Fullmetal Alchemist (2003) / Characters

A short summary page for characters from the 2003-2004 Fullmetal Alchemist anime. For the character sheet dealing with the manga and Brotherhood, see Characters.Fullmetal Alchemist. Some spoilers will be unmarked.

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Roy Mustang

Voiced by: Tōru Ōkawa (JP), Travis Willingham (EN)^{Other Languages}

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"We State Alchemists are human artillery they roll out if nothing else works. And when the military calls, it’s our duty to respond, regardless of how grotesque the scenario. To serve, we have to distance ourselves from emotional attachments."

A colonel in the Amestrian military, Roy is the third most important protagonist in the series behind the Elric brothers. He seeks to become the Führer so he can fix the country and spread his ideals to the people. And by that, we mean make all the women in the military wear miniskirts.

Adaptational Angst Upgrade:
- While Roy had plenty of regrets about Ishbal in the manga and Brotherhood, he was able to channel them into a drive for a better future. Here, though, Roy shows symptoms of PTSD and depression; he nearly Ate His Gun after killing the Rockbells. He even shows signs of being an alcoholic, to the point that he appears in the final opening looking depressed with a glass of liquor in his hand.
- His depression worsens during the Time Skip between the finale and Conqueror of Shamballa - having given up his dream of becoming Führer by assassinating Bradley and with Ed presumed dead, Roy lives alone in a remote Northern outpost, away from Hawkeye and the rest of his team, and has sworn off the use of alchemy.
- While the conclusion of their original arc is rushed near the end of the series, there's also the strain between Winry and Roy due to his involvement in her parents' death.
Adaptational Jerkass:
- In general, Roy's cold, self-interested exterior and his adversity with Ed get more focus here than in the manga and Brotherhood.
- In the manga and Brotherhood Roy's skirt-chasing turned out to be an Urban Legend Love Life and a cover for his spy network. Since this hadn't been revealed yet when the anime was released, 2003 Roy actually is the Handsome Lech his Manga/Brotherhood self pretends to be.
- He's also the one who killed Winry's parents in this iteration, not Scar.
Anti-Hero: Of the Good Is Not Nice variety.
The Atoner: His main motive for becoming Führer is to ensure that nothing like Ishbal ever happens again.
Badass Bookworm: It comes with being an alchemist. There is also the moment when he quotes The Art of War in episode 13.
Badass Longcoat: He is almost always wearing his long, blue military coat.
Beard of Sorrow: During his suicidal moments.
Big Damn Hero: His He's Back! moment in Conqueror of Shamballa when he saves his men and the city at Central command after having been away up north.
Bishie Sparkle: It's Played for Laughs in episode 13.
Breaking the Fourth Wall: He once calls Hughes to complain that he hasn't made an appearance for too long.
Chick Magnet: As his crew's Lower-Deck Episode revealed, Havoc and co. could never keep girlfriends for long after they met Roy.
Code Name: His alchemist name is the Flame Alchemist, and he's often referred to as that by people who don't know him personally.
Colonel Badass: Becomes General Badass by the end of the series.
Couldn't Find a Pen: His ignition cloth gloves are destroyed during his battle with Pride, so to kill the Führer-homunculus, Mustang paints a transmutation circle on his hand using his own blood.
Cuteness Proximity: His reaction to Black Hayate, as mentioned above.
Dark and Troubled Past: Has a really dark one. See Driven To Suicide below.
Death Seeker: Used to be for killing Winry's parents, but has managed to get over that by promising himself that he would never follow any more unreasonable orders.
Disabled in the Adaptation: He permanently loses his left eye, whereas his manga/Brotherhood counterpart only suffers Temporary Blindness while keeping both eyes intact.
Driven to Suicide: He's stated he would kill himself, if he had the guts. In fact, as a young soldier in Ishbal he was this close to eating his own gun after killing Winry's parents and had to be stopped by Marcoh.
Drowning My Sorrows: Possibly to the point of alcoholism.
Eyepatch of Power: He gains one after losing an eye fighting Pride.
Fiery Stoic: Roy may be the Flame Alchemist, but he's normally stoic and level-headed. This works for the best because his fire powers are most dangerous when he gets heated up.
Finger-Snap Lighter: Roy's gloves are made of a special material that can cause sparks when rubbed together. He uses the gloves as the final step when starting fires, after preparing the area to be incinerated with alchemy.
Hero Insurance: Subverted. Is forced to repair what he damages during a duel with Edward without alchemy.
He's Back!: His triumphant return in The Movie, after holing himself up in the north and refusing to use alchemy, due to his demotion and out of grief for everything he did in Ishbal, and what happened to Hughes and Ed.
Heroes Love Dogs:
Mustang: I LOVE DOGS! Dogs embody loyalty, they follow their master's commands above all else. Be a jerk to them and they don't complain, and they never once beg for a paycheck! Trust me, Fury, they're the great servants of man! (singing) Loyal canine, how we salute thee!
Hidden Heart of Gold:
- One instance is that while he teases and prods Ed, he actually cares a great deal about the Elric brothers - as Hawkeye points out at Hughes's funeral.
- Part of the reason Roy's relationship with Ed is so fraught is that the Fullmetal Alchemist has trouble understanding the "heart of gold" part.
Internal Reformist: His goal in becoming Führer is to change Amestris for the better and ensure nothing like the Ishbalan genocide ever happens again. Near the end of the series, after learning Führer Bradley is the homunculus Pride, he gives up his dream, going against orders to assassinate Bradley.
Kill It with Fire: Part of being the Flame Alchemist. In particular, he finishes off Pride this way.
Knight in Sour Armor To the point he considered suicide.
Large Ham: Although usually calm and reserved, Roy occasionally lets his presence be known by striking a heroic pose and/or shouting at someone. Ed lampshaded this when he gives his own impersonation of Roy. In the dub, Travis Willingham drew inspiration from his failed audition for... Armstrong.
Men Don't Cry: Tries to pass this off at Hughes' grave after the funeral.
My Greatest Failure: His actions in the Ishbalan war, especially killing the Rockbells.
Mythology Gag: How he kills Pride ^note is very similar to how he kills Lust in the manga ^note.
Noble Male, Roguish Male: Noble Male to Ed's Roguish Male.
"No More Holding Back" Speech: After tracking down Ed and Al, he tells them about how he contemplated ending his own life once after executing the Rockbells, but then resolved never to follow unreasonable commands again. He tells them he came after them by his own choice, then demands to know why they ran away rather than trust him.
Oblivious to Love: He seems to be completely unaware of Hawkeye's love for him and why she gets irritated when he flirts with other women.
Officer and a Gentleman: For the most part, though he has his moments when he loses it.
Papa Wolf:
- Roy gives Ed plenty of shit, but he cares about both the Elric brothers more than he lets on and is quite protective of them, something Hawkeye takes note of.
- He's also angered when Pride kills Selim.
Parental Substitute: It's particularly noticeable around the time and after Hughes' death in this version, as he starts stressing much more over the Elric brothers' whereabouts and situation himself, and it's revealed that (unknown to Roy,) Hughes looked after them in part so that Roy could focus on trying to move up in the military instead, as Roy sought the brothers out to begin with so that they didn't get caught doing anything drastic without a certification and potentially jailed or worse, and so that he could keep an eye on them to make sure they stay alive... which he fails at, quite drastically.
Person of Mass Destruction: In Ishbal.
Playing with Fire: Mustang specializes in flame alchemy, subtly manipulating the environment using alchemy and then lighting it up by snapping his fingers to create a spark with his special glove.
Poor Communication Kills: He hides critical information from Edward and Alphonse, such as Liore rebelling again and Hughes' death to try to protect them. All this does is make Edward even more distrustful of Mustang when he learns the truth.
Rank Up: He's promoted to Brigadier-General at the tail end of the series... but it's short-lived because he's soon after demoted for assassinating Bradley/Pride.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue to Ed's Red. Color-Coded for Your Convenience with their coats.
Sand In My Eyes: During Hughes' funeral.
Shell-Shocked Veteran: It's heavily implied living through Ishbal left him with shellshock and PTSD.
Stepford Snarker: An increasingly common interpretation of his character in this version is that he's a Type A one of these, suffering from PTSD as a result of his part in the Ishbal Civil War including killing the Rockbells, and that his characterization in Conqueror of Shamballa is the mask coming off. It's supported by him having traumatic flashbacks to his conduct in Ishbal when he's in similar situations in the series, such as the one he gets to killing an Ishbalan child during his battle with Ed in "Fullmetal vs. Flame."
Stuff Blowing Up: He is the Flame Alchemist.
Supporting Leader: He is Ed's commanding officer, but he's in a less prominent role in the show, which is primarily the Elric brothers' story.
Tall, Dark, and Handsome: Both In-Universe, with his reputation as a womanizer who can get any woman in Central to fall in love with him, and in the fandom.
Tricked-Out Gloves: He uses his flame alchemy by putting his hands together to make a transmutation circle in his palms.
Useless Superpowers: "Colonel, you're worthless when it's raining."
Weaksauce Weakness: Wet gloves usually mean he can't use his alchemy.
You Can Barely Stand: His final confrontation with Pride.

Riza Hawkeye

Voiced by: Michiko Neya (JP), Colleen Clinkenbeard (EN)^{Other Languages}

"If the ways of this world are based on equivalent exchange, as alchemy says, then in order to allow for a new generation to enjoy good fortune, then the price that we must pay is to carry the bodies of the dead across a river of blood."

Roy's trusted second-in-command and bodyguard, Lt. Hawkeye's calm, collected demeanor and remarkable sharpshooting skills earn her the respect and fear of her fellow officers.

Action Girl: She's just as dangerous with a gun as Mustang is with his alchemy.
Badass Normal: She doesn't utilize alchemy like her fellow soldiers, but she still gets the job done with her guns.
Cold Sniper: Subverted; while not overly affectionate, she's far from cold.
Demoted to Extra: While most of the other girls had their roles ascended, Riza gets little Character Development and screentime compared to her manga/Brotherhood counterpart.
Expository Hairstyle Change: Subverted. Like the manga, Hawkeye starts the anime with very short cut hair and later grows it out. Unlike the manga, no reason is given for the style change. It's never commented on either. It might have been a way to clue viewers into the time skip, as part of the series takes place three years earlier than the rest, during the period the brothers are training to become State Alchemists.
The Gunslinger: Her last name isn't Hawkeye for nothing; she has a great reputation for her sharpshooter skills in the military.
Hopeless Suitor: Roy Mustang is oblivious to her affections in this continuity and the pair do not end up together. However, they do get some Ship Tease.
Inconsistent Spelling: Her name is not exactly common, so for quite a time fans were stumped. Liza, Riza, or Lisa? The official version is "Riza" and the manga even has a reference that "Elizabeth" is a code name, not her real name.
Pet the Dog: Black Hayate's owner... though her idea of training him is a bit shocking. To be fair, it’s highly effective and he’s very well-behaved.
The Stoic: The war has made her rather cold on the outside.
Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Riza has her fair share of more tender moments that hint that there's more to her than the Cold Sniper exterior. Especially involving Roy or the Elric brothers.

Führer President King Bradley

King Bradley

Voiced by: Hidekatsu Shibata (JP), Ed Blaylock (EN)^{Other Languages}

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"So you’re saying a faction still exists in the military that will commit unspeakable crimes just to create this mythical cure-all, right? If such a thing got out, we'd lose all credibility and respect, and our control over this state would crumble at our feet! (Beat) I’m joking, Hughes! Investigate it fully! The military has endured great storms of mutiny in the past and we'll ride this one out as well. We’ll extract the bad part out."

The ruler of Amestris. He simultaneously serves as the country's chief executive (President) and commander-in-chief (Führer)—and to clear any confusion, King is simply his first name. He came to rule Amestris after leading his nation out of a bloody civil war and setting up a military dictatorship. He is later revealed to be the homunculus Pride, and in The Movie, it turns out he's the alternate universe's version of Fritz Lang.

Adaptational Attractiveness: He looks a bit younger than his manga counterpart and his mustache is less prominent. He also has softer-looking features. This is probably due to him representing Pride instead of Wrath, and indeed, it manages to cover up his true nature much better.
Adaptational Badass: Zig-Zagged. Bradley lacks the main weakness of his manga counterpart; 03!Bradley has a Healing Factor like the other homunculi, while manga!Bradley does not due to being a converted human. As such, Mustang burning him alive would have killed his manga counterpart, while this Bradley can recover from it. That said, anime Bradley also has a new weakness in form of his human remains, which leads to his defeat. Manga Bradley also has many more badass moments on-camera than anime Bradley, including defeating Mustang.
Adaptational Dumbass: A very rare justified example: He represents Pride instead of Wrath, so him taunting and drawing out the fight with Bond Villain Stupidity makes sense, as a prideful person would want to gloat and make things last for the sake of bolstering his ego. His manga counterpart, however, wastes no time in disabling Mustang due to embodying a far much vicious sin.
Adaptational Villainy: While Bradley in the manga and Brotherhood was still an evil man, he still retains some noble qualities, like his love for his wife. Here, not so much. It gets to the point where he strangles his young son Selim to death when the latter unintentionally brought him his remains while fighting Mustang.
Blood Knight: For one thing, he lets Roy blow him up just to see if he'd survive.
Composite Character: He is Pride in this series.
Decomposite Character: While he mostly serves the same purpose his character did in the manga, personality change to Pride aside, his role of accompanying Armstrong to Dublith was given to Frank Archer.
Dissonant Serenity: Whether he's sending thousands of soldiers to their deaths, listening to an account of treason in the military, or being set on fire, he never loses that amiable smile. Until his son brings him his human remains, that is.
Dual Wielding: He always wields two swords in combat. Most prevalent when fighting against Roy.
Faux Affably Evil: Outwardly, he appears to be a kind-hearted man, a Reasonable Authority Figure, and a loving husband and father. In reality he is one of the most self-centered and hateful characters in the show, as befits the title of Pride, with everything we've seen of him being an affect. He even strangles his very young son to death when the latter accidentally brings him his original body's skull while he is fighting Roy, just trying to help his father.
Eyepatch of Power: He wears it to hide the ouroboros on his eye.
His Name Really Is "Barkeep": "King" isn't a title; it's his actual first name.
Implausible Fencing Powers: Uses his sword to disrupt the air so Roy can't hit him with his flames. It does help to be a homunculus with superhuman abilities.
Irony: It's revealed in The Movie that his alternate/real world counterpart is Fritz Lang, a Jew, despite being the Führer of the Fullmetal Alchemist world's equivalent of Germany.
Obfuscating Stupidity: He acts like a well-meaning, if sometimes harsh man. In reality, he's a very evil man and The Dragon to Dante.
Old Soldier: He's impressively badass, even without taking into account he's 60 and a powerful homunculus.
Putting on the Reich: He's called "Führer" for one thing.

Maes Hughes

Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara (JP), Sonny Strait (EN)^{Other Languages}

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"I hope you'll forgive me. I’ve got a wife and kid waiting for me back home…"

A rather quirky officer working in the records department. He develops something of a parental relationship with the Elric brothers, and assists both Mustang and the Elric brothers in their respective missions. Contrary to his appearance, he is not a man to trifle with.

