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{{quote| ''Nothing personal, it's just revenge.''}}
Set in a [[Schizo-Tech]] version of something that may or may not be feudal Japan, the story revolves around the titular character's (played by [[Samuel L. Jackson]]) quest to defeat the strongest warrior in the world. The idea goes that whoever wears the "Number One Headband" is the unquestioned biggest [[Badass]] on Earth, but he (or she) can [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You|only be challenged by]] the person with the Number ''Two'' band -- which is, at the moment, Afro. Making Afro's life a lot more complicated is the fact that ''any'' regular schlub can challenge for the Number Two (and with it, the right to try for the big prize).
The first movie was shown as a five-episode-long series that ended February 1, 2007, and the second movie, titled "''Afro Samurai: Resurrection''", premiered on January 25, 2009. Tired of all the killing, Afro has retreated away from the world. Unfortunately, Kuma and his sister, Sio, find him and take the Number One Headband. Sio plans to resurrect Afro's father, and force Afro to fight him to atone for all the lives he's ended. Afro must once again find the Number Two Headband, to earn the right to challenge her before she's able to do so.
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* [[Determined Expression]]: the young protagonist takes this expression very shortly after seeing his parents killed. This is the moment he is truly destined to become a badass.
* [[Diagonal Cut]]
* [[Doomed
* [[Dramatic Wind]] - Both the Headbands and Afro's hair are constantly billowing dramatically in the wind.
* [[Doujinshi]] - The series started off as one of these
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* [[Headphones Equal Isolation]] - Brother Three of the Empty Seven wears headphones throughout the entire series, and sits with his back to the rest of the group when they're all shown together. {{spoiler|He serves Afro food and tea when he arrives at their lair, and is the only one to survive, possibly implying he knew they'd fail and wanted no part of it.}}
** In addition, {{spoiler|While serving the tea, he simply says "Headband, please." [[Gratuitous Japanese|in Japanese.]], rather than fight him. During the game, he appears in one scene, kisses his hand, thumps his chest, and gives Afro the peace sign while walking out.}}
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]] - Other than [[Samuel L. Jackson|the obvious]], Justice is voiced by [[Ron Perlman]], Jinno is [[Yuri Lowenthal]], Sio is [[Lucy Liu]], and Okiku is [[Kelly Hu]].
** Also, One of Sio's [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] is [[Mark Hamill]].
** Shichogoro is voiced by Liam O'Brien, the man who does [[Naruto|Gaara]] (english) and the [[Star Craft 2]] Ghost unit.
** Tomoe is [[Grey
* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]] - Ninja Ninja is loud-mouthed and ridiculously visible (although he's somewhat stealthy in the second episode of Season One, hiding in the rafters of a house), especially considering that he's hanging out with a samurai who kills everyone he meets. {{spoiler|But then, he's a hallucination anyways.}} The manga version hints that he may be something more, as there is a similar character who only Ninja Ninja can see or be seen by.
* [[Human Shield]] - In the manga, the boy and his sister in the [[Anti-Hero]] example-- In ''Resurrection'', he uses the DJ for the same effect.
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* [[No Name Given]] - Afro Samurai is just known as "Afro".
* [[Nothing Personal]] - "Nothing personal. It's just revenge."
* [[Off
* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]] - It's actually the rule of the headbands: The only one allowed to fight the Number One is the Number Two. ''Anybody'' can fight the Number Two, though.
** In ''Resurrection'', this rule was subverted when Sio could take the Number One headband from Afro at the start because he wasn't wearing it at the time, even though she didn't have the Number Two required to formally challenge him.
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* [[Trademark Favorite Food]] - Afro has a preference for lemonade. His first drink of it was a high point in his generally crappy childhood.
* [[True Companions]] - Young Afro has these at the dojo, {{spoiler|Until nearly all of them are killed at the battle under the Bodhi tree.}} In Resurrection, Sio's vassals function as a set.
* [[Two Guys and
* [[Unwanted Revival]] - The creator commentary mentions that Jinno would have rather died than come back as a cyborg.
* [[Villain Protagonist]] - Afro falls somewhere between this and [[Anti-Hero]]-- He's not ''evil'', but he's a pretty dark character.
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* [[Cyborg]]: Jinno, or at least when he is {{spoiler|reintroduced in episodes 3-4}}. He has certain human parts, like his head, arms, and legs, but has to rely entirely on a mechanical body for his strength, breathing, and possibly his vision. Oh, and it completely erases any sense of morality he had as a human.
* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]] - Afro wears a white shirt, while the AfroDroid wears black. All of the silver accents on Afro's clothes are gold accents on the AfroDroid equivalents. As well, Afro's sword and scabbard are red; the Droid's are gold.
