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== Fridge Brilliance ==
* One of the minor headaches of the first season was the lack of an explanation for why C.C. decided to abandon her [[Yandere]] Mao. Though this is never explicitly brought up in the second season, the reason why Geass powers are handed out is revealed and thus provides a viable explanation: {{spoiler|since he wants to be with her for the rest of his life, he refused to fulfill their contract--[[Death Seeker|killing her]] and taking on her immortality to live forever without her.}}
** Or alternatively, {{spoiler|she cared about Mao too much and fled to avoid the temptation to [[Who Wants to Live Forever?|curse him with immortality]].}}
*** But that doesn't explain why she was willing to let him live ''the rest of his life'' without her, ''and'' with a Geass that isolated him from everyone else in the world and was driving him insane. Even if she turned out to mean well, there's really no justification for what she did to him.
*** Well considering that she {{spoiler|admitted she loved him}}, it's [[Sarcasm Mode|not too improbable]] that she, you know, didn't want to actually ''kill'' him. She encounters the same problem when she tries to shoot him later and doesn't even squeeze off a shot despite the fact that she has him at point blank ''before'' he could do anything about it.
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* It always bugged me that in R2 the mechas always explode after receiving fatal damage, something which happened less in R1. But then I realized that the new mecha were built after the conquest of Japan, the worlds largest supply of sakuradite, which was used as a mecha power source. The knightmares were upgraded with more sakuradite, and thus made big explosions.
* The conversation between Schneissel and Lelouch in R2 turn 24 always seemed impossible, due to their being no way that Lelouch was able to predict the words strategy and plan. But after rewatching I realized that he didn't need it. Lelouch's manner of speaking is a triumphant monologue about the subject that Schneissel would likely start about. He only makes it look like a conversation by pausing after each sentence. It is just coincidence Schneissel uses the same words as his monologue, but it would still be a believable conversation even if he didn't. Lelouch is acting like he is scolding a child, interruptions, lack of relevant replies and weird pauses are par for the course in that sort of conversation.
* Clovis. Am I the only one who thinks he's one of the most brilliantly handled characters in this show? For all the time he's alive, he's basically your typical [[Smug Snake]], [[Aristocrats Are Evil|incompetent but callous ruler]], who perhaps [[Alas, Poor Villain|earns a bit of sympathy for his death]] but is otherwise just someone to showcase the evils of the Britannian Empire and let Lelouch have his [[Curb Stomp Battle]]. Then the rest of his appearance (or rather, when he's referred to) spend their time deconstructing this notion: he clearly loved his family, he was a fairly talented artist, he even treasured all of his visits with Lelouch when they were younger, despite the fact that he always lost their games of chess - not the reaction you'd expect he of the hopeless ego to have. Even his most horrendous action, the demolition of the Shinjuku ghetto, is, if not justified, certainly given an excuse - it becomes abundantly clear over the rest of the show that Clovis really would've gotten in quite a lot of trouble with a lot very powerful, very nasty people if anything with C.C. had come to light. So, whilst the action he took was still monstrous, one can understand his being a tad irrational with fear at the time - indeed, one even realises that this probably him in the worst light possible. All in all, it becomes apparent that for all his many failings and the typical vices of the [[Social Darwinist]] Britannian aristocracy, Clovis was actually quite a nice guy. A [[Jerkass]]? Yes, by dint of the job. But a [[Jerkass Woobie]] in this troper's opinion.
** Clovis seems like a pretty evil guy compared to Lelouch's [[Anti
* The battle between Lelouch's Britannia and the UFN is reminiscent of [[Star Wars]], except we are [[Rooting for The Empire]] and the Death Star is on the side of the Rebels.
* Nina's, ahem, "romp" with Table-kun seems extremely out of place and, when I was watching with my father, embarrassing... but then you recall that Nina's full name is "Nina Einstein." Albert Einstein, although it's not commonly known, wasn't the celibate genius many people expect...
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