Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)/Characters

A short summary page for characters from the 2003-2004 Fullmetal Alchemist anime. For the character sheet dealing with the manga and the second anime, see Fullmetal Alchemist.

Edward Elric


The protagonist of the series. Seeks the secret of the Philosopher's Stone so he can undo the mistakes of his past of trying to bring back his mother to life. The truth behind the Philosopher's Stone, and the connection to the secrets behind the country he lives in drives the story.

"Voiced by: Romi Park (JP), Vic Mignogna (EN)"


 * Adaptational Attractiveness: He's attractive in the manga too, but his facial shape is different.
 * Afraid of Needles
 * Alliterative Name
 * Angst: So much. Justified in that the things he was going through weren't exactly a cakewalk.
 * Anti-Hero: Type II->Type III
 * Artificial Limbs: His automail.
 * The Atoner: Wants to make up for Al losing his body.
 * Author Appeal: A carryover from the manga. Hiromu Arakawa likes muscular men, which should come as no surprise seeing how extremely ripped Ed is for a too-short-for-his-age teen.
 * Badass
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Badass Longcoat/Bring My Red Jacket/The Coats Are Off
 * Badass Transplant
 * Handicapped Badass
 * Berserk Button: WHO ARE YOU CALLING A TINY LITTLE BEAN SPROUT THE SIZE OF A GRAIN OF RICE!?!
 * Laying a hand on his brother is not the best of ideas either.
 * Big Brother Instinct: His mission in life is to get his little brother's body back.
 * Bishonen
 * Long-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Blade Below the Shoulder: When he transmutes a blade to his automail arm.
 * Bratty Half-Pint: Sometimes, sometimes not.
 * Butt Monkey: First it was Played for Laughs, and then it wasn't.....
 * Byronic Hero: Something of a younger version of this trope. He's even more of one in this adaptation, considering the fact that he's more introspective and brooding.
 * Celibate Hero: This or Chaste Hero, but more likely he ignores Winry and Rose than is completely unaware.
 * Child Mage
 * Child Prodigy
 * Child Soldiers: Received a State Alchemist's certification at the age of 12.
 * Code Name/Red Baron: Fullmetal
 * Combat Pragmatist: "All's fair in war, pal. Everyone knows that."
 * Cosmic Plaything:
 * Cross-Dressing Voices: His Japanese seiyuu is Romi Park.
 * Cursed with Awesome: Even Ed admits his automail has come in handy and saving his life on many occasions.
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Dark and Troubled Past: The series starts with a flashback showing the most significant part of it.
 * Dead Little Sister: The whole human transmutation experience, followed by.
 * Determinator: He was a Determinator when he was ten, and he hasn't changed since. Sometimes it's what leads to his problems, rather than what solves them.
 * Destructive Savior
 * Does Not Like Milk
 * Expressive Hair
 * Extra Ore Dinary: What his alchemy specializes in.
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Fan Service: His shower scene and the one shirtless scene with all his limbs.
 * Genre Savvy
 * Grasp the Sun: Does this few times in various opening credits and the very last scene of this series.
 * Heroic Bastard
 * Heroic Blue Screen of Death: Might as well be the patron Saint of this.
 * Hero Insurance: Subverted. Is forced to repair what he damages during a duel with Mustang without alchemy.
 * Honor Before Reason: Turns down a chance to create the Philosopher's stone so he doesn't kill anybody.
 * Hurting Hero: Oh so much.
 * Insufferable Genius: Sometimes.
 * In the Blood
 * It Gets Easier: Ed at first refused to kill anybody.
 * It's All My Fault: Believes he's responsible for Al losing his body.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: This trope more or less defines Ed. Although it seems like a lot of the "jerk" is a Jerkass Facade.
 * Knight in Sour Armor
 * Life or Limb Decision: How he saved Al's soul from crossing over.
 * Majorly Awesome
 * Men Don't Cry: Except twice when
 * Mr. Fanservice
 * My God, What Have I Done?: The result of trying, and failing, to resurrect their mother. Also, Edward's response to seeing can be interpreted as this, because they were partly as a result of his intervention in the first two episodes.
 * The Napoleon: See Berserk Button
 * Oblivious to Love
 * Oedipus Complex: He blames Hohenheim's Parental Abandonment for his mother's death.
 * Pint-Sized Powerhouse: Just don't say it to his face.
 * Rank Up: As a State Alchemist, he became the equivalent of a Major at age 12.
 * Redemption Quest: Ed's mission in life is to get Al's body back.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Red to Al's Blue and Roy's Blue.
 * She Is Not My Girlfriend
 * Shirtless Scene: As noted above.
 * Sibling Yin-Yang
 * Teen Genius
 * Troubled but Cute
 * Thou Shall Not Kill:
 * Technical Pacifist
 * Tsurime Eyes
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Roy Mustang
 * Wise Beyond His Years
 * Technical Pacifist
 * Tsurime Eyes
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Roy Mustang
 * Wise Beyond His Years

Alphonse Elric


Edward's little brother, he lost his body during an experiment that went horribly wrong. He survives in the form of a suit of armour, his soul joined to it through the use of a blood seal.

"Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya (JP), Aaron Dismuke (EN)"


 * Achilles' Heel: His blood seal is his one real weakness.
 * Adaptational Angst Upgrade
 * Adaptation Dye Job: From blond to dark blond.
 * Animated Armor
 * Badass: Alphonse isn't as inclined to fight as Edward, but when he does, he will kick your ass.
 * Beware the Nice Ones: Subverted. At first it seems like he's going this route with Wrath, but he becomes aware of how vengeful he is behaving, doesn't like it, and resolves to make sure that nobody else would be able to carry out their revenge. In fact, it's his main motivation for going to Ishbal, since he's no longer certain about whether or not he should try to get his body back.
 * Blessed with Suck
 * Big Little Brother
 * Child Mage
 * Child Prodigy
 * Corner of Woe: His version of Ed's Berserk Button. Calling him a "tin can" pretty much results in this.
 * Cross-Dressing Voices
 * Cuteness Proximity: Can we blame him for wanting to keep that kitty?
 * Dark and Troubled Past: Same as Edward.
 * Expository Hairstyle Change: In The Movie, twice. At first he grows his hair out like Ed to be like him,.
 * Extra Ore Dinary: Like Ed, his alchemy is specialized on this.
 * Gentle Giant
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Glowing Mechanical Eyes
 * Heroic Bastard
 * Innocent Prodigy: Alphonse was this before his soul was placed in a suit of armor.
 * I Will Find You:
 * Kindhearted Cat Lover
 * Made of Iron: Literally.
 * Older Than They Look: In The Movie. He's By the ending, though, it seems he's grown out of this trope.
 * Parental Abandonment: He takes it much better than Ed does.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue to Ed's Red.
 * Sibling Yin-Yang
 * Tareme Eyes:
 * Teen Genius
 * Took Several Thousand Levels In Badass
 * Wise Beyond His Years
 * Tareme Eyes:
 * Teen Genius
 * Took Several Thousand Levels In Badass
 * Wise Beyond His Years
 * Wise Beyond His Years
 * Wise Beyond His Years

Winry Rockbell


The Elrics' childhood friend, and Ed's automail mechanic.

"Voiced by: Megumi Toyoguchi (JP), Caitlin Glass (EN)"

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 * Adaptation Dye Job: Her bandanna is red, despite being green in the manga.
 * Abuse Is Okay When It Is Female On Male
 * Berserk Button: Don't insult or ruin her automail.
 * Blue Eyes
 * Child Prodigy: Built sophisticated automail at a young age.
 * Dark and Troubled Past
 * Demoted to Extra: While other girls had their roles ascended, Winry appears less than in the manga.
 * Gadgeteer Genius
 * Girl Next Door: The Elric brothers as children argued over who would marry her.
 * Girls Throw Wrenches Harder Than The Villains
 * Heartwarming Orphan
 * Lovely Angels: With Sheska
 * Miss Fixit
 * Plucky Girl
 * The Not Love Interest: Although some certainly see subtext, her relationship with both brothers remains purely platonic. Even so, it's explored quite extensively.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Red to Sheska's Blue.
 * Shorttank
 * Squee: Her reaction to any other automail. Especially Rush Valley's.
 * They Will Not Cry So I Cry For Them
 * Tsundere: More of the Type B variety. She's sweet and kind, but once Ed sets her off...
 * : Quite debatable, as WMG can show, but it appears to be this.
 * Wrench Wench

Scar


A mysterious Ishbalan in a Roaring Rampage of Revenge against the State Alchemists that annihilated his people.

"Voiced by: Ryotaro Okiayu (JP), Dameon Clarke (EN)"

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 * Adaptational Attractiveness: See Mr. Fanservice below.
 * Anti-Villain
 * Badass
 * Badass Transplant: How he got his right arm.
 * Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work:
 * Cool Shades and Sunglasses at Night
 * Dark and Troubled Past
 * Dark Messiah: To the people of Lior, along with Rose.
 * Dark-Skinned Blond
 * Everybody's Dead, Dave
 * Face Palm of Doom: His preferred method to kill.
 * Hero-Killer:
 * Hidden Heart of Gold
 * Mr. Fanservice: Especially notable due to his radically changed character design (to make him look younger), and the fact that he's at least 8 years younger than he is in the manga and "Brotherhood".
 * Noble Demon
 * No Name Given:
 * One-Hit Kill: He can touch your arm and make your brain explode. He still has to touch flesh, however, a fact that Ed capitalizes on. When touching materials such as metal, it has to be the kind of matter he thinks it is, or else his ability will not work (Ed changes the metal of his automail arm in his last encounter).
 * Only Known by Their Nickname
 * The Other Darrin: In the dub of the Chibi Party OVA, he's voiced by J Michael Tatum (it carried on to Brotherhood).
 * Person of Mass Destruction
 * Power Tattoo
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: Subverted, in this case his eye color indicates his belonging to an ethnic group that was nearly wiped out.
 * Roaring Rampage of Revenge
 * Serial Killer
 * The Stoic
 * Survivor Guilt
 * The Unfettered
 * The Un-Reveal:
 * Villain Protagonist: Later on, of the Anti-Villain variety.
 * Your Head Asplode: How he kills people.
 * The Unfettered
 * The Un-Reveal:
 * Villain Protagonist: Later on, of the Anti-Villain variety.
 * Your Head Asplode: How he kills people.

Roy Mustang


A colonel in the military, he is the third most important protaganist in the series behind the Elric brothers. He seeks to become the Fuhrer so he can fix the country, and spread his ideals to the people. And by that, we mean make all the women in the military wear miniskirts.

"Voiced by: Tohru Ookawa (JP), Travis Willingham (EN)"

