Code Geass/Characters/Britannians

Britannian characters in Code Geass (excluding the main characters), and the tropes they embody.

Britannian Imperial Family
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Emperor Charles zi Britannia


"Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto (Japanese), Michael McConnohie (English)"

""All men are not created equal!""

Ruler of the Britannian Empire, father to Lelouch and his siblings, and the Big Bad for most of the series, Charles is introduced as a Social Darwinist who thinks that war is the best way to create social progress. It's eventually revealed that his true agenda is to use the Ragnarok Connection to create "a world without lies", a desire brought about by being raised in a royal family whose members killed and deceived each other for power. Ironically, Charles' actions only perpetuate the cycle of violence and result in Lelouch's campaign to destroy the empire his family built.

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Charles embodies these tropes: "Young Lelouch: "Hail Your Majesty! My mother the empress is dead." Charles: "Old news. What of it?""
 * Anime Hair: So preposterous, even by the standards of Code Geass, that it gets lampshaded in the DVD Commentary.
 * Archnemesis Dad
 * Aristocrats Are Evil: Boy oh boy.
 * Assimilation Plot: Charles' "world without lies", which sounds like a good idea until Lelouch points out its flaws.
 * Badass Beard
 * Badass Cape
 * Badass Grandpa: While not technically a grandpa, his age and actions are in line with this.
 * Bigger Bad: Despite being the leader of Britannia, he's never really a direct threat until towards the end of R2. Schneizel is the Big Bad in his place.
 * Big Eyes, Little Eyes: Tiny eyes. As a kid, his eyes were rounder.
 * Big Screwed-Up Family: In no small part his doing. Though his generation is implied to be just as screwed up.
 * Blue Blood
 * Dangerously Genre Savvy: He doesn't take the war personally, denies his son any oppportunity to use his geass, predicted that would inevitably turn against him, and in general avoids Bond Villain Stupidity.
 * Demoted to Extra: In Suzaku of the Counterattack,, and in Code Geass: Tales of an Alternate Shogunate, he's only mentioned once by Euphemia.
 * Disc One Final Boss:
 * Doom Magnet: The more he tries to protect his family, the more they slip away.
 * Do Not Adjust Your Set: Charles does this to challenge Lelouch (as Zero) just as he's announcing his plan to join the UFN.
 * :  in Suzaku Of The Counterattack.
 * The Emperor
 * Establishing Character Moment: His speech at Clovis's funeral.
 * Evil Counterpart: Of Lelouch. He leaves the duty of actually leading the empire to others and he sees all people as faceless pawns despite his good intentions.
 * Evil Laugh
 * Evil Plan/Xanatos Gambit: Charles' plan for the Ragnarok Connection. An unusual example in that no one knew about it or moved against it until he put it into motion. The Xanatos part comes in once he  Lelouch had about five seconds to think of a counter plan; the best thing he came up with was
 * Evil Overlord: From his military stand point, Large and In Charge presence, and the way he treats his subjects, he's this trope.
 * Expy of Gendo Ikari
 * Fake Memories: Charles' Geass allows him to induce these;
 * Fan Nickname: At least one fan calls Charles "the Quaker Oats man" because of his resemblance to the corporate icon.
 * Other nicknames include "Emperor Curls", "Curly" or "Emperor Wakamoto".
 * Sometimes "Chuck" or "Charlie" may be used very casually.
 * Freudian Excuse: Being raised in the Big Screwed-Up Family that ran the Britannian Empire was Charles' Start of Darkness.
 * Gonk: Quite possibly, considering how fat he is in comparison to the rest of the cast, and the fact that his hair looks just plain weird, even by their standards.
 * Good Eyes, Evil Eyes: Evil-looking eyes.
 * Hot Dad: Considering that he was good looking the time he made his children, then yeah.
 * I Did What I Had to Do: Everything he's done to distract the world from his secret Instrumentality project, the Ragnarok Connection, not to mention.
 * I Have No Son
 * I Was Quite a Looker: Yes, really.
 * Kick the Dog/Kick Them While They Are Down:
 * I Did What I Had to Do: Everything he's done to distract the world from his secret Instrumentality project, the Ragnarok Connection, not to mention.
 * I Have No Son
 * I Was Quite a Looker: Yes, really.
 * Kick the Dog/Kick Them While They Are Down:


 * See also:.
 * Kick the Son of a Bitch:
 * Knight Templar Parent: Charles subjects his children to a lot of pain, intentionally or otherwise, to achieve his goals.
 * Large and In Charge: Incredibly bulky in appearance especially compared to the Noodle People character designs of others.
 * Large Ham: Charles does everything in over-the-top, almost operatic style--a trait that Lelouch definitely inherited.
 * Like Father, Like Son: Charles and Lelouch have more in common than either would presumably care to admit.
 * Little Guy, Big Buddy:
 * Missing Mom:  Yikes.
 * : In Nightmare of Nunnally, his Geass allows him to.
 * Orcus on His Throne: The nobility only realized that he went missing because he wasn't in the throne room.
 * : In Nightmare of Nunnally,.
 * The Patriarch
 * Pet the Dog: In a real blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, you can see portraits of his dead children  when he's in the library room in C's world. This indicates that maybe, on some deep (and man do I mean deep) level, he really did care about his kids.
 * "The Reason You Suck" Speech: In response to Lelouch calling him out on not protecting Marianne well enough, he tells Lelouch that the only things he has are things he provided him with.
 * Royal Blood
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something: The Evil Plan he cooks behind the scenes.
 * Social Darwinist: Charles seems to be this.
 * Straw Hypocrite
 * They COULD have been He Who Fights Monsters, In This Troper's opinion.
 * Also a bit of Blue and Orange Morality coupled with Magnificent Bastardry, since his empire is merely a tool to get the Thought Elevators.
 * Start of Darkness: The assassination of his mom was the last straw.
 * Strong Family Resemblance: As a child he was basically a male Nunnally.
 * Ubermensch: A very good example, if you look deep enough. Check the trope page, section "Anime".
 * The Ugly Guy's Hot Children: As can be seen from the picture, despite his unexpected hawtness in flashbacks, he's not attractive by the time of the main series. His kids, though, include Lelouch, Nunnally, Cornelia, Euphemia, and Schneizel. Yeah.
 * Utopia Justifies the Means: What he hoped to achieve with the Ragnarok Connection.
 * Villain with Good Publicity: He's popular in the main land.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Like Lelouch, Charles uses reprehensible methods to achieve theoretically admirable goals, though it really doesn't come off that way at first.
 * Nightmare!Charles is much more sympathetic, and engages in less villainy than canon Lelouch does.
 * In Super Robot Wars Z 2, Charles and V.V. aim to convert humanity into pure will, so they can survive the fate of the sorrowful future the BK warns of.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Like Lelouch, Charles uses reprehensible methods to achieve theoretically admirable goals, though it really doesn't come off that way at first.
 * Nightmare!Charles is much more sympathetic, and engages in less villainy than canon Lelouch does.
 * In Super Robot Wars Z 2, Charles and V.V. aim to convert humanity into pure will, so they can survive the fate of the sorrowful future the BK warns of.

Princess Euphemia li Britannia


"Voiced by: Omi Minami (Japanese), Michelle Ruff (English)"

""I never want to see people unhappy ever again!""

The Third Princess of Britannia, Euphemia is a rarity among the royal family: kind-hearted, plucky, innocent and sweet. She wants everyone to be happy. Yes, that includes even the Elevens -- among them, the man she loves, Suzaku Kururugi.

OUCH.

