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* For the main characters, go to [[Bleach (Manga)/Characters|Bleach]].

* For Gotei 13 characters, go to [[Bleach (Manga)/Two/Characters|Bleach]].

** For Non-Gotei 13 Soul Reapers, Visoreds, and Fullbringers, go to [[Bleach (Manga)/Two Point Two/Characters|Bleach]].

* For the denizens of Karakura Town and the Soul Society, go to [[Bleach (Manga)/Four/Characters|Bleach]].

=== Tropes Associated With Espada As A Whole ===

* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: [[Invoked Trope|Particularly evident]] in Ulquiorra, Nnoitra and Grimmjow.

* [[Always Chaotic Evil]]: Justified and subverted.

* [[Animal Motif]]: Their Resurreccion forms are almost always modeled after animals.

* [[Become Your Weapon]]: They're the [[Trope Maker]].

* [[Complete Monster]]: Szayelaporro and Aaroniero were ''so'' depraved that they were ''actually sent to Hell''. The others, like Nnoitra and Yammy, are deconstructions (Nnoitra has well-executed [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]; Yammy is treated like [[Dumb Muscle]] more than anything else). Grimmjow and Ulquiorra definitely creep along the lines, but are ultimately subverted.

* [[Decapitated Army]]: Without Aizen {{spoiler|or Harribel}}, they can't really function as cohesively.

* [[Jerkass]]: At ''best'', this is how the typical Arrancar will act like.

** Subverted with Harribel, a [[The Stoic|stoic, honorable warrior]], and Starrk - who's really too lazy to even bother being a [[Jerkass]] at his worst, and a generally nice guy at his best.

* [[Killed Off for Real]]: It's easier to name the ones that ''aren't'' dead by now. After the timeskip, the only Arrancar confirmed to have survived are {{spoiler|Nelliel, Harribel, Pesche, Dondochakka, Apacci, Menoly, Loly, Grimmjow, Gantenbainne, Sung-Sun and Mila Rose}}.

* [[Letter Motif]]: Each one has two of the same letters in their name. For example Sta''rr''k or Ya''mm''y.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Arrancar" is derived from the Spanish verb that means "to rip". Arrancars are Hollows that ''rip off'' their masks.

* [[Seven Deadly Sins]]: The Espada have a variant, known as the Aspects of Death. But some follow this.

* [[Sliding Scale of Villain Effectiveness]]: From Rank 1 to Rank 10: {{color|red|High}}; then {{color|orange|Inadvertent}} to {{color|gold|Credible}}. They're a threat at the beginning, but as we go backwards up the ranks, that seems to fade. 7, 8, and 9 were just plain creepy and 10, as we saw, posed little threat. 6 and 5 were Inadvertent, and the top four slowly devolve from High to Inadvertent {{spoiler|save for Ulquiorra, who kept his high level due to a number of things<ref>(namely killing the hero twice.)</ref>}}

* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: His hair is jet black in the manga, brown in the anime.

* [[Affably Evil]]: Easily the least evil hollow in the series after Nel and her brothers.

* [[Animal Motifs]]: His resurrección is related to wolves. {{spoiler|More specifically the "lone wolf", reflecting on his aspect.}}

** [[Those Wily Coyotes]]: For his western cowboy-like outfit and name.

** After beating the snot out of Rose and Love, he says that if they run away he doesn't plan on chasing them.

** In fact, looking at how his fight with Kyoraku is portrayed - the monologues, flashbacks, just how clear it's made he has good intentions if not methods - one could argue that he is being portrayed as the 'good guy' in that specific battle. Not helped by Kyoraku's manner; he says little, and what he ''does'' say is either suspect (can you ''really'' trust that tone and hat-Hidden Eyes?) or contradicted by his actions.

* {{spoiler|[[Madness Mantra]]: "I am not alone. I am not alone. ''I am not alone.''"}}

* [[Martial Pacifist]]: Doesn't seem to care much for combat, being ''extremely'' reluctant to fight Kyoraku seriously.

* [[Not So Different]]: Much of his behavior and tactics are comparable to Kyoraku's, but this is ultimately subverted and lampshaded when it turns out his assumptions on this basis - Kyoraku's 'desperate' attacks - turn out to be misguided. Kyoraku is [[Obfuscating Stupidity|intentionally unpredictable]], and tells Starrk he shouldn't be so quick to think they're the same kind of people.

* [[Perpetual Frowner]]

* [[Seven Deadly Sins]]: Going by what Kubo said about the Espada representing these, Starrk probably represents Sloth.

* {{spoiler|[[Shadow Archetype]]: To Aizen, presumably what he would be like if he wasn't [[Complete Monster|the bastard to end all bastards]].}}

* [[Token Good Teammate]]: A [[Deconstructed Trope|Deconstruction]] at that. The most villainous thing about Starrk is his choice to fight for Aizen. Everything else about him, ranging from his actions and even his personality [[Minion With an F In Evil|don't quite match up to his teammates.]] Despite this, Shunsui makes it clear that since it is a war, he wouldn't hold back in punches despite how nice of a guy Starrk may be. {{spoiler|True enough, Starrk ends up getting killed off.}}

* [[Torso With a View]]: He's missing his sternum.

