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Tetsuya was an orphan kid was raised for Kenzo Kabuto to pilot the Humongous Mecha he was developing and repel the Mykene invasion Kenzo and his father -Dr. Kabuto, creator of Mazinger Z- were frightened of.

''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion ~~(Anime)~~|Not unlike a certain redhead was created twenty-one years later]]'', Tetsuya seemed proud -and irritatingly so- on surface, but deep down he was a person insecure and frightened of being alone. He had been a lonely kid until Kenzo took him in. He felt Professor Kabuto had given him a home and someone whom call "father", and he would do anything for him. Thus, if his adoptive father asked him piloting a machine war to fight and crush an ancient Empire of giant beings, for God he would do so!

''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Not unlike a certain redhead was created twenty-one years later]]'', Tetsuya seemed proud -and irritatingly so- on surface, but deep down he was a person insecure and frightened of being alone. He had been a lonely kid until Kenzo took him in. He felt Professor Kabuto had given him a home and someone whom call "father", and he would do anything for him. Thus, if his adoptive father asked him piloting a machine war to fight and crush an ancient Empire of giant beings, for God he would do so!

Unfortunately he completely devoted his life to pilot Great Mazinger and take down the Mykene Empire. He trained and honed his skills in because he wanted making his father proud, and he always refused quitting or fleeing because in his mind it would mean letting his father down. However his interpersonal skills were severely limited and not only he might be pretty rude sometimes but also he was oblivious to his partner's obvious advances the most part of time.

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** In the Great Mazinger tai Getter fight, [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere|the]] [[Eldritch Abomination|monster]] [[Robeast|Gilgilgan]] ate Great Mazinger's left fist, shrugged a [[Chest Blaster|Breast Burn]] attack off, reflected a Thunder Break, blew Great Mazinger's right fist up and endured a Navel Missile, melted Great Mazinger's right leg... What did Tetsuya? He tried to head butt it. He tried his last weapon -Great Typhoon- and although it had no effect either, yet he refused to die.

* [[Badass in Distress|Distressed Badass]]: Sometimes he has been rescued by the others.

* [[Demoted to Extra]] : In [[Mazinkaiser]], he get an injury and [[Put On a Bus]]. However, in the [[Super Robot Wars]] games based of the [[Mazinkaiser]] OVA, he got dialogue exchanges with the major villains from the other series.

* [[Demoted to Extra]] : In [[Mazinkaiser]], he get an injury and [[Put on a Bus]]. However, in the [[Super Robot Wars]] games based of the [[Mazinkaiser]] OVA, he got dialogue exchanges with the major villains from the other series.

* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Each shin of Great Mazinger housed one double-edged long broadsword. Often Tetsuya wielded both blades at once.

* [[Dub Name Change]]: In the Latin dub he was named “Tatsu”.

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* [[Heroes Prefer Swords]]: Great Mazinger was the first Super Robot that used swords. Tetsuya uses them routinely to slice Mykene [[Robeast|Robeasts]].

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Because he refused working alongside Kouji, the enemy almost killed him {{spoiler|and the Professor Kabuto forfeited his life to save his}}. He was emotionally wrecked after this.

* {{spoiler|Heroic Sacrifice:}} In the Ota episodes. Seeing {{spoiler|[[Taking You ~~With~~ Me]]}} example below.

* {{spoiler|Heroic Sacrifice:}} In the Ota episodes. Seeing {{spoiler|[[Taking You with Me]]}} example below.

* [[Hidden Depths]]: He can come across like an arrogant, jealous jerk to other people. But throughout the series you learn truly he is still an unsecure, lonely orphan kid with SERIOUS self-esteem issues who is deadly scared of being alone again.

* [[Honor Before Reason]]: He preferred dying in battle rather fleeing to fight another day.

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* [[It's All My Fault]]: He blames himself for {{spoiler|the death of Professor Kabuto.}} He is right.

* [[Jerkass]]: He was rash, prideful, and had a tendency to lash out when he was upset. So he could be quite rude and unfair when he was angry.

** [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]: However you better never doubt despite all he is deep down a good person and a hero tries to protect humankind and is willing to sacrificing himself for everyone.

** [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: However you better never doubt despite all he is deep down a good person and a hero tries to protect humankind and is willing to sacrificing himself for everyone.

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]:}} In Gosaku Ota’s manga.

* [[Large Ham]]: At his worst day he was way hammier than Kouji.

