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''[[Jet Set Radio]]'' (known as ''Jet Grind Radio'' [[Market-Based Title|in the NTSC U/C region]]) was a platforming/skating game released by Sega for the [[Sega Dreamcast]] in 2000. The game is centered around [[Rollerblade Good|roller-blading]] [[Gang-Bangers|street gangs called Rudies]], who battle for turf by spraying graffiti around the streets of [[No Communities Were Harmed|Tokyo-to]]. Meanwhile, the Rudies are under attack by an evil corporate conglomerate which seeks to homogenize the city. The game [[Follow the Leader|pioneered the use of]] [[Cel-shading Shading]] to create cartoony characters and backgrounds using 3D polygon graphics. The game is also remembered for its [[Jet Set Radio (Video Game)/Awesome Music|eclectic soundtrack]].
 
A sequel, ''Jet Set Radio Future'', was later released for [[X BoxXbox]], though calling it a "[[Video Game Remake|re-imagining]]" might be more apt; save for superficial differences, the game's characters and storyline are mostly unchanged from the original. Perhaps wary of ''JGRJet Grind Radio'''s lukewarm reception, developer Smilebit decided that [[Executive Meddling|the game played too slowly]], and removed the [[Action Commands|joystick motion]] feature used for tagging graffiti. Rather than standing still while tagging, players in ''JSRFJet Set Radio Future'' can simply skate on by, with no motions to input.
''Jet Set Radio'' (known as ''Jet Grind Radio'' [[Market-Based Title|in the NTSC U/C region]]) was a platforming/skating game released by Sega for the [[Sega Dreamcast]] in 2000. The game is centered around [[Rollerblade Good|roller-blading]] [[Gang-Bangers|street gangs called Rudies]], who battle for turf by spraying graffiti around the streets of [[No Communities Were Harmed|Tokyo-to]]. Meanwhile, the Rudies are under attack by an evil corporate conglomerate which seeks to homogenize the city. The game [[Follow the Leader|pioneered the use of]] [[Cel-shading]] to create cartoony characters and backgrounds using 3D polygon graphics. The game is also remembered for its [[Jet Set Radio (Video Game)/Awesome Music|eclectic soundtrack]].
 
Despite heavy promotion by Sega, the original ''Jet Grind Radio'' met with poor sales and was never ported to other consoles. Microsoft bundled ''JSRFJet Set Radio Future'' together ''Sega GT 2002'' and sold it as a console pack-in for the Xbox. Smilebit was [[Too Cool to Live|scattered to the winds]] following the Sega-Sammy merger, later to be [[Downer Ending|restructured into Sega's Sports R&D]].
A sequel, ''Jet Set Radio Future'', was later released for [[X Box]], though calling it a "[[Video Game Remake|re-imagining]]" might be more apt; save for superficial differences, the game's characters and storyline are mostly unchanged from the original. Perhaps wary of ''JGR'''s lukewarm reception, developer Smilebit decided that [[Executive Meddling|the game played too slowly]], and removed the [[Action Commands|joystick motion]] feature used for tagging graffiti. Rather than standing still while tagging, players in ''JSRF'' can simply skate on by, with no motions to input.
 
Despite heavy promotion by Sega, the original ''Jet Grind Radio'' met with poor sales and was never ported to other consoles. Microsoft bundled ''JSRF'' together ''Sega GT 2002'' and sold it as a console pack-in for the Xbox. Smilebit was [[Too Cool to Live|scattered to the winds]] following the Sega-Sammy merger, later to be [[Downer Ending|restructured into Sega's Sports R&D]].
 
Regardless of that, both the original game and its sequel/remake have since became cult classics. There was also a 2-D adaptation of the original released for the Gameboy Advance, which surprisingly isn't half bad.
 
The original ''Jet Set Radio'' is getting an [http://www.destructoid.com/jet-set-radio-to-tag-xbla-and-psn-this-summer-222871.phtml HD re-release] this summer on Xbox Live Arcade, Playstation Network, and PC. [[And the Fandom Rejoiced|Fans couldn't be happier.]].