Princess Euphie (also spelled Euphy) embodies these tropes:


 * Ascended Extra: While no way an extra, she does play a bigger part in the AU "Lelouch of the Rebellion" manga.
 * Anime Hair: Although not as extreme as some in the series, including her own father Emperor Charles.
 * The Beautiful Elite
 * Beta Couple: With Suzaku Kururugi, whom she champions (a risky thing for her to do, given that he is an Eleven) and who becomes her official knight, both literally and figuratively. Suzaku / Euphemia sets up a nice contrast with Lelouch (for whom Suzaku is a Foil) / Shirley (who is in many ways similar to Euphemia, or how Euphemia might have been if she had not grown up as royalty.)
 * Big Eyes, Little Eyes: Huge eyes -- second biggest, of the entire cast, after Shirley's.
 * Big Screwed-Up Family
 * Bodyguard Crush: On her knight, Suzaku Kururugi. Thoroughly requited.
 * Break the Cutie:
 * Chronic Hero Syndrome: Is willing to jump into a missile zone to protect someone with her status. She does this often. Its in her intro episode.
 * The Ditz: A mild example. Unless you compare her to her The Chessmaster relatives.
 * Ermine Cape Effect
 * Even the Girls Want Her: Especially Nina.
 * Everything's Sparkly with Jewelry: The choker around her neck.
 * Expy: Lacus Clyne Lacus Clone; also, of Relena Peacecraft/Darlian.
 * Fan Nickname: Lacus Clone anyone?
 * Fan Service
 * Fix Fic: "Nightmare of Nunnally" seems to deliberately give her the opposite outcome of what happened in the main series...
 * To say nothing of the actual Fan Fics that fix her unfortunate fate.
 * In a few Code Geass video games, you can outright prevent the event from happening.
 * In Tales Of An Alternate Shogunate, Lelouch entrusts Japan to her and Suzaku after Perry's defeat.
 * Foil: She has no shortage of foils -- for a few examples, see Tomboy and Girly Girl, below. But there's an interesting Foil whom she barely even meets: Shirley Fenette, who not only has a strikingly similar personality but also has many analogous plot points. In many ways, Shirley is set up to be for "Lulu" what Euphemia is for Suzaku.
 * Genre Savvy: for the romance part of the anime. Apparently she has read every page on this wiki related to "how princesses seduce their knight". For the political part, see Wrong Genre Savvy.
 * Giant Poofy Sleeves: Occasionally.
 * Good Eyes, Evil Eyes: Very wide, open eyes -- second only to Shirley.
 * Hair Decorations
 * Heroic Willpower:
 * Impractically Fancy Outfit
 * The Ingenue: Tied with Shirley as the most clear-cut example in the series. See also Wide-Eyed Idealist, below.
 * In-Series Nickname: "Euphie".
 * Ironic Nickname: "Puppet princess" by Kallen..
 * It Got Worse: In a hurry, and it all started with SAZ.
 * Meaningful Name: Where to start? Euphemia of Chalcedon was an early Christian saint. Moreover, several European queens have also been named Euphemia. And etymologically, "Euphemia" (Greek: "good speech") is closely related to "euphemism."
 * Saint Euphemia.
 * Meet Cute: With Suzaku Kururugi. Not just their vertical Crash Into Hello (when she falls on top of him while "escaping" imaginary villains), but the whole sequence that follows, which is arguably the happiest and most unambiguously romantic sequence in the series. So you just know things are going to go well from then on.
 * Meganekko: Part of her standard disguise.
 * Lampshaded in the DVD Commentary, which someone says, "She's aggressively cute with the glasses."
 * The Messiah: Even moreso than Shirley. She loves everyone and wants to help everyone.
 * She has a tendency to throw herself into dangerous situation for the sake of protecting others.
 * Morality Pet: For Princess Cornelia. Also,
 * My God, What Have I Done?:
 * Pimped-Out Dress
 * Plucky Girl:
 * Politically-Active Princess: Tries to solve the conflict with the Japanese peacefully, impressing even Lelouch with her move. It was short lived.
 * Princess Classic: Combined with plenty of Rebellious Princess and Blithe Spirit.
 * Princesses Prefer Pink: Even for hair color.
 * Purple Eyes
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Requisite Royal Regalia
 * Rose-Haired Girl
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something:
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: With Cornelia.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": As mentioned above, Euphemia's nickname is sometimes spelled "Euphie" and sometimes "Euphy." Nunnally even lampshades it, telling Suzaku she's not sure to have spelled it right.
 * Spoiled Sweet: Despite being a princess, she's sweet and kind and helpful.
 * Token Good Teammate: Among the Britannian royals in season 1. See also White Sheep.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Perhaps even more than Shirley -- who, after all, is on the swim team, and doesn't wear poofy dresses or jewelry -- Euphemia is at the girly girl extreme of the Code Geass world.
 * Tragic Dream: She hopes to bring about peace between Britannia and the Japanese people.
 * White Sheep: The only Actual Pacifist in the family.
 * Wide-Eyed Idealist: Literally as well as figuratively: with the sole exception of Shirley, she has the largest eyes (and irises) of any major character in all of Code Geass. In the classic political sense, she is the most extreme Wide-Eyed Idealist on the show, probably followed by Nunnally. (Shirley is out of the running because of her wilful lack of interest in politics.)
 * Wrong Genre Savvy: you know these shows in which the sweet, 16 years old, Rose-Haired pacifist princess and her Ace Pilot boyfriend with his Super Prototype mecha end the war? This is not Code Geass.
 * Rose-Haired Girl
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something:
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: With Cornelia.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": As mentioned above, Euphemia's nickname is sometimes spelled "Euphie" and sometimes "Euphy." Nunnally even lampshades it, telling Suzaku she's not sure to have spelled it right.
 * Spoiled Sweet: Despite being a princess, she's sweet and kind and helpful.
 * Token Good Teammate: Among the Britannian royals in season 1. See also White Sheep.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Perhaps even more than Shirley -- who, after all, is on the swim team, and doesn't wear poofy dresses or jewelry -- Euphemia is at the girly girl extreme of the Code Geass world.
 * Tragic Dream: She hopes to bring about peace between Britannia and the Japanese people.
 * White Sheep: The only Actual Pacifist in the family.
 * Wide-Eyed Idealist: Literally as well as figuratively: with the sole exception of Shirley, she has the largest eyes (and irises) of any major character in all of Code Geass. In the classic political sense, she is the most extreme Wide-Eyed Idealist on the show, probably followed by Nunnally. (Shirley is out of the running because of her wilful lack of interest in politics.)
 * Wrong Genre Savvy: you know these shows in which the sweet, 16 years old, Rose-Haired pacifist princess and her Ace Pilot boyfriend with his Super Prototype mecha end the war? This is not Code Geass.
 * Tragic Dream: She hopes to bring about peace between Britannia and the Japanese people.
 * White Sheep: The only Actual Pacifist in the family.
 * Wide-Eyed Idealist: Literally as well as figuratively: with the sole exception of Shirley, she has the largest eyes (and irises) of any major character in all of Code Geass. In the classic political sense, she is the most extreme Wide-Eyed Idealist on the show, probably followed by Nunnally. (Shirley is out of the running because of her wilful lack of interest in politics.)
 * Wrong Genre Savvy: you know these shows in which the sweet, 16 years old, Rose-Haired pacifist princess and her Ace Pilot boyfriend with his Super Prototype mecha end the war? This is not Code Geass.
 * Wrong Genre Savvy: you know these shows in which the sweet, 16 years old, Rose-Haired pacifist princess and her Ace Pilot boyfriend with his Super Prototype mecha end the war? This is not Code Geass.

Princess Cornelia li Britannia


"Voiced by Junko Minagawa (Japanese), Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (English)"

""Sloppy, senile, corrupted. Where is Zero?! I want the enemy of the Empire caught! Get Zero!""

Twenty-seven-year old Cornelia -- twenty-eight by the second season -- is the Second Princess of Britannia and Area 11's Governor after the death of her brother Clovis. The brilliant, courageous, and widely-feared Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Army, she is also strongwilled, xenophobic, and strict. Nevertheless, she harbors a deep and genuine soft spot for her little sister Euphemia.

