History Characters / CodeGeassMainCharacters

* VisionaryVillain

* AntiHero or a VillainProtagonist: AlternateCharacterInterpretation

* [[spoiler: [[HeroAntagonist Antihero Antagonist]]: In the "Suzaku of the Counterattack" manga.]]

* CharacterAlignment: ChaoticSelfish and SelfishGood or NeutralEvil.

* ManchurianAgent: Lelouch does this several times with the [[{{MindControlEyes}} Geass]]. Once with [[spoiler: Syako, to make her play [[{{XanatosRoulette}} prerecorded messages]] over the phone.]] Again with [[spoiler: Jeremiah Gottwald, so he will let Zero and his gaggle escape with Suzaku]] while destroying his career without realizing it. As well as to the Britannian special forces [[spoiler: assigned to moniter him incase he regains his memories, which he does.]] Even [[spoiler: Gilford]] gets this done to him, making him think [[spoiler: Lelouch is Cornelia.]] Justified since it's MindControl.

* VillainWithGoodPublicity
* VillainProtagonist
* VisionaryVillain :

WhatAnIdiot: When he [[spoiler:accidentally Geassed Euphemia to commit genocide]], and depending on your mileage several other incidence.

* UndyingLoyalty: Considering the extremes to which she goes for Lelouch, she can rival Jeremiah in the loyalty department. [[spoiler: At least, until Lelouch starts acting like a CompleteMonster and (intentionally) forces her to choose between her Loyalty for him and her sense of justice.]]

* spoiler:VillainProtagonist

* [[spoiler: HeroAntagonist: In the final arc. Before that, she's TheDragon to the MagnificentBastard VillainProtagonist.]]

* [[VillainWithGoodPublicity Antihero with good publicity]]

* [[spoiler:VillainProtagonist: Arguably by the end of the series.]]
* [[VisionaryVillain Visionary Anti-Hero]]: Just wants to remake the world, is all.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Towards the end of ''R2'' he seems to be more NecessarilyEvil, and in fact some of his recent actions are so severe and sinful that the only thing preventing him from being a VillainProtagonist is the fact that he is aware of it [[spoiler:and intentionally playing the role of EvilOverlord]], as he continues onward in spite of his doubts.
** [[spoiler:Not to mention that said plan is a consequence of his despair and isolation that resulted from Nunnally's apparent death and the betrayal from the Black Knights, making him a WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds at worst]].
* WhatAnIdiot: When he [[spoiler:accidentally Geassed Euphemia to commit genocide]], and depending on your mileage several other incidence.

* DarkIsNotEvil or DarkIsEvil: Perhaps it's unintentional, but Lelouch tends to invoke this trope. He seems to be a dark figure overall: he has black hair, purple eyes, wears dark-colored clothing, leads a double life, consorts with a witch, and gets compared to a demon on several separate occasions. And yet, he wants to make the world a better place and manages to remain a good person for quite some time, until [[TraumaCongaLine all the terrible, horrible things he goes through start catching up to him]]. Meanwhile, Mao and [[spoiler: Schneizel]], his two {{Evil Counterpart}}s are [[EvilAlbino albino]] and [[BlondGuysAreEvil blond]], respectively; and both play white against him in chess.

** That, and he only starts wearing ''white'' after he's established his evil persona.

* BigGood/BigBad

* CharacterAlignment: ChaoticSelfish and SelfishGood,

* DarkIsNotEvil: Perhaps it's unintentional, but Lelouch tends to invoke this trope. He seems to be a dark figure overall: he has black hair, purple eyes, wears dark-colored clothing, leads a double life, consorts with a witch, and gets compared to a demon on several separate occasions. And yet, he wants to make the world a better place and manages to remain a good person for quite some time, until [[TraumaCongaLine all the terrible, horrible things he goes through start catching up to him]]. Meanwhile, Mao and [[spoiler: Schneizel]], his two {{Evil Counterpart}}s are [[EvilAlbino albino]] and [[BlondGuysAreEvil blond]], respectively; and both play white against him in chess.

* AntiHero: AlternativeCharacterInterpretative.

* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Range from a JerkWithAHeartOfGold and AntiHero to even an egomaniac VillainProtagonist who [[ManipulativeBastard manipulates everyone around him and covers it up with a thin veneer of self-deluded ideals]], whose karmic backlash was not even half of what he deserved.

* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type IV (on average)]]: He is genuinely heroic and well meaning, but also [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumps off the slippery slope]] when, for instance, [[spoiler:he abandons his subordinates at the end of the first season to save Nunnally]] or when he [[spoiler:[[KickTheSonOfABitch massacres the]] [[AssholeVictim Geass Cult]]]].

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* CharacterAlignment: ChaoticSelfish/SelfishGood,

* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type IV (Sometimes a Type V)]]: He is genuinely heroic and well meaning, but also [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumps off the slippery slope]] when, for instance, [[spoiler:he abandons his subordinates at the end of the first season to save Nunnally]] or when he [[spoiler:[[KickTheSonOfABitch massacres the]] [[AssholeVictim Geass Cult]]]].

* BigGood/ BigBad

* CharacterAlignment: ChaoticSelfish/ SelfishGood,

* CharacterAlignment: ChaoticSelfish, he Is much too ruthless as to fit to ChaoticGood, But also he is very heroic as to fit to NeutralEvil.

* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type IV (on average)]]: He is genuinely heroic and well meaning, but also [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumps off the slippery slope]] when, for instance, [[spoiler:he abandons his subordinates at the end of the first season to save Nunnally]] or when he [[spoiler:[[KickTheSonOfABitch massacres the]] [[AssholeVictim Geass Cult]]]].

* AffablyEvil: He Is remarkably polite, when he isn't killing to his enemies.

* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Between type IV and V]]: He is genuinely heroic and well meaning, but also [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumps off the slippery slope]] when, for instance, [[spoiler:he abandons his subordinates at the end of the first season to save Nunnally]] or when he [[spoiler:[[KickTheSonOfABitch massacres the]] [[AssholeVictim Geass Cult]]]].

** HeroicSociopath: [[PayEvilUntoEvil paying evil unto evil]] with a smile, particularly against his [[AssholeVictim worst]] [[LawfulEvil enemies]].

** HeroicSociopath: PayEvilUntoEvil with a smile, particularly against his [[AssholeVictim worst]] [[LawfulEvil enemies]].

* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type IV (on average)]]: He is genuinely heroic and well meaning, but also [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumps off the slippery slope]] when, for instance, [[spoiler:he abandons his subordinates at the end of the first season to save Nunnally]] or when he [[spoiler:[[KickTheSonOfABitch massacres the]] [[AssholeVictim Geass Cult]]]].

** HeroicSociopath: [[PayEvilUntoEvil Paying evil unto evil]] with a smile, particularly against his [[AssholeVictim worst]] [[LawfulEvil enemies]].

* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type IV (on average)]]: He is genuinely heroic and well meaning, but also [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumps off the slippery slope]] when, for instance, [[spoiler:he abandons his subordinates at the end of the first season to save Nunnally]] or when he [[spoiler:[[KickTheSonOfTheBitch massacres the]] [[AssholeVictim Geass Cult]]]].

* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Definitely a Type V]]:He is a MagnificentBastard that believes that the [[WellIntentionedExtremist ends justify the means;]] [[EvilVersusEvil he is willing to commit evil if it means bringing down a worse evil in the process.]]

* AntiHero: [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type IV (on average)]]: He is genuinely heroic and well meaning, but also [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope jumps off the slippery slope]] when, for instance, [[spoiler:he abandons his subordinates at the end of the first season to save Nunnally]] or when he [[spoiler:[[KickTheSonOfTheBitch massacres the]] [[AssholeVictim Geass Cult]]]].

* [[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile: He's smiling as he warns Suzaku (now Zero) about his FateWorseThanDeath, then manages to spare a last smile for the crying, shaken Nunnally.]]

* EvilVersusEvil/ NecessarilyEvil: Invoked during a discussion with [[KnightInShiningArmor Gilford]]

* MaskedPilot

* NecessarilyEvil: Invoked during a discussion with [[KnightInShiningArmor Gilford]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Towards the end of ''R2'' he seems to be more NecessarilyEvil, and in fact some of his recent actions are so severe and sinful that the only thing preventing him from being a CompleteMonster is the fact that he is aware of it [[spoiler:and intentionally playing the role of EvilOverlord]], as he continues onward in spite of his doubts.

* AffablyEvil: Certainly [[PlayingWithATrope plays with this trope]].