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A list of the characters that appear in the [[Gunnm]]/[[Battle Angel Alita]] series. As a [[Long Runner]], expect [[Loads and Loads of Characters]].
A list of the characters that appear in the ''[[Gunnm]]/[[Battle Angel Alita]]'' series. As a [[Long Runner]], expect [[Loads and Loads of Characters]].


== Main characters ==
== Main characters ==
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* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: When Alita falls head over heels in love with Yugo she unleashes her inner MPDG to talk him out of his single minded quest to reach Salem and make him hers. She ultimately succeeds {{spoiler|a few seconds before he dies.}} After this experience, Alita permanently [[Break the Cutie|loses that part of herself]].
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: When Alita falls head over heels in love with Yugo she unleashes her inner MPDG to talk him out of his single minded quest to reach Salem and make him hers. She ultimately succeeds {{spoiler|a few seconds before he dies.}} After this experience, Alita permanently [[Break the Cutie|loses that part of herself]].
* [[Market-Based Title]]: Not only that, but also her ''name'' -- she's named Alita in the English translation, but Gally (apparently from [[Pygmalion|Galatea]]) in the Japanese original. Kishiro [[Sure Why Not|doesn't seem to mind]] though.
* [[Market-Based Title]]: Not only that, but also her ''name'' -- she's named Alita in the English translation, but Gally (apparently from [[Pygmalion|Galatea]]) in the Japanese original. Kishiro [[Ascended Fanon|doesn't seem to mind]] though.
** And with the help of {{spoiler|Ouroboros}} both names were made canon. {{spoiler|So now she has THREE names!}} To make things [[Mind Screw|even more complicated]], there are a few clones of her running around, each with her/[[Gender Bender|his]] own distinct personality and name.
** And with the help of {{spoiler|Ouroboros}} both names were made canon. {{spoiler|So now she has THREE names!}} To make things [[Mind Screw|even more complicated]], there are a few clones of her running around, each with her/[[Gender Bender|his]] own distinct personality and name.
* [[Mood Swinger]]: Her frequently alternating between the [[Boisterous Bruiser|cheerful]] [[Blood Knight|periods]] and depressed sulking in the corner would make her look almost bipolar, if not for the fact that she usually has a ''[[Iron Woobie|reason]]'' for this [[Heroic BSOD|Heroic BSODs]].
* [[Mood Swinger]]: Her frequently alternating between the [[Boisterous Bruiser|cheerful]] [[Blood Knight|periods]] and depressed sulking in the corner would make her look almost bipolar, if not for the fact that she usually has a ''[[Iron Woobie|reason]]'' for this [[Heroic BSOD|Heroic BSODs]].
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Spent 200 years in suspended animation, yet still looked like a teenager when she was revived. True, she WAS a teenager beforehand, and cyborg bodies do not age, but, 15 years later, and several body upgrades, is still said to not look older that 20, despite actually being closer to two centuries and a half.
* [[Older Than They Look]]: Spent 200 years in suspended animation, yet still looked like a teenager when she was revived. True, she WAS a teenager beforehand, and cyborg bodies do not age, but, 15 years later, and several body upgrades, is still said to not look older that 20, despite actually being closer to two centuries and a half.
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* {{spoiler|[[Power Gives You Wings]]: Damascus-bladed wings, while we are at that.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Power Gives You Wings]]: Damascus-bladed wings, while we are at that.}}
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Well, 200-something really.
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Well, 200-something really.
* [[She's Got Legs]]: [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-3-page-1.html Oh yes.]
* [[She's Got Legs]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20120709083143/http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-3-page-1.html Oh yes.]
* [[Slasher Smile]]: She sometimes sports one during her most battle-crazed moments. Pray you never have to be [[Nightmare Fuel|on the receiving end]] of a face like that, i kid you not!
* [[Slasher Smile]]: She sometimes sports one during her most battle-crazed moments. Pray you never have to be [[Nightmare Fuel|on the receiving end]] of a face like that, i kid you not!
* [[A Taste of Power]]: The berserker body she obtains in the first volume has more raw firepower that ANYTHING else in the series but some of her weapons in her (inferior in combat) TUNED body, and the Imaginos body she uses in the ending and in Last Order.
* [[A Taste of Power]]: The berserker body she obtains in the first volume has more raw firepower that ANYTHING else in the series but some of her weapons in her (inferior in combat) TUNED body, and the Imaginos body she uses in the ending and in Last Order.
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: The most striking one was when she was given the berserker body and went from a young girl without experiece that could do some martial arts to a plasma welding proffesional able to win a bar brawl by herself.
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: The most striking one was when she was given the berserker body and went from a young girl without experiece that could do some martial arts to a plasma welding proffesional able to win a bar brawl by herself.
* [[Tomato in The Mirror]]: Twice in fast sucession in Last Order, she has not been the same since the latter.
* [[Tomato in the Mirror]]: Twice in fast sucession in Last Order, she has not been the same since the latter.
* [[Ubermensch]]
* [[Ubermensch]]
* {{spoiler|[[Ultimate Lifeform]]: [http://www.mangareader.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order/102/8 When she is recreated the second time], Payne equates her to a [[Humanoid Abomination]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Ultimate Lifeform]]: [http://www.mangareader.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order/102/8 When she is recreated the second time], Payne equates her to a [[Humanoid Abomination]].}}
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=== Dr. Desty Nova ===
=== Dr. Desty Nova ===
[[File:nova_843.jpg|frame]]
[[File:nova_843.jpg|frame]]
A closest thing to a [[Big Bad]] in the original manga and the epitome of a [[Mad Scientist]] archetype. He becomes somewhat more subdued in the sequel, even becoming something of an [[Anti-Hero]] and a combination of a [[Stealth Mentor|mentor]], a [[Mission Control]] and a [[Parental Substitute]] (if you squint really hard) for the hero. Disregarding [[Funny Afro|Super Nova]], of course. [[Cloning Blues|Super Nova]] might [[Complete Monster|go and die in the fire]].
A closest thing to a [[Big Bad]] in the original manga and the epitome of a [[Mad Scientist]] archetype. He becomes somewhat more subdued in the sequel, even becoming something of an [[Anti-Hero]] and a combination of a [[Stealth Mentor|mentor]], a [[Mission Control]] and a [[Parental Substitute]] (if you squint really hard) for the hero. Disregarding [[Funny Afro|Super Nova]], of course. [[Cloning Blues|Super Nova]] might [[Complete Monster|go and die in the fire]].


* [[Affably Evil]]: Discounting his bouts of [[Science-Related Memetic Disorder]] and occasional fits of [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsterdom]] Desty Nova [[Memetic Mutation|is a pretty swell guy]].
* [[Affably Evil]]: Discounting his bouts of [[Science-Related Memetic Disorder]] and occasional fits of [[Complete Monster|Complete Monsterdom]] Desty Nova [[Memetic Mutation|is a pretty swell guy]].
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* [[Brain Uploading]]: {{spoiler|Like every Tipharean, his brain was replaced with a chip}}, but he uses it to his advantage by periodically copying its contents, making backups in his body, making backup bodies...
* [[Brain Uploading]]: {{spoiler|Like every Tipharean, his brain was replaced with a chip}}, but he uses it to his advantage by periodically copying its contents, making backups in his body, making backup bodies...
* [[Cloning Blues]]: There are about 3 to 5 of him running around, and managed to become a literal pest.
* [[Cloning Blues]]: There are about 3 to 5 of him running around, and managed to become a literal pest.
* [[Complete Monster]]: Super Nova, full stop. [[Send in The Clones|Other Novas]] run the gamut from [[Anti-Villain]] to [[Affably Evil]], but Super Nova is just plain evil.
* [[Complete Monster]]: Super Nova, full stop. [[Send in the Clones|Other Novas]] run the gamut from [[Anti-Villain]] to [[Affably Evil]], but Super Nova is just plain evil.
* [[Crazy Awesome]]: The more we see him, the more obvious it gets.
* [[Crazy Awesome]]: The more we see him, the more obvious it gets.
* [[Early Bird Cameo]]: Debuts in the second half of the 5th volume of the original manga, past its midpoint, but is first seen in the very first volume, and his name is first mentioned in the third.
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: Debuts in the second half of the 5th volume of the original manga, past its midpoint, but is first seen in the very first volume, and his name is first mentioned in the third.
* [[Einstein Hair]]: A somewhat subdued example, he at least changes hairstyles.
* [[Einstein Hair]]: A somewhat subdued example, he at least changes hairstyles.
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: To Gally, mostly because she is his favorite (and most successful) test subject.
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: To Gally, mostly because she is his favorite (and most successful) test subject.
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==== Original manga characters ====
== Original manga characters ==
== Scrapyard inhabitants ==
=== Scrapyard inhabitants ===
=== Dr. Daisuke Ido ===
==== Dr. Daisuke Ido ====
[[File:Ido_7950.png|frame]]
[[File:Ido_7950.png|frame]]
Scrapyard cybersurgeon and Hunter-Warrior who found what was left of {{spoiler|<s>Yoko</s>}}Gally in the scrap heap and revived/rebuilt her. Ido initially had some hopes of a [[Pygmalion Plot]] (which is probably why he ''named'' Gally such, as a short of Galatea), but wasn't much disappointed when she turned out indifferent, and became her [[Parental Substitute]] to amend her amnesia.
Scrapyard cybersurgeon and Hunter-Warrior who found what was left of {{spoiler|<s>Yoko</s>}}Gally in the scrap heap and revived/rebuilt her. Ido initially had some hopes of a [[Pygmalion Plot]] (which is probably why he ''named'' Gally such, as a short of Galatea), but wasn't much disappointed when she turned out indifferent, and became her [[Parental Substitute]] to amend her amnesia.


* {{spoiler|[[Back for The Finale]]: Coutesy of [[Lotus Eater Machine|Ouroboros]]. Gally, in her attemps to escape, [[Tear Jerker|has to kill him. Twice.]] When she manages to finally overpower the program, we get a quite heartwarming [[So Proud of You]] moment.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Back for the Finale]]: Coutesy of [[Lotus Eater Machine|Ouroboros]]. Gally, in her attemps to escape, [[Tear Jerker|has to kill him. Twice.]] When she manages to finally overpower the program, we get a quite heartwarming [[So Proud of You]] moment.}}
* [[Badass Normal]]: The only fully organic hunter warrior in the Scrapyard ({{spoiler|[[Tomato in The Mirror|or so he thinks]]}}), and a pretty damn good one.
* [[Badass Normal]]: The only fully organic hunter warrior in the Scrapyard ({{spoiler|[[Tomato in the Mirror|or so he thinks]]}}), and a pretty damn good one.
* [[Blood Knight]]: His sole reason to be a hunter-warrior.
* [[Blood Knight]]: His sole reason to be a hunter-warrior.
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: Well, somewhat subverted, he is resurrected, but ends up [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|deleting his own memories]], so the Ido we (and Gally) knew and loved is gone for good.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: Well, somewhat subverted, he is resurrected, but ends up [[Laser-Guided Amnesia|deleting his own memories]], so the Ido we (and Gally) knew and loved is gone for good.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Stuffed in The Fridge]]: Even if alive, the only thing that remains of the old Ido is a memory in a few persons. Very few, as most of his friends were killed by Zapan. The way things are it isn't intirely impossible for him to return but it is very unlikely.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Stuffed in The Fridge]]: Even if alive, the only thing that remains of the old Ido is a memory in a few persons. Very few, as most of his friends were killed by Zapan. The way things are it isn't intirely impossible for him to return but it is very unlikely.}}


=== Zapan ===
==== Zapan ====


* {{spoiler|[[Alas, Poor Villain]] : Being connected to Gally via Berserker cells, a dying Zapan shows Gally that after all he did he wished it was only a dream and could still be together with his girlfriend he accidently killed. He then tries to save Gally with his last bit of power.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Alas, Poor Villain]] : Being connected to Gally via Berserker cells, a dying Zapan shows Gally that after all he did he wished it was only a dream and could still be together with his girlfriend he accidently killed. He then tries to save Gally with his last bit of power.}}
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** [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: "I'll RUIN the life of the girl who beat me in a bar brawl because I was a jerk with her!"
** [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: "I'll RUIN the life of the girl who beat me in a bar brawl because I was a jerk with her!"
** [[Jerkass Woobie]]
** [[Jerkass Woobie]]
*** [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]
*** [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Implacable Man]]: {{spoiler|After getting the Berzerk body he becomes this.}}
* [[Implacable Man]]: {{spoiler|After getting the Berzerk body he becomes this.}}
* [[Knife Nut]]
* [[Knife Nut]]
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: His reaction {{spoiler|after accidently killing his girlfriend, over his anger for Gally.}} It's also what drives him over the edge.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: His reaction {{spoiler|after accidently killing his girlfriend, over his anger for Gally.}} It's also what drives him over the edge.
* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]}}
* [[Shout Out]]: The symbol he bears in his forehead is [[Blue Oyster Cult (Music)|Blue Oyster Cult]]'s.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The symbol he bears in his forehead is [[Blue Öyster Cult|Blue Oyster Cult]]'s.
* [[You Will Be Assimilated]]: The active Berserker body really likes to eat other cyborgs...
* [[You Will Be Assimilated]]: The active Berserker body really likes to eat other cyborgs...


