| 1 | '''[[center: [- [[Characters/{{Hellsing}} Main Hellsing Characters Index]] -]]]''' |
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| 3 | !!Hellsing |
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| 5 | The Hellsing Organization, formally known as the ''Royal Order of Protestant Knights'', was an organization founded by Dr. Abraham Van Helsing shortly after defeating Count Dracula in order to combat the increasing vampire threat against the country, monarchy, and church. Unlike the Vatican, the Hellsing Organization uses any means necessary to combat evil and Satanic threats -- often employing those very threats to do so, such as Alucard and Seras. |
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| 7 | '''Unmarked spoilers ahead.''' |
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| 9 | [[foldercontrol]] |
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| 11 | [[folder:Alucard]] |
| 12 | ->See [[Characters/HellsingAlucard his own page]]. |
| 13 | [[/folder]] |
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| 15 | [[folder:Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing]] |
| 16 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/integra01_2859.png]] |
| 17 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshikoSakakibara (adult) / Creator/KaoriMizuhashi (young) (JP), Victoria Harwood (adult) / Tricia Dickson (young) (EN), Susan Sindberg (FR, adult) |
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| 19 | -->''"Don't you dare question my resolve! I have already given you your marching orders, soldier! You will search and destroy! SEARCH AND DESTROY! Any resistance you encounter is to be CRUSHED! Hellsing does not run from our enemies! KILL THEM ALL! I order you to leave nothing but bloody stains in your way!"'' |
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| 21 | The head of the Hellsing Organization and the last descendant of said bloodline; one of the knights of the Round Table also known as the Twelve Conventions that control the 'British Empire' in the shadows and protect the Anglican faith and the Crown. It is unknown how she lost her mother, but her father died when she was about twelve years of age. As her father lay on his deathbed, he told Integra that if she ever was caught in a bad situation and had no one else to turn to, she should head for the cells deep below the manor, where the family's "darkest legacy" was kept, to claim it as her greatest weapon and the "instrument of her salvation". She awakens Alucard with her blood when she was cornered by her evil uncle Richard Helsing, but Alucard saves her life and swears his loyalty to her. Shortly after this, Integra kills Richard Helsing and is knighted days later. She's twenty-two years old during the course of the story. |
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| 23 | * ActionGirl: A fencer and markswoman, still kicking ass into her fifties. |
| 24 | * AdrenalineMakeover: From timid and sweet young girl into cocky, rookie leader into hardened, brave and inspiring leader and mentor to the next generation. |
| 25 | * AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: Her mother only ever alluded to is a photo in the 2003 anime in which all we know about her is that she was Indian and possibly died when Integra was at a young age (even that is unclear). But since most fans regard the anime as non-canon, it's still not clear other than she was absent before Arthur's death. |
| 26 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: She is noticeably quite tanner compared to most of the characters seen, though whether this means she has mixed ancestry is hard to say. |
| 27 | ** The original anime adaptation suggested that Integra is Anglo-Indian through a photo her father Arthur had on his desk. The photo in question was of an infant Integra, held by a woman assumed to be her mother, who was as dark if not darker than Integra, but was also dressed in a sari (a female garment consisting of a long drape famously associated with women of the Indian subcontinent.) Given how Arthur was a hedonist who engaged with plenty of women and the extensive British presence in India, it's quite likely. |
| 28 | %%* AntiHero: [[PragmaticHero Pragmatic Heroine]] With hints of [[UnscrupulousHero Unscrupulous Heroine]]. |
| 29 | * BadassInANiceSuit: Apart from one occasion in OVA III, she's always dressed in a sharp suit. |
| 30 | * BadassLongcoat: And occasionally with a longcoat draped over her shoulders. |
| 31 | * BadassNormal: The woman can hold her own against ''Anderson.'' Yes. She has fought, and survived, against the man whom Alucard feels is his equal. She'll fight superpowered Nazi vampires with nothing but her sword. And she'll win. |
| 32 | * BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Played straight [[spoiler:until she loses her eye in the last chapters]], up to that point even the blood stains she got in middle of a battle vanished from her face and long hair (that remained majestically untangled during the entire ordeal). The stains stick in the OVA, but her hair still stays strangely tidy. |
| 33 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Young Integra is full of surprises. |
| 34 | * {{Bifauxnen}}: Subverted. Outside the fandom, Integra is ''never'' mistaken for a man in canon nor does she make any effort to act or look like one. Though she usually wears suits of a very masculine cut, a formal occasion will see her don a skirt with no comment. Everybody knows she's a lady and she seems pretty proud of this fact. It's more a case of SamusIsAGirl when she introduces herself in the beginning. Most didn't expect Sir Hellsing to be a young woman. |
| 35 | * BigGood: TheLeader of Hellsing and the one in charge of organizing England's defence against vampires and other things that go bump in the night. |
| 36 | * BlueBlood: Mansion, butler, wealth, fancy car, fencing lessons, swanky outfits, expensive cigarillos, and an inherited title. What else could she possibly be? |
| 37 | %%%* BodyguardCrush: Even the Major [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this in Volume 4. |
| 38 | * BreakTheCutie: She was adorable as a child. Then her uncle had the brilliant idea of attempting to kill her and she found a vampire in the basement... |
| 39 | * CatchPhrase: "Search and destroy!", an order she seems to repeat nearly OncePerEpisode. |
| 40 | * CigarChomper: How she manages to speak with a cigar in her mouth is beyond us. The TV series provides ''some'' explanation for this, because in it she smokes cigarillos, through which it's a bit easier to communicate. This detail was carried over to the [=OVAs=]. |
| 41 | * ClaspYourHandsIfYouDeceive: Or at least when she's mulling things over. |
| 42 | * ColourCodedCharacters: Blue. |
| 43 | %%* ComingOfAgeStory |
| 44 | * CoolBigSis: To Seras occasionally. Looks out for her, gives her a CooldownHug, mentors her a little. |
| 45 | * DeadpanSnarker: Integra's wit is as sharp as her saber. This is made more obvious in the English dub, thanks to some truly spectacular delivery on Victoria Harwood's part. |
| 46 | -->"Your job, gentlemen, is to fight these monsters with bullets, garlic, and holy water. Put a stake through its heart, cut off its head, burn the corpse, scatter the ashes at a crossroads. For further instructions, consult Bram Stoker." |
| 47 | * DeathGlare: Integra glares a lot, but she really gives one to Major (emphasis on eyes, no mouth draw) after [[spoiler:Alucard vanishes]]. |
| 48 | * DefrostingIceQueen: Suddenly sour and bitter Integra in her fifties begins to smirk and smile [[spoiler:again after Alucard's return with a good excuse]]. |
| 49 | * EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: An early chapter cover has her sporting what appears to be rather sizeable breasts. Later chapters would shrink them down to the point where she looks almost completely flat. |
| 50 | * EyepatchOfPower: Gains one in the epilogue thanks to the [[spoiler:Major shooting her eye.]] |
| 51 | * EyeScream: A milder example in the series. [[spoiler:The Major shoots her in the eye as she moves in for the kill.]] |
| 52 | * FlowerMotifs: Red roses (in her manga funeral hat and her Calendar picture). The OVA makes them white. |
| 53 | * FreudianTrio: Integra counts as TheSuperego between Seras and [[TheId Alucard]]. She manages the both of them. |
| 54 | * GoodIsNotNice: She has defending her country as a motive and she's horrified when her people are slaughtered, but she's not exactly a nice person. |
| 55 | * GrumpyOldWoman: [[spoiler: By the epilogue, despite [[SilverVixen aging remarkably well]], Integra is well aware that she's entering her twilight years, and isn't happy about it. Part of it because she's worried she'll die before seeing Alucard again.]] |
| 56 | %%%* HairContrastDuo: A pretty obvious one with Alucard. |
| 57 | * HeroicBSOD: Not invulnerable to these, especially when [[spoiler:Walter reveals himself as a Nazi and after Alucard disappears]]. |
| 58 | * HeyYou: Like Alucard, she usually only refers to Seras as "Police Girl" as well. Exceptions after Seras went overboard and slaughtered Integra's ghoul-turned men, causing Integra to give her a CoolDownHug to calm her, when Integra "[[LesYay feeds]]" Seras, and after Seras [[spoiler:becomes a full-on vampire]]. |
| 59 | * IceQueen: Cold, dour and dispassionate...''most'' of the time. She's seen getting angry a lot, but that's mostly from atrocities being committed against her organization and/or her country. Or from [[BelligerentSexualTension Alucard riling her up.]] |
| 60 | * IcyBlueEyes: Gives you a clue that she is cold and calculating. Her death glares are no less icy for it. |
| 61 | %%* IDidWhatIHadToDo |
| 62 | * InItsHourOfNeed: Even if seriously outnumbered, Integra stays in the destroyed London and stands her ground before reinforcement arrive. Then she goes into the Zeppelin to fight the last battle. |
| 63 | * InSeriesNickname: Integra (her full name is Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing, so it's justified), but also several ones (''most'' of them she disliked): Miss Nemesis Face/Lady of Iron (by Seras), Babylon (by Anderson), Protestant Sow (by Maxwell), Beautiful Fräulein (by Major), Countess/Master (by Alucard). |
| 64 | %%%* InterplayOfSexAndViolence: With Alucard, mostly initiated by him. |
| 65 | * IronLady: Subdues military leaders and large ChurchMilitant groups by sheer force of personality. |
| 66 | * ItsAllMyFault: When things go wrong, she takes responsibility. Things like her staff being slaughtered and Alucard (him being ''her'' servant) going on rampages obviously weigh upon her. |
| 67 | * IWillWaitForYou: [[spoiler:Waits for Alucard after his disappearance]] for thirty years. |
| 68 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Make no mistake: Integra isn't exactly a nice person. She's icy and aloof, with an easily riled temper, and can be brutally pragmatic where needs must. But just the same, she's one of the only firmly moral characters in the entire series, keeping a solid handle on Alucard while steadfastly protecting her country and people. Nice, she almost certainly isn't, but good? Absolutely. |
| 69 | * JustAKid: Young Integra was treated this way by her uncle and Sir Penwood, though the latter was quickly corrected. |
| 70 | * TheKidWithTheLeash: She became Alucard's master very early in life. |
