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This page describes the characters appearing in [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]]'s ''[[Overman King Gainer]]'' and the tropes associated to them. Please help out with the blurbs.
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=== Gainer Sanga ===
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:''Played by [[Hirofumi Nojima]] (Japanese), [[Darrel Guilbeau]] (English), Gwen Lebret (French)''
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Gainer include:}}
* [[Ace Pilot]]
*
*
* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Subverted in that
* {{spoiler|[[
* [[Grumpy Bear]]: Gainer is quite skeptical whether going into Exodus is ''really'' a good idea.
* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: Gainer wants Sara, in the anime.
* [[Heroic Neutral]]: The guy ended up fighting for Exodus despite being against it. And ended up a more mature person from that, too.
* [[Hikikomori]]: Spent 27 days cooped up in his room playing games at the start of the Exodus.
* [[I Know Mortal Kombat]]: Gainer learned how to pilot by playing video games, and he also improved by playing them.
* [[Manly Tears]]
* [[Nerd Glasses]]
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: With Cynthia, in both continuities. With Sara, in the manga.
* [[Punch Clock Hero]]: At first.
* [[Refusal of the Call]]: He tried to get out of the Exodus in the first few episodes.
* [[Shaming the Mob]]: In Volume 5 of the manga, Gainer calls out a group of former Exodists who accused Gain of being the cause of their imprisonment, saying that Gain never ''forced'' them to go into Exodus.
* [[Sobriquet]]: His title of Game Champ.
* [[Supporting Protagonist]]: Well, not really... but quite often, it is ''Gain'' who ultimately wins the day. Gainer does achieve his own victories, though, so this trope only partially stands for him. Besides, most of the fights are about him and someone else.
** [[Fridge Brilliance|Which makes perfect sense, if you think about it.]] Okay, Gainer might pilot a [[Super Prototype]], but he's only been fighting in simulations, while Gain has years of experience despite being in a much inferior machine. [[Hard Work Hardly Works]] is averted.
* [[Turn the Other Cheek]]: When discovering that {{spoiler|Gauli was the one who killed his parents, Gainer does not forgive him, but does not take revenge either, because he thinks it would be pointless.}}
* [[Wangst]]: In his defense, {{spoiler|he was under Overfreeze at that moment}}.
* [[You Killed My Father]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted!]]
=== Sara Kodama ===
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:''Played by Ai Kobayashi (Japanese), [[Colleen O'Shaughnessey]] (English, credited as "Olivia O'Connor"), Agnès Manoury (French)''
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Sara include:}}
* {{spoiler|[[An Ice Person]] / [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]:}} {{spoiler|Courtesy of Gainer after he had been taken over himself by the Overdevil.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Anguished Declaration of Love]]:}} {{spoiler|Played straight in her case.}}
* [[Can't Catch Up]]: A pretty decent pilot, but she's stuck with a Silhouette Machine for the whole series. ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' remedies this by allowing her to pilot an Overman.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Mild example, and [[Played for Laughs]].
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* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: With Gainer, in the manga. At least, as of yet.
* [[Plucky Girl]]
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Adette. The quarrels between the two are the stuff of legend!
* [[Wide-Eyed Idealist]]: And sometimes, Gainer has to remind her that reality may not be so nice.
=== Gain Bijou ===
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:''Played by Otoya Kawano (Japanese), [[Kirk Thornton]] (English, credited as "Ron Allen"), Emmanuel Gradi (French)''
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Gain include:}}
* [[Ace Pilot]]
* [[Badass]]
* [[Badass Normal]]: When you can take down Overmen with an obsolete Silhouette Machine, you ''are'' badass!
* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: He's more or less this towards Gainer.
* [[The Casanova]]:
** A one-night stand between Gain and Asuham's sister kicks off Asuhan's [[Knight Templar Big Brother|desire for revenge]].
** Gain spots Adette as a SR plant right away, but decides to take her out for dinner rather than turning her in.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]
* [[Friendly Sniper]]
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* [[The Gunslinger]]
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Which save the day more than once, actually.
* [[Manly Tears]]
* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]]: Emperanza, a one-of-a-kind Overman.
* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: Asuham should know better than to try to deconstruct the motives of someone as [[Badass]] as Gain Bijou...
* [[Sobriquet]]: Black Southern Cross
* [[They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot]]: Not to a huge degree, but his backstory with Asuham and Karin, and the fact that he participated in a failed Exodus could have been elaborated on a little more...
**
=== Ana Medaiyu ===
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:''Played by Noriko Kitou (Japanese), [[Michelle Ruff]] (English), Isabelle Volpe (French)''
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Ana include:}}
* [[Little Miss Snarker]]: Sometimes.
