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'''NOTE: To avoid confusion to English-language readers, who may be more familiar with the English {{anime}} than the {{manga}}, all names are in Western order.'''
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!The Espada

[[folder:In General]]
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[[caption-width-right:340:The Espada[[note]]Top Row: Yammy Llargo, Coyote Starrk, Ulquiorra Cifer, Szayelaporro Granz, and Zommari Rureaux.\\\
Bottom Row: Nnoitra Gilga, Baraggan Louisenbairn, Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, Aaroniero Arruruerie, and Tier Harribel[[/note]]]]
An elite group of ten-ranked powerful Arrancars in Aizen's Army, serving as his direct subordinates.
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* AssholeVictim: Excluding {{Tragic Villain}}s such as Stark and Ulquiorra, along with [[AntiVillain Harribel who's one of the more reasonable members]] and [[NobleDemon Grimmjow for his code of honor]], the rest were nothing but selfish violent bastards who were cruel to both their fellow Arrancars or their enemies and mostly cared about themselves, which makes their deaths hard to pity (although not impossible to pity, as seen with Nnoitra's).
* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: In order to become an Espada, you need to be one of the strongest Arrancars and recognized by Aizen for your efforts. Espada are free to choose their own Fracción and as many as they want. High-ranked Espada may lead lower ranked members on missions, although this seems to be mainly because of Aizen's direct orders rather than actual hierarchy, since the Espada are often shown to not respect each other.
* BishonenLine: The Espada's releases are an example of this as one goes up by number until you reach the top 3. Yammy, Aaroniero, Szayelaporro, and Zommari (10th through 7th respectively) are outright monstrous, but they get progressively smaller and arguably less scary. 6th through 3rd Espadas Grimmjow, Nnoitra, Ulquiorra, and Harribel (whose release gives her a much more {{stripperific}} outfit and changes her sword into a BFS) are animal based, but generally get progressively more humanoid as the ranks go higher. Number 2 Baraggan [[SubvertedTrope defies the pattern]] by becoming a skeleton with a flaming fur coat, and 1st Espada Starrk [[DoubleSubversion gets it back on track]] with an eyepatch and a change of clothes. And a pair of really cool guns...[[ZigZaggingTrope only for the pattern to once again be defied]] by Yammy, as he's Espada #0 as well.
* BoomerangBigot: Many Espada, and Arrancar in general, hold Shinigami in contempt, despite themselves crossing a BishonenLine from Hollows that grant them Shinigami powers. Furthermore, only FillerVillain Patros ever seems to take issue with their leader Aizen being a Shinigami himself.
* DeathByIrony: In respect to their aspect of death.
** Starrk and Lilynette (solitude) end up DyingAlone.
** Baraggan (senescence) dies via his own RapidAging powers.
** Harribel (sacrifice), though she survives, is cut down by Aizen, who finds nothing to gain from her own sacrifice and decides to "cut his losses."
** Ulquiorra (emptiness) ends up understanding a human heart in his last moments.
** Nnoitra (despair) dies fighting a completely hopeless battle against Kenpachi.
** Grimmjow (destruction), despite not dying, does obliterate his successor Luppi (Who's stated in ''Literature/BleachCantFearYourOwnWorld'' to share Grimmjow's aspect of death).
** Zommari (ecstacy) perishes in delusion.
** Szayelaporro (madness) succumbs to madness out of seemingly thousands of years of boredom.
** Yammy (rage) claims to get stronger with rage, yet he's easily bested by two Soul Reapers who maintain their composure the whole time.
* DudeWhereIsMyRespect: Villainous example. Despite their high ranks, the Espada aren't respected by all Arrancars. The Fracción only follow their respective Espada, to the point that their loyalty goes beyond their loyalty towards Aizen (if any), and they would often disrespect the other Espada. Several of the Números, whether canon or filler Arrancars, show openly disdain to some of the Espada they don't like and won't follow their orders. In both canon and filler, some Arrancars underestimate the Espada and attack them.
* DwindlingParty: As the war against Soul Society continues, the Espada and their Fracción die one by one. By the end of the war, only Grimmjow and Harribel and her Fracción, along with a few Arrancars survived the ordeal.
* EvilCounterpart: To the Thirteen Court Guards. They're all basically squad leaders, with the 13 Court Guard Captains leading an organized company of disciplined soldiers. The Espada are an "army" in name only with each individual member basically being in competition with the others.
* HateSink: With the exception of [[TokenGoodTeammate Starrk, Harribel]], [[TragicVillain Ulquiorra]], and [[NobleDemon Grimmjow]], the members of the Espada are a bunch of arrogant, violent, and selfish assholes who do a lot of terrible deeds and basically have no redeeming qualities whatsoever. (Although [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex Nnoitra]] may be a possible exception as well).
* {{Jerkass}}: Barring Harribel and Starrk, who were some of the nicer members, the rest are either sadists or cold-hearted fighters with little care for others aside from themselves. Even the nicest members aren't exempt from this: Nelliel, back when she was the Tres Espada, showed CondescendingCompassion towards Nnoitra Gilga, which in part led him to snap.
* LetterMotif: The Espada all have two of the same letters in their names: Sta''rr''k, Bara''gg''an, Ha''rr''ibel, Ulquio''rr''a, ''Nn''oitra, Gri''mm''jow, Zo''mm''ari, Szayelapo''rr''o, ''Aa''roniero, and Ya''mm''y. Most former and Privaron Espadas also follow this rule: Ne''ll''iel, Lu''pp''i, Ciru''cc''i and Gantenbai''nn''e. Dordoni is the only character who [[AvertedTrope averts]] this, and even then [[SpellMyNameWithAnS his name has been spelled]] Dordon''ii'' depending on the translation.
* OneManArmy: The Espada are so powerful only those with the strength of a Soul Reaper Captain can fight them.[[labelnote:*]]The only exception being Aaroniero, who was killed by Rukia when she was still at the level of a Lieutenant.[[/labelnote]] The highest ranks of the Espada cannot be defeated by a single Captain and required group effort from even Captain-class characters to defeat. Starrk and Barragan were confirmed to be examples of WalkingWasteland even before they became Espada. However, like the Captains, they also were not strong enough to handle Aizen's strength.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: The top four Espada are so strong they're actually forbidden from releasing their Resurrección while within Las Noches, as the resulting surge of spiritual energy and the destructive force they can unleash going all out can destroy the entire fortress.
* ThePsychoRangers: Some to Captains in the Thirteen Court Guard Squads.
** Szayelaporro vs. Mayuri. Both are sociopathic scientists. But while Mayuri does terrible things for scientific research in the eternal quest for perfection, Szayelaporro commits evil acts out of pure sadism and believes that he's already perfect.
** Nnoitra vs. Kenpachi. The latter just wants a good fight, and even gives himself handicaps so fights will last longer. The former simply enjoys killing things and thinks nothing of using dirty tricks or attacking weakened opponents. Also, Kenpachi is considerably nicer to little girls. Both also use wear eyepatches.
** Zommari vs. Byakuya. Both are very skilled in Shunpo and Sonido. Byakuya's pride and devotion to the laws of Soul Society is mirrored by Zommari's zealous worship of Aizen. Zommari even tries to call Byakuya out on his flaws, saying that he's only fighting because he believes Soul Reapers are inherently superior to Hollows, to which Byakuya, showing his CharacterDevelopment, replies that he doesn't care: he will cut down Zommari for turning his sword on Rukia, his pride.
** Starrk vs. Kyoraku. Both prove to be brilliant, powerful, but lazy characters, although Starrk's backstory reveals he's actually a neutral (and fairly sympathetic) counterpart to Kyoraku that considers the other Espada his friends.
** Harribel vs Hitsugaya. Both use powers related to water in some way, have immature subordinates with a feline {{Animal Motif|s}}, and have the initials T.H. ('''T'''oshiro '''H'''itsugaya, '''T'''ier '''H'''arribel).
* SevenDeadlySins: Evidently, the Espada were originally only going to be seven instead of ten, and Kubo had intended them to each be one of the Seven Deadly Sins. They were later changed to each represent an aspect of death.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Several members of the Espada talk bad about their fellow dead members as seen in multiple cases. Only a few of them may have shown hints of sorrow at best.
* SpecificallyNumberedGroup: They always comprise the top ten Arrancar. Although the number isn't given any particular significance, it is consistent -- when one member suffers an injury that weakens him, he's immediately demoted to "Privaron Espada" and replaced.
* StandardEvilOrganizationSquad: The Espada serve this role as the most powerful Arrancar in Aizen's army and main enemies of the Thirteen Court Guard Squad captains during the war against Soul Society.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Even more so than the Thirteen Court Guards. The Espada openly dislike each other, have practically zero teamwork -- as missions involving multiple Espada usually go down in one-on-one fights -- and they are not above backstabbing each other. According to Gin, the only thing that keeps them together is the unrivaling power of Aizen whom none of them can defeat.
* WaveMotionGun: The Espada have access to two Cero variants much more powerful than the standard.
** The Gran Rey Cero involves supercharging a Cero [[ThePowerOfBlood with some of their own blood]], which is so powerful it's forbidden under normal circumstances from being fired within Las Noches due to the level of damage it can cause.
** The Cero Oscuras is a variant that fires a jet-black Cero many times more powerful than the standard Cero, to the point an Espada can only perform it while in their released state.
* YouAreNumberSix: They numbered 1-10 (actually 0-9) to symbolize how Aizen ranks their power. Unlike the Números, the numbers are tattoed somewhere on their body.
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[[folder: (#1) Primera Espadas - Coyote Starrk and Lilynette Gingerbuck]]
!!Coyote Starrk
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[-''"I so envied the weak. The weak can always find others to be around. I want to be weak. And if that's impossible, I at least want to find companions who are as strong as I."''-]
->'''Species:''' Arrancar
->'''Zanpakutō:''' Los Lobos
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RikiyaKoyama (JP), Creator/KeithSilverstein (EN), Creator/ArturoMercadoJr (Latin-American Spanish)
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The First Espada, a lazy Arrancar who prefers to avoid fighting altogether and largely lacks malicious intent. Despite his apathy and laziness, he is highly analytical and a flexible fighter to boot. His Fracción is the young Lilynette Gingerbuck. Defined with the aspect of 'Loneliness', Starrk was a Hollow who grew too powerful and envied the weak because they can pack together, and joined Aizen for the sole purpose of having friends and comrades. His number tattoo is on the back of his left hand and his Hollow hole is in his sternum.

His Zanpakutō is '''''Los Lobos''''', which transforms him into a traditional Wild West [[TheGunslinger gunslinger]] with overwhelming offensive abilities. His guns allow him to fire Cero at a very rapid rate and he can use his soul-splitting abilities to create multiple weaponised spirit wolves.
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* AbnormalAmmo: Aside from Ceros, he can also release exploding spirit wolves made out of pieces of his soul.
* ActionBomb: His spirit wolves explode with the force of a small nuke once they latch onto a target, as Love and Rose found out the hard way. The dub even calls them "wolf-shaped warheads".
* AdaptationDyeJob: His hair is jet black in the manga, brown in the anime.
* AffablyEvil: In spite of his laziness and apathy, Starrk is easily the least malicious and aggressive of the Espada. He never mocks his enemies, doesn't act arrogant, apologizes when he abducts Orihime, and even compliments Kyoraku's attacks during their fight. He's so nice that Kyoraku laments that they're enemies, and does not enjoy the fact that he has to kill him.
* AlasPoorVillain: While villain may be stretching it, his death at Kyoraku's hands via Iro Oni was easily the most heartwrenching of any of the Espada. All his life he he wanted to have friends but couldn't because his powers were too strong and uncontrollable and killed people. He went so far as to split off part of his power and soul to make Lilynette so he would have someone to talk to, and joined Aizen because he was grateful for him giving him those comrades and helping him control his power. He makes it clear he's not really interested in fighting anyone to the death even when he has to fight, and during the final part of his fight with Kyoraku, Lilynette dies TakingTheBullet for him before he follows shortly afterward, reminiscing about her and the other Espada even as he falls to the ground. Even Kyoraku makes it clear he takes no pleasure in killing Starrk, nor that he's even in the right for doing it either.
* AmbiguousSituation: An interview to promote the final arc revealed which Espada will return. Grimmjow, Nel and Harribel were stated to return, as they had survived the events of the Arrancar Saga. Notably Starrk, Nnoitra and Zommari were given a small chance to return, while the other Espada were given zero, With the final arc being cut short it remains unknown what the significance of said distinction was. Starrk, Nnoitra, Zommari, Szayelaporro, and Aaroniero were killed by a Zanpakutō (Baraggan died by his own powers, Yammy of blood loss, and Ulquiorra was fatally injured by a Cero), which would mean that they were either cleansed and ended up in Soul Society or ended up in Hell.
* AnimalMotifs: His Resurrección is related to wolves. More specifically the "lone wolf", reflecting on his aspect. His name and western cowboy-like outfit relate to [[ThoseWilyCoyotes coyotes]]. His resurrección's name literally translates to "The Wolves."
* AntiVillain: Standing in contrast to the other Espada who are clearly villainous, Starrk barely even qualifies as a villain. His list of villainous acts include snatching Orihime away from Ichigo and returning her to Las Noches' fifth tower, and lazily fighting against Kyoraku (and Ukitake, Love and Rose). He never actually hurts Orihime and flat-out says that he's only doing this because Aizen ordered him to, and offered to pretend-fight Kyoraku because he's just that damn lazy. The only reason Starrk can be considered a villain is because he's an Arrancar who works for Aizen. During his final fight with Kyoraku, we learn more about Starrk's character and motivations: he fights for Aizen out of gratitude to him for ending his loneliness, but even then, doesn't ever want to fight seriously. Then, when he finally does decide to get serious, his motivation for doing so is Lilynette pointing out that fighting for real is the only possible way to stop more of his TrueCompanions from dying.
* ApologeticAttacker: Apologizes several times before doing something to oppose the protagonists, such as taking Orihime to Aizen and whenever he decides to be more brutal in his fight with Kyōraku.
* AvengingTheVillain: In a manner of speaking by Starrk, who was rather depressed that he was the ''only'' one affected by Baraggan's death.
-->'''Starrk:''' Lord Aizen, you couldn't even spare a word for Number Two?
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Figured out how Shunsui's and Ukitake's Shikai abilities work after only a few attacks.
* BadassBandolier: As part of the lone-wolf gunslinger theme of his [[OneWingedAngel Resurrección]], he gains a pair of black bandoleers that connect his back to his forearms. They don't hold bullets, however - they let him summon an army of spectral wolves that explode when they latch onto an opponent, and a pair of energy swords if he needs them.
* BadassLongcoat: He gains a long white coat lined with grey fur in his released state.
* BatmanGambit: The anime version of the fight invokes a FakeWeakness in his guns by having him holstering his right gun every time he fired in an attempt to fool Kyoraku into thinking he was recharging and luring him close on the assumption his opponent would be studying the pattern of attacks to find a weakness; he was right.
* BattleAura: As a Hollow, the original being that was powerful enough to kill all the other Hollows around him until he split into Starrk and Lilynette, and continued to have the problem with inadvertently killing Hollows around the two until he was found by Aizen, who proceeded to find colleagues that could withstand the Pressure. His in particular is blue.
* BeamSpam: His Cero Metralleta technique forms a dozen or so energy spheres, each of which acts like a machine gun that fires '''Ceros''' at rapid rates of fire. Kyoraku calls him out on how "unfair" this technique is.
* BrilliantButLazy: He's Espada #1, is ''brilliant'' at analyzing a fighting situation despite having little information to use, but tends to sleep more than do a thing and requires Lilynette to kick him into gear.
* BystanderSyndrome: Lilynette calls him out for sleeping when Aaroniero is killed, to which he asks what she wants him to do about it.
* CharacterizationMarchesOn: He's oddly apathetic towards Aaroniero's death seeing how it would later be established that he genuinely consideres his fellow Espada to be friends, going as far as to being the only person to mourn Barragan's death.
* CombatPragmatist: He doesn't hesitate to shoot Kyoraku in the back at [[NoRangeLikePointBlankRange point blank range]] while the captain was distracted by Wonderweiss.
* CurbStompBattle: Proving what it takes to be Primera Espada, he easily defeats Rose and Love, two Captain-level opponents with the added power of Hollow masks, at the same time.
* CursedWithAwesome: The same power than made him the Primera Espada is also what caused him centuries of loneliness and depression. He was so powerful no other Hollow could approach him without dying instantly because of his Spiritual Pressure.
* DoppelgangerSpin: His Sonido is fast enough that he can make multiple afterimages of himself, and when Kyoraku tries to cut one Starrk is able to use the distraction to appear under him and fire a Cero.
* DualWielding: Once he activates his Resurrección, he wields a pair of pistols that fire [[WaveMotionGun Ceros]], and when he takes it even further, he trades those out for a pair of blue [[LaserBlade laser blades]] similar to his original katana.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Starrk is different from most of the other Espada in that he demonstrates moral standards, and a general lack of moments of dickishness. When he comes to abduct Orihime to take her back to Aizen's palace, he apologizes and even says that he abhors kidnapping women, but orders are orders.
* EvilCounterpart: To Kyoraku, though he's a little lacking in the 'evil' department. Both are BrilliantButLazy warriors capable of incredible feats but are reluctant to do much and have MUCH younger assistants that freely whack them despite being nowhere near as powerful as they are, and even have similar application of speed and fighting style. They differ largely in that Kyoraku is more carefree and easygoing while Starrk is more lazy and apathetic. Also, Starrk is a much more straightforward fighter, while Kyoraku defies his samurai motif as a CombatPragmatist.
* ExtremeDoormat: He doesn't have an issue with Baraggan bossing him around, despite being a rank above him. Lilynette kicks him and calls him out for it.
* EyepatchOfPower: His release covers his left eye with an eyepatch that looks like it's made of bone with a Hollow hole in it.
* FlashStep: Starrk is so fast that he's able to grab Orihime when she's within ''feet'' of both Ichigo and Kenpachi and whisk her away before either of them have even finished drawing their swords.
* FlunkyBoss: Starrk has the ability to split his soul into hundreds of spectral wolves. If an enemy comes into contact with the wolves, they will explode. This ability allows Starrk to nearly kill Love and Rose before he attacked from behind by Kyoraku.
* FriendlessBackground: Starrk is defined by his loneliness and it is in fact his Aspect of Death. He was so powerful that his mere presence would kill any beings he came across until Aizen helped him put his power under control.
* FusionDance: Lilynette is not his Fracción, she's his Zanpakutō. Once they enter their Resurrección state, they rejoin into one being with Lilynette becoming his twin guns.
* GunsAkimbo: He wields two guns when in his Resurreccíon. They are actually Lilynette transformed, and can rapidly fire Ceros.
* TheGunslinger: Starrk exists in a series where characters primarily fight with swords. At first, Starrk seems to follow the usual traditions of the series by fighting with a katana. However, his katana is not his Zanpakutō; it is actually his Fracción Lilynette. The two merge together to unlock Starrk's Resurreccíon. In his released form, Starrk takes the appearance of a western-styled outlaw gunman. He utilizes a pair of Cero-shooting pistols, and is highly proficient in it.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: A gambit he pulls in the anime where he fires a powerful Cero from his right pistol and then holsters it, creating the illusion that while the right gun is more powerful, it requires recharge between firing. When Kyoraku tries to take advantage of this apparent weakness, Starrk just flips the gun forward and shoots him in the face.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Does not care about his power at all, since it caused his loneliness in the first place. He even admits he envies those who are weak. Starrk wanted so desperately to be able to exist among other Hollows without killing them with his presence alone that the original Hollow he used to be split themself into Starrk and Lilynette simply to have a friend to talk to. Aizen recruited him with the promise that the other Espada would be strong enough to withstand his presence.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: He's lonely to the point where he'd even consider Baraggan a friend. The entire reason he joined Aizen's army in the first place was because he desperately wanted to have people in his life that he could be close to. He and Lilynette were once apart of the same being, a Hollow who was so overwhelmingly powerful, that every other Hollow died just by being in its pressence. In order to escape the isolation, the Hollow split itself into two being to create a companion, spawning Starrk and Lilynette in the process.
* LaserBlade: In his final fight with Kyoraku, Starrk creates a pair of glowing blue swords made from his Reiatsu, and is quite skilled with them.
* LiteralSplitPersonality: Starrk and Lilynette were originally a single Vasto Lorde who split into two out of desperate loneliness upon becoming an Arrancar. As a result, they don't know which of them was the original or whether identifying an original even matters; though for all intents and purposes Starrk acts as the main body and retains the power to split his soul into other beings, including creating an entire pack of wolves to function as his army.
* LonelyAtTheTop: More or less the basis of his character. All the Espada embody an aspect of death, and the aspect that Starrk embodies is 'Loneliness' From the beginning the original Hollow wanted to have friends, which was impossible for it was so unbelievably strong as a Vasto Lorde that the spirit energy leaking from it was enough to kill any weaker Hollow who happened to be near it. It eventually split its soul into two separate beings just to have someone it could hang out with: one part became Starrk, the other part became his Fracción, Lilynette Gingerback.
-->"I was jealous of the weak ones. The weak are allowed to congregate. I want to be weak. If that's impossible... at least give me [[TrueCompanions comrades]] as strong as I am."
* LonelyTogether: Which one of Starrk and Lilynette came first is unknown by either. To escape their desperate loneliness, the original split the other from their soul to create companionship.
* MadnessMantra: A more tragic variation occurs when cornered by Shunsui [[CombatPragmatist pragmatic way of fighting]] on top of losing Lilynette, he begins to think about not being alone. He then dies [[VillainousBSOD completely comatose from his defeat]] and [[DyingAlone by himself.]]
* MartialPacifist: Doesn't seem to care much for combat, being ''extremely'' reluctant to fight Kyoraku seriously. He dislikes the idea of taking revenge altogether unless it's for a friend.
* MrFanservice: Not to Ulquiorra or Grimmjow's extent, but he ''is'' pretty damn handsome, especially with his BadassLongcoat and cowboy theme.
* NonIndicativeName: Despite his name being ''Coyote'' Starrk, his AnimalMotif is the wolf. His background is that of a lone wolf who desperately wants to be part of the pack and his power, Los Lobos ("The Wolves"), allows him to split his souls into both companions and an entire pack of soul wolf weapons.
* NonMaliciousMonster: Most Hollows are malevolent spirits driven by negative emotions to feed on Souls. Despite being a Hollow, Starrk is not evil or malicious, and is only alligned with the other Espada because he views them as his TrueCompanions.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Starrk is introduced as someone who is usually every lazy and not very interested in fighting. He even asks Kyoraku if they can just pretend to fight. Much to Kyoraku's surprise, Starrk is actually the Primera Espada and the strongest Espada.
* PerpetualFrowner: Starrk is a very lazy and apathetic man. His facial expression never changes from being a bored, uninterested frown.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: He is the Primera Espada, and possesses a immense level of Spiritual Power. Though he doesn't care for fighting, he is a very dangerous combatant. In his Resurreccíon, Starrk can fire 1,000 Cero from his pistols all at once. He can split his soul into hundreds of spectral wolves, all of which have the destructive power of a bomb.
* PowerIncontinence: As a Vasto Lorde, he was so powerful that his uncontrollable Reiatsu killed everything around him until he met Aizen. This was the reason why he was so lonely, as all the other Hollows stayed away from him because of his overwhelming power.
* PunchClockVillain: Starrk opposes Soul Society purely out of gratitude to Aizen for providing him with comrades who won't die from his presence. He even suggests to Shinsui that they just pretend to fight, and when his fighting is half-hearted when he doesn't feel pressured by his allegiance, attempting to give Rose and Love the opportunity to run.
* RedOniBlueOni: Starrk is laconic and lackadaisical, while Lilynette is brash and hot-tempered.
* SamuraiCowboy: He starts off with the typical trappings of an Espada, including a long robe and a katana. His Resurrección gives him a gunslinger outfit with a pair of pistols to match, and he also demonstrates the ability to summon energy swords.
* SavageWolves: He can summon an army of vicious wolves made of his Reiatsu which [[StuffBlowingUp explode]] in a spectacular fashion when they sink their teeth into an enemy. With just this ability, Starrk effortlessly defeats Love and Rose.
* SelfMadeMan: Quite ''literally.'' He's one of the two Hollows in the Espada who turned into an Arrancar by himself - specifically ''two'' selves. By the time they met Aizen, Starrk and Lilynette were already Arrancars, as opposed to the rest of the Espada who all underwent the Hogyoku process after the fact. It's telling that right from the start, he was already on a completely different level from the rest of his kind. The only other Arrancar who were confirmed to be self-made was the non-canon Arturo Plateado, Ulquiorra -- albeit only revealed in the ''UNMASKED'' databook, and the incomplete (and significantly weaker) Grand Fisher -- who was turned into one by Aisslinger.
* SevenDeadlySins: Kubo Tite revealed in the MASKED interview that some of the Espada were modeled after the Seven Deadly Sins. Starrk, with his indifferent attitude and general passiveness, seems to embody the sin of Sloth.
%% * SpellMyNameWithAnS: For a 'Starrk', not 'Stark'.
* TokenGoodTeammate: The most villainous thing about Starrk is his choice to fight for Aizen. Everything else about him, ranging from his actions and even his personality [[MinionWithAnFInEvil don't match up to his teammates aside from Harribel.]] Despite this, Shunsui makes it clear that since it is a war, he wouldn't hold back in punches despite how nice of a guy Starrk may be. When Shunsui kills Starrk, he doesn't feel good about it at all, and doesn't even try to justify it as right, clearly wishing he didn't have to fight him.
* TorsoWithAView: His hollow hole is located in his sternum.
* UndyingLoyalty: As he dies, Starrk notes he didn't get to exactly thank Aizen fully, making him one of the few Espada loyal to him outright. It's justified because Aizen gave him exactly what he wanted; companions as strong as himself.
* VillainousBSOD
** A minor one. Despite saying he's not the kind of guy to get revenge for his fallen comrades, Love notes that his performance in their fight gets considerably worse after Baraggan's death. It takes being scolded by Lilynette for him to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge instead.
** In the anime, he appears to completely lose the will to fight after Lilynette's death.
* WalkingWasteland: Before splitting into Starrk and Lilynette, as a Vasto Lorde he was so overwhelmingly powerful that the Reiatsu leaking from him alone was enough to kill any Hollow that came near him. He was so lonely as a result that he wished he was weaker so that people could be around him long enough for him to form friendships. When Aizen first met him, he was surrounded by mountains of dead Hollows.
* WaveMotionGun: His guns fire massive Ceros at once. Made worse by his Primera ranking, leading to them being both powerful and incredibly fast.
* WillfullyWeak: He had always desired to be weaker so his Reiatsu would stop killing any Hollows who approached him (and if that wasn't an option, to at least have comrades strong enough to handle it). In battle, Starrk isn't weak by any means, but his heart's generally not into fighting. He never goes full out at any point during his fights either, the one time he got a bit serious he easily overpowered Rose and Love, and he only lost his fight with Shunsui because he didn't really give his all.
* WorldsStrongestMan: Starrk is the Primera Espada, and is one the few Hollows who possesses power that rivals, or even surpasses that of Baraggan Louisenbairn. Before he officially became an Arrancar, his Spiritual Power was so immense that it caused other Hollows to disintegrate just by being in his presence. He's also one of the few Arrancar in Aizen's army that became the way he is naturally rather than being amplified by the Hogyoku. He is able to fight two of the longest-serving Captains of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads, and was able to effortlessly defeat two Visoreds that were once Captains themselves, and would've killed them too had it not been for Kyoraku's intervention. Noticeably, in ''Spirits Are Forever With You'', Starrk and Lilynette's wolves are stated by Cien Granz to be one of the most powerful abilities in Hueco Mundo ''period'' alongside Yammy's Resurreccion and Baraggan's Respira, surpassing even Ulquiorra's Segunda Etapa. All of this comes from someone who doesn't even go full out either.

!!Lilynette Gingerbuck
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[-''"Why do you think that Aizen made you number one?! Because he believes in your power, right!? If you don't want to lose any of your comrades, then the only thing to do is fight!"''-]
->'''Species:''' Arrancar
->'''Zanpakutō:''' Los Lobos
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KiyomiAsai (JP), Creator/KateHiggins (EN), Analiz Sánchez (Latin-American Spanish)
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Lilynette is Starrk's sole Fracción and is about as dangerous as you'd expect from someone that looks as young as she does. Nevertheless, she shares a very close relationship with Starrk despite her irritability. In truth she and Starrk are two parts of the same Hollow split into two.
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* BoisterousWeakling: She has much more drive to fight than the lazy Starrk, but she's weaker than a Gillian, leading to Ukitake toying around with her and even telling her to go home like a child.
* CuteMonsterGirl: She's a Hollow, which ''does'' technically make her a monster... However, she's just too cute and non-threatening to actually pose a danger to anyone. By herself, at least.
* FusionDance: She's Starrk's Zanpakutō, not his Fracción; meaning when they merge she becomes Espada #1 too.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Like Starrk, she was never able to make friends with anyone due to the immense power the pair possessed.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Watching her try and fail to keep her dignity as a fighter while Ukitake toys with her, to the point she breaks down ''crying'', makes her an odd case of an allegedly villainous character chalking up {{Woobie}} points.
* IneffectualDeathThreats: It's hard to take her cries of "I'll kill you!" seriously when she's dirty and crying.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Subverted. She's a child who's friends with a much older Starrk, though Lilynette makes a point that Arrancar don't age.
* LiteralSplitPersonality: She's not truly Starrk's Fracción, they're two fragments of the same Hollow, so she is also the Espada #1.
* LittleMissBadass: ''Tries'' to be one in her battle with Ukitake, but utterly fails at it... And then it's revealed that she's Starrk's Zanpakutō and once the duo uses their Resurreccíon, Lilynette proves to be '''''far''''' more dangerous than before.
* LivingWeapon: When she enters Resurreccíon with Starrk, [[EquippableAlly her consciousness is stored in one of his pistols]] and she can even fire Ceros at will without his input if push comes to shove. When they take it further, she can take control of their exploding reishi wolves and guide them to targets.
* LonelyTogether: She was actually part of the same Hollow as Starrk originally, and they're largely the same person, including their lack of a capacity to survive without companionship.
* NavelDeepNeckline: Her torso is covered by something that is barely more than a balero. It just about covers her breast region, but the rest of her chest and stomach is entire exposed.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: At first look, Ukitake effortlessly curb-stomps her. Then she and Starrk use their shared Resurreccíon and proves to be '''''much''''' more lethal.
* PluckyGirl: Doesn't give up even when Ukitake is clearly just messing with her to avoid [[WouldntHurtAChild killing her]].
* PunchClockVillain: Like Starrk, she doesn't really have much in the way of actual villainous traits. She's short tempered at worst, but for the most part just hangs out with these guys because she's lonely and there's no one else the pair can really interact with.
* SinisterScimitar: Can pull one out of her mask's broken left horn to fight. Not fight ''well'', but fight. Ukitake quickly takes it away from her as if she's a child playing with scissors, and it disintegrates as she enters Resurrección with Starrk.
* SmallNameBigEgo: She can talk a big game, but she's very likely the ''weakest'' Arrancar in Aizen's army. Ukitake even notes that her Cero is weaker than a ''Gillian's''. Then again, her usefulness isn't tied to her own fighting ability, but what she does to boost Starrk's.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: She wears a tiny vest, long boots and gloves, and a pair of really short undergarments, all of which are white-colored with black outlines. A light BREEZE should result in a wardrobe malfunction, really.
* TakingTheBullet: In the anime, she dies intercepting a wind attack from Kyoraku that was meant for Starrk.
* TorsoWithAView: Her Hollow hole is located on her solar plexus.
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[[folder: (#2) Segunda Espada - Baraggan Louisenbairn]]
!!Baraggan Louisenbairn
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[-''"Soul Reapers, humans, Hollows, Arrancar, all of their differences and strife, will, freedom, beasts, plants, the moon and stars and sun - all of it is meaningless! There is but one absolute in this world, and that is my power!"''-]
->'''Species:''' Menos / Arrancar (Vasto Lorde)
->'''Zanpakutō:''' Arrogante
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShozoIizuka (JP), Creator/SteveKramer (EN, Hueco Mundo Arc), Creator/MichaelMcConnohie (EN, Fake Karakura Arc onward), Salvador Reyes (Latin-American Spanish)
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The Second Espada, the self-proclaimed God of Hueco Mundo, defines the death aspect of 'Aging'. Baraggan was the original ruler of Hueco Mundo and by all rights lived up to his namesake until Aizen came and screwed him over, forcing him into begrudging servitude. Throughout his life, he has one wish: to exact vengeance and kill Aizen. As his Zanpakutō's name implies, he's extremely arrogant. The location of his number tattoo is unknown and his Hollow hole is in his sternum.

