Flower Motifs: Russia is sometimes seen with sunflowers. In one strip, Russia tells Lithuania that he dreams of "living in a warm place surrounded by sunflowers". They put the "dere" in Yandere for him.
Latvia attacks Sealand with a Lily of the Valley at one point (which is, interestingly, Finland's national flower), the first hint of his Yandere or Cute and Psycho potential.
Rye fields. Just... dear God, the rye fields.
Hair Decorations: Both Ukraine and Belarus use hairbands. Ukraine also adds some hairpins.
Odd Friendship / Opposites Attract: Poland is cheerful and hyper, Lithuania is gentle and kind. At some point they even were in an alliance, which is pretty much assumed to them having been married. (To be fair, the alliance itself did start with the marriage of their bosses, Duke Jagiello of Lithuania and Queen Jadwiga of Poland)
The Chew Toy: Ukraine and the Baltic States — Latvia and Lithuania in particular.
Truth in Television applies for this one, particularly if you toss Poland into the mix as these countries have been the traditional Chew Toy of Europe and have been frequently invaded and conquered. Most of these countries have spent more time under the foot of the more powerful countries for the last millennium.
Yandere / Cute and Psycho: Russia, Russia, Russia. Latvia shows signs of this as well, likely because of Russia. Also, Russia's sister Belarus: she is obsessed with her older brother, is often represented with a knife, and shares Russia's penchant of abusing people who show care for her - especially Lithuania... Heck, Belarus is soYanderiffic that Russia is scared of her!
Adaptation Dye Job: Has light blond hair and Green Eyes in the manga, but dark blond hair and deep blue eyes in the anime.
Author Avatar: Himaruya had once mentioned that he's the closest to Estonia based on looks and personality. It would certainly explain why all the weird stuffhappens to him...
Bishie Sparkle: Gets this in a couple of strips for some reason.
Brother Pennybags: Estonia is the rich one of the Baltic states and always happy to help them out. One strip is an advertising pitch for more tourism. He is also described as a Honors Student and 'reeks of money'.
Shrinking Violet: To the extreme. When Russia wonders why Latvia's always twitching when he's around, he grabs Latvia and demands he stop. Latvia does... but goes into a coma and almost dies. Cut to Estonia's horrified screams.
Finland: He's usually so kind, but in battle his aura and face change.
Diving Save: In the Battle of Tannenburg, Lithuania saves Poland just as Prussia is about to bring a sword down on his head, as well as having a knife against Prussia's throat. Poland lampshades the trope when he remarks on how Lithuania was "totally late".
Horrible Judge of Character: Lithuania and Poland's friendship comes off as extremely one-sided, and though Lithuania is frequently exasperated by Poland's antics, he still works hard to stay with and protect him. After all, the alternative is Russia.
A scanlated strip has a dream sequence in which a younger Lithuania tells Poland that he hates him for being so selfish. Poland's response? "I, like, totally don't care what [Lithuania] thinks of me. Even if you, like, hate me, it totally doesn't change that I like you." Then he says that he'll try to be less selfish. The expression he uses in Japanese can also just as easily mean 'love'.
In-Series Nickname: Poland calls Lithuania "Liet"; it comes from Lietuvos, the endonym for Lithuania.
Love Martyr: Lithuania's one-sided crush on Belarus certainly comes off as this trope. He constantly overlooks her violent tendencies... hell, he was perfectly okay with her breaking all of his fingers.
Actually he just didn't notice, and Belarus' violent tendencies either, it's made apparant that he didn't realize the condition his fingers were in til Poland pointed it out and even then he just assumed that his fingers could bend that way while Belarus broke his remaining nonfractured fingers.
Not so Above It All: Sure, most of the time Lithuania is portrayed as a genuine Nice Guy amongst the insanity of Russia and Poland, but he does occasionally express frustration, particularly with Poland.
Spell My Name with an S: So was it Laurinaitis, Lolinaitis, Rolinatis, or what? Also, Toris? Taurys? Tauras?
Or Tolys, which exists and is actually Lithuanian.
Tolys is only a shortening, and the names it shortens are extremely uncommon anyway.
To wit: You know you're wimpified when you're regularly shown being topped by a crossdresser that loves ponies and talks like a Valley Girl.
Yamato Nadeshiko: He qualifies as a male version: he's sweet, hard-working, good at cooking and housekeeping, and a massive Woobie.
Yank the Dog's Chain: He never seems to get what he wants. Because of Russia, Poland and Lithuania are split apart. For a while, Lithuania works for America and much prefers that life, but the Great Depression hits and he has to go back to working for Russia. When he finally gets a date with his crush Belarus, she breaks his fingers.
Poland - Feliks Łukasiewicz
Do you think our wheat would sell more if we dyed it, like, blue?
Voiced by: Kazutada Tanaka (JP), Ryan Bijan (EN, Hetalia: Axis Powers), Joel McDonald (EN Hetalia: World Series)
Poland: I'll invoke Poland's rule! It'll always be my turn!
Character Development: Starts as veryselfish and childish, starts to mature later. He's one of the few who stand up to Russia, after all, and does so to protect Lithuania.
Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: In Hetaween 2011, he tried to bring a horse to the party, and then spends the entire time sitting on a toy horse, running after butterflies, looking at flowers and being generally distracted before falling asleep, still on his toy horse.
Cultural Posturing: Poland used to treat Lithuania like his lackey and tried to make Liet live like him. Without any bad intentions, yeah, but still not the best thing.
Dandere: He's anti social to strangers but with people he knows he's talkative.
