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* [[Adult Fear]]: He was a little too slow {{spoiler|and would've lost Kaede had it not been for Barnaby}}.
** Also, he gets another one in the second half of the show: {{spoiler|the possibility of having a rare, progressive condition that will force him to [[Brought Down to Normal|give up doing what he loves]]}}.
* [[All a Part of Thethe Job]]: A perfect embodiment of this trope.
* [[Alliterative Name]]
* [[Animal Motif]]: [[Panthera Awesome|Guess...]]
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* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Pre-[[Time Skip]], at least. This becomes glaringly obvious in episode 13, when {{spoiler|all the citizens of Sternbild (including the other heroes, who knew full well the role Kotetsu played in their victory) praise Barnaby for saving the day... ignoring Kotetsu completely. Lampshaded when Barnaby notices Kotetsu's expression and teases him for wanting praise.}}
** Post-[[Time Skip]] he's risen to fourth-place in the Hero Rankings, gets treated nicer by Alexander, and is even getting along with Barnaby.
* [[Doting Parent]]: To Kaede, doubling as [[Parents Asas People]].
* [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]]: ''Hundred Power'' enhances every physical ability by a factor of, quite obviously, one hundred.
* [[Expressive Mask]]: The domino mask moves with his eyebrows.
* [[Fatal Flaw]]: Kotetsu has a noted habit of keeping secrets in a misguided attempt to not worry people.
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{{quote| "I’m a hero because I want to save people. Isn’t that enough? It really doesn’t matter if anyone acknowledges me or not."}}
* [[I Am Not Left-Handed]]: In their high school days Kotetsu fought Antonio to a standstill without using his powers. It's not until Tomoe was in danger when he activated it. Needless to say, Antonio was rather shocked.
* [[I Didn't Tell You Because YoudYou'd Be Unhappy]]: The reason why he [[Cannot Spit It Out]]
* [[Idiot Hero]]
* [[The Klutz]]: Only Kotetsu could accidentally kick a pen into a highway ''right in front of a passing car'' while trying to pick it up.
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* [[Odd Couple]]: With Barnaby.
* [[Older Sidekick]]: He's being billed as this in-series.
* [[Overshadowed Byby Awesome]]: [[Cool Loser|Far cooler than your average non-superpowered person]]. Unfortunately for him, he's not being compared to ''normal'' people most of the time.
* [[Powered Armor]]: His Apollon Media suit ensures that even without tapping into his powers, he's still quite strong and durable.
* {{spoiler|[[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: When his powers [[Power Incontinence|start going haywire]] in Episode 14}}.
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** Though he ''was'' more successful when {{spoiler|Ivan blamed himself for his friend Edward's descent into villainy}}.
* [[Tears of Joy]]: Cries them in episode 23 when {{spoiler|Barnaby finally remembers him.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Ten -Minute Retirement]]: Leaves the Hero business after the fight with Maverick, only to come out of retirement later because Kaede told him to find something to do besides sit around the house all day.}}
* [[Technician Versus Performer]]: The Performer.
* [[They're Called "Personal Issues" for Aa Reason]]: Once he learns of Barnaby's past, he makes a point about ''not'' prying into the whys and wherefores. This is not due to coldness, but because he knows (possibly from personal experience) that some things are best left as someone's own cross to carry.
* [[There Was a Door]]: Kotetsu takes the most direct route when someone's life is at stake, walls be damned.
* [[Throw the Dog Aa Bone]]: There are times when he ''does'' get recognition -- the students at the Hero Academy, for instance, worship the ground he walks on.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Mayonnaise... on everything.
** According to Anju, a disproportionate number of his meals consist of fried rice. He likes it enough that he's never bothered to learn how to cook anything else.
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** Interestingly, he's both the "Father" in the straight example to Barnaby and the "Son" example to his own daughter in an inversion - one of his main wishes is that his daughter thinks he is cool. {{spoiler|She eventually does.}}
* [[When You Coming Home, Dad?]]: Superheroing really does take its toll on his relationship with his daughter.
* [[Wide -Eyed Idealist]]: Less concerned with sponsorship money, more concerned with saving people. Naturally, this is not a good attitude to have in Sternbild.
* [[Widower Hero]]: His wife Tomoe passed away from an illness five years prior to the beginning of the series.
* [[Workaholic]]: Lloyd actually has to ''order'' him to use some of his vacation days.
