History Characters / Gosick

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* ElegantGothicLolita: She always wears Victorian dresses full of lace and frills, making her look like a life-size doll.

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* ChastityCouple: With Victorique.

* ShanaClone: She's an OlderThanSheLooks petite teenage {{Tsundere}} with really long blond hair who wears ElegantGothicLolita style dresses and is fond of sweets. She also comes from a noble family and refers to her LoveInterest as her servant. However, she is more directly based off Shinku from ''Manga/RozenMaiden''.

* AdaptationalSpecies

* ActionMom: She's deeply devoted to her daughter and near the end of the series, she shows some potent WaifFu skills in sword fighting.

** Of UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette (both the [[UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette general version]] and the ''Manga/TheRoseOfVersailles'' character): A young, beautiful princess who [[ArrangedMarriage marries]] and moves to a faraway country, only to meet with a tragic end.

* SenseiChan: She's pretty cute, ditzy and can act more childish than her students.

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the anime, she dies killing Albert. Her fate in the light novels after World War II is not revealed, but ''Gosick New Continent'' hints she is still around watching Victorique.]]

* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the anime, she dies killing Albert. Her fate in the light novels after World War II is not revealed.]]

* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Has an epic swordfight with de Blois before killing him, but unfortunately is killed soon after by one of de Blois' lackeys.]]

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:He gets a well deserved one when Cordelia introduces him to the pointy end of a sword. Good riddance you son of a [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]].]]

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* DreadfulMusician: When she sang in the bath, Kazuya thought that she was screaming in pain or fear.

* GreenEyes: It's a feature all Grey Wolves share.

* MixedAncestry: Her father is from Sauville and her mother from the Village of the Grey Wolves, a small HumanSubspecies community with shared characteristics: they're all [[ShorterMeansSmarter short]], and have [[RapunzelHair long blond hair]], [[GreenEyes green-eyed]] and [[SuperIntelligence Super Intelligent]], capable of AwesomenessByAnalysis, {{Sherlock Scan}}s and even prophecies.

* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: The only character to have red hair and GreenEyes [[spoiler:which are proof of his Grey Wolf heritage]], which only makes him stand out all the more.

* GreenEyes: All Grey Wolves have these eyes.

* GreenEyes: A common feature among Grey Wolves.

* GreenEyes: A common feature among Grey Wolves.

* GreatDetective: Victorique has all teh observation and deductive reasoning skills of ''Literature/SherlockHolmes'', with the homebound-ness of ''Literature/NeroWolfe''.

* SherlockHomage: An undersocialized, snarky, InsufferableGenius BadassBookworm and a brilliant detective. She even spends time with a NiceGuy AudienceSurrogate who functions as her Watson. Unusually for the trope, she's a cute, petite teenage girl.

* {{Expy}}: Of UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette (both the [[UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette general version]] and the ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles'' character): A young, beautiful princess who [[ArrangedMarriage marries]] and moves to a faraway country, only to meet with a tragic end.
** Or, perhaps, of empress Sisi ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Elisabeth_of_Austria Elisabeth of Austria]]), also a young princess who married a foreign sovereign, and remembered as protagonist of a romantic and hunhappy history. She loved to stay in the country and was murdered ([[spoiler:stabbed]]). They even have similar sounding names.

* {{Expy}}: Of MarieAntoinette (both the [[MarieAntoinette general version]] and the ''Manga/RoseOfVersailles'' character): A young, beautiful princess who [[ArrangedMarriage marries]] and moves to a faraway country, only to meet with a tragic end.

* SugarAndIcePersonality: She has a very cold and arrogant demeanor and is quick to disregard others due to not being used to social interaction. Only Kujo gets occasional glances of her warmer, cute side.

%%* NiceHat

* {{Shinigami}}: His nickname.

%%* ActionMom

* WaifFu: In Episode 23 [[spoiler:during her fight with de Blois]], Cordelia show's moves that would make [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]] [[IncrediblyLamePun green with envy]].

%%* {{Bishounen}}

%%* LongHairedPrettyBoy
%%* NiceHat

* ScaryBlackMan: [[spoiler:Though one with sympathetic motives.]]

* ArrestedForHeroism: Kazuya gets arrested when he reports a murder he witnessed to Grevil, who thinks the way it supposedly happened was impossible, and therefore Kazuya is lying to cover it up.

%%* BadassBookworm

* DyeOrDie: [[spoiler:Her hair becomes white as a result of DiseaseBleach, but it helps her to avoid pursuers.]]

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The responsible to Grevil's foolish.

