History Characters / GingaDensetsuWeed

* HypercompetentSidekick: He's one of most competent dogs of Weed's pack until he was banished by his leader after [[spoiler:killing Lecter and Thunder]].
** Though in the manga, he came back from his banishment after Murder S' defeat and remains as Weed's hypercompetent sidekick.

%% CowardlyLion

* TookALevelInBadass In the manga, he took a huge level of badass when he [[spoiler: rips off Hybrid Bear's claw before dying completely.]]

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Episode 3 has a especially ridiculous example. Weed and the other dogs blabber on and on, and Kaibutsu even has time to turn around and prepare to attack, while Weed is in '''mid air.''' He was not near far enough away before he jumped for them to have done and said all that. He had to have just floated there or something, despite the action lines that seem to indicate he's moving at a fast speed through the air.

* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Oh lord, Jerome. [[spoiler: In episode 5 he informs Kaibutsu how ''wrong'' the latter was to attack and flee from the humans that had been ''torturing him for 5 years'' because "it's a dog's duty to obey his master and endure any pain he should put you through." ''[[FlatWhat ...what?]]'' Oddly enough he then averts this at the beginning of episode 6 where he "tells" the humans about to land with a helicopter that he won't obey to their cruel ways anymore and that they should stay away, or he'll attack them the minute they set foot on the ground.]]

%% TheChick: So very much. She doesn't miss out on a MomentOfAwesome, though.

* HumansAreBastards: His motivation.

* [[AmazingTechnicolorWildlife Amazing Technicolor Dog]]: He is blue, but this is probably just meant to be stylized gray.

* BrokenAesop: While his sympathy and "if you kill them you're just like them" philosophy is arguably the biggest Aesop in the anime. Even after Hougen proves himself irredeemable time and time again, [[spoiler: Weed refuses to kill him or allow any of his followers to kill. He even tackles ''Gin'' to ''rescue'' Hougen from execution.]] This is the reason Jerome goes off on his own and Kyoushiro almost follows him. However, after Hougen [[spoiler: declares himself king of Gajō because Gin refuses to kill him, he gets struck by lightning and the narrator explains that the gods have passed judgment, implying the even ''gods themselves'' recognize that Hougen just needs to die.]] ''[[FlatWhat What]]''.

%% KidHero: Is extremely powerful and supposedly wise for his age.

* LukeYouAreMyFather: He pulls this on [[spoiler:"Gin" in Kaibutsu Arc, who is actually a substitute called Tokimune and he doesn't have a clue what the puppy is talking about before he dies]].
* MoodWhiplash / ForgottenFallenFriend: Weed gets over the death of [[spoiler: his mother ''extremely'' fast]]. Weirdly, he mourns more when [[spoiler:John dies,]] and he ''didn't even know the guy.''

* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:Sakura, Weed's mom, dies in the first episode, leaving Weed in the care of some of his father's old friends.]]

* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Episode 3 has a especially ridiculous example. Weed and the other dogs blabber on and on, and Kaibutsu even has time to turn around and prepare to attack, while Weed is in '''mid air.''' He was not near far enough away before he jumped for them to have done and said all that. He had to have just floated there or flew slowly or something, despite the action lines that seem to indicate he's moving at a fast speed through the air.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Somewhat zig-zagged with him as he is willing to kill an enemy in self-defense or otherwise when it's the last way out, but killing someone who's defenseless and/or are pleading for their lives is a major BerserkButton for him, [[spoiler:to the point he even refuses to kill the BigBad when the latter's been wounded so badly he can hardly stand, and lectures his father (who to be fair, was only testing him) and everyone present for wanting to do so.]]

* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Is supposed to be this, though to most of the audience he comes across as being overly nice to the point where he makes bad decisions like letting dogs that want to kill him live.

!!! Breed: Akita/Kishu mix
!!! Voiced by: Sachi Kokuryu

* BerserkerTears: Happens at times when he is in a rage.

* CombatByChampion: Weed vs. Hougen

* HotBlooded: He's this by definition.

