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Please note that many of these categories are rather broadly defined and many characters have unclear allegiances. Characters may change categories. Listing is alphabetical by '''first''' name (so as to keep the main protagonist at the top...)
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=== Agatha Clay / Heterodyne ===
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Our [[Protagonist]], a Spark, raised by [[Parental Substitute]]s Adam and Lilith Clay. The story begins with her breaking through when the locket suppressing her abilities is stolen.
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Tropes associated with Agatha:
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=== Ardsley Wooster ===
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Or, Commodore Ardsley Roland Wooster. Originally from Britain, Wooster first met Gil in Paris and agreed to enter his service as a manservant. He claimed not to know Gil's true identity at the time, and was apparently very surprised when he found out. However, Wooster turned out to be more than a [[The Jeeves|Jeeves]]; in reality, he was a secret agent for British intelligence, and therefore likely DID know who Gil was, which is very impressive seeing as Gil's childhood friends didn't. Turns out Gil knew ''Wooster's'' real identity, and was perfectly willing to go along with the pretense until events pushed him into making use of his knowledge.
Classy and unflappable Wooster
Going back to Albia ended up being his undoing.
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Tropes associated with Ardsley:
* [[Badass Normal]]: He commandeers a rifle from one of the Baron's troops (after somehow ditching Agatha's party), fires from the top of one of caravans and is ready to snipe the Baron (see [[Shoot the Dog]] below), delivers an [[Offhand Backhand]] to Bangladesh Dupree, and later enters and exits the Jaegergeneral's airship from the window. He also survived being [[Mad Scientist|Gil's]] assistant for at least a year before the comic starts.
* [[Battle Butler]]
* {{spoiler|[[Defiant to the End]]: He told off Lucrezia in god-mode.}}
* [[Dragon with an Agenda]]: A heroic example, as he is still loyal to the queen, whatever that means.
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: {{spoiler|Boris tries to invoke this when Wooster reveals the Baron's plan to level Mechanisburg to the Jager Generals, claiming that he's allowed The Other an opportunity to escape. Wooster doesn't buy it, but admits that the Queen will take an interest in the matter if things do go south.}}
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=== Gilgamesh Wulfenbach ===
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Son of one of the major antagonists, Gilgamesh is one of the possible pairings for Agatha (probably the canon one, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110817 considering] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110819 these]) and has much more obvious motivations.
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Tropes associated with Gil:
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* [[Canon Immigrant]]: He originated in the [[Magic: The Gathering]] days of ''[[What's New with Phil and Dixie]]''.
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: First seen [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20031114 as an apparently normal cat getting into Agatha's food].
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Many cast members are willing to fight dirty. Krosp's the only one willing to suggest ''murdering a helpless enemy in cold blood'' because hey, that guy was big trouble yesterday and will be big trouble tomorrow so it doesn't matter that he took a bullet saving your life today. (Agatha doesn't do it, of course.)
* [[Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon]]: When his animal side takes over.
{{quote|'''Krosp''' (to Gil on their first meeting): "I'm serious! Mess with me and your ''shoes'' are '''mine'''!"}}
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* [[Green Eyes]]
* [[Half-Dressed Cartoon Animal]]
* [[Hidden Depths]]: What's up with "hearing" Albia's telepathic broadcast? Brits did, Jägers didn't…
* [[Intellectual Animal]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
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Tropes associated with Punch and Judy:
* [[Action Girl]]: Judy
** Referenced by Agatha at one point:
{{quote|'''Agatha:''' What? You got [Judy] to hide somewhere ''safe''? Did you have to lock her up?!?}}
* [[Back from the Dead]]: Thanks, Gil!
** And upgraded. In fact, when Gil upgrades, [[Babies Ever After|he doesn't mess around]].
* [[The Big Guy]]s
* [[Genius Bruiser]]s/[[Smarter Than You Look]]: Though some of the evidence for that comes from the Jägers who are... not the best at determining who's "schmott". Still, Punch evidently is at least competent at mechanics and outspoken (once his vocal apparatus was rebuilt
* [[Gentle Giant]]s: Apparently, though most people who didn't know Punch assume he's just [[Dumb Muscle]].
{{quote|'''Belloptrix:''' But... didn't he have a... lighter side?
'''Maxim:''' Oh yah! He build very amuzing toys for de ''orphan cheeldren!'' }}
* [[Goggles Do Something Unusual]]: Judy has special glasses to make her eyes look the same size.
* [[Hidden in Plain Sight]]: As the Blueprints point out, even when revealed as constructs, nobody would think they are the legendary Punch and Judy: both because folklore have greatly exaggerated their monstrous traits, and because they obviously are student work, which people could not connect with high and mighty Heterodynes.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Punch throws rivets at bullet-like force.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Punch is very capable of his namesake.
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=== Tarvek Sturmvoraus ===
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First encountered when Agatha travels through the city of his father, Tarvek is the the Prince of Sturmhalten, and a descendant of the legendary Storm King. He's seemed to be on everyone's side, playing everyone against everyone else, though
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Tropes associated with Tarvek:
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* [[Bastard Understudy]]
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: {{spoiler|Zola}} learns this [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110117 the hard way]. Also, [[You Wouldn't Shoot Me|calling his bluff when he threatens someone with a weapon]] is a [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20190107 bad idea]<ref>conspiracy spoiler!</ref>.
* [[Big Screwed-Up Family]]: Even by the standards of the ''Valois'', Tarvek has had it ''bad''. His mother died when he was very small. His father was an Other-worshipping serial killer. His sister was a homicidal clank who ended up murdering their father and kept Tarvek on her string with regular death threats. His family fortress had a horde of Geisterdamen in the basement that would have killed him without blinking if they'd thought he was less than perfectly loyal to the Other. The family intrigue once killed twelve of his bodyguards in less than three years, some of them not even lasting a single month. He can't even show up at a family party without wearing a disguise because at least half the room would try to kill him. With the exception of Violetta every one of the (very) few relatives he's ever liked and who needed his help has died horribly despite his best efforts, and saving Violetta from being killed required lying to her to make her hate him and driving her away from him for years. [[The Woobie|Somebody give this boy a hug.]]
* [[The Charmer]]: Is quite a sweet-talker when he puts his mind to it.
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: Apparently [[Dysfunction Junction|congenital]]. He ''may'' be recovering, but readers are wary.
** The most obnoxious part of it? [[I Did What I Had to Do|He genuinely means well when he does it.]] Agatha finds it insulting as all hell.
** At one point, Gil accuses Tarvek of plotting something. When Tarvek asks what makes him think this, Gil's response? That Tarvek is ''breathing''.
* [[Designer Babies]]: The Mongfish family [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090408 "made sure"] that there would be a throne-appropriate heir: male, Sparky, and free of problems like predisposition to alcoholism, non-Spark-related insanity, lycanthropy... Also, there's some redundancy, even after natural selection (that is, assassinations).
* [[Dysfunction Junction]]: "The only way to keep ''my'' family in line would be to bury them in a row."
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]
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{{quote|'''[http://girlgeniuscomic.livejournal.com/160996.html Kaja Foglio]''': Yes, Sturmvoraus is apparently a house of evil [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date{{=}}20110912 fashion] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date{{=}}20110914 designers]...}}
** [[Sharp-Dressed Man]]: Well, he is when we meet him, anyway. He [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080924 deteriorates] ''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090810 sharply]'' [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090925 later.] But found something better [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100428 as soon as possible].
