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* BadassGrandpa: Cao Teng, Cao Cao's adoptive grandfather. He's a sweet old eunuch, but is known to sell official position at ten times the normal price. What really defines him as a badass is [[spoiler: his visit to the Emperor in chapter 16, where he indirectly accuses Zhang Rang (without naming him) of being [[DirtyOldMan surrounded with women]] and having [[ImAManICantHelpIt too much sexual desire ''because'' of his castration]]. When the Emperor recommends that the perpetrator, whoever he is, be banished, Cao Teng outright recommends ''hanging'' him. Bonus points for Zhang Rang being right next to the Emperor. Right after that, Cao Teng bluntly tells Zhang Rang in private that he will follow Cao Cao in Hell should anything bad happen.]]
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* CoolOldGuy: Cao Teng, Cao Cao's adoptive grandfather. He's a sweet old eunuch, but is known to sell official position at ten times the normal price. What really defines him as a badass is [[spoiler: his visit to the Emperor in chapter 16, where he indirectly accuses Zhang Rang (without naming him) of being [[DirtyOldMan surrounded with women]] and having [[ImAManICantHelpIt too much sexual desire ''because'' of his castration]]. When the Emperor recommends that the perpetrator, whoever he is, be banished, Cao Teng outright recommends ''hanging'' him. Bonus points for Zhang Rang being right next to the Emperor. Right after that, Cao Teng bluntly tells Zhang Rang in private that he will follow Cao Cao in Hell should anything bad happen.]]
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* AntiVillain: Liu Bei, who although definitely not the KnightInShiningArmour of his ''RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' incarnation still seems pretty good-natured overall.
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* AntiVillain: Liu Bei, who although definitely not the KnightInShiningArmour of his ''RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' incarnation still seems pretty good-natured overall.
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Arguably Cao Cao. This troper is quite sure 10-year old kids didn't decapitate thieves back in the day.
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* HistoricalHeroUpgrade: Arguably Cao Cao. This troper is We here at [=TVTropes=] are quite sure 10-year old kids didn't decapitate thieves back in the day.
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* EunuchsAreEvil: Zhang Rang and the rest of the Ten Attendants.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[SteinsGate Hououin Kyouma]] (Creator/MamoruMiyano) is a Chinese warlord and Daru (Creator/TomokazuSeki) is his rival.
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Adapted into a 26-episode anime by {{Creaotr/Madhouse}} in 2009, starring Creator/MamoruMiyano as Cao Cao.
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** [[FridgeLogic Even though at the time of Three Kingdoms China they'd still have been speaking Latin, not modern Italian.]] [[hottip:*:Technically, 'amore' ''is'' a Latin word, but it's the ablative case of 'amor', the actual Latin word for 'love', and thus would roughly translate as 'by love' or 'with love'.]]
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* TheMessiah: Toyed with in the case of Cao Cao's co-opting the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou by embracing the role, while Liu Bei considers himself upon [[spoiler:Tao Qian]]'s death to be "not the the good guy y'all think I am"... only for him to be taken aback when the peasants of Xu Province adore him as their savior and beg that he take up the governorship.
** In Liu Bei's case it's subverted in that while he wants to conquer the world "to see the people's smiles," he has no real idea or concrete plan for how to do so, which he admitted to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei when asking them to join him -- and this comes back to bite him when [[spoiler:Cao Cao wagers the capital and the emperor against the three brothers' lives, but then asks Liu Bei what he'd do with them if he won the wager -- and Liu Bei is ''completely stumped'']].
** In Liu Bei's case it's subverted in that while he wants to conquer the world "to see the people's smiles," he has no real idea or concrete plan for how to do so, which he admitted to Guan Yu and Zhang Fei when asking them to join him -- and this comes back to bite him when [[spoiler:Cao Cao wagers the capital and the emperor against the three brothers' lives, but then asks Liu Bei what he'd do with them if he won the wager -- and Liu Bei is ''completely stumped'']].