Adaptational Early Appearance: He first appears during the train hijacking in episode 5 and gets to know the Elrics even before Ed becomes a State Alchemist. In the manga, he first appeared in chapter 6 ^note roughly analogous to episode 15 hunting Scar.
Adaptational Villainy: In-universe. His counterpart in the other world is a Nazi, though he renounces it in the end.
Ascended Extra: Zig-zagged. Hughes has much more screen time and development before his death, as opposed to his Brotherhood/manga counterpart who is killed early on. After his death, however, he only gets mentioned a handful of times, and Ed and Al don't even discover that he was killed until very late into the 2003 anime's run. In the manga and Brotherhood, on the other hand, his death motivates the rest of the characters, Roy in particular, and he was continuously referred to until the end.
Badass Normal: He doesn't use alchemy, but his knives alone show he is not to be taken lightly. He was able to beat Lust to the draw and even land a kill on her, despite her having him at point-blank range. This was one of the first times a homunculus had been killed in the series, and the only time by a non-alchemist or non-homunculus.
Bookends: He first meets Ed when saving his life on a train. He last meets him saying goodbye from a train platform.
Colonel Badass: Hides it well with his quirky persona, but he can be a serious, talented soldier when he needs to be.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Hughes seems like nothing more than an annoying overbearing husband (and later parent) who thinks of nothing but his family. But he's also a knife expert and turns deadly serious when the situation calls for it.
Deathbed Promotion: He is posthumously promoted to Brigadier General, something Mustang notes the bitter irony of given how Hughes intended to stay behind and prop up Mustang on his path to becoming Führer only to now have passed him in rank.
Disconnected by Death: Hughes is killed by Envy after the homunculi discover he knows too much about their plans.
Doting Parent: So much so that he's the current poster boy for the trope.
Establishing Character Moment: His first scene is him bothering his coworkers with endless gushing over his pregnant wife... which turns out to be a deliberate effort to annoy away eavesdroppers. This cements most of his key traits, including his close bond with Mustang.
Fatal Family Photo: Though up until his death, they're annoying family photos he keeps shoving in everyone's face!
Ghost Reunion Ending: At the end of the first arc, which is right before the original storyline takes front and center, i.e., after his death. Ed is shown looking out his train window, only to catch a ghostly apparition of Hughes smiling and waving goodbye to him. Ed doesn't realize what kind of reunion it is.
Good Parents: Toward Elicia, the Elric brothers, Nina and Winry in this version.
Happily Married: To Gracia. In fact, she was the one he obsessed over and annoyed everyone about before Elicia was born.
Heel–Face Turn: His alternative universe counterpart does this in Conqueror of Shamballa.
He Knows Too Much: Once he begins to uncover the truth behind Amestris' politics, he gets assassinated for it.
Killed to Uphold the Masquerade: He finds out too much about the homunculi controlling the country and is killed by Envy.
Let's Get Dangerous!: Seems harmless, but do not let him get near a knife.
Mean Boss: He's still cheerful and friendly, but it does have to be said that he's a bit of a terror to Sheska, doing things like piling work on her by the ton, offering her pictures of his daughter in lieu of overtime pay, and so on.
Motif: Meeting and partings involving trains becomes a small, recurring theme between him and the Elric brothers.
Nice Guy: His Mean Boss tendencies aside, Hughes is a friendly guy.
Obfuscating Stupidity or Bunny-Ears Lawyer: He's either an incredibly skilled investigator and knife expert who hides his skill behind a facade of being an overbearing gushy father and husband, or he really is an overbearing and gushy father and husband who is also an incredibly skilled investigator and knife expert.
Overenthusiastic Parents: Can you say Hughes? He has a new photo of his daughter and he will obscure Ed's vision with it as much as possible.
Parental Substitute: Is essentially this toward Ed, Al, and for the time she's alive, Nina in this version of the series, as he interacts extensively with them from 10 and 11 years old for 25 episodes, and it's revealed part of the reason was to reduce Roy's burden of stressing over them, who also has much larger Parental Substitute vibes than in the manga.
Papa Wolf: While he never has to protect his daughter specifically, he is very antagonistic to those who try to hurt Edward and Alphonse, whom he acts as a Parental Substitute towards.
Perma-Stubble: Throughout the series, he always has a stubble that never grows any longer.
Sacrificial Lion: His death happens at about the half-way point in the series, and is a significant turning point, with the tone taking a serious turn for the darker after it.
Those Wacky Nazis: Of all the possible people this could have happened to in this show, his alternate world counterpart gets this treatment in The Movie. Notably, despite this trait and the fact at one point he tries to hinder Ed's progress, he's not a real villain (he is Hughes, after all) and even ends up being the one to kill the Big Bad. While he initially shows a little hostility to Noah for being Roma (a prejudice that was not exclusive to the Nazis), he just seems to share their political and economic beliefs and genuinely believes the Nazis and Hitler is the best future for Germany (notably, the Nazis don't actually control Germany yet and Hitler isn't dictator) until the end of Conqueror of Shambala, where he no longer seems to be affiliated with them after what he's witnessed.
Vicariously Ambitious: As in all his incarnations, despite his lack of interest in social climbing for himself, when Mustang announces the intention to rise to the top of the military Hughes immediately volunteers to be the guy to work under Mustang that will help that dream come true.

Alex Louis Armstrong

Voiced by: Kenji Utsumi (JP), Christopher Sabat (EN)^{Other Languages}

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"It's true what you said: the opposite of creation is destruction and both must be served! Destroy and create; it's the grand currency of the universe and it's the charge of the Armstrongs to carry out both!!"

Major Alex Louis Armstrong, the Strongarm Alchemist! Heir to the Armstrong fortune! The following tropes have been passed down the Armstrong line for GENERATIONS!

Adaptational Jerkass: In the manga, Armstrong's guilt got to him during the War of Extermination and he refused to take part, being sent away from the frontlines as discipline. That isn't the case here, and a flashback explicitly shows him destroying an Ishbalan stronghold.
Author Appeal: The author of the manga likes to draw big, muscular men. This carried over into the anime adaptation.
Bald Head of Toughness: Specializes in a form of earth-based alchemy that relies on his immense physical strength. He is easily the physically strongest member of the Amestris Military and his muscles are proof of that. He is the only bald (save for a single blond curl on his forehead) character shown in the story.
Beware the Silly Ones: Armstrong is often Played for Laughs as a silly character obsessed with muscles and his lineage. That doesn't mean he isn't still an incredibly competent and powerful alchemist, or a kind philantrophist.
The Big Guy: He's a hot-blooded, giant bruiser of a man who's fittingly earned his title of "the Strongarm Alchemist."
Bishie Sparkle: Armstrong is particularly famous for this in anime fandom - especially since he's not a bishie at all, and yet he outshines nearly all the traditional examples, as the sparkles show up pretty much every time he's on screen. It's Lampshaded in a scene where Breda is disguised as him and has paper sparkle-diamonds hanging from his costume.
Boxing Battler: A style he has been passed down the Armstrong line for generations, apparently. Served with a side of Full-Contact Magic.
Character Catchphrase: "This technique has been passed down the Armstrong line for generations!" is said every time Armstrong is showing off one of his many talents.
Dishing Out Dirt: His particular alchemic specialty is pounding the ground with his fists (where his arrays are located) and using that to create earthquakes.
Emotional Bruiser: He may be made of muscle and capable of kicking copious amounts of ass, but he also wears his heart on his sleeve and is prone to giving bone-crushing bearhugs to people he likes and let loose with the waterworks whenever he hears something heartbreaking.
Hot-Blooded: If there's one thing he doesn't he doesn't lack, it's passion. He's a very bombastic and enthusiastic man.
Genius Bruiser: As a State Alchemist, Armstrong is by definition one of the country's best and brightest, as well as a member of the army. When in a scrap, he fights with his fists to great effect, using them to both attack and to utilize the alchemical circles inscribed on his gauntlets to shape the stone and rocks around him.
Gentle Giant: When he cools down from chewing the scenery, he can be a very kind-hearted man despite his ripping features.
Good Is Not Soft: Although he is one of the most kind-hearted alchemists we meet in the show, he is also a dedicated soldier and will carry out morally grey acts if ordered to. He also works with Archer, one of the least moral soldiers in the show, though it was more just an undercover act to keep an eye on Archer for Mustang, who he is really allied with.
Idiot Hair: The only strand of hair he has is a curly lock sticking up from his brow.
Large Ham: Extremely large. Everything he does and says is accompanied by a loud voice and lots of flourish.
Majorly Awesome: He holds the rank of Major and is an insanely strong State Alchemist.
Manly Tears: Just because he cries easily, doesn't mean he loses a modicum of manliness.
Military Brat: Comes from a long time of soldiers.
Nice Guy: He is easily one of the nicest alchemists in the series. When Ed yells at him over his role in the Ishbal Massacre, he doesn't seem to hold it against him.
Person of Mass Destruction: As another State Alchemist. In Armstrong's case, he seems to have earth-based powers, which he achieves by pounding the ground with his fists.
Punny Name: As one might expect from the name, Armstrong is one of the most muscular people in the show.
Shirtless Scene: It would be easier just to list all the times he kept his shirt on!

Frank Archer

Voiced by: Show Hayami (JP), Troy Baker (EN)^{Other Languages}

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"Tell the troops not to take prisoners. Kill anyone who looks suspicious. I want this place cleaned."

An official from the military court who replaces Maes Hughes after his untimely death. Unlike his predecessor, he is an incredibly cold and vicious man and is known for his love of war.

Arm Cannon: After his restructuring, his mechanical arm features a built-in machinegun.
Artificial Limbs: One arm and leg. The former has a machine gun attached.
Ax-Crazy: By the end of the series, Archer has completely lost whatever was left of his sanity, gunning down his subordinates along with the rebels while cackling in glee.
Bad Boss: He doesn't mind gunning down his own soldiers, following his reconstruction as an automail cyborg.
Canon Foreigner: Archer is completely original to the 2003 anime and has not appeared in unrelated works.
Colonel Badass: He is very capable, sharp, and cool under fire, but definitely not quite the badass he thinks he is.
Colonel Kilgore: He's a Lt. Colonel and he loves bloody conflict, primarily seeing it as a means to advance his military career, and eventually attacks Liore.
Composite Character: His cold, collected personality almost makes him closer to manga Kimblee than '03 Kimblee is.
Cybernetics Eat Your Soul: Okay, he was already pretty evil, but his automail restructuring did not help the situation, making him more unstable than ever.
Cyborg: After he loses half his body in the Liore campaign, he is rebuilt as one of these. Includes most of his body on that side, as he was effectively bisected down the middle.
The Dragon: To Pride. Even after he realizes he is a homunculus, he still wants to serve him.
Dropped a Bridge on Him: He's rebuilt as a super destructive cyborg who seems like he's going to be a major threat during the finale. Instead, he's unceremoniously shot in the back and killed by Hawkeye while attempting to murder Roy.
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: A cold, unsettling military commander with black hair and unnaturally pale skin.
Glory Hound: Archer wants to gain glory on the battlefield to rise through the military ranks, and he's willing to stoop to any crime to make sure that happens.
Grayscale of Evil: Applied not to his outfit, but to his body, to fairly creepy effect. While his black or dark gray hair isn't that odd on its own, his skin is frequently colored literally white or very pale gray, as well, even prior to his reconstruction. The overall effect is very similar to Undeathly Pallor.
Half the Man He Used to Be: The left half of his body was caught in a transmutation, leaving him with only his right half. His left half was later replaced with automail turning him into a Terminator-esque cyborg.
Manipulative Bastard: Attempts to be one, with some success, but largely relies on his position and government connections rather than genuine ability. His personality fits, though.
My Country, Right or Wrong: Is fully aware that Bradley is a homunculus and honestly doesn't care. He remains loyal to the end.
Obstructive Bureaucrat: Often uses his position to frustrate Roy and the brothers' investigations.
Obviously Evil: Good lord, just look at him!
Red Oni, Blue Oni: He's the blue to Kimblee's red.
Sanity Slippage: Loses quite a bit of his cool after being rebuilt as a cyborg.
Smug Snake: Right down to the smugly superior tone of voice. Of the relatively high-functioning variety, though, as he's not that incompetent.
The Sociopath: Like Kimblee's anime counterpart, he could care less about Ishbal's people, soldier or innocent. And when he's a cyborg, he didn't even care about shooting his fellow soldiers.
Tyrant Takes the Helm: Following the death of the lovable Maes Hughes, Archer takes his place, but instead of being a kind, helpful person, he's a transparently evil psychopath who hinders the Elrics and Roy at every turn.
War Is Glorious: His driving belief. He also wants to become a war hero.
We Can Rebuild Him: Much of his body is replaced with robotic parts after he is caught in the Liore destruction, becoming significantly more unhinged in the process.
We Can Rule Together: He offers Izumi a chance to join the military in global conquest. Predictably, she tells him to shove it.

Basque Grand

Voiced by: Shin Aomori (JP), R. Bruce Elliott (EN)^{Other Languages}

"It’s my job to end this war quickly and with this, I can!!"

A Colonel during the Ishbal Civil War, who was in charge of it. He was pretty much just your generic General Ripper (even if he didn't become a real General until after the war). He shows up mainly to give Ed top secret information, sometimes in front of a bunch of Red Shirts. He gets killed when Scar simply walks up to him and kills him.

Adaptational Attractiveness: In the manga and Brotherhood, he has a noticeable facial scar running horizontally across his nose. He lacks this in the 2003 anime.
Adaptational Villainy: Boy howdy, as mentioned below, his manga/Brotherhood counterpart was more noble. In the 2003 version, he's a Jerkass that takes pleasure in slaughtering people. Granted, all the 2003 anime had to go on was that he was a Posthumous Character killed by Scar, and the flashback showing off his manga characterization wasn't shown until 2006.
Ascended Extra: In the manga, he is only mentioned posthumously and seen during the Ishbal flashback arc. He gets more exposure (and a personality change) here, and is in fact one of the main recurring antagonists early in the series.
Asshole Victim: A major Jerkass who dies at Scar's hand.
Bad Boss: To Tucker in a way. He puts the Sewing Life Alchemist under so much pressure that Tucker resorts to transmuting his daughter and her dog.
Colonel Kilgore: Turned into one by the '03 anime. Unlike his manga/Brotherhood equivalent, who was an honorable man who killed his jerkass general to let the Ishbalan high priest meet with Bradley to at least try to put an end to the bloodshed, and when fighting in Ishbal didn't seem to have any pleasure in fighting (he was just fulfilling his duty as a human weapon), the 2003 anime paints him as a major Jerkass who loved it.
Dropped a Bridge on Him: He seems to be built up as a major villain in the military only to be unceremoniously killed by Scar after only appearing in a few episodes.
Everyone Has Standards: Zigzagged if not subverted. He knew full well Tucker used his wife to create the first talking chimera and allowed him a pass due to the seemingly groundbreaking results. While he does intend to use the newly fused Nina and Alexander for experimentation, he does seem a little disturbed that Tucker went as far as to transmute his 4-year-old daughter.
Extra-ore-dinary: He's called 'The Iron Blood Alchemist' for the way he sculpts metal into weapons or armor in combat.
General Ripper: As seen above, his military rank is also a Colonel.
Kick the Dog: Or in this case, Nina Tucker after her father transmuted her with her dog, as he intended to take her away and use her as a test subject. That said, he did seem momentarily taken aback when Ed told him that Shou sunk so low as to use his own daughter.
Mr. Exposition: His main role is to tell Ed the secrets of the Amestrian government.
Person of Mass Destruction: While he doesn't give his "I am a weapon" speech from the manga/Brotherhood, he still maintains his normal alchemy style of creating BFGs and even encasing them around his body to literally turn himself into a weapon.
Small Role, Big Impact: Even though he only appears in a few episodes, Grand pressuring Tucker to succeed in his research partially contributed to Tucker's experimentation on his daughter and eventual role as a recurring antagonist in the show. His presence also led the capture of Doctor Marcoh, and it's revealed in a flashback that he was the one who ordered Roy Mustang to kill Winry's parents during the Ishbal War.
Starter Villain: Thanks to being given an expanded role from his posthumous character in the manga, and being given a villainous personality, Grand becomes a major recurring antagonist in the beginning of the anime.
Talking Is a Free Action: Averted. He tries to activate his red stone and begins to indulge on Evil Gloating. Scar simply kills him before he has a chance to defend himself.
The Worf Effect: A victim of one to show how dangerous Scar is.
Would Hurt a Child:
- Psychologically and physically, as he indirectly deprived Winry of her parents and later deprives Nina of her only human friends by forcing the Elrics to leave the Tucker estate and his actions indirectly lead to her demise.
- Not to mention generally bullying the Elrics every time they encounter him.

Jean Havoc

Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto (JP), Mike McFarland (EN)^{Other Languages}

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"We don't question the wisdom of the military. See, that's the first law of state alchemy, Ed."

One of Mustang's closest subordinates. Before joining the army, he was just a typical country boy.

