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* BattleButler

* {{Jerkass}}

* SatoshiHino (Ash's seiyuu)

* ThemeNaming: His snakes' names.

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!!'''Ciel Phantomhive'''

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* BadassAdorable
* BareHandedBladeBlock: vs. Alois.
* BeautifulDreamer: Subverted in that ''everyone'' seems to like watching him sleep, so it can be taken in a non-romantic way as well.
* BlueEyes
* BreakTheCutie
* BrinaPalencia
* CheshireCatGrin
* TheChessmaster
* CreepyChild
* CuteShotaroBoy
* DudeLooksLikeALady: [[YourMileageMayVary YMMV]].
* EvenTheGuysWantHim
* EyepatchOfPower
* FetishFuelStationAttendant
* HatesBeingTouched: He appears to not enjoy physical contact, though he tolerates Sebastian and does not complain when the demon picks him up or holds him. If he is stressed, he will slap someone touching him away, proclaiming, "Don't touch me so easily!" This is a negative influence of the trauma he underwent during his time as a slave.
* JerkassWoobie: He's a cynical, callous, and very driven 12-year-old (or 13, depending on how far you are in the series), is a [[TheChessmaster Chess Master]] and wise beyond his years. He has no qualms about getting involved in dangerous missions and will command his badass butler Sebastian to kill someone without a second thought. He has also been shown slapping and insulting individuals for being too comfortable with touching or speaking to him. The only individual he appears to genuinely care for is his fiancée, Elizabeth Middleford, although he does seem to view her as a bit of a distraction and a nuisance, at times. In the anime, he appears downright cruel at times, although in the manga, he is simply just icy and elitist. It's eventually revealed that [[spoiler: he was a happy, loving, carefree child before his tenth birthday. Then his parents were murdered, the mansion set on fire, and he was kidnapped. He was locked in a cage with other children his age and eventually was to be a child sacrifice until he accidentally called upon a demon in his desperation to live.]]
* MaayaSakamoto
* MismatchedEyes
* NeutralEvil
* SecurityBlanket: There is a specific pillow that he cannot sleep without.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: When partnered with Sebastian.
* VillainProtagonist
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Subverted. He can sometimes come across as someone who will help people (as long as the queen allows it), though he is still mainly a VillainProtagonist.

!!'''Sebastian Michaelis'''

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* AffablyEvil
* {{Badass}}
* BattleButler
* {{Bishonen}}: Oh yes.
* CheshireCatGrin: Occasionally.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Grell so does.
** [[ChickMagnet As]] [[MemeticSexGod do]] [[PerverseSexualLust most fans]].
* DaisukeOno
* DissonantSerenity
* FetishFuelStationAttendant
* GratuitousEnglish: "Yes...mai load (lord)!"
* HeroicSociopath: Kills people when ordered and does it with a smile.
* JMichaelTatum
* LawfulEvil
* MagnificentBastard
* MartyStu: Could be considered this, but is justified since he is a demon. Ciel sometimes wishes Sebastian would fail at ''something'', purely for the humor of it.
* MemeticSexGod
* NeutralEvil
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: When partnered with Ciel.
* VillainProtagonist

!!'''Maylene'''
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* [[spoiler: BadassSniper]]
* BlindWithoutEm: She is farsighted, and she treasures her glasses as the first item she got from Ciel as his maid. [[spoiler:However, when [[TheGlassesComeOff she removes them...]]]]
* {{Dojikko}}: Ciel, please get Maylene some new glasses.
* EmiriKatou
* {{Meido}}
* {{Meganekko}}
* MonicaRial
* [[spoiler:NinjaMaid: She's a ColdSniper who can leap from roof to roof and go GunsAkimbo with two rifles.]]
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Also spelled Mei Lin/Mei Rin.
* YaoiFangirl: She has a crush on Sebastian, but doesn't mind him being all over Ciel and gets huge nosebleeds at the sight.


!!'''Bardroy "Bard"'''
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* ChefOfIron: His food isn't good mostly because he's blowing people up with it.
* CordonBleughChef: His food might taste good if he tried cooking it the right way instead of using flamethrowers.
* [[spoiler:GatlingGood: Keeps it in the kitchen, of course.]]
* StuffBlowingUp

!!'''Tanaka-san'''

* [[spoiler:BadassGrandpa: With a touch of DissonantSerenity.]]
* CoolOldGuy: The only reason Sebastian tolerates him. That and he doesn't get in the way.

