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* BastardUnderstudy: Was raised on an island by a master criminal and his gang, and learned half his trade from them. The other half was learned from Ronin (the greatest smuggler of all times, in Diabolik's own words), his {{Dragon}} [[OldMaster Master Chang]], and Natasha Morgan (the ruler of organized crime of Clerville when Diabolik first arrived).
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* BastardUnderstudy: Was raised on an island by a master criminal and his gang, and learned half his trade from them. The other half was learned from Ronin (the greatest smuggler of all times, in Diabolik's own words), his {{Dragon}} TheDragon [[OldMaster Master Chang]], and Natasha Morgan (the ruler of organized crime of Clerville when Diabolik first arrived).
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** In the story "King's Treasure" we find out he keeps around an altered version of the formula for his [[LatexPerfection perfect masks]] modified to shrink, and thus suffucate whoever is wearing them, when exposed to intense sunlight. We found out because Wolf, his chemistry teacher at King's Island, had captured him and was forcing him to give up the formula or be killed, thus Diabolik gave him the altered version expecting him to try and kill him and then die a KarmicDeath as soon as he left the poorly lighted environment he was forced to live in after getting the eyes ruined in a fire.
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* CrazyPrepared: Being Diabolik's lover and accomplice, it's a given.
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* ProperlyParanoid: She's Diabolik's lover and accomplice, of course she is.
** In "King's Treasure" she replaced part of her hair with extensions that ''emitted a blinding flash'', in case the {{Mooks}} that would search her for weapons were ordered to try and murder her and Diabolik. She had to throw them.
** In "King's Treasure" she replaced part of her hair with extensions that ''emitted a blinding flash'', in case the {{Mooks}} that would search her for weapons were ordered to try and murder her and Diabolik. She had to throw them.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Her looks are based on the actresses Grace Kelly and Kim Novak, and one of the drawers based his poses of Eva Kant on the Italian model Cristina Adinolfi photographed in those same poses.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Her looks are based on the actresses Grace Kelly and Kim Novak, and one of the drawers initial artists based his poses of Eva Kant on the Italian model Cristina Adinolfi photographed in those same poses.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Illegitimate daughter of a nobleman, her mother was DrivenToSuicide by her uncle Anthony and died in her arms, uncle Anthony left her in an OrphanageOfFear until she escaped, and worked as an industrial spy in South Africa until she met her uncle again and ''[[{{Squick}} married him'' to get her last name back (they never consummated, and in fact finding out who she was gave Anthony Kant an heart attack).
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Illegitimate daughter of a nobleman, her mother was DrivenToSuicide by her uncle Anthony and died in her arms, uncle Anthony left her in an OrphanageOfFear until she escaped, and worked as an industrial spy in South Africa until she met her uncle again and ''[[{{Squick}} married him'' him]]'' to get her last name back (they never consummated, and in fact finding out who she was gave Anthony Kant an heart attack).
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*** Even worse, that trick should have ruined Ginko's career, or at least keep him out of the way long enough to steal something without him in the way. As expected, Ginko is suspended for the inquiry. As ''not'' expected, his replacement asks Ginko for advice, and the next caper not only fails but results in the police raiding one of his hideouts, taking back some of his loots and ''finding evidence that proved Ginko's innocence''.
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* HelloNurse: One of three women to ever get this reaction from Diabolik. Bonus point for actually being a nurse when it happened.
* HiddenDepths: She may have been lovestuck with him at the time, but she was the first person outside of the criminal underground to suspect Walter Dorian of being anything more than an honest businessman (even if she didn't expect him to be Diabolik. Not even the underground did).
** The flashback of "Inside Clervilles' Underground" shows she's fully capable of identifying a very functional madman on sight, and has her giving a brief explanation of how they may seem sane while hiding behind a mask.
* HiddenDepths: She may have been lovestuck with him at the time, but she was the first person outside of the criminal underground to suspect Walter Dorian of being anything more than an honest businessman (even if she didn't expect him to be Diabolik. Not even the underground did).
** The flashback of "Inside Clervilles' Underground" shows she's fully capable of identifying a very functional madman on sight, and has her giving a brief explanation of how they may seem sane while hiding behind a mask.
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* HelloNurse: One of three women to ever get this reaction from Diabolik.
* HiddenDepths: She may have been lovestuck with him at the time, but she was the first person outside of the criminal underground to suspect Walter Dorian of being anything more than an honest businessman (even if she didn't expect him to be Diabolik. Not even the underground did).
** The flashback of "Inside Clervilles' Underground" shows she's fully capable of identifying a very functional madman on sight, and has her giving a brief explanation of how they may seem sane while hiding behind a mask.
* HiddenDepths: She may have been lovestuck with him at the time, but she was the first person outside of the criminal underground to suspect Walter Dorian of being anything more than an honest businessman (even if she didn't expect him to be Diabolik. Not even the underground did).
** The flashback of "Inside Clervilles' Underground" shows she's fully capable of identifying a very functional madman on sight, and has her giving a brief explanation of how they may seem sane while hiding behind a mask.
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** In one occasion, he used a chance hospitalization of Ginko to [[spoiler: hypnotically condition him to let him go when Diabolik told him a certain phrase]], just in case Ginko just happened to hold Diabolik at gunpoint with Eva already captured and nobody else present. A strange precaution for a nearly-impossible situation... Except that, during the very next caper, Diabolik found himself held at gunpoint by Ginko, with Eva BoundAndGagged in a corner and nobody else present. [[LampshadeHanging Diabolik himself didn't expect to have to use that trick so soon]].
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* FairToTheWaiter: The only reason she can still return to Benglait after the revolution: she may be a member of the Royal Family, but she was fair to everyone and opposed to the wastes of the court.
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* FairToTheWaiter: NiceToTheWaiter: The only reason she can still return to Benglait after the revolution: she may be a member of the Royal Family, but she was fair to everyone and opposed to the wastes of the court.
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* {{Expy}}: Loosely based on the ''{{Fantomas}}'' character Lady Maud Beltham.
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* {{Expy}}: Loosely based on the ''{{Fantomas}}'' ''Literature/{{Fantomas}}'' character Lady Maud Beltham.
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* {{Expy}}: Loosely based on inspector Juve from ''{{Fantomas}}'' and, at the start, on SherlockHolmes (he even used to ''look'' like him, before having his character design modified, and still smokes a pipe).
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* {{Expy}}: Loosely based on inspector Juve from ''{{Fantomas}}'' ''Literature/{{Fantomas}}'' and, at the start, on SherlockHolmes Franchise/SherlockHolmes (he even used to ''look'' like him, before having his character design modified, and still smokes a pipe).
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* {{Expy}}: Loosely based on {{Fantomas}}.
