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Narutaki
Narutaki
Voiced by: Soichiro Hoshi (Japanese), Josh Meyer (English)
- Abnormal Ammo: Often used by Narutaki with his equally-abnormal gun.
- Accidental Hero: Narutaki foils a bank heist (unintentionally) while chasing a lost cat across town.
- Accidental Pervert
- Androids and Detectives: The series pairs young detective Narutaki with a Robot Buddy named Goriki. Together, they fight crime.
- Anime Hair
- Breather Episode: Episode 13, wherein there's no criminal activity whatsoever and the best job Narutaki could get was tracking down a stray cat.
- Dagwood Sandwich: Episode 13. Narutaki orders one at a streetside stand because he is very, very bored. He has to squish it down to the size of a normal sandwich and eat it all in one go when the stray cat he's been after all episode wanders by.
- Determinator: In one scene, Narutaki is barely hanging onto the side of a bridge that was just blown up by Le Bled, who has him at cane-gunpoint. A bomb is set to explode at a nearby hospital in a matter of minutes. When taunted about how he planned to get out of his perilous situation, Narutaki simply says, "Not Give Up."
- Great Detective: He's the son of a great detective, and he's a very skilled Kid Detective himself.
- Heroic BSoD: After failing to deliver a vaccine in time to save a sickly girl, Narutaki falls into despair.
- Kid Detective: Son of Steam City's greatest detective and a child genius.
- Out-of-Genre Experience: After getting slapped by Ling Ling for seemingly inexplicable reasons (at least to Narutaki), Narutaki angrily hurls his cup of coffee against the wall, only for it to bounce around like a superball instead of shattering on impact. He then opens a window to let it out, only to have it circle the ENTIRE EARTH, come back, RING THE DOORBELL, and force itself down his throat, which he then coughs up. Even for a slapstick moment, this is way out of left field.
- In the manga, Narutaki comes face to face with an actual dragon, wings, breath attacks and all. This is the only time a purely fantastic moment happens in the entirety of the manga's run.
- This Is a Drill: Used by Narutaki as one of his gun's special attachments.
Hsu Ling Ling
Hsu Ling Ling
Voiced by: Hiroko Taguchi (Japanese), Meg Bauman (English)
- Ascended Fangirl: Ling Ling appears in Steam King's third novel, much to her surprise.
- Breaking the Fourth Wall: Said word for word by Ling Ling in episode 19.
- Combat Medic: Ling Ling is a nurse, and she has been known to get involved in the action.
- Damsel in Distress: Sometimes.
- Hospital Hottie
- "I Know You Are in There Somewhere" Fight: Ling Ling to Steam King.
- Limited Wardrobe: Wears her nurse outfit almost nonstop. Except when going swimming, to the gym, or in the bathtub, of course.
- Nice Girl: Ling Ling is very sensitive and very caring to others.
- Older Sidekick: To Narutaki. She's an adult while he's still a kid.
- Pink Means Feminine: Ling Ling wears a pink and white nurse outfit, and is very sweet and ladylike.
- Shout-Out: In episode 11, Ling-Ling re-creates the iconic flying skirt scene from The Seven Year Itch.
- Sibling Yin-Yang: Complete with contrasting colors.
Kawakubo
Goriki
Goriki
Voiced by: Takuma Suzuki (Japanese), Atreidies McNee (English)
- Androids and Detectives: The series pairs young detective Narutaki with a Robot Buddy named Goriki. Together, they fight crime.
- Mundane Utility: Goriki possesses a tong attachment, used for delicately picking up pastries. When he accidentally crushes it, causing the cream to spill out, he then adopts a Pose of Supplication.
- Rocket Punch
- Stock Footage: Whenever Goriki is called upon and sent through the underground pass.
- This Is a Drill: Goriki's standard Finishing Move.
- Victory Pose: In particular is when Goriki (finally) places a pastry on his tray without it getting squashed. He is then summarily charged hundreds of times for the one pastry he succeeded in getting, as well as all the failures. Cue Heroic BSoD.
Dr. Guilty
Dr. Guilty
Voiced by: Tomomichi Nishimura (Japanese), Edwin Neal (English)
- For Science!: Where Dr. Hsu and Dr. Guilty disagreed on about using Megamaton technology.
Onigawara
Onigawara
Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (Japanese), Martin Blacker (English)
- Inspector Javert: Onigawara displays this trait in an episode where Goriki (and Narutaki, by extension) are framed.
Yagami
Night Phantom
Night Phantom
Voiced by: Akio Ohtsuka (Japanese), Brian Jepson (English)
Crimson Scorpion
Crimson Scorpion
Voiced by: Chisa Yokoyama (Japanese), Laurie Gallardo (English)
- A Twinkle in the Sky: She's a common victim.
- Classy Cat-Burglar: She's a thief who loves precious gems and jewelery.
- Color Animal Codename
- Curtains Match the Window: Red hair and eyes.
- Shout-Out: One of Crimson Scorpion's targets is the Silent Möbius, said to be one of the world's greatest jewels.
- "Scooby-Doo" Hoax: Crimson Scorpion is fond of them. Narutaki ain't fooled.
Machine Baron
Machine Baron
Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto (Japanese), David R. Jarrott (English)
- Accidental Pervert
- A Twinkle in the Sky: He's a common victim.
- Exploding Calendar: An early episode uses the X'ed days variation as the Machine Baron counts down to a significant date, and plays it pretty much straight.
- Laughably Evil
Le Bled
Le Bled
Voiced by: Takeshi Kusao (Japanese), Gray Haddock (English)
- Expy: Le Bled is very reminiscent of Char Aznable.
- Evil Counterpart: To Narutaki.
- Incurable Cough of Death: Le Bled's reason for doing what he does; he wants to live his life to the fullest before he dies.
- Phantom Thief
- Shout-Out: In episode 19, Le Bled quotes a line from Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" as he flees the scene.
Hsu Lang Lang
Hsu Lang Lang
Voiced by: Miki Nagasawa (Japanese), Larissa Wolcott (English)
- Deadly Doctor
- Evil Counterpart: To Ling Ling.
- Hospital Hottie
- Sibling Yin-Yang: Complete with contrasting colors.
