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* [[Back From the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Ryofu (Lu Bu) in the third season (''Great Guardians''). Only to die ''again'' in the end. }}

* [[Baka]]: One of Hakufu's [[Berserk Button|Berserk Buttons]] is being called like this.

* [[Bare Fisted Monk]]: Kouchou Kanshuu (Huang Zhong)

* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: Kouchou Kanshuu (Huang Zhong)

* [[Bathtub Bonding]]: Hakufu does it with Koukin in season one and in ''Great Guardians'' with Chuubou.

* [[Beach Episode]]: In Great Guardians (ep 05), going through all the motions.

* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: So ''averted'', since the girls and the guys get beaten up ''real'' hard. As you see, not only their clothes get ripped. Heck, {{spoiler|in the manga, poor Ten'i is so brutally mauled that ''she loses an arm''}}.

* [[Because Destiny Says So]]: Its never ''really'' explained why people keep passing on those damn magatama beads and consigning their loved ones to brief and violent lives.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Both Sousou and Ryuubi released their [[Super Powered Evil Side|Superpowered Evil Sides]] upon seeing their friends get badly beaten to protect them.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Both Sousou and Ryuubi released their [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Superpowered Evil Sides]] upon seeing their friends get badly beaten to protect them.

* [[Between My Legs]]: Seen fairly often on the heroines.

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: ''Dragon Destiny'' has at least three. First, {{spoiler|Chou'un intervenes in Ryoumou's fight with Ten'i.}} Later, {{spoiler|Kan'u rescues Ryuubi from Gakushin (Yue Ji) and Chuukou (Xu Chu) as she joins the final battle.}} And in the end, {{spoiler|Hakufu pulls the last one during Sousou and Ryuubi's fight.}}

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* [[Blade On a Stick]]: Kan'u Unchou carries the original Guan Yu's legendary Blue Dragon Crescent Blade.

* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: {{spoiler|Saji}}

* [[Blood Knight]]: Hakufu just wants to fight people. However, unlike her [[Super Powered Evil Side]], she doesn't want to really ''hurt'' anyone. ''Permanently'', anyway.

* [[Blood Knight]]: Hakufu just wants to fight people. However, unlike her [[Super-Powered Evil Side]], she doesn't want to really ''hurt'' anyone. ''Permanently'', anyway.

* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: Koukin for ''[[Kissing Cousins|his cousin]]'', Hakufu ([[Covert Pervert|no matter how much he tries to hide it]]); Kan'u (Guan Yu) for Ryuubi (Liu Bei).

** In videogame, Kanpei for Kan'u.

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* [[Cooldown Hug]]: Used by Chuukou, on Sousou. {{spoiler|And by Sousou himself, on Myousai (Great Guardians only)}}

* [[Creepy Child]]: Shokatsuryou Koumei (Zhuge Liang), combined with [[Little Miss Snarker]]

* [[Crouching Moron Hidden Badass]]: Several

* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Several

* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Chouhi (Zhang Fei), Ukitsu, Kyocho Chuukou (Xu Chu) who mixes this with [[Huge Schoolgirl]]. Though, this being a voluptuous schoolgirl version of [[Romance of the Three Kingdoms (Literature)|Romance of the Three Kingdoms]], they're more like ''Hot'' Bruisers.

* [[Cute Little Fangs]]: Hakufu

* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Ryuubi is in this position at first, due to her klutziness and lack of fighting skills. Until her ''ultra powerful'' [[Super Powered Evil Side]] shows up, that is.

* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Ryuubi is in this position at first, due to her klutziness and lack of fighting skills. Until her ''ultra powerful'' [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] shows up, that is.

* [[Dangerously Short Skirt]]: It's harder to list that girls that ''don't'' have one.

* [[Dark Skinned Blond]]: Saji Genpou (Zuo Ci) and Chouryou Bun'en (Zhang Liao)

* [[Dark-Skinned Blond]]: Saji Genpou (Zuo Ci) and Chouryou Bun'en (Zhang Liao)

* [[Dark Skinned Redhead]]: Sousou (Cao Cao) {{spoiler|And in ''Great Guardians'', Saji, when he retakes his original role as Ouin Shishi)}}

* [[Dark-Skinned Redhead]]: Sousou (Cao Cao) {{spoiler|And in ''Great Guardians'', Saji, when he retakes his original role as Ouin Shishi)}}

* [[Little Miss Snarker]]: Koumei

* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Hakufu often befriends those she defeats

* [[Depraved Bisexual]]: Ryofu Housen (Lu Bu) skirts the line, especially in the first season of the anime. She rapes {{spoiler|Ryoumou}} after [[I Have You Now My Pretty|rendering her helpless]] during a fight {{spoiler|(only in the anime, in the manga Ryofu just gropes her)}}, has had sex with {{spoiler|Saji and Toutaku, even claiming at some point that Saji raped her in ''Battle Vixens''}} and is also [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]] with her best friend, Chinkyuu (Chen Gong). The last relationship actually counts as [[Pet the Dog]].

