Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)/Characters/Four: Difference between revisions

Ling Yao is a member of the Xing Royal Family, and has the powers that come with it. His appearance marks the start of the large differences between the first anime and manga/''Brotherhood'' anime.

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* [[All Chinese People Know Kung Fu]]: Well [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture|Xingese]] anyway, and he and the other Xingese characters all fit this trope's stereotype of Chinese people as martial arts masters, though its justified in the fact that every Xingese character so far has been either a noble or a noble's bodyguard, and thus would have been trained in martial arts from a young age.

* [[A Father to His Men]]/[[Papa Wolf]]: Strongly believes "a King is no King without his people" and will do anything to save his comrades, even if it means risking his life. His bodyguards, Fu and Lan Fan, certainly hold him in extreme high regard in part because of this.

* [[Funny Foreigner]]: Well, he's funny and he's a foreigner.

* [[Good Counterpart]]: to King Bradley. Their philosophies on what it means to be a leader are the complete reverse of each others. {{spoiler|The parallel's become even stronger when Ling becomes the only other human-based homunculus, but unlike Bradley who in the process of becoming Wrath burned out most of the souls in his philosopher's stone, possibly including his original soul, Ling maintains his individuality in Greed. Also interesting to note is Bradley's former status as 12th Fuhrer candidate and Ling being the 12th son of the Emperor.}}

* [[Good Eyes, Evil Eyes]]

Ling's female bodyguard.

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* [[Action Girl]]

A Xingese princess from a very minor clan, her goals are similar to Ling's, who is technically her half-brother. She's always accompanied by her tiny panda, Shao May.

Shao May is voiced by: [[Rie Kugimiya]] (JP), Tia Ballard (EN) }}

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Ling's other bodyguard and grandfather to Lan Fan.

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* [[Badass Grandpa]]

A state alchemist who served in Ishval, {{spoiler|and creator of some Philosopher's stones.}} 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.

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* [[The Atoner]]

Once an insufferable and deeply corrupt bureaucrat that ran the mines in the town of Youswell, Yoki was discharged from the military when the Fullmetal Alchemist showed up for an inspection and lost all his money thanks to his own carelessness. In time, he was found by Scar, who not-entirely-willingly took Yoki on as his sidekick.

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* [[Belated Backstory]]: In the anime, the story of how he got kicked out of the military and his history with the Brothers Elric isn't fully related until episode 38, twenty-five episodes after his first appearance.

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, [[World of Badass|which is saying]] '''[[World of Badass|a lot]]'''.

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* [[Action Mom]]: Or more accurately, Action Teacher.

Izumi's husband. A meat butcher who is very protective of his wife, often accompanying her on her travels around Amestris.

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* [[Badass Beard]]

Winry's aged -- but still very spry -- grandmother. Pinako is a master automail engineer who taught Winry everything she knows; it was she who first applied Ed's prosthetic limbs. Also Hohenheim's old drinking buddy.

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* [[Cool Old Lady]]

The common-law wife of Van Hohenheim and the mother of Edward and Alphonse Elric. She was a sweet, gentle woman who was loved dearly by her entire family, even by Hohenheim, who despite having left them, was reluctant to do so. Trisha tries to last until his return, though she ultimately dies of an illness. Ed and Al attempt to revive her with human transmutation set the events of the series in motion.

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* [[Death by Origin Story]]

A serial killer that guards the hidden laboratory used to create the red stones. After being used as a subject in transmutation experiments, his soul was placed into a suit of armor not unlike Al's. While he works for both Roy and the Homunculi over the course of the story, he doesn't really care as long as he gets to chop stuff up.

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* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: For Riza.

Mysterious guardian of the Gates, claims to be "Reality", "the World", and "[[God]]". Not having a form of his own, he takes on the outline of whoever approaches him. Whenever someone attempts human transmutation, (except those who have the Philosopher's Stone) he forces them to pay a toll for trepassing in God's domain. However, he always gives them alchemical skill and knowledge proportional to their sacrifice. Despite his apparent neutrality, he seems to take sadistic pleasure in his tolls, often giving out ironic punishments. Because of him, Ed and Al have lost their limbs and body, Izumi has lost several internal organs, and {{spoiler|Roy has lost his eyesight.}}

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* [[Eldritch Abomination]]

** [[Light Is Not Good]]: Regardless of his moral alignment, he is still a sadist white form contrasting the unfortunate alchemist that ended up in the gate.

* [[Ironic Hell]]: Ironic punishment anyway, inflicted on those who attempt to raise the dead.

* [[Karma Houdini]]: Stole Izumi's organs, Al's body, two of Ed's limbs, {{spoiler|and Roy's eyes even though he was completely innocent}}. His punishment? {{spoiler|Nothing!}}

** {{spoiler|Well, really, who's going to punish the ''FMA'' equivalent of God?}}

* [[Pet the Dog]]: May genuinely respect Al, after {{spoiler|Al gives up getting back his body to help save Amestris.}}

** Gets an even bigger one with Ed, after he {{spoiler|surrenders his alchemy:}}

** {{spoiler|The moment is arguably even better in the English ''Brotherhood'' dub because of the call back to the Japanese version's "[[Voice of the Legion]] of the subject" thing which only exists with this one line in episode 63.}}

* [[Phrase Catcher]]: When unfortunate alchemist asks who/what he is, Truth always gives the same answer. Yet it's more like Speech than simple catcher. Either way, it's his standard response.

