History Characters / AceCombatZeroTheBelkanWar

* NotSoDifferent: He says this about himself and Cipher in [[spoiler:their final battle against each other]]. HOW that works is up to your Ace Style and [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation what you think]].

* NotSoDifferent: Dominic Zubov sees this as the case between him, Cipher, and Pixy. Since you face him in the [[BloodKnight Mercenary Path]], he's not exactly lying.

* BigBad: Though this could be attached to Belka as a whole, this really can be best attributed to Waldemarr Rald, the man who ran the fascist Fatherland and Workers Party that ran Belka at the time of the war and thus gave its air force their marching orders, and [[spoiler: he was a behind the scenes backer of A World With No Boundaries]]. Also counts as TheUnfought as supplmentary materials confirm he was ousted from power after the war.

* BittersweetEnding: His part in the story ends this way. Despite interviewing every surviving ace pilot that faced Cipher that he could find, including ''[[spoiler: Pixy himself]]'', he is unable to accomplish his goal of unveiling Cipher's identity. However, he notes that every pilot smiles a little when they speak of Cipher and concludes with,"''[[WorthyOpponent that, perhaps, may be my answer.]]''"

* TheDreaded: Pixy reacts with noticeable alarm as soon as he recognizes Zubov’s plane. They are also this to the rest of the Belkan Air Force given their infamous reputation for executing deserters and anyone else that the Belkan government wanted terminated.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuriLowenthal [EN], Takuya Kirimoto [JP]

--> '''Belkan Pilot:''' This is the ''worst'' support we could hope for!

* CombatPragmatist: Grun One believes firmly in doing whatever you need to do to survive, in or out of the sky. This even extends to gameplay, where Grun Team are some of the few enemies in the series to use flares in addition to simply evading missiles, often saving themselves from what would normally be a surefire kill.

* BadassNormal: Canonically, Cipher only flies an F-15C Eagle. He takes down entire bases, renowned ace squadrons, giant superweapons, and even a superfighter piloted by [[spoiler:his former wingman Pixy]].
** Justified, in a meta way. F-15Cs were '''the''' Western air superiority fighter back in the day, to the point that the only recorded losses in air engagements were training accidents involving other F-15s[[note]]The F-22A Raptor, the F-15C's nominal replacement, is supposedly superior in every way, but has never really been tested in air superiority in a real-world sense[[/note]].

* FamedInStory: The story specifically being the documentary that serves as the game's FramingDevice.
** Even from the first mission, its made clear that Cipher is, while not at the level of Pixy, already a well-respected mercenary by the time of the war, though this opening dialogue changes depending on what type of ace he is at the game's start.

* ShoutOut: To the Wardog Squadron and the Razgriz myth of VideoGame/AceCombat5TheUnsungWar.

* CharClone: Interestingly, Pixy has some traits of this. Sure, he doesn't wear a CoolMask or CoolShades, but he's a blonde AcePilot associated with an aircraft that's at least partly red (implied to have had a bit of RedBaron fame before becoming Cipher's wingman and seeing the "Demon Lord" overshadow him), who's a close ally to the main character (like Quattro in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Zeta]]''), and then [[spoiler:becomes an enemy of his, trying to bring about TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]] (like Char in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterAttack CCA]]''). Not in a [[spoiler:ColonyDrop fashion]], but close enough.
** Hell, his main paint scheme is a red streak on one wing.

* FluffyTheTerrible: He's a famous ace who's only second to [[ShroudedInMyth Cipher]] [[spoiler: and nearly ends up destroying the world]]. His callsign is ''Pixy''.

* {{Foil}}: To Cipher; he even states that they're "opposite sides of the same coin" at one point. Also a bit towards PJ, as the two of them tend towards opposite ends of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism.
** This applies to all personalities of Cipher. Mercenary Cipher doesn't need a reason to fight, other than the pay or a chance to kill, while Pixy starts this way [[spoiler: but finds a cause to fight for]]. Knight Cipher took pride in what he did, while Pixy ends up [[spoiler: hating the pointlessness of war]]. Perhaps the closest parallel is with a Soldier Cipher: both Galm team members share a willingness to use any means necessary to ensure victory.

--->Pixy: "I want to see for myself what borders ''really'' mean."

--->PJ: "This isn't time to talk about my personal life!"

* FamedInStory: Is already famous as "Solo-Wing Pixy" by the time the story starts, among both enemies and allies alike. As the story continues, however, his fame is overshadowed by Cipher's infamy.

* NotSoDifferent: He says this about him and Cipher in [[spoiler: his final battle with him]]. HOW that works is up to your Ace Style and [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation what you think]].
--> You and I are two sides of the same coin. There may be a resemblance, but we will never face each other...

* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:He was given unlimited resources by the leader of Belka to form a Werwolf-like post-war resistence organization against what was seen as an inevitable Osean occupation against Belka, and instead betrayed his superiors and took that funding and resources and formed a full-on terrorist organzation bent on global destruction.]]

* BadassBookworm: A whole team ; Kupchenko and his men are pilots who graduated as scientists or engineers, or vice-versa.

* RedRightHand: Not the man himself, but a variant in his plane's livery notably has one wing painted red. [[spoiler: Ultimately played with, since while he does turn on Cipher it's shown that after their climatic dogfight Pixy took another look at his beliefs and changed.]]

* OldMaster: Blink and you miss it, but Kupchenko's file show that is the oldest enemy ace in the game, leading his squadron into battle at the ripe old age (for pilots standards) of ''48''. Not only that, but he was a veteran pilot before graduating as an engineer. This guy sat in a cockpit for ''longer'' than some enemy aces have lived.

* WeaponOfChoice: J35J Draken (if the "Cipher" paintjob for the Draken in ''Infinity'' is considered canon) later replaced by the F-15C Eagle for Cipher; F-15C Eagle [[spoiler:later replaced by the ADFX-02 Morgan)]] for Pixy.

* WeaponOfChoice: Like Cipher, he is always seen using the F-15C Eagle, [[spoiler:the only exception being as the FinalBoss in the ADFX-02 Morgan]].

* WeaponOfChoice: Always depicted in promotional material in the F-15C Eagle.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DavidLodge [EN], Creator/BanjoGinga [JP]

--> "Yo buddy, still alive? [[spoiler: [[TrueCompanions And thanks, friend.]] I'll see you around.]]"