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8[-'''Main Characters''' ([[Characters/CodeGeassLelouchLamperouge Lelouch Lamperouge]], [[Characters/CodeGeassSuzakuKururugi Suzaku Kururugi]]) | [[Characters/CodeGeassBlackKnights Black Knights]] | [[Characters/CodeGeassAshfordAcademy Ashford Academy]] | [[Characters/CodeGeassBritannians Britannians]] ([[Characters/CodeGeassBritannianImperialFamily Britannian Imperial Family]] | [[Characters/CodeGeassEuroBritannia Euro Britannia]]) | [[Characters/CodeGeassChineseFederation Chinese Federation]] | [[Characters/CodeGeassEuropeanUnion European Union]] | [[Characters/CodeGeassOthers Others]]-]]]]]
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10This is the character sheet concerning the main characters of ''Anime/CodeGeass''.
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15* '''[[Characters/CodeGeassLelouchLamperouge Lelouch Lamperouge]]'''
16* '''[[Characters/CodeGeassSuzakuKururugi Suzaku Kururugi]]'''
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22[[folder:C.C.]]
23[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c_c.png]]
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25->'''Voiced by''': Creator/{{Yukana}} (Japanese), Creator/KateHiggins (English)
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27->''"Snow is white because it's forgotten what color it's supposed to be."''
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29A mysterious, snarky girl who makes a contract with Lelouch and grants him the power of Geass. In truth, C.C. is an immortal witch who has lived for centuries, and has an apparent connection to Lelouch's fallen mother Marianne. She knows a lot more than she lets on, often muses on the nature of humanity due to her long lived nature, and remains at Lelouch's side as he plans to obliterate Britannia and change the world's order.
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32* AbusiveMom: C.C. is not literally Mao's parent, but he was six when C.C. made a contract with him and, due to the nature of his Geass, subsequently became his only human connection. It's AllThereInTheManual that when he was with C.C. she would take him out in public, [[PowerIncontinence Geass and all]], alas when his geass began to go out of control and while C.C.'s voice was the only thing that could stop the madness in his head (his geass allowing him to hear everyone's thoughts) she abandoned him, resulting in him looking for years in years and having turned, well, batshit crazy due to geass effects.
33* ActionGirl: She doesn't do much actual fighting ([[BystanderSyndrome it's not her fight, after all]]) but she's perfectly capable of it. While not on the same level as [[AcePilot Kallen]], she is quite an adept Knightmare Frame pilot, serving as Lelouch's copilot and once able to hold her own with limited support in a chaotic air battle against Suzaku, amongst others. She's also handy with guns and skilled in hand-to-hand combat. In ''Nightmare Of Nunnally'', it's revealed that she fought in the Hundred Years War, and UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc was her rival back then.
34* AlliterativeName: Alliterative initials: C.C.
35* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Her offering Lelouch and Mao their Geass powers. [[spoiler:And to a greater extent, her own wish to be loved]]. It's PlayedWith, though, in that the characters don't ''consciously'' decide what their 'wish' (that is, their Geass) will be; however, it does seem to be decided by their inner desires, making it still a more or less straight example of this trope.
36* BigDamnHeroes: Has gotten Lelouch out of dire situations more than once, be it to protect his identity or his life.
37* BigEater: She loves her pizza. Large quantities of it.
38* BlessedWithSuck:
39** Eventually came to see her {{immortality}} as this.
40** And before that [[spoiler:her own Geass which granted her the power "to be loved", which [[LoveIsInTheAir made anyone around her love her]] and it quickly becomes a BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor tale when she became unable to control it and learned that if you force everyone to love you, then none of it will be genuine.]]
41* BoomHeadshot: Is shot in the head by a Britannian soldier in the first episode. Thanks to her immortality, she survives.
42* BornIntoSlavery: She was a slave since childhood in TheMiddleAges before she gained her Geass powers which quickly turned into a BlessedWithSuck situation.
43* BreadEggsMilkSquick: [[spoiler:After losing her memories, she tells her "new lord" about her housework skills]]: preparing food, cleaning, fetching water, tending cows and sheep, sewing, she can read a little bit and count up to twenty and cleaning corpses.
44* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: She believed in isolating herself to protect her loved ones. This is part of the reason she abandoned Mao, which only made him more AxCrazy. She also attempted this with Lelouch, who of course had none of it.
45* BrokenBird: Due to her past, she came to not consider herself a human being anymore, and only now starting to get in touch with her emotions again thanks to Lelouch.
46* BurnTheWitch: When Lelouch sees images of C.C.'s past, one of her multiple gruesome "deaths" was, of course, burning at the stake.
47* ByronicHeroine: She's [[BystanderSyndrome morally apathetic]], [[HeadturningBeauty physically attractive]], [[BrokenBird emotionally broken]], [[TheCynic cynically jaded]], [[DarkAndTroubledPast haunted by her horrid past]], and [[DeathSeeker self-destructive]].
48* BystanderSyndrome: She's usually apathetic to everything going around her, and states she doesn't even particularly care if Lelouch gets killed.
49* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She has a tendency to make silly koans when Lelouch least expects them (see the quote).
50* CompleteImmortality: C.C. has the Code of Immortality which makes her a true {{immortal|ity}}, being unable to die, age, get sick, or be permanently wounded, and is absolutely self-sustained. Any injuries she suffers [[HealingFactor heal fast]], even if she is incinerated, blown up, decapitated, completely deleted, or even if she is completely destroyed to the sub-atomic level, she will still return to life. The only way to kill her is to transfer her Code of Immortality to someone else.
51* TheConfidant: Is this to Lelouch, being the only one (at least for a majority of the series) that he can tell everything to.
52* CoolBigSis: Acts as this to Nunnally and even Lelouch and Kallen to a certain extent.
53* CursedWithAwesome: Oh, sure, she's got that immortality to worry about, but she can do just about anything thanks to her powers.
54* DarkAndTroubledPast: She was an orphan girl from TheMiddleAges that escaped from slavery, and came upon a nun who granted her a Geass that made everyone love her. She eventually grew tired of people showering her with affection because she never knew when it was genuine or merely the effect of her Geass, leading her to become dependant on the nun, until said nun revealed she was only using her to transfer her own immortality to her. After the nun died, C.C. wandered alone for centuries and was brutally tortured during the witch hunts, but her immortality didn't allow her to die.
55* DarkIsNotEvil: Wears a dark outfit when she's with the Black Knights. She's not exactly good but at least, she cares about Lelouch at that point.
56* DeadpanSnarker: She regularly snarks to Lelouch and everyone else.
57* DefrostingIceQueen: She starts out as a cold-hearted woman who's only helping Lelouch for her own motives and doesn't care about him at all, but she eventually warms up to him and starts to regain her human feelings thanks to him. After the GrandFinale, knowing that Lelouch honestly cared about her, and didn't blame her for the bad things that happened in his life after accepting the Geass, allowed C.C. to open up to her true emotions and gave her the strength to carry on despite still being immortal.
58* DevotedToYou:
59** Mao can't live without her. Ever since she abandoned him, he has dedicated his life to search for her.
60** C.C. eventually becomes this way with Lelouch, in the alternate movie timeline, her desire to stay by his side overcoming her initial wish to die and doing everything to bring him back to life.
61* DisneyDeath: In the first episode, she gets a BoomHeadshot. In the fourth episode, Lelouch comes home to find her playing with Nunnally.
62* DoomMagnet: Some characters see her in this light, Bartley thought that him and Clovis dealing with "that witch" is what damned them.
63* DracoInLeatherPants: Mao gives C.C. the DILP treatment InUniverse. He sees her as a perfect angel even though she gave him his Geass that ultimately destroyed him when he was eight.
64* EmeraldPower: Has long green hair and is a powerful Code carrier.
65* EtherealWhiteDress: As Leila remembers the night she contracted with her during her flashback in ''Anime/CodeGeassAkitoTheExiled'', C.C. was seen wearing the white, hooded garments of the Geass Order.
66* EveryoneHasStandards: She's taken aback when Charles [[spoiler: takes V.V.'s code and leaves him to die]].
67* EvilLaugh: Not in the series proper, but she has a pretty impressive one in the very likely non-canon ''The Record of a Beautiful Rebellion'' AudioPlay (as seen [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7jbF2RuFxZY&t=2m37s here]]). Creator/{{Yukana}} sure was enjoying the chance to [[ChewingTheScenery ham it up]].
68-->'''Kallen:''' Zero is here. The female version of Zero has appeared...
69* FanDisservice: Early one she gets a [[MaleGaze close up shot]] of her naked {{Underboob|s}}, along with the nasty scar in her breast from before she acquired her Code of Immortality.
70* FishOutOfTemporalWater: [[spoiler:After she is mentally reset to the person she was at the age of ten, a slave girl from TheMiddleAges.]]
71* FreudianExcuse: Has a DarkAndTroubledPast for her NominalHero status.
72* TheGadfly: Sometimes it seems as if she just likes to push Lelouch's buttons.
73* {{Glamour}}: [[spoiler:Her Geass power forced everyone she met to fall in love with her and shower her with affection, which was great...for a day or two.]]
74* GratuitousEnglish: Her "name" C.C. is pronounced See-Two on the English dub but more or less Shi-Tsu in the original Japanese.
75* HealingFactor: She can recover from fatal injuries in a matter of minutes.
76* HeelRealization: In R2 Episode 21, about her involvement in the [[spoiler:[[AssimilationPlot Ragnarok Connection]]]].
77-->'''C.C.:''' [[spoiler:Charles]], just stop already. It was presumptuous of us to even attempt this.\
78'''[[spoiler:Marianne]]:''' [[spoiler:But what about C.C.? Why isn't she disappearing as well? You supported this plan as much as we did!]]\
79'''C.C.:''' [[spoiler:Sorry. But I finally realized: The love you have is only for yourselves.]]
80* HonestAdvisor: To Lelouch. She ''never'' minces her words with him and isn't afraid to tell it like it is. She also never ''lies'' to him but withholds plenty of information like her history with Mao and the ''true'' nature of their contract, and, above all, his father and mother grand scheme, of which she is also a part of. At least she admitted to Lelouch that she wouldn't tell him anything she didn't want to.
81* HumanizingTears: A cold-hearted, ManipulativeBitch like C.C. only cries with good reason and when she does, her sheer warmth makes you wonder if you are looking at the same person.
82* IJustWantToBeLoved: For all her snark and apathy for the world around her, deep down she just wants to genuinely be loved by someone. By the time that Lelouch meets her, her experiences with her Geass and centuries of being hunted and tortured for her power have left her disillusioned that it could ever happen. [[spoiler: Ultimately her time with Lelouch and the knowledge tht he didn't hate her and cared before his death ended up being enough to revive her belief in the world and find hope in living.]]
83* ImmortalImmaturity: Her nature as TheStoic somewhat conceals this, but paying attention to her early interactions with Lelouch and later how she acts when she [[DefrostingIceQueen defrosts]] shows she's surprisingly immature and even bratty. At the same time, she can still show her wisdom from a long lifespan... while also taunting Lelouch at the same time, apparently just for her [[ForTheLulz amusement]].
84* ImmortalityHurts: She can't permanently die, but she still feels all the pain from her major injuries and temporary deaths she survives through. Flashbacks reference quite a few horrific deaths in her past, including the iron maiden, guillotine, and burning at the stake, complete with images of her struggling against the ropes and screaming in pain the whole time. When she sinks into the ocean at the end of the first season ''she's crushed to pieces by ocean pressure''.
