History Characters / NeptuniaGoldThird

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RinaHidaka (Japanese), Creator/AbbyTrott (English, ''Megadimension Neptunia VII'' and ''VIIR''[[note]]''VIIR'' turned a couple of [[CombinationAttack Combination Attacks]] that were just generic energy blasts in ''VII'' into proper attacks with animations and voice acting, one of which (Noire/Black Heart+K-Sha) involved K-Sha, meaning that Abby Trott would have had to come back to record a few voice lines for ''VIIR''[[/note]]), Creator/JackieLastra (English, ''Game Maker R:Evolution'')

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RinaHidaka (Japanese), Creator/AbbyTrott (English, ''Megadimension Neptunia VII''), Creator/JackieLastra (English, ''Game Maker R:Evolution'')

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RinaHidaka (Japanese), Creator/AbbyTrott (English)

A quartet who serve as rivals for the [=CPUs=], their "Gold Form" serving a similar purpose to HDD. They first appear during the Zero Dimension arc, before debuting for real in the Hyperdimension Neptunia G arc during the final day of G-1 Grand Prix, challenging the goddesses and usurping their role as leaders of their respective nations.

* BroughtDownToBadass: [[spoiler:Even when the Gold crystals are destroyed, the Gold Third can still transform. When the CPU Candidates seek them out for help in the Heartdimension arc, they each request a spar to gauge their current power without the crystals, but it's ultimately not as big a handicap as they expected]].

* DeityOfHumanOrigin: {{Downplayed}}. The Golden Summits and the Gold Crystals inside were what gave them their Gold Forms, which run on Share Energy just like the [=CPUs=] and would allow them to technically serve as such. However, unlike how a CPU Memory works in the Ultradimension, it didn't give them the other perks like immortality. Plus, if their Gold Crystals are destroyed, they lose much of their power though they still keep the Gold Forms since that's what converts the Share Energy into a usable form for them, unlike a CPU who can use it in its raw form.

* EarlyBirdCameo: All four of them make their first appearances during the Zero Dimension arc, during Neptune's Hyperdimension interlude.

* CoolBigSis: Rom and Ram view her as one.

* BirdsOfAFeather: She and Neptune have by far the fastest and easiest friendship of all the CPU-Gold Third pairings, as both are friendly, fun-loving people who don't like working but ''love'' helping others. Neptune's impression of her nominal usurper is helped by finding her Planeptune practically no different from how she left it and seeing B-Sha's earnest if inefectual superheroism. Their relationship is essentially the same as Neptune's with Plutia, except they spend more time playing together than napping. B-Sha even makes it a point to exempt Neptune from [[MoneyFetish her habit of charging people money for everything]] .

* MoneyFetish: Dear Lord. She asks for payment for practically every single damn thing! However, she notably always exempts [[BirdsOfAFeather Neptune]] from any payment.
* PaperThinDisguise: The only thing separating her from being B-Sha and being Presto Mask is...well, a mask that only covers her eyes. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]], as no one is fooled. No one. ''Literally'' no one, not even the random [=NPCs=]. ''Everyone'' knows it's her but say nothing in order to let B-Sha enjoy herself.

* AncientOrderOfProtectors: This is their role in ''Game Maker''. On the surface they're just a [[LawEnforcementInc self appointed global police force]], however [[spoiler: after the Failure Goddesses accidentally created the [[EldritchAbomination Zaikopath]] with the negative energy accumulated from the sheer volume of garbage games they produced, they stepped in to strictly and violently regulate the production and distribution of games globally to ensure another would never be created nor would the first ever be unsealed as they felt such utterly draconian measures would be worth it to stop the end of the world.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Correctly predicting that the [=CPUs=] might not defeat Affimojas with their low Shares at the time, they arrive with a Hyper Share Crystal made by Histoire from the fragments of their own Gold Crystals just in time to bail the [=CPUs=] out of [[BadassInDistress a hostage situation]].]]
* BroughtDownToBadass: [[spoiler:Even when the Gold crystals are destroyed, the Gold Third can still transform. When the CPU Candidates seek them out for help in the Heartdimension arc, they each request a spar to gauge their current power without the crystals, but it's ultimately not as big a handicap as they expected.]]
* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:Getting trapped in the Immersion-kun [=ProMAX=] by the Copy Trio ends up permanently stripping them of their ability to use their Gold Forms so they end up sitting out the more direct action of the final stretch of the game, aside from organizing evacuation efforts.]]