Princess Cornelia embodies these tropes:


 * Ace Pilot: Amongst the best Brittania has to offer. She seems to be second only to Suzaku, and Schneizel says she's as good as Marianne "The Flash", though it's quite possible he's exaggerating.
 * Aristocrats Are Evil: Especially at the beginning.
 * Badass
 * Badass Normal: No geass.
 * Badass Princess
 * Big Screwed-Up Family
 * Blue Blood
 * Blue Eyes: Blue-purple.
 * Break the Haughty: Over the course of the series.
 * The Chessmaster: She was the first enemy in the series to deliver Lelouch a defeat.
 * Dangerously Genre Savvy: She saw through every trick Lelouch used. One can hear his frustration as Cornelia denies him any opportunity to exploit.
 * Dark Action Girl: A little old for the trope, but not by that much. She's powerful, she's ruthless, and she's feared.
 * Defrosting Ice Queen: Starts off arrogant, proud and very racist.
 * Evil Virtues: Unwilling to leave her bodyguard die, at a point rarely seen for a villain.
 * Four-Star Badass: She's a very high-ranking commander of the Britannian forces, a strategist who nearly beats Lelouch (albeit while he was still overconfident from his early victories), and she leads her troops from the front lines and is one of the best fighters they have.
 * Hand Cannon: She had this gun that she pointed at Zero when he offered to save the hostages of the JLF.
 * Hypocrite: Criticizes the JLF for having "forgotten basic human decency," in reference to the time when a rogue group of JLF members took a number of innocent civilians hostage in a hotel jacking... Which they did one episode after she herself ordered the brutal slaughter of an entire Ghetto filled with mostly innocent civilians. As noted above, she does get better as time goes on but... damn. One might also find her failure to account for said sins when viewing her brother Lelouch with contempt audacious, considering it was her nation's acts, which she was also complicit in no less, that set him down his present path, and that she made no real effort to consider his pain or motivations. He may have been responsible for, but still, it's a case of Never My Fault.
 * Impossibly Cool Clothes
 * Iron Lady: Openly aggressive, openly powerful; she's the viceroy of Area 11.
 * Karma Houdini:
 * Even Heroes Have Heroes: While normally stoic and ruthless, mention the late empress Marianne and watch her bllush like a schoolgirl.
 * Lack of Empathy: towards the civilians, at least in the first season.
 * Lady of War: Very much so.
 * More Dakka: Did you see the payload on Cornelia's scavenged Frame in episode 14?
 * The Ojou
 * Pet the Dog: She's ruthless in battle, quite harsh on Elevens, and as mentioned before, didn't care much for civilians, but she dotes on her younger sister Euphemia.
 * Princesses Prefer Pink: Cornelia prefers her pink-haired, often-pink-attired sister Euphemia to pretty much anyone or anything else in the world.
 * Purple Eyes: Blue-purple.
 * Red Baron: "The Witch Of Britannia"
 * Royal Blood
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something: A viceroy and a military commander.
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: With Euphemia.
 * Statuesque Stunner
 * Taking the Bullet: A random soldier does this to save Cornelia from Todou during the Black Rebellion, which is further evidence that she inspires genuine loyalty in her troops.
 * Tall, Purple-Haired And Bishoujo
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: A true Lady of War, Cornelia is the most tomboyish major character in season one of Code Geass. (Her closest rival would probably be Kallen in her warrior guise.) Cornelia is most commonly paired with Euphemia, who (along with Shirley) is at the show's extreme girly girl end of the spectrum. [[media:CODE_GEASS_-_08_-_Large_15.jpg|See this adorable pic from their childhood together.]]
 * Tsundere: Tsun to her subordinated, dere to Euphie. At one point, Cornelia almost blushed when Schneizel was praising her.
 * Tsurime Eyes
 * Villainous Valour: Zero fought her using a Knightmare 10 times more powerful than hers. . She also leads her troops from the very front of the front line, and never gives up.
 * "Wake-Up Call" Boss: Provided Lelouch with his first real challenge as a strategist. Especially after the incompetent Attack! Attack! Attack! nature of her predecessor Clovis.
 * More than a challenge
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Purple hair. To match her eyes and lips.
 * More than a challenge
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Purple hair. To match her eyes and lips.

Marianne Lamperouge, aka Empress Marianne vi Britannia


"Voiced by: Asako Dodo (Japanese), Kari Wahlgren (English)"

""Masks will vanish, then everyone can be exactly who they're supposed to be.""

The former Empress of Charles zi Britannia and mother to Nunnally and Lelouch, she was first introduced as a Missing Mom killed by unknown assassins. It was due to this that caused her kids to be kicked out of the Britannian Empire, which in turns caused Lelouch to hate Britannia and begin his rebellion. To many people, she was known as Marianne the Flash, a powerful Action Mom and a nice person overall that everyone adores (providing they are not snobbish nobles). .

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Marianne embodies these tropes:


 * Action Mom/Ace Pilot: Being a former Knight and one of the first Knightmare Frame pilots qualifies.
 * The Beautiful Elite
 * Big Screwed-Up Family: Where the whole mess starts.
 * Disposable Woman:
 * Genre Savvy:  Essentially, she's
 * Hidden Depths
 * Hime Cut: One of the less bizarre examples in the series.
 * Hot Consort/Hot Mom/Hot Shounen Mom: She's REALLY, really hot.
 * Informed Ability: She was supposedly excellent at piloting a Knightmare Frame, but has never been seen in one.
 * Missing Mom: Marianne died eight years ago, at the hands of.
 * Posthumous Character: Finding out the truth behind her murder is one of Lelouch's biggest motives for attempting to overthrow the Britannian Empire
 * Purple Eyes
 * Rags to Royalty: A major plot point.
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * She Knows Too Much: The reason for her death  in Suzaku Of The Counterattack.
 * Shipper on Deck:
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
 * Trickster:
 * The Unfavourite: Being born as a commoner certainly didn't help with the nobles ... or with her brother-in-law.
 * Missing Mom: Marianne died eight years ago, at the hands of.
 * Posthumous Character: Finding out the truth behind her murder is one of Lelouch's biggest motives for attempting to overthrow the Britannian Empire
 * Purple Eyes
 * Rags to Royalty: A major plot point.
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * She Knows Too Much: The reason for her death  in Suzaku Of The Counterattack.
 * Shipper on Deck:
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
 * Trickster:
 * The Unfavourite: Being born as a commoner certainly didn't help with the nobles ... or with her brother-in-law.
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
 * Trickster:
 * The Unfavourite: Being born as a commoner certainly didn't help with the nobles ... or with her brother-in-law.
 * The Unfavourite: Being born as a commoner certainly didn't help with the nobles ... or with her brother-in-law.

Prince Schneizel el Britannia


"Voiced by: Norihiro Inoue (Japanese), Troy Baker (English)"

""Mankind's history is war, peace is an illusion, to turn illusion into reality is an arduous task. It requires discipline.""

Second son of Emperor Charles, this blond man in his late twenties is one of the main antagonists of the series. While he comes across as an Anti-Villain due to his chivalrous demeanor, the true nature of his sinister and calculating personality is revealed when he assumes the role of Lelouch's principal nemesis in Season 2. What he lacks in typical Britannian royal theatrics, he makes up for in efficiency, cunning, and sheer ruthlessness.

In Suzaku Of The Counterattack, Suzaku becomes his knight.

Schneizel embodies these tropes:


 * Affably Evil: Pretty nice to everyone in general. A notable scene is when he comforts Cecile after an embarrasing moment.
 * Furthermore, in ''Suzaku Of The Counterattack".
 * Aloof Big Brother: Stoic as noted above and both Nunnaly and Lelouch himself admit that Schneizel is the only one to beat Lelouch in Chess.
 * Always Someone Better: Schneizel is the only character who can consistently outstrategize even Lelouch.
 * Ambiguously Evil: Despite being a member of the royal family he does seem like a good man.
 * Ambiguously Gay: In Turn 09, Kanon states he is Schneizel's assistant..."public and private." Admittedly Kanon said this with a semi-joking tone of voice, but during his wedding party, Scheizel's older brother states that he never expected to see Schneizel acting as escort to a woman.
 * Ambition Is Evil: What he believes.
 * Amoral Attorney: Not in profession, but fits the archetype perfectly.
 * Anti-Villain:
 * Bad Samaritan
 * Badass Normal: In a mental way, for being Lelouch's most dangerous enemy, he's the only one who does next to no fighting, and has no magic powers to speak of. He almost crushes Lelouch using his brains alone.
 * At the same time, he has way more resources and political authority, being near the top of the Britannian pecking order. To say nothing of his silver tongue...
 * Bait the Dog
 * The Beautiful Elite
 * Big Screwed-Up Family
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer: Canaan himself has stated that Schneizel has a preference for weird things and people (why he keeps Lloyd around, for one). However, efficiency comes first.
 * The Chessmaster: Stated to be the only one consistently better than Lelouch and proves this several times.
 * Consummate Liar: Of the Truth Twister sort. See also False Reassurance.
 * Devil in Plain Sight: Has a knack for fooling most of the people he comes across into doing his bidding.
 * Divide and Conquer: One of his many ruthless stratagems.
 * Early-Bird Cameo: He is first seen at Clovis' funeral.
 * Even Evil Has Standards: Unlike his dad, he does not react well to
 * False Reassurance: This might as well be Schneizel's non-Geass power.
 * Fate Worse Than Death: His ultimate fate Of course, some say he deserved it.
 * Although, since we don't know whether he's This could cure his ambitionlessness, since he now has something to fight for. Maybe.
 * From a Certain Point of View: He claims to have never lost a chess match to Lelouch, which is completely true...but he leaves out the fact that he tends to forfeit when things are going poorly.
 * As Lelouch puts it, he only plays games he can't lose.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Norihiro Inoue, better known as Kazuma Sohma.
 * Kick Them While They Are Down: A master at this, too. The dick.
 * Lack of Empathy:.
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Meaningful Name: Schneizel Also, the Real Life British Royal family is German. They changed their name to Windsor during WW 1, but until then it was Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
 * This German troper has never heard the name Schneizel in her entire life.
 * His name has "sch" in it, it resembles the word schnitzel and he's blonder than blond. Most people will think of him as German, if for no other reason than stereotypes.
 * Overlord, Jr.
 * Pet the Dog: If it's possible for an event to simultaneously this and a Kick the Dog moment:
 * Playing the Victim Card:
 * Quote Mine:
 * Red Herring:
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: The Blue to Lelouch's Red.
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something: A military commander and political leader.
 * Royally Screwed-Up:
 * Self-Made Orphan:
 * Sensitive Guy and Magnificent Bastard: The Magnificent Bastard to Kanon's Sensitive Guy.
 * Smart People Play Chess: The only one that can beat Lelouch.
 * The Social Expert: One could argue he's even better at it than Lelouch.
 * The Starscream:
 * Totalitarian Utilitarian: Runs in the blood, more than he would care to admit.
 * The Heavy: Despite the fact that Charles holds the title of Emperor, he entrusts Schneizel with the day-to-day administration of the Holy Britannian Empire within his capacity as the Empire's Prime Minister. Therefore, throughout the course of the series present timeline, it is he whom Lelouch must match wits with as he wages war against the armed forces of Britannia.
 * Ubermensch
 * Utopia Justifies the Means
 * Villains Never Lie: Subverted. See Manipulative Bastard.
 * Villain with Good Publicity
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: He sees human ambition as the source of all conflict, so his plan is to He lacks the proper perspective to realise that this is a bad idea.
 * Xanatos Speed Chess: In the time it took Lelouch to travel (by boat) to the Chinese Federation, Schneizel had already conceived of, and put into action a plan that would not only recapture Lelouch, but also end the conflict between Britannia and the Chinese Federation. All without shedding a single drop of blood. Even Lelouch is amazed by Schneizel's efficiency.
 * Royally Screwed-Up:
 * Self-Made Orphan:
 * Sensitive Guy and Magnificent Bastard: The Magnificent Bastard to Kanon's Sensitive Guy.
 * Smart People Play Chess: The only one that can beat Lelouch.
 * The Social Expert: One could argue he's even better at it than Lelouch.
 * The Starscream:
 * Totalitarian Utilitarian: Runs in the blood, more than he would care to admit.
 * The Heavy: Despite the fact that Charles holds the title of Emperor, he entrusts Schneizel with the day-to-day administration of the Holy Britannian Empire within his capacity as the Empire's Prime Minister. Therefore, throughout the course of the series present timeline, it is he whom Lelouch must match wits with as he wages war against the armed forces of Britannia.
 * Ubermensch
 * Utopia Justifies the Means
 * Villains Never Lie: Subverted. See Manipulative Bastard.
 * Villain with Good Publicity
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: He sees human ambition as the source of all conflict, so his plan is to He lacks the proper perspective to realise that this is a bad idea.
 * Xanatos Speed Chess: In the time it took Lelouch to travel (by boat) to the Chinese Federation, Schneizel had already conceived of, and put into action a plan that would not only recapture Lelouch, but also end the conflict between Britannia and the Chinese Federation. All without shedding a single drop of blood. Even Lelouch is amazed by Schneizel's efficiency.

V.V.


"Voiced by: Kazato Tomizawa (Japanese), Cindy Robinson (English)"

""The most splendid relationship in the world is that of loyal siblings.""

V.V. (pronounced V2) is a mysterious boy with blond hair longer than his body.

V.V. embodies these tropes:


 * Alliterative Name: If those are indeed his initials.
 * Big Screwed-Up Family: Seeing this trope in action and suffering horribly because of it is his Freudian Excuse.
 * Blond Guys Are Evil
 * Blue Blood
 * Creepy Child: Although not technically a child, he's one of the creepiest characters in the series.
 * Cross-Dressing Voices: Subverted in the Japanese original: Kazato Tomizawa, his Seiyuu, is a male child actor.
 * Doom Magnet
 * Enfant Terrible: Subverted:
 * Godiva Hair: despite being male.
 * Hair of Gold: Subverted too. See Blond Guys Are Evil.
 * Hannibal Lecture. Tries this on  Does NOT work.
 * Hoist by His Own Petard: In more ways than one.
 * Manipulative Bastard:
 * Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: When you send out an assassin, make sure he has no unrequited loyalties to the matriarch of the target. You just might have a Heel Face Turn in the works. And
 * Older Than They Look: He looks even younger than Nunnally,
 * Purple Eyes: Pink-ish purple.
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Royal Blood
 * Un Reveal: How he got his Code. It's never said in any canon how he got it.
 * Yandere
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Royal Blood
 * Un Reveal: How he got his Code. It's never said in any canon how he got it.
 * Yandere

Prince Clovis La Britannia


"Voiced by: Nobuo Tobita (Japanese), Sam Riegel (English)"

""I was just speaking to Clovis. He is at peace now. He's sitting on a beach"."

Prince of Britannia and governor of Area 11 prior to the start of Code Geass. Murdered by Lelouch.

Clovis embodied these tropes:


 * Aristocrats Are Evil / Blondes Are Evil
 * Bishonen
 * Chivalrous Pervert: Nice, uhm... swimsuit designs, man.
 * Hidden Depths: He was very kind to his siblings, loved his mother and was a talented artist who painted and even designed lingerie and swimsuits. He also dabbled in architecture.
 * For added emphasis, Cornelia, during the conversation from when he decides to become Viceroy from one of the Sound Dramas, notes that he is too kind for the job.
 * Knight Templar Big Brother: The real reason why he hated the Elevens/Japanese (as well as his Start of Darkness) so much was because he blamed them for Lelouch and Nunnally's "deaths" when Japan was destroyed.
 * Large Ham: He certainly had the hand gestures down.
 * My God, What Have I Done?: Lelouch felt this a few episodes after he killed Clovis. Yes, Lelouch, you just killed your brother and you'll have to live with it.
 * Oh Crap: When he learns the identity of the person who led the insurgence against his massacre of Shinjuku -- none other than his thought-to-be-dead brother Lelouch. Notable in that he is also overjoyed, given his love for him.
 * Sacrificial Lamb: A rare villainous example - given his set-up as a major antagonist back in Episode 1, who actually expected him to go out as quickly as he did?
 * Smug Snake
 * Start of Darkness: Became Viceroy of Area 11 in hopes of making it a fitting memorial to his thought to be dead siblings. Fell into depression and despair, and subsequently became ruthless towards the Elevens.
 * Warmup Boss: For Lelouch as a strategist.
 * Warmup Boss: For Lelouch as a strategist.

Lloyd Asplund


"Voiced by: Tetsu Shiratori (Japanese), Liam O'Brien (English)"

""You must make a decision. Abandon science to preserve your heart or destroy your heart to pursue science"."

An earl of the Britannian empire and the series' main Mad Scientist.

