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Spain

2012-02-28T02:09:36Z

88.17.122.51: /* Belgium */

{{Nation
| name = Spain<br>スペイン
| continent = EUROPE
| image = Tradspain.png
| country = [[Image:SpainFlag.png]] [[wikipedia:Spain|Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España)]]
| human = [[Human names#Spain|Antonio Fernández Carriedo]] (アントーニョ・フェルナンデス・カリエド)
| spellings = Antonio Hernández Carriedo (アントーニョ・ヘルナンデス・カリエド)
| age = 25
| gender = Male
| birthday = February 12
| hair = Brown
| eyes = Green

| volume = [[Volume 1]]
| strip = ''Meeting of the world''
| game = [[kitayume:Noto-sama 5|Noto-sama 5]]
| dramacd = [[Hetalia Drama CD Interval Vol. 1: The CD Of The Awesome Me]]
| anime = [[Episode 01]]

| japanese = [[Go Inoue]]
| english = [[David Trosko]]
}}
'''Spain''' (スペイン, ''Supein'') is a supporting character in the series '''Hetalia: Axis Powers'''. In 2008, Himaruya gave human names to some of the characters, and he received the name '''[[Human names#Spain|Antonio Fernández Carriedo]]''' (アントーニョ・フェルナンデス・カリエド, ''Antōnyo Ferunandesu Kariedo''), though it may have been originally spelled '''Antonio Hernández Carriedo''' (アントーニョ・ヘルナンデス・カリエド, ''Antōnyo Herunandesu Kariedo'', ''see "Name" section for details'').

==Attributes==
[[File:SpainChibi.png|thumb|left|160px|A 'chibi' version of Spain.]]

===Appearance===
He has somewhat curly brown hair, green eyes, lightly tanned skin, and wears a khaki-colored uniform with his sleeves rolled up to his elbow. He is often depicted with his favorite food, tomatoes. In the profile image at the right, he is wearing a bullfighter uniform (from the '''Children's Day''' sketch series).

Spain's skintone has alternated between fair and olive. He's said to always look happy, even without reason.

===Personality and Interests===
A cheerful country bumpkin, Spain was once a super powerful nation and traveler until he was tormented by England and [[Netherlands]], beaten by a younger America, and thrown into war and poverty. Despite all his hardships, he remained optimistic and passionate. The source of his constant happiness is the sunshine that casts over his land.

Although he means well, he happens to come off as insensitive and clueless at times because of his inability to "read the atmosphere" (it is said that he does not even try to assess the situation). Spain speaks in the Osaka-ben variant of the ''Kansai'' dialect in the Japanese version of the manga and anime.

He is also very fond of children, especially the Italy brothers. It is shown that his ultimate dream is for both of them to live with him.

Spain is often shown spending time with either Romano, France, Prussia, Belgium and Netherlands.

It has also been stated that he tends to get sentimental if he drinks, but when he gets completely drunk he "becomes so scary he can even change Sweden's facial expression".

==Relationships==
===Austria===
''Main Article: [[Austria]]''

He was conquered by Austria before the Italian Wars. The two were married within the union of the other countries in the [[wikipedia:House of Hapsburg|House of Hapsburg]].

The two remained in close contact as allies until the [[wikipedia:War of the Spanish Succession| War of the Spanish Succession]]. Spain would later ally himself with France and [[Prussia]] in the [[wikipedia:War of the Austrian Succession|War of the Austrian Succession]].

===Belgium===
''Main Article: [[Belgium]]''

Belgium and Netherlands became a member of Spain's household when the Burgundian-Hapsburgs acquired the crown of Spain. Although Netherlands does not seem to get along well with Spain at all, Belgium seems to. In the [[Hetalia Drama CD Interval Vol.2: Boss CD|Boss CD]], Spain helps Belgium with laundry and with [[South Italy|Romano]]. They enjoyed friendly meals together, as well, including the churros that he and Romano made together.

The Christmas 2007 Event revealed that when her brother left to become independent she not only stayed with Spain but also fought along side him.

