The Chick / The Heart: France (The most traditionally bishonen and always romantic)
Sixth Ranger: Canada (Whose presence is rarely noticed by the other Allies and sometimes mistaken for America.)
Flower Motifs: Fandom never misses an opportunity to depict Russia with sunflowers and England with roses (England's national flower). And then there's France and his own roses...
The Minnesota Fats: America and England have a bit of a rivalry. No matter what England does, America does it better. But on Halloween, England takes advantage of America's fear of ghosts and wins their competition of who will be scared first 87 years straight. (However, when America enlists Japan's help...)
Red Oni, Blue Oni: America is cheerful, idealistic, brash, if a little too much. England is his cynical, grouchy, critical, sometimes underhand, longtime 'frenemy'.
Tsundere: England is heavy on The Smirk, especially◊ when◊ around◊ America◊. When he's in deredere mode, though, he sometimes shows such vulnerability that he qualifies as The Woobie. He's also called Tsundere by both fandom andWord Of God (specifically, the Drama CDs and some author notes).
America is an odd variation of the Type B Tsundere. He has a penchant for stepping on people's toes with his rampant KY-ness, cheerful Love Freak mannerisms and occasional bouts of arrogance, but England seems to be the only one he deliberately teases and yanks his emotions around. On the other hand, he shows sadness and melancholy as he remembers their past together and also displays childish yet genuine worry when the other's sick (once he even brings him back to life with his teasing), he complains about England's food but eats it anyway, and for all his complaints and teasings, he seems to hold genuine affection for England.
Vitriolic Best Buds: England has this kind of relationship with both America and France, to varying extents.
To a lesser extent, the Allies are this. They bicker a lot and only barely manage to get along, but in the end they've got each other's backs.
England: That's why! The alien and friends over there, just shut up! You have been trying to irritate me since just now.
America: Even if you said that, the truth is you just wanted to sleep together in the same room in the same way we did in the past, right?
Tony: Love me bubu. Kiss me bubu.
The dub also lampshades this, with France asking if they're done "releasing sexual tensions".
US of A - Alfred F. Jones
Now is the time we allies must take a stand for the sake of the world! Should we not fight in the name of justice? Let our hammer of righteousness strike deep into the heart of this evil! Starting with this lame-o Italy!
Attention Whore: So much so that, when he isn't the center of attention, he loses his will to do absolutely anything.
Big Eater: America loves all matter of junk food, especially hamburgers. One strip features him becoming concerned about his weight causing him to try out different diets. (He still appears fit no matter what, of course.) "My vocabulary can be a little intimidating; I'll stop eating this absurd pile of hamburgers so you can focus better."
Apparently he hides tons of sweets and junk food under his clothes. Observe.
Boisterous Bruiser: America is very eager and happy to fight the Axis Powers.
To explain: Himaruya used him to demonstrate an American movie that was heavy on Cluster F-Bomb.
Cool Plane: Planes seem to be a motif, seeing as he has one on his bomber jacket and likes to show England his airplane designs. He has one in the third chapter which comes from a design in an old Disney cartoon.
Stealth Insult: From England, but America doesn't seem to bother hiding his response.
England: Such a (stupid) design is beyond me, of course. How (stupid) like you, America.
America: Okay—let's start from the be-gin-ning! England, you're my backup! Next, France! You're my backup! Uh, who's next...China, I'll have him as my backup. Lastly, Russia! Yours is the grave duty of backing me up!
Russia: Um, may I ask a question? What will you do?
Friend to All Living Things: As a child, he loved playing with bunnies. As an adult, he befriends whales and even aliens (hi, Tony). Ironically, this doesn't mean that he cares one bit about global warming, though.
He's probably more interested in the giant robot aspect... (see his birthday strip)
Recently taken to even more extreme levels with him being friends with the unicorn England gave him for his bicentennial, even though he still can't see it.
Genius Ditz: Very good with aircraft and computers, despite his lack of common sense and geography skills.
Global Ignorance: The embodiment of the trope. In one strip he mentions that he gets a headache whenever he has to look at any map that's not of himself.