Lloyd Asplund embodies these tropes:


 * Adult Child: His excitement around mecha, especially getting his hands on an antique, is positively child-like.
 * Affably Evil: The 'evil' part is debatable, but then he does work for the Britannian Empire, and seems to care more for science than humans (seems, at least; see Jerkass Facade). However, despite this and his arguable lack of social skills, his enthusiasm is frequently infectious (for the audience perhaps more than the other characters) and he is generally fairly likeable, particularly when places alongside most of the rest of the prime movers in this anime.
 * Not to mention he seems to genuinely believe in Suzaku and like him as much as his... particular view of the world lets him.
 * Ambiguous Disorder: He's not known as Lord Aspie for nothing.
 * Arranged Marriage:
 * Aristocrats Are Evil: He likes to play the part, but it's really a Jerkass Facade.
 * Asexuality: Possibly, as he loves his Mecha more than people.
 * Ambiguously Gay: According to others.
 * He has some Foe Yay with Rakshata. And a bit of Ho Yay with Suzaku. And then there's Cecile. So could it be Ambiguously Bi instead.
 * Anti-Villain
 * Blue Blood
 * Blue Eyes
 * Brutal Honesty: Never ever sugarcoates his opinions.
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer: A brilliant and snarky engineer who's also a graceless misfit and loves pudding. See also Ditzy Genius, below.
 * Catch Phrase: OMEDETO! (Congratulations!)
 * Deadpan Snarker: Even in the midst of battles.
 * Ditzy Genius: Far more genius than ditz, but he still has his ditzy moments. See also Bunny Ears Lawyer and Cloudcuckoolander, above.
 * The Engineer
 * Fun Personified
 * For Science!: He clearly doesn't care about the war either way; he's just a big kid making bigger toys.
 * Hot Scientist
 * In-Series Nickname: Rival Mad Scientist Rakshata Chawla dubs him "The Earl of Pudding" -- supposedly in honor of his favorite food.
 * Insufferable Genius: At times.
 * Jerkass Facade: He doesn't want anyone to know how much he cares about those closest to him. See also Sugar and Ice Personality
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: At his best.
 * Lack of Empathy: Happily and willingly divorced himself from his humanity so he will never again need to feel pain for suffering of others.
 * Mad Scientist: A mostly benign version. Not evil enough to be 100% Mad Scientist, but too young and too quirky to be The Professor.
 * No Social Skills: It would be an understatement to say he's not a people person.
 * Not Good with People
 * Say It with Hearts: Lloyd often does this when talking to Suzaku in the manga.
 * Slow Clap: When Suzaku was knighted by Euphemia, he was initially the only one to applaud. Notably, this didn't prompt applause from the rest (that happened when General Dalton started applauding as well)..
 * Stoic Spectacles
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Pudding.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: In his case, light purple.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: In his case, light purple.

Cécile Croomy


"Voiced by Kikuko Inoue (Japanese), Deborah Sale Butler (English)"

"Lancelot, launch!"

Cécile Croomy is Lloyd's subordinate in Camelot and one of the Lancelot's developers. She is a capable scientist in her own right, having designed the energy wing system used on the Guren Seiten and the Lancelot Albion. Cécile is a kind-hearted woman and a good friend to Suzaku, often helping him with homework. She also acts as Lloyd's conscience, scolding him for his unintentionally rude remarks or for treating Suzaku as a "part" for his Mechas. A recurring joke is that Cécile is a bad cook, though no one has the heart to tell her. It seems to be implied in one of the picture dramas that Cécile is in love with Suzaku and that a former love of hers died in battle.

Cécile Croomy embodies these tropes:


 * Absolute Cleavage: A rather surprising example.
 * Alliterative Name
 * Anti-Villain: Works for The Empire but is one of the most sympathetic.
 * Blue Eyes: Blue, with just a hint of purple.
 * Cool Big Sis: To Suzaku. (Although there are hints her feelings for him are, shall we say, not entirely Like Brother and Sister.)
 * Cordon Bleugh Chef: Cécile isn't a Lethal Chef per se, but she seems to not have any concept of what normal taste is
 * Feminine Women Can Cook: Inverted Trope, as although she's very feminine she's not a good cook. Justified in that she's busy being a scientist.
 * And, of course, fandom loves to exaggerate this trait.
 * Gadgeteer Genius: She's the one who designed and created Gurren's wings. Not even the MadScientists could pull that off.
 * Hot Scientist
 * Mission Control: To Suzaku
 * Purple Eyes: Mostly blue, but there is a purple tint to them.
 * Sexy Secretary: She can count as Lloyd's.
 * Shy Blue-Haired Girl: Around Prince Schniezel.
 * Subverted. Her demeanor around him changes when he tells her he ordered the air strike that almost killed Suzaku.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: On many levels, as she's gentle, softpoken and voiced by Kikuko Inoue aka the patron saint of YN charas; however, she has the habit of disciplining Lloyd with physical violence, something most don't do. And then there's her... special cooking, and most important of all, she doesn't seem to care about about japanese culture. Which is Fridge Brilliance if you think about it; Japan was stripped of its culture down to its name, so it makes sense that she would have all the traits except the extremely cultural ones.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Jeremiah Gottwald


"Voiced by: Ken Narita (Japanese), Crispin Freeman (English)"

""Orange-kun is the name of my loyalty!""

A soldier in the Britannian army who was initially not supposed to be in the series past his first few appearances,

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Jeremiah embodies these tropes:


 * Aristocrats Are Evil: Subverted. He comes off as very racist at first, but then he gets Character Development.
 * Ax Crazy: Temporarily.
 * Back from the Dead
 * The Beautiful Elite
 * Blue Blood
 * Bond Villain Stupidity: Done deliberately during the Grand Finale, when he
 * Break the Haughty: When Kallen incinerates his Sutherland, nearly killing him as he ejects with massive wounds.
 * Breakout Character
 * The Brute:
 * The Chew Toy: When he wasn't The Woobie.
 * The Determinator: Can match (or possibly even beat) Kallen in this category, as nothing will stop him from carrying out his loyalty, Nothing, be it having his knightmare explode while he's still in it (twice), having a skyscraper dropped on him, being dragged underwater to crushing depth, or even geifun disturbers shutting down his cybernetics, he will not stay down for long. At first, Lelouch regards him with utter disdain ("Be crushed to dust, you relic!"), which later becomes grudging respect ("Your persistence is first-class.").
 * The Dragon: To Perry in Tales Of An Alternate Shogunate.
 * Evil Is Dumb: Only gets true respect.
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Failure Knight: He was in charge of the palace guard the day Empress Marianne was murdered, therefore he has felt guilty for years because he couldn't stop or capture her assassins. To top it, the later deaths of Lelouch & Nunnally (presumably, of course) as well as Clovis ate at him even further.
 * Gratuitous English: A walking fountain of it, particularly in his first Crowning Moment of Awesome. "ALL HAIL BRITANNIA!!", indeed.
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Humiliation Conga: He gets one way early in the series, .)
 * Incoming Ham: In the first season's finale, his mecha literally chews the scenery's ground and screams "ALL HAIL BRITANNIA!!!!!"
 * Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain: For a time.
 * Insult Backfire:
 * Karma Houdini: Very debatable from an outside viewpoint. In-universe, you'd think he'd be punished severely after all the things he'd done as Lelouch's lackey.
 * Large Ham: Almost every appearance after episode four.
 * Leaning on the Fourth Wall: His 2nd season return. "Look out for me, Jeremiah Gottwald, with all you've got!" Sounds like he's addressing the viewers.
 * Made of Iron: The very fact that he survived two particular incidents,
 * Manly Tears:
 * Mismatched Eyes:
 * My Master, Right or Wrong: Empress Marianne's #1 fanboy.
 * Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist: Probably part of his charm.
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome: Well dark-blue.
 * The Renfield:
 * Throw the Dog a Bone: After losing everything,  early in season one, things start looking up for him in season two.
 * Took a Level in Badass: After  in the first season finale, he  . If that fails to impress, he also.
 * Undying Loyalty: AND HOW!
 * Unstoppable Rage
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist: Probably part of his charm.
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome: Well dark-blue.
 * The Renfield:
 * Throw the Dog a Bone: After losing everything,  early in season one, things start looking up for him in season two.
 * Took a Level in Badass: After  in the first season finale, he  . If that fails to impress, he also.
 * Undying Loyalty: AND HOW!
 * Unstoppable Rage
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Villetta Nu


"Voiced by: Akeno Watanabe (Japanese), Megan Hollingshead (English)"

""I will not die like Jeremiah, stripped of power and honor., I will rise higher than ever!""

One of Jeremiah Gottwald's most devoted subordinates, Villetta Nu is a twenty-six-year-old Knightmare Frame pilot. Like Jeremiah, she belongs to a segregationist group called the Pure Bloods, Britannians who believe that Elevens and other Numbers (i.e., people of Japanese or other non-Britannian descent) should be forbidden from serving in the Britannian military or otherwise contaminating Britannian society. Although Villetta does not hail from the aristocracy, she hopes to sufficiently distinguish herself in the service of her country as to earn her family hereditary knighthood.

