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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome
** Ed's height, constantly the butt of jokes at his expense, is the realistic outcome of the fact that he has about thirty pounds of inert metal hanging off of his still-growing body and weighing it down, stunting his growth. [[spoiler:Even at the end of the series when he's shown as a young adult and managed to get his arm back he's still shorter than average as a result.]]
** Ed's automail in general is handled extremely realisticly for what is essentially a fantasy prosthetic; wearing it for prolonged periods of time causes his chest and thigh muscles to ache since the automail isn't supporting its own weight, he needed to undergo extensive internal surgery on his leg stump and torso to have the necessary support structures for it, even after he received it he still had to undergo months of physical therapy to get used to moving around with it, and plugging it in or taking it off (or, more often than not, getting it destroyed off of him) causes some serious nerve pain from the connections it makes with his nervous system so that he can move it like his flesh-and-blood limbs. While certainly a miraculous technology that lets Ed use it for combat and as a medium for his weapon alchemy, it ultimately has more drawbacks than benefits compared to just having regular limbs.
** Ed's height, constantly the butt of jokes at his expense, is the realistic outcome of the fact that he has about thirty pounds of inert metal hanging off of his still-growing body and weighing it down, stunting his growth. [[spoiler:Even at the end of the series when he's shown as a young adult and managed to get his arm back he's still shorter than average as a result.]]
** Ed's automail in general is handled extremely realisticly for what is essentially a fantasy prosthetic; wearing it for prolonged periods of time causes his chest and thigh muscles to ache since the automail isn't supporting its own weight, he needed to undergo extensive internal surgery on his leg stump and torso to have the necessary support structures for it, even after he received it he still had to undergo months of physical therapy to get used to moving around with it, and plugging it in or taking it off (or, more often than not, getting it destroyed off of him) causes some serious nerve pain from the connections it makes with his nervous system so that he can move it like his flesh-and-blood limbs. While certainly a miraculous technology that lets Ed use it for combat and as a medium for his weapon alchemy, it ultimately has more drawbacks than benefits compared to just having regular limbs.
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* CatSmile: When the animation is [[SUperDeformed Super-Deformed]], his helmet can appear to have one of these.
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The protagonist of the series and the titular "Fullmetal Alchemist". Along with his brother Al, he committed the mistake of attempting to bring his mother back to life, and lost an arm and a leg in the process. He became Amestris's youngest ever State Alchemist in order to seek the secret of the Philosopher's Stone so he can regain his limbs and Al's body. The truth behind the Philosopher's Stone, and the connection to the secrets behind the country he lives in, drives the story.
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[[TheProtagonist The protagonist of the series and the titular "Fullmetal Alchemist".Alchemist"]]. Along with his brother Al, he committed the mistake of attempting to bring his mother back to life, and lost an arm and a leg in the process. He became Amestris's youngest ever State Alchemist in order to seek the secret of the Philosopher's Stone so he can regain his limbs and Al's body. The truth behind the Philosopher's Stone, and the connection to the secrets behind the country he lives in, drives the story.
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* ActuallyThatsMyAssistant: A constant thorn in his side is that people are more willing to believe that Al is the infamous "Fullmetal Alchemist" rather than him. Ed is the current trope image.
* AdorablyPrecociousChild: Young Ed managed to be an alchemy whiz who was wiser than his years. He more or less kept it when he grew up, only now it makes him seem high-strung and unpleasant.
* AintTooProudToBeg: When Scar destroys his arm so he can't perform alchemy, and prepares to kill Ed, Ed doesn't beg for his life. He instead says he'll FaceDeathWithDignity if Scar will spare Al. Scar agrees, since Al is incapacitated and wasn't the target. Fortunately, Roy appears in the nick of time to save both brothers.
* AlliterativeName: '''E'''dward '''E'''lric.
* AlwaysSecondBest: Ed's brother Al always wins their sparring matches. Makes sense 'cause Al is, ya know, a ''living suit of armor''. It's indicated, during their reminiscing of past spats at the hospital, that Al was winning quarrels between the two even before he was a suit of armor or was under Izumi's tutelage.
* AnArmAndALeg: Lost his left leg attempting human transmutation, sacrificed his right arm to retrieve Al's soul. [[spoiler:He eventually gets the arm back but the leg stays gone.]]
* AngerBornOfWorry: Ed's anguished scream when [[spoiler: Al transmutes his soul to restore Ed's arm in the final battle.]]
-->'''Edward''':"AL, YOU DUMBASS!!!!!"
* TheAtoner: Ed and Al's quest is as much about making up for their mistake as it is getting their bodies back. Deconstructed when Hohenheim [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech tells Ed that burning down their home and running around the country is them trying to avoid owning up to what they did wrong.]]
* ArtificialLimbs: His automail, replacing the arm and leg he lost during his attempt at human transmutation.
* AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: His black clothes, white gloves, gold hair and eyes and red overcoat reference the four colors of the Magnum Opus in classical alchemy.
* AuthorAppeal: Hiromu Arakawa likes muscular men, which should come as no surprise seeing how extremely ripped Ed is for a too-short-for-his-age teen. And his remarkable tendency to [[ShirtlessScene rip off his clothing to show off his bare torso.]] Lugging around all of that auto-mail which probably helps with his physique, along with all of the fighting he does.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Edward's rather observant; he's able to pick up several alchemical techniques simply by observing others and adopting their styles. This trait also gets him out of a jam several times, such as when he deduces how to escape Gluttony's stomach via human transmutation.
* AxCrazy: Downplayed and PlayedForLaughs. His demeanor when fighting mooks is usually either dissonant glee or comical bloodlust. Even his allies comment on how scary he gets when he's worked up. Sometimes plays it up to [[TerrorHero demoralize his enemies]]. However, in dramatic situations, this trait disappears, and it's clear he doesn't actually want to hurt anyone if he can avoid it.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:At the end of the story, we see a picture of Ed and Winry with their children.]]
* BadassBoast: Extremely satisfying example in [[spoiler:the last battle against Father.]] [[note]] and one that calls back to his original boast against Father Cornello that ended the manga's first chapter [[/note]].
-->'''Edward''': GET UP, YOU NOVICE! [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown I'M ABOUT TO SHOW YOU HOW OUTCLASSED YOU REALLY ARE!]] THIS FIGHT YOU LOSE!
* BadassBookworm: You can't exactly practice alchemy without hitting the books, and State Alchemists are supposed to hit lots of other things, too.
* BadassLongcoat: If (well, more like when) it gets shredded, fixing it is high on Ed's priority list.
* BadassTransplant: An arm and a leg are made out of auto-mail.
* BashBrothers: With his actual brother Al, as well as Ling later on.
* BatDeduction: After seeing Shou Tucker's talking chimera and hearing it speak, Ed quickly deduces its nature, as well as the nature of his first, based on the knowledge that Tucker's wife died around the same time as the creation of the first chimera, and the fact that Nina and Alexander are missing.
-->'''Tucker''': Damn brat, figuring it out so quickly...
* BeAllMySinsRemembered: When he [[spoiler: has the opportunity to regain his lost leg, he decides against it, to remind him of his journey and the consequences of his actions.]]
* BelligerentSexualTension: With Winry, whom he quarrels with often but cares deeply about.
* BerserkButton: He provides the trope image. He has ''A LOT'' of them due to his HairTriggerTemper. For example:
** He hates [[TheNapoleon being called short]], to the point where even off-hand mentions of his size will cause him to [[TwistingTheWords interpret as a long string of slights]].
--->'''Ed:''' WHO ARE YOU CALLING A TINY LITTLE BEAN SPROUT THE SIZE OF A GRAIN OF RICE!?!
** He doesn't like milk, both because he hates the taste of it and because others, especially Winry, use his refusal to drink it as the reason why he's short.
** He doesn't like when people suggest that [[ObliviousToLove Winry is his girlfriend]].
* BigBrotherBully: He used to pick on Al when they were little out of [[InfantSiblingJealousy jealousy]], but after a little talk with Hohenheim he started to be a nicer brother.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Everywhere, all the time and always. His mission in life is to get his little brother's body back. He is also willing to die for Al (as seen against Scar) and [[spoiler: gives up his ability to ever do alchemy again to get Al back.]]
