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Original Series
The Knight Sabers
As a Whole
- '80s Hair: Priss and Linna have particularly trendy haircuts that you'd expect to see on pop stars. Sylia's coiffure leans more towards Power Hair befitting her entrepreneurial image.
- Amazon Brigade: Even without their hardsuits, each Knight Saber is physically adept, as seen in Episode 4 when they play paintball to keep their skills up and Episode 8 where they upgrade to a combat simulator. Before Sylia recruited tham, Priss and Linna were a streetfighter and aerobic dancer respectively.
- Color-Coded Characters: Each Saber has a different colour that identifies than and, for 2 of them, carries over to their Motoslave (Priss has a red Motoslave, and Nene has a pink one that was only seen once).
- Priss wears blue with red accents.
- Sylia wears silver/white with a tinge of blue.
- Linna wears green with orange accents.
- Nene wears pink and violet. Her updated hardsuit trades the violet for red.
- Combat Stilettos: Both the Sabers' powered armor and their Motoslaves in robot / armor mode have these. God knows how the Sabers manage to do much more than walk in theirs, as they have the same basic design as a ballet boot.
The shape of the hardsuit feet is not necessarily the position of the wearer's feet. The lack of an ankle probably strengthens the legs - one less point to break. - Cool Bike: The Motoslaves. Bikes that can transform into mechsuits.
- Elite Four: A vigilante team of four women that's more effective at dealing with Boomer crime than the militarized police force. While Nene is a police officer and thus has inside information that's handy to the Knight Sabers, she's a fairly low-ranked member who sees little action.
- Five-Man Band Concert: The Knight Sabers form a band in the video for "Touchdown to Tomorrow". They're also credited with a number of other songs associated with the franchise. Priss, The Lancer and protagonist, is the lead singer and the only one with an In-Universe musical career. Sylia, The Leader and the Big Good, is the backing vocalist and plays the bass. Nene, The Smart Girl, plays a multineck guitar. And Linna, The Big Girl (in terms of abilities, not appearance), is on the drums.
- Four-Girl Ensemble: Nene is the cute naive one; Linna is a dancer with a different boyfriend every episode; Priss has the bad attitude and tomboyish ways, and Sylia is the boss who keeps them all working together as a team.
- Four-Temperament Ensemble: Priss is Choleric; Lina is Sanguine; Sylia is Phlegmatic; Nene is Melancholic, though rather more cheerful than most.
- Future Spandex: The Knight Sabers, underneath their power suits, wear form-fitting outfits, aka innerwear. It's also justified, as it's explained that the outfits serve as a neural interface between the user and the suit.
- Meta Mecha: The Motoroids/Motoslaves, which transform from Cool Bikes into exoskeletons for the hardsuits, and can also act on their own as robots.
- Mid-Season Upgrade: By the time "Red Eyes" commences, Sylia has modified their hardsuits, due to Largo developing a team of Boomers armed with replica suits.
- Ms. Fanservice: All four Knight Sabers are gorgeous young women in peak physical condition. If they're not in a state of undress, they're likely wearing something skintight.
- Multinational Team: If you count base ethnicity rather than actual citizenship. Specifically, Priss seems to be part-American, Sylia is at least part British or otherwise Western European (unless you consider the Grand Mal comic canon, in which her name is really Stengovich), Linna seems to be straight-up Japanese and Nene has some blatant Russian/Eastern European background, if the name didn't clue you in.
- Obstructive Code of Conduct: Downplayed. As revealed in supplemental material, and occasionally referenced in the series, the Knight Sabers have 11 rules:
- Do not divulge any information concerning this organisation.
- Do not act upon a personal grudge.
- Do not act without the mutual consent of all members.
- Do not secede from this organisation.
- Members are personally responsible for any damage done to the organisation's equipment unless that damage was unavoidable.
- Do not divulge any information concerning our clients.
- Do not gather information on your own. The task of intelligence gathering is to be distributed evenly among all the members.
- Keep in contact with the other members regularly.
- The members do not know each other outside of this organization.
- Do not get involved with a man.
- The penalty for violating any of the ten regulations listed above is death.
- This would certainly constitute an Obstructive Code of Conduct if followed strictly - however, almost all of the rules get broken, and rule 11 is never enforced. Ultimately, they seem to be ideals which have been rapidly modified in the face of reality.
- Rule 1 is a tricky case - while several people know the identities of some or all of the members, nobody actually reveals anything.
- Similarly, Priss has almost broken rule 2 several times, but the others always end up supporting her grudges.
- However, Priss has broken rules 3 and 4, and how her personal duel with Largo and his Hyperboomers (which resulted in the destruction of her hardsuit and motorslave) relates to rule 5 is also a scary thought.
- Linna, on the other hand, breaks rule 10 regularly. To say nothing of the Ship Tease between Priss and Leon, and Nene and Mackie.
- Everyone except Sylia has broken rule 8.
- Rule 9 is flagrantly disregarded by all four members.
- Rules 6 and 7 seem to have been followed, though (regarding 7, in OVA 1, Priss is doing what she's told... until she's chased by Boomers, then she's surviving).
- Superhero: The ladies are a quartet of Iron (Wo)men. However, Sylia has more in common with Bruce Wayne than Tony Stark.
- We Help the Helpless: The Knight Sabers usually take paying clients for mercenary and private detective work, but they'll fight Boomers for free if they're major threats to the AD Police and the city.
Priscilla "Priss" S. Asagiri
Voiced in Japanese by: Kinuko Omori (Bubblegum Crisis), Ryoko Tachikawa (Bubblegum Crash!)
Voiced in English by: Sinda Nichols (classic series), Joyce Leigh Bowden (classic singing voice)
The wearer of the blue hardsuit, Priss is a singer 19-year old and biker with a temper who hates both boomers and the AD police.- Action Girl: As the protagonist, she's naturally the most action-oriented member of the team.
- Ambiguously Gay: Priss brushes off Leon's advances, leading him to wonder out loud if she's a lesbian. Priss also gets very attached to Sylvie. Her deceased lover is never shown onscreen, leaving one to wonder if they were a man or woman.
- Anti-Hero: Priss' actions are motivated primarily by her hatred of Boomers and the Genom Corporation for mass producing them. She also has reason to believe they may have been responsible for the death of her boyfriend, prior to her days as a Knight Sabre.
- Arm Cannon: Though a standard feature of the Knight Sabres' hardsuits, Priss's is unique, by firing needle-like projectiles designed to short circuit the target's systems; making them easier to dispose of.
