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** Envy: S/he's the worst of the homunculous and really doesn't care what s/he does or who s/he hurts as long as s/he enjoys him/herself.

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** Envy: S/he's the worst of the homunculous homunculi and really doesn't care what s/he does or who s/he hurts as long as s/he enjoys him/herself.him/herself.
** Tucker is the worst in the eyes of the author. In the Memoriam omakes he's the only one going to hell. Everyone above is pictured ascending.
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* {{Narm}}: The {{Eye Catch}}es in ''Brotherhood''. A dramatic scene has just come to its climax, you're soaking in the emotion, and ''WHAM'': "Fullmetal Alchemist!" in GratuitousEnglish in a weird tone of voice. Really kills the mood. As of later episodes, they use voiceless versions for the more dramatic moments, probably recognizing the whiplash.
** The dramatic closeups of [[spoiler: Scar and Bradley's faces before their fight]] in episode 59. The scene was building up with tension and some form of suspense, then the closeups of their faces. Once or twice made it dramatic, but it was repeated and sped up so many times it made it absolutely hilarious.
** The death of [[spoiler: Envy, full stop. In his/her natural form s/he has the voice of a squeaky toy. All the dramatic attempts at hime waxing philosphically doesn't work with that voice. And then the over the top scream just made it all hilarious.]]
*** That's the point. [[spoiler:Envy is no longer dramatic or ominous in that form, but ''pitiful''. Notice that the other characters largely ''ignore'' him/her while s/he blathers on and on.]] Deep down inside, [[spoiler:Envy]] is an utterly pathetic creature and [[spoiler:hates humans for being greater than him/her]], as [[spoiler:befits his/her name]].

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* InNameOnly: A charge thrown at the first series due to the sheer number of differences between it and the manga.


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* {{Woolseyism}}: Xing's answer to alchemy (''renkinjutsu'') is ''rentanjutsu''. This word refers to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_alchemy Chinese alchemy,]] but actually using something like "Oriental alchemy" or "Xingese alchemy" would get pretty stale and unwieldy after a while. The ''rentan'' refers to the goal of Chinese alchemy, the elixir of life. Drawing off of this, Funimation renamed it "alkahestry", after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahestry alkahest]]. As a universal solvent, alkahest was another hypothetical goal of alchemy and would have had valuable medicinal applications; [[GeniusBonus if you understand the reference]], "alkahestry" manages to convey Chinese alchemy's greater concern with medicine than with gold and sounds exotic next to "alchemy".

