Steins;Gate: Difference between revisions

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|In the true ending, Rintaro prevents both bad futures and Kurisu's death, but with the exception of Rintaro, none of the Lab Members retain any memories of their experiences and Suzuha completely disappears as a result of the Time Paradox (as there's a chance she might never be born in the future of the new timeline). However, it is hinted that the members might not have completely forgotten their memories, as shown when Rintaro meets Kurisu again in Akihabara and she still has memories of the nicknames Rintaro gave to her}}

** However, despite that, {{spoiler|many of the characters that would have suffered [[Downer Ending]] fates have their lives turned around. Since he doesn't have to spy on the lab, Mr. Braun is still alive and hires Moeka to be his store assistant, Moeka herself shows signs of opening up to others, and Mayuri and Kurisu both survive. Plus, if Suzuha is ever born (and it is strongly hinted that she will), she won't be born into a dystopia or post apocalyptic world}}.

** [[Averted Trope|Averted]] with Dr. Pepper.

*** DK. Pepper. Also, UNIQLO, but the bottom half of the logo's blocked out.

* [[Call Back]]: Episode 25, that dude who was selling brooches in Japan is in fact also a taxi driver in LA. And another one which is much relevant to the plot, {{spoiler|see [[Love Confession]] below.}}

* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: Rintaro and Faris are anime, manga, and moe junkies. As a result, they role-play in some of the more comedic scenes of the anime, which usually involves them revealing that they've learned a secret technique or two while punching the air or doing some dramatic motion.

** A huge TV airing FES's performance in Alpha timeline. Giving the right reply to Faris's mail earns the player Ayase's portrait and FES's music, sang by Kanako Itō, including Chaos;Head OP: Find the Blue.

*** Even Seira-tan appears

* [[Crotch Grab Sex Check]]: Ruka is a girl?!

* [[Cry Cute]]: Kurisu in episode 5 of the anime.

{{quote| '''Kurisu:''' One more word and I'll make your neocortex into a flowerpot!<br />

'''Rintaro:''' What kind of threat is that?! }}

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Suzuha, after she travels to 1975 using the time machine fixed by Itaru, having lost her memories then recover it again 25 years later.}}

** Several characters go through this actually. {{spoiler|Moeka hangs herself in one timeline and Mr. Braun shoots himself in another. Even Okabe tries to kill himself at one point [[Trauma Conga Line|while trying to save Mayuri]].}}

* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]]: Kurisu, when Ruka's gender is revealed to her, {{spoiler|and Rintaro, when [[Crotch Grab Sex Check|Ruka's gender is female due to D-mail]].}}

* [[Dude Looks Like a Lady]]: Ruka, [[Viewer Gender Confusion|very]] [[Wholesome Crossdresser|much so]].

* [[It Got Worse]]: {{spoiler|Things keeping get worse and worse for Rintaro, starting from visual novel's sixth chapter (Episode 12 in the Anime).}}

* [[It's All My Fault]]: Upon realizing that his invention D-mail machine {{spoiler|causes all the troubles his lab members are facing.}}

* [[Karma Houdini]]: {{spoiler|Kurisu's father who does lose the paper that would have made him famous, but still seems to avoid any legal punishment for stabbing Okabe. Even worse in the other timeline where he was responsible for his daughter's death and then stole her paper, gaining fame and power.}}

** {{spoiler|The anime did not mention about Nakabachi's fate, but in the VN, he was arrested in Russia for his outburst and being a suspect for attempted murder in Radio Kaikan building.}}

** Not like anyone takes his ham seriously other than Ruka or possibly Faris.

* [[Laser Blade]]: One of Rintaro's many inventions is the Cyalume Saber, which is pretty obviously Darth Vader's lightsaber.

** A strange variety of this comes up when Mayuri gets Ruka to crossdress and Kurisu stares at him for a little bit (when she thought Ruka was a girl). Itaru even notes how [[Lampshade Hanging|yuri]] it is with Okabe quickly pointing out that it's not since Ruka's a guy.

* [[Lighter and Softer]]: ''Steins;Gate Hiyoku Renri no Darling'', the sequel that focuses less on time travel conspiracies and more on fun and relationships.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Daru's dialogue is occasionally peppered with references to various anime and video games, and before the group manages to settle on D-Mail as the name of their time machine, some of the names they come up with reference ''[[The Girl Who Leapt Through Time]]'' and ''[[Back to The Future]]''.

** In the visual novel, Kurisu mentions as one of the impossibilities of time travel the sheer amount of energy it would take to move at light speeds would almost certainly be at least [[Back to The Future|1.21 gigawatts]].

** Kurisu's "One more word and I'll make your neocortex into a flowerpot!" line may come from the MO of the first barcode killer of [[MPD Psycho]].

* [[Shown Their Work]]: In one timeline of their first meeting, Kurisu lectures Okabe on the impossibilities of time travel; the lecture is cut quickly to a picture of Okabe straggling out of the lecture hall absolutely mauled by Kurisu's arguments. In the Visual Novel, this lecture scene is shown to the audience and is literally [[Turned Up to Eleven]], with Kurisu mentioning exactly eleven different theories of time travel, subsequently shooting down two of these hypotheses. That the creators took the time to explain the absurdities of theoretical time travel in a visual novel/anime about time travel shows something pretty special.

* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Moeka is such an extreme case that she prefers texting over talking.

** Ruka too, who is overly easy to spook.

** Episode 22:

{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Suzuha''': "You must stop World War III."-*EPISODE ENDS*}}}}

** {{spoiler|While not concrete proof that this was the case, Suzuha mentions in the same chapter that SERN wouldn't hesistate to hold family members hostage in order to force researchers like Kurisu to go along with them. Kurisu's frightened reaction over her father at the mention of this makes it seem like a very likely possibility that her involvement with SERN was under duress.}}

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Rintaro, sometimes. {{spoiler|The most significant one is when Rintaro chooses let to Mayuri remain dead so Ruka can remain being a girl.}}

** {{spoiler|By the end, however, this is reversed, and those same lines sound downright awesome, and very convincing, notably at the [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|end of episode 23]] }}

* [[Yandere]]: {{spoiler|Nae, 15 years in the future, time leaps to the present to kill Moeka for being unable to prevent her father's suicide, then warns Rintaro that she will torture him to death 15 years later before running away. All because she is not satisfied with killing them once.}}

* [[You Can't Fight Fate]]: Rintaro can change the cause, but can never change the effect.

* [[You Fail Biology Forever]]: Ruko thinks that if a baby's mother eats lots of vegetables, the baby will be born female. {{spoiler|''He's right.''}}