Line #47 Characters/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS


1	'''Attention''': As VOTOMS relies heavily on plot twists and the Chirico saga is composed of 52 TV episodes, 4 {{Short Film}}s, a 12-episode OVA, and two 6-episode [=OVAs=] released over a nearly 30-year period, it's not advisable to read the spoiler text as it can totally ruin your experience of a particular work. '''''You have been warned.'''''
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5	[[folder:Protagonists]]
6	!!Chirico Cuvie
7	->Voiced by: Creator/HozumiGouda
8	[[quoteright:299:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/g_p_votoms_remastered_07x2643342c789mkv_snapshot_0649242_2_6.jpg]]
9	[[caption-width-right:299: "What was it that lay hidden in my past? I'd fought Ypsilon and won. But I couldn't believe it. There was no way I could be a PS. The planet Quent... What awaited me there?"]]
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11
12	A Gilgamesh Federation pilot [[spoiler: "raised" in a research facility on Sunsa by Yoran Pailsen]] from the planet Melkia, and the hero of the series. [[spoiler:Groomed from birth to succeed Wiseman as God of the Astragius Galaxy.]]
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14	* AlphaStrike: Being a MiniMecha pilot that makes use of traditional ordnance, his most desperate strategies are slamming his opponent with everything in his arsenal. This carries over to his appearances in ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' during his strongest moves, [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Assault Combat]].
15	* AGodIAmNot: He was supposed to [[spoiler:become the new God of the Astragius Galaxy. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH7-_gwwDew He acted like he agreed when he got the offer]], but [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSONA-fwT4c it was]] [[FakeDefector all an act]] [[AGodIAmNot to kill Wiseman.]]]]
16	* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:Very strongly implied to one. The possibility of him being an incredibly long lived Perfect Soldier is even brought up on more than one occasion.]]
17	* TheAtoner: [[spoiler:Being both part of an elite death squad and the type to follow orders to the letter will do that to someone.]]
18	* BirdsOfAFeather: He and Fyana are more alike than they are different, and it's no wonder they're as drawn together as they are.
19	* BrilliantButLazy: Characterized as such on occasion - he's a natural AT pilot but never trains or leaves his room if he has to. [[spoiler: He's gotten over this as of the TimeSkip - even Zophie remarks that he's become an extremely hard worker, also a subtle indicator of his general development]].
20	* CaptainCrash: Although he's possibly the best real robot pilot ever, he's almost never able to make it out of battle without getting his Scopedog or Scopedog variant wrecked and abandoning it. Sometimes he even goes through more than one per fight. Despite this, he still usually manages to win.
21	* ChildSoldier: Enlisted in the Melkian military when he was 16.
22	* TheChosenOne
23	* ClassicalAntiHero: He's an incredibly talented MiniMecha pilot who has dedicated himself to unraveling a galactic conspiracy, the stakes of which turn out to be [[spoiler:the free will of humanity as a whole]], but it's easy to forget that he's a traumatized, lonely EmoTeen with a FriendlessBackground.
24	* TheDeterminator: If there is one trait that defines him as a character it's this. You [[HealingFactor shoot him]], you can [[SoleSurvivor kill the entire unit he's in]], you can [[NoOneCouldSurviveThat blow up the entire city he's in]], you [[OneManArmy throw entire ARMIES]] at him and he doesn't. [[ImplacableMan Ever. STOP.]]
25	* DrowningMySorrows: While aboard unmanned Battleship X, he is [[spoiler:forced to hear and watch footage of the Red Shoulders in action.]] This is his reaction.
26	** He apparently has a high alcohol tolerance though, as a toast with Fyana earlier in the episode shows that he's never had a drink before in his life. So he goes from a glass of wine to a glass of spirits - then ''straight from the damn bottle''...
27	* EmotionlessBoy: He's distant, icy, inexpressive and more than a little mechanical, to the point where the actually artificial [[spoiler:Fyana]] is much more human than he is. [[DefrostingIceQueen He]] [[CharacterDevelopment improves]] [[TookALevelInKindness somewhat]].
28	* ExperiencedProtagonist: He's already a skilled soldier and a veteran of several battles at the start of the first series.
29	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Subverted. It turns out he was just pretending to be a bad guy in order to get near Wiseman and destroy him]].
30	* ExtremeDoormat: At first - growing out of this is the main crux of his CharacterDevelopment in the prequel [=OVAs=]. Discussed at times, especially in the [[WarIsHell Kummen]] and [[GambitPileup Quent]] arcs where he [[spoiler:begins defying immoral orders he'd have carried out without question in the past]].
31	* {{Flanderization}}: In the original series Chirico is a talented, if traumatized, special forces soldier with a helping of luck who loses as much as he wins. Come the [=OVAs=], he is a nigh immortal reality warper who simply cannot be killed no matter how ridiculous the odds.
32	* HandCannon: His "Armor Magnum" pistol which is specifically mentioned to be an anti vehicle caliber weapon. Not only is it massive but true to its name it can shoot down helicopters with a single shot and pierce AT's and tank armor.
33	* HealingFactor: Recovers very quickly from injuries, to the tune of having fractured his hip then participated in a battle ''barely a week later''. [[spoiler: And then there's that time he survives a space station impact...]]
