History Characters / Gunbuster

* UsefulNotes/GermanRussians: Unless she's from UsefulNotes/EastGermany and operating under a Soviet banner, her name hints that she's from the German minority in Soviet Russia or Central Asia rather than being an ethnic Russian herself.

* TheDanza: Noriko Takaya in the Japanese version, played by Creator/NorikoHidaka.

* ActionGirl

* IneffectualLoner
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold

* {{Gainaxing}}: [[TropeMaker Noriko is the first gainaxing babe, no less.]]

** Let's put this into perspective: Despite Gainax, Khara, and [[Creator/StudioTrigger Trigger]]'s pension for CrazyIsCool, no other protagonist from the three studios came close to her level until [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Simon]], who needed a mecha the size of a [[MetaMecha GALAXY]] and challenging a PhysicalGod to do so

** Let's put this into perspective: Despite Gainax, Khara [[Creator/StudioTrigger Trigger]]'s pension for CrazyIsCool, no other protagonist from the three studios came close to her level until [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Simon]], who needed a mecha the size of a [[MetaMecha GALAXY]] and challenging a PhysicalGod to do so

%%* {{Expy}}: If Kazumi and Noriko are [[Manga/AimForTheAce Reika and Hiromi]], Jung is most likely their Ranko.%%This needs to expand on what them similar.

* [[IllGirl Ill Man]]: Contracts space radiation poisoning, Kazumi was afraid that the six months she'd be gone, he'd die and she'd never see him again. [[spoiler: He's still alive when she and Noriko return to Earth.]]
** [[spoiler: As shown in the beginning of episode 6, he did die of his illness about a year after Noriko and Kazumi returned from their CurbStompBattle.]]

* DecompositeCharacter: Her character traits would be inherited by later Gainax protagonists. [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]] inherited her early personality, [[Anime/{{FLCL}} Naota Nandaba]] inherited her relation to a sibling, and [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Simon the Digger]] inherited her CharacterDevelopment.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Due to being in space at relativistic speeds for extended periods of time, Noriko's personal age doesn't match what normal people have aged. Such as when in episode 5 where ten years have passed since Noriko entered space, she is still 17, as her personal time has barely passed at all. In episode 6, another fifteen years have passed with her at near-lightspeed, making her technically 42, but still hasn't experienced much time herself and the only visible difference is she has grown her hair out. Finally, at the conclusion of episode 6, [[spoiler: 12,000 years have passed]] since the implosion when Noriko and Kazumi finally made it back to Earth, having spent enough time at near lightspeed that she STILL remains a late teenager.

* TheDanza: Noriko Takaya, played by Creator/NorikoHidaka.

* KarmaHoudini: Despite being the one to instigate the fight between her and Kazumi, and apologizing for getting her and Noriko chewed out shortly after for going AWOL and entering a forbidden area. Jung never gets called out by the girls for getting them in trouble and it's never shown whether or not she was also punished for her own involvement in the situation.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NorikoHidaka

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ReiSakuma

* ActionGirl

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MariaKawamura

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NorioWakamoto

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasakoKatsuki

* HeelFaceTurn
** DefeatMeansFriendship: Gets her butt kicked at the end of the first episode and promptly cleans up her act.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KazukiYao

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: Dies in battle, and his death triggers Noriko's CharacterDevelopment.]]

* [[spoiler: SacrificialLamb: Introduced in episode 3. Has some romantic chemistry with Noriko--just enough that it hurts Noriko (and the audience) when he dies in battle by the end of the episode.]]

* {{Expy}}: Of Hiromi Ouka, considering that ''Gunbuster'' started as an AffectionateParody of ''Manga/AimForTheAce''.

* RousingSpeech: Gives one to Kazumi in episode 5 that rivals something out of Kamina's mouth, combined with a verbal BrightSlap.

* {{Expy}}:
** The [[Manga/AimForTheAce Reika]] to Noriko's Hiromi.
** She later gets one in the form of [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina.]]

* {{Expy}}: If Kazumi and Noriko are [[Manga/AimForTheAce Reika and Hiromi]], Jung is most likely their Ranko.

* DrillSergeantNasty
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Manga/AimForTheAce Coach Jin Munakata]]

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair