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Their only problem is that Chirico Cuvie, a last-minute transfer from the Special Forces who is not in the know about the whole treason thing, finds their main objective first: a strange woman locked inside a container filled with blue light. Almost dying from the traitors' attempt to silence him, Chirico is picked up by the Gilgamesh forces, who brutally interrogate him about the operation. He escapes, and sets out to find the truth behind that day and that woman.
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*** Lampshaded by the fansubbers by having inserting on-screen during the eyecatch "was it me, or was that whole scene just D-Day with robots?"
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]] - Arguably subverted, in that {{spoiler|while Chirico, Fyana, Gotho, Vanilla, and Coconna presumably go on to live happy and peaceful lives, the galaxy is plunged back into war, this time without Wiseman guiding them, and an entire planet has been destroyed, displacing all its inhabitants.}}
* [[Expy]]: The Scopedog is modeled after [[
* [[Faux Action Girl]] - Surprisingly, {{spoiler|Fyana, despite her being really tough in the first arc, she quickly descends into a [[Damsel in Distress]]. Later remedied somewhat, fighting alongside Chirico, but her dependance of Jijirium radiation often leaves her incapacitated}}
* [[Fun with Acronyms]] - The titular VOTOMS stands for '''V'''ertical '''O'''ne-man '''T'''ank for '''O'''ffense and '''M'''anuever'''S'''.
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* [[Guns Akimbo]]: Mostly used as concentrated fire in the general direction. The effective use of different targets in different directions variant is restricted to the Super Soldiers. {{spoiler|1=Barcoff, already fatally wounded, stands in the open and keeps firing left and right to take as many Balarant ATs with him and to buy time for Chirico and Zaki.}}
* [[History Repeats]]: ''Phantom Arc''.
* [[Honor Before Reason]] - Chirico trying to save Fyana even though he could easily walk away and in doing so would probably escape from those who are after him. Coconna also, when she tries to save him, forcing Gotho and Vanilla to come along with her early on in the
* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Strike Dog and Rabidly Dog in TV series. They're heavy-class AT like [[Mighty Glacier|Standing Tortoise]], but has better performance than [[Jack of All Stats|Scopedog]]. Strike Dog [[Awesome but Impractical|suffer from short operational time]], but Rabidly Dog fix that. ''The Last Red Shoulder'' add Blood Sucker and ''Big Battle'' add Ecrevisse to this trope. It's worth to note that while Chirico can stand up against Strike Dog and Blood Sucker with just [[Weapon of Choice|modified Scopedog]], he need [[Fragile Speedster|Light Scopedog]] to keep up with Ecrevisse.
* [[Made of Explodium]] - Polymer Ringer's Solution. The fuel that allows the AT to move in a fluid human-like motion, but it's so volatile that the sufficiently hard impact and even the exposure to the wrong temperature will cause it to ignite without a warning,
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* [[Screw Destiny]] - In the final season, {{spoiler|Chirico is offered godhood by Wiseman, an ancient computer system that has been manipulating civilization for millennia. He has been groomed by Wiseman for this fate his entire life.}} Naturally, {{spoiler|he [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|destroys Wiseman]], first by shooting it, and then by dismantling it piece by piece.}}
* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Chirico gets a ''lot'' of these.
* [[Short Anime Movie]] - Over the years many [[OVA
* [[Shout-Out]] - To ''[[2001: A Space Odyssey]]''. {{spoiler|The destruction of Wiseman is very obviously based on HAL-9000's death scene.}}
** Teitania is a [[Terminator (franchise)|Terminator]]. Even the music when she is chasing some "freelance cold capsule contractors" is similar to the score of the films.
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