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| 3 | !!Warning, this page contains spoilers. |
| 4 | |
| 5 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 6 | |
| 7 | !From Black Butler |
| 8 | |
| 9 | [[folder:Queen Victoria (Spoilers)]] |
| 10 | !!Queen Victoria |
| 11 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Sayuri Sadaoka (JP, old), Creator/AyakoKawasumi (JP, young), Bridgett Dahl (EN, old), Creator/AlexisTipton (EN, young)[[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]]Maru Guzman (Latin American Spanish, old), Leslie Gil (Latin American Spanish, young), Josephine Schmidt (German), Juliana Shibata (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]] |
| 12 | |
| 13 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/122_young_queen.png]] |
| 14 | |
| 15 | The anime version of Queen Victoria who plays a drastically different, more villainous role than her manga counterpart. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | ->For tropes of her manga counterpart, see her folder [[Characters/BlackButlerGreatBritain here]]. |
| 18 | ------ |
| 19 | * AdaptationalAttractiveness: Thanks to Ash, she has the body of a cute young girl, as opposed to the elderly woman from the manga. |
| 20 | * AdaptationalVillainy: In the first anime series, Queen Victoria was the one responsible for the Phantomhives' deaths, in conjunction with Ash, and was attempting to start a world war. |
| 21 | * BigBad: In the anime, she's revealed to be the main villain, being behind Ciel's parents' deaths. |
| 22 | * BodyHorror: She has bits of her husband Albert's flesh ''merged with hers'', and it's ''still rotting.'' |
| 23 | * ElCidPloy: At the end of the first anime season, the real Queen Victoria is dead, killed by Ash, but Arthur arranges for a double to stand in for her, with only a few people knowing the truth. |
| 24 | * EvilWearsBlack: She always dresses in black and is revealed to be evil, as well as the murderer of Ciel's parents. |
| 25 | * ExpectingSomeoneTaller: When Queen Victoria makes her first public appearance for quite a while during the Curry Competition, several people in the audience comment that she seems particularly frail, not knowing about the FountainOfYouth situation because she keeps her veil down. |
| 26 | * FountainOfYouth: She can turn into a young girl thanks to Ash. |
| 27 | * HideYourOtherness: She keeps her veil over her face in public, as people would get suspicious if they saw their elderly queen with the face of a young girl. |
| 28 | * HimeCut: Her young body appears as a girl with blunt bangs, bra strap length sidelocks, and waist length straight hair, which is befitting for a queen. |
| 29 | * HistoricalVillainUpgrade: UsefulNotes/QueenVictoria was turned into the real BigBad of the first anime series. |
| 30 | [[/folder]] |
| 31 | |
| 32 | [[folder:The Angel (Spoilers)]] |
| 33 | |
| 34 | The true form of Angela/Ash. An insane angel kicked out of Heaven by God that seeks to regain the Almighty’s favor by purging humanity of anything it sees as sinful. |
| 35 | ---- |
| 36 | * AngelicBeauty: Looks very beautiful in both forms. Subverted horribly once you learn of their perverse, hypocritical obsession with cleansing. |
| 37 | * BigBad: The angel is behind many of the problems Ciel has to deal with in England and was also responsible for carrying out the murder of his parents, making it the reason he signed a contract with Sebastian for vengeance. |
| 38 | * BodyHorror: Of unnatural deconstruction of FusionDance type, as they tend to combine their prized targets into one body. |
| 39 | * BondageIsBad: Proves itself a hypocrite by lustfully whipping Sebasitan while claiming his demonic nature makes him impure. |
| 40 | * FallenAngel: Sebastian accuses them of this, and judging from their perverse and demented nature, he may be right. |
| 41 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Angela acts like a kind, yet abused woman, though deep inside she's very dominating and perverse. Ash acts like a ReasonableAuthorityFigure driven home by Creator/ChuckHuber's voice acting driving it home, but deep down is a BloodKnight pyromaniac. |
| 42 | * HolierThanThou: Views humans as unclean and needing to cleanse, despite being very lustful and psychotic. |
| 43 | * KnightTemplar: Destroying London to erase its filth, despite being a very lustful and horrible person. |
| 44 | * LightIsNotGood: Despite being an angel, they are very perverse, going after supernatural dogs for some pleasure, sadistic, has a warped idea of injecting BodyHorror into lovers by meshing them into abominations, using the power of sin to power them and disposes of anything that has no purpose. |
| 45 | * TheManBehindTheMan: Aside from Grell's little mishap and a few minor enemies, everything can traced back to them in the anime. |
| 46 | * MadnessMantra: During the VillainousBreakdown. |
| 47 | --> "Filthy. Unclean. Barren! USELESS! IMPOTENT! STAGNANT! ILLEGAL! FILTH FILTH FILTH FILTH FILARGARBHARGARHGBARGHAAAHH--" |
| 48 | * MoralMyopia: Their goal is to cleanse London to become pure for the new age because they view themself as the purest being in the country. Let's count the ways how bigoted they are: Angela being a dominatrix going after everything that can move including a transforming dog, [[BodyHorror fusing Ciel's parent's together as an abomination they'd later use to try and murder him]], toss their loyal doll minion like trash and faithfully turning little girls into dolls, trying kill the cultists who had been loyal to them once they served their purpose, manipulating the queen into planning a world war, only to leave her to die and sacrificing the population of London to create a barrier bridge against demons and empowering themselves. |