34	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:His defection from the Red Shoulders and military at large; unlike the FaceHeelTurn example listed above this is played completely straight]].
35	* HumanPopsicle: [[spoiler:Chooses to become one at the end of the TV series, to wait for a world without war with Fyana]].
36	* IcyBlueEyes: They have a green tint to them, though.
37	** CurtainsMatchTheWindow:
38	* InvincibleHero: Can sometimes approach this due to his [[spoiler:nigh-supernatural nigh-immortality]], but is largely counteracted by his depressed demeanor and the fact that even if he apparently can't DIE he can be wounded to extremely large degrees or have his AT shot out from under him. [[spoiler:Thankfully he heals from severe injuries such as gunshot wounds in a matter of days, and crippling injuries in a matter of weeks.]] And while he is occasionally taken prisoner, his captors are usually reluctant to kill him for various reasons... until it's too late.
39	* LastOfHisKind: Twice over: he's the last Red Shoulder and the last [[spoiler:Overman, a type of advanced human who asserted themselves as Godly figures in the setting, particularly on Quent]].
40	* LimitedWardrobe: Is practically NEVER seen, even in the side stories, without his [[HighlyConspicuousUniform safety-orange]] pilot suit. This gets ridiculous when he's in the totally-not-Vietnam Kummen, but apparently it has some sort of cooling system built-in.
41	** The only time he wore something different was during the Melkian parade during the end of Roots of Ambition OVA, where he wore a green Gilgamesh uniform with a red beret.
42	** Eventually becomes an IconicOutfit in-universe and out of it. The incident between him and Marteal at Allegium is referred to as the Red Rebellion because of it, and by the time he comes out of cold sleep that color seems to have fallen out of fashion.
43	* MadeOfIron: Chirico gets shot, stabbed, and beaten pretty often, but keeps on going. Note that he has this trope going in addition to an incredible healing ability, [[spoiler:which is one of his Overman powers.]]
44	** To drive the point home, [[spoiler:Chirico even survives a space station crash in Shining Heresy. Nuff' said.]]
45	* MarkOfTheSupernatural: Downplayed. While non natural hair colors are normal in the setting, Chirico's blue stands out because [[spoiler:Children of God, and so far, ONLY Children of God, have all had blue hair]].
46	* MidSeasonUpgrade: Subverted in the anime: he does get several upgrades, but none of them survive long. Events in the OVA series means he usually ends up with an AceCustom that is considerably better equipped than a stock Scopedog... which then get shot out from under him.
47	* NervesOfSteel:
48	* TheQuietOne: The TropeCodifier, as far as Anime protagonists go, and particularly so in earlier episodes.
49	* RedBaron: [[spoiler: Ever since killing Wiseman, the Church of Marteal gave Chirico a badass nickname since they know they'll be in deep shit if they ever dare mess with him. That nickname? '''The Untouchable!''']]
50	* ReiAyanamiExpy: Perhaps the [[OlderThanTheyThink earliest example]] of this trope, predating the trope's namesake by twelve years. He has the blue hair, IcyBlueEyes, cold, unemotional exterior, and [[spoiler:is a vessel for a Godlike being, which he ultimately destroys or defies]].
51	* {{Revenge}}: ''The Last Red Shoulder'' follows him and his old team as they attempts to kill General Pailsen.
52	** RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Especially early on, he treats every person who tries to kill him an enemies in his own personal war, meaning he simply arms up a Scopedog AT and goes after them with extreme prejudice, including massacring entire gangs and police forces all because their leaders tried to kill him. [[spoiler: Gradually he moves away from this tendency to mass-murder his foes thanks to Fyana's love and the friendship of Gotho, Coccona, and Vanilla, though it remains an EXTREMELY stupid idea to screw with him at all.]]
53	* ShellShockedVeteran: In the ''Roots of Treachery'' OVA, we see he was put through an extremely darwinistic TrainingFromHell when his superiors noted his uncanny survivability and transferred him to [[spoiler:the Red Shoulder Battalion]]. His past with this group haunts him throughout the TV series, [[spoiler:though it's only when he's aboard Battleship X and forced to watch Red Shoulder footage that he's actually ''paralyzed'' by it]].
54	** Apparently he wasn't always a notorious [[TheStoic Stoic]], and it's his combat experience that made him that way.
55	* TheStoic: His expression practically never changes, and it's such an iconic part of the character that he wears it on literally every image he appears in. However, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikGzo-L9_tw There was that time Basara played Dynamite Explosion on Aim]]. Upon hearing the song, Chirico smiled.
56	** StoicWoobie: Though he never complains or Wangsts about it, his life has been truly hellish, which probably has something to do with his perpetual non-expression.
57	** Starting from about the Kummen arc, [[DefrostingIceQueen he gets a little better]] about connecting with his friends. [[spoiler:He even ''smiles'' a little when he reunites with Vanilla and Coconna at the former's nightclub.]]
58	* SugarAndIcePersonality: Despite being asocial and distant to an extreme, he's a compassionate and ethical character in a [[CrapsackWorld very gritty setting]].
