Macross Frontier/YMMV

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 * Alternate Character Interpretation: Grace has drastically different depictions between the tv series and the films. In the series, she is shown as In the film, she is depicted as
 * Black Hole Sue: Movie!Sheryl is hailed as the new Lynn Minmay before she's even introduced, suddenly knows Aimo from her childhood (and sings it more than Ranka), has Brera as a bodyguard, and is more or less aware of Grace's machinations from day 1. And that's just the first ten minutes.
 * Cargo Ship: some fans joke that Alto's 'One Twu Wuv' is his VF-25, which can lead to an amusing Take a Third Option regarding his Love Triangle.
 * The VF-25 Alto bails on while it's literally going down in flames?
 * He can get a new one! He's used to it blowing up on him! It's like GIRxPiggy!
 * Complete Monster:.
 * Continuity Nod: Alto does the same hand-airplane sign that Isamu does in Macross Plus, the apperance of Ghost V-9's in, The "Legend of Zero" episode, episode 17 being one long refrence and subversion of the old Macross episode "Pineapple Salad", the ironic twist on "Do You Remember Love". Heck, we could just say the entire show crosses the line into Continuity Porn (although in this case, damn few people would argue that it hurts the series... so far).
 * Crazy Awesome: From Sayonara no Tsubasa, I give you Macross Quarter's Big Wednesday Formation.
 * Crowning Moment of Heartwarming: A fair few, but special credit has to go to the end of The Wings of Goodbye....


 * Crowning Music of Awesome: Considering how important music is to the overall plot, this comes as no surprise.
 * Considering the soundtrack was composed by Yoko Kanno, this should come as no surprise.
 * Death of the Author: This along with the fact that the movies are Alternate Continuty have been what alot of fans have been hanging on to since the movies came out.
 * Die for Our Ship: Ranka, in the eyes of Sheryl/Alto shippers. Sheryl, in the eyes of Ranka/Alto shippers. Both sides are equally pretty bad though.
 * Draco in Leather Pants: Subverted, though Grace is really popular amongst fans, they don't make her out to be an victim, as she's a major Love to Hate character.
 * Fan Nickname:
 * As a result of Memetic Mutation, Ranka is sometimes referred to as "Nyan Nyan";
 * Part of the fandom has started calling Brera "Evil Jesus" due to his resembling Kira Yamato (and having the same voice actor), whose Fan Nickname is "Jesus Yamato". The movie version of Brera is known as Undercoverpriestcop because of his outfit.
 * To differentiate between her two forms, some referred to macronized (Zentradi size) Klan Klan as Klan-sama.
 * Bobby Margot, SMS helmsman of the macross quarter, is often called GARby by fans when he has his Hot-Blooded moments (those moments being referred to as entering GARby mode).
 * towards the end of the series, the three bridge bunnies (Monica, Mina and Ram) were referred to as "Bobby's Daughters".
 * Alto has several of these, there's Alto-hime (that was used in the show by mikhail) Pilot-hime (after he finally got designated a pilot) Kabuki-hime (reference to his past as a kabuki performer) & Sakura-hime (again referencing his past in kabuki theater, but more specifically the name of the last kabuki play he performed in.).
 * Sheryl's boobs have the nickname of Hopes and Dreams after an infamous scene in episode 11 which basically involves Sheryl groping her own boobs while declaring that her chest gives people "hopes and dreams".
 * Grace's boobs are known as Despairs and Nightmares after a somewhat less infamous scene where Grace gropes her own boobs, earning the nickname by Memetic Mutation from Sheryl's own scene.
 * Internet Backdraft: Do not and I repeat do not bring up Ranka's character development, or her behavior, actions or lack thereof over the course of the TV series in any Macross Forum. You will start a war. Movie Ranka is safe though.
 * If you think this was bad, just wait till more people see the second movie. Kawamori, You Bastard!
 * : Movie-verse only.
 * Magnificent Bastard:
 * Memetic Mutation:
 * Nyan Nyan, Nyan Nyan, ni-hao Nyan! Gorgeous, Delicious, Deculture!
 * Ninjin loves you, Yeah!
 * How Grace got her Fan Nickname is a significant case.
 * Misblamed: A strange combination of types 3,4, and 5 in regards to Kawamori.  But some of the Fan Dumb who Did Not Do the Research still blames Kawamori for what happened.
 * Narm: In episode 19, Ranka is running upstairs to the launch deck, On the one hand, it's sad to see poor, brokenhearted Ranka stand there, saying, "It can't be..." with a frozen smile on her face. On the other, it becomes hilarious when one remembers that this is Alto Saotome, and that his predecessor was often caught in the exact same situations, with the exact same results. Ranka should have screamed "I HATE YOU, ALTO!" and punch him into the distance.
 * Then we have the acronym of the New U.N. Spacy. NUNS. YES, REALLY.
 * Nightmare Fuel:
 * Right in the first episode, a Vajra mecha grabs Alto's partner and crushes him in its bare hands like a bug. We don't see the body fortunately, but we do see a lot of blood coming from between its fingers.
 * One True Pairing:.
 * Ship Sinking: The writers finally made an effort to shut up the Alto/Ranka and Alto/Sheryl shippers in the movies by.
 * Ship-to-Ship Combat: Alto/Ranka vs Alto/Sheryl. So vicious that the only acceptable outcome is the complete elimination of the other. Well... sort of.
 * Tear Jerker:  Episode 20.
 * Subverted with a Lampshade Hanging and a big middle finger to the audience with
 * The ending to The Wings of Goodbye.
 * Theiss Titillation Theory: Sheryl's stage wear. Though, unlike other examples, Sheryl's physics-defying wardrobe has an excuse -- it's entirely digital. She's really wearing a full-boy hologram suit.
 * Ugly Cute:
 * Villain Decay: The Ghost V-9 drones, the mass-production model of the deadly Ghost X-9 of Macross Plus, which could singlehandedly dogfight two Ace Pilots in Super Prototypes to a standstill,) are reduced to being mere Elite Mooks in the final battle of Frontier. To be fair, it has been almost 20 years since the events of Macross Plus, with requisite advantages in technology. Besides, you still never see one get taken out by a human pilot - the only thing that is shown actually standing up to Galaxy's V-9s are Luca's own AIF-7S's once released to full AI control. Also, as soon as all of the non-hero pilots see them, they instantly crap their pants and are shown getting blown up rather quickly.
 * The Woobie: Ranka
 * The Woobie: Ranka