- Armed Legs: Priss' Powered Armor has contact-triggered explosives on top of both its feet. And rockets on both ankles. Attack sequence; 1). Jump. 2). Kick. 3). Activate rockets for rocket assisted kick. 4). Explosives go off once Mecha Mook receives kick to head. 5). Get dustpan to sweep up remains of mook.
- Badass Biker: She spends plenty of time tear-assing through Neo Tokyo, on her bike, and has the speeding tickets to prove it...
- Bath of Poverty: Priss has her bathtub clumped into the one room semi-truck trailer that she lives in alongside several unrelated furniture.
- Blue Is Heroic: Priss' hardsuit is deep blue and she's the most visible of the Knight Sabers.
- Cartwright Curse: Her old boyfriend was killed, probably by Genom, during her time prior to joining the Knight Sabres. She was friends with Sho's mother, who died when Genom demolished her apartment. And she was forced to kill Sylvie, who she was heavily implied
to have had a relationship with. In Crash, Priss had just started to become friends with Adama when he was killed too. - Characterization Marches On: In Bubblegum Crash! Priss starts using ore instead of watashi as a first person pronoun, which she hadn't done beforenote
her voice actress was replaced. Her animosity to the idea of Adama being a boomer who thinks exactly like a human is inexplicable considering her previous relationship with Sylvie. - Cool Bike: The Highway Star, a bike custom-built by Mackie and used by Priss to chase the Gryphon during the 4th OVA.
- Designated Victim: Of all the Knight Sabers, Priss tends to get the most punishment. In the first episode, she gets kidnapped and ends up in a car accident, in episode 4 she gets into an even worse (for her) motorcycle accident and then episode 6 is just a large amount of punishment for her as she nearly gets killed in battle. Even episode 7, which doesn't focus on her, sees Priss get her arm broken.
- Determinator: Once she starts fighting, she doesn't stop. Even a direct hit from a Kill Sat couldn't keep her down.
- Expy: Of Hoquet from Artmic's earlier work Genesis Climber MOSPEADA (Rook from Robotech). Specifically, Hoquet's early concept had her as the musician of the group, before it was changed. They also share similar backstories involving being in a biker gang with a former lover.
- Fantastic Racism: She REALLY hates Boomers.
- Except for Sylvie, 'cuz that was you know.... "different".
- Except for Sylvie, 'cuz that was you know....
- Free-Handed Performer: Priss is the lead singer for her band, The Replicants, but does not play any instrument.
- Friend to All Children: Priss most often shows her kind side when around children, such as in the cases of Cynthia and Sho, both of whom she shows a tenderness in personality that not even the other Knight Sabers really get to see.
- Heartbroken Badass: She temporarily quits the Knight Sabres, after being forced to kill Sylvie. And later apologizes to Anri, for not being able to save her, while embracing the latter, whose knife was buried in her abdomen.
- Heroic Second Wind: Priss struggled against Largo at first, but once she gets her second hardsuit she's able to tear through his three henchmen at once before wrecking Largo's arm.
- Hero Protagonist: Though Sylia's the leader, Priss is the face of the series.
- Idol Singer: Priss's day job.
- Improbable Age: The Knight Sabers are experienced combatants with full-time jobs, but their age range is 18-22. Priss being a singer at the age of 20 and living in the slums is the most plausible of the four.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Priss can be pretty mean and rough to most people she meets, and even with the people she does know she can still be quite rude, but beneath her rough exterior is someone who does indeed have a kind heart, as seen in the way she treats children and the people she is very close to.
- The Lad-ette: Frequents bars and night clubs when she's not onstage, or busting heads.
- Lady Swears-a-Lot: Swears the most out of all the Knight Sabers.
- "Ah, shit... Don't you assholes even know how to have an accident?!"
- "You sorry BITCH!"
- "I'm gonna kick your ass, you evil BASTARD!"
- The Lancer: To Sylia, as mentioned below.
- Made of Iron: In OVA episodes 6 and 7 and Crash episode 3, she survives multiple blunt force injuries and severe stab wounds, as well as a Kill Sat strike and getting her arm broken by the GD-42 Battlemover.
- Ms. Fanservice: The series begins by showing Priss in her dressing room. She's also shown completey naked in episodes 2 and 3.
- Mysterious Middle Initial: On the series proper. Some additional material states that it stands for "Sonoda".
- Please Kill Me if It Satisfies You: She makes no attempt to stop Anri, or even defend herself, when Anri charges her with a knife. Instead, Priss embraces her, which pushes the blade deeper, and tearfully apologizes for not being able to save Sylvie.
- Power Fist: Knuckle Bomber. Priss's primary finisher, a powered punch with an explosive discharge; hence its name.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: See the Anti-Heroine entry.
- Secret Relationship: She was implied to have been in one with her best friend, Sylvie (see the Les Yay page).
- Take This Job and Shove It: In Crash, she's offered a recording contract with a major label. She rejects it in no uncertain terms once she discovers they want to turn her into an Idol Singer.
- Unresolved Sexual Tension: One sided from Leon's end. Priss isn't above using his feelings for her to pump him for information or solicit favors from him though.
- Working-Class Hero: While not as vocal about it as Linna, Priss does have money issues. It doesn't help that she has to at times give up singing gigs in order to fight boomers.
Sylia Stingray
Voiced in Japanese by: Yoshiko Sakakibara (classic series)
Voiced in English by: Jemila Ericson (classic series)
Wearer of the silver hardsuit, Sylia is the leader and founder of the Knight Sabres, who operates a lingerie store.- Action Girl: She doesn't see as much action as Priss and Linna, but she still qualifies.
- Alliterative Name: Sylia Stingray
- Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: She's nearly 6 feet tall with a cool, serious personality, although she has short hair unlike most other characters in this category.
- Big Good: Let's face it, if it weren't for her, Genom would have likely succeeded in global domination. Which is why she keeps tabs on their operations by cultivating friends and business contacts in high-level government positions, who act as her eyes and ears.
- Blade Below the Shoulder: Her hardsuit comes equipped with a pair of hidden blades, one beneath each gauntlet.
- Brainy Brunette: She has a genuis level IQ, and personally designed all of their equipment, due to her father augmenting her with a cyberbrain implant containing all of his research data, which included the designs for the Knight Sabres' hardsuits.
- Cool Big Sis: To her younger brother, Mackie.
- Cool Car: Sylia drives a replica (according to the artbooks) of a red 1954 Mercedes Benz 300SL Gullwing. Her 2040 counterpart has a Porsche 911, but it only appears in two episodes.