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 * The Atoner: His main motive for becoming Fuhrer is to ensure that nothing like Ishbal ever happens again
 * Beard of Sorrow: During his suicidal moments.
 * Big Damn Hero: His He's Back moment
 * Bishie Sparkle: In episode 13.
 * Code Name/Red Baron: The Flame Alchemist
 * Badass: One of the biggest in the series.
 * Badass Bookworm
 * Badass Longcoat
 * Colonel Badass
 * Cuteness Proximity: His reaction to Black Hayate, as mentioned above.
 * Dark and Troubled Past: Has a really dark one. See Driven To Suicide below.
 * Death Seeker: Used to be.
 * Driven to Suicide: He's stated he would kill himself, if he had the guts. In fact, as a young soldier in Ishbal he was this close to eating his own gun after and had to be stopped by Marcoh.
 * Drowning My Sorrows: Possibly to the point of alcoholism.
 * "Get Out of Jail Free" Card
 * Good-Looking Privates
 * Handsome Lech
 * He's Back: See Big Damn Hero up above.
 * Hero Insurance: Subverted. Is forced to repair what he damages during a duel with Edward without alchemy.
 * Hurting Hero: Never got over what he did during the Ishbalan war.
 * Interrupted Suicide: Marcoh stops him.
 * Jerkass Facade
 * Kill It with Fire: Part of being The Flame Alchemist.
 * Knight in Sour Armor To the point he considered suicide.
 * Large Ham: Ed even lampshaded this when he gave his own impersonation of Roy.
 * Even more hilariously, for said funny moment in the dub Travis Willingham drew inspiration from his failed audition for...Armstrong.
 * Men Don't Cry: Tries to pass this off at
 * Papa Wolf: Is angered when.
 * Person of Mass Destruction
 * Playing with Fire: His alchemy.
 * Post Dramatic Stress Disorder: After defeating.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue to Ed's Red. Color Coded for Your Convenience with their coats.
 * Sand in My Eyes
 * Stuff Blowing Up: He is The Flame Alchemist.
 * Supporting Leader
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome
 * Tricked-Out Gloves: How he uses his alchemy.
 * Useless Superpowers: "Colonel, you're worthless when it's raining."
 * Vitriolic Best Buds: With Ed.
 * Weaksauce Weakness: Wet gloves usually mean he can't use his alchemy.
 * World of Cardboard Speech: After tracking down Ed and Al late in the series, he tells them about how he contemplated ending his own life once after, but then resolved never to follow unreasonable commands again. He tells them he came after them by his own choice, then demands to know why they ran away rather than trust him.
 * You Can Barely Stand: His final confrontation with.
 * World of Cardboard Speech: After tracking down Ed and Al late in the series, he tells them about how he contemplated ending his own life once after, but then resolved never to follow unreasonable commands again. He tells them he came after them by his own choice, then demands to know why they ran away rather than trust him.
 * You Can Barely Stand: His final confrontation with.

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Riza Hawkeye


Roy's trusted second-in-command and bodyguard, Lt. Hawkeye's calm, collected demeanor and remarkable sharpshooting skills earn her the respect and fear of her fellow officers.

"Voiced by: Michiko Neya (JP), Colleen Clinkenbeard (EN)"

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 * Action Girl
 * Badass Normal
 * Cold Sniper: Subverted; while not overly affectionate, she's far from cold.
 * Cry Cute: In the final episode,.
 * Good-Looking Privates
 * The Gunslinger
 * Pet the Dog: Black Hayate's owner...though her idea of training him is a bit shocking.
 * Puss in Boots
 * The Stoic
 * Sugar and Ice Personality

Fuhrer President King Bradley


The ruler of Amestris. Fuhrer is his military title, he is also the President of the Nation. His name is King, it isn't a title. He came to rule Amestris after leading his nation out of a bloody civil war and setting up a military dictatorship. He is also  And in The Movie it turns out   Who knew?

"Voiced by: Hidekatsu Shibata (JP), Ed Blaylock (EN)"

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 * Badass: He's impressively badass, even without taking into account he's 60 and
 * Badass Grandpa
 * Badass Moustache
 * Beware the Nice Ones
 * Blood Knight
 * Character Exaggeration: Not as severe as the Kimbley example below, but
 * Dissonant Serenity: Very much.
 * Dual-Wielding: Against.
 * Eyepatch of Power
 * Good Thing You Can Heal:
 * Implausible Fencing Powers:
 * Irony: Has Instantaneous regeneratiion in this version, considerable since.
 * Kick the Dog: His murder of.
 * Morality Pet: His son Selim. Right up until
 * Obfuscating Stupidity:
 * Putting on the Reich
 * Would Hurt a Child:.
 * Morality Pet: His son Selim. Right up until
 * Obfuscating Stupidity:
 * Putting on the Reich
 * Would Hurt a Child:.
 * Putting on the Reich
 * Would Hurt a Child:.
 * Putting on the Reich
 * Would Hurt a Child:.
 * Would Hurt a Child:.
 * Would Hurt a Child:.

Maes Hughes


A rather quirky officer working in the records department. He develops something of a parental relationship with the Elric brothers, and assists both Mustang and the Elric brothers in their respective missions. Contrary to his appearance, he is not a man to trifle with.

"Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara (JP), Sonny Strait (EN)"

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 * Lieutenant-Colonel Badass: Hides it well, but is one underneath it.
 * Doting Parent: So much so that he's the current poster-boy for the trope.
 * they're just annoying family photos he keeps shoving in everyone's face!
 * Hot Dad
 * Knife Nut: A heroic example!
 * Let's Get Dangerous: Seems harmless, but do not let him get near a knife.
 * Obfuscating Stupidity or Bunny Ears Lawyer: He's either an incredibly skilled investigator and knife expert who hides his skill behind a facade of being an overbearing gushy father and husband, or he really is an overbearing and gushy father and husband who is also an incredibly skilled investigator and knife expert.
 * Overprotective Dad
 * Perma-Stubble
 * Sickeningly Sweethearts: Towards his wife and his daughter. Heck, one of his Image Songs is a duet with Elysia that Tastes Like Diabetes.
 * Obfuscating Stupidity or Bunny Ears Lawyer: He's either an incredibly skilled investigator and knife expert who hides his skill behind a facade of being an overbearing gushy father and husband, or he really is an overbearing and gushy father and husband who is also an incredibly skilled investigator and knife expert.
 * Overprotective Dad
 * Perma-Stubble
 * Sickeningly Sweethearts: Towards his wife and his daughter. Heck, one of his Image Songs is a duet with Elysia that Tastes Like Diabetes.
 * Sickeningly Sweethearts: Towards his wife and his daughter. Heck, one of his Image Songs is a duet with Elysia that Tastes Like Diabetes.

Alex Louis Armstrong


Major Alex Louis Armstrong, the Strongarm Alchemist! Heir to the Armstrong fortune!