Humiliation Conga: He gets one handed down by him during the Great Depression when he screwed up and racked up a huge debt causing the other nations' ecenomies to blunder except Russia's.
This has been retconned to represent the recent recession. Worse yet, America's cold spreads.
The Great Depression is too big for any mere metaphor. Here it is.
Instant Waking Skills: In the drama CD, he goes from being half-awake to on his feet rushing to get ready for work when he sees he's going to be late (thankfully for him Lithuania readied everything for him).
It Runs on Nonsensoleum: He comes up with crazy inventions like a gun that makes people fall in love or a giant space robot to stop global warming. They never seem to get very far.
To be more specific, the gun was meant to make enemy soldiers fall in love with each other. If you thought it was just a joke, the joke's on you.
Justice Will Prevail: He says things such as "Should we not fight in the name of justice?" and "I support you in the name of justice!".
Large Ham: He is often very energetic and loud, commanding all the attention for himself.
Not to mention the character songs. There's a reason why it's HAMburger street, evidently.
Love Freak: He is "a nation of pioneers who think of everything in a positive light, is quick to take action, and loves heroes, justice, freedom, as well as hamburgers." He also gives a Rousing Speech talking about justice and defeating the evil Axis Powers in the beginning of Chapter Two.
Purely Aesthetic Glasses: America actually doesn't need his glasses for any vision purposes. The glasses represent Texas (he gets them around the time of its annexation) but it really looks like an opportunity to make himcuter.
Sensitive Guy and Manly Man: His relationship with Canada is often portrayed as this, with him as the manly man.
Slasher Smile: America has this while wielding a chainsaw along with Scary Shiny Glasses. Probably the only time America didn't look his normal self. Though it was only scary due to Canada's paranoia, as America was just using his chainsaw normally.
Suspiciously Specific Denial: At the Allied Forces meeting, America and the pictures of the different Allies on the chalkboard. The others figure it out though. Interestingly, they work it out not just because he's the only one praising it, but also because he points out it's obviously done in American cartoon style.
It doesn't help that his own portrait is the only one that has sparkles around it.
Adaptation Dye Job: Alternatively appears with dark or light blond hair in the manga, but it became a saturated yellow-blond shade for the anime.
All Love Is Unrequited: He apparently has a crush on America. The most obvious hint is the Valentine's strip where England gives America some chocolates while blushing and being all embarrassed. America giving mixed signals (mocking England in one moment, claiming to be hurt because England didn't give him Valentine's chocolates in the next) doesn't exactly help matters, and neither does the fact that they're both Tsundere and heavy on the tsun.
Big Ol' Eyebrows: A sign of being a gentleman. Or something. And they're even bigger in the anime.
Big Screwed-Up Family: Due to the expansive nature of the British Empire and subsequent Commonwealth, fandom sometimes depicts him as the head of a large extended family including (so far): Australia, Canada, Cameroon, Hong Kong, Sealand, Seychelles, New Zealand and the USA.
Black Magic: His specialty. At one point, he tries to summon something evil and ends up with Russia.
White Magic: His Britannia Angel magic is a little less evil. Well, a lot sillier.
The British Invasion: As well as a pirate, he is also depicted as a rock guitarist◊ in fan artworks (twice in official art), most probably as a nod to England's famous rock heritage.
Cassandra Truth: Even though England can see magical creatures (such as Flying Mint Bunny and the Japanese demons who are slowly fading away from the country's consciousness), almost nobody else can. So whenever he starts interacting with them, everyone else assumes he's gone off his rocker.
Other countries seem to be able to see the creatures when they go to England's house. America sees them on Halloween.
Of course the only one who actually believes him is Norway, who can also see magical creatures as shown in Hetalia Bloodbath 2011.
Cloak and Dagger: England is the best of the Allied Forces when it comes to spying.
England: ...When it comes to spies, no country can beat the great England!
Cluster F-Bomb: He has the filthiest mouth of all the characters. Besides Tony, of course.
Code Name of sorts: He's England but he represents the entire United Kingdom as well, so in the Japanese original he's called "Britain" (igirisu), even in historical periods when Great Britain didn't exist.
