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-->"''Oz Bezarius! Your sin... Is your very existence!''"

PandoraHearts: A manga by Mochizuki Jun, sponsored by SquareEnix. Can be read [[http://www.onemanga.com/Pandora_Hearts here]]. Made into an anime series airing in 2009.

WARNING: Major Alice in Wonderland connections, ye with sanity be warned.

Oz Bezarius, a young boy with [[ParentalAbandonment Father issues]] is about to come of age and be recognized as the heir to his family. He has allies like his servant and best friend [[HappinessInSlavery Gilbert Nightray]]. [[StepfordSmiler Despite his smile,]] it seems that all is not right as his father wants nothing to do with him. Before the ceremony, he falls into a derelict grave and discovers a watch that mentally teleports him into a girl's playroom. He is nearly killed by her before Gilbert snaps him out of it.

Falling victim to the mysterious [[TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness Baskerville's]] plot, Oz is sent to the Abyss for the crime of 'existing.' He makes it out under the his own power after making a 'contract' with the powerful 'chain': Alice, or rather, Bea Rabbit. They are met by Raven, Break and Sharon Rainsworth who tell him he's been gone for ten years. They belong to the organization Pandora. Now a part of Pandora, he is working for them to find illegal contractors and recover Alice's lost memories.

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!!This series shows examples of:

*AbusiveParents: This troper can't be the only one who wants to ''punch the ever living crap'' out of [[spoiler: Zai Bezarius, Oz's "[[InNameOnly father]]"]].
*AdaptationDistillation: The anime.
** This troper thinks that the show's visuals are very dull, but still watches it anyway.
*AFateWorseThanDeath: Getting thrown into the Abyss is not a pleasant experience. Oz just handled it really, really well.
*AllCrimesAreEqual: 'Oz Bezarius! Your crime... is your very existence!'
*AloofBigBrother: Gilbert is a complete aversion, since Vincent is very possessive of him and generally more talented than him, and [[spoiler: his adopted younger brother, Eliott,]] has little to no respect towards him.
*AttractiveBentGender: When Gilbert has to crossdress to help solve the mystery in one of the [[AudioAdaptation drama CD]] stories. [[http://curious.dragonempress.net/images/dramaCD-013.jpg And how!]]
*AxCrazy: Chains
*LittleMissBadass: Alice, Echo
** Sharon is quite hardcore on her own.
*** What is her ''actual'' age, anyway? If she can call Oz ''younger'' than her, [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld then...]]
**** The official guidebook listed Sharon's age at 23.
*BadassLongcoat: Quite a few examples. It helps that it's the official Pandora uniform.
*BattleButler: Gilbert, Break, and Echo so far.
*BigLippedAlligatorMoment: The demonic doll that attacks Oz when he falls into the Abyss (anime only) contributes nothing to the plot besides burning episode time and [[NightmareFuel freaking us out]].
*{{Bishonen}}: Of the main cast, Gil, certainly, as well as Vincent and [[spoiler:Jack]]. Most other young-ish male characters also count.
** A notable example is Liam, who this troper sure thought was a woman in the manga, and the fact that no male nor female pronouns were used to refer to him for some time didn't help. They fixed this in the anime however, giving him less feminine features and a decidedly male voice.
**How can we forget Rufus barma,[[spoiler:Glen Baskerville]],and Xerxes Break of all people?
*{{Bishie Sparkle}}s: Sharon. One even hits Break in the head...
*BlondGuysAreEvil: Played straight with Vincent.
*BlueBlood: The 4 Duke Houses.
*BoatLights: Vincent has one red eye and one gold eye.
*BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: Break and Sharon.