"Voiced by: Kenji Utsumi (JP), Christopher Sabat (EN)"

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 * Author Appeal: A carryover from the manga
 * Badass
 * Major Badass, as a matter of fact.
 * Badass Mustache
 * Bald of Awesome
 * The Big Guy
 * Bishie Sparkle
 * Catch Phrase / Running Gag: This catchphrase has been passed down the Armstrong line for generations!
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Genius Bruiser: A state alchemist is a genius by definition, and his alchemy happens to be more physical than most.
 * Gentle Giant
 * Large Ham
 * Majorly Awesome
 * Manly Tears
 * Military Brat
 * Officer and a Gentleman
 * Person of Mass Destruction
 * Punny Name
 * Shirtless Scene: And how. It would be easier just to list all the times he kept his shirt on!!
 * That's basically every scene involving him. It'd be better to count how long it takes him for him to get rid of the shirt.
 * According to rumour, Armstrong is never onscreen for longer than 30 seconds without removing his shirt and/or showing off the physique that's been passed down the Armstrong line for generations!

Frank Archer


An official from the military court who replaces  after his untimely death. Unlike his predecessor, he is an incredibly cold and vicious man and is known for his love of war.

"Voiced by: Show Hayami (JP), Troy Baker (EN)"


 * Ambiguously Gay: Archer seems very content on having Kimbley work under him as a personal assistant, and they are both heard humming the exact same tune, implying they must have to spend a lot of time together. The lines are also changed in the dub to have Archer launch his attack in Lior because, where in the sub Archer launches his attack   Ed even lampshades it in the sub.
 * Canon Foreigner: Is completely original to the 2003 anime.
 * Colonel Badass: He certainly thinks he's one of these, although the fandom might disagree. To be fair to him, he is very cool under fire, at least before his upgrades. Still, not nearly as Badass as he thinks he is.
 * : Okay, he was already pretty damn evil, but his did not help the situation, making him more unstable than ever.
 * Now how the Hell did they pull that off in the 1920s? Related tropes include:
 * The Dragon: To, arguably.
 * Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
 * General Ripper
 * Glory Hound
 * Good-Looking Privates: He's an evil son of a bitch, but at least he's an attractive one, albeit in a rather cold kind of way. At least, before
 * Manipulative Bastard: Attempts to be one, with some success, but largely relies on his position and government connections rather than genuine ability. Still reasonably effective though.
 * My Government Right Or Wrong: Is fully aware that and honestly doesn't care. He remains loyal to the end.
 * Obstructive Bureaucrat: Often uses his position to frustrate Roy and the brothers' investigations.
 * Obviously Evil
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue to Kimbley's Red.
 * Sanity Slippage: Loses quite a bit of his cool after
 * Smug Snake: Right down to the smugly superior tone of voice. Of the relatively high-functioning variety, though, as he's not that incompetent.
 * Sociopathic Soldier
 * The Sociopath
 * War Is Glorious: His driving belief.
 * We Can Rule Together: He offers Izumi a chance to join the military in global conquest. Predictably, she tells him to shove it.
 * The Sociopath
 * War Is Glorious: His driving belief.
 * We Can Rule Together: He offers Izumi a chance to join the military in global conquest. Predictably, she tells him to shove it.
 * We Can Rule Together: He offers Izumi a chance to join the military in global conquest. Predictably, she tells him to shove it.

Basque Grand


A Colonel during the Ishbal Civil War, who was in charge of it. He was pretty much just your generic General Ripper (even if he didn't become a real General until after the war). He shows up mainly to give Ed top secret information, sometimes in front of a bunch of Red Shirts. He gets killed when Scar simply walks up to him and kills him. Ironically, the current picture is not of Basque Grand, but of

"Voiced by: Shin Aomori (JP), R. Bruce Elliott (EN)"

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 * Badass Mustache
 * Colonel Kilgore: Turned into one by the anime.
 * General Ripper
 * Made of Iron: He's called 'The Iron Blood Alchemist' for a reason.
 * Mr. Exposition: His main role is to tell Ed the secrets of the Amestrian Goverment.
 * Person of Mass Destruction
 * Person of Mass Destruction

Jean Havoc


One of Mustang's closest subordinates. Before joining the army he was just your typical country boy.

"Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto (JP), Mike McFarland (EN)"

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 * Butt Monkey
 * Smoking Is Cool
 * Unlucky Everydude

Vato Falman, Kain Fuery, and Heymans Breda.
Mustang's other subordinates, a trio of officers that fill out various functions. Their loyalty to Mustang is unquestionable.

"Falman voiced by: Takehiro Norozono (JP), Kyle Hebert (EN) Fuery voiced by: Tetsu Shiratori (JP), Kevin M. Connoly (EN) Breda voiced by: Tomoyuki Shimura (JP), Josh Berry (EN)"


 * Brilliant but Lazy: Hinted at with Breda considering his skill at strategy games.
 * Eyes Always Shut: Falman
 * Fan Nickname: Roy-tachi.
 * Greek Chorus: On occasion.
 * Mauve Shirt: Not quite. They serve a greater role to the story than most shirts, but they're hardly players in the game.
 * The Short Guy with Glasses: Fuery
 * The Smart Guy: Fuery would be this, if it weren't for the fact that both Breda and Falman are easily his equal in intelligence, if not smarter. Still, he is the resident communications expert.
 * Spock Speak: Falman
 * Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Breda is afraid of dogs.

Maria Ross


Armstrong's subordinate. Serves as one of Edward and Alphonse's bodyguards during their investigations in Central.

"Voiced by: Mitsuki Saiga (JP), Meridith McCoy (EN)"

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 * Armor-Piercing Slap: To Ed.
 * Big Damn Heroes
 * Cooldown Hug: To Ed.
 * Different As Night and Day: With Denny.
 * Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: Again, to Ed.
 * Good-Looking Privates
 * Mauve Shirt
 * Those Two Guys: With Denny.

Denny Brosh
Ed and Al's other bodyguard, his carefree nature combines unexpectedly well with his serious partner Maria.

"Voiced by: Misao Harada (JP), Jim Foronda (EN)"


 * Cannot Spit It Out
 * Different As Night and Day: With Ross.
 * Idiot Hair
 * Mauve Shirt
 * Spell My Name with an "S": His last name can be alternatively be spelled "Bloch", but it also requires a different pronunciation.
 * Those Two Guys: With Ross.

