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Benelux

As a whole

• Adaptation Dye-Job:
  • The Netherlands has light blond hair in the manga, but gets the same bright yellow hair as most other Europeans in the World Series anime. Season 5 has his hair changed back to being light blond.
  • Inverted with Belgium, as early illustrations portrayed her with blonde hair, but since her appearance in the anime with very yellow blonde hair, she has been portrayed as a brunette. Or a dirty blonde. Season Five of the anime seems to keep her hair color at this brown/dirty blonde color.
• The Faceless: Netherlands was like this for many years, until the 2010 World Cup. Luxembourg was this during Hetaween 2011. An old sketch of him in the authors blog actually lack the face making a more literal interpretation of this trope.
• Flower Motifs: Himaruya and the fandom tend to use tulips and poppies for Netherlands and Belgium. Their tag on Pixiv is even called "Tulip Siblings."
• Hair Color Dissonance:
  • Early artwork and the World Series anime color Belgium's hair a brighter golden blonde, but later illustrations and Beautiful World portray her with either dark blonde or brown hair.
  • Netherlands' hair color in the manga seems to shift between appearing as a pale sandy blond to a darker, dirty blond or light brown shade. Himaruya's official color chart shows that he's supposed to have the same golden blond shade as his sister, though her hair color is also subject to variation.
• Little Red Riding Hood: Spain, Romano, Netherlands and Belgium's costume theme for Hetaween 2011.
• Nice Guy/Nice Girl:
  • Belgium's first reaction to seeing a naked Parallel Spain out on Christmas is to give him her scarf. In later strips, she's seen trying to get her older brother to be nicer to others and get her younger brother to join in the Halloween party. Despite her efforts, she bemoans that she doesn't stand out.
  • Luxembourg is a polite and friendly Princely Young Man who is very sweet with his older sister and admires his older brother, not to mention his love for his pet dog Pelutze.
• Non-Human Sidekick: Netherlands owns a pet rabbit. Luxembourg has his little dog, Pelutze. Apparently it's because Luxembourg has the most films starring dogs.
• Rags to Riches:
  • Netherlands is seen as a rather poor and struggling teenage nation (while his younger sister Belgium is a Child Prodigy businesswoman), then he's seen as kinda more affluent but under Spain's wing (that he's not too happy about), and later he has become quite the overseas empire... and a stoic, penny-pinching Non-Idle Rich.
  • Luxembourg was pushed around by more powerful countries due to his lack of strength... and then captured all of Europe's finances.
• Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Netherlands and Belgium also seem to fit these roles.
• Sibling Yin-Yang: Netherlands and Belgium: Belgium is all smiles when Netherlands shows up in Spain's home, but he's all growls instead. Double in the anime, which adds the contrast between Belgium's cheery and somewhat high-pitched voice and Netherlands's much deeper tone. Also, according to Vol 3 notes:
  "Both seem to have had completely different personalities but their roots suggested they had dexterous hands skillful in diplomacy."
• Strong Family Resemblance:
  • When his hair is down, the Netherlands' bangs look almost identical to Belgium's. This is even more prominent when you compare his un-styled hair to Belgium's Nyotalia counterpart.
  • Luxembourg also shares a resemblance to Belgium's Nyotalia counterpart if you took his bang out of his eye or combed down Nyotalia Belgium's hair and put his fringe in his eye.
• Team Mom: Belgium sometimes plays this in fanworks and seems to have shades of this in the Drama CD.
• Tsurime Eyes:
  • Netherlands has pronounced and sharp ones, fitting a stoic like him.
  • While not nearly as pronounced as Netherlands' Belgium's eyes are often drawn a bit sharper than the other girls'. This is especially apparent when comparing her to Hungary, Liechtenstein, or Taiwan.

Kingdom of Belgium

Koninkrijk België 🇧🇪

I'm sorry for teasing you, I'll give you some tarte au matons from my place!
Voiced by: Eriko Nakamura (JP), Amanda Doskocil (Seasons 1-6), Sarah Wiedenheft (Season 7) (EN)

