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* [[Cool Shades]], almost to the point of [[Sunglasses At Night]]: Saki in the TV series; other characters flirt with them in other continuities, including Sawa in the manga.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Kanzaki later in the series.
* [[Dodge
* [[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]]).
* [[Dogfighting Furballs]]: The series is built around the massive air battles.
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* [[Ludicrous Gibs]]: ''The planes'', at least in the OVA; they're usually destroyed in unique and lovingly animated ways.
* [[Meganekko]]: Yasuda Taeko
* [[Military Mashup Machine]] / [[Base
* [[Misplaced Nationalism]]: In one chapter of the manga, Shin needs a new radio, which immediately starts [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/area_88/v02/c019/22.html Mickey and Hoover arguing over the merits of American and West German technology]. Naturally, Shin buys a Japanese model.
* [[Missile Lock On]]
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** See [[Legion of Lost Souls]] and [[Anyone Can Die]]; they were probably getting used to that sort of thing by then.
*** [[Up to Eleven|This is taken to extremes though]]: they are being '''led''' by a man who is missing one eye (and thus has no ''depth perception'') and [[Eyes Always Shut|never bothers to open the other one]].
* [[War for Fun
* [[War Is Hell]]: The whole point of the manga and OVA. Shin tells McCoy that he's going to Hell for selling weapons. The old man responds by saying that he's already there. Shin feels this especially strongly.
* [[Wing Man]]: Mickey.
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* [[Rewarding Vandalism|Rewarding]] <s>Vandalism</s> Deforestation: In the arcade version, destroying all of the destructible trees in the forest stage yields a shield powerup.
* [[Smart Bomb]]: The Mega Crush in the SNES port. Most ships can only carry one of it, except for the F200, which can carry ''two.''
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Subsystem Damage]]: A number of bosses have weapons that can be disabled by shooting them.
* [[Vulnerable Convoy]]: A source of easy money in the SNES version.
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