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Because ''Fanfic/SoulChess'' is [[{{Doorstopper}} so expansive]] it now has to have separate pages for its character index.

On this page you can find the three main characters of ''Fanfic/SoulChess''. Lelouch is the driving protagonist with Ichigo showing up later [[SupportingProtagonist and supporting him]]. After the Farewell Ichigo arc, which ends with Ichigo going to college, [[BreakoutCharacter Cornelia]] stands in the spotlight. They continue to share the spotlight after each of their respective arcs. For information on Lelouch [[Characters/CodeGeassMainCharacters go here]]. For information on Ichigo [[Characters/BleachIchigosCompanions go here]]. For information on Cornelia [[Characters/CodeGeassBritannians go here]]

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!! Common Qualities Between the Protagonists:

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: They are already badass from the [[Manga/{{Bleach}} respective]] [[Anime/CodeGeass series]], then they all [[TookALevelInBadass took multiple levels in Badass]].
%% * CombatPragmatist
* FighterMageThief: [[LightningBruiser Ichigo]] [[TranquilFury Kurosaki]], [[SquishyWizard Lelouch]] [[WeakButSkilled Lamperouge]], and [[TheGunslinger Cornelia li]] [[CombatPragmatist Britannia]] respectively.
* HeroAntagonist: All three play this role to at least one other in the [[spoiler:Ichigo vs Britannia]] arc. Cornelia plays it to Ichigo [[spoiler:trying to crush Japan]]. Ichigo also plays it to Cornelia [[spoiler:preventing her from rescuing Lelouch and Nunnally]]. And Lelouch[[spoiler:, though not in the confrontation himself,]] plays it to Ichigo as well seeing as he is [[spoiler:limiting his power since [[ForegoneConclusion Britannia must win against Japan]] [[StableTimeLoop in order for Zero Requiem to occur]]]].

!! Lelouch Lamperouge[[spoiler:: Chief Defense Attorney and Captain of Squad 10,]]
[[DeadToBeginWith He's died and gone to the afterlife, but his journey has only just begun.]] The driving protagonist of the series, Lelouch starts out in Rukongai and becomes a Soul Reaper, but he slowly but surely [[TookALevelInBadass ascends to]] [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking greater levels]]. [[spoiler: Lelouch's rise in ranks take him from low down positions in Squad's 10, 2 and 12 before moving back to Squad 10 and then transferring to Squad 6 and then Squad 13. He is then later promoted to 3rd seat and Deputy Research Department Head of Squad 12 before going back to Squad 10 to become its Vice-Captain and later the Captain itself, which is where he currently stands]]. Lelouch's greatest enemy and the man he hates the most is Aizen. Aizen has caused both directly and indirectly [[spoiler: The death of Lelouch's first captain, Mari Akari and her successor Yuna Homura, of whom Lelouch loved, but never told her]], and the banishment of Kisuke Urahara, Yoruichi Shihoin, [[spoiler: Soifon]], Tessai Tsukabishi and Isshin Kurosaki. Lelouch, to fight Aizen, has notably gathered quite the bit of huge support around him over the years and eventually their confrontation finally comes to pass. [[spoiler:Lelouch is victorious only to expose himself and be [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished put on trial for his crimes as Zero]]. He is [[EasilyForgiven let go on good faith]] not to make a FaceHeelTurn against the Soul Society]]. An important thing to note is that Lelouch is [[spoiler:[[FishOutOfTemporalWater misplaced in time]]]]. He deals with this grudgingly and eventually [[spoiler:relives his past where he encounters [[RhetoricalRequestBlunder all]] [[ILetGwenStacyDie the mistakes]] [[ZeroApprovalGambit he made]]. But his life has been getting better for the most part. He is married to Susanna and things seem fine. [[DoomMagnet Then]] [[KnightOfCerebus Kasumi shows up]]. He later marries Shirley too and becomes a father]]. Lelouch's Zanpakuto is called [[spoiler: Eien Tamashi]] and [[spoiler: his Bankai is called Zero no Seishin no Eien Tamashi]]

* AdaptationalBadass: [[EmpoweredBadassNormal Physically of course.]] [[TheChessmaster Mentally he is pretty much the king]]. In his [[Anime/CodeGeass home series]] Lelouch couldn't run down a hallway without losing his breath. While he's still something of a GlassCannon here, he is a far cry from what he once was. For better reference compare Lelouch in chapter 4 to [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking what]] [[WeakButSkilled he]] [[TookALevelInBadass becomes]] [[BewareTheNiceOnes much]] [[PlayingWithFire later]].
--> '''[[WordOfGod draconichero]]''': 'Tis what happens when you mix Shonen with Seinen.
* AFatherToHisMen: After some character development, Lelouch decides to walk this path for real. Thanks to spending more a 100 years in Soul Society, he has finally come to be more closer and friendlier to those serving under him and is willing to risk his life to fight and protect them if he must unlike how during when he was alive, he kept his distance from Kallen and the Black Knights in which it leads to his downfall to despair.
* AngstWhatAngst: After knowing about his past, this confuses the hell out of Aizen, who can't work out why Lelouch hasn't [[HeroicBSOD completely broken down]]. [[spoiler:It did help him break down, he was just THAT good at hiding it from Aizen due to his past.]]
* ArchEnemy: Aizen. Lelouch explicitly refers to him as such numerous times. Aizen was responsible for so much strife in his life that [[spoiler:you get the feeling that Lelouch sending his allies away during the FinalBattle so he can fight Aizen one-on-one was less about the dangers of the Hogyoku that merged with him (which ''was'' a legitimate concern) and more about Lelouch finally having the power to settle his grudge with Aizen once and for all and wanting no one else to interfere]].
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Poses three, rapid fire, to [[spoiler:Orihime]].
--> '''Lelouch:''' So tell me will [[spoiler:killing me bring Ichigo back]]? Will [[spoiler:killing me]] solve all your problems? In the long run, will [[spoiler:killing me]] make you feel better?
* ArrestedForHeroism: [[spoiler:After revealing himself as Zero to the entire Gotei despite the fact that he had just [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu killed Aizen]]. One notable distinction is that he ALSO planned for this result.]]
* AttendingYourOwnFuneral: [[spoiler: [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Or rather CRASHING your own funeral!]].]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: [[spoiler:In chapter 34 Lelouch becomes a captain]].
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: [[spoiler: How good is he at this? In fighting Aizen when sealing his senses, he was able to give him a difficult fight by thinking EXACTLY what Aizen would do.]]
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:The Hogyoku allowed him to return to life after an entire dimension collapsed with him still in it.]]
* BadassCreed: As Zero.
--> '''Zero''': I am the Black Void. I am the Mind of Steel. I am the Just Phantom. With my own two hands I shall purge the corruption of this world with the light of redemption and divinity. I am Zero!
** WordOfGod says this was inspired by [[VideoGame/BlazBlue another masked individual that Zero closely resembles]].
** Which takes this full-circle, as the character in question had his vocal patterns modelled after Zero's.
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: From the Fall of Talbumosuke Arc he employs several of these]]
** [[spoiler: He has Yamamoto go Bankai creating an intense amount of heat in a frigid atmosphere that gets blown in Hitsugaya’s direction allowing Hitsugaya to LimitBreak]]
** [[spoiler: He also uses Yamamoto and Urahara to fight Talbumosuke in his toughest form until it runs out of juice so that Lelouch and Yuna can pick up the pieces. He combines this with his other gambit to get [[HeelFaceTurn Gin to come to his side]] and in what could a brilliant CallBack to when he had Mao focus all of his attention on him, ignoring Suzaku, Talbumosuke focuses all of his attention on Lelouch and doesn’t, for a second, notice Gin until it’s too late]].
