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* [[Chick Magnet]] (Poor Latooni and Mai: they never know he's only interested in giant [[Robot Girl|robot girls]]...)
* [[Guns Akimbo]], [[Swords Akimbo]], [[Chainsaw Good]] (Of all the units Ryusei has ever used, the R-1 and ART-1 has dual pistols, the R-Blade (and its ''Alpha 3'' [[Ace Custom]]) carries twin blade tonfas and the ART-1 uses ''chainsaw tonfas''. The R-1 Kai (Custom) from ''Alpha Gaiden'' takes the first two tropes to the extreme with a pair of Giant Tonfa Revolvers)
* [[The
* [[Hot Blooded]]
* [[Ho Yay]] (Mainly with Rai, especially to the point it becomes a [[Running Gag]] for fans)
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* [[Magikarp Power]] (In-universe example: Ryusei progressively becomes more skilled as a pilot in subsequent sequels for the ''Alpha'' and ''Original Generation'' games. By his appearance in ''Another Century's Episode: R'', he's caught up with Kyosuke in skill, while in ''Alpha 3'', he's performing insane feats in little more than a custom R-Blade. In fact, he's likely the most skilled pilot ''Original Generation'' has to offer, but it takes him an entire series to showcase his full potiental)
** In-game, the Telekinesis skill can make him this as well. At the start and the middle of the game, Ryusei is a fairly mediocre pilot; by the end, when his Telekinesis level is high enough, his evade can get insane, the the point where the [[Lightning Bruiser|SRX is dodging like crazy!]]
* [[
* [[Parental Abandonment]] (Yukiko's still around, but {{spoiler|his father was a police officer KIA'd during duty}})
* [[Psychic Powers]] (Via {{spoiler|his genes: Yukiko was the first recorded Psychodriver and was considered the strongest human to use her abilities}})
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** {{spoiler|Following Ingram's [[Face Heel Turn]], Rai nearly gets the boot out of the R-2 by [[The Federation]], but he states so long as he's ''on'' the SRX Team, the R-2's his to use}}. Whoo! Talk about [[Badass]]...
* [[Berserk Button]] (Watch him go batshit insane when he {{spoiler|finds Archibald for the first time}})
* [[Bishounen]] (Doubles as [[In
* [[Bodyguard Crush]] (Inverted: it's the other way around for Shine)
* [[Cold Sniper]]
* [[The Comically Serious]]: Even in humorous scenes, Rai keeps up his stoic disposition.
* [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!]] (In ''Alpha 3'' to Ryusei during his [[Heroic BSOD]]. Parodied hilariously in a 4koma where Rai delivers it yelling "PROSTHETIC ARM PUUUUUUUNCH!!!" This fails as Ryusei's fanboy hormones activate...[[Running Gag|or maybe it's his]] [[Ho Yay]] senses...
* [[Ho Yay]] (It should be noted Ryusei's by far [[Seme|the more aggresive of this]] in the [[Running Gag|running gags]])
** And if it's not that, he's usually geting pegged as a [[Lolicon]].
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* [[Precision Guided Boomerang]] (The T-Link Boomerang on the R-Gun, which is powered by her...)
* [[Psychic Powers]]
* [[Rose
* [[Ship Tease]] (Really, when you get an exclusive [[Combination Attack]] with the [[Ascended Fanboy]] whom you have a deep-seated crush on, where said attack is created by your ''rival'' for the fanboy's affection, major teasing occurs)
* [[Talking to Herself]] (Mai also voices Shiro, one of Masaki's familiar cats. This is taken to its logical conclusion in a save-quit intermission: Shiro talks with Mai {{spoiler|as Levi}}, who says the latter should start adding a "Nyan~" [[Verbal Tic]]. She does, but performs miserably)
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* [[Command Roster]] ([[The Captain]], {{spoiler|until he pulls a...}})
* {{spoiler|[[Face Heel Turn]]}} ( {{spoiler|Which starts to get complicated when he reveals he's [[The Mole]] and was the reason for this trope. However, it turns out he's actually a ''[[Reverse Mole]]'' acting in the role of [[Stealth Mentor]], because he never wanted to be [[The Mole]]}}. Yeah...confusing....)
* [[Half
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}
* [[Image Song]], [[Non Singing Voice]] (Well-known singer Akira Kushida sings Ingram's [[Leitmotif]]...)