| 71 | * KnightTemplar: Subverted. Under normal circumstances, Integra can be reasoned with and flexible in her standards. But once you attack her men, threaten her country or betray her, ''the gloves are off.'' |
| 72 | * LadyAndKnight: She's the Bright Lady serving Queen and Country, and Alucard is her unlikely, vampiric Dark Knight. |
| 73 | * LadyInAPowerSuit: Powerful leader and rarely seen out of a formal suit. |
| 74 | * LadyOfWar: Stoic, brisk, and majestic, and she ''will'' decapitate a vampire with her rapier when pressed. |
| 75 | * LargeHam: "'''SEARCH AND DESTROY!'''" |
| 76 | * TheLeader: Of Hellsing. She hands out the orders and makes the big decisions - especially because Alucard specifically obeys ''her'', and no one else. |
| 77 | * LeaveBehindAPistol: Leaves one for [[spoiler:Sir Penwood, though not to use on himself.]] It was a parting gift of sorts to use on the [[TakingYouWithMe vampiric Nazis]]. |
| 78 | * LetsGetDangerous: A couple times, such as after she pulls herself from a car-crash, decapitates the vampire who attacked her and mocks the rest, then tells them to bring it on so she can kill them. |
| 79 | * LoomingSilhouetteOfRage: Usually when she orders Alucard to search and destroy. |
| 80 | %%* LovelyAngels: With Seras, in Volumes 9-10. |
| 81 | * MadeOfIron: |
| 82 | ** Gets into a pretty serious car crash and is still able to decapitate a vampire like it's no one's business. Later, she gets shot [[spoiler:in the eye]] and barely even falters. |
| 83 | ** She also got shot in the shoulder when she was twelve and it barely seemed to bother her. Afterward, she was even able to pick up a gun and shoot it. |
| 84 | * MeetCute: Manga only. For such a tense moment, Hirano managed to paint the meeting between Alucard and Integra in an awkwardly endearing light. This overlaps with BoyMeetsGhoul. |
| 85 | * MercyKill: Forced to do this do her ghoulifed men after the Valentine invasion. She accepts all responsibility for their deaths. |
| 86 | ** It's also the real motivation for why she and her father [[DeathSeeker kill monsters]] that threaten their country. Aside from their duty to keep it safe, of course. |
| 87 | * MoralityChain: To Alucard, being the person he ''swore'' to serve. |
| 88 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Any name with the word 'hell' in it is a name you should be weary of, but ''Helsing'' has a legacy attached. |
| 89 | * NotSoStoic: She seems cold, distant, and icy, even when her life is in danger (which happens a lot as the series goes on). That is until her men or her vampires are involved. It becomes evident throughout the series that she struggles maintain her calm during a big crisis. [[spoiler: And Alucard's disappearance reduces her, however briefly, to screaming his name in despair.]] |
| 90 | * OddCouple: With Alucard, but whether it's romantic or not is a shipping issue. |
| 91 | * OldMaster: Not in the narrative proper, but in the epilogue, she's in her fifties and can still outfence any of her soldiers. |
| 92 | %%* TheOjou |
| 93 | * OnlySaneMan: All things considered, Integra is the only character in this franchise who is, for the most part, a collected and ordinary being. She still has her less sane moments. Like "SEARCH AND DESTROY". |
| 94 | * OralFixation: Especially in the [=OVAs=], where she would spew entire sentences [[CigarChomper with a cigar in her mouth]]. |
| 95 | * OverlyLongName: Sir Integra Fairbrook Wingates Hellsing. |
| 96 | * ParentalAbandonment: He father died when she was twelve. Her mother is never mentioned at all. |
| 97 | * ParentalSubstitute: Acts [[TeamMom very motherly]] towards Seras. |
| 98 | * PetTheDog: Despite her cold demeanor, during [[spoiler:Millennium's attack on London]], she stops in the middle of the action to honor [[spoiler:a dead London police squad, stating "Good boys. You defended Queen and country."]] |
| 99 | * PowerHair: Inverted. Instead of the expected short hairstyle that her position would usually incur, she wears her lustrous hair long and loose. |
| 100 | * PunctuatedForEmphasis: ''"SEARCH. AND. DESTROY!"'' |
| 101 | * RankScalesWithAsskicking: DoubleSubversion. She's physically the weakest member of the Hellsing Organization, but still a LadyOfWar and easily the strongest human in their forces without any supernatural powers whatsoever, bar Walter [[spoiler:(who defects)]] and Pip [[spoiler:(who dies)]]. |
| 102 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: As long as you catch her in the right mood, she can be reasoned with. Otherwise, her attack dog (i.e. Alucard) will "search and destroy" you. |
| 103 | * RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Alucard's red. Her and Maxwell seemed to have this dynamic earlier on, too. |
| 104 | * ReligiousBruiser: Though she's a ''lot'' more understated about both facets of the trope than her fanatical counterparts in Iscariot, Integra's cross pendant tells the viewer all they need to know about her piety and she's an expert commander and skilled swordfighter. |
| 105 | * ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: The Convention of Twelve, of which she is a member, lords over the country and has a power grip that is only rivalled by the Vatican. Integra can order a slaughter in front of international cameras in another country without real consequences. |
| 106 | * SheIsTheKing: In the OVA, she holds the male title "Sir" instead of "Lady". Her title can be translated as Lady or Dame in the manga, because it's gender-neutral. The only characters who are known to address her as Sir are Maxwell and Anderson. Creator/TaliesinJaffe's theory is that she holds the title of Sir is because she's a Grand Higharch of the Templars/Freemasons, and by rule there can't be a female Grand Higharch, so she would have to be recognized as a male knight in order to receive the title. |
| 107 | * ShutUpHannibal: |
| 108 | ** Gives a short verbal bitch slap to Major [[spoiler: after killing him]]. |
| 109 | ** Also gives one to Jan Valentine. With her gun. |
| 110 | * SignificantWhiteHairDarkSkin: Despite being of British nobility, she has dark skin and blonde hair that is almost white, causing her to stand out even more as the last heir and leader of the Hellsing Organization and the master of the vampire Alucard. The 2001 TV anime implies that her dark skin is specifically the result of being half-Indian on her mother's side. |
| 111 | * SilverVixen: [[spoiler:In the epilogue, she basically looks the same as she does in the main story despite three decades passing. Seras, in her youthful immortality, teases her about getting wrinkles.]] |
| 112 | * SmokingIsCool: At least once an episode, she's seen smoking a cigarette, looking composed and utterly badass while doing so. Does she ever finish her cigarillos? |
| 113 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: While this isn't so much an issue in the English speaking fandom, her name has an alternative spelling Hirano gives ('Integla'). |
| 114 | * StiffUpperLip: Quite so, and something she urges Seras to maintain. |
| 115 | * TheStoic: Thanks to said stiff upper lip, she holds her composure most of the time. [[NotSoStoic Not always]]. |
| 116 | * TeamMom: She acts this way sometimes in the manga, in particular as contrast to Alucard in their guidance of Seras. While he tries to be harsh, laying down the rules and teaching her practical matters in his twisted way, Integra nurtures her in own way via giving her {{Cooldown Hug}}s and feeding her (via her own blood) with more diplomacy (and sometimes, quite a lot of LesYay). At the epilogue, she chides her like a mother would a naughty child. |
| 117 | * TranquilFury: Her stoicism doesn't always break when she's mad. |
| 118 | * {{Troll}}: It's implied that the requests she made of Sir Penwood are this. The epilogue shows that she continues the trend into her old age with Penwood's grandson. |
| 119 | * {{Tsundere}}: Towards Alucard when he's being an ''idiot''. This includes flinging the classic tsuntsun strategies "URUSAI!" and "Baka!" at him. Once even with a LuminescentBlush, verging on SuspiciouslySpecificDenial. |
| 120 | %%* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Alucard. |
| 121 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: Then her uncle tried to murder her to assume control of the Hellsing family. Now, she's as ruthless as they come. |
| 122 | * VanHelsingHateCrimes: Despite being his descendant, this gets an interesting exploration considering that Integra was saved by a vampire from her only very living relative (who wanted her dead) and [[spoiler:she ends up ordering the deaths of all her enemies without discriminating who is undead and who ''isn't'']]. |
| 123 | * VirginPower: Her virginity makes her blood extra delicious, but Alucard refrains from drinking it. |
| 124 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: Despite her cool and composed demeanor and her mature appearance, for most of the series, Integra's only ''twenty-two'' years old and sometimes gets treated in a condescending way because of her age. |
| 125 | * WomenAreWiser: Easily the most intelligent and level-headed (usually) character in the series. Granted, it helps that most of the males in this series are {{Blood Knight}}s, or a SirSwearsALot, or {{Large Ham}}s or just plain AxCrazy. Or various combinations of the list. |
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| 128 | [[folder:Seras Victoria]] |
| 129 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/seras01_6503.png]] |
| 130 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see her true form...]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/trueseras01_4320.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 131 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/FumikoOrikasa (JP) / K.T. Gray (adult) / Creator/KarenStrassman (young) (EN), Frédérique Marlot (FR) |
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| 133 | -->''"I did everything you told me... In return you're going to help me... Help me send these Nazis back to Hell!"'' |
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| 135 | A [[{{Moe}} cute]] young police officer who was caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. She was sent to investigate the mysterious disappearances in the small village of Cheddar. However, things are much worse as she finds out -- a vampire masquerading as a priest had taken over the village and killed all the villagers, most of them now turned into slavering, mindless ghouls (zombies). Despite being severely outmatched, Seras refuses to back down and fights as best as she could. She was finally captured and held hostage by the vampire priest, who threatened to rape and kill her. Alucard destroys the vampire, shooting Seras through the lung in the process. After this, Seras allows Alucard to suck her blood and transform her into a vampire. She becomes his servant and is employed as one of Hellsing's soldiers soon after. |
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| 137 | * EleventhHourSuperpower: She uses her powers to wield a gun the size of a few buses [[spoiler:to destroy the Major's bulletproof glass shield]]. [[spoiler: She also becomes a true vampire by drinking Pip's blood.]] |
| 138 | * ActionGirl: She can wreck you both from a distance ''and'' up close. |
| 139 | * AdrenalineMakeover: Goes from a shy and submissive vampire girl to a hardcore Draculina. |
| 140 | * ArtificialLimbs: She gains a shadow arm [[spoiler:after she loses her real one to Zorin.]] |