85* ImmortalLifeIsCheap: Sometimes gets this sort of abuse, such as when Mao decided he was going to "make her compact" with a chainsaw. At one point, she takes out an opponent by having her mech drag theirs to the bottom of the ocean, and holding them there until they were both crushed completely by the pressure, having her enact this trope on ''herself''.
86* InnocentFanserviceGirl: During the period of time where she [[LaserGuidedAmnesia loses her memory of her life before becoming immortal]] she reverts to the terrified, completely obedient slave-girl she was before she obtained Code of Immortality, even taking Lelouch's joking command to "dance around on one foot with [her] clothes inside out" completely seriously and without question. [[FanDisservice More uncomfortably]], she continually asks Lelouch to [[TakeOffYourClothes take his clothes off]] and strips down herself when he says he has a pain that's not on the surface, leading to some [[DarkAndTroubledPast grim implications about life as a child slave]].
87* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She comes across as a big, selfish jerk in R1. But though she does have her jerkass moments (see Mao for example), she's much nicer and more caring than she originally lets one. The facade starts to drop by the season finale and R2 in part is about her fully dropping it.
88* KickTheDog: It's a bit difficult to look at her in quite the same way after the flashback to [[AxeCrazy Mao's]] [[FreudianExcuse childhood]], as her treatment of him isn't any more excusable than his treatment of Shirley.
89* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:''R2'' episode 15 ends with C.C. locking all her memories to the point where she first acquired her Geass (when she was no older than 10, by the looks of things).]] Reversed when [[spoiler:Marianne in Anya's body invoked ForgotTheCall and "reset" her]].
90* LightIsNotGood: She wears a white prisoner suit (and later a white pilot suit) for the majority of Season 1. She brings back her prisoner suit towards the end of Season 2. She's not evil but usually [[BystanderSyndrome apathetic to the tragedies happening around her]].
91* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: With Lelouch. They share his dorm room and their banter makes them sound like a bickering couple on occasion.
92* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Mao. She's his whole world and he will do ''anything'' to get her back.
93* LivingForeverIsAwesome: In the GrandFinale, C.C. comes to terms with her immortality. Knowing that Lelouch never hated or blamed her for the tragedy that his life became, and through everything he honestly cared about her, is enough to allow C.C. to carry on and live out her immortal lifespan with the happy memories he gave her.
94* LovesSecrecy: Really likes to withhold information. She doesn't tell Lelouch much about Geass, their contract, or the fact that [[spoiler:his mother is alive and in on the same plan as his father.]]
95* MacGuffinSuperPerson: C.C. gets used as a living MacGuffin, as evidenced by the existence of a special canister designed to contain her. In Code Geass R2, she has this role because [[spoiler:she has the second Code that is needed in order for The Emperor's master plan to work]].
96* MaleGaze: There's a good reason why fans like to call her Pizza Butt, as plenty of shots like to linger on C.C.'s ass while she's lounging around. She also likes to wear some pretty tight clothing to really emphasize it, like her straightjacket, or a form-fitting tanktop and shorts in R2.
97* MarkOfTheSupernatural: As a Code bearer, she has a tattoo of the Geass sigil on her forehead, usually hidden behind her bangs.
98* MayflyDecemberRomance: C.C. the ageless, deathless witch is romanced by Mao, a seventeen/eighteen-year-old boy. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] as she does not return his affections. Extra materials imply a lot of her contractors looked to her as a lover when not wanting her to be ParentalSubstitute.
99* MistakenForRomance: The Black Knights assume that she's Zero's intimate partner since he can't tell them the real reason why he keeps her around. She at least tries to set the record straight with Tamaki, though he doesn't believe her. This becomes a minor case of BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor for her in the {{Novelization}} once she starts helping out Lelouch to pilot the Gawain. That's because from then and on the Black Knights begin to expect her to pull her weight within the organization, making her wish to go back to the time she was thought of as Zero's mistress and just laze around.
100* MsExposition: When she's not [[DeadpanSnarker snarking]], she sometimes bothers to fill Lelouch in on events; such as the whole deal with [[AxCrazy Mao]].
101* MsFanservice: C.C. lacks the big boobs of many of the other girls (though she's still stacked enough for it to show through her oversized straight-jacket with GiantPoofySleeves), but she [[{{Pun}} backs it up]] by having an hourglass waistline and a ''big'' butt. She also (partially) [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl undresses herself in front of Lelouch]] a couple of times and there is a {{flashback}} where she's completely naked for no reason.
102* MundaneUtility: Since her body doesn't change no matter how many calories she intakes, she prefers to pig out on pizza and other unhealthy foods.
103* MysteriousStranger: She's this to Leila in the ''Anime/CodeGeassAkitoTheExiled'' spin-off. In Leila's point of view after she remembers the night she first met her, C.C. was this enigmatic figure who saved her from drowning and bestowed the power of Geass onto her but left without giving her any answers. Leila never even learns who she really was as she never gets to meet C.C. again in the present day, only referring to her as the "witch from the forest".
104* MysteriousWaif: She is initially seen as this, being the mysterious person who gifted the power of Geass to Lelouch while deliberately keeping information from him. Became less of a case of this once more of her backstory is explored in R2.
105* NiceJobBreakingItHero: That whole business with her and Mao. See also KickTheDog, and WhatTheHellHero.
106* NighInvulnerability: Comes with being immortal. She has survived burnings, tortures, bombings, bullets to the head, not to mention ''drowning at the bottom of the ocean and being crushed by the massive pressure''.
107* NominalHero: She's only helping Lelouch initially for sake of their contract, [[spoiler:since she will finally get to {{d|eathSeeker}}ie if it's fulfilled. She end up BecomingTheMask though due to her growing to care about Lelouch, even going out of her way to impede Charles' plans for the Ragnarok Connection, making this a subversion.]]
108* NoNameGiven: The dialogue is muted both times her real name is mentioned.
109* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: [[TakingTheBullet Takes a bullet to the head for Lelouch]] in the very first episode. Shows up fine as the fourth episode's cliffhanger, and Lelouch comes home to find her playing with Nunnally.
110* NotQuiteTheRightThing: She didn't abandon Mao just to be cruel. She thought that, in abandoning Mao, he'd come to hate her for it and get over the fact that she asked him to kill her. Sadly, she underestimated Mao's obsession, and it turns out that he blames everyone ''but'' C.C for her deserting him and is perfectly willing to kill anyone else who she tries to make a contract with (like Lelouch).
111* NowOrNeverKiss: Has one with Lelouch in a way right before Season 1's climax.
112* OnlyKnownByInitials: She's only known as "C.C." and we don't even know if that stands for her name. Lelouch is the only one who knows of her true name.
113* ParentalSubstitute: She looked after Mao in his childhood, until [[WifeHusbandry things]] [[{{Yandere}} went horribly wrong]]. Extra materials reveals a lot of previous contractors looked to her as that as well.
114* PetTheDog: She saved a young [[Anime/CodeGeassAkitoTheExiled Leila Malcal]] from drowning in freezing waters in her backstory. While she largely did it to establish a contract with her, C.C. surprisingly leaves the girl to her own devices and gives her the freedom to choose whether or not to use her Geass, by which if she didn't, her power would eventually fade once she reaches adulthood. Given her motives as revealed during the main series, her general apathy, and her relationship with most of her contractors, particularly Mao, this is surprisingly benevolent coming from her.
115* PowerIncontinence: It's implied that she originally took over the Code to get out of hers. It was later revealed that [[spoiler:the Code was forced on her by the nun who gave her her power.]]
116* PrettyFreeloader: At the start. She gets to enjoy all the comforts of the academy on Lelouch's dime, and doesn't really do much to actually help him, content to lounge around, steal his bed, and order obscene amounts of [[TrademarkFavoriteFood pizza]] with his credit card. She starts getting more active by the end of the first season and has walked away from this trope by the start of R2. She also played a downplayed example during the timeskip according to Turn 0.923, which vastly annoyed Kallen.
117* ProverbialWisdom: A TricksterMentor with a penchant for weird koans.
118* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: While she looks like a young woman physically, she's been alive for centuries, after she [[spoiler:got her own Geass in the end of the Middle Ages, and]] was made immortal in the Era of Kings. She apparently even knew some of the masterminds behind the American Revolution on a personal basis.
119* RedOniBlueOni: The aloof and cynical Blue to Lelouch's ambitious and visionary Red.
120* ReiAyanamiExpy: Unusual hair and eye color, pale skin, MysteriousWaif with a troubled past, deep stoicism, not actually a regular human girl, and DefrostingIceQueen who gradually warms up to the main character. The main thing that sets her apart from other examples is her tendency to mess with people.
121* RescueIntroduction: In the first episode, C.C. is introduced as she's released from the capsule where she was kept BoundAndGagged. Funnily enough, no one was actually trying to rescue her since everyone thought the capsule only contained poison gas.
122* ScarsAreForever: She has a Geass sigil-shaped scar beneath and partly on her left breast, which never heals. Eventually Lelouch (and the viewer) learn that she got it when [[spoiler:the nun who raised her back in the Middle Ages/Renaissance forced the Code onto her, making her immortal.]]
123* SleepsInTheNude: When C.C. shows up [[BackFromTheDead unexpectedly]] at Lelouch's home and enters PrettyFreeloaders mode, she immediately takes over Lelouch's bed and casually starts stripping out of her outfit to go to sleep in front of him [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl without a care]]. When he protests, she remarks "A gentleman would sleep on the floor."
124* TheSpock: To Lelouch's [[TheKirk Kirk]] and Kallen's [[TheMcCoy McCoy]].
125* TheStoic: Nearly always maintains an apathetic demeanor, usually only showing mild amusement when she [[TheGadfly messes with people]]. She does get more NotSoStoic moments as she begins to defrost.
126* SugarAndIcePersonality: Mostly on the ice side of things, but she does have her sweet moments with Lelouch.
127* SupernaturalGoldEyes: In line with her being an immortal Geass giver, albeit her eyes have always been that way.
128* TimeDissonance: She's lived a long time, so her apathy in certain situations is somewhat understandable.
129* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Her love of pizza, which she can frequently be seen eating.
130* TricksterGirlfriend:
131** There are implications of a possible romance between her and Lelouch, though it never explicitly pans out in the series.
132** [[spoiler:Played straight in the timeline of the [[Anime/CodeGeassLelouchOfTheResurrection Resurrection movie]].]]
133* TricksterMentor: Guides Lelouch as one for a time when he is first starting out, becomes less trickster as time goes on.
134* TroubledFetalPosition: Assumes one during her HeelRealization in R2 Episode 21.
135* TheUnfettered: More so than just about any other character, since she's not bound by anything, including death. A big part of her CharacterDevelopment consists in becoming more of TheFettered once again with Lelouch as her [[InvertedTrope reverse]] CynicismCatalyst. Of course, [[LoveHurts that comes with a price tag attached]].
136* UnwittingPawn: In medieval times, C.C. got her Geass as part of a contract with a nun. In the end, little did C.C. knew that the nun tricked her into passing her code to her. [[WhoWantsToLiveForever The nun became mortal and died as she wished]], while C.C. was now immortal.
137* VitriolicBestBuds:
138** With Lelouch throughout the series. And whenever they aren't, it's a good indicator that things have taken a turn for the serious. [[spoiler:Lelouch treating her as that instead as a potential lover or a ParentalSubstitute is a key factor in C.C.'s own CharacterDevelopment into a happier and nicer person.]]
