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5Characters in ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''.
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9[[folder: Main LoveTriangle]]
10!!Hikaru Ichijo
11[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hik_7218.jpg]]
12->''Voiced by:''
13-->Arihiro Hase (Japanese, animated adaptations), Creator/KenjiNojima (Japanese, videogames)
14-->Creator/VicMignogna (English)
15-->Creator/JesusBarrero (LA Spanish, original), Creator/EdsonMatus (LA Spanish, redub), Gabriel Cobayassi (LA Spanish,''Do You Remember Love'' original), Jose Arenas (LA Spanish, ''Do You Remember Love'' redub)
16
17The main protagonist of the series. Originally he was only visiting ''Macross'' to watch its launch ceremony at the invitation of Roy, but he ends up joining the military after getting caught in the space fold and realizing he could put his piloting talents to good use protecting people. He has an on-going relationship with Lynn Minmay throughout the story.
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19* AcePilot: Though, surprisingly, he is ''not'' the best pilot in the show.
20* ActualPacifist: Subverted: In the episode ''Boobytrap'', Hikaru calls Roy a murderer after Roy boasts of his kill tally, but a few moments later it's implied that this is him venting his anger over Roy breaking his promise to return to the air circus. Hikaru soon joins the UN Spacy with what appears to be few moral qualms, mostly to impress Lynn Minmay.
21* AdaptationalWimp: Downplayed, but in the movie Do You Remember Love, he is not promoted to commander and doesn't get the VF-1S until after Kakizaki's death, unlike in the TV Show.
22* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: What Hikaru learns to accept when Maximillian Jenius comes under his command and proves a far better pilot than himself, and obviously a WingMan anyone would beg to have.
23** Subverted by the fact that while Max is clearly the better Valkyrie pilot, his impulsive personality and tendency to go off on his own in combat would make him a rather poor squadron leader. By the time we see him in the captain's chair on the bridge of Battle 7, he has still not fully outgrown the urge to fly straight into the heart of the fight.
24* AnimeHair: Crossed with EightiesHair, the series being released in 1983. Though most of the cast is guilty.
25* BadassInDistress: During the arc where he and several others are captured by the Zentraedi.
26* CaptainCrash: Has a tendency to trash his machines. This is even lampshaded in the episode ''Phantasm'' where even ''his own coma delirium'' mocks him for his repeated pancaking of vehicles.
27* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Can be rude at times, but he does believe in peace.
28* LoveTriangle: To the point that when Max asked him for an advice about [[DefectingForLove Milia]], he mused that he wished his romantic problems were so simple.
29* MidSeasonUpgrade: After Roy's death, he inherited the former's signature white/black/yellow-colored VF-1S. VF-1S fighters possess the best performance among all VF-1 variants.
30* ObliviousToLove: To the point the BridgeBunnies can tell him to his face Misa is in love with him and he dismisses it as a joke. Through to be fair, he does consider it again some time later.
31* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the original continuity, he, Minmay, and Misa are on board the SDF-2 Megaroad-01 when contact between it and U.N. Spacy gets cut off, and all passengers are presumed dead. In ''Robotech'', he goes on to become an Admiral in the Robotech Defense Force and is still active up to at least the events of ''The Shadow Chronicles''.
32* ThousandYardStare: In Episode 20 he gets hit by that hard.
33* UnskilledButStrong: After inheriting Roy's VF-1S, he becomes this in comparison to Max (who is WeakButSkilled instead). Downplayed on the ''Unskilled'' part since Hikaru is an AcePilot on his own right, it's just Max is better than him. However, Hikaru is now piloting a VF-1S, which is the best VF-1 variant spec-wise. Max never received the same variant in the TV anime.
34
35!!Lynn Minmay/Minmei
36[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/min_9532.jpg]]
37->''Voiced by:''
38-->Creator/MariIijima (both Japanese and English)
39-->Sylvia Garcel, Creator/RocioGarcel and Creator/MonicaManjarrez (LA Spanish, original), Ana Lobo (LA Spanish, redub), Creator/MariaFernandaMorales (LA Spanish,''Do You Remember Love'' original), Creator/CristinaHernandez (LA Spanish, ''Do You Remember Love'' redub)
40
41The secondary protagonist of the series, Minmay finds herself becoming a pop star and celebrity on the ''Macross'' after winning the "Miss Macross" beauty pageant. Her singing serves as a great morale booster for the citizenry, as well as having a profound effect on the Zentraedi, who are captivated by her performances. Minmay is widely credited with a major role in stopping the war against the Zentraedi.
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43* {{Ballet}}: Shown to be having lessons in one episode. It's implied in one of the novelizations that she's been taking lessons even before getting started with her IdolSinger career.
44* BreakTheCutie: This GirlNextDoor is living her life more or less normally, then she's pulled into the story. She does ''not'' come out of it unscathed.
45* ChineseGirl: Her family is ethnically Chinese, though they apparently live in Japan.
46* DamselInDistress: ''Many'' times.
47* DevotedToYou: Hikaru is obsessed with her throughout much of the series, even when she specifically states she is interested in someone else. Ultimately, Hikaru moves on and ends up marrying Misa Hayase.
