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** ThePowerOfTheSun: Sunday
** {{Lunacy}}: Monday
** PlayingWithFire: Tuesday
** MakingASplash: Wednesday
** GreenThumb[=/=]BlowYouAway: Thursday
** ExtraOreDinary: Friday
** DishingOutDirt: Saturday
** {{Lunacy}}: Monday
** PlayingWithFire: Tuesday
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** ThePowerOfTheSun: Sunday
Sunday: [[ThePowerOfTheSun Solar magic]].
**{{Lunacy}}: Monday
Monday: [[{{Lunacy}} Lunar magic]].
**PlayingWithFire: Tuesday
Tuesday: [[PlayingWithFire Fire magic]].
**MakingASplash: Wednesday
Wednesday: [[MakingASplash Water magic]].
**GreenThumb[=/=]BlowYouAway: Thursday
Thursday: [[GreenThumb Nature magic]], with [[BlowYouAway wind]].
**ExtraOreDinary: Friday
Friday: [[ExtraOreDinary Metal-based magic]].
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* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Non-Directional Laser, though Marisa significantly upped the rotations after she copied it from Patchouli.
* SpectacularSpinning: Non-Directional Laser, though Marisa significantly upped the rotations after she copied it from Patchouli.
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* EverythingIsBetterWithSpinning: A considerable number of her physical attacks involve spinning. 'Course, those tend to be her heavier hitting ones too.
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* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: The descriptions of her attacks in ''Hisoutensoku''.
-->'''''Ice Kick:''' Goes in for a flying spin kick while generating ice all around. There's actually no need for the spinkick, but [[RuleOfCool she thinks it's cool]].''
-->'''''Cold Body "Super Ice Kick":''' A spinning kick from the heavens. The longer this attack hits, the more powerful it is, but Cirno gets dizzy after a while. There's really just no reason for her to be spinning...''
-->'''''Ice Kick:''' Goes in for a flying spin kick while generating ice all around. There's actually no need for the spinkick, but [[RuleOfCool she thinks it's cool]].''
-->'''''Cold Body "Super Ice Kick":''' A spinning kick from the heavens. The longer this attack hits, the more powerful it is, but Cirno gets dizzy after a while. There's really just no reason for her to be spinning...''
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* UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns: Cirno is infamous for her use of the rough-sounding/feminine slang pronoun "Atai". It's meant to evoke the image of a tough, thuggish street rat, but coming from her, it's laughably underwhelming, and only serves to make her seem even more like a boorish idiot who is trying too hard.
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* SpinAttack: The descriptions of her attacks in ''Hisoutensoku''.
-->'''''Ice Kick:''' Goes in for a flying spin kick while generating ice all around. There's actually no need for the spinkick, but [[RuleOfCool she thinks it's cool]].''
-->'''''Cold Body "Super Ice Kick":''' A spinning kick from the heavens. The longer this attack hits, the more powerful it is, but Cirno gets dizzy after a while. There's really just no reason for her to be spinning...''
-->'''''Ice Kick:''' Goes in for a flying spin kick while generating ice all around. There's actually no need for the spinkick, but [[RuleOfCool she thinks it's cool]].''
-->'''''Cold Body "Super Ice Kick":''' A spinning kick from the heavens. The longer this attack hits, the more powerful it is, but Cirno gets dizzy after a while. There's really just no reason for her to be spinning...''
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: One of the nicest members of the SDM, Meiling acts rather cold towards Sakuya in chapter 2 of ''Cheating Detective Satori'' after the maid is revealed as the first murder suspect.
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* ToServeMan: Not that she eats humans herself, but the meals she makes for Flandre are stated to have been from live humans. A NecessaryEvil of sorts, as Flandre herself can't reign in her own power enough to [[DisadvantageousDisintegration avoid vaporizing them before she can drink from them]].
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* ToServeMan: Not that she eats humans herself, but the meals she makes for Flandre are stated to have been from live humans. A NecessaryEvil NecessarilyEvil, of sorts, as Flandre herself can't reign in her own power enough to [[DisadvantageousDisintegration avoid vaporizing them before she can drink from them]].
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* TimeStandsStill: Sakuya's most well-known application of her Time Mastery. However, in ''Wild and Horned Hermit'' Chapter 35, Sakuya says that she actually ''can't'' freeze other people in place. She just moves in such extreme speeds that she appear as being able to stop time.
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* TimeStandsStill: Sakuya's most well-known application of her Time Mastery. However, in ''Wild and Horned Hermit'' Chapter 35, Sakuya says explains that she actually ''can't'' freeze stop time for other people in place. She people; she just moves in such at extreme speeds (with no mass) so that she appear as being it ''seems'' she's able to stop time.time... This is arguably a semantic difference however, comparable to saying that while she cannot slow down the universal flow of time until it grinds to a complete stop, she's still able to speed up her own personal flow of time until she moves at infinite speed.
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* FinalBoss: If you're playing on [[EasyModeMockery Easy Mode]], she's this for ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''.
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* NoPronunciationGuide: Her name is officially pronounced as "Chi-ru-no" despite the romanization, but many western fans have a habit of constantly pronouncing her name as "Sir-no" because of the way it is spelled in English.
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* GuestFighter: One of the playable ''Touhou'' characters in ''VideoGame/NendoroidGeneration''.
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* GuestFighter: One of the playable ''Touhou'' characters in ''VideoGame/NendoroidGeneration''.''Nendoroid Generation''.
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* {{Chuunibyou}}: Despite being very powerful already, Remilia is also [[ImmortalImmaturity childish]] and tends to hype up how cool she is to the point where it comes across as silly (see GiverOfLameNames below). In particular, it's suggested that her "power to manipulate fate" is [[IMeantToDoThat something she made up so that she can avoid admitting when she lost]]. FanFic tends to {{Flanderize}} this by having her boast about her vampiric powers even in [[AlternateUniverseFic settings where she's a normal human]].
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* {{Chuunibyou}}: Despite being very powerful already, Remilia is also [[ImmortalImmaturity childish]] and tends to hype up how cool she is to the point where it comes across as silly (see GiverOfLameNames below). In particular, it's suggested that her "power to manipulate fate" is [[IMeantToDoThat something she made up so that she can avoid admitting when she lost]]. FanFic tends to {{Flanderize}} {{Flanderiz|ation}}e this by having her boast about her vampiric powers even in [[AlternateUniverseFic settings where she's a normal human]].
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* CostumeEvolution: [[WordOfGod As confirmed by ZUN]], Patchouli's dress initially had no dark purple stripes like in the fighting games; What was seen as stripes on her pajamas in her ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'' portrait were actually meant to be rumples in her clothes. When Tasofro were designing her sprites in ''Immaterial and Missing Power'', they simply [[SureWhyNot rolled with the idea that her dress had stripes]], leading to most, if not all fanwork portraying her dress as having stripes on it.
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* CostumeEvolution: [[WordOfGod As confirmed by ZUN]], Patchouli's dress initially had no dark purple stripes like in the fighting games; What was seen as stripes on her pajamas in her ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'' portrait were actually meant to be rumples in her clothes. When Tasofro were designing her sprites in ''Immaterial and Missing Power'', they simply [[SureWhyNot [[AscendedFanon rolled with the idea that her dress had stripes]], leading to most, if not all fanwork portraying her dress as having stripes on it.
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* WingedHumanoid: Best described as Christmas lights wings. Explicitly stated to be [[WingsDoNothing useless for flying]], but she's capable of flight anyway. Then again, so is the rest of the cast.
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* WingedHumanoid: Best described as Christmas lights wings. Explicitly stated to be [[WingsDoNothing useless for flying]], but she's capable of flight anyway. Then again, so is the rest of the cast. being in a world where even a mild magic proficiency allows for flight, Flandre has no problems staying airborne anyway.
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* TemporalParadox: Her ''"[[DoppelgangerAttack Time Paradox]]"'' attack from the fighting games has Sakuya call upon herself from a few seconds into the future to slash at her opponent. If the doppleganger hits, Sakuya does the exact same move as her future self... if the clone misses the attack, however, Sakuya doesn't follow up. According to ZUN's description of the attack, she is able to defy the actions of her future self by creating an all new alternate timeline.
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* TemporalParadox: TemporalDuplication: Her ''"[[DoppelgangerAttack Time Paradox]]"'' attack from the fighting games has Sakuya call upon herself from a few seconds into the future to slash at her opponent. If the doppleganger hits, Sakuya does the exact same move as her future self... if the clone misses the attack, however, Sakuya doesn't follow up. According to ZUN's description of the attack, she is able to defy the actions of her future self by creating an all new alternate timeline.
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* ShoutOut: See ButForMeItWasTuesday above. It's also worth noting that her "fate manipulation" and association with a shade of red brings [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure King Crimson]] to mind.
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* ShoutOut: See ButForMeItWasTuesday above. ShoutOut:
** References Dio's talk with Zeppeli in ''Phantom Blood'' while talking with Marisa.
** It's also worth noting that her "fate manipulation" and association with a shade of red brings [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure King Crimson]] to mind.
** References Dio's talk with Zeppeli in ''Phantom Blood'' while talking with Marisa.
** It's also worth noting that her "fate manipulation" and association with a shade of red brings [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure King Crimson]] to mind.
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* ShoutOut: See ButForMeItWasTuesday above.
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* ShoutOut: See ButForMeItWasTuesday above. It's also worth noting that her "fate manipulation" and association with a shade of red brings [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure King Crimson]] to mind.
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* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ1YJMvSKP8 "Septette for the Dead Princess"]] [[NonIndicativeName As ZUN himself notes, no one's dead, there's no princess, and it's not even a septette.]]
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* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ1YJMvSKP8 "Septette for the Dead Princess"]] [[NonIndicativeName As ZUN himself notes, no one's dead, there's no princess, and it's not even a septette.]]Princess"]]
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* NoNameGiven: For note, "Daiyousei" [[FanNickname is the name fans give her]], sometimes shortened to just "Dai" or "Dai-chan".
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* NoNameGiven: For note, "Daiyousei" [[FanNickname is the name fans give her]], sometimes shortened to just "Dai" or "Dai-chan". She is not given any names in canon.
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* RecurringExtra: What her role is in canon. In the manga, she's sometimes seen in the background as one of Cirno's fairy friends, but never with any kind of importance.
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'''Windows Era -- Main Games:''' '''''Touhou Koumakyou ~ The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''''' | ''Characters/TouhouYouyoumuPerfectCherry Blossom'' | ''Characters/TouhouEiyashouImperishableNight'' | ''Characters/TouhouKaeidzukaPhantasmagoriaOfFlowerView'' | ''Characters/TouhouFuujinrokuMountainOfFaith'' | ''Characters/TouhouChireidenSubterraneanAnimism'' | ''Characters/TouhouSeirensenUndefinedFantasticObject'' | ''Characters/TouhouShinreibyouTenDesires'' | ''Characters/TouhouKishinjouDoubleDealingCharacter'' | ''Characters/TouhouKanjudenLegacyOfLunaticKingdom'' | ''Characters/TouhouTenkuushouHiddenStarInFourSeasons'' | | ''Characters/TouhouKikeijuuWilyBeastAndWeakestCreature''\\
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'''Windows Era -- Main Games:''' '''''Touhou Koumakyou ~ The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''''' | ''Characters/TouhouYouyoumuPerfectCherry Blossom'' ''Characters/TouhouYouyoumuPerfectCherryBlossom'' | ''Characters/TouhouEiyashouImperishableNight'' | ''Characters/TouhouKaeidzukaPhantasmagoriaOfFlowerView'' | ''Characters/TouhouFuujinrokuMountainOfFaith'' | ''Characters/TouhouChireidenSubterraneanAnimism'' | ''Characters/TouhouSeirensenUndefinedFantasticObject'' | ''Characters/TouhouShinreibyouTenDesires'' | ''Characters/TouhouKishinjouDoubleDealingCharacter'' | ''Characters/TouhouKanjudenLegacyOfLunaticKingdom'' | ''Characters/TouhouTenkuushouHiddenStarInFourSeasons'' | | ''Characters/TouhouKikeijuuWilyBeastAndWeakestCreature''\\
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'''Windows Era -- Main Games:''' '''''Touhou Koumakyou ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''''' | ''Characters/TouhouYouyoumuPerfectCherryBlossom'' | ''Characters/TouhouEiyashouImperishableNight'' | ''Characters/TouhouKaeidzukaPhantasmagoriaOfFlowerView'' | ''Characters/TouhouFuujinrokuMountainOfFaith'' | ''Characters/TouhouChireidenSubterraneanAnimism'' | ''Characters/TouhouSeirensenUndefinedFantasticObject'' | ''Characters/TouhouShinreibyouTenDesires'' | ''Characters/TouhouKishinjouDoubleDealingCharacter'' | ''Characters/TouhouKanjudenLegacyOfLunaticKingdom'' | ''Characters/TouhouTenkuushouHiddenStarInFourSeasons'' | ''Characters/TouhouKikeijuuWilyBeastAndWeakestCreature'' \\
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[-'''Main characters:''' [[Characters/TouhouMainCharacters Main Characters]]\\
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'''Windows Era -- Main Games:''' ''Characters/TouhouKoumakyouTheEmbodimentOfScarletDevil'' | ''Characters/TouhouYouyoumuPerfectCherryBlossom'' | ''Characters/TouhouEiyashouImperishableNight'' | ''Characters/TouhouKaeidzukaPhantasmagoriaOfFlowerView'' | ''Characters/TouhouFuujinrokuMountainOfFaith'' | ''Characters/TouhouChireidenSubterraneanAnimism'' | ''Characters/TouhouSeirensenUndefinedFantasticObject'' | ''Characters/TouhouShinreibyouTenDesires'' | ''Characters/TouhouKishinjouDoubleDealingCharacter'' | ''Characters/TouhouKanjudenLegacyOfLunaticKingdom'' | ''Characters/TouhouTenkuushouHiddenStarInFourSeasons'' | ''Characters/TouhouKikeijuuWilyBeastAndWeakestCreature''\\
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'''Windows Era -- Main Games:''' '''''Touhou Koumakyou ~ the Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''''' ''Characters/TouhouKoumakyouTheEmbodimentOfScarletDevil'' | ''Characters/TouhouYouyoumuPerfectCherryBlossom'' | ''Characters/TouhouEiyashouImperishableNight'' | ''Characters/TouhouKaeidzukaPhantasmagoriaOfFlowerView'' | ''Characters/TouhouFuujinrokuMountainOfFaith'' | ''Characters/TouhouChireidenSubterraneanAnimism'' | ''Characters/TouhouSeirensenUndefinedFantasticObject'' | ''Characters/TouhouShinreibyouTenDesires'' | ''Characters/TouhouKishinjouDoubleDealingCharacter'' | ''Characters/TouhouKanjudenLegacyOfLunaticKingdom'' | ''Characters/TouhouTenkuushouHiddenStarInFourSeasons''\\''Characters/TouhouTenkuushouHiddenStarInFourSeasons'' | ''Characters/TouhouKikeijuuWilyBeastAndWeakestCreature''\\
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* MemeticBadass: While Flandre is definitely powerful, fan portrayals often depict her as strong enough to [[CurbStompBattle wipe the floor with]] multiple high-end characters at the same time. Her [[ShatterpointTap eye-crushing power]] also tends to be amped up from "cause explosions" to "ranged version of the [[{{Franchise/Nasuverse}} Mystic Eyes of Death Perception]]". In some cases, her mere presence will be enough to turn her surroundings into an EldritchLocation. [[invoked]]
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* MemeticBadass: While Flandre is definitely powerful, fan portrayals often depict her as strong enough to [[CurbStompBattle wipe the floor with]] multiple high-end characters at the same time. Her [[ShatterpointTap eye-crushing power]] also tends to be amped up from "cause explosions" to "ranged version of the [[{{Franchise/Nasuverse}} Mystic Eyes of Death Perception]]".Perception]]" (which isn't entirely wrong, to be fair, but in canon she doesn't use this power in Spell Card duels). In some cases, her mere presence will be enough to turn her surroundings into an EldritchLocation. [[invoked]]
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* ShatterpointTap: Has the power to make things explode, by teleporting their "eye" (weak point) into her hand and crushing it.
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* ShatterpointTap: Has the Her power to make things explode, by teleporting their "eye" (weak point) destroy anything functions this way. She senses the "core" of a person or thing (she calls it an "eye") and teleports it into her hand and crushing it.hand, then crushes it, causing its owner to explode into bits on the spot.
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** In ''Hisoutensoku'', she [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation pulls out]] a large sword made of ice for some of her attacks. Her strongest attack in said game, ''Ice Clump "Great Crusher"'', has her strike her opponent with an enormous (and deceptively fast) [[DropTheHammer ice hammer]].
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** In ''Hisoutensoku'', she [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation pulls out]] a large sword made of ice for some of her attacks. Her strongest attack in said game, ''Ice Clump "Great Crusher"'', has her strike her opponent with an enormous (and deceptively fast) [[DropTheHammer ice hammer]]. Deconstructed, as Cirno can't actually ''wield'' these weapons and needs gravity do most of the swinging.
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* CloseRangeCombatant: In ''Hisoutensoku'', Cirno's melee attacks are very fast and have good {{Combo}} potential, while most of her projectiles are either weak or short-ranged.
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* CloseRangeCombatant: In ''Hisoutensoku'', Cirno's melee attacks are very fast and have good {{Combo}} potential, while most of her projectiles are either weak or short-ranged. Subverted in that her most effective strategies rely on her [[FragileSpeedster keeping momentum]] to prevent the target from retaliating, as Cirno loses health ''fast'' if her opposition can actually hit her at this range.
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* HotBlooded: Ironic given she's an ice fairy, but she is well known for her almost shonen-hero like passion and the ease with which she gets fired up (or iced up, as Clownpiece put it). Unfortunately for her, this also means she is extremely impulsive and never thinks through any of her actions.
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* HotBlooded: Ironic given she's an ice fairy, but she is well known for her almost shonen-hero like passion and the ease with which she gets fired up (or iced up, as Clownpiece put it). Unfortunately for her, this also means she is extremely impulsive and never rarely thinks through any of her actions.
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* VerbalTic: Fanon varies this from her saying "Koa" every now and then, to her using just that as if she was a Pokémon.
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* VerbalTic: Fanon varies this from her saying "Koa" every now and then, to her [[PokemonSpeak using just that as if she was a Pokémon.a]] [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Pokémon]].
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* {{Invisibility}}: ''Secret Barrage "[[ShoutOut And Then Will There Be None?]]"''. Well, the post-battle dialogue says she's invisible, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation but in-game you'd still be able to hit her if she was actually on screen]].
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* {{Invisibility}}: ''Secret Barrage "[[ShoutOut And Then Will There Be None?]]"''. Well, the post-battle dialogue says she's invisible, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation but in-game you'd still be able to hit her if she was actually on screen]]. [[EpilepticTrees Maybe she's actually using the vampire power to turn into mist instead, or combining the two.]]
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Vampire mistress of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, and final boss of ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''. She is the source of the mist that blotted out the sun, because sunlight is harmful to her. (It turns out she can just use a parasol, though.) Feared by many youkai, she is incredibly vain and proud despite her relatively low position in the hierarchy of Gensoukyou, (falsely) claiming to be a descendant of Vlad Tepes himself and is very open about her being one of the few youkai that still eat humans, though she rarely takes enough blood to kill them.
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Vampire mistress of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, and final boss of ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''. She is the source of the mist that blotted out the sun, because sunlight is harmful to her. (It turns out she can just use a parasol, though.) Feared by many youkai, she is incredibly vain and proud despite her relatively low position in the hierarchy of Gensoukyou, Gensokyo, (falsely) claiming to be a descendant of Vlad Tepes himself and is very open about her being one of the few youkai that still eat humans, though she rarely takes enough blood to kill them.
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** Reaches the logical extreme when she takes on [[spoiler:Marisa again]] in ''Fairy Wars'' and ''wins''. Granted, [[spoiler:Marisa]] was going easy on Cirno, but scoring a victory against the one who prides herself as [[spoiler:"the second strongest in Gensokyo"]] is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome by itself. [[invoked]]
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** Reaches the logical extreme when she takes on [[spoiler:Marisa again]] in ''Fairy Wars'' and ''wins''. Granted, [[spoiler:Marisa]] was going easy on Cirno, but scoring a victory against the one who prides herself as [[spoiler:"the second strongest in Gensokyo"]] is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome by itself. [[invoked]]
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::''Youkai of Darkness''
::'''Rumia'''
-->''"Is that so~?"''
A darkness youkai and stage 1 boss. She wears a ribbon that's actually a magic amulet that she can't touch, leading to many fan theories as to what it does. Rumia has the distinction of being the first boss in the series to fight using the modern Spell Card rules.
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* BiblicalMotifs: To appear more menacing and badass, she has her arms fully extended to her sides at all times, imitating a [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic "the saint was crucified"]] pose when attacking someone. However, it ends up looking more like a childish BirdRun instead.
* BirdRun: She always has her arms fully extended to make her look more menacing, but instead it looks more like this trope. Marisa herself states it looks more "like someone discovering the decimal system."
* CatchPhrase: Rumia says "Is that so~" exactly once during [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Embodiment_of_Scarlet_Devil/Story/Reimu%27s_Scenario#Stage_1 Reimu's scenario]]. Fan works repeat this, sometimes reducing this to her ''only'' line of dialogue. Ascended in ''Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red'', where she uses the phrase once again.
* CastingAShadow: As implied by her title. ZUN has gone on record saying he deliberately chose a power that sounds more like it belongs to a FinalBoss and gave it to [[TheDitz a complete idiot]].
* CheerfulChild: She is sometimes shown this way if the artist decides to ignore her creepy tendencies.
* CreepyChild: She’s especially cheerful when talking about [[ImAHumanitarian eating people]] or crucifixion[[note]]though, considering her [[TheDitz intelligence]], demeanor, and possible lack of exposure to Western culture, she may simply be oblivious to crucifixion being a CruelAndUnusualDeath[[/note]], and would be a horrible man-eater if she wasn't so incompetent at hunting.
* DayHurtsDarkAdjustedEyes: Rumia complains in ''Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red'' that light hurts her eyes. Whether this is simply because her eyes are adjusted to the dark or [[WeakenedByTheLight because light is an innate weakness of hers]] is unknown, but she's apparently fine with moonlight.
* TheDitz: Likely the stupidest character in canon — she can't eat anyone because [[RequiredSecondaryPowers she blinds herself]] [[EpicFail instead of the target]] ''[[PowerIncontinence every single time]]''. Fanon manages to make it even worse.
* DumbBlonde: She's blonde and one of the least intelligent youkai in the series.
* HairDecorations: Her red hair ribbon, which is actually an amulet that she can't touch.
* InnateNightVision: She is stated to be able to see well enough in the darkness to be able to read Aya's newspaper while Aya herself is unable to see pretty much anything at all. However, it is unknown if this is an actual power of hers or if her eyes are merely completely adapted to the dark due to her spending the majority of her time in her bubble of darkness.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Officially, it's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOHCOa28-xI "Apparitions Stalk the Night"]] but she is also heavily associated with ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''[='=]s stage 1 theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w279PjazOAw "A Soul as Red as a Ground Cherry"]].