After Zero uses his mind control geass to ruin Jeremiah's career and very nearly Villetta's as well, she does some quick thinking and realizes that he must have connections at Ashford Academy. She hopes that by capturing Zero, she can bring herself glory and simultaneously redeem Jeremiah. But fate, or luck, has some surprises for her.

Villetta Nu embodies these tropes:


 * Absolute Cleavage
 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Amnesiac Dissonance: Her experience as 'chigusa' is complicated.
 * The Baroness: The sexpot variety. Devoted to the military regime of Britiana and seeks ever more power for herself.
 * The Beautiful Elite
 * Chekhov's Gunman/Chekhov's Boomerang: Introduced as the first major character Lelouch geassed. The consequences of this encounter are far reaching, as is her relevance to the plot.
 * Dark Action Girl: At first, but it quickly took the back burner to her personal ambitions for nobility, followed by her amnesiac phase, then her relationship with Ohgi.
 * Dark-Skinned Blond: Or rather blue.
 * Easily Forgiven: Too easily considering she causes two tragedies, and the second completely changes the game for the worse.
 * Easy Amnesia
 * Elephant in the Living Room: Pretty much the living embodiment, in R2 19.
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Fan Nickname: Vile-etta Snu-snu.
 * Fan Service
 * Femme Fatale
 * "Get Out of Jail Free" Card: As a trope, it describes how in spite of her past as a Purist Faction soldier of the Britannian Army and later a baroness, her relationship with Ohgi.
 * Glory Seeker: Her motivation is to distinguish herself for higher titles and status.
 * Good Costume Switch: During her amnesia phase. She let her hair down and wore dresses and hats.
 * Green Eyes
 * Hot Teacher: Poses as a P.E. instructor during her time as a spy at Ashford Academy, complete with Stripperiffic outfits.
 * Identity Amnesia
 * Impossibly Cool Clothes
 * Living with the Villain: Villetta gets to be a popular coach and P.E. teacher in Ashford Academy and interacts with Lelouch and Shirley, admittedly she's.
 * Even more strikingly, Kaname Ohgi actually does live with her for quite some time while she's lost her memory after being shot by Shirley.
 * Manipulative Bastard / Smug Snake: Attempts to use a distraught Shirley to expose and arrest Zero, even when it turns out Zero is Shirley's big crush, Lelouch. And quite possibly when she comes in with Ohgi and the Geass "evidence" against Lelouch, when she likely knew more than she was letting on at the time.
 * Meaningful Name: Family name: Nu. Knew; new. (Also "nu," a Yiddish expression -- and several other possible (if unlikely) meanings.)
 * A few of the things Villetta Nu knew before almost anyone else -- and then through Easy Amnesia, was forced to forget: that Zero probably had psychic powers, that Jeremiah Gottwald was innocent, that Zero likely was working with at least one student at Ashford Academy, that Zero was likely a student at Ashford, and that that Lelouch was Zero.
 * Given name: Villetta -- presumably from villette, French for village, also calls to mind both the words "violet" and "villain." This seems a fitting reflection of the two aspects of her personality.
 * Ms. Fanservice: Moreso than the other examples in the series, but in her case she seems to do it deliberately.
 * Playing the Victim Card: . Potentially also.
 * Plot Armor: Lelouch had at least 3 means to kill her way back in the second episode and enough reason to do so as it was at that point alone. Also when.
 * Rule of Sexy: At least as the series progresses. Even by Code Geass standards, she's dressed in ludicrously skimpy outfits. (And in one infamous scene, simply forgets she's naked.) For more information, see Stripperific, below. See also Ms. Fanservice.
 * Sexy Secretary: To Jeremiah in the beginning of the series.
 * Spanner in the Works: Quite possibly the biggest one barring Suzaku, and we can be sure she's the worst since Suzaku at least paid--willingly no less--for his crimes. Is responsible (directly or otherwise) for the following: finding out Zero's identity as Lelouch, Shirley's eventual memory wipe in the first season, shooting Ohgi during the Black Rebellion which leads the regiment of the Black Knights watching over Ashford into chaos which also is the arguable cause of V.V. kidnapping Nunnally, leading a Britannian spy unit in watching over Lelouch in the subsequent year to see that he hasn't recovered his memories, and later convincing Ohgi and the Black Knights to betray Lelouch via her (arguably deceptively cursory) testimonial on Geass, which causes Rolo's Heroic Sacrifice and also ultimately leads to the Zero Requiem. All the while she ends up joining the Black Knights and is . All of this makes her something even worse: a two-faced Spanner in the Works, who screws Lelouch over on both sides.
 * Secret Relationship / Star-Crossed Lovers: Ohgi and her.
 * Statuesque Stunner: Very hot. Very tall.
 * Stockholm Syndrome: Could explain how hard and how premanentl she fell for Oghi.
 * The Stool Pigeon: Snitches on Lelouch more than once.
 * Stripperiffic: Not on the battlefield, but in her guise as spy at Ashford. For more details, see Rule of Sexy, above. See also Ms. Fanservice, above.
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
 * Tsurime Eyes/Tareme Eyes: Normally has Tsurime Eyes, but has Tareme Eyes in her "Chigusa" persona.
 * Ungrateful Bastard: Can be considered one, in that even though it was because of Lelouch sneaking under her watch while she was heading surveillance that Ohgi was alive, she.
 * Unwitting Instigator of Doom: In a more contrarian sense.
 * Vapor Wear: See also Rule of Sexy and Stripperiffic, above.
 * What Happened to the Mouse?: The same Picture Drama that talks about Jeremiah's devotion to Marianne mentions that her main motivation is taking care of her younger brothers; they're never mentioned after this, and she switches over to purely selfish motives.
 * Zettai Ryouiki
 * Tsurime Eyes/Tareme Eyes: Normally has Tsurime Eyes, but has Tareme Eyes in her "Chigusa" persona.
 * Ungrateful Bastard: Can be considered one, in that even though it was because of Lelouch sneaking under her watch while she was heading surveillance that Ohgi was alive, she.
 * Unwitting Instigator of Doom: In a more contrarian sense.
 * Vapor Wear: See also Rule of Sexy and Stripperiffic, above.
 * What Happened to the Mouse?: The same Picture Drama that talks about Jeremiah's devotion to Marianne mentions that her main motivation is taking care of her younger brothers; they're never mentioned after this, and she switches over to purely selfish motives.
 * Zettai Ryouiki

Gilbert G.P. Guilford


"Voiced by: Yoshiyuki Kono (Japanese), Roger Craig Smith (English)"

""My justice is with my princess!""

Personal knight of Second Princess Cornelia li Britannia with unwavering devotion to his princess and piloting skill matching Kyoshiro Tohdoh.

Guilford embodies these tropes:


 * Anti-Villain: Type IV. He doesn't have good thoughts about Zero's supporters, but he learns to accept Suzaku and he is one of few Britannian officers above any personal ambitions.
 * Bodyguard Crush: On Princess Cornelia.
 * : In R2.
 * Honor Before Reason: Used against him by Zero. He even states that he would continue to use honorable means even against evil that cannot be defeated by them.
 * Karma Houdini: Possibly. He was a willing accessory to the tyranny and corruption of Britannia and many of the associated conflicts within the show, thus serving as an obstacle to freedom, even if it was all strictly in the service of the crown. Nonetheless, he survives and gets to enjoy that very same freedom at the end of the show with the princess he serves, Cornelia, even though things became rough near the end.
 * Knight Templar: He is not kind for those who he consider as terrorists. And judging from the second SAZ where he suggested gunning down the Japanese civilians in the case of a rebellion, he can also be downright ruthless.
 * My Country, Right or Wrong
 * My Master, Right or Wrong: To the core.
 * Sempai-Kohai: In R2, he tries to play the mentor role to Suzaku, specifically saying that even though Suzaku is higher-ranked as a Rounds, he feels obligated to look after Euphemia's Knight in the same way his sister looked after her.
 * Stoic Spectacles
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome
 * Those Two Guys / Those Two Bad Guys: With Darlton.
 * Unwitting Pawn: His honorable traits were twice used against him by Zero.
 * You Shall Not Pass: His personal Crowning Moment of Awesome during the first Black Rebellion.
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome
 * Those Two Guys / Those Two Bad Guys: With Darlton.
 * Unwitting Pawn: His honorable traits were twice used against him by Zero.
 * You Shall Not Pass: His personal Crowning Moment of Awesome during the first Black Rebellion.
 * You Shall Not Pass: His personal Crowning Moment of Awesome during the first Black Rebellion.