!!'''Finnian "Finny"'''

* [[spoiler:CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass]]
* DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength: [[spoiler:He totally [[CuteBruiser does]].]]
* JasonLiebrecht
* {{Keet}}
* [[spoiler:TheyWouldCutYouUp: His SuperStrength comes from surviving human experiments.]]

!!'''Elizabeth Middleford'''

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* DamselScrappy
* DieForOurShip: The yaoi fanbase hates her.
** [[TheScrappy Not just the yaoi fanbase]].
* {{Expy}}: Probably not intentional, but Lizzie (especially when she wears red) looks a lot like [[UminekoNoNakuKoroNi Gaap]].
* GenkiGirl
* GirlishPigtails
* GreenEyes
* HairOfGold
* KissingCousins: She and Ciel are cousins. Not that this was unusual for this time period.
* OverlyLongName: Elizabeth Ethel Cordelia Middleford
* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: Believe it, fangirls. Ciel. LOVES. Lizzie. Or at ''very'' least, he cares greatly for her.
* PrincessCurls
* TheScrappy
* SpoiledSweet: She's used to getting what she wants but isn't a bad person for it.
** [[{{YourMileageMayVary}} YMMV]], as she did actually break Ciel's ring at the start of the series just because she didn't get what she wanted, and has done a few other things too.
* YukariTamura

!!'''Madame Red'''

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* [[spoiler:AlasPoorVillain: Ciel misses his aunt.]]
* AllWomenAreLustful: At any rate, she certainly enjoys male attention.
* [[spoiler:BrokenBird]]
* ButYourWingsAreBeautiful: Initially hated her signature red hair.
* CannotTellAJoke
* ChristmasCake
* [[spoiler:EvilRedhead]]
* TheFashionista
* FieryRedhead
* [[spoiler:GreenEyedMonster: Envied the pregnant prostitutes who came to her clinic for abortions... [[KillEmAll so she killed them.]]]]
* HiddenDepths: Ooh boy. Check the spoilers.
* HospitalHottie
* [[spoiler:ItGotWorse: Wow. The love of her life marries her sister, though Red still manages to marry a good and loving man anyway. Then, after getting her medical license, her husband and unborn child are killed and she has to have a hysterectomy. After all of this, she gives abortions to prostitutes who find children to be ''troublesome.'' [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Not so surprisingly,]] she begins killing them [[InLoveWithYourCarnage Which is where Grell steps in.]] However, when faced with more or less getting away with her murders so long as Grell keeps Sebastian busy and she murders Ciel, Red can't bring herself to kill her nephew "who was like a son to her"... and is promptly chainsawed by Grell.]]
* [[spoiler:JackTheRipper]]
* LadyInRed: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Duh.]]
* LikeASonToMe: Ciel and Like A Daughter To Me when he's in a dress.[[spoiler: This saves Ciel's life, actually.]]
* [[spoiler:MadDoctor]]
* [[spoiler:ObfuscatingStupidity]]
* [[spoiler:PrecociousCrush: On Lord Phantomhive, who would go onto marry her sister.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RomiPark
* [[spoiler:StepfordSmiler]]

!!'''Grell Sutcliffe'''

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: All the guys he seems to like.
* CampGay: Although arguable now that we know he's probably transsexual, so he could technically be acting like a girl and it would all make sense.
* CheshireCatGrin: This seems to be a popular trope for the characters of this series, but now Grell can especially fit it, seeing as how he's portraying the Cheshire Cat in the Alice In Wonderland-inspired OVA.
* [[ColdBloodedTorture Cold Blooded Torturer]]
* CombatSadoMasochist
* EvilRedhead
* [[spoiler:JackTheRipper: He's at least one half of "Jack The Ripper", being Madam Red's accomplice in murdering the prostitutes.]]
* JunFukuyama: A great case of HeyItsThatVoice, considering that he's also the voice of [[CodeGeass Lelouch]], [[{{xxxHoLic}} Watanuki]], and many other popular characters.
* LoveAtFirstPunch: Sebastian. (And Will too, for this one. It seems he likes them both for the cold shoulders they give him. And the bruises.)
* MadLove
* PsychoForHire
* RapunzelHair
* {{Shinigami}}
* SlasherSmile
* SuddenlySexuality: Toboso Yana eventually made it pretty clear that Grell is actually transsexual, but many fans still either don't believe it or refuse to.
* WeaponOfChoice: The chainsaw he uses as his deathscythe... Even though it got taken away [[AdaptationDecay in the anime]] and replaced with scissors. As a result, he's been mostly reduced to [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief]] since. He got it back in season 2, though.

