Tesla Lindocruz

is the 50th Arrancar in Sōsuke Aizen's army and Nnoitra Gilga's only Fracción.

Appearance
Tesla is a slim, male Arrancar with dirty blonde hair. He has a turquoise marking on his right cheek and wears an eyepatch over his brown right eye.

Tesla also wears a different style jacket from most Arrancar in that it resembles a lab coat, with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows and what appears to be medals sewn across his chest. He also wears black gloves and boots. The remains of his Hollow mask appear to be a thin upper jaw which forms a circlet around his forehead. When Nnoitra was the 8th Espada, Tesla's hair was noticeably longer and he didn't have his eye patch over his right eye.

Personality
Tesla seems to idolize Nnoitra to a degree. For example, he shields Nnoitra against Chad's last assault, although receiving criticism from Nnoitra for doing so. Despite being abused and scolded by Nnoitra for coming to his aid, Tesla remains very concerned for Nnoitra's well-being, running to his side when he is hit by Nelliel's Cero Doble and shedding tears at his death.

History
While Nelliel Tu Odelschwanck was the Third Espada and Nnoitra was ranked as the Eighth Espada, Tesla would often observe the two battle one another, which often resulted in a victory for Nel. After one such defeat, Tesla offered his hand to his master, requesting that he get back to his feet. In response, Nnoitra flung his weapon at Tesla, becoming lodged in the pillar beside him, admonishing him for becoming too friendly and treating him like his equal when he was not. Initially shocked, Tesla simply asked why he was constantly challenging Nel, and not any of the other Espada, to which Nnoitra replied that he strongly hated being led on the battlefield by a female and there was no other reason than that.

Hueco Mundo arc
Shortly after Nnoitra easily disposes of the weakened Yasutora Sado, Tesla asks Nnoitra why he has spared the invader instead of finishing him off, to which Nnoitra simply replies that he has no interest in finishing off weaklings. As the two begin to depart, Chad rises, gravely wounded and attempts one last attack on Nnoitra. However, he is stopped by Tesla using his sword. The reason for doing so was that he was concerned for Nnoitra and reasoned the enemy's last attack would be his strongest. Nnoitra scolds Tesla for interrupting, stating that no soul in the universe could harm him.

After the conclusion of the fight between Ichigo Kurosaki and Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez, Nnoitra disposes of Grimmjow and takes over the fight. Nnoitra then instructs Tesla to restrain Orihime Inoue while he fights Ichigo. The fight ensues with Nnoitra dominating Ichigo until Nel Tu reveals herself and overwhelms Nnoitra. As Nnoitra is pressured by Nel, Tesla rushes to his side. However, he is scolded, thrown into a wall, and ordered to return to Orihime. Tesla then recaptures Orihime and kicks aside Ichigo, not allowing him to interfere with the fight of the two Arrancar as it is Nnoitra's personal right to destroy those that "block his blade."

Nnoitra and Nelliel fight until she reverts into her child form. After becoming bored with Ichigo and Nel, Nnoitra commands Tesla to finish him off and even forces Orihime to watch him die. Tesla complies, releases his Zanpakutō, and mercilessly beats a weakened Ichigo. Tesla does this until being stopped at the last second by Kenpachi Zaraki. Tesla questions who Kenpachi is and attacks him when his question is not answered, but is sliced down vertically.

After Nnoitra is killed by Kenpachi, he lies dying on the ground in his unreleased state and sheds a single tear for his fallen master.

Powers & Abilities
High Spiritual Power: Being an Arrancar and a Fracción, Tesla has a high amount of spiritual power.


 * Tesla is capable of firing a small Cero from the pupil of his eye. The blast is powerful enough to destroy boulders.

Sonído: Like most Fracción, Tesla is skilled at Sonído. He was able to place himself between Chad and Nnoitra in order to block Chad's final attack. During the short battle between Ichigo and Nnoitra, when ordered to restrain Orihime, Tesla uses Sonído to get behind her. After Nel's transformation, Tesla made sure to keep anyone from interfering with the fight; he quickly kicks Ichigo out of the way and once again, restrains Orihime.

Zanpakutō

 * When sealed, it takes the unusual form of a rapier with a chakram embedded into the blade just above the hilt, and spikes on the hilt rim. The guard seems to be made of a kind of scaled ribbing.


 * Tesla can make the ring solid, by generating solid spiritual energy if he wishes, such as when he blocks an attack from Chad using the solid ring and then converting it back to a hollow one after Chad has fallen.


 * Resurrección: He releases it with the phrase . When released, Tesla becomes a large, warthog-like creature. His mask grows to cover his entire face, and also produces a pair of tusks. His hair also grows into a mane, and on his chest are six exclamation point-like markings, three per pec. In this released state, his mask has a large scar covering his right eye, where he has an eye patch in his unreleased form.


 * Resurrección Special Ability:


 * Enhanced Strength: In his released form, Tesla's physical strength increases greatly, and uses that brute strength to overpower and defeat his opponents.

Censorship

 * Tesla brutalizing Ichigo was drastically toned down in the anime. In the manga, after Tesla released his Zanpakutō, he stepped on and crushed Ichigo's left leg, while in the anime, Ichigo's leg wasn't shown to be stepped on.

Trivia

 * In Episode 195, Tesla was shown with his right eye intact, but after he was sliced vertically by Kenpachi, his right eye was no longer visible.

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