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{{tropelist|Rebel 1! ACTION!}}

* [[The Abridged Series]]: It can be found [http://www.youtube.com/user/goteamazuredrive here].

* [[Aerith and Bob]]: This game can't decide whether it wants to be Japanese or not. The NOL would certainly appear to be, if it weren't for all the [[Gratuitous Latin]] thrown in. While most RPGs have a decent amount of mixing, it still makes no sense why Jin is meant to be English but has a completely Japanese name, or why he and Saya have Japanese names while their brother Ragna doesn't. Bang comes from the so-far most traditionally Japanese part of the world, even referring to himself in eastern order, but has a western first name. Konoe A. Mercury is the other way around. Also, normal names like Noel, Carl and Rachel are joined by completely made up ones like Litchi, Tager and Valkenhayn. For the DLCs, we also have Makoto Nanaya right next to Platinum the Trinity, who has personalities that go by "Sena" and "Luna". And let's not forget: Hazama/Terumi Yuuki is working next to a man named Relius Clover. ''Then'' everything goes to hell once it's implied that the ''BlazBlue world is actually supposed to be modeled after this one.

** The English dub makes things a little more confusing. The NOL uses Latin, Jin and Hakumen use Japanese words, Bang uses English words but keeps translated prefixes (Ninja Style Art:) for his distortions, Carl and Relius use Latin as well, and it just becomes one big mess of [[Gratuitous Foreign Language]] mixed with translation issues.

* [[After the End]]

* [[All There in the Manual]]: There is so much of the background information available in the side materials that you can somewhat predict what will happen in the next game if you are up to date with the side materials. Unfortunately none of them are officially translated.

* [[Anime Theme Song]]: "ao-iconoclast" by KOTOKO.

** Continuum Shift continues this by bringing back KOTOKO with the song "Hekira no Sora e Izanaedo"

'''Noel:''' ''[Utterly embarrassed, sobbing]'' A ... A cutting board? She compared me to a... a cutting board!? }}

** Makoto's section of "Help Me! Professor Kokonoe!" confirms this trope to be in play. Kokonoe is, let's just say, very pissed off and jealous at Makoto's boob size... and she's number two.

* [[The Cameo]]: The Bururaji Radio ('''BlazBlue''' radio show) features a cameo by of all people... [[Guilty Gear|SOL BADGUY]]. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-GXfQkHvfM&feature=related Drawn in chibi like other BlazBlue chibi characters.]

** In a later one, Ishiwatari one-ups Sugita's recurring segment with "Scold Me More, Badguy! ([[Heart Symbol]])"

** And later there's also cameos of [[Arcana Heart|Heart Aino]] and [[Persona 4|Yosuke Hanamura]]. Usually when to promote an ASW collab.

* [[Cast of Snowflakes]]: Not just in terms of the characters themselves, but also in gameplay: every character has a unique game mechanic that no other character has access to.

* [[Catgirl]]: People from the Kaka Clan are generally composed of these, with males being a rarity. Kokonoe, on the other hand, is a {{spoiler|half-}}''nekomata''.

* [[Character Development]]: Quite a bit of it too, particularly in Continuum Shift.

* [[Chekhov's Armoury]]: Shows up in the fifth episode of ''Teach Me Miss Litchi Reloaded'' in ''Continuum Shift''. The missing Nox Nyctores will undoubtedly show up in the sequel.

* [[Colour-Coded for Your Convenience]]: [[Word of God]] states that red represents rebellion, while blue represents order.

* [[Combo Breaker]]: Barrier/Break Burst. Every character also has a counter command usable while blocking, but it uses up 50 Heat.

* [[Conservation of Ninjutsu]]: The explanation of how seithr works means this is literally a fundamental law of the universe in ''BlazBlue; there's only so much in a given area for anyone to use.

* [[Damn You, Muscle Memory!]]: If you came here from ''[[Guilty Gear]]'', pressing all four face buttons sets up an Instant Kill. Try that here and you get the defense-lowering (at least in ''Calamity Trigger'') Barrier Burst instead.

* [[Devil but No God]]: Terumi is the closest you can get for a [[Satan]] [[Expy]] who's pretty active in ruining everyone's lives. A benevolent God? Don't even think about it (Takamagahara is quite the [[Jerkass God]]).