In Japanese fanworks he's usually called by his "real name", England (ingurando) by his older brothers, and sometimes by other countries as well before the 18th century.
Cool Chair: He once tries to get back at America by tricking him into sitting on "Yorkshire's Infamous 'Sit and You Die' Busby Stoop Chair". Russia gets to it first and manages to out-evil it, causing it to explode.
Covert Pervert: In the first chapter of the (published) manga, "Meeting of the World" he's reading porn during the meeting. France cites several sexual records held by British people. And then there's his "battle uniform". Fandom often depicts him as secretly being kinkier than France.
France even asserts that this is the case, telling him that he's giving his title of the "Erotic Ambassador" to him.
Cuteness Proximity: England is very affectionate to the nice spirits that follow him around (i.e, Flying Mint Bunny, a unicorn, Captain Hook, and Tinkerbell). Since no one else can see those spirits, they assume he's gone a little crazy.
Darker and Edgier: Due to the extensive and unpleasant history of British imperalism, he is extremely prone to this trope in fanworks, sometimes to the point of being an irredeemable Manipulative Bastard. May overlap with the Die for Our Ship entry below.
Doting Older Brother: Towards little America, at any rate. He's not nearly as close to Canada (whom he occasionally mistakes for America), let alone Sealand.
Dressing as the Enemy: He does this when he's trying to escape from Italy. (He even makes himself a fake Ahoge.) He even succeeds, until Germany notices that unlike the other Italians, he's not hitting on the pretty girls walking by.
Drowning My Sorrows: Apparently when he gets really drunk he tends to go on about that ungrateful whelp America leaving him.
Dying Declaration of Love: During the 'England is about to die' strips, he tells America that despite their bickering he doesn't actually hate him and seems to try to say something else until Death smothered him. He gets better, of course. The dub version of this scene actually has England say "America, I'm in lo—" before he was offed.
Expository Hairstyle Change: Parodied when a young England fails to pull one and France tricks him into fixing it... cutting it back to its original length.
That was because of him being (stereotypically) English, though. Germany didn't recognize him until he started behaving differently than real Italians (e.g. not checking out pretty girls).
He Is All Grown Up: England leaves young America to return to his country, telling the boy to do his best and become strong. When he comes back, England is shocked to find that America has grown to be taller than him. He has a similar nightmare about Sealand actually growing up and becoming a country.
Hospital Hottie: He's dressed as one in the 2011 April Fools special.
Incurable Cough of Death: Was shown to be prone to coughing up blood during the bicentennial strip. Kinda explained by the fact that he's apparently always gets sick whenever the word 'independence' is mentioned.
Lethal Chef: A running gag is that his lack of taste is directly responsible for America's food culture.
"Listen and be amazed!" No one is impressed by his sudden discovery of 'hard-boiled egg' technology.
Really redefines 'lethal' when Prussia tries out his cooking in his Drama CD and it nearly kills him. England's response is simply to try serving better tasting food next time.
Not so Above It All: He rejects a naked France's invitation to "join him in feeling 'open' today" because he doesn't want to be associated with France's reputation. France calls him out on it◊, stating a number of sexual records held by British people.
Only Sane Man: He usuallysometimes occasionally takes up this role with the Allies. Of course, 95% of the time, he's Not so Above It All.
Overly-Long Name: He's a bit self-conscious about his very long name (the "UK of GB and NI," not "England").
Parental Favouritism: He always did prefer America over all his other territories. And America's also the one he's most sore over when it came to his independence.
Power Gives You Wings: In his Britannia Angel form, he grows a pair of white feathery wings.
Perpetual Frowner: Though not as much as your average perpetual frowner, you have to admit that Fanon and canon don't exactly depict him as the happiest person around.
Pirate: A huge amount of fan-art depicts him during his swashbuckling, colonial past.
Stepford Snarker: A lot of fanworks portray him as this, digging deep into the loss of his empire and colonies and his seemingly bad youth. Those fanworks tend to have him sporting Tsunshun as well.
Unlike the fandom's America's Stepford Snarker tendencies, this might in fact even be canon, though YMMV.
