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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:~~lt/~~smj.jpg\|frame]] {{quote\| ''Shogun! Shogun! Shogun! Shogun! Shogun! ... What's a shogun?''}} \|Lime}} Several centuries after an almost-failed colony attempt, the planet Terra II is a strange place. Its human population is entirely male, born from recombinant DNA and cloning technology, and its hostile surface is home to six widely-separated city-states, each [[Hollywood Atlas\|mimicking an earthly culture]] ranging from medieval Japan to 20th-Century America. Women have not been forgotten among the men of Terra II, though -- simple-minded automatons called "marionettes" are built in exclusively female form, and act as servants, entertainers, concubines -- and in some cases, infantry troops. Line 14 ⟶ 15: Subsequently followed by several sequel series, including ''Saber Marionette J Again'', ''Saber Marionette J To X'' and ''Saber Marionette R''. There's also a videogame for the first Playstation called ''Battle Sabers''. [[No Export for You\|It never was released outside of Japan]]. Created by Satoru Akahori, the creator of ''[[Mon Colle Knights]]'', ''[[Kashimashi: Girl Meets Girl]]'', ''[[Sorcerer Hunters]]'', and ''[[Maze Megaburst Space]]''. Has a [[Saber Marionette J ~~(Anime)~~/Characters\|character sheet]] for the four installments~~, in desperate need of some [[Needs Wiki Magic Love\|wiki magic love]]~~. ~~----~~ ~~=== This show provides examples of: ===~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Action Girl\|Action Marionette]]: Several of them. * [[Affectionate Parody]]: [[Harem Anime\|Planet full of men but not women]], good amount of [[Running Gag\|Running Gags]], [[Yaoi\|Homosexuality is considered]] [[Double Standard\|the standard while liking female androids is out of the question]], and it doesn't always remain a comedy. Parody of [[Shonen]]? You bet. Line 26: * [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: Terra II's genetic science, "maiden circuits" and marionettes in general. * [[Asskicking Pose]]: Subverted in one episode where Otaru hits a blade-wielding Ronin. {{quote\| '''Ronin:''' ''"[[Lampshade Hanging\|That wasn't fair. I didn't finish my pose.]]"''}} * [[A Twinkle in ~~The~~the Sky]]: The Saber Dolls end this way in the episode where the Japoness marionettes are competing in a worldwide tournament for Otaru's affection. * [[Bamboo Technology]]: What the six castaways accomplished with just the equipment in their shuttle. * [[Bittersweet Ending]] and [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: The last minute of both series and the OVA averted this. * [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: In episode 4 of ''Saber Marionette J Again'' Otaru says: {{quote\| ''"If you guys were any slower to mature... we'd still be doing what we were doing in the last episode."''}} * [[Camp Gay]]: Hanagata highly qualifies as this, mainly because of his [[Stalker ~~With~~with a Crush\|obssession]] with Otaru, which naturally annoys both Otaru himself and the [[Action Girl\|Marionettes]]. Obviously, he's also used as the series' [[Comic Relief]], among others. The following quote is one of the ''mildest'' of his rather loud declarations. {{quote\| '''Hanagata:''' ''"I'll never let you go! Today is our day of destiny!"''}} ** Then there's him playing "He loves me, he loves me not" with a flower in his room... * [[Can't Catch Up]]: The Saberdolls in SMJ series. Line 41: ** Cherry and Lime in the ''Saber Marionette R'' OVA. * [[Designer Babies]]: All the male inhabitants of Terra II {{spoiler\|except Hess}}. * [[~~Diesel Punk~~Dieselpunk]]: The ''Saber Marionette R'' OVA. * [[Eek! aA Mouse!]]: All marionettes, save Lime, have a fear of mice. * [[Excited Episode Title]] * [[Extraordinarily Empowered Girl]] Line 48: * [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]: [[Eagle Land]]: New Texas [[~~Thirty~~Hollywood ~~Seconds Over Tokyo~~Japan]] / [[Wutai]]: Japoness, which [[Tokyo Is the Center of ~~The~~the Universe\|is the center of Terra II]].▼ [[In Soviet Russia, Trope Mocks You]]: Peterburg [[Olive Garden]]: Romana [[Shangri La]]: Xi'an ▲ [[Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo]] / [[Wutai]]: Japoness, which [[Tokyo Is the Center of The Universe\|is the center of Terra II]]. ** [[Those Wacky Nazis]]: Gartland * [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: The marionettes at times when using one of their battle functions. * [[Hollywood Science]]: Bogus genetics. * [[Hotter and Sexier]]: The manga version, which brought up the [[Hand Wave\|question]] about why bother making them anatomically correct if you're going to make loving them socially taboo... (Bloodberry's pair of [[Gag Boobs]] are but '''two''' of many unending examples...and Lime is introduced ~~NAKED~~''naked''.) * [[Humongous Mecha]]: The Japoness' Guard and Gartland's Sabbelberg are the main qualifiers. * [[Idiot Ball]]: Possibly every character has one. {{quote\| '''Hanagata:''' ''''Otaru''! Oh, ''dear''! ''How'' could you be such a ''nincompoop''? There's no way in ''Hell'' you can sneak into [[Mordor\|Gart]][[Gratuitous German\|lant]]!''