Maurice is on the left side. He is the tallest.
モーリス (Mōrisu) |
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| First Appearance |
Anime Episode 3 |
| Last Appearance |
Anime Episode 50 |
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| Biological Information | |
| Age |
5 (debut) |
| Race |
Human |
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| Gender |
Male |
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| Personal Information | |
| Family |
Eureka (adoptive mother) |
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Maurice is one of Eureka's "children". He is about 5 years old, and is very protective of his "family", which consists of Eureka as his mother, and Maeter, and Linck as his younger siblings. However, by the end of the series, he comes to accept Renton as his father.
When Eureka first found him and the children, he was huddled protectively around Maeter and Linck. Then, he sprang up and stretched out his arms, trying to protect Maeter and Linck, and scratched Eureka to defend them. This caused her to realize the terrible thing she had done(which was killing their families) and decided to take care of them. Although he is the only one of the three that remembers what exactly happened to their parents, he holds no ill will towards Eureka and loves her as his mother, which causes him to be overprotective of her and fear that she will one day leave them. Like his siblings, he didn't like Renton and often pulled pranks on him. This was due to his belief that Renton was trying to take Eureka away from him and his siblings, and his negative attitude towards Renton was influenced further when he became convinced Eureka loved Renton more than her own children. Once they are able to sort all this out, Maurice becomes more accepting towards Renton as his father.
Maurice, along with his siblings, do not appear in Eureka Seven: AO. It is unknown as they do not appear in the sequel.
Relationships
Eureka
Although he remembers when Eureka killed his parents before rescuing him and his siblings, Maurice loves Eureka very much and considers her to be his mother, dedicatedly calling her "Mama". He is the most protective of her and sensitive to her well-being, and the change in her often caused him to fear that Eureka will one day abandon him, although she maintains she loves all the children. In season 3, it is hinted that he may see her as a crush due to him avoiding her and blushing around her, although it may be he suffers from Oedipus complex .
Renton Thurston
Of the three children, Maurice accepted Renton the least and did not like him at all, often preferring to pull pranks on him to keep him away from Eureka. By season 3, he starts to distant himself from Renton once he sees Eureka and Renton's relationship grow and Renton starts to adapt the role of a father figure to the children. He initially rejected any attempt to have a better relationship with Renton out of jealousy, although he does acknowledges most of Renton's achievements. In season 4, when his jealousy reaches it's height, he finally confesses his resentment towards Renton, who instead said he loved the children. After this, he fully accepts Renton and kind of loves him, even calling him "Papa".
Siblings
Being the oldest, Maurice is protective towards his "siblings", Maeter and Linck. When they cry or become distressed, he does not hesitate to console them. It is possible that before Renton came along, he saw himself as a father figure to his two siblings, or in least, someone they can look up to. Maurice never meets his younger adoptive brother, Ao, in Eureka Seven: AO but he may have met his late younger adoptive sister before her death.
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