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* [[Actor Allusion]]: Before Red (voiced by [[Tetsuya Kakihara]]) competes in the final round of the Duel Ship Rookie Tournament, he tells the receptionist "[[Fairy Tail|I'm fired up!]]".

* [[Adventurer Outfit]]

* [[Attack Attack Attack]]: Depending on how you play, Red can certainly be this (and it's probably pretty close to his official characterization).

* [[Badass]]

* [[BFS]]: Red's [[Stun Gun]] has a ''really big bayonet'' that's longer than the gun itself and ''taller than he is'', and yet he only uses it as a stun gun outside his robot.

* {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]}}: When the Order is given. {{spoiler|It causes him to kill Nero and Blanck and attempt to strangle Elh before getting a hold of himself.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Came Back Strong]]}}: {{spoiler|He says he feels better than ever after his brush with death. It eventually results in him being able to Trance and become extra-powerful when he feels the need to protect someone.}}

* [[Catch Phrase]]: "When I get down to work, there's just no stopping me!"

* [[Fan Service]]: His Trance again. There's no real ''reason'' for him to lose his shirt like that...

* [[Female Feline Male Mutt]]: Plays it straight, being a rather macho dog.

* [[Funetik Aksent]]: Red's got this habit of speakin' with the Gs missin' off the ends of his words. It seems to serve no purpose other than to give him a unique way of speakin' (and possibly makin' him look [[Everything Is Big in Texas|a little bit denser]]). {{spoiler|The accent doesn't even make ''sense'', as neither his adopted sister, whom he has lived with for nine years, nor his biological parents (who he likely learned to talk from) speak with any identifiable accent.}}

* [[Furry Reminder]]: Red spends a great deal of time chewing on a [[Stock Femur Bone]], and a comic shows him [http://www.cc2.co.jp/solarobo/4koma/img/38.gif chasing a disc when Elh throws it].

* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: He has goggles and might could use them, but is never seen actually wearing them.

* [[Goofy Print Underwear]]: Red is embarrassed that Chocolat is showing off the Asmodeus while his boxers are hanging out in a [http://2.bp.blogspot.com/__jUtxBOsFyg/TNs9dmOD43I/AAAAAAAABKY/v72fHQzDMdY/s1600/05.png 4koma comic].

* [[Happily Adopted]]: Brother-sister example in Red and Chocolat. Considering she's only 13, he may actually have legal custody of her, despite the fact that [[Closer to Earth|she deals with day-to-day issues like money]] much better than he does.

** [[Heartwarming Orphan]]: Red and Chocolat are what happens when [[Heartwarming Orphan|Heartwarming Orphans]] grow up and [[Happily Adopted|adopt each other]].

* [[It Amused Me]]:

** Red's reason for wanting to force Elh to {{spoiler|wear the Queen of the Race outfit. Fail to beat the costume time once, and Red will nearly forget about making the girls promise to wear it. Elh calls him on it, and he admits it's not really about the costume at all: he just wants to see her}} "get all embarrassed"!

* [[I Was Just Passing Through]]: In the {{spoiler|opening of Part 2}}, Chocolat asks Red if he misses Elh. His emphatic response is that ''no'', he just misses the billion rings' worth of work he was promised! Of course no one actually buys it, but Chocolat drops the subject pretty quick anyway.

* [[Innocent Blue Eyes]]: Director Frasier from the orphanage in Basset comments how Red's eyes tell her he's a good person.

* [[Kleptomaniac Hero]]: Red barges into people's houses and opens their chests, taking whatever happens to be inside. Including at the orphanage.

** [[Kleptomaniac Hero Found Underwear]]: Searching Vanille's bed in her house will result in Red finding some underwear. Chocolat scolds him not to stare.

* [[Master of Unlocking]]: Red manages to pick a lock using a wire (yes, just a wire) when captured by Gren in Shetland.

* [[Meaningful Name]]:

** [[Named Weapons]]: Named DAHAK-AZ103.

* [[Moment Killer]]: To Dade and Vanille.

* {{spoiler|[[Not So Different]]}}

* [[Oral Fixation Fixation]]: Red is always holding a bone between his teeth.

* [[Pride]]: After the second credits, Elh claims that Red has a huge ego and [[Cannot Spit It Out|refuses to tell him how important their adventures together have been]] to avoid it [[Acquired Situational Narcissism|getting any bigger]].

* [[Rescue Romance]]: [[Double Subverted]]. Red saved an unconscious Elh from the [[Hindenburg]], but their [[Ship Tease]] doesn't pick up until quite a bit later and that rescue was never mentioned.

