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Randel Oland is a homeless refugee, one of many displaced by the war. He sleeps under a bridge and spends what little money he gets on cat-food to feed the strays. He also carries with him a blue-light lantern, and a massive handgun that can pierce tank armor at close range.
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When War Relief Section III, "Pumpkin Scissors", crosses his path, Randel finds himself drawn back into the army in the wake of the energetic Lieutenant Alice Malvin. Besides the usual trouble of hunting down war aggravators, the Pumpkin Scissors crew is soon swept up in events from Randel's [[Dark and Troubled Past|dark past.]]
With initial character and storyline debts to both ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (manga)|Fullmetal Alchemist]]'' and ''[[Trigun]]'', ''[[Pumpkin Scissors]]'' nevertheless persists in pursuing a different take on themes of war and humanity. [[Needs More Love
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* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: One in which a number of families live in, being too poor and demoralized to live above ground. It's a European [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]], so it makes some sense.
** And they share it with what can only be described a [[Punk Punk|protopunk]] [[Kill It
* [[Accidental Pervert]]: "Lieutenant, [[Crowning Moment of Funny|I need your]] [[It Makes Sense in Context|breasts immediately!"]]
* [[Action Dress Rip]]: Alice's [[Pimped-Out Dress]] in the last few episodes.
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** It seems the Empire's entire [[Super Soldier]] program was a response to horrifically bad engineering. The show makes a point to point out just how impractical their equipment is.
*** {{spoiler|901ATT, the Anti Tank Troopers unit. Instead of developing an antitank fieldpiece, or a antitank rocket, they make... a [[Super Soldier]] with a 13mm pistol to take the tank close-quarter.}}
** Well, they were ''meant'' to be as terrifying as possible.
*** Martis actually lampshades this at one point, raising the possibility that the Invisible Nine may have been created for purposes other than winning the war.
* [[Badass Creed]]: As soon as Randel lights that lantern, expect some enemies to start pissing themselves and madly repeating the terrifying rumors they've heard about the 901ATTs, ''all of which'' operate as badass creeds.
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* [[Badass Driver]]: Martis, of all people.
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Randel Oland. He also operates as a [[Broken Hero]] and [[Gentle Giant]].
* [[Berserk Button]]: Randel has a physical one, in form of the lamp-thingy on his hip. If you tick him off enough for him to turn it on, you're done for.
* [[BFS]]/[[Double Weapon]]: Mahn, a double-bladed ''cavalry'' sword that Alice uses on foot.▼
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* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Randel. While he is the most sensitive and softhearted member of Section 3, he has also seen the most combat, and is a terror to behold when under the trance of the Blue lantern. He has scared the shit out of battle-hardened soldiers, and once reduced an [[Ax Crazy]] [[Psycho for Hire]] to a terrified, sobbing, hysterical wreck.
▲* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Randel. While he is the most sensitive and softhearted member of Section 3, he has also seen the most combat, and is a terror to behold when under the trance of the Blue lantern. He has scared the shit out of battle-hardened soldiers, and once reduced an [[Ax Crazy]] [[Psycho for Hire]] to a terrified, sobbing, hysterical wreck.
* [[Big Brother Is Employing You]]
▲* [[
* [[Big Friendly Dog]]: Merc, when he's not biting people anyway.
* [[Biggus Dickus]]: Clearly, Randel Oland suffers from this.
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* [[Big No]]: Randel's reaction to the nurses attempts at getting a urine sample.
** Used in a much less humerous fashion at the end of Ep. 18; Randel does this after {{spoiler|[[Tragic Monster|Hans]] (another member of the Invisible 9 and just as traumatized from the war as Randel) is shot and killed, just as Randel had started to get through to him.}}
* [[Big Screwed-Up Family]]: The Loterian royal family. They seem to invoke [[Stardust (
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]
* [[Body Horror]]: The flamethrower suits feature faulty cooling systems. Instead of fixing them, the suits were filled with painkillers. As a result, the soldiers inside keep going ''until their muscles burn off''.
** The more horrifying part is that the substance in the fluid is not just an anesthetic, but a preservative: the wearer's body doesn't start coming apart until a few minutes after the suit is removed. By which point, it's already to late to get the suit back on, since it's a horribly complex affair that takes a long time to put on or take off. {{spoiler|Which is what saves Hans, since he was still having trouble getting his suit off when his friends started falling apart.}}
* [[Broken Faceplate]]: Alice is buying time for Randel by taking on an entire division of Claymores. The captain mocks her because she's getting tired; her response is to hack right through the metal faceplate of the captain with her [[
* [[Can't Hold His Liquor|Can't Hold Her Liquor]]: Alice ''passes out'' from ''one glass of wine''.
* [[Carrying the Antidote]]: Justified in the first episode, since the soldiers in a chemical weapons company would need immediate access to an antidote in case of a spill or leak.
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* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Lord Schulz.
* [[Door Step Baby]]: Shows up in one of the earlier episodes, which leads to the [[Accidental Pervert]] moment above.
