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[[File:Tengen_Toppa_Gurren_Lagann.jpg|frame|[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann/Characters|WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?!]]]]
{{quote|''"Go [[Beyond the Impossible]], and kick reason to the curb! That's the Team (Dai-)Gurren way!"''
|'''[[Memetic Badass|Kamina]]''' }}
'''''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann''''' (roughly "Heaven-Piercing Crimson Face") is what happens when [[Studio Gainax]] [[Tempting Fate|is asked to create]] a [[Saturday Morning Cartoon]].
Lonely orphan Simon (pronounced [[No Pronunciation Guide|
Then Simon discovers a strange drill-shaped key—and, soon after, a pint-sized mecha which responds to the key.
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'''[[Late Arrival Spoiler]] Warning (PLEASE READ):''' <small> ''[[Gurren Lagann]]'' was ''wildly'' popular on the Internet during its original broadcast in Japan and the months following its end, and said popularity led to [[Troper Critical Mass]] (and the insanely long—and detailed—page you are about to read). Most of the spoilers below are marked as such, but '''quite a few aren't'''. If you possess any interest in seeing the series for yourself without any spoilers, '''don't''' scroll down the page. Don't even '''Google''' the series name or check out the subpages. The only way to truly enjoy this show spoiler-free is to watch it using the links above! </small>
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* [[Beyond the Impossible]]
{{tropelist|These tropes will pierce the Heavens!}}
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* [[Apocalypse How]]: Pre-timeskip Earth is a class 2. {{spoiler|The Anti-Spirals try to inflict a Class 6 on Earth (by using the moon for a [[Colony Drop]]), to keep humanity from eventually ''causing'' a Class X-4, if the stuff about the Spiral Nemesis is true. The final fight againt the Anti-Spiral causes a few class X-3s.}}
** {{spoiler|Eh, they're fighting in a pocket dimension forged by their own perceptions during the final battle. Nothing that exists there is 'real' except the characters themselves.}}
** {{spoiler|It is more than possible that the Spiral Nemesis is a Class X-5 or even a Class Z outcome, due to the fact that the supposed "Black Holes" (which are likely just used as a term of convenience) cannot be stopped with the use of Spiral Power or anything that the Anti-Spirals possess. This is no ordinary phenomenon, consider that Spiral Power can totally warp reality, create mechas larger than the universe, transcend dimensions and time, and travel and transport any number of people across infinite possibilities and alternate realities. This means that the Spiral Nemesis more than likely devours not only all aspects of their reality, but all alternate possibilities and all outcomes in the multiverse, it would truly be a hopeless outcome and everything would be gone with no stated or implied chance of return.}}
* [[Apocalypse Maiden]]: {{spoiler|Princess Nia.}}
* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: Spiral Power.
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* [[Disc One Final Boss]]: The Spiral King.
* [[Distant Finale]]: The epilogue takes place many years after the climatic battle, and shows how the survivors have settled into their new lives.
* [[Dive Kick]]: As a creation of [[Gainax]], this show is bound to make a few callbacks to ''Gunbuster''; both Kamina and Simon have their takes on the Inazuma Kick. The move is even part of Gurren Lagann's arsenal in the [[Super Robot Wars]] series.
* [[Divide by Zero]]: {{spoiler|The Spiral Nemesis. The Anti-spirals fear that transmuting too much mass will cause the universe to collapse into a black hole. Probably performed in Lagann-hen when the [[Beam-O-War|power struggle]] of two drills causes the pocket universe they're in to collapse into an infinity sign.}}
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Within five minutes of the first episode's beginning, some girls wonder if Simon's going to drill them. It only gets worse from there.
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** It's hard to imagine {{spoiler|Simon and Viral to be fighting in nothing but towels around their waist}} being for any other reason.
* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: The [[Crazy Awesome|show]] literally starts out with [[Stuff Blowing Up]].
* [[Everything's Better with Dinosaurs]]: {{spoiler|Iraak's}} Tengen Toppa Gunman in [[The Movie]] is a robotic T. rex the size of a galaxy. Thank god for [[Spared
* [[Everything's Better with Princesses]]: Nia, though she slowly becomes a [[Hot-Blooded]] freedom fighter as she hangs out with the Team Gurren. Which makes her a...
** [[Rebellious Princess]]
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* [[The Final Temptation]]
* [[Final Speech]]: Lordgenome {{spoiler|and the Anti-Spiral leader}}.
* [[Finishing Move]]! [[
* [[First Time in the Sun]]: The first episode.
* [[Five-Bad Band]]: the Beastman generals and their creator.
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** Kamina is well known for his line, "Don't believe in yourself, believe in me who believes in you" but what is perhaps a more significant line, as well as one that foreshadows his fate, is the exact opposite: "Don't believe in me who believes in you, believe in you who believes in yourself." He is essentially foreshadowing that he will no longer be there to be Simon's moral support so Simon has to learn to stand on his own, which he eventually does, signified by his own famous lines, "I am not my big bro, I am Simon the Digger!"