Abled in the Adaptation: Unlike in the manga and Brotherhood, he doesn't get paralyzed by Lust.
Adaptational Wimp: Pretty much spends the bulk of the show being a Butt-Monkey and comic relief, whereas in the original manga, he's quick to respond when the call for aid is sent and engages in field missions, including getting injured by Lust.
Always Second Best: His prospective love interests are only ever interested in him until they meet Mustang.
Berserk Button: He doesn't care for Ed insuiating that Mustang is nothing more than a Glory Hound eager to move up the chain of command, as if that was all the Flame Alchemist was about, the Mustang Unit wouldn't follow him.
Butt-Monkey: Gets mocked a lot for his lack of luck in the romance department.
Demoted to Extra: Havoc doesn't get much screentime to himself here other than Team Mustang's A Day in the Limelight episode, where one subplot revolves around his dating troubles. He's a more important character in the manga and Brotherhood anime, though, playing an essential role in the fight against Lust and Roy's eventual coup.
Good Is Not Soft: His quirks aside, early on, he warns an outraged Ed to keep his head down and pledge loyalty to Amestris’ military shortly after Scar kills the Nina/Alexander chimera and that Shou Tucker was (supposedly) executed without a fair trial due to his explicit guilt in the crime.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: He is mainly laid back and a friendly guy, but he knows the uglier sides of the military lifestyle and gives Edward fair warning upon the latter beginning to see just how corrupt the Amestris government can get.
Smoking Is Cool: At least, his fangirls think so.
Took a Level in Badass: His last onscreen appearance has him manning a stationary gun and shooting tanks as the govermental forces attempt to stop Mustang's coup.
Unlucky Everydude: Havoc is cute and nice, but with Roy in such close proximity, he can't seem to keep a girlfriend.

Vato Falman, Kain Fuery, and Heymans Breda

Falman voiced by: Takehiro Murozono (JP), Kyle Hebert (EN)^{Other Languages}
Fuery voiced by: Tetsu Shiratori (JP), Kevin M. Connolly (EN)^{Other Languages}
Breda voiced by: Tomoyuki Shimura (JP), Josh Berry (EN, TV series and Conqueror of Shamballa), Charles Baker (EN, OVAs)^{Other Languages}

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From left to right: Fuery, Breda, and Falman

Breda: "Ten-thousand says (Havoc) blows the date."
Falman: "I say they don't even have one!"
Fuery: "My money is on him chickening out before he even sees her!"
Riza Hawkeye: "You realize you’re all betting against him."
Breda, Falman, and Fuery: "Safest bet!"

Mustang's other subordinates, a trio of officers that fill out various functions. Their loyalty to Mustang is unquestionable.

Adaptational Early Appearance: Falman makes his debut here on the train heist headed by Bald and the Blue Squad alongside Maes Hughes whereas the manga equivalent only has him appearing at the end behind Mustang with the other two plus Havoc.
Adaptational Wimp: Even worse than Havoc, who at least was shown fighting in the coup. They are practically shown as desk jockeys. In the original, while this was their primary job, they often rushed to the scene to provide backup, and they were directly used in field missions to engage the enemy or provide essential support roles (in particular during the attempt to capture homunculi).
Brilliant, but Lazy: Hinted at with Breda, considering his skill at strategy games.
Demoted to Extra: All three of them have much smaller roles compared to the manga, mostly serving as comic relief. Falman at least has a memorable introduction during the Blue Squad train heist helping the Elrics and Hughes retake the engine room from Bald's men.
Eyes Always Shut: Vato Falman. In the manga, a Briggs soldier even calls him "Squinty Eyes.”
Greek Chorus: When present, they tend to be this to Mustang-centric plots and, on one occasion, a plot centered around Havoc's dating troubles.
Mauve Shirt: Not quite. They serve a greater role to the story than most shirts, but they're hardly players in the game.
The Short Guy with Glasses: Kain Fuery is the shortest of the three. He could've been the shortest in the whole military if Ed didn't join.
The Smart Guy: Fuery would be this if it weren't for the fact that both Breda and Falman are easily his equal in intelligence, if not smarter. Still, he is the resident communications expert.
Those Two Guys: Well, three.
Spock Speak: Falman talks this way sometimes, such as in episode 13 about Black Hayate.
Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Breda is afraid of dogs.
With Friends Like These...: Played for Laughs as none of them have any confidence in Havoc scoring with Catherine to the point that they each bet 10,000 cens based on how badly he'll screw it up: Breda betting Havoc blows the date, Falman claiming they won’t even have one, and Fuery believed that he'd chicken out before even getting to lay eyes on her. Falman ends up the winner.

Maria Ross

Voiced by: Mitsuki Saiga (JP), Meridith McCoy (EN)^{Other Languages}

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"You nearly died and you put your brother at risk! You need to remember you’re still a child! (Beat) And you have to start trusting adults with a little bit more of the work."

Armstrong's subordinate. Serves as one of Edward and Alphonse's bodyguards during their investigations in Central. She takes her job seriously, perhaps too seriously sometimes, though she works well enough with her partner Denny.

Adaptational Angst Downgrade: Unlike the manga, Lust and Envy don’t frame her for Hughes’ murder, meaning she also doesn’t get court-martialed and never has to go into hiding.
Bifauxnen: She looks quite boyish when in her uniform, and in this version her seiyuu is known for her deep voice. It doesn't stop her from being a Dude Magnet though.
Big Damn Heroes: She arrives just in time to help out in several cases, such as in Lab 5.
Cooldown Hug: She applies one to Ed at the end of the Laboratory Five arc, after Ed almost ends up Going Mad From The Revelation from what he found out there. Remarkable in that she lacks the emotional connection that's often needed in the trope, but still managed to calm Ed down.
Get A Hold Of Yourself Man: To Ed after the Lab 5 incident.
Mauve Shirt: She has an important role in the Lab 5 arc, but doesn't get to do much more than that.
Oblivious to Love: She seems completely ignorant of the fact that Brosh has a crush on her.
Team Mom: A downplayed example, considering her minor role, but in this version of the anime, Maria has a few more scenes expressing concern for the Elric brothers, and she delivers the Cooldown Hug to Ed.
Those Two Guys: With Denny.

Denny Brosh

Voiced by: Masao Harada (JP), Jim Foronda (EN)^{Other Languages}

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"Wow, you certainly live up to your name sir! When they say ‘Fullmetal’, they really aren’t kidding!"^note

Ed and Al's other bodyguard. His carefree nature combines unexpectedly well with his serious partner Maria.

Adaptational Relationship Overhaul: He has a very obvious crush on Maria, whilst in Mangahood, they're relationship was more of Platonic Life-Partners.
Cannot Spit It Out: Clearly has a thing for Maria, but can't get up the guts to admit it to her.
Clark Kent Outfit: If the video game Dream Carnival is to be believed, Denny is absolutely shredded under his uniform.
Idiot Hair: He's got a small but noticeable one.
Inconsistent Spelling: His last name can alternatively be spelled "Bloch", but it also requires a different pronunciation.
Mauve Shirt: He has an important role in the Lab 5 arc, but doesn't get to do much more than that.
Those Two Guys: With Ross.

Sheska

Voiced by: Naomi Wakabayashi (JP), Gwendolyn Lau (EN)^{Other Languages}

"I myself once scaled the heights and plunged the depths of the highest mountain of books for three days, but still didn’t find the elusive tome I'd been searching for. It's so tragic…so very tragic…!"

A young and cute librarian with a prodigious visual memory. Her investigations will come handy more than once...

Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: She and Winry become good friends in this continuity. They never met in the manga or Brotherhood.
Ascended Extra: She's only prominent in one or two chapters early on in the manga and disappears about a third of the way through; here, however, she continues investigating Hughes' death against Mustang's wishes until she became something of a second heroine next to Winry.
Brainy Brunette: She didn't become a librarian for Central's largest archive for nothing. She is very intelligent.
Butt-Monkey: She suffers a lot of comedic abuse (mostly from Hughes) early on.
Expy: She is Yomiko Readman from Read or Die, but without any paper manipulating powers and with a lighter, shorter hair.
Cute Bookworm: A cute, if slightly mousy, girl who loves to read.
Genius Ditz: Although sharp as a tack, she can be a very clumsy, nervous woman.
Inconsistent Spelling: Sheska? Schezka? Schieska? Schiezka...?
Lovely Angels: With Winry, as the two naturally click with their intellectual interests and klutzy tendencies. They even bug the Führer's secretary's phone together.
Photographic Memory: Combined with her love for books, she has an astounding memory.
Prone to Tears: In addition to the comedic abuse from Hughes, she bursts into tears when his daughter Elicia calls her a bookworm.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue to Winry's red. While Sheska is spooked easily and keeps to herself, Winry is much more adventurous and loud-spoken.

Yoki

Voiced by: Kazuki Yao (JP), Barry Yandell (EN)

"If got all of this figured out, then perhaps you should try bribing me. But don't blame me if you have to grease the wheels; it's the way of the world!"

A vindictive and selfish lieutenant in the Amestrian military. Edward and Alphonse expose him as a fraudster bleeding a mining town for profit, and he is disgraced and banished.

Adaptational Villainy: While Yoki did start as a selfish coward in the manga—who the Elrics had gotten discharged—here he is directly portrayed as a slimy and corrupt officer without a shred of regret for his actions (until they catch up with him).
Death by Adaptation: Doesn't live very long here and never joins up with Scar.
He Knows Too Much: He is killed by the homunculi to prevent him from interfering in their plans for Scar.

Hakuro

Voiced by: Jin Horikawa (JP), Phil Parsons (EN, mainly), Robert McCollum (EN, episode 14 only)

A prominent general in the Amestris military who the Elrics rescue. He later takes part in the Liore massacre.

Adaptation Expansion: Gets a slightly more prominent role in the series, as he's not only rescued by the Elrics but commands the assault on Liore and is one of Bradley's immediate subordinates, compared with his counterpart who does very little after the Elrics save him.
Adaptational Jerkass: He is more complicit in government atrocities than his manga counterpart, who was more of a background character. Also he has no trouble with his men abusing civilians, taking offense to when Mustang less-than-subtly implies that he went too far in Liore.
Ambiguous Situation: It's unknown if he personally assaulted Rose. Also whether he faced any consequences.
Ear Ache: One of his ears is shot by Bald during the train hijacking.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He has a wife and two children.
General Ripper: Not quite as psychotic as other examples but his men regularly commit atrocities in Liore, namely killing civilians and raping Rose.
Karma Houdini: Never shows up after Mustang's coup, so its never resolved if he was penalized for his atrocities or not.
- Uncertain Doom: As shown above, it's never confirmed outright if he was punished or not.
Save the Villain: Downplayed, given his sinister nature shows up later, but the Elrics do end up proving themselves by saving him.
Small Role, Big Impact: Not only does his capture allow the Elrics to prove themselves, but his role in Liore leads to catastrophic consequences for Rose, allowing Dante to get in close and manipulate her.
The Starscream: Secretly covets Bradley's position of Fuhrer, though outside of Bradley giving him command, nothing comes of it.
Unwitting Pawn: Mustang lets him be taken hostage by terrorists so the Elrics can prove themselves.
Would Hit a Girl: Slaps Rose for yelling at him over the atrocities his troops are committing.

Homunculi

Here.

Others

Dr. Tim Marcoh

Tim Marcoh

Voiced by: Kōji Totani (JP), Brice Armstrong (EN)^{Other Languages}

"I can’t show you my work. Orders from above notwithstanding, I dirtied my hands with that research! Then the military they put it to use on those people…! In that Eastern Rebellion Massacre!"

A state alchemist who served in Ishbal, and creator of the red crystals. Due to his experience in the war he deserts the military, living a quiet life as a country doctor, until trouble comes knocking on his door.

Adaptational Early Appearance: In the manga and Brotherhood, the Elrics meet Marcoh by chance while heading back to Risembool to recuperate from Scar's ambush. Here, they're specifically looking for the doctor before Ed's battle with Scar. In fact, in this version, Scar attacks while the brothers are with Marcoh and the doctor threatens Scar with the Philosopher's Stone.
The Atoner: He feels guilty for his part in the Ishbalan massacre, but unlike the manga, he never lives long enough to redeem himself.
Back-Alley Doctor: In a small country town, and very competent.
Bus Crash: He is last seen not even halfway into the series when Lust and Gluttony break into the hotel he's at to blackmail him. He is mentioned frequently throughout the series after that, but it isn't until the penultimate episode that he is revealed to have been eaten by Gluttony.
Death by Adaptation: He lives in the manga and even redeems himself eventually, but here he doesn't get the chance. Potentially justified, since he hadn't reappeared yet when the anime aired.
Death Seeker: He wants to die for what he did to the Ishbalans, which he does.
Defector from Decadence: He left the war out of guilt in participating in the Ishbalan massacre. He never lives long enough to redeem himself of his guilt.

Izumi Curtis

Voiced by: Shoko Tsuda (JP), Christine Auten (EN)^{Other Languages}

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"You asked what I am? ...A HOUSEWIFE!!!"

Mentor to the Elric brothers, she taught them both alchemy and martial arts, both of which she is a master. Despises State Alchemists. Easily the most badass character in the series.

Action Mom: Or more accurately, Action Teacher.
Adaptational Angst Upgrade: In this continuity, not only does she lose her infant son and experience the trauma and horror from attempting human transmutation, but her son comes back as a homunculus, and she experiences all the moral dilemmas that come with it. Her lost organs and coughing up blood are also played much more for drama to the point she actually dies.
Adaptational Jerkass:
- Downplayed, but she's a bit harsher than she was in the manga/Brotherhood.
- In the manga, the Elric brothers (reluctantly) went back to Dublith on their own accord because they needed Izumi's advice. Here, Izumi tracks them down and abducts them as punishment for Ed becoming a "dog of the military."
Adaptational Wimp: Downplayed. Izumi's still a badass, but unlike her manga counterpart, who was practically an indestructible powerhouse, here she ends up getting overpowered a handful of times due to her missing organs hindering her and is almost killed by Greed and later Archer.
Badass Teacher: Taught the Elrics everything they know about martial arts and alchemy, and can wipe the floor with just about anyone.
Barefoot Sage: She goes around in open-toed bathroom slippers, which may have something to do with the fact that she doesn't really care about social conventions due to being a skilled and wisened Alchemist.
Blood from the Mouth: Usually comes with her Incurable Cough of Death.
Cruel to Be Kind: Her treatment of the Elrics is in many ways part this and part Tough Love.
Death by Adaptation: In between the end of the series and the movie.
Determinator: Like in the manga, she seems to hang on by sheer willpower despite of several of her organs being damaged or outright missing.
Disabled in the Adaptation: In the manga her organs are rearranged to make things easier on her. This doesn't occur in the 2003 anime which causes her to die during the timeskip between the anime's ending and The Movie.
Dreadlock Rasta: Her hairstyle resembles this, though it's supposed to be braids.
Early-Bird Cameo: Someone who appears to be Izumi (similar hairstyle and height) can be seen at the train station when Armstrong picks up Winry in episode 23.
Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: Indicates sickliness rather than creepiness.
Foreshadowing: In the flashback during her first full episode, she is able to perform alchemy without a circle, using the clapping method Ed uses. This is the first sign that she too had performed human transmutation and saw beyond the Gate in the process, just as Ed did. The fact that he can do it is actually a large part of what tipped her off that they had done it, though Ed is too emotional from their conversation to put two and two together about her end.
Gone Horribly Right: Zigzagged. She attempted to transmute her baby back to life using his own remains. She succeeded at reviving him as not only a homunculus, but a Nigh-Invulnerable, alchemy-capable homunculus. However, she was horrified with the results and gave him to the Gate, with horrible and tragic consequences once he escaped with Edward's limbs.
Happily Married: To Sig.
Housewife: Insists that's all she is.
Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Her husband Sig is easily twice her size and can match muscles with Armstrong.
Incurable Cough of Death: Due to her failed attempt at human transmutation to revive her stillborn child. Most of her organs were taken as payment and, as later revealed by a doctor, her remaining ones have taken up the slack.
Jerkass: A slight version, but more than in Brotherhood/the manga such as when she's being particularly harsh.
Juggle Fu: Shown to do this with a book while training Ed and Al in a flashback.
Mama Bear: To her students and Wrath, who is the incarnation of her dead son.
My God, What Have I Done?: Izumi immediately regrets abandoning her son at the Gate when he starts to cry and even reaches for him, but it's too late.
My Greatest Failure: She considers her transmutation of her son to be this. It gets even worse when he escapes the Gate and she recognizes him.
Offing the Offspring: Subverted. Izumi starts choking her son Wrath when she thinks he's become a monster, but can't go through with it. Unfortunately, the attempt drives Wrath to turn against her.
Parental Abandonment: She gave her reborn son to the Gate. However, once he comes back, she immediately recognizes him and becomes determined to make up for her actions and protect him at all costs.
Parental Substitute: To the Elrics, who treat her almost like a mother. She appears to reciprocate.
Played for Drama: Her Incurable Cough of Death, unlike in the manga and Brotherhood where it is also Played for Laughs on occasion. Also unlike in the manga, it is incurable and eventually kills her.
Stepford Smiler: She acts strong and all, but hides from almost everyone the terrible and heartbreaking reason why she coughs up blood.
Stern Teacher: Moreso than in Brotherhood.
Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome: In the movie.
Sugar-and-Ice Personality: She's largely a rather sweet and kind-hearted woman, but when it comes to either the military or Ed and Al's screw ups, she becomes extremely cold and angry, usually to a comical degree.
Together in Death: Her spirit meets up with Wrath after he sacrifices himself to open the Gate.
Tough Love: Her treatment of the Elrics. Upon learning the two have committed human transmutation, she beats the crap out of them and then hugs them.
Tragic Stillbirth: The loss of her son caused her to try and resurrect him. It failed and she lost a large portion of her organs, which ultimately leads to her premature death.
Training from Hell: She subjects the Elric brothers to this, to the extent that the very mention of her name makes them tremble with fear. Considering who her alchemy teacher was, she probably had some hellish training herself.