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• Action Girl: A popular portrayal in the fandom. Having a BFG certainly helps. May also fall under Cute Bruiser or Badass Adorable.
• Best Her to Bed Her: Similarly to Monaco, in a request in the 2013 Halloween event, Belgium agrees to let Italy bury his head in her chest... if he can make a better waffle than she can. He gives up.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Her profile in the third volume describes her as being scary when she's mad.
• BFG: In some sketches, Belgium is seen handling quite a big rifle.
• Big Eater: Hinted at, but she seems to really love food. It doesn't hurt that Belgium has been described as a country of gourmands.
• Big Little Sister: While certainly not taller than Netherlands by a long shot, she was something of this when she was little in that she was much more successful in business than her older brother. The roles were reversed when they got older, and they seem to be on equal footing now, but Belgium wonders if her success is what drove Netherlands to be the shrewd businessman that he is.
• Brainy Brunette: Usually depicted with brown hair, and an Only Sane Man.
• Buxom Beauty Standard: Often gets this treatment in fandom, but during the Christmas 2010 Bloodbath she's shown to have a rather average chest.◊ When talking about female nations' body types however, Himaruya does say she has large breasts.
• Chekhov's Gunman: It's not as apparent in the webcomic/manga (as Himaruya has been known to update things ''years'' later, and the manga comes out around two times a year), but so much in the anime: She first appeared in the very first episode, only to become more or less important 93 episodes later—in other words, four seasons later.
• Child Prodigy: She was a business and trading genius as a little girl, according to the Hetalia Bloodbath 2011.
• Combat Stilettos: A sketch of her military uniform has her boots having high heels.
• Cool Big Sis:
  • Finland mentions in the 2007 Christmas strips that Belgium is a bit like this.
    Finland: She's mature and has a cheerful personality, but doesn't stand out much because of the people surrounding her.
  • Confirmed in the third manga volume. Twice.
• Cute Little Fangs: Not as common in fanart as her trademark smile, but it still shows up from time to time. These actually appear in-comic in Volume Four.
• Expy: She, Natalia, and Alice Margatoid look so similar that it's easy to confuse them for each other in fanart.
• Girl Next Door: She seems to fit this as a sweet, but kind of plain-looking (according to Word of God at least) girl.
• Hard-Drinking Party Girl: A quite popular fanon rendition of Belgium, based on how her land is among the biggest beer producers in the world.
• Heroic Self-Deprecation: She often worries about not standing out or being plain.
  Belgium: When I look back, I feel bad that I didn't try a little harder.
  Ukraine: Belgium did try hard!
• Huge Schoolgirl: While Belgium has no official height, she may possibly be this. An old profile of hers mentions that she's tall, and some early anime art◊ makes her appear to be about the same height as France and Austria. In a recent blog sketch, she seems to tower over North Italy., and the most recent manga Volume 4 showed she comes up past The Big Guy Netherlands' shoulder.
• I Am Not Pretty: Calls herself plain in the fourth volume.
  Belgium: With all these strong guys around me, I may appear a bit plain, but I'm doing my best!
• Incest Subtext: According to some fans, Netherlands argues with Belgium while he wants her to become one with him again, like how Belarus wants to be one with Russia, except Netherlands is just pushy instead of Yandere. As a result, the fanon pairing of Belgium/Netherlands has a small but very loyal fandom corner.
  • Fetishized Abuser: It's quite popular to see her as a hot abuser towards him, obviously Played for Laughs.
• Ms. Fanservice:
  • Humorously subverted. Fans specifically request Fanservice from the girls, then Himaruya draws a Belgium who is wrapped in a mantle and apparently only wearing bra/panties underneath... while openly complaining about her "nudity".
    Belgium: It's not going any further than this!
  • This is played sort of straight in the actual strip, however, in that she's the only girl we see in her bra.
• Picky Eater: She is not a fan of foreign waffles.
• Plucky Girl: Despite all her hardships. She may not stand out much, but she'll try her best!
• Ojou:
  • Zig-zagged. The original anime sketches◊ and both the first panel◊ of "Meeting of the World" and the first episode of the anime series (based on said strip) show her wearing a light blue dress, a pink bolero, jewelry and a pink headband. Even when her first portrait◊ and this post had her looking more like a Bokukko. Then the translations of the profiles provided in the third volume, explaining she dresses simply and inconspicuously.
  • She played it straighter when younger, though. While teen!Netherlands is shown in very simple village clothing due to his current poverty, little!Belgium wears a very cute dress and shiny Mary Jane shoes since she's a Child Prodigy in business trades and thus has more money than he does. Later, when the first Ned strip mentions how she has recently left their home, there's a drawing with both siblings in which a sullen-looking Belgium wears a rather pretty Pimped-Out Dress.
• One of the Boys: Often gets this treatment in fanworks, both from her Bokukko appearance and because she's the only girl in the "Tomato Gang" of the former Spanish territories.
• Raised by Dudes: She hints at this in the fourth volume by mentioning that she's surrounded by men. The fact that she has two brothers doesn't hurt.
• Self-Made Woman: First she was a Child Prodigy businesswoman. Later, she was a part of the Spanish Empire. Then, she left her brother's home to be her own nation. Now, her lands are reasonably rich and have pretty good living standards.
• Shorttank: She seems to be the adult version of this trope. As well, despite looking like an Ojou when she was younger, her personality seems more suited to this.
• Supreme Chef: Implied as she references making sweets for both Romano and later for Netherlands in their Hattafutte Parade.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Waffles and chocolate, according to the drama CD. Naturally.
• Trickster Mentor: Possibly. Her profile describes her as being meddlesome and she did tease Romano in her first speaking role.