** Worth noting, the only two times Vic Mignogna's voice as Edward breaks in ''Brotherhood'' are ENTIRELY related to Alphonse [[spoiler:and the Gate of Truth. Once to Al's body, promising to come back to the Gate to save him, the other to Al's soul, crying out in fury that he sacrificed himself to get Ed his arm back during the fight against Father]].
* BigEater: Not really given much focus, but Ed eats a lot. Later on, he theorizes that this is because he's actually connected to Al's missing body and keeping it alive by providing extra nutrients.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: When Ed and Al have just gone through a traumatic experience at Laboratory 5 and are both still injured, Ed remembers that it's his birthday.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: As shown in the picture above, he frequently uses his alchemy to extend the vambrace of his automail arm into a blade. It serves as his standard EmergencyWeapon when he doesn't have the time or space to craft something more impressive.
* BlemishedBeauty: {{Downplayed}}. After the events of the Promised Day, he winds up with a considerably large scar over part of his chest and shoulder [[spoiler:where his automail used to be before regaining the arm]]. His looks aren't especially commented on, though at that point he's grown enough that he doesn't look like a small child anymore and is taller than Winry.
* BloodKnight: He sometimes has a rather nasty lust for violence when fighting baddies.
* BraidsOfAction: He usually ties his hair in a braid and is quite the badass.
* BrattyHalfPint: Easily the living embodiment of this trope in the male perspective. But don't let him catch you calling him "half pint" or you will get ''plenty'' of bratty.
* BrokenPedestal: May Chang imagines him to be a tall, handsome, princely figure, and spends half of her time [[LovingAShadow daydreaming about him]]. When she actually meets him and finds that he's a short snarker with a bad temper, she just about flips her lid, accusing him of toying with her heart.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Ed is a brilliant alchemist with a hair-trigger temper who flies into a rage when people call him short.
* ButtMonkey: Hero. Protagonist. Amusing (and not-so-amusing) injury magnet.
* ByronicHero: Edward has the less destructive traits of this. As cheery as he may seem, he is rigidly stubborn and spends a good amount of time brooding over the terrible things that have happened to him. His Byronic aspects are more emphasized in the 2003 anime.
* CallingParentsByTheirName: Typically refers to his father as "Hohenheim," until the last chapter, [[spoiler:when he tells Hohenheim "Shut up, you rotten father!" in response to his offering to sacrifice himself to bring Al back.]]
* CallingTheOldManOut: The first time he sees his father in the main narrative, he punches the guy in the face, and with his metal arm too. This is because he stayed away from home while Trisha wasted away and died waiting for him.
* CannotSpitItOut:
** He'd rather recite the periodic table of elements at top speed or spit ''other'' things (like his drink all over poor Black Hayate) out than admit his feelings for Winry.
** There's his fear that Alphonse secretly blamed and hated him for getting Al de-bodied. He never could bring himself to ask Al about it and it almost came back to bite him (for more on that see PoorCommunicationKills under Al's section).
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: Since Ed has seen the Gate of Truth, he's a candidate for Father's human sacrifice, meaning the Homunculi aren't allowed to kill him even as he becomes a big thorn in their sides.
* CastFromLifespan: To keep from bleeding to death, Ed uses his own soul as a Philosopher's stone and shortens his lifespan by a few years to close a wound.
* CelibateHero: A mild case of "Love is a distraction". He has to [[RedemptionQuest get Al's body back]] before even thinking about Winry and... ''[[MadnessMantra [=HydrogenHeliumLithiumBeryllium...=]]]''
* CharacterDevelopment: Edward begins the series dependent on alchemy and doing everything himself. By the end of the series, he has learned to depend more on his friends and share his burdens.
** Ed slowly begins to grow out of his HotBlooded ways at the story progresses. Notably, this also coincides with Edward slowly ''physically'' maturing over the course of the series. By the last third, [[spoiler: Ed is actually taller than Winry, and it's difficult to pinpoint the exact time the story stops drawing him with childish features and begins portraying him as a young adult.]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: With Winry. At that age, he and Al used to fight over who would get to marry her (Al won those fights).
* ChildMage: Started alchemy at a very young age.
* ChildSoldier: Received a State Alchemist's certification at the age of twelve, which also gives him a rank equivalent to ''Major.''
* ClarkKentOutfit: He is a short, intellectual teenager, but so incredibly buff under his jacket that he ends up shirtless, like, almost every other fight scene. It's also initially done to hide his automail arm and leg. By the way he runs around before it's revealed, you'd never guess he was a double amputee.
* TheCoatsAreOff: He doesn't take off his jacket, he ''rips it off''.
* CodeName: [[TitleDrop Fullmetal Alchemist.]]
* CombatBreakdown: [[spoiler:One-sided on Edward's end. He goes from using all his alchemy on Father to simply beating him down with his fists.]]
* CombatPragmatist: Although he ''can'' fight straight unlike Envy, Ed will more often than not use every dirty trick or underhanded tactic to win his battles. When he's called out for this at one point, he rationalizes all bets are off in a fight and what's "fair" is meaningless.
* CondescendingCompassion: A weird ''accidental'' example. When Ed realizes Envy's true FreudianExcuse, namely [[spoiler:envying humans for their ability to steel through hardships by forming strong bonds with each other]], he treats it and by extension Envy with sympathy and pity. Envy immediately views it as this trope and is so humiliated and insulted that [[spoiler:[[AmbiguousGender they]] commit suicide]].
* CosmicPlaything: Is he ever; one might think the Truth gets some sick pleasure in watching him struggle. Though this does lead to a rather satisfying CallBack by Ed at the end of the series, "There's no such thing as a painless lesson."
* CruelToBeKind: He harshly tells Rose to stand on her own feet after she learns that her faith in Father Cornello was betrayed and her boyfriend is never coming back. Winry's shocked by how harsh he is, but Rose tells her that was what she needed to hear.
* CursedWithAwesome: His artificial limbs have saved his life a ''lot''. And we can't forget anchoring his brother's soul let him transmute with just clapping his hands.
* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: PlayedForLaughs, as this happens whenever somebody [[BerserkButton calls him short.]]
* TheCynic: Ed's idealism got well and truly sliced to ribbons upon his mother's death and what came after it. Even though he tries his level best not to let it hold him back. Later experiences just jumped on the remains and called it a day.
* CynicismCatalyst: The whole [[{{Necromantic}} human transmutation]] experience and what happened to Nina made him far more cynical and bitter, though he still strives to be heroic.
* DeadpanSnarker: Appropriately enough for a teenager, Ed gives plenty of bored-sounding backtalk to the cast.
* DePower: [[spoiler:He willingly sacrifices his ability to use alchemy to get back Alphonse.]]
* DestructiveSavior: He once remarked "(doing) good goes on a side bar on a military report next to 'collateral damage'."
* {{Determinator}}: He was a Determinator when he was ''ten'', and he hasn't changed since. His sheer stubbornness and determination are what gave him the epithet of the [[TitleDrop Fullmetal Alchemist]], along with the automail.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: Frequently insults and backtalks almost every superpowered being he comes across in the story, such as Father, Envy, and the Homunculi in general.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Twice. First against Pride, then against Father. The second one counts as punching out ''two deities at once.''
* DisabledSnarker: Has a missing right arm and a missing left leg, and has a snarky attitude to go along with it.
* DisappointedByTheMotive: He attacked Shou Tucker upon realizing that the talking chimera from two years ago was Tucker's wife, and that the new chimera was fused from Tucker's dog and child. To further Ed's disappointment, Shou did that in an attempt to remain a state alchemist. Tucker not only thought that what he did to his family was acceptable, but also expected it [[ForScience to be rewarding]]. Shou tries to give him a NotSoDifferentRemark, but Ed counters that while Ed and Al attempted human transfiguration out of a misguided attempt to save their mother, Tucker did it because he didn't want to lose a steady paycheck.
* DishingOutDirt: One of Ed's go-to alchemic moves is to create pillars or barriers from stone and/or earth.
* DoesNotLikeGuns: Strangely enough; they make killing without consequence too easy for his liking.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: He absolutely loathes drinking milk. It's all the more frustrating for him when people tell him he should drink it anyway, since it [[HeightAngst reminds him how short he is]].