* [[Depraved Bisexual]]: Ryofu Housen (Lu Bu) skirts the line, especially in the first season of the anime. She rapes {{spoiler|Ryoumou}} after [[I Have You Now, My Pretty|rendering her helpless]] during a fight {{spoiler|(only in the anime, in the manga Ryofu just gropes her)}}, has had sex with {{spoiler|Saji and Toutaku, even claiming at some point that Saji raped her in ''Battle Vixens''}} and is also [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]] with her best friend, Chinkyuu (Chen Gong). The last relationship actually counts as [[Pet the Dog]].

* [[The Ditz]]: Ryuubi

* [[Dojikko]]: Ryuubi, again. And according to Hakufu, Ryoumou also is one of them when the two work as waitreses.

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* [[Fan Disservice]]: Koushaji has a pantyshot-laden battle against Sousou (Cao Cao), which she loses. She then gets killed by ''having her head crushed against a wall'' by Sousou, {{spoiler|who went absolutely APESHIT after she injured Kakouton's eye with a throwing needle}}.

* [[Fan Service]]: Naturally.

* [[Fastball Special]]: Chouhi grabs and tosses Kan'u towards the tower where {{spoiler|Ryuubi and Sousou, along with their [[Super Powered Evil Side|Superpowered Evil Sides]] }} are fighting, in the last episode of ''Dragon Destiny''.

* [[Fastball Special]]: Chouhi grabs and tosses Kan'u towards the tower where {{spoiler|Ryuubi and Sousou, along with their [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Superpowered Evil Sides]] }} are fighting, in the last episode of ''Dragon Destiny''.

* [[Fetish Fuel Station Attendant]]: Ryomou - a [[Tsundere]] Rei Ayanami [[Captain Ersatz|lookalike]] with an [[Eyepatch of Power|eyepatch]], wearing a [[Meido|maid outfit]], who fights by [[Murderous Thighs|grappling her opponents]]...

* [[Finger Twitching Revival]]

* [[Finger-Twitching Revival]]

* [[Five Bad Band]]: Rakuyou. Kyoushou was more of a [[Three Amigos]] [[Power Trio]] in the first season, but becomes a [[Five Bad Band]] in ''Dragon Destiny''.

* [[Five-Bad Band]]: Rakuyou. Kyoushou was more of a [[Three Amigos]] [[Power Trio]] in the first season, but becomes a [[Five-Bad Band]] in ''Dragon Destiny''.

** The [[Big Bad]]: Toutaku (Rakuyou), Sousou (Kyoushou)

** [[The Dragon]]: Ryoufu (Rakuyou), Kakouton {{spoiler|and in Dragon Destiny albeit against her will Kan'u}} (Kyoushou)

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** [[Sixth Ranger]]: The Three Pillared Gods (Kyoushou)

** [[Sixth Ranger Traitor]]: {{spoiler|Saji, in the first season, for ''both'' Rakuyou and Nanyou. Later is the genuine [[Sixth Ranger]] for Nanyou.}}

* [[Five Man Band]]: Nanyou and Seitou.

* [[Five-Man Band]]: Nanyou and Seitou.

** [[The Hero|The Heroine]]: Hakufu (Nanyou), Ryuubi (Seitou)

** [[The Lancer]]: Ryoumou (Nanyou), Kan'u (Seitou)

** [[The Smart Guy]]: Koukin (Nanyou), Koumei (Seitou)

** [[The Big Guy]]: Gakushuu (Nanyou), Chouhi and Kanshou ([[Huge Guy Tiny Girl]] duo, Seitou)

** [[The Big Guy]]: Gakushuu (Nanyou), Chouhi and Kanshou ([[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]] duo, Seitou)

** [[The Chick]]: Goei and later Chuubou ([[Action Mom]] and [[Yamato Nadeshiko]], Nanyou), Ryuubi (Seitou, doubles as Chick and Heroine)

** [[Sixth Ranger]]: {{spoiler|Saji, in Dragon Destiny}} (Nanyou), Kanshou (doubling as Big Guy, Seitou), Chou'un (Seitou).