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=== The ''Jet Set Radio'' series contains the following tropes: ===
 
{{tropelist}}
* [[Hundred-Percent100% Completion]]: In ''JSRFJet Set Radio Future'', after beating the main storyline, if you collect every collectable in a level (which requires you to meet several prerequisites to make them all appear), you unlock additional challenges that require you race against the clock which, when completed in a set, gets you another character. The crushing thing is that you'll eventually [[And Your Reward Is Clothes|the "new" characters all share the same stats as another core character, and are pretty much just a different skin/model and voice]]. Further added to in that, should you redo all your graffiti in all levels, [[Cosmetic Award|you get absolutely nothing.]]. Seriously.
* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]
* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: This game takes it to the extreme, especially in ''Jet Set Radio Future''. Expect to spend a few chunks of both games in these.
* [[Action Commands]]: When "tagging", the larger the tag, the more commands. Totally absent in JSRF''Jet Set Radio Future'' (though to be fair, the joystick commands weren't as intuitive to some gamers as with others).
* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: And how. Tab/Corn goes from brunet to blond (and so does Piranha/Boogie), Yoyo goes from being a redhead to having lime green hair, and Combo goes from having black hair to [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|blue hair]]. Not to mention everybody changes outfits, and most of the changes are pretty significant, too.
* [[All Crimes Are Equal]]: Graffiti removal is [[Serious Business]]. For first-time offenders, a plainclothes cop blows your head off with a magnum. [[Up to Eleven|Twice, and a SWAT team gets called in.]] [[Serial Escalation|Three times, and the army rolls in with their]] ''[[Serial Escalation|missile-launching Apaches]].''
* [[Afro Asskicker]]: The Golden Rhinos.
* [[All Crimes Are Equal]]: Graffiti removal is [[Serious Business]]. For first-time offenders, a plainclothes cop blows your head off with a magnum. [[Up to Eleven|Twice, and a SWAT team gets called in.]]. [[Serial Escalation|Three times, and the army rolls in with their]] ''[[Serial Escalation|missile-launching Apaches]].''.
* [[Amazing Technicolor Battlefield]]: The finale of JSRF.
* [[AmazonAmazing BrigadeTechnicolor Battlefield]]: The Lovefinale of Shockers''Jet &Set RapidRadio 99Future''.
* [[Amazon Brigade]]: The Love Shockers and Rapid 99.
* [[Anthropomorphic Zig-Zag]]: Once unlocked as a playable character, the dog Pots can transform from a quadruped into a rollerblading, spray can-wielding canine of justice.
* [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: In JSRF''Jet Set Radio Future'', several hidden characters are often nothing more than reskins; despite having to get a "Jet" rank on several difficult challenges to play as minor characters and antagonists, several of them turn out to be pretty much the same thing. Note that it's not even subtle sometimes with certain combinations: Cube, {{spoiler|the ex-leader of Poison Jam}}, is different only in clothes and color, even retaining the same skills and dances; the same applies for YoYo, Beat and {{spoiler|their robot counterparts, who are identical save for different colors and an altered model respectively.}}.
** This occurs as a result of his dog-napping by the Noise Tanks, who outfit him with a helmet which makes Pots believe he's a cow. During a second playthrough, the Noise Tanks finally agree to fix Pots (but only if you earn a "Jet" ranking in every stage).
* [[Anthropomorphic Zig-Zag]]: Once unlocked as a playable character, the dog Pots can transform from a quadruped into a rollerblading, spray can-wielding canine of justice. This occurs as a result of his dog-napping by the Noise Tanks, who outfit him with a helmet which makes Pots believe he's a cow. During a second playthrough, the Noise Tanks finally agree to fix Pots (but only if you earn a "Jet" ranking in every stage).
* [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: In JSRF, several hidden characters are often nothing more than reskins; despite having to get a "Jet" rank on several difficult challenges to play as minor characters and antagonists, several of them turn out to be pretty much the same thing. Note that it's not even subtle sometimes with certain combinations: Cube, {{spoiler|the ex-leader of Poison Jam}}, is different only in clothes and color, even retaining the same skills and dances; the same applies for YoYo, Beat and {{spoiler|their robot counterparts, who are identical save for different colors and an altered model respectively.}}
* [[Art Attacker]]: Well, how else would you fight boss battles?
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Hayashi -... though considering who he works for, it might not be much of a stretch. Hayashi's been known to ''blow up police cars'' if his yes-man fetches him the wrong flavor of candy.