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* {{Expy}}: Loosely based on {{Fantomas}}.Literature/{{Fantomas}}.
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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: No matter what, he will ''never'' compromise with evil. [[EnemyMine Even his occasional alliance with Diabolik]] is slated to end the very moment the bigger threat is dealt with, and they both know that.
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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: No matter what, he will ''never'' compromise with evil. [[EnemyMine Even his occasional alliance with Diabolik]] is slated to end the very moment the bigger threat is dealt with, and they both know that.that (Diabolik usually gasses him before he can aim the gun, assuming he didn't just boobytrap the gun).
* MarriedToTheJob: To the point [[DeadpanSnarker Altea]] once [[LampshadeHanging asked him if he was cheating on her with the police station]].
* MarriedToTheJob: To the point [[DeadpanSnarker Altea]] once [[LampshadeHanging asked him if he was cheating on her with the police station]].
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* CallingTheOldManOut: The only one to ever call out Ginko on his obsession for Diabolik.
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* WhatTheHellHero: His obsession with Diabolik has caused him to do a few reprehensible acts, even getting called out by Altea once.
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Tropes associated with Altea:
* BerserkButton: Don't harm Ginko, or she'll have you murdered ''by Diabolik'' (that was plan B. Plan A involved a ProfessionalKiller, but Diabolik killed and replaced him for a heist and she improvised).
* BewareTheNiceOnes: A very nice woman, funny, generous... Who nearly brought down a terrorist organization by herself, and has once managed to sick ''Diabolik'' on a mob boss (the boss died two nights later).
* TheCassandra: She told the king that the court's spendthrift policies would cause a revolution, and repeated it for years. The Benglait is now a republic.
* CatchPhrase: "Love, I'll strangle you." Told to Ginko every time his job gets too much in the way.
* DeadpanSnarker: On Eva's level.
* FairToTheWaiter: The only reason she can still return to Benglait after the revolution: she may be a member of the Royal Family, but she was fair to everyone and opposed to the wastes of the court.
** During the revolution in Benglait, Diabolik helped her escape [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized revolutionaries aiming to kill every noble in the country]], and, after they were safe, she thanked him and ''tried to pay him for the service while fully knowing his identity''.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: She's ready to destroy evidence to ensure justice, and will put a hit on someone and sick Diabolik on them if it can save Ginko.
* MeetCute: She first met Ginko when he broke in her home.
* ModestRoyalty: Wears elegant but modestly, and only flaunts her wealth if forced by circumstances.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Her looks are inspired to the French actress [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capucine Capucine]].
* TheOjou
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Volunteer nurse after a terrorist attack, a politically influent character opposed to the court's wastes of money, and a sworn enemy of a terrorist organization.
* ShadowArchetype: To Eva. They both acknowledged their similar characters.
* SilkHidingSteel: Even [[spoiler: ''her own husband'' and leader of the Grey Ravens terrorists]] believed her weak and gullible until he noticed she was holding him at gunpoint.
* TheWatson: Often appears just for that.
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[[WMG: Elisabeth Gay]]
Diabolik's first lover in the series, a gorgeous nurse in a psychiatric hospital. Since she accidentally revealed his true face to the world and he drove her mad, she's among Diabolik's worst enemies ever.
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* BerserkButton: Don't harm Ginko, or she'll have you murdered ''by Diabolik'' (that was plan B. Plan A involved a ProfessionalKiller, but Diabolik killed and replaced him for a heist and she improvised).
* BewareTheNiceOnes: A very nice woman, funny, generous... Who nearly brought down a terrorist organization by herself, and has once managed to sick ''Diabolik'' on a mob boss (the boss died two nights later).
* TheCassandra: She told the king that the court's spendthrift policies would cause a revolution, and repeated it for years. The Benglait is now a republic.
* CatchPhrase: "Love, I'll strangle you." Told to Ginko every time his job gets too much in the way.
* DeadpanSnarker: On Eva's level.
* FairToTheWaiter: The only reason she can still return to Benglait after the revolution: she may be a member of the Royal Family, but she was fair to everyone and opposed to the wastes of the court.
** During the revolution in Benglait, Diabolik helped her escape [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized revolutionaries aiming to kill every noble in the country]], and, after they were safe, she thanked him and ''tried to pay him for the service while fully knowing his identity''.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: She's ready to destroy evidence to ensure justice, and will put a hit on someone and sick Diabolik on them if it can save Ginko.
* MeetCute: She first met Ginko when he broke in her home.
* ModestRoyalty: Wears elegant but modestly, and only flaunts her wealth if forced by circumstances.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Her looks are inspired to the French actress [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capucine Capucine]].
* TheOjou
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Volunteer nurse after a terrorist attack, a politically influent character opposed to the court's wastes of money, and a sworn enemy of a terrorist organization.
* ShadowArchetype: To Eva. They both acknowledged their similar characters.
* SilkHidingSteel: Even [[spoiler: ''her own husband'' and leader of the Grey Ravens terrorists]] believed her weak and gullible until he noticed she was holding him at gunpoint.
* TheWatson: Often appears just for that.
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[[WMG: Elisabeth Gay]]
Diabolik's first lover in the series, a gorgeous nurse in a psychiatric hospital. Since she accidentally revealed his true face to the world and he drove her mad, she's among Diabolik's worst enemies ever.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Once in a while, Ginko has abandoned the procedural and became positively murderous. Said occasions involved things like [[spoiler: Altea being comatose and nearly killed due a terrorist bombing]] and a ring of ''child pornography'' (in the latter case he even resorted to [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique manhandling and threatening a suspect with a knife]], even passing himself for Diabolik because everyone knew that. [[EveryoneHasStandards, being furious at accidentally helping the boss to escape justice, he was out for their blood]]).
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Once in a while, Ginko has abandoned the procedural and became positively murderous. Said occasions involved things like [[spoiler: Altea being comatose and nearly killed due a terrorist bombing]] and a ring of ''child pornography'' (in the latter case he even resorted to [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique manhandling and threatening a suspect with a knife]], even passing himself for Diabolik because everyone knew that. [[EveryoneHasStandards, that, [[EveryoneHasStandards being furious at accidentally helping the boss to escape justice, he was out for their blood]]).
* HiddenDepths: She may have been lovestuck with him at the time, but she was the first person outside of the criminal underground to suspect Walter Dorian of being anything more than an honest businessman (even if she didn't expect him to be Diabolik. Not even the underground did).
** The flashback of "Inside Clervilles' Underground" shows she's fully capable of identifying a very functional madman on sight, and has her giving a brief explanation of how they may seem sane while hiding behind a mask.
** The flashback of "Inside Clervilles' Underground" shows she's fully capable of identifying a very functional madman on sight, and has her giving a brief explanation of how they may seem sane while hiding behind a mask.
