Look, it's an alphabet series post! I said they'd be back, and I wasn't lying. Today we're going to talk about Barry the Chopper, because I think he's a pretty cool dude. Sort of. Just read, guys.
The Character: Barry the Chopper (voiced by Kentarou Itou in the original FMA, Hideyuki Umezu in Brotherhood, and Jerry Jewell in both English releases, which are what I've seen)
Series: Fullmetal Alchemist/Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Probably some spoilers ahead.
Barry the Chopper is kind of a crazy guy. I mean, he's not as crazy as one of the other people I'll be doing when we get close to the end of the alphabet, but he's still pretty crazy. In the original Fullmetal Alchemist anime, they gave him a nice episode where you got to see where he actually originated instead of him explaining it (which happens in the manga and Brotherhood). And where did he originate?
Why, he was a serial killer, of course!
Just totally reminded myself of this picture and now I want to share it with you all:
Anyway, in that origin episode it shows that he likes slicing up women because...well, back to the crazy thing. He attempts to kill Winry, but that doesn't work out. That would have been crappy. But anyway, he's arrested and all that normal stuff that happens when you get arrested...to a point.
When Ed and Al go to investigate at the lab that's supposed to be shut down, they end up coming across him. “Again”, for the first anime. In the other versions they're meeting him for the first time. Except it's mostly Al meeting him. Now, Barry the Chopper is kind of an arse. He tells Alphonse that maybe he's artificial, that maybe Ed has been lying to him, and that his memories could be fabricated. That causes Al to be dumb and then Winry throws a wrench at his head (yay for the armor, right?) and other such fun.
That's besides the point though.
Barry the Chopper shows up again later. He takes an interest in Hawkeye (be it a crush or a creepy fascination...then again with Barry they're sort of the same thing) and ends up getting captured. Then he helps Maria Ross get out of prison, which is pretty awesome of him. Sadly he ends up dying later—if I remember right, someone licks his blood seal. It's slipping my mind who, and I don't have the episode on hand to check.
But I saw these guys at Ohayocon and it like, made my life:
Character Awesomeness: 7/10 awesomes. I love him, but he kind of loses some awesome for trying to kill Winry and Ed. And for convincing Al that he might be artificial.
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