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* [[A God Am I]]: Refers to himself as the "God of Hueco Mundo"..

{{quote| '''Starrk''': Lord Aizen, you couldn't even spare a word for Number Two?}}

* [[An Axe to Grind]]: Speculation about his sword ran wild, but now has been revealed to be a frikin' BIG axe.

* [[Hidden Depths]]: An Omake reveals that playing chess is his favorite hobby.

* {{spoiler|[[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: After all the trouble Sui-Feng and Hachi went through, after surviving two bankai nukes and proving immune to kido, after taking arms off of both his opponents, he is finally taken down when Hachi, in the entire comic's greatest display of badassery, ''teleports his own decaying arm into Baraggan's stomach,'' disintegrating Baraggan into nothing.}}

* [[Ignorant of His Own Ignorance]]: Before Aizen, Gin, and Tosen arrived and usurped his throne, he believed that he had already conquered everything, and was incredulous when Aizen told him there are other worlds besides Hueco Mundo.

* [[Implacable Man]]: Sui-Feng is ''aghast'' at the level of punishment this guy shrugs off, even wondering during the third or fourth time he's taken the party's best shot and come back for more if he's immortal. {{spoiler|Even in his death throes, Baraggan decides to use his final moments to take a parting shot at his hated nemesis, Aizen.}}

* [[Animal Motifs]]: Her resurreccion is related to sharks.

* [[Evil Counterpart|Antagonistic Counterpart]]: Possibly to Unohana, the most powerful woman on her side, is ranked within the top four out of her respective force, and is very protective and motherly toward her underlings.

* [[Badass]]

** {{spoiler|[[Badass in Distress]]: Has been captured by the Vandenreich. That's offically the reason any of the Arrancars would get involved.}}

* [[Dangerously Short Skirt]]: How dangerous she is as a fighter is a matter of some contention, [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100708090902/bleach/en/images/e/ef/Halibel_Released_3.jpg but she still fights in a bone-like micro skirt].

* [[Dark Action Girl]]: More reserved than Cirucci, but three times as deadly.

* {{spoiler|[[Death By Adaptation]]: The anime was cancelled before she was revealed as alive in the manga.}}

* [[Does Not Like Men]]: Or, at the very least, she believes that male Hollows will invariably prey upon females.

*** OTOH, ''Unmasked'' reveals that she gets along fine with [[The Stoic|Starrk]]. While she doesn't hate men, she hates masculinity. Case in point, Starrk is androgynous enough in personality that when he split into two, one half was female.

*** This may or may not mean she gets along with Ulquiorra, though. Knowing safety, she possibly tries.

* [[Early Bird Cameo]]: Harribel was [http://images.wikia.com/bleach/en/images/4/46/Unnamed_Arrancar_from_Ch198.png first seen in the Arrancar meeting] when Ulquiorra and Yammy reported to Aizen after they confronted Ichigo. Also, before you ask, those other three Arrancars never appeared again following Harribels' cameo.

* [[Evil Virtues]]: Most notably, honor, loyalty, responsibility and selflessness.

* [[Going Commando]]: [http://www.mangareader.net/94-17477-11/bleach/chapter-367.html Looks like it].

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: She's the alpha female of fanservice for the Arrancar girls.

* [[Not So Different]]: Both sides appear to be completely oblivious to it, but Harribel's reasons for fighting (duty and friendship) are identical to the reasons 98% of the good guys fight.

* [[Power of Friendship]]: "I don't want to become stronger through the power I gain by killing and sacrificing another. If I can't win alone, then I'll win as a group."

* [[The Smurfette Principle]]: The only Female Espada outside Cirucci {{spoiler|and Nelliel.}}

* [[Statuesque Stunner]]: Fourth among the ladies of ''Bleach'' at 175cm/5'9".

* [[Stripperiffic]]: Pretty much the first female in Bleach to have this on purpose. No [[Clothing Damage]]; that's an accomplishment.

* [[Sword Beam]]: Her "Ola Azul" ability.

* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: Appears to have rejected the [[Social Darwinist]] law of Hueco Mundo despite being the third or fourth most powerful Hollow in existence, refusing to eat other hollows to gain power.

* [[Torso With a View]]: Subverted. It's where her womb is supposed to be, but it's apparently entirely internal (not visible from the outside) and it's suggested she's sterile as a result.

Tropes associated with Ulquiorra:

* {{spoiler|[[Adult Fear]]: Being unable to hear, speak, feel, or smell for a large portion of his life, and it's all he first remembers.}}

** {{spoiler|''Unmasked'' pushes this farther by making his backstory in a [[Crapsack World]].}}

* [[Almighty Janitor]]: Though ranked Fourth in terms of strength in the Espada, he is the seemingly the only one of them to have achieved a second released state, similar to bankai. This ability alone may be enough to push his rank up a few levels, if he didn't keep it a secret.

* [[Attack Backfire]], [[Threat Backfire]], [[Irony]]: His plan to break Orihime's spirit? [[Sympathy for The Devil|Out the window]] once he dies. The two times Ichigo died? Ichigo was revived after seven minutes; the second time ''caused his death''. Threaten friends? Got him ''something'', but it ultimately '''helped''' the heroes. Overpowering reishi? '''Only Ishida makes a note of it.''' Say Ichigo could never beat you as long as he's copying a Hollow? As an Arrancar, ''you're'' copying the Shinigami!

