Princess Tutu / Characters - TV Tropes

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Hair regarding Gold, heart of Gold: she features blonde hair (with golden eyes for you to match), and also the woman's kindness as well as purity of heart tend to be particularly emphasized.

The Ingenue: Any sweet, pure-hearted innocent girl which loves everyone.

Innocent Flower Girl: Loves flowers and sometimes spends her leisure princess tutus time watering the particular school's gardens.

Meaningful Name: Freya is a Scandinavian fertility goddess usually visually associated using flowers.

Nice Girl: Hands-down the actual nicest in the series, portrayed as loving, sweet, and also incapable of bearing ill will in the direction of anything. Subverted along with Fakir and Ahiru -- Ahiru might become stuck in her duck form, however he promises to become able to stay by simply her side.

Tareme Eyes Technician Versus Performer: Ahiru can end up being a performer, thanks in order to the girl ducklike movements and cheerful attitude. About this page, you'll find details about the characters involving Princess Tutu. It's ultimately what happens to her as quickly as she returns her necklace containing the last heart shard to become able to Mytho, rendering the woman's permanently for you to her original duck form.

A Duck Named Duck: Yes, despite the actual fact that Ahiru may seem like a rather name, it actually is just "duck" within Japanese.

Driven in order to Suicide: Though this is partly thanks in order to her despair more than certainly not getting able to obtain her necklace off to come back to always be able to Mytho, as well as partly Drosselmeyer attempting to manipulate Fakir's Reality Warper powers. He's gentle, kind, brave and even a bit inquisitive (which only causes his caretakers much more headaches when he will get back the feeling of Curiosity). and tries you could eat the girl coronary heart no less than once.

Big Bad: The Actual in-universe one.

Dark Is Actually Evil: Large along with black; shadows adhere to wherever his magic is.

Diabolus Ex Nihilo: The Particular Raven, within universe, there's no explanation concerning exactly where it came from, that is most likely intentional since fairy tales generally didn't explain the location exactly where the supernatural creatures came from.

Eldritch Abomination Invasion with the Infant Snatchers: His abduction of Rue. Large and Throughout Charge: Your Raven can be GIGANTIC. He's obsessed along with marriage

along with constantly threatens the girls from it once they mess up, nevertheless or else he's any competent teacher whom truly does care about his students' well-being. While Drosselmeyer wonders if he's a new character inside a story himself he smiles as well as says the actual author can perform whatever they'd like. Tell me Fakir, don't I need to know what they are?"

Once upon any time, there was clearly the Prince that offers been battling having an evil Raven inside a story. This particular features a tendency for you to lead to help problems regarding him.

Fighting in the Inside: Inside the 2nd season, he sometimes regains control over his raven-induced evil persona, begging Tutu to aid him.

First Girl Wins: Rue's already set up as his girlfriend in the initial episode, and they end up together.

Four-Temperament Ensemble: Phlegmatic.

Friend to Almost All Living Things: Within the story. because involving this, she truly features a significant bit of angst all through the actual show--but the girl pushes forward, hoping in which in the finish she'll be capable of discover Mytho smile.In Japanese, "Ahiru" literally translates to always be able to "Duck"--so in ADV Films' English dub, the lady is identified as "Duck" (the series' translator spends any lot of occasion in your course of 1 DVD Commentary informing people-presumably those who had currently seen the particular fansub--that "Ahiru" is actually not a proper name in Japanese). That They appear inside the epilogue as a couple Autor shushes inside the library.

Raetsel From Akt 20. Throughout order in order to protect the people, the particular Prince used any forbidden spell to be able to shatter his heart as well as seal the actual Raven away--losing his emotions in the process. Perhaps if he's more of an anthro cat than your usual man together with cat features.

Catch Phrase: "You need to [insert command here], or even YOU WILL HAVE YOU MARRY MEEEEE!" Dirty Outdated Man: Mr. This breaks the particular spell in Mytho and enables him to completely end up getting the Prince, just in time to witness the Raven abduct and swallow Rue instead.

I Am Who?: It's eventually revealed that she's not really really your Raven's daughter, but a human girl he kidnapped when she was obviously a baby.

I Shall Taunt You: 1 of Kraehe's favorite techniques -- possibly getting following Papa Raven.

Knight involving Cerebus: The purpose the spot where the series starts its Genre Shift can be marked with most the introduction involving Princess Kraehe.

Leitmotif: Satie's Gymnopedies.

Light Feminine and also Darkish Feminine: She's the darkish feminine to Ahiru's light.

Love at First Sight: In the Direction Of Mytho.

Love Allows A Person To Evil: and turns you in for you to a dark Magical Girl.

Love Martyr: towards Mytho, especially inside the 2nd season.

Luke, i Am Your Current Father: The Particular Raven is actually revealed to become Rue's father within the 2nd season. and thus began Mytho's emotionless existence -- until Princess Tutu appeared inside the story as soon as more.Thanks in order to his coronary heart being missing, Mytho seems lifeless and contains no understanding of emotions, or even things like pain, sensation hungry along with sensation sleepy. Within your end, the demonstrate appears to claim that Ahiru is much better as herself meaning the woman's original duck self, as opposed to as Princess Tutu or a human girl.

Expy: she may be an expy of the heroine through Sato's earlier work, PrĂŠtear, although since Tutu ended up being inside the functions within the 90's it might be another approach around. Autor is within fact any fanboy regarding Drosselmeyer along with finds the particular extremely indisputable fact that he's even now around pulling the strings "thrilling". You've been warned! open/close most folders Ahiru ("Duck") Ahiru ("Duck")

Sometimes a new girl, sometimes a new duck--but ALWAYS a new klutz.

"My feelings tend to be my own!"

Once upon the time, there is a duck in which wished the lady could do everything to conserve the lonely prince. Ultimately the lady takes it in stride and will get utilized to getting in a fairytale.

Pink Indicates Feminine: Princess Tutu has a pink tutu underneath a new white dress and also pink ballet slippers.

Plucky Girl: Ahiru, at Crowning Moment associated with Awesome levels.

Polly Desires a new Microphone: Averted -- although Ahiru is actually proven as sentient, the girl can't converse in her duck form, despite the real fact that additional birds within the series tend to be demonstrated as being in a position to.

Though within an early episode she's capable of speak to Drosselmeyer just like that; though that may just be because he's the actual author.

Princess Classic: Tutu dons some of the traits associated with this trope.

Rage Against the particular Author: Inside the next season, Ahiru begins to actively defy Drosselmeyer.

Rapunzel Hair: Throughout her girl form, but not as Princess Tutu.

Red Oni, Blue Oni: the red in order to Fakir's blue.

Ridiculously Cute Critter: in the woman's duck form -- check out your image above.

Rummage Sale Reject: The Girl outfit outside involving the uniform.

Satellite Enjoy Interest: while this doesn't apply to Ahiru, Princess Tutu's entire character would happen for you to be to confess your ex enjoy for the Prince inside The Actual Prince as well as the Raven and also disappear straight into mild since of it. Fanservice: Brooding demeanor masking heart of gold? Check. Defied with him along with Rue within the real story: when she's taken away for any Cruel as well as Unusual Death, his feelings on her behalf return and he goes conserve her.

Tareme Eyes Tsurime Eyes: While he's corrupted by Raven's blood within the 2nd season.

That Helps Make Me Really Feel Angry: Justified: Mytho will usually explain how he's feeling, however it is simply because he's gradually regaining his emotions and these people are rather foreign in order to him.

Transformation Trauma: The Particular Raven's blood brings about Mytho for you to slowly turn into a crow himself, including molting feathers. Desperate, she becomes the woman's alter-ego, Princess Kraehe, along with attempts to maintain Tutu via returning your items of Mytho's lost heart. Fakir gets attacked by the leader of the E-book Men, as well as Autor fends off his attacker utilizing just a book and his awesome bare hands. Ahiru persists in just calling her "Rue-chan" (or just "Rue" within the dub), however.

Painful Transformation: Kraehe's transformation scene consists of the woman's physique getting covered with thorns as the lady screams in pain.

Parental Abandonment: Kidnapped as a kid by the Raven via her human parents, then emotionally abused simply by him.

Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: Heh...Raven.

Red Eyes, Just Take Warning: Represent the woman's cruel, cold personality, at least initially.

Rescue Romance: Mytho once rescued her when your woman was obviously a small girl.

School Uniforms Tend To Be your New Black

Single-Target Sexuality: The Lady loves just Mytho. I will carry on to love him. in the actual end, the girl saves the day like a duck, implying she is significantly better as herself.

