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No relation to the former planet, [[Classic Disney Shorts|nor the]] [[Pluto the Pup|cartoon bloodhound]], nor the [[Classical Mythology|Roman god of the Underworld]]. {{spoiler|Okay, maybe that last one.}}
Universal just picked up the rights to make a CGI/Live Action movie.
Also, this manga [[Pluto Is Expendable|is not expendable]].
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* [[Ascended Extra]]: Gesicht didn't last seven pages back in the original story, now he's the hero.
* [[Badass Bystander]]: Hogan the bodyguard is a large, beefy robot assigned to protect Epsilon (he notes the irony - if not for the weather, Epsilon could protect a whole continent on his own). Normally he wouldn't fall under this trope, but he protects Wassily from the collateral damage caused by Epsilon and Pluto when they finally fight.
* [[Become a Real Boy]]: Many robots try to act as human as possible, wearing clothing and even eating food; in Atom's case, he even goes to the bathroom (although not for the reason you'd expect) despite it not being necessary.
** At the other end, Heracles is a notable exception, being well aware and perfectly comfortable with his not being human.
* [[Big Damn Villains]]: {{spoiler|Brau 1589. It says a lot when a barely functioning robot somehow escapes a high-security prison and pretty much ''crawls'' to the rescue of the President of Thracia while having a giant spear stuck in him.}}
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* [[I Am Not a Gun]]: Pick a powerful robot. Heracles was the most comfortable with the war as a fighter, and even he laments that "That war was no fight" - the others don't handle nearly as well, and deal(t) with it in various ways. (Moreover, given how inclusive society has become, they have no trouble fitting into civilian life, possibly excepting North #2.)
* [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: Gesicht, Epsilon, and Atom in their respective fights against {{spoiler|Pluto AKA Sahad}}.
* [[Implacable Man]]: Pluto.
* [[Instant Death Bullet]]: Averted with {{spoiler|Gesicht}}; it takes him a while to realize he's been shot with a ''Cluster Cannon''.
* [[Ironic Echo]]: Montblanc didn't like the idea of a statue of him littering the Alps, and while the pedestal was built, the statue apparently wasn't. Heracles didn't like the idea of a statue of him littering the Greek sealine (and distracting from the old ruins nearby), but his statue got built and placed anyway.
* [[Just a Machine]]: {{spoiler|The child robot that Gesicht rescues, in particular.}} Otherwise averted, although Ridiculously Human bodies are only that without a mind in it.
* [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]]: There's a blink-and-you'll-miss-it one for [[Black Jack]] in the arc about North #2.
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*** In fact, Brau is probably a mistranslation. It's probably supposed to be Blau, German for blue.
* [[Mouthy Kid]]: Uran.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Several. The various jabs about the doggy cop cars, [[Kimba the White Lion]]'s brief cameo & more. The most brilliant one, though comes from the North #2 mini-arc. Paul Duncan mentions his life was saved by a famous Japanese doctor. But since the doctor's name & face are never shown, we're left wondering whether he's [[Black Jack|the famous Japanese doctor created by the original author]], [[Monster (manga)|or the author of the remake]]. Although the latter would have probably saved the kid without remuneration.
** It's almost certainly [[Black Jack]], as what we can see of him has him wearing his characteristic long black coat.
** In many panels Atom sports a kind of double cowlick, referencing his [[Trope Maker|trope making]] [[Anime Hair]].
* [[Name's the Same]]: The Dr. Tenma in this series has no relation to [[Monster (manga)|a certain other Dr. Tenma]].
* [[Norse Mythology]]: Brau 1589's character design seems to be based off of Odin, particularly the story where Odin sacrificed himself to himself.
* [[Off with His Head]]: {{spoiler|Epsilon.}}
* [[Out, Damned Spot!]]: Happens to a robot that served with Heracles.
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* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: Montblanc, North #2, Brando, Heracles, Gesicht, Atom, and ''especially'' Epsilon.
* [[Perspective Flip]]: Essentially this is the original Astro Boy story from the POV of a (previously) minor character.
* [[Playing Against Type]]: A [[Reused Character Design]] version. Urasawa gives Epsilon the same character design as Johan from ''[[Monster (manga)|Monster]]''.
* [[Post Cyber Punk]]
* [[Posthumous Character]]: Montblanc {{spoiler|and the real Dr. Abullah}}.
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* [[Replacement Goldfish]]: Atom was [[Trope Codifier|originally created]] by Dr. Tenma as a [[It Was His Sled|replacement for his son]] Tobio.
* [[Restraining Bolt]]: All robots are equipped with a device that dampens emotional responses as one of the failsafes to ensure that they stay [["Three Laws"-Compliant]]. {{spoiler|Advanced robots can overwhelm the block with a sufficiently strong emotion -- say, [[Unstoppable Rage]].}}
* [[Retirony]]: {{spoiler|Gesicht}} attempts to retire or get vacation time only pages before he dies.
* [[Ridiculously-Human Robots]]: Almost all of them, except Montblanc and North #2. Gesicht has trouble telling that Atom is a robot at times.
** Many robots, such as Brando and Heracles, use a Ridiculously Human body in their free time in addition to a more "robotic" body for their main jobs, finding that easier to fit in with society.
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* [[Senseless Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Brando tried a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] by fighting against Pluto, so Gesicht can use live footage from Brando's eye camera to find Pluto's weakness. But then Brando's life flashes before his eyes, [[Tear Jerker|ruining the Pluto footage and rendering it useless.]]}}
* [[Shell Shocked Senior]]: Several of the robots that participated in the 39th Central Asian Conflict, but ''especially'' North #2.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Arguably, the first appearance of Pluto in Chapter 1 ([http://view.thespectrum.net/series/pluto-volume-1.html?ch=Volume+01&page=11 see here]) is a reference to [http://atticannie.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/the-scream-edvard-munch.jpg Munch's painting,] [[The Scream]].
** Accepting that, one gets a second [[Shout-Out]]. Tezuka enjoyed referencing famous works of art in his work, and doing so could be considered a Tezuka reference in itself.
** While Prof. Ochanomizu looks about what you'd expect him to in Urasawa's style, he's apparently based on ''Tezuka''.
* [[Taking You with Me]]: {{spoiler|Brau killing Professor Roosevelt with the spear he had been impaled with. Brau had previously declared that removing the spear from his body would kill him.}}
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