* [[Badass]]: Justified, seeing how everyone here is, but let's put it this way; he got Grimmjow to back down from fighting without arguments, orders the giant Yammy to do just about whatever, is a person Aizen tips his hat to, and so on.

* [[Barehanded Blade Block]]: He spams this move shamelessly, and for extra cool points often begins it with his hand in his pocket. Ulquiorra exhibits one of his few moments of [[Dull Surprise]] when Ichigo manages to put an attack past ''both'' of his hands.

* {{spoiler|[[Beautiful Dreamer]]: Played with in the present segment of his ''Unmasked'' backstory, though Orihime says that she watched him because she was surprised that he was capable of sleep at all.}}

* [[Berserk Button]]: Severely dislikes losing opponents pressing on (due to being unable to understand their resolve) and in such cases will only become even more merciless, as Ichigo can testify. Even more so, the thought of being surpassed by a human enrages him to the point where he quickly stepped up his game and was about to decapitate Ichigo, weren't it for Orihime's well timed save.

* [[Beta Baddie]]: Hinted. When he goes for the kill, Ulquiorra tends to stab the victim's chest in the same area where his hollow hole is located.

* [[Bishonen]]: Not as feminine as Szayel Aporro, but he ''is'' slender and quite youthful-looking. And, needless to say, he has ''lots'' of fangirls.

* [[By the Power of Greyskull]]: "Enclose - Murcilago!", "Resureccion - Segunda Etapa."

** [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: '''However''', he doesn't believe Ichigo will get stronger, leaves Ichigo for dead, everything under the [[Villain Ball]] / [[Idiot Ball]] tropes below, and believes that he could beat Ichigo down {{spoiler|even though the hero just [[Came Back Wrong]].}}

* {{spoiler|[[Go Out With a Smile]]: [[The Stoic|Eh, at least he died happy?]]}}

** [[Exotic Eye Designs]]: His slitted pupils are one of his most definign traits, used to further emphasize his moments of [[Dull Surprise]].

* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]: The defining theme of his [[Character Development]] is his lack of ability to understand why ANY of the heroes continue fighting for Orihime when they shouldn't be able to win, and their allies keep falling. When she explains that this is due to the connections their hearts share he is even more confused. It's a point which he questions over and over again, to Orihime and at one instance, even Ichigo.

{{quote| "You're a fool, Kurosaki Ichigo. You fear my power, yet you still fight as if you think you can win. I don't understand you. If this is because of what you humans call a heart, then it is because of your hearts that humans feel pain. It's because of your hearts that you die."}}

* {{spoiler|[[Half the Man He Used To Be]]: towards the end of his last fight with Ichigo. He does regenerate, but it only extends his life for a little bit.}}

* [[Healing Factor]]: He sacrificed attack strength for the ability to regenerate everything but major organs. Theoretically, you could break this guy's neck and he'd get up in a few minutes.

* {{spoiler|[[Identity Amnesia]]: He has no memory of being anything but a Vasto Lorde, which shows how much he knew about humans to begin with.}}

* [[Idiot Ball]] / [[Villain Ball]]: Juggles these:

** He ''continues'' to let Ichigo survive, even straight up telling him that, if he was still alive after a stab through the chest, to '''"leave Las Noches" if he could still move.''' [[Too Dumb to Live|You coulda finished him off!]]

** Chose not to flee {{spoiler|the '''''zombie-Shinigami/Hollow hybrid''''' that only lets out a roar and is faster than him}} despite being able to ''fly''.

* [[Red Herring]]: He seemed to act as Aizen's hands, and had a very calm demeanor about him, as well as being one of the few people Grimmjow was afraid of. All of this led Ichigo to believe he was Espada #1.

* [[Shorter Means Smarter]]: Played with if we include the [[Idiot Ball|Idiot]] or [[Villain Ball]] tropes above.

** Ulquiorra's name is itself a misspelling of Patricia '''Urquiola''', a Spanish architect.

* {{spoiler|[[Single Episode Handicap]]: From his ''Unmasked'' [http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a123/Oceano_Seina/UNMASKED/unmaskedcomic6.jpg backstory.]}}

** [[The Stoic]]: As he is most of the time.

** [[Not So Stoic]]: When he's finally rattled, he's as capable of emotional outbursts as any other character.

* [[Torso With a View]]: A strange example in that it migrates. It starts out in his neck but ends up in his lower chest by the time he dies.

{{quote| "Hearts? You humans are always talking about hearts. It's as if you have them in your hands. But my eye sees everything. Nothing can escape it. What is a heart? If I rip open your chest will I see it? If I crack open your skull will I find it in there?" }}

** Finally, {{spoiler|he understands it in the moment of his death, while Orihime keeps reaching for his disintegrating form.}}

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Tropes associated with Nnoitra:

* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]]: He clearly has an inferiority complex, but there's enough ambiguity in its execution that this crops up as a result. Some would say his sexism is just a ruse to cover up his [[Don't You Dare Pity Me|insecurities.]] Nelliel was the only one he displayed sexism towards, but he wouldn't even admit it to her face, not even when she asked him why he wanted to fight her.