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* [[Made of Iron]]: Tetsuya withstood an incredible punishment throughout the series, being wounded and harmed constantly, and still pushing himself beyond his limits and forcing himself to battle even if the pain was tearing him apart. Several times his adoptive father had to command him to go back to the [[Home Base]]. In the first episode one of the [[Bridge Bunnies]] marvel at his physical endurance, and Kenzo states it is his strong and sturdy body what lets him pilot Great Mazinger.

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: When he realized his fear of Kouji taking his father away from him had {{spoiler|gotten his father killed.}}

* [[Naive but Skilled]] : Skilled soldier, good martial artist, good thinker, [[Genius Bruiser]], [[The Ace]], [[Ace Pilot]], technically perfect, [[Not Good ~~With~~ People]], Arrogant, {{spoiler|always feels inferior to someone}}. Yup, he fits this perfectly. {{spoiler|And he move one from that spot, for a HUGE price.}}

* [[Naive but Skilled]] : Skilled soldier, good martial artist, good thinker, [[Genius Bruiser]], [[The Ace]], [[Ace Pilot]], technically perfect, [[Not Good with People]], Arrogant, {{spoiler|always feels inferior to someone}}. Yup, he fits this perfectly. {{spoiler|And he move one from that spot, for a HUGE price.}}

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Seeing one of his quotes up.

* [[No Indoor Voice]]

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* [[Official Couple]]: With Jun. They are adoptive siblings but since they are [[Not Blood Related]], nobody seems to care (or perhaps they think Tetsuya is too oblivious to notice Jun’s advances).

* [[Offscreen Moment of Awesome]] : In [[Mazinkaiser]] OVA and Movie, in the OVA {{spoiler|after he returns with "Shin" Great Mazinger}} he defeated a high amount of mechabeast alone. In the movie, at the intro, he is surrounded by massive amount of mechabeast and mentioned how his Machine is "inferior". The next time he appeared on the screen, he is struggling against TWO mechabeast. And win. {{spoiler|And he pilotted the weaker Great Mazinger instead of the "Shin" Great. That says something.}}

* [[Overshadowed By Awesome]] : Subverted, in the reimaginings and the remakes, Koji will steal the spotlight from him, and he is always gimped in mecha department. However, it is because he gives this to Koji, so much that the only explainable reason for his lack of show off in every other adaptations are because he is so awesome that its hard to fit him without severely downgrading him. This is most notable in [[Mazinkaiser]] and [[Shin Mazinger]].

* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]] : Subverted, in the reimaginings and the remakes, Koji will steal the spotlight from him, and he is always gimped in mecha department. However, it is because he gives this to Koji, so much that the only explainable reason for his lack of show off in every other adaptations are because he is so awesome that its hard to fit him without severely downgrading him. This is most notable in [[Mazinkaiser]] and [[Shin Mazinger]].

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Tetsuya and Jun are orphans raised by Dr. Kenzou Kabuto.

* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]}}: It happens in the [[Gosaku Ota]] episodes. To redeem himself for {{spoiler|being indirectly guilty of his father's death}} he {{spoiler|commited a [[Heroic Sacrifice]].}}

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* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: Unlike Kouji, he did not actively try pissing off his [[Tsundere]] war comrade… usually… but he managed, nonetheless. Jun was more patient than Sayaka, but her tolerance for bullshit was just so low.

* [[Slasher Smile]]: Tetsuya was a [[Broken Ace]] usually wore a grim, angry or bitter expression. But when he grinned in battle... It was ''deeply'' disturbing.

* {{spoiler|[[Taking You ~~With~~ Me]]}}: In the Ota episodes, after {{spoiler|Dr. Kabuto’s [[Heroic Sacrifice]]}} and his ensuing [[Heroic BSOD]], he {{spoiler|crashed Great Mazinger in [[Cool Airship|Demonika]], self-destructing it to wipe the entire Mykene high command out.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Taking You with Me]]}}: In the Ota episodes, after {{spoiler|Dr. Kabuto’s [[Heroic Sacrifice]]}} and his ensuing [[Heroic BSOD]], he {{spoiler|crashed Great Mazinger in [[Cool Airship|Demonika]], self-destructing it to wipe the entire Mykene high command out.}}

* [[Spotlight-Stealing Squad]] : Again in ''Alpha Gaiden''.

* [[Took a Level In Jerkass]]: After the return of Kouji, his jealousy made him lashing out against everybody. He argued with Kouji for anything, accused Jun of wanting replacing him with Kouji (in spite of she had always been devoted to him and had spent the whole series trying he paid attention to her!), ranted he was sick of Kouji giving orders around and refused going to help Kouji when was in danger. The last instance bit him HARD.

