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== The Protagonists ==

=== Asellus ===

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* [[Alien Blood]]: Purple.

* [[Discount Lesbians]]: She's gay because of the Charm Lord Orlouge's [[Blood Magic|blood]] in her veins. {{spoiler|In the ending where she gives up her mystic powers, she marries a man}}.

* [[Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated]]: Since the accident happened 12 years before the game started, and not 'yesterday' as she previously believed, Asellus' aunt believed her to be dead.

* [[Super Mode]]: Mystical Change. Borders on a [[Super-Powered Evil Side]], as too much use of this will lead to her getting [[Drunk on the Dark Side]].

* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]: A source of [[Angst]] in the {{spoiler|Half-Mystic}} ending where she finds it hard to {{spoiler|return to Gina for her yearly reunion, who's [[We Are as Mayflies|living a mayfly human life]]}}.

* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: In her Full-Mystic ending, she goes mad with power, {{spoiler|becoming a worse tyrant than Orlouge was}}.

=== Blue ===

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* [[Bishonen]]: Fuse actually [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|mistakes him for female]] in ''[[All There in the Manual|Essence]]''.

* [[Cain and Abel]]: Told to be the Cain of the equation by the Magic Kingdom. Rouge was no doubt told the same thing.

=== Emelia ===

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* [[Clothes Make the Superman]]: Being an ex-supermodel, Emelia can get stat boosts in her clothes. Two of her four outfits give a minor benefit in a different skill. More specifically, they swap her "Spark Talent List": that is, the moves she's most likely to learn, with the other ladies of Gradius.

** Pink Tiger outfit boosts her barehanded attacks by swapping her list with Liza's.

=== Lute ===

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* [[The Alcoholic]]: Not as bad as Gen, but he has shades of this: he's always found in the Pub in Scrap, and during his story, if you do the quest for the Grail Card, finding the card becomes an afterthought to "Free sake!".

* [[All Your Powers Combined]]: ''[[Word of God|Essence]]'' states that his quest was finished last, mainly because he was so busy helping out all the other characters. So they returned the favor and all joined him to finish ''his'' quest. ''All'' of them. {{spoiler|The villain of his story is also revealed to be the [[Man Behind the Man]] behind most other villains in the game}}.

=== Red<ref>Retsu Okonogi.</ref> ===

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* [[Anime Hair]]: A few drug users comment on it, calling him "Cactus Head". Also, Doll finds it easy to find him due to his "hip-hop hairdo".

* [[Crutch Character]]: Alkaiser form. While few non-bosses can stand up to his immense power, ending a battle as Alkaiser voids any stat bonuses that Red would get. Since Red's stats directly influence Alkaiser's, the result can be a very weak superhero.

=== Riki<ref>Coon.</ref> ===

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* [[The Chosen One]]

* [[Dub Name Change]]: In the Japanese version, he's known as "Coon".

=== T260 ===

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* [[Heart Drive]]: T260's "core" apparently functions as one of these, enabling it to swap body types at will. Presumably, it's the same for other Mecs, too.

* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: T260 cannot remember its original mission.

== Recruitable Humans ==

=== Annie ===

* [[Knowledge Broker]]: She sells Red the location of Shuzer's base and knows her way around Despair, among other things.

 

=== Captain Hamilton ===

* [[Amazon Brigade]]: Her entire crew is female, all orphans who've had their families killed by Trinity.

* [[Cool Ship]]/[[Cool Boat]]: She's Captain of the ''Victoria'', a region ship that looks like a pirate ship, complete with large glowing sails.

 

=== "Doll" ===

* [[Code Name]]: "Icy Doll".

* [[Fair Cop]]

 

=== Fei-On ===

* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]

* [[Warrior Monk]]: Even went so far as to shave his head to look the part. He was on his way to Kyo to train before his ship was swallowed by Tanzer.

=== "Fuse" ===

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* [[Casanova Wannabe]]: It doesn't come up in the game, but in ''Essence'', he's quite the... ineffective ladies man.

* [[Code Name]]

=== Gen ===

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* [[The Alcoholic]]: A full-blown drunk. Just sits around getting wasted in Scrap and Junk, and both his status screen and victory pose involve him drinking.

* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Has the personality, and at age 35, he's definitely this to Rose (14) and Thyme (12). To everyone else in-game, he's borderline: none of the protagonists are older than 25 (Lute), and short of Roufas (40) and Capt. Hamilton (48), he's still got 6 years on the next closest character who can join the group.

 

=== Liza ===

 

=== Mei-Ling ===

* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad Friend]]: Riki's story}}.

