Monday, January 24, 2011

Characters: Code Geass part 5

Characters: Code Geass Britannians

Britannian characters in Code Geass (excluding the main characters), and the tropes they embody.

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    Military Research and Development 
Lloyd Asplund
"You must make a decision. Abandon science to preserve your heart or destroy your heart to pursue science".

An earl of the Britannian empire and the series' main Mad Scientist.


Lloyd Asplund embodies these tropes:




Cécile Croomy

Lancelot, launch!
Cécile Croomy is Lloyd's subordinate in Camelot and one of the Lancelot's developers. She is a capable scientist in her own right, having designed the energy wing system used on the Guren Seiten and the Lancelot Albion. Cécile is a kind-hearted woman and a good friend to Suzaku, often helping him with homework. She also acts as Lloyd's conscience, scolding him for his unintentionally rude remarks or for treating Suzaku as a "part" for his Mechas. A recurring joke is that Cécile is a bad cook, though no one has the heart to tell her.


Cécile Croomy embodies these tropes:



    Britannian Imperial Family 

Emperor Charles zi Britannia

"All men are not created equal!"
Ruler of the Britannian Empire, father to Lelouch and his siblings, and the Big Bad for most of the series, Charles is introduced as a Darwinist who thinks that war is the best way to create social progress. It's eventually revealed that his true agenda is to use the Ragnarok Connection to create "a world without lies", a desire brought about by being raised in a royal family whose members killed and deceived each other for power. Ironically, Charles' actions only perpetuate the cycle of violence and result in Lelouch's campaign to destroy the empire his family built.


Charles embodies these tropes:




Euphemia li Britannia

"The hatred you must feel for us..."
The Third Princess of Britannia, Euphemia is a rarity among the royal family: kind-hearted, plucky, innocent and sweet. She wants everyone to be happy. Yes, that includes even the Elevens — among them, the man she loves, Suzaku Kururugi.
OUCH.


Princess Euphie (also spelled Euphy) embodies these tropes:




Princess Cornelia li Britannia

"Sloppy, senile, corrupted. Where is Zero?! I want the enemy of the Empire caught! Get Zero!"
Twenty-seven-year old Cornelia — twenty-eight by the second season — is the Second Princess of Britannia and Area 11's Governor after the death of her brother Clovis. The brilliant, courageous, and widely-feared Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Army, she is also strongwilled, xenophobic, and strict. Nevertheless, she harbors a deep and genuine soft spot for her little sister Euphemia.


Princess Cornelia embodies these tropes:



Marianne Lamperouge, aka Empress Marianne vi Britannia

"Masks will vanish, then everyone can be exactly who they're supposed to be."
The former Empress of Charles zi Britannia and mother to Nunnally and Lelouch, she was first introduced as a Missing Mom killed by unknown assassins. It was due to this that caused her kids to be kicked out of the Britannian Empire, which in turns caused Lelouch to hate Britannia and begin his rebellion. To many people, she was known as Marianne the Flash, a powerful Action Momand a nice person overall that everyone adores (providing they are not snobbish nobles). Unfortunately, she happens to share her husband's viewpoint that the current world is beyond hope, turning out to be a Well Intentioned Extremist AND Knight Templar Parent thanks to her genuine, but REALLY twisted love for her children.


Marianne embodies these tropes:



Prince Schneizel el Britannia

"Mankind's history is war, peace is an illusion, to turn illusion into reality is an arduous task. It requires discipline."
Second son of Emperor Charles, this blond man in his late twenties is one of the main antagonists of the series. While he starts out an Anti Villain and rather pleasant person, his more ruthless and deadly intelligent side comes to the fore in season two, as he starts rising in power and embracing his role as Lelouch's counterpart. What he lacks in typical Britannian royal theatrics, he makes up for in efficiency, cunning, and sheer ruthlessness.
In Suzaku Of The Counterattack, Suzaku becomes his knight. Schneizel turns out to be the main villain, killing his father and framing Lelouch for it. He tries to use C.C. to gain immortality and take over the world, but Suzaku manages to kill him.


Schneizel embodies these tropes:




V.V.

"We made a solemn vow. If there was ever a God that made men fight each other. We must kill him and his divine rule."
V.V. (pronounced V2) is a mysterious boy with blond hair longer than his body. He is the twin brother of Charles zi Britannia, but looks much younger because he has gained the power of immortality through a Geass contract like C.C. He can grant Geass contracts like her, having given both his brother and Rolo Lamperouge their Geass abilities, among others in the Geass Directorate. He succeeds C.C. in becoming leader of the Geass Directorate, a secret organization that studies and produces Geass users. He is one of the main antagonists in the series.


V.V. embodies these tropes:

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