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[SteinsGate Hououin Kyouma]] ([[MamoruMiyano Mamoru Miyano]]) (Creator/MamoruMiyano) is a Chinese warlord and Daru ([[TomokazuSeki Tomokazu Seki]]) (Creator/TomokazuSeki) is his rival.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[SteinsGate Hououin Kyouma]] ({{MamoruMiyano}}) ([[MamoruMiyano Mamoru Miyano]]) is a Chinese warlord and Daru ({{TomokazuSeki}}) ([[TomokazuSeki Tomokazu Seki]]) is his rival.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[SteinsGate Hououin Kyouma]] ({{MiyanoMamoru}}) ({{MamoruMiyano}}) is a Chinese warlord and Daru ({{TomokazuSeki}}) is his rival.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [[SteinsGate Hououin Kyouma]] ({{MiyanoMmamoru}}) ({{MiyanoMamoru}}) is a Chinese warlord and Daru ({{TomokazuSeki}}) is his rival.
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** Likewise, Dong Zhuo is a major antagonist who was identified as the eventual despot by the child Xun Yu ''years before the Yellow Turbans Rebellion'', and is himself a solidly-muscled man able to literally break down a wall with a hail of arrows, evade [[spoiler:Diao Chan]]'s assassination scheme, and immediately realize that [[spoiler:the imperial edict for his execution was ''not'' by his puppet Emperor's own volition]]. Finally, unlike other depictions, [[spoiler:he goes down fighting, being the only person in the series besides Guan Yu to hold his own against Lu Bu in single combat until he's surprised by multiple spearmen, then has the misfortune of his sword breaking under Lu Bu's]].
* HoYay: Cao Cao's fascination with Lu Bu is such that it sometimes horrifies his advisors -- most often Xun Yu, who had the misfortune of encountering Lu Bu in person -- when he explicitly calls Lu Bu "beautiful."
* HoYay: Cao Cao's fascination with Lu Bu is such that it sometimes horrifies his advisors -- most often Xun Yu, who had the misfortune of encountering Lu Bu in person -- when he explicitly calls Lu Bu "beautiful."
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** Likewise, Dong Zhuo is a major antagonist who was identified as the eventual despot by the child Xun Yu ''years before the Yellow Turbans Rebellion'', and is himself a solidly-muscled man able to literally break down a wall with a hail of arrows, evade [[spoiler:Diao Chan]]'s assassination scheme, and immediately realize that [[spoiler:the imperial edict for his execution was ''not'' by his puppet Emperor's own volition]]. Finally, unlike other depictions, in the anime (though not the manga) [[spoiler:he goes down fighting, being the only person in the series besides Guan Yu to hold his own against Lu Bu in single combat until he's surprised by multiple spearmen, then has the misfortune of his sword breaking under Lu Bu's]].
* HoYay: Cao Cao's fascination with Lu Bu is such that it sometimes horrifies his advisors -- most often Xun Yu, who had the misfortune of encountering Lu Bu in person -- when he explicitly calls Lu Bu "beautiful."Bu's]].
* HoYay: Cao Cao's fascination with Lu Bu is such that it sometimes horrifies his advisors -- most often Xun Yu, who had the misfortune of encountering Lu Bu in person -- when he explicitly calls Lu Bu "beautiful."
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* HoYay: Cao Cao's fascination with Lu Bu is such that it sometimes horrifies his advisors (most -- most often Xun Yu, who had the misfortune of encountering Lu Bu in person).person -- when he explicitly calls Lu Bu "beautiful."
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* BadassGrandpa: Cao Teng, Cao Cao's adoptive grandfather. He's a sweet old eunuch, but is known to sell official position at ten times the normal price. What really defines him as a badass is [[spoiler: his visit to the Emperor in chapter 16, where he indirectly accuses Zhang Rang (without naming him) of being [[DirtyOldMan surrounded with women]] and having [[ImAManICantHelpIt too much sexual desire due to his castration]]. When the Emperor recommends that the perpetrator, whoever he is, be banished, Cao Teng outright recommends ''hanging'' him. Bonus points for Zhang Rang being right next to the Emperor. Right after that, Cao Teng menaces Zhang Rang in private that he will follow Cao Cao in Hell, should anything bad happen.]]