In the 2010 Christmas Event she is attacked by [[List of minor characters in Hetalia: Axis Powers#Parallel Spain|Parallel Spain]] and stops him by giving him her scarf. He falls in love with her, although she doesn't seem to notice he looks exactly like Spain.

===France===
''Main Article: [[France]]''

The two get along rather well, having grown up and fought in wars together, though Spain remains oblivious to France's more perverted tendencies and cannot see why Romano hates him. It is said in production notes by Himaruya that their relationship is actually undesirable, yet the two remain inseparable. Recently, it seems Spain is aware that France is a bad influence on him, calling him "despicable" before defeating him in [[wikipedia:Battle of Garigliano (1503)| The Battle of Garigliano]] with the help of his pet [[Creatures of Hetalia#Spain's Bull|bull]]. France's first bird named Pierre is used for communication with him.

===Monaco===
''Main Article: [[Monaco]]''

Monaco was a member of Spain's household in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Spain kept doing her unwanted favors, though, and their relationship eventually grew sour. <ref>http://himaruya.blog61.fc2.com/blog-entry-1145.html</ref>

===Netherlands===
''Main Article: [[Netherlands]]''

Netherlands was a member of Spain's household for some time. Their relationship became very difficult up till the point where Spain believed Netherlands hated him. Eventually he left and later beat Spain up to be recognized as an independent country.

In the 2010 Christmas Event they are seen together during Christmas. Netherlands perpetually tells Spain to go home. When the strange figure approached Netherlands, he appeared to be defending Spain. Finally when he got held down by the figure, Spain attempts to help free Netherlands. By the end of the event, a half-naked, sleeping Spain is on top of Netherlands, and his only comment was, "What the hell? This sucks."

===South Italy (Romano)===
''Main Article: [[South Italy]]''

Spain is rather affectionate to Romano (this affection being described as somewhat abnormal in character notes), having raised him from the time he was a child and under his rule. As a result, Romano takes after him in his culture and customs, and both share a deep love for tomatoes.

After defeating France in the 'Batalla del Garellano', Spain took control over South Italy and made him his henchman (since he was the self-proclaimed 'boss' of his colonies). In the years of having raised him, Spain often had difficulty trying to get Romano to do chores and when he did, he often ended up breaking things, making him wish that he could have acquired North Italy instead, due to the younger brother's obedience and "cuteness". After Spain's attempt to trade him for his younger brother, Spain couldn't help feeling guilty and often spoiled Romano in an attempt to make Romano like him more and be more obedient, but with few results.

Even though he found Romano's frequent bed-wetting and harsh attitude to be annoying, Spain remained affectionate to him, and was determined to save him when he was captured by [[Turkey]] and from France's frequent attempts to take Romano from him. Even though their kingdom wound up thrown into debt due to all the money spent on South Italy's protection, Spain refused to let go of him since he was 'special' to him, even after being scolded several times by his boss. Seeing this made Romano realise how much Spain truly cared for him, and after (very shyly) thanking his caretaker for rescuing him, Spain changed his view on him as well, saying he 'also had a cute side after all' and that 'it would be so cute if he was so honest all the time'. After that their relationship improved a bit, but Romano also grew more jealous around Spain. In one strip, Romano tried to attack a German soldier who was talking to Spain, mistaking him for an enemy, which Spain mad at him for being rude to a visitor. Known by his inability to read the mood, Spain didn't know about Romano's true intentions until he asked him directly, which frustrated Romano to no end.
Romano's tendency to blush and turn completely red whenever he was embarrassed or angry as a kid often made Spain comment on how much he looked like a tomato. Unaware of its effects on Romano, Spain also had the habit of pulling on and twirling Romano's curl, causing Romano to headbutt him and call him a pervert.

