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* [[Hot Mom]]: Sena... technically.

* [[Hot Springs Episode]]: Episode 13.

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Whenever Aoi complains about trouble with men.

* [[I Have the High Ground]]: Strike Man's introduction, and one of his favorite poses.

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Miyuki's grief over Natsumi's departure for the White Bike Troopers in Episode 4 (OVA) is played for this.

* [[Idiot Crows]]: Flown past the Strike Man a few times.

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Strike Man's arsenal gets more and more bizarre with each appearance, climaxing with spiked baseballs.

* [[Fundamentally Female Cast]]: Of the whole main cast there's only two ~~males~~ -- Nakajima and Toukairin, and for Toukairin it's debatable: despite being {{spoiler|Natsumi's [[Love Interest]] and the}} lead whenever he appears, he is a [[Guest Star Party Member|guest character]] and does so in barely a quarter of all episodes. ~~Aoi~~ ~~is technically~~ male ~~too, but for all narrative intents and purposes she is a woman - starting with referring to her with feminine pronouns. All other males~~ in the show are clearly in supporting roles.

* [[Fundamentally Female Cast]]: Of the whole main cast, there's only two guys -- Nakajima and Toukairin, and for Toukairin it's debatable: despite being {{spoiler|Natsumi's [[Love Interest]] and the}} lead whenever he appears, he is a [[Guest Star Party Member|guest character]] and does so in barely a quarter of all episodes. All other male characters in the show are clearly in supporting roles.

* [[In the Name of the Moon]]: In the name of the penal code!

** Also Strike Man's Strike Brigade, though the girls are just punishing the boys who like to tease them.

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* [[Lovely Angels]]: Natsumi and Miyuki. Also, Aoi is so feminine that she and Yoriko also fall here to an extent.

* [[Luck-Based Mission]]: How Yoriko made it through the academy.

* [[No Export for You]]: ''No Mercy!!'' has not been released outside of Japan. The manga is also hard to find due to lack of re-releases, and is mostly not officially exported. The fact that [[Dark Horse Comics]], responsible for the English version, had to contend with [[Executive Meddling]]<ref> ~~presumably~~ by Kosuke Fujishima himself</ref> didn't help matters much.

* [[No Export for You]]: ''No Mercy!!'' has not been released outside of Japan. The manga is also hard to find due to lack of re-releases, and is mostly not officially exported. The fact that [[Dark Horse Comics]], responsible for the English version, had to contend with [[Executive Meddling]]<ref>Presumably by Kosuke Fujishima himself</ref> didn't help matters much.

* [[Mask Power]]: Completely subverted -- Strike Man is an amusing clown.

* [[May-December Romance]]: Daimaru and his second wife Sena, who's younger than Daimaru's ''son'' Ken. Yoriko later meets Prince Saki Abdusha, who falls for her despite him being a teenager and Yoriko being in her early to mid twenties.

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** While their ages are [[Vague Age|never confirmed]], the main girls seem to be this due to the fact they say they're old when compared to twenty something year olds. Then again they could just be exaggerating the [[Christmas Cake]] trope.

* [[Out-Gambitted]]: No matter what elaborate plan the crooks have, Miyuki figures it out.

* [[Paintball Episode]] -- One episode features Chie Sagamiono challenging Yoriko to a paintball match; another one features the Bokuto officers visiting an amusement park with a (in the anime) paintball arena / (in the manga) laser tag arena.

* [[Paintball Episode]]: One episode features Chie Sagamiono challenging Yoriko to a paintball match; another one features the Bokuto officers visiting an amusement park with a (in the anime) paintball arena / (in the manga) laser tag arena.

* [[Pet the Dog]]: Episode 5 of ''Full Throttle'' featured a serial burglar who has been burglarising vehicles for over thirty years when he rescued a baby from a possible heat stroke from a locked vehicle in one of his burglary attempts out of nothing but compassion.

* [[Porn Stash]]: There's one ''in the station'' supposedly for an investigation. Nakajima gets caught sampling the selection.