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* ScornedWoman: After recovering from her madness.
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* WomanScorned: After recovering from her madness.
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* HelloNurse: One of three women to ever get this reaction from Diabolik.
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* UnwittingPawn: To Diabolik, before "[[WhamEpisode The Arrest of Diabolik]]".
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* ShroudedInMyth: This is how Gustavo Garian describes him in the first story: "Ginko says that, in the international criminal underground, people whisper about a ''being'' called ''Diabolik''". Ginko wouldn't be sure that Diabolik actually existed until he stumbles on a room filled with Diabolik's legendary masks (the ability to change face at a moment's notice was one of the traits ascribed to the mysterious being), and he'll remain nothing more than a legend until the story "[[WhamEpisode The Arrest of Diabolik]]". Even then, some still think he's an alien.
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[[WMG: Elizabeth Gay]]
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[[WMG: Elizabeth Elisabeth Gay]]
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* [[DecoyProtagonist Decoy Sidekick]]: Was Diabolik's lover and [[UnwittingPawn unknowing accomplice]] for the first two stories, "The King of Terror" and "The Elusive Criminal", before she accidentally exposed him and got replaced by Eva Kant in "[[WhamEpisode The Arrest of Diabolik]]".
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** a few years later she shot who she believed was Diabolik disguised as Ginko, [[spoiler: but when she checked the dying body she found out ''the face was not a mask'' and that it was her husband who got a plastic surgery in the desperate attempt to win her love, and she had already confirmed that ''the Ginko who tricked her into killing her husband was the real one'']]. This completely broke her, and so far she has not reappeared.
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** a few years later she shot who she believed was Diabolik disguised as Ginko, [[spoiler: but when she checked the dying body she found out ''the face was not a mask'' and that it was her husband who got a plastic surgery in the desperate attempt to win her love, and she had already confirmed that ''the Ginko who tricked her into killing her husband was the real one'']]. This completely broke her, and so far it's implied she has not reappeared.died a few days after.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In terms of looks she's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor Elizabeth Taylor]] with black hair.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In terms of looks she's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor Elizabeth Taylor]] with black hair.hair, with a name to match.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: She was named Eli'''s'''abet'''h''' since the start, but it took years before everyone realized she was Elisabeth and not Elizabeth, Elisabet or Elisabetta (the Italian equivalent).
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* BreakTheCutie: In their first encounter, Diabolik murdered his father and his aunt, drove his mother mad ''twice'', and nearly killed him, all in order to steal a priceless treasure from him.
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* ItsPersonal: See the KickTheDog entry and stop asking why Gustavo wants Diabolik dead, OK?
* KickTheDog: In their first encounter, Diabolik murdered his father and his aunt, drove his mother mad ''twice'', and nearly killed him, all in order to steal a priceless treasure from him.
* KickTheDog: In their first encounter, Diabolik murdered his father and his aunt, drove his mother mad ''twice'', and nearly killed him, all in order to steal a priceless treasure from him.
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* ItsPersonal: See the KickTheDog BreakTheCutie entry and stop asking why Gustavo wants Diabolik dead, OK?
* KickTheDog:In their first encounter, Diabolik murdered his father could have used less scarring and his aunt, drove his mother mad ''twice'', and nearly killed him, all in order murderous ways to steal a priceless that treasure from him.Gustavo. Yet he did what he did, and, years later, stole the equally priceless original container of that treasure (he had originally missed it due a ''clerical error'').
* KickTheDog:
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Tropes associated with Elizabeth:
* BreakTheCutie: In the span of a few days, her beloved Walter Dorian was revealed to be the terrifying murderer Diabolik, she was forced to testify against him and have a direct part in him being sentenced to death, ''and'' Eva Kant saved him in a way that made clear she had already been replaced as lover, driving her on the verge of madness. ''Then'', in the aptly-titled story "Atrocious Revenge", Diabolik waited for her to recover and find a new love in her therapist to drive her ''fully'' mad.
** HarsherInHindsight: This became much harsher with "In the Tunnel of Madness", when we find out that she would have become Diabolik's accomplice had he just asked. [[FromBadToWorse Gets even harsher]] with "Inside Clerville's Underground": he ''did'' consider doing that and even tested her, but, after proving herself a capable accomplice, she failed by telling Ginko about their encounter with a dead terrorist (even if she omitted the circumstances).
* DrivenToMadness: To date, ''four times'':
** the first time was when she accidentally got Diabolik arrested, testified against him, and found out she had been replaced as his lover;
** immediately after recovering from that, [[KickTheDog Diabolik did everything he could to drive her back and deeper into madness]], and succeeded;
** years later, after recovering from that, she captured Diabolik, but her husband stopping her from torturing him to death drove her deeper into madness, even [[spoiler: convincing herself she was in love with Ginko, who loathed Diabolik the most]];
** a few years later she shot who she believed was Diabolik disguised as Ginko, [[spoiler: but when she checked the dying body she found out ''the face was not a mask'' and that it was her husband who got a plastic surgery in the desperate attempt to win her love, and she had already confirmed that ''the Ginko who tricked her into killing her husband was the real one'']]. This completely broke her, and so far she has not reappeared.
* KickTheDog: Why did Diabolik choose to drive her mad in revenge? Because she was terrified of becoming mad, and ''he knew it''.
** TheDogBitesBack: When they met again, Liz managed to kidnap him and [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured him for days]], with the full intent to continue until he was dead, and ''mailed the pictures to Eva''.
* HelloNurse: One of three women to ever get this reaction from Diabolik.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy, [[LoveMakesYouEvil and Evil]]: Her madness, and all her evil acts, stems from her having never stopped to love Diabolik, even after [[spoiler: convincing herself she was in love with Ginko]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After [[spoiler: being tricked into killing her husband, who, to win her love, had even got a plastic surgery to look like Ginko. ''Ginko himself'' doing the trickery didn't help.]]
** After "The Face of Hate", Diabolik has this reaction about what he did to her.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In terms of looks she's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor Elizabeth Taylor]] with black hair.
* PutOnABus: After "Atrocious Revenge", she disappeared for years.
** TheBusCameBack: Aside for flashbacks, she has returned in "In the Tunnel of Madness" and "The Face of Hate".
* ScornedWoman: After recovering from her madness.
* ShadowArchetype: To Eva, in two different ways:
** Initially she was Eva who had never chosen to be independent from men, with all her beauty and intelligence and a crippling emotional weakness that ended driving her mad twice;
** After recovering from that, she became like Eva in her ClingyJealousGirl moments, only ''worse''.
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* BreakTheCutie: In the span of a few days, her beloved Walter Dorian was revealed to be the terrifying murderer Diabolik, she was forced to testify against him and have a direct part in him being sentenced to death, ''and'' Eva Kant saved him in a way that made clear she had already been replaced as lover, driving her on the verge of madness. ''Then'', in the aptly-titled story "Atrocious Revenge", Diabolik waited for her to recover and find a new love in her therapist to drive her ''fully'' mad.