** Later on, the tomboyish Violetta is condescended to by a snooty society lady and in return unleashes a withering torrent of high-end fashion expertise that leaves her opponent a metaphorical steaming puddle on the floor. As all parties present jawdrop at her in shock, she needs only one line of explanation for how she knew all this stuff:
{{quote|'''Violetta:''' Why are you all so ''surprised?'' I spent practically my whole life with Tarvek!}}
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]
* [[How Dare You Die on Me!]]: Invoked towards Gil.
* [[Jerkass Facade]]: Tarvek will unhesitatingly agree with anyone who accuses him of being a ruthless, heartless, unscrupulous, devious weasel who is on Agatha's side only because of his personal affection for her and scoff at the notion that he has any nobility or decency motivating him at all. Ever since Mechanicsburg it's been quite obvious that Tarvek is kidding himself on that score and that he actually ''does'' have a heart, however much he's unable to realize it. Boy has self-worth issues.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: One of the best, apparently.
* [[Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter]]: Well, son.
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* [[Minored in Asskicking]]: He relies on others to fight for him whenever he can. Since arriving in the castle, though, he's had to reveal that yes, he's a match for Gilgamesh in a fight (which means any fair fight with him would rip Europa apart).
* [[Missing Mom]]: The only thing we know about his mother is the identity of one of her ancestors.
* [[Morality Chain]]: Played with. Tarvek ''believes'' that he needs Agatha and Violetta to be his moral conscience. He's had to be a [[Manipulative Bastard]] for so long just to survive that he's still not self-aware enough to realize that he's already got one of his own.
* [[Nice to the Waiter]]
* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/ggmain/strips/ggmain20110117b.jpg There's really no other way to describe] his
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Had Violetta [[Reassigned to Antarctica|sent to spy on Mechanicsburg]], which she hated him even more for... then she discovered just how many of his bodyguards had been killed since.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Blue to Gil's Red, oh-so-very much. He's calm, cool, collected in everything he does, and prefers to [[Xanatos Speed Chess|dominate his surroundings through constant manipulation]]. This makes him [[Casanova|as charming as the very devil]]... unless the girl realizes that he's [[Affably Evil|simply being polite]] about [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder|staying in control]]. It also means he's rather dependent on others once outside of a support network... At least until he gets a new one.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Tarvek is an icy-calm manipulator whose self-control is epic enough that he has a mastery over his own Madness Place rivaled only by Klaus. He also has a button marked "You Killed/May Have Killed Someone I Love", and when you press it ''bad things happen''. Zola pressed it once, with results detailed under [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]] above.
** Much later on during another sequence, Violetta is missing and presumed dead. Tarvek goes on a John Wick-esque killing rampage against the various assorted monsters loose in the enemy base at the time ''just so he can calm down enough to start thinking again''.
** He also managed to get rapid semi-auto fire out of a death ray that had normally had a several-minutes charging period in-between shots, apparently via sheer physics-bending rage.
* [[Royal Blood]]: Apparently, he's the rightful heir to the {{spoiler|Storm King's throne.}} Or rather one of the two surviving heirs whom Grandmother considered fit enough (while both Tarvek and Martellus were missing, she ordered to freeze the whole project to avoid devaluing the claim, according to Seffie).
** [[Royally Screwed-Up]]
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* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Unstoppable enough to [[Curb Stomp Battle|curb stomp]] {{spoiler|Zola, when she is under the influence of a [[Psycho Serum]].}}
* [[Betty and Veronica|Veronica]]
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: For the first several years they appeared together in the comic, Tarvek and Violetta were from all appearances mortal enemies. The actual truth is, Violetta is the one family member he genuinely loves unconditionally and vice versa.
** Was also this with Gilgamesh, until they reconciled enough that their sniping at each other is now something they both deliberately do just for the laughs. And to throw their enemies off guard.
* [[What You Are in the Dark]]: [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120601 The Vespiary Squad Rescue] chapter was written primarily to show that Tarvek would unselfishly risk his life to save others even under circumstances where nobody would ever know if he'd chosen to just drop the wounded to save both himself and the mission-critical intel. Which, given the gaping moral ambiguity he'd been portrayed with up to that point, was an [[Anvils That Needed to Be Dropped|Anvil That Needed to be Dropped]] before any readers would believe he actually had a conscience.
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: At least ''[[Hero-Killer|that]]'' one.
* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: He tries to do this practically all the time, with varying degrees of success.
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=== Violetta Mondarev ===
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Violetta is a Smoke Knight, although she herself says she's not very good at her job. Her job
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Tropes associated with Violetta:
* [[Big Screwed-Up Family]]: A cousin of Tarvek's from an offshoot branch of the Sturmvoraus family, which has been guarding the main house for generations. Surprisingly sane, considering the lineage, but then being not of the central bloodline could be what saved her.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Violetta [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080926 apparently] isn't a star as a Smoke Knight, but she [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100226 doesn't] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101029 seem] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110725 half] as bad at her job as she tells everyone she is. More "[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080912 not really into] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110909 this sort of career]".
** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200513 The old lady in this comic] is Night Mistress Madwa Korel, perhaps the single deadliest Smoke Knight alive and a renegade who's spent over a decade surviving a death mark put out on her by ''the entire Order of Smoke Knights''. And ''she's'' giving Violetta a professional compliment... when Violetta's on the enemy team, no less. At this point Miss "I'm not a very good Smoke Knight" is clearly talking just from an inferiority complex.
** In an earlier arc, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20160603 Violetta blasted the MacGuffin out of Madwa's hand] while two other Smoke Knights, who Violetta had just described as 'better than her', were entirely unable to get a shot off. ''Definitely'' an inferiority complex.
**It's 2022 and Madwa Korel and Violetta have finally met again. [https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20211222 And only one of them left that meeting alive]. Violetta is now officially the most badass Smoke Knight the readers have ever seen.
* [[Fiery Redhead]]
* [[Grappling Hook Pistol]]
* [[Impossible Thief]]: Specialist in misdirection and sleight of hand, to the point that she can switch out a hostage for a straw dummy, while said hostage is still being held by his captor, and she's in full view of said captor, ''across the room''. It just has to happen [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome|off-panel]].
** In the comic, Zeetha looks not particularly impressed and says, "Meh. Not bad..." The novelization reveals that Zeetha had to '''work''' at looking unimpressed.
* [[Legacy of Service]]: Violetta is basically made out of loyalty and devotion. She spent her entire life mastering a profession she didn't enjoy to devotedly bodyguard a man she hated, and then became immediately ready to fight and die for a strange woman she'd just met simply because her (now former) liege lord told her that her feudal obligation had been transferred. Despite the fact that Agatha would almost certainly free Violetta of any bond of obligation just for the asking, the idea of simply leaving to find her own life visibly fails to enter Violetta's mind ''at all''.
** In the novelisation, Moloch tells her that he's leaving Mechanicsburg and getting away from 'this crazy Spark business' as soon as he can, and says that she can leave with him too. Simply ''suggesting'' that Vi leave her post causes Moloch to feel like he's stepped over an invisible line he can never step back across.
* [[McNinja]]: Smoke Knight.
* [[Minion Shipping]]: with Moloch von Zinzer
** [[She Is Not My Girlfriend|He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: But if she doesn't want him, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091021 others do]! [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100616 Like she cares!]
* [[Ninja Maid]]: to Tarvek Sturmvoraus, before Tarvek transfers her allegiance to Agatha.
* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]]: Her sleight of hand is so impressive that not even the ''reader'' can see it.