| 141 | * BadassAdorable: Being sired by the King of Vampires by default makes her the ''second most powerful being on the planet'', as proven when she utterly tears Zorin to pieces and later squares off against the Captain and ''beats him'', who himself was ''dead even'' against Alucard during WWII. And after everything is said and done, she's ''still'' insanely friendly and cute. |
| 142 | * BadassInDistress: Occasionally, she meets foes too much for her to handle. This opens up opportunities for Pip or Alucard to help her. Then she can turn the tables, most of the time on her own terms. |
| 143 | * BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Subverted when she [[spoiler:loses her eyes and one arm during a battle. She regenerates her eyes, but her arm remains missing, replaced by a tendril of blood-shadow]]. |
| 144 | %% Doesn't explain what the reaction is. * BerserkButton: PlayedForLaughs when Pip Bernadotte calls her a "freak"/"monster," or sings dirty songs near her. |
| 145 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: |
| 146 | ** Pressing her major berserk button is ''not'' a good idea. [[spoiler:You ''really'' shouldn't have killed and insulted Pip, Zorin Blitz...]] |
| 147 | ** Also, Seras promptly goes berserk [[spoiler:when the ghouls that Jan Valentine made out of Hellsing's initial guards swarm her until Integra intervenes. Even Integra was shocked, and she didn't flinch when held at gunpoint.]] She wasn't even a fully fledged vampire. |
| 148 | * {{BFG}}: |
| 149 | ** The Harkonnen cannons. Look at the first Harkonnen [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Walter_Dornez_Harkonnen.jpg compared to Walter]]. If you don't, long story short, Seras uses guns that are a few feet longer than she is tall. |
| 150 | --->'''Pip:''' ''(about the Harkonnen II)'' "Your new equipment is nothing to scoff at. The Harkonnen II 30mm semi-automatic cannon. Maximum range, 4km. Gross weight, 345 kilos. We're pulling out the stops for this crowd, aren't we?" |
| 151 | ** And near the end it's topped with [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8.8_cm_FlaK_18/36/37/41 Flak 88]]. [[spoiler:Which she rips up from beneath the floor.]] |
| 152 | * TheBigGirl: She may be short in stature, but vampire Seras can knock the tallest of men only their backsides with the slightest flick of her finger. |
| 153 | * BrainsAndBrawn: With [[BattleCouple Pip]] as the Brains, his extensive combat experience helping her be more effective. |
| 154 | * BreakTheCutie: Interestingly, despite the traumas piled upon her, Seras remains staunchly both unbroken and a cutie. |
| 155 | * BuxomBeautyStandard: Her boobs are so big they're the size of her ''head'' and it sometimes gets her the attention of other men, and usually not welcome ones, such as the vampire priest who groped her. |
| 156 | * CastingAShadow: [[spoiler:Her main specialized skill after becoming a True Vampire is to use her shadow arm to form a variety of different darkness-based attacks or tactics, from spikes to a wing to illusions to a security system.]] |
| 157 | * CharacterDevelopment: She gradually accepts her vampirism as everything goes on,[[spoiler: culminating in her turning herself in a True Vampire by drinking Pip's blood]]. Her relationship with Alucard also [[IHateYouVampireDad starts poorly]], but it greatly improves. |
| 158 | * ColourCodedCharacters: Yellow. |
| 159 | * ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Walter finds that she has no family left, which makes [[{{Unperson}} dealing]] with her new [[TheMasquerade status as a vampire]] much simpler. |
| 160 | * CooldownHug: Seras gets one from Integra at the end of the Valentine brothers fight [[spoiler:to stop her from going berserk and killing all the ghoul-turned Hellsing troops]]. |
| 161 | * CuteBruiser: When she and Pip first met, he was incapable of taking her seriously because she's so adorable - then she knocked him flat with a single finger. |
| 162 | * CuteMonsterGirl: Come on, admit it -- Vampire girl Seras is ''adorable''. |
| 163 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: It's not dwelt upon much, but her childhood sucked ''[[HarmfulToMinors hardcore]]''. |
| 164 | * DarkIsNotEvil: She's a vampire, sired by ''the'' vampire. And you know how ''most'' vampires are portrayed (Alucard as Exhibit A). Seras, however, is sweet-natured and sunny. [[spoiler:Even when she's become a full-fledged vampire, complete with her clothes changing from yellow to dark red, she's developed an obvious edge but remains as kindly as ever.]] |
| 165 | * DeadpanSnarker: Though not as much as others, you can still count on her to insert a few cutting remarks here and there as the OnlySaneEmployee. |
| 166 | * TheDeterminator: It was why Alucard "saved" her - in a situation with no good outcome, she never stopped trying to fight back in every way she could. |
| 167 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: |
| 168 | ** The way a horde of male soldier ghouls grope and force Seras' legs apart during the Valentine Brothers' attack. |
| 169 | ** Her LecherousLicking of the blood off Integra's finger. |
| 170 | * TheDogBitesBack: After seeing the Wild Geese get {{mind rape}}d and then butchered by Zorin and her men, including getting subjected to it herself, seeing Pip die at the hands of Zorin and then Zorin mocking Pip's efforts as being in vain by calling him an insect, Seras retaliates by drinking Pip's blood, becoming a full-on vampire before annihilating Zorin and her men. |
| 171 | * DontThinkFeel: During their first mission, Alucard orders Seras to use her [[OurVampiresAreDifferent "third eye"]] to snipe a [[SuperSpeed fast-running]] target, and she frets about it being night and having no scope. His answer amounts to this. |
| 172 | * DubNameChange: The Spanish dub of the 2001 anime changes her name from Seras to "Ceres". Reasons are unknown, but it counts as an interesting reference: Ceres was the Roman equivalent of Greek goddess Demeter, and ''Demeter'' was the sailing ship Count Dracula hijacked in [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Bram Stoker's novel.]] It's also worth noting that the ending song in episode 5 is called "Song of Demeter", clearly played through Alucard's perspective. |
| 173 | * DumbBlonde: According to Pip: "She's a bit dim/dumb, but a good girl." |
| 174 | * EndearinglyDorky: Infectiously endearing and cute and far too easily flustered with Pip's flirting. Following her [[TookALevelInBadass taking ten-thousand levels in badass]], she ''still'' maintains her personality making her very much a BadassAdorable. |
| 175 | * ExtremeDoormat: To Integra. With Alucard, it's subverted since Seras complains several times, but he's so intimidating that she closes her mouth swiftly. It doesn't stop her from sporting quite the stink-face. |
| 176 | * EyeScream: Her eyes get slashed out [[spoiler:by Zorin before she cuts off Seras' arm. Thankfully, these get healed when she becomes a full vampire.]] |
| 177 | * FairCop: Or rather, ex-cop, since she technically died in the line of duty. Not that it stops everyone referring to her as "Police Girl". |
| 178 | * {{Foil}}: Believe it or not, the the most direct opposite to Alucard more so than Anderson or The Major. While the other two had opposing traits to Alucard, they were more counterparts to him than true inverses. While alive, Alucard was a zealot who believed in enforcing righteousness through force, whereas Seras was a police officer and believed she had a duty to protect. Alucard kills without regard and enjoys every second of it, but Seras only kills when she has to and never really takes pleasure in (unless driven by a vampire's natural blood lust, but that's instinct, not will). Alucard became a vampire to escape his ruin, but Seras, who was put through absolute hell and had every reason to give up and let death take her, still cared enough about life that she wanted to keep living. Alucard takes the blood of other's indiscriminately without care, but Seras drank blood only once, reluctantly, and it was offered to her by the one she loved. Alucard's familiars are only puppets and slaves, but Seras' one familiar has his own will and her partner/lover. Lastly, Alucard seeks death and wants to die a fitting end at the hands of a strong human, but Seras wants to live. |
| 179 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: |
| 180 | ** With the manga far closer to completion when it was developed, the Ultimate OVA got to indulge. When Alucard turns her into a vampire, for instance, she has a vague flashback to the day her parents died [[spoiler:which Zorin "allows" her to revisit with a lot more clarity]]. Every now and then, generally when she's threatened or smells blood, her meek veneer shatters to reveal a monster capable of ripping enemies apart in seconds to remind us that she hasn't unlocked the majority of her power...yet. [[spoiler:In Episode 7 of the OVA, it happens, she tears through all the remaining attackers like they were wet tissue paper, and afterwards even Father Anderson thinks twice about taking her on. It's probably not a coincidence that her clothes and eyes become and stay blood red, just like those of her master.]] |
| 181 | ** When Seras explains to Alucard that she felt drinking his blood would make her lose 'something important' inside of her, he calls her an idiot but concedes she has a point, stating that 'perhaps it's time for a vampire that does not walk alone in the night'. When she ''does'' finally drink blood, she is literally not alone [[spoiler:because she now has Pip's soul inside her]], ''and'' she keeps her humanity. |
| 182 | * AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Not as much as her Master, but [[spoiler: after she becomes a true vampire, she shifts her shadow/tendril into whatever she wants (arm or wing or swirly whip-thing).]] If Anderson is to be believed, even the rest of her body is just a cloak. |
| 183 | -->[[spoiler: "Yer eyes look just like the depths o' Hell. Shame on ye, still taking on ae human form."]] |
| 184 | %%* FreudianTrio: With Alucard as TheId and Integra as TheSuperego, Seras is TheEgo. |
| 185 | * FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: The [[TokenGoodTeammate only]] in [[BlackAndGreyMorality good, nice, friendly ]] etc. [[CrapsackWorld vampire in the series.]] |
| 186 | * GoodIsNotSoft: Heck no, she isn't. Literally flicks Pip across the room with a finger poke and fires massive bullets against enemies. And that's before she gets mad. |
| 187 | * GunsAkimbo: Harkonnen II. [[{{BFG}} Despite it being an anti-tank cannon]]. |
| 188 | * HappinessInSlavery: Being Alucard/Hellsing's servant doesn't seem to bother her very much. They gradually move more towards a mentor-apprentice, father-daughter relationship by the end of the series. |
| 189 | %%%% |
| 190 | %%%% Please stop adding empty context that says this is a bad thing while simultaneously not actually saying what the trope is in the first place. That is empty context. |
| 191 | %%%%%%%%% |
| 192 | * TheHeart: [[WordOfGod Kohta Hirano himself]] called her "the light that stands out from the darkness." Which means she brings out the hidden kindness in others. This trope makes her the most literally "heroic" in the series even though she's basically Alucard's sidekick |
| 193 | * HeroicBSOD: Completely breaks down after [[spoiler:Zorin kills Pip in OVA 7]]. Then she heard the insults... |