139** Also with Kallen in R2 and all the material that takes place during its timeframe. They have lots of banter, yet can work decently as allies.
140* VocalEvolution: Her voice in the first part of the series is much higher-pitched and monotone than it is later on, though as she's deep in depression for most of her early appearances it stands to reason that she would sound less emotional.
141* WaifFu: She's skilled in hand-to-hand combat.
142* WalkingTheEarth: For centuries, she wandered around the world, looking for people to whom she could give the Geass. In the epilogue, [[spoiler:after Lelouch dies]], C.C. is seen traveling the countryside in the back of a cart, but she apparently has a more positive outlook on her life as an immortal wanderer now.
143* WhoWantsToLiveForever: She spent centuries alone and has been killed painfully over and over again. Her one and only wish is to finally die for good. [[spoiler:This is her motivation for giving people the Geass in the first place, as that'll enable her to transfer her Code of Immortality and end her own life. At the end of the anime, however, she seems to have gotten over her suicidal wish and carries on despite Lelouch's death.]]
144* WifeHusbandry: An incidental example. She was the orphaned Mao's only guardian and raised him in complete isolation due to his lack of control over his mind-reading Geass. Mao became obsessed with her, so C.C. abandoned him to force him to get over her, but the damage was already done and he tries to steal her from Lelouch.
145* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Though more like EmptyShell, not "destroyer".
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148[[folder:Kallen Kozuki / Kallen Stadtfeld]]
149[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kallen_stadtfeld.png]]
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151->'''Voiced by''': Creator/AmiKoshimizu (Japanese), Creator/KarenStrassman (English)
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153->''"If only you had justice on your side!"''
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155Half-Britannian, half-Japanese, fully dedicated to liberating Japan from Britannia's rule of oppression, Kallen is an AcePilot and fights alongside with the Black Knights as Zero's personal bodyguard. Like Lelouch, she also struggles with living a double life as the sickly, soft spoken Britannian Kallen Stadtfeld, and the hot blooded Japanese freedom fighter Kallen Kouzuki. She also struggles with facing the different sides of Lelouch, valuing the ideals of Zero above all. She is the only pilot skilled enough to pilot the Guren, whose Radiant Wave Surger is able to completely melt opposing Knightmare Frames.
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158* AcePilot: Kallen is an extremely skilled Knightmare Frame pilot, rivaling the abilities of even the Knights of Rounds. She's acknowledged as the ace pilot of the Black Knights by enemies and allies alike. [[spoiler:She even destroyed Suzaku's Lancelot Albion in their final confrontation.]]
159* ActionGirl: Kallen often kicks lots of ass while piloting the Guren.
160* AdoptedIntoRoyalty: Because her biological father's wife could not bear children, Kallen was adopted into her noble father's household.
161* AllIsWellThatEndsWell: It's surprising how quickly she's willing to forgive [[spoiler:Lelouch]] for everything he puts her and her friends through during the Zero Requiem. She also forgives [[spoiler:Cornelia and the other Britannians for being evil towards her race, and the other Black Knights for trying to kill both her and Lelouch,]] which [[spoiler:convinced Lelouch]] to put her through the former in the first place.
162* AlliterativeName: Kallen Kozuki (or Kozuki Kallen), when she's using her mother's surname -- [[ProudWarriorRaceGuy which she does a lot]].
163* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To virtually every other Knightmare pilot of repute in the series, she is this, to the point of likely being the most talented pilot in the world. Let us count the ways: [[spoiler:Jeremiah, Gilford, Cornelia, numerous Glaston Knights, Gino and Anya (at the same time), Luciano, Xingke, C.C., and even Suzaku (see PluckyGirl below). She loses exactly two fights in the entire series; the first because her opponent had a serious technological advantage over her (namely, {{Flight}}), and the second largely because she engaged without recharging her unit's energy filler (which was Tamaki's fault anyway).]]
164* AnimeHair: She has a typically ''Code Geass'' crazy hairstyle when in her guise as a rebel. See ExpositoryHairstyleChange, below.
165* BadPowersGoodPeople: Kallen's Gurren sports what is easily the most ''[[CruelAndUnusualDeath brutal]]'' weapon of any Knightmare in the form of its Radiation Wave Surger, which uses microwave radiation to effectively [[CookedToDeath cook enemy pilots alive in their own Knightmares]]. Yet Kallen herself is easily one of the most genuinely, unambiguously heroic and morally uncomplicated characters in the show.
166* BadassInDistress: [[spoiler:She's captured in battle and becomes a POW for a while (actually part of her CharacterDevelopment, rather than an excuse for a RescueArc), but she makes a full recovery within moments.]]
167* BadassNormal: Of the major characters who pilot, Kallen is the one completely without any specific superhuman abilities -- yet she is arguably the best pilot in the series. (Lelouch has psychic MindControl powers; Suzaku has CharlesAtlasSuperpower; C.C. has {{Immortality}}; Rolo has TimeStandsStill style psychic powers.)
168%%* BashBrothers: With [[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS Chirico Cuvie]] in [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWarsZ Super Robot Wars Z2]].
169* BastardAngst: Kallen was born from a nobleman's affair with an Eleven woman. Her biological mother got herself hired as a maid at the household of Kallen's father and eventually turned to drug use. This made their relationship extremely strained, although they make up by the finale.
170* BelligerentSexualTension: She butt heads a lot with Lelouch, yet they have so much sexual tension that they have been on the brink of a ''very'' steamy case of SexForSolace three times before the series is over. In R1, this is what her relationship with his civilian identity is perceived as by her friends (such as Milly) when really she just flat out doesn't really like Lelouch's facade. At the start of R2, she's struggling with Lelouch being Zero, but it's more to do with her wondering if [[spoiler:Lelouch mind-controlled her into her [[SubordinateExcuse feelings]] and loyalty]] than a true example.
171* BerserkButton: Do not call her, her nation, or its people Numbers. If you do this and are an enemy in combat, she will destroy you with extreme prejudice.
172* BerserkerTears: In R2's first opening, {{foreshadowing}} the penultimate episode where [[spoiler:she was shedding tears in the Guren's cockpit when she finally decides to try to kill Lelouch. Actually a {{Subver|tedTrope}}sion because she seemed sadder and grimly resolved than angry at that point.]]
173* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Shirley's Betty for Lelouch's Archie. Kallen is a {{Tsundere}} FieryRedhead and a member of a rebel army, in sharp contrast to the ordinary and innocent GirlNextDoor Shirley.
174* BigBrotherWorship: She idolizes her dead older brother.
175* BodyguardCrush: She has a big crush on Zero, her RebelLeader. Although, she doesn't find out he's Lelouch until much later.
176* BrokenBird: The Britannian invasion and her troubled home life have definitely made her bitter.
177* ButNotTooForeign: Her mother is Japanese and her father is Britannian.
178* BuxomBeautyStandard: She's the third bustiest character in the series which is emphasized by her outfits and many [[MaleGaze fanservice shots]]. Several characters have also commented on her attractiveness and figure.
179* CantBatheWithoutAWeapon: She keeps her folding knife to defend herself with her at all times, even when bathing. During the ShowerOfAwkward scene with Lelouch, she used it to threaten him through the shower curtain when he thought he was Zero, and she charged at Suzaku with her knife when he discovered her [[WaterfallShower bathing under a waterfall]] with her Black Knights uniform nearby.
180* CharacterCatchphrase: Any variation of yelling how much she hates Britannians.
181* CharClone: Similar to Athrun Zala of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'', she possesses typical aspects of a Char Clone that are absent in the show's primary one (Lelouch), with her being the owner of a red AceCustom who serves as TheRival AcePilot to the pilot of the white machine (Suzaku).
182* CheerfulChild: Was [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/geassdaawww_9318.jpg fricken']] [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/geassdaawww2_3454.jpg adorable]] as a kid. Then [[BreakTheCutie shit]] happened.
183* ChessMotifs: The queen. Starts off as a pawn but becomes the strongest piece on the board. Her code name, Q-1, is the old-fashioned (i.e., pre-algebraic) shorthand for the square the white queen begins the game on. However, unlike an actual chess queen, her primary role is to stay by the king's (Lelouch's) side and protect him; but, like an actual chess queen, she's perfectly capable of attacking should the need arise.
184** Her tendency to always defend Zero, her [[HotBlooded straight forward]] nature, and powerful yet in some ways limited moves in the greater plot makes her also the Rook piece, always in the position to ''castle'' to protect the Black King.
185* ClarkKenting: At school, where she goes by Kallen Stadtfeld, she wears her hair down and pretends to be soft-spoken and sickly. As Kallen Kozuki, she spikes her hair up and acts like her true HotBlooded self.
186* TheComplainerIsAlwaysWrong: [[spoiler:When she and Zero find that her teammates have turned on their leader, she jumps to his defense and accuses them of one-sidedness, only to be told to step aside or be gunned down with him on suspicion of being Geassed. Cue Lelouch [[ShooTheDog lying to her in order to force her away]].]]
187* ComplimentFishing: There's a scene in ''[[{{Novelization}} Stage 1]]'' prior to the Battle of Narita where Kallen unsubtly fishes for a compliment from Zero after a perfect run of Knightmare combat VirtualTrainingSimulation for her Guren. [[MauveShirt Naomi]], who was monitoring the simulation, laughs her head off at her for it in the background.
188* CustomUniform: Of the Black Knight members, Kallen stands out for being the only one wearing shorts and thigh high boots.
189* DeadpanSnarker: Not on the level of C.C, but the tendencies are there.
190* DeathSeeker: It's hinted -- and later confirmed in the [[AllThereInTheManual supplementary materials]], particularly her [[DeliveryNotDesired "regret message"]] -- that Kallen's secret motivation to fight for LaResistance at the start of the series was to die a death worthy of her brother's, which explains her reckless actions in the initial episodes. This self-destructive drive faded away with Zero's arrival to her life, who unwittingly replaced it with an arguably worse one in the form of her [[UndyingLoyalty loyalty]] and [[LoveMartyr devotion]] for him.
191* DefeatingTheUndefeatable: [[spoiler:Kallen gets the distinction of being the only pilot to have ever defeated the once thought to be invincible Suzaku in a fair one-on-one battle. It's indicated that she would've been fully capable of killing him much earlier than that in a previous episode had Suzaku not fired the F.L.E.I.J.A. and blasted Tokyo to kingdom come due to being under his "Live" command forcing him to do so.]]
192* DefectorFromDecadence: To as big an extent as possible. Though she is of noble blood, she has rejected Britannia and strives to free Japan, but attends Ashford Academy as a cover, and to continue her studies.
193* DeliveryNotDesired: Her [[http://i.imgur.com/Ecj3HAk.jpg character poem]] a.k.a. "regret message" published in the booklet of the soundtrack album ''Code Geass Complete Best'' is [[TalkingToTheDead a letter to the late]] [[spoiler:Lelouch.]]
194* DemotedToExtra:
195** In the AlternateUniverse spinoffs, her importance dramatically declined. Even in the ''Lelouch of the Rebellion'' manga adaptation, in which she actually has an even larger role than in the original anime, the equivalent of episode 9 of the first series (which focused on her past) is all but cut out except for a scene of her at home and with her mother in the hospital. While it was mostly used to establish her motivations rather than starting a subplot, taking this away isn't too nice.