* [[Only the Knowledgable May Pass]]: She tried to pull this one on Moloch, arguing that he had to be trained or have secret knowledge when they first met.
** To be fair, the idea that an untrained civilian could pull off a 20-foot vertical leap simply by the power of 'I really don't want to die!' ''is'' kinda unbelievable. Violetta herself only made that jump because of Smoke Knight powers.
* [[Servile Snarker]]: She gets away with ''way'' more abuse of Tarvek than most Sparks would probably allow. Hell, he even ''rewards'' her by allowing her to switch allegiance to Agatha.
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Agatha/Tarvek.
* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: By ''herself''. Her Smoke Knight training mostly requires her to be the former, but both she and Tarvek (while he was in an illness-induced delusional rant) have commented on [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110912 how much she'd desperately like to be able to dress nice and be girly once in awhile].
** And, after many years both in and out of universe, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200520 Violetta finally gets to go to the ball].
=== Zeetha, Daughter of Chump ===
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* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Always Someone Better]]: Gets the concept explained to her by Higgs. Interestingly, he doesn't do it by beating the crap out of her (although he probably could), but just by explaining why she's been losing.
* {{spoiler|[[Badass Abnormal]]}}: Possibly from the start, in that as a descendant of God-Queen Luheia, she could have inherited more than just green hair (up to and including latent Sparkiness). But after {{spoiler|The Castle arc}}, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200212 she counts] either way. Though [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200224 it's not really clear] how much.
* [[Badass Princess]]
* [[Battle Couple]]: [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100910 this moment] with Higgs, of course.
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* [[Dual-Wielding]]: With what appear to be either [[wikipedia:Katara (sword)|Katars]] and/or [[wikipedia:Pata (weapon)|Patas]], weapons used in our world's India with H-shaped grips and often with some kind of hand guard added to the grip.
* {{spoiler|[[Emergency Transformation]]}}: After Agatha's cousin ran her through.
* [[Expressive
* [[Fantastic Fighting Style]]
* [[Good Bad Girl]]: Her sex life isn't exactly highlighted, but she ''has'' been referred to as "an expert" on the subject.
* [[Hot Amazon]]
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** {{spoiler|Zola}}
* [[You Can't Go Home Again|You Can't Find Home Again]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: Repeatedly [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] as being highly unusual. Implied to be inherited back from Immortal God-Queen Luheia at least.
== Antagonists ==
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* [[Tomato in the Mirror]]
* [[Unlimited Wardrobe]]
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=== Bangladesh DuPree ===
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* [[The Dragon]]: Even if you don't consider Klaus a villain, she still fits this pretty well.
* [[Emotional Bruiser]]: Sort of. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120118 Turns out she really developed an attachment to ol' good Klaus].
** She also loves Gilgamesh [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150410 like a younger brother].
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]: She's made of fun. Always. Even while [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040901 skewering someone].
* [[Genki Girl]]: A big [[Cheerful Child|lighthearted kid]], even if [[Ax Crazy]] sort that [[Kids Are Cruel|would torture a rat just to hear it squeal]].
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'''Dimo:''' ''"...iz dat so?"''
'''Gilgamesh:''' ''"All seven [[The Pope|popes]] ordered it '''burned'''."'' }}
** The novelisation footnotes reveal the title of the monograph. It was ''"Don't Make Me Come Over There"''.
* [[The Chains of Commanding]]: Ruling (large portions of) the world is not as fun as it sounds.
* [[Clothing Damage]]: He has some after fighting Othar for a while.
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** According to the books, another reason he puts up with his portrayal in those stories is because [[Actually Pretty Funny|he secretly finds it hilarious]].
* [[Just the First Citizen]]: He's running most of Europe. He's a ''baron''.
** For those unfamiliar with nobility rankings, that would be like having your own navy and calling yourself
* [[Large and In Charge]]: Broad shoulders...
* [[Memetic Badass]]: Don't make him come over here. [[Curb Stomp Battle|Really, don't.]]
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** Upon seeing Gil cutting through an enemy army like a hot knife through butter, an onlooker had this to say:
{{quote|'''Councillor:''' Hmph. His father would have hit the wall and started another sweep by now.}}
* This one basically sums it up:
{{quote|(A small drop pod falls from the sky to land directly in the middle of a horde of Jagermonsters, in the heart of a fully-armed and operational Mechanicsburg)
'''Jager General Gkika:''' (laughing) Velcome, big meestery ting! Hy dun know vat you ''iz'', but now hyu iz on de ground, and hyu is de ''Jagers'' problem!
(The drop pod opens to reveal Klaus. Just Klaus.)
'''Gkika''': (screaming in panic) WHOA! Evryvun attack! Attack vit ''EVRYTING VE GOTS!''}}
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Wulfenbach does have [[Big Badass Wolf]] in it.
* [[Necessarily Evil]]: Yes, it really is necessary.
* [[Papa Wolf]]: He might be horrible at communicating it, but Klaus genuinely loves his son. And may God help you if he even ''thinks'' you're going to harm Gilgamesh, although God will almost certainly have more sense than to go anywhere within several light-years of the hell that Klaus will be raining down upon you.
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: Usually the case, though he took Bang's mouth being wired shut [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070716 pretty well.]
** And he was proud to see [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071203 Gilgamesh take command of the Empire when he was out of commission].
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* [[Put on a Bus]]: This was Lucrezia's intent, anyway. But he came back before the main series even started. [[Word of God]] states that the place he was sent was {{spoiler|Skifander}}.
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: He's the absolute dictator of most of Europe. Except he only has one rule, "Don't make me come over there." What will make him come over there? War and playing with [[Sealed Evil in a Can]].
** He also spent much of the Imperial tax revenue on building roads, schools, and hospitals.
** Post-timeskip, it took only ''two years'' after the collapse of the Empire for most of Europa to be looking back upon the era of Klaus' rule like a long-lost [[Golden Age]].
* [[Science-Related Memetic Disorder]]: Notable for being the only Spark in the series to be (mostly) immune to its effects.
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: That Naughty Flashback Scene, among others.
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** Who is herself a [[Mad Scientist]]. Who has a beautiful daughter. Who is a [[Mad Scientist]]. Oy.
* [[Master Actress]]: Klaus says she is, but this comes off as an [[Informed Ability]] since she likes to gloat and is so different from the person she's impersonating. Although maybe if she knew ''anything at all'' about the girl she is pretending to be, she'd do better. Still, "I am the Agatha girl!" hardly could achieve anything but elicit a mocking response.
** To be fair, Lucrezia is ''extremely'' good at pretending to be a less evil or more trustworthy Lucrezia. She is, however, horrible at impersonations.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]
* [[Noblewoman's Laugh]]: [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100219 One] of her somewhat-[[Large Ham|hammy]] moments.
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** He's also capable of {{spoiler|stealing his gun back from the [[Impossible Thief]] in the party.}}
* [[Large Ham]]: When he wants to, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120224 Vole really can ham it up].
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Eventually, he calmed down, and then it hit him.
* [[No True Scotsman]]: {{spoiler|Vole believes he's the only Jägermonster who remembers what the "monster" part stood for.}}
* [[The Oathbreaker]]: The only reference we've ever had to the Jägertroth is the fact that Vole renounced it.
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* [[Ass Shove]]/[[Trouser Space]]: {{spoiler|Lucrezia}} notes (after knocking her out, restraining her, and presumably [[Squick|searching her]]) that some of her equipment was "in rather ''uncomfortable places'', I'd imagine".
* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: ''Averted''. After taking the Moveit 11, her physical appearance has gone ''steeply'' downhill.
** She's back to being as gorgeous as ever after finaly getting out of the hospital, though.
* [[Because You Were Nice to Me]]: Seems to be the cause of her [[Mad Love|attraction]] to Gil.
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]
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Tropes associated with Martellus:
* [[A Father to His Men]]: You'd expect him to be a [[Bad Boss]] given all his other personality flaws, but Martellus is actually a very ''good'' boss. He makes a point to know all of his immediate subordinates and keep track of their individual interests and achievements, takes good care of his troops, and is one of the very few Sparks in Europa whose constructs are devotedly loyal to him because they ''want'' to be. When Andronicus Valois killed and then re-animated several of Martellus' household knights, he was not only enraged at the desecration but took time out from a desperate battle to end their suffering personally.
{{quote|'''Martellus:''' You were Prince Huvart Desplains, Protector of West Lesalle. Go now, to your rest.}}
** It even shows in the small details. In one scene during the Corbetite arc one of Martellus' Sparkhound constructs is whining about having to ditch his favorite suit of armor to escape a magnetic trap and is asking if his new suit of armor can be red, because he likes red. Martellus sarcastically replies that he'll make it shiny red with golden tassels if the idiot will just ''move''! Except that later on during the Paris arc we see that minion again, and his new suit of armor ''is'' shiny red with golden tassels. Even when made under stress and when it's not at all important, Martellus keeps his promises to his people.
* [[Bad Boss]]: Martellus once threw a would-be [[Grand Vizier]] out of an airship to his death. Admittedly, that was more of a case of [[Too Dumb To Live]] because said advisor had 1) ordered an artillery barrage on a sacred monastery and neutral sanctuary that Martellus was trying to negotiate with 2) responded to Martellus' objections to this idiocy by bragging about his 'genius' at establishing a 'show of strength' 3) got a significant fraction of Martellus' fleet destroyed when the Corbettites returned fire 4) openly stated ''in hearing of the rest of the command staff'' that he considered his new king to be an idiot who should just do everything his chief advisor told him like a good little puppet and 5) [[Must Have Caffeine|did all this before Martellus had had his morning coffee]]. At this point it was essentially an Ankh-Moporkian suicide, really.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] / [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130626 Turned out] to be more competent than previously suspected. Didn't just about everyone in that family?
{{quote|'''Violetta''': Those are ''Tweedle's?'' But he was always- I mean- He made these little ''bear things''. They... they sang.}}
* [[Didn't Think This Through]]: It's a definite pattern with this guy. He's had 95% of a great plan almost every time he's ever made a major play, and that last 5% he missed is what got him stomped. Has tapered off since he started working with the protagonists, largely because he now has peers available to point out what he's missing.
** Also played with in that several times ''Martellus'' has been the one to point out when the ''heroes'' weren't fully thinking it through.
* [[Enemy Mine]]: Despite having tried to kill most of the protagonists multiple times and abduct Agatha, Martellus legitimately ''despises'' the Other. And all parties involved have come to the realization that if they don't unify against the Other then there won't be a Europa left for them to fight over.
{{quote|'''Martellus:''' I will not insult your intelligence by playing the innocent. But I ''swear'', I would put aside this crown in an ''instant'' if I knew it would end the machinations of the Other.}}
** Has been approaching [[The Friend Nobody Likes]] territory recently, with Martellus actually joining the party. Even if they ''still'' can't stand him.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Martellus doesn't hesitate at kinslaying, mass assassinations, abusing [[Sacred Hospitality]] via technicalities, poisoning, kidnapping, or altering a woman's biochemistry so that without regular bodily contact (although not ''that'' kind of contact, simply grabbing his arm will work fine) she'll go into shock and die, or very many other things. But even he has no ruck with Lucrezia Mongfish's use of mind-control wasps, stealing other peoples' bodies, or similar atrocities.
{{Quote|'''Lucrezia:''' You! You want to be the Storm King? Help me and all of Europa will be yours!
'''Martellus:''' I am ''already king'', and ''you'' are a plague upon the land!}}
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: To both Tarvek and Gilgamesh. Like Tarvek he's a primary heir to the legacy of the Storm King and a high-ranking nobleman raised in the whirl of Valois family intrigue, but where Tarvek is a manipulator and diplomat who hides behind a mask of foppery Martellus is a general and warrior who leads people to underestimate him via a facade of muscle-bound oafishness. And like Gilgamesh he's a [[Large And In Charge]] killing machine who's good at strategy but lousy at the softer touch, but Gil is a good-hearted young man who has to be provoked before he unleashes his inner warrior, while Martellus is a lethally-edged aggressor who only rarely indulges - or even admits to - his inner romantic.
* [[He Who Fights Monsters]]: He says this is his ''intention'': "And I know this: the best way to catch a '''monster''' -- is to be a '''bigger monster'''."
* [[Hidden Depths]]: After spending most of the chronicle to date apparently being just a charismatic brute trying to rampage his way to a shiny hat, Martellus [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200217 reveals in a discussion with Krosp] that he has what may very well be the least medieval understanding of political science out of the entire cast. He understands that rulership is a mental construct, not a divine right, and that it's a two-way street.
** And when his 'Touch of the King' withdrawal starts to kick in at Albia's party and his bodyguard suggests just dragging Agatha over to fix it, Martellus [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200713 categorically forbids her to] and instead politely asks Agatha for her assistance- in direct contravention to how he'd treated her and forcibly abducted her earlier. Give the man credit, he can learn from his mistakes.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Specializes in biology, including fancy poisoning and Sparkhounds. Oh, and these singing "little bear things".
** "Fancy poisoning" included biochemical tampering that made Agatha '''need''' to be close to him. [[Power Perversion Potential]] much?
* [[McNinja]]: And a top-tier one.
{{quote|'''Smoke Knight''': Your Grace, with all ''respect'', von Blitzengard is ''good'' at this sort of thing. Better than ''any of us''. It's one of the reasons he was able to make ''his'' claim to the title ''stick''. }}
** To underline the above, Tarvek survived a childhood marked by most of his extended family trying to kill him by frantically playing [[Xanatos Speed Chess]] and abusing [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]. Martellus survived it by simply ''butchering every assassin they sent''. The 'Fortress of Storms' sequence in particular (where the above quote is from) is noteworthy; Martellus gets teleported into an isolated mountain redoubt full of Smoke Knights and relatives who all want him dead, and three days later all the survivors are bending the knee to him because he's still been ''winning''. The guy might be a clumsy planner sometimes and he still can't beat absolute top-tier opponents like Gilgamesh, but he's a legitimately grade-A killing machine.
* [[No Social Skills]]: Played with. Martellus is ''very'' good at oratory, pageantry, military leadership, and being charismatic in general... but he is absolutely the worst person in the entire chronicle at romance. ''Klaus'' is a master of suave compared to this guy. And [[Cannot Talk to Women]] would be an improvement from where he is, because at least then he wouldn't have his mouth open to be continually shoving both of his big fat feet into. An example of one of his ''best'' attempts to pay a compliment to Agatha is noted below. (Note particularly that his sister, the last person speaking, is justly famed for never losing her composure in public.)
{{quote|'''Agatha:''' (with barely-contained hostility) ''Fine.'' I don't trust you, but I'll believe you.
'''Martellus:''' Hah! You see, Seffie? Our children will be ''magnificent!''
