History Characters / PacificRimJaegers

* AchillesHeel: [[spoiler: Its [[CranialProcessingUnit conn pod]] lacks the same level of protection as the other surviving Jaegers., [[DiscardAndDraw likely as part of it's design emphasizing agility, and rapid full-body motions]], it was designed to prioritize range of motion and ability to track it's opponent while the rest of the body engaged in it's acrobatic fighting style, rather than for immediate protection.]]

* JackOfAllStats: Not as tough or hard-hitting as [[MightyGlacier Bracer Phoenix]], or as fast as [[FragileSpeedster Saber Athena]], or has the range of [[WhipItGood Guardian Bravo]], but solidly in between all of them.

* WhipItGood: Armed with Elec-16 Arc Whips, it can create lashes of pure energy.

* WhipItGood: At least one of its arms had Vanadium Steel Saber Chain, which was passed down to Atlas Destroyer.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Most of the Jaegers are fairly humanoid, except Crimson Typhoon has ''three'' arms and digitgrade legs and Cherno Alpha has, in place of a normal head, something that looks like a nuclear cooling tower (which it more or less is; Cherno's reactor is mounted in the head and its cockpit is mounted in the chest, where most Jaegers are set up with the reverse).

* ADayInTheLimeLight: Shaloin Rogue and its crew get some attention in ''Pacific Rim Ascension'' due to its crew being Jinhai's parents.

* ILoveNuclearPower: Powered by a nuclear reactor, which vents excess heat through a turbine mounted on its chest. [[spoiler:This proved to be an important plot point twice: it renders Gipsy Danger resistant to Leatherback's EMP ability and was later detonated (along with the rest of the Jaeger) to seal the rift.]]

* AchillesHeel: Striker Eureka relies almost entirely on digital systems for operation[[note]]Gipsy Danger and Cherno Alpha run on [[ILoveNuclearPower nuclear reactors]]; there is no explicit mention of what Striker Eureka utilizes for motive power except that it's "digital"[[/note]], [[spoiler: which makes it disproportionately vulnerable to Leatherback's EMP ability.]]

* ILoveNuclearPower: As with many other early Jaeger marks, it is powered by a nuclear reactor.

* RasputinianDeath: Between having its reactor go critical, torn to pieces (one arm and a good portion of its head/chest), being ''lunged on by two kaijus'', the Cherno Alpha only stopped fighting when its Conn-pod was crushed, killing its pilots. By comparison, the Crimson Typhoon was killed with a single strike at its head (granted, said attack also killed its pilots). Given that it's a Russian Jaeger, this is probably intentional.

->'''Classification:''' Mark-6

** After being blindsided by the newly awakened Category-5 Slattern, it quickly recovered and retaliated and, even heavily damaged, was implied to be mire than a match for the kaiju until it called for backup.

* RasputinianDeath: Between having its reactor go critical, torn to pieces (one arm and a good portion of its head/chest), being ''lunged on by two kaijus'', the Cherno Alpha only stopped fighting when its Conn-pod was crushed, killing its pilots. By comparison, the Crimson Typhoon was killed with a single strike at its head (granted, said attack also killed its pilots).

* AwesomeMcCoolname: ''All'' of them! Even the designation 'Jaeger,' which is the German word for "hunter".

* NonindicativeName: In the Russian dub its name is ''Cherniy Alfa'' [[note]]Черный Альфа[[/note]]. Translated this means "Black Alpha". While still [[AwesomeMcCoolname cool-sounding]] it's funny [[DontExplainTheJoke because Cherno is green]].

* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: There are spinning wheels/duct fans installed in the cockpit of Gipsy Danger, obviously placed there for effect. Also Gipsy Danger's HeartLight is spinning.