%%* GuileHeroine

* ItWasAGift: She has a pendant that was given to her by her mother during their one and only meeting. [[spoiler:However, Victorique loses it when saving Kazuya from falling off a cliff. Later, to make up for the lost one, Kazuya gives her an identical pendant as a Christmas and birthday present.]]

* LotsOfLuggage: She packs a lot of suitcases when she goes traveling.

* PhlebotinumGirl: [[spoiler:She was raised to be used as a tool for her father in World War II beause of her Grey Wolf intelligence.]]
* PhoneInDetective: Due to the restrictions her family have placed on her movements, she often solves crimes based on descriptions of the circumstances given to her by Grevil. In fact, it's implied to be the exclusive method by which she helped out Grevil before Kazuya came along.

* SmokyVoice: In the light novels, Victorique is an underaged smoker, and has a raspy voice as a result.

* TokenMiniMoe: The youngest-looking girl in the cast.

* VocalDissonance: In the novels her voice is likened to that of a husky-voiced older woman, but both adaptations give her voices that better match her appearance.

%%* DumbBlond

* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The foolish to Victorique's responsible. He has her do his job for him and then takes the credit.

%%* HiddenDepths

%%* PrincelyYoungMan

* UpperClassTwit: Who actually has authority.

%%* TsurimeEyes

* BadassTeacher: When she see [[spoiler:Grevil]] after had taken away Victorque, she holds him down to prevent him taking her away again.

%%* HotTeacher

%%* DrivesLikeCrazy

%%* DullEyesOfUnhappiness

%%* HystericalWoman
%%* KarmicDeath
%%* {{Meido}}

* HyperAwareness: Luigi has an amazing memory and once counted the money that fell out of Kazuya's pocket before it hit the floor.
%%* PhotographicMemory

%%* BadassLongcoat

* ConMan: [[spoiler:A very long con indeed.]]
%%* CoolMask

* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: A complicated case. He [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope got pretty bad towards the end]], and [[spoiler:was never working in Sauville's best interests]], but was still a far more sympathetic figure than the stories about him imply.

%%* InTheHood

%%* MalevolentMaskedMan
%%* MaskOfPower

%%* PosthumousCharacter

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Is adored by most of Sauville before and after her death. [[spoiler: The real Coco Rose was a [[YourCheatingHeart bit]] [[FakingTheDead more]] [[BodyDouble complicated]] than her fans believe, although still a good person at heart.]]

* BodyDouble: [[spoiler:Coco switches places with her maidservant in a HeroicSacrifice on the latter's part after the birth of a ChocolateBaby. She is then murdered in her queen's place. King Rupert then hires a BodyDouble for the dead maid (who he believes to be Coco).]]

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's described as charming and innocent.

* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:[[FakingTheDead Apparently]].]]

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:Cheats on the king with Leviathan.]]

%%* TheChainsOfCommanding

* TheGoodKing: He actually cares for his subjects, but has a weak personality and thus is powerless in the face of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. It's also the reason he relies on more cunning people around him like [[MalevolentMaskedMan Leviathan]], [[EvilChancellor Roger]] or the [[ManipulativeBastard Marquis de Blois]].

* AbusiveDad: Grevil is greatly intimidated by him and he has a nasty habit of locking his daughter in towers, away from human contact. [[spoiler:He also refers to Victorique as a tool for extra points.]]

%%* BigBad

* KickTheDog: See [[spoiler:BreakTheCutie under Cordelia Gallo]] for his MoralEventHorizon.

%%* {{Megane}}

* MementoMacGuffin: [[spoiler:The ring Victorique gives him for Christmas.]]

* MementoMacGuffin: She has a pendant she says is really important to her. [[spoiler: ItWasAGift from her mother. However, she loses it while she saves Kazuya from falling off a cliff. Later, to make up for the lost one, Kazuya gives her an identical pendant.]]

%%* NiceGuy

* OneHeadTaller: Than Victorique.

%%* NervesOfSteel

* SugarAndIcePersonality: She has a very cold and aloof demeanor and is quick to disregard others due to not being used to social interaction. Only Kujo gets occasional glances of her warmer, cute side.

* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: The only character to have red hair and GreenEyes [[spoiler:which are proof of his Grey Wolf heritage]], which only makes him stand out all the more.

* StreetPerformer: [[spoiler:After being abandoned by their mother, they performed on the streets for a living.]]

* UndyingLoyalty: To [[spoiler:Cordelia. They didn't like how she forget about her daughter, yet helped her save Victorique to the very end, at the cost of their lives.]]

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:At the ceremony of de Blois' appointment as Sauville's first-ever prime minister, Cordelia switches places with Victorique and sends her away with one of the Roscoes. At the ceremony, Cordelia kills de Blois, but is slain herself by one of his minions.]]

