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* [[All There in the Script]]: Several characters that are not called by name in the show have their names listed in the credits. This applies to most of the human cast and even some of the aliens. For instance, the Goth girl who likes Lance in "The Ballad of Scary Mary" is named Kristin, and the Mutraddi frog creature in "The Demon Within" is named Muculox.
* [[All There in the Script]]: Several characters that are not called by name in the show have their names listed in the credits. This applies to most of the human cast and even some of the aliens. For instance, the Goth girl who likes Lance in "The Ballad of Scary Mary" is named Kristin, and the Mutraddi frog creature in "The Demon Within" is named Muculox.
* [[An Aesop]]: Rather subtle by [[Western Animation]] standards, yet rather blunt by this show's standards. Episode 4 had a healthy-eating [[Aesop]], but it focused less on "eating healthy" and more on "eating things that are edible." It also had a good minute's worth of Lance with an armful of fruit eating a nutritious breakfast for no other reason than to... show him eating a nutritious breakfast.
* [[An Aesop]]: Rather subtle by [[Western Animation]] standards, yet rather blunt by this show's standards. Episode 4 had a healthy-eating [[Aesop]], but it focused less on "eating healthy" and more on "eating things that are edible." It also had a good minute's worth of Lance with an armful of fruit eating a nutritious breakfast for no other reason than to... show him eating a nutritious breakfast.
** Actually, the healthy eating message was more of a metaphor for the actual plot of the episode involving Lance's boredom with Earth life. The blandness of the food is Lance's boredom with Earth, but he later realizes that even though it's bland at first, it has qualities that are good for him in the long run. Kids will understand the health message, but older audiences will see the subtext.
** Actually, the healthy eating message was more of a metaphor for the actual plot of the episode involving Lance's boredom with Earth life. The blandness of the food is Lance's boredom with Earth, but he later realizes that even though it's bland at first, it has qualities that are good for him in the long run. Kids will understand the health message, but older audiences will see the subtext.
** Episode 10, which is most remembered for the "[[Fan Service|Booty Quake]]" scene, actually did deliver a rather subtle aesop where Octus all but told Kimmy she didn't need to act like a flighty slut and should respect herself more.
** Episode 10, which is most remembered for the "[[Fan Service|Booty Quake]]" scene, actually did deliver a rather subtle aesop where Octus all but told Kimmy she didn't need to act like a flighty slut and should respect herself more.
* [[Airborne Aircraft Carrier]]: G3's headquarters.
* [[Airborne Aircraft Carrier]]: G3's headquarters.
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* [[Continuity Nod]]:
* [[Continuity Nod]]:
** The construction site in Episode 5 is the same place that was destroyed by the first [[Monster of the Week]].
** The construction site in Episode 5 is the same place that was destroyed by the first [[Monster of the Week]].
** And even before that, the giant effing crater in the middle of the city in Episode 2.
** And even before that, the giant effing crater in the middle of the city in Episode 2.
** G3 has a storeroom of alien objects, including the trio's spaceship and the remains of several monsters they killed in the previous episodes.
** G3 has a storeroom of alien objects, including the trio's spaceship and the remains of several monsters they killed in the previous episodes.
** In Episode 12, Kimmy is seen talking to her friend about the latest episode of ''Highschool Heights'', a [[Show Within a Show]] mentioned in the first episode. "He can't read?" The show is mentioned again in Episode 13, too. Apparently Ilana and Octus are both fans.
** In Episode 12, Kimmy is seen talking to her friend about the latest episode of ''Highschool Heights'', a [[Show Within a Show]] mentioned in the first episode. "He can't read?" The show is mentioned again in Episode 13, too. Apparently Ilana and Octus are both fans.
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* [[Crystal Spires and Togas]]: Galaluna appears to be this initially, but as the series progresses and we get more flashbacks, it has more of a British Regency flavor -- in terms of dress, at least; the architecture ''is'' pretty lofty.
* [[Crystal Spires and Togas]]: Galaluna appears to be this initially, but as the series progresses and we get more flashbacks, it has more of a British Regency flavor -- in terms of dress, at least; the architecture ''is'' pretty lofty.
** And the military uniforms have Napoleonic sensibilities.
** And the military uniforms have Napoleonic sensibilities.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Pretty much any fight Lance has with jocks or criminals.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Pretty much any fight Lance has with jocks or criminals.
