is similar to Gash's, meaning his feats of extreme strength and speed come from pure physical training.
* EvilAlbino
* EvilTwin: Of Zatch, natch. [[spoiler:Literally.]]
* ExoticEyeDesigns
* FlashStep: Spams this, often to get behind opponents.
* FreudianExcuse: His grudge against Zatch? [[spoiler:He believed that, since Zatch got the incredible power of Bao, and he himself had to go through TrainingFromHell, that his parents favored Zatch. His HeelRealization hits when he realizes Zatch's bad past yet never waivered from his kind self while also learnign Zatch was given Bao to protect Zeno from it.]]
* HardWorkHardlyWorks: Part of what drives him. [[spoiler: He feels driven to surpass Zatch's Bao Zakeruga with his own power, born from his TrainingFromHell. If he can do so, he'll prove to himself that the suffering of said training was actually worth something. He actually is stronger than Zatch during their fight, but he loses because Zatch matches his and Dufort's suffering and the power coming from it with the care from his friends, empowering Bao.]]
* TheHeavy: His actions kickstart the plot, and he's the driving force behind the second major arc of the series.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: His last act in the human world.]]
* IgnoredEpiphany: He sees [[spoiler: fragments of Zatch's memories, revealing bits of Zatch's past along with the horrific might of Bao.]] He seemingly shrugs it off [[spoiler: though he eventually realizes he was in the wrong. Furthermore, he confessed that if he did win, he would've destroyed Zatch's book to prevent Bao from consuming him.]]
* KickTheDog: Beating Rops was all part of the competition, but he rubs it in by having Dufort Zeker the already burning book, destroying it instantly so Rops doesn't have the chance to give his bookkeeper a farewell.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Starts undergoing one when he catches a glimpse of Zatch's memories and seeing the corrupted form of Bao. Finally hits it when defeated and sees Zatch's unpleasant past. Sums it up as such: "Forgive me, Zatch. Your brother has been a fool."]]
* OutOfFocus: He's introduced in one scene and then later we find out he burned Rops' book...and then we don't hear from him again 'til the second arc.
* PetTheDog: Seeing [[spoiler: Rodeaux]] being willing to risk his life to attack him, Zeon tanks the hit rather than dodge it.
* ThePowerOfHate: His suffering along with the hate from Dufort resulted in his ultimate spell. [[spoiler: He and Dufort were released from it when Bao ate the spell.]]
* ShockAndAwe: Just like Zatch, although he's far more competent with it.
* SlasherSmile: Very fond of these.
* SmugSuper: Fond of using only the bare minimum of force to counter his enemies' spells. This still comes off as him showing off though, since he's beating them with spells that ought to be much weaker than theirs.
* TykeBomb: Trained from when he was ''three'' to be a candidate for king.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart
* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Of Baou Zakeruga. Not until he sees [[spoiler: Gash and Kiyomaro nearly devoured by its power]], he doesn't.
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[[folder: Tropes for Dufort]]
* AskAStupidQuestion: Given his Answer Talker power, asking him how he knows something causes him to respond with derision.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: His Answer Talker ability.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: He considers the lives of human beings to have no more importance than the lives of flies. Since no one cares if a fly dies, he figures it doesn't matter if people die. He admits that most people would probably disagree with his assessment.
* CameBackStrong: Implied. He indicates the Answer Talker comes from dying then coming back to life.
* EvilAlbino: Much like his partner, although not quite as pale.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: Dufort was raised in a lab environment from childhood, treated cruelly and anyone kind to him was removed. After years of torment and testing, he was given one final battery of tests that opened the path to his release, all while taunted by the scientist who had ruled his life. Turns out that A)His Answer Talker was being used for military application, B) He was being released into the Arctic to die rather than being freed, and, oh, C) His mother sold him for ten thousand dollars.]] Teaming up with Zeon doesn't seem so far-fetched, considering...
* NervesOfSteel: He jumps off a pillar at least three stories tall without flinching, confident Zeon will catch him.
* NotGoodWithPeople: He's very bad at even carrying on a conversation. Justified, seeing as the only human interaction he's had was through a computer screen.
* NotSoDifferent: To Kiyo Takemine; [[{{LampShadedTrope}} drives the point home]] in the Anime when he mind scans the former commenting about his years of jealousy-fueled neglect received both from his peers and his teachers in life, comparing it to his own harsh lab rat days in the asylum he'd been incarcerated in.
* PsychicPowers: In the Anime; Dufort had vast psychic powers for which he was poked and prodded within an undisclosed facility most of his life for.
** MindOverMatter: His "answer talker" abilities, which let him instantly calculate the best winning strategy for any situation.
*** PstandardPsychicPstance: Does this a few times.
* TheMentor: [[spoiler:During the Clear Note arc, he helps the remaining MainCharacters bring out their greatest potential via his use of the Answer Talker.]]
* ThePowerOfHate: His Answer Talker ability was honed through pure hatred. It's implied his immense amount of heart power comes from this hatred as well.
* SkewedPriorities. He cure a child's fatal disease because the boy's family's wailing was keeping him from getting any sleep.
* TheStoic: He's rarely seen with so much as a twitch.
** NotSoStoic: Was angered so much when Apollo asked how much hatred he was hiding to the point where he attempted to finish him and Rops off with a 'Giga' level spell, until Zeon convinced him otherwise. He is also [[spoiler: moved to tears when he sees Zatch taking in his suffering to free him from it.]]
* StrawNihilist: Given his past, it's no surprise. [[spoiler: CharacterDevelopment frees him from this.]]
* WalkingTheEarth: [[spoiler: After Zeno's gone, he decides to wander.]]
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