%%* TheWatson

The heroine of the story. Despite being a child, she is the greatest detective in the country.

%%* AmateurSleuth

%%* BunnyEarsLawyer

* DiseaseBleach: [[spoiler:The stress of... well, [[TraumaCongaLine everything]] between her father collecting her to help with his war effort and her arrival in Japan turned her hair permanently white.]]
%%* DistinguishedGentlemansPipe

%%* ElegantGothicLolita

%%* GreatDetective
%%* GreenEyes

* HumanSubspecies: Her mother is from the Village of the Grey Wolves, a small community with shared characteristics: they're all [[ShorterMeansSmarter short]], and have [[RapunzelHair long blond hair]], [[GreenEyes green-eyed]] and [[SuperIntelligence Super Intelligent]], capable of AwesomenessByAnalysis, {{Sherlock Scan}}s and even prophecies.

%%* LittleGirlsKickShins
%%* LittleMissSnarker

* PhoneInDetective: Very common for Victorique, due to the restrictions her family have placed on her movements. In fact, it's implied to be the exclusive method by which she helped out Grevil before Kazuya came along.

* PrematurelyGreyHaired: [[spoiler:Victorique's blonde hair turns white near the end of the story. It's likely a combination of an already crappy childhood and the stress of being a criminal refugee and having to flee to the other end of the world alone in the middle of World War II.]]

%%* ShorterMeansSmarter

%%* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan

%%* SourOutsideSadInside

%%* SweetTooth
* TinyTyrannicalGirl: She's tiny, incredibly bossy and has been known to kick Kazuya or smack him if he defies her.

* {{Tsundere}}: A more reserved version, verging on SugarAndIcePersonality. She really does care about Kujo, but she treats him like her personal servant, acts haughty and demanding and kicks or smacks him if he defies her. For example, when she drops [[ThrowTheBookAtThem some books]] on [[spoiler:the Second Kuiaran's head]] in order to save Kujo, she says "Get away from Kujo! ''[throws books]'' That guy is my... servant."

%%* UnlimitedWardrobe

* WellExcuseMePrincess: To Kazuya.

%%* WiseBeyondHerYears

Grevil is an aristocrat who works for the local police and Victorique's older half-brother. He uses Victorique's detective skills to further his own career.

* AdultsAreUseless: Good thing he has Victorique.

* AmateurSleuth: And not a very good one.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: He is in love with his childhood friend Jacqueline. Unfortunately for him, she is married and [[ObliviousToLove oblivious to his feelings]].

* FakeUltimateHero: Victorique does the work while he gets the credit.

%%* GreenEyes

* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: To Jacqueline.

%%* DisappearedDad

* HopelessSuitor: For Kazuya.

%%* CurtainsMatchTheWindow

* {{Meganekko}}: Though she can't see without her glasses.
* MamaBear: [[spoiler: When she see Grevil after had taken away Victorque, she holds him down to prevent him taking her away again.]]
%%* OjouRinglets

%%* SenseiChan

* HeroicBastard[=/=]BastardBastard: Tends to veer between the two.

%%* StageMagician

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:One of the Roscoes with Cordelia.]]

%%* ElegantGothicLolita

%%* GreenEyes

%%* OlderThanSheLooks

%%* GreenEyes

%%* GreenEyes

%%* TheArtfulDodger

Grevil's childhood friend who he is in love with and the wife of the current Superintendent-General of the Sauville Police. Before her engagement to Superintendent-General Signore, she was framed for the murder of a veterinarian and this caused Grevil to resort to asking help to his younger sister Victorique, for an [[AnimeHair unusual price]].

%%* BeleagueredChildhoodFriend
%%* GenkiGirl
%%* ObliviousToLove

%%* HighClassGlass

* {{Expy}}: Of [[RasputinTheMadMonk Rasputin]], right up to the ambiguous relationship with the Queen ([[spoiler:later confirmed to be an affair]]) and gruesome demise.

** Or, perhaps, of empress Sisi ([[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empress_Elisabeth_of_Austria Elisabeth of Austria]]), also a young princess who married a foreign sovereign, and remembered as protagonist of a romantic and hunhappy history. She loved to stay in the country and was murdered (stabbed). They even have similar sounding names.

* EmbarassingNickname: Victorique refers to her as the "Farting Newt."

%%* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold

* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: She doesn't really any look worse for the wear [[spoiler: after having been tied up and stuffed under some floorboards for a period of ''at least'' several days.]]

%%* BigEater

* NewTransferStudent: She transfers to St. Marguerite Academy shortly after the series began. She was absent for a while of it, though.

%%* RescueRomance

->'''Voiced by:''' Sayori Ishizuka (Japanese), Brittany Lauda (English)