History Characters / FullmetalAlchemistMilitary

* DoomedMoralVictor: He even tries to make a last stand against Führer Bradley despite knowing he's pretty much finished.
* ExactWords: One of his statements to Ed has an entirely different meaning than he (and the audience) initially believe. It seems that he's simply referring to corruption in the government, but he actually means it quite [[GeometricMagic literally]]. Unfortunately, he doesn't bother to elaborate, leaving the figurative meaning as the one most thought he was pointing toward.

* FauxAffablyEvil: Well-intentioned though he may be, he seems to be having a pretty good time wreaking havoc and has little qualms on killing anyone who tries to stop him with a degree of enjoyment. Particularly noticeable in the English dub where he's voiced by the same actor who does [[Literature/{{Baccano}} Ladd Russo]] and displays a similar glee in this role. Of course, there is the matter of him being [[GoMadFromTheRevelation justifiably]] unstable.
* {{Foil}}: To both Mustang, Kimblee, and Hughes.
** To Mustang: Fire vs. Ice, both are mentally scarred by the Ishval War into defying the Government/Central Command, both want to overthrow the HC -- Isaac from the outside, Roy from the inside. Both can kill enemies with heat, either burning or boiling, and [[spoiler:both of them can resort to emergency alchemy when their opponents think they're disabled]].
** To Kimblee: Both use alchemy to transmute the opponent's body, experience the same war, etc., with Ishval as victim, Isaac as a victimizer with [[TheAtoner regrets]], and Kimblee as a victimizer who thoroughly enjoyed himself. In fact, he tries to spring Kimblee and have the man join him, not quite realizing at the time that Kimblee enjoyed the killing far more than he did, and he blows a few people up (by flash-steaming the water in their bodies).
** To Hughes: Both men [[spoiler:figured out the evil conspiracy long before anyone else and ended up getting [[HeKnowsTooMuch killed for it]]. However, while Hughes actually provided the first shot in the low key subversion of the conspiracy even though he died before being able to say anything, [=McDougal=]'s approach was to quit the military, bide his time, and then go straight for the jugular in bombastic fashion in a direct attack on Central Command, and while he did pass along his thoughts to the Elric brothers, they were summarily dismissed right until Ed figured out exactly what he meant.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: He creates one big transmutation circle in Central. Later, we find out [[spoiler:that ''the entire country'' is an even ''bigger'' transmutation circle.]]

* HarmlessFreezing: [[AvertedTrope Nope.]] When he uses his alchemy to freeze {{Mooks}} solid, it's just as fatal as that would be in real life. Some of them even [[LiterallyShatteredLives shatter]] upon falling to the ground. He can also pull the reverse and flash-boil people alive, with similarly lethal results.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Part of why Bradley kills him rather than captures him.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He tries to convince Kimblee to join him against Bradley by citing the atrocities the brass had made them commit and Kimblee killing several of them in response. Kimblee informs him that had nothing to do with it; he had killed them because [[AxCrazy he wanted to.]]
%%* LargeHam: Especially in the dub. [example needs more context]
* MajorlyAwesome: Pre-breakdown, he held the rank of Major.

* NoSell: His attempts to flash-boil the water in Ed's automail arm fail because it only works on things with water, an arm made of metal has no liquid in it to flash-boil.

* RequiredSecondaryPowers: [[AvertedTrope Nope.]] His blood alchemy does not create more blood to replace what he's using up. After attacking a few times and making a spear, he's barely able to walk from his injuries and blood loss, let alone fight.
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: He wants to topple the government, and is doing it as violently as possible.
* SacrificialLamb: Created to foreshadow the corruption in the military and to show just how dangerous Bradley is.
* ShellShockedVeteran: Like Mustang, the Ishvalan Civil war left him a broken man. Unlike Mustang, though, he crossed the DespairEventHorizon and became a deranged WellIntentionedExtremist.

* SociopathicSoldier: Type IV, ''after'' the war. He's totally cracked.
* StarterVillain: His attempt to destroy the capital city drives the plot of the first episode, and he's killed by Bradley at the end.
* StillWearingTheOldColors: He's wearing his uniform from the military, probably because he wants to save the country despite abandoning the military he deemed as corrupt.

* TragicIceCharacter: His Alchemy manipulates the temperature of liquids, mainly ice. Isaac himself is a ShellShockedVeteran forced into a war where he witnessed his country perform unspeakable atrocities, and is wracked with remorse for his part in it. As such he wages a one-man war against Führer Bradley to atone, even if he has to die to achieve it. Alas he fails miserably, and is only remembered as a dangerous lunatic.
* UnscrupulousHero: [[spoiler:He's selflessly willing to freeze the entirety of Central City in ice to prevent the world from being destroyed.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:If he had gone about his methods more subtly and actually went to Mustang right off the bat with the information he found, and y'know, ''not tried to kill everyone in Central'', he could've been a valuable asset in fighting Father. Alas, he just had to GoMadFromTheRevelation and trust absolutely no one.]]

* MyBiologicalClockIsTicking: Alludes to this as part of her ruse against General Raven and make it seem she'd be interested in immortality, saying that she's unlikely to have children of her own at this point due to her [[NoGuyWantsAnAmazon intimidating reputation]] frightening off any suitors.

[[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistBrothers Elric Brothers]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEdwardElric Edward Elric]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistTeamMustang Team Mustang]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistRoyMustang Roy Mustang]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistMainSupportingCast Main Supporting Cast]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistScar Scar]]) | '''Military''' | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistHomunculi Homunculi]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistFather Father]], [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistEnvy Envy]]) | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistXing Xing]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemistOthers Others]] | [[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003 2003 Anime]] ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003MainCharacters Main Characters]]) ([[Characters/FullmetalAlchemist2003Homunculi Homunculi]])-]]]]]

* WorldsStrongestMan: [[spoiler:While his abilities sans his Ultimate Eye are within human capability for the series, Bradley is such a powerful warrior that it requires a small army, ''two'' doses of a HeroicSacrifice, dueling to a draw with another homunculi, being BroughtDownToBadass, being shot, and nearly drowned to even slow him down. And then, he's ''still'' able to defeat [[TheAce Roy]] in seconds. There's a reason he is considered to be the most dangerous homunculi by the heroes and resort to assassinating him rather than take him head on.]]