* [[Badass Longcoat]]/[[High Collar of Doom]]: Hayashi.
** [[HighBald Collarof Evil]]/[[Beard of DoomEvil]]: This,Gouji tooRokkaku.
* [[Bald of Evil]] / [[Beard of Evil]]: Gouji Rokkaku.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Cube and Piranha.
** The Love Shockers too, along with a [[Cleavage Window]] added in ''JSRFJet Set Radio Future''.
* [[Battle in Thethe Center of Thethe Mind]]: {{spoiler|When Rokkaku sucks you and hundreds of bystanders into his [[Humongous Mecha]],}}, you are transported into an acid-trip version of Tokyo filled with shadow creatures that constantly run after you. During all this, Rokkaku situates himself on the highest part of his dreamworld where he then transforms himself into a giant monster on skates. You have to grind and jump all the way up in order to fight him.
* [[Big Applesauce]]: Grind City. You can see the [[Brooklyn Rage|Brooklyn Bridge]] from Bantam Street, though that stage is allegedly modeled on [[The Windy City|Chicago]].
** [[Fulton Street Folly]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]] with Grind Square (a parody of Manhattan's Times Square). The streets are deathly quiet, with the only traffic consisting of [[Good Guns, Bad Guns|uzi-packing]] mooks.
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Rude boy, rudeboy, rudie, rudi or rudy were common terms for juvenile delinquents and criminals in 1960s1960's Jamaica, and have since been used in other contexts.
** Gouji's final boss form, A.Ku.Mu, means "Nightmare" in Japanese.
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: Assassin #4.
** No one else, though.
* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: Even a missile will merely knock you off your feet for a while.
* [[Buccaneer Broadcaster]]: Tokyo's gang activity is reported via a pirate radio station named [[Title Drop|Jet Set Radio]], hosted by DJ Professor K.
{{quote| [[The Stinger|"What? You think I just made the whole thing up?"]]}}
* [[Burning Rubber]]: The skates in ''JSRFJet Set Radio Future'' emits plumes of flames when you go fast enough. And they sell these to ''kids''?
* [[Camera Screw]]: ''JGRJet Grind Radio'''s camera and tight corners don't really get along. If you ''really'' want to make the camera piss drunk, try the auto-aim button while on an elevator.
* [[Car Fu]]: ''JGRJet Grind Radio'''s cops have no compunctions about running you over with their cruisers or motorbikes.
* [[Changing of the Guard]]: The founder of the protagonists' gang in ''Jet Grind Radio'' is Beat. In the sequel, the main character is Yoyo, a [[New Meat]] recruit who wishes to join the already-established gang. Yoyo previously appeared in the latter half of ''JGRJet Grind Radio'' as a playable character. Subverted, as {{spoiler|he's kidnapped and rendered unplayable for about two-thirds of the game}}.
** Subverted, {{spoiler|he's kidnapped and rendered unplayable for about two-thirds of the game.}}
* [[Character Select Forcing]]: On your first playthrough, the Grind City flashbacks may only be played through as Combo or Cube. You can select anybody you like during a New Game +.
* [[City of Adventure]]
* [[Climbing Climax]]: In ''Jet Set Radio Future''.
* [[Cold Sniper]]: If you see a red laser sight pointed at you, it means a Golden Rhino sniper is nearby. Luckily, they're complete cowards and run away if you confront them head-on.
* [[Collision Damage]]: Bumping anyone in any way in the original can send you flying in the opposite direction. Not only is the damage and knockback reduced in ''Jet Set Radio Future'', but if you bump an enemy in the back, ''they'' take damage!
* [[Collision Damage]]
* [[Combat Commentator]]: Professor K fills this role in the sequel, providing such useful gems as, "Wow, [[Captain Obvious|you're pretty flammable!]]".
* [[Cooking Duel]]: The gangs resort to competitions of skating skill to settle their differences directly. All of the 'boss' battles are just tagging people within a set time limit. [[It Makes Sense in Context]].
* [[Conveniently Empty Building|Conveniently Empty Streets]]: The moment the military shows up, pedestrians magically vanish from the scene. Needless to say, this removes ([[Moral Dissonance|some]]) of the guilt associated with crashing helicopters into commercial buildings.