** His entire ploy against Aizen during the [[spoiler:Aizen's Revenge]] arc is one of these.
* BerserkButton: Go ahead, harm Nemu or any of the other individuals he cares about. [[ShmuckBait I dare you]].
** Do ''not'' mock [[spoiler: his fallen captain Yuna. [[MyGreatestSecondChance Although she's not so fallen anymore]].]]
** Also don't make light of some of his [[RhetoricalRequestBlunder bigger]] [[MyGreatestFailure screw ups]]. You can tell that the only reason he doesn't lash out at Yoruichi is because she's [[InnocentlyInsensitive ignorant of the incident]], but the DeathGlare says it all.
** '''Never''' declare that he isn't so different from Aizen. Lelouch [[TheAtoner regrets his mistakes]], tries to make Soul Society better, [[AFatherToHisMen treats his squad and Soul Society as a whole like a family]], and still has morals; Aizen doesn't.
* BetterAsFriends: How his relationship with [[spoiler:Yuna]] ends. She later realises and admits that she was never truly in love with him after all (though more than just SexForSolace).]]
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Yeah, despite his dark tendencies, and how close he is considered as a VillainProtagonist once was when he was alive, he has shown that he is a pretty cool and decent guy to hang around with...[[TheChessmaster when he's not busy scheming his next plan of course]]. Remember one thing: [[TooDumbToLive do not make him your enemy]] and don't ever hurt those close to him because you will regret you ever messed with him in the first place. [[spoiler: Just ask Szayel, Mayuri, or Misana]].
* BigDamnHeroes: He saves [[spoiler:Nunnally [[WhamEpisode from the FLEIJA]] [[TemporalParadox explosion]]]].
* BoringButPractical: Lelouch is rather fond of Kyokko, which turns things invisible and undetectable.
* BrassBalls: He [[spoiler: ''interrupts and yells back to Yamamoto'']] to get his point across about Quincies.
* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: Does this to [[spoiler: Nemu]] because he doesn't want her or anyone else wrapped up in his schemes and feeling sorry for him when he goes up against Aizen for he feels he will have to sacrifice a lot to do so.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Despite [[BlatantLies badly denying it earlier]] Lelouch admits when CC tells him that Marianne wanted Nunnally to bear his child that Lelouch wouldn’t be bothered by the prospect if he [[ChildByRape wasn’t forced on Nunnally]]. Yes, this is the royal family so in-breeding isn’t so uncommon, but let’s all agree with Eien Tamashi how [[{{Squick}} squicky]] it is.
** It would seem that when he [[spoiler:Is affected by Kasumi's LotusEaterMachine that even Nunnally and Cornelia are part of his harem; presumably Euphie's with Suzaku.]].
* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: [[spoiler:'Rally And Motivate, Eien Tamashi' and 'Bankai: Zero no Seishin no Eien Tamashi']].
* CombatPragmatist
* ChickMagnet: It seems that even after he dies, his charm with the ladies is still going on very strong. [[CluelessChickMagnet However...]]
* CloudCuckoolander: While drunk. Omake chapters [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments 82.97]] and [[AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome 90.67]] provide perfect examples.
* CluelessChickMagnet: He can't always tell when it's true love. Lelouch knows he has a [[MrFanservice certain effect on women]], he just has a hard time telling when it’s ''actual'' love. [[RunningGag His Zanpakuto has called him clueless whenever this trope came into effect]]. Take note that he ''does'' dismiss what he recognizes as mere infatuation.
* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler:Lelouch turned [[DragonAscendant Talbumosuke]] into the [[FromNobodyToNightmare nightmare]] that he is because he killed his family and [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Aizen]]. It also the main reason why he averts his usual EvilGloating against him after his death.]]
* CryIntoChest: Lelouch becomes the comforting shoulder for a lot of characters.
* DarkIsNotEvil: His Zanpakuto's power.
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: Stares down Kokuto with unwavering vigor despite the situation being hopeless. Kokuto even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this trope]].
* DePower: [[spoiler:In chapter 180, he, after chapters of {{foreshadowing}}, finally loses his Geass powers.]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Yes he did. In chapter 48, Lelouch [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome does the impossible]] and actually kills [[VillainSue Aizen]]]].
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Pulls a HeroicSacrifice to stop Aizen from destroying the Royal Dimension but [[UnexplainedRecovery somehow got better]].]]
** According to WordOfGod, Lelouch [[spoiler: was brought back through the use of the Hogyoku and [[ThePowerOfLove Susanna and Shirley's want for him to live]]]].
* NeverTellMeTheOdds: Says this word for word when [[spoiler:he's trying to turn CC into a substitute soul reaper]].
* DracoInLeatherPants: In-universe example as he is this to [[UndyingLoyalty Susanna]]. WordOfGod officially states that he can do no wrong in her eyes. It’s very evident in chapter 99 when [[spoiler: Lelouch shoots Susanna in the stomach with Hado 4: Byakurai and she still insists on following him, not even caring that he just attacked her]].
%%* EarnYourHappyEnding: '''''AND HOW!!!!'''''
* EasilyForgiven: Subverted. After [[spoiler: [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu defeating Aizen]] Yamamoto has Lelouch arrested for his actions as Zero and in order to investigate his geass]]. This of course was [[AllAccordingToPlan all a part of Lelouch's plan]] as TheAtoner. What he didn't expect though was [[spoiler:[[DoubleSubversion an unanimous decision for an acquittal]]. Though several of them would have second thoughts later when they see Zero Requiem live]].
* EvilGloating: Does this during his battles with Maki Ichinose, [[spoiler: hollow Nnoitora]] and after [[spoiler: He [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu kills Aizen]]]]. Surprisingly [[AvertedTrope averted]] after he defeats [[spoiler: Talbumosuke [[AlasPoorVillain especially after looking in his locket]]. He himself noted that he drove him to become what he is and is one of his biggest regrets, and he personally hopes that in the next life that he and Mia are reunited and happy together.]]
* FakeDefector: [[spoiler:Apparently defects to the side of the Zanpakuto during the Reapers and Heralds arc. He is helping Byakuya.]]
%%* FailureKnight: [[spoiler:to Yuna]].
%%* FighterMageThief: The Mage.
* FirstNameBasis: This trope's effect is most profound in regards to his relationship with Yuna. In fact she is the only one who has an obvious or implied interest in him that doesn't use any honorifics when referring to him when compared to [[LikeBrotherAndSister Nemu's]] Lelouch-sama, [[UndyingLoyalty Susanna's]] Lelouch-dono, and Isane's Lelouch-kun. [[SubordinateExcuse Rangiku]] will sometimes refer to Lelouch as her captain. [[RescueRomance Momo]] consistently refers to him as Lamperouge-sensei. [[CannotSpitItOut Kukaku]] is simply informal with everyone.
%%* FishOutOfTemporalWater
* FlashbackToCatchphrase: [[spoiler:"Leaders must always be willing to take action. If a general is not there fighting beside his troops, or any leader alongside his or her men and women, how can the soldiers expect to follow." Cornelia was the one who brought up his "if the king doesn't go into battle his men won't follow" ideal.]]