** HarsherInHindsight: This became much harsher with "In the Tunnel of Madness", when we find out that she would have become Diabolik's accomplice had he just asked. [[FromBadToWorse Gets even harsher]] with "Inside Clerville's Underground": he ''did'' consider doing that and even tested her, but, after proving herself a capable accomplice, she failed by telling Ginko about their encounter with a dead terrorist (even if she omitted the circumstances).
* DrivenToMadness: To date, ''four times'':
** the first time was when she accidentally got Diabolik arrested, testified against him, and found out she had been replaced as his lover;
** immediately after recovering from that, [[KickTheDog Diabolik did everything he could to drive her back and deeper into madness]], and succeeded;
** years later, after recovering from that, she captured Diabolik, but her husband stopping her from torturing him to death drove her deeper into madness, even [[spoiler: convincing herself she was in love with Ginko, who loathed Diabolik the most]];
** a few years later she shot who she believed was Diabolik disguised as Ginko, [[spoiler: but when she checked the dying body she found out ''the face was not a mask'' and that it was her husband who got a plastic surgery in the desperate attempt to win her love, and she had already confirmed that ''the Ginko who tricked her into killing her husband was the real one'']]. This completely broke her, and so far she has not reappeared.
* KickTheDog: Why did Diabolik choose to drive her mad in revenge? Because she was terrified of becoming mad, and ''he knew it''.
** TheDogBitesBack: When they met again, Liz managed to kidnap him and [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured him for days]], with the full intent to continue until he was dead, and ''mailed the pictures to Eva''.
* HelloNurse: One of three women to ever get this reaction from Diabolik.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy, [[LoveMakesYouEvil and Evil]]: Her madness, and all her evil acts, stems from her having never stopped to love Diabolik, even after [[spoiler: convincing herself she was in love with Ginko]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After [[spoiler: being tricked into killing her husband, who, to win her love, had even got a plastic surgery to look like Ginko. ''Ginko himself'' doing the trickery didn't help.]]
** After "The Face of Hate", Diabolik has this reaction about what he did to her.
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In terms of looks she's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Taylor Elizabeth Taylor]] with black hair.
* PutOnABus: After "Atrocious Revenge", she disappeared for years.
** TheBusCameBack: Aside for flashbacks, she has returned in "In the Tunnel of Madness" and "The Face of Hate".
* ScornedWoman: After recovering from her madness.
* ShadowArchetype: To Eva, in two different ways:
** Initially she was Eva who had never chosen to be independent from men, with all her beauty and intelligence and a crippling emotional weakness that ended driving her mad twice;
** After recovering from that, she became like Eva in her ClingyJealousGirl moments, only ''worse''.
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* MasterOfDisguise: Arguably ''better than Diabolik''.
** NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Her looks are based on the actresses Grace Kelly and Kim Novak, and one of the drawers based his poses of Eva Kant on the Italian model Cristina Adinolfi photographed in those same poses.
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* InsistentTerminology: [[DeadpanSnarker Her husband's death devoured by a panther was an hunting accident]], as [[spoiler: he was hunting ''her'' using the panther, and she didn't mean to set it on him]]. Also, she stopped using the name 'Diabolik' as soon as she met him: for her, he's "Dear", "Love", "''Him''", and "The Man I Love".
* MasterOfDisguise: Arguably ''better thanDiabolik''.
**Diabolik''. After all, Diabolik can't believably disguise himself as the opposite gender...
* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Her looks are based on the actresses Grace Kelly and Kim Novak, and one of the drawers based his poses of Eva Kant on the Italian model Cristina Adinolfi photographed in those same poses.
* MasterOfDisguise: Arguably ''better than
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Her looks are based on the actresses Grace Kelly and Kim Novak, and one of the drawers based his poses of Eva Kant on the Italian model Cristina Adinolfi photographed in those same poses.
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* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatIsRight: Occasionally he'll play outside the rules when the crime is too dangerous or the criminal too vile.
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An early victim of Diabolik, and the first named character in the whole series, even introducing Diabolik's legend to the reader. [[spoiler: Killed himself in "The Return of Gustavo Garian"]].
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Tropes associated with Gustavo:
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a nice guy, honest and brave, but nowhere in Diabolik and Ginko's league. He also a good shot with the pistol, and nearly caused Diabolik's death in multiple occasions.
* DidntSeeThatComing: The reason he's a danger to Diabolik is that he's rarely aware of him being around, and if he is he just doesn't consider him a danger.
** Example of him not knowing Gustavo is around: by using the face of a dead cop during a failed heist in a BananaRepublic, Diabolik accidentally caused a zombie scare, leading Gustavo, who was trying to pin various crimes on the local dictator, to realize Diabolik is around and call Ginko. And when Gustavo and Ginko are captured by local gangsters, Gustavo manages to ''sick the gangsters on Diabolik''.
** Example of Diabolik not considering Gustavo a danger: [[spoiler: in "The Return of Gustavo Garian", Diabolik, after faking his death and killing three hitmen that had nearly got him multiple times, disguises himself as Ginko and asks Gustavo why the hitmen were about to target him in the attempt to find out their employer, only for Gustavo to confess ''he'' hired the killers. Gustavo was slowly dying due an unspecified disease, so he rallied some former victims of Diabolik (including a millionaire that seemed to be the employer) to raise the funds and sick the hitmen on Diabolik, and then commissioned them to kill him]]. Diabolik himself was left speechless.
* IntrepidReporter: After being PutOnABus, he became a journalist, and was instrumental in ruining the dictator of a BananaRepublic and [[ItMakesSenseInContext exposing a zombie scare as a heist of Diabolik]].
* ItsPersonal: See the KickTheDog entry and stop asking why Gustavo wants Diabolik dead, OK?
* KickTheDog: In their first encounter, Diabolik murdered his father and his aunt, drove his mother mad ''twice'', and nearly killed him, all in order to steal a priceless treasure from him.
** TheDogBitesBack: Once in a while, he found himself in a position to strike back at Diabolik, who had to deal with things like a small army of South American gangsters and [[spoiler: the three best hitmen of the world]].
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: Convinced his hitmen had killed Diabolik and knowing Eva got them before they could put him out of his misery, he kills himself in "The Return of Gustavo Garian".]]
* PutOnABus: The authors didn't like him, so they made him a world-travelling IntrepidReporter to have an excuse to get rid of him.