Ascended Extra: In-universe, Princess Tutu; the lady is an incredibly minor character inside "The Prince and furthermore the Raven" and just appears in the couple sentences.

Badass Pacifist: She's not just a fighter, but can accomplish quite a lot about her really own via any mix of sheer love, hope, as well as superb dancing.

Barbie Doll Anatomy: While Ahiru transforms from the duck into a human, your ex garments doesn't adjust with her--so when your woman returns in order to her human form, she's naked. The stunning student having a passion for flowers, the girl gets among Mytho's targets when he's possessed by simply raven's blood.

Back for the Finale: Tends For You To Make the cameo in the finale as certainly one of the people turned back coming from becoming ravens.

Curtains Match the Window: Golden hair, golden eyes.

Damsel within Distress: Almost gets the girl coronary heart taken as getting a sacrifice twice by a corrupted Mytho. These People function mostly as comic relief, gossiping in regards for you to the characters inside the demonstrate and stepping into crazy antics using Ahiru. Meant to be disturbing, yet tends to become unintentionally humorous.

Rage Against the particular Author: Fakir's aim inside the 2nd season.

Reality Warper: Fakir features the capacity to bend reality to end up being able to his will through writing stories.

Red Herring: in early episodes, it's quite simple to think of him as the human incarnation with the Raven, provided how his hairstyle looks like black tail feathers and the lower than friendly personality. you're totally broken and in which we find it, but did you actually feel that virtually any story managed by simply Drosselmeyer could have any person find yourself happy?

Drosselmeyer Herr D. The Actual story claims he had been "a prince that loved every person -- and also was also loved by everyone". However, thanks in order to this trope, absolutely nothing is at any kind of time actually shown.

Bare The Midriff: Ahiru really does in her out-of-school outfit, although the conclusion outcome looks quirky and even silly rather than sexy.

Big Lipped Alligator Moment: In-Universe, whenever any person talks concerning the character Tutu's role throughout Your Prince and also the Raven, Tutu is actually described in a method inside which tends to become able to make your ex certainly 1 of these; the lady can be mentioned only for a couple of lines for the express purpose involving confessing the girl love and also turning right directly into a speck associated with mild along with disappearing, as well as Fakir implies the lady really offers nothing to complete using the plot when he's explaining Mytho's obsession with Tutu for you to Ahiru.

Break the Cutie: Your Woman actually will get put through the particular wringer from a number of points, most notably when your woman nearly kills herself more than despair via getting struggling to get the girl pendant off to arrive back to be able to Mytho.

Cannot Spit It Out: Unless she would like to show into a speck of light.

Catch Phrase: "Quack!"

The Chosen One/The Unchosen One: Played with. Drosselmeyer was a lucrative author until the actual townspeople began for you to concern his capability to warp reality together together with his writing. He furthermore entirely forgot regarding his powers.

Troubled, yet Cute Tsurime Eyes: Especially angular earlier on, nevertheless his eyes soften at any time thus slightly as he defrosts.

The Unsmile: Based on Pique.

Rue Rue

Obviously, your university uniform does nothing for a girl's figure.

"The only one I've ever had eyes regarding is actually Mytho. the end involving the woman's episode reveals he was in adore using your ex too. However, he soon discovered out which protecting Mytho ended up being zero straightforward job when he has been constantly rushing straight into danger in order in order to save something. There's by absolutely no means been distinct consensus amongst fans about what his "real life" colour is.

Harmful in order to Minors: Fakir witnessed the deaths of his mother and also father -- which he blames himself for.

Heroic BSOD: Right After Ahiru dredges up his suppressed memories regarding his parents' deaths.

I Am Who?: A New immediate descendant involving Drosselmeyer, and gifted with almost all the same Story-Spinning Powers he was.

Iconic Outfit: a few tears in some involving the costumes he's seen in through the series provides led to some members in the fandom portraying him as really miserable unless his outfit will be torn up in certain way.

I Just Create the Thing: Non fictional example. Following any type involving accident exactly where Mytho nearly died so as in order for you to save a bird, Fakir place his foot down and also began in order to treat Mytho harshly, ordering him about along with protecting him through anything that could harm him--including his or perhaps the girl own feelings.By the time Ahiru actions into the picture, Fakir is now the bitter, cynical son which constantly orders Mytho with regards to and treats every person about him distantly, or even cruelly. D. Begin To Determine The Matchmaker.

Spell My name having an "S": Pique's title can also be spelled as "Pike".

Those 2 Girls Tomboy along with Girly Girl: Brash, outgoing Pique may end up being the tomboy while cute, giggly Lilie is the girly girl.

Tomboy using a Girly Streak: Pique, any tomboy which likes to take ballet.

Wistful Amnesia: in the Exactly Where are They Now epilogue, Pique as well as Lilie manage to don't forget they were built along with a third companion, but don't feel some of it.

With Buddies Similar To These...: Anyone obviously have for you to wonder how Ahiru puts on top of these all the time.

Uzura

Here in order to continue the story... While he loses, he basically shrugs it off, along with goes along with Uzura to discover a fresh story.

God Is Actually Evil: or the particular writer is, yet when you're a character in the story he may also become God. Greek Chorus Karma Houdini Large Ham: Drosselmeyer may be entirely over-the-top when commenting about the motion within the story, specifically inside the dub, exactly where he was given the booming aristocratic voice

completed with rolled R's. In spite of becoming merely a duck.

Star-Crossed Lovers: Played straight along with Tutu as well as Mytho in the fairytale. but I have no idea what names I should give these feelings. Probably another approach around, since Tutu has been very first thought regarding well before Pretear came out.

Femme Fatale: Rue features the girl moments where the lady utilizes your ex sex appeal to be able to her advantage -- particularly when attempting to lure Mytho in the very first season, and when trying to consider the hearts of a few boys within the 2nd season.

Femme Fatalons: As Kraehe.

Fille Fatale Four-Temperament Ensemble: Melancholic.

Freudian Excuse: Rue's father emotionally abuses her, as well as then, when she finds out your woman was kidnapped as a child along with she's not any crow at all, he attempts to kill her.

Good Hair, Evil Hair: Rue's dark curls should've possibly been any clue that will something has been track of her. This kind of causes the girl for you to constantly butt heads using Fakir, specially since she's so interested in Mytho. His coronary heart shard can be regret.

Freya From Akt 16. Duck/Ahiru is most three.Originally a new duck, Drosselmeyer heard the woman's wish to save lots of your Prince, and (partially in order to amuse himself, as well as partially as they necessary something in order to kickstart the story) he decided to grant it. Rue is more about the technician side, although this trope simply truly comes into play within the "Sleeping Beauty" episode with Paulamoni.

To Turn Out To Become Able To Be Human Transformation Sequence: Each duck -- human and Ahiru -- Tutu. Simply Because of this, he relies totally on Fakir along with Rue for you to make certain he understands things to do, making him small a lot much more than any doll. Cat (who has become merely a typical cat) features finally found himself a new mate, and they have got kittens.

Pique and Lilie

Pique is around the left; Lilie will be about the right. (on Rue's dancing) Ahiru: "Wow, thus pretty!"

Lilie: "Totally unlike Duck."

Pique: "Oh, the girl got depressed."

Lilie: "Oh no, did she really get depressed? How cute!"

Pique along with Lilie are Ahiru's 2 buddies through class. Once the Prince began to address an evil Raven, he was granted any chance to fulfill his vow--and died if the Raven clawed him throughout two.After the Prince escaped in to Gold Crown Town, the tale gave this role to the Knight Reborn--a boy named Fakir. Within the last episode he attempts to obtain the ravens to prevent attacking Ahiru...and provides in order to write which they didn't stop, which usually practically forces him to avoid creating totally to save her.

"I know You're inside Presently there Somewhere" Fight: Together With Mytho inside the second season when Mytho is actually beneath the particular influence associated with raven blood.

Impossibly Cool Clothes: Subverted -- Fakir's apparel will get torn up sufficient which it's turn straight into a well-known fandom joke to exhibit him tearing clothing, creating a tear even when he's wearing a distinct costume, etc.

Ineffectual Loner: Specifically within the very first half.

Inner Monologue: once we find to the second season, we start to hear a bit much more of his thought processes -- along with just how angsty and also emotionally damaged he could be.

In the Hood: His outfit in akt 8, in which he wears a cloak with a hood to pay up his hair, mixed using a mask to assist keep him totally disguised.

Jerk with a Coronary Heart involving Gold: Sarcastic, rude, along with all round very rough round the edges, particularly within early episodes. However, your present eventually exhibits her abusive backstory as well as the reason on her dependency, and your woman or he grows out associated with it as your woman grows more sympathetic from the end.]]

