History Anime / VanDread

* CoversAlwaysLie: Averted for the most part but that DarkSkinnedRedhead on the complete boxset? She appears in the last two episodes despite it looking like she's a main character.

** It should be noted that none of the cast outside of Jura and Barnette are shown engaging in same-sex relationships, and only Meia is implied to have done so in the past. It is possible that the main characters, at least, are purely straight and never engaged in SituationalSexuality prior to the show's beginning. Though it can be safely assumed that other female crew members on the ship did engage in the past, it is very possible, even likely, that Dita, Hibiki, Duero, and Bart, at the least, did not did not.

** The series comes across more like a subversion or even aversion of this trope more than anything. Despite the fact that Mejare is specifically confirmed to have a culture where female lesbian pairs form family units (though its left up in the air whether or not all women who have children together form such, or some just do it by agreement), almost ''none'' of the women on the ship actually forms or is shown to have a romantic relationship with another woman, aside from the existing couple of Barnette and Jura, and potentially Ezra and the woman she had a baby with. There is a blink and you miss it flashback showing that Meia may have pursued relationships with women in the past, or at least been really close to one, but other than that, there is no indication that any of the women in the cast swings that way. Of the other main characters, Magno is a first generation colonist who remembers that men and women used to be together, so she very well might not feel that way at all, while BC [[spoiler:is a male spy, whose ultimate sexuality is left up in the air]]. As for the men of Terak, Terak itself knows no love or romance (babies are created in ''factories'' and there is no evidence men form family units) due to its militaristic society and nothing is ever indicated how Terak itself specifically feels about homosexuality, other than that its probably tolerated due to no other options. For the male characters, Hibiki is full on attracted to Dita, Bart falls in love with BC [[spoiler:and his feelings after finding out BC is a man are left ambiguous]], while Duero at the very least expresses keen interest in Parfait and even calls women "wonderful" at one point. Altogether, it is possible that, at least among the main cast, no one is actually bisexual at all, and not everyone actually gives in to SituationalSexuality; some just will do without because they are completely strait. For the story's purposes, everyone other than Jura and Barnette is treated as straight.

* DiscountLesbians: It seems actually pretty safe to figure that ''most'' of the Mejale women ''are'' lesbians (or [[NoBisexuals Bisexuals with no other option]]); the one who is after Hibiki seems to be drawn to the...novelty of having babies that way, sort of the equivalent of a modern lesbian asking a guy to be her sperm donor. Besides, it'd be a rather ''different'' sort of series if it spent much time on the sexual implications of {{One Gender Race}}s.

* DoTheyKnowItsChristmasTime: With the Captain Magno even [[spoiler:dressing up as Santa]]

%% * {{Bishonen}}: Duero.

* ButtMonkey / TheChewToy:

* BerserkButton: Do NOT hurt Jura while Barnette is anywhere nearby...

* {{Bishonen}}: Duero.

** [[spoiler: Bart goes into PapaWolf mode when the harvesters come to a planet where he befriended an IllGirl.]]

* CryCute: Both Dita and Misty in episode 7 of Season 2.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Jura. Just look at the page picture.

* LastMinuteHookup: Literally.
* LatexSpaceSuit: Meia's suit.
* LightningGlare: Dita and Misty exchange it with each other.
* LittlestCancerPatient: One-shot character Shirley.

* LovableTraitor: Rabat.

* TheMothership
* MsFanservice: Practically every female character but the captain, but its implied she used to be quite the looker.
** In hindsight, [[spoiler:BC probably doesn't count anymore. Unless that's your thing of course...]].

* NerdGlasses: Worn by WrenchWench, {{meganekko}} Parfait.

* OneWayVisor: The pluto colonists.

* [[{{Tsundere}} Oranyan]]: Hibiki.

* PlanetOfHats: Tarak and Mejale as [[AnAesop an aesop]] that men and women need each other.
** Also some what deconstructed in that [[spoiler:the PlanetOfHats were created to be worn.]]

* RobotBuddy: Pyoro.
* RomanticFalseLead: Misty.

*** Also, check the ChristmasEpisode.

* TheStoic: Meia and Duero.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Jura's slinky black dress. Barnette's outfit, to a lesser degree.
* SufficientlyAdvancedAliens: The Paksis.

* {{Synchronization}}: Bart and the Nirvana.

* ThirdPersonPerson: Jura... sometimes. Also, Dita.

** While we do not directly witness it, it is implied that the Nirvana's constant battles against the harvestors are incuring casualties amongst the regular pirate fleet members piloting the dreads. In the background of one battle, a member of Gasco's support team reports in a panic about a failed supply run to a dread, her phrasing implying it was shot down mid drop and another comments in a distraught manner why the Dreads don't have better shields.

* AdultFear: One of Meia's traumatic flashbacks is absolutely laden with this - [[spoiler:separated from ''both'' her parents due to an accident, as they chose to stay behind and send her out on a crowded escape vessel crowded with other children. After that, she was rendered a homeless orphan who was forced to become a street rat until she was recruited by Magno Vivan]].

* {{Meganekko}}: Parfait.