Pinako Rockbell

Voiced by: Miyoko Aso (JP), Juli Erickson (EN)^{Other Languages}

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"Alchemy is NOT some magic-and-all answer! That’s why we automail engineers exist!"^note

Winry's grandmother.

Cool Old Lady: Makes advanced prosthetics with her granddaughter while keeping a straightforward perspective in life.
I Was Quite the Looker: A brief flashback shows her as a beautiful woman (and quite a bit taller).
Miniature Senior Citizens: She's barely taller than her dog when the dog is on all fours.
Parental Substitute: To her granddaughter since Winry's parents died in the war.
Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!: She ridicules Ed's lack of height with impunity (though only when he has it coming).
Smoking Is Cool: Her wooden pipe is a permanent fixture on her person.
Women Are Wiser: Her straightforward attitude helps keep other characters stay grounded.

Trisha Elric

Voiced by: Yoshino Takamori (JP), Lydia Mackay (EN)^{Other Languages}

"Well, I think they're both gorgeous! You two really are his kids, no doubt about it!"

The mother of Edward and Alphonse Elric. She ultimately died of an illness. Ed and Al attempt to revive her with human transmutation set the events of the series in motion.

Good Parents: She was very nurturing to the Elric brothers and supported their study of alchemy.
Happily Married: To Hohenheim.
Housewife: Even when Mr. Elric left, she was still a housewife to the end.
I Will Wait for You: Still waited for Hohenheim up to her death.
Meaningful Name: Her name sounds similar to tristitia, the sin of Despair in earlier Christianity, probably referring to the Elric brothers' grief over her death. There is also the fact in more modern readings that tristitia usually gets conflated with acedia, the sin of Sloth, hinting to the homunculus Sloth's identity as Ed and Al's failed attempt of resurrecting her.
Missing Mom: She died before the start of the series.
Motherly Side Plait: Always wore a loose ponytail over her right shoulder.
Posthumous Character: It's her death that kickstarts a good part of the plot.
Stepford Smiler: It's briefly but heavily implied during an early flashback that she was depressed about the war, an attitude she tried to keep Ed and Al from noticing and hid while interacting with them.

Solf J. Kimblee

Voiced by: Yuji Ueda (JP), Eric Vale (EN)^{Other Languages}

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"At the end of the day, a human being is not much more than the components used to create a common bomb. If you think about it, we’re not that special; not you, not me, we're all empty. We're all worthless."

A former State Alchemist who participated in the Ishbal war. Kimblee is a psychopath and a sadist, believing that "people are empty, worthless beings." He does, however, have some respect for the chemical properties of human beings: he specializes in transmuting things and people into explosives.

Adaptation Dye-Job: Has gold eyes instead of blue/gray, since Edward's golden eyes aren't a major plot point here.
Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: He joins Greed's gang of chimeras here, whereas in the manga and Brotherhood he's not freed from prison until after they're killed.
Adaptational Dumbass: Kimblee lacks the scheming skills and philosophical side of his manga counterpart, and has much less self-control.
Adaptational Superpower Change: In the manga, Kimblee's alchemy creates explosions. In the anime, he transmutes living beings into explosives.
Adaptational Jerkass: While his manga counterpart is capable of genuine politeness and respects people with sincere convictions, anime!Kimblee has nothing but contempt for everyone and shows it. The few times he acts polite, it's merely a prelude to doing something truly horrible.
Adaptational Ugliness: While Kimblee was still creepy-looking in the manga, once he gets out of prison he becomes very well-groomed and has some snappy fashion sense. This Kimblee is an unkempt thug.
Adaptational Villainy: Amazingly, the 2003 series takes a character who was already evil and makes him even more evil. As mentioned below, the manga and Brotherhood Kimblee was still a definite villain, but one with sophistication and principles. In this version? He enjoys slaughtering people left and right, not even caring for his own life. The original Kimblee was satisfied knowing that what he did was for his country, although admittedly enjoyed his slaughter of the Ishbalans a bit too much. This Kimblee doesn’t care and simply enjoys the chance to make others suffer. Kimblee's last act in the manga is also to stop Pride from killing Ed, whereas here he dies fighting Scar after turning Al into a living bomb.
Arch-Enemy: Scar's. Although Kimblee himself seems much more fixated on Al at times.
At Least I Admit It: He thinks everyone else is just pretending that their lives have meaning.
Ax-Crazy: If you're within about a mile of this bastard, start running now.
Bad Boss: Turns one of his own soldiers into a bomb to use as a distraction against Al and Marta, and is implied to have done the same to many of his other soldiers during the Ishbalan War.
Bad Powers, Bad People: He turns you into a bomb by making physical contact. Yeah, no way he's going to be one of the heroes.
Blood Knight: And how. Kimblee enjoys being in battle a little too much.
Character Exaggeration: Manga Kimblee is a cultured, philosophical Darwinist with a sadistic streak and a love of explosions. The anime version of Kimblee only has those last two traits —that last one tweaked into a love of making people into explosives. Plus, while manga Kimblee is Affably Evil, 2003 Kimblee can barely even be called Faux Affably Evil. Justified, since when the 2003 anime was being made, Kimblee had only made a cameo and all there was to base his character on was the implications that the Ishbal campaign had for him.
Colonel Kilgore: To a ridiculous degree.
Combat Sadomasochist: Definitely shows some shades of this, particularly during his death.
Ah, you feel so good!
The Dragon: Comes very close to being Archer's.
Dies Differently in Adaptation: Killed by Scar instead of being maimed by one of his former henchmen, consumed by Pride then fading into oblivion after the homunculus is killed.
Dying Smirk: He smiles wickedly about having transformed Al into a bomb before he finally dies.
Face of a Thug: Though still somewhat handsome conventionally much like his Brotherhood counterpart, this Kimblee is both unkempt and has a constant sneer on his face, making him look much more threatening and sinister.
Faux Affably Evil: His veneer of affability is very paper thin. He can feign friendliness, before doing something monstrous. One example is asking a rookie soldier "Are you ready to do your patriotic duty?" before turning him into a bomb. Or calling Alphonse "my friend" before turning him into a bomb.
For the Evulz: Given that a lot of his worse traits were exaggerated in this version, he comes across as doing everything just because he can.
- He literally admits this during his confrontation with Scar. Kimblee's answer to being asked what his reason was for slaughtering so many innocents? "Nothing."
Hate Sink: Unlike his manga/Brotherhood counterpart who is Affably Evil and genuinely quite charming, this Kimblee is a straight-up monster with zero redeeming qualities and an extremely smug and condescending personality.
Hero Killer: Both those who've served with him in Ishbal and those who've heard about his reputation are terrified of him. He lives up to it, reducing Liore to a smoldering ruin on his own, injuring Scar, and nearly killing Al.
Inconsistent Spelling: Kimblee/Kimbley and Solf/Zolf.
Just Following Orders: Happily during the Ishbal massacre.
Lack of Empathy: Had no qualms blowing anyone up, even innocent Ishbalan civilians. This extends to women and children, who he even boasts about killing.
Loves the Sound of Screaming: The final moments of when people realize they're going to blow up... as he describes.
Mad Bomber: His special power is to make things explode.
Misanthrope Supreme: An interpretation. His belief that people are fundamentally hollow could be what he uses to justify his sadism... or not. He also holds himself in the same contempt and doesn't seem to care if anyone kills him.
Mysterious Middle Initial: What the 'J' stands for is never revealed.
Person of Mass Destruction: Pretty much destroys Liore on his own.
Psycho for Hire: He's only in the army for the chance to kill people, and takes it well beyond even the most Sociopathic Soldier. He doesn't even have any real loyalty in him; he just likes to hurt people.
Psychopathic Manchild: Kimblee is a little too keen on playing with explosives and, as seen during a flashback, he greatly enjoyed blowing Scar apart one piece at a time.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Red to Archer's Blue.
Sadist: Oh yes. The suffering of those he maims and kills greatly amuses him.
Slasher Smile: Very frequently.
Straw Nihilist: "We're all empty. We're all worthless."
Taking You with Me: Attempts this after transmuting Al into a bomb whilst mortally wounded. It doesn't work, due to Scar's intervention.
The Sociopath: A very nasty, low-functioning sociopath.
Token Evil Teammate: When working for Greed, that is. Unlike most of them, who are outcasts and former lab rats, Kimblee is just a mad dog with no morals whatsoever. Needless to say, he betrays Greed as soon as the perfect opportunity arises. Subverts this while working for the military, considering how some of them are just as bad as he is.
Token Human: The only member of the Devil's Nest gang who is neither homunculus nor chimera (human in the literal sense, at least).
Sociopathic Soldier: When he was a State Alchemist.
The Unfettered: Psychotic variant.
Ungrateful Bastard: Is more than eager to turn Alphonse into a bomb even after the latter saves his life from Martel. But considering his philosophy on life, this comes as no surprise.
Why Am I Ticking?: His alchemy, although the victim doesn't really have time to notice that they're ticking.

Barry the Chopper

Barry

Voiced by: Kentarō Itō (JP, real voice), Aya Ishizu (JP, female disguise), Jerry Jewell (EN)^{Other Languages}

"What about me, you ask? It’s really quite simple. I love to tear the flesh of the living, to kill for the simple intoxicating pleasure of feeling blood between my fingers! I KILL therefore I AM!!! Whether I'm real or human doesn’t matter! I'm a killer and that’s all I need to know!!"

A serial killer that goes after young women, he gets taken down by Edward (after a rather terrifying encounter) and arrested. He ends up as one of the guards of the hidden laboratory used to create the red stones.

Adaptational Attractiveness: Granted, his body wasn't exactly in the best shape when it was finally revealed in the manga, but from what readers could see, manga Barry was a rather short and squat guy in life. Here, Barry's crossdressing is convincing enough that another character thinks he makes a pretty woman.
Adaptational Badass: Owing to his early debut, Barry not only captures Edward in an ambush, but he also comes very close to killing him in the following battle in which he proves to be so vicious and fast he overwhelms Ed despite the alchemist's martial arts training and gives him multiple scratches. The encounter is so brutal that Edward is traumatized by it, leaving him emotionally rattled for the next few days (and episodes).
Adaptational Early Appearance: In the manga and Brotherhood, the Elrics first meet Barry at Lab 5 after he's been bonded to the armor. Here, his human self was the villain of Episode 8.
Adaptational Villainy: Played with:
- While he was still a Serial Killer in the manga and Brotherhood, Barry was portrayed as an Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain, with his sociopathy Played for Laughs. In this version? Not so much. After escaping Lab 5, he even became the Token Evil Teammate for Team Mustang (with a crush on Hawkeye), while here, he joins up with mercenaries exploiting Ishbalan refugees and comes into conflict with the heroes again.
- Also, his backstory is more fleshed out. In the original manga, he already enjoyed chopping animals apart before going on a killing spree and eventually got curious enough to try real humans. In this version, he was a normal guy who got pushed over the edge by his wife and her constant nagging (implied to be abusive, one way or the other), and snapped one day and killed her, developing a bloodlust for other people from there. When he explains his backstory to Ed, he doesn't give any signs of sociopathy prior to his breakdown in his relationship with his wife, but it's never outright stated if he was emotionally abused into jumping the slippery slope, or if he just decided to shut her up for good for a minor domestic argument.
Arch-Enemy: After coming back as a soul trapped in a suit of armor, Barry takes glee in antagonizing Al for his naivety, trying to manipulate him into believing he's just a fabricated younger brother for Ed. Much like Kimblee later on, Al ends up being the archnemesis of two serial killers.
Ax-Crazy: Is he ever. Barry gets a little too much of a kick out of cutting people up, and he expresses a psychotic glee when chasing down Ed in their first encounter. He’s portrayed much more like a real serial killer here than he is in the manga and Brotherhood.
Break Them by Talking: Gives one mighty lecture to Al, leaving the poor boy questioning his own existence.
Character Exaggeration: Somewhat, in the manga he's still plenty crazy but is fairly reasonable and even helps the heroes for a bit. Here, he's just irredeemably evil as after the prison complex goes down. He just finds new work as a mercenary all so he can hurt people.
Crossdressing Voices: An interesting example. Barry is normally voiced by a male in both the Japanese and English versions, but while disguised as a woman in the Japanese version, however, he is given a female seiyuu.
Dies Differently in Adaptation: He dies at Scar's hands instead of Lust's.
Dirty Coward: When overpowered by Al and Scar in Laboratory 5, he'd rather escape than face them with dignity.
Effeminate Misogynistic Guy: He only murdered women but was a crossdresser.
Glowing Mechanical Eyes: When his helmet is on, he has two glowing dots in the helmet's eyes.
Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: Mostly averted, unlike the manga/Brotherhood. He is completely out of his league while fighting Alphonse to the point that even the music turns comical as Al wipes the floor with him, but the mental blow he strikes on Alphonse (telling him his soul and memories are fake) lasts for multiple episodes. And he nearly kills a 12-year-old Ed at the beginning of the series along with all the women he butchered, and unlike the manga version of himself, he continues to kill innocents even after the arc he is introduced in as living armor.
Kick the Dog: His entire killing spree back when he was human counts all on its own, to say nothing of the boy he orphaned via slaughtering the kid's mom. He tops himself in the Lab 5 arc by deriding Al and Ed's brotherly bond as a falsehood forged by the latter and gets the former into doubting his own existence…which lasts far longer in this version than it did in the manga/Brotherhood. Worse is that this also implies that Barry saw the Slicer Brothers', his own coworkers and fellow guards, as worthless too and he makes no mention of their demise in his final episode.
Larynx Dissonance: Dub only, when he's crossdressing.
Psycho for Hire: After Lab 5 is destroyed, he works as a mercenary to continue killing people as much as he pleases.
Serial Killer: Killed tons of people back when he was a human being. Not much has changed since he became a suit of armor.
Slasher Smile: Especially in his first appearance as a human. He wears a deranged smile while slicing you up like a Thanksgiving turkey.
Sociopathic Soldier: Seemingly worked as a soldier during the Ishbal Civil War and was partially inspired by Solf J. Kimblee's killings to become a serial killer.
Villainous Breakdown: As he gets destroyed by Scar, he screams in agony.
Villainous Crossdresser: Before his soul was sealed in armor, he donned a female wig while killing people in his van.
Would Hurt a Child: Marks his first appearance by kidnapping and threatening a preteen Winry and Ed. Ed also suspects him for the murder of Nina at first.