** There's also a camp that believes Nnoitra was such a rat bastard to Nel [[Yandere|because he was attracted to her and wasn't able to handle that well]].

* [[Death Seeker]]: Basically, Nnoitra's life goal is to kill every single person he meets, until he is either the strongest person in existence, or finally runs into someone strong enough to kill ''him''. He has no problem with either option {{spoiler|and the second one is what actually occurs.}}

* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: Hit it at somepoint in the past and kept right on going. "None of us is getting redemption."

** [[Would Hit a Girl]] is not the only reason why the caption says "hide your wives." He makes no secret of [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil|what he wants to do to Orihime]], which [[Even Evil Has Standards|even other Arrancar]] find to be somewhat disturbing.

* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me]]: To a pathological degree. {{spoiler|[[Karmic Death|And that brings about his downfall]].}}

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Similar in many ways to Kenpachi as a bloodthirsty, fight-loving psycho with the desire to fight strong enemies, but Nnoitra is strongly distinguished by his lecherous, petty, and arrogant characterization. The core of their axcraziness is also different: Kenpachi fights for fun, Nnoitra is a [[Death Seeker]]; Nnoitra is obsessed with proving he is the strongest, Kenpachi ''loves'' finding out the opponent might be stronger than him. A visual parallel is also drawn with Nnoitra's eyepatch, which is later replaced with a scar identical to Kenpachi's after taking a strong slash to the face and chest. And Nnoitra, while not neccesarily ''cowardly'', is completely OK with attacking an enemy when they are exhausted or their guard is down (and actually thinks not doing so is the height of stupidity), whereas Zaraki always gives his opponents a fighting chance, to the point of handicapping himself so he doesn't [[Curb Stomp Battle|curb stomp]] every enemy.

* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: Inverted. {{spoiler|It conceals his Hollow hole.}}

* [[Psychotic Smirk]] <-> [[Slasher Smile]]

* [[Seven Deadly Sins]]: Considering how much he compensates, he may represent Envy.

** He's actually named after Richard '''Neutra''', a famous architect.

** In the English dub, at least, his name sounds like Noitora, despite the canon spelling of his name not accommodating the last O.

* [[Slasher Smile]]: Constantly flashes one out when excited.

* [[Smarter Than You Look|Smarter Than He Looks]]: His character song hints that there's more going on in his head than he lets on. ''It's better if we, who were born to destroy / don't know the reason behind that destruction / Anyway, a reason born for the sake of destruction / is better off not known at all''

** A spelling that would make more sense given the jawbone he wears all the time. It's actually derived from Nicholas Grimshaw.

* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]: Common reaction to him.

* [[Unusual Ears]]: His released form gives him ''elf-ears with fur tips!''

* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: No one seems to be complaining though.

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: His dynamic with Ichigo subverts this. Grimmjow is obsessed with fighting him, not because he admires him, but because the fact that Ichigo can challenge him ''really'' pisses him off. It's made pretty clear that he doesn't just want to win against Ichigo, he wants to utterly stomp him into the dirt, leaving no doubt that he's better than him. He arguably developes a more personal hatred of Ichigo than any other villain in the series.

* [[X Meets Y]] / [[Recycled in Space|Recycled In DEATH]]: David plays Grimmjow pretty much the same as [[Blaz Blue|Jin]], if only with less [[Yandere]] and more Revenge on an octave lower.

* [[By the Power of Greyskull]]: "Suppress - Brujeria!"

* [[Doppelganger Spin]]: Has the ability to move so quickly he can create clones of himself. These clones are capable of attacking but only last a short time.

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To Byakuya, sort of. They are both [[The Stoic|stoic]] yet [[Not So Stoic]] underneath, both of their special abilities involve speed and kidou-based abilities. The difference lies in the 'passion' part of their natures. Zommari represented intoxication and therefore had never learned to reign in excess. Byakuya, however, had learned a long time ago to discipline the excesses within his own personality.

* [[Explaining Your Power to The Enemy]]: {{spoiler|It's what got him killed.}}

* [[Pride]]: Inevitable as he serves as an [[Evil Counterpart]] for {{spoiler|Byakuya}} (well, his opponent, anyway). Seriously, almost all the talk during their fight is about "''Which one of us is the most prideful, therefore the most despicable?''".

* [[Scary Black Man]]

* [[Taiten Kusunoki]]: His Seiyuu.

* [[The Renfield]]: BANZAI AIZEN-SAMA!

* [[Torso With a View]]: Allegedly a very teeny one

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: The biggest and most noticeable in the Espadas.

* [[What Could Have Been]]: Being the 7th Espada was a last minute decision, as Kubo was very indecisive and alternating his and Harribel's ranks. Who knows how things would have turned out if Zommari ended up as the 3rd while Harribel ended up as the 7th.

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Sees {{spoiler|Byakuya Kuchiki}} like this at the beginning, and logically wants the same from him. Let's just say they disagree.

* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Little Brother]]: Subverted. He's the brother of Yylfordt Granz, and the fact that he targeted Renji, Yylfordt's killer, made it seem initially that he was motivated by the chance to avenge his brother. He reveals quickly, however, that he actually couldn't care less... Szayelaporro's actual motive was that he had been using Yylfordt as a living spycam, and watching Renji kill him had let Szayelaporro learn how to counter all of Renji's powers and score an easy win.