* [[Shadow Archetype]]: Though in an odd way. It is the approximate size of anyone attempting to converse with it. {{spoiler|And in chapter 108 when Homunculus talks to it, Truth takes the shape of a small sphere, just like Homunculus.}}

** [[Word of God]] is that {{spoiler|every alchemist has their own Truth-kun - (s)he is the part of the One that connects to the All that is the world.}} The last chapter confirms this.

The big guy, and part cow. He faces off against Armstrong during Bradley's raid.

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* [[A Load of Bull]]

Part Snake. She goes forces herself inside Al's armor to slow him down, during Greed's bid for immortality.

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* [[Cute Monster Girl]]: Martel/Marta is a good-looking young woman with [[Fetish Fuel|great flexibility]], a contrast to the more overt mutations of other chimera characters. In particular, the other reptilian chimera, Bido, is fairly ugly.

Part dog. Greed's most loyal subordinate.

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* [[Cool Sword]]

Part lizard. Greed's messenger, and the only survivor of Bradley's raid. {{spoiler|Is unfortunate to run into the second Greed, mistaking him for his old boss and gets killed by him}}.

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* [[Character Development]]: {{spoiler|His death ultimately drives the second Greed to betray Father}}.

One of Kimblee's original chimeras, a warthog. After defecting, he and Jerso join Marcoh and Scar to unravel the secrets of the country-wide transmutation circle.

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* [[Badass]]: He's a black eyed boar with white skin and intimidating, that's badass.

A chimera who takes the form of a toad. After defects with Zampano, he joins Scar and Marcoh in an effort to stop Father.

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* [[Acrofatic]]: Befitting a man who's half-toad, Jerso can leap great distances despite his girth.

Kimblee's former henchman who takes the form of a Gorilla. After he and Heinkel are left for dead by Kimblee, they're both saved by a dying Edward. They in turn, save him and become his [[Nakama]]. Afterwards, all three then proceed to join {{spoiler|Greed}} to stop Father.

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* [[Badass]]: Not as much as his lion partner, but a gorilla is....kinda cool.

Kimblee's chimera who betrayed him along with Darius after they were both left for dead. After saving Edward, they all proceeded to join {{spoiler|Greed's}} gang. He's half lion.

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* [[Badass]]: You ''have'' to be a badass to take on Pride solo!

The first villain the Elrics go up against, Cornello was the leader of the Church of Leto, a cult that controlled the town of Liore. In reality, he was a power-hungry alchemist whose "miracles" were actually performed with a Philosopher's Stone. What Cornello didn't know was that he was an [[Unwitting Pawn]] for Father, and as soon as he outlived his usefulness, Lust and Gluttony killed him.

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* [[Bald of Evil]]: Compared to the [[Bishonen]] villains, he's pretty normal.

The "Sewing-Life" alchemist, who specializes in creating Chimeras. He allows Edward and Alphonse to look into his research as he tries to prepare for the annual reviews. {{spoiler|Two years ago, he turned his wife into a chimera which later starved to death. He later transforms his daughter Nina and dog Alexander into a chimera, to the Elric brothers' horror. He is killed by Scar.}}

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* {{spoiler|[[Asshole Victim]]: The first State Alchemist Scar kills. The Elric brothers don't seem to care about his death, as opposed to that of Nina and Alexander}}. {{spoiler|See the below for clarification.}}

Shou Tucker's daughter and dog. The two get along greatly with Edward and Alphonse during their visit, since Shou Tucker hardly ever plays with them. {{spoiler|That is, until they're both transformed into a horrific chimera, and later [[Mercy Kill|killed]] by Scar}}.

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* [[Big Friendly Dog]]: Alexander

Alex and Olivier's youngest sister.

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Beloved wife and daughter of Maes Hughes. Hughes knows to especially shoves Elicia pictures to everyone he worked with.

Elicia is voiced by: Mayumi Yoshida (JP - 2003 Anime), [[Misato Fukuen]] (JP - 2009 Anime), Tierney Titus (EN - 2003 Anime), [[Cherami Leigh]] (EN - 2009 Anime) }}

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[[Captain Obvious|Scar's older brother]] who was killed during the Ishval Civil War.

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* {{spoiler|[[Chekhov's Gun]]: His research notes are vital in overriding Father's anti-alchemy buffer, and in teaching Scar how to use reconstruction alchemy.}}

Winry's parents, two doctors who perished in the Ishbalan war. {{spoiler|A traumatised, recently-awakened-to-his-powers Scar is the one who killed them, though if he didn't do so they would've died anyway since Kimblee was tasked with their deaths.}}

Sara: [[Yuri Amano]] (JP - 2009 anime), [[Caitlin Glass]] (EN - 2009 anime) }}

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