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* {{Woolseyism}}: Xing's answer to alchemy (''renkinjutsu'') is ''rentanjutsu''. This word refers to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_alchemy Chinese alchemy,]] but actually using something like "Oriental alchemy" or "Xingese alchemy" would get pretty stale and unwieldy after a while. The ''rentan'' refers to the goal of Chinese alchemy, the elixir of life. Drawing off of this, Funimation renamed it "alkahestry", after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahestry alkahest]]. As a universal solvent, alkahest was another hypothetical goal of alchemy and would have had valuable medicinal applications; [[GeniusBonus if you understand the reference]], "alkahestry" manages to convey Chinese alchemy's greater concern with medicine than with gold and sounds exotic next to "alchemy"."alchemy".
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* AdaptationDisplacement: Before the ''Brotherhood'' adaptation, this was probably what many western fans immediately thought of when someone mentioned "''Fullmetal Alchemist''" rather than the original manga.
** And for many, it still is.
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler: Greed, Scar, Lust, Sloth]]
* CompleteMonster: Surprisingly averted in most cases, as many of the villains -- homunculi included -- are given sympathetic moments or portrayed in a tragic light. [[spoiler: Dante and Fuhrer Bradley]], on the other hand...
** [[spoiler: Shou Tucker. Condemning his own five-year-old daughter to a FateWorseThanDeath ''just to prove he can'']] definitely crosses the MoralEventHorizon.
*** Though arguably, he was more of completely insane at that point. [[spoiler: However, what he is implied to have done to his wife would certainly put him in this category.]]
* ContestedSequel: Some fans view TheMovie as a touching send off to the characters that ties together most of the loose ends left over from the series. Others see it as a kick in the junk that resolves nothing and simply screws everyone over worse than they were screwed in the series.
** Mention the Brotherhood adaptation on any anime forum and you'll get a combination of wholehearted praise and brutal scorn, the latter coming mostly from [[FanDumb fans of the first adaptation]] who think that Brotherhood is [[RuinedForever a disgrace to the original anime series.]]
*** The reverse is true as well. [[FanDumb Hardcore fans of the manga have a tendency to treat this anime very harshly]] [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks because of the alternative storyline that it presents]].
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Ed's FinalBattle with Greed is one of the best animated sequences in the show, and is very often cited when people discuss favorite anime fight scenes.
** And who can forget the moment during the warehouse battle when Edward did what fans of the series had wanted him to do since it first aired: transmute his automail arm into a freakin' Tommy Gun?
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming:
** In ''Conqueror of Shambala'', Mustang [[spoiler: gives up his rank and refuses to use alchemy, his spirit broken. However, seeing Ed return to their world restores his fighting spirit and he returns to lead the fight against the invaders.]]
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Mustang: ''TINY MINISKIRTS!''
** Also: ''I LOVE DOGS!''
** In the second to last episode, [[spoiler:Envy morphs into Mustang while fighting with Ed, thinking that Mustang's appearance would [[ShapeshifterGuiltTrip give Ed pause]]. Ed's response? "I don't think you could've picked an easier target!"]]
** The entirety of the Chibi Wrap Party OVA.
** Armstrong: ''I'LL FIX HIM UP NICE AND PRETTY!''
** Armstrong. ''Period.''
* [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome Crowning Soundtrack Of Awesome]]: Michiru Oshima's score is considered to be a masterpiece. The openings and endings aren't anything to sneeze at either.
** Several tracks stand out in particular, such as Bratja and Dante's various themes.
** the Kelas
** "Regret", the song played entirely on the harmonica that plays during Mustang's flashback of the Ishval war in Episode 13.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwY4lilrJv4&feature=related "YOU'RE IN GERMANY, HAVE SOME BEETHOVEN".]]
* DracoInLeatherPants: Envy and Kimblee, in particular, have a large fanbase.
* EvilIsSexy: Lust, so much that she's the picture of the trope article.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Maes Hughes is very popular with the American fanbase, much to the surprise of the Japanese creators.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The protagonist very graphically loses an arm, a leg, and a brother, and sees a monster instead of the mother he was trying to raise from the dead all within the first minute of the series? It could only [[ItGetsWorse get worse]]. And it does - with [[spoiler: the fate of Nina, Shou Tucker, the events at Lab No. 5, to name a few, all supplying a lifetime's quota of nightmares.]]
** Just the sight of The Gate itself, let alone what's inside or beyond it it is terrifying.
* HilariousInHindsight: [[spoiler: Selim Bradley. A human boy in the first anime and King Bradley (Pride)'s adoptive son. Bradley kills him in a fit of rage in the finale.]] In the manga and the second anime, [[spoiler: Selim turns out to be Pride (Bradley is the manga's Wrath), oldest and deadliest of the Homunculi, and Bradley works for ''him''.]]
** In one of the flashbacks, a young Ling Yao can be seen, wearing sunglasses similar to Greed; while he has no important role in ''this'' anime, [[spoiler: he becomes the new Greed in ''Brotherhood'' and the manga]].
* MemeticSexGod: Everyone wants [[EvilIsSexy Lust]], no exceptions. [[HotMom Sloth]] also fares well in this department.
* MoralEventHorizon: Crossed by both Scar and the Homunculi. Envy enjoys dancing over it again and again.
* NoYay: [[spoiler: Dante]] hitting on [[FreudWasRight Ed]].
** There's also a bit of [[spoiler: LesYay between Dante, in Lyra's body, and Rose]]...which [[GirlOnGirlIsHot wouldn't have been that bad]], were it not for the fact that [[spoiler: Lyra's body [[{{Squick}} was rotting]]]]
* PortmanteauCoupleName: Royai for Roy Mustang/Riza Hawkeye, Edwin for Edward/Winry.
** Royai kinda counts, but really it's a BilingualBonus, with "ai" meaning love.
* SuperlativeDubbing: Formal reviews of the series rarely pass up mentioning the overall quality of the voicework in the English version. It helps that just about all of the actors involved ''loved'' the series to death and put their hearts into it.
* TearJerker: Many, though everyone remembers [[spoiler:the deaths of Maes Hughes, and Nina/Alexander.]]
** A recap of "Mother", itself a serious TearJerker, set to Bratja with full subtitles? [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jorPvSld9e0&feature=related Let it begin]].
*** If you think that's moving, just listen to the English version [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKjMQjRcTcw&feature=related sung by Ed's voice actor Vic Mignogna.]]
** There's also the last episode where [[spoiler: Al sacrifices himself to resurrect Ed, and restore his body. Afterwards, Ed sacrifices his new arm and leg to save Al from death.]]
--> Al: [[spoiler: Goodbye brother. I'll miss you.]]
* ValuesDissonance: Izumi's domestic violence against the Elric brothers; Ed and Al basically abusing each other.
* ViewerGenderConfusion: Envy.
* WhatAnIdiot: [[spoiler:Wrath takes Ed's sample of Mrs. Elric's remains into himself to deny Ed using them on Sloth. Wrath fuses with Sloth. Ed and Sloth figure out what is very stupid about this, pretty much immediately.]]
* TheWoobie: The Elric brothers, many times. Wrath, Winry, arguably [[AntiVillain Scar]] and [[HighHeelFaceTurn Lust]].
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** Envy: [[DracoInLeatherPants Lovable gender-confused palm tree with a completely acceptable excuse for his psychopathy]] or CompleteMonster who doesn't deserve a bit of the fandom? Moreover, [[spoiler:was Roy justified in his actions when half-fighting, half-brutally torturing him or was it absolutely horrific and unethical?]]