His Zanpakutō is an enormous battle-axe named '''''Arrogante''''' which allows him to slow time and age his opponent through physical contact, leaving their bones brittle. He can release its true form to become a skeleton clad in purple furs and garbs that is able to launch '''''Respira''''', a black wave of rapid aging that decays everything it touches in a matter of seconds.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The novels "Spirits are Forever with You" and "Can't Fear your Own World" explain more about his reign as the ruler of Hueco Mundo and how he had formed the first generation of the Espada.
* AntagonistAbilities: Baraggan's Respira makes him an almost [[InstantWinCondition untouchable]] opponent. In his unreleased state, he can slow down any attack coming at him so he can easily avoid it. Any tactics and techniques are impossible against him because simply [[AreaOfEffect getting near]] him will [[MakeThemRot age]] either [[DamageReduction the technique]] or the opponent to [[TouchOfDeath death]]. This even extends to the ground he's walking on and also allowed him to survive a FantasticNuke to the face. If his Respira does touch an opponent, they have to [[LifeOrLimbDecision sever]] the part of the body that's rotting to avoid dying.
* ArchEnemy: Baraggan was once the god-emperor of Hueco Mundo, with the first generation of Espada being his vassals. When Aizen arrived, Baraggan was unceremoniously deposed and made into the second-ranked Espada, something he saw as an unforgivable humiliation. Ever since, Baraggan nursed a deep grudge against Aizen, and after being mortally wounded by his own Respira his last act is to try to take Aizen down with him.
* BadBoss: Just before Aizen showed up to kick him off his throne, he was considering dividing his army in half and having the two sides fight to the death just to pass the time. When all of his Fracción are killed, he shows more disappointment in the fact that they lost than the fact that they died.
* BadassBoast: "I am king. I am God. I will never die." Becomes a MadnessMantra during his VillainousBreakdown.
* BadassLongrobe: His Resurrección cloaks him in a dark purple, furry cloak, a noticeable departure from all the white seen in Las Noches' army.
* BreathWeapon: In his released state he can exhale a black miasma called "Respira", the "Breath of Death", which rots whatever it comes into contact with.
* CoolCrown: He has a large, impressive spiked crown when he is in his Resurreccíon. When in his unreleased state, the remains of his Hollow mask merely look like a crown. Back when he was still a Menos, he wore a slightly less fancy golden crown as the king of Hueco Mundo, only for Aizen to cut it in half during his takeover.
* DemBones: In his original Hollow form -- presumably a [[MonstrousHumanoid Vasto Lorde-class Menos]], given his humanoid appearance and enormous power -- he resembled a human skeleton clad in a crown and black robes, and his Resurrección returns him to that state by rotting away his flesh. This is to symbolize his power over old age and decay, which lets him rot other people into skeletons.
* EvilGloating: For the most part, it's completely justified, but it's also just about all that stops him from managing to do a ''lot'' more horrific damage before he went down.
* FasterThanTheyLook: Baraggan doesn't really move around that much past a slow intimidating gait as he lets [[RapidAging his powers]] destroy any attacks aimed at him and chase down his foes. However, on one of the rare occasions he actually uses [[FlashStep Sonido]], he appears right behind resident speedster Sui-Feng and lightly taps her on the shoulder while she can only react in confusion at what just happened.
* FatalFlaw: Arrogance and ignorance. Barragan has absolute confidence that he is a god whose power makes him the strongest being in creation, and thus unbeatable. However, it's this supreme arrogance in himself that causes him to toy with his opponents rather than just kill them, which leads them to realize that his absolute power must naturally work on him as well, a fact that Barragan has remained ignorant of for one million years precisely because [[IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance he's too arrogant to consider that he has any weaknesses]]. In the end, his flaws lead to his downfall.
* TheFatalist: The aspect of death that Baraggan represents is death by old age. His power is to generate a BattleAura that causes anything or anyone in its vicinity to age rapidly to the point of decomposition. Baraggan proclaims that death by aging is the only form of death that can not be avoided and something that the mind cannot fathom, except that it's inevitable even for Soul Reapers despite their long lives. He lectures to Sui-Feng and Hachi that nothing can exist forever; even the word "forever" is meaningless, since it was born from the fear of death.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Aizen is trapped by Yamamoto and the top three Espada are left to their own devices, Baraggan takes charge; his subsequent conversation with Harribel and Starrk pretty strongly indicates that he outranks the former (telling her that, as he should address Aizen with respect, so she should address him) and is outranked by the latter (to whom he makes a sideways comment about not wanting to hear any complaints about him calling the shots). Sure enough, he's #2, Harribel is #3, and Starrk is #1.
* AGodAmI: Baraggan Louisenbairn genuinely thinks of himself as a god who sits far above everyone else and refers to himself as the "God of Hueco Mundo" multiple times during his fights against Sui-Feng and Hachigen, even though he's just an Arrancar (albeit an incredibly powerful one) like the other Espada. He was a Vasto Lorde that used to be Hueco Mundo's undisputed ruler before being overthrown by Aizen thanks to his power to rot anything in his vicinity making him effectively unstoppable. Aizen himself was only able to beat him with his illusions before he could unleash that power. Eventually, he gets disintegrated by his own power being turned against him. His opponent notes that perhaps this is the only way to kill a god.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: In his human form, he has several noticeable faded scars on his face. Most of them vanish when he activates his Resurrección, given he [[DemBones loses all flesh]], but the scar over his eye becomes a [[MorphicResonance noticeable visible crack]] on the same place of his skull.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: After all the trouble Sui-Feng and Hachi went through, after surviving two Bankai nukes and proving immune to Kido, after taking arms off of both his opponents, he is finally taken down when Hachi teleports his own decaying arm into Baraggan's stomach, disintegrating Baraggan into nothingness from the inside out.
* HumiliationConga: As King of Las Noches, Baraggan was minding his own business when Aizen and his CoDragons came out of nowhere, bluntly stated that he wasn't good enough for what he was best at, wiped out Baraggan's entire army, forced him to serve the ones that defeated him and got labeled with the rank of "2nd" Espada to further spite him. His palace turned into Aizen's own headquarters.
* {{Hypocrite}}: After Sui-Feng panickledly has Omaeda cut off her left arm to save herself from Respira, he muses that Shinigami (Gods of Death) seem to fear death as much as anyone else. He later ridicules Hachi for thinking Kido was eternal and wouldn't age, insisting that "eternity" was simply a concept made up by those afraid of death. During his VillainousBreakdown, he rants about how he's an undying god, only to get killed by his own power. Hachi laments that he was ultimately just as afraid of death as anyone else.
* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance:
** Before Aizen, Gin, and Tosen arrived and usurped his throne, he believed that he had already conquered everything, and was incredulous when Aizen told him there are other worlds besides Hueco Mundo. This is especially noteworthy, given that his own Hollow subjects have regularly been coming and going between the worlds for millenia.
** Another example is how he is defeated. He spent the entire battle raving about how his power is absolute, and how everything turns to dust before it. It isn't until Hachigen points it out to him does Baraggan realize that [[RequiredSecondaryPowers he must be protected from his own power if he remains unaffected by it]], allowing Hachi to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard turn Baraggan's power against him]] by forcing it back into a place where the protection doesn't reach. Hachi even muses over his ignorance as he dies, noting that despite his belief, Baraggan's life was just as finite as those he looked down on.
* ImplacableMan: Sui-Feng is aghast at the level of punishment this guy shrugs off, even wondering during the third or fourth time he's taken the party's best shot and come back for more if he's immortal.
* InstantDeathRadius: Baraggan's power is to manipulate time, which enables him to instantly age whatever he or his Respira touches to dust, and unless the affected body part is amputated the rot will spread to the entire body.
%% * JustToyingWithThem: This is one of the reasons why he gets killed. It's what he does to Suì-Fēng, Ōmaeda, and later, Hachi.
* LargeHam: Normally, he's more of a ColdHam, making dramatic speeches with a leveled voice, but during his VillainousBreakdown, he ramps it up with his MadnessMantra.
* TheLawOfDiminishingDefensiveEffort: When Sui-Feng first uses her Bankai, Baraggan stares in half-interest as the missile flies toward him, and emerges from the explosion unscathed. After determining that he aged the missile to explode before it hit him and trapping him so he can't do that again, he panics as Sui-Feng readies another missile and ends up losing part of his face from this second attack.
* LogicalWeakness: Baraggan was able to rule Hueco Mundo for an untold length of time due to his [[MakeThemRot aging power]] being absolute. Unlike other powers (which can usually be mitigated or even negated completely by someone with higher Reiatsu than the user), ''everyone'' is affected by his power, because nothing lasts forever. Hachigen defeats Baraggan by concluding that if this is true, Baraggan himself is no exception and must have some sort of trick that protects him. He was absolutely right, and when someone exploits said weakness, Baraggan kills himself without having any way of escaping.
* MakeThemRot: When he is in his Resurreccíon, Baraggan has an ability called Respira which allows him to accelerate the age of anything in his general vicinity to the point of decomposition. Nothing is immune Stone crumbles, spells fade away and flesh rots when it hits a target. Not even he is exempt from Respira's effects, as Hachigen has to use Baraggan's power against him in order to defeat him.
* MonoNoAware: Baraggan's power is a very literal embodiment of "mono no aware", which is a Japanese cultural ideal that all things are impermanent. This is reinforced by the fact that his power has the unique property of being absolute; no person or thing is immune to aging and dying. This applies to Baraggan himself, and Hachigen realizing this fact is what allows him to defeat Barrigan by turning his own power against him.
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Twice over. All Hollows seen in the series have distinct stylized masks, with the exception of Barragan whose mask during his time as a Vasto Lorde looked like a realistic human skull. In fact, given his nature as a walking skeleton, it's unclear if he ever had what could be considered a mask at all. Then there's his Resurrección. Whereas every other Arrancar's release changes them into a form resembling their original Hollow self while still keeping at least some level of their humanoid body, Barragan's is a full transformation that, barring a slightly different crown, is exactly how he looked as a Hollow. Much like Ulquiorra's Segunda Etapa form, it emphasizes just how different he is even compared to his fellow Hollows.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: During the usurpation of Baraggan's kingdom, Aizen made the observation that Baraggan, a skeleton clad robes of black and wielding his axe like some bringer of judgement, looked very much like the western depiction of a Shinigami/Soul Reaper, his kind's enemy.
* OhCrap: When Sui-Feng shoots him directly in the face with her Bankai, he's horrified to discover he can neither block nor avoid it. Later, Hacchi evokes another such expression from him when he figures out Baraggan's secret. Baraggan is vulnerable to his own power and Hacchi figures out how to turn it against him.
* OldSoldier: Baraggan Louisenbairn is the physically oldest-looking and one of the most powerful members of Aizen's Arrancar army. When Aizen and his cohorts are trapped by Yamamoto's fire during the assault on the fake Karakura Town, Baraggan takes command without any objects from his fellows (including the First Espada). It also helps that before Aizen came along and usurped him, he was the legendary God-King of Hueco Mundo and Hollowkind, and the light novels would reveal he's actually [[TimeAbyss one of the oldest living Hollows in existence]].
* PersonOfMassDestruction: His [[MakeThemRot Respira]] in particular, if he lets it run wild, will basically turn everything around him into a wasteland without him having to lift a finger or move from the spot if given enough time.
* PitifulWorms: Everyone else is an "ant" as far as he is concerned.
* RapidAging: This is the core of his power. His power to manipulate time enables him to accelerate the aging of whoever he or his abilities touch. Even in his unreleased state his touch can age his target enough to make their bones snap like twigs. When he unleashes his full power, anything that fails to get out of the way crumbles to dust in a matter of seconds. The results of this enables him to rot his enemies down to the bone, and even defend himself from oncoming attacks.
* RazorWind: When he swings his axe, the wind produced is strong enough to slice a building in half some distance behind Sui-Feng.
* RedBaron: Not he himself, but his ability 'Senecia' is in all of Hueco Mundo known as 'Baraggan's curse'.
* RedHerring: The way he takes charge, and the fact that he's the oldest looking Espada led some people to believe he was Espada #1. Even Kyoraku had the same thoughts.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Hachi realizes that if Baraggan is telling the truth about his power being absolute, then Baraggan himself is vulnerable to his own power and therefore needs a second power to protect himself from his primary ability, and it only works on the surface of his body, not inside.
* ScarySkeleton: His Resurreccíon transforms him into a skeletal humanoid figure wrapped in a black cloak and crown. A powerful foe whose Respira attack causes anything or anyone that comes in contact with it to rapidly age to dust.
* SevenDeadlySins: Kubo Tite revealed in the Masked interview that some of the Espada were modeled after the Seven Deadly Sins. His god complex coupled with his Resurrección, Arrogante (Spanish for arrogant), make him a dead ringer for {{Pride}}.
* TheStarscream: He ''was'' the king of Hueco Mundo by virtue of being the most powerful person around... until Aizen showed up. After being forcibly recruited, he was waiting for his chance to take his throne back.
* SuperpowerLottery: Baraggan has, in addition all the other handy powers that Arrancar have, [[MakeThemRot Respira]], which allows him to in its weakest state slow his opponent's movements and at full strength rapidly age anyone and anything that gets close to him, destroying or reducing the power of even the strongest attacks so they do nothing and allowing him to, unless his opponent takes drastic measures, kill anyone with just his presence alone. With this power he was considered the undisputed King of Hueco Mundo before Aizen came knocking, the only thing that can get around this power are techniques that go for the mind, and it's so game-breaking that he's not immune to his own power and needs to use a secondary ability to protect himself, or else he'd be more or less impossible to kill in a fight. Used right, it could possibly be more effective than even Kyoka Suigetsu, and only abilities introduced past his death truly can compare in raw power.
* SwordBeam: A variant. He can combine his [[MakeThemRot Respira]] with his axe, and with every swing of his axe he can release waves of Respira at far away targets.
* TakingYouWithMe: As Baraggan's rotting away, he screams he won't die without "him" and throws his axe seemingly right at Hachi, who doesn't have time to dodge...but it goes careening right past him on a course for Aizen. The axe disintegrates before it makes it and Baraggan himself follows shortly afterwards. Baraggan was resentful towards Aizen for taking his kingdom from him, and vowed to one day get his revenge.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: Going in hand with his [[AGodAmI god complex]], one of the few things that sends Baraggan into a frothing rage is if an ant (read: everyone else) actually manages to injure him. When he's in the process of dying from his own power thanks to Hachigan, he begins screaming this over and over at the Vizard for daring to successfully [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu defy a god]].
* TimeAbyss: Baraggan was one of the first Hollows to wander through the sands of Hueco Mundo, making him around a million years old.
* TimeMaster: This is the nature of Baraggan's power. His abilities stem around manipulating the flow of time to slow down his enemies and make them age and crumble into dust. As it turns out, even he's not immune to this power and needs to use a special personal field to protect himself. The moment someone managed to get a piece of that power past said shield, it was over in a matter of seconds.
* TorsoWithAView: His Hollow Hole is in the center of his chest, although it's covered by his robes and not usually visible.
* UnskilledButStrong: Barragan's strategy doesn't go any further than using his TimeMaster powers to slow and age incoming attacks and throwing his Respira around to age his opponents into dust. In his defense, the nature of his power means this is enough to deal with almost any opponent no matter how strong they are, so he's never had any need for skill.
* VictoryIsBoring: In his backstory, Baraggan was extremely bored with his complete rule over Hueco Mundo because he had nothing to conquer with his vast powers and army.
* VillainBall: In spite of having a power that could wipe out Marechiyo in an instant and being able to touch Sui-Feng in his normal form alone without her realizing it with his incredible speed, [[JustToyingWithThem he opts to chasing him around.]] This leads to him being attacked by Sui-Feng's Bankai and it's only through his AntagonistAbilities that he is able to make it out unscathed. Overall his tendency [[EvilGloating to gloat about his philosophy and superiority]] instead of finishing them off immediately, eventually gets him killed.
* VillainousBreakdown: When Sui-Feng and Hachi manage to injure him, he completely loses his shit.
-->'''Baraggan:''' ''"[[EvilLaugh HAHAHAHAHA]]! Tiny, tiny! Tinytinytinytiny! Soul Reapers and humans and hollows and arrancars all have their own differences and quarrels! They have will and freedom and animals and plants and the moon and the stars and the sun and every little thing! But ''only'' [[GrowingUpSucks my power is absolute]]! Everything else is tiny and insignificant! [[KneelBeforeZod Your proper place is under my supreme rule]]! [[BreakThemByTalking Equality is not born from rivalry]]! Look into my eyes, for you are no different than insects to me!(...) I AM THE GREAT EMPEROR! [[AGodAmI THE GOD OF HUECO MUNDO!]] '''BARAGGAN LUISENBAIRN!!!'''"''
* WalkingWasteland: His special ability is to rot and age everything into dust. Plants, buildings, people, attacks, everything. Even ''he'' isn't immune to it, which is how he is able to be defeated.
* WeAllDieSomeday: His power to age makes him virtually impossible to kill since everything ages away and nothing lasts forever. Fortunately, Hachi realizes that he is no exception so he uses his own power against him by severing and transporting his rotting hand into the old Espada's stomach.
* WeHaveReserves: He sent his Fracción into battle fully expecting them to win, and he was noticeably enraged when they were killed, but he also didn't lift a finger to help them when they started losing, and gave the impression that he was only angry because his servants being defeated made ''him'' look bad. Otherwise, he didn't care. In his backstory, as he was planning to have his loyal army fight each other to the death before Aizen dropped in. Mainly because he was bored.
* WhenEldersAttack: He looks ancient and even his powers revolve around Old Age, as it works on the principle of senescence. He's also just as muscular as Captain Commander Yamamoto.
* WorldsStrongestMan: PlayedWith. As the former self-proclaimed God of Hueco Mundo, Baraggan earned that right by [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership carving out a kingdom, declaring his sovereignty, and then defeating all challengers to his power]]. However, Starrk, Yammy, and (as revealed in the light novels) even Szayelaporro before he willingly weakened himself to remove his "imperfection" all have more Reiatsu than he does at their full power. What makes him so devastating is that his [[RapidAging power]] is one of the only exceptions to the rule of "[[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours greater Reiatsu can mitigate or even negate its effects]]", meaning he could legitimately and even easily defeat even those technically stronger than him in a direct fight, which is what let him consolidate power [[VictoryIsBoring so utterly]] before Aizen came along and why Szayelaporro was part of his court despite being strong enough at the time to qualify as the first Cero Espada. He's so strong that he could only be killed by his own power.
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[[folder: (#3) Tres Espada - Tier Harribel]]
!!Tier Harribel
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[-''"No world is without sacrifices. But if we produce casualties, we would also sustain casualties of our own."''-]
->'''Species:''' Menos / Arrancar (Vasto Lorde)
->'''Zanpakutō:''' Tiburón
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MegumiOgata (JP), Creator/LauraBailey (EN, Original Series), Creator/JeannieTirado (EN, Thousand-Year Blood War), Nalleli Solís (Latin-American Spanish)
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The Third Espada, a DarkActionGirl who led an [[AmazonBrigade all-female Fracción]] squad. Harribel shows actually more compassion compared to the rest of the Arrancars towards her own Fracción, but she still fulfills her DarkActionGirl credentials. She defines the death aspect of 'Sacrifice'. Her number-tattoo is located on the left side of her right breast, and her Hollow hole is in her womb.

Her Zanpakutō, '''''Tiburón''''', gives her a shark motif and control of water-based abilities. In her normal form, the blade is hollow and can be filled with spiritual power to increase its strength.
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* AdaptationExpansion: The anime dedicated a handful of filler episodes to showing her backstory as a pacifist Vasto Lorde opposed to Barrigan's reign, protecting a trio of female Adjuchas - who later became her Fracción - from the predations of other Menos.
* AdaptationalModesty:
** In the manga, her outfit leaves her {{Underboobs}} exposed, and her mask fragments underneath just cover her nipples while baring most of her chest. In the anime, her outfit completely covers her chest, and her mask fragments only expose some cleavage.
** Her pants in the manga leave much of her thighs exposed, but are more conservative in the anime.
* AllThereInTheManual: A novel-esque story titled "Nestle To Night" (found in the ''Unmasked'' databook) reveals that Harribel and her Fracción survived the entire Fake Karakura ordeal thanks to Orihime healing them. This happens again regarding her fate after the manga, as ''Can't Fear Your Own World" reveals that she was rescued from the Wahrwelt by Nelliel at some point and returned to Hueco Mundo after the war ended.
* AmazonBrigade: All three of her Fracción are female, and make up the Tres Bestia ([[GratuitousSpanish Spanish]] for "three beasts"). Anime filler shows that they deliberately gathered up to avoid predation from male Hollows, as female Hollows are generally considered easy targets.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has dark skin (noticeably more so in the manga than the anime); but as she has a Spanish-flavored name like the other Arrancar, it's unclear what her ethnicity is supposed to be, if she even has one.
* AnimalMotifs: Her Resurrección is related to sharks. In anime-only flashback, her Vasto Lorde form is a humanoid Hollow with shark-themed armor.
* AntiVillain: Conducts herself in a much more restrained and honorable manner than her compatriots, although messing with her friends brings down her [[MamaBear wrath]]. Her anger usually takes the form of TranquilFury, with the only time she drops her air of quiet dignity being when Aizen betrays everyone. Aizen is irritated to discover he has to use his sword on her twice before she can be properly defeated.
* BadassInDistress: Sometime before the start of the Quincy's invasion of Soul Society, she was captured by the Vandenreich to destabilize Hueco Mundo. She's shown defeated and chained up in Yhwach's stronghold.
* {{BFS}}: Unusual for most females in Bleach, she wields a massive broad sword in Resureccion that resembles a shark's tooth.
* BeautyEqualsGoodness: She's the only current female Espada, and one of the hottest and bustiest characters in the series. Is it any surprise she ends up being the most moral of the group and takes over as benevolent ruler of the Hollows by the end of the story?
* BishonenLine: In contrast to the other Espadas' Resurreccións - which make them appear more monstrous - Harribel's Resurreccíon makes her appear more human by doing away with the fanged mask-fragment covering her mouth.
* ButterFace: Subversion. Her body is curvaceous, but when she unzips her jacket, the lower half of her face is covered by her mask fragment -- a skeletal jaw, in keeping with her shark theme. Once she enters her Resurrección, however, her face becomes as gorgeous as the rest of her body.
* ContraltoOfStrength: She is the only female among the current Espada, and holds the absolute deepest voice of all females in the series. It helps that her unreleased state leaves her with mask fragments muffling her mouth.
* CustomUniformOfSexy: Her uniform shows off her midriff and the lower portion of her bosom while covering her mouth.
* DarkActionGirl: She's the most powerful female Arrancar in Aizen's army and is fully capable of overwhelming a Captain-class Soul Reapers like Hitsugaya.
* DeclarationOfProtection: In the wild, Harribel lived as close as she could to a life of non-violence and starvation to defy the SocialDarwinist laws of Hueco Mundo. Since then, she has been motivated to fight by a desire to keep her few friends from dying.
* DoesNotLikeMen: She ''[[ProperlyParanoid knows]]'' that male Hollows will invariably prey upon females, especially since she lives in such a brutal world that the likes of Baraggan rise to the top. However, she does get along fine with the likes of Starrk, meaning she's still a reasonable enough person.
* EveryoneHasStandards: The novel "Don't Fear Your Own World" has her see Yhwach's state as the new Soul King. Seeing what they've done made her understand why Aizen wants to destroy it so bad.
* FriendToAllChildren: According to Nelliel, she gets along well with children and has a bit of a soft spot for people who are kind to them.
* GoingCommando: In the manga, we get a shot of her skirt going up, and there's nothing covering what's underneath. This is changed in ''Bleach: Soul Resurrección'', to her wearing black panties under her skirt.
* HairofGoldHeartofGold: Zigzagged. Harribel has golden blonde hair and, while she can be stoic and a cold woman of few words, she truly cares for her home and treats her Fracción as her daughters and is a reasonable and noble woman at heart.
* HeelFaceTurn: While she was never evil to begin with, once she becomes the new Queen of Hueco Mundo, she ends the conflict with Soul Society and restores peace to Hueco Mundo.
* HiddenHeartofGold: She's ruthless in battle and a very quiet woman, but truly cares for those close to her and only joined Aizen to end the conflict in Hueco Mundo. Once she becomes the new ruler, she proves to be a far better ruler than anyone ever could have been. In ''Can't Fear Your Own World'', Nelliel comments that she has a SugarAndIcePersonality and gets along well with kids.
* HighCollarOfDoom: Presumably to cover her mask remnants, her collar zips all the way up to her nose.
* TheHighQueen: After Barrigan's death, Harribel becomes the queen of Hueco Mundo -- later taking up co-leadership alongside fellow former Tres Espada Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck. As one of the more amiable Arrancar, the Soul Reapers see her as a viable option for arranging a peace treaty between Soul Society and Hueco Mundo.
* IntimateMarks: Her Espada Tattoo is on the bottom of her breast, and only visible if she unzips her jacket all the way open to expose her NavelDeepNeckline. The databooks also reveal that her Hollow hole is in her womb.
* LadyLegionnaireWear: Her Resurrección gives her a miniskirt made of bones.
* LadyOfWar: She's calm, honorable, and quietly dignified. As the strongest female Arrancar and only female Espada, she is able to overwhelm Hitsugaya with her swordsmanship and water abilities once she releases her Zanpakutō.
* MakingASplash: Her main ability in her Resurreccíon is being able to create and manipulate water. During her fight with Tōshirō, she uses her power to fire high-pressure water projectiles and summon an enormous torrent of water that floods multiple city blocks. She can also manipulate the temperature of water she comes in contact with, as shown when she instantly boils Tōshirō's ice, melting it before it can reach her.
* MamaBear: Harribel's "Aspect of Death" is sacrifice and the meaning behind this lays within her relationship with her three Fracción. Harribel has no desire to kill, but she knows that she lives in a CrapsackWorld where the strong prey upon the weak. She joined up with Aizen because she did not want her own weakness to lead to the deaths of her TrueCompanions. Nevertheless, each of them would gladly [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice their own lives]] for her sake, and they've even adopted Harribel's theme of sacrifice by removing a part of themselves to create the extremely powerful Ayon.
* MartialPacifist: Like Starrk and her predecessor Nelliel, Harribel hates fighting, but will use her considerable power if it means protecting her TrueCompanions. Her short story in the UNMASKED databook reveals that she joined Aizen's forces specifically so that she could bring an end to the constant fighting of Hueco Mundo.
%% * MartyrWithoutACause: Implied in the anime.
%% * MeaningfulName: "Tier" is German for "animal".
* MenUseViolenceWomenUseCommunication: She chose to protect female Hollows from male ones, and created an AmazonBrigade of female Hollows, stating that the males always targeted females. She is also one of the rare Hollow that refuses to gain power by violently consuming other Hollows regardless of gender. She shares this attitude with her fellow co-ruler Neliel by the time they both take over Hueco Mundo at the end of the series.
* MessyHair: Her hair looks like it hasn't seen a brush in years and is in a permanent state of dishevelment.
* AMotherToHerMen: Unlike the Espada not named Starrk and Nnoitra, she actually cares a great deal for the safety of her Fracción. The anime takes it a step further by hosting a WholeEpisodeFlashback detailing her past, where she actually recruited Apacci, Sung-Sun and Mila Rose to help form a stable group to keep male Hollows from eating them. Given how her Hollow hole is located in her womb, symbolizing how she's effectively a ParentalSubstitute for her girls.
* MsFanservice: Let's not beat around the bush, Harribel is drop dead ''gorgeous''. She has an extremely curvaceous figure, which her clothes greatly show off -- her normal outfit doesn't even fully come down over her chest, giving her a gratuitous amount of [[{{Underboobs}} underboob]], and her hakama has deep slits on either side of her that show off her hips and thighs. Her Resurreccíon takes it even further by giving her an extremely {{Stripperiffic}} outfit.
* NavelDeepNeckline: When her top is unzipped and in her Resurrección form her breasts are only partially covered on the upperside, leaving her underside and stomach entirely exposed. The anime extends the fragments to cover the undersides of her breasts too but still allows the cleavage exposure to cover the stomach as well.
* NonMaliciousMonster: Flashbacks in the anime reveal that even as a normal Hollow, Harribel disliked killing, which stands in stark contrast to the usual bloodthirsty attitude displayed by most Hollows.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: While watching Grimmjow and Ichigo fight, Tier notes to herself that Ichigo's Spiritual Power is similar to that of an Arrancar -- Ichigo having been wearing his Hollow Mask at the time -- and that their battle looks less like one between an Arrancar and a Soul Reaper and more like one between two Espada.
* OddFriendship: With Nel, her Espada predecessor. The fact she's content in letting Nel co-rule alongside her shows how much they get along despite their differing personalities.
* PerpetualFrowner: Has not even one time seen cracking a smile.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: As shown in her battle with Hitsugaya, she could easily flood an entire city if she wanted to. She is the 3rd most powerful Espada, meaning that she is prohibited from releasing her Zanpakutō in Las Noches, as the destructive power could potentially obliterate the palace.
* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: Inverted. In her unreleased state, her hair is mostly shoulder length with three ponytails around her head. She loses the tails in her Resurrección, leaving her with just the shoulder-length hair.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: In contrast to other Hollows, who rely on ThePowerOfHate and kill to become stronger, Harribel made a vow to rely on her comrades for support.
--> "I don't want to become stronger through the power I gain by killing and sacrificing another. If I can't win alone, then I'll win as a group."
* RazorWind: Upon entering her Resurrección state, the first swing of her sword has so much power behind it that the sheer pressure of it cuts right through Tōshirō's ice clone from over a dozen feet away.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She's cold and a stoic woman but is fair and just with her ruling of Hueco Mundo. Urahara even calls her as such stating she's very reasonable as an Arrancar and a wise decision in having her as ruler.
* RiddleForTheAges: Just why exactly did Yhwach bother to capture her, instead of killing her outright? Harribel speculates that Yhwach either had plans for her in his new world or tried to convert her into an enemy and give her Quincy powers, but can't be sure if there may be another reason. Also falls under AbortedArc as the abrupt end of Bleach led to the purpose of her imprisonment being forever unknown.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Contrary to other Espada, she's clearly distraught when Yamamoto defeats her Fracción (though it's later revealed that they survived his "light roasting"). While her tone and expression don't change much, she becomes much more condescending and physically aggressive toward Hitsugaya. When she enters her Resurreccíon, she immediately cuts him in half before turning her attention to Yamamoto with the intent of avenging her subordinates, though she's interrupted by Hitsugaya (she actually cut an ice illusion). After seemingly freezing her to death, he apologizes for not letting her have her vengeance.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Though some of the Privaron Espada were female, she is the only woman among the Espada during the present story.
* SoleSurvivor: She and Grimmjow are the only survivors among the Espada.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Even after the official romanization of her name came out, the English localization has spelled her name "Halibel" despite it breaking the trend of the Espada having double consonants and being named after famous architects -- in Tier's case Harry Bell Measures.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's the fourth tallest lady in ''Bleach'' at 175cm/5'9" and is very curvy.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: In her Resurrección form, her shirt disappears, leaving only two thin bones to cover her breasts. She also gets a short skirt, high heeled boots, long gloves, and what looks to be a row of sharks teeth travelling up her navel. In the manga, even in her casual wear, the underneath of her breasts were constantly exposed and her hakama was so low that it was obvious she wasn't wearing any underwear.
* TheStoic: Almost always calm and composed. It's rare for her to lose her cool.
* SwordBeam: Her Ola Azul ability charges Reiatsu within the hollow section of her sword and then fires it; La Gota fires a shark-tooth shaped water projectile from the tip of her sword; and she also fires her Cero from her sword in a similar fashion to Ichigo's Getsuga Tensho.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Appears to have rejected TheSocialDarwinist law of Hueco Mundo despite being the third or fourth most powerful Hollow known. After becoming a Vasto Lorde, she refuses to eat other Hollows to gain power.
* ThreateningShark: Her sword's name is the Spanish word for shark and her Resurreccíon adds a shark motif to her appearance. She even refers to herself as the shark when one-shotting [[ActuallyADoombot (a fake)]] Hitsugaya.
* TokenGoodTeammate: With her distaste of killing and kindness and caring towards her subordinates, Harribel is by far the most morally-centered of the Espada. She also doesn't show any real malice towards the Soul Reapers at Fake Karakura until Yamamoto [[MamaBear roasts her Fracción]].
* TorsoWithAView: Unlike most of the other Arrancars, this one is subverted. It's where her womb is supposed to be, with her "Beyond Resurrección" form in ''Bleach: Brave Souls'' showing it's usually hidden under her pants and skirt.
* TranquilFury: When her Fracción are seemingly killed, Harribel doesn't outwardly shows very little outward emotion, but becomes much more aggressive in her fighting style and goes to town on Hitsugaya with the intent of taking on Yamamoto to avenge them.
* TrueCompanions: Harribel is very close to her Fracción and cares deeply about them. This is expanded upon in her anime-exclusive backstory, which reveals they have been close comrades since before they were Arrancar. As such, she is enraged when she thinks they were killed by Yamamoto, and they beg Orihime to save her life after Aizen mortally wounded her.
* {{Underboobs}}: In the manga the underside of her breasts are exposed in either forms, but censored in the anime and video games. Suspiciously enough, however, during a flashback to Wonderweiss' creation at episode 294, her underboobs are rendered fully, without any censorship whatsoever.
* WaterIsWomanly: She's the only female in the Espada, has a shark motif, and her Zanpakutō, Tiburón, gives her water powers. Harribel is a calm, quietly dignified warrior who takes on a motherly role to her Fracción, symbolized by the hollow hole on her womb.
* WillfullyWeak: Refusing to eat other Hollows means that she didn't continue to gain power the same way far less moral Hollows like Baraggan did. This combined with her steadfast refusal to kill and her belief in fighting as a group explains quite well why she didn't seem as powerful as the other Vasto Lorde Arrancar. Of course, when she actually puts some effort into fighting, she's a total badass.
* YouAreInCommandNow: Due to the fact that every Espada more powerful than her is dead, she became the ruler of Hueco Mundo by default.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Aizen loses interest in the Espada when he realises that even combined they're still weaker than he is. He cuts down Harribel himself, although she's later [[AllThereInTheManual saved by Orihime]], inheriting leadership of Hueco Mundo until being captured by Yhwach.
* YouWillBeSpared: Yhwach intentionally spared her for unknown reasons. She was later brought into the Soul King's Palace after Yhwach transformed it using his power.
* TheWorfEffect: Despite being the new ruler of Hueco Mundo, Yhwach defeats her with little effort, showing that the Quincy King is on a whole other level.
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[[folder: (#4) Cuatro Espada - Ulquiorra Cifer]]
!!Ulquiorra Cifer
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[-''"Your words are those of a man who knows not true despair. If you know it not, then allow me to teach you. This is the face of true despair."''-]
->'''Species:''' Menos / Arrancar (Vasto Lorde)
->'''Zanpakutō:''' Murciélago
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaisukeNamikawa (JP), Creator/TonyOliver (EN), Creator/RogerCraigSmith (EN, ''Bleach: Shattered Blade''), Creator/KaihiamalMartinez (Latin-American Spanish)
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The Fourth Espada, Ulquiorra is cold, rational, reserved, and absolutely loyal to Aizen, which more or less netted him the position of TheDragon despite not being his most powerful subordinate. However, all traits put him in [[BlueOniRedOni direct conflict]] with Grimmjow, to the point where though he acted as Ichigo's main rival, Ulquiorra has far more enmity for the Sixth Espada. He considers Ichigo, and all others either weaker than him or human, little more than "trash". He defines the death aspect of 'Emptiness'. His number tattoo is on the left side of his chest and his Hollow hole is in his sternum - though in his debut it was in the base of his throat.

His Zanpakutō, '''''Murciélago''''', transforms him into a bat-like demon that gives him incomprehensible speed and allows him to create energy javelins. He has a hidden second transformation named '''Segunda Etapa''' that transforms him into a demon with vastly enhanced destructive and regenerative abilities.

He received a short comic made by Tite Kubo about his back story in the third data book, ''Unmasked'', which shows his origins.

[[Characters/BleachUlquiorraCifer Has his own page]].
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[[folder: (#5) Quinto Espada - Nnoitra Gilga]]
!!Nnoitra Gilga
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[-''"Ain't no chance of salvation for us. Never has been. With or without Aizen, that's never gonna change. If there's one thing I'm grateful to that guy for, it's the fact that he gave me power. Thanks to that, I've been able to savor greater battles than ever before. I'm gonna be strong. Stronger than anyone."''-]
->'''Species:''' Arrancar
->'''Zanpakutō:''' Santa Teresa
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobutoshiCanna (JP), Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas (EN), Eduardo Ramírez (Latin-American Spanish)
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The Fifth Espada, a DeathSeeker. Once, he was the Eighth Espada, but was promoted sometime after a sneak attack to Nel, the 3rd Espada of the time, whom he hates because she pitied and disrespected him. He defines the death aspect of 'Despair'. He is noted to have the greatest Hierro (iron-hard skin) amongst the Espada.

