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Here she finds her best friend from Middle School, Sakura, working three different jobs to keep afloat. With her help as well as the help of Sakura's friend Tataki (neither of which are convinced by Key's story), they plan to make Key into a Idol singer - someone they reason could easily gain the friendship of 30,000 people.
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Here she finds her best friend from Middle School, Sakura, Sakura Kuriyagawa, working three different jobs to keep afloat. With her help as well as the help of Sakura's friend Shuichi Tataki (neither of which are convinced by Key's story), they plan to make Key into a Idol singer - someone they reason could easily gain the friendship of 30,000 people.
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And if you think from the description that this is a cutesy kid's tale about making friends and becoming a real girl... [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids you're going to be in for a rough ride]].
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And if you think from the description that this is a cutesy kid's tale about [[TrueCompanions making friends friends]] and [[PinnochioSyndrome becoming a real girl...girl]]... [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids you're going to be in for a rough ride]].
* FourEyesNoSoul: Hikaru Tsurugi, the mercurial genius who choreographs Miho's performances and decides to take Key on as a special project.
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* HumanResourcesHumanResources: [[spoiler:The "Gel" that powers the PPOR/"Sipe" robots is extracted from humans -- usually unwillingly -- and leaves the donors comatose and barely alive when too much is taken.]]
* IBelieveThatYouBelieveIt: A frequent reaction to Key's claims of being a robot by those who know her.
* IBelieveThatYouBelieveIt: A frequent reaction to Key's claims of being a robot by those who know her.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall[=/=]PostModernism: One manner to interpret this perspicacious exchange uttered by Wakagi and Shuichi in Episode 14 after Shuichi engages in disclosing what he has learned from his visit to Mamio Valley:
-->'''[[spoiler: Wakagi:]]''' [[spoiler:There could be multiple universes, but Key should only have two futures... to regain her humanity, or fail. Any action should lead to one or the other. Her future should determine her present, and we should have been performing our given parts, but an element of uncertainty suddenly interrupted that determined plot. You! You still can't fit into your role. Do you realize how your good intentions have warped the future, thinking it was for Key's good?]]\\
'''[[spoiler:Shuichi:]]''' [[spoiler:How could I change the result? Would Key transform into something inhuman?]]\\
'''[[spoiler:Wakagi:]]''' [[spoiler:Exactly! Something inhuman, but we can't go back anymore, and I thought your role was the Greek Chorus.]]
-->'''[[spoiler: Wakagi:]]''' [[spoiler:There could be multiple universes, but Key should only have two futures... to regain her humanity, or fail. Any action should lead to one or the other. Her future should determine her present, and we should have been performing our given parts, but an element of uncertainty suddenly interrupted that determined plot. You! You still can't fit into your role. Do you realize how your good intentions have warped the future, thinking it was for Key's good?]]\\
'''[[spoiler:Shuichi:]]''' [[spoiler:How could I change the result? Would Key transform into something inhuman?]]\\
'''[[spoiler:Wakagi:]]''' [[spoiler:Exactly! Something inhuman, but we can't go back anymore, and I thought your role was the Greek Chorus.]]
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* MegaCorp: Production Minos.
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* MegaCorp: Ajo Heavy Industries, and their media subsidiary Production Minos.
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* PostModernism: One manner to interpret this perspicacious exchange uttered by Wakagi and Shuichi in Episode 14 after Shuichi engages in disclosing what he has learned from his visit to Mamio Valley: [[spoiler: Wakagi: "There could be multiple universes, but Key should only have two futures... to regain her humanity, or fail. Any action should lead to one or the other. Her future should determine her present, and we should have been performing our given parts, but an element of uncertainty suddenly interrupted that determined plot. You! You still can't fit into your role. Do you realize how your good intentions have warped the future, thinking it was for Key's good?" Shuichi: "How could I change the result? Would Key transform into something inhuman?" Wakagi: "Exactly! Something inhuman, but we can't go back anymore, and I thought your role was the Greek Chorus."]]
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Tokiko Mima, nicknamed "Key," is a robot who has been raised as a human girl by her inventor/grandfather [[spoiler:,or is it the other way around?]]. As her grandfather is dying, he tells her that she can [[BecomeARealBoy become a human]], provided she can make 30,000 friends before her battery runs out. With this, Key moves away from her idyllic village and heads for Tokyo.