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** Envy: [[DracoInLeatherPants Lovable gender-confused palm tree with a completely acceptable excuse for his his/her psychopathy]] or CompleteMonster who doesn't deserve a bit of the fandom? Moreover, [[spoiler:was Roy justified in his actions when half-fighting, half-brutally torturing him him/her or was it absolutely horrific and unethical?]]



** Envy: He/she's the worst of the homunculous and really doesn't care what he/she does or who he/she hurts as long as he/she enjoys him/herself.

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** Envy: He/she's S/he's the worst of the homunculous and really doesn't care what he/she s/he does or who he/she s/he hurts as long as he/she s/he enjoys him/herself.



* EvilIsCool: Envy is a bastard in every sense. He's just so damn awesome at it that the fans tend to find him [[EvillyAffable amusing anyway.]] Kimblee also fits. Greed also seems to [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this trope as he [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor alternates]] between Cool Evil and Cool Good at massive FaceHeelTurn and HeelFaceTurn speed.

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* EvilIsCool: Envy is a bastard bastard/bitch in every sense. He's S/he's just so damn awesome at it that the fans tend to find him him/her [[EvillyAffable amusing anyway.]] Kimblee also fits. Greed also seems to [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this trope as he [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor alternates]] between Cool Evil and Cool Good at massive FaceHeelTurn and HeelFaceTurn speed.



** Heck, most of the Homunculus, then.

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** Heck, most of the Homunculus, Homunculi, then.



*** Whether Envy deserved it or not isn't the point. If Scar had been torturing him, it would have been all right, because Scar had already surrendered to his rage long ago. The part you're supposed to focus on is Roy making the same mistake.
*** Surely there's a middle ground where we can simultaneously enjoy Envy [[KickTheSonOfABitch getting what's coming to him]] and fear that Roy's [[JumpOffTheSlipperySlope going past the point of no return]].

