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''Toward the Terra'', also known as ''Terra e...'' or ''To Terra...'', was created by mangaka [[Keiko Takemiya]] in the 1970s. It was first adapted for animation as a 1980 film. In 2007 the manga was adapted again, this time as a 24-episode anime series. Thus far, the tropes listed on this article mostly concern the anime version, as the manga, anime and movie all have large differences in plot details and characterisation.
''Toward the Terra'' is a [[Space Opera]] of epic proportions, covering approximately five decades worth of events. It's an old school sci-fi series with complex [[Character Development]], starting slow but gradually building its story to an extremely emotional ride through the galaxy.
Now has a [[Toward the Terra/Characters|character sheet]].
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* [[Adaptational Attractiveness]] (Matsuka)
* [[Adaptation Distillation]] (The anime managed to update the series for a modern audience while still remaining true to the spirit of the original)
* [[Adaptation Dye Job]] (Let's just say there are a lot)
* [[Against the Setting Sun]] (Episode 19, when the Mu learn {{spoiler|the location of Terra}})
* [[
* [[All Deaths Final]]
* [[Ancient Conspiracy]] (The whole SD system qualifies)
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* [[Anti-Villain]] (Keith)
* [[Anyone Can Die]] (First example is {{spoiler|Shiroe}}, the rampant character killing spree continues throughout the series.)
* [[Artificial Human]] ( {{spoiler|Keith and Physis. And arguably everyone except the Nazca kids.}})
* [[Badass Longcoat]] (Keith, when he appears in public)
* [[Battle Aura]]
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* [[Dead Star Walking]] ({{spoiler|Seki Ray Shiroe}})
* [[Death Seeker]] (Implied to be Keith's state of mind in the latter half of the series. Whether it stems from {{spoiler|the loss of his only friend to [[Mind Rape|Mu-induced lobotomy]], his own growing realization of how trapped by the Superior Domination system both he and humanity are, or a combination of both}} is never explicitly stated.)
* [[De-Power]] ( {{spoiler|Physis}}, after what happens to Blue at the end)
* [[Deus Est Machina]] (Everyone obeys computers, except the Mu, of course)
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]] (Jomy destroying {{spoiler|Grand Mother}} in the final showdown)
* [[Distant Finale]]
* [[Downer Ending]] ( {{spoiler|killing off three quarters from the cast in the last episode}})
** [[Bittersweet Ending]] (Arguably, since {{spoiler|they did manage to make peace between the Humans and the Mu, destroy the SD system and generally make the world a better(?) place}}. To make it even better, {{spoiler|Jomy and Keith met each other after being reincarnated in the [[Distant Finale]]}}.)
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* [[Evolutionary Levels]]
* [[Expy]] (A number of [[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle|Tsubasa-style]] alternate versions of characters from other Keiko Takemiya mangas show up in the anime, the most well known being Serge from ''[[Kaze to Ki no Uta]]'')
* [[Eyes Always Shut]] (Physis, [[Justified Trope|who is blind]])
* [[Eyes of Gold]] (Matsuka)
* [[Fantastic Racism]] (Kind of the entire point, really)
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* [[Kick the Dog]] (Nine out of ten of Keith's interactions with Matsuka fall into this category, as does his threat to {{spoiler|drop a space station full of Mu into Jupiter's atmosphere}}. Jomy {{spoiler|giving Tony the go-ahead to kill surrendering human soldiers}} and being willing to {{spoiler|let Keith drop the aforementioned space station}} also count.)
* [[Knight Templar]] (Keith. Also possibly the Grand Mother.)
* [[Lady and Knight]]: Blue and Physis have this kind of dynamic.
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]] (The maturity checks, though other memory tampering takes place as well)
* [[Legacy Character]] (Jomy, and later even {{spoiler|Tony}})
* [[Licked by the Dog]] (Keith gets a lot of this from both of his [[Morality Pet|Morality Pets]]. The licking is possibly more than figurative in the case of Matsuka - see [[Ho Yay]].)
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]
* [[Mind Rape]]
* [[Mismatched Eyes]] (Bleau)
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* [[Oblivious to Love]] (Keith and Tony, though the second one only in anime.)
* [[Oddly Visible Eyebrows]] (Blue and Matsuka. In fact, the latter tends to have oddly visible ''eyes'', thanks to his [[Peek-a-Bangs|hairstyle]].)
* [[Opposite
* [[Out-of-Clothes Experience]] (Jomy, during the maturity check)
* [[Parental Abandonment]] (Happens all the time in this future)
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* [[Plot-Relevant Age-Up]] ( {{spoiler|Nazca Children}})
* [[Psychic Powers]]
** [[Telepathy]] (Leads to [[Synchronization]] with other Mu. Can be a disadvantage during a battle, as Mu seem to be strongly distracted by death of their companions.)
** [[Teleporters and Transporters]]
** [[Mind Over Matter]]
* [[Pstandard Psychic Pstance]] (Seems like most Mu [[Rule of Cool|need to make extravagant poses to use their powers]])
* [[The Quest]] (the Mu wanting to return to Terra)
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* [[Time Skip]] (Multiple ones!)
* [[Title Drop]] (They do this all the time. Quite a few episodes end with an epic speech with "Toward the Terra" as the closing line.)
* [[Took a Level
* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]] (Keith takes several, and Jomy takes one too after {{spoiler|the destruction of Nazca}}.)
* [[The Unfettered]] (Jomy after {{spoiler|destruction of Nazca}}, even if mostly in anime. He leads the Mu to war, gives Tony the okay to {{spoiler|kill surrendering soldiers}} and is ready to abandon {{spoiler|a station full of Mu hostages.}} Many Mu feel disgusted by these actions. Fortunately, he gets better.)
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