Super Robot Wars Alpha/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[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 Hero's Journey]] (His character arc conforms especially well to the Campbellian archetype)

* [[Ho Yay]] (Mainly with Rai, especially to the point it becomes a [[Running Gag]] for fans)

** [[Robosexual]] (The other [[Running Gag]] is he seems more interested romantically with [[Humongous Mecha]] than human girls. Oddly, this doesn't extend to [[Artificial Human|Artificial Humans]] though, like [[Chracters/Super Robot Wars Advance|Lamia Loveless]])

* [[I Know Mortal Kombat]] (Lampshaded by Ryusei in ''Original Generation 2'':)

{{quote| "''I honed my reflexes through years of video games!''"}}

* [[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!]]

** What's interesting is neither side can claim a win yet: sure, Mai gets an exclusive [[Combination Attack]] with Ryusei in ''Original Generation Gaiden'', but Latooni gets a hug from him in ''The Inspectors''. Of course, there's always [[One True Threesome|another option]]...

** Him and Villeta Vadim spend a long time alone together in ''Alpha Gaiden''. Who knows what went on other than training in that period...

* [[Show Within a Show]] (He's a big fan of the arcade game ''Burning PT'' and anime ''Banblade'')

** In ''Alpha 3'', fellow pilots are shocked when Ryusei gives them a rare copy of ''[[Super Dimension Fortress Macross]]: Legend of Lynn Minmei'' romance movie to [[Macross 7|Mylene Jenius]] as a birthday present. Turns out he's only interested in the film's Valkyrie battle scene.

* [[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]].

* [[Mecha Expansion Pack]] (R-2 Powered)

* [[Not So Above It All]] (Although Rai's the team's [[Only Sane Man]], he occasionally winds up falling for Ryusei's blunders. In ''Original Generation 2'', when Ryusei suggests Rai make up a new name for the SRX's [[Combination Attack]] with the R-Gun Powered, he realizes he can't think of anything better)

* [[Not So Stoic]] (Usually plays [[The Stoic]], but then {{spoiler|Archibald shows up}} and all hell breaks loose)

* [[Rings of Death]] (R-2's Beam Chakram)

Tropes associated with Aya:

* [[Attack Drone]] (R-3 Powered's Strike Shields)

* [[Damage Discrimination]] (T-Link Missiles the R-3 Powered fires don't hit friendlies in the area of effect, thanks to the user having...)

** [[Psychic Powers]]

* {{spoiler|[[Enemy Within]]}} (In ''Original Generation 2'', {{spoiler|festering elements of Levi goads Mai in her subconciousness to turn on her allies}})

* {{spoiler|[[Girl With Psycho Weapon]]}} ( {{spoiler|Levi's Judecca}})

* [[Little Miss Badass]]

* [[Magikarp Power]] (A little, though not as much as Ibis Douglas: Mai's got decent stats initially and doesn't get better than Viletta until she's leveled up a bit. In fact, players might relegate the R-Gun Powered to Viletta rather than her, as the former can use the SRX's [[Combination Attack]] in scenarios much earlier through Viletta's lower Will requirement. However, Mai's base attack power for the combination attack is significantly higher than Viletta's, which makes her FAR more useful, especially when playing the game on [[Harder Than Hard|EX-Hard Mode]])

* {{spoiler|[[Mismatched Eyes]]}} ( {{spoiler|Levi has has one red and one golden eye to match the Judecca. Her eye color changes depending on continuity, but also whether her Levi personality or her as Mai is dominant, to which if it's the latter, it reverts back to a natural blue}})

* {{spoiler|[[Not Blood Siblings]]}} (Without any romantic undertones, mind you)

* [[Psychic Powers]]

* [[Rose-Haired Girl]]

* [[Half-Identical Twins]] (Only in ''Super Hero Sakusen'')

* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}

* [[Leitmotif]] ("Time Diver"; following a certain event, his new one is called "Emissary from the Void"/"Herald of Oblivion")

* {{spoiler|[[Magnificent Bastard]]}}

* [[Psychic Powers]] (In ''Alpha'', Ingram's a Psychodriver, though oddly [[Retcon|this isn't touched upon in ''Original Generation'']])

* {{spoiler|[[That One Boss]]}} ( {{spoiler|R-Gun Rivale. AKA "Kamina H. Christ, does that thing really have more health than the game screen can display? AND A WARP FIELD?" Rivale}})

* {{spoiler|[[Xanatos Gambit]], [[Xanatos Roulette]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Evil Twin]]}} ([[spoiler: Spectra McCready)

* [[Femme Fatale]] (Pretty much; it's even her [[Leitmotif]] name - "[[Engrish|Woman The Cool Spy]]")

* [[Hartman Hips]] ('''WOW''')

* {{spoiler|[[Opposite Sex Clone]]}} (After [[Divergent Character Evolution]])