** CommutingOnABus: He still showed up from time to time, either with him returning to Clerville or Diabolik preparing an heist where he's working.
** [[spoiler: BusCrash: Killed himself in his last appearance, the story titled "[[{{Irony}} The Return of Gustavo Garian]]".]]
* TheWatson: His main job when he was a recurring character was to get Ginko to explain Diabolik's latest ruse.
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Tropes associated with Gustavo:
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's a nice guy, honest and brave, but nowhere in Diabolik and Ginko's league. He also a good shot with the pistol, and nearly caused Diabolik's death in multiple occasions.
* DidntSeeThatComing: The reason he's a danger to Diabolik is that he's rarely aware of him being around, and if he is he just doesn't consider him a danger.
** Example of him not knowing Gustavo is around: by using the face of a dead cop during a failed heist in a BananaRepublic, Diabolik accidentally caused a zombie scare, leading Gustavo, who was trying to pin various crimes on the local dictator, to realize Diabolik is around and call Ginko. And when Gustavo and Ginko are captured by local gangsters, Gustavo manages to ''sick the gangsters on Diabolik''.
** Example of Diabolik not considering Gustavo a danger: [[spoiler: in "The Return of Gustavo Garian", Diabolik, after faking his death and killing three hitmen that had nearly got him multiple times, disguises himself as Ginko and asks Gustavo why the hitmen were about to target him in the attempt to find out their employer, only for Gustavo to confess ''he'' hired the killers. Gustavo was slowly dying due an unspecified disease, so he rallied some former victims of Diabolik (including a millionaire that seemed to be the employer) to raise the funds and sick the hitmen on Diabolik, and then commissioned them to kill him]]. Diabolik himself was left speechless.
* IntrepidReporter: After being PutOnABus, he became a journalist, and was instrumental in ruining the dictator of a BananaRepublic and [[ItMakesSenseInContext exposing a zombie scare as a heist of Diabolik]].
* ItsPersonal: See the KickTheDog entry and stop asking why Gustavo wants Diabolik dead, OK?
* KickTheDog: In their first encounter, Diabolik murdered his father and his aunt, drove his mother mad ''twice'', and nearly killed him, all in order to steal a priceless treasure from him.
** TheDogBitesBack: Once in a while, he found himself in a position to strike back at Diabolik, who had to deal with things like a small army of South American gangsters and [[spoiler: the three best hitmen of the world]].
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: Convinced his hitmen had killed Diabolik and knowing Eva got them before they could put him out of his misery, he kills himself in "The Return of Gustavo Garian".]]
* PutOnABus: The authors didn't like him, so they made him a world-travelling IntrepidReporter to have an excuse to get rid of him.
** CommutingOnABus: He still showed up from time to time, either with him returning to Clerville or Diabolik preparing an heist where he's working.
** [[spoiler: BusCrash: Killed himself in his last appearance, the story titled "[[{{Irony}} The Return of Gustavo Garian]]".]]
* TheWatson: His main job when he was a recurring character was to get Ginko to explain Diabolik's latest ruse.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Suffers from this in-universe, but it's not enough to actually correct it.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Diabolik is surprisingly popular in spite of all his thefts and murders, and has interacted with his own fandom in multiple occasions (including a memorable one where he stole a Jaguar E-Type from an exhibition dedicated to ''him''). For obvious reasons, this drives Ginko mad.
* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Suffers from this in-universe. Differently from Diabolik and Ginko, she can laugh it away... As long as it's hers and not Diabolik's.
* BerserkButton: Wife bashers, homophobes, animal mistreatment and harm to children are known to make her positively murderous.
** [[SeriousBusiness Also, she can't stand particularly bad art and the]] AlternateCharacterInterpretation [[SeriousBusiness Diabolik is victim of in entertainment media.]]
** [[SeriousBusiness Also, she can't stand particularly bad art and the]] AlternateCharacterInterpretation [[SeriousBusiness Diabolik is victim of in entertainment media.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: Even more than Diabolik, thanks to her looks and her being a known animal lover and protector of children.
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** KillerRabbit: You look her, and you think she's harmless. Then she'll beat the crap out of anyone stupid enough to give her a reason.
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** KillerRabbit: You look her, and you think she's harmless. Then she'll beat the crap out of anyone stupid enough to give her a reason.reason, even when completely disarmed and shackled (during one of her brief periods in prison, a guard made an homophobic remark to a gay friend of hers. Said guard 'mysteriously' fell to the ground and hit the face the same moment Eva rose from her chair, and Ginko saw fit warning him to shut up and watch where he walked before he died).
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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: According to a jail director, being Eva Kant means you can imprison her in solitary confinement and keep her away from the world. Given she nearly murdered a very stupid guard ''while shackled'', he kinda had a point...
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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: Has resorted to this whenever he didn't have TruthSerum available or was too much in a hurry to use it. Standard modus operandi in early stories, alongside ColdBloodedTorture.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Once in a while, Ginko has abandoned the procedural and became positively murderous. Said occasions involved things like [[spoiler: Altea being comatose and nearly killed due a terrorist bombing]] and a ring of ''child pornography'' (in the latter case he even resorted to [[JackBauerInterrogationTechnique manhandling and threatening a suspect with a knife]], even passing himself for Diabolik because everyone knew that. [[EveryoneHasStandards, being furious at accidentally helping the boss to escape justice, he was out for their blood]]).
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* CombatPragmatist: Sort of: he's not above using Diabolik's own masks for disguise, and, in one infamous occasion, used Diabolik's confiscated gadgets to ''escort some statues away under his nose''.
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* EnemyMine: Occasionally forged a loose alliance with Diabolik to deal with bigger threats, like gangs who managed to capture them both, terrorists organizations or [[spoiler: a pharmaceutical company trying to cause an epidemics to make money from the cure]].
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Inverted: it's ''Ginko'' who has trouble understanding Diabolik's motivations, at least at the start (and was utterly creeped out by him). Later this disappears, as, after Diabolik told him his OriginStory in "Diabolik, Who Are You?", he started understanding him.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Inverted: it's ''Ginko'' who has trouble understanding Diabolik's motivations, at least at the start (and was utterly creeped out by him). Later this disappears, as, after Diabolik told him his OriginStory in "Diabolik, Who Are You?", he started understanding him.
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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: No matter what, he will ''never'' compromise with evil. [[EnemyMine Even his occasional alliance with Diabolik]] is slated to end the very moment the bigger threat is dealt with, and they both know that.
* MasterOfDisguise: Using wigs, theatrical make-up and clothes he wouldn't normally wear (sometimes to his own embarrassment). Has occasionally used Diabolik's own masks.