Rosé Thomas

Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima (JP), Colleen Clinkenbeard (EN)^{Other Languages}

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"You're not interested in helping; you're here for control. This is OUR village, not yours. We're the only ones who can make it better! We'll fix it ourselves! We've got legs; we'll get up and use them!!"

A young girl that the Elrics meet in Liore. She is an orphan whose lover, Cain, has recently died. The High Priest Colonello has promised to revive him, and she becomes very disillusioned when Edward exposes him as the fraud that he is. However, things got even worse as time passed...

Adaptational Angst Upgrade: In the manga, half of the stuff that happened in this series didn't happen. She wasn't raped, impregnated, mute from trauma, or kidnapped.
Adaptation Dye-Job: Black hair with pink bangs in the manga, brown hair with pink bangs here.
Ambiguously Brown: Like all Liorians. It's implied they might be distantly related to Ishbalans.
Ascended Extra: When Rosé does eventually return in the manga/Brotherhood, it's rather brief and she remains inconsequential to the overall plot. Here, she becomes a significant supporting player upon her return.
Break the Cutie: After realizing Father Cornello and his religion were fraudulent, it takes her a while to get back up again. And then she is raped and impregnated by a group of soldiers.
Chekhov's Gunman: Who would think that the girl from Lior would become such a big part of Dante's plans?
Child by Rape: More accurately, her child is implied to have been by rape.
Crystal Dragon Jesus: She becomes the Holy Mother of Lior.
Cute Mute: The assault and rape she went through traumatized her enough to lose her voice. However, she gets it back eventually.
Disabled in the Adaptation: Unlike in the manga, she goes mute after being raped.
Earn Your Happy Ending: After all the shit she went through, she definitely deserves one. Though she does not get with Ed, who she loves (partially due to him being in another world and his affections toward her and Winry being left ambiguous), she does recover from her mental trauma and is seen raising her baby while living happily with Winry.
Evil-Detecting Baby: Her baby smiles and giggles in Ed's presence but sobs, cries and screams in Dante's. That should probably have been a signal for Rosé that Dante should not have been trusted.
Grand Theft Me: What Dante wants to do to her, but she doesn't succeed and she gets to live normally.
Implied Rape: When Ed reunites with the now-mute Rose and asks what happened to her, Scar reveals that a group of soldiers took her to their base and did something so traumatic that she was unable to speak when she returned. This coupled with the existence of Rose's baby speaks for itself.
Inconsistent Spelling: Rose vs. Rozé vs. Rosé.
Mama Bear: To the orphans she looks after in Liore and later her own baby too.
No Name Given: Not Rosé herself, obviously, but her baby is never referred to by name; she usually just calls him "my baby" or "my darling."
The Ophelia: Dante either places Rosé in a state of hypnosis or drugs her. In addition to the other terrible events that traumatized her, this makes poor Rosé nearly catatonic, vacant, and either completely still or dancing. She recovers.
Out of Focus: She's absent from a large middle chunk of the series, from episodes 15-39.
Promoted to Love Interest: Downplayed, but Rose has romantic feelings for Ed in this version, and their relationship ends up overshadowing Ed and Winry's during the series' final stretch.
Race Lift: In the manga and Brotherhood, she's white; in the 2003 anime, where the Liorians are part of a separate ethnic group and not just Amestrians, she's Ambiguously Brown.
Rape as Drama: Gets impregnated and loses her voice as a result, but she still keeps her baby. It is never revealed who exactly did it or if it was multiple assailants, but it can be inferred by her last scene before said rape occurred that General Hakuro may have been involved.
Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil: Scar points to her being raped by Amestrian soldiers, with possibly Hakuro himself being one of them, as his final reasoning for why he will spare no sympathy in using them to create the Philosopher's Stone. Ed doesn't even have much of a retort.
Suddenly Speaking: After Rose's Implied Rape at the hands of Amestrian soldiers, she became mute from the trauma. When she sees Ed freezing up in his fight against Wrath and Sloth, she manages to speak for the first time in years, crying out, "Get up, Ed!"
Teen Pregnancy: Prior to reuniting with Ed, she has been raped and given birth.
The Tragic Rose: A rather literal example given her name. Dead boyfriend, dead parents, heavily implied rape and going mute due to the trauma, implied unrequited love (Ed's), alone except for her baby and taken hostage. Thankfully, by Conqueror of Shamballa, she has recovered completely.

Paninya

Voiced by: Kyoko Hikami (JP), Cynthia Cranz (EN)

"The only reason I entered that stupid contest was to prove (Dominic's) automail…was the best…"

A pickpocket from Rush Valley who meets Ed in an arm-wrestling competition prior to her stealing Ed’s watch.

Adaptational Heroism: Her personality and motives aren't exactly substantially different from the manga/Brotherhood, but this Paninya hasn't resorted to thievery when we first meet her and instead tries repaying Dominic to bring his shop prestige by showcasing his automail in a (seemingly) legitimate contest. Her stealing Ed’s watch is made to be a scheme connived with Winry to teach him a lesson in good automail (without cheating via alchemy) and to help Paninya with gaining some good exposure by outpacing a state alchemist. Its inferred she didn't intend to actually pawn off the watch even if she had thrown Ed off her tail.
Adaptational Wimp: She lost her right arm in addition to both legs in the '03 anime. Downplayed somewhat in regards to her automail in that while she lacks her leg blade here, she retains her Leg Cannon.
Ambiguously Brown: Of a different variety than the folk of Liore, though unlike the aforementioned people, she is also dark-skinned in the original continuity.
Armed Legs: Lacks her leg blade in this continuity but retains the Leg Cannon.
Berserk Button: Disrespecting Dominic's automail sets her off despite the man himself being far more thick-skinned to such things. She looks ready to throttle a disrespectful customer who comes in and insults the state of his shop if Dominic hadn't warned her with a gaze.
Disabled in the Adaptation: Well, more disabled technically. She's only missing her legs in the manga/Brotherhood but here is also missing her right arm.
Decomposite Character: Coincidentally, her role as Winry's Heterosexual Life-Partner from the original story is instead filled by Sheska here, who otherwise was an even more minor player in the manga/Brotherhood than Paninya was.
Demoted to Extra: While her role in the manga/Brotherhood continuity wasn't exactly major, in the '03 anime, she only has a prominent role in her debut and cameos only once more (non-speaking) during the series' epilogue. Satella giving birth was excised/altered (along with Satella herself) to be Gracia far earlier in the timeline before Ed was even certified as a State Alchemist with Paninya's role being loosely substituted by Nina Tucker.
Fragile Speedster: Has no issues keeping pace with Ed despite her handicap.
Handicapped Badass: Even more-so than in the manga/Brotherhood given she's also missing an arm plus both her legs. Manages to give Ed a good chase through Rush Valley and almost kills him by accident with her leg cannon.
Leg Cannon: Manages to catch Ed flatfooted with one in her right leg to the point she's worried it might have killed him by mistake.
"Well Done, Son" Guy: She isn't biological Dominic’s daughter, but she is grateful to him for saving her life and wants to repay him by proving to the world his automail is the best there is. He tells her later that there's no need for that since he made the arm and legs as extensions of herself and thus shouldn't feel putdown by the opinions of others.
What the Hell, Hero?: Instead of Winry, who is working with Paninya in the '03 version, its Edward who calls her out for stealing his watch and not nearly as severely as she isn't a professional thief here. Later Dominic mildly scolds that her actions are unnecessary as he made the automail to be her limbs alone and as such, it doesn't matter what others say about them.

Hohenheim of Light

Van Hohenheim (alias Hohenheim Elric)

Voiced by: Masashi Ebara (JP), Scott McNeil (EN)^{Other Languages}

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"Dante… there's no such thing as ‘eternal life’."

The Elrics' father, a renowned alchemist who left them and their mother when they were little.

Adaptational Jerkass: Unlike in Brotherhood, where he left his family for good reasons, here his motivations were entirely selfish; he didn't want Trisha and his children to realize who he was, so he abandoned them. He also abandoned his former family of Dante and Envy, the latter being the homunculus of his firstborn son.
Adaptational Late Appearance: He only shows up at the tail end of the story, while in the manga and Brotherhood he reappears at the end of the first third. For reference, here he returns in episode 43 (out of 51), while in the manga it's chapter 40 (out of 108) and in Brotherhood episode 19 (out of 64). Justified, since the manga chapter reintroducing him was freshly published when the anime ended.
Adaptational Villainy: Mostly in his backstory. In the manga/Brotherhood, he had no idea about Homunculus' plan to sacrifice all of Xerxes to transform himself and Homunculus into living Philosopher's Stones and is just living with the consequences of Homunculus' actions. In the 2003 anime, however, he for many years has been willing to sacrifice large populations to create Philosopher's Stones so he can keep on living, just like Father and Dante, and wiped out hundreds if not thousands of people to make one. Likewise, when it comes to his abandoning of the family, his motivations in particular are much less noble. In the manga/Brotherhood, he left out of necessity to counteract against Father's plans for The Promised Day - something which would have killed his family anyway had he not done anything, while in the 2003 anime he just didn't want Trisha and the children to know his true nature, and for that reason abandoned them. He wasn't even aware for quite some time of Dante's plans for his children, and potentially wouldn't have intervened if they hadn't involved them. However, by the time the series starts he's settled down with Trisha, and he's no longer walking this rather dark path. He is by no means an antagonist (or even a bad guy at this point), but he's certainly not the Big Good he was in the manga and Brotherhood.
Adaptational Wimp: The Hohenheim of the manga was very stern and rough, largely because of his unnatural lifespan and having to stay focused on stopping the villain of the story, so much so when Ed confronts him, he quickly shuts down his accusations and chastises him for his actions sounding, well, like a parent. This version, while a powerful alchemist in his own right, is a bit more submissive and mellow likely because he feels guilty for his actions and only really gets serious if his family is threatened. He likewise didn't really have much of a plan against Dante other than just confronting her head-on. His manga counterpart studies to find out what Father is up to and sets out taking procedures to counteract his plan.
Adaptation Dye-Job: Dark blond in this version, straw blond in the manga/Brotherhood. May be justified, as he had yet to appear in the manga when he was introduced in the anime.
The Atoner: He wants to make up for what he's done to the Elric family, Dante and even Envy.
Body Horror: We find out that due to his regular body-jumping over the centuries, his soul has become weaker and weaker due to leaving a small part behind every time he jumps. Now, any body he inhabits begins to rot, causing him to wear very concealing clothing, though even that can't hide the smell.
The Charmer: Makes Ross blush and he isn't even trying.
Cloud Cuckoo Lander: A little out there.
Death Seeker: In The Movie, it's revealed he's seeking to finally end his own life, using Envy as the means. He succeeds.
Demoted to Extra: While he plays a large role in the backstory, his appearance is limited to only three episodes and The Movie. In the manga and Brotherhood he lasts longer and is more active in opposing the villains. Justified since he'd only just been introduced in the manga at the time of the show's airing.
Disappeared Dad: It's his disappearance that really starts the events of the story.
Driven to Suicide: Ends his life in Conqueror of Shamballa when he's trapped between Envy's jaws, pulling down on the dragon's mouth so that he gets impaled.
The Faceless: At first, until the second season of the anime began.
Forgiveness Requires Death: Implied to be why he commits suicide in the movie by impaling himself on Envy's teeth, wishing to finally appease his firstborn son. Considering Envy's expression is unreadable (no thanks to being stuck in dragon form) and he doesn't say anything in response to this, it's left unknown if Hohenheim achieved his final goal or not.
Grand Theft Me: The body he inhabits is not his own.
Happily Married: To Trisha, until her death. He proudly states to Dante that she was his first wife and his last.
Hard Light: He can transmute light as an alchemical material, thus earning himself the nickname "Hohenheim of Light.”
Historical Domain Character: The Reveal of Amestris being a parallel world to one similar to ours, combined with some supplementary materials, strongly imply that he may be the alternate version of Paracelsus. Also known as Philip von Hohenheim.
Immortality Immorality: What with his having killed people in order to gain the means to keep on living.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Self-inflicted via dragon Envy's fangs in the movie.
Light 'em Up: His version of alchemy is to literally transmute the photons of light itself.
Light Is Not Good: Played with. He was known as "Hohenheim of Light" for centuries, and he likely pulled a number of Grand Theft Mes over the years, but he's always portrayed as kind and sympathetic (except by Ed) and very repentant of his past.
Love Redeems: It's implied he stopped stealing more bodies for himself due to falling in love with Trish and starting a family with her.
Mr. Fanservice: We get a brief (and tasteful) flashback of him and Trisha post-coitus at one point. For a 400-year-old man, he looks pretty good without a shirt on. At least until we see the patches of him that are rotting.
Mysterious Parent: Trisha claims that Hohenheim left to study alchemy, but he hasn't even left the family a letter since, making Ed believe he just plain left. The series keeps leaving hints it's much more than that until he reveals it all to the homunculi's master in episode 45.
Parasitic Immortality: He's unnaturally prolonged his lifespan through Grand Theft Me. However, every time he does it, he causes faster Possession Burnout in his victims. He renounced the practice after his wife died, wishing to die in the body she loved.
Parental Abandonment: He abandoned both the Elric brothers and Envy, the homunculus created from his son with Dante.
Related in the Adaptation: In this continuity, he's Envy's biological father, whereas in the manga they can only be considered relatives on a technicality. Here, Hohenheim is responsible for bringing his son back as a homunculus, but abandoned him afterwards, which drove Envy to seek revenge.
Stoic Spectacles: Bespectacled, intelligent and cool.

Gracia Hughes

Voiced by: Kotono Mitsuishi (JP), Lauren Goode (EN, TV series and Conqueror of Shamballa), Lydia Mackay (EN, OVAs)

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"Just..be careful, okay?"^note

The mother of Elicia and the adored wife of Maes Hughes. She gets a bit more of a prominent role in ''Conqueror of Shamballa’'.

Beware of the Nice Ones: Despite her obviously gentle nature, she's not afraid to stand up to Hughes in the movie.
Caring Gardener: In the movie's alternate world, Earth, she's a florist, and Hughes has a crush on her.
Clean, Pretty Childbirth: Pretty much. Though, while we're not shown any graphic details, Gracia's shown to be in pain, and 11 and 12-year-old Ed and Al freak out over the likes of "what's necessary" during a birth, such as hot water and cloth.
Determined Expression: Has one defending Noah in the movie.
Happily Married: Very much so to Hughes until his unfortunate early death.
Maternity Crisis: Gracia goes through it during a snowstorm. Ed, Al and Nina all cry.
Parental Substitute: Briefly acts as one toward Noah and Ed in the movie, lending Noah her clothes, worrying over the pair from a distance and calling Hughes out on Noah's behalf.
Perpetual Frowner: Unlike the cheery Maes and Gracia of the series, in her brief appearances in the movie, Gracia's Earth counterpart is very rarely shown smiling. Understandable, considering the times.
Team Mom: Interestingly, more as her Earth counterpart in the movie, where she's not known to be a mom. She's very protective of Noah when Hughes expresses discriminatory views against her, and worries about her and Ed.

Elicia Hughes

Voiced by: Mayumi Yoshida (JP), Tierney Titus (EN, TV series), Brittney Karbowski (EN, OVAs)

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"Congratulations, congratulations, congratulations! (Beat) Know why? Daddy says when you tell someone congratulations, good things will happen to them! So I’m telling you!"^note

The daughter of Gracia and Maes Hughes in the series.

Born During a Storm: Gracia enters into labor during a snowstorm, which has Hughes run out trying to find a doctor for a long time, to Ed, Al and Nina's absolute panic.
Birth-Death Juxtaposition: In the first anime, her birth and Nina's death are juxtapositioned in the same arc.
Cheerful Child: She's shown to have grown up cheerful a few years after we first meet her as an extremely newborn baby.
Delivery Guy: In this anime, 11 and 12-year-old Al and Ed, as well as a young Nina, freak out over the idea of having to deliver Elicia...but in the end, the doctor makes it in time, averting their fears.
Ice-Cream Koan: Delivers one to Winry. "Congratulations! Congratulations! Congratulations!" According to the wisdom of her dad, the more someone tells that to you, the more good things will happen.
Innocently Insensitive: Innocently makes Sheska cry by calling her a bookworm without understanding the derogatory implications. Kid just turned four years old; still learning folks.