*BloodSplatteredInnocents: [[spoiler: Vincent at the Tardgedy of Sabrie]]
*BrainwashedAndCrazy: Gilbert, with respect to [[spoiler: the enemies of his master (both Oz and Jack)]]. In chapter 38, a flashback to [[spoiler: 100 years ago when Jack rescued him and Vincent off the streets shows a mysterious old woman implanting various compulsions in Gilbert's mind, including an intense need to kill his master's enemies.]] In chapter 33, Vincent [[MoreThanMindControl happily exploits the hell out of]] the brainwashing in order to manipulate his dear brother Gilbert into trying to kill [[spoiler: Alice... possibly AGAIN]]. Gilbert is also driven to attack [[spoiler: Oz's father, who was responsible for sending Oz into the Abyss in the first place]], but Break manages to snap Gilbert out of it in a CrowningMomentOfAwesome.
*BreakingTheFourthWall: All the Omake's start off with the characters thanking the veiwer for buying the DVD [[HilarityEnsues usually with funny results]],and even shows a cut where the film crew is standing nearby.
*BreakTheCutie: Averted so far... Oz has not broken yet. Although in some ways, Oz comes conveniently pre-broken, as Break himself points out.
*BreatherEpisode: The chapters where Oz, Alice, Gil and Oscar sneak into [[ElaborateUniversityHigh Latowidge]] to visit Ada, Oz's sister. {{Subverted}}, as Oscar states that it was exactly his intention to let the gang have some silly fun for once, and some of the Baskervilles show up to cause trouble halfway through.
** Episode 20, right after Latowidge, plays this straight. It's also freaking [[CrowningMomentOfFunny hilarious]].
*BunnyEarsLawyer: Break
*ButtMonkey: Gilbert. [[spoiler: Age is inconsequential:]] Gilbert is often the target of Oz's bullying, Alice's eccentricities, Break's... sadism and even Sharon has had a few notable moments. And this is just from the core group. Even the mangaka has her own potshots at him, often describing him as "useless" or "seaweed head".
*CantHoldHisLiqour:Almost everyone gets sloshed (apparently on one glass of wine) in episode 20, but Gilbert runs the gamut from misaimed belligerence to sloppy begging to a cute but slightly disturbing reversion to childhood. Then he passes out.
*TheChessmaster: [[spoiler:Vincent]]
*ChickMagnet: Gil,who was almost attacked by a hoard of frothing horny schoolgirls while in Latowidge Academy.
*ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Baskervilles wear blood red cloaks
*ComesGreatInsanity: Yeah...you don't want to come near Alice when she's in B-rabbit form... [[spoiler:Or Oz when he's playing with that scythe.]]
*CoolGun: Gil's got some nice revolvers.
*ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Vincent and Gilbert's parents are mention all but once,and they never say if they have any other family that could have cared for them.
*CuteShotaroBoy: If you can count Oz as one.
*CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Break [[CurbStompBattle Curb Stomping]] Cheshire in his own reality.
*CrowningMomentOfFunny: Episode 20. My sides still hurt from the laughter...
*CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[http://www.onemanga.com/Pandora_Hearts/41/13/ Alice "kissing" an upset Oz on the cheek.]] It can also count as a CrowningMomentOfFunny since she's actually biting him. Hard.
*TheChosenOne: Oz is said to be the key to obtaining the Will of the Abyss, which explains why so many people are interested in him. [[spoiler: He also has part of the soul of the country's hero inside of him]].
*DarkIsNotEvil ''and'' LightIsNotGood: Alice, the black rabbit, is the heroine of the story, while [[spoiler: The Will Of Abyss]], the white rabbit, isn't someone you want to stumble upon... [[EyeScream Seriously]].
*DealWithTheDevil: Making an illegal contract with a Chain will end up with the contractor eventually being sucked into the Abyss.
*DissonantSerenity: Even after stabbing his best friend, being sent into the Abyss, and being attacked by Chains, Oz is able to joke around and calmly eat cookies.
**[[spoiler: It turns out that Oz's attitude is because [[BreaktheCutie his father told him he was disgusting]] when he was young]].
*DysfunctionJunction: An arguable example, considering the main cast.
*EldritchAbomination: Chains, oh so very much.
