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Several centuries in the future, Earth is at war with an alien
Yurika's childhood sweetheart, Akito Tenkawa (a burnt-out, traumatized ex-mecha pilot who can't remember how he got to Earth after the fall of the colonies on Mars) joins the crew mainly by accident. Although he wants only to be a chef in the ship's galley, he is repeatedly forced to use his piloting skills in defense of the ''Nadesico''.
Over the course of the series, the ship and crew go through bright times and dark, joy and sorrow, defeat and victory. Conspiracies are uncovered, secrets are learned, and the true nature of the
While it revels in being a classic "space war with giant robots" story, it also parodies the genre, both overtly and subtly. One of its most famous devices is ''[[Gekiganger 3]]'', a classic 1970s-style [[Super Robot]] anime [[Show Within a Show]]. Although ''G3'' seems at first only a device for cheap laughs, it slowly becomes not only a sly commentary on the main action, but also a major element of the plot in and of itself.
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* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Gai Daigoji, and it's a major theme of ''[[Gekiganger 3]]''
* [[Hotblooded Sideburns]]: Gai Daigoji, who else? And at least one cast memeber from Gekiganger 3.
* [[Humans Are
* [[Humongous Mecha]]
* [[Hypocritical Humour]]: "If only the humans appreciated life as we do, I would not have to kill so many of them." Man, the Jovians are wearing irony blinkers the size of the moon.
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{{quote|'''Hikaru''' (upon seeing Akito and Nagare Akatsuki shaking hands): "This gives me [[Slash Fic|an idea]] for my next [[Doujinshi]]".}}
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: {{spoiler|Akito}} takes a page from Lieutenant Quattro's book in [[The Movie]]. It lasts all of fifteen minutes, or rather, two minutes of actual screentime.)
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy
* [[Perky Female Minion]]: Inverted by Yurika - ''she's'' the one in charge.
* [[Pervert Dad]]: Yurika's father, Admiral Misumaru.
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* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]
* [[The Red Planet]]: Much of the plot revolves around what happened on Mars, and several of the main characters were born/raised there.
* [[Rocket Punch]]: The ground-type Aestivalis is one of the few [[Real Robot
* [[Romantic Plot Tumor]]: Akito and Yurika's relationship tends to fall into this at times, even lampshaded in universe.
* [[Sacrificial Lamb]]: {{spoiler|Gai Daigoji, although he lasts until the second episode. He's even shot by his own side.}} Also, Joe Umitsubame in ''[[Gekiganger 3]]'' - his death scene foreshadows that of the aforementioned character in the same episode, even though it occurs in the penultimate episode of ''Gekiganger 3''.
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* [[Stay in the Kitchen]]: While Earth is definitely an equal opportunity employer, the Jovians are...less egalitarian.
** Inverted on the Nadesico - Akito desperately wishes to stay in the kitchen himself and let the girls do all the robot fighting.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: A particularly [[Tear Jerker|tear-jerking]] sequence reveals that the [[Hurricane of Puns]] Izumi constantly spews are a coping mechanism for her
* [[Strange Minds Think Alike]]: A particularly large-scale example - early in the show we meet Gai Daigoji, who has modeled himself after ''Gekiganger III'', and think he's crazy (possibly [[Crazy Awesome]]). Then {{spoiler|we meet the Jovians, who have modeled their entire ''civilization'' after the same show.}}
* [[Stuffed Into the Fridge]]: Itsuki Kazama, who was killed on her very first mission.
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* [[Worthy Opponent]]
* [[The Worf Barrage]]
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Most of the [[Ascended Fanboy
* [[Yandere]]: Akito runs into one in episode 10. It takes a [[Clingy Jealous Girl|jealous]] Ryoko to rescue him.
* [[Zerg Rush]]: {{spoiler|Due to their smaller population}}, the Jovians have to rely largely on unmanned drones for attacking. Interestingly, the humans seem to have trouble fighting against them early on, but later in the series the Nadesico's crew seem more competent in destroying them.
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