| 194 | * HiddenDepths: Something that Alucard himself, of all people, points out to Walter (out of Seras' earshot, of course). There was her godawful childhood, after which she chose to be like her father and join the police. As a rookie cop, she saw her fellows slaughtered and was attacked by their corpses, then captured, molested and threatened with rape by a vampire, then mortally wounded by her rescuer. It was a closer brush with darkness than many mortals live through, and she chose to then take that darkness upon herself and become a vampire, but still defend both humanity in general and her own humanity. After all that she's endured, she wants to ''keep'' enduring rather than give up. And when ''Alucard'' is intrigued by a person's resolve, that person is worth watching - he believes she's earned immortality. [[spoiler:Something that he believes he has not yet done himself.]] |
| 195 | * HowDoIShotWeb: Seras encounters this issue with her new vampire powers. Alucard has to tell her that she has a third eye in OVA I; she has to figure out how to use it at the right time. |
| 196 | * HunterOfHisOwnKind: Not that she had many options - it was clear neither Alucard not Integra were interested in arguments - but Seras has no problem at all with gunning down other vamps, and indeed would much rather do that than kill humans. To be fair though, just about every vampire she's ever met who wasn't Alucard has tried to either kill or rape her. And were just a piece of shit all together. |
| 197 | * IHateYouVampireDad: In the first anime, there is no love lost between Seras and Alucard. In the manga, he just scares the crap out of her. But at the same time, she looks to him as a sort of teacher and becomes visibly distraught whenever he's seriously (or seemingly) injured or killed. By her own admission, he is the closest thing she's got to a guide and anchor in this bizarre new world, and she doesn't want to face it alone. |
| 198 | * ImprobableAimingSkills: Could give Alucard a run for his money, given that we see her shooting down V1 rockets and firing at targets separated from her by walls and floors and still hitting them. |
| 199 | * InSeriesNickname: "Police Girl" (by the author himself, used by most characters). |
| 200 | * InsultOfEndearment: |
| 201 | ** Alucard refers to her as "Police Girl", at first mocking, and later with respect and affection. |
| 202 | ** Pips refers to her as "Girl"/"Girly"/"Missy"/''Ma chère'' (depending on the translation) for Seras, to make fun of her youth, inexperience, and gender. Over time, it becomes an AffectionateNickname. |
| 203 | %%* LecherousLicking: With Integra. |
| 204 | * LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The light to Integra's dark. Yes, even though she's a vampire and Integra is a religious knight, Seras is just so cute and friendly she becomes the light instead of dark. |
| 205 | * LightningBruiser: While she's already stronger and faster than a normal human [[spoiler: after becoming a full vampire, she starts moving so fast that Millennium vampires, who can dodge bullets, can't react in time.]] |
| 206 | * LivingForeverIsNoBigDeal: Unlike Alucard, who feels that immortality is downright a curse, Seras takes it all in a remarkably nonplussed stride. Maybe once the centuries wear on her she might start to feel differently, but as of right now she just takes it with a positive attitude. |
| 207 | * LoomingSilhouetteOfRage: [[https://38.media.tumblr.com/15a78de926c698d8ed4cb5f965a4b2f3/tumblr_nbkq7uT1mc1tkk631o2_500.gif Zorin, you dun goofed.]] |
| 208 | * LovelyAngels: With Integra in Volumes 9 and 10. |
| 209 | * ManBitesMan: Vampire Bites Vampire! Hope you didn't need that [[spoiler: arm, Zorin!]] |
| 210 | * MeaningfulName: Translated from Latin, her name means "Bringer of Victory". On multiple occasions, her actions are what provides Integra or Alucard the opening they need to win the fight. |
| 211 | * MoralityPet: |
| 212 | ** Acts as this throughout the series. Honestly, if it weren't for Seras, [[IceQueen Integra]] and [[VillainProtagonist Alucard]] would be ''a lot'' less sympathetic. She literally brings out the best (however miniscule) in both of them. |
| 213 | ** Same with Walter (especially after [[spoiler: he turns traitor]]) and [[OnlyInItForTheMoney Pip]] [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Bernadotte]]. Not for nothing [[WordOfGod Kohta Hirano himself]] called her "the light that stands out from the darkness." She brings out the hidden kindness in almost everyone. Those [[KickTheDog who lack kindness, well]]... |
| 214 | * MoreDakka: Harkonnen II. A pair of ''thirty millimeter cannons'' (same size as the rounds used by the [[{{BFG}} GAU-8 Avenger]] in the [[CoolPlane A-10 Warthog]]) belt fed from a backpack, and fires out shells like a machine gun. |
| 215 | * MsFanservice: |
| 216 | ** Occasionally her breasts and buttocks get more focus than necessary. It even gets [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] in-series. Though considering her design and compared to many other examples of this trope, she's pretty tame considering we don't see any scenes of her naked or undressed. |
| 217 | ** Her first meeting with Sir Penwood in the OVA is a loose combination between AssKicksYou and CrashIntoHello, with emphasis on Seras' backside. |
| 218 | * NeverHurtAnInnocent: Seras doesn't want to kill normal humans, especially humans who don't know what they're up against. In the series, her targets are restricted to ghouls and the supernatural troops of Millennium, in direct contrast with Alucard killing everything in his way... and anything adjacent to his way... |
| 219 | * NiceGirl: Remains the ''one'' ray of kind-hearted and good-natured sunshine in this franchise, [[spoiler: even after becoming a True Vampire]]. |
| 220 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: What she does to [[spoiler:Zorin Blitz]], culminating in leaving behind a red smear on the wall. |
| 221 | * NoNameGiven: It's not that the characters insist on calling her ''Police Girl'', but that Kohta Hirano didn't have a name for her until deadlines demanded him to change that at the end of the first volume. She was 'Police Girl' to him when he made the character. Then she became Seras Victoria. |
| 222 | * NonHumanSidekick: To Alucard, Integra and Walter usually as an extra help. She's held as equal on the part of others. |
| 223 | * NotAfraidToDie: Unlike most variations of this trope where the character ''knows'' they can or will die but they are unafraid of it, Seras is unafraid because she ''knows she can't.'' Ever. In fact, she's ''incapable of feeling fear'', and to her credit, her chances of dying are about the same as Alucard's... |
| 224 | * NowThatsUsingYourTeeth: How she tears off [[spoiler:Zorin's arm]]. Also part of how [[spoiler:she kills the Captain, by immobilizing him and keeping him within reach of the silver tooth]]. |
| 225 | %%* OralFixation: Occasionally. |
| 226 | * OfCourseImNotAVirgin: Seems very tempted to invoke this when Alucard asks as she's held hostage by a vampire, but tells the truth at the last second. [[ShootTheHostage Fortunately]] [[VirginPower for]] [[CurseThatCures her.]] |
| 227 | * ParalyzingFearOfSexuality: Implied with her backstory: who wouldn't have hang ups about sex after being molested and then transformed into a vampire, and even before that [[spoiler:being ForcedToWatch as your mother was killed and raped, [[{{Squick}} in that order]], [[HarmfulToMinors while you were a small child]]]]? |
| 228 | * PluckyComicRelief: The source of most of the series' humor. |
| 229 | * PluckyGirl: No matter how much crap is thrown at Seras, she retains her humanity. |
| 230 | * ThePollyanna: A more subtle example than most. Let's list the ways, shall we? She's gone through ParentalAbandonment in a HarmfulToMinors life, has brushes with AttemptedRape, was a SoleSurvivor in OVA I, got a FirstEpisodeResurrection, and she has to work in a CrapsackWorld where she proceeds to get a complete TraumaCongaLine that [[SerialEscalation keeps getting worse]]. Yet Seras remains as cute, sweet and sunny as she ever was. She apparently recovers enough that no one would even guess she has a DarkAndTroubledPast. |
| 231 | * PowerEchoes: Gains an echo to her voice [[spoiler:after drinking Pip's blood and becoming a true vampire.]] |
| 232 | * ProHumanTranshuman: She takes on the mission of the Hellsing Organisation with no complaints, at least about the mission itself. (The other people in the organisation and her condition as a vampire are different matters.) |
| 233 | * PsychicBlockDefense: After Seras [[spoiler:drinks Pip's blood and absorbs his soul, he shields her mind from Zorin's psychic invasion]]. Then Seras makes very sure there won't be another try. [[ExtremeMeleeRevenge Very, very sure]]. |
| 234 | * RapeAsBackstory: Hirano takes two for two as Seras' parents were murdered and her mother was raped right afterwards, [[ForcedToWatch right in front of her]], [[HarmfulToMinors when she was a small child]]. |
| 235 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Her eyes turn red? She's going berserk. In other words, RUN. [[spoiler: They turn red permanently after she drinks Pip's blood and embraces her vampire nature]]. |
| 236 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Zorin, you done fucked up. Good job. |
| 237 | -->''"A gnat... You called him a '''gnat.''' You'll pay. You'll fucking pay! '''YOU'LL PAAAAY!'''''" |
| 238 | -->''"How does it feel to have someone '''fuck with your head'''!? HOW DOES IT FEEL, '''YOU BITCH!?"''''' |
| 239 | %%* ShipperOnDeck: [[spoiler:In Romancia, Seras subtly teased Integra with Alucard, by trying to mimic him and offer to suck her blood. [[{{Tsundere}} Integra got angry and kicked her as result]]]]. |
| 240 | * ShipTease: |
| 241 | ** Seras gets some of this with Pip, during the battle against Zorin Blitz that ends up sinking as Pip is killed. However the two do share a kiss in Pip's last moments. |
| 242 | ** Even WordOfGod has stated there are deeper feelings between her and Alucard. |
| 243 | * ShounenHair: What's going on with the hair down her neck? Cosplayers have replicated the look with varying degrees of success. |
| 244 | * ShoutOut: The name of Seras' main weapon comes from ''Franchise/{{Dune}}''. Hirano jokingly compared the Harkonnen II's design to the [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Dendrobium Orchis]]. |
| 245 | * ShutUpHannibal: [[spoiler:Delivers [[CruelAndUnusualDeath a brutal one]] to Zorin Blitz after she mocked Pip's efforts as being in vain by calling him a gnat after having murdered him along with her EvilGloating.]] |
| 246 | * {{Sidekick}}: To Alucard, Integra, and briefly Walter. |
| 247 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: Debatable in the manga how much or how long Seras likes Pip before [[spoiler: the attack on Hellsing HQ]], but the reader doesn't see them get along or learn of their feelings till after Pip reveals his HiddenHeartOfGold. It's heavily implied in the OVA though, particularly OVA 7's CreativeClosingCredits. A PhotoMontage reveals the two fought like cats and dogs until Pip made an effort to be polite with her in Rio de Janeiro. From then on, they got along much better and seemed to grow more respectful. Considering [[TheGadfly Pip]] usually started/escalated fights by pushing her buttons, it's likely [[TheHeart Seras]] didn't come around until he TookALevelInKindness toward her. At the very least, his nobler qualities seem to be what attract her, not the "bad boy" mercenary persona. Kohta Hirano stated that if Seras wasn't a vampire and Pip wasn't a mercenary, "they would be the perfect couple, everyone would be envious of." |
