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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Things are looking bleak for the PariGumi in Chapter 7, when out of nowhere comes {{spoiler|Sakura, Sumire and Iris in their kohbus}}, and starts to wipe the floor with the baddies, despite being underpowered (compared to the Kohbu F models)! Also doubles as a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
** The PariGumi gets to pull this one off after {{spoiler|Soletta and Leni}} are captured by the enemy; only {{spoiler|Kayama}} ends up being the one to actually save the both of them.
** Again with the PariGumi, only this time, they come to the Hanagumi's rescue, in ''Sakura Taisen 4''. Of course, this was only after Ohgami's Paris heroine convinced him to order the PariGumi to launch and come to their aid.
* [[Blade on a Stick]]
* [[Bling Bling Bang]]: Rikkarita\Rosita's pistols in ''Sakura Taisen 5V''.
* [[Bokukko]]: Kanna.
* [[Boobs of Steel]]: Even at 198 cm tall and very muscular, Kanna still easily qualifies, as is made apparent any time she wears a tank top.
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* [[Broken Pedestal]]: Kohran undergoes a crisis of faith when she discovers that the inventor of the kohbu armor, whom she has revered for years, has become the [[Big Bad]].
* [[Brown Note]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1F5ImyUMbLQ The trailer] for the English release of ''Sakura Taisen V'' has many viewers claiming that "that voice is going to kill them". Thankfully for them, it's downplayed in the final product.
* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: In ''Sakura Taisen 5V'', which is set in New York, not only is the main character Japanese, but so are Subaru and the merchant you can get special bromides from. [[Mission Control]] member Anri is also half-Japanese, and Sunnyside and Gemini are Americans who are fans of Japanese culture.
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]
* [[The Captain]]: He's talented, but just fresh out of OCS and has no practical experience yet.
* [[Cherry Blossoms]]: Of course.
* [[Chilly Reception]]: Ogami in the games. Sakura in the TV series/OVA. Shinjiro in ''So Long, My Love.'' Ogami is belittled and used as errand boy as part of a [[Secret Test of Character]], Sakura is mocked and looked down upon as a newbie [[Country Mouse]], and Shinjiro isn't who the Star Division wanted -... perhaps ironically, he's put through much the same as his uncle endured (except more hostile, given that [[Hot-Blooded]] Cheiron and [[Emotionless Girl]](?) Subaru are the ones putting him through his paces) because they expected to be sent Ogami himself.
* [[Circling Birdies]]: Erica in ''Sakura Taisen: Ecole de Paris''.
* [[City of Canals]]
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* [[Continuity Nod]]: The manga has many of these, sometimes bordering on [[Discontinuity Nod]]s—like a light-hearted [[Take That]] at the redesigned kohbu from the PS2 version of the first game.
** In ''Sakura Taisen V'', Gemini mentions that she once saved America with the help of some friends back home some time before that game started. Assuming she's referring to the events of ''Episode V-0'', Western players are unlikely to get the reference.
** Sumire's first scene in ''Sakura Taisen 1'' has her asking Ohgami to get a replacement fork for the one she dropped. {{spoiler|Guess what Sumire's first event with Ohgami involves,... in ''Sakura Taisen 3''}}.
** The angel who shows up during Erica's special skill in ''Sakura Taisen 3'' looks rather familiar. {{spoiler|That's because it happens to be Ayame}}.
** Ohgami asks why the Baragumi are still staying with the Hanagumi, and their response to his question is pretty much familiar if you've ever heard Geki!Tei in full.
* [[Cool Ship]]: Syougeimaru and Mikasa.
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* [[Dating Sim]]
* [[Demonic Invaders]]
* [[Determinator]]: Everyone to an extent, but mostly Ohgami. In ''Sakura Taisen 4'', there is a part where the boss disables everyone's kohbus, so everyone else is down except for him, and he has a few seconds left before he himself gets taken out of the fight. So what does he do? Fly right into the enemy's face, stab at it with his kohbu's swords, then get out of the pilot's seat moments after his kohbu has been totally wrecked, only to stab his sword at the monster's face. Followed by an [[Unflinching Walk]] out of the explosion that occurs.