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*** Whether Envy deserved it or not isn't the point. If Scar had been torturing him, him/her, it would have been all right, because Scar had already surrendered to his rage long ago. The part you're supposed to focus on is Roy making the same mistake.
*** Surely there's a middle ground where we can simultaneously enjoy Envy [[KickTheSonOfABitch getting what's coming to him]] him/her]] and fear that Roy's [[JumpOffTheSlipperySlope going past the point of no return]].



*** That's the point. [[spoiler:Envy is no longer dramatic or ominous in that form, but ''pitiful''. Notice that the other characters largely ''ignore'' him while he blathers on and on.]] Deep down inside, [[spoiler:Envy]] is an utterly pathetic creature and [[spoiler:hates humans for being greater than him]], as [[spoiler:befits his name]].

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*** That's the point. [[spoiler:Envy is no longer dramatic or ominous in that form, but ''pitiful''. Notice that the other characters largely ''ignore'' him him/her while he s/he blathers on and on.]] Deep down inside, [[spoiler:Envy]] is an utterly pathetic creature and [[spoiler:hates humans for being greater than him]], him/her]], as [[spoiler:befits his his/her name]].



* UglyCute: Envy's chibi true form is guaranteed to make you giggle or want to huggle him [[spoiler:even when he's being broiled alive]]. Perhaps even more in that case. Also, Gluttony.

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* UglyCute: Envy's chibi true form is guaranteed to make you giggle or want to huggle him him/her [[spoiler:even when he's s/he's being broiled alive]]. Perhaps even more in that case. Also, Gluttony.
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** Envy: He's the worst of the homunculous and really doesn't care what he does or who he hurts as long as he enjoys himself.

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** Envy: He's He/she's the worst of the homunculous and really doesn't care what he he/she does or who he he/she hurts as long as he he/she enjoys himself.him/herself.

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* HoYay: There are some subtle events here and there that [[YourMilageMayVary might be suggestive]], such as [[spoiler:Roy Mustang's take on Hughes' death]]

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* HoYay: There are some subtle events here and there that [[YourMilageMayVary might be suggestive]], such as [[spoiler:Roy Mustang's take on Hughes' death]]death]].
* InNameOnly: A charge thrown at the first series due to the sheer number of differences between it and the manga.

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** This may be due in part to the fact the other anime covered essentially everything up to and to the end of Laboratory Five almost exactly as the manga does. Because the other anime is still relative fresh in many minds, the idea of essentially redoing exactly what it did probably wouldn't go over any better. The animators/writers/directors may have simply decided (this is conjecture) that it would be easier to move along to all the stuff the previous anime didn't cover in regards to the manga. as one gets farther into the story, towards and past episode 20, the pacing slows somewhat, and more characterization is performed.

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** This may be due in part to the fact the other anime covered essentially everything up to and to the end of Laboratory Five almost exactly as the manga does. Because the other anime is still relative relatively fresh in many minds, the idea of essentially redoing exactly what it did probably wouldn't go over any better. The animators/writers/directors may have simply decided (this is conjecture) that it would be easier to move along to all the stuff the previous anime didn't cover in regards to the manga. as one gets farther into the story, towards and past episode 20, the pacing slows somewhat, and more characterization is performed.



*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLUHijF3psM Last in the sequence]].



** Is Brotherhood's animation style bold, crisp, and original, or ugly, washed out, and far too cartoony?

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** Is Brotherhood's ''Brotherhood'''s animation style bold, crisp, and original, or ugly, washed out, and far too cartoony?



** The gold-toothed scientist. When Mustang refuses to perform human transmutation, he [[spoiler:gets one of his goons ''to slit hawkeye's throat'']] and says "How about now?"

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** The gold-toothed scientist. When Mustang refuses to perform human transmutation, he [[spoiler:gets one of his goons ''to slit hawkeye's Hawkeye's throat'']] and says "How about now?"