* ForegoneConclusion: Chapter 17 reveals that [[spoiler: the [[FishOutOfTemporalWater temporally displaced]] Lelouch will eventually [[TemporalParadox confront his hollow self]] while protecting Kallen]]. Since this has yet to happen, and since [[spoiler: if the events of Anime/CodeGeass were to change it would cause Soul Reaper Lelouch to [[CriticalExistenceFailure cease to exist]], we know that Zero Requiem MUST happen. Captain Lelouch, [[YouCannotFightFate knowing]] [[MyGreatestFailure the tragedies that]] [[DespairEventHorizon would take place]], [[AvertedTrope cannot do anything]] [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong to prevent it from happening again]]]], the series cannot end and [[spoiler: [[InvincibleHero Captain Lelouch cannot die]] [[JustifiedTrope until this occurs]]]].
%%* GambitRoulette: His entire plan during the Reapers and Heralds arc. It’s just...way too damn complicated to explain in words.
%%* GlassCannon
* GoKartingWithBowser: Despite the fact that he and Aizen are engaged in a game of XanatosSpeedChess spanning across several decades they can still play a friendly game of chess.
* GuileHero with [[ScienceHero some experience as a scientist]].
** Approaches ManipulativeBastard when [[spoiler: he fakes a FaceHeelTurn and a god complex just to get Soul King to show up personally during his final battle with Aizen.]]
* HappilyMarried: To [[spoiler:Susanna. They're even trying to make up for the ConvenientMiscarriage, [[LawOfInverseFertility though they haven't succeeded yet]].]]
** [[spoiler: They've succeeded in the final chapter. A baby girl.]]
** [[spoiler:He's since married Shirley too]].
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Has one when he finds out that he's been [[FishOutOfTemporalWater sent to the past]] and again when Yuna dies]].
** [[spoiler: Has it again when he finds out Susanna is pregnant with his child]].
** In reaction to the [[WHAMEpisode joint revelation]] of [[spoiler: [[OurHeroIsDead Ichigo’s death]] and the fact that Cornelia did in fact try to save him, making him ask for time off from work]].
** Has a minor one later when Orihime [[spoiler:pointing a gun at him in a state of [[BreakTheCutie mental instability]] mirrors that of when Shirley did it]]
** Has another one later when Kallen reveals to him [[spoiler:what he did as his hollow identity of Zero. This drives Lelouch to [[HeroicSacrifice atone]] [[DeathSeeker for this]]. Thankfully Yuna literally slaps [[WhatTheHellHero him]] [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan of it]]]].
** Has yet ''another'' one when [[spoiler:Aizen tricks him into [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice stabbing CC]]]]. Comes complete with ThousandYardStare.
* HeroProtagonist <--> TheProtagonist: Switches between these roles depending on his current position in the story and his gambits in play. [[CharacterDevelopment He will NEVER go back to being a]] VillainProtagonist, sure he may have a few WhatTheHellHero moments here and there but will NEVER go back to being one.
* HesBack: After fifteen years of shunning everyone and seemingly preparing [[spoiler: to take on Aizen all on his own]], [[spoiler: he jumps back into play]] with a single coded message from Urahara.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Not in the way you think though. Lelouch has a technique [[spoiler: in Bankai]] that involves invoking this trope on his opponents by crushing them with their own spiritual pressure.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Subverted. Lelouch's Zanpakuto's release form gives him a cape, but it's not used for combat.
* InTheNameOfTheMoon: See his BadassCreed above.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Taking out Tekubi-kiri Tamashi (Nemu's Zanpakuto). And then it was [[FakingTheDead subverted like crazy]].]]
* LegacyCharacter: When Lelouch restores one of his lost memories from a past life, he discovers that neither his current afterlife nor his previous human life were the first times a revolutionary called Zero existed. Of course, this is also somewhat of a subversion because those previous Zeros were also him, in a way.
* LetsGetDangerous: Whips out [[spoiler: a ''level 90 hado'']] in order to protect Momo and his other students in her class from hollows.
** His first tactical decision during the Battle For Karakura Town arc makes use of this trope. It goes a little something like this: “What? [[spoiler: Ikkaku and Sajin]] were defeated? Better send [[ImplacableMan Ken]][[MadeOfDiamond pa]][[BloodKnight chi ]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill in]].”
* LetThemDieHappy: Makes sure of this for [[spoiler: Mari]].
* LikeBrotherAndSister: Him and [[spoiler: Nemu]]. [[BrotherSisterIncest Though that doesn't mean much given his history]].
* LoopholeAbuse: According to Kukaku and Soifon he has a knack for finding them.
* MindRape: His Zanpakuto's Kokoro Hassai ability.
* MyGreatestFailure: Besides [[RhetoricalRequestBlunder all of the things]] [[ILetGwenStacyDie he regrets from]] [[DespairEventHorizon when he was alive]] there's also now [[spoiler:the [[DoomedByCanon unavoidable]] deaths of Mari and [[DiedInYourArmsTonight ESPEC]][[PoorCommunicationKills IALLY]] Yuna]].
* MyGreatestSecondChance: [[spoiler:After successfully reviving Yuna, their relationship became this until [[ShipSinking Lelouch married Susanna]]]].
* NearRapeExperience: [[spoiler:Or a very similar equivalent on Momo while sleep deprived planning the downfall of Central Forty-Six. [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan With some help from Momo]], [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he stops himself before it became this trope.]]]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Lelouch has caused the collapse of the Shihoin family, [[spoiler: allowed the more dangerous Talbumosuke to take over the Espada in place of Aizen]], [[spoiler: allowing Kaien to live]] gave birth to Mia, [[spoiler: killed off Nnoitora early allowing Nel to stay on the Espada]], attacked Lilynette with MindRape prompting Starrk to attack with full force, [[spoiler: His [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu killing of Aizen]] also killed off Gin's reason to HeelFaceTurn]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Talbumosuke is using Lelouch's Sorting Algorithm of Hollows for his own purposes]].
** [[spoiler: [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Sending Aizen to hell]] gave the man natural togabito resistance to Soul Reaper attacks, making it easier for Aizen to [[CurbStompBattle rapestomp]] Soul Society]].
** [[spoiler: Making the Soul Society a better place to live? [[SarcasmMode Congratulations Lelouch]], you just made it possible for the strongest Togabito to execute her ultimate plan]].
* NotAllowedToGrowUp: Lelouch won't age until he reaches the time he died. As a result, several characters he knew as children end up looking as old as him (Gin, Rangiku) if not older (Byakuya).
* OfficialCouple: With [[spoiler:Susanna as of [[ShipSinking Chapter 136]]. [[RelationshipUpgrade Later gets upgraded]] to OneTrueThreesome with Shirley.]]
* OutGambitted: In the first fight against Talbumosuke. It helps his enemy in that Lelouch is unaware of how he thinks and originally [[FromNobodyToNightmare was not much of a threat]].
** You would be forgiven for thinking Lelouch had [[TookALevelInDumbass taken a level in dumbass]] during the Battle of Karakura Arc. It's not his fault, he has no knowledge of Talbumosuke's potential. [[spoiler: How was he supposed to know Talbumosuke could wipe out the Visoreds in a single move?]]
*** It's like we always say, once things start looking good for Lelouch it starts blowing up in his face.
* PetTheDog: Gives Renji an uplifting speech so that he understands that he’s not useless or weak despite the rough time he’s been going through lately.
** Frequently Lelouch will play this trope almost literally regarding the petting part with [[{{Moe}} Momo]] substitute for a dog.
%%* PhysicalGod: With the Hogyoku.
* PlayingHardToGet: Towards Rangiku, not that it's intentional all the time. It's ultimately subverted in chapter 61 though.
* ProperlyParanoid: with regards to Aizen regarding his intentions towards Urahara.
* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler:Lelouch has had sex with Nemu, Susanna and Rangiku. Judging by the fact that we haven't reached Code Geass canon yet, it's not over for Lelouch in relationships yet. The middle got pregnant with his kid, but [[ConvenientMiscarriage lost it]]. The former was his girlfriend until Lelouch [[BreakHerHeartToSaveHer brutally broke up with her]], but now they're back together.]]
** [[spoiler: After successfully bringing back Yuna Homura, he plans to start a Noble House and [[MarryThemAll marries Nemu, Susanna, Isane, and Yuna]].]]
*** [[spoiler: Then it gets subverted with the deconstruction of the clan and as of [[ShipSinking Chapter 136]] it gets further [[SubvertedTrope subverted]].]]
* RousingSpeech: If Lelouch isn't known for his [[GuileHero Gam]][[BatmanGambit bits]], he is known for his Oratorical {{Rousing Speech}}es.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: [[spoiler:What Lelouch's motivation in planning to bring down Central Forty-Six after overthrowing Hitsugaya's authority as Captain on account of MISDEMEANORS.]]
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: [[spoiler:What Lelouch is doing with the House of Lamperouge as its founder]].
** [[spoiler: Subverted. The clan's been deconstructed.]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: At the end of the [[spoiler:Aizen's Revenge]] arc, during [[spoiler: Aizen's VillainousBreakdown]], Lelouch calmly walks away from the area and says nothing.
* SecretKeeper: Unohana shares her past with him as a sign of her trust in him [[spoiler:especially since she knows his past]].
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Averted. [[spoiler: After learning that he was sent to Soul Society in a [[TemporalParadox Temporal Paradox]], Lelouch thought that maybe he can change the major tragic events of what went wrong in his life since technically the tragic events that happened in his past life didn't happened yet, but he then later learns that changing the tragic events yet to come in Code Geass canon will make his Soul Reaper self to cease to exist and so, he begrudgingly decides to not interfere with the events that will follow in order to keep his existance, much to his displeasure of hearing.]]
* SexForSolace: [[spoiler:Lelouch has had the opportunity of being on both sides of this trope. In chapter 49 Susanna lays down with him to heal his soul and in chapter 61 he is helping Rangiku heal hers]].
* ShipperOnDeck: For Byakuya/Hisana, Ichigo/Orihime[[spoiler:, and despite sleeping with her Gin/Rangiku]].
* ShmuckBait: Lelouch has a safe in his office that's easy to open and another that opening it in a conventional manner triggers an alarm.
** [[BrickJoke Which Yuna and Susanna eventually set off.]]
%%* ShutUpHannibal: Does this to Talbumosuke after the man begins to get under his skin.
%%* SquishyWizard
* StartOfDarkness: Lelouch initially starts on TheAtoner path. It is [[spoiler: Mari's death]] that makes Lelouch slink back into [[ManipulativeBastard old]] [[MagnificentBastard habits]].
* StealthMentor: [[spoiler:In the Reapers and Heralds arc towards Ichigo as per his role as a FakeDefector.]]
* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: After defeating Maki Ichinose, Lelouch [[spoiler: picks up his skull]] and recites a line from Hamlet. Talbumosuke recites this same line after [[spoiler: [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu defeating Baraggan]]]].
* StoryBreakerPower: Chapter 124 shows just how his Geass can be this and why constant justification is needed to keep Lelouch from using it. [[spoiler: Weaponizing DrivenToSuicide really does make for boring resolutions.]]
* SurroundedByIdiots: Sometimes comes across as the only one in the story who can plan worth shit.
** Guess it's a kind of FridgeBrilliance, when you consider how incompetent the Gotei 13 can often be in canon
%%* TechnicolorFire: A power of his Shikai.
* TemptingFate: Lelouch closes chapter 30 by musing to his zanpakuto about how things are definitely looking up for him. One would think he'd know his luck doesn't work that way by now.
** As one reviewer put it: Things are looking up for Lelouch. Something very bad is about to happen.
** [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Eien Tamashi in chapter 33.
*** And [[spoiler:essentially confirmed by the events of chapter 34]].
** In chapter 53 he says that he hopes to avoid attracting attention from the female student body. He gets about two steps before getting swarmed.
* TheAtoner: Lelouch initially started out wanting to follow the path of atonement but decides to set it aside after [[spoiler: Mari's death]] in favor of doing whatever it takes to bring down Aizen and [[spoiler: Talbumosuke]]. There are hints that he may return to the path of atonement once when we return to the Anime/CodeGeass timeline and one thing is for sure, it will take a lot for him to make up for what he has done for all of the innocent people who suffered under his actions, especially for Euphie and Shirley.
* TheClan: [[spoiler:Has plans to start a Noble House to help cope with his [[MarryThemAll extensive love life]].]]
** [[spoiler: [[YankTheDogsChain Unfortunately, due to what Lelouch has risked during his time as a]] FakeDefector[[YankTheDogsChain , it sadly doesn't come to fruition.]]]]
** [[spoiler: It does eventually, just under different circumstances; with his blood relatives coming to Soul Society, he's started again under the Atrumiers. Euphie and Clovis have joined, as has Shirley, and [[MarryThemAll marries her too]], Senna and Clovis pulling some strings to make it happen. He's even forgiven Marrianne's past misdeeds (she's since moved onto the Royal Guard.) and now CC is a 'permanent guest'. Though Rolo is a complete No-no!]]
** [[spoiler: [[MeaningfulName During his personal]] WishFulfillment, in which he rules the world, he gets an even larger one; Susanna (who's having a baby girl), Shirley, Momo, Nemu, Naomi, CC, Isane & Rangiku. There may be more.]]
* TheOnlyOneITrust: He is this to Byakuya in regards to [[spoiler:needing a partner in regards to taking down Muramasa]]. [[HoYay Make of that what you will.]]
** [[spoiler: As of 179, it's no longer the case; Byakuya himself says so. And he's not the only one.]]
* ThirdTimesTheCharm: [[spoiler:Lelouch fights Aizen three times in the story. He loses the first two times each after putting up a significant fight, but still defeats Aizen anyway via other means (Geass, having Rita revive Yamamoto). The third and final time, Lelouch has merged with the Hogyoku and is finally able to defeat Aizen in one-on-one battle]].
* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: [[spoiler:Ultimately the reason why Marianne accepts Lelouch's decision to face Aizen alone for the FinalBattle. Lelouch's destiny was set in stone the moment he decided to stand against Aizen, and she knows that even though she is his mother, she cannot shield him from his fate]].
* ThroughHisStomach: A bit of a sucker for fine dining; he and Yuna tease each other about it during Kaien and Miyako's wedding, he's a regular at the restauraunt owned by Byakuya, which is where he took Su on their date [[spoiler: when he asked her to marry him.]], and is as with Code Geass canon is still a pretty good cook himself, even though he doesn't do much of it these days.
* TookALevelInBadass: In stages:
** To begin with, his stamina was a sbad as when he was alive. That didn't really improve for years. He did stand out as a kido adept from an early point though.
** His time in 2nd Division did some good for his Shunpo and to a lesser degree his hand-to-hand and physical endurance. It was during this time that he learned his Zanpakuto's name.
** Not long after [[spoiler: Yuna's death, he took the first steps towards Bankai against Ichinose.]]
** By the time of Renji and co going to the human world for Konso training, he was capable of Hado #90
** As [[spoiler: Leiutenant of 10th Division, he finally acheives Bankai agianst Nnoitra. He eventually becomes Captain.]]
** [[spoiler:His Geass has evolved into Mastery as a result of the Reapers and Heralds arc, though it doesn't come to full fruition till the Fullbringers arc.]]