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** They seem to have a penchant for exposing Ilana's legs as well. There's actually a scene in episode three featuring both shirtless Lance and Ilana in short shorts. And then there's the episode full of chearleaders crawling around an air duct.
** They seem to have a penchant for exposing Ilana's legs as well. There's actually a scene in episode three featuring both shirtless Lance and Ilana in short shorts. And then there's the episode full of chearleaders crawling around an air duct.
** Speaking of Ilana, at the end of "I Am Octus" her overalls have less material than Lance's shirt.
** Speaking of Ilana, at the end of "I Am Octus" her overalls have less material than Lance's shirt.
** Lance spends the first half of Episode 11 in nothing but his boxers.
** Lance spends the first half of Episode 11 in nothing but his boxers.
** There's a lingering pan of Ilana when she shifts into her spacesuit in Episode 18.
** There's a lingering pan of Ilana when she shifts into her spacesuit in Episode 18.
** Episode 19 sees Ilana coming out of the shower in nothing but a towel
** Episode 19 sees Ilana coming out of the shower in nothing but a towel
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** Partially subverted: She does have a problem with [[Future Food Is Artificial|school lunches having only 1% meat content]], while the stereotypical hippie is, of course, a vegetarian. She ''is'' trying to provide healthier food for the school though, but anything would be healthier than what they had.
** Partially subverted: She does have a problem with [[Future Food Is Artificial|school lunches having only 1% meat content]], while the stereotypical hippie is, of course, a vegetarian. She ''is'' trying to provide healthier food for the school though, but anything would be healthier than what they had.
** She's also been seen to sport some pretty funky clothes, like the technicolor nightmare in Episode 5.
** She's also been seen to sport some pretty funky clothes, like the technicolor nightmare in Episode 5.
* [[Hot Skitty-On-Wailord Action]]: Lance and Ilana seem to have this concern for Octus's relationship with Kimmy.
* [[Improbable Species Compatibility]]: Lance and Ilana seem to have this concern for Octus's relationship with Kimmy.
* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]: No one, not even Octus, had any idea they had the Titan at first. They figure out how it works pretty fast, though.
* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]: No one, not even Octus, had any idea they had the Titan at first. They figure out how it works pretty fast, though.
** Shown in "Disenfranchised," Lance made a Kusarigama weapon construct for Titan, and when he did, Octus was shocked because he didn't know they could do so. It seems to imply that there is really no limit to the constructs Titan could create.
** Shown in "Disenfranchised," Lance made a Kusarigama weapon construct for Titan, and when he did, Octus was shocked because he didn't know they could do so. It seems to imply that there is really no limit to the constructs Titan could create.
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: Corus = Heart, Manus = Hand, Octus = Eye.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Corus = Heart, Manus = Hand, Octus = Eye.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Manus, Lance's mech.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: Manus, Lance's mech.
* [[Mind Rape]]: Xishi and The Shaman specialize in this.
* [[Mind Rape]]: Xishi and The Shaman specialize in this.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The ending of episode 4, which suddenly segues from Lance happily serving food at the cafeteria, to Modula torturing the king for information on Titan.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The ending of episode 4, which suddenly segues from Lance happily serving food at the cafeteria, to Modula torturing the king for information on Titan.
** Earlier in the same episode, Lance is beating the piss out of some crooks, and next we have a shot of him showering with a huge grin on his face, and the whole breakfast scene with him being unnaturally cheerful.
** Earlier in the same episode, Lance is beating the piss out of some crooks, and next we have a shot of him showering with a huge grin on his face, and the whole breakfast scene with him being unnaturally cheerful.
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* [[Mysterious Past]]: Ilana apparently knows little to nothing about Lance's past, which Lance isn't fond of bringing up.
* [[Mysterious Past]]: Ilana apparently knows little to nothing about Lance's past, which Lance isn't fond of bringing up.
** Though at this point his past is substantially less mysterious to we, the viewers.
** Though at this point his past is substantially less mysterious to we, the viewers.
*** Although in the pilot she explicitly says to him, "I know about you AND your past", what Ilana thinks she knows is pretty much what her father knows -- a rather incomplete and slanted version of Lance's growing up years.
*** Although in the pilot she explicitly says to him, "I know about you AND your past", what Ilana thinks she knows is pretty much what her father knows -- a rather incomplete and slanted version of Lance's growing up years.