* MundaneUtility: Her personal bubble of darkness occasionally gets used by other youkai and fairies that hate direct sunlight and/or the heat it brings as a shelter on hot days.
* PerpetualSmiler
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Or just [[DeadlyDodging lie down next to a tree and wait for the 'thunk']] indicating that she has knocked herself out for you.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: She usually surrounds herself in a bubble of darkness that ''even she cannot see through'', causing her to spend most of her time [[WatchOutForThatTree crashing into trees]]. That said, her night vision seems to be better than most people's, as she is able to read a newspaper in total darkness while Aya can't see a thing.
* SealedEvilInACan: A widely accepted EpilepticTree states that the amulet tied in her hair (which she cannot touch) is a magical RestrainingBolt holding back the ultra-powerful [[SuperPoweredEvilSide "EX-Rumia"]]. This started a minor trend, with [[MemeticBadass EX versions]] of nearly every low-level boss being created.
* ToServeMan: At least in theory. There is no actual evidence for this, and could easily be simply bluster. The expanded universe states she's too ''moronic'' to be able to catch any human.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Her name is often spelled starting with an L: Lumia.
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[[folder:Daiyousei]]
::'''Daiyousei/Greater Fairy'''
A fairy who lives at the same lake as Cirno and is the midboss of her stage. She doesn't have an official name, so fans call her Daiyousei, or "Greater Fairy", even though that's also a generic term for any of the game's stronger fairies. She was probably intended to just be a nameless EliteMook, but in {{Fanon}}, she's generally considered to be Cirno's close friend.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Occasionally depicted as the older sister/friend to Cirno. Her personality can range from being very protective to obsessively in love with Cirno, even up to (PlayedForLaughs) {{Yandere}} levels. This also derives the inversion of this trope with "Cirno-nee", in which Cirno is taller, bustier, and older than Daiyousei.
* BlueOni: To Cirno's Red Oni. She is depicted as the most observant and level-headed member of Team 9 ([[OnlySaneMan not that]] [[SurroundedByIdiots this means much]]).
* DCupDistress: As an extension of her name and possibly to emphasise her relative maturity, many fanworks depict Dai as the most "developed" of the fairy characters [[DependingOnTheArtist (how much so varies)]], often getting self-conscious about it if it's brought up. This depiction is often called [[BiggerIsBetter DAI]]yousei by fans.
* HugeSchoolgirl: Sometimes depicted as such (relative to the other fairies at least), based on being a "Big Fairy".
* {{Leitmotif}}: Not officially, but she is often pictured with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gx6D-i2Fqo "Lunate Elf"]], the stage 2 theme.
* KingIncognito: Is sometimes depicted in fanon as the secret true leader of all the fairies in Gensokyo (or at least the ones inhabiting the area in and around the Misty Lake) due to [[OnlySaneMan her possession of actual common sense]] and/or being the oldest fairy there, or at least the closest thing they have to one.
* NatureSpirit: Since she's a fairy, but there's no canon on what aspect of nature she represents.
* NoNameGiven: For note, "Daiyousei" [[FanNickname is the name fans give her]], sometimes shortened to just "Dai" or "Dai-chan".
* OnlySaneMan: Fanon portrays her as having more common sense than most fairies. Some even portray her as being smarter than some ''humans''.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: As with all fairies, she quickly revives if killed.
* ShrinkingViolet: Her depiction in ''Manga/StrangeAndBrightNatureDeity'' has her act like this, especially around Reimu.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Girly Girl to Cirno's tomboy.
* WingedHumanoid: Has golden wings on her back.
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::''Ice Fairy of the Lake''
::'''Cirno'''
-->''"When it comes to me, I am the strongest!"''
An ice fairy who lives at the lake surrounding the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Her favorite hobby is freezing frogs and watching them thaw. Surprisingly, Cirno is one of the few characters that realizes what's going on during ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'', even though she mistakes it for a festival. Is best known for both an infamous MemeticMutation detailed below and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY_e-WoVIqU Icicle Fall -Easy-]], a Spell Card that can be completely dodged by placing yourself directly in front of Cirno.
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* BadassArmfold: Her default pose in ''Hisoutensoku''.
* BadassBoast:
** Even back then in ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'', she tried to do this with "I'll cryo-freeze you together with some English beef!".
** "I'm the strongest!" in ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'', adopted by fans as her CatchPhrase.
** She also gets about one for each of the six paths in ''Fairy Wars'', each one quite silly:
*** "I'm Cirno! The freezer of crybabies!"
*** "I'm not scared of youkai or gods! I'll show you what "[[LeeroyJenkins Recklessness]] is [[FearlessFool courage]]" is all about!"
*** "I'm Cirno! The eternal omiwatari!"
*** "I'm an ice fairy who can pound a nail in with a banana! And this unstoppable fairy's gonna win fair and square!"
*** "Nah, I'm fine going solo. I'm strong enough on my ownsome! Breaking three arrows at once should be faster than breaking them one by one!"
*** "I've been going easy on you 'til now, but now I'm gonna get serious! On a night of spring when the cold returns, it's time for you to run out of sake and freeze to death!"
* BerserkButton: “The one who says "[[UsefulNotes/{{Baka}} idiot]]" is the idiot!”
* BigOlEyebrows: [[Manga/TouhouSangetsusei When drawn by Makoto Hirasaka]], she has very noticeable eyebrows.
* BloodKnight: Cirno's dialogue in ''Great Fairy Wars'' seems to imply so. It’s taken further in ''Hidden Star in Four Seasons'', where she’s so hopped up on seasonal energy that she decides to try to conquer Gensokyo and pummel anyone who stands in her way.
* {{BFS}}:
** In ''Hisoutensoku'', she [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation pulls out]] a large sword made of ice for some of her attacks. Her strongest attack in said game, ''Ice Clump "Great Crusher"'', has her strike her opponent with an enormous (and deceptively fast) [[DropTheHammer ice hammer]].
** FanWorks often depict her as wielding a giant suika bar, in reference to the fan comic ''Advent Cirno'' (a parody of ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'' with Cirno in the role of Cloud).
* BoisterousWeakling: Declares herself to be [[WorldsStrongestMan the strongest fairy]]. While definitely not far from the truth (Eiki even notes that a fairy with her level of power is dangerous), she is still severely outmatched by any of the main characters, and confrontations rarely end well for her. And as of ''Legacy or Lunatic Kingdom'', her title as “strongest fairy” is seriously challenged by the existence of Clownpiece, though thankfully, Cirno is unaware of this (as of this writing) and Clownpiece is either [[UnknownRival just as oblivious]] or simply doesn’t care.
* BreakoutCharacter: The main character of ''Fairy Wars'' and is on the cover for a second time — a first for anyone who is not Reimu.
* BrickJoke: One of Cirno's first attempts at operating a stall failed when she tried to sell shaved ice that had no flavors in them. By the time Chapter 10 of ''Visionary Fairies in Shrine'' rolls around, she again starts a shaved ice stand, this time having learned to add flavoring.
* ButtMonkey: Cirno's [[SmallNameBigEgo cocky attitude]] combined with her [[SuperWeight relatively weak powers]] and [[TheDitz childish incompetence]] means she often ends up in humiliating situations. Even ZUN himself is not immune, as [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/File:PoFV_Layout.jpg a page in the manual]] for ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'' has a screenshot from the game with the different user interface elements labeled with a number, with Cirno, shown as the rival player, labeled ⑨. In the legend below the image, it said:
-->1. Player
-->2. Score
-->3. Health
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-->9. [[UsefulNotes/{{Baka}} Moron]]
* CloseRangeCombatant: In ''Hisoutensoku'', Cirno's melee attacks are very fast and have good {{Combo}} potential, while most of her projectiles are either weak or short-ranged.
* DarkSkinnedBlond: She's picked up a tan come ''Hidden Star in Four Seasons'' as a result of the seasonal energy powering her up.
* DavidVersusGoliath:
** Pretty much any time she's playable and fighting something that isn't another fairy.
** Reaches the logical extreme when she takes on [[spoiler:Marisa again]] in ''Fairy Wars'' and ''wins''. Granted, [[spoiler:Marisa]] was going easy on Cirno, but scoring a victory against the one who prides herself as [[spoiler:"the second strongest in Gensokyo"]] is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome by itself. [[invoked]]
** In ''Hidden Star In Four Seasons'', she [[spoiler:challenges the powerful goddess Okina Matara using the worst possible moment for a fairy, which prevents Okina from taking her power and booting her out of her realm. She proceeds to '''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu defeat]]''' the secret deity, one of the Great Sages of Gensokyo (a rank she shares with the likes of ''[[RealityWarper Yukari Yakumo]]''), while being '''[[BroughtDownToBadass powered down]]'''. '''[[TheFool BY COMPLETE ACCIDENT.]]''']]
* DayInTheLimelight: Main character and only playable character of ''Fairy Wars'', much to the fandom's surprise. She becomes playable again in ''Hidden Star in Four Seasons''.
* DeathOfAThousandCuts: Although she does have a few moves that would qualify as single-hit nukes, Cirno's (possibly) greatest strength in the fighting games is being able to dish out tiny bits of damage really fast, since her moveset is full of techniques that hit lots of times.
* DePower: In Chapter 8 of ''Visionary Fairies in Shrine'' (shortly after ''Hidden Star in Four Seasons''), she wanders off during the night. A while later, the Three Fairies find her in a snow bank, having returned to her original form and lost her resistance to heat.
* TheDitz: Very immature and childish in mentality, though {{Flanderization}} turns her into a complete idiot. Said Flanderization is based on a spell card having an obvious blind spot on Easy, but on harder difficulties, you find that the spell card in question is NotSoHarmless, usually when trying to exploit that blind spot only to [[OhCrap get a bunch of bullets in your face]].
** Downplayed and sometimes partially averted in the series proper. She is much smarter than any other fairy, and [[spoiler:was able to explain to Reimu and Marisa during 'Phantasmagoria of Flower View' that flowers of all seasons had bloomed before, but no-one felt it significant. It was]].
* TheFool: Whenever she is a main character. In ''Hidden Star In Four Seasons'', she sets off with the goal of [[TakeOverTheWorld conquering Gensokyo]], and, while she doesn't accomplish that, she manages — by complete accident — to [[spoiler:set up the perfect circumstances for her to challenge '''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu and defeat]]''' [[BigBad secret goddess Okina Matara]]. Okina muses that [[MistakenForBadass Cirno must be brilliant]] and that [[ObfuscatingStupidity her ditziness must be an act]], only to be rather stunned when she realizes that she is exactly as dumb as she appears]].
* DumbMuscle: The Three Fairies of Light seem to have this view of Cirno by the time of ''[[Manga/TouhouSangetsusei Visionary Fairies in Shrine]]'', seeing her as a "useful idiot" who can be tricked into helping them out by appealing to her ego.
* ElementalPowers: Aside from the ice powers, there are fan-made {{palette swap}}ped versions of Cirno [[http://www.safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=575828 for almost every element,]] with Achi Cirno (fire) being the first and most popular counterpart.
* EpicFail: On Easy, her ''Icicle Fall'' spellcard has a blind spot, and it's ''in front of her at point blank''. Even preceding bosses Rumia and Daiyousei don't bear this same degree of stupidity. And while safe spots in spellcards are hardly unheard of (it happens even with high-level bosses, including the [[PersonOfMassDestruction very much not weak]] Flandre Scarlet), Cirno's is by far the most obvious and glaring one.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: The descriptions of her attacks in ''Hisoutensoku''.
-->'''''Ice Kick:''' Goes in for a flying spin kick while generating ice all around. There's actually no need for the spinkick, but [[RuleOfCool she thinks it's cool]].''
-->'''''Cold Body "Super Ice Kick":''' A spinning kick from the heavens. The longer this attack hits, the more powerful it is, but Cirno gets dizzy after a while. There's really just no reason for her to be spinning...''
* FailedASpotCheck:
** In ''Strange and Bright Nature Deity'', when playing hide and seek with Daiyousei, she fails to notice the Three Fairies behind her, even though they weren't trying to hide themselves. Made worse when it takes Cirno several seconds to realize that someone is talking to her.
** In ''Hidden Star in Four Seasons'', she repeatedly fails to notice the seasons changing until the stage boss points it out.
* TheFogOfAges: Like all fairies, she has difficulty remembering what happened a day earlier, let alone years; her FromASingleCell ResurrectiveImmortality makes it hard to form coherent memories (her literacy is another thing making her an extreme rarity among her race). She can barely remember the events of ''Phantasmagoria Of Flower View'', and can't recall the specifics even when reminded multiple times. Which is fine by her, as long as she gets to do what she does every single day — play, fly, and challenge others to see if she'll win.
* FragileSpeedster: As a fairy, she's naturally physically much weaker than even humans from the Outside World, but if she keeps her momentum going, she's capable of taking out the likes of [[ThePowerOfTheSun Utsuho]].
* FriendlyRivalry: Is basically friends with the Three Fairies of Light, even if they do come to blows from time to time.
* HarmlessFreezing: Averted. About 1/3rd of the frogs she freezes winds up shattering. Interestingly, [[RealityIsUnrealistic some frogs can survive being frozen and thawed with no ill effects]]. It's implied that the ones that shatter are unfortunate victims of Cirno being a klutz with the ice.
* HeroicRROD: Okina informs Cirno in her scenario of ''Hidden Star in Four Seasons'' that her tan is a physical manifestation of her seasonal energy going out of control, and if it isn't removed, she'll end up being torn apart by it.
* HotBlooded: Ironic given she's an ice fairy, but she is well known for her almost shonen-hero like passion and the ease with which she gets fired up (or iced up, as Clownpiece put it). Unfortunately for her, this also means she is extremely impulsive and never thinks through any of her actions.
* AnIcePerson: An Ice Fairy.
* {{Immortality}}: [[ResurrectiveImmortality The resurrective kind]], a stated property of all fairies — they tend to be fragile and short-lived, but respawn immediately on death. Not used much with the other fairy characters, but for fans it goes very nicely with Cirno's [[LeeroyJenkins tendency to recklessly get in over her head]].
* ImplacableMan: Cirno appears to [[OneHitPointWonder die every time she gets hit]] in ''Fairy Wars'', only to return to life unfazed [[spoiler:(though the extra stage ultimately reveals that they were playing by [[NonLethalWarfare spellcard rules]] the whole time)]]. You only get a GameOver when her motivation to continue bottoms out.
* UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns: Cirno is infamous for her use of the rough-sounding/feminine slang pronoun "Atai". It's meant to evoke the image of a tough, thuggish street rat, but coming from her, it's laughably underwhelming, and only serves to make her seem even more like a boorish idiot who is trying too hard.
* LargeHam: Cirno in general, but most noticeable in ''Fairy Wars''.
-->'''Cirno:''' This atmosphere... it smells of WAR!
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG7flaqNFIY "Beloved Tomboyish Girl"]]
* MoreDakka: For some reason, her perspective ends up creating ''more'' bullets than there are normally [[WordOfGod because that's how she sees them]]. Presumably this is to emulate Cirno's weakness by making enemies who would normally be absolutely nonthreatening (like the Fairies) into a legitimate threat. Compare ''Fairy Wars'' to the other games and you'll realize that ''Fairy Wars'' is possibly the hardest game in the entire franchise. And when you decide to get the gold medal for Spell Cards (which involves you not freezing any bullets whatsoever), that may be [[NintendoHard ZUN's idea of a joke]].
* NatureSpirit: She's an ice fairy.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain:
** While the BonusBoss tried to shrug off her defeat at the end of ''Fairy Wars'', pointing out that she was holding back a bit, even she has to admit that Cirno is quite a bit more powerful than she expected.
-->(Regardless, even fairies aren't to be trifled with...)
-->(Even if I had pulled out my most powerful lasers, she could've been trouble...)
** As a playable character in ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'' and ''Hisoutensoku'', technically she can defeat ''anyone'', including but not limited to [[TheAce Reimu]], [[ThePowerOfTheSun Utsuho]], [[PhysicalGod Suwako]], and [[RealityWarper Yukari]][[note]]though in regards to the last one, it's mentioned that due to her odd fighting style, it's really difficult to know whether she's actually fighting or [[JustToyingWithThem just toying with her opponents]][[/note]]. She is still considered weak in canon.
** However, her apparent weakness ties into a popular fan theory: Cirno supposedly controls cold, but the region where is usually encountered (the Misty Lake) is usually very cold, and she is rather weak there. In winter she is even weaker; conversely, in warmer areas, she is stronger, so she is more likely to gain power from the ''difference'' of her own cold compared to the environment — Cirno is the one that creates cold where there is none, such as an unexpected cold snap in summertime[[note]]which is exactly what she's doing when she first appears in ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''[[/note]]. This would explain her (canonical!) victory in ''TH 12.3'' over Utsuho, who controls nuclear fusion and is considered one of the most badass bosses in all of ''Touhou'', since the two fight in the deepest levels of a nuclear fusion power plant. It also suits her personality, seemingly as if her role is to barge in on the heat and teach it a lesson, because that heat should have known better than to underestimate ''her!''
** Marisa in ''The Grimoire of Marisa'' is impressed with Cirno's ''Perfect Freeze'' card and how truly unpredictable it is.
** Even as a boss in ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'', she is normally '''not''' as simple to beat as many people assume from her fan depictions. A [[MemeticMutation big deal is made]] by the fandom of the Easy version of her Icicle Fall spellcard, which has a glaring safe spot, but the Normal version has no such weakness, and on higher difficulties, the card turns into the devastating and stressful ''Ice Sign [Hailstorm]''.
* OddNameOut: All other (named) fairies have names consisting of two English words. Even Clownpiece, despite the fact that her name is treated as one word. That being said, her name is properly pronounced as "Chiruno", in which [[JapaneseRanguage the "chiru" presumably]] stands for "[[AnIcePerson chill]]".
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: She claims to be the strongest of all fairies. While she's certainly strong for her race, normal fairies are [[RedShirt low-level cannon fodder mooks]], so that doesn't mean much. Then the debut of Clownpiece (a powerful fairy from Hell) further restricted Cirno to being the strongest fairy in ''Gensokyo''.
* OutsideTheBoxTactic: Somewhere between ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'' and ''Fairy Wars'', Cirno realized that she could freeze not just her own bullets, but her ''opponent's'' as well, literally [[IncrediblyLamePun stopping them cold]]. This is especially notable because this lets her stop bullets without needing Bombs, an invaluable skill that very few characters in the series boast.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Cirno is one of the strongest known fairies, and it's made clear in ''Hisoutensoku'' that she's also one of the shortest characters in the series, being smaller than both Remilia, who is about a head shorter than pretty much everyone else, and Suika by a few pixels. In ''Fairy Wars'', her sprite is absolutely minuscule, especially when put up in comparison to the other characters. Whether or not her [[TheNapoleon small stature contributes]] to her SmallNameBigEgo attitude is unknown.
* PowerIncontinence: She constantly cools the air around her, and anyone touching her could get frostbite. Naturally, it is common for fans to depict [[MundaneUtility other characters using her]] to invent air conditioning.
* RecurringBoss: Originally the stage 2 Boss of ''The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'', Cirno reappears as the stage 1 mid-boss of ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'', and again as the stage 1 mid-boss of ''Double Dealing Character''.
* RedOni: Ironically enough, to Daiyousei. Cirno is arguably [[SmallNameBigEgo the most annoying fairy you will ever hear]], while her friend is the quiet, reserved person.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: As a fairy, she's an embodiment of nature and won't stay dead. Manifests in her game, ''Fairy Wars'', as having a "Motivation Meter" instead of lives. She keeps dying until she becomes demotivated and gives up.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Aside from [[BoisterousWeakling constantly boasting about her strength]], in many fanworks, she's a self-professed genius as well. Again, this has some basis in fact, as she is one of the few fairies that can read, but Cirno's self-assessments are still woefully inaccurate.
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: Some of Cirno's attacks in ''Hisoutensoku'' have her generate short-lived melee weapons out of ice, though it's noted that she has no idea how to use them.
* {{Tomboy}}: She contrasts Daiyousei's shy girly-girl personality by being an outgoing BoisterousWeakling.
* TookALevelInBadass: Had a pretty big helping of it in ''Fairy Wars'', where she can 1) freeze the ''enemy's'' bullets, 2) use the now-harmless bullets as shields, and 3) abuse her ResurrectiveImmortality to keep on fighting; many beings in Gensokyo have showcased similar abilities, but never all three at once like Cirno can. She's also been warned by the Yama that she's already pushing the power limits meant for fairies.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood:
** Often depicted with various frozen foods in fanart. Most commonly suika bars[[note]]a frozen watermelon slice on a popsicle stick[[/note]], but popsicles and ice cream have also been seen. [[ItMakesSenseInContext There's a reason why]] "Advent Cirno" wields a suika bar, anyway.
** She also tries to sell various forms of shaved ice whenever a festival pops by. Sometimes she's reasonable, selling sweet bean shaved ice (a popular dessert in Korea), but at least once (''Oriental Sacred Place'', Chapter 12) she dipped in WhatAnIdiot territory by attempting to sell ''water-flavored'' shaved ice. Understandably, nobody wanted to buy any. [[invoked]]
* VillainProtagonist: In ''Hidden Star in Four Seasons'', she's turned berserk like all the other fairies, and decides she wants to try taking over Gensokyo with her newfound power following Stage 1.
* WeakButSkilled: As has already been [[TookALevelInBadass addressed]] [[NotSoHarmlessVillain in previous entries]], Cirno can come up with very clever uses for her powers in combat.
* WingedHumanoid: ''Ice crystal'' wings. In fact, ''seraph''-style ice crystal wings. Popular {{fanon}} states that if Cirno were to increase in power, her wings would get bigger. ''Visionary Faeries In Shrine'' shows that the opposite is true, since Cirno's wings are visibly melting due to the extremely hot weather Gensokyo is experiencing.
* WithCatlikeTread: When she is playing hide and seek, she spends most of it loudly yelling about how sneaky she is. It even takes her a few seconds to realize that the Three Fairies are talking to her.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Has light blue fair.
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[[folder:Hong Meiling]]
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::''Colorful Rainbow Gatekeeper''
::'''Hong Meiling'''
-->''"You're not allowed past this point!"''
Head gate guard and gardener for the Scarlet Devil Mansion and stage 3 boss, a Chinese master of martial arts and physical combat. Possesses perhaps the most well-known FanNickname in the series, "China", which came about because fans weren't sure how to pronounce her name.[[note]]The characters 紅美鈴 can be read in Chinese as "Hong Meiling", or in Japanese as "Kurenai Misuzu".[[/note]] Note that Hong is her family name while Meiling is her given name. Unlike the Japanese names, this usually isn't reversed in translation to English, possibly to preserve an element of foreignness.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: In fanworks, people tend to have a hard time remembering her name, or just call her China. Became an AscendedMeme in ''Immaterial and Missing Power'', where one of her victory phrases asks the loser to remember her name.
* AnimeChineseGirl: She has a fully Chinese name, wears Chinese-influenced clothing, is a capable martial artist, and her first BossSubtitles were simply "Chinese Girl". Along with the initial confusion over how to read her name, this led to her famous fan nickname "China".
* BadassNormal: One of the prevailing theories is that she's a strong ''fighter'', but not so good with magic and [[LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards therefore horribly outclassed in spell card duels]].