Distress Ball: Close To the conclusion in the anime, she's swallowed as well as held captive through the Raven. However, it's played straight in several additional episodes, and also lampshaded inside the dub when Ahiru is actually a remark about it becoming early within the morning and Fakir responds "Early with regard to you, anyway."

Leitmotif: the Miniature Overture coming from The Particular Nutcracker.

Light Feminine and also Darkish Feminine: She's your Mild Feminine to Rue's dark Feminine, specifically in regards for you to Mytho.

Love from Initial Sight: Ahiru fell crazy about Mytho the very first moment she noticed him...when the lady would always be a duck.

Love Freak: Tutu, although she's calmer when compared with another examples regarding this trope.

Love Triangle: Ahiru loves Mytho. The Actual leading lady of the traveling ballet troupe, the girl faces insecurity and self-doubt on the eve involving your ex opening night (during which the girl was to play Aurora, the girl dream role). This is in contrast to the Rage Against the actual Author associated with another characters.

For the Evulz: Despite the actual fact that he really does use a couple of things in his backstory in which give him the motive for your purpose he does...he mainly seems to be straight into it as they seems to believe tragedy along with pain tends to be able to make to get a fascinating story.

Graceful Loser: Whenever his plans are disrupted, he expresses anger/confusion, then interest within the new direction in the story. The Actual "Not Wearing Pants" Dream holds no terror regarding him.

Faux Affably Evil: Any time his heart will be tainted through Raven's blood, he's very sardonic along with demeaning, particularly towards Rue. Feel Zero Pain: Thanks for you to his missing heart. Still crazy about Mytho, the girl quest is always to gather your bits of his lacking coronary heart and return these phones him. her hair is even compared in order to raven feathers with one point.

Half-Human Hybrid: Rue's father, the Raven, tells the woman's she's a new crow born inside a human body. Yet he includes a sadistic streak that's obvious from your start, also it quickly becomes clear the type of story Drosselmeyer finds entertaining likely will not be as happy as the characters may well want.Thanks for you to getting a new writer as well as storyteller inside the series, Drosselmeyer can be usually extremely Genre Savvy, particularly in the wedding it arrives in order to fairytales. Drosselmeyer specifically selected your ex as Princess Tutu, however she didn't exactly "follow the particular plot", therefore in order to say.

Cute Clumsy Girl: Justified because she's really any duck. Considered by simply several being his Crowning Moment regarding Awesome.

I Simply Want to Always Be Special: Hinted in getting your motivator powering his research.

Know-Nothing Know-It-All: Autor's portrayed in the beginning as having small beneficial details about Drosselmeyer. her heart shard will be fear.

Even the particular Girls Want Her: The Girl has numerous female admirers in-universe.

Happily Married: The Woman's husband openly supports the woman's as well as purports to postpone opening night on her well-being.

Performance Anxiety: Though normally the capable ballerina who has no problem using this trope, Mytho's heart shard manifests itself this way, causing this in order to happen.

Malen From Akt 9. Simply Because the girls that like him are generally typically Abhorrent Admirers -- the first example can be "Miss Goatette" throughout season 1, who's basically any female goat in the

tutu as well as acts even much less anthromorphic then Mr. in the particular end, he's an interesting sufficient character which he's gained a new little yet dedicated next within the fandom.

Tropes related using Autor: Attention Whore: Possibly; although he's proven like a loner, he tends to visit fantastic lengths to experience a dynamic role in the story and have the interest involving another characters.

Break the Haughty: Autor's pride gets absolutely thrashed inside the length of the particular story.

Catch Phrase: "Would a person please be quiet?"

Chekhov's Gunman: Even though his official introduction isn't until Akt 21, he has a cameo in every episode through 15 to always be able to 20, ranging from blatant foreshadowing to end up being able to blink-and-you'll-miss-it moments of him loitering within the background.

Desperately looking for a Purpose within Life: Whenever his delusions of his greatness start to unravel, Autor throws the tantrum in which culimates within him storming down a new street muttering to himself "Then the factor which was I put on this globe for?"

Heroic Bystander: Inside the last episode. Cat, pertaining to most his comic relief, can become a genuinely accomplished teacher who is really capable of dispensing beneficial assistance to Duck.

Cat Girl: Or, rather, a cat-man. He will take excellent delight within telling the other characters what they should be performing per their "roles" within the story, and will frequently even scold the particular characters for subverting their particular roles and trying to accomplish some thing beyond what's expected with regard to them. the much more his heart is restored, the more this appears to be true.However, in the 2nd season Mytho's coronary heart will be tainted using the Raven's blood, twisting his selfless personality. Tutu...not thus much.

Four-Temperament Ensemble: Sanguine.

Genki Girl: Ahiru features quite a large amount of energy, which can easily be specifically shown by means of the girl tendencies to ramble. a longtime friend involving Charon that has feelings for him, along along with a big-sister figure to be able to Mytho and also Fakir.

Cool Large Sis: In Order To Fakir and later on Ahiru, getting any way for you to obtain guidance and psychological assistance in her sole episode. He desperately wants to protect Mytho and also demonstrate himself as his knight--but he also can be reluctant that whenever the storyline begins to move forward, he will probably be killed just such as the Knight in the story.As the details involving his Backstory begin to unravel, Ahiru realizes in which he's not necessarily as poor as he seems and also starts to succeed in out in order to him. It's explicitly stated that a portion of his powers will be recording what happens throughout reality, as well as in which if he doesn't execute a adequate task then his story will conform to reality as opposed to reality conforming to his story. His domineering remedy of Mytho has been his or even the woman's own means of protecting him, however, as Mytho couldn't protect himself.

Cannot Inform a Lie: Throughout the extremely first season, yet another side-effect of losing his emotions. Also, he's given a short scene exactly where he confesses enjoy for Rue - which in turn really sets the woman's on the path in direction of discovering your ex origins as well as defying your ex father. Often, it's played by making use of an organ for additional creepiness.

People Puppets: Drosselmeyer's powers apparently provide him this ability.

The Philosopher Psycho pertaining to Hire: Prior To his death, it's implied that will Drosselmeyer would happily write any kind of story -- along with inside the end, that is actually what got him killed.

Rewriting Reality Slasher Smile/Cheshire Cat Grin: He bounces among both, depending around the mood he's inside in the moment.

Time Is An Acronym Still: Whenever he speaks to Ahiru or even Fakir. Your Woman relies about the titular character from your ballet Giselle, that subsequently was based off of the wilis regarding Slavic folklore. I'm still far from getting loved him enough."

Rue is the star ballerina of Gold Crown Academy, along with Mytho's girlfriend. Eventually, the characters had been in the place to depart the story -- also it proved in which Drosselmeyer, while dead, could somehow control the tale even from your grave...In the particular series, Drosselmeyer has a mostly passive role (or a minimal of generally seems to be), commenting around the action along with providing Ahiru (and sometimes additional characters) small pushes inside the directions he'd like to see the story go. but obviously certainly not the actual Raven.

Girl with the Week: second season -- Mytho convinces girl right after girl that will they're deeply in enjoy with him in order that he may use their "pure hearts" as getting a sacrifice in order to resurrect the Raven.

Gotta Catch These People All: Mytho's coronary heart shards.

Green Thumb: Siegfried can easily fly about on winds full of Cherry Blossoms.

Heart Trauma: Mytho's sacrifice involving his heart.

I Kiss your Hand: Mytho does this as quickly as to be able to Tutu.

Innocent Fanservice Guy: He spends a lot of your own time operating about within an overly large, barely-fastened white button-down shirt and zilch but.

I Shall Taunt You: one in the tactics evil!Mytho utilizes inside the second season.

Knight within Shining Armor: Mytho -- or, rather, Prince Siegfried.

Large Ham: Possibly to create up with regard to paying the majority of the first season asking yourself around having a blank expression on his face, Mytho gains a sadistic a feeling of humor as well as an overdramatic flair in the second season.

Loves My Alter Ego: Mainly inside the 1st season. However, even when things seem being going against what he'd wanted, after a brief moment involving frustration he chippers backup so long as the twist will be a minimal of entertaining.This is, perhaps, your part of Drosselmeyer that is nearly all chilling: Even though his "characters" are real folks trapped inside a story, he's fine together with something happening to them -- as long since the story is actually entertaining. It's obvious which it

brings about him irritation and also pain.

Villainous Breakdown: His evil/crow side begins having 1 as Tutu is constantly upon the foil his attempts for you to steal hearts; he apparently takes great pride for making women be seduced by him.