Scheska


A young and cute librarian with a prodigious visual memory. Her investigations will come handy more than once...

"Voiced by: Naomi Wakabayashi (JP), Gwendolyn Lau (EN)"

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 * Ascended Extra: She's only prominent in one or two chapters early on in the manga and never appears again; here, however, she continues investigating against Mustang's wishes until she became something of a second heroine next to Winry.
 * Brainy Brunette
 * Bookworm
 * Cute Bookworm
 * Butt Monkey
 * Captain Ersatz: Of Yomiko Readman from Read or Die, but without any paper manipulating powers.
 * Genius Ditz
 * Good-Looking Privates
 * Hot Librarian
 * Lovely Angels: With Winry.
 * Meganekko
 * Photographic Memory
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue to Winry's Red.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Scheska? Schezka? Schieska...?

Lust


As beautiful as she is deadly, Lust is eventually revealed to be

"Voiced by: Yuko Sato (JP), Laura Bailey (EN)"

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 * Anti-Villain
 * Artificial Human
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Beast and Beauty: With Gluttony.
 * Beta Test Baddie
 * Broken Bird
 * Cloning Blues:.
 * The Corrupter: She initially influenced people to create the Philosopher's Stone.
 * Dark Action Girl: Initially.
 * Desperately Looking for a Purpose In Life: Sorta.
 * Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: As for most homunculi.
 * Femme Fatale
 * Femme Fatalons
 * Manipulative Bitch: She does encourage people to go after the Philosopher's Stone. Lujon's death, however...
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Pinocchio Syndrome: This seems even more important to her than the other homunculi.
 * Pretty in Mink: Just look at the pic!
 * Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: She is nice compared to her manga counterpart.
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
 * Vapor Wear
 * Wolverine Claws
 * Vapor Wear
 * Wolverine Claws

Gluttony


A simpleton who loves to eat, and will eat anything. Has an odd, symbiotic relationship with Lust.

"Voiced by: Yasuhiro Takato (JP), Chris Cason (EN)"

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 * Anti-Villain: It's heartbreaking
 * Beast and Beauty: With Lust.
 * Big Eater
 * Extreme Omnivore: He practically embodies the trope.
 * I'm a Humanitarian
 * One-Winged Angel: A creepy white Eldritch Abomination
 * Psychopathic Manchild
 * Villainous Glutton
 * Vocal Evolution: In the dub; his voice sounds less raspy over time.

Envy


A misanthropic, psychopathic shape-shifter, with a hate-on for the entire human race, and a sneering contempt for the other Homunculi. If he can Kick the Dog, he will. Turns out that he's really

"Voiced by: Mayumi Yamaguchi (JP), Wendy Powell (EN)"

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 * Adaptational Badass: Manga!Envy is a poor fighter who frequently goes Clipped-Wing Angel and never rises above its status as The Brute. Anime!Envy is The Dragon, an excellent fighter, and to boot.
 * Ambiguous Gender:.
 * Antagonistic Offspring:.
 * Ax Crazy: Utterly so. This is a guy who gets his kicks out of mass-murder, Mind Screw, and Kick the Dog.
 * Bare Your Midriff
 * Beta Test Baddie
 * Cain and Abel:
 * Came Back Wrong
 * The Corrupter: Plays a major role in screwing up Wrath, mostly for his own entertainment.
 * Cross-Dressing Voices
 * Dance Battler: Quick, agile, and spins pirouettes around Ed during their final confrontation.
 * Co Dragon: Serves this function for Dante.
 * Driven by Envy: Of the Elric brothers in particular, and humanity in general.
 * Freudian Excuse:
 * Green-Eyed Monster: Towards the Elric brothers, especially Ed.
 * The Heavy: may be The Big Bad, but Envy  move the plot along by personally coordinating the activities of the other homunculi.
 * Hero-Killer: Like all the homunculi, but even moreso, being a feared combatant who can take on or outmatch any of the heroes..
 * Inferiority Superiority Complex: His belief that the homunculi are better than humans stems largely from his status as a Beta Test Baddie, and his Envy of others' good fortune.
 * It's All About Me: Everything is. Even his loyalty to the Big Bad is more or less self-serving.
 * Jerkass: An extreme version. Even if you don't consider him a Complete Monster, you cannot deny he's this.
 * Kick the Dog: All the damn time.
 * Lack of Empathy
 * Manipulative Bastard
 * Meaningful Name: Much more so than the other homunculi. His entire character is based around jealousy.
 * Misanthrope Supreme: Utterly contemptuous of people, and convinced that their lives have no real value.
 * Nietzsche Wannabe
 * Patricide: One of his goals in life.
 * The Resenter
 * Shadow Archetype: Gains one in Wrath; one could argue that he serves as one to Ed.
 * Shape Shifter
 * Shapeshifter Baggage
 * Shapeshifter Guilt Trip: Repeatedly
 * Slasher Smile: Always has one of these.
 * The Sociopath: Hair-Trigger Temper? Check. Enjoys the sufferring of others? Check. Consummate Liar? Check. It's All About Me? Check. Lack of Empathy? Double check!
 * Superior Species: The only homunculus who doesn't really care about becoming human.
 * The Unfavorite:
 * Villainous Breakdown:
 * Vocal Evolution: In his earlier appearances, his voice sounds deep and smooth; by the end, it becomes more gravelly.
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair
 * Superior Species: The only homunculus who doesn't really care about becoming human.
 * The Unfavorite:
 * Villainous Breakdown:
 * Vocal Evolution: In his earlier appearances, his voice sounds deep and smooth; by the end, it becomes more gravelly.
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair

Greed


A Homunculus so greedy he won't play second fiddle to anyone, even his creator, he is

"Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe (JP), Chris Patton (EN)"

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 * Affably Evil
 * Anti-Villain
 * Bad Guy Bar: The Devil's Nest, his hideout.
 * Badass
 * Benevolent Boss: To his minions.
 * Code Name: The Ultimate Shield
 * Cool Shades
 * Demoted to Extra:
 * Handsome Lech
 * Hero-Killer
 * Immortality: His goal in life.
 * Slasher Smile: In his normal form, he has shark-like teeth; his Ultimate Shield form is a more traditional example.
 * Take Over the World: His other goal in life.
 * Villains Never Lie: "It's my policy to always tell the truth."
 * Wouldn't Hit a Girl: "I have no intention of fighting a woman."
 * Villains Never Lie: "It's my policy to always tell the truth."
 * Wouldn't Hit a Girl: "I have no intention of fighting a woman."