| 49 | * OurAngelsAreDifferent: For one thing, they appear to be male and female as opposed to genderless, and another, they're monstrous and bigoted in their actions. Or, at least this one is the latter. They were kicked out of Heaven by God, so they're probably not the finest example of an angel. |
| 50 | * PureIsNotGood: Their obsession with "purity" inspires most of their villainous actions. |
| 51 | * TheReveal: Is responsible for the Phantomhive destruction in the anime. Also, the fact that they are an angel. |
| 52 | * {{Retconjuration}}: Comes with being an angel. |
| 53 | * SerialKiller: Even without the whole angel thing, the way they killed Ciel's parents is very much in this trope. |
| 54 | * SexShifter: Uses a male and female identity for their work, though angels are supposed to be genderless in the first place. |
| 55 | * TakeOurWordForIt: Despite revealing everything that they're a corrupted angel that can switch genders and their overall scheme, it's never shown how they fuse the bodies of Ciel's parents and the Queen and her husband; but it's implied to be very horrific. |
| 56 | * VillainousBreakdown: By the end of the final battle, the Angel's sanity has gone completely down the toilet and as Sebastian tears them apart, they're reduced to shouting about how "filthy" he is before screaming gibberish in agony and hate. |
| 57 | [[/folder]] |
| 58 | |
| 59 | [[folder:Angela Blanc]] |
| 60 | !!Angela Blanc |
| 61 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkikoYajima (JP), Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard (EN)[[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]]Jocelyn Robles (Latin American Spanish), Christèle Billault (French), Schaukje Könning (German), Shallana Costa (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]] |
| 62 | |
| 63 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/290px-angela_blanc_6223.jpg]] |
| 64 | |
| 65 | The female form of the fallen angel. |
| 66 | ---- |
| 67 | %%* AngelUnaware |
| 68 | * BestialityIsDepraved: Angela fornicated with Pluto, a shape-shifting dog, hinting she's less innocent than she at first seems. The KnightTemplar attitude she possesses, along with this, show off her vastly unstable mentality. |
| 69 | * MarkOfTheSupernatural: The unnatural purple color of her eyes becomes relevant with the revelation that she's [[spoiler:an angel]]. |
| 70 | * MeaningfulName: Blanc is French for white. Nice name for someone obsessed by purity and the fact that Angela is an angel. |
| 71 | * {{Meido}}: Pretends to be this. |
| 72 | * MysticalWhiteHair: Is more of both, considering how transcendent or, in their case, inhuman they are. |
| 73 | * WhipOfDominance: Angela tortures Sebastian by giving ATasteOfTheLash all while wearing a {{Dominatrix}} outfit and clearly taking sadistic pleasure in whipping him. During the scene, she constantly switches from cruelly whipping him to being flirtatious and trying to convince him to submit and betray his master. |
| 74 | * WoundedGazelleGambit: Pretends to be a submissive woman to get Ciel and Sebastian's attention, but it's to learn about them. |
| 75 | [[/folder]] |
| 76 | |
| 77 | [[folder:Ash Landers]] |
| 78 | !!Ash Landers |
| 79 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SatoshiHino (JP), Creator/ChuckHuber (EN)[[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]]Creator/ArturoMercadoJr (Latin American Spanish), Antoine Tome (French), Rainer Doering (German), Hermes Baroli (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]] |
| 80 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/290px-ash_landers_2077.jpg]] |
| 81 | |
| 82 | The male form of the fallen angel. |
| 83 | ---- |
| 84 | * BattleButler: To the queen [[spoiler:though they toss her aside once she starts falling apart.]] |
| 85 | * BloodKnight: He finds fighting to be exciting, becoming almost maniacal about it, and easily becomes angry when any attention is diverted away from him during a fight. |
| 86 | %%* CoolSword |
| 87 | * MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:Ash is obsessed with burning things.]] |
| 88 | * ReadingTeaLeaves: He seems to know some level of tasseomancy, remarking good fortune with the stalks of his tea leaves are sticking upward. |
| 89 | %%* WhiteHairBlackHeart |
| 90 | [[/folder]] |
| 91 | |
| 92 | [[folder:Pluto]] |
| 93 | !!Pluto |
| 94 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Takafumi Yamaguchi (JP), Z. Charles Bolton (EN)[[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]]Jhonny Torres (Latin American Spanish), François Creton (French), Dirk Stollberg (German), Fabio Campos (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]] |
| 95 | |
| 96 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/290px-devil_human_7165.png]] |
| 97 | [[caption-width-right:180: Human form]] |
| 98 | [[caption-width-right:180:[[labelnote:Click here to see to see his demon hound form.]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/episode_9_37.png]][[/labelnote]] |
| 99 | |
| 100 | A demonic hound who somehow wandered into the human world, encountered by Ciel and company during a visit to the city of Houndmoor. Subsequently captured and brought back to the Phantomhive estate as a new pet. |
| 101 | ---- |
| 102 | * BigFriendlyDog: In a manner of speaking. |
| 103 | * TheBrute: [[spoiler:Pluto is this To Ash/Angela. ]] |
| 104 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: After Sebastian kicks him around, he becomes a docile and obedient pet to the Phantomhive estate. |
| 105 | * DogsAreDumb: In a meta sort of way; while he seems bright for a dog, he has only a dog's mind despite the fact he is a demon who can shapeshift into human form. |
| 106 | * HeelFaceTurn: Pluto left the side of [[spoiler: Ash/Angela]] and joined the Phantomhive family out of love towards Sebastian. |
| 107 | * HellHound: Seems like the Hunter type. |