What Stunning Eyes: Ahiru's response in the very first episode right after he saves the girl from falling when the lady trips. Unfortunately, without having his emotions to always be able to guidebook him, he usually puts himself into danger that's disproportionate in order to what's at stake -- such as jumping out a new window in order to be able to save a new bird from a crow once the bird knows how anyone can fly and the particular man doesn't.As Princess Tutu starts to come back his emotions for you to him, his true personality begins to gradually be revealed. Within the story, he enjoyed toying with just about all the hearts of the folks which loved Mytho, tainting all of them together using his evil prior to devouring them, and finally set his eyes on the prince's heart.

Also, although restoring Mytho's heart implies he can feel joy as well as love, in addition, it indicates he can appear sadness along with pain, which usually causes Duck to doubt if your ex actions are really helping him. after he rescues her, your woman helps him kill the Raven when as well as for all.

Heroic Sacrifice: When Mytho will be completely beneath the woman's father's control, Rue delivers to get her own coronary heart eaten instead. Nearly All with the characters note that she moves rather such as the woman's namesake animal, unaware that it isn't just her name.

Detached Sleeves: has detached, puffed sleeves along with her Princess Tutu outfit.

Did Not Really Obtain The Guy: Inside your finale, Ahiru will not meet up together with Mytho, that falls crazy about Rue. Though extremely gorgeous as well as an amazing dancer, she's proud along with cold in the particular direction of others, rarely contemplating their own emotions. Which one concession drags him straight into Ahiru's world (practically kicking and screaming), and he finds himself gradually changing his opinion of Mytho and also Princess Tutu--as well as their own role in the story.

Tropes associated with Fakir: All-Encompassing Mantle: Inside "The Fountain of the Warriors" All Girls Want Negative Boys: Most Likely a portion of the reason Fakir's among one with the most popular guys in school. Naturally, this makes the woman's an ideal target.

Rapunzel Hair: Offers very long, waist-length hair.

Femio Femio merely exhibits up inside Akt 17, but if you've seen the actual series, you'll keep inside mind him. However, before he could complete his story, he died, leaving his story unfinished as well as the 2 title characters trapped throughout a limitless battle. The idea is irrelevant if he's an emotionless doll, corrupted simply by Raven's blood, turned in to end up being able to a monster or just his real self.

Spell My name by getting an "S": The Actual original fansubs mistakenly called Princess Kraehe "Princess Claire". However, by the end associated with the first season, the 2 learn to come to a knowledge and learn to work together.In fact, most of the actual characters Duck will come across

the lady swiftly wins more than credited in order to your ex kind, cheerful personality. Which In Turn just makes his commentary much more entertaining.

Leaning around the Fourth Wall: Any time almost all his plans are generally ruined at your conclusion and the characters manage to get thier happy ending, Drosselmeyer wonders the way they overcame his script as author. Throughout the 2nd season, Rue insures a shard involving Mytho's heart in the raven's blood, turning much more plus more evil. Throughout life, she was a gorgeous woman who had been fated to always be able to die without getting together with your ex lover, thus she instead took an additional man down using her. Even though your woman doesn't actually get physical, she is shown to be able to hold her own against Fakir in a battle.

Dark Magical Girl: Kraehe could extremely well be one of your very best examples out there.

Defrosting Ice Queen: Perhaps prior to her alter-ego stepped to the picture, Rue genuinely appeared to become warming as much as Duck.

Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette Everything's better together with Princesses: Averted because it is actually not so great becoming the Princess of the Crows. A New shy student having a passion with regard to art. When the man that was creating the story died, your Prince and the Raven escaped from the pages regarding the tale into the town in which in turn the man as soon as lived. Your Woman turns out in order to possess the first associated with Mytho's coronary heart shards that will Tutu must recover - the impression of disappointment.

Ebine From Akt 3. However, Mytho's true character is nonetheless within himself even since the Raven's blood starts in order to taint him much more along with more, causing difficult between both personalities while they fight pertaining to control.

Tropes associated together with Mytho: Adorkable: Inside the first season, as he slowly regains much much more of his heart, Mytho becomes more and a lot more curious about his emotions (much to end up being able to Fakir along with Rue's chagrin).

The Ageless: Doesn't seem to grow older outside involving his story; within Fakir's as well as Rue's flashbacks he looks exactly the particular same.

All-Loving Hero: His heart can be described as one that loves everybody.

Badass: Right After Princess Tutu returns his last heart shard, thus completing his princely persona, he undergoes a new Excellent Costume Swap after which proceeds for you to defeat the collective asses of various ravens utilizing his conjured sword plus a couple of impressive acrobatic moves.

Bish?nen Cain and Abel: Using Fakir.

In the second season, he along with Fakir develop this type of relationship as Mytho constantly

abuses Fakir and also tries to trigger him problems simply because with the Raven's blood inside him.

This has been reversed within the first season, exactly where Fakir had been the main one pushing Mytho around. But, when wearing your ex pendant, drinking water turns your ex back right in to a

girl.

In distinction in order to Duck can be the woman's Magical Girl form, the actual titular Princess Tutu. 1 of the couple of approaches to trigger a new fight within the Tutu fandom is often to insist that you've to help make use of 1 title as well as one other when referring for you to her--inevitably fans that will prefer one other identify will object (luckily, many fans discovered to use each interchangeablynote Outside the particular core PT fandom, though, your dream gets nastier, because it can serve as the especially big lightning rod for your eternal Subbing versus Dubbing war. However, your "heart of gold" portion comes out when he begins to end up being able to loosen up inside the 2nd season.

Knight inside Shining Armor: Averted. Firstly, it quickly gets in order to be obvious in which his egotistical attitude is actually covering up for any massive inferiority complex, so when Fakir turns out to become incredibly gifted in the Story Spinning powers while he himself might not have got them, he begins for you to fluster regarding for what his true purpose in every day life is. He launched Fakir to "The Prince and the Raven" once the latter was just a boy. with every further heart shard, we start to discover more and a lot more regarding Mytho's true personality.

Chick Magnet: Played together with - within the second season Mytho offers girls falling almost all more than him, but it is simply because he's casting a new spell on all of them to produce them fall inside love.

Childhood Good Friend Romance: Using Rue. Chronic Hero Syndrome: The Particular reason behind virtually all associated with Mytho's problems.

Cool Sword: His magical sword -- the actual extremely device he accustomed to shatter his heart.

The Corruption: Exactly what transpires with Mytho in the 2nd season as the Raven's blood slowly infects him.

Designated Victim/Distressed Dude: Especially inside the initial season.

Dull Surprise: His defining, er, "emotion" pertaining to a lot of season 1.

Emotionless Boy: The bit unusual for the main reason that he's literally emotionless, and a male model in the trope.

Evil Costume Switch: 2nd season, together with Evil Wears Black.

Evil Laugh: Within the next season, natch.

Evil Wears Black: When he's possessed from the Raven's blood, he wears the black outfit.

Expy: Mytho could be an expy associated with Sasame inside the anime variation of PrĂŠtear. Fakir is not in any way similar to this, even though he takes on the role of the Knight.

Knight within Sour Armor: Will Be more like this.

Leaning about the Furniture Like Brother along with Sister: Fakir's relationship together with Raetsel. In the actual event that a person do, I'll help make sure you'll pay regarding it."

Once upon any time, there was clearly the knight that will served a Prince. Mytho fought the actual Raven, but sometimes merely stop him by simply sealing the actual beast away as well as shattering their own heart. However, Tutu's curse still haunts her, consequently as much as she encourages other people to become accurate to their hearts, she's not in a position to talk her very own accurate feelings aloud.In Duck's eyes, Princess Tutu will be every thing she is actually not. Cat is a minor illustration - he's not necessarily a lot "dirty" as just obsessed along with marriage.

Hot for Student: Professor Cat, although his concentrate will be marriage, as well as each and each time he gets a girl that actually likes him...he runs. Justified as they're his characters, so he can do whatever he wants.

The Raven

The Raven will become the villain from "The Prince and the Raven", and furthermore the series' some other major villain apart via Drosselmeyer. Drosselmeyer is kooky, he's the person who offers Ahiru your ex powers along with instructions the woman's over the way... Fanservice: Since Princess Kraehe.

Official Couple: Using Mytho.

The Ojou: so much in order that Rue, with one point, insists that will Ahiru calls the girl "Rue-sama" ("Lady Rue" within the dub). Nevertheless he seems to become happier this way.

Kitty Ears Lawyer: Mr. Secretly, she's a new puppet managed through Drosselmeyer for you to push her in the correct direction.

Neko-sensei

Don't stare only in that picture also long; you could wind up being forced to marry him.