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** Based on the scene where he meets Guan Yu (only to end up getting Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to join him), and then the later scene where [[spoiler:he realizes he has no idea ''how'' to actually rule]], his motivation is to conquer the world "to see the people's smiles"...
* BadassGrandpa: Cao Teng, Cao Cao's adoptive grandfather. He's a sweet old eunuch, but is known to sell official position at ten times the normal price. What really defines him as a badass is [[spoiler: his visit to the Emperor in chapter 16, where he indirectly accuses Zhang Rang (without naming him) of being [[DirtyOldMan surrounded with women]] and having [[ImAManICantHelpIt too much sexual desiredue to ''because'' of his castration]]. When the Emperor recommends that the perpetrator, whoever he is, be banished, Cao Teng outright recommends ''hanging'' him. Bonus points for Zhang Rang being right next to the Emperor. Right after that, Cao Teng menaces bluntly tells Zhang Rang in private that he will follow Cao Cao in Hell, Hell should anything bad happen.]]
* BadassGrandpa: Cao Teng, Cao Cao's adoptive grandfather. He's a sweet old eunuch, but is known to sell official position at ten times the normal price. What really defines him as a badass is [[spoiler: his visit to the Emperor in chapter 16, where he indirectly accuses Zhang Rang (without naming him) of being [[DirtyOldMan surrounded with women]] and having [[ImAManICantHelpIt too much sexual desire
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* TheMessiah: Toyed with in the case of Cao Cao's co-opting the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou by embracing the role, while Liu Bei considers himself upon [[spoiler:Tao Qian]]'s death to be "not the the good guy y'all think I am"... only for him to be taken aback when the peasants of Xu Province adore him as their savior and beg that he take up the governorship. (In an earlier conversation with [[spoiler:Tao Qian]], it's hinted that Liu Bei was less than convinced of [[spoiler:how much Tao Qian actually cared for the people of Xu Province]].)
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* TheMessiah: Toyed with in the case of Cao Cao's co-opting the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou by embracing the role, while Liu Bei considers himself upon [[spoiler:Tao Qian]]'s death to be "not the the good guy y'all think I am"... only for him to be taken aback when the peasants of Xu Province adore him as their savior and beg that he take up the governorship. (In an earlier conversation with [[spoiler:Tao Qian]], governorship.
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** In Liu Bei's case it's
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* TheMessiah: Toyed with in the case of Cao Cao's co-opting the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou by embracing the role, while Liu Bei considers himself upon [[spoiler:Tao Qian]]'s death to be "not the the good guy y'all think I am"... only for him to be taken aback when the peasants of Xu Province adore him as their savior and beg that he take up the governorship.
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* TheMessiah: Toyed with in the case of Cao Cao's co-opting the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou by embracing the role, while Liu Bei considers himself upon [[spoiler:Tao Qian]]'s death to be "not the the good guy y'all think I am"... only for him to be taken aback when the peasants of Xu Province adore him as their savior and beg that he take up the governorship. (In an earlier conversation with [[spoiler:Tao Qian]], it's hinted that Liu Bei was less than convinced of [[spoiler:how much Tao Qian actually cared for the people of Xu Province]].)
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* BloodKnight: Lu Bu (not surprisingly) to such a degree that Cao Cao ends up commenting on it but is also able to exploit against Lu Bu, i.e. using himself as bait to lure Lu Bu into a valley, with an ambush set to destroy the troops diverted to support Lu Bu's pursuit.
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* DeadlyDecadentCourt: Cao Cao is no slouch in court intrigue (that's why he lives past the first 30 chapters or so), yet ultimately prevalent corruption of Han court smothers all of his efforts.
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* DeadlyDecadentCourt: Cao Cao is no slouch in court intrigue (that's why he lives past the first 30 chapters or so), yet ultimately prevalent corruption of Han court smothers all of his efforts.