Sloth


As the Fuhrer's secretary Juliet Douglas, she infiltrates the inner reaches of the military. She is revealed to be

"Voiced by: Yoshino Takamori (JP), Lydia Mackay (EN)"

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 * Anti-Villain: Depending on your point of view.
 * Battle Butler: Is the Fuhrer's secretary.
 * Beta Test Baddie
 * Broken Bird
 * Combat Tentacles
 * The Dark Chick
 * Dead Person Impersonation/Invented Individual: Her official identity is Juliet Douglas, a soldier who fired the shot that started the war with Ishbal. It's not quite clear if she took over the identity of an actual soldier or merely if that identity is simply made up.
 * Maybe, if are anything to go by.
 * Elemental Shapeshifter
 * Emotionless Girl: Subverted. She tries to be this, but fails.
 * Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
 * Evil Is Petty:
 * Evil Matriarch: Uses her resemblance to Trisha as a weapon against Ed and Al.
 * Foil: Arguably, to Lust.
 * Kill It with Water: Has a liquid body.
 * Kuudere
 * Lazy Bum: Takes the easy way out in a moral sense and rarely moves in fights, actually committing murder with one hand while sipping tea with her other at one point.
 * Making a Splash: Her power.
 * Manipulative Bitch:
 * Not So Stoic: When it involves Wrath.
 * Parental Substitute: Acts as mother.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Blue to Wrath's red.
 * Stepford Smiler: Type A
 * Sugar and Ice Personality
 * Tragic Villain
 * Sugar and Ice Personality
 * Tragic Villain

Wrath


A hot-tempered, needy child, revealed to be

"Voiced by: Nana Mizuki (JP), Luci Christian (EN)"

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 * Anti-Villain
 * Ax Crazy
 * Bare Your Midriff
 * The Berserker
 * Beta Test Baddie
 * Creepy Child
 * Cross-Dressing Voices
 * Cute and Psycho
 * Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette
 * Enfante Terrible
 * Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Towards Sloth
 * Foot Focus: Justified due to his Ouroborus tattoo being on the sole of his right foot.
 * Hair-Trigger Temper
 * Hoist by His Own Petard: Well, petard anyway.
 * Momma's Boy
 * Parental Abandonment: Definitely how Wrath sees the situation. might disagree though.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni : Red to Sloth's blue.
 * Shadow Archetype: It's debatable, but his appearance, dress, behaviour and backstory are all very similar to Envy's. Wrath eventually becomes a better person though, whereas Envy...yeah.
 * Slasher Smile: Constantly.
 * The Sociopath
 * This Is Your Brain on Evil: He acts pretty harmless until, at which point he is awakened as a`homunculus and becomes hostile.
 * Together in Death:
 * Wild Child: Looks and acts a lot like a feral child.
 * Together in Death:
 * Wild Child: Looks and acts a lot like a feral child.

Pride
Probably the most advanced of Homunculi in that he can age. He's actually


 * Beware the Nice Ones
 * Faux Affably Evil
 * Villain with Good Publicity
 * Villain with Good Publicity
 * Villain with Good Publicity
 * Villain with Good Publicity

Dr. Tim Marcoh


A state alchemist who served in Ishbal, and creator of the red crystals. Due to his experience in the war he deserts the military, living a quiet life as a country doctor, until trouble comes knocking on his door.

"Voiced by: Koji Totani (JP), Brice Armstrong (EN)"

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 * The Atoner
 * Back-Alley Doctor: In a small country town, and very competent.
 * Death Seeker
 * Defector From Decadence
 * Death Seeker
 * Defector From Decadence

Izumi Curtis


Mentor to the Elric brothers, she taught them both alchemy and martial arts, both of which she is a master. Despises State Alchemists. Easily the most Badass character in the series.

"Voiced by: Shoko Tsuda (JP), Christine Auten (EN)"

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 * Action Mom: Or more accurately, Action Teacher.
 * Badass Teacher
 * Blood From the Mouth: Usually comes with her Incurable Cough of Death.
 * Dreadlock Rasta
 * Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: Indicates sickliness rather than creepiness.
 * Happily Married
 * Housewife: Insists that's all she is.
 * Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: Her husband Sig is easily twice her size and can match muscles with Armstrong.
 * Incurable Cough of Death: Due to.
 * Juggle Fu: Shown to do this with a book while training Ed and Al in a flashback.
 * Mama Bear: To her students and.
 * Sexy Mentor
 * Stepford Smiler: She acts strong and all, but hid from almost everyone the terrible and heartbreaking reason why she coughs up blood.
 * Together in Death:
 * Tough Love: Her treatment of the Elrics. Upon learning the two had committed human transmutation, she beat the crap out of them and then hugged them.
 * Tsundere
 * Training from Hell: She subjects the Elric brothers to this, to the extent that the very mention of her name makes them tremble with fear.
 * Tsundere
 * Training from Hell: She subjects the Elric brothers to this, to the extent that the very mention of her name makes them tremble with fear.

Zolf J. Kimbley


A former State Alchemist who participated in the Ishbal war. Kimbley is a psychopath and a sadist, believing that "people are empty, worthless beings". He does, however, have some respect for the chemical properties of human beings: he specializes in transmuting things and people into explosives.