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** The second ending theme has Miyuki as a bride in a [[Fairytale Wedding Dress]], with ''Natsumi'' bringing her flowers and acting as the groom, for all intents.

** The ending theme to ''Full Throttle'' puts Miyuki and Natsumi in a few compromising, and rather romantic, positions.

* [[Shout-Out]]: When one of the policewoman had a piece of underwear stolen from her apartment, another one suggested the thief must be: a) an incredibly tall monster, shown as a silhouette of [[Godzilla]]; b) some sort of evil [[Spider-Man]]; or c) [[Superman|someone who can leap tall buildings at a single bound]].

* [[Shout-Out]]: When one of the policewoman had a piece of underwear stolen from her apartment, another one suggested the thief must be: A) an incredibly tall monster, shown as a silhouette of [[Godzilla]]; B) some sort of evil [[Spider-Man]]; or C) [[Superman|someone who can leap tall buildings at a single bound]].

* [[Shown Their Work]]: At the end of the first episode, Miyuki and Natsumi are eating a late picnic lunch and doing so well out of sight, since police officers are not allowed to be seen eating in public while in uniform in Japan.

* [[Sitting on the Roof]]: The main characters of the series like to hang out on the roof of Bokuto Station and do all kinds of things, ranging from musing by oneself to having lunch with each other.

* [[Small Girl, Big Gun]]: Natsumi. Becomes Small Girl, Even Bigger Guns in ''Full Throttle,'' where she goes for training with the JGSDF Rangers.

* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]: '''''Aoi'''''

* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]: '''''Aoi'''''.

* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Miyuki.

* [[Technology Porn]]: This was created by ''Kosuke Fujishima'', after all. The story can sometimes focus a little excessively on the nifty features of Miyuki's and Natsumi's police car. And her off-duty car. And the bikes. And the modifications made to all of those...

* [[The Eighties]]: The manga. It shows very much in the casual outfits the girls wear. Thankfully the anime updated the series to be set in the mid 90's to late 2000's (depending on the season).

* [[The Faceless]]: Aoi's pre-transition face is never completely seen. The closest we get is in episode 5 when we see her face, with [[Blinding Bangs|bangs covering her eyes]], and in episode 6 of ''Full Throttle'' ~~when we see it completely... while~~ she's ~~dressed~~ as a ~~girl~~.

* [[The Faceless]]: Aoi's pre-transition face is never completely seen. The closest we get is in episode 5 when we see her face, with [[Blinding Bangs|bangs covering her eyes]], and by the time it's seen completely in episode 6 of ''Full Throttle'', she's already trying on more feminine clothing.

* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: The first opening theme is playing on the radio in epsiode 19, and Natsumi sings the third opening theme in episode 43.

** In episode 11 of ''Full Throttle'', Miyuki hums the opening theme while working on her patrol car.

* [[Together Umbrella]]

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Natsumi and Miyuki.

* [[Transgender]]: Aoi is heavily implied to be trans, and Episode 6 all but ~~goes~~ out and says "per-transition transgender": A character says that her "natural flow" leads toward her being a woman, and goes on to say that he doesn't care if she's male or female (signifying she's a girl instead of a crossdresser). Aoi also states on several occasions that her heart is that of a woman despite her male body, and she's in an online relationship with a man in the second season. It's one of the most realistic transgender portrayals in anime - not to mention she's mostly treated quite respectfully by her coworkers after her introduction.

* [[Transgender]]: Aoi is heavily implied to be trans, and Episode 6 all but comes out and says "per-transition transgender": A character says that her "natural flow" leads toward her being a woman, and goes on to say that he doesn't care if she's male or female (signifying she's a girl instead of a crossdresser). Aoi also states on several occasions that her heart is that of a woman despite her male body, and she's in an online relationship with a man in the second season. It's one of the most realistic transgender portrayals in anime - not to mention she's mostly treated quite respectfully by her coworkers after her introduction.

* [[Twice Shy]]: Miyuki and Ken, so much!

* [[Unintentional Period Piece]]: The manga just reeks of '80s and '90s, especially the clothing.