* [[Dialogue Tree]]: Complete with timer to complicate the system; sometimes letting the timer run out [saying nothing] is the right thing to do!
* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Ohgami and Taiga.
* [[Dub Name Change]]: Some names were changed in the English translation for ''Sakura Taisen V'', but in the English dub only. The original names are preserved in the script of the Japanese dub edition, though a typo still lists Sagiita's English name on some of her bromides, as do Plum's and Rikaritta's. Her original name is also on her office door in the English disc. While the name changes were never explained, in at least the case of Sagitta and Rikaritta, it may have had to do with both characters having names wildly inaccurate for their cultural backgrounds.
* [[Eagle Land]]: The fifth game; type-1 to a ludicrous degree.
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: ''Every single villain'' in the fifth game.
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* [[Festival Episode]]
* [[Fighter Launching Sequence]]
* [[Filler]]: The [[PlayStation 2]] Version of the first game has an exclusive chapter that was added on for the sole purpose of 1) providing a Kohran-centered chapter which the original version of the game lacked, and 2) to provide {{spoiler|the Three Star Division pilots who appear in later sequels}} with an early cameo to keep their fans happy.
* [[Five-Token Band]]: The five ladies in your squadron in the fifth game consist of a white [[Country Mouse]], a [[Sassy Black Woman]], a young Hispanic [[The Gunslinger|bounty hunter]], an Asian [[Insufferable Genius|supergenius]], and an [[Ill Girl]] in a wheelchair.
* [[Fluffy Fashion Feathers]]: Some of the stage outfits.
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* [[Good-Looking Privates]]: The Kagekidan girls look pretty damn good in their uniforms. So do Ayame and Kaede, for that matter.
** And for the ladies Ohgami looks pretty damn good in his uniforms.
* [[Gratuitous English]]: Constantly. Particularly annoying in the English release of ''Sakura WarsTaisen V'' because if you're playing the Japanese disc, you can actually tell when the characters are using English but the translation doesn't match.
* [[Growing Up Sucks]]
* [[Hard Work Montage]]: Several.
* [[Harem Hero]]: This series probably originated this trope with Ichiro Ohgami.
* [[Hermetic Magic]]
* [[Honest Axe]]: Rikkarita in ''Sakura Taisen 5V'' is fond of asking criminals, "[[Bling Bling Bang|The gold gun or the silver gun...]] which do you want to get shot with?"
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Ohgami, Sakura, Glycine. Ohgami even gets this as a rank 3.
* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]]: {{spoiler|[[Oda Nobunaga]]}} certainly thinks so in ''Sakura Taisen V''.
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* [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]]
* [[Impossibly Low Neckline]]: The way Sumire usually wears her kimono.
* [[It's Raining Men]]: Prevalent in ''Sakura Taisen 4''. This is also how {{spoiler|the PariGumi arrive in Tokyo in their kohbus}}.
== K-O ==
* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: Quite a few characters, most notably Sakura.
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* [[Left Hanging]]
* [[Leitmotif]]: Inverted as whilst the characters each have themes they usually change for each game—that is if the characters appear in more than one game.
* [[Let's Play]]: Spirit Armor's LP of ''Sakura Wars I'' has been ongoing for ''four years''{{when}} and is nearing completion. The man has pledged to do ''Sakura Wars I-V'', so at this rate, he very well might have a ''Sakura Wars VI'' or even ''Sakura Wars VII'' to deal with by the time he finishes ''Sakura Wars V'' ([[Marth Debuted in Smash Bros|Although that last one might be unnecessary]]). The LP can be found [http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2564759 here]. He literally went through and ''translated'' the ''entire game'' for your enjoyment, so you'd better be appreciative.
