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** Maya has a TelescopingStaff that can split into two smaller batons, fitting her preference for martial arts and [[CarryABigStick smashing things]]

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** Maya has a TelescopingStaff that can split into two smaller batons, fitting her preference for martial arts and [[CarryABigStick smashing things]]things]].



* BrokenAce: She's by far the most skilled of the trainees, with Maya even remarking that everyone expected her to be one of the Robos chosen pilots. At the same time her drive to be the best at everything causes her to be anti-social and overly competitive which isolates her from her fellow cadets.

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* BrokenAce: She's by far the most skilled of the trainees, with Maya even remarking that everyone expected her to be one of the Robos Robos' chosen pilots. At the same time her drive to be the best at everything causes her to be anti-social and overly competitive which isolates her from her fellow cadets.



* JerkassToOne: He's not too sweet on Olivia at first, due to the latter using him as a HumanShield in the cadet test and her AcademicAlphaBitch tendencies in general, and she's the only person he is unkind to. He does warm up to her as she starts to undergo CharacterDevelopment.

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* JerkassToOne: He's not too sweet on Olivia at first, due to the latter using him as a HumanShield in the cadet test and her AcademicAlphaBitch tendencies in general, and she's the only person he is unkind to.general. He does warm up to her as she starts to undergo CharacterDevelopment.
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** While she was unecessarily harsh and violent about it, Olivia isn't wrong when she calls out Stanford for trying to sneak into the pilot ceremony, something her and the other trainees have worked and studied hard for to earn the right to participate in.

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** While she was unecessarily unnecessarily harsh and violent about it, Olivia isn't wrong when she calls out Stanford for trying to sneak into the pilot ceremony, something her and the other trainees have worked and studied hard for to earn the right to participate in.



* CaneFu: He's used forearm crutches most of life, and gets to use them in battle when Shargs infiltrate the base. Even Thunderwrecker's tonfas resemble his crutches.

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* CaneFu: He's used forearm crutches most of his life, and gets to use them in battle when Shargs infiltrate the base. Even Thunderwrecker's tonfas resemble his crutches.



* TeamChef: It's subtle, but he's the one cooking.

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* TeamChef: It's subtle, but whenever the cadets are making meals he's the one cooking.

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** Frank has dual tonfas that resemble his crutches, reflecting a more unique fighting style. He also likes launching bombs and blades, being cooler-headed than Maya.

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** Frank has dual tonfas that resemble his crutches, reflecting a more unique fighting style. He also likes launching bombs and blades, being more strategic and cooler-headed than Maya.



* DarkAndTroubledPast: Her family used to live in Puerto Rico, but the Sharg invasion saw the whole island decimated with her parents lost in the crossfire. She struggled to keep herself and her brother alive until she came to Sky Corps, and is desperate to gain a spot for them both.



* CaneFu: He's used forearm crutches most of life, including in battle. Even Thunderwrecker's tonfas resemble his crutches.

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* CaneFu: He's used forearm crutches most of life, including and gets to use them in battle.battle when Shargs infiltrate the base. Even Thunderwrecker's tonfas resemble his crutches.


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* TeamChef: It's subtle, but he's the one cooking.

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* WeaponBasedCharacterization: Once a Robo chooses their human, engineers outfit them to match.
** Stanford was a late addition with no significant combat training, and so he gets a standard PowerFist. He's also very creative with Buddy's inbuilt abilities, showing their strong bond.
** Olivia's HF1 is outfitted primarily with missiles and grenade launchers, showing that it's not a living being fighting but more like a walking tank.
** Maya has a TelescopingStaff that can split into two smaller batons, fitting her preference for martial arts and [[CarryABigStick smashing things]]
** Frank has dual tonfas that resemble his crutches, reflecting a more unique fighting style. He also likes launching bombs and blades, being cooler-headed than Maya.



* ArtificialLimbs: Subverted. He starts out with a prosthetic lower leg, but the series is more realistic about the downsides of prosthetics limbs than most and he actually prefers using forearm crutches, only taking the leg because it was necessary for the exosuit. [[spoiler:When it gets destroyed, Ava just transfers the remainder onto his exosuit and he sticks to crutches for the rest of the series.]]
* CaneFu: He's used forearm crutches most of life, including in battle. Even Thunderwrecker's tonfas resemble his crutches.



* JerkassToOne: He's not too sweet on Olivia at first, due to the latter using him as a HumanShield in the cadet test and her AcademicAlphaBitch tendencies in general, and she's the only person he is unkind to. He does warm up to her as she starts to undergo CharacterDevelopment.