'''''Santa Teresa''''', his oddly shaped... axe-like Zanpakutō, gives him six arms and six scythes, all capable of high-speed regeneration if he was to lose one or two. His number tattoo is on his tongue, and his Hollow hole is where his left eye should be - along with the remains of his Hollow mask.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Clearly what the anime (with a very sad music theme) aimed at, showing him as a NietzscheWannabe living behind the DespairEventHorizon, with an absurdly huge overcompensated inferiority complex.
* AmbiguousSituation: An interview to promote the final arc revealed which Espada will return. Grimmjow, Nel and Harribel were stated to return, as they had survived the events of the Arrancar Saga. Notably Starrk, Nnoitra and Zommari were given a small chance to return, while the other Espada were given zero, With the final arc being cut short it remains unknown what the significance of said distinction was. Starrk, Nnoitra, Zommari, Szayelaporro, and Aaroniero were killed by a Zanpakutō (Baraggan died by his own powers, Yammy of blood loss, and Ulquiorra was fatally injured by a Cero), which would mean that they were either cleansed and ended up in Soul Society or ended up in Hell.
* AnimalMotifs: His Resurrección, Santa Teresa, is the Spanish name for a [[SlayingMantis praying mantis]]. His transformation grants him six arms, giving him an insect-like appearance, and his scythes are meant to evoke the image of a mantis' forelegs.
* AntagonistAbilities: Specifically matched up against melee characters (like Ichigo and Kenpachi), Nnoitra is problematic to fight. In addition to an inherent DamageReduction via his Hierro, he is also MultiArmedAndDangerous in Resurrección, allowing him to deflect his opponent's weapon with one limb and then immediately counter and overwhelm them with all the others. He can even regenerate these limbs if one happens to be chopped off.
* ArchEnemy: Nel and Nnoitra have incompatible philosophies. She believes in never fighting without reason and avoiding it if possible, he believes fighting itself is a reason to fight. He hates women, especially women in positions of authority over him, as Nel used to be and Harribel is. Nel dismisses his philosophy and refuses to see him as a warrior. As a result, she feels he needs to be watched over to prevent himself from getting into more trouble than he can handle. Eventually, he rips off her Fracción' masks, smashes her mask, and throws her out of Las Noches.
* AxCrazy: Nnoitra delights in combat and bloodshed. He is sadistic, bloodthirsty, and battle hungry, which is rather fitting as he is Kenpachi's EvilCounterpart. When he was the 8th Espada, he slaughtered a group of Hollows despite not being ordered to do so, all while laughing like a mad man.
* BloodKnight: He is basically the Espada equivalent to Kenpachi in this department. Nnoitra revels in combat more than any of the other Espada, and even tells Nelliel that alcohol can't compare to the euphoric feeling he gets in a battle. However, he differs from other examples in the series in that he is not above fighting dirty, exploiting weaknesses and getting frustrated when a battle drags on for too long. His goal in life is to either prove he's the strongest or die fighting to the very end.
* BoringButPractical: His Resurrección doesn't have crazy or special techniques that the other current Espadas have. All he gets are six arms, six scythes and a HealingFactor that allows him to regrow his arms, but his regeneration abilities aren't nearly as strong as Ulquiorra's. The increase of his Reiatsu is enough to make him a serious challenge against Captain-class enemies.
* CombatPragmatist: In his words, a fight is meant to be won, so dirty tactics are fair game. He ambushes Ichigo just after his intense battle with Grimmjow [[note]] Even going so far as to first attack an unsuspecting and worn out Grimmjow [[/note]] so that the Soul Reaper would be too exhausted to successfully defend himself, and goes the extra mile by having Tesra take Orihime hostage to further dissuade Ichigo from fighting back. In the past, he also used a device supplied to him by Szayelaporro to trick Nelliel into attacking an illusion of himself so he could deal her a grievous wound while [[InTheBack her back was turned]]. ''Everyone'' calls him out on this, as these are the actions of a [[DirtyCoward coward, not a noble warrior.]] He rebukes these claims by claiming a battle is "unfair" by nature.
-->'''Nnoitra''': This is a battle. Of course it's gonna be unfair. That which is called 'battle' was a monster originally born of unfairness and intolerance. I can't stand that guy. I can beat that guy. I can't forgive that guy. We make enemies for all sorts of reasons, and from the moment you make an enemy, until one of you draws his last breath - you're in a battle.
* DeathSeeker: Basically, Nnoitra's life goal is to kill every single person he meets, until he is either the strongest person in existence or killed in the act. He has no problem with either option and the second one is what actually occurs.
* DespairEventHorizon: Hit it at some point in the past and kept right on going. "None of us is getting redemption." Baraggan states that he represents the aspect of death that is 'despair'. His oversized inferiority complex and Nelliel's [[DontYouDarePityMe pity]] and CondescendingCompassion didn't help matters.
* {{Determinator}}: He manages to stand back up after Kenpachi nearly cuts him half through sheer force of will.
* DontYouDarePityMe: One of the things he hates above all else is being pitied. A huge part of his hatred towards Nelliel is due to her insistence in the past on following him around and keeping him out of trouble on the grounds that he was weaker than her. Just before his death, he muses on how much it hurts to be pitied, equating it to having someone stomp on an open wound. Though he doesn't help his own case when he goes out of his own way to antagonize others as much as possible, even when they are ''stronger'' than he is and would actually come to respect him more if he simply ''show some damn humility and honor''.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Nnoitra is a deeply unpleasant individual, but he does have a redeeming factor in his care for his Fraccíon, Tesra, who is described as his only confidant. When Tesra is stricken down, Nnoitra is silently devastated.
* EvilCounterpart: Similar in some ways to Kenpachi as a bloodthirsty, fight-loving psycho with the desire to fight strong enemies, but Nnoitra is strongly distinguished by character traits, such as genuine lechery, misogyny, pettiness, arrogance, and an inferiority complex. The core of their insanity is also different: Kenpachi fights for fun and can get serious when he realizes that his life is on the line, while Nnoitra is a DeathSeeker whose greatest desire is to be slain in battle; Nnoitra is obsessed with proving he is the absolute strongest, Kenpachi ''loves'' finding out the opponent might be stronger than him. However, when a fight drags on too long, Nnoitra gets frustrated. Zaraki, on the other hand, loves a long hard battle. Nnoitra has vowed to never show mercy to his opponents, while Kenpachi will spare an opponent who's too injured to continue so he can have a rematch. A visual parallel is also drawn with Nnoitra's eyepatch, which is later replaced with a scar identical to Kenpachi's after taking a strong slash to the face and chest.
* EvilIsPetty: Nnoitra absolutely despises being pitied and will pay back anyone who does. He attacked Nelliel because she didn't consider him a true warrior. During a fight, his Fracción Tesra runs to see if he is okay, only to punched across the ground for his trouble. He also has a derogatory view of women; his hatred of Nelliel is partly because she is a woman of higher rank than he is, he sadistically ripped off the masks of her Fracción solely to goad her to fight him out of spite, and acts lecherous towards Orihime forcing his fingers in her mouth to watch Tesra kill Ichigo, even suggesting to Ulquiorra that he should "discipline" her.
* EvilLaugh: Pulls one off after injuring Kenpachi with his hidden pair of arms, thinking he dealt him a serious blow.
* EyepatchOfPower: Wears an eyepatch over his left eye to conceal his Hollow hole, as well as his mask remnants around it. He is also strong enough to go toe-to-toe to Kenpachi.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: He dies having gotten the death he always wanted and falls accepting his death.
* HateSink: Even amongst the Espada's he stands out as one of the worst. He's rude, foul-mouthed, selfish, and overall evil bastard of a man who has no regard for anyone but himself and loves killing anyone who stands in his way. However, this trope is downplayed by the time of his death, [[TragicVillain which sheds some sympathy on his character]].
* HeManWomanHater: He kept picking fights with Nelliel because he refused to accept women could be stronger than men and loathed her pity. At a meeting, he mocks Harribel, claiming she's too scared to fight. His suggestions on what Ulquiorra could do his "pet" Orihime drew Ulquiorra's disgust. Later, he shoves his fingers into Orihime's mouth to silence her, a gesture so loaded in Japan that the animators censored the scene into having a hand clamped over her mouth instead.
* HealingFactor: His released form can regrow any arm that Kenpachi cuts off. The regeneration does not seem to extend beyond his arms, though.
* HeyYou: He never refers to Soul Reapers by name (except Aizen). When he asks Ichigo by his name, Nnoitra initally seems to go on LastNameBasis with him like Grimmjow does, but soon he has already forgotten it. Kenpachi, on the other hand, does remember Nnoitra's name after killing him.
* HighCollarOfDoom: You could be forgiven for assuming that spoon-like piece of clothing that juts out high above his head was some kind of hat. It's actually the collar of his shirt.
* HornedHumanoid: His released form has asymmetrical horns that look like a crescent driven halfway through his skull.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** During his fight with Ichigo, Nnoitra tells him that he hates people who keep on attacking despite knowing they have no chance of winning... when he himself kept picking fights with Nelliel in their backstory despite the fact that she effortlessly defeated him every single time until he resorted to dirty tactics.
** He hates fighting "weak" opponents yet has no problem attacking "strong" opponents when they are not at 100%. (Ichigo and Grimmjow after their battle). Naturally, this is another reflection of his InferioritySuperiorityComplex.
** He mocks Grimmjow for his loss against Ichigo, calling him a SoreLoser, which is telling since Nnoitra whole motive against Nelliel is because he can't stand he lost to a woman and went to severe lengths to get back at her because of how butt hurt he was over losing to a woman.
** He can't stand the idea of being pitied on by others, yet he has the gall to pity Chad after defeating him and leave him for dead.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: His Resurrección looks like it has four arms, but it really has six. He also has a very powerful HealingFactor, just in case anyone actually manages to damage him.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: His Zanpakutō is...odd, to say the least. The best way to describe it would be to call it an enormous crescent shaped [[SinisterScythe scythe]] with an identical crescent blade stacked on top of it, facing the other direction. As a result of it's bizarre design, he's rarely able to hit an opponent with the blades of the weapon except when charging with the Zanpakutō pointed forward like a spear, and instead opts to simply swing it like a club. In the past, his Zanpakutō had a slightly different, though equally strange appearance, being only one large crescent blade facing upward.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Nnoitra proclaims himself the strongest Espada, acting extremely egotistical during his fights. But beneath his arrogant front is man with a deep inferiority complex. He had an inability to win fights, especially against Nelliel who at the time was the 3rd Espada. That, combined with Nelliel pitying him for his destructive stupidity, caused him to develop a grudge against her that motivated him to attack her. As his fight with Kenpachi starts to drag on, he gets increasingly more desperate and frustrated over being unable to beat the mighty Captain. He hates being spared by an opponent, viewing it as the biggest disrespect to a warrior.
* {{Jerkass}}: Abrasive, vulgar, and misogynistic, he admits he loathes women holding higher ranks than himself, and displays no respect for Harribel now or Nel in the past as a result. His enmity with Nel extended to their incompatible battle philosophies. His botched attempt to murder her and her Fracción led to their de-powering and exile. Even the emotionless Ulquiorra recoils in disgust when Nnoitra implies the captive Orihime should be raped. When later restraining her, Nnoitra shoves two fingers into her mouth, a gesture associated with Japanese porn that the anime changes into a more [[LighterAndSofter chaste gagging]] scene. Naturally, ''nobody'' likes him, save for his subordinate Tesra; of course, Nnoitra is a ''dick'' to him too, even though he does cares for Tesra's well-being.
* KickTheDog: He ''loves'' doing this.
** He goes out of his way to restrain Orihime and force her to watch as Tesra tortures an already battered Ichigo for seemingly no other reason than for his own amusement.
** In a flashback, he ruthlessly rips off Nelliel's Fracción' masks out of spite to force Nel to fight him by "[[ThisIsUnforgivable giving her a reason]]".
** He deliberately attacks Grimmjow when the latter was half dead from fighting Ichigo and tries to kill him despite Grimmjow himself never having done anything to him. The fact he did so was likely because he just wanted to make Grimmjow suffer even more over his loss to Ichigo.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: He attacks both Grimmjow and Ichigo after their battle when neither of them are in any condition to fight back. He then goes on to essentially torture Ichigo as the the Soul Reaper desperately tries to defend himself [[ForcedToWatch and he makes Orihime watch.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: Is utterly devoid of any compassion or respect for anyone but himself [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes and Tesra]]. This is reflecting on his fighting style, having no code of honor or willingness to acknowledge anyone as a worthy foe.
* TheLawOfDiminishingDefensiveEffort: When he fights an exhausted Ichigo, he realizes that he can simply grab Tensa Zangetsu and muses that he wasted energy evading it beforehand. He's visibly shocked when Nelliel easily cuts him. Kenpachi starts out doing no better than Ichigo, leading Nnoitra to repeatedly boast that Kenpachi's blade will never cut him, but takes evasive action when he gets pinned down and nearly stabbed in the face. When Kenpachi lampshades this trope by pointing out that obviously he must have seen some danger, Nnoitra brushes off his evasion as something that any trained warrior would naturally do.
* LeanAndMean: Nnoitra is a misogynistic, battle-obsessed sadist who is among the most-unpleasant of the Espada, and has an [[NoodlePeople incredibly stringy physique]] (though his torso is still muscular). Ichigo is astonished at the [[MusclesAreMeaningless force of his Zanpakutō swing despite his lanky arms]].
* ManiacTongue: His tongue is strangely long, and he often sticks it out to either display his rank tattooed on it or to fire Ceros from the tip, giving him an even more psychotic appearance.
* MightyGlacier: Nnoitra is not a very fast fighter and rarely uses Sonído during a fight. But his attacks are powerful and his Hierro is top-notch.
* MoralMyopia: He decides that Chad is NotWorthKilling, claiming that nobody will think better of him for killing weaklings. Later, Nnoitra is shown to have a massive inferiority complex and hates it when people show him mercy because they think he's too weak and he claims he'll cut anyone down, whether they can fight back or not.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: In Resurección, he can fight with up to six arms, each one holding a weapon. He can also manifest as many as he wants at any one time, allowing him to attack with four and then reveal the remaining two at the worst possible moment.
* NextTierPowerUp: Nnoitra's appearance during his feud with Nelliel is different from his appearance during the Espada arc, implying that he was upgraded by Aizen using the Hōgyoku.
* NoSell: Chad's best attack doesn't budge him (despite immediately previous [=TKOing=] a Privaron Espada), and an exhausted Ichigo's blade harmlessly bounces off his skin.
* NonstandardCharacterDesign: His eyes are thinner than every single major character's so far, and the [[TombstoneTeeth large upper teeth]]. (Rather like Shinji's, oddly enough.)
* NoodlePeople: He's extremely tall -- being more than two meters tall --, thin and lanky. Ichigo lampshades it when he notes that Nnoitra is surprisingly strong despite his lanky body.
* NotWorthKilling: Spares Chad's life after defeating him, explaining to Tesra that he's not going to waste energy finishing off someone who's as good as dead already. [[{{Hypocrite}} He hates it when his opponents show this attitude towards him, on the other hand]].
* OrganDodge: Kenpachi tries to stab him through his head and into his brain. Luckily for Nnoitra, Kenny stabbed him through his EyepatchOfPower, which actually hides his Hollow hole, so he hits nothing but air and Nnoitra uses this opportunity to stab Kenpachi through the chest with his hand.
* PetTheDog: He cares enough for his Fracción Tesra to warn him to get away from Kenpachi after sensing the latter's power. The databooks confirm that Tesra is Nnoitra's "confidant", and that Nnoitra experiences "shaken grief" when Tesra is cut down.
* RuleOfSymbolism: [[AllThereInTheManual According to the databook]], Nnoitra is symbolic of an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asura "Asura" from Buddhist theology]]. An Asura is essentially a deity that has become addicted to anger, violence, sadism, and envy and is utterly incapable of solving any conflict with anything less than violence and death. They are also egotistical to a fault, and feel a compulsion to look down upon others.
* SirSwearsALot: '''''Holy hell''''', is he ever. Nnoitra easily stands out as one of the most foul-mouthed characters of the manga.
* SevenDeadlySins: According to a Kubo Tite interview, some of the Espada were modeled after the Seven Deadly Sins. Considering Nnoitra's history with Nel and with his general desire to be stronger than anyone else, his sin is probably Envy.
* SlasherSmile: As a BloodKnight, he lives for battle... and hopes to die that way, too. Anything that involves or leads to violence and bloodshed is something that makes him grin.
* SlayingMantis: While he does have Asura symbolism going on, animal-wise Nnoitra is heavily associated with mantises, with his Zanpakutō "Santa Teresa" meaning "Praying Mantis" in Spanish and his Resurrección being a multi-limbed being with {{Sinister Scythe}}s evocative of a mantis's forelegs.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Despite being the Quinto Espada, ranked below four (five if one includes Yammy's 0 Espada ranking), he claims to be the strongest Espada due [[MadeOfIron his hardened skin that's more durable than most Arrancar]]. [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex A large part of it plays in how he deals with his crippling insecurities about his weakness and a putting a front to disguise it]]
* TheSociopath: Nnoitra believes that Hollows are damned souls who shouldn't bother with things like "redemption" or trying to better themselves, and thus he sees nothing wrong with trying to kill anyone and everyone in his path as he seeks to become either the strongest around or gets killed in battle by someone stronger, both of which he longs for. He loathes Nel because she pitied him, and attempted to kill her and her Fracción to achieve a higher rank in the Espada. He savagely attacks Ichigo, breaking his arm, and forces Orihime to watch Tesra give a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Ichigo, taking sadistic glee in their anguish. Even Ulquiorra, who is incapable of feeling emotions is disgusted with him when Nnoitra displays lecherous intent towards Orihime. The only person he's ever shown a ''smidgen'' of care for is his Fracción Tesra.
* SoreLoser: ''Easily'' one of the worst in the series. As his entire motivation against Nel was because he could never beat her, and with her constantly belittling him, made him obsessed with beating her one day, even if he had to resort to cheating to get some payback on her.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Even after it's been confirmed that his name is "Nnoitra", a lot of people still call him "Noitora." {{Creator/VizMedia}} calls him "Nnoitora". He's actually named after Richard '''Neutra''', a famous architect. In the dub, it's pronounced 'Noitora.'
* SuperToughness: Even by the standards of the Arrancar, Nnoitra's Hierro was considered exceptional. His skin is durable enough that his hand only produces sparks by grabbing hold of Ichigo's Tensa Zangetsu, and takes multiple hits from Kenpachi's blade with no visible damage, until Kenpachi finally gets used to the toughness of his skin.
* TombstoneTeeth: The current page image. Nnoitra has a mouth full of uniformly rectangular teeth, and unless he's speaking it's impossible to tell where his upper jaw's teeth end and his lower jaw's teeth begin. This serves to accentuate his creepiness, as he's usually baring them in a SlasherSmile.
* TookALevelInBadass: He was previously the 8th Espada at some point in the past, but managed to claw his way up to 5th, and given the tough-ass time he gave Kenpachi, he seems to have earned it. Nelliel was once so strong she could beat him down, without taking in a scratch, as Nnoitra is bloodied up. When they meet in the current timeline, Nnoitra is an even match for Nelliel, as none of her attacks did any significant damage to him. Nnoitra is also a recognition that the Espada have improved greatly since Nelliel's expulsion.
* TorsoWithAView: His Hollow hole is in his head, in place of one of his eyes. It's normally covered by his eyepatch, so when Kenpachi stabs him through it expecting an instant kill, it simply passes harmlessly through his head.
* TragicVillain: Nnoitra is a horrible person and an absolute {{Jerkass}}, there's no denying it. However, there's a smidgen of sympathy regarding his character: For all of his bravado and assholish personality, Nnoitra is ultimately just a DeathSeeker with a huge InferioritySuperiorityComplex who evolved in the likes of [[CrapsackWorld Hueco Mundo]], leading him to see himself and his species BeyondRedemption. The aforementioned complex was even more aggravated by Nelliel's constant CondescendingCompassion, consistently belittling him, disrespecting him, refusing to even see him as a fellow warrior, which ultimately pushed his RageBreakingPoint.
* VariableLengthChain: The chain attached to the hilt of his weapon can grow and shrink in length, which he puts to use by extending it long enough to swing his Zanpakutō around like a flail.
* VictoryByEndurance: Nnoitra uses this against Ichigo. After Ichigo defeats Grimmjow and apparently rescued Orihime, Nnoitra announces his presence by one-shoting the exhausted Grimmjow before thrashing the equally exhausted Ichigo. In Nnoitra's case, this was triply assholish because Ichigo, Grimmjow and Orihime were all equally fair game in his eyes.
* VillainousBreakdown: Kenpachi's clear enjoyment of what appears to Nnoitra to be a losing battle starts to strongly unnerve Nnoitra. As Kenpachi continues to laugh and enjoy himself, Nnoitra descends into raving and swearing at him. Eventually, this psychological edge causes Nnoitra to be too shaken to think to defend himself when Kenpachi finally goes for a killing strike, crippling him in one blow.
* WorthyOpponent: He begrudgingly considers Nelliel this. After he and Szayelaporro conspired to throw her out of Las Noches, Nnoitra laments that the one thing he'll miss about her is the fact their blades will never cross again.
* WouldHurtAChild: As noted above, he has ''zero'' qualms about brutalizing Nel in her child form. He also attempts to go after Yachiru when it looks like he's killed Zaraki. Fortunately for Yachiru and ''un''fortunately for Nnoitra, Zaraki isn't going to go down that easily.
-->'''Yachiru:''' "You should watch out! Ken-chan'll get mad if you start attacking me!"
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[[folder:(#6) Sexta Espada - Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez]]
!!Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez
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[[labelnote:Thousand-Year Blood War appearance]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bbs_grimmjow_tybw.png[[/labelnote]]]]
[-''"They're all cowards, every damn one of them. Whatever. I'll just consume them. As they become my flesh and blood, they will see beyond. I... I am the king!"''-]
->'''Species:''' Menos / Arrancar (Adjuchas / Vasto Lorde)
->'''Zanpakuto:''' Pantera
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunichiSuwabe (JP), Creator/DavidVincent (EN), Creator/EdsonMatus (Latin-American Spanish)
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Arrancar 12 and the sixth Espada. He views himself as a king and is angered when he feels that anyone is failing to give him the respect he deserves. Despite his violence and instability, he does have a personal code of honor and fair play. He is despised by Tosen for his disrespect and vicious behavior. He defines the death aspect of 'Destruction'. His number tattoo is on the right side of his back, and his Hollow hole is in his abdomen.

His Zanpakuto is '''''Pantera''''', which transforms him into a cat-man hybrid that is capable of extreme speed. He can also create giant energy claws and howl loudly enough to cause shock waves.

[[Characters/BleachGrimmjowJaegerjaquez Has his own page]]
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[[folder:(#7) Septima Espada - Zommari Rureaux]]
!!Zommari Rureaux
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[-''"Everything is 'governed' by its rightful master. Subordinates act under the orders of their superiors. The masses live under the rule of their king. The clouds move according to the will of the wind. The moonlight is ruled by the light of the sun."''-]
->'''Species:''' Arrancar
->'''Zanpakuto:''' Brujeria
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaitenKusunoki (JP), Creator/NeilKaplan (EN), Arturo Casanova (Latin-American Spanish)
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The 7th of the Espada members. He claims to be the fastest of the Espada, fast enough to temporarily create clones of himself to confuse and trap the enemy. He's usually very calm and contemplative, but he harbors a deep hatred for Soul Reapers for killing Hollows. He defines the death aspect of 'Intoxication'. The location of his number tattoo is unknown, and his Hollow hole is in his right nipple.

His Zanpakuto is '''''Brujeria''''', and it transforms his lower body into something similar to that of a sea urchin with 50 eyes covering his body. Each of these eyes are capable of "tagging" targets and telekinetically controlling said targets. If the eyes are incapacitated, he can open 8 more on his forehead.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The Unmasked Data book reveals that he used to be a king, without further elaborating on it.
* AmbiguousSituation: An interview to promote the final arc revealed which Espada will return. Grimmjow, Nel and Harribel were stated to return, as they had survived the events of the Arrancar Saga. Notably Starrk, Nnoitra and Zommari were given a small chance to return, while the other Espada were given zero, With the final arc being cut short it remains unknown what the significance of said distinction was. Starrk, Nnoitra, Zommari, Szayelaporro, and Aaroniero were killed by a Zanpakuto (Barragan died by his own powers, Yammy of blood loss, and Ulquiorra was fatally injured by a Cero), which would mean that they were either cleansed and ended up in Soul Society or ended up in Hell.
* AnimalMotifs: His Resurrección resembles a sea urchin in design, specifically the lower part. [[ShownTheirWork This doubles as brilliance as sea urchins were often used in witchcraft in Denmark and Southern England. Which prominently feature in the Evil Eye aspect of sorcery of which Zommari utilizes.]]
* AntagonistAbilities: Zommari's abilities are designed to turn everything around him into a weapon, including his opponents' own limbs. [[PeoplePuppets Further, if he manages to mark your head, he can directly control you and force you to either commit suicide or attack your own allies.]]
* BaldOfEvil: He doesn't have a speck of hair on his head, instead having his mask remnants in the form of spikes.
* BoomerangBigot: Despite his loathing of Soul Reapers, made very adamantly clear in his defeat, he himself follows Aizen, a Soul Reaper devoutly and being an Arrancar, a Hollow with Soul Reaper powers on top of it.
* BreakTheHaughty: Tried to perform one on Byakuya by using his ability to in his words, "take his hubris and pulverize it" through the use of his Resurreccion. However, when Byakuya manages to shut down each of his abilities with ease once he turns the tables, Zommari is the one getting his pride shattered, [[VillainousBreakdown leading to his own death as he dies an incoherent mess]].
* ClippedWingAngel: Zommari's Resurrección grants him a useful and powerful mind control ability. However, its shape (which replaces his legs with a pink, pumpkin-like bulb) seems to have deprived him of his speed, as once Byakuya learned that he could block Zommari's ability with Kido, the Espada did little to move or attempt to dodge the Soul Reaper's attacks.
* DoppelgangerSpin: Has the ability to move so quickly he can create clones of himself. These clones are capable of attacking but only last a short time.
* DrunkWithPower: His aspect of death is "intoxication". After releasing, he shows a great deal of arrogance and condescension towards his opponent and has a villainous breakdown when he realizes he's really not that great.
* EvilCounterpart: To Byakuya, sort of. They are both [[TheStoic stoic]] yet NotSoStoic underneath, both of their special abilities involve speed and Kido-based abilities. The difference lies in the 'passion' part of their natures. Zommari represented intoxication and therefore had never learned to reign in excess. Byakuya, however, had learned a long time ago to discipline the excesses within his own personality.
* ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy: Explaining the nature of his Resurrección to Byakuya was what enabled the Soul Reaper to pinpoint the weak spots in his technique and kill him.
* ExtraEyes: He has 48 eyes on his release form's body in addition to his two normal eyes, and eight more open up on his forehead in the last part of the fight.
* FantasticRacism: Zommari holds a very high amount of disdain towards Soul Reapers for killing Hollows. He accuses Soul Reapers of acting superior, and states that Hollows are just acting on their instincts for self-preservation and that Soul Reapers are under no authority to kill Hollows.
* FauxAffablyEvil: For the first half of the fight, he's respectful towards the Captain and is very polite, even though he also simultaneously belittles him. This politeness hides a hypocritical loathing towards Soul Reapers as he despises them for killing Hollows for being what they are.
* GratuitousJapanese: His BANZAI! AIZEN-SAMA!!! was more or less left untranslated in the English dub, apart from replacing "[[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics Aizen-sama]]" with "Lord Aizen".
* {{Hypocrite}}: In spite of his loathing of Soul Reapers for killing Hollows, he's devoutly worships Sōsuke Aizen, a Soul Reaper.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: Pulled this several times during his fight with Byakuya, which include the fact that he can do up to five speed clones, his lower half acting as a last resort defense and his reveal of eight more eyes in his forehead to launch another attack. However, none of these attacks have any long term advantage over Byakuya.
* InVinoVeritas: He represents intoxication and is quite DrunkWithPower but nonetheless, the things he speaks are the truth. While at first ignored by both Byakuya and the audience it is revealed that Zommari's accusation that the Shinigami have no right to kill Hollows is true. They never had and it was the task of the Quincy. The Shinigami took it from them a million years ago.
* LargeHam: While normally a ColdHam, Zommari in his VillainousBreakdown goes entirely hammy, especially in his death thralls when he goes on an insane rant about his worship of Aizen.
* LightningBruiser: Self-proclaimed fastest Espada, capable of creating tangible afterimages, and strong enough to fight evenly with a Captain for an extended period. Even when Byakuya unleashes Gokei: Senbonzakura Kageyoshi, Zommari survives that attack.
* LogicalWeakness: His eyes can control anything they look at. Thing--''singular''. If there are more threats than he has eyes, then he can't do a thing about them all.
* MarionetteMaster: His release ability ''Amor'' allows him to control [[PeoplePuppets anyone]] he looks at.
* MoralMyopia: He hates Soul Reapers for killing Hollows simply because Hollows eat Human Souls, and he rants about how Soul Reapers have no God given right to hunt them. It never occurs to him that, by his logic, Hollows have no right to prey on Humans either.
* NeckSnap: During his sword release, he twists his head 90 degrees to the right.
* OutOfFocus: All the other Espada get some amount of focus in terms of their pasts, relationships with other characters, or some amount of depth to them. Zommari is the sole exception, largely only appearing to fight Byakuya, and is given the least amount of focus of the Espada. Even in supplementary material he is given barely any further characterization.
* {{Pride}}: Inevitable as he serves as an EvilCounterpart for Byakuya. Seriously, almost all the talk during their fight is about "''Which one of us is the most prideful, therefore the most despicable?''".
* ScaryBlackMan: Noticeably dark skin and is also one of Aizen's most powerful subordinates who can turn people into PeoplePuppets against their will, up to and including forcing them to commit suicide.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Byakuya easily proved Zommari was this. The self-proclaimed fastest Espada was no match for a Soul Reaper who was functioning with only one arm and one leg and for all his strength, in the end he was defeated through Kido and a sealed Zanpakuto. As Byakuya said, "You make the title 'fastest Espada' weep".
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: When he arrives at the aftermath of the battle where Aaroniero and Rukia fought, he criticizes the dead Aaroniero for being weak and careless and not assuring that he really killed his opponent, though he does lament the loss of the final member of the original generation's Espada.
* SycophanticServant: He's a devout worshiper to Sōsuke Aizen, seeing him as a savior figure. This its especially prominent in his last words before he died.
* ThisCannotBe: When Byakuya showed he could easily counteract his ability twice. He didn't actually say it out loud, but his facial expression left no doubt about it. Much more blatant in the anime though.
* TorsoWithAView: His Hollow hole is over his right nipple [[AllThereInTheManual according to the databook]].
* VillainousBreakdown: Once Byakuya figures out how to counter his ''Amor'', Zommari's sense of cool goes out the window and he continues using his ''Amor'' over and over again despite it clearly not working, hysterically demanding that Byakuya accept his "love". After Byakuya has him dead to rights, Zommari begins raving about the arrogance of Soul Reapers like Byakuya hunting Hollows, until the captain finally silences him for good.
* UndignifiedDeath: Initial impressions of him when he was first revealed were that he seemed like a composed sort. Fast-forward to his death where he's pathetically cheering for Aizen while Byakuya obliterates him with Senbonzakura.
* WeHardlyKnewYou: He's fight with Byakuya was one of the (if not '''the''') shortest fights of Espada and even [[AllThereInTheManual in The Unmasked Data book]] the only thing revealed about him is that he was once a king.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Complains about this to Byakuya -- he even made a few good points. Unfortunately, he made them while trying to kill Byakuya's beloved younger sister when she was unconscious and defenseless. This, of course, made [[ItsPersonal it personal]], so Zommari got killed anyway.
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[[folder:(#8) Octava Espada - Szayelaporro Granz]]
!!Szayelaporro Granz
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[-''"Eternally repeating that cycle of death and rebirth, an existence such as this... truly, mine is what may be called a 'perfect existence'!"''-]
->'''Species:''' Menos / Arrancar (Vasto Lorde / Adjuchas)
->'''Zanpakuto:''' Fornicaras
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KosukeToriumi (JP), Creator/BenDiskin (EN), Javier Olguín (Latin-American Spanish)
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Szayelaporro is the 8th Espada and head of research development in Hueco Mundo. He is pretty much a lot like Mayuri: prepared for anything, has little to no feelings for other beings, and is a complete mad scientist. He also considers himself a perfect being with his powers. Everything he does is...well, nasty. He defines the death aspect of 'Madness'. The location of his number tattoo is on his left eyeball, and his Hollow hole is in his penis.


His Zanpakuto is '''''Fornicaras''''' and yes, it does mean [[BilingualBonus "you will fornicate"]] in Spanish. It gives him a parasitic worm motif with various and deadly abilities, including something eerily similar to voodoo.
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* AgentPeacock: Szayelaporro will [[TheDandy stop a fight]] just so he can change into a less torn set of clothing and whose entire theme is full of sexual innuendo. As an Espada, he can take on Shinigami captains and he's a leader of Hollows, although he tends to cultivate followers solely to eat them when he needs to power up.
* AllThereInTheManual: The novel ''Spirits are forever with you'' reveals his past as human, the relationship with his brother Yylfordt, how he became a Hollow and how he got demoted from the Espada before climbing up the ranks again.
* AndIMustScream: Due to a drug he accidentally injests, his perceptions are sped up to the point that the few seconds it takes for Mayuri to ''very'' slowly kill him seem like they took thousands of years. Thousands of years of simply staring at a sword and waiting for it to stab him. By the end of it, he is ''begging'' to hurry up and die.
* AnimalMotifs: His Resurrección is related to parasitic worms, emphasized by his ability to take over the body of anything that devours him in this state. The tentacles he gains also make him resemble a [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth butterfly]], and he describes himself as a phoenix, an immortal bird that is reborn every time it dies.
* AntagonistAbilities: With [[CrazyPrepared preparation time]] and [[SinisterSurveillance advance analysis]] of future opponents, Szayelaporro can [[PowerNullifier nullify]] any of his opponent's powers. He can use his wings to create {{Voodoo Doll}}s that mimic his opponents [[PowerDuplication powers]] and fight on his behalf - if he crushes those dolls, the real opponent will take the equivalent damage and if the opponents crush the dolls, [[HydraProblem more dolls]] will appear. He can even take [[MarionetteMaster control]] of anything that eats him and [[FromASingleCell resurrect]] himself by allowing him to [[BodySnatcher burrow]] into an opponent and consume them from the inside out.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Given enough time to properly analyze his opponents' reiatsu, he can easily NoSell anything that they throw at him. He tells Pesche and Dondochakka that their CombinationAttack failed simply because they didn't use it sooner.
* AxCrazy: He's normally calm and collected, though mocking. However, he defines the aspect of Madness, and it shows: He is completely unhinged. While he is not as kill-happy as Yammy or Grimmjow, he more than makes up for it with his wanton sadism and the sheer joy he takes in inflicting pain on his enemies. When he tortures Uryu and Renji, he laughs maniacally like he is having the time of his life. He also specifically designed his Fraccion so that he can heal his injuries by feeding on them.
* BadassBoast: Szayelaporro brags at length about how he's perfect and how Mayuri can never win...right before Mayuri's superhuman drug takes effect, incapacitating the Arrancar and allows Mayuri to win. His boast merely pissed Mayuri off as well.
* BadBoss: Easily the worst one among the Espada. Szayelaporro sees his Fraccion as expendable and is more than happy to casually kill them if they get in his way. He also modified their bodies so that he can use them to heal himself should he be injured in battle... by eating them alive. He shows this by savagely devouring one of his Fraccion, which horrifies the other. He then yells at the wailing Fraccion to shut up.
* BodyHorror: When he returns from Hell, his left arm is shown to be skeletal and perpetually burning, plus pus spontaneously leaks out of his temples to form a pair of horns.
* BodySnatcher: Fitting his parasitic worm motif, if he is eaten while in Resurrección, he will take over his devourer's nervous system, enabling him to control their bodies. He pulls this on Mayuri's Bankai after being devoured by it and reviving with Nemu's body [[HoistByHisOwnPetard to kill the Captain with his own weapon]], but Mayuri reveals he, ready even to face an enemy that might somehow use his Bankai against him, booby-trapped his own Bankai with an on-demand self-destruct.
* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler:Having been sent to Hell after being killed, Szayelaporro returns as a Sinner in the "New Breaths From Hell" one-shot, seeking revenge against Renji, Uryu, and Mayuri. Even worse, he's a Jailer of Hell -- granting him a degree of clairvoyance and the ability to control the chains of Hell. He easily overwhelms Renji and puts up a good fight against Ichigo, but after the recently-damned Ukitake intercedes he decides to return to Hell rather than finish them off]].
* CampStraight: With his pink hair and exceedingly feminine-sounding voice, Szayelaporro also displays rather suspect mannerisms, such as commenting on his opponents' attractiveness, and should his clothes be damaged, he'll stop the fight to change. However, despite his stereotypically flamboyant mannerisms and appearance, he is disturbed when he thinks Renji's actions could be considered flirtation.
%% * CardCarryingVillain: His image poem says it all. "Tell me I'm the thing you hate the most."
* ChainPain: [[spoiler:As a Jailer of Hell, he can utilize the chains of Hell as offensive tools. He can control a large amount to act as CombatTentacles aswell as swing one around for personal defense.]]
* ColdBloodedTorture: One of Szayelaporro's powers in his Resurrección enables him to create [[VoodooDoll doll-like copies]] of his enemies, which he can damage to inflict pain and injury. He uses this ability on Ishida and Renji to slowly torture them by rupturing their organs one by one.
* ClothingDamage: After receiving damage from Ishida's Sprenger, Szayalaporro is left half-naked. After recovering from his wounds by eating a Fracción, he interrupts the battle to change to new clothes. Although, he also uses this opportunity to re-analyze his opponents' reiatsu in secret, allowing him to avoid Pesche and Dondochakka's Cero Sincrético later.
* CrazyPrepared: Szayelaporro prepares contingency plans and comes up with ways to counteract his enemies on-the-fly, and even if he is defeated has a number of ways to recover and keep fighting.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Apparently he was simply stabbed in the chest. What makes it cruel and unusual is that [[AndIMustScream he experienced it (and the subsequent pain) like it lasted centuries or even millennia]].
--> "It's been so long. How many years, how many decades have come and gone since he... No, wait. It's been longer than that! It's been centuries! I know this much: an immense amount of time has passed. How long will it take? When will this sword go ahead and pierce my heart? This waiting is unbearable! Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, ''hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry!'' '''''HURRY UP AND KILL ME!!!'''''"
* DarkerAndEdgier: He goes from being an AgentPeacock with a pronounced creep factor to a more outwardly menacing figure during his time in Hell. His hair is longer and lank, he's missing an eye, one of his arms has been burnt to the bone and his immaculate attire has been replaced with rags.
* DeathByIrony:
** Effortlessly trashes Renji because he was using Yylfort to spy on him and knew how to counter all of Renji's techniques. Then gets taken apart by Mayuri because he did the same thing to him using Ishida.
** Szayelapporo would find himself on the receiving end of this as well. His motif is "Madness" and Mayuri beat him by infecting Szayelapporro with an experimental drug that would cause him to feel as if time is passing by at a frustratingly slow pace. By the time Mayuri decided to deliver the killing stroke, Szayelapporro was already mentally broken.
* DubNameChange: Apparently "Fornicaras" was too risque by Creator/AdultSwim's standards, so in the TV broadcast they changed it to "La Lujuriosa" ("the lustful"). In the Italian manga the command "sip" (sorseggia) was changed to "succhia" (Suck), with everything that implies...
* EvilCounterpart: He is essentially the Espada version of Mayuri Kurotsuchi. While both are truly awful people, Mayuri comes across as being ''slightly'' better in that he does the terrible things he does ForScience. Szayelaporro, on the other hand believes that he's already perfect and does the things he does for pure sadism. Mayuri is disgusted with Szayelaporro's arrogant view that he is perfect and gives a scathing TheReasonYouSuckSpeech while killing him in a horrific, though very much deserved, manner.
* EvilGenius: Szayelaporro is completely insane and twisted but is not much of a physical fighter. However, he makes up for his lack of fighting ability with his genius level intellect that rivals Mayuri's brilliance. He can design advanced traps around Las Noches, and can analyze the powers and abillities of his enemies, and can develop means to nullify them to make himself immune.
* EvilIsHammy: Szayelaporro sees himself as something of an actor. He treats his battle with Uryu and Renji as a theater play, and has a very bombastic and flamboyant way of speaking. He even takes the time to briefly halt his fight to change clothes, almost like a play rehearsal.
* EvilKnockoff: One of his Resurrección powers unleashes dark liquid upon his enemies, and creates clones of them when they make physical contact with as little as a droplet of that liquid. As an added quirk, he sometimes modifies the clones' appearance to suit his personal "sense of aesthetics".
* EvilutionaryBiologist: Szayelaporro is an utterly insane MadScientist who is obsessed with reaching perfection, performing all sorts of grotesque and sadistic experiments in his pursuit of it. His Gabriel ability lets him rebirth himself by implanting a part of himself in another person. He then devours the fluids of the victim and sprouts out of their body which has been reduced to an emaciated husk. It's because of this ability, that he believes that he is "perfect". His belief that he has obtained godlike perfection through his Resurrección sets him apart from his fellow sadistic mad scientist Mayuri, who spits on the notion of perfection and kills him for slandering science.
* EyeScream: Szayaelapporo's left eye is replaced with a black pit when he emerges from Hell.
%% * FanDisservice: A lot of his abilities and comments have a creepy sexual slant to them with occasional rape overtones.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Szayelaporro usually projects a calm and polite demeanor. But do '''not''' be fooled. Beneath that facade, Szaeylaporro is an arrogant, depraved, ruthless, and sadistic monster of a MadScientist with a hunger for reaching perfection.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He is a sadistic MadScientist whose mask remnants resemble eyeglasses.
* GagPenis: The Beyond Resurrección in Brave Souls places the Hogyoku in the Espada's Hollow hole. Since his Hollow hole is in his glans, it's apparent what that long black tendril from between his legs housing the Hogyoku must be...
* GeekPhysiques: During the early stages of his fight with Ishida and Renji, his clothing is so badly damaged by Ishida's Sprenger explosion that his entire torso is exposed revealing how thin his body is. However, unlike other thin characters, such as Ishida, Nnoitra or even Ichigo, there is no muscle definition to his form and every clear shot of his body heavily emphasises the shape and position of his ribs. While other thin characters are muscled or well-toned, Szayelaporro simply looks emaciated. Unlike most other Espada, he doesn't fight physically. He takes the time to research his potential opponents in advance so that, by the time he's confronting them, he's figured out how to negate their abilities; for him, battle is a scientific puzzle to be solved through the power of intellect. When physical fighting is required, he can create copycat dolls of his opponents, forcing his opponents to fight the dolls instead of him.
* HateSink: Even among the Espada, Szayelapporo is by far the most detestable bastard of them all, possibly even more so than [[JerkAss Nnoitra]]. He's an {{AxCrazy}} {{Mad Scientist}} [[BadBoss who treats his own Fraccion like crap]], [[TheSociopath views people as research materials and has no qualms on murdering and experimenting on them]], and a sadistic and arrogant bastard who enjoys hurting others. His past doesn't help as well, as it's revealed that when he was human, he was behind torturing and murdering many people through horrible and unethical experiments. His actions almost makes ''[[MadScientist Mayuri Kurotsuchi]]'' look like a complete angel.
* HollywoodVoodoo: He creates dolls of his opponents by temporarily absorbing them into his "wings". These dolls contain pills that represent each of the victim's internal organs and bear their names in Spanish. Destroying any of these pills does the same to its associated organ.
* HolyHalo: Subverted. When Szayelapporo is condemned to Hell, his Hollow hole separates from his body and forms a ring behind him, akin to a halo.
* HornedHumanoid: In addition to his not-so-HolyHalo, Szayelapporo can sprout a pair of devilish horns.
* HypocriticalHumour: Despite being laden with innuendo and having a Zanpakuto whose name means "fornicate", he is creeped out by Pesche taking out his Zanpakuto from his loincloth.
-->"Just what are you pulling out of there?!"
* ImmortalitySeeker: Szayelaporro is obsessed with obtaining what he sees as perfection, complete immortality, and sacrificed a significant amount of his power in order to be able to perfect his "Gabriel" ability. Upon activating it to fight Mayuri he gives a big speech about how he is "perfect", "immaculate", and "immortal", but Mayuri proves him wrong.
* ImpromptuTracheotomy: Gets hit by Seele Schinder in the neck. In the anime, the attack instead landed in his chest.
* IntimateMarks:
** He's one of the few Espada whose Hollow Hole and Espada Tattoo are never shown. WordOfGod is that they're on his ''genitalia''.
** [[spoiler:This is no longer the case after becoming a Sinner, his Hollow hole now manifesting as a very unholy HolyHalo instead. Additionally, the chain markings on his face resemble the number 8.]]
* KarmicDeath: From his perspective, it took centuries or millennia for Mayuri's leisurely sword strike to finally reach his chest, at which point he was even more insane with sheer boredom and begging for death inside his mind.
* KnightOfCerebus: Is far more depraved compared to the rest of his comrades and he wastes no time showing how much of an awful person he is.
%% * LargeHam: Especially during his [[HamToHamCombat fight with]] Mayuri.
* LaughablyEvil: In much the same vein as his counterpart, Mayuri, a good amount of Szayelaporro's screentime crosses over into morbid, vaguely uncomfortable humor, mostly on account of his ridiculous, flamboyant hamminess. He's so absurd he even stops a battle ''so he can go change his outfit.''
* LifeDrinker: His Gabriel ability allows him to "impregnate" himself into a target after he's taken massive damage, at which point he absorbs all of the bodily fluids and nutrients of his victim, allowing him to fully regenerate his body.
* MadScientist: He's the scientist of Aizen's army of Arrancar, and has created all manner of strange inventions. He's also every bit as amoral as fellow mad scientist, Mayuri, if not more so. He represents the aspect of death known as "madness" and his Fracciones are specifically designed to heal his injuries by being eaten by him. In the battle between Szayelaporro and Mayuri, the fight ended up boiling down to which scientist was the most insane and the most capable of using that insanity in disturbingly creative ways. The winner, by a large margin, was Mayuri. According to Aaroniero in the prelude to ''The Hell Verse'', Szayalaporro isn't as strong without his laboratory.
* MonstrousCannibalism: Well, all Hollows eat humans, and many eat other Hollows before they're made into Arrancar, but Szayelaporro is the only Arrancar shown eating ''other'' Arrancars. Specifically, his own Fracciones are designed to act as powerful healing medicine when he eats them.
* MoralEventHorizon: InUniverse, he crossed the BlueAndOrangeMorality line for Mayuri by claiming to have achieved perfection, which offends Mayuri as a man of science. In Mayuri's words, a scientist is someone who seeks to constantly improve. So by saying that he was perfect, Szayelaporro was saying that he no longer needed to improve, and had thus lost the right to call himself a scientist.
* MythicalMotifs: He equates his Gabriel technique to the Phoenix, as he can turn death into a mere segment of his life cycle before creating a new body from someone else's Reishi.
* NerdGlasses: His mask fragments resemble glasses, befitting his GeekPhysique and status as the Espada's resident MadScientist. He even pushes them up, showing they're not strongly attached to his face.
* NotQuiteDead: In the promo for ''The Hell Verse'' movie, Szayelaporro and Aaroniero quite literally went to Hell together after their deaths in Hueco Mundo. They basically went from one form of dead to another. The novel plays with this idea by having a clone named Cien Granz return to attack Soul Society after getting a power-up.
* OutGambitted: Szayelaporro uses the rebirth power of his Resurrección to recreate himself inside Nemu, but in doing so is affected by a "Superhuman Drug" that was placed in Nemu's body beforehand by Mayuri, who then takes his sweet time explaining that the drug had just increased his senses to the point where his body falls grossly behind and cannot move, paralyzing him as seconds become centuries. This is what leads to his death.
* OverlyLongName: Szayelaporro has quite a lot of syllables (five) and it is never shortened despite how mouthful it is.
* PostMortemComeback: An ''incredibly'' [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown gruesome]] case. After getting devoured by Ashisogi Jizo, Szayelaporro reanimated himself within Nemu's intestines, after burrowing into her body via her navel. Her stomach ended up grossly enlarged, splitting her skin open and allowing him to be "reborn" through her mouth. The [[BodyHorror process]] left her an emaciated, shrivelled-up husk. It didn't work, ultimately, since he absorbed a sense-accelerating substance that was placed into Nemu beforehand by Mayuri, which led to his own CruelAndUnusualDeath.
* PsychoPink: Szayelaporro is a SissyVillain with pink hair. He is also an AxCrazy EvilGenius.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: A posthumous example. After Nemu sacrifices herself in a failed attempt to destroy Pernida, a hallucination of Szayelaporro mocks Mayuri over his grief. He calls Mayuri a hypocrite for being someone who hates perfection, yet he considered Nemu to be his perfect creation. Mayuri quickly gets over his grief upon hearing this.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: By the use of his Gabriel ability he can resurrect himself inside the body of his target, potentially killing them in the process.
* RetiredBadass: The ''Spirits are Forever With You'' light novel reveals that Szayelaporro used to be the original Espada Zero, but that -- dissatisfied with his current level of power -- he excised his brother's soul from within him, viewing it as the root of his imperfection. Devolving back to being an Adjuchas and losing his Espada rank in the process, Szayelaporro continued to develop and perfect his [[ResurrectiveImmortality Gabriel]] ability and was eventually re-accepted back into the Espada, but since he was not as powerful as he had once been he was only granted the eighth spot.
* {{Sadist}}: Szayelaporro takes a perverse glee in inflicting pain. When he was human, he was a deranged alchemist who greatly enjoyed performing grotesque experiments on prisoners that his brother abducted. During his battle with Uryu and Renji, he goes out of his way to torture them both in a needlessly cruel way; by using voodoo dolls to rupture their organs, not even bothering to kill them immediately.
* SevenDeadlySins: Kubo Tite revealed in the Masked interview that some of the Espada were modeled after the Seven Deadly Sins. His Resurrección, Fornicaras, which means "you will fornicate" in Spanish, along with his ability to "impregnate" an enemy with himself mark him as {{Lust}}.
* SinisterSurveillance: He has spy bugs placed on his brother, and in every section of his lair which he uses to learn all he can about Ishida and Renji.
* SissyVillain: Szayelaporro's slender physique and pink hair give him an almost effeminate appearance, and he is is very much concerned about his clothes and hair - briefly abandoning his fight with Ishida and Renji to change his uniform when it's damaged, and complaining that Gabriel messes up his hair.
* SmugSnake: He may be a bona fide EvilGenius, he also believes himself to be unsurpassable, an infallible intellect, and the ''perfect being'' because of his nightmarish methods of escaping from death. And his only fights prior to Mayuri are him attacking people he has already analyzed to put the advantage overwhelmingly in his favor. When he overestimates himself too much against Mayuri, however, his every technique is thwarted and he winds up dying horrifically ''because'' he tried to kill Nemu to save himself.
* TheSociopath: Just like Mayuri, Szayelaporro does not view the people around him as living beings, but as research material. He sees nothing wrong with turning his own Fraccion into edible food sources to heal his injuries, nor does he see anything wrong with sacrificing someone else in order to use his [[ResurrectiveImmortality Gabriel]] technique. When Renji assumes that he wants to avenge his brother Ylfordt, he laughs off the notion as to him, losing his brother would cause the same emotional reaction as to losing a box.
* TorsoWithAView: Subverted. Per WordOfGod his Hollow hole is located on the tip of his penis which, while commonly of significant sentimental value, is not ''vitally'' important.
* UltimateLifeForm: Claimed to be perfect, since he can come back to life after being killed and take over anything that eats him. This greatly angered Mayuri, who killed him in a truly sadistic manner, while giving him a scathing speech on why he is wrong.
* UnknownRival: When he returns from Hell and attacks Renji, he attacks Ichigo when he shows up and rants about how he's wanted to kill him for some time. Renji and Ishida apparently never told anyone about their fight, so Ichigo gets confused because he has no idea who Szayelaporro is.
* VillainousBreakdown: Starts out smug and confident in his superiority. When Mayuri starts messing with him, he throws a temper tantrum and starts swearing a lot. He's also breaking down shortly before his death, ''begging'' for Mayuri to hurry up, but then again from his perspective, he's been frozen in place with a sword slooooooooooowly piercing him for an ETERNITY by then.
* WasOnceAMan: The ''Spirits are Forever With You'' light novel reveals that when he was human he had been a sadistic alchemist who performed twisted experiments on prisoners captured by his older brother -- a bloodthirsty general; explaining why he was sent to Hell in the ''Hell Chapter'' tie-in. Killed by the vengeful Hollow manifested from the souls of those he had killed, the alchemist ate his own brother as well as the Hollow, becoming a Hollow himself. After becoming a Vasto Lorde he became Baraggan Louisenbairn's court alchemist, and upon Aizen's takeover he became the first Espada Zero.
* WeakButSkilled: He himself freely admits he lacks raw power despite being an Espada, even having average skill in swordsmanship in comparison to the others. He compensates with his intelligence and having numerous unique abilities.
* WeHaveReserves: He treats his Fracciónes and even his own brother as disposable. He has created his own Fracciónes himself, for the sole purpose to eat them to restore his body.
* TheWorfEffect: Very rare villainous version. He appears in the prelude of ''[[Anime/BleachHellVerse Hell Verse]]'' solely as a means of helping the audience gauge the power level of Hell's denizens.
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[[folder:(#9) Noveno Espada - Aaroniero Arruruerie]]
!!Aaroniero Arruruerie
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[-''"If it's about our faces, keep it to yourself. We got tired of hearing people's thoughts about them a very long time ago."''-]
->'''Species:''' Menos / Arrancar (Gillian)
->'''Zanpakuto:''' Glotoneria / Nejibana
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToshihikoSeki (JP), '''Kaien Shiba''': Dave Mallow, '''Deep-voiced Mask''': Creator/KeithSilverstein, '''High-voiced Mask''': Creator/WendeeLee (EN); '''Kaien Shiba''': Creator/JoseGilbertoVilchis, '''Deep-Voiced Mask''': Ricardo Brust, '''High-Voiced Mask''': Jahel Morga (Latin-American Spanish)