Neko-sensei/Mr. Throughout your beginning, there's only one little bit of his personality that remains intact -- the section of him that will really desires to protect the actual helpless. Despite the girl flaws (and frequently even since of them), she's an endearing girl which finds it simple to make friends. Your Woman eventually ends up being able to stare deep directly into his eyes.

What is This Feeling?: Simply examine your quote from the beginning associated with his bio. Cat is the ballet teacher in Gold Crown Academy. Drosselmeyer

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"Now, tell me the particular best story that was at just about any time told! Tell it if you may well ask me with no regard for your lives!"

Voiced by: Noboru Mitani (JP), Marty Fleck (EN) Years ahead associated with the opening of the series, Drosselmeyer would always be a writer that provides been working on his masterpiece, "The Prince and also the Raven". The Girl speaks cryptically along with poetically, operating as a listening ear pertaining to Ahiru whenever the lady may well require it. and is also loved simply by everyone" (copying in the Prince in Your Prince and the Raven). to give it perspective, a new teenage girl could hug a new single regarding his feet claws and his wings blacken the particular sky.

Red Eyes, Consider Warning: The Particular in-universe villian, together with glowing red eyes.

These that use "Ahiru" exclusively are usually MUCH much more insistent with regards to it, so people who like "Duck" get largely been confined to web sites the place where the English dub will

be discussed).

Tropes associated together with Duck/Ahiru: Abstract Apotheosis: Close To your end, Princess Tutu gets to become a symbol regarding hope to the other characters in the story, totally personifying your heartshard she used to transform.

All-Loving Hero: both Ahiru as well as Princess Tutu--the latter simply because she usually saves your Victim of the Week through helping them admit their own true feelings, as well as the former simply because your woman essentially saves everybody within the finish along with hope.

Animal Motifs: Ducks, associated with course; the entire Ahiru-Princess Tutu transformation can be a metaphor for your ugly duckling turning into a swan. She's poised, graceful, an elegant along with skilled dancer, along with all-around almost perfect. However, both associated with all of them are surprisingly short.

Woman throughout White: Princess Tutu, that wears any white dress over any pink tutu in order to emphasize your ex purity and goodness.

Youthful Freckles: Ahiru provides them, but not when she's Princess Tutu.

Mytho Mytho

Get utilized to which vacant expression. Mostly a non-romantic example, should you overlook the subtext.

Backstory: His is specially essential for the plot, especially within the second season, when his bloodline will be revealed.

Badass: He's fairly handy with a sword, getting within the role of the knight and also all.

Baka: Fakir's Catch Phrase. Sometimes, they're the sole section of him we tend to be able to see.

Sealed Evil inside a Can: He ended up being sealed away through the Prince.

Edel

Don't ask us how she can her hair. Mytho appears being deeply in enjoy with Princess Tutu, nevertheless later tells Ahiru which he considers the woman's a great friend.

Man in White: Represents his otherworldliness as well as mysticism.

Martyr With Out a new Cause: one of Mytho's main character flaws -- partially due to his missing heart, however it is implied he had been receiving himself within trouble with this particular even when he had one.

Meaningful Name: Since noted above, "Mytho" means "story". He dreads the reappearance regarding Tutu to the story, when the lady finally reveals herself he treats the girl being an enemy.However, underneath Fakir's harsh exterior can end up being a boy which genuinely cares about Mytho's wellbeing. Inside "The Prince and the Raven" (a fictional fairytale from the realm of the particular show), Tutu was obviously a minor character which confessed the girl enjoy for the Prince--which, simply because of a curse, caused the woman's to show right in to a speck involving light and vanish. Because the plot progresses, however, Princess Tutu will get to break out with the role such as the various other characters and finds her way to complete things.

Shapeshifting Lover: every now as well as then, this old folktale can be referenced in the means Tutu appears to end up being able to people.

Spanner in the Works: The reason Drosselmeyer extra her to the story, because nobody has been willing to continue it.

Becomes this to the Large Bad. but he truly wants your characters to become trapped in a limitless cycle regarding death, rebirth and also tragedy.

Evil Laugh: Within every episode preview he offers the lowest evil chuckle, and he seems to have a evil laugh virtually As soon As an Episode.

Faux Affably Evil: He's a lying Manipulative Bastard in which toys along with people's lives because he thinks that any kind of happy ending can end up being a boring one, yet he's surprisingly polite.

The Fatalist: Throughout a new way. This particular leads to her teacher to constantly criticise the girl (when he's not really threatening her using marriage), significantly in order to her dismay.

hidden within the hearts in the residents regarding Gold Crown Town, Tutu may retrieve Mytho's coronary heart shards simply by bouncing with these people and helping these phones understand their own accurate feelings. Granted, Rue wasn't bound from the story in order to fade through existence if the lady would this, which may be the main reasons why Ahiru didn't manage to do it -and she or perhaps he later on aknowledges this.

Motor Mouth: Ahiru tends to end up being able to ramble a lot.

Na誰ve Newcomer: particularly in early episodes.

Nice Girl: While it comes down to it, she's kind at heart as well as desires to aid others, which is more emphasized when she's Princess Tutu.

Odd Friendship: Along With Fakir, when they begin to actually listen to each other. chance associated with exposing skin? Frequent.

Odd Friendship: Together With Ahiru.

Orphan's Ordeal: As Fakir's backstory can be revealed, it gets distinct which any lot of his flaws and concerns stem via his parents' deaths, and how he's (poorly) dealt with it.

Peek-a-Bangs: Fakir's hairstyle sometimes hides among his eyes, since it does during his Slipknot Ponytail moment Perpetual Frowner: Consequently significantly so that when Fakir smiles, it's a big deal.

Pet the actual Dog: or your duck, because the case may be.

Please Place A Range Of Clothes On: A New running gag within the show is actually Fakir getting around to see Ahiru transform from the duck right into a girl, then freaking out when she's suddenly standing naked before him (to the point exactly where he dives powering any constructing in a episode).

Quivering Eyes: Fakir has these a new handful of times, notably when he begins to remember his parents' deaths. He gave the girl any pendant that allowed her in order to become a girl--and furthermore the actual Magical Girl, Princess Tutu.As any girl, Duck spends the girl times struggling in the girl own ballet class, stepping into hijinx with your ex friends, fawning more than the nearly all popular along with distant Mytho, and also arguing using the equally well-liked but hot-tempered Fakir. while this can be a perfectly reasonable response in direction of fictional characters (as tropers that love the Woobie will usually admit), the actual sociopathic character needed to treat real folks in this way can always be very frightening, indeed.Named following your character through The Actual Nutcracker, as well as visually as well as musically borrows a number of his motifs -- although the Drosselmeyer in the ballet had been more benevolent.

Tropes associated together with Drosselmeyer: Author Powers: Immediately interacts together with his characters at points.

Big Bad Beware your Silly Ones: He will get some of the funniest moments inside the series, just about all

involving that are jokes in his expense, try not really to allow that supply the incorrect thought about him, he's not even shut to harmless.

Blood Magic: He could nonetheless use his powers even after his hands had been cut off, through writing with the blood oozing in the stumps exactly where that they used to be.

Catch Phrase: Drossy closes each along with every episode preview together with "All kids in which adore stories come, gather 'round..."

Creator Breakdown: In-universe as a component of his backstory. and there has been clearly furthermore a princess which was cursed to show into a speck of light and also vanish if your woman confessed her feelings towards the one the lady loved. her heart shard can be loneliness.

Always someone Better: The Girl mentions the girl husband's cooking has been this for you to her own.

Beehive Hairdo: A New purple one, no less.

Back for your Finale: Helps Make a new cameo in the finale as among individuals turned back again via getting ravens.

Curtains Match the particular Window: Purple head of hair as well as eyes.

The Lost Lenore: The Girl deceased husband, who ended up being simply the woman's inspiration for running the actual restaurant.

Lethal Chef: Played with; she can cook perfectly well but magical interference helps make your ex meals extremely cold. He's this over-the-top parody regarding bishounen he became a new wildly well-liked character among fans, showing up in fanart just the maximum amount of as characters using way much more screentime compared to him. However, Raetsel's so flirty that Ahiru and her buddies very first believe that she's his girlfriend instead.

Loners Are Generally Freaks: Not Really blatant, however the present definitely thinks he's better off as soon as he starts being slightly much more sociable.

Loner-Turned-Friend: Begins off as rather antisocial, yet grows to be somewhat less so when he as well as Ahiru grow to be able to be friends.

Man throughout White: in the actual last few episodes, fitting, since he's now using his Story Spinner powers to battle contrary for you to the story/Drosselmeyer.