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* [[I Know Karate]]: She was a well-trained martial artist.

* [[Lovely Angels]]: With Sayaka after her return. It must be noted they worked together more seamlessly from start, unlike than Kouji and Tetsuya.

* [[Most Common Superpower]]: She is stacked. In the [[Mazinger Angels]] manga (a [[~~Charlies~~ Angels]] parody) there is one scene where Jun, Sayaka and Hikaru are showering, and Sayaka and Hikaru are envious of her build.

* [[Most Common Superpower]]: She is stacked. In the [[Mazinger Angels]] manga (a [[Charlie's Angels]] parody) there is one scene where Jun, Sayaka and Hikaru are showering, and Sayaka and Hikaru are envious of her build.

* [[Official Couple]]: With Tetsuya.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: spoiler: Tetsuya and Jun are orphans raised by Dr. Kenzou Kabuto.

** [[Disappeared Dad]]

** [[Missing Mom]]

* [[Parents As People]]: Kenzo was not a bad person but his parental skills left much to be desired. He did not INTEND to abuse her… but he neglected her a lot in favour of Tetsuya. Let’s tell {{spoiler|before dying}} Kenzo asked Kouji he took care of Shiro and treated Tetsuya well because he was also his son… and he never even mentioned Jun!

* [[Parents as People]]: Kenzo was not a bad person but his parental skills left much to be desired. He did not INTEND to abuse her… but he neglected her a lot in favour of Tetsuya. Let’s tell {{spoiler|before dying}} Kenzo asked Kouji he took care of Shiro and treated Tetsuya well because he was also his son… and he never even mentioned Jun!

** [[Fridge Brilliance|On the other hand, he might know about Tetsuya's issue]]

* [[The Reliable One]]: QUITE more reliable than Tetsuya.

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* [[Daddy Had a Good Reason For Abandoning You]]: Sort of. He was trying saving the humankind. And he knew his own father was looking after his sons. However it is arguable he needed to leave his sons alone for achieving it.

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: {{spoiler|Dr. Kenzou was absent from the lives of Kouji and Shiro (raised by Dr. Juuzou), and that comes to bite ''everybody'' in the ass later.}}

* [[Doing in ~~The~~ Wizard]]: In the Mazinger vs Great General of Darkness feature, he disguised himself and pretended being a prophet to warn Kouji and his friends about the imminent Mykene invasion.

* [[Doing in the Wizard]]: In the Mazinger vs Great General of Darkness feature, he disguised himself and pretended being a prophet to warn Kouji and his friends about the imminent Mykene invasion.

* [[The Engineer]]: He built Great Mazinger, Venus A and Junior (Shiro’s [[Comi Relief]] [[Humongous Mecha]]).

* [[Generation Xerox]]: Right like his father he is a scientific genius and a robot builder. And he also considered fit Great Mazinger was assisted by a female partner (although Venus A was piloted, unlike Minerva X).

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* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]:}} In the last episode.

* [[Man in White]]: He wears his lab coat most of time.

* [[Married to ~~The~~ Job]]: He was even worse than his father or Yumi in that regard.

* [[Married to the Job]]: He was even worse than his father or Yumi in that regard.

* [[The Mentor]]: He is somewhat cold and harsh, though.

* [[Mentor Occupational Hazard]]

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* [[Papa Wolf]]: Alright. He left his sons believing he was dead, leaving the task of raising them on his father’s hands. He treated Tetsuya like a stern commander and instructor rather the warm father the boy needed, taking care of his training but not of his psychological issues. He neglected Jun. NONETHELESS, threatening one of his children is not the last thing you want to do. It is the last thing you WILL do.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: He was missing from the lives from Kouji and Shiro for years, and it bit everybody in the rear.

* [[Parents As People]]: He is not a bad person… but he was more worried with being a mentor –of the harsh kind- and saving the humanity than being a father. He did nothing about Tetsuya’s self-esteem issues and lacking of self-worth until it was too late, and he neglected Jun completely.

* [[Parents as People]]: He is not a bad person… but he was more worried with being a mentor –of the harsh kind- and saving the humanity than being a father. He did nothing about Tetsuya’s self-esteem issues and lacking of self-worth until it was too late, and he neglected Jun completely.