*EmotionlessGirl: Echo. Partially subverted when [[spoiler: she disobeys Vincent to save Sharon]], and she later tells Oz that Vincent annoys her.
*EstrogenBrigadeBait: Gilbert.
*EvenTheGuysWantHim: Both Oz and Gil apply.
*EvilIsSexy: Lotti, [[http://www.onemanga.com/Pandora_Hearts/23/00-cover/ so damn much]]. And this troper is sure that the author is[[http://www.onemanga.com/Pandora_Hearts/34/01/ aware of that]].
*EvilTwin: Will of the Abyss...[[OrIsIt or maybe not?]]
*EyeScream: Break is missing his left eye [[spoiler: because the Will of the Abyss ripped it out]].
*EyesOfGold: Vincent has one golden eye.
**Gilbert's eye color.
*FaceFramedInShadow: The leader of the Baskervilles.
*FailureKnight: [[spoiler:Break's]] {{backstory}}.
*FanNickname: The Will of the Abyss is called Alyss by many fans.
** Turns out the nickname is more [[LukeIAmYourFather appropriate]] than [[CainAndAbel it should be]].
*FeudingFamilies: Nightray and Bezarius.
*FetishFuel: So much... Noble dresses...
** The number of pieces of fanart on pixiv that have Gilbert either genderswitched, dressed as a maid or ''both'' is... Interesting, to say the least.
** There's also that odd poison antidote you can only give to people by ''frenching'' them, apparently...
*FutureBadass: Gilbert.
*GoAskAlice
*GrandTheftMe: Chapter 39 shows that [[spoiler: Glen has no permanent body of his own and must possess others to continue ruling the Baskerville household. 100 years ago, Gilbert was chosen to be his host. ]]
*GreenEyes: Oz
*HairOfGold: Jack is a male example, although he doesn't think he is [[TheHero a hero]] at all.
*HellishPupils: Lottie's pupils make it easy to tell that she's creepy.
*HeyItsThatVoice: The Baskerville's leader is [[TearsToTiara Arawn]].
**Gilbert's Drama CD voice is that [[BloodPlus other utterly devoted butler/servant]].
*HiddenWeapons: Break's cane is a concealed sword.
**Echo and Lottie both have hidden knives up their sleeves. Oz also pulls that in one of the first episodes, while posessed by Alice.
*HoYay: Oz and Gil have a close relationship, and Gil seems to enjoy finding an excuse to touch Oz and unbutton his shirt. In addition, Gil's devotion to Oz can seem somewhat... [[{{Understatement}} Obsessive]] at times. Although ''there is'' a reason for it, it's unlikely to discourage the [[{{Shipping}} shipping.]] [[{{YaoiFangirl}} At]] [[{{SlashFic}} all.]]
**Gil's younger brother, Vincent, is extremely possessive of him.
**And then there's [[spoiler:Jack and Glen Baskerville]], tragic "best friends".
**Hell, even Break and Liam have their occasional moments. It's most apparent around Chapters 30-32 and Chapter 42.
*IHaveTheHighGround: Alice goes out of her way to provide examples for this trope.
*ImprobableWeaponUser: Bea Rabbit uses a scythe. Later on, so does [[spoiler:''Oz'']], who offhandedly [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] how, strangely, his body knows exactly how to use it.
*IntimateHealing: [[spoiler: Vincent feeds Echo with his mouth the antidote to the poison he fed her and Sharon to prove to Break that the antidote really works.]]
*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Elliot. Some might say he's just a {{tsundere}} though.
**Arguably, Break. It's not always obvious that he does have a heart, but he's got his moments.
*KidAnova: Oz ''really'' likes younger girls.
*KidWithTheLeash: Several contractors, Oz and the little girl they meet early on.
*KillerRabbit: In white and black varieties.
*[[KnightTemplarBigBrother Knight Templar Younger Brother]]: Vincent.