At one point Spain spent all his money on buying Chibi-Romano new clothes, while he himself was dressed in rags. Then in the same strip we're shown Romano (adult) reading a Spanish history book in the present, about how Spain spent lots of money in South Italy back at the time. However, while Romano is trying to say something that could be interpreted as an attempt to say thank you, in the end Spain doesn't get what Romano wants to say and says that 'he used to spend all his money without thinking in the past, but now he knows the importance of saving money'. This results in a very annoyed Romano, and the Netherlands stating that "he was always like this".

As Romano grew into an adult he continued to be close to Spain, and is rarely seen spending time with any other characters besides Spain and his own brother (and sometimes Belgium). Spain is one of the few characters to be on good terms with Romano, as they often appear spending time together. Whenever he gets in trouble he calls Spain for help, like the time he was captured by England in WW2, or when he ran out of pasta and he refused to accept anyone's food but Spain's. Even though he retains his harsh attitude throughout the series, in one strip he tried to save Spain from dying from a severe cold (caused by the great economic difficulties Spain was going through), and went as far as fighting the mafia (which he fears and always obeys) and trying to buy more imports from Spain, even though he was still dealing with his own cold (for economic reasons as well). During the Halloween Event 2011, Spain called Romano cute several times despite his appearance and unsettling aura, and stated that "he's so cute I just can't help but want to protect him".

==Appearances==
===Anime===
[[Image:SpainAnime.png|200px|thumb|right|Spain in Episode 14]]
Spain cameos in [[Episode 01]] at the world meeting, asking [[Russia]] if he is going to say something to stop the quarreling that is going on. He then makes his official appearance as a young Spain appearing in the ''Chibitalia'' segments offering Italy churros in [[Episode 02]], but later in the episode is shown to be one of the other children that bullies the Italy brothers.

Episodes [[Episode 60|60]][[Episode 61|-]][[Episode 62|62]], [[Episode 68]], and [[Episode 75]][[Episode 76|-]][[Episode 77|77]] adapt '''Boss Spain's Control of Southern Italy'''. This shows the time from when Spain firsts acquires Romano to where he begins fighting France and Turkey for Romano.

==Trivia==
[[File:EarlySpainswitz.jpg|thumb|130px|right|An early design of Spain (shown on the left in this image).]]
*According to a note by [[Hidekaz Himaruya]], Spain was only originally going to speak in the Kansai dialect whenever he was excited or around people that were close to him. In addition, Himaruya also revealed that Spain might as well have "two faces" like Russia. He also stated in another note that while Spain treated Romano kindly, he was stern to his other colonies. Himaruya himself wondered why Spain was "historically stuck on Italy" that much, as it was stuck spending so much money to protect it and struggled to try to get it back after losing it in the [[wikipedia:War of the Spanish Succession| War of the Spanish Succession]].

*Himaruya stated that Spain was also based off a friend of his, which inspired him to give him the Kansai dialect. In addition, it is said that all of the Spanish-language nations will speak in some variant of Kansai. Though [[Belgium]] is not one of them, she speaks in the ''Shiga-ben'' variant, presumably since she used to be one of Spain's territories.

*A separate character for '''Castile''' was originally planned as Spain's older sister, but it is speculated that Himaruya may have forgotten about this idea, as he later drew a child version of Spain that seemed to hint at the [[wikipedia:Reconquista|Reconquista]]. Fans speculate that the younger Spain may have represented Castile, or alternatively '''Aragon''' (in the case of Castile being a separate character). It originally seemed more likely that he represented Castile due to the above sketch, as well as the Castilian culture being the dominant culture of Spain. In the original webcomic, his boss was also shown to be [[wikipedia:Joanna of Castile|Joanna of Castile]] in the '''Boss Spain''' strips. However, in ''volume 3'', Spain was used to represent the Crown of Aragon, throwing doubt on to this theory. In most fanfiction, he is used to represent the entirety of '''Hispania''', especially during its days as a Roman province.

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Spain

2012-02-28T02:07:52Z

88.17.122.51: This was actually stated by the author once.