=== Hugo ===
==== Hugo ====
[[File:Hugo_824.png|frame]]
[[File:Hugo_824.png|frame]]
A Scrapyard boy who became Gally's first friend and later a [[Love Interest]] in the original. His biggest dream was to reach Tiphares/Jeru whatever it takes. {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real|It took his life]]}} -- which was one of the first signs just ''how'' [[Crapsack World|crapsack their world really is]].
A Scrapyard boy who became Gally's first friend and later a [[Love Interest]] in the original. His biggest dream was to reach Tiphares/Jeru whatever it takes. {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real|It took his life]]}} -- which was one of the first signs just ''how'' [[Crapsack World|crapsack their world really is]].


* [[Determinator]]
* [[Determinator]]
* {{spoiler|[[Go Out With a Smile]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Go Out with a Smile]]}}
* [[Lovable Rogue]]
* [[Lovable Rogue]]
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Hugo, you fool!
* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Hugo, you fool!
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* {{spoiler|[[Stuffed in The Fridge]]: Subverted, Gally takes his death HARD, and even 10 years later and having found another interest, she remembers him.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Stuffed in The Fridge]]: Subverted, Gally takes his death HARD, and even 10 years later and having found another interest, she remembers him.}}


=== Vector ===
==== Vector ====
* [[Anti-Villain]]: He isn't really all that evil in the manga, but in the OVA he is the main villain.
* [[Anti-Villain]]: He isn't really all that evil in the manga, but in the OVA he is the main villain.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]


=== Makaku ===
==== Makaku ====
* [[Combat Tentacles]]: Kinuba's power-body had five of these as his left hand doubling as [[Vibro Weapons]], he also had a Boarhead [[Heroic Safe Mode|computer]] but it was eaten by Makaku.
* [[Combat Tentacles]]: Kinuba's power-body had five of these as his left hand doubling as [[Vibro Weapons]], he also had a Boarhead [[Heroic Safe Mode|computer]] but it was eaten by Makaku.
* [[Grand Theft Me]]: To several people most notably Kinuba where he got his cyborg power-body.
* [[Grand Theft Me]]: To several people most notably Kinuba where he got his cyborg power-body.
* [[I Am a Humanitarian]]: both as a [[Cannibalism Superpower]] and an [[Brain Food|addiction]].
* [[I Am a Humanitarian]]: both as a [[Cannibalism Superpower]] and an [[Brain Food|addiction]].
* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]
* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]
** He even quotes Nietzsche at one point.
** He even quotes Nietzsche at one point.


=== Koyomi K. ===
==== Koyomi K. ====
[[File:BAA09_241_Koyomi_at_18_4173.jpg|frame]]
[[File:BAA09_241_Koyomi_at_18_4173.jpg|frame]]
A young girl appearing in the very first volume as newborn kid who lost her parents. Koyomi serves as a quasi timer for the series since her age represents the time that has passed since the series started. Growing up in the scrapyard and with her father losing his beloved bar with the Zapan incident, she developed a rather opportunistic and sarcastic personality. However she still has a honest heart and believes in a better future.
A young girl appearing in the very first volume as newborn kid who lost her parents. Koyomi serves as a quasi timer for the series since her age represents the time that has passed since the series started. Growing up in the scrapyard and with her father losing his beloved bar with the Zapan incident, she developed a rather opportunistic and sarcastic personality. However she still has a honest heart and believes in a better future.
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* [[Tagalong Kid]]: With the Barjack.
* [[Tagalong Kid]]: With the Barjack.


== Motorball people ==
=== Motorball people ===
=== Jashugan ===
==== Jashugan ====
[[File:Jashugan_99.png|frame]]
[[File:Jashugan_99.png|frame]]


* [[The Ace]]: He ended up taking challenges only from teams, AND with a handicap, otherwise he'd have no challenge. And he had barely in this way. Justified, however, in that his brain was touched by a certain [[Mad Scientist]] who enjoys flan...
* [[The Ace]]: He ended up taking challenges only from teams, AND with a handicap, otherwise he'd have no challenge. And he had barely in this way. Justified, however, in that his brain was touched by a certain [[Mad Scientist]] who enjoys flan...
* {{spoiler|[[Back for The Finale]]: Like Ido, reappears in Ouroboros. Gally breaks out of the illusion by finally defeating him.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Back for the Finale]]: Like Ido, reappears in Ouroboros. Gally breaks out of the illusion by finally defeating him.}}
* [[Dark-Skinned Blond]]
* [[Dark-Skinned Blond]]
* [[Determinator]]
* [[Determinator]]
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== Barjack and related ==
=== Barjack and related ===


=== Kaos ===
==== Kaos ====
A mysterius Radio DJ who drives around the wasteland with his assistant. His musical tallent stems from his unique ability to read memories inprinted on items by their users. This can range from music and singing from instruments to fencing from Swords. He also can only see in infrared and hear in radio signals. Becomes a potential love intrest for Gally after reading her memories. However he also harbors two dark Secrets. {{spoiler|He has a split personality named Den who leads a massiv army and tries to destroy Jeru and he is the biological son of Destiny Nova.}}
A mysterius Radio DJ who drives around the wasteland with his assistant. His musical tallent stems from his unique ability to read memories inprinted on items by their users. This can range from music and singing from instruments to fencing from Swords. He also can only see in infrared and hear in radio signals. Becomes a potential love intrest for Gally after reading her memories. However he also harbors two dark Secrets. {{spoiler|He has a split personality named Den who leads a massiv army and tries to destroy Jeru and he is the biological son of Destiny Nova.}}


* [[Blessed With Suck]]: He can see infrared radiation and hear and speak radio waves. He can ONLY see infrared radiation and ONLY hear and speak radio waves.
* [[Blessed with Suck]]: He can see infrared radiation and hear and speak radio waves. He can ONLY see infrared radiation and ONLY hear and speak radio waves.
* [[The Empath]]: Thanks to his psychometry, he can feel the experiences of whatever he touches.
* [[The Empath]]: Thanks to his psychometry, he can feel the experiences of whatever he touches.
* [[Instant Expert]]: Can learn EVERYTHING about anything he touches, incluiding how to use it at its best.
* [[Instant Expert]]: Can learn EVERYTHING about anything he touches, incluiding how to use it at its best.
* {{spoiler|[[Literal Split Personality]]: Den. Revealed at the worst possible moment.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Literal Split Personality]]: Den. Revealed at the worst possible moment.}}
** {{spoiler|[[Split Personality Merge]]: After Den dies after he called him out, [[Took a Level In Badass|complete with a huge increase in sheer badass]].}}
** {{spoiler|[[Split Personality Merge]]: After Den dies after he called him out, [[Took a Level in Badass|complete with a huge increase in sheer badass]].}}
* [[Love At First Sight|Love At First Touch]]: Due to his power, having to fix Gally's body made him fall in love with her.
* [[Love At First Sight|Love At First Touch]]: Due to his power, having to fix Gally's body made him fall in love with her.
* {{spoiler|[[Strong Family Resemblance]]: He looks eerilie similar to Nova without his specs in, as rare as that sight is.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Strong Family Resemblance]]: He looks eerilie similar to Nova without his specs in, as rare as that sight is.}}
* [[Wide Eyed Idealist]]: To the point of making the setting a [[World Half Full]] almost by himself.
* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]: To the point of making the setting a [[World Half Full]] almost by himself.


=== Den ===
==== Den ====
Leader of the marauding army Barjack. Prefers to walk around in a massiv centauren shaped robot body. According to Gally, extremly agile despite his size.
Leader of the marauding army Barjack. Prefers to walk around in a massiv centauren shaped robot body. According to Gally, extremly agile despite his size.


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* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Seeing him deliver a [[Badass Boast]] to an opponent who is destroying his body, just to kill him in one single move once he finishes. Then squatting the manager of said opponent for being a pawn of Tiphares.
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Seeing him deliver a [[Badass Boast]] to an opponent who is destroying his body, just to kill him in one single move once he finishes. Then squatting the manager of said opponent for being a pawn of Tiphares.
* [[Large and In Charge]]
* [[Large and In Charge]]
* [[Self Destructive Charge]]: His last {{spoiler|attempt to destroy the floating city, after Barjack got heavily destroyed}}. Complete with [[Carmina Burana (Music)|"O Fortuna"]] sounding. Yes, in printed media.
* [[Self-Destructive Charge]]: His last {{spoiler|attempt to destroy the floating city, after Barjack got heavily destroyed}}. Complete with [[Carmina Burana|"O Fortuna"]] sounding. Yes, in printed media.
** {{spoiler|[[Shaggy Dog Story]]: And that charge ends with his [[BFS]] breaking when he gets an strike against one of the tubes that go up to Tiphares. He decides dying is the best thing he can do then.}}
** {{spoiler|[[Shaggy Dog Story]]: And that charge ends with his [[BFS]] breaking when he gets an strike against one of the tubes that go up to Tiphares. He decides dying is the best thing he can do then.}}
* [[Wide Eyed Idealist]]: A far darker that normal take on the trope, he belives the destruction of Tiphares would solve the world's problems. {{spoiler|[[Not So Different]] from Kaos, after all.}}
* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]: A far darker that normal take on the trope, he belives the destruction of Tiphares would solve the world's problems. {{spoiler|[[Not So Different]] from Kaos, after all.}}


=== Figure Four ===
==== Figure Four ====
* [[Badass Normal]]: Can perform a shockwave attack in a human body and knows how to fight full-body cyborgs.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Can perform a shockwave attack in a human body and knows how to fight full-body cyborgs.
* [[Determinator]]: Went up against Gally several times despite getting his ass beaten, survived having a wall drop on him and didn't stop carrying Gally through a desert without any water or shade. The only thing that can really stop him is a nuclear reactor ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]).
* [[Determinator]]: Went up against Gally several times despite getting his ass beaten, survived having a wall drop on him and didn't stop carrying Gally through a desert without any water or shade. The only thing that can really stop him is a nuclear reactor ([[It Makes Sense in Context]]).
* [[Manly Tears]]: {{spoiler|When [[Cowardly Lion|Yolg]] dies.}}
* [[Manly Tears]]: {{spoiler|When [[Cowardly Lion|Yolg]] dies.}}
* [[Out of Focus]]: He only got mentions in Last Order. Compare with Koyomi, Kaos, and even Vector and Gally's motorball circle, which were seen and even got some plotlines.
* [[Out of Focus]]: He only got mentions in Last Order. Compare with Koyomi, Kaos, and even Vector and Gally's motorball circle, which were seen and even got some plotlines.
* [[Stay in The Kitchen]]: He acts macho to lure Alita out of her shell but ironically {{spoiler|he is the one who stays behind in his peacefull coastal village to faithfully await Alita's return wile she is out on her own kicking ass and taking names.}} That's pretty rare in fiction, when you think of it.
* [[Stay in the Kitchen]]: He acts macho to lure Alita out of her shell but ironically {{spoiler|he is the one who stays behind in his peacefull coastal village to faithfully await Alita's return wile she is out on her own kicking ass and taking names.}} That's pretty rare in fiction, when you think of it.




== Tiphareans ==
=== Tiphareans ===


=== Lou Collins ===
==== Lou Collins ====
Gally's [[Mission Control]] during her Factory agent times and her closest friend since she lost touch with Ido and others (bordering on [[Les Yay]] sometimes). During the Barjack arc she was swept up into the Jeru/Salem (Tipharo-Ketherean for you Viz readers) politics, and the result... [[The Woobie|wasn't pretty]] to say the least. In fact, the original impulse for Last Order story was Gally's wish to save her friend ([[Fate Worse Than Death|or whatever left of her]]).
Gally's [[Mission Control]] during her Factory agent times and her closest friend since she lost touch with Ido and others (bordering on [[Les Yay]] sometimes). During the Barjack arc she was swept up into the Jeru/Salem (Tipharo-Ketherean for you Viz readers) politics, and the result... [[The Woobie|wasn't pretty]] to say the least. In fact, the original impulse for Last Order story was Gally's wish to save her friend ([[Fate Worse Than Death|or whatever left of her]]).


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* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]]
* [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle]]


=== Bigott Eisenburg ===
==== Bigott Eisenburg ====
After Aita is nearly destroyed, Eisenburg is the one who recruits her for the "Tuned" program {{spoiler|which involves recording Alita's fighting skills so they can make 100% loyal robotic copies of her.}} He is an extremely smug character who values his citizenship of Salem above all else and sees Scrapyard cyborgs as sub-human tools.
After Aita is nearly destroyed, Eisenburg is the one who recruits her for the "Tuned" program {{spoiler|which involves recording Alita's fighting skills so they can make 100% loyal robotic copies of her.}} He is an extremely smug character who values his citizenship of Salem above all else and sees Scrapyard cyborgs as sub-human tools.


* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]: From the first time you see him, you know he is up to no good. When he {{spoiler|crushes the Barjack rebellion with Salem's superweapon}} he seems to be a really big deal too. He is anything but.
* [[Big Bad Wannabe]]: From the first time you see him, you know he is up to no good. When he {{spoiler|crushes the Barjack rebellion with Salem's superweapon}} he seems to be a really big deal too. He is anything but.
* [[Go Mad From the Revelation]]: {{spoiler|Just how far are you flying off the deep end if you '''''CUT OPEN YOUR OWN SKULL WITH A BUZZSAW?''''}}
* [[Go Mad from the Revelation]]: {{spoiler|Just how far are you flying off the deep end if you '''''CUT OPEN YOUR OWN SKULL WITH A BUZZSAW?''''}}
* Irony: {{spoiler|The biggest hater of cybernetic implants had a chip for a brain all along.}}
* Irony: {{spoiler|The biggest hater of cybernetic implants had a chip for a brain all along.}}
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[Smug Snake]]
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: Does it TWICE to Alita {{spoiler|and Lou as well...then he gets thrown into the trash himself.}}
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: Does it TWICE to Alita {{spoiler|and Lou as well...then he gets thrown into the trash himself.}}


==== ''Last Order'' characters ====
== ''Last Order'' characters ==
== Space Angels ==
=== Space Angels ===
=== GR-6 Sechs ===
==== GR-6 Sechs ====
[[File:Sechs_5628.png|frame]]
[[File:Sechs_5628.png|frame]]
One of the Gally's TUNED clones, who broke free and, being burdened with an ''extremely'' powerful [[Middle Child Syndrome]] decided to prove his (well, ''[[Gender Bender|her]]'' at the time) worth by hunting down all other clones and, finally, the original. After getting (then still) her ass kicked by Gally almost at the end of that quest (see below), she ([[Overly Long Gag|then]]) toned down somewhat and became something of an [[Annoying Younger Sibling]].
One of the Gally's TUNED clones, who broke free and, being burdened with an ''extremely'' powerful [[Middle Child Syndrome]] decided to prove his (well, ''[[Gender Bender|her]]'' at the time) worth by hunting down all other clones and, finally, the original. After getting (then still) her ass kicked by Gally almost at the end of that quest (see below), she ([[Overly Long Gag|then]]) toned down somewhat and became something of an [[Annoying Younger Sibling]].


* [[A Day in The Limelight]]: Due to Gally being busy getting Lou's brain and {{spoiler|getting to [[Tomato in The Mirror|know herself]]}}; and Elf and Zwölf being scared to fight due to the latter having had her head blown up in their last fight; Sechs alone has to fight in the Z.O.T.T. [[One-Man Army|He brings the team to the finals, the first time ever the final is not Jupiter versus Venus]].
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: Due to Gally being busy getting Lou's brain and {{spoiler|getting to [[Tomato in the Mirror|know herself]]}}; and Elf and Zwölf being scared to fight due to the latter having had her head blown up in their last fight; Sechs alone has to fight in the Z.O.T.T. [[One-Man Army|He brings the team to the finals, the first time ever the final is not Jupiter versus Venus]].
* [[Animal Motif]]: [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39607-1/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-41.html Shark.]
* [[Animal Motif]]: [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39607-1/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-41.html Shark.]
* [[Artificial Human]]: He started out as a copy of Gally, remember.
* [[Artificial Human]]: He started out as a copy of Gally, remember.
** [[Ridiculously Human Robot]]: His brain, being the same kind as the Tipharean chips, is functionally human.
** [[Ridiculously Human Robot]]: His brain, being the same kind as the Tipharean chips, is functionally human.
* [[Attractive Bent Gender]]: A male example. His head was replaced, so the scars he used to have vanished, and his body better fits his persona. He is described as [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-59-page-11.html "the most popular male participant in the ZOTT."]
* [[Attractive Bent Gender]]: A male example. His head was replaced, so the scars he used to have vanished, and his body better fits his persona. He is described as [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-59-page-11.html "the most popular male participant in the ZOTT."]{{Dead link}}
* [[Badass]]: Missile surfing. That's all.
* [[Badass]]: Missile surfing. That's all.
** "You're accelerating at the speed of light" - '''[[Badass|Zekka]]'''
** "You're accelerating at the speed of light" - '''[[Badass|Zekka]]'''
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* [[Blood Knight]]
* [[Blood Knight]]
** "Total annihilation is my song!"
** "Total annihilation is my song!"
** [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-65-page-5.html Upon hearing that there existed a person just as powerful as Zekka, and the two fought in a fight so destructive that the two became recognized as equals to national powers in their own right, Sech responds rather well.]
** [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-65-page-5.html Upon hearing that there existed a person just as powerful as Zekka, and the two fought in a fight so destructive that the two became recognized as equals to national powers in their own right, Sech responds rather well.]{{Dead link}}
* [[Boobs of Steel]]: Averted. Whilst in his TUNED body, his development was fittingly more masculine. [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-9-page-8.html Compare to Gally, Elf, and Zwolf.]
* [[Boobs of Steel]]: Averted. Whilst in his TUNED body, his development was fittingly more masculine. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120607032137/http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-9-page-8.html Compare to Gally, Elf, and Zwolf.]
* [[Book Dumb]]: [[Take That Me|Self-admittedly]] rather dense, but [[Blood Knight|when it comes to the fight]], he can think with the best of them.
* [[Book Dumb]]: [[Take That Me|Self-admittedly]] rather dense, but [[Blood Knight|when it comes to the fight]], he can think with the best of them.
** [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39595-5/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-30.html He doesn't like thinking about things that don't pertain to killing.]
** [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39595-5/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-30.html He doesn't like thinking about things that don't pertain to killing.]
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* [[BFG]]: During the time he had the Solenoid Quench gun on his arm.
* [[BFG]]: During the time he had the Solenoid Quench gun on his arm.
* [[BFS]]: Sechs second Titan Blade when unfolded is 6,45 meter long, which is 3 times his own height in his current body.
* [[BFS]]: Sechs second Titan Blade when unfolded is 6,45 meter long, which is 3 times his own height in his current body.
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: '''''"IMPLODING BEATDOWN EXPAND COUNTER-DRILL DEBT-REPAYMENT PUNCH WITH INTEREST"'''''...IMPLODING DRILL PUNCH for short.
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: '''''"IMPLODING BEATDOWN EXPAND COUNTER-DRILL DEBT-REPAYMENT PUNCH WITH INTEREST"'''''...IMPLODING DRILL PUNCH for short.
* [[Can't Catch Up]]: As strong as he is, it's fair to say that his ''at least'' a solid tier down from Gally's enormous power. [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-68-page-31.html Mocked by Deckman 10 in an omake.]
* [[Can't Catch Up]]: As strong as he is, it's fair to say that his ''at least'' a solid tier down from Gally's enormous power. [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-68-page-31.html Mocked by Deckman 10 in an omake.]{{Dead link}}
* [[Catch Phrase]]: [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-5-page-8.html "What is] [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-19-page-24.html the essential] [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-28-page-43.html quality of] [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-60-page-3.html a true] [http://www.mangareader.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order/104/22 warrior?"]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20100130100657/http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-5-page-8.html "What is] [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-19-page-24.html the essential]{{Dead link}} [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-28-page-43.html quality of]{{Dead link}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20100211195550/http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-60-page-3.html a true] [http://www.mangareader.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order/104/22 warrior?"]
** The translations vary, but he's using the same word for warrior and true.
** The translations vary, but he's using the same word for warrior and true.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Once shoved a rifle into someone's head after running out of ammo.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Once shoved a rifle into someone's head after running out of ammo.
* [[Cute Bruiser]]: [[Good Scars, Evil Scars|Not that he was particularly cute in his TUNED body, but he was a "chibi".]] Also true for his [[Super Deformed|Interactive Interface.]]
* [[Cute Bruiser]]: [[Good Scars, Evil Scars|Not that he was particularly cute in his TUNED body, but he was a "chibi".]] Also true for his [[Super-Deformed|Interactive Interface.]]
* {{spoiler|[[Deadly Upgrade]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Deadly Upgrade]]}}
* [[Determinator]]: In their fight, Niz tells him that he lacks perseverance. {{spoiler|Sechs then wins the fight after being completely bound by superstrong straps and being fired out of a rail gun by cutting himself free, snaring the back of Niz's head with the straps, and [[Now That's Using Your Teeth|holding the straps by the teeth]], firing his gun and his body back at Niz at over mach 25.}}
* [[Determinator]]: In their fight, Niz tells him that he lacks perseverance. {{spoiler|Sechs then wins the fight after being completely bound by superstrong straps and being fired out of a rail gun by cutting himself free, snaring the back of Niz's head with the straps, and [[Now That's Using Your Teeth|holding the straps by the teeth]], firing his gun and his body back at Niz at over mach 25.}}
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* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The Solenoid Quench Gun. [[Lampshade|Lampshaded]] twice.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The Solenoid Quench Gun. [[Lampshade|Lampshaded]] twice.
* [[Dumb Muscle]]: As he is the "gun" in [[Title Drop|"Gunnm"]].
* [[Dumb Muscle]]: As he is the "gun" in [[Title Drop|"Gunnm"]].
* [[Eyes of Gold|Eye Of Gold]]: [http://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/iss/600w/704/437041/8966301_1.jpg Which really makes no sense at all because he's a clone of Gally, unless some accident somehow altered his remaining eye.]
* [[Eyes of Gold|Eye Of Gold]]: [http://d1466nnw0ex81e.cloudfront.net/iss/600w/704/437041/8966301_1.jpg Which really makes no sense at all because he's a clone of Gally, unless some accident somehow altered his remaining eye.]{{Dead link}}
* [[Evil Makes You Ugly]]: Was initally rusty (literally) and scarred from past fights, and both the Titan Blade and Quench gun weren't as upgraded as they become in the Fizziroy Body.
* [[Evil Makes You Ugly]]: Was initally rusty (literally) and scarred from past fights, and both the Titan Blade and Quench gun weren't as upgraded as they become in the Fizziroy Body.
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-51909-16/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-98.html He's been missing his eye ever since he was *younger*, before he fought Elf or Zwolf or even had specialized armor.]
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-51909-16/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-98.html He's been missing his eye ever since he was *younger*, before he fought Elf or Zwolf or even had specialized armor.]
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* [[Heel Face Turn]].
* [[Heel Face Turn]].
* [[Heroes Fight Barehanded]]: Went from fighting with a combination of [[Good Old Fisticuffs|brutish Panzer Kunst]], [[BFS|Sechster Angriff]], [[BFG|and the Solenoid Quench Gun]] to [[Heroes Fight Barehanded|mostly just punching]], because he no longer has the Quench gun, and normally immediately loses his Titan Blade in fights.
* [[Heroes Fight Barehanded]]: Went from fighting with a combination of [[Good Old Fisticuffs|brutish Panzer Kunst]], [[BFS|Sechster Angriff]], [[BFG|and the Solenoid Quench Gun]] to [[Heroes Fight Barehanded|mostly just punching]], because he no longer has the Quench gun, and normally immediately loses his Titan Blade in fights.
* [[Hot Blooded]]
* [[Hot-Blooded]]
* [[How Dare You Die On Me]]: To Gally, and later {{spoiler|Zazie}}
* [[How Dare You Die on Me!]]: To Gally, and later {{spoiler|Zazie}}
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Well, Sechs isn't really going to win any Nobel prizes... mainly because you [[Blood Knight|couldn't kill anybody]] with it.
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Well, Sechs isn't really going to win any Nobel prizes... mainly because you [[Blood Knight|couldn't kill anybody]] with it.
** Openly admits it himself and gets angry when people force him to use his brain(chip).
** Openly admits it himself and gets angry when people force him to use his brain(chip).
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-67-page-8.html Call it an expansion punch!]
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-67-page-8.html Call it an expansion punch!]{{Dead link}}
** [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-20-page-14.html TRIO!]
** [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-20-page-14.html TRIO!]{{Dead link}}
* [[Ironic Echo]]: When he first "fights" Zekka, Zekka eats one of Sechs's plasma attacks. Then, later {{spoiler|Sechs absorbs and upgrades his Fizziroy body by "eating" the power from Zekka's punch.}}
* [[Ironic Echo]]: When he first "fights" Zekka, Zekka eats one of Sechs's plasma attacks. Then, later {{spoiler|Sechs absorbs and upgrades his Fizziroy body by "eating" the power from Zekka's punch.}}
* [[The Lancer]]
* [[The Lancer]]
* [[Middle Child Syndrome]]
* [[Middle Child Syndrome]]
** Gets funnier when you remember that there were 12 TUNEDs, 13 with Gally. He really is middle one of the production line.
** Gets funnier when you remember that there were 12 TUNEDs, 13 with Gally. He really is middle one of the production line.
* [[Overshadowed By Awesome]]: "Hey, Sechs, you managed to handle the power of your new body, and got the firepower of a small nation? Oh, too bad, Gally over there has hijacked via wormhole the finest weapon of technological giant Jupiter."
* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]]: "Hey, Sechs, you managed to handle the power of your new body, and got the firepower of a small nation? Oh, too bad, Gally over there has hijacked via wormhole the finest weapon of technological giant Jupiter."
** Even worse because Sechs's body {{spoiler|was ultimately destroyed by Zekka's punch.}}
** Even worse because Sechs's body {{spoiler|was ultimately destroyed by Zekka's punch.}}
* [[Opposite Sex Clone]]: What he is now, but given just how much they've diverged, he's closer to just a little brother.
* [[Opposite Gender Clone]]: What he is now, but given just how much they've diverged, he's closer to just a little brother.
* [[Ore Onna]]: Before the getting the male Fizziroy body:
* [[Ore Onna]]: Before the getting the male Fizziroy body:
** "Original wa '''[http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/5841/gunnm073.jpg ore]''' ga taosu!!"
** "Original wa '''[http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/5841/gunnm073.jpg ore]''' ga taosu!!"
*** In general, Sechs spoke and still speaks in a rough, dumb-sounding, masculine pattern, [[Gender and Japanese Language|and used/uses masculine endings, words, and abbreviations]]; [[Japanese Honorifics|doesn't use honorifics]]; [[Japanese Pronouns|and anta, ome, or teme for "you", depending on his relationship with the person.]] And his speech is often written in katakana instead of kanji, [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/AlternateCharacterReading or in kanji when he's using slang.]
*** In general, Sechs spoke and still speaks in a rough, dumb-sounding, masculine pattern, [[Gender and Japanese Language|and used/uses masculine endings, words, and abbreviations]]; [[Japanese Honorifics|doesn't use honorifics]]; [[Japanese Pronouns|and anta, ome, or teme for "you", depending on his relationship with the person.]] And his speech is often written in katakana instead of kanji, [[Alternate Character Reading|or in kanji when he's using slang.]]
* [[Scars Are Forever]]: Despite being a robot, averted.
* [[Scars Are Forever]]: Despite being a robot, averted.
* [[She's a Man In Japan]]: That is, if you're in Germany, because for a while they continued to refer to him as a her even after his new body.
* [[She's a Man In Japan]]: That is, if you're in Germany, because for a while they continued to refer to him as a her even after his new body.
* [[Shout Out]]: Whether or not its intentional, there are quite a few similarities between [[One Piece|Monkey D. Luffy]] and Sechs in terms of fighting style. [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39569-30/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-4.html Even before getting the Fizziroy body, Sechs's general fighting stance, with both legs spread out and knees bent, is similar to Luffy's.]
* [[Shout-Out]]: Whether or not its intentional, there are quite a few similarities between [[One Piece|Monkey D. Luffy]] and Sechs in terms of fighting style. [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39569-30/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-4.html Even before getting the Fizziroy body, Sechs's general fighting stance, with both legs spread out and knees bent, is similar to Luffy's.]
** Once Sechs does obtain the Fizziroy body, the similarities increase: [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39596-11/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-31.html his body "feels like rubber" when hit,] [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39609-19/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-43.html and he's able to use a long-range attack (that replaces his gun) that looks a lot like Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Rifle.]
** Once Sechs does obtain the Fizziroy body, the similarities increase: [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39596-11/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-31.html his body "feels like rubber" when hit,] [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39609-19/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-43.html and he's able to use a long-range attack (that replaces his gun) that looks a lot like Luffy's Gomu Gomu no Rifle.]
** After {{spoiler|upgrading his Fizziroy body during the fight against Zekka: [http://www.mangareader.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order/102/14 Gear Second], [http://www.mangareader.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order/102/29 and Gear Third.] As well, he's similarly bare-chested and wearing shorts.}} Naturally [[Ambition Is Evil|Zekka]] also shares [[Blood Knight|similarities]] to [[Determinator|Luffy]] because of his Fizziroy body, his ambition, and his love of punching people.
** After {{spoiler|upgrading his Fizziroy body during the fight against Zekka: [http://www.mangareader.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order/102/14 Gear Second], [http://www.mangareader.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order/102/29 and Gear Third.] As well, he's similarly bare-chested and wearing shorts.}} Naturally [[Ambition Is Evil|Zekka]] also shares [[Blood Knight|similarities]] to [[Determinator|Luffy]] because of his Fizziroy body, his ambition, and his love of punching people.
** In terms of personality, there are fewer similarities, although both are [[Determinator|determinators]] and [[Book Dumb|low on booksmarts.]]
** In terms of personality, there are fewer similarities, although both are [[Determinator|determinators]] and [[Book Dumb|low on booksmarts.]]
* [[Sibling Rivalry]]: Still have quite an inferiority complex, despite being second most powerful Space Angels' fighter and being on par with the best of them.
* [[Sibling Rivalry]]: Still have quite an inferiority complex, despite being second most powerful Space Angels' fighter and being on par with the best of them.
** Indeed, the only three characters who can outcompete him are Caerula, Gally, and Trinidad. [[And Zoidberg|And Zekka]]
** Indeed, the only three characters who can outcompete him are Caerula, Gally, and Trinidad. [[And Zoidberg|And Zekka]]
* [[Slasher Smile]]: [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39570-21/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-5.html He] [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39594-7/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-29.html grins][http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39623-13/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-57.html just][http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39652-22/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-86.html like] [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-41488-3/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-94.html a] [http://www.mangareader.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order/102/16 shark.]
* [[Slasher Smile]]: [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39570-21/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-5.html He] [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39594-7/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-29.html grins][http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39623-13/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-57.html just][http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39652-22/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-86.html like] [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-41488-3/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-94.html a] [http://www.mangareader.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order/102/16 shark.]
* [[Smarter Than You Look]]: While self-admittedly stupid, underestimating Sechs cleverness can be lethal.
* [[Smarter Than You Look]]: While self-admittedly stupid, underestimating Sechs cleverness can be lethal.
* [[Spear Counterpart]]: Became this of Gally.
* [[Spear Counterpart]]: Became this of Gally.
** Even before the [[Gender Bender]]. [[media:16g9zle_6679.jpg|Seriously, compare ''still female'' Sechs to Gally.]] By anime standards, that's easily male.
** Even before the [[Gender Bender]]. [[media:16g9zle_6679.jpg|Seriously, compare ''still female'' Sechs to Gally.]] By anime standards, that's easily male.
* [[Spin Attack]]: Most of his attacks involve spinning.
* [[Spin Attack]]: Most of his attacks involve spinning.
* [[Spirited Competitor]]: To some extent, he won't kill enemies too easy to kill, and he's greatest ambition is to defeat the greatest compeition.
* [[Spirited Competitor]]: To some extent, he won't kill enemies too easy to kill, and he's greatest ambition is to defeat the greatest compeition.
* [[Tomato in The Mirror]]: Basically what his character has been trying to do from the beginning, prove that he's stronger than Gally and is a true warrior in his own right, which has a degree of irony to it because Gally spends her time trying to prove that she's a human being in her own right, so he's still imitating her. He did spend some time trying to figure out "the essential quality of a true warrior" but hasn't really gotten a satisfying answer, aside from "environmental destruction".
* [[Tomato in the Mirror]]: Basically what his character has been trying to do from the beginning, prove that he's stronger than Gally and is a true warrior in his own right, which has a degree of irony to it because Gally spends her time trying to prove that she's a human being in her own right, so he's still imitating her. He did spend some time trying to figure out "the essential quality of a true warrior" but hasn't really gotten a satisfying answer, aside from "environmental destruction".
* [[Took a Level In Dumbass]]: [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39593-43/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-28.html Starts off a dark violent character and an adversary to Gally, who just wants to kill people, especially Gally once the tournament ends.] [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39626-6/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-60.html Later on, his eyes get larger and he becomes more of a dumb comic relief character], frequently [[Balloon Belly|balloon bellying]] and reminding the readers that he's only 2 whilst making goofy faces. Hard to remember at times that he killed most of the GR series.
* [[Took a Level In Dumbass]]: [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39593-43/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-28.html Starts off a dark violent character and an adversary to Gally, who just wants to kill people, especially Gally once the tournament ends.] [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39626-6/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-60.html Later on, his eyes get larger and he becomes more of a dumb comic relief character], frequently [[Balloon Belly|balloon bellying]] and reminding the readers that he's only 2 whilst making goofy faces. Hard to remember at times that he killed most of the GR series.
* [[The Napoleon]]: It is implied that he didn't like being a "shorty" in his TUNED body.
* [[The Napoleon]]: It is implied that he didn't like being a "shorty" in his TUNED body.
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: To Gally. Whenever it is thought Gally is dead, he denies it, {{spoiler|and is pleased when she inevitably comes back.}} [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-86-page-22.html Keep in mind that this is because of his obsessive ambition to take Gally's head himself.] {{spoiler|Which really goes into strange territory.}}
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: To Gally. Whenever it is thought Gally is dead, he denies it, {{spoiler|and is pleased when she inevitably comes back.}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20100203022522/http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-86-page-22.html Keep in mind that this is because of his obsessive ambition to take Gally's head himself.] {{spoiler|Which really goes into strange territory.}}
* [[Unfortunate Name]]: Sechs is pronounced the same as sex.
* [[Unfortunate Name]]: Sechs is pronounced the same as sex.
** He says "A brand new Sechs enters the fray" when he debuts his new body.
** He says "A brand new Sechs enters the fray" when he debuts his new body.
** Technically, initial "s" is pronounced as "z" in German.
** Technically, initial "s" is pronounced as "z" in German.
* [[Unskilled but Strong]]: [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-41094-3/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-93.html Relative] [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39571-12/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-6.html to Gally.]
* [[Unskilled but Strong]]: [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-41094-3/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-93.html Relative] [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39571-12/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-6.html to Gally.]
** {{quoteblock}}[http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39575-14/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-10.html Technique's not what matters. Just keep attacking until the enemy dies.]{{/quoteblock}}
** {{quote|[http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39575-14/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-10.html Technique's not what matters. Just keep attacking until the enemy dies.]}}
* [[Viewer Gender Confusion]]: [http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/3792/enjl.png Regarding chibi-Sechs, now with a handy-dandy before-and-after.]
* [[Viewer Gender Confusion]]: [http://img265.imageshack.us/img265/3792/enjl.png Regarding chibi-Sechs, now with a handy-dandy before-and-after.]
* [[You Are Number Six]]: And he is that number.
* [[You Are Number Six]]: And he is that number.
** [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Sechs means six in German.
** [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Sechs means six in German.
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** [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"What the fuck's a potty?"]]
** [[Crowning Moment of Funny|"What the fuck's a potty?"]]