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Koninkrijk der Nederlanden 🇳🇱

Stop being a nuisance. Hurry and gimme snacks, tea, and Japan.
Voiced by: Nobuya Mine (JP), Arisa Nishiguchi (JP, as a child), Michael Sinterniklaas (EN)

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• Aloof Big Brother: To Belgium and Luxembourg, but they don't seem to mind.
• Anime Hair: As far as this series goes, his spiky hair stands out as one of the odder hairstyles. Justified Trope, as in Real Life that hairstyle is rather common in the Netherlands.
• Badass Longcoat: With his military uniform.
• Battle Aura: He seems to gain one while doing business. Or around Spain.
• Big Brother Mentor: Taught Belgium and Luxembourg a lot about trade and making money, in his own slightly detached way.
• The Big Guy: Arguably the tallest nation after Russia and Sweden. Truth in Television, since the Dutch are some of the tallest people in the world.
• Death Glare: Often sends out one of these.
• Ephebophile: Is said to be this by Finland in the Christmas 2007 strip^note Note: Paedophilia's banned in Netherlands as of on June 2011.
  Finland: And he likes young women (too young?) and also thinks some shady drugs are okay, so he's kind of a punk in that way.
• Expository Hairstyle Change: The Hetalia Bloodbath 2011 shows him with his hair down as a pre-teen nation.
• Freudian Excuse: Belgium muses that his miserly ways are likely a result of his poverty as a young nation, as well as her showing him her early success.
• Icy Green Eyes: His eyes are a duality of his aloofness and strict frugality, and his more sensitive hobby of gardening. Especially the horticulture of tulips.
• The Lancer: To Spain.
• Letting His Hair Down: In some sketches.
• Neat Freak: His profile describes him as one, and it's confirmed in the fourth manga volume where Poland and Lithuania comment on how tidy his house is and Netherlands responds that he tidies it every day and then forbids Poland from using his kitchen because he fears that he will make it dirty.
• Non-Idle Rich: You can bet that any strip that centers around the Netherlands is going to be about him trying to make (or avoiding to spend) money.
• Perpetual Frowner: He always seems to have a scowl or disinterested expression on his face, especially when contrasted with his sister Belgium who's always smiling and cheerful.
• Real Men Wear Pink: Netherlands is a very tall and gruff guy who just so happens to enjoy tulips and gardening, romantic poetry, owns a pet rabbit, and seems to like sweets.
• The Rival: Warred with Spain in the past, and with Portugal in an attempt to dominate maritime trade.
• Scarf of Asskicking: The Netherlands has a nice black, blue and white one.
• Scars Are Forever: Has one on his forehead, inflicted on him by Spain during one of their wars.
• Self-Made Man: Like Switzerland, he got to the top on his own, and his miserliness.
• Smoking Is Cool:
  • The Netherlands loves smoking, and does it in a stylish pipe.
  • The Stoner: Fanon pegs him as one. Kinda justified due to the infamous ultra liberal drug policy of the country itself.
• The Stoic: He has yet to be seen without that expression as an adult.
• Tsundere: He is described as a Type A. Might have been confirmed in canon, as Netherlands speaks and acts very roughly but is still willing to keep contact with isolationist!Japan, putting up with his Hikiko Mori quirks rather patiently and bringing his pet bunny around. In fandom with Spain, this is his main characteristic.

Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg 🇱🇺

Sorry, Pelutze, I haven't been able to pay any attention to you lately...

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• The Alcoholic: Perhaps; he's mentioned as being the world's top drinker in a footnote in the Wordy Nordic Comic.
• Big Brother Worship: He really admires the Netherlands, and emulates his ways to get rich. He even tried to style his hair like the Netherlands' hair at one point.
• Big Little Brother: He's shown to be taller than Belgium.
• Bishie Sparkle: In the one discarded sketch with his face, and also when learning trade strategies from the Netherlands.
  • Belgium's weird dream about a fake Luxembourg has roses all around him.
• Blue Blood: Has elements of this; Word of God notes that he once had a royal family to rival the Habsburgs.
• The Cameo: In Hetaween 2011, since his boss didn't let him go until he completed all his work. He makes his actual debut in Hetalia Hetaween 2013.
• Greed: One of his defining traits, being inspired by his older brother and with the desire to avoid being involved in the bigger countries' problems by accumulating a vast amount of money and wealth. Belgium felt a bit uncomfortable and embarrassed at this revelation by him.
• In-Series Nickname: "Luxem". Belgium and Netherlands also call him "Lux".
• Non-Action Guy: Word of God even described his clothes as "zero interest in fighting design". invoked
• Ouji/Princely Young Man: Himaruya describes him as polite and proper, and exuding an elegant aura.
• Our Werewolves Are Different: Dressed as a wolfman for Hetaween 2013, in a costume put together by Hollywood professionals. It ended up winning him the costume contest (and scaring the crap out of Belgium).
• Sharp-Dressed Man: More or less his usual attire.
• Workaholic: Perhaps. He did stay home in order to work...