'''Seffie:''' ARRRRGGGH! ''This'' is why ''YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO TALK TO MY FRIENDS!''}}
* [[Not So Different]]: Not that he's aware of it, but there's [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20140411 a scene] when he's wondering whether Euphrosynia Heterodyne had any genuine affection for the Storm King, and his wistful expression is '''very''' much like the one Tarvek shows at sentimental moments.
* [[Villainous Valor]]: Say whatever else you can about him, the man is no coward. He's led his men from the front in every battle, charged small armies single-handed, gone toe-to-toe with the lich king Andronicus Valois despite being hopelessly outclassed, and tackled Lucrezia while she was in Second-Breakthrough god-mode.
{{quote|'''Oggie:''' Hyu is a real pain in de neck, but hyu gots de schtuff to be a king. No qvestion.}}
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* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: "Snapper" Boikov and "[http://twitter.com/Othar/status/6120430016 Jack A'Horned]".
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Goes without saying. There's even a mad ''Social'' scientist.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Possibly if Snaug is pronounced like 'snog'. Kissing. A small [[
* [[The Mole]]: Professor Ticktoffen, who is apparently the "inside man" for both the Baron and the Knights of Jove. {{spoiler|He's actually the inside man for ''himself''. And he knows how to control the Castle.}}
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: with a big side order of murderers, sadists, and psychopaths.
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: Occurs to Snaug, apparently. Her boss, Mittlemind, wipes her memory yearly for her birthday. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101215 This] may be a hint of losing it or just her [[
* [[Science-Related Memetic Disorder]]: Mezzasalma, Diaz and Mittlemind.
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Merlot was [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20021202 a jerk early on] and didn't get less so. Compare him then to [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090511 now.] He has totally lose it by [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090527 here.]
* [[
=== Sanaa Wilhelm/{{spoiler|Sanaa Tryggvassen}} ===
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The leaders of the Jägermonsters. There were originally [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120514 eight of them], however one was killed in battle, leaving only seven:
* "Dose three old ogres". They seem to act as military advisers for Klaus. There are three of them,
** General Zog: the big one in the purple fez, though shorter than e.g. Dolokhov, and downright tiny next to Goomblast. Left-handed or ambidextrous.
** General Khrizhan: the one without a hat and gold-capped fangs who is the best at "cheatink - but in der ''goot'' vay!" and who also "knows pipple!".
** General Goomblast: the ''freaking massive'' one.
** The fourth novelisation mentions that Jagers tended to take up hobbies to help "stay in touch with their slowly-receding humanity". Zog specialized in the study of military strategy and how to adapt new technologies to the battlefield, Khrizhan specialized in human psychology and psychological warfare, and Goomblast was the Jagers' chief military historian.
* "Mamma" Gkika is [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/info/cast/cast08.php another general], and one of only two female Jägers seen so far. She runs the bar/hospital where incapacitated Jägers wait for a Heterodyne to come along to heal them up.
* General Gargantua ([http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20180402 Koppelslav]?)
* General Zadipok, who is currently missing for unknown reasons.
* A "tricky general" who is said to be [[Secret Keeper|"keeper of many secret things."]] Also, the spymaster of Heterodynes. He apparently wishes to remain hidden until the Other is removed from Agatha's mind. After some increasingly transparent hints, it was revealed (Tarvek solved the puzzle and got it confirmed). Soon after which the problem was indeed solved, and he could introduce himself properly.
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* [[Super Soldier]]
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]
* [[Women Are Wiser]]: She comes across as being calmer and careful than Da Boyz. Though [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20170324 she's up for a good brawl]... Well, when Jägers returned to their proper hierarchy as much as possible, she turned out to be [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20151209 the head of Mechanicsburg diplomatic corps], so likely to be one of the most "presentable" Jägers in the entire pack.
=== Master Payne's Circus of Adventure ===
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** As of [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101018 this comic], it appears that Higgs might just be a Jager. His response to Zola mocking Zeetha is "Yes... but I vas starting to ''like'' her." He has never displayed a hint of an accent before. Looking back at all of his appearances, his ears are noticeably pointy, much like the Jagers'. Granted, we have seen non-Jäger inhabitants of Mechanicsburg with accent and ears.
*** Note he has that [[Nice Hat]] all the time as well.
***
{{Quote|'''Vole''' (full of remorse): '''Hy haff done all kinds ov horrible tings!'''
'''Higgs''': Kid? {{spoiler|We '''all''' did — and then we grew up.}} }}
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* [[Not So Stoic]]: When {{spoiler|Zeetha is stabbed.}}
* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]: [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110126 Apparently,] anyway.
* {{spoiler|[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]}}: {{spoiler|Not "only" a Jäger, but from one of the first batches — transformed by Vlad "The Blasphemous" Heterodyne himself}}. No wonder he got this much scar tissue despite being absurdly tough.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Higgs is fast when he's angry. {{spoiler|So fast that he's a near invisible blur of motion to someone already on a potentially fatal dose of stimulants}}. Oh dear.
* [[Scars Are Forever]]: Has such an [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?&date=20110309 epic map of scars on his chest] that it can be mistaken for ''hair'' at first glance.
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* [[Zen Survivor]]: Despite everything he's gone through, his expression of perpetual apathy has very seldom slipped since his first appearance. Five of those slips were: getting bitten by DuPree, explaining his tale while ''heavily'' drunk, being threatened by Zeetha, finding out his new boss is Gil, and {{spoiler|holding a critically wounded Zeetha in his arms while threatening Zola ... in what may be a Jäger accent}}.
=== The von
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Carson von
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* [[Bald of Evil]]: Carson, sort of. He probably wasn't both bald and evil simultaneously, but he's bald now and apparently served the evil Heterodynes ''before'' Agatha's heroic father and uncle—he rode with the Jägers in his youth and could describe Agatha's grandfather's usual reaction to invading war clanks.
* [[Big Brother Is Watching]]: So, the von Mekkhans are second only to the masters themselves… and those tend to be distracted from mundane matters most of the time. Vanamonde grew up dedicated to his "spider in a web" role. His career day essay in fifth grade apparently proclaimed "Muhahaha! Nothing shall happen in this town without my agents knowing about it!", or something similar enough that he recognised where the above statement comes from.
{{quote|'''Ivo Sharktooth''': Hyu vos vun ''creepy kid''.}}
* [[Bluff the Impostor]]: Carson [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070516 tries this] on Agatha at first, asking if Punch ever mentioned him. He is quite surprised that she knows Punch couldn't talk, though this still isn't enough to convince him.
* [[Fascinating Eyebrow]]: Young Vanamonde has shown a strong skill in this.
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* [[Skeptic No Longer]]: Agatha's performance in the coffee shop (and her coffee) make Vanamonde a believer. By the time Agatha forces Castle Heterodyne to back down from punishing Herr Diamant for expressing his skepticism, Carson is convinced she's real too.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: There's some disagreement on whether it's spelled Mekkahn, Mekkan, or Mekkhan.
* [[Legacy of Service]]: They are top level minions.
=== {{spoiler|Otilia}} Von Pinn ===
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* [[Cool Old Guy]], right down to the superb facial hair.
* [[Mauve Shirt]].
* [[Old Soldier]]: He knows his stuff. And
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* [[The Beast Master (trope)|The Beast Master]]: The Vespiary's weasel handler.
* [[Berserker Tears]]: Of course she ''is'' distraught - they've hurt her weasels.
