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''[[{{ROOTPAGENAME}}]]'' has a relatively small cast, with only eight important characters, and only a handful of recurring side characters. Listed tropes will also come from ''Steins;Gate 0''. They include:
'''''WARNING: New information added may contain unmarked spoilers, so you have be warned.'''''
==Rintaro Okabe ==
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* [[The Cutie]]: Whether you like her or not, there is no denying her sweet and innocent personality.
* [[The Ditz]]: She tends not to understand anything that's going on in the lab and, unlike Daru, doesn't seem to get it even after having it simplified. When Mayuri says that one of the names Kurisu came up for to describe what they're doing was too complicated, Kurisu nearly says it doesn't count because Mayuri is dumb, which Okabe catches her on.
*[[Do-It-Yourself Theme Tune]]: ''Steins;Gate 0'' Episode 12 closes with a song performed by Mayuri herself (to be exact, her Japanese actress Kana Hanazawa sings it while staying in character).
* [[Gamer Chick]]: She's a big fan of RaiNet, but there's no indication that she's actually any good at it. Rather, she just thinks the mascot is adorable.
* [[Green Eyes]]
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* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: Kurisu's hair is brown in the original visual novel, but has red hair in the anime.
*[[Berserk Button]]: In one of the VN, she gets unreasonably irate when Faris alludes to her less-than-impressive bust when talking about her costumes potentially not fitting her.
**Unflattering comments about her appearance with be met with threats to have your brain turned to pickle juice.
*[[Blue Eyes]]: And they're pretty big, too. Okabe does comment on how beautiful her eyes are in the VN, making it one of the only times he has acknowledged some attraction to her.
*[[Broken Bird]]
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==Ruka Urushibara ==
[[File:rukako_3830.jpg|frame|'''Voiced by:''' [[Yuu Kobayashi]] (JP), Lindsay Seidel (EN)]]
{{quote|''Urushibara Ruka: Delicate as an orchid, fair as cherry blossom. The personification of feminine grace...and a dude.''|Okabe's description of Ruka}}
Mayuri's classmate, a [[Dropped a Bridget On Him|crossdressing boy]] who works at his family's shrine. {{spoiler|His family owns the IBN 5100 left by Suzu Hashida, but loses it in following timelines after he sends his D-Mail and becomes a girl. He is the second character that remembers things from other timelines}}.
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* [[Cry Cute]]: Even cuter than Kurisu!
* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: "But... he's a guy!"
*[[Extreme Doormat]]: Comes across as this sometimes, particularly when it comes to doing embarrassing stuff like cosplaying. He will only do such embarrassing things if Okabe either does it with him, or if other people suggest the latter does so.
* {{spoiler|[[Gender Bender]]}}: After sending his D-Mail, {{spoiler|he becomes a full-fledged female in the following timelines}}.
* [[Hair Decorations]]: He has a hair clip with a purple skull on it... "But... he's a guy!"
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: "Rukako", used by Okabe.
*[[Katanas Are Just Better]]: Okabe's primary method of toughening Ruka up is by having him swing a cheap katana on a daily basis. In 2036, Ruka has mastered this weapon, and becomes pretty badass with it.
* [[Miko]]: Despite being male, Luka seems to work as the shrine miko anyway, which doesn't help when it comes to being recognized as male.
*[[Out of Focus]]: He is for the most part, locked out of the loop in ''Steins;Gate 0''. Despite the screentime he gets, he isn't given much involvement in the main plot, nor is he given much to assist the other characters. He had a similar problem in the original adaptation, but at least there, he got character development, helped Okabe grow as a character, and he got his own arc, of which he was the main focus. In ''0,'' he is the only ally that Okabe keeps his time travel escapades from, which Suzuha believes there is a reason for.
* {{spoiler|[[Pettanko]]: Keeps the same bust size even after changing gender}}.
* [[Purple Eyes]]
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*[[Berserk Button]]: She is super attached to her mobile phone; try to snatch it from her, and she goes berserk until she retrieves it! Even offering to input your contact info for her causes her to get antsy.
*{{spoiler|[[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]}}
*[[Dark and Troubled Past]]: She was the product of an unwanted pregnancy, thus was most likely subjected to a lot of abuse from her parents until they just abandoned her. She was also ostrasized by her peers during high school, and even made attempts on her own life due to her sense of worthlessness. Her route in ''My Darling's Embrace'' explores this, as she mentions that she wanted to die in the past, her difficulties with socialising, before she tearfully acknowledges her feelings of worthlessness and why she feels that way to Okabe when he asks her directly why she runs away from people who do care about her.
*[[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: Her route in ''My Darling's Embrace'' basically has Okabe trying to get her to open up about her feelings.
*[[Does Not Like Spam]]: Apparently she does not like macadamia nuts.