* [[The Professor]]

* {{spoiler|[[Taking You ~~With~~ Me]]: That is how he saved Tetsuya’s life}}

* {{spoiler|[[Taking You with Me]]: That is how he saved Tetsuya’s life}}

* [[You Killed My Father]]: When he ascertained Great Marshall of Hell’s true identity, his reaction was… unhappy.

{{quote| '''Kenzo''': {{spoiler|Dr. Hell…!}} Vile, petty… And always very astute!}}

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* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Like you wouldn't believe. In his first appearance, in which he just received Mazinger, his fight is filled by abusing the fact that Mazinger really IS invincible (at least for that point). During his second appearance, he is not above tricking his opponent to think that he gives up the fight only to kick ass. And he does this several time during the course of the series.

* [[Delinquents]]

* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: In the Mazinger Angels Z manga (a sequel to Mazinger Angels, a [[~~Charlies~~ Angels]] parody starring the female main characters of the Mazinger trilogy, with countless [[Shout-Out|ShoutOuts]] to other [[Go Nagai]] works), Kouji's role was given to Kikunosuke Abashiri, a character of Abashiri Ikka, an early manga from [[Go Nagai]].

* [[Distaff Counterpart]]: In the Mazinger Angels Z manga (a sequel to Mazinger Angels, a [[Charlie's Angels]] parody starring the female main characters of the Mazinger trilogy, with countless [[Shout-Out|ShoutOuts]] to other [[Go Nagai]] works), Kouji's role was given to Kikunosuke Abashiri, a character of Abashiri Ikka, an early manga from [[Go Nagai]].

* [[Dub Name Change]]

** In Tranzor Z, Koji was named Tommy Davis, which was somewhat confusing as he was unrelated to the counterparts of Sayaka Yumi and her father, whose last names were also Davis. He was voiced by Gregg Berger in the dub.

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** In episode 90, Dr. Hell fabricated a cyborg looked exactly like her and sent it to the Institute in order to wreak havoc while he made preparations for the final battle. Naturally, that stratagem caused much grief, especially to Shiro.

* [[No Indoor Voice]]: Indoor Voice? What is that “Indoor Voice” stuff you speak of?

* [[Put On a Bus]]: He and Sayaka went to America after the end of the series, and they were not seen again until the end of [[Great Mazinger]].

* [[Put on a Bus]]: He and Sayaka went to America after the end of the series, and they were not seen again until the end of [[Great Mazinger]].

** [[The Bus Came Back]]: In the last episodes of [[Great Mazinger]]

* [[The Rival]]: With Boss and Tetsuya, but in many [[Super Robot Wars]] games with [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Asuka]]. The two of them always butt heads.

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* [[Triang Relations]]: Type 3 with Sayaka and Maria, with Kouji being the [[Chaste Hero]] in the middle.)

* [[Troubled but Cute]]

* [[Why Don't You Marry It]]: Kouji Kabuto has this thrown at him by his little brother after spending just a little too much time gushing over a new support unit for the Mazinger. Kouji's reply is along the lines of a not entirely sarcastic "maybe I will," much to the annoyance of [[Tsundere|Sayaka]].

* [[Why Don't You Marry It?]]: Kouji Kabuto has this thrown at him by his little brother after spending just a little too much time gushing over a new support unit for the Mazinger. Kouji's reply is along the lines of a not entirely sarcastic "maybe I will," much to the annoyance of [[Tsundere|Sayaka]].

* [[You Killed My Father|You Killed My Grandfather]]: Straight after his grandfather’s death, Kouji swore he would get his murderers and he would take revenge.

** {{spoiler|It was played straight in the last episode of ‘’[[Great Mazinger]]’’}}

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* [[Dub Name Change]]: Jessica Davis in Tranzor Z

* [[Hair Decorations]]: Her iconic pink headband.

* [[Dude, She's Like, in A Coma|HoneyHeIsInComa]]: She kissed Kouji once he when he was knocked out.

* [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma|HoneyHeIsInComa]]: She kissed Kouji once he when he was knocked out.

** [[Dude, She's Like, in A Coma]]: And she was kissed by Boss once in Gosaku Ota’s manga when she was sleeping.

** [[Dude, She's Like, in a Coma]]: And she was kissed by Boss once in Gosaku Ota’s manga when she was sleeping.

* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]]: Subverted. Kouji did to her during her [[Heroic BSOD]] in episode 7. It only worked in getting her more upset and more furious.

* [[Hot Amazon]]: Boss, Kouji -no matter how much he denies it- and more than one random guy are attracted to her.

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* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Even more so in [[Mazinkaiser]], where episode 4 hung lampshades all over it.