* MasterOfDisguise: Using wigs, theatrical make-up and clothes he wouldn't normally wear (sometimes to his own embarrassment). Has occasionally used Diabolik's own masks.
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* {{Ubermensch}}: Played with: on one side, he follows the morality and rules of society, on the other he ''rejects'' the common interpretation. This is also the main difference between Diabolik and him: Diabolik was raised by criminals and forced to kill his own father figure, while Ginko was raised by an honest family, and [[spoiler: finding out his father ''had'' committed the crime he had been convicted for]] only made him more honest.
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* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: He may have a grudging respect for Diabolik, but he still ''loathes'' him.
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* CoolCar: Multiple black [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaguar_E-Type Jaguar E-Types]]. The first one was just a 'common' Jaguar, but then he started adding all sorts of gadgets...
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy
* DoesNotLikeGuns: He ''really'' prizes stealth, and guns are just too noisy.
* DoesNotLikeGuns: He ''really'' prizes stealth, and guns are just too noisy.
* EnemyMine: Once in a while he has teamed up with Ginko.
* ImpossibleThief: A relatively realistic example, but still capable of stealing things bigger than they should be possible to steal.
** PaintedOnPants: His suit is so thin he has been described as looking like a naked man painted black when wearing it.
* BrokenBird: See her DarkAndTroubledPast entry.
* CoolCar: [[ProductPlacement The very first Ranger Rover Evoque, stolen by Diabolik as a present for her]]. And, of course, Diabolik's own Jaguar.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy
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[[WMG: Ginko]]Inspector Ginko]]
Clerville's greatest police officer, and Diabolik's nemesis.
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Tropes associated with Ginko:
* AlmightyJanitor: He's an inspector, but he reports directly to the ''minister of justice''.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He's ''really'' good at guessing things and unveiling mysteries.
* {{Badass}}: Crack shot, utterly fearless, and whenever he and Diabolik (who is a very capable martial artist) get in hand-to-hand fighting, Diabolik usually loses. ''Hard''.
** BadassBiker: Used to be one when young.
* BrokenBird: He never quite recovered from discovering that [[spoiler: his father had been ''rightly'' imprisoned for being a corrupt judge]].
* ByTheBookCop: [[GenreSavvy Because otherwise criminals will get out on technicalities]].
* ChickMagnet: To his own deep disgust and fear for his virtue: he had more than one StalkerWithACrush.
* TheComicallySerious: Capable of putting himself into strange or ridiculous situations without losing his stoic expression.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: ''Inverted'': he could be a magnificent master thief or mob boss, but he's too honest to even consider it.
* DeathByOriginStory: Two: a family friend died saving him from a criminal and his own impulsiveness when he was a child, and a police academy companion died protecting him.
* TheDreaded: To most crooks, finding out Ginko is out to get them means they have to start running. Those who don't are either Diabolik (who ''still'' fears him) or learn otherwise soon.
* {{Expy}}: Loosely based on inspector Juve from ''{{Fantomas}}'' and, at the start, on SherlockHolmes (he even used to ''look'' like him, before having his character design modified, and still smokes a pipe).
* GenreSavvy
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Among his many differences with Diabolik, he favours bar brawling-style punching to sophisticated exotic martial arts. Whenever they fight each other in hand-to-hand, Ginko punches out Diabolik nine times out of ten, including that occasion where Ginko uppercutted the King of Terror ''before even realizing it wasn't a {{Mook}}''.
* ImprobablyCoolCar: He used to drive a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citroën_DS Citroën DS]]. {{Justified}} as it's a present from his mentor, who was more than wealthy enough to buy one.
* NoSocialSkills: Played with: he has them, but absolutely ''loathes'' getting into any sort of situation where more than basic politeness is required.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: He's just as good as Diabolik, only more restrained by his role as a police officer.
* ProperlyParanoid: In the first story, he started shooting ''strawmen'' in case Diabolik was hidden in one of them. Diabolik ''was'' in a strawman, and was struggling to not cry in pain and fall down after getting shot in the arm.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatIsRight: Occasionally he'll play outside the rules when the crime is too dangerous or the criminal too vile.
* ShadowArchetype: To Diabolik, to the point he may be described as being how Diabolik would be if he was a cop. To better drive the point home, his looks have been redesigned into being a more generic Diabolik.
* ShedTheFamilyName: To distance himself from [[spoiler: his father, a corrupt judge]].
Clerville's greatest police officer, and Diabolik's nemesis.
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Tropes associated with Ginko:
* AlmightyJanitor: He's an inspector, but he reports directly to the ''minister of justice''.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He's ''really'' good at guessing things and unveiling mysteries.
* {{Badass}}: Crack shot, utterly fearless, and whenever he and Diabolik (who is a very capable martial artist) get in hand-to-hand fighting, Diabolik usually loses. ''Hard''.
** BadassBiker: Used to be one when young.
* BrokenBird: He never quite recovered from discovering that [[spoiler: his father had been ''rightly'' imprisoned for being a corrupt judge]].
* ByTheBookCop: [[GenreSavvy Because otherwise criminals will get out on technicalities]].
* ChickMagnet: To his own deep disgust and fear for his virtue: he had more than one StalkerWithACrush.
* TheComicallySerious: Capable of putting himself into strange or ridiculous situations without losing his stoic expression.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: ''Inverted'': he could be a magnificent master thief or mob boss, but he's too honest to even consider it.
* DeathByOriginStory: Two: a family friend died saving him from a criminal and his own impulsiveness when he was a child, and a police academy companion died protecting him.
* TheDreaded: To most crooks, finding out Ginko is out to get them means they have to start running. Those who don't are either Diabolik (who ''still'' fears him) or learn otherwise soon.
* {{Expy}}: Loosely based on inspector Juve from ''{{Fantomas}}'' and, at the start, on SherlockHolmes (he even used to ''look'' like him, before having his character design modified, and still smokes a pipe).
* GenreSavvy
* GoodOldFisticuffs: Among his many differences with Diabolik, he favours bar brawling-style punching to sophisticated exotic martial arts. Whenever they fight each other in hand-to-hand, Ginko punches out Diabolik nine times out of ten, including that occasion where Ginko uppercutted the King of Terror ''before even realizing it wasn't a {{Mook}}''.
* ImprobablyCoolCar: He used to drive a [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citroën_DS Citroën DS]]. {{Justified}} as it's a present from his mentor, who was more than wealthy enough to buy one.
* NoSocialSkills: Played with: he has them, but absolutely ''loathes'' getting into any sort of situation where more than basic politeness is required.
* OvershadowedByAwesome: He's just as good as Diabolik, only more restrained by his role as a police officer.