59	* {{Ubermensch}}: Despite being the one destined to [[spoiler:be God]], instead he [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSONA-fwT4c killed the Evil God despite the power he offered]]]]; his battle's a pretty clear allegory for the differences between the Ubermensch and the Last Man.
60	* WalkingDisasterArea: If Chirico comes to your town at the beginning of an arc or OVA, it will be a smoldering ruin by the end. Sometimes it applies to the ''planet'' instead of just the town.
61	* WalkingTheEarth: After [[spoiler:''Shining Heresy'']], his stories always end like this.
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63	!!Boleuse Gotho
64	->Voiced by: Kousei Tomita
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66	A salvager and arms dealer who Chirico first meets during his time on Melkia in Woodo.
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68	* ActionSurvivor: Despite having no military training, Gotho's familiarity with the weapons he sells sees him right in the middle of the fighting from time to time.
69	* ArmsDealer: Starts out a little petty in the Woodo arc, but he's Assemble EX-10's supplier 3 months later, in Kummen.
70	* BigThinShortTrio: With Coconna and Vanilla eventually; he's the big part.
71	* ComicRelief: While more mature than Chirico's other friends, his greed and desire for self preservation helps lighten the tone of the show.
72	* CoolOldGuy: The other three - yes, this includes Chirico(!) - take to calling him 'Tottsan' ('Pops') in short order.
73	* MentorArchetype: While he doesn't teach Chirico anything about battle, he is the first person to start breaking through to him as a human being after the horrors of the Hundred Year War. He also introduces Chirico to the Woodo city underworld.
74	* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:Completely averted. Not only does he survive the events of the original series, he's happily retired the sequel [=OVAs=] set three decades later.]]
75	* StoutStrength: He's far stronger and more dangerous in a brawl than you'd expect from an overweight old man, routinely keeping up with the actual trained soldier Vanilla.
76	* UnstoppableRage: When it seems that [[spoiler:Chirico has betrayed his friends]] during the finale, Gotho blitzes the Secret Society guards and kills a half dozen of them with a viciousness that surprises Coconna and Vanilla.
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78	!!Vanilla Vartla
79	->Voiced by: Creator/ShigeruChiba
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81	* AcePilot: He may come across as a harmless goofball most of the time, but he is to aircraft what Chirico is to Armored Troopers - he can fly anything, and rack up an impressive body-count while doing so.
82	* AfroAsskicker: Despite being part of the PluckyComicRelief, he's a trained combat pilot who's very good at his job.
83	* BelligerentSexualTension: With Coconna.
84	* ComicRelief: His legendary spats with Coconna and disbelief at the insanity of events he gets caught up in being the main source of humor.
85	* HappilyMarried: To Coconna after the events of the show.
86	* ImprobablePilotingSkills: Was a Gilgamesh pilot at some time during the Hundred Years' War, and can do pretty unbelievable things with aircraft of any kind (particularly helicopters) and live to tell about it.
87	* ObfuscatingStupidity: When placed in a bad situation, his plan usually involves playing the fool long enough to get the drop on the enemy.
88	* TrueCompanions: He initially scouts Chirico for his criminal business ventures after seeing how well he can fight, but eventually risks his life a dozen times for him over despite his loner nature.
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90	!!Coconna [[spoiler:Vartla]]
91	->Voiced by: Yoko Kawanami
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93	* BadassDriver: In the series as well as the ''Big Battle'' OVA, she shows quite the skill at keeping cool in vehicles under heavy fire.
94	* BelligerentSexualTension: With Vanilla.
95	* BornLucky: There's a reason everyone (including Coconna herself) likens her to a cat. She can dive head-first into the most dangerous situation with the most deranged, suicidal plan imaginable and come out without a scratch.
96	* FieryRedHead: Generally speaking, when Vanilla and Gotho are unwilling to go into a dangerous situation, it's Coconna dragging them into it.
97	* FluffyFashionFeathers: Wears a dress with feathers around the shoulders at the Kunmen nightclub. (Apparently certain feathers go in and out of style, too.)
98	* GenkiGirl: An exploding ball of energy who thinks nothing of berating her friends, love interest, and even her captors.
99	* HappilyMarried: To Vanilla, shortly after the series ends.
100	* TheHeart: During the Woodo arc, it's Coconna who browbeats Vanilla and Gotho into rescuing Chirico, ultimately talking them into giving away their 3 ''BILLION'' gold coin treasure so he can escape.
101	* LoveTriangle: She likes Chirico, but is competing with [[spoiler:Fyana. This leads to an interesting take on FirstGirlWins, as Coconna's the better-developed character by the time Fyana shows up.]]
102	* PluckyGirl: This is one of the most important things she brings to the table. She's not nearly as good a fighter as Gotho or Vanilla, but she's by far the most willing to get into trouble. If someone needs to browbeat the trio into swinging into action, or merrily go ahead with a plan that's CrazyEnoughToWork, it'll be her.
103	* TokenMinorityCouple: [[spoiler:Coconna eventually marries Vanilla, and they have 6 PatchworkKids.]]
104	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: There are two main female characters, and Coconna's one of them.
105	* StealthExpert: Her main asset apart from luck and determination. Her years of living as a street-rat have left her capable of getting into damned near anywhere.