* [[Plucky Girl]]

* [[Put On a Bus]]: He and Sayaka went to America after the end of the series, and they were not seen again until the end of [[Great Mazinger]].

* [[Put on a Bus]]: He and Sayaka went to America after the end of the series, and they were not seen again until the end of [[Great Mazinger]].

** [[The Bus Came Back]]: In the last episodes of [[Great Mazinger]]

* [[Tsundere]]: [[Trope Codifier|One of the first girls given a major role in almost any anime/manga.]] Her Type varies: she's a Type A in the anime, but a Type B in the manga and in [[Mazinkaiser]].

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* [[Mauve Shirt]]

{{quote| '''Boss:''' We're here to get blown up but somehow never die!}}

* [[Only Known By Their Nickname|Only Known By His Nickname]]: Lampshaded in [[Shin Mazinger]]

* [[Only Known by Their Nickname|Only Known By His Nickname]]: Lampshaded in [[Shin Mazinger]]

{{quote| '''Boss:''' My nickname's Boss! Even the author doesn't know my real name!}}

** That scene actually debuted in the original Manga, only shorter.

{{quote| '''Boss:''' Kabuto's close friend Boss. Even the author doesn't know my real name.}}

* [[Only Sane Man]]: In episode 7, Sayaka is losing her will to fight and Kouji is playing [[Achilles in His Tent]]. Meanwhile Boss is trying to remember them over and again there IS one Mechanical Beast coming, and all of them will die if they don't fight back! Later Kouji and Sayaka are apologizing at each other and Shiro notes boss was the only was right in that situation.

* [[Spanner in ~~The~~ Works]]: The different ''Mazinger sagas'' would be so much more different had Boss not interfered with the baddies plans. To clarify:

* [[Spanner in the Works]]: The different ''Mazinger sagas'' would be so much more different had Boss not interfered with the baddies plans. To clarify:

** In ''[[~~Mazinger Z (Anime)|~~Mazinger Z]]'', thanks to [[Memetic Mutation|Brocken]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Ball]], Koji is able to rescue the kidnapped civilians. Not to mention the fact that in the same series, he saved Koji's life several times, gaining Koji's respect in the process. And in the ''Mazinger-Z versus Great General of Darkness'', as a squad of Mykene Warrior Monsters are trashing Mazinger-Z he suddenly interfered. He only deterred them for several seconds, but those seconds were all that {{spoiler|Tetsuya needed to intervene with Great Mazinger and save Kouji's life. And because Kouji did not die, he could help to save the world in ''[[~~Great Mazinger (Anime)|~~Great Mazinger]]'' and ''[[~~UFO Robo Grendizer (Anime)|~~UFO Robo Grendizer]]''.}}

** In ''[[Mazinger Z]]'', thanks to [[Memetic Mutation|Brocken]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Ball]], Koji is able to rescue the kidnapped civilians. Not to mention the fact that in the same series, he saved Koji's life several times, gaining Koji's respect in the process. And in the ''Mazinger-Z versus Great General of Darkness'', as a squad of Mykene Warrior Monsters are trashing Mazinger-Z he suddenly interfered. He only deterred them for several seconds, but those seconds were all that {{spoiler|Tetsuya needed to intervene with Great Mazinger and save Kouji's life. And because Kouji did not die, he could help to save the world in ''[[Great Mazinger]]'' and ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]''.}}

** In ''[[~~Great Mazinger (Anime)|~~Great Mazinger]]'', if he would have not flirted with Jun and followed her when she was buying clothes, the good guys would be dead by the THIRD chapter.

** In ''[[Great Mazinger]]'', if he would have not flirted with Jun and followed her when she was buying clothes, the good guys would be dead by the THIRD chapter.

** In the ''[[~~Mazinkaiser (Anime)|~~Mazinkaiser]]'' movie, he pretty much saved the world (which at that point is a [[Crapsack World]]). The Mycene's plan to send one of their general to attack Koji while he is out of Mazinkaiser is completely foiled because Boss attacked the general [[Irony|with Boss Borot]].

** In the ''[[Mazinkaiser]]'' movie, he pretty much saved the world (which at that point is a [[Crapsack World]]). The Mycene's plan to send one of their general to attack Koji while he is out of Mazinkaiser is completely foiled because Boss attacked the general [[Irony|with Boss Borot]].

* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Apparently Baron Ashura's mooks can't tell the difference between Boss in a helmet and one of their co-workers. ''The mooks that were assigned to guard him and Kouji specifically, no less.''