Lyra

Voiced by: Yumi Kakazu (JP), Monica Rial (EN)^{Other Languages}

"One day, I hope to be a great alchemist just like you!"

A young State Alchemist who serves as the enforcer of Lieutenant Yoki during her first appearance. Later on in the series, she reappears as the newest student of Dante.

Battle Butler: In her first appearance she's Yoki's maid as well as his personal bodyguard and enforcer.
Blow You Away: She has wind-based alchemy powers.
The Cameo: Shows up briefly in the movie as her parallel world counterpart.
Canon Foreigner: She's exclusive to the 2003 series; notably, the episode which introduces her is an otherwise faithful adaptation of a manga chapter.
Chekhov's Gunman: She appears to be a one-off character at first, but by the latter half of the series her face becomes that of the Big Bad.
Defrosting Ice Queen: She first appears as a serious young woman with ambitions to become a State Alchemist. She also has a My Country, Right or Wrong attitude toward Yoki and the military. After being defeated by Ed she loosens up on her view, becoming Dante's new apprentice. She is still hoping to become a state alchemist, but also want to be like Ed and make a difference in the world for the better.
The Dragon: She served as this to Yoki during the small time she worked for him.
Foil: To Ed (and all other heroic State Alchemists to a lesser extent). Though called "a dog of the military," Ed loathes being controlled and will never let his duty come before doing what's right. Lyra, however, is well and truly a stray dog, blindly loyal to anyone who takes her in.
Good Costume Switch: In her first appearance as Yoki's corrupt henchwoman, she wears a black maid dress. Later, as Dante's apprentice, she wears a pink one. Double subverted because it turns out that Dante's evil too, but Lyra doesn't know this.
Half the Man He Used to Be: She's literally split in half lengthwise by Dante after the latter performed a body switch on her.
Heel–Face Door-Slam: Following her stint as Yoki's enforcer, she takes Ed and Al's lessons to heart and strives to become a better person under a more benevolent alchemy master. Before any of that can bear fruit, however, her new master turns out to be the main villain of the series, who switches bodies with Lyra then murders her.
Heel–Face Turn: After leaving the military and becoming Dante's student, she acts much more friendly and apologizes to the Elrics for her actions.
Killed Offscreen: Effectively; we still see her body walking and talking for the rest of the series, but Lyra herself is gone. We find out later that Dante switched bodies with Lyra and then killed Lyra in Dante's former elderly body, meaning that the body Greed finds in pieces at Dante's house is actually how Lyra died.
Unwitting Pawn: For Dante, who ends up stealing her body. There is no indication that Lyra ever realized Dante was a bad person, and she seemed genuinely earnest about turning over a new leaf and helping people.
We Hardly Knew Ye: Poor Lyra dies after appearing in two episodes. And we don't realize she's dead until near the end.
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: The minute Dante switches bodies with her, she gruesomely murders her.

Dante

Voiced by: Kazuko Sugiyama (JP), Cindee Mayfield (EN)^{Other Languages}

"The blaze of conflict is flamed by malice, and it consumes all it comes in contact with. And it will smolder until people put an end to all of this fighting. (Beat) As long as [the Elrics] seek the Philosopher's Stone, their paths will be aligned with misfortune and death."

Formerly Izumi's alchemy teacher, now an elderly woman who lives in a mansion in the woods with her current student, Lyra.

Badass Teacher: She is the one who taught Izumi alchemy, after all.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Implied. When we first see her, she appears to a wise, experienced old mentor who would help the Elric brothers learn alchemy. However, she also had a pretty harsh falling-out with Izumi in the past that left even Izumi in tears while Dante was absolutely stonefaced. She's also the Big Bad and leader of the Homunculi, so naturally she plays this trope straight as a an arrow.
The Cameo: Dante pops up in episode 58 of Brotherhood, as well as in the "Let's Nab Oprah!" episode of The Boondocks.
Canon Foreigner: Like her student Lyra, Dante doesn't exist in any form in the manga, where Izumi may well be self-taught. The closest equivalent could be considered Silver Steiner, a famous (male) alchemist Izumi tried to apprentice under only to learn that he was already dead and that she'd actually been dealing with his brother, Gold Steiner.
Cool Old Lady: Knowledgeable enough in the difficult and precise science of alchemy to have taught Izumi and as seen with Lyra is still taking students even now, while also being fairly good-humored and helpful. Subverted as it turns out she's actually very sinister and self-absorbed.
Deadpan Snarker: Flashbacks show that she was a pretty snarky old lady.
Gory Discretion Shot: Zig-zagged. Greed finds her old body in a rather bad state, and the audience does get to see the body, but it's not shown exactly how it happened.
Half the Man He Used to Be: We are led to think this from the mutilated remains of Dante's body Greed discovers at her mansion. However, it's later revealed that Dante actually stole Lyra's body and then disposed of her old body, at the time inhabited by poor Lyra.
Leitmotif: Unlike most characters, she has a unique, distinctive theme. It's an eerie, mournful piece simply titled "Dante's Theme."
Mentor Occupational Hazard: Apparently dies soon after she is introduced as Izumi's former teacher and a potential help to the Elrics, and believing that Greed so gruesomely murdered her is partially what motivates Ed to kill him. As it turns out, the truth is far more complicated.
Never Mess with Granny: She was Izumi's alchemy teacher and still a very powerful alchemist even in her old age.
Old Master: Even at Dante's advanced age Izumi seems to be respectful of her.
Squishy Wizard: Unlike other alchemists, she can't fight in hand-to-hand, which is justified by her age. She makes up for this by being showcased as one of the most powerful alchemists in the series.

The Chimeras

Law, Dorochete, Bido and Marta. Half-human, half-animal beings created through illegal alchemical proceedures, they worked for the military in specialist roles before finding much more fulfilling work with Greed.

Law voiced by: Yuji Ueda (JP), John Gremillion (EN)^{Other Languages}

Dorochet voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto (JP), John Burgmeier (EN)^{Other Languages}

Bido voiced by: Tōru Ōkawa (JP), Greg Ayres (EN)^{Other Languages}

Marta voiced by: Rumi Kasahara (JP), Tiffany Grant (EN)^{Other Languages}

Adaptational Nice Guy: Marta. She's only antagonistic as long as Greed is, and makes peace with the Elrics after he is defeated.
Adaptational Jerkass: A subtle case with Bido. In the manga he's only ever shown to be kind, naive and innocent, but here he shows an interest in Kimblee's bombs.
Ascended Extra: They all play larger roles here in comparison to the manga, Marta in particular.
The Cynic: Marta thanks to years in Black Ops.
Dies Differently in Adaptation: Bido was the Sole Survivor of the Devil's Nest Raid in the manga, but is killed along with the others here, and Marta surives instead. However, later she still gets the same fate of getting impaled by Bradley in Alphonse's armor.
Fling a Light into the Future: Bradley kills Marta shortly after she finds out he is Pride, but not before she tells this secret to Al without Bradley's knowledge, which proves critical to defeating the homunculi.
Guest-Star Party Member: Marta joined the brothers for a while.
Half-Human Hybrid: Half-human, half-animal.
Heel–Face Turn: Also Marta.
He Knows Too Much: One of the reasons why Marta is killed is because she finds out Bradley/Pride's secret.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Just like her manga and Brotherhood counterpart, Marta is killed when King Bradley stabs her inside Al.
Inconsistent Spelling: Is it Marta or Martel? Dorochet or Dorochete?
Older Than They Look: Marta is apparently old enough to be Ed and Al's mother.
Playing with Syringes: After all of the horrible experiments performed on them, they aren't inclined to be loyal to the State Military.
Punch-Clock Villain: Every one of them is a likable Mook.
Undying Loyalty: Law and Dorochete die protecting Greed while Marta spends the rest of the series after his death trying to avenge him.

Shou Tucker

The "Sewing Life Alchemist", whom Ed and Al meet with while Ed is studying for his State Alchemist exams. Ed stays at his house during that time and plays with Nina, but shortly after he passes, Tucker transmutes Nina and Alexander into a chimera. He is said to have been executed for this crime, but ends up in the military’s employ, working on a way to bring Nina back.

Voiced by: Makoto Nagai (JP), Chuck Huber (EN)^{Other Languages}

Adaptational Attractiveness: Downplayed. While he's not much of a looker in the anime as well, at least he looks more chiseled.
Adaptational Heroism: Slightly. He doesn't die, he gets somewhat more fleshed out, and is showcased to be regretful of what he's done to Nina and wished to go back to simpler times. Even before the infamous event he is portrayed more as a desperate man with his back against the wall rather than a straight up villain.
Adaptational Intelligence: In the manga, Tucker was such an egomaniacal psycho that genuinely thought he'd be universally praised and rewarded for his experiments. This version of Tucker has just enough emotional intelligence to realize he'll be arrested, but figured his life was ruined either way, so he might as well sacrifice his daughter For Science!. This version of Tucker was useful enough to be turned into a chimera himself and kept in Laboratory 5 and created a perfect replica of Nina, albeit without her soul.
Adaptational Sympathy: Tucker is played as a more desperate, tragic figure than in Brotherhood, where he is a sociopathic monster.
Ascended Extra: While not a huge endgame character, he does have a larger role in the 2003 anime than in the manga and Brotherhood.
The Atoner: Doesn’t come off as very sympathetic, though, given how terrible his crime was and the fact that he is committing many more to undo what he did.
Beast Man: A human torso, melded onto the back of a bear/ape-like creature's body.
Body Horror: Takes on the form of a chimera when he's seen again. While his face is still the same, his original body is strewn upside-down over his animal form, giving the appearance of a corpse stretched out over an animal.
The Cameo: Appears briefly during the "Where Are They Now?" Epilogue, where he can be seen holding the lifeless doll that he thinks is Nina with a manic grin on his face.
Determinator: He may have been a prick for what he did to his daughter, but you'd be surprised at the lengths he's willing to go to make up for it.
Evilutionary Biologist: Has combined his wife with an animal to create a talking chimera and later does the same for his dog and daughter.
Fate Worse than Death: His survival by the end feels like this. Not only is he trapped in a monstrous body, but he's also completely lost his grip on reality.
Four Eyes, Zero Soul: Wears glasses and is a crazed alchemist who ends up turning his wife, his daughter and later himself into chimeras. Granted, unlike his manga counterpart, he does have a shred of a soul that wishes to atone for his actions.
Guinea Pig Family: Just like in the manga and Brotherhood, he sacrifices both his wife and daughter to keep his state alchemist title.
Karmic Transformation: Unlike the manga and Brotherhood where he was killed by Scar, he himself is transformed into a half-human, half-animal chimera.
Lack of Empathy: Subverted this time around. He still sacrifices his wife and daughter just to keep his State Alchemist license, but actually shows remorse for his actions and goes through pretty impressive lengths (for what you'd expect from such a man, anyways) to undo what's he's done and try to bring back Nina via human transmutation.
Laser-Guided Karma: He never gets his daughter back despite his best attempts, getting only an Empty Shell that resembles Nina. This is after he gave up his body and mind, which reduced him into a insane chimera in denial that he can never undo his terrible crime.
Mad Scientist: He turns his wife and daughter into chimeras for the sake of science. It's every bit as disgusting and infuriating as it was in the manga.
Mix-and-Match Critters: Creates a legion of these for the military. And during his time in Laboratory 5, he actually becomes one himself.
My God, What Have I Done?: Unlike in the manga, where he is utterly unrepentant of his crimes, here Shou Tucker gradually loses his sanity trying to bring Nina back to life. By the end he's left cradling a Soulless Shell of Nina and wondering where Alexander is, then pitifully begging Alphonse to let him keep trying to bring back Nina's soul.
"Not So Different" Remark: When confronted by Ed about his actions, he tries to point out how what he did was not so different from what Ed did with his mother. Initially Ed doesn't take it, but when Shou brings up the notion of that he did it only to prove that he could, it is clear that it struck a nerve.
Sanity Slippage: Of course, he could hardly be called sane to begin with.
Scary Shiny Glasses: While his glasses occasionally reflect light very harshly, after he transmutes Nina and Alexander into a chimera, it becomes much more noticeable.
Shadow Archetype: He's a twisted reflection of Ed, someone who committed a serious taboo out of a mix of love, desperation and pride. Both getting disfigured and who then embarked on a quest to atone and undo their sin only to cause further atrocities down the line. The difference is that Edward learned and grew from facing his errors and got stronger as a person even if at the cost of his innocence. Shou meanwhile was a fragile man who was unable to face reality and whose failures eventually destroyed his mind.
Soft-Spoken Sadist: His voice never rises above a whisper but he is an evil man. Subverted as he regrets his actions and slips further into insanity.
Spared by the Adaptation: He's introduced and killed all in one chapter of the manga. Here, he's a recurring character and actually survives until the end (albeit after completely losing his mind when he's only able to bring back Nina's body, not her soul).
Would Hurt a Child: By transmuting his own daughter.

Nina Tucker

Shou Tucker's 4-year-old daughter, usually seen with her large pet dog Alexander. She forms a sibling-like bond with the Elrics while they are staying at her home to study for their State Alchemy exam. Her father later transmutes her and Alexander into a chimera. After her transmutation, the State Military try to take her away but the Elrics prevent this only for her to encounter Scar, who kills her out of mercy with his deconstruction alchemy.Her father spends the remainder of the series trying to revive her.

Voiced by: Satomi Koorogi (JP), Brina Palencia (EN)^{Other Languages}

Adaptational Badass: She and the Elrics help to deliver Elicia Hughes and while they're at it, she helps Ed discover he can use Alchemy without a transmutation circle.
Ascended Extra: Sort of, appears in two episodes (implied to be several months at least) in the flesh and later as several creepy lifeless dolls created by her father in many attempts to revive her, as well as in Ed's flashbacks and occasionally the end credits.
Big Friendly Dog: Her dog Alexander, who's also her only friend prior to meeting the Elrics.
Break the Cutie: Almost cries when the Elrics are forced to leave her home as a result of Ed investigating her father's research. She turns to the only company she has left, her father. Next time we see her, he's transmuted her into a chimera.
Cheerful Child: Most of the time, but especially when she's with Alexander and while spending time with the Elrics.
Foreshadowing: What REALLY happened to her mother whom she believes to have left two years earlier and attempts to write to.
Forgotten Fallen Friend: Averted: her death and memory cast a shadow over the series until its end.
Girlish Pigtails: Except her hair is a lighter shade of brown compared to Brotherhood.
Graceful Ladies Like Purple: In addition to Pink Means Feminine below, she also wears a purple winter coat.
I Never Got Any Letters: Inverted as she tries to write to her mother, who's fate she is unaware of. Her father attempts to burn said letter, as later discovered by Ed.
Kill the Cutie: Scar didn't kill her out of malice, but rather mercy.
No Body Left Behind: Reduced to a bloody splatter on a wall after Scar kills her. Ed tries in vain to transmute her remains.
Not Blood Siblings: She sees the Elrics as her big brothers, and notably refers to Ed as "little big brother" without triggering his Berserk Button (It's likely Ed lets her off as the Elrics are advised to be nice to her).
Pet the Dog: Seldom seen without Alexander.
Pink Means Feminine: Always wears a pink sweater under a blue pinafore dress.
Skyward Scream: Several times when she and the Elrics are forced to help deliver Elicia Hughes. Could be seen as Foreshadowing and/or Harsher in Hindsight, given her fate.
Small Role, Big Impact: By dipping her hand in cold water (and calming down for a brief period), she helps Ed discover a hidden talent that later ensures the healthy birth of Elicia and enables Ed to pass his alchemy exam and save several lives all in one go. After her demise, Ed is determined to never forget her and to track down her killer for most of the remainder of the series, with his first attempt leading to Barry The Chopper's arrest and Ed earning his titular status. Her father keeps trying to revive her at the expense of what little sanity he has and ends up as a chimera himself.
Too Good for This Sinful Earth: Herself and Alexander.
We Hardly Knew Ye: Used very effectively. The Tucker family is introduced in Episode 6 as if they're going to be new members of the supporting cast, which makes what happens in the next episode all the more shocking.