* [[Nakama]]: By the end of the series the trio consider themselves as family.
* [[Nakama]]: By the end of the series the trio consider themselves as family.
* [[Name of Cain]]: In a recent episode, Ilana's cellmate introduces himself as Cain. Guess what happens.
* [[Name of Cain]]: In a recent episode, Ilana's cellmate introduces himself as Cain. Guess what happens.
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* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: Meat, the jock who keeps bothering Octus in episode 7.
* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: Meat, the jock who keeps bothering Octus in episode 7.
* [[Nosy Neighbor]]: '''Barb.''' ''Dear Lord'', when she thinks the Lunis' have a new pet, she practically ''jumps'' on Mr. Lunis to find out what kind it is.
* [[Nosy Neighbor]]: '''Barb.''' ''Dear Lord'', when she thinks the Lunis' have a new pet, she practically ''jumps'' on Mr. Lunis to find out what kind it is.
** Granted, this is ''Barb'' we're talking about. That was likely less her being nosy, and more like an excuse to practically jump on Mr. Lunis.
** Granted, this is ''Barb'' we're talking about. That was likely less her being nosy, and more like an excuse to practically jump on Mr. Lunis.
** And she has in every appearance so far walked straight into their house with no invitation.
** And she has in every appearance so far walked straight into their house with no invitation.
* [[Not a Date]]: Lance and Ilana's date-like hangout in episode 10. ''They'' don't think it's a date, but the person who invited Lance to the concert sure thought it was.
* [[Not a Date]]: Lance and Ilana's date-like hangout in episode 10. ''They'' don't think it's a date, but the person who invited Lance to the concert sure thought it was.
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** It can also be seen as playing with [[Japanese Media Tropes]] in general. For example Tashy is all about [[Playing with a Trope|playing with the]] [[Mons|Pet Monster]] trope.
** It can also be seen as playing with [[Japanese Media Tropes]] in general. For example Tashy is all about [[Playing with a Trope|playing with the]] [[Mons|Pet Monster]] trope.
* [[Relatively Flimsy Excuse]]: Lance and Ilana masquerade as brother and sister, with Octus as their father.
* [[Relatively Flimsy Excuse]]: Lance and Ilana masquerade as brother and sister, with Octus as their father.
* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]] / [[Rule of Cute]]: <s>Mushy</s> <s>Tarax</s> <s>497</s> [[Squee|Tashy 497.]]
* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]] / [[Rule of Cute]]: <s>Mushy</s> <s>Tarax</s> <s>497</s> [[Squee|Tashy 497.]]
* [[Ridiculously Human Robot]]: The main theme of "I Am Octus". Throughout the episode we see Octus wondering how much is he a machine and how much humanity does he have, if the emotions he has are real or are they just some sort of automatized response.
* [[Ridiculously Human Robot]]: The main theme of "I Am Octus". Throughout the episode we see Octus wondering how much is he a machine and how much humanity does he have, if the emotions he has are real or are they just some sort of automatized response.
* [[The Rival]]: Baron didn't like Lance from the first moment he came to the academy. In his introductory episode alone, he tried to kill Lance after being bested only once. It remains to be seen if Baron will return later on in the series, but the odds are high in favor of it.
* [[The Rival]]: Baron didn't like Lance from the first moment he came to the academy. In his introductory episode alone, he tried to kill Lance after being bested only once. It remains to be seen if Baron will return later on in the series, but the odds are high in favor of it.
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* [[Roof Hopping]]: Lance in the second episode.
* [[Roof Hopping]]: Lance in the second episode.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Ilana is willing to fight to protect humanity from the monsters out to get her, despite her bodyguards' advice to do otherwise.
* [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Ilana is willing to fight to protect humanity from the monsters out to get her, despite her bodyguards' advice to do otherwise.
** It apparently runs in the family. During "Escape from Galaluna", her father, ''the king'' picks up a [[BFG]] and fights on the front lines with regular soldiers. It's implied he's an even bigger [[Badass]] than Lance. When Lance defeats the fake king in Ilana's nightmare, he convinces Ilana it's a fake by saying there's no way he could have defeated him so easily in real life.
** It apparently runs in the family. During "Escape from Galaluna", her father, ''the king'' picks up a [[BFG]] and fights on the front lines with regular soldiers. It's implied he's an even bigger [[Badass]] than Lance. When Lance defeats the fake king in Ilana's nightmare, he convinces Ilana it's a fake by saying there's no way he could have defeated him so easily in real life.