* ProperlyParanoid: In the first story, he started shooting ''strawmen'' in case Diabolik was hidden in one of them. Diabolik ''was'' in a strawman, and was struggling to not cry in pain and fall down after getting shot in the arm.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatIsRight: Occasionally he'll play outside the rules when the crime is too dangerous or the criminal too vile.
* ShadowArchetype: To Diabolik, to the point he may be described as being how Diabolik would be if he was a cop. To better drive the point home, his looks have been redesigned into being a more generic Diabolik.
* ShedTheFamilyName: To distance himself from [[spoiler: his father, a corrupt judge]].
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* BastardUnderstudy: While she already knew her fair bit about being a criminal, Diabolik taught her many things.
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* OrphanageOfFear: Eva grew up in Morben, a boarding school doubling as orphanage, reformatory for problematic children and dumping ground for undesiderable children from rich families, filled with {{Sadistic Teacher}}s prone to beat you up for small infractions and lock you in a dark room without food and water for ''days'' for the worse infractions. Many years after escaping, she discovered [[FromBadToWorse that worse things were happening there]]: the headmistress Clothilde [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Luger]] [[spoiler: was stealing inheritances from some of her students and murdering them]]. Discovering that and that her one friend there was among the victims was enough for Eva to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge track the headmistress down and murder her]].
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* KickTheDog: Once in a while he'll be ''extremely'' cruel, with relatively little reason for it.
* MagnificentBastard
* ManipulativeBastard
* ManipulativeBastard
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Diabolik's lover and OneTrueLove. An impoverished noblewoman, she fell for Diabolik at first sight, and saved his life in her debut story.
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Tropes associated with Eva Kant:
* AntiVillain: Type I and II.
* {{Badass}}
** KillerRabbit: You look her, and you think she's harmless. Then she'll beat the crap out of anyone stupid enough to give her a reason.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Are you courting Diabolik? Start running or you're ''dead''.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Not to Diabolik's level, but she could still be a good cop (of course), lawyer, actress, top model, professional athlete and singer (and in fact she ''has'' been a professional singer when living in South Africa).
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Illegitimate daughter of a nobleman, her mother was DrivenToSuicide by her uncle Anthony and died in her arms, uncle Anthony left her in an OrphanageOfFear until she escaped, and worked as an industrial spy in South Africa until she met her uncle again and ''[[{{Squick}} married him'' to get her last name back (they never consummated, and in fact finding out who she was gave Anthony Kant an heart attack).
* DeadpanSnarker: And ''how''! Her insistence her husband's death devoured by a panther was an accident? [[spoiler: She didn't ''mean'' to set the panther on him, she was just trying to survive when ''he'' set the panther on ''her''.]]
* DudeMagnet
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She not only always keeps her word and tries to not kill if she can, but she's also an animal lover (to the point she'll never harm or kill an animal, unless she has to eat).
** EveryoneHasStandards: The knowledge she had accidentally saved a paedophile from justice [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness made her scream murder and swear a bloody revenge]].
* {{Expy}}: Loosely based on the ''{{Phantomas}}'' character Lady Maud Beltham.
* MasterOfDisguise: Arguably ''better than Diabolik''.
** NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Her looks are based on the actresses Grace Kelly and Kim Novak, and one of the drawers based his poses of Eva Kant on the Italian model Cristina Adinolfi photographed in those same poses.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Her last name comes from the philosopher Immanuel Kant and is pronounced the same way, but many in Italy mispronounce it as "Kent".
* VoiceChangeling: One of the things she learned from Diabolik.
* WifeBasherBasher: She's beautifully ''sadistic'' when dealing with wife bashers.
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: And, to her dismay, she has ''many'' [[StalkerWithACrush stalkers with a crush]].
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Tropes associated with Eva Kant:
* AntiVillain: Type I and II.
* {{Badass}}
** KillerRabbit: You look her, and you think she's harmless. Then she'll beat the crap out of anyone stupid enough to give her a reason.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Are you courting Diabolik? Start running or you're ''dead''.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Not to Diabolik's level, but she could still be a good cop (of course), lawyer, actress, top model, professional athlete and singer (and in fact she ''has'' been a professional singer when living in South Africa).
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Illegitimate daughter of a nobleman, her mother was DrivenToSuicide by her uncle Anthony and died in her arms, uncle Anthony left her in an OrphanageOfFear until she escaped, and worked as an industrial spy in South Africa until she met her uncle again and ''[[{{Squick}} married him'' to get her last name back (they never consummated, and in fact finding out who she was gave Anthony Kant an heart attack).
* DeadpanSnarker: And ''how''! Her insistence her husband's death devoured by a panther was an accident? [[spoiler: She didn't ''mean'' to set the panther on him, she was just trying to survive when ''he'' set the panther on ''her''.]]
* DudeMagnet
* EvenEvilHasStandards: She not only always keeps her word and tries to not kill if she can, but she's also an animal lover (to the point she'll never harm or kill an animal, unless she has to eat).
** EveryoneHasStandards: The knowledge she had accidentally saved a paedophile from justice [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness made her scream murder and swear a bloody revenge]].
* {{Expy}}: Loosely based on the ''{{Phantomas}}'' character Lady Maud Beltham.
* MasterOfDisguise: Arguably ''better than Diabolik''.
** NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Her looks are based on the actresses Grace Kelly and Kim Novak, and one of the drawers based his poses of Eva Kant on the Italian model Cristina Adinolfi photographed in those same poses.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Her last name comes from the philosopher Immanuel Kant and is pronounced the same way, but many in Italy mispronounce it as "Kent".
* VoiceChangeling: One of the things she learned from Diabolik.
* WifeBasherBasher: She's beautifully ''sadistic'' when dealing with wife bashers.
* WorldsMostBeautifulWoman: And, to her dismay, she has ''many'' [[StalkerWithACrush stalkers with a crush]].
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* AffablyEvil
* AntiVillain: Type I.
* AntiVillain: Type I.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: As all the protagonists, but less than the others, as his childhood on King's Island was, in the end, happy, at least until King decided to kill him for the secret of his masks.
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* ItAmusedMe: Diabolik steals because he loves the challenge, not because he needs to. Also, once in a while he'll do apparently pointless things just to prank Ginko.
* ItAmusedMe: Diabolik steals because he loves the challenge, not because he needs to. Also, once in a while he'll do apparently pointless things just to prank Ginko.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Out of universe, Diabolik is derived from "diabolico", Italian for "devilish". In-universe, he took the name from a man-eating panther that had been called Diabolik ''because'' it sounds like "diabolico": the panther had been King's last true enemy until he managed to kill and stuff it, and upon discovering that our protagonist had mortally wounded him he gave him his name.
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* WorthyOpponent: He considers Ginko this.
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The series' protagonist, our beloved [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast King of Terror]]. A master thief capable of stealing pretty much anything, murdering anyone stupid enough to stand in his way.