{{quote|''"If you're one of those players who are like "I don't need help", or "I just want to unlock hidden stuff", or "[[Guide Dang It|I'll just look up a Flowchart online]]", then you can '''PISS OFF!'''"''}}

** There's also the ''"Teach Me, Miss Litchi!"'' segments that help explain the story to the player by elaborating some of the backstory of the characters, and what certain things are like seithr, the Boundary, Ars Magus, Nox Nyctorus, etc.

* [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]: In game, it's possible for anyone to beat anyone else, and the chance of you winning (theoretically) has more to do with your skill than with a character you're playing.

** [[Power-Up Letdown]]: Subverted in Story Mode during some fights: Ragna can't use any of his D attacks against {{spoiler|Unlimited Hazama}} when he claims his Soul Eater doesn't work on him and pressing the button just stuns him briefly, Jin can only use A and B attacks normally, no special attacks and his D attacks have a much shorter range and obviously don't freeze when [[Living Weapon|Yukianesa]] refuses to activate but fights the next battle in Unlimited mode when his willpower causes it to reactivate, wounded characters start the match with only half health, some fights end when you reduce your opponent's life to 20% or less instead of depleting it completely to emphasize their strength and so on.

* [[Genius Ditz]]: Yes, Makoto likes doing things like [[Big Eater|eating way too much food]] and [[Adult Child|climbing trees for exercise.]] She also went to the Military Academy ''on scholarship'' and joined the Intelligence Bureau at the Librarium{{spoiler|, not to mention playing as a double agent for Sector Seven}}.

* [[Genre Relaunch]]: Along with ''[[Video Game/Street Fighter 4|Street Fighter 4]]'', it's responsible for reviving the 2D [[Fighting Game]] genre.

* [[Hypnotize the Princess]]: Litchi. To Noel. With a chibi-panda. Noel's blissed out "I'm so happy~" lines only add to the [[Fetish Fuel]].

** {{spoiler|What Hazama does to her in ''Continuum Shift'' is a much more sinister version.}}

* [[Idle Animation]]: And your character will likely spout a unique line for each opponent.

* [[Inconsistent Dub]]: At several points in ''Continuum Shift'' story mode, the English dub track switches from using "Azure Grimoire" to its original name, "Blaz Blue," particularly with scenes with Terumi. The written script still uses "Azure Grimoire" during these instances. There are several other scenes in ''Continuum Shift'' where the spoken dialogue doesn't match the subtitles. Annoying especially because this was not a problem in ''Calamity Trigger''.

** One of the biggest examples would be one scene in Arakune's Story Mode when he {{spoiler|meets Nu-13 in a sort of [[Battle in the Center of the Mind]] and she speaks in her yandere voice but the text is written as she's speaking in the usual emotionless-robot-voice.}} This is a subversion, as this was intentional.

* [[Inferred Holocaust]]: {{spoiler|The true ending for Bang's story mode is told from the perspective of the Kaka villagers, who revere Bang as a hero for "bringing the sky back" to their underground city. What's touched upon only briefly is the fact that ''his actions caused the destruction of most of Kagutsuchi.''}}

** {{spoiler|Though Continuum Shift took it into a canonical route and Bang SURVIVES the ordeal.}}

* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"|It Is Pronounced BLAZE Blue]]: And while we're at it, it's Nu-13, not Vee-13.

* [[Jigsaw Puzzle Plot]]: The first game asks a ''lot'' of questions, and leaves most of them hanging. While CS and other material does reveal a great deal, enough to help make sense of past events and the time-skips (along with solidifying the overarching plot of the series), it also creates even ''more'' unanswered questions.

* [[Pinball Scoring]]: A typical one-round score will ''start'' in the low billions of points.

* [[Powered by a Forsaken Child]]: {{spoiler|The Nox Nytores were each made from thousands of human souls used in Nine's human transmutation technique.}}

* [[Practical Taunt]]: Taunting in story or arcade mode completely fills your heat meter (useful in story mode if you have to end a fight with a special move to unlock a given ending).

* [[Rage Quit]]: In online multiplayer, the game tries to alleviate this behavior by slapping a "Disconnected" counter on anyone who quits in the middle of a ranked match. However, the counter goes up for both the quitter and the non-quitter of the match, no matter the reason.