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:He gets his arm back, Al gets his body back, and he starts a family with his VictoriousChildhoodFriend,]] but WOW did he go through hell and back to get it. Which makes the happy ending all the more spectacular.
* ExactEavesdropping: He learns that [[spoiler:what he created was not his mother]] by eavesdropping a conversation between Hohenheim and Pinako. Invoked as Hohenheim knew Ed wouldn't be up for talking with him.
* ExpectingSomeoneTaller: Everyone assumes ''Al'' the tall person in armor is the Full Metal Alchemist. This is not a good thing with his... [[TheNapoleon vertical deficiency complex]].
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange:
** He's seen with his trademark braid after he recovers from his automail.
** Later in the story, he switches it to a high ponytail while he's in hiding to recuperate from an injury. He does this because the military's hunting him, and their description of him mentions that he wears his hair in a braid.
** The ponytail also further parallels his likeness to his father, who looked just like him when he was younger. When Hohenheim mentions this, Ed changes his hair back.
** The last chapter shows an image of him with the ponytail again. It's possible Hohenheim's death had something to do with it.
* ExpressiveHair: Not just when in SuperDeformed mode, either. His IdiotHair spikes up when his emotions are heightened.
* ExtraOreDinary: His and Al's alchemy specialty is with metal.
* {{Foil}}: To Shou Tucker. [[VillainHasAPoint Tucker isn't wrong]] about their ambition leading them both to perform a forbidden branch of alchemy despite knowing that human transmutation is, well, forbidden, but his claim that [[NotSoDifferentRemark they are the same]] [[NotSoSimilar fails miserably]]. Ed was motivated to try to resurrect his dead mother by his love for her and loneliness of not having her by his side, Tucker was motivated to [[spoiler:[[GuineaPigFamily turn his own wife and daughter into chimeras]]]] by his desire to [[EvilIsPetty keep his job and income]]. Even more importantly, Ed was able to recognize from his experience that playing god with other people's lives is wrong and [[ItsAllMyFault deeply regrets]] his actions, while Tucker [[ObliviouslyEvil fails to comprehend that he did anything wrong]] and [[LackOfEmpathy feels no remorse]] for his actions.
* FragileSpeedster: He's very fast and quite strong for [[TheNapoleon his size]], but can't take that much punishment. [[{{Determinator}} He keeps fighting anyway]]. Later becomes a LightningBruiser.
* FreakyIsCool: He appears to have a taste for gothic and macabre fixtures and will usually transmute decorations filled with monstrous or demonic imagery and unnecessarily gaudy details.
* GenerationXerox: As flashback episodes ultimately show, he looks exactly like his father as a teenager, who was also an alchemical prodigy traumatized by human transmutation.
* GeniusBruiser: A brilliant alchemist (he achieved State Alchemist status at the age of ''twelve'') and a formidable fighter.
* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: He does this many times over the course of the series. The most memorable has to be when [[spoiler: he did this while trying (and failing) to propose to Winry.]]
* GraspTheSun: Used as a shot in two of the opening credits, which parallels his ShoutOut speech to the myth of Icarus early on in the series.
* GuileHero: Though it can be hard to tell with how reckless and aggressive he becomes when excited, Ed is actually something of a tactical genius. Outside of clocking badguys with his automail fist or sending them flying with a pillar of raised earth, the crux of Ed's fighting style is discerning the composition of an opponent's equipment or surroundings and manipulating said materials with alchemy. When fighting a tougher foe, he often leads them into elaborate alchemical or even mundane traps, commonly feigning weakness or employing decoys to draw them in. He manipulates false prophet Cornello into blowing his own cover in front of his loyal following, and reclaims Youswell's mine for the people with an illegal gambit exploiting a corrupt official's greed. He also shows an almost frightening political savvy and an instinctive grasp of human psychology, helping him face more nebulous threats like the state.
* GuiltComplex: His entire motivation is to get Al's body back after their attempt at human transmutation.
* HairTriggerTemper: You could say he has a very... ''[[{{Pun}} short]]'' temper. Considering his height insecurity, he might be trying to make up for it.
* HandicappedBadass: ''Technically'', but his automail usually more than compensates. [[spoiler:At the end of the story he is still handicapped, but has both arms.]]
* HeightAngst: He is so insecure about his short height that it is by far his most well-known BerserkButton, often to the point that he'll assume any "insults" regarding it aimed in his direction are far worse than they really are.
* HeIsAllGrownUp: Winry notes to herself that Ed's back/shoulders are broader now, and Ed is becoming a man and is no longer a child.
** Played more subtly in a later scene between the two of them - their arguing puts them both in the same frame, and ''Ed is taller than Winry.''
* HeroicBSOD: His major BSOD happens in his backstory after his and Al's attempt at Human Transmutation goes horribly wrong, luckily Mustang showed up and offered him a chance to become a State Alchemist. [[spoiler: He also goes into one after Nina's death. So much so that he almost lets Scar kill him during their first encounter.]]
* HonorBeforeReason: Edward follows a ThouShaltNotKill principal to a T. This puts him at a major disadvantage during his fight with Kimblee.
* HumbleHero: Despite his occasional InsufferableGenius antics, Edward rarely puts that much stock into [[MildlyMilitary his military rank]] or even just how [[TeenGenius talented at alchemy he is.]]
* {{Hunk}}: Despite his short stature, overall he's handsome, muscular and manly.
* IdiotHair: He might not be an idiot, but Ed has a small "antenna" of hair which he intentionally sticks up, probably to make himself appear taller.
* IGotBigger: Goes from roughly 4'10" when shown in the very beginning to about 5'4" in the final battle a year later. Then once again to around 5'9" in the epilogue, which is several years after that. A rare case in fiction of a teenager growing slowly in real time, slow enough in fact that you don't notice until you compare the differences over the course of thirty or so chapters. Amusingly enough, he only starts to grow once he stops complaining about how short he is.
* ILetGwenStacyDie: This occurs '''twice''' over the course of the series to poor Edward: [[spoiler:Nina's death, and then Hughes' death.]] These deaths stay with him all the way until the end.
* InfantSiblingJealousy: A manga-only omake reveals that Ed used to be jealous of how Al seemingly got more attention than him when they were toddlers, and was something of a BigBrotherBully to him as a result. Hohenheim convinced him that Trisha loved them both equally, and he became a much better brother towards Al from that point on.
* InsufferableGenius: Part of Edward's CharacterArc is a conflicting confidence in his own ability. At the beginning of the story, he was convinced that he can solve all of his problems through Alchemy. Edward's growth was his learning to accept that he could rely on others around him.
* IronButtMonkey: With everything he goes through, does he really need Winry along with half his friends comically abusing him?
* ItsAllMyFault:
** Ed tends to shoulder the guilt when anything bad happens to his loved ones. He even blamed himself for the loss of Alphonse's body to the point he feared that Al hated him for it.
** Even by the end, Ed still isn't over what happened to Nina. This is what inspires his and Al's next quest: finding a way to undo chimeric transmutations.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He acts like a jerk to many characters - including his younger brother, Alphonse, who constantly has to apologize for him in the trend of "Don't take it personally, he's like that with everybody and he's actually nice deep inside". Despite how short-tempered and abrasive he can be, his heart is ultimately in the right place and he cares a lot about those who are close to him.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Ed starts out as, to be blunt, an arrogant little shit who has a ''lot'' of CharacterDevelopment on the way, but he nonetheless makes good points:
** For starters, as blunt and cruel as it is, he makes a damn good point when he tells Rose that she needs to get up and move on, rather than spending her entire life chasing the futile dream of bringing her boyfriend BackFromTheDead.
** He also has NoSympathy for Scar despite his tragic past, rebuking Mustang's claims that Scar's RoaringRampageOfRevenge is justified; as Ed puts it, he's still involving innocent people for the sake of his revenge and that he's just candy-coating it by acting self-righteous and calling himself "an instrument of God". Considering Scar's very first victims were Winry's parents, who [[TheFarmerAndTheViper saved his life]], and what Scar [[MercyKill did to Nina]] and tried to do to both him and Al, Ed's claim is far from invalid; in fact, it's vindicated when several of the surviving Ishvalans, including his former master, tell Scar outright that while what happened to their people is wrong, [[RevengeIsNotJustice what he's doing is just as bad]].