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* [[Command Roster]] ([[The Captain]], {{spoiler|after Ingram defects}})
* [[Cool Shades]] (In ''The Inspectors'')
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]] (You know you're this when the [[Super Robot Wars Compact 2|resident]] [[Ms. Fanservice]] [[If
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Twin]]}} ([[spoiler: Spectra McCready)
* [[Femme Fatale]] (Pretty much; it's even her [[Leitmotif]] name - "[[Engrish|Woman The Cool Spy]]")
* [[Hey
* [[Hartman Hips]] ('''WOW''')
* {{spoiler|[[Opposite Sex Clone]]}} (After [[Divergent Character Evolution]])
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* [[Stern Teacher]] (Oh boy, is she strict on Ryusei. It's taken to a point where he compares her being nice to him as "the calm before the storm")
** [[Mentor Ship]] (A surprising number of people ship her with Ryusei)
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]
* [[Transforming Mecha]] ([[Captain Obvious|R-GUN turns into a gun]])
* [[The Three Faces of Eve]] (She makes up the "Three Beautiful Sisters", with her as the Mother)
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* [[Badass Adorable]] [[Badass in Distress|In Distress]] (Fortunately, her ''Alpha'' incarnation averts the "In Distress" part)
* [[BFS]] (RyuKoOh's Hazanken/Dragoon Blade). She drops this in favor of a staff and magic in ''Alpha 3'' when RyuKoOh attains its [[Mid
* [[Cutscene Incompetence]] (In ''Original Generation'', when {{spoiler|Ingram}} kidnaps her. God damn it, Kusuha, just put on the Iron Wall/Guard Spirit Command, then swat those grunts already)
* [[Distressed Damsel]] (She will be kidnapped at least ONCE in every ''Original Generation'' installment: first one had {{spoiler|Ingram}}, second one had {{spoiler|Lorenzo and Murata}}, ''Gaiden'' had {{spoiler|Juergen and ODE}} (yes, she really [[Never Live It Down|doesn't live it down]]). The ''Alpha'' timeline, [[Action Girl|on the other hand...]], completely subverts this)
* [[Doomed Upgrade]] (Subverted: in ''Alpha'', she and Bullet are suppose receive the Grungust Type-3 to upgrade from their Type-2, but the villains find the Type-3 first and destroy it. The parts used to repair the RyuOhKi and KoOhKi that become the REAL upgrade are far more impressive than the Type-3. In ''Original Generation 2'', they receive the Type-3 first, but it's immediately crippled by the Einst, until it's absorbed by the Choukijins to form the RyuKoOh/KoRyuOh a la ''Alpha'')
* [[Four
* [[The Four Gods]] (Albeit only two of them thus far in ''Original Generation'', but ''Alpha's'' Shin RyuKoOh/KoRyuOh incorporates all four)
* [[Gargle Blaster]] '''AND''' [[Lethal Chef]] ([[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Her health drink]]; run in terror if you see her offering it to you, at the very least)
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* [[Official Couple]]: (''Alpha'' only; with the way things are in ''Original Generation'', she and Bullet are the [[Beta Couple]] to resident [[Official Couple]] [[Super Robot Wars Compact 2|Kyosuke Nanbu/Excellen Browning]])
* [[Shout Out]] (The Shin RyuKoOh is nearly a [[Humongous Mecha]] version of [[Journey to The West|Sun Wukong]]: its extending staff is a blatant rip of Wukong's ''Ruyi Jingu Bang'' while the Shin RyuKoOh's strongest attack is based on the Celestial cauldron Wukong was put in after his failed rebellion against Heaven)
* [[Shy Blue
* [[Super Prototype]] (The RyuKoOh's data was used to develop the GouRyu in the ''RyuKoOh Denki'' manga, which is used as a base model for her [[Ace Custom]] GouRyu Kai at the start of ''Alpha 3'')
* [[Unlucky Childhood Friend]] (Of Ryusei in ''Original Generation'')
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* [[Everyone Can See It]] (When he first laid eyes on Kusuha, he was instantly smittened; to date, he ''still'' denies that...)