* JerkassToOne: He's not too sweet on Olivia at first, due to the latter's AcademicAlphaBitch tendencies. He does warm up to her as she starts to undergo CharacterDevelopment.


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* AndroidsArePeopleToo: Due to her strong bond with Mariposa, who sacrificed their life to protect her, she is incredibly protective of the Robos and insists on treating them as people and not machines to be reprogrammed as others see fit. [[spoiler:Learning about Veritas was a severe blow to her]].


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* DramaPreservingHandicap: She breaks her leg in a Sharg fight, benching her for a bit and forcing the younger and more unsure Ava to step up.


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* TheUnfavorite: Her mother is always calling her to tell her about the achievements of this or that cousin, and criticize her for not doing as well.
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* HiddenDisdainReveal: Downplayed. [[spoiler: After Tanaka attacks him verbally and physically over both the Hero Foroce units and Olivia running away to space, Park implies that he always resented the Robo Mech pilots and Tanaka specifically for being seen as the real heroes of the war while people like him who had to make the hard decisions on the ground largely went unnoticed.]]

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* HiddenDisdainReveal: Downplayed. [[spoiler: After Tanaka attacks him verbally and physically over both the Hero Foroce Force units and Olivia running away to space, Park implies that he always resented the Robo Mech pilots and Tanaka specifically for being seen as the real heroes of the war while people like him who had to make the hard decisions on the ground largely went unnoticed.]]



* HeroOfAnotherStory: She served as a Mech pilot in the forst Great Sharg War, until her partner Mariposa was killed in action.

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* HeroOfAnotherStory: She served as a Mech pilot in the forst first Great Sharg War, until her partner Mariposa was killed in action.



* WrenchWench: Has been fixing up machines ever since she was small and now puts that to use to perform maintenance on on giant alien robots. [[spoiler: Her talents are of great use when the Sharg manage to disable the [=GDR=] projector near the base.]]

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* WrenchWench: Has been fixing up machines ever since she was small and now puts that to use to perform maintenance on on giant alien robots. [[spoiler: Her talents are of great use when the Sharg manage to disable the [=GDR=] projector near the base.]]

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* EasilyForgiven: After the initial horrified reactions to Park's [[spoiler: sanctioned murder of Veritas, so their core could be used to power the new Hero Force Mechs]] everyone quickly seems to get over the fact that Park basically [[spoiler: had a living person killed in cold blood, desecrated their corpse and sent their partner away to cover it up]]. [[spoiler: In one of the final scenes of season one he even joins the Mech Cadets and Tanaka in one of the Hero Force units, the very thing Veritas had to die for, and none of the protagonists even comments on it.]]



* HiddenDisdainReveal: Downplayed. [[spoiler: After Tanaka attacks him verbally and physically over both the Hero Foroce units and Olivia running away to space, Park implies that he always resented the Robo Mech pilots and Tanaka specifically for being seen as the real heroes of the war while people like him who had to make the hard decisions on the ground largely went unnoticed.]]



* WellIntentionedExtremist: He often reiterates that he's willing to make any sacrifice and go to any lengths so humanity will prevail against the Sharg. This sometimes make him come across as cold or downright anatgonistic. [[spoiler: He's even willing to murder a Robo who could have been repaired and retire their pilot partner so he can use the Robo's core to power his new Hero Force units.]]

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: He often reiterates that he's willing to make any sacrifice and go to any lengths so humanity will prevail against the Sharg. This sometimes make him come across as cold or downright anatgonistic.antagonistic. [[spoiler: He's even willing to murder a Robo who could have been repaired and retire their pilot partner so he can use the Robo's core to power his new Hero Force units.]]


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!!Engineering Corps
[[folder: Chief Max]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DebraWilson
The head of the engineering corps. A former Robo Mech partner herself, who has great respect for the Robos.
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* BlackBossLady: She's the chief of the engineering corps and not afraid to assert her authority to protect both the people working under her and the Robos.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: She served as a Mech pilot in the forst Great Sharg War, until her partner Mariposa was killed in action.
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[[folder: Ava]]
!!Ava Patel
->'''Voiced by:''' Aparna Brielle
Stanford's childhood friend and a talented engineer.
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* ActionGirl: At one point she severely injures a Sharg by using what's basically a futuristic hacksaw.
* NiceGirl: She's always kind, friendly and supportive toward Stanford, even risking her career to get him into the pilot ceremony.
* WrenchWench: Has been fixing up machines ever since she was small and now puts that to use to perform maintenance on on giant alien robots. [[spoiler: Her talents are of great use when the Sharg manage to disable the [=GDR=] projector near the base.]]
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!Stanford Yu

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!Stanford !!Stanford Yu



* AcePilot: Despite having no training aside form his hours in the simulator, Stanford proves to be a natural at flying being able to pull off complicated maneuvers on his first day training with an actual Robo.

