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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Galaxy Seven is based off the mascot Galaxy Watanabe, so you'd think the spelling is obvious. Plus it’s, you know, an actual word. However, the show usually romanizes it as Garaxy.
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* {{Bishounen}}: J, Seven and Number Nine.
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* WillTheyOrWontThey: There’s a bit of this with Striker and Suiren [[spoiler: especially later into the series, which implies mutual feelings towards them. In the final episode, Suiren (as My Sunshine) throws a heart to Striker at a concert.]]
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* KansaiRegionalAccent: The Sawaragi’s speak Kyoto-ben.
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* PeekABangs: Both Smile and Nine have one eye hidden. There doesn't seem to be any reason for it, though.
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* TheThingThatGoesDoink: There's one at at least one of J's homes.
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* BareYourMidriff: My Sunshine, and Number Eight while not dressed as a teacher.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPlushies:
** J and Smile plushies exist within canon.
** Also, Meganeko made a plushie of Guraguri for Card Sensei
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Many red spirits

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* TurtlePower: Guraguri. [[spoiler: Of the wise turtle variety. He teaches Battle Spirits to humans (albeit with ridiculous methods).]]


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* WiseOldTurtle: Guraguri is a wise turtle who [[spoiler:teaches Battle Spirits to humans (albeit with ridiculous methods).]]
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* NavalDeepNeckline: Number Eight, sometimes. Mainly the outfit she wears to tournaments, which seems very out-of-place for a kids show. It cuts down all the way to her stomach.

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* NavalDeepNeckline: NavelDeepNeckline: Number Eight, sometimes. Mainly the outfit she wears to tournaments, which seems very out-of-place for a kids show. It cuts down all the way to her stomach.
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* NavalDeepNeckline: Number Eight, sometimes. Mainly the outfit she wears to tournaments, which seems very out-of-place for a kids show. It cuts down all the way to her stomach.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: Number Eight, sometimes. Mainly the outfit she wears to tournaments, which seems very out-of-place for a kids show.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: Number Eight, sometimes.

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* AbsoluteCleavage: Number Eight, sometimes. Mainly the outfit she wears to tournaments, which seems very out-of-place for a kids show.



* AffablyEvil: Pretty much all of Thousand Spirits Group

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* AffablyEvil: Pretty much all of Thousand Spirits GroupGroup. Barring Smile who is a {{Jerkass}}, they have a tendency to be some of the most polite and friendly people you'll meet, while plotting to take over the world behind the scenes.



* AllEncompassingMantle: J’s cape

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* AllEncompassingMantle: J’s capecape wraps around him way more than a cape probably should for comfortable movement.



* AllJustADream: Most of ep. 44

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* AllJustADream: Most of ep. 4444 [[spoiler: where Striker believes that Suiren and Kyouka are fighting for his heart]].



* BareYourMidriff: My Sunshine, Number Eight.

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* BareYourMidriff: My Sunshine, and Number Eight.Eight while not dressed as a teacher.



* BeachEpisode: 44
* BecomingTheMask: Apparently, giving the task of “watch over Bashin” to Thousand Spirits Group members is a dangerous idea [[spoiler: Considering the effect it had on Card Sensei and Number Eight.]]

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* BeachEpisode: 44
Episode 44 is a lighthearted filler episode, where Bashin and his friends go to the beach to train, right before the more serious final arc.
* BecomingTheMask: Apparently, giving the task of “watch over Bashin” to Thousand Spirits Group members is a dangerous idea [[spoiler: Considering the effect it had on Card Sensei and Number Eight. Both took it seriously, and ended up betraying Number Nine as a result.]]



* CarryingACake: Happens with Meganeko once.

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* CarryingACake: Happens with Meganeko once.in the Christmas episode.



* CharacterDevelopment: Especially Meganeko and J

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* CharacterDevelopment: With limited focus on the battles compared to later entries on the franchise, the growth of the characters is much more pronounced this season. Especially Meganeko and J



* CoolMask: Suiren.

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* CoolMask: Suiren.Suiren, a mysterious masked card battler who hides the fact that she's secretly the super-popular idol, My Sunshine (who is also prohibited from battling, as it gets in the way of her cute image).



** Galaxy Seven and Number Eight.

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** Galaxy Seven and Seven, who is a flashy egomaniac. In contrast, he doesn't wear them in his timid Nanao persona. Also, Number Eight.Eight, who changes her Kamina-esque sunglasses to a more practical pair when dressed as a teacher, but still wears sunglasses [[SunglassesAtNight all the time]].



* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Card Sensei, Seven
* DarkIsNotEvil: Suiren uses a purple deck, wherein all the cards are zombie skull creatures.

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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Card Sensei, Seven
Sensei gives off the image of being a dork, and he becomes pathetically lovestruck around Bashin's mother, whom he admired for a long time. In truth [[spoiler: he's a member of the powerful card battler team, Numbers Elite, and in the past was [[CharlesAtlasSuperPower super strong]] and lived out in the wilderness.]] Seven as well. His default persona, Nanao, speaks quietly and acts cowardly. When he becomes Galaxy Seven, he takes a turn for the flashy and dramatic. [[spoiler: He's also a member of Numbers Elite.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: Suiren uses a purple deck, wherein all the cards are zombie skull creatures. She's one of the heroes.