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108	[[folder:Assemble EX-10]]
109	!!Ru Shako
110	->Voiced by: Issei Masamune
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112	A Quentian mercenary and a squadmate of Chirico's while he's fighting in Kunmen on Melkia. Plays a bigger role in the story during the Quent arc and Phantom Arc OVA.
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115	* BarbarianHero: "Barbarian" is pushing it, but he prefers to use Bersergas equipped with a (heavily melee-focused) PileBunker.
116	* TheBigGuy: Literally, as he Is the tallest character in the series. Even the stoic Chirico Is briefly taken aback by his introduction.
117	* GentleGiant: Outside of battle, even when he's working as a mercenary, he's as gentle as a character can get in this setting.
118	* TechnicalPacifist: Well, when he's not killing people as a mercenary.
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120	!!Kan Yu
121	->Voiced by: Creator/MasashiHirose
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123	* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Ru Shako tossed him into the pit after attempting to stop Chirico and Fyana from leaving.]]
124	* TheCameo: A picture of him appears in the ending credits of Pailsen Files.
125	* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Courtesy of Shako.]]
126	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:To basically no one's surprise.]]
127	* GloryHound: He's actually a fairly good AT pilot, but when there's glory to be had he'll start screwing things up.
128	* {{Jerkass}}: Oh yes.
129	* KickTheDog: He shoots down a civilian boat thinking they are Veela spies.
130	* TheNeidermeyer: To the point where his men defy his orders to follow Chirico, much to his displeasure.
131	* UnfriendlyFire: Tries to off Chirico when they [[spoiler:capture Fyana.]] Chirico wins and he [[spoiler:was presumed to have]] died.
132	* VillainTeamUp: [[spoiler:With [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Viral]], [[Anime/{{Xabungle}} Timp]] and [[Anime/TheBigO Beck]] in Saisei-Hen]]
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134	!!Gon Nu
135	->Voiced by: Creator/TesshoGenda
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137	* GlassEye
138	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Often steps in on Chirico's side to protect him from Kan Yu.
139	* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn]]: Actually somewhat averted, but he and Kan Yu [[spoiler:are secretly collaborating with Rochina to get Fyana.]]
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141	!!Pol Potaria
142	->Voiced by: Creator/ShowHayami
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144	* CainAndAbel: His sister is working with LaResistance, but it's actually averted as they aren't necessarily bad people [[spoiler:even though they are tools of the Society]].
145	* RebelliousRebel: He feels that the Veela rebels are [[YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters misguided in their actions]] and believes that they can modernize if they cooperate with the Melkian government.
146	* SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: [[spoiler:Potaria becomes president sometime between the series and ''Phantom Arc'' and tries to carry out his vision, only to become the object of a coup d'etat and crushed to death.]]
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149	[[folder:Secret Society and Antagonists]]
150	!!Capt. Jean-Paul Rochina/[[spoiler:Kotta Luske]]
151	->Voiced by: Creator/BanjoGinga
152
153	A Gilgamesh intelligence officer, who brutally interrogates Chirico at the beginning of the series. His main objective for the first half is recapturing an AWOL SuperSoldier, but his ultimate goal is [[spoiler:to watch over Chirico for Wiseman and make sure that he succeeds in becoming God.]]
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155	* EnemyMine: Teams up with Chirico when they're under attack by the Society.
156	* HiddenAgendaVillain:
157	* LaughingMad: By ''Shining Heresy'', we see that the years have not been kind to him at all and he's just as obsessed with Chirico as ever.
158	* TheQuisling: In ''Pailsen Files'', he [[spoiler:kills Wockam and defects to Pailsen to help with his research after he's told that the "Pailsen Files" were faked research used to confuse them, and takes on his new name.]]
159	* VillainousBSOD: He goes crazy when [[spoiler:Chirico kills Wiseman.]]
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161	!!Albert Killy
162	->Voiced by: Saburou Kamei, Creator/KenichiOgata (episode 1 only)
163
164	A Gilgamesh general, and leader of the Secret Society.
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166	* EvilOldFolks
167	* TheDragon: [[spoiler:to Wiseman.]]
168	* SinisterMinister
169	* VillainousBSOD:When he learns that Chirico [[spoiler:is the one chosen to become God, and the Society's purpose was merely to bring them to the current one.]]
170	** YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Wiseman kills him shortly after this happens.]]
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172	!!Serge Borough
173	->Voiced by: Creator/KenichiOgata
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175	* AssholeVictim: A large pipe collapses and kills him during the siege on Stage II: Kummen
176	* HateSink: An unsympathetic asshole who treats Proto-One-aka Fyana-like crap. And that doesn't even begin to cover what he did to Chirico in the first season.
177	* IWantThemAlive: His standard refrain whenever an opportunity presents itself to kill Chirico or Fyana, although eventually he decides both are too dangerous to be left alive.
178	* SinisterMinister: Greatly enjoys using his status as a religious figure to influence politics.
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180
181	!!Major Gimual Iskui
182	->Voiced by: Yusaku Yara
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184	* AssholeVictim : He dies during the Melkian force's raid on Uoodo.
