Greed (Fullmetal Alchemist)

Greed, also known as The Ultimate Shield, Greed the Avaricious and Greedling, is a character from the Fullmetal Alchemist series.
== Charactah Account ==
A homunculus so greedy he won't play second fiddle to anyone, not even his creator-so he rebelled against his creator's will a long time before the story began. He commands a group of chimeras that he freed himself, to which he refers as his possessions. He seeks true immortality, so he catches Al to learn about how to apply it to himself. His hideout is the Devil's Nest. Differently to other Homunculi, he doesn't despise or consider himself superior to humans. His alias is Greed the Avaricious.
Being one of the Seven Homunculi, Greed has above-average strength, speed and durability, and he is able to regenerate his body even when mortally wounded or partially destroyed. As such, the only way to fully destroy him is to kill him more times than the Philosopher's Stone which serves as his core can regenerate him.
His most prominent power, the "Ultimate Shield" enables him to rearrange the carbon cells in his body to make his limbs or his entire self as hard as diamond. He usually uses this power on his forearms (which then become clawed) to use them for offense and defense, becoming able to impale people with his bare hand and to block sword strikes. When he turns his entire body into this diamond-like matter, he becomes virtually immune to any attack and not even an explosion can hinder him. Greed is also able to rearrange the carbon in his cells the other way around; to make his body as friable and weak as charcoal, but he obviously does not use it often.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Fullmetal Alchemist
* Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
* Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - 4-Koma Theater
* Fullmetal Alchemist: Premium Collection
* Fullmetal Alchemist: Reflections
=== Manga ===
* Fullmetal Alchemist
=== Video Games ===
* Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
* Fullmetal Alchemist Trading Card Game
* Fullmetal Alchemist: Dream Carnival
* Fullmetal Alchemist: Dual Sympathy
* Monster Strike
== Trivia ==
* Greed's Armor state differs between the manga and the 2009 anime and 2003 anime:
** In the 2003 Anime, when Greed goes into his full Armor state, his mouth doesn't move (unless he laughs). However, in Brotherhood, when he uses his armor, his mouth does move like in the manga.
** In the 2003 anime and the manga, Greed's skintight shirt is of the same navy blue color as his Armor state and the two meld together, while in the 2009 anime, his shirt is of the different color (reddish brown) and his Armor state grows over it.
* Greed's body being shared with Ling could possibly be a reference to Canto XXV of The Inferno. In this Canto the thieves are subjected to the constant loss of their bodies to the lizards that inhabit the seventh Bolgia. In life they took the substance of others, transforming it into their own, so in Hell their very bodies are constantly being taken from them and they are left to steal back a human form from some other sinner.
* Interestingly, after gaining Ling's body, when his hair is over his right eye, Greed's soul is in control. When it's over the left side, Ling is in control. However, this is only mostly present in the manga, as the 2009 anime shows the bangs in mostly random positions, regardless of who's in control. Instead, they are differentiated by their voice actors.
* In a slight way, Greed is one of the few characters, alongside both Selim Bradley and Hohenheim, to have entirely new Japanese and English Voice Actors from 2003 to 2009; although Greed's original English voice actor did reprise his role initially.
** Fans assume that the change was due to Greed's voice now having Ling's accent.
* In the latest fan poll, Greed came in the 12th place, making him the second most popular of the Homunculi. The Greed with Ling's body came in 13th place while Ling himself came in 9th.
* The original Greed and Lust are the only Homunculi who are not in a back spine volume shot.
* Due to his death and rebirth, and the fall of his Homunculi siblings, Greed was both the first Homunculus to die and the second to last one to die permanently (Father being the last).
* Greed with Ling's body is commonly called by fans, "LinGreed," due to the fact that Ling's name ends with the letter G and Greed's starts with G. Greedling or Greelin are also common nicknames for him. Edward has also mentioned to calling the new Greed "Grin", but it never appeared to have caught on.
* It is interesting to note that the Ouroboros between the first and second Greed differentiate in the 2009 anime. Ling's Ouroboros is actually facing the opposite way as the first Greed. The first Greed's Ouroboros had its top by his fingers, but the second Greed wears his on the top by his wrist. There are a few animation mistakes where it changes around (by his fingers), but for the most part, it's opposite the first Greed. It is unknown why this was decided because the mark is the same on both Greeds in the manga.
* Unlike his fellow Homunculi, Greed surprisingly does not harbor any sociopathic feelings towards humans.
* According to the English audio commentary in Conqueror of Shamballa, Troy Baker originally auditioned for the role of Greed in the 2003 anime but was rejected after 35 seconds because he couldn't laugh right for the part. Ironically, Baker did go on to play the second Greed in Brotherhood.
* Greed's motive for kidnapping Al does not sensibly transition to the 2003 anime. Although both Greeds sought immortality by being bonded to an inanimate object, it's heavily stressed that Homunculi in the anime 2003 have incomplete souls, thus making a spirit binding impossible.
* Coincidentally, in all versions of the series, Greed is the first Homunculus to "die" (though he was reborn in the manga and 2009 anime).
* Apparently, Greed does not believe in telling lies, as Ling stated when Greed lied to Ling in order to prevent him from being dragged into Father along with Greed himself.
** This may be a reflection of how Father desires Truth.
* Greed seems to like strong women like Lan Fan, instantly becoming impressed with her combat skills.
* The way Greed transfers to a new body in the manga and Brotherhood is similar to Hazama/Yuuki Terumi of Blazblue, where the latter like Greed "seemingly perished" and later possess a vessel to be reborn, only Terumi took time compared to Greed, and grew permanently in control for the vessel was made specifically for him. Both have also been voiced by Yuuichi Nakamura in Japanese.
** Interestingly, Terumi's durability is similar to Greed's title as the Ultimate Shield; most Blazblue fighters often have a hard time trying to defeat him, though Terumi's weakness was not as obvious as Greed's.
* Despite their bickering, Greed and Envy shared two preferences: both of them preferred avoiding violence whenever possible and both enjoyed their respective good-looks while in human form.
* If Greed's soul managed to go to the afterlife, he's now at peace; reunited with his real family, the chimeras.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Greed at Fullmetal Alchemist Wiki
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