** The [[Arc Words]] "Yours is the drill that will pierce the heavens!" foreshadow {{spoiler|the titular ''Tengen Toppa'' (Heaven-Piercing) Gurren Lagann.}}
* [[Foe-Tossing Charge]]: [[Tsundere|Yoko]] does a Foe Tossing Charge... to punch Kamina in the face. Reason? He got so [[Distracted by the Sexy]] his opponents ''jacked his [[Humongous Mecha]] from him''.
* [[The Four Gods]]/[[Four Is Death]]: the Four Generals of the Spiral King; their Gunmen are named after the Chinese gods. {{spoiler|And they all die}}.
* [[Four-Philosophy Ensemble]]: (Early episodes): Simon as Cynic, Kamina as Optimist, Yoko as Realist, Leeron as Apathetic.
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* [[Hot Springs Episode]]: featuring [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo|Lawyer Friendly Cameos]] from other famous Gainax characters—in [[Playboy Bunny]] costumes.
** There was even a 3-frame shot of [[Squee|Rei snogging Kamina]]: The only other GAINAX anime he's familiar with is [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|NGE]], but Rei was almost exactly the same in cameo form and Asuka's only difference was her hairstyle. [http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc59/mrpink139/PICSORGTFOI.jpg?t=1235279309\] [http://i219.photobucket.com/albums/cc59/mrpink139/PICSORGTFOII.jpg?t=1235279339\]
*** Haruko from ''[[FLCL]]'' is also spotted in that episode. As were Lal'C Mellk Mal and Nono from ''[[Diebuster]]'': [http://i393.photobucket.com/albums/pp15/andzuha/Tengen%20Toppa%20Gurren%20Lagann/kamina_019_animestockscom.jpg seen here behind Kamina]{{Dead link}}. Nadia shows up as well.
* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]: Played straight in the first episode.
* [[How We Got Here]]
* [[Humongous Mecha]]: The Gunmen and Grapearls, which range from [[Mini-Mecha]] to extremely huge. At the end of the show, the {{spoiler|[[Title Drop|title mecha, the Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]can be measured in ''lightyears''.}}. See [http://i29.tinypic.com/2w56b8h.gif here] and [[
== I-P ==
* [[I Am Legion]]: {{spoiler|The Anti-Spiral King.}}
* [[Icon of Rebellion]]: The Team Dai-Gurren symbol and flag.
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: Each arc uses a line from one character—first Kamina, then Nia, then Rossiu, and finally Simon—as the title for each episode. Also, to follow suit, the title cards for each arc have their own typeset.
* [[Idiot Hero]]: At first glance, Kamina ''screams'' this trope. However, he is actually a good planner and [[Combat Pragmatist]] when the time is right.
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* [[Inventing the Wheel]]: Averted - The new high technology used after the timeskip is all influenced by Gunmen designs, so all civilian vehicles move on legs or have hoverpads attached with nary a wheel in sight. Basing everything on Gunmen also results in ''skyscrapers'' with faces...
** Even mundane appliances like clothes irons, TV sets, and ''doors'' have faces!
* [[Is This What Anger Feels Like?]]: Nia.
* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]: Simon is pronounced "Sea-moan" rather that "Sigh-mun", and Viral's name is pronounced "veer-al".
** [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Simon's name is pronounced with a French or Spanish accent. Since he isn't an English-speaker (the language shown on Leeron's displays is neither English nor Japanese), there's no reason why his name should have the English pronunciation.
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** The idea behind Viral's mech at the Enkidudu stage. Doesn't work; Simon pretty much pwns him without really paying attention, and eventually it gets shot up by Grapearls. {{spoiler|It gets a bit more impressive with ''sixteen'' arms circa Lagann-Hen.}}
* [[Multicolored Hair]]: Nia and Kittan.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Yoko. Let's be honest, the universe itself thinks Yoko is hot. And not just hot, ''smoking hot'' doesn't even begin to describe her looks.
** And the Black sisters too.
* [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]]: "I'm Simon The Digger!!!"
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* [[Supernatural Aid]]
* [[Super Prototype]]: The Grapearl mecha are mass-produced versions of the Gurren Lagann. Of course, being [[Real Robot]]s based on a [[Super Robot]], they're inferior. Gimmy [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshades]] this in one episode. Also, the Custom Gunmen of Lordgenome's Four Generals.
* [[Super Robot]]: Given it runs on [[Rule of Cool]], ''definitely.'' In fact the whole show is a [[Homage]] to classic Super Robot anime that ran on [[Rule of Cool]].
* [[Super Robot Wars]]: We bet you'll all be happy to know it's making it's long-awaited debut in ''[[Super Robot Wars Z]] 2''.
* [[Supporting Leader]]: Kamina of course; though Kittan assumes the role {{spoiler|after Kamina dies}}, even getting two [[A Day in the Limelight|days in the limelight]] in the second arc.
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