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Tokiko Mima, nicknamed "Key," is a robot who has been raised as a human girl by her inventor/grandfather [[spoiler:,or [[spoiler:, or is it the other way around?]]. As her grandfather is dying, he tells her that she can [[BecomeARealBoy become a human]], provided she can make 30,000 friends before her battery runs out. With this, Key moves away from her idyllic village and heads for Tokyo.
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Tokiko Mima, nicknamed "Key," is a robot who has been raised as a human girl by her inventor/grandfather [[spoiler:, or is it the other way around?]]. As her grandfather is dying, he tells her that she can [[BecomeARealBoy become a human]], provided she can make 30,000 friends before her battery runs out. With this, Key moves away from her idyllic village and heads for Tokyo.
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Tokiko Mima, nicknamed "Key," is a robot who has been raised as a human girl by her inventor/grandfather [[spoiler:, or [[spoiler:,or is it the other way around?]]. As her grandfather is dying, he tells her that she can [[BecomeARealBoy become a human]], provided she can make 30,000 friends before her battery runs out. With this, Key moves away from her idyllic village and heads for Tokyo.
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* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Holy '''''God''''', [[CorruptCorporateExecutive A]][[BigBad j]][[CompleteMonster o]].
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* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Holy '''''God''''', [[CorruptCorporateExecutive A]][[BigBad j]][[CompleteMonster o]].jo]].
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*[[spoiler: AssholeVictim: Ajo.]]
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* BrokenBird: [[spoiler: Sakura.]] The lyrics of the end theme alludes to it, well before it's revealed in series.
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* BrokenBird: [[spoiler: Sakura.]] The lyrics of the end theme ED theme, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7W_5Jr15wY&feature=related "I'll Be There For You"]], alludes to it, well before it's revealed in series.
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* BittersweetEnding: more bitter than sweet, though.
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* BrokenBird: [[spoiler: Sakura.]]
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* BrokenBird: [[spoiler: Sakura.]]]] The lyrics of the end theme alludes to it, well before it's revealed in series.
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* BittersweetEnding: more bitter than sweet, though.
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* PostModernism: One manner to interpret this perspicacious exchange uttered by Wakagi and Shuichi in Episode 14 after Shuichi engages in disclosing what he has learned from his visit to Mamio Valley: [[spoiler: Wakagi: "There could be multiple universes, but Key should only have two futures... to regain her humanity, or fail. Any action should lead to one or the other. Her future should determine her present, and we should have been performing our given parts, but an element of uncertainty suddenly interrupted that determined plot. You! You still can't fit into your role. Do you realize how your good intentions have warped the future, thinking it was for Key's good?"
Shuichi: "How could I change the result? Would Key transform into something inhuman?"
Wakagi: "Exactly! Something inhuman, but we can't go back anymore, and I thought your role was the Greek Chorus."]]
Shuichi: "How could I change the result? Would Key transform into something inhuman?"
Wakagi: "Exactly! Something inhuman, but we can't go back anymore, and I thought your role was the Greek Chorus."]]
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* PostModernism: One manner to interpret this perspicacious exchange uttered by Wakagi and Shuichi in Episode 14 after Shuichi engages in disclosing what he has learned from his visit to Mamio Valley: [[spoiler: Wakagi: "There could be multiple universes, but Key should only have two futures... to regain her humanity, or fail. Any action should lead to one or the other. Her future should determine her present, and we should have been performing our given parts, but an element of uncertainty suddenly interrupted that determined plot. You! You still can't fit into your role. Do you realize how your good intentions have warped the future, thinking it was for Key's good?"
good?" Shuichi: "How could I change the result? Would Key transform into something inhuman?"
inhuman?" Wakagi: "Exactly! Something inhuman, but we can't go back anymore, and I thought your role was the Greek Chorus."]]
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* PostModernism: One manner to interpret this perspicacious exchange uttered by Wakagi and Shuichi in Episode 14 after Shuichi engages in disclosing what he has learned from his visit to Mamio Valley:
[[spoiler: Wakagi: "There could be multiple universes, but Key should only have two futures... to regain her humanity, or fail. Any action should lead to one or the other. Her future should determine her present, and we should have been performing our given parts, but an element of uncertainty suddenly interrupted that determined plot. You! You still can't fit into your role. Do you realize how your good intentions have warped the future, thinking it was for Key's good?"