* [[Nice Hat]]
* [[Rebellious Princess]]
* [[The Scrappy]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted!]] She managed to nimbly dodge this dreaded trope by being a wise and thoroughly likeable little girl.
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Was absolutely ''delighted'' when {{spoiler|Gainer confessed to Sara in Episode 17}}.
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]: Comes from being a royal, and being trained to think that way.
* [[The Woobie]]: I dare you to see her cry in Episode 7 and ''not'' feel sorry for her.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Green Hair]]
=== Bello Korissha ===
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:''Played by Shuusaku Ohtake (Japanese), [[Derek Stephen Prince]] (English, credited as "David Umansky")''
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Bello include:}}
* [[Can't Catch Up]]: Just like Sara, he doesn't pilot anything that could possibly fight against an Overman.
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Poor guy is stuck in Sara's "friend zone". And he's probably there to stay.
* [[Expy]]: Of Kyao
* [[Hotblooded Sideburns]]: Definetely not as bad as certain other characters featured in the trope but he does still have sharp sideburns on either side.
* [[Improbable Hairstyle]]: Not as bad as certain other characters featured in the trope but still improbable nonetheless.
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=== Hughes Gauli ===
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:''Played by Tohru Kusano (Japanese), [[Tony Oliver]] (English)''
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Gauli include:}}
* {{spoiler|[[An Ice Person]] / [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Quite literally is frozen by the Overdevil at first, but is then subjected to both tropes at once.}}
* [[Badass]]
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: He might be kind of obsessed with Yapan culture and ninjas, but when it's time to do his job, he does it well.
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: He does this whenever he uses the Ninpou.
* [[Crazy Awesome]]: When he goes into Ninja mode.
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* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja]]
* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]: His explanation for {{spoiler|killing Gainer's parents.}}
* [[Large Ham]]: In Ninja mode. Otherwise [[The Comically Serious]]
* [[Ninja]]
* [[Otaku]]: A more well-adjusted version than most, though.
* [[The Stoic]]
* [[Strangled by the Red String]]: {{spoiler|With Adette.}}
* [[Suicide by Cop]]: When he falls under Kashmir's control later in the series, and ends up endangering the City Units, {{spoiler|he tries to convince Gainer to kill him, even by revealing that he was the one who killed his parents. However, it doesn't work, as Gainer opts
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: An heroic example - he gives priority to the Exodus over everything else. If that means sacrificing some people, or even himself, he won't hesitate - though he won't be proud of it.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Gets one of these from Gain - who actually ''punches'' him for {{spoiler|his killing of Gainer's parents}}.
=== Meeya Laujin ===
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:''Played by Yumiko Nakanishi (Japanese), Kate Davis (English)''
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Meeya include:}}
* [[Idol Singer]]: Of sorts.
* [[Genius Ditz]]: Is wise, but acts like a [[Cloudcuckoolander]] or [[Genki Girl]] at times, to the irritation of her manager.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]: Well, light blue, actually.
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== Siberian Railroad / St. Reagan / London IMA ==
=== Asuham Boone ===
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:''Played by [[Takehito Koyasu]] (Japanese), [[Doug Erholtz]] (English), Gérard Rouzier (French)''
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Asuham include:}}
* [[Berserk Button]]: "'''GAAAAAAIN!'''"
* [[Big Bad]]: Kind of... but primarily for Gain.
* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: He only, well, almost caused [[The End of the World as We Know It]] for her.
* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: Watch him shoot down an [[Unhand Them, Villain!]] attempt in Episode 9...
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]: Gain has a one night stand with my sister? {{spoiler|I'll pursue him in the frozen lands, try to capture him at the cost of putting innocent lives in danger, and when that fails, I'll awaken the Overdevil and destroy the world.}}
* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Asuham tries one on Gain in the manga, showing him a concentration camp filled with captured Exodists, and telling him that Gain is to blame for their condition, and for instilling in them false hope of a better life through Exodus. Gain, however, shrugs the lecture off.
* [[Impossible Thief]]: His Jinba's Overskill allows him to "steal" objects at a distance... [[Not
* {{spoiler|[[Karma Houdini]]}}: Of the "it doesn't matter anymore" variant. Still, you'd think {{spoiler|he would get a somewhat harsher punishment for some of his excesses.}}
* [[Kick the Dog]]
* [[Knight Templar Big Brother]]: Deconstructed. His [[Knight Templar]] attitude results in mass [[Disproportionate Retribution]] and chaos to everyone around him, ending in a [[Motive Decay]]. Additionally, he didn't even consult his sister about ''her'' opinion on the situation.
* [[Large Ham]]: His speeches to the Overdevil could have been delivered by Brian Blessed without a single change in pacing.