48* TheDitz: Somewhat, it's mostly naivity bordering on painfully oblivious. If there's a wrong word to be said at any given time, you can bet Minmay will be the one to say it.
49* GlamorousWartimeSinger: She did get her start during Space War I, and her side deliberately played up her glamour to raise morale among the troops (and later, as a psychological weapon against the Zentraedi).
50* HeroicBSOD: In TheMovie, when she realizes that [[spoiler:Hikaru has fallen for Misa]].
51* IdolSinger: The archetype for the ''Macross'' franchise, being a cute young girl who quickly becomes famous for her singing and dancing. Even in-universe many of the later singers mention having been inspired by her.
52* InnocentlyInsensitive: She has a bad habit of getting caught up in her own emotions and forgetting other people don't feel the same things she feels. It causes a lot of emotional pain to Hikaru, as Minmay ends up taking too long to realize how much the war is affecting him.
53* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: When it's fully clear that Hikaru loves Misa, Minmay steps aside willingly and stays friends with them.
54* JustAStupidAccent: She and her aunt have a supposedly Chinese accent (probably her uncle is Japanese?).
55* NaiveEverygirl: In the earlier parts of the story.
56* ObliviousToLove: Pretty much the entire population of the Macross figures out Hikaru is in love with her before she does.
57* OjouRinglets: Some of her hairstyles, though prior to her stardom she was just a normal girl.
58* {{Otaku}}: While not one herself, her use of the over-polite honorific version of "you" in the series (said to be an in-joke from the production staff that took on a life of its own) is thought now to be the origin of the term.
59* [[SelfMadeMan Self Made Girl]]: In the TV series, she starts as a waitress in her aunt and uncle's restaurant, then becomes the most famous singer in the universe.
60* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the original continuity, she, Hikaru, and Misa are on board the SDF-2 Megaroad-01 when contact between it and U.N. Spacy gets cut off, and all passengers are presumed dead. In ''Robotech'', she's confirmed to still be alive around the time of ''The Shadow Chronicles''.
61* SpoiledSweet: She remains pretty grounded even after her fame, and is known for giving charity concert tours to boost morale. She still has a few SpoiledBrat moments as the stress of her life and the aftermath of the war gets to her.
62* VocalDissonance: Averted with the recent English dub.
63
64!!Misa Hayase
65[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mis_9459.jpg]]
66->''Voiced by:''
67-->Creator/MikaDoi (Japanese)
68-->Creator/MonicaRial (English)
69-->Creator/PatriciaAcevedo (LA Spanish, original), Nallely Solís (LA Spanish, redub), Marina Huerta (LA Spanish,''Do You Remember Love'' original), Monica Villaseñor (LA Spanish, ''Do You Remember Love'' redub)
70
71One of the permanent bridge crew (and an air traffic controller) of the ''Macross'', and a longtime acquaintance of Captain Global. Though she and Hikaru get off on the wrong foot in their first few meetings, she slowly develops into a second love interest for him, forming the series' central love triangle.
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73* BerserkButton: Don't call her an old lady. Both Hikaru and Roy have pressed that button.
74* BridgeBunny: She's often seen on the bridge with the Bunnies.
75* BrokenBird: [[spoiler:Her original fiance's death]] did not leave her in a good way mentally.
76* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Her first love and later fiancée was her childhood friend Riber. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, he was assigned to Mars and ''died'' there.]]
77* CunningLinguist: In [[Anime/MacrossDoYouRememberLove the movie]] she's able to understand the Zentraedi language and, with some effort, decifer the more complex Protoculture one.
78* DeadpanSnarker: When the unproperly secured gravity generators ripped through the bulkheads and flew away on their own instead of lifting the ''Macross'', she and Global managed to ''joke that's what happens when you buy used starships''. She continued snarking for the entire series, even if not often...
79* FirstGirlWins: In an unexpected way. Misa Hayase is the first woman Hikaru Ichijo sees while piloting the SDF-Fighter in the beginning of the series, before he crashes near the Chinese restaurant where he first meets Lynn Minmey.
80* KindheartedCatLover: When she gives Hikaru photos for his album, they're mostly pictures of her with her cat.
81%%* MaamShock: Joked about early on.
82* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Misa reveals to Hikaru that she comes from a military family that goes back generations, and her father demanded she followed in his footsteps. [[spoiler: And if that wasn't enough, the back story about her military childhood friend and crush encouraged her even more to join the military. She become temporarily depressed, to suicide levels, after she discovered he died on Mars.]]
83* RankUp: promoted from first lieutenant to lieutenant commander in the episode "Blue Wind".
84* SparedByTheAdaptation: In the original continuity, she, Hikaru, and Minmay are on board the SDF-2 Megaroad-01 when contact between it and U.N. Spacy gets cut off, and all passengers are presumed dead. In ''Robotech'', she went on to be an Admiral in the Robotech Defense Force, succeeded by her husband, and is confirmed to still be alive around the time of ''The Shadow Chronicles''.
85* SugarAndIcePersonality ''and'' {{Tsundere}}: She's an odd mix of both types, as she looks very cold and tries to stay that way but, as a result, when her emotions ''do'' come out, either she becomes very snappy or she cries.
