Dai-Guard: Difference between revisions

** And by "works out," we mean nobody dies. Dai-Guard frequently ends up getting beat to hell and back.

** This tendency is [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshaded]] in one episode where Akagi doesn't want to destroy a Heterodyne that is sitting quietly and not hurting anyone. Everyone is pretty surprised.

* [[Hot Springs Episode]]: Subverted. Tanigawa and Ijuuen visit one just in time to be interrupted by a giant balloon Heterodyne, but little skin is shown and in Tanigawa's words, they had "separate rooms and boring conversations".

* [[Humongous Mecha]]: Strangely, it's the rare [[Real Robot Genre|Real Robot]] that ''looks'' like a [[Super Robot Genre|Super Robot]]; Dai-Guard was designed for the very specific purpose of getting in close enough to a Heterodyne to destroy its Fractal Knot.

* [[No Indoor Voice]]: Akagi, to the point of misunderstanding the correct manner of using a TV mic with deafening consequences.

* [[No Social Skills]]: Domeki. She means well, and she's generally nice enough in person but she doesn't seem to understand social interaction, and doesn't seem to notice or care when she screws up. {{spoiler|"Oh, you think your Dad's a hero? Well, I'd hate for you to labor under a false impression! Let me help you with that. [[Heroic BSOD|Whoops.]] Well, that's to be expected. You'll get over it."}}

* [[Nuclear Weapons Taboo]]: The first Heterodyne was destroyed by an "O.E. Weapon", which stands for "Over Explosion". (It's never actually confirmed to be nuclear in nature - and appears to be some other type of explosive - but its use will leave an area uninhabitable for a period of time in addition to the massive collateral damage.)

* [[Only Sane Man]]: In one of the early introduction episodes, Aoyama remarks on Akagi and Ibuki's unstable nature and heroic tendencies and declares, "I am the only sane person on this robot, and there's nothing I can do about it, except hang on and enjoy the ride."