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== Tropes for the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' manga and ''Brotherhood'' ==
* [[Fullmetal Alchemist (FranchiseManga)/Tropes G-P|Tropes G-P]]
* [[Fullmetal Alchemist (FranchiseManga)/Tropes Q-Z|Tropes Q-Z]]
 
=== Entries A-F ===
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*** He's alternately called the "Crimson Lotus Alchemist" by some translations and sources for that exact reason. Not to mention that since crimson refers to a darker red, it doesn't change the meaning at all.
* [[Altum Videtur]]: A few examples on the soundtrack: "Lapis Philosophorum" ("philosophers' stone"), "Ante Meridiem" ("before noon"/A.M.), "Philosophorum [[Gratuitous Greek|Omega]]" ("philosophers' omega").
* [[Amnesiac Dissonance]]: After being killed, Greed is recreated and while he has the same personality, he's loyal to Father and more malicious. After unknowingly [[Kick the Morality Pet|killing one of his former followers]], his memories return, he [[Freak -Out|freaks out]] and then [[Heel Face Turn|turns face]].
* [[Anachronism Stew]]: The series is set in the early 20th century... with mechanical prosthetics that are ''far'' more advanced than anything we have now. They don't seem to have advanced nearly as much in terms of technology in other areas, depending on whether you want Amestris to be pre-first-world-war or pre-second-world-war Germany. Of course, everything more advanced in this world is only due to Alchemy, and there appears to be an even gap between technological progress and magical progress.
** [[Fridge Logic]] points out that pharmaceuticals ought to be, as a result, on a par with (either) time period in [[Real Life]], except it doesn't seem to be so. [[Fridge Brilliance]], however, would like us to note that modern pharmaceuticals branched out from alchemy pretty much purely from the works of Paracelsus. {{spoiler|Hello, Hohenheim.}}
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** Actually [[Subverted Trope|subverted,]] since most of good guys make it alive to the series finale. However, injuries are portrayed rather realistically here {{spoiler|like when Havoc got paralyzed.}}
* [[Apocalypse Wow]]: Chapter 104. {{spoiler|Father eats the souls of everyone in the country, turns into a giant, and then eats Truth.}}
** {{spoiler|And then it all comes crashing down when it turns out that [[Out -Gambitted|Hohenheim had prepared his own transmutation circle,]] ''using the moon's shadow,'' to restore the souls of the people of Amestris. It's not enough to thwart Father completely, but it's enough to prevent his apotheosis.}}
* [[Armor-Piercing Slap]]: Subverted. Denny slaps Al, and [[Made of Iron|gets a sore hand for his trouble]].
** Played straight in the same incident with Maria Ross and Ed, whose face is not made of metal, and she successfully calls him out on his reckless charge into the 5th Lab.
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* [[Artificial Human]]: The Homunculi.
* [[Artificial Limbs]]: Ed, of course. Also Paninya (and roughly half the residents of Rush Valley), [[Chainsaw Good|Buccaneer]], Bald, Den (a ''dog''), and later, {{spoiler|Lan Fan}}.
* [[Ascended Meme]]: Fans started using the number 503 to represent the Ed/Winry pairing, based on a brand of jeans of the same number produced by a company called Edwin. In a later chapter of the manga, the creator gives a nod to this, as Ed is shown to be staying in hotel room 503 (though this is more of a [[Shout -Out]]).
** From the manga, people started calling {{spoiler|the second Greed "Greedling"}} to tell him apart from {{spoiler|the original Greed in conversation, and because the human used to create him was called Ling}}. When Ed meets him again, he decides he's going to call him this.
* [[Assimilation Plot]]: What the higher-ups at Central take Father's scheme to be.
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* [[Badass]]: [[World of Badass|Ed, Al, Scar, Roy, Riza, Greed, Izumi, Sig, Olivier, Wrath, Hughes, Ling, Lan Fan, Fu, Lust, Armstrong...]] Chapter 96 confirms that the [[Battle Couple|Curtis couple]] is the most badass of all.
** Bradley gets a special mention. It took {{spoiler|ninety-nine}} chapters for someone to wound him. In chapter 97 he effortlessly destroys a {{spoiler|freaking tank}} ''while armed with only a sword and a single grenade''. [[Badass Grandpa|And he's over]] ''[[Badass Grandpa|60]]''.