* [[Cooking Duel]]: The gangs resort to competitions of skating skill to settle their differences directly. All of the 'boss' battles are just tagging people within a set time limit. [[It Makes Sense in Context]].
* [[Couldn't Find a Pen]]: Coin's final instructions to his friends were (fittingly enough) written in graffiti.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Rokkaku Gouji, who bought ''the police department''.
* [[Couldn't Find a Pen]]: Coin's final instructions to his friends were (fittingly enough) written in graffiti.
* [[Crawl]]: Grind Square has a couple of fake news tickers.
* [[Culture Police]]: The uniformed police, military, and later ''trained assassins'' all play this role, trying to suppress a skater counterculture. One wonders why they don't just [[Fridge Logic|ban sales of the self-propelling inline skates]]? [[Sarcasm Mode|Because the Rudies surely wouldn't resist or try to get around the ban]].
** [[Sarcasm Mode|Because the Rudies surely wouldn't resist or try to get around the ban.]]
* [[Defeat Means Playable]]: The rival gangs (and even Gouji!), should you rack up enough points.
* [[Demoted to Extra]]: The Love Shockers in ''Jet Set Radio Future''.
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: Gouji's ultimate fate in ''JGR''.
* [[Dismantled MacGuffin]]: The Devil's Contract, a vinyl record rumored to [[Summoning Ritual|summon a demonic entity]]. Somewhere along the line, the record was broken into three shards and scattered between Grind City and Tokyo.
* [[Disney Villain Death]]: Gouji's ultimate fate in ''JGRJet Grind Radio''.
* [[Dramatic Stutter]]: Once he's safe inside his trippy light show, ''JSRF'''s Gouji suddenly goes all [[System Shock|SHODAN]].
* [[Don't Try This At Home]]: Both games display a message about graffiti being criminal when starting up.
* [[Dramatic Stutter]]: Once he's safe inside his trippy light show, ''JSRFJet Set Radio Future'''s Gouji suddenly goes all [[System Shock|SHODAN]].
* [[Egopolis]]: The drive behind Rokkaku's crackdown on the streets is to pave the way for his "Rokkaku Expo", essentially branding everything with his logo.
* [[Elite Mooks]]: The Golden Rhinos replace the police after you've run through all the levels once.
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* [[Evil Knockoff]]: Zero Beat.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Onishima, Assassin #4 Hayashi, and Gouji in equal measure.
* [[Evil Tower of Ominousness]]: Gouji Rokkaku's lair in both games. In ''JSRFJet Set Radio Future'', he can't be bothered to name it.
** "The name of this tower is -- well, [[Blah Blah Blah|blah-diddly-blah-blah.]] '''''IT'S NAME IS IRRELVANT!'''''"
* [[Evil Twin]]: NT-3000 is a robotic clone of Yoyo.
* [[Expressive Hair]]: Professor K's electrified hair is in a constant state of motion.
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: The Love Shockers wear these as part of their [[Gang of Hats|gang uniform]].
* [[Fingerless Gloves]] Beat wears these in the first game, though in ''Jet Set Radio Future'', he wears full gloves.
* [[Flashback Effects]]: The flashbacks to Grind City appear in sepia tone, then slowly shift to color.
* [[Forced Tutorial]]: JSRF''Jet Set Radio Future'''s is ''ridiculously'' easy.
* [[For the Cel of It]]: The original game was the first to do this with both black outlines, and the use of two-tone shading on characters.
* [[For the Evulz]]: Unlike his counterpart in the first game, the Gouji of ''JSRFJet Set Radio Future'' is truly crazy.
* [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot]]: Professor K reads aloud a couple letters from "Mr. Osaka", who is beset by roaches in his home. K jokingly advises him to burn his house down ([[Advice Backfire|which he does]]).
* [[Frogs and Toads]]: One of ''JGRJet Grind Radio'''s branching paths involves the <small>GG</small>'s hideout being overrun by frogs, set loose by Poison Jam.
* [[Gang-Bangers]]: A rather... quirky... variety of these.
* [[Gang of Hats]]: A rather... quirky... variety of these. Most of them are just kids though.
* [[Gang of Hats]]
* [[Gas Leak Coverup]]: Gouji's death and the implosion of his building in ''JGRJet Grind Radio'' is written off as "a construction accident".