** Only for storyline reasons; she still has the abilities, but they aren't commented on.

** That's only following the [[Continuity Reboot]] for ''Original Generation''. In the [[Game Boy Advance]] versions, Viletta and Ingram are outright stated ''not'' to be Psycodrivers, and don't have [[Psychic Powers]] at all, which becomes important when Katina Tarask temporarily pilots the R-Gun in the first game: she's only able to because Ingram had it designed to be able to fire its [[Wave Motion Gun]] without a T-Link System... {{spoiler|so he could use it on YOU later}})

** Her name is likely a loose romanization of the [[Real Life]] Italian firearms manufacturer Beretta.

* [[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")

* [[Nakama]] (There's a strong bond between her and the Choukijin. In ''Original Generation Gaiden'', Kusuha makes it clear she isn't good at using a sword, yet she can use RyuKoOh's Hazanken effectively as a result of the [[Power of Friendship]])

* [[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]])

* [[Shy Blue-Haired Girl]]

* [[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'')

* [[Retroactive Recognition]] (After years of [[Sugita Tomokazu]] shaping himself up as the ur-[[Deadpan Snarker]] seiyuu (like [[Suzumiya Haruhi|Kyon]] and [[Gintama]]) and a lot of [[Badass]] roles (like [[Blaz Blue|Ragna the Bloodedge]]), it'll be a surprise that Bullet is one of Sugita's earlier roles... and he's more or less a meek, occasionally shy everyday guy who's often the [[Butt Monkey]].)

* [[Rocket Punch]] (KoRyuOh's Tiger Knuckle)

* [[Super Prototype]] (The KoRyuOh's data is used to develop the RaiKou in ''RyuKoOh Denki'' manga, which is used as a base model for his [[Ace Custom]] RaiKoi Kai at the start of ''Alpha 3'')

* [[This Is a Drill]] (In [[Super Robot Wars Original Generations]], KoRyuOh's ultimate attack ends with a massive drill that [[Digging to China|seems to go all the way to China]] before exploding massively.

* [[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)

* [[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)

* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]] (Giganscudo Duro)

** 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}}.

* [[Stone Wall]] (Giganscudo's the slowest playable unit (excluding battleships) with a base movement speed of 5 and some fairly strong attacks. However, the machine's true capabilities lie in its high armor rating and Tasuku's natural "Defense Support" pilot skill, which allows him to interrupt an enemy attack and take hits for adjacent allies)

** [[Meaningful Name]] (Giganscudo is Italian for "giant shield")

* [[The Blacksmith]] (In ''Original Generations'', the Armorlion's built by Ryoto using his Lion F given by the DC and strengthening it with Gespenst MK II and Alt Eisen spare parts. Additionally, he's one of the head mechanical designers behind the Huckebein MK III)

* [[Captain Ersatz]] (Is viewed as a psuedo-clone of [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|Shinji Ikari]], except Ryoto [[Took a Level In Badass|takes levels of badass]] in canon and develops the balls to prove it. His karate and mechanical skills seem to come from a mix of [[Zeta Gundam|Kamille Bidan]]; following [[Continuity Reboot]], tidbits of [[Gundam Seed|Kira Yamato]] were thrown in)

* [[Genius Bruiser]]

* [[Heir to The Dojo]]

* [[I Know Mortal Kombat]] (Drafted into the DC for being a talented Burning PT player)

* [[Leitmotif]] ("Right and Kind")

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]] (Variation: not that Ryoto's chasing around girls, but Rio doesn't like it when his attention's turned away from her)

* [[The Danza]] (Voiced by [[Rio Natsuki]])

* [[Leitmotif]] ("Justice Girl")

* [[Mecha Expansion Pack]] (Her canon unit's the AM Gunner frame for the Huckebein MK III)

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* [[Cultured Badass]]

* [[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)

** Yuuki's rivalry with Bullet also mirrors the similar rivalry between Soldat J and Gai Shishioh.

* [[Leitmotif]] ("Believe in our Bonds")

Debuted as one of the possible protagonists in the first ''Alpha'' game, and later appeared in ''Original Generation 2'' as a member of the Neo DC, alongside Yuuki. In the ''Divine Wars'' TV series, she's seen fleeing the Aerogators during their attack on San Diego, where she loses her family. Presumably rescued by Yuuki, although he vehemently denies he ever did such a thing. Still, it's incentive enough that she follows him around and joins the Neo DC soon afterwards. Unlike Yuuki, Carla's more jovial and kind, often addressing him affectionately as "Yuu". Makes more sense when she doesn't want to leave the Neo DC and stay with Yuuki, despite his attempts. Currently part of the Kurogane's crew, Carla's dream is to become a professional dancer.