** This carries over to [[Super Robot Wars Z]], where his lines when attacking Gain, {{spoiler|[[Aquarion]], [[The Big O]], and the [[Turn A Gundam]]}} are presented quite loudly and dramatically, and during a quicksave skit, he {{spoiler|gets into a ham contest with another [[Takehito Koyasu]] voiced [[Large Ham]] [[Turn A Gundam|Gym Ghingnham!]]}}.
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]: To a smaller extent than others, but
* [[Motive Decay]]
* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: If only {{spoiler|
* [[Revenge Before Reason]]: He encourages Jaboli's crush on him when it's the only way to escape and continue chasing Gain. To his credit, he regrets doing so.
* [[Super Strength]]: His Power Golem's Overskill.
* [[The Scrappy]]: Among the show's fandom, Asuham is often considered an uninteresting, one-note villain for his obsession with capturing Gain and his [[Motive Decay]].
* [[The Worf Effect]]: After he has been
=== Zakki Bronco ===
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:''Played by Richard Hayworth (English)''
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Zakki include:}}
* [[The Dragon]]: to Asuham.
* [[Harmless Freezing]]: In the finale. Though Yassaba, in a moment of [[Comedic Sociopathy]], suggests leaving him for dead...
* [[Satellite Character]]: He's Asuham's right hand man. And... that's it. You could take him out of the story, and nothing would change
=== Jin Yassaba ===
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:''Played by [[Hisao Egawa]] (Japanese), [[Michael McConnohie]] (English)''
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Yassaba include:}}
* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Not that old (see below), but he does fit.
** Apparently this was why he was dropped as a character - he's ''too'' cool in a world without many cool adults and was threatening to overshadow the others. (The director even apologized to [[Hisao Egawa]] for this.)
*
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: The reason why he's so dedicated to stopping Exodi from taking place? His parents went into one, and he was discriminated and bullied by other children for that.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: You can actually recruit him in [[Super Robot Wars]] games.
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* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Kill It with Fire]]: One of his Overman's weapons.
* [[Man Child]]: Weird example; he seems to bounce between acting like an immature kid and an extremely stern and capable pilot and leader.
* [[Manly Tears]]: When Adette defends him from his ungrateful underlings, he melts into water works
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Quite literally, as the manga reveals.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: During his forced stay in a city unit, he saves an impoverished little girl from being bullied and begins to act as a surrogate father figure to her. He later travels with her to her homeland (if this troper recalls correctly, the country was basically India)
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=== Adette Kirstler ===
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:''Played by Marika Hayashi (Japanese), [[Wendee Lee]] (English), Anne Plumet (French)''
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Adette include:}}
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Badass Normal]]
* [[Boisterous Bruiser]]
* [[Boobs of Steel]]: Actually won a race thanks to them!
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Even the other Railroad officers call her "big sister", and she becomes one with Gainer after her [[Heel Face Turn]].
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: A fan favourite since early episodes.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]: A pretty abstract one with little to no reason given and made up mostly of [[Contrived Coincidence]] even though it's spread over several episodes.
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Adette is bossy, arrogant and rude, but genuinely cares about her students and other people.
* [[Latex Space Suit]]
* [[The Mole]]: Tries to be this at first, but Gain sees through her act. And still gets a brief date with her...
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Her suit emphasizes her assets, to say the least. She tried to get Gainer to wear a similar one at one point.
* [[The Power of Love]]: {{spoiler|How Adette breaks Gauli free from his brainwashing}}.
* [[Strangled by the Red String]]: {{spoiler|With Gauli... well, it's hinted at ''once'' in the whole series ''in a gag'' before it's official.}}
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Sara.
* [[Man Child|Woman Child]]: Especially in regards to her rivalry towards Sara. Not that Sara herself is much more mature, mind you.
=== Kashmir Valle ===
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:''Played by [[Keiji Fujiwara]] (Japanese), Chris Kent (English)''
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Kashmir include:}}
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Just... look at him!
** Seriously. He's practically [[Camp Gay]] without the Gay.
* [[Dirty Coward]]: Kashmir is supremely dedicated to
{{quote|"If I don't fight, I can't lose!"}}
* [[Improbable Hairstyle]]: You wouldn't think an highly-placed
* {{spoiler|[[Karmic Death]]}}
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Smug Snake]]
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=== Kejinan, Enge and Jaboli ===
'''A description of the characters goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by all three of them include:}}
* [[Country Mouse]]: [[Word of God]] says Jaboli is one, although personality-wise, she's not quite as naive. Kejinan and Enge are also hinted to have been born in the boonies.
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: Played for laughs when Kashmir tested his new Overman whose overskill is to lower morale and cause doubt in people's minds. They forgot their [[Nice Hat|helmets]].
* [[Elite Mooks]]: They pilot a trio of low-level Overmen who still manage to give some trouble to Gainer.
* [[Faux Symbolism]]: Their Overmen are often compared to a trio of flying Buddhas, even in-universe by Adette.