* [[Gas Mask Mooks]]: Assassin #3 and his posse.
* [[Generic Graffiti]] Averted slightly in ''JGRJet Grind Radio'', as some of the characters have their own tags. This isn't the case in ''JSRFJet Set Radio Future''.
* [[Genius' Sweet Tooth]]: The Noise Tanks are noted to have sworn off health food, subsisting entirely on artificial chemicals and sweeteners.
* [[A God Am I]]: Rokkaku, towards the end.
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: Fairly ubiquitous amongst the cast, along with [[Cool Shades]].
* [[Gondor Calls for Aid]]: In the bonus mission (see "[[PAL Bonus",]] below), Combo and Cube are forced to flee Grind City after the Rokkaku kidnap the third member of their gang.
* [[Gonk]]: Soda.
* [[Good Hair, Evil Hair]]: Onishima inverts this trope by sporting a two-foot pompadour and a [[Perma -Stubble|stubble]]. Oddly enough, this hairstyle is associated with delinquents in Japan. [[Epileptic Trees|A clue to Onishima's enigmatic, tortured past?]]
* [[Gratuitous Japanese]]: Gouji does this in the cutscene before his boss fight in JSRF''Jet Set Radio Future''.
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: Fairly ubiquitous amongst the cast, along with [[Cool Shades]].
* [[Grind Boots]]: The rudie's rollerblades automatically attach to metallic surfaces, allowing for seamless grinding on rails, with the player not having to worry about keeping their balance.
* [[Gratuitous Japanese]]: Gouji does this in the cutscene before his boss fight in JSRF.
* [[Grind Boots]]
* [[Hand Cannon]]: [[All Psychology Is Freudian|Compensating for something]], Onishima?
* [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]: The Golden Rhinos of ''JSRFJet Set Radio Future'' make colorful departures when defeated, such as getting hit by a stray missile fired from a Rokkaku harrier jet. The flamethrower assassin is immolated when her flame tank explodes, and then crushed by a falling billboard sign which she had previously set aflame.
* [[Hotblooded Sideburns]]: Professor K's ''JSRFJet Set Radio Future'' incarnation.
* [[Idle Animation]]: All of the Rudies dance if left alone.
* [[I Have Your Wife|I Have Your Dog]]
* [[I Have Your Wife|I Have Your Dog]]: The Noise Tank's path in the first game sees them kidnapping Potts and holding him hostage.
* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: Against Poison Jam (who would have thought?). In the penultimate level, Rokkaku attaches [[Brainwashed and Crazy|brainwashing helmets]] to the trio and then sics them onto you.
* [[Idle Animation]]: All of the Rudies dance if left alone.
* [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]]: Dashing or grinding rails renders you invulnerable to police gunfire.
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: Graffiti has the ability to blow up skyscrapers, helicopters and mecha on a regular basis. "AAGH SPRAY PAINT! MY ONLY WEAKNESS!"
* [[In a Single Bound]]: Maybe justified because of the rocket-boots.
* [[Improvised Weapon]]: Graffiti has the ability to blow up skyscrapers, helicopters and mecha on a regular basis.
** AAGH SPRAY PAINT! MY ONLY WEAKNESS!
* [[Jet Pack]]: Assasin #2 and his cronies have jetpacks, allowing them to rain gunfire on areas that other mooks can't. By far the most [[Demonic Spiders|irritating enemies]] in the game.
* [[Large Ham]]: Rokakku Gouji is a modest [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnDTerbOGGo example.]. He's voiced by [[Super Mario Bros(franchise)|Charles Martinet]].
** [[Large Ham Radio]]: DJ Professor K, oh so very much.
* [[Laughing Mad]]: Gouji's last moments in ''JSRFJet Set Radio Future''.
* [[Law Enforcement, Inc.]]: Rokakku Gouji buys out the police department.
* [[Le Parkour]]: Assassin #5 isn't a big believer in stairs.
* [[Lemming Cops]]: During the revisit to Benten, you can trigger a hidden scene in which dozens of pursuing Rokkaku sedans crash into a giant, flaming pileup.
* [[Let's Play]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20190928083714/http://fromearth.net/LetsPlay/Jet%20Set%20Radio/ Here].
