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=== Tropes ===
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: In both games in fact.
* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space]]: In ''Part 1'' during report 4, Ulala can breathe in space without the use of a helmet.
* [[Big No]]: Ulala does this
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "Stay Tuned!"
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* [[Theme Music Power-Up]]
* [[Too Quirky to Lose]]: Holy ''hell'' is she ever.
* [[Unexplained Recovery]]:
=== Jaguar ===
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Calling himself "The Voice of Truth", Jaguar is a mysterious man who abandoned mainstream reporting so he could [[Going for the Big Scoop|reveal secrets to the galaxy]] instead of just struggling with ratings. He's the captain of the [[Space Pirates|Space Pirate Broadcasting Station]], and commands the [[Cool Starship|Rougeship-A-Go-Go]]. When the Morolians invade, he clashes with Ulala a few times as he believes she's interfering with the investigation, but they later [[Defeat Means Friendship|team up]] to fight the aliens
In the second game, he is captured in the prologue, so his whereabouts are unknown.
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* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|A type II]]. He only treats Ulala as an adversary because he wants to report the truth.
* [[Batman Can Breathe in Space]]: A weird case. When Ulala fights him in the asteroid belt during level 3, he's wearing a helmet. When he fights alongside Ulala and Pudding during level 4, he isn't.
* {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed]]: By Purge in ''Part 2
* [[Dark-Skinned Blond]]
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Ulala out-dances and out-shoots him, but he comes back to help her take on [[Dual Boss|Morolian Monroe]] and they become allies.
* {{spoiler|[[The Dragon]]: He's made commander of the Rhythm Rogues under Purge's control
* [[Dude in Distress]]
* [[He Knows Too Much]]: The prologue of the second game shows us that Jaguar's habit of conducting undercover investigations came to [[Badass in Distress|bite him in the ass]].
* [[Interface Spoiler]]: His familiar battle pose makes figuring out
* [[Large Ham]]: "My name is..." "[[JAGUARRR]]!"
* [[Mysterious Protector]]: He was one to
* [[Older Than They Look]]: While Jaguar doesn't look much older than Ulala, he's actually 35.
* [[Something About a Rose]]: He doesn't carry one in-game, but examining his profile in ''Part 2'' unlocks a rose accessory for Ulala, and the item description implies it was a gift.
=== Pudding ===
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* [[Hot Scoop]]
* [[Idol Singer]]: Before her career went south and she was reduced to doing the news on Channel 42. Her pink-haired [[Mooks]] are all that remain of her fanbase.
* [[The Power of Rock]]: She does more guitar-playing than dancing in ''Part 2''. [[Wild Mass Guessing|Apparently she fired]] [[Dogged Nice Guy|Rocka Billy.]]
* [[The Rival]]: Although at first, Ulala [[Unknown Rival|has no clue who she is]] and later treats her as more of a nuisance.
* [[Stocking Filler]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]
* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: In the first game.
=== Pine ===
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The chief of the Sexy Space Police, Eastern Venus sector. Making her debut in ''Part 2'', Pine was tasked with rescuing President Peace from the Rhythm Rogues, but failed to keep Ulala off the scene. Later, she manages to find Purge's hideout and sends out a distress signal to get backup.
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Ulala's director, who is determined to save their failing report show. He won't hesitate to berate Ulala for her mistakes, but she can quickly earn his enthusiasm by performing well. For unknown reasons, he never sets foot off his Astrobeat Ship; apparently, only Noize has ever seen him in person.
He serves a relatively minor role outside of narration. At the end of the first game, he's used as a human(?) shield by [[That One Boss|Giant Evila]]. In the sequel, while helping Ulala battle Purge,
=== Tropes ===
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* [[The Faceless]]: Always heard yet never seen, although that hasn't stopped fans from drawing what they think he looks like.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]
* [[Hidden Heart of Gold]]: Fuse has a low tolerance for failure, but he's still willing
* [[Mission Control]]
* [[Motor Mouth]]: For a rather [[Memetic Mutation|memetic]] second in the first game, when Pudding tries to hijack the show. "ISTHATANOTHERREPORTER?!"
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Ulala's dependable co-worker in ''Space Channel 5 Part 2''. He works directly under Fuse and it is speculated, although not confirmed, that he is the only person to have seen the mysterious director.
Noize is a whiz-kid when it comes to inventing. He helps out on repairs to the broadcasting shuttle and creates new types of microphones for Ulala to use in her reports. The Channel 5 technical development chief headhunted and found him due to his skills in technology. In his free time, Noize likes to mix music.
He helps out Ulala a lot during the events of ''Part 2'',
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The CEO of Space Channel 5 and
In ''Part 2'', he's been replaced by Space Micheal, but appears in Extra Mode as a backup dancer. [[Fanon Discontinuity|Not all fans were happy.]]
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* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: He stops Ulala from dodging [[That One Boss|Giant Evila's]] attacks by [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|shutting off the background music]].
* [[Disney Acid Sequence]]: The Blank Dimension is one of the trippiest places in the series. It even returns in ''Part 2'' as the area in which the 100 stage battle is located in.
* [[Embarrassing Rescue]]: Although he makes a pretty good cheerleader.
* [[Evil Cannot Comprehend Good]]
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* [[Kick the Dog|Kick the Morolian]]
* [[Large Ham]]: "Isn't that what [[Motive Rant|TELEVISION IS FOR?! RATIIIIIINGS!]]"
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]:
* {{spoiler|[[Mind Control Device]]: He manufactured giant televisions to keep the Morolians under control
* [[Mecha-Mooks]]: On his last leg, Blank resorts to compromised security bots, [[Evil Knockoff|Evila]]
* [[No Song for the Wicked]]
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Pink sunglasses, that is.
