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15	A character sheet of ''Anime/GargantiaOnTheVerdurousPlanet''.
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21	[[folder:Galactic Alliance of Humankind]]
22	!!Ledo
23	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tropes_ledo_9556.jpg]]
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25	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaitoIshikawa (Japanese), Creator/AlanLee (English)
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27	A soldier of the Galactic Alliance, Ledo, is an ace [[HumongousMecha Caliber]] pilot who, during a decisive battle between his fleet and a hostile alien race known as the Hideauze, was forced into a wormhole, stranding him in an unknown time and location. The residents of the world where Ledo now finds himself a permanent resident are not at odds with the Hideauze, forcing him to adapt to life outside of a perpetual war that has occupied his entire life.
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29	* AdventurerArchaeologist: [[spoiler:The ending shows that he's picked his profession as a salvager. He's in a partnership with Bevel to decipher the lost secrets of the past age and targets artifacts with historical or scientific value. He's also working on deciphering the Hideauze language and forging a relationship with them.]]
30	* AntiHero: He is willing to help other characters that are in danger as long as he is ''[[BlindObedience told]]'' to do so. However, he has been raised throughout his entire life as a ChildSoldier without a moral code, and the solution to dealing with enemies is [[MurderIsTheBestSolution flatout killing them]] without showing any form of remorse, which shocked many of the Gargantian residents when he was combating the pirates. However, [[CharacterDevelopment he gets a bit better, though]].
31	* BadassBoast: "I fear nothing!"
32	* BlindObedience: To the cause of killing Hideauze, or anything perceived as being them, at all costs. When a huge pod of whalesquid passes under the fleet, Ridget is forced to hold him at gunpoint so that he doesn't attack them and make them angry -- which he very much wants to do, despite the fact that doing so might have put the fleet at risk. Later subverted when he makes it clear that part of the reason he wants to destroy the whale-squid is that he's worried that they might force the humans on Earth into a similar situation to the one the Alliance is in.
33	* BrokenPedestal: Kugel becomes one to him at the end of the series. When he was serving in the Galactic Alliance, Ledo had high regard for Kugel. However, he ends up losing Kugel's trust when [[spoiler:he realizes that his cult intends to destroy Gargantia and that Kugel is DeadAllAlong]].
34	* CharacterDevelopment: Although [[NiceJobBreakingItHero he still does some really stupid things]] while at Gargantia, spending a lot of months in a peaceful civilization allows Ledo to gradually transform from a emotionless ChildSoldier, whose only goal in his life to defeat the Hideauze, to a young boy who developed ''some'' form of moral conscience. Compare his [[spoiler:totally emotionless response when a boy was sent to be burnt to death for deficiency in a flashback to episode 9 where he reacted in sadness and angst when he finds out that the Hideauze are actually genetically modified humans and Chamber killing a baby Hideauze without his command]].
35	* CharacterTic: He's constantly carving peculiar ocarinas. Given that he doesn't seem to know what they are, it's almost certainly an instinctive habit. He picked it up from a kid he used to know [[spoiler:who showed it to him right before he was sent to be incinerated for deficiency.]]
36	* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:It's implied that the [[MusicSoothesTheSavageBeast ocarina]] can calm down the Hideauze.]]
37	* ChildSoldier: To the extreme. Not only is he an experienced soldier at 16, it's the only life he knows, and it's the only life he was raised to understand. The only other mode of life he is aware of is to stand by and await further orders.
38	* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: [[spoiler:By "merging" with Chamber, he can enhance their abilities at the cost of essentially burning out his own body. In the final episode, Chamber is extremely reluctant to have him go through with it and eventually kicks him out of the cockpit so he can survive.]]
39	* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: Episode 5 has him wondering what kind of job he can take in Gargantia. He doesn't seem to fit in either fishing, farming, ranching, or salvaging. The episode ends without him figuring out his place in the fleet. He finally decides to be part of the Salvage Teams in Episode 6. [[spoiler:Episode 7 has his purpose in life come looking for him: to be a soldier.]]
40	* {{Determinator}}: At one point, Pinion sends him on a mysterious errand that takes him through Gargantia's red-light district. His first time through, he is harassed by several transvestites who comically attempt to force him to become one of them, freaking Ledo out severely, as might be expected, and ending with him being chased up and falling out of a high tower. Ledo later braves the area ''twice'' more in order to finish the job.
41	* EatingTheEyeCandy: After being the eye candy for most of the girls around him during the BeachEpisode, Ledo finally returns the favor by eating up Amy's belly dance. It's one of the first signs he's NotSoStoic as it seems and a DefrostingIceKing. Eventually, he just straight up comes to Amy and asks for an encore... and Amy, being as madly in love with him as she is, is more than happy to oblige.
42	* EloquentInMyNativeTongue: A variation. When speaking of the need to eradicate the Hideauze, he slips back into the Alliance's language and relies on Chamber's translation because he doesn't have the words to make his point as emphatic as he would like.
43	* FishOutOfWater: He's a bit squicked out when Chamber tells him that he's been offered carcasses (i.e. fish jerky) to eat. He also has no clue about balance between factions on Earth. Judging from what we've seen of the Alliance, it's unlikely he knows much of anything beyond being a soldier.
44	* GoingNative: [[spoiler:At the end of the series, he settles down on Gargantia and becomes a salvager.]]
45	* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:'''Holy cow,''' does he ever in Episode 9. See HeroicBSOD below for more details.]]
46	* HeroicBSOD: He has a ''massive'' one in Episode 9 upon discovering that [[spoiler:the Hideauze were a faction of humans who responded to earth's devolving climate by genetically modifying themselves to be able to survive in extreme environments, and the Galactic Alliance originated as those who opposed this measure and just wanted to abandon earth in its entirety.]] Still don't think it was big? [[spoiler:He ''tries to stop Chamber from killing a Hideauze.'']]
47	* HeroicSacrifice: Averted. [[spoiler:At the climax of his battle against Striker, Ledo resolves to use Chamber at full power, which would result in his organ systems shutting down and dying. After Ledo tells Chamber his reasons for choosing to sacrifice himself, Chamber uses a Caliber protocol to declare Ledo "unfit" as a soldier and detaches the cockpit. Ledo can only look on as Chamber instead sacrifices himself to stop Striker, and is left in tears when the latter's wreckage falls into the ocean.]]
48	* IChooseToStay: [[spoiler:Not that he has much choice, but after everything he's been through and has learned, Ledo ultimately accepts life on Gargantia and chooses to live peacefully as a savager, although, a girl like Amy would be more than enough of a reason for him to stay.]]
49	* InconsistentSpelling: Is it "Ledo" or "Red?" Ledo, if you decipher the {{Fictionary}}. The supplementary light novel also uses Ledo.
50	* InSeriesNickname: Melty always refers to him as "the hottie" (''ikemen'') and never by name.
51	* InstantExpert: ''Averted''. He attempts to control a Yunboro instead of Chamber in episode six. While he does get a hold of the very basic controls, he overestimated the technology within it.[[note]]While he wasn't expecting an AI on Chamber's level, he expected at least a primitive guide program capable of assessing the situation for him, as Chamber often does, and was surprised when he was told to do so on his own by eye.[[/note]] Also, since he doesn't know how to swim, he had no idea how to get the Yumboro to do the same and wound up having to get fished out by some crew members on the Gargantia.
52	* LanguageBarrier: In early episodes he relies on Chamber for translations, and wears a small headset for that purpose. But by episode 4 he's able to string together simple sentences on his own, and his mastery of the language continues to grow so that by the final episodes he no longer needs to depend on Chamber. Definitely Symbolic.