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* [[Gentle Giant]]: Gakushuu (Yue Jiu); he even has a sweet tooth. Also Kouchuu Kanshou, who blushes intensely when he touches Kan'u and Chuhi's clothes ''which he had to wash'' per instructions of his master.

* [[Girly Run]]: Ryuubi

* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: If you have a [[Super Powered Evil Side|dragon spirit]] inside you, you'll have these eyes when your other side manifest. Also, {{spoiler|Saji, when he brainwashes people}}

* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: If you have a [[Super-Powered Evil Side|dragon spirit]] inside you, you'll have these eyes when your other side manifest. Also, {{spoiler|Saji, when he brainwashes people}}

* [[Go Out With a Smile]]: {{spoiler|Ryoufu, in the anime. ''Twice'', if we count ''Great Guardians''.}}

* [[Handsome Lech]]: Saji, ''so much'' (he's the trope picture, by the way).

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Ukitsu, in the ''Dragon Destiny'' anime, revives the practically dead Hakufu at the cost of her own life.}}

* [[Heroic Sociopath]]: Ryomou started as one of these, evolving into a Type A [[Tsundere]].

* [[Hey You]]: Hakufu calls others (except Goei, Chuubou and Koukin) by nicknames

* [[Hey, You]]: Hakufu calls others (except Goei, Chuubou and Koukin) by nicknames

* [[Hot Blooded]]: Indeed.

* [[Hot Shounen Mom]]: Goei (Lady Wu), Hakufu's mother.

* [[Huge Guy Tiny Girl]]: Kanshou and Chouhi, Kaku and Kakuka. In a platonic sense, Gakushuu and either Hakufu or Ryoumou.

* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]]: Kanshou and Chouhi, Kaku and Kakuka. In a platonic sense, Gakushuu and either Hakufu or Ryoumou.

* [[Huge Schoolgirl]]: Kyouchu Chuukou. In the manga, she was even bullied for her huge size by the boys in her and Sousou's ex judo club. {{spoiler|And the first time Sousou's dragon ''ever'' appeared, it was to protect Chuukou from said sempais when he thought they tried to rape her.}}

* [[In Name Only]]: For kicks, show the anime to anybody with even a mild interest in Chinese literature, and watch them vomit blood.

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* [[I Know You Are in There Somewhere Fight]]: Used quite often, with varying results.

** Subverted: {{spoiler|Koukin}} tries this on {{spoiler|Hakufu,}} who's being used by {{spoiler|Toutaku}} as his [[Soul Jar]]. He ''fails'' and she ''brutally'' beats him up, but then {{spoiler|Ukitsu}} appears and is the one who hits {{spoiler|Hakufu's}} [[Berserk Button]] and lets her get free of {{spoiler|Toutaku's}} grip.

** Played straight: {{spoiler|When Ukitsu and Hakufu fight and Hakufu is dominated by her [[Super Powered Evil Side]], Koukin tries again despite Ukitsu's warnings. This time, he succeeds.}}

** Played straight: {{spoiler|When Ukitsu and Hakufu fight and Hakufu is dominated by her [[Super-Powered Evil Side]], Koukin tries again despite Ukitsu's warnings. This time, he succeeds.}}

** And again, in ''Great Guardians'': {{spoiler|Not only the returned Sousou de-brainwashed Myousai like this (plus [[Cooldown Hug]]) and Saji did the same to Ryoufu, who then returned the favor by de-brainwashing Ryoumou... Hakufu's "sister" Chuubou gets her [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] by doing this to none other than the [[Big Bad]], [[The Real Remington Steele|the *real* Saji Genpou]], convincing her to abandon her evil ways and stop fighting.}}

* [[Intimate Healing]]: Ryoufu, on a bed-ridden Saji.

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* [[Moment Killer]]: Koumei pulls this at least twice towards Kan'u when she wants to be with Ryuubi.

* [[Mooks]]

* [[My God What Have I Done]]: Kan'u in season 3, after realizing that she's been [[Flanderization|flanderized]]. She tried to atone with death, until Ryuubi [[Get a Hold of Yourself Man|stops her]] using an [[Armor Piercing Slap]].

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Kan'u in season 3, after realizing that she's been [[Flanderization|flanderized]]. She tried to atone with death, until Ryuubi [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|stops her]] using an [[Armor-Piercing Slap]].

* [[Naughty Nurse Outfit]]: In the first series, Genpou Saji fondles the nurse (who wears such an outfit) while in his hospital bed.