What Could Have Been: Himaruya originally considered giving him normal thin eyebrows, as well as making him an older man who attempted to dress trendy and younger. He changed his mind on the eyebrows after deciding he wanted them to mimic the brow patterns of a Shiba dog.
What Do You Mean, It's Not Awesome?: In one episode, England invents machines for boiling the 'perfect egg' and brewing the 'perfect beer.' Nobody is very impressed.
When He Smiles: During one of the Christmas strips where he's playing soccer with Germany during the war times, he has a genuine smile seen here◊.
Wimpification: He's another common victim of this treatment in fanworks.
Workaholic: He seems to be this in the 2010 Bloodbath where he would rather work all night instead of celebrating Christmas.
Russia - Ivan Braginski
I've always been alone, so it's great seeing everyone so alive. Besides, soon it'll be the last chance I can see their faces. Whenever I imagine how they'd look begging for mercy, I can't help but smile.
Adaptation Dye Job: His hair varies between being platinum blond or a golden-dark blond in manga artwork. The anime chose to render his hair in a beige tone (which it originally appeared as in trading card art).
Biggus Dickus: Implied in one episode where he sends America a box of 25 cm condoms, which are considered "extra small" (for those who know nothing of the metric system, 25 cm is between 9 to 10 inches).
Blessed with Suck: Russia has General Winter around all the time. He despises the constant bitter cold but during wartime Winter is on his side.
Character Development: The reason for many fanfic writers to be at odds with his characterization. Let's just say that Russia is at his worst during the Soviet Era strips and at his best in the modern day ones (though he still has his moments).
Despair Event Horizon: He reaches a breaking point in "Bloody Sunday", has a Freak Out and becomes a Cute and Psycho. It's speculated in fandom that he was driven even more towards the edge by the fall and death of the Romanovs.
Freudian Excuse: It's implied that he turned insane mainly because of his horrible history, which included him being implicitly tormented by General Winter during his childhood, bullied by other nations as a kid, and witnessing many tragedies and wars.
Husky Russkie: Russia is the tallest of the characters with a given height. His thick clothing caused one fan to ask the author if he's fat, and Russia responded "I'm big-boned." So, Russia is the largest character because:
Big Beautiful Man: What many fangirls see him as. In fact, if fanartists draw him without chub, it's almost a sure thing that they'll get told "he's too skinny, damn it!"
Jerk Ass Woobie: Yep, he abuses his subordinates like you wouldn't believe and it's seen as comedy. But the moment you learn whyhe's so fucked up, you can't help but want to hug him.
Lighter and Softer: Himaruya's latest strips (and specially the Hetalia Bloodbath 2010) amp up his Adult Child quirks more than the Psychopathic Manchild ones. He was pretty harmless in the last Christmas/New Years special and got captured pretty easily, and his new profile◊ mentions how he really wants to have more friends. Not to mention, in the April's Fools strips he was among the first to "surrender"...
Mad Love: Goes both ways, actually. He shows his obsession with Lithuania, the only one who seems to make him happy, through stalking and emotional and physical abuse. He's also on the receiving end of Mad Love when it comes to his little sister Belarus...
Madness Mantra: His "kolkolkolkol" chant, referring to the "Kolkhoz".
Moving into Epileptic Trees territory, it might also be a reference to a popular Russian riddle: turn the nonsensical word kolokolokolokola into a meaningful Russian phrase by inserting just two spaces. Since the riddle is unknown outside the Russian-speaking countries it is most likely just a coincidence (if anyone is interested, the correct answer is kol okolo kolokola, "a stake next to a bell").
Made of Iron: Per his boss's orders, he had to stop a tank with his body. And still managed to attend the Allies meeting with a trail of blood following him. France is nonplussed, considering it is Russia.
Pet the Dog: The printed manga and the anime give him a genuine affection for Ukraine, as much as his insanity and childishness lets him.
He apparently has a soft spot for cats. At least his own cat loves him.
Playful Hacker: He's mentioned in the 2010 Bloodbath and Fantasia 2 "tinkering" with his computer.