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* AcePilot: Despite having no training aside form from his hours in the simulator, Stanford proves to be a natural at flying being able to pull off complicated maneuvers on his first day training with an actual Robo.


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* DemotedToExtra: A ''very'' minor case, as he's simply no longer part of the AdjectiveNounFred title with it being shortened from "Mech Cadet Yu" for the comic to "Mech Cadets" for the show. While he's still the main protagonist, the show puts a very hefty amount of focus on his fellow cadets as well.
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* PapaWolf: Skip is just as protective of Olivia as her actualy father Aiden is. [[spoiler: When Olivia jets off to space to scout out the Sharg ship on her own, in part because the AwfulTruth about Hero Force pushed her into it, Skip is furious and goes so far as to physically attack Aiden over it.]]

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* PapaWolf: Skip is just as protective of Olivia as her actualy actual father Aiden is. [[spoiler: When Olivia jets off to space to scout out the Sharg ship on her own, in part because the AwfulTruth about Hero Force pushed her into it, Skip is furious and goes so far as to physically attack Aiden over it.]]
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* CombatPragmatist: As she demonstrates in her very first training battle, Maya isn't afraid to fight dirty. When it seems like her and Big Red can't beat Tanake and Tombo, she manages a breakthrough by kicking Tombo in the crotch.

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* CombatPragmatist: As she demonstrates in her very first training battle, Maya isn't afraid to fight dirty. When it seems like her and Big Red can't beat Tanake Tanaka and Tombo, she manages a breakthrough by kicking Tombo in the crotch.
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The main protagonist who longs to be a pilot like his late father. Through a series of coincidences, he gets his wish.

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The main protagonist who longs to be a pilot like his late father. Through a series of coincidences, he gets his wish.wish when he's chosen by the Robomech Buddy.



A hot-headed brawler who manages to get chosen by Big Red during the ceremony. She's desperate to rpove herself as an AcePilot.

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A hot-headed brawler who manages to get chosen by Big Red during the ceremony. She's desperate to rpove prove herself as an AcePilot.

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->'''Voiced by:''' Brandon Soon Hoo

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->'''Voiced by:''' Brandon Soon Soo Hoo



->'''Voiced by:''' Anairis Quinones

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->'''Voiced by:''' Anairis QuinonesCreator/AnairisQuinones


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* CombatPragmatist: As she demonstrates in her very first training battle, Maya isn't afraid to fight dirty. When it seems like her and Big Red can't beat Tanake and Tombo, she manages a breakthrough by kicking Tombo in the crotch.


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[[folder: Captain Tanaka]]
!!Captain Skip Tanaka
->'''Voiced by:''' James Yaegashi
An older Robomech pilot who acts as the Mech Cadets' teacher. He's a childhood friend of General Park's and Olivia's uncle and second father figure. His Robo is Tombo.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler: During his and General Park's argument about the Hero Force units, Tanaka asks if Park would have pulled the same stunt with Tombo if he'd gotten the opportunity.]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory: He's a veteran of the first Great Sharg War.
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler: At the end of the first season he blames himself for Olivia having to make the HeroicSacrifice of pushing the Sharg Queen into a black hole. He originally wanted to do it himself but Tombo proved too heavily damaged to pull it through.]]
* TheMentor: He's in charge of drilling the new Mech Cadets and getting them to work as a team.
* MentorOccupationalHazard: [[spoiler: Subverted. He tries to invoke this in the season one finale by volunteering to push the Sharg Queen into the black hole with Tombo. But Tombo turns out to be too heavily damaged to see it through and the Mech Cadets have to pull them back out. Olivia ends up pushing the Sharg Queen in instead.]]
* OldSoldier: Him and Tombo fought in the first Great Sharg War and he's still on active duty.
* PapaWolf: Skip is just as protective of Olivia as her actualy father Aiden is. [[spoiler: When Olivia jets off to space to scout out the Sharg ship on her own, in part because the AwfulTruth about Hero Force pushed her into it, Skip is furious and goes so far as to physically attack Aiden over it.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: He's disgusted when he finds out what General Park did [[spoiler: to Veritas and calls Park out on his dismissive attitude toward the Robomechs' lives.]]
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* TragicKeepsake: The bird earplug Olivia always wears originally belonged to her deceased mother.