53	* TheLoad: A large part of his personal conflict is that he has no useful skills of his own with which he can support himself. He's given living quarters as a stipend, and his cost of living is low enough that loaning out Chamber for manual labor gets him by, but he's looked down upon with pity or mild contempt because he doesn't contribute to a society in which you need to find a place for yourself or you burden the community.
54	* MeaningfulName: "Ledo" may be derived from Leto, the Greek titaness, whose own name may derive from the Greek word ''lethos'' ("hidden, or forgotten"). In order to give birth, Leto fled to Delos, a far-distant island with no attachment to the Earth.
55	* MrFanservice: A handsome young dude with a rockin' bod. Saaya and Melty refer to him as "the hottie".
56	* MurderIsTheBestSolution: His personal philosophy. It's a given [[ForeverWar where he hails from]], but here on Earth, it brings about ''serious'' consequences. As a result of Ledo using this option, he causes problems for the Gargantia fleet; first against human pirates, and later [[spoiler:when he kills a whale squid, which Chamber identifies as Hideauze, a large swarm of them pass by Gargantia, and Ledo is held at gunpoint to make sure he doesn't bring about any further hostilities from the whale squids by Ridget.]]
57	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His reaction when he finds out [[spoiler:that the Hideauze are genetically altered humans.]]
58	* MysticalWhiteHair: Courtesy of his otherworldy origins.
59	* NoSocialSkills: As a result of pretty much being raised for and experiencing nothing but war and battle, he knows little to no social cues.
60	* NotSoStoic: [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments His stoicism cracks when confronted to manure or a horde of cabaret transvestites.]]
61	** Nor is he stoic to Amy's belly dance - he actually thought it was ''hot'' and so he ordered a private performance just for himself. Think of that what you will.
62	* PragmaticHero: He kidnaps Amy so that he won't be attacked on sight but is willing to open negotiations later. He carefully questions what are seemingly contradictions in Bellows' words about the way of life on Earth. He's aiding the Gargantians simply because they have the kind of norms that ''may'' facilitate his return to his fleet. He's not necessarily viewing Gargantians as ''good'' people -- he probably doesn't think about the bargain much beyond, "Don't do things that reduce your chance of survival."
63	* PrettyBoy: The crossdressers in episode 5 are eager to recruit him into their businesses precisely because he is this.
64	* PurpleIsPowerful: He and the other soldiers of the Alliance are implied to be DesignerBabies. He is also the most powerful human on Earth.
65	* ReiAyanamiExpy: A male case, but he fits the bill. White hair, pale skin, purple eyes, otherworldly origins, NoSocialSkills, stoic and even a mecha pilot to boot.
66	* ShellShockedVeteran: When he sees the whole-cooked octopus in the "super special" dinner during episode 6, he immediately draws his gun -- its tentacles remind him of Hideauze. He has to be talked out of his combat stance. [[spoiler:The awful thing is that he is ''right'' of his suspicion: the Hideauze do originate from Earth, though not as hideous space krakens.]]
67	* TheStoic: In a soldierly way. He's always calm and pragmatic in the face of obstacles.
68	* StrawVulcan: It seems that he exists solely to prove that Gargantians are right, though the series arguably turns him into a subversion; he ultimately has, or at least gains, a much clearer picture of the situation than the rest of the Gargantians, and it makes the Gargantian choice of lifestyle correspondingly more difficult for him to agree with. [[spoiler:Through a lot of CharacterDevelopment, he and Chamber come to their own conclusions that lead Ledo to stick with Gargantia. The ending shows that he hasn't completely accepted the status quo; he actively researches Earth's past, associates with the whalesquid, and reports his findings with Bevel in order to dispel Gargantia's intellectual stagnation.]] So while it seems that he spends a lot of the early parts of the series needing to be educated on the error of his ways, it ultimately turns out that the tables do, in fact, turn.
69	* TenderTears: When remembering his figurative little brother, who taught him how to carve a flute.
70	* TrappedInAnotherWorld: He gets trapped in the real Earth after going through a time portal.
71	%%* {{Transhuman}}
72	* TroubledButCute: How the Gargantian girls see him.
73	%%* TsurimeEyes
74	* TykeBomb: He was raised to be a fighter since he was young.
75	* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: [[spoiler:Ledo doesn't agree with Kugel's plan to destroy Gargantia to make an example of them to other fleets, particularly after learning the truth about the Hideauze.]]
76	* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [[spoiler:When the belief that the Hideauze weren't monsters and Ledo's instilled philosophy to kill them finally have equal justification, Ledo, without guidance or witnesses, refuses to kill the Hideauze.]]
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78	!!Chamber K6821
79	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tropes_chamber_1190.jpg]]
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81	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokazuSugita (Japanese), Creator/MatthewMercer (English)
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83	The AI system of Ledo's Caliber. He progressively deciphers the earthlings' language and acts as a translator for Ledo until he begins to grasp the language himself. Chamber can perform simple tasks on his own when given a basic goal and can follow the orders of a third party with Ledo's permission. Despite being a machine, Chamber displays a good amount of independence and even a personality.
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85	* AntiGravity: One of his many capabilities.
86	* ArtificialIntelligence: Uniquely so-- absolutely no other HumongousMecha on Earth has an A.I. [[spoiler:Except Striker.]]
87	* BeamSpam: Chamber is able to destroy dozens of targets with a single barrage, which, unfortunately, causes a lot of trouble for the people of Gargantia. What's even more problematic is the fact that he seems to have only one setting: Annihilate. (Humorously, he can't even use this power to barbecue meat without incinerating it.)
88	* BenevolentAI: Whereas so many AI similar to him throughout all forms of media, [[spoiler:Stryker amongst them]], come to conclusions fueled by BlueAndOrangeMorality at best and downright evil ones at worst, Chamber's conclusions are always sympathetic, but reached using pure logic. He implies that this is due to the fact that Ledo is his operator.
89	* BlessedWithSuck: Despite being armed with incredibly powerful weapons and the ability to fly, Chamber's assets are actually liabilities on the Gargantia. The anti-gravity field will lift other objects nearby uncontrollably, and his beam weapons are set to destroy their targets. As a result, Chamber has been reduced to being a forklift and a makeshift barbecue grill. The only time he is able to use these powers with fine control is when Ledo is at the helm.
90	* ButtMonkey: He keeps getting into situations in which he's awkward.
91	* TheComicallySerious: During episode 5 and ''Petit Gargantia'' shorts.
92	* CovertPervert: In episode 6 of ''Petit'', Amy asks him why he has detailed photos of the girls in their belly dancer outfits. He awkwardly states his purpose as a Caliber while slowly retreating.
93	* DeadpanSnarker: "I will leave it to your decision," with regards to whether to accept the dried fish Amy offers when Ledo is squicked out by the idea of consuming animal carcasses.
94	* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: May or may not be true depending on whether we'll get a true sequel that brings back an actual need for him, or possibilities to develop his character in some other capacity now that Ledo no longer is reliant on him. While Striker was blown to bits, Chamber is shown surprisingly intact on the ocean floor in TheStinger... and RagnarokProofing of ocean salvage is very much in effect in this series. Not to mention the whalesquids seem to have an interest in him.]]
95	* FantasticRacism: [[spoiler:After Ledo learns the Hideauze were originally human, Chamber still claims that they need to be destroyed. He then explains that this is not a result of his programming, but by his own reasoning. To him, the Hideauze have abandoned civilization and cannot be considered human anymore. He believes that it is simply impossible for humans and Hideauze to co-exist. His reasoning is also part of why he eventually opposes Striker, as her [[AGodAmI beliefs]] and desire for humans to stop thinking for themselves and obey her goes against his belief of what a human is.]]
96	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:After ejecting Ledo and the cockpit, Chamber takes Striker down with him with by grappling and destroying her with an energy blast at point-blank range.]]
97	* InSeriesNickname: Pinion refers to him as the "tin can," and that nickname is occasionally used in the fandom as well.