!!'''Undertaker'''

*  AudioErotica: Seeing that his seiyu is JunichiSuwabe, his voice is the biggest source of FetishFuel.
*  BlindingBangs: Though in the anime, Grell does brush them aside to find WhatBeautifulEyes he has.
*  CheshireCatGrin
*  EnsembleDarkhorse
*  EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep
*  JunichiSuwabe
* KnowledgeBroker
*  LonghairedPrettyBoy: Maybe not necessarily when he's dressed the way he usually does, but definitely when he's in Shinigami form. So much so that when Grell saw what his face really looked like, he was completely enamored by his looks.
*  NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He tends to get a little too close for Ciel's comfort.
*  PerkyGoth
*  {{Shinigami}}: In the anime.
*  TakeOurWordForIt: We never find out what Sebastian did to make Undertaker laugh.
*  TooKinkyToTorture: Again, only in the anime.
*  {{Undertaker}}: [[CaptainObvious Uh…yeah.]]
* YourMoneyIsNoGoodHere: He has no use for the Queen's "legal tender". His price for his information is a good laugh or smile.

!!'''Lau'''

*  BewareTheSillyOnes
*  ChinesePeople
*  EyesAlwaysShut
*  HandsomeLech: Almost always seen with Ran-Mao in his lap…and occasionally [[HoYay hitting on Ciel]].
* JerryJewell
* KojiYusa
*  OpiumDen: Lau's occupation.
*  PrettyFreeloader: He's made numerous appearances despite Ciel only requesting his service a couple of times.
*  PsychoticSmirk

!!'''Ran-Mao'''

*  BewareTheSillyOnes
*  BoobsOfSteel
* ChineseGirl
*  CuteBruiser: She's primarily Lau's lap dog, but she's proven a fairly dangerous assassin.
*  CuteMute
*  DualWielding: She carries two ornamental clubs.
*  LittleMissBadass
*  MiniDressOfPower
*  MissFanservice
* SayuriYahagi: Unlike the manga, she does speak occasionally in the anime.
* TheStoic
* ZettaiRyouiki


!!'''William T. Spears'''

* AdjustingYourGlasses: All the time, usually with the pointy end of his death scythe.
* BlindWithoutEm
* DressedToKill: Also fits the other Death Gods. (With the exception of Grell.)
* ScaryShinyGlasses: Played for intimidation, mostly when Grell is involved.
* MysteriousMiddleInitial
* SeriousBusiness
* {{Shinigami}}
* SurroundedByIdiots
* TallDarkAndSnarky

!!'''Soma Asman Kadar'''

* {{Bishonen}}
* {{Keet}}
* TheWhitePrince
* ThoseTwoGuys: When partnered with Agni.

!!'''Agni'''

* BattleButler
* {{Bishonen}}
* DarkSkinnedBlonde
* HappinessInSlavery
* HirokiYasumoto
* PatrickSeitz
* ThoseTwoGuys: When partnered with Soma.

!!'''Alois Trancy[[spoiler:/Jim Macken]]'''