* [[The Hunter]]: Mostly took care of the weasels, but she ''is'' a dedicated and trained Vesper.
* [[Mauve Shirt]]: Introduced one panel before death of her commander, then avenged him, then was stabbed with a poisoned dirk, then got qualified first aid...
=== Xerxsephnia "Seffie" von Blitzengaard ===
{{quote|Oh, Seffie is a darling. It's one of the things that makes her so dangerous. Don't let your guard down.|'''Tarvek'''}}
The fine young lady who happens to be sister of Martellus and thus another cousin of Tarvek. If this wasn't enough of a fair warning, too bad. She is the Order's emissary to Gilgamesh Wulfenbach, and as such personally responsible for the two main forces in Europa successfully finding common ground and keeping the truce. She also runs a "totally not romantical, just political expediency" campaign to marry him herself.
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Tropes associated with
* [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]: Played with as her character intro. In one panel the recently-freed-from-time-stasis Martellus, just after having reclaimed the Fortress of Storms by brute force, is angrily demanding that a prisoner tell him who was leading the conspiracy against him to be confronted by Seffie doing a massively [[Dramatic Entrance]] complete with [[Evil Laugh]], implying that she's the mastermind. In the ''next'' panel...
{{quote|'''Seffie:''' (glomping Martellus) Eeee! I'm so glad you're alive! You're my favorite brother!
'''Martellus:''' (loving smile) Aw Seffie... I've missed that creepy laugh of yours.}}
* [[The Chessmaster]]/[[Guile Hero]]/[[Manipulative Bastard]]: She does personally walk into dangerous situations when the prize is big enough (such as good relations with the incumbent Heterodyne, greater chance to get Gil, or saving Martellus who almost outsmarted himself to death), but never was shown fighting so far. And probably never needed to do it with her own hands.
** She rose to a very high status in a backstabbing family where she had to compete with [[Magnetic Hero|borderline superhuman charisma of Sparks]] without (apparently) being one herself. Also, they tend toward [[Large Ham|excessive enthusiasm]], while she always [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20130826 plans ahead]. This girl is not only very good at acting, she's brilliant in diplomatic skills. It should be no surprise that she gets along splendidly with those ''outside'' the clan — including Agatha, Gil and Colette Voltaire (daughter of the Master of Paris); [https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20161216 here] are some of her other "her dear friends!" among the aristocracy (so far unnamed, and considering the hair coloration probably not related). Even when we ''know'' she is double-dealing (at very least), and half of the conditions she points out may "just happened to" be pulled together by her own deft hand, whatever she says is still hard to counter. In fact, usually what she says comes across as the most sensible thing in the given circumstances.
{{quote|'''Violetta''': Jeez, Seffie, I ''hate'' it when you're right...}}
* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: The girl ''thrives'' in that family and the Order, what would you expect? She "supports" just about everyone, but only for her own reasons, so it happens...
{{quote|'''Krosp''': So you're related to that big chump back there?
'''Xerxsephnia''': (wincing) My brother. Yes.
'''Krosp''': You've pretty much sent him to Wulfenbach, you know. [[Big Screwed-Up Family|Your family members]] are ''my kind of people''... I'm told that's ''not a compliment''.}}
** It's important to note that it wasn't necessarily irrevocable. At the time Seffie 'left' Martellus behind, Martellus already had a flying war-clank inbound to extract him. And from what we have seen later, she probably could try [[Please Spare Him, My Liege|personal intercession]] ("coincidentally" also "showing Gil her softer side") as Plan B. Seffie's job was to get Agatha to safety and her horse could only hold two people.
** Later she organized and participated in a covert operation to save Martellus at significant risk to her own life, when she had basically a free pass to defect to Team Agatha already waiting. She does seem to genuinely love the big jerk.
* [[Dysfunction Junction]]: She's in ''that'' family. This should already say something.
* [[Emphasize Everything]]: Seffie tends to talk rather ''expressively''. But occasionally [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping|just drops it]], which suggests it's a deliberate act too.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: She's ''trained'' herself to do it ''just right''! Know your audience, indeed.
{{quote|'''Martellus''': Aw... Seffie - I've missed that ''creepy laugh'' of yours.
'''Xerxsephnia''': Hee hee! Isn't it ''good?!'' ...but I'm still working on the ''harmonics''.}}
* [[Good Cop, Bad Cop]]: She knows that her brother is not very good at being likeable, and can work with that. Then there was a time Seffie traveled with Sparafucile — one of her Smoke Knights, who boasted being so good at intimidation that she rarely ever needs to kill anyone.
{{quote|'''Martellus:''' But why are we splitting up?
'''Seffie:''' Because, my dear, you've been boorish, tyrannical, and an all-around beast, and now [Agatha] ''doesn't like you''. If I show up with you she won't like ''me'' either, and things will be ''so'' much easier if she likes me.}}
* [[Hoist By Her Own Petard]]: Despite being madly in love with Gilgamesh Seffie has managed to keep him utterly unaware of the fact via her considerable talents as an actress, and has managed to seamlessly disguise her dogged pursuit of him over the years as merely being pragmatic power politics. (Which to be fair it actually would be). She does this due to having been raised in a [[Deadly Decadent Court]] where exposing one's true feelings and vulnerabilities was, to put it mildly, strongly discouraged and because she's already aware Gilgamesh's heart belongs to Agatha so she apparently believes she can only hope to hook him via his intellect. The irony is of course that Seffie simply ''admitting she actually likes Gilgamesh for himself'' and not just because he's the Wulfenbach heir would almost certainly work far better than anything else she's tried, because that's how Agatha hooked Gilgamesh in the first place.
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: Virtually ''everyone'' calls her "Seffie", even on formal occasions. Only total strangers ever use her real name 'Xersephnia', and sometimes not even then.
* [[Lovable Alpha Bitch]]: Despite being an incredibly wealthy princess and one of the chief political manipulators of an extended family positively ''infamous'' for backstabbing and manipulation, essentially everyone in the narrative still likes Seffie. Her infamously cold-hearted and manipulative grandmother holds Seffie as her "prize pupil". Her ruthless brute of a brother positively dotes on her. Even her ''opponents'', such as Gilgamesh, still like her (if not as much as she'd wish in Gil's case). Even Agatha, who is her chief romantic rival and who detests her brother to the point of barely being able to avoid punching him whenever she sees him, still genuinely likes Seffie. As the header quote above demonstrates, Seffie's most devious relative readily acknowledges that she has positively ''weaponized'' her likeability.
** Seffie's ability to be liked has even crossed the fourth wall. Several discussion threads in various forums have contained multiple comments along the lines of 'I like Seffie and want her to win - even when I ''shouldn't!!'''.
* [[Master Actress]]: She makes Zola look like a clumsy amateur trying too hard.
* [[Obfuscating Insanity]]: Not much, but occasionally she acts crazier than she is. Between ''training to'' perform maniacal laughter just right and [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20151030 using fits to cover her other shenanigans].
* [[Politically-Active Princess]]: Literally a princess, as her older brother was a prince (and is now arguably a king). And of all the members of her family we've seen so far, Seffie is second only to her ultra-Machiavellian grandmother at politics and diplomacy. The family doesn't hesitate to use her as their envoy on their most delicate negotiations, such as their attempted alliance with Baron Gilgamesh Wulfenbach. Of course, that's also where she ''wants'' to be: near Gilgamesh.
