Xenoblade Chronicles/Characters: Difference between revisions

* {{spoiler|[[A God I Am Not]]: As the chosen wielder of the third Monado. He chooses to be a mortal.}}

* [[Adorkable]]: Due to spending a lot of time in his lab, he tends to be pretty socially awkward at times.

* [[Badass Bookworm]]

** {{spoiler|[[Heartbroken Badass]]: After losing Fiora.}}

* [[Blue Eyes]]

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Blue Oni]]: At first he serves as this to Reyn as his red counterpart, but as he gradually becomes more and more red as he lets his emotions do the talking. Despite this, he never stops being one of the team's many [[The Smart Guy|smart guys]].

* [[Childhood Friend Romance]]: With Fiora. {{spoiler|Victorious Childhood Friend example; Everybody who knows Shulk and Fiora could tell they love each other and have for a long time, and they are pretty much a canon couple by the end.}}

** {{spoiler|[[It Sucks to Be the Chosen One]]: It turns out that he ''was'' chosen... because he happened to be near to the Monado. Not to mention the fact that the being who chose him was a colossal jackass.}}

* [[Combat Clairvoyance]]: From the Monado. {{spoiler|Or so he thinks at first...}}

* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: And [[BFS|pretty huge ones]]. A plot justification in him using the Monado. Even before wielding it {{spoiler|and after Zanza takes it}}, he still fancies big honkin' swords.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: [[Justified Trope|Justified]]. You don't discover everyday {{spoiler|that you have spent the last 14 years [[Dead All Along|being freaking DEAD]]!}}

** {{spoiler|[[Skeptic No Longer]]: After it becomes clear to him that the battle between the Bionis and the Mechonis ''isn't'' just a myth and that the repercussions of that fight are what led to the current crisis, he realises that he can't ignore what he isn't aware of and becomes more of an [[Agent Mulder]].}}

* {{spoiler|[[I Let Gwen Stacy Die|I Let Fiora Die]]}}: Although [[Tropes Are Not Bad|thankfully]] his angst is kept to a minimum, when not outright substituted by [[Unstoppable Rage]].

* {{spoiler|1=[[Intimate Healing]] / [[Sacred First Kiss]]: With Fiora.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Magic Feather]]: The Monado turns out to be something like this. While its mechon-killing powers are very real, Shulk's power to see the future turns out to be all his own, as he discovers in the late-game when he loses the Monado to Zanza.}}

* [[Moral Dissonance]] / [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|What Measure Is A Non-Homs?]]: His ultimate goal is effectively ''genocide'' against everything on Mechonis, because [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?|they're just unthinking machines]]. {{spoiler|Once he realises ''just how wrong'' this is, he admits he's made a horrible mistake and dedicates himself to ''stopping'' all future fighting between the peoples of the two titans.}}

* [[Nerds Are Sexy]]: Especially with his swimming gear equipped...

* [[Oblivious to Love]]: Subverted. Dunban notes that [[Everyone Can See It|it's obvious that he and Fiora like each other]], but they suffer from the [[Twice Shy]] problem.

** Although when it comes to Melia, Shulk fits the trope to a T.

** '''[[Unstoppable Rage]]''': When he meets Metal Face for the second time, Shulk basically does a complete 180 on his personality... [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|and the rest has a very good reason for being on the Crowners page]].

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Against the Mechon for {{spoiler|attacking Colony 9 and killing Fiora}}. It's lampshaded by everyone to be an [[Out of Character]] moment as he's usually [[The Messiah]] to a T. {{spoiler|He eventually realises that they're right and he doesn't have the stomach for it.}}

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man|Sensitive Guy]]: To Dunban and Reyn's Manly Men.

* {{spoiler|[[Soul Jar]]: To Zanza.}}

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Is eventually regarded as one by [[The Brute|Xord]] and [[Big Bad|Egil]]. {{spoiler|[[Evil Mentor|Dickson]] also comes to respect his strength, even if he doesn't show it or necessarily wants to admit it.}}

 

 

* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Angst? What Angst?]]: Lampshaded in-universe, as she isn't too eaten up about {{spoiler|becoming a Mechon/Homs hybrid}}. {{spoiler|Melia}} is envious of it.