* [[The Rival]]: To Kouji Kabuto.

* [[Stay in ~~The~~ Kitchen]]: In Venus A first battle he got in the way of Jun several times. In one of them he stated "Girls must not fight". The ironic -and frustrating- part is he intervened right when Jun was gaining the upper hand, and because him, she could was unable to defeat the Warrior Beast.

* [[Stay in the Kitchen]]: In Venus A first battle he got in the way of Jun several times. In one of them he stated "Girls must not fight". The ironic -and frustrating- part is he intervened right when Jun was gaining the upper hand, and because him, she could was unable to defeat the Warrior Beast.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]] ([[Shin Mazinger]]): While most of the time they're there for the audience to have a laugh, he and his two lackeys, Mucha and Nuke (who are revealed to know martial arts), rescue Kouji from Baron Ashura's clutches. In the final battle they help out in their mecha, Boss Borot, by catching a freaking ICBM, stopping Baron Ashura him/herself from flattening the heroes, and pulling Mazinger out of the rubble of the city, enabling Kouji to fight. Boss also becomes [[Genre Savvy]] by the end: "Don't worry about us, we're the comic-relief characters who get blown up but still live!"

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Sometimes he showed this trait. To be fair, so did Kouji.

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* [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]: Completely averted. Yumi did not dominate all fields of science, and often he needed the advice or the assistance of other scientists. He and his team could not create amazing breakthroughs out of the air either, needing much testing.

* [[Parental Substitute]] - To Kouji and Shiro

* [[Parents As People]] - He does love Sayaka, but he's too [[Married to ~~The~~ Job]] to take care of her as he should.

* [[Parents as People]] - He does love Sayaka, but he's too [[Married to the Job]] to take care of her as he should.

* [[The Professor]]

* [[Team Dad]]

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* [[Energy Beings]]: It seems a gigantic, skeletal head and torso made of –or wrapped in- bright-orange or bluish flame.

* [[Everybody Hates Hades]]: Later versions identified it as the Greek God of Underworld.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: Subverted. In one of the ''[[~~UFO Robo Grendizer (Anime)|~~UFO Robo Grendizer]]'' manga versions, he {{spoiler|offered Kouji Kabuto forming an alliance to fight [[Alien Invasion|the Vegans]] together.}} It was subverted because {{spoiler|Kouji refused the offer and [[Big Bad]] King Vega killed the Emperor to impede that alliance and get ridden of a possible enemy and competitor.}}

* [[Enemy Mine]]: Subverted. In one of the ''[[UFO Robo Grendizer]]'' manga versions, he {{spoiler|offered Kouji Kabuto forming an alliance to fight [[Alien Invasion|the Vegans]] together.}} It was subverted because {{spoiler|Kouji refused the offer and [[Big Bad]] King Vega killed the Emperor to impede that alliance and get ridden of a possible enemy and competitor.}}

* [[Evil Is Burning Hot]]: Only look at him!

* [[God-Emperor]]: He was emperor of all Mykene and in later retellings it was stated he was {{spoiler|Hades, Greek God of Underworld.}} Given that the Mykene were an ancient Greek civilization [[Beneath the Earth|lived underground]], it fit.

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}: Only in the [[UFO Robo Grendizer]] manga. And it was ACCIDENTAL.

* [[Orcus On His Throne]]: He NEVER did ANYTHING throughout the series. He just sat on his throne as his lackeys planned the war. The only proactive action he did was {{spoiler|reviving Dr. Hell}}, and that did not work as well when you think about it.

* [[Orcus on His Throne]]: He NEVER did ANYTHING throughout the series. He just sat on his throne as his lackeys planned the war. The only proactive action he did was {{spoiler|reviving Dr. Hell}}, and that did not work as well when you think about it.

* [[Playing ~~With~~ Fire]]

* [[Playing with Fire]]

* [[The Unfought]]: But he can be fought in [[Super Robot Wars Alpha]] 2 and 3

* [[What Happened to ~~The~~ Mouse?|What Happened To The Big Bad?]]: One of the most strange instances of this trope. Tetsuya, Jun, Kouji and Sayaka {{spoiler|obliterated his army}} but they never found his subterranean empire’s capital, neither attacked him. He remained in the underground, and we never saw what happened to him after that point. You had to read the [[UFO Robo Grendizer]] Ota’s manga to find out what was his fate.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?|What Happened To The Big Bad?]]: One of the most strange instances of this trope. Tetsuya, Jun, Kouji and Sayaka {{spoiler|obliterated his army}} but they never found his subterranean empire’s capital, neither attacked him. He remained in the underground, and we never saw what happened to him after that point. You had to read the [[UFO Robo Grendizer]] Ota’s manga to find out what was his fate.