** [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]
* [[
* {{spoiler|[[Evil Costume Switch]]}} (During his {{spoiler|[[Brainwashed and Crazy]]}} stint in ''Alpha 2'')
** According to [[Word of God]], {{spoiler|Bullet will not be putting on the mask like he did back in ''Alpha 2'' for the ''Second Original Generation''. [[Wild Mass Guessing]] ensues whether or not he will be [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] into serving the Garden of Baral in ''Alpha'' for ''Original Generation''. Or like usual, [[Lying Creator|Terada is trolling]].}}
* [[Four
* [[The Four Gods]]
* [[Katanas Are Just Better]] (For his Grungust Type-3 and Shin KoRyuOh)
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She is of the "cool and nihilistic" archetype from Alpha, which means her romantic interest will be the one who is "logical but has an affinity for the opposite gender". As with all of the starting characters from Alpha, she's a [[Psychic Powers|Psychodriver]], but this only becomes important in a few instances; Original Generation makes this more blatant. These are Leona's tropes:
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* [[Ace Custom]], [[Mid
* [[Ace Pilot]] (Her talents are so highly recognized that Marion Radom is opposed to installing the T-Link System on the Siegerlion simply because Leona's ''[[Badass Normal|that good of a pilot]]'')
* [[Alternate Character Interpretation]] (In the ''Divine Wars'' TV series, Leona actually participates in the final battle between the EFA and the UCC; in the games, she's ordered not to by her commander Julia Heinkel)
** In the manga ''Record of ATX'', Leona and few surviving members of the Troye Unit make the decision to join up with the Hagane and Hiryu Custom right before the DC invades Geneva, Switzerland. Leona herself also does the same thing in ''Divine Wars'', only after the DC has finally been defeated in Geneva: and with a little persuasion from Elzam.
* [[Amazon Brigade]] (Was second-in-command of the Troye Unit)
* [[Dual
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]] (Mecha variation: Leona's Guarlion Custom and eventual Siegerlion is about a quarter the size of Tasuku's Giganscudo. [[media:gigan_guarlion_sizecomparision.jpg|This image]] from ''Divine Wars'' illustrates the difference perfectly)
* [[Kuudere]] (Few bits of it here and there; she being of [[Blue Blood]] might have something to do with it)
* [[Lethal Chef]] (Not quite on Kusuha's level, but, unlike her Branstein cousin Elzam, perhaps cooking is not a Garstein forte)
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** Excellen, being [[Genre Savvy]], tells her to cook what she thinks tastes completely AWFUL, then give it to Tasuku. His opinion is that it's the best food he's ever tasted, to her shock and embarassment.
* [[Leitmotif]] ("Treue", which is German for "loyalty")
* [[The Stoic]], [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]] (Leona certainly keeps her "cool"; even the happy-go-lucky Tasuku can do little to faze her)
** Actually, Tasuku's the ONLY one who can break that stoic exterior, but only if they're alone and he's not being retarded.
* [[Wave Motion Gun]] (Siegerlion's Sonic Acceleration)
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* [[Broad Strokes]] (In ''Divine Wars'', Tasuku's already a pilot in the Octo Squad during the Antarctic attack. He also upgrades to the Giganscudo much later than he does in the games, acquiring the mech during the final showdown with the UCC. Unfortunately, like the games, his first sorite in the Gigan results in a close encounter with the business end of Sanger's [[BFS]] that [[Put On a Bus|sidelines him for a while]]. In an interesting twist of fate, {{spoiler|Tasuku's the one who deals the death blow to Tempest Hawker's Valsion Custom during the DC's final stand in Geneva, Switzerland}})
* [[Chest Blaster]] (Giganscudo's Wide Blaster)
* [[Hey
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]] (Mecha-wise, Tasuku's Giganscudo is a whopping 70.3 meters tall and weighs a little over 450 metric tons (487, once it's upgraded to the Giganscudo Duro). In contrast, Leona's Guarlion Custom's only 19 meters tall and her Siegerlion's about 21 meters tall, with both weighing in at around 30-31 metric tons)
* [[Idiot Hero]] (Somewhat: he carries a few undertones, but doesn't reach the moronic levels Arado's better known for)
* [[Leitmotif]] ("Gan! Gan! Gigan!")
* [[Lightning Bruiser]] (Normally, most players wouldn't think of switching out Ryoto Hikawa for Tasuku in the Huckebein MK III Boxer, but players who love swapping characters into other mecha will realize Tasuku's a beast in that machine and practically outperforms Ryoto with it)
* [[Mid
** Interestingly done during gameplay in Original Generations: {{spoiler|when the Hiryu Custom's ambushed by a Neo DC squad led by Murata, Tasuku takes the brunt of a [[BFS|Shishioh Blade]] from Murata's Guarlion Custom. The Gigan's Seize Shields are busted up, so he tells the Hiryu to launch the Seize Anchor module, purges the shields and attaches the anchors to form the new Duro}}.