"Voiced by: Yuji Ueda (JP), Eric Vale (EN)"

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 * Arch Enemy: Scar's. Although Kimbley himself seems much more fixated on Al at times.
 * At Least I Admit It: He thinks everyone else is just pretending that their lives have meaning.
 * Axe Crazy: If you're within about a mile of this bastard, start running now.
 * Bad Powers, Bad People: He turns you into a bomb by making physical contact. Yeah, no way he's going to be one of the heroes.
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Blood Knight
 * Character Exaggeration: Manga!Kimbley is an affably evil, philosophical Darwinist with a streak for sadism and a love of explosions. The anime version of Kimbley (which was the first to be featured as a shown character) really only had those last two traits--that last one tweaked into a love of making people into explosives--and they were all there was to him. Justified, since when the 2003 anime was being made, Kimbley had yet to appear in person for more than one or two panels...and all there was to base his character on was the implications that the Ishbal campaign had for him.
 * Colonel Kilgore: To a ridiculous degree.
 * The Dragon: Comes very close to being Archer's.
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Famous Last Words: "I want him to have time to focus on how meaningless his efforts have been."
 * For the Evulz
 * Having a Blast
 * Just Following Orders: Happily during the Ishbal Massacre.
 * Lack of Empathy
 * Loves the Sound of Screaming
 * Mad Bomber
 * Majorly Awesome: When he was a state alchemist.
 * Misanthrope Supreme: His belief that people are fundamentally hollow has convinced him that killing them for fun is perfectly fine. To give credit where it's due, he holds himself in the same contempt, and doesn't seem to care if anyone kills him.
 * Mysterious Middle Initial
 * Nietzsche Wannabe: "We're all empty. We're all worthless."
 * Person of Mass Destruction
 * Playing Against Type: Holy shit, Mr. Ueda.
 * Psycho for Hire: He's only in the army for the chance to kill people, and takes it well beyond even the most Sociopathic Soldier. He doesn't even have any real loyalty in him; he just likes to hurt people.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: Red to Archer's Blue.
 * Slasher Smile: Very frequently.
 * The Sociopath: A very nasty, low-functioning sociopath.
 * The Unfettered: Psychotic variant.
 * Why Am I Ticking?: His alchemy, although the victim doesn't really have time to notice that they're ticking.
 * Why Am I Ticking?: His alchemy, although the victim doesn't really have time to notice that they're ticking.

Barry the Chopper


A serial killer that goes after young women, he gets taken down by Edward (after a rather terrifying encounter) and arrested. He ends up as one of the guards of the hidden laboratory used to create the red stones.

"Voiced by: Kentaro Ito (JP), Jerry Jewell (EN)"

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 * Ax Crazy
 * Character Exaggeration: Somewhat, in the manga he still plenty crazy but is fairly reasonable and even helps the heroes for a bit. Here, he's just irredeemably evil as after the prison complex goes down. He just finds new work as a mercenary all so he can hurt people.
 * Cross-Dressing Voices: An interesting example. Barry is normally voiced by a male in both the Japanese and English versions, but while disguised as a woman in the Japanese version, however, he is given a female seiyuu.
 * Hannibal Lecture: Gives one mighty lecture to Al, leaving the poor boy questioning his own existence.
 * Larynx Dissonance: Dub only, when he's crossdressing.
 * Psycho for Hire
 * Serial Killer
 * Slasher Smile
 * Villainous Crossdresser

Rose Thomas


A young girl that the Elrics meet in Lior. She is an orphan whose lover, Cain, has recently died. The High Priest Colonello has promised to revive him, and she becomes very disillusioned when Edward exposes him as the fraud that he is. However, things got even worse as time passed...

"Voiced by: Houko Kuwashima (JP), Colleen Clinkenbeard (EN)"

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 * Ascended Extra
 * Break the Cutie
 * Broken Bird: What she becomes after the deals that broke her.
 * Chekhov's Gunman: Who would think that the girl from Lior
 * The Tragic Rose: Dead boyfriend,, dead parents, unrequited love, , and taken hostage.
 * The Tragic Rose: Dead boyfriend,, dead parents, unrequited love, , and taken hostage.
 * The Tragic Rose: Dead boyfriend,, dead parents, unrequited love, , and taken hostage.
 * The Tragic Rose: Dead boyfriend,, dead parents, unrequited love, , and taken hostage.
 * The Tragic Rose: Dead boyfriend,, dead parents, unrequited love, , and taken hostage.
 * The Tragic Rose: Dead boyfriend,, dead parents, unrequited love, , and taken hostage.
 * The Tragic Rose: Dead boyfriend,, dead parents, unrequited love, , and taken hostage.
 * The Tragic Rose: Dead boyfriend,, dead parents, unrequited love, , and taken hostage.
 * The Tragic Rose: Dead boyfriend,, dead parents, unrequited love, , and taken hostage.

Hohenheim of Light


The Elrics' father, a renowned alchemist who left them and their mother when they were little.

"Voiced by: Masashi Ebara (JP), Scott McNeil (EN)"

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 * Badass: What little we see of his power, shows him to be an incredibly powerful alchemist.
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Disappeared Dad
 * The Faceless: At first.
 * Fan Nickname: Hoho
 * Hard Light: He can transmute light as an alchemical material, thus earning himself the nickname "Hohenheim of Light".
 * Light'Em Up
 * Mysterious Parent
 * Stoic Spectacles
 * Light'Em Up
 * Mysterious Parent
 * Stoic Spectacles
 * Stoic Spectacles

Dante


An elderly woman who lives in a mansion in the woods with her current student Lyra, and Izumi's alchemy teacher. As the entry shows, the canny reader might suspect something.