* JapanesePoliteness: Like his father, Weed epitomizes this trope.
* [[KidHero Pup Hero]]: Is extremely powerful and supposedly wise for his age.
* LawfulStupidChaoticStupid: Oh boy...Weed and his morals.

* OneManArmy: He's seen as a [[OneManArmy one puppy army]] in the anime opening.

* PintSizedPowerhouse: He's the best example of this in the series.

!!! Breed: German Shepherd
!!! Voiced by: Masaya Takatsuka

!!! Breed: English Setter
!!! Voiced by: Naru Kawamoto

* CowardlyLion
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* LovableCoward: Emphasis on the lovable.

!!Manga only:

!!! Breed: Kishu
!!! Voiced by: Yuuki Masuda

A very Young, but powerful dog. He leads a pack of dogs that were abused by their parents. Weed seeks him out in hopes of getting him to join his pack, but they start off on the wrong foot.

* HotBlooded
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold
* PetTheDog: Gets one with the pup he adopts, named Teru.
* [[RuggedScar Rugged Scars]]: Is covered with them. How he got them is never told, but one can assume either has been fighting a lot all his life or they're from his father, or both.

!!! Breed: Great Pyrenees
!!! Voiced by: Creator/KenjiNomura

* BigGuy

* LargeHam: To a certain extent.
* RuggedScar: Has one over his eye.

* BoisterousBruiser: Plays this trope straight in the manga more than the anime.
* BrattyHalfPint: [[spoiler:His puppies.]]
* EyeScream: Happens to him in a flashback.
* [[UglyGuyHotWife Ugly Guy Pretty Mate]]: With [[spoiler: Reika.]]

!!! Breed: Akita Inu
!!! Voiced by: Rie Nakagawa

* TheChick: So very much. She doesn't miss out on a Crowning Moment, though.
* DamselInDistress: Being one is pretty much her entire purpose as a character.

!!! Breed: Mutant of unknown origin.
!!! Voiced by: Kong Kuwata

* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: Is by far the biggest "dog" in the series.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: He was a tortured lab dog.
* BerserkButton: Do not call Kaibutsu by his lab name, "P4".

* DavidVersusGoliath: Every battle with him becomes this.

* DiscOneFinalBoss
* EvilFormerFriend: To Jerome.

* MixAndMatchCritter
* MonsterSobStory

* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds

!!! Breed: Great Dane.
!!! Voiced by Kôji Ishii

* TheCaligula
* ColdBloodedTorture: He tortures poor Gin and John during their captivity.

* {{Jerkass}}
** JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Towards the ending there's a scene where he, Jerome and Reika are being swept through a river. To Jerome's surprise he sees Hougen grab Reika and pull her towards the shore as if he intends to save her, however it turns out he was only going to use her as a stepping object to help himself get out of the water.

* KickTheDog: Let's just say that he does this about once per episode
* LargeAndInCharge

!!! Breed: Borzoi
!!! Voiced by: Takeshi Maeda

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Probably the most memorable example in the show.]]
* NiceGuy: [[spoiler:After his change of heart.]]
* TheQuietOne
* ThemeNaming: He and his brothers are named after the speeding machines.
* WelcomeBackTraitor: [[spoiler:Rocket kind of gets this after he joins Weed's group.]]

!!! Breed: Tosa
!!! Voiced by: Dai Matsumoto

* QuirkyMinibossSquad: With Batto, Kite, and Buruge.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath

* HeelFaceTurn

!!! Breed: Doberman Pinscher
!!! Voiced by: Teruaki Ogawa and Susumu Akagi respectively.

* DeathByAdaptation / AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Both are killed by Jerome, in direct defiance of Weed's orders.]],
* DogStereotype: Both are evil, as dobermans tend to be in media.

!!! Breed: Irish wolfhound
!!! Voiced by:

!!! Breed: German Shepherd

* AdaptedOut

* {{Chickification}}
* FauxActionGirl
* HighHeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After she falls in love with Jerome.]]

!!! Breed: Great Dane/Saluki mix

* AdaptedOut

* BigBrotherInstinct

* [[RuggedScar Rugged Scars]]: Is covered with them.