Aaroniero is the 9th and only Gillian Espada. Because of his nonhuman appearance, he usually wears a white mask with eight tiny holes over his head. He is prideful of his status as the last of the first-generation Espada, a position he has managed to maintain due to his potential for infinite growth by continuing to devour other Hollows even as an Arrancar. He defines the death aspect of 'Greed'. His number tattoo is on his heads, and his Hollow hole is in his left thigh.

His Zanpakuto is '''''Glotonería''''', which transforms him into an enormous octopus-like creature. In this form, he has all the abilities of every Hollow he has devoured at his disposal. He additionally wields Kaien's '''''Nejibana''''', a trident utilizing water-based attacks.
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* AxCrazy: Upon dropping his Kaien facade, he's positively gleeful at the idea of killing Rukia.
* AdaptationalDyeJob: In the manga, the monstrous bottom half of Glotonería upon Resurrección is yellow in the manga, but it's purple in the anime and most video games. In the anime adaptation of ''The Hell Verse'' teaser chapter, the anime corrected this by turning it back to yellow.
* AlliterativeName: '''A'''aroniero '''A'''rruruerie.
* AllYourPowersCombined: Aaroniero has the power to absorb and use the abilities and Reiatsu of every Hollow that he has ever eaten. Considering that he's eaten approximately 33,650 Hollows during his time in Hueco Mundo, this means he has access to ''a lot'' of different powers.
* AnimalMotifs: His Resurrección resembles an octopus, an animal known for its cannibalism.
%% * AntagonistAbilities: PowerDuplication, but only after eating a Hollow (or a Hollow that already assimilated someone else).
* BizarreAlienBiology: Aaroniero is one of the most bizarre Arrancars whose biology is very different from the others. In place of a normal head, he has a big jar with two skulls swimming inside, and instead of a normal left hand, it's a pair of tentacles with a tube made of flesh in the center, said "hand" being his Zanpakuto. When he activates his Resurrección, only his lower half transforms, but into some Lovecraftian-like octopus monster.
* BrainInAJar: His "head" under his mask consists of two skulls floating in a jar.
* CannibalismSuperpower: Unique among Hollows, he is able to assimilate the appearance and powers of anything he eats. This is a plot point, as he assimilated Kaien Shiba -- obtaining his appearance, memories and Soul Reaper powers -- by virtue of eating Metastacia.
* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: One of the heads have this, courtesy of sound editing, and Creator/MayumiYamaguchi and Creator/WendeeLee.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: He impersonates Kaien Shiba in order to trick and manipulate Rukia, and tries to convince her to kill herself to atone for Kaien's death.
%% * DeathByIrony: He's impaled by the girl he impaled moments before.
* DemonicPossession: Downplayed. Since he absorbed Metastacia, he's able to control the ''corpse'' of the last person Metastacia possessed.
* DubNameChange: The English dub pronounces his name as "Ah-ro-ni-e-ro". In Japanese, his name is pronounced "Ah-ro-nii-ro".
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He has all of Kaien's skills, memories, and mannerisms, making his impersonation quite convincing on the surface, but he quickly betrays himself by attacking Rukia and then asking her to murder her friends for him, which is painfully out of character for the man whose face he wears and tips Rukia off that she ''isn't'' dealing with her kindhearted former lieutenant.
* EvilIsHammy: Whenever he poses as Kaien Shiba, he tends to talk in a loud and bombastic manner.
* EvilLaugh: Lets one out, rather stupidly in retrospect, while holding Rukia on his trident over his head.
* FaceStealer: One of the applications of his primary power is that he can assume the shape of any Hollow he's eaten. By virtue of absorbing Metastacia, who had fused with Kaien, he's able to use Kaien's face in place of his real one.
* EvilSoundsDeep: The other head has a rather deep voice, also courtesy of sound editing, and Creator/RyuzaburoOtomo and Creator/KeithSilverstein.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He keeps his hammy, goofy Kaien Shiba facade even after Rukia figured out he isn't Kaien. However, when she reveals his true face, he drops the act and shows the LaughingMad AxCrazy madman he truly is.
* FreakinessShame: He masks the capsule containing his two heads, and tells Rukia that he's sick of people asking him about it.
* {{Greed}}: He's ''very'' proud of his ability to steal other peoples' powers and use them for his own purposes. In fact, his goal in life is to evolve into an UltimateLifeForm via endless evolution through being a PowerParasite.
* {{Hammerspace}}: His Zanpakuto takes the form of some pair of tentacles with a tube made of flesh in its center, yet when covered in a glove, it appears and functions like a normal hand.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: While being held in the air by Kaien's Nejibana, Rukia points her broken Zanpakuto at Aaroniero's face and uses Shirafune to restore her sword, stabbing Aaroniero through one of his skulls. She swung her sword down, breaking the rest of his jar and killing him.
* InformedAbility: According to him, he'd [[MegaManning absorbed the special abilities]] of no less than 33,650 other Hollows. Despite this, he never actually ''uses'' any powers other than Kaien's Zanpakuto and some CombatTentacles. Ulquiorra mentions a third, in passing, calling it synchronized recognition, which apparently let him transmit information between all the Arrancar.
* KeystoneSuperpower: Aaroniero Arruruerie has absorbed the power of 33,650 Hollows including Metastacia and, through it, the shinigami Kaien Shiba, Shikai, and all via his Hollow ability "Glotoneria". It allows him to absorb the powers and abilities of dead Hollows without limit, unlike other Hollows who can only absorb power (and not unique abilities) up to a certain limit.
* KickTheDog: Aaroniero is somewhat sadistic in that he enjoys toying with his opponents. When he encounters Rukia, he disguises himself as her mentor Kaien Shiba, whom Rukia had killed when he was possessed by a Hollow. Aaroniero tries to tell Rukia to kill her friends to make up for killing Kaien. This tips off Rukia that Aaroniero is not Kaien, as Kaien would never do something that cruel.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: His Zanpakuto takes on the form of a gaping maw with several tentacles surrounding it, which he somehow hides under his glove, and when released he transforms into a grotesque, bloated abomination composed of tentacles and mouths.
* MakingASplash: Due to having eaten Metastacia, who had fused with Kaien Shiba, he has access to Kaien's Nejibana, which can summon large torrents of water with every swing.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: His skulls both have rows of jagged teeth at their cheeks, while the octopus has faces on the side.
* MultipleHeadCase: Aaroniero has two small skulls inside his jar. The upper one has a very low-pitched voice and uses "ore", while the lower head has a very high-pitched voice and uses "boku". They rarely use plural pronouns to refer to themselves, and sometimes they talk in tandem. In the gag omake "Arrancar Encyclopedia", when Gin Ichimaru asks the two heads which one is "Aaro" and "Niero", they initally respond that the upper head is "Aaro" and the lower head is "Niero", only to immediately follow up that they are not a combination of two people. The two skulls also have different reactions to their own death. "Niero", the head is still intact, screams in pain and asks Aizen for help and doesn't want to accept his suffering. "Aaro", the head that got sliced in half, says calmly that he refuses to accept his fate.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Named after the Finnish Interior Designer Eero Aarnio.
* NotSoStoic: The head with the deep voice remains stoic for pretty much the entirety of his screentime when alive, but when Aaroniero appears in the promotional teaser chapter of ''The Hell Verse'' where he's in Hell, the head can't keep his temper at all when he talks to Szayelaporro or Shuren.
* OffstageVillainy: Along with Szayelaporro, Aaroniero is the only other Espada that literally went to Hell after death. Unlike [[MadScientist Szayelaporro]], not enough of him is shown before his death to clarify why he deserved that fate.
* PowerParasite: Absorbed Kaien Shiba and Metastacia into him, which allowed Aaroniero to use Metastacia's DemonicPossession and Zanpakuto destruction ability, along with the water from Nejibana's Zanpakuto power.
* PronounTrouble: Nobody ever refers to Aaroniero by a pronoun, making it ambiguous over whether Aaroniero is to be referred to as a "he" or as "they" (because of the two talking skulls). Most often, either head uses "I" when referring to themselves as a unit.
* SevenDeadlySins: He has two. Aaroniero's resurrección is called Glotonería, meaning "Gluttony". His "Aspect of Death" was confirmed to be {{Greed}}.
* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: He impersonates Kaien in order to manipulate Rukia, but she figures out he's not the real Kaien when he tells her he'll forgive her if she kills her comrades.
* TorsoWithAView: Aaroniero's Hollow hole in in his left thigh. Pretty important bone right there. Also a major artery. Of course, considering what his head and Zanpakuto look like, his body under his clothing probably isn't that humanoid compared to the other Arrrancar.
* UltimateLifeForm: Claimed to be one, since he gains the powers and memories of anything he eats, plus the powers and memories of anything they ate, giving him the potential for endless evolution.
* VillainousBreakdown: Once Rukia manages to stab through his jarhead, the top head just curses while the lower head screams about being betrayed by Aizen about never being in pain again.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: One head has a high-pitched voice and one very deep voice.
* WeakButSkilled: He's the only Espada who's a Gillian Arrancar and raw power-wise is the weakest of them all. It's even implied he's weaker than several of the Numeros and Privarons, especially given he's the only Espada who is defeated by someone who ''isn't'' at around Captain-level, but he's kept his rank due to [[AllYourPowersCombined possessing the powers of every Hollow he's eaten]] and his potential for infinite growth.
* WeakenedByTheLight: While sunlight hurts him, it ''does not'' make him helpless. It does cancel his shapeshifting ability, however.
* TheWorfEffect: Very rare villainous version. He appears in the prelude of ''[[Anime/BleachHellVerse Hell Verse]]'' solely as a means of helping the audience gauge the power level of Hell's denizens.
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[[folder:(#10) Diez & Cero Espada - Yammy Llargo]]
!!Yammy Llargo
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[-''"Piss me off more, and more, and more! The more you do, the more pathetic your final deaths will be!"''-]
->'''Species:''' Arrancar
->'''Zanpakuto:''' Ira
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenjiNomura (JP), Creator/PaulStPeter (EN), Nicolás Frías (Latin-American Spanish)
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Ranked 10 and Zero of the Espada, Yammy is clearly the largest of the group. He's extremely arrogant and loves to destroy things and murder everybody in his way, believing they're nothing but insects. He isn't the smartest though and usually has Ulquiorra explain things. In conjunction with this, he also lacks versatility when fighting. He defines the death aspect of 'Rage'. His number tattoo is on his left shoulder and his Hollow hole is in his sternum.

His Zanpakuto is '''''Ira''''', which transforms him into a gargantuan...[[BuffySpeak thing]], vaguely resembling a cross between a centipede and an ''Ankylosaurus'' if he is angered. If he is to be further angered in this state, he can additionally transform into an even bigger form resembling a gorilla.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The official UNMASKED databook notes that Yammy actually put up a fight in his off-screen fight against Byakuya and Kenpachi, leaving them significantly wounded.
* AnArmAndALeg: Ichigo manages to cut off his right arm in their first fight, but the arm is left intact for him to get it reattached, preventing him from losing his Espada rank like Grimmjow when his arm was cut off and subsequently incinerated by Tosen. When he activates his Resurrección, Byakuya and Kenpachi in particular take turns chopping off fingers and legs, but he heals over once he activates his powered-up form. He's lost the arm again by the time Byakuya and Kenpachi defeat him off-screen.
* AnimalMotifs: His Resurrección resembles a cross between a centipede and an ''Ankylosaurus''. His powered up form resembles an ape.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: He can apparently change size in his sealed form; when Chad sees him again in Las Noches, he notes that he's far larger than he was in the real world. And then there's his release... And his second powerup if that was even possible.
* AxCrazy: Yammy is the Espada that represents wrath, and fittingly, he is violent and bloodthirsty. He isn't truly happy unless he's gleefully slaughtering people en masse. He'll even kill his own allies if that's what it takes to satisfy his bloodlust. He bashes a nurse's head in [[UngratefulBastard after she just healed him]], brutally assaults Loly and Menoly, who did nothing to antagonize him (Aside from a minor snide retort Menoly makes in the anime), and smashes [[MookMaker Rudobon]] to pieces. Even [[DeathSeeker Nnoitra]] and [[NobleDemon Grimmjow]] had their own (admittedly selfish) reasons for fighting beyond just "kill anything that moves". Also, it's worth noting that his Zanpakuto's name, Ira, is Spanish for "wrath".
* BareFistedMonk: While he uses his Zanpakuto sometimes, he mostly uses punches and kicks instead when he fights. In his Resurrección, he has no weapons at all, thus he will attack with his fists and legs.
* BattleDiscretionShot: After seeing Renji, Sado, and Rukia gear up to fight the now-towering Yammy, we switch to... the real world to watch the other Espada get spanked. Months later when we finally return? A CurbstompBattle has taken place off-screen, with Rukia as the last one standing. The final fight with Kenpachi and Byakuya is also never shown. The anime shows the fight against the former three, but not the latter two.
* BigEater: Something of a plot point as his massive eating habits is what helps him power up in preparation for battle.
* BlatantLies: When his released state has Rukia in his grip, she attempts to free herself by firing a Kido blast in his face. He starts wailing about how "That really hurt!", though Rukia realizes that he [[NoSell wasn't affected at all]]. He then claims that the attack hurt him ''so'' much that he lost his grip on her, as he ''throws her as hard as he can to the ground''.
* BlessedWithSuck: The databook indicates that the Espada are ranked by Reiatsu, and Yammy's 0 rank comes from having the most when he releases since his power increases whenever he's angry. Unfortunately, this means Yammy has practically none of the special abilities that made the other 9 Espada and Arrancar in general so deadly, and as such Kenpachi and Byakuya are able to defeat him with minimal effort.
* BreathWeapon: In his Resurrección, he fires his Ceros out of his mouth, and given his size they tend to be some of the biggest in the series.
* TheBrute: Yammy is an unskilled mass of raw temper and rage, who lives for destroying and consuming souls and never develops the spiritual skills that make other Espada and even Fracciones so dangerous. He is the lowest-ranking member of the Espada until his rage-fuelled Resureccion is released, which powers him up to become the strongest, angriest, most violent and most thoughtless of all Espada. As a result, he is viewed as an embarrassment by the Espada and an unworthy opponent by the Soul Reapers.
* CannibalismSuperpower: Yammy's size and power increase the more he eats, and after being defeated by Yoruichi at the beginning of the Arrancar Arc he spends the rest of it eating constantly until he's bulked up exponentially. Unfortunately, by this point the main characters have also powered up exponentially, so he ultimately proves to be not much more than an annoyance.
* CatchPhrase: Szayelaporro claims that he tends to yell "Suerte!" ("Luck!" in Spanish) when he comes across a good opponent, though Yammy's only seen saying it when he first encountered Ichigo. When keeping him from attacking Ichigo, Ishida turns this on him by quipping "Mala suerte." ("Bad luck." in Spanish) before sending him to the bottom of the tower.
* ClippedWingAngel: Despite the high strength level of his Resurrección's two forms, he was easily defeated by Kenpachi and Byakuya -- who were more intent on fighting each other.
* CurbStompBattle: His off-screen fight with Rukia, Chad, and Renji, which he won handily, with Rukia left the only one standing by the time the outcome of the battle is seen, and unable to deal any major damage.
* DumbMuscle: Yammy's brash attitude and low intelligence lead to others -- namely Kenpachi, Byakuya and Ulquiorra -- not taking him seriously despite his massive strength. During their first appearance in Karakura Town, Ulquiorra gets annoyed with Yammy constantly having to ask whether any human with even the slightest bit of spiritual awareness is their target Ichigo because he doesn't bother to check his opponent's power with Pesquisa, and physically berates him for picking a fight with Urahara and Yoruichi without knowing who they are.
* {{Fingore}}: Kenpachi chops off several of his fingers when Yammy tries to punch him to death.
* HandBlast: Arrancars can fire projectile called Balas out of their hands. Balas don't possess the amount of destructive power of Ceros but make up for it by being many times faster, and much easier to charge up. Yammy can fire multiple Balas in rapid succession by making a fist and punching forward to release them.
* HulkingOut: Yammy starts off huge and bulks up enormously in between appearances by gorging himself, growing more powerful as he does so. His two Resurrección forms bulk him up even more, though he's still easily beaten by two Captain-class Soul Reapers.
* IgnoredEnemy: Kenpachi and Byakuya do not respect Yammy as an opponent at all. They seem more interested in fighting each other than they do him, and treat him as nothing more than an annoyance. After they beat him, Byakuya and Kenpachi both describe as [[BoringInsult a boring enemy]], in spite of the additional serious injuries Byakuya and Kenpachi received from Yammy's attacks.
* InformedAbility: His status as the strongest Espada is this. Whatever WordOfGod may have to say on the subject he never actually shows himself to be more than a blowhard, as Kenpachi and Byakuya, both already seriously injured from fighting Espada supposedly considerably weaker than him, were able to tear him apart without trying, and he's ultimately defeated ''off-screen''. [[https://www.reddit.com/r/bleach/comments/qioe6h/any_frenchspeaking_fan_want_to_help_translate/ The additional UNMASKED databook]] information says they were seriously injured fighting him, but Kenpachi still describes the fight as [[BoringInsult boring]], something he says for any fight where his life is never in danger.
* {{Jerkass}}: Yammy is not a nice person. His introductory scene has him murder several innocent civillians by consumming their souls, because he didn't like how they were looking at him (even though they couldn't even see him). He later proceeds to nearly kill Tatsuki, split Sado's arm in half when he tries to save her, beats Ichigo into a pulp, and punches Inoue across the field. When his arm is reattached by a nurse, Yammy needlessly kills her, and snidely remarks that she didn't do a good job because her body should've turned into a bigger mess. He treats his Fraccion, which is basically a pet dog, cruelly, and when he gets bored, he swats Menoly into a wall, and brutalizes Loly without any real reason. When fighting Rukia, he tries to crush her in his hand. Ulquiorra laments that he grows ''more'' obnoxious the stronger he gets.
%%* KickTheDog: A literal example: He mistreated his Fracción, Kukkapūro, who resembled a dog.
* LeeroyJenkins: Yammy only cares about crushing and smashing things, so he tends to rush into fights without any plans or strategies. Consequently, this is why he doesn't have a good win record, and is treated like a joke by everyone arround him.
* LeftForDead: Byakuya and Kenpachi ignored him so much they didn't even bother to finish him off. They just left him bleeding and broken in Hueco Mundo while they went home. He died soon after his sole Fraccion (a dog Arrancar) visited him.
* LickedByTheDog: Yammy is a complete and utter bastard from his introduction to his death, but a small yappy Hollow dog -- his Fraccion, Kukkapūro -- appears to like him. It doesn't entirely count as a PetTheDog moment, since his entire relationship with it is telling it to shut up, but at least he never seemed to attack it like he did to Roka Paramia -- the nurse who reattached his arm.
* MarathonBoss: While he might not have looked like much, Yammy still fought with Byakuya and Kenpachi for over an hour before his death. In terms of fights based on manga time, he fought the longest out of any antagonist.
* MeanBoss: How he treats his dog Fraccion, Kukkapūro. He tells him to shut up and brutaly tosses a bone at him, but that's it. That relationship is the closest thing to a redeeming quality that Yammy has. Nowhere near as [[BenevolentBoss benevolent]] as Starrk and Harribel, but hardly as [[BadBoss bad]] as Barragan and Szayelaporro either.
* MasterOfNone: WordOfGod says his powers work something like this; he's the most physically powerful and has the highest physical strength and Spirit Energy of the Espada, explaining the Zero rank, but the tradeoff is that he has no gimmicks whatsoever, having to rely solely on brute strength and the powers all Hollows have. This, of course, makes him a far less effective fighter than any of the others, which leads to him being beaten by Byakuya and Kenpachi when he gets in the way of their duel.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Yammy [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig Zags]] with this trope. At first it seems he's incredibly weak, then he reveals that he's actually the ''0th Espada'' and technically above Starrk. And he still gets his ass kicked. Then he reveals that he's just not at full power and goes to full power mode... and he still gets his ass kicked. The Espada are ranked according to Spiritual Pressure, and Yammy's is the highest, but he lacks all the extra bells and whistles that make the other Espada so dangerous. The official UNMASKED databook states that despite Byakuya and Kenpachi looking down on him and beating him off-screen, they actually suffered brutal injuries against him, a proof of his Cero Espada rank but Kenpachi describes their fight as [[BoringInsult boring]], a criterion he applies to any fight where his life is not in danger at any point.
--> ''"Because of his arrogant attitude, his enemies, like his peers, tend to underestimate him, but he has real power. Fighting at once Byakuya Kuchicki and Kenpachi Zaraki, two great leaders who are the pride of the 13th divisions, he inflicted upon them grave wounds: his strength is worthy of his rank of Espada 0."''
* OurGiantsAreBigger: Yammy is an Arrancar of gigantic stature. He cannibalizes on Hollows to power himself up, and the more he eats, the bigger he gets. When he activates his Ressureccion, he grows to {{Kaiju}}-sized. The angrier he gets, the huger he becomes.
* PowerfulButIncompetent: Espada #10, which makes him the 10th strongest of the entire Hollow species. However, Yammy is TheBrute and is exceptionally moronic and short-tempered. When faced with enemies close to his power level, he inevitably takes a beating. It's later revealed that he's actually ''Espada #0'', which means he's actually the ''strongest'' of all Hollows...but only in terms of raw spiritual energy. Yammy's ability, "Ira", allows him to HulkOut as he gets angrier...but ''that's all''. He's still all brute force, and he's still an idiot, which leads to him getting trounced so badly even in his strongest form that the Court Guard Captains who defeated him considered the fight to be "[[BoringInsult boring as hell]]". While the other Espada managed to defeat or at least fight on-par with Ichigo and other Captains, the only victories Yammy managed to claim were on people much, ''much'' weaker than himself or suffering some sort of handicap, with anyone on an equal scale basically treating him as a ButtMonkey.
* RedHerring: He was literally disarmed by Ichigo in his first appearance, is smacked around by Ulquiorra, and generally makes an ass of himself, giving the impression that he isn't all that powerful. Renji and the others feel confident enough to tangle with him and guess what?! Espada #0!
* {{Sadist}}: ''Big time.'' He rarely kills his opponents quickly, and is usually shown beating them up or crushing them in his hands first, sporting a huge SlasherSmile as he does so.
* SevenDeadlySins: Kubo Tite revealed in the MASKED interview that some of the Espada were modeled after the Seven Deadly Sins. Yammy's Resurrección is called "Ira", so he should be Wrath.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: He made sure to call Ulquiorra and Nnoitra garbage after they died. Same with Grimmjow, but he's alive in the manga. Ichigo finds himself disgusted, despite them being his enemies who he doesn't regret cutting down, and noted that Orihime seemed sadder about Ulquiorra's death than his own fellow Espada.
* ATasteOfHisOwnMedicine: In his first appearance, he hits Sado so hard that the attack tears the latter's right arm apart...twice. When Ichigo arrives, he cuts Yammy's right arm off as retribution for Sado's arm. This trope is downplayed in the anime, where Sado's arm isn't as injured as it was in the manga, which makes Ichigo's action look rather extreme.
%% * ThereWasADoor: He tends to just burst through walls if he's in a hurry. And sometimes if he's not.
* TorsoWithAView: Has a hole right in the center of his gut.
* TheUnfettered: Doesn't care about anything other than bloodshed; humans, soul reapers, and even other Arrancar are just pieces of meat for him to tear apart, nothing more.
* UngratefulBastard: What do you do when a fellow Arrancar nurse just reattached your torn arm? Why, bash her head off intending to smash her up to her feet, of course! The fact that you could only smash her head rather than her entire body clearly means she did a terrible job.
* UnskilledButStrong: He has the highest amount of raw power of any of the Espada, but he lacks any of their special tricks like Respira or Starrk's wolves. He doesn't even seem to have Sonido. Thus, he has the top position without being the most effective combatant. An injured Byakuya and Kenpachi are able to kill him despite his raw power, with Kenpachi even calling him "[[BoringInsult boring]]".
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Due to the nature of his Zanpakuto, Ira. The name itself means "anger" in Spanish, and like the [[ComicBook/TheIncredibleHulk Hulk]] himself, the madder he gets, the larger and stronger he gets.
* YourSoulIsMine: Yammy has an ability called Gonzui which allows him extract souls from humans and inhale them into his mouth. He demonstrates this by sucking out the souls of all the surrounding bystanders in the vicinity. He remarks they taste disgusting, which Ulquiorra points out should be obvious because they don't possess strong spiritual power. Yammy agrees, but says that he just didn't like the way they were looking at him.
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Characters that appear in Tite Kubo's ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. This page deals with the '''Espada''', the ten most-powerful Arrancar in Aizen's army.
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'''NOTE: To avoid confusion to English-language readers, who may be more familiar with the English anime than the manga, all names are in Western order.'''
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[[folder:In General]]
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[[caption-width-right:340:The Espada[[note]]Top Row: Yammy Llargo, Coyote Starrk, Ulquiorra Cifer, Szayelaporro Granz, and Zommari Rureaux.\\\
Bottom Row: Nnoitra Gilga, Baraggan Louisenbairn, Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, Aaroniero Arruruerie, and Tier Harribel[[/note]]]]
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* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: In order to become an Espada, you need to be one of the strongest Arrancars and recognized by Aizen for your efforts. Espada are free to choose their own Fracción and as many as they want. High-ranked Espada may lead lower ranked members on missions, although this seems to be mainly because of Aizen's direct orders rather than actual hierarchy, since the Espada are often shown to not respect each other.
* BishonenLine: The Espada's releases are an example of this as one goes up by number until you reach the top 3. Yammy, Aaroniero, Szayelaporro, and Zommari (10th through 7th respectively) are outright monstrous, but they get progressively smaller and arguably less scary. 6th through 3rd Espadas Grimmjow, Nnoitra, Ulquiorra, and Harribel (whose release gives her a much more {{stripperific}} outfit and changes her sword into a BFS) are animal based, but generally get progressively more humanoid as the ranks go higher. Number 2 Baraggan [[SubvertedTrope defies the pattern]] by becoming a skeleton with a flaming fur coat, and 1st Espada Starrk [[DoubleSubversion gets it back on track]] with an eyepatch and a change of clothes. And a pair of really cool guns...[[ZigZaggingTrope only for the pattern to once again be defied]] by Yammy, as he's Espada #0 as well.
* BoomerangBigot: Many Espada, and Arrancar in general, hold Shinigami in contempt, despite themselves crossing a BishonenLine from Hollows that makes them similar to Shinigami. Furthermore, only FillerVillain Patros ever seems to take issue with their leader Aizen being a Shinigami himself.
* DudeWhereIsMyRespect: Villainous example. Despite their high ranks, the Espada aren't respected by all Arrancars. The Fracciónes only follow their respective Espada, to the point that their loyalty goes beyond their loyalty towards Aizen (if any), and they would often disrespect the other Espada. Several of the Numeros, whether canon or filler Arrancars, show openly disdain to some of the Espada they don't like and won't follow their orders. In both canon and filler, some Arrancars underestimate the Espada and attack them.
* EvilCounterpart: The Espada to the Thirteen Court Guards. They're all basically squad leaders, with the 13 Court Guard Captains leading an organized company of disciplined soldiers. The Espada are an "army" in name only with each individual member basically being in competition with the others.
* LetterMotif: The Espada all have two of the same letters in their names: Sta''rr''k, Bara''gg''an, Ha''rr''ibel, Ulquio''rr''a, ''Nn''oitra, Gri''mm''jow, Zo''mm''ari, Szayelapo''rr''o, ''Aa''roniero, and Ya''mm''y.
* OneManArmy: The Espada are so powerful only those with the strength of a Soul Reaper Captain can fight them.[[labelnote:*]]The only exception being Aaroniero, who was killed by Rukia when she was still at the level of a Lieutenant[[/labelnote]] The highest ranks of the Espada cannot be defeated by a single Captain and required group effort from even Captain-class characters to defeat. Starrk and Barragan were confirmed to be examples of WalkingWasteland even before they became Espada. However, like the Captains, they also were not strong enough to handle Aizen's strength.
* OneWingedAngel: Like many Arrancar, the Espada can transform (or revert back) into more powerful forms when they release their Zanpakuto.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: The top four Espada are so strong they're actually forbidden from releasing their Resurrección while within Las Noches, as the resulting surge of spiritual energy and the destructive force they can unleash going all out can destroy the entire fortress.
* ThePsychoRangers: Some to Captains in the Thirteen Court Guard Squads.
** Szayelaporro vs. Mayuri. Both are sociopathic scientists. But while Mayuri does terrible things for scientific research, Szayelaporro commits evil acts out of pure sadism and believes that he's already perfect.
** Nnoitra vs. Kenpachi. The latter just wants a good fight, and even gives himself handicaps so fights will last longer. The former simply enjoys killing things and thinks nothing of using dirty tricks or attacking weakened opponents. Also, Kenpachi is considerably nicer to little girls. Both also use wear eyepatches.
** Zommari vs. Byakuya. Both are very skilled in Shunpo and Sonido. Byakuya's pride and devotion to the laws of Soul Society is mirrored by Zommari's zealous worship of Aizen. Zommari even tries to call Byakuya out on his flaws, saying that he's only fighting because he believes Soul Reapers are inherently superior to Hollows, to which Byakuya, showing his CharacterDevelopment, replies that he doesn't care.
** Starrk vs. Kyoraku. Both prove to be brilliant, powerful, but lazy characters, although Starrk's backstory reveals he's actually a neutral (and fairly sympathetic) counterpart to Kyoraku that considers the other Espada his friends.
** Harribel vs Hitsugaya. Both use powers related to water in some way, have immature subordinates with a cat AnimalMotif, and have the initials T.H. ('''T'''oshiro '''H'''itsugaya, '''T'''ier '''H'''arribel).
* SevenDeadlySins: Evidently, the Espada were originally only going to be seven instead of ten, and Kubo had intended them to each be one of the Seven Deadly Sins. They were later changed to each represent an aspect of death.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Several members of the Espada talk bad about their fellow dead members as seen in multiple cases. Only a few of them may have shown hints of sorrow at best.
* StandardEvilOrganizationSquad: The Espada serve this role as the most powerful Arrancar in Aizen's army and main enemies of the Thirteen Court Guard Squad captains during the war against Soul Society.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Even more so than the Thirteen Court Guards. The Espada openly dislike each other, have practically zero teamwork -- as missions involving multiple Espada usually go down in one-on-one fights -- and they are not above backstabbing each other. According to Gin, the only thing that keeps them together is the unrivaling power of Aizen whom neither of them can defeat.
* WaveMotionGun: The Espada have access to two Cero variants much more powerful than the standard.
** The Gran Rey Cero involves supercharging a Cero [[ThePowerOfBlood with some of their own blood]], which is so powerful it's forbidden under normal circumstances from being fired within Las Noches due to the level of damage it can cause.
** The Cero Oscuras is a variant that fires a jet-black Cero many times more powerful than the standard Cero, to the point an Espada can only perform it while in their released state.
* YouAreNumberSix: They numbered 1-10 or 0-9 to symbolize how Aizen ranks their power. Unlike the Numeros, the numbers are tattoed somewhere on their body.
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[[folder: (#1) Primera Espadas - Coyote Starrk and Lilynette Gingerbuck]]
!!Coyote Starrk
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[-''"I so envied the weak. The weak can always find others to be around. I want to be weak. And if that's impossible, I at least want to find companions who are as strong as I."''-]
->'''Species:''' Arrancar
->'''Zanpakuto:''' Los Lobos
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RikiyaKoyama (JP), Creator/KeithSilverstein (EN), Arturo Mercado Jr. (Latin-American Spanish)
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The First Espada, a lazy Arrancar who prefers to avoid fighting altogether and largely lacks malicious intent. Despite his apathy and laziness, he is highly analytical and a flexible fighter to boot. His Fraccion is the young Lilynette Gingerbuck. Defined with the aspect of 'Loneliness', Starrk was a Hollow who grew too powerful and envied the weak because they can pack together, and joined Aizen for the sole purpose of having friends and comrades. His number tattoo is on the back of his left hand and his Hollow hole is in his sternum.