=== GR-11 Elf and GR-12 Zwölf ===
==== GR-11 Elf and GR-12 Zwölf ====
[[File:Elf_et_Zwoelf_8487.png|frame]]
[[File:Elf_et_Zwoelf_8487.png|frame]]
The only TUNED clones who survived Sechs rampage, mainly because Desty Nova has taken them under his wing. Closer to a younger and more innocent Gally of the early manga, they inexplicably behave as if they were [[Single-Minded Twins|twins]], and serve as a more lighthearted [[Foil]] to their [[Blood Knight|more bloodthirsty]] older siblings.
The only TUNED clones who survived Sechs rampage, mainly because Desty Nova has taken them under his wing. Closer to a younger and more innocent Gally of the early manga, they inexplicably behave as if they were [[Single-Minded Twins|twins]], and serve as a more lighthearted [[Foil]] to their [[Blood Knight|more bloodthirsty]] older siblings.
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* [[Twin Tropes]]
* [[Twin Tropes]]
** [[Single-Minded Twins]]
** [[Single-Minded Twins]]
** [[Tag Team Twins]]
** [[Tag-Team Twins]]
** [[Twin Switch]]: They play a very convincing Gally. Both of them, at the same time and place.
** [[Twin Switch]]: They play a very convincing Gally. Both of them, at the same time and place.
* [[Waif Fu]]
* [[Waif Fu]]
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* [[Younger Than They Look]]: They are even younger than Sechs.
* [[Younger Than They Look]]: They are even younger than Sechs.


=== Zazie ===
==== Zazie ====
[[File:313px-BAALO14_37_Zazie_cr_5905.jpg|frame]]
[[File:313px-BAALO14_37_Zazie_cr_5905.jpg|frame]]
Martian Kingdom special forces officer (and Queen Limeira's personal bodyguard at that) who crossed the ways with Gally several times in the past, until finally becoming her ally im the Z.O.T.T. finals. While no slouch in unarmed combat, she's not nearly close to the insane feats of the likes of Gally and Zekka, and really shines with [[The Gunslinger|everything that shoots]].
Martian Kingdom special forces officer (and Queen Limeira's personal bodyguard at that) who crossed the ways with Gally several times in the past, until finally becoming her ally im the Z.O.T.T. finals. While no slouch in unarmed combat, she's not nearly close to the insane feats of the likes of Gally and Zekka, and really shines with [[The Gunslinger|everything that shoots]].
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* [[Battle Butler]]: When she was a Queen's bodyguard.
* [[Battle Butler]]: When she was a Queen's bodyguard.
* [[Big Guy|Big Gal]]: Angel Redux states that she's 180 cm tall.
* [[Big Guy|Big Gal]]: Angel Redux states that she's 180 cm tall.
* [[Camera Shy]]: [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-21-page-13.html Acts awkwardly shy] [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-68-page-4.html in front of camera.]
* [[Camera Shy]]: [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-21-page-13.html Acts awkwardly shy]{{Dead link}} [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-68-page-4.html in front of camera.]{{Dead link}}
** [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-76-page-9.html She can also be shy in general, even in moments of great importance,] {{spoiler|[http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-90-page-12.html i.e: not telling anybody that she's going to die from a Verschlag because she never found the right time to.]}}
** [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-76-page-9.html She can also be shy in general, even in moments of great importance,]{{Dead link}} {{spoiler|[http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-90-page-12.html i.e: not telling anybody that she's going to die from a Verschlag because she never found the right time to.]}}
* [[Facial Markings]]: It's unclear how high she is in a Panzer Kunst hierarchy, and even whether they are a Kunstler marks at all, but she ''does'' have some suspiciously similar markings. Apparently, it's still a popular style on Mars.
* [[Facial Markings]]: It's unclear how high she is in a Panzer Kunst hierarchy, and even whether they are a Kunstler marks at all, but she ''does'' have some suspiciously similar markings. Apparently, it's still a popular style on Mars.
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: In the past.
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: In the past.
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* [[Humans Are Warriors]]: Of the "...soldiers" variety. She just happens to show that a professional soldier of a sufficient skill is ''not'' out of her league in the increasingly [[Superhero]]-like environment of the Z.O.T.T.
* [[Humans Are Warriors]]: Of the "...soldiers" variety. She just happens to show that a professional soldier of a sufficient skill is ''not'' out of her league in the increasingly [[Superhero]]-like environment of the Z.O.T.T.
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: She's able to shoot her Metal Storm shotgun immediately after a grenade launcher volley to hit the grenades from behind and activate them.
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: She's able to shoot her Metal Storm shotgun immediately after a grenade launcher volley to hit the grenades from behind and activate them.
* [[Les Yay]]: [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-76-page-10.html Elf and Zwolf make fun of this.]
* [[Les Yay]]: [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-76-page-10.html Elf and Zwolf make fun of this.]{{Dead link}}
* {{spoiler|[[Manly Tears]]: [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-19-page-35.html To Payne.]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Manly Tears]]: [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-19-page-35.html To Payne.]}}
* [[A Mother to Her Men]]: She's really popular in her platoon, what to say.
* [[A Mother to Her Men]]: She's really popular in her platoon, what to say.
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== LADDER council ==
=== LADDER council ===
=== Aga "Trinidad" Mbadi ===
==== Aga "Trinidad" Mbadi ====
[[File:Trinidad_5754.png|frame]]
[[File:Trinidad_5754.png|frame]]
The vice-chairman of the LADDER council and the most influential figure in the Solar System, Aga Mbadi is a [[Big Bad]] of the ''Last Order'', and fills that role pretty well, [[Manipulative Bastard|having a hand]] in almost everything that happens around our good ol' Sol for the most of the [[Older Than They Look|last two centuries]].
The vice-chairman of the LADDER council and the most influential figure in the Solar System, Aga Mbadi is a [[Big Bad]] of the ''Last Order'', and fills that role pretty well, [[Manipulative Bastard|having a hand]] in almost everything that happens around our good ol' Sol for the most of the [[Older Than They Look|last two centuries]].


* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: An odd example. His name is unambiguously African; however, his medium-brown skintone, rather narrow features, and interests (yoga, Kalaripayyatu and other Indian martial arts) could easily lead to him being mistaken for Indian.
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: An odd example. His name is unambiguously African; however, his medium-brown skintone, rather narrow features, and interests (yoga, Kalaripayyatu and other Indian martial arts) could easily lead to him being mistaken for Indian.
* [[Amusing Injuries]]: His face is still covered in band-aids after the beatdown from Gally several chapters ago.
* [[Amusing Injuries]]: His face is still covered in band-aids after the beatdown from Gally several chapters ago.
* [[Badass]]
* [[Badass]]
{{quote| I will not allow you to alter reality without my permission.}}
{{quote|I will not allow you to alter reality without my permission.}}
* [[Badass Bookworm]]
* [[Badass Bookworm]]
* [[Bald Black Leader Guy]]: Almost: his hair is a more of a buzz cut, but being black and a leader he is as close as it gets. Not to say that he's a one of the rare villainous examples.
* [[Bald Black Leader Guy]]: Almost: his hair is a more of a buzz cut, but being black and a leader he is as close as it gets. Not to say that he's a one of the rare villainous examples.
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* [[Evil Chancellor]]
* [[Evil Chancellor]]
* [[The Chessmaster]]: Some of his plans are stretching for centuries.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: Some of his plans are stretching for centuries.
* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: It's not very healthy to make your own former partners turn against you. Especially if these partners are {{spoiler|[[Playful Hacker|a genius hacker]] and [[Badass Abnormal|immortal 700 years old vampire]]}}.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: It's not very healthy to make your own former partners turn against you. Especially if these partners are {{spoiler|[[Playful Hacker|a genius hacker]] and [[Badass Abnormal|immortal 700 years old vampire]]}}.
* [[Jerkass]]: And proud of it.
* [[Jerkass]]: And proud of it.
* [[Knight Templar]]: In a big way.
* [[Knight Templar]]: In a big way.
* [[Magic Knight]]: Despite being more of a manipulator, Trinidad rarely shies from a fight, and is usually ''really'' effective there.
* [[Magic Knight]]: Despite being more of a manipulator, Trinidad rarely shies from a fight, and is usually ''really'' effective there.
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]
* [[Magnificent Bastard]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: Tends to hide behind his official post of an important, but not really that powerful official.
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: Tends to hide behind his official post of an important, but not really that powerful official.
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* [[President Evil]]: Well, vice-president, anyway. LADDER chairman Yajnik, on the other hand, seems to be [[Our Presidents Are Different|President Buffoon]].
* [[President Evil]]: Well, vice-president, anyway. LADDER chairman Yajnik, on the other hand, seems to be [[Our Presidents Are Different|President Buffoon]].
* [[Start of Darkness]]: His decision to use the brainchip of the famous terrorist, [[Mad Scientist|Dr. Jean Vares]], whom he apprehended on Pluto, {{spoiler|to supplement his own brain}}. He was ''much'' less bitter and cynical before.
* [[Start of Darkness]]: His decision to use the brainchip of the famous terrorist, [[Mad Scientist|Dr. Jean Vares]], whom he apprehended on Pluto, {{spoiler|to supplement his own brain}}. He was ''much'' less bitter and cynical before.
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]
* [[Red Baron]]: Is nicknamed Trinidad (Trinity in Spanish) {{spoiler|due to being powered not by one, but by ''three'' brain chips of the brightest Typhareans so far}}. Really wants to "advance" to Quattro, {{spoiler|but Desty Nova proved to be trickier than expected}}.
* [[Red Baron]]: Is nicknamed Trinidad (Trinity in Spanish) {{spoiler|due to being powered not by one, but by ''three'' brain chips of the brightest Typhareans so far}}. Really wants to "advance" to Quattro, {{spoiler|but Desty Nova proved to be trickier than expected}}.
* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]: He knows that he's the top dog, and doesn't feel that shy about it (except when it might [[The Plan|hinder his plans]])
* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]: He knows that he's the top dog, and doesn't feel that shy about it (except when it might [[The Plan|hinder his plans]])
* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: Trinidad won't stop before ''anything'' to bring his goal, however [[Squick|squicky]] you'd find it.
* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: Trinidad won't stop before ''anything'' to bring his goal, however [[Squick|squicky]] you'd find it.
* [[Villain With Good Publicity]]: He's still the hero for most of the Solar system, despite not being the good old [[The Cape|Captain Mbadi]] for a long, long time.
* [[Villain with Good Publicity]]: He's still the hero for most of the Solar system, despite not being the good old [[The Cape (trope)|Captain Mbadi]] for a long, long time.
* {{spoiler|[[Your Head Asplode]]}}: In Chapter 110. He still [[Death Is Cheap|may have a backup]], though.
* {{spoiler|[[Your Head Asplode]]}}: In Chapter 110. He still [[Death Is Cheap|may have a backup]], though.


=== Caerula Sanguis/{{spoiler|Vilma Fachiri}} ===
==== Caerula Sanguis/{{spoiler|Vilma Fachiri}} ====
[[File:Caerula_Canguis_2095.png|frame]]
[[File:Caerula_Canguis_2095.png|frame]]
A mysterious woman with a hidden agenda that shows up periodically in ''Last Order'', mostly as a leader of a Guntroll Z.O.T.T. team and Star Nursery society. One of her defining characteristics is that she often alternates as an antagonist or as an ally for the heroes' team. Later revealed to be {{spoiler|an immortal [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampire]] ''indeed'' at least [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]] and a Trinidad's former partner}}. What she ''really'' knows and plans is one of the biggest mysteries in the series.
A mysterious woman with a hidden agenda that shows up periodically in ''Last Order'', mostly as a leader of a Guntroll Z.O.T.T. team and Star Nursery society. One of her defining characteristics is that she often alternates as an antagonist or as an ally for the heroes' team. Later revealed to be {{spoiler|an immortal [[Our Vampires Are Different|vampire]] ''indeed'' at least [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]] and a Trinidad's former partner}}. What she ''really'' knows and plans is one of the biggest mysteries in the series.
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* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: She normally wears modest clothing, but during the {{spoiler|Vampire arc}} there are scenes with her either [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39617-1/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-51.html naked] or wearing more revealing clothes.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: She normally wears modest clothing, but during the {{spoiler|Vampire arc}} there are scenes with her either [http://www.mangareader.net/1047-39617-1/battle-angel-alita-last-order/chapter-51.html naked] or wearing more revealing clothes.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: [[Wild Card|Probably]]. She's shown to be a really nice person, Guntroll have since basically allied with Gally's team, and there were other similar developments, but still no one knows what she really wants.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: [[Wild Card|Probably]]. She's shown to be a really nice person, Guntroll have since basically allied with Gally's team, and there were other similar developments, but still no one knows what she really wants.
** She recently offs {{spoiler|Trinidad}}, so at least for now she's still firmly in the heroes' camp.
** She recently offs {{spoiler|Trinidad}}, so at least for now she's still firmly in the heroes' camp.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Her name (which is obviously an alias) might be [[Canis Latinicus|roughly translated]] as ''"[[Shout Out|Blood-red Skies]]"'', or, in [[Altum Videtur|real Latin]], as "sky-blue blood". Both of which fits her extremely well.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Her name (which is obviously an alias) might be [[Canis Latinicus|roughly translated]] as ''"[[Shout-Out|Blood-red Skies]]"'', or, in [[Altum Videtur|real Latin]], as "sky-blue blood". Both of which fits her extremely well.
* [[Power Trio]]: {{spoiler|Basically, LADDER council was established by her, Aga Mbadi, and Ping Wu in the wake of the Terraforming Wars. She and Ping later drifted away from it, when Trinidad started showing his current dictatorial tendencies.}}
* [[Power Trio]]: {{spoiler|Basically, LADDER council was established by her, Aga Mbadi, and Ping Wu in the wake of the Terraforming Wars. She and Ping later drifted away from it, when Trinidad started showing his current dictatorial tendencies.}}
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]
* [[Rapunzel Hair]]
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* [[Wild Card]]: ''Nobody'' knows what is her true agenda. Even [[The Chessmaster|Aga Mbadi]].
* [[Wild Card]]: ''Nobody'' knows what is her true agenda. Even [[The Chessmaster|Aga Mbadi]].


=== Ping ''"The Weasel"'' Wu ===
==== Ping ''"The Weasel"'' Wu ====
[[File:ping_wu_6840.jpg|frame]]
[[File:ping_wu_6840.jpg|frame]]
The mysterious hacker living in a Robo Asyl, who saves the team after Trinidad spaces them early on in Last Order. Worshiped as a god by the throngs of a half-broken and malfunctioned robots who congregate in the underbelly of Salem, he quickly becomes Gally's ally and [[Mission Control]], and is later revealed to be a one of {{spoiler|LADDER's founders together with Trinidad and Caerula}}. He was an IT man in the [[Power Trio]] {{spoiler|establishing most of the codes and protocols of Salem and LADDER, and knew its every nook and cranny}}, which is why he was able to navigate it so easily later. As Mbadi started to become more intolerant and demanding, Wu distanced from him, and finally went into hiding, ending in Robo Asyl.
The mysterious hacker living in a Robo Asyl, who saves the team after Trinidad spaces them early on in Last Order. Worshiped as a god by the throngs of a half-broken and malfunctioned robots who congregate in the underbelly of Salem, he quickly becomes Gally's ally and [[Mission Control]], and is later revealed to be a one of {{spoiler|LADDER's founders together with Trinidad and Caerula}}. He was an IT man in the [[Power Trio]] {{spoiler|establishing most of the codes and protocols of Salem and LADDER, and knew its every nook and cranny}}, which is why he was able to navigate it so easily later. As Mbadi started to become more intolerant and demanding, Wu distanced from him, and finally went into hiding, ending in Robo Asyl.


* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Rather quickly.
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Rather quickly.
* [[It Amused Me]]: One of his main motivations. Even his recent [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], <ref>(Disabling the city's mind control system and [[Engineered Public Confession|engineering Mbadi's public confession]] in his dirty little plans)</ref> was apparently mainly done on a wager with Nova Pod.
* [[It Amused Me]]: One of his main motivations. Even his recent [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]], <ref>(Disabling the city's mind control system and [[Engineered Public Confession|engineering Mbadi's public confession]] in his dirty little plans)</ref> was apparently mainly done on a wager with Nova Pod.
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: He's quite a cynic, and doesn't hold any illusions about human nature, but still...
* [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: He's quite a cynic, and doesn't hold any illusions about human nature, but still...
* [[Mission Control]]
* [[Mission Control]]
* [[Non-Action Guy]]: Probably what explains his reduced relevance in the story, which progressively becomes action-centered.
* [[Non-Action Guy]]: Probably what explains his reduced relevance in the story, which progressively becomes action-centered.
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* [[Playful Hacker]]: Nearly textbook example.
* [[Playful Hacker]]: Nearly textbook example.
* [[Red Baron]]: ''The Weasel''.
* [[Red Baron]]: ''The Weasel''.
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: Wasn't heard about since Mbadi and Super Nova's encounter with Gally, {{spoiler|and her fusion with Fata Morgana and rebirth from Tunguska in an Imaginos 2.0 body}}. But then again, Nova hasn't appeared in the story since the very same event.
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Wasn't heard about since Mbadi and Super Nova's encounter with Gally, {{spoiler|and her fusion with Fata Morgana and rebirth from Tunguska in an Imaginos 2.0 body}}. But then again, Nova hasn't appeared in the story since the very same event.
** The chapters before the final battle of the ZOTT show him still in coma and in medical care of his childhood love.
** The chapters before the final battle of the ZOTT show him still in coma and in medical care of his childhood love.
** Chapter 109 shows him probably coming back to his senses, as he's seen smiling under the ventilator mask.
** Chapter 109 shows him probably coming back to his senses, as he's seen smiling under the ventilator mask.


== Panzer Kunst ==
=== Panzer Kunst ===
=== Erika ===
==== Erika ====
Gally's childhood friend back on Mars when she was still called Yoko. She is part of Gally's first memories ever. After both were rescued by Gerda, she and Yoko joined the Panzer Kunst school. Her overall fate in Gally's past is still unknown.
Gally's childhood friend back on Mars when she was still called Yoko. She is part of Gally's first memories ever. After both were rescued by Gerda, she and Yoko joined the Panzer Kunst school. Her overall fate in Gally's past is still unknown.
* [[Epileptic Trees]]: Some fans speculated that the mysterious Kunstler who attacked Zazie on Mars is no other than Erica.
* [[Epileptic Trees]]: Some fans speculated that the mysterious Kunstler who attacked Zazie on Mars is no other than Erica.