| 108 | * HumanShifting: His natural form is a giant, silver-white-furred wolfdog, but he can assume a human's body. Unfortunately, his mind remains that of an ordinary dog. |
| 109 | * InnocentFanserviceGuy: Because he only has a dog's mind, he doesn't understand that being human means he should wear clothes. |
| 110 | * KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Near the end of the first season Pluto was killed by Finny, Mey-Rin, and Baldroy so as to stop him from burning all of London down. Also a literal case of ShootTheDog.]] |
| 111 | * NakedOnArrival: After [[HumanityEnsues changing to human form]]. |
| 112 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:Double subverted, when the Phantomhives go to put on a play, he's sitting down like a human and drinking tea, then immediately goes back to his usual dog like self.]] |
| 113 | * PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler: Especially when commanded by Ash/Angela.]] |
| 114 | * ShoutOut: Take out the demon-change-to-human part, and you get the other dog named Pluto. |
| 115 | * TheyHaveTheScent: Used to [[spoiler: track Lizzie when Drocell had her.]] |
| 116 | [[/folder]] |
| 117 | |
| 118 | [[folder:Drocell Keinz]] |
| 119 | !!Drocell Keinz |
| 120 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AnriKatsu (JP), Creator/SonnyStrait (EN)[[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]]Javier Olguín (Latin American Spanish), François Creton (French), Dirk Stollberg (German), Leandro Luna (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]] |
| 121 | |
| 122 | [[quoteright:202:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/DrocellProfile2_2999.png]] |
| 123 | |
| 124 | ->"''Therefore, I reason for a superior present to be given to a very dear person, the most suitable thing would be your very self.''" |
| 125 | |
| 126 | An enigmatic servant to his mysterious master. Drocell runs a humble shop to the public eye, but is actually a kidnapper who targets those who end up in possession of a specific jewel ring. |
| 127 | ---- |
| 128 | * AbnormalLimbRotationRange: His head turns ''at least'' 180 degrees. He also takes a TwistedKneeCollapse up to eleven. [[spoiler:Justified because he's a puppet.]] |
| 129 | * CreepyMonotone: Especially in the dub, Drocell speaks without much inflection. [[spoiler:This is another hint that he is not really human]]. |
| 130 | * DeadAllAlong / WasOnceAMan:[[spoiler: Died years prior to the events of the anime and was brought back as a doll with, presumably, a "temporary soul". It is however not made clear what exactly that is or how it works.]] |
| 131 | * EvilRedhead: A kind of orange/red, and a kidnapper. |
| 132 | * FacialMarkings: Drocell has a FleurDeLis painted or tattooed under his right eye. |
| 133 | * GuyLiner: As seen in the picture, Drocell wears some heavy makeup to go with his outfit. |
| 134 | * InconsistentSpelling: Has it worse than any other character. The "official" spelling seems to be [[http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120315233223/kuroshitsuji/images/8/89/Drossel_spelling_ref.png Drossel]] Kainz, but he's been spelled Drocell, Drozell, Keinz, Cainz, [[NameOfCain Caines]]... |
| 135 | * IronicNurseryTune: He changes the lyrics in ''My Fair Lady'', more commonly known as ''London Bridge Is Falling Down'', to [[spoiler:whatever he plans to use in the creation of their doll. It also controls the dolls he's already made]]. |
| 136 | ** [[spoiler: This is actually based on a longer version of the song, in which the bridge is rebuilt with the different materials he uses for dolls, but they all fail to stay up somehow.]] |
| 137 | %%* MarionetteMaster |
| 138 | * MarionetteMotion: {{Downplayed}}, but his movements still are a bit stiff at times. |
| 139 | * NothingIsScarier: It's never fully shown or explained exactly ''how'' he turns the kidnapped girls into dolls. |
| 140 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He gets rather close to [[spoiler:Lizzy]], whom he only just met. |
| 141 | * OrganGrinder: Which plays ''My Fair Lady'', sometimes it plays by itself. |
| 142 | * PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler:If he doesn't just turn you into a puppet, he can still move you around like one. He used this on Lizzy to try and kill Ciel with a battle ax.]] |
| 143 | * PerversePuppet: [[spoiler:He makes dolls based on real people and [[MarionetteMaster uses them to fight]]. He also happens to be one himself.]] |
| 144 | * PuppetPermutation: One of his specialties. |
| 145 | * RazorFloss: Appropriately enough for a puppeteer. [[OffWithHisHead Deals]] with someone with this. |
| 146 | * ReflectionlessUselessEyes: His dolls have them. |
| 147 | * [[StalkerWithACrush Stalker With/]][[StalkerWithoutACrush Without a Crush]]: Drocell is adamant to capture Ciel and [[spoiler:convert him into one of his puppets "made from silver and gold."]] |
| 148 | * UndyingLoyalty: Drocell's devotion to his master is absolute, even [[spoiler: when Sebastian splits his head open and spills the straw stuffing. He still gets up to report on the intruders and his own failure before collapsing dead.]] |
| 149 | -->'''Sebastian:''' "Perhaps I judged him too hastily. [[NotSoDifferentRemark He may well be one hell of a butler]]." |
| 150 | * VerbalTic: Some variant of "I reasoned" or "I thought to myself". |
| 151 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: He appears in maybe two and a half episodes out of 24. |
| 152 | * WickedToymaker: In life he was the puppeteer for a rich family, but CameBackWrong into a creepy puppeteer determined to turn those who had contact with the Shard of Hope into dolls. |
| 153 | [[/folder]] |
| 154 | |
| 155 | [[folder:Matilda Simmons]] |
| 156 | !!Matilda Simmons |
| 157 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Ao Takahashi (JP), Creator/LeahClark (EN)[[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]]Alina Galindo (Latin American Spanish), Josephine Schmidt (German)[[/labelnote]] |