86[[/folder]]
87
88[[folder: UN Spacy Forces]]
89!!Captain Bruno J. Global
90[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bru_1499.jpg]]
91->''Voiced by:''
92-->Michio Hazama (Japanese)
93-->Creator/JohnSwasey (English)
94-->Álvaro Tarcicio (LA Spanish, original), Rolando de Castro (LA Spanish, redub), Creator/CesarArias (LA Spanish,''Do You Remember Love'' original), Alan René Bressant (LA Spanish, ''Do You Remember Love'' redub)
95
96TheCaptain of the ''Macross'' who transferred over from the Italian Navy. After accidentally folding the entire island out past Pluto, his primary concern is getting the civilians on board home in one piece. While technically the ''Macross'' is under martial law, the civilians respect him greatly as a leader, and civil unrest is remarkably low throughout the show.
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98* TheCaptain: Technically he is either (depending on the ambiguous Japanese term) a Brigadier General or a Commodore.
99%%* CoolOldGuy
100* DeadpanSnarker: When the unproperly secured gravity generators ripped through the bulkheads and flew away on their own instead of lifting the ''Macross'', he and Misa managed to ''joke that's what happens when you buys used starships''.
101* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:He's among the casualties at the end of ''Robotech: The Macross Saga'', whereas in the original he survived the final battle.]]
102* DirtyOldMan: The bridge crew gets a few good snarks in as Global seems to be enjoying himself a little ''too'' much while judging the Miss Macross contest.
103* AFatherToHisMen: He is shown to care deeply about the people under his command. The civilians are so grateful for his compassion for their safety that it alone has prevented them from causing riots and protest.
104* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: Global is responsible for the destruction of the original Macross City and Ontario, Canada both times through ordering the crew to do something with the Macross in proximity to the Earths Surface that spelled catastrophe.
105* RunningGag: "No smoking on the bridge!"
106** "[[BlatantLies I wasn't going to smoke]]... I just like to hold the pipe."
107* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In ''Robotech'', his name's [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseRomanization romanized]] as Captain Glo'''v'''al, with a v.
108
109!!Claudia [=LaSalle=]
110[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cla_8605.jpg]]
111->''Voiced by:''
112-->Creator/NorikoOhara (Japanese)
113-->Creator/ChristineAuten (English)
114-->Carla Padrón (LA Spanish, original), Erika Rendón (LA Spanish, redub), Anabel Mendez (LA Spanish,''Do You Remember Love'' original), Love Santini (LA Spanish, ''Do You Remember Love'' redub)
115
116One of the ''Macross'' bridge crew. She normally serves as the level-headed and down-to-earth member of the cast, and is in a relationship with Roy Focker.
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118
119* BetaCouple: With Roy. She offers quite a bit of romantic advice to Hikaru and Misa.
120* BridgeBunny: One of the originals.
121* CoolBigSis: She acts like this often to Misa, commiserating with Misa over tea (or more alcoholic substances) later in the series, as the love triangle begins to close.
122
123!!Hayao Kakizaki
124[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kak_5076.jpg]]
125->''Voiced by:''
126-->Creator/KatsumiSuzuki (Japanese)
127-->Creator/JasonDouglas (English)
128-->Armando Ríos (LA Spanish, original), Rubén León (LA Spanish, redub)
129
130A member of Hikaru's wing after he's given his first command. He serves as the everyman character for the audience to relate to.
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132
133* TheBigGuy: Pretty big guy physically, but among his wing he's actually the least effective combatant.
134* DroppedABridgeOnHim: In the movie, where he is unceremoniously killed off after TemptingFate.
135* LeeroyJenkins: This ends up getting him killed.
136* OvershadowedByAwesome: He is not a bad pilot, but Hikaru, Max, and Roy are all so good, he has a hard time looking competent when fighting with them.
137* SacrificialLion: Out of the trio he has with Hikaru and Max, he's the first one to go...
138* ShipperOnDeck: Ships Hikaru/Misa
139* WeHardlyKnewYe: In the movie, he mostly just follows his squadmates around and doesn't get any focus until the scene where he dies.
140
141!!Maximillian Jenius
142[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maxjenius_8554.jpg]]
143->''Voiced by:''
144-->Creator/ShowHayami (Japanese)
145-->Creator/ChrisPatton (English)
146-->Raúl Aldana and later Moisés Palacios (LA Spanish, original), Jorge García (LA Spanish, redub), Marcos Patiño (LA Spanish,''Do You Remember Love'' original), Alejandro Illescas (LA Spanish, ''Do You Remember Love'' redub)
147
148A young rookie pilot assigned to Hikaru's wing. He proves himself to be an amazingly talented pilot, surpassing even his Commanding Officer soon after joining up. His eventual relationship with Zentraedi ace Milia marks a major development in terms of human-Zentraedi relations.
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150* AcePilot: He's the best pilot in the show. Directly stated by the writers, no less.
151* AdaptationalBadass: In the movie, he's promoted to Skull Squadron's leader instead of Hikaru and gets his own VF-1S.