185	* AntiClimaxBoss: He's killed not by Chirico, but an anonymous Melkian VOTOM pilot during their raid on the Society.
186	* BookEnds: His raid on Lido kickstarts the plot, and his death and the destruction of Woodo ends the first arc of VOTOMS.
187	* CorruptCop: His role within the Secret Society after organizing the raid on Lido research base.
188	* SmugSnake: Initially disdains Chirico as a simple loose end, he is very wrong.
189	* OhCrap: When he realizes OneManArmy Chirico is tearing through his entire police force and headed right for his HQ.
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191	!!Arron and Gurran Schmitel
192	->Arron voiced by: Creator/AkioNojima\
193	Gurran voiced by: Creator/IsseiFutamata
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195	* AssholeVictim: Arron was shot to dead by Chirico when he was about to kill him. After that, Gurran got killed by the explosion during the coalition of Gilgamesh Federation-Balarant Union on planet Quent.
196	* FinishingEachOthersSentences: Initially, while the rest of their dialogue becomes more like TwinBanter.
197	* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Arron wears a brown uniform, while Gurran wears a turquoise colored one.
198	* MadScientist: Their only interest initially is constructing PS research.
199
200	!!Proto One/Fyana
201	->Voiced by: Kazuko Yanaga, Yuri Nashiwa (episode 3 only)
202
203	A Perfect Soldier (PS for short) created by the society, who is the objective of the mission against the Gilgamesh forces that Chirico is on, who later [[spoiler:becomes Chirico's love interest.]]
204	* ArtificialHuman: The first Perfect Soldier introduced in the franchise.
205	* BirdsOfAFeather: Has similar issues adapting to normal life as Chirico does, as she never had a childhood to begin with.
206	* DarkActionGirl: Fyana was created with the express purpose of being a military weapon. When she fights without emotion she's as terrifying as Chirico. However, she quickly becomes a DamselInDistress after her Brutishdog gets destroyed and she uses a AT only a couple of more times in the series.
207	* HumanPopsicle: In ''Shining Heresy'' ep. 5, we're told that [[spoiler:PS's have an average lifespan of 2 years, and Chirico knew at the end of the TV series that her time was almost up so they froze in order to stay together forever.]] They were awakened early and had time to reunite [[spoiler:[[TearJerker for all of 30 seconds]]]].
208	* [[spoiler:SixthRanger]]
209	* HighHeelFaceTurn:
210	* {{Irony}}: Despite being an artificial SuperSoldier, she ends up being arguably the most empathetic character in the series rather than the ruthless killing machine the Society wanted.
211	* MacguffinGirl: She is an ArtificialHuman and a good chunk of the tv series is about Chirico investigating her identity and why the Secret Society wanted her.
212	* PhlebotinumDependence: She requires jijirium to survive.
213	* ShowerScene: She needs them to live, but the purpose is pretty obviously some glowy, booby, blue Fanservice.
214	* SuperSoldier: Strong enough to aim and fire a mecha-sized rifle, on foot!
215
216	!!Ypsilon
217	->Voiced by: Kynosuke Kami
218
219	* AlasPoorVillain
220	* AcePilot: The most skilled & dangerous of the Perfect Soldiers.
221	* AceCustom: The Snapping Turtle and the Strike Dog, two powerful and blue colored [=ATs=] specifically designed for Perfect Soldiers.
222	* ColorMotif: Both his uniform and the [=ATs=] he pilots are blue.
223	* HeroKiller: He kills [[spoiler: Gregor and Muza]] in his first battle as shown in the Last Red Shoulder OVA.
224	* TheRival: In both battle and love to Chirico.
225	* SuperSoldier: As a pilot he's skilled enough to be nearly unstoppable to any normal military force, and is capable of killing even elite Red Shoulders.
226	* UsedToBeASweetKid: Last Red Shoulder shows the newly born Ypsilon as childlike as they come, making his programming into a weapon of war all the more horrible.
227
228	!!Wiseman/[[spoiler:God]]
229	->Voiced by: Creator/HidekatsuShibata
230
231	[[spoiler:God of the Astragius Galaxy and subject of the Secret Society's worship who manipulated the Balarant and the Gilgamesh into starting the war.]]
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233	* BigBad
234	* [[spoiler:DeityOfHumanOrigin]]:[[spoiler:Was once one of the Overmen, a race of supermen from Quent who ruled over the Astragius Galaxy 3000 years before the start of the series. Now he inhabits a computer system.]]
235	* [[spoiler:EvilGod]]
236	* DealWithTheDevil
237	* [[spoiler:KillTheGod]]: [[spoiler:[[ElectronicSpeechImpediment Ya...me...ro...Chi...ri...co...]] ]]
238	* LargeHam
239	* TheManBehindTheMan
240	* [[spoiler:MechanicalAbomination]]
241	* MysteriousEmployer : [[spoiler:Rochina]] was secretly taking orders from him all along.
242	* [[spoiler:LoadBearingBoss]]: [[spoiler: His death causes the destruction of Quent and the massive Gilgamesh-Balarant combined fleet.]]