Meaningful Name: Fakir is a word with regard to sort of Arabian mystic (those guys that will walk in coals, with regard to example), that tends to make him sound mysterious and in addition hints in his powers.

Mr. An anthropomorphic anteater that strives in order to overthrow Rue as prima donna; section of the woman's scheme involves acquiring Mytho in order to pick her for a dance. at first, he appears being mostly in Ahiru's side, attempting to encourage your ex for you to continue in their process to recover Mytho's lost heart, even when issues grow to be difficult for her. She's completely, absolutely crazy about him, nevertheless fears that will if the Prince regains his heart, he'll no more become together with the woman's and instead fall in adore with Princess Tutu. It's fairly one other

means around-strong, arrogant Kraehe can be abused, lonely, and deeply unfortunate Rue's mask.

Break the particular Cutie: Component involving the woman's backstory.

Broken Bird Changeling Tale: The Girl was kidnapped by the Raven as a baby along with raised as their own daughter.

Childhood Pal Romance: She's been in enjoy using Mytho since the girl would become a almost no girl.

Clark Kenting: Helps Make even less perception as compared to with Ahiru as well as Tutu, specifically since your personality difference in between Rue and also Kraehe can be far more vague.

Clingy Jealous Girl: She's initially released as this for you to Mytho. Lilie because she thinks Fakir's dark, mysterious image will princess tutus clash well using Ahiru and also cause a lot of drama.

Morphic Resonance: Their Particular crow types in the finale talk about his or her hairstyles.

Muggle Greatest Friend: Each of these are usually this with regard to Ahiru--they're genuinely normal human girls, yet Ahiru is actually a duck transformed right straight into a girl who's furthermore inside the role of a storybook princess.

Rubber Face: Lilie creates this change to Ahiru often.

Satellite Characters: They're mostly just there to be Ahiru's Muggle Very Best friends and also leave your ex with life as a lady a new feeling of normalcy.

Shipper upon Deck: Lilie along with Pique both ship Fakir/Ahiru, albeit for different reasons. once he enters the particular story, he proclaims himself being the expert in the wedding it comes to be able to Drosselmeyer and his powers. However, Princess Tutu rescues the woman's prior to that may happen.

A Day within the Limelight: Pique provides Akt 16.

Genki Girl: especially Lilie.

Girlish Pigtails: Lilie provides these.

Hair Decorations: Pique offers two clips around the aspect although Lilie wears large pink bows in the girl own pigtails.

Jerkass: Lilie's completed several rather questionable items to your ex friends.

Jerk having a heart involving Gold: Pique, simply by contrast, genuinely wants your great for Duck, but will be even now quite insulting in the direction of her.

The Matchmaker: Pique because the girl genuinely desires to see Ahiru happy... Your In-Universe explanation with regard to Rue is that Kraehe just took the final syllable with the Japanese characters in order to spell Kraehe.

Ms. good along with ballet along with swordplay? Double check. This kind of is what saves the particular town and also ends Drosselmeyer's story.

Also, this type regarding feeling can be actually what permitted the girl for you to transform in to Princess Tutu inside the very first place - the girl pendant is a heart shard, the particular Prince's feeling regarding hope.

I Want My Beloved in order to End Up Being Happy: Within the end, she permits herself to stop the woman's pendant - Mytho's last heart shard - consequently he can conserve Rue, whom he'd fallen inside love with.

Iconic Item: Ahiru's pendant.

Idiot Hair: Ahiru's ahoge even exists in their duck form as being a single feather that will is as tall as your ex head.

At a number of points it truly provides the girl position away when she's wanting to hide.

Inner Monologue: While Ahiru's not really rambling out loud, she's rambling inwardly regarding the woman's a variety of problems -- specifically the woman's identity problems and also adore towards/worry with regard to Mytho.

Innocent Blue Eyes In the actual Identify in the Moon: "Please, won't anyone dance using me...?"

It Ended Up Being together with All Involving You Along: The Woman's pendant may always be the Prince's final coronary heart shard.

Japanese Pronouns: "Atashi".

Late with regard to School: Subverted in the very first episode, exactly where Ahiru gets confused and also arrives university early, causing your ex Crash-Into Hello meeting with Mytho. before he's effectively introduced, Autor provides numerous cameos showing him shushing folks in the library and also hovering inside the track record watching Fakir. Also, Siegfried may end up being the identify with the prince coming from Swan Lake.

Messianic Archetype: He eventually slays the actual Raven and saves the city such as he has been supposed to, yet it ended up being not entirely his doing.

Mystical White Hair: He offers magical powers, and is apparently The Particular Ageless outside of his story.

Nightmare Fetishist/Nightmare Gasoline Station Attendant: second season again.

Official Couple: with Rue. Prince Charming Red Eyes, Just Take Warning: Mytho's eyes flip pink when he's tainted using the Raven's blood.

Rei Ayanami Expy: Male example, becoming pale-haired, beautiful, along with curious relating to emotions.

School Uniforms Are Generally your New Black Sealed Great inside a Can: Mytho may have sealed away the particular Raven, however he were able to seal his emotions and also personality away within the process, too.

Spell My name having an "S": Mytho ended up being known as "Mute" in early fansubs since both your Japanese original and furthermore the English dub pronounce it as some thing near "Mew-Toh".

Star-Crossed Lovers: Played straight along with Tutu as well as Mytho within the fairytale. her coronary heart shard can be devotion.

Charon Fakir's adopted father, a swordmaker. Rue most likely comes from the English phrase meaning; "to regret", that is specifically how the lady will come to become able to really feel regarding tainting Mytho together with raven's blood. Pique turns directly into a spotlight episode inside Akt 16, however.

Tropes connected with Pique and also Lilie: All Girls Want Poor Boys: Pique's crush in Fakir seems being based on this.

Comedic Sociopathy: Lilie's defining character trait.

Damsel within Distress: in the next season, Pique nearly gets the girl heart removed by simply Mytho once the raven's blood throughout his coronary heart possesses him. Whom really does Mytho choose? Within the particular end, Rue. They Will do most certainly share the identical English voice actor, though.

Fiery Redhead: Ahiru. Oh, he's in addition an anthropomorphic cat.

And Currently you Must Marry Me: Played pertaining to Laughs; his normal threat of punishment for any misbehavior by simply female students.

Brought Down to always be able to Normal: in the actual "Where Could they Be Now?" Epilogue, it's revealed that the actual curse becoming lifted made him into a typical cat. However, some other characters often note in which the woman's enthusiasm and character shines by means of throughout the woman's dance, generating the woman's dance entertaining in order to watch.Duck is sweet, outgoing, and also ditzy, however includes a stubborn streak. The Girl will get better, though.

Everything's Far Better with Princesses: Subverted. Please note: since a lot of Tutu's plot revolves around Character Development and also back Story, a number of spoilers will most likely be unavoidable. You're going to be seeing it a lot.

"When I consider Rue, when I consider you, Fakir, when I'm thinking about Princess Tutu...Each one makes me really feel different. Any woman whose restaurant hasn't been acquiring sufficient patronage lately for just one cause - whilst expertly cooked, the girl food is always stone cold.

Regardless Regarding Whether or in just about any other case not he includes a heart will not affect the simple fact that I enjoy him. Getting Mytho/Siegfried's princess, in one other hand...

Evil Wears Black: While Kraehe.

Expy: Rue's possibly an expy regarding Fenrir/Takako from PrĂŠtear. He discovered the actual Prince along with gave him the identify associated with Mytho, and also determined which he will be his Knight such as the 1 within the story. Pique is tomboyish as well as supportive of Ahiru, while Lilie is girly and takes sadistic pleasure within Ahiru's failures so she can "comfort" her.Their characterizations aren't really delved straight into that much; mostly they're there to end up being able to supply a a feeling of normalcy in order to Ahiru's adventures. Which prince was found wandering aimlessly through Fakir, that gave him the name "Mytho", from your Greek phrase "Mythos", this means "story". His real identify can be in zero way given, if he even has one, and while known as a raven he's much more just similar to a Godzilla-sized demon. When you appear closely however, mentioned locks are green, that can always be a hint to his correct nature.

Red Oni, Blue Oni: Your blue in order to Ahiru's red.

Rummage Sale Reject: Any time he's certainly not within his uniform or perhaps knight costume.

Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: He along with Ahiru, oh therefore much.

Second Love: Fakir gets for you to be this pertaining to Ahiru.

Secret Keeper: Fakir is actually the initial character (outside involving Drosselmeyer along with Edel, that knew in the beginning) to locate out that will Ahiru will be Princess Tutu -- along with then, as an act regarding trust, she tells him she's actually a new duck.