| 158 | [[quoteright:336:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/matilda_simons.jpg]] |
| 159 | |
| 160 | A nun in a cult that resides in an abandoned Catholic monastery in Preston, Lancashire. |
| 161 | ---- |
| 162 | * NunTooHoly: Sebastian sets out to seduce her and make her "impure" in order to extract more information from her. |
| 163 | [[/folder]] |
| 164 | |
| 165 | !From Black Butler II |
| 166 | [[folder:Alois Trancy]] |
| 167 | !!Alois Trancy[[spoiler:/Jim Macken]] |
| 168 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NanaMizuki (JP), Creator/LuciChristian (EN)[[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]]Sebastián García (Latin American Spanish), Creator/JackieBerger (French), Christian Zeiger (German), Marina Santana (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]] |
| 169 | |
| 170 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BBAlois_7932.jpg]] |
| 171 | |
| 172 | ->"''Look at you! You're so filthy! You look just like a drowned rat!''" |
| 173 | ---- |
| 174 | * AgentPeacock: Dangerous and camp. |
| 175 | * AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Despite all the cruel acts committed by Alois, he showed himself to truly be in love with Claude. It make it all the more painful to watch as Claude murders Alois right as the young boy is confessing his love.]] |
| 176 | * AnimalMotifs: Apparently the Trancy clan has been long associated with spiders, and Alois himself has had quite a few FauxSymbolism scenes with spiders and webs. His contract mark [[spoiler: with Hannah]] even looks a bit like a spiderweb. |
| 177 | * AristocratsAreEvil: [[spoiler:Except he's not really the former Earl's son. The Earl of Trancy's real son disappeared years ago. Alois is a former sex slave who became the Earl's favourite, enough to be made him his successor]]. |
| 178 | * AttractiveBentGender: [[spoiler: When he wore his maid's clothes.]] |
| 179 | %%* AxCrazy: |
| 180 | * BadassAdorable: He has some decent chops with a sword and he was shrewd enough to know Ciel would go for a surprise blow at the start of their duel. |
| 181 | * BadBoss: To his servants. Regularly berates, or in Hannah's case, physically assaults them. |
| 182 | * BatheHerAndBringHerToMe: [[spoiler:He was forced to wear nothing but a red kimono when he expertly seduced Lord Trancy.]] |
| 183 | * BeautifulTears: The triplets comment that they find Alois's crying to be cute. |
| 184 | * BigBadWannabe: He's the head of his manor and commanding his servants to capture Ciel for him but it's clear from the get go that [[DragonInChief Claude]] is the real threat and [[spoiler:he's only using Alois for his own goals, killing him when he's no longer needed]]. |
| 185 | * BigFancyHouse: Even Ciel's own mansion can't compete. |
| 186 | * BodyguardCrush: Inverted, he has a (quite obvious) one on Claude. |
| 187 | * BreakTheCutie: In regards to his past, if any kid has had it worse than Ciel its Alois. |
| 188 | %%* BrokenBird: |
| 189 | * CannotSpitItOut: By this point it is pretty obvious he is [[HoYay in love with Claude]]. However, even right before [[spoiler: Claude kills him]], he still never directly says that he loves him. |
| 190 | * ChangelingFantasy: Claims that this is what happened to him as an infant, and the priest in the first episode even mentions that he claims to have been abducted by actual fairies. |
| 191 | * TheChessmaster: Tries to be this but Claude far outclasses him. |
| 192 | * CreepyChild: Much more so than Ciel, it gets even more chilling and also heartbreaking when you find out ''why'' he's like this. |
| 193 | * CreepyCrossdresser: Did this at one point to taunt Ciel. |
| 194 | %%* CuteAndPsycho: |
| 195 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: His whole village was killed, including the only person he cared about at the time (Luka, who supposedly was his brother, although it is unknown whether they were blood-related or not). He was then taken and used as a sex slave for the head of the Trancy manor. Then he met Claude.]] |
| 196 | * DealWithTheDevil: With Claude. [[spoiler: It doesn't end well [[DyingAlone for Alois]].]] |
| 197 | ** And again with [[spoiler: Hannah]]. |
| 198 | * DecoyProtagonist: The first episode of season 2 is set up so you might think he's taken over Ciel's role, including a brand new opening sequence with him at the center. It's not until the very end of the episode that this is proved wrong. |
| 199 | * DepravedHomosexual: [[spoiler: RapeAndSwitch, possibly.]] |
| 200 | * DesperatelyCravesAffection: Unfortunately for him none of the servants he has are really equipped to provide it. [[spoiler:Until Hannah reveals she ''is''.]] |
| 201 | * DoomedHometown: [[spoiler: At some point, ''everyone'' in the town where he and Luka were {{street urchin}}s in died.]] |
| 202 | * DyingAlone: [[spoiler:Even more of a TearJerker due to the fact that it was Claude, the only person he seemed to care about, who killed him.]] |
| 203 | * EtTuBrute: [[spoiler:At the end of episode 8, Claude offs him before their contract was even complete. Then again, the fact that he didn't save him from getting stabbed by Ciel earlier could also fit this trope.]] |
| 204 | * EvilBrit: Is British, specifically an Englishman. |
| 205 | * EyeScream: Performed on an undeserving maid. ''With his fingers.'' To [[LoveMakesYouEvil impress Claude]], apparently. |
| 206 | * FilleFatale: A RareMaleExample. Despite his young age, he already seems ''very'' aware of how to flirt and use sex appeal to get what he wants, has NoSenseOfPersonalSpace, and frequently wears revealing shorts. He's practically a textbook example of how young victims of sexual abuse [[PromiscuityAfterRape often show oversexed behavior]], [[spoiler:since in his backstory, he and other young boys were used as {{Sex Slave}}s to the previous Early Trancy]]. |
