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''Combine...!''
'''''GO!''' Aquarion!'' }}
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A sequel began airing in January 2012. Entitled ''[[Aquarion Evol]]'', it takes place 12,000 years after the first series, chronicling a battle against new enemies from another dimension.
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* [[An Aesop]]: Every single one of Fudou's lessons. [[This Is Your Premise on Drugs|They're all on crack as well]].
** It gets to the point that even people like Sirius, Sophia, and Jerome have ''no clue'' about what Fudou's getting at. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by Apollo at one point.
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* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Tsugumi was constantly shunned by friends and family [[Blessed with Suck|because of her powers]] before coming to Daeva.
* [[All Your Powers Combined]]: The individual powers of whatever Element Users that merged can be drawn upon by Aquarion, which can result in some powerful and/or crafty [[Combination Attack|Combination Attacks]].
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* [[Art Shift]]: Used as a [[Mind Screw]] by Futaba.
* [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]]: Most notably in the Gattai sequences and when an incapacitated Element User is teleported out.
* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]: Apollo and Silvia, although the sexual tension really surfaces when the belligerence starts to die down.
* [[Better Than Sex]]: Basically when they describe how it feels when they merge ships.
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* [[Bi the Way]]: Tsugumi.
* [[Bifauxnen]]: Reika dresses the part, complete with another girl crushing on her. It doesn't make her any less desirable to the guys, though. {{spoiler|On the other hand, Sirius is the partial reincarnation of a ''woman'', so his attraction to her probably has more layers to it.}}
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** Reika's powers are based on bad luck.
* [[Brainwashed]]: {{spoiler|Glen, due to genetic experimentation by the military with Futaba's extracted feather, becomes a mindless [[Super Soldier]]. He breaks free of it at Reika's urging, only to enact a kamikaze [[Heroic Sacrifice]] about five minutes later.}}
* [[Brown Note]]: The [[Monster of the Week]] for episode 7 is so beautiful it causes the Aquarion pilots to experience supreme jealousy and start fighting amongst themselves.
** It is also a case of [[Alien Geometries]], because it appears as an "impossible" polyhedron.
* [[The Brute]]: Angel Moroha. You'd think from the first opening the brute would be the masked gorilla-dinosaur.
* [[But Now I Must Go]]: {{spoiler|Apollo to Silvia at the finale.}}
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** The same episode shows that Jun is an [[Otaku]] who regularly attends Anime and Cosplay conventions.
* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Silvia.
* [[Dark-Skinned Redhead|Dark Skinned]] [[Redheaded Hero]]: Apollo, [[X Marks the Hero|with matching scars to boot]]!
* [[Doesn't Like Guns]]: Sirius, as evidenced by this quote from episode 23:
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* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: In the first half of episode 8, many characters discuss with each other what it's like to [[Combining Mecha|unite]] with one's partners.
** Just listen to Sylvia during the uniting in the first episode.
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* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]: Rena, who always wear such an outfit, and who is also {{spoiler|a vampire}}.
* [[End of Series Awareness]]: You know that [http://danbooru.donmai.us/post/show/31589/ triangle] that flashes whenever the Aquarion gets a new attack? The very last one of the series reads "-AQUARION FINAL EPISODE- I HOPE TO BE CONTINUED."
* [[The End - or Is It?]]: After Pierre deals with his addiction problem, Jun is shown displaying the same symptoms, and even caps off the [["On the Next..."]] dialogue with an anguished scream. [[Subverted Trope|nothing of the sort happens in the next episode or ever again]].
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]: Silvia.
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Sirius}} near the end of the anime. Complete with a snazzy [[Evil Costume Switch]].
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* [[Foot Focus]]: Episode 4: "Barefoot Warrior."
* [[Freaky Friday Flip]]: Played with ''[[Funny Moments (Sugar Wiki)|gloriously]]'' in the "Cosplay of the Soul" episode.
* [[Giant Equals Invincible]]: Regular cherubim soldiers are not affected by military weapons.