** WHile we do not directly witness it, it is implied that the Nirvana's constant battles against the harvestors are incuring casualties amongst the regular pirate fleet members piloting the dreads. In the background of one battle, a member of Gasco's support team reports in a panic about a failed supply run to a dread, her phrasing implying it was shot down mid drop and another comments in a distraught manner why the Dreads don't have better shields.

* SitchSexuality: Most of the women hate men as the enemy, but as the series progresses, many of them seem to have been in same-sex relationships due to a lack of options rather than preference. It also seems as though none of the men on Tarak pair off (this is, after all, a ''{{seinen}}'' fantasy show, not a [[YaoiGuys shonen-ai]] vehicle).

* ImportantHaircut: [[spoiler:Bart, marking his transition from LovableCoward to CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass]]
** [[spoiler: BaldOfAwesome]]

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Gascogne wants you to know it's pronounced "Gas-Co-NYU". It may also refer to the fact that "Gas-cone" sounds like "Gas-Co", which [[spoiler:was her older sister's nickname for her, and doesn't want her memory of her sister to change.]] In the original Japanese, it's not so much a pronunciation issue as her refusing to accept her nickname of "Gasco-san".

* EverythingIsBetterWithMonkeys: Rabat has a pet orangutan.

* KarmaHoudini: Absolutely nobody addresses the fact the child nurse intentionally manipulated the crew into turning against the male members by exagerating minor/insignificant situations. She was motivated by the fact her best friend, Dita, had seemingly forgotten her birthday and was ignoring her for Hibiki but both of them were infact preparing a birthday surprise for her. This petty act causes a schism which ruined the crews established dynamic and resurfaced past biases they had overcome, later leading to everyone nearly getting killed on multiple ocassions and possible unnecessary redshirt casaulties amongst the regular Dread pilot crew, until the group resolves its issues. The only cummapance we see is her seeing her special birthday surprise dish smashed on the groud when the crew try to arrest Hibiki, with a guilty expression when she realizes what she has betrayed many of her friends over nothing.

* KarmaHoudini: Absolutely nobody addresses the fact the child nurse intentionally manipulated the crew into turning against the male members by exagerating minor/insignificant situations. She was motivated by the fact her best friend, Dita, had seemingly forgotten her birthday and was ignoring her for Hibiki but both of them were infact preparing a birthday surprise for her. This petty act causes a schism which ruined the crews established dynamic and resurfaced past biases they had overcome, later leading to everyone nearly getting killed on multiple ocassions and quite possibly a significant number of unnecessary red shirt deaths from pilots killed in action or from lack of medical care until the group reunites and resolves its issues. The only cummapance we see is her seeing her special birthday surprise dish smashed on the groud when the crew try to arrest Hibiki, with a guilty expression when she realizes what she has betrayed many of her friends over nothing.

* KarmaHoudini: During his run as a villain before [[spoiler: his HeelFaceTurn]], Rabat got away with a number of misdeeds, including brutally beating Hibiki and even selling out the crew to Earth later on. Not once does he ever pay for any of the bad things he's done.
** Absolutely nobody addresses the fact the child nurse intentionally manipulated the crew into turning against the male members by exagerating minor/insignificant situations. She was motivated by the fact her best friend, Dita, had seemingly forgotten her birthday and was ignoring her for Hibiki but both of them were infact preparing a birthday surprise for her. This petty act causes a schism which ruined the crews established dynamic and resurfaced past biases they had overcome, later leading to everyone nearly getting killed on multiple ocassions and quite possibly a significant number of unnecessary red shirt deaths from pilots killed in action or from lack of medical care until the group reunites and resolves its issues. The only cummapance we see is her seeing her special birthday surprise dish smashed on the groud when the crew try to arrest Hibiki, with a guilty expression when she realizes what she has betrayed many of her friends over nothing.

* MsFanservice: Practically every female character but the captain.

* CoolOldLady: The captain Magno Vivan.

* NotSoDifferent:
** The three men and the women aboard the Nirvana gradually learn to get along with each other, and then they learn the truth about the Harvesters [[spoiler:and Earth.]] Granted, the men did not get along too well from the start, seeing that Duelo is a hyper-competent member of the elite in a state of ennui, Bart is a spoiled brat who is the heir to a food capsule empire and Hibiki is a third-class citizen with a big mouth. Likewise, the women pirates appeared to be a lot more strict and way less understanding to each other before the three guys showed up.
** The Tarak and Mejare are not so different either. They are driven by similar prejudices, superficiality and though apparently it's not the case, the Mejare are by no means less militaristic and bellicose than the Tarak.

* CastFullOfGay: More like Cast Full of Bi, as despite originally hailing from one-gender planets, the men and women have little trouble developing romantic feelings for each other.

* ChristmasEpisode: A MoodWhiplash scenario where everyone is enjoying food and Yuletime fun, looking a comet that looks like a flocked tree, and ''OMG the Evil Aliens are hiding in the comet's tail waiting to attack!'' Wait, Hibiki's there and [[AnAssKickingChristmas once again Christmas is safe!]]