* [[Sanity Has Advantages]]: Remember how the pecking order on Castle Wulfenbach was to large degree defined by "degree of sparkiness", and how Klaus personally doesn't think much of "mundane" nobles and their games? This factor does not seem to hinder Seffie at all, and she is constantly dealing with nobility
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend|Unlucky School Days Friend]]: Suggested with regard to Gil. Whose letters she used to intercept
{{Quote|'''Xerxsephnia''' (after admitting Gil hasn't come to the party): <small>You think I'm ''silly''. I ''know'' you ''always have''.</small>
'''Colette''' (smiling sympathetically): I ''do'' -- but if we can't be silly about affairs of the heart
* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: After the ball, we see her pulling three of those one after another. She used an opening to get Tarvek together with Agatha in England (this did succeed only by accident, as he was intercepted by three different parties). Right after they arrived, she had to put together and personally run an operation to save Martellus from his own trick. Once she rested after that, played another game when Albia pushed her (possibly to keep Seffie and others busy), introducing "the new fashion from Paris" to save face and starting a mini-conspiracy to reinforce this move.
* [[Yandere]]: For Gilgamesh. But played with in that Seffie's a very ''polite'' yandere. Her reaction to Gil's being madly in love with Agatha is simply to try and set Agatha up with her cousin Tarvek (who is ''also'' madly in love with Agatha) so as to gently remove the obstacle without hurting anyone and even making her family a little happier. Seffie's even self-aware enough to know that Gil ''isn't'' going to just turn around and fall in love with her even if her romantic rival is cleared out of the way and so is instead setting things up so that if Gil ever gives up on marrying for love he will then [[Arranged Marriage|find it expedient to marry Seffie for political reasons]], at which point she will do her best to give him the happiest married life she can and hope his affection for her eventually grows over time. She's even by all appearances genuinely trying to be friends with ''Agatha'', or at the very least sincere not-enemies. Really, if it wasn't for the fact that Seffie has been obsessively pursuing Gil for years despite receiving no encouragement from him whatsoever, has been willing to sabotage her own family to try and get a shot at him, and also has a habit of stealing Gil's mail and smashing the occasional teacup in jealous frustration, she wouldn't even be this trope.
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* {{spoiler|[[Mad Scientist]]: She did finally break through.}}
* [[Neural Interface]]: A port implanted in her neck allows connection to the city systems, though she isn't supposed to "drive" the city without oversight of "Papa".
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Pulls off [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20170616 a rare one-person version] against Drusus Beausoleil, immediately after he'd killed her father. Then again, the upside to your enemy having multiple bodies is that you get to kill him multiple times!
* [[Spirited Young Lady]]: She used to go on adventures with Gil, Wooster and others [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20151016], and occasionally still does. Also, she prefers to drive a [steam] car herself.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: A stylish no-nonsense lady who has enough of admirers that some of them even started a ''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20160115 club]'', though she dismisses them as [[Power Is Sexy|liking not as much herself as her status]] and thus social climbing.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Being implicitly placed among "the best strategists" by The Grandmother, no less. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20151005] {{spoiler|Before breaking through.}}
=== Dowager Princess Terebithia, aka 'Grandmother' ===
{{quote|Ah! Princess! You are as ''beautiful as ever!''
…Also, as [[Properly Paranoid|suspicious]], homicidal and unapologetic as ever.
|'''Mister Obsidian'''}}
The Grandmother. The matriarch of the Storm Lords clan - Valois, Blitzengaards, Sturmvorauses and no doubt many others. The Dowager Princess of Sturmhalten, lately living in [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20160914 her Paris residence]. Her name was not given for a long, long time after she is first mentioned, because everyone knows her
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'''Martellus''': How should ''I'' know? Knowing my Grandmother's parties, ''probably''. }}
* [[McNinja]]/[[Old Master]]: She's good enough to steal a pistol from {{spoiler|Zola}} (who was standing a little behind her) ''and'' either break or field-strip it, in a smooth move.
** Grandmother also got that close to {{spoiler|Zola}} in the first place by pulling a ninja swap, as she'd standing arm-in-arm with Tarvek until suddenly noticing that Tarvek had vanished and Grandmother had her by the arm instead. Given that {{spoiler|Zola}} is herself a high-end Smoke Knight and that sort of off-panel substitution maneuver is Violetta's signature move, its strongly implied that Grandmother is a ''very'' high-end Smoke Knight.
* [[No Name Given]]: Until old Voltaire met her, she was mentioned only as "Grandmother" or by title. Given that most of the clan seems to be trained as Smoke Knights, it's likely to also be an allusion to [[The Hashshashin|"the Grandfather" of Assassins]].
* [[Properly Paranoid]]: The quote at the start of this character section is Mr. Obsidian's response to Grandmother ''stabbing him in the face hard enough to break her dagger'' when he is reporting in, solely to check that he actually ''is'' Grandmother's [[Nigh Invulnerability|Nigh Invulnerable]] subordinate as opposed to someone else.
{{quote|'''Grandmother:''' Oh, spare me the outrage. Disguises are easy, and anyone can learn a code phrase.}}
=== Trelawney Thorpe ===
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* [[Badass Abnormal]]: She is an actual Spark, but seems to work in the field all the time.
* [[Captain Patriotic]]: There are many operatives and/or [[Mad Scientist]]s on Queen's service, but Ms. Thorpe stands out as "Spark of the Realm" in the eyes of public, and enjoys great deal of trust from Albia.
* [[Changing Clothes Is a Free Action]]: She can [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20180112 remove] that purple over-dress very fast.
* [[Expy]]: Serious-minded [[Action Girl]] who is the most trusted protege of an ancient whimsical God-queen and is foreshadowed to one day possibly ascend to such immortal heights of power herself? If Albia is a [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|Princess Celestia]] expy, then there's a reason Miss Thorpe is picking up the nickname "Trelawney Sparkle".
* [[Mad Scientist]]
* [[Not Me This Time]]: "[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20180115 And it's not her fault]". Even though no one said it is.
* [[Overt Operative]]: Wooster's colleague, but she mostly works on search and retrieval. Including abducted royal princesses.
* [[Shrouded in Myth]]: Blame the "terrible [[Penny Dreadful (medium)|penny sparklies]]" ''Trelawney Thorpe, Spark of the Realm''.
* [[Throw Down the Bomblet]]: She just happens to carry [[Sticky Bomb|shaped charges]]. This saves ever so much time!
* [[Willing Channeler]]: She can call on Albia directly when necessary.
=== Dimitri Vapnoople / Dr. Dim ===
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* [[The Beast Master (trope)|The Beast Master]]: Used to be "[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20181116 the greatest monster wielder of the century]".
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: He's just an unsettling evidence of Klaus's unsavoury experiments. Then we find out what sort of things he was making before plush bears (or even Krosp). And that Martellus used to be his apprentice.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: We are introduced to the pitiful post-lobotomy version of the guy. Vapnoople used to be quite tough and aggressive, even for a Spark.
** Eventually Dr. Vapnoople is cured by the intervention of an extradimensional entity. He then goes on to fight and resoundingly defeat a Spark that had just achieved Second Breakthrough (demigod-ascension) with only a death ray he kit-bashed out of available scrap and sheer fighting skill, summon a host of Things Man Was Not Meant To Know from Beyond The Outer Gates, absolutely terrify the entire cast and everybody else in the zip code, and then gleefully dive into a dimensional portal leading horribly Elsewhere so as to try and learn all the eldritch secrets of the higher dimensions... ''all in the first ten minutes after being cured''. No ''wonder'' Klaus needed three years and his entire Empire to beat this guy.