** When Major Miles reminds Ed that the Amestrians killed many Ishbalans, Ed fires back that the Ishbalans were responsible for destroying parts of the East, and that Scar, an Ishbalan, killed Winry's parents. Miles is amused, and appreciates that Ed doesn't pity him.
* KeepingTheHandicap: At one point, he has a chance to get his leg back, [[ScarsAreForever but decides against it]], feeling that he needs a constant reminder of his journey and, most importantly, the consequences of his actions.
* KnightInSourArmour: He is ill-tempered and cynical about the world, but still fighting to do the right thing.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: When Scar succeeds in destroying Ed's arm and prepares to kill him, with an injured Al being ForcedToWatch, Ed can barely move and stops trying to fight or run. He merely asks that Scar spare Al. Al, after the battle, smacks his brother around for giving up on life so easily.
* LargeHam: When annoyed. Minus the "large" part. Also, in a [[BatmanGambit gambit to lure out Scar to kill him, and by extension the Homunculi to protect him]], Edward puts on a rather theatrical display of his Alchemy.
* LastOfHisKind: By descent, he and Al are [[spoiler:the last two ethnic Xerxians.]]
* LaughingMad: Does this briefly when he realizes trying to bring his mother back was a SenselessSacrifice after digging up the remains of what he and Al created during the failed human transmutation.
* LifeOrLimbDecision: He saved Al's soul from crossing over by trading his arm to be able to keep his brother's soul in a suit of armor.
* LightningBruiser: Once he was outfitted with cold-weather automail, he truly became a force to be reckoned with due to heavier hits from sturdier automail.
* LikeFatherLikeSon:
** He can't stand his dad for abandoning his family and yet he abandons what constitutes ''his family'' in the way he shuts Winry and Pinako out of his life. He gets better in this regard.
** Hohenheim is also quick to pick up on the fact that Ed has the same brash attitude he once had at his age.
* LittleBigBrother: Al had been taller than Ed since childhood, but when he loses his body and is bound into a seven-foot-suit of armor, he towers over Ed, who is a hair under five feet (and very defensive when this is pointed out).
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Starting around the time of his state alchemist exam. Ed usually keeps it braided or in a ponytail, but as seen when he's sleeping and [[spoiler:after he recovers from the girder through his stomach]], his hair is ''very'' long
* LoveEpiphany: Whilst Winry's in the midst of upgrading his automail to cope with the cold weather, Ed laments to himself that Hawkeye was convinced that he was in love with Winry, before realising that she was right.
* MagicKnight: A very skilled alchemist whose mentor put him in TrainingFromHell to make him good at fighting as well. Some of his go-to transmutations for combat include converting his automail arm into [[BladeBelowTheShoulder weapons]] or pulling a metal spear out of the earth.
* MajorlyAwesome: State Alchemists have a rank ''equivalent'' to Major, so it somewhat counts.
* {{Mangst}}: He carries on his shoulders the guilt of [[GoneHorriblyWrong resurrecting his mother as a horrific THING and believing he killed her again]], and [[MyGreatestFailure damning his brother to life as an animate suit of armor in the process]]. He bottles this up for years and never once asks his brother if he blames him for this, all the while blaming himself, though he also never asked his brother because he fears the answer. He even carved the date they burned down their home on the inside of his pocket watch so he'll be reminded whenever he checks the time. Note that this started when he was ''eleven.'' He deals with further tragedy with the death of Nina and Maes Hughes, something he carries with him. Near the end, after years of bottling it up, Ed finally cries when his father not only offers his last bit of energy to bring back Al but also apologizes for not being there when his sons needed him. It becomes a DiscussedTrope in an early episode; [[WillTheyOrWontThey Winry]] [[BelligerentSexualTension Rockbell]] is talking with [[TheHeart Maes Hughes]] about how she feels Ed keeps her at a distance and tries not to let her see past his facade of blithe confidence, and Hughes explains this trope to her. [[MarsAndVenusGenderContrast He specifically cites it as the way men tend to deal with their pain, in contrast to the openness of Winry's own emotions]], and that she shouldn't assume he doesn't appreciate or care for her just because he doesn't show it. It ends up being {{Defied}} when Winry makes Ed and Al talk about their feelings, which leads to their reconciliation.
* MeaningfulEcho: Of a sorts. The positions in the family photo of Hohenheim, Trisha, Ed, and Al are roughly repeated in the finale photo with Ed, Winry, and their two children. Well, except for Daddy Ed looking far more ecstatic than Hohenheim did.
* MenDontCry: Excluding his backstory, Edward only ever cries once in the entire series, and those were BerserkerTears over Hohenheim trying to convince Ed to sacrifice him to bring Al back to life.
* MildlyMilitary: Though having the rank equivalent of a Major as a State Alchemist and apparently being paid handsomely for that position, Ed doesn't do much that would indicate he's part of Amestris' military complex and chain of command aside from grudgingly listening to Mustang. It can be assumed his superiors are fine with him doing this since he keeps proving his potential value as a combatant in yearly examinations to keep his State Alchemist license yet they lack sufficiently pressing engagements for him utilized for them. It might ''also'' be on account of how it's later shown the antagonists want him kept alive as a sacrifice.
* MoralMyopia: Possibly due to him still being a teenager, Ed never really seems to come to terms with the gravity of the Ishvalan genocide; while he's certainly upset about the loss of life, he never seems to view it as anything more than your ordinary military exercise and he gives NoSympathy to Scar while being shocked that Mustang and Hawkeye consider themselves war criminals for participating in the massacre of innocent civilians.
* MouthyKid: "Cranky" seems to be his default mood. Somewhat justified when he theorizes that his body is sustaining Al's, meaning that Ed is constantly both sleep and nutrient deprived due to the resources Al's body is taking.
* MrFanservice: Spends large amounts of time without a shirt on, usually because he keeps ripping it off. And don't forget his shower scene. Not bad for a [[TheNapoleon vertically-challenged]] double-amputee.
* MyGreatestFailure: Two equally gut wrenching things hang on his shoulders during the course of the anime: Costing Al his humanity by failing the human transmutation and [[spoiler:not being able to save little Nina from her father.]]
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: He's named after a real-life medieval alchemist.
* TheNapoleon: See BerserkButton...Do ''not'' mention his
* NayTheist: Not only does he know for fact that God[=/=]Truth[=/=]Whatever-He-Calls-Himself exists, his leg was stolen by it. That's the reason why his opinion of the guy is so low. Alternatively, Ed is not convinced that the Truth is God. Either way, it fits.
** Just for reference; how low is Edward's opinion of God[=/=]Truth? It's so low that, despite having literally met it, ''he describes himself as an agnostic'' and thus claims that he isn't certain or can't know that God exists.
%%* NobleMaleRoguishMale: The Roguish Male to Mustang's Noble Male.
* NoIndoorVoice: Honestly, it's surprising that he hasn't given himself an anger-induced heart attack from all the yelling he does.
* NoSympathy: Despite hearing of the Ishvalan genocide at the hands of the state military, and Mustang insisting Scar's quest for vengeance is justified, Ed blows it off and has no sympathy to spare for him; as far as he's concerned, Scar just likes attacking people because he's a bully that is masking his pain, stating outright that his quest is far from justified because he's still involving innocent people for the sake of his revenge and that he's just candy-coating it by acting self-righteous and calling himself "an instrument of God". Considering the facts that Scar tried to kill Ed and Al, who were young children at the time of the massacre and had nothing to do with it, as well as the fact that his very first victims were Winry's parents, who [[TheFarmerAndTheViper saved his life]], and what he [[MercyKill did to Nina]], Ed's [[JerkassHasAPoint far from wrong]].
* NonIdleRich: He makes quite a lot of money being a State Alchemist. He's also quite generous with it too.
* NoOneElseIsThatDumb: A variation - when he and Ling end up in Gluttony's stomach, the latter [[BerserkButton asks him if he is the little runt]] to make sure he's not Envy in disguise. Ed reacts promptly.
-->'''Ed:''' ''[royally pissed]'' '''''WHO YOU CALLIN' A LITTLE RUNT, YOU JEEEEERK?!?!'''''
