Charlotte Dunois

Charlotte Dunois, also known as Charles and Charl, is one of the main characters from the IS: Infinite Stratos series.
== Charactah Account ==
Charlotte is a 1st year transfer student at the IS Academy In Class One and is the IS Representative Candidate of France.
Even if her true purpose at the academy was to spy on Ichika, discover how he is able to pilot an IS, and acquire data from his IS, Charlotte is a very friendly and kind-hearted girl, always maintaining a polite demeanor towards everybody, unlike the haughty Cecilia, the cranky Houki, the aggressive Lingyin, the ruthless Laura, the flirty Tatenashi,and the timid Kanzashi. She has an inherent dislike for lying to anyone, as she mentions that she is relieved that she was able to tell Ichika the truth after he discovered her true identity, and even apologizes for having to lie to him all the time.
Her knowledge of IS is vast, being able to give detailed explanations on her company's 2nd Generation IS and able to discern the abilities and issues of other models. Her skills are quite top-notch, as she was able to buy time for Ichika to rescue Cecilia Alcott and Huang Lingyin by holding Laura Bodewig off with her IS, despite being the oldest model in IS Academy. Charlotte is also the only one who has mastered the Rapid Switch technique on screen. Being a IS Representative Candidate, Charlotte has received military training and could easily overpowered several robbers along side Laura.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* IS: Infinite Stratos
* IS: Infinite Stratos 2
* IS: Infinite Stratos 2 Long Vacation Edition - The Memories of One Summer
* IS: Infinite Stratos 2 - Infinite Wedding
* IS: Infinite Stratos 2 - World Purge Arc
* IS: Infinite Stratos Encore - Sextet in Love
=== Light Novels ===
* IS: Infinite Stratos
=== Manga ===
* IS!
* IS: Infinite Stratos (Comic Alive)
* IS: Infinite Stratos (Sunday Gene-X)
* IS: Infinite Stratos - Official Anthology Comic
* IS: Infinite Stratos - Sugar & Honey
=== Video Games ===
* Infinite Stratos 2: Ignition Hearts
*Infinite Stratos: Archetype Breaker
== Trivia ==
* The name "Dunois" is actually the last name of Jean de Dunois, a French illegitimate son of Louis I, Duke of Orléans, who was known as "The Bastard of Orléans."
* Her color and "goggles" on her head are references to Transformers: Animated Jetfire.
* Her relationship with Laura is a historical in-joke based on the real relationship between France and Germany: They were enemies in the beginning (which is shown in several scenes in the anime wherein they insult each other's countries), but established the "Franco-German Friendship" after the second World War. Similarly, Charlotte's and Laura's friendship only started to bloom after a particular event.
* Charlotte's Rafale-Revive Custom II bears a slight resemblance to the CB-0000G/C Reborns Gundam from Gundam 00 when viewed from the back.
* The Rafale-Revive shares the same color palette as Allelujah Haptism's Kyrios, Arios and Harute Gundams, also from Gundam 00.
* Ironically, while Charlotte is kind and respectful to everybody and admit she likes Ichika because of how kind he is, she doesn't like it how he's kind to everybody (even wishing that Ichika would treat just her this way). She shares this trait with the other girls.
* As seen in volume 8, Charlotte's ideal world is where she's been working as a maid and is currently working for the Orimura family and is Ichika's future wife. This could be the reason why she likes wearing a maid outfit.
** Charlotte's dream world is by far the most different from her real life. Her dream world changes more of her own history than Ichika's.
* She has a similar appearance to Kintaros, Although her first name was taken from Strike Witches character, Charlotte "Shirley" Yeager.
* She alongside Cecilia make a cameo in Chapter 60 of Maken-Ki.
* The nickname she obtained from Ichika, Char, is a reference to Char Aznable from Mobile Suit Gundam. Yet, she also seems to have several aspects from Char, making her a "Char Clone":
** Both are blond-haired
** Both enlisted in a school/military using fake identities.
** Both piloted custom-made machines.
** Both have rivals (Char to Amuro and Charlotte to several women) whom share the same center of affection: Ichika and Lalah Sune.
* In an OVA episode, both Cecilia and Charlotte insisted that Ichika feed them a dessert personally by hand. Charlotte eagerly said "Yes, let us eat cake!". This is very likely a historical reference to the last queen of France Marie Antionette who was attributed with the infamous line: "Let them eat cake!".
* Her measurements are B83, W55, H85.5 (D Cup in Japan, C cup in America).
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Charlotte Dunois at Infinite Stratos Wiki
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