* [[Death By Irony]]: Effortlessly trashes Renji because he was using Yylfordt to spy on him and knew how to counter all of Renji's techniques. Then gets taken apart by Mayuri because he did the same thing to him using Ishida.

** So, yeah. Pretty much anything about him.

* [[Dub Name Change]]: Apparently "Fornicaras" was too risque by [[Adult Swim]]'s standards, so in the TV broadcast they changed it to "La Lujuriosa" ("the lustful"). [[The Goggles Do Nothing|It's still creepy]].

* [[Large Ham]]: Especially during his [[Ham to Ham Combat|fight with]] Mayuri.

* [[Mad Scientist]]: He's Mayuri's Arrancar counterpart, can't be less.

* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: He was the one that ordered the Exequias to kill Dordoni and Cirucci, since he wanted to extract Reiatsu samples from Ichigo's gang.

* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: His treatment to Nemu certainly qualifies to the fans (as well as Ishida and Abarai), but it's his view of perfection that crossed the line for ''Mayuri'', of all guys.

** Ditto his English actor. His best-known role? [[Codename Kids Next Door (Animation)|Numbah One!]]

* [[Post Mortem Comeback]]: {{spoiler|After getting devoured by Ashisogi Jizo, Szayelaporro reanimated himself through Nemu, enlarging her stomach and jutting through her mouth, leaving her as a shriveled-up husk. It didn't work, ultimately, since a sense-accelerating substance was placed into Nemu beforehand by Mayuri, which led to his own [[Fate Worse Than Death]].}}

* [[Seven Deadly Sins]]: Kubo Tite revealed in the Masked interview that some of the Espada were modeled after the Seven Deadly Sins. Szayelaporro's zanpakuto is named "Fornicaras", so he probably represents "Lust".

** His "Aspect of Death" is Madness. Fits it to a T.

* [[Animal Motifs]]: His resurreccion resembles an octopus.

* [[Arch Enemy]]: Rukia's hated him far more than any other opponent she's ever faced here.

* [[By the Power of Greyskull]]: "Devour - Glotonería!"

** It's a giant purple (maybe yellowish as of the Hell Chapter preview) octopus, or possibly blobfish, with a ''crazy'' [[Cheshire Cat Grin]].

* [[Complete Monster]]: Apparently, he was so bad that [[Invoked Trope|he actually went to Hell once he died]].

* [[The Berserker]]: Rushes into every fight, but loses every single time.

* [[Blessed With Suck]]: The databook indicates that the Espada are ranked by Reiatsu, and Yammy's 0 rank comes from having the most when he releases since his power increases whenever he's angry. Unfortunately, this means Yammy has practically none of the special abilities that made the other 9 Espada (and Arrancar in general) so deadly, and as such {{spoiler|Kenpachi and Byakuya are able to combine their strength and defeat him.}}

* [[Big Eater]]: Much more [[Kick the Dog|sinister]], though.

* [[Body Count Competition]]: Played with. He is the only member of the Espada (the only Arrancar, even) who actually kills ''anybody'' on-screen, notably the nurse that reattached his arm, Menoly Mallia, Loly Aivirrne (Ishida pinned her to the wall, though) and Rudbornn Chelute. Grimmjow butchered Luppi and Menoly, but the latter was revived by Orihime. Nnoitra is the only one that can compete with Yammy, given that the former wiped out an entire ''colony'' of Arrancar, whereas Yammy's first victims are ''hundreds'' of innocent humans.

* {{spoiler|[[Bus Crash]]: We never actually see Kenpachi and Byakuya beat him. }}

* [[By the Power of Greyskull]]: "Be Enraged - Ira!"

* [[Complete Monster]]: He mass-murders tons of innocent humans, and deliberately suffocates Tatsuki with his presence by waling up to her. Once he loses an arm to a fight, it gets reattached by a nurse. He wants to see if it works, so he bashes in her skull and mumbles that if it really was at full strength, he would've split her in half. After that, he punches Menoly through a wall while she had her back turned, and brutalizes Loly when she was protecting Orihime from him. The kicker? He's a deconstruction - the man is personally treated as a joke, but his actions are never played as such.

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: The off-screen fight between Yammy and {{spoiler|Rukia, Chad, and Renji}} is implied to be one of these.

** According to the ''unmasked'' book, {{spoiler|the dog is actually his Fracci�n, and his name is Kukkapurro.}}

* [[Marathon Boss]]: While he might not have looked like much, Yammy still fought with {{spoiler|Byakuya and Kenpachi}} for over an hour, and heavily injured them {{spoiler|before his death.}} In terms of fights based on manga time, he fought the longest out of any antagonist.

* [[Pet the Dog]]: He expresses some kind of grief over Ulquiorra's death ([[How Dare You Die On Me|albeit in his own strange way]]). Moreover, the last time we see him implies that he somehow cared for the little hollow dog that followed him around.