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* [[Enthusiasm Versus Stoicism]]: Slides back and forth along this scale as well, but usually hovers around the stoic half.
* {{spoiler|[[Mad Dictators Handsome Son|Evil Mentor's Handsome Protégé]]}}
* [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]]: His ''Hundred Power'', same as Kotetsu's.
* [[Exposition Victim]]: In episode 19.
* [[Extremity Extremist]]: His fighting style seems to focus mainly around kicking, though he will occasionally throw a punch or two.
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* [[Technician Versus Performer]]: The Technician.
* [[Tender Tears]]: Cries these in episodes 20, 24 & 25.
* {{spoiler|[[Ten -Minute Retirement]]: Leaves the Hero business when Kotetsu quits, and returns when he does.}}
* [[The One That Got Away]]: According to the character questionnaire ''A 100 Questions'', his first and only crush was on a girl he met at the Hero Academy; but he was convinced that his feelings were unrequited and never attempted to pursue a relationship with her.
* [[There Are No Therapists]]: He shows several signs (frequent nightmares and faulty recollections of his parents' murder scene, extreme social withdrawal, emotional irregularity, blunted affect <ref>See the "Frozen Face" entry, above</ref> etc.) that suggest he's suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. But apparently ''no-one'' ever bothered to help the poor guy overcome his problems. Somewhat justified considering what his {{spoiler|[[Treacherous Advisor|trusted mentor and guardian]] [[Manipulative Bastard|turned out to be like]]}}, but still...
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** And something similar (though arguably less traumatizing) happens to him in episodes 19-20 as well.
* [[The Unfettered]]: Strives to be this, with questionable success.
* [[Used to Be Aa Sweet Kid]]: He was a happy, affectionate and friendly child prior to {{spoiler|his parents' deaths}}.
* [[Waking Up Elsewhere]]: In episode 20.
* [[Was It Really Worth It?]]: Averted regarding his {{spoiler|revenge against Jake.}} Rather than feeling lost or despondent without his motivation since childhood, he finally feels free to enjoy life and find meaning in being a hero for its own sake.
** {{spoiler|Episode 18 proves that it might not be a good idea to base your happiness on exacting revenge after all; because everything might just go tumbling back when you realize you've actually failed at it. He ponders the same question halfway through episode 25.}}
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Why Did It Have To Be Fire?]]: He's not very fond of fire {{spoiler|due to the circumstances of his parents' death}}. In Episode 9 {{spoiler|he has a panic attack seeing Kotetsu playing with a taser in a burning building}}.
* [[Windows to Thethe Soul]]: [[Green Eyes]] to go with his in-series potrayal as being 'exotic' and 'seductive' -- it also counts as a subversion since you learn that neither is actually true once you see past his public face.
 
== [[Other Superheroes]] ==
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* [[Absolute Cleavage]]
* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Is unable to confess her feelings for Kotetsu.
* [[Catch Phrase]]/[[In the Name of Thethe Moon]]: Has one as part of her hero persona. She finds it embarrassing.
{{quote| '''Blue Rose:''' My ice is a little cold, but your crime's been put on hold!}}
* [[Color Character]]
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* [[Stripperiffic]]: Another reason why she dislikes frontline superheroing -- costumes designed to maximize sex appeal aren't all that great for withstanding bullets.
* [[Superhero Sobriquets]]: From the first episode, Super Idol of the world of Heroes.
* [[Threshold Guardians]]: Episode 4 is [[A Day in Thethe Limelight]] episode about Blue Rose making a decision about quitting her job as a superhero, with various people urging her in both directions. Near the end of the episode, she gets a call from the bar she's been moonlighting at as a singer, and an alert that there's an emergency at the exact same time. {{spoiler|She chooses the bar, but seeing her hero friends put their lives at risk on the news brings her back just in time for a [[Big Damn Heroes]] moment.}}
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Becomes a much more competent and confident crimefighter over the course of the series.
* [[Triple Shifter]]: High school student, superhero, ''and'' part-time lounge singer.
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* [[Let's Meet the Meat]]: A variation -- he has a [[Animal Motifs|bull motif]] to his costume and his main advertiser is a chain of barbecue restaurants.
* [[Nigh Invulnerability]]: His main ability.
* [[Overshadowed Byby Awesome]]: His ability is one of the broadest of the main heroes, and is the only one that is constantly active. And while it seems like his abilities are fantastic, he's treated as a [[Butt Monkey]] mostly because Kotetsu and Barnaby have much more potent versions of his abilities, even if they're limited.