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* TragicKeepsake: The bird earplug stud Olivia always wears originally belonged to her deceased mother.
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* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Inverted and downplayed with her and Frank. Maya and Big Red are more focused on close combat with their staff and Maya's martial arts knwoledge while Frank and Thunderwrecker, while also having a way to engage in close combat through their tomfas, rely most on launching bombs and blades to attack.
* OfficialCouple: Mid.season her and Frank start to grow closer and even go on a date together. [[spoiler: By the season finale they're officially a couple.]]

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* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Inverted and downplayed with her and Frank. Maya and Big Red are more focused on close combat with their staff and Maya's martial arts knwoledge knowledge while Frank and Thunderwrecker, while also having a way to engage in close combat through their tomfas, tonfas, rely most mostly on launching bombs and blades to attack.
* OfficialCouple: Mid.season Mid-season her and Frank start to grow closer and even go on a date together. [[spoiler: By the season finale they're officially a couple.]]
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* JerkassToOne: He's not too sweet on Olivia at first, due to the latter's AcademicAlphaBitch tendencies. He does wamr up to her as she starts to undergo CharacterDevelopment.

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* JerkassToOne: He's not too sweet on Olivia at first, due to the latter's AcademicAlphaBitch tendencies. He does wamr warm up to her as she starts to undergo CharacterDevelopment.
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler: How he justifies the murder of Veritas and the desecration of their body for their core. He insists that the lives of the pilots are more important and that making artificial Robos would in the end allow them not to have to send children to battle anymore.]]
* PapaWolf: Despite everything he is fiercely protective of Olivia. The only time his usual stone-faced composure slips is when Olivia is in trouble or danger. [[spoiler: He looks about ready to break into tears after her HeroicSacrifice.]]

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The daughter of General Park and the best pilot trainee in the academy. Due to her father expecting her to be the best at everything, she always pushes herself harder than everyone else and id distraught when none of the newly arrived Robos choose her as a partner.

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The daughter of General Park and the best pilot trainee in the academy. Due to her father expecting her to be the best at everything, she always pushes herself harder than everyone else and id is distraught when none of the newly arrived Robos choose her as a partner.



* DefrostingIceQueen: Starts the show off as an arrogant, rules-obsessed AcademicAlphaBitch, but over time does wamr up to her fellow mech cadets.

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* DefrostingIceQueen: Starts the show off as an arrogant, rules-obsessed AcademicAlphaBitch, but over time does wamr warm up to her fellow mech cadets.



* HandicappedBadass: He's missing his left lower leg but is just as capable in combat ina nd out fo a Robo than his teammates.

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* HandicappedBadass: He's missing his left lower leg but is just as capable in combat ina nd in and out fo of a Robo than as his teammates.


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* OfficialCouple: With Maya. He asks her out on a date mid-season, the two of them regularly flirt afterward and [[spoiler: in the last episode they share a kiss.]]


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!!Military
[[folder: General Park]]
!!General Aiden Park
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DanielDaeKim
Humanity's military leader and the head of Sky Corps Academy. Is willing to do almost anything so Earth will win the war against the Sharg.
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* FantasticRacism: Downplayed. He shows a certain level of respect for the Robos, but ultimately doesn't value their lives as much as he does the lives of their human pilots. His attempt to break Buddy's and Stanford's bond after expelling Stanford also shows a lack of respect for the Robos' autonomy on his part.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He often reiterates that he's willing to make any sacrifice and go to any lengths so humanity will prevail against the Sharg. This sometimes make him come across as cold or downright anatgonistic. [[spoiler: He's even willing to murder a Robo who could have been repaired and retire their pilot partner so he can use the Robo's core to power his new Hero Force units.]]
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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Her respect for her father starts to disappear when she fidns out what he had done to Veritas for the Hero Force project.]]

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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Her respect for her father starts to disappear when she fidns finds out what he had done to Veritas for the Hero Force project.]]
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* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: The Robos choose for themselves who their pilots will be. Once the bond is formed, the Robos will not accept anyone else in their cockpit (as Adam Williams finds out the hard way.

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* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: The Robos choose for themselves who their pilots will be. Once the bond is formed, the Robos will not accept anyone else in their cockpit (as Adam Williams finds out the hard way.way).
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The son of a famous Robo pilot who aims to honor his mother's legacy by becoming a pilot himself. He was chosen by Thunderwrecked.