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:What was merely intended as a test for their Gold Forms results in a public curb-stomping of the [=CPUs=].]]

* OneExtraMember: {{Lampshaded}} in despite being called Gold '''Third''', there's four of them. [[spoiler:And if you count [[SharingABody E-Sha]], it's really more like five.]]

* TheProphecy: The Golden Summit powers are supposed to be used to save the world in a time of crisis, according to a magazine that Neptune had read and ended up in B-Sha's hands when she left it behind. Granted, none of them aside from B-Sha believed it at first, but when said towers suddenly appeared, they panicked and decided to check them out, receiving their powers in the process. [[spoiler:According to Kurome, the Golden Summits are actually a self-preservation mechanism created by Gamindustri itself in the event global Share Energy and faith in the [=CPUs=] reaches a critical low point, such as during the CPU Shift Period.]]
* UnflinchingWalk: [[spoiler: How all four end their CombinationAttack when they become playable characters.]]
* UnwittingPawn: The Gold Third challenged the [=CPUs=] in order to test their new powers, but they had no idea that they were playing into [[spoiler:Affimax and Kurome's]] hands. [[spoiler:Futhermore, Kurome reveals that she used the unique signature the Golden Summits emit in order to lock down the dimensional coordinates of Hyper Dimension, which would allow her to [[MergedReality merge it with Heart Dimension]] and unleash her ultimate apocalyptic plan.]]
* TheUsurper: All of the members easily defeat the goddesses and claim their roles as the nations' leaders. Subverted, as most of them admitted they have little to no experience in leading their landmass. [[spoiler:This happens due to Kurome's alteration along with Affimojas' help.]]

* AntiquatedLinguistics: Strangely slips into this [[spoiler:while possessed, despite her possessor Kurome not speaking this way.]]
* TheAtoner: The reason why C-Sha initially lied to Blanc about not meeting her before is because she feels responsible for inadvertently causing Gamindustri to be in its current state. This also applies to her day job as a Hunter, as [[spoiler:she feels that she personally has to hunt monsters due to being the source of the fog that's corrupting the monsters.]]

* BloodKnight: She's the Gold Third who loves fighting the most, even using [[VideoGame/DevilMayCry Dante's]] famous "This is what I live for! I'm absolutely crazy about it!" quote [[spoiler: in the fight to recruit her during the third arc when she's at 50% health]].

* TheCorrupter: Albeit unwillingly. [[spoiler:It turns out that she's the source of the fog that's turning the monsters delusional in Lowee, but she's also doing her best to suppress the threat as a Hunter.]]

* MsFanservice: {{Lampshaded}} by the game itself in the [[CreditsGag Zero Dimension arc's credits]] with her brief appearance credited as "Sexy Lady".

* BirdsOfAFeather: She and Neptune have by far the fastest and easiest friendship of all the CPU-Gold Third pairings, as both are friendly, fun-loving people who don't like working but ''love'' helping others. Neptune's impression of her nominal usurper is helped by finding her Planeptune practically no different from how she left it and seeing B-Sha's earnest if inefectual superheroism. Their relationship is essentially the same as Neptune's with Plutia, except they spend more time playing together than napping. B-Sha even makes it a point to exempt Neptune from [[MoneyFetish her habit of charging people money for everything.]]

* FaceYourFears: [[spoiler:Kurome decides to "help" her overcome her fear of monsters by brainwashing her to become hyper-aggressive toward them, while also making her view Neptune's group as monsters that need to be eliminated to save the children of Planeptune. After their IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight, Purple Heart convinces her to just accept her fear as natural while continuing to protect others.]]
* FriendToAllChildren: Kids are exempt from paying for her heroics. [[spoiler:The frightened screams of Planeptune's children while monsters run amok help break her out of Kurome's brainwashing.]]

* JustJokingJustification: When asked for consent to [[spoiler:sacrifice her Gold Crystal (and much of her power) to create a Hyper Share Crystal for the [=CPUs=]]], B-Sha agrees... while attaching a hefty price. After getting annoyed glares from her three teammates, she hastily passes it off as a joke, admitting that repaying Neptune matters more to her than [[spoiler:her powers.]]

