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* AffablyEvil: He may be a Shinigami, with a bizarre appearance typical by their standards, but he's actually a bit of a goofball in terms of personality and is rather forgetful.


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* HeyItsThatVoice: In the Japanese he's voiced by Kenichi Matsuyama, who plays L in the live-action films.


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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Japanese media spells his name as Jealous, English calls it "Gelus." The latter appears to be preferred by the fans, especially since some of HTR13's spellings are truly bizarre.
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* StationaryWings - have extending wings despite being able to just float likes ghosts.

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* {{Shinigami}} - obviously.



* {{Shinigami}}

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* {{Namedar}} - Shinigami eyes see everyone's name.



* {{Namedar}} - Shinigami eyes see everyone's name.



* {{Namedar}} - Shinigami eyes see everyone's name.



* {{Namedar}} - Shinigami eyes see everyone's name.



* {{Namedar}} - Shinigami eyes see everyone's name.

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Wrote new paragraph at beginning of article to cover By The Eyes Of The Blind and Intangible Man tropes, instead of having them be listed separately in Ryuk, Rem and Sidoh\'s entries.


These tropes apply to any shinigami who enters the human world:

* ByTheEyesOfTheBlind: A shinigami can only be seen or heard by humans who have touched his/her particular Death Note.
* IntangibleMan (or Woman): Although a Shinigami on Earth can temporarily become solid to manipulate objects.



* ByTheEyesOfTheBlind: Ryuk, like all other shinigami, can only be seen or heard by those who have touched his Death Note.



* FishEyes : Depending on the angle of the scene. The rest of the time it's just a bulging stare.
* FridgeHorror - tons of it.

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* FishEyes : FishEyes: Depending on the angle of the scene. The rest of the time it's just a bulging stare.
* FridgeHorror - tons FridgeHorror: Tons of it.



* [[{{Ptitlemd299wh0}} I Can't Believe It's Not Heroin]] - he's a "triple A" an Apple Addicted Asshole.
* IntangibleMan

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* [[{{Ptitlemd299wh0}} I Can't Believe It's Not Heroin]] ICantBelieveItsNotHeroin - he's a "triple A" an Apple Addicted Asshole.
* IntangibleMan
Asshole.



* [=~You Didn't Ask~=]: Ryuk amuses himself by explaining certain rules of the Death Note to Light at the worst moments. He even invokes this trope word-for-word in the movie.

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* [=~You Didn't Ask~=]: YouDidntAsk: Ryuk amuses himself by explaining certain rules of the Death Note to Light at the worst moments. He even invokes this trope word-for-word in the movie.



* [[IntangibleMan Intangible Woman]]



* IntangibleMan

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Misa's {{Shinigami}}, who is highly protective of her. [[spoiler:Light tricks her into killing L and Watari in order to save Misa, thus insuring her own death as well.]]

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Misa's {{Shinigami}}, who is highly protective of her, bringing Gelus's death note to her after his death and generally watching out for her. [[spoiler:Light [[spoiler: Rem forces Light to enact a MemoryGambit to save Misa when she gets caught, and haunts Higuchi while this is done. Misa surprises her by coming to be interviewed at Yotsuba for an advertising gig as part of L's plan to local the Yotsuba Kira, and Rem takes the opportunity to reveal herself to Misa and tell her what's going on. Later, Rem follows the Death Note back to Taskforce Headquarters when L captures Higuchi and Light regains ownership of the Note. There, Light tricks her into killing L and Watari in order to save Misa, thus insuring her own death as well.Misa; and although she realizes what he has done, she goes along with it, choosing willingly to die to keep Misa safe.]]



* DarkIsNotEvil
* TheDulcineaEffect

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* DarkIsNotEvil
DarkIsNotEvil: Although her morality is in question, she genuinely cares about Misa and is disgusted by [[spoiler: Higuchi]].
* TheDulcineaEffectTheDulcineaEffect: She sees Misa once and developes feelings for her so intense that she journeys to the human realm to give her Gelus's notebook.



* [[ShesAManInJapan He's A Woman In Japan]]

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* [[ShesAManInJapan He's A Woman In Japan]]Japan]]: Confusingly, the English adaptation of the anime chose to have her referred to as male. The manga bounces a little on this, with Light using male pronouns for her from time to time. Rem herself says in the English manga, "I'm female."



* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer

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* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHerIfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: As Light notes, she is firmly on Misa's side and will take action on her behalf.



* MamaBear: Towards Misa.

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* MamaBear: Towards Misa.She is ''very'' protective of Misa. Considering that Misa had recently lost her mother (she tells Light that her parents were murdered a year ago) around the time Rem showed up, it's not too inconcievable that Rem took up that role for her; although Rem obeys Misa and follows her lead, she certainly is shown treating Misa as a daughter, up to and including [[spoiler: willingly sacrificing herself for Misa's safety]].



