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Here be the characters of the all-girls fighting game ''[[~~Arcana Heart (Video Game)|~~Arcana Heart]]''.

Here be the characters of the all-girls fighting game ''[[Arcana Heart]]''.

== Debuting in ''Arcana Heart'' ==

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* [[Anime Hair]]

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]

* [[Crossover]]: In an official April Fools' Flash Game by Arc Systems Works and Examu, Heart is on a date with [[Blaz Blue ~~(Video Game)~~|Ragna The Bloodedge]]. She also makes a guest appearance in ''Bururaji'', complete with chibi BlazBlue-style sprite. Come ''3'' she also starts learning moves seemingly ripped straight off Ragna. It pretty much helps that [[Mikako Takahashi|her]] and [[Tomokazu Sugita|Ragna's]] voice actors had [[Relationship Voice Actor|quite a history of voicing roles together]].

* [[Crossover]]: In an official April Fools' Flash Game by Arc Systems Works and Examu, Heart is on a date with [[Blaz Blue|Ragna The Bloodedge]]. She also makes a guest appearance in ''Bururaji'', complete with chibi BlazBlue-style sprite. Come ''3'' she also starts learning moves seemingly ripped straight off Ragna. It pretty much helps that [[Mikako Takahashi|her]] and [[Tomokazu Sugita|Ragna's]] voice actors had [[Relationship Voice Actor|quite a history of voicing roles together]].

* [[Determinator]]: Once she makes up her mind on doing something, nothing seems to be able to stop the kid.

* [[Good Is Dumb]]: As her name would imply, Heart is a very kind, loving and righteous girl, but she's also as sharp as a bag of hammers.

* [[The Heart]]: [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Why of course.]] Among other things, she's the only reason Saki hasn't [[Despair Event Horizon|went off the deep end]] [[Break the Cutie|after all that's happened to her]].

* [[The Heart]]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Why of course.]] Among other things, she's the only reason Saki hasn't [[Despair Event Horizon|went off the deep end]] [[Break the Cutie|after all that's happened to her]].

* [[Idiot Hero]]

* [[Jack of All Stats]]

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* [[Meaningful Name]]: Her name in Japanese order has a meaning akin to "heart of love".

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The red to Saki and Weiss's blue.

* [[Ryu and Ken]]: Or more like [[Blaz Blue ~~(Video Game)~~|Ragna and Jin]] would be more appropriate -- Heart is the Ragna to Saki's Jin.

* [[Ryu and Ken]]: Or more like [[Blaz Blue|Ragna and Jin]] would be more appropriate -- Heart is the Ragna to Saki's Jin.

* [[The Power of Love]]: Literally -- most of her moves have "love" and "heart" in the name. Partinias is also [[Heart Is an Awesome Power|Heart-elemental]].

* [[Red-Headed Hero|Red-Headed Heroine]]

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* [[My Greatest Failure]]

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The blue to Heart's red.

* [[Ryu and Ken]]: Or more like [[Blaz Blue ~~(Video Game)~~|Ragna and Jin]] would be more appropriate -- Saki is the Jin to Heart's Ragna.

* [[Ryu and Ken]]: Or more like [[Blaz Blue|Ragna and Jin]] would be more appropriate -- Saki is the Jin to Heart's Ragna.

* [[Shock and Awe]]

* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]

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* [[Counter Attack]]: Has some attacks like this. One of them inflicts around 90% damage.

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]

* [[Hot Chick ~~With~~ a Sword]]

* [[Hot Chick with a Sword]]

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]

* [[Samurai]]

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* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Mecha]]: One of her special attacks involves this.

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]/[[Jack of All Stats]]: She has some decent speed and has powerful combos at her disposal.She very strictly a close-range fighter though.

* [[Playing ~~With~~ Fire]]

* [[Playing with Fire]]

* [[Robot Girl]]/[[Ridiculously Human Robot]]

* [[Stripperiffic]] She doesn't wear much.

* [[Talking to Herself]]: Shares the same voice actress with her own creator, Mei Ling Hua.

* [[Shout-Out]]: In ''3'', she got a color scheme of fellow buxom [[Anime Chinese Girl|Chinese lady]] [[Blaz Blue ~~(Video Game)~~|Litchi Faye-Ling]].

* [[Shout-Out]]: In ''3'', she got a color scheme of fellow buxom [[Anime Chinese Girl|Chinese lady]] [[Blaz Blue|Litchi Faye-Ling]].

* [[The Stoic]]

* [[Thong of Shielding]]: Front and back, even.

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* [[Shameless Fanservice Girl]]: She removes her jacket in one of her victory poses.

* [[She's Got Legs]]

* [[Shout-Out]]: She has an [[Disgaea ~~(Video Game)~~|Etna]] color scheme.

* [[Shout-Out]]: She has an [[Disgaea|Etna]] color scheme.