"Voiced by: Kazuko Sugiyama (JP), Cindee Mayfield (EN)"

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 * The Cameo: Dante pops up in episode 58 of Brotherhood, as well as in the "Let's Nab Oprah!" episode of The Boondocks.
 * The Chessmaster
 * Gory Discretion Shot: Greed finds her old body in a rather bad state (it's not shown exactly how).
 * Old Master:Even at Dante's advanced age Izumi seems to be respectful of her.
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Gory Discretion Shot: Greed finds her old body in a rather bad state (it's not shown exactly how).
 * Old Master:Even at Dante's advanced age Izumi seems to be respectful of her.
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Gory Discretion Shot: Greed finds her old body in a rather bad state (it's not shown exactly how).
 * Old Master:Even at Dante's advanced age Izumi seems to be respectful of her.
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Gory Discretion Shot: Greed finds her old body in a rather bad state (it's not shown exactly how).
 * Old Master:Even at Dante's advanced age Izumi seems to be respectful of her.
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Gory Discretion Shot: Greed finds her old body in a rather bad state (it's not shown exactly how).
 * Old Master:Even at Dante's advanced age Izumi seems to be respectful of her.
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Old Master:Even at Dante's advanced age Izumi seems to be respectful of her.
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Old Master:Even at Dante's advanced age Izumi seems to be respectful of her.
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Old Master:Even at Dante's advanced age Izumi seems to be respectful of her.
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Old Master:Even at Dante's advanced age Izumi seems to be respectful of her.
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Old Master:Even at Dante's advanced age Izumi seems to be respectful of her.
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Old Master:Even at Dante's advanced age Izumi seems to be respectful of her.
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Old Master:Even at Dante's advanced age Izumi seems to be respectful of her.
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Walking Spoiler
 * Walking Spoiler

Lyra


A young state alchemist who serves as the enforcer of Lieutenant Yoki during her first appearance. Later on in the series, she reappears as the newest student of Dante.

"Voiced by: Yumi Kakazu (JP), Monica Rial (EN)"


 * Blow You Away: She has wind-based alchemy powers.
 * The Cameo: Shows up briefly in the movie.
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Heel Face Turn: After leaving the military and becoming Dante's student, she acts much more friendly and apologizes to the Elrics for her actions.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Miniskirts and boots version.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Miniskirts and boots version.

The Chimeras
Law, Dorochete, Bido and Marta. Half-human, half-animal beings created through illegal alchemical proceedures, they worked for the military in specialist roles before finding much more fulfilling work with Greed.

"Law voiced by: Yuji Ueda (JP), John Gremellion (EN) Dorochete voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto (JP), John Burgmeier (EN) Bido voiced by: Greg Ayres (EN) Marta voiced by: Rumi Kasahara (JP), Tiffany Grant (EN)"


 * Petting Zoo People
 * Playing with Syringes: After all of the horrible experiments performed on them, they aren't inclined to be loyal to the State Military
 * Punch Clock Villain/ Anti-Villain: Every one of them is a likable mook
 * Sixth Ranger /GuestStarPartyMember: Marta joined the brothers for a while.
 * Spell My Name with an "S"

Shou Tucker
The “Sewing Life Alchemist,” whom Ed and Al meet with while Ed is studying for his State Alchemist exams. Ed stays at his house during that time and plays with Nina, but shortly after he passes, Tucker transmutes Nina and Alexander into a chimera. He is said to have been executed for this crime, but ends up in the military’s employ, working on a way to bring Nina back.


 * Ascended Extra
 * The Atoner: Doesn’t come off as very sympathetic, though, given how terrible his crime was and the fact that he is committing many more crimes to undo what he did.
 * Body Horror: Takes on the form of a chimera when he's seen again.
 * Evilutionary Biologist
 * Four Eyes, Zero Soul
 * Guinea Pig Family
 * Karma Houdini: Arguable.
 * Lack of Empathy
 * Mad Doctor
 * Mad Scientist
 * Not So Different: Tries to pull this on Ed, but it doesn't work.
 * Scary Shiny Glasses
 * Spared by the Adaptation: Ends up very dead very fast in the manga.

Dietlinde Eckhart
The chairman of the Thule Society who acts as the primary antagonist of Conqueror of Shamballa. She sees the people of Edward's world as monsters and believes that they must be slaughtered.

"Voiced by: Kazuko Katou (JP), Kelly Manison (EN)"


 * Absolute Xenophobe
 * Axe Crazy
 * The Baroness
 * Big Bad
 * Evil Laugh
 * Fantastic Racism
 * Irony / Karmic Death:
 * No Celebrities Were Harmed: Her name is based off of Dietrich Eckhart, a member (though not chairman- possibly he was only an associate) of the Thule Society and a leader and co-founder of the German Workers Party, which later became the National Socialist German Workers Party. He was a major influence on Adolf Hitler and saw him as the Dark Messiah Germany had been waiting for.
 * She is probably also based on Helena Blavatsky, who co-founded the Theosophical Society which preceded the Thule, and founded the Theosophy occult system. All three were antisemitic Jerkasses who melded the idea of Aryan supremacy with mystical elements, though the real Eckart less than the ladies.
 * Shoulders of Doom
 * Those Wacky Nazis
 * Villainous Fashion Sense: Those shoulder pads!
 * Villainous Fashion Sense: Those shoulder pads!
 * Villainous Fashion Sense: Those shoulder pads!

Noa
A young gypsy woman whom Ed encounters in.

"Voiced by: Miyuu Sawai (JP), Leah Clark (EN)"


 * All of the Other Reindeer (So much that )
 * Dark Magical Girl
 * Hot Gypsy Woman
 * Mind Probe: Has the power to read the minds of those she touches.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Her name is often spelled "Noah", which might put her in the Name's the Same and Meaningful Name categories.
 * Token Minority
 * Woman in White
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Her name is often spelled "Noah", which might put her in the Name's the Same and Meaningful Name categories.
 * Token Minority
 * Woman in White

Alfons Heiderich
A boy whom Edward also becomes friends with in He has a huge and beautiful dream and needs to fulfill it soon...

"Voiced by: Shun Oguri (JP), Jason Liebrecht (EN)"


 * Bishonen
 * Hot Scientist
 * Identical Stranger:
 * Ill Boy
 * Incurable Cough of Death: A little more realistic case: he's literally a rocket scientist, and the fumes from the rocket fuels he was creating have destroyed the poor guy's lungs.
 * Teen Genius
 * Teen Genius