His Zanpakuto is '''''Los Lobos''''', which transforms him into a traditional Wild West [[TheGunslinger gunslinger]] with overwhelming offensive abilities. His guns allow him to fire Cero at a very rapid rate and he can use his soul-splitting abilities to create multiple weaponised spirit wolves.
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* AbnormalAmmo: Aside from Ceros, he can also release exploding spirit wolves made out of pieces of his soul.
* ActionBomb: His spirit wolves explode with the force of a small nuke once they latch onto a target, as Love and Rose found out the hard way. The dub even calls them "wolf-shaped warheads".
* AdaptationDyeJob: His hair is jet black in the manga, brown in the anime.
* AffablyEvil: In spite of his laziness and apathy, Starrk is easily the least malicious and aggressive of the Espada. He never mocks his enemies, doesn't act arrogant, apologizes when he abducts Orihime, and even compliments Kyoraku's attacks during their fight. He's so nice that Kyoraku laments that they're enemies, and does not enjoy the fact that he has to kill him.
* AlasPoorVillain: While villain may be stretching it, his death at Kyoraku's hands via Iro Oni was easily the most heartwrenching of any of the Espada. All his life he he wanted to have friends but couldn't because his powers were too strong and uncontrollable and killed people. He went so far as to split off part of his power and soul to make Lilynette so he would have someone to talk to, and joined Aizen because he was grateful for him giving him those comrades and helping him control his power. He makes it clear he's not really interested in fighting anyone to the death even when he has to fight, and during the final part of his fight with Kyoraku, Lilynette dies TakingTheBullet for him before he follows shortly afterward, reminiscing about her and the other Espada even as he falls to the ground. Even Kyoraku makes it clear he takes no pleasure in killing Starrk, nor that he's even in the right for doing it either.
* AmbiguousSituation: An interview to promote the final arc revealed which Espada will return. Grimmjow, Nel and Harribel were stated to return, as they had survived the events of the Arrancar Saga. Notably Starrk, Nnoitra and Zommari were given a small chance to return, while the other Espada were given zero, With the final arc being cut short it remains unknown what the significance of said distinction was. Starrk, Nnoitra, Zommari, Szayelaporro, and Aaroniero were killed by a Zanpakuto (Barragan died by his own powers, Yammy of blood loss, and Ulquiorra was fatally injured by a Cero), which would mean that they were either cleansed and ended up in Soul Society or ended up in Hell.
* AnimalMotifs: His Resurrección is related to wolves. More specifically the "lone wolf", reflecting on his aspect. His name and western cowboy-like outfit relate to [[ThoseWilyCoyotes coyotes]]. His resurrección's name literally translates to "The Wolves."
* AntiVillain: Standing in contrast to the other Espada who are clearly villainous, Starrk barely even qualifies as a villain. His list of villainous acts include snatching Orihime away from Ichigo and returning her to Las Noches' fifth tower, and lazily fighting against Kyoraku (and Ukitake, Love and Rose). He never actually hurts Orihime and flat-out says that he's only doing this because Aizen ordered him to, and offered to pretend-fight Kyoraku because he's just that damn lazy. The only reason Starrk can be considered a villain is because he's an Arrancar who works for Aizen. During his final fight with Kyoraku, we learn more about Starrk's character and motivations: he fights for Aizen out of gratitude to him for ending his loneliness, but even then, doesn't ever want to fight seriously. Then, when he finally does decide to get serious, his motivation for doing so is Lilynette pointing out that fighting for real is the only possible way to stop more of his TrueCompanions from dying.
* ApologeticAttacker: Apologizes several times before doing something to oppose the protagonists, such as taking Orihime to Aizen and whenever he decides to be more brutal in his fight with Kyōraku.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Averted; when Aizen is trapped by Yamamoto, he is quite happy to let Baraggan take command despite being the strongest Espada, much to Lilynette's frustration.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: His first name is [[AnimalMotif an animal]], which fits with his Resurrección's ability to shoot [[SavageWolves wolf-shaped Ceros]].
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Figured out how Shunsui's and Ukitake's Shikai abilities work after only a few attacks.
* AvengingTheVillain: In a manner of speaking by Starrk, who was rather depressed that he was the ''only'' one affected by Baraggan's death.
-->'''Starrk''': Lord Aizen, you couldn't even spare a word for Number Two?
* BadassBandolier: As part of the lone-wolf gunslinger theme of his [[OneWingedAngel Resurrección]], he gains a pair of black bandoleers that connect his back to his forearms. They don't hold bullets, however - they let him summon an army of spectral wolves that explode when they latch onto an opponent, and a pair of energy swords if he needs them.
* BadassLongcoat: He gains a long white coat lined with grey fur in his released state.
* BatmanGambit: The anime version of the fight invokes a FakeWeakness in his guns by having him holstering his right gun every time he fired in an attempt to fool Kyoraku into thinking he was recharging and luring him close on the assumption his opponent would be studying the pattern of attacks to find a weakness; he was right.
* BattleAura: As a Hollow, the original being that was powerful enough to kill all the other Hollows around him until he split into Starrk and Lilynette, and continued to have the problem with inadvertently killing Hollows around the two until he was found by Aizen, who proceeded to find colleagues that could withstand the Pressure. His in particular is blue.
* BeamSpam: His Cero Metralleta technique forms a dozen or so energy spheres, each of which acts like a machine gun that fires '''Ceros''' at rapid rates of fire. Kyoraku calls him out on how "unfair" this technique is.
* BrilliantButLazy: He's Espada #1, is ''brilliant'' at analyzing a fighting situation despite having little information to use, but tends to sleep more than do a thing and requires Lilynette to kick him into gear.
* BystanderSyndrome: Lilynette calls him out for sleeping when Aaroniero is killed, to which he asks what she wants him to do about it.
* CombatPragmatist: He doesn't hesitate to shoot Kyoraku in the back at [[NoRangeLikePointBlankRange point blank range]] while the captain was distracted by Wonderweiss.
* CurbStompBattle: Proving what it takes to be Primera Espada, he easily defeats Rose and Love, two Captain-level opponents with the added power of Hollow masks, at the same time.
* CursedWithAwesome: The same power than made him the Primera Espada is also what caused him centuries of loneliness and depression. He was so powerful no other Hollow could approach him without dying instantly because of his Spiritual Pressure.
* DoppelgangerSpin: His Sonido is fast enough that he can make multiple afterimages of himself, and when Kyoraku tries to cut one Starrk is able to use the distraction to appear under him and fire a Cero.
* DualWielding: Once he activates his Resurrección, he wields a pair of pistols that fire [[WaveMotionGun Ceros]], and when he takes it even further, he trades those out for a pair of blue [[LaserBlade laser blades]] similar to his original katana.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Starrk is different from most of the other Espada in that he demonstrates moral standards, and a general lack of moments of dickishness. When he comes to abduct Orihime to take her back to Aizen's palace, he apologizes and even says that he abhors kidnapping women, but orders are orders.
* EvilCounterpart: To Kyoraku, though he's a little lacking in the 'evil' department. Both are BrilliantButLazy warriors capable of incredible feats but are reluctant to do much and have MUCH younger assistants that freely whack them despite being nowhere near as powerful as they are, and even have similar application of speed and fighting style. They differ largely in that Kyoraku is more carefree and easygoing while Starrk is more lazy and apathetic. Also, Starrk is a much more straightforward fighter, while Kyoraku defies his samurai motif as a CombatPragmatist.
* EyepatchOfPower: His release covers his left eye with an eyepatch that looks like it's made of bone with a Hollow hole in it.
* FlashStep: Starrk is so fast that he's able to grab Orihime when she's within ''feet'' of both Ichigo and Kenpachi and whisk her away before either of them have even finished drawing their swords.
* FlunkyBoss: Starrk has the ability to split his soul into hundreds of spectral wolves. If an enemy comes into contact with the wolves, they will explode. This ability allows Starrk to nearly kill Love and Rose before he attacked from behind by Kyoraku.
* FriendlessBackground: Starrk is defined by his loneliness and it is in fact his Aspect of Death. He was so powerful that his mere presence would kill any beings he came across until Aizen helped him put his power under control.
* FusionDance: Lilynette is not his Fraccion, she's his Zanpakuto. Once they enter their Resurrección state, they rejoin into one being with Lilynette becoming his twin guns.
* GunFu: He rapidly fires away from a stationary position, elegantly sheathing and then firing with his more powerful gun.
* GunsAkimbo: He wields two guns when in his Resurreccion. One fires rapidly but has minimal power and the other fires slow but powerful projectiles.
* TheGunslinger: Starrk exists in a series where characters primarily fight with swords. At first, Starrk seems to follow the usual traditions of the series by fighting with a katana. However, his katana is not his Zanpakuto; it is actually his Fraccion Lilynette. The two merge together to unlock Starrk's Resurrecion. In his released form, Stark takes the appearance of a western-styled outlaw gunman. He utilizes a pair of Cero-shooting pistols, and is highly proficient in it.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: A gambit he pulls in the anime where he fires a powerful Cero from his right pistol and then holsters it, creating the illusion that while the right gun is more powerful, it requires recharge between firing. When Kyoraku tries to take advantage of this apparent weakness, Starrk just flips the gun forward and shoots him in the face.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Does not care about his power at all, since it caused his loneliness in the first place. He even admits he envies those who are weak. Starrk wanted so desperately to be be able to exist among other hollows without killing them with his presence alone that he created Lilynette out of part of himself simply to have someone to talk to. Aizen recruited him with the promise that the other Espada would be strong enough to withstand his presence.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: He's lonely to the point where he'd even consider Baraggan a friend. The entire reason he joined Aizen's army in the first place was because he desperately wanted to have people in his life that he could be close to. He and Lilynette were once apart of the same being, a Hollow who was so overwhelmingly powerful, that every other Hollow died just by being in its pressence. In order to escape the isolation, the Hollow split itself into two being to create a companion, spawning Starrk and Lilynette in the process.
* LaserBlade: In his final fight with Kyoraku, Starrk creates a pair of glowing blue swords made from his Reiatsu, and is quite skilled with them.
* LiteralSplitPersonality: Starrk and Lilynette were originally a single Vasto Lorde who split into two out of desperate loneliness upon becoming an Arrancar. As a result, they don't know which of them was the original or whether identifying an original even matters; though for all intents and purposes Starrk acts as the main body and retains the power to split his soul into other beings, including creating an entire pack of wolves to function as his army.
* LonelyAtTheTop: More or less the basis of his character. All the Espada embody an aspect of death, and the aspect that Starrk embodies is 'Loneliness' From the beginning he wanted to have friends, which was impossible for him as he was so unbelievably strong as a Vasto Lorde that the spirit energy leaking from him was enough to kill any weaker Hollow who happened to be near him. He eventually split his soul into two separate beings just to have someone he could hang out with: the other part became his Fracción, Lilynette Gingerback.
-->"I was jealous of the weak ones. The weak are allowed to congregate. I want to be weak. If that's impossible... at least give me [[TrueCompanions comrades]] as strong as I am."
* LonelyTogether: Which one of Starrk and Lilynette came first is unknown by either. To escape their desperate loneliness, the original split the other from their soul to create companionship.
* MadnessMantra: A more tragic variation occurs when cornered by Shunsui [[CombatPragmatist pragmatic way of fighting]] on top of losing Lilynette, he begins to think about not being alone. He then dies [[VillainousBSOD completely comatose from his defeat]] [[DyingAlone on top of dying by himself.]]
* MartialPacifist: Doesn't seem to care much for combat, being ''extremely'' reluctant to fight Kyoraku seriously. He dislikes the idea of taking revenge altogether unless it's for a friend.
* MrFanservice: Not to Ulquiorra or Grimmjow's extent, but he ''is'' pretty damn handsome, especially with his BadassLongcoat and cowboy theme.
* NonIndicativeName: Despite his name being ''Coyote'' Starrk, his AnimalMotif is the wolf. His background is that of a lone wolf who desperately wants to be part of the pack and his power, Los Lobos ("The Wolves"), allows him to split his souls into both companions and an entire pack of soul wolf weapons.
* NonMaliciousMonster: Most Hollows are malevolent spirits driven by negative emotions to feed on Souls. Despite being a Hollow, Starrk is not evil or malicious, and is only alligned with the other Espada because he views them as his TrueCompanions.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Starrk is introduced as someone who is usually every lazy and not very interested in fighting. He even asks Kyoraku if they can just pretend to fight. Much to Kyoraku's surprise, Starrk is actually the Primera Espada and the strongest Espada.
* PerpetualFrowner: Starrk is a very lazy and apathetic man. His facial expression never changes from being a bored, uninterested frown.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: He is the Primera Espada, and possesses a immense level of Spiritual Power. Though he doesn't care for fighting, he is a very dangerous combatant. In his Resurreccion, Starrk can fire 1,000 Cero from his pistols all at once. He can split his soul into hundreds of spectral wolves, all of which have the destructive power of a bomb.
* PowerIncontinence: As a Vasto Lorde, he was so powerful that his uncontrollable Reiatsu killed everything around him until he met Aizen. This was the reason why he was so lonely, as all the other Hollows stayed away from him because of his overwhelming power.
* PunchClockVillain: Starrk opposes Soul Society purely out of gratitude to Aizen for providing him with comrades who won't die from his presence. He even suggests to Shinsui that they just pretend to fight, and when his fighting is half-hearted when he doesn't feel pressured by his allegiance, attempting to give Rose and Love the opportunity to run.
* RedOniBlueOni: Starrk is laconic and lackadaisical, while Lilynette is brash and hot-tempered.
* SavageWolves: He can summon an army of vicious wolves made of his Reiatsu which [[StuffBlowingUp explode]] in a spectacular fashion when they sink their teeth into an enemy. With just this ability, Starrk effortlessly defeats Love and Rose.
* SelfMadeMan: Quite ''literally.'' He's one of the two Hollows in the Espada who turned into an Arrancar by himself - specifically ''two'' selves. By the time they met Aizen, Stark and Lilynette were already Arrancars, as opposed to the rest of the Espada who all underwent the Hogyoku process after the fact. It's telling that right from the start, he was already on a completely different level from the rest of his kind. The only other Arrancar who were confirmed to be self-made was the non-canon Arturo Plateado, Ulquiorra -- albeit only revealed in the ''UNMASKED'' databook, and the incomplete (and significantly weaker) Grand Fisher -- who was turned into one by Aisslinger.
* SevenDeadlySins: Kubo Tite revealed in the MASKED interview that some of the Espada were modeled after the Seven Deadly Sins. Starrk, with his indifferent attitude and general passiveness, seems to embody the sin of Sloth.
%% * SpellMyNameWithAnS: For a 'Starrk', not 'Stark'.
* TokenGoodTeammate: The most villainous thing about Starrk is his choice to fight for Aizen. Everything else about him, ranging from his actions and even his personality [[MinionWithAnFInEvil don't match up to his teammates aside from Harribel.]] Despite this, Shunsui makes it clear that since it is a war, he wouldn't hold back in punches despite how nice of a guy Starrk may be. When Shunsui kills Starrk, he doesn't feel good about it at all, and doesn't even try to justify it as right, clearly wishing he didn't have to fight him.
* TorsoWithAView: His hollow hole is located in his sternum.
* UndyingLoyalty: As he dies, Starrk notes he didn't get to exactly thank Aizen fully, making him one of the few Espada loyal to him outright. It's justified because Aizen gave him exactly what he wanted; companions as strong as himself.
* VillainousBSOD
** A minor one. Despite saying he's not the kind of guy to get revenge for his fallen comrades, Love notes that his performance in their fight gets considerably worse after Baraggan's death. It takes being scolded by Lilynette for him to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge instead.
** In the anime, he appears to completely lose the will to fight after Lilynette's death.
* WalkingWasteland: Before splitting into Starrk and Lilynette, as a Vasto Lorde he was so overwhelmingly powerful that the Reiatsu leaking from him alone was enough to kill any Hollow that came near him. He was so lonely as a result that he wished he was weaker so that people could be around him long enough for him to form friendships. When Aizen first met him, he was surrounded by mountains of dead Hollows.
* WaveMotionGun: His guns fire massive Ceros at once. Made worse by his Primera ranking, leading to them being both powerful and incredibly fast.
* WillfullyWeak: He had always desired to be weaker so his Reiatsu would stop killing any Hollows who approached him (and if that wasn't an option, to at least have comrades strong enough to handle it). In battle, Starrk isn't weak by any means, but his heart's generally not into fighting. He never goes full out at any point during his fights as well, the one time he got a bit serious he easily overpowered Rose and Love, and he only lost his fight with Shunsui because he didn't really give his all.
* WorldsStrongestMan: Starrk is the Primera Espada, and is one the few Hollows who possesses power that rivals, or even surpasses that of Baraggan Louisenbairn. Before he officially became an Arrancar, his Spiritual Power was so immense that it caused other Hollows to disinigrate just by being in his presence. He's also one of the few Arrancar in Aizen's army that became the way he is naturally rather than being amplified by the Hogyoku. He is able to fight two of the longest-serving Captains of the Thirteen Court Guard Squads, and was able to effortlessly defeat two Visoreds that were once Captains themselves, and would've killed them as well had it not been for Kyoraku's intervention.


!!Lilynette Gingerbuck
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[-''"Why do you think that Aizen made you number one?! Because he believes in your power, right!? If you don't want to lose any of your comrades, then the only thing to do is fight!"''-]
->'''Species:''' Arrancar
->'''Zanpakuto:''' Los Lobos
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KiyomiAsai (JP), Creator/KateHiggins (EN), Analiz Sánchez (Latin-American Spanish)
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Lilynette is Starrk's sole Fracción and is about as dangerous as you'd expect from someone that looks as young as she does. Nevertheless, she shares a very close relationship with Starrk despite her irritability. In truth she and Starrk are two parts of the same Hollow split into two.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: Not that she has any cleavage, but her uniform still exposes a lot of her chest.
* BareYourMidriff: Her outfit shows off her stomach.
* CuteMonsterGirl: She's a Hollow, which ''does'' technically make her a monster... That being said, she's just too cute and non-threatening to actually pose a danger to anyone. By herself, at least.
* FusionDance: She's Starrk's Zanpakuto, not his Fraccion; meaning when they merge she becomes Espada #1 as well.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Like Starrk, she was never able to make friends with anyone due to the immense power the pair possessed.
* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Watching her try and fail to keep her dignity as a fighter while Ukitake toys with her, to the point she breaks down ''crying'', makes her an odd case of an allegedly villainous character chalking up {{Woobie}} points.
* IneffectualDeathThreats: It's hard to take her cries of "I'll kill you!" seriously when she's dirty and crying.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Subverted. She's a child who's friends with a much older Starrk, though Lilynette makes a point that Arrancar don't age.
* LiteralSplitPersonality: She's not truly Starrk's Fraccion, they're two fragments of the same Hollow, so she is also the Espada #1.
%% * LittleMissBadass: ''Tries'' to be one, bless her, in he battle with Ukitake, but utterly fails at it... until she turns into those exploding reishi wolves, that is.
* LivingWeapon: When she enters Resurreccion with Starrk, [[EquippableAlly her consciousness is stored in one of his pistols]] and she can even fire Ceros at will without his input if push comes to shove. When they take it further, she can take control of their exploding reishi wolves and guide them to targets.
* LonelyTogether: She was actually part of the same Hollow as Starrk originally, and they're largely the same person, including their lack of a capacity to survive without companionship.
* PluckyGirl: Doesn't give up even when Ukitake is clearly just messing with her to avoid [[WouldntHurtAChild killing her]].
* PunchClockVillain: Like Starrk, she doesn't really have much in the way of actual villainous traits. She's short tempered at worst, but for the most part just hangs out with these guys because she's lonely and there's no one else the pair can really interact with.
* SinisterScimitar: Can pull one out of her mask's broken left horn to fight. Not fight ''well'', but fight. Ukitake quickly takes it away from her as if she's a child playing with scissors, and it disintegrates as she enters Resurrección with Starrk.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Her battle with Ukitake consists of her getting banged up in cartoony fashion as she hits the ground each time Ukitake dodges her attacks.
* SmallNameBigEgo: She can talk a big game, but she's very likely the ''weakest'' Arrancar in Aizen's army. Ukitake even notes that her Cero is weaker than a ''Gillian's''. Then again, her usefulness isn't tied to her own fighting ability, but what she does to boost Starrk's.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: She wears a tiny vest, long boots and gloves, and a pair of really short undergarments, all of which are white-colored with black outlines. A light BREEZE should result in a wardrobe malfunction, really.
* TakingTheBullet: In the anime, she dies intercepting a wind attack from Kyoraku that was meant for Starrk.
* TorsoWithAView: Her Hollow hole is located on her solar plexus.
%% * YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her hair is green.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: (#2) Segunda Espada - Baraggan Louisenbairn]]
!!Baraggan Louisenbairn
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[-''"Soul Reapers, humans, Hollows, Arrancar, all of their differences and strife, will, freedom, beasts, plants, the moon and stars and sun - all of it is meaningless! There is but one absolute in this world, and that is my power!"''-]
->'''Species:''' Menos / Arrancar (Vasto Lorde)
->'''Zanpakuto:''' Arrogante
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShozoIizuka (JP), Creator/SteveKramer (EN, Hueco Mundo Arc), Creator/MichaelMcConnohie (EN, Fake Karakura Arc onward), Salvador Reyes (Latin-American Spanish)
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The Second Espada, the self-proclaimed God of Hueco Mundo, defines the death aspect of 'Aging'. Baraggan was the original ruler of Hueco Mundo and by all rights lived up to his namesake until Aizen came and screwed him over, forcing him into begrudging servitude. Throughout his life, he has one wish: to exact vengeance and kill Aizen. As his Zanpakuto's name implies, he's extremely arrogant. The location of his number tattoo is unknown and his Hollow hole is in his sternum.

His Zanpakuto is an enormous battle-axe named '''''Arrogante''''' which allows him to slow time and age his opponent through physical contact, leaving their bones brittle. He can release its true form to become a skeleton clad in purple furs and garbs that is able to launch '''''Respira''''', a black wave of rapid ageing that decays everything it touches in a matter of seconds.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The novels "Spirits are Forever with You" and "Can't Fear your Own World" explain more about his reign as the ruler of Hueco Mundo and how he had formed the first generation of the Espada.
* AntagonistAbilities: Barragan's Respira makes him an almost [[InstantWinCondition untouchable]] opponent. In his unreleased state, he can slow down any attack coming at him so he can easily avoid it. Any tactics and techniques are impossible against him because simply [[AreaOfEffect getting near]] him will [[MakeThemRot age]] either [[DamageReduction the technique]] or the opponent to [[TouchOfDeath death]]. This even extends to the ground he's walking on and also allowed him to survive a FantasticNuke to the face. If his Respira does touch an opponent, they have to [[LifeOrLimbDecision sever]] the part of the body that's rotting to avoid dying.
* ArchEnemy: Barragan was once the god-emperor of Hueco Mundo, with the first generation of Espada being his vassals. When Aizen arrived, Barragan was unceremoniously deposed and made into the second-ranked Espada, something he saw as an unforgivable humiliation. Ever since, Baraggan nursed a deep grudge against Aizen, and after being mortally wounded by his own Respira his last act is to try to take Aizen down with him.
* AnAxeToGrind: His Zanpakutō in its sealed form takes the form of a huge double-bearded axe called Arrogante. In his Resurrección form, he can summon an even larger jet black axe called "Gran Caída", which he was shown to have before he ever became an Arrancar.
* BadBoss: Just before Aizen showed up to kick him off his throne, he was considering dividing his army in half and having the two sides fight to the death just to pass the time. When all of his Fracciones are killed, he shows more disappointment in the fact that they lost than the fact that they died.
* BadassBoast: "I am king. I am God. I will never die." Becomes a MadnessMantra during his VillainousBreakdown.
* BadassLongrobe: His Resurrección cloaks him in a dark purple, furry cloak, a noticeable departure from all the white seen in Las Noches' army.
* BreathWeapon: In his released state he can exhale a black miasma called "Respira", the "Breath of Death", which rots whatever it comes into contact with.
* CoolCrown: He has a large, impressive spiked crown when he is in his Resurreccion. When in his unreleased state, the remains of his Hollow mask merely look like a crown. Back when he was still a Menos, he wore a slightly less fancy golden crown as the king of Hueco Mundo, only for Aizen to cut it in half during his takeover.
* DemBones: In his original Hollow form -- presumably a [[MonstrousHumanoid Vasto Lorde-class Menos]], given his humanoid appearance and enormous power -- he resembled a human skeleton clad in a crown and black robes, and his Resurrección returns him to that state by rotting away his flesh. This is to symbolize his power over old age and decay, which lets him rot other people into skeletons.
* EvilGloating: For the most part, it's completely justified, but it's also just about all that stops him from managing to do a ''lot'' more horrific damage before he went down.
* FasterThanTheyLook: Baraggan doesn't really move around that much past a slow intimidating gait as he lets [[RapidAging his powers]] destroy any attacks aimed at him and chase down his foes. However, on one of the rare occasions he actually uses [[FlashStep Sonido]], he appears right behind resident speedster Sui-Feng and lightly taps her on the shoulder while she can only react in confusion at what just happened.
* TheFatalist: The aspect of death that Baraggan represents is death by old age. His power is to generate a BattleAura that causes anything or anyone in its vicinity to age rapidly to the point of decomposition. Baraggan proclaims that death by aging is the only form of death that can not be avoided and something that the mind cannot fathom, except that it's inevitable even for Soul Reapers despite their long lives. He lectures to Sui-Feng and Hachi that nothing can exist forever; even the word "forever" is meaningless, since it was born from the fear of death.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Aizen is trapped by Yamamoto and the top three Espada are left to their own devices, Baraggan takes charge; his subsequent conversation with Harribel and Starrk pretty strongly indicates that he outranks the former (telling her that, as he should address Aizen with respect, so she should address him) and is outranked by the latter (to whom he makes a sideways comment about not wanting to hear any complaints about him calling the shots). Sure enough, he's #2, Harribel is #3, and Starrk is #1.
* AGodAmI: Barragan Louisenbairn genuinely thinks of himself as a god who sits far above everyone else and refers to himself as the "God of Hueco Mundo" multiple times during his fights against Sui-Feng and Hachigen, even though he's just an Arrancar (albeit an incredibly powerful one) like the other Espada. He was a Vasto Lorde that used to be Hueco Mundo's undisputed ruler before being overthrown by Aizen thanks to his power rot anything in his vicinity making him effectively unstoppable. Aizen himself was only able to beat him with his illusions before he could unleash that power. Eventually, he gets disintegrated by his own power being turned against him. His opponent notes that perhaps this is the only way to kill a god.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: In his human form, he has several noticeable faded scars on his face. Most of them vanish when he activates his Resurrección, given he [[DemBones loses all flesh]], but the scar over his eye becomes a [[MorphicResonance noticeable visible crack]] on the same place of his skull.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: After all the trouble Sui-Feng and Hachi went through, after surviving two Bankai nukes and proving immune to Kido, after taking arms off of both his opponents, he is finally taken down when Hachi teleports his own decaying arm into Baraggan's stomach, disintegrating Baraggan into nothingness from the inside out.
* HumiliationConga: As King of Las Noches, Baraggan was minding his own business when Aizen and his CoDragons came out of nowhere, bluntly stated that he wasn't good enough for what he was best at, wiped out Baraggan's entire army, forced him to serve the ones that defeated him and got labeled with the rank of "2nd" Espada to further spite him. His palace turned into Aizen's own headquarters.
* IgnorantOfTheirOwnIgnorance:
** Before Aizen, Gin, and Tosen arrived and usurped his throne, he believed that he had already conquered everything, and was incredulous when Aizen told him there are other worlds besides Hueco Mundo.
** Another example is how he is defeated. He spent the entire battle raving about how his power is absolute, and how everything turns to dust before it. It isn't until Hachigen points it out to him does Barragan realize that he must protected from his own power if he remains unaffected by it, allowing Hachi to [[HoistByHisOwnPetard turn Barragan's power against him]] by forcing it back into a place where the protection doesn't reach.
* ImplacableMan: Sui-Feng is aghast at the level of punishment this guy shrugs off, even wondering during the third or fourth time he's taken the party's best shot and come back for more if he's immortal.
* InstantDeathRadius: Baraggan's power is to manipulate time, which enables him to instantly age whatever he or his Respira touches to dust, and unless the affected body part is amputated the rot will spread to the entire body.
%% * JustToyingWithThem: This is one of the reasons why he gets killed. It's what he does to Suì-Fēng, Ōmaeda, and later, Hachi.
* LargeHam: Normally, he's more of a ColdHam, making dramatic speeches with a leveled voice, but during his VillainousBreakdown, he ramps it up with his MadnessMantra.
* TheLawOfDiminishingDefensiveEffort: When Sui-Feng first uses her Bankai, Baraggan stares in half-interest as the missile flies toward him, and emerges from the explosion unscathed. After determining that he aged the missile to explode before it hit him and trapping him so he can't do that again, he panics as Sui-Feng readies another missile and ends up losing part of his face from this second attack.
* LogicalWeakness: Barragan was able to rule Hueco Mundo for an untold length of time due to his [[MakeThemRot aging power]] being absolute. Unlike other powers (which can usually be mitigated or even negated completely by someone with higher Reiatsu than the user), ''everyone'' is affected by his power, because nothing lasts forever. Hachigen defeats Barragan by concluding that if this is true, Barragan himself is no exception and must have some sort of trick that protects him. He was absolutely right.
* MakeThemRot: When he is in his Resurreccion, Baraggan has an ability called Respira which allows him to accelerate the age of anything in his general vicinity to the point of decomposition. Nothing is immune Stone crumbles, spells fade away and flesh rots when it hits a target. Not even he is exempt from Respira's effects, as Hachigen has to use Baraggan's power against him in order to defeat him.
* MonoNoAware: Baraggan's power is a very literal embodiment of "mono no aware", which is a Japanese cultural ideal that all things are impermanent. This is reinforced by the fact that his power has the unique property of being absolute; no person or thing is immune to aging and dying. This applies to Baraggan himself, and Hachigen realizing this fact is what allows him to defeat Barrigan by turning his own power against him.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: During the usurpation of Barragan's kingdom, Aizen made the observation that Barragan, a skeleton clad robes of black and wielding his axe like some bringer of judgement, looked very much like the western depiction of a Shinigami/Soul Reaper, his kind's enemy.
* OhCrap: When Sui-Feng shoots him directly in the face with her Bankai, he's horrified to discover he can neither block nor avoid it. Later, Hacchi evokes another such expression from him when he figures out Barragan's secret. Barragan is vulnerable to his own power and Hacchi figures out how to turn it against him.
* OldSoldier: Baraggan Louisenbairn is the physically oldest-looking and one of the most powerful members of Aizen's Arrancar army. When Aizen and his cohorts are trapped by Yamamoto's fire during the assault on the fake Karakura Town, Baraggan takes command without any objects from his fellows (including the First Espada). It also helps that before Aizen came along and usurped him, he was the legendary God-King of Hueco Mundo and Hollowkind, and the light novels would reveal he's actually [[TimeAbyss one of the oldest living Hollows in existence]].
* PersonOfMassDestruction: His [[MakeThemRot Respira]] in particular, if he lets it run wild, will basically turn everything around him into a wasteland without him having to lift a finger or move from the spot if given enough time.
* RapidAging: This is the core of his power. His power to manipulate time enables him to accelerate the aging of whoever he or his abilities touch. Even in his unreleased state his touch can age his target enough to make their bones snap like twigs. When he unleashes his full power, anything that fails to get out of the way crumbles to dust in a matter of seconds. The results of this enables him to rot his enemies down to the bone, and even defend himself from oncoming attacks.
* RazorWind: When he swings his axe, the wind produced is strong enough to slice a building in half some distance behind Sui-Feng.
* RedBaron: Not he himself, but his ability 'Senecia' is in all of Hueco Mundo known as 'Barragan's curse'.
* RedHerring: The way he takes charge, and the fact that he's the oldest looking Espada led some people to believe he was Espada #1. Even Kyoraku had the same thoughts.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: Hachi realizes that if Barragan is telling the truth about his power being absolute, then Barragan himself is vulnerable to his own power and therefore needs a second power to protect himself from his primary ability, and it only works on the surface of his body, not inside.
* ScarySkeleton: His Resurrecion transforms him into a skeletal humanoid figure wrapped in a black cloak and crown. A powerful foe whose Respira attack causes anything or anyone that comes in contact with it to rapidly age to dust.
* SevenDeadlySins: Kubo Tite revealed in the Masked interview that some of the Espada were modeled after the Seven Deadly Sins. His god complex coupled with his Resurrección, Arrogante (Spanish for arrogant), make him a dead ringer for {{pride}}.
* TheStarscream: He ''was'' the king of Hueco Mundo by virtue of being the most powerful person around... until Aizen showed up. After being forcibly recruited, he was waiting for his chance to take his throne back.
* SuperpowerLottery: Baraggan has, in addition all the other handy powers that Arrancar have, [[MakeThemRot Respira]], which allows him to in its weakest state slow his opponent's movements and at full strength rapidly age anyone and anything that gets close to him, destroying or reducing the power of even the strongest attacks so they do nothing and allowing him to, unless his opponent takes drastic measures, kill anyone with just his presence alone. With this power he was considered the undisputed King of Hueco Mundo before Aizen came knocking, the only thing that can get around this power are techniques that go for the mind, and it's so game-breaking that he's not immune to his own power and needs to use a secondary ability to protect himself. Used right, it could possibly be more effective than even Kyoka Suigetsu.
* SwordBeam: A variant. He can combine his [[MakeThemRot Respira]] with his axe, and with every swing of his axe he can release waves of Respira at far away targets.
* TakingYouWithMe: As Baraggan's rotting away, he screams he won't die without "him" and throws his axe seemingly right at Hachi, who doesn't have time to dodge...but it goes careening right past him on a course for Aizen. The axe disintegrates before it makes it and Barragan himself follows shortly afterwards. Baraggan was resentful towards Aizen for taking his kingdom from him, and vowed to one day get his revenge.
* TimeAbyss: Baraggan was one of the first Hollows to wander through the sands of Hueco Mundo, making him around a million years old.
* TimeMaster: This is the nature of Baraggan's power. His abilities stem around manipulating the flow of time to slow down his enemies and make them age and crumble into dust. As it turns out, even he's not immune to this power and needs to use a special personal field to protect himself. The moment someone managed to get a piece of that power past said shield, it was over in a matter of seconds.
* TorsoWithAView: His Hollow Hole is in the center of his chest, although it's covered by his robes and not usually visible.
* VictoryIsBoring: In his backstory, Baraggan was extremely bored with his complete rule over Hueco Mundo because he had nothing to conquer with his vast powers and army.
* VillainBall: In spite of having a power that could wipe out Marechiyo in an instant and being able to touch Sui-Feng in his normal form alone without her realizing it with his incredible speed, [[JustToyingWithThem he opts to chasing him around.]] This leads to him being attacked by Sui-Feng's Bankai and it's only through his AntagonistAbilities that he is able to make it out unscathed.
** Overall his tendency [[EvilGloating to gloat about his philosophy and superiority]] instead of finishing them off immediately, eventually gets him killed.
* VillainousBreakdown: When Sui-Feng and Hachi manage to injure him, he completely loses his shit.
-->'''Baraggan:''' ''"[[EvilLaugh HAHAHAHAHA]]! Tiny, tiny! Tinytinytinytiny! Soul Reapers and humans and hollows and arrancars all have their own differences and quarrels! They have will and freedom and animals and plants and the moon and the stars and the sun and every little thing! But ''only'' [[GrowingUpSucks my power is absolute]]! Everything else is tiny and insignificant! [[KneelBeforeZod Your proper place is under my supreme rule]]! [[BreakThemByTalking Equality is not born from rivalry]]! Look into my eyes, for you are no different than insects to me!(...) I AM THE GREAT EMPEROR! [[AGodAmI THE GOD OF HUECO MUNDO!]] '''BARAGGAN LUISENBAIRN!!!'''"''
* WalkingWasteland: His special ability is to rot and age everything into dust. Plants, buildings, people, attacks, everything. Even ''he'' isn't immune to it, which is how he is able to be defeated.
* WeAllDieSomeday: His power to age makes him virtually impossible to kill since everything ages away and nothing lasts forever. Fortunately, Hachi realizes that he is no exception so he uses his own power against him by severing and transporting his rotting hand into the old Espada's stomach.
* WeHaveReserves: He sent his Fraccion into battle fully expecting them to win, and he was noticeably enraged when they were killed, but he also didn't lift a finger to help them when they started losing, and gave the impression that he was only angry because his servants being defeated made ''him'' look bad. Otherwise, he didn't care. In his backstory, as he was planning to have his loyal army fight each other to the death before Aizen dropped in. Mainly because he was bored.
* WhenEldersAttack: He looks ancient and even his powers revolve around Old Age, as it works on the principle of senescence. He's also just as muscular as Captain Commander Yamamoto.
* WorldsStrongestMan: PlayedWith. As the former self-proclaimed God of Hueco Mundo, Baraggan earned that right by [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority carving out a kingdom, declaring his sovereignty, and then defeating all challengers to his power]]. However, Starrk, Yammy, and (as revealed in the light novels) even Szayelaporro before he willingly weakened himself to remove his "imperfection" all have more Reiatsu than he does at their full power. What makes him so devastating is that his [[RapidAging power]] is one of the only exceptions to the rule of "[[MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours greater Reiatsu can mitigate or even negate its effects]]", meaning he could legitimately and even easily defeat even those technically stronger than him in a direct fight, which is what let him consolidate power [[VictoryIsBoring so utterly]] before Aizen came along and why Szayelaporro was part of his court despite being strong enough at the time to qualify as the first Cero Espada.
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[[folder: (#3) Tres Espada - Tier Harribel]]
!!Tier Harribel
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[-''"No world is without sacrifices. But if we produce casualties, we would also sustain casualties of our own."''-]
->'''Species:''' Menos / Arrancar (Vasto Lorde)
->'''Zanpakuto:''' Tiburon
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MegumiOgata (JP), Creator/LauraBailey (EN), Nalleli Solís (Latin-American Spanish)
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The Third Espada, a DarkActionGirl who led an [[AmazonBrigade all-female Fracción]] squad. Harribel shows actually more compassion compared to the rest of the Arrancars towards her own Fraccion, but she still fulfills her DarkActionGirl credentials. She defines the death aspect of 'Sacrifice'. Her number-tattoo is located on the left side of her right breast, and her Hollow hole is in her womb.

