History Characters / Trigun

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasashiEbara (JP), ? (EN)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Luciano De Ambrosis (Italian) [[/labelnote]]

->'''Voiced by:''' ? (JP), Creator/MichelleRuff (EN)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Rossella Acerbo (Italian) [[/labelnote]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Masuo Amada (1998), Creator/ChikahiroKobayashi (Stampede) (JP), Peter Spellos (EN)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Eduardo Fonseca (UsefulNotes/LatinAmerica, series), Angelo Nicotra (Italian) [[/labelnote]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KeiichiNanba (JP), Jonathan Charles (EN)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Gustavo Carrillo (UsefulNotes/LatinAmerica, series), Roberto Chevalier (Italian) [[/labelnote]]

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: He was ostracizd and abused for being a hunchback.

->'''Voiced by:''' Daisuke Kyori (JP), ??(EN)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Glauco Onorato (Italian) [[/labelnote]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Yukimaga Kishindo (JP), ??(EN)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Sandro Iovino (IT) [[/labelnote]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Masaaki Yajima (JP), ?? (EN)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Giorgio Lopez (Italian) [[/labelnote]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Ogata Kenichi (JP - Nebraska Father), ??(EN)[[labelnote:Foreign [=VAs=]]]Vittorio Stagni (Italian - Nebraska Father), Claudia Razzi (Italian - Patricia Nebraska) [[/labelnote]]

%%*{{Badass}}: Defeats the strongest member of the Gung-Ho Guns by himself... sort of.

* TheDarkChick: She likes to play at this. See her quote above.

* TheDarkChick: Especially in the anime, where he relies on brute force, but is much weaker than the rest of the members, despite his own views thinking otherwise.

* TheDarkChick: Fits this more than Dominique, as his angst is what makes him dangerous in the manga.

* BadassBaritone: He's got a very deep voice.

* LovableSexManiac: In the 1998 anime he puts on an act like this as part of ObfuscatingStupidity facade. [[CelibateHero In the manga however he's the complete opposite]].

* CelibateHero: Despite his reputation as a womanizer, particularly in the 1998 anime, he's really this. In both the manga and anime it's shown he will fake being passed out in order to avoid sleeping with people who might actively want to take things that far. This makes sense considering that he expresses that he doesn't want women to see that his body is CoveredWithScars.

* LovableSexManiac: In the 1998 anime he puts on an act like this as part of ObfuscatingStupidity facade. [[ChasteHero In the manga however he's the complete opposite]].

* LovableSexManiac: Mostly in the anime where he's this to the point of being a CasanovaWannabe. He falls for every woman he meets, though he has no luck with them.

* AdaptationalDyeJob: Milly is a blonde in the manga, with her hair darkened to a light brown in the anime.

The thirteenth Gung-Ho-Gun. Only appears in the manga. May be a trans woman, may be just a cross-dresser, but she's just as loyal to Knives as Legato is.

* CreepyCrossdresser: Assuming he isn't a trans woman.
* DarkActionGirl: Assuming she is a trans woman.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: Considering Elendira is in fact biologically male.

* {{Guyliner}}: If Elendria is a man.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Like all the Gung-Ho's except Livio]].

A tall, blond-haired man who seems to have disaster follow him wherever he goes. He is feared by the people of Gunsmoke as a ruthless, destructive killer. Supposedly responsible for the annihilation of July City, Vash has quite the bounty placed on his head – 60 billion double-dollars, dead or alive! Constantly hounded by often entire towns of people wanting to claim the reward for his capture, Vash is always wandering, never staying in one place for too long (and leaving behind a lot of property damage). In reality, Vash is not a homicidal maniac, but a complete and utter goofball who actually refuses to kill ''anyone'', despite the huge pistol he keeps with him at all times, a prosthetic arm that can switch into a machine gun, and a switchblade in his boot. He has an extreme fondness for [[TrademarkFavoriteFood donuts]] (and sometimes alcohol). He claims to be a "hunter of LOVE AND PEACE, searching for the mayfly known as Love". Still, it just may be that he only puts on a [[CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass facade of being a harmless moron...]]

* TheAntichrist: To Vash.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: Forced to accept the validity of Vash’s philosophy and shown hospitality by two random humans on the world he tried to destroy, Knives [[spoiler:used the last of his strength to gift his hosts an apple tree and peacefully (if morosely) disintegrates.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: In the anime.

* KillAllHumans: Out of hate, rather than believing that their lives are worthless like Legato.

* MonstrousCannibalism: [[spoiler:Absorbs all of Gunsmoke’s Plants]] in an ultimate selfish bid to destroy the human race and save himself from death in the manga.

* NoYay: Invoked with his [[{{Twincest}} brother, no less]]. And several scenes in the manga are specifically staged so that it looks like Knives is raping Vash.

* TheSociopath: He's a conventional psychopath in the anime who relishes in making his brother suffer. While he's just as unhinged and misanthropic in the manga, he's also much more obviously addled by mental illness. He also still loves his brother deep down and is very reluctant to kill him.

* {{Twincest}}: FanWank notwithstanding, nothing actually happens, but manga Knives has a very... fusional and obsessive relationship with Vash to say the least.

* AngelicAbomination: Makes much more usage of his Plant powers in the manga than Vash, allowing him to sprout wing-like blades and an angelic arm cannon to attack. [[spoiler:Even more so when he starts absorbing other Plants to supplement his power, he ends up covered in angel wings and Plant mass as he fuses with his Ark; by the final battle, he's transformed into a vaguely angelic floating monster that warps reality with his very presence.]]

* GirlygirlWithATomboyStreak: Milly's personality is fairly traditionally sweet and feminine and she keeps her hair long, but her choice wardrobe is almost entirely made of men's clothing. The most common outfit she wears is a white dress shirt, tie, suspenders and trousers underneath a beige and green trenchcoat.

* ShipTease: With Meryl in both the 1998 anime and manga. Moments show that the two of them become important presences in each others life. Vash seems to hold Meryl's opinions in high regard, and is easily touched by the things she does for him. In the manga, he initiates an IndirectKiss with her, and tells her before facing his brother a final time, that while he isn't the type to make promises, he'd like to try to come back to her. [[spoiler: although he ends up botching that when he goes missing for several months, forcing her to go looking for him again. But it's the thought that counts right?]]

* CelibateHero: Especially in the manga. He fakes being passed out in order to avoid the "favors" of prostitutes, spends an inordinate amount of his free time thinking about his dead mother figure, doesn't want any woman to see his scars and avoids any kind of romantic or sexual relationship, be it with Luida, Meryl or Jessica.

* ShipTease: With Meryl in both the 1998 anime and manga. Moments show that the two of them become important presences in each others life. Vash seems to hold Meryl's opinions in high regard, and is easily touched by the things she does for him. In the manga, he initiates an IndirectKiss with her, and tells her before facing his brother a final time, that while he isn't the type to make promises, he'd like to try to come back to her. [[spoiler: although he ends up botching that when he goes missing for several months, forcing her to go looking for him again. But it's the thought that counts right]].

* BeardOfSorrow: Grows a short one in the anime following his [[HeroicBSOD BSOD]] after [[spoiler:killing Legato.]]

* SanitySlippage: By the end of the anime he's borderline suicidal.

* ShipTease: With Vash, such as when she told him [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YbZWcnrcpGk she wouldn't run away]] after seeing his scars. And later, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcD1IAzpYEI they share a private moment]] where she tells him he can stay with her and Milly, if he liked. To which he replied, might not be such a bad idea.