| 207 | * {{Foil}}: Of Ciel, along with ShadowArchetype. Lampshaded at one point when it's pointed out that Alois' story (disappears mysteriously and then reappears with an equally mysterious black butler) seems awfully familiar. |
| 208 | * {{Forgiveness}}: [[spoiler:It's implied that he was able to forgive Claude after the latter killed him, as Hannah mentioned that she, Claude, Alois and Luka can all be together in nirvana.]] |
| 209 | * FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:He is really an orphan named Jim Macken. In his childhood, he and his younger brother Luka got by as thieves. After all the people in his village mysteriously died (including Luka), he was sent to the Trancy household to be a SexSlave. This is where he formed a contract with Claude, and inherited the Trancy household fortune by using seducing old man Trancy until he had Claude off him and declaring himself heir.]] |
| 210 | * HappinessInSlavery: As a result of being sexually abused by Lord Trancy, he actually starts enjoying being a sex slave. This is also what causes him to be sexually-driven when he becomes the household's new Earl. |
| 211 | * HatesBeingAlone: [[spoiler:As a result of losing his brother Luka,]] Alois hates being alone and will do anything to get people's attention, even using sexual advances, ColdBloodedTorture, and purposefully making a mess of things. |
| 212 | * IJustWantToBeLoved: Ultimately this is all he really wants, to be genuinely loved by someone. [[spoiler:He finally gets his wish in the end, from Hannah no less]]. |
| 213 | * IOweYouMyLife: Subverted. [[spoiler: He ''would'' owe Claude his life, in a very literal sense (as with Ciel towards Sebastian), except that Claude killed him in episode 8 after finding Ciel's soul tastier. However, [[DeathIsCheap he came back to life]] in episode 10, but it is unclear if he still has a contract with Claude, and therefore it is also unclear if he still owes him his life.]] |
| 214 | * IcyBlueEyes: Oh so very much. He is very sadistic, and has icy blue eyes. Lord Trancy compared his eyes to dirty rain water upon their first encounter. |
| 215 | * InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: One of Alois' defining characteristics is his feminine mannerisms. His signature outfit also consists of a reddish pink coat, and is often seen wearing high-heeled boots. He is even shown crossdressing in one part of the show, dressing as a maid. |
| 216 | * {{Leitmotif}}: The Slightly Chipped Full Moon and its variations. |
| 217 | * LonelyRichKid: Though he got what he wanted in the form of the Trancy estate he's incredibly lonely, and most of his acting out is a symptom of this. |
| 218 | * LoveMakesYouEvil: [[EyeScream Poking out Hannah's eye]]...to [[{{Squick}} impress]] [[HoYay Claude]], apparently. |
| 219 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: Given that he grew up poor and powerless among ''other things'', he relishes every ounce of his newfound wealth and noble status. |
| 220 | %%* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning |
| 221 | * NakedOnArrival: His very first scene is him naked [[spoiler:having just gotten out of bed with Earl Trancy]]. |
| 222 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: The very first time he and Ciel are in the same room together he gets ''way'' too close and starts licking him. |
| 223 | * NouveauRiche: He flaunts his money and doesn't really seem to care, as seen by the first episode when he tosses bills and bills of money down to his "uncle". |
| 224 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: What he did to Earl Trancy. While you can definitely argue that the guy ''needed'' killing, after that it's just downhill for Alois. |
| 225 | * PleaseDontLeaveMe: [[spoiler: Performed on Claude. Claude still killed him.]] |
| 226 | * PromiscuityAfterRape: His disturbingly sexual behavior despite being so young is a result of [[spoiler:being used as a SexSlave by the previous Earl Trancy]]. |
| 227 | * RagsToRiches: [[spoiler:Started off as an orphan, but inherited the Trancy estate and became an Earl. Of course, the ''means'' by which he got it in terms of both what was done to him and what he did are hardly an inspiring story.]] |
| 228 | * RapeAsBackstory: His backstory reveals he used to be a SexSlave to the late Earl Trancy. It's one of the things that led him to make a contract with Claude in the first place. |
| 229 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Red Oni to Claude's Blue Oni. Can also be considered the Red Oni to Ciel's Blue Oni. |
| 230 | * RoyalBrat: He's not royalty but he's got the bratty attitude, Claude even calls him ''Your Highness''. |
| 231 | %%* SissyVillain: |
| 232 | * TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:He, Luka, Claude, and Hannah. Somehow.]] |
| 233 | * TroubledButCute: Due to his DarkAndTroubledPast, and he's learned how to use his cuteness as tool to his advantage. |
| 234 | * TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: To say the frickin' least. Barely minutes into the first episode he gouges Hannah's eye out. And that's just the tip of the iceberg. |
| 235 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: He was this before his StartOfDarkness. Unlike Ciel though, this part of Alois never ''completely'' went away. |
| 236 | * VillainousFashionSense: At the costume ball he holds, wears a costume with a devil wing motif on it. |
| 237 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: He's an AxCrazy CreepyChild with a DarkAndTroubledPast who only wants someone to love him in place of his dead brother (and likes to gouge out his servants' eyes). |
| 238 | %%* {{Yandere}}: For Claude after CharacterDevelopment. |