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* [[spoiler: AlasPoorVillain: His death in episode 8 is quite a TearJerker]].
* AmbiguouslyGay: The only thing keeping it ambiguous is... nothing, actually. He rivals Grell himself in terms of overall flirtatious camp. Much [[DepravedHomosexual creepier]], though.
** Not very ambiguous at all anymore, after the scenes in episode 5 of season 2 when [[spoiler:he licked Ciel's ear, then later on told him that he "wanted him"]].
** His overly-sexualized behavior could be a mirror to Ciel's own HatesBeingTouched and, like Ciel, is a result of his abuse.
** Well, Claude is "his highness" now, after all. That doesn't sound so ambiguous.
* AnimalMotifs: Apparently the Trancy clan has been long associated with spiders, and Alois himself has had quite a few WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic scenes with spiders and webs.
** His contract mark even looks a bit like a spiderweb.
* AxCrazy: [[EyeScream Oh dear, was that your eye?]] That's what you get for... [[DisproportionateRetribution looking at me?]]
* BreakTheCutie
** As of episode 8: [[spoiler: Possible KillTheCutie?]]
* BlondGuysAreEvil
* ChaoticEvil
* CreepyChild: Aaaaaaaaugh.
* [[spoiler: DeadLittleSister: Brother, actually, and the driving force behind Alois' autophobia.]]
* DepravedHomosexual:
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Many people thought he was a 'female' master at first and many people started making theories about him being a 'trap' or dressing like a male until the first episode aired.
* [[spoiler: EtTuBrute: At the end of episode 8, Claude offs him before their contract was even complete. Then again, the fact that he didn't save him from getting stabbed by Ciel earlier could also fit this trope.]]
* EyeScream: Performed on an undeserving maid. ''With his fingers.'' [[ForTheEvulz No real reason why.]]
* FetishFuelStationAttendant
* FoeYay: [[VillainousCrossdresser Dressed up as a maid]] to lure Ciel into his bedroom [[{{Squick}} so he could lick him]].
* {{Foil}}: Of Ciel.
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: His foster family died in front of him, from unknown supernatural means, including his adoptive brother and only friend. When he was delivered back to his father after a life of what could be equated to slavery, [[AbusiveParents the man raped and beat him.]]]]
** [[spoiler: So it seems. However, in episode 8, his true backstory is revealed: he is really an orphan named Jim Macken. In his childhood, he and his younger brother got by as robbers. After all the villagers in his village mysteriously died (including his brother, Luca), he was sent to the Tracy household to be a sex slave. This is where he formed a contract with Claude, and inherited the Trancy household fortune by using Claude to off old man Trancy and declaring himself heir.]]
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: He seems to be heading into this, seeing as his character is a cross between [[TheDarkKnightSaga Heath Ledger's Joker]] and [[TheVampireChronicles Lestat]].
* JerkassWoobie: The woobie part especially shows from episode 7.
* NanaMizuki
* VillainousFashionSense
* {{Yangire}}: And holy goddamned shit HOW!
* ZettaiRyouiki: Grade A.

!!'''Claude Faustus'''
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* BattleButler: A more 'traditional' example than Sebastian in that his master is clearly a villain.
** Ciel is also a [[VillainProtagonist villain]], or an AntiHero at the very least.
* CoolSword: The Demon Sword Laevatein, which he stores [[BodyHorror inside Hannah]].
* EyesOfGold
** Though somtimes they glow [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]].
* FoeYay: With Sebastian.
* FourEyesZeroSoul
* TheGlassesComeOff
* GratuitousEnglish: "Yes, your Highness"
* MagnificentBastard: Way more than Sebastian even.
* MeaningfulName: Claude '''[[{{Faust}} Faustus]]'''.
* TakahiroSakurai
* TheUnsmile: He smiles at the beginning of episode 8, [[{{Squick}} shocking and disgusting]] Alois.

!!'''Hannah'''
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* AbsoluteCleavage
* AmbiguouslyBrown
* AyaHirano
* BareHandedBladeBlock: [[spoiler:Against a freaking ''chainsaw'', no less. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the fact that she's a demon, but it was still pretty {{Badass}}.]]
** The middle part of a chainsaw doesn't actually move so it's not as dangerous as you'd think, though. [[spoiler:Not like that helped her in the end anyway.]]
* ButtMonkey
* ClothingDamage: A lot.
* EyeScream: The unfortunate(?) victim.
* {{Fanservice}}: Although to some, with the amount of [[{{gorn}} eroguro]] that she becomes involved with, it could be FanDisservice.
* FetishFuelStationAttendant
* GirlWithPsychoweapon: Even worse than the giant gun she keeps [[{{TrouserSpace}} hidden somewhere]] is the [[{{VisualInnuendo}} massive sword]] she keeps literally [[{{NightmareFuel}} INSIDE HER]].
* GoGoEnslavement
* KickTheDog: She gets punished in some way in every episode she's in. It's hard not to feel bad for her. [[{{UncertainAudience}} Unless you're into that.]]
* NinjaMaid
* TrouserSpace: Where she seems to store a... rather large gatling gun.
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl
* TheWoobie: YourMileageMayVary but it's obvious the poor girl ''cannot'' get a break.

** The middle part of a chainsaw doesn't actually move so it's not as dangerous as you'd think, though.

* MysteriousMiddleInitial

* BareHandedBladeBlock: [[spoiler:Against a freaking ''chainsaw'', no less. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] by the fact that she's a demon, bit it was still pretty {{Badass}}.]]

* WeaponOfChoice: The chainsaw he uses as his deathscythe... Even though it got taken away [[AdaptationDecay in the anime]] and replaced with scissors. As a result, he's been mostly reduced to [[PluckyComicRelief comic relief]] since. He got it back in season 2 though.