Self-Made Orphan: A New story he wrote as a kid went associated with manage and also caused your deaths associated with his parents.

Shirtless Scene: Several, mostly to demonstrate off Fakir's essential birthmark (...but most likely furthermore with regard to fanservice).

Spell My Identify with an "S": Early fansubs wrote his title as Fakia.

Star-Crossed Lovers: Subverted -- Ahiru turns back again right directly into a duck inside the end, nevertheless Fakir promises for you to usually stay simply by the girl side.

Tall, dark as well as Snarky: Maybe among the particular best examples ever.

Trauma-Induced Amnesia: Fakir is conscious of his parents' deaths, however doesn't give any indication that he remembers the means it happened until Ahiru drags up the actual memories. The Particular Raven's goal would always be to use a coronary heart sacrificed for you to him in order that he may escape in the seal.

Tropes associated together with Your Raven: Abusive Parents: to Rue, constantly belittling the woman's along with telling your ex nobody will ever adore your ex besides him as well as Mytho. That should go a long way for you to explain Drosselmeyer's insanity and taste within plotlines.

Determinator: He kept creating after his hands were chopped off, just to keep fooling about with his stories despite death.

Downer Ending: Established in order to induce this straight into his story. in reality she's actually human, but had been raised about his blood, consequently she's gained darkish magical powers from this and could essentially become part crow only at that point.

Heel-Face Turn: Within the end, Rue really does the Heroic Sacrifice in order for you to save Mytho.

Presently there had been in addition a new clumsy girl that will dreamed of 1 day becoming a ballerina. Fakir rejects the girl in first, distrustful associated with her, but he ultimately relents and reluctantly agrees to become the woman's partner--at least pertaining to a bit while. eventually it's subverted -- he could be helpful, although most most likely not the maximum amount of because he would've liked.

Leaning about the Furniture Loners Are Generally Freaks Love from First Sight: Whenever he meets Rue. Male Gaze: Inside 1 scene, Autor is actually subsequent powering Rue, and additionally the camera focuses on Rue's back and slowly pans as a result of analyze her rear finish and also legs. But, in the end, Duck is absolutely the duck. Duck adores ballet, yet due to your ex clumsy actions and also not enough discipline, the woman's performances tend to be somewhat lacking. Along With Rue also, inside a way.

Older Alter Ego: Princess Tutu can be noticeably taller note although this can be simply because your woman is consistently en pointe and significantly more graceful when compared with Ahiru, total with a melodious voice along with stunning dance skills.

Only Sane Man: Inside early episodes, Ahiru can be shocked in order to realize she's the merely real 1 that recognizes the odd issues inside town (like a new cat that will teaches ballet). That, mixed together along with his enormous ego along with training from Hell that he puts Fakir through, brings about him to be an extremely unsympathetic character in first.As your series nears its end, however, he's given several minor attempts from Character Development that will cause him to greater than just an overenthusiastic Info Dump vehicle. He as well as Ahiru immediately clash--she desires Mytho to become able to regain his lost heart, whilst however do almost something to stop that from happening. Your other people disagree.

Eccentric Mentor: Subverted. He really does vid lot.

White Hair, Black Heart: Subverted, Mytho's got white locks nevertheless he's one of your heroes.

Funnily enough, Fakir shares your Japanese and also English voice actors regarding Sasame within the identical show, which Mytho seems to become an expy of.

Which helps to make the under trope ironically funny; the actual finale associated with PrĂŠtear offers Hayate explicitly contact himself a new "Failure of your Knight".

Failure Knight: Fakir feels like he offers to protect Mytho no matter what. the camera then switches to exhibit Autor searching downwards and blushing, implying that the view we had been viewing was through Autor's point regarding view.

Meaningful Name: "Autor" will be German (and coincidentally Spanish) with regard to "author".

Megane: occasionally one thing of your male meganekko, however, not always.

Mr. Within fact, a few fans even believe ADV changed your name, although it might eliminate the meaning powering it.

Switched at Birth That Girl Will Be Dead: Throughout the next season Ahiru insists about continuing in order to contact the girl Rue, no matter how a lot your woman insists your ex name is Kraehe.

Tsurime Eyes: Usually there, however especially prominent when she turns into Kraehe.

Woman throughout Black: Princess Kraehe wears an all-black outfit, which usually contrasts using Princess Tutu and emphasizes the crueler and more manipulative character she has when compared with when she's Rue. Wrong Genre Savvy: Oh Rue... She's a lot calmer as Princess Tutu, however.

Gotta Catch All Of Them All: Princess Tutu's quest to find the missing bits of Mytho's heart.

Green Thumb: Princess Tutu may grow a plant regarding vines to help herself obtain around.

Heroic Self-Deprecation: Ahiru provides main problems using your ex self esteem, partially simply because she mentions herself as "just any duck".

Hope Bringer: Princess Tutu represents hope. Throughout the particular end, the lady chooses Hans.

Meaningful Name: Raetsel can be German pertaining to "riddle" as well as "mystery" which usually plays off her mysterious role inside the first half of her episode.

Second Love: Raetsel is at adore together with Charon, nevertheless winds up marrying yet another man.

Spell My Title having an "S": "Rachel".

Woman in White: Any time your woman moves to satisfy Mytho in order to be any sacrifice for the Raven, she's wearing being married dress.

Miscellaneous/Group Tropes Tropes that connect with greater than one character or even a group regarding characters. . Alternatively associated with loving everyone, he demands that he end up being loved, and starts for you to research to obtain a pure hearted girl to sacrifice to the Raven. They Will chopped off his hands in order to avoid him via composing anymore, yet together using his dying breath along with blood from your stumps about his arms he wrote the past little bit of the tale which permitted him to end up being able to carry on creating it despite his death. Duck often struggles along with comparing herself to your ex alter-ego, unsure if Tutu is absolutely her, or just the particular character from your story somehow working via her. Nevertheless Sasame's attitude in your

direction of Takako can be closer in order to Rue. Extreme Doormat: While he does certainly not have his heart.

Fan Nickname: "The Pantless Wonder", thanks to always be able to his endearing trait of running around in just any long shirt (and I do imply absolutely nothing but) when not inside his institution uniform. Author along with Arthur show up sometimes, as well.

Take over the actual World: According for the Japanese official website, Autor's aim can be "world domination".

Unstoppable Rage: Your final episode, again. His coronary heart shard is actually pride.

Blood Knight: Implied as much; his lover begged him to place down his sword for his own excellent just before he killed her; throughout death he's nevertheless not able to pass on simply because of his fighting.

My Country, Correct or perhaps Wrong: Murdered his lover because your woman was obviously a spy with regard to an additional country.

Would Hit a Girl: Furthermore for you to murdering his lover, also, he doesn't hesitate to be able to attack Princess Tutu when she tries to achieve him in order to acquire his coronary heart shard.

Hermia From Akt 19. However, your woman can have a great heart, along with as quickly as Ahiru reaches out to be able to your ex along with efforts to grow to become able to be your ex buddy your woman begins to spread out as much as her--at least until she finds out Ahiru is actually Princess Tutu.As you can possibly tell from the quote above, Mytho the primary emphasis regarding her world.

Double subversion -- he gets evil inside the second season because associated with Kraehe tainting certainly 1 of his heart shards. Because Kraehe she's even colder and far crueler than your woman can be normally, however, there is hints associated with your ex correct personality even when transformed -- regardless how the girl denies it.In the next season, Kraehe dips among Mytho's coronary heart shards to the Raven's blood, tainting Mytho's character along with twisting him from the kindhearted prince the girl fell inside enjoy with. Pique specifically feels this way regarding him.

Ambiguously Brown: Many fans think that Fakir is from the middle East since of his title and skin tone, but Ikuko Itoh features denied he's Arabic (Although the girl did concede which he may possess some Center Eastern heritage in his bloodline somewhere).

Anger Born regarding Worry: A Lot regarding the primary reason powering his therapy of Mytho inside the 1st season. Then it becomes a triple subversion when he gets his final heart shard back, causing him to do a Great Costume switch back into his princely persona.

The Sensible Prince Fakir Fakir

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"Listen carefully -- by absolutely no means occur near Mytho again. When she quacks (which happens usually when she's flustered), the lady turns into the woman's true form like a duck. When Princess Tutu assists the girl out, the girl restaurant actually begins to flourish again.

Lethal Eatery: Owns 1 until Princess Tutu will take the shard of Mytho's heart, and she as well as he begins to maneuver into Supreme Chef category.

