Springer family (Anime)

The Springer family (スプリンガー家) is a family from Ragako village. It is the family where Conny Springer hails from.

History
In year 847, Conny left the Ragako village to join the Military. His goal was to join the Military Police Regiment to make his mother proud and earn the respect of the villagers.

The Struggle for Trost arc
In 850, Conny graduates then participates in the Struggle for Trost. Despite his fear of Titans and his want to please his mother, he eventually joins the Scout Regiment.

Clash of the Titans arc
That same year, Titans suddenly appear inside Wall Rose and Conny thus makes an unplanned return to his village and teams up with the Scout Regiment to make sure the villagers are fine. Once he arrives, he worriedly calls out for his family members. Eventually, Conny comes across his old house destroyed by a Titan laying on it. Conny laments for his family and village afterward, and as he is about to leave, the Titan atop his house speaks and welcomes him home.

It is later discovered that the Titan laying atop Conny's house was originally Conny's mother.

War for Paradis arc
During Marley's attack on Shiganshina, the Scouts capture Falco Grice, who had gained the power of the Jaw Titan in the midst of battle. When Jean Kirschtein considers feeding Falco to a Titan in the district, Conny insists that Falco should be fed to his mother. Armin Arlelt is against feeding Falco to any Titan in fears of prolonging hostility with the Warriors, but Conny decides to kidnap Falco and escape the battlefield as the others are preoccupied with approaching Titans.

At Ragako village, Conny attempts to feed Falco to his mother's Titan, but is foiled when Armin arrives and decides to sacrifice himself, forcing Connie to abandon his plan and save Armin. Conny realizes that even if his mother became human again, she would have suffered if she had inherited the Colossal Titan, lamenting how she told him to become a great soldier, but instead he almost killed a child and one of his friends. Instead, Conny hardens his resolve to save the people of the outside world, in order to do his mother proud.

After Eren Jaeger is killed by Mikasa Ackermann, Conny and his mother were able to revert back into human form.

Trivia

 * Springer is the German equivalent of the "Knight" figure in Chess.