243	* [[spoiler:MasterComputer Takes a lot of notes from HAL. Their "death" scenes are extremely similar]]
244	* [[spoiler:OnlyMostlyDead]]: Zig-zagged. Wiseman [[spoiler:shows up in ''Phantom Arc''; turns out he had transported out at the last minute along with some of the Quentians. Chirico agrees to his request to raise the Child and unplugs him...again.]]
245	* ShutUpHannibal: [[spoiler:Chirico turns down his offer.]]
246	* WolfPackBoss: [[spoiler: in Super Robot Wars Z2 Saisei-Hen, Wiseman fights the heroes with a squadron of Bloodsucker armored troopers and in Z3 Tengoku-Hen he uses copies of the battleship from the Big Battle OVA.]]
247	[[/folder]]
248
249	[[folder:OVA Characters]]
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251
252	!!Mellowlink Ality
253	->Voiced by: Creator/YasunoriMatsumoto
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255	[[quoteright:239:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/y2matecom_kikou_ryouhei_mellowlink_12_armor_hunter_mellowlink_12_last_stage_pnbkirhslge_360pmp4_snapshot_1042724.jpg]]
256
257	The protagonist of '''Armor Hunter Mellowlink''' one of the few OVA's that doesn't directly focus on Chirico himself. Mellowlink was a humble private in the Melkian Armed Forces who's entire unit was betrayed by his unscrupulous commanders[[spoiler:, who are working for Chirico's mortal enemy, the Secret Society]]. As the sole survivor of the Schwepps Unit, Mellowlink hunts down the conspirators with nothing more then determination and an old anti-AT rifle.
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259	* AlmightyJanitor: Officially, he's only a corporal. However, he ends up going up against former higher-ranking officers and proving himself a more capable soldier in spite of all the handicaps he's bogged with.
260	* BatmanGambit: While Chirico seems to prefer using heavy armaments and AT's to fight his battles, Mellow favors trickery, traps, and deception, partially out of necessity.
261	* BeenThereShapedHistory: Almost. Mellowlink's story takes place just before the TV series starts (he's basically running around in that time frame between Chirico's last mission and his arrival in Uudo), and while the Pranbandoor Scandal [[spoiler: is actually part of the Perfect Soldier plan]], Mellow himself doesn't have much to do with anything. (He killed off a major contributor in Kunmen, which probably didn't contribute to its stability, but that's about it.)
262	* {{BFG}}: Mellowlink's signature anti-AT rifle is truly huge, being slightly longer then he is tall. In a subversion, it's also completely outdated for the tactics used in the series' timeline, bordering on being a [[BreakOutTheMuseumPiece museum piece]] - it ''works'', just not in any way that an equivalent number of [=ATs=] couldn't do better.
263	** BayonetYa / PileBunker: Mounted on the underside of the massive weapon is a huge piledriver spike, which is propelled by the same kind of 50mm explosive charge an AT's Arm Punch is, which Mellow uses to spear right through AT armor. (Which wouldn't work in real life, unless that spike ''really'' vibrates during use.)
264	* CoolBike: His vehicle of choice for most of the series. (One with a similar design shows up in Shining Heresy as well.)
265	* TheDeterminator: Nearly as much as Chirico is, especially given his personally enforced method of hunting his targets.
266	* FinishingMove: Mellowlink ''always'' kills his targets with the piledriver spike on his rifle...
267	** OneBuwwetWeft: ...because he keeps running out of ammo and tricks over the course of the battle, and ends up having to get up close and personal. He generally does fine against the mooks though.
268	* FlashbackNightmare: One episode has him reliving the events of his unit's brutal demise after being stuck by a thorn from a plant that has hallucinogenic properties. (Subverted slightly, in that events proceed slightly differently in the hallucination than in the ''actual'' flashback he has later, once the drug wears off.
269	* NervesOfSteel: Most episodes have him facing down what amounts to a bipedal tank without even a vehicle to protect himself from their huge autocannons, and not even blinking - most of the time without much more than [[BreakOutTheMuseumPiece an anti-AT rifle]].
270	* PayEvilUntoEvil: Sure, his methods are brutal, but the Melkian officers he targets are often shown to be complete scumbags.
271	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: The entire plot of his OVA. Unlike Chirico, his targets are individuals who screwed him (and his platoon) over, so the body count he's personally responsible for over the whole OVA probably adds up to around that of one episode of the original series.
272	* [[ColdSniper Hot-Blooded Sniper]]: Though he keeps a cool head during fights, he's certainly prone to shouting and anger quite a bit more then the perpetually stoic Chirico.
273	* TribalFacepaint: Mellow is often shown with four lines of it smeared across his face. Though most of the episodes he's bare-faced, you know he's about to kill someone whenever he smears the four lines across his face, using different materials in different episodes, including mud, oil, Polymer Ringers Solution, and his own blood.
274
275	!!Gen. Yoran Pailsen
276	->Voiced by: Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka
277
278	Founder and commander of the infamous Unit X-1 of the 24th Melkian Strategic AT Special Operations Corps (the Red Shoulders). His goal is locating and creating a unit of "unique survivalists" akin to the Perfect Soldiers. [[spoiler:After the war, he assists the Secret Society with their PS research.]] Appears in ''The Last Red Shoulder'', ''Roots of Treachery/Ambition'', and ''Pailsen Files''.