| 248 | * SlasherSmile: When she's pissed off, ohhhh boy. She takes it from her sire, that's for sure. |
| 249 | * SmallGirlBigGun: She is frequently shown waving around her 30mm artillery rifle which is longer than she is tall. Later in the manga, she starts shooting down zeppelins using ''a pair of those rifles'' like machine guns. Yes, ''Small Girl, MoreDakka! [[GunsAkimbo And Akimbo!]]'' Near the end of the manga, she [[SerialEscalation picks up an 88mm artillery cannon and fires it ''off the shoulder'']] [[spoiler:into the Major's face]]. |
| 250 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Is it Seras, Ceres, or ''Serouss''? |
| 251 | * TheSquadette: She is the only female Hellsing officer in all appearances. |
| 252 | * ThemeMusicPowerUp: In Ultimate 7, "Zakuro" by Suilen plays [[spoiler:while Seras drinks Pip's blood to underscore both her transformation and her defeat of Zorin's forces]]. |
| 253 | * {{Tomboy}}: When she was young. Though she still shows signs of it given that she choose police work as her occupation. |
| 254 | * TokenGoodTeammate: The only character that could be considered a full-on hero, even after [[spoiler:devouring Pip's blood and becoming a full-on vampire]], her niceness is absolutely impossible to debate. |
| 255 | * TookALevelInBadass: Becomes the second strongest vampire in the series after she drank [[spoiler:Bernadotte's]] blood. |
| 256 | * TraumaCongaLine: [[BreakTheCutie Lost the people closest to her]] not once, not twice, not three times, but ''[[SerialEscalation four]]'' times. |
| 257 | * TrueSight: The way she usually uses what Alucard refers to as "the third eye" - she can see through darkness, over long distances and - with some strength of will - past illusions. |
| 258 | * {{Troll}}: Following the 30-year timeskip, she takes every opportunity to tease Integra she can get, [[BerserkButton especially about her age.]] Something that she likely acquired from her sire, though unlike with Alucard who can be downright mean-spirited, she still maintains her fun and friendly personality. |
| 259 | %%* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Pip Bernadotte, in particular. |
| 260 | %%%* UnresolvedSexualTension: With Pip Bernadotte [[spoiler:at least in the beginning]]. |
| 261 | * UndeathlyPallor: While she was already fair-skinned to begin with, her skin becomes noticeably paler after [[spoiler:becoming a full-fledged vampire]]. |
| 262 | * UnskilledButStrong: Being directly sired by Alucard, the King of Vampires, instantly made Seras one of the most powerful vampires in the world - given that most current vampires are "watered down" after many generations of siring back to the centuries-old vampires. But she hasn't fully embraced her vampire nature yet or mastered all of her innate vampiric powers. |
| 263 | * UnstoppableRage: When she snaps, such as during the Valentine Brothers' assault and Zorin Blitz's assault. |
| 264 | * VirtuousCharacterCopy: She's this for [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Lucy Westerna]]. They're both 19-year-old [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold beautiful, kindhearted, virginal, blonde women]] who lose their respective mothers under horrific circumstances and are desired by [[DudeMagnet multiple male characters]]. They also both get ultimately turned into vampires by Dracula himself. Though whilst Lucy becomes a soulless monster, Seras is able to keep her humanity, becoming a FriendlyNeighbourhoodVampire. |
| 265 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: Following the timeskip, she too gains the ability to shapeshift into any form, [[TheGadfly though she primarily uses it to tease Integra.]] |
| 266 | * WellDoneSonGuy: A "Well Done Daughter" Girl version. Seems to be anxious to win Alucard's approval of her merits. [[spoiler:After killing Zorin, [[ILoveYouVampireSon she got just that]].]] |
| 267 | * WhatTheHellHero: She points out to Alucard in OVA II that the SWAT team he massacred were just ordinary humans doing their jobs. It's perhaps the one time Alucard ''ever'' feels compelled to defend his actions - saying that ''they'' tried to kill her and him first, so killing them right back is the only course - but she remains unconvinced. |
| 268 | * WoundThatWillNotHeal: It's ambiguous if her missing arm is one. Even thirty years later, the limb has yet to regrow. However, her eyes were healed while it wasn't, and she displayed an ability to regenerate her other arm shortly after, even with only one soul inside her. |
| 269 | * YourEyesCanDeceiveYou: Her human eyes, according to Alucard, when he is teaching her to use her new senses. |
| 270 | [[/folder]] |
| 271 | |
| 272 | [[folder:Walter C. Dornez]] |
| 273 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/walter01_40.png]] |
| 274 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote: Click here to see him as a young adult]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/young_walter.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 275 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote: Click here to see him as a teenager]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/teen_walter.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 276 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Motomu Kiyokawa (old) / Creator/DaisukeNamikawa (young adult) / Creator/RomiPark (teenager) (JP), Ralph Lister (old) / Creator/LiamOBrien (young adult) / Jessica Stone (teenager) (EN), Hervé Caradec (FR) |
| 277 | |
| 278 | -->''"Oh dear, I missed... I guess I'm not as spry as I used to be. My name is Walter Dornez, butler to the Hellsing family and former master vampire hunter. [[BadassBoast I highly recommend pissing yourself, followed by a course of praying to your impotent god.]]"'' |
| 279 | |
| 280 | Integra's butler and also the retired retainer of the Hellsing Family. He is known as the "Angel of Death", due to his incredible fighting prowess and skill with manipulating ultra-thin wires that can cut nearly anything to ribbons. Don't be fooled by his elderly appearance -- to this day, he can still prove to kick a lot of undead ass. |
| 281 | ---- |
| 282 | * AffablyEvil: To Integra and Seras [[spoiler:after his betrayal]]. He's relieved that Integra is willing to [[spoiler:send Alucard after him]] so he can finally fulfill his lifelong obsession and exchanges words of encouragement with Seras before [[spoiler:his last fight]]. |
| 283 | * AllForNothing: [[spoiler:His laughter at Alucard's demise can only turn to bitter tears as he realizes that he had sacrificed his entire life and betrayed Hellsing for nothing whatsoever; he failed to kill Alucard, let alone best him, and the Major never even expected that Walter would succeed.]] |
| 284 | * AlmightyJanitor: Straight up one of the best fighters in the entire series. Among the Hellsing staff, the only person who outclasses him is [[InvincibleHero Alucard]]. He's Sir Integra's ''butler.'' |
| 285 | * AlwaysSecondBest: To Alucard. During their [[spoiler:final confrontation]], Alucard even rubs it in Walter's face by stating that if Anderson couldn't defeat him, then a "brat" like Walter never could. Of course, this blatantly implies that Walter wasn't even second best, but ''third'' best behind Anderson, who Alucard views as his true rival and WorthyOpponent. |
| 286 | * AmbiguousStartOfDarkness: [[spoiler:It is unclear when or why exactly he defected to Millenium. Sir Irons suspects it could have been as early the Warsaw incident when he first made contact with Millenium, but it seems somewhat unlikely given how Alucard assures they destroyed the facility together. Given what Alucard says of Walter, it may be that while Millenium continued to keep tabs on him, Walter only truly betrayed Hellsing once he realized that he was getting older and that time was running out.]] |
| 287 | * AndThenWhat: It is unclear what he would have done even if he did manage to best Alucard. Given how despondent he becomes after managing to outlive Alucard, he probably never thought that far ahead. |
| 288 | * AntagonistInMourning: Although he first exalts in [[spoiler:Alucard]]'s demise, he then breaks down crying, realizing none of it was worth it. |
| 289 | * AsideGlance: Can give these from time to time, especially when something silly is going on. |
| 290 | * BadassBookworm: He's the tech guy who makes Alucard and Seras' weapons and a master monster hunter. |
| 291 | * BattleButler: To the Hellsing family. Next to Alucard, he's probably the strongest fighter they have to offer, and he rips an entire hallway full of Jan Valentine's ghouls to bloody pieces. |
| 292 | * BattleCouple: Not a romantic one, but Young Walter and Girlycard ([[spoiler:female version of Alucard]]) can be included here. |
| 293 | * BloodKnight: Don't let his contained, reliable old retainer persona fool you. Walter ''relishes'' in the slaughter of his enemies. This also serves to make him fairly creepy when we are shown glimpses of the bloodlust that shimmers beneath his well-kept outward persona. He's always quite happy to observe Alucard's rampages. Even more so when he was a kid, since he didn't even ''bother to hide it.'' Kid Walter was a vicious little bastard, complete with SlasherSmile and [[LaughingMad disconcerting evil laughter.]] |
| 294 | * BreakTheHaughty: 14-year old Walter thinks he's utterly invincible, with relatively good reason too, being already called "the Angel of Death" and Arthur is confident he will not be defeated by the likes of the Nazis. However, the Captain shows just how out of his league he is by completely picking him apart in battle. [[spoiler:This realization of his weakness is likely the reason of his defection to Millenium among others.]] |
| 295 | * ButHeSoundsHandsome: His praising whoever orchestrated the attack as a "tactical genius" can come across as this [[spoiler: if Walter worked for Millennium before the series started and/or leaked information for the Valentine Brothers' attack on Hellsing.]] |
| 296 | * TheButlerDidIt: [[spoiler:Turns out to be the traitor in Hellsing's ranks, who allowed the Valentine brothers to infiltrate Hellsing's HQ and basically facilitated the Major's master plan in every way, just to get his shot at taking down Alucard]]. |
| 297 | * CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Holds the distinction of being the only non-supernatural/biologically augmented member of the cast who still nonetheless has easily superhuman abilities. |
| 298 | * ChildSoldier: Walter was barely 14 years old when he fought against Millennium in WWII, cutting bloody swathes through Nazis and ghouls right alongside Hellsing's [[TheJuggernaut Juggernaut]], Alucard. And it's implied that he had been fighting vampires long beforehand. However, it is deconstructed in that he is psychologically vulnerable and physically outmatched by more experienced and powerful beings. The Captain easily overpowers him through sheer experience and physical might, and [[spoiler:the Major sways him over to his side with promises of power and approval]]. |
| 299 | * ColourCodedCharacters: Dark purple. |
