Future GPX Cyber Formula: Difference between revisions

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* [[A Boy and His X]]: In this case, a boy (and later, man) and his AI computer-equipped [[Cool Car]].

* [[Accidental Athlete]]: Subverted. While Hayato got into Cyber Formula racing completely by accident, he was skilled in motorcycle racing.

* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: Al-Zard. Al-Zard is a bio-computer in which the computer makes their own judgement, decide the best route for the driver by the system. Phill uses it in SAGA and it controls him like a puppet.

* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: Al-Zard. Al-Zard is a bio-computer in which the computer makes their own judgement, decide the best route for the driver by the system. Phill uses it in SAGA and it controls him like a puppet.

* [[Always Someone Better]]: Shinjyo, Randoll, Osamu, Kaga, even Hayato himself.

* [[Americans Are Cowboys]]: Gudelhian.

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* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: The English subtitles for the US release have several grammatical errors (like "loosing control of the car").

** Think that was bad enough? Just wait until you see the HK subs of the last 2 OVAs, [[Translation Train Wreck|which the subtitles looked like as if those translators are doing their jobs while having a hangover]]. This is probably because the fan translator for the previous 2 OVAs left after the completion of the fansubbing of ''ZERO''.

* [[Blood Sport]]: The Fireball race. There's also episode 13 where Bleed and Hayato participated in a crash race.

* [[Blue Blood]]: Randoll. He is from a extremely wealthy family in his native Austria.

* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]: Kaga and Gudelhian.

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* [[Childhood Friends]]: Hiroyuki and Kojiro, who are Hayato and Asuka & Osamu's fathers, respectively.

* [[Childhood Friend Romance]]: Asuka and her relationship with Hayato, {{spoiler|and she eventually [[Victorious Childhood Friend|marries him at the end of the final OVA]]}}. Rena's relationship with Shiba is this as well in the PlayStation game.

* [[Combat Commentator]]: Checker Sugimoto provides commentary throughout ''ZERO'' along with Jun Nakazawa and Dave Lombard provides it from ''SAGA'' onwards.

* [[Cool Car]]: '''EVERY. SINGLE. ONE.''' The most notable ones, though, are the Asurada series and Ogre AN-21. See the entry for more info on this.

** Other cool cars graced the series, such as the Garland series, the Steel/Stil series, the Misssionel series, the Superion series, the Issuxark series, the Spiegel HP-022, and so on.

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* [[Every Year They Fizzle Out]]: Some of the racers (like Henri, Gudelhian and Shinjyo) won their championships, then they never win another one again.

* [[Expository Hairstyle Change]]: Asuka started out in the series as a long-haired [[Moe]] girl, but after feeling the aftereffects of breaking off her engagement to Hayato (and getting back together again with him) in ''Zero'', she [[Important Haircut|cuts her hair]] to a boyish look. In ''Saga'' and ''Sin'', Her hair grows a bit longer and has kept it that way ever since. [[media:Asuka_Sugo_3436.jpg|This image shows her side-by-side comparisons by seven years.]]

* [[Expy]]: Character designs from the games are very clearly used again in ''[[~~Mai~~-HiME]]'' and ''[[Mai-Otome]]''. This is because Hirokazu Hisayuki is the character designer for both the Mai series as well as the games and last 2 OVAs for ''Cyber Formula''.

* [[Expy]]: Character designs from the games are very clearly used again in ''[[My-HiME]]'' and ''[[Mai-Otome]]''. This is because Hirokazu Hisayuki is the character designer for both the Mai series as well as the games and last 2 OVAs for ''Cyber Formula''.

** Some of the characters were actually modeled after real-life [[Formula One]] racers. The most notable is Knight Schumacher, who is modeled after Michael Schumacher. Also Leon Earnhardt, whose last name is taken after the late Dale Earnhardt, Sr.

* [[Eye Scream]]: Bootsvorz. See Artificual Limbs.

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* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Asuka does this to Hayato in episode 35 in the TV series after he got into a fight with Ryohei stemming from Hayato wanted to destroy Asurada for making Ohtomo retire early from racing after Ohtomo's accident in the 9th race. Then Hayato realized that he had no one else to blame but himself.

** Kurumada also does this to Miki in episode 7 when Miki is angry about rescue efforts for Ryohei are stopped due to a typhoon. Also, to Hayato more than once, albeit verbally.

** Let's not forget Osamu, who does this to Henri in the final episode of ''Zero'', when Henri tried to quit his chances of being world champion. {{spoiler|He would do that later.}}

** Osamu himself gets slapped by his father in a backflash of the TV show before he leaves his home to England. To think about it, this series have a lot of slapping for shonen anime.

* [[Go-Karting with Bowser]]: Hayato has this with some his rivals. One minute they are competing against each other, the next they have a bit of conversation and fun, and it's back to the tracks again.

* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Kaga has his trademark crescent-shaped scar on his forehead. He got that scar as the result {{spoiler|of his failed rescue attempt on his best friend Eiji from the car he was trapped in when the car exploded and the debris cut his forehead}}. Randoll has one on his left cheek since ''ZERO'' {{spoiler|due to the accident with Hayato in the English Grand Prix}}.

* [[Gratuitous English]]: Gudelhian sprouts out a bit a this throughout the series.

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* [[To Be a Master]]: After all, this ''is'' a racing anime...

* [[Tournament Arc]]

* [[Training ~~From~~ Hell]]: Hayato goes through this to improve his racing skills.

* [[Training from Hell]]: Hayato goes through this to improve his racing skills.

* [[True Companions]]: The Sugo team, very much so in the TV series.

* [[Tsundere]]: Asuka is a Type B Tsundere (meaning that she's usually a really [[Nice Girl]] unless something gets her angry), at least in the TV series.