196** To a lesser extent, she does get a reduced amount of screen time in R2. Even a lengthy arc [[spoiler:after her capture]] is mostly about her relationship with Lelouch. They had been moving in this direction during the first season too, but some fans had also hoped to see her family issues get re-introduced at one point or another as well.
197* {{Determinator}}: When faced against the [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower now practically superhuman]] Suzaku, she fights him to a standstill, [[CombatBreakdown reducing both of their machines to scrap]] before finally [[spoiler:destroying Suzaku's machine with the very last blow she has left before her machine shuts down]]. Suzaku even wonders aloud how he can't beat her, even with his "live" Geass.
198* DudeMagnet: She’s pretty popular with the fellas, as her many admirers at school and Gino can attest.
199%%* EvilFormerFriend: Louise Halevy is this to Kallen in ''VideoGame/{{Super Robot Wars Z}}2: Saisei-hen''. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZdwkxjT6r4 This trope is inverted as Louise calls out Kallen for working with ZEXIS, even though Louise works for the A-LAWS]].
200%%-->'''Louise:''' Kallen! You deceived me!
201* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Kallen used two different hairstyles ([[http://i34.tinypic.com/2djcq6t.jpg a loose, straight and long-ish one when she's at Ashford Academy]], [[http://i37.tinypic.com/2yor902.jpg and a spikier, slightly shorter hairstyle with a headband]] when with the Black Knights) during the series, to avoid having her cover blown. [[spoiler:After the GrandFinale, when Kallen returns to Ashford and lives peacefully with Mrs. Kouzuki, she's seen [[http://i34.tinypic.com/2lxxw14.jpg using her Black Knights hairstyle permanently]], now that she has no reason to hide herself.]]
202* {{Expy}}: Of Asuka Langley Soryu from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. A HotBlooded half-Japanese girl who pilots a red mecha with orange trim and has MommyIssues. Coincidently or not, [[ActorAllusion even her German voice actress is the same as Asuka's]].
203%%* FacePalmOfDoom: Her signature FinishingMove.
204* FanserviceWithASmile: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9hSliVD4BU Early in the second season]], as a part of her cover. In reality, she did not take this very well - see ReluctantFanserviceGirl below. There's a funny scene in Saisei-hen based off Kallen wearing the bunny suit.
205-->'''C.C.''': So how do you feel riding Guren, Kallen?\
206'''Kallen''': "How"...?\
207'''Ester''': Get back Kallen. DM extermination is my specialty.\
208'''Kallen''': Ester...are you mad about something?\
209'''Ester''': I'm not frustrated...I'm not frustrated!\
210'''Kallen''': You brought your triangle into the cockpit...\
211'''Ester''': You're piloting the Guren wearing a bunny suit, aren't you?! So I'm bringing my work tool into mine too!\
212''[ding ding ding]''\
213'''C.C.''': It looks like she really is that frustrated that she couldn't become a bunny (girl).\
214'''Kallen''': Sure looks like it...\
215'''Kiderra''': Woman's jealousy sure is scary...\
216'''Ester''': I said I'm not frustrated! Even though I'm not that pretty, or elegant, or friendly, or good as serving...\
217'''C.C.''': (to all the above points) To a destructive degree.\
218'''Ester''': I'll live my life as a (DM) buster. So bring it on, DM's.\
219'''C.C.''': Looks like everything got solved by itself.\
220'''Chirico''': Here they come.
221** [[MemeticMutation Many a places have come to know her as]] [[ShowerScene "Serial Showerer Kallen."]]
222** In Jigoku-hen, Kallen gets to call out [[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS Kan Yu]] for forcing her to wear the outfit in the first place.
223--->'''Kan Yu''': It's been too long, Kallen! I've a score to settle with you, too!\
224'''Kallen''': Well, aren't you stubborn? STILL miffed about that Kumen business?!\
225'''Kan Yu''': You know that's not the whole of it! Not after you went and attacked me time and time again!\
226'''Kan Yu''': If you don't feel like getting on your knees and apologizing, I'll just end you right here!\
227'''Kallen''': Well, since you're dredging up the past, I also have something I wanna tell you!\
228'''Kallen''': How could you make me deploy with that bunny suit back in Kummen?! Any way you slice it, that's just sexual harassment!\
229'''Kan Yu''': Well, that was an emergency dispatch and--\
230'''Kallen''': Shut up! Even now I remember that dirty look you gave me!
231* FatalFlaw: Her [[FieryRedhead passionate nature]] and UndyingLoyalty to Zero, ironically. [[spoiler:She's ultimately loyal to ''Zero'' and never fully becomes loyal to ''Lelouch'' despite them being the same person. When this mixes with her hot-head tendencies, it results in her leaving Lelouch in key moments that ultimately result in things taking a turn for the worse; first at the end of the Black Rebellion she leaves Lelouch (having discovered that he's Zero) at the mercy of an angry Suzaku. Then, during the Black Knights's betrayal, she buys the BlatantLies of Lelouch due to Lelouch skilfully pressing her buttons so that she won't get gunned down along with him.]]
232* FieryRedhead: In keeping with standard anime coloring themes about [[LawOfChromaticSuperiority ace pilots and the color red]], Kallen has red hair, always has a red piloting suit (several different ones, ''all'' red) and pilots a Red mecha named the Guren (Crimson Lotus). Even the Bunny Girl fanservice moment early in R2 has her in a red bunny suit!
233* FoeTossingCharge: Episode six of ''R2'', then again later in [[spoiler:episode twenty-four (twenty-three enemy units plus C.C.'s Lancelot, in 36 seconds)]].
234* ForgottenFirstMeeting: The ''Red Tracks'' novels reveal that Kallen, Lelouch and Suzaku met when they were ten. The day she was about move from Izu with her family, Kallen picks up a peach that came out rolling out of nowhere. A foreign black-haired boy (Lelouch) soon appears and Kallen deduces from his angry face that the fruits belongs to him and wordlessly hands it over[[note]]as seen in the ''Stage 0'' novel, peaches are Nunnally's favorite fruit and Lelouch just went to great lengths just to get some for her[[/note]]. They stand in awkward silence until a brown-haired boy their age (Suzaku) simply slaps Lelouch on the head and tell him he should just thank her for it. The boys argue a little when they notice that their bus is about to leave and run to catch it. Lelouch then suddenly stops and turns around and basically forces Kallen to accept the peach back without saying a word in the most {{tsundere}} way possible (oh, the irony) and leaves for good. Then Kallen's brother Naoto appears, asks her about the peach and Kallen simply says that it was given to her by a boy she didn't know.
235* GeniusBruiser: Besides having a good grasp of combat tactics and resourcefulness, this trait isn't really given much emphasis. Kallen ''is'' reportedly quite intelligent academically, being able to remain top of her class despite frequent absences.
236* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: When Lelouch asks Kallen to "console" him when asks what she can do (after he fails to rescue Nunnally and she is thus his "enemy" now as the Viceroy of Area 11), she smacks him across the face, [[WhatTheHellHero calls him out]], and then runs off. [[SubvertedTrope Unfortunately]], her running off means she fails to fully get through to him and it's ultimately someone else[[note]] Namely Shirley [[/note]] who snaps Lelouch out of his HeroicBSOD.
237* GoGoEnslavement: After Kallen is captured, she's [[http://i.imgur.com/tpBsMjy.jpg strapped in her pilot suit to a table]] in bondage-esque style for no apparent reason other than displaying her as a sort of "present" when the High Eunuchs hand her and the Guren over to the Britannian. Later on she gets the standard Britannian prisoner garb (just like the one C.C. at the start of the series) and then a fancy dress, though she probably got to put the latter on in private.
238* GoodCounterpart: Kallen is an odd reflection of [[spoiler:Lelouch's own mother, Marianne. Both mix high social status with low-as-dirt origins (Marianne was a commoner who married into royalty, Kallen is half second-class citizen but her father is an aristocrat), both are quite possibly the most gifted Nightmare pilots of their age, both served as bodyguards to the MagnificentBastard they were in love with, both were [[LesYay very close friends]] with C.C., and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking both are astonishingly attractive for their military lifestyle.]] However, Marianne served as a LadyMacbeth, willing to mess Anya up psychologically for a chance to live on and embracing her husband's plan despite the immense personal suffering it would bring to her own children and countless others. Kallen's sense of justice was strong enough that she put aside her feelings and took up arms against the one she loved most to protect the people his plan would hurt]]
239* GreenEyedMonster: She wasn't the fondest of seeing Lelouch and C.C. together, and didn't like it when they didn't involve her in their plans.
240* HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler:In the final arc, where she's one of Emperor Lelouch's most dangerous opponents. Though as it turns out she never truly took what Schneizel said about Lelouch to her heart.]]
241* HeroicBastard: She's one of the main heroes and is the illegitimate daughter of a Britannian noble.
242* HeroicBSOD: In Episode 25 of R1, [[spoiler:she goes into shock when she finds out Lelouch is Zero]].
243* HidingYourHeritage: Kallen is Britannian-Japanese, but that's kept secret so she doesn't have to deal with all the troubles of being a Japanese or honorary Britannian. She passes as Britannian amongst Britannians (and goes by "Kallen Stadtfeld"), but prefers to be seen as Japanese.
244* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[DownplayedTrope Subtly done]], but Lelouch fools her '''three times''' into seeing him the way he needs to be seen for whatever reason. He does this twice in R1: first in the third episode he tricks her into dismissing him as being the voice from Shinjuku using a recording. Second time he does it in the ninth episode where by acting like an uncaring {{Jerkass}} and a clever bit of ExactWords, he gets her to never ever consider him possibly Zero. And then in R2 he does it ''again'' this time [[spoiler:to ShooTheDog so she doesn't get shot by the Black Knights who have been tricked by Schneizel into betraying him.]] The ''last'' time happens after two seasons of bonding and reflecting on Lelouch's character, with Kallen even talking to Nunnally about Lelouch, and yet she still buys into his act! In her defence, it's only the very manipulative Lelouch who is ever shown to successfully play Kallen and the fact she is a girl in love who felts rejected twice, it doesn't help that according to director's words to Koshimizu, Kallen's seiyuu, she is not the type to force herself on others despite still having doubts about Lelouch.
245* HotBlooded: Kallen is hotheaded and always jumps into the action.
246* HumongousMecha: She pilots the Knightmare called the Guren.
247* {{Irony}}: In her post-series [[DeliveryNotDesired "regret message"]] to Lelouch, Kallen herself notices the irony of someone as defiant to the core as her, the most HotBlooded of resistance fighters, to become so devoted to a single person.
248-->Looking back, it's mysterious.\
249Even though I should have loathed and rebelled against Britannia's tyranny.\
250Without knowing it, I held personal devotion only for you.
251%%* {{Joshikousei}}
252* JusticeWillPrevail: She firmly believes justice is on the side of the Black Knights and Zero especially.
253* TheLancer: Kallen is Zero's most loyal subordinate in the Black Knights and her HotBlooded personality plays a good {{Foil}} to his calculated pragmatism.
254* LargeHam: When piloting the Guren, Kallen goes all out in her hammy AcePilot mode.
255* LastKiss: [[spoiler:She kisses Lelouch in her last attempt to reach out to him. He dies shortly afterwards.]]
256* LethalChef: Doesn't come up in-series, but Creator/AmiKoshimizu says it was in the [[AllThereInTheManual character notes]] she was given at the start of the series. It was said that if she tried baking bread, it would come out as charcoal.