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Multiple villains throughout the series try to pull this card on Ed. It's to the point that when Scar declares them as such, pointing out that both of them use their arms for destruction, Ed responds with a ShutUpHannibal, telling Scar outright that the two of them are ''nothing'' alike.
-->'''Ed''': It's funny. Every crook I meet wants to tell me how much I'm just like them.
* ObliviousToLove: In a bizarre twist on this trope, Ed's obviously in love with Winry, but he can't seem to see that Winry returns his affections.
* OhCrap: Has this expression when he hears Winry's voice as she returns to Atelier Garfiel following Ed's fight with Lan Fan where his automail arm fell off. He's about to receive a severe beating for damaging the arm she made him, and he ''knows'' it's coming.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
** Whenever you see someone pressing Ed's BerserkButton (specifically [[TheNapoleon calling his height to attention]]) yet Ed didn't blow his top and instead cowering in fear, that someone ''instantly'' gets TheDreaded status.
** Ed follows a strict ThouShaltNotKill code and resolutely refuses to take another's life, but [[MadScientist Shou Tucker]] came extremely close to driving him to break his code when he coldly confirmed that [[spoiler:he had fused [[WouldHurtAChild his own daughter]] with her BigFriendlyDog into a talking chimera [[TorturedMonster in constant pain]], expressed [[LackOfEmpathy absolutely no remorse]] for what he'd done, and had the audacity to say that Ed trying to bring his dead mother back to life and him experimenting on his family made them [[NotSoDifferentRemark the same]].]] Al had to physically restrain him and [[spoiler:Nina/Alexander]] had to plead with him to let [[spoiler:her daddy]] go to keep him from beating the deranged man to death in his rage.
* PayEvilUntoEvil:
** Gets a moment in ''Brotherhood''. After brutalizing Shou Tucker for [[spoiler:turning Nina into a chimera]], Tucker crawls up to his nearly-broken State Alchemist pocket watch on the floor and happily declares that he'll get to keep his job, having made the deadline. Ed immediately kicks the watch out of Tucker's hands, breaking it completely, and tells him point-blank that after what he did, there's no way in hell the military will continue employing him.
** Ed's [[ThouShaltNotKill refusal to take a life is steadfast]], but in the final battle, he doesn't hesitate to punch a hole through Father's chest and [[NoSympathy coldly watches]] as he's absorbed by the Truth.
-->'''Ed''': Go back to where you were born. Go back to ''nothing'', ''Homunculus''!
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Less than 5 feet at the beginning of the series, Ed can handle fighting many opponents larger than him.
* PlotPants: Edward Elric wears different clothes on occasion when he's not running around being the Fullmetal Alchemist, but when something important happens he's usually wearing his customary black clothing and red jacket.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Ed calls Ling's closed eyes "freaky" in the latter's debut episode, and has a well-intentioned comment to Miles about how people should "ignore race" in Briggs. However, Ling's eyes aren't narrow because he's from China's FantasyCounterpartCulture; he has an ability that lets him function without needing to see, so he keeps his eyes closed most of the time.
* PowerCopying: The true genius of Ed's combat Alchemy lies in his aptitude for incorporating the Alchemy styles of others into his own after merely having once seen them in action, which makes him very adaptable to various situations. He has adapted Scar's destruction Alchemy, Alex Louis Armstrong's gauntlets and stone spikes as well as Greed's carbon armor hardening into his combat repertoire. [[spoiler:He reversed Pride's attempt to possess him. He has also shown that he's capable of copying the Homunculus' technique to turn his soul into a Philosopher's Stone. As Pride ''painfully'' found out.]]
* PrettyBoy: May Chang's fantasies about Ed depict him as a dashing, slender PrinceCharming. He's otherwise a more downplayed example, as he has long hair and a good-looking face but [[{{hunk}} his body is more on the muscular side, being designed to look more handsome than pretty]].
* TheProtagonist: He's the "Fullmetal Alchemist" from the title.
* RankUp: Upon passing the State Alchemist exam. He is still called ''Mister'' Elric instead of ''Major'' Elric, however, because according to Maria Ross, State Alchemists possess a rank ''equivalent'' to a major. Most characters in the military call him by [[FirstNameBasis his first name]] or "Fullmetal".
* RedBaron: The Fullmetal Alchemist. Interesting enough, Edward actually does have a [[ChildProdigy reputation that precedes him]], to the point where May Chang even traveled all the way from Xing to learn from him. Due to [[MildlyMilitary Edward's typical attitude]] [[note]]Edward only treats his rank and title as a means to an end to research more into the Philosopher's Stone.[[/note]], most people that know him well, save for Mustang, don't actually address him by the title.
* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Inverted. Ed's main outfit consists of an all black jacket, shirt, pants, and boots along with a red duster. However, [[RedIsHeroic he's the heroic]], JerkWithAHeartOfGold protagonist.
* RedemptionQuest: ''"I'm sorry, Al. This is all my fault. So I promise that no matter what, I'll get you your body back."''
* RedIsHeroic: His red duster, although he denies being a hero. More or less an InvokedTrope aside from that as he wears the red duster because he thinks the colour is badass.
* RetiredBadass: [[spoiler: In the DistantFinale, he's understandably no longer a State Alchemist and is living with Winry in Risembool. Downplayed, since he and Al are still working on new forms of alchemy and Ed travels to countries West of Amestris to learn more.]]
* RuleOfSymbolism:
** Ed lost his left leg trying to revive Trisha because his mother was foundation, then lost his right arm because his little brother is his right hand (in the metaphoric sense).
** Ed begins the series confident that alchemy holds the answer to everything and arrogant enough to believe he can reverse the course of life and death. He ends the series a more humble man, content with his place in the world and his relationships. [[spoiler: So it makes total sense that along the way, he was the one who defeated the personification of Pride.]]
* ScarsAreForever: Decides against regaining his leg as a reminder of his journey and the consequences of his actions. [[spoiler:Even after he gets his right arm back, he retains the brutal-looking scars from his automail surgery, as well as a couple of metal bits sticking out of his skin and presumably more inside him.]]
* SharedFamilyQuirks: When Hohenheim was young, he seemed to have being called stupid as his BerserkButton just as Ed's is being called short.
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: He says this a lot about Winry. Nobody buys it. [[spoiler:Since they later end up married and have children together, it's no wonder they don't buy it.]]
-->'''Ed''': She's my mechanic! Nothing more!
* ShipperOnDeck: You know it's sad when ''[[CannotSpitItOut Ed]]'' [[EveryoneCanSeeIt can see it]].
** Has been playing matchmaker to Ling and Lan Fan.
** Like the above pairing, Ed plays matchmaker for Roy and Riza as well.
** He did this to Al and May (although it might have been unintentional) in chapter 104.
* ShirtlessScene: He loses his shirt so much that it's a wonder he [[WalkingShirtlessScene bothers to wear one at all]].
* ShutUpHannibal: Scar tries to pull the NotSoDifferentRemark card on Ed, remarking that both of them use their arms for destruction. Having heard that from several villains he's faced already, Ed will have none of it.
-->'''Ed''': Don't even start! We're ''nothing'' alike!
* SingleTargetSexuality: Apparently decided he wanted to marry Winry at a young age, goes through a long period of CannotSpitItOut during which he never shows the slightest interest in another girl, [[spoiler: and eventually marries Winry.]]
* SirSwearsALot: Especially when insulted about his height.
* SituationalHandSwitch: He was originally right-handed, but writes with his left hand after he lost his right arm. Presumably, [[ArtificialLimbs automail]] doesn't have the same kind of dexterity as a real arm and hand.
* {{Sleepyhead}}: Ed tends to fall asleep a lot during the day. Like BigEater above, he theorizes that this is because [[spoiler:he's actually connected to Al's missing body and keeping it alive by providing rest.]]
* SlasherSmile: Played entirely [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]]. Ed commonly sports one of these, complete with GlowingEyesOfDoom and/or ominous facial shading, when he's feeling vindictive or mischievous. Al usually steps in to try and hold him back or talk him down when this happens.
* SoProudOfYou: The Truth congratulates Ed for offering his ability to use alchemy in exchange for bringing his brother's body back from The Gate, saying it is the correct decision. It also showcases his CharacterDevelopment; he went from somebody who thought he could solve all his problems with his alchemical abilities to realising he still had [[ThePowerOfFriendship people around him who would help and support him]] in his journey.
