Teletha Tessa Testarossa
Teletha Tessa Testarossa is a female anime and manga character who features in Full Metal Panic!.
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Biography
Teletha Tessa Testarossa (Japanese: テレサ・テスタロッサ, Hepburn: Teresa Tesutarossa) was American by birth where she was born was born on December 24, 1984 in the USA's northeast to a family of Swiss and Austrian descent. She travelled the world extensively as a child; however, she had spent a great part of her life living on submarines and military bases. When she was six years old, she had derived the answer to one of Albert Einstein's non-linear differential equations. When she was younger, she lived in Okinawa for a while, while her father suggested she attend a Japanese school there, but as she did not mix very well with the other Japanese students, she was transferred to another school, this time on her father's military base. She worked her way up very quickly in Mithril, and became Captain of the Tuatha de Danaan after being commissioned by MITHRIL.
Overview
Personality and attributes
In terms of appearance, Tessa had gray eyes and silver hair tied with a blue bow. She was normally seen wearing a light brown woman's military uniform, complete with a white dress shirt, tie, and a skirt with black high heels.
Whenever Tessa was told by someone she could not do something, she made it a point to prove them wrong.
Like Sousuke, she also dislikes alcohol, unwittingly citing the same reason as Sousuke for avoiding it.
She treats everyone in the TDD-1 like her own family and cares about them to the point that she refuses any order for her to step down as TDD-1's commanding officer, such as the time when Admiral Borda suggests that Tessa returns to R&D instead.
She has an interest in Sousuke that extends beyond a professional one, generating a love triangle she shares with Sousuke Sagara and Kaname Chidori. Even though Chidori and Tessa seem to compete against each other for Sousuke, they are good friends in reality, as during several episodes they talk about Sousuke and his unique military charm. Tessa is very open in her feelings to Sousuke, something causing arguments between her and Kaname. Tessa is very open in her feelings to Sousuke, something causing arguments between her and Kaname. This is seen several times during the anime, such as in Episode 13, where Sousuke helps her to train and get ready for a duel with Melissa Mao, Tessa accidentally falls off the boarding ladder of the M9 she attempts to pilot and lands on Sousuke. When she realizes that she is on top of him, she apologizes, but also says that she feels lucky. When Sousuke tries to slip out from under her hold, she refuses to let go and holds on tightly. She also accidentally sent Kaname into a jealous rage when she pretended to be Sagara's girlfriend after Sousuke and Kaname came to his apartment as Tessa was stepping out of the shower. Tessa shows her affection for Sousuke when she attempts to sneak into Sousuke's bed during her vacation, but Mao handcuffed her to herself. Unfortunately she is just a little too open in her affections which causes Sousuke some mental stress, when Sousuke faints as he is worried that he will be alone with Tessa and that something may happen between them.
Powers and abilities
Being a Whispered, her high level of mathematical and scientific adeptness is dwarfed only by her brother's, which seems to have instilled with her a sense of inferiority. Being Captain of the Tuatha De Danaan, she is very smart when it comes to battlefield tactics and conflicts. She displays some very impressive military prowess and strategy at several points.
Though not very athletically inclined, she has shown to be a very good swimmer.
Teletha is also one of the chief designers of the TDD-1 Tuatha de Danaan offensive submarine, and the creator of Dana, the submarine's Artificial Intelligence.
Notes
- Teletha Tessa Testarossa was created by Shoji Gatoh where she featured in the setting of Full Metal Panic!.
In other media
Television
Appearances
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