* [[Rushed Inverted Reading]]: Kimmy does it in "Lessons in Love" when Lance and Ilanca interupt her and Newton when they were about to kiss.
* [[Rushed Inverted Reading]]: Kimmy does it in "Lessons in Love" when Lance and Ilanca interupt her and Newton when they were about to kiss.
* [[Sassy Black Woman]]: Lance's driving instructor, who turns out to be [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|pretty nice]].
* [[Sassy Black Woman]]: Lance's driving instructor, who turns out to be [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold|pretty nice]].
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{{quote|“Dark hair. Bedroom eyes. Moody demeanor. I totally get it.“}}
{{quote|“Dark hair. Bedroom eyes. Moody demeanor. I totally get it.“}}
* [[Stylistic Suck]]: ''[[Show Within a Show|Animal Friends]]'', as well as the aforementioned parody of high school dramas.
* [[Stylistic Suck]]: ''[[Show Within a Show|Animal Friends]]'', as well as the aforementioned parody of high school dramas.
* [[Super Robot]]: The show is an homage to the anime that define this trope, so naturally, the titular titan is one.
* [[Super Robot]]: The show is an homage to the anime that define this trope, so naturally, the titular titan is one.
* [[Survivor Guilt]]: Lance in episode 18 {{spoiler|immediately after Octus' death -- because he fell behind and Octus only died because he returned to save Lance}}.
* [[Survivor Guilt]]: Lance in episode 18 {{spoiler|immediately after Octus' death -- because he fell behind and Octus only died because he returned to save Lance}}.
* [[Swiss Army Hero]]: Titan uses [[Do-Anything Robot|Octus']] energy conversion with Lance's imagination to [[Shapeshifter Weapon|make any melee weapon]] they need at the moment. To a lesser extent, the same is true of Ilana's imagination and defensive items.
* [[Swiss Army Hero]]: Titan uses [[Do-Anything Robot|Octus']] energy conversion with Lance's imagination to [[Shapeshifter Weapon|make any melee weapon]] they need at the moment. To a lesser extent, the same is true of Ilana's imagination and defensive items.
* [[Take That]]: At the CW and teenage high school drama shows.
* [[Take That]]: At the CW and teenage high school drama shows.
** Doubles as [[Biting the Hand Humor]] since Time Warner, owner of Cartoon Network, owns half of the WC... er... [[The CW]].
** Doubles as [[Biting the Hand Humor]] since Time Warner, owner of Cartoon Network, owns half of the WC... er... [[The CW]].
* [[Tanks for Nothing]]: General Steel's default response to a threat is to throw tanks at it. This never works, of course.
* [[Tanks for Nothing]]: General Steel's default response to a threat is to throw tanks at it. This never works, of course.
* [[Tar and Feathers]]: "The Ballad of Scary Mary", although it was probably a substance like molasses rather than tar.
* [[Tar and Feathers]]: "The Ballad of Scary Mary", although it was probably a substance like molasses rather than tar.
* [[Technology Porn]]: Titan.
* [[Technology Porn]]: Titan.
* [[Teens Are Monsters]]: Everyone at the trio's high school are jerks. It takes twelve episodes for the three to have a conversation with someone that isn't filled with scorn.
* [[Teens Are Monsters]]: Everyone at the trio's high school are jerks. It takes twelve episodes for the three to have a conversation with someone that isn't filled with scorn.
* [[That's No Moon]]: In ''Tashy 497''. Modula's ship is shown landing on a [[Death World]] where his [[Robeast|Robeasts]] come from. During one of the establishing shots, a nearby mountain range suddenly opens its eyes as the ship flies past.
* [[That's No Moon]]: In ''Tashy 497''. Modula's ship is shown landing on a [[Death World]] where his [[Robeast|Robeasts]] come from. During one of the establishing shots, a nearby mountain range suddenly opens its eyes as the ship flies past.
* [[He Cleans Up Nicely|They Clean Up Nicely]]: We knew Ilana looked pretty in formal wear, but Lance (after giving the suit his own take) and Octus (after deciding to alter his shape a little) also do.
* [[He Cleans Up Nicely|They Clean Up Nicely]]: We knew Ilana looked pretty in formal wear, but Lance (after giving the suit his own take) and Octus (after deciding to alter his shape a little) also do.