** There's also a number of them on [[YouTube]].
* [[Letter Motif]]: The PAL version introduces three new characters from out of town: Coin, Combo, and Cube.
* [[Living Statue]]: Gouji's corporate [[Mascot]], a giant cartoon rhino, is stationed on the front of his building. The statue comes to life during the final battle and begins [[Breath Weapon|breathing fire]].
* [[Load-Bearing Boss]]: Defeating Rokkaku causes his entire skyscraper to explode.
** Rokkaku's [[Humongous Mecha]] starts to collapse after you defeat him at the end of ''JSRFJet Set Radio Future''.
* [[Locomotive Level]]: Sort of, in the sense that you're ''chasing after'' a locomotive robot.
* [[Lonely Atat the Top]]: At the conclusion of the game, the unnamed narrator speculates this might have been the case with Gouji Rokkaku.
* [[The Men in Black]]: The Golden Rhinos.
* [[Mad Bomber]]: Assassin #4 has bombs strapped to his chest, though curiously he never uses them (His sidekicks, however, are [[Suicide Attack|a different story]]). Instead, he specializes in lobbing [[Molotov Cocktail|molotovs]] and [[External Combustion|rigging cars to explode]].
* [[Made of Phlebotinum]]: According to the opening narration, the Rudies' skates are powered by newly-developed "Netrium" batteries.
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* [[Man of Wealth and Taste]]: Gouji, again.
* [[Masked Luchador]]: Assassin #1 is a hulking, masked wrestler who also employs judo kicks.
* [[Mecha -Mooks]]: The Noise Tanks in ''JSR:FJet Set Radio Future''
* [[Mega Corp]]: Rokkaku Corporation. The logo is emblazoned on gas stations, satellite dishes, and trucks marked "[[Bland-Name Product|Rokkaku Depot]]" (using the same typeface as Home Depot).
* [[The Men in Black]]: The Golden Rhinos.
* [[Mercy Invincibility]]
* [[Mini-Dress of Power]]: That would be Gum. Don't forget Rhyth.
** Don't forget Rhyth.
* [[Mock Guffin]]: The {{spoiler|Devil's Contract}} is revealed to be a hoax at the end.
* [[Mr. Exposition]]: DJ Professor K.
* [[The Napoleon]]: Captain Onishima.
* [[New Game+]]: After beating the game once, you could play it again with a selection of new levels.
** Given the fact that you unlock a dozen characters ''after'' you finish the story, you have to wonder why this is absent in JSRF''Jet Set Radio Future''.
* [[Nice Hat]]: In both games, Corn/Tab's eyes are hidden beneath his hat.
** As a gang, the Immortals' gimmick is that they're bowler hat-wearing mummies.
* [[No Communities Were Harmed]]: Weirdly subverted. Tokyo is referred to by name, but it bears almost no resemblance to the real Tokyo. Also, Tokyo-to ''is'' actually the full name of Tokyo ("to" is a suffix meaning "city/metropolis").
* [[No Indoor Voice]]: Professor K. He mellows out in ''Jet Set Radio Future''.
* [[No OSHA Compliance]]: Especially prevalent in ''Jet Set Radio Future''.
** He mellows out in ''JSRF''.
** [[Oddly Small Organization]]: The rival gangs have three members each. Well, we only see three at once. It's likely that the other gangs are around the same size as the <small>GG</small>s.
* [[No OSHA Compliance]]: Especially prevalent in ''Future''.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: {{spoiler|When Rokkaku transforms into A.KU.MU during your [[Battle in Thethe Center of Thethe Mind]].}}.
* [[Oddly Small Organization]]: The rival gangs have three members each.
** Well, we only see three at once. It's likely that the other gangs are around the same size as the <small>GG</small>s.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: {{spoiler|When Rokkaku transforms into A.KU.MU during your [[Battle in The Center of The Mind]].}}
* [[One-Woman Wail]]: Gouji's boss music.
* [[Patrick Stewart Speech]]: The narrator drops a fairly [[Anvilicious]] one in ''JSRFJet Set Radio Future'''s ending. Freedom gud, oppreshun = teh bad.
* [[Perky Goth]]: ''JGRJet Grind Radio'''s token gaijin chick, Cube, wears a lot of Hot Topic.
* [[Player Headquarters]]: The GG's garage.