| 300 | * TheConfidant: From time to time, he and Alucard would have personal conversations over a wide range of topics. Most telling were those dealing with the women of Hellsing, idle discussion of Alucard's immortality, and concern about Walter's advancing old age. The talks gave an impression the two were close and could share topics they wouldn't with Integra and Seras. [[spoiler:All the more reason for Alucard's intense rage when Walter revealed his betrayal]]. |
| 301 | * CoolOldGuy: 70 years old, and still quite capable of tearing you and your undead army some new orifices. He claims he's not as spry as he used to be... which makes you wonder what he was like when he was ''younger''. [[spoiler:Then he gets rejuvenated, losing the old part.]] |
| 302 | * ADayInTheLimelight: Walter is the main character of ''[[{{Prequel}} The Dawn]]'', which focuses on the time Alucard and he spent fighting Millennium in WWII era Warsaw [[spoiler: and will almost certainly detail the circumstances of Walter's betrayal.]] |
| 303 | * DeadlyUpgrade: Gets an even more powerful - and deteriorating - upgrade as [[spoiler:vampirized Walter, who's only stable in this 14-year-old form]]. |
| 304 | * DeadpanSnarker: He enjoys utilizing this against friend and foe alike, sniping out insults that are often hard to distinguish from compliments. [[spoiler: However, some of his snipes and snarking become less funny when it's revealed that Walter is the traitor who's been feeding Millennium information and assistance all along]]. |
| 305 | * DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler: After Alucard's passing, he tracks down and kills the Doctor when he is escaping, destroying the Doctor's research and destroying the remains of Mina Harker (and giving her a long-overdue MercyKill in the process). And allows himself to finish dying, while smoking a cigarette, bidding farewell to Integra.]] |
| 306 | * DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler: He returns to his kind, warm grandfatherly persona as he dies.]] |
| 307 | * EvilAllAlong: It's eventually revealed that Walter's been planning to [[spoiler:betray the Hellsing organization]] ever since World War II. |
| 308 | * EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler:Walter's post-vamping ensemble]]. |
| 309 | * {{Expy}}: His character and skills, particularly in his younger version, are meant to resemble Aki Setsura from Creator/HideyukiKikuchi's ''Demon City Blues'' novel series. Kouta Hirano is a declared fan of the work and made it as a personal {{Homage}}. |
| 310 | * FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Although Sir Islands points out there's reason to suspect that he turned WAY before the series started. Sixty years, in fact.]] |
| 311 | * FinalBoss: Even though it's Schrödinger who 'defeats' him, [[spoiler:he is Alucard's final enemy in the OVA and manga.]] |
| 312 | * {{Foil}}: He may be Alucard's most powerful one, both being cautionary tales against letting an obsession consume you. Like Vlad Tepes, Walter sacrificed his whole to life towards one cause and they both failed, Vlad defeated and executed at the hands of his fated enemies while Walter failed to kill Alucard. Young Walter and young Vlad even look identical. |
| 313 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: |
| 314 | ** On the day young Integra is forced to wake Alucard up from his torpor to protect her against her murderous uncle and [[{{Mooks}} his goon squad,]] Walter is nowhere to be found. Sir Islands later mentions that he had forewarned Walter of the danger to Integra's life, but Walter still inexplicably chose not to act on it. [[spoiler: It seems Walter wanted Integra to wake him, and this was his way of forcing her hand.]] |
| 315 | ** There's also a ''second'' instance when Alucard explains just who Millennium really are and about his and Walter's own chequered past with them. At ''no point'' prior to this does Walter ever acknowledge that he is familiar with Millennium or that he fought them before, and only acquiesces after some prodding from Alucard. He claims he'd forgotten because it was so long ago, but... |
| 316 | ** The third instance is actually displayed throughout his appearances before [[spoiler:his betrayal]], where he bemoans his old age and how he's not as skilled or remembered as he used to be, longing for the glory days of vampire hunting. [[spoiler:It would foreshadow his motivation to join Millennium to have one last bout with the ultimate vampire, Alucard.]] |
| 317 | * FreudianExcuse: He was sick and tired of [[AlwaysSecondBest always being second best]] to Alucard (who [[OvershadowedByAwesome overshadowed him]] without effort), and of having to [[TrashOfTheTitans clean up]] after his apathetic, womanizing boss. It's possible that he also had major issues from being a ChildSoldier during WWII, and was fed up with Arthur and Alucard being [[{{Jerkass}} unappreciative jerks]], as seen in ''The Dawn''. It is of little surprise that [[spoiler:the Major is able to sway him over with only a few words of praise and approval for his talents]]. |
| 318 | * FriendlyEnemy: He is rather polite even to enemies like Jan Valentine. [[spoiler:Even after turning his cloak, he accepts Seras' well-wishes before she and Integra go off to confront the Major, and he wishes her well in turn.]] |
| 319 | * GreenEyedMonster: He's tired of being AlwaysSecondBest and wanted to defeat Alucard at least ''once''. |
| 320 | * HeelFaceTurn: Walter redeemed himself at the very end. See DeathEqualsRedemption. |
| 321 | * HeelRealization: [[spoiler: After Alucard dies he realizes what a fool he was for betraying everyone, he undergoes a HeelFaceTurn and kills the Doctor.]] |
| 322 | * HiddenDepths: Hands up who suspected of his skills the first time you saw him? |
| 323 | * HopeSpot: Invoked. He tells Seras [[spoiler: that he's attacking them because Millennium kidnapped and [[BrainwashedAndCrazy brainwashed]] him and turned him into a vampire soldier to take them out...then adds "That's what you hoped I would say, isn't it?"]] |
| 324 | * InexplicablyAwesome: While Anderson is explicitly described as a artificially enhanced human, Walter's CharlesAtlasSuperpower as well his inhuman usage of wires is never explained. He is indicated by Arthur to have already been a seasoned vampire hunter by the time he was 14, but it is never clarified on how he was trained or how he came into service of the Hellsing family. |
| 325 | * InSeriesNickname: "Shinigami Walter". The Angel of Death. The Grim Reaper. |
| 326 | * KickTheDog: He stomps on [[spoiler: Anderson's ashes only moments after his death. And calls him garbage for dying. Right in front of Heinkel, Yumie, and all of the other Iscariot priests whom Anderson raised as his children. Alucard, Integra, and Seras are all equally infuriated and disgusted by this action. Then Walter slices poor Yumie into pieces when she tries to avenge her mentor's desecration.]] |
| 327 | * TheLancer: Back when he was partnered solely with Alucard. Now, he's more of TheSmartGuy. |
| 328 | * MadeOfIron: Taking punches from the Captain and staying ''intact'', let alone conscious, definitely qualifies. |
| 329 | * MirrorCharacter: To ''Alucard'', if that tells you anything. This, coupled with how long they've known each other, is probably the reason Walter is the closest thing to a ''friend'' Alucard really has. [[spoiler:And is the biggest reason Alucard is PISSED when he learns that he's betrayed him and the Hellsing Organization]]. |
| 330 | * MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: ''The Dawn'' implies this to be the reason he sided with [[spoiler:Millennium]]. Arthur and Alucard really did not treat him well, from what little we see of the OrphanedSeries. |
| 331 | * TheMole: [[spoiler:For Millennium.]] |
| 332 | * MouthyKid: ''Dawn'' reveals that he was rather bratty as a kid. Probably justified; it'd be hard to discipline a 14-year-old whose well-deserved nickname is "Angel of Death". |
| 333 | * MysteriousMiddleInitial: We never learn what the C stands for. |
| 334 | * NotQuiteFlight: In ''The Dawn'', he paraglides out of a plane under a cloud of his wires. |
| 335 | * OneLastSmoke: How he goes out. |
| 336 | * OvershadowedByAwesome: Much to his frustration. No matter what he does, he could just never escape Alucard's shadow. |
| 337 | * PeoplePuppets: Can inflict this [[spoiler:after regaining his youth,]] stringing up Luke Valentine from ''the inside out'' to control him[[spoiler:, and does the same to the Black Hound of Baskerville.]] |
| 338 | * PetTheDog: [[spoiler:Even as a traitor working for Millennium, it's implied that Walter genuinely respected and might have even been fond of both Integra Hellsing and Seras. He never once takes any action to directly harm Integra despite having many opportunities over the course of ''decades'' to assassinate her with her unknowingly at his mercy. And he seemed genuinely enraged when Sir Irons put the blame on Integra for the Valentines' invasion and spoke on her behalf, which he had no reason to do so whatsoever especially as a traitor. In the same token, Walter never takes any action to attack Seras either directly or indirectly and his last words to her are spoken with genuine fondness. It should be noted that when he created Alucard's and Seras' new weapons, he put a trap in Alucard's that allowed Millennium to explode it from a distance...but never puts any kind of trap in Seras'.]] |
| 339 | * PsychopathicManchild:[[spoiler: Alucard points out that he never truly grew past his teenage years of wanting to prove himself to be better than anyone else. Walter simply couldn't stand the idea of fading away by old age when he knew he had the resources to rejuvenate himself and go out with a bang.]] |
| 340 | * RazorFloss: To the point he provides the Trope's Image. Is his trademark weapon, stored in his gloves. Walter has three versions of his gloves, two pairs like normal gloves (in white and black) and a fingerless pair. |
| 341 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Jan Valentine before bringing out his wires. [[spoiler:Gets a powerful one from Alucard at the end of volume/episode 9]]. |
| 342 | * RetiredBadass: He used to fight on the front lines with Alucard, but now serves as Integra's butler and only participates in combat when the manor itself is threatened. [[spoiler: And then he comes out of retirement to be deaged and vampirized.]] |
| 343 | * RivalTurnedEvil: [[spoiler:He considered himself Alucard's rival (Alucard for his part decidedly did not) and betrayed Hellsing and joined up with Millennium in order to take a shot at killing Alucard.]] |
| 344 | * ScaryShinyGlasses: Half the glasses, double the [[BuffySpeak scary-shininess]]. |
| 345 | * SlasherSmile: Tends to sport a rather unsettling one whenever there's violence to be had. |
| 346 | * ServileSnarker: Basically [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Alfred]] with extensive combat training and superhuman physical prowess in terms of demeanor and role at the beginning of the story. |
| 347 | * SmokingIsCool: Young Walter thinks so. |
| 348 | * SmugSuper: ''Definitely'' this when he was younger. |
| 349 | * SpiesAreDespicable: [[spoiler:After being outed as Millennium's spy/mole inside Hellsing, opinion of him drops sharply. He goes from being highly respected by other members of Hellsing to held in utter contempt by all but a few.]] |