** Cherubim Graave takes in a step further with the addition of [[Powered Armor]].
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* [[Half-Identical Twins]]: Kurt and Chloe.
* [[Halloween Episode]]: "Black Mirror," in all but name. It's kind of funny to watch a 20-story robot startle.
* [[Hammerspace]]: Sirius' rapier. Where does he hide it? [[Ass Shove|Up his ass?]] Actually... don't answer that last one.
* [[Hate Plague]]/[[Mind Rape]]/[[Your Mind Makes It Real]]: The Shadow Angels are just as likely to resort to psychological warfare as they are to bring the battle directly to DEAVA.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: {{spoiler|Again, Sirius}}.
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* [[Hopeless Suitor]]: Otoha, [[The Dragon]] to Touma, is [[Just for Pun|head-over-wings]] for him and her loyalty ''[[Undying Loyalty|knows no bounds]]'' for [[Single-Target Sexuality|the one man she loves]]. While he does return her affections to a certain degree, Touma has made it clear that he'll sacrifice her without a moment's hesitation should she become a liability or present an opportunity to get an advantage over the humans (as seen when the Shadow Angels attempted to retrieve a feather belonging to their civilization), a fact that Otoha herself is more than aware of. However, her knowledge of Touma's love for Apollonius seems to be variable; [[Ping-Pong Naivete|at times, she's depressed because she knows she'll never woo him away from Apollonius; at others, she's confident that Touma has abandoned such foolish feelings]]. Any half-ass excuse he makes about his feelings towards Apollonius are '''''DAMNABLE LIES'''''. 'Tis a shame; Otoha [[Evil Is Sexy|is actually quite the looker]] (perhaps excluding {{spoiler|the [[Extra Eyes|extra set of]] [[Mismatched Eyes]] she hides under her hood}}) and {{spoiler|ultimately dies fighting for him}}.
* [[Horde of Alien Locusts]]: The Mongie even to the point of {{spoiler|consuming Aquarion, although thanks to Rena it reforms from a tree}}.
* [[Hot Amazon]]: Apollo and Pierre constantly refer to Silvia as "Amazon," although it would seem to be a sarcastic running joke at times.
* [[Hot Mom]] [[Hot Dad|Parents]]: From what we can see of Sirius and Silvia's mother and father, they fit the bill. Also, {{spoiler|Apollonius and Celiane, given that they started the Royal Family's lineage in the first place.}}
* [[Hot Teacher]]: Sophia.
** And ''she'' seems to have eyes for Fudou...
* [[Humongous Mecha]]
* [[Ice Cream Koan]]: Gen Fudou's primary method of instruction. They somehow teach the pilots important lessons, but that doesn't stop anybody from noting that they rarely make sense.
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** Not to mention when anything bad happens when she's around.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Despite being the possible [[Reincarnation]] of [[Leeroy Jenkins]] and having his fair share of [[Jerkass]] moments towards the other Element Users (then again, most of them ostracized him to varying degrees over the course of the series), Apollo has made it clear that his friends are the most important friends to him. In fact, {{spoiler|when Touma offers an [[Equivalent Exchange]] to sacrifice Silvia and Sirius in order to return the recently-killed Baron back to life, Apollo ''vehemently refuses''. That's right; he denied himself the return of his ''best friend'' to save his new [[True Companions]].}}
* [[Last-Minute Hookup]]: Pierre finally wins over Chloe... just in time for the Shadow Angels' last stand.