** {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Her personality was rewritten to be loyal to Egil after this, though [[The Power of Love]] allows her to remember who she is.}}

* [[Badass Adorable]]: Especially when {{spoiler|she's Mechonified}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Can't Have Sex Ever]]: A common fandom comment after her transformation.}}

* [[The Chick]] and [[The Lancer]]

* [[Childhood Friend Romance]]: With Shulk. {{spoiler|Victorious Childhood Friend example; Everybody who knows Shulk and Fiora could tell they love each other and have for a long time, and they are pretty much a canon couple by the end.}}

* [[Dangerously-Short Skirt]]

* [[Fan Nickname]]: {{spoiler|"7th," , for players who don't want to spoil her return to the party as a mechon.}} Which brings us to:

* {{spoiler|[[First Episode Spoiler]]: Her temporary death. No wonder her trope list is so damn long while more than half of it is covered.}}

* [[Girl Next Door]]

* [[Green Eyes]]

*** {{spoiler|[[Macross Missile Massacre]]: Or this.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Limit Break]]: Given that it requires her to be in ''very'' high Tension, Final Cross is about the closest the game has to a traditional version.}}

** [[Absolute Cleavage]]: Mostly while wearing the {{spoiler|Speed-type Frames.}}

** [[Baby Got Back]]: Especially prominent when wearing a bikini or {{spoiler|as usual, her Speed Frames}}.

* [[Stepford Smiler]]: {{spoiler|The girl goes through a ''huge'' amount of crap}}, but she never openly angsts about it.

* {{spoiler|[[Soul Jar]]: The same way Shulk is Zanza's, Fiora becomes [[God Is Good|Lady Meyneth's]].}}

* [[Tsundere]]: Type B.

* {{spoiler|[[Unwilling Roboticisation]]}}: {{spoiler|Though she takes it in stride later on, even discussing some of the advantages of being a mechon, like not needing food or sleep. And [[Emergency Transformation|considering death was the alternative]], it's not hard to imagine she would have picked this option willingly if she was in any condition to be asked.}}

** [[Boisterous Bruiser]]

** [[Gentle Giant]]: [[Hidden Heart of Gold|Not that it always shines through]].

** [[Dumb Is Good]]: ... And he's also one of its most loyal and dependable members... [[Character Development|eventually]].

** [[Hidden Depths]]: Reyn may be rather slow academically, but he's also one of the most empathic and insightful people on the team.

* [[Character Development]]: He goes from a rather boisterous and irresponsible young man into a strong and compassionate warrior who defends his friends to the best of his ability.

* [[Expy]]: While he himself doesn't really have a clear-cut counterpart in ''Gears'' or ''Saga'', his weapons bear some resemblance to Shion's MWS.

** He also has more than a passing resemblance to Wakka from [[Final Fantasy X]].

* [[Hot-Blooded]]

** {{spoiler|Although the ending implies that they may end up together after all.}}

* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]]: It forms part of his [[Character Development]]. He used to protect the weedy Shulk when they were young, but later in the game he realises that Shulk has become strong enough to protect himself. He then decides that even if that's the case, he can still watch his friend's back.

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|Red Oni]]: Although this is later reversed as he begins to mature and become more level-headed.

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Manly Man to Shulk, Sensitive Guy to Dunban; although that's more on account of Dunban [[Team Dad|being more mature]] than anything else.

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Sharla. ''Lots'' with Sharla.

* [[Stone Wall]]: Given that he's the game's primary tank...

* [[Undying Loyalty]]: It doesn't matter how dangerous the going gets, Reyn will never ''ever'' leave his friends' sides. Especially not Shulk's.