** [[Kick the Dog]]: On the other hand, he yells and throws things at his dog, and calls his companions in the Espada garbage compared to him, Ulquiorra included. Ichigo is rather disgusted that rather than his implied [[True Companions]], the only one actually saddened by Ulquiorra's death is Orihime.

* [[Catch and Return]]: Her "Cero Doble" technique lets her inhale energy attacks and end them back with double the power.

* [[Clothing Damage]]: As a result of her morphing into an adult, her garb tears apart to such an extent that it's a ''miracle'' her "clothes" even stayed on her.

* [[Cute Monster Girl]]: As a child, that is.

* [[Dangerously Short Skirt]]: Dangerous enough to demolish Nnoitra in a brief [[Curb Stomp Battle]]. Short enough that it reveals her hips, looks like a miniskirt, and ''[[Magic Skirt|clings]]'' to her figure despite being ''a rag''.

** The skirt and top were the only pieces of cloth left for her to wear upon morphing into an adult, so her fighting in a skirt gets a justification. The fact that it even ''stayed'' on her, though, is amazing in and of itself.

* [[Does Not Like Shoes]]: She is barefoot everywhere but during the flashbacks. [[Badass|Extra badassery points]] go to her for blocking the sharp side of Nnoitra's axe... thing, with her ''bare sole''!

* [[Dual Age Modes]]/[[Sleep Mode Size]]: Nel looks like a little girl, but can revert to her adult form.

** [[She's All Grown Up]]: Ichigo and Orihime's reaction when she first changed back to adult form, as well as that of the drooling fanboys.

* [[Good Looking Privates]]: In contrast to the garb she wears as a child, Nelliel once wore a ''[http://gallery.minitokyo.net/view/430139 really]'' nice uniform when she was an Espada.

* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: Her status as the former 3rd Espada, her past with Nnoitra, her Centaur-like released form, and her ''incredibly hot'' adult form was revealed to dub-watchers ''two years'' after sub-watchers saw it air in the anime.

* [[Names to Know In Anime]]: [[Colleen O Shaughnessey]] (Dub Nel).

* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: Nel is the first entry on the page.

* [[The Stoic]]: Mainly during her time as an official Espada. This carries over to her final fight with Nnoitra, where Nelliel remained calm, quiet and relatively stone-faced for the majority of the time she fought him, usually speaking only once spoken to.

* [[Stripperiffic]]: In her adult form, Nell's garbs turn into this. Justified by quite a bit, though, since she spent most of her time with Ichigo as a kid wearing a garb, so it actually makes sense for her clothes to get torn up once she forcibly morphed back into an adult.

* [[Tender Tears]]: Nel cries. A lot. Happy tears, sad tears, she's quite the crybaby who shows a lot of concern for her friends.

* [[Third Person Person]]: Only in her child form.

* [[Kouji Ishii]]: He played another [[Elite Mook|watchguard]] in ''[[Katekyo Hitman Reborn]]''.

* [[Large Ham]]: Based on Satan who is commonly portrayed as one.

** {{spoiler|Ichigo could've beat him, but being the near-[[Jerkass]] he is, tries to pass him off as the [[Ignored Enemy]], which was a BAAAD idea in the long run.}}

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]

* [[Satan]]: His design has a lot of elements of the classic less-monsterous, more mustache-twirly evil look of Ol' Nick.

* [[Verbal Tic]]: Tends to end most of his sentences addressed at Ichigo by calling him "Nino," or "boy".

* [[Boobs of Steel]]: Covered up, but still noticeable.

* [[By the Power of Greyskull]]: "Rip Off - Golondrina!"

* [[Dangerously Short Skirt]]: She fights in it throughout her battle with Ishida, even after releasing Golondrina. Pesche even lampshades it by trying to sneak a peak underneath.

* [[Dark Action Girl]]: As with most female arrancar, perhaps more so, since she's got ''attitude''.

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Comes with being a fetish magnet, but since she gets a bit embarrassed to reveal her body (in the anime), the only other Arrancar girl that's above her in this regard is Harribel.

* [[She's Got Legs]]: [http://images4.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091128191140/bleach/en/images/0/0b/C257_cover_page_Cirucci_Sanderwicci.jpg Preeety much].

* [[The Tease]]: Implied in the above link, as well as [http://images.wikia.com/bleach/en/images/3/32/Bleach_cover_29.png this volume cover].

* [[Vibroweapon]]: The blades she attacks with in her released form.

* [[Noble Demon]]: Possibly. He certainly didn't ''need'' to tell Chad that :Nnoitra was trying to sneak up on him. Even before he tells Chad to give up as he views him as a [[Worthy Opponent]].

* [[Power Fist]]: Does good in the first half of the fight, doesn't do shit the second half.

== Fraccion and Numeros ==

* [[Power Fist]]: Edrad, they're volcano-powered

* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]: To Grimmjow, though he becomes a loner after their deaths.

* [[Tagalong Kid]]: Evil version, with Di Roy whom the others regarded him as a failure and derided him for begging to come along

* [[Taiten Kusunoki]]: Edrad's seiyuu.

* [[The Brute]]: Demoura, definitely.

* [[Cool Mask]]: Aisslinger has one Badass-looking helmet, right there.

* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Demoura is none too bright, which is evident in his speech pattern, but he's smart enough to use [[Applied Phlebotinum]] against Sado, so he might not have been as stupid as Aisslinger thinks.