*  BlindingBangs: Though in the anime, Grell does brush them aside to find WhatBeautifulEyes.

*  LonghairedPrettyBoy: Maybe not necessarily when he's dressed the way he usually does, but definitely when he's in Shinigami form; so much so that Grell was completely enamored by his looks.

* LoveAtFirstPunch: Sebastian. (And Will too, for this one! It seems he likes them both for the cold shoulders they give him. And the bruises.)

*  AudioErotica: Seeing that his seiyu is JunichiSuwabe, his voice is the biggest source of FetishFuel.
*  BlindingBangs: Though in the anime, Grelle does brush them aside to find WhatBeautifulEyes.
*  CheshireCatGrin
*  EnsembleDarkhorse
*  EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep
*  JunichiSuwabe

*  LonghairedPrettyBoy
*  NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He tends to get a little too close for Ciel's comfort.
*  PerkyGoth
*  {{Shinigami}}: In the anime.
*  TakeOurWordForIt: We never find out what Sebastian did to make Undertaker laugh.
*  TooKinkyToTorture: Again, only in the anime.
*  {{Undertaker}}: [[CaptainObvious Uh…yeah.]]

*  BewareTheSillyOnes
*  ChinesePeople
*  EyesAlwaysShut
*  HandsomeLech: Almost always seen with Ran-Mao in his lap…and occasionally [[HoYay hitting on Ciel]].

*  OpiumDen: Lau's occupation.
*  PrettyFreeloader: He's made numerous appearances despite Ciel only requesting his service a couple of times.
*  PsychoticSmirk

*  BewareTheSillyOnes
*  BoobsOfSteel

*  CuteBruiser: She's primarily Lau's lap dog, but she's proven a fairly dangerous assassin.
*  CuteMute
*  DualWielding: She carries two ornamental clubs.
*  LittleMissBadass
*  MiniDressOfPower
*  MissFanservice

* ZettaiRyouiki

* Gratuitous English: "Yes, your Highness"

* [[spoiler: AlasPoorVillain: His death in episode 8 is quite a TearJerker]].

*  ZettaiRyouiki

* JerkassWoobie: The woobie part especially shows from episode 7.

*  AudioErotica: Seeing that his seiyu is JunichiSuwabe, his voice is the biggest source of FetishFuel.
*  BlindingBangs: Though in the anime, Grelle does brush them aside to find WhatBeautifulEyes.
*  CheshireCatGrin
*  EnsembleDarkhorse
*  EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep
*  JunichiSuwabe
* KnowledgeBroker
*  LonghairedPrettyBoy
*  NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He tends to get a little too close for Ciel's comfort.
*  PerkyGoth
*  {{Shinigami}}: In the anime.
*  TakeOurWordForIt: We never find out what Sebastian did to make Undertaker laugh.
*  TooKinkyToTorture: Again, only in the anime.
*  {{Undertaker}}: [[CaptainObvious Uh…yeah.]]

*  BewareTheSillyOnes
*  ChinesePeople
*  EyesAlwaysShut
*  HandsomeLech: Almost always seen with Ran-Mao in his lap…and occasionally [[HoYay hitting on Ciel]].
* KojiYusa
*  OpiumDen: Lau's occupation.
*  PrettyFreeloader: He's made numerous appearances despite Ciel only requesting his service a couple of times.
*  PsychoticSmirk

*  BewareTheSillyOnes
*  BoobsOfSteel
* ChineseGirl
*  CuteBruiser: She's primarily Lau's lap dog, but she's proven a fairly dangerous assassin.
*  CuteMute
*  DualWielding: She carries two ornamental clubs.
*  LittleMissBadass
*  MiniDressOfPower
*  MissFanservice
* SayuriYahagi: Unlike the manga, she does speak occasionally in the anime.
* TheStoic
*  ZettaiRyouiki

!!'''Alois Trancy[[spoiler:/ Jim Macken]]'''

** [[spoiler: So it seems. However, in episode 8, his true backstory is revealed: he is really an orphan named Jim Macken. In his childhood, he and his younger brother got by as robbers. After all the villagers in his village mysteriously died (including his brother, Luca), he was sent to the Tracy household to be a sex slave. This is where he formed a contract with Claude, and inherited the Trancy household fortune by using Claude to off old man Trancy and declarhimself heir.]]