== Great General of Darkness ==

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* [[Amazing Technicolor Population]]: His true face -located on the chest- is blue. It may be justified, since he is not human.

* [[Badass]]: Out of ALL villains in the WHOLE trilogy he is the most badass BY FAR!

** In a promotional video for [[Mazinkaiser]] he simultaneously fought Great Mazinger, Venus A, Getter Robo G, ''[[~~Kotetsu Jeeg (Anime)|~~Kotetsu Jeeg]]'' , Groizer-X, Gobarian and [[God Mazinger]]… and beaten the crap out of all of them.

** In a promotional video for [[Mazinkaiser]] he simultaneously fought Great Mazinger, Venus A, Getter Robo G, ''[[Kotetsu Jeeg]]'' , Groizer-X, Gobarian and [[God Mazinger]]… and beaten the crap out of all of them.

* [[Badass Beard]]: His true face sports one.

** [[Beard of Evil]]

* [[Badass Cape]]

** [[Caped Mecha]]

* [[Colonel Badass]]: ''Commander Badass'', in this case. He wields a BFS, sports a [[Badass Cape]] and a [[Badass Beard]], and he can kick the butt of nearly any [[Humongous Mecha]] invented by [[Go Nagai]]. He led the army of Mykene Empire, personally or delegating on his generals, and he was [[A Father to His Men]] considered unforgivable default intelligence costed the lives of his troops. He fought Great Mazinger because he knew he could win, slicing it with his blade mercilessly as he laughed its attacks off. And he fought ''[[~~Mazinkaiser (Anime)|~~Mazinkaiser]]'' quite evenly.

* [[Colonel Badass]]: ''Commander Badass'', in this case. He wields a BFS, sports a [[Badass Cape]] and a [[Badass Beard]], and he can kick the butt of nearly any [[Humongous Mecha]] invented by [[Go Nagai]]. He led the army of Mykene Empire, personally or delegating on his generals, and he was [[A Father to His Men]] considered unforgivable default intelligence costed the lives of his troops. He fought Great Mazinger because he knew he could win, slicing it with his blade mercilessly as he laughed its attacks off. And he fought ''[[Mazinkaiser]]'' quite evenly.

* [[The Dragon]]: To the Emperor of Darkness.

* [[Dub Name Change]]: In some Spanish dubs he was renamed “Gran Señor” (Great Lord) or “General Negro” (General Black).

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* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Originally he was [[Big Bad]]’s [[The Dragon]]. However he became incredibly popular. In fact he is so popular than in the Mazinkaiser movie he led the Mykene invasion. The Emperor, Marquis Janus, Minister Argos… are not even mentioned, and even though the seven generals of the Mykene hosts show up, they are not identified like such.

* [[Eye Beams]]: So powerful like Mazinger Z’s.

* {{spoiler|[[Face Death ~~With~~ Dignity]]:}} Since he is {{spoiler|killed}} after his duel with Tetsuya, he has no regrets. And then theres his death after his duel against Tetsuya in the future of ''Alpha Gaiden''. And it was [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|glorious]].

* {{spoiler|[[Face Death with Dignity]]:}} Since he is {{spoiler|killed}} after his duel with Tetsuya, he has no regrets. And then theres his death after his duel against Tetsuya in the future of ''Alpha Gaiden''. And it was [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|glorious]].

{{quote| '''Ankoku Daishogun:''' "All I need is a heroic song to let me endures the tortures of Hell!"}}

** It was specially awesome in the anime version because he believed he had won.

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* [[Badass]]: He is a muscled, armor-wearing, sword-wielding man whose lower half is a freaking, saber-toothed tiger. You tell me that it is not badass.

* [[Beard of Evil]]

* [[Dragon ~~With~~ an Agenda]]

* [[Dragon with an Agenda]]

* [[Co-Dragons]]: With Ashura {{spoiler|until his/her death}}, Brocken and Pygman. However he never treated them like equals.

* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: He manipulated everyone in the series to achieve his goals.

* [[The Mole]]: He pretended to ally with Hell but he was an undercover agent for the Mykene.

* [[Psycho Supporter]]: Subversion because he only pretended to be a Hell’s follower.