* [[Early Bird Cameo]]: In the manga, Aisslinger was the one that turned Grand Fisher into an Arrancar.

** [[Foreshadowing]]: Szayelaporro used a similar method of analyzing their attributes and countering when they fought him personally, by using cameras or experiments on defeated Arrancars.

** [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Learning of your opponents' fighting style and taking advantage of their weaknesses is fine, but when you're dealing with two and you're fighting the one least suited to defeat you, why didn't you ever expect for your opponents to switch positions? Better yet, why didn't you analyze your opponents' partner as well?

* [[More Dakka]]: Aisslinger moves all of his arms out diagonally from his body, and extends his fingers out in the same manner, shooting blasts of energy from each of his fingertips at Ishida. He claimed to fire 108 at once, but they were overwhelmed by the 1,200 arrows from Ginrei Kojaku.

* [[Ted Baxter]]: Aisslinger thought of himself as an [[Evil Genius]], confident in his firing ability being more than enough to overwhelm Ishida. Put bluntly, he was wrong.

* [[The Worf Barrage]]: Demoura had his long tongue and Aisslinger had [[More Dakka]], both proclaimed as the best in their arsenal, but neither made a difference in their fight against Ishida and Sado.

* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: Everyone does this, but Cuuhlhourne deserves special mention for calling out attack names that are all at ''least'' twelve words long. And one is so long that he bites his tongue in the middle of calling it.

* [[Catch Phrase]]: Findorr's is "Exacta!"

* [[Close Call Haircut]]: Charlotte gets one during the fight with Yumichika. And then he goes APESHIT. Also Findor.

* [[Dark Chick]]: Charlotte, naturally.

* [[Graceful Loser]]: Charlotte, for all of his hamminess and vanity, [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/bleach/v37/c322/7.html is rather calm when he dies]. Even his [[Famous Last Words]] ("You're really something...") were [[Worthy Opponent|a compliment to his rivals' strength]].

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: Yeah, Charlotte, remember your giant cocoon-dome that swallows up Reiatsu? If you knew about the true power of Ruri'ro Kujaku, you wouldn't have used that dome to begin with.

* [[Kenta Miyake]]: Charlotte, again.

* [[Large Ham]]: ... Guess who?

* [[Creepy Centipedes]]. Loly's release, Escolopendra, turns her into a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scolopendra giant centipede]. This is apparently supposed to be the green light for the ass-kicking she was being built up towards (see following tropes).

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Loly, and a ''very'' nasty one at that.

* [[Dark Action Girl|Dark Action Girls]]: Loly, especially.

* [[Depraved Bisexual]]: There's a lot of [[Subtext]] in Loly's abuse of Orihime.

* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Loly brutalized Orihime ''just'' because Aizen expressed an interest in her.

* [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones]]: Loly is a horrendous bitch, but she and Menoly do seem to legitimately care about each other, since Menoly swallows her (entirely justified) doubts about their course of action to support Loly, and Loly ''freaks out'' when Menoly has to pay the price for ''her'' plans.

** Menoly follows her comrade loyally, even when Loly bullies her into doing so.

* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Loly's got 'em.

* [[Idiot Ball]]: It's never a good idea to say you'll kill your superiors who are all (mostly) capable of destroying entire buildings with ease, while you can only dissolve parts of it.

* [[I Have Your Wife]]: Attempts to kill Orihime first, and then they try hold her hostage to aid Ulquiorra against Ichigo. Subverted because Ulquiorra himself isn't impressed and tells the girls to cut it out.

** [[Poison Is Corrosive]]: Loly's power.

* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]: Loly in the anime actually saves Orihime before seemingly being killed, even though it was more of an [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]] ordeal. Subverted in that they both survived.}}

* [[Thigh High Boots]]: Loly has them.

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: In appearance, Menoly is the tomboy, the tomboy, Loly is the girly girl; opposite in personality.

* [[Boke and Tsukkomi Routine]]: Pesche tries to set these up with Ishida when they're stuck together, much to Ishida's annoyance.

* [[Combination Attack]]: Pesche and Dondochakka's ''Cero Sincretio''

** Justified since Szayel is awesome by analysis.

* [[Laser Blade]]: Pesche has one, taken from his ''crotch''. It [[Even Evil Has Standards|even freaked]] '''[[Mad Scientist|Szayel]]''' out.

* [[Stomach of Holding]]: Dondochakka Birstanne hides ''Bawabawa'' in his gut.

* [[Torso With a View]]

* [[Verbal Tic]]: Dondonchakka with his "Don'tcha Know?"

{{quote| '''Szayelaporro''': What are you trying to pull from there?!?!}}

* [[Just Following Orders]]: In regards to holding Orihime while Nnoitra fought Ichigo. From that, Tesra promised not to harm her unless she attacked him. He even asks Orihime, when she jolts due to wondering where Nel went, if something was wrong.

** Subverted when Nnoitra let him finish Ichigo off. Tesra could've gone for a [[Mercy Kill]], but he chose to ''continue torturing'' Ichigo, without any prompt from Nnoitra. Shows that he's [[Jerkass|no better than his boss]].