* DisappearedDad: Bashin’s father

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* DisappearedDad: Bashin’s fatherfather, who left to travel the world. [[spoiler: He's actually King Uchuuchouten, the leader of Thousand Spirits Group.]]



* HurricaneOfPuns: Episode 27, with Amade Us.

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* HurricaneOfPuns: Episode 27, with Amade Us.Us, who talks exclusively in rap and forces others to do the same.



* NonHumanSidekick: Aibou, Okyou, Pink, Cap, Nanrin and Guraguri

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* NonHumanSidekick: Aibou, Okyou, Pink, Cap, Nanrin and GuraguriGuraguri, all the pets of the chosen card battlers.



* RegalRinglets: Kyouka

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* RegalRinglets: KyoukaKyouka's hairstyle.



* TheRival: Bashin vs. J
** Probably Striker vs. Suiren as well
* RivalTurnedEvil: [[spoiler: J, temporarily.]]

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* TheRival: Bashin vs. J
J is the main one, starting off a trend of the rival primarily using white which would go on until Battle Spirits: Saikyo Ginga Ultimate Zero.
** Probably Striker vs. Suiren as well
well, though more downplayed. Striker in particular becomes obsessed with beating Suiren after losing to her early on.
* RivalTurnedEvil: [[spoiler: J, temporarily.temporarily, when he becomes Jack Knight.]]



* ShowWithinAShow: Battle Spirits TV

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* ShowWithinAShow: Battle Spirits TVTV, the variety show which seems to be on 24/7.



* TalkingAnimal: Several of them.

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* TalkingAnimal: Several of them. They can't talk naturally, but due to the powers of the stones possessed by the chosen card battlers, this ability is granted to them.



* TournamentArc: Several

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* TournamentArc: SeveralSeveral, as the series is about competitive gaming.



* WillTheyOrWontThey: There’s a bit of this with Striker and Suiren

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* WillTheyOrWontThey: There’s a bit of this with Striker and SuirenSuiren [[spoiler: especially later into the series, which implies mutual feelings towards them. In the final episode, Suiren (as My Sunshine) throws a heart to Striker at a concert.]]
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* BespectacledCutie: Meganeko. Her real name (which is Fumiko Otonashi) isn't even mentioned until later into the series, as she's called almost exclusively by her nickname in reference to her glasses. She's a polite and sweet, yet practical girl. [[spoiler: The twist is that she starts wearing contacts later into the series, because it's easier for her to read the cards when she starts playing Battle Spirits. But her friends continue calling her Meganeko, because it's too weird for them otherwise.]]
** Later, the series also introduces Setsuko, who is of the serious, studious type.
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* {{Meganekko}}: Er… Meganeko. [[spoiler: Until the second half of the series anyway.]]
** There’s also Setsuko later on.
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* FingerlessGloves: Eight wears them sometimes
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* FiveManBand:
** BigBad: Number Nine
** TheDragon: Smile
** TheEvilGenius: Kiano
** TheBrute: Elliott
** TheDarkChick: Masako
** SixthRanger: Seven [[spoiler:As well as J]]
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* ConspicuousCG: All the spirits, all the time

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* DiscOneFinalBoss: This is an interesting one. [[spoiler: Of course Uchuuchouten is the final boss, until Number Nine turns out to be nuts, betrays him, possesses all the Numbers, and plots to ruin and conquer the world. However, after Nine tries to steal Uchuuchouten’s source of power, he transfers his soul into Uchuuchouten, who ultimately ends up the final boss, trying to carry out Nine’s plan for real.]]



* FakeBoss: This is an interesting one. [[spoiler: Of course Uchuuchouten is the final boss, until Number Nine turns out to be nuts, betrays him, possesses all the Numbers, and plots to ruin and conquer the world. However, after Nine tries to steal Uchuuchouten’s source of power, he transfers his soul into Uchuuchouten, who ultimately ends up the final boss, trying to carry out Nine’s plan for real.]]

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* HelloNurse: Everyone is probably in love with My Sunshine.

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* CoolShades: Galaxy Seven and Number Eight.

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* CoolShades: CoolShades:
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Galaxy Seven and Number Eight.



* EverythingsBetterWithPlushies: J and Smile plushies exist within canon.

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* EverythingsBetterWithPlushies: EverythingsBetterWithPlushies:
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J and Smile plushies exist within canon.



* EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler: When J joins Thousand Spirits Group, he wears a black cape as opposed to his white one. Once he returns, he immediately does a {{GoodCostumeSwitch}} back to his normal cape.]]

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* EvilCostumeSwitch: EvilCostumeSwitch:
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[[spoiler: When J joins Thousand Spirits Group, he wears a black cape as opposed to his white one. Once he returns, he immediately does a {{GoodCostumeSwitch}} back to his normal cape.]]



* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Number Five/Card Sensei pre-series.]]

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* HeelFaceTurn: HeelFaceTurn:
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[[spoiler: Number Five/Card Sensei pre-series.]]

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