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Killed by lightning at the end of the anime (while shot by a vengeful hunter in the manga).]]

* YoungerThanTheyLook: Kyōshirō is the same age as Weed, despite looking much older.

* PlotArmor: Near the beginning of the manga, Weed gets shot. A lot (there were at least 34 bullets in him, according to a later scene). Not only is he back on his feet after a few days, but he is also showing absolutely no signs of being ''shot over thirty freaking times afterwards''. Did I already mention that the protagonist in question is ''a months old puppy?'' No wonder the anime took this out.

* CallBack: The part where he [[spoiler:gets pissed off at Jerome for killing Thunder and Lector while they were defenseless]] is reminiscent of the ''Nagareboshi Gin'' episode where [[spoiler:John killed two defenseless bear cubs right in front of Gin, which pissed ''him'' off. What brings it more home is that even the same dog breeds are used (Gin and Weed = Akita, John and Jerome = German Shepherd).]]

* InformedAttribute: He's stated to be "tora-ge" (tiger-striped, i.e. brindle), but much like his father Gin whose stripes disappeared after three episodes, Weed bears no visible stripes.

* ThouShaltNotKill: Somewhat zig-zagged with him as he is willing to kill an enemy in self-defense or otherwise when it's the last way out, but killing someone who's defenseless and/or are pleading for their lives is a major BerserkButton for him, [[spoiler:to the point he even refuses to kill the BigBad when the latter's been wounded so badly he can hardly stand, and lectures his father and everyone present for wanting to do so.]]

* DomesticAbuser: It's shown in ''Ginga Densetsu Weed: Orion'' that he's been a pretty crappy mate, flat-out mauling his mate in front of their puppies.

* EvilSoundsDeep: Coupled with GutturalGrowl, his voice is quite deep and menacing. It might be partially thanks to his mutation.

!!! Breed: He is a mutant. It is unknown what breeds were used to make him.

* GenerationXerox: He's a dead ringer for dear old Dad. Pretty amazing considering [[LegoGenetics his mother has white fur]].

* BadassInDistress: Was captured by Hougen

* LiteralManeater

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[[folder: Manga only]]
!! Lydia
!!! Breed: German Shepherd
A villainous female Russian Army Dog.

* HeroicLineage: Weed comes from a line of BadAss bearhounds. Because of this, he is a powerful fighter even when he had no experience or training whatsoever and is among the very few dogs who can preform the battōga, which was originally a wolf's attack.

* BerserkButton: Jerome takes advantage of Kaibutsu's hated of being called "P4", causing Kaibutsu to chase after him and his comrades.

* ThouShaltNotKill: Somewhat zig-zagged with him as he is willing to kill an enemy in self-defense or otherwise when it's the last way out, but killing someone who're defenseless and/or are pleading for their lives is a major BerserkButton for him, [[spoiler:to the point he even refuses to kill the BigBad when the latter's been wounded so badly he can hardly stand, and lectures his father and everyone present for wanting to do so.]]

!!! Voiced by: Kenji Nomura

!!! Voiced by Kuwata Kong

!!! Voiced by:

!!! Voiced by: Sachi Koruyu

* AttackOfTheKillerWhatever: Is by far the biggist "dog" in the series.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: For all his evil, he did love his brother Genba, {{mercy kill}ing him (see below), shedding a tear while doing so.

* ColdBloodedTorture: He tortures poor Gin and John during their captivity.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Towards his brother Genba and vice versa.

* Cruel Mercy: He inflicts one on [[spoiler: Kamakiri ]] after defeating him. He lets him live, but without fangs or testicles.

* DamselInDistress

* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: with Jerome in the Manga.]]

!!! Voiced by Blake Swift

!!! Voiced by Masaya Takatsuka

!!! Voiced by Naru Kawamoto

!!! Voiced by Yuuki Masuda

!!! Voiced by Kenji Nomura

!!! Voiced by Rie Nakagawa

!!! Voiced by Takeshi Maeda

!!! The voice actor is unknown.

!!! Voiced by Teruaki Ogawa and Susumu Akagi respectively.