** Hohenheim is confirmed to be so in {{spoiler|chapter 105}} where it's revealed he managed to [[Out -Gambitted|outgambit]] {{spoiler|Father}}. This makes him a [[Cloudcuckoolander]] [[Badass]].
** Kimblee shows that in FMA, even {{spoiler|deceased}} people are badass. Yeah.
** [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: Roy and Riza in episode 57 of the anime.
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{{quote| '''Alphonse''':Mister Tucker, one more word out of you... and '''I'll be the one to snap.'''}}
** 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 (FranchiseManga)/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]].
** Harming [[Four -Star Badass|Olivier's]] subordinates is [[A Father to His Men|an even]] [[Mama Bear|worse idea.]]
** Harming [[Papa Wolf|Hohenheim's]] kids is the worst idea, ever. Hell, just insulting his kids is sending you straight into an asskicking.
** Don't call Envy "Ugly". You'll just make him/her angry, and you won't like him/her when s/he's angry.
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** {{spoiler|Not that will stop Ed and Al from [[Walking the Earth]] to do research into finding a new law at the end of the series, of course}}.
** Played straight with Kimblee near the end. {{spoiler|maintaining his conscious after assimilation by Pride, and then holding him back from fleeing his body. The former alone is stated to be impossible and demonstrated as such by Father.}}
* [[Bicep -Polishing Gesture]]: Armstrong, constantly. Sig Curtis joins in occasionally.
** In fact, that's how the two of them [[Rated "M" for Manly|forged their friendship]].
* [[Big Bad]]: Father. Which is ironic, considering his name...
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Multiple times, especially in later chapters. Hohenheim even lampshades it.
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* [[Big Friendly Dog]]: Winry's dog Den and Nina Tucker's dog Alexander. Black Hayate is a Little Friendly Dog.
* [[Big Good]]: Hohenheim.
* [[Big Guy, Little Guy]]: Al and Ed. Translation from a 2006 interview: ''The reason Al is in a huge suit of armor is to make him a large-sized character, contrasting to the short-sized main protagonist.''
* [[Big No]]: Greed, {{spoiler|after killing Bido and getting his memories back}}.
** Major Armstrong gets a few during his fight with Olivier in episode 45 of Brotherhood. They only add to the humor of the scene.
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* [[Brains and Brawn]]: Ed and Al, respectively. Although Al isn't stupid and Ed isn't weak. It can perhaps be said that Ed and Al alternate in these roles.
** That would make it more of a subversion. Ed is a [[Badass Bookworm]] and Al is a [[Genius Bruiser]].
* [[Bratty Half -Pint]]: "WHO DID YOU CALL A SUPER MINI SHRIMP YOU'D NEED A MICROSCOPE TO SEE!??!!?!?"
** [[Running Gag|"THAT'S NOT WHAT I SAID!"]]
** {{spoiler|[[She Is All Grown Up|Not anymore...]]}}
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* [[Credits Running Sequence]]
* [[Creepy Child]]: {{spoiler|Pride}}, who is also an [[Enfant Terrible]].
* [[Cross -Dressing Voices]]: Played straight with Ed and Al in the Japanese version. Averted with Ed in the English version, but unlike the first anime, Al plays it straight in ''Brotherhood'''s dub.
* [[Cross-Popping Veins]]: A ''lot''. Ed sometimes seems to have them [[Hair-Trigger Temper|permanently]].
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Hohenheim, Havoc, {{spoiler|Fuery in the warfront}}.
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** [[Glorious Mother Russia|Glorious Mother Drachma?]]
** The scene in [[The Movie|The Sacred Star of Milos]] where {{spoiler|Atlas}} tries to take Julia's blood has some very rape-y overtones.
* [[The Dog Was the Mastermind]]: The Homunculus Pride is {{spoiler|[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|little Selim Bradley]]}}. In fairness, the biggest clue to his identity is his speech patterns in the original Japanese, [[Lost in Translation|which wouldn't get through to an American reader]]. One translator did pick up on this [[I Knew It!|and correctly predicted his identity]].
* [[Don't Look Back]]: Ed and Al burn down their house as a reminder to never turn back until they can get back to normal. Ed even keeps the date etched into his pocket watch.
* [[Double Entendre]]: The homunculus named Lust is also referred to as the Ultimate Lance. (She's a woman, but I mean ''come on!'')