* BareFistedMonk: A very capable martial artist, able to turn away all manner of intruders with her bare hands, at least until Reimu and Marisa came along.
* BoobsOfSteel: Canonically, she has large breasts, and there is evidence to suggest she is among the physically strongest characters in the series despite her sub-par magic. Despite this, [[IronButtMonkey she is usually attacked by Sakuya]].
* ButtMonkey: Often shown in fanon being abused by Sakuya, and less often other members of the Mansion, despite later canon portraying Sakuya being stern with Meiling, but otherwise perfectly reasonable, including very considerate treatment when she thinks Meiling may be hurt. For that matter, Remilia herself apparently lends Meiling manga, although Patchouli's still derisive of her (but given that Patchouli is canonically a DeadpanSnarker who's derisive of ''Sakuya'' as well, that probably isn't saying much). It's too little ''way'' too late to change the course of fandom, though.
** Canon also holds that Meiling is actually quite good at keeping the riffraff out of the Scarlet Devil Mansion... except for Marisa, who ''nobody'' can keep out.
* CaptainEthnic: Even her subtitle in ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'' is simply "Chinese Girl". This added to her initial recognition and popularity, since, for a while, her only claim to fame was that she was Chinese. [[JustifiedTrope Hence her]] [[MemeticMutation memetically famous]] FanNickname, "China".
* CloseRangeCombatant: In the fighting games. While she does have ranged attacks, their power and/or range are terrible compared to the rest of the cast.
* CoolBigSis: When she's not portrayed as a ButtMonkey, she's almost universally this to either Cirno and her friends, Flandre, or even young Sakuya. Sometimes, she's this even while being portrayed as a ButtMonkey.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: Her main schtick, aside from being Chinese, is her rainbow-colored bullet patterns. Everything she attacks with is full of colors, even in the fighting games.
* FlashStep: In ''Hisoutensoku'', it takes the form of ''Brilliance: "Rainbow Brilliance Palm"''. Given, it's not as fast as many other flash steps out there, since you can still see it. It is, however, fast enough [[NoIAmBehindYou to put her almost instantly behind the opponent]] after running them through with [[TouchOfDeath a heavily-chi-infused palm strike]], followed by a DelayedExplosion of rainbow colored lights.
* FlunkyBoss: In ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''.
* GateGuardian: She guards the gate of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Fandom has flanderized her as spectacularly inept at her job, often sleeping all day long and being punished for it by [[NinjaMaid Sakuya]], when in canon she's actually quite good at her job; she just can't keep Marisa out, but to be fair, ''nobody'' can.
* HeavySleeper: In official works, she only takes a nap in the afternoon, but she's very often portrayed as this in fanon. The fanon perception of Meiling as being incredibly lazy evolved, [[ValuesDissonance in a slightly convoluted way]], from her CaptainEthnic nature. In Japan, even more so than in America, China has a reputation for producing low-quality merchandise. This led to jokes that Meiling (who at first was largely defined in fandom by being Chinese) was another unreliable Chinese product. This in turn led to the idea that what made Meiling unreliable was that she was always sleeping on the job.
* JackOfAllStats: Her profile in ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'' says that she has well-rounded abilities rather than specializing in one particular aspect like other youkai, making her have no true strengths but no actual weaknesses.
* JokeCharacter:
** Meiling was added into ''Immaterial and Missing Power'' in an official patch. She didn't get a Story Mode route, and it is almost certainly agreed that she is the worst character in the game, due to her terrible bullet spread. She was very good at irritating people, though, as her melee was tricky to read sometimes.
** [[LethalJokeCharacter Not so]] in ''Hisoutensoku'': Although her bullets are still not particularly good, her melee's damage and combo ability improved, to the point where she is actually very dangerous in the right hands. Still not top tier, but definitely not bottom.
* KiManipulation: Her main ability is the manipulation of qi, which is probably what allows her to {{fl|ight}}y as well as shoot danmaku projectiles.
* KungFuWizard: In her case, the "kung fu" part is played up and the "wizard" is played down. Her danmaku is mediocre, as shown by her being only a stage 3 boss in ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'' and especially her very weak projectiles in the fighting games, but the same games show that she is a '''monster''' [[CloseRangeCombatant if she gets up close]].
* LauncherMove: In the fighting games, the ''Color Sign: Colorful Light Wind Chime'' spell card is occasionally portrayed as a mild form of the trope, in that Meiling floats upwards to a slight distance while performing it, launching the opponent into the air; when it's not, it's just a ground-level attack that just throws back the opponent. The ''Ultimate Color: Colorful Light Chaotic Dance'' spell card, however, is so far always protrayed as a straight, full-fledged example, with Meiling flying at least halfway up the screen and launching the opponent practically all the way to the top.
* {{Leitmotif}}: In ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'', she has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qefeBGGszRI "Shanghai Alice of Meiji 17"]] as her official boss fight theme, but she's more associated with her stage theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpPlPKWW1Y0 "Shanghai Teahouse ~ Chinese Tea."]]
* MagicallyIneptFighter: An extremely common {{Fanon}} interpretation is that Meiling is stronger than her position would indicate, and her particular brand of SupernaturalMartialArts is just poorly-suited to BulletHell style combat. Notably, when she appears in the fighting games, her ranged attacks are ''[[CloseRangeCombatant terrible]]''.
* MeaningfulName: Her family name, written with the character 紅, means "crimson/scarlet", which is of course part of the "red" theme of her debut game and features prominently in the Japanese name of the Scarlet Devil Mansion ('''紅'''魔館), which by proxy establishes a firm tie to her mistress and the namesake of said Mansion, Remilia '''Scarlet'''. It's also homophonous with the name of a type of Chinese dragon (written with the character 虹) that is associated with rainbows, which is probably where she got her title of "Colorful Rainbow Gatekeeper", the "Rainbow"/"Colorful" ThemeNaming of several of her spell cards, and the rainbow-colored bullet patterns and fighting-game attacks.
* NiceHat: A green [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beret beret]] adorned with a golden star. The star has the Traditional Chinese character "龍" on it, which is read and pronounced as "lóng" in standard Chinese and means dragon, which some fans speculate is an indication of what kind of youkai she is supposed to be. The star also makes her beret look remarkably a lot like Yoshika Miyako's cap.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Meiling's species is never stated in canon, only being presented as some vague youkai, but fandom will almost unfailingly make her into a Chinese dragon.
* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: In ''Hisoutensoku'', her ''Red Cannon'', ''Attack Sign: "Roc Fist"'', and ''Fiery Attack "Roc Killing Fist"''. Each is an upward punch that sends the opponent flying at a very sharp upward angle for a good distance. How far they fly depends on the attack. Roc Killing Fist tends to send the opponent completely off-screen for at least three seconds. Fan depictions sometimes give her the "Chuugoku Satsu", a parody of the [[StreetFighter Shun Goku Satsu]] (Chuugoku = China).
* ShesGotLegs: Meiling's outfit includes pants. Fan artists frequently leave them out (when they're not outright depicting her in a {{Qipao}}).
* ShoutOut:
** During her brief time as a playable character in ''Immaterial And Missing Power'', she has variations of [[StreetFighter Yun]]'s moves.
** There's a reason why [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Krizalid]] is often shipped with Meiling. Why? One of her moves is a rainbow-colored carbon-copy of Krizalid's.
* SkirtOverSlacks: She dresses like this in the games, but her art in ''Perfect Memento'' and many fanartists depict her without the slacks.
* StatuesqueStunner: While her exact height has not been given, she's one of the tallest female characters in the series. Fans frequently depict her as taller than Sakuya, though WordOfGod says they're around the same height.
* TornadoMove: Her ''Color Sign: Colorful Light Wind Chime'' and ''Ultimate Color: Colorful Light Chaotic Dance'' spell cards from the fighting games have her create a whirlpool of ki energy around herself before attacking her opponent.
* WillfullyWeak: There's a trend of fan works that have Meiling being far stronger than she seems, but for whatever reason usually holds back. This version is usually referred to as [[FanNickname EX-Meiling]] and sometimes has some [[ScaledUp dragon traits]].
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[[folder:Koakuma]]
::'''Koakuma/Little Devil'''
One of the many lesser youkai found in the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Like Daiyousei, she had no name, dialogue, or profile included with the game, and was instead given her descriptive name by fans. The appellation seems to have been adopted by ZUN himself, but it may just be referring to her species. Fanon usually portrays Koakuma as an assistant (or possibly {{familiar}}) to Patchouli, since she's the library midboss.
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%%* CuteMonsterGirl
* DummiedOut: There's an unused sprite for a possible "EX-Koakuma" with [[PowerDyesYourHair purple hair]] in the ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'' files.
* FieryRedhead: WordOfGod says she's supposed to have a mischievous personality.
* HeadWings: While most {{fanon}} works portray her with proper wings on her back (see WingedHumanoid below), canonically she only has wings on her head.
* HotLibrarian: To go around with being Patchouli's assistant in the library. Her sprite is only detailed enough to show her clothes as a long black skirt, a black top, and white sleeves, but {{fanon}} has turned it into an OfficeLady uniform with a vest, dress shirt, and necktie.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Like with Daiyousei, not officially. But, she's commonly associated with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogtZZLPHqus "Voile ~ The Magic Library"]], the Stage 4 Theme.
* NoNameGiven --> FanNickname: She's never referred to by either name or nickname InUniverse or in official materials, but all fans [[WordOfGod and ZUN]] call her Koakuma.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: She's believed to be a demon, or possibly a [[HornyDevils succubus]], that Patchouli summoned to serve her. Some writers muse that she was thus summoned from Makai, and has a connection to Shinki.
* VerbalTic: Fanon varies this from her saying "Koa" every now and then, to her using just that as if she was a Pokémon.
* WingedHumanoid: The bat wings on her back are a {{fanon}} interpretation. However, she's had a small cameo in ''Manga/InabaOfTheMoonAndInabaOfTheEarth'' and an even tinier one in ''Manga/StrangeAndBrightNatureDeity'', [[AscendedFanon both including the wings]].
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[[folder:Patchouli Knowledge]]
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::''The Unmoving Great Library''
::'''Patchouli Knowledge'''
-->''"You, clothed in red and white! Don't cause problems in my study."''
Librarian and tutor for the Scarlet Devil Mansion household, and stage 4 boss. Patchouli is known as the "One-Week Wizard" due to her mastery of the seven elements of the Japanese calendar week. She is indeed a powerful elementalist, but suffers from poor health, which limits her battle prowess.
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* AllYourPowersCombined: She regularly combines elements to create new/unique attacks and spells. Philosopher's Stone attacks with five elements at the same time. The remaining two, Sun and Moon, have their own spell cards and are later combined into a different one as well.
* BadassBookworm: Very intelligent and a master of elemental magic.
* BlackMage: Fits the bill with her ElementalPowers, and wouldn't be out of place in ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''.
* TheCameo: Has shown up in more games than any character other than regular {{Player Character}}s, but most of her appearances are very brief or occur only in endings or the manual. Part of this is due to her being a convenient MrExposition for both Marisa and the other members of the Scarlet Devil Mansion.
* CatchPhrase: "Mukyuu," a nonsense sound, is generally attributed to her after she uttered it exactly twice: once after being defeated in Marisa's story route in ''Immaterial and Missing Power'', and again after being defeated in Tenshi's route in ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody''. In {{Fanon}}, she says this whenever she's defeated, doesn't know what is going on, or is hit by an object.
* CostumeEvolution: [[WordOfGod As confirmed by ZUN]], Patchouli's dress initially had no dark purple stripes like in the fighting games; What was seen as stripes on her pajamas in her ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'' portrait were actually meant to be rumples in her clothes. When Tasofro were designing her sprites in ''Immaterial and Missing Power'', they simply [[SureWhyNot rolled with the idea that her dress had stripes]], leading to most, if not all fanwork portraying her dress as having stripes on it.
* CuteWitch
* DeadpanSnarker: Canon has this as her default personality. ''Silent Sinner in Blue'' has [[http://mangafox.me/manga/touhou_bougetsushou_silent_sinner_in_blue/v01/c010/5.html this line]] when confronting Marisa on not-in-stealing-mode terms.
-->''(on the rocket launch) [[TemptingFate If something happens to our]] [[VisualPun red-white engine]], [[CrowningMomentOfFunny you just might end up being the spare]].''
* DependingOnTheArtist: Her figure is ambiguous under those robes, so fan depictions vary from childlike to busty. Her clothes are also subject to this, as explained in CostumeEvolution.
* ElementalPowers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. She likes to convert her spells to fit into one of seven different elements, associated with the days of the Japanese week, earning her the title "The One-Week Wizard."
** ThePowerOfTheSun: Sunday
** {{Lunacy}}: Monday
** PlayingWithFire: Tuesday
** MakingASplash: Wednesday
** GreenThumb[=/=]BlowYouAway: Thursday
** ExtraOreDinary: Friday
** DishingOutDirt: Saturday
* EveryoneKnowsMorse: In her leitmotif, when the melody is turned into a morse code it turns into "・－・・ －－－ ・・・－ ・" which means "Love".
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Non-Directional Laser, though Marisa significantly upped the rotations after she copied it from Patchouli.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: She has the permanent version in ''[[Manga/TouhouSangetsusei Oriental Sacred Place]]''.
* {{Hikikomori}}: Patchouli rarely ever leaves the library in the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Before the events of ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'', she apparently never left the library for more than a century.
* IllGirl: She suffers from anemia, asthma, and a vitamin A deficiency, leaving her unable to recite some of the spells she learns. Even walking is a chore, much preferring to levitate herself. This leads to some major fluctuations in her power. In ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'', she appears as the boss of stage 4, but also appears as the midboss of the extra stage and is much more powerful there, explaining that she got better. In ''Manga/WildAndHornedHermit'', Marisa explains that magicians are often less strong physically due to their EyeOfNewt tending to be things like arsenic and mercury; exposure to this weakens even youkai eventually.
* InSeriesNickname: Remilia is known to call her "Pache" (usually translated as "Patchy").
* KaleidoscopeHair: For some reason, in her appearance as an Extra Stage midboss in ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'', her sprite is modified to have indigo hair rather than purple.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: A dark, inquisitive, and intelligent youkai magician as well as a powerful elementalist.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUEPCSzOHmo "Locked Girl ~ The Girl's Secret Room"]]
* LongRangeFighter: In the fighting games she's one of the most proficient projectile slingers.
* MagicLibrarian: She's a witch who's spent about a hundred years in a library.
* MoreDakka: Try playing against her in the fighting games on Lunatic.
* MotorMouth: This is noted as one of her characteristics in ''[[AllThereInTheManual Perfect Memento in Strict Sense]]''. While there's [[InformedAbility no explicit example of it]], presumably she chants quickly for many of her spells, and according to Marisa Patchouli has to be capable of chanting two spells at once for a few of her spellcards.
* NiceHat: A [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mob_cap mob cap]] with a golden crescent moon on it. It emphasizes the pajamas-look she's got going.
* OddFriendship: While it's hard to see how she has anything in common with Remilia, they do seem to complement each other and have one of the few canonically defined ''friendships'' in the series (as opposed to master-servant, sisters, or some other kind of specific relationship).
-->''(rating the cast of ''Immaterial and Missing Power'') "[[BulletHell Danmaku]] would be Remi. Well, I suppose [[KungFuWizard it was less 'danmaku' and more 'body slam']], so it feels a little like cheating, but that's part of what makes her interesting."''
* PhilosophersStone: Apparently has successfully created it, as she uses a spellcard invoking its power in the Extra Stage.
* PurelyAestheticGlasses: Fanon often portrays her wearing them.
* ShoutOut: One of her alternate skillcards in ''SWR'' and ''Hisoutensoku'' is called [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Emerald City]].
* TheSnarkKnight:
** Patchouli is at least a little sarcastic and cynical, especially in her lines regarding Sakuya in ''Subterranean Animism'' or ''Immaterial and Missing Power'', but she's nevertheless a good and caring friend of Remilia.
** She also has a hard time taking Alice's doll magic seriously, calling it "playing house".
* SquishyWizard: Genius spellcaster, but she's still an IllGirl.
* SupernaturalIsPurple
* ThrowTheBookAtThem: Even her melee attacks are usually just spells thrown at close range, but when she does actually hit enemies, she uses her book. This is surprisingly powerful, considering how physically weak she is.
* TheSpock: Sometimes blends with LittleMissSnarker.
* VagueAge: Patchouli has some of the greatest fan disagreement over how old, exactly, she is supposed to look. Her ''actual'' age on the other hand is stated to be in the neighbourhood of a century, which is more specific than most characters get.
* [[WhatExactlyIsHisJob What, Exactly, Is Her Job?]]: Her job in the Scarlet Devil Mansion is "to solve and create problems". What exactly this entails is a bit sketchy. It appears that she lives at the mansion mostly because she's Remilia's friend. She's also capable of curbing Flandre's rampages by summoning rainstorms that keep her from leaving the mansion.
* WitchSpecies: She was born a youkai magician.
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[[folder:Sakuya Izayoi]]
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::''The Perfect and Elegant Maid''
::'''Sakuya Izayoi'''[[MultipleChoicePast (?)]]
-->''"Your time is mine."''
Chief Maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Despite being the leader of the maids at the Scarlet Devil Mansion, Sakuya usually has to do all of the work herself because the [[{{Mook}} fairy maids]] are [[SurroundedByIdiots completely]] [[RedShirt useless]]. Uses [[KnifeNut knives]] and [[TimeStandsStill time manipulation]] to fight and [[MundaneUtility do maid tasks]]. Much of Sakuya's origin is left to speculation, although it is implied that she may not be human and "Sakuya" may not be her real name.
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* ACupAngst: Some fanart portrays her this way, to go along with the padding jokes. Official art for the fighting games shows that she actually has BoobsOfSteel.
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Done often in-universe: Akyuu notes there are a ''godawful'' lot of theories about her and her background.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: See VagueAge below. For a variety of reasons, [[EpilepticTrees many fans are convinced]] that Sakuya is really a [[SpaceElves Lunarian]].
* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: {{Fanon}} sometimes assumes that the stopwatch she carries is a magical artifact that she uses to stop time, usually called the Luna Dial after her theme music "Luna Clock ~ Luna Dial". It is used in ''Hisoutenkou'' as a super move, as a possible nod to this.
* AnimalMotifs:
** Associated with dogs by fandom, because of her RedBaron title "The Dog of the Devil," which comes from her ferocity and loyalty to Remilia. Fandom even has a version of her called "Inu Sakuya" that has [[LittleBitBeastly dog ears and a tail]].
** She was playable for the first time in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom''. At least three bosses referred to her as a dog, including Yuyuko's "Dog of the Devil" line.
---> '''Lyrica Prismriver:''' Dog meat, dog meat~
---> '''Sakuya:''' ''[[InsistentTerminology Human]]'' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne meat]]!
* BadassArmFold: Often sports one in the fighting games.
* BadassBoast: From ''Double Dealing Character''
--> '''Kagerou:''' I wonder, can you defeat me?\\
'''Sakuya:''' [[BluntYes Yes, I believe I can.]]
* BerserkButton: She didn't take well to Tenshi implying she was stupid. In fanon, padding jokes and Meiling slacking on the job are a good way to get on her bad side.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Sakuya is usually polite, elegant, and very calm. However, if you [[BerserkButton try her patience]], she may do ''terrible'' things to you with her knives.
* BladeSpam: While she mostly relies on FlechetteStorm, the fighting games give her a melee version with her ''Soul Sculpture'' and ''Inscribe Red Soul'' spells.
* BoobsOfSteel: Despite the fandom's padding jokes at her expense, Sakuya is canonically well-endowed, and definitely one of the most formidable fighters in Gensokyo.
* ClockTower: Her stage in the fighting games. It's the Scarlet Devil Mansion's tower, to be precise.
* ColourCodedTimestop: Whenever she freezes time, it's shown as darkened in the shooting games, monochrome in the fighting games, and photo-negative in ''Manga/SilentSinnerInBlue''.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[UnreliableNarrator Akyuu]] describes a [[MultipleChoicePast common rumour]] that she was a vampire hunter that was defeated and taken in by Remilia.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Loyal beyond question to Remilia Scarlet, to the point she'd stop at nothing to protect her. However, she regains some humanity after seeing Reimu defeat Remilia and, afterward, the two [[DefeatMeansFriendship chatter as if nothing ever happened]].
* DependingOnTheArtist: She's prone to this as some prefer her with curves, while some perfer her with a slim figure.
* TheDitz: She has her moments ([[SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining possibly as a result of her improbable fighting skills for her alleged age]]), such as trying to buy a broken teacup to replace the one Remilia broke, mistaking ordinary crows for crow tengu (or their underlings), and opening a window while '''in space''' (the last one may be justifiable, assuming she's been in Gensokyo for long enough to miss the scientific advancements in regards to space). ''And'' apparently not understanding the meaning of the word "mastermind".
* EasyModeMockery: Performs a highly literal form of it if you beat her on easy mode in ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''. It basically amounts to "Ok, Ok, you beat me. But I'm not letting you go on to Remilia, since you aren't even playing on normal difficulty! Come back when you've practiced some more." GameOver.
* {{Expy}}: The original blade-throwing maid in ''Touhou'' is Yumeko, from ''Mystic Square''. And if we branch out into ''{{VideoGame/Seihou}}'', there's [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Muse_(Seihou_Character) Muse]], who looks like [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/File:Sh02Muse.png this]].
* FantasticRacism: Akyuu says she's "cold-hearted" towards humans (besides the main cast), and Eiki even describes it as her greatest character flaw during ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View''. Often taken as a sign she's a Lunarian, who tend to look down on humans.
* FantasticTimeManagement: [[MundaneUtility Often uses]] her time manipulation power to speed up housework.
* FightsLikeANormal: The only character in the series who never fights with [[MagicMissileStorm energy blasts]], instead relying exclusively on [[FlechetteStorm physical weapons]] and using her powers only for support purposes.
* FlashStep: Can do this in the fighting games.
* FlatEarthAtheist: She describes herself as an atheist in ''Wild and Horned Hermit'' chapter 35, despite the fact that she lives in freaking Gensokyo.
* FlechetteStorm: She even provides the page picture. In extreme cases, her knives can fill the entire screen.
* FluffyTamer: Thinks the {{Chupacabra}} in ''Manga/ForbiddenScrollery'' is cute, and easily handles its speed with her time stop when taking it back to the Scarlet Mansion to be a pet.
* TheGambler: In the fighting games, her "Vanishing Everything" move is a teleport where "she [[NinjaLog leaves a card behind]], probably to make it look like her own kind of magic". Fanworks often depict Sakuya holding cards or being skilled at poker, and extend her NayTheism to a belief in "making her own luck". See also StageMagician below.
* GenreSavvy: She butts in as the sub-boss of the last stage in the game because she wants you to waste a bomb on her.
* HyperspaceArsenal: {{Hand Wave}}d by ZUN saying that she regularly stops time and picks up all her knives to throw them again. Doesn't explain how she can have hundreds of knives on the screen ''at once'', though her RequiredSecondaryPowers may answer that.
* KnifeNut: With hundred and so knives. Especially in ''Double Dealing Character'' due of one of her knives being possessed.