{{Nation
| name = Spain<br>スペイン
| continent = EUROPE
| image = Tradspain.png
| country = [[Image:SpainFlag.png]] [[wikipedia:Spain|Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España)]]
| human = [[Human names#Spain|Antonio Fernández Carriedo]] (アントーニョ・フェルナンデス・カリエド)
| spellings = Antonio Hernández Carriedo (アントーニョ・ヘルナンデス・カリエド)
| age = 25
| gender = Male
| birthday = February 12
| hair = Brown
| eyes = Green

| volume = [[Volume 1]]
| strip = ''Meeting of the world''
| game = [[kitayume:Noto-sama 5|Noto-sama 5]]
| dramacd = [[Hetalia Drama CD Interval Vol. 1: The CD Of The Awesome Me]]
| anime = [[Episode 01]]

| japanese = [[Go Inoue]]
| english = [[David Trosko]]
}}
'''Spain''' (スペイン, ''Supein'') is a supporting character in the series '''Hetalia: Axis Powers'''. In 2008, Himaruya gave human names to some of the characters, and he received the name '''[[Human names#Spain|Antonio Fernández Carriedo]]''' (アントーニョ・フェルナンデス・カリエド, ''Antōnyo Ferunandesu Kariedo''), though it may have been originally spelled '''Antonio Hernández Carriedo''' (アントーニョ・ヘルナンデス・カリエド, ''Antōnyo Herunandesu Kariedo'', ''see "Name" section for details'').

==Attributes==
[[File:SpainChibi.png|thumb|left|160px|A 'chibi' version of Spain.]]

===Appearance===
He has somewhat curly brown hair, green eyes, lightly tanned skin, and wears a khaki-colored uniform with his sleeves rolled up to his elbow. He is often depicted with his favorite food, tomatoes. In the profile image at the right, he is wearing a bullfighter uniform (from the '''Children's Day''' sketch series).

Spain's skintone has alternated between fair and olive. He's said to always look happy, even without reason.

===Personality and Interests===
A cheerful country bumpkin, Spain was once a super powerful nation and traveler until he was tormented by England and [[Netherlands]], beaten by a younger America, and thrown into war and poverty. Despite all his hardships, he remained optimistic and passionate. The source of his constant happiness is the sunshine that casts over his land.

Although he means well, he happens to come off as insensitive and clueless at times because of his inability to "read the atmosphere" (it is said that he does not even try to assess the situation). Spain speaks in the Osaka-ben variant of the ''Kansai'' dialect in the Japanese version of the manga and anime.

He is also very fond of children, especially the Italy brothers. It is shown that his ultimate dream is for both of them to live with him.

Spain is often shown spending time with either Romano, France, Prussia, Belgium and Netherlands.

It has also been stated that he tends to get sentimental if he drinks, but when he gets completely drunk he "becomes so scary he can even change Sweden's facial expression".

==Relationships==
===Austria===
''Main Article: [[Austria]]''

He was conquered by Austria before the Italian Wars. The two were married within the union of the other countries in the [[wikipedia:House of Hapsburg|House of Hapsburg]].

The two remained in close contact as allies until the [[wikipedia:War of the Spanish Succession| War of the Spanish Succession]]. Spain would later ally himself with France and [[Prussia]] in the [[wikipedia:War of the Austrian Succession|War of the Austrian Succession]].

===Belgium===
''Main Article: [[Belgium]]''

Belgium and Netherlands became a member of Spain's household when the Burgundian-Hapsburgs acquired the crown of Spain. Although Netherlands does not seem to get along well with Spain at all, Belgium seems to. In the [[Hetalia Drama CD Interval Vol.2: Boss CD|Boss CD]], Spain helps Belgium with laundry and with [[South Italy|Romano]]. They enjoyed friendly meals together, as well, including the churros that he and Romano made together. When her brother left to become independent, she not only stayed with Spain, but ended up having to fight her brother.

The Christmas 2007 Event revealed that when her brother left to become independent she not only stayed with Spain but also fought along side him.

