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Set in a [[Schizo
The first movie was shown as a five-episode-long series that ended February 1, 2007, and the second movie, titled "''Afro Samurai: Resurrection''", premiered on January 25, 2009. Tired of all the killing, Afro has retreated away from the world. Unfortunately, Kuma and his sister, Sio, find him and take the Number One Headband. Sio plans to resurrect Afro's father, and force Afro to fight him to atone for all the lives he's ended. Afro must once again find the Number Two Headband, to earn the right to challenge her before she's able to do so.
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▲== General Examples ==
* [[Adaptation Distillation]] - The anime, manga and game are all slightly different, intentionally so. The manga is a mix between the first anime season with a few specific parts of ''Resurrection'' thrown in.
* [[Afro Asskicker]] - Afro himself
* [[A God Am I]] - Anyone who gets the Number 1 Headband can make this claim.
* [[Anti
* [[Art Major Physics]] - Two monks jump out of a backpack, a huge RPG fits inside a back pack, bullets are cut in half by swords, [[Wire Fu]] style jumps and more artistic breaks from real physics happen regularly.
* [[Attack of the Town Festival]]: In ''Afro Samurai: Resurrecton'', Afro battles the new Number Two during the town festival. At the same time, the [[Big Bad]] sends a bunch of assassins to ambush him. [[Kill
* [[Back From the Dead]] - Afro's father, the entire point of ''Resurrection''. In addition, {{spoiler|Afro himself near the end.}}
** {{spoiler|Happens to Jinno and Justice in the first season.}}
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** You mean this isn't about "Lemonade, '''ice cold'''."
** Justice even lampshaded this trope.
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* [[Blood From the Mouth]] - Frequent, but most often used when someone's about to die.
* [[Broad Strokes]] - All three versions of the story have a few differences, but the general plot is the same-- Justice kills Afro's father, Afro becomes the Number Two to kill Justice and avenge his father's death, battling the Empty Seven and Kuma before he gets to him, and so on.
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* [[Determined Expression]]: the young protagonist takes this expression very shortly after seeing his parents killed. This is the moment he is truly destined to become a badass.
* [[Diagonal Cut]]
* [[Doomed
* [[Dramatic Wind]] - Both the Headbands and Afro's hair are constantly billowing dramatically in the wind.
* [[Doujinshi]] - The series started off as one of these
* [[Emergency Transformation]] - Jinno is turned into a cyborg, after losing an arm, a leg, and falling off a cliff.
* [[Evil Genius]] - Dharman
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: We never find out if "Afro" is his real name or simply what everyone calls him because of his hair. Ninja Ninja lampshades it by saying "Who names their kid Afro Samurai anyway?", but a boss video games state's the name is "what they are calling him now", saying it's "Uninspired, but accurate."
* [[Eye Lights Out]]
* [["Failure to Save" Murder]] - When Kuma calls out Afro for what happened the night their [[True Companions]] were slaughtered, he says that Afro is the one who killed them. Though he does this in both the show and the books, Afro didn't actually kill anyone that night except {{spoiler|the Sword master}}.
** In fact, he wasn't even so much as indirectly responsible for their deaths.
* [[Fan Service]] - The second episode as well as Sio.
* [[Foreshadowing]] - In a flashback in the first movie, Jinno explains to Osturu why he [[Dual
* [[Funny Afro]] - Take a wild guess.
* [[Gratuitous Japanese]] - ''"Oishii!"'' , ''"Hachimaki kudasai"''
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* [[Headphones Equal Isolation]] - Brother Three of the Empty Seven wears headphones throughout the entire series, and sits with his back to the rest of the group when they're all shown together. {{spoiler|He serves Afro food and tea when he arrives at their lair, and is the only one to survive, possibly implying he knew they'd fail and wanted no part of it.}}
** In addition, {{spoiler|While serving the tea, he simply says "Headband, please." [[Gratuitous Japanese|in Japanese.]], rather than fight him. During the game, he appears in one scene, kisses his hand, thumps his chest, and gives Afro the peace sign while walking out.}}
* [[Hey,
** Also, One of Sio's [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] is [[Mark Hamill]].
** Shichogoro is voiced by Liam O'Brien, the man who does [[Naruto|Gaara]] (english) and the [[Star Craft 2]] Ghost unit.
