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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]].
The characters who comprise the core cast are:
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* '''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
''Tenchi Muyo GXP'' builds on both the formula and setting of the original ''Tenchi'' series. [[FUNimation]] has released this series in English.
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* [[All There in the Manual]] (Knowlege of the three ''Tenchi'' OVA series is essential to getting the most out of the show.)
* [[Amazonian Beauty]] (Kyo Komachi)
* [[Author Avatar]] (NB for [[Shinichi Watanabe]], which is unusual considering that he's better known for using [[Excel Saga (
* [[Beach Episode]] (Twice.)
* [[Betty and Veronica]] (Kiriko and Amane, with Ryoko B. as [[Third Option Love Interest]].)
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* [[Bottle Fairy]] (Amane)
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] ("Oh! The good luck meter!")
** [[Leaning
* [[Butt Monkey]] (Seina for the first few episodes. Seiryo for practically the entire series.)
* [[Call to Adventure]]
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* [[The Commies Made Me Do It]] (Ryoko B.)
* [[Conspicuous CG]] (The spaceships)
* [[Continuity Nod]] (A lot, mostly towards the third [[Tenchi Muyo!]] OVA. For example, Minami Kuramitsu is seen running the GP spaceship mechanic team after having been sentenced to do so at the end of OVA 3, the planet-sized warship Chobimaru still bears all the grafitti/damage inflicted upon it during its [[Curb Stomp Battle]] against Ryo-Oh-Ki, and Amane makes reference to having sung at the wedding of two characters who became engaged thanks to Tenchi and his harem.)
** It's actually the other way around: the third [[Tenchi Muyo!]] OVA was made a year after GXP, even though in story terms it takes place before. It looks as if one of the primary goals of the third [[Tenchi Muyo!]] OVA was to heal all the continuity changes made in GXP.
*** It's actually a really bizarre continuity nod. The Tenchi Muyo OVA 3 was planned well ahead of GXP, and those changes where included to hype up the third OVA.
** There is also one to Parallel Adventure Dual. At the Last episode of that series Zinv (the primary mecha said to have access to the [[Light Hawk]] Wings was sent to "another world" and in Ep 24 Seina gets his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] by being "sacrificed" to a mech that bears a very striking resemblance to Dual's Zinv (I don't think this was merely a coincidence).
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* [[Cosmic Plaything]] (Seina)
* [[Cheshire Cat Grin]] (Seto, whenever she's feeling mischievous. Almost borderlines [[Slasher Smile]] on a few occasions.)
* [[Cursed
* [[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.)
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* [[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.
* [[Everything's Better
** 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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* [[Hey, It'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
* [[Hollywood Cyborg]] (Tarant Shank after a few too-narrow escapes.)
* [[Holographic Terminal]] (All over the place)
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* [[Shaggy Dog Story]] (Seiryo's quest for good luck charms in episode 18.)
* [[Single-Stroke Battle]] - Played straight with a dual between Seiryo and Tarant which occurs ''just'' before his Scrap Heap rescue described above.
** Played with in Seiryo's duel with Seina. It was single-stroke... [[Defeat
* [[The Siege]] (Episode 13)
* [[The Slacker]] (Kanemitsu, one of Seto's underlings.)
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