* [[Chinese Girl]]

 

=== Roufas ===

* [[Cool Shades]]: Never takes 'em off. Not even while cooking. Not even at a wedding.

* [[My Nayme Is]]/[[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: "Roufas" rather than "Rufus". Possibly (probably) a translation error.

=== Rouge ===

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* [[Cain and Abel]]: The Abel to Blue's Cain, as Rouge is the more social and friendly brother.

* [[Different As Night and Day]]

=== Dr. Nusakan ===

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* [[Back-Alley Doctor]]: Runs a small clinic in the backstreets of Koorong.

* [[Deadly Doctor]]

 

=== Ildon ===

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Although his heart of gold doesn't show up until near the end of Asellus' game when he rejoins your party following {{spoiler|the loss of White Rose}}.

* [[Oranyan]]: To Rastaban. He's well aware that Rastaban's completely off his rocker, and doesn't mind snarking bitterly at him whenever they get a scene together, but he does love him.

=== Mesarthim ===

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* [[Apologizes a Lot]]: For perceived disrespect to upper class Mystics.

* [[Cast from Hit Points]]: Her [LifeRain] ability sacrifices her LP to heal the party's HP.

=== Rei ===

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* [[Better to Die Than Be Killed]]: She threw herself into the fires of Kurenai, so she wouldn't have to live as one of Orlouge's mistresses.

* [[Boomerang Bigot]]: In Asellus' game, the first thing she says is "I smell the foul stench of a Mystic", referring to White Rose despite she herself being one.

=== "Silence" ===

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* [[Appropriated Appellation]]

* [[Code Name]]: As an IRPO agent, it makes sense.

 

=== "Time Lord" ===

* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: No one knows what his true name is: "Time Lord" is just a title he's taken for himself.

* [[Power Perversion Potential]]: Invoked in ''Essence'' when he uses Time Leap to allow Fuse to feel up Doll. Unfortunately, since the person is outside of time, they can't be affected by ''anything'', and feel as hard as stone. Unfortunately for ''Fuse'', Time Leap's effect doesn't last very long.

 

=== White Rose ===

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|In the Dark Labyrinth, in order to for anyone to leave, someone has to stay behind}}. White Rose decides that she deserves it as punishment for disobeying Orlogue, and stays so that Asellus and co. may leave.

* [[Love Martyr]]: {{spoiler|In Asellus' Full Mystic ending, [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|she and the rest of Orlouge's harem are left to "sleep" in their coffins forever so Asellus can start a new one]]}}.

 

=== Zozma ===

* [[Dark-Skinned Redhead]]

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]]: Sure, he can use evil magic and [[Expy|looks like]] [[Street Fighter|Akuma]], but he's on Asellus' side and helps her cope with the loss of {{spoiler|White Rose}}.

== Recruitable Mecs ==

=== BJ&K ===

* [[The Medic]]: For Humans.

* [[Secret Keeper]]: He recognizes Red as Alkaiser pretty early on, but keeps it secret on pain of being disassembled.

 

=== Engineer Car ===

* [[The Medic]]: For Mecs.

 

=== Leonard ===

* [[Brain Uploading]]: Predicts his own death and backs up his memory for just such an occasion.

* [[The Smart Guy]]

 

=== Pzkw V ===

* [[Arms Dealer]]: Found in the backstreets of Koorong, selling guns smuggled from Trinity.

 

=== Rabbit ===

* [[Appropriated Appellation]]

 

=== ZEKE<ref>Type-ZERO.</ref> ===

* [[Genki Girl|Genki Mec]]

 

== Recruitable Monsters ==

=== Cotton ===

* [[Strapped to An Operating Table]]: Found in the [[Science Is Bad|Bio Research Lab]], trapped in some sort of chamber being experimented on.

* [[The Unintelligible]]: He speaks in "kyu"s and "myu"s, although Doll and Fuse seem to understand him. More so because Cotton is an IRPO agent.

 

=== Kylin ===

* [[Friend to All Children]]: So much that he created a magical paradise just for them.

* [[Papa Wolf]]: He seems quite jolly until Blue announces he's going to kill him and take his gift of Space Magic.

 

=== Red Turnip ===

* [[Replacement Scrappy]]: [[Discussed Trope|Discussed]] when he joins Asellus' party.

 

=== King Sei ===

* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: If you defeat him after robbing his grave, he offers to join the party.

* [[Dem Bones]]

 

=== Slime ===

 

=== Suzaku ===

* [[Taken for Granite]]: Frozen solid in the mountains of Mosperiburg.