* [[The Reveal]]: {{spoiler|Red is a hybrid created by Merveille Million and Baion.}}

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Elh.

* {{spoiler|[[Slasher Smile]]}}: {{spoiler|He gets an absolutely crazy one}} when The Order is given. {{spoiler|His usual upbeat, happy-yet-stubborn demeanor means it's ''even creepier''.}}

* [[Blush Sticker]]: Chocolat's usual look, though she switches to a cheek-only [[Luminescent Blush]] for the [[Fan Service|Queen of the Race photo]].

** [[Through a Face Full of Fur]]

* [[Cat Smile]]: She does it the most, despite being a Caninu.

* [[Cute Little Fangs]]

* [[Fan Service]]: Downloadable quest #5. Chocolat is enthusiastic about wearing a "Queen of the Race" outfit but doesn't want to be the only one, so she tries to drag Elh into it; Red manages to goad Elh into promising to wear it if he manages to come in first place and break the track record at the Pharaoh Air Robo GP Cup by claiming the poor Felineko lacks the confidence to pull it off. By accomplishing both things, you receive a special photograph showing Elh and Chocolat in the aforementioned outfit, which makes them look like cheerleaders, complete with [[Bare Your Midriff]], [[Modesty Shorts]], and [[Exposed Animal Bellybutton]].

* [[Female Feline Male Mutt]]: Subverts it, though you'd be forgiven for confusing her for a Felineko and thinking she played it straight.

* [[Goggles Do Nothing]]: She flies the Asmodeus from inside a protected cockpit and never ventures outside, so she has no need of her goggles (which she never wears, either).

* [[Happily Adopted]]: Brother-sister example in Red and Chocolat. Considering she's only 13, he may actually have legal custody of her, despite the fact that [[Closer to Earth|she deals with day-to-day issues like money]] much better than he does.

* [[Punny Name]]: ''Chocolat Gelato''.

* [[Purple Eyes]]: Although she doesn't come off as especially mysterious. It's more likely a case of [[Graceful Ladies Like Purple]] than anything.

* [[Teen Genius]]: Chocolat Gelato. 13 years old and an engineer that not only manages to pilot her own home airship, but also manages the financial issues between her and her brother.

* [[Teens Are Short]]: She's 13 and only 120cm/3'11". You ''could'' justify this as her just being a Pomeranian, except for the fact that Russian blue cat Opéra is 170cm/5'7" and should realistically be about the same size if breed determines height.

* [[Anger Born of Worry]]: After Red takes on Nero and Blanck for the first time, he barely escapes with his life. Once he wakes up and everyone is sure he's okay, Elh socks him a few times for being such an idiot. [[Slap Slap Kiss|Then they comment on how it's good to see each other again after several months.]]

* [[The Atoner]]: {{spoiler|After trying to take Red's life, she spends a good portion of the second part of the game angsting about it, even to the point of telling Red it would have been okay if he'd killed her while he was [[Brainwashed and Crazy]].}}

* [[Baka]]: Elh's favorite nickname for and description of Red.

* {{spoiler|[[Conflicting Loyalty]]}}: {{spoiler|Elh choosing between the loyalty to her duty to seal Lares (which requires the sacrifice of Red) and her loyalty to her friend.}}

* [[Cute Little Fangs]]

* [[Eyes of Gold]]

* [[Facial Markings]]: Grey cheek stripes.

* [[Female Feline Male Mutt]]: Subverted {{spoiler|and then played straight at the same time, as she's ''female'' but not ''feminine'' in the slightest.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Gender Reveal]]}}: {{spoiler|She's a girl.}}

* [[She Will Come for Me|He Won't Come For Me]]: The Kurvaz capture Elh to use as bait to make Red [[Hostage for Macguffin|turn over the medalion]], but Elh says that won't work because {{spoiler|she betrayed him, tried to sacrifice him in the Rite of Forfeit, and}} he won't come.

* [[Hidden Depths]]: In Samoyede, Elh reveals that {{spoiler|she knows a little about flowers, despite not being the girlish type; [[I Was Just Passing Through|she claims it's only because they grew in her home village]].}} Red is a little bit surprised.

* [[Modesty Towel]]: Worn by Elh during the [[Shower of Awkward]] scenes.

* [[Mysterious Waif]]: Complete with [[MacGuffin]] amulet and {{spoiler|[[Doomed Hometown]]}}.

* [[No Social Skills]]: Or at least very few. Elh's just a rather private person like that.

