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* [[Afro Asskicker]] - Afro himself
* [[A God Am I]] - Anyone who gets the Number 1 Headband can make this claim.
* [[Anti -Hero]] - At his BEST he can classified as very loose [[Sliding Scale of Anti -Heroes|Type V]]. Revenge is pretty much all that on Afro's mind. Especially evident in the manga verison of the series in which a story features Afro using two innocent bystanders (a boy and his handicapped sister later on) as shields to avoid attacks, showing no remorse in causing their deaths. That he killed his master to reclaim the No. 2 further establishes him as one.
* [[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 'Em All|Everyone but Afro, the DJ, and the Number Two dies.]] {{spoiler|Then Afro kills the other two.}}
* [[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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* [[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 -Wielding|uses two swords]] rather than one. At one point, he says "...and even if I got one of my arms cut off, I'd still be able to fight..." At first, this seems like a [[Fauxshadow]], as he makes it through all of the first movie with both arms. Late in ''Resurrection'', however, he ''does'' get one arm cut off, and is in fact able to continue fighting.
* [[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 ItsIt's That Voice]] - Other than [[Samuel L Jackson|the obvious]], Justice is voiced by [[Ron Perlman]], Jinno is [[Yuri Lowenthal]], Sio is [[Lucy Liu]], and Okiku is [[Kelly Hu]].
** 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 Delisle]]
* [[Highly -Visible Ninja]] - Ninja Ninja is loud-mouthed and ridiculously visible (although he's somewhat stealthy in the second episode of Season One, hiding in the rafters of a house), especially considering that he's hanging out with a samurai who kills everyone he meets. {{spoiler|But then, he's a hallucination anyways.}} The manga version hints that he may be something more, as there is a similar character who only Ninja Ninja can see or be seen by.
* [[Human Shield]] - In the manga, the boy and his sister in the [[Anti -Hero]] example-- In ''Resurrection'', he uses the DJ for the same effect.
* [[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 'Em All]] - Nearly everyone Afro meets dies, {{spoiler|even the two people who survived after the battle under the Bodhi tree are killed after Afro meets them again.}}
** 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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* [[Two Guys and A Girl]] - Afro, Jinno, and Otsuru, especially in the manga, though Jinno mentions that even if Otsuru asked to marry him, he'd turn her down.
* [[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 -Hero]]-- He's not ''evil'', but he's a pretty dark character.
* [[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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== Season One-Only Examples ==
* [[Automatic Crossbows]] - One character wields one of these, with an attached [[Grenade Launcher]].
* [[Beam -O -War]]: Afro and the Droid cause this with a laser beam and a SWORD.
* [[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.
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* [[Death By Sex]] - "Okiku". This subsequently causes Afro to break out of his [[The Stoic|usual stoic nature]] and show (in a rare occasion) [[Pet the Dog|that he truly does care]].
* [[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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* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]] - Otsuru to Afro, [[Disposable Woman|sort]] [[Death By Sex|of]].
* [[Wave Motion Gun]] - The Afro Droid's laser.
* [[Well -Intentioned Extremist]]: {{spoiler|Justice}} claims that by obtaining all the headbands, he will have the power to end all conflict:
{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Justice'''}}: The world is lost. [[Crapsack World|All this chaos, and pain...]] it's time for someone to take control. It's time for a man to use [[A God Am I|absolute power]] for the [[Utopia Justifies the Means|cause of ultimate peace.]] It's time to rid the world of conflict, and all men and women, young and old, to live in tranquility. [[A God Am I|It is time for Man to become God,]] [[God Is Inept|where God has failed.]]}}
 
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== ''Resurrection''-Only Examples ==
* [[Absolute Cleavage]]: Sio
* [[Arson, Murder, and Admiration]] - ''Resurrection'' has this exchange between Sio and Dharman:
{{quote| '''Sio''': "You truly are the world's most wicked, shit-faced, genius scientist. You'll burn in Hell for your crimes against nature."<br />
'''Dharman''': "You praise me so wonderfully, Lady Sio! I am not worthy of your poetry!" }}
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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 -Hero]].}}
* [[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 By His Own Petard]] - {{spoiler|Afro's Resurrected father ends up killing Afro, then Jinno, and finally, Sio herself.}}
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{{quote| "My desire was to become a god. In the pursuit of revenge, you made me yours. Searching for me. Obsessing over me. Killing for me.[...]Each life you took was a tribute to me. Your actions gave me substance, let me live. You've been doing my good work."}}
* [[Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels]] - Number Two Headband and Number One Headband.
* [[Lemony Narrator]] - Ninja Ninja. ''"You think I should be watchin' his ''back!? '''''[[Precision F -Strike|FUCK]]''''' you!! I've ''been'' watchin' I've seen '''''ev-'''''rything!"
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]] - {{spoiler|Justice makes a speech to this effect, although it's explicitly metaphorical.}}
* [[New Game Plus]]
* [[One -Hit Kill]] - Focus Slashes, against most [[Mooks]], if done perfectly, will kill them in one shot, literally chopping them apart.
* [[One -Winged Angel]] - {{Justice, after his arms are sliced off}}
* [[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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