98	* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler:In the last episode, he "decides" that Ledo is psychologically unfit to be a soldier and ejects him from the cockpit, allowing Chamber to preform a HeroicSacrifice.]]
99	* MeaningfulName: Chamber, as in a room or set of rooms, as well as an enclosed space.
100	* MookMobile: His designated role. [[NormalFishInATinyPond It gets subverted heavily.]]
101	* MundaneUtility: As forklift. Though the Gargantians ban him from using anti-gravity to move crates around. [[EpicFail Because he sucks at it]]. In the next episode, he gets tricked into being used to barbecue meat on his body. Initially, Pinion tried to use his BeamSpam to microwave the meat, but it was too intense, and the meat got ruined.
102	* NormalFishInATinyPond: From what we see of the Machine Calibers, Chamber isn't anything special as far as the Galactic Alliance is concerned, just one among thousands of mass-produced combat vehicles of similar ability. On Earth, however, he's so much more advanced than everything else he's pretty much unstoppable, to the point that he wiped out an entire pirate attack force in mere seconds, while leaving all their hostages unharmed.
103	* PrecisionFStrike: [[spoiler:His last words as he is about to blow himself and Striker up.]]
104	-->[[spoiler:'''Chamber:''' Response to final warning: Go to hell, tin can!]]
105	* RobotBuddy: He's basically the third protagonist of this anime, after Ledo and Amy.
106	* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: He translates Amy's ClusterFBomb as "reproduction with one's mother, as well as sanctified excrement."
107	* TranslatorMicrobes: One of his many functions. An interesting note is that he had no knowledge of Earth's language beforehand, and had to "pick it up" (so to speak) by recoding all the jabber from the natives for a while before he could start translating.
108	* UndyingLoyalty: He will electrocute anyone, aside from Ledo, who steps into his cockpit. This is a unique variant, as it's likely a result of his programming. [[spoiler:At the end of the series, it's all but stated that he really is that loyal to Ledo.]]
109	-->'''Chamber:''' I exist solely to set you up for success.
110	* UnskilledButStrong: He's unquestionably the most powerful sentient being on Earth (so far), but he's largely unable to finely control his own abilities, because in the Alliance, that's what the pilots are for, probably as a safety measure against the RobotWar.
111	* VerbalTic: Statement: Much like [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic HK-47]], Chamber adds descriptive nouns to the start of his sentences.
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113	!!Kugel
114	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/209747.jpg]]
115	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukiOno (Japanese), Creator/MarcDiraison (English)
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117	Ledo's commanding officer seen in the first episode, where he commits HeroicSacrifice to save as many of his men as possible, including Ledo. He's believed to have been killed in the opening battle, but is eventually revealed to have crashed on Earth and joined a fleet similarly to Ledo. However, things on his fleet went very differently...
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119	* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: [[spoiler:On Earth, he leads a cult due to his ability to wipe out the whale squids that humans there seem deathly afraid of. The second OVA episode reveals that the cult was originally a pirate fleet that worshipped the Hideauze as gods.]]
120	* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler:He suffers from this too shortly after Linaria, the girl he saved in the second OVA, dies from a similar disease, most likely tuberculosis.]]
121	* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Seemed like a throwaway sacrifice in the first episode. Turns out to have landed on Earth and becomes a foil to Ledo. [[DoubleSubversion Double subverted]] when it turns out that he's been deceased for quite some time.]]
122	* CombatPragmatist: He chooses to stay behind and let Ledo live to fight another day, not as a simple act of selflessness, but because Ledo is younger and will be able to do more for the Alliance in the grand scheme of things.
123	* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Although, the second OVA shows what he did before he died.]]
124	* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:He crosses it when Linaria dies. The fact that her father's fleet expects him to serve as an emissary to the "God of the Sky" overwhelms him when he can't even save a single girl.]]
125	* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Downplayed, he survives but still dies before he could meet Ledo.]]
126	* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:Played with until TheReveal. Eventually played straight in the second OVA.]]
127	* TheFaceless: [[spoiler:Owing to what he calls an endemic disease that requires him to remain in his sterilized cockpit, he has become this to his allies -- Striker does a fair bit of the talking for him, and Ledo only sees him through transmissions or as a hologram. Chamber concludes that he is also deliberately remaining unseen so as to inspire awe and fear in his followers. As it turns out, [[AIIsACrapshoot there's a]] [[DeadAllAlong reason for]] [[DeadPersonImpersonation this]].]]
128	%%* FaceDeathWithDignity
129	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:He was a well-known commander of the Galactic Alliance, but Linaria's death causes him to have his cult wipe out the whale squids by the time the story begins]].
130	* FallenHero: [[spoiler:In the second OVA, it's revealed that he genuinely wanted to help the people in his fleet, and he explicitly rejected the culling policies of the Alliance while on Earth. Then, his LoveInterest died...]]
131	* AFatherToHisMen: Is this at the start of the series, as well as much of the second OVA. [[spoiler:And then, Linaria dies, and it keeps on getting worse from there...]] It's actually a bit of a subversion with Ledo, as seen under CombatPragmatist.
132	* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler: He serves as one for Ledo. Both are FishOutOfWater whose first interaction with Earth is with the girl who would serve as their LoveInterest. However, Ledo took Amy hostage in the first meeting, while Kugel [[BigDamnHeroes rescued]] Linaria from her treacherous sisters. Ledo's arrival is met with fear and distrust while Kugel's is treat with awe and reverence. In his first battle against pirates, Ledo nonchalantly slaughters the pirates and earns a big fat WhatTheHellHero from the Gargantia fleet. Kugel, on the other, avoid casualties in his first scuffle with pirates by explicitly incapacitating them non-lethally. Ledo is initially seen as TheLoad for his inability to do anything aside from fighting and letting Chamber do manual labor, Kugel's treated as a god due to Striker's overwhelming power. Ledo's military discipline clashing with Gargantia's way is a source of great personal conflict for him, though he changes over the course series and even ends up GoingNative as a result of the time spent with Amy and the rest of the Gargantia and learning [[AwfulTruth the Hideauze/Whale-Squid's origins.]] Meanwhile, Kugel initially believed that the Galactic Alliance's dogma had no place on Earth, but [[StartOfDarkness Linaria's death and Striker's manipulations]] convince him to reform Linaria's fleet into a cult/dictatorship not unlike the Galactic Alliance. Essentially, their experiences and characters arcs go in completely opposite trajectories.]]
133	* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:To an extent. He resists this trope at first and considers his role as a divine emissary to be a farce, but after crossing the DespairEventHorizon, he starts calling himself a god.]]
134	%%* HeWhoFightsMonsters
135	* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler:Linaria's death greatly affects him. He's supposed to be an Emissary of God, and yet he can't save even this one girl]].
136	* IncurableCoughOfDeath: [[spoiler:He suffers one by the end of the second OVA. It's suggested he caught Linaria's disease.]]
137	* LoveMakesYouCrazy: [[spoiler:Let's just say losing Linaria to an illness did not help his sanity one bit.]]
138	* MeaningfulName: Kugel is a Jewish baked pudding or casserole. It's also German for "bullet".
139	* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler:DoubleSubverted. He survives, but dies later off-screen.]]
140	* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Or so we thought until he's shown to be DeaderThanDead, with his body rapidly decomposing, complete with his head falling off once exposed to the elements.]]
141	* PetTheDog: [[spoiler:He actually adopts Linaria's squirrel after her death.]]
142	* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Of sorts. While he actually didn't die in "Capitivity", it's still the last time he's seen alive in the series. The second OVA [[OriginsEpisode explains what happened between his apparent death and his actual death.]]]]
