Renton Thurston

Renton Thurston is the main protagonist from the Eureka Seven series.
== Charactah Account ==
An ordinary boy bored with his ordinary life and with dreams of becoming a professional lifter, Renton's life is turned upside down when Eureka enters his life. He is one of the only people besides Eureka herself who can pilot the series's signature LFO, the Nirvash typeZERO.
At the start of the series, Renton was an immature, childish, and naïve boy bored with his life in Bell Forest and yearning for change. He is an outgoing, compassionate, and emotional person who possess strong ideals. After meeting Eureka, he became incredibly shy around her, although he became less shy after coming to understand her flaws and developing a personal desire to protect her. Despite this, he was still ignorant on whether or not his actions benefit or hurt her, no matter how good his intentions are. His realization to face his responsibilities and keep his word gave him the courage to do what is needed.
Due to the impact of the war, seeing how the lives of everyone around him are affected, and understanding how everyone depends on him due to being the chosen one to stop the war between the Scub Coral and humans, Renton gradually became more brave, mature, and confident in himself. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Eureka Seven
* Eureka Seven AO
* Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 1
* Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 2: Anemone
* Eureka Seven Hi-Evolution 3: Eureka
* Eureka Seven Movie: Pocket Full of Rainbows
* Eureka Seven Recap
* Eureka Seven: New Order
=== Light Novels ===
* Eureka Seven
=== Manga ===
* Eureka Seven AO
* Eureka Seven: Psalms of Planets
* Psalms of Planets Eureka Seven: New Order
=== Video Games ===
* Another Century's Episode Portable
* Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen Z Hakai-hen
* Dai-2-Ji Super Robot Taisen Z Saisei-hen
* Eureka Seven V.2: Psalms of Planets
* Eureka Seven Vol.2: The New Vision
* Super Robot Wars Z
== Trivia ==
* From the first episode, Renton made it clear that he hated his father, Adroc, because he believed Adroc abandoned the family for his research, and felt no sympathy for the man despite him being "dead". However, when Eureka told Renton that Adroc released the Amita drive to protect his family, Renton was able to forgive his father and even expressed his feelings with no malice to him when they finally met in the Scub Command Center.
* Although he is initially presented as an immature boy, Renton is revealed to actually be a genius; seen with his skills in mechanical engineering, his ability to pilot Nirvash, and when he invents the first IFO by combining his knowledge of the Scub Coral and LFOs.
* In the manga, Renton designed the Nirvash TypeZERO spec 2 form from parts, which earned him recognition as a mechanic almost as great as his grandfather.
* Renton joined the Gekkostate for three reasons: to lift as much as possible, to be near Holland, and to be together with Eureka. However, his reasons become that to protect Eureka and end the war between the humans and Coralians.
* In Eureka Seven: AO, the front set of his brown hair is white; why this happened is never explained.
* His son, Ao, inherited all of Renton's facial features while having Eureka's eye and skin color. Ao's hair was originally brown like Renton's, but it turned turquoise when he first came into contact with the Nirvash. He is also as blunt as Renton is, according to Eureka.
* Although he doesn't want to be involved with violence and use guns, Renton is willing to fight in order to protect his loved ones, and has used a gun without firing one about three times in Eureka Seven and carries around the rifle that had previously belonged to Charles in Eureka Seven: AO.
* It is revealed in episode 50 (according to the family record book) that Renton married Eureka and adopted the children on April 2, 12006.
** The episode also revealed that his date of birth is on February 28, 11090.
* Renton was 16 when he married Eureka and adopted the children. Although the age of consent to marriage is unknown in the Eureka Seven series, it is more likely that he needed consent from his grandfather (as his only guardian) to get married. The formality of the adoption is unknown, as adoptive parents must be at least 18 or older to legally adopt.
* In total, Renton has five children with Eureka: three sons and two daughters. At 16, he adopts Maurice, Maeter, and Linck, and has always treated them as his own children. Shortly after, Eureka gives birth to his biological children, Amber and Ao.
* It is thought that Renton's name is inspired by Mark Renton, a character from the film Trainspotting and his surname, Thurston, is a reference to Thurston Moore of the band Sonic Youth.
* How Renton resented his father, Adroc, for supposedly abandoning the family for his research is similar to how his own son, Ao, resents him due to Ao's initial belief that Renton abandoned him and Eureka. However, Renton later discovered that his father sacrificed himself to save his family and the planet from the First Summer of Love. Also, Ao discovered that Renton always loved him and Eureka, and sacrificed his own happiness, and was trying to destroy the Scub Coral in order to save his son due to the guilt he feels for failing to save his late daughter.
* According to the DVD commentary of Episode 1 done by Kaori Nazuka and Yuko Sanpei (Eureka's and Renton's respective seiyus), it was decided in the studio while recording episode 1 by the cast members that all males in the Thurston snort when they become angry (As Axel did when Renton claimed he would put him in a retirement home in Episode 1). It can be assumed that this applies to Renton, Adrock, and Ao as well.
* In the first novel, Blue Monday, it is noted that Renton is the third shortest boy in his school and he had dated one classmate, but never had a romantic interest in girls until he met Eureka.
* Despite rejecting his grandfather's attempts to force him to become a mechanic, Renton always intended to be a mechanic and actually enjoys it. Also, even though he wanted nothing to do with the military, he ended up working for the military as a scientist due to his work in creating the RA272 Nirvash and his involvement in conducting research on the disappearance of the Scub Coral.
* In Eureka Seven: AO, Eureka told Ao that his Quartz Gun is the weapon Renton has been searching for a long time in order to save them, but how he has knowledge of the gun, which originates from Ao's world and wasn't in Ao's possession during her first appearance, is unknown.
* Keiji Fujiwara (his voiced actor as an adult) also voiced Holland Novak.
* In the final chapter of Eureka Seven nAnO, Renton still retains his sense of humor as an adult and what he wanted upon meeting Ao for the first time was a kiss, but was awarded with a punch from his son instead. However, he quickly forgave Ao and shared a happy family reunion with Eureka and Ao by playing soccer.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Renton Thurston at Eureka Seven Wiki
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