=== Gerda ===
==== Gerda ====
Gally's Panzer Kunst teacher and the woman who saved her and Erika from death by cruel soldiers. Not much has been revealed about her except that she was a high ranking fighter.
Gally's Panzer Kunst teacher and the woman who saved her and Erika from death by cruel soldiers. Not much has been revealed about her except that she was a high ranking fighter.
* [[The Obi-Wan]]: She was Gally's Panzer Kunst teacher.
* [[The Obi-Wan]]: She was Gally's Panzer Kunst teacher.


=== Tzykrow ===
==== Tzykrow ====
Another Gally's teacher and one of the few Kunstlers who survived the LADDER sequestration of the school, if only by becoming a Trinidad's crony. A thoroughly unsympathetic [[Small Name, Big Ego|self-important]] [[Jerkass]], he was Mbadi's general go-to man in the Martian affairs and tried to ambush Gally during the {{spoiler|Lou's brain retrieval arc}}, though with a singular lack of the result.
Another Gally's teacher and one of the few Kunstlers who survived the LADDER sequestration of the school, if only by becoming a Trinidad's crony. A thoroughly unsympathetic [[Small Name, Big Ego|self-important]] [[Jerkass]], he was Mbadi's general go-to man in the Martian affairs and tried to ambush Gally during the {{spoiler|Lou's brain retrieval arc}}, though with a singular lack of the result.


* [[Butt Monkey]]: Basically the only reason for him to appear was to show how much Gally progressed and how she isn't Yoko anymore -- with him on the receiving end.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Basically the only reason for him to appear was to show how much Gally progressed and how she isn't Yoko anymore -- with him on the receiving end.
* [[Humiliation Conga]]: After getting his ass kicked by Gally he crawls to Trinidad for help only to get a [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]] moment and end up as a Super Nova's [[Fate Worse Than Death|guinea pig]].
* [[Humiliation Conga]]: After getting his ass kicked by Gally he crawls to Trinidad for help only to get a [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]] moment and end up as a Super Nova's [[Fate Worse Than Death|guinea pig]].
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: Well, hardly sympathetic, but to end up as a [[Complete Monster|Super Nova]]'s test subject only because [[You Have Failed Me|you failed your boss]] ''once'' and he thinks he doesn't need you anymore is a bit harsh.
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]: Well, hardly sympathetic, but to end up as a [[Complete Monster|Super Nova]]'s test subject only because [[You Have Failed Me...|you failed your boss]] ''once'' and he thinks he doesn't need you anymore is a bit harsh.
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Tzykrow has a really flattering self-image -- which everyone who knows him thinks is ridiculously overinflated.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Tzykrow has a really flattering self-image -- which everyone who knows him thinks is ridiculously overinflated.
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]


== Space Karate ==
=== Space Karate ===
=== Zekka ===
==== Zekka ====
[[File:zekkafaceside_9116.jpg|frame]]
[[File:zekkafaceside_9116.jpg|frame]]
For all its history, karate has acquired a reputation of a ferociousness, not flash. Zekka, apparently, singlehandedly took upon himself to change that -- a more flashy, loud and ridiculously over-the-top character hardly could be ever imagined. Essentially a parody of the insanely skilled [[The Ace|aces]] in various fighting works, he's just another example of the fact that [[Tropes Are Not Bad]] -- for all his cliche-ness he's all the more amusing, and we love him just for that.
For all its history, karate has acquired a reputation of a ferociousness, not flash. Zekka, apparently, singlehandedly took upon himself to change that -- a more flashy, loud and ridiculously over-the-top character hardly could be ever imagined. Essentially a parody of the insanely skilled [[The Ace|aces]] in various fighting works, he's just another example of the fact that [[Tropes Are Not Bad]] -- for all his cliche-ness he's all the more amusing, and we love him just for that.


* [[Anime Hair]]: [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-65-page-9.html Before his dreads.]
* [[Anime Hair]]: [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-65-page-9.html Before his dreads.]{{Dead link}}
* [[Atomic F-Bomb]]: No spoilers, you'll know it when it happens.
* [[Atomic F-Bomb]]: No spoilers, you'll know it when it happens.
* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]: Just a tad more affable than usual.
* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]: Just a tad more affable than usual.
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* [[Badass Biker]]: And [[Disproportionate Retribution|woe unto you]] if you just happen to [[Berserk Button|just look on his bike funny]].
* [[Badass Biker]]: And [[Disproportionate Retribution|woe unto you]] if you just happen to [[Berserk Button|just look on his bike funny]].
* [[The Big Guy]]: He has essentially the same body as Sechs -- and maybe even somewhat bigger.
* [[The Big Guy]]: He has essentially the same body as Sechs -- and maybe even somewhat bigger.
** [http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-75-page-1.html He IS somewhat bigger.]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20100202195738/http://manga.animea.net/battle-angel-alita-last-order-chapter-75-page-1.html He IS somewhat bigger.]
* [[Blood Knight]]: The biggest of the series. His definition of what it means to be a man is to not make a single thing, but to destroy an entire planet with nothing but his own power, [[Testosterone Poisoning|environmental destruction in short.]]
* [[Blood Knight]]: The biggest of the series. His definition of what it means to be a man is to not make a single thing, but to destroy an entire planet with nothing but his own power, [[Testosterone Poisoning|environmental destruction in short.]]
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: He's large, he's loud, he don't give a shit about anything around him -- and when he fights, it's better to be as far from him, as it gets. Preferably on another planet.
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: He's large, he's loud, he don't give a shit about anything around him -- and when he fights, it's better to be as far from him, as it gets. Preferably on another planet.
* [[Crazy Awesome]]: ''Inexplicably'' so.
* [[Crazy Awesome]]: ''Inexplicably'' so.
* [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]: His mastery of "Dragon Slaying Fist" to Don Fua's "Tiger Killing Fist".
* [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]: His mastery of "Dragon Slaying Fist" to Don Fua's "Tiger Killing Fist".
** Technically called [[Badass|"Bone Crushing Dragon Slayer."]]
** Technically called [[Badass|"Bone Crushing Dragon Slayer."]]
* [[Drink Order]]: To see Zekka without his trademark "Mothman" beer bottle outside of a fight (and sometimes inside as well) is a truly rare occurrence.
* [[Drink Order]]: To see Zekka without his trademark "Mothman" beer bottle outside of a fight (and sometimes inside as well) is a truly rare occurrence.
* [[Foil]]: To his [[Rival]] [[Martial Pacifist|Don Fua]]
* [[Foil]]: To his [[Rival]] [[Martial Pacifist|Don Fua]]
* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]]
* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]]
* [[Ho Yay]]: [[Foe Yay|With Sechs, naturally.]] Although Sechs was originally female.
* [[Ho Yay]]: [[Foe Yay|With Sechs, naturally.]] Although Sechs was originally female.
* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]: All things considered, he's a pretty good-natured guy. Just don't get on his bad side.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: All things considered, he's a pretty good-natured guy. Just don't get on his bad side.
** He most certainly is a complete [[Jerkass]] in his own epic fashion at [[Ambition Is Evil|one notable moment.]]
** He most certainly is a complete [[Jerkass]] in his own epic fashion at [[Ambition Is Evil|one notable moment.]]
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Can punch so fast he produces enough heat to glass objects.
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Can punch so fast he produces enough heat to glass objects.
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* [[Old Master]]: He doesn't look the part, sure, but as if that would ever stop him.
* [[Old Master]]: He doesn't look the part, sure, but as if that would ever stop him.
* [[Punched Across the Room|Punched Across The Earth Sphere]]: From the Earth orbit to the Moon in one punch.
* [[Punched Across the Room|Punched Across The Earth Sphere]]: From the Earth orbit to the Moon in one punch.
* [[Rated M for Manly]]: When he's not drinking beer on a motorcycle and talking about environmental destruction, he's winning the fight with a single punch.
* [[Rated "M" for Manly]]: When he's not drinking beer on a motorcycle and talking about environmental destruction, he's winning the fight with a single punch.
* [[Ridiculously Human Robot]]
* [[Ridiculously Human Robot]]
* [[Rule of Cool]]: Completely, which is ridiculous for this series, where normally there is some sort of scientific explanation for everything. [[Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training|Most of his absurd strength]] [[http://108.60.201.122/3406<!-- 2F81_KRVQO2FGunnm_LO_Phase_81_002-003.jpg.jpg seems to be devoted to how "romantic" he is.]] -->
* [[Rule of Cool]]: Completely, which is ridiculous for this series, where normally there is some sort of scientific explanation for everything. [[Sacrificed Basic Skill for Awesome Training|Most of his absurd strength]] [http://108.60.201.122/3406%2F81_KRVQO%2FGunnm_LO_Phase_81_002-003.jpg.jpg seems to be devoted to how "romantic" he is.]{{Dead link}}
* [[Shout Out]]: [[Predator]] + [[Marvel Universe|Lobo]] + [[Star Wars|Kit Fisto]].
* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Predator]] + [[Marvel Universe|Lobo]] + [[Star Wars|Kit Fisto]].
* [[Spirited Competitor]]: Normally lazes around during fights because the competition is so weak compared to him... when it's competition on his own level [[Blood Knight|it's a completely different story.]]
* [[Spirited Competitor]]: Normally lazes around during fights because the competition is so weak compared to him... when it's competition on his own level [[Blood Knight|it's a completely different story.]]
* [[Testosterone Poisoning]]: The macho-est character ever.
* [[Testosterone Poisoning]]: The macho-est character ever.
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* [[Ubermensch]]
* [[Ubermensch]]
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]
* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]
* [[World's Strongest Man]]: Literally what he is. [[Hoist By His Own Petard|The only way to damage him is to rebound or deflect his attack,]] [[Healing Factor|and he heals anyways.]]
* [[World's Strongest Man]]: Literally what he is. [[Hoist by His Own Petard|The only way to damage him is to rebound or deflect his attack,]] [[Healing Factor|and he heals anyways.]]
* [[Worthy Opponent]]
* [[Worthy Opponent]]
* [[Older Than He Looks|Older Than He Acts]]: He's about 200 years old, but comparable to Sechs in terms of maturity.
* [[Older Than He Looks|Older Than He Acts]]: He's about 200 years old, but comparable to Sechs in terms of maturity.


=== Toji ===
==== Toji ====
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[[File:toji_3222.jpg|frame]]
Another Space Karate master, and closest thing to the [[Worthy Opponent]] that Gally ever really had. Almost as skilled as Zekka (in fact, his master was Zekka's rival in the past), he's somehow managed to remain a [[Wide Eyed Idealist]] who thinks that karate is a key that opens all the doors and answers all questions -- and he wants to create a "Karate planet" where he would welcome everybody who thinks the same -- and those who need their protection. Also, despite the listing order and Zekka's general flamboyantness, it is Toji who's actually the Space Karate team captain.
Another Space Karate master, and closest thing to the [[Worthy Opponent]] that Gally ever really had. Almost as skilled as Zekka (in fact, his master was Zekka's rival in the past), he's somehow managed to remain a [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]] who thinks that karate is a key that opens all the doors and answers all questions -- and he wants to create a "Karate planet" where he would welcome everybody who thinks the same -- and those who need their protection. Also, despite the listing order and Zekka's general flamboyantness, it is Toji who's actually the Space Karate team captain.


* [[Animal Motif]]: Rat
* [[Animal Motif]]: Rat
* [[The Big Guy]]: As an exception of other top fighters, who use generally normal-sized bodies, Toji is almost five meters tall.
* [[The Big Guy]]: As an exception of other top fighters, who use generally normal-sized bodies, Toji is almost five meters tall.
* [[The Cape]]: One of the few characters who genuinely tries to be [[The Hero]].
* [[The Cape (trope)]]: One of the few characters who genuinely tries to be [[The Hero]].
* [[Compensating for Something]]: Non sexual example. He admits having been small as a human so when he became a cyborg he wanted to be a large one.
* [[Compensating for Something]]: Non sexual example. He admits having been small as a human so when he became a cyborg he wanted to be a large one.
* [[Martial Arts and Crafts]]: [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Super Electromagnetic Karate]].
* [[Martial Arts and Crafts]]: [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Super Electromagnetic Karate]].
* [[Shotoclone]]: He's largely a Ryu's [[Expy]], right down to the torn-off sleeves of his ''gi''..
* [[Shotoclone]]: He's largely a Ryu's [[Expy]], right down to the torn-off sleeves of his ''gi''..
* [[Wide Eyed Idealist]]
* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: He even agrees to back up Gally should he lose their fight.
* [[Worthy Opponent]]: He even agrees to back up Gally should he lose their fight.


=== Rakan ===
==== Rakan ====
Zekka and Toji's complete opposite, a notorious underworld assassin who is wanted on ''all'' Solar system planets (well, except Mercury, but only because it's populated by an inorganic nanomachine race that has a [[Blue and Orange Morality]]) and only happens to join Space Karate team because of surviving the elimination match that Zekka proposed to refill their ranks, despite his utter loathsomeness. An unrepentant pervert and rapist, he still manages to get around because he's just that good.
Zekka and Toji's complete opposite, a notorious underworld assassin who is wanted on ''all'' Solar system planets (well, except Mercury, but only because it's populated by an inorganic nanomachine race that has a [[Blue and Orange Morality]]) and only happens to join Space Karate team because of surviving the elimination match that Zekka proposed to refill their ranks, despite his utter loathsomeness. An unrepentant pervert and rapist, he still manages to get around because he's just that good.