* [[Powered Armour]]: Given his [[Nigh Invulnerability]], though, may be more about boosting his strength than his durability.
* [[Real Men Wear Pink]]: Enjoys sewing in his spare time.
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* [[Tomboy]]: Word Of God has it that her tomboyishness is not forced -- she is naturally androgynous.
* [[Tsurime]]
* [[Windows to Thethe Soul]]: [[Green Eyes]] to signify exoticism (what with being Chinese and all) as well as her rather spirited, active personality.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Green hair as Dragon Kid, and her natural hair also has a slight greenish tint.
 
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* [[Name's the Same]]: [[Fire Emblem|For the record]]. As per [[Word of God]], it's just an amusing coincidence.
* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]
* [[Overshadowed Byby Awesome]]: Lunatic has the same powers as him, but they're considerably more versatile. He's also one of the lower-ranking NEXT in the Hero TV lists, which might have something to do with the fact that 'shoot fire from your hands' is a power that's rather short on harmless (or at least non-lethal) uses for a job that's strictly [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]. During the test in episode 6, Kotetsu comments that - needing to prove his innocence - Nathan is being a lot more aggressive than usual with his NEXT power, to the point that the building is at risk of collapse.
* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]
* [[Punny Name]]: See [[Stealth Pun]] below.
* [[Required Secondary Powers]]: Enhanced heat resistance, seeing as he can project building-melting fireballs without burning off an arm in the process. Also, [[Convection, Schmonvection|his bullet-vaporising trick]].
* [[Shout-Out]]/[[Captain Ersatz]]: His character design looks suspiciously similar to some of the crazier outfits and hairstyles of Dennis Rodman. His outfit is also a direct one to the type of outfites worn by the heroes of [[Science Ninja Team Gatchaman (Anime)|Science Ninja Team Gatchaman]].
** He's not the first [[Camp Gay]] in anime named [[Blood Plus|Nathan]].
* [[Shower Scene]]
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** {{spoiler|[[Foreshadowing|Foreshadowed]] in early episodes by Kotetsu, who called his mask design a "Glove-Head".}}
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Going after Edward, one of the show's more sympathetic criminals, served as a timely reminder that he is, in fact, a villain.
* [[Kick the Son of Aa Bitch]]: Makes something of a hobby out of it. If he targets a criminal, odds are that they are ''deeply'' unpleasant people.
** His first appearance in Episode 6 has him frying three criminals midway through their fond reminiscences about kidnapping and murdering children and entire families.
** He does it again at the end of Episode 16, this time against a [[Serial Killer]] who managed to get away from Kotetsu.
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* [[Not Quite Flight]]: Can use quick bursts of flame to change his trajectory in mid-air, much like a [[Double Jump]].
* [[Pay Evil Unto Evil]]
* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]
* [[Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids]]: What he's trying to convince the other heroes of.
* [[Vigilante Man]]
** [[Vigilante Execution]]
* [[Villainous Rescue]]: See [[Big Damn Heroes]] above.
* [[Villain Withwith Good Publicity]]: After years of exclusively being served idealistic, squeaky-clean heroes, fans ''love'' him. {{spoiler|Though with the popularity boost the regular heroes get after defeating Ouroboros's attack, his success is short-lived.}}
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]
 
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* {{spoiler|[[Dirty Coward]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Fantastic Racism]]}} Revealed in episode 23 and likely an inspiration for his work.
** {{spoiler|[[Death Byby Racism]]: He thinks Maverick's plan is for [[We Can Rule Together|them to get rid of all the NEXT's together]] apparently not realising that Maverick himself is a NEXT. He states this while he's hanging off the top of the Justice Tower from Maverick's leg.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]: It's safe to say he didn't survive being sent careening off the top of the tallest building in the city. Hero Tv Fan 2 also confirms his death.}}
** {{spoiler|[[Asshole Victim]]}}
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* [[Dark Messiah]]: Kriem views him as this.
* {{spoiler|[[Disk One Final Boss]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge Onon Him]]: Well, a helicopter.}}
* [[Evil Gloating]]: Taunts Barnaby in the middle of their fight, {{spoiler|revealing he has a secondary power}}. He isn't stupid enough to tell anything more than that, but had he kept his mouth shut {{spoiler|[[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain|Kotetsu might not have figured out WHAT that power is]]}}.