| 350 | * SuicidalOverconfidence: Tends to indulge in this a bit. He finds himself quite out of his depth when confronting Millenium, whom he at first assumes to be a group of low-level vampires, and his subsequent fight against the Captain goes about as well as a child against a trained soldier. |
| 351 | * TallDarkAndSnarky: Tall? Yes. Dark? Yes. Snarky? Oh yes. |
| 352 | * TraitorShot: [[spoiler:In [[FridgeBrilliance hindsight]], if Walter was working for Millennium all along, many of his [[AsideGlance aside glances]] throughout the series could be this, especially when other characters discuss Millennium around him.]] |
| 353 | * UnexplainedRecovery: The last we see him in ''The Dawn'', he is locked in a room by Alucard facing down a transformed Captain. Given how he didn't stand a chance against him even in his human state, it seems rather unlikely that Walter could have defeated the Captain in battle. It is more likely that the Captain rather spared him out of mercy or for future involvement in the Major's plans. |
| 354 | * WaistcoatOfStyle: Always sports a waistcoat regardless of location [[spoiler:or age.]] |
| 355 | * WalkingSpoiler: Walter is ''much'' more important than he seems at first, if the number of spoiler tags here is anything to go by. |
| 356 | * WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer: Athleticism, quickness and toughness aside, his practical fighting skills are limited to his wires, yet he uses them in a creative number of ways. |
| 357 | * WithFriendsLikeThese: Implied to be [[spoiler: part of the reason he might have made a deal with Millennium]] in ''The Dawn'', where Alucard and Arthur really don't treat him well. TheHedonist Arthur drinks and womanizes in the luxury of his mansion while Walter risks his life in Warsaw (which [[OnlySaneMan Sir Islands]] [[WhatTheHellHero calls him out on]]), and Alucard leaves him to fend for himself against an opponent he has little hope of winning against. Yikes. |
| 358 | [[/folder]] |
| 359 | |
| 360 | [[folder:Pip Bernadotte]] |
| 361 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/pip01_8095.png]] |
| 362 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiroakiHirata (adult) / Creator/HiromiIgarashi (young) (JP), Creator/YuriLowenthal (adult) / Creator/KarenStrassman (young) (EN) |
| 363 | |
| 364 | -->''"Oh, the inequity! Damn you, bourgeoisie! '''Damn you!"''''' |
| 365 | |
| 366 | The captain of the Wild Geese [[PrivateMilitaryContractors mercenaries]], who are hired by Hellsing after their forces were decimated by the Valentine Brothers. Bernadotte is cynical, snarky, and a pervert, but he's also a cunning strategist and very proficient in the art of war. |
| 367 | ---- |
| 368 | * BackFromTheDead: Seras lets his soul have a lot more autonomy and will, meaning that he quite literally lives on inside her. |
| 369 | * BadassNormal: Being an ordinary human with extensive combat skills in a world full of vampires and suped up humans. |
| 370 | * BloodKnight: Acts like he's [[OnlyInItForTheMoney only in it for the money]], but according to him and his grandfather, his family all became mercenaries for "the fun of it". |
| 371 | * BoyMeetsGhoul: Integra has the Wild Geese meet Seras as the first example of a vampire. Overlaps with MeetCute. |
| 372 | ** WordOfGod is that Pip and Seras ''would'' [[ShipTease make for a cute couple]] (as seen [[http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120105193960/hellsing/images/f/f4/Pipseras.png here]]), had things been different. But with him being a lifelong Merc and her being an undead blood-sucker... well, things really wouldn't work for them. |
| 373 | ** More specifically, Kohta Hirano stated that if Seras wasn't a vampire and Pip wasn't a mercenary, "they would be the perfect couple, everyone would be envious of." It's not exactly sure what it means though given Pip's childhood and what happened to his father, that could be a hint. |
| 374 | * BraidsOfAction: A truly majestic one long enough to reach all the way down his back. |
| 375 | * BrainsAndBrawn: With Seras as the Brawn. Pip is more tactical and experienced in battle, so he helps Seras pinpoint where to most effectively use her vampiric strength. |
| 376 | * TheCaptain: Of the Wild Geese. Just like his grandfather before him, they are [[UndyingLoyalty undyingly loyal]] to Pip and follow him into battle with a zealousness that can only come from great leadership. [[spoiler: After Seras' absorbed his soul, the survivors of the Wild Geese saluted her, recognizing that his soul resided within her now.]] |
| 377 | * CheeseEatingSurrenderMonkeys: Averted. Pip has many flaws but willingness to surrender instead of going down fighting isn't one of them. |
| 378 | * ChivalrousPervert: For all that he teases Seras, he'd never do anything to hurt her even if he could. |
| 379 | * ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Dark green. |
| 380 | * CombatPragmatist: Pip's one for sure. He knows for a fact that his men don't stand a chance fighting close range, so he ultimately relies on Seras' MoreDakka, landmines, claymores and general trickery to win battles. He wipes out 80% of Zorin's forces during her strike. Shown earlier when he simply disguises himself as an enemy soldier and secure an extraction by going StraightForTheCommander and using the chaos to steal a helicopter. |
| 381 | ** He takes out the Brazilian officials working with the Dandy Man by stealing a uniform, sneaking into their tent, and executing everyone with a silenced pistol before blowing the tent up to cover his tracks. |
| 382 | * DeadpanSnarker: |
| 383 | -->"A vampire, drinking wine in an airplane, flying to Rio de Janeiro in broad daylight? The stories have got it all wrong." |
| 384 | * TheDeterminator: Wooden shrapnel in the gut and getting his legs shot at did not stop him from trying to carry Seras [[spoiler:away from Zorin to escape. Only when he gets stabbed with her scythe does he fall. Even then it doesn't completely kill him.]] |
| 385 | * DisappearedDad: Pip's father died fighting in Colombia, meaning his mother and grandfather looked after him as a kid. |
| 386 | * DoubleEntendre: ''Very'' fond of using these. |
| 387 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: [[spoiler: After becoming Seras' familiar he gains: eternal life, enhanced strength, can talk mentally with Seras, and can be manifested at anytime.]] |
| 388 | * EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: Subverted - Seras doesn't find him attractive because he's French. |
| 389 | * EyepatchOfPower: Lost his left eye during a gig, so he wears one. Never takes it off. |
| 390 | * AFatherToHisMen: Looks out for his men and refuses to leave them behind. |
| 391 | * {{Foil}}: He is a very interesting and striking example of one to the Major. Pip finds fighting for fun vile, while the Major just loves everything about war. Both are able to inspire UndyingLoyalty from the troops under their command, but while the Major used his men as tools for his plans, Pip genuinely cares about the Wild Geese, and does everything he can to get them out of a situation alive. Both can give very rousing speeches, but Pip's can often be short and sweet, while the Major will just drone on and on. Heck, even in regards to how they treat vampires, the differences are pretty striking. The Major refused vampirism because of how proud he is of his "humanity" and didn't like the idea of "sharing his life with another", as he puts it. Pip [[spoiler: willingly lets Seras, the woman he loves, drink his blood, letting her become a true vampire, and is able to retain his free will even when he is her familiar.]] |
| 392 | * AFormYouAreComfortableWith: When Seras drinks his blood, he exists within her body and manifests occasionally as a shadow in her arm. |
| 393 | * TheGadfly: To Seras, at least at first. He kept singing bawdy songs during training. |
| 394 | * GeniusBruiser: He's good at physical fighting, but is more likely to use well-executed tactics to gain the upper hand. [[spoiler: Its possible that becoming Seras' familiar was also his plan after becoming mortally wounded as it would not only make Seras' more powerful, it kept him from being completely dead.]] |
| 395 | * GuileHero: The defenses that he sets up against Millennium succeed in stopping them dead (no pun intended) in their tracks [[spoiler:until Zorin uses her illusion powers to distract him and the others long enough for Millennium to get around them and into the Hellsing building]]. |
| 396 | * HandicappedBadass: He lost his eye on the field, but it didn't slow him down. |
| 397 | * TheHeart: To Seras and his mercenaries, he keeps them grounded and motivated. |
| 398 | * HeroicSacrifice: Is alright with giving up his life to save Seras. [[spoiler:He comes back.]] |
| 399 | * HeyYou: Like Alucard and Integra before him, Pip refuses to call Seras by name, even after she corrects him. He only does so while giving her a RousingSpeech about avenging London, and after [[spoiler:successfully stealing a kiss]]. |
| 400 | * HiddenDepths: The rough-talking mercenary in the beginning of OVA III didn't survive on combat alone. The tactics he pulls off in the series help keep people alive. |
| 401 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: According to the credits of one of the episodes he was fairly rude to Seras, but he genuinely cares for his men and by OVA VI his speech on how much he feels that all of the battle is ''wrong'' and his looking out for Seras show otherwise. |
| 402 | * KnightInSourArmor: He says right out that he hates London for its stuffiness, and he won't mourn it when it's gone -- but he loves the ''people'' of London, and he won't let Millennium get away with massacring them. |
| 403 | * LadykillerInLove: While there aren't any details, Seras was not the first woman to catch his eye, yet after he met her, she's the only one he's seen trying to steal kisses from. |
| 404 | * LimitedWardrobe: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in Pip's case. We've seen him in at least three different outfits besides his mercenary apparel. Including a bright pink t-shirt that he wore to see the Queen of England. |
| 405 | * MadeOfIron: Poor [[BadassNormal guy]] gets attacked again and again by Zorin and her mooks, including getting stuck with wooden shrapnel in an explosion. It takes [[spoiler:several bullets to his torso and ''being stabbed straight through the back'' by Zorin's scythe to finally bring him down, and he's able to light a cigarette and give one last Rousing Speech before he kicks the bucket. It doesn't stick.]] |
| 406 | * MrFanservice: Hirano made hentai with him. |
| 407 | * NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: He exists inside Seras, enough to have her complain when he starts smoking inside her.]] |
| 408 | * OfficerAndAGentleman: He's a bit crude, but he's a amicable charmer, a very competent leader, and his heart is in the right place. |
| 409 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: He says that being a mercenary, he says that money -- even just a few cents -- is his only real reason for fighting (until he meets Seras, that is) because fighting just because it's ''fun'' would be vile to admit and no one would let him do it. Just like [[BadassFamily all the men in his family going back to his "grandfather's grandfather's grandfather"]]. |
| 410 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivers one against pretty much the entire Nazi regime during [[spoiler:the battle with the Captain, regarding all of the wealth they stole and that Millennium is using to fund their operation.]] |