* [[The Trickster]]

* [[Valley Girl]]: In the translation, at least.

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* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]

* [[Self-Made Orphan]]

* [[Sibling Team]]: Subverted, since her sister is a doll, making her similar to [[Blaz Blue ~~(Video Game)~~|Carl Clover]].

* [[Sibling Team]]: Subverted, since her sister is a doll, making her similar to [[Blaz Blue|Carl Clover]].

* [[Red Baron]]: "The [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|Crimson-Eyed]] Puppeteer"

* [[Vampire Vords]]: Back in ''1'', she spoke with this. She dropped it at ''3''.

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* [[Pet the Dog]]: Her treatment of Fiona.

* [[SNK Boss]]

* [[Spell My Name ~~With~~ an "S"]]: Avallone/Avalon.

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Avallone/Avalon.

* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]

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* [[Big Good]]: Can count in ''3'' as she is the head of the family that actively opposes the ambitious Drexler Institute.

* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Uses twin handguns in battle, making her similar to [[Blaz Blue ~~(Video Game)~~|Noel Vermillion]], although Petra is far more sophisticated and confident.

* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Uses twin handguns in battle, making her similar to [[Blaz Blue|Noel Vermillion]], although Petra is far more sophisticated and confident.

* [[Guns Akimbo]]

* [[Holy Hand Grenade]]

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* [[Badass]]: Aside of her no-nonsense personality, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NYcDkpXC-U8 the translation of her Critical Heart pretty much sums her up].

** [[Badass Longcoat]]

* [[Everything's Better ~~With~~ Penguins]]: Guess what Almacia looks like...

* [[Everything's Better with Penguins]]: Guess what Almacia looks like...

* [[Extremity Extremist]]: She uses very few kicks and mostly relies on punches and her pilebunker.

* [[Face Palm of Doom]]: Her Critical Heart.

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* [[Fire-Forged Friends]]: First met Clarice after being ordered to kill her by her employers. The battle ended badly for both, and their lives were saved by their respective Arcanas.

* [[Depleted Phlebotinum Shells]]: Pulls out a magical gun for her [[Limit Break|Critical Heart]].

* [[Expy]]: The gun and cross aside, her other physical weapons? Holy Water, a whip, a stake, a bible. Sounds like we have a lost [[Castlevania ~~(Video Game)~~|Belmont]].

* [[Expy]]: The gun and cross aside, her other physical weapons? Holy Water, a whip, a stake, a bible. Sounds like we have a lost [[Castlevania|Belmont]].

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: She normally fights with an oversized cross named [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|Crux]].

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: She normally fights with an oversized cross named [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Crux]].

** [[Creepy Cool Crosses]]

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* [[Nun-Too-Holy]]: Besides the fact that she's a ''demon'' (or perhaps ''because'' of that fact), she tends to act immoral at times (though she usually means well).

* [[Psychotic Smirk]]: On the extremely rare occasion that she [[Eyes Always Shut|opens]] [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|her eyes]], her benevolent looking smile evolves into one. Simply put, you don't want this.

* [[Say It ~~With~~ Hearts]]: Or... musical tones, if her text is any indication.

* [[Say It with Hearts]]: Or... musical tones, if her text is any indication.

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* [[Kansai Regional Accent]]: And yet she's an American (though of Japanese descent). And yes, this gets [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] occasionally.

* [[The Rival]]: To Kira.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Her design and color scheme pretty much screams of a loli, non-pudgy [[Sonic the Hedgehog (~~Video~~ ~~Game~~)|Dr. Eggman]].

* [[Shout-Out]]: Her design and color scheme pretty much screams of a loli, non-pudgy [[Sonic the Hedgehog (video game)|Dr. Eggman]].

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* [[Black Magician Girl]]

* [[Improbable Age]]: Was the youngest fighter in the series until Eko appeared, and at the age of nine, she's a popular stage magician in Las Vegas.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Her overall theme and her familiars -- a scarecrow, a tin man, and a lion -- are all taken from ''[[~~The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Literature)|~~The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]''.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Her overall theme and her familiars -- a scarecrow, a tin man, and a lion -- are all taken from ''[[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]''.

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* [[Jerkass]]

* [[Light Is Not Good]]

* [[Spell My Name ~~With~~ an "S"]]: Avallone/Avalon.

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Avallone/Avalon.

* {{spoiler|[[Older Than They Look]]: Due to being in the magical world, her aging has stopped. She is actually Mildred's ''older'' sister.}}

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** [[Big Badass Wolf]]: That she rides, making it a...

** [[Horse of a Different Color]]

* [[Expy]]: Of ''[[~~Samurai Shodown (Video Game)|~~Samurai Shodown]]'s'' Nakoruru, what with the bird companion. She's actually a combination of both her forms.