143	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He tells Ledo to escape while he holds back the Hideauze in the first episode, because Ledo is younger and can still kill more Hideauze than he could. [[spoiler:He initially tries to be this in the second OVA, but after Linaria dies, along with coughing up blood, and Striker's influence, he figures he might as well lead them the way they wanted him to.]]
144	* ReligionOfEvil: [[spoiler:Before dying and leaving everything to Striker, he ''founded'' one based off of the Galactic Alliance's philosophies, complete with "sacrifices" [[note]]ceremonial drownings.[[/note]] of weaker fleet members, scarily akin to how deficient soldiers in the Alliance were incinerated. The second OVA reveals that Kugel was horrified of seeing Gargantians worship Hideauze and wanted to lead them out of danger. The formation of the cult, however, was Striker's idea, taking advantage of Kugel's grief from losing Linaria and his horror of seeing people worship Hideauze.]]
145	* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:A one-two punch of losing Linaria and Striker's manipulation takes a massive toll on his sanity.]]
146	* SmallRoleBigImpact: He spends less than a minute on screen and has about three lines, but he's the main reason Ledo even winds up on the Gargantia to begin with. [[spoiler:Later subverted when he turns up on Earth and has a larger role in the story. Flat-out averted in the second OVA. He's the main character, and you really get to understand why he and Striker are what they are by the time they are mentioned again in the first season.]]
147	* TragicVillain: [[spoiler:Becomes this by the end of the second OVA.]]
148	%%* TsurimeEyes: [[RedEyesTakeWarning Red ones]], at that.
149	* VillainEpisode: The second OVA covers his time on Earth, and what he runs into. One has to wonder how he would have acted had he found Gargantia's fleet instead of the pirate one.
150	* VisionaryVillain: [[spoiler:[[ILetGwenStacyDie After Linaria's death]], he begins channeling the [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} God-Emperor of Mankind]]: that humans shall be united and strong under his watchful eyes. On the other hand, it's not clear how much of it is his own vision and how much of it is actually Striker's influence]].
151	* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: He wanted to save human lives on Earth, but due a lack of medical supplies and medical knowledge, he is unable to save even one girl from dying from disease. Striker also tells him that a lot of people are sick, and are carrying communicable diseases, which also eventually does him in, hence one reason why the cult carries out the ritual sacrifices of getting rid of unhealthy humans. While this is no doubt an extreme measure, Striker figured culling the sick humans would allow the healthy ones to survive, rather than also get sick and die. Since Kugel was also coughing up blood by the end of the second OVA, it's probably understandable from his viewpoint that he had to do this to ensure the fleet survives.]]
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153	!!Striker X3752
154	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/212339.jpg]]
155	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyumiFujimura (Japanese), Creator/KarenStrassman (English)
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157	The AI system in Kugel's Caliber.
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159	* AceCustom: As a Machine Caliber assigned to a commander, her combat performance is slightly higher than the standard for a unit her same type. [[spoiler:Which is why Ledo and Chamber end up having a rather difficult time when fighting her.]]
160	* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:Played with. She is doing exactly what she was programmed to do and is following both the Alliance's and Kugel's ideals. However, Chamber then claims that she is acting illogically and that her AGodAmI beliefs are the result of a flaw in her programming -- namely that Kugel's actions and poor choices influenced her own conclusions.]]
161	* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler:You can thank her for driving Kugel's SanitySlippage and for starting his cult.]]
162	* CyberCyclops: Unlike Chamber, her face is strictly ornamental, with a single real eye built into her neck.
163	* DistaffCounterpart: In many ways, Striker is a female version of Chamber, voice being amongst them.
164	* EvilCannotComprehendGood: [[spoiler:She has no idea why Ledo and Chamber would oppose her ways, as she sees them as an extension of the Galactic Alliance's ways and amounting to allowing the humans of earth to advance and return to their former glory.]]
165	* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:Turns out to be this to Chamber.]]
166	* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:She begins to think in this way after Kugel dies, reasoning that her practices, such as getting rid of weaker humans, is standard Galactic Alliance protocol. She then reasons that by becoming a god, she is relieving the burden of having to think of humans. Chamber calls her out on this.]]
167	* ManipulativeBitch: [[spoiler:If the second OVA is anything to go by.]]
168	* MeaningfulName: Striker, as in someone or something that hits someone or something else.
169	* MetaphoricallyTrue: [[spoiler:When Striker-as-Kugel state that an endemic disease got the better of him, she was telling the truth. What she neglected to tell was that the same disease also claimed his life before Ledo met them, and that she was not just restricting him to the cockpit as she made it out to be]].
170	* PurpleIsPowerful: She has a purple and white paint job.
171	* ResistanceIsFutile: [[spoiler:Says this when Ledo discovers that Kugel is dead.]]
172	%%* WalkingSpoiler
173	* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:What she claims to be, but is, in reality, driven to dominate humans, have them perform human sacrifices to appease her, and reestablish a Galactic Alliance on Earth. In the end, Chamber calls her out on what she really is and declares her as needing to be exterminated.]]
174	[[/folder]]
175
176	[[folder:Evolvers and Hideauze]]
177
178	'''NOTE: Major Spoilers Ahead of TheReveal in [[WhamEpisode Episode 9]].'''
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180	* BeastWithAHumanFace: Though only their teeth can be seen in most encounters, however [[spoiler: the Hideauze still have a humanoid form in their younger stages of life]]. In addition, when there is a flashback of Ledo and Chamber's massacre of the Hideauze nest in Episode 10 that occurred in the prior episode, one of them had their vaguely humanoid looking head fully out of its body mass. [[spoiler: Justified as they are [[HalfHumanHybrid part Human]].]]
181	* BilingualBonus: The name of the Hideauze rather interestingly also sounds like an alteration of the English word "Hideous". [[spoiler: Which is most likely because it is a name given to them by the leadership of the Galactic Alliance who disapproved of them crossing the MoralEventHorizon by "Casting away their Humanity" to turn themselves into such monstrosities]].
182	* CombatTentacles: The Hideauze' most prominent attacks. The mechas that seem to be invincible on Earth can be easily crushed by them.
183	* EvilutionaryBiologist: The Evolvers were condemned by many people in the antediluvian period for practicing unethical and illegal experiments to create beings that could survive in harsher environments. For bonus points, one protester in one of the archival news videos that Ledo sees even calls the Evolvers "Evilutionists".
184	* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: The Evolvers were some of the most highly intelligent Biological scientists, but in the present are now extremely primitive beings who have possibly lost their Sapience as a result of no longer having any sort of challenge to overcome]].
185	* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Though the Galactic Alliance has some unsettling similarities with them, but the Hideauze also resemble this trope, what with their desire to wipe out the inferior and simple-minded humans [[spoiler: who failed to embrace a genetic adjustment program]].
186	* OrganicTechnology: Apparently used by the Hideauze.
187	* PlayingWithSyringes: The Evolvers performed unethical experiments [[spoiler: including on some of their own children]] with the intention of [[spoiler: being able to survive even in the vacuum of space and other inhospitable environments without the assistance of technology]].
188	* ProfessorGuineaPig: [[spoiler: The leaders of the Evolvers also turned themselves into Hideauze]].
189	* TheSociopath: [[spoiler: Many of the Evolvers seem to have this mindset as from what little information as there is of them prior to "devolving" into the Hideauze of the present suggests that they were hedonists who were more interested in prolonging their own lives than in any sort of interest in the common good of humanity]].
190	* StrawNihilist: Chamber certainly believes the Evolvers to be this based on the aforementioned details.
191	* TentacledTerror: The Hideauze are aggressive squid-like monsters engaged in a long war against the Galactic Alliance of Humankind. [[spoiler:They are also the descendants of humans who genetically altered themselves to survive in the vacuum of space.]]