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* [[Genki Girl]]

* [[Leitmotif]] ("Dance and Brace")

* [[Psychic Powers]] (Like the rest of the ''Alpha'' originals, Carla's also a Pyschodriver. The Choukijin's revival aside, her powers are not really brought up that much in Original Generation)

* [[Redheaded Hero|Red Headed Heroine]]

* [[Stone Wall]] (Her defense stat is high enough to match or surpass even Tasuku's and Russell's.)

* [[Subordinate Excuse]] (Yuuki's the only reason she stays with the Neo DC)

* [[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)

** 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.

* [[Kiai]] ('''"CHEESTOOOOOO!!!!"''')

** It doesn't help that Sanger's view towards Sophia Nate is more of a [[Knight And Lady]] thing.

* [[Shoulder Cannon]] (Dygenguard's General Blasters)

* [[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?)

** {{spoiler|Alpha 3 [[Retcon|retcons]] this with Selena's story, just like Sanger's ending is retconned with Touma's story}}.

* [[Captain Crash]] (A semi-[[Deconstruction]]: because of her tendency to crash {{spoiler|she ends up killing Filio}}. Needless to say, it turns out ''badly'')

** She is actually more specifically a shout-out to the protagonist of [[Super Mobile Legend Dinagiga]]. Her plot mirrors said protagonist's almost exactly, down to the oddly romantic relationship she has with an amnesiac co-pilot (who is mentally young instead of physically young due to her amnesia), and the same white-dimensional-space scene where the love interest sacrifices herself to keep the protagonist from killing herself to rescue her. About the only difference is the kiss they share.

** The analogy to the former could be taken further, as the Hyperion may be Banpresto's interpretation of a [[Real Robot Genre]]-based [[Gun Buster]].

** It's also a [[Running Gag]] that every girl around her (barring the lolis) outclass her. Even {{spoiler|Irui}} will eventually grow up to have a bigger chest than her. In one 4koma, even ''Sanger Zonvolt'' has a bouncier chest than her.

* [[Redheaded Hero|Red Headed Heroine]] (More like orange, but you get the general idea)

* [[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.

* [[Law of Chromatic Superiority]] (She likes red color on her mech, and her mech is sometimes... well...three times faster)

* [[Red Baron]] ("Scarlet Comet")

** This gets hilarious as she can fight the origin of her nickname in ''Alpha 2''.

* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]

* [[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")

** Also, Arado often yells [[Kamen Rider Kabuto|"Cast Off!"]] when purging the Wurger's Jacket Armor.

* [[Super Soldier]] (Implied throughout ''Original Generation'': due to his conditioning and enhancements from The School, Arado's so outrageously strong he could've overpowered anyone on the Hagane when he was captured. It's more of an [[Informed Ability]], however, as either exceptional or dumb luck's usually the reason why he survived multiple shot downs)

{{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)

* [[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)

* [[Berserk Button]] (Alpha 3's [[Big Bad]] had the gall to shoot Minaki, until a super furious Touma kicks him in the face STRAIGHT TO HELL. ''Nobody'' messes with Minaki)

* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] (Too much hot-blood actually got him brainwashed by the machine and he goes on a rampage)

* [[Charles Atlas Superpower]] (In a universe where it's possible to manipulate time and space to erase your enemies from existence, his [[Super Robot]]'s favorite method for delivering asskickery is to...well, kick them in the face really, really, ''really'' hard. Hard enough to destroy the [[Big Bad]])

* [[Counterpart Comparison]] (With Bullet. Lampshaded in-game: upon completing all routes in Alpha 3, a special scenario featuring the [[Original Generation]] has Minaki and Kusuha notice the vocal and facial similarities between Touma and Bullet, wondering if they're related)

* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]] ("[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dsdQg72z3oo&feature=related Shippu Jinrai]", DaiRaiOh's theme song and one of the best tracks in Alpha 3)

* [[Dynamic Entry]] + [[Hot Wings]] = <s>[[Kamen Rider|Rider Kick]]</s> Jinrai

* [[Fun With Acronyms]] (RaiOh's control system LIOH stands for Lead Innovation Organic Harmony)

* [[Leitmotif]] (''Toushi, Hatenaku'' ("Fighting Spirit Without Limit"). Upon receiving the DaiRaiOh it becomes ''Shippuu Jinrai'' ("Swift Wind, Divine Thunder"))

* [[Mid-Season Upgrade]] (DaiRaiOh.

* [[Scarf of Asskicking]] (RaiOh and DaiRaiOh are a homage to [[Kamen Rider]], after all)

* [[Shock and Awe]]

** 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?)

* [[Cloning Blues]]

* [[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)

* [[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?)

* [[Praetorian Guard]] (The Golar Golem)

* [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] (The Golar Golem and the seven fleet admirals)

* [[Space Jews]] (Balmar's [[Fan Nickname]], due to all of their mechs having Hebrew words for names)

* [[Stripperiffic]] (Almana)