** [[The Abridged Series]]: ''Inverted''—in: in addition to the literal translation of actual game dialogue, Spirit Armor includes additional dialogue in most scenes that [[Abridged Series Tropes|carries on in the finest traditions of Abridged Series]].
* [[Magical Girl]]
* [[Magic From Technology]]
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* [[Mentors]]
* [[Multinational Team]]
* [[The Musical]]: This starts to get confusing as it becomes a case of "A Show Within A Show Within A Show" at times. Aside from the in-game musicals performed by the various teams, there have actually been several musicals performed in [[Takarazuka]] style (although it should be noted that these musicals do feature the majority of the male seiyuu playing their respective characters too). What makes it even more special is that, unlike a lot of musicals based on anime/games, all the seiyuu respectively play their characters leading to some very funny scenes such as the seiyuu who plays Ohgami being extremely short and Iris' seiyuu makes a joke on it since she is taller than him. (Andand [[Boisterous Bruiser]] Kanna's seiyuu is ''tiny'').) Usually, a musical takes the form of two parts. The first part is a story that focuses on the characters themselves, and the second part actually has the characters perform a play/musical such as ''Blue Bird''. The latter got significantly longer as the musicals progressed. The Hanagumi team naturally had the most musicals. The Paris and New York troupes did not get that many. In fact, the Paris troupe only had one mini-musical made.
** Also noteworthy is the special stage show (and [[OVA]]) to say good bye to Sumire and her voice actress [[Michie Tomizawa]], when Tomizawa decided to leave the franchise.
*** Technically speaking though that didn't happen so much musical-wise as she continued (and still does) to make guest appearances and even attends the live events. Seiyuu-wise, it's actually Orihime's seiyuu who doesn't attend them since she now lives in the USA.
* [[My Kung Fu Is Stronger Than Yours]]
* [[Ninja]]
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: [[The Musical|Musical theatre]] + [[Humongous Mecha]] + [[Turn-Based Strategy]] + [[Dating Sim]].
* [[Noblewoman's Laugh]]: Sumire, as well as Glycine from ''Sakura Taisen 3''.
* [[Old Save Bonus]]: Use the Same Memory Card on your [[PlayStation 2]] that you saved ''Sakura Wars 1'' with to play ''Sakura Wars 3'' and Episode 5-0, and oh boy, you'll be in for a world of fun!!
* [[The One Guy]]: Ohgami for ''Sakura TaisensTaisen 1-4'' and Taiga for ''Sakura Taisen 5V''.
* [[Out of the Inferno]]: Ohgami did this once after his kohbu was totaled in ''Sakura Taisen 4''. An awesome moment but not a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]].
* [[OVA]]
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** Also, near the end of ''Sakura Taisen V'', Mr. Sunnyside {{spoiler|informs Taiga that he will have to sacrifice one of the members of the Hoshigumi (Star Division) if he is to defeat Nobunaga. In the end, it turns out that the correct choice (and the one Taiga makes) is to ignore Sunnyside and vow to keep everyone alive}}.
* [[Shiny Midnight Black]]: Soletta.
* [[Show Within a Show]]: As part of their cover, the Hanagumi put on plays in the Theatre, (e.g. "Crimson Lizard" or "Les Miserables"); Sumire's family owns a movie studio which occasionally employs the troupe in films; they also take part in radio dramas ''and'' model for characters in manga.
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism]]: You'd be hard pressed to find ''any'' work produced from the 90's onwards that is ''this'' far up the scale of Idealism.
** That said, ''Sakura Taisen 3'' shifts matters a bit further towards cynicism in the introduction of previously mentioned [[Boxed Crook]] Lobelia, brought onto the team in exchange for a reduction of her ''thousand-year'' prison sentence and explicitly threatened with death if she messes up. To quote a line from her first episode.
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* [[The Thing That Goes Doink]]
* [[Time Compression Montage]]
* [[Title Drop]]: Yoneda's soliloquy at the end of ''Sakura Taisen 4''. Also doubles as a [[Tear Jerker]].
* [[Turn-Based Strategy]]
== U-Z ==
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