Zero Two was designed as the most prominent character and icon of the series.
17 Facts About Zero Two
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Zero Two is an artificially-created life form who aspires to become fully human, and an elite pilot with an infamous reputation as the "Partner Killer".
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Zero Two is well known for addressing Hiro, the protagonist, by the eponymous term "darling".
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Zero Two had the most labor-intensive design process and was designed to be an iconic character to act as a flagship for Darling in the Franxx.
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Tanaka explained that the design team was more concentrated on "what sort of existence Zero Two had", rather than her appearance, beginning with a vague image of a "badass transfer student".
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The initial design concepts of Zero Two were substantially subdued in comparison to her final appearance, appearing as a small, quiet, dark-haired character, before the design team decided that the design did not work with the intended personality.
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Zero Two is an elite pilot originally belonging to the special forces unit with an infamous reputation as the "Partner Killer" due to none of her previous co-pilots having survived past three rides.
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Commonly viewed by others as a monster, Zero Two possesses bestial physical characteristics such as two small red horns and fangs.
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Zero Two began to pursue her ambition to become fully human after meeting the protagonist Hiro in her youth, and frequently questions the meaning of humanity.
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Zero Two has a confident and assertive personality, as well as being consistently rebellious towards the collectivist, quasi-theocratic world government depicted in the series.
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An elite pilot belonging to APE's special forces, Zero Two is a mysterious and rebellious girl often referred to as a monster due to her red horns and klaxosaur blood.
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Zero Two is known as the "partner killer" as all partners who pilot Strelizia with her always die after riding three times with her at most, with Hiro being the only exception.
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Zero Two always refers to Hiro by the eponym "darling".
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Zero Two later finds out she is a clone of the Klaxosaur Princess created by Dr Franxx.
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When Hiro is forced to link with the princess, Zero Two is able to mentally connect with Strelizia to save him and stop VIRM from destroying the planet but this left her body catatonic.
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Several pieces of merchandising action figures based on Zero Two have been announced.
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The song and the associated clip of Zero Two appeared in popular memes.