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== Benelux ==

* [[Flower Motifs]]: Himaruya and the fandom tend to use tulips and poppies for Netherlands and Belgium. Their tag on Pixiv is even called "Tulip Siblings."

* [[Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl]]: Netherlands and Belgium also seem to fit these roles.

* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: [[The Big Guy|Holland]] and [[Bokukko|Belgium]]: Belgium is all smiles when Netherlands shows up in Spain's home, but he's all growls instead. Double in the anime, which adds the contrast between Belgium's cheery and somewhat high-pitched voice and Netherlands's much deeper tone. Also, according to Vol 3 notes:

* [[Team Mom]]: Belgium sometimes plays this in fanworks and seems to have shades of this in the Drama CD.

 

== Belgium ==

 

* [[Action Girl]]: A popular [[Fanon]] portrayal. Having a [[BFG]] certainly helps. May also fall under [[Cute Bruiser]] or [[Badass Adorable]].

* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: Inverted, early illustrations portrayed her with blond hair, but since her appearance in the anime with very yellow blond hair, she has been portrayed as a brunette. [[Hair Color Dissonance|Or a dirty blond.]]

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Her profile in the third volume describes her as being scary when she's mad.

* [[BFG]]: In some sketches, [[Small Girl, Big Gun|Belgium]] is seen handling [[Small Girl, Big Gun|quite a big rifle.]]

* [[Bottle Fairy]]: A quite popular [[Fanon]] rendition of Belgium, based on how her land is [[wikipedia:Belgian beer|among the biggest beer producers in the world]].

* [[Cat Smile]]: Belgium frequently sports one in official artwork.

* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Finland mentions in the 2007 Christmas strips that Belgium is a bit like this.

** [http://pics.livejournal.com/melcratch/pic/00003xx2/ Confirmed in the third manga volume.] [http://community.livejournal.com/hetalia/8929397.html Twice.]

* [[Cute Little Fangs]]: Not as common in fanart as her [[Cat Smile]], but it still shows up from time to time. These actually appear in-comic in Volume Four.

** A recent blog post also listed Laura, Emma, Anri, and Manon as fan-suggested names for her.

* [[Green Eyes]]

** In a flashback to when she and Netherlands were children, she wore a large bow on the back of her head instead.

* [[Heroic Self-Deprecation]]: She often worries about not standing out or being plain.

'''Ukraine:''' Belgium did try hard! }}

* [[Huge Schoolgirl]]: While Belgium has no official height, she may possibly be this. An old profile of hers mentions that she's tall, and [[media:000696z7.jpg|some early anime art]] makes her appear to be about the same height as France and Austria. In a recent blog sketch, she seems to [http://himaruya.blog61.fc2.com/blog-entry-1314.html#more tower over North Italy.]

*** Although he ''is'' [[The Big Guy]]...

* [[I Am Not Pretty]]: Calls herself plain in the fourth volume.

* [[Incest Subtext]]: According to some fans, Netherlands argues with Belgium while he wants her to become one with him again, like how Belarus wants to be one with Russia, except Netherlands is just pushy instead of [[Yandere]]. As a result, the fanon pairing of Belgium/Netherlands has a small but very loyal fandom corner.

** [[Bastard Girlfriend]]: It's quite popular to see her as a hot abuser towards him, obviously [[Played for Laughs]].

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Humorously subverted. Fans specifically request [[Fan Service]] from the girls, then Himaruya draws a Belgium who is wrapped in a mantle and apparently only wearing bra/panties underneath... while openly complaining about her "nudity".

** This is played sort of straight in the actual strip, however, in that she's the only girl we see in her bra.

* [[Nice Guy|Nice Girl]]: Her first reaction to seeing a naked {{spoiler|Parallel Spain}} out on Christmas is to give him her scarf. In later strips, she's seen trying to get her [[Aloof Older Brother|older brother]] to be nicer to others and get [[Workaholic|her younger brother]] to join in the Halloween party. Despite her efforts, she bemoans that she [[Heroic Self-Deprecation|doesn't stand out.]]

** She played it straighter when younger, though. While teen!Netherlands is shown in very simple village clothing due to his current poverty, little!Belgium wears a very cute dress and shiny Mary Jane shoes since she's a [[Child Prodigy]] in business trades and thus has more money than he does. Later, when the first Ned strip mentions how she has recently left their home, there's a drawing with both siblings in which a sullen-looking Belgium wears a rather pretty [[Pimped-Out Dress]].

* [[One of the Boys]]: Often gets this treatment in fanworks, both from her [[Bokukko]] appearance and because she's [[The Chick|the only girl]] in the [[Fan Nickname|"Tomato Gang"]] of the former Spanish territories.

* [[Shorttank]]: She seems to be the adult version of this trope. As well, despite looking like [[The Ojou]] when she was younger, her personality seems more suited to this.

* [[Supreme Chef]]: Implied as she [[Sweet Tooth|references making sweets for both Romano and later for Netherlands]] in their Hattafutte Parade.

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Waffles and chocolate, according to the drama CD. [[wikipedia:Belgian waffle|Naturally.]]

* [[Tsurime]]: While not nearly as pronounced as Netherlands' Belgium's eyes are often drawn a bit sharper than the other girls'. This is especially apparent when comparing her to Hungary, Liechtenstein, or Taiwan.

 

 

== The Netherlands ==

 

 

* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: Gets the same bright yellow hair as most other Europeans in the anime.

* [[Aloof Big Brother]]

** [[Truth in Television]], since the Dutch are some of the tallest people in the world.

* [[Death Glare]]: Often sends out one of these.

** For his human name, "Lars" and "Wilhem" seem to have caught on in Western fandom. Himaruya has also listed Tim, Govert, Abel, and Morgens as various names suggested for him, though none of them are official.

* [[The Faceless]]: He was like this for many years, [http://himaruya.blog61.fc2.com/blog-entry-689.html until the 2010 World Cup].

* [[Neat Freak]]: His profile describes him as one, and it's confirmed in the fourth manga volume where Poland and Lithuania comment on how tidy his house is and Netherlands responds that he tidies it every day and then forbids Poland from using his kitchen because he fears that he will make it dirty.

* [[Non-Idle Rich]]: You can bet that any strip that centers around the Netherlands is going to be about him trying to make (or avoiding to spend) money.

* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: He always seems to have a scowl or disinterested expression on his face, especially when contrasted with his sister Belgium who's always smiling and cheerful.

* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]: The Netherlands have a nice [http://himaruya.blog61.fc2.com/blog-entry-758.html black, blue and white] one.

* [[Scars Are Forever]]: Has one on his forehead, inflicted on him by Spain during one of their wars.

 

== Luxembourg ==

* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: In the one discarded sketch with his face.

** Turned [[Up to Eleven]] in Belgium's weird dream about a fake Luxembourg, complete with [[Flower Motifs|roses]] all around him.

* [[In-Series Nickname]]: "Luxem." [[Fan Nickname|The fans seem to opt more for "Lux", though.]]

* [[Workaholic]]: Perhaps. He did stay home in order to work...

 

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