192	* UltimateLifeform: Name-dropped by Ledo when after learning that the Hideauze [[spoiler: are the descendants of Humans who performed biological engineering on themselves in order to survive any and all environments]]. Chamber does not believe the Hideauze to be invincible as the Evolver propaganda on the archival videos that Ledo watched claims them to be as by making themselves more physically durable, they no longer encountered any sort of challenge and thus gradually lost their intelligence over the years, thus sacrificing their ability to perform critical thinking necessary to overcome limitations.
193	* WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler: The Hideauze are the HalfHumanHybrid descendants of the Evolvers]].
194	[[/folder]]
195
196	[[folder:Gargantia Fleet]]
197	!!Amy
198	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tropes_amy_3674.jpg]]
199
200	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HisakoKanemoto (Japanese), Creator/CassandraLeeMorris (English)
201
202	A courier of the Gargantian fleet, Amy is the first to come in contact with Ledo after his Caliber was winched from the ocean floor. It was through her mediation with Ledo and testimony to the higher officials of Gargantia that gave them a reason to trust him and offer him sanctuary. She acts as Ledo's guide in adapting to life on Gargantia and helps him learn about normal life. She eventually falls in love with him.
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204	* ACupAngst: In ''Petit Gargantia'', she gets angry and kicks Chamber after he calls her bust the second smallest of the cast.
205	* BigDamnHeroes:
206	** Saves Ledo from the CampGay {{Transvestite}}s in episode 5. ItMakesSenseInContext, honest.
207	** She also saves Melty from crashing in episode 12.
208	* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: At one point, while gliding on her glider, she grabs a rope hanging from a tall pole by hand and uses it to slingshot herself around. Considering she's going maybe 20-30 mph, with the full weight of Ledo and the glider on her arm, she'd be lucky to keep it attached.
209	%%* CoolBigSis: To Bevel.
210	* {{Courier}}: What her job is on the Gargantia. It's an important job on such a big ship and one of the reasons why she has so many friends in high places.
211	* DamselInDistress: Happens twice. The first time was when Ledo first awoke on Earth, and kidnapped her to reduce the chances he'd be attacked by her shipmates. She then gets kidnapped during part two of the OVA ''Far Beyond The Voyage'', by Reema's two comrades, as a last ditch attempt to coerce Ledo to come with them and work on an early Machine Caliber their country had found but was unable to do much with it due to lacking the technology and know how to operate it.
212	* FirstGirlWins: With Ledo, not that there's really much competition.
213	%%* GenkiGirl
214	* TheHeart: Always does her best to convince people to give peace a chance. [[spoiler:When she tries it with Ledo, it ironically doesn't work -- Ledo has to be held at gunpoint.]] [[Creator/GenUrobuchi This anime is not by]] Creator/StudioGhibli.
215	* ImprobablePilotingSkills: She pulls off some absolutely amazing flight tricks on her glider, including catching falling friends and slingshotting her way to victory when she raced her gal pals.
216	* ManicPixieDreamGirl: To Ledo. Although, arguably, a subversion: she's the steady-minded working girl trying to help the loner settle down. A stabilizing influence, if you will. She's just also enthusiastic and creative, and can get Ledo ''anywhere.''
217	* MsFanservice: ''Especially'' in episodes 5 and 6, where she wears a swimsuit and a belly-dancer uniform. Surprisingly enough Ledo actually thought ''the dance was sexy''.
218	* NiceGirl: She tries to convince people on the Gargantian fleet to help Ledo and continually assists him in trying to adjust to barge life.
219	* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: Knowing the inner council of Gargantia in person gives her and her friends a lot of leeway. The girls don't get in trouble when they stow away aboard salvage party's ship in OVA 1 and it's Amy barging into the meeting and begging that the Gargantia help Ledo fight the cultist that leads to using The Stairway to Heaven.
220	* SultryBellyDancer: A pretty damn good one, too; [[spoiler:Ledo even asks her to dance for him again the night after she first performed, and this is someone who's NEVER experienced sexual arousal or romantic attraction in his life! Amy is definitely having an effect on Ledo in more ways than one.]]
221	%%* TaremeEyes
222	* WhatTheHellHero: She calls Ledo out for disintegrating the pirates that were attacking Gargantia at the beginning of episode 3.
223
224	!!Ridget
225	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tropes_ridget_1132.jpg]]
226
227	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SayakaOhara (Japanese), Creator/LauraPost (English)
228
229	Gargantia's [[NumberTwo second-in-command]], a cool and aloof young woman who takes her responsibilities very seriously.
230	-----
231	* CantHoldHisLiquor: According to the second of the Log Book shorts she can get sloshed ridiculously easy, getting drunk from what was supposed to be a low alcohol beverage (as in, so low in that it is considered non-alcoholic).
232	* GirlishPigtails: When she was younger.
233	* LettingHerHairDown: [[spoiler:After becoming the commander of the remnants of the Gargantian fleet and finding the resolve necessary to take that position.]]
234	* LoveTriangle: Episode 14, a bonus episode made for the home release, established that she was in one when she was younger. [[spoiler:She lost, but it was pretty amicable on all sides.]]
235	* NumberTwo: To Commodore Fairlock, partially due to him being an old friend of her father. [[spoiler:When Fairlock dies, she becomes [[YouAreInCommandNow Number One]].]]
236	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: She's skeptical of Ledo but believes him when he explains his motives for negotiation with Gargantia. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, what passes for reasonable to her is seen by others as weakness.]]
237	* {{Stripperiffic}}: In episode five, she wears just about the skimpiest bathing suit of them all.
238	* YouAreInCommandNow: Following [[spoiler:Commodore Fairlock's death, she is given the command of the entirety of Gargantia]]. {{Deconstructed}}, though: [[spoiler:she doesn't have enough political muscle nor experience due to her young age, and Gargantians loyal to Flange decides to break apart from the fleet]].
239
240	!!Bebel
241	[[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bevel.jpg]]
242	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukaTerasaki (Japanese), Creator/MichelleRuff (English)
243
244	Amy's little brother, a smart and inquisitive, but frail-bodied boy, who is very interested in how the world around them works. Seems to have a knack for the technical side of things and is always seen crafting some models of gadgets.
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246	* AdorablyPrecociousChild: He [[{{Anvilicious}} really means it]] with his preaching to Ledo about how people need each other.
247	* ChildProdigy: Shows intelligence and understanding apparently beyond others, such as creating a primitive automatic fan.
248	* TheCutie: He's a kindhearted and innocent ChildProdigy who acts as TheHeart to Ledo.
249	* DelicateAndSickly: He has some sort of lung problem that keeps him mostly bedridden, and otherwise he's usually in a wheelchair to keep from overexerting himself
250	* TheHeart: To Ledo. Mainly because Bevel reminds him of his figurative little brother, [[CynicismCatalyst who is dead]].
251	* InconsistentSpelling: "Bebel" seems to be the official romanization, but going with the ThemeNaming scheme common on Gargantia, it's obviously intended to be "Bevel."
252	* MeaningfulName: Bebel is a German surname.
253	* NiceGuy: Just like his sister, he's portrayed as nothing but friendly.
254	* TaremeEyes: His eyes are quite droopy and soft.
255	* WiseBeyondTheirYears: He contemplates space and the legend about people who come back from there in a manner seldom seen in children his age. He is seen, in episode 13, teaching a bunch of people about the things he's learned from Dr. Oldham.
256
257	!!Bellows
258	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tropes_bellows_9523.jpg]]
259	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShizukaIto (Japanese), Creator/JulieAnnTaylor (English)
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261	* AmbiguouslyBrown: She has dark-colored skin.
262	* CoolBigSis: Seems to be one for Amy.
263	* DisasterScavengers: Her job is to scour the ocean for treasures of the old world.