 

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A high-ranking soldier of Colony 9, Dunban (ダンバン) was originally thought to be the only one capable of wielding the legendary Monado, and used the weapon to great effect against the invading Mechon at the Battle of Sword Valley, one year prior to the game's main story. During the battle, however, the Monado took a considerable toll on Dunban's health, so much so that his right arm is now almost completely paralyzed, and he is thus no longer able to wield the Monado, as any further exposure to the weapon could potentially kill him. However, he is still able to effectively wield a katana with his left arm to fight against enemies.

 

*** [[Brought Down to Badass]] & [[Power Loss Makes You Strong]]

** [[Badass Boast]]: "[[Crapsack World|Born in a world of strife!]] [[Million-to-One Chance|Against the odds,]] [[Screw Destiny|we choose to fight!]] '''''[[Calling Your Attacks|BLOSSOM DANCE!]]'''''"

** [[Badass Long Hair]]

** [[Handicapped Badass]]

** [[Memetic Badass]]: Considered to be one in-universe at first due to his use of the Monado and the fact that his doing so is entire reason why the Homs weren't wiped out a year ago. Gradually subverted as the group comes to understand that, for all Dunban's [[Badass]]ery he's still a normal person and is not to be put on a pedestal.

** [[Tranquil Fury]]: Every last one of his encounters with Metal Face... {{spoiler|until he realises ''who'' he is.}}

*** [[Batman Grabs a Gun]]: After learning {{spoiler|the truth about Metal Face}}, Dunban attempts to {{spoiler|''kill'' him. It takes one ''hell'' of an [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]] speech from Shulk to stop him from doing so.}}

* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: To Shulk, Reyn and Fiora.

* [[Crazy Awesome]]: An in-universe deconstruction that shows what happens when somebody ''actually'' tries running on the [[Rule of Cool]]. During the [[Action Prologue]], he's the only one who can wield the Monado and somehow manages to defeat the Mechon through the liberal application of [[Leeroy Jenkins]] tactics. He's so wild and unpredictable that Dickson ends up referring to him as a "Beast". He doesn't have any strategy, tactics or planning. Just a crapload of balls and a total disregard for the danger that his own life is in... ''[[Crazy Enough to Work|and it works]]'', but he loses the use of his right arm due to being overloaded with the Monado's power. Despite this, he still thinks he'll be able to use the sword. This turns out to be horribly wrong as when he ''tries'' to be [[Crazy Awesome]] again, he can't take the sword's power and nearly ends up getting himself killed. Cue Shulk picking the sword up...

* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: He can wear one as a head gear. And he doesn't seem to loose any depth perception, for some reason.

* [[Decoy Protagonist]]

** [[Light'Em Up]] / [[Pure Energy]]: When he had the Monado.

* [[Emotional Bruiser]]: According to Fiora, however, he's a ''massive'' softie underneath the badass persona he presents to everybody. This eventually shines through as he connects more and more with the party on an emotional level and reveals his [[Shipper on Deck]] hopes for her and Shulk.

* [[Expy]]: Of [[Xenosaga|Jin Uzuki]], and by recursion, [[Xenogears|Citan Uzuki]].

* [[Glass Cannon]] / [[Fragile Speedster]]: He's arguably the game's best damage-dealer, and he can dodge most anything if you spam agility gems on him, but when he does get hit, he gets hit hard.

* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: Subverted in that while his fighting style clearly revolves around the use of one, quite a few of his weapons turn out to be [[An Axe to Grind|hand axes]] or [[BFS]]'.

* [[Large Ham]]: Mostly in battle. His [[Calling Your Attacks|attack cries]] are undeniably, ridiculously over-the-top. Doubles up as [[Not So Above It All]] given his status as the sensible [[Team Dad]] outside of combat. [[Limit Break|Blossom Dance]] in particular is evidence that Rufus Jones could become the English answer to the likes of [[Jamieson Price]].

* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man|Manly Man]]: To Shulk and Reyn.

* [[McNinja|McSamurai]]: He's the one with the katana-themed fighting style, yet he isn't from the local [[Wutai]] equivalent (on account of the game not having one) and, in the dub, has a ''very'' English accent.

