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Originally, '''Black★Rock Shooter''' was a character created by an artist known as ''huke'', among plenty of other material that he uploaded to his [[Pixiv]] profile. One fateful day ''ryo'', leader of [[Vocaloid]] synthesizer band ''[[Supercell]]'', approached huke to create a song after having been inspired by his work, while also inviting him to join the creative team of the band. This way, the two collaborated on a music video, with huke making some small adjustments to Black★Rock Shooter's design and creating the version known today.
 
Once uploaded on [[Nico Nico Douga]] in 2008, and soon after on [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsFZxJigepg YouTube], both the song (preformedperformed by [[Vocaloid|Hatsune Miku]]) and character became a massive success (on the internet anyway).
 
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=== Tropes found in the original song and illustrations: ===
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]: And how. From a drawing of a girl to a [[Vocaloid]] song to a 5 minute PV to [[Black★Rock Shooter (OVA)|a 50 minute OVA]] with backstory and names and, meanwhile, an RPG game, then a manga, then [[Black★Rock Shooter (anime)|a companion anime series]] to the OVA.
* [[Alternate Continuity]]: All adaptations take place in their own universe, with only the character patterns and general personality being constants.
* [[Astral Checkerboard Decor]]: Almost all of huke's drawings take place in some checkerboard landscape. In one part of the PV, the ''sky'' is checkerboard.
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: The eponymous character.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Black★Rock Shooter.
* [[BFGBig Freaking Gun]]: One of Black★Rock Shooter's weapons, a [[Gatling Good|minigun-like]] weapon called the ★rock Cannon.
* [[BFSBig Freaking Sword]]: Black★Gold Saw's [http://file.huke.blog.shinobi.jp/p01v8.jpg sword].
** In the 3D PV, Dragon Slayer has one too.
** [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Great Black Sword]] also has one.
* [[Breaking the Bonds]]
* [[Chained Byby Fashion]]
* [[Character Title]]: [[Captain Obvious|Black Rock Shooter]]
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]:
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** Insane Black★Rock Shooter: Purple.
** Dead Master: Green.
** Black★Gold Saw: [[Non -Indicative Name|Red.]]
** Black★Matagi: Purple.
** Black★Devil Girl: Green.
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* [[Dark World]]: The ruined checkered landscape.
* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]: Dead Master.
* [[Girl Withwith Psycho Weapon]]: [[BFSBig Freaking Sword|BFSes]], [[BFGBig Freaking Gun|BFGs]], [[Katanas Are Just Better|katanas]], [[Sinister Scythe|scythes]], [[Gatling Good|miniguns]]...
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Black★Rock Shooter.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: B★RS has two very prominent scars. One on her right hip, stretching from right above her pelvis around towards her back and a smaller straight one right below her left breast. Both scars are somewhat stitched up looking.
* [[In Name Only]]: An interesting case with the adaptations in that it's not so much [[They Just Didn't Care]], but there's so little information provided about anything in the original PV that the interpretations become widely diverged from each other.
* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: The black blade.
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* [[Sinister Scythe]]: Dead Master's weapon of choice, Dead Scythe.
** Also, Death Scythe, the character, has one with skulls on the handle.
* [[Small Girl, Big Gun]]: Although probably not as extreme as other examples. The ★Rock Cannon is only as big as its wielder, though there are figurines depicting the ground cracking under its weight.
** Black Matagi, for one, has a gun that's larger than she is tall.
** Same does for Maid Gunner.
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* [[Stripperiffic]]: Short shorts, a black bikini bra and an unzipped jacket (which falls off in one scene)!
** Case in point: Insane Black★Rock Shooter is even more covered-up than regular one.
* [[Spot Light Spotlight-Stealing Squad]]:
** B★RS / DM / IB★RS, and even before the animated movie, B★GS. Though it appears STR is receiving much fan attention as well. However, it is the mentioned four who continue to overshadow B★M and B★DG, even though the illustrations of Black★Matagi and Devil★Girl were uploaded a mere few weeks after Black★Rock Shooter.
** Speculation wise it is likely the said three were designed around the same months, with the release of the song being the contributor for the titular characters popularity.
* [[Sword and Gun]]: B★RS's weapons.
* [[Technicolor Eyes]]: All of them have neon-type bright eyes with a ring pattern (although the latter is due to huke's [[Signature Style]]).
* [[Undeathly Pallor]] / [[Eerie Pale -Skinned Brunette]]: Nearly all the characters have solid white skin and black hair.
* [[White -Haired Pretty Girl]]: STR, WRS.
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: A large amount of the "other selves".
 
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