History Characters / CodeGeassMainCharacters

* MayflyDecemberRomance: C.C. is an ageless, deathless witch, while Mao is 17 years old and is completely obsessed with her. [[SubvertedTrope However]], C.C. does not return his affections. Extra materials imply that a lot of her contractors looked to her as a lover when not wanting her to be a ParentalSubstitute.

* CharClone: Similar to Athrun Zala of ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'', she possesses typical aspects of a Char Clone that are absent in the show's primary one (Lelouch), with her being the owner of a red AceCustom who serves as TheRival AcePilot to the pilot of the white machine (Suzaku).

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it "Karen" or "Kallen"? She's called both by different people.

** Eventually came to see her {{immortality}} as this.
** And before that [[spoiler:her own Geass which granted her the power "to be loved", which [[LoveIsInTheAir made anyone around her love her]] and it quickly becomes a BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor tale when she became unable to control it and learned that if you force everyone to love you, then none of it will be genuine.]]

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She has a tendency to make silly koans when Lelouch least expects them (see the quote).

* CursedWithAwesome: Oh, sure, she's got that immortality to worry about, but she can do just about anything thanks to her powers.

* FishOutOfTemporalWater: [[spoiler:After she is mentally reset to the person she was at the age of ten, a slave girl from TheMiddleAges.]]

* {{Glamour}}: [[spoiler:Her Geass power forced everyone she met to fall in love with her and shower her with affection, which was great...for a day or two.]]

* MayflyDecemberRomance: C.C. the ageless, deathless witch is romanced by Mao, a seventeen/eighteen-year-old boy. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] as she does not return his affections. Extra materials imply a lot of her contractors looked to her as a lover when not wanting her to be ParentalSubstitute.

* TricksterGirlfriend:
** There are implications of a possible romance between her and Lelouch, though it never explicitly pans out in the series.
** [[spoiler:Played straight in the timeline of the [[Anime/CodeGeassLelouchOfTheResurrection Resurrection movie]].]]

* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: The light novels' version of her ''rips'' into Suzaku, mocking him for working under Brittania, a hypocrite and murderer that isn't
owning it [[AtLeastIAdmitIt like she is]], a failure in regards to his relationship with Euphemia and a dog for his loyalty to Lelouch and herself, and an obstacle on her way to finally defeating Lelouch.

* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: The novels' version of her ''rips'' into Suzaku, mocking him for working under Brittania, calling him a failure in regards to his relationship with Euphemia and a dog better off following Lelouch's orders, and then [[SuicideDare telling him to kill himself]].

* DelicateAndSickly: She's unable to walk because of bullet injuries to her legs, and she also suffers from psychosomatic blindness, evidently as a result of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. [[spoiler:It seems that way at first. But then it's said that the reason she never opens her eyes is because of her father's MindRape, which forced her to become blind as a result.]] In the end, [[spoiler:Nunners remains wheelchair-bound, but overcomes her blindness.]]

* EyesAlwaysShut: Her eyes are always closed as a symbol of her trauma-induced blindness. [[spoiler:She opens them in episode 24 of ''R2'', as the proof of her ''overcoming'' that particular side of herself ... through sheer willpower.]]

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* WalkingTheEarth: She did this when she left the Britannian palace after Marianne's death. [[spoiler:And what she does after the GrandFinale.]]

* JusticeWillPrevail: The line next to her picture says it all.

* LargeHam: When piloting the Guren, Kalen goes all out in her hammy AcePilot mode.

** Kallen (tomboy) and Shirley (girly girl).
** Milly (tomboy) and Kallen (sickly guise) (girly girl).
** Kallen (tomboy) and Kaguya (girly girl).
** Kallen (tomboy) and Euphemia (girly girl).

%%* BigScrewedUpFamily: The reason she is hiding, they feared she would be assassinated due to the competitive nature of the royal family.
* BreakTheCutie: Happens several times, but she bounces back each time. [[spoiler:Even after Lelouch's death, since she becomes a fairly cheerful and sweet-tempered Empress.]]

* ClingyJealousGirl: Just a very little bit, with her older brother Lelouch. Nonsexual example ... we think.

* EyesAlwaysShut: As a symbol of her trauma-induced blindness. [[spoiler:She opens them in episode 24 of ''R2'', as the proof of her ''overcoming'' that particular side of herself ... through sheer willpower.]]

%%* HotterAndSexier: In ''Nightmare of Nunnally''.
* HowDareYouDieOnMe: [[spoiler:Nunnally does this to Lelouch after the Zero Requiem plan is completed, partly because she figured out what Lelouch's plan was all along]]

%%* TheIngenue: For the first season. This changes ''radically'' by the second.

%%* PrincessClassic: Deconstructed.

%%* SilkHidingSteel: Don't mess with her.