* [[Morality Pet]]: Nnoitra mistreats him every bit as much as he mistreats his enemies, but he cared enough to warn Tesra that Kenpachi was too much to handle.

* [[My Master Right or Wrong]]: Excluding complaints about it. He willingly defended Nnoitra from an attack, and even when he was nearly killed for it, he still follows him.

* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Just like the other Fraccion, his boss is his top priority.

* [[Soft Spoken Sadist]]: He really wasn't ordered to ''break Ichigo's arm''.

* [[Subordinate Excuse]]: People joke with this in the same way they joke with Grimmjow towards Ichigo.

* [[Undying Loyalty]]: To Nnoitra.

* [[Giant Mook]]: Ayon, their creation who's beyond their powers.

** [[Hero Killer]]: Took out more Shinigami than the Espada themselves!

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: It's indicated by Harribel in the Anime that the three adapted Harribel's aspect of death; their fighting style in released form involves sacrificing a part of themselves to release the extremely powerful Ayon, and despite being no match for Yamamoto, they charge him anyway, both out of [[Villainous Valor]] and knowing that if they are killed, giving up their lives will strengthen Harribel's resolve to fight. Noticeably effective, since Harribel goes from merely keeping Hitsugaya at bay to trying to kill him to get to Yamamoto in her desire to ensure this sacrifice was not in vain.

* [[Hime Cut]]: Sung-Sun.

* [[Sai Guy|Sai Girl]]: Sung-Sun.

* [[Statuesque Stunner]]: Mila Rose is second to Isane in term of height at 177cm/5'9�".

* [[Torso With a View]]

* [[True Companions]]: They see each other, as well as Harribel, as this.

* [[Undying Loyalty]]: For Harribel, especially, though they themselves have shades of this for one another, subtle as it may be. In the novel "Nestle to Night", Apacci even goes as far as {{spoiler|requesting healing from the now freed Orihime for her. When Orihime wants to heal her, too, Apacci declines and insists that Harribel needs to be treated first, despite having grave injuries herself.}}

* [[Ungrateful Bastard]]: {{spoiler|Subverted. Apacci swears in her thoughts while mentally going over how Orihime saved Harribel when she couldn't; clearly envious of Orihime in that regards, but she's actually ashamed that she truly ''is'' grateful that Orihime healed all of them.}}

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: They snap at each other constantly, but their [[Teeth Clenched Teamwork]] is ''damn'' effective, and one gets the impression they were more pushing each other's buttons than outright hating each other.

* [[The Worf Effect]]: Nel hypes them up by quite a bit in chapter 488. Once they actually confront [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|Kirge Opie]], {{spoiler|they're beaten off-panel.}} Note that it was [[Cloudcuckoolander|kid Nel]] who hyped them, though.

* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: He backed down from killing Sado and Gantenbainne once Unohana arrived in Las Noches.

* [[Smug Snake]]: He can spawn an endless amount of Calaveras, but if he [[Zerg Rush|used it properly]] instead of just gloating and utilizing [[Mook Chivalry]], he would've defeated Rukia without many problems.

* [[You Have Failed Me]]: Exequias are tasked with killing off defeated Arrancars as punishment for losing their fights, hence why Rudbornn killed Dordonii and Cirucci off. In reality, however, Rudbornn was partly acting on behalf of Szayelaporro, who wanted to experiment on the Privarons' corpses in order to defeat Ichigo's gang.

An Arrancar created by Aizen through the Hougyoku, with the rank of 77th Numero. He seems childlike and easily distracted, but when he does pay attention, he shows off tremendous power and merciless attacks. His Zanpakuto is Extingir.

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{{quote| '''Yamamoto:''' Poor thing... Were your emotions taken away from you too? (Stares at Aizen) That was cruel of you.}}

* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]: Subverted; the Shinigami classifies him as Espada-level, but he still held the rank of Numero throughout his time with Aizen.

* [[Kid With the Leash]]: He's in command of a HUGE hollow.

* [[Make Me Wanna Shout]]: Possibly. His scream seems to have some nullifying effect.

** Yeah? See the [[Chekhov's Gunman]] entry, dude.

* [[Power Nullifier]]: {{spoiler|He was created for the sole purpose of cancelling out Yamamoto's powers.}}

* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: The guy would rather play with dragonflies and with other people's hats than go out in missions. {{spoiler|At first, at least...}}.

* [[Pure Is Not Good]]: And holy goddamned HOW indeed.

* [[Torso With a View]]

* [[Tyke Bomb]]: Sort of. It's unlikely that he's actually a child (in terms of age) but he looks like it and more importantly was born/created and "raised" just to {{spoiler|fight against Yamamoto}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Opposite Sex Clone]]: Of a sort. Apparently she's not truly Starrk's fraccion, they're two fragments of the same Hollow.}}

* [[Plucky Girl]]: Doesn't give up even when Ukitake is [[Poke the Poodle|clearly just messing with her]] [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl|to avoid]] [[Wouldn't Hurt a Child|killing her]].

* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lamb]]: In the anime, her death only serves to further break Starrk's resolve}}.

* [[Sinister Scimitar]]: Can pull one out of her mask to fight. {{spoiler|Naturally, it's not really her Zanpakuto.}}

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