** Father/Homonculous: He thinks it's perfectly alright to sacrifice an entire country for himself to gain power, then bring them back to life so they could reproduce so he could keep "God" contained in his body by having them have kids whose souls he could devour.

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** Father/Homonculous: Father/Homunculus: He thinks it's perfectly alright to sacrifice an entire country for himself to gain power, then bring them back to life so they could reproduce so he could keep "God" contained in his body by having them have kids whose souls he could devour.



* FanNickname: Hoho and Hohopapa for Hohenheim, Scarbro for Scar's brother, Sexyhobo for Scar (No, really!), Shinri-kun or Truth-kun for [[spoiler:the guardian of the Doors of Truth]], [[spoiler:Greedling or [=GreedLin=] for Greed once he takes over Lin/Ling's body]] (which is used by Ed as a ShoutOut to the fanbase at one point), etc.

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* FanNickname: Hoho and Hohopapa for Hohenheim, Scarbro for Scar's brother, Sexyhobo for Scar (No, (no, really!), Shinri-kun or Truth-kun for [[spoiler:the guardian of the Doors of Truth]], [[spoiler:Greedling or [=GreedLin=] for Greed once he takes over Lin/Ling's body]] (which is used by Ed as a ShoutOut to the fanbase at one point), etc.



* HilariousInHindsight: Ed mentions he ever went to see God, he'd probably get sent right back to earth. [[spoiler: Guess what he does twice; once to escape certain doom, and again to save Alphonse in the final chapter]].

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* HilariousInHindsight: Ed mentions that if he ever went to see God, he'd probably get sent right back to earth. [[spoiler: Guess what he does twice; once to escape certain doom, and again to save Alphonse in the final chapter]].



** Years ago, [[VicMignogna Vic]] and [[CaitlinGlass Cait]] did a funny marriage proposal skit at a con. [[spoiler: [[WackyMarriageProposal We all know the last scene of the manga]].]]

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** Years ago, [[VicMignogna Vic]] and [[CaitlinGlass Cait]] did a funny [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IMyY7Qu5XTc funny/adorable marriage proposal skit skit]] at a con. [[spoiler: [[WackyMarriageProposal We all know the last scene of the manga]].]]



* IronWoobie: Alphonse, Edward, Izumi, Lan Fan, Alex Armstrong, Hawkeye, ''Mustang''... Oh well, ''almost every good guy''.

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* IronWoobie: Alphonse, Edward, Izumi, Lan Fan, Alex Armstrong, Hawkeye, ''Mustang''... Oh well, oh, hell, ''almost every good guy''.



*** Whether Envy deserved it or not isn't the point. If Scar had been torturing him, it would have been alright, because Scar had already surrendered to his rage long ago. The part you're supposed to focus on is Roy making the same mistake.

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*** Whether Envy deserved it or not isn't the point. If Scar had been torturing him, it would have been alright, all right, because Scar had already surrendered to his rage long ago. The part you're supposed to focus on is Roy making the same mistake.



** To be fair, a lot of Ed's allies fully regret their actions, and have some knowledge that it's nearly impossible to atone, ''Kimblee'', however...

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** To be fair, a lot of Ed's allies fully regret their actions, and have some knowledge that it's nearly impossible to atone, atone. ''Kimblee'', however...
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* NarmCharm: [[spoiler: After Father swallows Hohenhiem, he looks like he's pregnant. This is offset by the fact that Father's OneWingedAngel is '''''absolutely terrifying.''''']]

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* NarmCharm: [[spoiler: After Father swallows Hohenhiem, Hohenheim, he looks like he's pregnant. This is offset by the fact that Father's OneWingedAngel is '''''absolutely terrifying.''''']]

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* TheWoobie: Basically half of the sympathetic portion of the cast need hugs.


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** Is Brotherhood an excellent adaptation of the manga or a perfect example of AdaptationDecay?
*** It's best advised not to approach ANY of the above with a die-hard fan.
**** However, there are some die-hard fans who hate the infighting between the FanDumb and love all versions of the series.