** Tomoe is [[Grey
* [[Highly
* [[Human Shield]] - In the manga, the boy and his sister in the [[Anti
* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]
* [[Inner Monologue]] - Ninja Ninja functions as this, as he says whatever Afro is thinking, but no one else pays attention to him. {{spoiler|Or indeed, can hear him at all.}}
* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: yes, kids, they can deflect bullets, cut rockets in half, crush rocks and, should the need arise, split laser beams!
* [[Kick the Dog]] - Afro himself, multiple times, so much so that he's nearly a [[Villain Protagonist]].
* [[Kill
** This holds true even in ''Resurrection,'' as {{spoiler|All major characters, including (briefly,) Afro himself}} die.
* [[Large Ham]]: bordering the [[World of Ham]] (with the remarkable exception of Afro himself, who is the only one sticking to the honest-to-God silent asskicking), but Brother 1 is just...a ham to behold.
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* [[No Name Given]] - Afro Samurai is just known as "Afro".
* [[Nothing Personal]] - "Nothing personal. It's just revenge."
* [[Off
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]] - It's actually the rule of the headbands: The only one allowed to fight the Number One is the Number Two. ''Anybody'' can fight the Number Two, though.
** In ''Resurrection'', this rule was subverted when Sio could take the Number One headband from Afro at the start because he wasn't wearing it at the time, even though she didn't have the Number Two required to formally challenge him.
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* [[Rule of Cool]] - A series absolutely ''built'' on this, up to and including afros that [[Dramatic Wind|billow dramatically in the wind]].
* [[Scarf of Asskicking]] - Afro and Justice pull this off with the headbands.
* [[Schizo
* [[Sidekick]]- Ninja Ninja to Afro
* [[The Stinger]] - At the end of the first season, {{spoiler|Justice is seen coming back to life.}} At the end of ''Resurrection,'' he's seen talking with Takimoto, a character from the manga.
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* [[Trademark Favorite Food]] - Afro has a preference for lemonade. His first drink of it was a high point in his generally crappy childhood.
* [[True Companions]] - Young Afro has these at the dojo, {{spoiler|Until nearly all of them are killed at the battle under the Bodhi tree.}} In Resurrection, Sio's vassals function as a set.
* [[Two Guys and
* [[Unwanted Revival]] - The creator commentary mentions that Jinno would have rather died than come back as a cyborg.
* [[Villain Protagonist]] - Afro falls somewhere between this and [[Anti
* [[Walking the Earth]] - The series actually comes at the end of this, when Afro is about to end his journey.
** ''Resurrection'' has Afro doing this all over, with a [[Lampshade Hanging]] by Ninja Ninja.
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* [[We Can Rebuild Him]]- Jinno was nearly killed the night of the battle at the Bodhi tree. After he stumbled backwards and fell off the cliff, he was found by the Empty Seven, and brought to Dharman to be made into a cyborg.
** A bit worse in the manga - He still nearly got killed in the fight, but instead got ''caught in the burning dojo'' while trying to rescue Afro and the Swordmaster.
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== Season One-Only
* [[Automatic Crossbows]] - One character wields one of these, with an attached [[Grenade Launcher]].
* [[Beam
* [[Billing Displacement]] - Kelly Hu gets second billing in all the promotional materials. Her character shows up halfway through the story and dies about twenty minutes after her introduction.
* [[Cyborg]]: Jinno, or at least when he is {{spoiler|reintroduced in episodes 3-4}}. He has certain human parts, like his head, arms, and legs, but has to rely entirely on a mechanical body for his strength, breathing, and possibly his vision. Oh, and it completely erases any sense of morality he had as a human.
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]] - Afro wears a white shirt, while the AfroDroid wears black. All of the silver accents on Afro's clothes are gold accents on the AfroDroid equivalents. As well, Afro's sword and scabbard are red; the Droid's are gold.
* [[Death
* [[Disposable Woman]] - Otsuru/"Okiku"
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] - One of the Afro Droid's weapons is a very... ''suggestively''-shaped laser cannon. As it charges, Ninja Ninja states "we came all this way just to stare down the barrel of that ''thing''?" After he fires it, he states ecstatically: "That felt good." And then it goes flaccid, and then Ninja Ninja states "I think he blew his load".
* [[Drink Order]] - "Lemonade. Ice cold."