Her Zanpakuto, '''''Tiburon''''', gives her a shark motif and control of water-based abilities. In her normal form, the blade is hollow and can be filled with spiritual power to increase its strength.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: When her top is unzipped and in her Resurrección form her breasts are only partially covered by her mask fragments. The anime extends the fragments to cover the undersides of her breasts as well.
* AdaptationExpansion: The anime dedicated a handful of filler episodes to showing her backstory as a pacifist Vasto Lorde opposed to Barrigan's reign, protecting a trio of female Adjuchas - who later became her Fraccion - from the predations of other Menos.
* AllThereInTheManual: A novel-esque story titled "Nestle To Night" (found in the ''Unmasked'' databook) reveals that Harribel and her Fraccion survived the entire Fake Karakura ordeal thanks to Orihime healing them. This happens again regarding her fate after the manga, as ''Can't Fear Your Own World" reveals that she was rescued from the Wahrwelt by Nelliel at some point and returned to Hueco Mundo after the war ended.
* AmazonBrigade: All three of her Fraccion are female, amd make up the Tres Bestia. Anime filler shows that they deliberately gathered up to avoid predation from male Hollows, as female Hollows are generally considered easy targets.
* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has dark skin (noticeably more so in the manga than the anime); but as she has a Spanish-flavored name like the other Arrancar, it's unclear what her ethnicity is supposed to be, if she even has one.
* AnimalMotifs: Her Resurrección is related to sharks. In anime-only flashback, her Vasto Lorde form is a humanoid Hollow with shark-themed armor.
* AntiVillain: Conducts herself in a much more restrained and honorable manner than her compatriots, although messing with her friends brings down her [[MamaBear wrath]]. Her anger usually takes the form of TranquilFury, with the only time she drops her air of quiet dignity being when Aizen betrays everyone. Aizen is irritated to discover he has to use his sword on her twice before she can be properly defeated.
* BadassInDistress: Sometime before the start of the Quincy's invasion of Soul Society, she was captured by the Vandenreich to destabilize Hueco Mundo. She's shown defeated and chained up in Yhwach's stronghold.
* {{BFS}}: Unusual for most females in Bleach, she wields a massive broad sword in Resureccion that resembles a shark's tooth.
* BishonenLine: In contrast to the other Espadas' Resurreccións - which make them appear more monstrous - Harribel's Ressurrecion makes her appear more human by doing away with the fanged mask-fragment covering her mouth.
* BoobsOfSteel: She's the strongest female Arrancar who wields a {{BFS}} in her Resurreccion, and has a rather massive bust.
%% * ButNotTooBlack: She has dark brown skin in the manga, but the anime adaptation makes her skin a much lighter shade of brown than in the manga.
* ButterFace: Subversion. Her body is curvaceous, but when she unzips her jacket, the lower half of her face is covered by her mask fragment -- a skeletal jaw, in keeping with her shark theme. Once she enters her Resurrección, however, her face becomes as gorgeous as the rest of her body.
* ContraltoOfDanger: She is the only female among the current Espada, and holds the absolute deepest voice of all females in the series. It helps that her unreleased state leaves her with mask fragments muffling her mouth.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: In her Resurrección she trades her hakama for a bone-like micro skirt that doesn't even make it halfway to her knees.
* DarkActionGirl: She's the most powerful female Arrancar in Aizen's army and is fully capable of overwhelming a Captain-class Soul Reapers like Hitsugaya.
* DarkSkinnedBlond: She has blonde hair and dark skin; though she's given lighter, tan-ish skin in the anime, for some reason.
* DeclarationOfProtection: In the wild, Harribel lived as close as she could to a life of non-violence and starvation to defy the SocialDarwinist laws of Hueco Mundo. Since then, she has been motivated to fight by a desire to keep her few friends from dying.
* DoesNotLikeMen: She ''[[ProperlyParanoid knows]]'' that male Hollows will invariably prey upon females, especially since she lives in such a brutal world that the likes of Baraggan rise to the top. However, she does get along fine with the likes of Starrk, meaning she's still a reasonable enough person.
* EveryoneHasStandards: The novel "Don't Fear Your Own World" has her see Yhwach's state as the new Soul King. Seeing what they've done made her understand why Aizen wants to destroy it so bad.
* EverythingsEvenWorseWithSharks: Her sword's name is the Spanish word for shark and her Resurrecion adds a shark motif to her appearance. She even refers to herself as the shark when one-shotting [[ActuallyADoombot (a fake)]] Hitsugaya.
* FriendToAllChildren: According to Nelliel, she gets along well with children and has a bit of a soft spot for people who are kind to them.
* GoingCommando: In the manga, we get a shot of her skirt going up, and there's nothing covering what's underneath. This is changed in ''Bleach: Soul Resurrección'', to her wearing black panties under her skirt.
* HighCollarOfDoom: Presumably to cover her mask remnants, her collar zips all the way up to her nose.
* TheHighQueen: After Barrigan's death, Harribel becomes the queen of Hueco Mundo -- later taking up co-leadership alongside fellow former Tres Espada Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck. As one of the more amiable Arrancar, the Soul Reapers see her as a viable option for arranging a peace treaty between Soul Society and Hueco Mundo.
* IntimateMarks: Her Espada Tattoo is on the bottom of her breast, and only visible if she unzips her jacket all the way open to expose AbsoluteCleavage. The databooks also reveal that her Hollow hole is in her womb.
* LadyLegionnaireWear: Her Resurrección gives her a miniskirt made of bones.
* LadyOfWar: She's calm, honorable, and quietly dignified. As the strongest female Arrancar and only female Espada, she is able to overwhelm Hitsugaya with her swordsmanship and water abilities once she releases her Zanpakuto.
* MakingASplash: Her main ability in her Resurreccion is being able to create and manipulate water. During her fight with Tōshirō, she uses her power to fire high-pressure water projectiles and summon an enormous torrent of water that floods multiple city blocks. She can also manipulate the temperature of water she comes in contact with, as shown when she instantly boils Tōshirō's ice, melting it before it can reach her.
* MamaBear: Harribel's "Aspect of Death" is sacrifice and the meaning behind this lays within her relationship with her three Fraccion. Harribel has no desire to kill, but she knows that she lives in a CrapsackWorld where the strong prey upon the weak. She joined up with Aizen because she did not want her own weakness to lead to the deaths of her TrueCompanions. Nevertheless, each of them would gladly [[HeroicSacrifice sacrifice their own lives]] for her sake, and they've even adopted Harribel's theme of sacrifice by removing a part of themselves to create the extremely powerful Ayon.
* MartialPacifist: Like Starrk and her predecessor Nelliel, Harribel hates fighting, but will use her considerable power if it means protecting her TrueCompanions. Her short story in the UNMASKED databook reveals that she joined Aizen's forces specifically so that she could bring an end to the constant fighting of Hueco Mundo.
%% * MartyrWithoutACause: Implied in the anime.
%% * MeaningfulName: "Tier" is German for "animal".
* MenUseViolenceWomenUseCommunication: She chose to protect female Hollows from male ones, and created an AmazonBrigade of female Hollows, stating that the males always targeted females. She is also one of the rare Hollow that refuses to gain power by violently consuming other Hollows regardless of gender.
* MessyHair: Her hair looks like it hasn't seen a brush in years and is in a permanent state of dishevelment.
* AMotherToHerMen: Unlike the Espada not named Starrk, she actually cares a great deal for the safety of her Fraccion. The anime takes it a step further by hosting a WholeEpisodeFlashback detailing her past, where she actually recruited Apacci, Sung-Sun and Mila Rose to help form a stable group to keep male Hollows from eating them. Given how her Hollow hole is located in her womb, symbolizing how she's effectively a ParentalSubstitute for her girls.
* MsFanservice: Let's not beat around the bush, Harribel is drop dead ''gorgeous''. She has an extremely curvaceous figure, which her clothes greatly show off -- her normal outfit doesn't even fully come down over her chest, giving her a gratuitous amount of [[{{Underboobs}} underboob]], and her hakama has deep slits on either side of her that show off her hips and thighs. Her Ressurrecion takes it even further by giving her an extremely {{Stripperiffic}} outfit.
* NonMaliciousMonster: Flashbacks in the anime reveal that even as a normal Hollow, Harribel disliked killing, which stands in stark contrast to the usual bloodthirsty attitude displayed by most Hollows.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: While watching Grimmjow and Ichigo fight, Tier notes to herself that Ichigo's Spiritual Power is similar to that of an Arrancar -- Ichigo having been wearing his Hollow Mask at the time -- and that their battle looks less like one between an Arrancar and a Soul Reaper and more like one between two Espada.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: As shown in her battle with Hitsugaya, she could easily flood an entire city if she wanted to. She is the 3rd most powerful Espada, meaning that she is prohibited from releasing her Zanpaukto in Las Noches, as the destructive power could potentially obliterate the palace.
* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: Inverted. In her unreleased state, her hair is mostly shoulder length with [[ShortHairWithTail three ponytails around her head]]. She loses the tails in her Resurrección, leaving her with just the shoulder-length hair.
* PowerOfFriendship: In contrast to other Hollows, who rely on the PowerOfHate and kill to become stronger, Harribel made a vow to rely on her comrades for support.
--> "I don't want to become stronger through the power I gain by killing and sacrificing another. If I can't win alone, then I'll win as a group."
* RazorWind: Upon entering her Resurrección state, the first swing of her sword has so much power behind it that the sheer pressure of it cuts right through Tōshirō's ice clone from over a dozen feet away.
* RiddleForTheAges: Just why exactly did Yhwach bother to capture her, instead of killing her outright? Harribel speculates that Yhwach either had plans for her in his new world or tried to convert her into an enemy and give her Quincy powers, but can't be sure if there may be another reason. Also falls under AbortedArc as the abrupt end of Bleach led to the purpose of her imprisonment being forever unknown.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Contrary to other Espada, she's clearly distraught when Yamamoto defeats her Fraccion (though it's later revealed that they survived his "light roasting"). While her tone and expression don't change much, she becomes much more condescending and physically aggressive toward Hitsugaya. When she enters her Ressureccion, she immediately cuts him in half before turning her attention to Yamamoto with the intent of avenging her subordinates, though she's interrupted by Hitsugaya (she actually cut an ice illusion). After seemingly freezing her to death, he apologizes for not letting her have her vengeance.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Though some of the Privaron Espada were female, she is the only woman among the Espada during the present story.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Even after the official romanization of her name came out, the English dubbers continue with their original pronunciation of "Halibel". All of the Espada are named after famous architects. She's named after Harry Bell Measures.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's the fourth tallest lady in ''Bleach'' at 175cm/5'9" and is very curvy.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: In her Resurrección form, her shirt disappears, leaving only two thin bones to cover her breasts. She also gets a DangerouslyShortSkirt, high heeled boots, long gloves, and what looks to be a row of sharks teeth travelling up her navel. In the manga, even in her casual wear, the underneath of her breasts were constantly exposed and her hakama was so low that it was obvious she wasn't wearing any underwear.
* SwordBeam: Her Ola Azul ability charges Reiatsu within the hollow section of her sword and then fires it; La Gota fires a shark-tooth shaped water projectile from the tip of her sword; and she also fires her Cero from her sword in a similar fashion to Ichigo's Getsuga Tensho.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Appears to have rejected the SocialDarwinist law of Hueco Mundo despite being the third or fourth most powerful Hollow known. After becoming a Vasto Lorde, she refuses to eat other Hollows to gain power.
* TokenGoodTeammate: With her distaste of killing and kindness and caring towards her subordinates, Harribel is by far the most morally-centered of the Espada. She also doesn't show any real malice towards the Soul Reapers at Fake Karakura until Yamamoto [[MamaBear roasts her Fraccion]].
* TorsoWithAView: Unlike most of the other Arrancars, this one is subverted. It's where her womb is supposed to be, with her "Beyond Resurrección" form in ''Bleach: Brave Souls'' showing it's usually hidden under her pants and skirt.
* TranquilFury: When her Fracción are seemingly killed, Harribel doesn't outwardly shows very little outward emotion, but becomes much more aggressive in her fighting style and goes to town on Hitsugaya with the intent of taking on Yamamoto to avenge them.
* TrueCompanions: Harribel is very close to her Fracción and cares deeply about them. This is expanded upon in her anime-exclusive backstory, which reveals they have been close comrades since before they were Arrancar. As such, she is enraged when she thinks they were killed by Yamamoto, and they beg Orihime to save her life after Aizen mortally wounded her.
* {{Underboobs}}: In the manga the underside of her breasts are exposed in either forms, but censored in the anime and video games. Suspiciously enough, however, during a flashback to Wonderweiss' creation at episode 294, her underboobs are rendered fully, without any censorship whatsoever.
* WaterIsWomanly: She's the only female in the Espada, has a shark motif, and her Zanpakuto, Tiburon, gives her water powers. Harribel is a calm, quietly dignified warrior who takes on a motherly role to her Fraccion, symbolized by the hollow hole on her womb.
* WillfullyWeak: Refusing to eat other Hollows means that she didn't continue to gain power the same way far less moral Hollows like Baraggan did. This combined with her steadfast refusal to kill and her belief in fighting as a group explains quite well why she didn't seem as powerful as the other Vasto Lorde Arrancar. Of course, when she actually puts some effort into fighting, she's a total badass.
* YouAreInCommandNow: Due to the fact that every Espada more powerful than her is dead, she became the ruler of Hueco Mundo by default.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Aizen loses interest in the Espada when he realises that even combined they're still weaker than he is. He cuts down Harribel himself although she's later [[AllThereInTheManual saved by Orihime]], inheriting leadership of Hueco Mundo until being captured by Yhwach.
* YouWillBeSpared: Yhwach intentionally spared her for unknown reasons. She was later brought into the Soul King's Palace after Yhwach transformed it using his power.
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[[folder: (#4) Cuatro Espada - Ulquiorra Cifer]]
!!Ulquiorra Cifer
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[-''"Your words are those of a man who knows not true despair. If you know it not, then allow me to teach you. This is the face of true despair."''-]
->'''Species:''' Menos / Arrancar (Vasto Lorde)
->'''Zanpakuto:''' Murcielago
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaisukeNamikawa (JP), Creator/TonyOliver (EN), Creator/SteveBlum (EN, ''Bleach: Shattered Blade''), Kaihiamal Martínez (Latin-American Spanish)
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The Fourth Espada, Ulquiorra is cold, rational, reserved, and absolutely loyal to Aizen, which more or less netted him the position of TheDragon despite not being his most powerful subordinate. However, all traits put him in [[BlueOniRedOni direct conflict]] with Grimmjow, to the point where though he acted as Ichigo's main rival, Ulquiorra has far more enmity for the Sixth Espada. He considers Ichigo, and all others either weaker than him or human, little more than "trash". He defines the death aspect of 'Emptiness'. His number tattoo is on the left side of his chest and his Hollow hole is in his sternum - though in his debut it was in the base of his throat.

His Zanpakuto, '''''Murcielago''''', transforms him into a bat-like demon that gives him incomprehensible speed and allows him to create energy javelins. He has a hidden second transformation named '''Segunda Etapa''' that transforms him into a demon with vastly enhanced destructive and regenerative abilities.

He received a short comic made by Tite Kubo about his back story in the third data book, ''Unmasked'', which shows his origins.

See [[Characters/BleachUlquiorraCifer here]] for tropes on Ulquiorra.
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[[folder: (#5) Quinto Espada - Nnoitra Gilga]]
!!Nnoitra Gilga
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[-''"Ain't no chance of salvation for us. Never has been. With or without Aizen, that's never gonna change. If there's one thing I'm grateful to that guy for, it's the fact that he gave me power. Thanks to that, I've been able to savor greater battles than ever before. I'm gonna be strong. Stronger than anyone."''-]
->'''Species:''' Arrancar
->'''Zanpakuto:''' Santa Teresa
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobutoshiCanna (JP), Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas (EN), Eduardo Ramírez (Latin-American Spanish)
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The Fifth Espada, a DeathSeeker. Once, he was the Eighth Espada, but was promoted sometime after a sneak attack to Nel, the 3rd Espada of the time, whom he hates because she pitied and disrespected him. He defines the death aspect of 'Despair'. He is noted to have the greatest Hierro (iron-hard skin) amongst the Espada.

'''''Santa Teresa''''', his oddly shaped... axe-like Zanpakuto, gives him six arms and six scythes, all capable of high-speed regeneration if he was to lose one or two. His number tattoo is on his tongue, and his Hollow hole is where his left eye should be - along with the remains of his Hollow mask.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Clearly what the anime (with a very sad music theme) aimed at, showing him as a NietzscheWannabe living behind the DespairEventHorizon, with an absurdly huge overcompensated inferiority complex.
* AmbiguousSituation: An interview to promote the final arc revealed which Espada will return. Grimmjow, Nel and Harribel were stated to return, as they had survived the events of the Arrancar Saga. Notably Starrk, Nnoitra and Zommari were given a small chance to return, while the other Espada were given zero, With the final arc being cut short it remains unknown what the significance of said distinction was. Starrk, Nnoitra, Zommari, Szayelaporro, and Aaroniero were killed by a Zanpakuto (Barragan died by his own powers, Yammy of blood loss, and Ulquiorra was fatally injured by a Cero), which would mean that they were either cleansed and ended up in Soul Society or ended up in Hell.
* AnimalMotifs: His Resurrección, Santa Teresa, is the Spanish name for a [[SlayingMantis praying mantis]]. His transformation grants him six arms, giving him an insect-like appearance, and his scythes are meant to evoke the image of a mantis' forelegs.
* AntagonistAbilities: Specifically matched up against melee characters (like Ichigo and Kenpachi), Nnoitra is problematic to fight. In addition to an inherent DamageReduction via his Hierro, he is also MultiArmedAndDangerous in Resurrección, allowing him to deflect his opponent's weapon with one limb and then immediately counter and overwhelm them with all the others. He can even regenerate these limbs if one happens to be chopped off.
* {{Archenemy}}: Nel and Nnoitra have incompatible philosophies. She believes in never fighting without reason and avoiding it if possible, he believes fighting itself is a reason to fight. He hates women, especially women in positions of authority over him, as Nel used to be and Harribel is. Nel dismisses his philosophy and refuses to see him as a warrior. As a result, she feels he needs to be watched over to prevent himself from getting into more trouble than he can handle. Eventually, he rips off her fraccions' masks, smashes her mask, and throws her out of Las Noches.
* AxCrazy: Nnoitra delights in combat and bloodshed. He is sadistic, bloodthirsty, and battle hungry, which is rather fitting as he is Kenpachi's EvilCounterpart. When he was the 8th Espada, he slaughtered a group of Hollows despite not being ordered to do so, all while laughing like a mad man.
* BladeOnAStick: His Zanpakuto takes the form of two crescent moons attached at their curves, with the handle attached inside one of the curves. It looks like "--)( " It's implied this is due to him becoming more powerful, since in the time period he was partnered with Nelliel it only had one crescent.
* BloodKnight: He is basically the Espada equivallant to Kenpachi in this department. Nnoitra revels in combat more than any of the other Espada, and even tells Neliel that alcohol can't compare to the euphoric feeling he gets in a battle. However, he differs from other examples in the series in that he is not above fighting dirty and exploiting weaknesses. His goal in life is to die fighting to the very end.
* BoringButPractical: His Resurrección doesn't have crazy or special techniques that the other current Espadas have. All he gets are six arms, six scythes and a HealingFactor that allows him to regrow his arms, but his regeneration abilities aren't nearly as strong as Ulquiorra's. The increase of his Reiatsu is enough to make him a serious challenge against Captain-class enemies.
* CombatPragmatist: In his words, a fight is meant to be won, so dirty tactics are fair game. He ambushes Ichigo just after his intense battle with Grimmjow so that the Soul Reaper would be too exhausted to successfully defend himself, and goes the extra mile by having Tesra take Orihime hostage to further dissuade Ichigo from fighting back. In the past, he also used a device supplied to him by Szayelaporro to trick Nelliel into attacking an illusion of himself so he could deal her a grievous wound while [[InTheBack her back was turned]].
* DeathSeeker: Basically, Nnoitra's life goal is to kill every single person he meets, until he is either the strongest person in existence or killed in the act. He has no problem with either option and the second one is what actually occurs.
* DespairEventHorizon: Hit it at some point in the past and kept right on going. "None of us is getting redemption." Barragan states that he represents the aspect of death that is 'despair'.
* {{Determinator}}: He manages to stand back up after Kenpachi nearly cuts him half through sheer force of will.
* DontYouDarePityMe: One of the things he hates above all else is being pitied. A huge part of his hatred towards Neliel is due to her insistence in the past on following him around and keeping him out of trouble on the grounds that he was weaker than her. Just before his death, he muses on how much it hurts to be pitied, equating it to having someone stomp on an open wound.
* EvilCounterpart: Similar in some ways to Kenpachi as a bloodthirsty, fight-loving psycho with the desire to fight strong enemies, but Nnoitra is strongly distinguished by character traits, such as genuine lechery, misogyny, pettiness, arrogance, and an inferiority complex. The core of their insanity is also different: Kenpachi fights for fun and can get serious when he realizes that his life is on the line, while Nnoitra is a DeathSeeker whose greatest desire is to be slain in battle; Nnoitra is obsessed with proving he is the absolute strongest, Kenpachi ''loves'' finding out the opponent might be stronger than him. However, when a fight drags on too long, Nnoitra gets frustrated. Zaraki, on the other hand, loves a long hard battle. Nnoitra has vowed to never show mercy to his opponents, while Kenpachi will spare an opponent who’s too injured to continue so he can have a rematch. A visual parallel is also drawn with Nnoitra's eyepatch, which is later replaced with a scar identical to Kenpachi's after taking a strong slash to the face and chest.
* EvilIsPetty: Nnoitra absolutely despises being pitied and will pay back anyone who does. He attacked Nelliel because she didn't consider him a true warrior. During a fight, his Fraccion Tesra runs to see if he is okay, only to punched across the ground for his trouble. He also has a derogatory view of women; his hatred of Nelleil is partly because she is a woman of higher rank than he is, and acts lecherous towards Orihime, even suggesting to Ulquiorra that he should "disclipine" her.
%% * EvilLaugh: Pulls one off after injuring Kenpachi with his hidden pair of arms. It tells you how much of a sadist he is.
* EyepatchOfPower: Wears an eyepatch over his left eye to conceal his Hollow hole, as well as his mask remnants around it. He is also strong enough to go toe-to-toe to Kenpachi.
* HeManWomanHater: He kept picking fights with Nelliel because he refused to accept women could be stronger than men and loathed her pity. At a meeting, he mocks Harribel, claiming she's too scared to fight. His suggestions on what Ulquiorra could do his "pet" Orihime drew Ulquiorra's disgust. Later, he shoves his fingers into Orihime's mouth to silence her, a gesture so loaded in Japan that the animators censored the scene into having a hand clamped over her mouth instead.
* HealingFactor: His released form can regrow any arm that Kenpachi cuts off. The regeneration does not seem to extend beyond his arms, though.
* HeyYou: He never refers to Soul Reapers by name (except Aizen). When he asks Ichigo by his name, Nnoitra initally seems to go on LastNameBasis with him like Grimmjow does, but soon he has already forgotten it. Kenpachi, on the other hand, does remember Nnoitra's name after killing him.
* HighCollarOfDoom: You could be forgiven for assuming that spoon-like piece of clothing that juts out high above his head was some kind of hat. It's actually the collar of his shirt.
* HornedHumanoid: His released form has asymmetrical horns that look like a crescent driven halfway through his skull.
* {{Hypocrite}}: During his fight with Ichigo, Nnoitra tells him that he hates people who keep on attacking despite knowing they have no chance of winning… when he himself kept picking fights with Nelliel in their backstory despite the fact that she effortlessly defeated him every single time until he resorted to dirty tactics. Naturally, this is another reflection of his InferioritySuperiorityComplex.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: His Resurrección looks like it has four arms, but it really has six. He also has a very powerful HealingFactor, just in case anyone actually manages to damage him.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: His Zanpakuto is...odd, to say the least. The best way to describe it would be to call it an enormous crescent shaped [[SinisterScythe scythe]] with an identical crescent blade stacked on top of it, facing the other direction. As a result of it's bizarre design, he's rarely able to hit an opponent with the blades of the weapon except when charging with the Zanpakuto pointed forward like a spear, and instead opts to simply swing it like a club. In the past, his Zanpakuto had a slightly different, though equally strange appearance, being only one large crescent blade facing upward.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Nnoitra proclaims himself the strongest Espada, acting extremely egotistical during his fights. But beneath his arrogant front is man with a deep inferiority complex. He had an innability to win fights, especially against Nelliel who at the time was 3rd Espada. That, combined with Nelliel pitying him, caused him to develop a grudge against her that motivated him to attack her. As his fight with Kenpachi starts to drag on, he gets increasingly more desperate and frustrated over his inability to beat him. He hates being spared by an opponent, viewing it as the biggest disrespect to a warrior.
* {{Jerkass}}: Abrasive, vulgar, and misogynistic, he admits he loathes women holding higher ranks than himself, and displays no respect for Harribel now or Nel in the past as a result. His enmity with Nel extended to their incompatible battle philosophies. His botched attempt to murder her and her Fraccións led to their de-powering and exile. Even the emotionless Ulquiorra recoils in disgust when Nnoitra implies the captive Orihime should be raped. When later restraining her, Nnoitra shoves two fingers into her mouth, a gesture associated with Japanese porn that the anime changes into a more [[LighterAndSofter chaste gagging]] scene.
* KickTheDog: He goes out of his way to restrain Orihime and force her to watch as Tesra tortures an already battered Ichigo for seemingly no other reason than for his own amusement.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: He attacks both Grimmjow and Ichigo after their battle when neither of them are in any condition to fight back. He then goes on to essentially torture Ichigo as the the Soul Reaper desperately tries to defend himself [[ForcedToWatch and he makes Orihime watch.]]
* TheLawOfDiminishingDefensiveEffort: When he fights an exhausted Ichigo, he realizes that he can simply grab Tensa Zangetsu and muses that he wasted energy evading it beforehand. He's visibly shocked when Nelliel easily cuts him. Kenpachi starts out doing no better than Ichigo, leading Nnoitra to repeatedly boast that Kenpachi's blade will never cut him, but takes evasive action when he gets pinned down and nearly stabbed in the face. When Kenpachi lampshades this trope by pointing out that obviously he must have seen some danger, Nnoitra brushes off his evasion as something that any trained warrior would naturally do.
* LeanAndMean: Nnoitra is a misogynistic, battle-obsessed sadist who is among the most-unpleasant of the Espada, and has an [[NoodlePeople incredibly stringy physique]] (though his torso is still muscular). Ichigo is astonished at the [[MusclesAreMeaningless force of his Zanpakuto swing despite his lanky arms]].
* ManiacTongue: His tongue is strangely long, and he often sticks it out to either display his rank tattooed on it or to fire Ceros from the tip, giving him an even more psychotic appearance.
* MightyGlacier: Nnoitra is not a very fast fighter and rarely uses Sonído during a fight. But his attacks are powerful and his Hierro is top-notch.
* MoralMyopia: He decides that Chad is NotWorthKilling, claiming that nobody will think better of him for killing weaklings. Later, Nnoitra is shown to have a massive inferiority complex and hates it when people show him mercy because they think he's too weak and he claims he'll cut anyone down, whether they can fight back or not.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: In Resurección, he can fight with up to six arms, each one holding a weapon. He can also manifest as many as he wants at any one time, allowing him to attack with four and then reveal the remaining two at the worst possible moment.
* NextTierPowerUp: Nnoitra's appearance during his feud with Nel is different from his appearance during the Espada arc, implying that he was upgraded by Aizen using the Hōgyoku.
* NoSell: Chad's best attack doesn't budge him (despite immediately previous [=TKOing=] a Privaron Espada), and an exhausted Ichigo's blade harmlessly bounces off his skin.
* NonstandardCharacterDesign: His eyes are thinner than every single major character's so far, and the [[TombstoneTeeth large upper teeth]]. (Rather like Shinji's, oddly enough.)
%%* NoodlePeople: He's also much taller and thinner than most other characters.
* NotWorthKilling: Spares Chad's life after defeating him, explaining to Tesra that he's not going to waste energy finishing off someone who's as good as dead already. [[{{Hypocrite}} He hates it when his opponents show this attitude towards him, on the other hand]].
* OrganDodge: Kenpachi tries to stab him through his head and into his brain. Luckily for Nnoitra, Kenny stabbed him through his EyepatchOfPower, which actually hides his Hollow hole, so he hits nothing but air and Nnoitra uses this opportunity to stab Kenpachi through the chest with his hand.
* PetTheDog: He cares enough for his Fracción Tesra to warn him to get away from Kenpachi after sensing the latter's power. The databooks confirm that Tesra is Nnoitra's "confidant", and that Nnoitra experiences "shaken grief" when Tesra is cut down.
* RuleOfSymbolism: [[AllThereInTheManual According to the databook]], Nnoitra is symbolic of an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asura "Asura" from Buddhist theology]]. An Asura is essentially a deity that has become addicted to anger, violence, sadism, and envy and is utterly incapable of solving any conflict with anything less than violence and death. They are also egotistical to a fault, and feel a compulsion to look down upon others.
%% * SirSwearsALot: Let's just say he would give [[Film/TropicThunder Les Grossman]] a ''serious'' run for his money, and leave it at that.
* SevenDeadlySins: According to a Kubo Tite interview, some of the Espada were modeled after the Seven Deadly Sins. Considering Nnoitra's history with Nel and with his general desire to be stronger than anyone else, his sin is probably Envy.
* SlasherSmile: As a BloodKnight, he lives for battle... and hopes to die that way, too. Anything that involves or leads to violence and bloodshed is something that makes him grin.
* SlayingMantis: While he does have Asura symbolism going on, animal-wise Nnoitra is heavily associated with mantises, with his Zanpakuto "Santa Teresa" meaning "Praying Mantis" in Spanish and his Resurrección being a multi-limbed being with {{Sinister Scythe}}s evocative of a mantis's forelegs.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Despite being the Quinto Espada, ranked below four (five if one includes Yammy's 0 Espada ranking), he claims to be the strongest Espada due [[MadeOfIron his hardened skin that's more durable than most Arrancar]]. [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex A large part of it plays in how he deals with his crippling insecurities about his weakness and a putting a front to disguise it]]
* TheSociopath: Nnoitra believes that Hollows are damned souls who shouldn't bother with things like "redemption" or trying to better themselves, and thus he sees nothing wrong with trying to kill anyone and everyone in his path as he seeks to become either the strongest around or gets killed in battle by someone stronger, both of which he longs for. He loathes Nel because she pitied him, and attempted to kill her and her Fraccion to achieve a higher rank in the Espada. He savagely attacks Ichigo, breaking his arm, and forces Orihime to watch Tesra give a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown to Ichigo, taking sadistic glee in their anguish. Even Ulquiorra, who is incapable of feeling emotions is disgusted with him when Nnoitra displays lecherous intent towards Orihime. The only person he's ever shown a ''smidgen'' of care for is his Fraccion Tesra.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Even after it's been confirmed that his name is "Nnoitra", a lot of people still call him "Noitora." {{Creator/VizMedia}} calls him "Nnoitora". He's actually named after Richard '''Neutra''', a famous architect. In the dub, it's pronounced 'Noitora.'
* SuperToughness: Even by the standards of the Arrancar, Nnoitra's Hierro was considered exceptional. His skin is durable enough that his hand only produces sparks by grabbing hold of Ichigo's Tensa Zangetsu, and takes multiple hits from Kenpachi's blade with no visible damage, until Kenpachi finally gets used to the toughness of his skin.
* TombstoneTeeth: The current page image. Nnoitra has a mouth full of uniformly rectangular teeth, and unless he's speaking it's impossible to tell where his upper jaw's teeth end and his lower jaw's teeth begin. This serves to accentuate his creepiness, as he's usually baring them in a SlasherSmile.
* TookALevelInBadass: He was previously the 8th Espada at some point in the past, but managed to claw his way up to 5th, and given the tough-ass time he gave Kenpachi he seems to have earned it. Nelliel was once so strong she could beat him down, without taking in a scratch, as Nnoitra is bloodied up. When they meet in the current timeline, Nnoitra is an even match for Neliel, as none of her attacks did any significant damage to him. Nnoitra is also a recognition that the Espada have improved greatly since Nelliel's expulsion.
* TorsoWithAView: His Hollow hole is in his head, in place of one of his eyes. It's normally covered by his eyepatch, so when Kenpachi stabs him through it expecting an instant kill, it simply passes harmlessly through his head.
* VariableLengthChain: The chain attached to the hilt of his weapon can grow and shrink in length, which he puts to use by extending it long enough to swing his zanpakuto around like a flail.
* VictoryByEndurance: Nnoitra uses this against Ichigo. After Ichigo defeats Grimmjow and apparently rescued Orihime, Nnoitra announces his presence by one-shotting the exhausted Grimmjow before thrashing the equally exhausted Ichigo. In Nnoitra's case, this was triply assholish because Ichigo, Grimmjow and Orihime were all equally fair game in his eyes.
* VillainousBreakdown: Kenpachi's clear enjoyment of what appears to Nnoitra to be a losing battle starts to strongly unnerve Nnoitra. As Kenpachi continues to laugh and enjoy himself, Nnoitra descends into raving and swearing at him. Eventually, this psychological edge causes Nnoitra to be too shaken to think to defend himself when Kenpachi finally goes for a killing strike, crippling him in one blow.
* WouldHitAGirl: Explicitly a part of his life philosophy given his misogyny, he has no reservations against trying to wail on Neliel, even in her [[WouldHurtAChild child form]].
* WouldHurtAChild: As noted above, he has ''zero'' qualms about brutalizing Nel in her child form. He also attempts to go after Yachiru when it looks like he's killed Zaraki. Fortunately for Yachiru and ''un''fortunately for Nnoitra, Zaraki isn't going to go down that easily.
-->'''Yachiru:''' "You should watch out! Ken-chan'll get mad if you start attacking me!"
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[[folder: (#6) Sexta Espada - Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez]]
!!Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez
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[-''"They're all cowards, every damn one of them. Whatever. I'll just consume them. As they become my flesh and blood, they will see beyond. I... I am the king!"''-]
->'''Species:''' Menos / Arrancar (Adjuchas / Vasto Lorde)
->'''Zanpakuto:''' Pantera
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunichiSuwabe (JP), Creator/DavidVincent (EN), Creator/EdsonMatus (Latin-American Spanish)
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Arrancar 12 and the sixth Espada. He views himself as a king and is angered when he feels that anyone is failing to give him the respect he deserves. Despite his violence and instability, he does have a personal code of honor and fair play. He is despised by Tosen for his disrespect and vicious behavior. He defines the death aspect of 'Destruction'. His number tattoo is on the right side of his back, and his Hollow hole is in his abdomen.