Selim Bradley

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Führer King Bradley’s (adopted) son.

Voiced by: Makoto Tsumura (JP), Zarah Little (EN)^{Other Languages}

Adaptational Heroism: Though he's pretty much just an innocent bystander with little screentime, he's still a sweet kid here where in the manga he's Pride, an evil homunculus, psychotic Eldritch Abomination, and The Dragon to Father.
Children Are Innocent: Unlike manga/Brotherhood Selim, this Selim is an innocent human child.
Death by Adaptation: Selim ends up strangled by his own father.
Nice Guy: From what little screentime he got, Selim is shown to be a kind and caring kid.
Too Good for This Sinful Earth: See Death by Adaptation above.
We Hardly Knew Ye: Has only a few scenes before he meets his tragic and unfortunate end.

Cornello

The leader of the Church of Leto, a cult that controlled the town of Liore. In reality, he was a power-hungry alchemist whose "miracles" were actually performed with a Philosopher's Stone.

Voiced by: Kinryū Arimoto (JP), Andy Mullins (EN)^{Other Languages}

Adaptational Badass: Mildly. He's still an Unwitting Pawn and Big Bad Wannabe of the Homonculi in this version, but he can also be genuinely intimidating(his chimera's particularly the bird one are genuinely horrific and he comes close to murdering Rose), unlike his manga and Brotherhood versions where he's pretty much treated as just a pathetic huckster with an overinflated ego from the get. Here he only loses his menace and is treated as a joke following Ed's engineered public confession and in addition he lasts longer here than he did in Brotherhood.
Asshole Victim: He was a cruel and smug manipulator who murders animals to be used as horrific weapons, suffice to say no one gave a shit when he ended up becoming Gluttony's dinner.
Bad People Abuse Animals: Cornello has a long list of animal related crimes turning them into chimera's, most horrifically the bird like Chimera that he used to impersonate Rose's dead fiance Cain that was created with the souls of multiple birds and is utterly horrible to look at establishing Cornello as a grade A piece of shit.
Bald of Evil: Got no hair. Evil as they come.
Big Bad Wannabe: Just like in the manga and Brotherhood, his ultimate goal is to use his false miracles to create an army of zealots that he can use to overthrow the Amestrian government and become its new leader. Also like in the manga and second anime, he's just a pawn of the Homonculi and their master and is killed when his usefulness is at an end.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He really plays up the image of the benevolent shepherd, all smiles and concerned with the well-being of his flock. Naturally, all of it's a ruse. He cares only about himself and sees his flock as nothing more than future canon fodder for a holy war he plans to spark out of pure lust for power.
Dies Differently in Adaptation: Eaten by Gluttony, unlike in the manga where Lust states he isn't worth eating and then stabs him in the head.
Eaten Alive: Eaten by Gluttony.
Engineered Public Confession: How the Elrics take him down.
Hate Sink: Although a much smaller scale antagonist than Envy or Lust he lacks any of their charm and instead is an insufferable Smug Snake with a niche for animal cruelty and manipulating others.
Fat Bastard: On the bigger side, and, yep, he's an asshole.
Faux Affably Evil: Cornello is rarely ever seen without a smile even when he's committing cruel acts and is a very charismatic speaker, he's also a selfish bastard with no regard for anyone except himself.
Light Is Not Good: His cult worships a sun god called Leto, and as such the sun is a symbol he uses often.
Path of Inspiration: The Leto cult.
Sinister Minister: And plays the part of the Good Shepherd to a tee!
Small Role, Big Impact: Although in a meta sense. In the manga and Brotherhood, Ed was simply mistaken when he called Cornello's stone a fake (in that continuity, it was destroyed because it used up all its power). Since this wasn't clear when the 2003 anime was made, Cornello's stone inspired the concept of the Red Stone, an incomplete Philosopher's Stone which is not quite as powerful. The Red Stone then becomes a major plot element in the 2003 series.
- In addition, his defeat and subsequent death kicks off a lot of the major events that later happen in the series, such as Rosé getting raped and later becoming a pawn of Dante's, Lior being invaded and destroyed, and the creation of the real Philosopher's Stone.
Starter Villain: Just like in the manga, he is the first villain to be confronted by the Elrics. Naturally, he's also the easiest defeated.
Villainous Breakdown: Quickly suffers one after Ed and Al reveal him to be a fraud.

Psiren

Real name Clara. A thief who masquerades as a nurse, nun and school teacher by day. The Elric brothers encounter her in Aquroya.

Voiced by: Miho Shiraishi (JP), Luci Christian (EN)^{Other Languages}

Death Dealer: Many of her alchemic transmutations involve using a deck of playing cards.
Femme Fatale: Clara knows how to use her beauty to her advantage. A common move is tricking a male opponent into unzipping her top to reveal her transmutation circle.
Intimate Marks: She has a transmutation circle above her breasts.
Karma Houdini: She escapes custody at the end of her episode.
Making a Splash: She is also skilled in water alchemy.
Ms. Fanservice: She wears a form fitting outfit and has a very well-endowed figure. We also get some scenes of her cleavage.
"Not So Different" Remark: When Ed calls her out on being a thief, Psiren retorts that Ed also wants something that isn't his - the Philosopher's Stone.
Well-Intentioned Extremist: Double subverted. She initially claims to be working as a thief to help out whatever place she's working for, only for it to be demolished anyway. However, she really is trying to help Aquroya as a whole stay in business by acting as something to attract tourists.

The Tringham Brothers

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Left: Russell; Right: Fletcher

Two brothers who Ed and Al meet in the town of Xenotime while investigating rumors of the Philosopher's Stone. The two boys pose as the Elrics in order to get support from the town, so that they may continue their father's research in making stone. However, it turns out their father, Nash Tringham, abandoned the research as it involved using pregnant women to help with the process which was killing the town's newborns. He wound up killed by the scientist who was working alongside him (who was later revealed to be manipulated by Lust) and tricked the two boys into continuing the research. The two brothers have a change of heart after realizing the truth and help the Elrics stop the scientist. Later, the Tringham brothers point the Elric brothers to where they can find a better lead. They have a short cameo later in the series. Russell Tringham is the elder sibling, while Fletcher Tringham is the younger.

Russell voiced by:Creator/ Kosuke Okano (JP), Justin Cook (EN)^{Other Languages}

Fletcher voiced by: Minako Arakawa (JP), Avery Williams (EN)^{Other Languages}

Canon Foreigner: The brothers do not appear in the manga or the Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood anime. They do, however, appear in the first light novel, Fullmetal Alchemist: The Land of Sand, which is not written by Hiromu Arakawa but is set in the manga universe (written by Makoto Inoue).
Crossdressing Voices: Fletcher is always played by a woman.
Green Thumb: The two brothers are proficient at using plant alchemy; at one point, they transmute an entire forest to save a nearby town.
Heel–Face Turn: In their first appearance, the Tringham brothers (mainly Russell) antagonize the Elric brothers by assuming their identities and working against them. At the end of their story arc, the pair are shown the error of their ways, and become allies to the Elrics.
Laser-Guided Karma: Near the end of the anime, Russell once again tries to assume Edward's identity, only for he and his brother to get arrested by the Amestris military, as the real Ed and Al had become wanted fugitives by that point. Fortunately, they're bailed out by Maria Ross and Denny Brosh.
Mirror Character: The Tringham brothers have a lot in common with the Elric brothers. The older brothers are stubborn and temperamental, while the younger are more rational and mature. Both pairs are also self-taught alchemists, orphans, and good-hearted. Also, their fathers play a significant part of their backstories in both cases.
Signature Headgear: Fletcher's green hat with large straps and no top to let his blonde hair flow out freely.
Spell My Name With An S: Is the brothers' surname spelled as "Tringham", "Tringam", or "Tringum"? The "Tringham" spelling receives use in the anime and is visible in Funimation's English subtitles for Japanese episodes. However, printings of the Light Novel Fullmetal Alchemist: The Land of Sand (where the brothers originated from), repeatedly use "Tringum" throughout the text. Within the same light novel, the "final character sketches" of Russell and Fletcher (with the pages being situated near the end of the book) prominently feature the spelling of "Tringam".
Spot the Imposter: They disguise themselves as the Elric brothers due to their similar looks to them; while Ed and Russell look fairly different, Fletcher does look a bit like Al.
"Well Done, Son" Guy: Russell is one, at least; Fletcher just follows along with it but knows what they are doing is wrong.
Younger Than They Look: Ed is surprised to learn that Russell is actually a year younger than he is, mostly due to Russell's height.

Lujon

An alchemist who bears an uncanny resemblance to Scar's older brother. Lust met him when Envy unleashed an epidemic in his village, and took on the role of teaching him so as to push him into creating the stone. During this time he fell in love with her. Two years later he sought out Lust again... and it doesn't end well for him.

Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (JP), Johnny Yong Bosch (EN)^{Other Languages}

Canon Foreigner: Has not appeared in other unrelated works in the franchise.
Forgotten Fallen Friend: "Friend" is pushing it, but Lust only recalls him once afterward following his episode and only in passing. Hell, the good guys never bring up Lydia or Lujon again after their deaths.
Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Lust kills him by impaling him with her fingers.
Locked Out of the Loop: He seeks out Lust again not knowing who she truly is and the extent of her plans. His insistence on being with her gets him killed.
Love Triangle: Lydia's in love with him, and was supposed to marry him, but he's become smitten with Lust.
Nice Guy: He's a kindhearted and dedicated guy.
No Ontological Inertia: Once he dies and his stone cracks, everyone he cured from the stone disease immediately and painfully has their symptoms return, wiping out the whole village.
Small Role, Big Impact: Appears in one episode, yet it's his actions that result in Lust slowly starting to regain her humanity.
Star-Crossed Lovers: In another time and place, he and Lust might've had something. It's implied she reluctantly kills him to prevent herself from being drawn away from the Homunculi mission.
Unwitting Pawn: To Lust for looking into creating a Philosopher's Stone.

The Gate

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Its insides

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The Gate Children

The beginning and the end, the one and the all. The gateway that forms the core of the world's alchemy and the foundry of souls. It is the closest the FMA world has to a true god and a being anyone who breaks the taboo of human transmutation will have to face. Near the end of the series, it is revealed to also be a portal to a parallel world without alchemy uncannily similar to ours in real life, that uses the souls of those that die in said parallel world to fuel the alchemy of the other world.

Adapted Out: Truth, the Gate's guardian in the Manga is completely absent. This somewhat serves to signify how different Alchemy works in this continuity.
Afterlife Antechamber: The Blank White Void that the Gate resides in functions as a sort of stopover for the dead while they wait for the Gate to let them into the afterlife. As such, resurrecting a dead one is only possible while they are still in this room.
Blank White Void: The Gate resides in an endless empty, slightly yellow-tinted, white void where those who have been put before it or the souls of the dead wait for the gate to open.
The Darkness Gazes Back: When obscured by the darkness of the Gate's insides, the Gate Children's eyes are all that is visible staring out from the door.
Eldritch Abomination: In contrast to the manga's and Brotherhood's Truth, the Gate in this series is portrayed in a much more esoteric manner. It is presented in a much more grand fashion, making no one near it seem even remotely like an equal. It exists beyond mortal understanding, and while it can be summoned, it requires a very specific method and once summoned it can't be controlled.
Evil Is Not a Toy: While the Gate isn't explicitly evil, it's still an extremely dangerous and unknowable being that will not hesitate to completely destroy a person both physically and mentally if they attempt to abuse its power. When Envy forces it open and orders it to take him to Hohenheim, it transforms him into a giant serpent, so that by the time he's exited, he can't do much of anything but hide for fear of being killed in such a highly conspicuous form.
Gate of Truth: A really similar version to its trope-naming counterpart from the manga, but not the same. The Gate contains all there is to know and all that will be known. However, expect to pay a price for that knowledge.
Genius Loci: Unlike in the Manga where Truth is a distinct entity who speaks to any alchemist summoned before it, in this continuity, the Gate itself is implied to be a sentient force that uses the Gate Children to extract a person's limbs/body in exchange for alchemic knowledge.
Humanoid Abomination: The "Gate Children" that reside inside, a mass of black babies that drag inside the Gate whoever is unfortunate to rip the toll out of the alchemist (when they have committed the sin of human transmutation). They are suggested to be either the souls of those that die in the parallel world or a cluster of human souls from both worlds (Wrath was temporarily one of them—and took Ed's limbs for himself).
Jerkass Gods: Not so much Jerkass as uncaring and indifferent but to those who end up having to face it, it makes little difference... If you commit the taboo of human transmutation, get ready to suffer.
The Unintelligible: The Gate is only heard speaking once, and that one time the only thing that is heard is a brief loud static, though Ed still understands it.

The Conqueror of Shamballa

Dietlinde Eckhart

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The chairman of the Thule Society, the secretive occult research arm of the Nazi government. She acts as the primary antagonist of Conqueror of Shamballa. Eckhart aims to open a portal to Amestris—to her, the fabled "Shamballa"—so she can use its "magic" to help Hitler take over Germany. However, upon realizing the true power of the alternative world's alchemists, Eckhart's excitement turns to paranoia, driving her to instead try to destroy the other world out of fear they may conquer her own.

Voiced by: Kazuko Katou (JP), Kelly Manison (EN)^{Other Languages}

Absolute Xenophobe: Unsurprisingly, as a pro-Aryan supporter of the Nazi party. Despite her goal to wield the power of the titular Shamballa, she begins to fear the strength of alchemy and decides the denizens of the other world are untrustworthy beasts and tries to kill them all.
Ax-Crazy: Devolves into one after crossing throught the Gate and arriving at Amestris, rambling about how she is going to destroy their entire world out of fear and paranoia. She also acts incredibly unhinged during the final confrontation against Edward.
Big Bad: It is her desire to conquer the world of Amestris that drives the conflict of the story.
Body Horror: After she fails to defeat Edward in her One-Winged Angel mode, she mutates into something that can be best described as a obese humanoid with a tube that emerges from her mouth that coils around her body, with a large head with a cobra-like headdress, with swollen blobs of meat all over her torso and her limbs become really inflated, that desperately tries to get Noah to open the gate before being killed by Hughes. After dying, she goes back to her human form in a suit of armor.
Evil Laugh: Once she loses her stoic personality, she gains this.
Fantastic Racism: In addition to her affiliation with the Nazis, Eckhart fears the 2003 FMA world because of their ability to use alchemy and loses all excitement for using their abilities for her own plans to conquer her world and instead tries to destroy them out of fear.
Final Boss: For the 2003 continuity.
Hypocrite: Once willing to use the mystical powers of Shamballa to help the Nazis conquer the world, when Eckhart realizes the other world holds people capable of using alchemy, she becomes terrified of their power and tries to kill them all to stop a potential invasion of her world.
Karmic Death: Once she reaches Ed's world, she starts ranting how the people of that world are monsters just because they can use alchemy so easily. Ed and Al manage to send her back through the Gate, leaving her in a monstrous state in front of her own troops. She is quickly gunned down because she looks like a monster.
Knight Templar: A fanatical believer in the glory of the Aryan race, Eckhart wants to conquer the world for Nazi Germany to bring back their glory and the idea of Ed's world having power her people do not drives her to try and kill them all out of terror.
No Celebrities Were Harmed: Her name is based off of Dietrich Eckhart, a member (though not chairman- possibly he was only an associate) of the Thule Society and a leader and co-founder of the German Workers Party, which later became the National Socialist German Workers Party. He was a major influence on Adolf Hitler and saw him as the Dark Messiah Germany had been waiting for. She is probably also based on Helena Blavatsky, who co-founded the Theosophical Society which preceded the Thule, and founded the Theosophy occult system. All three were antisemitic Jerkasses who melded the idea of Aryan supremacy with mystical elements, though the real Eckhart less than the ladies.
Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: At the end of the film, Eckhart reveals her desire to destroy Ed's world out of fear of their alchemic abilities and an invasion of her world but given her intent to use mystical powers for herself to conquer her own world, makes her a complete and utter hypocrite.
Omnicidal Maniac: Her desire of conquest devolves into wanting to destroy the entire Fullmetal Alchemist world (AKA Shamballa) because of her fear of alchemy.
One-Winged Angel: In the finale she manages to gain some powers from the Gate when crossing it (due to getting covered in gate children), gaining very advanced alchemic powers in order to combat Ed, far beyond that of any normal alchemist. However, after her defeat and Villainous Breakdown it just devolves into Body Horror.
Politically Incorrect Villain: Eckhart makes multiple references to her belief in the guidance of the Aryan race and her motivation to destroy "Shamballa" is motivated out of prejudiced fear of the people there being different.
Sanity Slippage: Almost immediately after entering Amestris, she becomes obsessed with destroying it out of fear of what its citizens could do to her world. This reaches a breaking point when Al transmutes his soul into several suits of armor to surround her when she tries to kill Ed, causing her to suffer a screaming breakdown that transitions into her becoming a hideous, hulking mass covered in Gate Entities attempting to force Noah to send her back through the Gate. The nightmarish face she makes in death is a testament to how far she mentally falls.
Shoulders of Doom: Seriously, those shoulder pads can give football players a run for their money.
Soft-Spoken Sadist: Her voice is quite soft and gentle. However, she is also the Big Bad of the movie.
Those Wacky Nazis: She's a villain from 1920's Germany (even though the Nazis themselves are not in power yet). What are you expecting? That being said, she eventually gives up her support of the Nazis' takeover to try and wipe out the 2003 FMA world.
Villainous Breakdown: Once she loses her fight against Ed in her One-Winged Angel form and it mutates into flat-out Body Horror, she snaps and is reduced to ordering her underlings to send her back to the other side of the Gate.