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* [[Jerkass Woobie]]: Despite his unpleasantness it's almost impossible not to pity him after hearing his backstory, which showed that he wasn't even responsible for his condition: it all was just sheer bad luck.
* [[Jerkass Woobie]]: Despite his unpleasantness it's almost impossible not to pity him after hearing his backstory, which showed that he wasn't even responsible for his condition: it all was just sheer bad luck.


=== Don Fua ===
==== Don Fua ====
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[[File:Don_Fua_6034.png|frame]]
Another student of Zekka's [[Old Master]] and his original [[Rival]]. He was also Toji's master in the past. Shortly before his death their master sent them on the quest to obtain and master the techniques most suitable to them both — Dragon Slaying Fist for Zekka and Tiger Killing Fist for him, and he was never heard about ever since. Zekka claims that he killed Don Fua in one of their previous meeting, bit is it really so?.. {{spoiler|Indeed he did not, and Don Fua has returned in the Chapter 107, intent on settling his rivalry with him.}}
Another student of Zekka's [[Old Master]] and his original [[Rival]]. He was also Toji's master in the past. Shortly before his death their master sent them on the quest to obtain and master the techniques most suitable to them both — Dragon Slaying Fist for Zekka and Tiger Killing Fist for him, and he was never heard about ever since. Zekka claims that he killed Don Fua in one of their previous meeting, bit is it really so?.. {{spoiler|Indeed he did not, and Don Fua has returned in the Chapter 107, intent on settling his rivalry with him.}}


* [[Always Someone Better]]: Probably the greatest single martial artist in the Solar System.
* [[Always Someone Better]]: Probably the greatest single martial artist in the Solar System.
* [[Animal Motifs]]: Rhinoceros beetle. Gally even calls him "beetle-monk" in chapter 108.
* [[Animal Motifs]]: Rhinoceros beetle. Gally even calls him "beetle-monk" in chapter 108.
* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: But he still used his fan occasionally.
* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: But he still used his fan occasionally.
* [[But Now I Must Go]]: He leaves the heroes quite soon after his introduction because his current body really cannot stay too long in this word.
* [[But Now I Must Go]]: He leaves the heroes quite soon after his introduction because his current body really cannot stay too long in this word.
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Their rivalry with Zekka was set up pretty long ago, but has come in play only recently.
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Their rivalry with Zekka was set up pretty long ago, but has come in play only recently.
* {{spoiler|[[Enlightenment Superpower]]}}: {{spoiler|Played with. He's essentially immortal, because his body is able to interact with the fabric of our space-time on the quantum level and transfer him into a kind of [[Alternate Universe]] in the whole or partially, so no attack can really harm him. But it's unclear whether this ability has anything to do with his Karate, his Enlightenment, or it's simply a function of his body. Trinidad thinks that it's the latter anyway.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Enlightenment Superpower]]}}: {{spoiler|Played with. He's essentially immortal, because his body is able to interact with the fabric of our space-time on the quantum level and transfer him into a kind of [[Alternate Universe]] in the whole or partially, so no attack can really harm him. But it's unclear whether this ability has anything to do with his Karate, his Enlightenment, or it's simply a function of his body. Trinidad thinks that it's the latter anyway.}}
* [[Foil]]: To [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Zekka]], obviously.
* [[Foil]]: To [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy|Zekka]], obviously.
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* [[Warrior Therapist]]: He was much more calm and adjusted than Zekka even in their youth, {{spoiler|and he takes it [[Up to Eleven]] in the recent chapters, where his main goal is to settle their rivalry with Zekka by convincing him that [[Ambition Is Evil]].}}
* [[Warrior Therapist]]: He was much more calm and adjusted than Zekka even in their youth, {{spoiler|and he takes it [[Up to Eleven]] in the recent chapters, where his main goal is to settle their rivalry with Zekka by convincing him that [[Ambition Is Evil]].}}


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A list of the characters that appear in the Gunnm/Battle Angel Alita series. As a Long Runner, expect Loads and Loads of Characters.

Main characters

Gally/Alita/Yoko

The series protagonist, a cute and young-looking girl cyborg, who was found by Dr. Daisuke Ido on the scrap heap in the beginning of the original Gunnm. While hardly all that intimidating on the outside, she later proved to be arguably the finest warrior on Earth and probably the whole Solar System, the reasons and implications of which touched in the great detail in the sequel manga Last Order.

  • Action Girl: Or Dark Action Girl depending on her mental state of the moment. Full stop when she was still Yoko.
  • Amazonian Beauty: Her muscles aren't very big, but they are very defined.
  • Animal Motifs: An octopus, due to her perpetual pout. After her large Heroic BSOD in Last Order, she has become to act more and more like a cat.
  • Artificial Human: In Last Order, having had her organic brain replaced with a chip. Also, in the video game, her birth is revealed as being a tumoral growth in a member of Martian royalty that developed a central nervous system.
  • Badass
  • Badass Longcoat
  • Blade Below the Shoulder On and off since her Motorball days.
  • Blood Knight: Gradually transforms into one, but showed traces of this from the very beggining.
    • She flips in and out of this personality whenever things go better or worse for her.
  • Blood-Splattered Wedding Dress: At one point Alita kicks some mecha ass wile wearing a gorgeous wedding dress...for no good reason, but it sure looks cool.
  • Boobs of Steel: Quite literally. Her bust size increases with each body change, while we are at that.
    • One bonus 4koma gag in Last Order reveals during a shower scene that when she "retracts" her Blade Below the Shoulder, the steel from the blades apparently migrates to pad her breasts.
  • Break the Cutie: She almost loses her mind when Figure Four dies. The only thing that prevents her from doing so is finding out that he really isn't dead.
  • Broken Ace: Alita is far above 95% of the killer cyborgs she encounters and she honestly wants to do the right thing. Still, she tends to create just as many problems as she fixes because she is still a flawed human at heart who is controlled by emotions, fears and predjudices...and can kill allmost anything.
    • She is considered the "strongest warrior".
  • Can't Have Sex Ever: More like Can't Settle Down With Somebody She Loves, Ever. Just as Hugo renounced to his dream of reaching Tiphares for her, he got killed; just as she finished her mission and was free to go see Figure Four, she was blown up, and next thing she knew, she had to go to space to save Earth.
  • Cry Cute
  • Cute Bruiser
  • Cyborg: Her only organic part is her brain. And that's not longer true as of Last Order.
  • Deadpan Snarker
  • Determinator
  • Facial Markings: Her trademark "antiglare patches" on the cheeks that she wears in any of her bodies. They were originaly the traditional markings of Panzer Kunst users, but since Gally was the only PK user on Earth they became her own trademark, so much that they have been built into her face since the Motorball days, and only seen without them twice after that.
  • Hell-Bent for Leather: When she bothers with clothing at all, as most of her bodies are robotic enough to not need it. She apparently just loves leather as a fashion statement.
    • She loves her pitch black leather so much she even wears it in the desert while using a body that has an inherent overheating problem. (see picture)
  • Implacable Man: A flashback shows that she and possibly all Panzer Kunst users were this.
  • The Hero
  • Laser-Guided Amnesia
  • Manic Pixie Dream Girl: When Alita falls head over heels in love with Yugo she unleashes her inner MPDG to talk him out of his single minded quest to reach Salem and make him hers. She ultimately succeeds a few seconds before he dies. After this experience, Alita permanently loses that part of herself.
  • Market-Based Title: Not only that, but also her name -- she's named Alita in the English translation, but Gally (apparently from Galatea) in the Japanese original. Kishiro doesn't seem to mind though.
    • And with the help of Ouroboros both names were made canon. So now she has THREE names! To make things even more complicated, there are a few clones of her running around, each with her/his own distinct personality and name.
  • Mood Swinger: Her frequently alternating between the cheerful periods and depressed sulking in the corner would make her look almost bipolar, if not for the fact that she usually has a reason for this Heroic BSODs.
  • Older Than They Look: Spent 200 years in suspended animation, yet still looked like a teenager when she was revived. True, she WAS a teenager beforehand, and cyborg bodies do not age, but, 15 years later, and several body upgrades, is still said to not look older that 20, despite actually being closer to two centuries and a half.
    • Her "real" age, that is, the time she spent conscious and not a Human Popsicle, turned off or in other type of suspended animation, is about 30, though.
  • Pint-Sized Powerhouse: One of the most efficient warriors alive, insanelly skilled, and with the raw firepower of one of the major superpowers of the Solar System... And still just 5 feet tall.
  • Power Gives You Wings: Damascus-bladed wings, while we are at that.
  • Really Seven Hundred Years Old: Well, 200-something really.
  • She's Got Legs: Oh yes.
  • Slasher Smile: She sometimes sports one during her most battle-crazed moments. Pray you never have to be on the receiving end of a face like that, i kid you not!
  • A Taste of Power: The berserker body she obtains in the first volume has more raw firepower that ANYTHING else in the series but some of her weapons in her (inferior in combat) TUNED body, and the Imaginos body she uses in the ending and in Last Order.
  • Took a Level in Badass: The most striking one was when she was given the berserker body and went from a young girl without experiece that could do some martial arts to a plasma welding proffesional able to win a bar brawl by herself.
  • Tomato in the Mirror: Twice in fast sucession in Last Order, she has not been the same since the latter.
  • Ubermensch
  • Ultimate Lifeform: When she is recreated the second time, Payne equates her to a Humanoid Abomination.
  • Waif Fu
  • Weapon of Choice: The Damascus Blade; first used as an elbow blade, then turned into a giant butterfly knife, and then incorporated into her Imaginos body.
  • The Woobie: She has been through hell...

Dr. Desty Nova

A closest thing to a Big Bad in the original manga and the epitome of a Mad Scientist archetype. He becomes somewhat more subdued in the sequel, even becoming something of an Anti-Hero and a combination of a mentor, a Mission Control and a Parental Substitute (if you squint really hard) for the hero. Disregarding Super Nova, of course. Super Nova might go and die in the fire.


Original manga characters

Scrapyard inhabitants

Dr. Daisuke Ido

Scrapyard cybersurgeon and Hunter-Warrior who found what was left of YokoGally in the scrap heap and revived/rebuilt her. Ido initially had some hopes of a Pygmalion Plot (which is probably why he named Gally such, as a short of Galatea), but wasn't much disappointed when she turned out indifferent, and became her Parental Substitute to amend her amnesia.

  • Back for the Finale: Coutesy of Ouroboros. Gally, in her attemps to escape, has to kill him. Twice. When she manages to finally overpower the program, we get a quite heartwarming So Proud of You moment.
  • Badass Normal: The only fully organic hunter warrior in the Scrapyard (or so he thinks), and a pretty damn good one.
  • Blood Knight: His sole reason to be a hunter-warrior.
  • Killed Off for Real: Well, somewhat subverted, he is resurrected, but ends up deleting his own memories, so the Ido we (and Gally) knew and loved is gone for good.
  • Decoy Protagonist: Early on it seemed like Ido would be the main co-star next to Alita. He puts everything in motion, gets plenty of characterization and is interesting enough to last an intire series. Then comes volume five...
  • Parental Substitute
  • Pygmalion Plot: He somewhat had that idea about Gally when he found her, but quickly got over that.
  • Stuffed in The Fridge: Even if alive, the only thing that remains of the old Ido is a memory in a few persons. Very few, as most of his friends were killed by Zapan. The way things are it isn't intirely impossible for him to return but it is very unlikely.

Zapan

Hugo

A Scrapyard boy who became Gally's first friend and later a Love Interest in the original. His biggest dream was to reach Tiphares/Jeru whatever it takes. It took his life -- which was one of the first signs just how crapsack their world really is.

  • Determinator
  • Go Out with a Smile
  • Lovable Rogue
  • Oblivious to Love: Hugo, you fool!
  • Shoot the Shaggy Dog: He never gave up on his dream, no matter the hardships he went through. After discovering his chance to fulfit it was a lie, he tries to get to Tiphares by foot, but the defense mechanism of the Factory pipes tear his feet out. He keeps CRAWLING up. Then Gally arrives, ends up convincing him to drop his dream and stay with her. Cue second razor ring going down the pipe, tearing his body apart, and, despite being caught by Gally, having just the time to say goodbye before breaking and falling to his doom.
  • Stuffed in The Fridge: Subverted, Gally takes his death HARD, and even 10 years later and having found another interest, she remembers him.

Vector

Makaku

Koyomi K.

A young girl appearing in the very first volume as newborn kid who lost her parents. Koyomi serves as a quasi timer for the series since her age represents the time that has passed since the series started. Growing up in the scrapyard and with her father losing his beloved bar with the Zapan incident, she developed a rather opportunistic and sarcastic personality. However she still has a honest heart and believes in a better future.

  • Audience Surrogate
  • The Ladette
  • Identical Stranger: She is said to look a lot like Gally. This is most noticeable in the epilogue of the original manga, where She's All Grown Up.
  • Iron Woobie: Has gone through her own share of horrible events and loses, but like Gally she doesn't give up.
  • Hit So Hard the Calendar Felt It: She was born exactly at the same moment as Ido found Gally's body in the scrap heap, marking the start of the whole story. Kishiro half-jokingly maintains a separate calendar called Anno Koyomi to maintain continuity of the series.
  • Morality Pet: Became this for Den.
  • Scare'Em Straight: She almost crosses the line into villany during the raid on the scrapyard when she pushes Den to crush her father He promptly decides to put the fear of death back in the little brat by dropping her a few stories deep.
  • Tagalong Kid: With the Barjack.