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* {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide]]: ''Twice''. The first was four years prior, only to be stopped when she received FB's first message. The second is on the timeline after Ruka undoes the effects of her D-Mail, as she hasn't received any messages from FB}}.
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*[[Heroic BSOD]]: Suffers a minor one in her route in ''My Darling's Embrace'' when she spots a mistake she made in the group's submission video for a music contest; she becomes fearful that the others would turn their backs on her, so much so that Okabe starts firing off multiple text messages out of concern for her emotional wellbeing.
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: Rintaro calls her [[Mobile Fighter G Gundam|"Shining Finger"]] because she can text someone lightning fast.
*[[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]: Is blissfully unaware of how sexy she looks in lingerie, as she only chose it for practicality reasons in ''Steins;Gate 0'' for Faris' slumber party in Episode 10. Doesn't stop Faris from getting a little uh, frisky with her, though!
* [[Meganekko]]: Her glasses help her look withdrawn and timid.
* {{spoiler|[[The Mole]]: She joins the lab group largely because she's also looking for the IBN 5100, and once she has everything she needs, she leads a team to capture them all apart from Mayuri, who is marked for death instead}}.
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: Her life is pretty empty, so she always looks essentially expressionless and depressed. When in the lab for the first time, she seems intrigued by these people, but since she looks so emotionless, it's a little hard to tell.
* [[The Quiet One]]: She hates having to speak, but when using mail, she's a real chatterbox to the point where the frequency of her messages really irritates Okabe.
**Beta Moeka isn't anywhere near as shy as she was in the Alpha world line, but she still speaks in short fragmented sentences and still barrages Okabe with text messages, but in general, she is more talkative, and will actively help Okabe if he needs it. In the "Steins;Gate" world line, she is more open to conversation, and is far less reliant on text messages, both of which carry over into the movie.
***In fact, the only time we ever see her pull her phone out for any reason in the movie is at the beginning to show a text message Okabe sent her.
**She is way more talkative in the ''Sekimen Hissi no Gossip'' drama CD as she is given more dialogue, and only sends Kurisu text messages a handful of times.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Part of Okabe's reason for appointing her as "Part-Time Warrior" is because she more or less describes herself as the latter.
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* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Beneath her jacket, she wears a cropped undershirt, which she forced to walk around in for a day after her "seduction technique" to distract Mr. Braun while the Lab mems perform a time leap backfires.
* [[Braids of Action]]/[[Tomboyish Sidetails]]: Always sports these. The only time we see her without them is in ''0'' when they come undone after {{Spoiler|a vicious fight with Kagari.}}
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* [[Exposition Fairy]]: Her role in the second act is just to bring us, the viewer, up to speed on what's at stake in regards to the whole 1% divergence thing. She is this in the few scenes in which she appears in the film, too.
*[[Eyes of Gold]]: just like Okarin, her eyes are yellow. They aren't related though.
*[[Foil]]: Her Alpha and Beta selves are this to each other; Alpha Suzuha is outgoing, curious, cheery, and energetic. Beta Suzuha is more serious, foucsed, and stubborn.
*[[Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling]]: Along with Moeka when the Lab Mems work at MayQueen in ''My Darling's Embrace''. Suzuha plays the Responsible Sister, while Moeka is the Clumsy Sister.
*[[Full-Name Basis]]: In Japanese, she addresses her peers by their full names for reasons unknown.
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Mayuri's coworker at the May Queen Cafe and the owner. {{spoiler|After she sends her D-Mail, Akihabara loses everything related with moe culture as her father is still alive. She also is the first character to remember memories from other timelines apart from Okabe and Ruka}}.
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* [[Ambiguously Bi]]: An attraction to Okabe is implied due to her back and forth antics with his, and giving him a cuddle every now and then. On the other hand, if she finds another girl attractive, she'll outright say it''.''
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**Her route in ''My Darling's Embrace'' reveals that the ears aren't actually part of a headband, but rather they are attached with hair clips.
* [[The Ace]]: A master of the board game Rai-Net Battle to the extent where she ranks nationally in the competitive scene.
* [[Animal Motifs]]: Clearly, it's cats, since the maid café she works at (and owns) has a cat theme. She wears a headband with cat ears, and works "meow" into everything she says. ''Steins;Gate 0'' adds a tail and giant cat paw gloves to her attire. Hell, she even behaves like a cat sometimes.
*[[Beat Them At Their Own Game]]: Does this with Okarin frequently, to his annoyance because she is so good at the theatrics and applying his ramblings to her own fantasies that he feels he cannot beat her. She is also unfazed by Okabe's (as Hououin Kyouma) attempts to
* [[Because You Were Nice to Me]]: After Okabe rescues her from a group of thugs, she allows him to call her by real name as a sign of gratitude and trust.