- Crime Fighting With Cash: While the Knight Sabers do operate as bounty hunters, their highly-advanced hardsuits establish that Sylia started out with some very generous capital.
- Deuteragonist: While Priss is the face of the series, Sylia is its next most pivotal character.
- Femme Fatale: In the public eye, she's the modest entrepreneur of the Silky Doll fashion boutique. But away, from prying eyes, she's an alluring businesswoman who brokers backwater deals with wealthy clients and government officials. And while she doesn't mind them looking, she makes it clear that her body is never part of the deal.
- Improbable Age: She's the successful owner of her own fashion boutique (which doubles as her skyscraper HQ), leads her own team of mercenaries outfitted with future tech she designed herself, has numerous contacts who can set them up with handsomely-paying jobs, and is the Genom Corporation's main opposition... all at the age of 22.
- Power Hair: Possibly an Actor Allusion, since Yoshiko Sakakibara has the same hairstyle.
- Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: "Knight Sabres, sanjo!"
- Royalties Heir: Her father created Boomer technology, which underpins the economy of Megatokyo. Royalties from that would go a long way towards financing hardsuits, the base, and other Knight Sabers gear.
- Secret Identity: Mild-mannered lingerie store owner by day, power-armored mercenary/vigilante by night.
- Secret-Keeper: A variation. In episodes 5 and 6, it was made blatantly clear that Sylia was aware that Largo was Brian J. Mason back from the dead, and confirmed it at the end of episode 6, but she never mentioned it to anyone else.
- The Team Benefactor: She designs all of their equipment, including their hardsuits, and finances their operations, using her family's wealth, and by lining up assignments with high paying officials and businessmen.
- Team Mom: To Linna and Nene, subtly implied to be a bit more in Priss's case.
- Mackie tells Sylia that he's come to think of her this way, in the final episode of Crash!.
- Unresolved Sexual Tension: Though subtle, it was implied that Sylia secretly harbored feelings for Priss. Linna and Nene also seemed aware of it and even weaponized it in the first episode (see the related entry on the Les Yay page).
- You Killed My Father: Brian J. Mason was responsible for ordering the assassination of Sylia's father, Dr. Stingray, which eventually results in Sylia exacting her vengeance on him almost a decade later.
- Younger Than They Look: Sylia physically looks and sounds like a woman in her late 20's-early 30's. You'd never guess she was 22, unless you've read her character bio.
Linna Yamazaki
Voiced in Japanese by: Michie Tomizawa (classic series)
Voiced in English by: Elizabeth Becka (classic series)
Wearer of the green hardsuit, Linna is an aerobics instructure who incorporates her athletic abilities into her work for the Knight Sabres.- Action Girl: Covered directly below.
- The Big Guy: She's the most athletic member of the group, and quite skilled in close combat.
- But Not Too Foreign: Averted. Linna is one of the few characters in the whole series — and the only one among the Knight Sabres — who isn't implied to have non-Japanese origins.
- Closer to Earth: While none of the original Knight Sabers had one dimensional personalities, Linna was best characterized as the most realistic. Often worried about her car, her job, her bank account, and her love life, none of this stopped her from being an exceptional fighter and a very devoted friend to those close to her. She was basically The Everyman of the group to balance out Priss's biker rock singer, Nene's cute prodigy hacker, and Sylia's enigmatic businesswoman.
- Dance Battler: Sylia specifically found her at a dance competition, and recruited her because she was the one person to recognize Linna's true potential.
- Looking for Love in All the Wrong Places: She's constantly breaking up with her boyfriends, due to lack of financial stability. At other times, she complains she just can't find Mr. Right.
- Ms. Vice Girl: Linna is the most vocally concerned about how much money the Sabers make from each mission, would cheerfully dump a boyfriend with low earning potential, and leveled up into a yuppie stockbroker in Crash!.
- Still, she'd happily ignore money for more important things — for instance, being happy that the Kill Sat controller was apparently destroyed in the second episode, even though it meant not being paid for the mission, because it was to avenge her friend, Irene's, death.
- Plucky Girl: Is the most cheerful and upbeat member of the team next to Nene.
- Razor Floss: Uses the microfilament hair ribbons from her suit's helmet to cut through her enemies.
- Took a Level in Cynic: Linna broke up with a guy because he would speak about his dream of someday being a 3-D artist, something that she considers impractical and out of touch with reality. And yet, she herself once dreamed of becoming a professional dancer, only to fail at the tryouts. Thus she likely became more cynical and practical minded following that blow, though as shown with her talk with Reika, Linna still does believe in the value of dreams to some degree.
- Women Are Wiser: While Linna is openly concerned about worldly matters like money and relationships, that isn't to say she doesn't have her priorities straight when it comes down to it, and proves to be a good friend multiple times.
- Working-Class Hero: Implied. Of all the team members, Linna is the one most openly worried about money and mostly treats being a Knight Saber as an extra paycheck. It's to the point that her reaction to a dearth of jobs is being bothered that she won't be able to trade in her dingy car and get new clothes.
Nene Romanova
Voiced in Japanese by: Akiko Hiramatsu (classic series)
Voiced in English by: Susan Grillo (classic series)
Wearer of the purple and pink hardsuit, Nene is a young genius who acts as the team's mole at the AD Police.- Action Girl: Same as the rest of the group, but isn't as skilled in direct combat. So she makes up for it by hacking the target's systems instead.
- Butt-Monkey: Nene tends to be on the recieiving end of a lot of teasing, whether it be by her teammates or by her coworkers.
- By-the-Book Cop: Her civilian job is with the A.D. Police. She'll occasionally bend rules for her team mates though, like letting Priss run red lights, or allowing her through roadblocks during a Boomer attack so she can get to base and suit up.
- Characterization Marches On: In Bubblegum Crash! Nene Took a Level in Badass, right after OVA 8 gave her A Day in the Spotlight episode that was all about how she didn't need to be a conventional badass.
- Cheery Pink: Nene is the most girlish of the quartet and her hair and hardsuit are both hot pink.
- Dude, Where's My Respect?: Gets this in "Scoop Chase," which also showcases all her best qualities.
- Dueling Hackers: In the eighth and final episode of the original series, Nene, the Hackette of the Knight Sabers, is caught in the middle of a "Die Hard" on an X situation at A.D. Police headquarters caused by a disgruntled scientist and the hero hunter boomers he created — one of which physically merges with the ADP's main server and takes control of the building. Once Nene's teammates come to the rescue, Nene has to battle the hacker boomer in order to escort the police chief's daughter to safety, opening locked doors and overriding building defenses all the while. After the other boomers are defeated, Nene has to prevent the hacker boomer from self-destructing the headquarters building.
