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''Beyblade'' was a rather formulaic sports anime set in present day. It focused on the trials and tribulations of the Bladebreakers, a team of Beybladers who all came from different backgrounds and countries. In short, it was partly a [[Mons]] series, too, in that most characters had a "bit beast" in their Beyblade. Said beasts were able to control various elements.

 

 

The show ran for three ~50-episode seasons. Season 1 dealt with the formation of the Bladebreakers, and gave us looks into their various pasts (Ray's defection from his team in China, Kai's hellish upbringing in Russia, etc.) This season was pretty much one [[Tournament Arc]] after another. The format was as follows:

Years after both the manga and anime concluded, the franchise was revived again in a manga and later anime, ''[[Metal Fight Beyblade]]''. In 2012, yet another new series was announced: ''[[Beyblade Zero G (Anime)|Beyblade Zero G]]''.

 

* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: Some characters in the manga were lucky to even have names. The anime went on giving every single team its own set of bit beasts and at least one on-screen battle. Some even got to be a major point in each Tournament arc.

* [[Alternative Foreign Theme Song]]: The dub has a different opening theme song. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if8YvZG800c&feature=related "LET'S BEYBLADE!"].

* [[Animal Battle Aura]]

* [[Anime Chinese Girl]]: Ming-Ming, sometimes so much it hurts.

* [[Artificial Human]]: {{spoiler|Zeo (in the anime)}}

* [[Art Shift]]: The animation style changed radically after the first season, to the point that all the main characters [[Artistic Age|looked younger]] in V-Force despite being supposedly one year older. Fortunately, the [[Art Shift]] from V-Force to G-Revolution was more subtle, and the characters looked their age once again.

* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Team Psykick, Barthez Battalion in the manga.

* [[Can't Catch Up]]: To put it simple, anyone without an incredibly rare Bit Beast has no chance against someone who does, regardless of skill. This line of thought reached its logical conclusion by the third series, by which time Bit Beasts had become [[Puberty Superpower|as common as dirt]].

* [[Cast Full of Pretty Boys]]: Yes. Yes, it was.

** Seriously, the series must have had this just to attract some female following. And indeed, it worked.

*** Some toys come with metal parts. Some of those quite heavy, and some comes with small pieces of a material that sparks on contact.

* [[Evil Twin]]: Black Dranzer. Also in the movie, all the Dark bit-beasts. Maybe the Cyber ones of V-Force too.

** [[The Hero]]: Tyson

** [[The Lancer]]: Kai

* [[The Four Gods]]: The protagonists' Bit Beasts. Specifically, Genbu (Draciel), Suzaku (Dranzer), Byakko (Driger) and Seiryuu (Dragoon).

** Daichi's Strata Dragoon is meant to be the fifth god, in Chinese mythlogy. Yellow and represents earth.

** White Tigers: Lee is melancholic, Mariah is sanguine, Gary is phlegmatic and Kevin is choleric.

** All Starz: Michael is sanguine, Eddie is phlegmatic, Steven is choleric and Emily is melancholic.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Kai after losing to Brooklyn.

* [[Heroic RROD]]: Kai after beating Brooklyn.

** In the dub, she's voiced by the same woman who did Chibiusa in ''[[Sailor Moon]]''.

* [[Hot Mom]]: Max's mother, who also happens to be a [[Hot Scientist]] working for [[Eagle Land|the Americans]].

* [[Loophole Abuse]]: There is [[Blatant Lies|a rule that you can't attack another player]], but it doesn't count if you can't see the weapon. [[The Brute|Bryan]] was able to seriously injure Ray by attacking him with [[Elemental Powers|air control]].

** As was [[Ninja|Garland]].

* [[The Movie]]

* [[Multinational Team]]: The Majestics, from Europe, have Robert (German), Johnny (British), Oliver (French) and Enrique (Italian). The Barthez Battalion might also be this, considering the members have names of different origins, but no specific nationalities are stated.

* [[Official Couple]]: {{spoiler|Ray and Mariah at the end of the manga.}}

* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: Kai. So very Kai.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: When it comes to the main characters, Tyson's mother is dead, and his father is away most of the time because of his job. Kai is in a similar situation, but has it worse than Tyson. Max's parents are divorced, he lives with his father, but he does have a good relationship with both parents. As for Ray, his parents never appear and we never really hear anything about them. So, we don't really know anything about his family situation.

* [[Shoe Phone]]: As the series goes on, it introduces more and more ludicrous ways to launch a Beyblade.

** Hell, halfway through the first season, we see the All Starz using various Sports-like applications to launch. Including a baseball (which splits apart) and one on a tennis racket.

* [[Shoulders of Doom]]: Tala. [[Bling of War|Why]].

* [[Sixth Ranger]]: Daichi.

* [[Turncoat]]: Kai is the king of this trope. Over three seasons, he switches sides a grand total of ''six'' times. He's allied with the Blade Sharks, the Bladebreakers, the Demolition Boys, the Bladebreakers again, then the Blitzkrieg Boys, then BEGA, then the G Revolutions [the Bladebreakers with another teammate]. Possible [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]].

* [[Warrior Therapist]]: It seems like this series is rife with both kinds of this trope. Apparently, no matter how many battles you've won in the past, [[There Are No Therapists|all it takes to get you doubting yourself is a well-timed comment]].

** By giving them [[Empathic Weapon|a mind of their own]], it would seem.

* [[World of Cardboard Speech]]: This from Kai's second battle against Brooklyn:

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