* [[Shout Out]] (There's a chance that Tasuku will yell out "Chokusetsu Shuda Ryusei Kyaku" when he uses the Gespenst Kick. It's the same-named technique used by [[Ranma One Half|Ranma Saotome]]. Incidentally, [[Kappei Yamaguchi]] voices Ranma)
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* [[Genius Bruiser]]
* [[Heir to The Dojo]]
* [[Hey
* [[I Know Mortal Kombat]] (Drafted into the DC for being a talented Burning PT player)
* [[Leitmotif]] ("Right and Kind")
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* [[Early Bird Cameo]] (In ''Divine Wars'' during the Aerogater attack on San Diego, Yuuki's shown leading a small DC regiment)
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]] (His attitude at first almost seems [[Jerkass|Jerkassery]], until you discover he's got a set a rules that blatantly subverts him being an antagonist; naturally, this is what pulls his [[Heel Face Turn]]. In fact, over the course of ''Original Generation 2'', he becomes more likeable)
* [[Hey
** Yuuki's rivalry with Bullet also mirrors the similar rivalry between Soldat J and Gai Shishioh.
* [[Leitmotif]] ("Believe in our Bonds")
* [[Mecha Expansion Pack]], [[Mid
* [[More Dakka]] (A standard Laz Angriff sports a folding bazooka, small knife, one handheld (two in [[Super Robot Wars Advance]]) missile launcher, two remote missile pods and a fixed missile battery. Yuuki's Laz Angriff Raven, by comparision:
** Keeps the knife, missile pods and missile battery
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* [[Genki Girl]]
* [[Leitmotif]] ("Dance and Brace")
* [[Mecha Expansion Pack]], [[Mid
* [[More Dakka]] (Not as much as Yuuki's Raven, but the Randgrith Raven adds two folding shoulder cannons and a large railgun to its standard armament, along with a Tesla Drive)
* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]] (Virtually no one uses Carla's full name in ''Original Generation''. The only one who ever does is {{spoiler|Van Vat Tran (but only in the Japanese version), right before his [[Heroic Sacrfice]] when he orders Yuuki and Carla to join up with the Hagane and Hiryu Custom}})
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{{quote| ''[[In the Name of The Moon|"I am Sanger, Sanger Zonvolt! I am the Sword That Smites/Cleaves Evil!!"]]''}}
Probably the most [[Badass]] character Banpresto ever created, Sanger's an elite [[The Ace|ace]] who acts like a [[Samurai]] and goes everywhere with a katana in hand. His master is [[Old Master|Rishu Togo]] and he's an extremely good friend of Elzam von Branstein. He likes melee-based robots, especially those equipped with a [[BFS|big honkin' sword]], one he calls a Zankantou/Colossal Blade. He usually calls himself "The Sword That Smites/Cleaves Evil" and has a tendency to make dramatic, otherwise silly speeches and phrases and turn them into totally badass ones. He starts out as a founding member of the Aggressors in the past and then creates the ATX Team. Unfortunately, to avoid fighting his buddy Elzam, Sanger defects to the Divine Crusaders. He fights the team until the Crusaders' fall and goes solo, smiting those whom he considers evil, until he finally rejoins the Earth Federation. Even then, his samurai code causes him to be filled with grief that he [[Heroic BSOD|doesn't feel worthy to rejoin the team he betrayed]], until Kyosuke [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|gives him a Kyosuke Slap]] and utters the legendary line ''"We don't need a moping fool. We need Sanger Zonvolt, The Sword That Smites/Cleaves Evil!"''.
In Original Generation 2, Sanger has a new [[The Rival|rival]]: Wodan Ymir. This escalates quickly, and later Sanger receives one [[Mid
In the Alpha series, his origin differs in that he first appears in the bleak future of Alpha Gaiden as [[The Dragon]] to Magus/ {{spoiler|Sophia Nate}}, [[The Big Bad]] of the game ( {{spoiler|but is recruitable under very special circumstances}}), appearing in a mutated Grungust Type-3 called Thrudgelmir (which Wodan later inherits in Original Generation). In Alpha 2, he becomes the male [[Super Robot]] route protagonist where his new story begins with the Earth Cradle being destroyed by Kukuru. Sanger believes the staff has been killed ( {{spoiler|Sophia Nate does live, while Egret Feff's presumed to be killed}}) and he temporarily falls into a [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] state, but quickly recovers (in part because {{spoiler|the Alpha Numbers want to prevent the bleak future of Alpha Gaiden from occuring again and know what Sanger could become if he's allowed to go about unchecked}}) and becomes a great fighting force for the Alpha Numbers. He also has a [[Ship Tease|soft spot]] with the Loli Irui, which produces rather...[[Lolicon|interesting interpretations in the eyes of fans]].
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* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] (Oh, so very much)
** He cements his popularity as the [[Super Robot Wars]] representative for [[Project X Zone]].
* [[
* [[Expy]] : [[Badass]] with [[BFS]], a Samurai, and the same catchphrase, making it clear that hes one to Akashi Juzo from [[Sakigake Otokojuku|Akatsuki Otokojuku]].
