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While it revels in being a classic "space war with giant robots" story, it also parodies the genre, both overtly and subtly. One of its most famous devices is ''[[Gekiganger 3]]'', a classic 1970s-style [[Super Robot]] anime [[Show Within a Show]]. Although ''G3'' seems at first only a device for cheap laughs, it slowly becomes not only a sly commentary on the main action, but also a major element of the plot in and of itself.
Originally licensed by [[ADV Films]], it was recently{{when}} re-released by [[Nozomi Entertainment]].
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* [[The Abridged Series]]{{context}}
* [[Action Girl]]: The female Aestivalis pilots.
* [[A Day in the Limelight]]: Episode 18 focuses on Ruri and her past.
* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Of space-battle mecha series
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* [[Armed Farces]]
* [[Armor-Piercing Slap]]: Ruri delivers one to the scientist in episode 18 upon learning about her early life.
* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: Gai Daigoji, and {{spoiler|the Jovian colonists}}.
* [[Badass Mustache]]: Mr. Prospector.
* [[Barrier Warrior]]: "''Gekigan Flaaaaaaare!''"
* [[Beach Episode]]: Episode 10.
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** This trope ends up causing Ryoko to save an otherwise incapacitated Akito from a crazy lady who seemed to be getting a little too friendly with him.
** Megumi displays this early on, especially when it came to Yurika.
* [[Clip Show]]: Episode 14. They make it more interesting by making it seem like an in-universe show that the ''Genkiganger'' characters watch as if the ''Nadesico'' is a
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Izumi.
* [[Colon Cancer]]: ''Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness''
* [[Comedic Hero]]
* [[Cool Ship]]: The titular battleship
* [[Conspiracy Redemption]]
* [[Conservation of Ninjutsu]]: The ''Nadesico'' is a starship example, able to wipe out swaths of Jovian weapons with its [[Big Freaking Gun|Gravity Blast Cannon]] The Aestivalis squadron also manages to fend off large numbers of enemies. Averted when the ''Nadesico'' first arrives on Mars, only to find out they're heavily outgunned and outnumbered, and barely make their escape.
** In one episode, they manage to destroy several manned ships of greater cost than the ''Nadesico'' by firing missiles from the Aestivalis units. One has to wonder what the ships are made out of.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]{{context}}
* [[Cosplay]]: Among other things, {{spoiler|the Jovians}} wear ''Gekiganger 3'' cosplay as uniforms.
* [[Crew of One]]: The One-Man One-Ship project from [[The Movie]]
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Yurika, in spades.
* [[Crystal Ball Scheduling]]: Akito sure seems to watch a lot of ''Gekiganger'' episodes that have events that coincidentally happen to them in that very episode.
* [[Cut Short]]: There were meant to be three movies.
* [[Deconstructive Parody]]
* [[Deconstructor Fleet]]: The ''Nadesico'' is the ''flagship'' of this fleet.
* [[Deflector Shields]]: Distortion Fields.
* [[Dirty Old Man]]: Yurika's father has an... unusual obsession... with his daughter's maturation into a woman. Seiya Uribatake is just generally obsessed with young women, at least until he [[Heartwarming Moment|reunites with his wife]].
* [[Disney Death]]: {{spoiler|Admiral Fukube}}
* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: [[Subverted Trope|Subverted of course.]] Many of Izumi's puns need to be explained due to their reliance
* [[Doomed Upgrade]]
* [[Dynamic Entry]]: Hikaru does one in episode 22 to help save Akito.
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** Pretty much the entire point of episode 19
* [[Falling Into the Cockpit]]: Akito was just trying to escape, but ends up being an [[Accidental Hero]].
* [[The Federation]] (Mildly averted, in that the UEAF seems to have little influence on the Nergal-owned ''Nadesico'' and its crew for the first half of the series. {{spoiler|Although the characters get drafted in the second half, they don't become any more militaristic or patriotic.}})
* [[Festival Episode]]: A ''Gekigangar'' convention. On board the ship.)
* [[Fist of Enthusiasm]]: Jun introducing Yurika's singing.
* [[Fixed Forward-Facing Weapon]]: The ''Nadesico'' had the Gravity Cannon, which was sandwiched between two forward protrusions. It later gets a [[Mid-Season Upgrade]].)
* [[Freeze-Frame Bonus]]: Episode 17 has one, right after {{spoiler|Yurika breaks Uribatake's figure}}.
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Yukina doesn't seem to be a very effective assassin, passing out and being rescued by her target in the bath, who then tells her how lucky and special she is to him for coming out to their ship. The talk of hope for an end to the fighting by several crew members also confuses her, since she believed that all Earthlings were [[Exclusively Evil]].