* [[My Sister Is Off-Limits]]: Averted. See "[[Shipper on Deck]]".

* [[The Obi-Wan]]

* [[The Smart Guy]]: On account of being [[Mr. Exposition]], he is this precisely half of the time. He was [[The Hero]] during the war one year ago, however.

* [[Unskilled but Strong]]: His Monado usage can best be summed up as this.

* [[Warrior Poet]]: Recites a badass Haiku about war when using Blossom Dance.

* [[Awesome but Practical]]: Head Shot. It deals an insane amount of damage despite Sharla having relatively low attack power and ''also'' has a chance to [[One-Hit Kill]] Dazed enemies.

* [[Baby Got Back]]

* [[Bare Your Midriff]]

* [[Big Brother Instinct|Big Sister Instinct]] / [[Mama Bear]]: Just ''try'' to hurt Juju in front of her. Even if it takes her a long and painful trek through an Ether Mine, she ''will'' find her brother and she ''will'' put a bullet between the eyes of whoever took him, even if that someone is an enormous hulking Mechon.

* [[Boobs of Steel]]: If we're going by a ''defensive'' physical power rather than an aggressive one, then sure.

* [[The Chick]]: A more mature and level-headed version, but she counts.

* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Especially to Melia.

* [[Dub Name Change]]: In Japan she's known as "Carna" (written "カルナ" in katakana).

** [[Healing Hands]]

** [[Shock and Awe]]

* [[Expy]]: Her skill with a gun marks her as the successor to [[Xenogears|Billy Lee Black]] and [[Xenosaga|Junior]].

* [[Face Palm]]: She usually does it when Reyn does something stupid..

* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]

** {{spoiler|The ending implies they may have gotten together for real after all, though.}}

* [[Jiggle Physics]]: She's the best stacked female in the game ([[World of Buxom|and that's saying something]]), and it shows.

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] / [[Unstoppable Rage]]: After {{spoiler|the people of Colony 6 are revealed to have been eaten by Xord}}, she goes ''absolutely apeshit'' and swears to "scrap each and every one of (the Mechon)" in revenge. Fittingly, {{spoiler|she's the one who gets the final blow on him by ''blowing him apart'', leaving him a limbless torso}}.

* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: The yin to Juju's yang.

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Reyn.

* [[Stone Wall]]: Especially with her heavy armour: she's not a big damage dealer (Though Headshot can be awesome in chain attacks) but she's the best healer on the team and is capable of dispelling debuffs as well.

 

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* [[Costume Porn]]: Her standard outfit is very fancy.

* [[The Dutiful Son|The Dutiful Daughter]]

** [[An Ice Person]]

** [[Blow You Away]]

** [[Dishing Out Dirt]]

** [[Light'Em Up]]: Mind Blast.

** [[Shock and Awe]]

* {{spoiler|[[Envy]]: Repeatedly says she is jealous of Fiora.}}

* [[Expy]]: Of Marguerite Fatima (though she also looks a bit like a [[Gender Flipped]] Billy).

* {{spoiler|[[Half-Human Hybrid]]}}

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: "Power sound like sour. Sweets are better."

* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Even though, if played right, Riki is one of the most useful characters in the game combining elements of thief and tank with some very useful XP boosting passive skills that can be shared with the others, the rest of the party treat him as a joke. Even if you have him as the lead character in the fight against the Makna Forest Telethia Reyn will mock him when he tries to claim credit for the victory.

** [[An Ice Person]]

** [[Playing with Fire]]

* [[Sad Clown]]: A very possible interpretation of his character. Despite everything he does for his village, his wife and fourteen kids spend tons of money and leave him in a perpetual cycle of debt, causing him to risk his life on a daily basis by fighting dangerous monsters with Chief Dunga being more than happy to stack debt after debt after debt on him. And it's implied that his wife is a gold-digger and has been noted to slap him, meaning that he's in an abusive relationship.