* SpitTake: Delivers a spectacular one when Hawkeye asks him if he loves Winry.
* StockShonenHero: Surprisingly averted, despite being the hero of a shonen series.
** Ed fits some of this trope's more superficial traits [[note]] he's a KidHero, HotBlooded, a BigEater, and ObliviousToLove even though EveryoneCanSeeIt with him and Winry [[/note]], but he lacks many others too. Rather than a blind optimist, he's more [[TheCynic cynical]] and [[TheAtoner weighed down by his past sins]]. Instead of a BookDumb IdiotHero, he's a BadassBookworm (since being good at alchemy requires a lot of study). He isn't on a quest ToBeAMaster, but for more personal reasons: restoring his and Al's bodies.
** The trope is lampshaded in an omake, where Ed and Al discuss how the former doesn't have many of the typical tropes of his shonen demographic contemporaries at the time (aside from the aforementioned differences, he's rich and well-connected due to being a State Alchemist, somewhat uncool, doesn't have many close friends to [[ThePowerOfFriendship draw motivation from]], and was already a powerful alchemist from the start of the story) and wonder how he still managed to become popular despite that.
* StressVomit: Occurs when digging up the monstrous being that wasn't really his mother.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Flashbacks [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld to about 400 years ago]] reveal that when Hohenheim was younger, he looked almost exactly like Ed does now. According to a series of sketches of Ed aging done by Arakawa, he will look even more like his father by the time he gets to 40 or so.
* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: Averted. The ability to [[spoiler:turn himself into a philosopher's stone]] was foreshadowed after his battle against Kimblee.
* SuddenlyShouting: Quite often, especially when someone [[BerserkButton calls him short.]]
* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome
** Ed's height, constantly the butt of jokes at his expense, is the realistic outcome of the fact that he has about thirty pounds of inert metal hanging off of his still-growing body and weighing it down, stunting his growth. [[spoiler:Even at the end of the series when he's shown as a young adult and managed to get his arm back he's still shorter than average as a result.]]
** Ed's automail in general is handled extremely realisticly for what is essentially a fantasy prosthetic; wearing it for prolonged periods of time causes his chest and thigh muscles to ache since the automail isn't supporting its own weight, he needed to undergo extensive internal surgery on
* SweetAndSourGrapes: He starts becoming noticeably taller after he finally starts mellowing out about being short.
* SympathyForTheDevil: [[spoiler:After Envy's defeat, Ed realizes that Envy is actually envious of humanity's ability to form friendships and support each other. Just the knowledge that Ed pities it is part of the reason why Envy [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide shortly after.]]]]
* TakeMeInstead: He is willing to offer his life in exchange for his brother, Alphonse, whose body was obliterated in their failed attempt to use alchemy to bring back their mother.
-->'''Edward:''' No, dammit. You won't take him too. Give him back! He's my brother! Take my leg. Take my arm! Take my heart, ANYTHING, YOU CAN HAVE IT! Just give him back! HE'S MY LITTLE BROTHER! '''HE'S ALL I HAVE LEFT!'''
* TechnicalPacifist: In contrast to [[ItGetsEasier his portrayal in the 2003 anime]], Edward refuses to take a life, human and homunculus alike. [[spoiler:Ed makes a sole exception for Father, fighting to kill in the climax of the story. Even then, Ed ''still'' didn't actually kill him; Father was HoistByHisOwnPetard. Though considering Father gets sucked into the Gate by the Truth, [[FateWorseThanDeath Father probably wishes Ed had killed him]].]]
* TerribleArtist: His attempt at drawing Shao May sucks (though it's probably his visualization based on his negative experience with Shao). Al even says it looks like an alien. That said, his technical drawing skills are excellent, as being able to draw precise diagrams is a prerequisite for learning alchemy. He just can't do portraiture.
* TestosteronePoisoning: Most of what he makes through alchemy could look good in a Death Metal concert. It's justified because he's a kid.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Ed absolutely refuses to kill people, and generally forces all his companions around him to follow this standard as well.
** Subverted with Shou Tucker; after realising he [[spoiler:[[WouldHurtAChild forcibly mutated his own daughter Nina into a chimera]] to [[EvilIsPetty keep his State Alchemist Certification]]]], Ed is so overcome with rage that it took Al physically restraining him and Nina pleading with him not to hurt her daddy to keep him from murdering the deranged man.
* TokenHuman: The only known full-on human character in the history of Greed's gang.
* TookALevelInBadass: As if he already wasn't badass enough, Ed getting his right arm back leads to Father getting a complete NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.
* TookALevelInKindness: In a big way. While Ed was never outwardly greedy or cruel, he is rather selfish and myopic at the beginning, and his more Jerkass moments are him fixedly ignoring or outright dismissing other peoples' problems while Al runs interference; as we learn through his development it's less because he's unable to empathize, and more because he's [[ItsAllMyFault so utterly horrified by what he's done]] that he believes that ''he'' has to fix his mistake, ''he'' has to deal with his own problem. But being forced by his own quest to acknowledge the suffering of others, as well as the other character's gentle (and [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan not so gentle]]) reminders that he's not alone in this fight, that he has other people who care about him and will help him, make him gradually a kinder and more open person- so much so that the same guy who coldly told Rosé to deal with her own problems early on has to be ''talked down'' from offering help to others. Perhaps that's the reason he grew taller.
* TragicKeepsake: Edward's pocketwatch is engraved with 'Never Forget' and the date he and Al burned their house down to prevent themselves from returning home.
* TheTrickster: On occasion, most notably when he tricked Yoki into signing over the deed to Youswell with falsely-transmuted gold.
* {{Troll}}: He quizzed Darius and Heinkel about the chemical composition of dynamite at one point, who were rather confused until they realized that [[FiveSecondForeshadowing Ed was about to deconstruct the explosives behind him and gas them with ammonia.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swmaCXZrMdg His smug, shit-eating grin before the transmutation]] makes it clear he was fishing for an OhCrap on purpose.
* TroubledButCute: Traumatized by his father's disappearance, his mother's death, his failed attempt at resurrection of said mother taking his leg and brother's body, and trading his arm to anchor his brother's soul in a suit of armor. And you've read his MrFanservice entry already, right?
* {{Tsundere}}: A male Type A; he's got a harsh personality and a hot temper, and cannot spit his feelings out in standard ways. However, he softens up notably around those he cares about, like Al and Winry.
* TsurimeEyes: To emphasize both cynicism and determination in this case.
* TwistingTheWords: Taken up to eleven whenever someone makes even the slightest comment about his height; for example, he interprets "small" as "so-tiny-that-he-need-not-fear-being-crushed-by-a-boot-because-he-fits-so-easily-between-the-grooves-of-the-sole."
* UnexplainedRecovery: Zigzagged. Since Winry's [[BerserkButton violence towards him when he damages the automail she makes him]] is PlayedForLaughs, he'll be seen with serious injuries after one of her rages, but by the first or second time the camera cuts back to him he'll be more or less completely okay. On the other hand, he does not get Unexplained Recoveries from fights that are played straight.
* UnstoppableRage: He goes completely berserk against Father after [[spoiler:Al's HeroicSacrifice. It's the one time he's clearly showing killing intent]].
** The other time he possibly shows [[spoiler:killing intent]] is with Shou Tucker. Ed attacks him when the latter coldly confirms the chimera in front of them is [[spoiler:Nina and her dog, Alexander]]. When Tucker expresses [[LackOfEmpathy no remorse]] for his crimes and taunts Ed for being like him (which falls flat because Ed and Al had performed human transmutation because they were intensely lonely and wanted their beloved mother BackFromTheDead, whereas Tucker [[spoiler:mutated his family into chimeras]] because he [[EvilIsPetty wanted to keep a steady income]]), Ed is sent into a blind fury and [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown relentlessly beats him with his metal arm]]. If Al hadn't physically restrained him and [[spoiler:Nina]] hadn't pleaded with him to let her daddy go, he would very likely have [[spoiler:beat him to death]].
* VisualDevelopment: Becomes taller and more muscular as the series progresses. However, it's not until he [[CharacterDevelopment stops complaining about his height]] that it's noticeable.