* [[For the Evulz]]: He does have something vaguely resembling a coherent ideology, but a good number of his actions basically boil down to this.
* [[Glass Cannon]]: {{spoiler|Due to his powers he has never gotten hit before, so he folds like paper anytime somebody actually manages to land a hit.}}
* {{spoiler|[[I Never Told You My Name]]}}: {{spoiler|During his fight with Wild Tiger, he calls him by his real name. After finding out Jake has a secondary power, Kotetsu immediately figures out he must be a mind-reader.}}
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: It's [[Mobile Suit Gundam 00|Ali]] and [[Baccano (Light Novel)|Ladd]] all over again!
* [[Hired Guns]]: Former mercenary.
* {{spoiler|[[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]: His own attack is the one that causes the helicopter to fall and crash over him.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[A Match Made in Stockholm]]}}
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* [[Executive Meddling]]: She'll do all that it's needed to have the best [[Ratings Stunt]] despite Tiger's opinion.
* [[French Jerk]]: She can be pretty mean sometimes -- so much so that [[Wild Mass Guessing|some fans seemed to enjoy entertaining the possiblity]] that she might be one of the villains, {{spoiler|but this was subverted as of episode 25.}}
* [[Hot Chick in Aa Badass Suit]]
* [[Hot Scoop]]
* [[Mean Boss]]
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* [[Ship Tease]]: Despite her looks and style, gets just ''one'' with Barnaby when he {{spoiler|[[Bridal Carry|saves her from one of the kidnappers]] in episode 9.}} There was a clearly noticeable moment right after when she couldn't take her eyes off his face (and he was awfully close to her).
* [[Tsurime]]
* [[Windows to Thethe Soul]]: [[Green Eyes]] to further emphasize her exotic nature.
* [[Workaholic]]: She only seems to care about ways to improve ratings.
 
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* {{spoiler|[[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: When he activates his power to re-write Barnaby's memories.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Have You Told Anyone Else?]]: To know who else was with Barnaby during Kriem's [[Deathbed Confession]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]: It's implied that his habit of repeatedly subjecting Barnaby to his powers left the latter's [[Mind Rape|Mind Raped]], [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] persona weak enough to be returned to normal without Maverick's involvement, provided an appropriate catalyst came into play.}}
* [[Honorary Uncle]]: To Barnaby.
* {{spoiler|[[I Have Your Wife|I have your Daughter]]: Captures Kaede along with the other heroes in the final two episodes, Unfortunately for him she's a [[Badass Damsel]]}}
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** {{spoiler|Possibly [[Not Quite Dead]] Hero Tv Fan 2 labels him missing instead confirming his death}}
* {{spoiler|[[Manipulative Bastard]]}}
* [[Parental Substitute]]: Barnaby considers him one. {{spoiler|A [[Freeze -Frame Bonus]] in episode 23 proves that this isn't true - [http://i52.tinypic.com/qnl0l0.png Barnaby was actually raised in an orphanage]. Marverick just altered his memories to make him think otherwise.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Psychic Powers]]: has the NEXT ability to alter, erase, and implant memories.}}
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Helps the heroes as much as possible during the Ouroboros crisis.
* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Connections]] / [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Both big parts of his M.O.
* {{spoiler|[[Shout-Out]]: His First Name to [[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Albert Wily]]. His Last Name to the [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] in [[Mega Man X (Video Game)|Mega Man X]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Smug Snake]]: And ''how.'' The man sips tea while Kotetsu and Barnaby are coming to kick his ass.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Treacherous Advisor]]: Has carefully conditioned Barnaby to live the life he planned out for him.}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Sociopath]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Villain Ball]]: Grabs it after failing to immediately drug and [[Mind Rape]] [[Spanner in Thethe Works|Kotetsu]], causing him to abandon his track record of [[Pragmatic Villainy]] in favor of the more complicated scheme of framing Kotetsu for Samantha's murder.}}
* [[Walking Spoiler]]
* {{spoiler|[[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Tries to paint himself as one when his plans failed, but the show makes it clear that he'd gone off the rails a long time ago. Replacing NEXT superheroes with robots, for instance, is not the best idea if you want to combat anti-NEXT prejudice.}}
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* [[Nice Guy]]
* [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: He's totally not [[Forrest Whitaker]].