* [[Expy]]: Of ''[[Samurai Shodown]]'s'' Nakoruru, what with the bird companion. She's actually a combination of both her forms.

* [[Loyal Animal Companion]]: Two of them.

* [[Little Bit Beastly]]

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* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]

* [[I Just Want to Have Friends]]

* [[Not Good ~~With~~ People]]: Knows next to nothing about society, having grown up in Drexler where she has barely any contact of the outside world. She is currently working to adjust.

* [[Not Good with People]]: Knows next to nothing about society, having grown up in Drexler where she has barely any contact of the outside world. She is currently working to adjust.

* [[Shout-Out]]/[[Homage]]

** One of her supers lets her ride one of her expanded-sized swords to attack her opponent, reminding many of [[Blaz Blue ~~(Video Game)~~|Jin Kisaragi]] "surfing" on sword-shaped ice blocks. Her own theme, "White Valkyria", also sounds like Jin's "Lust SIN".

** One of her supers lets her ride one of her expanded-sized swords to attack her opponent, reminding many of [[Blaz Blue|Jin Kisaragi]] "surfing" on sword-shaped ice blocks. Her own theme, "White Valkyria", also sounds like Jin's "Lust SIN".

** Her design is also similar to [[Fate ~~Stay Night (Visual Novel)~~|Dark Saber]], specializes in summoning blades out of thin air, and "[[Storm of Blades|Extend Force Critical Heart]]" brings to mind the legendary "Unlimited Blade Works".

** Her design is also similar to [[Fate/stay night|Dark Saber]], specializes in summoning blades out of thin air, and "[[Storm of Blades|Extend Force Critical Heart]]" brings to mind the legendary "Unlimited Blade Works".

* [[Ride the Lightning|Ride The Swordning]]

* [[Rapunzel Hair]]: White-ish, as befits her name.

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* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]

* [[Make My Monster Grow]]: Eko's [[Limit Break|Critical Heart]].

* [[Shout-Out]]: To [[~~Touhou (Video Game)|~~Touhou]] in general. To wit, Eko's Critical Heart looks like a Spell Card on loose, shares the same frilly clothing designs with most characters there, shares the same voice actress with vampire girl Remilia Scarlet in the ''[[Anime/Touhou Musou Kakyou|Touhou Musou Kakyou]]'' fanime, and Kazu could be likened to a talking Unzan.

* [[Shout-Out]]: To [[Touhou]] in general. To wit, Eko's Critical Heart looks like a Spell Card on loose, shares the same frilly clothing designs with most characters there, shares the same voice actress with vampire girl Remilia Scarlet in the ''[[Anime/Touhou Musou Kakyou|Touhou Musou Kakyou]]'' fanime, and Kazu could be likened to a talking Unzan.

* [[Token Mini-Moe]]

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* {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Drexler forced her to gather enough Celestial Stones to activate Ragnarok. In her story, once you defeat Weiß and Ragnarok powers up, she snaps out of it.}}

* [[Evil Redhead]]

* [[Expy]]: She's an [[Ax Crazy]] lady with a [[Psychotic Smirk]] who uses chains, occasionally [[Laughing Mad]], is one of the most evil characters in the series ([[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|as much as its standards go]]) who hates the world, and wants to use an [[Applied Phlebotinum]] for that purpose. Pretty much a less [[Faux Affably Evil]] [[Blaz Blue ~~(Video Game)~~|Hazama]].

* [[Expy]]: She's an [[Ax Crazy]] lady with a [[Psychotic Smirk]] who uses chains, occasionally [[Laughing Mad]], is one of the most evil characters in the series ([[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds|as much as its standards go]]) who hates the world, and wants to use an [[Applied Phlebotinum]] for that purpose. Pretty much a less [[Faux Affably Evil]] [[Blaz Blue|Hazama]].

* [[Meaningful Name]]: ''Scharlachrot'' means "scarlet red", in reference to her [[Curtains Match the Window|hair/eye color]] as well as her bloodlust.

* [[No Pronunciation Guide]]: ''What is her name supposed to be?'' <ref>German. It's pronounced /ʃarlaxrot/.</ref>

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* [[Psychotic Smirk]]: She frequently has this on.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: The red to Weiß's blue.

* [[Spell My Name ~~With~~ an "S"]]: Official spelling: Scharlachrot. Because it's too complicated, often spelled as "Schar''harlot''".

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: Official spelling: Scharlachrot. Because it's too complicated, often spelled as "Schar''harlot''".

* [[Stripperiffic]]: Yeah, really, just look at that getup she's wearing.

* [[Those Wacky Nazis]]: Like Weiss, she takes her Arcana move names from prominent Nazi officers. Baldur is not a reference to the [[Light Is Good|benevolent Norse god of light]], but to Baldur von Schirach, head of the Hitler Youth. It even has a move called Agosai Schirach (Jawbreaking Schirach).