152* AmazonChaser: He seems attracted to Milia in part ''because'' she's just about the only pilot who can come close to matching his piloting skills.
153* BetaCouple: With Milia.
154* BunnyEarsLawyer: A mild case considering that under normal circumstances, anyone who needs to wear corrective glasses like Max would ''never'' be recruited as a military pilot. However, the isolated ship needed all the recruits it could get and after Max showed what he can do, the glasses are obviously not a big deal.
155* CovertPervert: What was he focusing on while fighting Milia at an arcade game? Her measurements.
156* TheGift: Max is a rookie when he first appears on the show, but ''instantly'' proves himself one of the greatest pilots in anime history. He just has a natural affinity for combat piloting that nobody else can touch.
157* IKnowMortalKombat: He defeated Milia (again) at an arcade.
158* MeaningfulName: He's nicknamed "Max" and associated with several blue objects, like his hair and Valkyrie. "Blue Max" is a colloquial name given to the '''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pour_le_Mérite Pour le Mérite]]''' after Max Immelmann became the first aviator to win that award.
159* NonSpecificallyForeign: His bio simply lists nationality as "European" without anything further.
160* PunnyName: Acknowledged in-series with people calling him "the genius pilot".
161* ShipperOnDeck: another Hikaru/Misa shipper.
162* WeakButSkilled: He is this, in contrast to Hikaru (who becomes UnskilledButStrong after inheriting Roy's VF-1S). His VF-1A and VF-1J both pale in comparison to Hikaru's inherited VF-1S spec-wise, but Max remains the best pilot in the entire show.
163
164
165!!Roy Focker
166[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/royfocker_7146.jpg]]
167->''Voiced by:''
168-->Creator/AkiraKamiya (Japanese)
169-->Creator/BrettWeaver (English)
170-->Moisés Palacios (LA Spanish, original and ''Do You Remember Love'' original), Carlos Galindo (LA Spanish, redub), Jorge Palafox (LA Spanish, ''Do You Remember Love'' redub)
171
172The leader of Skull Squadron and one of the better pilots assigned to the ''Macross''. He has known Hikaru for a long time and serves as a mentor figure to the younger pilot. He is in a relationship with Claudia.
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174* AcePilot: Proved himself in the UN Wars and continues to do so as squadron commander of the fighter corps.
175* AdaptationalBadass: Goes down fighting in the movie, instead of bleeding out on a chair in the TV show.
176* BigBrotherMentor: To Hikaru.
177* BunnyEarsLawyer: Actually a toned-down TruthInTelevision version of this trope, particularly in the movie, where he actually shows up to rescue Hikaru and Minmay ''blind drunk'' and still proceeds to kick Zentraedi backside. In the TV show, Claudia mentions how once Roy shot down five enemy fighters with a raging hangover.
178* DrowningMySorrows: Before he met Claudia. Reasons for this are revealed in ''Anime/MacrossZero'' [[spoiler: when his first lover, Iris, died in the conflict]].
179* DubInducedPlotHole: In the ''{{Anime/Robotech}}'' dub, listeners might reasonably assume that he was Hikaru's ''actual'' older brother, due to the fact that they translated ''sempai'' (a term that has no direct English equivalent) as "big brother".
180** The Mexican Spanish dub of the movie just translates the term as [[{{Woolseyism}} calling him by his name]] ''Roy'' instead.
181* DueToTheDead: After he dies from internal injuries sustained in combat, he's buried at sea, as revealed in the comic book adaptation ''Love & War''.
182* {{Expy}}: Macross director Noburo Ishiguro stated that Roy Focker was based on [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Sleggar Law]].
183** Funnily enough, ''Gundam'' would return the favour of making an expy of a BigBrotherMentor character exactly 20 years later, in the form of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED Mu La Flaga]] who's very clearly an expy of Roy.
184* HandsomeLech: He acts very lecherous toward his love interest. She doesn't appear to mind much.
185* MeaningfulName: His family name is [[NamedAfterSomebodyFamous derived]] from [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Fokker Anthony Fokker]], a Dutch aviation pioneer and aircraft manufacturer. In his past as a stunt pilot, Roy also piloted Fokker D.VII biplanes.
186* SacrificialLion: His death was the real sign that ''[[AnyoneCanDie nobody]]'' was truly safe in this series.
187* SecretlyDying: [[FridgeLogic How did he not get blood all over Claudia's couch]]?
188* SpellMyNameWithAnS: ''Robotech'' went with "Fokker" as an alternate [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseRomanization romanization]].
189* StrongAndSkilled: A very experienced AcePilot who is one of the best in the show, and is piloting a VF-1S, which possess the best performance among VF-1 variants. In fact, after his death, Hikaru TookALevelInBadass when the latter inherited his VF-1S.