*LaserGuidedAmnesia: Conversely, TraumaInducedAmnesia.
*LesYay: Sharon likes to dress Alice up and even got her to call her big sister.
** And there's also Lotti, Ada, and the poison. Not that I'm complaining, [[YuriFanboy Heavens no!]]
*{{Lolicon}}: ''[[YourMileageMayVary Kinda.]]'' Oz never misses a chance to flirt with younger girls, but he's 15, [[SoYeah so....]]
** Though after [[spoiler: escaping the abyss]], he's technically ''25'', so there we have it.
**[[spoiler:Jack]] and Alice, anyone ? Although we don't really know her age, he refers to her as "a sweet, cute little girl" as well as a "very precious person".
*TheMadHatter
*MarshmallowHell: Done to Oz by Lottie, notably.
*MartyrWithoutACause: Oz
*MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler: What Vincent pulled off with Gilbert]] in chapter 33 has elements of this.
*MustHaveNicotine: Gilbert has tried to quit smoking ''eight times'' but to no avail. A special manga omake even chronicled [[HilarityEnsues his ninth time trying to quit.]]
*{{Nakama}}: In volume eight, Alice uses this to refer to Oz, Gil, Break, and herself, while Oz and Gil snatch Break into a pseudo-group hug. [[CrowningMomentofHeartwarming It is adorable.]]
*MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: With both Jack Vessalius and Glen Baskerville.
*NamesToKnowInAnime: AkiraIshida voices Break in the anime.
**JunFukuyama voices Vincent and KappeiYamaguchi is Cheshire.
**Yui Horie is Sharon's voice in the drama CDs.
*{{Necromantic}}: The goal of many an [[DealWithTheDevil illegal contract]], which usually fail to work and backfire horribly on the contractor.
*NiceHat: Gilbert's hat is very becoming on him.
** There's also Break's chain, the MadHatter. However, although it is a nice looking hat, seeing it is ''not'' a [[FamilyUnfriendlyDeath good sign]]. Break himself sometimes sports one.
*NightmareFuel: Chains
** [[http://www.onemanga.com/Pandora_Hearts/41/08/ "No matter how insecure...No matter how terrifying...If it is destroyed...I will...Be able to laugh."]]
*ObfuscatingStupidity: Break
*OlderThanTheyLook: Break and Sharon don't age during the ten year timeskip.
**Oz also counts,as he's really a 25 year old stuck in a 15 year old's body.
**Rufus Barma is a man in his seventies, but you wouldn't know by looking at him.
**Lottie and the rest of the Baskervilles seemed to apply, but [[spoiler: Chapter 41 clarified that the Baskervilles fell into the Abyss 100 years ago and popped out in the present time - making them a normal age after all.]]
**[[spoiler: [[SplitPersonality Zwei/Echo]] seems to apply to this as well.]]
*OverprotectiveDad: Subverted a bit with Oscar. (Don't ever tell him you think his precious neice Ada is Hawt.)
*PaperFanOfDoom: Sharon, her mother ''and'' her grandmother. Don't even think about messing with the Lainsworth women.
** Hell, Sharon has ''dozens'' of them hidden in her dress all the time! In two colors, white and yellow!
*PeekABangs: Break's bangs cover the left side of his face, [[spoiler:but this is because his eye socket is empty.]]
*PowerTrio: Oz, Alice, and Gilbert.
*QuirkyMinibossSquad: Lottie, Fang and Doug
*RedEyesTakeWarning: Vincent was discriminated against [[spoiler:one hundred years ago]] because of his red eye.
*RapunzelHair: Jack. A braid that long... fluttering in the wind?
*RipVanWinkle: [[spoiler:10 years passed while Oz was in the Abyss.]]
*RoomFullOfCrazy: Alice is in one when she first appears.