* CharacterDevelopment: Rolo ''really'' goes through some significant character changes throughout R2 - he becomes kinder, less of a ruthless killer and more of a loving, steadfast younger brother.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Has lived a long, and not so kind life. She was [[BornIntoSlavery a slave since childhood]] in TheMiddleAges before she gained her Geass powers which quickly turned into a BlessedWithSuck situation.

* ImmortalityHurts: She can't permanently die, but she still suffers from several painful major injuries and temporary deaths. Flashbacks reference quite a few horrific deaths in her past, including the iron maiden, guillotine, and burning at the stake, complete with images of her struggling against the ropes and screaming in pain the whole time. When she sinks into the ocean at the end of the first season ''she's crushed to pieces by ocean pressure''.

* MysteriousPast: Beyond some visual hints sprinkled throughout the first season, C.C.'s past is unknown until the middle of season 2, where it's revealed that she's an orphan girl from TheMiddleAges that escaped from slavery, and came upon a nun who granted her a mysterious power to keep on living in exchange for a wish. [[BlessedWithSuck It's all downhill from there.]]

* OnlyKnownByInitials: She's only known as "C.C." and we don't even know if that stands for her name. Lelouch is the only one who knows of her true name, and the dialogue is muted both times it is mentioned.

* AcePilot: Arguably the best in the entire series. [[spoiler:She even destroyed Suzaku's Lancelot Albion in their final confrontation.]]

* BelligerentSexualTension: A lot with Lelouch, to the point where they have been on the brink of a ''very'' steamy case of SexForSolace three times before the series is over. In R1, this is what her relationship with his civilian identity is perceived as by her friends (such as Milly) when really she just flat out doesn't really like Lelouch's facade. She swings temporarily into this at the start of R2 when she's struggling with Lelouch being Zero, but it's more to do with her wondering if [[spoiler:Lelouch mind-controlled her into her [[SubordinateExcuse feelings]] and loyalty]] than a true example.

* BrokenBird: Not in the traditional sense, but the Britannian invasion and her home life have definitely made her bitter.
* ButNotTooForeign: Half Japanese, half Britannian. See HeroicBastard below for more information.

%%* CustomUniform: For the Black Knights.

%%* DefrostingIceQueen:
* DelicateAndSickly: She invokes this by pretending to be sickly at school as part of her cover, so as not to attract suspicion about how she's actively rebelling against the Britannian government.

%%* FanGirl: For Zero, in a sense.

'''[[Anime/ArmoredTrooperVOTOMS Chirico]]''': Here they come.

* HeroicBSOD: Episode 25 of R1: [[spoiler:When she finds out Lelouch is Zero]].

%%* HumongousMecha: See AcePilot, above.

%%* TheLancer: To Zero.
%%* LargeHam: When in AcePilot mode.

* TheMcCoy: To Lelouch's [[TheKirk Kirk]] and C.C.'s [[TheSpock Spock]].

* TheMourningAfter: {{Picture Drama}}s taking place after the main series show while she is moving forward, she is not over Lelouch. Even stating he engraved her love for him in her mind permanently.
* NomDeMom: She uses her mother's Japanese name when she's working with the Black Knights.

* ProudWarriorRaceGirl: She's ''JAPANESE!'' Don't you dare forget it!
%%* PursuedProtagonist: In the first episode.

* RoyalBastard: Kallen is the lovechild of a nobleman's affair with the Eleven woman that now works as the household's maid, but that's kept secret so she doesn't have to deal with all the troubles of an Eleven or honorary Britannian.

%%* AndIMustScream: Very nearly, with Mao. Probably happened to her a lot, given her [[WhoWantsToLiveForever immortality]] and HealingFactor, and the fact that Clovis had been experimenting on her in secret for an indeterminate amount of time.

* DarkMistress: Subverted. She's far from it, but the Black Knights assume that she's this to Zero, she at least tries to set the record straight with Tamaki, though he doesn't believe her. This becomes a minor case of BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor for her in the {{Novelization}} once she starts helping out Lelouch to pilot the Gawain. That's because from then and on the Black Knights begin to expect her to pull her weight within the organization, making her wish to go back to the time she was thought of as TheMistress and just laze around.
* DeadpanSnarker: Regularly snarks to Lelouch and everyone else.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Starts out as a cold-hearted woman who's only helping Lelouch for her own motives and doesn't care about him at all, but she eventually warms up to him and starts to regain her human feelings thanks to him. After the GrandFinale, knowing that Lelouch honestly cared about her, and didn't blame her for the bad things that happened in his life after accepting the Geass, allowed C.C. to open up to her true emotions and gave her the strength to carry on despite still being immortal.

%%* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: With Lelouch, on occasion.

* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Finally gets over her WhoWantsToLiveForever by the GrandFinale. Knowing that Lelouch never hated or blamed her for the tragedy that his life became, and through everything he honestly cared about her, is enough to allow C.C. to carry on and live out her immortal lifespan with the happy memories he gave her.

%%* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Lelouch's Red.

* SatelliteCharacter: InUniverse only, to Zero [[spoiler:except from the point view of [[BigBad Charles]], [[EvilMatriarch Marianne]] and [[CreepyChild V.V.]].]]

** Also with Kallen in R2 and all the material that takes place during its timeframe.

* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Revealed to be [[spoiler:her motivation for giving people the Geass in the first place]]; puts a whole new spin on "The Power of Kings will condemn you to a path of loneliness."
* WifeHusbandry: With Mao, though it wasn't intentional.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With C.C. in R2 and all the material that takes place during its timeframe.

* BigBrotherWorship: Towards her dead older brother.
* BodyguardCrush: Towards Zero and later, ultimately, Lelouch himself.

* {{Expy}}: Of Asuka Langley Soryu from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''. A HotBlooded half-Japanese girl who pilots a red mecha with orange trim and has MommyIssues. Coincidently or not, [[ActorAllusion even her German voice actress is the same as Asuka's]]. [[spoiler:Compared to Asuka however, she [[EarnYourHappyEnding actually achieves her goals and has a happy ending.]] ]]

* LovingAShadow: Falls in love with Lelouch as Zero and remains mainly attracted to that side of him throughout the series. She's on the way to moving past this when they are LuredIntoATrap and [[spoiler:the Black Knights turn on Lelouch as Zero.]]

* ShowerOfAwkward: She gets interrupted while taking a shower ''twice.'' First, with a Lelouch nice enough to [[IgnoreTheFanservice try to look away]]. Second, a WaterfallShower spotted by Suzaku where she ends up in a FullFrontalAssault against him.

* {{Tsundere}}: The Harsh type; she's temperamental, HotBlooded, tough and badass on the outside but very sweet, caring for her loved ones and vulnerable on the inside.

* WomanScorned: At the very end of the series. [[spoiler:She confesses to Lelouch with a kiss which manages to break off the Magnificent Bastard facade and was said to be mutual by word of God, before he closes himself again in order to avoid have her following him.]] She resolves to kill him with her own hands. For Love And Justice.

* ActionGirl: The biggest example in the series, Kallen is hot blooded and always jumps into the action, often kicking lots of ass while piloting the Guren.

* BettyAndVeronica: The Veronica to Shirley's Betty for Lelouch's Archie.

* CustomUniform: For the Black Knights.

%%* HotBlooded: To the max.

* LastKiss: [[spoiler:Gives one to Lelouch in her attempt to reach out to him]]

* NomDeMom: Uses her mother's Japanese name when she's working with the Black Knights.

* SensualSpandex: The pilot suit she wears in most of the mecha battles since episode 12 of season 1 (pictured above). There is some justification for having such a tight suit (mostly because the Guren has motorcycle styled controls and a matching seat) but some of the MaleGaze shots Kallen gets while wearing it just ''scream'' RuleOfSexy. And then there are the moments when she wears the leather Black Knight jacket ''over'' the suit... is there a limit how HellbentForLeather one can be?

* SheFu: Blatantly guilty of this at times, especially in the first episode of season two.
* ShowerOfAwkward: ''Twice.'' First, with a Lelouch nice enough to [[IgnoreTheFanservice try to look away]]. Second, a WaterfallShower spotted by Suzaku where she ends up in a FullFrontalAssault against him.

* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Lelouch.

* WaterfallShower: On Kamine Island.

* MaleGaze: There's a good reason why fans like to call her Pizza Butt, as plenty of shots like to linger on C.C.'s ass while she's lounging around. She also likes to wear some pretty tight clothing to really emphasize it, like her straightjacket, or a form fitting tanktop and shorts in R2.

* NowOrNeverKiss: Has one with Lelouch in a way right before Season 1's climax.Turn out it's a kiss to lock up his memories in order to preserve them from his father's geass but still count as one.

* UnwittingPawn: In medieval times, C.C. got her geass as part of a contract with a nun. In the end, little did C.C. knew that the nun tricked her into passing her code to her. [[WhoWantsToLiveForever The nun became mortal and died as she wished]], while C.C. was now immortal.

* TheMourningAfter: Picture Dramas taking place after the main series show while she is moving forward, she is not over Lelouch. Even stating he engraved her love for him in her mind permanently.

** While he's not Lelouch's blood sibling, he greatly cherishes him and resents Nunnally for having Lelouch's attention, to the point of desiring to kill her when sent to rescue her during the second Black Rebellion. [[spoiler:For added {{irony}}, ''The Miraculous Birthday'' picture drama would show that he and Nunnally would actually get along rather well, Nunnally even thinking they could have been close had they had the opportunity to meet properly.]]