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== E ==
* [[Early -Bird Cameo]]: {{spoiler|Father}}, Solf J. Kimblee, Hughes and Armstrong all pop up in the first episode of ''Brotherhood''. {{spoiler|Slave Hohenheim}} is in ''the first shot'' of the opening.
** Note that that last one {{spoiler|can very easily be mistaken for an older Ed with his arm intact. Family resemblance is a wonderful thing.}}
** Izumi and Sig can be seen in the background fairly early in the manga.
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* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: {{spoiler|Father}}, perhaps most explicitly portrayed during the events of Chapter 104.
* {{spoiler|[[The End of the World As We Know It]]: Father opens the gate and rips the souls of nearly every living thing on Amestris, with only a select few humans and homunculi remaining.}}
** {{spoiler|[[Out -Gambitted|But guess what.]]}}
* [[Empathy Doll Shot]]: In the Ishval backstory.
* [[Empty Piles of Clothing]]: Happens to Al after the failed human transmutation.
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* [[Evil Costume Switch]]: After {{spoiler|Ling becomes Greed, he drops his Xingese-styled clothes in favor of an all-black suit and a [[Badass Longcoat]]. Subverted in that it didn't stay as "'''''Evil''''' Costume Switch" [[Heel Face Turn|for long]]}}.
* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: Subverted. Everybody assumes Al is the Fullmetal Alchemist because he's wearing a giant metal suit.
* [[Expressive Mask]]: Played with a bit. Al's face doesn't move, of course (outside of humorous moments), but things like rain, light and shadow are often used to give emotion to his face. Also, when drawn in [[Super -Deformed|"chibi"]] style, his face can be more flexible.
** Same with Barry the Chopper.
* [[Expy]]: Jean Havoc's characterization and design originates from an earlier Arakawa manga, ''[[Shanghai Youma Kikai]]'', along with those of Lust.
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** {{spoiler|Greed himself pulls this on Father as he's being reabsorbed for good, using his carbonization ability to turn Father's body into charcoal.}}
* [[Figure It Out Yourself]]: Izumi gives one month for Ed and Al to figure out the meaning of "All is One, One is All" before they begin their official training.
* [[Finger -Snap Lighter]]: Roy, of course.
* [[First Episode Spoiler]]: Al is an empty suit of armor and Ed has two artificial limbs.
* [[Five-Man Band]]: The members of Team Mustang.
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**** Think that's looking too much into things? Try asking yourself why [[Defector From Decadence|Marcoh]] calls the [[Philosopher's Stone]] "[[Satan|the Devil]]'s research".
** Does anyone else remember what Dominic said at Rush Valley!? He said that if Ed had lighter automail he'd get taller, and {{spoiler|when Ed gets his automail replaced at Briggs he comments on how much lighter it is, and a few chapters later becomes taller}}
** When callously rejecting the Ishvalan leader's offer to take his own life and spare those of his people, King Bradley is told by one of the leader's envoys that he shall suffer the hammer of God. {{spoiler|[[Dark and Troubled Past|Guess]] [[Church Militant|who]] [[I Am Not Left -Handed|kills him]].}}
* [[Forgotten Fallen Friend]]: Averted '''''hard''''' in Chapter 108, when Al reveals that he and Ed ''never'' forgot about their inability to save Nina, referring to an incident that occured 102 chapters ago and ''three years ago'' in-story. Major [[Tear Jerker]] when one of the chimeras asks his motivation for his journey of [[Walk the Earth|roaming the land]] seeking to right the wrongs done by alchemy. His simple reply is, "...There was a little girl that we weren't able to save."
* [[Four Philosophy Ensemble]]: Roy as Cynic, Ed as Optimist, Riza as Realist, Al and Winry as Conflicted.
* [[Four -Star Badass]]: Olivier, Bradley.
* [[Freak -Out]]: A massive one in Scar's [[Backstory]]. {{spoiler|He wakes up with [[Body Horror|his brother's arm]] and (understandably) completely loses it, killing [[Innocent Bystander|Winry's parents in the process]]. The priest who was a wise, humanist and [[Martial Pacifist]] man becomes [[He Who Fights Monsters|a serial killer driven by revenge]]}}.
* [[Functional Magic]]: Alchemy
* [[Funny Background Event]]: When the forces of good prepare to {{spoiler|attack Central Headquarters}} you can spot the presence of {{spoiler|Izumi Curtis}} as a pair of scary red eyes in the background.
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