* [[Catgirl]]: Justified that she works as waitress in a cat themed maid café, which she also happens to own.
* [[Cat Smile]]: Her default expression is a playful smile. Not so much in the anime adaptation of the original ''Steins;Gate'' though.
*[[Color Failure|Colour Failure]]: During ''0's'' Valentine's Day episode, the girls' attempt to make Valentine's Day chocolates ends in such a disaster that this happens to her.
**Also happens to her butler, Kuroki, in Episode 10 after Maho (and later Moeka) turn her guest room into a rubbish tip.
* [[Cry Cute]]: {{spoiler|When she decides to undo the effects of her D-Mail}}.
**Does it again during Suzuha's route in ''My Darling's Embrace'', which has Daru flat out brushing her playful advances off like it was nothing. This causes Faris to burst into tears afterwards.
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* [[In-Series Nickname]]: Faris Nyannyan is not her real name. It is simply a stage name she goes by in RaiNet tournaments, and while she's at work. Very few people know what her real name is.
* [[Large Ham]]: Faris loves her theatrics just as much as Okabe does, especially when they're talking to each other.
* [[Living Lie Detector]]: She can spot whether a person is being dishonest or not simply by looking into their eyes. She calls this "Cheshire Break".
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Her real name is {{Spoiler|"Rumiho Akiha" as in "Akihabara", due to the influence on the city's Moe culture.}}
**Since "Nyan Nyan" is Japanese for "meow meow", and she has a cat motif, her stage name also makes sense.
*[[Meido]]: She works in, and owns the May Queen maid
* [[Moe]]: Only seems natural considering her influence on Moe culture in Akihabara. Her playful, energetic, and cutesy mannerisms only serve to reinforce this.
*[[Never Live It Down]]: {{Spoiler|After her dad took a business trip instead of celebrating her 8th birthday, she got so upset that she wished he was dead. He died in a plane crash not long afterwards.}} She has never forgiven herself since.
*[[The Nicknamer]]: Likes to give her friends nicknames that have -nya or meow worked in somehow, such as Moe-meow for Moeka, Suzu-meow for Suzuha, and so on, so forth. Except for Okabe, whom she almost always addresses as Kyouma unless he objects to it.
* {{spoiler|[[The Ojou]]: She's extremely wealthy and has quite the wealthy lifestyle, though she keeps this hidden from most people}}.
*[[Precision F-Strike]]: The usually cheery and playful Faris outright calls Shido a bastard when talking about his underhanded/law breaking business tactics. A surprising moment since Faris very, '''''very''''' rarely get angry about anything.
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* [[Badass Baritone]]
*[[Cranky Landlord]]: Seeing as though his tenant is [[Large Ham|Rintaro]]...
*[[Overprotective Dad|Doting Dad]]: Is extremely protective of Nae, to the point where he doesn't trust Okabe (and especially Daru) to be alone with her.
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: Rintaro calls him "Mr. Braun".
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Even though Rintaro gets on his nerves, he actually likes him.
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* [[The Cutie]]: It is through their interactions with playful, sweet, innocent Nae that many of the characters reveal their soft sides.
** {{spoiler|[[Corrupt the Cutie]]: Thanks to the time leap machine}}.
*[[Drill Sergeant Nasty]]: Drastically downplayed on the "nasty" part, but she plays one when "Sgt. Clean" comes out to play!
*[[Literal-Minded]]: She asks Suzuha how one would wash their brain when the latter suspects that Okabe was brainwashed.
* {{spoiler|[[Revenge Before Reason]]}}
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'''''Note:''''' ''most of the tropes listed for this character are based on her appearances in Steins;Gate 0.''
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* [[Cute Clumsy Girl]]: She is quite the cutie, who also happens to injure herself on occasion, including walking into a glass door.
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*[[Ms. Fanservice]]: She has big blue eyes, almost always wears a smile on her face, and has quite the figure, too. Being a cosplayer also helps.
*[[Nice Girl]]: Always cheerful and optimistic, plus she genuinely loves {{Spoiler|Daru for the oversized otaku that he is}}.
*[[Older Than They Look|Older Than She Looks]]: In ''Steins;Gate 0'', Yuki is often seen hanging around with Mayuri and her cosplay buddies, Fubuki and Kaede. This would give the impression that she's a year or two older than Mayuri; believe or not, she's actually older than Moeka, at 22 years old.
*[[Significant Double Casting]]
* [[Strong Family Resemblance]]: She looks (and sounds) just like {{spoiler|Suzuha}} without the braids.
** Anime version only. Her appearance in the manga ''Boukan no Rebellion'' makes it clear that Suzuha takes after her father there.
**Downplayed in ''0'' where her design was finalised,
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