Eren Yeager

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## Base Breaking Character

### Alias

Eren Jeager
Kruger
Mister Kruger
Suicidal Maniac/Blockhead/Bastard
Attack Titan
Founding Titan
The Founder
The Userper
War Hammer Titan

### Powers/Skills

**Titan powers:**
Superhuman strength
Superhuman durability
Regenerative healing factor
Crystal hardening (artificially supplemented ability)
Clairvoyance (Attack Titan)
Ability to create and control Titans (Founding Titan)
Control over the bodies of the Subjects of Ymir (Founding Titan)
Telepathic communication with the Subjects of Ymir (Founding Titan)
Memory alteration and manipulation over the Subjects of Ymir (Founding Titan)
Object creation via Hardening (War Hammer Titan)
**Regular abilities:**
Intelligence
Strategic mind
Charisma
Advanced 3D maneuvering skills
Expertise in martial arts
Mastery of manipulation
Extensive combat prowess
High pain tolerance
Willpower

### Family

Grisha Yegaer † (father)
Carla Yeager † (mother)
Dina Fritz † (stepmother)
Zeke Yeager † (half-brother)
Dr. Yeager † (paternal grandfather)
Mrs. Yeager † (paternal grandmother)
Faye Yeager † (paternal aunt)
Unnamed maternal grandparents †

### Allies

**104th Training Corps**

* Mikasa Ackerman (love interest)
* Armin Arlert (best friend)
* Sasha Braus †
* Connie Springer
* Jean Kirstein (friendly rival)
* Marco Bott †
* Historia Reiss
* Ymir Fritz † (formerly)
* Thomas Wagner †
* Mina Carolina †

**Survey Corps**

* Levi Ackerman (former mentor)
* Hange Zoë † (formerly)
* Erwin Smith †
* Petra Ral †
* Eld Jinn †
* Gunther Schultz †
* Oluo Bozado †
* Moblit Berner †
* Keiji †
* Marlowe Freudenberg †

**Warrior Unit**

* Reiner Braun (formerly)
* Bertholdt Hoover † (formerly)
* Annie Leonhart (formerly)
* Falco Grice (undercover, formerly)

**Anti-Marleyan Volunteers**

* Zeke Yeager † (partner in crime, formerly)
* Yelena (partner in crime, formerly)
* Onyankopon (formerly)
* Griez † (ally, but begrudgingly on Griez's side)

**Yeagerists**

* Floch Forster † (partner in crime)
* Samuel Linke-Jackson †
* Daz †
* Louise

**Others**

* Darius Zackly † (formerly)
* Keith Shadis † (formerly)
* Nile Dok † (formerly)
* Flegel Reeves
* Dimo Reeves †
* Pastor Nick †
* Kiyomi Azumabito (formerly)
* Ramzi † (undercover, victim)
* Ymir Fritz † (soul)
* Wall Titans (one-sided on Eren's side, formerly)
* Berg Newspapers
* Most citizens of Paradis, especially from Trost District (numerous of them victims)

### Enemies

**Global Alliance, and the entire world outside Paradis Island** (archenemies)
**Marley Warriour Unit**

* Reiner Braun (archenemy)
* Bertholdt Hoover †
* Annie Leonhart
* Pieck Finger
* Porco Galliard †
* Gabi Braun (pre-revival killer)
* Falco Grice
* Colt Grice †
* Marcel Galliard † (soul during the Rumbling)
* Tom Ksaver † (soul during the Rumbling)

**Anti-Marleyan Volunteers**

* Zeke Yeager † (former Warrior and former Restorationist)
* Onyankopon
* Griez †

**Eldian Restorationists**

* Eren Kruger † (soul during the Rumbling)
* Grisha Yeager † (soul during the Rumbling)

### Goals

Avenge his mother's death by slaughtering the Titan (succeeded by slaughtering the Titans. (succeeded with killing the Pure Titans on his island; formerly).
Access his father's basement and learn all the secrets that the Royal Government are hiding (succeeded).
 Get revenge on Marley's Warriors (abandoned, yet succeeded in a way).
Free Paradis Island from the Pure Titans (succeeded).
**Post-Timeskip (undercover in Marley)**:
Determine whether he can create a peaceful future.
Retaliate against Marley's declaration of war.
**On Paradis**:
Desert the Survey Corps and overthrow the military government.
Distance himself from his friends (all succeeded).
Manipulate Zeke Yeager into trusting him (failed) and use him.
Get his father to kill the Reiss royal family and steal the Coordinate.
Stop Zeke's "euthanasia" plan.
Awaken the Wall Titans and initiate the Rumbling.
Repel Marley's assault on Shiganshina.
Decimate the Global Allied Fleet (all succeeded).
Kill Reiner Braun (abandoned).
Destroy the world through Rumbling to ensure the security of his home (and his friends) before his time is up (80% succeeded).
Make the Eldian soldiers of Paradis and Marley out to be heroes for killing him (succeeded), in order to redirect the world's hatred from Paradis onto himself and end the conflict (unknown outcome)

### Why Do Some People Hate The Character?

Many viewers dislike the fact that while he wants a free world, he turns into a manipulative and genocidal figure.
Until season 4, he was seen as an ineffective and uninteresting character by many viewers.

### Why Do Some People Love The Character?

Many viewers love his character development and change in season 4.
He is a very well written protagonist and generally considered one of the best written characters in the franchise.

### Type of Base Breaking Character

Derailed Anti-Hero

**Eren Yeager** is the main protagonist of the *Attack on Titan* franchise.

## What Makes Him a Base Breaking Character?

### What Do People Like About Him?

* He's a very well written protagonist, his change and internal conflicts in the 4th season fascinated the audience and increased his popularity.
* Eren is a very tragic character, especially since he saw his own mother die right in front of him. Fans completely understand his motivations and feelings based on the situation he had to deal with.
* He is shown to be very badass and cool moments in the series, especially later on in the series.

### What Do People Dislike About Him?

* His detractors don't like him turning into a villain during his later appearances and killing 80% of humanity.
* Even before season 4, he still had detractors that found his character to be ineffective and completely uninteresting.
* In the beginning, he was more hotheaded and more on an annoying brat. He wasn't necessarily relatable in the beginning of the series.
* His breakdown in the final chapter, despite him recovering from it, is seen as pathetic and became a meme on the internet.

Ymir Fritz

**Marley Warriour Unit**
Gabi Braun

**Others**
Grisha Yeager