Psychopathic Manchild: Russia is described as having the cruelty of a child. He even has a high, childish voice. (To hammer the point home, as mentioned, he shares his VA with Gluttony from Fullmetal Alchemist.) Flanderized horribly in the fandom. In canon, he says creepy things and stalks people from around corners but has only actually done anything a handful of times, and none of it was sexual (except possibly the time he put Lithuania in a French maid outfit and whipped him while he was working).
His voice is less high in the dub, probably to make him sound more Russian.
Sedgwick Speech: "I'm Russian, I know everything about snow!" Sadly he knows nothing about parachuting. (He lives, but ow.)
Stepford Smiler: At one point, he sends England into a screaming fit of terror just by sitting and smiling pleasantly.
Slasher Smile: After smiling calmly, Russia usually pulls this out by the end of a strip he's in.
Sunny Sunflower Disposition: While the sunniness of his personality is mainly only on the exterior, his dream of living in a warm place surrounded by sunflowers is a major indicator that he really does have a "dere" side underneath his insanity.
Used to Be a Sweet Kid: The third and fourth manga volumes reveal him to have been a genuinely nice and friendly kid who just wanted to be friends with the nations who kept on bullying or avoiding him and snapped only when Prussia insisted on picking a fight with him. And even after that fight, he writes in his journal about how he hopes the Teutonic Knights will "come as friends, not enemies" the next time he meets them.
Vodka Drunkenski: "My favorite food would be pierogi and...vodka? It's my fuel, you see."
What Could Have Been: According to volume 3, at first he had dark hair, was middle-aged, and a crybaby who completely changed when he drank alcohol.
White Magic: The Orthodox Church curses Japan. It works.
The Worf Effect: During the 2010 Bloodbath, he was one of the first nations taken out and kidnapped. And this is after General Winter was also defeated.
Adaptation Dye Job: His hair color in the manga varies between being a golden blond to a darker, almost brown shade. In the anime, it's a bright yellow-blond.
Bi the Way: He's not above hitting on pretty girls (Hungary and Seychelles included) but you have to take his interactions with the other male countries into account.
Big Brother Mentor: To N. Italy, albeit more of a Trickster Mentor, taking the place of N. Italy's actual big brother. He was even England's mentor back in the day, probably one of the reasons why England hates him so much now.
He's very forgiving and occasionally protective of Italy despite the whole Fascist invasion thing. But he's still a bad influence.
Bling of War: France's WWI uniform. He tells America and England that their clothes are too drab, and they both retort "You're just too flashy!" (in the dub, America and England criticize France for wearing a cape as part of his war uniform). He agrees when he realizes it draws sniper fire. (Truth in Television, actually.)
Averted by his "cat boy twin" France 23: despite being naked all the time (since it's fashionable in his "home"), he becomes rather friendly once Sealand subjects him to Defeat Means Friendship.
Cheese Eating Surrender Monkeys: England is quick to point out France's reputation for being inept at warfare. In the English dub Britain calls France this word for word.
Dude He's Like Really Sick: He comes close to molesting England while the latter is tired and has a bad cold. America walks in before anything happens, to France's irritation.
Hidden Depths: There are some strips in which he leaves his lechery aside a little and shows a somewhat more serious side, specially marked by how he's surprisingly good at reading emotions. This shows clearly when he befriends Lisa aka the reincarnation of his friend Joan of Arc and in the re-drawn strip where he interacts with a French soldier who recognizes him as a nation-tan.
La Résistance: His most tangible contribution to the allies is spying. Or, given his reputation, possibly just freelance voyeurism, who knows?
Manipulative Bastard: He attempts to be one. Whether it works or not, he has "a little bird" to help him out. Naturally, he leads the way spreading nasty rumors about Germany.
At his best, he almost pulled off a Divide and Conquer against the Habsburgs. Divide, but not quite conquer.
Naked People Are Funny: Some of his antics. And mind you, he isn't content with being the only naked one during those moments. He devotes an entire Christmas special to taking off characters' shirts (and a bit more).
Odd Friendship: One of Himaruya's old notes mentioned his alliance with Russia.
Perma Stubble: When young, he had his face perfectly clean. As he grew up, though, he developed this.