190
191!!Vanessa Laird/Kim Kabirov/Shammy Milliome
192[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bunnies_5342.jpg]]
193->''Voiced by:''
194-->Run Sasaki (Vanessa, Japanese), Creator/HiromiTsuru (Kim, Japanese), Sanae Miyuki (Shammy, Japanese)
195-->Creator/NancyNovotny (Vanessa, English), Creator/KiraVincentDavis (Kim, English), Creator/HilaryHaag (Shammy, English)
196-->Creator/RocioGarcel and Creator/RocioPrado (Vanessa, LA Spanish, original), Xóchitl Ugarte (Vanessa, LA Spanish, redub), Sylvia Garcel (Kim, LA Spanish, original), Adriana Romero (Kim, LA Spanish, redub), Creator/PatriciaAcevedo (Shammy, LA Spanish, original), Claudia Aline (Shammy, LA Spanish, redub)
197
198Three bridge officers on board the ''Macross''. They mainly stay in the background, gossiping on events and being friends with Claudia and Misa.
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200* AllThereInTheManual: Their fates post series, such as Vanessa marrying Rori and Kim being promoted to Lt. Gen. by the time of ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' are mentioned in supplementary materials for other Macross works.
201* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Vanessa Laird sounds more like a British name than a French one, Kim Kabirov has a very Russian surname rather than Finnish, and Shammy Milliome could be from anywhere else other than "South-Asia."
202* BridgeBunny: The originals!
203* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:They're among the casualties at the end of ''Robotech: The Macross Saga'', whereas in the original they survived the final battle.]]
204* MultinationalTeam: Vanessa is French, Kim is Finnish, and Shammy is from the [[NonSpecificallyForeign "South Asian Federation."]]
205* ShipperOnDeck: Vanessa is rather interested in Hikaru and Misa's deals, to the point of [[spoiler: confronting Hikaru with regards to Misa's feelings for him.]]
206* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Kim and Shammy
207[[/folder]]
208
209[[folder: Civilians]]
210!!Lynn Kaifun
211[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kaifun_5880.jpg]]
212->''Voiced by:''
213-->Hirotaka Suzuoki (Japanese)
214-->Creator/ChrisAyres (English)
215-->Creator/YamilAtala and later Creator/JesusBarrero (LA Spanish, original), Gabriel Ortiz (LA Spanish, redub)
216
217Minmay's cousin, who joins the ''Macross'' to look after her after the ship successfully makes it back to Earth. He has a real chip on his shoulder regarding the military, and is usually seen trying to get people to protest the military rule on the ''Macross''.
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219* DrowningHisSorrows: In his first scene after the time-skip, he is emptying a bottle while Minmay comments he has been drinking a lot recently. Given he had to live through [[spoiler:the near extinction of the human race,]] it's not hard to figure out why.
220* JerkAss: Nobody really likes him, but everyone trying to be the better man prevents them from really calling him out.
221* JerkassHasAPoint: Despite the above, he raises a few good points about the war and, near the end, about how childish and selfish Minmay really can be.
222* KarmaHoudini: In a sense. For all his dickishness, it never really bites him in the ass too badly, and according to Anime/Macross7 goes on to become the manager for Fire Bomber American.
223* MartialPacifist: A pacifist who [[IKnowKarate knows kung-fu]], but only uses defensive moves.
224* PetTheDog: Commends Captain Global for his speech in Paradise Lost albeit non-verbally
225* SoapboxSadie: He claims to be a pacifist, and is against the military in all things.
226* TallDarkAndSnarky: He's tall, witty, quite the jerk.
227* TookALevelInJerkass: Okay, he was never a NiceGuy in first place, but he could be genuinely kind to Minmay at first, and showed real concern for the civilians living on the Macross. After the time-skip, he becomes even more selfish, complaining that people aren't paying enough for Minmay shows despite knowing life is just as hard for them as it is for him, while his relationship with her becomes downright abusive. It seems to be the result of too much DrowningHisSorrows.
228[[/folder]]
229
230[[folder: Zentraedi/Zentradi]]
231!! Zentraedi in General
232* TheAgeless crossing with ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: This applies to at least natural-bred Zentraedi (those who were born via genetic-engineering). Britai himself lived for many thousands of years and fought countless battles even before Protoculture met its demise. Bodolza himself was around even longer before meeting his end in SDF Macross. Though many Zentraedi tend to have significantly shorter lifespans than most humans due to locked in a ForeverWar and being a ProudWarriorRace.
233* ProudWarriorRace: Actually rather a ''[[SubvertedTrope subversion]]'' of this trope; the Zentraedi and Meltrandi were created for endless war, but although some of them certainly are proud, it's a major plot point that they don't ''have'' any culture. The fight, not because they believe in honour and glory, but because ''it's literally all they know.'' In fact, they don't even know how to repair their equipment, this considered unnessary information for a species that could literally be replaced as needed. As a result, while they all have individual personalities and quirks, as a collective race they're closer to [[Franchise/StarTrek the Borg than Klingons]].
234* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The writers deliberately gave the Zentraedi names that are extremely ambiguous when written in katakana, to emphasize their strangeness. As a result, there are a ''very'' large number of spellings for Zentraedi names, and none have ever been confirmed as the "correct" or "official" spelling.