** As of Chapter 160, [[spoiler:Captain Lelouch fully mastered his Bankai. His core form is Yusei Ocho no Zero: Sekai Seikei Yoroi (Ascendant Dynasty of Zero: World Shaping Armor).]]
** In the final battle, [[spoiler: he merges with the Hyogoku and can fight Aizen's superpowered form as an equal, the only one who can (sans Soul King).]]
%%* TreacherousAdvisor: To Muramasa
* {{Troll}}: Lelouch lets Aizen obtain the Hogyoku, beat him in a straight up fight and make his retreat. And then [[spoiler: Lelouch grabs [[AscendedExtra Yoruichi's flying device]] flies up to Aizen and [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome '''GEASSES HIM TO KILL HIMSELF''']]]].
** He does it AGAIN in the [[spoiler:Aizen's Revenge]] arc. First he [[spoiler:begins by attacking Aizen's gigantic ego to the point where Aizen [[NotSoStoic loses his cool]] and then it turns out that Lelouch was just a distraction while his allies deplete Aizen's allies and so he can temporarily bring back Yamamoto with Rita's help and ultimately bring about Aizen's downfall]]. When Lelouch wants [[BatmanGambit something to go right]]. [[TheChessmaster He makes it go right]].
* WalkingShirtlessScene: More like [[spoiler: hanging by his wrists]] almost buck naked scene. Chapter 110 has him doing this in hell.
* WeakButSkilled: Lelouch is NOT someone who can fight in the front-lines but is more than capable to defending himself. Just ask [[spoiler:Aizen]].
* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Gives this option to Ichigo when he reveals to be working for Muramasa. He is a FakeDefector so he WANTS Ichigo to refuse.]]
* WeHaveReserves: Does this with the Visoreds. [[spoiler: [[TheWorfEffect Too bad they're all taken down before they can do anything]]]].
* WhatTheHellHero: He gets a big one in chapter 30 for [[spoiler: burning and slaughtering the Atrumier family. [[AssholeVictim Not that they didn't deserve it]], well not ALL of the members.]]
** Flat out stated word for word, minus the hero portion, by Ichigo to him in chapter 98 when he [[spoiler: slaps Susanna and reveals himself to be on Muramasa’s side]].
*** And again in chapter 104 from Ichigo about even after he reveals his true intentions
** Gets one from [[spoiler:Ichigo for not tipping him off about the war with Britannia. Ichigo understands, much unlike Ginjo, that Lelouch couldn’t interfere directly]].
** When [[spoiler:[[TheCutie Ori]][[TechnicalPacifist hime]]]] is yelling in your face and [[spoiler:[[ClickHello holding you at gunpoint]]]] you did more than just fuck up, you royally fucked up.
** gets another one from [[spoiler: Cornelia]] for all the stuff he did in Anime/CodeGeass {{Canon}}. He good and well deserves it.
** Chapter 179 is an entire CHAPTER of this on Zero Requiem and the events that led up to it.
** In 202 Yuna gives him one for [[spoiler:trying to set himself up for HeroicSacrifice so he can [[TheAtoner atone]] for what he did as Zero. BetterAsFriends indeed]].
* XanatosSpeedChess: A known master of it.
* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler:Several times. With [[DiedInYourArmsTonight Yuna]] though she [[BackFromTheDead came back]], [[ConvenientMiscarriage Susanna]].]]
* YouAreNotAlone: Lelouch is slowly starting to grasp this concept, no matter how much of a pain it can be.
* [[YouCanSeeMe You Can Hear Me?]]: After [[spoiler:saving Nunnally from the FLEIJA explosion that supposedly [[Anime/CodeGeass kills her in the anime]]]] this is his reaction when it turns out [[spoiler:[[ISeeDeadPeople Nunnally has spiritual power]]. As she's blind, she can't exact ''see'' him, but she can still hear and feel him]].
* YourHeadAsplode: If Lelouch uses [[MindRape Kokoro Hassai]] on a particularly weak enemy or an enemy with no mental resistance this is the result instead.

!! Ichigo Kurosaki
The HeroProtagonist of Bleach now a SupportingProtagonist in the fic. Ichigo doesn't hit the series for a few arcs, but he's still relatively the same orange haired JerkWithAHeartOfGold fans remember. [[spoiler: Married to Orihime and father to Masaki]].

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Gave one to [[spoiler:Kasumi. [[DeathSeeker "Do you have a death wish?"]] Her answer? [[WhamLine An anguished and resounding YES!]]]]
* BadassNormal: While [[spoiler: rescuing Orihime from [[AttemptedRape being raped]] by a group of thugs]].
* BerserkButton: Apparently even [[TranquilFury adult Ichigo]] can be put into an UnstoppableRage if you tell him [[spoiler:you killed his mother]].
* BoxingLessonsForSuperman: Lelouch trained him to make more effective use of his power. [[spoiler:Rita]] taught him how to control his reiatsu so that he never wastes any. The results are '''staggering'''!
* BringMyBrownPants: In chapter 110, Ichigo and Kasumi are blocked off by this monster with three tentacles for a body. Each tentacle is about two to three times the size of Ichigo and Kasumi. It turns out that those are just the eyelashes. Ichigo is scared out of his mind when he sees [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever how big the creature actually is]].
* BroughtDownToBadass: Ichigo’s Zanpakuto becomes [[spoiler: completely sealed up [[SealedEvilInACan for his own safety]]]] during the Reapers and Heralds arc. Consider [[KnightTemplarBigBrother who we're]] [[TheDeterminator talking about]], it’s this trope rather than [[BroughtDownToNormal the other one]]
* BullyingADragon: Subverted. Ichigo tells Allon to [[SmiteMeOMightySmiter attack him with his strongest punch]]. Allon obliges, but Ichigo blocks it with minimal effort.
* ByThePowerOfGrayskull: 'Protect, Zangetsu', 'Bankai, Tensa Zangetsu', [[spoiler: 'Sho! Ten! Tensa Zangetsu Saigo no Gaikan']]
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Ever since regaining his powers after Hisana shatters his Soul Chain and Urahara puts him through TrainingFromHell he’s been this according to Kendra]].
** [[spoiler: Even without her saying it this should really come across as FridgeLogic to a degree]]
%%* DisneyDeath: Considering that Rukia and Renji NeverFoundTheBody...]]
%%** [[spoiler: Subverted for real. He was the mysterious hooded soul reaper all along]].
* DramaPreservingHandicap: [[spoiler:[[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded.]] Ichigo would have [[CurbStompBattle curbstomped]] Cornilia's Army on the FIRST DAY without this.]]
%%* DyingMomentOfAwesome: Against Cornelia
%%** [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope except for]] you know [[FakingTheDead the dying part]]]]
* EasilyForgiven: Sort of. [[spoiler:He doesn’t get reprimanded for what his hollow did due to the clause that he had no control over himself at all, though the SS still could punish him, but with Ginjo soon coming into the picture [[SecretTestOfCharacter they’ll know whether or not he’s worth keeping around]]]].
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: Despite all the precautions and preparations [[spoiler:to prevent his inner demon from emerging, it would emerge in the Demon Within arc]].
** [[spoiler:His battle against Japan since [[ForegoneConclusion Britannia must win]] in order to [[StableTimeLoop keep time flowing normally]]]].
* FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:Done surprisingly well and kept it up for nine years.]]
* FighterMageThief: The Fighter.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Does this for [[spoiler: Kenpachi]] due to [[spoiler: his]] HeroicBSOD.
* GoodCopBadCop: Bad to Nagisa Chiba’s good cop.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:Suffers a major one when he becomes aware of the damage done to his surroundings, beneath his notice, by Tsukishima and Keigo. He actually starts crying. Yoruichi comforts him]].
