Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)/Tropes A-F: Difference between revisions

** [[Badass Army]]: Briggs army.

** [[Badass Boast]]: Right at the beginning.

'''Ed''': Nope. God hates us. Even if we go, He'll just ''send us back''! }}

*** '''[[Memetic Mutation|THE ART OF BADASS BOASTING HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN THE ARMSTRONG LINE FOR GENERATIONS!]]'''

** Ed's most frightening berserk button moment came when he realized what Tucker did to his daughter.

*** The Viz translation of the manga implies that it was very close to being one for Al too:

** If, for any reason you {{spoiler|force Al to sacrifice himself}}, [[Big Brother Instinct|YOU'RE]] [[Unstoppable Rage|DEAD!!!]] Ed may have gotten pissed at Tucker, but that was a mild tantrum compared to what he did to Father.

** Harming [[Playing with Fire|Mustang's]] subordinates is a [[Kill It with Fire|very,]] [[Stuff Blowing Up|very bad idea.]] [[Unstoppable Rage|Or maybe]] [[Curb Stomp Battle|the worst]] [[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)/Awesome|idea ever.]] In particular, never, ever, '''ever''' touch Hawkeye. [[Your Head Asplode|Just]] [[Eye Scream|fair]] [[Nightmare Fuel|warning]]. And in return, don't you dare lay a hand on [[Bodyguard Crush|Mustang]]. [[Subordinate Excuse|Hawkeye]] will [[Unstoppable Rage|just keep on shooting]].

** '''[[Captain Obvious|Major]] [[Up to Eleven|Armstrong!]]''' '''[[Running Gag|His boistering and muscles]] [[Catch Phrase|have been passed down the Armstrong line for generations!]]'''

* [[Book Ends]]: ''Almost.'' Take a look at [http://www.mangareader.net/116-5187-52/full-metal-alchemist/chapter-1.html Ed at the end of chapter one.] Now, take a look at him at [http://www.mangareader.net/116-51515-68/full-metal-alchemist/chapter-107.html end of the penultimate chapter.] He even says practically the same line:

** A straighter version would be the beginning and ending narration of the first anime. The series begins with two lines of narration about how nothing can be learned or gained without pain and sacrifice. The series ends with the same lines, plus two more lines accentuating that you can overcome that pain and gain back even more than what you originally lost.

*** Even straighter is the first and last pages of the manga. They are practically the same, and it is implied that they take place at train stations. There's only two key differences: In the first, we see Ed and Al arriving; in the last, we see Ed leaving. Also, we get to see how much Ed has progressed ([[Character Development|both physically and mentally]]) from the beginning to the end of the series, with bonus points for having sense both in-story and in a meta kind of way.

** {{spoiler|[[She Is All Grown Up|Not anymore...]]}}

* [[Bread, Eggs, Milk, Squick]]:

** Watch closely, in both the manga and the anime, the episodes during and possibly just before The Devil's Nest. If you read the sign outside (and also the board on the wall inside) you will see a list of meats available:

'''Mammoth''' }}

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Throughout the manga, there are extra comics about the characters reactions and hopes about a popularity poll. This includes discussions about how much 'screen time' they've had in recent chapters and at one point Scar using alchemy to blow up the author when he reads that he has tied with her way low on the poll.

** And the side story where Ed and Mustang have a fight.

** In volume 14, when Ed comes out of the shower naked and finds out May is inside Al's armor, the guard comes in and says "Stop acting like you're in a manga!"

* [[Break the Cutie]]: The Elric brothers most prominently, with Winry trailing not far behind.

** {{spoiler|Envy [[Talking the Monster to Death|had his taste of]] [[Death by Irony|his own medicine in the end]]}}.

** There was one (plus [[Kneel Before Zod]]) even on ''an episode preview'':

* [[Breathless Non-Sequitur]]: While Winry is working on Ed's arm, she asks herself why she had to fall for such an idiot.

'''Winry:''' Nothing. }}

* {{spoiler|[[Brought Down to Normal]]: Ed and Ling. Excluding that [[Noble Demon|Greed]] is now gone for good, no one minds.}}

* [[Catch Phrase]]: One that has been passed down the Armstrong line for generations.

** It's not even exclusive to the Major. Olivier also uses it, after Sloth kills the officer she'd been keeping hostage:

** Also, whenever Ed is insulted (or when he thinks he is being insulted): Who are you calling a ___ smaller than a ___!

** Izumi's "Just a housewife"-replies could count.

* [[Casual Danger Dialogue]]: Happens on occasion.

** One especially entertaining example occurs between Ling and Greed, during the battle with Gluttony in the woods.

'''Ling''': Oh, you know me. I'm full of surprises. *slams Gluttony into the ground* }}

* [[Chainsaw Good]]: Buccaneer, a captain in the Briggs brigade, has several different automail arms he goes through, one of which is the "Crocodile": basically a chainsaw with a serrated clamp over it.

* [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience]]: Masterfully inverted during the Ishval flashback in ''Brotherhood'', where [[Deliberately Monochrome|everything is depicted in monochrome]] except for the characters' eye color. In this flashback, though, the Amestrians, who were the attacking party, had blue eyes, while the Ishvalans, who were the victims, all have red eyes.

* [[Compliment Backfire]]: It's more like gentle teasing, but you'd think [[Urban Legend Love Life|a suave guy like Mustang]] could pull it off...

''(Mustang [[Sweat Drop|sweatdrops]])''. }}

* [[Conspicuous CG]]: Used liberally; especially noticeable in {{spoiler|Envy}}'s true form.

* [[Disconnected by Death]]: {{spoiler|Hughes}}.

* [[Discontinuity Nod]]: A possible one in Chapter 108 against the ending of the first anime series, when Hawkeye wonders if Ed will sacrifice himself to get Al's body back.

'''Roy:''' No. He knows the fear and despair of being left alone... He wouldn't put Alphonse through that. }}

** It may not be the case as Arakawa stated that she enjoyed the first anime's ending.