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* [[Absurdly Youthful Mother]]: Kusanagi has an 8 year old daughter, but is still physically a child herself.
* [[Ace Pilot]]: Five of them are noted, though two are the same person.
* [[AKA-47]]: Most, if not all of the aircraft that appeared in the movie are fusions of various WWII aircraft designs.
** Rostock's primary fighter plane, the Sanka Mark B, is heavily based on the Kyushu J7W1 Shinden, albeit with a pari of triple-bladed contra-rotating propellers instead of a single six-bladed one.
** Teacher's aircraft, the Skyly J-2 (or [[Gratuitous German|J-Zwei]] as the Rostock pilots call it) is a fusion of multiple aircraft of both Allied and Axis origins. The nose of the aircraft and its propeller-hub mounted cannon are based on the Focke-Wulf Ta 152. The fuselage and contra-rotating resembles that of a Supermarine Seafire FR.47 or a Martin-Baker MB5. And finally its wings and overall sliver color scheme are taken from the Fisher P-75 Eagle.
** Lautern's more common fighter plane, the Rainbow, is a blend of various British aircraft designs, most notably the De Havilland Mosquito, the Gloster Meteor and the Supermarine Spitfire.
** Lautern's Fortune heavy bombers appear to be a fusion of a Avro Lancaster with the unbuilt Victory Bomber concept.
** Rostock's Someka heavy fighter doesn't seem to resemble any WWII design, instead it bears more resemblance to the Piaggio P.180 Avanti executive transport. The closest WWII design it resembles is the Miles M.39B Libellula.
** Rostock's heavy bombers are heavily based on the Northrop YB-35, except with six engines, a pair of tall rudders and a sizeable keel which folds up when landing.
** Rostock's airborne refuelling tanker, the Whale, seems to be a blend of Martin PBM Mariner and a Dornier Do 24.
* [[Alternate History]] / [[Alternate Universe]]: It's not established in what year the movie is set in, but it features old school airplanes side by side with flat-screen TVs, and apparently conventional war has been completely eliminated in favour of [[War for Fun and Profit]] that doesn't put civilians, or governments for that matter, at risk.
* [[Anyone Can Die]]: And a few weeks later they'll rejoin your squadron with the same twitches, tics and habits (folding a paper, breaking a match), but new memories.
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** The Tulip is based off the P-51D Mustang, only sleeker, and with inverted gull wings.
** The Incident is the only plane that doesn't resemble a WWII aircraft, while its twin broom design seems to be based off the P-38 Lightning, it actually bears a closer resemblance to the OV-10 Bronco.
** Rostock's seaplane, the Torrent, resembles the Boeing 314 Clipper and the Kawanishi H8K1, albeit with its engines in pusher configuration and two additional floats slung under the wings.
** The three large, unnamed Lautern noise jammer aircraft that appear in the first mission are based on two Vickers designs, two of them are based on the Vickers Windsor heavy bomber while the third one is based on the Type C super heavy bomber concept, albeit with only 4 engines instead of 6.
** Lautern's unnamed cargo plane which the player is tasked to shoot down in mission 3 is seemingly a fusion between a Me 323 Gigant and a C-130 Hercules with the triple tail unit of a Boeing 314 Clipper.
** Lautern's unnamed heavy bomber which is used to bomb the Wolfram resemble an Avro Lancaster, but with six engines in pusher configuration instead of four.
* [[Alternate Company Equivalent]]: Most of the aircraft the two companies field have clear equivalents with their competitor:
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