| 411 | -->'''Pip:''' ''"Disgusting, no? It's plunder from when they ransacked Europe half a century ago. These bastards shook out whole countries like piggy-banks, taking everything of value. No matter how small. Everything from gold ingots and wads of cash down to pocket watches and gold teeth. The fearsome Schutzstaffel. They think they're Nietzsche's wet dream, but they're just vultures picking at the dead. They're a bunch of misfits who think war is some kind of costume ball. The invincible army? The knights of steel? What a pack of losers."'' |
| 412 | * RousingSpeech: Gives a fountain of them to Seras and his men, and never fails to motivate. |
| 413 | * TheSmartGuy: His plan to counter the attack on Hellsing HQ demonstrates a three-layered perimeter defence that successfully holds off the enemy forces. Seeing as said enemy forces are Nazi vampires who would slaughter them all if they managed to come within close range as Pip admitted, it demonstrates his experience and cunning with tactics. This is just ''one'' instance. |
| 414 | ** While Alucard is fighting the Dandy Man in Brazil, Pip opts to steal a uniform, sneaks into where the local officials are meeting, [[CuttingTheKnot executes each one with a silenced pistol]], then blows up their tent and steals one of their helicopters in the confusion so he, Alucard, and Seras can escape. |
| 415 | * SacrificialLion: We know him long enough that his death does a huge emotional number on everyone [[spoiler:and allows Seras to achieve her true vampire power. It's subverted in that Pip's soul and consciousness survives within Seras' and he can be summoned as a familiar. ]] |
| 416 | * ScarfOfAsskicking: Sports an impressively classy red scarf. |
| 417 | * SmokingIsCool: Near every scene of his is having him smoke a cigarette. [[spoiler: Even after his soul becomes Seras' familiar. She tells him to refrain from smoking when he is stored inside her, but he still does.]] |
| 418 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: "Bernadotte," "Bernadette" or "Vernadead"? |
| 419 | * ThisIsUnforgivable: What Millennium does to London. Says as much to motivate Seras in a RousingSpeech. |
| 420 | * TurnOutLikeHisFather: Pip's career path as a mercenary goes back for several generations and it appears most males come to the same conclusion Pip did, just like Pip's grandfather predicted. Pip's own father died during a mercenary job trying to earn some cash to help raise Pip when his mother was pregnant. |
| 421 | * TrueLoveIsExceptional: A perverted human mercenary that used to frequent cabarets and cathouses falls for sweet, innocent, virginal, (and [[ParalyzingFearOfSexuality erotophobic]]) vampire girl Seras Victoria. Go figure. |
| 422 | * UnscrupulousHero: At the beginning, as a mercenary who enjoys killing for the sake of it and has no problem murdering masses of cops and blowing up their bases with bystanders present. Sheds this at the end. |
| 423 | * WhenSheSmiles: While not unfriendly or bad-looking in his own right, the smile he gives after [[spoiler: successfully kissing Seras]] could melt a heart of iron. |
| 424 | [[/folder]] |
| 425 | |
| 426 | [[folder:Dr. Abraham Van Helsing]] |
| 427 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/abraham01_1574.png]] |
| 428 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka (JP), Curt Lowens (EN) |
| 429 | |
| 430 | -->''"This is not a nightmare you will be awaking from. You castles are plundered, your dominion is in ruins. Your servants destroyed. And the girl has fled this place forever more! She will '''never''' be yours, Count! You are judged, and found wanting Vampire King! You have nothing! You '''are''' nothing! '''Nothing!'''"'' |
| 431 | |
| 432 | A Dutch doctor who took interest in many fields, he was also a master vampire hunter whose greatest accomplishment was defeating Count Dracula. After he captured and enslaved Dracula, he founded the Hellsing Organization as a means of fighting the vampire threat. |
| 433 | |
| 434 | ---- |
| 435 | * TheAce: This man ''defeated'' Alucard/Dracula (who [[AdaptationalAbomination is now an eldritch being of hellish darkness]]) to such an extent that Alucard, who can shread whole armies without a sweat, both respects and is terrified of him and is loyal to Abraham's family. |
| 436 | * AdaptationNameChange: His surname is recognized and written as Helsing, with only a single ''l'', as like from the source novel. However, the organization bearing his name, Hellsing, is written with two l's. This is actually a case of Kohta Hirano [[ShownTheirWork doing his research]]. A number of businesses and organizations established during the Victorian era and before underwent minor name changes throughout the Industrial Revolution, due to the advent of new printing technology making record-keeping significantly more streamlined. Though most of said changes were the results of irreversible errors and mistakes, some ''were'' altered for registration purposes. |
| 437 | * BadassLongcoat: One appropriate for his era. [[spoiler:It would later become Alucard's.]] |
| 438 | * BadassNormal: Van Helsing was a normal human who defeated Dracula at his best in an implied CurbStompBattle, and the reason Alucard thinks HumansAreSpecial. |
| 439 | * CoolOldGuy: He was in his old age when he defeated Dracula, who is now better described as a HumanoidAbomination in an implied CurbStompBattle, creating a belief of HumansAreSpecial in the No-Life King. |
| 440 | * CurbStompBattle: It's unclear how, or how accurate it is, but in Alucard's dream he doesn't even looked winded. It's implied he had help (given he destroyed Dracula's castle) but that he was still the one to ram a stake into Dracula's heart is a miracle. |
| 441 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Again, this normal human old man managed to defeat Dracula when he was at the height of his power. |
| 442 | * FaceFramedInShadow: A rare heroic example, when he looms over Dracula just as he's about to drive the stake into the vampire's chest. |
| 443 | * HorrifyingTheHorror: Alucard is so traumatized over his defeat by Van Helsing that he has a nightmare about it and is ''in tears'' when he wakes up. |
| 444 | * NoodleIncident: It's never explained or implied (despite the flashback) how Abraham [[spoiler:alongside Johnathon Harker, Lord Godalming, and Quincy Morris (although Dr. Seward is missing, for some reason)]] managed to defeat [[spoiler:and enslave]] Dracula. All that is stated is that Dracula went all out, Quincy died, Mina escaped, and Abraham managed to strike such fear and respect into the old Count that this single human haunted his nightmares for hundreds of years and made him weep blood. No matter how you cut it, this man is badass. Regardless of whether or not it was a team effort, it's clear that Van Helsing was the key figure. |
| 445 | * OurFounder: Founded the Hellsing Organization. |
| 446 | * RespectedByTheRespected: Alucard respects him. That should be all you need. |
| 447 | * WorldsStrongestMan: He beat Dracula ''at his very best'' in a CurbStompBattle. |
| 448 | [[/folder]] |
| 449 | |
| 450 | [[folder:Arthur Hellsing]] |
| 451 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/arthur01_9895.png]] |
| 452 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChikaoOhtsuka (old) / Creator/DaisukeNamikawa (young) (JP), John E. Breen (EN) |
| 453 | |
| 454 | -->''"Alucard is too powerful of a drug to be used as anything more than the occasional medicine."'' |
| 455 | |
| 456 | Integra's father and former leader of Hellsing. He oversaw and personally conducted the operation during World War II where Walter and Alucard raided Millennium's headquarters in Warsaw, Poland. |
| 457 | |
| 458 | ---- |
| 459 | * TheAlcoholic: Takes his tea with whiskey. |
| 460 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: With as much of a womanizing alcoholic as he was, Arthur was a very competent administrator of the Hellsing organization. |
| 461 | * TheCasanova: At least in his younger days, he was quite the womaniser. |
| 462 | * TheChessmaster: He's the one responsible for Alucard's eldritchian state and he gave Integra the clues to unlock Alucard's seal. |
| 463 | * DentedIron: He was apparently a bit of a sickly man by the time Integra was born and was bedridden often. Looks like everything he did in his youth caught up to him by the time he was in his middle age. |
| 464 | * EntertaininglyWrong: During WWII, Arthur waxes to [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Sir Irons/Islands]] just how powerful BattleButler Walter is, despite being JustAKid, and that the Millenium basically has no chance against him. Meanwhile in Warsaw, [[spoiler: not only does his arrival completely unfaze the Major; Walter is quickly overwhelmed by the Captain and is only saved at the last minute by Alucard.]] |
| 465 | * TheHedonist: Arthur seemed to care more about drinking and sleeping around than his duties, at least when he was a young man. |
| 466 | * HiddenDepths: Beyond being a BunnyEarsLawyer, he was the one who ended up realizing a powerful truth about Alucard, something he told to Integra (and Walter who was also there.) He described to Integra his own views on immortal monsters like Alucard, which is the quote in the front page Given how many people view Alucard, both working with him and against him, it says alot how he was able to look past the layers of violence and bloodlust, especially since Integra shares the same view. Given Alucard's behavior and thoughts (and extending to other immortals like the Captain of Millennium), Arthur's epiphany that the immortal monsters his family hunts down are actually "frail, sobbing children" is entirely correct. |
| 467 | * OlderAndWiser: He had outgrow his womanizing and hedonism by the time he was a family man. |
| 468 | * ThePatriarch: Of the Hellsing family. |
| 469 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He grew up to become this in his older years, especially in knowing Alucard is too powerful to be unleash. |
| 470 | * ReallyGetsAround: Or he would, if Walter and Sir Islands would stop scaring away his "guests." |
| 471 | * SlasherSmile: When explaining about the vampires and ghouls in ''The Dawn''. |
| 472 | * TookALevelInKindness: He certainly grew quite a fair bit, given how he acts in his older years. Also a fair bit wiser too. |
| 473 | * TortureTechnician: This is the man who turned Dracula into Alucard. Heavily implied that it involved ''lots'' of experiments and torture. |
| 474 | * TrashOfTheTitans: When Walter isn't around to pick up after him. |
| 475 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: In ''Hellsing: The Dawn'', Arthur was known to be an apathetic womanizing drunk who sent Walter C. Dornez, his most prized subordinate and loyal butler, on a plethora of missions slaying undead in addition to having him serve as a ChildSoldier during WWII alongside the condescending and unappreciative Alucard. This treatment led to Walter being fed up with Hellsing and siding with Millennium during the attack on Warsaw, which culminated in Alucard's eventual revival and Millennium's attack on London. |
| 476 | * WhatTheHellHero: Sir Islands ''really'' lets him have it after he discovers [[TheHedonist Arthur]] is drinking and inviting girls over in his warm, comfy mansion when Walter and Alucard are out risking their lives in Warsaw. |
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