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** Joker, Shin's [[The Dragon|right-hand man]] whose main purpose was to serve as an informant between Shin and many of the [[Monster of the Week|villains of the week]] that were sent out to get Kenshiro. He actually has a bigger screen-time than any of Shin's [[Quirky Miniboss Squad|playing card-themed henchmen]] from the manga (along with the Godland Colonel and Jackal for that matter).

** The renegade Gento Koken successors, Taiga and Boltz, are essentially stand-in for Jakoh's sons from the manga, Jask and Shieno, who were omitted from the anime version.

* The first episode of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist]]: Brotherhood'' pits our heroes against Isaac McDougal, the Freezing Alchemist, presumably as a way to make the first episode interesting to viewers who had already seen the first anime, and thus would be bored with an immediate return to the Liore plot. He's a rogue alchemist who's trying to overthrow the current regime and kill King Bradley. He dies at the end of the first episode, and the characters don't think of him as anything other than a [[Bomb Throwing Anarchist|crazy anarchist]] ({{spoiler|but he's actually more of a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] who has some inkling of the true, sinister nature of Amestris, something the protagonists won't figure out until much later}}). He's an interesting case, though, as he was actually designed by the manga's author herself for that episode, and he is referred to in one later episode. Specifically, Edward recalls his plan to create an enormous alchemical array by connecting a bunch of smaller ones as he learns of the existence of the {{spoiler|country-sized Philosopher's Stone-making array}}.

* The first episode of ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]: Brotherhood'' pits our heroes against Isaac McDougal, the Freezing Alchemist, presumably as a way to make the first episode interesting to viewers who had already seen the first anime, and thus would be bored with an immediate return to the Liore plot. He's a rogue alchemist who's trying to overthrow the current regime and kill King Bradley. He dies at the end of the first episode, and the characters don't think of him as anything other than a [[Bomb Throwing Anarchist|crazy anarchist]] ({{spoiler|but he's actually more of a [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] who has some inkling of the true, sinister nature of Amestris, something the protagonists won't figure out until much later}}). He's an interesting case, though, as he was actually designed by the manga's author herself for that episode, and he is referred to in one later episode. Specifically, Edward recalls his plan to create an enormous alchemical array by connecting a bunch of smaller ones as he learns of the existence of the {{spoiler|country-sized Philosopher's Stone-making array}}.