In the 2010 Christmas Event she is attacked by [[List of minor characters in Hetalia: Axis Powers#Parallel Spain|Parallel Spain]] and stops him by giving him her scarf. He falls in love with her, although she doesn't seem to notice he looks exactly like Spain.

===France===
''Main Article: [[France]]''

The two get along rather well, having grown up and fought in wars together, though Spain remains oblivious to France's more perverted tendencies and cannot see why Romano hates him. It is said in production notes by Himaruya that their relationship is actually undesirable, yet the two remain inseparable. Recently, it seems Spain is aware that France is a bad influence on him, calling him "despicable" before defeating him in [[wikipedia:Battle of Garigliano (1503)| The Battle of Garigliano]] with the help of his pet [[Creatures of Hetalia#Spain's Bull|bull]]. France's first bird named Pierre is used for communication with him.

===Monaco===
''Main Article: [[Monaco]]''

Monaco was a member of Spain's household in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. Spain kept doing her unwanted favors, though, and their relationship eventually grew sour. <ref>http://himaruya.blog61.fc2.com/blog-entry-1145.html</ref>

===Netherlands===
''Main Article: [[Netherlands]]''

Netherlands was a member of Spain's household for some time. Their relationship became very difficult up till the point where Spain believed Netherlands hated him. Eventually he left and later beat Spain up to be recognized as an independent country.

In the 2010 Christmas Event they are seen together during Christmas. Netherlands perpetually tells Spain to go home. When the strange figure approached Netherlands, he appeared to be defending Spain. Finally when he got held down by the figure, Spain attempts to help free Netherlands. By the end of the event, a half-naked, sleeping Spain is on top of Netherlands, and his only comment was, "What the hell? This sucks."

===South Italy (Romano)===
''Main Article: [[South Italy]]''

Spain is rather affectionate to Romano (this affection being described as somewhat abnormal in character notes), having raised him from the time he was a child and under his rule. As a result, Romano takes after him in his culture and customs, and both share a deep love for tomatoes.

After defeating France in the 'Batalla del Garellano', Spain took control over South Italy and made him his henchman (since he was the self-proclaimed 'boss' of his colonies). In the years of having raised him, Spain often had difficulty trying to get Romano to do chores and when he did, he often ended up breaking things, making him wish that he could have acquired North Italy instead, due to the younger brother's obedience and "cuteness". After Spain's attempt to trade him for his younger brother, Spain couldn't help feeling guilty and often spoiled Romano in an attempt to make Romano like him more and be more obedient, but with few results.

Even though he found Romano's frequent bed-wetting and harsh attitude to be annoying, Spain remained affectionate to him, and was determined to save him when he was captured by [[Turkey]] and from France's frequent attempts to take Romano from him. Even though their kingdom wound up thrown into debt due to all the money spent on South Italy's protection, Spain refused to let go of him since he was 'special' to him, even after being scolded several times by his boss. Seeing this made Romano realise how much Spain truly cared for him, and after (very shyly) thanking his caretaker for rescuing him, Spain changed his view on him as well, saying he 'also had a cute side after all' and that 'it would be so cute if he was so honest all the time'. After that their relationship improved a bit, but Romano also grew more jealous around Spain. In one strip, Romano tried to attack a German soldier who was talking to Spain, mistaking him for an enemy, which Spain mad at him for being rude to a visitor. Known by his inability to read the mood, Spain didn't know about Romano's true intentions until he asked him directly, which frustrated Romano to no end.
Romano's tendency to blush and turn completely red whenever he was embarrassed or angry as a kid often made Spain comment on how much he looked like a tomato. Unaware of its effects on Romano, Spain also had the habit of pulling on and twirling Romano's curl, causing Romano to headbutt him and call him a pervert.

At one point Spain spent all his money on buying Chibi-Romano new clothes, while he himself was dressed in rags. Then in the same strip we're shown Romano (adult) reading a Spanish history book in the present, about how Spain spent lots of money in South Italy back at the time. However, while Romano is trying to say something that could be interpreted as an attempt to say thank you, in the end Spain doesn't get what Romano wants to say and says that 'he used to spend all his money without thinking in the past, but now he knows the importance of saving money'. This results in a very annoyed Romano, and the Netherlands stating that "he was always like this".