| 239 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Once Claude finds a more hateful soul for his taste, namely Ciel's, he murder Alois to use his soul as a tool to get it.]] |
| 240 | [[/folder]] |
| 241 | |
| 242 | [[folder:Claude Faustus]] |
| 243 | !!Claude Faustus |
| 244 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakahiroSakurai (JP), Creator/JasonDouglas (EN)[[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]]Manuel Campuzano (Latin American Spanish), Jean-Pierre Leblan (French), Matthias Deutelmoser (German), Felipe Grinnan (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]] |
| 245 | |
| 246 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/claude_faustus_1.jpg]] |
| 247 | |
| 248 | ->"''Passion to calm, hesitation to resolve, love to gravestones. That is the Trancy butler.''" |
| 249 | ---- |
| 250 | * TheAce: Like Sebastian, Claude is as capable of doing almost everything, from cooking, cleaning, decorating, and, of course, fighting. The only difference is that lacks both Sebastian's signature charisma and [[spoiler:loyalty to his master]]. |
| 251 | * BadassInANiceSuit: As is tradition for demons in this series. |
| 252 | * BattleButler: Is the Sebastian to Alois' Ciel. |
| 253 | * BigBad: Sets off the second season by taking advantage of Sebastian's wounds and trying to [[spoiler:steal Ciel's soul]]. |
| 254 | * BodyguardBetrayal: [[spoiler:In episode 8, Claude betrays Alois.]] |
| 255 | %%* CheshireCatGrin |
| 256 | * CoolSword: The Demon Sword Laevatein, which he stores [[BodyHorror inside Hannah]]. |
| 257 | * DecoyProtagonist: Based on certain promotional content alone, one could incorrectly assume that Claude is the new BattleButler protagonist of Black Butler II. But you know what they say about assuming. |
| 258 | * DragonInChief: He's much more powerful and intelligent than Alois Trancy and only uses him to get to his own goal, [[SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious Ciel's soul]]. |
| 259 | * EvilBrit: If a non-human can count as one. |
| 260 | * EvilCounterpart: To ''Sebastian'' of all people. Both men are demons, but Claude's attitude toward his Master couldn't be any different from Sebastian's relationship with Ciel. Claude's contract with Alois is based on one-sided affection, with Alois clearly pining for him whereas Claude treats their contract as a mere business transaction. [[spoiler:He develops an interest in Ciel after tasting his blood and realizing how "pure" his soul is and is desperate to claim it, even going so far as to kill Alois and break the contract before its completion.]] This is in stark contrast to Sebastian, who has some semblance of care for his contractor and will fulfill the contract to its completion [[spoiler:despite literally ''starving'' himself so he can relish the "exquisite taste" of Ciel's soul]]. |
| 261 | * FangsAreEvil: Like Sebastian, in his human form he has notably sharp fangs. |
| 262 | * FourEyesZeroSoul: Poor vision and a lack of empathy, even towards [[spoiler: his own master]]. |
| 263 | %%* TheGlassesComeOff |
| 264 | * GratuitousEnglish: "Yes, [[ActorAllusion your highness]]." |
| 265 | * HellishPupils: Occasionally. |
| 266 | * ItsAllAboutMe: To put it simply, you're either Claude's next meal, a tool get his next meal, or an obstacle in the way of his next meal. Otherwise you're just dead. |
| 267 | %%* {{Jerkass}}: Exaggerated with his behavior towards Hannah in the Trancy OVA. |
| 268 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: Much like Sebastian, only much more evil. |
| 269 | * MindRape: After he [[spoiler: killed Alois]], Claude abducted Ciel, drugged him, practically drowned him, and overall completely screwed with his mental state to the point of semi-hypnotism to accomplish his goals. |
| 270 | * MeaningfulName: Claude '''Myth/{{Faust}}us'''. |
| 271 | * TheOathbreaker: [[spoiler:Sorry, Alois.]] |
| 272 | * RazorFloss: His spider webs act as this. |
| 273 | * RealMenWearPink: He's got a real talent for crocheting, as episode 9 of the season 2 shows. Though that may be playing with the fact that he's a [[spoiler:[[AnimalMotifs spider]] demon]]. |
| 274 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Blue Oni to Alois's Red Oni. |
| 275 | * StoicSpectacles: He's incredibly stoic, and is regularly seen with his glasses. |
| 276 | * SupernaturalGoldEyes: His eyes are yellow/gold and he's a demon disguised as a butler. |
| 277 | * TheUnsmile: He smiles at the beginning of episode 8, [[{{Squick}} shocking and disgusting]] Alois. |
| 278 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Alois. [[spoiler: At least it seems like that at first but it soon becomes clear that Claude only sees him as a meal and once he becomes obsessed with Ciel's soul, he kills Alois and uses his soul as a tool to get it.]] |
| 279 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Towards Alois: He wanted Alois' soul at first but when he got a taste of Ciel's soul and realized Alois' soul wasn't hateful enough for his taste, Clause murders his master]]. |
| 280 | [[/folder]] |
| 281 | |
| 282 | [[folder:Hannah Annafellows]] |
| 283 | !!Hannah Annafellows |
| 284 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyaHirano (JP), Creator/CaitlinGlass (EN)[[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]]Mayra Arellano (Latin American Spanish), Céline Melloul (French), Fernanda Baronne (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]] |
| 285 | |
| 286 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/BBHannah_8007.jpg]] |
| 287 | ---- |
| 288 | * AffablyEvil: Despite working for Claude, who has an unhealthy and violent obsession with Ciel, she's nothing short of polite. [[spoiler:She's also a demon and is utterly loyal to her more recent contractors.]] |
| 289 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Has dark skin and light blue hair. [[spoiler:Probably doesn't have a specifc race, since she's not actually human.]] |