* [[Small Annoying Creature]]: Well, Reyn thinks so. [[Vitriolic Best Buds|They get over it, eventually]].

* [[Tagalong Kid|Tagalong Critter]]: Everybody else in the party has quite a big reason for wanting to fight the Mechon, be it avenging loved ones or trying to rescue them. Riki is pretty much roped into assisting them because Chief Dunga wants him away from the village and stacked more debt on him.

* [[Team Dad]]: Funnily enough, he actually fits as one. After all, he gives sound advice to ''Dunban'' about what it means to be a father (Or a daddypon if you prefer), and shares quite a bit of wisdom during some of his heart-to-hearts. It's fitting since he has 14 of his own littlepons waiting for him back at home.

** {{spoiler|[[A God Am I]]: ... Although his ''reason'' for doing so was to seize unlimited power.}}

* [[BFG]]: That gun of his is easily longer than his arm, yet he effortlessly wields it in one hand.

* {{spoiler|[[Complete Monster]]: This is what he truly is: a self-serving bloodthirsty bastard who wants everyone dead and cozies up with a vicious, omnicidal god in order to obtain godlike power for himself.}}

* [[Cool Old Guy]]: {{spoiler|At first...}}

* {{spoiler|[[Dark Is Evil]]: Once he goes [[One-Winged Angel]] and reveals his true nature as a villain, most of his attacks become darkness-based.}}

* [[Dark-Skinned Blond]]

** [[Casting a Shadow]]: {{spoiler|During the battles with him.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Evil All Along]]}}

** {{spoiler|[[Evil Mentor]]}}

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: He has his asshole moments, but very clearly cares about Shulk, Fiora, Dunban, and the others.

** {{spoiler|[[Jerk with a Heart of Jerk]]: Or not. Turns out he really ''does'' live up to his name and is a straight up [[Jerkass]].}}

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Probably why the localization team chose to write his name as [[Jerkass|Dick]]son instead of the more common spelling of "Dixon."

** Though the latter would also make sense, as "Dixons" is a hardware retailer in the UK.

* {{spoiler|[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: He just decides to quit fighting after Shulk and the gang prove to be stronger and tells them to get a move on. This is a cover though: he knows he's dying and wants to deny them the satisfaction of victory.}}

** It's also shown that he served as Dunban's [[The Lancer|Lancer]] during the war.

** {{spoiler|[[The Dragon]] and [[The Brute]]: For Zanza.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Body Horror]]: His Mechon body shows just how much of the Homs' organic body is removed during the Face conversion. To clarify: if you look closely, you'll see that the lower part of his body is hollow ''and can see that his entire spinal column has been replaced with something mechanical''.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Complete Monster]]: Calling this guy an asshole would be an understatement}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Disney Villain Death]]: One part of his death. It follows the [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]] example below.}}

*** [[Hellfire]]: The inevitable combination of the two.

* {{spoiler|[[Evil is Petty]]: He could easily be the ''king'' of this trope thanks to his motivation for switching sides and attacking Colony 9 being to spite Dunban out of jealousy. Let's also not forget that he gleefully mocks them both about Fiora's death for little reason other than to get a rise out of them}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]: By a giant falling spire}}

* [[Jerkass]]: And so much more...

* [[Obviously Evil]]: Let's see here... Gravelly voice, hunched-over battle stance, bulging eyes, being a rude and self-serving little bastard from the moment of his appearance... Was Dunban ''seriously'' surprised by his betrayal?

* [[Primal Stance]]

* [[Sacrificial Lamb]]: {{spoiler|Same as Fiora, ie [[Subverted Trope|he comes back.]]}}

* [[Smug Snake]]: And it gets worse when {{spoiler|he comes back as Metal Face}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Transhuman Treachery]]: Justified. He was never a particularly loyal individual to begin with, which is why the Machina decided they didn't need to brainwash him, only offer him survival and power.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Ungrateful Bastard]]: This is what gets him in the end: not even a ''second'' after Shulk and Dunban decide to show mercy and let him live, he tries to kill them anyway and refuses to listen when Shulk foresees his death and tries to warn him about it.}}

{{spoiler|More than that, at the end he reveals himself to be THE Monado, and a computer AI that may have created Xenoblade's world}}

 

* {{spoiler|[[Anthropomorphic Personification]] He's one of the creators of the New Universe... and before that, he was a computer AI!}}

* {{spoiler|[[Big Good]]: He's the true creator god, and puts Shulk on the path to defeating Zanza}}.