* KnifeThrowingAct: In a lot of fanart. In canon, she can hit [[WilliamTelling an apple balanced on the head of a fairy maid a hundred feet away]].
* LadyOfWar: She's called "[[BossSubtitles The Perfect and Elegant Maid]]" for a reason.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Associated equally with both [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1nRuWqW09Q "Lunar Clock ~ Luna Dial"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA3UERL4Phw "Flowering Night".]]
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Though only sometimes invoking romance, many fans note that as a (relatively) normal human amongst a CastHerd of youkai she won't be around for much longer compared to them, with Remilia or Meiling in particular depicted as being devastated by the loss. As noted below, officially, she was offered immortality by Remilia but refused it. Fanon runs away with this, either making her a Lunarian or the ever popular tragedy of her dying and being missed by the others in Scarlet Devil Mansion.
* MultipleChoicePast: Nothing is known about how she came to work for Remilia, and "Sakuya Izayoi" isn't even her real name. ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'' offers several in-universe theories about her background (the most popular being "vampire hunter"), with the note that it's likely none of them are actually true. [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/ZUN%27s_E-mails ZUN once said]] that he would reveal Sakuya's past in a future book, but it's been over a decade since then.
* MundaneUtility:
** Hey, you'd be a perfect maid too if you could just stop time to do your work instantly. Stopping time supplies another benefit according to ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''[='=]s afterword -- dust won't be raised, thus making cleaning more efficient.
** She also uses time-acceleration to mature wine quickly, and to acquire out-of-season foodstuffs. (Remilia's favourite cake flavouring is bamboo flowers. Bamboo normally bloom only once every 50 to 100 years!)
* NayTheist: In ''Immaterial and Missing Power'', Reimu asks her to give a donation to her offertory box, so she may please the gods and have good luck and their blessing, but Sakuya tells Reimu she doesn't believe in the gods (in the sense that [[BondOneLiner she doesn't need their help to make her own way]]).
* NinjaMaid: [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Knife-throwing time-stopping serial killer illusionist ninja maid]] to be precise.
** If you take the Lunarian theory into account, along with the gamut of in-universe theories in ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'', she's a technical-alien vampire-slaying time-stopper maid [[AC:[[RecycledInSpace From Space]]]]!
* PinballProjectile: In the fighting games many of Sakuya's spellcards behave this way, but her ''Light Speed "C. Ricochet"'' is just ridiculous.
* PowerUpMagnet: Sort of. When playing as Sakuya in the shooting games, PowerUp items [[BulletTime fall more slowly]], making them easier to collect.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: While in previous games she'd only worn short white socks, she wears black tights in ''Double Dealing Character'', fitting with her "perfect and elegant maid" image.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Had red eyes in her first appearance and generally blue afterwards. ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' has her eyes turning red when she uses some of her more powerful moves, making this trope particularly literal.
* TheRenfield: A presumably human servant to a vampire master, [[TokenHuman and the only human in the Scarlet Devil Mansion]], who serves so faithfully she's sometimes derogatorily called [[AnimalMotifs Remilia's dog]] by other characters. Her duties are heavily implied to include unsavory things like bringing Remilia victims to feed on and preparing meals out of human flesh and blood for Remilia and her sister (it is canon that such meals are served at the mansion and Sakuya is the only maid that would be competent enough to prepare them). Unusually for this trope though, she is not portrayed negatively, being refined and elegant in contrast to the usual bug-eating creeps and harboring seemingly no VampireVannabe delusions, and being devoted yet not sycophantic, even lightly chiding Remilia on some occasions. Remilia herself seems to treat Sakuya as [[TheDragon a trusted right hand]] rather than a disposable minion.
* ReverseShrapnel:
** Her ''Killer Doll'' spell card, when used by the player.
** Same thing with her ''Phantasmic Killer'' spell card, except different - the knives from this spell card ''completely leave the screen'' before coming back to skewer your opponent.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Only showed up in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom''. Of course, it was winter for the whole game.
* SerialKiller: There's a definite serial killer theme with her spell cards, such as ''Jack the Ripper'' and ''Another Murder''. Some doujin turn her into one in her backstory, and there's theories that believe her to be THE UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper.
* ShoutOut:
** Both her time stopping skills and her use of knives are a reference to Dio Brando of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', and the fighting games give her similar poses to him as well. In her first appearance she even had a spell card named ''Illusion World "The World"'', after Dio's Stand [[TarotMotifs "The World"]]. And while she might not ''be'' a vampire like Dio, she certainly is very closely ''associated'' with two (one of whom even quotes Dio's "Do you remember how many times you have eaten bread?" line).
** It's also worth noting that UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper (referenced in some of Sakuya's spell cards) appeared in Part 1 of the series as one of Dio's minions, and his fighting style allowed him to [[FlechetteStorm throw knives in every direction at once]].
* SilverHasMysticPowers: Her knives are said to be made of silver, the better to fight {{Youkai}}.
* SpectralWeaponCopy: Due to her TimeMaster powers, she can use them to fire time-displaced versions of her knives along with the original.
* SpreadShot: In unfocused mode her attacks usually cover a very wide spread but don't deal a lot of damage.
* StageMagician: A number of her spell cards have this theme and her profile says that "Deceitless sleight-of-hand is her pride". Some fanworks speculate that she was a magician or had a family that did stage magic.
* SupremeChef: According to [[AllThereInTheManual the manual for Perfect Cherry Blossom]], Sakuya is incredibly good at cooking.
* SurroundedByIdiots: ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'' directly states that Remilia's hiring policy for the subordinate fairy maids is quantity over quality -- and fairies who can accomplish even [[TheDitz Cirno's]] (human eight-year-old level) abilities are incredibly rare. Fans have come to the conclusion that the only reason Remilia hires the fairy maids at all is that a large mansion is ''supposed'' to have a lot of maids. As a result, despite the swarms that Reimu and Marisa meet, Sakuya is pretty much a one-woman work force. No wonder she doesn't take breaks...
* TemporalParadox: Her ''"[[DoppelgangerAttack Time Paradox]]"'' attack from the fighting games has Sakuya call upon herself from a few seconds into the future to slash at her opponent. If the doppleganger hits, Sakuya does the exact same move as her future self... if the clone misses the attack, however, Sakuya doesn't follow up. According to ZUN's description of the attack, she is able to defy the actions of her future self by creating an all new alternate timeline.
* TimeMaster: Sakuya has numerous time related abilities at her disposal. For example, with her ''"Deflation World"'' spellcard, Sakuya pulls both the future and past versions of each knife she throws into the present, in effect forming ''lasers made out of knives''.
* TimeStandsStill: Sakuya's most well-known application of her Time Mastery. However, in ''Wild and Horned Hermit'' Chapter 35, Sakuya says that she actually ''can't'' freeze other people in place. She just moves in such extreme speeds that she appear as being able to stop time.
* ToServeMan: Not that she eats humans herself, but the meals she makes for Flandre are stated to have been from live humans. A NecessaryEvil of sorts, as Flandre herself can't reign in her own power enough to [[DisadvantageousDisintegration avoid vaporizing them before she can drink from them]].
* UndyingLoyalty: Not literally however, as giving up her mortality is apparently the one thing she ''isn't'' willing to do for her mistress.
* VagueAge: [[UniverseCompendium Akyuu]] writes, "She claims to be in her [[ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty late teens]], but this is unlikely judging by her [[WiseBeyondTheirYears refined manner]] and the [[ImprobableAge level of her abilities]]. Rather, she seems to be a human who has been living for [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld hundreds of years]]."[[note]]Seems to be another ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' reference, paraphrasing Pucci's description of Dio.[[/note]] Her profile in ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'' also refers to her as "10-20". Also, in ''Imperishable Night'', Eirin's profile mentions her being surprised to see Sakuya, despite the fact that Eirin shouldn't have met anyone outside of Eientei for the last thousand years or so.
* VampireHunter: There is no true WordOfGod on the matter of how Sakuya came to be in Remilia's service, but one of the most prevalent fandom theories is that she used to be a vampire hunter who tried to kill Remilia, failed, but was spared by the vampire and made into a servant. This is acknowledged in canon by Hieda no Akyuu. It is notable that Sakuya uses silver knives, silver being a substance vampires are weak to.
* WeakButSkilled: Sakuya's fighting style tends to rely on technique, sleight of hand and [[DeathOfAThousandCuts large numbers of attacks]] over raw power. In the shooting games she tends to have a weak but very wide SpreadShot while unfocused, respectable damage while focused, and mechanics which help in going for high scores. In ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' and ''Soku'' she has weak normal moves but powerful [[FinishingMove spell cards]], and is good at maintaining pressure on her opponent long enough to use them.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Has explicitly told Remilia that she is loyal to her until the day that she dies a natural death, but that she does not want to be a Hourai immortal or a vampire. That said, if Akyuu is to be believed, her "natural death" will probably not come for a long time yet (being a TimeMaster does that). Especially if she's old enough for Eirin to have met her over a thousand years ago, yet is still physically equivalent to 20-something years old. Sakuya dying or being prevented from dying is a ''very'' common theme in fanworks.
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::''The Scarlet Devil''
::'''Remilia Scarlet'''
-->''"The moon tonight is red. You will know death."''
Vampire mistress of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, and final boss of ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''. She is the source of the mist that blotted out the sun, because sunlight is harmful to her. (It turns out she can just use a parasol, though.) Feared by many youkai, she is incredibly vain and proud despite her relatively low position in the hierarchy of Gensoukyou, (falsely) claiming to be a descendant of Vlad Tepes himself and is very open about her being one of the few youkai that still eat humans, though she rarely takes enough blood to kill them.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Her hair is pale blue, verging on white when ZUN draws her. The fighting games give her purple hair. Fanart can be anywhere in between.
* BadassBoast: "I'm Lady Remilia, the strongest, fastest creature on Earth", from ''Manga/SilentSinnerInBlue''. That's quite extreme even for a ''Touhou'' character and her travel companions [[http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/silent_sinner_in_blue_ch16#8 immediately make fun of it]]. While probably exaggerated, it may not be as far-fetched as it seems, given that vampires are said to be one of the most powerful types of devils, with strength comparable to that of oni, and speed comparable to that of tengu.
* BattleAura: The fighting games reveal she is capable of manifesting a blood red aura, which she can use to attack her enemies [[MorphWeapon in different ways]]. For example, [[VariableLengthChain creating infinitely stretching,]] [[MadeOfExplodium explosive]] [[ChainPain chains.]]
* BloodyMurder: ''Grimoire of Marisa'' reveals that she can control and use blood to attack in some of her spell cards. [[RunningGag Blood is amazing!]]
* BrickJoke: In ''Literature/CuriositiesOfLotusAsia'' and ''Imperishable Night'' Remilia denies that she sleeps in a coffin, saying they're for dead people. Seven years later Remilia's bedroom makes its first manga appearance, containing a four-poster bed... with a coffin on it.
* BullyingADragon: As a vampire Remilia has a lot of the weaknesses vampires are known to have, but Akyuu's article for her explicitly warns the reader to not even try to exploit them. Remilia cannot be killed normally, and the only way that would be accomplished is through pissing off a powerful centuries old vampire after somehow managing to get past the likes of Meiling, Patchouli, and Sakuya.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: In Marisa's scenario, as well as a ShoutOut to ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''.
-->'''Marisa:''' So, how many times have you drank blood?\\
'''Remilia:''' Do you remember how many times you've eaten bread?\\
'''Marisa:''' Thirteen. I prefer Japanese food.
* {{Chuunibyou}}: Despite being very powerful already, Remilia is also [[ImmortalImmaturity childish]] and tends to hype up how cool she is to the point where it comes across as silly (see GiverOfLameNames below). In particular, it's suggested that her "power to manipulate fate" is [[IMeantToDoThat something she made up so that she can avoid admitting when she lost]]. FanFic tends to {{Flanderize}} this by having her boast about her vampiric powers even in [[AlternateUniverseFic settings where she's a normal human]].
* CoolPet: In ''Manga/ForbiddenScrollery'' she gains a pet {{chupacabra}} she calls "Tupai", though initially the other characters believe she's referring to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupaia_%28genus%29 a kind of tree shrew]] that's also known as a "tupai".
* CreepyChild: While Touhou artwork is notably vague, Remilia [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld looks]] [[ImmortalImmaturity and acts]] like she is in her early teens '''at most''' - this does not make her any less dangerous to cross. The "creepy" part is downplayed, though, with her sister generally being the more unsettling of the two.
* CreepyCoolCrosses: Has two attacks that involve creating a giant energy cross from her own body. ''Grimoire of Marisa'' even says that there is really no deep meaning behind it as the cross is simply formed due of her spreading her arms while doing the spellcard.
* DeflectorShields: In the fighting games, her ParasolOfPrettiness doubles as a temporary shield that can block anything for a few seconds.
* DetachmentCombat: She can dissolve herself into a potentially ''unlimited'' swarm of bats.
* EverythingIsBetterWithSpinning: A considerable number of her physical attacks involve spinning. 'Course, those tend to be her heavier hitting ones too.
* FakeSpecialAttack: The "ability to manipulate fate" is such a subtle and vaguely-defined power that Flandre apparently thinks it's not even real. According to her, Remilia made it up to make it look like she is always in control. Certainly wouldn't be out of character for her, but it's also possible Flandre just doesn't know any better.
* FamousAncestor:
** She ''claims'' that {{Dracula}} was her ancestor, but [[WordOfGod ZUN]] says she's bluffing.
** Since Remilia is one of the only ''Touhou'' characters whose exact age is known (she was born in 1503), we know that she was born just 27 years after Vlad Tepes' death. If we presume he became the vampire Dracula at the exact time history recorded his death, that would mean she'd have to be very closely related to him indeed if her claim had been true. Thus, if she'd bothered to do the research, Remilia could have made her lie more impressive by claiming to be "Dracula's daughter."
* FinalBoss: Of ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''.
* FlashStep: Her ''Demon Lord Walk'' move lets her disappear for a quick moment and smack the opponent if they're close enough. Her dash mechanics in the fighting games are also different from those of other characters - rather than moving continuously in one direction she makes a quick hop whenever the button is pressed.
* GiverOfLameNames: Most of her spellcards' names try too hard to be dramatic and awe-inspiring with the words "night", "demon", "devil", "blood", "fate" and other such evil buzzwords being used quite liberally. The ones that don't... just plain suck, like ''Demon [Remilia Stretch]'' or, we kid you not, ''Scarlet Devil [[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Scarlet Devil]]]''.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Her eyes glow brightly when she uses spellcards in the fighting games.
* GuestFighter: One of the playable ''Touhou'' characters in ''VideoGame/NendoroidGeneration''.
* HealingFactor: She can regenerate even if most of her body is destroyed, as long as about one of the bats she splits into survives. Considering she can spawn an ''unlimited'' number of bats, she might as well be able to regenerate FromASingleCell. When she tried to touch the incomplete Moon rocket in ''Manga/SilentSinnerInBlue'', her hand was almost completely charred away, and she healed it back to normal without a second thought.
* HellishPupils: Common in fanart. In canon however, her pupils seems to change depending on her mood as seen in her portraits in the fighting games.
* IMeantToDoThat: According to Flandre, Remilia's "fate manipulation powers" aren't real - she just tries to look cooler by claiming random things to have been part of her plan all along.
* ImmortalImmaturity: Though many ''Touhou'' characters exhibit this trope, Remilia exemplifies it, impetuous and selfish and overall acting as the child she appears to be despite her centuries. ZUN notes that "Creatures of her kind forfeit their growth and maturity in exchange for eternal life. In other words, she can live forever because she never grows up."
* InSeriesNickname
** She's known as '''[[BossSubtitles The Scarlet Devil]]''' because she's a light but messy eater - she doesn't drain all of a person's blood when she feeds, but her dress is usually stained red afterwards.
** Patchouli calls her "Remi".
* LargeHam: Remilia can ham it up with the best of them in fanworks, particularly when she's getting her evil on.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ1YJMvSKP8 "Septette for the Dead Princess"]] [[NonIndicativeName As ZUN himself notes, no one's dead, there's no princess, and it's not even a septette.]]
* LifeDrain: In the fighting games and some fangames, Remilia has this in the form of "Vampire Kiss", a special attack. Also made into a ''status effect'', of all things. "Vampire Of The Millenium" will grant this power on you for 10 seconds for ''all'' your attacks, [[PowerAtAPrice but will also lower your defense by 10%.]]
* LightningBruiser: Remilia has boasted that vampires are as powerful as oni and as fast as tengu, a claim which seems entirely accurate. She is less eager to point out that they have [[WeaksauceWeakness lots of easily-exploited weaknesses]] to compensate.
** Given the difficulty of incorporating these weaknesses, fangames often just give her lower HitPoints, resulting in a FragileSpeedster GlassCannon.
* MaidCorps: She has one. Apart from Sakuya, though, it's composed entirely of [[{{Mooks}} fairies]], meaning they don't get much actual work done.[[note]]Since one of the official manga, there are now also some hobgoblins.[[/note]] Presumably it's just to show off.
* MasterOfAll: From ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'':
-->"Vampires have tremendous physical abilities and magical power: they are able to [[SuperStrength uproot a thousand-year-old tree single-handedly]], to [[SuperSpeed run through the human village within the blink of an eye]], to [[SummonMagic summon many devils with a single word]], to turn into [[{{Animorphism}} bats]] or even [[SuperSmoke mist]] to intrude anywhere they please, and [[HealingFactor they can recover within a single night even when their body is blown away]], so long as their head is intact. Some youkai have abilities to this level of power, but only vampires are known to possess all of them."
* NiceHat: A mob cap tied with a red ribbon. What's more is that Remilia can make mob caps look dignified.
* NoSell: Like most final bosses, her last spell card is immune to bombs. If you do try to bomb her during her final spell, she turns into a swarm of bats and avoids any damage.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: More like ''Obfuscating Ignorance''. In general, she prefers to just have fun or [[ItAmusedMe do things she finds interesting even if they're harder or just plain nonsensical]]:
** In ''Silent Sinner In Blue,'' she figured out on her own that she was [[spoiler:being used by Yukari as a decoy]], but played along anyway.
** In both ''Immaterial and Missing Power'' and ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' she figured out profile information for both the incident culprits fairly quickly. In the former, she noticed Suika's presence and was aware of her involvement all along; in her story, Suika directly calls her out on knowing about her but feigning ignorance in hopes of "a human" (likely Reimu) noticing on their own. [[note]]She also implies that Remilia was worried Reimu wasn't strong enough to handle Suika and was holding out on the information so Suika'd tire out fighting everyone else first.[[/note]] In the latter, she figured out that Tenshi was in a place where it would be impossible for her to avoid the sun, so in truth her whole scenario is basically her having Sakuya drag various people to the mansion to kill time [[StealthMentor while Sakuya learns facts of the incident in doing so]]. Her last opponent is none other than Yukari, [[TheReveal who summarizes Remilia's whole MO]] to her face while said vampire keeps playing dumb [[LetsGetDangerous right up until they fight]], after which Yukari agrees to go handle it on Remilia's behalf. [[note]]Remilia deliberately chose to play Armchair Detective so the first impression of the events wouldn't distract her with useless information. Notably, she's the only player character who never steps outside her "base" in her story mode, even after it stops raining around her mansion.[[/note]] This also means she was [[{{Troll}} trolling]] Reisen, who had gone there earlier to consult with her only to get beat up.
* OddFriendship: Good friends with Patchouli, somehow.
* {{Ojou}}: She's a rich girl who lives in a huge mansion with lots of servants.
** While she does have a mansion and servants, it is unclear exactly how rich the Scarlets are. None of the mansion's inhabitants seem to be getting paid anything, and anyways there are not that many ways for Remilia to flaunt any possible wealth in Gensokyo.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Vampires in ''Touhou'' are classified as a sub-species of devils (悪魔, akuma) and share the same bean weakness as oni.
* ParasolOfPrettiness:
** She's known to have one to protect herself from sunlight, and it shows up in fanworks and some of the game's endings. Present in the latter fighting games, where it acts as a temporary [[DeflectorShields shield.]]
** And in up-to-date ''Hisoutensoku'', having one parasol in your deck allows her to fight outdoors. Without this, her battle fields are restricted.
** Back to ''Immaterial and Missing Power'', she can only appear in night stages, even if you select a day stage.
* PetTheDog: Although she's well known for her arrogance, Akyuu states that she does have a kinder side. During one incident a human from the village was severely injured, but was allowed to stay and recuperate in the Scarlet Devil Mansion until they were well enough to leave.
* PublicDomainArtifact: Has an attack named after Odin's spear [[Myth/NorseMythology Gungnir]]. Remi's is an energy spear made of danmaku.
* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: ''Archdemon: "Remilia Stretch"''. Fighting games. 1 second charge up. Get hit by this, and you can say good-bye to about half your life bar.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Remilia was born in 1503, making her 500 years old at the time of the game's release. Her apparent age varies DependingOnTheArtist (ZUN's official art is too simplified to really say) but she's never drawn looking older than early teens at most.
* RoyalBrat: Pretty classy outwardly, but her attitude can be as childish as her appearance. She even has a baby booster seat complete with a small table for her own personal use in the rocket ride to the moon.
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: ZUN notes in ''Strange Creators of Outer World'' that making an ancient vampire BigBad into a childish little girl was weird and quirky back in 2002, but common enough by 2017 that it no longer felt remarkable. [[invoked]]
* ShoutOut: See ButForMeItWasTuesday above.
* SiblingYinYang: Compared to Flandre, she's much more calm and collected. Not that that's saying much.
* SuperpowerLottery: The ability to manipulate fate is... odd, to say the least. This ability could potentially make her easily one of the most powerful beings in Gensokyo, since [[RealityWarper everything would happen precisely how she wants to]]. However, it mostly seems like she is limited to only giving destiny subtle nudges, if even that - Flandre seems to think she just made her power up.
* SweetTooth: She adds a lot of sugar to her tea, at least in ''Manga/StrangeAndBrightNatureDeity''.
* TheReveal: ZUN revealed that the vampire in the Reimu's ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'' profile who caused a major incident before the spell card system; was indeed Remilia Scarlet. ZUN also adds that the Scarlet Mist incident was partly a pretext in order for Remilia to use the newly established spell card system as soon as possible.
* UnwittingPawn: In ''Manga/SilentSinnerInBlue'', when Ran told Remilia that Yukari was planning to invade the Moon, Remilia immediately started looking for a way to get there before Yukari -- which was exactly what Yukari expected her to do. [[SubvertedTrope Turns out Remilia eventually realised this but didn't care.]]
* UseYourHead: Fond of using head-first body tackles on her enemies in the fighting games. Notable because she will move at great speeds when doing this.
* VampiresAreRich: Debatable. She does own a large mansion and tries to project the image of an upper-class lady, but it doesn't seem like she's actually paying any of her fairy maids or even Sakuya.
* VampireBitesSuck: Apparently Remilia is quite messy when she drinks, spilling much more blood than she needs.
* VoluntaryShapeshifter: She is capable of shapeshifting into a bat.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Sunlight, flowing water, including rain, ''sardine heads, shattered holly branches'', and ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setsubun roasted soybeans.]]''
* WindsOfDestinyChange: Her ability to manipulate fate, although there is no explanation whatsoever for how it works, other than some brief speculation by Akyuu that she changed Sakuya's fate by changing her name.