* [[Orphan's Plot Trinket]]: Invoked to get into the canals in Spinon, telling the worker that they dropped a pendant from Elh's dead mother in there. Of course, as soon as the worker opens the sewers for them, [[Mood Swinger|the waterworks immediately stop and it's back to business as usual]], causing Red to comment on how creepy it is for someone to be able to turn their emotions on and off like that.

* {{spoiler|[[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|Really Three Hundred Years Old]]}}

* [[Rescue Romance]]: [[Double Subverted]]. Red saved an unconscious Elh from the [[Hindenburg]], but their [[Ship Tease]] doesn't pick up until quite a bit later and that rescue was never mentioned.

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Red.

* [[Shower of Awkward]]: Done ''twice''. [[Modesty Towel|Modesty Towels]] prevented those moments from being even more awkward.

* [[Skirt Over Slacks]]

* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]: Elh, normally calm and distant, occasionally shows a softer side ([[Defrosting Ice Queen|it gets shown more often as the story progresses]]).

* [[Tender Tears]]: Elh apparently does not have a problem with crying, possessing at least two separate sprites with small droplets at the eye corners and displaying them without shame. The second opening animation even includes a [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]].

* [[That Came Out Wrong]]: Inside Lares, there's a fork in the road. Red and {{spoiler|Béluga}} [[Let's Split Up Gang|decide to split up]], and you're forced to choose if Elh should stay with you or take the other path. Choose to go alone, and Elh will ''insist'' on going with you - but only because it's safer {{spoiler|to separate the Paladins}}, of course!

{{quote| "Hey! Don't get the wrong idea! I can see you getting it!"}}

* [[Three Amigos]]: With Red and Chocolat, by the end of the story. {{spoiler|Subverted in that both sidekicks are female.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]}}: {{spoiler|Once everyone learns she's female, Elh becomes the tomboy to Chocolat's girly-girl.}}

* [[Vague Age]]: [[All There in the Manual|Officially]] listed as "looks about 14". {{spoiler|She's really more about '''3'''14.}}

* [[We Are As Mayflies]]: Elh gives a speech to Raisin about how thankful he should be that he and Cerise were lucky enough to be born in the same time and how they should fight for their love, class differences or not, because life is so short.

** [[Man in White]]: Elh's tunic and boots also count, though the rest of the outfit is shades of grey, black, and purple. {{spoiler|And, once again, she actually falls under [[Woman in White]], complete with [[Mysterious Waif|mysteriousness]].}}

* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: {{spoiler|She prefers wearing boy's clothes. Yes, that [[Skirt Over Slacks]] look is for ''boys''.}} Then Elh gets mad at Red when he uses this fact to their advantage to {{spoiler|sneak her into an all-boys magic school. He insists she "couldn't be any more of a guy", and she mutters to him that she's going to have some words for him later.}}

* [[With a Friend And A Stranger]]: The Stranger of the group.

* [[You Didn't Ask]]: Elh's response when Red and Chocolat ask {{spoiler|why she never told them she was a girl}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}

* [[Loophole Abuse]]: His [[All There in the Manual|profile]] states that he never ''outright'' breaks the law but cleverly finds ways to weasel around things that would otherwise inhibit him without losing his [[Villain With Good Publicity|public image]].

* [[Red Eyes Take Warning]]

* [[Spikes of Villainy]]: His hair and fur is quite spiky.

* [[Villain With Good Publicity]]: Most of the general public believes Bruno and the Kurvaz are stand-up guys and have no idea he wants to [[Take Over the World]]. {{spoiler|Even after Bruno's death, many of the Kurvaz underlings still believe he embodied the spirit of a true Hunter and find Opéra to be a shallow imitator at best, despite the fact that she's turned the Guild around and is now working to ''save'' the world.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Fallen Princess]]}}: A DLC quest reveals that {{spoiler|she was the daughter of a wealthy couple, but they died in an accident ten years ago and the fortune they left their daughter was seized from her; the only things she has left are two of her servants, Gren and Calua. Bruno took her in, raised her, and eventually gave her a job working for him, resulting in her loyal gratitude.}}

* [[Femme Fatalons]]: Hers are somehow visible through her gloves. A [http://www.cc2.co.jp/solarobo/4koma/img/28.gif 4koma comic] pokes fun at her long nails.

* [[Funetik Aksent]]: Conspicuously ''absent''. While her [[All There in the Manual|official profile]] claims she speaks with an "imperious drawl", her speech is rendered no differently than any other character.