* {{spoiler|[[Spanner in Thethe Works]]: Maverick didn't take him into account when [[Mind Wipe|mind-wiping]] everyone he knew of that was aware of Wild Tiger's secret identity.}}
* [[Throw the Dog Aa Bone]]: {{spoiler|After spending most of the season as a penniless taxi driver, gets Maverick's old job as president of the mighty Apollon Media in the series finale.}}
 
 
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** {{spoiler|Although we see ''exactly'' how justified Saito's pride is in the finale. Even when everyone thinks Kotetsu is dead, the fact that the suit just ''broke'' instead of melting completely after being hit with that laser is pretty damn awesome.}}
* [[Nerd Glasses]]
* [[Sweet Tooth]]: Shown in Episode 13 to have an [[Death Note (Manga)|L-like affinity]] for ice cream.
* [[The Unintelligible]]: He speaks so softly that others can barely hear him. (It's even ''subtitled.'') {{spoiler|Unless he's talking through an intercom, anyway, in which case he has [[No Indoor Voice]].}}
** {{spoiler|In the finale, he's rigged up a megaphone to a helmet to make himself heard.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Badass Damsel]]: Superpowered little girls make for poor hostages.}}
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: {{spoiler|Singlehandedly makes Maverick's plan backfire in his face with her own [[Mega Manning|Mega Manned]] version of his power. And then she does it again by taking out Rotwang before he can activate his death trap.}}
** {{spoiler|[[Spanner in Thethe Works]].}}
* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: In Episode 17.
* {{spoiler|[[Chekhov's Gunman]]: She is initially only featured in a few episodes early on; as of the most recent episodes, she's arguably as important to the arc as the secondary heroes.}}
* {{spoiler|1=[[Ditto Fighter]]/[[Mega Manning]]: Her ability as a budding NEXT. She's basically got [[X -Men|Rogue]]'s powerset, minus the [[Touch of Death]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Does Not Know Her Own Strength]]: Her power is to copy the power of the last NEXT she's touched. Thus, she spends some time accidentally destroying damn near everything she touches after temporarily acquiring her father's Hundred Power abilities.}}
* [[Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Power Incontinence]]: In episodes 18 & 19, it drives her and Anju crazy.}}
* [[Precocious Crush]]: On Barnaby.
* [[Raised Byby Grandparents]]: Since Kotetsu is not at home most of the time, she lives with her grandmother and uncle instead.
* {{spoiler|[[Superpowerful Genetics]]: Considering how she reacts to the knowledge of her father's real job, she shows quite a bit of potential for becoming a superhero herself.}}
* [[The Un-Reveal]]: {{spoiler|She copied magnetic powers from ''someone'', but it's never stated who.}}
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* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Appears in Episode 1 in the background of the after party behind Blue Rose.
* [[Hanging Judge]]
* {{spoiler|[[Kick the Son of Aa Bitch]]: Episode 16 reveals that he killed his father, Mr. Legend... while he was beating his wife and then turned his violence to him.}}
* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: He will ''always'' do his research on a criminal if he suspects something fishy with their case. Even if the whole city believes otherwise. {{spoiler|This proved vital to Kotetsu's remaining free when he was chased by his brainwashed friends.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Scars Are Forever]]: He has a burn scar with the shape of his father's hand he covers with make up.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Self-Made Orphan]]}}: Okay, so technically {{spoiler|he only killed his father, not his mother.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Superpowerful Genetics]]: His father was Mr. Legend, but he diligently follows his own version of superheroics after having lost faith in the method Legend was promoting before he lost his powers.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Talking to Thethe Dead]]: He talks to a hallucination of his father.}}
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]
 
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* [[Emotionless Girl]]: {{spoiler|[[Robot Girl|Justified]].}}
* [[Every Girl Is Cuter With Hair Decs]]: A red headband.
* [[Expy]]: Of Dorothy from ''[[The Big O (Anime)|The Big O]]'', a previous work from the director. Right down to having the same voice actress {{spoiler|and being a [[Robot Girl]]}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Marionette Motion]]: During the fight.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: When she's in combat mode.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Robotic Reveal]]}}
* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: {{spoiler|Justified, she's a robot and thus she can't have more depth than she's already been given.}}
* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]]: Cis, Sis, and Six are all different spellings used for her name.
* [[The Stoic]]
* [[Strange Girl]]: At first, or at least {{spoiler|before the [[Robotic Reveal]].}}
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