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== Tropes for the ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (Manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' manga and ''Brotherhood'' ==

 

=== Entries G-P ===

* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: Mustang. The first time he does it, it's meant for humour when he threatens to fry Barry for lusting after Riza. The second time? ...[[Moment of Awesome|Not]] [[Playing With Fire|so]] [[Curb Stomp Battle|much.]]

* [[God Is Evil]]: {{spoiler|Father, temporarily.}}

** Also {{spoiler|Buccaneer, who died along with Fu to finally wound King Bradley}}. [[Manly Tears]] were shed.

** Chapter 105, {{spoiler|Bradley, while saying that his life had been a good life.}}

* [[Gray Eyes]]: As of Ch. 102, {{spoiler|Roy has these as a result of his sacrifice when he's forced (not as in threatened, physically ''forced'') to perform human transmutation.}} [[Milky White Eyes]] in the manga.

* [[Grim Up North]]: Briggs. That is all.

* [[Guinea Pig Family]]: {{spoiler|Shou Tucker and his wife, daughter, and dog.}}

* [[Guns Are Worthless]]: Used and Subverted. The Homunculi can be slain by them if killed enough times, though alchemy is much more effective since they can make them need more flesh regenerate. The {{spoiler|super, zombie soldiers released by Central can only be killed by destroying the crown of their heads}}, something that is nearly impossible to do with bullets alone. Hawkeye lampshades this trope in one chapter...

** Also subverted in 108 in the case of {{spoiler|Hohenheim, who offered to use the last of his power to get Al back. However, Ed [[Take a Third Option|takes the third option]].}}

* [[Heroic Comedic Sociopath]]: Barry the Chopper.

* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: Scar went from a victim of genocide by alchemy to hunting down and killing every state alchemist he could find... with alchemy. Later on, Ed, Al, and Winry pretty much call him out on this. {{spoiler|Then Riza, Ed, and even Scar try to keep Roy from falling into this}}.

* [[Highly-Conspicuous Uniform]]: Most of the State Military wears a blue uniform. It doesn't really blend in anywhere, but is excusable (sorta) considering the time period. But then they go to fight in the desert. Instead of giving more practical desert colors, the solution? Issue white coats out to the soldiers, which blends in better to a degree, but is an extra layer to wear in the desert and they still wear blue underneath.

** [[Rule of Cool]] applies.

** [[Me Love You Long Time|Al and May]] when May actually gets to hang around with him.

** Scar and May. {{spoiler|Although Scar is more like an [[Aloof Big Brother]]....}}

* [[Humans Are White]]: Even ignoring the fictional Ishvalans, notably averted through the presence of the distinctly Asian-looking Xingese and black Amestrians like Paninya and Jerso.

 

== I ==

* [[I Am Not Weasel]]: Shao May is constantly confused for a black and white cat rather than a tiny panda--not that an Amestrian would know what a panda is. There's also the fact that, while searching for Shao May, the characters encounter a black and white cat that ''does'' look like a panda.

* [[Icarus Allusion]]: A parallel is drawn between Icarus and the Elric brothers, who believed they could successfully perform [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique|human transmutation]] despite the fact that no one ever had before. Of course, they failed.

* [[Iconic Item]]: Ed's watch and red coat, Roy's gloves. Ed's [[Blade Below the Shoulder|armblade transmutation]] seems to be used a lot within fanon and artwork, but doesn't really depend on it that much within the series.

* [[If I Do Not Return]]: When Ed prepares to transmute himself to {{spoiler|bust out of Gluttony's stomach}}. Ling gives the standard response.

** Captain Buccaneer gives such a request to General Armstrong. She doesn't follow through, giving the officer in charge of keeping track of the time they spend down there a broken watch.

** Scar himself [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this when appling the trope to {{spoiler|Roy Mustang during his [[Curb Stomp Battle|"fight"]] with [[Complete Monster|Envy]]}}.

* [[In-Series Nickname]]: Ed refers to Father as a "bearded bastard".

