History Anime / PatlaborTheMovie

* MeaningfulName: The main villain Eiichi Hoba's name is a deliberate cipher of "Jehovah", which is acknowledged by Asuma and Gotoh on separate occasions. The film as a whole has a lot of BiblicalMotifs, with Hoba explicitly having a GodComplex.

* ThanatosGambit: The first movie starts off with the BigBad jumping into the ocean. As a result, the police can't find out in time how his virus works. A second, [[EpilepticTree less clear gambit]], may be that [[spoiler: he attached his employee badge to his pet raven to set off a NeverFoundTheBody-paranoia, and give his pursuers a SecretTestOfCharacter. Division 2 is only able to prevent the destuction of Tokyo because they decide to try and save Hoba when they think he's alive. They wouldn't have made it to the backup-system in time if they had decided to collapse the Ark with him still in it.]]

* MeaningfulName: The main villain Eiichi Hoba's name is a deliberate cipher of "Jehovah", which is acknowledged by Asuma and Gotoh on separate occasions. The film as a whole has a lot of BiblicalMotifs.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The good news is, EverybodyLives and Tokyo is saved from being leveled by rampaging Labors. The bad news is, the team's efforts just mean they got the least terrible option in the BigBad's XanatosGambit: the Babylon Project is doomed. [[TheBadGuyWins The bad guy still got what he wanted]], and Shinohara's corner-cutting goes unpunished besides.]]

''Patlabor: The Movie'' is a 1989 Japanese anime film in the ''Franchise/{{Patlabor}}'' RealRobotGenre franchise, directed by Creator/MamoruOshii and written by Creator/{{Headgear}}. It is a [[TheFilmOfTheSeries direct sequel]] to the 1988 ''Mobile Police Patlabor'' OVA series.

* BackForTheFinale: Kanuka Clancy went back to the NYPD between the OVA and this film, but she returns at the start of the third act to help Special Vehicles deal with the plot.

* ChekhovsGun: Shige's landlady calls attention to the delivery of the morning paper. A few minutes later, that paper gives Shige an OhCrap when he realizes [[spoiler:Hoba plans to use an incoming typhoon to activate all the Labors at once]].

''Patlabor: The Movie'' is a 1989 Japanese anime film in the ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' RealRobot franchise, directed by Creator/MamoruOshii and written by Creator/{{Headgear}}. It is a [[TheFilmOfTheSeries direct sequel]] to the 1988 ''Anime/MobilePolicePatlabor'' OVA series.

* ComputerVirus: The Hyper Operating System contains self-replicating sabotage code that causes computer systems infected with it to go nuts--meaning a rampaging KillerRobot in the case of Labors.

* BigGood: Throughout the film, Captain Gotoh runs interference with the higher-ups and makes sure the Patlabor squad has the resources it needs to accomplish ThePlan. [[ManipulativeBastard He also tricks Asuma into going balls-to-the-wall on investigating Eiichi Hoba and HOS]]: he already shared some of Asuma's suspicions and knew his subordinate could figure things out in a shorter amount of time if he was motivated enough.

* {{Arcology}}: The Ark is a CityOnTheWater many stories tall that is being built in the middle of Tokyo Bay.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:The team's efforts just mean they got the least terrible option in the BigBad's XanatosGambit. [[TheBadGuyWins The bad guy still got what he wanted]].]]

* CuttingCorners: Hoba's plot would not have been possible had Shinohara Heavy Industries thought of having their new operating system code reviewed before pushing it to production, something that is standard procedure for any professional engineering firm.

* EurekaMoment: Asuma figures out Hoba's plan is to use resonance between the Ark and Tokyo's buildings to make Labors go berserk across Tokyo after the whistling from a teakettle makes a glass cabinet door in Shige's apartment rattle.

* BigGood: Captain Gotoh runs interference with the higher-ups and makes sure the Patlabor squad has the resources it needs to accomplish ThePlan. [[ManipulativeBastard He also tricks Asuma into going balls-to-the-wall on investigating Eiichi Hoba and HOS]]: he already shared some of Asuma's suspicions and knew his subordinate could figure things out in a shorter amount of time if he was motivated enough.

* ManipulativeBastard: Captain Gotoh tricks Asuma into going balls-to-the-wall on investigating Eiichi Hoba and HOS: he already shared some of Asuma's suspicions and knew his subordinate could figure things out in a shorter amount of time if he was motivated enough. Asuma is ''pissed'' when he finds out that among other things Gotoh knew all along that the Patlabors were at no risk of going berserk and didn't pass that information along.

* TurnInYourBadge: The department suspends Asuma and Noa for going off-base without permission--something their TricksterMentor Gotoh arranged so they'd have more time to figure out what's going wrong with the Labors.

* KarmaHoudini: The film ends before we hear whether [[spoiler:Shinohara Heavy Industries]] suffered any long-term consequences for [[spoiler:failing to notice that their new Labor OS had a virus embedded in it before installing it on every SHI Labor in Tokyo]].

* DestroyTheEvidence: Planned by Gotoh the third act when he orders Division 2 to tear down the Ark based on the suspicions of Asuma, Noa, and Shige about the Labor incidents. He ships the HOS master disk that Asuma found to Shige's contacts at MIT in hopes they're able to prove that the HOS was responsible for the berserk Labors. But if they can't, all the evidence that Division 2 destroyed the Ark will be on the bottom of Tokyo Bay anyway, so they'll just play dumb and say the typhoon that was going on at the time caused it.

