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[[File:OtomeArtbook_5612.jpg|frame|[[Where's Waldo|Can you find]] [[The One Guy|the man in this cast?]]]]
Konami's combination of its own ''Parodius'' and ''Gradius'' series
Anoa Aoba, a second year high school student, is approached by a mysterious organization and offered a chance to pilot Vic Viper. While you might expect a [[Cool Plane]], this one is less a plane and more a [[Rule of Cool|flying motorcycle]]. She's also introduced to the other "Angels" who form up the [[Five
▲Konami's combination of its own ''Parodius'' and ''Gradius'' series. A lighthearted [[Self Parody]], ''Otomedius'' is a [[Cute Em Up|Boob Shooter]] with its own standalone plot. It pulls elements from several of Konami's other properties, including ''[[Ganbare Goemon]]'', ''Xexex'', ''[[Twinbee (Video Game)|Twinbee]]'', ''Parodius'' and, of course, ''Gradius'' itself.
What follows is adventure. [[Hey,
▲Anoa Aoba, a second year high school student, is approached by a mysterious organization and offered a chance to pilot Vic Viper. While you might expect a [[Cool Plane]], this one is less a plane and more a [[Rule of Cool|flying motorcycle]]. She's also introduced to the other "Angels" who form up the [[Five Man Band]].
Compare ''[[Parodius]]'', which is Konami's older and much [[This Is Your Premise
▲What follows is adventure. [[Hey Its That Place|Across the world]], [[In Space|across space]], [[Another Dimension|across dimensions]], [[Bullet Hell|involving a lot of bullets]], [[Mecha-Mooks|a lot of enemy robots]], and ''a lot'' [[Everything Is Better With Penguins|of penguins]].
▲Compare ''[[Parodius]]'', which is Konami's older and much [[This Is Your Premise On Drugs|weirder]] take on the [[Cute Em Up]] genre. Also compare [[Gradius]], the flagship game that started it all.
If there isn't an Everything Is Better With Boobs trope, there should be, because this series ''lives in it''. How about Refuge in Cleavage?
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The series saw two console releases, both for [[Xbox 360]]: ''Otomedius Gorgeous'', a port of the original arcade game, and ''Otomedius Excellent'', a console-only sequel. Konami announced a North American release of ''Otomedius Excellent'' for 19 July 2011, but it got delayed for quite a while until, ultimately, it came out at 3 November 2011.
Now has its own [[Otomedius
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* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Adaptation Expansion]]
* [[All There in the Manual]]
* [[Amazon Brigade]]
* [[Another Dimension]]
** The manga series is also called ''Otomedius: Another Dimension''.
* [[Art Evolution]]
** Of particular note, the uniforms are now more like uniforms, with cuffs sporting the "G" Organization logo on each sleeve.
* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space]]
* [[Boobs of Steel]]
* [[Bullet Hell]]
** Titi XIV's Scarab Core, on ''any'' difficulty, is this.
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]
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'''Poini Kune:''' "Misso~"
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'''Operetta:''' "Aqualaser, Level Two!"
'''Tita Nium:''' "Wa, wa, wa... Powa Up!"
** Also seen when a character performs her P-Burst or D-Burst attacks.
* [[Cast of Snowflakes]]
* [[Child Prodigy]]
** By contrast, Madoka is also a genius, but still a first-year student. Madoka's know-how seems to be limited to engineering while Poini is more versatile.
* [[Cool Plane]]
* [[Custom Uniform]]
** Averted with Madoka, who wears her school uniform instead. A rare case where a short pleated skirt is the ''less'' revealing choice.
*** Madoka has changed her outfit. It's still not the default G look, but it's not her school outfit either.
** Even their school uniforms are somewhat customized, decorated with colored ribbons according to their class. Green ribbons are First-Year, Red ribbons are Second-Year, and Yellow ribbons are Third-Year.
* [[Cute
* [[Downloadable Content]]
** All of the Character-specific soundtracks are also DLC.
** In ''Excellent'', Kokoro Belmont and Strarf are DLC.
* [[
* [[Fan Service]]: And how. ''Gorgeous'' and ''Excellent'' even include galleries of character art out of the box, which can be expanded even more through gameplay.
** [[The
** [[
** [[The
** [[Dark Chick]]: [[Spy|T.B. Rika]].
** [[Sixth Ranger|Sixth Rangers]] - Tita Nium, Poini Kune, and Esmeralda (The latter two [[Downloadable Content|introduced late]])▼
* [[Five
** [[The Hero]]: Diol Twee.
▲** [[Big Bad]] - Dark Force (The Gofer Sisters L.B. and R.B. also fulfill this role)
** [[The
** [[
** [[The
** [[
▲** [[Sixth Ranger|Sixth Rangers]]
* [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]
* [[Funbag Airbag]]:
* [[Gainaxing]]
* [[Gratuitous English]]
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'''Poini Kune:''' "Drive system switched to normal mode."
