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* [[Bad Export for You]]: The TV series originally aired with a soundtrack of remixes of notable trance artists' music; however, the ADV Films release had all of the music (except for the opening and ending themes) replaced.

* [[Bedouin Rescue Service]]: Rocky is picked up by one after his chopper crashes in the manga. Sorta...he has to fight the chief, who suspects him of being a spy for the anti-government forces that killed half his tribe. Rocky wins with a [[Barehanded Blade Block]], badly cutting his hand in the process.

* [[Birth Death Juxtaposition]]: In the final issue of the manga, {{spoiler|Kanzaki dies in an aerial duel with Shin as Julianna gives birth to Kanzaki's son.}}

* [[Birth-Death Juxtaposition]]: In the final issue of the manga, {{spoiler|Kanzaki dies in an aerial duel with Shin as Julianna gives birth to Kanzaki's son.}}

* [[Bishonen]]: Saki and Shin to varying degrees across the adaptations, as well as Kim in the manga and TV series. And Saki's brother Risaal in the manga.

* [[Bland-Name Product]]: Yamato Airlines (''[[Suspiciously Specific Denial|not]]'' Japan Airlines).

* [[Blood From the Mouth]]: Used in the manga and OVA to denote serious injury among the pilots.

* [[Bolivian Army Ending]]: The OVA; {{spoiler|the Area 88 pilots refuse the chance to flee the conquering rebel forces in favor of one last battle.}}

* [[Boom Headshot]]: In the third episode of the OVA, one of Shin's subordinates loses his sight and goes into a berserk rampage. A 20mm round happens to fly through his head for a [[Boom Headshot]].

* [[Boom! Headshot!]]: In the third episode of the OVA, one of Shin's subordinates loses his sight and goes into a berserk rampage. A 20mm round happens to fly through his head for a [[Boom! Headshot!]].

* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: In a slightly odd example, [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Brevity_code~~ brevity codes] (Fox Two, Guns, and Splash X, most often) were ''added'' to the English dub of the TV series, possibly to fit American expectations from other media. The Japanese dialogue omits them.

* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: In a slightly odd example, [[wikipedia:Brevity code|brevity codes]] (Fox Two, Guns, and Splash X, most often) were ''added'' to the English dub of the TV series, possibly to fit American expectations from other media. The Japanese dialogue omits them.

* [[Canon Foreigner]]: [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute|Makoto]] and [[The Squadette|Kitori]] from the TV series.

** Kitori may have been a [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]] or Bowdlerization of Sela from the manga.

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* [[Dodge By Braking]] and [[Aerial Canyon Chase]]

* [[Designated Hero]]: The Area 88 mercenaries, who engage in war for pay. Despite being the protagonists, they're deliberately shown to be morally grey or even evil (i.e., [[Sociopathic Soldier|Nguyen]]).

* [[~~Dog Fighting~~ Furballs]]: The series is built around the massive air battles.

* [[Dogfighting Furballs]]: The series is built around the massive air battles.

* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]: It's hinted in the TV series that Shin does this privately. In manga issues that did not make it stateside, {{spoiler|Shin drinks heavily to cope with his war trauma after leaving Area 88 and returning to Paris.}}

** In the manga, Greg does this once after the deaths of several fellow pilots.

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** Ryoko and Taeko as well.

* [[Highly-Conspicuous Uniform]]: Several of the pilots wear brightly-colored flightsuits in the OVA and TV series.

* [[High Speed Missile Dodge]]: Doesn't always work and the G forces involved wind up killing Mario.

* [[High-Speed Missile Dodge]]: Doesn't always work and the G forces involved wind up killing Mario.

* [[Honest John's Dealership]]: Base quartermaster McCoy sells everything from fighter jets to toilet paper -- and is not above shady practices. Like leaving Rocky's bag out in the sun to spoil his film, or selling defective Sidewinders at $20 each.

* [[Human Popsicle]]: {{spoiler|In manga issues that did not make it stateside, Soria (Saki's mother) was placed in a cryogenic chamber until a treatment for her blood cancer became available. The public was told that she died in childbirth.}}

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* [[Noodle People]]: Most noticeable in the manga, though some of it also carries over to the OVA. Shintani did start as an assistant to [[Leiji Matsumoto]], after all.

* [[Nuke'Em]]: In the manga, nuclear weapons are used against Aslan bases by the rebels at least twice (the missile aimed at Area 88 was shot down by Shin), and near the end of the American run, Saki is willing to resort to these.

* [[Occupiers Out of Our Country]]: {{spoiler|In later manga issues that did not make it stateside, pro-monarchy and anti-government forces both drive Project 4 out of Asran.}}

* [[Occupiers Out of Our Country!]]: {{spoiler|In later manga issues that did not make it stateside, pro-monarchy and anti-government forces both drive Project 4 out of Asran.}}

* [[Obligatory War Crime Scene]]: In the manga and OVA, Nguyen kills an enemy pilot who has ejected from his jet. In the manga, Rocky witnesses anti-government forces slaughter an entire Bedoin camp. When Shin and Mickey fly over the desert carnage afterwards, they're both horrified.

* [[The Ojou]]: Ryoko, of course.

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** In the TV series, Shin muses on his unhappy situation while in the shower.

* [[Shown Their Work]]: Shintani is an avowed airplane [[Otaku]] and this shows in his art. There are, however, some discrepancies concerning the early operational history of the F-14 and other minor details.

* [[Shout Out]]: When Shin flashes back to his Paris bender and Kanzaki's betrayal in the manga, the [[Uchuu Senkan Yamato|Yamato]] appears in the background with (presumably) a few of its crew members.

* [[Shout-Out]]: When Shin flashes back to his Paris bender and Kanzaki's betrayal in the manga, the [[Uchuu Senkan Yamato|Yamato]] appears in the background with (presumably) a few of its crew members.

** That would qualify as self-insertion, Matsumoto based one of the crewmen on his (then) assistant, Shintani.

* [[Sociopathic Soldier]]: Nguyen in the OVA.

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** Saki also qualifies. He lost his mother when he was a little boy, but that's just for starters. As an adult, he was betrayed by his father, compelled to fight in a brutal civil war, targeted for assassination attempts, attacked by one of his most trusted men ( {{spoiler|Shin}}), and forced to endure the slow deterioration of his eyesight. {{spoiler|No wonder he commits suicide at the end of the manga.}}

* [[True Companions]]: Somehow, the pilots end up as this in the final OVA episode.

* [[Two Men One Dress]]: In the manga, Shin (injured feet) and Mickey (injured hands) [[Mugged for Disguise|rob a guard]] and use this to escape captivity on the Mafia's desert carrier. The man in charge lets them go partly because it's so funny and partly because he's got the planes rigged to self-destruct.

* [[Two Men, One Dress]]: In the manga, Shin (injured feet) and Mickey (injured hands) [[Mugged for Disguise|rob a guard]] and use this to escape captivity on the Mafia's desert carrier. The man in charge lets them go partly because it's so funny and partly because he's got the planes rigged to self-destruct.

* [[Unfriendly Fire]]: The reason for Charlie the Phoenix's return to Area 88.

* [[Violation of Common Sense]]: The pilots' reaction to a mission briefing that requires them to fly through a narrow, twisting canyon.