* WingedHumanoid: Bat wings.
* YourVampiresSuck: Remilia actually likes [[CreepyCoolCrosses cross imagery]], and can't fathom why she should be weak to them. Her spell card "Red: The Nightless Castle" appears as a towering crimson cross. She also seems to be perfectly fine with holy water. One of her win quotes in the fighting games is to ask Reisen to make her some holy water dumplings.
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[[folder:Flandre Scarlet]]
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::''The Sister of the Devil''
::'''Flandre Scarlet'''
-->''"I've been sleeping in the basement. For about 495 years."''
Younger sister of Remilia Scarlet and the extra stage boss. She possesses the power to [[PersonOfMassDestruction destroy anything at will]], but due to her immaturity and mental instability, she's been kept locked up in the mansion basement for around 495 ''years''. Despite this, she doesn't usually try to escape, and is actually quite fond of her older sister.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: It's unclear what exactly's up with Flandre. She's emotionally unstable, though she doesn't often get angry. She can't control herself, so she's generally not allowed out, and doesn't really try going out herself either. In conversation, she'll occasionally go off on a tangent or jump back to a previous subject; she's said to be 'always peculiar', making it difficult for others to understand her.
* ArtificialLimbs: A common interpretation of Flandre's wings, presuming that Flandre either never grew actual wings or lost them... [[HealingFactor somehow]].
* AxCrazy: There's some [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation debate]] about exactly ''how'' nuts she is, though. Flandre is sane enough to realize how dangerous her power of destruction really is; and that she is grateful for being able to safely play with others through the Spell Card system. ZUN hints that if she ever actually went nuts even for just a second then the damage would be unfathomable.
* {{BFS}}: Lævateinn is described as this in ''The Grimoire of Marisa''.
* BreakingTheFourthWall[=/=]ShoutOut: When Marisa faces her in the Extra stage, Flandre offers to play with her for "one coin", because "you can't continue". Continues are indeed disabled on the Extra stage.
* BonusBoss: Of ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''.
* TheBusCameBack: After 13 years since her last appearance, Flandre finally shows up as a boss character in ''Violet Detector''.
* CheerfulChild: In her more lucid moments, she can be quite personable.
* CreepyChild: Fanon loves jacking this up to insane (pardon the pun) levels.
* CuteAndPsycho: A ''very'' common portrayal in fanon.
* DisadvantageousDisintegration: The ability to destroy anything sure as heck doesn't leave any blood for Flandre to drink when she blows someone up.
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: While all vampires are [[LightningBruiser extremely strong, fast and tough]], fanworks often interpret Flandre as slightly [[MightyGlacier slower]] or [[GlassCannon less durable]] than her sister due to lack of exercise (and less aerodynamic wings). A GlassCannon depiction tends to be more common in fangames (assuming she's not AwesomeButImpractical or PurposelyOverpowered), while fancomics lean more towards MightyGlacier so that she can be an ImplacableMan.
* DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength: Her ability, along with her immense physical strength, tends to leave all of her playthings destroyed (She considers destroying a meteor hurtling toward the mansion as unimpressive). Whether this also applies to ''people'' that she considers "playthings" is unknown, but fanon tends to interpret it that way. Mostly averted in that ZUN revealed that Flandre is very much aware of the damage her ability can cause and consciously holds it in check; Flandre was even excited by the advent of the Spell Card system as it allows her to safely play danmaku with others without fear of obliterating them.
* DoppelgangerAttack: "Four of a Kind". Likely using the same principle as Remilia's ability to split into an infinite number of bats.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Is a shut-in who had nothing to do with the main plot of her debut game, and her number of appearances since then can be counted on one hand (only one of which had any lines). Despite this the fact that she debuted in [[FirstInstallmentWins the first game of the Windows series]], combined with her unusual appearance, her status as both a MemeticBadass and a MemeticPsychopath, and the countless remixes of her theme music [[WatchItForTheMeme make her one of the most well-known characters in the franchise]]. [[invoked]]
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: In fanart.
* HealingFactor: See Remilia's entry.
* HellishPupils: In many fanarts, especially when she is in her "superinsane" mood again. Also in ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'' and the fangame series ''VideoGame/KoumajouDensetsu''.
* HotWings: A popular fanon interpretation coined by ''VideoGame/TouhouSoccer'' is that when Flandre goes all out in battle, the crystals on her wings produce jets of flame.
* ImmortalImmaturity: Even more so than Remilia. Whereas Remilia ''can'' act mature when the situation requires it, Flandre never does. On the other hand, it's actually justified in Flandre's case, as she's been locked away from society for the last five centuries.
* {{Invisibility}}: ''Secret Barrage "[[ShoutOut And Then Will There Be None?]]"''. Well, the post-battle dialogue says she's invisible, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation but in-game you'd still be able to hit her if she was actually on screen]].
* JekyllAndHyde: A widely accepted {{Fanon}} interpretation. This SuperpoweredEvilSide was the result of the anger accumulated from staying locked inside the basement, the famous "[[FridgeHorror I will break you]]!" line being one such example. However, she also has a very kind and [[TheDitz childish]] personality and only wants to play with other people. Notably, most fanon has them as the same personality - she only gets evil when threatened.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcvouNwZbI0 "U.N. Owen Was Her?"]], probably the most popular leitmotif of the series, since it must hold some kind of record for [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Adauchisan#grid/user/062118B8094CF469 most]] [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Adauchisan#grid/user/D13029CBEEE57FFD remixes]] of any piece of music anywhere. ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFOcNUCFpGQ ZUN himself has remixed it.]]''
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Oft-forgotten by the fandom is that while Flandre can and ''does'' go crazy at times, she's rarely destructive on purpose - in a regular scuffle, she uses the Spell Card system just like everyone else in Gensokyo. Flandre is even aware that the Spell Card system is the one thing that allows her to play and interact with others without hurting them.
* LittleMissSnarker: Of what little we see of Flandre's actual personality she's actually quite snide and clever. She points out that Aya's article about her had an ending that didn't at all involve her or the actual story; and makes fun of her sister's pretentious behavior about manipulating fate and being a know it all.
* MadwomanInTheAttic: She's been shut down in the Scarlet Devil Mansion's basement for 495 years, since her birth.
* MasterOfAll: As a vampire; see Remilia's entry above.
* MemeticBadass: While Flandre is definitely powerful, fan portrayals often depict her as strong enough to [[CurbStompBattle wipe the floor with]] multiple high-end characters at the same time. Her [[ShatterpointTap eye-crushing power]] also tends to be amped up from "cause explosions" to "ranged version of the [[{{Franchise/Nasuverse}} Mystic Eyes of Death Perception]]". In some cases, her mere presence will be enough to turn her surroundings into an EldritchLocation. [[invoked]]
* MemeticPsychopath: Flandre is a ''lot'' crazier in {{Fanon}} than she is in {{Canon}}. [[invoked]]
* NiceHat: Just like her sister, she wears a mob cap tied with a red ribbon. However, unlike Remilia, who can pull off the feat of looking refined wearing a mob cap, Flandre's headwear merely tends to emphasize how childish she looks.
* NoSell: Like all [[BonusBoss Extra bosses]], she's unaffected by Bombs.
* NoSocialSkills: Kinda justified in her case.
* PlayingWithFire: In the series she attacks you with her fire sword Lævateinn.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: In a series that runs on ludicrously powerful girls beating the crap out of each other, Flandre surpasses nearly all of them in sheer damage potential. Even ''Marisa'' makes it a point to avoid her whenever she's at the Scarlet Devil Mansion to steal books, which is impressive considering the things she's faced.
* PublicDomainArtifact: Has an attack named after [[Myth/NorseMythology Laevatein]], the "Wounding Wand of Loki". This is commonly thought to be the oddly-shaped staff Flandre carries in her portrait, although the ''Grimoire of Marisa'' describes the attack as an [[{{BFS}} enormous]] FlamingSword. Most fans usually assume that the massive flaming sword is generated ''from'' the staff when Flandre wishes so, which makes some sense.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Younger than Remilia by five years.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RiddleForTheAges: Why do her wings look like that?[[note]][[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Maybe she ate her own wings for taming herself?]][[/note]]
* ShatterpointTap: Has the power to make things explode, by teleporting their "eye" (weak point) into her hand and crushing it.
* ShoutOut: Flandre's survival card and the title of her theme both refer to Creator/AgathaChristie's ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone''.
* SlasherSmile: Her silhouette seen in ''Manga/InabaOfTheMoonAndInabaOfTheEarth'' sports one of these.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: While "Flandre" is pretty widely accepted in the Western parts of the fandom, no one else is certain how to spell it. The fact that "furandouru" wouldn't be pronounced much like "Flandre" probably helps. "Frandle", "Frandre" and "Frandoll" are the most often seen alternate spellings.
* StrongerSibling: Is much stronger than Remilia, but [[PowerIncontinence lacks control over her powers]].
* ToServeMan: Since she [[DisadvantageousDisintegration has trouble]] drinking blood by herself, Sakuya makes human-composed dishes to provide her sustenance. Flandre herself is unaware of this.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Not so much "favorite", but she's often seen with [[{{Pun}} flan]] in fanworks.
* VoluntaryShapeshifter: Like her sister, Flandre can also shapeshift into a bat. Oddly enough, her unique wings don't carry over to bat form.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Same as Remilia's.
* WingedHumanoid: Best described as Christmas lights wings. Explicitly stated to be [[WingsDoNothing useless for flying]], but she's capable of flight anyway. Then again, so is the rest of the cast.
* YourVampiresSuck: Flandre also seems to like [[CreepyCoolCrosses cross imagery]] - in ''Shoot The Bullet'' Aya's notes on her second spell card say that [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Shoot_the_Bullet:_Level_Ex_Spell_Cards#Spell_Card_Ex_-_2 "she just came out and played with it..."]]
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[[folder:Rumia]]
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::''Youkai of Darkness''
::'''Rumia'''
-->''"Is that so~?"''
A darkness youkai and stage 1 boss. She wears a ribbon that's actually a magic amulet that she can't touch, leading to many fan theories as to what it does. Rumia has the distinction of being the first boss in the series to fight using the modern Spell Card rules.
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* BiblicalMotifs: To appear more menacing and badass, she has her arms fully extended to her sides at all times, imitating a [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic "the saint was crucified"]] pose when attacking someone. However, it ends up looking more like a childish BirdRun instead.
* BirdRun: She always has her arms fully extended to make her look more menacing, but instead it looks more like this trope. Marisa herself states it looks more "like someone discovering the decimal system."
* CatchPhrase: Rumia says "Is that so~" exactly once during [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Embodiment_of_Scarlet_Devil/Story/Reimu%27s_Scenario#Stage_1 Reimu's scenario]]. Fan works repeat this, sometimes reducing this to her ''only'' line of dialogue. Ascended in ''Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red'', where she uses the phrase once again.
* CastingAShadow: As implied by her title. ZUN has gone on record saying he deliberately chose a power that sounds more like it belongs to a FinalBoss and gave it to [[TheDitz a complete idiot]].
* CheerfulChild: She is sometimes shown this way if the artist decides to ignore her creepy tendencies.
* CreepyChild: She’s especially cheerful when talking about [[ImAHumanitarian eating people]] or crucifixion[[note]]though, considering her [[TheDitz intelligence]], demeanor, and possible lack of exposure to Western culture, she may simply be oblivious to crucifixion being a CruelAndUnusualDeath[[/note]], and would be a horrible man-eater if she wasn't so incompetent at hunting.
* DayHurtsDarkAdjustedEyes: Rumia complains in ''Bohemian Archive in Japanese Red'' that light hurts her eyes. Whether this is simply because her eyes are adjusted to the dark or [[WeakenedByTheLight because light is an innate weakness of hers]] is unknown, but she's apparently fine with moonlight.
* TheDitz: Likely the stupidest character in canon — she can't eat anyone because [[RequiredSecondaryPowers she blinds herself]] [[EpicFail instead of the target]] ''[[PowerIncontinence every single time]]''. Fanon manages to make it even worse.
* DumbBlonde: She's blonde and one of the least intelligent youkai in the series.
* HairDecorations: Her red hair ribbon, which is actually an amulet that she can't touch.
* InnateNightVision: She is stated to be able to see well enough in the darkness to be able to read Aya's newspaper while Aya herself is unable to see pretty much anything at all. However, it is unknown if this is an actual power of hers or if her eyes are merely completely adapted to the dark due to her spending the majority of her time in her bubble of darkness.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Officially, it's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOHCOa28-xI "Apparitions Stalk the Night"]] but she is also heavily associated with ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''[='=]s stage 1 theme, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w279PjazOAw "A Soul as Red as a Ground Cherry"]].
* MundaneUtility: Her personal bubble of darkness occasionally gets used by other youkai and fairies that hate direct sunlight and/or the heat it brings as a shelter on hot days.
* PerpetualSmiler
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Or just [[DeadlyDodging lie down next to a tree and wait for the 'thunk']] indicating that she has knocked herself out for you.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: She usually surrounds herself in a bubble of darkness that ''even she cannot see through'', causing her to spend most of her time [[WatchOutForThatTree crashing into trees]]. That said, her night vision seems to be better than most people's, as she is able to read a newspaper in total darkness while Aya can't see a thing.
* SealedEvilInACan: A widely accepted EpilepticTree states that the amulet tied in her hair (which she cannot touch) is a magical RestrainingBolt holding back the ultra-powerful [[SuperPoweredEvilSide "EX-Rumia"]]. This started a minor trend, with [[MemeticBadass EX versions]] of nearly every low-level boss being created.
* ToServeMan: At least in theory. There is no actual evidence for this, and could easily be simply bluster. The expanded universe states she's too ''moronic'' to be able to catch any human.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Her name is often spelled starting with an L: Lumia.
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[[folder:Daiyousei]]
::'''Daiyousei/Greater Fairy'''
A fairy who lives at the same lake as Cirno and is the midboss of her stage. She doesn't have an official name, so fans call her Daiyousei, or "Greater Fairy", even though that's also a generic term for any of the game's stronger fairies. She was probably intended to just be a nameless EliteMook, but in {{Fanon}}, she's generally considered to be Cirno's close friend.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Occasionally depicted as the older sister/friend to Cirno. Her personality can range from being very protective to obsessively in love with Cirno, even up to (PlayedForLaughs) {{Yandere}} levels. This also derives the inversion of this trope with "Cirno-nee", in which Cirno is taller, bustier, and older than Daiyousei.
* BlueOni: To Cirno's Red Oni. She is depicted as the most observant and level-headed member of Team 9 ([[OnlySaneMan not that]] [[SurroundedByIdiots this means much]]).
* DCupDistress: As an extension of her name and possibly to emphasise her relative maturity, many fanworks depict Dai as the most "developed" of the fairy characters [[DependingOnTheArtist (how much so varies)]], often getting self-conscious about it if it's brought up. This depiction is often called [[BiggerIsBetter DAI]]yousei by fans.
* HugeSchoolgirl: Sometimes depicted as such (relative to the other fairies at least), based on being a "Big Fairy".
* {{Leitmotif}}: Not officially, but she is often pictured with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Gx6D-i2Fqo "Lunate Elf"]], the stage 2 theme.
* KingIncognito: Is sometimes depicted in fanon as the secret true leader of all the fairies in Gensokyo (or at least the ones inhabiting the area in and around the Misty Lake) due to [[OnlySaneMan her possession of actual common sense]] and/or being the oldest fairy there, or at least the closest thing they have to one.
* NatureSpirit: Since she's a fairy, but there's no canon on what aspect of nature she represents.
* NoNameGiven: For note, "Daiyousei" [[FanNickname is the name fans give her]], sometimes shortened to just "Dai" or "Dai-chan".
* OnlySaneMan: Fanon portrays her as having more common sense than most fairies. Some even portray her as being smarter than some ''humans''.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: As with all fairies, she quickly revives if killed.
* ShrinkingViolet: Her depiction in ''Manga/StrangeAndBrightNatureDeity'' has her act like this, especially around Reimu.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: The Girly Girl to Cirno's tomboy.
* WingedHumanoid: Has golden wings on her back.
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[[folder:Cirno]]
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::''Ice Fairy of the Lake''
::'''Cirno'''
-->''"When it comes to me, I am the strongest!"''
An ice fairy who lives at the lake surrounding the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Her favorite hobby is freezing frogs and watching them thaw. Surprisingly, Cirno is one of the few characters that realizes what's going on during ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'', even though she mistakes it for a festival. Is best known for both an infamous MemeticMutation detailed below and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iY_e-WoVIqU Icicle Fall -Easy-]], a Spell Card that can be completely dodged by placing yourself directly in front of Cirno.
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* BadassArmfold: Her default pose in ''Hisoutensoku''.
* BadassBoast:
** Even back then in ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'', she tried to do this with "I'll cryo-freeze you together with some English beef!".
** "I'm the strongest!" in ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'', adopted by fans as her CatchPhrase.
** She also gets about one for each of the six paths in ''Fairy Wars'', each one quite silly:
*** "I'm Cirno! The freezer of crybabies!"
*** "I'm not scared of youkai or gods! I'll show you what "[[LeeroyJenkins Recklessness]] is [[FearlessFool courage]]" is all about!"
*** "I'm Cirno! The eternal omiwatari!"
*** "I'm an ice fairy who can pound a nail in with a banana! And this unstoppable fairy's gonna win fair and square!"
*** "Nah, I'm fine going solo. I'm strong enough on my ownsome! Breaking three arrows at once should be faster than breaking them one by one!"
*** "I've been going easy on you 'til now, but now I'm gonna get serious! On a night of spring when the cold returns, it's time for you to run out of sake and freeze to death!"
* BerserkButton: “The one who says "[[UsefulNotes/{{Baka}} idiot]]" is the idiot!”
* BigOlEyebrows: [[Manga/TouhouSangetsusei When drawn by Makoto Hirasaka]], she has very noticeable eyebrows.
* BloodKnight: Cirno's dialogue in ''Great Fairy Wars'' seems to imply so. It’s taken further in ''Hidden Star in Four Seasons'', where she’s so hopped up on seasonal energy that she decides to try to conquer Gensokyo and pummel anyone who stands in her way.
* {{BFS}}:
** In ''Hisoutensoku'', she [[SpontaneousWeaponCreation pulls out]] a large sword made of ice for some of her attacks. Her strongest attack in said game, ''Ice Clump "Great Crusher"'', has her strike her opponent with an enormous (and deceptively fast) [[DropTheHammer ice hammer]].
** FanWorks often depict her as wielding a giant suika bar, in reference to the fan comic ''Advent Cirno'' (a parody of ''Anime/FinalFantasyVIIAdventChildren'' with Cirno in the role of Cloud).
* BoisterousWeakling: Declares herself to be [[WorldsStrongestMan the strongest fairy]]. While definitely not far from the truth (Eiki even notes that a fairy with her level of power is dangerous), she is still severely outmatched by any of the main characters, and confrontations rarely end well for her. And as of ''Legacy or Lunatic Kingdom'', her title as “strongest fairy” is seriously challenged by the existence of Clownpiece, though thankfully, Cirno is unaware of this (as of this writing) and Clownpiece is either [[UnknownRival just as oblivious]] or simply doesn’t care.
* BreakoutCharacter: The main character of ''Fairy Wars'' and is on the cover for a second time — a first for anyone who is not Reimu.
* BrickJoke: One of Cirno's first attempts at operating a stall failed when she tried to sell shaved ice that had no flavors in them. By the time Chapter 10 of ''Visionary Fairies in Shrine'' rolls around, she again starts a shaved ice stand, this time having learned to add flavoring.
* ButtMonkey: Cirno's [[SmallNameBigEgo cocky attitude]] combined with her [[SuperWeight relatively weak powers]] and [[TheDitz childish incompetence]] means she often ends up in humiliating situations. Even ZUN himself is not immune, as [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/File:PoFV_Layout.jpg a page in the manual]] for ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'' has a screenshot from the game with the different user interface elements labeled with a number, with Cirno, shown as the rival player, labeled ⑨. In the legend below the image, it said:
-->1. Player
-->2. Score
-->3. Health
-->...
-->9. [[UsefulNotes/{{Baka}} Moron]]
* CloseRangeCombatant: In ''Hisoutensoku'', Cirno's melee attacks are very fast and have good {{Combo}} potential, while most of her projectiles are either weak or short-ranged.
* DarkSkinnedBlond: She's picked up a tan come ''Hidden Star in Four Seasons'' as a result of the seasonal energy powering her up.
* DavidVersusGoliath:
** Pretty much any time she's playable and fighting something that isn't another fairy.
** Reaches the logical extreme when she takes on [[spoiler:Marisa again]] in ''Fairy Wars'' and ''wins''. Granted, [[spoiler:Marisa]] was going easy on Cirno, but scoring a victory against the one who prides herself as [[spoiler:"the second strongest in Gensokyo"]] is a CrowningMomentOfAwesome by itself. [[invoked]]
** In ''Hidden Star In Four Seasons'', she [[spoiler:challenges the powerful goddess Okina Matara using the worst possible moment for a fairy, which prevents Okina from taking her power and booting her out of her realm. She proceeds to '''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu defeat]]''' the secret deity, one of the Great Sages of Gensokyo (a rank she shares with the likes of ''[[RealityWarper Yukari Yakumo]]''), while being '''[[BroughtDownToBadass powered down]]'''. '''[[TheFool BY COMPLETE ACCIDENT.]]''']]
* DayInTheLimelight: Main character and only playable character of ''Fairy Wars'', much to the fandom's surprise. She becomes playable again in ''Hidden Star in Four Seasons''.
* DeathOfAThousandCuts: Although she does have a few moves that would qualify as single-hit nukes, Cirno's (possibly) greatest strength in the fighting games is being able to dish out tiny bits of damage really fast, since her moveset is full of techniques that hit lots of times.
* DePower: In Chapter 8 of ''Visionary Fairies in Shrine'' (shortly after ''Hidden Star in Four Seasons''), she wanders off during the night. A while later, the Three Fairies find her in a snow bank, having returned to her original form and lost her resistance to heat.
* TheDitz: Very immature and childish in mentality, though {{Flanderization}} turns her into a complete idiot. Said Flanderization is based on a spell card having an obvious blind spot on Easy, but on harder difficulties, you find that the spell card in question is NotSoHarmless, usually when trying to exploit that blind spot only to [[OhCrap get a bunch of bullets in your face]].
** Downplayed and sometimes partially averted in the series proper. She is much smarter than any other fairy, and [[spoiler:was able to explain to Reimu and Marisa during 'Phantasmagoria of Flower View' that flowers of all seasons had bloomed before, but no-one felt it significant. It was]].
* TheFool: Whenever she is a main character. In ''Hidden Star In Four Seasons'', she sets off with the goal of [[TakeOverTheWorld conquering Gensokyo]], and, while she doesn't accomplish that, she manages — by complete accident — to [[spoiler:set up the perfect circumstances for her to challenge '''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu and defeat]]''' [[BigBad secret goddess Okina Matara]]. Okina muses that [[MistakenForBadass Cirno must be brilliant]] and that [[ObfuscatingStupidity her ditziness must be an act]], only to be rather stunned when she realizes that she is exactly as dumb as she appears]].