Andreas Darlton


A general in the Britannian Army and one of Cornelia's most loyal followers.

Dalton embodies these tropes:


 * Arrogant Kung Fu Guy: Challenges Suzaku to a duel to prove his superiority in Nightmare of Nunnally, which leads to Suzaku evading all his attacks, as he considers him not worth fighting.
 * Chivalrous Pervert: Quite excited by the prospect of seeing Cornelia in a swimsuit, but doesn't try to peek on her.
 * A Father to His Men: Quite literally, since he's adopted five younger soldiers so far (the Glaston Knights). At one point Guilford suggests he do the same with Suzaku to help smooth out the rough spots in his knighting.
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars: Has a diagonal scar on his face.
 * I Can Still Fight: Despite having been shot by, he continues to the battle for Tokyo..
 * My God, What Have I Done?:
 * Pet the Dog / Adopt the Dog: Is the adoptive father of five orphaned boys.
 * Also, during  he (and Lloyd) are the ones to start the Slow Clap.
 * Sergeant Rock: He's higher-ranked than a Sergeant, but otherwise fits the role. Initially he mistrusts Suzaku, but once he proves himself during the Tokyo bay operation Darlton is much nicer.
 * Travis Willingham: His English voice-actor.
 * Trouser Space: Hides a gun in his swim trunks while escorting Cornelia to the opening of Clovis Land. It ends up looking... awkward, to say the least.
 * Those Two Guys / Those Two Bad Guys: With Guilford.
 * Those Two Guys / Those Two Bad Guys: With Guilford.
 * Those Two Guys / Those Two Bad Guys: With Guilford.

Alice


A character unique to Nightmare of Nunnally, in which she's Nunnally's best friend. She is also one of the Irregulars, a group of pilots with Geass skills who came from the numbered areas. Her mission is both to observe Nunnally and to capture the mysterious Mark Nemo -- unaware that Nunnally is its pilot.

Alice embodies these tropes:


 * Alice Allusion
 * Action Girl
 * Bully Hunter: Heaven help you if you harass Nunnally.
 * Dead Little Sister: Wants to protect Nunnally like she was unable to protect her actual sister. Is actually aware of this and makes an effort not to see Nunnally as a surrogate.
 * Establishing Character Moment: Ripping the skirts off the bullies harassing Nunnally.
 * Failure Knight: Above Dead Little Sister incident is the reason for her devotion to Nunnally. She even describes herself as Nunnally's knight
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Humiliation Conga: Performs this on Ekaterina Sforza and her Girl Posse, where she rips their skirts off with Super Speed while calling them out for bullying Nunnally.
 * Little Miss Badass: A skilled Knightmare pilot who's still in middle school.
 * Living with the Villain: Attends school with Nunnally while keeping the Ashfords under surveillance and targeting her alter-ego.
 * Nakama: Her fellow Irregulars, who are like sisters to her.
 * Normally I Would Be Dead Now: Notes that if she were a regular girl, she wouldn't have survived being shot and falling off the roof of the hotel.
 * Spanner in the Works:
 * Super Speed: Her Geass power
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: Tomboy to Nunnally.
 * Unwitting Pawn:
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Bonafide Grade A. Maybe even skirting Grade S!
 * She's Tsundere towards Nunnally, so I'd say she fits into Grade S quite well.

The Valkyrie Team
The Valkyrie team is 10th knight Luciano Bradley's bodyguard/wing squad, although they once belong to Cornelia. They are obliterated together with Luciano by Kallen in episode 20. Only two of them, Marika and Liliana, are named.

The Valkyrie Team embodies the following tropes:


 * Amazon Brigade: Not much good against Kallen, though. She blows them all up in seconds.
 * Bodyguard Babes
 * Custom Uniform: A ridiculous one. See for yourself. People don't call them "erosuits" for nothing.
 * Dead Little Sister / It's Personal: Marika's brother is killed by Kallen so she joined the army for revenge.
 * Four Is Death
 * Fan Disservice: Their role is "throw after use" eye-candy.

Commodore Matthew Perry
The main antagonist of Code Geass: Tales of an Alternate Shogunate, he forces Japan open on unequal terms using his Geass and oppresses the Japanese.

Commodore Perry embodies the following tropes.


 * Annoying Laugh: Lelouch compares it to the buzzing of a mosquito.
 * Beard of Evil
 * Big Bad
 * Compelling Voice: He has Lelouch's Geass in this continuity.
 * Evil Laugh
 * Historical Villain Upgrade
 * It's All About Me:.
 * Kick the Dog:.
 * Nice Hat
 * Pose of Supplication: His Geass forces people into this..
 * : His Black Ship.
 * Villainous Breakdown: When he finds out that.
 * We Have Reserves:

The Knights of the Round - General Info


The most powerful members of the Brittannian army, answering to the Emperor alone.


 * Badass Cape
 * Badass Crew
 * Color Coded for Your Convenience
 * Expy: of The Knights of The Round Table
 * Five-Bad Band: Excluding Dorothea and Nonnette:
 * Bismarck = Big Bad
 * Monica = The Dragon (hanged out a lot with Charles)
 * Luciano = Evil Genius (the "murder genius")
 * Anya = The Brute (has the biggest knightmare)
 * Gino = Dark Chick (is the most emotionally complex)
 * Suzaku = Sixth Ranger Traitor
 * Flat Character: (except for Suzaku, and to a degree Anya Alstreim) have no character development or much of a personality past "_____ Enemy" aka Gino Weinberg is the "Friendly Enemy" while Bismarck is the "Noble Enemy."
 * High Collar of Doom
 * Highly-Conspicuous Uniform
 * Informed Ability: The Knights of Round are stated to be the best pilots in Britannia. However, two of them appear for about three seconds before dying instantly at the hands of Suzaku and his Lancelot Albion. They get less screentime than some other Britannian QuirkyMinibossSquads-wannabes.
 * Dorothea Ernst and Monica Krushevski were victims of Suzaku's SeeD mode "Live!" attacks. Totally one-sided.
 * Actually, Suzaku didn't even need to use his "seed mode" to take them out. they were piloting obsolete 5th generation Mook mechas, and he had the worlds first 9th gen mecha.
 * Light Is Not Good: Wears white uniforms and pilots knightmares bearing the names of the Knights of the Round Table. They're not very heroic, however.
 * Praetorian Guard
 * Quirky Miniboss Squad: When they end up fighting a ninth-generation Knightmare Frame, two of them get killed instantly, like average grunts.

Sir Bismarck Waldstein
"Voiced by: Soumei Uchida (Japanese), Lex Lang (English)"

"I am the only Knight of One!"

The Knight of One, recognized as the strongest soldier in the Britannian Empire.


 * Anti-Villain: Type I. He's shown to be a decent, honorable man who just so happens to be The Dragon.
 * Badass: Undeniably, as shown in his fights with Xingke and Suzaku, despite limited screentime.
 * BFS: On his person and his Knightmare
 * The Dragon: The Emperor's #1 hatchet man.
 * Expy: Of one of the guys from Samurai 7.
 * Also of
 * Eyepatch of Power: Variation, as his left eye's eyelids are sewn shut.
 * Martial Pacifist: Believes that war should only be a last resort, utterly despises brute strength.
 * Noble Demon
 * "The Reason You Suck" Speech: To Suzaku, calling him out on his Motive Decay and Chronic Backstabbing Disorder.
 * Undying Loyalty: Has supported the Emperor ever since the Throne of Blood incident, and despite being Emperor and bodyguard, the pair are actually good friends.
 * Worthy Opponent: Considered  and Suzaku as this, since they're the only two who posed challenge enough
 * Undying Loyalty: Has supported the Emperor ever since the Throne of Blood incident, and despite being Emperor and bodyguard, the pair are actually good friends.
 * Worthy Opponent: Considered  and Suzaku as this, since they're the only two who posed challenge enough

Gino Weinberg
"Voiced by: Soichiro Hoshi (Japanese), Dave Wittenberg (English)"

"Shake time!"