~~<br />~~ '''Otaru:''' ''AAAAGH! Stupid, stupid, stupid, so ''stupid''! I'm sorry, I--I...I'M A SUCKER FOR CANDY WITH PRIZES!!!'' }} * [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]] * [[Kill Sat]]: {{spoiler\|The ''Mesopotamia'', the colony ship, can function as one.}} * [[Last of His Kind\|Last Of Her Kind]]: Lorelei is the only female human in the entire series. {{spoiler\|At least, until Lime, Cherry, and Bloodberry turned human at the end of ''J to X''.}} * [[Lethal Chef]]: In one episode of ''J'', there is a cooking contest involving the Otaru's Marionettes and the Saber Dolls. The only marionette to successfully avoid this trope was Cherry (of course, being a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] and all). Lime's unpredictability and Tiger's fan-service were able to obtain points even though their cooking was obviously less than par. * [[Love At First Sight]]: Marionettes with Maiden Circuits experience this with the first <s>man</s> <s>person</s> thing they see upon activating. * [[Lover Tug of War]] * [[Mordor]]: Gartland. The fact that it resembles [[Nazi Germany]] don't help matters, though. * [[One -Gender Race]]: The human population of Terra II -- and arguably, the Marionettes. * [[Out of the Inferno]] * [[Parental Abandonment]] * [[Power Trio]] * [[The Psycho Rangers]]: The Saber Dolls for the J series. The Sexa Dolls for the R OVA. * [[The Reveal]] (Several of them.) The first of them, at least in the ~~Anime~~anime: Why do you think that Lime, Cherry, Bloodberry and the Saber Dolls have emotions? Answer: {{spoiler\|they have a maiden circuit}}. Then, several episodes later, again, at least in the ~~Anime~~anime, we discover the true purpose behind the Japoness' (and Gartland's) marionettes' construction: {{spoiler\|to serve as a replacement for Lorelei aboard the ''Mesopotamia'' when said circuits reach full maturity}}. And what about Marine? Simple: {{spoiler\|she was built with an anti-plasma system and plasma manipulation abilities, which were given to her to prevent the menacing disaster towards Terra II... [[Heroic Sacrifice\|even at the cost of her life]]. She survives that, though}}. And finally, who the hell was Hess? Answer: {{spoiler\|the first man inon the face of Terra II}}. ** As for the ''R'' OVA, {{spoiler\|all Romana Viceroys are clones of the original Romana King, including Star Face -- except for Junior, who is an actual son of the previous viceroy and born to a human mother. It's enough to [[Driven to Suicide\|drive Star Face ~~into~~to suicide]]. }} * [[Ridiculously Human Robot]] * [[Robot Girl]]: The Maiden Circuit marionettes. ** [[~~Fem Bot~~FemBot\|Fembots]]: Every other marionette. * [[Roof Hopping]] * [[Running Gag]] Line 87 ⟶ 86: * [[Shonen]] * [[Slasher Smile]]: Lime in the ''R'' OVA when she's in overdrive. * [[Small Girl, Big Gun]] * [[Squeaky Eyes]] * [[Terrible Trio]]: The Saber Dolls in the original ''Saber Marionette J'', and the Sexadolls in the ''Saber Marionette R'' OVA. Line 98 ⟶ 97: * [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: The Sexadolls in the ''R'' OVA. * [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: Lampshaded ''and'' played Straight. In the [[Broke Episode]], Lime spins ''an elephant'' on an ''umbrella'' to advertise for a burger stand while smiling. Guess what people are paying attention to? The ''smile''. {{quote\| ''"Marionettes can't ''smile''!"''}} ** Apparently only a handful of people can recognise the main cast, {{spoiler\|who save the entire planet and bring the only woman back to Terra II}}. * [[What Measure Is a Non -Human?]] * [[Yaoi Guys]] {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Saber Marionette J~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Anime]] [[Category:Anime of the 1990s]] [[Category:Manga]] [[Category:Manga of the 1990s]] [[Category:Studio Junio]] [[Category:Bandai Entertainment]] [[Category:~~Anime of the 1990s~~Tokyopop]] [[Category:Science Fiction Anime and Manga]] [[Category:Shonen Demographic]] [[Category:Mecha Anime]] [[Category:Far Eastern]] [[Category:~~Manga~~TV Tokyo]] [[Category:DR Movie]] ▲[[Category:Saber Marionette J]]