** YMMV of how much this holds,but of the Odin summon from the [[Final Fantasy]] series during Tatsumaki Zankantou. I mean, really! Giant sword, riding a horse, starts atop a cliff, during a massive rainstorm in Original Generations...
* [[Four
* [[Give Me a Sword]] (In Alpha 2, Sanger flat-out requests for the Type-3's Colossal Blade when the Dygenguard's original weapons malfunction. In Original Generation 2, Wodan Ymir makes this decision and throws the weapon to Sanger to help him defeat Vigagi)
* [[Guide Dang It]] (The process for unlocking Sanger in Alpha Gaiden is a little difficult, if you don't know how to do it. {{spoiler|You have to be on Hard difficulty (meaning you have to get A LOT of Skill Points early on when you have unupgraded mechs and little room for error) by a certain stage, then you ''ABSOLUTELY MUST defeat him the second time he appears in the game'' (this step is very easy to screw up, since he retreats at a certain amount of HP), and then finally defeat him right before storming the Earth Cradle, at which point he joins your side}})
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* [[Heroic BSOD]] (Shortly after rejoining the EFA the first time)
* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]] (Him and Elzam, hence the phrase ''[[Memetic Mutation|Real men ride each other]]''. Ultimately leads into [[Ho Yay]] and doubles as a [[Running Gag]])
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]] (Only in the Alpha series with Irui, and the original one in the franchise)
* [[I Am Not Left Handed]] (You're so damn wrong if you think knocking off his Colossal Blade will destroy him)
** This happens in Original Generation Gaiden, and through the power of ''SHEER BADASSERY'', he activates Dygenguard's default OS, giving him access to his [[Rocket Punch|Dynamic Knuckle]], shoulder-based [[Chest Blaster|General Blaster]], and the Guardian Sword, a blade that is a toothpick compared to the {{BFS Zankantou}} but gets the job done.
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** [[Memetic Mutation]] ("Real men ride each other" also [http://daitrombe.net/image/tag?tag=daicensor Daicensor])
* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]] (All of Dygenguard's introductions, where said intro has steadily increased in dramatic effect over the years)
* [[Pre
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] (Falls for it shortly in Alpha 2)
* [[Rocket Punch]] (Dygenguard's Dynamic Knuckle. The Boost Knuckles of the Grungust Type-0 and Type-3 also count)
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* [[Shoulder Cannon]] (Dygenguard's General Blasters)
* [[Shout Out]] (Some of Sanger's techniques are named after some [[Super Sentai]] mecha sword finishers. For instance, Alpha Gaiden Thrudgelmir's sword attack is named [[Kagaku Sentai Dynaman|Inazuma Juuryoku Otoshi]], while one of Dygenguard's named [[Kyoryu Sentai Zyuranger|Raikougiri]]. Later, in Original Generation, his Grungust Type-0 gets [[Gosei Sentai Dairanger|Shippu Dotou]])
* [[Silence, You Fool|Silence]], [[Shut UP, Hannibal|Hannibal]] (And listen!)
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]] (Sanger or Zengar? Dygenguard or Daizengar? In fact, even beyond that, there's his catchphrase: is it The Sword That Cleaves or Smites Evil?)
** Apparently, according to Alpha 2, his default surname's not ''Zonvolt'', but ''Somvold''. Even the [[Fan Translation|AGTP translation of Alpha Gaiden uses this version]].
* [[Sword Beam]] (Overlaps with [[Razor Wind]]: Dygenguard's Denkousekka)
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* [[Redheaded Hero|Red Headed Heroine]] (More like orange, but you get the general idea)
* [[Shout Out]] (Just like Sleigh's Scarlet Comet is this to Char Aznable's Red Comet, Ibis is Shooting Star to Amuro's White Shooting Star)
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]] (Is it Ibis or Ivis?)
** It's ''Ibis'': "Ivis" came from people who never played the game she debuted in (where the very first thing you see is her name in English as Ibis) and assumed that all "b's" in Japanese must be "v's", even though Ibis follows the [[Theme Naming]] of her and her partner (avians) and is, in fact, a real word.