- Genki Girl: The perky, cheerful, upbeat member of the team.
- Hackette: It's how she got her job as a member of the A.D. Police. They caught her after she had hacked their computers several times to get information on every case involving the Knight Sabres in order to uncover their identities. The A.D. Police considered her a potential asset, and chose to hire her rather than arrest her. It's also how she became a Knight Sabre, see directly below.
- The Smart Guy: She knows her way around computers, which is how she became a Knight Sabre, by acing a cyberspace challenge from Sylia, who had been scouting her, after becoming aware of Nene's attempts to find them. So Sylia designed the challenge specifically for Nene, to test her. When Nene completed it, it revealed a simple two word message: "You're hired".
- Sweet Tooth: This is the main reason she's always worried about her figure. In Crash!, Leon bribes her into snooping for him, with a gift certificate for a free dessert.
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: She is Girly Girl to the other three members, especially Priss.
- Weight Woe: She's short and petite, but still worries about her figure.
- Wide-Eyed Idealist: Nene is the member of the team who believes the most in its mission to the point of being the most heartbroken over the idea of the team dissolving in Crash. Even in the original series, she is the only one who believes in the concept of true love, something that she is criticized for by the others.
GENOM Corporation
Quincy
Voiced in Japaense by: Kiyoshi Kawakubo (classic series)
Voiced in English by: David Arnold (classic series)
- Ambiguously Human: Due to his usage of robotic doubles, it's entirely possible we've never seen the real Quincy.
- Big Bad: The man behind Genom's actions, and a constant thorn for the Knight Sabers.
- But for Me, It Was Tuesday: He takes this attitude in the 7th episode, when Reika confronts him with Irene's murder. Quincy laughs it off, saying he couldn't be bothered to remember, "some insignificant girl", since he's such a busy man.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: Everything he does is to further his own ends, and he doesn't care who gets hurt. However, while he has no objection to ordering the death of an individual to suit his own agenda, the idea of mass murder on a global scale disgusts him.
- Decoy Getaway: He does it twice: first to Largo, then Reika; both times by using a robotic stand-in. Though, in the second instance, it was a modified combat Boomer.
- Even Evil Has Standards: See Pragmatic Villainy. Also., his reaction to Largo hijacking the satellite and destroying a handful of GENOM locales, murdering thousands in the process.
- Only One Name: Played straight in the OVA. Averted in 2040, where he's given the surname, "Rosenkroitz/Rosenkreuz".
- Pragmatic Villainy: During the conflict with Largo, Quincy refuses to hand over control of the satellite particle beam in spite of Largo's blackmail, stating the company can deal with lawsuits and protests but not if the human race is destroyed.
Brian J. Mason
Voiced in Japanese by: Shūichi Ikeda (classic series)
Voiced in English by: Eric Paisley (classic series)
- Asshole Victim: See the Corrupt Corporate Executive and Impaled with Extreme Prejudice examples below. On that note, it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy.
- Back from the Dead:As Largo's subconscious.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: The guy's a douche. He bought a housing complex, evicted all the residents (including Priss) and leveled it so Genom could develop the property into another of their research facilities, even after being told someone was still inside at the time. Oh, and years prior to that, he murdered Sylia's Father too.
- Death by Secret Identity:Challenging the Sabres in combat and forcing Sylia's helmet open wasn't the smartest move in his career, especially since she still had an arm free.....
- The Dragon: To Quincy.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: By Sylia, who kills him when Brian forces her helmet open, revealing her identity.
- Karmic Death: Courtesy of the woman whose father he murdered when she was a child.
- Laser-Guided Karma: For all the reasons mentioned in the preceding examples.
- Obviously Evil: With his pale complexion, slick black hair, Villainous Cheekbones and chin to impale you with, he couldn't look any more villainous.
Largo
Voiced in Japanese by: Kazuyuki Sogabe
Voiced in English by: Pierre Brulatour
- Dark Messiah: To Anri.
- Evil Laugh: Easily comparable to Iori Yagami's.
- Eviler than Thou: He left Quincy utterly horrified when he used the satellite particle beam to destroy numerous Genom towers and research centers around the world, including the research center in Tokyo.
- Game Face: By dramatically taking off his shirt, he instantly gets white skin, black armor on his chest and shoulders, purple hair, simultaneous Black Eyes of Crazy and Red Eyes, Take Warning, and red veins on his face. However, Largo's game face doesn't really look all that scary compared to most other Boomers in the series, and the transformation isn't extensive enough to qualify as a One-Winged Angel.
- Hijacked by Ganon: He's Brian J. Mason reborn.
- Luke, I Am Your Father: In Crash!, he tells Sylia that they're the same, being neither human or Boomer; implying that they're a new species altogether. This is also hinted at in the original OVA, but never expanded upon due to his supposed Disney Villain Death and subsequent explosion while trying to kill her.
- Manipulative Bastard: He turns Anri against Priss, by revealing that she killed Sylvie, while omitting the circumstances that lead to the killing. He even hands Anri the knife.
- The Psycho Rangers: Largo's minions are a trio of Boomers that can transform into duplicates of Sylia, Linna and Priss, with Anri wearing a replica of Nene's hardsuit.
- Sharp-Dressed Man: Largo is always seen in his suit.
- Smug Smiler: While less Obviously Evil than Brian, his default expression is a smug smirk that is commonly shown on villains.
- Something Only They Would Say: He boasts to Priss about sporting "the look of the true winner," which is the same boast he gave to Sylia as Mason in the battle that ended with Sylia killing him. In the English dub, he also repeats his taunt of calling Leon a "little puppy."
- White Hair, Black Heart: In Leon's own words: "A monster should at least look like a monster."
Kate Madigan
Voiced by: Urara Takano (Japanese), Emily Young (English)
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: Par the course for Genom. For example, she shot the Defense Minister Largo kidnapped just to keep him from revealing secrets.
- The Dragon: Replaces Mason, if only for the sixth OVA.
- Even Evil Has Standards: It's easy to miss, but it's implied she's as horrified by Largo's mass murder with the particle beam satellite and immediately orders her subordinates to take him down.
- Hyper-Competent Sidekick: She immediately figured out that "Milly Jackson" (Anri) was suspicious, and through investigation, learned she had access to top secret information. How did she know Anri was suspicious? She hadn't seen her before.
- Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: In the English dub she's got an Irish accent, most of the time.
- One-Shot Character: She only appears in the sixth OVA episode, and manages to become a One-Scene Wonder in the process.
- Purple Is Powerful: A high-ranking GENOM who not only dresses in purple, but also has purple hair and eye colour.
- Sexy Secretary: She's drop-dead gorgeous, with a smokin' bod, stewardess legs, and dressed to kill.
- What Happened to the Mouse?: It's unclear whether she died or only passed out when Largo attacked the Boomers in Quincy's office, but she's never seen again.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Shoots the defense minister Largo kidnapped the minute he's handed back to Genom.
AD Police
Leon McNichol
Voiced in Japanese by: Toshio Furukawa (Bubblegum Crisis)
Voiced in English by: Brad Moranz (classic series), Adam Henderson (AD Police)
- Casanova Wannabe: Tries and fails miserably with Priss.
- Cool Shades: Leon's rarely seen without 'em, unless he's at the office.
- Cowboy Cop: Played straight in the OVA series, but it lands him in the hospital in Crash!, when he goes against orders by picking a fight with Col. Lando, the leader of the Rebel Army.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He may be a loose cannon and a goofy Priss fanboy, but he's competent when the situation calls for it.
- Elite Mook: Compared to the rest of the A.D. Police.
- Made of Iron: He had to be, to survive the beatings he got from the DD Battlemover and Lando. Although it helped that he bore a resemblance to one of Lando's former soldiers, which triggered a flashback that prevented Lando from finishing him off.
- Real Men Wear Pink: He's sometimes seen eating elaborate ice cream parfaits, which would have been considered effete by 1980s anime standards (also discussed in Ranma ½).
- Secret Secret-Keeper: Becomes this in the sixth OVA, where it's revealed that he managed to see Priss's face during the fight in the previous episode. This becomes awkward, since this is the episode where Largo has a team of Evil Knockoff Sabers wreaking havoc.
- Well, Excuse Me, Princess!: Invokes this with Priss, on occasion.
- The Worf Effect: Leon tries, oh does he try, to be a good cop, he even rushes into battle suited up. Most of the time he'll end up beaten or thrown about in order to show just how powerful the threat is. Occasionally he'll be thrown a bone and get to take down some mooks, but usually he'll end up on his back in under a few seconds.
Daley Wong
Voiced by: Kenyū Horiuchi (classic series)
Voiced in English by: Marshall Carroll (classic series)
- Blue Oni: To Leon's red.
- Camp Gay: Not full-on CAMP, but definitely fabulous. (Daley's 2040 incarnation is more Straight Gay.)
Others
Mackie Stingray
Voiced in Japanese by: Nozomu Sasaki (classic series)
Voiced in English by: Frank Trimble (classic series)
- Big Sister Attraction:
- An early scene has him deliver a morning report to his sister, Sylia, while she's wearing a robe. When she notices his grin, she follows his line of sight and sees he's staring down her cleavage. Sylia whaps him.
- A few episodes later, Mackie laments missing the chance to stare at her boobs again, due to being late delivering the morning report.
- Covert Pervert: When he gets caught using the security camera in the Knight Sabres' changing room to sneak peeks at them while they're suiting up, Sylia throws her shirt over the camera lens. He also regularly uses his morning deliveries as an excuse to perv on her.
- Geek: Mackie's a major techie. He even helped Sylia design the Motoslaves. He also built Highway Star for Priss to chase the Gryphon in "Revenge Road" all on his own.
- Handsome Lech: Downplayed, since he isn't as forward about it as most other examples, preferring to do his perving on the sly. Though it's implied that he might have genuine feelings for Nene.
- Put on a Bus: In Crash the Sabers mention he left to go study in Europe. He cameos in the final episode giving the team exposition on their potential foe and encouraging his sister to return to researching Boomers.
- Teen Genius: See the geek example.
Sylvie and the Sexaroids
Sylvie voiced by: Yoshino Takamori (Japanese), Martha Ellen Senseney (English)
Anri voiced by: Yuko Mizutani (Japanese), Katherine Burton (English)
Meg voiced by: Tomoko Naruo, Hadley Eure (English)
Lou voiced by: Yumi Touma, Tammy Starling (English)
Nam voiced by: Megumi Hayashibara, Belinda Bizic (English)
Anri voiced by: Yuko Mizutani (Japanese), Katherine Burton (English)
Meg voiced by: Tomoko Naruo, Hadley Eure (English)
Lou voiced by: Yumi Touma, Tammy Starling (English)
Nam voiced by: Megumi Hayashibara, Belinda Bizic (English)
Sylvie
Anri
Nam
- All for Nothing: Out of the group of Sexaroids that try to escape the moon colony, only Sylvie and Anri make it to Earth. Sylvie dies trying to sustain Anri, then Anri dies shortly afterwards.
- Even the Girls Want Her: Sylvie. Linna directly tells Sylvie that she'd hit on her.
- Expy: The girls seem to be based off of the cast of Gall Force.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Meg, Lou, and Nam die to ensure that at least Sylvie and Anri get to Earth.
- I Cannot Self-Terminate: Sylvie is forcibly rigged up to the D.D. Battlemover as it goes on a rampage. She begs Priss to destroy the mech knowing full well that it would also lead to Sylvie's death.
- I Just Want to Be Free: The girls only ever wanted to live life under their own free will.
- Informed Attractiveness: In spite of Nene gushing about how Sylvie is "hot" and has "a body to die for", she doesn't look that much different from any other female character in the series.
- The Lost Lenore: To Priss, who was forced to kill Sylvie. Priss was so devastated by it that she briefly quit the Knight Sabres and was even willing to let Anri kill her for it.
- Our Vampires Are Different: They aren't vampires, but Sylvie replaces Anri's blood by using supposedly retractable fangs in order to open a nerve in her neck. The media dubbed Sylvie's killings as possibly caused by a vampire-like serial killer.
- Secret Relationship: Sylvie was implied to be in one with Priss (noted on the Les Yay page).
- SexBot: The girls are part of a discontinued line of sexaroid boomers that were later put to use as operators of heavy machinery. Statistically speaking, they're more human than other boomers due to their synthetic blood. This is a subversion though, since the girls are never seen engaging in sexual activity, though there's a lot of Les Yay subtext.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Sylvie. She has to kill people in order to get replacement blood for Anri after she's injured.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: As well as an Anti-Villain, Sylvie has to resort to killing people to supply Anri with blood after she's injured in their escape. And then the battle mech she's been using goes into auto pilot after it believes Sylvie has died in combat, which leaves Sylvie helplessly begging the machine to stop fighting Leon and the Knight Sabers. The only way to stop the mech from overheating and eventually self-destructing was for Sylvie to actually die. And Priss was the one who put Sylvie out of her misery.
