50 Fun Facts About Code Geass

Which real fast-food chain sponsored Code Geass in Japan and feeds C.C.'s constant cravings?

Pizza Hut was a real sponsor of the series in Japan, so C.C. orders it constantly, usually on Lelouch's credit card.

What one-word alias does Lelouch adopt as the masked leader of the rebellion in Code Geass?

Zero wears a full helmet, so others can play the part: in the finale Lelouch's oldest friend dons it to strike him down.

Which former Power Rangers actor voices Lelouch in the English dub of Code Geass?

Johnny Yong Bosch played Power Ranger Adam Park in the 1990s before becoming the English voice of Lelouch, Ichigo in Bleach and Vash in Trigun.

What name does Britannia give Japan after conquering it in Code Geass?

Area 11 is just a number on Britannia's list of conquests, and the Japanese themselves are relabelled Elevens.

Which younger sister of Lelouch, left blind and unable to walk, inspires his whole rebellion in Code Geass?

Nunnally was wounded in the attack on her family, and her blindness, long blamed on trauma, is later revealed to be the work of her father's Geass.

In the backstory of Code Geass, whose conquest of the British Isles forced the royal family to flee to America?

Napoleon Bonaparte wins in this timeline, which is why an empire called Britannia rules from North America and no longer holds Britain itself.

Which all-female manga group behind Cardcaptor Sakura drew the original character designs for Code Geass?

Clamp had never been asked to design characters for an anime before, and its lead artist Mokona drew the originals.

Which board game could Lelouch never win against his half-brother Schneizel as a child in Code Geass?

Chess runs through the series: Lelouch bets on games with his friend Rivalz, and Schneizel is the only person he could not beat as a child.

What are the humanoid war machines that let Britannia conquer Japan called in Code Geass?

Knightmare Frames were Britannia's newest weapon in the invasion, and an early prototype, the Ganymede, had Empress Marianne as its test pilot.

In Code Geass lore, which general's failed rebellion left the American colonies under royal rule?

George Washington loses in this timeline, so the colonies stay under the crown and later become the heart of the Holy Britannian Empire.

Which rebel army does Lelouch found in Code Geass, presenting it as a protector of the powerless?

The Black Knights grow from one small Tokyo resistance cell into the contracted army of a new worldwide alliance of nations.

What surname does the former prince Lelouch vi Britannia use as his alias at school in Code Geass?

Lamperouge hides Lelouch and his sister in plain sight for seven years, and the fake brother planted beside him in R2 is given the same surname.

Which private school in Tokyo does Lelouch attend while secretly leading a rebellion in Code Geass?

Ashford Academy is run by a once-noble family that shelters Lelouch and his sister, letting them live rent-free in its student clubhouse.

Which son of Japan's last prime minister fights for Britannia and finally kills Emperor Lelouch in Code Geass?

Suzaku Kururugi is Lelouch's childhood friend, and the killing is staged: the two plan it together so the world's hatred ends with the emperor.

Which half-Japanese ace pilot poses as a sickly schoolgirl while fighting Britannia in Code Geass?

Kallen Stadtfeld uses her Britannian father's name at school but fights under her Japanese name, Kōzuki, as the best pilot the rebels have.

Which Japanese animation studio, best known for the Gundam franchise, produced Code Geass?

Sunrise shaped the hero's look: writer Ichirō Ōkouchi felt a mask was necessary for Code Geass to feel like one of the studio's shows.

What power does the Geass that C.C. gives Lelouch grant him in the first episode of Code Geass?

Absolute obedience is only the form the Power of the King takes in Lelouch; other Geass users in the series receive entirely different abilities.

What must Lelouch make with a person before his Geass can take hold of them in Code Geass?

Direct eye contact is required every time, and the power works only once on each person, so a wasted use can never be repeated.

Which Britannian emperor, the father of Lelouch, preaches that equality is an evil in Code Geass?

Charles zi Britannia is the 98th emperor, a Social Darwinist who stokes class conflict and conquest in the belief that struggle keeps society evolving.

Whose unsolved murder in the imperial villa turns Lelouch against his father in Code Geass?

His mother, Marianne, was a commoner turned imperial consort, shot dead in the Aries Villa; officially, the culprits were never found.

Which prototype mecha from the Camelot research team does Lelouch's childhood friend pilot in Code Geass?

Lancelot is first sent out when Lelouch's command of the rebels starts beating the army, and its developer is the pudding-loving Earl Lloyd Asplund.

Which Cartoon Network programming block first aired the English dub of Code Geass in the United States?

Adult Swim began showing the dub in April 2008, the same month the second season started in Japan, and aired the finale in June 2009.

Which gentle princess is accidentally ordered by Lelouch's Geass to massacre the Japanese in Code Geass?

Euphemia had just offered the Japanese their name and country back; Britannia officially blamed her, and she became known as the Massacre Princess.

Which fruit became Jeremiah Gottwald's nickname in Code Geass after Lelouch hinted at a made-up scandal?

Orange was pure bluff, a code word for a conspiracy that never existed, yet the rumours got Jeremiah demoted and nearly killed by his own men.

Which classmate, who calls Lelouch by the pet name Lulu and falls for him, is shot dead in R2 of Code Geass?

Shirley Fenette is killed by Lelouch's false brother after her memories return; the recap films change events so that she survives.

What does the immortal C.C. want in exchange for giving Lelouch his Geass in Code Geass?

