Editor’s Note: This entry includes spoilers from Fullmetal Alchemist.
About
Nina Tucker is a character from the anime and manga series Full Metal Alchemist, a four-year old girl who was fused together with her dog and turned into a chimera by her father. Due her transformation and death, she is often used as troll tactic to anger the series fans.
Origin
Nina first appeared on Full Metal Alchemist’s fifth chapter, The Alchemist’s Suffering, released in December, 2001.[5] In it, Edward and Alphonse Elric visit the chimeric alchemist Shou Tucker, who was able to make a chimera capable of human speech, and meet his daughter Nina. After becoming friends with her and her dog, Alexander, one of the days the brothers are informed by Shou that he was able to create another chimera able to speak. However, Ed realises the chimera contains both Nina and Alexander, beating Shou when he confirms it, and later apologising to Nina for not being able to separate them. After the brothers leave, a stranger enters on the house and kills both Shou and Nina, asking God to take care of their souls.[1] On March 17th, 2011, youtuber NEWACCOUNT– KAIROUZVISUAL uploaded the death scene from the 2009 anime series, gathering over 400,000 views in the following years.
Spread
One of the earliest uses of Nina for trolling purpouses can be found on a thread submitted on 4chan’s anime and manga board /a/ on February 25th, 2012. The thread featured a “Japanese animal noises” game, being the second response Nina in her chimera form.[3]
Various Examples
Search Interest
External References
[1]FMA Wiki – Nina Tucker
[2]Tumblr – Search for nina tucker
[3]archive.moe – Lets play the Japanese animal noise game /a/
[4]archive.moe – Search for nina tucker