* [[Latex Perfection]]: Gen Fudou manages to pull an ''epic'' one in "cosplay of the soul," by disguising himself of someone who is half his size.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[Love Dodecahedron]]: It was a trainwreck waiting to happen. From the beginning of the series, Sirius, Reika, and Glen seem to be in a [[Love Triangle]] (albeit a friendly one), {{spoiler|one that's put on hold when Glen is put in a coma}}. Sirius and Reika [[Unresolved Sexual Tension|have some chemistry together]], but Reika is usually reluctant due to confidence issues and the fears that [[Cosmic Plaything|her bad luck]] will rub off on anyone who gets too close to her. And then there's Silvia, [[Big Brother Attraction|who has eyes for her brother]] which stems from his [[Promotion to Parent]] in the wake of [[Parental Abandonment|their parents' deaths]] and is "justified" by her believing him to be [[Reincarnation Romance|the reincarnation of her lover, Apollonius]]; she is ''deeply jealous'' of Sirius/Reika. Things become ''worse'' when Silvia and Apollo begin to form a romantic bond towards the end of the series. Tsugumi seems to like Jun, but also [[Les Yay|has a crush on Reika]] so blatantly obvious that you'd have to be blind to not notice it ([[Oblivious to Love|Reika doesn't]]). Outside of this, Sophia seems to have feelings for Fudou ("Have you ever loved someone?") and is visibly upset when he answers "Yes." However, his words imply that he referring to {{spoiler|both his past life (lives?) ''and''}} Sophia, thus reciprocating her affection. Lurking in the background is Pierre, [[Lovable Sex Maniac|who shamelessly makes advances on nearly every female in Daeva]], something that is temporarily amplified by his addiction to merging. Once he accepts that he pursued many a woman (a flashback shows him to have quite a few girlfriends) was his way of coping with getting hurt (stemming from his first love Esperanza), [[Character Development|he mellows out]] and becomes a [[Chivalrous Pervert]]. To many's surprise (''especially'' Kurt's), Chloe expresses her love for Pierre in the finale, although hints of this were dropped back during the infamous "[[Funny Moments (Sugar Wiki)|Cosplay of the Soul]]" event. And that's not even getting into the Shadow Angels. Touma is trying to win back Apollo(nius), who left him for Celiane 12,000 years ago, thus beginning the mess that Daeva has to deal with in the present. In the meanwhile, Otoha is hopelessly in love with Touma, whose teasing is [[Alternative Character Interpretation|ambiguously open]]. At best, he actually ''wouldn't'' mind pursuing a more romantic relationship with his overly-devoted right-hand woman (remember, he actually ''kisses'' her), but is ultimately caught in a deathly vice grip by his anger and depression towards Apollonius' betrayal; at worst, he is toying with her emotions to manipulate her like any [[Magnificent Bastard]] would (remember, he actually ''kisses'' her). And remember, all of this is usually ''not'' [[Played for Laughs]].
* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: One particular cherubim that uses an invisibility cloak fires off salvoes of these. Hardly surprising, given [[Super Dimension Fortress Macross|the creator's previous work]].
* [[Meaningful Name]]: "Vectors." Now, [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made on Drugs?|whether they make sense to sane minds is a different issue]].
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* [[Nerd Glasses]]: Jun, natch.
* [[The Nose Knows]]: Apollo has an inhumanly keen sense of smell, capable of detecting... well, pretty much anything the plot calls for, really. Implicitly [[Hand Wave|hand waved]] as being the result of his harsh upbringing, but the scope of his ability is so truly ludicrous that it might be more plausible to attribute it to his Element Powers.
** To put this in context, he regularly figures things out through his sense of smell ''while piloting Aquarion''. That's right, he can smell things on the battlefield from inside his cockpit. Usually from several hundred feet away.
** He can also smell [[Artistic License Physics|lasers]].
* [[Not So Different]]: The battle between humanity and the Shadow Angels seems to bring out the worst in both...
** Which is ironic, given the [[Fantastic Racism]] present throughout the series.
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* [[Old Master]]: {{spoiler|Gen Fudou, if only [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|on a technicality]]}}.
* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: A staple of the soundtrack, especially in scenes focusing on the Shadow Angels in their headquarters.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: There are times when Jerome seems to be the only one acting like the battle against the Shadow Angels is a war to stop the genocide and consumption of mankind instead of a chance to sling metaphors.
** However, the tradeoff is that he veers into [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]] territory, best shown with {{spoiler|the killing of Futaba and the genetic experimentation on Glen by the military that (temporarily) turns him into a [[Brainwashed|mindless puppet]]}}.