* [[Sweet Tooth]] (An honest one: she loves cheesecake and looks very [[Moe Moe|moe]] when eating it)
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She retreats when the Inspectors attack Tesla Leicht, and to her shock, she finds out she's not [[The Chosen One]] for the Astelion, but it's Ibis (as she can tell, it's not colored red). Enraged and jealous, as Ratsel [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades it]], Sleigh defects to the Neo Divine Crusaders, who were also planning to take TLI in hopes to rescue her brother. She encounters Ibis and quickly decimates her despite Ibis using the Astelion, but her memories as friends prevents her to completely kill her, causing her to somewhat fall from grace among the NDC. She later indirectly helps the team and Ibis, but ultimately, after helping them defeat Vigagi of the Inspectors, Sleigh leaves, feeling unworthy to fight alongside Ibis. She makes a cameo in OG Gaiden, still as an Neo DC, getting chased by both Bartolls and Duminuss' Space Flounders, while being saved by the Hiryu Team (fortunately, no Ibis there).
In ''Alpha 2'', which may as well be the continuation of her ''Original Generation'' story, ''[[It Got Worse|it gets worse]]'': Sleigh's finally summoned back to be given the Vegalion, but then {{spoiler|Ibis commits an accident with sister machine Altairlion, at the cost of Filio's life}}. Sleigh elevates her irritation into a [[
In ''Original Generation'', she sticks with the Calion; in the ''Alpha'' series, she uses the Vegalion, and later the Hyperion. Tropes associated with Sleigh:
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* [[Shout Out]] (Said nickname is a [[Shout Out]] to the [[Mobile Suit Gundam|Red Comet]])
** This gets hilarious as she can fight the origin of her nickname in ''Alpha 2''.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]
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'''Arado''': ''"... [[Gag Boobs|As big as your breasts maybe?]]" (SLAP!) "Ow!"'' }}
The hero of the [[Real Robot]] route of Alpha 2. Arado's an [[Ace Pilot]], who mostly [[Idiot Hero|acts like a complete moron]], which pisses off [[Tsundere]] partner/girlfriend Seolla, but [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass|push the right buttons and he's a complete Badass]]. Oh, and [[Born Lucky|the God of Luck smiles upon him like no other]] (except maybe Kyosuke and Tasuku). His story in Alpha starts out with him being a member of the Titans along with Seolla, but due to some circumstances, he ends up in the Alpha Numbers, realize the Titans are wrong, and fight on their side, eventually winning Seolla back to his side. Along the way, he befriends Irui and gets entangled with the Gun Eden plot. Afterwards in ''Alpha 3'', he tags along with the enigmatic Cobray Gordon and alongside Seolla, helps him recover his memories and lines up to kick some Balmar ass.
In ''Original Generation'', Arado's amongst The School's alumni, along with Seolla, Latooni Subota and Ouka Nagisa. He was drafted to the Neo Divine Crusaders, but a crazy stunt to protect Seolla gets his mech shot down...he lives, gets taken care of by our heroes and proves his worth to become a dependable ally. Like ''Alpha 2'', he brings Seolla back, but {{spoiler|fails to save sister Ouka}}. Also, for this continuity, the Machinery Children are his clones, though his head is too dense to ingest that. He's later drafted to the Aggressors, somehow befriends Kouta Azuma (the future Fighter Roar), but is captured during the ODE Incident. Though saved, he witnesses new friend Lamia Loveless getting killed ( {{spoiler|Or [[Not Quite Dead|does she?]]}}). This lets him stop Kouta from going on a lone, suicidal mission to save little sister Shouko. Arado resolves to fight harder to honor Lamia, but through a string of miracles, {{spoiler|she returns alive and well}}. All this and he hasn't even met Irui yet.
