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* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: Questionable as we don't know how DNA is selected, but seeing as {{spoiler|Nataru was taken from a lab called "Cephon" as a baby and their origins, it would appear that at least he and Birdy came from the same lab}}.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Tsuotmu, thanks to some of Birdy's antics.
* [[Camera Abuse]]: Early in the first season, Birdy kicks a piece of debris at the non-[[In -Universe Camera]], which nevertheless tumbles backward and cuts out with static.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Shouko in ''Decode 02''.
* [[Combat Stilettos]]: Justified in that Birdy uses her heels as kick-off propulsion devices/mini-rockets, though only the remake manga and ''Decode'' versions of Birdy has them.
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* [[Dramatic Chase Opening]]: The OVA.
* [[Earth Is the Center of The Universe]]: Completely averted. Earth is considered an insignificant backwater planet in the ''Decode'' universe.
* [[Eyelid -Pull Taunt]]: In the original manga, Geega does this to mock Birdy after she accidently kills Tsutomu.
* [[Hair Decorations]]: In the original manga and OVA, Birdy sports a hairband with triangular clips around her ears. In the remake manga and ''Decode'', she sports a headset with two fin-like protrusions, each also around her ears.
* [[Evil Minions]]/[[Robots]]/[[Mecha-Mooks]]
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** [[Dirty Harriet]]: In one episode of ''Decode'', Birdy poses as a prostitute at a bar for a short while.
** [[Furo Scene]]: One scene in the OVA and frequent use in ''Decode''. Birdy also loves baths in the manga, since it's much more relaxing than the adjustment tub on her ship.
** [[Full -Frontal Assault]]: A heroic version. As opposed to the OVA, Birdy in the original manga did not don her uniform when Bacillus was outside of Tsutomu's house and confronted him in the nude.
** [[Funbag Airbag]]: When Geega threw Tsutomu at Birdy in the original manga, Tsuotmu ends up slamming into Birdy and his face end up slamming into her chest.
** [[Impossibly Low Neckline]]: Birdy's outfit sports this.
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** [[Sexy Backless Outfit]]: Birdy, especially in ''Decode''.
* [[Fashionable Asymmetry]]: In the OVA, the boot of Birdy's right leg only comes up to her knee while the one on the left stops at her thigh.
* [[First -Episode Resurrection]]: Tsutomu, though depending on which version you watch, how far into the first episode he dies varies; in the OVA, he dies within the first few minutes while in ''Decode'', he dies after the episode is halfway through.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: In ''Decode'' and the remade manga, it's revealed that Altirrans, Birdy's species, were the target of racism among other species and treated like lower-class citizens, especially following a terrorist attack.
* [[The Federation]]: Technically where Birdy hailed from is called a Federation. Subverted because of the fact that the the human-like Altirrans are more or less lower-class citizens and treated like crap and that the Federation has a program to use Altirran DNA to bioengineer [[Super Soldier]], {{spoiler|one of whom is Birdy herself}}.
* [[Flash Back]]
** [[Flashback Cut]]: {{spoiler|Violin's death in the OVA}}. Outside of the sixth and maybe seventh episodes, the teasers to the second season of ''Decode'' could also be considered this.
** [[Whole -Episode Flashback]]: Two episodes in the second season of ''Decode'', showing Birdy's past. Also an entire volume of the remade manga.
* [[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}}.
* [[Gambit Pileup]]: deconstructed. In the beginning, there are several factions involved, along with multiple wild cards, a chessmaster, and neutral but interested parties. And that's just the first season, on the alien side. However, instead of there being any [[Just As Planned]] and [[I Know You Know I Know]], bad intel and lack of information reigns supreme, with things devolving into a chaotic world where the law of unintended consequences dictates the outcomes of events more than anything else. No one really knows what the hell is going on, except maybe the viewer, and even they, who see a lot more than any given character must think quite a bit and infer a lot to figure out what really happened and why.
* [[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}}.
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* [[Idol Singer]]: Birdy's alter ego of Shion Arita is one.
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: Berserker Killer Birdy.
* [[Journey to The Center of The Mind]]: The [[Freaky Friday]]/[[Man, I Feel Like a Woman]] and [[Whole -Episode Flashback]] examples, the former setting it off and justifying the latter, where {{spoiler|Tsutomu had to rescue Birdy after getting stuck in her form and how he learned of her past. In the manga, this knowledge becomes very handy when some of Birdy's old classmates show up on Earth}}.
* [[Kill Sat]]: An episode of ''Decode'' has a Kill Sat intended to stop the main threat of the first season. As per usual with the trope, it failed.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Reversed in episode 6 of season 2 in the memory sequence with Nataru.
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* [[Voice of the Legion]]: During episodes 5 and 6, {{spoiler|while Tsutomu is [[Shapeshifter Mode Lock|stuck]] in Birdy's form when he's on her ship, he was protrayed as speaking with both his and Birdy's voice at the same time}}.
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: Tsutomu and Birdy generally switch willingly, but there are still exceptions where Birdy takes over (or reverts back to) Tsutomu without warning.
* [["V" Sign]]: In the first three parts of the four part OVA series, the credits would end with an image of Birdy flashing this.
* [[Water Source Tampering]]: This was Seichiro Hikawa's plan for the people of Tokyo, to turn them into "retro soldiers" by tainting the city's water supply with serum.
* [[We Hardly Knew Ye]]: In the remake manga and ''Decode'' series, Tuto. {{spoiler|In the remake manga, he sacrifices himself to keep Tsutomu alive; and in the third episode of the first season of ''Decode'', he's blown up and damaged beyond anyone's ability to repair him as he was. He's later rebult into a computer, but is not the same as he was prior to his death. In the manga, many of his features are rebuilt into Tsutomu's cell phone which was broken with his body, making it a parallel to himself and Birdy.}}
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