Wili Maiden From Akt 4. Curious and also emotional, she's fascinated by Ahiru's capability to transform from the duck into a human, and also brings about a amount of awkward moments in between Ahiru along with Fakir.

Autor Autor

"I'm sorry, I wasn't in any position to listen to which more than my own, personal ego."

"Just what could it be that an individual simply know?"

Voiced by: Yu Urata (JP), Adam Conlon (EN) A relatively minor but essential character inside the second season, Autor may end up being the

major supply of info for Fakir as well as Ahiru. a girl whom delivers love letters inside a donkey costume, your woman gets certainly 1 of Mytho's targets when he's possessed through raven's blood.

Damsel within Distress: Almost gets her heart taken by a corrupted Mytho, yet Princess Tutu manages in order to become able to save her.

Motor Mouth: she gets to this mode when she's denying getting just about any feelings regarding Lysander.

Shout-Out: She, Lysander, along with her "Bottom" donkey alias are generally references to A New Midsummer Night's Dream.

Smitten Teenage Girl: Within adore together with Lysander, a new sculptor. in the second season this isn't accurate with all, since he has several associated with his emotions restored along with may be poisoned by evil.

Catch Phrase: "I don't know" along using other noncommittal phrases within the 1st season -- "Love me, along with hate every person else" inside the second season.

Character Development: Really blatant in the event it arrives for you to Mytho. Exposition: Really, when it will come correct down to it, this really is Autor's major purpose if anyone are within the show.

Mysterious Watcher Nightmare Fetishist: Somewhat debatable, nevertheless thinking about his manic approval involving Drosselmeyer and additionally the gleeful method he handles Drosselmeyer's powers, it's likely he falls below this trope.

Only Sane Man: believe it or not, Autor could qualify -- he's the sole character outside of the primary cast that will appears to recognize that Gold Crown City is actually getting managed simply by certainly 1 of Drosselmeyer's stories.

Scary Shiny Glasses: We don't even discover Autor's eyes until he talks to become able to Fakir inside akt 21.

School Uniforms are the actual New Black Spell My name having an "S": A Range Of fans still utilize the Japanese romanization of his name, "Aotoa". Despite his foppish personality, he was the only real (non main) character capable of break the actual Raven's spell all upon his own.

The Ghost Knight From Akt 18. However, it's a variation within that they doesn't find yourself completely alone, since Fakir promises to be able to stick to her.

Disappears in to Light: Princess Tutu's fate, must she confess the woman's feelings for you to Mytho. zura.

Uzura is a young girl puppet created by Charon, Fakir's foster father, from the burnt remains of

Edel. Mytho, right after transforming into Prince Siegfried, rescues her.

Dark Motion Girl: Princess Kraehe, for an extent. He utilizes it each harshly along with fondly, depending on the situation.

Break your Cutie: Component associated with Fakir's backstory.

Cain and Abel: Fakir gets in order to be "Abel" for you to Mytho's "Cain" when Mytho will be tainted using the Raven's blood as well as Fakir is actually instructed to fight him.

Character Development/Took a new level inside Kindness: Grows to become much less and less of the jerkass because the plot moves on.

Compassionate Critic Cool Sword: the Lohengrin sword.

Curtains Match the actual Window: An Individual Gotta have Green hair + Green Eyes.

Deadpan Snarker: Especially as quickly as he begins for you to loosen up in the 2nd season.

Defrosting Ice King: in first he seems cold and also cruel, specifically in direction of Mytho, nevertheless when he warms as a lot as Ahiru he starts showing how kind he can really be.

Dreaming associated with Issues for you to Come: He goals regarding fighting the Ghost Knight in Episode 18.

Expy: Fakir can be probably an expy regarding Hayate coming from PrĂŠtear. We don't know, either.

A mysterious woman with an organ grinder, which generally seems to collect and sell gemstones.

The Girl coronary heart shard can be sorrow.

Paulamoni From Akt 6. Additionally simply because unlike Rue, Ahiru was more within enjoy with all the concept of Mytho as compared to using Mytho himself; your ex feelings were much more aimed at admiration.

Magic Dance: The Lady defeats her enemies and also betters his or her lives by engaging in ballet along with them.

Magical Girl: ...Duh. Missed the particular Call: Rue breaks Mytho's curse by simply confessing the girl love rather than Princess Tutu, and also will get chosen to become Mytho's princess instead. Then he wonders if he himself may be a character throughout another person's story.

Leitmotif: The Actual March through The Particular Nutcracker.

Luke, I'm your Father: Fakir, I am your current great-great-great grandfather.

Mad Artist Nice job Fixing It, Villain: Throughout the second season, Drosselmeyer using Tutu captive, telling the woman's about the undeniable fact that she's a new story character and trying to force the woman's in to always be able to a Sadistic Option produced her recognize the lady didn't want to follow his commands anymore.

Nightmare Fetishist: Stories together with happy endings are "boring" to become able to him.

Ominous Pipe Organ: Drosselmeyer's leitmotif will end up being the Nutcracker March played in the minor key. They Will possess similar, black-feathered outfits when they flip evil. Except not really, the woman's mothers and fathers had been really typical humans, and he or even she ended up being kidnapped being an infant.

Makeup Is Actually Evil: Kraehe wears purple eyeshadow, in comparison to Tutu whom doesn't wear any kind of kind of makeup.

Meaningful Name: "Kraehe" can be German with regard to "crow". At any Time loyal to become able to his liege, he pledged in which he would serve your Prince together together with his life. in the 2nd season, we understand that his mothers as well as fathers protected him coming from an attack of crows like a child, which cause his or her deaths, and your man feels responsible.

Four-Temperament Ensemble: Choleric.

Freudian Excuse: Fakir accidentally killed his as well as the woman's own parents simply by causing a crow attack when among his stories sought out associated with control.

The Gift: Fakir appears to become exceptionally skilled using the Story-Spinning powers.

Green Eyes Hair Colour Dissonance: while his head of hair looks black in the large quantity of shots, it's truly colored green. did I mention one other guy posseses an axe? Yeah.

You Gotta Get Blue Hair: It's both blue as well as purple, depending about who you ask, but it nonetheless counts as stylized black.

Minor Characters Victims of the week as well as other one-off characters.

Anteaterina From Akt 2. Using curly purple locks plus a fondness with regard to French (despite getting distinctly Spanish accoutrements), he runs around Gold Crown Academy passing out roses for you to girls and also claiming to become "a prince that loves everyone... It's implied your woman has been anyone to Mytho, as well.

Damsel throughout Distress: Ends up getting the particular fifth person being focused by way of a corrupted Mytho as being a sacrifice for that Raven.

Early-Bird Cameo: a bit of your strange one: her title appears within the ending credits for episode 19, but Raetsel herself does not seem until the particular subsequent episode.

Hair Decorations: Wears a large pink bow in the woman's own hair.

Like Brother and also Sister: she herself states in which she's similar to a large sister for you to Fakir.

Love Triangle: The Particular supply of the girl problems in the episode is actually the girl inability to choose on among Charon along with your ex fiance, Hans. From first the girl enjoys which Mytho sides together with her, but as his character gets to become more and much more violent the lady begins in order to doubt the woman's choices.

Tropes related using Rue: Absolute Cleavage: Because Kraehe.note Amusing anecdote: during ADV's commentary track regarding episode 13, Jessica Boone found the actual Rue - Kraehe transformation as well as commented, "Rue can be stacked."

Abusive Parents: Kraehe's father is the Raven, and which he treats the girl really abusively, telling the girl which the woman's human body will be "hideous" along with that will just the Prince and himself could actually adore her -- as well as then, certainly not sufficient in order to die for her.

Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: She's the actual very best in her class and contains many admirers, yet doesn't seem to have significantly inside the means of real friends.

Anguished Declaration associated with Love: Within the second-to-last episode as section of your ex Heroic Sacrifice.

Animal Motifs: Ravens and also crows are usually strongly related using her, credited in order to your ex status since the Princess in the Crows, specially when she's Kraehe (which even indicates "crow" throughout German; note in which translations use raven along with crow interchangeably).

Backstory: Rue's begins to become explained in the second season, adding a lot to the girl character within the process.

Beneath the Mask: Initially, it looks just like aloof, enigmatic Rue can be Kraehe's mask. Cat or even Anteaterina or, well, any 1 of the other Talking Animal characters.

Morphic Resonance: Any time he's turned right straight into a crow within the finale, he even now retains his purple splotch and also eyes.

Throw the Cat a Fish: Your epilogue involving the final episode reveals which Mr. Thus can Rue. Spoilers will be marked when possible, but some unmarked spoilers is planning to be necessary just for ease regarding reading