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* [[Cloning Blues]] (The ''Original Generation'' Machinery Children are based on him)
* [[Combination Attack]] (Twin Bird Strike)
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]] (Pretty much Banpresto's poster boy of this trope)
* [[Death of a Thousand Cuts]]
* [[Epic Flail]] ( {{spoiler|During the escape from Mao Industries on the moon, he's given a Boost Hammer to hold off the Inspectors. It's the best weapon to come by when all Arado ever does is [[Death of a Thousand Cuts]]}})
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* [[Idiot Hero]]
* [[Leitmotif]] ("Wild Flug")
* [[Mid
* [[No One Could Survive That]] (Some of the things that happen to this kid are just plain crazy, like {{spoiler|surviving an exploding Lion simply because his ejector seat malfunctioned}})
* [[OT 3]] (Fandom likes to pair Arado, Seolla and Cobray together as a...er, "happy trio")
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{{quote| '''Seolla''': ''Say that again, troper!?''}}
* [[Heel Face Turn]] (Both ''Alpha'' and ''Original Generation'', the latter being a little more pronounced compared to her ''Alpha'' counterpart)
* [[Hey
* [[Ms. Fanservice]] (Slightly trumped by Excellen, but induces enough that Banpresto endorsed her image to be used on Japanese hug pillows)
* [[OT 3]] (Some fans present Seolla as someone who doesn't mind... "switching" between her long-time partner Arado and their friend, Cobray Gordon)
* [[Swiss Army Gun]] (Wild Falken's Oxtongue Rifle)
* [[Tsundere]] (Type A: goes "tsun-tsun" on Arado, but enters "dere-dere" mode when alone. Heads into [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]] and/or [[Can't Live With Them Can't Live Without Them]] in fanworks)
* [[White
=== Irui Ganeden (Voiced by Nao Yamauchi / MAYA) ===
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* {{spoiler|[[Crowning Music of Awesome]]}} ( {{spoiler|"TWIN ICON", a theme designed to strike the fear of God in you}})
* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]] (A textbook example)
* [[Huge Guy, Tiny Girl]] (Especially when she's around Sanger, taken to a point where fans assume Sanger's become a [[Lolicon]])
* [[Les Yay]] (To Ibis)
* [[Moe]] (No one can say they don't want to hug her when she smiles)
* {{spoiler|[[One
** And then laugh evilly when she {{spoiler|rejoins you in the fight against the [[True Final Boss]] if you meet the right requirements.}}
* [[Psychic Powers]] (The most powerful Psychodriver on Earth. At one point in ''Alpha 3'' she teleports the Alpha Numbers from a crumbling dimension after Ryusei fails to do it. And she does it with in a weak condition, still suffering from her [[Break the Cutie]] process)
* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Demotion]] (Gloriously averted. When she rejoins you in the final fight against Kaiser Ephes, she comes in the Nashim Ganeden, which still has her old boss statistics. Yes, she still has six digits of HP.}}
* [[Shrinking Violet]]
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]] (Is it Gun Eden or Gan Eden or Ganeden?)
** At the very least, it's ''not'' "Gun Eden"; "Gan Eden" is Hebrew for "of Eden", most notably in Nashim Gan Eden, which means "Garden of Eden".
*** "Gan Eden" means "Garden of Eden". "Nashim" means "women" (plural). The phrase "Nashim gan Eden" makes no sense in Hebrew, but presumably Banpresto meant to say something like "woman of Eden".
* {{spoiler|[[Well
* {{spoiler|[[Uncanny Valley]]}} ( {{spoiler|Nashim when she opens her eyes, which are unusually big}})
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* [[Hot Blooded]]
* [[Leitmotif]] (''Toushi, Hatenaku'' ("Fighting Spirit Without Limit"). Upon receiving the DaiRaiOh it becomes ''Shippuu Jinrai'' ("Swift Wind, Divine Thunder"))
* [[Mid
* [[Scarf of Asskicking]] (RaiOh and DaiRaiOh are a homage to [[Kamen Rider]], after all)
* [[Shock and Awe]]
* [[Shout Out]] (His unit's a massive one to [[Kamen Rider]]. Now, if only it'll get that motorcycle...)
** Another case of [[Memetic Mutation|real men riding each other]], then?
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]] (Is it RaiOh or LIOH, after its control system?)
* [[Took a Level In Badass]] (And then some)
* [[Training From Hell]] (He has [[Drill Sergeant Nasty|Tetsuya]] [[Mazinger Z|Tsurugi]] as a teacher and one part of his training basically amounted to "getting punched by everyone in the Alpha Numbers")
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* [[Mythology Gag]] (Doubles as [[Meaningful Name]]: the Werkbau's [[Leitmotif]] is " {{spoiler|Another Time Diver}}", which is a remix of {{spoiler|Ingram's "Time Diver"}} theme. Considering Cobray's ending, there's great significance since players began his route. Furthermore, the {{spoiler|Dis Astranagant's}} [[Leitmotif]] "The Gun of Dis" is really a remix of the {{spoiler|Astranagant's "Emissary of the Void/Herald of Oblivion"}})
* [[OT 3]] (Gets paired up with Seolla in fan works, and sometimes Arado is there "assisting" them)
* [[Overly
* [[Sinister Scythe]] ( {{spoiler|Dis-Astranagant's}} Z.O. Scythe. Doubles as a [[Swiss Army Weapon]], as the scythe's handle is also the machine's Raam Shotgun)
* [[Slasher Smile]] (Whenever he uses Ein Soph Aur)
* {{spoiler|[[Time Police]]}}
* [[White
=== Selena Recital (Voiced by Yuko Satou) ===
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* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]] (In the beginning, she tends to switch sides, one of the redeeming uniqueness of her route)
* [[Leitmotif]] ("Crying Survivor". Upon receiving the AS Alegrias, it becomes "Invisible AS")
* [[Mid
* [[Ms. Fanservice]] or [[Stripperiffic]] (Take your pick: that outfit says it all)
* [[Revenge]]
* [[Rose
* [[Sole Survivor]]
* [[Whip It Good]] (The energy knives for the Soleares and Alegrias can double as whips)
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* [[Complete Monster]], [[Omnicidal Maniac]] (The apocalyptic visions you're bombarded with as you're hit by the End of the Galaxy attack shows all too clearly what kind of being {{spoiler|Keisar Ephes}} is)
* [[Despair Event Horizon]] ( {{spoiler|Keisar Ephes}} has the ability to invoke this. It's also a [[Shout Out]] to [[Super Robot Wars Destiny|Perfectio]], since a battle dialogue used by [[Gundam Wing|Heero Yuy]] between him and {{spoiler|Keisar Ephes}} are really recycled lines during the encounter with him and Perfectio)
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]] ( {{spoiler|Keisar Ephes}} all the way)
* [[Emotionless Girl|Emotionless Guy]] (Ace Gozzo considers himself a machine and never shows emotion. His dying words?)