* [[Nice Girl]] - You'll be hard pressed to find anyone who is as sweet, nice and kind-hearted as Hakufu; She is able to forgive '''anything''' short of [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil|rape]] and befriend ''anybody'', complete with cute-nicknames and regular hugs, when the fight is over.

* [[Nosebleed]]: Koukin gets one when he walks in on Chuubou and Hakufu bathing together.

* [[Onee Sama]]: Chuubou refers to Hakufu (who doesn't fit the personality at all) as such and Koukin as "onii-sama" (he comments he can easily get used to it).

* [[Onee-Sama]]: Chuubou refers to Hakufu (who doesn't fit the personality at all) as such and Koukin as "onii-sama" (he comments he can easily get used to it).

* [[Only the Chosen May Wield]]: The Hyakuhekitou swords.

* [[Out of Clothes Experience]]: {{spoiler|Kan'u and Hakufu}}

* [[Out-of-Clothes Experience]]: {{spoiler|Kan'u and Hakufu}}

* [[Overshadowed By Awesome]]: Koukin, although he borders on being a [[Faux Action Girl|Faux Action GUY]].

* [[Panty Fighter]]: You need to ask?

* [[Panty Shot]]: And according to some tropers, it has some of the most realistic skirt physics around. See [[Shown Their Work]], below.

* [[Peek a Bangs]]: Kan'u's left eye is always hidden under her bangs

* [[Peek-a-Bangs]]: Kan'u's left eye is always hidden under her bangs

** Except in the first season, where her two eyes are [[http://fabien.li/tvtropes/Ikkitousen

* [[Perpetually Shiny Bodies]]

* [[Pet the Dog]]: Ryofu softens quite a bit around her old friend (and girlfriend) Chinkyuu.

* [[Potty Failure]]: Several of the girls pee their panties during fights, and some of them actually consider it an achievement to make their opponent wet herself (however some arguably that this is a case of [[Orgasmic Combat]]). This actually became a plot point at one time as Tanfuko could tell his plan to weaken Kan’u was working because of the liquid coming down between her legs

** At least one time a fighter lost control her bladder was probably [[Bring My Brown Pants|fear based]], the assassin that attacked Sousou and blinded his best friend Kakouton, wet herself after Sousou's [[Super Powered Evil Side]] took over.

** At least one time a fighter lost control her bladder was probably [[Bring My Brown Pants|fear based]], the assassin that attacked Sousou and blinded his best friend Kakouton, wet herself after Sousou's [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] took over.

* [[Pretty Freeloaders]]: Hakufu and Goei (for Koukin). At least Goei handles the housework ''and'' the cooking, so...

* [[Psycho for Hire]]: Kannei (Gan Ning)

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* [[Spank the Cutie]]

* [[The Strategist]]: Koumei, Rikuson, Kaku, Shibai Chuutatsu (Sima Yi).

* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: Unlike her [[Super Powered Evil Side]], Hakufu explicitly rejects fighting just to kill her opponents.

* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: Unlike her [[Super-Powered Evil Side]], Hakufu explicitly rejects fighting just to kill her opponents.

* [[Stripperiffic]]: Ryofu, Kan'u

* [[Strong Flesh Weak Steel]]: The stronger characters regularly survive attacks that leave craters in concrete.

* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: Ryuubi

* [[Super Powered Evil Side]]: Hakufu, Ryuubi, Sousou (Cao Cao), and {{spoiler|Ryomou}} contain "dragons", berserker spirits, within them.

* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: Hakufu, Ryuubi, Sousou (Cao Cao), and {{spoiler|Ryomou}} contain "dragons", berserker spirits, within them.

* [[Taking You With Me]]: {{spoiler|Ryoufu's ultimate [[Screw Destiny]] act in the anime is this. Toutaku survives... only to die few minutes later.}}

* [[Tall Dark and Bishoujo]]: Kan'u (Guan Yu), Kaku (Jia Xu).

* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Kan'u (Guan Yu), Kaku (Jia Xu).

* [[Theme Naming]]: All of the characters have the same names as the Japanese reading of their counterparts from ''Three Kingdoms''. To be exact, their surnames are the full, real names of their Chinese counterparts, and their given names are the courtesy names of their Chinese counterparts. (See [[Chinese Names]] for the issue of "real names" and "courtesy names.")

* [[This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself|This Is Something I Have To Do Myself]]: Hakufu tells this to Goei in the first season, before {{spoiler|she goes to face Toutaku.}}

* [[This Is Unforgivable]]: Hakufu's [[Catch Phrase]], when she ''seriously'' gets pissed off.