| 290 | * AntiVillain: Type II. |
| 291 | * BarehandedBladeBlock: [[spoiler:Against a freaking ''chainsaw'', no less. {{Justified|Trope}} by the fact that she's a demon.]] |
| 292 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler: One of the two reasons she becomes attached to Luka. Hannah notes that he was genuinely excited that she appeared to him to grant his wish and that, [[YourSoulIsMine upon his death]], he was the first soul to have ever expressed gratitude towards her for granting their wish. [[TearsFromAStone She was mournful in his death.]]]] |
| 293 | * BenevolentBoss: [[spoiler: It is revealed in "Crossroads Butler" that the demon triplets actually serve Hannah when we see them groom her and assist her burning down Luka's and Alois' village in a flashback. In "Spider's Intentions", she is shown treating them gently, placing flowers in their hair, with the triplets seeming quite fond of her, preferring Hannah over Claude.]] |
| 294 | * BodyHorror: [[spoiler:In episode 10, she opens her mouth disgustingly wide to give Ciel a look at Alois' eye that she stole, which stares back at him from seemingly an abyss inside her.]] |
| 295 | * ButtMonkey: In her ''very first'' scene, Alois gets annoyed with her and gouges her eye out. This pretty well sets the tone for her subsequent scenes. |
| 296 | * ClothingDamage: A lot. Usually at Alois' hands. |
| 297 | * {{Expy}}: Of Angela. Both have white hair, look vulnerable at first, are actually stronger than they look and very manipulative and [[spoiler:have crossed the limits of their own species (one is a FallenAngel and the other is a demon with feelings)]]. |
| 298 | * EyeScream: The unfortunate(?) victim. |
| 299 | ** Then she redirects it by [[spoiler: swallowing Alois's eye and keeping it in the back of her mouth so his soul can use it to take over Ciel's body.]] |
| 300 | * GirlWithPsychoWeapon: Even worse than the giant gun she keeps [[TrouserSpace hidden somewhere]] is the [[VisualInnuendo massive sword]] she keeps literally inside her. |
| 301 | * GoGoEnslavement: Several of the outfits Alois has her wear. |
| 302 | * GreenEyedMonster: Shown to be jealous of Alois' love for Claude in [[{{OVA}} "Spider's Intention"]]. This is understandable considering that she has Alois' best interests at heart [[spoiler: while Claude ''does not''.]] |
| 303 | * HiddenDepths: She turns out to ''much'' more important than she seemed at first. |
| 304 | * HumansAreSpecial: She originally saw humans as nothing but food like any other demon. Then she met Luka... |
| 305 | * HyperspaceArsenal : She ''IS'' one. |
| 306 | * IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHim: Said to Claude in [[{{OVA}} "Spider's Intention"]] in regards to Alois since she's aware of Claude's more... devious nature. She doesn't get to finish her line though since [[{{Jerkass}} Claude's already pinned her to a tree and starts to assault and ridicule her.]] |
| 307 | * InconsistentSpelling: Depending on the subs, it's either "Anafeloz" or "Annafellows". |
| 308 | * LoveMartyr: For Alois. No matter how much he hurts her, she wouldn't think of leaving him, since [[spoiler: she absorbed Luka's love for him. And he finally reciprocates her love when he finds out that she's always loved him and wanted nothing more but the best for him.]] |
| 309 | * MamaBear: To Alois, despite the way he treats her. She has her reasons. |
| 310 | * MsFanservice: Although to some, with the amount of [[{{Gorn}} eroguro]] that she becomes involved with, it could be FanDisservice. |
| 311 | * MysticalWhiteHair: Her hair is silver, [[spoiler:which hints her true identity as a demon.]] |
| 312 | * NinjaMaid: Can be a decent fighter when prompted. |
| 313 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: While we were all busy feeling sorry for the poor girl with one eye, she went and OutGambitted everybody in the show by [[spoiler: having Alois' soul take over Ciel's body. Then she took both Ciel's and Alois's souls, forcing Sebastian and Claude into a duel over the former's, before making Ciel into a demon so that they both lose anyway]]. |
| 314 | * TheReveal: [[spoiler: Hannah was the one who made the contract that took Luka's soul, and she came to serve him alongside Claude because she and Luka both wanted to be near Alois.]] |
| 315 | * TearsFromAStone: [[spoiler:Demons aren't exactly emotionless but you do not make one cry easily.]] |
| 316 | * TrouserSpace: Where she seems to store a... [[{{Squick}} rather large machine gun]]. |
| 317 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Alois/[[spoiler:Jim Macken and his younger brother Luka.]] |
| 318 | * YourSoulIsMine: [[spoiler:In the end, SHE ends up with Luka AND Alois' souls. [[TogetherInDeath They're pleased.]]]] |
| 319 | [[/folder]] |
| 320 | |
| 321 | [[folder:Thompson, Timber, and Canturbury]] |
| 322 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenichiSuzumura (JP), Creator/ScottFreeman (EN)[[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]]Fernando Calderón (Latin American Spanish), Arnaldo Santini (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]] |
| 323 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/black_butler_triplets.png]] |
| 324 | |
| 325 | ->''"None of your business."''\ |
| 326 | ''"My cowlick spins to the left."''\ |
| 327 | ''"My cowlick spins to the right."'' |
| 328 | ---- |
| 329 | * BewareTheQuietOnes: They can kick quite a bit of ass when prompted. |
| 330 | * BuxomBeautyStandard: In their opinions, larger breasts are better. |
| 331 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: To different degrees, when Claude presented the staff with [[spoiler:Alois's soul trapped in]] a ring, Timber wonders if he's going to use it to propose to someone. |