{{quote| "I fail my purpose and my life function are going to cease soon: nothing is wrong with that."}}
* [[Epic Flail]], [[
* [[Evolving Weapon]] (The Zfylud)
* [[God of Evil]] ( {{spoiler|Keisar Ephes}})
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They are the main enemy group in Alpha Gaiden, but merely demoted into a sub-force within the Neo Divine Crusaders (but still proves to be just as dangerous).
In Alpha Gaiden, they're led by a twisted Sophia Nate, calling herself Magus and believes herself as the next evolution of humankind, using the Machine Cells. She's assisted with a fanatically [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] Sanger Zonvolt (later imported as the Shadow-Mirror's Wodan Ymir) as well as three kid clones of her assistant Egret Feff: Ansuz, Thurisuz and Uruz Egret, known as the "Machinery Children". With the current state of the Earth, they are working at least to preserve the planet, but seeing it being ravaged by war and humans, they declare old humans a failure and they, as the new breed, will [[Kill
In Original Generation, they differ in that they're not led by Magus (actually, it's really Sophia sealed inside the ''supercomputer'' Magus), and Egret Feff takes charge in leading them. Instead of being his clones, they're clones of [[Idiot Hero|Arado Balanga]] and naturally, the kids are pissed they're created from an [[Baka|idiot]], with Thurisuz voicing the most anger towards their origin. All around, however, the kids are [[Jerkass|highly condescending and annoying]]. Ultimately, they're wiped out with the combined efforts of Sanger and Wodan.
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* [[Expy]] (The way the Machine Cells are described sounds very familiar to the DG Cells from [[G Gundam]]. Then there's the regenerative qualities that both share)
* [[Kill All Humans]]
* [[Laser
* [[Multicolored Hair]] (The kids)
* [[Retcon]] (In Alpha Gaiden, Uruz pilots a silver Bergelmir while Anthuz pilots a blue one; in Original Generation, it's reversed)
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** Also, Fehu (of which Feff is a misreading), Uruz, Thurisaz, and Ansuz are the first four letters of the Runic Alphabet.
* [[The Virus]] (The Machine Cells, probably)
* [[Well
* [[What If]] (Alpha Gaiden presents the idea of what could've happened if {{spoiler|the Astranagant didn't float into space, but instead crashed to Earth and got absorbed by the Aurgelmir}})
** Rather {{spoiler|if enough time passed that the Astranagant returned back to Earth and got absorbed}}.
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== THE GAN EDEN ==
Originally a pair of planetary defense systems powered by the Psychodrivers ''Nashim'' and ''[[Spell My Name With an "S"|Gebel]]'', they were created by [[Precursors|The First People]] to protect their planet against [[The End of the World As We Know It|Apocalypses]]. However, they only barely saved The First from a massive meteor shower and the [[Gun Buster|STMC]]. Thus, The First tasked the Gun Edens with a new mission: seed life on another habitable planet, Balmar.
After settling on Balmar was completed, Gebel remained to protect Balmar while Nashim decided to return to their homeworld, better known as Earth. She found that most of the The First left the planet as well, but the bloodline of her creators mixed with the younger race of humanity. Nevertheless, Nashim stayed to protect her homeworld and its current inhabitants, who consider her a supreme deity. Both Gun Edens were devoted to their duties as protectors: with Gebel, he created twelve artifical moons ''Neviim'', while Nashim created twelve mechanical gods and blessed four of man-made mechanical gods to help her protect Earth.
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