*RulesOfOrphanEconomics: Jack pretty much randomly decides to adopt Vincent and Gilbert,making him his "servents" and just being incredibly kind and awesome and takes care of them until something goes [[AFateWorseThanDeath horribly,''horribly'']] wrong. [[spoiler: Tragedy of Sabrie]]
*ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: How Oz and the gang manage to get away with most of the stuff they do. (They work for [[OddlySmallOrganization Pandora]])
*SlasherSmile: Lotta people. Especially the Baskervilles
*SmarterThanYouLook: Oz is a lot more clever then he likes to let on.
*SmartPeoplePlayChess: Vincent has one particular scene where he shows his badass-ness in a game of chess.
*SmokingIsCool: Gil,who can often be seen with a cigarette in his mouth in angsty situations.
*SpellMyNameWithAnS: Was it Bezalius or Vessalius? Bezarius?
**And is it Reo or Leo? Sharon, or Shalon? Elliot with double 'l's or with a single?
***Don't forget Sabrié, actually Sablier (meaning 'Hourglass' in French)
****Don't even get me started on 'Liam' vs 'Reim'...
*SpotOfTea: Break and Sharon are almost always drinking tea.
*SplitAtBirth: Alice and Will of the Abyss. [[{{Understatement}} Seriously.]]
*StoicSpectacles: Liam.
**This troper would hardly call Liam STOIC. He's one of the more expressive characters, I think. ...Well, expressive at being panicked, flustered, paranoid, etc...
**This trooper thinks that this trope would be more befitting to Leo who hardly reacts to anything at ''all''.
*SweetTooth: Break and Sharon, but especially Break.
*TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Elliot gave a nice, lengthy, angry one to Oz.
*TheOjou: Sharon is a prime example of this, along with her mother and grandmother.
*ThoseTwoGuys: Elliot and Leo. Their usually being in the same place at the same time is justified by Leo being Elliot's servant. It's likely they'll pop up in the plot of the story again, considering Elliot's ominous [[RecurringDreams recurring]] [[BadDreams nightmare]] and that he's [[spoiler:heir to the Nightlay house.]]
*ToyShip: Oz and Sharon? Alice? ...ECHO?
*TookALevelInBadass: Gilbert it seems after Oz has been gone for 10 years. But we quickly find out that he's not so much a badass,as he is [[CowardlyLion incredibly good at putting up a tough front]]. But still miles more badass than the [[CuteShotaroBoy timid little kid]] we start out with.
*{{Tsundere}}: Alice is a prime example.
**Sharon and Echo have tsundere qualities as well.
***Echo is really more of a {{kuudere}}, given that she's just {{deadpan}} rather than violent.
**Elliot is called a tsundere by the fanbase.
*{{Uke}}: GILBERT. 'Nuff said.
*UnsoundEffect: All over the place...
*WellDoneSonGuy: Oz
*WeWouldHaveToldYouBut: Episode 8. [[spoiler: Break and the rest of Pandora use Oz,Gil and Alice as bait to see what the Baskervilles would/could/are capable are doing.]]
*WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Gil fears cats. With a passion.
*{{Yandere}}: Lottie, [[spoiler: Will of the Abyss]] definitely. Probably [[spoiler: Oz]] as well. Vincent.
**[[spoiler: Gil's devotion has a pretty dark edge. Hinted early in; outright shown in chapter 33, where Vincent goads him into saying/resolving to kill anyone who hurts or snatches his master away from him - ''no matter who it is.'']]
*YouSaidYouWouldLetThemGo: [[spoiler: Vincent promises Break an antidote to cure Sharon if he destroy Alice's memories. When Break obeys, Vincent [[MoralEventHorizon drops it off the balcony]].]]
*YouShouldKnowThisAlready: [[spoiler:10 years passed while Oz was in the Abyss, and [[SheIsAllGrownUp Raven is Gilbert]].]]
*YourDaysAreNumbered: Break. He explains throughly that although he still [[OlderThanTheyLook looks young]],he's essentially rotting on the inside and his 2 chains put an extremely heavy strain on him.
*ZettaiRyouiki: At times, Lotti.
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