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* PersonOfMassDestruction: [=McDougal=] creates huge walls of ice, which he uses to try and freeze over Central.
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* PersonOfMassDestruction: [=McDougal=] creates huge walls of ice, which he uses to try and freeze over Central.Central.
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** PlayedForLaughts. Calling Ed “little, runt, short, etc.” will trigger his HeightAngst, and he will lash out. It becomes a RunningGag throught the series.
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** PlayedForLaughts.PlayedForLaughs. Calling Ed “little, runt, short, etc.” will trigger his HeightAngst, and he will lash out. It becomes a RunningGag throught the series.
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* BerserkButton: Ed's is pressed when [=McDougal=] brings up the brothers' human transmutation incident.
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* BerserkButton: BerserkButton:
** PlayedForLaughts. Calling Ed “little, runt, short, etc.” will trigger his HeightAngst, and he will lash out. It becomes a RunningGag throught the series.
** Ed's is pressed when [=McDougal=] brings up the brothers' human transmutation incident.
** PlayedForLaughts. Calling Ed “little, runt, short, etc.” will trigger his HeightAngst, and he will lash out. It becomes a RunningGag throught the series.
** Ed's is pressed when [=McDougal=] brings up the brothers' human transmutation incident.
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* {{Filler}}: Unusually for the ''first episode'' of a series, the storyline and main antagonist of this episode are completely original to the anime. The manga's own establishing character moments for the characters who appear are repeated later when those characters were originally introduced in the manga (including the framing of them as new, important characters), creating quite a bit of redundancy as well as some premature spoilers.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
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* {{Filler}}: Unusually for the ''first episode'' of a series, the storyline and main antagonist of this episode are completely original to the anime. The manga's own establishing character moments for the characters who appear here are repeated later when those characters were originally introduced in the manga (including the framing of them as new, important characters), creating quite a bit of redundancy as well as some premature spoilers.
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* AnIcePerson: [=McDougal=]... though he is A Boiling Water Person too.
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* AnIcePerson: [=McDougal=]...[=McDougal=]'s speciality is using ice as a weapon, as his title implies... though he is A Boiling Water Person too.
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* CanonForeigner: Isaac [=McDougal=].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Ed is a hothead who doesn't like to be called short; Al is the sensible one who keeps Ed in check; Hughes is a loveable goofball who loves his family; Mustang is useless when wet, with Hawkeye as his long-suffering assistant.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Ed is a hothead who doesn't like to be called short; Al is the sensible one who keeps Ed in check; Hughes is a loveable goofball who loves his family; Mustang is useless when wet, with Hawkeye as his long-suffering assistant.
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* CanonForeigner: Isaac [=McDougal=].
[=McDougal=] did not appear in the manga.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:Ed is a hothead who doesn't like to be called short; Al is Apart from the sensible one who keeps Ed foreshadowing about "the shape this country is in" (which does get a callback in check; Hughes is a loveable goofball who loves his family; Mustang is useless when wet, with Hawkeye as his long-suffering assistant.much later episode) this episode exists largely to display these for most of Brotherhood's major characters.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
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* {{Filler}}: Unusually for the ''first episode'' of a series, the storyline and main antagonist of this episode are completely original to the anime. Most of the {{Establishing Character Moment}}s here show up in their original form later on, too.
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* {{Filler}}: Unusually for the ''first episode'' of a series, the storyline and main antagonist of this episode are completely original to the anime. Most of The manga's own establishing character moments for the {{Establishing Character Moment}}s here show up in their original form characters who appear are repeated later on, too.when those characters were originally introduced in the manga (including the framing of them as new, important characters), creating quite a bit of redundancy as well as some premature spoilers.
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* HarmlessFreezing: Subverted with the soldiers that [=McDougal=] uses his freezing technique on; it is clearly lethal.
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* AmplifierArtifact: [=McDougal=] has a philosophers stone, which he uses to rampage across Central.
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* AdaptationalEarlyAppearance:
** Solf J. Kimblee makes an appearance, being approached by [=McDougal=] in the Central prison.
** A mysterious being is also seen in the shadows, sensing the shift in energy caused by [=McDougal=]'s plan; he's later revealed to be Father.
* AmplifierArtifact: [=McDougal=] has aphilosophers stone, Philosopher's Stone, which he uses to rampage across Central.
** Solf J. Kimblee makes an appearance, being approached by [=McDougal=] in the Central prison.
** A mysterious being is also seen in the shadows, sensing the shift in energy caused by [=McDougal=]'s plan; he's later revealed to be Father.
* AmplifierArtifact: [=McDougal=] has a
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* BloodyMurder: [=McDougal=] can use is own blood as a weapon by freezing the water in it.
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* MakingASplash: [=McDougal=] can make water boil and freeze as he wills.
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* MakingASplash: [=McDougal=] can make water boil and freeze as he wills.wills.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: [=McDougal=] creates huge walls of ice, which he uses to try and freeze over Central.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: [=McDougal=] creates huge walls of ice, which he uses to try and freeze over Central.
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* AmplifierArtifact: [=McDougal=] has a philosophers stone, which he uses to rampage across Central.
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* AnIcePerson: [=McDougal=].
