History Anime / StarDriver

* ThreeAmigos: Takuto, Sugata, and Wako. [[spoiler:Sugata, Wako, and Keito in their childhood. Takuto had this relationship with his two childhood friends Natsuo and Hana in Episode 16. Tokio, Sora, and Ryousuke are revealed to have been one as well in Episode 20.]]

* {{Bishounen}}: Takuto's title is the ''Ginga Bishounen'', which literally means "Galactic Pretty Boy". No, that's not a joke. This series doesn't take itself seriously at ''all''.

* OperaGloves: Sugata, Takuto and Wako's outfits in the movie have these.

* OperaGloves: Sugata, Takuto and Wako's outfits in the the movie have these.

A CompilationMovie, with about three minutes of new footage, called Star Driver: TheMovie was released on February 9th 2013.

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Head, aside from getting punched in the face by Takuto for a second time and having his plans destroyed. Admittedly, we don't see what happens after the credits roll, but our last image of him is being somewhat moody, with his only friend commenting on the situation in a bemused manner. Given the whole, you know, kill the world and travel through time to fulfill an insane fantasy ploy he just tried to pull, you'd think maybe there'd be some kind of rejection or punishment...]]

* DownerEnding:
** Not to the show itself (at least, not yet), but [[spoiler:the fish girl's story ends with Sam killing his girlfriend in order to achieve his dream of flying out into the galaxy, and once he gets there he finds it not as amazing as he'd hoped]].

%%* SeriousBusiness: ''Blowing kisses''.

* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: Professor Silver doesn't quite ''know'' what he's doing--the Cybodies are just that mysterious--but he does an incredible job with what he's got. Take, for example, his development of the [[spoiler:Overphase System, which he likens to a "phase 3.5"; the 3.5 is inaccurate because according to WordOfGod, the fourth phase entails nothing but the unsealing of the ultimate Cybody, King Samekh. The guy ''made up'' a further level of synchronization.]]

** The ruins hidden on the island and what sort of civilization might've inhabited them are never really expounded upon.
** The drama club's play (and by extension its sequel, the North Maiden's Sam the Squid-Piercer story) seems to parallel whatever conflict occurred between Samekh and Ayingott that resulted in Ayingott being crushed in Samekh's hand, but this is never told to the audience with full disclosure either. Why Ayingott has much more sentience than the other Cybodies and why it's "evil" are never even hinted at.
** Whatever the Entropeople are and who that second, boyish voice [[spoiler:Sarina]] speaks with are not explained.
*** That second voice is actually [[spoiler:Vice President]].

** The maidens having to be nude to be the power source of the [[LightNovel/AsuraCryin mech]].

* BareYourMidriff: A fair-sized chunk of the cast. More specifically, the ''male'' cast.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Takuto delivers one to [[spoiler:Sugata]] in an attempt to wake him up. In response, he's not so pleased.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* GroundhogDayLoop: [[spoiler:How the Maidens are kept on the island. Attempting to leave triggers one, as Mizuno finds to her horror.]]
* HamToHamCombat: Mamoru Miyano and Akira Ishida in Episode 25.

* AbsoluteCleavage: [[spoiler: Sugata's Crux outfit manages to be a male version.]]

* AnimeHair: And HOW!

* BaseballEpisode: The start of episode 10.

* BlandNameProduct: Sougen-Dazs.
* BoisterousBruiser: George.

* BoyMeetsGirl[=/=]MeetCute

** In-universe, this is literally the reason why the Drama Club practices outside: so they can be checked out by the adoring school.

* GenkiGirl: Mizuno.

* GogglesDoNothing: The fluff Tauburn has.

* ImagineSpot: Wako has a few.

* JigsawPuzzlePlot

* MoodWhiplash:
** [[spoiler:The end of Episode 6.]]
** [[spoiler:Episode 24.]]

* OnTheNextEpisodeOfCatchphrase: "Your galaxy will shine!" [[spoiler: At the series end, "Your galaxy is already Shining!" also a throw back to Sakana-chan's story.]]
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: '''Everyone.'''
** Head sometimes poses as one despite being old enough to be [[spoiler:Takuto's father]] and somehow manages to pull it off successfully. Lampshaded in episode 24.

* ParentalAbandonment: It seems that Takuto was raised by his grandfather and he's searching for his [[DisappearedDad absent father Tokio Tsunashi]], [[spoiler: better now known as Head]]. During the events of the final episode [[spoiler: it becomes an attempt at OffingTheOffspring on Head's part, if his tone is any indication]]

* RecapEpisode: ''The movie''.

* SeriousBusiness: ''Blowing kisses''.

* UnusualEuphemism: So, do ''you'' mind glass?

* {{Meganekko}}: Okamoto-sensei and Sugata's maids.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Sugata has blue hair, and numerous other characters have odd hair coloring.
** In fact, it seems that the more important a character, the more they follow this trope. Even if they don't have oddly colored hair, they'll at least, like Keito, have hair that is more vibrantly colored than all the background characters.

* TimeStandsStill: A side effect of Star Drivers entering Zero Time. Also acts as a form of SpiderSense.

* FalseSoulmate: [[spoiler:Poor Shingo. His rather obvious feelings for Head were just used by the latter to get his hands on a very viable Cybody.]]

* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler:Keito]] reveals to Takuto that she also felt like a she was "in the way" when she used to be childhood friends with Sugata and Wako, mirroring Takuto's uncertainties of being a "third wheel" in the same relationship.

* ChromaticArrangement: The main PowerTrio correspond to the primary colors.

* PowerTrio: Takuto, Wako, and Sugata, if the ending is any indicator.
** Id: Takuto. Completely and entirely driven by his impulses and desires.
** Superego: Sugata. Calm, coolheaded, and rational.
** Ego: Wako. An exact balance between the two.
*** It's even lampshaded by Takuto and Sarina in Episode 6, though Takuto initially worries that they were never really a PowerTrio and instead "a couple and their third wheel."

** Actually lampshaded in Episode 25 itself, in which Head reveals his motivation, which although not a ShockingSwerve still seems quite out of nowhere at first.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The entire conversation between Takuto and Benio in the bath can refer to kissing and [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything something a little further down that line]].

* ConspiracyRedemption

* ConspicuousCG: During the Cybody transformation sequence.

* NobodyCanDie: At least the [[WordOfGod director and writer]] [[http://www.ggkthx.org/2010/10/04/the-world-of-star-driver-interview/ said so]]. [[spoiler: Confirmed, as of the final episode. Not one character has died as a result of Cybody combat, nor have any characters been implied to have died during the run of the story.]]

* NoOntologicalInertia: Averted.

** The book Tiger referenced in episode 4 was very clearly ''Little Black Sambo''.