* DumbMuscle: The Three Fairies of Light seem to have this view of Cirno by the time of ''[[Manga/TouhouSangetsusei Visionary Fairies in Shrine]]'', seeing her as a "useful idiot" who can be tricked into helping them out by appealing to her ego.
* ElementalPowers: Aside from the ice powers, there are fan-made {{palette swap}}ped versions of Cirno [[http://www.safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=575828 for almost every element,]] with Achi Cirno (fire) being the first and most popular counterpart.
* EpicFail: On Easy, her ''Icicle Fall'' spellcard has a blind spot, and it's ''in front of her at point blank''. Even preceding bosses Rumia and Daiyousei don't bear this same degree of stupidity. And while safe spots in spellcards are hardly unheard of (it happens even with high-level bosses, including the [[PersonOfMassDestruction very much not weak]] Flandre Scarlet), Cirno's is by far the most obvious and glaring one.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: The descriptions of her attacks in ''Hisoutensoku''.
-->'''''Ice Kick:''' Goes in for a flying spin kick while generating ice all around. There's actually no need for the spinkick, but [[RuleOfCool she thinks it's cool]].''
-->'''''Cold Body "Super Ice Kick":''' A spinning kick from the heavens. The longer this attack hits, the more powerful it is, but Cirno gets dizzy after a while. There's really just no reason for her to be spinning...''
* FailedASpotCheck:
** In ''Strange and Bright Nature Deity'', when playing hide and seek with Daiyousei, she fails to notice the Three Fairies behind her, even though they weren't trying to hide themselves. Made worse when it takes Cirno several seconds to realize that someone is talking to her.
** In ''Hidden Star in Four Seasons'', she repeatedly fails to notice the seasons changing until the stage boss points it out.
* TheFogOfAges: Like all fairies, she has difficulty remembering what happened a day earlier, let alone years; her FromASingleCell ResurrectiveImmortality makes it hard to form coherent memories (her literacy is another thing making her an extreme rarity among her race). She can barely remember the events of ''Phantasmagoria Of Flower View'', and can't recall the specifics even when reminded multiple times. Which is fine by her, as long as she gets to do what she does every single day — play, fly, and challenge others to see if she'll win.
* FragileSpeedster: As a fairy, she's naturally physically much weaker than even humans from the Outside World, but if she keeps her momentum going, she's capable of taking out the likes of [[ThePowerOfTheSun Utsuho]].
* FriendlyRivalry: Is basically friends with the Three Fairies of Light, even if they do come to blows from time to time.
* HarmlessFreezing: Averted. About 1/3rd of the frogs she freezes winds up shattering. Interestingly, [[RealityIsUnrealistic some frogs can survive being frozen and thawed with no ill effects]]. It's implied that the ones that shatter are unfortunate victims of Cirno being a klutz with the ice.
* HeroicRROD: Okina informs Cirno in her scenario of ''Hidden Star in Four Seasons'' that her tan is a physical manifestation of her seasonal energy going out of control, and if it isn't removed, she'll end up being torn apart by it.
* HotBlooded: Ironic given she's an ice fairy, but she is well known for her almost shonen-hero like passion and the ease with which she gets fired up (or iced up, as Clownpiece put it). Unfortunately for her, this also means she is extremely impulsive and never thinks through any of her actions.
* AnIcePerson: An Ice Fairy.
* {{Immortality}}: [[ResurrectiveImmortality The resurrective kind]], a stated property of all fairies — they tend to be fragile and short-lived, but respawn immediately on death. Not used much with the other fairy characters, but for fans it goes very nicely with Cirno's [[LeeroyJenkins tendency to recklessly get in over her head]].
* ImplacableMan: Cirno appears to [[OneHitPointWonder die every time she gets hit]] in ''Fairy Wars'', only to return to life unfazed [[spoiler:(though the extra stage ultimately reveals that they were playing by [[NonLethalWarfare spellcard rules]] the whole time)]]. You only get a GameOver when her motivation to continue bottoms out.
* UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns: Cirno is infamous for her use of the rough-sounding/feminine slang pronoun "Atai". It's meant to evoke the image of a tough, thuggish street rat, but coming from her, it's laughably underwhelming, and only serves to make her seem even more like a boorish idiot who is trying too hard.
* LargeHam: Cirno in general, but most noticeable in ''Fairy Wars''.
-->'''Cirno:''' This atmosphere... it smells of WAR!
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG7flaqNFIY "Beloved Tomboyish Girl"]]
* MoreDakka: For some reason, her perspective ends up creating ''more'' bullets than there are normally [[WordOfGod because that's how she sees them]]. Presumably this is to emulate Cirno's weakness by making enemies who would normally be absolutely nonthreatening (like the Fairies) into a legitimate threat. Compare ''Fairy Wars'' to the other games and you'll realize that ''Fairy Wars'' is possibly the hardest game in the entire franchise. And when you decide to get the gold medal for Spell Cards (which involves you not freezing any bullets whatsoever), that may be [[NintendoHard ZUN's idea of a joke]].
* NatureSpirit: She's an ice fairy.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain:
** While the BonusBoss tried to shrug off her defeat at the end of ''Fairy Wars'', pointing out that she was holding back a bit, even she has to admit that Cirno is quite a bit more powerful than she expected.
-->(Regardless, even fairies aren't to be trifled with...)
-->(Even if I had pulled out my most powerful lasers, she could've been trouble...)
** As a playable character in ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View'' and ''Hisoutensoku'', technically she can defeat ''anyone'', including but not limited to [[TheAce Reimu]], [[ThePowerOfTheSun Utsuho]], [[PhysicalGod Suwako]], and [[RealityWarper Yukari]][[note]]though in regards to the last one, it's mentioned that due to her odd fighting style, it's really difficult to know whether she's actually fighting or [[JustToyingWithThem just toying with her opponents]][[/note]]. She is still considered weak in canon.
** However, her apparent weakness ties into a popular fan theory: Cirno supposedly controls cold, but the region where is usually encountered (the Misty Lake) is usually very cold, and she is rather weak there. In winter she is even weaker; conversely, in warmer areas, she is stronger, so she is more likely to gain power from the ''difference'' of her own cold compared to the environment — Cirno is the one that creates cold where there is none, such as an unexpected cold snap in summertime[[note]]which is exactly what she's doing when she first appears in ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''[[/note]]. This would explain her (canonical!) victory in ''TH 12.3'' over Utsuho, who controls nuclear fusion and is considered one of the most badass bosses in all of ''Touhou'', since the two fight in the deepest levels of a nuclear fusion power plant. It also suits her personality, seemingly as if her role is to barge in on the heat and teach it a lesson, because that heat should have known better than to underestimate ''her!''
** Marisa in ''The Grimoire of Marisa'' is impressed with Cirno's ''Perfect Freeze'' card and how truly unpredictable it is.
** Even as a boss in ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'', she is normally '''not''' as simple to beat as many people assume from her fan depictions. A [[MemeticMutation big deal is made]] by the fandom of the Easy version of her Icicle Fall spellcard, which has a glaring safe spot, but the Normal version has no such weakness, and on higher difficulties, the card turns into the devastating and stressful ''Ice Sign [Hailstorm]''.
* OddNameOut: All other (named) fairies have names consisting of two English words. Even Clownpiece, despite the fact that her name is treated as one word. That being said, her name is properly pronounced as "Chiruno", in which [[JapaneseRanguage the "chiru" presumably]] stands for "[[AnIcePerson chill]]".
* OverlyNarrowSuperlative: She claims to be the strongest of all fairies. While she's certainly strong for her race, normal fairies are [[RedShirt low-level cannon fodder mooks]], so that doesn't mean much. Then the debut of Clownpiece (a powerful fairy from Hell) further restricted Cirno to being the strongest fairy in ''Gensokyo''.
* OutsideTheBoxTactic: Somewhere between ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'' and ''Fairy Wars'', Cirno realized that she could freeze not just her own bullets, but her ''opponent's'' as well, literally [[IncrediblyLamePun stopping them cold]]. This is especially notable because this lets her stop bullets without needing Bombs, an invaluable skill that very few characters in the series boast.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Cirno is one of the strongest known fairies, and it's made clear in ''Hisoutensoku'' that she's also one of the shortest characters in the series, being smaller than both Remilia, who is about a head shorter than pretty much everyone else, and Suika by a few pixels. In ''Fairy Wars'', her sprite is absolutely minuscule, especially when put up in comparison to the other characters. Whether or not her [[TheNapoleon small stature contributes]] to her SmallNameBigEgo attitude is unknown.
* PowerIncontinence: She constantly cools the air around her, and anyone touching her could get frostbite. Naturally, it is common for fans to depict [[MundaneUtility other characters using her]] to invent air conditioning.
* RecurringBoss: Originally the stage 2 Boss of ''The Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'', Cirno reappears as the stage 1 mid-boss of ''Perfect Cherry Blossom'', and again as the stage 1 mid-boss of ''Double Dealing Character''.
* RedOni: Ironically enough, to Daiyousei. Cirno is arguably [[SmallNameBigEgo the most annoying fairy you will ever hear]], while her friend is the quiet, reserved person.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: As a fairy, she's an embodiment of nature and won't stay dead. Manifests in her game, ''Fairy Wars'', as having a "Motivation Meter" instead of lives. She keeps dying until she becomes demotivated and gives up.
* SmallNameBigEgo: Aside from [[BoisterousWeakling constantly boasting about her strength]], in many fanworks, she's a self-professed genius as well. Again, this has some basis in fact, as she is one of the few fairies that can read, but Cirno's self-assessments are still woefully inaccurate.
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: Some of Cirno's attacks in ''Hisoutensoku'' have her generate short-lived melee weapons out of ice, though it's noted that she has no idea how to use them.
* {{Tomboy}}: She contrasts Daiyousei's shy girly-girl personality by being an outgoing BoisterousWeakling.
* TookALevelInBadass: Had a pretty big helping of it in ''Fairy Wars'', where she can 1) freeze the ''enemy's'' bullets, 2) use the now-harmless bullets as shields, and 3) abuse her ResurrectiveImmortality to keep on fighting; many beings in Gensokyo have showcased similar abilities, but never all three at once like Cirno can. She's also been warned by the Yama that she's already pushing the power limits meant for fairies.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood:
** Often depicted with various frozen foods in fanart. Most commonly suika bars[[note]]a frozen watermelon slice on a popsicle stick[[/note]], but popsicles and ice cream have also been seen. [[ItMakesSenseInContext There's a reason why]] "Advent Cirno" wields a suika bar, anyway.
** She also tries to sell various forms of shaved ice whenever a festival pops by. Sometimes she's reasonable, selling sweet bean shaved ice (a popular dessert in Korea), but at least once (''Oriental Sacred Place'', Chapter 12) she dipped in WhatAnIdiot territory by attempting to sell ''water-flavored'' shaved ice. Understandably, nobody wanted to buy any. [[invoked]]
* VillainProtagonist: In ''Hidden Star in Four Seasons'', she's turned berserk like all the other fairies, and decides she wants to try taking over Gensokyo with her newfound power following Stage 1.
* WeakButSkilled: As has already been [[TookALevelInBadass addressed]] [[NotSoHarmlessVillain in previous entries]], Cirno can come up with very clever uses for her powers in combat.
* WingedHumanoid: ''Ice crystal'' wings. In fact, ''seraph''-style ice crystal wings. Popular {{fanon}} states that if Cirno were to increase in power, her wings would get bigger. ''Visionary Faeries In Shrine'' shows that the opposite is true, since Cirno's wings are visibly melting due to the extremely hot weather Gensokyo is experiencing.
* WithCatlikeTread: When she is playing hide and seek, she spends most of it loudly yelling about how sneaky she is. It even takes her a few seconds to realize that the Three Fairies are talking to her.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Has light blue fair.
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[[folder:Hong Meiling]]
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::''Colorful Rainbow Gatekeeper''
::'''Hong Meiling'''
-->''"You're not allowed past this point!"''
Head gate guard and gardener for the Scarlet Devil Mansion and stage 3 boss, a Chinese master of martial arts and physical combat. Possesses perhaps the most well-known FanNickname in the series, "China", which came about because fans weren't sure how to pronounce her name.[[note]]The characters 紅美鈴 can be read in Chinese as "Hong Meiling", or in Japanese as "Kurenai Misuzu".[[/note]] Note that Hong is her family name while Meiling is her given name. Unlike the Japanese names, this usually isn't reversed in translation to English, possibly to preserve an element of foreignness.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: In fanworks, people tend to have a hard time remembering her name, or just call her China. Became an AscendedMeme in ''Immaterial and Missing Power'', where one of her victory phrases asks the loser to remember her name.
* AnimeChineseGirl: She has a fully Chinese name, wears Chinese-influenced clothing, is a capable martial artist, and her first BossSubtitles were simply "Chinese Girl". Along with the initial confusion over how to read her name, this led to her famous fan nickname "China".
* BadassNormal: One of the prevailing theories is that she's a strong ''fighter'', but not so good with magic and [[LinearWarriorsQuadraticWizards therefore horribly outclassed in spell card duels]].
* BareFistedMonk: A very capable martial artist, able to turn away all manner of intruders with her bare hands, at least until Reimu and Marisa came along.
* BoobsOfSteel: Canonically, she has large breasts, and there is evidence to suggest she is among the physically strongest characters in the series despite her sub-par magic. Despite this, [[IronButtMonkey she is usually attacked by Sakuya]].
* ButtMonkey: Often shown in fanon being abused by Sakuya, and less often other members of the Mansion, despite later canon portraying Sakuya being stern with Meiling, but otherwise perfectly reasonable, including very considerate treatment when she thinks Meiling may be hurt. For that matter, Remilia herself apparently lends Meiling manga, although Patchouli's still derisive of her (but given that Patchouli is canonically a DeadpanSnarker who's derisive of ''Sakuya'' as well, that probably isn't saying much). It's too little ''way'' too late to change the course of fandom, though.
** Canon also holds that Meiling is actually quite good at keeping the riffraff out of the Scarlet Devil Mansion... except for Marisa, who ''nobody'' can keep out.
* CaptainEthnic: Even her subtitle in ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'' is simply "Chinese Girl". This added to her initial recognition and popularity, since, for a while, her only claim to fame was that she was Chinese. [[JustifiedTrope Hence her]] [[MemeticMutation memetically famous]] FanNickname, "China".
* CloseRangeCombatant: In the fighting games. While she does have ranged attacks, their power and/or range are terrible compared to the rest of the cast.
* CoolBigSis: When she's not portrayed as a ButtMonkey, she's almost universally this to either Cirno and her friends, Flandre, or even young Sakuya. Sometimes, she's this even while being portrayed as a ButtMonkey.
* EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: Her main schtick, aside from being Chinese, is her rainbow-colored bullet patterns. Everything she attacks with is full of colors, even in the fighting games.
* FlashStep: In ''Hisoutensoku'', it takes the form of ''Brilliance: "Rainbow Brilliance Palm"''. Given, it's not as fast as many other flash steps out there, since you can still see it. It is, however, fast enough [[NoIAmBehindYou to put her almost instantly behind the opponent]] after running them through with [[TouchOfDeath a heavily-chi-infused palm strike]], followed by a DelayedExplosion of rainbow colored lights.
* FlunkyBoss: In ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''.
* GateGuardian: She guards the gate of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Fandom has flanderized her as spectacularly inept at her job, often sleeping all day long and being punished for it by [[NinjaMaid Sakuya]], when in canon she's actually quite good at her job; she just can't keep Marisa out, but to be fair, ''nobody'' can.
* HeavySleeper: In official works, she only takes a nap in the afternoon, but she's very often portrayed as this in fanon. The fanon perception of Meiling as being incredibly lazy evolved, [[ValuesDissonance in a slightly convoluted way]], from her CaptainEthnic nature. In Japan, even more so than in America, China has a reputation for producing low-quality merchandise. This led to jokes that Meiling (who at first was largely defined in fandom by being Chinese) was another unreliable Chinese product. This in turn led to the idea that what made Meiling unreliable was that she was always sleeping on the job.
* JackOfAllStats: Her profile in ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'' says that she has well-rounded abilities rather than specializing in one particular aspect like other youkai, making her have no true strengths but no actual weaknesses.
* JokeCharacter:
** Meiling was added into ''Immaterial and Missing Power'' in an official patch. She didn't get a Story Mode route, and it is almost certainly agreed that she is the worst character in the game, due to her terrible bullet spread. She was very good at irritating people, though, as her melee was tricky to read sometimes.
** [[LethalJokeCharacter Not so]] in ''Hisoutensoku'': Although her bullets are still not particularly good, her melee's damage and combo ability improved, to the point where she is actually very dangerous in the right hands. Still not top tier, but definitely not bottom.
* KiManipulation: Her main ability is the manipulation of qi, which is probably what allows her to {{fl|ight}}y as well as shoot danmaku projectiles.
* KungFuWizard: In her case, the "kung fu" part is played up and the "wizard" is played down. Her danmaku is mediocre, as shown by her being only a stage 3 boss in ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'' and especially her very weak projectiles in the fighting games, but the same games show that she is a '''monster''' [[CloseRangeCombatant if she gets up close]].
* LauncherMove: In the fighting games, the ''Color Sign: Colorful Light Wind Chime'' spell card is occasionally portrayed as a mild form of the trope, in that Meiling floats upwards to a slight distance while performing it, launching the opponent into the air; when it's not, it's just a ground-level attack that just throws back the opponent. The ''Ultimate Color: Colorful Light Chaotic Dance'' spell card, however, is so far always protrayed as a straight, full-fledged example, with Meiling flying at least halfway up the screen and launching the opponent practically all the way to the top.
* {{Leitmotif}}: In ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'', she has [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qefeBGGszRI "Shanghai Alice of Meiji 17"]] as her official boss fight theme, but she's more associated with her stage theme [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpPlPKWW1Y0 "Shanghai Teahouse ~ Chinese Tea."]]
* MagicallyIneptFighter: An extremely common {{Fanon}} interpretation is that Meiling is stronger than her position would indicate, and her particular brand of SupernaturalMartialArts is just poorly-suited to BulletHell style combat. Notably, when she appears in the fighting games, her ranged attacks are ''[[CloseRangeCombatant terrible]]''.
* MeaningfulName: Her family name, written with the character 紅, means "crimson/scarlet", which is of course part of the "red" theme of her debut game and features prominently in the Japanese name of the Scarlet Devil Mansion ('''紅'''魔館), which by proxy establishes a firm tie to her mistress and the namesake of said Mansion, Remilia '''Scarlet'''. It's also homophonous with the name of a type of Chinese dragon (written with the character 虹) that is associated with rainbows, which is probably where she got her title of "Colorful Rainbow Gatekeeper", the "Rainbow"/"Colorful" ThemeNaming of several of her spell cards, and the rainbow-colored bullet patterns and fighting-game attacks.
* NiceHat: A green [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beret beret]] adorned with a golden star. The star has the Traditional Chinese character "龍" on it, which is read and pronounced as "lóng" in standard Chinese and means dragon, which some fans speculate is an indication of what kind of youkai she is supposed to be. The star also makes her beret look remarkably a lot like Yoshika Miyako's cap.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Meiling's species is never stated in canon, only being presented as some vague youkai, but fandom will almost unfailingly make her into a Chinese dragon.
* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: In ''Hisoutensoku'', her ''Red Cannon'', ''Attack Sign: "Roc Fist"'', and ''Fiery Attack "Roc Killing Fist"''. Each is an upward punch that sends the opponent flying at a very sharp upward angle for a good distance. How far they fly depends on the attack. Roc Killing Fist tends to send the opponent completely off-screen for at least three seconds. Fan depictions sometimes give her the "Chuugoku Satsu", a parody of the [[StreetFighter Shun Goku Satsu]] (Chuugoku = China).
* ShesGotLegs: Meiling's outfit includes pants. Fan artists frequently leave them out (when they're not outright depicting her in a {{Qipao}}).
* ShoutOut:
** During her brief time as a playable character in ''Immaterial And Missing Power'', she has variations of [[StreetFighter Yun]]'s moves.
** There's a reason why [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Krizalid]] is often shipped with Meiling. Why? One of her moves is a rainbow-colored carbon-copy of Krizalid's.
* SkirtOverSlacks: She dresses like this in the games, but her art in ''Perfect Memento'' and many fanartists depict her without the slacks.
* StatuesqueStunner: While her exact height has not been given, she's one of the tallest female characters in the series. Fans frequently depict her as taller than Sakuya, though WordOfGod says they're around the same height.
* TornadoMove: Her ''Color Sign: Colorful Light Wind Chime'' and ''Ultimate Color: Colorful Light Chaotic Dance'' spell cards from the fighting games have her create a whirlpool of ki energy around herself before attacking her opponent.
* WillfullyWeak: There's a trend of fan works that have Meiling being far stronger than she seems, but for whatever reason usually holds back. This version is usually referred to as [[FanNickname EX-Meiling]] and sometimes has some [[ScaledUp dragon traits]].
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[[folder:Koakuma]]
::'''Koakuma/Little Devil'''
One of the many lesser youkai found in the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Like Daiyousei, she had no name, dialogue, or profile included with the game, and was instead given her descriptive name by fans. The appellation seems to have been adopted by ZUN himself, but it may just be referring to her species. Fanon usually portrays Koakuma as an assistant (or possibly {{familiar}}) to Patchouli, since she's the library midboss.
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%%* CuteMonsterGirl
* DummiedOut: There's an unused sprite for a possible "EX-Koakuma" with [[PowerDyesYourHair purple hair]] in the ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'' files.
* FieryRedhead: WordOfGod says she's supposed to have a mischievous personality.
* HeadWings: While most {{fanon}} works portray her with proper wings on her back (see WingedHumanoid below), canonically she only has wings on her head.
* HotLibrarian: To go around with being Patchouli's assistant in the library. Her sprite is only detailed enough to show her clothes as a long black skirt, a black top, and white sleeves, but {{fanon}} has turned it into an OfficeLady uniform with a vest, dress shirt, and necktie.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Like with Daiyousei, not officially. But, she's commonly associated with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogtZZLPHqus "Voile ~ The Magic Library"]], the Stage 4 Theme.
* NoNameGiven --> FanNickname: She's never referred to by either name or nickname InUniverse or in official materials, but all fans [[WordOfGod and ZUN]] call her Koakuma.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: She's believed to be a demon, or possibly a [[HornyDevils succubus]], that Patchouli summoned to serve her. Some writers muse that she was thus summoned from Makai, and has a connection to Shinki.
* VerbalTic: Fanon varies this from her saying "Koa" every now and then, to her using just that as if she was a Pokémon.
* WingedHumanoid: The bat wings on her back are a {{fanon}} interpretation. However, she's had a small cameo in ''Manga/InabaOfTheMoonAndInabaOfTheEarth'' and an even tinier one in ''Manga/StrangeAndBrightNatureDeity'', [[AscendedFanon both including the wings]].
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[[folder:Patchouli Knowledge]]
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::''The Unmoving Great Library''
::'''Patchouli Knowledge'''
-->''"You, clothed in red and white! Don't cause problems in my study."''
Librarian and tutor for the Scarlet Devil Mansion household, and stage 4 boss. Patchouli is known as the "One-Week Wizard" due to her mastery of the seven elements of the Japanese calendar week. She is indeed a powerful elementalist, but suffers from poor health, which limits her battle prowess.