235
236!!Vrlitwhai/Britai/Breetai Kridanik
237[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bri_4521.jpg]]
238->''Voiced by:''
239-->Eiji Kanie (Japanese)
240-->Creator/JohnGremillion (English)
241-->Eduardo Borja (LA Spanish, original), Leonardo Damián (LA Spanish, redub)
242
243The commander of the attack force sent to Earth to recover the ''Macross''. He is continually confused by the bizarre antics of the ''Macross'' as he chases them across the solar system, preventing him from launching an all-out attack as he's unsure if they have something really incredible up their sleeves. He is also one of the first Zentraedi officers to side with humanity against the main fleet.
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245* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: He can take down Valkyries with his bare hands and a pipe.
246* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: After being sucked out of his flagship into hard vacuum, Britai seems able to walk on the ship's exterior with no problems and re-enters the ship in time to lay a smackdown to Hikaru and the rest of the pilots.
247* CoolOldGuy: Especially old by human standards.
248* EyePatchOfPower: Metal eye patch of power.
249* HeelFaceTurn: No small thanks to having the longest exposure to Protoculture/the heroes.
250* LargeAndInCharge: Even compared to other Zentraedi, Britai is ''big''. The Valkyries were built to match the average Zentran height, and he stands head and shoulders above them.
251* MadeOfIron: Monstrously tough even by Zentradi standards. A point blank explosion that blew a hole in a ship hull merely knocks him on his back with no serious injuries.
252--> "I am not built quite as weakly as your are."
253* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Rather surprisingly for a Zentran; he's careful with his forces and doesn't attack recklessly, preferring to observe, probe, and study when faced with something he doesn't understand.
254
255!!Exsedol/Exedore Folmo
256[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/exe_5723.jpg]]
257->''Voiced by:''
258-->Ryuusuke Oobayashi (Japanese)
259-->Creator/AndyMcAvin (English)
260-->Jorge Roig Sr. (LA Spanish, original), Ernesto Lezama (LA Spanish, redub)
261
262Britai's "Archivist" and advisor, Exsedol is the Zentraedi equivalent of a historian, studying past battles to better advise strategy on current ones. He is highly valued among the Zentraedi and eventually serves as their ambassador to the human race.
263----
264* TheComicallySerious: Even after becoming integrated into human culture, humor seems to be one thing that he just doesn't ''get''.
265* KlingonScientistsGetNoRespect: Averted. Despite being a non-action strategist, he is held in very high regard among the Zentraedi, and Britai clearly values his strategic advice.
266* MyBrainIsBig: His ''DYRL'' incarnation (which became the basis for his subsequent appearences). Some material hints at an in-story reason for this change, but nothing has ever been made clear, and a Zentraedi looking like him also appeared in Macross Frontier, suggesting this is simply what Zentraedi advisors now look like in Macross.
267* ShorterMeansSmarter: One of the smaller Zentraedi characters and serves as advisor/historian.
268
269!!Golg Boddole Zer/Golg Bodolza
270[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bod_3530.jpg]]
271->''Voiced by:''
272-->Creator/OsamuIchikawa (Japanese)
273-->Creator/MikeKleinhenz (English)
274-->Maynardo Zavala and Jorge Santos (LA Spanish, original), Juan Carlos Tinoco (LA Spanish, redub)
275
276Supreme Commander of the Zentraedi armada. He gets involved in the series after Britai and Exsedol alert him to the situation on Earth. He views the "culture" of humanity as a corruption of his forces, and the situation on Earth has him greatly worried.
277----
278* BigBad: His defeat signals the end of the war, though the series has another plot arc before it ends.
279* FinalSolution: His decision on dealing with the "miclones". [[spoiler:''Macross 7'' retroactively sheds some light on exactly why he resorted to such extremes: he began to fear that the Protodeviln had made a return on Earth, and wanted to nip that in the bud ASAP.]]
280* HollywoodCyborg: He is nothing more then a cyborg computer in the movie.
281* LargeAndInCharge: Easily the largest Zentraedi seen on the show. Goes double for the movie version, where he is gigantic even compared to other Zentraedi, with his ''head'' being about the same size as an average Zentraedi.
282* LoadBearingBoss: In the movie, his death triggers a catastrophic malfunction in his ship's Fold system, causing roughly half of it to warp away to parts unknown. Needless to say, the half left behind was thoroughly wrecked by this.
283* NoNonsenseNemesis: When he comes involved in the war personally he shows up with most if not all of his ''four millions and eight hundred thousands warships'', and his opening move is to [[spoiler:glass Earth]], a move his ships all defolded in position to carry out as soon as he gave the order.
284* WellIntentionedExtremist: His decision to [[spoiler:destroy Earth]] was perfectly understandable considering the limited information he had: [[spoiler:what was happening had all the marks of a [[Anime/Macross7 Protodeviln infestation]]]], and [[spoiler:indiscriminate OrbitalBombardment with tens of thousands of [[WaveMotionGun heavy converging beam cannons]] and millions of lesser guns when the enemy's still weak]] would have been the appropriate solution if that was actually the case.
285
286!!Quamzin/Kamjin Kravshera
287[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kam_9550.jpg]]
288->''Voiced by:''
289-->Kousuke Meguro (Japanese)
290-->Creator/IllichGuardiola (English)
291-->Moisés Palacios (LA Spanish, original), Gustavo López (LA Spanish, redub)
292
293A Zentraedi commander sent to reinforce Britai after his initial assaults on the ''Macross'' end in failure. He is far more aggressive and is almost as big a danger to his allies as his enemies, and acts as something of a WildCard throughout the series.