* [[Double Entendre]]: Stecchin once says that Martis is good at playing with himself.
* [[The Evil Army]]: Corruption exists at all levels.
* [[Epic Flail]]: One of the Loterian Royal Guard's weapon of choice.
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* [[Faceless Goons]]: The flamethrower troopers' armor is built like this, as is the armor for the Claymore-1 unit.
* Fanservice: Surprisingly averted when Randal is being examined by Kauplan.
* [[Fatherland]]: This is very much Germany, especially in the dub, where German accents abound and the occasional German word sneaks into the dialogue...which, if history is to be followed, [[World War
* [[Feel No Pain]]: Randel. When under the trance of the Blue Lantern, he becomes so focused on whatever he's trying to kill that pain can not register in his mind. This is also where his [[Made of Iron]] qualities come from (partially). He's so used to coming out of the trance with bad injuries (bad meaning bullet wounds, burns, broken bones, cuts, etc. usually multiple at the same time) that they simply don't bother him anymore.
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'''Randel''': Yeah. Used to happen to me a lot. }}
* [[Five-Man Band]]:
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** [[The Big Guy]] - Randel (Oreldo even calls him "Big Guy" in the subtitles)
** [[The Chick]] - Stecchin
* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]] - Muse. Subverted with Abel, who despite being an accountant for [[The Mafia]] cares about his friends from the gang he grew up in.
* [[Freeze
* [[Gag Penis]]: Used in a running gag with a nurse trying to get a urine sample from Randel whenever he's hospitalized.
* [[Genki Girl]]: Alice Malvin could be considered a Genki Girl in the tradition of ''[[Suzumiya Haruhi]]'', dragging her hapless subordinates along in her energetic wake. (She's also something of an [[Idiot Hero]].)
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* [[Gratuitous German]]: "Töten Sie."
** We also have the sobriquets of the Invisible Nine; 901-ATT, "Gespenst Jäger," 903-CTT, "Krankheit Jäger," and 908-HTT "Aldschmied Jäger."
* [[Hand Cannon]]: Randel's anti-tank handgun, the "Door Knocker."
** It's also 13 mm. (.51 Cal) Randel wields it with one hand.
* [[Handsome Lech]]: Oreldo.
* [[Happily Married]]: Both of Alice's older sister.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Randel has a nearly terminal case thanks to his experiences in the 901 ATT.
* [[Heroic RROD]]: Randel, again. As he uses his lantern more often, he starts bleeding due to too much stress.
* [[Hollywood Healing]]: Fans suspect Oland's use of this is a result of being [[Super Soldier|Invisible 9]].
* [[Hollywood Tactics]]: Actively encouraged by Alice, unless she's convinced to go about attacking smartly. Oland does this whenever the blue lantern is on, as he's in no state to reason with while in that hypnotic trance that really was meant to make the Imperial Anti-Tank Troopers [[Zerg Rush]] tanks.
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* [[Honor Before Reason]]: Alice will take on ''anyone'' she sees perpetrating or enabling injustice, from common criminals all the way up to the Emperor himself.
** Highlighted within the first five minutes of the first episode, when she, two soldiers, and a dog are scouting a dam-turned-merc fortress.
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'''Martis:''' Lieutenant, I just finished telling you that they have a ''tank''!
'''Alice:''' They're nothing but a bunch of anarchists! Destroy the evil-doers! }}
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Alice in an non-Super Robot, female example.
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** Frankly, he fulfills the 'Huge Guy' role for ''anyone''. He's tall enough that he has to ''Duck'' in order to get through most door frames.
*** He also is huge [[Biggus Dickus|down there]].
* [[Idiot Hero]]: Alice. [[Character Development]] helps her avoid this as time goes on but she never loses her idealism.
* [[I Am a Monster]]: Randel struggles with this:
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* [[Implacable Man]]: See [[Made of Iron]] below.
* [[Improbable Age]]: Alice is justified, as she's a noble out of officer school (in the prologue). She's still in her teens in the series proper, but younger people have fought in [[World War
** She's at least 18 in the earlier chapters, and probably a bit older in the more recent ones, assuming the story happens over the period of several months.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Randel uses a pair of giant scissors that are capable of ''cutting through a tank's armour''. Possible reference to meaning of the series title?
** In case you're thinking they're actual scissors, they're more like glorified [[wikipedia:Bolt cutter|bolt-cutters]] with pointed jaws. You'd have to be suicidally brave to attack a tank with them - which is what the lantern does. As a weapon they're impractical {{spoiler|- a flashback shows a tank covered with 901 troops ''slowly'' gnawing away at its armour with their 'can-openers'.}} Presumably, they use them to open a hole they can shoot through... and human wave tactics to ensure there's enough left to shoot.