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* [[Government Conspiracy]]: {{spoiler|Practically ''the whole series''.}}
* [[Gratuitous English]]: In the [[Theme Tune|epic opening]]. The title is "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrU76ecOsE4 You Get to Burning!]". (Yes, that's really the title.)
** The second episode has a completely
* [[Gundamjack]]: First-episode Aestivalis Jack!
* [[Hair Colors]]
* [[Handsome Lech]]: Nagare Akatsuki.
* [[Harem Hero]]: Akito is a type 2A.
* [[Have We Met?]]:
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Happens a few times. The first instance of it happens after {{spoiler|Gai's death}}, which results in Akito sitting in his room watching the same ''Gekiganger'' episode over and over.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Jun attempts one}} in the third episode.
** [[Deconstructed Trope|Subverted to deconstruction]] in the seventh episode by Akito's reaction when Admiral Fukube attempts [[You Shall Not Pass]].
* [[Hero of Another Story]]: ({{spoiler|Itsuki "Seelie" Kazama, the replacement pilot from the Christmas episode}} is a major character in the spinoff game ''Blank of Three Years''.)
* [[High School AU]]: Parodied, [[Deconstructor Fleet|like everything else]], by the "Early 21st Century High School" virtual reality program in the Nadesico's recreation room.
* [[Holographic Terminal]]: ''Everywhere''.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Gai Daigoji, and it's a major theme of ''[[Gekiganger 3]]''
* [[Hotblooded Sideburns]]: Gai Daigoji, who else? And at least one cast
* [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]]: {{spoiler|The main motivation behind why the Jovians are attacking.}}
* [[Humongous Mecha]]
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* [[Indecisive Parody]]
* [[I Will Protect Her]]: Akito says this almost word for word in episode 22 regarding Yukina.
* [[Jumped At the Call]]:
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Kusakabe.
* [[Killed Off for Real]] {{spoiler|Gai, Admiral Munetake, and Tsukumo Shiratori}}
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* [[Lightning Glare]]: Yurika vs Megumi in episode 10.
* [[Little Miss Snarker]]: Ruri - former [[Trope Namer]].
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: The dub's director claims there were over 120 continuing characters. Needless to say, in a 26
* [[Love Triangle]]: Almost a [[Love Dodecahedron]]. At least a septagon, by Ruri's count.
* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: A standard attack of the unmanned Jovian drones. The ''Nadesico'' also uses one during episode 20 against a pursuing Jovian ship.
* [[Male Gaze]]
* [[Manly Tears]]: Gai is especially prone to these {{spoiler|and his death is prone to invoking them}}, but they're often sported by Akito or Uribatake as well. Also the king of Peaceland.
* [[Mecha Expansion Pack]]: The Y-Unit for the ''Nadesico'', and the shield-defeating Field Lances for the mecha.
* [[Mecha-Mooks]]: The vast majority of the Jovian invasion fleet are unmanned units.
* [[Mega Corp]]: Nergal. So powerful, in fact, that they're able to construct their own warship, the ''[[Cool Ship|Nadesico]]'', able to hold its own against the UEAF. Also counts as an [[NGO]].
* [[Meganekko]]: Hikaru. She's spunkier than most of the Meganekko types, though.
* [[Melee a Trois]]: UEAF vs. Nergal vs. the Jovians.
* [[Mildly Military]]: Justified in the ''Nadesico''{{'}}s case as they're fielded by a corporation and not the actual military.
* [[Mission Control]]: Various characters on the bridge often take this role for the Aestivalis missions.
* [[Mondegreen]]: In episode 20, Yurika is singing the opening song, and mis-sings the lyric "yume no kakera sa" as "yume no Takeda-san". She even gets called on it [[In-Universe]].
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* [[No Fourth Wall]]: Here and there.
* [[No Name Given]]: During production, female Aestivalis pilot Itsuki Kazama was unnamed, so she was referred to in-series as "Newbie" and "Seelie" (by Ryoko both times).
* [[No Sex Allowed]]: Nergal company policy - after all, the ''Nadesico'' doesn't have a daycare centre. The crew seem to ignore said policy towards the end of the series.
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Ruri seems to be the only one who doesn't seem to overreact to every little bit of gossip, battle updates, or news. Often makes [[Little Miss Snarker|snarky comments]] about how idiotic the crew is.
* [[Oracular Urchin]]: Ruri. Lapis does this a bit in [[The Movie]].
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* [[Pungeon Master]]: Izumi.
* [[Ragtag Bunch of Misfits]]: The natural result of putting a together a crew of the most skilled individuals with no regard for "minor character flaws."
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Akito's Aestivalis is a rather bright red.
* [[Recap Episode]]: In which the characters of ''Nadesico'' watch the characters of ''Gekigangar III'' ''watch a '''Nadesico''' episode'' and try to figure out the ramifications of such a [[Time Paradox|paradox]].