* [[Sealed Evil in a Can]]: The Black Beast. {{spoiler|Ragna is the can. Nu-13 is the can opener.}}

* [[Sealed Evil in a Duel]]: The reason the Black Beast goes dormant, allowing the Six Heroes to slay him is because {{spoiler|Ragna is trapped, fighting him endlessly for a year, until his death.}}

* [[Serial Escalation]]:

** Calamity Trigger, the first game, starts with being a rather standard fighting game, except for its overly absurd [[Pinball Scoring]]: You pick a character, go through 10 fights and have to beat an Unlimited character (essentially an [[SNK Boss]]) to win the game. But the game has a bonus boss, which is absurd even for Unlimited standard.

** Then Continuum Shift II adds even more characters, but surprisingly its Score Attack mode is reduced to fighting 10 normal characters. The reason for this is (unfortunately) simple: CS II has a second Score Attack mode named Unlimited Mars mode, where every enemy you fight is in Unlimited mode. To rephrase: that's almost a dozen characters, all of which are [[SNK Boss]]es.

** Continuum Shift II Extend downsizes the escalation by merely adding one additional character as well as adding more moves to the already-broken Unlimited characters.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Has its [[Blaz Blue/Shout Out|own page]].

* [[Significant Birth Date]]: ''Noel'''s birthday is on Dec 25 (Christmas). [[Irony|Ragna's birthday is Mar 3 (Girl's Day)]]. [[Official Couple|Jin's birthday is Feb 14 (Valentine's Day), coupled with Tsubaki being born on March 14 (White Day)]]. Rachel the ''vampire'' is Oct 31 (Halloween). [[Idiot Hero]] Taokaka is Feb 22 (World Thinking Day and Cat's day in Japan). [[Anime Chinese Girl]] Litchi is [[Tanabata|Jul 7 (Chinese Valentine's Day)]]. Cute little boy Carl is May 5 (Children's Day). Kokonoe the ''scientist'' is Apr 18 (Invention Day). Hazama is Apr 29 (International Dance Day). Nu was born on ''New'' Year's Eve. Finally, Bang was born on New Year's Day, though whether or not this is symbolic is debatable.

* [[Story-Breaker Power]]: Many characters have broken powers that never show up in their gameplay. Terumi can [[Mind Rape]] anyone hit by his chain. Mu can create anything (including time and space) out of thin air. Hakumen and Jin can erase anything they want. Be glad they limit themselves most of the time.

* [[Stripperific]]: First, we had Litchi, who always took the time to move the upper half of half of her dress out of the way so we could see her [[Buxom Is Better|ample chest]] and legs better, as well as Noel (they're both [[Fetish Fuel Station Attendant]]). Then we got Mu-12, [http://ps3media.ign.com/ps3/image/article/106/1068285/blazblue-continuum-shift-20100210115844717.jpg whose outfit] consists of a metal thong, some shoulder pads, and a sort of [[Breast Plate]] that still allows for a [[Bare Your Midriff|bare midriff]]. Then there's Makoto, whose outfit is... well, just [http://www.videogamer.com/videos/blazblue_continuum_shift_makoto_dlc_trailer.html take a look.] Really, if you're going to go that far, why bother putting clothes on the girl? And dear lord, let's not start on fighting, miniskirts, and lolicons...

* [[Super-Deformed]]: ''Teach Me, Ms. Litchi!'' and ''Help Me, Professor Kokonoe!''

* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: {{spoiler|Mu-12, the console exclusive character for ''Continuum Shift'' is Noel after being turned back into her original Murakamo form by Terumi.}}

* [[Take Our Word for It]]: Bloodedge (Ragna's namesake, not the protagonist) was such a badass, that he was the only person in the world who went to fight the Black Beast when it first awakened. He fought it for an ''entire year'' and bought enough time for the Six Heroes to mount a counterattack. Unfortunately, Jubei is the only source of this information, mentioning him once very briefly, and the game doesn't provide with any kind of visual imagery for this inspiring event.

** {{spoiler|The Prequel Manga, Phase 0, reveals that Ragna WAS Bloodedge. Just without the Azure Grimoire.}}