294----
295* BadBoss: He isn't known as "Ally Killer" for nothing.
296* BloodKnight: He loves combat above anything else.
297** WildCard: Cares little of who he's fighting against, as long as they give him a good fight. We don't even know on which side he fought in the battle against Bodolza, only that he joined late.
298* TheBrute: He favors all-out assaults that emphasize superior power, but he does have a capacity for subterfuge and tactics if he needs to.
299* BunnyEarsLawyer: He may be called Ally Killer, he may be the Brute, his very first appearance on the show reveals he had ''bet on how many ships of Breetai's fleet he'd ram by folding out too near'', but he's a very competent commander and a very good pilot.
300** Shown in his first episode: ordered to drive the ''Macross'' on Mars and capture her, he launched attacks that made her alter her route until she'd pass near the red planet, to make her land in the spot he had trapped with gravity mines (that prevent a ship from taking off with the gravitational drive. The rockets that would have been a way out of it had been put out of commission by Kamjin's attacks) he had his men infiltrate the abandoned Base Sarah and use its systems to send a distress call, and, in spite of ''hating'' waiting, he had the patience to wait for the gravity mines to get to full power before attacking. Had one of his subordinates not [[LeeroyJenkins tried to charge out on his own because he had even less patience than his commander]], getting everyone discovered early, he would have won with ease.
301* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Any guesses as to why he's known as "Kamjin the Ally Killer"?
302* ConqueringAlienPrince: Not a Prince, but he fulfills this role. He is a General that gets his hands dirty so that he can overtake the Earth.
303* DemotedToExtra: Going from one of the pivotal antagonists in the original series, to TheCameo in ''Do You Remember Love''. He's the Zentraedi who fights Roy and gets killed during Roy's HeroicSacrifice.
304* HotBlooded: His tone when rallying Zentraedi troops. Works pretty well.
305* JerkAss: His own allies consider him barely less of a threat than their enemies. He knows this, and doesn't do much to dissuade such an image.
306** JerkassHasAPoint: Makes an awful habit of this:
307*** During the ambush on Mars he kills one of his own men that decided to spring the ambush early... Because if the crew of the ''Macross'' decided to move before the gravity mines were fully charged the target would have just flied away, and being detected was a good way to make them move.
308*** When the Zentraedi finally board the ''Macross'' in a later episode, he kills one of his men for trying to go watching Minmay's concert, and starts chasing everyone else demanding they go back to fight when they run from him. Thing is, the first one was ''deserting in front of the enemy'' and, as his superior officer, it was ''his job'' to execute him on the spot, and by chasing the others and demanding they go back to the fight he's showing a surprising amount of restraint.
309*** When he tries to sabotage the peace talks it's because he expects Bodolza to come and kill them all if he finds out. That's exactly what Bodolza does when Laplamis naively informs him.
310* LeeroyJenkins: Smart commander he may be, but he does tend to underestimate his opponents' ability to improvise, making him easy to trick.
311** In a rather interesting twist, one of his subordinates is ''worse'' than him: during the ambush on Mars, Kamjin was showing increasing annoyance at having to wait for the [[AppliedPhlebotinum gravity mines]] to block the ''Macross''[='=] ability to take off, but he managed to wait - until that subordinate tried to charge out on his own, forcing Kamjin to shoot him down in the (failed) attempt to keep avoiding detection).
312* TheMasochismTango: with Lap Lamiz
313* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Really, why would you trust (outside of yeah, he IS a BunnyEarsLawyer...) anyone whose nickname is "The Ally Killer" or "the Backstabber?" That's kinda looking for trouble...
314* NiceJobFixingItVillain: When Miria taunts him, Kamjin fires back saying there is an AcePilot aboard the Macross, referring to Hikaru. Intrigued, Miria launches an attack on the Macross, which was the first time she met Max, leading to the ''massive'' push towards human/zentradi relations. Since Roy died in this attack, Kamjin inadvertently triggered Hikaru's ensuing CharacterDevelopment.
315* NoodleIncident: Right before Kamjin first appears, Britai mentions having already fought at his side before meeting Exedore, with Kamjin and his men having such a good performance that Britai openly calls them the best soldier he ever fought with.
316* SmugSnake: He's a competent commander, but he's not quite as good as he thinks he is.
317* TeamKiller: He's infamously known by the Zentradi soldiers as "The Ally Killer" due to an incident where he got drunk and instigated a battle that nearly wiped out several friendly units.
318* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:with Lap Lamiz, too]]
319* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He's indirectly responsible for Roy's death in the TV series, as his taunt to Miria led to the raid in which he died.