The Knight of Three, and one of the youngest Knights of the Round besides Suzaku and Anya.


 * Affably Evil or Anti-Villain
 * Back Stab: Certainly isn't averse to this technique, which he uses to broadside and kill Senba of the Holy Swords, and almost does the same to Xing-ke, who is shielding Tianzi with the Shen-hu, until Zero saves them both with the Shinkirou.
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * Combat Pragmatist: See Back Stab.
 * Culture Blind
 * Enemy Mine: Kallen. He will attack Li Xingke because he dared defeat his rival pilot. Well, Gino would drop the "enemy" part at the first opportunity, but not "mine".
 * Go-Karting with Bowser: Joins Ashford Academy to see what commoner life is like.
 * Keet
 * No Sense of Personal Space: And how.
 * Talking to Himself: In Saisei-Hen, Kira Yamato has unique battle dialogue (while attacking and evading, possibly taking damage, too) when fighting Gino Weinberg. Kira refers to him by name. Gino returns the favor (instead, he refers to Kira by his full name).
 * Transforming Mecha: His Knightmare can transform into a plane-like form while flying.
 * The White Prince: Quite naive about how the world works, and is fascinated by what goes on at Ashford.
 * Upper Class Twit: Kallen hangs a lamp over this in the final picture drama.

Dorothea Ernst
"Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue (Japanese), Peggy O'Neal (English)"

"No way! I'm already killed?"

The Knight of Four. Not much else is known about her, since she is killed in her only scene.


 * Four Is Death: Look at how quickly she dies.
 * Expy: Supposedly the first recorded expy of a character inside the same show. If you take Nonette's left-sided braid, flip it over the top of her head, and let it hang from her right side, plus change the skin color, it's Dorothea.
 * Fan Nickname: Knight of Fail.
 * Informed Ability: Quickly killed off in her only on-screen fight.

Anya Alstreim
"Voiced by: Yūko Gotō (Japanese), Stephanie Sheh (English)"

""Memories are unreliable. There is no reason to believe in them""

A young noblewoman from Britannia, Anya Alstreim -- the Knight of Six -- is a fifteen-year-old girl with prodigious piloting skills, a staggering lack of common sense when off the battlefield, and quite a bad case of emotionlessness in regards to almost anything aside from fighting. In addtion, Anya suffers from memory problems, so she keeps a blog wherein she stores thousands of photos, in an attempt not to forget anything anymore.

Anya embodies these tropes:


 * Action Girl
 * Age-Inappropriate Dress: Her knightmare uniform which is basically a onesie.
 * Alliterative Name
 * Amnesiac Dissonance
 * Anime Hair
 * Anti-Villain
 * Bare Your Midriff
 * The Beautiful Elite
 * Blue Blood
 * Camera Fiend
 * Captain Ersatz: See Expy, below.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Uses her Knightmare FOR A GAME OF Finding Lelouch (and not on the battlefield, but in the SCHOOL she was infiltrating!!!)
 * Ditzy Genius: Lacks enough common sense to deploy her heavy mech for a Cupid's Day chase at school.
 * Elegant Gothic Lolita
 * Emotionless Girl
 * Foreshadowing: Quite a lot. Specifically, during the prologue of episode 12 of R2, Viletta is seen glancing at a dossier of both Gino and Anya. In contrast to Gino's file, almost all of Anya's has been redacted.  Then there are the numerous casual mentions of her memory problems, that start to come to a head during her brief Knightmare engagement with C.C.
 * Hair Decorations
 * Expy: Her stoic emotionlessness, combined with having a hairstyle that resembles Marianne, made some fans speculate that she is basically an Expy of Rei Ayanami, to the point of being a Captain Ersatz; that is, being the clone of the protagonist's mother. Some used Anya's flashbacks of Lelouch's childhood as proof to support such expy argument.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Mikuru-beam! (Both in the Japanese and in the English dub.)
 * Improbable Age
 * Leotard of Power: The outfit she wears when piloting her knightmare.
 * Little Miss Badass
 * More Dakka: The Mordred has got to be the most heavily armed knightmare.
 * Not So Stoic: In the novels, she once cries while piloting.
 * The Ojou
 * Older Than They Look: Looks about twelve. Is actually fifteen.
 * Pimped-Out Dress
 * Princesses Prefer Pink:
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: But her eyes are not entirely red; they also have more than a touch of pink, which makes sense since
 * Rei Ayanami Expy
 * Rose-Haired Girl
 * Small Girl, Big Gun: Better said, Small Girl HUGE Knightmare.
 * The Stoic: Usually.
 * Sugar and Ice Girl (what she turns out to be, in the end)
 * Stripperiffic: Her Knight of Rounds uniform, due to a massive case of Bare Your Midriff.
 * That, and considering several Knights of Rounds are quite older than she is (except for Gino and Suzaku)...
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A, in her Knight of Rounds uniform.
 * That, and considering several Knights of Rounds are quite older than she is (except for Gino and Suzaku)...
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A, in her Knight of Rounds uniform.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A, in her Knight of Rounds uniform.

Nonette Enneagram
"Voiced by: Satomi Arai"

The Knight of Nine. She only appears a few times in the Code Geass anime, and mainly appears in Lost Colors.


 * Beware the Nice Ones: despite her cheery demeanor, Nonnette is one of the few people Cornelia actually fears
 * Canon Foreigner:Although she is introduced in the anime but never had any importance(or moved).
 * Death by Adaptation: Word of God says Gino, Anya and  are the only Knight of Rounds survivors. Nonnette fans are shit out of luck.
 * Form-Fitting Wardrobe: Nonnette Enneagram, seriously.
 * Meaningful Name: Both her names have words for the number 9 in them.
 * Senpai Kohai: Cornelia's senpai in military academy.

Luciano Bradley
"Voiced by: Atsushi Kisaichi (Japanese), Vic Mignogna (English)"

""Kill a man off the battlefield and you're a criminal! Kill a man on it and you're a big hero!""

The Knight of Ten and the "Vampire of Britannia", who participates in battle so that he can deprive people of what he believes they value most- their lives.


 * Abusive Parents:  Considering what he is you shouldn't really believe the abusive part.
 * Ax Crazy: Luciano Bradley, though Dagger Crazy (or Knife Nut) would be more like it.
 * Blood Knight: Of The loving to kill kind.
 * Establishing Character Moment: His first scene with Suzaku showcases his Blood Knight tendencies and how much of a jerk he is.
 * Evil Redhead: Orange with a pink part in the center.
 * Fake Brit: Vic's choice for the character.
 * Freudian Excuse: He had quite the crappy childhood.
 * Jerkass: Insults Euphemia in front of Suzaku, and mocks Gino's social status.
 * Knife Nut: Carries throwing knives.
 * Psycho for Hire: Bradly doesn't seem to have even a single line of text where he isn't insulting, threatening or otherwise expressing a desire for hurting someone, and on two different occasions states that he isn't out for glory: he just enjoys hurting people.
 * He almost seems like a comical design. He spends every moment on screen being a jerkass, abuses his more powerful frame against grunts, uses his own allies as decoy targets, shields, or even impromptu weapons, and has his own personal Knightmare squadron so he can restrain and torture his opponents with impunity.
 * Self-Made Orphan:.
 * The Sociopath
 * Token Evil Teammate: The Brittanian Empire is actually decent compared to him. Considering some of them, that says a lot.
 * This Is a Drill: His Knightmare's weapon of choice.
 * Token Evil Teammate: The Brittanian Empire is actually decent compared to him. Considering some of them, that says a lot.
 * This Is a Drill: His Knightmare's weapon of choice.

Monica Kruczewski
"Voiced by: Yūko Gotō (Japanese), Dorothy Elias-Fahn (English)"

"It's Suzaku Kururu-!"

The Knight of Twelve.


 * Beware the Nice Ones: Implied to be a deadly warrior despite her gentle demeanor, but dies almost instantly looped for 3 minutes against Suzaku.
 * Custom Uniform
 * Dodge This
 * Hair Decorations: Or better said, hair ribbons.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Informed Ability: Is killed within her only on-screen fight.
 * Killed Mid-Sentence
 * Mauve Shirt
 * The Ojou
 * Zettai Ryouki: See Custom Uniform above.