 

=== Thunder ===

* [[Big Little Brother]]: Thunder's easily twice Lute's size, but still calls him "Big Bro".

* [[Disc One Nuke]]: He can turn into a powerful Trisaur easily, which makes his Ground Hit cause 1000 points of damage to any enemy in range.

== And All The Rest ==

=== Berva ===

* [[The Brute]]

* [[Malevolent Masked Man]]: Enters the Masked Martial Arts Tournament wearing a domino mask.

 

=== Ciato ===

* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]

* [[Blue Blood]]

 

=== Cindy Campbell ===

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]

* [[Evil Genius]]

 

=== Dr. Klein ===

* [[Eyepatch of Power]]

* [[Man Behind the Man]]

 

=== Gina ===

* [[Bi the Way]]

* [[Morality Pet]]: To {{spoiler|Full Mystic Asellus}}.

=== Lion Princess ===

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* [[Action Girl]]: Even ''before'' being turned into a mystic.

* [[Blood Knight]]

 

=== Hawk ===

* [[Badass Beard]]

* {{spoiler|[[Big Damn Hero]]: As Alkarl, appears just before Shuzer deals the final blow at the beginning of Red's game}}.

 

=== Metal Black<ref>Shortened to MBlack in battle.</ref> ===

* [[Evil Knockoff]]: Metal Black III is modeled after Alkaiser, and has his own version of Alkaiser's Al-Phoenix called Dark Phoenix. In fact, MBlackIII's Japanese name is Metal Alkaiser.

* [[Pick Your Human Half]]: Obviously a Mec, but is quite the philosopher.

 

=== Mondo ===

* [[Affably Evil]]: At first, he seems like a genuinely nice guy: In Emelia's quest, he gives her the Angel Broach, and in Lute's game, he gives him a ride out of Yorkland... he's also the head of Trinity, killed Lute's father, and plans to rule the world with a [[Humongous Mecha]].

* [[Galactic Conqueror]]: Plans to use his Spriggan to conquer the Regions.

=== Orlouge ===

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* [[Bad Boss]]/[[Villainous Demotivator]]: After Asellus' escape, Ciato questions the wisdom of not punishing Ildon... and gets hurled around the room for his trouble.

{{quote|'''Orlouge''': Don't ever question me again.

=== Rastaban ===

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* [[The Chessmaster]]: Turns out, he's behind a plot to {{spoiler|help Asellus overthrow Orlouge. Depending on how Mystical she is, he either gives her some Pluto Armor or fights to absorb her mystical power and be strong enough to fight Orlouge himself}}.

* [[Dark Chick]]

 

=== Rosemary and Thyme ===

* [[In-Series Nickname]]: "Rose", rather than Rosemary.

* [[Kid With the Remote Control]]: To T260, Thyme more than Rosemary.

 

=== Ren ===

* {{spoiler|[[The Reveal]]: Ren is the Joker}}.

* [[Sacrificial Lamb]]

 

=== Shuzer ===

* [[Cyborg]]

* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: Although he may just be trying to mess with Red's head, during the battle at his base in Koorong, just before Alkaiser deals the final blow, he claims to have Dr. Okonogi's brain and asks Red/Alkaiser if he could kill his own father.

 

=== Tanzer ===

* [[Womb Level]]

 

=== Virgil <ref>Ring Lord/Fireworks Lord.</ref> ===

* [[Cool Chair]]: A golden bat and angel winged throne set atop a massive dragon!

* [[A Glass of Chianti]]

== Organizations ==

=== Bio Research Lab ===

* [[Body Horror]]

* [[Evilutionary Biologist]]

 

=== Black X<ref>Black Cross.</ref> ===

* [[Highly-Conspicuous Uniform]]: Of the "all one color" variety. They're color coded by which "Black X Emperor" they serve.

* [[Nebulous Evil Organization]]

 

=== The Caballero Family ===

* [[The Mafia]]: Runs a protection racket in Junk, a factory in Scrap.

 

=== Gradius ===

 

=== IRPO<ref>Inter-Regional Patrol Organization.</ref> ===

* [[Oddly Small Organization]]: The only patrol officers are Fuse, Ren, Doll, Silence, Cotton and Rabbit. In ''[[All There in the Manual|Essence]]'', Suzaku, Engineer Car and ZEKE are deputized as well. Fuse also deputizes Red in one instance.

* [[Space Police]]: Although whether the regions are planets or just places is... kind of ill-defined.

 

=== Trinity ===

* [[One Nation Under Copyright]]: The closest thing to a legitimate government that exists in the setting, though they are corrupt and evil on the whole.