279
280	* EvilCripple: [[spoiler: As a result of Wockam's torture]] he's left with severe brain damage and is confined to a wheelchair [[spoiler: until his death in ''The Last Red Shoulder''.]]
281	* InsaneAdmiral: The "pet project" type; then-Colonel Pailsen's "unique survivalist" research claims the lives of over 800 soldiers and eats up huge amounts of Gilgamesh's equipment and funds.
282	* MadScientist
283	* SinisterShades: He always wears a pair of shades that would make Douglas Macarthur proud.
284	* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:He gets shot in the back by Baiman instead of being killed by Chirico.]]
285	* VillainousBSOD: He suffers this in ''Roots of Ambition'' when he thought he killed Chirico (therefore making all his efforts up to that point meaningless). He somewhat recovers when he concludes that, even if Chirico was a unique survivalist, his lack of obedience made him too dangerous...only to go through a bigger one at the end of the OVA, when he finds out that Chirico is still alive and now displays absolute defiance against him.
286
287	!!Gregor Galosh, Baiman Haggard, Muza Merime
288	->Gregor voiced by: Creator/KiyoshiKobayashi
289	->Baiman voiced by: Creator/KanetoShiozawa ([=OVAs=]), Creator/YasuyukiKase (''Sunrise Eiyuudan'' series), Creator/WataruTakagi (''Votoms'' [[Platform/PlayStation2 PS2]] game), Creator/IsshinChiba (''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' series)
290	->Muza voiced by: Creator/RyuseiNakao
291
292	Former members of the Red Shoulders. At first they tried to kill Chirico to prove his mortality but soon end up befriending him in way. [[spoiler:After the war, they are all targeted in some form by Pailsen, supposedly for leaving the Red Shoulders, so they decide to kill him and their former corps, and invite Chirico to join in.]] Appear in ''The Last Red Shoulder'' and ''Roots of Treachery/Ambition''.
293
294	* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler:Whatever Pailsen did to Baiman, it cost the latter his arm, forcing him to get a robotic replacement.]]
295	* CharacterTic: Gregor often slaps himself in the face when upset.
296	* DieLaughing: [[spoiler:Baiman, after shooting Pailsen, asks Chirico about Gregor and Muza; upon hearing that they died, he laments that at least he managed to kill Pailsen with his own hand and lets out a small chuckle as he succumbs to the wounds he got killing off the remaining Red Shoulders.]]
297	* DontYouDarePityMe: Murza:
298	--->[[spoiler:'''Murza''': I don't want sympathy, but I refuse to fight with ''someone'' who can't understand another ''man's pain.'']]
299	* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Baiman, [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome offscreen]], managed to wipe out the rest of the Red Shoulders, and, on-screen, manages to survive his nasty wounds long enough to kill Pailsen by shooting him in the back before passing.]]
300	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Muza tries, and fails, to hold off Ypsilon from getting to Chirico and Gregor, at the cost of his life. Gregor, likewise, bites the dust distracting him from killing Chirico.]]
301	* JerkwithaHeartofGold: [[spoiler: Despite of being jerk to Chirico in the first place, they did support Chirico, and even they were shocked to saw Chirico's supposedly death by Yoran Pailsen's gunshot on the chest. Gregor did cared about Murza after he heard about the death of Murza's parent. And Baiman also cared about Gregor, or Murza. And even Murza did cared about Baiman's hand.]]
302	* EveryoneHasStandards: They were greatly appalled at the supposedly-death Chirico by Pailsen, and they were disgust at the Leeman's plan by destroying Dock 21 to kill both of them.
303	* {{Revenge}}: In ''The Last Red Shoulder'', they all want Pailsen dead for what he did to them: giving Gregor a pretty nasty scar on his face, killing all of Murza's family, [[spoiler:and taking Baiman's arm.]]
304
305
306
307	!!Lada Niva
308	->Voiced by: Creator/MasashiHirose
309
310	A soldier for the Balarant Union, he was defeated during the war by a Red Shoulder. Upon identifying Chirico as having been in said group, he becomes determined to kill him. Appears in ''Big Battle''.
311
312	%% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * BerserkButton: The Red Shoulders as a whole are this to him.
313	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Rather than simply being shot or blown up, Shako and Chirico pin his mech in place, lock their braking claws, and ''run away'', leaving the semi-crushed Lada to die in his battleship's explosion.
314	* IHaveYourWife: Kidnaps Fyana to provoke Chirico into a duel.
315	* ImplacableMan: It takes the combined efforts of Chirico, Shako, Vanilla, Gotho and Coccona to kill him. That's saying something.
316	* OneManArmy: Undefeated in Battling arena combat and easily kills the Melkian platoon guarding their Perfect Soldier researcher.
317	* PsychoForHire: He likes being a soldier because it gives him an excuse to kill people. Unfortunately for his employers, that's about the only thing he likes about it, and he does not like being given orders that make him refrain from killing.
318	* SuperSoldier: [[spoiler:Turns out Balarant had developed their own Perfect Soldier.]]
319	* SuperReflexes: Is capable of dodging bullets in an AT so long as he can see his target.
320	* VehicularThemeNaming: Named after a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada_Niva Russian compact off-road car.]]
