Darling in the Franxx/Characters

In General

 * Artificial Human: How they're created.
 * Child Soldier: All of them are just born and raised to fight the Klaxosaurs.
 * You Are Number Six: They aren't given actual names, just code numbers. The Squad 13 kids actually named themselves, thanks to Hiro.

Code:016 aka Hiro

 * Affectionate Nickname: The fact Zero Two calls him "darling" is already a sign she cares about him a lot more than her previous partners
 * Childhood Friends: He's especially close to Goro and Ichigo.
 * Child Prodigy: Subverted: he used to be one, but all of his potential tragically disappeared.
 * In-Series Nickname: Zero Two calls Darling, a word that the other kids don't know even the meaning of.
 * Last Second Chance: In a way. He once was a prodigy but lost this edge due to tragic circumstances, and finding Zero Two is THE chance for him to return to piloting.

Code:002 aka Zero-Two

 * Because You Were Nice to Me: In Zero-Two's harsh life, only one person was sincerely and truly kind to her.
 * Broken Bird: The girl has BIG reasons to be the way she is.
 * Half-Human Hybrid: Implied. She looks mostly human but has horns like the Klaxosaurs and it's implied she has their "blood" running in her veins.
 * Heroic RROD: Riding a Franxx with her causes this to her partners, as shown with Mitsuru. Hiro is the sole exception for some unknown reason, that is even more surprising considering he can't ride these kinds of robots normally.
 * Innocent Fanservice Girl: Played with. She doesn't see nothing abnormal with walking naked around Hiro, but calls him a pervert if only as a deduction once she sees he have her panties on his hand and was watching her swimming naked.
 * Lack of Empathy: Only seems to care about Hiro and hunting klaxosaurs. The rest of Squad 13? They aren't even a blimp on the radar.
 * Ms. Fanservice: Not only by the number of times her body is exposed, but because her lack of social skills leads her to do things otherwise could be considered sexual harassment.
 * No Social Skills: Justified. She lived kind of a sheltered life until the series began, always surrounded by adults who were more interested in testing her battle abilities instead of socializing with her or teaching her basic rules of living in society. The result is a shameless teenage girl with rebellious issues, who barely understands how to treat anyone not named Hiro.
 * Super Strength: She can throw a grown man through a room easily.

Code:056 aka Goro

 * Childhood Friends: Him, Ichigo and Hiro.
 * Childhood Friend Romance: He's in love with Ichigo, though even when, he doesn't expect her to love him back.
 * Hair of Gold : A kind-hearted blonde young man.
 * Not So Above It All: He spends a good time ogling Ichigo's body in a swimsuit in Episode 7, and surprises the other boys in the rest of the episode by showing he's not so innocent as he looks.
 * Perfectly Arranged Marriage: A way to see him and Ichigo, since they have the smoothest Battle Couple-like partnership in the series.
 * Team Mom: A Rare Male Example, with Ichigo as the Team Dad. He's kind, calm, concerned about his friends' well-being, etc.
 * Walking the Earth: In a way, he does this towards the end

Code:015 aka Ichigo

 * Childhood Friend Romance: Unlucky, towards Hiro.
 * Clingy Jealous Girl: Has quite the shades of this.
 * Hair Decorations: Her hairclip
 * Fatal Flaw: Two of them! On one hand she's a huge perfectionist, leading to being needlessly harsh on others and herself. On the other she can also be pretty self-centered at times, which causes her to antagonize Zero Two despite her contributions to the team.
 * Peek-a-Bangs: The right side of her hair is long enough to cover her right eye.
 * Team Dad: Rare Female Example, just like Goro is the male Team Mom. She's strict, by-the-rules, and wants the other kids to follow said rules.

Code:666 aka Zorome

 * Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Miku.
 * Jerkass -> Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Very arrogant towards his abilities and treat his fellow parasites very badly. At first, i.e he worries when Miku's hurt . Plus a big part of his attitude comes from him being a huge "Well Done, Son" Guy to Papa.
 * Meaningful Name: Well, code. 666 is also known as the number of the beast, associated with the followers of an entity that is or is very close to Satan, according with the Book of Revelation. Zorome is a Jerkass to a point it borders on Token Evil Teammate at times.

Code:390 aka Miku

 * Girlish Pigtails: Wears pigtails and is the most immature of her group in the way she acts.
 * Genki Girl: The cheeriest and brightest of the girls.
 * Tsundere: To Zorome.