Her own death is the greatest wish behind the contract: the immortal witch wants Lelouch, or anyone at all, to be able to kill her.

Which assassin, planted as Lelouch's younger brother in R2, has a Geass that freezes people's sense of time?

Rolo pays a price for his power, because his heart stops for as long as he uses it; he later gives his life to save Lelouch.

Which Geass user, given his power by C.C. at age six, was driven mad by hearing every thought within 500 metres?

Mao wears headphones playing recordings of C.C.'s voice to drown out the noise, because his Geass can never be switched off.

Which immortal with the body of a boy leads the Geass Order and is the older twin of Britannia's emperor?

V.V. stopped ageing at ten, and it was he who gave Geass to both his twin and the time-freezing assassin sent to watch Lelouch.

Which Code Geass superpower does Schneizel try to annex by marrying Prince Odysseus to its child empress?

The Chinese Federation is really run by the High Eunuchs, with its young empress a figurehead, until Lelouch crashes the wedding and helps overthrow them.

Which mecha built by Rakshata Chawla, with a radiation-emitting arm, goes to the rebels' best pilot in Code Geass?

Guren can take down almost any enemy machine in a single attack once its arm gets a grip, and a later upgrade lets it fly.

Which flying fortress does Prince Schneizel plan to position so it can strike any nation on Earth in Code Geass?

Damocles was meant to enforce peace by the threat of annihilation; Lelouch seizes it in the final battle and declares himself ruler of the world.

Which warhead built by Nina Einstein vaporises the Tokyo Settlement in the second season of Code Geass?

FLEIJA horrifies its own inventor once it is used on a city, and she later helps Lelouch build a countermeasure against it.

Which fictional mineral made the industrialist Taizō Kirihara rich and powers much of the technology in Code Geass?

Sakuradite is so central that Rakshata builds a jamming field, the Gefjun Disturber, purely to shut down any machine that runs on it.

Which stray cat flees with Lelouch's mask on its head before the student council adopts it in Code Geass?

Arthur keeps biting one council member, a running gag, yet goes along with him when he is promoted to the emperor's elite guard.

Which Japanese rock band performed Colors, the first opening theme of Code Geass?

Flow's song was voted most popular song in Animage's Anime Grand Prix, the same poll in which Lelouch was chosen as most popular male character.

Which Japanese voice actor won best lead actor at the first Seiyu Awards for playing Lelouch in Code Geass?

Jun Fukuyama won in 2007, the awards' first year, and has said that offers for other anime series started arriving once the show had ended.

Which director of both Code Geass seasons went on to direct One Piece Film: Red?

Gorō Taniguchi developed Code Geass with writer Ichirō Ōkouchi, and had already directed a One Piece special in 1998, long before the film.

Which Code Geass side story, released as five OVA chapters, is set in Europe between the two television seasons?

Akito the Exiled follows a young soldier of the European army, and a brainwashed Lelouch turns up in it under the alias Julius Kingsley.

Which North American city is the imperial capital of the Holy Britannian Empire in Code Geass?

Pendragon is wiped off the map late in R2, when Schneizel attacks his own capital from a newly built flying fortress.

Which mythology's binding taboo, the geis, may have inspired the name of the Geass power in Code Geass?

Irish heroes lived under a geis as a vow or a curse, yet keeping it could also bring power and blessings, so the gift cuts both ways.

Which mecha, stolen from Britannia, is piloted by C.C. while Lelouch operates its weapons in Code Geass?

Gawain is seized during an escape from an island ruin, and C.C. later flies it against Jeremiah Gottwald's Siegfried in the first-season finale.

Which fictional drug in Code Geass, the target of a rebel raid, makes users think they are reliving the past?

Refrain gives its name to the ninth episode, in which the raid reveals that a parent of the rebels' ace pilot is among the addicts.

Which flower became the nickname for the distinctive mask Lelouch wears as a rebel leader in Code Geass?

Tulip was the nickname the mask's distinctive shape earned; its designers wanted a look never seen in any of the studio's earlier series.

Which anime about space debris collectors did the director and head writer of Code Geass make together beforehand?

Planetes is where producer Yoshitaka Kawaguchi first approached the pair, and both of its composers followed them onto the new series.

Which live-action hero series did the Code Geass director cite as a bigger influence on Lelouch than Gundam's Char?

Kamen Rider gave him the idea of a lead who heads an evil organisation, and he asked his writer to avoid Gundam-like characterisation.

What name is given to the emperor's plan to merge all minds and create a world without lies in Code Geass?

The Ragnarök Connection would have fused humanity into one collective unconscious; Lelouch rejects it as stagnation and uses his Geass to stop it.

Which mecha does Rakshata Chawla build for Lelouch's own use in the second season of Code Geass?

Shinkirō makes a devastating debut on the Asian mainland, where Lelouch uses it to destroy most of an opposing army on his own.

Which Japanese island do remnants of Britannia seize and rule as a new empire in Code Geass: Rozé of the Recapture?

Hokkaido becomes the Neo-Britannian Empire once the old empire has dissolved, and two brothers for hire are sent to rescue its princess.

Which export of the desert kingdom Zilkhistan has world peace crippled in Code Geass Lelouch of the Re;surrection?

Mercenaries were the kingdom's livelihood, so the peace Lelouch died for ruined it, and its sibling rulers respond by abducting his sister.