* XanatosGambit: Mixed with the ThanatosGambit above: By killing himself, the BigBad has left the police with only three choices: [[spoiler: Do nothing and let Tokyo's infrastructure get wrecked, destroy all Labors, or destroy the Ark thereby dooming the Babylon Project.]] Since the BigBad is TheFundamentalist who feels that LuddWasRight, all three options suit him.
* XanatosRoulette: The BigBad's scheme is dependent on a typhoon passing by Tokyo Bay to set off [[spoiler:the trigger condition for his virus across all of Tokyo]], which does happen at the climax of the film. The problem is that he [[spoiler:commits suicide]] believing that his plot has progressed past the point where it can be stopped over a week prior. Meteorological science is nowhere near good enough to predict the path of a typhoon that far in advance, so his plan coming to fruition before it was discovered and steps taken to thwart it beyond [=SV2's=] desperate effort to avert catastrophe was pure luck.

* XanatosGambit:
** Mixed with the ThanatosGambit above: By killing himself, the BigBad has left the police with only three choices: [[spoiler: Do nothing and let Tokyo's infrastructure get wrecked, destroy all Labors, or destroy the Ark thereby dooming the Babylon Project.]] Since the BigBad is TheFundamentalist who feels that LuddWasRight, all three options suit him.
** Gotoh pulls one of his own in the third act when he orders Division 2 to tear down the Ark based on the suspicions of Asuma, Noa, and Shige, and ships the HOS master disk they discovered to Shige's contacts at MIT. Either they're able to prove that the HOS was responsible for the berserk Labors, or they just play dumb and pretend the typhoon took the Ark down. Either way, Tokyo is saved.

* XanatosGambit: Mixed with the ThanatosGambit above: By killing himself, the BigBad has left the police with only three choices: [[spoiler: Do nothing and let Tokyo's infrastructure get wrecked, destroy all Labors, or destroy the Ark thereby dooming the Babylon Project.]] Since the BigBad is TheFundamentalist who feels that LuddWasRight, all three options suit him.

* KarmaHoudini: No mention is made of [[spoiler:Shinohara Heavy Industries]] suffering any consequences for [[spoiler:failing to notice that their new Labor OS had a virus embedded in it before installing it on every SHI Labor in Tokyo]].

* ColdOpen: The opening credits roll over the JSDF fighting a combat Labor through a forest, only for it to turn out to be unmanned once it's immobilized and opened up. Following this, we get the scene of Eiichi Hoba committing suicide, and only then do we meet up with Special Vehicles.

* HarmlessFreezing: After rescuing the pilot of the berserk construction Labor by ripping his cockpit out of the machine with Noa's help, Ohta puts the Labor down with gunshots to its coolant tank, and is promptly enveloped in ice. He suffers no long-term health consequences.

* TowerOfBabel: The villain's plot is explicitly likened to the story of the TowerOfBabel in Genesis: Eiichi Hoba, whose name is a cipher of "Jehovah", thought that modern Japan had lost sight of its historical spirituality and the importance of humanity in the pursuit of economic growth and advancement, and placed a CurseOfBabel, i.e. the HOS virus, on Japan to restore the balance he believed was missing.

* XanatosRoulette: The BigBad's scheme is dependent on a typhoon passing by Tokyo Bay to set off [[spoiler:the trigger condition for his virus across all of Tokyo]], which does happen at the climax of the film. The problem is that he [[spoiler:commits suicide]] believing that his plot has progressed past the point where it can be stopped over a week prior. Meteorological science is nowhere near good enough to predict the path of a typhoon that far in advance, so his plan coming to fruition before it is discovered and steps taken to thwart it beyond [=SV2's=] desperate effort to avert catastrophe was pure luck.

* ColdOpen: The opening credits roll over the JSDF fighting a combat Labor through a forest, only for it to turn out to be unmanned once it's immobilized and opened up. Following this, we get the scene of Eiichi

''Patlabor: The Movie'' is a 1989 Japanese {{animated film}} in the ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' RealRobot franchise, directed by Creator/MamoruOshii and written by Creator/{{Headgear}}. It is a [[TheFilmOfTheSeries direct sequel]] to the 1988 ''Anime/MobilePolicePatlabor'' OVA series.

''Patlabor: The Movie'' is a 1989 Japanese {{animated film}} in the ''Anime/{{Patlabor}}'' RealRobot franchise, directed by Creator/MamoruOshii. It is a [[TheFilmOfTheSeries direct sequel]] to the 1988 ''Anime/MobilePolicePatlabor'' OVA series.

Special Vehicles Division 2 of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police are doing their usual business when the sirens sound; cue the LockAndLoadMontage as they roll out to deal with a construction Labor rampaging through a suburb. The pilot is screaming for rescue, because his machine, which was recently upgraded to Shinohara Heavy Industries' new Hyper Operating System, is acting on its own and refusing to acknowledge his commands.

* CuttingCorners: The villain's plot in the first movie would not have been possible had Shinohara Heavy Industries thought of having their new operating system code reviewed before pushing it to production - something that is standard procedure for any professional engineering firm.