* MoralMyopia: She is extremely protective of Misa, but she never says a word about the people Misa kills. Justified in that she is a god of death who herself must kill to stay alive and that she comes to view most humans as "such ugly creatures."



* [[MyMasterRightOrWrong My Mistress Right Or Wrong]]

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* [[MyMasterRightOrWrong My Mistress Right Or Wrong]]Wrong]]: She's on Misa's side, no matter what.



* WomanInWhite

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* WomanInWhiteWomanInWhite: in contrast to [[{{WomanInBlack}} Misa]].



* DarkIsNotEvil

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* DarkIsNotEvilDarkIsNotEvil: He has the grotesque appearence common to all the shinigami, but his one and only scene has him willingly dying to save Misa's life.



* HeroicSacrifice

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* HeroicSacrificeHeroicSacrifice: for Misa.
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* AProtagonistIsRyu
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* FridgeHorror - tons of it.
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* [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed No Trademarks Were Harmed]]: He's totally not [[{{Batman}} The Joker]]

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* [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed No Trademarks Were Harmed]]: He's totally not [[{{Batman}} The Joker]]TheJoker.
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* [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed No Trademarks Were Harmed]]: He's totally not [[{{Batman}} The Joker]]

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* CreepyAwesome



* RonTheDeathEater: For [[spoiler: killing L.]]



* UglyCute



* UglyCute



* TheWoobie

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* TheWoobie
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* CreepyAwesome



* EvilIsCool



* MemeticMolester



* NoYay: [[MemeticMolester Oh for the]] [[BrainBleach love of Kira,]] [[BigNo NO!]]



* UglyCute



* ViewerGenderConfusion



* TheWoobie



* CanonSue
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* CanonSue


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* OCStandIn
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"The Old Man," [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The King of the Shinigami Realm]], the one who issues the Shinigami their marching orders.
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* SpikesOfVillainy

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* SpikesOfVillainySpikesOfVillainy

[[WMG:'''The Shinigami King''']]
* TheDreaded
* EldritchAbomination
* TheGhost
* TheGrimReaper
* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen
* {{Shinigami}}
* UltimateEvil
* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm
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* CharacterAlignment: TrueNeutral or NeutralEvil, {{YMMV}}. Ryuk is entertained by all the deaths he causes. He's a shinigami, so one could attribute it [[AlwaysChaoticEvil to his nature,]] [[MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch but other shinigami have shown the capacity for love and self-sacrifice,]] [[StopBeingStereotypical and on the whole are pretty contemptuous of Ryuk.]]



* CharacterAlignment: NeutralGood; she has stronger ethics than most of the human characters. [[HorribleJudgeOfCharacter However, occasionally verges]] on StupidGood territory.



* CharacterAlignment - TrueNeutral [[spoiler: He just wants his notebook back.]]



* CharacterAlignment - ChaoticGood
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* FishEyes : Depending on the angle of the scene. The rest of the time it's just a bulging stare.
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Misa's {{Shinigami}}, who is highly protective of her. [[spoiler:Light tricks her into killing L and Watari in order to save Misa.]]

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Misa's {{Shinigami}}, who is highly protective of her. [[spoiler:Light tricks her into killing L and Watari in order to save Misa.Misa, thus insuring her own death as well.]]
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Misa's {{Shinigami}}, who is highly protective of her.

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Misa's {{Shinigami}}, who is highly protective of her.
her. [[spoiler:Light tricks her into killing L and Watari in order to save Misa.]]
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* RonTheDeathEater: For [[spoiler: killing L.]]
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* FurAndLoathing - he wears fur hides. How to Read 13 says he likes "soft things."
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* TheGrotesque - even compared to other Shinigami.



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* SinisterScytheSinisterScythe
* SpikesOfVillainy
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* TheWoobie

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* TheWoobieTheWoobie

[[WMG:'''Zellogi''']]
A minor Shinigami character that expresses interest in the human world and what Ryuk is doing.
* HookHand
* NiceHat - he wears an [[CaptainEthnic Indian Headdress.]]
* OCStandIn
* SinisterScythe
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* HeyItsThatGuy - Ryuk's DeathNote [[DragonballZ must have over 9000 names.]]

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* HeyItsThatGuy HeyItsThatVoice - Ryuk's DeathNote [[DragonballZ must have over 9000 names.]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy - Ryuk's DeathNote [[DragonballZ must have over 9000 names.]]
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** In the manga, he's even ''spelled'' "Jealous".
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Explicitely, canonically wrong, in all 3 versions. Ryuk killed him because 1. he didn\'t want to be bored while Light rotted in a prison, and 2. Light wasn\'t supposed to rely on a Shinigami.


* MercyKill: [[spoiler: One way to interpret the ending.]] YourMilageMayVary of course.
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* HumansAreBastards: In her opinion, "humans are such ugly creatures." (Her reprise of Ryuk's CatchPhrase.)
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* {{Kujira}}

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