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The son of a famous Robo pilot who aims to honor his mother's legacy by becoming a pilot himself. He was chosen by Thunderwrecked.Thunderwrecker.
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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler: Her respect for her father starts to disappear when she fidns out what he had done to Veritas for the Hero Force project.]]
* DaddysGirl: She's shown to be very close with General Park, despite his less than ideal way of raising her.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Starts the show off as an arrogant, rules-obsessed AcademicAlphaBitch, but over time does wamr up to her fellow mech cadets.
* JerkassHasAPoint:
** While she was unecessarily harsh and violent about it, Olivia isn't wrong when she calls out Stanford for trying to sneak into the pilot ceremony, something her and the other trainees have worked and studied hard for to earn the right to participate in.
** You can also kind of see why she'd be less than pleased that the guy who tried to cheat his way into the ceremony just happened to stumble upon and get chosen by a Robo in the desert while she despite all her efforts was soundly rejected.
* MissingMom: Her mother died of unspecified causes.
* TragicKeepsake: The bird earplug Olivia always wears originally belonged to her deceased mother.
* WellDoneDaughterGirl: Olivia desperately wants her father to approve of her and be proud of her, which is another reaosn she takes her rejection by the Robos so hard.


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[[folder: Maya]]
!!Maya Sanchez
->'''Voiced by:''' Anairis Quinones
A hot-headed brawler who manages to get chosen by Big Red during the ceremony. She's desperate to rpove herself as an AcePilot.
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* BigSisterInstinct: The reason she enlisted as a pilot trainee was so she could bring her younger brother into Sky Corps Acdemy as well so he'd be taken care of.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Inverted and downplayed with her and Frank. Maya and Big Red are more focused on close combat with their staff and Maya's martial arts knwoledge while Frank and Thunderwrecker, while also having a way to engage in close combat through their tomfas, rely most on launching bombs and blades to attack.
* OfficialCouple: Mid.season her and Frank start to grow closer and even go on a date together. [[spoiler: By the season finale they're officially a couple.]]
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[[folder: Frank]]
!!Frank Olivetti
->'''Voiced by:''' Josh Sundquist
The son of a famous Robo pilot who aims to honor his mother's legacy by becoming a pilot himself. He was chosen by Thunderwrecked.
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* HandicappedBadass: He's missing his left lower leg but is just as capable in combat ina nd out fo a Robo than his teammates.
* NiceGuy: By far the kindest in the team and the only one to take Stanford in with open arms after Buddy chooses him.
* JerkassToOne: He's not too sweet on Olivia at first, due to the latter's AcademicAlphaBitch tendencies. He does wamr up to her as she starts to undergo CharacterDevelopment.
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!Sky Corps Academy
!!Mech Cadets
[[folder: In General]]
* ChildProdigy: Pilots have to pass the screening test at a very young age and excel at the exams, because the Robos only bond with very young candidates. According to General Park, no Robo has ever chosen a trainee over the age of sixteen.
* ColorCodedCharacters: The pilots are associated with the main colors of their Robos. When in the Nexus link, their exo-suits gain a halo-like light that reflects their Robos color. Stanford is blue, Frank is green, Maya is red, Tanaka is yellow and Olivia [[spoiler: and the other HF pilots]] are black and grey.
* HiveMind: Downplayed. The Nexus link can be entered by every pilot at the same time and they and their Robos basically become one being while linked. But they can't read each others' thoughts or feeling like in usual examples.
* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: The Robos choose for themselves who their pilots will be. Once the bond is formed, the Robos will not accept anyone else in their cockpit (as Adam Williams finds out the hard way.
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[[folder: Stanford]]
!Stanford Yu
->'''Voiced by:''' Brandon Soon Hoo

The main protagonist who longs to be a pilot like his late father. Through a series of coincidences, he gets his wish.
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* AcePilot: Despite having no training aside form his hours in the simulator, Stanford proves to be a natural at flying being able to pull off complicated maneuvers on his first day training with an actual Robo.
* AlmightyJanitor: Stanford was originally part of the cleaning crew, but manages through his courage and determination to impress a Robo so much they bond with him without seeing any other candidates.
* DisappearedDad: His father was a Robo pilot who was killed in action alongside his partner. Living up to his legacy is a big part of why Stanford wants to become a pilot himself.
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[[folder: Olivia]]
!!Olivia Park
->'''Voiced by:''' Victoria Grace
The daughter of General Park and the best pilot trainee in the academy. Due to her father expecting her to be the best at everything, she always pushes herself harder than everyone else and id distraught when none of the newly arrived Robos choose her as a partner.
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* BrokenAce: She's by far the most skilled of the trainees, with Maya even remarking that everyone expected her to be one of the Robos chosen pilots. At the same time her drive to be the best at everything causes her to be anti-social and overly competitive which isolates her from her fellow cadets.
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