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* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: He designed his [[Perverse Sexual Lust|"lovely creation"]] [[Evil Is Sexy|Evila]] to look like Ulala - and while he does admit to having kept tabs on Ulala, he had no clue about her dancing abilities. [[Panty Shot|I wonder what he was really focusing on?]]
* [[A Twinkle in the Sky]]: "I'll be BAAAAAAACK...!" *ping*
* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: He returns in ''Part 2'', only to be a hostage for Purge. Playing for 10 hours unlocks him as a playable character.
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: By the end of the game, he can only incoherently scream about his ratings.
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A [[FemBot|robotic clone]] of Ulala designed by Blank. Dubbed the "Ultimate Reporter", she was intended to be Channel 5's ticket to universe-wide superstardom. However, she's unable to stop Ulala from dancing her way through the broadcasting station and reaching Blank.
When ''Part 2'' rolls around, she's been reprogrammed and mass-produced as a security bot for the broadcasting station.
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The [[Big Bad|big daddy-o]] Ulala faces in ''Part 2''; leader of the Rhythm Rogues, Purge deploys his robots to abduct people from all over the galaxy with the intent of harnessing their groove energy. Doing so will allow him to complete his superweapon, the Ballistic Groove Gun, and hypnotize the entire universe into dancing with him.
His backstory is a little more complicated. When he was very young (as in ''9 years old''), he was successful in the field of wave mechanics.
The social status and economic power was sufficient enough for him to live on his own.
Eventually, [[Start of Darkness|he started to believe]] that
Unfortunately for Ulala, Purge is [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|much]] [[Beware the Silly Ones|more]] [[Hopeless Boss Fight|serious]] than her previous enemies: wreaking havoc with his dancing robots, kidnapping the President, and even
Did we mention that he's the best dancer in the universe? Needless to say, Ulala's got her work cut out for her.
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* [[Adult Child]]: Not played for laughs. In fact, his childish personality tends to get rather... disturbing later on.
* [[Beware the Silly Ones]]: Purge is an [[Camp Straight|extra-campy]] [[Teen Genius]] in a world already full of [[Widget Series|weird people]]. He wears a giant labcoat, funny goggles, and won't stop [[Giggling Villain|giggling]]. None of this stops him from
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Bi the Way]]: Purge tends to flirt with Ulala a few times, and [[Word of God]] confirms that he has a crush on Shadow at times.
* [[Bodyguarding a Badass]]: Purge may hide behind his robots for most of the game, but once Ulala destroys them and leaves him on his own? He reveals that he's tougher than he looks, even with a purple disco suit on.
* [[Boss Subtitles]]: [[Oh Crap|Super Duper Suit: Purge the Great]].
* [[Brought to You by The Letter "S"]]: Puts giant, stylized Ps on pretty much everything he builds.
* [[Camp Straight]]: Purge loves to pelvic-thrust and looks fabulous in purple. None of ''this'' stops him from hitting on Ulala a few times.
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* [[Lack of Empathy]]
* [[Large Ham]]: Amongst a whole universe of them.
* [[Letting the Air Out of the Band]]: When Ulala is challenged by Purge the Great, there's dramatic music playing while she dodges his attacks. However, near the end of the fight the music is slowly turning into white noise, and eventually stops altogether. {{spoiler|This gives Purge the Great the chance to catch Ulala off guard and fatally wound her
* [[Loners Are Freaks]]: Purge knows nothing about friendship, love, or empathy; with the exception of [[The Dragon|Shadow]], his entire dance troupe is composed of robots.
* [[Lyrical Dissonance]]: Purge's theme is happy sounding, but it's in [[Bilingual Bonus|Japanese Only.]] When you do find out what the lyrics are to his song... Let's just say you won't be able to listen to it the same way again.
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* [[The Music Meister]]
* [[Never the Selves Shall Meet]]: An interesting case. Purge never meets his Clone/Son known simply as Purge Jr. But if you play as Purge and take on Jr, [[Only One Me Allowed Right Now|everyone in the galaxy calls him Ulala, and he sounds like her.]]
* [[Nobody Can Die]]: ...
* [[Not Good with People]]: But then again, living alone with robots for 9 years does that to a person.
* [[Older Hero vs. Younger Villain]]: Ulala is 22, but Purge is only 18.
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* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: When things no longer [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|work in Purge's advantage]], he's more than happy to violently blow them up.
* [[Psycho Electro]]
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: Purge's idea of a "game" is first using President Peace as a human shield, and later
* [[Sinister Silhouettes]]
* [[Sleeves Are for Wimps]]
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* [[A Twinkle in the Sky]]
* [[Unexplained Recovery]]: Purge survives and gets his own cellphone game that explains what happens to him next called Purge's Punishment Show... [[No Export for You|In Japan only.]]
* [[Vile Villain Saccharine Show]]: A mentally ill/disabled boy who's lived alone for 9 years and has decided to "lead everyone to paradise" by making them dance until they die, eventually breaking down and
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: When Purge realizes he can't control the masses, he instead elects to ''vaporize'' them with a satellite laser, not caring if he dies in the attempt.
* [[Villain Song]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3ozUZqji8s Genius Purge!]
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: He's already an extremely powerful genius who can bend spacetime, but UGA explains that Purge takes the dance energy that his robots collect into himself, unnaturally powering up. As you progress to new reports, Purge's plans become more and more dangerous, and he goes from being a goofy rogue to having a massive ego trip and eventually
* [[You Can't Thwart Stage One]]: You can't stop Purge from abducting half the galaxy, kidnapping the president, or assembling his Ballistic Groove Gun.
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