Schmitt

**Schmitt** (シュミット, *Shumitto*) was a player of Sword Art Online. He was a game reviewer and a member of the Golden Apple guild.

## Appearance

Schmitt has short, sports club, ace-like brown hair, thick eyebrows, a square jaw and a deep, magnetic-like voice. He wears high-ranked, heavy metal armor with silver and blue as the base colours. In battle, he wields a 2-meter-long guard lance and a tower shield.

## Personality

Schmitt was a cowardly, spineless and paranoid player, who was always stressed, and was always shouting about how "the walls are closing in" and other such claims of doom. He was willing to do anything to avoid getting killed, even kill orphans for their blood. Whether or not he would have acted on these claims is never confirmed, although he did snap Grimlock's neck to avenge Griselda's murder, showcasing that he does not hesitate to murder if he feels justified.

He was compared to a landmine by Kirito, saying a landmine could handle pressure better than Schmitt, and would probably kill fewer people. He has been given death threats so many times over minor things that he has decided to just "assume the position", making him prone to apologizing even for actions he's innocent or had no control of. He seems to be unfamiliar with metaphors, as when Heathcliff said they must fight as a single sword Schmitt pointed out multiple swords would more effective.

Despite his cowardly nature, Schmitt volunteered to fight The Skull Reaper in Floor 75 (although he failed to land a single hit before the monster glitched out), which Kirito commended in spite of his constant digs at him. He was also fairly loyal to his friends, and Griselda's death, alongside Kains and Yolko's (staged) assassinations briefly sent him over the edge.

## Differences from the Original

Schmitt wasn't a YouTuber in the original, nor was he worried his fans were going to kill him. He was just scared someone was killing his friends, and eventually him. Schmitt doesn't offer to kill anyone to avoid getting killed by "Griselda". It was revealed that Schmitt did have a role in Griselda's death, he unlocked the door to the room she was staying in, which allowed Laughing Coffin to kill her.

## Quotes

"*I used to laugh at their comments. You hear me?! LAUGH! But now?! What if they actually* do *chop off my limbs, rip out my intestines, and ride me like some sort of meat toboggan!*"
—Schmitt explaining his paranoia.

"*I don't know about you, but I have a duty to my fans to survive this game. I mean, to the ones who aren't threatening to use my spine as a pitching wedge.*"
—Schmitt's loyalty to his fans.

"*Hey, people threatened to kill me for giving Pokemon: V&R a 7 out of 10! At this point, I've learned to just assume the position.*"
—Schmitt explaing why he was apologizing to Griselda.

"*Why am I always the example?!*"
—Schmitt upon hearing Kirito using him as an example for the players' stupidity.

## Voice Actor

* In the Japanese dub, Schmitt is voiced by Masayuki Katou.
* In the English dub, Schmitt is voiced by Kaiji Tang.
* In the abridged series, Schmitt was voiced by ChaseFace before being replaced by KaggyFilms.

## Trivia

* In the original, Schmitt joined a Guild called the "Divine Dragons Alliance" after he left Golden Apple. In the abridged version, this Guild was turned into the Mafia. Whether this meant Schmitt was *in* the Mafia was never stated.
* The voice actor who went on to play Schmitt for the rest of the series (KaggyFilms) was also the voice of Johnny Black in the original Sword Art Online.