* [[Title Drop]]: Octus first refers to the trio's robotic warrior as the Sym-Bionic Titan after Ilana mentions that the media has dubbed it with the name.
* [[Title Drop]]: Octus first refers to the trio's robotic warrior as the Sym-Bionic Titan after Ilana mentions that the media has dubbed it with the name.
* [[Three Chords and the Truth]]: The band Disenfranchised.
* [[Three Chords and the Truth]]: The band Disenfranchised.
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* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Lance after {{spoiler|Octus' death}}.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Lance after {{spoiler|Octus' death}}.
** To explain: {{spoiler|He took over G3's ship and let loose everything in it had into the monster and the space station, vaporizing it completely. Even Solomon, who is just as [[Badass]] as Lance is, knew it was a good idea to stay out of his way despite the fact his ship had just been hijacked.}}
** To explain: {{spoiler|He took over G3's ship and let loose everything in it had into the monster and the space station, vaporizing it completely. Even Solomon, who is just as [[Badass]] as Lance is, knew it was a good idea to stay out of his way despite the fact his ship had just been hijacked.}}
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: Octus, to the point where he can make small adjustments (relatively speaking) on the fly.
* [[Voluntary Shapeshifting]]: Octus, to the point where he can make small adjustments (relatively speaking) on the fly.
** The creature in episode 12 is seen walking through a crowd of people and randomly changing form as it goes.
** The creature in episode 12 is seen walking through a crowd of people and randomly changing form as it goes.
* [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World]]: It's a given, really.
* [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World]]: It's a given, really.
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* [[Wham! Episode]]: Episode 18, "A Crisis in the Family".
* [[Wham! Episode]]: Episode 18, "A Crisis in the Family".
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Illana's actual bodyguard being injured in the invasion meant Lance was the only ready choice.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Illana's actual bodyguard being injured in the invasion meant Lance was the only ready choice.
* [["What Do They Fear?" Episode]]: "Shaman of Fear."
* [["What Do They Fear?" Episode]]: "Shaman of Fear."
* [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]]: This show gets away with a fair amount of violence. And an amazing amount of blatant [[Fan Service|fanservice (see above).]]
* [[What Do You Mean It's for Kids?]]: This show gets away with a fair amount of violence. And an amazing amount of blatant [[Fan Service|fanservice (see above).]]
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Barb opening a can of tuna fish for her dog.
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Barb opening a can of tuna fish for her dog.
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* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Mike Chan's ''[[Stripperific]]'' girlfriend who [[The Voiceless|never spoke]] for some reason wasn't seen again in the end of the episode.
* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: Mike Chan's ''[[Stripperific]]'' girlfriend who [[The Voiceless|never spoke]] for some reason wasn't seen again in the end of the episode.
** {{spoiler|The mysterious man who Solomon reports to and later fixes Octus.}}
** {{spoiler|The mysterious man who Solomon reports to and later fixes Octus.}}
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: It's apparently quite OK to tear apart the bad guys as long as they're the monstrous Mutradi, but Ilana immediately orders Lance to use non-lethal force once they discover that the humans look just like them (never mind that said humans were attacking them). Sure, their enemy may be monsters and easy enough to tell apart from natives, but it leads to [[Fridge Logic]] (and [[Fridge Horror]]) about the possible massacre that might've happened if they had landed on an equally innocent planet with inhabitants who look less than human/Galalunan.
* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: It's apparently quite OK to tear apart the bad guys as long as they're the monstrous Mutradi, but Ilana immediately orders Lance to use non-lethal force once they discover that the humans look just like them (never mind that said humans were attacking them). Sure, their enemy may be monsters and easy enough to tell apart from natives, but it leads to [[Fridge Logic]] (and [[Fridge Horror]]) about the possible massacre that might've happened if they had landed on an equally innocent planet with inhabitants who look less than human/Galalunan.
** We find out later that they were sent to Earth specifically ''because'' they looked so much like Galalunans... but the masks the soldiers were wearing and their "shoot first, ask later" attitude didn't help.
** We find out later that they were sent to Earth specifically ''because'' they looked so much like Galalunans... but the masks the soldiers were wearing and their "shoot first, ask later" attitude didn't help.
** Episode 11 has them go all-out on G3 troopers. It's never stated that anyone was killed, though.
** Episode 11 has them go all-out on G3 troopers. It's never stated that anyone was killed, though.
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