Rape as Comedy: If in the same comic as another country, there's a good chance of this happening. Same deal in the anime at least three times (when he tried to force England to marry him, when he wanted England to take off his clothes to celebrate the Olympics, and when England was sick)
Sitcom Archnemesis: The only surefire way to keep England out of your house is to invite France. America observes that after 900 years of war the only thing that keeps these two old timers going is antagonizing each other.
Super Speed: He's fast. Not even America can catch up to him.
Supreme Chef: And tried to use his culinary skills to get baby!America to pick him over England, but failed. Later he also tried to bribe the kid into seeing him as a brother too, but though he liked his sweets, America was too used to England's bad food anyway.
Too Kinky to Torture: After his April Fool's rampage, some of his victims capture him and attempt to humiliate him in retaliation... only to find that he actually enjoys most of their punishment. Until Sweden comes up with a Cool and Unusual Punishment, that is.
Urban Legend Love Life: He's implied to be rather successful with his flirting outside of the nations, such as charming a maid in The Movie.
What Could Have Been: France was originally planned as a straight stereotype of a completely suave character, and he would have had visible wrinkles and shorter hair. Like America, he actually appeared in the strips with some of those physical characteristics before the Art Evolution hit.
PR of C - Wang Yao
What ruckus, this? Ah, England, France, and America fighting again. These lands of Europe, they like fighting so very much.
Adaptation Dye Job: Has black hair (most of the time) in the manga, but brown in the anime.
Adult Child: Tries his best to act as a mentor to others, often giving out advice or nagging. When he's not, he's cheerfully playing with Shinatty and other cute things.
Aiyaa Where Is My Respect Aru?!: A part of the drama track in China's character CD is about him trying to get the respect of Shinatty and his sister Taiwan and failing hilariously.
Taiwan: Shut up teacher!
China: T-Taiwan...!
Taiwan: Please, you need to keep quiet when you’re in public areas like this! If you’re too noisy, you’ll scare away all the birds and make the flowers die...
Shinatty: Please forgive us; the old man’s gone a bit crazy, he was having flashbacks about his childhood!
China: I’m not an old man! I’m young, cool, and hip!
Or alternatively, he can be seen as a Broken Hero, considering how he manages to remain relatively cheerful and upbeat even after everything he's gone through (he does angst about his problems from time to time, but it never really overtakes his character).
Fan Nickname: Frequently referred to as Nii-Ni (a play on the Japanese word for 'Big Brother', Oniisan) in the Japanese fanbase.
Fish out of Water: Like his brother Japan, he feels alienated sometimes in regards to the Allies.
Freudian Slip: There is a running joke in the Japanese fandom that China sang "Netto Chinko" (internet penis) instead of "Netto Jinko" (internet population) in his character song "Hello China".
Good Scars, Evil Scars: He has a single but large one across his back, after Japan injures him with his katana and leaves. We see it when he gets a massage from Korea.
Qipao: Any time China is forced to crossdress by whatever "antagonist" at that time will result in this. Best example in Bloodbath 2010 and April Fool 2011.
Verbal Tic: China ends most of his sentences with "aru", which is derived from a Japanese stereotype of Chinese people. When talking to England (for example in the Britannia Angel strip) "aru" sometimes changes to "ahen" which means "opium".
This is actually Truth in Television, as adding 'ar' onto the ends of sentences is one of the most prominent features of the Beijing dialect of Mandarin.
What Could Have Been: According to volume 3 he originally had short hair, glasses, and was more like Austria in personality.
Who Wants to Live Forever?: China's profile lists him as four-thousand years old and immortal, so this characterization is popular fanon. Also his character song "Aiyaa Four-Thousand Years" seems to take this stance.
With Friends Like These: Even when the Allies start getting Japan off his back, they still keep picking on him. There's also a webcomic strip that shows England, France and Russia "comforting" him after the Boxer Rebellion by saying that he should give them territory or live with them.
Yandere: While Japan is the Asian most frequently portrayed as one in fanon, there's more than one fanart (mostly on Pixiv) that have China becoming one over his siblings's departures. Hong Kong and Taiwan are the most common fanon targets of his obsession.