* BadBoss: Mostly towards humanoid Dogoos, particularly the Dogoo Man, whom she uses as a chair in her first on-screen appearance. That said, she does appreciate them for their loyalty. [[spoiler: E-Sha, in contrast, is close friends with Dogoos.]] She also doesn't show much open care for the hundreds of thousands of Leanbox Soldiers turned into ran-pigs and leaves Vert to take care of them [[spoiler:and even intended (if reluctantly) to sacrifice them all when her plans for the so-called Demon King fell through.]]
* BerserkButton: Her combat lines point towards getting hurt being one for her, with her threatening to kill anybody who tries. [[spoiler: It's because she's in E-Sha's body instead of her own. She's more upset at the thought of E-Sha getting attacked than at the potential of being hurt herself.]]

* {{Expy}}: Much like [[VideoGame/HyperdevotionNoireGoddessBlackHeart Ein Ar]], her appearance is based on [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII Lightning]] with some elements of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Squall]].

* MyGreatestFailure: She attempted to make a movie in the past. [[Anime/FinalFantasyTheSpiritsWithin It...didn't go so well.]] [[spoiler: In fact, it almost caused the original S-Sha to die before E-Sha stepped in to take S-Sha's soul into her body.]]

* OutsideContextProblem: [[spoiler: E-Sha ends up pulling this off twice in ''Game Maker''. The first time is when the group is trapped in the Immersion-kun [=ProMAX=], as it being a virtual world gives her the ability to have a body of her own to guide Victory to where all of the abducted people are being held while posing as one of the mindless copies of the Gold Third to fly under the Pirate Makers' radar. The second time is when the Zaikopath steals S-Sha's soul, E-Sha is there to continue the fight in their body and buys Reedio enough time to find the creature's real body.]]

* SharingABody: [[spoiler:The body actually contains two souls, S-Sha's and E-Sha's. Additionally, the body is E-Sha's, but S-Sha is the dominant personality.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: [[spoiler:This mainly applies to E-Sha, who usually can only answer questions with 'yes' or 'no' if she's uncomfortable with the person in question. In her first conversation with Vert and Nepgear, she resorted to sending texts when she needed to give more detail, even though the recipients were right in front of her.]]

* UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler:Toward E-Sha, to the point of trying to sacrifice herself when she was convinced that her soul was wearing out E-Sha's body. Nepgear eventually figures out that she can get past S-Sha's "not interested" by redirecting her requests at E-Sha, knowing that S-Sha will have to go along with it.]]

* BadassBoast: Says [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Gray Fox's]] infamous "a cornered fox is more dangerous than a jackal" quote [[spoiler: in the fight to recruit her during the third arc when she's at 50% health]].

* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler:After getting brainwashed, she rants about how killing Uni will keep Noire's eyes on her forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever...]]
* MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler:Kurome uses a combination of a BreakingSpeech and Negative Energy infusion to drive K-Sha mad.]]

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:After Noire and Uni [[IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight snap her out of her brainwashing]], K-sha expresses remorse for all the trouble she's caused and decides to part ways, but Noire still considers her too close a friend to let that happen.]]

* VillainousCrush: [[AntiVillain For a given value of 'villainous']]. After befriending Noire, she secretly harbors an obsession towards her.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:As Kurome points out to K-Sha when she decides to use her blood to make the antidote to the Order virus killing Uni, the fact that Noire doesn't know she can do this would be the perfect time to commit MurderByInaction and be the close friend who helps Noire through the grief of losing her sister. K-Sha is sorely tempted but saves Uni anyways...but the inner struggle is the final tipping point Kurome needs to push K-Sha into full-blown brainwashed {{Yandere}} mode.]]

* DoomedHometown: Originally her home was on an island south of Planeptune, but it was destroyed when [[spoiler: the Failure Goddesses accidentally created the Zaikopath. This is why she's so violently opposed to allowing Victory to exist.]]

* HonoraryTrueCompanion: She's not technically a member of the Gold Third, however she is on good terms with them, is actively working toward the same goal, and is quick to jump to their aid when she learns that they're in danger. As far as the story is concerned, she's just another Maker who has simply become a LivingLegend and shares a naming theme with the Gold Third. [[spoiler: She does, however, end up officially joining the group [[EleventhHourRanger after the Zaikopath incident is resolved but before Croire herself is dealt with]].]]

* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: [[spoiler: After obtaining the necessary amount of Negative Energy by ruining Arfoire's company Croire reveals the second necessary component to unseal the Zaikopath, its Master Disc. This is the true Cursed Disc that she had been trying to find, only for Croire to point out she'd never have been able to find it because it was in her and then pulls it out of her to release the Zaikopath.]]

[[Characters/NeptuniaMainCPUs Main [=CPUs=]]] ([[Characters/NeptuniaNeptune Neptune]]) | [[Characters/NeptuniaCandidates CPU Candidates]] | [[Characters/{{Neptunia Other CPUs}} Other [=CPUs=]]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaOracles Oracles]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaMakers Makers]] | '''Gold Third''' | [[Characters/NeptuniaMajorAntagonists Major Antagonists]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaAntagonists Other Antagonists]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaOthers Other Characters]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaSpinoffCharacters Spin-off Characters]]-]]]]]

* ArentYouGoingToRavishMe: When she's kept prisoner by the Revolutionary Army, and a couple of soldiers say she's not their type, as they're more interested in underdeveloped figures like Blanc's [[spoiler:(who they can't remember at that point is the reason they wanted to live in Lowee because of the CosmicRetcon).]]

* VoicesAreNotMental: [[spoiler:S-Sha retains E-Sha's voice, but sounds much deeper while in control.]]

[[Characters/NeptuniaMainCPUs Main [=CPUs=]]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaCandidates CPU Candidates]] | [[Characters/{{Neptunia Other CPUs}} Other [=CPUs=]]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaOracles Oracles]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaMakers Makers]] | '''Gold Third''' | [[Characters/NeptuniaMajorAntagonists Major Antagonists]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaAntagonists Other Antagonists]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaOthers Other Characters]] | [[Characters/NeptuniaSpinoffCharacters Spin-off Characters]]-]]]]]

* DemotedToExtra: In ''VII'', they're the focus of the second arc and join the playable cast in the third. In ''Sisters vs Sisters'', they're nothing more than Chirper accounts, meanwhile ''Game Maker'' gives them some more relevance to the story but still keeps them out of the playable cast due to the situation that causes them to be BroughtDownToNormal.

* SuperMode: Their Gold Form is comparable to the [=CPUs'=] HDD, which. Instead of a full-on transformation, they simply gain more gear and weapons alongside with SupernaturalGoldenEyes.

* EyepatchOfPower: Wears one over her left eye in Gold Form, likely as a reference to [[Franchise/MetalGear Big Boss]].

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: They were once basically Makers until they learned of the Golden Summits.

* SuperMode: Their Gold Form is comparable to the [=CPUs'=] HDD. Instead of a full-on transformation, they simply gain more gear and weapons.

* SuperMode: Their Gold Form is comparable to the [=CPUs'=] HDD.

%%* CoolCrown: Gets a golden one in her Gold Form. Like [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Sora's]], it's a bit lopsided.

* BerserkButton: Her in combat lines point towards getting hurt being one for her, with her threatening to kill anybody who tries. [[spoiler: It's because she's in E-Sha's body instead of her own. She's more upset at the thought of E-Sha getting attacked than at the potential of being hurt herself.]]

* CatchPhrase: As mentioned above, she has a habit of voicing her lack of interest in a given subject. It's to the point that when she ''does'' vocally decide to do something [[spoiler:(i.e. save the BrainwashedAndCrazy [=CPUs=])]], C-Sha notes she didn't expect the "Disinterested Diva" to get involved willingly.
* CoolCrown: Gets a golden one in her Gold Form. Like [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Sora's]], it's a bit lopsided.

* PieEyed: Gets these when surprised, likely a reference to ''VideoGame/PacMan''.

* ArmCannon: She uses this when performing C-Buster SP skill, [[Franchise/MegaMan just like a certain other Blue Bomber]].

* {{BFS}}: She unleashes this one in her Great Sword Dance skill, resembling something straight out of ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter''.

* CatchPhrase: As mentioned above, she has a habit of voicing her lack of interest in a given subject.
* ColonyDrop: She drops a meteor with a BadassFingersnap at the end of her LimitBreak, but only if she's in her SuperMode.