The Determinator: Hinted at being one in his character profile: no matter how much he gets beaten up, he keeps rising back "like a phoenix". Plus, it's accurate.
Platonic Life Partners: Kinda hinted to be this with Hungary, which is supported by the historical connections between both nations. She refers to him as "Po-chan", to start.
Shrinking Violet: Variation. He seems to be outgoing and cheery when around people he's close to, but when confronted with someone he doesn't know, he sometimes backs off and clings to or hides behind the nearest person.
Wimpification: Fanfic frequently does this to him due to his crossdressing tendencies. Or, in other words, when Liet isn't made into an uke Fragile Flower, it's because Poland has fallen victim to it instead.
Abhorrent Admirer: Oh, Russia. Of course, he acknowledges that his little sister is a very pretty girl - it's just her Knife Nut tendencies that make her abhorrent.
Adaptation Dye Job: She is best known for being a platinum blonde in the manga illustrations and assorted merchandise, though the anime gives her dark blonde hair.
Annoying Little Sister: Not only to Russia and Ukraine, but according to some manga notes, America also views her like that since he had to take care of her for a while.
Blue Eyes: Although occasionally she gets Purple Eyes in a few illustrations and some fanart.
Boisterous Bruiser: Seems to have gotten this characterization as of late.
Girl with Psycho Weapon: In the first volume of the manga and the first episode of the anime, Belarus is seen holding a knife to Latvia. Since she's a Yandere, well...
Hair Decorations: Wears a ribbon on her head, which is later revealed to be a headband.
Hair-Trigger Temper: She's not a nice person to have around, unless Russia's in the area.
Hot Blooded: When it comes to Russia. Or someone competing against Russia.
Contrast with Monica, who is verymuch in her element. That said, those parts were a departure for her at the time, so she's growing into a new "type" here.
Plucky Girl: In Russia's words, she is one. "In a negative way", he adds.
Subliminal Seduction: Subverted in that she seems to be trying this during the 2011 Bloodbath by watching Lithuania sleep with a Battle Aura around her, telling him to revere Russia. Oddly enough, it seems to work in that he has a dream about him.
The Unfavorite: She treats the other Baltics so badly because she thinks she is Russia's Unfavorite because of them. Hell, she's even jealous of Ukraine, even though this might be more of The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry.
Belarus: Dear brother... Why will you not give your signature to our marriage papers? Have you already chosen another one to give your signature to? ...YOU! IT'S YOU! THIS WAS YOUR DOING! UNFORGIVABLE! UNFORGIVABLE! UNFORGIVABLE!
Ukraine: I'm sorry for being such a bewitching older sister...
What Could Have Been: According to this blog entry, Belarus originally was supposed to be a brunette and quite more mellow and stable. A remnant of this idea can be seen in her first colored manga appearance, where her facial expression when threatening Latvia is a little less severe, while her hair and eyes are both colored brown.
Volume 3 notes also revealed that Himaruya played around with the idea of a Tsundere Belarus who was hot-tempered and constantly nagging.
When She Smiles: In the latest Christmas series, one of Finland's tasks is to get a shot of Belarus smiling. Once convinced that Russia is watching the show, she gives us this◊ (before assaulting Finland). Wow.
She also gives a very small, almost unnoticeable smirk at the end of the 2011 Halloween Event that is also very adorable.
Ukraine
I'm sorry, little Russia! I'm sure we'll meet again! Waaaaah!
Fan Nickname: To make up for her lack of a proper "human name" fans call her Yekaterina "Katyusha" Braginskaya, her surname being the female variant of Russia's last name (Braginsky) and Yekaterina (Catherine/Katherine) being a common enough name for Slavic females.
In a recent blog entry, Himaruya listed Irunya, Maria, and Sofia as suggested names for her, along with Chernenko as a possible surname.
Flower in Her Hair: Wears a wreath of flowers with her traditional clothes.
Fragile Flower: Her aforementioned economy-related woes and failure to get more friends outside the Baltic and Soviet circles often leave the poor girl quite... distressed. And tearful.
Gag Boobs: In the anime, Ukraine's enormous breasts go constantly "boing" and make strange little noises as she moves. Obviously this is highly symbolic; it is a well-known fact that Ukraine has huge tracts of land. *rimshot*
Gainaxing: Obviously, the anime takes it and cranks it Up to Eleven. With beach ball bouncing sound effects!
Russia: Nobody's answering the door. Latvia: Is that her? Do I hear booby bounce?
Hot Chick with a Sword: Carries a saber in a sketch of her military uniform, possibly hinting at some hidden Lady of War tendencies.
Team Mom: Ukraine was this for Belarus and Russia when they were children; she gave Russia a scarf once when he was cold, and he still wears it as his trademark. She's also said to be the one who fixes her siblings' Yandere screw-ups, and is among the few nation-tans that Russia shows his almost nonexistent deredere side to.
Russia (on Ukraine): "She has a big heart and is often targeted because of it. She's a bit of a crybaby too."
Also takes care of Poland in the Halloween Event, so it may be implied that she is also this to the rest of the Eastern Block nations.
What Could Have Been: Ukraine was to originally have a more average-sized chest, but in contrast, her personality would have been less dignified and she was to be even more unlucky.
Yandere: Her character song with Belarus hints that she is the same as she is in terms of her feelings for Russia. She even apologizes for being a "Bewitching sister". Guess it runs in the family.
Speaking of "Bewitching sister", she sounds more "mockingly sorry" than "honestly sorry".