Motorball people

Jashugan

  • The Ace: He ended up taking challenges only from teams, AND with a handicap, otherwise he'd have no challenge. And he had barely in this way. Justified, however, in that his brain was touched by a certain Mad Scientist who enjoys flan...
  • Back for the Finale: Like Ido, reappears in Ouroboros. Gally breaks out of the illusion by finally defeating him.
  • Dark-Skinned Blond
  • Determinator
  • Died Standing Up: After making Gally lose consciousness on a fight.
  • Energy Being: Trough sheer willpower, he briefly becomes this in his last moments. He uses this opportunity to punch Alita in half, snapping her out of her depression wile he is at it.
  • Worthy Opponent: The sole character to punch Gally in the midsection and actually defeat her in combat until Last Order.
    • This left such a mark on her that even after having long surpassed him, she still thinks highly of him.


Barjack and related

Kaos

A mysterius Radio DJ who drives around the wasteland with his assistant. His musical tallent stems from his unique ability to read memories inprinted on items by their users. This can range from music and singing from instruments to fencing from Swords. He also can only see in infrared and hear in radio signals. Becomes a potential love intrest for Gally after reading her memories. However he also harbors two dark Secrets. He has a split personality named Den who leads a massiv army and tries to destroy Jeru and he is the biological son of Destiny Nova.

Den

Leader of the marauding army Barjack. Prefers to walk around in a massiv centauren shaped robot body. According to Gally, extremly agile despite his size.

  • Blood Knight: Seeing he is Kaos' supressed rage, it is quite reasonable.
  • Establishing Character Moment: Seeing him deliver a Badass Boast to an opponent who is destroying his body, just to kill him in one single move once he finishes. Then squatting the manager of said opponent for being a pawn of Tiphares.
  • Large and In Charge
  • Self-Destructive Charge: His last attempt to destroy the floating city, after Barjack got heavily destroyed. Complete with "O Fortuna" sounding. Yes, in printed media.
    • Shaggy Dog Story: And that charge ends with his BFS breaking when he gets an strike against one of the tubes that go up to Tiphares. He decides dying is the best thing he can do then.
  • Wide-Eyed Idealist: A far darker that normal take on the trope, he belives the destruction of Tiphares would solve the world's problems. Not So Different from Kaos, after all.

Figure Four

  • Badass Normal: Can perform a shockwave attack in a human body and knows how to fight full-body cyborgs.
  • Determinator: Went up against Gally several times despite getting his ass beaten, survived having a wall drop on him and didn't stop carrying Gally through a desert without any water or shade. The only thing that can really stop him is a nuclear reactor (It Makes Sense in Context).
  • Manly Tears: When Yolg dies.
  • Out of Focus: He only got mentions in Last Order. Compare with Koyomi, Kaos, and even Vector and Gally's motorball circle, which were seen and even got some plotlines.
  • Stay in the Kitchen: He acts macho to lure Alita out of her shell but ironically he is the one who stays behind in his peacefull coastal village to faithfully await Alita's return wile she is out on her own kicking ass and taking names. That's pretty rare in fiction, when you think of it.


Tiphareans

Lou Collins

Gally's Mission Control during her Factory agent times and her closest friend since she lost touch with Ido and others (bordering on Les Yay sometimes). During the Barjack arc she was swept up into the Jeru/Salem (Tipharo-Ketherean for you Viz readers) politics, and the result... wasn't pretty to say the least. In fact, the original impulse for Last Order story was Gally's wish to save her friend (or whatever left of her).

Bigott Eisenburg

After Aita is nearly destroyed, Eisenburg is the one who recruits her for the "Tuned" program which involves recording Alita's fighting skills so they can make 100% loyal robotic copies of her. He is an extremely smug character who values his citizenship of Salem above all else and sees Scrapyard cyborgs as sub-human tools.

  • Big Bad Wannabe: From the first time you see him, you know he is up to no good. When he crushes the Barjack rebellion with Salem's superweapon he seems to be a really big deal too. He is anything but.
  • Go Mad from the Revelation: Just how far are you flying off the deep end if you CUT OPEN YOUR OWN SKULL WITH A BUZZSAW?'
  • Irony: The biggest hater of cybernetic implants had a chip for a brain all along.
  • Smug Snake
  • You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Does it TWICE to Alita and Lou as well...then he gets thrown into the trash himself.

Last Order characters

Space Angels

GR-6 Sechs

One of the Gally's TUNED clones, who broke free and, being burdened with an extremely powerful Middle Child Syndrome decided to prove his (well, her at the time) worth by hunting down all other clones and, finally, the original. After getting (then still) her ass kicked by Gally almost at the end of that quest (see below), she (then) toned down somewhat and became something of an Annoying Younger Sibling.

-- How old are you, kid?
—Two!
    • Sechs mentaly even notes that he's only 1 year and 5 months old and that he should have said 20 because it's "average human age".
    • "What the fuck's a potty?"

GR-11 Elf and GR-12 Zwölf

The only TUNED clones who survived Sechs rampage, mainly because Desty Nova has taken them under his wing. Closer to a younger and more innocent Gally of the early manga, they inexplicably behave as if they were twins, and serve as a more lighthearted Foil to their more bloodthirsty older siblings.

Zazie

Martian Kingdom special forces officer (and Queen Limeira's personal bodyguard at that) who crossed the ways with Gally several times in the past, until finally becoming her ally im the Z.O.T.T. finals. While no slouch in unarmed combat, she's not nearly close to the insane feats of the likes of Gally and Zekka, and really shines with everything that shoots.


LADDER council

Aga "Trinidad" Mbadi

The vice-chairman of the LADDER council and the most influential figure in the Solar System, Aga Mbadi is a Big Bad of the Last Order, and fills that role pretty well, having a hand in almost everything that happens around our good ol' Sol for the most of the last two centuries.

  • Ambiguously Brown: An odd example. His name is unambiguously African; however, his medium-brown skintone, rather narrow features, and interests (yoga, Kalaripayyatu and other Indian martial arts) could easily lead to him being mistaken for Indian.
  • Amusing Injuries: His face is still covered in band-aids after the beatdown from Gally several chapters ago.
  • Badass

I will not allow you to alter reality without my permission.

Caerula Sanguis/Vilma Fachiri

A mysterious woman with a hidden agenda that shows up periodically in Last Order, mostly as a leader of a Guntroll Z.O.T.T. team and Star Nursery society. One of her defining characteristics is that she often alternates as an antagonist or as an ally for the heroes' team. Later revealed to be an immortal vampire indeed at least Really Seven Hundred Years Old and a Trinidad's former partner. What she really knows and plans is one of the biggest mysteries in the series.

Ping "The Weasel" Wu

The mysterious hacker living in a Robo Asyl, who saves the team after Trinidad spaces them early on in Last Order. Worshiped as a god by the throngs of a half-broken and malfunctioned robots who congregate in the underbelly of Salem, he quickly becomes Gally's ally and Mission Control, and is later revealed to be a one of LADDER's founders together with Trinidad and Caerula. He was an IT man in the Power Trio establishing most of the codes and protocols of Salem and LADDER, and knew its every nook and cranny, which is why he was able to navigate it so easily later. As Mbadi started to become more intolerant and demanding, Wu distanced from him, and finally went into hiding, ending in Robo Asyl.

  • Demoted to Extra: Rather quickly.
  • It Amused Me: One of his main motivations. Even his recent Crowning Moment of Awesome, [1] was apparently mainly done on a wager with Nova Pod.
  • Knight in Sour Armor: He's quite a cynic, and doesn't hold any illusions about human nature, but still...
  • Mission Control
  • Non-Action Guy: Probably what explains his reduced relevance in the story, which progressively becomes action-centered.
  • Older Than They Look: He may look like a stereotypical Hollywood Nerd in his 30's, but he's been around since the Terraforming Wars.
  • Playful Hacker: Nearly textbook example.
  • Red Baron: The Weasel.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?: Wasn't heard about since Mbadi and Super Nova's encounter with Gally, and her fusion with Fata Morgana and rebirth from Tunguska in an Imaginos 2.0 body. But then again, Nova hasn't appeared in the story since the very same event.
    • The chapters before the final battle of the ZOTT show him still in coma and in medical care of his childhood love.
    • Chapter 109 shows him probably coming back to his senses, as he's seen smiling under the ventilator mask.

Panzer Kunst

Erika

Gally's childhood friend back on Mars when she was still called Yoko. She is part of Gally's first memories ever. After both were rescued by Gerda, she and Yoko joined the Panzer Kunst school. Her overall fate in Gally's past is still unknown.

  • Epileptic Trees: Some fans speculated that the mysterious Kunstler who attacked Zazie on Mars is no other than Erica.

Gerda

Gally's Panzer Kunst teacher and the woman who saved her and Erika from death by cruel soldiers. Not much has been revealed about her except that she was a high ranking fighter.

Tzykrow

Another Gally's teacher and one of the few Kunstlers who survived the LADDER sequestration of the school, if only by becoming a Trinidad's crony. A thoroughly unsympathetic self-important Jerkass, he was Mbadi's general go-to man in the Martian affairs and tried to ambush Gally during the Lou's brain retrieval arc, though with a singular lack of the result.

Space Karate

Zekka

For all its history, karate has acquired a reputation of a ferociousness, not flash. Zekka, apparently, singlehandedly took upon himself to change that -- a more flashy, loud and ridiculously over-the-top character hardly could be ever imagined. Essentially a parody of the insanely skilled aces in various fighting works, he's just another example of the fact that Tropes Are Not Bad -- for all his cliche-ness he's all the more amusing, and we love him just for that.

Toji

Another Space Karate master, and closest thing to the Worthy Opponent that Gally ever really had. Almost as skilled as Zekka (in fact, his master was Zekka's rival in the past), he's somehow managed to remain a Wide-Eyed Idealist who thinks that karate is a key that opens all the doors and answers all questions -- and he wants to create a "Karate planet" where he would welcome everybody who thinks the same -- and those who need their protection. Also, despite the listing order and Zekka's general flamboyantness, it is Toji who's actually the Space Karate team captain.

Rakan

Zekka and Toji's complete opposite, a notorious underworld assassin who is wanted on all Solar system planets (well, except Mercury, but only because it's populated by an inorganic nanomachine race that has a Blue and Orange Morality) and only happens to join Space Karate team because of surviving the elimination match that Zekka proposed to refill their ranks, despite his utter loathsomeness. An unrepentant pervert and rapist, he still manages to get around because he's just that good.

  • Freudian Excuse: Recent chapter revealed he became such a person after getting a bullet in the brain which affects the part of your brain responsible for social behaviour and sexuality.
  • Complete Monster
  • Irony / Karmic Death: For all his perverseness he died from the armor-piercing bullet to the ass, which punched through his whole body and ultimately destroyed his brain. At last.
  • Jerkass Woobie: Despite his unpleasantness it's almost impossible not to pity him after hearing his backstory, which showed that he wasn't even responsible for his condition: it all was just sheer bad luck.

Don Fua

Another student of Zekka's Old Master and his original Rival. He was also Toji's master in the past. Shortly before his death their master sent them on the quest to obtain and master the techniques most suitable to them both — Dragon Slaying Fist for Zekka and Tiger Killing Fist for him, and he was never heard about ever since. Zekka claims that he killed Don Fua in one of their previous meeting, bit is it really so?.. Indeed he did not, and Don Fua has returned in the Chapter 107, intent on settling his rivalry with him.

  • Always Someone Better: Probably the greatest single martial artist in the Solar System.
  • Animal Motifs: Rhinoceros beetle. Gally even calls him "beetle-monk" in chapter 108.
  • Bare-Fisted Monk: But he still used his fan occasionally.
  • But Now I Must Go: He leaves the heroes quite soon after his introduction because his current body really cannot stay too long in this word.
  • Chekhov's Gunman: Their rivalry with Zekka was set up pretty long ago, but has come in play only recently.
  • Enlightenment Superpower: Played with. He's essentially immortal, because his body is able to interact with the fabric of our space-time on the quantum level and transfer him into a kind of Alternate Universe in the whole or partially, so no attack can really harm him. But it's unclear whether this ability has anything to do with his Karate, his Enlightenment, or it's simply a function of his body. Trinidad thinks that it's the latter anyway.
  • Foil: To Zekka, obviously.
  • Martial Pacifist: Pretty much his entire schtick.
  • Megaton Punch: Even though his ultimate technique, Noble Void Palm, absorbs attacks of the others, it has a variation, which can transport a person/attack. It once ended with Zekka making a neat new crater on the Moon.
    • He has another variation of this, a Noble Essence Fist, "the fist which smashes evil", that launches a mini black hole into the enemy. Which is probably his take on the ultimate technique originally assigned to him by his master, the Tiger Killing Fist, which is supposed to be a match to Dragon Slaying Fist.
  • Vitriolic Best Buds: How he tends to view their rivalry with Zekka. Don Fua is still very much in awe with the Zekka's skill, determination and passion, feeling that he indeed nailed the essence of karate, but deeply regrets that Zekka still cannot abandon his Blood Knight ways, trying to persuade him every time they meet.
  • Warrior Monk: Subverted. He's indeed the enlightened Buddhist monk who simply knew karate. And knew it very well.
  • Warrior Therapist: He was much more calm and adjusted than Zekka even in their youth, and he takes it Up to Eleven in the recent chapters, where his main goal is to settle their rivalry with Zekka by convincing him that Ambition Is Evil.

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  1. (Disabling the city's mind control system and engineering Mbadi's public confession in his dirty little plans)