* VirtuousCharacterCopy: Ed could be considered one to [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Victor Frankenstein,]] each having a fascination with alchemy and an obsession with reviving the dead after losing a mother, leading to disastrous results with the 2003 anime having Ed confront his creation like Victor did with his monster. But Ed grew out of his arrogance and become a stronger person, unlike Victor whose path led him on a downward spiral.
* VitriolicBestBuds: With Mustang, Ling, and Scar, after the latter's HeelFaceTurn. Let's just say anyone Ed befriends are likely to become quite dependable while also giving him grief. Even Julia Crichton from TheMovie forms this with Ed.
* WackyMarriageProposal: [[spoiler:To Winry. "Equivalent Exchange! I'll give half of my life to you, if you give half of yours to me!"]]
* WalkingTheEarth: At the end, [[spoiler:he goes west for more research and create a replacement rule for alchemy that can return chimeras back to their original forms.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: During Roy's, for lack of a better word, ColdBloodedTorture of Envy, Ed pulls this on Roy. Well, Scar and Riza got into the act too, but Ed was the one who really called him out (in Riza's case, it was more GetAHoldOfYourselfMan).
-->'''Roy:''' Give him to me or I'll burn your hand along with him!\\
'''Ed:''' TRY IT THEN! If it's a fight you want it's a fight you'll get! But before you do, I think you should take a good look at [[DeathGlare your face!]] Is ''that'' the face you plan to wear when you're ''[[TheCaligula leading this country!?]]'' Well, is it!? IS THAT WHAT YOU WANNA BE, MUSTANG!? [[HeWhoFightsMonsters ANOTHER MONSTER!?]]
%%* WillTheyOrWontThey: With Winry.
* WiseBeyondHisYears: While not as often as Alphonse, Ed does have tendency to display a high level of wisdom for someone his age.
* TheWorfBarrage: He has on several occasions conjured an elaborate-looking spear from the ground. Until the fight with the Cyclops Army it would always be cut apart in moments to show off the ability of his opponents. He's a much better fighter barehanded or with a blade transmuted from his automail's casing.
* WouldHitAGirl: He claims that "I'm not sexist!" when it comes to battles. Since the homunculi are just as dangerous - male, female, or otherwise - it's a good thing he is.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: He pretends to be chased by Scar to distract a trio of guards before knocking them out so he and his gang can sneak into the Third Laboratory (complete with a hilarious SlasherSmile). Hoenheim can't help pointing out how mean that was.
* WowingCthulhu: [[spoiler:When he offers to exchange his own personal Gate of Truth in order to restore Al's body at the end of the series (thus denying him the ability to ever perform alchemy again), Truth is taken completely off guard and [[SoProudOfYou expresses genuine pride in his actions]].]]
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: To Scar regarding a relatively minor matter, "Hearing you agree with me makes me mad for some reason..."
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* CheerfulChild: A subversion. He and his brother were in a horrific accident and to make a long story short, his soul is now in a 7 foot tall suit of armor. Nevertheless, he remains mostly cheerful.
* CheerfulChild: A subversion. He and his brother were in a horrific accident and to make a long story short, his soul is now in a 7 foot tall suit of armor. Nevertheless, he remains mostly cheerful.
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** Al -- Might be even better than his brother at alchemy.
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** Al -- Might be even better than his brother at alchemy.alchemy, at least when it comes to fine tuning things. Which makes sense, given their personalities.
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* HurtingHero: Alphonse is wracked with guilt about his brother losing his arm [[PowerAtAPrice to save Al's life]].
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'''Elric Brothers''' ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEdwardElric Edward Elric]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistTeamMustang Team Mustang]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistRoyMustang Roy Mustang]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMainSupportingCast Main Supporting Cast]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistScar Scar]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMilitary Military]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistHomunculi Homunculi]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistFather Father]], [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEnvy Envy]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistXing Xing]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistOthers Others]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003 2003 Anime]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003MainCharacters Main Characters]])-]]]]]
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'''Elric Brothers''' ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEdwardElric Edward Elric]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistTeamMustang Team Mustang]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistRoyMustang Roy Mustang]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMainSupportingCast Main Supporting Cast]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistScar Scar]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMilitary Military]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistHomunculi Homunculi]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistFather Father]], [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEnvy Envy]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistXing Xing]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistOthers Others]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003 2003 Anime]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003MainCharacters Main Characters]])-]]]]]
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* HidingBehindYourBangs: His hairstyle while trapped behind the Gate.
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* PeekABangs: His hairstyle while trapped behind the Gate.
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'''Elric Brothers''' ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEdwardElric Edward Elric]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistTeamMustang Team Mustang]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistRoyMustang Roy Mustang]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMainSupportingCast Main Supporting Cast]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistScar Scar]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMilitary Military]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistHomunculi Homunculi]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistFather Father]]) Father]], [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEnvy Envy]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistXing Xing]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistOthers Others]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003 2003 Anime]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003MainCharacters Main Characters]])-]]]]]
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'''Elric Brothers''' ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEdwardElric Edward Elric]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistTeamMustang Team Mustang]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistRoyMustang Roy Mustang]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMainSupportingCast Main Supporting Cast]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistScar Scar]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMilitary Military]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistHomunculi Homunculi]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistFather Father]], [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEnvy Envy]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistXing Xing]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistOthers Others]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003 2003 Anime]]]]-]]]
This is a short summary page for characters from the ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' manga series and its anime adaptation ''Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood''. '''Note''': For the page about the characters from the first anime, see Characters.FullmetalAlchemistAnime.
This is a short summary page for characters from the ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' manga series and its anime adaptation ''Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood''. '''Note''': For the page about the characters from the first anime, see Characters.FullmetalAlchemistAnime.
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'''Elric Brothers''' ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEdwardElric Edward Elric]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistTeamMustang Team Mustang]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistRoyMustang Roy Mustang]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMainSupportingCast Main Supporting Cast]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistScar Scar]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMilitary Military]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistHomunculi Homunculi]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistFather Father]], [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEnvy Envy]]) Father]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistXing Xing]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistOthers Others]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003 2003 Anime]]]]-]]]
Anime]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003MainCharacters Main Characters]])-]]]]]
This is a short summary page for characters from the ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' manga series and its anime adaptation ''Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood''. '''Note''': For the page about the characters from thefirst 2003 anime, see Characters.FullmetalAlchemistAnime.
[[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003 here]].
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* BadassFamily: They are a duo of badass and talented Alchemist brothers.
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* BadassFamily: They are a duo of badass and talented Alchemist alchemists who are brothers.
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* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:Later in the series, it's revealed that souls cannot properly bond to incompatible bodies permanently. No matter how well the binding is made, the soul will eventually reject the body and spontaneously die. Knowing that Al is on an unpredictable time limit only makes Ed more motivated to restore Alphonse's body before it's too late.]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RomiPark (JP), Creator/VicMignogna (EN, Funimation), Muriel Hofmann (EN, Animax), José Manuel Vieira (Latin America/animated adaptations), Alan Fernando Velazquez (Latin America/live-action film), Marcelo Campos (BR), Ma Zink (BR, child [IST dub only]), Renato Novara (IT), Creator/PatriziaScianca (IT, child)
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RomiPark (JP), Creator/VicMignogna (EN, Funimation), Muriel Hofmann (EN, Animax), José Animax)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]José Manuel Vieira (Latin America/animated adaptations), Alan Fernando Velazquez (Latin America/live-action film), Marcelo Campos (BR), Ma Zink (BR, child [IST dub only]), Renato Novara (IT), Creator/PatriziaScianca (IT, child)child) [[/labelnote]]
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RieKugimiya (JP), Creator/MaxeyWhitehead (EN, Funimation), Lily Truncale (EN, Animax), Johnny Torres (Latin America/animated series and live-action film), Rodrigo Andreatto (BR), Marina Santana (BR, child [IST dub only]), Creator/BenedettaPonticelli (IT), Creator/IstvanBarath (HUN)
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RieKugimiya (JP), Creator/MaxeyWhitehead (EN, Funimation), Lily Truncale (EN, Animax), Johnny Animax)[[labelnote:Other Languages]]Johnny Torres (Latin America/animated series and live-action film), Rodrigo Andreatto (BR), Marina Santana (BR, child [IST dub only]), Creator/BenedettaPonticelli (IT), Creator/IstvanBarath (HUN)(HUN) [[/labelnote]]
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* WiseBeyondHisYears: A good example [[spoiler:is how he figures out that he can trade his soul for Edward's arm, since the opposite happened.]]