* [[Evil Mentor]]: Wants to be one to Agatha. After all, he and Agatha's grandfather were fraternity buddies! Even when Agatha ''fights'' him he just praises her on her combat ability and says it's good that she can take care of herself.
* [[Evilutionary Biologist]]: He does not exactly have ill will toward the people he doesn't see as rivals, but made monsters because humanity as the uncontested apex predator tend to go decadent. Of course, his idea of optimal evolutionary pressure is so crazy even his creations can see it.
=== Queen Albia ===
Her Undying Majesty. The Sunken Queen (for the [[Fish People|Deepdwellers]]). Queen Albia of England.
Marital status unknown. May have some prince consort, or at least had recently, seeing how there are multiple Royal Princesses (in habit of being kidnapped).
She has some cephalopod subjects, and evidently
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* [[Brain Uploading]]: Just for memory archive, because human brain's storage capacity is not up to ''that'' age, no matter what.
* [[Expy]]: Whimsical, brightly-colored God-queen who loves practical jokes and is simultaneously worshipped yet seen as mostly harmless by her subjects, who is actually a terrifyingly ancient and wise being who maintains this facade because she doesn't want to frighten the mortals around her? Are we talking about Albia of England or [[My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|Princess Celestia]]?
** Ever since the [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200501 candy hair incident], some fans have been calling her "Trollbia". As in 'Trollestia'.
* [[God-Emperor]]: One of the last Ancient God-Queens<ref>A few of the old ladies survived, but are hiding. Lucrezia (as The Other) may have reached the same power level, and even killed several God-Queens, but she didn't perfect this (and is somewhat bitter about Albia not having her problems), and in other ways still is a fake in the boots of a giantess; even if this wasn't always so, her only subjects are hijacked Geisters - nobody else openly recognizes her as "Goddess" when not in Geisters' presence, and few even know</ref>, though she seems to have some hopes for Agatha.
** Albia and those trying to "ascend" like her consider this ''sufficiently godlike'' state the next stage beyond Spark, even calling the process of attaining it the "''second'' breakthrough".
* [[Hidden Depths]]: We've already known that Albia was powerful, whimsical, charismatic, and even serious when it came time to really throw down, but during the grand ball sequence Albia suddenly started being ''devious'' as well... to the point that she had three of the most devious members of the most devious family in Europa (the Valois, of course) all hopelessly split up, distracted, and chasing shiny diversions instead of spotting the intrigue in progress in ''five minutes''.
* [[Living Lie Detector]]: Her ability to "see" minds isn't enough to omit asking questions, but it's good enough that deceiving her is not really an option. She doesn't bother to hide this.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Used to be one, but moved to the next stage. Still can play the role nicely when she wants to.
* [[Odd Couple]]: Had a "beautiful, doomed affair" with… Klaus Wulfenbach of all people. Does not give her any [[Unbalanced by Rival's Kid|hang-ups about]] Gilgamesh, as far as can be seen.
* [[Royal We]]: The first ruler in the comic actually using it. Even [https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200605 in a quiet aside with her daughter]. Of course, given what we know of attempts at "second breakthrough" by Lucrezia Mongfish and {{spoiler|Lord Snackford}} (and her own behaviour immediately after the audience), this may be "hive mind We", meaning the Queen herself and her otherworldly symbiont. Or something weirder.
* [[Shapeshifter]]: She rapidly changes her hair and attire as a way of non-verbal communication; e.g. black dress and veil upon hearing of another God-Queen's demise, then shifting into that queen's shape (presumably) as a tribute to her achievements and memory.
** [[Sizeshifter]]: Among the other things she does seemingly at will.
* [[Sufficiently Advanced Technology|Sufficiently Godlike Abilities]]: Even Agatha in "first attempt" and Lucrezia immediately upon reclaiming her "godhood" had abilities from mental enhancement to unusual relationship with spacetime continuum to telekinesis. Albia does this for millennia, and is remotely connected to artifacts that give her more perks, so…
{{quote|'''Klaus''' (personality overlay): It is ''not'' magic — and, for Heaven's sake, don't ''call'' it that in front of Albia. Everything she does is subject to the laws of nature. Hers is a science ''so advanced'' it merely ''seems'' like —}}
* [[Telepathy]]: Occasionally uses it to communicate and cancel mind control. And manipulate memories to some degrees: for one, when Albia personally recites names of the fallen as a part of memorial service, listeners ''will'' remember those… effective immediately and indefinitely.
* [[Teleportation]]: Or some equivalent. She certainly has advanced understanding of space (as seen in the Queen's Henge), and does something to vanish and appear where she wants to. So far, used it only to give some guests (Gil and Tarvek, and later Martellus and Seffie) brief panic attacks.
* [[Time Abyss]]: "Her Undying Majesty" is not just a honorific. She got too many memories to carry them all. As to the changes, she was around back when Britain was connected to the continent...
** Albia is noticeably nostalgic for her circle of "sister Queens" (''that'' fun time ended about five millennia ago). She occasionally sends explorers, but "tries not to get her hopes up", and it was above-average news that at least Skifander is still around, if not Luheia herself.
** ...and [[Lonely at the Top]]: That could be ''only'' nostalgia, but Albia was also disappointed that Luheia wasn't replaced by another Immortal God-Queen, and quite excited to discover Agatha already have tasted and survived "god mode".
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: When she was already Sufficiently Godlike, at that. She was barely saved by Sianna's [[Heroic Sacrifice]] when the enemy came for the Queens. Now ''[https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20180718 unlike other surviving God-Queens]'' Albia sends her representatives and explorers everywhere and doesn't hide who and what she is. Which delivers an implicit yet obvious challenge: "I'm right here — go on, come at me ''now''". And when she met {{spoiler|Lucrezia ([[Grand Theft Me|sort of]])}} the next time, Albia specifically made a point that she was preparing for their eventual rematch:
{{quote|(deflects lightning) We have ''learned'', demon. You will not kill ''Us'' that easily!}}
* [[You Kill It, You Bought It]]: Albia started with spying upon and deposing the neighbour "Witch Queen" Lozz who was raiding her people. Then she walked to the mirror... The rest seem to have decided Albia is easy to deal with (she sort of is, and back then was really chatty), so they just brought her up to speed and eventually helped to achieve "second break-through", making her what she is now.
=== Princess Neena ===
One of the British Royal Princesses. Dark skin, wavy black hair, blue eyes, rather short — much like [https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200605 one of] Albia's current favourite shapes. [https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200504 First appearance]: right before the great ball. Have studied in Paris, seems to specialize in ancient history. Accidentally helped to move the [[Myth Arc]] along by fussing around when Zeetha was sparring with Bang.
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* [[Love Dodecahedron]]: In the second layer. Neena [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200506 hotly defends the notion that "Prince Tarvek is nice"], then it turns out they [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200817 are on very good terms] back from Paris and then she tempts him with one of his obsessions to spend more time together.
* [[Not Me This Time]]: Has a reputation for making mess in museums, overblown but [https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200817 not ''entirely'' unjustified].
* [[Tomboy Princess]]: At least, Enthusiastic Adventuring Princess. She is [https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20201113 excitable] and [https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200504 easily bored by Court functions] (or just restless in general). We have seen her in a fancy dress on a sort-of-official event, but otherwise she prefers [https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20201111 pants-blouse-corset-jacket ensemble]. Either way, her colors are light or greenish blue and gold.
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