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** Is Brotherhood an excellent ''Brotherhood'' a better adaptation of the manga or a perfect example of AdaptationDecay?
*** It's best advised not to approach ANY of the above with a die-hard fan.
**** However, there are some die-hard fans who hate the infighting between the FanDumb and love all versions of the series.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Did [[spoiler:Bradley's]] last words show that he really did care about his family or that he was a CompleteMonster who didn't give a shit about them at all? It's actually fairly obvious (see AlasPoorVillain) but people love to argue.
** And then there's Truth. GodIsEvil? GoodIsNotNice? Divine distributer of ironic punishment or just does it ForTheEvulz? It's up for debate.
** [[{{Omake}} 4 Koma Theater]]. [[NightmareFuel Scar]]. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Winry’s Parents]]. Will never be able to look at Scar the same way again. We need a “Crowning Moment of Ridiculous” page, but “Funny” will do for now.
*** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLUHijF3psM Last in the sequence]].



* ChaoticNeutral: Greed. Every time.



* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Maes Hughes is very popular with the American fanbase, much to the surprise of the Japanese creators.
** Why is that a surprise? He's a [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny Ears]] BadassNormal KnifeNut who ''[[SickeninglySweethearts LOVES]]'' his family. Why wouldn't we like that?


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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Though the series is full of [[GushingAboutCharactersYouLike likeable people]], Lan Fan is very popular among the ''Brotherhood'' fandom, despite only being a secondary character.
** Ditto Sheska, who many fans lament the disappearance of in the manga, [[BrotherChuck where she simply goes "poof" plotwise]].
* EvilIsCool: Envy is a bastard in every sense. He's just so damn awesome at it that the fans tend to find him [[EvillyAffable amusing anyway.]] Kimblee also fits. Greed also seems to [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] this trope as he [[HeelFaceRevolvingDoor alternates]] between Cool Evil and Cool Good at massive FaceHeelTurn and HeelFaceTurn speed.
** And of course, there's Wrath. A guy who can do all those feats of implausible awesome should have been here by default. [[spoiler:He took down ''a tank. ''With a '''sword.''''']]
** Heck, most of the Homunculus, then.
* FanNickname: Hoho and Hohopapa for Hohenheim, Scarbro for Scar's brother, Sexyhobo for Scar (No, really!), Shinri-kun or Truth-kun for [[spoiler:the guardian of the Doors of Truth]], [[spoiler:Greedling or [=GreedLin=] for Greed once he takes over Lin/Ling's body]] (which is used by Ed as a ShoutOut to the fanbase at one point), etc.
** Also Bob the Blob/[=Proto-Father=] for [[spoiler:Father's original form]], Mr. Monopoly, Colonel Clean (a.k.a. Sparkleman), Palm Tree, Shota [=McShadowrape=], Ninaxander, the Pimp Suit, [[spoiler:Fetus!Envy]], [[spoiler:Godfather]], Scarbro...
* GeniusBonus: Van Hohenheim is named after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paracelsus Paracelsus]], a.k.a. Phillippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus ''von Hohenheim''. In-story, the dwarf in the flask [[spoiler:i.e. Father]] names him Van Hohenheim but initially suggests he take on the name Theophrastus Bombastus.
* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Maes Hughes is very popular with the American fanbase, much to the surprise of the Japanese creators.
** Why is that a surprise? He's a [[BunnyEarsLawyer Bunny Ears]] BadassNormal KnifeNut who ''[[SickeninglySweethearts LOVES]]'' his family. Why wouldn't we like that?


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* IronWoobie: Alphonse, Edward, Izumi, Lan Fan, Alex Armstrong, Hawkeye, ''Mustang''... Oh well, ''almost every good guy''.
** The trope might as well be called "Fullmetal Woobie".
** [[spoiler: Armony]] from the first PS2 video game.


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* MemeticMutation: Regarding everything that happens once [[spoiler:Father successfully activates the national transmutation circle]]:
-->[[NeonGenesisEvangelion I know, I know I've let you down]]\\
[[LyricalDissonance I've been a fool to myself]]...