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'''Poini Kune:''' "Ryoukai! Select your route~!"
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'''Poini Kune:''' [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v{{=}}7TJpPCldc0I "Crush all of them!"]
** If some of Poini's quotes sound familiar, that's because she [[Mythology Gag|loves to quote]] [[Shout
*** And sometimes, the actual names of stages. When entering Easter Island, Poini occasionally declares "Ruins of Silence~!". She also does this in the jungle ruins stage of ''Excellent''.
* [[Hitbox Dissonance]]
* [[Human Aliens]]
** Especially wierd in the case of the Bacterians, considering every other Bacterian before them has been a [[Nightmare Fuel|giant, pulsating brain and]] [[Eye Scream|destroyable free-floating eyes]].
* [[Kaizo Trap]]
* [[Level in Boss Clothing]]
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]
* [[More Dakka]]
* [[New Powers
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Norse Mythology]]
* [[The One Guy]]
▲* [[Norse Mythology]] - R.B. and L.B. pilot paired fighters named ''Hugin'' and ''Mugin''. They also team up to fly ''Odin'' Core. Their moonbase is called ''Valhalla''.
* [[Portmanteau]] - Otomedius is a combination of Otome (meaning Maiden) and ''Gradius''.▼
'''Emon Five:''' "This is ''bullshit''! I'm just doin' my job and I'm ''already'' in bad air!"
* [[Reflecting Laser]] - Happens all over the place in the Antarctic stage and versus Snowflake Core. Also one of several attack combinations performed by R.B. and L.B. Gofers' tandem fighters, Hugin and Munin.▼
** ''Excellent's'' Red Hot Mine stage includes a branch filled with laser-refracting crystals, and there's an enemy type which reflects lasers back at the player as their only form of attack.▼
▲* [[Portmanteau]]:
* [[Replacement Goldfish]] - {{spoiler|Gesshi and Kokoro join the team to [[Put On a Bus|replace Emon]].}}▼
▲* [[Reflecting Laser]]
* [[Rule Thirty Four]] - It didn't take long for artists to notice that Diol Twee has tentacles.▼
▲** ''Excellent'
* [[Schizo Tech]] - The game is set in what appears to be 21st-century, modern Earth. But then you have flying motorbikes with lasers and missiles.▼
▲* [[Replacement Goldfish]]
▲* [[Rule
▲* [[Schizo
** Somewhat justified, the Riding Vipers were built by "G", an alien organization from a far more advanced civilization.
* [[
* [[Super Move Portrait Attack]]
▲* [[Shout Out]] - Moved to the Character tropes page.
{{quote|'''Poini Kune:''' "Blast Orb..!"}}
▲* [[Super Move Portrait Attack]] - The playable characters can initiate special moves termed P-Burst and D-Burst. After [[Calling Your Attacks|Shouting it out]] over their portrait, the character burns a P-Burst charge to clear the screen. A D-Burst, by contrast, is a character-specific super attack with a charge time, and is generally a [[Game Breaker]] when used on bosses.
▲{{quote| '''Poini Kune:''' "Blast Orb..!"}}
** In ''Excellent'', the portraits only cut in during the Bomb-type ''Platonic Burst'', which clears the screen of enemies and bullets. The super attack styled ''Platonic Break'' has no portraits, but also doesn't consume a Burst Capsule and can be spammed (cooldown permitting).
* [[Superpower Lottery]]
** Similarly, official art shows Esmeralda mimicking Jade Knight's Ring Laser weapon with only her hands. Gradians have a terrible power, it seems.
** [[Human Aliens|So where's Erul's]] [[Fridge Logic|special laser power?]]
* [[Tokyo Is the Center of
▲* [[The One Guy]] - Emon Five. [[Lampshaded]], as the other Angels don't seem to like him or even know why he's on the team.
▲{{quote| '''Diol Twee:''' "'Big Sis'...? What a rude guy he is!"<br />
▲'''Emon Five:''' "This is ''bullshit''! I'm just doin' my job and I'm ''already'' in bad air!"<br />
▲'''Madoka:''' "Why is there a man among us, ''any''way?" }}
▲* [[Tokyo Is the Center of The Universe]] - The first mission that takes place on Anoa's version of Earth takes place in Tokyo.
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