* [[High Collar of Doom]]

* [[BFS]]: Gren's sword can grow to more than twice the size of his mecha.

* [[Boring but Practical]]: As a counterpart to Calua's mecha, Gren's is described like this in a [http://1.bp.blogspot.com/__jUtxBOsFyg/TQwWui698WI/AAAAAAAABO0/TKrZScAYOGw/s1600/11.png 4koma comic].

* [[Facial Markings]]: Calua has black cheek stripes and from the corners of his eyes to his hair.

* [[Green Eyed Red Head]]: Calua. And yes, he's a bit feisty in addition to being goofy.

* [[Mini Mecha]]: They both pilot one.

** [[Named Weapons]]: Gren's is named Mephisto and Calua's is named OverMephisto. Rivalry much?

* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Gren's more a noble soldier who considers Red to be a [[Worthy Opponent]] than interested in trying to help [[Take Over the World]]. Calua is mostly just having fun and goofing around, not interested in anything but amusement and pleasing Opéra.

* [[Red Eyes Take Warning]]: Though he's not as psychotic as Bruno, Gren is loyal to Opéra and the Kurvaz and is not an easy opponent to take down.

* [[Straight Man and Wise Guy]]: Gren and Calua, respectively.

* [[Sword and Gun]]: Calua's mecha wields a halberd in one hand and a gun in the other. [[Awesome but Impractical|This actually makes him easier to deal with, since it gives you more ways of damaging him, and he only uses the weapons seperately.]]

* [[Interspecies Romance]]: [[Ship Tease|Teased]] with Béluga.

* [[Icy Blue Eyes]]: She is calm and scientific.

* [[Shipper On Deck]]: To {{spoiler|her "son" Red and Elh}} in the DLC quests, so much.

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Béluga. They are mostly seen together in the main quest and in the DLC quests {{spoiler|Béluga gives a field of flowers hologram for Merveille and tries to impress her in an arena fight.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Last of His Kind]]}}: {{spoiler|He's one of the last two Paladins}} along with Elh, due to {{spoiler|Baion burning their home Ragdoll to the ground.}}

* [[Mini Mecha]]: Pilots one.

* [[No Social Skills]]: This only comes out when dealing with strangers, however; he seems perfectly capable of talking to his teammates without trouble {{spoiler|so after the Kurvaz join forces with the heroes, he leaves the jobs involving others to Red and Elh.}}.

* [[Panthera Awesome]]: He's a lynx.

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Merveille. They are mostly seen together in the main quest and in the DLC quests {{spoiler|Béluga gives a field of flowers hologram for Merveille and tries to impress her in an arena fight.}}

* [[Vague Age]]: [[All There in the Manual|Officially]] listed as "looks about 18". {{spoiler|He's really more about '''3'''18.}}

* [[You Shall Not Pass]]: Béluga performs one right before your boss fight in Lares.

=== Baion ===

[[File:solatorobo_baionTVT_3953.jpg|frame|left]]

* [[Bigger Bad]]: He is dangerous on a much larger scale than Bruno, but does not actively pursue the protagonists as Bruno did.

* [[Evil Laugh]]: He gets a few.

* [[Gaias Vengeance|Gaia's Avenger]]: Believes himself to be this. After smacking him around a bit, Red tells him that Caninu and Felineko won't degenerate into fighting that tears the planet apart {{spoiler|like the humans did before. He relents, and tells Red that, while they get a reprieve this time, he ''will'' be watching them.}}

* [[Human Popsicle]]: He was in a state of suspended animation for quite some time, though how long is debateable.

* [[Kick the Dog]]: He casually mentions how he destroyed Ragdoll, a Felineko village and {{spoiler|the hometown of Elh and Béluga.}}

* [[Kill It With Fire]]: His [[Mini Mecha]] is specialized in this.

* [[Mini Mecha]]: Pilots one.

** [[Named Weapons]]: Named BERIUS P-2.

* {{spoiler|[[Not So Different]]}}: {{spoiler|He eventually comes to recognize Red as his son and even tells him he's [[So Proud of You|proud of him]] for being able to stand up and convince him to give the Caninu and Felineko another chance.}}

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|Really Three Hundred Fifty Years Old]]: He woke up from [[Human Popsicle|suspended animation]] 350 years ago, but it's unclear how long he had already lived before that.