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* DeaderThanDisco: The first anime. It went from being considered a classic, masterpiece of an anime which got many people into the genre to a loathed series mainly because [[ItChangedNowItSucks it wasn't true to the manga]].

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* BrokenBase: [[{{Understatement}} Yeah, just a bit.]] In all seriousness, it borders on UnpleasableFanbase, especially concerning the different adaptations.
** Is the [[FullmetalAlchemistAnime the original anime adaptation]] a very well done PragmaticAdaptation or [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks a completely unnaceptable mess that perverts the original source material]]?
** Is Brotherhood's animation style bold, crisp, and original, or ugly, washed out, and far too cartoony?
** Was the manga's ending incredible or did it feel like fanfiction?
** Envy: [[DracoInLeatherPants Lovable gender-confused palm tree with a completely acceptable excuse for his psychopathy]] or CompleteMonster who doesn't deserve a bit of the fandom? Moreover, [[spoiler:was Roy justified in his actions when half-fighting, half-brutally torturing him or was it absolutely horrific and unethical?]]
** Edward Elric: Obnoxious BrattyHalfPint or total EstrogenBrigadeBait?
** Is Brotherhood an excellent adaptation of the manga or a perfect example of AdaptationDecay?
*** It's best advised not to approach ANY of the above with a die-hard fan.



* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Maes Hughes is very popular with the American fanbase, much to the surprise of the Japanese creators.



* HilariousInHindsight: Ed mentions he ever went to see God, he'd probably get sent right back to earth. [[spoiler: Guess what he does twice; once to escape certain doom, and again to save Alphonse in the final chapter]].
** ''TravisWillingham'' and ''LauraBailey'', who are the dub voices of Roy Mustang and Lust respectively, are now engaged. With that knowledge, just try to watch episode 19 without laughing at some point.



* LauncherOfAThousandShips: Lust



* NightmareRetardant: If something terrified you in a volume, chances are the omake will make fun of it in a such a way you'll never be able to take it seriously again.

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* NightmareRetardant: If something terrified you in a volume, chances are the omake will make fun of it in a such a way you'll never be able to take it seriously again.again.
* PortmanteauCoupleName: Royai for Roy Mustang/Riza Hawkeye, Edwin for Edward/Winry, [=LingFan=] for Ling/Lan Fan and [=AruMei=] or [=AluMei=] for Alphonse/May Chang.
* UglyCute: Envy's chibi true form is guaranteed to make you giggle or want to huggle him [[spoiler:even when he's being broiled alive]]. Perhaps even more in that case. Also, Gluttony.
* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: 'The Military Festival' gaiden.
* {{Woolseyism}}: Xing's answer to alchemy (''renkinjutsu'') is ''rentanjutsu''. This word refers to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_alchemy Chinese alchemy,]] but actually using something like "Oriental alchemy" or "Xingese alchemy" would get pretty stale and unwieldy after a while. The ''rentan'' refers to the goal of Chinese alchemy, the elixir of life. Drawing off of this, Funimation renamed it "alkahestry", after [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alkahestry alkahest]]. As a universal solvent, alkahest was another hypothetical goal of alchemy and would have had valuable medicinal applications; [[GeniusBonus if you understand the reference]], "alkahestry" manages to convey Chinese alchemy's greater concern with medicine than with gold and sounds exotic next to "alchemy".
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Even for a YMMV page, that\'s so petty as to reflect poorly on the wiki. And I don\'t even like Brotherhood.


* NightmareRetardant: If something terrified you in a volume, chances are the omake will make fun of it in a such a way you'll never be able to take it seriously again.
* WallBanger: [[spoiler: Roy's mustache]].