[[spoiler: Wakagi: "There could be multiple universes, but Key should only have two futures... to regain her humanity, or fail. Any action should lead to one or the other. Her future should determine her present, and we should have been performing our given parts, but an element of uncertainty suddenly interrupted that determined plot. You! You still can't fit into your role. Do you realize how your good intentions have warped the future, thinking it was for Key's good?"
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* PostModernism: One manner to interpret this perspicacious exchange uttered by Wakagi and Shuichi in Episode 14 after Shuichi engages in disclosing what he has learned from his visit to Mamio Valley:
Valley: [[spoiler: Wakagi: "There could be multiple universes, but Key should only have two futures... to regain her humanity, or fail. Any action should lead to one or the other. Her future should determine her present, and we should have been performing our given parts, but an element of uncertainty suddenly interrupted that determined plot. You! You still can't fit into your role. Do you realize how your good intentions have warped the future, thinking it was for Key's good?"
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[[Spoiler: Wakagi: "There could be multiple universes, but Key should only have two futures... to regain her humanity, or fail. Any action should lead to one or the other. Her future should determine her present, and we should have been performing our given parts, but an element of uncertainty suddenly interrupted that determined plot. You! You still can't fit into your role. Do you realize how your good intentions have warped the future, thinking it was for Key's good?"
Shuichi: "How could I change the result? Would Key transform into something inhuman?"
Wakagi: "Exactly! Something inhuman, but we can't go back anymore, and I thought your role was the Greek Chorus."]]
Shuichi: "How could I change the result? Would Key transform into something inhuman?"
Wakagi: "Exactly! Something inhuman, but we can't go back anymore, and I thought your role was the Greek Chorus."]]
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Shuichi: "How could I change the result? Would Key transform into something
Wakagi: "Exactly! Something inhuman, but we can't go back anymore, and I thought your role was the Greek Chorus."]]
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* PostModernism: One manner to interpret this perspicacious exchange uttered by Wakagi and Shuichi in Episode 14 after Shuichi engages in disclosing what he has learned from his visit to Mamio Valley:
[[Spoiler: Wakagi: "There could be multiple universes, but Key should only have two futures... to regain her humanity, or fail. Any action should lead to one or the other. Her future should determine her present, and we should have been performing our given parts, but an element of uncertainty suddenly interrupted that determined plot. You! You still can't fit into your role. Do you realize how your good intentions have warped the future, thinking it was for Key's good?"
Shuichi: "How could I change the result? Would Key transform into something inhuman?"
Wakagi: "Exactly! Something inhuman, but we can't go back anymore, and I thought your role was the Greek Chorus."]]
[[Spoiler: Wakagi: "There could be multiple universes, but Key should only have two futures... to regain her humanity, or fail. Any action should lead to one or the other. Her future should determine her present, and we should have been performing our given parts, but an element of uncertainty suddenly interrupted that determined plot. You! You still can't fit into your role. Do you realize how your good intentions have warped the future, thinking it was for Key's good?"
Shuichi: "How could I change the result? Would Key transform into something inhuman?"
Wakagi: "Exactly! Something inhuman, but we can't go back anymore, and I thought your role was the Greek Chorus."]]
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* DeconstructorFleet: Covers Pinocchio/ BecomeARealBoy, MiniMecha, Real Mecha, Super Mecha, EccentricMentor, IdolSinger, and MagicalGirl to name a few. Additionally, it [[spoiler: subverts EmotionlessGirl and RobotGirl, as Key is revealed to be neither]].
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* DeconstructorFleet: Covers Pinocchio/ BecomeARealBoy, MiniMecha, Real Mecha, Super Mecha, EccentricMentor, IdolSinger, and MagicalGirl to name a few. Additionally, it [[spoiler: subverts and deconstructs EmotionlessGirl and RobotGirl, as Key is revealed to be neither]].
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* DeconstructorFleet: Covers Pinocchio/ BecomeARealBoy, MiniMecha, Real Mecha, Super Mecha, EccentricMentor, IdolSinger, and MagicalGirl to name a few. Additionally, it [[spoiler: subverts EmotionlessGirl and RobotGirl]].
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* DeconstructorFleet: Covers Pinocchio/ BecomeARealBoy, MiniMecha, Real Mecha, Super Mecha, EccentricMentor, IdolSinger, and MagicalGirl to name a few. Additionally, it [[spoiler: subverts EmotionlessGirl and RobotGirl]].RobotGirl, as Key is revealed to be neither]].