* [[Spikes of Villainy]]: His hair is quite spiky.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]

* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: Despite the more common example of the trope where the [[Big Bad]] outright kills the poor minion, {{spoiler|Baion merely lets Nero and Blanck do whatever they want after telling them this. Considering his plan involves destroying all sentient life and the fact that Nero and Blanck are implied to lose all their special abilities after completing their duties, this trope is still played fairly straight.}}

* [[The Battle Didn't Count]]: The first battle versus them outside their robots. After getting them to half health, they just say they're tired of playing around and just shoot a huge, undodgeable fireball at you.

* [[Blondes Are Evil]]: Nero

* [[Colourful Theme Naming]]: Nero means "black" and Blanck means "white".

* [[Combining Mecha]]: Zairita and Srvara (Nero and Blanck's mechas respectively) can combine together to make another, more powerful mecha: The Cassandra Cross. {{spoiler|Also the Septentrion, combining Red's Dahak, Nero's Zairita, and Blanck's Srvara.}}

* [[Crippling Overspecialization]]: What Merveille says is wrong with them, as though they live for {{spoiler|The Order}} and can perfectly perform their one duty of {{spoiler|controlling Lares and Lemures}}, once that duty is fulfilled, they have no reason to exist. Those who are imperfect, however, {{spoiler|like their brother Red}} are free to grow and develop in any way they choose, not bound to any one destiny.

** [[Eyes of Gold]]

** [[Red Eyes Take Warning]]

* [[Facial Markings]]

** [[Tron Lines]]

* [[Green Eyes]]: Nero. However, she's calm and rational, inverting the stereotype.

* {{spoiler|[[Karmic Death]]}}: They make their first appearance wreaking havoc in the major city of Pharaoh, just because they feel superior to everyone else for being [[Kemono]]. After beating the last boss battle with them, {{spoiler|The Order happens and they themselves turn into Caninu. Before Red and Merveille can convince them to perform a [[Heel Face Turn]], the Order forces Red into his human form to destroy all life. They become his first (and luckily only) victims}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Not Quite Dead]]}}: In a DLC quest, it is revealed that {{spoiler|some memories of Nero and Blanck still live within Red, and Merveille says she will attempt to restore them into physical bodies.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Not So Different]]}}

* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: Both of them, but especially Blanck.

* {{spoiler|[[Tomato in The Mirror]]}}: When the Order is given {{spoiler|and they turn into Caninu}}.

** [[Man in White]]: [[Punny Name|Bla]][[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|nck]] again.

* [[The Quiet One]]: Stair.

* [[Real Women Never Wear Dresses]]: Alica certainly thinks so.

* Terrible Trio: The Pris sisters

* [[Tights Under Shorts]]: Flare.

The princess and her guard from ''[[Tail Concerto]]'' who are on vacation in Shepherd. Therria seems to have taken a liking to watching Duel Tournaments, so Red often runs into the two of them there.

* [[Fan Girl]]: Therria becomes Red's fangirl in the Duel Ship arena.

* [[Hair of Gold]]: Therria.

** [[Named Weapons]]: Named Durandal. When he's not [[Kleptomaniac Hero|using one he "borrowed"]], at least.

* [[Opera Gloves]]: Therria.

* [[Princesses Prefer Pink]]: Therria's dress is a very pale shade of pink with a darker bodice and skirt trim.

** [[Cool Crown]]: Cute, dainty little gold crown that sits neatly between her ears.

* [[Stylish Protection Gear]]: Cyan's armor.

** [[Bling of War]]

From the children's safety and disaster preparedness game ''Mamoru-kun''.

** [[No Name Given]]

** [[Unnamed Parent]]

Amélie is the granddaughter of the mayor of Spinon. Frito is her best friend.

* [[Bratty Half Pint]]: In one quest, Amélie tries to "help" with a burglary investigation and ends up involving random pedestrians just because she recently read a mystery story.

** [[Green Eyed Red Head]]

* [[Edible Theme Naming]]: Raisin, of course. Cerise is also French for cherry.

* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Cerise is a Caninu and Raisin is a Felineko.

=== Cocona ===

=== Duel Ship Announcer ===

* [[Eyepatch of Power]]

** [[Ambidextrous Sprite]]: He pops up on both the left and right sides of the screen, and, naturally, his eye patch is on the other side when he does.

* [[Edible Theme Naming]]: Biscotte

* [[Heartwarming Orphan]]: The orphans at Bassett: Albert, Biscotte, Charlotte, and Arzane.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: Albert.

=== Julie ===

* [[Curtains Match the Window]]

=== Kouglof ===

=== MC ===

The announcer for many of the contests you participate in, including the quiz show and trash-smashing.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Lemon-Lime Hair]]