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* NightmareRetardant: If something terrified you in a volume, chances are the omake will make fun of it in a such a way you'll never be able to take it seriously again.
* WallBanger: [[spoiler: Roy's mustache]].
again.
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** Father/Homonculous: He thinks it's perfectly alright to sacrifice an entire country for himself to gain power, then bring them back to life so they could reproduce so he could keep "God" contained in his body by having them have kids whose souls he could devour.
** Envy: He's the worst of the homunculous and really doesn't care what he does or who he hurts as long as he enjoys himself.
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I was right. See [1] here for details.


* CharacterAlignment:
** LawfulGood: Roy, Riza, Olivier, Maes, Alex Louis, Jean, Vato, Kain , Heymans, Maria, Briggs Brigade, Sheska, Ling, Fu
** NeutralGood: Alphonse, Winry, Dr. Marcoh, Scar's Brother, Izumi, Sig Curtis, Pinako
** ChaoticGood: Scar, Van, Edward
** LawfulNeutral: King Bradley,
** TrueNeutral: Sloth
** ChaoticNeutral: Greed
** LawfulEvil: Father,Gold-Toothed Doctor, Gluttony, Lust, Pride, Cornello
** NeutralEvil: Envy, The Truth
** ChaoticEvil: Barry the Chopper
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Actually, I think I\'ll take it to the forums, just to be sure. Don\'t wanna ruffle any more feathers than necessary. :P

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* CharacterAlignment:
** LawfulGood: Roy, Riza, Olivier, Maes, Alex Louis, Jean, Vato, Kain , Heymans, Maria, Briggs Brigade, Sheska, Ling, Fu
** NeutralGood: Alphonse, Winry, Dr. Marcoh, Scar's Brother, Izumi, Sig Curtis, Pinako
** ChaoticGood: Scar, Van, Edward
** LawfulNeutral: King Bradley,
** TrueNeutral: Sloth
** ChaoticNeutral: Greed
** LawfulEvil: Father,Gold-Toothed Doctor, Gluttony, Lust, Pride, Cornello
** NeutralEvil: Envy, The Truth
** ChaoticEvil: Barry the Chopper
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Is there an alignment system? No? Then no go.


* CharacterAlignment:
** LawfulGood: Roy, Riza, Olivier, Maes, Alex Louis, Jean, Vato, Kain , Heymans, Maria, Briggs Brigade, Sheska, Ling, Fu
** NeutralGood: Alphonse, Winry, Dr. Marcoh, Scar's Brother, Izumi, Sig Curtis, Pinako
** ChaoticGood: Scar, Van, Edward
** LawfulNeutral: King Bradley,
** TrueNeutral: Sloth
** ChaoticNeutral: Greed
** LawfulEvil: Father,Gold-Toothed Doctor, Gluttony, Lust, Pride, Cornello
** NeutralEvil: Envy, The Truth
** ChaoticEvil: Barry the Chopper
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see discussion page
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** ChaoticGood: Scar, Van, Edward

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** ChaoticGood: Scar, Van, Edward Edward
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* CharacterAlignment:
** LawfulGood: Roy, Riza, Olivier, Maes, Alex Louis, Jean, Vato, Kain , Heymans, Maria, Briggs Brigade, Sheska, Ling, Fu
** NeutralGood: Alphonse, Winry, Dr. Marcoh, Scar's Brother, Izumi, Sig Curtis, Pinako
** ChaoticGood: Scar, Van, Edward
** LawfulNeutral: King Bradley,
** TrueNeutral: Sloth
** ChaoticNeutral: Greed
** LawfulEvil: Father,Gold-Toothed Doctor, Gluttony, Lust, Pride, Cornello
** NeutralEvil: Envy, The Truth
** ChaoticEvil: Barry the Chopper
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* Wallbanger: [[spoiler: Roy's mustache]].

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* Wallbanger: WallBanger: [[spoiler: Roy's mustache]].
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* NightmareRetardant: If something terrified you in a volume, chances are the omake will make fun of it in a such a way you'll never be able to take it seriously again.

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* NightmareRetardant: If something terrified you in a volume, chances are the omake will make fun of it in a such a way you'll never be able to take it seriously again.again.
* Wallbanger: [[spoiler: Roy's mustache]].
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