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* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: Armstrong and Hughes are both stationed in Central, and it's reasonable to assume that the Elrics are just passing through (the trip to Liore is mentioned). But no attempt is made to explain why Mustang is there and acting as an authority figure, particularly as his later transfer from East to Central is treated as a major career event.
* AnIcePerson:[=McDougal=].[=McDougal=]... though he is A Boiling Water Person too.
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* {{Filler}}: Unusually for the ''first episode'' of a series, the storyline and main antagonist of this episode are completely original to the anime.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [=McDougal=]'s use of the city as a transmutation circle and his MotiveRant basically lay out what's going on in Amestris. Also, Bradley is shown here to be a ruthless combatant, whereas the manga introduced him as a bit of a BunnyEarsLawyer and revealed it more slowly.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [=McDougal=]'s use of the city as a transmutation circle and his MotiveRant basically lay out what's going on in Amestris. Also, Bradley is shown here to be a ruthless combatant, whereas the manga introduced him as a bit of a BunnyEarsLawyer and revealed it more slowly.
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* {{Filler}}: Unusually for the ''first episode'' of a series, the storyline and main antagonist of this episode are completely original to the anime.
anime. Most of the {{Establishing Character Moment}}s here show up in their original form later on, too.
*{{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** [=McDougal=]'s use of the city as a transmutation circle and his MotiveRant basically lay outwhat's going on the EvilPlan happening in Amestris. Also, The shot of the citywide transmutation circle will show up later, too.
** Bradley immediately demonstrates that he isshown here a deadly combatant with an innocuous public face. The manga took much longer to lay out his true nature, showing him first as [[BunnyEarsLawyer eccentric, but competent]] until the events of Dublith.
** Lust (and Gluttony) are both in TheStinger, with Lust remarking that [=McDougal=] was one of their possible sacrifices.
* GoryDiscretionShot: The first guard is killed on-screen when all the water in his body is flash-frozen, and he shatters when he falls. [=McDougal's=] second victim gets to bea ruthless combatant, whereas flash-''boiled''. This time, the manga introduced him as camera stays on [=McDougal's=] face.
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: The writers got really creative in the various ways abit of a BunnyEarsLawyer state alchemist could weaponize water: creating ice walls, steam clouds for camouflage, and revealed then going into all the ways it more slowly.can be used on and ''from'' the human body--repeatedly pointing out that the human body is mostly made of water.
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** [=McDougal=]'s use of the city as a transmutation circle and his MotiveRant basically lay out
** Bradley immediately demonstrates that he is
** Lust (and Gluttony) are both in TheStinger, with Lust remarking that [=McDougal=] was one of their possible sacrifices.
* GoryDiscretionShot: The first guard is killed on-screen when all the water in his body is flash-frozen, and he shatters when he falls. [=McDougal's=] second victim gets to be
* HeartIsAnAwesomePower: The writers got really creative in the various ways a
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [=McDougal=]'s use of the city as a transmutation circle and his MotiveRant basically lay out what's going on in Amestris. Also, Bradley is shown here to be a ruthless combatant, whereas the manga introduced him as a bit of a BunnyEarsLawyer and revealed it more slowly.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Ed is a hothead who doesn't like to be called short; Al is the sensible one who keeps Ed in check; Hughes is a loveable goofball who loves his family; Mustang is useless when wet, with Hawkeye as his long-suffering assistant.
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* {{Filler}}: Unusually for the ''first episode'' of a series, the storyline and main antagonist of this episode are completely original to the anime.
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* {{Filler}}: Unusually for the ''first episode'' of a series, the storyline and main antagonist of this episode are completely original to the anime.anime.
* MakingASplash: [=McDougal=] can make water boil and freeze as he wills.
* MakingASplash: [=McDougal=] can make water boil and freeze as he wills.
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* {{Eyecatch}}: Edward and Alphonse Elric.
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* AnIcePerson: McDougal.
* BerserkButton: Ed's is pressed when McDougal brings up the brothers' human transmutation incident.
* CanonForeigner: Isaac McDougal.
* BerserkButton: Ed's is pressed when McDougal brings up the brothers' human transmutation incident.
* CanonForeigner: Isaac McDougal.
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* AnIcePerson: McDougal.
[=McDougal=].
* BerserkButton: Ed's is pressed whenMcDougal [=McDougal=] brings up the brothers' human transmutation incident.
* CanonForeigner: IsaacMcDougal.[=McDougal=].
* BerserkButton: Ed's is pressed when
* CanonForeigner: Isaac
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!Tropes present in this episode include:
* AnIcePerson: McDougal.
* BerserkButton: Ed's is pressed when McDougal brings up the brothers' human transmutation incident.
* CanonForeigner: Isaac McDougal.
* {{Filler}}: Unusually for the ''first episode'' of a series, the storyline and main antagonist of this episode are completely original to the anime.
* AnIcePerson: McDougal.
* BerserkButton: Ed's is pressed when McDougal brings up the brothers' human transmutation incident.
* CanonForeigner: Isaac McDougal.
* {{Filler}}: Unusually for the ''first episode'' of a series, the storyline and main antagonist of this episode are completely original to the anime.