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* AllYourPowersCombined: She regularly combines elements to create new/unique attacks and spells. Philosopher's Stone attacks with five elements at the same time. The remaining two, Sun and Moon, have their own spell cards and are later combined into a different one as well.
* BadassBookworm: Very intelligent and a master of elemental magic.
* BlackMage: Fits the bill with her ElementalPowers, and wouldn't be out of place in ''Franchise/FinalFantasy''.
* TheCameo: Has shown up in more games than any character other than regular {{Player Character}}s, but most of her appearances are very brief or occur only in endings or the manual. Part of this is due to her being a convenient MrExposition for both Marisa and the other members of the Scarlet Devil Mansion.
* CatchPhrase: "Mukyuu," a nonsense sound, is generally attributed to her after she uttered it exactly twice: once after being defeated in Marisa's story route in ''Immaterial and Missing Power'', and again after being defeated in Tenshi's route in ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody''. In {{Fanon}}, she says this whenever she's defeated, doesn't know what is going on, or is hit by an object.
* CostumeEvolution: [[WordOfGod As confirmed by ZUN]], Patchouli's dress initially had no dark purple stripes like in the fighting games; What was seen as stripes on her pajamas in her ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'' portrait were actually meant to be rumples in her clothes. When Tasofro were designing her sprites in ''Immaterial and Missing Power'', they simply [[SureWhyNot rolled with the idea that her dress had stripes]], leading to most, if not all fanwork portraying her dress as having stripes on it.
* CuteWitch
* DeadpanSnarker: Canon has this as her default personality. ''Silent Sinner in Blue'' has [[http://mangafox.me/manga/touhou_bougetsushou_silent_sinner_in_blue/v01/c010/5.html this line]] when confronting Marisa on not-in-stealing-mode terms.
-->''(on the rocket launch) [[TemptingFate If something happens to our]] [[VisualPun red-white engine]], [[CrowningMomentOfFunny you just might end up being the spare]].''
* DependingOnTheArtist: Her figure is ambiguous under those robes, so fan depictions vary from childlike to busty. Her clothes are also subject to this, as explained in CostumeEvolution.
* ElementalPowers: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. She likes to convert her spells to fit into one of seven different elements, associated with the days of the Japanese week, earning her the title "The One-Week Wizard."
** ThePowerOfTheSun: Sunday
** {{Lunacy}}: Monday
** PlayingWithFire: Tuesday
** MakingASplash: Wednesday
** GreenThumb[=/=]BlowYouAway: Thursday
** ExtraOreDinary: Friday
** DishingOutDirt: Saturday
* EveryoneKnowsMorse: In her leitmotif, when the melody is turned into a morse code it turns into "・－・・ －－－ ・・・－ ・" which means "Love".
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Non-Directional Laser, though Marisa significantly upped the rotations after she copied it from Patchouli.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: She has the permanent version in ''[[Manga/TouhouSangetsusei Oriental Sacred Place]]''.
* {{Hikikomori}}: Patchouli rarely ever leaves the library in the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Before the events of ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'', she apparently never left the library for more than a century.
* IllGirl: She suffers from anemia, asthma, and a vitamin A deficiency, leaving her unable to recite some of the spells she learns. Even walking is a chore, much preferring to levitate herself. This leads to some major fluctuations in her power. In ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'', she appears as the boss of stage 4, but also appears as the midboss of the extra stage and is much more powerful there, explaining that she got better. In ''Manga/WildAndHornedHermit'', Marisa explains that magicians are often less strong physically due to their EyeOfNewt tending to be things like arsenic and mercury; exposure to this weakens even youkai eventually.
* InSeriesNickname: Remilia is known to call her "Pache" (usually translated as "Patchy").
* KaleidoscopeHair: For some reason, in her appearance as an Extra Stage midboss in ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'', her sprite is modified to have indigo hair rather than purple.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: A dark, inquisitive, and intelligent youkai magician as well as a powerful elementalist.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUEPCSzOHmo "Locked Girl ~ The Girl's Secret Room"]]
* LongRangeFighter: In the fighting games she's one of the most proficient projectile slingers.
* MagicLibrarian: She's a witch who's spent about a hundred years in a library.
* MoreDakka: Try playing against her in the fighting games on Lunatic.
* MotorMouth: This is noted as one of her characteristics in ''[[AllThereInTheManual Perfect Memento in Strict Sense]]''. While there's [[InformedAbility no explicit example of it]], presumably she chants quickly for many of her spells, and according to Marisa Patchouli has to be capable of chanting two spells at once for a few of her spellcards.
* NiceHat: A [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mob_cap mob cap]] with a golden crescent moon on it. It emphasizes the pajamas-look she's got going.
* OddFriendship: While it's hard to see how she has anything in common with Remilia, they do seem to complement each other and have one of the few canonically defined ''friendships'' in the series (as opposed to master-servant, sisters, or some other kind of specific relationship).
-->''(rating the cast of ''Immaterial and Missing Power'') "[[BulletHell Danmaku]] would be Remi. Well, I suppose [[KungFuWizard it was less 'danmaku' and more 'body slam']], so it feels a little like cheating, but that's part of what makes her interesting."''
* PhilosophersStone: Apparently has successfully created it, as she uses a spellcard invoking its power in the Extra Stage.
* PurelyAestheticGlasses: Fanon often portrays her wearing them.
* ShoutOut: One of her alternate skillcards in ''SWR'' and ''Hisoutensoku'' is called [[Literature/TheWonderfulWizardOfOz Emerald City]].
* TheSnarkKnight:
** Patchouli is at least a little sarcastic and cynical, especially in her lines regarding Sakuya in ''Subterranean Animism'' or ''Immaterial and Missing Power'', but she's nevertheless a good and caring friend of Remilia.
** She also has a hard time taking Alice's doll magic seriously, calling it "playing house".
* SquishyWizard: Genius spellcaster, but she's still an IllGirl.
* SupernaturalIsPurple
* ThrowTheBookAtThem: Even her melee attacks are usually just spells thrown at close range, but when she does actually hit enemies, she uses her book. This is surprisingly powerful, considering how physically weak she is.
* TheSpock: Sometimes blends with LittleMissSnarker.
* VagueAge: Patchouli has some of the greatest fan disagreement over how old, exactly, she is supposed to look. Her ''actual'' age on the other hand is stated to be in the neighbourhood of a century, which is more specific than most characters get.
* [[WhatExactlyIsHisJob What, Exactly, Is Her Job?]]: Her job in the Scarlet Devil Mansion is "to solve and create problems". What exactly this entails is a bit sketchy. It appears that she lives at the mansion mostly because she's Remilia's friend. She's also capable of curbing Flandre's rampages by summoning rainstorms that keep her from leaving the mansion.
* WitchSpecies: She was born a youkai magician.
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[[folder:Sakuya Izayoi]]
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::''The Perfect and Elegant Maid''
::'''Sakuya Izayoi'''[[MultipleChoicePast (?)]]
-->''"Your time is mine."''
Chief Maid of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Despite being the leader of the maids at the Scarlet Devil Mansion, Sakuya usually has to do all of the work herself because the [[{{Mook}} fairy maids]] are [[SurroundedByIdiots completely]] [[RedShirt useless]]. Uses [[KnifeNut knives]] and [[TimeStandsStill time manipulation]] to fight and [[MundaneUtility do maid tasks]]. Much of Sakuya's origin is left to speculation, although it is implied that she may not be human and "Sakuya" may not be her real name.
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* ACupAngst: Some fanart portrays her this way, to go along with the padding jokes. Official art for the fighting games shows that she actually has BoobsOfSteel.
* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Done often in-universe: Akyuu notes there are a ''godawful'' lot of theories about her and her background.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: See VagueAge below. For a variety of reasons, [[EpilepticTrees many fans are convinced]] that Sakuya is really a [[SpaceElves Lunarian]].
* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: {{Fanon}} sometimes assumes that the stopwatch she carries is a magical artifact that she uses to stop time, usually called the Luna Dial after her theme music "Luna Clock ~ Luna Dial". It is used in ''Hisoutenkou'' as a super move, as a possible nod to this.
* AnimalMotifs:
** Associated with dogs by fandom, because of her RedBaron title "The Dog of the Devil," which comes from her ferocity and loyalty to Remilia. Fandom even has a version of her called "Inu Sakuya" that has [[LittleBitBeastly dog ears and a tail]].
** She was playable for the first time in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom''. At least three bosses referred to her as a dog, including Yuyuko's "Dog of the Devil" line.
---> '''Lyrica Prismriver:''' Dog meat, dog meat~
---> '''Sakuya:''' ''[[InsistentTerminology Human]]'' [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne meat]]!
* BadassArmFold: Often sports one in the fighting games.
* BadassBoast: From ''Double Dealing Character''
--> '''Kagerou:''' I wonder, can you defeat me?\\
'''Sakuya:''' [[BluntYes Yes, I believe I can.]]
* BerserkButton: She didn't take well to Tenshi implying she was stupid. In fanon, padding jokes and Meiling slacking on the job are a good way to get on her bad side.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Sakuya is usually polite, elegant, and very calm. However, if you [[BerserkButton try her patience]], she may do ''terrible'' things to you with her knives.
* BladeSpam: While she mostly relies on FlechetteStorm, the fighting games give her a melee version with her ''Soul Sculpture'' and ''Inscribe Red Soul'' spells.
* BoobsOfSteel: Despite the fandom's padding jokes at her expense, Sakuya is canonically well-endowed, and definitely one of the most formidable fighters in Gensokyo.
* ClockTower: Her stage in the fighting games. It's the Scarlet Devil Mansion's tower, to be precise.
* ColourCodedTimestop: Whenever she freezes time, it's shown as darkened in the shooting games, monochrome in the fighting games, and photo-negative in ''Manga/SilentSinnerInBlue''.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[UnreliableNarrator Akyuu]] describes a [[MultipleChoicePast common rumour]] that she was a vampire hunter that was defeated and taken in by Remilia.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Loyal beyond question to Remilia Scarlet, to the point she'd stop at nothing to protect her. However, she regains some humanity after seeing Reimu defeat Remilia and, afterward, the two [[DefeatMeansFriendship chatter as if nothing ever happened]].
* DependingOnTheArtist: She's prone to this as some prefer her with curves, while some perfer her with a slim figure.
* TheDitz: She has her moments ([[SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining possibly as a result of her improbable fighting skills for her alleged age]]), such as trying to buy a broken teacup to replace the one Remilia broke, mistaking ordinary crows for crow tengu (or their underlings), and opening a window while '''in space''' (the last one may be justifiable, assuming she's been in Gensokyo for long enough to miss the scientific advancements in regards to space). ''And'' apparently not understanding the meaning of the word "mastermind".
* EasyModeMockery: Performs a highly literal form of it if you beat her on easy mode in ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''. It basically amounts to "Ok, Ok, you beat me. But I'm not letting you go on to Remilia, since you aren't even playing on normal difficulty! Come back when you've practiced some more." GameOver.
* {{Expy}}: The original blade-throwing maid in ''Touhou'' is Yumeko, from ''Mystic Square''. And if we branch out into ''{{VideoGame/Seihou}}'', there's [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Muse_(Seihou_Character) Muse]], who looks like [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/File:Sh02Muse.png this]].
* FantasticRacism: Akyuu says she's "cold-hearted" towards humans (besides the main cast), and Eiki even describes it as her greatest character flaw during ''Phantasmagoria of Flower View''. Often taken as a sign she's a Lunarian, who tend to look down on humans.
* FantasticTimeManagement: [[MundaneUtility Often uses]] her time manipulation power to speed up housework.
* FightsLikeANormal: The only character in the series who never fights with [[MagicMissileStorm energy blasts]], instead relying exclusively on [[FlechetteStorm physical weapons]] and using her powers only for support purposes.
* FlashStep: Can do this in the fighting games.
* FlatEarthAtheist: She describes herself as an atheist in ''Wild and Horned Hermit'' chapter 35, despite the fact that she lives in freaking Gensokyo.
* FlechetteStorm: She even provides the page picture. In extreme cases, her knives can fill the entire screen.
* FluffyTamer: Thinks the {{Chupacabra}} in ''Manga/ForbiddenScrollery'' is cute, and easily handles its speed with her time stop when taking it back to the Scarlet Mansion to be a pet.
* TheGambler: In the fighting games, her "Vanishing Everything" move is a teleport where "she [[NinjaLog leaves a card behind]], probably to make it look like her own kind of magic". Fanworks often depict Sakuya holding cards or being skilled at poker, and extend her NayTheism to a belief in "making her own luck". See also StageMagician below.
* GenreSavvy: She butts in as the sub-boss of the last stage in the game because she wants you to waste a bomb on her.
* HyperspaceArsenal: {{Hand Wave}}d by ZUN saying that she regularly stops time and picks up all her knives to throw them again. Doesn't explain how she can have hundreds of knives on the screen ''at once'', though her RequiredSecondaryPowers may answer that.
* KnifeNut: With hundred and so knives. Especially in ''Double Dealing Character'' due of one of her knives being possessed.
* KnifeThrowingAct: In a lot of fanart. In canon, she can hit [[WilliamTelling an apple balanced on the head of a fairy maid a hundred feet away]].
* LadyOfWar: She's called "[[BossSubtitles The Perfect and Elegant Maid]]" for a reason.
* {{Leitmotif}}: Associated equally with both [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1nRuWqW09Q "Lunar Clock ~ Luna Dial"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MA3UERL4Phw "Flowering Night".]]
* MayflyDecemberRomance: Though only sometimes invoking romance, many fans note that as a (relatively) normal human amongst a CastHerd of youkai she won't be around for much longer compared to them, with Remilia or Meiling in particular depicted as being devastated by the loss. As noted below, officially, she was offered immortality by Remilia but refused it. Fanon runs away with this, either making her a Lunarian or the ever popular tragedy of her dying and being missed by the others in Scarlet Devil Mansion.
* MultipleChoicePast: Nothing is known about how she came to work for Remilia, and "Sakuya Izayoi" isn't even her real name. ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'' offers several in-universe theories about her background (the most popular being "vampire hunter"), with the note that it's likely none of them are actually true. [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/ZUN%27s_E-mails ZUN once said]] that he would reveal Sakuya's past in a future book, but it's been over a decade since then.
* MundaneUtility:
** Hey, you'd be a perfect maid too if you could just stop time to do your work instantly. Stopping time supplies another benefit according to ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''[='=]s afterword -- dust won't be raised, thus making cleaning more efficient.
** She also uses time-acceleration to mature wine quickly, and to acquire out-of-season foodstuffs. (Remilia's favourite cake flavouring is bamboo flowers. Bamboo normally bloom only once every 50 to 100 years!)
* NayTheist: In ''Immaterial and Missing Power'', Reimu asks her to give a donation to her offertory box, so she may please the gods and have good luck and their blessing, but Sakuya tells Reimu she doesn't believe in the gods (in the sense that [[BondOneLiner she doesn't need their help to make her own way]]).
* NinjaMaid: [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Knife-throwing time-stopping serial killer illusionist ninja maid]] to be precise.
** If you take the Lunarian theory into account, along with the gamut of in-universe theories in ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'', she's a technical-alien vampire-slaying time-stopper maid [[AC:[[RecycledInSpace From Space]]]]!
* PinballProjectile: In the fighting games many of Sakuya's spellcards behave this way, but her ''Light Speed "C. Ricochet"'' is just ridiculous.
* PowerUpMagnet: Sort of. When playing as Sakuya in the shooting games, PowerUp items [[BulletTime fall more slowly]], making them easier to collect.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: While in previous games she'd only worn short white socks, she wears black tights in ''Double Dealing Character'', fitting with her "perfect and elegant maid" image.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Had red eyes in her first appearance and generally blue afterwards. ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' has her eyes turning red when she uses some of her more powerful moves, making this trope particularly literal.
* TheRenfield: A presumably human servant to a vampire master, [[TokenHuman and the only human in the Scarlet Devil Mansion]], who serves so faithfully she's sometimes derogatorily called [[AnimalMotifs Remilia's dog]] by other characters. Her duties are heavily implied to include unsavory things like bringing Remilia victims to feed on and preparing meals out of human flesh and blood for Remilia and her sister (it is canon that such meals are served at the mansion and Sakuya is the only maid that would be competent enough to prepare them). Unusually for this trope though, she is not portrayed negatively, being refined and elegant in contrast to the usual bug-eating creeps and harboring seemingly no VampireVannabe delusions, and being devoted yet not sycophantic, even lightly chiding Remilia on some occasions. Remilia herself seems to treat Sakuya as [[TheDragon a trusted right hand]] rather than a disposable minion.
* ReverseShrapnel:
** Her ''Killer Doll'' spell card, when used by the player.
** Same thing with her ''Phantasmic Killer'' spell card, except different - the knives from this spell card ''completely leave the screen'' before coming back to skewer your opponent.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Only showed up in ''Perfect Cherry Blossom''. Of course, it was winter for the whole game.
* SerialKiller: There's a definite serial killer theme with her spell cards, such as ''Jack the Ripper'' and ''Another Murder''. Some doujin turn her into one in her backstory, and there's theories that believe her to be THE UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper.
* ShoutOut:
** Both her time stopping skills and her use of knives are a reference to Dio Brando of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', and the fighting games give her similar poses to him as well. In her first appearance she even had a spell card named ''Illusion World "The World"'', after Dio's Stand [[TarotMotifs "The World"]]. And while she might not ''be'' a vampire like Dio, she certainly is very closely ''associated'' with two (one of whom even quotes Dio's "Do you remember how many times you have eaten bread?" line).
** It's also worth noting that UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper (referenced in some of Sakuya's spell cards) appeared in Part 1 of the series as one of Dio's minions, and his fighting style allowed him to [[FlechetteStorm throw knives in every direction at once]].
* SilverHasMysticPowers: Her knives are said to be made of silver, the better to fight {{Youkai}}.
* SpectralWeaponCopy: Due to her TimeMaster powers, she can use them to fire time-displaced versions of her knives along with the original.
* SpreadShot: In unfocused mode her attacks usually cover a very wide spread but don't deal a lot of damage.
* StageMagician: A number of her spell cards have this theme and her profile says that "Deceitless sleight-of-hand is her pride". Some fanworks speculate that she was a magician or had a family that did stage magic.
* SupremeChef: According to [[AllThereInTheManual the manual for Perfect Cherry Blossom]], Sakuya is incredibly good at cooking.
* SurroundedByIdiots: ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'' directly states that Remilia's hiring policy for the subordinate fairy maids is quantity over quality -- and fairies who can accomplish even [[TheDitz Cirno's]] (human eight-year-old level) abilities are incredibly rare. Fans have come to the conclusion that the only reason Remilia hires the fairy maids at all is that a large mansion is ''supposed'' to have a lot of maids. As a result, despite the swarms that Reimu and Marisa meet, Sakuya is pretty much a one-woman work force. No wonder she doesn't take breaks...
* TemporalParadox: Her ''"[[DoppelgangerAttack Time Paradox]]"'' attack from the fighting games has Sakuya call upon herself from a few seconds into the future to slash at her opponent. If the doppleganger hits, Sakuya does the exact same move as her future self... if the clone misses the attack, however, Sakuya doesn't follow up. According to ZUN's description of the attack, she is able to defy the actions of her future self by creating an all new alternate timeline.
* TimeMaster: Sakuya has numerous time related abilities at her disposal. For example, with her ''"Deflation World"'' spellcard, Sakuya pulls both the future and past versions of each knife she throws into the present, in effect forming ''lasers made out of knives''.
* TimeStandsStill: Sakuya's most well-known application of her Time Mastery. However, in ''Wild and Horned Hermit'' Chapter 35, Sakuya says that she actually ''can't'' freeze other people in place. She just moves in such extreme speeds that she appear as being able to stop time.
* ToServeMan: Not that she eats humans herself, but the meals she makes for Flandre are stated to have been from live humans. A NecessaryEvil of sorts, as Flandre herself can't reign in her own power enough to [[DisadvantageousDisintegration avoid vaporizing them before she can drink from them]].
* UndyingLoyalty: Not literally however, as giving up her mortality is apparently the one thing she ''isn't'' willing to do for her mistress.
* VagueAge: [[UniverseCompendium Akyuu]] writes, "She claims to be in her [[ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty late teens]], but this is unlikely judging by her [[WiseBeyondTheirYears refined manner]] and the [[ImprobableAge level of her abilities]]. Rather, she seems to be a human who has been living for [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld hundreds of years]]."[[note]]Seems to be another ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' reference, paraphrasing Pucci's description of Dio.[[/note]] Her profile in ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil'' also refers to her as "10-20". Also, in ''Imperishable Night'', Eirin's profile mentions her being surprised to see Sakuya, despite the fact that Eirin shouldn't have met anyone outside of Eientei for the last thousand years or so.
* VampireHunter: There is no true WordOfGod on the matter of how Sakuya came to be in Remilia's service, but one of the most prevalent fandom theories is that she used to be a vampire hunter who tried to kill Remilia, failed, but was spared by the vampire and made into a servant. This is acknowledged in canon by Hieda no Akyuu. It is notable that Sakuya uses silver knives, silver being a substance vampires are weak to.
* WeakButSkilled: Sakuya's fighting style tends to rely on technique, sleight of hand and [[DeathOfAThousandCuts large numbers of attacks]] over raw power. In the shooting games she tends to have a weak but very wide SpreadShot while unfocused, respectable damage while focused, and mechanics which help in going for high scores. In ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' and ''Soku'' she has weak normal moves but powerful [[FinishingMove spell cards]], and is good at maintaining pressure on her opponent long enough to use them.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Has explicitly told Remilia that she is loyal to her until the day that she dies a natural death, but that she does not want to be a Hourai immortal or a vampire. That said, if Akyuu is to be believed, her "natural death" will probably not come for a long time yet (being a TimeMaster does that). Especially if she's old enough for Eirin to have met her over a thousand years ago, yet is still physically equivalent to 20-something years old. Sakuya dying or being prevented from dying is a ''very'' common theme in fanworks.
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[[folder:Remilia Scarlet]]
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::''The Scarlet Devil''
::'''Remilia Scarlet'''
-->''"The moon tonight is red. You will know death."''
Vampire mistress of the Scarlet Devil Mansion, and final boss of ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''. She is the source of the mist that blotted out the sun, because sunlight is harmful to her. (It turns out she can just use a parasol, though.) Feared by many youkai, she is incredibly vain and proud despite her relatively low position in the hierarchy of Gensoukyou, (falsely) claiming to be a descendant of Vlad Tepes himself and is very open about her being one of the few youkai that still eat humans, though she rarely takes enough blood to kill them.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Her hair is pale blue, verging on white when ZUN draws her. The fighting games give her purple hair. Fanart can be anywhere in between.
* BadassBoast: "I'm Lady Remilia, the strongest, fastest creature on Earth", from ''Manga/SilentSinnerInBlue''. That's quite extreme even for a ''Touhou'' character and her travel companions [[http://dynasty-scans.com/chapters/silent_sinner_in_blue_ch16#8 immediately make fun of it]]. While probably exaggerated, it may not be as far-fetched as it seems, given that vampires are said to be one of the most powerful types of devils, with strength comparable to that of oni, and speed comparable to that of tengu.