British Isles

As a whole

• The Alcoholic: Like England, they all love drinking hard.
• Berserk Button: Never imply that their brother England is superior to them.
• Big Brother Bully: Implied to be this in early Hetalia chapters before their official introduction.
• Big, Screwed-Up Family: They and England exemplify this trope in spades due to their complicated history with one another. Despite some level of resentment going on between them, it hasn't stopped the siblings from living under the same roof, although Ireland now lives in a separate house due to independence.
• Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: England and Wales are both blonde, Scotland is brunette, and both Irelands are redheads.
• The Faceless: They were collectively mentioned as brothers of England in the earlier strips. It took more than a decade for them to finally be introduced.
• Foreign Queasine: All of them have different shades of this, though only Scotland is at least capable of making edible food.
• Noble Male, Roguish Male: Each brother has varying levels of these two aspects with Wales being portrayed as the most benign, Scotland the most roguish, and Northern Ireland somewhere in between.
• Sibling Rivalry: The brothers get into fights whenever one of them claims ownership over King Arthur's origins with Wales being the most triggered about it.
• Strong Family Resemblance: All of England's brothers have thick eyebrows.

Scotland

Alba 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

• Aloof Big Brother: Acts mostly aloof towards his other siblings, though acts meaner towards England.
• Everything's Louder with Bagpipes: In one strip, he trolls England by playing the bagpipe.
• The Gadfly: When not yelling at England, he loves to mess with him in various ways. In one instance, he once refused to trim the lawn on England's side of the border out of spite.
• I Just Want to Be Free: Is very vocal about wanting his independence and joining the European Union.
• Idiot Hair: Has a very curvy one on top of his head. Later artworks depict it more in the shape of a halo.
• Jerkass to One: He is by far the most hostile towards England despite living in the same roof.
• Real Men Cook: Despite being known for less than appetizing dishes, Scotland is actually a somewhat adequate cook who can at least toast bread properly.
• Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Coarse and standoffish at first glance, he's actually a rather friendly person once others get to know him.
• Violent Glaswegian: An irate Perpetual Frowner, he appears to be a Scottish Romano.

Northern Ireland

Tuaisceart Éireann

• The Ditherer: Can't seem to make up his mind on certain issues sometimes. This is best demonstrated during the Brexit story arc which had him wondering whether to leave the European Union with England or stay like Scotland wants.
• Fiery Redhead: Has dark red hair and isn't shy about his opinions.
• Fighting Irish: Downplayed in that while Northern Ireland isn't pleased over being negatively compared to England, he's not as angered about it like Scotland.
• Hot-Blooded: Subverted. He initially comes off as the most boisterous and energetic brother, but is actually rather laidback.
• No, You Hang Up First: According to his profile, he has a tendency to do this when talking on the phone.
• One-Note Cook: Most of the dishes he likes to prepare tend to be made out of potatoes.
• Pretty Boy: Is arguably the more popular brother among Hetalia fans due to his handsome looks.
• Trademark Favorite Food: Loves potato chips and ice cream.

Wales

Cymru 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

• Big Brother Mentor: Acts as one for England when it comes to magic.
• Big Brother Worship: Wants to monopolize England's attention to the point of siding with him on Brexit.
• Black Magic: Much of the folklore and myths associated with England actually come from Wales which partially explains the latter's not-so-ideal relationship with the former.
• Fairy Tale: This is his main schtick.
• Interspecies Friendship: Like England, Wales is sometimes depicted with mythical or folklore creatures near him. He has a particular preference for dragons.
• Tranquil Fury: Has this reaction when one of his brothers argue over King Arthur not being Welsh.

Republic of Ireland

Poblacht na hÉireann 🇮🇪

• Don't Split Us Up: He did not take being separated from Northern Ireland very well at all.
• Fiery Redhead: Like Northern Ireland, he has red hair and is quite boisterous in his own opinions.
• Interspecies Friendship: Like the others, Ireland is friends with a mythical creature, in this case, a leprechaun.
• No Indoor Voice: His voice is said to be "kind of loud".
• Talking in Your Sleep: Ireland has a tendency to involuntary summon a leprechaun in his sleep when stressed or worried.

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