264	* {{Expy}}: She resembles Nadie from ''Anime/ElCazadorDeLaBruja''.
265	* MeaningfulName: Bellows, as in a device for pushing pressurized air in a controlled quantity to a controlled location such as air through an oxygen tank.
266	* MsExposition: It is her who initially teaches Ledo about Earth's customs and workings.
267	* MsFanservice: While she doesn't flaunt it around blatantly, her outfit and figure are very revealing. The second Log Book short meanwhile shows her in the full SultryBellyDancer outfit during the festival and reveals that she used to be among the best dancers aboard the Gargantia.
268	* WrenchWench: Is rather good around machinery and is the fleet's main salvager.
269
270	!!Pinion
271	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/212735.jpg]]
272	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi (Japanese), Creator/PatrickSeitz (English)
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274	* BestServedCold: [[spoiler:He lost his brother long ago, and only recently has he put a plan into action upon seeing Chamber and Ledo being able to take out a Whalesquid.]]
275	* BigBrotherInstinct: He grabs the biggest wrench he has and quickly tells Amy to get away, when he realizes that someone's come out of the mecha that they excavated. And in episode 13, he also orders his workers off the ship when he discovers their weapons have too long of a cooldown period between shots to be of much more use.
276	%%* TheBigGuy
277	* ButtMonkey: A mild example. The gags he's fallen victim to include:
278	** Hopping around like a fool when dodging Ledo's RayGun.
279	** Getting electrocuted by Chamber when he falls into the cockpit.
280	** Having a bunch of people crashing his barbecue in episode 5.
281	** Getting chewed out by his coworkers for taking the day off for said barbecue.
282	** Failing to recruit Ledo (and by extension, Chamber) to his Salvage Team, despite having treated him to a rowdy bar.
283	** [[spoiler:After his over-the-air declaration of sovereignty due to their recently acquired lost tech, Kugel's fleet shows up and outclasses them. Pinion, himself, realizes whatever respect he had built up as being a leader in the splinter fleet is gone at the time and willingly submits to be the envoy to discuss terms with Kugel's fleet before it was announced they had asked for him by name. ]]
284	* CasanovaWannabe: In the second part of the OVA ''Far Beyond The Voyage'', he rejects Lukkage, claiming she's too tomboyish for his liking, and says he prefers a more "lady-like" woman. He unknowingly hits on her while she's undercover in a disguise, and she just brushes off his advance. He only realizes who it is after seeing her a second time as she runs towards her ship and jumps into her crab mech.
285	* DefeatMeansFriendship: A particularly sinister example. [[spoiler:In a manner befitting barbarian overlords, he spares the fleets he defeats because he wants to build an empire based on his military might.]]
286	* DisasterScavengers: His steady job is a mechanic, though he may take to scavenging from time to time.
287	* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: [[spoiler:He's significantly less humane after he has a railgun and other assortments of pre-ice age weaponry. Then, Kugel's forces perform the [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness "Sacrifice ritual,"]] and that breaks him out of it.]]
288	* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Despite being at different odds with Lukkage, he's willing to work together with her when it comes down to Kugel's fleet, since Kugel decided to invade Gargantia.]]
289	* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: [[spoiler:His pompadour is undone when he decides to join Lukkage in her rebellion.]]
290	* {{Expy}}: He bears somewhat of a resemblance to to [[VideoGame/{{The Legend Of Zelda Skyward Sword}} Groose.]]
291	* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:Used to be a mechanic and the resident JerkWithAHeartOfGold in Gargantia. After he gets ahold of pre-ice age weaponry, however, his ego explodes, and he all but challenges the entire world, claiming that due to the technology and weapons, they are the rulers of the seas. He gets better after seeing Kugel's fleet show up and assimilate his own men by force, as well as having viewed the "Sacrifice ritual."]]
292	* GoingDownWithTheShip: [[spoiler:When it becomes apparent that his lost tech wouldn't be able to reload fast enough to be a contributing factor, he calls all his workers useless and kicks them off his ship, intending [[HeroicSacrifice to sacrifice himself]] to make sure no one gets the "Treasure Castle" he claims for himself and his brother. He is only saved at the last moment by Lukkage.]]
293	* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:He starts to have second thoughts of joining Kugel's fleet at the beginning of episode 12]].
294	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Attempted during the finale of the series, but it doesn't work out]].
295	* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:He might seem like a goofy guy, but he lost his older brother to the Hideauze and will go to great lengths to get his revenge. And with Ledo as an ally, he finally gets his opportunity, even if he must lie to his fellow Gargantians to get them to go with his plan.]]
296	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He frequently makes fun of Ledo for being useless and/or an outsider, but he throws a party for Ledo as a way to cheer him up after his fruitless job search in episode 5. In the next episode, he treats him to a nice dinner before offering him a job. On a more serious level, he commits a lot of unsavory acts in order to obtain treasure, and even [[spoiler:''Lukkage'']] is disturbed by how easily he sells out. However, once he learns about the [[spoiler:atrocities the Kugel fleet is committing]], he does end up choosing to protect his friends over the promise of wealth.
297	* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: [[spoiler:After he find a cache of pre-ice age technology, which includes a railgun, he decides to begin acting as if he should be the king of the world-- to hell with bettering humanity or making peace.]]
298	* MeaningfulName: Pinion is the joint of a bird's wing or any of the outermost primary feathers of the wing. It's also the smallest gear in a gear drive train.
299	* OptOut: [[spoiler:He leaves Kugel's fleet after learning of how monstrous the latter's actions were]].
300	* PointyHairedBoss: He immediately lets his newfound power go to his head after recovering the old-world weaponry. He's got neither the skills nor the temperament necessary for a command role.
301	* RageAgainstTheHeavens: A variation on this. The whalesquids are considered sacred animals by the inhabitants of the present day and that killing them will bring about divine retribution. Unlike the other members of Gargantia, Pinion has only antipathy for them [[spoiler: for killing his brother in a past salvaging run they were on while he could do nothing to save him]].
302	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:He bails out of Kugel's fleet once he realizes the monstrosities of his plans]].
303	* SecretTest: In episode 11, he is requested over at Kugel's fleet and put in a large room with no one there. He sees something on the table, gets a little curious about it, and eventually manages to open it. [[spoiler:Turns out that Striker had put that device there to see if he had the minimum skills required to fix and reactivate the weapons recovered throughout the ocean floor over the years.]]
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305
306	!!Saaya
307	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/203451.jpg]]
308	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AiKayano (Japanese), Creator/NatalieHoover (English)
309
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311	* BuxomBeautyStandard: She has biggest breast of three female teens so far, which gets her some attention, but she's too much of TheIngenue to notice.
312	* TheIngenue: Overall pretty pure, yet not above a little FemaleGaze (regarding Ledo's muscles/looks), nor pulling a little trick on Ledo/Amy in the first OVA. Also in ''Petit Gargantia'', when Ledo asks her and Melty what "let's shag" means (regarding the cross-dressers chasing him), Melty seems to think it means getting along and says as much, whereas Saaya's thought bubbles show a censored version of what it ''actually'' means, but she chooses not to burst their bubbles.
313	* NiceGirl: Tries very hard to cheer Amy up when she's down.
314	* ShipperOnDeck: Not quite as overt about it as Melty, but clearly she's all for Amy's closeness with Ledo, even when they're both admiring them themselves.
315
316	!!Melty
317	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/201983.jpg]]
318	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanaAsumi (Japanese), Creator/JaniceKawaye (credited as Janice Roman Roku) (English)
319
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321	* AllUpToYou: Basically what Ledo tells her when [[spoiler: asking her to deliver a warning to Gargantia.]]
322	* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: Flange is her grandfather. When he decides to separate from the Gargantian Fleet, Melty chooses to accompany him, as he is her only (shown) living relative. Later when Flange rejoins the Gargantian fleet, she also returns.]]