320
321!!Warera/Rori/Konda
322[[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wlk_9913.jpg]]
323->''Voiced by:''
324-->Katsumi Suzuki (Warera, Japanese), Tsutumo Fujii (Rori, Japanese), Kousuke Meguro (Konda, Japanese)
325-->Mark Laskowski (Warera, English), Creator/GregAyres (Rori, English), Xero Reynolds (Konda, English)
326-->Álvaro Tarcicio(Warera, LA Spanish, original), Víctor Panizo and Allan Strempler(Warera, LA Spanish, redub), Martín Soto (Rori, LA Spanish, original), Eduardo Ménez (Rori, LA Spanish, redub), Moisés Palacios (Konda, LA Spanish, original), Gerardo García (Konda, LA Spanish, redub)
327
328A group of three soldiers sent to infiltrate the ''Macross'' and spy on their population. They become the first Zentraedi to become "cultured", and their bringing back examples of human entertainment is what sparks the eventual mass-defection of the Zentraedi to the human race.
329----
330* PunnyName: Warera-Rori-Konda = ''Warera {{lolicon|AndShotacon}} da!'' = "We are pedophiles!", though in this case it seems to refer to their attraction to Minmay and the Bridge Bunnies.
331* BigThinShortTrio: Warera, Konda, and Rori, respectively
332* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Their plotline can be likened to puberty and/or fanboyism
333* FishOutOfWater: Their original attempts to spy on / blend in with humanity, though eventually they take to the human life quite well.
334* HookedUpAfterwards: According to the Macross 7 Docking Festival liner notes, Rori eventually married Vanessa. Their granddaughter is a character in Macross the Musicalture.
335* UnplannedCrossdressing: Warera accidentally disguises himself as a woman, having no idea what gender-specific clothing is like. All three of them unknowingly grabbed women's clothing from a locker room for their disguises, but Konda and Rori got away with rather unisex jeans and shirts, while Warera had the misfortune of picking out a dress.
336
337[[/folder]]
338[[folder: Meltrandi]]
339!!Meltrandi in General
340* AmazonBrigade: While they aren't supposed to be this, male and female soldiers simply fight separately in the Zentraedi forces, they do tend to be portrayed as this in the franchise as a whole. Additionally, their preferred PoweredArmor, the Quadluun Rau has better performance than its Zentraedi counterpart.
341** Some materials also state that Protoculture created the Meltrandi simply because their female bodies were better fit to handle the Quadluun.
342
343!!Moruk Lap Lamiz
344[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lap_4242.jpg]]
345->''Voiced by:''
346-->Yoshino Ootori (Japanese)
347-->Creator/TiffanyGrant (English)
348-->Creator/RocioGarcel (LA Spanish, original), Gabriela Gómez (LA Spanish, redub)
349
350A Meltrandi commander sent to further reinforce Britai and assume command while he and Exsedol leave to advise Bodolza. She too becomes "cultured" through her contact with the human race, but doesn't turn to their side as fully as Britai does.
351----
352* LadyOfWar: She has a highly refined persona while acting as a fleet commander.
353* LargeAndInCharge: In the movie version, she is as gigantic as Boddole Zer, serving as his opposite among the Meltrandi.
354* LastNameBasis: She is only addressed by her last name.
355* TheMasochismTango: With Kamjin.
356* TogetherInDeath: This, too.
357* {{Tsundere}}: Again, with Kamjin
358* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: When Breetai starts peace talks with Earth she informs Bodolza to ask for instructions. This results in Bodolza deciding to glass Earth and kill every Zentraedi who had contact with humanity, she and her fleet included.
359
360!!Milia/Miria Fallyna
361[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/milya_2793.jpg]]
362->''Voiced by:''
363-->Eri Takeda (Japanese)
364-->Creator/LuciChristian (English)
365-->Maru Guerrero (LA Spanish, original), Diana Pérez (LA Spanish, redub)
366
367A Meltrandi ace, and one of the best pilots in the entire Zentraedi race. She is surprised when, in her initial sortie, Max Jenius proves capable of matching her skills, and she becomes obsessed with learning more about him, leading her to become an infiltrator aboard the ''Macross''.
368----
369* AcePilot: Her piloting skills are second only to Max: prior to meeting him, she had never been shot down.
370* BabiesEverAfter: It's later established that Max and Milia have [[ArcNumber seven]] daughters, taking the youngest, Mylene, along with them onboard the ''Anime/Macross7''.
371* BattleCouple: with Max.
372* BestHerToBedHer: There is no explicit rule about this for Milia (in Zentraedi society, men and women do not meet in person, ''ever''), she does fall in love with Max after he proves conclusively to be a better pilot than she is.
373* BetaCouple: With Max.
374* HighHeelFaceTurn: After she ends up falling in love with a human
375* IKnowMortalKombat: She was defeated by Max at an arcade... after winning three CASES of coins from the machine.
376* LethalChef: Almost in the most literal way possible -- as mentioned below, Milia's cultural upbringing left little room for not-killing-things skills, and so when she decided to surprise her new husband by trying to cook breakfast, [[HilarityEnsues she accidentally dumped an entire bottle of cooking oil into a frying pan, setting their quarters on fire. Fortunately nothing worse happened than Max declaring essentially "why don't we just eat out?" and them having to room with Hikaru for the night.]]
377* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: She can operate planes and mecha just fine. [[LethalChef Cooking?]] [[HilarityEnsues Not so much]].
378** Justified in her case since for her species said basic skill probably ''didn't exist''.

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