Noah

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A young Romani woman whom Ed encounters in our world.

Voiced by: Miyuu Sawai (JP), Leah Clark (EN)^{Other Languages}

All of the Other Reindeer: So much that she aids the Thule Society thinking that, if she reaches Amestris, she won't be discriminated against there. Given her jerkass "fellow" gypsies remorselessly sell her to a carnival and she only weakly complains to them (who brush it off and depart without looking back), this is made scathingly obvious that there was no camaraderie there. Worse, those other gypsies never appear again and suffer no consequences for selling her out.
Dark Magical Girl: Has the power to read the minds of those she touches.
Heel–Face Revolving Door: At first she's a good person, if rather... odd. Then, she helps the Thule Society because she believes they'll help her reach Amestris. Then she turns against them when she realizes how evil they really are.
Heroic BSoD: "Take me with you!!"
Hot Gypsy Woman: Averted, she dresses and acts quite modestly, but she's nearly exploited in prostitution until Ed saves her.
Identical Stranger: Heavily implied, but never stated directly, to be our world's counterpart to Rosé Thomas.
Magical Romani: Noah is a young Romani woman with the ability to read people's minds using touch.
The Mole: For the Thule Society.
The Not-Love Interest: She resembles one for Edward and has some shippy-looking scenes with him, but their relationship is ultimately platonic. This was a developmental decision, as Noah was originally the center of a love triangle between Alfons and Ed before it was written out.
Not So Stoic: She puts on a front with Ed that she's not bothered by the constant racism and abuse hurled at her, but she ultimately ends up aiding the Thule Society in a desperate attempt to get to Amestris where she hopes she can escape her Romani stigma.
Only One Name: Her surname is never given.
Spell My Name With An S: Her name is often spelled "Noa" as well as "Noah", which would put her in the Meaningful Name category similar to her Amestris counterpart.
Token Minority: Being a Romani in Germany, she pretty much stands out in the movie.
You Are Not Alone: Noah's internal struggle. She wants to find a home for herself where she wouldn't be mistreated.

Alfons Heiderich

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A boy whom Edward also becomes friends with in our world. He has a huge and beautiful dream and needs to fulfill it soon... because he's dying of an illness.

Voiced by: Shun Oguri (JP), Jason Liebrecht (EN)^{Other Languages}

Ambiguously Bi: There are many moments implying that his interest in Edward is more than platonic, such as when he makes a bothered face when Edward tells him how he can't wait to get back to his world (which means permanently leaving him). Though in the beginning of the movie he is also seen blushing and flustered by the Romani women they meet on the cart after Ed wrecks their vehicle.
Beware the Nice Ones: In the middle of the film, he comes back from work looking slightly disturbed, and when Edward right after that tries to convince him to get away from the Thule Society, Alfons shoves him to the stairs, yells that he has no right to tell him what to do.
Dies Wide Open: After being shot by Rudolf Hess.
Dream Walker: Got this trope applied to him by Alphonse, who states that he often sees a 17-year-old version of himself staying with Edward in a strange world.
Dying Moment of Awesome: He helps Ed go back into his world with a two-seater rocket, but sacrifices himself to do it as he is shot by Rudolf Hess for betraying the regime.
First-Name Basis: Initially, only Edward refers to him as Alfons while everyone else calls him Heiderich. Noah later picks up on this but Edward remains the first one to do so. In return, Alfons calls him "Edward-san".
Go Out with a Smile: He visibly smiles in satisfaction after being shot helping Ed get back to Amestris.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: He has blond hair and is very nice.
Identical Stranger: Looks and acts very similar to Al. Justified, since he's Al's parallel-world counterpart.
Incurable Cough of Death: A somewhat realistic case: he's literally a rocket scientist, and the fumes from the rocket fuels he was creating have destroyed the poor guy's lungs. As it turns out, though, that isn't what eventually kills him. It's Rudolf Hess.
Innocent Blue Eyes: They mark his idealistic nature and is the biggest difference between him and Alphonse, who has grey/brown eyes.
Nice Guy: Like Alphonse, he's a very soft-spoken and kind-hearted individual, so nice that he doesn't utter a complaint when Edward accidentally crashes the car implied to be his in the beginning of the movie.
One-Steve Limit: Averted and justified because he's Alphonse's real world counterpart. (Their names, while written differently in Latin (Alphonse and Alfons), sounds the same and is similarly romanized in Japanese as アルフォンス.) Edward distinguishes them by calling his little brother "Al" but him "Alfons".
Teen Genius: Despite being a teenager, he's an extremely skilled rocket scientist.
Tragic Dream: Already dying of a disease, Alfons is aware that his dream of advancing rocket technology will not last long.
Spell My Name With An S: Some official art and sources spells his name as "Alphonse". The spelling "Alfons" is generally more preferred however, as it helps distinguish him from Alphonse Elric.
Your Days Are Numbered: He's very aware of this due to his illness.

Fritz Lang

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Fritz Lang.

Yes, that Fritz Lang, and our world's counterpart to King Bradley ^note. He and Ed cross paths after a case of Mistaken Identity, and goes on to act as a source of advice and aid through the movie.

Voiced by: Hidekatsu Shibata (JP), Ed Blaylock (EN)^{Other Languages}

Eccentric Mentor: To Ed.
Good Counterpart: To King Bradley/Pride.
Historical Hilarity: Due to the sheer irony of his Fullmetal Alchemist world's counterpart.

Huskisson

A villain that appears in the prologue of the film, framed as an adventure Ed and Al went in between the events of the series that Ed is telling Alfons Heiderich about in the present.

Voiced by: Unshō Ishizuka (JP), John Gremillion (EN)^{Other Languages}

Mad Scientist: Creates destructive weapons all in the name of furthering scientific research regardless of the obvious dangers, and will try to kill anyone who disagrees with him.
Mask Power: He wears a mask to cover the scars over his face that were a result of overexposure to uranium.
Small Role, Big Impact: He's only dealt with in the film's prologue and isn't mentioned again, but the uranium bomb he creates ends up in the real world and in the hands of Eckhart. That in turn is what motivates her to want to invade Ed and Al's world; meaning in turn his actions are also what lead to Ed and Al ultimately getting reunited.
Starter Villain: He only appears in the film's prologue before the main story kicks off.

Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel

Armony Eiselstein

The daughter of Professor Wilhelm Eiselstein. She desperately wants to learn alchemy, but her father forbids her to. She believes it is because he thinks she is not as talented as her deceased older sister. She asks Ed (incessantly) to teach her alchemy until he caves.

Voiced by: Nana Mizuki (JP), Elise Baughman (EN)

Artificial Human: She is described as an unique kind of human chimera due to being fused with Selene.
Crash-Into Hello: the way she meets the Elrics. Armony tries to pick some Etherflowers at the top on the mountain, but falls down and lands directly on Edward's face.
Died in Your Arms Tonight: She and her father, Wilhelm, die as he embraces her.
Ethereal White Dress: Wears this in the ending.
Growing Wings: For Armony, using alchemy results in this, and it depicts her as a Philosopher's Catalyst.
Fiery Redhead: Nearly picks a fight with three street thugs, who are alchemists by herself. Odds are she would have lost spectacularly had Ed and Al not shown up.
Identical Stranger: In the game's ending Edward meets a redhead flower girl who looks just like Armony.
Idiot Hair: Has two.
Kill the Cutie: Her fate in the ending.
Plucky Girl: She keeps on going and refuses to give up, but also tells the determinators Ed and Al that they're too grim and to lighten up.
Tomato in the Mirror: Armony is revealed to be actually Selene Eiselstein transformed by the Philospher's Catalyst.
Say My Name: "EDWAAAAAARD!!"
The Unapologetic: At first doesn't even bother to apologize to Edward for falling down on him.

Wilhelm Eiselstein

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One of the most famous Alchemists in the world and an authority in catalysts, the art of improving alchemy, and Armony's father. He is an old friend to Izumi Curtis and an acquaintance to the Elric brothers.

Voiced by: Kouji Ishii (JP), Mark Stoddard (EN)

Fantasy-Forbidding Father: He refuses to teach alchemy to Armony and has forbidden every other alchemist in the town from doing it either. Turns out he has good reasons for doing so, because her body serves as host to the Philosopher's Catalyst, which makes her body extremely fragile and unstable.

Characters / Fullmetal Alchemist (2003)

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Military

Roy Mustang

Voiced by: Tōru Ōkawa (JP), Travis Willingham (EN)Other LanguagesJuan Antonio Arroyo (Spain), Rolman Bastidas (Latin America), Hermes Baroli (Brazil), Martial Le Minoux (French)

Riza Hawkeye

Voiced by: Michiko Neya (JP), Colleen Clinkenbeard (EN)Other LanguagesSilvia Sarmentera (Spain), Giannina Jurado (Latin America), Letícia Quinto (Brazil), Agnès Manoury (French)

King Bradley

Voiced by: Hidekatsu Shibata (JP), Ed Blaylock (EN)Other LanguagesFernando Hernández (Spain), José Granadillo (Latin America), Luiz Antônio Lobue (Brazil), Yann Pichon (French)

Maes Hughes

Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara (JP), Sonny Strait (EN)Other LanguagesMiguel Ángel Montero (Spain), Sergio Pinto (Latin America), Luiz Laffey (Brazil), Cyrille Monge (French)

Alex Louis Armstrong

Voiced by: Kenji Utsumi (JP), Christopher Sabat (EN)Other LanguagesPedro Tena (Spain), Gilberto Baroli (Brazil), Benoît Allemane (French)

Frank Archer

Voiced by: Show Hayami (JP), Troy Baker (EN)Other LanguagesMiguel Ángel del Hoyo (Spain), Ledner Belisario (Latin America), Leonardo Camilo (Brazil), Constantin Pappas (French)

Basque Grand

Voiced by: Shin Aomori (JP), R. Bruce Elliott (EN)Other LanguagesLuis Mas (Spain), Armando Volcanes (Latin America), Antônio Moreno (Brazil), Thierry Murzeau (French)

Jean Havoc

Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto (JP), Mike McFarland (EN)Other LanguagesEduardo del Hoyo (Spain), Ángel Balam (Latin America), Sérgio Corcetti (Brazil), Philippe Bozo (French)

Vato Falman, Kain Fuery, and Heymans Breda

Maria Ross

Voiced by: Mitsuki Saiga (JP), Meridith McCoy (EN)Other LanguagesConchi López (Spain), Maricel González (Latin America), Sílvia Suzy (Brazil), Laurence Bréheret (French)

Denny Brosh

Voiced by: Masao Harada (JP), Jim Foronda (EN)Other LanguagesMiguel Ángel Garzón (Spain), Luis Manuel Martín (Spain, Conqueror of Shamballa), Kaihiamal Martínez (Latin America), Márcio Araújo (Brazil), Benjamin Pascal (French)

Sheska

Voiced by: Naomi Wakabayashi (JP), Gwendolyn Lau (EN)Other LanguagesChelo Molina (Spain), María Teresa Hernández (Latin America), Raquel Marinho (Brazil), Isabelle Volpe (French)

Yoki

Voiced by: Kazuki Yao (JP), Barry Yandell (EN)

Hakuro

Voiced by: Jin Horikawa (JP), Phil Parsons (EN, mainly), Robert McCollum (EN, episode 14 only)

Homunculi

Others

Tim Marcoh

Voiced by: Kōji Totani (JP), Brice Armstrong (EN)Other LanguagesMiguel Ayones (Spain), Rafael Monsalve (Latin America), Sidney Lilla (Brazil), Jérôme Keen (French)

Izumi Curtis

Voiced by: Shoko Tsuda (JP), Christine Auten (EN)Other LanguagesYolanda Pérez (Spain), Minerva Hernández (Latin America), Tânia Gaidarji (Brazil), Hélène Bizot (French)

Pinako Rockbell

Voiced by: Miyoko Aso (JP), Juli Erickson (EN)Other LanguagesPilar Gentil (Spain), Aracelys Prieto (Latin America), Helena Samara (Brazil), Maria Tamar (French)

Trisha Elric

Voiced by: Yoshino Takamori (JP), Lydia Mackay (EN)Other LanguagesPilar Santigosa (Spain), Maritza Rojas (Latin America), Alessandra Araújo (Brazil, first voice), Cecília Lemes (Brazil, second voice), Brigitte Aubry (French)

Solf J. Kimblee

Voiced by: Yuji Ueda (JP), Eric Vale (EN)Other LanguagesIñaki Crespo (Spain), Víctor Díaz (Latin America), Nestor Chiesse (Brazil), Benoît Rivillon (French)

Barry

Voiced by: Kentarō Itō (JP, real voice), Aya Ishizu (JP, female disguise), Jerry Jewell (EN)Other LanguagesRoberto Cuenca, Jr. (Spain), Carlos Vitali (Latin America), Mauro Eduardo Lima (Brazil), Marli Bortoletto (Brazil, as a woman)

Rosé Thomas

Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima (JP), Colleen Clinkenbeard (EN)Other LanguagesInma Gallego (Spain), Maythe Guedes (Latin America), Fernanda Bullara (Brazil), Léa Gabrielle (French)

Paninya

Voiced by: Kyoko Hikami (JP), Cynthia Cranz (EN)

Van Hohenheim (alias Hohenheim Elric)

Voiced by: Masashi Ebara (JP), Scott McNeil (EN)Other LanguagesHéctor Cantolla (Spain), Carmelo Fernández (Latin America), Guilherme Lopes (Brazil), Gérard Rouzier (French)

Gracia Hughes

Voiced by: Kotono Mitsuishi (JP), Lauren Goode (EN, TV series and Conqueror of Shamballa), Lydia Mackay (EN, OVAs)

Elicia Hughes

Voiced by: Mayumi Yoshida (JP), Tierney Titus (EN, TV series), Brittney Karbowski (EN, OVAs)

Lyra

Voiced by: Yumi Kakazu (JP), Monica Rial (EN)Other LanguagesBlanca Rada (Spain), Rebeca Aponte (Latin America), Raquel Marinho (Brazil), Nathalie Homs (French)

Dante

Voiced by: Kazuko Sugiyama (JP), Cindee Mayfield (EN)Other LanguagesAna María Simón (Spain), Rebeca Aponte (Latin America), Isaura Gomes (Brazil), Danièle Hazan (French)

The Conqueror of Shamballa

Fullmetal Alchemist and the Broken Angel

Alternative Title(s): Fullmetal Alchemist The Conqueror Of Shamballa, Fullmetal Alchemist Anime

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