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A [[Spin -Off]] of the ''[[Tenchi Muyo]]'' series (specifically, the original OVA incarnation), ''Tenchi Muyo GXP: Galaxy Police Transporter'' begins during episode 5 of the third ''Tenchi'' OVA and progresses further outwards from there, providing something of a detailed look at the series' [[The Verse|Verse]] and life in "civillized" space, as opposed to the original, which by and large mostly takes place on Earth and in uninhabited space.
 
The focus character is Seina Yamada, a young man with a kind heart, a spiky crewcut that is unusually pleasant to the touch, and [[Cosmic Plaything|the absolute worst luck ever]] (His bicycle frequently falls to pieces while he's riding it, doorknobs snap when he's trying to open them, windows and awnings collapse when he's under them, the horse you've bet on loses its jockey while you're listening when he passes, etc). The series opens with said luck bouncing him and anyone in his path around while he hurries to visit Kiriko, a childhood friend who just returned after months out of town. Tempting fate, he takes a shortcut by the home of Tenchi Masaki, whom he [[Sempai -Kohai|admires and respects]] -- just in time to be knocked in the lake by a passing spaceship. This begins his chance encounter with Amane Kaunaq, a Galaxy Police officer who had stopped off on Earth to make a delivery to Tenchi. She assumes that Seina knows about Tenchi's houseguests, and she's impressed that he survived the crash in such good shape, so she gives him an application form for the "GP" and tells Seina to look her up.
 
Seina finally meets Kiriko, and the visit goes fairly well -- although he has trouble explaining the lipstick on his neck! Afterwards, Seina's family forces him to complete the form (they think it's a lottery application), and he's abducted and shanghaied into the Galaxy Police by the end of the episode. Luckily for him, his terrible luck makes him a natural-born magnet for [[Space Pirate|Space Pirates]], and he's soon convinced to try to use his "powers" for good. Before even finishing his training, he is assigned to the GP's decoy unit, which hopes to use his luck as a weapon in order to draw out more pirates and crush them. Of course, since Seina is [[Willfully Weak]], he also accquires a sizable [[Harem]], who, true to the [[Spiritual Successor|spirit]] of ''[[Tenchi Muyo]]'', fight over and embarrass him at every possible opportunity as they hunt down pirates, deal with the intergalactic bureaucracy, and of course, enjoy lots and lots of [[Hot Springs Episode|Hot Springs]].
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* '''Seiryo Tennan''' - A flashy, flamboyant man who serves as Seina's [[Sadist Teacher]] during his academy days. He's incredibly bitter about having "lost" a duel against Tenchi in the main OVA storyline, and as a result, has developed a particularly nasty [[Fantastic Racism|hatred for earthlings]]. Despite ostensibly being one of the "good guys" early on, he pulls a [[Face Heel Turn]] for the sake of his family's business after being kidnapped by pirates, and attempts to make himself into Seina's [[The Rival|Rival]] from then on.
* '''Airi Masaki''' - Chairwoman of the Galaxy Academy, and therefore the GP Academy. Yosho's wife, and therefore Tenchi's <s>[[Berserk Button|grandmother]]</s> [[Oba-san|mother's mother]]. Runs a small restaurant in her spare time.
* '''Neige Ma Melmas''' - A high priestess with [[Psychic Powers]] whom Seina first meets on Jurai. She falls for Seina and decides to join up with his crew after being released from her duties. Despite being [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]], she serves as the show's [[Token Mini -Moe]].
* '''Fuku''' - [[Expy]] and technical younger sister of the OVA's Ryo-Oh-Ki, Fuku is given to Seina after a particularly dangerous mission. Fuku acts as the mind and power source for Seina's second [[Cool Ship]], the ''Kamidake II.''
* '''NB''' - Seina's [[Robot Buddy]] (and [[Author Avatar]] for the series' director, [[Names to Know In Anime|Shinichi Watanabe]]). NB frequently ditches Seina in order to roam around [[Dirty Old Man|videotaping the girls' locker rooms and peeping on his harem]].
* '''Tarant Shank''' - [[White -Haired Pretty Boy]] and a [[Complete Monster]] of a [[Space Pirate]]. Makes a classic entrance as a [[Knight of Cerebus]], but Seina's luck tends to undercut him anticlimactically. Implied to have [[In Love With Your Carnage|a crush on Kiriko.]]
 