As Romano grew into an adult he continued to be close to Spain, and is rarely seen spending time with any other characters besides Spain and his own brother (and sometimes Belgium). Spain is one of the few characters to be on good terms with Romano, as they often appear spending time together. Whenever he gets in trouble he calls Spain for help, like the time he was captured by England in WW2, or when he ran out of pasta and he refused to accept anyone's food but Spain's. Even though he retains his harsh attitude throughout the series, in one strip he tried to save Spain from dying from a severe cold (caused by the great economic difficulties Spain was going through), and went as far as fighting the mafia (which he fears and always obeys) and trying to buy more imports from Spain, even though he was still dealing with his own cold (for economic reasons as well). During the Halloween Event 2011, Spain called Romano cute several times despite his appearance and unsettling aura, and stated that "he's so cute I just can't help but want to protect him".

==Appearances==
===Anime===
[[Image:SpainAnime.png|200px|thumb|right|Spain in Episode 14]]
Spain cameos in [[Episode 01]] at the world meeting, asking [[Russia]] if he is going to say something to stop the quarreling that is going on. He then makes his official appearance as a young Spain appearing in the ''Chibitalia'' segments offering Italy churros in [[Episode 02]], but later in the episode is shown to be one of the other children that bullies the Italy brothers.

Episodes [[Episode 60|60]][[Episode 61|-]][[Episode 62|62]], [[Episode 68]], and [[Episode 75]][[Episode 76|-]][[Episode 77|77]] adapt '''Boss Spain's Control of Southern Italy'''. This shows the time from when Spain firsts acquires Romano to where he begins fighting France and Turkey for Romano.

==Trivia==
[[File:EarlySpainswitz.jpg|thumb|130px|right|An early design of Spain (shown on the left in this image).]]
*According to a note by [[Hidekaz Himaruya]], Spain was only originally going to speak in the Kansai dialect whenever he was excited or around people that were close to him. In addition, Himaruya also revealed that Spain might as well have "two faces" like Russia. He also stated in another note that while Spain treated Romano kindly, he was stern to his other colonies. Himaruya himself wondered why Spain was "historically stuck on Italy" that much, as it was stuck spending so much money to protect it and struggled to try to get it back after losing it in the [[wikipedia:War of the Spanish Succession| War of the Spanish Succession]].

*Himaruya stated that Spain was also based off a friend of his, which inspired him to give him the Kansai dialect. In addition, it is said that all of the Spanish-language nations will speak in some variant of Kansai. Though [[Belgium]] is not one of them, she speaks in the ''Shiga-ben'' variant, presumably since she used to be one of Spain's territories.

*A separate character for '''Castile''' was originally planned as Spain's older sister, but it is speculated that Himaruya may have forgotten about this idea, as he later drew a child version of Spain that seemed to hint at the [[wikipedia:Reconquista|Reconquista]]. Fans speculate that the younger Spain may have represented Castile, or alternatively '''Aragon''' (in the case of Castile being a separate character). It originally seemed more likely that he represented Castile due to the above sketch, as well as the Castilian culture being the dominant culture of Spain. In the original webcomic, his boss was also shown to be [[wikipedia:Joanna of Castile|Joanna of Castile]] in the '''Boss Spain''' strips. However, in ''volume 3'', Spain was used to represent the Crown of Aragon, throwing doubt on to this theory. In most fanfiction, he is used to represent the entirety of '''Hispania''', especially during its days as a Roman province.

{{CharacterIndex|continent=EUROPE}}
[[Category:Characters]]
[[Category:Male Characters]]
[[Category:Manga Characters]]
[[Category:Game Characters]]
[[Category:Drama CD Characters]]
[[Category:Anime Characters]]
[[Category:European Characters]]
[[Category:Mediterranean Characters]]