257* LivingADoubleLife: For most of the first season, something she [[TripleShifter found exhausting before getting used to it]]. [[spoiler:{{Subverted|Trope}} after being outed and becoming a full-time resistance fighter.]]
258* LivingWithTheVillain: Played straight when Suzaku arrives at Ashford Academy and she doesn't know he's her regular opponent in battle. Later [[spoiler:inverted, as she learns Suzaku is the pilot of the Lancelot]].
259* LoveMartyr: MagnificentBastard Lelouch has some [[ByronicHero major issues]]. Kallen still stays by his side [[spoiler:which is not a good thing as Lelouch knows well, driving her away so that she doesn't die with him.]]
260* LovesMyAlterEgo: In season one, she thinks Lelouch is an arrogant JerkAss, but adores his alter ego Zero as a brave freedom fighter. [[spoiler:After learning Zero's identity, at the very end of season one, it takes her a while to adjust to the concept, but eventually she [[{{Tsundere}} goes deredere]] for him in both roles and slowly falls in love with the man behind the mask.]]
261* LovingAShadow: She falls in love with Lelouch as Zero and remains mainly attracted to that side of him throughout the series. She's on the way to moving past this when they are LuredIntoATrap and [[spoiler:the Black Knights turn on Lelouch as Zero.]]
262* LuredIntoATrap: Used to bait Lelouch into the betrayal by the Black Knights without her knowledge.
263* MaleGaze: The camera likes to place Kallen in some pretty conveniently provocative poses. For example, her frame uses a common layout for cockpits, but other characters' mounting position is rendered onscreen less completely, while any shot with Kallen in her mech is usually going to be framed from below just to show off her butt.
264* TheMcCoy: She's the emotional and impulsive one to Lelouch's [[TheKirk Kirk]] and C.C.'s [[TheSpock Spock]].
265* MomentKiller: Taken to ridiculous degrees in the second season when almost ''every single conversation'' she has with Lelouch seems to bring them closer only to be interrupted in some random way. (Causes of interruption range from a simple radio call, to someone walking in on them, to their [[LuredIntoATrap walking into a deadly ambush]].)
266** Lampshaded in this fanmade [[http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs36/f/2008/254/9/d/Code_Geass___Farewell__by_FoxxFireArt.png 4koma]].
267** Ends up ''becoming'' a moment killer in episode 24 Lelouch and C.C., [[spoiler: with a giant robot.]]
268* MoreThanMindControl: After Lelouch assures her that her loyalty was not caused by Geass, she ruefully notes that she's still enslaved to him.
269* MsFanservice: The [[MaleGaze camera]] takes full advantage of pretty much every available opportunity to showcase Kallen's assets, including positioning the camera at an odd angle when she piloted mecha just to get a better view of her behind, or [[ItMakesSenseInContext when she dresses up in a mascot outfit]]. Also, her clothing, but more than that, the ''[[ReluctantFanserviceGirl situations]]'' the series puts her in. She ends up in many FanserviceCostumes, such as PlayboyBunny, a ModestyTowel and a PimpedOutDress. She also [[BathingBeauty gets several scenes of her bathing]], which usually end up being {{interrupted|bath}}.
270* TheMourningAfter: [[spoiler:{{Picture Drama}}s taking place after the main series show while she is moving forward, she is not over Lelouch. Even stating he engraved her love for him in her mind permanently.]]
271* NomDeMom: Because she wants to be seen as Japanese instead of Britannian, she uses her mother's Japanese name when she's working with the Black Knights.
272* ObliviouslyBeautiful: Kallen doesn't seem to realize how attractive she is, probably because she barely interacts with people around her age except for Ashford Academy StudentCouncil (who are a textbook example TheBeautifulElite themselves) and spends the rest of her time with LaResistance who either know her since she was a kid or are well aware of her temper. Notably, she didn't seem to know what to make of Gino's interest in her, causing HandsomeLech's efforts to woo her to fall flat.
273* {{Ojou}}: In fact, her ''own biological mother'' (who has been reduced to a servant in her house) calls her Kallen-[[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics ojou-sama]] -- or, more often, plain old Ojou-[[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics sama]]. Furthermore, Kallen [[InvokedTrope only acts]] like an {{Ojou}} as part of her civilian cover, while her ''real'' personality, is very far from it.
274* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: [[spoiler:After Lelouch starts playing the role of EvilOverlord, [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself Kallen takes upon herself to be the one who takes him down]]. Also counts as an attempted KillTheOnesYouLove.]]
275* OnlySaneWoman: In regards to the increasingly freakish occurences surrounding Lelouch and C.C. (on the protagonist side) and Suzaku (on the antagonist side), Kallen stands out as the most down-to-earth main character, especially in regards to her rather-reasonable (and achievable) goals.
276* OutOfTheFryingPan: In the latter part of season 2, she is saved from almost being executed by Britannia; only a couple episodes later, she is used to bait Zero, with whom she is having a heart to heart for the first time since said captivity, into a betrayal by Ohgi and the rest of the Black Knights, and is almost shot down with Lelouch until the latter fools her into abandoning him to have her spared. Also qualifies as a minor case of DistressBall.
277* PlayingSick: She pretends to be sickly at school as part of her cover, so as not to attract suspicion about how she's actively rebelling against the Britannian government.
278* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: She is prejudiced towards Britannians, due to their own racism and crimes against the Japanese. Her growing bond with her Britannian friends at school as well as her affection for Lelouch gradually softens her stance towards Britannians as the story goes on, even if she still hates Britannia as a whole.
279* PursuedProtagonist: In the first episode, Kallen is pursued by Britannian forces after she and her comrades steal what they believe to be a gas capsule which actually contains C.C. inside.
280* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Inverted. She's quite possibly the most morally sound person on the show, staying dedicated to her family through to the very end. [[spoiler:Including Lelouch]]. Most of the time she wears her red pilot suit and the Black Knights leather jacket over it, and her headband is red with black trim.
281* RedheadsAreRavishing: The redheaded Kallen is the most prominent MsFanservice in the series, having one of the biggest busts, lots of MaleGaze, and a large number of nude scenes. Multiple male characters find her very attractive.
282* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: During the opening of R2 when she is forced to be a bunny girl, gets pissed when she realizes that C.C. could have also fulfilled that role.
283* TheRival: To Suzaku. Oddly enough, she remains as such even after [[spoiler:they both switch roles, with Suzaku as the one defending Lelouch and Kallen opposing him]]. Also, his WorthyOpponent.
284* RocketPunch: Kallen's new and improved Guren can fire its radiation wave arm at the enemy, while still connected to the Guren through a cable.
285* RoyalBastard: Kallen is the lovechild of a nobleman's affair with a Japanese woman. Because his legal wife could not bear any children, Mr. Stadtfeld requested his former lover to allow him to formally adopt Kallen into his household as his heir. Kallen's mother now works as the household's maid.
286* SensualSpandex: The pilot suit she wears in most of the mecha battles since episode 12 of season 1 (pictured above). There is some justification for having such a tight suit (mostly because the Guren has motorcycle styled controls and a matching seat) but some of the MaleGaze shots Kallen gets while wearing it just ''scream'' RuleOfSexy. And then there are the moments when she wears the leather Black Knight jacket ''over'' the suit.
287* SheFu: Blatantly guilty of this at times, especially in the first episode of season two.
288* ShowerOfAwkward: She gets interrupted while taking a shower ''twice.'' First, with a Lelouch nice enough to [[IgnoreTheFanservice try to look away]]. Second, a WaterfallShower spotted by Suzaku where she ends up in a FullFrontalAssault against him.
289* ShowerScene: Has a few throughout the series. Of the biggest note is the very first one, early during first season when Lelouch accidentally barges in on Kallen taking a bath due to a phone call. Both sides are pretty embarrassed by the accident.
290* SleepsInTheNude: Kallen is shown sleeping topless on her bed, with a ToplessnessFromTheBack shot as she sleeps on her stomach.
291* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it "Karen" or "Kallen"? She's called both by different people.
292** Also, Kouzuki vs. Kozuki.[[note]]The most correct form would be "Kōzuki", but since this is awkward to type, "Kouzuki" is also acceptable. "Kozuki" is technically incorrect since it doesn't reflect the long vowel, but is very common nevertheless.[[/note]]
293** It should be noted that [[TruthInTelevision there is actually]] a Gaelic female name spelled "Kallan" which makes her name seem not so {{Engrish}}-y after all, such as these [[http://variety.com/2013/more/news/arc-promotes-kallan-kagan-1200325558/ real life]] [[http://www.utamavs.com/sports/w-softbl/mtt/kallan_thompson_718351.html women]] named Kallan.
294* SuperPrototype: Kallen's Guren is implied to be the prototype for all of the Black Knights' Knightmares following the Burai, and is head and shoulders above anything that isn't the Lancelot. Given how Kallen fights, it's likely that the only reason Suzaku manages to outmatch her most of the time is that the Lancelot is an even better Super Prototype than the Guren.
295* SuperReflexes: Kallen, being a combat mech pilot, has incredible reflexes, which tend to act up even when she is playing a DelicateAndSickly girl in school. In one episode, when Rivalz accidentally sends a champagne bottle cork right into her face, she notices it even before he does and deflects it with her hand.
296* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Kallen is herself a mix of both types, which manifest themselves in her ActionGirl guise (tomboy - her true personality) and her DelicateAndSickly guise (girly girl), complete with different wardrobes and hairstyles. In addition, she finds herself in numberous other pairings, including:
297** Kallen (tomboy) and C.C. (girly girl). In one Save-Quit intermission skit in Saisei-Hen, Kallen gives a farewell in a rough, crude. C.C proceeds to correct her and does it in a girly, cutesy manner, confusing Kallen in the process.
298--->'''Kallen''': So you're stopping here huh? No choice then....You better come back or else...\
299'''C.C.''': What are you doing saying farewell to the player like that?\
300'''Kallen''': Then how do you suppose I do it?\
301'''C.C.''': I guess I'll show you the ropes then...Erhmmm (in moe voice) Master, it's rather unfortunate that we have to part here, so please come back as soon as possible... And there you have it.\
302'''Kallen''': What the heck was that just now?
303* TookALevelInBadass: Her competence as a pilot grows as the series goes on the moment she gets the [[AceCustom Guren]] as her personal mech. She goes from being initially unable to even scratch [[AcePilot Suzaku's Lancelot]] like [[CurbStompBattle everyone else]] to slowly closing the gap between them as she gets accustomed to the Guren, until she finally defeats Suzaku once and for all in the finale.
304* TryingNotToCry: [[spoiler:When Lelouch stages his own death by having the new Zero (Suzaku) kill him in public, Kallen tries her hardest to hold back her tears, having figured out Lelouch became a villain to bring world peace.]]
305* {{Tsundere}}: Harsh type; she's temperamental, HotBlooded, tough and badass on the outside but very sweet, caring for her loved ones and vulnerable on the inside.
306* TsurimeEyes: As is pair for the course for the resident Tomboy of the show.
307* UndyingLoyalty: Considering the extremes to which she goes for Lelouch, she can rival Jeremiah in the loyalty department. Of all the Black Knights, Kallen is the most loyal to Zero. Her willingness to die for him is the reason why Lelouch was adamant in ''excluding'' her from the Zero Requiem. [["You push away the ones you lobe to spare them" as C.C. told him in season 1.]]