''Tenchi Muyo GXP'' builds on both the formula and setting of the original ''Tenchi'' series. [[FU NimationFUNimation]] has released this series in English.
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=== This show provides examples of the following tropes: ===
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* [[Cheshire Cat Grin]] (Seto, whenever she's feeling mischievous. Almost borderlines [[Slasher Smile]] on a few occasions.)
* [[Cursed With Awesome]] (How Seina learns to view his luck.)
* [[Dark -Skinned Blond|Dark Skinned Blonde]] (The Kuramitsu family, who practically run the GP. Gyokuren, a lesser seen member of Seina's harem, is a Dark Skinned [[White -Haired Pretty Girl]].)
* [[The Determinator]] (Seina suffers through days of a Physical Training regimen [[Training From Hell|designed for cadets with]] [[Super Strength]] just to prove to himself that he can make it.)
* [[Dirty Coward]] (Tarant.)
* [[Dirty Old Man]] (NB. Quite unusual behavior a [[Robot Buddy]]...)
* [[Does Not Know His Own Strength]] (Seina suffers this after being enhanced -- the excuse for the first round of [[Innocent Cohabitation]] is him being trained to control it.)
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]] (Toyed with. An early [[Running Gag]] sees NB having large, pointy parts of spaceships jammed into his rear end (don't ask). He reacts just as you would expect. Also played with later on... When Seiryo talks about how his day with Seina has come, a droopy shock baton [[Foe Yay|stands up firmly]].
* [[Dojikko]] (Seina is frequently a [[Gender Flip|Gender Flipped]] example of this trope.)
* [[Energy Weapons]] (Both [[Frickin' Laser Beams]] and [[Laser Blade|Laser Blades]] are used.)
* [[Ensign Newbie]] (Seina is given command over a decoy ship despite still technically being a cadet.)
** Justified in that the higher ups were trying to weaponize his bad luck. Putting him onto a battleship might seem like a good idea until you realize his bad luck bleeds onto ''everybody'' (barring his harem), not just pirates.
* [[EverythingsEverything's Better With Princesses]] (Seto, the "Oni Princess of Jurai". Amane's a [[Rebellious Princess|Rebellious]] [[Ojou|Heiress]]. Partway through the series, Ryoko finds out that she's also related to a man about to become a king, which makes her a princess as well. Seto actually persuades Kiriko to be adopted into the Juraian royal family by pointing out the competition.)
** Neige has just ended 2 millenia as head of state of a theocracy. Which doesn't make her a princess, exactly, but close enough for government work.
* [[Cute Kitten|Everything's Cuter With Cat]][[Everythings Better With Bunnies|-Rabbits]] (Fuku and Ryo-Oh-Ki.)
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* [[Heroic BSOD]] (Seina has this happen if somebody sticks a gun in his face.)
** Not always. When {{spoiler|Elma}} shoves a gun in his face, he keeps his wits about him.
* [[Hey ItsIt's That Voice]] (Yuuko Mizutani, who voices Mihoshi, pulls triple duty in this series as both Mihoshi's mother Mitoto, and NaBiko, NB's [[Fate Worse Than Death]] [[Robot Girl]].)
** In the English dub, Seina is voiced by [[Tony Oliver]] ("[[Robotech|Rick Hunter]]", "[[Lupin III]]"). Elma is Rebecca Forstadt, a.k.a. Reba "[[Robotech|Minmei]]" West; Rebecca also voiced Mihoshi.
* [[Hijacked By Ganon]] (In a heroic variation, Seina is relieved of command of the ''Kamidake II'' during the raid on Da Ruma's hideout because Seto wanted to ruin the pirates ''personally''.)
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* [[Names to Know In Anime]] (Shinichi Watanabe (Director/NB's voice), Aya Hisakawa (Ryoko's voice), [[Nana Mizuki]] (Neige's voice), [[Hikaru Midorikawa]] (Misao's voice), [[Jun Fukuyama]] (Alan's voice).)
* [[Nanomachines]] (Used on all GP members to give them [[Super Strength]], [[Super Speed]], a [[Healing Factor]], and [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|a dramatically extended lifespan]].)
* [[Non -Human Sidekick]] (Fuku, NB to a lesser extent.)
* [[The Nose Bleed]] (Seina.)
* [[No Sense of Direction]] (Mitoto)
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* ~The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything~ (Technically subverted, since we do see pillaging aplenty. However, Seina is only seen in class ''once'' in the entire series.)
* [[Pointless Band-Aid]]
* [[Poorly -Disguised Pilot]] (The episode where Seina visits Tenchi's house, set ''after'' the 3rd OVA series but released well before it.)
* [[Power Gives You Wings]]
* [[Pre -Explosion Glow]]
* [[Rainbow Pimp Gear]] (The ''Unko'' manages to embody this for starships.)
* [[Rape Is Love]] (The grand finale.)
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** [[Mood Whiplash|And then everything goes back to normal]].
** The episode in which {{spoiler|it turns out that Erma is Ryoko Balta and was coerced into being sent to kill Seina}} also qualifies.
* [[White -Haired Pretty Boy]] (Tarant -- at first)
* [[Who Is This Guy Again?]] (Hakuren, Gyokuren, Suiren, and Karen are all very rarely referred to by name in-show.)
* [[Willfully Weak]] (Seina)
* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]] (Tarant. He keeps trying to be a very, very dangerous foe. He keeps trying to cross the [[Moral Event Horizon]]. But this isn't that kind of show, so he's never allowed to be as evil as he wants to be.)
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