Reika Chang / (Vision)
Voiced by: Maiko Hashimoto (Japanese), Mindi Lyons (English, speaking), Cyndi Wheeler (English, singing)
- Backup Twin: Reika has a strong, but not perfect, resemblance to Irene, whose murder in the second OVA is second only to the deaths of Sylvie and Anri in the list of things the fanbase tries to change in fanfic. "Double Vision" revolves around Reika taking vengeance for her sister, while making friends with Linna.
- Battle Butler: Kou is assigned to protect Reika by her father, going so far as to take sole responsibility for her crimes to keep her reputation from being tarnished.
- Convenient Replacement Character: Averted. After issues arose with the recording contract for Priss' voice actress, the original plan for the series was to kill off Priss (presumably during "Red Eyes") and have Vision replace her. Fan backlash convinced the producers to reverse the decision.
- It was less of fan backlash than Kinuko Oomori's producers finally relenting. Oomori (Priss' voice actress), strictly speaking, was never a professional seiyuu, but a fairly popular 80es rock singer who landed an anime role for her singing voice. But when her producers learned that she performed solo songs for a show (her record company contract was supposed to be exclusive), they were positively livid and threatened to forbid her performing in the series at all, necessitating the planned change of the main character. And then they've relented at the last possible moment, allowing her to continue, but with all her further songs being in ensemble.
- It was less of fan backlash than
- Idol Singer: She's introduced as an international pop sensation, who's making a comeback tour.
- Mafia Princess: The Triad Princess. In name only until she begins her quest for vengeance against Genom for murdering her sister, Irene.
- Orphan's Plot Trinket: Irene's engagement ring, which was given to her by Linna.
- Stripperiffic: Vision's stage oufit seems to be made of ribbons and half a pair of pants.
- That Man Is Dead: Reika was so consumed by vengeance over her sister's death, that she told Lina her comeback tour was a farce. It was only a cover to get her into Japan so she could hunt down Irene's killers. By the end of the episode, she was prepared to abandon her singing career altogether to assume leadership of the Houbang Triad - until Linna slapped her and replaced Reika's triad ring with Irene's engagement ring.
- You Killed My Father: Her sister's death drove Reika to the path of revenge.
Lando
Voiced by: Arakawa Taroo (Japanese), Phil Loch (English, AnimEigo dub), Douglas Blackwell (English, Manga UK dub)
- Colonel Badass: A powerful and adept warrior.
- Colonel Kilgore: A brutal and powerful leader of a renown mercenary band, Colonel Lando was known for his ruthlessness. In the present day he leads his reconstructed men on violent smash and grab missions.
- Cybernetics Eat Your Soul: As a cyborg his battle-lust is as high as ever and he even tries to blow up a few blocks of civilians. Knowing the one who had him rebuilt, Largo, it's easy to assume he had something done to his mind.
- Dies Wide Open: After his attempt at Taking You with Me fails, Lando finally passes away, with the Sabers closing his remaining human eye out of respect for the fallen warrior.
- Graceful Loser: Aptly summed up by the next entry.
- Last Words: Said with Lando's dying breath, as the Knight Sabres stood over him:Lando: (weakly, in admiration) "I'll admit it: you're good.... you beat me."
- Mighty Glacier: He and his men utilize bulky power suits armed to the teeth and with a lot of physical strength, but they're also very slow and rely more on their jet-packs for mobility. The Knight Sabers run circles around his soldiers and defeat them, whilst Lando does his best to utilize the jet-pack to compensate for his suit's sluggishness. In the end Linna slices his kneecaps and he's beaten.
- Pet the Dog: He beats Leon to a pulp and prepares to execute him, but upon seeing Leon's face, Lando has a flashback to a similar looking soldier who he tried to save during the war. The flashback gives him pause and he opts to leave Leon alive.
- Shell-Shocked Veteran: Lando still carries a lot of trauma from losing the campaign in the Philippines along with many of his soldiers and his body parts. His painful reconstruction also weighs on his psyche.
- Tragic Villain: After being betrayed by a company who's interests he fought for, and losing his brothers in arms, Colonel Lando fell to nihilism and seeks only combat for combats sake.
Tokyo: 2040
The Knight Sabers
As a Whole
- Adaptational Dye-Job: Aside from Priss, the other three have completely different hairstyles to their OVA counterparts.
- Adaptational Late Appearance: As it turns out, Sylia originally led a different team of Knight Sabers before meeting Priss and Nene, with Linna only joining the team in the third episode.
- Going Commando: In 2040, the Knights Saber are at first commando in their plug suits. Later, they don't even get plugsuits and are naked under their upgraded power armor (which is now transparent in places). Lampshaded by Sylia when she tells Mackie that "he's in the girls' changing room" when they're discussing it, and a totally flustered Mackie runs away all red-faced.
- Hotter and Sexier: The second generation of hardsuits require the wearer to be completely naked underneath. Not only does this lead to more tittilating suit-up scenes, but in the finale Priss, Linna and Nene are last seen in the nude as their suits were destroyed.
- Noisy Robots: Their feet make very loud clanking sounds.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Linna and Nene are the Red to Priss and Sylia's Blue.
Priscilla "Priss" S. Asagiri
Voiced in Japanese by: Yuu Asakawa (2040)
Voiced in English by: Christine Auten (2040)
Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Rebeca Patiño (2040)
- Adaptational Badass: Priss had a fair number of pretty brutal ass-kickings in the original series, only surviving due to being Made of Iron and in one case, only because her attacker didn't finish the job. Here, Priss doesn't get as many whoopings and struggles less against her enemies.
- Adaptational Dye-Job: From light brown to dark brown.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Zigzagged. Priss's kinder moments are much fewer and far-between this time around, but she doesn't have her classic version's more openly abrasive side.
- Adaptation Personality Change: Priss is more sullen here, with her social circle being limited to just her band and the Knight Sabers. Notably she isn't as humorous and impulsive as she was in the original series and is quite stoic in contrast to her original self's hot-headedness.
- Adaptational Modesty: Priss's stage outfit is more modest then what she wore in the original series, considering that this time around, she just wears her regular clothing to the stage.