** Actually, they may have been a fallback weapon, sort of like a bayonet or combat knife for normal soldiers.
** Their actual utility may be a lot more mundane. They are basically giant scissors, after all.
* [[Jabba Table Manners]]: After hearing of commoner children dying by the hundreds of starvation, YOU would want to kill the nobles too when you watch them waste food that could have been used to save their lives.
* [[Kindhearted Cat Lover]]: Randel.
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* [[Lower Deck Episode]]: Sorta, Steccin replaces Alice in screentime for a [[Breather Episode]].
* [[Made a Slave]]: Randel alludes to a childhood episode of this kind, in a recent chapter of the manga.
* [[Made of Iron]]: Randel, when his lantern is on.
** Even without. Most people can't hurt him without some kind of weapon (A big one; for example a ''sledgehammer''). Understandable, as he's apparently ''95% scar tissue''. Highlighted in episode 4; he wakes up with a cat on his face and sits up. The cat hangs from his cheeks, then ''drags its claws down the side of his face'' when it slides off. He doesn't even flinch.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Muse, who also overlaps with [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]].
* [[Malaproper]]: Lili pulls this off at one point while accosting Oreldo.
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'''Oreldo''': If you're going to insult me, at least get your terminology straight.
'''Lili''': It's sensual harassment! }}
* [[Meaningful Name]] and [[Theme Naming]]: Imperial units tend to name themselves after bladed implements, and choose those implements based on a metaphor they hold in relation to the unit's purpose.
** [[Pumpkin Scissors]]: As Alice so eloquently puts it, scissors used to cut through the thick pumpkin-like skin of corruption.
** [[
** [[An Axe to Grind|Axe Force]]: Axes have mundane uses outside of war. Serves as the Empire's special police force for domestic affairs.
** A Section II unit is named after the shotel, a curved, semi-circular blade which somewhat resembles a sickle, which reflects their indirect stealthy spy approach.
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** Also, the cheery ending music after many of the more serious episodes.
*** This can also create a rather inappropriate [[Crosses the Line Twice]] effect...
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''Cats stare blankly at him, refusing to move.''
'''Randel Oland:''' Oh... I get it. I smell like blood... I guess I just got used to it...
<Upbeat J-Pop harmonica solo time> }}
* [[Morality Pet]]: Stecchin, many times, can come off as this with her [[Genki Girl]] attitude.
** To some extent, Alice is this to Randel.
* [[Noodle Incident]]: Used in episode 5 by Oreldo against Martis when he's given the cold shoulder, using a paper roll loudspeaker.
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'''Martis:''' HEY! TOO MUCH INFORMATION! }}
* [[Officer and
* [[Peeling Potatoes]]: Oreldo is an ''expert'' potato-peeler.
* [[Photo Op
* [[Playing
* [[The Remnant]]
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Alice
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* [[Spider Sense]]: Alice gets a chill at the back of her neck when something important is about to happen.
* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: Some consider the blue lantern's effects to be exactly this.
** [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] fits better since Randel under the blue lantern's effects becomes an unemotional killing machine who charges at the enemy tank with no sense of self-preservation.
*** It may be more terrifying than that: Oland demonstrates intelligence, clever tactics, and accurate attacks. {{spoiler|The Blue Lantern}} doesn't remove his sense of self-preservation, it makes him solely focused on destroying his target, regardless of how dangerous the foe, or the cost it takes to defeat him.
* [[Super Soldier]]
* [[Steven Ulysses Perhero]]: R. Oland = "Roland", a heroic knight from the Charlemagne saga.
** Of course, his first name probably also comes from Roland's sword, Durandal.
* [[The Syndicate]]: The Silver Wheel.
* [[Tanks for Nothing]]: The series has quite a few tanks, {{spoiler|none of which can stand up to Oland and his "Doorknocker".}}
** [[Lampshaded]] in episode 10, when the heroes are once again pinned down under fire, when they hear the sound of tank treads.
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* [[Team Pet]]: Mercury, Private First Class, Section III's messenger dog.
** Also an example of a [[Meaningful Name]], since said dog is both a messenger and a trouble-maker.
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** Alice has some of this to her ("Do commoners drink water?")
* [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?]]: The peasants finally figure it out.
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'''Peasant 2: Kill um all!'' }}
** Which is [[What an Idiot!|a bonehead move]] since if any nobles get hurt, all peasants AND their families will be exterminated by the Section I.
* [[Wide
* [[Word Salad Title]]: Subverted, surprisingly. "Pumpkin Scissors" isn't a nonsense phrase - it's the nickname of the squad, and thus very significant to the story. It even has a meaning behind it!.
* [[World War
* [[You Shall Not Pass]]: A minor one occurs in episode 23. After the first [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?]] moment mentioned above, one of the more vengeful peasants tries to do it again. Randal (who, keep in mind, is over seven feet tall, heavily muscled, and covered in scars) loudly clears his throat, steps in front of him, and looms over him with a [[Death Glare]]. The peasant looks at him, then nervously glances at a guy that had earlier fought with Randal (who is currently curled up on the ground, covering his head, and sobbing hysterically).
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