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* [[Exclusively Evil]]: The Bydo, who take the trope to its logical extremes into [[Fridge Horror]] territory.
* [[And Man Grew Proud]]: The Bydo were created as a living weapon system by humanity in the future.
** Given how some of the mechanical enemies are described as originally human-engineered, mankind is beginning to undergo this.
* [[And Then John Was a Zombie]]: {{spoiler|The Cerberus ending in ''Delta'', the second ending route in ''Final'', and the human side endings in both ''Tactics/Command'' games.}}
* [[Ars Goetia]]: A couple of the ships in ''Final'' are named for the last two members Solomon shackled, Andromalius and Dantalion. The Dantalion lives up to its demonic namesake by being the BT-X--the first ''heavy-duty '''intentional''' incorporation of Bydo tissue into the ship '''itself''','' rather than just the Force.
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** The fully-charged shot of the Giga Wave Cannon will, if fired from the far left side of the screen, ''vaporize everything in the field of play''...after spending a whole ''minute'' (which, in this style of game, will feel like an eternity) charging and leaving you completely vulnerable. (Made even worse by the fact that the 2nd-loops charge is more than enough to deal with most things.)
** R-101, the Grand Finale, is a ''fully'' customizable ship. You choose what Force, Wave Cannon, missiles, and Bits it uses. To get it, you have to complete the game a few times with the R-100, the Curtain Call...which has all the same perks. And to get ''that'', you have to complete the game a few times with the R-99, the Last Dancer...which ''also'' has all these same perks. The only thing you're really getting with the R-100 and R-101 are different chassis shapes; [http://rtype.wikia.com/wiki/R-99_Last_Dancer R-99 looks like a traditional R-Fighter], [http://rtype.wikia.com/wiki/R-100_Curtain_Call R-100 looks a bit more spiky], and [http://rtype.wikia.com/wiki/R-101_Grand_Finale R-101 is just..strange].
* [[Badass Normal]]: Compared to all the other Forces that the R-series fighters use, the Shadow Force does not use a Bydo embryo. While the titular ''Leo'' doesn't even us a Force at all.
* [[The Bad Guy Wins]]: The human campaign in ''Command'', where your fleet gets [[And Then John Was a Zombie|Bydo-ified]] at the end. Then you play as the Bydo for the second half of the game.
* [[Battleship Raid]]: You take down a single battleship in the first game, a fleet of them in the second, then the trope takes a break for ''R-Type III'' and ''Leo'' before it comes back as a [[Humongous Mecha]] Raid in ''Delta'', and then comes back with a vengeance in ''Final''.
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* [[I Have Many Names]]: Many bosses have multiple names throughout the series, but Dobkeratops, the iconic armless xenomorph thingy, stands at the top. As well as that name, he's gone by Subtom, Subatomic, Zabtom, Subkeratom, Krill, Doppleganger, and Gladiator.
* [[Infinity+1 Sword]]: The R-902 Ragnarok II and R-13B Charon in ''R-Type Final''. Also, the 3 Ultimate Fighters. Last Dancer, Curtain Call, and Grand Finale only vary in looks, and all pack full customizabilty: Any Wave Cannon, any Force, any Bits, any Bombs. ''Any'' weapon combination you want. Add in the color customization and you basically have the game saying "Here. Build the most epic R-Type fighter ever.''
* [[Lethal Lava Land]]: Stage 4, the foundry in ''III''. [[Advancing Wall of Doom|Hate]] [[Death Course|hate]] [[Nintendo Hard|hate]] [[That One Level|hate]]...
* [[Level 1 Music Represents]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaPU7Kej0oo "R9, To The Front!"], the [[Battle Theme Music|battle theme]] from the original ''R-Type'''s first stage that is now regarded as the series' theme, upstaged the original game's title theme.
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