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* [[Broken Bird]] - Nadia, due to her personal experiences with adults; particularly her circus ringmaster at the beginning of the series. This causes her to distrust adults and people in general, believing they either want to use her or simply want the Blue Water she possesses. Thankfully, she gets better with help from Jean, Grandis, and the Nautilus crew.
** Electra and Captain Nemo also qualify, albeit for entirely different reasons.
* [[Canon Dis ContinuityDiscontinuity]]: When the show returns in Episode 35 after the infamous island/Africa arc, it all but neglects the events that happened in them (save episodes 30 & 31), suggesting they were never intended to be part of the plot.<br /><br />Hideaki Anno is even said to have been dissatisfied with the final result of the TV show, and as a matter of fact has made a shorter, more streamlined compilation called "The Nautilus Story", which all but eliminates the filler arc and concentrates on the struggle between Nemo and Gargoyle (some scenes in the more pivotal episodes are cut as well). (This version, clocking in at approximately six hours, was only released in Japan on video and laserdisc.) In fact, this release was as close as Anno came to doing a remake of the show theatrically.
* [[The Captain]]: How much bigger a Captain do you need than Captain Nemo?
* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]]: Sanson breaks out of prison by ''bending the bars''. Later he stops the punch from a mecha twice his size. Both were bare handed.
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* [[Relationship Upgrade]]: All the couples in the series who successfully end up together.
* [[Rock-Paper-Scissors]]: Sanson has bad luck at this game.
* [[Romantic False Lead]]: A villager from the Africa arc who recognizes the Blue Water. {{spoiler|It turns out that he's already engaged.}} [[Ass Pull|This arc is both out of step with the rest of the show and frankly, doesn't make sense]], since {{spoiler|Nadia admitted that Jean was important to her in the previous episode. The motivations behind her subsequent behavior in Africa is not at all clear.}} Unsurprisingly, [[Canon Dis ContinuityDiscontinuity|Episode 35 promptly disregards this two-episode sidestory]].
** Could also qualify as a [[Big Lipped Alligator Moment]], although the island/Africa arc has plenty of such pointless scenes, hence the reason why it is criticized so harshly.
* [[Sand Bridge At Low Tide]]: The only way to access their escape pod during the unfortunate island arc. (Get the picture yet? SKIP THE ISLAND AND AFRICA ARCS!)
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