* [[Our Angels Are Different]]: Sort of. If you get technical, the ''datenshi'' are only angels in that they apply a pun. Their kanji doesn't actually use "angel."
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* [[The Power of Friendship]]: Usually how the protagonists win their battles, until later in the series it's superseded by...
* [[The Power of Love]]: Though they have also won battles with the power of jealousy, the power of bad luck, and the power of hunger.
* [[The Power of Trust]]: Usually played straight. {{spoiler|Sadly subverted during the start of Sirius' [[Face Heel Turn]], where Reika is ''horrified'' to discover that Sirius has the blood of Shadow Angels in him (plus the feathers) and withdraws her hand, shunning Sirius and prompting him to fully cross over to the enemy's side.}}
* [[Psychic Powers]]
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: {{spoiler|Gen Fudou}} and {{spoiler|Rena}}; all Shadow Angels, being technically ageless, also qualify.
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** "Angels" buried beneath Antarctica, an [[Noodle Incident|incident]] ravaging the Earth, and Young people piloting highly-empathic mecha are all reminiscent of ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]''.
* [[Sinister Geometry]]: Antichthon.
* [[Sixth Ranger]]: {{spoiler|After her vampiric nature is discovered, Rena begins to take a more active role in battle.}}
* [[Spider Tank]]: In the second to last episode of ''Aquarion'' we find out that {{spoiler|the Assault Type Aquarion can assume an "Armageddon Formation" where all three vectors combine into a six-legged mech with the PSG cannon mounted on the top.}}
* [[Splash Damage]]: Moroha repeatedly hits Aquarion while Aquarion is defending from the attacks, but the entire Aquarion gets damage from the attacks that were directed on the arms.
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** {{spoiler|Apollo and Silvia in the [[Grand Finale]].}}
* [[Start X to Stop X]]: In episode 21, Sirius declares that "the reason I fight is to create a world free of fighting, where beauty prevails."
* [[Strictly Formula]]: Not all the time, but quite a few episodes play something like this: There is some conflict between the kids, then Fudou shows up with some kind of seemingly absurd lesson or exercise that no one can figure out. Then the angels attack some random city and the trio departs to fight them. They get their asses kicked at first until mid-battle epiphany about the meaning of the earlier lesson. They defeat the cherubim, unfortunately the harvesting ships manage to get away. But at least the team learned some valuable lesson and can now work better. Till the next [[Aesop Amnesia|episode that is...]]
* [[Super Robot Genre]]
* [[Super Robot Wars]]: Debuted in ''[[Super Robot Wars Z]]'' and returns in the sequel.
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* [[True Companions]]: The Element Users, and especially important for Apollo, who puts friendship before everything else. Rena {{spoiler|is a [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]] vampire?}} Who cares, she's my friend. Sirius and Silvia {{spoiler|are [[Half-Human Hybrid|part-Shadow Angel]]?}} Who cares, they're my friends. And so on and so forth.
** This is also important to Fudou, who gets mightily pissed {{spoiler|when Apollo destroys the shield protecting Daeva from the Datenshi in an effort to save Baron. He gets pissed at everyone criticizing Apollo for doing this, going so far as to say anyone who abandons his/her friends has no place in Daeva.}}
* [[Tsundere]]: Silvia. She does get better as time goes on.
* [[Twin Telepathy]]: Kurt and Chloe.
** The twin monsters Kumba and Nikumba also do this with their core.
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** Glen, too, although he's not as bishie as Touma.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]: Rena.
* [[Winged Humanoid]]: A variation with the Shadow Angels. Most of them aren't human or possess vaguely humanoid shapes. The few that are (such as Touma and Otoha, among others) have wings in odd places; Touma's hair is made out of feathers, while Otoha's wings are her arms (much like that of a harpy) and she can play them like a harp. Apollonius seems to be the sole exception that plays this trope straight.
* [[Woman Scorned]]: Touma, despite being male, is precisely this after being dumped by Apollonius in favour of Celiane.
* [[Yaoi Guys]]: Touma and Apollonius in the [[Backstory]].
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