* [[Spanner in ~~The~~ Works]]: His master plan almost fully succeeded, but he could not {{spoiler|getting all of his enemies killed because he did not knew about Kenzo Kabuto and Great Mazinger. That faulty intelligence brought about the downfall of the Mykene Empire.}}

* [[Spanner in the Works]]: His master plan almost fully succeeded, but he could not {{spoiler|getting all of his enemies killed because he did not knew about Kenzo Kabuto and Great Mazinger. That faulty intelligence brought about the downfall of the Mykene Empire.}}

* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: His plan was {{spoiler|pitting Mazinger Z against Dr. Hell, expecting they destroyed each other or the survivor was so weakened that it would be easy destroying him/her. He could not lose, not matter what happened, and he almost succeeded.}}

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* [[Our Ghouls Are Creepier]]: And how! His army was the tiniest of the seven divisions (and only four soldiers were seen in the movie and in the series: Dante, Zugar, Psychoveia and Mamirez), but they used fear and bizarre psychic abilities to destroy their enemy inwardly and outwardly.

* [[Sinister Scythe]]: His [[Weapon of Choice]]

* [[Stripped to ~~The~~ Bone]]

* [[Stripped to the Bone]]

* [[The Grim Reaper]]: He is not one, but... He looks like a skeleton wearing tattered rags and a scythe. He certainly looks like one. And if you keep in mind in some versions his Emperor is {{spoiler|Hades, King of the Underworld,}} definitely he fits the type.

* [[Youkai]]

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* [[Animal Mecha]]: He resembled a gigantic rhinoceros beetle.

* [[Big Creepy Crawlies]]: His troops are robots shaped like giant insects, and they were Mykene Empire shock troops. They used his powerful insect-like shells to advance like tanks through the battlefield, crushing all their enemies.

* [[Big Creepy-Crawlies]]: His troops are robots shaped like giant insects, and they were Mykene Empire shock troops. They used his powerful insect-like shells to advance like tanks through the battlefield, crushing all their enemies.

* [[Co-Dragons]]

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}

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* [[Beard of Evil]]

* [[Breath Weapon]]: The head of the reptilian beast his torso is mounted on expels flames out.

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: He tried to burn both Mazinger with his [[Breath Weapon]], but Tetsuya sent the tongues of flames back to him with a gust of [[Blow You Away|Great Typhoon]].

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: He tried to burn both Mazinger with his [[Breath Weapon]], but Tetsuya sent the tongues of flames back to him with a gust of [[Blow You Away|Great Typhoon]].

* [[Impaled ~~With~~ Extreme Prejudice]]: By Mazinger Z with Great Mazinger’s blade.

* [[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]: By Mazinger Z with Great Mazinger’s blade.

* [[Ironic Death]]: After standing by as his squad utterly trashed a helpless Mazinger Z, confining himself to utter insults and give the final blow, he got killed for the same robot he had mocked and nearly destroyed.

* [[Killed Off for Real]]: He never showed up again after that movie.

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==== First Appearance: Episode 69 (in ''[[Mazinger Z]]''); episode 4 (in ''[[Great Mazinger]]'') ====

Bakarasu was a male raven Boss and his gang met in episode 69 form ''[[~~Mazinger Z (Anime)|~~Mazinger Z]]''. Later he was a semi-recurrent secondary character for one third of ''[[~~Great Mazinger (Anime)|~~Great Mazinger]]''. He resembled a normal crow, but his beak was yellow and wide, and his eyes were surrounded by two distinctive yellow circles made it looked like if he wore glasses. He was clever enough to talk and repeat what someone else told. Unfortunately he was a trickster loved messing with humans -especially Boss-. Boss used him like a lookout to spy the enemy or a courier to carry messages around. However Bakarasu paid no allegiance to the group and apparently he only worked with them because he enjoyed making a fool of Boss. He could not be trusted with a message, either. He is basically a [[Comic Relief]] character.

Bakarasu was a male raven Boss and his gang met in episode 69 form ''[[Mazinger Z]]''. Later he was a semi-recurrent secondary character for one third of ''[[Great Mazinger]]''. He resembled a normal crow, but his beak was yellow and wide, and his eyes were surrounded by two distinctive yellow circles made it looked like if he wore glasses. He was clever enough to talk and repeat what someone else told. Unfortunately he was a trickster loved messing with humans -especially Boss-. Boss used him like a lookout to spy the enemy or a courier to carry messages around. However Bakarasu paid no allegiance to the group and apparently he only worked with them because he enjoyed making a fool of Boss. He could not be trusted with a message, either. He is basically a [[Comic Relief]] character.

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