![]() Later, Alexander pesters Ed to take him for a walk when they come across a burned family portrait that Nina had drawn with the intention of sending it to her mother which causes Ed to grow suspicious of Tucker's first chimera. In the 2003 Anime, after Edward passes his State Alchemy exam, Alexander annoys him by snatching his pocket watch and running away with it. With no idea on how to restore Nina and Alexander, the brothers leave the rest in the hands of the military, but the State Alchemist killer Scar soon arrives and kills Nina's father, and, noticing the pain the Nina/Alexander chimera is in, kills it in an act of mercy in the Manga and 2009 Anime. When the Elric brothers discover this, Edward beats Shou to near death for having done such a cruel thing. Nina, after being fused with Alexander (2003).Ĭhimera. Desperate, Tucker resorts to transmuting Alexander and Nina together to create a talking (yet imperfect) In the manga and both Animes, Alexander and Nina grow very close to the Elric brothers, but their friendship was not able to last as Shou Tucker needed to present an astounding alchemic breakthrough to the military to make up for his past failures and avoid having his license revoked. In the manga and 2009 Anime, Alexander continued to jump on Ed until Ed raged at him and thereafter, tended to call him a "mangy mutt".ĭespite his large size and loud bark, Alexander was generally very friendly and playful and was seldom seen without Nina, such as the bond they shared and the fact that they often only had each other for company as Nina's father became increasingly preoccupied with his alchemy research. In the manga and both animes, Alexander greeted the Elrics by jumping on Edward, a tendency for which Nina scolded him in the manga and 2003 Anime. Nina tended not to keep Alexander tied up for which her father scolded her in the 2009 Anime. His breed appears to be a Great Pyrenees and his fur is mostly white but Nina notably depicted him with brown patches on his head and ears whenever she drew pictures of him with herself and her father or the Elrics in the 2003 Anime. who couldn't even save a little girl." It's a lesson Ed carries with him to the end of his journey and one that Arakawa clearly hopes her audience absorbed as well.Episode 6: The Alchemy Exam (2003 series)Įpisode 4: An Alchemist's Anguish (2009 series)Īlexander was the family pet of the Tucker Family and Nina's closest best friend. While grieving Nina, Ed declares with despondence, "We're not gods. Fultac orders the wounded Kilka not to die, saying dogs must obey their masters, but to no avail. The final shared lesson of "Stray Dog" and "Fullmetal Alchemist" is that death is out of mankind's hands. ![]() So like Fultac destroying the lab where he was born, the Elrics turn against the military that's sponsored them and help to overthrow it. ![]() If you turn a blind eye to evil, it will flourish. At the same time, their suffering isn't unique. Like Fultac, the Elric brothers learn that you can't run away from your past you must acknowledge and learn from it. The wounds they suffered is why they seek the universal elixir, the Philosopher's Stone. ![]() Their journey began when they tried to revive their mother, violating alchemy's ultimate taboo of human transmutation. While Fultac is a product of such science, the Elrics are perpetrators. ![]()
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