* [[Evil Gloating]] - Lampshaded
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* [[Evil Knockoff]] - The Afro-Droid, which took it's fighting style from Afro's memories, was 20% stronger, and had a laser cannon.
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* [[Guns Akimbo]] - Justice
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: During their showdown, Jinno mocks Afro's passive resistance before saying that he can't even take him seriously because of his ridiculous hair. Jinno seems unaware of the hypocrisy of saying this while wearing a big, silly looking teddy bear helmet.
* [[Informal Eulogy]] - Ninja Ninja pulls one of these:
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* [[Laser Guided Tykebomb]] - The Afro Droid, possibly Jinno too.
* [[My Sensors Indicate You Want to Tap That]] - Ninja Ninja pulls this on Afro in regards to Okiku. In frustration, Afro swings at a laughing Ninja Ninja. Afro and Okiku eventually ''do'' have sex, but things go downhill from there.
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* [[Robot Me]] - The Afro Droid. See [[Evil Knockoff]].
* [[Rocket Punch]] - Guess who?
* [[Sex Face Turn]] - [[Good People Have Good Sex|Okiku/Otsuru has sex with Afro]]. Conflicted, she finally decides ''not'' to kill him while they're in the act. Afterwards, she even goes on to kill one of the random [[Mook|Mooks]] that swoop in to finish the job. Unfortunately, she [[Death
* [[
* [[Throw It In]] - Ninja Ninja's [[Informal Eulogy]] was impromptu on [[Samuel L. Jackson]]'s part.
* [[Tranquil Fury]] - Afro uses this when fighting his [[Mirror Match]] [[Robot Me|robot double]], the Afro Droid, calling on his subconscious to come up with a unique new fighting style on the fly.
* [[Trash Talk]] - Jinno provides this. When Afro refuses to fight him, Jinno starts questioning the stories about his badassery, and then remarks that he can't even take Afro seriously because of his stupid hair.
* [[Vader Breath]] - Kuma
* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]] - Otsuru to Afro, [[Disposable Woman|sort]] [[Death
* [[Wave Motion Gun]] - The Afro Droid's laser.
* [[Well
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== ''Resurrection''-Only
* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: Sio
* [[Arson, Murder, and Admiration]] - ''Resurrection'' has this exchange between Sio and Dharman:
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'''Dharman''': "You praise me so wonderfully, Lady Sio! I am not worthy of your poetry!" }}
* [[Battle in
* [[Bad Dreams]] - Afro has a couple of these near the beginning, featuring such things as teddy bears with brains leaking out, and his father's half-rotted skull talking to him.
* [[Beard of Sorrow]] - Afro sports one of these in the beginning, after having been the Number One for quite some time
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* [[A Friend in Need]]-Twice. Once when Afro cuts down a kidnapper on a bridge (though, the guy pointed a gun at him first,) later when {{spoiler|Jinno}} protects {{spoiler|his "[[True Companions|brother]]," Afro}}
* [[Good Costume Switch]] - Kuma. During the fight {{spoiler|between Afro and his father,}} half his teddy bear mask is knocked off, and he begins struggling with his conscience. When he decides {{spoiler|to protect Afro,}} he tears the other half off.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]/[[Face Heel Turn]] - It's somewhat hard to tell exactly which one it was, since Kuma's [[Good Costume Switch]] occurs when he decides to{{spoiler|protect Afro, who is either a [[Villain Protagonist]] or [[Anti
* [[I See Them, Too]] - {{spoiler|Bin shoots a dart at Ninja Ninja when Afro meets Sio's vassals for their showdown; [[Pocket Protector|he's saved by his oxygen tank]]}}. Ninja Ninja just does not have any luck when it comes to cyborgs.
* [[Hoist
* [[I Will Fight No More Forever]] - At the beginning, Afro has given up being the Number One, sitting in a hut, carving statues of those he killed in the first movie. Then he get the crap stomped out of him...
* [[Kill Us Both]] - Used by Tomoe towards the end. Unfortunately, Michael hesitates long enough for Afro to turn the tables and make a [[Human Shield]].