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'''Elric Brothers''' ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEdwardElric Edward Elric]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistTeamMustang Team Mustang]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistRoyMustang Roy Mustang]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMainSupportingCast Main Supporting Cast]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistScar Scar]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMilitary Military]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistHomunculi Homunculi]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistFather Father]], [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEnvy Envy]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistXing Xing]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistOthers Others]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistAnime 2003 Anime]]]]-]]]
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'''Elric Brothers''' ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEdwardElric Edward Elric]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistTeamMustang Team Mustang]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistRoyMustang Roy Mustang]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMainSupportingCast Main Supporting Cast]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistScar Scar]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMilitary Military]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistHomunculi Homunculi]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistFather Father]], [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEnvy Envy]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistXing Xing]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistOthers Others]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistAnime [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003 2003 Anime]]]]-]]]
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* CornerOfWoe: In contrast to his brother, making fun of Al's size or armor results in this.
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* CornerOfWoe: In contrast to his brother, making fun of Al's size or armor results in this.sulking,not screaming.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:During the FinalBattle, he refuses to get his body back, since he can't properly use it for combat, despite the fact that he ''desperately wanted that proper flesh and blood body for years.'' Then after his blood seal was cracked, Ed had lost his automail arm and was pinned against a rock and about to have his life force drained by the Father, ''he gives back his soul so that Ed could have his original arm back''. [[TearJerker You dumbass.]] Thankfully he gets better, body back and all, when Ed comes back to save him.]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: His interactions with May would already be this if he were in his flesh-and-blood body, let alone a large suit of armor. She is that small. [[spoiler:Subverted eventually; she grows much taller by the end]].
* {{Hunk}}: He becomes a '''[[MrFanservice big-time]]''' hunk after he gets his body back and heals up.
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: His interactions with May would already be this if he were in his flesh-and-blood body, let alone a large suit of armor. She is that small. [[spoiler:Subverted eventually; she grows much taller by the end]].
* {{Hunk}}: He becomes a '''[[MrFanservice big-time]]''' hunk after he gets his body back and heals up.
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:During the FinalBattle, he refuses to get his body back, since he can't properly use it for combat, despite the fact that he ''desperately wanted that proper flesh and blood body for years.'' Then after his blood seal was cracked, Ed had lost his automail arm and was pinned against a rock and about to have his life force drained by the Father, ''he gives back his soul so that Ed could have his original arm back''. [[TearJerker You dumbass.]] Thankfully he gets better, body back and all, when Ed comes back to save him.]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: His interactions with May would already be this if he were in his flesh-and-blood body, let alone a large suit of armor. She is that small. [[spoiler:Subverted eventually; she grows much taller by theend]].
end, when they are teacher-and-student and maybe more than that]].
* {{Hunk}}: He becomesa '''[[MrFanservice big-time]]''' hunk handsome after [[spoiler: he gets his body back and heals up.]]
* HugeGuyTinyGirl: His interactions with May would already be this if he were in his flesh-and-blood body, let alone a large suit of armor. She is that small. [[spoiler:Subverted eventually; she grows much taller by the
* {{Hunk}}: He becomes
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RomiPark (JP), Creator/VicMignogna (EN, Funimation), Muriel Hofmann (EN, Animax), José Manuel Vieira (Latin America/animated adaptations), Alan Fernando Velazquez (Latin America/live-action film), Marcelo Campos (BR), Ma Zink (BR, child [IST dub only]), Renato Novara (IT), Creator/PatriziaScianca (IT, child)
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RieKugimiya (JP), Creator/MaxeyWhitehead (EN), (EN, Funimation), Lily Truncale (EN, Animax), Johnny Torres (Latin America/animated series and live-action film), Rodrigo Andreatto (BR), Creator/BenedettaPonticelli (IT), Creator/IstvanBarath (HUN)
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RieKugimiya (JP), Creator/MaxeyWhitehead (EN), Johnny Torres (Latin America/animated series and live-action film), Rodrigo Andreatto (BR), Benedetta Ponticelli Creator/BenedettaPonticelli (IT), Creator/IstvanBarath (HUN)
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* NomDeMom: They are registered under their mother's last name, Elric. This is because [[spoiler:their father Van Hohenheim doesn't actually have a last name, as the Homunculus gave his name to him hundreds of years ago when he was previously named [[YouAreNumberSix Slave Number 23]].]] This also ends up being a plot point, as [[spoiler: the Homunculi don't initially realize the Elrics are their 'cousins' (in a sense) until Ed and Al first encounter Father beneath Central and they mistake him for Hohneheim.]]
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* NomDeMom: They are registered under their mother's last name, Elric. This is because [[spoiler:their father Van Hohenheim doesn't actually have a last name, as the Homunculus gave his name to him hundreds of years ago when he was previously named [[YouAreNumberSix Slave Number 23]].]] This Using Trisha's surname as their own also ends up being a plot point, as [[spoiler: the Homunculi don't initially realize the Elrics are actually their 'cousins' (in a sense) until Ed and Al first encounter Father beneath Central and they mistake him for Hohneheim.Hohenheim.]]
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* NomDeMom: They are registered under their mother's last name, Elric. This is because [[spoiler:their father Van Hohenheim doesn't actually have a last name, as the Homunculus gave his name to him hundreds of years ago when he was previously named [[YouAreNumberSix Slave Number 23]].]]
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* NomDeMom: They are registered under their mother's last name, Elric. This is because [[spoiler:their father Van Hohenheim doesn't actually have a last name, as the Homunculus gave his name to him hundreds of years ago when he was previously named [[YouAreNumberSix Slave Number 23]].]] This also ends up being a plot point, as [[spoiler: the Homunculi don't initially realize the Elrics are their 'cousins' (in a sense) until Ed and Al first encounter Father beneath Central and they mistake him for Hohneheim.]]
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Edward's little brother. He lost his body during an experiment that went horribly wrong and survives in the form of a suit of armour, his soul joined to it through the use of a blood seal.
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Edward's little younger brother. He lost his body during an experiment that went horribly wrong and survives in the form of a suit of armour, his soul joined to it through the use of a blood seal.
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* BigLittleBrother: He may be the youngest of the two protagonists, but his armor body makes him taller and more impressive than his older brother. Despite getting a growth spurt, Ed is still shorter than him, even after Al gets his body back.
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* BigLittleBrother: He may be the youngest younger of the two protagonists, but his armor body makes him taller and more impressive than his older brother. Despite getting a growth spurt, Ed is still shorter than him, even after Al gets his body back.
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* RedOniBlueOni: Ed's the red -- being more outwardly passionate, hotblooded, ''short tempered'', he is also the more active and more ambitious of the two. Then there's the visual in the red duster. Al's The blue -- has greater patience and politeness than Ed but is also meeker and less willing to stand up for himself.
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* RedOniBlueOni: Ed's the red -- being more outwardly passionate, hotblooded, ''short tempered'', he is also the more active and more ambitious of the two. Then there's the visual in the red duster. Al's The blue -- has greater patience and politeness than Ed but is also meeker and less willing to stand up for himself. The brothers' designs complement this; Ed wears a red duster while Al's armored body has a blue tint.
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'''Elric Brothers''' ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEdwardElric Edward Elric]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistTeamMustang Team Mustang]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistRoyMustang Roy Mustang]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMainSupportingCast Main Supporting Cast]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistScar Scar]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMilitary Military]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistHomunculi Homunculi]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistFather Father]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistXing Xing]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistOthers Others]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistAnime 2003 Anime]]]]-]]]
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'''Elric Brothers''' ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEdwardElric Edward Elric]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistTeamMustang Team Mustang]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistRoyMustang Roy Mustang]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMainSupportingCast Main Supporting Cast]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistScar Scar]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMilitary Military]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistHomunculi Homunculi]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistFather Father]]) Father]], [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEnvy Envy]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistXing Xing]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistOthers Others]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistAnime 2003 Anime]]]]-]]]