%%* HappilyMarried: To Orihime
* HeroicWillpower: Weaponized during [[spoiler: the climax for Yamamoto's battle with Hollow Ichigo.
* HesBack: [[spoiler:Gets downed in chapter 150 by Cornelia [[OurHeroIsDead and thought to be dead]], [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome back stronger than ever]] 30 chapters later]].
* IAmNotLeftHanded: [[spoiler:He didn’t go all out against Kasumi because he still believes there’s good in her. Aizen on the other hand gets the full brunt of the results of Ichigo’s [[TrainingFromHell recent training]]]].
%%* IAmNotMyFather: States the trope verbatum at one point.
* IGaveMyWord: Why he never [[spoiler:leaves Rita’s employ until fired as the Mysterious Hooded Soul Reaper]] not even to [[spoiler:let his friends know he’s alive]].
* ImplacableMan: Sort of. With his TrainingFromHell, courtesy of Lelouch, Ichigo can now manually regenerate his ManaMeter, which means Ichigo can constantly fight with full reiatsu if he focuses. Wounds will still take their full course though.
** With his second dosage of this [[spoiler:courtesy of Rita]] it's now played a lot straighter. Ichigo now has the capacity to [[spoiler:uttery [[CurbstompBattle curbstomp]] high level, weakened, togabito with Bankai and his speed can remain on par with [[VillainSue Aizen]]]].
* ItsPersonal: [[spoiler::Unlike in canon, his battle with Aizen is now of a personal nature since Aizen created grand fisher, who killed Ichigo's mother]].
* LeaveHimToMe: Says this to Lelouch with regards to fighting Allon that he doesn’t want any help.
* MythologyGag: [[spoiler:His Bankai’s core form bears a striking resemblance to his form he acquired after training in the Dangai Precipice World in canon, rather a mix between it and the Final Getsuga Tensho]].
* MortonsFork: [[spoiler:By fighting against Britannia, Ichigo also fights against everything Lelouch has done. If Ichigo loses, Britannia takes over Japan. If Ichigo wins, then time unravels and Lelouch never becomes a Soul Reaper. [[TakeAThirdOption There is]] '''[[SubvertedTrope no]]''' [[TakeAThirdOption Third Option]].]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Ichigo has the nickname “Soul Reaper” amongst the gang system throughout Karakura Town.
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Making it possible that his [[LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt supposed]] [[OurHeroIsDead death]] is not quite so. It’s also possible that Orihime is just delusional.]]
** [[spoiler: this turns out to be just another [[TrollingCreator trolling of the author]]. He’s FINE folks]].
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: While he and his friends managed to eliminate some of the Espada, this is [[AllAccordingToPlan exactly what]] [[spoiler: Talbumosuke wanted]]. He had more to gain this way.
** Ichigo really screws the pooch for [[spoiler:Eleventh Prince Lelouch vi Britannia]] by [[spoiler:preventing Cornelia from getting to him in time to rescue him]].
%%* OurHeroIsDead
%%* OutOfTheInferno: Ichigo pulls this twice in the Different Bonds arc.
* PassingTheTorch: Double Subverted. Ichigo wonders if Karakura Town will be all right from thugs and bandits, “his turf” as he calls it, without him to lay down the law [[spoiler:upon leaving for college]]. One scene change later Karin is kicking it old school to some students about to [[AttemptedRape do horrible things to Yuzu]].
** It's played much straighter between him and Senna. [[JustForFun/IThoughtItMeant No not]] [[NonSerialMovie that one]]. Ichigo [[spoiler:leaving Karakura Town in order to go to college in Kyoto]] leaves Senna in charge who is going to be the representative of Karakura Town.
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:His role in the storyline is mainly finished until he gets to fight Britannia.]]
** [[spoiler:Until he comes back for the final arc [[HesBack fresh and new]] after [[FakingTheDead supposedly being dead]]]].
* RelationshipUpgrade: [[spoiler:He and Orihime are dating as of chapter 69]].
** [[spoiler: In chapter 74, they have sex]].
** [[spoiler: In chapter 149, they get engaged, and by 182 are married.]]
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivers an oh so satisfying one to Takeno during his VillainousBreakdown
* SandInMyEyes: What he says more or less upon Lelouch’s reunion with [[spoiler: [[BackFromTheDead Mari]]]]
* SplitPersonalityTakeover: [[spoiler:Hollow Ichigo possesses Ichigo’s body for the last chapter of the Demon Within arc]]
* StoryBreakerPower: [[spoiler:His Resurreccion as shown to us by his inner hollow. Ichigo, nobly, wants nothing to do with it because it would devoid what makes him human]].
* SupportingProtagonist: To Lelouch.
* TakenForGranite: [[spoiler:He’s turned to stone by Lelouch due to his [[TooPowerfulToLive massive power]]]]
* TellMeAboutMyFather: Says this to Lelouch when he discovers Isshin's true nature much earlier than in canon.
* TemptingFate: Ichigo tells Rukia during the Demon Within arc that he’ll come back safe and sound. this is not [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption what happened]].
* ThanksForTheMammary: Ichigo accidentaly grabs Kukaku's breast when trying to get her phone, which has [[ItMakesSenseInContext a picture of him and Isane cuddling]]. Kukaku, naturally, [[UnstoppableRage flips out]].
* TheLastDance: [[spoiler:He goes up against the remnants of Britannian army trying to take Karakura Town by himself aiming to turn the tide of the war. He refuses to give into the army. [[TearJerker He is ultimately]] [[OurHeroIsDead gunned down]] by Cornelia, though later turns out that [[FakingTheDead he survived]]]].
* TookALevelInBadass: Compare [[LeeroyJenkins canon]] [[UnskilledButStrong Ichigo]] with [[TranquilFury the]] [[CombatPragmatist current]] [[LightningBruiser version]].
** [[spoiler: As Soifon is his schoolteacher and former instructor, his hand-to-hand skills are probably a lot sharper than canon, in addition to being stronger when in human form.]]
** After [[spoiler: successfully rescuing Orihime from Hueco Mundo, Lelouch takes the lull in battle to drill into a much more intelligent and skillful fighter.]]
** His Hollow [[spoiler:, when he uses resureccion, can fight on an even keel with Unohana, and when it uses it's head can push ''Yamamoto'' to the limit. He willingly discards it though.]]
** [[spoiler:After his disappearance, with Rita’s help, he took his training with Lelouch to another level, learned how to control his power (and how to seal his zanpakuto), unlocked his core form, and can stand on par with (make that ''beat'') the likes of ''[[VillainSue Aizen]]'' and three captains (Yuna, Stefan and Kenpachi) simultaneously]].
* TooPowerfulToLive: [[spoiler:Subverted. He is sealed away by Lelouch, but he comes back to normal as good ol’ normal Ichigo again. As normal as a teenage boy with the ability to move at supersonic speeds and carry a bigass sword and fire [[SwordBeam sword beams]] can be]].
** [[spoiler: [[DramaPreservingHandicap Directly invoked]] in his battle for [[DoomedHometown Karakura Town]].]]
** Also the out-of-story reason why [[spoiler: Ichigo abandons his Hollow powers; at his full potential he'd be more powerful than everyone else by a large margain, thus ruining the drama. Only Aizen's final form would anything like a challenge, as Aizen's Bankai got trounced by Ichigo towards the end even without Hollow powers.]]
* TrainingFromHell: Rita gives him a literal example of this.
* UnskilledButStrong: [[spoiler:Though training with Lelouch fixed the Unskilled part.]]
