History Characters / BerserkGriffithFemto

** His aforementioned fight with Guts, revealed another flaw, Arrogance, up until that moment he did not believe for a second that anyone could approach his level, just the idea that he wasn't the top of the food chain contributed to his impulsive actions directly afterwards, his choice to join the Godhand was probably partially due to his need to reaffirm that he was the superior in his and Guts relationship dynamic, as well as the idea that Casca could be devoted to someone other than himself, as well as his subsequent rape of Casca, in a way his cruel way of showing "You are mine and so is Casca, and I can do what I wish with you."

* {{Expy}}:
** Similar in many ways to [[spoiler:Ryo]] from ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'', being the tough protagonist's beautiful best friend who has strong feelings for him and turns out to be a villain. Granted, [[spoiler:Ryo]] ends up regretting his actions and being an AntiVillain while Griffith [[TheSociopath seems unlikely to do so anytime soon.]] In an interesting sort of cyclical example, in the spinoff manga ''AMON,'' the character mentioned ends up looking and acting a lot like Griffith.
** Miura loved ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'', and seems to have given Griffith some of Oscar's elegance and androgynous appearance, though their actual personalities are completely different.

* LastDisrespects: Once Griffith returns to the mortal realm, one of the first things he does is check out the Hill of Swords, Rickert's tribute to the fallen Hawks. Griffith being there at all infuriates Guts, but Griffith hits a new low by outright admitting that he feels ''nothing'' for the comrades he slaughtered to pursue his dream. Rickert at this point isn't even aware of Griffith's actions, so he saw nothing wrong with letting the guy saunter around what is essentially ''the graveyard of those he had massacred''. When he ''does'' learn of Griffith's betrayal, he is so disgusted and ashamed of himself that he renounces Griffith as his commander. In his own kingdom. In front of his demonic royal guard. And his Queen.

* TongueTrauma: Not only was Griffith's tongue removed, but that son-of-a-bitch torturer ''turned it into a necklace.'' But at least the torturer [[KarmicDeath got what was coming to him.]]

* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: Of the RagsToRiches hero, the {{Determinator}}, and the KnightInShiningArmor. His extreme devotion to fulfilling his dream has resulted in him committing things like kidnapping, assassination, prostitution, manipulation, and a DealWithTheDevil. Following your dreams comes at a very real cost, and that cost can involve the lives of others.

* SuaveSabre: His weapon. He alternates between wielding a standard-design one and one with the hilt of a rapier. However, this gradually changes to SinisterSimitar as Griffith's more nefarious motives and personality traits become more self-evident.

* AmbiguouslyBi: A particularly complex example. He’s voluntarily had sex with both men and women, and there’s more than a little evidence that he might have been in love with Guts (and possibly still is), but he’s so manipulative and so deeply in denial about his own feelings that it’s genuinely unclear if and how his actions match up with his desires. He could be bisexual, gay and deeply closeted, heterosexual but pragmatic, or even wholly asexual. Regardless of his sexual orientation though, he’s deeply obsessed with Guts more than anyone else in Griffith’s life and him leaving the Band of the Hawk causes his [[VillainousBreakdown downward spiral.]]

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: While he is widely known as Femto, it is highly probable that the actual spelling of his name is [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHEMT "Phemt"]], the technical concept after which he is named.
** It could also be a reference to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femto the prefix Femto]], which is equal to one [[FourIsDeath quadri]]llionth.

* SuaveSabre: His weapon. He alternates between wielding a standard-design one and one with the hilt of a rapier.

* DirtyCoward: Even with his rebirth as a member of the God’s Hand, he could have used his powers to fight Guts. Instead, his first act as Femnto is having Guts forcibly held down as he rapes Casca in front of him, while putting up DeflectorShields to prevent Guts from outright stabbing him. Two years later, he still hides behind his minions to do the fighting for him whenever he runs into Guts, and runs off once the fighting is over rather than fight him head on.

* AmbiguouslyBi: A particularly complex example. He’s voluntarily had sex with both men and women, and there’s more than a little evidence that he might have been in love with Guts (and possibly still is), but he’s so manipulative and so deeply in denial about his own feelings that it’s genuinely unclear if and how his actions match up with his desires. He could be bisexual, gay and deeply closeted, heterosexual but pragmatic, or even wholly asexual. Regardless of his sexual orientation, he’s deeply obsessed with Guts more than anyone else in Griffith’s life and him leaving the Band of the Hawk causes his [[VillainousBreakdown downward spiral.]]

* AmbiguouslyBi: A particularly complex example. He’s voluntarily had sex with both men and women, and there’s more than a little evidence that he might have been in love with Guts (and possibly still is), but he’s so manipulative and so deeply in denial about his own feelings that it’s genuinely unclear if and how his actions match up with his desires. He could be bisexual, gay and deeply closeted, heterosexual but pragmatic, or even wholly asexual. Regardless of his sexual orientation, he’s deeply obsessed with Guts more than anyone else and him leaving the Band of the Hawk causes his [[VillainousBreakdown downward spiral.]]

* AmbiguouslyBi: A particularly complex example. He’s voluntarily had sex with both men and women, and there’s more than a little evidence that he might have been in love with Guts (and possibly still is), but he’s so manipulative and so deeply in denial about his own feelings that it’s genuinely unclear if and how his actions match up with his desires. He could be bisexual, gay and deeply closeted, heterosexual but pragmatic, or even wholly asexual. Regardless of his sexual orientation, he’s deeply obsessed with Guts more than anyone else and him leaving the Band causes his [[VillainousBreakdown downward spiral.]]