* [[Implacable Man]]: Sloth

** Also, Wrath. Seriously, the guy {{spoiler|breaks into a Briggs-overtaken Central HQ with nothing but his swords and a hand-grenade, ''[[Moment of Awesome|with which he promptly blows up a freakin tank]]''!}}

* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]: {{spoiler|Wrath}} can kill a tank with a sword. And [[Monty Python and The Holy Grail|take your legs off with his teeth!]] {{spoiler|You thought that five-sword technique omake was just a gag? ''Wrong''.}}

* [[Improbable Age]]: Much is done to justify twelve-year-old Ed being accepted into the military.

* [[Incurable Cough of Death]]: Trisha

** Subverted with Izumi. She has the cough, and the blood everywhere, but she doesn't die from it. {{spoiler|Hohenheim partially heals her.}}

** It's a single frame, blink-and-you'll-miss-it invocation, but after {{spoiler|Mustang is blinded and Hawkeye is directing his attacks}}, his [[Big Damn Heroes|initial fireball from off camera]] is shaped like a lunging dragon.

** While not dragons, Ed's sense of "style" certainly involves a lot of horns and skulls. He's constantly called out on it.

** Also, Scar's biggest asset is his speed. He literally dodges bullets.

** No mention of Alex Louis Armstrong? He's outsped both Scar and {{spoiler|Sloth.}}

* [[Literal Split Personality]]: {{spoiler|Father}} has this down to a science.

* [[Living Shadow]]: Pride's real body is not this, but can make any shadow one and control it, OM NOM NOM.

* [[Local Reference]]: An offhand comment about an "eastern island" from which Shogi was imported.

* [[Lock and Load Montage]]: Mustang and Hawkeye have this in chapter 50.

* [[Love At First Punch]]: It was implied by King Bradley's wife that they fell in love soon after she slapped him for his rudeness.

* [[Love Hurts]]: Mustang and Hawkeye have each been near-directly responsible for almost all the things in the other's life which cause him/her guilt and pain. Not on purpose, of course, but still. And in spite of this, it's made [[Ship Tease|ridiculously clear]] that [[Living Emotional Crutch|they pretty much can't live without each other]].

*** By extension, teenage Hoenheim. The fact that he looks like a taller, blonder version of Ed is pretty sweet too.

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Lust does tend to be popular among the series' male fans. [[Sarcasm Mode|I wonder why?]]

* [[Must Make Amends]]: The events of Fullmetal Alchemist all get their start when Ed and Al try to bring their dead mother back to life, and pay a terrible price. Their quest to set things right and get their bodies back is a major theme of the show.

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: The five Human Sacrifices who survived the Gate. Ed in particular because he has to bear the burden that his little brother lost his entire body in the process. Al in a lesser but still meaningful sense since it was because the price of his soul being bonded to the armor was Ed's arm.

** Hey, don't forget the "gold-toothed doctor".

* [[No One Gets Left Behind]]: Mustang (with Havoc and Hawkeye), Ling (with Lan Fan) {{spoiler|and Olivier (with her scout team in the underground tunnel)}}.

* [[No Romantic Resolution]]: Few romances are actually resolved or given anything beyond subtext.

* [[Nosebleed]]: In an omake...

* [[Omake]]: Hiromu Arakawa has one mean sense of humor and it shows in the "extras" pages in the back of every manga volume. The content of them occasionally make it into either of the anime (two words: TINY MINISKIRTS).

** They've been animated as DVD extras. {{spoiler|FUCK YEAH!}}

* [[108]]: The manga ended with exactly 108 chapters.

* [[One-Winged Angel]]: Envy, Gluttony, and Pride all have monstrous true forms.

** There's also a fairly big subversion of this trope during the final fight between Roy and {{spoiler|Envy: Envy transforms into his True Form and gloats that there will be no holding back. Mustang's reaction is to set him on fire while berating him for stupidly making himself a bigger target. Envy responds by reverting back to his humanoid form and running away as fast as he can.}}

* [[The Other Darrin]]: ''Brotherhood'' replaced a good deal of the Japanese voice actors from the first anime. Two who returned ended up playing different characters. In contrast, the English dub retained nearly all of the original voice actors; the changes basically amount to Al, Scar, Hohenheim, Marcoh, and Breda.

* [[Over Enthusiastic Parents]]: Hughes, oh so much.

* [[Overprotective Dad]]: Hughes confronts a trio of ''three-year-olds'' who want to play with his daughter with ''a gun.'' Complete with [[Scary Shiny Glasses]].