His Zanpakuto is '''''Pantera''''', which transforms him into a cat-man hybrid that is capable of extreme speed. He can also create giant energy claws and howl loudly enough to cause shock waves.
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* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: ''LightNovel/BleachCannotFearYourOwnWorld'' reveals that he gained some resistance to poison after surviving his fight with Askin, who had the ability to make everything poisonous by lowering the lethal dose.
* AnimalMotifs: As an Adjuchas he strongly resembled a [[PantheraAwesome panther]], and his Resurrección, Pantera, gives him a number of feline traits. It's befitting of his wild, vicious nature.
* AnArmAndALeg: Tosen cuts off his left arm as punishment for insubordination, making sure to burn it to ashes afterwards. The injury was considered debilitating enough to strip him of his rank, something Yammy had the fortune to avoid because his arm was left intact after Ichigo cut it off. After Orihime is kidnapped, she is ordered to display her power by restoring it.
* AwesomeMcCoolname: "Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez" which is pronounced "Grimmjoe Jaggerjack", making it sound and look really cool. There is also a particular case where Grimmjow tries to turn it to a [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast dreading name]] after his first fight with Ichigo.
* AxCrazy: Grimmjow is a proud BloodKnight who is obsessed with combat, and the aspect of death he embodies is Destruction. He leads his Fraccion into the Human World to kill every person with Reiatsu no matter how little. When he fights Ichigo for the first time, he beats him to a pulp all whilst laughing maniacally. When he regrains his arm and Espada status, the first thing he does is stab his arm through his temporary replacement Luppi's chest, and blasting his upper body away with a Cero, all with a SlasherSmile on his face. When Ichigo is almost killed Ulquiorra, Grimmjow rescues Orihime from Loly and Menoly, savagely mauling the two while doing so, just to use her to heal Ichigo so he can have his death match with him. Even when fighting alongside the Soul Reapers against the Vandenreich, he claims he is only doing so to have another shot at fighting Ichigo to the death in Hueco Mundo.
* BadassBaritone: He's one of the most powerful Arrancar in Aizen's army, and is portrayed with an appropriately deep voice in the Japanese anime, courtesy of Creator/JunichiSuwabe.
* BadassBoast: When Ichigo asks him what happened to Grimmjow's left arm, instead of telling him the truth (Tosen destroyed it as punsishment), he responds with this: "I tore [my left arm] off. I don't need two arms to kick your ass."
* BareFistedMonk: Like Ulquiorra, Grimmjow generally forgoes using his sword in favor of pummeling his opponents with punches and kicks. Upon releasing his Zanpakuto, he lacks any form of weapon beyond the blades protruding from his forearms and calves, and relies primarily on pure hand-to-hand combat.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: His Resurrección gives him two curved blades that jut out from his forearms, just below his elbows.
* BlatantLies: Grimmjow defies Aizen's orders and secretly travels to the human world in an attempt to confront Ichigo and find out how strong he is in combat. Their fight ends when Tosen arrives to drag Grimmjow back to Aizen for punishment. The next time Ichigo and Grimmjow meet, Grimmjow is missing an arm. Aizen's punishment was to permit Tosen to destroy Grimmjow's arm, demoting him from the ranks of the Espada in the process. When Ichigo asks Grimmjow what happened to his arm, [[DontYouDarePityMe Grimmjow retorts that he cut it off himself because he doesn't need two arms to beat Ichigo. ]]Ichigo doesn't seem fooled by that answer but goes along with it.
* BloodKnight: Grimmjow fully admits that he loves to battle, seeing it more as something Hollows ''have'' to do. However, he'll only attack opponents who ''can'' battle, and saved Orihime while also mauling the two Arrancars attacking her explicitly so that he could have a fair fight with Ichigo. Nnoitra, on the other hand, will simply kill anyone he feels is close enough to him in power whether they can fight back or not. When he reappears in the final arc, he is technically on Ichigo's side, but he makes it perfectly clear that he is only helping him to have another opportunity to get his death match with Ichigo in Hueco Mundo, which won't be able to happen if the Vandenreich wins.
* CatsAreMean: He was originally a panther-like Adjuchas, and is also one of the most violent characters in the series.
* CharacterTics: Grimmjow tends to flex his fingers as if they were claws when particularly excited or riled.
* CombatPragmatist: Anything is game for this guy in a fight. For example, after Rukia froze him with Sode no Shirayuki, he broke free of the ice. The first thing he does is to grab her head and charge up a Cero, attempting to blow Rukia's head up point-blank to make sure she couldn't retaliate. He also didn't hesitate to [[AndShowitToYou rip out Askin's heart]] while [[InTheBack the Quincy's back was turned]].
%% * ComeWithMeIfYouWantToLive: Basically what he did with Orihime. Then again, he'd just taken care of the threat to her safety, so it's more like "Come With Me If You Don't Want To Die".
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Both his eyes and hair are light blue.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Develops a ''major'' vendetta against Ichigo. Why? Ichigo wounded him bad enough to leave a scar while fighting back after Grimmjow had just spent about ten minutes beating the holy living hell out of Ichigo. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Oh, and Ichigo's self-confidence irritates him.]]
* DelinquentHair: A stylized, more messy version. Askin refers to him as the maniac with the regent haircut.
* DontYouDarePityMe: When Ichigo asks why he came to their second fight missing an arm, he simply claims that he cut it off himself (it was actually Tosen) and can easily defeat Ichigo with the handicap. Whether he believed it or not, Ichigo at least gets the message not to hold back. Then, before their final fight, he had Orihime heal the damage Ichigo took from Ulquiorra, but turns down Ichigo’s request to get his own injury healed from blocking Ulqiorra’s Cero. He only accepts it after Ichigo mockingly suggests that he’ll use the injury as an excuse for losing.
* EnergyWeapon: His ultimate attack, Desgarrón, produces ten gigantic claws made of spirit energy that he can launch at his enemies with absolutely devastating force.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** While he'd gladly kill his own allies in order to recover a lost rank, Grimmjow, unlike most Arrancar's or even Espadas, follows his own form of code of honor. If he feels he is in debt to someone, he will go out of his way to repay it; he rescues Orihime, who had healed his arm prior, from two Arrancar girls who had been torturing her and is ''disgusted'' by their spiteful abuse of her. Once he's rescued her, he insists she heal her own injuries before he forces her to carry out his wishes because he doesn't feel comfortable taking her with such serious injuries and because he doens't want to look like he's the one who hurt her.
** While he wants to fight Ichigo in a fight to death, he wants to do it fairly. As Grimmjow is unwilling to fight him injured and brings Orihime to heal him so that their fight be a fair one. During his third fight with Ichigo, Grimmjow agrees to move elsewhere so that Orihime and Nel do not get caught up in the battle.
** As ruthless as Grimmjow is, even he finds Nnoitra's excessive sadism and behaviour towards those already defeated to be in poor taste.
* EvilCounterpart: To Ichigo. They're both reckless, irreverent and stubborn {{Blood Knight}}s that have no scruples over how to win a fight, but whereas Ichigo is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold, Grimmjow is a sadistic murderer who cares only about getting stronger, payback, and pride. Furthermore, Ichigo fights to protect his allies, while Grimmjow kills his allies if they steal his rank. A major moment of symbolism occurs when you compare their species - Ichigo is a Soul Reaper with an inner Hollow; Grimmjow is a Hollow with a Zanpakuto. Taking it a step further is their [[ColorContrast differences in color]]. Ichigo has orange hair and wears black, while Grimmjow has [[OrangeBlueContrast blue]] hair and wears white.
* FacialMarkings: Has light blue lines below his eyes, similar to the eye markings on the ''Panthera'' genus of cats.
* FangsAreEvil: His Hollow mask remnants take the form of half of a fanged jaw attached to the side of his face. Grimmjow's actual canines grow considerably in his released state, adding to his more feral appearance.
* FriendlyEnemy: Well... as "friendly" as someone as ludicrously violent as Grimmjow can be. Grimmjow's single-minded goal in life is to tear Ichigo into pieces. But alas, he can't do that when there's bad guys left and right causing all sorts of trouble and mayhem for Ichigo and his friends. As a result, he makes it a point to be an ally to Ichigo and protect those close to him, at least until the dust settles. He also was genuinely disgusted that Loly and Menoly went out of their way to abuse Orihime, who is a non-combatant and hadn't even done anything to deserve it, dealing out violent retribution to them both before demanding Orihime fix her injuries before he took her to heal Ichigo. There's also the fact that he's extremely sporting about his potential rematch, going out of his way to make sure Ichigo is fully healed and at full strength before they fight. For the most part, Ichigo reciprocates this weird relationship. Played somewhat (if only slightly) better during his return as he does become a tentative ally during the fight against Yhwach and does work along them against the Quincies.
* GreatWhiteFeline: Grimmjow is one of the Espada, the most powerful of the Arrancar. Before he became an Arrancar, he was a white, panther-like Adjuchas-class Menos and his OneWingedAngel form is a white, feline-esque appearance. While not a hero, Grimmjow is one of the more [[NobleDemon honorable]] villains in the series when it comes to battle and even aids the heroes in the final arc so he can have a rematch with Ichigo, his main rival.
* IdiotBall: While he's chasing Askin in the final arc, the Sternritter suddenly throws a Gift Ball at him. Rather than avoid the strange attack entirely, he chooses to swipe at it with his arm, getting poisoned and put out of action for quite some time. Askin compares this to a child not learning to be cautious of gifts from strangers.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Heavily implied his vendetta against Ichigo stems not just from the way he looks at him every time he beats him down and looks at him like he's gonna win, but also due to his Fraccion always telling him he was destined to be king. As this gave Grimmjow something of an ego making him think he was king and following the death of his Fraccion, it's implied Grimmjow wants thier deaths to mean something which is why he's so obbsessed with fighting Ichigo as to prove he's worthy of the title.
* {{Jerkass}}: Grimmjow is rude, violent, apathetic and a proud BloodKnight who loves to fight and tends to support a SlasherSmile. He's also one of the few Espadas who has no respect for Aizen and his cohorts and he's not afraid to show it (which tends to bite back in his ass). In his first fight with Ichigo, he stabs Rukia in the gut and treats Ichigo as a human punching bag, laughing sadistically. While he saves Orihime from Loly and Menoly, he only does it so that she can heal Ichigo who has been mortally wounded by Ulquiorra, so that he can have his death match with him. When she refuses, Grimmjow threatens her, and even shows willingness to kick Nel when she is in her child form. His only saving grace is that for all his flaws he has [[EvenEvilHasStandards standards]] and is a genuinely honorable fighter.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** At the beginning of the Arrancar Arc when Ulquiorra reports back to Aizen on his findings in the Human World, Grimmjow points out it's a mistake to let Ichigo live. He's proven right since this ultimatelly costs Ulquiorra's life.
** When rescuing Orihime from Loly and Menoly, Loly furiously tells Grimmjow that Aizen will never forgive him. Grimmjow retorts that Aizen wouldn't care if two "Arrancar whores" are killed. His statement is proven valid when Aizen turns on Haribel, he tells the shocked Gotei 13 Captains that the Arrancar who follow him should know better than to ever trust him.
** During his third fight with Ichigo, Grimmjow accuses him of coming to Hueco Mundo because he enjoys a good fight rather than it just being about saving Orihime. By the end of the fight, Ichigo acknowledges Grimmjow was right.
* KickTheDog: He has a pretty long laundry list of villainous moments. It starts with beating Ichigo's face to a pulp in their first fight; stabbing Rukia in her gut and throwing her to the ground; taking explosive potshots at Nel and Orihime, which forced Ichigo to take ''several'' bullets in the back; literally kicking Ichigo's corpse so he could see the hole made by Ulquiorra; and choking Orihime when she refuses to prop Ichigo up for another fight.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: He tends to do this quite a lot, such as when he incinerated Luppi with a Cero to regain his rank. Considering Luppi was a SmugSnake who came close to killing some of Hitsugaya's Advance Squad, made some creepy comments towards Rangiku and tried to stab her breasts and rubbed the loss of Grimmjow's rank in his face, he really had it coming. Loly and Menoly had a turn when they snuck into Orihime's room and proceeded to beat the everloving shit out of Orihime [[DisproportionateRetribution because they thought Aizen was showing favour to her.]] Grimmjow comes in and claims to have business with Orihime. Loly insults Grimmjow, who knocks her flying across the room. When Menoly charges him with a cero, Grimmjow effortlessly catches her hand, returns fire and obliterates Menoly's upper body. Loly then starts screaming that Aizen will kill him, to which Grimmjow responds by grabbing Loly's leg and ''ripping it off'', then stomping on her face to shut her up. Considering Loly threatened to gouge Orihime's eyes out, dragged her around by her hair and implied she wanted to permanently ruin her face, there's not an iota of sympathy for her. In the final arc, he stabs Askin through the back and rips his heart out.
* KlingonPromotion: He quickly regains his lost rank as the Sexta Espada by killing Luppi, the current Sexta. The novel ''Can't Fear Your Own World'' reveals that Aizen promoted Luppi so that he and Grimmjow would fight for the rank of the sixth Espada with the corpse of the loser being used for Szayelaporro's research.
* LackOfEmpathy: While he is not without a code of honor, for the most part, Grimmjow doesn't have much regard for other people. The only time he shows even the slightest concern is in regards to his Fraccions, all of whom were killed under his watch. Even then, he didn't really care; it was more surprise that they lost than anything else. Another case comes in how he wanted Orihime to revive Ichigo... just so he could kill him anyway.
%% * LaughingMad: When he butchers Luppi and gets his rank back.
* LastNameBasis: When not on FullNameBasis, he would refer to Ichigo as "Kurosaki".
* LeftForDead: Nobody seemed to care to check up on him. Although, Ichigo ''was'' preoccupied with Nnoitra, Nelliel, Kenpachi, Aizen unveiling his plan before leaving to Karakura, and Starrk taking Orihime to notice much else.
* LittleBitBeastly: His released form gives him cat ears, a tail, long hair, changes his hands and feet into paws and his nails into claws, but he retains his human-looking face.
* MakeMeWannaShout: Upon entering his Resurrección state, the first thing he does is let out a roar that produces gale-force winds and staggers Ichigo from dozens of meters away.
* MonstrousCannibalism: While most Hollows eat their kin in order to get stronger and progress to the next stage of their evolution, this behavior tends to stop once their masks break and they become Arrancar. With the risk of regressing to a lower stage gone, most Arrancar have no need to devour other Hollows. Grimmjow is one of the few Arrancar who did not stop their cannibalistic behavior. The post-war novel explicitly state that following his defeat at Ichigo's hands, Grimmjow ate countless Hollows and Arrancar so that he would become stronger, eventually becoming a Vasto Lorde powerful enough to give even former Tres Espada Tier Harribel and Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck pause.
* MotiveDecay: Initially, Grimmjow wanted to be the King of Hueco Mundo and joined Aizen for the purpose of growing stronger. When he first fights Ichigo he is only there to eliminate a threat to what he considers his future kingdom, but as the series goes on and Ichigo grows more powerful, Grimmjow becomes obsessed with beating him to the point where he only cares about saving Hueco Mundo from Yhwach because it's where he wants to kill Ichigo, though it's possible he merely intends to be King after dealing with a persistent annoyance, or he saw what such lofty ambitions land you with after Aizen was defeated and imprisoned and abandoned his plans.
* MrFanservice: Aside from having a very handsome face, cool hair and a deep, sexy voice, Grimmjow's choice of apparel includes a small bolero jacket with no shirt underneath, which shows off his impressive abdominals at all times. His entire jacket gets shredded off in his second fight in Karakura town, apparently just to show off how ''ripped'' he is.
* NeckLift: Grimmjow does this to Orihime twice. First after he rescues her from death at the hands of Loly and Menoly. Later, during his and Ichigo's fight as she questions him.
* NobleDemon: He is certainly ruthless in battle and has no qualms over killing those weaker than he is (it's a dog-eat-dog world in Hueco Mundo after all). But his sense of honor shows in his desire to only fight opponents at their best, going so far as to bring Orihime to heal his rival Ichigo so that their fight would be a fair one, even if he has to trap a fellow Espada to do it. He shows disgust at Loly and Menoly for assaulting Orihime for no real reason and tells Orihime to heal her wounds first before they head out to heal Ichigo.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: His first fight with Ichigo is too one-sided to be anything else, with Grimmjow brutally pummeling him with only his fists. During their second fight, he once again lays a similar vicious beatdown on Ichigo after his Hollow mask breaks.
* NoRangeLikePointBlankRange: At the end of his second fight with Ichigo, he pins the latter's arms to the ground so he can prepare a Cero right in front of Ichigo's face, promising him that the close range will prevent him from feeling any pain as his head is vaporized. Ichigo is saved by Rukia, who Grimmjow then attempts to do the same thing to while outright grabbing her head, but she is saved by Shinji. Luppi and Menoly can attest to [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe what happens if he's uninterrupted]].
* NotInThisForYourRevolution: He tells Ichigo that the only reason he's helping everyone oppose Yhwach is because of the threat of destruction to Hueco Mundo; if it's destroyed, he doesn't know where else to [[TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou kill Ichigo]].
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Towards Ichigo, to the point of taking Orihime out of her cell to heal him after he is nearly killed by Ulquiorra, which Grimmjow himself insisted that he should have done earlier. This is also his reason for allying with the Soul Reapers against Yhwach and the Vandenreich, since if Hueco Mundo is destroyed then he won't have an arena to kill Ichigo in.
* OmnicidalManiac: Grimmjow's aspect of death is "Destruction", in large part because his bloodlust and his desire for destruction was what turned him into a Hollow when he was still a Plus and is the only thing that can satiate the emptiness in his heart that all Hollows have. He only lives to cause wanton destruction and will stop at nothing to satisfy his desires. In the novels, when Tokinada Tsunayashiro reveals his plan to reveal the existence of Soul Society to the real world, so that society will collapse into chaos and anarchy, Grimmjow is the only one not appalled by Tokinada. For Grimmjow, this would only give him the opportunity to cause more destruction. He admits that he would have joined Tokinada and his world if they didn't already happen to be enemies on opposite sides.
* PantheraAwesome: His form during his Adjuchas days was that of a white panther instead of a normal black panther. Also, his Zanpakuto is named Pantera, Spanish for "Panther"; it doesn't take a genius to guess what his released form looks like.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: His aspect of death is Destruction and every fight he's in, the surroundings get completely trashed. Shinji even lampshades it.
* PetTheDog:
** He personally goes out of his way to save Orihime from being abused (and possibly killed) by Loly and Menoly as his way of thanking her for restoring his left arm and shows desgust from the due's spiteful abuse towards her.
** After rescuing her from Loly and Menoly, he was considerate of Orihime's wounds and insisted she heal her own injuries before he took her to revive Ichigo due to not wanting to take her so wounded and that he didn't want others to think he did it.
** In the novel ''Can't Fear Your Own World'', Grimmjow does assist Nelliel in rescuing Harribel from prison.
** When questioned by Liltotto if Nelliel is Ichigo's girlfriend and Grimmjow says she isn't, he surprisingly gives a rather supportive comment about Ichigo and Orihime being a couple considering Orihime his ideal partner.
* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: His Pantera form makes his hair grow so long that it reaches his legs.
* PragmaticVillainy: When Ichigo and his friends invaded Hueco Mundo, Aizen held a meeting with the Espada and showed Ichigo, Ishida and Chad heading for Las Noches, [[JerkassHasAPoint Grimmjow wanted to kill them straight away, stating that you eliminate vermin before it has a chance to fight back.]] Later, he needed Orihime to revive Ichigo for another fight, so he brought her along to make sure of it. Similarly, en route to Ichigo's location, he had Orihime BoundAndGagged with a large piece of cloth covering her, presumably so she wouldn't be detected by the other Arrancar and seemingly took the time to cover her wrists with a piece of cloth under the chains.
* PreMortemOneLiner: Once Orihime heals his arm, just before he obliterated [[SmugSnake Luppi]] with a Cero:
-->'''Luppi''': [[OhCrap Grimmjow...you bastard!]]\\
'''Grimmjow''': Damn right. See you later...''[charges up a Cero]'' ''former'' Number Six.
* ProperlyParanoid: He never respected Aizen and only kept up the appearance for the sake of it due to not trusting him believing he would never care for any of the Arrancars serving him. His suspicions pay off during the Battle in the Fake Karakura Town when Aizen cuts down Harribel without hesitation claiming the Espada who serve him should have known than to have trussted him.
* PsychoForHire: Grimmjow is an AxCrazy psychopath who only cares about fighting and bloodshed, and only works for Aizen to fulfill his urges. Unlike most of the Espada, he basically only worked with Aizen to get stronger and has no qualms killing or attacking other Arrancars. He's also the only Espada, other than Barragan, who has no real loyalty to Aizen, and openly disobeys several of his orders.
* TheRival: He is Ichigo's most reccurring antagonist during the Arrancar Saga. Initially just wanting to finish off Ichigo as quickly as possible, he develops a strong hatred that borders on becoming an obssession with personally defeating him after getting scarred; even going out of his way to have Orihime revive him after Ulquiorra nearly kills him like Grimmjow had chastised him for not doing earlier. He ultimately gets Ichigo to admit that he came to Hueco Mundo to settle the score as well. He returns during The Thousand Year Blood War to aid Ichigo and the others in their attempt to defeat the [[BigBad ultimate enemy]] [[GodEmperor Yhwach]], if only to guarantee a rematch with Ichigo.
* ScarsAreForever: He carries two scars on his chest. The vertical scar running down his torso is a memento of his first fight with Ichigo while the curved scar following his collarbone is the consequence of Nnoitra's ambush attack after he loses his final fight with Ichigo.
* SherlockScan: Grimmjow may be a violent thug, but he's far from stupid. He figured out how Ichigo's Visored powers worked despite having never seen one before during their second fight, commenting that Ichigo began breathing heavily the moment that his mask shattered, which means that unlike a Hollow, he ''lost'' strength from it and when Ichigo uses the same pose to try and summon his mask again, Grimmjow determines that his Visored powers have a both time limit and a set amount of times he is able to use it, before he proceeds to pin Ichigo's arms to the ground with his sword and then tries to incinerate him with a Cero.
* ShipperOnDeck: In ''Can't Fear Your Own World'', Liltotto asks him if Nelliel is Ichigo's girlfriend. Grimmjow says that she is not and explains that Ichigo would only be interested in a girl from the Human World, and that Orihime would be an ideal partner for Ichigo. [[spoiler:[[TheyDo He was right]], as in the finale they're HappilyMarried.]]
* SkewedPriorities: The first thing he does when he finally returns during the Thousand Year Blood War is try to start another fight with Ichigo, even though he's supposed to be helping Ichigo and his friends take down Yhwach and the last Sternritters. Neliel immediately calls him out on this.
* SlasherSmile: Grimmjow almost-constantly flashes a vicious, toothy smile due to his rampant bloodlust. Just look at the picture.
* SmarterThanYouLook: While violent and bloodthirsty, Grimmjow is much more perceptive and analytical than he lets on.
* SoreLoser: His third fight with Ichigo was this, as Grimmjow refused to accept defeat despite being half dead and unable to fight anymore. Ichigo even calls him out on that telling Grimmjow that there is no point if all he wants is to destroy anything around him and people he doesn't like with nothing to rule over as king. He tells him if he loaths him that much he'll fight him whenever he wants but for now he needs to accept his loss and let it go. And while Grimmjow does seem to consider it, Nnoitra attacks him before he can let if fully sink in.
* TheSociopath: Grimmjow believes that he is destined to become the king of Hollows and that anyone else is either a stepping stone or obstacle to get rid of, a follower who will serve him in reaching that point, or a rival that needs to be put down for getting between him and that goal. When his loyal Fraccion are all killed, he shrugs off their deaths rather easily and shows more anger about how his reckless actions got his arm chopped off and kicked off the Espada as punishment. As soon as Orihime heals his arm, he gleefully kills Luppi by impaling him through the torso and obliterating his upper body with a Cero. While he works for Aizen, he holds no loyalty to him beyond the fact that he isn't strong enough to take Aizen down, which greatly irritates him. He goes against orders on a number of occasions, and saves Orihime from Loly and Menoly only so that she can heal Ichigo so that he can have his showdown with him. In the final arc where he is technically on the same side as Ichigo, he makes it very clear that he is only helping him save the world from Yhwach to have his death match with him, and couldn't care less otherwise.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His first name was written "Grimmjaw" by fans before the official spelling came out. It's actually derived from Nicholas Grimshaw.
* StockShonenRival: He is this to Ichigo despite his limited appearances. He always had a desire to defeat Ichigo at his strongest after getting scarred by his Getsuga Tensho and briefly fought for the good guys in order to fight him one more time. He is a {{Foil}} of Ichigo, as Grimmjow is a BloodKnight who only cares about getting stronger and reigning Hueco Mundo as King, while Ichigo is a BloodKnight in denial over how much he enjoys fights and seeks to protect his friends. Grimmjow is also the only member of Aizen's army who points out that [[JerkassHasAPoint it would be more practical to just kill Ichigo now before he can become strong enough to pose a threat]], but Aizen (who has bigger plans for Ichigo), shoots this idea down and when Grimmjow decides to do so anyway he is punished by Tosen for disobeying orders by hacking off Grimmjow's arm.
* TailSlap: He grows a cat-like tail in Resurrección state that's powerful enough to send Ichigo flying with one hit.
* ThereWasADoor: When he interrupts Loly and Menoly beating the crap out of Orihime, he enters the room by blowing open a hole in the wall about five feet from the door. Loly decides to point out the obvious.
-->'''Loly''': Why didn't you use the door, smartass?
* ThirdTimesTheCharm: The first two times he tried to release his Zanpakuto, he was interrupted before he could do so. Gin made fun of it in an omake. It is only in his third and final battle against Ichigo that he is able to use his Resurrección uninhibited.
* TokenEvilTeammate: Grimmjow is technically on the side of the heroes during the final arc, but it is not for heroic reasons. Grimmjow's great desire is to meet Ichigo again so that he can engage in a fight to the death, something he feels is unresolved. He claims the reason he agreed to help Urahara is to achieve that desire. However, his attempt to restart their old fight is interrupted by Nel, who warns him they've got bigger fish to fry.
* TookaLevelInBadass: Since his defeat at the hands of Ichigo, Grimmjow trained harder than he ever did, devouring Hollow after Hollow to become stronger, and it pays off, as upon his return in the Thousand Year Blood War he proves instramental in defeating the Quincies Quilge and Askin by killing the both of them (the latter with assistance from Urahara). The novel reveals that his Reatsu is higher than ever, as Kenpachi notices it's far higher than Nniotra and was able to fight on par with the newly modified Luppi despite being far more powerful thanks to Maryuri's modifications. Even [[TheHighQueen Harribel]] takes note of this, refusing to ever try to fight him, strongly implying Grimmjow is stronger (if not as strong) as her and Nelliel.
* TorsoWithAView: Grimmjow's Hollow hole is located in the middle of his abdomen.
* UnusualEars: His released form gives him long catlike ears with furry tufts.
* VillainousRescue:
** He demolishes Menoly and brutalizes Loly, the latter of whom was abusing Orihime, in order to get her to revive Ichigo for another fight. However, this was also his way of thanking her for restoring his left arm. Once they get to Ichigo and she starts healing him, Grimmjow is confronted by Ulquiorra and seals him in Caja Negacion.
** Grimmjow saves Urahara, Orihime, Nel and Chad from Quilge Opie by cutting him in half from behind.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Before the time-skip, his tiny bolero jacket covers nothing, and it gets shredded more often than not. After the time-skip, he wears a black shirt underneath the bolero.
* WaveMotionGun: His Gran Rey Cero, noted by Harribel's fraccions to be forbidden under Las Noches. Due to its blast radius, it's easy to see why. It is also considered to be a particularly powerful Cero, by Grimmjow himself.
* WouldHitAGirl: He brutalized Loly and Menoly during his rescue of Orihime. Though unlike most examples, it's more [[KickTheSonofaBitch satisfying]] due to what they did to Orihime. He also threatened to choke Orihime when she refused to heal Ichigo to get his rematch with him.
* WouldHurtAChild: He threatens to kill Nel if she doesn't stop crying over Ichigo's grievous injuries from Ulquiorra, though she was lucky to at least get a warning first.
* WorthyOpponent: It's clear he considers Ichigo one from their numerous fights they've had, something Ichigo reciprocates.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Grimmjow has light blue hair that turns into a long mane in his Resurrección.
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[[folder: (#7) Septima Espada - Zommari Rureaux]]
!!Zommari Rureaux
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[-''"Everything is 'governed' by its rightful master. Subordinates act under the orders of their superiors. The masses live under the rule of their king. The clouds move according to the will of the wind. The moonlight is ruled by the light of the sun."''-]
->'''Species:''' Arrancar
->'''Zanpakuto:''' Brujeria
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaitenKusunoki (JP), Creator/NeilKaplan (EN), Arturo Casanova (Latin-American Spanish)
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The 7th of the Espada members. He claims to be the fastest of the Espada, fast enough to temporarily create clones of himself to confuse and trap the enemy. He's usually very calm and contemplative, but he harbors a deep hatred for Soul Reapers for killing Hollows. He defines the death aspect of 'Intoxication'. The location of his number tattoo is unknown, and his Hollow hole is in his right nipple.

His Zanpakuto is '''''Brujeria''''', and it transforms his lower body into something similar to that of a sea urchin with 50 eyes covering his body. Each of these eyes are capable of "tagging" targets and telekinetically controlling said targets. If the eyes are incapacitated, he can open 8 more on his forehead.
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* AllThereInTheManual: The Unmasked Data book reveals that he used to be a king, without further elaborating on it.
* AmbiguousSituation: An interview to promote the final arc revealed which Espada will return. Grimmjow, Nel and Harribel were stated to return, as they had survived the events of the Arrancar Saga. Notably Starrk, Nnoitra and Zommari were given a small chance to return, while the other Espada were given zero, With the final arc being cut short it remains unknown what the significance of said distinction was. Starrk, Nnoitra, Zommari, Szayelaporro, and Aaroniero were killed by a Zanpakuto (Barragan died by his own powers, Yammy of blood loss, and Ulquiorra was fatally injured by a Cero), which would mean that they were either cleansed and ended up in Soul Society or ended up in Hell.
* AnimalMotifs: His Resurrección resembles a sea urchin in design, specifically the lower part. [[ShownTheirWork This doubles as brilliance as sea urchins were often used in witchcraft in Denmark and Southern England. Which prominently feature in the Evil Eye aspect of sorcery of which Zommari utilizes.]]
* AntagonistAbilities: Zommari's abilities are designed to turn everything around him into a weapon, including his opponents' own limbs. [[PeoplePuppets Further, if he manages to mark your head, he can directly control you and force you to either commit suicide or attack your own allies.]]
* BaldOfEvil: He doesn't have a speck of hair on his head, instead having his mask remnants in the form of spikes.
* BoomerangBigot: Despite his loathing of Soul Reapers, made very adamantly clear in his defeat, he himself follows Aizen, a Soul Reaper devoutly and being an Arrancar, a Hollow with Soul Reaper powers on top of it.
* BreakTheHaughty: Tried to perform one on Byakuya by using his ability to in his words, "take his hubris and pulverize it" through the use of his Resurreccion. However, when Byakuya manages to shut down each of his abilities with ease once he turns the tables, Zommari is the one getting his pride shattered, [[VillainousBreakdown leading to his own death as he dies an incoherent mess]].
* ClippedWingAngel: Zommari's Resurrección grants him a useful and powerful mind control ability. However, its shape (which replaces his legs with a pink, pumpkin-like bulb) seems to have deprived him of his speed, as once Byakuya learned that he could block Zommari's ability with Kido, the Espada did little to move or attempt to dodge the Soul Reaper's attacks.
* DoppelgangerSpin: Has the ability to move so quickly he can create clones of himself. These clones are capable of attacking but only last a short time.
* DrunkWithPower: His aspect of death is "intoxication". After releasing, he shows a great deal of arrogance and condescension towards his opponent and has a villainous breakdown when he realizes he's really not that great.
* EvilCounterpart: To Byakuya, sort of. They are both [[TheStoic stoic]] yet NotSoStoic underneath, both of their special abilities involve speed and Kido-based abilities. The difference lies in the 'passion' part of their natures. Zommari represented intoxication and therefore had never learned to reign in excess. Byakuya, however, had learned a long time ago to discipline the excesses within his own personality.
* ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy: Explaining the nature of his Resurrección to Byakuya was what enabled the Soul Reaper to pinpoint the weak spots in his technique and kill him.
* ExtraEyes: He has 48 eyes on his release form's body in addition to his two normal eyes, and eight more open up on his forehead in the last part of the fight.
* FantasticRacism: Zommari holds a very high amount of disdain towards Soul Reapers for killing Hollows. He accuses Soul Reapers of acting superior, and states that Hollows are just acting on their instincts for self-preservation and that Soul Reapers are under no authority to kill Hollows.
* FauxAffablyEvil: For the first half of the fight, he's respectful towards the Captain and is very polite, even though he also simultaneously belittles him. This politeness hides a hypocritical loathing towards Soul Reapers as he despises them for killing Hollows for being what they are.
* GratuitousJapanese: His BANZAI! AIZEN-SAMA!!! was more or less left untranslated in the English dub, apart from replacing "[[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics Aizen-sama]]" with "Lord Aizen".
* {{Hypocrite}}: In spite of his loathing of Soul Reapers for killing Hollows, he's devoutly worships Sōsuke Aizen, a Soul Reaper.
* IAmNotLeftHanded: Pulled this several times during his fight with Byakuya, which include the fact that he can do up to five speed clones, his lower half acting as a last resort defense and his reveal of eight more eyes in his forehead to launch another attack. However, none of these attacks have any long term advantage over Byakuya.
* InVinoVeritas: He represents intoxication and is quite DrunkWithPower but nonetheless, the things he speaks are the truth. While at first ignored by both Byakuya and the audience it is revealed that Zommari's accusation that the Shinigami have no right to kill Hollows is true. They never had and it was the task of the Quincy. The Shinigami took it from them a million years ago.
* LargeHam: While normally a ColdHam, Zommari in his VillainousBreakdown goes entirely hammy, especially in his death thralls when he goes on an insane rant about his worship of Aizen.
* LightningBruiser: Self-proclaimed fastest Espada, capable of creating tangible afterimages, and strong enough to fight evenly with a Captain for an extended period. Even when Byakuya unleashes Gokei: Senbonzakura Kageyoshi, Zommari survives that attack.
* LogicalWeakness: His eyes can control anything they look at. Thing--''singular''. If there are more threats than he has eyes, then he can't do a thing about them all.
* MarionetteMaster: His release ability ''Amor'' allows him to control [[PeoplePuppets anyone]] he looks at.
* MoralMyopia: He hates Soul Reapers for killing Hollows simply because Hollows eat Human Souls, and he rants about how Soul Reapers have no God given right to hunt them. It never occurs to him that, by his logic, Hollows have no right to prey on Humans either.
* NeckSnap: During his sword release, he twists his head 90 degrees to the right.
* {{Pride}}: Inevitable as he serves as an EvilCounterpart for Byakuya. Seriously, almost all the talk during their fight is about "''Which one of us is the most prideful, therefore the most despicable?''".
* ScaryBlackMan: Noticeably dark skin and is also one of Aizen's most powerful subordinates who can turn people into PeoplePuppets against their will, up to and including forcing them to commit suicide.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Byakuya easily proved Zommari was this. The self-proclaimed fastest Espada was no match for a Soul Reaper who was functioning with only one arm and one leg and for all his strength, in the end he was defeated through Kido and a sealed Zanpakuto. As Byakuya said, "You make the title 'fastest Espada' weep".
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: When he arrives at the aftermath of the battle where Aaroniero and Rukia fought, he criticizes the dead Aaroniero for being weak and careless and not assuring that he really killed his opponent, though he does lament the loss of the final member of the original generation’s Espada.
* SycophanticServant: He's a devout worshiper to Sōsuke Aizen, seeing him as a savior figure. This its especially prominent in his last words before he died.
* ThisCannotBe: When Byakuya showed he could easily counteract his ability twice. He didn't actually say it out loud, but his facial expression left no doubt about it. Much more blatant in the anime though.
* TorsoWithAView: His Hollow hole is over his right nipple [[AllThereInTheManual according to the databook]].
* VillainousBreakdown: Once Byakuya figures out how to counter his ''Amor'', Zommari's sense of cool goes out the window and he continues using his ''Amor'' over and over again despite it clearly not working, hysterically demanding that Byakuya accept his "love". After Byakuya has him dead to rights, Zommari begins raving about the arrogance of Soul Reapers like Byakuya hunting Hollows, until the captain finally silences him for good.
* UndignifiedDeath: Initial impressions of him when he was first revealed were that he seemed like a composed sort. Fast-forward to his death where he's pathetically cheering for Aizen while Byakuya obliterates him with Senbonzakura.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Complains about this to Byakuya -- he even made a few good points. Unfortunately, he made them while trying to kill Byakuya's beloved younger sister when she was unconscious and defenseless. This, of course, made [[ItsPersonal it personal]], so Zommari got killed anyway.
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[[folder: (#8) Octava Espada - Szayelaporro Granz]]
!!Szayelaporro Granz
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[-''"Eternally repeating that cycle of death and rebirth, an existence such as this... truly, mine is what may be called a 'perfect existence'!"''-]
->'''Species:''' Menos / Arrancar (Vasto Lorde / Adjuchas)
->'''Zanpakuto:''' Fornicaras
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KosukeToriumi (JP), Creator/BenDiskin (EN), Javier Olguín (Latin-American Spanish)
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Szayelaporro is the 8th Espada and head of research development in Hueco Mundo. He is pretty much a lot like Mayuri: prepared for anything, has little to no feelings for other beings, and is a complete mad scientist. He also considers himself a perfect being with his powers. Everything he does is...well, nasty. He defines the death aspect of 'Madness'. The location of his number tattoo is on his left eyeball, and his Hollow hole is in his penis.

Szayelapporo's villainy is so severe he's doomed to go to Hell once he dies. Due to his high spirit density, he's able to become one of Hell's enforcers.