* [[This Is Unforgivable!]]: Hakufu's [[Catch Phrase]], when she ''seriously'' gets pissed off.

* [[Three Amigos]]: Saji, Ryoumou and {{spoiler|Teifu}}. All female version: Ryuubi, Kan'u and Chouhi. All male version: Kakouton, Kakuka and Sousou.

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Ryoufu and Chinkyuu, Chouhi and Ryuubi, Chuubou and Hakufu.

* [[Tokyo Is the Center of The Universe]]

* [[Too Long Didn't Dub]] -- Because all translations insist on using the direct Japanese equivalents of the characters' actual Chinese names, most of the international audience don't even know it's based on [[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]], and those who do have an incredibly hard time following along trying to keep track of who everyone's supposed to be. The official subtitles in particular is a mess in this regard, clearly translated by someone who went into the series not having a clue what all these weird names tossed around are supposed to be. Literally the only non-Japanese name in the entire series written the way an English-speaker would recognize is "China".

* [[Too Long; Didn't Dub]] -- Because all translations insist on using the direct Japanese equivalents of the characters' actual Chinese names, most of the international audience don't even know it's based on [[Romance of the Three Kingdoms]], and those who do have an incredibly hard time following along trying to keep track of who everyone's supposed to be. The official subtitles in particular is a mess in this regard, clearly translated by someone who went into the series not having a clue what all these weird names tossed around are supposed to be. Literally the only non-Japanese name in the entire series written the way an English-speaker would recognize is "China".

** Likewise, official English descriptions of the series claims that main character "Sonsaku", whom the entire non-Japanese-speaking world knows as "Sun Ce", is the "reincarnation of a person named "Sho Haou". [[Did Not Do the Research]] on a borderline [[Blind Idiot Translation]] level.

* [[Tournament Arc]]

* [[Tsundere]]: Ryomou

* [[Two Teacher School]]: Of the ''No Teacher'' variety.

* [[Two-Teacher School]]: Of the ''No Teacher'' variety.

** Actually, [[http://fabien.li/tvtropes/Ikkitousen

* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]]: {{spoiler|Teifu, to Ryoumou. Chuubou}} is an odd variation: she was "destined" to marry {{spoiler|Koukin}} per their reincarnations and was pining for him before they even met.

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* [[The Worf Effect]]: Poor Gakushuu, Koukin and Kakouton...

* [[Wounded Gazelle Gambit]]: A ''really'' nasty one happens in the manga.

* [[White Haired Pretty Girl]]: Chou'un Shiryuu, Koushaji

* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]: Chou'un Shiryuu, Koushaji

* [[Wuxia]]: Smutty fanservice notwithstanding, the story does bear elements of the feroicious passion plays of honor, romance and tragedy that is staple of the genre. In particular, Yasuhara Takanashi's hot-blooded soundtrack for ''Dragon Destiny, Great Guardians'' and ''Xtreme Xecutor'' captures the heart stirring heroism of films like ''[[Once Upon a Time In China]]'' just right.

* [[Xtreme Kool Letterz]]: ''Xtreme Xecutor''

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: {{spoiler|Hakufu's "sister"}} Sonken Chuubou (Sun Quan) {{spoiler|or to be exact, Shoukyou (Xiao Qiao)}}. Parodied in ''Dragon Destiny'' {{spoiler|where the [[Where Are They Now Epilogue]] has Chou'un}} trying her hand at ikebana and failing miserably, as she uses the scissors like a katana of sorts.

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: {{spoiler|Hakufu's "sister"}} Sonken Chuubou (Sun Quan) {{spoiler|or to be exact, Shoukyou (Xiao Qiao)}}. Parodied in ''Dragon Destiny'' {{spoiler|where the [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]] has Chou'un}} trying her hand at ikebana and failing miserably, as she uses the scissors like a katana of sorts.

* [[You Can't Fight Fate]]

* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: In ''Dragon Destiny'', {{spoiler|Sousou (or better said, hi}}s [[Super Powered Evil Side]]) severely injures and presumably kills {{spoiler|Kakouton}} half because of this, half because he let {{spoiler|Kan'u}} go. He gets better.

* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: In ''Dragon Destiny'', {{spoiler|Sousou (or better said, hi}}s [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]) severely injures and presumably kills {{spoiler|Kakouton}} half because of this, half because he let {{spoiler|Kan'u}} go. He gets better.

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