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In October 2009, it was announced that Sparkster will return after a 15-year absence in a new 2.5-D adventure, tentatively titled [[Rocket Knight]]. According to the story, there haven't been any new games in the past 15 years because nothing's ''happened'' in 15 years. And when an army of Wolves attacks, Axel and the Devotindos are fighting ''alongside'' the possums. Apparently when Sparkster defeats you, you ''stay'' down.
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* [[Advancing Wall of Doom]]: Three in Rocket Knight Adventures - one of which is part of a boss battle.
* [[Airborne Aircraft Carrier]]: At least one per game.
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* [[Enemy Mine]]: Sparkster and Axel Gear and the pigs vs. the wolves in ''Rocket Knight''.
* [[Eternal Engine]]: Due to the fondness of the series for ridiculously huge war vehicles and mechanical fortresses, a large proportion of its levels are some sort of variation on this.
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* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Axel Gear, to Sparkster.
* [[Eye Beams]]: Used by some bosses.
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* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: The giant robot bosses of the fifth stage of ''RKA 2'' have chest-mounted turrets that look amazingly like huge, pendulous breasts. That fire out of their nipples.
* [[Glacier Waif]]: Sparkster and Axle Gear.
* [[Good Colors, Evil Colors]]: Sparkster's armor is "good" blue, while Axel Gear's is "evil" purple (red in ''Rocket Knight''). Also, there's an awful lot of green on the baddies' uniforms and vehicles.
* [[Goofy Print Underwear]]: Most non-robotic [[Mooks]] are reduced to this when you "kill" them in RKA: Their armor falls off and reveals their underwear in a manner strongly reminiscent of ''[[Ghosts N Goblins (Video Game)|Ghosts N Goblins]]'', and they run or fall off the screen with an embarrassed look on their face. Does not apply to the lizards in [[RKA 2]], brought back (though with briefs) for the wolves in ''Sparkster'', and applies to the pigs but not the wolves in ''Rocket Knight''.
* [[Gotta Catch Them All]]: ''RKA 2'' has seven golden swords the player can collect. [[Hundred Percent Completion|Finding all of them]] unlocks Gold Sparkster and the [[Multiple Endings|complete ending]].
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* [[The Kingdom]]: Zebulos. Renamed to Zephyrus in ''Rocket Knight''.
* [[Large and In Charge]]: The emperor in the first game, {{spoiler|although this is actually subverted as he is nothing but a robot created by the Pig Star's computer which is the REAL enemy.}}
* [[Lawyer
* [[Magic Knight]]: Sparkster and Axle Gear to a certain degree.
* [[Mascot With Attitude]]: Sparkster. He was much more down-to-earth than others of his time.
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* [[The Napoleon]]: Captain Fleagle from the first game, who even dresses like the Trope Namer.
* [[Ominous Pipe Organ]]: Axel Gear is seen playing one at the end of the aforementioned [[Band Land]] {{spoiler|the sixth level of Sparkster for SNES}}.
* [[One
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: [[All There in the Manual]]; Sherry and Cherry's mother died from unknown causes years before RKA. Sparkster meanwhile is a [[Conveniently an Orphan|war orphan]] who was raised by the Rocket Knight, Mifune Sanjulo... {{spoiler|until Mifune was murdered by Axel Gear ten years before the first game.}}
* [[Posthumous Character]]: Mifune Sanjulo, Sparkster and Axle Gear's former teacher {{spoiler|who was killed by Axle Gear before the first game began.}}
* [[Razor Wind]]/[[Sword Beam]]: Sparkster and Axle's swords can do this, except, for some reason, in ''RKA 2''.
* [[Red Eyes Take Warning]]: The emperor in the first game. {{spoiler|Even more so during his [[Robotic Reveal]] and during the sequence where you have to fight multiple clones of the prototype emperor robot.}}
* [[Rearrange the Song]]: The first level themes from the first game and its sequel see multiple rearrangements over the course of the series, and most of the music in the SNES game is rearranged versions of tracks from the sequel. Then rearranged again in the ''Rocket Knight''. [[What Do You Mean
* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: Most of the enemies in ''RKA 2''.
* [[The Rival]]: Axel Gear.
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* [[Space Does Not Work That Way]]: The series has been guilty of this from time to time.
** [[Batman Can Breathe in Space|Sparkster Can Breathe In Space]]: This is one of the biggest offenders considering how fast he travels in space.
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]]:
** The name of the world the series takes place in is supposed to be named for the titular country in Samuel Butler's ''Erewhon'', but because of the way the Japanese version of this got initially rendered into English the name became "Elhorn". This appears to be treated with equal validity to "Erewhon" by fans and references, even today.
** In the Japanese version of the games, the kingdom Sparkster lives in is called "Zephyrus" but was mistranslated as "Zebulos" in the English version and remained unchanged for years. For the new Rocket Knight game, Konami has dropped "Zebulos" for the English version in favor of the original "Zephyrus".
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* [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]]: The last normal level of each game is on an enemy space station (slightly modified in ''RKA 2'', where it appears to be an [[Ominous Floating Castle]] in space), and the first game and the SNES game take this further by setting the final boss fight ''in re-entry'' and ''on a giant missile'', respectively. ''Rocket Knight'' has the final level in {{spoiler|a corrupted version of Zephyrus where the pigs have taken over and the general rules with a giant golden robot of himself. [[Oh Crap]].}}
* [[Villain Exit Stage Left]]: In a rather odd example, Axel Gear always lives to fight another day, while the [[Big Bad]] always dies.
* [[What Measure Is a Non
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