His Zanpakuto is '''''Fornicaras''''' and yes, it does mean [[BilingualBonus "you will fornicate"]] in Spanish. It gives him a parasitic worm motif with various and deadly abilities, including something eerily similar to voodoo.
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* AgentPeacock: Szayelaporro will [[TheDandy stop a fight]] just so he can change into a less torn set of clothing and whose entire theme is full of sexual innuendo. As an Espada, he can take on Shinigami captains and he's a leader of Hollows, although he tends to cultivate followers solely to eat them when he needs to power up.
* AllThereInTheManual: The novel ''Spirits are forever with you'' reveals his past as human, the relationship with his brother Yylfordt, how he became a Hollow and how he got demoted from the Espada before climbing up the ranks again.
* AndIMustScream: Due to a drug he accidentally injests, his perceptions are sped up to the point that the few seconds it takes for Mayuri to ''very'' slowly kill him seem like they took thousands of years. Thousands of years of simply staring at a sword and waiting for it to stab him. By the end of it, he is ''begging'' to hurry up and die.
* AnimalMotifs: His Resurrección is related to parasitic worms, emphasized by his ability to take over the body of anything that devours him in this state. The tentacles he gains also make him resemble a [[ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth butterfly]], and he describes himself as a phoenix, an immortal bird that is reborn every time it dies.
* AntagonistAbilities: With [[CrazyPrepared preparation time]] and [[SinisterSurveillance advance analysis]] of future opponents, Szayelaporro can [[PowerNullifier nullify]] any of his opponent's powers. He can use his wings to create {{Voodoo Doll}}s that mimic his opponents [[PowerDuplication powers]] and fight on his behalf - if he crushes those dolls, the real opponent will take the equivalent damage and if the opponents crush the dolls, [[HydraProblem more dolls]] will appear. He can even take [[MarionetteMaster control]] of anything that eats him and [[FromASingleCell resurrect]] himself by allowing him to [[BodySnatcher burrow]] into an opponent and consume them from the inside out.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Given enough time to properly analyze his opponents' reiatsu, he can easily NoSell anything that they throw at him. He tells Pesche and Dondochakka that their CombinationAttack failed simply because they didn't use it sooner.
* AxCrazy: He's normally calm and collected, though mocking. However, he defines the aspect of Madness, and it shows: He is completely unhinged. While he is not as kill-happy as Yammy or Grimmjow, he more than makes up for it with his wanton sadism and the sheer joy he takes in inflicting pain on his enemies. When he tortures Uryu and Renji, he laughs maniacally like he is having the time of his life. He also specifically designed his Fraccion so that he can heal his injuries by feeding on them.
* BadassBoast: Szayelaporro brags at length about how he's perfect and how Mayuri can never win...right before Mayuri's superhuman drug takes effect, incapacitating the Arrancar and allows Mayuri to win. His boast merely pissed Mayuri off as well.
* BadBoss: Easily the worst one among the Espada. Szayelaporro sees his Fraccion as expendable and is more than happy to casually kill them if they get in his way. He also modified their bodies so that he can use them to heal himself should he be injured in battle... by eating them alive. He shows this by savagely devouring one of his Fraccion, which horrifies the other. He then yells at the wailing Fraccion to shut up.
* {{Bishonen}}: He is very handsome, youthful and effeminate looking - which acts to sharply contrast [[MadScientist his madness]] and that everything about him is [[BrainBleach quite disgusting]].
* BodyHorror: When he returns from Hell, his left arm is shown to be burning and pus spontaneously leaks out of his temples to form a pair of horns.
* BodySnatcher: Fitting his parasitic worm motif, if he is eaten while in Resurrección, he will take over his devourer's nervous system, enabling him to control their bodies. He pulls this on Mayuri's Bankai after being devoured by it and reviving with Nemu's body [[HoistByHisOwnPetard to kill the Captain with his own weapon]], but Mayuri reveals he, ready even to face an enemy that might somehow use his Bankai against him, booby-trapped his own Bankai with an on-demand self-destruct.
* CameBackStrong: [[spoiler:Having been sent to Hell after being killed, Szayelaporro returns as a Sinner in the "New Breaths From Hell" one-shot, seeking revenge against Renji, Uryu, and Mayuri. Even worse, he's a Jailer of Hell -- granting him a degree of clairvoyance and the ability to control the chains of Hell. He easily overwhelms Renji and puts up a good fight against Ichigo, but after the recently-damned Ukitake intercedes he decides to return to Hell rather than finish them off]].
* CampStraight: With his pink hair and exceedingly feminine-sounding voice, Szayelaporro also displays rather suspect mannerisms, such as commenting on his opponents' attractiveness, and should his clothes be damaged, he'll stop the fight to change. However, despite his stereotypically flamboyant mannerisms and appearance, he is disturbed when he thinks Renji's actions could be considered flirtation.
%% * CardCarryingVillain: His image poem says it all. "Tell me I'm the thing you hate the most."
* ChainPain: [[spoiler:As a Jailer of Hell, he can utilize the chains of Hell as offensive tools. He can control a large amount to act as CombatTentacles aswell as swing one around for personal defense.]]
* ColdBloodedTorture: One of Szayelaporro's powers in his Resurrección enables him to create [[VoodooDoll doll-like copies]] of his enemies, which he can damage to inflict pain and injury. He uses this ability on Ishida and Renji to slowly torture them by rupturing their organs one by one.
* ClothingDamage: After receiving damage from Ishida's Sprenger, Szayalaporro is left half-naked. After recovering from his wounds by eating a Fracción, he interrupts the battle to change to new clothes. Although, he also uses this opportunity to re-analyze his opponents' reiatsu in secret, allowing him to avoid Pesche and Dondochakka's Cero Sincrético later.
* CrazyPrepared: Szayelaporro prepares contingency plans and comes up with ways to counteract his enemies on-the-fly, and even if he is defeated has a number of ways to recover and keep fighting.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Apparently he was simply stabbed in the chest. What makes it cruel and unusual is that [[AndIMustScream he experienced it (and the subsequent pain) like it lasted centuries or even millennia]].
--> "It's been so long. How many years, how many decades have come and gone since he... No, wait. It's been longer than that! It's been centuries! I know this much: an immense amount of time has passed. How long will it take? When will this sword go ahead and pierce my heart? This waiting is unbearable! Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry, ''hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry!'' '''''HURRY UP AND KILL ME!!!'''''"
* DarkerAndEdgier: He goes from being an AgentPeacock with a pronounced creep factor to a more outwardly menacing figure during his time in Hell. His hair is longer and lank, he's missing an eye, one of his arms has been burnt to the bone and his immaculate attire has been replaced with rags.
* DeathByIrony:
** Effortlessly trashes Renji because he was using Yylfort to spy on him and knew how to counter all of Renji's techniques. Then gets taken apart by Mayuri because he did the same thing to him using Ishida.
** Szayelapporo would find himself on the receiving end of this as well. His motif is "Madness" and Mayuri beat him by infecting Szayelapporro with an experimental drug that would cause him to feel as if time is passing by at a frustratingly slow pace. By the time Mayuri decided to deliver the killing stroke, Szayelapporro was already mentally broken.
* DubNameChange: Apparently "Fornicaras" was too risque by Creator/AdultSwim's standards, so in the TV broadcast they changed it to "La Lujuriosa" ("the lustful"). In the Italian manga the command "sip" (sorseggia) was changed to "succhia" (Suck), with everything that implies...
* EvilCounterpart: He is essentially the Espada version of Mayuri Kurotsuchi. While both are truly awful people, Mayuri comes across as being ''slightly'' better in that he does the terrible things he does ForScience. Szayelaporro, on the other hand believes that he's already perfect and does the things he does for pure sadism. Mayuri is disgusted with Szayelaporro's arrogant view that he is perfect and gives a scathing TheReasonYouSuckSpeech while killing him in a horrific, though very much deserved, manner.
* EvilGenius: Szayelaporro is completely insane and twisted but is not much of a physical fighter. However, he makes up for his lack of fighting ability with his genius level intellect that rivals Mayuri's brilliance. He can design advanced traps around Las Noches, and can analyze the powers and abillities of his enemies, and can develop means to nullify them to make himself immune.
* EvilIsHammy: Szayelaporro sees himself as something of an actor. He treats his battle with Uryu and Renji as a theater play, and has a very bombastic and flamboyant way of speaking. He even takes the time to briefly halt his fight to change clothes, almost like a play rehearsal.
* EvilKnockoff: One of his Resurrección powers unleashes dark liquid upon his enemies, and creates clones of them when they make physical contact with as little as a droplet of that liquid. As an added quirk, he sometimes modifies the clones' appearance to suit his personal "sense of aesthetics".
* EvilutionaryBiologist: Szayelaporro is an utterly insane MadScientist who is obsessed with reaching perfection, performing all sorts of grotesque and sadistic experiments in his pursuit of it. His Gabriel ability lets him rebirth himself by implanting a part of himself in another person. He then devours the fluids of the victim and sprouts out of their body which has been reduced to an emaciated husk. It's because of this ability, that he believes that he is "perfect". His belief that he has obtained godlike perfection through his Resurrección sets him apart from his fellow sadistic mad scientist Mayrui, who spits on the notion of perfection and kills him for slandering science.
* EyeScream: Szayaelapporo's left eye is replaced with a black pit when he emerges from Hell.
%% * FanDisservice: A lot of his abilities and comments have a creepy sexual slant to them with occasional rape overtones.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Szayelaporro usually projects a calm and polite demeanor. But do '''not''' be fooled. Beneath that facade, Szaeylaporro is an arrogant, depraved, ruthless, and sadistic monster of a MadScientist with a hunger for reaching perfection.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: He is a sadistic MadScientist whose mask remnants resemble eyeglasses.
* GagPenis: The Beyond Resurrección in Brave Souls places the Hogyoku in the Espada’s Hollow hole. Since his Hollow hole is in his glans, it’s apparent what that long black tendril from between his legs housing the Hogyoku must be…
* GeekPhysiques: During the early stages of his fight with Ishida and Renji, his clothing is so badly damaged by Ishida's Sprenger explosion that his entire torso is exposed revealing how thin his body is. However, unlike other thin characters, such as Ishida, Nnoitra or even Ichigo, there is no muscle definition to his form and every clear shot of his body heavily emphasises the shape and position of his ribs. While other thin characters are muscled or well-toned, Szayelaporro simply looks emaciated. Unlike most other Espada, he doesn't fight physically. He takes the time to research his potential opponents in advance so that, by the time he's confronting them, he's figured out how to negate their abilities; for him, battle is a scientific puzzle to be solved through the power of intellect. When physical fighting is required, he can create copycat dolls of his opponents, forcing his opponents to fight the dolls instead of him.
* HollywoodVoodoo: He creates dolls of his opponents by temporarily absorbing them into his "wings". These dolls contain pills that represent each of the victim's internal organs and bear their names in Spanish. Destroying any of these pills does the same to its associated organ.
* HolyHalo: Subverted. When Szayelapporo is condemned to Hell, his Hollow hole separates from his body and forms a ring behind him, akin to a halo.
* HornedHumanoid: In addition to his not-so-HolyHalo, Szayelapporo can sprout a pair of devilish horns.
* HypocriticalHumour: Despite being laden with innuendo and having a Zanpakuto whose name means "fornicate", he is creeped out by Pesche taking out his Zanpakuto from his loincloth.
-->"Just what are you pulling out of there?!"
* ImmortalitySeeker: Szayelaporro is obsessed with obtaining what he sees as perfection, complete immortality, and sacrificed a significant amount of his power in order to be able to perfect his "Gabriel" ability. Upon activating it to fight Mayuri he gives a big speech about how he is "perfect", "immaculate", and "immortal", but Mayuri proves him wrong.
* ImpromptuTracheotomy: Gets hit by Seele Schinder in the neck. In the anime, the attack instead landed in his chest.
* IntimateMarks:
** He's one of the few Espada whose Hollow Hole and Espada Tattoo are never shown. WordOfGod is that they're on his ''genitalia''.
** [[spoiler:This is no longer the case after becoming a Sinner, his Hollow hole now manifesting as a very unholy HolyHalo instead. Additionally, the chain markings on his face resemble the number 8.]]
* KarmicDeath: From his perspective, it took centuries or millennia for Mayuri's leisurely sword strike to finally reach his chest, at which point he was even more insane with sheer boredom and begging for death inside his mind.
%% * LargeHam: Especially during his [[HamToHamCombat fight with]] Mayuri.
* LaughablyEvil: In much the same vein as his counterpart, Mayuri, a good amount of Szayelaporro's screentime crosses over into morbid, vaguely uncomfortable humor, mostly on account of his ridiculous, flamboyant hamminess. He's so absurd he even stops a battle ''so he can go change his outfit.''
* LifeDrinker: His Gabriel ability allows him to "impregnate" himself into a target after he's taken massive damage, at which point he absorbs all of the bodily fluids and nutrients of his victim, allowing him to fully regenerate his body.
* MadScientist: He's the scientist of Aizen's army of Arrancar, and has created all manner of strange inventions. He's also every bit as amoral as fellow mad scientist, Mayuri, if not more so. He represents the aspect of death known as "madness" and his Fracciones are specifically designed to heal his injuries by being eaten by him. In the battle between Szayelaporro and Mayuri, the fight ended up boiling down to which scientist was the most insane and the most capable of using that insanity in disturbingly creative ways. The winner, by a large margin, was Mayuri. According to Aaroniero in the prelude to ''The Hell Verse'', Szayalaporro isn't as strong without his laboratory.
* MonstrousCannibalism: Well, all Hollows eat humans, and many eat other Hollows before they're made into Arrancar, but Szayelaporro is the only Arrancar shown eating ''other'' Arrancars. Specifically, his own Fracciones are designed to act as powerful healing medicine when he eats them.
* MoralEventHorizon: InUniverse, he crossed the BlueAndOrangeMorality line for Mayuri by claiming to have achieved perfection, which offends Mayuri as a man of science. In Mayuri's words, a scientist is someone who seeks to constantly improve. So by saying that he was perfect, Szayelaporro was saying that he no longer needed to improve, and had thus lost the right to call himself a scientist.
* MythicalMotifs: He equates his Gabriel technique to the Phoenix, as he can turn death into a mere segment of his life cycle before creating a new body from someone else's Reishi.
* NerdGlasses: His mask fragments resemble glasses, befitting his GeekPhysique and status as the Espada's resident MadScientist. He even pushes them up, showing they're not strongly attached to his face.
* NotQuiteDead: In the promo for ''The Hell Verse'' movie, Szayelaporro and Aaroniero quite literally went to Hell together after their deaths in Hueco Mundo. They basically went from one form of dead to another. The novel plays with this idea by having a clone named Cien Granz return to attack Soul Society after getting a power-up.
* OutGambitted: Szayelaporro uses the rebirth power of his Resurrección to recreate himself inside Nemu, but in doing so is affected by a "Superhuman Drug" that was placed in Nemu's body beforehand by Mayuri, who then takes his sweet time explaining that the drug had just increased his senses to the point where his body falls grossly behind and cannot move, paralyzing him as seconds become centuries. This is what leads to his death.
* OverlyLongName: Szayelaporro has quite a lot of syllables (five) and it is never shortened despite how mouthful it is.
* PostMortemComeback: An ''incredibly'' [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown gruesome]] case. After getting devoured by Ashisogi Jizo, Szayelaporro reanimated himself within Nemu's intestines, after burrowing into her body via her navel. Her stomach ended up grossly enlarged, splitting her skin open and allowing him to be "reborn" through her mouth. The [[BodyHorror process]] left her an emaciated, shrivelled-up husk. It didn't work, ultimately, since he absorbed a sense-accelerating substance that was placed into Nemu beforehand by Mayuri, which led to his own CruelAndUnusualDeath.
* {{Pride}}: While the Cardinal Sin he embodies is lust, Szayelaporro believes himself to be perfect and unsurpassable, on account of his genius intellect and his Gabriel ability effectively making him immortal.
* PsychoPink: Szayelaporro is a SissyVillain with pink hair. He is also an AxCrazy EvilGenius.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: A posthumous example. After Nemu sacrifices herself in a failed attempt to destroy Pernida, a hallucination of Szayelaporro mocks Mayuri over his grief. He calls Mayuri a hypocrite for being someone who hates perfection, yet he considered Nemu to be his perfect creation. Mayuri quickly gets over his grief upon hearing this.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: By the use of his Gabriel ability he can resurrect himself inside the body of his target, potentially killing them in the process.
* RetiredBadass: The ''Spirits are Forever With You'' light novel reveals that Szayelaporro used to be the original Espada Zero, but that -- dissatisfied with his current level of power -- he excised his brother's soul from within him, viewing it as the root of his imperfection. Devolving back to being an Adjuchas and losing his Espada rank in the process, Szayelaporro continued to develop and perfect his [[ResurrectiveImmortality Gabriel]] ability and was eventually re-accepted back into the Espada, but since he was not as powerful as he had once been he was only granted the eighth spot.
* {{Sadist}}: Szayelaporro takes a perverse glee in inflicting pain. When he was human, he was a deranged alchemist who greatly enjoyed performing grotesque experiments on prisoners that his brother abducted. During his battle with Uryu and Renji, he goes out of his way to torture them both in a needlessly cruel way; by using voodoo dolls to rupture their organs, not even bothering to kill them immediately.
* SevenDeadlySins: Kubo Tite revealed in the Masked interview that some of the Espada were modeled after the Seven Deadly Sins. His Resurrección, Fornicaras, which means "you will fornicate" in Spanish, along with his ability to "impregnate" an enemy with himself mark him as {{Lust}}.
* SinisterSurveillance: He has spy bugs placed on his brother, and in every section of his lair which he uses to learn all he can about Ishida and Renji.
* SissyVillain: Szayelaporro's slender physique and pink hair give him an almost effeminate appearance, and he is is very much concerned about his clothes and hair - briefly abandoning his fight with Ishida and Renji to change his uniform when it's damaged, and complaining that Gabriel messes up his hair.
* SmugSnake: He may be a bona fide EvilGenius, but he also believes himself to be an infallible intellect and the ''perfect being'' because of his nightmarish methods of escaping from death, and his only fights prior to Mayuri are him attacking people he has already analyzed to put the advantage overwhelmingly in his favor. When he overestimates himself too much against Mayuri, however, his every technique is thwarted and he winds up dying horrifically ''because'' he tried to kill Nemu to save himself.
* TheSociopath: Just like Mayuri, Szayelaporro does not view the people around him as living beings, but as research material. He sees nothing wrong with turning his own Fraccion into edible food sources to heal his injuries, nor does he see anything wrong with sacrificing someone else in order to use his [[ResurrectiveImmortality Gabriel]] technique. When Renji assumes that he wants to avenge his brother Ylfordt, he laughs off the notion as to him, losing his brother would cause the same emotional reaction as to losing a box.
* TorsoWithAView: Subverted. Per WordOfGod his Hollow hole is located on the tip of his penis which, while commonly of significant sentimental value, is not ''vitally'' important.
* UltimateLifeForm: Claimed to be perfect, since he can come back to life after being killed and take over anything that eats him. This greatly angered Mayuri, who killed him in a truly sadistic manner, while giving him a scathing speech on why he is wrong.
* VillainousBreakdown: Starts out smug and confident in his superiority. When Mayuri starts messing with him, he throws a temper tantrum and starts swearing a lot. He's also breaking down shortly before his death, ''begging'' for Mayuri to hurry up, but then again from his perspective, he's been frozen in place with a sword slooooooooooowly piercing him for an ETERNITY by then.
* WasOnceAMan: The ''Spirits are Forever With You'' light novel reveals that when he was human he had been a sadistic alchemist who performed twisted experiments on prisoners captured by his older brother -- a bloodthirsty general; explaining why he was sent to Hell in the ''Hell Chapter'' tie-in. Killed by the vengeful Hollow manifested from the souls of those he had killed, the alchemist ate his own brother as well as the Hollow, becoming a Hollow himself. After becoming a Vasto Lorde he became Baraggan Louisenbairn's court alchemist, and upon Aizen's takeover he became the first Espada Zero.
* WeakButSkilled: He himself freely admits he lacks raw power despite being an Espada, even having average skill in swordsmanship in comparison to the others. He compensates with his intelligence and having numerous unique abilities.
* WeHaveReserves: He treats his Fracciónes and even his own brother as disposable. He has created his own Fracciónes himself, for the sole purpose to eat them to restore his body.
* TheWorfEffect: Very rare villainous version. He appears in the prelude of ''[[Anime/BleachHellVerse Hell Verse]]'' solely as a means of helping the audience gauge the power level of Hell's denizens.
%% * YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Cotton-candy pink, in his case.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: (#9) Noveno Espada - Aaroniero Arruruerie]]
!!Aaroniero Arruruerie
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[-''"If it's about our faces, keep it to yourself. We got tired of hearing people's thoughts about them a very long time ago."''-]
->'''Species:''' Menos / Arrancar (Gillian)
->'''Zanpakuto:''' Glotoneria / Nejibana
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ToshihikoSeki (JP), '''Kaien Shiba''': Dave Mallow, '''Deep-voiced Mask''': Creator/KeithSilverstein, '''High-voiced Mask''': Creator/WendeeLee (EN); '''Kaien Shiba''': Creator/JoseGilbertoVilchis, '''Deep-Voiced Mask''': Ricardo Brust, '''High-Voiced Mask''': Jahel Morga (Latin-American Spanish)

Aaroniero is the 9th and only Gillian Espada. Because of his nonhuman appearance, he usually wears a white mask with eight tiny holes over his head. He is prideful of his status as the last of the first-generation Espada, a position he has managed to maintain due to his potential for infinite growth by continuing to devour other Hollows even as an Arrancar. He defines the death aspect of 'Greed'. His number tattoo is on his heads, and his Hollow hole is in his left thigh.

His Zanpakuto is '''''Glotonería''''', which transforms him into an enormous octopus-like creature. In this form, he has all the abilities of every Hollow he has devoured at his disposal. He additionally wields Kaien's '''''Nejibana''''', a trident utilizing water-based attacks.
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* AdaptationalDyeJob: In the manga, the monstrous bottom half of Glotonería upon Resurrección is yellow in the manga, but it's purple in the anime and most video games. In the anime adaptation of ''The Hell Verse'' teaser chapter, the anime corrected this by turning it back to yellow.
* AlliterativeName: '''A'''aroniero '''A'''rruruerie.
* AllYourPowersCombined: Aaroniero has the power to absorb and use the abilities and Reiatsu of every Hollow that he has ever eaten. Considering that he's eaten approximately 33,650 Hollows during his time in Hueco Mundo, this means he has access to ''a lot'' of different powers.
* AnimalMotifs: His Resurrección resembles an octopus, an animal known for its cannibalism.
%% * AntagonistAbilities: PowerDuplication, but only after eating a Hollow (or a Hollow that already assimilated someone else).
* BizarreAlienBiology: Aaroniero is one of the most bizarre Arrancars whose biology is very different from the others. In place of a normal head, he has a big jar with two skulls swimming inside, and instead of a normal left hand, it's a pair of tentacles with a tube made of flesh in the center, said "hand" being his Zanpakuto. When he activates his Resurrección, only his lower half transforms, but into some Lovecraftian-like octopus monster.
* BrainInAJar: His "head" under his mask consists of two skulls floating in a jar.
* CannibalismSuperpower: Unique among Hollows, he is able to assimilate the appearance and powers of anything he eats. This is a plot point, as he assimilated Kaien Shiba -- obtaining his appearance, memories and Soul Reaper powers -- by virtue of eating Metastacia.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: He impersonates Kaien Shiba in order to trick and manipulate Rukia, and tries to convince her to kill herself to atone for Kaien's death.
%% * DeathByIrony: He's impaled by the girl he impaled moments before.
* DemonicPossession: Downplayed. Since he absorbed Metastacia, he's able to control the ''corpse'' of the last person Metastacia possessed.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: He has all of Kaien's skills, memories, and mannerisms, making his impersonation quite convincing on the surface, but he quickly betrays himself by attacking Rukia and then asking her to murder her friends for him, which is painfully out of character for the man whose face he wears and tips Rukia off that she ''isn't'' dealing with her kindhearted former lieutenant.
* EvilIsHammy: Whenever he poses as Kaien Shiba, he tends to talk in a loud and bombastic manner.
* EvilLaugh: Lets one out, rather stupidly in retrospect, while holding Rukia on his trident over his head.
* FaceStealer: One of the applications of his primary power is that he can assume the shape of any Hollow he's eaten. By virtue of absorbing Metastacia, who had fused with Kaien, he's able to use Kaien's face in place of his real one.
* FreakinessShame: He masks the capsule containing his two heads, and tells Rukia that he's sick of people asking him about it.
* {{Greed}}: He's ''very'' proud of his ability to steal other peoples' powers and use them for his own purposes. In fact, his goal in life is to evolve into an UltimateLifeForm via endless evolution through being a PowerParasite.
* {{Hammerspace}}: His Zanpakuto takes the form of some pair of tentacles with a tube made of flesh in its center, yet when covered in a glove, it appears and functions like a normal hand.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: While being held in the air by Kaien's Nejibana, Rukia points her broken Zanpakuto at Aaroniero's face and uses Shirafune to restore her sword, stabbing Aaroniero through one of his skulls. She swung her sword down, breaking the rest of his jar and killing him.
* InformedAbility: According to him, he'd [[MegaManning absorbed the special abilities]] of no less than 33,650 other Hollows. Despite this, he never actually ''uses'' any powers other than Kaien's Zanpakuto and some CombatTentacles. Ulquiorra mentions a third, in passing, calling it synchronized recognition, which apparently let him transmit information between all the Arrancar.
* KeystoneSuperpower: Aaroniero Arruruerie has absorbed the power of 33,650 Hollows including Metastacia and, through it, the shinigami Kaien Shiba, Shikai, and all via his Hollow ability "Glotoneria". It allows him to absorb the powers and abilities of dead Hollows without limit, unlike other Hollows who can only absorb power (and not unique abilities) up to a certain limit.
* KickTheDog: Aaroniero is somewhat sadistic in that he enjoys toying with his opponents. When he encounters Rukia, he disguises himself as her mentor Kaien Shiba, whom Rukia had killed when he was possessed by a Hollow. Aaroniero tries to tell Rukia to kill her friends to make up for killing Kaien. This tips off Rukia that Aaroniero is not Kaien, as Kaien would never do something that cruel.
* LovecraftianSuperpower: His Zanpakuto takes on the form of a gaping maw with several tentacles surrounding it, which he somehow hides under his glove, and when released he transforms into a grotesque, bloated abomination composed of tentacles and mouths.
* MakingASplash: Due to having eaten Metastacia, who had fused with Kaien Shiba, he has access to Kaien's Nejibana, which can summon large torrents of water with every swing.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: His skulls both have rows of jagged teeth at their cheeks, while the octopus has faces on the side.
* MultipleHeadCase: Aaroniero has two small skulls inside his jar. The upper one has a very low-pitched voice and uses "ore", while the lower head has a very high-pitched voice and uses "boku". They rarely use plural pronouns to refer to themselves, and sometimes they talk in tandem. In the gag omake "Arrancar Encyclopedia", when Gin Ichimaru asks the two heads which one is "Aaro" and "Niero", they initally respond that the upper head is "Aaro" and the lower head is "Niero", only to immediately follow up that they are not a combination of two people. The two skulls also have different reactions to their own death. "Niero", the head is still intact, screams in pain and asks Aizen for help and doesn't want to accept his suffering. "Aaro", the head that got sliced in half, says calmly that he refuses to accept his fate.
* NoPronunciationGuide: The English dub pronounces his name as "Ah-ro-ni-e-ro". In Japanese, his name is pronounced "Ah-ro-nii-ro".
* NotSoStoic: The head with the deep voice remains stoic for pretty much the entirety of his screentime when alive, but when Aaroniero appears in the promotional teaser chapter of ''The Hell Verse'' where he's in Hell, the head can't keep his temper at all when he talks to Szayelaporro or Shuren.
* OffstageVillainy: Along with Szayelaporro, Aaroniero is the only other Espada that literally went to Hell after death. Unlike [[MadScientist Szayelaporro]], not enough of him is shown before his death to clarify why he deserved that fate.
* PowerParasite: Absorbed Kaien Shiba and Metastacia into him, which allowed Aaroniero to use Metastacia's DemonicPossession and Zanpakuto destruction ability, along with the water from Nejibana's Zanpakuto power.
* PronounTrouble: Nobody ever refers to Aaroniero by a pronoun, making it ambiguous over whether Aaroniero is to be referred to as a "he" or as "they" (because of the two talking skulls). Most often, either head uses "I" when referring to themselves as a unit.
* SevenDeadlySins: He has two. Aaroniero's resurrección is called Glotonería, meaning "Gluttony". His "Aspect of Death" was confirmed to be {{Greed}}.
* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: He impersonates Kaien in order to manipulate Rukia, but she figures out he's not the real Kaien when he tells her he'll forgive her if she kills her comrades.
* TorsoWithAView: Aaroniero's Hollow hole in in his left thigh. Pretty important bone right there. Also a major artery. Of course, considering what his head and Zanpakuto look like, his body under his clothing probably isn't that humanoid compared to the other Arrrancar.
* UltimateLifeForm: Claimed to be one, since he gains the powers and memories of anything he eats, plus the powers and memories of anything they ate, giving him the potential for endless evolution.
* VillainousBreakdown: Once Rukia manages to stab through his jarhead, the top head just curses while the lower head screams about being betrayed by Aizen about never being in pain again.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: One head has a high-pitched voice and one very deep voice.
* WeakButSkilled: He's the only Espada who's a Gillian Arrancar and raw power-wise is the weakest of them all. It's even implied he's weaker than several of the Numeros and Privarons, especially given he's the only Espada who is defeated by someone who ''isn't'' at around Captain-level, but he's kept his rank due to [[AllYourPowersCombined possessing the powers of every Hollow he's eaten]] and his potential for infinite growth.
* WeakenedByTheLight: While sunlight hurts him, it ''does not'' make him helpless. It does cancel his shapeshifting ability, however.
* TheWorfEffect: Very rare villainous version. He appears in the prelude of ''[[Anime/BleachHellVerse Hell Verse]]'' solely as a means of helping the audience gauge the power level of Hell's denizens.
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[[folder: (#10) Diez & Cero Espada - Yammy Llargo]]
!!Yammy Llargo
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[-''"Piss me off more, and more, and more! The more you do, the more pathetic your final deaths will be!"''-]
->'''Species:''' Arrancar
->'''Zanpakuto:''' Ira
-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenjiNomura (JP), Creator/PaulStPeter (EN), Nicolás Frías (Latin-American Spanish)
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Ranked 10 and Zero of the Espada, Yammy is clearly the largest of the group. He's extremely arrogant and loves to destroy things and murder everybody in his way, believing they're nothing but insects. He isn't the smartest though and usually has Ulquiorra explain things. In conjunction with this, he also lacks versatility when fighting. He defines the death aspect of 'Rage'. His number tattoo is on his left shoulder and his Hollow hole is in his sternum.

His Zanpakuto is '''''Ira''''', which transforms him into a gargantuan...[[BuffySpeak thing]], vaguely resembling a cross between a centipede and an ''Ankylosaurus'' if he is angered. If he is to be further angered in this state, he can additionally transform into an even bigger form resembling a gorilla.
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* AnArmAndALeg: Ichigo manages to cut off his right arm in their first fight, but the arm is left intact for him to get it reattached, preventing him from losing his Espada rank like Grimmjow when his arm was cut off and subsequently incinerated by Tosen. When he activates his Resurrección, Byakuya and Kenpachi in particular take turns chopping off fingers and legs, but he heals over once he activates his powered-up form. He's lost the arm again by the time Byakuya and Kenpachi defeat him off-screen.
* AnimalMotifs: His Resurrección resembles a cross between a centipede and an ''Ankylosaurus''. His powered up form resembles an ape.
* AttackOfThe50FootWhatever: He can apparently change size in his sealed form; when Chad sees him again in Las Noches, he notes that he's far larger than he was in the real world. And then there's his release... And his second powerup if that was even possible.
* AxCrazy: Yammy is the Espada that represents wrath, and fittingly, he is violent and bloodthirsty. He isn't truly happy unless he's gleefully slaughtering people en masse. He'll even kill his own allies if that's what it takes to satisfy his bloodlust. He bashes a nurse's head in [[UngratefulBastard after she just healed him]], brutally assaults Loly and Menoly, who did nothing to angatonize him (Aside from a minor snide retort Menoly makes in the anime), and smashes [[MookMaker Rudobon]] to pieces. Even [[DeathSeeker Nnoitra]] and [[NobleDemon Grimmjow]] had their own (admittedly selfish) reasons for fighting beyond just "kill anything that moves". Also, it's worth noting that his Zanpakuto's name, Ira, is Spanish for "wrath".
* BareFistedMonk: While he uses his Zanpakuto sometimes, he mostly uses punches and kicks instead when he fights. In his Resurrección, he has no weapons at all, thus he will attack with his fists and legs.
* BattleDiscretionShot: After seeing Renji, Sado, and Rukia gear up to fight the now-towering Yammy, we switch to... the real world to watch the other Espada get spanked. Months later when we finally return? A CurbstompBattle has taken place off-screen, with Rukia as the last one standing. The final fight with Kenpachi and Byakuya is also never shown. The anime shows the fight against the former three, but not the latter two.
* BigEater: Something of a plot point as his massive eating habits is what helps him power up in preparation for battle.
* BlatantLies: When his released state has Rukia in his grip, she attempts to free herself by firing a Kido blast in his face. He starts wailing about how "That really hurt!", though Rukia realizes that he [[NoSell wasn't affected at all]]. He then claims that the attack hurt him ''so'' much that he lost his grip on her, as he ''throws her as hard as he can to the ground''.
* BlessedWithSuck: The databook indicates that the Espada are ranked by Reiatsu, and Yammy's 0 rank comes from having the most when he releases since his power increases whenever he's angry. Unfortunately, this means Yammy has practically none of the special abilities that made the other 9 Espada and Arrancar in general so deadly, and as such Kenpachi and Byakuya are able to defeat him with minimal effort.
* BreathWeapon: In his Resurrección, he fires his Ceros out of his mouth, and given his size they tend to be some of the biggest in the series.
* TheBrute: Yammy is an unskilled mass of raw temper and rage, who lives for destroying and consuming souls and never develops the spiritual skills that make other Espada and even Fracciones so dangerous. He is the lowest-ranking member of the Espada until his rage-fuelled Resureccion is released, which powers him up to become the strongest, angriest, most violent and most thoughtless of all Espada. As a result, he is viewed as an embarrassment by the Espada and an unworthy opponent by the Soul Reapers.
* CannibalismSuperpower: Yammy's size and power increase the more he eats, and after being defeated by Yoruichi at the beginning of the Arrancar Arc he spends the rest of it eating constantly until he's bulked up exponentially. Unfortunately, by this point the main characters have also powered up exponentially, so he ultimately proves to be not much more than an annoyance.
* CatchPhrase: Szayelaporro claims that he tends to yell "Suerte!" ("Luck!" in Spanish) when he comes across a good opponent, though Yammy's only seen saying it when he first encountered Ichigo. When keeping him from attacking Ichigo, Ishida turns this on him by quipping "Mala suerte." ("Bad luck." in Spanish) before sending him to the bottom of the tower.
* ClippedWingAngel: Despite the high strength level of his Resurrección's two forms, he was easily defeated by Kenpachi and Byakuya -- who were more intent on fighting each other.
%% * CurbStompBattle: His off-screen fight with Rukia, Chad, and Renji, which he won.
* DumbMuscle: Yammy's brash attitude and low intelligence lead to others -- namely Kenpachi, Byakuya and Ulquiorra -- not taking him seriously despite his massive strength. During their first appearance in Karakura Town, Ulquiorra gets annoyed with Yammy constantly having to ask whether any human with even the slightest bit of spiritual awareness is their target Ichigo because he doesn't bother to check his opponent's power with Pesquisa, and physically berates him for picking a fight with Urahara and Yoruichi without knowing who they are.
* {{Fingore}}: Kenpachi chops off several of his fingers when Yammy tries to punch him to death.
* HandBlast: Arrancars can fire projectile called Balas out of their hands. Balas don't possess the amount of destructive power of Ceros but make up for it by being many times faster, and much easier to charge up. Yammy can fire multiple Balas in rapid succession by making a fist and punching forward to release them.
* HulkingOut: Yammy starts off huge and bulks up enormously in between appearances by gorging himself, growing more powerful as he does so. His two Resurrección forms bulk him up even more, though he's still easily beaten by two Captain-class Soul Reapers.
* IgnoredEnemy: Kenpachi and Byakuya do not respect Yammy as an opponent at all. They seem more interested in fighting each other than they do him, and treat him as nothing more than an annoyance. After they beat him, Byakuya and Kenpachi both describe as a boring enemy.
* InformedAbility: His status as the strongest Espada is this. Whatever WordOfGod may have to say on the subject he never actually shows himself to be more than a blowhard, as Kenpachi and Byakuya, both already seriously injured from fighting Espada supposedly considerably weaker than him, were able to tear him apart without trying, and he's ultimately defeated ''off-screen''.
* {{Jerkass}}: Yammy is not a nice person. His introductory scene has him murder several innocent civillians by consumming their souls, because he didn't like how they were looking at him (even though they couldn't even see him). He later proceeds to nearly kill Tatsuki, split Sado's arm in half when he tries to save her, beats Ichigo into a pulp, and punches Inoue across the field. When his arm is reattached by a nurse, Yammy needlessly kills her, and snidely remarks that she didn't do a good job. He treats his Fraccion, which is basically a pet dog, cruelly, and when he gets bored, he swats Menoly into a wall, and brutalizes Loly without any real reason. When fighting Rukia, he tries to crush her in his hand. Ulquiorra laments that he grows ''more'' obnoxious the stronger he gets.
%%* KickTheDog: A literal example: He mistreated his Fracción, Kukkapūro, who resembled a dog.
* LeeroyJenkins: Yammy only cares about crushing and smashing things, so he tends to rush into fights without any plans or strategies. Consequently, this is why he doesn't have a good win record, and is treated like a joke by everyone arround him.
* LeftForDead: Byakuya and Kenpachi ignored him so much they didn't even bother to finish him off. They just left him bleeding and broken in Hueco Mundo while they went home. He died soon after his sole Fraccion (a dog Arrancar) visited him.
* LickedByTheDog: Yammy is a complete and utter bastard from his introduction to his death, but a small yappy Hollow dog -- his his Fraccion, Kukkapūro -- appears to like him. It doesn't entirely count as a PetTheDog moment, since his entire relationship with it is telling it to shut up, but at least he never seemed to attack it like he did to Roka Paramia -- the nurse who reattached his arm.
* MarathonBoss: While he might not have looked like much, Yammy still fought with Byakuya and Kenpachi for over an hour before his death. In terms of fights based on manga time, he fought the longest out of any antagonist.
* MasterOfNone: WordOfGod says his powers work something like this; he's the most physically powerful and has the highest Spirit Energy of the Espada, explaining the Zero rank, but the tradeoff is that he has no gimmicks whatsoever, having to rely solely on brute strength and the powers all Hollows have. This, of course, makes him a far less effective fighter than any of the others, which leads to him being easily beaten by Byakuya and Kenpachi when he gets in the way of their duel.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Yammy [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig Zags]] with this trope. At first it seems he's incredibly weak, then he reveals that he's actually the ''0th Espada'' and technically above Starrk. And he still gets his ass kicked. Then he reveals that he's just not at full power and goes to full power mode... and he still gets his ass kicked. The Espada are ranked according to Spiritual Pressure, and Yammy's is the highest, but he lacks all the extra bells and whistles that make the other Espada so dangerous, so in the end he ultimately [[SubvertedTrope subverts this trope]]. Kenpachi describes their fight as boring, a criterion he applies to any fight where his life is not in danger at any point.
* OurGiantsAreBigger: Yammy is an Arrancar of gigantic stature. He cannibalizes on Hollows to power himself up, and the more he eats, the bigger he gets. When he activates his Ressureccion, he grows to {{Kaiju}}-sized. The angrier he gets, the huger he becomes.
* PowerfulButIncompetent: Espada #10, which makes him the 10th strongest of the entire Hollow species. However, Yammy is TheBrute and is exceptionally moronic and short-tempered. When faced with enemies close to his power level, he inevitably takes a beating. It's later revealed that he's actually ''Espada #0'', which means he's actually the ''strongest'' of all Hollows...but only in terms of raw spiritual energy. Yammy's ability, "Ira", allows him to HulkOut as he gets angrier...but ''that's all''. He's still all brute force, and he's still an idiot, which leads to him getting trounced so badly even in his strongest form that the Court Guard Captains who defeated him considered the fight to be "boring as hell". While the other Espada managed to defeat or at least fight on-par with Ichigo and other Captains, the only victories Yammy managed to claim were on people much, ''much'' weaker than himself or suffering some sort of handicap, with anyone on an equal scale basically treating him as a ButtMonkey.
* RedHerring: He was literally disarmed by Ichigo in his first appearance, is smacked around by Ulquiorra, and generally makes an ass of himself, giving the impression that he isn't all that powerful. Renji and the others feel confident enough to tangle with him and guess what?! Espada #0!
* {{Sadist}}: ''Big time.'' He rarely kills his opponents quickly, and is usually shown beating them up or crushing them in his hands first, sporting a huge SlasherSmile as he does so.
* SevenDeadlySins: Kubo Tite revealed in the MASKED interview that some of the Espada were modeled after the Seven Deadly Sins. Yammy's Resurrección is called "Ira", so he should be Wrath.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: He made sure to call Ulquiorra and Nnoitra garbage after they died. Same with Grimmjow, but he's alive in the manga. Ichigo finds himself disgusted, despite them being his enemies who he doesn't regret cutting down, and noted that Orihime seemed sadder about Ulquiorra's death than his own fellow Espada.
* ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine: In his first appearance, he hits Sado so hard that the attack tears the latter's right arm apart...twice. When Ichigo arrives, he cuts Yammy's right arm off as retribution for Sado's arm. This trope is downplayed in the anime, where Sado's arm isn't as injured as it was in the manga, which makes Ichigo's action look rather extreme.
%% * ThereWasADoor: He tends to just burst through walls if he's in a hurry. And sometimes if he's not.
* TorsoWithAView: Has a hole right in the center of his gut.
* TheUnfettered: Doesn't care about anything other than bloodshed; humans, soul reapers, and even other Arrancar are just pieces of meat for him to tear apart, nothing more.
* UngratefulBastard: What do you do when a fellow Arrancar nurse just reattached your torn arm? Why, bash her head off intending to smash her up to her feet, of course! The fact that you could only smash her head rather than her entire body clearly means she did a terrible job.
* UnskilledButStrong: He has the highest amount of raw power of any of the Espada, but he lacks any of their special tricks like Respira or Starrk's wolves. He doesn't even seem to have Sonido. Thus, he has the top position without being the most effective combatant. An injured Byakuya and Kenpachi are able to kill him easily despite his raw power, with Kenpachi even calling him "boring".
* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Due to the nature of his Zanpakuto, Ira. The name itself means "anger" in Spanish, and like the ComicBook/IncredibleHulk himself, the madder he gets, the larger and stronger he gets.
* YourSoulIsMine: Yammy has an ability called Gonzui which allows him extract souls from humans and inhale them into his mouth. He demonstrates this by sucking out the souls of all the surrounding bystanders in the vicinity. He remarks they taste disgusting, which Ulquiorra points out should be obvious because they don't possess strong spiritual power. Yammy agrees, but says that he just didn't like the way they were looking at him.
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* DarkActionGirl: She's the most powerful female arrancar in Aizen's army and is fully capable of overwhelming a Captain-class Soul Reapers like Hitsugaya.