* [[Lightning Can Do Anything]] - After {{spoiler|Afro, Jinno, and Sio are killed by Afro's resurrected father,}} the electricity from {{spoiler|Jinno's cyborg parts brings Afro back to life.}}
* [[Machine Monotone]] - Averted. {{spoiler|Bin's voice is dry and raspy, and Tomoe's is coarse, but despite having only a small amount of their old bodies left (excluding their necks), they still speak in relatively human voices and show emotion. Michael's the only one whose vocal chords have been destroyed entirely, but even then his vocalizations are simply the whine of a speaker.}}
* [[No
* [[Offing the Offspring]] - Afro
* [[Poisonous Friend]] - Sio's vassals, Bin, Michael, and Tomoe. At one point, Bin says this:
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** That said, it's not like Sio would have had too far to fall...
* [[Redemption Equals Death]] - Near the end of ''Resurrection'', {{spoiler|Jinno runs to keep Afro's father from killing him, and is killed (again) in the process.}}
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]] - Afro's resurrected father's eyes glow red, as does Jinno's cyborg eye.
* [[Red Sky, Take Warning]] - The final battle takes place under a red sky.
* [[Remember the New Guy?]] - Sio is Jinno's sister, though there was no reason to mention her in the first movie, Afro'd met her before...
* [[Removed From the Picture]] - Sio has a photo of herself, her vassals, Jinno, someone else, and Afro, with Afro's face burned out entirely.
* [[Sequel Hook]]: One ending has {{spoiler|Justice apparently coming [[Back From the Dead]]}}, and {{spoiler|Takimoto}} makes his appearance. Only time will tell if there will be a sequel or not.
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** ''Heavily'' lampshaded by Ninja Ninja, who has a hard time believing all of the above and repeatedly mocks Afro over it.
* [[Stock Subtitle]] - Resurrection.
* [[Ten
* [[The Stinger]] - "I been waiting a ''long'' time for him" {{spoiler|followed by a swift shot of Justice}}.
* [[Time Skip]] - One of unknown length has happened between this and the first movie. One background character remarks that Afro hasn't held his blade in years, and Ninja-Ninja says that Afro's starting to look old, but exactly ''how many'' years is never stated.
== Manga-Only
* [[Anticlimax]] - In volume two of the manga, Afro finally makes it to the top of the mountain, ready to confront Justice. When he finally makes it to him, he attacks and {{spoiler|Justice turns to dust and falls apart - Apparently, he'd been dead for quite awhile.}} Ninja Ninja even remarks that {{spoiler|1="Afro finally got his revenge, even if it doesn't feel like it."}}
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]] - Big Boy.
* [[I See Them, Too]] - Ninja Ninja getting seen by Takimoto.
* [[The Messiah]] - At the end of the second volume {{spoiler|the world has turned into a endless warring chaos}} as {{spoiler|Afro}} didn't rule as Justice did, meaning {{spoiler|he spent years in a depressive state}} instead of being a great figure of worship and respect like Justice, but at the very end {{spoiler|Afro managed to pull himself back together}} and as Ninja Ninja and Takimoto suggested he must begin his journey to put the world back in order.
* [[Motor Mouth]] - Kazuma.
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== Game-Only
* [[Battle in
* [[Blade Below the Shoulder]]- The Android Ninja enemies have these
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] - Ninja Ninja does some serious tapping on the fourth wall during the game - among them, calling the player a "Button mashin' motherfucker", and suggesting that just because you watched the TV show doesn't mean you know what's going to happen here.
* [[Enemy Within]] - Ninja Ninja discusses with Afro what he represents, and forces Afro to fight him to take on the burden again.
* [[A God Am I]]- Justice makes this speech to Afro:
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* [[Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels]] - Number Two Headband and Number One Headband.
* [[Lemony Narrator]] - Ninja Ninja. ''"You think I should be watchin' his ''back!? '''''[[Precision F
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]] - {{spoiler|Justice makes a speech to this effect, although it's explicitly metaphorical.}}
* [[New Game
* [[One
* [[One
* [[Revised Ending]]: {{spoiler|Much like the Manga, Justice is already dead by time Afro meets him. Instead of going into despair though, Afro is instead forced to deal with his mental demons, facing Justice in his mind. After defeating him, Afro finally comes at peace with himself and his past, and decides to throw both the #1 and #2 headbands away.}}
* [[Walk It Off]] - Afro heals by killing people. (In Number One Headband, though, he has to pick up Otsuru's bears in order to get his health back - making it much more difficult. It's still possible to heal by killing enemies, but only if you can pull off a perfect decapitation).
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