{{quote|Voiced by: Peter Dickson (English), [[Joji Nakata]] (Japanese)}}

 

 

* [[Foregone Conclusion]]: Shulk has a vision of him dying very early in the game. Part of the High Entia episode is learning how to prevent it. {{spoiler|[[You Can't Fight Fate|It doesn't work]].}}

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]

* [[Unwitting Pawn]]: It's shown that he's unaware of the fact that {{spoiler|his First Consort}} is attempting to off his daughter, which leads to the attempts on her life. {{spoiler|Later, he becomes one of the many disposable pawns in Zanza's resurrection plot.}}

* {{spoiler|[["Well Done, Son" Guy|"Well Done, Daughter" Guy]]: For Melia. Turns out she didn't ''need'' to try and win his affection. He loved her all along.}}

 

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{{quote|Voiced by: Rufus Wright<ref>Adam Howden was mistakenly credited on the Nintendo of Europe site.</ref> (English)}}

 

 

* [[Badass]]

* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: Comes off as one to many members of the party, but especially to {{spoiler|Melia}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Baleful Polymorph]]}}

* [[Expy]]: Of Sigurd.

* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]

* [[To Be Lawful or Good]]: He will not accept saving either his sister or father when they are in danger if it goes against orders or the rules of their people. {{spoiler|He realizes after his fathers death that he should be good regardless of the rules.}}

 

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* [[Obviously Evil]]: Clad in red, sexy armor, speaks in a menacing and creepy tone, is first seen plotting to kill Melia with the First Consort... let's be honest, was ''anyone'' surprised when {{spoiler|she was revealed to be a disciple of Zanza's}}?

* {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel]]: By performing a [[Fusion Dance]] with Telethia!Kallian.}}

* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Bizarrely averted. She's the only High Entia we see who wears [[Stripperiffic]] red and gold gear. Everybody else {{spoiler|except for the Bionite Order that also wear red}} is clad in very modest blue-white attire. One would naturally expect this to be indicative of her personality, given that most of the High Entia we see have very similarly dutiful personalities but it isn't. {{spoiler|The only thing it is indicative of, in hindsight, is that she was the evil one.}}

** Among {{spoiler|Zanza's disciples, she and Dickson have this going in full force, albeit with opposite colors: Red-clad Lorithia is cold and cunning while the blue-clad Dickson is a lively [[Blood Knight]] who ''loves'' killing}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Summon Magic]]: In a similar vein to Melia.}}

* {{spoiler|[["Take That!" Kiss]]: After displaying Kallian in his Telethia form to Melia, she rubs it even more in her face by giving him a deep snog.}}

* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]

 

* [[Bald of Awesome]]

* [[Cool Old Guy]]

* {{spoiler|[[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: Narrowly averted in-universe thanks to Shulk and his visions.}}

* [[Fingerless Gloves]]

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Shulk has a vision of him pulling one early-on and spends much of the Colony 6 story arc thinking about how to avert his death. {{spoiler|He succeeds.}}

* [[Team Dad]]

 

Juju is Sharla's younger brother. He initially lives with his sister in the Refugee Camp, but he eventually tries to head for Colony 6, only to be captured by the Mechons and led to ether mines. After Shulk, Reyn and Sharia rescues him, he and Otharon go back to Colony 6 to try repair the town.

 

* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]] & [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: Before [[Character Development]].

* [[Dark-Skinned Redhead]]

* [[Green Eyes]]

** [[Green Eyed Red Head]]

* [[Hot-Blooded]]

* [[I Just Want to Be Badass]]

* [[The Load]]: He thankfully improves over time, but there's no denying that he spends a good portion of the game as this.

* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: The yang to Sharla's yin.

 

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{{quote|Voiced by: Nick Boulton (English)}}

 

 

* {{spoiler|[[Affably Evil]]: As Jade Face he's genuinely polite to Shulk and his crew, though that politeness vanishes the more they irritate him.}}

* [[Badass]]: Let's put it this way, Dunban, the resident in-universe [[Memetic Badass]] considers Gadolt to be a ''legendary'' sniper. {{spoiler|When you fight him as Jade Face, he'll show you that he ''earned'' that reputation, Mechon body or not}}.

* [[Blonde Guys Are Evil]]: Subverted very, ''very'' hard. Despite looking like a thug, Gadolt is one of the most well-meaning and downright heroic characters in the game. {{spoiler|And as a Faced Mechon, he's been completely brainwashed so he still didn't become truly evil}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: He is assimilated by the Mechon and gets his mind and memories completely wiped by Egil so they can't hold him back.}}

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: He's mentioned fairly early in the game but doesn't make an appearance until it nears its conclusion. [[Big Damn Heroes|It's totally worth the wait]].

* [[Dark-Skinned Blond]]

* {{spoiler|[[Dying Moment of Awesome]]: Becoming a human shield (with his giant mechon) to shield the party from the collapse of Agniratha.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Flunky Boss]]: As Jade Face, he'll summon lesser Mechon to serve as distractions.}}

** {{spoiler|[[Cold Sniper]]: As Jade Face.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: After his transformation.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Sixth Ranger]]: For Egil's inner circle.}}

* [[Walking Spoiler]]: Thanks to his role once he finally shows up, it's hard to really discuss him without running into this.

* {{spoiler|[[White Mask of Doom]]: As Jade Face, notable as it looks almost skull-like.}}

 

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{{quote|Voiced by: Stephen Greif {{spoiler|and [[Adam Howden]]}} (English)}}

 

 

{{spoiler|... Until they realise that he's actually the ''real [[Big Bad]]''. The giant is actually named Arglas and was Egil's closest friend before discovering the Bionis Monado and being possessed by the evil god within: Zanza. Considered to be the soul of the Bionis, Zanza is the being responsible for all life on it and its attack on the Mechonis. Since Zanza requires a physical body to maintain his existence, being unable to remain in his spirit form forever, he has locked all life on Bionis in an endless cycle of death and rebirth: wiping out everything and creating life anew once life on Bionis reaches a certain point. This is because, if his creations evolve too much and leave the world he has created behind, then he will be without a living host and ultimately die.}}

* [[Amazing Technicolor Population]]: He's some kind of purple shade... {{spoiler|or, rather, Arglas' skin is.}}

* [[Badass Beard]]: {{spoiler|While possessing Arglas}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Bishounen]]: His true form.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Blue and Orange Morality]]: It's implied that he isn't capable of understanding that the beings of Bionis are living beings with their own individual lives. To him, they're just food.}}

* [[Sealed Badass in a Can]]

** {{spoiler|[[Sealed Evil in a Can]]}}

* [[Sword of Plot Advancement]]: The Monado itself {{spoiler|turns out to have been created by him. He also powers it up so that it can damage beings from Bionis as well.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Technicolor Death]]}}

* [[Ironic Echo]]: {{spoiler|''"This world no longer has a need for Gods"''.}} His face when it's repeated by {{spoiler|Meyneth before she dies}} says it all.

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: He has one that's bigger than all the other ones in the game put together. And it's ''[[Bling of War|golden]]''.

