Birdy the Mighty: Difference between revisions

 

''Decode'' can be found on Funimation's Youtube channel [http://www.youtube.com/show/tetsuwanbirdydecode here!]

{{tropelist}}

* [[Accidental Pervert]]: Tsutomu's dad tries to do [[Bathtub Bonding|bond with his son in the bathtub]] with his son, but finds a naked Birdy in his place.

* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]: {{spoiler|Shyamalan}}.

* [[Freaky Friday Flip]]/[[Man, I Feel Like a Woman]]: Happens in ''Decode'' -- {{spoiler|After obtaining injuries during a battle in episode five of the second season, Birdy passes out and Tsutomu awakens to find himself in Birdy's form and [[Shapeshifter Mode Lock|unable to change back]]. This lasts through Episodes 6 and 7, which are the aformemention [[Whole-Episode Flashback]] examples, where he journeys into her memories and is resolved by the end of episode seven when he finds Birdy and things are returned to normal}}. The manga is more appropriate to [[Man, I Feel Like a Woman]] since {{spoiler|the first thing Tsutomu does when he realizes he's in Birdy's body is to grab his chest and groin in disbelief. His time before journeying into Birdy's past is shorter, and he at least again checks his groin after returning to his body just to be sure that everything was proper again}}.

* [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke]]: {{spoiler|In ''Decode'', it's revealed that Birdy and Nataru were the result of a program to bred super-soldiers via bioengineering}}.

* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: To varying degrees. {{spoiler|Faroid}}, in a way, and {{spoiler|his sister later}}.

* [[Sweat Drop]]: Birdy does this upon finding a bomb just as it's about to go off in the OVA.

* [[The Masquerade]]: [[Zig Zagged]] to hell and back in ''Decode''. While the population at large is generally unaware of the aliens' presence, and many people don't believe in aliens, one may suspect that Masakubo's obsession with aliens and [[UFOs]] is more than crazy conspiracy theory paranoia. The non-humanoid aliens usually have some kind of disguise to make themselves look human and blend in, but many aliens have revealed themselves, making business deals with human companies and (possibly) governments. Even Birdy has the Shion Arita identity, but {{spoiler|she revealed herself to Muroto, though he may or may not have believed her}}. No cover up efforts are made at all when {{spoiler|the Ryunka demolishes the countryside}}, and everyone knows something weird happened when {{spoiler|the Ryunka completely trashed the Roppongi area}}. The government must have known something was up when {{spoiler|the aliens assaulted a military base and stole a nuclear bomb}}. But on the other side, some aliens living on earth might not even know they are alien, because they either were born there or moved when very small and their parents never told them. {{spoiler|For example, in ''Decode'', it is revealed that Chikira is an Altan, though he may or may not know this.}}

* [[Title Drop]]: Birdy does this in a made-up speech in the original manga.

* [[Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe]]: Natch, though in season 2 of ''Decode'' {{spoiler|out of all of Earth's cities Season 2's villains could have escaped to, it somehow just HAD to be Tokyo. While the city is indeed an apparent favorite for the series' aliens, the group in question were partly responsible for a narrowly avoided Class X annihilation event who's epicenter was Toyko, which led to the firing of a [[Kill Sat]] on the city, the resulting ruins of said firing being a major set piece throughout the season.}}

** An earlier episode implies that the amount of alien activity in Tokyo is actually not unusual for a city its size. Presumably every comparable city on Earth has lots of disguised aliens running around, too.

* [[Training from Hell]]: {{spoiler|What Birdy goes through as a kid in preperation to be a Federation officer.}}

* [[Tyke Bomb]]: In ''Decode'', {{spoiler|Birdy, as part of being a super soldier, was trained as a little kid how to fight in preparation for her being becoming an investigator}}. In the manga, {{spoiler|she receives similar harsh training since she's an Ixiora.}}

* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: {{spoiler|Birdy's reaction to Violin's death and the realization of her being a robot in ''Decode'' involves completely and violently dismantling the robot that killed her while denying Violin was a robot. Birdy only calmed down after passing out}}. In the manga, {{spoiler|she reacts the same way to Violin's death, going berserk and beating the robot to bits with its own claw. Later, she goes berserk on Hikawa after he learns how to penetrate her shield and slices her up some. In the currently-running sequel, she again goes berserk after finding the photo of a small girl (whom she had just recently met and had to protect) in the files of another of Revi's research centers. Her (and Tsutomu's) rage leaves the entire building in ruins}}.

[[Category:Anime of the 1990s]]

[[Category:Anime]]

[[Category:Science Fiction Anime and Manga]]

[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]