* [[Police Are Useless]]: When assassins with guns and firebombing-throwing terrorists go after you, the police are nowhere to be seen. One intro states that they're too scared to even touch them.
** Well, {{spoiler|the police work for Rokkaku, and so do the assassins, so why would they get involved?}}?
* [[Posthumous Character]]: It's strongly implied that Coin was murdered for his vinyl record. This was left vague enough for gamers to [[Urban Legend of Zelda|scour the game trying to unlock him]], though.
* [[The Power of Rock]]: A rare evil example.
* [[Power Trio]]: Beat, Gum, and Tab/Corn initially comprise the <small>GG</small>s gang.
** As well as [[Blonde, Brunette, Redhead]]. (Gum is blonde, Tab is brunet [[Hair Color Dissonance|(though whether his hair is brown or black is anyone's guess)]], and Beat is a redhead.
* [[Psycho Electro]]: Assassin #6 can only attack by electrifying rails. This makes him more a nuisance than a genuine threat.
* [[Punk Punk]]: The "Graffiti/Skater Punk" variation.
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* [[Redheaded Hero]]: Beat.
* [[Refuge in Cool]]: Admit it, the games would be a lot less fun without [[Rule of Cool]].
* [[Regional Bonus]]: The North American release of ''JGRJet Grind Radio'' contains an extra mission sandwiched between the two run-throughs of Tokyo.
* [[Remixed Level]]: The second half of ''JGRJet Grind Radio'' consists of beating the same three city districts again --... only ''this'' time, the maps aren't segmented into individual missions; You have to tag the entire district at once.
* [[Resistance Is Futile]]: Hayashi quotes this directly during a surprise raid.
* [[Ridiculously Human Robot]]: The Noise Tanks, Zero Beat, and {{spoiler|the fake Yoyo}}.
* [[Robot Buddy]]: Roboy, a jive-talking robot who saves your game settings.
* [[Rollerblade Good]]: Magnetic ''and'' rocket-propelled rollerblades, no less.
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* [[Sailor Earth]]: Combo's gang on the other side of the Pacific.
* [[Sampling]]: Very prevalent in both games's soundtracks.
* [[Sanity Slippage]]: Over the course of JSRF''Jet Set Radio Future'', Hayashi's already-lacking sanity wears down more and more with each defeat he suffers.
* [[Scoring Points]]: ''Deceptively'' important: -- Earningearning a "Jet" ranking in each level is the key to unlocking characters. Tagging and performing stunts adds to your score, as does completing the level with lots of time left on the clock.
** Though all it does in ''Jet Set Radio Future'' is unlock some of the Graffiti Souls.
* [[Secret Character]]: More than one, the best one of course being {{spoiler|the dog, Pots.}}.
* [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can]]: A record called the Devils Contract in the first game, [[Big Bad|Rokkaku]] wants it so he can [[Take Over the World]].
* [[Sequel Hook]]: Both games have one at the end. Unfortunately, there hasn't been a follow up to ''Jet Set Radio Future''.
* [[Show the Forehead]]: Hayashi.
* [[Sinister Silhouettes]]: Gouji's son, as pictured in the ending sequence.
* [[Sissy Villain]]: Hayashi.
* [[Skate Heaven Is a Place Onon Earth]]: Rails, rails and yet more rails.
* [[Soul Brotha]]: Professor K epitomizes this trope.
** One of the songs in the game is actually CALLED "Sweet Soul Brother", and is aptly about one.
* [[Spider Tank]]: Rokkaku supplies Hayashi with one of these, complete with police lights.
* [[Spiritual Successor|Spiritual Ancestor]]: The manga/anime ''[[Air Gear (Manga)|Air Gear]]'' and the Korean MMORPG ''Street Gears'' were both inspired by ''Jet Set Radio''.
* [[Spontaneous Choreography]]: Each gang seemingly has a dance number [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GetSwmueOaw&playnext=1&list=PL5D21278681BAD822 prepared in advance]. Why not? After all, they seem to spend every minute not spent skating or tagging on dancing in place.
** Why not? After all they seem to spend every minute not spent skating or tagging on dancing in place.
* [[Suspiciously Similar Song]]: "That's Enough" has a lot in common with [[Fatboy Slim|Fatboy Slim's]] "Always Read The Label".