* {{spoiler|[[The Man Behind the Monsters|The Man Behind The Machines]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Not So Different]]: The hero swears vengeance against the man who slaughtered his people and shattered the peace between Mechonis and Bionis. Now who am I talking about? Shulk and Egil, or Egil and Zanza? In this case, it's a heroic inversion in that it's Shulk who points this out, not Egil.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: At least.}}

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: His ultimate goal is to avenge {{spoiler|his fallen people by destroying Zanza}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Breakdown]]: It's subtle, but the you can definitely hear the sense of heartbreak in his voice after Meyneth makes it clear she's not on his side anymore. Him telling her that the world doesn't need gods comes off as him cursing her for betraying him while holding back tears. He regains his equilibrium for the final battle with him, though.}}

* {{spoiler|'''[[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]:''' Hoo boy. If genocide for the betterment of all (including the relatives of the people who were killed) doesn't count, nothing will.}}

* [[Big Eater]]: He is giddy with the thought of devouring Shulk, Reyn, and Sharla, and admits that {{spoiler|he ate all of the Colony 6 residents that he captured because he couldn't help himself.}}

* [[Blood Knight]]

* [[The Brute]]: Subverted. He looks the part but {{spoiler|, as a Mass-Produced Face, he turns out to just be an Elite Mook with backstory.}}

* [[Complete Monster]]: He's an unapologetic mass-murderer who gobbles up and slaughters Homs with glee, and shows a sick sense of joy at the prospect of killing Sharla's preteen brother. And of course, this asshole did {{spoiler|wipe out most of Colony 6 and cackles with glee as he reflects back on it}}. And since he {{spoiler|was converted into a Mechon before Egil started wiping out all of their memories of their previous life, this means that he willingly turned his back on his old life making him all the more hateable}}.

* [[Nigh Invulnerable]]: You can't hurt him at all without toppling him via chain attack even with the Monado, much like Metal Face beforehand.

* [[The Obi-Wan]]: In a very strange manner. His big mouth basically drops all of the hints that Shulk needs to seek the truth about Faced Mechon, even though he didn't mean to.

* [[Smug Snake]]: He loves to brag about how much more powerful he is than Shulk and his friends and is too overconfident for his own good... yet he's an odd example where he has every right to be smug since before some timely intervention from Otharon and a dip in an ether bath, there was no way they could really hurt him outside of toppling him during chain attacks which is easier said than done.

* [[Starter Villain]]: Shares this role with Metal Face. While he's the second Faced Mechon that Shulk and friends fight, he's the first that they truly defeat early in the game as well as the first to clue them in on their true nature.

* {{spoiler|[[Anti-Villain]]: With the subversion that she wasn't really a villain to begin with.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Cain and Abel|Abel]]}}

* [[Amazing Technicolor Population]]: Same deal as {{spoiler|Egil}}.

* [[Dragon with an Agenda]] & [[The Dark Chick]]: She assists Egil, but only because {{spoiler|she needs to revive Lady Meyneth to try and save Mechonis from his madness.}}

* {{spoiler|[[High Heel Face Turn]]: Although how much of a "Heel" she ever was is disputable.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]}}

 

* {{spoiler|[[Dark Is Not Evil]]: She ''looks'' the part, being a cyborg with predominantly dark colors, but she ultimately turns out to be a kindhearted and sagely scientist/goddess.}}

* [[Defector From Decadence]]: The reason why she {{spoiler|turns on Egil}} is because she feels he's gone too far.

** {{spoiler|Turns out that's because she's really the [[Big Good]].}}

* {{spoiler|[[Deity of Human Origin]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[God Is Good]]: She's the god of Mechonis as well as its soul, but she's willing to let her creations live their own lives and not interfere in the running of them.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Tragically subverted, as her sacrifice just results in Zanza taking her Monado and becoming even ''more'' powerful as a result.}}

* [[Mr. Exposition|Ms. Exposition]]

* {{spoiler|[[Physical God]]}}

{{quote|"They {{spoiler|(the Homs)}} are living beings! If you cannot understand this, you have no right to call yourself a {{spoiler|god}}!"}}

* {{spoiler|[[Sealed Good in a Can]]}}

* {{spoiler|Synchronization: With Fiora. After she is killed by Zanza, the former starts to slowly die.}}

* [[Team Mom]]: To the Mechonis characters.