308* UniquenessValue: As the ace of the Black Knights, Kallen is the only character in the anime to use a Radiant Wave Surger claw weapon - all other versions of the weapon are missile based instead. It's unknown why this is the case, especially since other entries in the series, canon or otherwise, have indicated it can be replicated.
309* UnwillinglyGirlyTomboy: Kallen's BadassInDistress phase in the hand of the Britannians included wearing a fancy dress, which was given to her by Princess Nunnally in a well-intentioned but misguided attempt to help her. It's double bad for Kallen since she ''hates'' the Britannian upper class.
310* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: She triggered the landslide during the Battle of Narita (under Lelouch's orders), which inadvertently destroys a city as well... resulting in the death of Shirley's father, Joseph. This sets in motion a chain of events that will forever change the lives of both Shirley and Lelouch... [[spoiler:ultimately resulting in the former's murder at the hands of Rolo and Lelouch's subsequent ThanatosGambit, the "Zero Requiem".]]
311** In the compilation movies [[spoiler:this is subverted, thanks to Shirley ''and'' her father being SparedByTheAdaptation.]]
312* VictoriasSecretCompartment: At one point early in R2, she carries the key to the [[SuperPrototype Guren]] in her cleavage.
313* VirtuousCharacterCopy: Of Asuka Langley Soryu from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. Kallen is very much what Asuka would be if she didn't have the trauma and mental problems that led to a crippling InferioritySuperiorityComplex and major {{Jerkass}} behavior. [[spoiler:Compared to Asuka, she [[EarnYourHappyEnding actually achieves her goals and has a happy ending.]] ]]
314* VitriolicBestBuds: With C.C. in R2 and all the material that takes place during its timeframe. They have lots of banter, yet can work decently as allies.
315* WaterfallShower: On Kamine Island, she takes a shower under a waterfall, only to be interrupted by Suzaku.
316* WellIntentionedExtremist: In the beginning. Then she joins Zero, who makes her get better by comparison.
317* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Despite her issues against Lelouch at the start of R2, there's one small action that betrays she's starting to care more about the man under the mask than the MagnificentBastard the Black Knights [[NecessarilyEvil need for them to become a real threat to Britannia once again]]. In ''Turn 03'' during her ShowerScene, notice how her own clothes are thrown into a pile without a care yet the [[YouMustBeCold jacket Lelouch lent to her the previous episode]] is neatly folded next to them. Given that Kallen [[TrashOfTheTitans isn't the tidiest person around]], it's really conspicuous of her to show such a care for his belongings.
318* WomanScorned: At the very end of the series. [[spoiler:She confesses to Lelouch with a kiss which manages to break off the Magnificent Bastard facade and was said to be mutual by WordOfGod, before he closes himself again in order to avoid have her following him.]] She resolves to kill him with her own hands. For Love And Justice.
319%%* WorthyOpponent: To Suzaku. See also TheRival, above.
320* YouAreNumberSix: Is half-Japanese, which of course makes her something of a Number according to Britannia. ([[BerserkButton Do not call her this, though.]]) She gets a different sort of this treatment while she is imprisoned mid-season R2, and Suzaku refers to her by her prisoner number.
321* YouAreWorthHell: How she feels about Lelouch. Made explicit in her [[DeliveryNotDesired unsent letter to him]] from the booklet of the soundtrack album ''Code Geass Complete Best''.
322-->Lelouch, that [[LastKiss parting kiss]],\
323even if it was a lie, if you had said, "I love you,"\
324I would even follow you to hell.\
325But you knew that, didn't you?\
326\
327It's not like you.\
328You're good at manipulating people just by your words.\
329Really, it's not like you to be kind.\
330Is that why you told me to "live on"?\
331I fell in love with you not just because of that kindness.
332[[/folder]]
333
334[[folder:Nunnally Lamperouge / Princess Nunnally vi Britannia]]
335[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nunnally_lamperouge.png]]
336
337->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KaoriNazuka (Japanese), Creator/RebeccaForstadt (English)
338
339->''"My wish is for a gentler world."''
340
341The daughter of Emperor Charles and his consort Marianne, as well as Lelouch's younger sister. The messy death of her mother left her not only contained in a wheelchair but also blind out of the trauma of having her mom bleeding all over her and dying. She's shown as a sweet, gentle girl who attends Ashford Academy's middle school and serves as Lelouch's MoralityChain. Lelouch is trying to overthrow the entire world's order for her sake, no matter the cost.
342
343In ''[[Manga/CodeGeassNightmareOfNunnally Nightmare of Nunnally]]'', she is the main protagonist, who receives a Geass that allows her to see the future and an alternate personality derived from her anger and other negative emotions that can move and pilot a Knightmare Frame. She initially sets out to find Lelouch, but also expands her goal to stopping the bloodshed between Britannians and the Japanese.
344-----
345* AbdicateTheThrone: Per Lelouch of the Resurrection, [[spoiler: she has given up being Empress instead serving as a major political figure of Britannia likely to please the UFN who wants former royalty to not have too much power]].
346* AdaptationalJerkass: She's still largely the same sweet girl we know her as in the main series, but her alternate self from the ''[[Manga/CodeGeassNightmareOfNunnally Nightmare of Nunnally]]'' series is more openly angry and vindictive towards the misfortunes she and Lelouch suffered in their backstory, though this only gets brought into the forefront after she thought she also lost Lelouch during the Shinjuku Ghetto incident. After she contracts with Nemo, she attacks every Knightmare Frame on sight until she has her sword pointed at Clovis's face, though she stops herself at the last minute.
347* AffectionateNickname: Like her brother who is nicknamed "Lulu", she is nicknamed "Nunna" by Shirley.
348* AllIsWellThatEndsWell: [[spoiler:She's surprisingly okay with everyone despite how the Black Knights's betrayal, the actions of her half-siblings, and even Suzaku's own actions lead to her big brother's HeroicSacrifice.]]
349%%* AllLovingHeroine: To a degree. ''Nightmare of Nunnally'' makes it clear she has some pent up issues herself and Nunnally is ultimately selfish enough to place her own happiness before the world's when it comes down to it.
350* ArrangedMarriage:
351** Midway through the first season, Lelouch toyed with the idea of betrothing Nunnally and Suzaku to make himself and Suzaku BestFriendsInLaw, before he realized he and Suzaku were enemies.
352** In the sound episode Stage 0.521, it's revealed that, before the war, the Japanese considered an engagement between Nunnally and Suzaku's ''father'' Genbu Kururugi. When Suzaku protested and offered himself instead, his dad pointed out that he was already spoken for -- engaged to his cousin Kaguya Sumeragi. It is revealed that Lelouch somehow dissuaded Genbu from an engagement to Nunnally by making some kind of deal with him, but it's not revealed ''how''. Later materials would reveal he offered Genbu and Kirihara information on Knightmare Frames as a bribe.
353* BewareTheNiceOnes: Certainly, such an apparently sweet girl being willing and able [[spoiler:to fire the FLEIJA warheads and wipe out entire armies]] implies she's not quite as gentle as she looks.
354%%* BigBrotherAttraction: Possibly, most PlayedForLaughs in stuff like the drama [=CDs=].
355* BrokenTears: [[spoiler:She bawls eyes out when she witnesses Lelouch's death and finally understands he made himself into a villain for world peace.]]
356* CallingTheOldManOut: In the climax of ''Nightmare of Nunnally'', calls out Charles [[spoiler:and Marianne]] for abandoning her and [[spoiler:trying to start Instrumentality]].
357* AChildShallLeadThem: At the start of R2, she returns as Area 11's Viceroy. [[spoiler:And by the end, Nunnally is ''Empress'' of Britannia, effectively ruling half the world.]]
358* CovertPervert: According to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHWgYlOKTDo the Picture Dramas]] and the Lost Color games.
359* DarkAndTroubledPast: Witnessed her mother's assassination which nearly killed her and left her paraplegic. She was then traumatized to the point she became blind. And then, she and Lelouch were callously disowned by their father.
360* DelicateAndSickly: She's unable to walk because of bullet injuries to her legs, and she also suffers from psychosomatic blindness, evidently as a result of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that the real reason she never opens her eyes is because of her father's MindRape, which forced her to become blind as a result.]] In the end, [[spoiler:she remains wheelchair-bound, but overcomes her blindness.]]
361* TheEmpress: [[spoiler:At the end of the series, she becomes the Empress of Britannia after Lelouch's death.]]
362* {{Expy}}: Of the anime version of [[Manga/AngelicLayer Suzuhara Shuuko]], which Okouchi (co-creator) worked on as Series Composition.
363* EyesAlwaysShut: Her eyes are always closed as a symbol of her trauma-induced blindness. [[spoiler:She opens them in episode 24 of ''R2'', as the proof of her ''overcoming'' that particular side of herself through sheer willpower.]]
364* GirlWithPsychoWeapon:
365** [[spoiler:How about a girl with a ''nuke detonator'', huh?]]
366** Arguably taken even further in ''Nightmare of Nunnally'' [[spoiler:when she gets her own Knightmare Frame that she can summon out of thin air.]]
367* GoGoEnslavement: She is put into a somewhat odd outfit once she is defeated at the end of R2. [[spoiler:This was likely invoked by Lelouch to help distance her from his identity as the Demon Emperor.]]
368* HeroAntagonist: [[spoiler:At the end of the series, she becomes her brother's enemy to stop the Zero Requiem.]]
369* HeroicWillpower: How she [[spoiler:finally manages to open her eyes after her father Geassed them shut for ''years'']].
370** [[spoiler: Nunally also manages to resist the effects of Lelouch's Geass for a bit before finally succumbing to it]].
371* TheHighQueen: [[spoiler:After Lelouch's death, she becomes a fairly cheerful and sweet-tempered Empress.]]
372* HoistByHerOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Her dispelling the artificial blindness caused by Charles’ Geass ends up backfiring on her hilariously as it allows Lelouch to use ''his'' Geass on her.]]
373* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Zigzagged. A wee bit too trusting of Charles, and especially Schneizel. She does not extend the same courtesy to non-family, [[spoiler:and can easily tell when a person is lying to her.]]
374* HowDareYouDieOnMe: [[spoiler:After the Zero Requiem plan is completed, Nunnally sobs inconsolably over Lelouch's body, partly because she figured out what Lelouch's plan was all along. She reproaches Lelouch for sacrificing himself for world peace while forcing her to live on without him.]]
375* IAmYourOpponent: [[spoiler:To Lelouch and Suzaku at the end of Turn 22, after they have already started Zero Requiem.]]
376** In ''Nightmare of Nunnally'', [[spoiler:both are psychosomatic, and both are reversed by the end]].
377* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: The reaction she often provokes in fans of both sexes.
378* TheIngenue: For the first season, Nunnally is oblivious to her brother's plans for rebellion and he wants it keep it that way to not corrupt her pure innocence. This changes ''radically'' by the second.
379%%* {{Joshikousei}}: Of sorts.
380* LittleMissSnarker: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] but a few times Nunnally lets slip a few lines that shows she's secretly as much a DeadpanSnarker as her brother.
381* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Before Lelouch gained his Geass and thus the power to actually do something about Britannia, Nunnally and caring for her was basically the only thing keeping him from falling completely into despair. It's not too surprising he tends to lose it whenever she's in danger.
382* LivingLieDetector: She can tell if someone's lying if she's holding their hand.
