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* [[Author Existence Failure]] - The planned [[Metaplot]] never reached its conclusion due to some of the original writers quitting. However, with the release of ''Heavy Gear Blitz!'' and the upcoming 4th Edition RPG, said metaplot will reach said conclusion.
* [[Axe Crazy]] - Many GREL stranded after the War of the Alliance, being engineered, bred, raised and trained for nothing but war have quite a bit of difficulty adopting to less military life styles.
* [[Chicken Walker]] - Naga and Sagittarius (amphibious and with three-fingered feet).
* [[Cloning Blues]] - The GREL's (Genetically Recombinated Expeditionary Legionaries) are cloned and genetically engineered soldiers that made up the majority of the invasion force sent by earth to conquer Terra Nova. A major plot point is that GREL's stranded on planet after the invasion failed are incapable of reproduction.
** {{spoiler|Until human/GREL hybrids started getting conceived.}}
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] - the soundtrack of the first computer game.
* [[Excuse Me While I Multitask]] - While smaller units have only 1 Action per round, large ones have up to 3.
* [[Executive Meddling]] - The original plotline for the TV series was for the Northern and Southern tournament teams to work together to defend Terra Nova against an Earth invasion. This would have been fine, except the executives bigwigs thought that [[Viewers are Morons|the viewer's wouldn't get it.]]
* [[Frickin' Laser Beams]] - The Laser weapons in the first game were played straight. They fired visible, continuous beams of energy that instantly hit anything they were aimed at. What made them demonic in their effectiveness was their accuracy, silence (they only made a quiet buzz when fired) and their damage, capable of killing anything (and that means ANYTHING) in one shot. The beam could even be swept across groups of enemies, causing damage to all of them.
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* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]] - Back story material covers at least one instance of a normal woman pairing up with a deserted GREL trooper. In the letter she was described as being small, and most male GREL lean heavily towards the large end.
* [[More Dakka]] - The first video game allowed you to alpha-strike your weapons. If your Gear was suitably equipped, it could put on quite a show. [[A-Team Firing|Hitting the target]] and [[Won't Work On Me|penetrating its armor]] was a different matter.
* [[Real Robot]] - Similar to [[Armored Trooper VOTOMS]], which it is inspired by. Gears tend to be much smaller (4–5 meters), and aren't all that dominant over conventional vehicles (they are better at dodging and moving through very dense terrain) and infantry which they need the support of. Also, artillery and air support can help a lot.
* [[Rollerblade Good]] - Wheels, treads or halftracks in the Gears' feet are used for movement over flat ground.
* [[Shoulder Cannon]] - Shoulder-mounted rocket/missile launchers and grenade launchers are the norm in this universe.
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* [[Show Within a Show]] - According to the second edition of the Duelist's Handboook, the television series is, in fact, a ''live action series'' in-universe.
* [[Shown Their Work]] - The team at Dream Pod 9 did their research and as a result, none of the technology presented in-game breaks known physical laws.
* [[Spider Tank]] - Somewhere between humanoid Gears and tracked tanks in
* [[Super Soldier]] - GREL troopers- genetically enhanced warriors and damn good gear pilots.
* [[Tank Goodness]]- The first computer game won many fans by making tanks tougher and more heavily armed than gears to the point that it was suicide to go against a Northern Alliance railgun tank.
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