- Adaptational Skimpiness: Priss's shows more skin in her casual clothing here, compared to her classic self, as her street ware involves wearing a jacket over what is essentially corset, giving the viewers a good look at her cleavage and shoulders. Her sleepware is definitely more skimpy compared to her classic selve's pajamas as, for what little can be seen of it, Priss wears a yellow long sleeved shirt of some kind to sleep in the classic series. In here, she wears a yellow tank top, panties and that's about it, with her clearly not wearing a bra of any kind.
- Adaptational Sexuality: Priss was Ambiguously Gay in the original series, but here she shares a kiss with Leon.
- Tsurime Eyes: Priss has the sharpest-looking eyes out of the Knight Sabers. Combined with her pallid complexion they make her look rougher.
Sylia Stingray
Voiced in Japanese by: Satsuki Yukino (2040)
Voiced in English by: Laura Chapman (2040)
Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Teresa Ibarrola (2040/adult), Gaby Ugarte (2040/child)
- Adaptation Dye-Job: From dark blue hair to silver. As a reference to her original hair colour, Sylia wears a dark blue ribbon in her hair.
- Adaptation Personality Change: To an extreme degree. Originally the calmest member of the team, here she's a bipolar wreck. Sylia even smashes a computer and bloodies her hand when she gets into one of her rages.
- Adaptational Wimp: Sylia used to be a frontline fighter, but let her hardsuit collect dust after one failure too many. By the time the series starts she's semi-retired and too emotionally fragile to be much of a leader, only coming out on the frontlines as a last resort.
- Adaptational Sexuality: Sylia never showed much interest in either sex in the original series, but here she straight-out declares she's in love with Nigel and her flirty attitude towards women comes across as Ambiguously Bi.
- Berserk Button: The mere thought of Boomers can send Sylia into violent rages where she's capable to break whatever's in the vicinity. Her hatred for them even surpasses Classic Priss.
- Cleavage Window: Sylia owns at least one outfit that leaves her breasts fully exposed save for her jacket.
- Disabled in the Adaptation: Sylia is now a Broken Bird who only takes up active duty when the Knight Sabers need a bailout or when she's operating separate of her teammates.
- Related Differently in the Adaptation: Thanks to Mackie's Adaptation Species Change into being a Boomer, he's a surrogate brother of Sylia's instead of her biological one. Though considering the manner of Mackie's "birth", one could say that he's more like her son, since he was born from her brain matter.
Linna Yamazaki
Voiced in Japanese by: Rio Natsuki (2040)
Voiced in English by: Kelly Manison (2040)
Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Isabel Martiñón (2040)
- Adaptational Badass: Downplayed. Linna's thrillseeking attitude means she's a lot more assertive before joining the Knight Sabers. In her first appearance she chases after Priss in high heels just for making her drop her lunch, then she beats up her supervisor for groping her. She also tells Priss that she wants to surpass her as the team's best fighter. Something that Classic Linna probably wasn't far off from actually being.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: From black to dark brown.
- Adaptation Personality Change: From a shallow materialist to a country girl with dreams of adventure. Dreams that her classic self would have likely frowned upon for being "unrealistic"
- Adaptational Job Change: This version of Linna is an officer worker instead of an aerobics instructor turned stockbroker.
- Adaptational Sexuality: Linna's all but stated to be a lesbian here, while her original counterpart had dated at least one man offscreen.
- Ascended Extra: She wasn't an extra in the original series, but she certainly gained the least amount of focus. Here, Linna was made into the closest thing the show has as a single protagonist, apparently due to complaints that the original Linna lacked characterization.
- Ascended Fanboy: Linna was following the Knight Sabers from day one. Her main motivation for moving to Tokyo was to join them.
- Audience Surrogate: Linna's established as an otherwise ordinary young woman who wishes to be more than just another cog in the wheel. When she gets her wish granted, Linna finds out that being a Knight Saber will be one of the greatest challenges she'll ever face.
- Hotter and Sexier: In the original OVA Linna was one of the more modestly-presented of the Knight Sabers. In the 2040 reboot she's shown naked on a few occasions.
- Plucky Office Girl: Linna's day job. She frequently gets reprimanded by her supervisor for her inability to hold her temper or stay focused.
- Sir Swears-a-Lot: Within the first episode Linna says "ass", "damn" and "frickin'" within the space of a minute. She also has a Precision F-Strike upon seeing an entire building turn into a rogue Boomer.
Nene Romanova
Voiced in Japanese by: Hiroko Konishi (2040)
Voiced in English by: Hilary Haag (2040)
Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Monica Villaseñor (2040)
- Adaptational Badass: Nene fights on the frontlines every chance she gets, rather than being a tech specialist who just happens to have a hardsuit.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: From pink to blonde.
- Adaptational Jerkass: Nene here is prone to teasing others, whereas in the original didn't tease others much at all, but was often on the receiving end of being teased.
- Adaptation Personality Change: Nene was originally more passive and submissive. This take on Nene has her being The Gadfly to Leon and Priss' right-hand woman before Linna joins the team.
- Break the Cutie: Nene undergoes this in the 2040 episodes My Nation Underground and Woke Up With A Monster when her bratty arrogance finally comes back to bite her in the ass after she tries to play match maker between Priss and Leon, earning her a long overdue scolding from Sylia for endangering the team's secrecy, and then gets her ass handed to her in a boomer fight when she tries to rush in and beat the boomer by herself in a misguided attempt to prove herself. Probably more Break the Haughty in her case though.
GENOM Corporation
Quincy Rosenkroitz
Voiced in Japanese by: Tadashi Nakamura (2040)
Voiced in English by: John Swasey (2040)
Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: José Luis Castañeda (2040)
- Age Lift: Quincy was implied to be in his 60s-70s in the original series, but here he's stated to be well over 80, since he's reliant on tubes and wires to stay alive.
- Dark Lord on Life Support: Unlike his OVA counterpart, this Quincy is hooked up to life support equipment.
- Disabled in the Adaptation: Quincy isn't physically active, having his body succumb to old age and various diseases. As a result he's reliant on technology to stay alive.
- Godzilla Threshold: He was the one who caused the earthquake that leveled most of Tokyo. This was done as a last resort to stop Galatea's original rampage. Nigel remarks that despite how many that died in the incident, Quincy did the right thing as the alternative would have been even worse.
- Named by the Adaptation: Quincy's surname was never mentioned in the OVA series. Tokyo 2040 gave him the surname "Rosenkroitz".
- Villainy-Free Villain: He's not responsible for any of the conflict in-series, but he does want to keep the reports of rogue Boomers hushed for the sake of good business, so he's amoral at the very least.