383* LockedOutOfTheLoop: And how! At first Lelouch did it to protect Nunnally from his actions as Zero, but she remains out of the loop one way or another ''the entire series'' thanks to the manipulations of Suzaku, Schneizel, and Lelouch as well. It's only after [[spoiler:Lelouch's [[HeroicSacrifice death]] that Nunnally gets filled in on what really went on around her.]] In that regard, Nunnally is blind in more than one way and it's only after [[spoiler:she opens her eyes]] that she starts becoming aware of what she missed this whole time.
384* LongHairIsFeminine: Nunnally has hair all the way down to her back. She's also an incredibly girly and beautiful princess.
385* MeaningfulName: Nunnally is an English given name and surname, but in Japanese it can sound a bit like "nunnery," i.e., convent. Perhaps intended to even further heighten the sense of her innocence.
386* MindRape: [[spoiler:The source of her blindness. Inflicted to her by her ''father'' as a part of his and her mother's EvilPlan.]]
387* MoralityChain: For Lelouch, and to a lesser degree, for Suzaku and Cornelia.
388* MsFanservice: Moreso in ''Nightmare of Nunnally'' than the anime. The outfit she's forced to wear during the execution parade however...
389* NiceGirl: Always nice and polite to those with whom she interacts, and one of a very few non-racist Britannians.
390* NoMoreHoldingBackSpeech: In chapter twenty-five of ''Nightmare of Nunnally'', she admits that she has trapped herself in the past, refusing to move forward, and says that she now hopes for tomorrow.
391* NoOneShouldSurviveThat: Some people ''still'' wonder how she survived [[spoiler:the F.L.E.I.J.A. blast in R2 Episode 18]], even though there arguably ''is'' a way to explain it. [[spoiler:Hint, count the planes.]]
392* ObliviousYoungerSibling: To be fair, she cannot exactly do a lot to uncover such things by herself due to her health.
393* OlderThanSheLooks: She's a teenager but looks younger in several shots, and has a very youthful-looking hairstyle and school uniform.
394* PluckyGirl: Earns this by virtue of [[spoiler:being one of exactly ''two people out of the entire cast'' shown to be capable of temporarily resisting her brother's Geass.]]
395* PoliticallyActivePrincess: In R2, [[spoiler:after Lelouch is given FakeMemories and sent back to Ashford with TykeBomb Rolo in tow, Nunnally gets her Imperial Princess status back and is given the command of Area 11 aka Japan, like Cornelia and Euphemia. As the new Viceroy, Nunnally works as hard as she can to make things better and ensure the Japanese are well treated, but with [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Alicia Lohmeyer meddling in things and trying to enforce the status quo]], it's NOT easy]].
396* ThePollyanna: You'd think the little girl would be a bit less of an ingenue after having her mom ''shot to death in front of her and die in her arms'', causing her to go blind from apparent psychological trauma that has ONLY manifested as blindness, and having her mother's killers ''shoot her in the legs as well'', paralyzing her.
397* PostFinalBoss: [[spoiler: In a cruel twist of fate, she ends up being the last thing [[MetaphoricallyTrue standing]] between Lelouch and his ambitions, as she holds the literal key to world domination. For obvious reasons, obtaining it is more of an emotional trial for him than anything else.]]
398* PrincessClassic: Deconstructed. Nunnally is a sweet, innocent, and helplessly fragile princess, but unfortunately for her, she's in a CrapsackWorld where she had to witness her mother's bloody death at a young age. After she lost the use of her legs and eyesight becayse of said incident, she and her brother were SentIntoHiding to protect them from being assassinated due to the competitive nature of the royal family.
399* PrincessesPreferPink: Several of her outfits, including her school uniform [[spoiler:and her dress for when she's reinstated to the throne]] are pink.
400* {{Protectorate}}: First and foremost to Lelouch, and almost as much to Suzaku. Same in ''Nightmare of Nunnally'', but not nearly on the same level as Alice.
401* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: The light novels' version of her ''rips'' into Suzaku, mocking him for working under Brittania, a hypocrite and murderer who isn't owning it [[AtLeastIAdmitIt like she is]], a failure in regards to his relationship with Euphemia and a dog for his loyalty to Lelouch and herself, and an obstacle on her way to finally defeating Lelouch.
402* ReusedCharacterDesign: Nunnally looks identical to Kohane Tsuyuri from ''Manga/XxxHolic'', also designed by Creator/{{CLAMP}}.
403* RichesToRags: She was a princess of Britannia before being disowned by her abusive father.
404* RoyalBlood: She's pretty far down the line in terms of inheriting the throne (and considered dead). [[spoiler:In the very end, after Lelouch's "assassination", she takes over and becomes Empress.]]
405* SpannerInTheWorks: On more than one occasion, Lelouch's love for her has scuttled his plans.
406* StrongFamilyResemblance: As a child, her father the Emperor was basically a male version of her.
407* SuperSenses: Hearing. To wit, when asked to describe a cat that got loose on campus, she surmised that one of its legs was injured because it's footsteps sounded "off". Yes, that's right. The cat's footsteps... ''on a carpet''... didn't sound right.
408* TantrumThrowing: In the novels it's said that she sometimes does this when Lelouch isn't presence. She does it by breaking the few things that are within her reach, then "waking up" with no recollection of said actions and being surprised as she feels pain in her bruised or cut hands.
409* TechnicolorEyes: She used to have purple eyes before she became blind. [[spoiler:You can see them again more clearly later in the story.]]
410* TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler:Among the Britannian royals in season 2.]]
411* TomboyAndGirlyGirl:
412** In the ''Nightmare of Nunnally'' manga, she plays girly girl to Alice's tomboy.
413** Nunnally is also arguably the tomboy when paired with Euphemia or Shirley (girly girls to the max). She is the girly girl when paired with Nina or Milly (not exactly tomboys, but still more physically active).
414* UnexpectedSuccessor: [[spoiler:At the end of the series, the heavily social Darwinist Britannia ultimately ends up ruled by the (formerly) blind, wheelchair-bound, presumed-dead Nunnally.]]
415* TheUnfavourite: Along with Lelouch, apparently, probably as a side-effect of the rest of the court's disdain for Marianne. [[spoiler:This is subverted when we find about the truth in episode twenty-one of ''R2''.]]
416* UnwittingPawn: Seems to be completely oblivious to Charles' and Schneizel's true intentions. [[spoiler:The latter case almost does cost her her life, due to not using her lie detecting abilities on Schneizel.]]
417* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Reveals in the finale that she planned ''something'' similar to the Zero Requiem plan, but doesn't go into more details than making the [[OminousFloatingCastle Sword Of Damocles]] the [[SilentScapegoat focus of the whole world's hate]]. It should be noted that she was making the best of a really bad situation, but whatever it is that it takes to piss off the ''whole world'' can hardly be small.]]
418* WhatTheHellHero: She gave Lelouch one of these [[spoiler:in the GrandFinale. When he tells her he's been doing everything for her, she yells at him that she ''never'' asked for him to change the world and was happy just being next to him in Ashford. Of course, it does fail to take into account the fact that Lelouch acknowledged that she had been used as an excuse; he failed to admit as much at that moment. She does it to a lesser extent with Suzaku in Turn 16.]]
419* WhiteSheep: Arguably the least screwed up member in her family, and even she ends up guilty of [[spoiler:killing dozens of people at the very least]].
420* WideEyedIdealist: Despite her EyesAlwaysShut status, she's probably the second most WideEyedIdealist on the show, after her half-sister Euphemia. (Shirley doesn't make the cut because of her willful lack of interest in politics.)
421* WiseBeyondHerYears: This becomes ''abundantly'' clear after she takes a major role in the plot in R2. Well, with a couple of critical exceptions.
422* YamatoNadeshiko: Nunnally is the most sweet, caring, considerate, well mannered and kindhearted little girl you'd ever meet.
423[[/folder]]
424
425[[folder:Rolo Haliburton / Rolo Lamperouge]]
426[[quoteright:281:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rolo_lamperouge.png]]
427
428->'''Voiced by''': Creator/TakahiroMizushima (Japanese), Creator/SpikeSpencer (English)
429
430->''"I can't remember how many people I've killed. Nobody counts the number of times they brush their teeth or eat a meal. Same with this."''
431
432A socially awkward student of Ashford Academy, he's introduced in R2 to serve as Lelouch's false younger brother after everyone was given FakeMemories at the hands of the Emperor's Geass. He was raised by the Geass Order to be a TykeBomb, and is actually an assassin that's tasked to kill Lelouch if he steps out of line. That is of course, until Lelouch manages to bring him into the throes of war as well.
433
434----
435* AcePilot: He fights evenly with V.V. for a while and even ''damages'' the Siegfried (one of the most powerful mechas in the show) without the help of his Geass. All things considered, this establishes him as a shockingly capable pilot.
436* AdaptationalNiceGuy: He's a lot nicer in the CompilationMovie continuity. He doesn't [[spoiler:kill Shirley]] thanks to Jeremiah sending [[spoiler:her home]], nor does he casually execute the kids from the Geass Order. As a result, it makes Lelouch's attempt at killing him and subsequent outburst come across as more cold-hearted, simply detesting him for not being Nunnally.
437* AdaptationalVillainy: In ''Nightmare of Nunnally'', he's a straight-up villain instead of a NominalHero.
438* AmbiguouslyGay: On one side, his view of and devotion to Lelouch raises ''many'' questionable flags about how attached he is to his "brother". On the other, he's a socially and emotionally stunted TykeBomb so he just might not fully understand the implications of what he's doing and saying in this regard.
439* AntiHero: NominalHero. He only cares about being with Lelouch and will do anything he asks, but has little to no regard for anyone else.
440* AxCrazy: Is a little too quick to use murder as a solution to his problems.
441* BackstoryInvader: He replaces Nunnally with all the characters given FakeMemories by the Emperor to think he's always been Lelouch's little brother. Once Lelouch's memories are returned he is very angry about this and works to exploit Rolo.
442* BadassAdorable: He's one of the cutest-looking characters in the show. He's also a deadly assassin and a ''very'' proficient mech pilot even without his Geass. Turn 19 cements him as this, where he wrecks everybody with the Shinkiro (a mecha he's barely familiar with) while fighting off cardiac arrest the whole time.
443* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The defining reason for Rolo to develop UndyingLoyalty to Lelouch is due to the fact, while brainwashed, Lelouch treated him as his brother and to the emotionally and socially stunted assassin that meant ''everything''. Lelouch only had to keep up the act after he regained his memory to keep Rolo attached to him. [[spoiler:It gets to the point this is a major factor in the MoreThanMindControl devotion Rolo has to Lelouch and why he pulls a HeroicSacrifice to save his "brother's" life.]]
444* BecomingTheMask: Rolo comes to ''truly'' love Lelouch (as much as his mental instability lets him) during his time pretending to be his brother. Too bad Lelouch only sees him as Nunnally's imposter and later Rolo screws up REAL bad by [[spoiler:killing Shirley. To make things even more dramatic... in episode 19, he ''dies'' for Lelouch, with Lelouch only then coming to see Rolo as his actual little brother, trying desperately to beg him to stop, and letting him die happy thinking his earlier outburst and claims of wanting Rolo dead was just a lie, even going as far as burying Rolo's body himself.]]
445* BigScrewedUpFamily: His AlternateSelf in Manga/CodeGeassNightmareOfNunnally claims to be ''apart'' of the Britannian royal bloodline, namely by being Lelouch's identical twin brother, who was stolen away from Marianne when he was a baby, and now wants to kill Lelouch and Nunnally so he can claim their powers for himself. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope He's wrong though.]] He's actually an ArtificialHuman created using Charles and Marianne's DNA, hence him being an IdenticalStranger to Lelouch. Because of his nature though, he was highly genetically unstable, resulting in his death via CloneDegeneration.]]