* BattleAura: The fighting games reveal she is capable of manifesting a blood red aura, which she can use to attack her enemies [[MorphWeapon in different ways]]. For example, [[VariableLengthChain creating infinitely stretching,]] [[MadeOfExplodium explosive]] [[ChainPain chains.]]
* BloodyMurder: ''Grimoire of Marisa'' reveals that she can control and use blood to attack in some of her spell cards. [[RunningGag Blood is amazing!]]
* BrickJoke: In ''Literature/CuriositiesOfLotusAsia'' and ''Imperishable Night'' Remilia denies that she sleeps in a coffin, saying they're for dead people. Seven years later Remilia's bedroom makes its first manga appearance, containing a four-poster bed... with a coffin on it.
* BullyingADragon: As a vampire Remilia has a lot of the weaknesses vampires are known to have, but Akyuu's article for her explicitly warns the reader to not even try to exploit them. Remilia cannot be killed normally, and the only way that would be accomplished is through pissing off a powerful centuries old vampire after somehow managing to get past the likes of Meiling, Patchouli, and Sakuya.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: In Marisa's scenario, as well as a ShoutOut to ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure''.
-->'''Marisa:''' So, how many times have you drank blood?\\
'''Remilia:''' Do you remember how many times you've eaten bread?\\
'''Marisa:''' Thirteen. I prefer Japanese food.
* {{Chuunibyou}}: Despite being very powerful already, Remilia is also [[ImmortalImmaturity childish]] and tends to hype up how cool she is to the point where it comes across as silly (see GiverOfLameNames below). In particular, it's suggested that her "power to manipulate fate" is [[IMeantToDoThat something she made up so that she can avoid admitting when she lost]]. FanFic tends to {{Flanderize}} this by having her boast about her vampiric powers even in [[AlternateUniverseFic settings where she's a normal human]].
* CoolPet: In ''Manga/ForbiddenScrollery'' she gains a pet {{chupacabra}} she calls "Tupai", though initially the other characters believe she's referring to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tupaia_%28genus%29 a kind of tree shrew]] that's also known as a "tupai".
* CreepyChild: While Touhou artwork is notably vague, Remilia [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld looks]] [[ImmortalImmaturity and acts]] like she is in her early teens '''at most''' - this does not make her any less dangerous to cross. The "creepy" part is downplayed, though, with her sister generally being the more unsettling of the two.
* CreepyCoolCrosses: Has two attacks that involve creating a giant energy cross from her own body. ''Grimoire of Marisa'' even says that there is really no deep meaning behind it as the cross is simply formed due of her spreading her arms while doing the spellcard.
* DeflectorShields: In the fighting games, her ParasolOfPrettiness doubles as a temporary shield that can block anything for a few seconds.
* DetachmentCombat: She can dissolve herself into a potentially ''unlimited'' swarm of bats.
* EverythingIsBetterWithSpinning: A considerable number of her physical attacks involve spinning. 'Course, those tend to be her heavier hitting ones too.
* FakeSpecialAttack: The "ability to manipulate fate" is such a subtle and vaguely-defined power that Flandre apparently thinks it's not even real. According to her, Remilia made it up to make it look like she is always in control. Certainly wouldn't be out of character for her, but it's also possible Flandre just doesn't know any better.
* FamousAncestor:
** She ''claims'' that {{Dracula}} was her ancestor, but [[WordOfGod ZUN]] says she's bluffing.
** Since Remilia is one of the only ''Touhou'' characters whose exact age is known (she was born in 1503), we know that she was born just 27 years after Vlad Tepes' death. If we presume he became the vampire Dracula at the exact time history recorded his death, that would mean she'd have to be very closely related to him indeed if her claim had been true. Thus, if she'd bothered to do the research, Remilia could have made her lie more impressive by claiming to be "Dracula's daughter."
* FinalBoss: Of ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''.
* FlashStep: Her ''Demon Lord Walk'' move lets her disappear for a quick moment and smack the opponent if they're close enough. Her dash mechanics in the fighting games are also different from those of other characters - rather than moving continuously in one direction she makes a quick hop whenever the button is pressed.
* GiverOfLameNames: Most of her spellcards' names try too hard to be dramatic and awe-inspiring with the words "night", "demon", "devil", "blood", "fate" and other such evil buzzwords being used quite liberally. The ones that don't... just plain suck, like ''Demon [Remilia Stretch]'' or, we kid you not, ''Scarlet Devil [[[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Scarlet Devil]]]''.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Her eyes glow brightly when she uses spellcards in the fighting games.
* GuestFighter: One of the playable ''Touhou'' characters in ''VideoGame/NendoroidGeneration''.
* HealingFactor: She can regenerate even if most of her body is destroyed, as long as about one of the bats she splits into survives. Considering she can spawn an ''unlimited'' number of bats, she might as well be able to regenerate FromASingleCell. When she tried to touch the incomplete Moon rocket in ''Manga/SilentSinnerInBlue'', her hand was almost completely charred away, and she healed it back to normal without a second thought.
* HellishPupils: Common in fanart. In canon however, her pupils seems to change depending on her mood as seen in her portraits in the fighting games.
* IMeantToDoThat: According to Flandre, Remilia's "fate manipulation powers" aren't real - she just tries to look cooler by claiming random things to have been part of her plan all along.
* ImmortalImmaturity: Though many ''Touhou'' characters exhibit this trope, Remilia exemplifies it, impetuous and selfish and overall acting as the child she appears to be despite her centuries. ZUN notes that "Creatures of her kind forfeit their growth and maturity in exchange for eternal life. In other words, she can live forever because she never grows up."
* InSeriesNickname
** She's known as '''[[BossSubtitles The Scarlet Devil]]''' because she's a light but messy eater - she doesn't drain all of a person's blood when she feeds, but her dress is usually stained red afterwards.
** Patchouli calls her "Remi".
* LargeHam: Remilia can ham it up with the best of them in fanworks, particularly when she's getting her evil on.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQ1YJMvSKP8 "Septette for the Dead Princess"]] [[NonIndicativeName As ZUN himself notes, no one's dead, there's no princess, and it's not even a septette.]]
* LifeDrain: In the fighting games and some fangames, Remilia has this in the form of "Vampire Kiss", a special attack. Also made into a ''status effect'', of all things. "Vampire Of The Millenium" will grant this power on you for 10 seconds for ''all'' your attacks, [[PowerAtAPrice but will also lower your defense by 10%.]]
* LightningBruiser: Remilia has boasted that vampires are as powerful as oni and as fast as tengu, a claim which seems entirely accurate. She is less eager to point out that they have [[WeaksauceWeakness lots of easily-exploited weaknesses]] to compensate.
** Given the difficulty of incorporating these weaknesses, fangames often just give her lower HitPoints, resulting in a FragileSpeedster GlassCannon.
* MaidCorps: She has one. Apart from Sakuya, though, it's composed entirely of [[{{Mooks}} fairies]], meaning they don't get much actual work done.[[note]]Since one of the official manga, there are now also some hobgoblins.[[/note]] Presumably it's just to show off.
* MasterOfAll: From ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'':
-->"Vampires have tremendous physical abilities and magical power: they are able to [[SuperStrength uproot a thousand-year-old tree single-handedly]], to [[SuperSpeed run through the human village within the blink of an eye]], to [[SummonMagic summon many devils with a single word]], to turn into [[{{Animorphism}} bats]] or even [[SuperSmoke mist]] to intrude anywhere they please, and [[HealingFactor they can recover within a single night even when their body is blown away]], so long as their head is intact. Some youkai have abilities to this level of power, but only vampires are known to possess all of them."
* NiceHat: A mob cap tied with a red ribbon. What's more is that Remilia can make mob caps look dignified.
* NoSell: Like most final bosses, her last spell card is immune to bombs. If you do try to bomb her during her final spell, she turns into a swarm of bats and avoids any damage.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: More like ''Obfuscating Ignorance''. In general, she prefers to just have fun or [[ItAmusedMe do things she finds interesting even if they're harder or just plain nonsensical]]:
** In ''Silent Sinner In Blue,'' she figured out on her own that she was [[spoiler:being used by Yukari as a decoy]], but played along anyway.
** In both ''Immaterial and Missing Power'' and ''Scarlet Weather Rhapsody'' she figured out profile information for both the incident culprits fairly quickly. In the former, she noticed Suika's presence and was aware of her involvement all along; in her story, Suika directly calls her out on knowing about her but feigning ignorance in hopes of "a human" (likely Reimu) noticing on their own. [[note]]She also implies that Remilia was worried Reimu wasn't strong enough to handle Suika and was holding out on the information so Suika'd tire out fighting everyone else first.[[/note]] In the latter, she figured out that Tenshi was in a place where it would be impossible for her to avoid the sun, so in truth her whole scenario is basically her having Sakuya drag various people to the mansion to kill time [[StealthMentor while Sakuya learns facts of the incident in doing so]]. Her last opponent is none other than Yukari, [[TheReveal who summarizes Remilia's whole MO]] to her face while said vampire keeps playing dumb [[LetsGetDangerous right up until they fight]], after which Yukari agrees to go handle it on Remilia's behalf. [[note]]Remilia deliberately chose to play Armchair Detective so the first impression of the events wouldn't distract her with useless information. Notably, she's the only player character who never steps outside her "base" in her story mode, even after it stops raining around her mansion.[[/note]] This also means she was [[{{Troll}} trolling]] Reisen, who had gone there earlier to consult with her only to get beat up.
* OddFriendship: Good friends with Patchouli, somehow.
* {{Ojou}}: She's a rich girl who lives in a huge mansion with lots of servants.
** While she does have a mansion and servants, it is unclear exactly how rich the Scarlets are. None of the mansion's inhabitants seem to be getting paid anything, and anyways there are not that many ways for Remilia to flaunt any possible wealth in Gensokyo.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Vampires in ''Touhou'' are classified as a sub-species of devils (悪魔, akuma) and share the same bean weakness as oni.
* ParasolOfPrettiness:
** She's known to have one to protect herself from sunlight, and it shows up in fanworks and some of the game's endings. Present in the latter fighting games, where it acts as a temporary [[DeflectorShields shield.]]
** And in up-to-date ''Hisoutensoku'', having one parasol in your deck allows her to fight outdoors. Without this, her battle fields are restricted.
** Back to ''Immaterial and Missing Power'', she can only appear in night stages, even if you select a day stage.
* PetTheDog: Although she's well known for her arrogance, Akyuu states that she does have a kinder side. During one incident a human from the village was severely injured, but was allowed to stay and recuperate in the Scarlet Devil Mansion until they were well enough to leave.
* PublicDomainArtifact: Has an attack named after Odin's spear [[Myth/NorseMythology Gungnir]]. Remi's is an energy spear made of danmaku.
* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: ''Archdemon: "Remilia Stretch"''. Fighting games. 1 second charge up. Get hit by this, and you can say good-bye to about half your life bar.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Remilia was born in 1503, making her 500 years old at the time of the game's release. Her apparent age varies DependingOnTheArtist (ZUN's official art is too simplified to really say) but she's never drawn looking older than early teens at most.
* RoyalBrat: Pretty classy outwardly, but her attitude can be as childish as her appearance. She even has a baby booster seat complete with a small table for her own personal use in the rocket ride to the moon.
* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: ZUN notes in ''Strange Creators of Outer World'' that making an ancient vampire BigBad into a childish little girl was weird and quirky back in 2002, but common enough by 2017 that it no longer felt remarkable. [[invoked]]
* ShoutOut: See ButForMeItWasTuesday above.
* SiblingYinYang: Compared to Flandre, she's much more calm and collected. Not that that's saying much.
* SuperpowerLottery: The ability to manipulate fate is... odd, to say the least. This ability could potentially make her easily one of the most powerful beings in Gensokyo, since [[RealityWarper everything would happen precisely how she wants to]]. However, it mostly seems like she is limited to only giving destiny subtle nudges, if even that - Flandre seems to think she just made her power up.
* SweetTooth: She adds a lot of sugar to her tea, at least in ''Manga/StrangeAndBrightNatureDeity''.
* TheReveal: ZUN revealed that the vampire in the Reimu's ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'' profile who caused a major incident before the spell card system; was indeed Remilia Scarlet. ZUN also adds that the Scarlet Mist incident was partly a pretext in order for Remilia to use the newly established spell card system as soon as possible.
* UnwittingPawn: In ''Manga/SilentSinnerInBlue'', when Ran told Remilia that Yukari was planning to invade the Moon, Remilia immediately started looking for a way to get there before Yukari -- which was exactly what Yukari expected her to do. [[SubvertedTrope Turns out Remilia eventually realised this but didn't care.]]
* UseYourHead: Fond of using head-first body tackles on her enemies in the fighting games. Notable because she will move at great speeds when doing this.
* VampiresAreRich: Debatable. She does own a large mansion and tries to project the image of an upper-class lady, but it doesn't seem like she's actually paying any of her fairy maids or even Sakuya.
* VampireBitesSuck: Apparently Remilia is quite messy when she drinks, spilling much more blood than she needs.
* VoluntaryShapeshifter: She is capable of shapeshifting into a bat.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Sunlight, flowing water, including rain, ''sardine heads, shattered holly branches'', and ''[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setsubun roasted soybeans.]]''
* WindsOfDestinyChange: Her ability to manipulate fate, although there is no explanation whatsoever for how it works, other than some brief speculation by Akyuu that she changed Sakuya's fate by changing her name.
* WingedHumanoid: Bat wings.
* YourVampiresSuck: Remilia actually likes [[CreepyCoolCrosses cross imagery]], and can't fathom why she should be weak to them. Her spell card "Red: The Nightless Castle" appears as a towering crimson cross. She also seems to be perfectly fine with holy water. One of her win quotes in the fighting games is to ask Reisen to make her some holy water dumplings.
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[[folder:Flandre Scarlet]]
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::''The Sister of the Devil''
::'''Flandre Scarlet'''
-->''"I've been sleeping in the basement. For about 495 years."''
Younger sister of Remilia Scarlet and the extra stage boss. She possesses the power to [[PersonOfMassDestruction destroy anything at will]], but due to her immaturity and mental instability, she's been kept locked up in the mansion basement for around 495 ''years''. Despite this, she doesn't usually try to escape, and is actually quite fond of her older sister.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: It's unclear what exactly's up with Flandre. She's emotionally unstable, though she doesn't often get angry. She can't control herself, so she's generally not allowed out, and doesn't really try going out herself either. In conversation, she'll occasionally go off on a tangent or jump back to a previous subject; she's said to be 'always peculiar', making it difficult for others to understand her.
* ArtificialLimbs: A common interpretation of Flandre's wings, presuming that Flandre either never grew actual wings or lost them... [[HealingFactor somehow]].
* AxCrazy: There's some [[AlternativeCharacterInterpretation debate]] about exactly ''how'' nuts she is, though. Flandre is sane enough to realize how dangerous her power of destruction really is; and that she is grateful for being able to safely play with others through the Spell Card system. ZUN hints that if she ever actually went nuts even for just a second then the damage would be unfathomable.
* {{BFS}}: Lævateinn is described as this in ''The Grimoire of Marisa''.
* BreakingTheFourthWall[=/=]ShoutOut: When Marisa faces her in the Extra stage, Flandre offers to play with her for "one coin", because "you can't continue". Continues are indeed disabled on the Extra stage.
* BonusBoss: Of ''Embodiment of Scarlet Devil''.
* TheBusCameBack: After 13 years since her last appearance, Flandre finally shows up as a boss character in ''Violet Detector''.
* CheerfulChild: In her more lucid moments, she can be quite personable.
* CreepyChild: Fanon loves jacking this up to insane (pardon the pun) levels.
* CuteAndPsycho: A ''very'' common portrayal in fanon.
* DisadvantageousDisintegration: The ability to destroy anything sure as heck doesn't leave any blood for Flandre to drink when she blows someone up.
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: While all vampires are [[LightningBruiser extremely strong, fast and tough]], fanworks often interpret Flandre as slightly [[MightyGlacier slower]] or [[GlassCannon less durable]] than her sister due to lack of exercise (and less aerodynamic wings). A GlassCannon depiction tends to be more common in fangames (assuming she's not AwesomeButImpractical or PurposelyOverpowered), while fancomics lean more towards MightyGlacier so that she can be an ImplacableMan.
* DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength: Her ability, along with her immense physical strength, tends to leave all of her playthings destroyed (She considers destroying a meteor hurtling toward the mansion as unimpressive). Whether this also applies to ''people'' that she considers "playthings" is unknown, but fanon tends to interpret it that way. Mostly averted in that ZUN revealed that Flandre is very much aware of the damage her ability can cause and consciously holds it in check; Flandre was even excited by the advent of the Spell Card system as it allows her to safely play danmaku with others without fear of obliterating them.
* DoppelgangerAttack: "Four of a Kind". Likely using the same principle as Remilia's ability to split into an infinite number of bats.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Is a shut-in who had nothing to do with the main plot of her debut game, and her number of appearances since then can be counted on one hand (only one of which had any lines). Despite this the fact that she debuted in [[FirstInstallmentWins the first game of the Windows series]], combined with her unusual appearance, her status as both a MemeticBadass and a MemeticPsychopath, and the countless remixes of her theme music [[WatchItForTheMeme make her one of the most well-known characters in the franchise]]. [[invoked]]
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: In fanart.
* HealingFactor: See Remilia's entry.
* HellishPupils: In many fanarts, especially when she is in her "superinsane" mood again. Also in ''Perfect Memento in Strict Sense'' and the fangame series ''VideoGame/KoumajouDensetsu''.
* HotWings: A popular fanon interpretation coined by ''VideoGame/TouhouSoccer'' is that when Flandre goes all out in battle, the crystals on her wings produce jets of flame.
* ImmortalImmaturity: Even more so than Remilia. Whereas Remilia ''can'' act mature when the situation requires it, Flandre never does. On the other hand, it's actually justified in Flandre's case, as she's been locked away from society for the last five centuries.
* {{Invisibility}}: ''Secret Barrage "[[ShoutOut And Then Will There Be None?]]"''. Well, the post-battle dialogue says she's invisible, [[GameplayAndStorySegregation but in-game you'd still be able to hit her if she was actually on screen]].
* JekyllAndHyde: A widely accepted {{Fanon}} interpretation. This SuperpoweredEvilSide was the result of the anger accumulated from staying locked inside the basement, the famous "[[FridgeHorror I will break you]]!" line being one such example. However, she also has a very kind and [[TheDitz childish]] personality and only wants to play with other people. Notably, most fanon has them as the same personality - she only gets evil when threatened.
* {{Leitmotif}}: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcvouNwZbI0 "U.N. Owen Was Her?"]], probably the most popular leitmotif of the series, since it must hold some kind of record for [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Adauchisan#grid/user/062118B8094CF469 most]] [[https://www.youtube.com/user/Adauchisan#grid/user/D13029CBEEE57FFD remixes]] of any piece of music anywhere. ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFOcNUCFpGQ ZUN himself has remixed it.]]''
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Oft-forgotten by the fandom is that while Flandre can and ''does'' go crazy at times, she's rarely destructive on purpose - in a regular scuffle, she uses the Spell Card system just like everyone else in Gensokyo. Flandre is even aware that the Spell Card system is the one thing that allows her to play and interact with others without hurting them.
* LittleMissSnarker: Of what little we see of Flandre's actual personality she's actually quite snide and clever. She points out that Aya's article about her had an ending that didn't at all involve her or the actual story; and makes fun of her sister's pretentious behavior about manipulating fate and being a know it all.
* MadwomanInTheAttic: She's been shut down in the Scarlet Devil Mansion's basement for 495 years, since her birth.
* MasterOfAll: As a vampire; see Remilia's entry above.
* MemeticBadass: While Flandre is definitely powerful, fan portrayals often depict her as strong enough to [[CurbStompBattle wipe the floor with]] multiple high-end characters at the same time. Her [[ShatterpointTap eye-crushing power]] also tends to be amped up from "cause explosions" to "ranged version of the [[{{Franchise/Nasuverse}} Mystic Eyes of Death Perception]]". In some cases, her mere presence will be enough to turn her surroundings into an EldritchLocation. [[invoked]]
* MemeticPsychopath: Flandre is a ''lot'' crazier in {{Fanon}} than she is in {{Canon}}. [[invoked]]
* NiceHat: Just like her sister, she wears a mob cap tied with a red ribbon. However, unlike Remilia, who can pull off the feat of looking refined wearing a mob cap, Flandre's headwear merely tends to emphasize how childish she looks.
* NoSell: Like all [[BonusBoss Extra bosses]], she's unaffected by Bombs.
* NoSocialSkills: Kinda justified in her case.
* PlayingWithFire: In the series she attacks you with her fire sword Lævateinn.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: In a series that runs on ludicrously powerful girls beating the crap out of each other, Flandre surpasses nearly all of them in sheer damage potential. Even ''Marisa'' makes it a point to avoid her whenever she's at the Scarlet Devil Mansion to steal books, which is impressive considering the things she's faced.
* PublicDomainArtifact: Has an attack named after [[Myth/NorseMythology Laevatein]], the "Wounding Wand of Loki". This is commonly thought to be the oddly-shaped staff Flandre carries in her portrait, although the ''Grimoire of Marisa'' describes the attack as an [[{{BFS}} enormous]] FlamingSword. Most fans usually assume that the massive flaming sword is generated ''from'' the staff when Flandre wishes so, which makes some sense.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Younger than Remilia by five years.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RiddleForTheAges: Why do her wings look like that?[[note]][[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Maybe she ate her own wings for taming herself?]][[/note]]
* ShatterpointTap: Has the power to make things explode, by teleporting their "eye" (weak point) into her hand and crushing it.
* ShoutOut: Flandre's survival card and the title of her theme both refer to Creator/AgathaChristie's ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone''.
* SlasherSmile: Her silhouette seen in ''Manga/InabaOfTheMoonAndInabaOfTheEarth'' sports one of these.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: While "Flandre" is pretty widely accepted in the Western parts of the fandom, no one else is certain how to spell it. The fact that "furandouru" wouldn't be pronounced much like "Flandre" probably helps. "Frandle", "Frandre" and "Frandoll" are the most often seen alternate spellings.
* StrongerSibling: Is much stronger than Remilia, but [[PowerIncontinence lacks control over her powers]].
* ToServeMan: Since she [[DisadvantageousDisintegration has trouble]] drinking blood by herself, Sakuya makes human-composed dishes to provide her sustenance. Flandre herself is unaware of this.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Not so much "favorite", but she's often seen with [[{{Pun}} flan]] in fanworks.
* VoluntaryShapeshifter: Like her sister, Flandre can also shapeshift into a bat. Oddly enough, her unique wings don't carry over to bat form.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Same as Remilia's.
* WingedHumanoid: Best described as Christmas lights wings. Explicitly stated to be [[WingsDoNothing useless for flying]], but she's capable of flight anyway. Then again, so is the rest of the cast.
* YourVampiresSuck: Flandre also seems to like [[CreepyCoolCrosses cross imagery]] - in ''Shoot The Bullet'' Aya's notes on her second spell card say that [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Shoot_the_Bullet:_Level_Ex_Spell_Cards#Spell_Card_Ex_-_2 "she just came out and played with it..."]]
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