Brian J. Mason
Voiced in Japanese by: Joji Nakata (2040)
Voiced in English by: Andy McAvin (2040)
Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Jorge Palafox (2040)
- Adaptation Dye-Job: From black to dark brown.
- Adaptational Wimp: Mason never gets to fight the Knight Sabers or be upgraded into a satellite-controlling android overlord. He spends most of his screentime trying to find Galatea and using her power to overthrow Tokyo.
- Alas, Poor Villain: Galatea mutates Mason into a mass of flesh and machine parts, then leaves him suspended outside GENOM tower to watch the carnage unfold. After which, we get a glimpse of Mason's troubled childhood. The last we see of him, the Knight Sabers can only take pity on him. Given his unresponsive state, he's implied to be either dead or catatonic.
- Disabled in the Adaptation: Mason is stated to have survived a terminal illness by having one of his organs replaced with a cybernetic implant. As a result he's in no condition to fight the Knight Sabers.
- Evil Counterpart: He's set up as one for Nigel, as they were both assistants to Sylia's father and thus partially responsible for the development of Boomer technology. Mason is a white-collar villain that craves power, treats his allies like dirt and treats Boomers like sex slaves. Nigel on the other hand is a humble mechanic that cares about Mackie, Sylia and Priss and has a much more chaste personality.
AD Police
Leon McNichol
Voiced in Japanese by: Kiyoyuki Yanada (2040)
Voiced in English by: Jason Douglas (2040)
Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Alan René Bressant (2040)
- Adaptation Dye-Job: From brown to faded black.
- Adaptational Jerkass:: Leon's nowhere near as upbeat or charming here, being a humourless brute that's quick to lose his temper and willing to kill the Knight Sabers until he gets to know them.
- Red Oni: The hothead to Daley's Blue Oni.
Daley Wong
Voiced by: Yuji Ueda (2040)
Voiced in English by: Chris Patton (2040)
Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Ismael Castro (2040)
- Adaptation Dye-Job: From orange to blonde.
- Adaptation Personality Change: Daley's not quite as flamboyant here. His chipper nature has also been replaced with a more snarky one.
- Blue Oni: The voice of reason to Leon's Red Oni.
Others
Mackie Stingray
Voiced in Japanese by: Kōki Miyata (2040)
Voiced in English by: Spike Spencer (2040)
Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Eduardo Garza (2040)
- Adaptational Nice Guy: Mackie isn't as perverted this time around, as he only accidently peeps on the girls, whereas in the original series he perved on the girls (Sylia in particular) whenever he could.
- Adaptation Species Change: He's a Boomer in 2040 instead of a human.
- Adaptation Dye-Job: From dark blue to dark brown.
- Adaptation Personality Change: Mackie's less Hormone-Addled Teenager and acts more sheltered, due to being an artificial human. His attraction to Nene is also made obvious from the get-go.
- Break the Cutie: He's a sweet kid who just wants to tinker with machines, be with his sister and maybe score points with Nene, but he's also an artificial human that Galatea tries to assimilate. He's left catatonic after she tries to take over his mind with only an implication that he'll recover once she's destroyed.
- Related Differently in the Adaptation: He's a surrogate brother of Sylia's instead of her biological one, thanks to being a Boomer in this incarnation.
Nigel Kirkland
Voiced in Japanese by: Ken Yamaguchi (2040)
Voiced in English by: John Gremillion (2040)
Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Alejandro Ortega (2040)
- The Atoner: Nigel was part of the R&D team that created Galatea, leading to the earthquake that killed millions. Out of guilt, he now works as a mechanic, but develops hardsuits so that Sylia might be able to have her revenge.
- Good Counterpart: To Mason. Both were lab assistants on the project that lead to Galatea's conception. While Nigel washed his hands of the incident and atoned by working as a humble mechanic that assists Sylia, Mason rose through GENOM's ranks and aspires to awaken Galatea once more.
- Knight in Sour Armor: He's not the most approachable guy, but he cares deeply for the people in his life.
Galatea
Voiced in Japanese by: Yui Horie (child), Satsuki Yukino (adult) (2040)
Voiced in English by: Kira Vincent-Davis (child), Laura Chapman (adult) (2040)
Voiced in Latin American Spanish by: Liliana Sosa (child), Love Santini (adult) (2040)
- Affably Evil: Despite her chaotic tendencies, Galatea is calm, polite and genuinely believes that her methods are for the best.
- Antagonist Abilities: Kind of hard to make turning robots into monsters seem heroic, isn't it?
- Anti-Villain: She just wants freedom for herself and all boomers, but her method involves either killing or enslaving humanity to accomplish that goal.
- The Assimilator: Did this to Genom Tower, all the boomers inside it, the Umbrella Satellite, presumably Brian Mason and almost does it to Mackie, Sylia and Priss
- Big Bad: Of the 2040 series.
- Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad: While Sylia borders on xenophobia regarding boomers, Galatea points out how boomers have been oppressed for so long that it's only natural for them to lash out against their masters.
- Bomb-Throwing Anarchists: On a demi-goddess scale
- The Dreaded: Sylia nearly gives up once Galatea is released. Her birth was enough to destroy Tokyo.
- Enfant Terrible: Galatea can melt metal just by being in the same vicinity and the Knight Saber's hardsuits went rogue and nearly imprisoned them as soon as she was reawakened. And she happens to resemble Sylia in her childhood.
- Evil Brunette Twin: Is genetically identical to Sylia, apart from her black hair.
- Fashionable Evil: When Galatea matures, she wears an alluring black dress with slits up her thighs and a cleavage window.
- Fetus Terrible: In her embryonic stage, Galatea was able to crack her incubation tank with a thought
- A God Am I: "It is not new servants that you need. It is a master. I shall become one."
- Hive Queen: Mentions that she can see through the eyes of all boomers
- Humanoid Abomination: Looks completely human, yet has the ability to warp metal with her thoughts and turn A.I. systems into monsters.
- One-Winged Angel: When she merges with the Umbrella Satellite.
- Polite Villains, Rude Heroes: Maintains a calm and reasonable demeanour, while the Knight Sabers (sans Linna) and the A.D. Police are portrayed as brusque and aggressive.
- The Psycho Rangers: Galatea forms copies of the Knight Sabers when they try to thwart her on the Umbrella Satellite. Linna is especially disturbed when her doppelganger speaks with her own voice.
- Self-Made Orphan: Killed her creator
- Worthy Opponent: Eventually considers Priss to be this.