Code:326 aka Mitsuru

 * Break the Haughty: He was very arrogant and vain before riding with Zero Two. After, he's reduced to a sobbing, paranoid wreck, and it takes him a while to recover.
 * Brooding Boy, Gentle Girl: Him and Kokoro.
 * Character Development: A good part of his later screen time is dedicated to make him less of a jerk. And explain WHY is he a jerk to start with.
 * Childhood Friends: He and Kokoro. Technically all the Squad 13 members kinda count as this, but it's especially true regarding them.
 * Drunk with Power: In seconds of riding Strelizia with Zero Two he grows dangerously arrogant. As said above, he gets slapped for it HARD.
 * Heroic RROD: Suffers one at Episode 3 after Zero Two decides to use all off her power.
 * Love Triangle: The one between him, Kokoro and Futoshi becomes a plot point.

Code:556 aka Kokoro

 * Fatal Flaw: Not truly speaking her mind, and especially not being clear about her purposes.
 * Hair Decorations: Her blue headband
 * Innocent Flower Girl: The gentlest of the girls, and she likes hanging around their home's greenhouse.
 * Nice Girl: Subverted: she's very gentle and kind, but can be actually capable of doing not-so nice things even if she doesn't like it.
 * Silk Hiding Steel: This young lady is kind and sweet, but does not back off when she has a goal. In fact, she's among the first to begin questioning the life she and the other Parasites have lived,

Code:214 aka Futoshi

 * Big Eater: The chubbiest boy and quite the eater.
 * Gentle Giant: He's very big, and also very kind and nice.
 * Loving a Shadow: It's implied that his feelings for Kokoro may be like this, with him loving the idea of her and not the person she actually is.

Code:196 aka Ikuno

 * Cute Bookworm: Is often seen reading.
 * Does Not Like Men: Downplayed, she doesn't loathe men per se, but does resent them because
 * Meganekko: A cool-minded girl with glasses.
 * Straight Gay: Strongly implied to be a lesbian.
 * Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Her partnership with Mitsuru, since he's a very arrogant Jerkass and she's all but said to not be into boys. They still pilot together due to obvious circumstances.
 * Token Wholesome: She isn't exactly devoid of being used for Fanservice, but even Ichigo wears more skimpy clothing than her.

Nana

 * Cool Big Sis: Towards the kids, with Ichigo even referring to her as a sister.
 * Dark and Troubled Past:
 * Hot Teacher: She is the Parasites' manager, entrusted to take care of their professional and personal problems. She also still manages to look incredibly hot despite wearing clothes that cover well her body because of how, well, 'gifted' she is.
 * Ship Tease: She and Hachi.
 * Team Mom: Evolves into this later in the series,

Hachi

 * Emotionless Boy: Far more logical and stoic than the gentle Nana.
 * Eye Scream: Is subjected to this later
 * Hot Teacher: Not hard in the eye, and he also takes care of the Parasites.
 * Ship Tease: Him and Nana
 * Team Dad
 * What Is This Feeling?: Is aware of how emotionally dead he is, and that troubles him.

Dr. Franxx

 * Admiring the Abomination:.
 * Cyborg: A good part of his body is mechanical.
 * Dirty Old Man: He grabs Nana's butt in broad daylight.
 * The Smart Guy: Is basically this for mankind as a whole, since he build the Franxx, the weapons standing between the klaxosaurs and mankind's annihilation.

Papa

 * Big Bad:.
 * Big Good: He's the leader of mankind.
 * God-Emperor: Has a whole cult of personality around his person, so he counts as this.

Vice Chairman

 * Aliens Are Bastards:
 * The Dragon:.
 * Karma Houdini: . Though this may be a case of in-story Cruel Mercy, considering the circumstances.

007/New Nana

 * Emotionless Girl: She helps take care of the Parasites, but is much colder than the original Nana. For some time, anyway: she acts more kindly towards them later, due to
 * Eyes Always Shut: All the time, giving a visual cue that she isn't all that emotive.
 * Took a Level In Kindness: Initially she seems almost like a human robot, though not necessarily evil - just lawful to the core..

Code:703 aka Naomi

 * Ambiguous Situation:
 * Not Quite Dead: Zigzagged. She's said to have survived an accident that took place few after she and Hiro couldn't graduate, and then sent elsewhere to recover from her injuries... but as it turns out she died in it and APE covered it up..

Ai-chan

 * Meaningful Name:.
 * Strong Family Resemblance:.
 * Walking Spoiler:.

Code:001 aka the Klaxosaur Princess

 * Big Bad:.
 * Humanoid Abomination: She looks very humanoid, aside of the different color of her hair, body and the tentacles coming out of her back..
 * Token Mini-Moe: Of the main female cast, she certainly looks the most young and has a petite frame.
 * Walking Spoiler: She has the name patterning as the Parasites but look at her title. Explaining that is one if not the most important Plot Twist of this show.


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