| 332 | * CreepyTwins: Creepy Triplets, rather. In the first opening sequence, their heads jerk unnaturally towards the camera. |
| 333 | * CuteMute: Until the OVA, at least. |
| 334 | * HeWhoMustNotBeHeard: Until the OVA, when Alois demands that they speak up. |
| 335 | * IdenticalTwinIDTag: Triplet ID Tag, in this case; their ways of parting their hair are the easiest way to tell them apart. Thompson's falls in a point to the center, Cantebury's is swept to the left, and Timber's is swept to the right. |
| 336 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Sebastian impales all three through the forehead with their combined spear/javelin weapon. They go about their business impaled together until removing it offscreen. |
| 337 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: And glow on occasion. |
| 338 | * SameSexTriplets: They're triplet brothers who are all identical. |
| 339 | * ThemeTwinNaming: They're all named after British writers. |
| 340 | [[/folder]] |
| 341 | |
| 342 | [[folder:Luka Macken (Spoilers)]] |
| 343 | !!Luka Macken |
| 344 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MarinaInoue (JP), Creator/LindsaySeidel (EN)[[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]]Sebastián Albavera (Latin American Spanish), Enzo Dannemann (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]] |
| 345 | |
| 346 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/LukaCharaProfile_14.png]] |
| 347 | |
| 348 | The younger brother of Jim Macken AKA Alois Trancy. |
| 349 | ---- |
| 350 | * AmbiguousInnocence: Between [[ParentalAbandonment dead parents]] and [[IDidWhatIHadToDo needing to steal to live]], Luka apparently never realized that, well... ''summoning demons to kill people is wrong''. Also, in [[{{OVA}} Spider's Intention]], there was a moment where Luka was showing Hannah the swing where he and his brother regularly swung from, and [[BigBrotherWorship telling her how amazing he is at it.]] While telling her, he sees two boys, presumably the two who harassed him in the main season play on the swingset prompting him to ask if they'll be annihilated along with the village later on. |
| 351 | * BigBrotherWorship: He adores his brother Jim. |
| 352 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Or in his case, Little Brother Instinct. He summons Hannah for the sake of Jim. This also serves as the second reason Hannah becomes attached to Luka. |
| 353 | * CheerfulChild: He's a cheerful little boy whose only wish is for the happiness of his older brother. |
| 354 | * ChekhovsGunman: Shows up for a "blink and you'll miss it" moment in episode 1 during Alois' flashback. It's not until much later that we find out the story behind him. |
| 355 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: One of the series' [[CrapSackWorld few]] emotionally innocent children. |
| 356 | * CreepyChild: Being rather pleased that your DealWithTheDevil killed a village is weird. |
| 357 | * DealWithTheDevil: He was the one who summoned Hannah. |
| 358 | * MeaningfulEcho: "Yes, your highness." |
| 359 | * MoralityPet: Hannah was a typical, uncaring demon until she was summoned by Luka. His naivety and selfless reason for selling his soul shock her immensely, to the point where she became Alois's servant just to be close to him for Luka's soul. |
| 360 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: He remains an innocent child until the end, but that causes [[FridgeLogic one to wonder]] just how he contracted Hannah. |
| 361 | [[/folder]] |
| 362 | |
| 363 | [[folder:Lord Trancy]] |
| 364 | !!Lord Trancy |
| 365 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Shinya Fukumatsu (JP), Charlie Campbell (EN)[[labelnote: Foreign [=VAs=]]]Creator/HumbertoSolorzano (Latin American Spanish), Guilherme Marques (Portuguese)[[/labelnote]] |
| 366 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/headtrancy.JPG]] |
| 367 | |
| 368 | The previous head of the Trancy household. |
| 369 | ---- |
| 370 | * AnimalMotif: Just like with Alois, Lord Trancy has been compared to a spider, given how he essentially captures vulnerable children to fulfil a sexual appetite in a sort of metaphorical web. |
| 371 | -->'''Gatekeeper:''' ''Unfortunate prey caught in his nest...He consumes their noble purity to the last drop.'' |
| 372 | * DirtyOldMan: Trancy is an elderly fellow who abducts children so that he can have sex with them against their will. Additionally, he refers to them as if they were his personal sex toys, calling them "dolls", "broken", or "fragile". |
| 373 | * FatBastard: He's fat, but he's not very pleasant to be around, especially if you're a kid. |
| 374 | * {{Gonk}}: Even for an elderly man, Trancy's not quite the looker. He is overweight, has small icy blue eyes, long spindly hair, a square chin, moles covering his body, and a large mouth with only two protruding teeth. |
| 375 | * GreaterScopeVillain: He is this for ''Black Butler II''. One of the children he so happens to abduct was Jim Macken, who would later take his place as Alois Trancy after his death. His actions towards Macken was also what got him into the sadistic, sexually-driven Earl that he is today. |
| 376 | * KarmaHoudini: As if his crimes of mass child trafiking weren't bad enough, he gets away with all of it scott free, and only dies of natural causes. |
| 377 | * KickTheDog: Right from the start, when he is fully introduced, the first thing that he does when he sees Alois' icy blue eyes is beat him with his cane, simply because they remind him of filthy sewer water. |
| 378 | * PedoHunt: Lord Trancy is the overarching antagonist of ''Black Butler II'', and he is also a pedophile. |
| 379 | * RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Lord Trancy abducts kids from across the country so that he can imprison them and then rape them. |
| 380 | [[/folder]] |
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