446* BlessedWithSuck: His Geass is incredibly effective, but it stops his heart when used and this shortens his lifespan.
447* CainAndAbel: {{Downplayed|Trope}} depending on the continuity.
448** While he's not Lelouch's blood sibling, he greatly cherishes him and resents Nunnally for having Lelouch's attention, to the point of desiring to kill her when sent to rescue her during the second Black Rebellion. [[spoiler:For added {{irony}}, ''The Miraculous Birthday'' PictureDrama would show that he and Nunnally would actually get along rather well, Nunnally even thinking they could have been close had they had the opportunity to meet properly.]]
449** His AlternateSelf despises Nunnally and Lelouch in ''Nightmare of Nunnally'', claiming to be Lelouch's twin brother who was stolen away as a baby, and desires his siblings death so as to claim their powers. [[spoiler:The downplayed part comes from the fact he's ''not'' actually Lelouch's twin, he's more accurately his ''clone'', and his unstable molecular structure caused him to mentally deteriorate before dying from CloneDegeneration.]]
450* CrazyJealousGuy: If anyone threatens his relationship with Lelouch he's ''not happy'' [[spoiler:as poor Shirley finds out too late.]]
451** Subverted in the CompilationMovie, see AdaptationalNiceGuy above.
452* DisproportionateRetribution: He killed one of the SIA... for touching the locket Lelouch gave him. Later, after he saves the life of a Black Knights soldier who was under the thrall of Geass children test-subjects by killing said subjects, Rolo then stabs the soldier to death with his Knightmare for having the gall to ask whether Rolo was one of the Geass children. [[spoiler:He also kills Shirley for suggesting reuniting Lelouch with Nunnally.]]
453%%* DragonWithAnAgenda: In ''Nightmare of Nunnally''.
454* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Boy was it ''ever''. [[spoiler: He saves Lelouch from the Black Knights' firing squad, then fights an army to get his brother to safety, knowing full well that he would die from overusing his Geass]].
455* EvilTwin: In the AlternateUniverse manga [[spoiler:''Nightmare of Nunnally'', Rolo was Lelouch's twin brother and taken away from Marianne at birth. In this manga, he looks exactly like Lelouch and uses that to [[ManipulativeBastard fuck with everyone's minds]]. He also appears to be less of a {{Yandere}} and more of a badass.]]
456* FinalSpeech: Gives one that is both awesome and tear-jerking.
457* {{Foil}}: To Lelouch. Lelouch is a confident, sociable man, in contrast to his timid, aloof "younger brother."
458* FreudianExcuse: Not only did the kid never know what a real and normal life was until he was appointed as Lelouch's fake brother, due to his TykeBomb training, but he was regarded as a mere "failed experiment" ''within the Geass Cult itself''. '''That does NOT bode well for anyone'''.
459* TheFriendNobodyLikes: The Black Knights don't trust him because they know nothing about him and Lelouch inducted him into their ranks unilaterally. Asahina, in particular, resents him for ranking so high for a new recruit.
460* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler: After his HeroicSacrifice by overusing his Geass to evade Black Knights military, Lelouch finally accept him as his brother, letting him to have his peaceful death.]]
461* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:He kills Shirley due to his {{Yandere}} tendencies towards Lelouch.]]
462* HeroicRROD: [[spoiler:[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0vrhIyYrJ4k Overusing his Geass power to fight off/evade an entire army, to the point that his heart gives out]].]] He was actually given an award to "most heroic character in 2008" in Animedia for this.
463* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:When the Black Knights betray Lelouch, Rolo rescues him, using his Geass so much that it overtaxes his body.]]
464* InLoveWithTheMark: The "love" is familial rather than romantic, but this ends up occurring with Rolo towards Lelouch. After Lelouch's memories get erased, Rolo gets installed as his little brother, replacing Nunnally in his memories. A trained assassin, Rolo was meant to kill Lelouch if he showed signs of regaining his memories and acting as Zero again. This doesn't go as planned however as Rolo ended up cherishing the time he spent with Lelouch, with Lelouch having been the first person to actually treat him like a human and he could not go through with it. Lelouch, being the ManipulativeBastard that he is, uses this to his advantage [[MoreThanMindControl and sways Rolo over into becoming his accomplice]].
465* KeepingTheEnemyClose: When he is first assigned to keep an eye on Lelouch. Doesn't last for long.
466* LackOfEmpathy: It doesn't really occur to him that Lelouch would be upset with him for [[spoiler:killing Shirley]] or trying to replace Nunnally. The best description for Rolo's mind set is that there are only two "people" in his world; Lelouch and himself. Everyone else doesn't matter as long as he has Lelouch.
467* LetThemDieHappy: [[spoiler:As Rolo dies, Lelouch asks why he saved him, especially considering that Lelouch had raged at Rolo earlier for the events of the previous WhamEpisode; Rolo responds "I knew you were lying. You really do care about me, don't you Brother?" With a sad smile on his face, Lelouch says that he does, and Rolo dies.]]
468* LightningBruiser: His Knightmare Frame is the first to be qualified as one. PlayedWith in that he using his Geass to make the other pilots think he was teleporting. That said, the Vincent is the pre-mass production Knightmare based on the Lancelot and is still very tough and fast even without his Geass.
469* LoveMakesYouEvil: His devotion to Lelouch did ''not'' mix well with his mental and emotional instability.
470* MadLove: He's blindly devoted to his "brother" Lelouch, who only sees him as Nunnally's SuckSessor, but keeps him around since he can be useful for his plans. Rolo is ready to kill anyone for Lelouch, including his beloved real sister Nunnally so he can be Lelouch's only sibling. Even when Lelouch flat out tells him at one point that he's simply using him and he actually hates him so much that he wants him dead, Rolo refuses to believe this, convincing himself that Lelouch was lying [[spoiler:and later sacrifices his life to save him]].
471* ManipulativeBastard: Tries, on a couple of occasions, to get Lelouch to forget his rebellion or otherwise convince him that he is the only brother he needs. This includes trying to kill Lelouch's ''real'' sister. Noteworthy, he ''almost succeeds'' in Turn 7 to get Lelouch to return to a "normal" life.
472* MeaningfulName:
473** "Rolo" probably comes from "roloi", Greek word for "clock".
474** Haliburton meanwhile appears to be a reference to the infamous PrivateMilitaryContractor, which may help in explaining his role.
475* MoreThanMindControl: Lelouch flat out uses his unstable personality to manipulate him into a HeelFaceTurn; there's no need for Lelouch to ''ever'' use his Geass on Rolo. Rolo himself also applies this to Lelouch in Turn 7, which noteworthy works to a degree as Lelouch's hostility to him drops [[spoiler:until Turn 13 where Rolo kills Shirley.]]
476* MurderTheHypotenuse: Attempts to kill Nunnally in order to be Lelouch's only sibling, fake or otherwise.
477* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rolo.png Very obvious here]]. Might be justified, since he just watched Lelouch trying to do the same thing to Kallen, only to be denied. There is certainly enough HoYay in his attitude to Lelouch to suggest he might have been hoping for better luck.
478%%* NotSoDifferentRemark: He's a Geass user who will do anything out of love for his sibling, even if the said sibling does not approve... Yeah, he's Lelouch's brother all right. Lelouch even admits as such [[spoiler:after his death.]]
479* OneManArmy: In Turn 19 of R2, he actually faced an army and won. [[spoiler:[[HeroicSacrifice Even though he died afterward]], the army still failed to kill him.]]
480* PsychoSupporter: Looks cute, shy and sweet. Is an insecure, murderous wreck if his buttons are pushed. He's ''really'' zealous in his purposes to the point where he does things Lelouch wouldn't approve of. Including, trying to [[MurderTheHypotenuse kill Lelouch's real sister]].
481* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Ends up BecomingTheMask and uses his Geass to save Lelouch at the cost of his life.]]
482* SeparatedAtBirth: From [[spoiler:Lelouch]] in ''Nightmare of Nunnally''. [[spoiler:Then subverted when it turns out he's a clone.]]
483* ShootTheDog: He ganks a fellow intelligence operative who accidentally walks in on him talking with Viletta about classified information.
484* SpannerInTheWorks: Though not as much as Suzaku, Rolo tends to screw over a lot of plans. [[spoiler:First when he kills Shirley, sending Lelouch on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against the Geass Order instead of his original plan, causing chain of events that leads into Black Knights betrayal. Then when he interferes with the Black Knights betrayal, which saves Lelouch's life...and thus leads to Lelouch being able to stop the Ragnarok Connection through his HeroicSacrifice.]]
485** Somewhat subverted in the CompilationMovie, where the first spoilered act is AdaptedOut, but Lelouch acts the same regardless.
486* TheStarscream: In ''Nightmare of Nunnally'', he intends to [[spoiler:steal C.C.'s power and rebel against the Emperor]].
487* StepfordSmiler: He seems like a perfectly normal and very nice kid ... until people start dropping dead around him.
488* TimeStandsStill: His Geass ''makes'' you think this happens. And in ''Nightmare of Nunnally'' [[spoiler:It all but stops time for real]].
489-->''"No one can live on the same time as me".
490* TokenEvilTeammate: Is easily the least stable of Lelouch's allies in R2.
491* TookALevelInKindness: Rolo goes through some significant character changes throughout R2. He becomes less of a ruthless killer and more of a loving, steadfast younger brother for Lelouch, [[spoiler:even sacrificing his life for him]].
492* TroubledButCute: He's both, to a very high degree.
493* TykeBomb: He was trained as a remorseless assassin from a young age. He's basically a boy version of the Manga/{{Gunslinger Girl}}s.
494* UndyingLoyalty: He could give Jeremiah some serious competition. Even when Lelouch confesses that he was just using him the whole time, Rolo stays loyal when the Black Knights revolt [[spoiler:and nets himself a DyingMomentOfAwesome.]]
495* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Let's just say that if he hadn't killed [[spoiler:Shirley]] the events in R2 might have turned out differently. See UnwittingInstigatorofDoom page for more details.
496* VillainousBreakdown: Has one in ''Nightmare of Nunnally'', after being defeated and [[spoiler:learning that he is an ArtificialHuman]], but calms down somewhat before his final moments.
497* WhatMeasureIsAMook: [[spoiler:Kills unnamed pilots during his HeroicSacrifice, but for some reason didn't use his already being spammed Geass to kill the [[KangarooCourt mutinying Black Knights]] or [[ManipulativeBastard Schneizel]] right before]].
498* WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Rolo's conditioning and training results in him killing possible allies without hesitation if they ''might'' know too much, because he simply ''doesn't know how to deal with them otherwise''.
499* WouldHurtAChild: He thinks nothing of murdering children far younger than he is during the Black Knights' assault on the Geass Order. Granted, they were [[TykeBomb Tyke Bombs]] potentially just as dangerous as himself, but Rolo's casual execution of these kids he was friendly and familiar with is unnerving.
500* {{Yandere}}: Becomes this in relation to Lelouch. He's obsessed with his "brother" and wants to kill Nunnally so he can be his only sibling. [[spoiler:When Shirley mentions reuniting Lelouch with Nunnally to him, she ends up as a casualty instead.]]
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