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: The obvious example is Onishima/Hayashi.
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: Causes a deduction in health, after which the player climbs out of the water. Perhaps justified because they are wearing rollerblades.
* [[Super Window Jump]]
* [[Summon Backup Dancers]]: During the final battle with Rokkaku, gyrating cage dancers are suspended from revolving cranes.
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: Causes a deduction in health, after which the player climbs out of the water. Perhaps justified because they are wearing rollerblades.
* [[Super Window Jump]]: In Bantam Street, there's a three-story building with windows you can leap out of on two of the stories (you can also leap into them by way of wallriding).
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: The obvious example is Onishima/Hayashi.
* [[Swiss Army Weapon]]: Player characters can use ''spray paint'' to stun police officers, give their rollerblades a crazy boost, disable machinery, cover spotlights, disable bomb timers, operate switches.....
** In JSRF''Jet Set Radio Future'', it just looks like spray paint. In actuality, it's ''the soul of the streets''. Uh-huh.
* [[Sympathetic Inspector Antagonist]]: Captain Onishima (Hayashi in ''JSRFJet Set Radio Future'').
* [[Tank Goodness]]
* [[There Was a Door]]: Played for laughs in the first stage of Kogane. One method of crossing the river is to plow through half a dozen plaster-wall apartments.
* [[Title Drop]]: Inevitable, as the pirate station the game is based around is called "Jet Set Radio". But in the sequel, Professor K goes out of his way to say "Jet Set Radio '''Future!'''" near the endgame.
* [[Tokyo Is the Center of The Universe]]
* [[Thriving Ghost Town]]: Averted. The game's most important character is Tokyo itself, and is designed to overwhelm the player with the sprawl of the urban landscape, populated by endless terrified NPCs.
* [[Title Drop]]: Inevitable, as the pirate station the game is based around is called "Jet Set Radio". But in the sequel, Professor K goes out of his way to say "Jet Set Radio '''Future!'''" near the endgame.
* [[Translation Convention]]: Despite hailing from the states, Combo and Cube have no trouble communicating with the Japanese Rudies. Possibly justified in that ''JSR'''s setting exists somewhere between reality and punk fantasy.
* [[Tokyo Is the Center of Thethe Universe]]
* [[Urban Legend of Zelda]]: With this many unlockable characters, it seemed natural at the time that Professor K must be playable -- despite his incompatible character model. The same goes for the elusive Coin, too.
* [[Translation Convention]]: Despite hailing from the states, Combo and Cube have no trouble communicating with the Japanese Rudies. Possibly justified in that ''JSRJet Set Radio'''s setting exists somewhere between reality and punk fantasy.
* [[Victory Pose]]
* [[Victory Pose]]: Everyone has a special dance they do upon completing an objective.
* [[Villain Withwith Good Publicity]]: No one makes the connection between the Golden Rhinos, a notorious gang of Asian killers, and Gouji Rokkaku, whose corporate mascot is... a gold rhino. Gouji's sheer wealth probably makes this a [[Justified Trope]], though.
* [[When All You Have Is a Hammer]]: The final boss of ''JGRJet Grind Radio'' coverts the roof of his office tower into a giant turntable. To defeat him, you must (*drumroll*) ''grind rails'' to reach the adjoining towers and (you guessed it) spray ''graffiti'' over his symbols.
* [[When Things Spin, Science Happens]]: In ''JSRFJet Set Radio Future'', Gouji's DJ booth is adorned with a 'halo' of spinning radio antennae.
* [[Whip It Good]]: The first Assassin you encounter, #5, has a whip which ''cannot be dodged'' by dashing.
* [[White Gang-Bangers]]: [[Mukokuseki|Maybe.]].
* [[Woman Scorned]]: Professor K jokes that the Love Shockers are entirely comprised of these.
{{quote| "Love broke their hearts, and now they're looking to do some ''breaking'' of their own!"}}
* [[X Meets Y]]: ''[[Tony Hawk Pro Skater|Tony Hawk]]'' meets ''[[Space Channel 5]]''.
* [[You Are Number Six]]: The Rokkaku "Assassins" are each numbered from #1-6. They appear in the remixed version of previous levels after you cause enough trouble, essentially replacing the military.
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