** On the other hand [[spoiler: This fits his half-hollow berserk form to a T. It's lampshaded by Unohana when she realizes how predictable and tiring his NoIAmBehindYou tactic becomes]].
* UnrequitedLove: To Nagisa Chiba in their university days, and later in the police. [[spoiler:She falls for him, but despite not being as close as they once were, he's still with Orihime. Besides, she annoys him a bit too much for him to consider her more than a colleague.]]
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Has one while acting as [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]] for a cosplay project.
* WhatTheHellHero: Gets one of these from Tatsuki for [[spoiler:Not telling anyone he was still alive despite his reasoning and justification]].
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: [[spoiler:His theorized Resurreccion, but only while he takes its form]]

!! Cornelia li Britannia
General-in-chief of Britannia's military[[spoiler:, but due to the TemporalParadox she isn't shown to be there until the end of chapter 153]]. [[BreakoutCharacter Cornelia's own arc]] is dedicated to showing [[spoiler:[[StartOfDarkness how she goes from]] [[WideEyedIdealist young and happy military academy student]] to [[PerpetualFrowner scowling]], [[BreakTheCutie ruthless General-in-chief]] by the Anime/CodeGeass timeline]]. Cornelia's intelligence is considered second only to [[TheChessmaster Schneizel and Lelouch]]. She is shown to be dedicated to not just [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Euphie, but Lelouch and Nunnally as well]]. She is also [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee incredibly fond]] of Lelouch's mother Marianne vi Britannia as Euphie had told Lelouch that Cornelia spent many fruitless hours investigating the circumstances surrounding Marianne's death [[spoiler:[[TheStationsOfTheCanon which finally happened at the end of the Rise of the Royal Soldier arc]]]]. [[spoiler:Cornelia also has spiritual power enough to [[ISeeDeadPeople see spirits and Soul Reapers]] shown as early as age 10. Cornelia's arc is also considered the author's [[WordOfDante own]] [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation version]] of Cornelia's backstory. [[spoiler:And he has even said that he has his own other version of how things would play out if she had no spiritual power at all that still keeps most of the backstory intact]].

* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler:Attempted by the Inked Alliance by holding Euphie as a hostage. [[BerserkButton BIG]] [[CurbStompBattle MISTAKE]]!]]
%%* AxCrazy: Goes through a phase of this
* BerserkButton: [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Do not touch Euphie. Don’t touch Lelouch or Nunnally either]]. She will fuck you up.
** Incidentally she cares about Euphie the most.
** Do NOT mock her idol Marianne. Though it’s possible she only attacked Guinevere given her [[HeroicBSOD current condition]]
*** [[WordOfGod Draconichero’s]] standpoint is that Cornelia would simply get angry if someone mocked Marianne, but her state of affairs set her off.
* BigBrotherIsWatching: [[spoiler:Though Cornelia is oblivious to it and technically it’s her [[ComicallyMissingThePoint ''younger'' brother watching her]]. [[HeroProtagonist Lelouch]] is basically watching her every move intrigued by the fact that [[ISeeDeadPeople she can see spirits]]]].
** [[spoiler:Confirmed in ch 152 and Cornelia prefers men over women with a fanatic preference towards Marianne]].
* BigSisterInstinct: Cornelia instinctively pulls poor little Nunnally into her embrace, when she is crying her eyes out over Lelouch’s death caused by Zero Requiem.
%%* BloodKnight: Temporarily.
* BottomlessMagazines: [[spoiler:Justified given she's using spiritual power to supply it, which is reminiscent of [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante]]]].
* BreakoutCharacter: Cornelia was not one of the most important or mainstream characters in Anime/CodeGeass, but since she is an EnsembleDarkhorse to the author he is using her [[spoiler:to avoid having to do a TimeSkip between Ichigo going off to college and Zero Requiem]].
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:This is happening to Cornelia over and over and over again to the point of slowly hitting SanitySlippage. The only thing holding her together is Euphie and we [[ForegoneConclusion all know]] [[RhetoricalRequestBlunder how that turns out]]]]. [[spoiler:It [[DrivenToSuicide drives her to near suicide]] which then has Cornelia stay alive only to clear Euphie's name and eliminate Zero, which in turn causes her to find Nunnally and live for her. [[TraumaCongaLine Nonette dies along the way]], but Cornelia seems like she's slowly getting better, but she'll [[DespairEventHorizon never be the same]]]].
* BrokenBird: [[spoiler:See [[TragicHero Tragic Heroine]] below and then look at canon Cornelia]].
* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:She looked up to Schneizel until he tries to use the Nukes to rule the masses and obtain Godhood.]]
* BringMyBrownPants: We get to see first hand ''exactly'' why Cornelia is so terrified of Nonette.
* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: Cornelia’s LotusEaterMachine fantasy has her as empress of Britannia and Lelouch and Schneizel as Emperors. While it’s a wonderful CallBack to chapter 73, and they are only half-siblings, it’s still very squicky regardless]].
* ChildSoldiers: Cornelia joined the military academy at age 9[[spoiler:, the same age when Marianne HERSELF joined the military academy.]]
%%* CombatPragmatist
* CursedWithAwesome: Cornelia doesn’t like [[spoiler:using her spiritual abilities]] and would prefer to fight with just her raw strength and abilities. Her mentality comes across as if what would happen if Franchise/{{Batman}} [[spoiler:gained superpowers]].
** This changes during her downward spiral when she becomes the Witch of Britannia and calls what she has a curse and refuses to use them [[spoiler:except when it came to getting revenge on Anerdas for [[BerserkButton kidnapping]] [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Euphie]]]].
** [[spoiler:More recently, at Nonette's dying request, she has ultimately embraced her spiritual side]].
* [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Did you just punch out]] [[spoiler:[[InvertedTrope Ichigo?]]]][=/=] HeroKiller: [[spoiler: She kills [[OurHeroIsDead Ichigo]]. [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer No]] [[WhamEpisode seriously]]]].
** Subverted. [[spoiler: [[HesBack Ichigo’s alive and kicking]]...though she still did win that bout no doubt about that]].
* DisproportionateRetribution: She kills [[spoiler:Albert Q. Anerdas]] the leader of the Inked Alliance rather than taking him into custody for no other reason than the fact that [[spoiler:[[KnightTemplarBigBrother he had his men kidnap Euphie]].]]
* DrowningMySorrows: Towards the end of ch 146, Cornelia intends to get herself so plastered that she locks herself in the wine cellar. Justified in that [[ContinuityNod Marianne has her temporarily laid off]], she had to [[spoiler:[[MercyKill put her horse out to pasture]]]] and [[spoiler: The BigBad got a reduced sentence [[MurderIsTheBestSolution so she killed him and pushed him into the water]]]].
* FailureKnight: To Marianne, Lelouch, Nunnally, and Euphie.
* FighterMageThief: The Thief via ranged combat [[spoiler:and reliance on her FlashStep.]]
* FlashbackToCatchphrase: [[spoiler: "Leaders must always be willing to take action. If a general is not there fighting beside his troops, or any leader alongside his or her men and women, how can the soldiers expect to follow?" This saying later became part of Lelouch's ideal.]]
* FlashStep: [[spoiler:By chapter 141 Cornelia has mastered "Bringer Light"]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: That moment in chapter 58 where it's revealed that when Cornelia was 10 years old, she can actually see spirits? [[SarcasmMode Oh yeah, it won't be mentioned again and it won't be important to her character development, that's for sure]]]].
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: She gives Lelouch one of these speeches after [[spoiler:he suffers a HeroicBSOD when Aizen tricks him into stabbing CC]].
