King Bradley

King Bradley, also known as His Excellency, President Führer King Bradley, Wrath the Furious and Pride the Arrogant, is a character from the Fullmetal Alchemist series.
== Charactah Account ==
President Führer King Bradley is Amestris's well-loved head of state. A formidable fighter, he came to rule Amestris after leading his nation out of a bloody civil war and setting up a military dictatorship.
Several differences are apparent in Bradley when compared to the other Homunculi, such as the ability to sympathize with humans and even show compassion despite his identity as Wrath. He is perhaps the most misleading of the homunculi, appearing generally calm and surprisingly pleasant, even with a frequent sense of humor when compared to the others.
Instances of his misleading demeanor include giving full credit to Colonel Roy Mustang for killing Isaac McDougal the Freezing Alchemist, despite Bradley himself being the one fully responsible for the criminal's defeat (2009 anime only). Another instance of this unexpected behavior was giving a melon to Edward Elric as a gift when he and his younger brother Alphonse were in the hospital, and afterwards mischievously sneaking out a window in the Elric brothers' hospital room to escape his assistant who was looking for him.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Fullmetal Alchemist
* Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
* Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - 4-Koma Theater
* Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium Collection
=== Manga ===
* Fullmetal Alchemist
=== Video Games ===
* Divine Gate
* Fullmetal Alchemist 3: The Girl Who Succeeds God
* Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
* Fullmetal Alchemist: Dream Carnival
* Fullmetal Alchemist: Prince of the Dawn
* Fullmetal Alchemist: Quest For The Philosopher's Stone
* Monster Strike
== Trivia ==
* Führer (alternatively spelled Fuehrer) means leader in German and it is also a title that's mostly associated with Adolf Hitler.
* As a member of the military, Bradley is named from a real world military vehicle, the M2 Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle.
* During the "Promised Day", in episode 55 and 56, Führer King Bradley can be seen carrying a Model 24 Stielhandgranate tucked into his belt. He uses the weapon to destroy a tank operated by Briggs soldiers at the command center. This also ties in with his Führer name, as the Stielhandgranate is of German design.
* Ironically, Wrath is the youngest Homunculus (at 60-years-old), despite being physically the oldest-looking. This is the opposite of Pride who is the oldest (over 3 centuries) Homunculus, despite having the youngest physical appearance.
* Interestingly, the youngest and oldest Homunculi are the only Homunculi to share a close, yet fake, father-son relationship with one another.
* As a joke in the non-canon 4-Koma Theater, it is stated that King Bradley's real name is Jugemu-jugemu Gokōnosurikire Kaijarisuigyo-no Suigyōmatsu Unraimatsu Fūraimatsu Kūnerutokoroni-sumutokoro Yaburakōjino-burakōji Paipopaipo-paiponoshūringan Shūringanno-gūrindai Gūrindaino-ponpokopīno-ponpokonāno Chōkyūmeino-chōsuke, derived from the Japanese folktale "Jugemu." The joke also states that Scar, another character whose real name is unknown, shares the same name.
** In the dub this is changed to Russell Daniel Paul Blake Joseph Alan Eric Fred Orson Trevor Richard Charletons Christopher Benedict Garfield Polyurethane Nicholas Robert Theodore Skeet Michael Alvin Carter Bryce Jeffrey Marigold Peter Ethan Arin Papa Willie Nathaniel Orville Chuck Slippy Slappy Zippy Zappy Angel Eyes.
* King Bradley is one of the only two human based Homunculi, being born human, but assimilating the Philosopher's Stone into his body later on, as opposed to the other Homunculi who were created through human transmutation with a Philosopher's Stone as the substitution for a soul.
* Wrath, in the 2009 anime, can be seen outside the room where Lust has just been killed, sliding his sword back into its scabbard. Meaning if he was able to get there any sooner he could have possibly saved her life.
* Wrath bears a resemblance to General Keiro from Hero Tales, another publication of Hiromu Arakawa's.
** Wrath also bears a resemblance to Joseph Stalin, a common symbol of wrath, who ordered the deaths over 6 Million of his own country's men, women, and children in state-sanctioned massacres and imprisonments, not too dissimilar to the 'Crests of Blood' and Maria Ross's false imprisonment in the FMA universe. The only difference is Stalin did it for less fantastical and more cruel reasons. Bradley's comment to Roy Mustang regarding the significance of death of a single man, which sounds quite similar, although flipped, to Stalin's infamous statistic quote, that being "A single death is a tragedy; a million deaths is a statistic." Subsequently, in Arakawa's short series Raiden-18, which revolves around Boris Karloff type Frankenstein monsters, Stalin's corpse is among the many other corpses owned by Professor Tachibana, and bears a striking resemblance to King Bradley.
* Wrath's loss of his arms might be a reference to Dante Alighieri's "Inferno", where the wrathful have their limbs ripped off the body.
** Also, him being blinded during his clashes with Ling Yao and Scar may be a reference to the third terrace of the mountain in “Purgatorio”. In this terrance, the wrathful wander in a thick, acrid mist, which represents the blinding nature of anger and fury.
* Scar's defeat of Wrath is a bit of irony. During the Ishvalan War, Wrath criticized the Ishvalans and their belief in God and challenges him to strike him down. In his final fight with Scar, Wrath once again denies the existence of God before the sun revealed itself and blinded Wrath long enough for Scar to sever Wrath's hands, defeating him. This indicates that it was an "act of God" that defeated Wrath.
* Interestingly, both anime series, including the movie connected to 2003 series, have the Homunculus named Wrath be the fifth one to die.
* In the 2003 anime, during his battle with Mustang, Bradley's outfit changes. In episode 50, it looked like a low tank top and his chest was visible, whereas in episode 51, it looked more like his outfit when he stormed The Devil's Nest in the manga and 2009 anime.
* According to an interview, Wrath, at one point in his past, went to Lust to find out about women and to Envy to learn how to compliment them. The end result was the future Mrs. Bradley slapping him.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* King Bradley at Fullmetal Alchemist Wiki
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