* [[Death
* [[Disposable Woman]] - Otsuru/"Okiku"
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] - One of the Afro Droid's weapons is a very... ''suggestively''-shaped laser cannon. As it charges, Ninja Ninja states "we came all this way just to stare down the barrel of that ''thing''?" After he fires it, he states ecstatically: "That felt good." And then it goes flaccid, and then Ninja Ninja states "I think he blew his load".
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* [[Robot Me]] - The Afro Droid. See [[Evil Knockoff]].
* [[Rocket Punch]] - Guess who?
* [[Sex Face Turn]] - [[Good People Have Good Sex|Okiku/Otsuru has sex with Afro]]. Conflicted, she finally decides ''not'' to kill him while they're in the act. Afterwards, she even goes on to kill one of the random [[Mook|Mooks]] that swoop in to finish the job. Unfortunately, she [[Death
* [[She Is All Grown Up|She's All Grown Up]] - Otsuru/"Okiku"
* [[Throw It In]] - Ninja Ninja's [[Informal Eulogy]] was impromptu on [[Samuel L. Jackson]]'s part.
* [[Tranquil Fury]] - Afro uses this when fighting his [[Mirror Match]] [[Robot Me|robot double]], the Afro Droid, calling on his subconscious to come up with a unique new fighting style on the fly.
* [[Trash Talk]] - Jinno provides this. When Afro refuses to fight him, Jinno starts questioning the stories about his badassery, and then remarks that he can't even take Afro seriously because of his stupid hair.
* [[Vader Breath]] - Kuma
* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]] - Otsuru to Afro, [[Disposable Woman|sort]] [[Death
* [[Wave Motion Gun]] - The Afro Droid's laser.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: {{spoiler|Justice}} claims that by obtaining all the headbands, he will have the power to end all conflict:
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{{quote| '''Sio''': "You truly are the world's most wicked, shit-faced, genius scientist. You'll burn in Hell for your crimes against nature."<br />
'''Dharman''': "You praise me so wonderfully, Lady Sio! I am not worthy of your poetry!" }}
* [[Battle in
* [[Bad Dreams]] - Afro has a couple of these near the beginning, featuring such things as teddy bears with brains leaking out, and his father's half-rotted skull talking to him.
* [[Beard of Sorrow]] - Afro sports one of these in the beginning, after having been the Number One for quite some time
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* [[Heel Face Turn]]/[[Face Heel Turn]] - It's somewhat hard to tell exactly which one it was, since Kuma's [[Good Costume Switch]] occurs when he decides to{{spoiler|protect Afro, who is either a [[Villain Protagonist]] or [[Anti-Hero]].}}
* [[I See Them, Too]] - {{spoiler|Bin shoots a dart at Ninja Ninja when Afro meets Sio's vassals for their showdown; [[Pocket Protector|he's saved by his oxygen tank]]}}. Ninja Ninja just does not have any luck when it comes to cyborgs.
* [[Hoist
* [[I Will Fight No More Forever]] - At the beginning, Afro has given up being the Number One, sitting in a hut, carving statues of those he killed in the first movie. Then he get the crap stomped out of him...
* [[Kill Us Both]] - Used by Tomoe towards the end. Unfortunately, Michael hesitates long enough for Afro to turn the tables and make a [[Human Shield]].
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* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]] - Afro's resurrected father's eyes glow red, as does Jinno's cyborg eye.
* [[Red Sky, Take Warning]] - The final battle takes place under a red sky.
* [[Remember the New Guy?]] - Sio is Jinno's sister, though there was no reason to mention her in the first movie, Afro'd met her before...
* [[Removed From the Picture]] - Sio has a photo of herself, her vassals, Jinno, someone else, and Afro, with Afro's face burned out entirely.
* [[Sequel Hook]]: One ending has {{spoiler|Justice apparently coming [[Back From the Dead]]}}, and {{spoiler|Takimoto}} makes his appearance. Only time will tell if there will be a sequel or not.
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** ''Heavily'' lampshaded by Ninja Ninja, who has a hard time believing all of the above and repeatedly mocks Afro over it.
* [[Stock Subtitle]] - Resurrection.
* [[Ten
* [[The Stinger]] - "I been waiting a ''long'' time for him" {{spoiler|followed by a swift shot of Justice}}.
* [[Time Skip]] - One of unknown length has happened between this and the first movie. One background character remarks that Afro hasn't held his blade in years, and Ninja-Ninja says that Afro's starting to look old, but exactly ''how many'' years is never stated.
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== Game-Only Examples: ==
* [[Battle in
* [[Blade Below the Shoulder]]- The Android Ninja enemies have these
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] - Ninja Ninja does some serious tapping on the fourth wall during the game - among them, calling the player a "Button mashin' motherfucker", and suggesting that just because you watched the TV show doesn't mean you know what's going to happen here.
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