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* DeconstructorFleet: Covers Pinocchio/ BecomeARealBoy, MiniMecha, Real Mecha, Super Mecha, EccentricMentor, IdolSinger, and MagicalGirl to name a few. Additionally, it [[spoiler: subverts EmotionlessGirl and RobotGirl.]]
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* DeconstructorFleet: Covers Pinocchio/ BecomeARealBoy, MiniMecha, Real Mecha, Super Mecha, EccentricMentor, IdolSinger, and MagicalGirl to name a few. Additionally, it [[spoiler: subverts EmotionlessGirl and RobotGirl.]]RobotGirl]].
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* DeconstructorFleet: Covers Pinocchio/ BecomeARealBoy, MiniMecha, Real Mecha, Super Mecha, EccentricMentor, IdolSinger, and MagicalGirl to name a few.
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* DeconstructorFleet: Covers Pinocchio/ BecomeARealBoy, MiniMecha, Real Mecha, Super Mecha, EccentricMentor, IdolSinger, and MagicalGirl to name a few. Additionally, it [[spoiler: subverts EmotionlessGirl and RobotGirl.]]
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* IdolSinger
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* IdolSingerIdolSinger: Deconstructed
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* DeconstructorFleet: Covers Pinocchio/{{Become A Real Boy}}, MiniMecha, Real Mecha, Super Mecha, IdolSinger, and MagicalGirl to name a few.
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* DeconstructorFleet: Covers Pinocchio/{{Become A Real Boy}}, Pinocchio/ BecomeARealBoy, MiniMecha, Real Mecha, Super Mecha, IdolSinger, and MagicalGirl to name a few.
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* DeconstructorFleet: Covers Pinocchio/BecomeARealBoy, Pinocchio/BecomeaRealBoy, MiniMecha, Real Mecha, Super Mecha, IdolSinger, and MagicalGirl to name a few.
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''Key the Metal Idol'' was released as a 15-episode {{OVA}} over a few years. The final episodes were nearly 90 minutes in length.
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''Key the Metal Idol'' was released as a 15-episode {{OVA}} over a few years. The final episodes were are nearly 90 minutes in length.
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Tokiko Mima, nicknamed "Key," is a robot who has been raised as a human girl by her inventor/grandfather. As her grandfather is dying, he tells her that she can [[BecomeARealBoy become a human]], provided she can make 30,000 friends before her battery runs out. With this, Key moves away from her idyllic village and heads for Tokyo.
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Tokiko Mima, nicknamed "Key," is a robot who has been raised as a human girl by her inventor/grandfather.inventor/grandfather [[spoiler:, or is it the other way around?]]. As her grandfather is dying, he tells her that she can [[BecomeARealBoy become a human]], provided she can make 30,000 friends before her battery runs out. With this, Key moves away from her idyllic village and heads for Tokyo.
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* CompleteMonster: Ajo
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome- Key's Lullaby. Also counts as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming for many.
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* JerkSue: Tsurugi. He's a director, producer, dancer, choreographer, author, screenwriter, voice coach, and incredibly abusive. Possibly a deconstruction because people close to him come to realize his abuse. Oh, and because he's ''[[InsufferableGenius batshit]] [[MadArtist insane]]''.
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* LesYay: Key and Sakura
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* {{Moe}}: Key is another pre-NeonGenesisEvangelion prototype.
* MoralEventHorizon: Ajo's treatment of Miho, and ''especially'' his savage beating of her replacement.
* MoralEventHorizon: Ajo's treatment of Miho, and ''especially'' his savage beating of her replacement.
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* SeinfeldIsUnfunny: When this show first came out, it was regarded as the biggest MindScrew in the history of anime. Today, when you compare it to [[SerialExperimentsLain some of the shows]] [[{{Texhnolyze}} that take after it]], it doesn't seem convoluted in the least.
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* SuperlativeDubbing: Considered one of the only series in which the dubbed themes are actually ''[[CrowningMusicOfAwesome better]]''. The voice dubs aren't all that bad, either.
* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Sakura's death.]]
** The ending theme.
* TearJerker: [[spoiler:Sakura's death.]]
** The ending theme.
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* YouWouldMakeAGreatModel: Happens to the very naive title character. Fortunately, the scumbags ordered delivery, and her friend Tomoko who brought the food figured out what was going on, and saved her.