** Likewise, Dong Zhuo is a major antagonist who was identified as the eventual despot by the child Xun Yu ''years before the Yellow Turbans Rebellion'', and is himself a solidly-muscled man able to literally break down a wall with a hail of arrows, evade [[spoiler:Diao Chan]]'s assassination scheme, and immediately realize that [[spoiler:the imperial edict for his execution was ''not'' by his puppet Emperor's own volition]]. Finally, unlike other depictions, [[spoiler:he goes down fighting, being the only person in the series besides Guan Yu to hold his own against Lu Bu in single combat until he's surprised by multiple spearmen, then has the misfortune of his sword breaking under Lu Bu's]].
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Both Cao Cao and Liu Bei ultimately strive to save the country, both don't mind the fact that they need to kill quite a few people to do so.
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* TheMessiah: Toyed with in the case of Cao Cao's co-opting the Yellow Turbans of Qingzhou by embracing the role, while Liu Bei considers himself upon [[spoiler:Tao Qian]]'s death to be "not the the good guy y'all think I am"... only for him to be taken aback when the peasants of Xu Province adore him as their savior and beg that he take up the governorship.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Both Cao Cao and Liu Bei ultimately strive to save the country, both don't mind the fact that they need to kill quite a few people to do so. After all, they'd ''both'' been leading armed forces before the events of the Yellow Turbans Rebellion, Cao Cao the Blast Gang (in addition to Xiahou Dun's own force) and Liu Bei the Demon Pouch.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Both Cao Cao and Liu Bei ultimately strive to save the country, both don't mind the fact that they need to kill quite a few people to do so. After all, they'd ''both'' been leading armed forces before the events of the Yellow Turbans Rebellion, Cao Cao the Blast Gang (in addition to Xiahou Dun's own force) and Liu Bei the Demon Pouch.
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* GoodIsNotDumb: Cao Cao is serious about upholding the law, but he's not LawfulStupid and knows a set-up when he sees it in his tenure as North ''Buwei'' of Luoyang in Chapter 24.
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* GoodIsNotDumb: Cao Cao is serious about upholding the law, but he's not LawfulStupid and knows a set-up when he sees it in his tenure as North ''Buwei'' of Luoyang (chief of police for the capital city's northern gate) in Chapter 24.
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* AntiHero: Cao Cao is a Type IV at his best, a Type V at his worst.
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* AntiHero: Cao Cao is a Type IV at his best, a Type V at his worst.Cao.
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* CallBack: Liu Bei's sword dance in front of Cao Cao was suspiciously similar to the latter's in front of Zhang Rang many chapters previously.
* ChasteHero: Averted by Cao Cao. SeeGood People Have Good Sex.GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex.
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* GoodIsNotDumb: Cao Cao is serious about upholding the law, but he's not LawfulStupid and knows a set-up when he sees it in his tenure as North [i]Buwei[/i] ''Buwei'' of Luoyang in Chapter 24.
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** Chapter 39 actually makes him the guy behind the banners declaring "Blue Heaven Already Dead" -- which in this story push Zhang Jiao from being [i]against[/i] rebellion to leading the Yellow Turbans Rebellion, and thus Cao Cao is the one directly responsible for the event of the Three Kingdoms story.
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** Chapter 39 actually makes him the guy behind the banners declaring "Blue Heaven Already Dead" -- which in this story push Zhang Jiao from being [i]against[/i] ''against'' rebellion to leading the Yellow Turbans Rebellion, and thus Cao Cao is the one directly responsible for the event of the Three Kingdoms story.
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* AntiHero: Cao Cao is a Type IV at his best, a Type V at his worst.
* AntiVillain: Liu Bei, who although definitely not the KnightInShiningArmour of his ''RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' incarnation still seems pretty good-natured overall.
* AntiVillain: Liu Bei, who although definitely not the KnightInShiningArmour of his ''RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms'' incarnation still seems pretty good-natured overall.
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??? Wahat has this to do with the trope??
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* CompensatingForSomething: Averted in chapter 22. Cao Cao concludes that a eunuch couldn't possibly have sliced a man in three in only one shot.