321	* WeCanRebuildHim: After being shot down by Red Shoulders, he was crushed underfoot by an AT, necessitating over half of his body being replaced with cybernetic components.
322
323	[[AC:Shining Heresy]]
324
325
326
327	!!Teitania Montewells
328	->Voiced by: Yoko Matsuoka
329
330	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bro_lordvotoms_shining_heresy_05_finalmkv_snapshot_2422634.jpg]]
331
332	* AntiVillain
333	* {{Cyborg}}
334	* DarkActionGirl
335	* DatingCatwoman: She develops a crush on Chirico at the end of Shining Heresy.
336	* [[spoiler:HalfTheManHeUsedToBe]]: At the end of the Alone Again OVA.
337	* [[spoiler:DroppedABridgeOnHim]]: In ''Alone Again'', she arrives as TheCavalry to assist the Church against a militant splinter sect. [[spoiler:During the battle, she gets shot and broken in half.]]
338	* SuperSoldier
339	* TheRival
340	* VillainOverride: The auxiliary brain.
341
342	!!Vyacheslav Montewells
343	->Voiced by: Masato Yamanouchi (''Shining Heresy''), Osamu Saka (''Phantom Arc'')
344
345	A cardinal in the Church of Marteal and former Gilgamesh officer, who's making a bid to become pope. Makes appearances in ''Shining Heresy'' and ''Phantom Arc''
346
347	* BigBad: Of Shining Heresy.
348	* [[spoiler:KarmaHoudini]]: Ultimately averted: [[spoiler:he becomes Pope, but his daughter refuses to talk to him again and it leaves him utterly broken.]] In ''Phantom Arc'', [[spoiler:he tries to take resposibility for the Child of God from Wiseman, but Wiseman already picked Chirico. He dies from his own bullets ricocheting when he attempts to kill the child.]]
349	* SinisterMinister
350
351	[[AC:Pailsen Files]]
352
353	!!The Barcoff Squadron
354	->Nor Barkoff voiced by: Creator/TakashiNagasako
355	->Gary Godan voiced by: Creator/HisaoEgawa
356	->Glenborash Droka Zaki voiced by: Masahito Yabe
357	->Dare Kochak voiced by: Tetsuo Goto
358
359	After ''Roots of Treachery'', Chirico is transferred to a new unit of people who have a high survivability. [[spoiler: Little do they know that it's Wockam's experiment to test the validity of Pailsen's unique survivalist research.]]
360
361	* DirtyCoward / TheDitz: Dare Kochak, who sometimes ends up ruining their missions due to his incompetence; he began his career as a technician and never really hit his stride in combat. [[spoiler:Nor Barcoff is also revealed to be this, since he was demoted back to MCPO from Lieutenant for abandoning his men while terrified.]]
362	** GeniusDitz: Being a technician beforehand, however, allows Kochak to determine which mixture ratio of the PRL is best suited for an AT under certain environments, he even goes as far as to taste test it to see which is the most suitable one, [[spoiler:which saved the Barcoff squad from a massive cold air-mass in ensuring that their AT's would still go on running without having the PRL to either freeze up completely or blow up right in their face]].
363	* [[spoiler:EnfanteTerrible]]: It's hinted that Zaki may be [[spoiler:an early Perfect Soldier prototype.]]
364	* {{Gonk}}: Kochak.
365	* TheMole: [[spoiler:Kochak]] reports the details of their survival to Wockam.
366	* VigilanteMan: The "Gilgamesh Purification Committee" targets them for execution because [[spoiler: Gary's survival somehow was the result of many deaths, even though those deaths are mostly not explained to the audience.]]
367	* TheSmartGuy / BigGood: Barcoff
368	* TheBigGuy: Gary Godan
369	* Jerk with a HeartOfGold:
370	* [[spoiler: NotSoInvincibleAfterAll]]: After Chirico reveals that they were being tested, they let the idea that they're unique survivalists go to their heads. [[spoiler: Kochak is killed as a result of stupidity in combat, Godan is killed not-so-stupidly under heavy Balarant fire, Barcoff makes a HeroicSacrifice to cut through said fire, and Zaki is DrivenToSuicide when he figures out he was made to kill Chirico.]]
371
372	!!Fedok Wockam
373	->Voiced by: Creator/UnshoIshizuka
374
375	A Gilgamesh war hero and an important person in the Ministry of Intelligence who commands the forces of the ISS. He's the one who sets out all the tests that the Barcoff Squad has to pass; he wants to prove that they're unique survivalists in order to build his own power as well as humiliate Pailsen.
376
377	* BigBad
378	* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Pailsen was rumored to have killed his father, so he manipulated the military tribunal to place him in his [[MindRape "care"]] in order to exact revenge.
379	* [[spoiler:InTheBack]]: [[spoiler:When Pailsen's manipulation is made clear, his subordinates turn on him and Rochina kills him.]]
380	* SmugSnake
381	* SlouchOfVillainy: He is introduced in the Pailsen Files series sitting on his couch wearing a bathrobe and holding a glass of Martini.
382	* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:The reveal of Pailsen's manipulation and Luske's betrayal at the end destroyed Wockman's smugness completely.]]

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