323	* {{Determinator}}: Delivers a warning about [[spoiler: the impending attack on Gargantia]] via a craft that's only meant for short-range trips. The effort nearly kills her when she collapses mid-flight, but she winds up successfully delivering the message.
324	* TheGadfly: Seems to enjoy teasing people all around.
325	%%* GenkiGirl
326	* GirlishPigtails: She ties her hair into twin tails using ribbons.
327	* MeaningfulName: Melty means having a high tendency to melt.
328	* ShipperOnDeck: Enjoys teasing Amy about her closeness with Ledo.
329	* TheTease: Enjoys ogling and flirting with Ledo herself, nonetheless.
330
331	!!Commander Fairlock
332	->'''Voiced by:''' Hideaki Tezuka (Japanese), Creator/MichaelMcConnohie (credited as Geoffery Chambers) (English)
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334	* AFatherToHisMen: By his own admission, the only thing that validates his existence is the smile of the Gargantians. [[spoiler:Seeing his fleet facing one crisis after another which eventually cause them to split politically is what gives him the heart attack.]]
335	* HollywoodHeartAttack: [[spoiler:He experiences cardiac arrest when he sees his fleet become politically divided, adding yet another layer to the existing crisis.]]
336	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: When Gargantia first encounters Ledo and Chamber, many of the people want to shoot Ledo and take Chamber apart to research it. However, Fairlock tells them that doing that would be a really bad idea, since if they did attack, whoever the two are affiliated with may retaliate, so he tells them to hold off for now until they know more about the two.
337
338	!!Dr. Oldham
339	->'''Voiced by:''' Hideyuki Umezu (Japanese), Steve Mann (English)
340	----
341	* TheMedic: He's the Gargantia's doctor.
342	* NumberTwo: [[spoiler:Becomes this for Ridget when she takes over as Fleet Commander.]]
343	* ParentalSubstitute: Seems to be the closest thing to a dad Amy and Bebel have.
344	[[/folder]]
345
346	[[folder:Pirates]]
347	!!Lady Lukkage
348	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/203453.jpg]]
349	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyumiTsunematsu (Japanese), Creator/DorothyEliasFahn (credited as Johanna Luis) (English)
350
351	A woman pirate who's become famous for her powerful custom Yumboro.
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353	* TenMinuteRetirement: In the second part of the OVA ''Far Beyond The Voyage'', Pinion shows almost no interest in her, claiming that he prefers a more "lady-like" woman than the tomboy that she was. She then dresses up to do some recon, only to get hit on by Pinion. When she returns to her ship, she decides to stop being a bodyguard, and instead decides to resort back to piracy after attacking several ships from an unnamed land country that was attacking Gargantia.
354	* AceCustom: Her lobster-like Yumboro. Though it's still no match against [[SuperPrototype Chamber]], she is quite formidable against the other Yunoboroids.
355	* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: She's the fiercest fighter amongst all of the pirates, as seen in episodes 3 and 12.
356	* BloodKnight: Is quite eager to spill blood in episode 3 after Ledo kills some of her crew. And is still quite eager to fight in episode 12.
357	* TheBaroness: A villainous pirate queen with a domineering personality and sultry demeanor.
358	* BuxomBeautyStandard: She has the largest bust in the series, which makes her LustObject for her own crew. Her chest is also often emphasized by her NavelDeepNeckline and MaleGaze shots.
359	* ChromaticSuperiority: Her mech is red and more powerful than most Earth mechs. The alien and black Chamber is still the top dog, though.
360	* CurbStompBattle:
361	** Despite the fact that her Lobster mech and her two subordinates in speedboats usually have the advantage in battle, they're no more effective against Chamber than a real lobster and two fishes on hooks. The end result was the Lobster mech being torn apart and tossed back into the ocean with the two boats, like a kind of mecha catch-and-release.
362	** Episode 12 [[spoiler:shows her more than holding her own against Kugel's cultists in their Yumboros. Thankfully Ledo is there to keep the Striker unit busy, unlike when she first attacked Gargantia and had to deal with Chamber.]]
363	* DarkActionGirl: While she may be severely OvershadowedByAwesome, single best HumongousMecha pilot in the show who isn't using Alliance tech, and a terror to the floating cities of her flooded world.
364	* {{Dominatrix}}: She has two sex slaves chained to her throne. Oddly enough for a pirate queen, all later signs indicate that she's actually the conventional kind of dominatrix, and this is just consensual BDSM play with trusted subordinates rather than anything nastier.
365	* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Had plans to betray them before by hiding some of her crew, but after seeing just how batshit insane the cultists who worship Kugel are, she begins to initiate her plan for a coup.]]
366	%%* FemmeFatale
367	* GratuitousItalian: Yells out "[[spoiler:[[SayMyName PINION]]]] AMORE!!" in the final episode.
368	* GreenRooming: She is introduced in episode 3, attacking the Gargantia fleet in retaliation for Ledo killing her men in the previous episode. Afterward she doesn't show up again until episode 11.
369	* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:She's so disgusted with Kugel's fleet that she ends up being the one to start the revolution. She later saves Pinon and is also seen on board the Gargantia in episode 13, flirting with Pinion. ''Far Beyond The Voyage'' confirms that she's now part of Gargantia.]]
370	* LongHairIsFeminine: Indicates her vanity, her savagery, and the fact that she doesn't actually have to pay attention to mundane practicalities in order to kick your ass.
371	* NavelDeepNeckline: Her neckline goes all the way down to her stomach.
372	* PirateGirl: She's the pirate queen of a mostly male pirate fleet.
373	* PurpleIsPowerful: She has purple hair and is a skilled pirate captain and fighter.
374	* PsychoLesbian: PlayedWith. She's a ruthless pirate queen who keeps slaves chained to her throne, but we soon get indicators that this arrangement is more consensual and affectionate than one might expect. [[spoiler:She also turns out to be bisexual.]]
375	* ShipTease: With [[spoiler:Pinion]]
376	* SpinAttack: One of her Yumboro's main modes of attack when on land is to start spinning around and knock over enemy yumboros.
377	* {{Stripperiffic}}: The little scraps of clothing she wears barely cover her.
378	* YoungerThanTheyLook: She acts and looks like a mature woman in her late twenties, but is actually just 19 years old.
379	[[/folder]]
380
381	[[folder:OVA Exclusive Characters]]
382	!!Storia and Ritona
383	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuiHorie (Storia) and Creator/YuuichiNakamura (Ritona) (Japanese) Creator/ShelbyLindley (Storia) and Creator/DavidVincent (Ritona) (English)
384
385	Two people from Ridget's past. Storia is Ridget's childhood friend, while Ritona was an acquaintance of hers from another fleet.
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387	* ChildhoodFriends: Storia is Ridget's childhood friend.
388	* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Storia, [[spoiler:which makes it easier for her to leave Gargantia.]]
389	* TheEngineer: Ritona is the head of a mechanical guild of his fleet. He also made a camera from scratch as a hobby.
390	* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: It's implied to have happened between the two.
391	%%* HospitalHottie: Storia
392	* LoveTriangle: Storia was in one with Ridget over Ritona. [[spoiler:Storia ends up with Ritona, but they all part amicably.]]
393
394	!!Linaria
395	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/231611.jpg]]
396	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MinoriChihara (Japanese) Creator/FayeMata (English)
397
398	A religious girl from a pirate fleet that is fighting a SuccessionCrisis against her half-sisters.
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400	* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:She dies from her illness after seeing Kugel's fleet]].
401	* {{Chaste Teen\|s}}: She remains a virgin to devote her life to [[spoiler:Kugel.]]
402	* CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler:To Kugel. Her death also convinces Striker that the humans of Earth have the same value system as the Alliance.]]