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]s: They work for the paycheck and for the chance of getting a promotion. That's it. They even considered quitting the job at various points in the show.
* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]]
* [[Terrible Trio]]: Not so terrible, really.
==== Jaboli Mariela ====
:''Played by: Maki Tamura (Japanese), Mia Bradly (English)''
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Jaboli include:}}
* [[Ambiguously Brown]]
* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: Jaboli had one for Asuham.
* [[
* [[Meganekko]]
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Poor girl, being forced to put up with [[Those Two Bad Guys|Kejinan and Enge]].
==== Kejinan Datto ====
:''Played by: Hiroshi Kitazawa (Japanese), [[Dave Wittenberg]] (English, credited as "David Lelyveld")''
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Kejinan include:}}
* [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: To Adette, while holding her captive with his Overman. He was utterly shot down.
* [[Bishonen]]: Kejinan ''tried'' to be one with his Overman's illusion powers in the [[Anguished Declaration of Love]] above. It just makes him look ridiculous.
* [[Gonk]]: Lampshaded by Adette at the end of his [[Anguished Declaration of Love]].
* [[Jerkass]]: He's not evil, mind you, but good luck getting along with such a self-centered cad!
* [[Lolicon]]: Both Kejinan and Enge. They found ''Cynthia'' to be hot, for crying out loud!
====
:''Played by: Tsuyoshi Koyama (Japanese), [[Richard Epcar]] (English, credited as "Richard George")''
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Enge include:}}
* [[Eyepatch of Power]]: though the power part is debatable.
* [[Lolicon]]: Both Kejinan and Enge. They found ''Cynthia'' to be hot, for crying out loud!
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=== Cynthia Lane ===
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:''Played by Rena Mizuki (Japanese), Tara Malone (English)''
'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Cynthia include:}}
* [[Ace Pilot]]
* [[Ascended Fanboy|Ascended Fangirl]]: Played for drama, in that Cynthia (at first) doesn't understand that people can actually die in battle.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: In which she utterly PWNS Asuham.
* [[Cute and Psycho]]
* [[Enfant Terrible]] / [[Tyke Bomb]]: As described under "Ascended Fangirl" above.
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Of the "immaturity" type.
* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]
* [[Heroic BSOD]] / [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: When {{spoiler|Gainer actually gets hurt during their battle and Sara calls her out on that}}, Cynthia is devastated.
* [[Honorable Enemy Ace]]: While ''[[Overman King Gainer]]'' doesn't have mass-produced "overman" mecha, the rest of this trope applies to Cynthia, the Siberian Railroad's Honorable Enemy Ace to Gainer's Ace Pilot.
* {{spoiler|[[An Ice Person]] / [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Courtesy of the Overdevil in the climatic battle.}}
* [[Little Miss Badass]]
* [[Platonic Life Partners]]: With Gainer.
* [[Shapeshifting]]: Her Overman, the Dominator.
* [[Sweet Tooth]]: She is often seen snacking on candies.
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: She works for President Munt because he's her surrogate father and she wants to repay him for his kindness.
=== President Kids Munt ===
:''Played by Seiji Sasaki (Japanese), James Lyon (English)''
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by Kids Munt include:}}
* [[Affably Evil]]
* [[Bald of Evil]]
* [[Big Bad]]: Shares this role with Asuham, although Munt is a lot more evil.
* [[Evil Tastes Good]]: He's a glutton, alright.
* [[Expy]]: Of Kashim King from [[Xabungle]].
* [[Large and In Charge]]
* [[Man Child]]
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: He won't look so funny anymore, when you'll see him {{spoiler|crushing a City Unit under the Crystal of Agate}}.
* [[Obviously Evil]]: [[Yoshiyuki Tomino]] himself stated that he wanted Munt to look evil.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: He adopted Cynthia and was like a father to her. [[Played With]] in that he did so in order to turn her into a [[Tyke Bomb]].
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: His fate at the end of the series is not very clear. He's possibly been absorbed by the Overdevil, but no definite word is given.
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=== Brunhild ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
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=== The Overdevil ===
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'''A description of the character goes here.'''
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by the Overdevil include:}}
* [[An Ice Person]]
* [[Bigger Bad]]
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: It can make people like this, alter their bodies, and control them as it likes.
<!-- "Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?" applies to anyone who manages to beat the Overdevil, not to the Overdevil itself. Please don't put it back on the list. -->
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]
* [[Expy]]: It is ''possible'' (and I repeat, ''possible'') that Father Llymic, an alien monster from the ''[[Dungeons
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: I mean, wouldn't you be afraid of something called "The Overdevil"?
* [[That One Boss]]: In the ''[[Super Robot Wars]]'' episodes where it appears, the Overdevil is considered one of the toughest bosses.
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