* [[Redshirt Army|Red Shirt Navy]]: The UAEF seems to be easily defeated by the Jovians most of the time. When the ''Nadesico'' makes its appearance, they can't even stop one ship from escaping Earth, although to be fair, the Jovians do attack in multiple areas at the same time, forcing them to divert their troops.
* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]
* [[The Red Planet]]: Much of the plot revolves around what happened on Mars, and several of the main characters were born/raised there.
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* [[Sacrificial Lamb]]: {{spoiler|Gai Daigoji, although he lasts until the second episode. He's even shot by his own side.}} Also, Joe Umitsubame in ''[[Gekiganger 3]]'' - his death scene foreshadows that of the aforementioned character in the same episode, even though it occurs in the penultimate episode of ''Gekiganger 3''.
* [[Selective Obliviousness]]: Yurika, with regards to Akito's feelings for her... possibly done strategically.
* [[Serious Business]]: See below.
* [[Shoryuken]]: ([[Large Ham|Gai!]] [[Calling Your Attacks|Super!]] [[Gratuitous English|Uppaaaaaaaaaaah!]])
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** There was another, less prominent [[Show Within a Show]] called [[Magical Girl|Magical Princess Natural Lychee]].
* [[Smarmy Host]]: In one episode, the various female characters on the show participate in a fashion show to be the captain for a day, with Jun and Nagare acting in the role of commentators. The latter fits into this role like a glove.
* [[So Last Season]]: The ''Nadesico''{{'}}s Gravity Blast Cannon, as of about the sixth episode. Possibly a record.
* [[Sobriquet]]: After a certain point, Yurika is officially known to the Jovians as "the Daring Man of Action"...much to her chagrin.
* [[Space Navy]]: The UEAF for Earth, while the Jovians also field one, largely unmanned due to their {{spoiler|smaller population and [[Mook Maker|space factory]]}}.
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* [[Spoiler Opening]]
* [[Stay in the Kitchen]]: While Earth is definitely an equal opportunity employer, the Jovians are... less egalitarian.
** Inverted on the ''Nadesico'' - Akito desperately wishes to stay in the kitchen himself and let the girls do all the robot fighting.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: A particularly [[Tear Jerker|tear-jerking]] sequence reveals that the [[Hurricane of Puns]] Izumi constantly spews are a coping mechanism for her grief — one that isn't really working.
* [[Strange Minds Think Alike]]: A particularly large-scale example - early in the show we meet Gai Daigoji, who has modeled himself after ''Gekiganger III'', and think he's crazy (possibly [[Crazy Awesome]]). Then {{spoiler|we meet the Jovians, who have modeled their entire ''civilization'' after the same show.}}
* [[Stuffed Into the Fridge]]: Itsuki Kazama, who was killed on her very first mission.
* [[Super-Deformed]]: Tenkawa and Ruri are represented as [[Super-Deformed]] versions of themselves when they interface with the ''Nadesico''{{'}}s computer in episode 12.
** There's also a chibi ''Gekiganger'' doll in episode 6.
* [[Surrounded by Idiots]]: <s>Pretty much</s> Ruri's [[Catch Phrase]]. The Jovians aren't exactly the sharpest mecha-sized knives in the arsenal compared to their leader, either.
* [[Theme Naming]]: The Nadesico and the Earth Forces ships are all named after flowers, including the ND-002 [[wikipedia:Cosmos (plant)|Cosmos]] which uses the English name.
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* [[The Unwanted Harem]]: Akito hates having it.
* [[Warrior Poet]]: Kinda. Warrior Chef, anyway.
* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: The ''Nadesico''{{'}}s Gravity Blast Cannon. Later, its upgrade, the Y-Unit's reality-warping Phase Transition Cannon.
** The Cosmos manages to [[Beam Spam]] the first version.
* [[We Hardly Knew Ye]]: {{spoiler|Gai Daigoji}}.
* [[Who Is This Guy Again?]]: This series is really bad about making the names of key characters clear...
* [[Worthy Opponent]]
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* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Most of the [[Ascended Fanboy]]s seem to think they're in an idealistic [[Super Robot]] show, rather than a [[Real Robot]] series where [[Anyone Can Die]], etc. It helps with the [[Mood Whiplash]].)
* [[Yandere]]: Akito runs into one in episode 10. It takes a [[Clingy Jealous Girl|jealous]] Ryoko to rescue him.
* [[Zerg Rush]]: {{spoiler|Due to their smaller population}}, the Jovians have to rely largely on unmanned drones for attacking. Interestingly, the humans seem to have trouble fighting against them early on, but later in the series the ''Nadesico''{{'}}s crew seem more competent in destroying them.
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