403	* DelicateAndSickly: Poor Linaria has an illness that seems to feature symptoms of tuberculosis. [[spoiler:She dies from this illness, kickstarting Kugel's SanitySlippage.]]
404	* EasyEvangelism: She views [[spoiler:Kugel]] as an emissary for the "God of the Sky." Though to be fair, [[spoiler:Kugel and Striker]] did save her bacon.
405	* {{Expy}}: She's virtually a carbon-copy of Amy, only with orange eyes. She even has a pet squirrel, for crying out loud!
406	* FamilyThemeNaming: She and her sisters have names that end with "-ria".
407	* IOweYouMyLife: She dedicates her life to [[spoiler:Kugel]] after he saves her from Aleria's attack.
408	* JackOfAllTrades: She's a servant, top lieutenant, high priestess, and captain all at once. Did we mention that she's also [[spoiler:Kugel's]] LoveInterest as well?
409	* LoveInterest: For [[spoiler:Kugel]].
410	%%* MsFanservice
411	* RescueRomance: [[spoiler:With Kugel after he defeats Aleria's pursuing pirates.]]
412	* ShadowArchetype: She's arguably what Amy would be under different circumstances. For example, Amy works to support her brother while Linaria is fighting against her sisters. Amy tries to help Ledo acclimate to Gargantia, while Linaria [[spoiler:treats Kugel as a god and to some extent uses him to gain control of her fleet.]]
413	%%* ShrinkingViolet
414	%%* TaremeEyes
415	* TechnicolorEyes: Orange, to be specific.
416	* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: She may be one of the kindest souls on Earth, [[spoiler:but she dies of her illness after befriending Kugel]].
417	* TheUnfavorite: Inverted; her father left the fleet to her... which leads her sisters Aleria, Onderia, and Kuraria to hunt her freighter down and kill all of her crew!
418	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:In the long run, it was probably a bad thing to tell Kugel she wanted to die for the good of the fleet. Not to mention the fact that it's implied Kugel caught her disease.]]
419
420	!!Aleria
421	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/231615.jpg]]
422	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MamikoNoto (Japanese) Creator/LaurenLanda (English)
423
424	Linaria's eldest half-sister. Along with her other half-sisters Onderia and Kuraria, she schemes to gain control of her father's fleet.
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426	* BigBadWannabe: While her ruthless ambition and constant attempts to overthrow Linaria as head of the fleet make her the main antagonist of the second OVA, Kugal effortlessly foiling all her schemes makes her ultimately little more than a minor nuisance. [[spoiler: In the end, Kugal simply kills her and uses her death as a stepping stone to his own rise to prominence.]]
427	* [[BigBrotherBully Big Sister Bully]]: To Linaria, to the point of brutally murdering all of Linaria's crew when she tries to escape. [[KickTheDog Jeez!]]
428	* BullyingADragon: She attempts to purposely arouse the whale-squids by setting off depth charges in their territory. When they understandably attack the fleet, she begs Kugel to save them, thinking he would be easily slaughtered. [[spoiler:She immediately regrets making this plan upon seeing him deliver a CurbStompBattle to them and turn the ocean red from Hideauze blood.]]
429	* BurnTheWitch: She uses Linaria's conversion to worshiping the sky rather than the sea as an (rather flimsy) excuse to order Linaria killed.
430	* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:She gets killed by Kugel after he sees through her lies]].
431	* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Kugel decided to make Aleria's "promise" to sacrifice her life in order to be a priestess literal.]]
432	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Kugel saw right through her attempt to gain power by becoming the new priestess and gave the snake ''exactly'' what she deserved.]]
433	* LackOfEmpathy:
434	** This bitch brutally butchered most of Linaria's crew and ''still'' continued to pound the latter's ship when [[spoiler:Kugel]] arrives.
435	** She later gives a creepy PsychoticSmirk [[spoiler:when she sees Kugel cradle Linaria's corpse in his arms]]. [[SarcasmMode You sure show a lot of concern for your family, Aleria!]]
436	* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:She attempts to suck up to Kugel and take Linaria's place as priestess immediately after the latter dies. Kugel sees right through it, kills Aleria, and then uses her image with ManipulativeEditing to help institute the new "culling the weak" policy.]]
437	%%* MsFanservice
438	* PirateGirl: She and her two younger sisters Onderia and Kuraria are the leaders of the pirate fleet.
439	%%* PsychoticSmirk
440	* SmugSnake: Dear lord, is she '''ever.'''
441	* TheSocialDarwinist: Aleria hunts her sister Linaria down because she views the latter to be too weak to lead their father's fleet.
442	* TheSociopath: A rare example in this series. She will do '''anything''' to gain control of the fleet, even if it includes offing her own sisters or betraying her own religion.
443	* TheStarscream: After [[spoiler:Kugel]] takes control. [[spoiler:Both her attempts to take power fail.]]
444	%%* TsurimeEyes
445	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Kugel kills her the instant he realizes she was trying to manipulate him, particularly as he was still grieving Linaria's death. He then uses her voice recording to start his culling the sick humans policy that is seen in the later episodes of the anime.]]
446
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448	'''NOTE: The following section will have unmarked spoilers for the original anime'''
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450
451	!!Reema
452	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/240743.jpg]]
453	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/InoriMinase (Japanese)
454
455	Introduced in ''Far Beyond The Voyage'', Reema was originally a member of Kugel's fleet. After her fleet joined Gargantia's, Reema begins working as a messenger for Gargantia with the help of Amy.
456
457	At the end of part one, Reema talks to what appears to be a Machine Caliber, asking it to proceed to the next phase.
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459	* BecomingTheMask: She is actually a ChildSoldier from an unnamed land country, but infiltrates Kugel's fleet with the intention of having him come with her to develop an early model Machine Caliber. When that plan falls through, she instead tries to enlist Ledo. However, as she spends time with them, she starts to have some second thoughts about getting them involved with her country's wars, and ends up protecting them from her country's navy.
460	* ChildSoldier: She mentions her country being at war for centuries, and attempted to recruit Kugel, and later Ledo, in helping her country develop "Muzzle", a predecessor to Chamber.
461	* FauxActionGirl: Justified. Ledo is able to control Muzzle, a predecessor to Chamber and had rudimentary controls that were similar enough for him to be able to utilize it fairly effectively given its limitations compared to Chamber. When she tries to control it later, due to her complete unfamiliarity with it, she doesn't do nearly as well as he does, though she does at least take out some turrets before getting shot with a cannon.
462	* InconsistentSpelling: The Crunchyroll subtitles calls her "Lima".
463	* TheMole: [[spoiler: For a Land nation.]]
464	* NaiveNewcomer: Played with. While she's new to Gargantia she's shown to be a lot more perceptive (and talented) than she seems.
465	* WrenchWench: At one point she asks about how a Yunboro part is made and gets pretty excited over it. It's implied that she has an interest in machinery, but she has become a messenger to learn more about Gargantia. [[spoiler: She pilots a Yunboro herself to rescue Ledo in part one.]]
466
467	!!Ancient Machine Caliber/Muzzle
468	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakahiroSakurai (Japanese)
469
470	First seen at the end of first part of ''Far Beyond The Voyage'' and in the trailer of the second part. It is heavily implied that he is an ancient model, probably made by Continental Union because of his appearance. His body has a dark gray/black/cream color and he possesses a single cannon. He has an interface very similar to that of pre-ice age weapons, and his official artwork shows present-time symbols "A" and "3". He speaks with an unknown language.
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472	* LostTechnology: [[spoiler:Heavily implied to be one in the second part of OVA because of his appearance and interface being far more advanced than Yunboros, but inferior to Chamber. And, just like most of the antedeluvian tech, he is still functional after hundreds of years.]]
473	[[/folder]]
474

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