* GoshDarnItToHeck: Justified in the usage of this trope in chapter 58 because she's [[ChildrenAreInnocent only 10 years old]].
* HandCannon: Her iconic shotgun as she has the ability to fire it with one hand [[spoiler:mostly due to the fact that she has spiritual power and that it is also her fullbring]].
* HeroicBSOD: Cornelia gets hit '''HARD''' by Marianne’s death. Any description beyond that cannot be summarized properly.
** [[ForegoneConclusion Euphie’s]] [[TheStationsOfTheCanon tragic]] [[LateArrivalSpoiler death]] [[DespairEventHorizon brings her nearly to suicide]].
*** [[spoiler: She’s again nearly brought to suicidal tendencies with Nonette’s death. What stops her from doing so is a coincidental meeting with Nunnally and [[TemporalParadox Captain Lelouch]]]].
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Cornelia takes a very generous helping of cream brandy after her failure at Narita. The only reason it doesn't [[DrowningMySorrows cross further down]] is not only because she says the line almost word for word, but she only takes the one drink and the effect and reasoning falls more towards this trope than [[HeroicBSOD locking herself in the wine cellar]]
* IronicEcho: Inverted. Chronologically, Cornelia is the first to use the “Old news, what of it?” line, and to her father no less. [[spoiler: this is in regards to her suspended investigation into the Inked Alliance]]
* ISeeDeadPeople: [[spoiler:Cornelia has spiritual power enough to see wholes, hollows and Soul Reapers. This along with the TemporalParadox is the reason why Captain Lelouch wants to avoid seeing her pre-Zero Requiem.]]
* [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Knight Templar Big Sister]]
* LaughingMad: [[spoiler: Upon earning the title of Witch of Britannia during a huge killing spree]].
* LittleMissBadass: Before she grew up to just plain ActionGirl.
%%* MamaBear: Describes herself as being one.
%%* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Her steed Luna.]]
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: Considering how ruthless she is, it's no surprise that this is her first option to fighting terrorism and [[spoiler:when the legal system won't punish a high traitor so [[VigilanteExecution she kills Evans herself]]]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Her reaction after [[spoiler: being a little too gleeful in shooting up terrorists and winds up getting a lot of Britannian citizens killed]].
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: She gives one to [[RichBitch Guinevere]] [[DisproportionateRetribution for mocking Marianne]], but [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan Schneizel does his best to restrain her]] and stops her from ultimately killing her sister.
* [[OneManArmy One Woman Army]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Cornelia is always collected and composed even in some of the most dire situations[[spoiler:, so when she starts to lose that during her speech in ch 152, the public was shocked.]]
* PartingWordsRegret: The last thing she says to Euphie, before the SAZ massacre, is that she won’t be there to comfort her when she fails.
* ProperlyParanoid: During the battle for New Zealand, the moment something goes wrong, Cornelia immediately thinks [[spoiler:hollows are responsible]]. She lampshades the use of this trope before she finds out she’s right.
* RealWomenNeverWearDresses: Straight up mocks Guinevere on this one.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Her confrontation with [[spoiler: General-in-chief Albert Q. Anerdas]].
* SanitySlippage: A ForegoneConclusion of how off her rocker she goes at the end of R1 when [[TheStationsOfTheCanon Euphie dies]], but even as far back as Narita and even further back than that it's obvious that Cornelia is a BrokenBird.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Her investigation into the terrorist group the Inked Alliance is suspended. Despite this [[spoiler: Cornelia decides to continue her investigation in secret]].
** Later that same chapter [[spoiler:she kills Evans even knowing that she’s breaking the law in doing so, but knows that no one will ever find his body or finger her as the one that pulled the trigger]].
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Poses one to her men while she’s a First Lieutenant by having them do menial housework until they confront her over it to which she explains that they should not be afraid to seek out corruption for it might be lurking within their own ranks. She proclaims that she will never steer them wrong as this was a way to teach them that lesson. Considering her men wind up eventually showing UndyingLoyalty to her later it's a lesson well learned.
* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: How she wants her love life to go. There’s still a girl/woman inside Cornelia despite her harsh exterior.
* ShellShockedVeteran: She was out of combat for around a year due to [[spoiler: her AxCrazy BloodKnight tendencies]].
* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler: The supposed death of Lelouch and Nunnally killed the [[PerpetualFrowner idealist]] in [[FailureKnight Cornelia]]]].
* TakeAThirdOption: Played with. [[spoiler: Rita]] tells Cornelia that she’ll either become a guide for spirits or a beast of war. Cornelia states a path she’d rather follow instead. [[ForegoneConclusion we already know her future and it’s obvious she’s two out of the three, and she’s already been acting as the other up to this point]].
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Also someone who [[AvertedTrope averts this]] [[spoiler:which is prominent during her recent hollow battle in Chapter 144.]]
* TheCaptain -> MajorlyAwesome -> ColonelBadass -> FourStarBadass: Upgrades to the second one at the end of ch 141 and is the former during the Falkland Rebellion. Upgrades yet again in ch 145, and again in 152.
* TheGunslinger[[spoiler:: Her only way to defeat Hollows outside having her weapons covered in Sakuradite.]]
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Cornelia gushes over Marianne the way Soifon does over Yoruichi.
** [[spoiler: Fulfilled in the final battle; she's Marriane's wingman.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Pretty much her whole coming of age story. [[spoiler: Culminates with her getting Fullbring and eventually becoming Knight Of One.]]
* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:Apparently so seeing how she [[UsedToBeASweetKid was such a sweet girl at age 10]] even Lelouch is surprised when he found out in Chapter 84]].
* TookALevelInKindness: [[spoiler:And then after Zero Requiem she gets a little better. At the very least she drops her hatred for Japan and shows a little more compassion than usual]].
* [[TragicHero Tragic Heroine]]: [[spoiler:Oh man, where to start? May as well summarize: Cornelia starts off as a [[PluckyGirl plucky]] [[WideEyedIdealist youth]] who [[ChildSoldiers decides to join the military]] at a young age. She is [[ChildProdigy pretty good at being one]]. She looks up to [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee her idol Empress Marianne vi Britannia]] and wants nothing more than to be like her when she grows up. However, [[BreakTheCutie tragedy strikes]] [[FailureKnight again]] and [[TheStationsOfTheCanon again]] causing Cornelia to [[HeroicBSOD fall into despair]]. She tries to save what's left of what she cares for (Lelouch and Nunnally) only to be [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption denied]] and do battle with [[HeroAntagonist Ichigo Kurosaki]]. Despite her victory over the soul reaper, Cornelia fails to save Lelouch and Nunnally. She [[PerpetualFrowner loses her reason to smile]] and continues to fight for Britannia. She [[AxCrazy struggles to]] [[BloodKnight keep her]] [[StepfordSmiler sanity afloat]] until it finally [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone catches up with her]]. After recovering yet again from the DespairEventHorizon, Cornelia picks herself up and manages to put an end to the ruthless Inked Alliance, the people who killed Marianne, but [[TheReveal surprise]] [[LateArrivalSpoiler they were framed]]. She is her people's hero, but with no step closer to getting vengeance for Marianne]]. [[TheStationsOfTheCanon And that's not even covering]] [[Anime/CodeGeass what comes next]]. Cornelia, our hearts go out to you.
%%* TraumaCongaLine: At one point she was at Type D but now she wavers between Types C and E.
* VisualPun: Cornelia rides a black-haired horse, which can be interpreted [[EnsembleDarkhorse as a symbol of her meta status as a character]].