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Tropes associated with Diabolik:
* {{Badass}}
* BastardUnderstudy: Was raised on an island by a master criminal and his gang, and learned half his trade from them. The other half was learned from Ronin (the greatest smuggler of all times, in Diabolik's own words), his {{Dragon}} [[OldMaster Master Chang]], and Natasha Morgan (the ruler of organized crime of Clerville when Diabolik first arrived).
* CombatPragmatist
* CrazyJealousGuy: To Eva.
* CrazyPrepared: He always has some new but useful gadget, or some trap around, that, once used and discover, you just wonder ''why'' he made it. Also, he's conditioned to resist truth serums.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: He could easily support himself by working as a chemist, an engineer, an inventor, a martial arts instructor or professional fighter, a bodyguard, and even a ''cop'' (among many other professions), or by simply marketing his masks and enjoying the royalties. Yet, he steals.
* TheDreaded: They call him the King of Terror because he's just ''that'' scary.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He always keeps his word, and tries to not kill if he can't.
** EveryoneHasStandards: Finding out he had accidentally helped a paedophile to escape justice made him ''furious''.
* EvilMentor: Taught the trade to Eva Kant and Mila.
* {{Expy}}: Loosely based on {{Fantomas}}
* KnifeNut: His favourite weapon, and he's very good at it.
** HyperspaceArsenal: Where he keeps them when he's wearing his suit.
* LatexPerfection: In-universe, he ''invented'' it, and he's the only person in the world that can actually create the masks right (some people copied the masks but they always melted after a while, and Eva knows how to make the mask but not the actual plastic to make them).
* MasterOfDisguise: Not only he invented LatexPerfection, but, in a pinch, he can easily disguise himself and others with more mundane means.
* McNinja: His signature suit is directly modelled on a ninja outfit, only modified to prevent easy grabbing.
* NoNameGiven: His true name is unknown even to him.
* PragmaticVillain: He started killing less people because he doesn't need to anymore, and shifted his main focus of targets from honest people to crooks and other {{Jerkass Victim}}s because honest people tend to keep their money and valuables in banks that are becoming too much even for him.
* ProperlyParanoid: He has dozens of boobytrapped hideouts, more gadgets than ''{{Batman}}'', and has even placed traps on ''half of Clerville's roads''. Given it's ''barely enough'' when dealing with Ginko, you'll forgive him for growing ''more'' paranoid with time...
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Piss him off, and he ''will'' find you.
** TranquilFury: Even when furious, he's always calm and collected.
* VoiceChangeling
[[WMG: Eva Kant]]
[[WMG: Ginko]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Secondary Characters]]
[[WMG: Gustavo Garian]]
[[WMG: Altea Von Waller, Duchess of Vallenberg]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Recurring Characters]]
[[WMG: Elizabeth Gay]]
[[WMG: Alberto Floriani]]
[[WMG: Mila]]
[[WMG: The "Unknown Persons"]]
[[WMG: Bettina]]
[[WMG: Saverio Hardy]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Other Notable Characters]]
[[WMG: Federico, the Duke of Vallenberg]]
[[WMG: King]]
[[WMG: Natasha Morgan]]
[[WMG: Ronin and Master Cheng]]
[[WMG: Walter Dorian]]
[[/folder]]
[[WMG: Diabolik]]
The series' protagonist, our beloved [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast King of Terror]]. A master thief capable of stealing pretty much anything, murdering anyone stupid enough to stand in his way.
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Tropes associated with Diabolik:
* {{Badass}}
* BastardUnderstudy: Was raised on an island by a master criminal and his gang, and learned half his trade from them. The other half was learned from Ronin (the greatest smuggler of all times, in Diabolik's own words), his {{Dragon}} [[OldMaster Master Chang]], and Natasha Morgan (the ruler of organized crime of Clerville when Diabolik first arrived).
* CombatPragmatist
* CrazyJealousGuy: To Eva.
* CrazyPrepared: He always has some new but useful gadget, or some trap around, that, once used and discover, you just wonder ''why'' he made it. Also, he's conditioned to resist truth serums.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: He could easily support himself by working as a chemist, an engineer, an inventor, a martial arts instructor or professional fighter, a bodyguard, and even a ''cop'' (among many other professions), or by simply marketing his masks and enjoying the royalties. Yet, he steals.
* TheDreaded: They call him the King of Terror because he's just ''that'' scary.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He always keeps his word, and tries to not kill if he can't.
** EveryoneHasStandards: Finding out he had accidentally helped a paedophile to escape justice made him ''furious''.
* EvilMentor: Taught the trade to Eva Kant and Mila.
* {{Expy}}: Loosely based on {{Fantomas}}
* KnifeNut: His favourite weapon, and he's very good at it.
** HyperspaceArsenal: Where he keeps them when he's wearing his suit.
* LatexPerfection: In-universe, he ''invented'' it, and he's the only person in the world that can actually create the masks right (some people copied the masks but they always melted after a while, and Eva knows how to make the mask but not the actual plastic to make them).
* MasterOfDisguise: Not only he invented LatexPerfection, but, in a pinch, he can easily disguise himself and others with more mundane means.
* McNinja: His signature suit is directly modelled on a ninja outfit, only modified to prevent easy grabbing.
* NoNameGiven: His true name is unknown even to him.
* PragmaticVillain: He started killing less people because he doesn't need to anymore, and shifted his main focus of targets from honest people to crooks and other {{Jerkass Victim}}s because honest people tend to keep their money and valuables in banks that are becoming too much even for him.
* ProperlyParanoid: He has dozens of boobytrapped hideouts, more gadgets than ''{{Batman}}'', and has even placed traps on ''half of Clerville's roads''. Given it's ''barely enough'' when dealing with Ginko, you'll forgive him for growing ''more'' paranoid with time...
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Piss him off, and he ''will'' find you.
** TranquilFury: Even when furious, he's always calm and collected.
* VoiceChangeling
[[WMG: Eva Kant]]
[[WMG: Ginko]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Secondary Characters]]
[[WMG: Gustavo Garian]]
[[WMG: Altea Von Waller, Duchess of Vallenberg]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Recurring Characters]]
[[WMG: Elizabeth Gay]]
[[WMG: Alberto Floriani]]
[[WMG: Mila]]
[[WMG: The "Unknown Persons"]]
[[WMG: Bettina]]
[[WMG: Saverio Hardy]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Other Notable Characters]]
[[WMG: Federico, the Duke of Vallenberg]]
[[WMG: King]]
[[WMG: Natasha Morgan]]
[[WMG: Ronin and Master Cheng]]
[[WMG: Walter Dorian]]
[[/folder]]
